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Flooding hard to predict ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL MANGER SAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT IF THERE WILL BE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE FLOODING IN CENTRAL ALBERTA

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF DICKSON DAM — Gleniffer Reservoir is a shadow of its usual self right now.

The water level has dropped so low large stretches of gravel bottom are exposed.

There’s a good reason that water levels are a good two metres lower than this time last year, said Rick Friedl, a regional manager with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.

“This year the snow pack levels that we have upstream of the Dickson Dam are fairly high, so you’ll see the reservoir a little bit lower,” said Friedl, at a Wednesday open house at the dam 20 km west of Innisfail.

The snow pack measured at Limestone Ridge, west of Caroline, is 360 mm of water equivalent, far above the normal range of 160 mm to 230 mm.

That doesn’t mean flooding is on the way. Snow melt alone is rarely enough to cause floods, said Friedl.

“We need to have precipitation of significant amounts to actually cause a flood.”

Friedl said it’s “impossible to say” if those rains will come this year as they did last June.

“You can’t really forecast that.

“That’s just like weather forecasting a month or two or three weeks from now. You just can’t do that.”

Dam operators can’t usually count on much more than a couple of days warning that potential flood volumes of water are coming. A number of factors dictate how much water to let flow through the dam,

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Gleniffer Reservoir water levels have been allowed to drop very low in anticipation of snow melt from a deeper-than-usual snow pack. not the least of which is the impact on downstream property owners.

“We’re very conscious of the properties that are down there and we’re trying to be sensitive to that when we’re making operational decisions.

“Having said that we need to do what we need to do for the safety of the dam.”

Pete Kitson, who is among more than 600 property owners at Carefree Resorts on the reservoir, ques-

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RCMP looking for owner of ‘treasured vehicle’

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Human remains have been found south of Nordegg, near where a missing Edmonton woman’s car was found earlier this year.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP Sgt. Bill Laidlaw said a grader operator reported seeing the remains near the Forestry Trunk Road, Hwy 734, south of Nordegg on Friday.

Police conducted a search on Friday and found human remains. The location of the discovery is close to where ’s car was last found. The 32-year-old woman was last seen in Edmonton in March.

Laidlaw said right now the remains are linked to Hundsdoerfer by geography only and they have not officially identified the remains as hers. An autopsy on the remains is scheduled for Thursday.

Hundsdoerfer was last seen on Saturday, March 22, near her office at 99th Avenue and 108th Street in Edmonton, between 1 and 3 p.m. The forest entomologist studied mountain pine beetle.

On March 23, she was reported missing by her roommate. Her vehicle, a blue Toyota Echo, was found abandoned on March 25 at the side of the road on the Forestry Trunk Road about 25 km north of the North Fork Road Junction, Hwy 752. The area where the car was found was about an hour from Rocky Mountain House and about 60 km south of Nordegg on the trunk road.

tioned officials about the low water levels that won’t allow the resort’s water intake to draw properly.

If the water was only a metre higher, the resort could pump water and wouldn’t have to truck it in.

Such low water levels are also hard on fisheries, he said.

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Edmonton’s Anina Hundsdoerfer has been missing since March. On Friday, a grader operator found human remains south of Nordegg near where the missing woman’s car was found earlier this year.

Police could not confirm the identity of the body.

An unusual 1960s British car is seemingly without an owner, and Red Deer RCMP are scratching their heads trying to find out who owns the “almost certainly treasured vehicle.”

On May 4, RCMP found and towed an Austin Cambridge from the Husky gas bar downtown.

Since then, police have tried to find the rightful owner, but have been unsuccessful.

The Austin Cambridge is possibly an A60 model, which were produced between 1961 and 1969. It is white in colour with a red interior and is in good condition.

“In the car world something that unusual grabs attention. It was like having something frozen in time.

It was in remarkably good shape,” said Jim Sutherland, a local freelance writer who specializes in collector cars.

Red Deer Staff Sgt. Andrew Shepherd said neither the car’s licence plate nor vehicle identification number yielded any results.

“We’re wondering why someone would move it there and walk away from it,” said Shepherd.

According to Hagerty Insurance, a classic car valuation provider, the car would be worth about $9,500.

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Leaving a bad taste in your mouth LLOYDMINSTER TEEN LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO RID PROVINCE OF FLAVOURED TOBACCO

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF Menthol cigarettes, slim cigarillos, green apple waterpipe tobacco — they all have to go, says one Alberta teen.

Jianna Marin of Lloydminster has launched a provincewide campaign calling for the full implementation of Bill 206, which prohibits the sale of flavoured tobacco in Alberta.

Marin, 18, stopped in Red Deer on Wednesday as part of her month-long speaking tour and discussed how tobacco products with candy and fruit flavouring primarily target youth.

“We want to get rid of flavoured tobacco so more youth don’t start using tobacco in high school and continue for the rest of their lives. Most wouldn’t start using tobacco if it wasn’t for the flavoured tobacco,” Marin said after speaking to a class at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School.

A Health Canada survey reports there are about 25,700 Alberta adolescents from Grades 9 through 12 using flavoured tobacco products, representing 56 per cent of all youth tobacco users in the province. Half of those flavoured tobacco youth users are using menthol cigarettes, the survey also found. It’s a sharp contrast to the less than five per cent of adult smokers who use menthols, Marin added.

Tobacco companies are currently trying to have menthols exempted from the legislation through lobbyists, she said.

“About 13,000 youth are using menthols. If that gets exempt, that leaves them unprotected and condemns thousands more in the future to start using it.”

The Action on Smoking and Health organization states menthol is a gateway product for youth to become easily addicted to smoking as it opens the airways, soothes the throat and increases nicotine absorption into the bloodstream.

Marin said her goal with the campaign, titled One Teen takes on the Tobacco Giants, is to rally more support from youth for the provincewide ban on flavoured tobacco to show the government it’s a priority.

While Bill 206 was passed in 2013 and received royal assent in December, it’s not across the finish line yet, Marin said.

The bill has yet to be enacted and is still awaiting proclamation by cabinet.

“The problem is it’s just been sitting there and now we realize we need to get this bill passed through the cabinet before any new elections come up, otherwise it could just end up sitting there forever and then there would be no protection for youth. We need it done now with no delays or exemptions.”

Members of the public cans how their support by joining Marin’s social media campaign on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with the handle “JoinJianna2014” and by contacting their MLAs at smokefreealberta.com/ take-action.html.

RCMP on the lookout for gun thieves More than two dozen guns were stolen from a rural home east of Rocky Mountain House sometime in the last few days.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP said the homeowner discovered the theft on Tuesday evening on returning home after being away for a number of days.

A gun safe was found knocked over and the door had

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FLOODING: Levels will likely rise “I needed confirmation on things that didn’t make that much sense to me,” he said, after speaking with officials.

He was “somewhat satisfied” with the answers he got and was pleased to hear that water levels will likely rise in the next few days.

Kitson said he’s well aware the province is not operating the reservoir for resort residents and recreational users, but many area property owners aren’t as clear what to expect from the reservoir.

Provincial officials would have been better off holding the open house on a weekend, when the resorts are busy.

“If this had been a weekend they probably wouldn’t have had standing room in there,” he said.

Innisfail’s Kevin White was prompted to come to the open house after the experience last summer of helping a buddy frantically load his belongings on horse trailers ahead of rising river waters.

“We were in a paddle boat emptying out his yard,” said White, whose friend owns property near the Innisfail bridge and had to clean out the same

been pried open.

Police believe tools taken from a shop on the property were used to break open the safe.

Rocky RCMP Sgt. Mike Numan said 25 to 30 firearms were stolen. Nothing else was taken from the Condor-area property.

A partial list of the missing weapons is as follows: ● Five Colt Gold Cup Trophy .45-calibre guns ● Two .45-calibre Ruger Vaquero ● One .44-calibre Ruger RedHawk ● One .45-calibre Kimber Stainless TLE II ● One nine-mm Beretta 92FS

home ahead of the 2005 floods as well.

He wanted answers on what is being done to prevent a repeat this year.

“I just don’t want to see that same thing happen.”

A similar open house is set for Oldman Dam in southern Alberta today. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

REMAINS: Search A search of the area nearby ensued after the discovery of her car, but it was suspended on March 28 due to adverse weather. Further searches using dogs, helicopters, snowmobiles and numerous on-foot searchers were conducted, as the weather allowed, but turned up nothing.

About 15 friends of Hundsdoerfer drove out to the West Country to set up signs asking for information on the whereabouts of the missing woman on April 6. Seven billboards were set up in the area.

Hundsdoerfer was known to camp in the Nordegg area during the summer. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

CAR: Not damaged “How did it end up there?” said Shepherd. “Someone goes into their garage and sees their pride and joy stolen, they usually phone the police.

As of yet, nobody has done that.

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RCMP found and towed this Austin Cambridge from the Husky gas bar downtown and are now on the search for it’s owner.

“It’s not damaged, it is in nice shape, we’re all scratching our heads.”

Although the car was built in the U.K. and imported, Sutherland noted it was a left-side drive car.

“You just don’t see them, they were somewhat disposable when they were made,” said Sutherland. “They were imported, but not in huge numbers.”

Sutherland said the one recovered at the Husky gas bar was produced in 1965. It is a stock car that wasn’t tricked out.

“We were going to Thursday night (Red Deer Cruise Nights) and I saw it there (downtown Husky gas bar),” said Sutherland. “We really wanted to track

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down the owner too because you never see them. We took a bunch of pictures of it.

“It’s a rare sighting to see one of those.”

Shepherd said if a vehicle is towed and not claimed within 90 days, the tow company can apply to have the vehicle turned over to them to cover their expenses.

The owner of the vehicle or anyone with information that may assist police in connecting this vehicle with its owner is asked to call Const. Alexander Power of the Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2300. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Prentice pitching Wildrose-PC merger: Smith EDMONTON — Alberta Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith accused Jim Prentice Wednesday of trying to eliminate her party as a threat before he even officially enters the race to become premier.

Smith says a member of Prentice’s inner circle has approached someone on her team pitching a merger should Prentice win the Progressive Conservative leadership contest.

She said her answer was a categorical no. She also said the idea makes Prentice, the perceived front-runner in the Tory race, look weak.

“Jim Prentice is taking entitlement to a whole new level,” said Smith.

“He thinks that he should be able to walk in without facing a leadership contest among the other PC candidates,

and he thinks that we should clear the way for him and pack up our tent and go away so he can become premier without opposition.

“If he wants to become premier, he should face the challenge, and he’s going to face a tough challenge from the Wildrose in the next election.”

Smith refused to identify the person in the Prentice camp who pitched the idea.

“Mr. Prentice knows who called me,” she said. “I guess I’m just not interested in seeing another denial.”

Prentice, 57, is expected in the coming days to formally announce he will vie to replace former premier Alison Redford.

The race officially begins Thursday and right now it is shaping up as a twocandidate contest between Prentice and Calgary MLA Ric McIver.

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date, Jobs Minister Thomas Lukaszuk, have said they’ve had pressure to leave the race, but didn’t say it was coming directly from the Prentice camp.

Patricia Misutka, Edmonton campaign chairwoman for Prentice, said that no one from his team has been urging any candidates to quit and no one has been pitching a merger.

“Nobody from (Prentice’s) campaign has approached or spoken to Danielle Smith or anybody related to her,” said Misutka. “We’re very focused on putting together the mechanics and plans for our own campaign.

“It’s a pretty irresponsible thing for (Smith) to cast a rumour like this about without any verification or any ability to do anything except to cause mischief.”

Misutka said the allegation says more about the Wildrose than it does about Prentice.

Politicians decry selloff of habitat for endangered caribou

BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s decision to sell off for energy development habitat that supports two endangered caribou herds is bad science, bad politics and bad economics, say environmentalists, scientists and opposition politicians.

“It is a revealing demonstration of this utter lack of attention to environmental considerations in this province,” NDP member of the legislature Rachel Notley said Wednesday.

“It’s always about industry first and then putting out press releases to save the environment second.”

Joe Anglin, environment critic for the Opposition Wildrose party, said the sales should be at least delayed.

“One of the biggest impediments to getting access to international markets is our environmental record,” he said.

“We do ourselves a disservice when we have an opportunity to do a little boasting on how well we take care of the environment — and here’s an opportunity.”

Liberal Laurie Blakeman suggested that with so much energy development

already in Alberta, there’s no need to tear up 1,700 hectares of the last remaining habitat for mountain caribou.

“We can afford to slow down on development,” she said. “The government does not need to be leasing that land out right now — they could be saying, no, we’re going to set that aside and just leave it alone for 10 years.”

Alberta Energy has begun lease sales for seven plots of land north of Grande Cache that is crucial habitat for the survival of two mountain caribou herds. The news came just days after a federal panel of scientists concluded that all Alberta’s mountain caribou herds should be considered endangered — the highest level of threat in Canadian law.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada found the population of the herds has declined by 60 per cent over the last decade, mostly attributable to industrial development.

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The other 1,200 hectares is on the range of the 78-animal Narraway herd.

More than 81 per cent of that range is already disrupted.

The leases in question amount to 14 per cent of the total amount of land on the block in the current auction — one of 13 such auctions held by the province so far this year.

Alberta Energy officials have said energy leases on caribou range are sold with guidelines on how companies can minimize disruption.

Anglin said that given the steady decline of Alberta’s herds, those guidelines aren’t working.

“What we need to figure out is if it is appropriate to develop, which we don’t know yet. We have to come up with guidelines and rules that actually do work.”

Notley said a good start would be to declare a moratorium on industrial leases in mountain caribou territory, similar to what has been done on two nearby boreal caribou ranges.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta is raising the maximum amount of money seniors can pay to live in long-term care homes by three per cent a year or the inflation rate for the next three years, whichever is higher The change that starts July 1 will affect 22,500 seniors and is to help cover the costs of food and lodging provided by private operators.

The government says it will pay the fee increases for about 11,000 of these seniors who qualify as low income.

Starting in 2017 long-term care home fee increases are be tied to Alberta’s consumer price index.

The government is also increasing the amount of spending money low income seniors in long-term care homes get by $50 to $315 per month.

Together these changes will cost taxpayers an extra $16 million per year.

Dave Quest, associate minister of seniors, said the move will help seniors, their families and private care home operators.

“Introducing predictable accommodation charge adjustments means that residents and families will be able to plan for future needs and care providers will be able to keep pace with inflation,” Quest said Wednesday.

The New Democrats say instead of supporting private operators, the government should be building more public long-term care homes.

“Within months of the 2012 election the province raised the cap for seniors accommodation, and the New Democrats said at the time that this would be the first in a series of increases,” the NDP’s Dave Eggen said.

“This PC government is increasing the profit margins for private operators on the backs of our seniors.”

Eggen said there are close to 1,200 seniors waiting for long-term care in Alberta.

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Democracy goes to work Before the inevitable happened in Ottawa on Tuesday evening and Conservatives rose to vote for their overhaul of Canada’s election rules, we witnessed 99 days of acrimony and apocalyptic warnings and some of the worst features of our parliamentary system.

In the end, however, we witnessed a little bit of the TIM best as well.

HARPER First, the bad — it was 99 days that included Conservative MP Brad Butt’s hallucinatory vision of voter fraud (later withdrawn), Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre’s “sharper teeth, longer reach and a freer hand’’ talking points and unprecedented attacks on independent officers of Parliament.

It was 99 days that saw a government introduce a bill that would suppress voter turnout and dress it up with a name that evoked images of puppy dogs, then wave some non-controversial shiny parts of the bill and hope no one really took a harder look.

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But we also saw 99 days during which independent officers of Parliament, past and present, including former auditor general Sheila Fraser, chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand and former British Columbia elections official Harry Neufeld, took the Conservative hits but refused to waver.

We saw some of the best analysis we have recently seen from members of the parliamentary press gallery and the nation’s editorialists that kept the issue on the front burner and, most importantly, we saw at least a partial defeat for the cynicism of the Harper Conservatives — a cynicism built on a belief that they could race it through Parliament because Canadians wouldn’t pay attention, the opposition would sound like whiners and the country would not notice that they had stacked the deck.

It was an example of an issue that did escape the shrink-wrapped parliamentary precinct and was noticed by voters and, for that reason alone, this was not the full-on defeat for democracy where we once appeared headed.

And in the end, the bill passed with some 45 amendments.

Has democracy been saved or are we still headed to an electoral train wreck next year?

It is not accurate to call the amended bill a full victory for the opposition, despite the Poilievre climb down. It is

still a flawed bill, and after 31 hours of committee study, testimony of 71 witnesses (almost all opposed), and NDP filibusters, virtually all of the close to 200 opposition amendments were rejected by the majority Conservatives, a government that treats opposition amendments as mere irritations.

Most of the changes announced by Poilievre appeared to be a result of what NDP democratic reform critic Craig Scott called a “persuaded or somewhat fearful” Conservative backbench.

Poilievre did blink on the question of vouching, allowing those with ID, but without proof of an address, to vote if vouched for by another elector. He eliminated a fundraising provision that would have benefited deep-pocketed parties to spend more during the campaign.

But he did not give Mayrand the power to promote voting anywhere but primary and secondary schools, he would not accept voter notification cards for voting and he would not give the commissioner of elections, Yves Côté, the power to compel witness testimony during investigations of suspected electoral wrongdoing.

Aboriginals and students will still be disenfranchised — students, more particularly, if Prime Minister Stephen Harper moves next year’s vote to the spring when they are in transit.

It’s unclear how long these rules would last if Conservatives are defeated at the polls next year.

Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair has bluntly said the Conservatives have cheated in every election they have won this century and are trying to precheat next year.

If he were to win under these rules, they will look a lot purer to the NDP. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has promised to repeal the bill, again, a tall order should he prosper under the system in place.

Tuesday, as the flawed bill was being passed in the House, Elections Canada invited expatriate Canadians to register to vote regardless of how long they have been out of the country, a reaction to an Ontario Superior Court decision earlier this month.

The government had limited the vote to Canadians who had been out of the country for fewer than five years.

But in a sign of the continuing acrimony between Elections Canada and the government, the agency did not wait for a potential Conservative appeal of the decision. No one can be surprised, given the flaws and the continuing opposition anger, that Harper’s beloved court could ultimately be involved in adjudicating a Conservative re-election in 2015.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

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Focusing on the scale of our planetary impact There is no doubt that human beings are the dominant species on Earth. The seven billion of us account for about one-third of the total body mass of large animals on the planet, with our domestic animals accounting for most of the rest. (Wild animals only amount to three to five per cent.)

But are we really central to the scheme of things? That is a different question.

Almost all the scientific discoveries of the past few centuries have moved human beings away from the centre of things towards the periphery. In the 16th century, we learned that Earth went around the sun, not the other way round.

Then we realized that the sun was just one more yellow GWYNNE star among a hundred billion DYER others “far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy,” as Douglas Adams put it. And this is just one galaxy among hundreds of billions.

Then the geologists learned that our planet is four and a half billion years old, whereas we primates have only been around for the past seven million years, and modern human being for a mere 100,000 years. And so on and so forth, until we felt very small and insignificant. But now the story is heading back

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in the other direction; they’re going to name an entire geological epoch after us. The Anthropocene.

Geologists want to see evidence in the rocks before they define an epoch, and it’s early days for that yet, but it’s clear that the fossil records for the present time will show a massive loss of forests, a very high rate of extinctions, and a preponderance of fossils of only a few species: us and our domesticated animals.

The acidification of the oceans is destroying the coral reefs, which will produce a “reef gap” similar to the ones that marked the five great extinctions of the past. The changes in the atmosphere caused by the burning of massive amounts of fossil fuels — coal, oil and gas — will show up in the form of rising sea levels due to warming, and in the decline of carbonate rocks like limestone and chalk in the deepocean sediments.

If this is really a new epoch, then geologists (human or otherwise) millions of years from now should be able to work out what happened just from the rocks, without any direct knowledge of the past.

However, if the current global civilisation collapses as a result of these changes, they will have only a very thin band of rock to work with.

The idea of declaring the Anthropocene as a new epoch is being taken seriously by geologists: the International Union of Geological Sciences has set up a working group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy to report by 2016 on whether the Holocene must give way to the Anthropocene.

They will also have to decide when the Anthropocene began. In 1950, at the start of the “Great Ac-

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celeration” that saw the human population and its greenhouse gas emissions both triple in only six decades? At the start of the Industrial Revolution twoand-a-half centuries ago? Or 8,000 years ago, when the first farmers began to clear forests and emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases? Take your pick, because it doesn’t matter.

The real purpose of declaring the Anthropocene period is to focus human attention on the scale of our impacts on the planetary environment. As biologist E.O. Wilson wrote: “The pattern of human population growth in the twentieth century was more bacterial than primate.” He calculated that human biomass is already a hundred times larger than that of any other large animal species present or past except for our own domesticated animals.

That phase of runaway population growth is over now, but the global rise in living standards is having further environmental impacts of the same order.

Climate change is the headline threat, but the loss of biodiversity, ozone depletion, ocean acidification and half a dozen other negative trends are also driven by our numbers and our lifestyle.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Terror suspect Mohamed Harkat is a step closer to being deported, but his ultimate fate remains unclear even after a decisive ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada.

The high court upheld the national security certificate against Harkat, opening the door Wednesday to the next step in removing him from Canada.

Harkat, 45, has expressed fears he could be tortured if returned to his native Algeria, given the highprofile accusations against him, raising questions about how, when or even if he will be deported.

But he is beginning to run out of options in the long-running bid to clear his name.

The Supreme Court also rejected Harkat’s constitutional challenge of the security certificate regime, unanimously ruling that the process — while not perfect — is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

“It’s difficult to put it in words,” Harkat’s lawyer, Norm Boxall, said Wednesday after reading the

decision. “I can’t think of another word to say, other than it was devastating.”

Added Harkat’s wife, Sophie, as she and her husband were getting into a car to leave: “We will fight them all the way.”

The former pizza delivery man was taken into custody in Ottawa in De- Mohamed Harkat cember 2002 on suspicion of being an al-Qaida sleeper agent. He denies any involvement with terrorism.

The federal government is trying to deport the Algerian refugee on a security certificate — a seldom-used tool in immigration law for removing non-citizens suspected of extremism or espionage.

Harkat’s lawyers argued the process was unfair because the person named in a certificate doesn’t see the full case against them. In its ruling, the Supreme Court said the security certifi-

cate regime does not violate the person’s right to know and challenge the allegations they face.

However, the high court provided detailed guidance on applying the process to ensure it is fair.

Federal Court Justice Simon Noel ruled in 2010 that there were grounds to believe Harkat is a security threat who maintained ties to Osama bin Laden’s terror network after coming to Canada.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court concluded Harkat “benefited from a fair process” when Noel reviewed his case, meaning the certificate against him stands.

Last year, federal border agents removed an electronic tracking bracelet from Harkat’s ankle. He was also given more freedom to travel, but was prohibited from leaving the country and told to check in with authorities regularly.

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney applauded the Supreme Court ruling. But it was not immediately clear whether Canada would begin assessing the risk of returning Harkat to Algeria, or if it might seek a third country willing to accept him.

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EDMONTON — Alberta is pulling out of next month’s World Petroleum Congress in Moscow to protest Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

“The message we’re sending to the Ukraine is one of continued support, and to Russia one of concern about the intervention that they’ve taken and the escalating tensions that they’re creating,” Premier Dave Hancock told reporters Wednesday.

He said he had not heard back from the Russians, as the withdrawal announcement had just gone out.

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By evening, RCMP said sixyear-old Taya Meisel and her

sion.

“Sometimes you just have to do the right thing for the right reasons,” he said.

The World Petroleum Congress, considered the premier trade show for the oil and gas industry, is set for June 15-19 in Moscow.

The congress website says 3,000 delegates, including 400 CEOs, will do business with industry operators government officials.

Hancock says the province has notified 13 Alberta companies that had planned to go to Moscow.

He said the government is not encouraging those companies to pull out as well, but said they will ask them “not to participate in government-sponsored events, but to deal with the petroleum events.”

Cal Dallas, the minister for international and intergovernmental relations, estimated about $100,000 has already been spent or committed for Alberta’s role at the forum.

He said if they had gone, the total would have gone up to $180,000.

The province was to have a booth at the pavilion and was to be on hand to help provincial business leaders meet and network. Canada is among the western nations imposing travel bans and economic sanctions on Russian companies and individuals.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Russia’s occupation of Ukraine and its provocative military actions remain a serious concern to the international community.

12-year-old sister, Talisha, were located in Boston Bar, B.C., about 215 northeast of Vancouver.

Their mother, 48-year-old Trina Meisel, who does not have legal guardianship, faces two counts of abduction.

Acting on information from the public, police said they located the three and took them into custody without trouble.

The alert was cancelled just hours after police in Alberta warned that their investigation led them to believe the girls could be in grave danger.

The RCMP detachment in Ladysmith, on the southeast coast of Vancouver Island, was first advised the family could be headed west on Tuesday based on information posted on Facebook.

Mask associated with sasquatch lore returned to B.C. First Nation Bigfoot sightings may be elusive, but a sasquatch mask missing for 75 years was easily found after a simple request from a British Columbia First Nation.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Employment Minister Jason Kenney gave a spirited defence of the temporary foreign worker program Wednesday during an impromptu speech to a business audience.

Most temporary foreign workers are in highly skilled, well-paying jobs from Canada’s best allies and the world’s most developed countries, and not low-paid workers from poor countries, Kenney said. The minister sparked a political uproar last month after he issued a surprise moratorium on foreign workers in the restaurant industry, a debate he called a “wrestling match.”

He called the program’s name a “terrible misnomer.”

“It has now become a pejorative expression that effectively refers to any work permit granted to any foreign national coming to Canada for any reason,” Kenney told a conference on North American trade in Ottawa.

He stepped in as keynote speaker on short notice after a U.S. official failed to show.

“When a major Canadian corporation hires someone from abroad into their executive team and they come initially on a work permit, they’re a temporary foreign worker,” he said.

“When the University of Ottawa brings in an expert researcher from France to work on a specialized research project, they’re a temporary foreign worker.”

Kenney rhymed off the top five countries supplying foreign workers to Canada, starting with the United States, followed by Britain, France, Mexico and Australia. Ireland and Germany, he added, are in the Top 10.

“In the public imagination, temporary foreign workers are people from developing countries working at lowskill jobs in the service industry, and perhaps on farms,” he said.

“The plurality of occupations into which they come are high-skilled and high-paying occupations.”

Kenney acknowledged a scathing report by the C.D. Howe Institute, which found the program had spurred joblessness in B.C. and Alberta, two Conservative strongholds. And he said the use of temporary foreign workers has become an unacceptable business model in some low-paying industries.

“I do not think this is generally the case of highly skilled and highly paid international professionals who’s movement we clearly have an interest in facilitating,” Kenney said. “But we are taking a close look at the extent to which we’ve allowed large numbers of low-skilled workers to become, in some cases, a business model.”

The Conservatives again came under fire Wednesday in the House of Commons over the issue.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau called on the government to fix the “broken” program. He called for greater transparency and said his party would reduce the number of temporary foreign workers.

“The reality is this: the government has been progressively tightening the program to ensure that it is not used as a business model and that Canadians always have first crack at jobs,” said Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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B.C. to offer Chinese head-tax apology

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark says an apology to Chinese-Canadians that is more than 140 years overdue will be offered today in British Columbia’s legislature.

The apology has been endorsed by Clark’s Liberals, the Opposition New Democrats and the Green party, as well as Independent members of the legislature.

It dates back to B.C. and Canadian government policies, including a Chinese head tax, that targeted immigrants from 1872 to 1947, Clark said Wednesday.

Canada started charging a head tax in the late 1800s to discourage Chinese immigration. The B.C. government supported the head tax and accepted fed-

eral head-tax payments.

“I’m glad we finally got here,” said Clark. “The Chinese community hasn’t been waiting just since I became premier; the Chinese community has been waiting 100 years to hear these words in the legislature, and it’s about time they heard it.”

The apology was set to be introduced last year, but the Liberals delayed the ceremony due to a political scandal involving misuse of government resources and plans to manipulate ethnic votes through public apologies for long-standing historic wrongs.

The Liberal ethnic-outreach strategy became known as the quick-wins scandal due to its documented suggestions that formal apologies to ethnic communities for historic wrongs could result in quick wins at the ballot box.

It resulted in a full-public uproar in

March 2013, when the formal apology was set to be introduced.

A review by the premier’s deputy minister, John Dyble, found serious misuse of government resources and staff in connection with the leaked outreach plan.

Dyble’s report concluded the work lines between the B.C. government and the B.C. Liberal Party were crossed in an effort to win ethnic votes.

A draft copy of last year’s apology listed more than four dozen government acts used to discriminate against the Chinese and apologized for “racist and discriminatory resolutions and acts.”

The draft also recognized the social and economic contributions Chinese immigrants made to B.C. “Nothing is ever perfect,” said Clark. “I don’t think you can ever do

anything that everybody agrees with, but I do think there’s a really broad level of support for this apology and it is about time.”

Clark said International Trade Minister Teresa Wat has been consulting with members of the Chinese community for the past year about the apology.

Clark suggested that compensation for Chinese immigrants and their families is not part of the apology.

“The community, in terms of the feedback that minister Wat got, didn’t generally favour compensation,” she said.

The Chinese Canadian National Council, which monitors racism against Chinese-Canadians, supports some form of compensation as part of any apology. The council says B.C. cannot be seen to be profiting from racism.

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The unidentified man is being asked to stay in the country for several more days until officials feel confident he isn’t infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome virus and that it is safe for him to travel. It can take as long as 14 to 16 days to develop MERS disease and the negative test, while a good sign, is not clear cut proof he isn’t coming down with the infection.

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A8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, May 15, 2014

Why basic, affordable life insurance is about to get less accessible Purchasing life insurance is critical to protect your family against the devastating financial impact of premature death. Sadly, one- third of Canadians have no life insurance coverage at all. Families that do have coverage increasingly worry it isn’t enough.

At a time when people are struggling to ensure their families are taken care of, Canada’s provincial insurance regulators are changing how life insurance agents are licensed – making it more expensive and more complex to become a life insurance agent.

Harder for families to obtain basic, affordable life insurance Beginning in 2016, current provincial licensing exams will be replaced with a new system developed and administered by Quebec’s provincial regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers. There is no evidence that the changes will be better for families. What the changes will mean is a more expensive and complex – yet less reliable and less fair – exam. This will mean fewer life insurance agents in future. Like most families, you rely on agents for purchasing life insurance – and trust most agents from your community who come to you and sit at the kitchen table to discuss your needs. Fewer agents will mean less opportunity to get access to the financial security that life insurance provides.

Why is This Happening?

Regulators point to increasingly complicated products being developed to assist in the sophisticated business of financial management of those with wealth. But many of us don’t need wealth management – we need basic, affordable income protection to ensure families can manage difficult circumstances of loss. It is important to ensure that the agents to whom we turn for our financial protection are well-trained. But there is no evidence that the current examination is not meeting this goal.

In fact the evidence suggests that life insurance agents have a great track record of protecting their clients’ trust.

Even more frustrating is the change was decided in secret. There was no consultation with anyone affected. There was no competitive tender that would have allowed private sector life insurance education providers to compete for this new contract.

There was no analysis provided of how this new exam designed by the Quebec regulator will be better for most Canadian families.

Why Canadians Should Care The impact on jobs in Canada will be severe. Thousands of Canadians earn much-needed income selling basic life insurance products in their communities. A less reliable, higher priced, more complex exam will be an enormous barrier that prevents many people from entering the industry – people needed to replenish an aging sales force and raise service levels across the country.

The new system also means lost jobs in the private-sector learning industry that supports the current system and exam.

Everyone needs life insurance protection. Fewer agents will affect all Canadians but families that need affordable, accessible life insurance protection will suffer most. It is always easier to recruit agents to work in the lucrative wealth management field.

The ones who will lose out will be middle-income families, people in more rural communities and people newer to Canada – all of whom rely on the outreach of community-based agents to provide them with the understanding of and the basic, affordable products that they need.

Tell your MLA that qualifications for Alberta life insurance agents should be decided by Albertans for Albertans. Call: Mary Anne Jablonski (Red Deer-North) (403) 342-2263 Hon. Cal Dallas (Red Deer-South) (403) 340-3565 Kerry Towle (Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) 1-888-655-2535 Rod Fox (Lacombe-Ponoka) 1-800-565-6432

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadiens 3 Bruins 1 BOSTON — Carey Price offered the tiniest hint of a smile after sending the Boston Bruins home for the summer. “’I’m ecstatic,” said the Canadiens goalie in the wake of backstopping Montreal to the Eastern Conference final against the New York Rangers.

Considering it normally takes the Hubble Telescope to spot a change in Price’s emotions, Wednesday was a night to remember.

The Canadiens, who finished eight places and 17 points back of the league-leading Boston during the regular season, made it so by dispatching the big bad Bruins 3-1 in Game 7.

Price, as he has been through the series, was allworld — even reportedly addressing his teammates prior to the third period. Dale Weise, Max Pacioretty and Daniel Briere provided the offence as Montreal rose to the occasion of Game 7 better than the Bruins.

Now the Habs must reload and refocus on the Rangers, a team coming off an emotional series win over Pittsburgh.

“It’s not over. We’re only halfway there,” cautioned Price.

For the Canadiens, the win over Boston was all about respect.

They were tired of being written off as also-ran Smurfs and fed up with what they saw as Boston’s macho posturing.

“Beating those guys, it just feels that much sweeter,” said Weise, who as a former Vancouver Canuck has no love for Boston. “They just disrespected us in every single way

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price protects the net against Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara during Game 7 of an NHL second-round playoff series in Boston, Wednesday.

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and I didn’t think they had any respect for us as a team,” he added. “We’ll leave it at that.”

Said defenceman P.K. Subban: “A lot of people were saying ‘Don’t poke the bear.’ Well I thought they gave us many reasons to keep competing throughout the whole series ... Against a bigger, stronger, more experienced team, we pulled out a victory. That’s a character win for us. That’s a character series win for us.”

The chip on Montreal’s shoulder was the size of Mount Rushmore. Weise did not spare the media, turning his attention to TSN’s hockey panel as one of its members

stood on his right shoulder.

“We were very comfortable playing that team,” Weise said of Boston. “I think everyone else doubted us. I heard someone on the TSN panel actually say they were the perfect hockey club. I don’t know what that says about us now.”

Said Subban: “It come down to respect. We’ve done a lot of great things in this league since I’ve been here, our team’s done a lot but we failed to get the respect that I think we deserved. And I think we earned that.”

While there were the traditional handshakes after the game, there was also bad

blood.

“Milan Lucic had a few things to say to a couple of guys,” said Weise, who declined to go into specifics.

Lucic was unrepentant: “It’s said on the ice so it’ll stay on the ice. If he (Weise) wants to be a baby about it — he can make it public.”

Montreal coach Michel Therrien was cagey when asked about the issue.

“I’m not going to talk about the other team,” said Therrien. “I never talk about the other team. One thing I could tell you we were a group that was really really motivated to win this series.”

He made the comment in both French and English just so the message got across. He too clearly felt his club won more than a playoff round.

“Respect, you’ve got to earn it and I think tonight those guys earned it,” said Therrien.

Boston coach Claude Julien had his own take on the series, which came complete with chest-pounding, muscleflexing and crest-pointing.

“I don’t think we disrespected them,” he said. “There’s a rivalry here. We don’t like each other, because it’s a rivalry.

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Blue Jays blown Kings hold court against out by Indians Ducks to force Game 7

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Indians 15 Blue Jays 4 TORONTO — Steve Tolleson is the only Toronto Blue Jay who will want to remember Wednesday’s game.

With his team trailing the Cleveland Indians by 13 runs in the ninth inning, the Blue Jays utility infielder came off the bench to make his big league pitching debut and secure the final out.

“I wish the circumstances hadn’t even been that way to get that chance but I guess any time you have a chance to go out and try to get an out in a major-league game that’s a pretty special opportunity for anyone,” said the 30-yearold Tolleson after the Indians pounded the Blue Jays 15-4 at Rogers Centre.

“I didn’t take it for granted,” said Tolleson, who joked that he tried to stay “below the hitting speed” against the two hitters he faced. He yielded a double to Lonnie Chisenhall and got Mike Aviles to pop up.

Tolleson, who said he pitched a couple of times late in blowout games in the minors in 2011 and 2012, said manager John Gibbons came up to him before the Cleveland ninth to see if he was willing to go in to pitch if needed. He relieved Neil Wagner, recalled earlier in the day from tripleA Buffalo, who had given up six runs on six hits in 1 1/3 innings.

“He was battling out there and if I could save him a few pitches to help him get ready for his next appearance then

that’s what the team needed today,” Tolleson said.

Toronto shortstop Jose Reyes flipped the ball into the stands after the Aviles pop up but Tolleson said it was retrieved for him to keep as a souvenir.

David Murphy was 5 for 6 with five runs batted in and Chisenhall was 5 for 6 with an RBI as Cleveland (19-21) had 22 hits off for five different Toronto pitchers before 14,068 fans.

The Indians led 4-2 after six innings before pounding the Toronto bullpen to turn it into a laugher.

“We were in that game going into the seventh inning,” Gibbons said.

“Then, of course, it exploded on us. Get that one out of our system and come back tomorrow.”

Toronto (20-21) closes out a nine-game home stand against the Indians on Thursday night.

Dustin McGowan’s struggles at home continued. The Toronto right-handed starter was touched for four runs in four-plus innings, including a two-run home run by Carlos Santana.

McGowan (2-2), making his eighth start of the season, gave up a run in each of the second and fourth innings before being chased by three straight hits including Santana’s tworun blast in the fifth.

McGowan is now 0-2 with 16 earned runs in 15 2/3 innings and 9.10 earned-run-average over four starts at the Rogers Centre this season.

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Kings 2 Ducks 1 LOS ANGELES — Trevor Lewis scored his fourth goal of the post-season, Jonathan Quick made 21 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings forced a seventh game in the Freeway Faceoff series with a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 on Wednesday night.

Jake Muzzin scored an early goal for the Kings, who ended their three-game skid with another sturdy defensive effort at home. Los Angeles improved to 6-1 in post-season elimination games over the last two seasons while beating Ducks goalie John Gibson for the first time in his six-game NHL career.

Kyle Palmieri scored and Gibson stopped 21 shots for the top-seeded Ducks, who missed the chance to clinch their first trip to the Western Conference finals since 2007.

Game 7 is Friday night at Honda Center. The winner will head to the conference final that begins Sunday.

The Southern California rivals’ scintillating first postseason meeting is the NHL’s only second-round series still going. The winner faces the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, who will have at least four days off before the conference finals open.

The Kings again proved their post-season credentials are unassailable after winning a Stanley Cup title in 2012 and returning to the conference finals last year. Responding to Anaheim’s three straight wins

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Los Angeles Kings centre Trevor Lewis, left, and goalie Jonathan Quick congratulate each other during Game 6 of an NHL secondround Stanley Cup playoff series, Wednesday, in Los Angeles.

The Kings won 2-1. with calm, intelligent defence, Los Angeles forced its second seven-game series of this postseason after rallying from an 0-3 deficit in the first round to stun San Jose.

Four days after Gibson made his NHL playoff debut at Staples Center by shutting out the Kings to even the series, the 20-year-old goalie had a rougher time in his third game in the Ducks’ net. Lewis scored on an eminently stoppable shot, the puck trickling between Gibson’s pads in the second period.

Quick finally outplayed his young rival, and the Kings forced Game 7 despite getting

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just one goal from Jeff Carter and none from Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown, Justin Williams, Slava Voynov or Jarret Stoll in the series.

The Kings came out for their fifth elimination game of the spring with the same fire they possessed in their first four, setting the pace and outhitting the Ducks early. Los Angeles took the lead midway through the first period when Kopitar slid a pass through the slot to Muzzin, who hit a mostly open net for the defenceman’s third goal of the post-season, his first in 11 games.

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Williamson gets back to work right away COACH FINDS JOB IN TRI-CITY A MONTH AFTER BEING FIRED IN CALGARY learned a long time ago working for Ed Chynoweth that you need to have your ducks in a row. Before you make one move you have your mind made That didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last long.

Just a month after hitting the un- up where you are going. I was looking employment line, Mike Williamson re- for a particular person to come in and turned to the WHL Tuesday as head do the job. It was a no-brainer on my part when Mike was available. Nothing coach of the Tri-City Americans.

Williamson, who was fired by the against Jim, he did a good job coming Calgary Hitmen in mid-April after in behind Don Nachbaur, but I felt a five seasons as head coach, replaces change was needed for where our team was going in the long term.

Jim Hiller as the Tri-City â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mike was a competitive bench boss. Hiller was player, a character player canned by the Americans when he played. He has had last Friday, and coincisuccess as a coach in the dentally held that post for WHL. He is the next coach five years. in the WHL closing in on 500 â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has all happened wins. Having that type of expretty quick,â&#x20AC;? Williamperience behind the bench son told Annie Fowler of is so important, particularly the Tri-City Herald. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This in this division, where it is has been a whirlwind the so tough and the quality of last couple of days. I am coaching is so good.â&#x20AC;? very excited about the opThe Americans signed Wilportunity. I want to thank GREG liamson, who played with the (Americans GM) Bob MEACHEM RDC Kings for one season in (Tory) and the rest of the the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s, to a multi-year conownership group, trusting tract, reuniting the former me with this challenge.

WHL player with Tory, who â&#x20AC;&#x153;My family and I are extremely excited to get back to the U.S. helped bring him into the league in Division. I spent a number of years in 1991. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve know him for quite some time,â&#x20AC;?

Portland as a player and a coach. I met my wife (Michelle) there and started Tory said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I met him as a 17-year-old our family (daughter Leeah and son hockey player playing at Red Deer ColNicholas). To have the opportunity to lege. We recruited him to come play continue to coach in a very competi- for the Portland Winterhawks. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tive division and closer to our roots is take long for him to become captain an awesome thing for us. I am excited of that team and helped that team rebuild under Ken Hodge and Brent Peto get to work.â&#x20AC;?

Tory insisted the hiring of William- terson and win a Western Conference championship.â&#x20AC;? son wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a knee-jerk reaction.

This season, the Hitmen finished â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of thought went into making the change,â&#x20AC;? he told Fowler. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tied for first in the Eastern Conference

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with the eventual league champion Edmonton Oil Kings, but were ousted by the underdog Kootenay Ice in the first playoff round. The early collapse undoubtedly led to Williamsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dismissal.

Williamson has coached 888 WHL games with Portland and Calgary and has an overall record of 427-374-36-20 with 31 ties. He also has a 54-51 playoff record. â&#x2014;? Defenceman Mathew Dumba was part and parcel of the Portland Winterhawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second-period debacle Monday night at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hawks coughed up four unanswered goals in the middle frame en route to a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings in Game 7 of the WHL championship series. But as Dumba â&#x20AC;&#x201D; acquired

by Portland from the Red Deer Rebels in December â&#x20AC;&#x201D; noted, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hawks struggled halfway through basically every game in the series. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really find a second period all series,â&#x20AC;? he told the Portland Oregonian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A number of things went wrong for us (in Game 7), but they (Oil King) also played a great game. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like we were playing a team we just should have destroyed.â&#x20AC;?

Dumba was drafted seventh overall by the Minnesota Wild in 2012 following his second season with the Rebels.

He played a third season in Red Deer and when it became apparent that he would not be returned by the Wild last year, Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter dealt his WHL rights to the Winterhawks.

Dumba suited up with Canada in the world junior championship and was then reassigned by the Wild to Portland. To say he was somewhat of

an unhappy camper at the time would be an under-statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honesty when I came back (to the WHL) I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very happy. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it would provide me with the development I would get in the NHL,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Looking back, it helped me so much. It let me get back to my game and I learned so much from the guys and the coaches here. I felt it helped me a lot and it was the best year of my junior career.â&#x20AC;?

On the move: The Lethbridge Hurricanes and Moose Jaw Warriors swapped a pair of 18-year-old forwards Monday, both of whom were selected in the early proceedings of the 2011 bantam draft. Miles Warkentine was dealt from the Warriors to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Canes in return for Kolten Olynek. They were selected 16th and 26th overall in 2011.

Warkentine played 106 games over two seasons with the Warriors, scoring four goals and collecting 16 points, while Olynek had four goals and 12 points in 57 games last winter, his first full season in the WHL . . . The Saskatoon Blades and Spokane Chiefs recently completed two trades involving goaltenders. Two weeks ago, the Blades shipped veteran Alex Moodie to the Chiefs in return for a fourth-round pick in the 2016 bantam draft, and last week acquired Trevor Martin from Spokane for a 2015 seventh-round selection.

Martin, 18, spent last season with the midget triple-A Leduc Oil Kings. The Ardrossan native went 9-4-1 with a 2.41 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage and had three shutouts. He was selected by Spokane in the ninth round of the 2011 draft and has appeared in four WHL preseason games. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Heat rally in final minutes to oust Nets from playoffs

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Heat 96 Nets 94 MIAMI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; LeBron James leaped onto a courtside table as the postgame celebration was starting, thumped his chest and punched the air.

Next stop: The Eastern Conference finals. Again.

James scored 29 points, Dwyane Wade added 28 and Ray Allen delivered two huge plays in the final seconds as the Heat rallied to beat the Brooklyn Nets 96-94 on Wednesday night, winning the second-round matchup 4-1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been like that for us,â&#x20AC;?

James said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never easy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never easy for us.â&#x20AC;?

Sure looks easy, though. It was the 10th straight series win for the twotime defending NBA champions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we met the first day for prep we said the No. 1 key, overwhelmingly the No. 1 key in this series, was great mental stability,â&#x20AC;? Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what it was down the stretch ... incredible focus.â&#x20AC;?

Incredible defence, too, when it was

needed most. Down by eight with less than five minutes left, the Heat forced Brooklyn into nine straight missed shots while peeling off a 12-0 run to take the lead. Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-pointer off an assist by Mario Chalmers with 32 seconds remaining was the go-ahead moment, the Heat wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trail again.

Allen disrupted Joe Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dribble on the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final play, James then swiped the ball out of everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reach, time expired â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the Heat advanced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give the Heat credit,â&#x20AC;? Nets coach Jason Kidd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were attacking there in the fourth quarter. We were attacking. Both teams were attacking.

They made plays, they made shots and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

Chris Bosh scored 16 and Allen finished with 13 for Miami. Johnson had 34 points, Paul Pierce scored 19 and Deron Williams had 17 for the Nets.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sixth trip to the East title series in the last 10 seasons for Miami, which is bidding for a fourth straight trip to the NBA Finals.

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Sydney Allen of the Olds High School Spartans is slowed down by Mabel McDermid of the Hunting Hills High School Lightning during a rugby game at the Titans Rugby Park Wednesday evening.

HABS: Whining â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the same time, the pounding of the chest, people who have been here have seen us do that all year. Because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s related to Boston Strong. Our guys take some pride in whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened in Boston Strong and unfortunately everything we did seemed to be seen as disrespect in Montreal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We heard a lot of that whining throughout the series but it had nothing to do with disrespect.â&#x20AC;?

Julien called it gamesmanship, the kind seen in every playoff round. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too bad that it gets blown out of proportion. But you know what, they won the series fair and square. They were the better team tonight and you have to respect that.â&#x20AC;?

The Canadiens showed character in the series, staving off elimination with a masterful performance in Game 6 in Montreal.

They also showed lots of savvy.

Montreal targeted Bruins captain Zdeno Chara, making the 37-year-old look slow and laboured. They also pressured Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young defenders, denying them avenues to advance the puck out of their end.

JAYS: Waffling On the road, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2-0 with six earned runs in 23 1/3 innings and a sparkling 2.31 ERA in four starts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just one of those nights where they were waffling the ball,â&#x20AC;?

McGowan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes you have to tip your hat to them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All my pitches were fine tonight. I just got hit hard.â&#x20AC;?

Former Blue Jay Yan Gomes had a

three-run homer in the ninth off Wagner to cap the onslaught.

Meanwhile, Cleveland starter Corey Kluber (4-3) had a solid outing.

The right-hander retired the first 13 Blue Jays he faced and finished the night yielding two runs, four hits and a walk while striking out nine over seven innings.

Adam Lind had two of the Blue Jays eight hits while Jose Bautista, Brett Lawrie, Juan Francisco and Josh Thole each drove in a run.

After todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game, the Blue Jays go out on the road for three weekend games in Texas before heading to Fenway Park for a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox beginning on Tuesday.

KINGS: Kopitar Kopitar got his seventh assist of the post-season and extended his overall NHL playoff scoring lead, while Marian Gaborik scored his 13th point in 11 games with the other assist.

Gaborik nearly scored his sixth goal of the series later in the period, but the puck hopped over his stick after Gibson ventured far from his net and banked a clearing attempt off teammate Ryan Getzlafâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leg.

Lewis doubled the Kingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lead with an innocent-looking wrist shot that sneaked between Gibsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legs for his first bad goal of the post-season. Lewis, a grinding forward, scored just six times in the entire regular season.

The Ducks scored 1:38 later. Nick Bonino jumped on Tanner Pearsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turnover and got it to Palmieri, who wrapped it around Quickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s net for his first playoff goal since Anaheimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s firstround opener.

Anaheim had two power plays in the third period, but the unit that scored five goals in the previous four games couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t connect.

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Oil Kings hoping to get crowned 2014 MEMORIAL CUP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Edmonton Oil Kings vowed this season to TakeItBack. Their new Twitter hashtag is TookItBack as they’ll represent the Western Hockey League at the Memorial Cup for the second time in three years.

Edmonton retains eight players from the team that lost a tiebreaker game to the Memorial Cup host and eventual champion Shawinigan Cataractes two years ago.

These Oil Kings must mentally and physically recover for this year’s tournament on the fly.

After needing seven games to beat the Portland Winterhawks in the WHL championship series, the Oil Kings will have just five days between Game 7 and their Cup opener to travel and prepare.

The host London Knights kick off the 2014 MasterCard Memorial Cup on Friday against the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Vald’Or Foreurs. Val-d’Or has an even shorter turnaround having won their Game 7 against Baie-Comeau on Tuesday.

Edmonton’s first game Saturday is against a more rested Guelph Storm, who needed just five games to secure the OHL title last week.

“We’ll gain from the expe-

rience of our last Memorial Cup two years ago,” Oil Kings head coach Derek Laxdal says.

“They are going to be experienced in the type of tournament that it is, a short-term event, the media, the intensity of the event and the magnitude of the event.

“We’re going to have to be able to ramp it up pretty quick. Our group has been a resilient group. They come to play when it’s time to play and we’ve had a lot of success on the road.”

The Oil Kings are back in the Memorial Cup because of their poise.

They weren’t rattled after blowing a three-goal lead and losing in overtime to Portland in Sunday’s Game 6 at Edmonton’s Rexall Place. They flew to Oregon and beat the Winterhawks 4-2 on Monday for the title.

The Oil Kings were also down 0-2 to start the series and trailed by two goals in Game 3 before scoring three unanswered goals for the win.

Their fearlessness has roots in tragedy. Former Oil King winger Kristians Pelss died after leaping from a bridge in Riga, Latvia, almost a year ago. His friends said his death was an accident.

Pelss was a member of Edmonton’s WHL championship team in 2012 and a teammate of several current Oil Kings.

Five players to watch at 2014 Memorial Cup His death gave Edmonton’s veteran players a fresh perspective and an emotional maturity they carry onto the ice with them.

“It’s so tough what happened to Pelssy,” captain Curtis Lazar says. “He was such a great friend and a competitor. The guys on the team that knew him, that guy would come to the rink and know how to put a smile on your face.

“The ’Play for Pelssy’ motto this year really just motivated us. It’s another thing that brought us closer together, but we knew when we got on the ice and went to battle for each other that he’d be looking over us. He’s a big part of it this year.”

Adds Laxdal: “The kids that are here appreciate what they have and the opportunities they have. They understand how life is so precious with the loss Kristians Pelss. It definitely has been a part of our year and our playoff run.”

The Oil Kings fell just short of last year’s Memorial Cup in Saskatoon when they lost in six games to Portland in the WHL final.

This edition of the Oil Kings has less pure offensive skill than the previous two, but is capable of producing goals in bunches as they did in a fourgoal second period Monday.

Henrik Samuelsson, who is the son of former NHLer Ulf,

The MasterCard Memorial Cup opens Friday in London, Ont. Here are five players to watch in the tournament: Anthony Mantha, Val-d’Or Foreurs — At six foot five and 204 pounds, the QMJHL’s most valuable player scored 57 goals in the regular season. The Detroit Red Wings prospect was also Canada’s leading scorer at the world junior championships.

Robbi Fabbri, Guelph Storm — The 18-year-old centre from Mississauga, Ont., was the OHL’s playoff MVP with 13 goals and 15 assists in 16 games. His stock is rising for the NHL draft in June.

Chris Tierney, London Knights — The San Jose Sharks draft pick was a top producer in the regular season and playoffs for the host Knights. The Knights captain was also voted the Western Conference’s smartest player in an OHL coaches’ poll.

Griffin Reinhart, Edmonton Oil Kings — The WHL’s playoff MVP is the catalyst for Edmonton’s smothering defence.

The defenceman is a first-round draft pick of the New York Islanders.

Kerby Rychel, Guelph Storm — A first-round draft pick of Columbus Blue Jackets, Rychel was a clutch goalscorer for the Storm in their OHL championship series against North Bay. Latvian left-winger Edgars Kulda and Lazar averaged just over a point per game in the playoffs. Samuelsson and Lazar are first-round NHL draft picks of Phoenix and Ottawa respectively.

But when the Oil Kings are on top of their game, opposing teams must run the gauntlet of a ferocious forecheck and grinding defensive-zone coverage to get to their net. Edmonton gave up the fewest goals in the WHL this season at 176.

Defenceman Griffin Reinhart, a first-round pick of the New York Islanders, was

named the WHL’s playoff MVP. He helped hold Portland’s top snipers Nicolas Petan, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Brendan Leipsic to a combined two goals in their series.

“Going through the teams the past three years, we’ve had a lot of skill in the past and this year we don’t have as much firepower up front as we’d like to,” Lazar says.

“Props to us for being able to recognize that and buying into the game plan. We really have to focus that much more on defence and it’s paid dividends for us.”

Russia routs Kazakhstan; Swiss, Slovaks get 1st wins

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINSK, Belarus — High-scoring Russia routed Kazakhstan 7-2 on Wednesday for its fourth straight victory at the ice hockey world championship.

Sergei Plotnikov scored twice on power plays, and Viktor Tikhonov had one goal. They each have four goals, tied for the most in the tournament.

Tikhonov also added three assists, while Plotnikov had two.

“It’s a question of good partners,” Plotnikov said. “We have a good team.

We play all for one and one for all and that leads to the results. We’re well motivated.”

Plotnikov, Yegor Yakovlev and

WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS Danis Zaripov each had a power play goal for a commanding 3-0 lead. Nikolai Kulyomin and Alexander Burmistrov also scored.

Mikhail Panshin and Andrei Spiridonov scored for Kazakhstan.

Russia leads Group B with 12 points and has scored a total of 22 goals. The United States, Belarus and Latvia, who were idle Wednesday, have six points.

Kazakhstan has one.

Also Wednesday, Switzerland ended a three-game losing streak by beating Germany 3-2, Czech Republic shut out Italy 2-0 and Slovakia beat Norway 5-2 for its first win.

Damien Brunner had a power play

goal and an assist to lead the Swiss team — last year’s runner-up — to its first victory after losses to Russia, the U.S. and Belarus.

“We found a way to win and that’s important,” Brunner said.

Thomas Oppenheimer scored two goals for Germany.

Switzerland has three points in four games in Group B. Germany has five.

Jiri Sekac gave the Czechs a 1-0 lead in the second period, and Jaromir Jagr added an insurance goal in the third.

The Czechs outshot Italy 37-11, but goaltender Daniel Bellissimo made 35 saves.

Czech goalie Alexander Salak

stopped 11 shots for the shutout.

Ladislav Nagy scored the winning goal for Slovakia with 18 seconds remaining in the second period and added another one in the third.

He has scored four times in the tournament.

Tomas Tatar, Juraj Mikus and Michel Miklik also scored for Slovakia.

Norway got goals from Alexander Bonsaksen and Morten Ask. The Czechs and Norway have six points in Group A in four games, two more than Slovakia, while Italy has three. Sweden tops the group with eight points, one point ahead of Canada.

Friends of Kevin Bieksa make long, strange trip to Minsk THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Team Canada captain Kevin Bieksa during practice Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the IIHF World Hockey Championship in Minsk, Belarus. Canada will play Denmark today.

“It’s pretty neat, especially with the travel day that they had,” Bieksa said.

“They just wanted to come over and support me, watch some games and cheer for Canada. As you’ve noticed we don’t have too many fans over here, so two more definitely help. I’ve known those guys since I was a kid and trained with them. We used to play hockey together, so it means a lot for me.”

Bieksa, who has family coming this weekend along with others from Team Canada, didn’t expect his friends to make that kind of effort to travel to Minsk.

They talked about it, of course, and his friends finally booked their tickets three days before the tournament began.

Sebastian said their families usually get together this time of year — after Bieksa’s season

is over — to play a golf tournament. With the 32-year-old Vancouver Canucks defenceman at the world championship for the first time in his career, this was another chance to get together.

“When’s the next time your buddy’s going to be the captain of Team Canada?” said Sebastian, who played with Bieksa on the Burlington Cougars of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1997-98. “So this is a big thing for us. It took us 32 hours, it was worth every hour.”

Sebastian and Snowden arrived at Minsk National Airport while Canada was playing Slovakia and took a cab right to ChizhovkaArena. After picking up their tickets, they got inside just about a minute after Bieksa scored his first goal of the tournament, Canada’s third in a 4-1 victory.

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MINSK, Belarus — Canadian fans are hard to come by at the world hockey championship, and some of those wearing paper hats with the red-and-white Maple Leaf are Belarusians who have picked a team to cheer for at the tournament.

Then there’s Chris Sebastian and Kyle Snowden, lifelong friends of Canadian captain Kevin Bieksa from Grimsby, Ont. After deciding last week to come to Minsk, they ran into some trouble along the way.

Sebastian and Snowden left Toronto in the second period of Team Canada’s opening game Friday against France and didn’t arrive until there was a minute left in Saturday’s game against Slovakia. It was a 32-hour journey with stops in five countries because they didn’t have the requisite visa to travel through Moscow.

Snowden pointed at Sebastian and said that he thought for 30 hours his friend was going to kill him because “we were flying all over Europe trying to get here and finally it came to the point where we had to make a decision: Are we going to go to Minsk tonight or not?” he said.

“In order to do that we had to fly from Warsaw to Frankfurt, back to Minsk, spend an extra thousand (dollars) Canadian. It cost us a lot, but to get here and actually be here it’s just amazing.”

The story of Bieksa’s friends’ trip from Canada to Russia to Poland to Germany to Belarus became well-known around the team once they arrived. Bieksa, playing in his first international tournament, called it “not the ideal route” but also appreciated the dedication of his buddies.

SCOREBOARD Hockey

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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014

Local Sports Penalties — Marchand Bos (goaltender interference) 6:18, Chara Bos (holding) 9:27, Pacioretty Mtl (holding) 9:27, Chara Bos (holding) 14:13.

Second Period 2. Montreal, Pacioretty 3 (Desharnais, Gallagher) 10:22.

3. Boston, Iginla 5 (Krug, Krejci) 17:58 (pp).

Penalties — Marchand Bos (unsportsmanlike conduct) 0:07, Eller Mtl (interference) 11:48, Pacioretty Mtl (stick holding) 16:05, Krejci Bos (stick holding) 19:14.

Third Period 4. Montreal, Briere 2 (Gallagher, Beaulieu) 17:07 (pp).

Penalties — Boychuk Bos (interference) 15:29, Markov Mtl (interference) 17:59.

Shots on goal Montreal 6 8 4 — 18 Boston 9 13 8 — 30 Goal — Montreal: Price (W, 8-3-0); Boston: Rask (L, 7-5-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Montreal: 1-5; Boston: 1-3.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs SECOND ROUND Division Finals EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Boston (1) vs. Montreal (3) (Montreal wins series 4-3) 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 1 Montreal 0, OT Saturday, May 10 Boston 4 Montreal 2 Monday, May 12 Montreal 4 Boston 0 Wednesday, May 14 Montreal 3 Boston 1 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh (1) vs. N.Y. Rangers (2) (NY Rangers wins series 4-3) Friday, May 2 NY Rangers 3 Pittsburgh 2, OT Sunday, May 4 Pittsburgh 3 NY Rangers 0 Monday, May 5 Pittsburgh 2 NY Rangers 0 Wednesday, May 7 Pittsburgh 4 NY Rangers 2 Friday, May 9 NY Rangers 5 Pittsburgh 1 Sunday, May 11 NY Rangers 3 Pittsburgh 1 Tuesday, May 13 NY Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 1

Kings 2, Ducks 1 First Period 1. Los Angeles, Muzzin 3 (Kopitar, Gaborik) 8:16.

Penalties — Greene LA (interference) 5:25, SmithPelly Ana (boarding) 18:24.

Second Period 2. Los Angeles, Lewis 4 (Williams, Voynov) 14:04.

3. Anaheim, Palmieri 2 (Bonino) 15:42.

Penalties — King LA (hooking) 3:15, Doughty LA (slashing) 8:38, Perreault Ana (hooking) 15:58.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Gaborik LA (hooking) 6:25, Getzlaf Ana (slashing) 7:47, Voynov LA (high-sticking) 13:01, Lovejoy Ana (high-sticking) 15:47.

Shots on goal Anaheim 5 7 10 — 22 Los Angeles 8 8 7 — 23 Goal — Anaheim: Gibson (L, 2-1-0); Los Angeles: Quick (W, 7-6-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Anaheim: 0-5; Los Angeles: 0-4.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago (3) vs. Minnesota (WC) (Chicago wins series 4-2) Friday, May 2 Chicago 5 Minnesota 2 Sunday, May 4 Chicago 4 Minnesota 1 Tuesday, May 6 Minnesota 4 Chicago 0 Friday, May 9 Minnesota 4 Chicago 2 Sunday, May 11 Chicago 2 Minnesota 1 Tuesday, May 13 Chicago 2 Minnesota 1, OT

2014 Memorial Cup Canadian Major Junior Hockey Championship ROUND ROBIN GP W L GF GA Pt Edmonton (WHL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guelph (OHL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 London (host) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Val-d’Or (QMJHL) 0 0 0 0 0 0

PLAYOFFS Friday, May 23 Semifinal Second vs. Third places, 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 25 Championship First place vs. Semifinal winner, 5 p.m.

Wednesday’s summaries Canadiens 3, Bruins 1 First Period 1. Montreal, Weise 3 (Briere, Prust) 2:18.

2014 World Men’s Hockey Championship Group A GP W OW OL L GF GA Pt Sweden 3 2 1 0 0 9 4 8 Canada 3 2 0 1 0 10 7 7 Norway 4 2 0 0 2 10 10 6 Czech Republic 4 1 1 1 1 11 10 6 France 3 1 1 0 1 9 7 5 Slovakia 4 1 0 1 2 11 14 4 Denmark 3 1 0 0 2 7 8 3 Italy 4 1 0 0 3 3 10 3 Group B GP W OW OL L GF GA Pt Russia 4 4 0 0 0 22 5 12 U.S. 3 2 0 0 1 10 9 6 Latvia 3 2 0 0 1 10 9 6 Belarus 3 2 0 0 1 9 10 6 Germany 4 1 1 0 2 7 10 5 Finland 3 1 0 0 2 8 7 3 Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 8 14 3 Kazakhstan 4 0 0 1 3 8 18 1 Note: Three points for a win in regulation, two for an overtime/shootout victory & one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

Tuesday’s results Denmark 4 Italy 1 Finland 4 Germany 0 Latvia 5 Kazakhstan 4 Sweden 2 Norway 1 Wednesday’s results Czech Republic 2 Italy 0 Russia 7 Kazakhstan 2 Slovakia 5 Norway 2 Switzerland 3 Germany 2 Thursday’s games Canada vs. Denmark, 7:45 a.m.

U.S. vs. Latvia, 7:45 a.m.

Sweden vs. France, 11:45 a.m.

Finland vs. Belarus, 11:45 a.m.

Friday’s games Canada vs. Italy, 7:45 a.m.

U.S. vs. Kazakhstan, 7:45 a.m.

Sweden vs. Slovakia, 11:45 a.m.

Finland vs. Switzerland, 11:45 a.m.

World Men’s Hockey Championship Scoring Leaders Team GP G A PTS Viktor Tikhonov RUS 4 4 5 9 Alexander Ovechkin RUS 4 3 5 8 Sergei Plotnikov RUS 4 4 3 7 Michel Miklik SVK 4 2 5 7 Danis Zaripov RUS 4 2 5 7 Thomas Oppenheimer GER 4 4 1 5 Sergei Kostitsyn BLR 3 3 2 5 Joakim Lindstrom SWE 3 3 2 5 Mikelis Redlihs LAT 3 2 3 5 Ondrej Nemec CZE 4 1 4 5 Ladislav Nagy SVK 4 4 0 4 Mikael Backlund SWE 3 3 1 4 Joel Ward CAN 3 3 1 4 Nikolai Kulemin RUS 4 3 1 4 Damien Brunner SUI 4 2 2 4 Tomas Hertl CZE 4 2 2 4 Mikhail Grabovski BLR 3 1 3 4 Tyler Johnson USA 3 1 3 4 Petri Kontiola FIN 3 1 3 4 Oscar Moller SWE 3 1 3 4 Nikolai Antropov KAZ 4 1 3 4 Anton Belov RUS 4 1 3 4 Jiri Hudler CZE 4 1 3 4 Kevin Dallman KAZ 4 0 4 4

Friday’s game Val-d’Or vs. London, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s game Guelph vs. Edmonton, 2 p.m.

Sunday’s game London vs. Edmonton, 5 p.m.

Monday, May 19 Guelph vs. Val-d’Or, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 20 Edmonton vs. Val-d’Or, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21 London vs. Guelph, 5 p.m.

End of Round Robin Thursday, May 22 Tiebreaker (if necessary) Third vs. Fourth places, 5 p.m.

Pacific Division Anaheim (1) vs. Los Angeles (3) (Series tied 3-3) Saturday, May 3 Los Angeles 3 Anaheim 2, OT Monday, May 5 Los Angeles 3 Anaheim 1 Thursday, May 8 Anaheim 3 Los Angeles 2 Saturday, May 10 Anaheim 2 Los Angeles 0 Monday, May 12 Anaheim 4 Los Angeles 3 Wednesday, May 14 Los Angeles 2 Anaheim 1 Friday, May 16 Los Angeles at Anaheim, 7 p.m. x — if necessary.

WHL Champion — Edmonton Oil Kings OHL Champion — Guelph Storm Host — London Knights (OHL) QMJHL Champion — Val-d’Or Foreurs

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Today ● Senior high boys soccer: Lacombe at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt West; Olds at Hunting Hills, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt East; Innisfail at Alix, 4:15 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Rays vs.

Lacombe Stone and Granite, Gary Moe Volkswagen vs. North Star Sports, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Women’s fastball: TNT Athletics vs.

N. Jensen’s Bandits, Panthers vs. TNT Athletics, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Badgers vs. Lacombe Physio Shooters, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; Red Deer U16 Rage at Stettler, 7 p.m.

Saturday ● Karate: Western Canadian Championship at Hunting Hills High

Baltimore Boston New York Toronto Tampa Bay

American League East Division W L Pct 20 18 .526 20 19 .513 20 19 .513 20 21 .488 18 23 .439

GB — 1/2 1/2 1 1/2 3 1/2

Detroit Kansas City Chicago Cleveland Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 24 12 .667 20 19 .513 20 22 .476 19 21 .475 18 20 .474

GB — 5 1/2 7 7 7

Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston

West Division W L Pct 25 16 .610 21 18 .538 20 20 .500 20 21 .488 14 27 .341

GB — 3 4 1/2 5 11

Tuesday’s Games Detroit 4, Baltimore 1 L.A. Angels 4, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 5, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 8, Boston 6 Kansas City 5, Colorado 1 Houston 8, Texas 0 Oakland 11, Chicago White Sox 0 Tampa Bay 2, Seattle 1

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago

17 17 13

20 22 25

.459 .421 .342

7 1/2 7 1/2 11

San Francisco Colorado Los Angeles San Diego Arizona

West Division W L Pct 26 15 .634 23 19 .548 22 19 .537 19 21 .475 16 27 .372

GB — 3 1/2 4 6 1/2 11

Tuesday’s Games L.A. Angels 4, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 7 San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1 Kansas City 5, Colorado 1 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 12 innings Arizona 3, Washington 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Miami 1 Atlanta 5, San Francisco 0 Wednesday’s Games L.A. Angels 3, Philadelphia 0 Kansas City 3, Colorado 2 Washington 5, Arizona 1 San Francisco 10, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, N.Y. Mets 0 San Diego at Cincinnati, ppd., rain Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 1 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, ppd., rain Miami at L.A. Dodgers, late

Thursday’s Games Boston (Buchholz 2-3) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 4-1), 11:10 a.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 1-3) at Toronto (Happ 1-1), 5:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 4-2) at Kansas City (Ventura 2-2), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Bedard 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 3-1), 8:05 p.m.

Cleveland 010 120 236 — 15 22 0 Toronto 000 011 002 — 4 8 2 Kluber, Shaw (8), Carrasco (9) and Y.Gomes; McGowan, Rogers (5), Stroman (7), Wagner (8), St.Tolleson (9) and Thole. W—Kluber 4-3. L— McGowan 2-2. HRs—Cleveland, C.Santana (5), Y.Gomes (6).

Texas 011 020 000 — 4 11 0 Houston 000 002 201 — 5 11 0 Tepesch, Poreda (6), Frasor (6), Cotts (7), N.Martinez (8) and Arencibia; Feldman, D.Downs (6), Clemens (6), Sipp (7), Qualls (9) and J.Castro.

W—Qualls 1-1. L—N.Martinez 0-1. HRs—Texas, Rios (3). Houston, Springer (3).

Boston 202 111 002 — 9 12 1 Minnesota 001 000 012 — 4 10 2 Doubront, Badenhop (7), Mujica (9) and Pierzynski; Correia, Thielbar (5), Swarzak (6), Guerrier (7), Tonkin (9) and Pinto. W—Doubront 2-3. L—Correia 1-5. HRs—Boston, D.Ortiz 2 (11). Minnesota, Plouffe (2).

INTERLEAGUE Los Ang. 111 000 000 — 3 8 0 Phila.

000 000 000 — 0 5 0 Richards, Frieri (8), J.Smith (9) and Conger; A.Burnett, Manship (6), Mi.Adams (7), Hollands (8), Bastardo (9) and Ruiz. W—Richards 4-0. L—A. Burnett 2-3. Sv—J.Smith (5).

Thursday’s Games San Diego (Kennedy 2-4) at Cincinnati (Cueto 3-2), 10:35 a.m., 1st game Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 0-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-2), 11:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 4-1) at St. Louis (Wacha 2-3), 11:45 a.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 4-3) at Cincinnati (Undecided), 4:10 p.m., 2nd game N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Miami (Eovaldi 2-1) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-3), 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Detroit 7, Baltimore 5 L.A. Angels 3, Philadelphia 0 Kansas City 3, Colorado 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 2 Tampa Bay 2, Seattle 0 Cleveland 15, Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Boston 9, Minnesota 4 Houston 5, Texas 4

bush (8), Farquhar (9) and Buck. W—Odorizzi 2-3.

L—Maurer 1-2. Sv—Balfour (7).

Colorado 000 000 200 — 2 6 0 Kans. City 030 000 00x — 3 8 0 Chacin, Brothers (7), Hawkins (8) and McKenry; Vargas, Coleman (7), K.Herrera (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—Vargas 4-1. L—Chacin 0-2. Sv— G.Holland (10). HRs—Colorado, Stubbs (3).

New York (A) 010 101 100 — 4 8 0 New York (N) 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 Tanaka and McCann; R.Montero, C.Torres (7), Valverde (8) and Recker. W—Tanaka 6-0. L—R. Montero 0-1. HRs—New York (A), Solarte (4), Teixeira (8).

Wednesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 002 311 000 — 7 9 0 Baltimore 000 050 000 — 5 9 1 Verlander, Alburquerque (7), Krol (7), Chamberlain (8), Nathan (9) and Holaday; Gausman, M.Gonzalez (5), R.Webb (7), Patton (8), Matusz (9) and Clevenger. W—Verlander 5-2. L—Gausman 0-1. Sv— Nathan (10). HRs—Detroit, R.Davis (3). Baltimore, N.Cruz (11).

Atlanta Washington Miami New York Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 22 17 .564 21 19 .525 20 20 .500 19 20 .487 17 21 .447

GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 4 1/2

Chicago 100 000 030 — 4 9 0 Oakland 100 100 000 — 2 3 0 Rienzo, S.Downs (7), Belisario (7), Lindstrom (9) and Flowers; Milone, Otero (7), Abad (8), Gregerson (8) and D.Norris. W—Belisario 2-3. L—Abad 0-1.

Sv—Lindstrom (6). HRs—Chicago, G.Beckham (3), J.Abreu (15). Oakland, Jaso (4), Donaldson (9).

Milwaukee St. Louis

Central Division W L Pct 25 15 .641 20 20 .500

GB — 5

Tampa Bay 000 200 000 — 2 3 0 Seattle 000 000 000 — 0 2 1 Odorizzi, McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Balfour (9) and Hanigan; Maurer, Leone (4), Wilhelmsen (7), Fur-

NATIONAL LEAGUE Wash.

000 000 104 — 5 6 1 Arizona 000 100 000 — 1 6 1 Fister, Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and Lobaton; McCarthy, Ziegler (9), O.Perez (9) and M.Montero.

W—Clippard 4-2. L—Ziegler 0-1. HRs—Washington, Werth (5). Arizona, Hill (4).

Atlanta 200 200 000 — 4 7 1 San Fran. 310 121 02x — 10 15 0 Teheran, A.Wood (4), Avilan (7), D.Carpenter (8) and Gattis; Bumgarner, J.Gutierrez (6), Machi (7), J.Lopez (9) and Posey. W—Bumgarner 5-3. L—Teheran 2-3. HRs—San Francisco, Pence (3), Morse (9), B.Crawford (5).

Pittsburgh 000 100 003 — 4 11 1 Milwaukee 000 010 000 — 1 6 0 Liriano, Morris (7), Watson (8), Melancon (9) and C.Stewart; W.Peralta, W.Smith (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Lucroy. W—Watson 4-0. L—Fr.Rodriguez 1-1.

Sv—Melancon (5).

Sunday ● Marathon: Woody’s RV World Marathon, 8 a.m. start for whole and half marathon; start and finish line at Ecole Camille J. Lerouge School. ● Midget AAA baseball: Fort McMurray at Red Deer, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park. ● Junior golf: Maple Leaf Tour junior worlds qualifier (12 and under)/Golf Alberta OOM Series at Lacombe, noon start.

Basketball San Antonio 4, Portland 1 Tuesday, May 6: San Antonio 116, Portland 92 Thursday, May 8: San Antonio 114, Portland 97 Saturday, May 10: San Antonio 118, Portland 103 Monday, May 12: Portland 103, San Antonio 92 Wednesday, May 14: San Antonio 104, Portland 92

NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 4, Brooklyn 1 Tuesday, May 6: Miami 107, Brooklyn 86 Thursday, May 8: Miami 94, Brooklyn 82 Saturday, May 10: Brooklyn 104, Miami 90 Monday, May 12: Miami 102, Brooklyn 96 Wednesday, May 14: Miami 96, Brooklyn 94 Indiana 3, Washington 2 Monday, May 5: Washington 102, Indiana 96 Wednesday, May 7: Indiana 86, Washington 82 Friday, May 9: Indiana 85, Washington 63 Sunday, May 11: Indiana 95, Washington 92 Tuesday, May 13: Washington 102, Indiana 79 Thursday, May 15: Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, May 18: Washington at Indiana, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE

Oklahoma City 3, L.A. Clippers 2 Monday, May 5: L.A. Clippers 122, Oklahoma City 105 Wednesday, May 7: Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Clippers 101 Friday, May 9: Oklahoma City 118, L.A. Clippers 112 Sunday, May 11: L.A. Clippers 101, Oklahoma City 99 Tuesday, May 13: Oklahoma City 105, L.A. Clippers 104 Thursday, May 15: Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 18: L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, TBA

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School. ● Junior golf: Maple Leaf Tour junior worlds qualifier (12 and under)/Golf Alberta OOM Series at Lacombe, noon start. ● Midget AAA baseball: Fort McMurray at Red Deer, doubleheader at 3 and 6 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Vancouver (MLS) vs. Toronto (MLS) (Toronto leads 2-1 on aggregate) Wednesday, May 7 Toronto 2 Vancouver 1 Wednesday, May 14 Toronto at Vancouver, late Montreal (MLS) vs. Edmonton (NASL) (Montreal Advances on 5-4 aggregate)

Wednesday, May 7 Edmonton 2 Montreal 1 Wednesday, May 14 Montreal 4 Edmonton 2 CHAMPIONSHIP (two-game, total-goals series) Vancouver-Toronto winner vs. Montreal Wednesday, May 28 First Leg, TBA Wednesday, June 4 Second Leg, TBA

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Designated INF Jeff Keppinger for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled RHP Nick Tepesch and Miles Mikolas from Round Rock (PCL).

Purchased the contract of RHP Scott Baker from Round Rock. Placed LHP Martin Perez and LHP Matt Harrison placed on 15-day DL. Designated RHP Justin Germano for assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed C Dioner Navarro on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Recalled C Erik Kratz and RHP Neil Wagner from Buffalo (IL). Optioned RHP Chad Jenkins to Buffalo.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Activated C A.J. Ellis from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Miguel Olivo to Albuquerque (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP Henry Rodriguez for assignment. Optioned LHP Dan Jennings to New Orleans (PCL). Signed LHP Randy Wolf to one-year contract.

NEW YORK METS — Placed RHP Dillon Gee on the 15-Day DL, retroactive to May 11. Selected the contract of RHP Rafael Montero from Las Vegas (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Kevin Quackenbush to El Paso (PCL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled 2B Kolten Wong from Memphis (PCL). Optioned INF Greg Garcia to Memphis.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Named Stan Van Gundy coach and president of basketball operations.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS —Agreed to terms with coach Steve Kerr on a five-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed TE Crockett Gilmore, G-C John Urschel and QB Keith Wenning to four-year contracts.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed T John Fullington and WR Jeff Janis. Released CB James Nixon.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed G Dakota Dozier and LB Trevor Reilly to four-year contracts.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Waived S Tony Dye, LB Eric Harper and DE Chris McCoy. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed G Chris Watt, DT Ryan Carrethers, RB Marion Grice and WR Tevin Reese to four-year contracts.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed QB Josh Johnson to a one-year contract. Waived DT Christian Tupou.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed LS Andrew DePaola. Waived CB Anthony Gaitor.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed NT Chris Davenport, WR Lee Doss, WR Cody Hoffman, WR Kofi Hughes, WR Rashad Lawrence, TE Kevin Perry, RB Silas Redd, DB Bryan Shepherd and NT Robert Thomas.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released OL Cliff Louis.

HOCKEY National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed D Vincent LoVerde to a one-year contract.

MOTORSPORTS INDYCAR — Fined engine manufacturer Chevrolet $20,000 and penalized it 10 engine manufacturer’s points for violations of the engine regulations; Schmidt Peterson Motorsports $1,000 for a technical violation on its No. 77 entry driven by Simon Pagenaud and Penske Racing $1,000 for a technical violation on its No. 3 entry driven by Helio Castroneves following the May 10 Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER The Notre Dame Cougars used a balanced attack to secure a 4-2 win over the Sylvan Lake Lakers in senior high girls soccer action Tuesday.

Renee Harder, Nicole Friedl, CJ Stephens and Gabbie Maravilla scored for the winners. Harper Elwood and Phoenix Schultz replied for the Lakers.

Spieth goes home for another crack at Byron Nelson Classic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IRVING, Texas — Jordan Spieth was a 16-year-old amateur when he tied for 16th at the Byron Nelson Championship in 2010.

The following year, Spieth missed his high school graduation ceremony after making the cut again at TPC Four Seasons.

Now at the ripe young age of 20, Spieth is the eighth-ranked player in the world. He comes home to the Nelson as the Masters runner-up and only days after playing with champion Martin Kaymer in the final group at The Players Championship.

“I owe a lot in my career thus far for this golf tournament and those first couple of starts that I was given to gain the confidence of knowing that I can come out and make cuts and really compete, even at a young age,” Spieth said Wednesday. “I thought this is what I wanted to do for a living. .... The weeks when I was 16 and 17 here kind of put an exclamation point on it that this is possible.”

Since last year’s Nelson, his first getting a paycheque, Spieth became the youngest PGA Tour winner since 1931, earned a captain’s pick on the Presidents Cup team and was named the 2013 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.

When he glanced up at the television during a workout Wednesday morning, Spieth caught a flashback video from his first Nelson.

“I looked like I was 9 years old. It was funny,” he said. “It seems like it was years and years and years ago, a different life almost.”

Kaymer, who tied for fifth at the Nelson last year after four rounds in the 60s, was delayed getting to North Texas because of a cancelled flight Monday night. But he never considered withdrawing a week after winning at TPC Sawgrass.

“I played decent last year and I enjoyed the golf course. The whole tournament was comfortable and very confident” Kaymer said. “I believe once you play well, you should continue, and I was committed to play. ... It was my plan, and I usually stick to my plan and my work.”

Plus, the German said this week is “pretty much” the last PGA Tour event this season except for the majors and the four straight weeks in the FedEx Cup later this year.

When the Nelson starts Thursday, Spieth will be paired with defending champion Sang-Moon Bae, the 27-year-old South Korean who in his last six tournaments has missed three cuts and finished no higher than 34th.

“I couldn’t play well after this win. So I’m trying hard,” said Bae, with no top 10s in 27 tournaments since last May at the Nelson. “I had a little bit of pressure and a little stress too, because I worked really hard. ... Just playing, just practice, stay patient.”

While Bae has struggled for good results, Spieth has six top-10 finishes this season.

Spieth shared the 54-hole lead at the Masters and at The Players, last week going his first 58 holes without a bogey before five on the next 11 holes and tied for fourth.

“I’m happy that I’ve been in these positions, because I understand now and I’m getting more com-

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Jordan Spieth hits out of a bunker during the Masters golf tournament April 11, 2014, in Augusta, Ga.

fortable each and every time that I’m in a position of high intensity and a lot of pressure,” he said. “I get very lucky on the golf normally, so one of these days it will happen on Sunday.”

Like Spieth in the past, another top-ranked junior player from Dallas has a sponsor exemption to play the Nelson. Scottie Scheffler, a 17-year-old senior at Highland Park High School, is committed to play at the University of Texas, where Spieth spent one season before turning pro.

“It’s been mentioned for a while and I don’t mind,” Scheffler said of the comparisons to Spieth.

“It’s a pretty good person to be compared to.”

HEALTH

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Getting, enjoying worry-free protein Proteins are essential building blocks for muscles, internal organs, blood cells, hormones, enzymes and disease-fighting antibodies.

Weight-loss diets packed with protein are touted just about everywhere, and they really can help you shed pounds.

But a new report that you shouldn’t ignore uncovers long-term risks of eating a diet loaded with animal protein: Eating even what’s a moderate amount (for many of you) of beef, pork and lunchmeats quadruples your odds for fatal cancer.

University of Southern California researchers recently announced that the folks who were at highest risk for deadly cancers were eating 100 grams (3.5 ounces) or more of meat protein daily on a 2,000-calorie-per-day diet! And a heavy meat habit in middle age boosts cancer risk just as much as smoking. In fact, it increases the odds for an earlier death by 74 per cent.

These findings join a wave of new science suggesting that the type of protein and amount of protein that you choose to eat can be a health bomb or a healthy boost.

So here are the best ways to put tasty, satisfying protein on your plate, worry-free. ● Right-size it. Stick with the Institute of Medicine’s guidelines: 46 grams of protein a day for women, 56 for men.

It will help control appetite. (Some government surveys estimate that the average American adult eats 69-113 grams of protein a day, and you can bet it mostly comes from meat!) On a daily basis, you want to aim for the amount of protein found in a 4-ounce salmon fillet; an ounce of nuts, especially walnuts, the only nuts with omega-3’s; 8 ounces of skim milk; two tablespoons of pure peanut butter; and a little

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They also contain carnitine, lecithin and choline — amino acids that are transformed into TMAO (or trimethylamine n-oxide) by intestinal bacteria when you eat egg yolks, processed meats, beef and pork.

TMAOs increase your risk for heart attack, stroke, memory loss and cancer, not to mention more wrinkles, poorer orgasm quality and impotence.

And stay away from the nitrite preservatives found in bacon, lunchmeat, ham and sausage: They

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Moving along, you also must put more emphasis on the strength training element of things.

Far too many women just begin doing cardio workout after cardio workout, which brings little results.

Strength training helps you reshape your lower body and is far better for burning up body fat as well.

Squats, lunges, deadlifts, step-ups, and leg presses should all be integrated into your workout routine. Use a heavy weight that challenges you for around 10-12 reps per set.

Many Type 1 diabetics living with disease 50-plus years STUDY SEEKS TO KNOW WHY

BY SHERYL UBELACKER THE CANADIAN PRESS “I never expected to live this long.”

That’s a refrain that’s become increasingly common among people with Type 1 diabetes, many of whom were told as children or teens that their lives would likely be shortened due to a complication of the disease, such like kidney failure, heart attack or a stroke.

But a growing number of diabetics have defied the odds, living with the disease for 50 years or more and often remaining otherwise healthy — and a Canadian study is underway to find out the secrets to their longevity.

“We are now seeing that people with Type 1 diabetes can live for a lot longer than we had initially thought,” says Dr. Bruce Perkins, an endocrinologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto who is heading the national study.

“It is true, what I’ve learned from talking to people who’ve had diabetes for many, many decades, that is what they were told when they were children: ’You’re not going to be the one that’s going to lead a full life and you are likely going to have these problems,”’ Perkins says.

“And there’s an amazing sort of mentality that a lot of these patients have because they went through their lives believing that or fighting that.”

The Canadian Study for Longevity in Type 1 Diabetes, which began about a year ago and has so far enrolled about 300 patients, asks participants to fill out a detailed questionnaire and to provide the results of their most recent lab tests and eye exam.

The researchers want to look at their insulin use; whether they self-inject or use an insulin pump; and if a family doctor or endocrinologist, a specialist in diabetes, manages their care.

The Toronto researchers are also collaborating with the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, which has been running a similar study and awards a 50-year medal to those who have lived with the disease for five decades or longer.

An estimated 300,000 Canadians have Type 1 diabetes, which results from the body’s immune system destroying the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

While it’s not known what triggers the immune system’s attack on these cells — called islets of langerhans — genetics may play a role, as may exposure to certain viruses.

The auto-immune disease most commonly strikes in childhood and adolescence, with the peak of incidence occurring near puberty.

With little or no natural insulin, the body is un-

able to regulate how the body uses and stores sugar, or glucose. That means several-times-daily injections of the hormone to prevent a buildup of sugar in the bloodstream, where it can lead to life-threatening complications. (Type 1 diabetes differs from the more common Type 2 form of the disease, in which the body becomes resistant to insulin or the pancreas doesn’t produce enough of the hormone.)

Type 1 diabetes was considered a death sentence until Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best of the University of Toronto isolated insulin in 1921, leading to its commercial production to treat patients around the world.

In the next few decades, even with the so-called miracle therapy, many diabetics died of end-stage kidney disease by the time they hit age 40, Perkins says.

But with the development of more refined insulins and increased awareness of rigorous blood-sugar management over the years, life expectancy has continued to rise — in some cases dramatically.

Mary Cringan was eight years old when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in the late 1930s and was initially treated in the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, along with another girl her age who had developed the dreaded disease.

“It seems to me somebody once told me I’d be lucky to live to 50,” says Cringan, who will turn 85 in July. Seventy-six years after her diagnosis, she has become one of the longest-lived Type 1 diabetics in Canada.

“I think I had a very good mother — she looked after me well,” concludes the Toronto senior, who self-injected syringes she loaded with insulin until about six years ago, when Perkins switched her to an automatic pump.

Still, there have been some complications: she has high blood pressure and had a quadruple bypass to treat coronary artery disease in 2002, which Perkins says was likely related at least in part to her diabetes.

But Cringan agrees she must be doing something right. She kept in touch over the years with the girl who was her Sick Kids roommate, but learned she hadn’t fared as well.

“She died of a stroke before 2000. And we were the same age.”

So why do some diabetics have longer, healthier lives?

Perkins says the Mount Sinai study will include an examination of participants’ genetics and physiological traits to try to tease out why some develop complications — which also include blindness-causing diabetic retinopathy and peripheral nerve injury that can lead to amputation — and why others don’t.

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Great on your plate (less than 4 ounces, once a week): Grass-fed beef has higher levels of good-foryou omega-3 fatty acids. Enjoy it by adding a little to stir-fries, skewering it with veggies or adding to chili and casseroles. ● Choose other animal proteins wisely. There are animal proteins that deliver healthy nutrients: Fish like salmon and ocean trout provide heart-smart, brain-friendly DHA omega-3 fatty acids. Skinless chicken and turkey breast deliver plenty of protein with little saturated fat. Stick with smart portions (about the size of a deck of cards). ● Go meatless more often. Beans, soy products like tofu and tempeh — well-flavoured with healthy spices and herbs — and nuts are satisfying alternatives to meat. Three ounces of animal protein provides 15-27 grams of protein. Equivalent plant sources: 1 cup cooked lentils equals 18 g; ½ cup tofu equals 20 g; 1 cup cooked black beans equals 15 g; 1 cup cooked bulgur wheat equals 5 g; 1 cup cooked quinoa equals 11 g; 2 tablespoons peanut butter equals 8 g; 1 cup cooked spinach or broccoli equals about 5 g. ● Have some protein at every meal. Don’t wait for dinner. Spreading your protein out over the day helps muscles make the most of it, especially as you age. Add nuts to your salad or cereal. Use eggs whites for that morning omelet. Spread peanut, almond or walnut butter on sandwiches. Dig into a bowl of fresh fruit and nonfat, no-sugar-added Greek yogurt for dessert.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014

Controversy kicks off Cannes FILM FESTIVAL STARTS WITH NICOLE KIDMAN IN GRACE KELLY BIOPIC GRACE OF MONACO

BY JAKE COYLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNES, France — The Grace Kelly melodrama Grace of Monaco kicked off the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday with classic French Riviera glamour, behind-the-scenes controversy and emphatic boos from critics.

The film, starring Nicole Kidman as Kelly during her marriage to Prince Rainier III of Monaco (Tim Roth), gave Cannes some local Cote d’Azur colour and star wattage for a flashy opening.

But it also started the 11day festival on an unusually tumultuous note.

Grace of Monaco has for months been embroiled in a feud over the final edit with North American distributor the Weinstein Co. It has also been criticized by the Monaco royal family as inaccurate. (The film, which chronicles Kelly’s retirement from Hollywood and adjustment to life as a European princess, is a labeled as a “fictional account inspired by real events.”)

But director Olivier Dahan (La Vie en Rose) and Weinstein Co. co-chairman Harvey Weinstein swept their differences under the red carpet Wednesday. After twice postponing its U.S. release, the Weinstein Co. will distribute Dahan’s version, albeit for a lesser fee.

“There is only one version of the film,” Dahan said, adding that any changes would be made mutually.

“There is no longer any dispute. We work well together.”

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Actress Nicole Kidman poses for photographers during a photo call for Grace of Monaco at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday.

Yet Grace of Monaco was met with some of the worst reviews for a Cannes opener.

The Hollywood Reporter called the film “a stiff, stagey, thunderingly earnest affair which has generated far more drama off screen than on.”

Reports had questioned whether Weinstein would spurn the premiere, causing him to issue a statement Wednesday saying he was travelling on a humanitarian trip in Jordan.

He wished Dahan and the

cast “all the best” for the screening.

Kidman was clearly excited by the part — playing a great actress she admires and is arguably her equal in stature.

But Kidman said the refusal

by Princess Stephanie of Monaco to see the film about her parents was “awkward.”

“I feel sad because I think the film has no malice toward the family,” said Kidman.

“You take dramatic license at times, but I understand also because it’s their mother and father.”

The festival jury, which decides the prestigious Palme d’Or award, led by Jane Campion, was also introduced Wednesday. As the only female filmmaker to win the Palme (for The Piano in 1993), Campion faced questions that have often surrounded Cannes about the inclusion of women directors.

“I think you’d have to say there’s inherent sexism in the industry,” Campion said.

Of the some 1,800 films submitted to Festival Director Thierry Fremaux, Campion

said only 7 per cent were directed by women, though 20 per cent are represented in the program.

“But nevertheless, it does feel very undemocratic,” said Campion, who added that movies are losing out on a feminine perspective.

Last year, the Palme went to the erotic French comingof-age tale Blue Is the Warmest Color.

In a first, Steven Spielberg’s jury awarded the Palme not just to the director, Abdellatif Kechiche, but also to its two stars, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux.

This year brings a selection of 18 films somewhat light on Hollywood, but heavy on world-class auteurs, including Jean-Luc Godard, Ken Loach, the Dardenne brothers, Mike Leigh and Michel Hazanavicius, returning to where his The Artist became a sensation.

Two films come from Americans: the Olympic wrestler drama Foxcatcher,

by Bennett Miller (Capote), starring Channing Tatum and Steve Carell; and the western The Homesman, the second directing effort from Tommy Lee Jones.

Canadian filmmakers outnumber their North American neighbours: David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, Atom Egoyan’s The Captives and Xavier Dolan’s Mommy.

Though Grace of Monaco isn’t eligible for the Palme, Kidman (a jury member last year) said she would have picked it.

“What would I give this movie?” said Kidman, smiling.

“Come on. The Palme d’Or!

Fleetwod Mac going on with the show 33-CITY TOUR STARTS SEPT. 30 IN MINNEAPOLIS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Stevie Nicks thought former bandmate Christine McVie was joking when she told her that she wanted to go on tour with Fleetwood Mac last year.

“I’m like, ‘Well, you’ve convinced us over 16 years that you were never coming back. You finally, actually convinced us.

So, are you kidding?”’

Nicks said.

McVie was serious.

And Fleetwood Mac is finally back to its most successful configuration, which also includes Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and Christine’s ex-husband John McVie, who was treated for cancer last year.

Their 33-city tour, On With the Show, starts Sept. 30 in Minneapolis. McVie, 70, last toured with the band in 1998.

“And I said, ‘Well, Chris, have you seen us in concert lately? Because you should see us, because it’s very physical,” Nicks said.

“It’s almost three hours, and you kind of have to be an athlete. So, get a trainer.’ And

she did! She did, totally!”

Nicks, 65, made the comments Tuesday night when she was honoured with an icon award from music-rights management group Broadcast Music Inc. Adam Levine, Sheryl Crow, Lady Antebellum and Shakira paid tribute to Nicks with performances at the annual BMI Pop Awards.

Nicks, who received the honour for writing well-known tunes for Fleetwood Mac and for her solo career, says the band is working on new music.

She’s still working — STEVIE NICKS solo, too: Her upcoming album will feature songs she has written and, in some cases, performed over the years, that fans asked to be properly recorded.

“We went onto YouTube and we found all the songs that, somehow, were taken from my house or picked up or loaned out or whatever ... and we went to Nashville and we recorded 17 songs,” she said.

“So they’re like all starting from like 1969 maybe? I call them my 24-carat gold songs.”

Online: http://www.fleetwoodmac.com

‘YOU FINALLY, ACTUALLY CONVINCED US [YOU WEREN’T COMING BACK].

SO, ARE YOU KIDDING?’

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Stevie Nicks speaks on stage at the 62nd Annual BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Tuesday, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Bieber accused of trying to steal cellphone aggressor.

Detectives interviewed the woman Tuesday night.

The Police Department’s elite Robbery Homicide Division are investigating, and detectives asked the public to step forward with

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Miami on charges he was driving under the influence and without a valid driver’s license in January.

He has also been charged in Toronto with assault. Weitzman has said Bieber is innocent in the Toronto case.

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LOS ANGELES — Justin Bieber is under investigation after a woman accused the embattled pop singer of trying to steal her cellphone at a family entertainment centre, police said Wednesday.

The woman was taking photos of the singer, and he asked her to stop but didn’t accost her, said Howard Weitzman, Bieber’s attorney.

Police spokeswoman Rosario Herrera said the woman reported that Bieber, 20, attempted to take the phone Monday night at the facility that features miniature golf, arcades and batting cages in the Sherman Oaks neighbourhood.

Bieber was hitting baseballs while the woman photographed him and tried to get him to take a picture with her daughter, Weitzman said.

Weitzman said he looked into the allega-

information.

Prosecutors are still considering whether to file charges against Bieber over an egg-throwing incident in January that damaged a neighbour’s home in Calabasas.

Bieber is scheduled to go on trial in July in

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The rough country dream machine Jeep Grand Cherokee 2011 to 2013 The redesigned 2011 Grand Cherokee was still unmistakably a Jeep, even though it came with an all-new chassis and body.

It was offered with an impressively wide range of basic hardware choices that included three 4x4 systems, an optional Quadra-Lift air suspension system and two engines.

The standard engine is a 3.6-litre Pentastar V6 and other than some early production line glitches, (see recalls) it’s a pretty reliable, fuel efficient modern unit. A big improvement on the previous 3.7 V6, the 3.6 V6 features 24-valves and variable valve timing and can produce 290 horsepower and 260 lb.-ft. of torque. And fuel economy is rated at: 13.0/8.9 L/100 km (city/ highway).

That’s considerably better than the optional 5.7-litre V8 hemi engine, which is rated at 15.7 L/100 km in the city and 10.6 L/100 km on the highway. The pulling power (390 lb-ft of torque) of the big V8 engine, however, helps to more than double the potential towing capability of the Grand Cherokee, from 1588 kg to 3266 kg.

Both engines are mated to a five-speed automatic transmission.

The Laredo and Laredo X trim levels come with Quadra-Trac I, a full-time 4x4 system that distributes drive 48/52 front-to-rear, but no lowrange is provided. Quadra-Trac II was optional on Laredo X and standard on Limited and Overland.

This system is capable of sending 100 per cent of drive to either the front or rear axle and has a selectable low range, which is important for demanding off-road use.

Then there’s Quadra-Drive II. This was optional on the Laredo X, Limited and Overland and adds an electronic limited-slip differential that can concentrate up to 100 per cent of drive to a single wheel. It also comes with Hill Descent Control and Hill Start Assist systems.

The optional (Quadra Lift) air suspension can lower or raise (to a maximum of 27 cm) the ride height. It has a Park Mode that drops to its lowest (making it easier for passengers to get in or out) and an Aero Mode that automatically lowers the Grand Cherokee at highway speeds for improved aerodynamics and stability.

In addition to being a more rigid platform, the new chassis gave Grand Cherokee a 13 cm longer wheelbase and a new independent rear It has been a top suspension. Highspeed handling performer in both and highway government and ride comfort, particularly for rear independent crash seat passengers, tests. was noticeably Bob McHugh improved.

A new top-line SRT edition of Grand Cherokee, with a 6.4-litre V8 hemi engine, was added for the 2012 model year. A six-speed automatic transmission also replaced five-speed automatic with the 5.7-litre V8 and a U-connect hands-free phone feature became a standard on all versions.

No significant changes were made for the 2013 model year and the big news for 2014 is the introduction of a diesel engine edition plus a new 8-speed automatic transmission.

The iconic Jeep brand’s popular premium luxury utility vehicle, the Grand Cherokee has been around for more than twenty years. A generally good reliability record has helped make it a Consumer Reports “Recommended” buy and

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Price Check: 2011 - 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee (January 2014) Year 2011 2012 2013

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Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history. A complete mechanical check should always be performed by a reliable auto technician prior to purchase.

Safety Recalls: 2011 to 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee: 2012 – Debris in the cylinder block (from the manufacturing process) of 3.6L engine could cause connecting rod bearing and crankshaft bearing damage. Abnormal engine performance may be noticed and in some cases the engine could fail. Dealers will replace the engine assembly. bob.mchugh@drivewaybc.ca

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Fishing for solutions LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE SPORT ON THE RED DEER RIVER AT STAKE

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

YOUTH THEATRE HERCULES PRODUCTION The Cornerstone Youth Theatre will open its latest production, Hercules — A Hero’s Tale, for a one-week run at the First Church of the Nazarene on May 30.

The play chronicles the greek hero’s challenge to reclaim his power and to save Mount Olympus from Hades and his evil minions. The play wraps up on June 8 with evening and matinee performances throughout the week. Prebooked tickets at $12 for general, $11 for senior, $10 for children 2-12. For school day performance groups (K-12), tickets are $3, and discount matinee tickets are $10.

For public sales at the door, all tickets are $14.

School day at the door, tickets are $10. For tickets, call Cornerstone Box Office at 403-986-CYT1 (2981) or go to www. cornerstoneyouththeatre. org.

The angling season is set to open on Friday and local authorities have their eyes on the long-term health of the sport on the Red Deer River.

Three fish and game associations — Red Deer, Dickson and Drumheller — in concert with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, have been working hard for the last two years to update the 20-year-old fisheries management plan for the river.

Hopes are that the plan will be finalized by late summer or early fall of this year.

“We’re just formalizing the draft plan and then it will go into internal government review and then we’ll provide it to the public later this year for feedback and hopefully implementation,” said Jason Cooper, the senior fisheries biologist for Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.

After two years of surveys on the river between Joffre and the Dickson Dam and down to the Tolman Bridge, there are some encouraging signs, like the increase in certain fish populations.

In particular, Kevin Wingert, the zone has become increasingly important and fish chair person for the Red Deer Fish and challenging in the same breath.

Game Association said they are even start“We’ve got the least amount of water ing to consider returning walleye to harvest body per fisherman than any other provstatus. Walleye have been catch and re- ince. That puts a lot of pressure on the lease only since 1996. fish,” said Wingert. He added they have But there a successful are other spestocking procies like moungram in area tain whitefish ponds, includand brown ing at Heritage trout that have Ranch in Red seen their Deer, to help numbers dewith the decline. mand.

Reasons To help fish for declines species recovinclude every— KEVIN WINGERT, ZONE FISH CHAIRPERSON FOR er, a greater thing from enTHE RED DEER FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION emphasis is bevironmental ing placed on factors, to over the care taken fishing or illegal fishing. with fish in the catch and release program.

The Red Deer River has experienced a The local fishing scene has also been afnumber of major pressures over the last 20 fected by the floods in 2005 and 2013 and years that have made an update to the man- high waters in 2007, even if in some cases agement plan necessary. Chief among them it may be too early to grasp the impact of is a growing population in Central Alberta some of those events. with limited fishing holes.

This means that educating local anglers Please see FISHING on Page C2 about the area regulations and concerns

‘WE’VE GOT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WATER BODY PER FISHERMAN THAN ANY OTHER PROVINCE. THAT PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE FISH.’

Reality of poverty largely obscured

PUPPY PADDLING

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

months earlier and the Canada Day crash was the first major collision scene he had attended as a member of the RCMP. Clowery described a state of chaos with mangled vehicles, smoke, steam and people screaming.

After checking the small car and ensuring that he could be of no assistance there, he went to the pickup truck. A man standing outside the vehicle identified himself as the driver.

“I couldn’t believe how relaxed this gentleman is,” said Clowery.

“He was very calm. He was just so — like as if nothing was going on. For me, it was like he was watching a show.”

More than 11,500 Red Deerians live in poverty, trying to claw out a life in relative obscurity.

Day-to-day survival is different for them than the majority of people in the region.

Just affording the basic necessities of shelter, food and clothing is sometimes insurmountable.

It is a reality that the Central Alberta and Capital Region United Way branches, in conjunction with the Poverty Reduction Alliance, were trying to impress on 70 local citizens on Wednesday at the iHotel in Red Deer during a poverty simulation.

“It was important to bring members of the community who maybe aren’t as familiar or as well versed in understanding what these experiences are like to have the opportunity to experience and to reflect upon the parts they might play to make a difference in their neighbourhood in their place of business, in their Central Alberta Community,” said Lori Jack, community impact officer with Central Alberta United Way. Each participant was given a profile and the morning to figure out how to make life work for a month.

Each profile was different and ran the gambit from two-parent households to being homelessness. The simulation went beyond trying to balance a budget.

Participants had to figure out life — like getting children to school in the morning, where their next meal was coming from or even finding shelter. They had to deal with different agencies, of which there were 20 volunteers playing roles, and try to survive along the way.

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OUT OF AFRICA PARTY A party celebrating the South African art of cooking food in a cast iron pot offers up tasty dishes.

The Out of Africa Potjiekos competition and party is scheduled for May 31 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Red Deer Tennis Club, at 4501 47A Ave. People are invited to watch the competition, eat South African dishes with rice, salad and dessert, all while raising funds for the Red Deer Tennis Club indoor facility. Cocktails start at 5 p.m., with dinner coming at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $25 and there will be a cash bar and silent auction. For tickets, contact the tennis club at 403-346-7567 or email info@reddeertennis.com.

PENHOLD PLANT SALE Get your zinnias, marigolds, begonias and more at the Penhold Museum’s annual plant sale on May 31. The sale takes place at the museum grounds from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a variety of bedding plants available. For more information, call 403-8864365.

GIVE US A CALL The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta. We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages. We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit. Call 403-3144333.

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Jason Steeves takes a new approach to dog sitting, taking the pup for a spin on one of the paddle boats at Bower Ponds. Bower Ponds Pavillion concession and boat rentals officially opened for the year on Wednesday. The facility will be open from 4:30 to 9 p.m. on weekdays and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the weekends and holidays from May 14 to June 30; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and weekends/ holidays from July 1 to Aug. 31; and 4:30 to 8 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekends/evenings from Sept. 1-30. Boat rentals close one hour before dusk and during poor weather; call 403-318-6298 for rates. Facility rentals and at the pavilion and the Bower Ponds stage can be booked by calling 403-309-2411. Residents are asked not to feed local water fowl at Bower Ponds, as they can become aggressive, especially when they are protecting their nests during the spring. For more information call 403-347-9777.

Officer was surprised at calm demeanour of suspect arrested at scene of fatal crash

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

ARENS TRIAL

An RCMP officer testified in court on Wednesday that he was surprised at the calm demeanour of the suspect arrested at the scene of a fatal collision in Red Deer almost four years ago.

Const. Erin Clowery and a fellow member were the first police officers to arrive at the intersection of Taylor and Kerry Wood Drives in Red Deer on the evening of July 1, 2010, where a full-size pickup truck had collided with a small car.

Rodney Ross Arens, 36, is on trial before Justice Kirk Sisson in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Arens is accused of causing the collision that killed 13-year-old

Anouluck “Jeffrey” Chanminaraj and injured his sister, Stephanie, and their brother, Jamie, who were 20 and 18 at the time.

Clowery testified during a voir dire on Wednesday that he and another officer were driving to Bower Ponds, where they had planned a foot patrol during Canada Day festivities.

The voir dire, or trial within a trial, was held to determine the admissibility of certain evidence gathered by police at the scene.

Questioned by Crown prosecutor Wayne Silliker and defence counsel Donna Derie-Gillespie, Clowery testified that he had graduated from training only four

Sylvan Lake looking for solution to unsightly business

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake town council doesn’t plan to build a fence to screen an eyesore auto recycling and repair yard that has drawn complaints for years.

However, Mayor Sean McIntyre said the town hopes to work with the owner of Lake City Services to see if there is something that can be done to improve its curb appeal.

Lake City Services has been at its location next to Hwy 20 just east of the town for

nearly 30 years and is hard to miss.

The business was the subject of considerable debate at town council on Monday night during a discussion on unsightly properties.

Screening the site would be one solution, but the property that includes auto recycling and repair and a towing business is in an awkward location. The land directly west of it is part of a provincial highway right of way. Buried utility lines mean trees can’t be planted.

“The best we can do at this point is to try to co-operate with the landowner to try to improve the aesthetics of that property,”

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

said McIntyre.

Lake City owner Al Quick said he moved to the property in 1985 after agreeing to swap land with the town when they were building the leisure centre. Quick then had a site at 44th Street and 47th Avenue, near where the fire hall now sits.

Quick said when he first moved, there Hwy 20 was a gravel road. It was paved the following year and lights installed and then the complaints followed.

He said he has offered unsuccessfully to sell the property to the town.

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BRIEFS Bikes up for auction Hundreds of bikes will be up for grabs at the annual police auction at Ridgewood Hall, west of Red Deer, on June 1.

Bargain hunters can also choose from the huge antique estate auction featuring a flatdeck trailer, sunray boat, rare American and Canadian coins, collectibles, antiques and other items.

Come early to register for the 10 a.m. start.

The auction is organized by Cherry Hill Auctions and Appraisals.

For directions, visit www.cherryhillauction.com or call 403-342-2514 or 403-347-8988.

Freedom Run set Run to furnish classrooms in Afghanistan at the fifth annual Freedom Run in Lacombe on June 1.

Proceeds from this year’s event will furnish 16 classrooms with desks in two recently built all-girls high schools.

Register for the two-, five- or 10-km distances through the Running Room (www.runningroom.com) or at A Better World’s office in Lacombe (#103, 5033 52nd Street).

Same day registration is also offered.

Runners can also collect donations for A Better World’s school projects.

Two iPad Minis will be awarded to the two highest fundraisers.

Last year’s event brought in $16,000 in donations.

It helped to raise funds for an allgirls high school in a rural community in northern Afghanistan.

To date, the Freedom Runs in Lacombe have raised $65,000 for four schools in Afghanistan.

Tax open house The City of Red Deer is holding an open house on Wednesday to allow residents an opportunity to voice

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BUSINESS: Fence fine, says owner if town pays for it Building a fence is fine by him, but he feels the town should pay for it because, after all, they moved him there in the first place.

Fencing may not be much of a solution anyway because the highway sits quite high in comparison to the yard and would not screen much.

Quick said he’s willing to work with the town.

“I’ve always co-operated with them. My feeling is they put me there and (then) they want to get me out of there.”

The three-acre property is for sale because Quick, 69, is looking to scale back his business.

“My feeling is if they ever allowed car dealerships here with the town as big as it is it would sell overnight.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

FISHING: Floods impact river “Those floods impact the river and change the habitat and expose new habitats for them to spawn into, and

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Lacombe budget input Lacombe residents can pitch their own budget proposals for 2015.

In an effort to encourage the community to become involved in city budgeting, Lacombe will invite citizen submissions.

Residents can suggest new or upgraded services or facilities, extra resources for programs, or anything else that falls under city control.

Mayor Steve Christie said the city has focused on getting community feedback in the last few years. Budget open houses have been held, but they have not attracted as many participants as hoped.

Forty people turned out to give council their input in 2012 but only five came out last year.

It’s hoped that taking a build-yourown-budget approach might inspire more residents to suggest ideas on where tax dollars could best be spent.

A form will be available for people to outline their proposals and even offer suggestions on how to fund them or whether they rank as a need or a want.

Council will review and prioritize submissions in September and direct city staff to cost out the best ideas.

They may then make their way into the draft budget.

Christie said the idea has been tried in other communities, such as Beaumont and Calgary.

He’s not sure what to expect as far as submissions.

“But the more you get people involved the better.”

The submission deadline for the next budget is Aug. 30. wintering pools, a bunch of variables that come into effect as well,” said Cooper.

With the long winter and a poor fishing season last year weather-wise, officials are expecting the long weekend launch to be a busy one, making them more reticent in their goal of a safe and well-managed kickoff.

“We’re hoping things are looking real good for the future and in 10 years time we will have stable fish populations and our grandkids can go fishing,” said Wingert, who is itching to get out himself this weekend.

An updated list of local regulations regarding limits and open fishing areas is available at Environment and Sustainable Resource Development office and at local sportsmen shops where fishing licences are available. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

POVERTY: Programs Central Alberta does have a number of programs to aid those in poverty, but Jack says it takes an entire community to improve the issue.

“To reduce poverty it’s not about delivering more programs, it’s about changing some of the systems that are creating barriers for people that are living in poverty,” said Jack.

Of the 11,500 Red Deerians living in poverty, about 2,300 are children, and it is estimated there are thousands more throughout Central Alberta.

Jack said studies show a single person requires a full-time job paying them at least $10.21 per hour to meet

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One of several muskrats that call Bower Ponds home went out for a swim on Tuesday evening.

Truck sought in hit-and-run Red Deer RCMP are looking for the driver of a dark coloured pickup truck after a hit and run in north Red Deer on Monday night that sent one person to hospital.

The truck ran down a pedestrian in the parking lot of Wild Bill’s pub at 5150 50th Ave. at around 10:20 p.m.

A male victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Calgary Foothills hospital via ground ambulance.

The victim reported to police that the truck did not slow down before striking him.

The victim’s sister, Pam Innes, said her 45-year-old brother has fractures in his back, a tear in his aorta, “a lot of road rash” and all his ribs are broken.

There was no video surveillance in the parking lot and no debris to help identify the hit and run vehicle, RCMP said. The truck is believed to be an early 1990s model, single cab truck, either black or dark in colour. It possibly had two people inside.

Anyone with more information is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403343-5575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 to remain anonymous or retheir basic needs in Red Deer, and those numbers only go up once children are involved.

A two-parent home with two children requires both parents to make at least $13.11 per hour, while a single parent needs to make $14.75 per hour.

Minimum wage in Alberta is $9.95.

One of the biggest employers in the city is the service industry or retail, and according to Statistics Canada, an average wage in the province in that line of work is $18 an hour for men and $14.75 for women.

There is also no guarantee of it being full-time work.

“Alberta is a very rich province, we have oil and gas and lots of trades that pay a decent wage, and that of course drives up all the prices in housing and rentals,” said Jack.

“However one of the higher industries here in Red Deer is retail, and those wages do not keep pace with those wages in those other industries.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Planners eye expansion A controversial plan to expand an industrial plant in Penhold will go before the town’s municipal planning commission on Wednesday.

Custom Bulk Services Inc. is seeking approval to add more storage bins and a conveyor, as well as build another facility with two storage bins and equipment at its site on Fleming Avenue on the west edge of town.

Some residents fear that Custom Bulk Services Inc.’s expansion plans will see more carcinogenic crystalline silica dust from fracking sand released into the air and surrounding neighbourhoods.

Traffic hassles caused by idling trucks waiting to pick up loads have also drawn complaints.

Custom Bulk Services has been operating at the same site since 1997 and underwent an expansion in 2012.

The commission was originally to have discussed the company’s applications this week, but the meeting date was changed because of scheduling issues. The public meeting has now been set for 6 p.m. in Penhold’s Multiplex.

TRIAL: Numerous charges Clowery said he could not see any signs that the man had been hurt in the crash, but walked him back to the truck and sat him down in the driver’s seat, concerned that he might be in shock or suffering an unseen injury.

“I didn’t want him to faint or fall.”

Arens faces numerous charges, including impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving causing injury and dangerous driving causing injury.

Sisson will determine what evidence presented during the voir dire can be admitted as evidence in the trial.

The trial continues today and Friday, and then adjourns until May 26. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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The open house, called Let’s Talk Budget 2015, will run from 4 to 8 p.m. at Festival Hall (4214 58th St.) and residents will be able to speak with city council and administration.

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1952 — Alberta jockey Johnny Longden to becomes the second jockey ever, and the first North American, to ride 4,000 winners.

1912 — Boundaries of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec extended northward.

1885 — Louis Riel surrenders to Middleton’s troops and the North West Rebellion ends after 100 days.

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Stonefly emergence appears to be delayed Perhaps because of the floods last year, Alberta anglers are expressing curiosity and concern for the state of Alberta’s stonefly populations, particularly the species that most interest the trout and those who fish for them.

Going back over fishing diaries documenting my more than 45 years of chasing these hatches — trying to be on the right river or stream where and when they occur to enjoy the fast fishing they produce — I’d have to judge that most of them are going to be late this year.

Late is also what my wild flower indicators for when anglers’ hatches will appear are also saying.

Three- to four-year-old nymphs of the salmon fly, Alberta’s largest stonefly, emerge from our waters when the dogwood flower buds are just about to burst into white bloom, then “hatch” or transform into the winged adults. My most recent check of a dogwood bush showed miniscule flower buds just getting started.

The earliest I have ever fished a good salmon fly hatch in Alberta was on May 16, after a soft winter and a warm, dry spring, conditions very different from what we have been experiencing around here

since Nov. 1 last year.

But I expect the coal-black mature salmon fly nymphs are starting to move to the shallows, ready to crawl out of the water en masse when its temperature reaches 17C (63F) for at least three days.

My late fishing buddy, Lloyd Graff, loved to fish big, black salmon fly nymph imitations near shore during the underwater migration of the three- to four-year-old naturals, an easier event to predict than the legendary egg-laying flight of the mature, winged adults.

The late Charlie Brooks, guru of the Madison River, which has the world’s most famous Salmon fly hatch, maintained fishing salmon fly nymphs was always a good bet any time because the various age classes were always in the river.

When I fished the Madison’s Barn Holes with Charlie, he was slinging serious lead, two huge, heavy salmon fly nymphs, one black, and one white, on the same leader.

He wasn’t sure why the white one, except that it often worked. I was curious because my all-time favourite and most successful “black” salmon fly nymph imitation was the reddish-brown Bird’s

Stonefly Nymphs I ordered from Dan Bailey’s in Bozeman, Montana.

Eventually I found the answer to my colour conundrum in my collecting net.

Among the hard shell, coal black salmon fly nymphs there would often be one or two soft, brown ones. Two stonefly experts explained to me that these were specimens that had just molted their hard, black shells and before the soft chitin hardened and blackened again.

BOB At this stage, the red-brown SCAMMELL nymph is soft, succulent, and the trout love them, much as many humans, myself included, dote on soft-shell crabs that have just molted their hard shells.

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Once ashore, the nymphs grip onto a rock, reed or limb, heave until their shell splits and the winged adult eventually pulls itself through the crack.

From then, the totally unpredictable anglers’ watch and wait takes place for the adult flies to mate and the huge females to fly onto the water to lay their eggs, causing an orgy of gluttony for trout and dry fly fishermen alike.

Anglers come from all over to catch this event on the Crowsnest River, site of Alberta’s most famous salmon fly hatch.

In many years, anglers who miss the salmon fly totally can solace themselves by catching the hatch of the skwala, a much smaller stonefly, on the Red Deer River tail water, right down and through the city, generally around the May long weekend, or when the chokecherries are in full bloom on the banks.

That, I fear, is also going to be late this year, judging by what peering at nearby chokecherry bushes is telling me.

Alberta’s longest and most well-

known stonefly hatch is the golden stonefly, the adults of which are almost as large as the salmon fly.

This hatch takes place seemingly at all altitudes and in all parts of Alberta when our floral emblem, the wild rose, is in bloom.

Alberta’s winter-spring syndrome may have moderated enough by then that roses and golden stones may arrive together and right on time this year.

Anglers constantly fret that the heavy floods we have been suffering too many of in recent years harm the aquatic insects upon which their fish and fishing depend.

That is the case with many caddis and mayflies, but stoneflies are robust creatures, strong grippers, that shelter among rock and boulders, and generally survive even the worst floods.

In fact it has been my observation that recent heavy floods on certain Alberta rivers and streams have actually rehabilitated formerly good stonefly habitats by flushing out the accumulated silt that had been covering the bare boulders, rocks and stones, the absolute essential building blocks of stonefly heaven.

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

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Making the most of a plant exchange Spring is the time of renewal. list are escaped ornamentals. That being said, each It is a good time to rejuvenate and divide perenni- area will have their own list of problem weeds. als, plants that come up year after year on the same It is up to the person who is running the exchange roots. to decide which ones are acceptable and which ones Perennials that have died out in the centre should are not. be dug and all the dead material removed. ● Avoid bringing plants that have A healthy plant can placed back in the spread quickly in the garden and have original spot with excess plants being caused problems. used elsewhere, given away, sold or comAggressive plants, or thugs, do have a posted. place in the garden but not in a plant exPlants that have become too big for change when many of the participants are their location can be dug, divided and a novice gardeners. smaller piece replanted.

The average homeowner does not have Plants need not get huge to be divided; a need for these plants and they can be each piece needs to have an upward stock refused at the exchange or thrown away and a root system. Plants with one taproot afterwards. do not divide or transplant well.

Some exchanges ask that plants be potOrganizations such as garden clubs put ted and others stipulate clean containers. on plant exchanges in the spring as a way A potted plant with all its roots covered of raising funds, get rid of excess plants will survive the transplant shock better and encouraging others to garden. than one that is bare rooted, especially LINDA The rules of plant exchanges vary but in warm conditions. If the plants are not TOMLINSON there are a few basic rules: potted, place them in a clean container: ● Make sure that the plants are free of buckets, margarine or yogurt containers pests and weeds. and plastic bags are acceptable. ● All plants brought to the exchange should be When using a plastic bag, make sure it is strong healthy and have enough roots to insure a healthy and will not break under the weight of the rootball. plant will develop.

Large plants can be brought as one plant or di● Do not bring plants that are on the Alberta Inva- vided into a number of pieces to allow more people sive Weed list (http://www.edmonton.ca/for_residents/ to benefit.

Weed_Identification_Book.pdf).

If possible, label all plants. Give as much informaThey are on the list for a reason; if left unchecked, tion as possible; name, variety, height and colour of they take over native habitat. flowers.

Over 75 per cent of the plants on the noxious weed Missing information can often be supplied by

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other gardeners attending the exchange.

New gardeners, the people who need the plants the most, usually do not have plants to bring to the exchange.

These people are still welcome. Instead of bringing a plant, they can purchase plants at a minimal cost or put in a donation.

A word of caution: plants that are traded could contain dew worms and or slugs. Dew worms aerate the soil while leaving large lumps that make the lawn rough to mow and walk over.

Slugs are just annoying as they like to eat leaves and flowers when it is cool and hide in the shade during the day.

The Red Deer and District Garden Club will hold its plant exchange on May 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

They ask that all plants be brought in beforehand.

For every two plants brought, one can be taken home. Cost is generally $2 a plant.

Lacombe and District Garden Club is hosting their sale on Monday, June 2 (noon to 7 p.m.) and Tuesday, June 3 (10 a.m. to 7 p.m.) at 33 Cameron Close in Lacombe. All profits go towards a horticultural scholarship.

In Rocky Mountain House, the plant exchange will take place in conjunction with the Clearwater Garden Market, Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. for the month of May. For other plant exchanges in Central Alberta, check with the local garden clubs.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com.

Two sides to the oilsands issue “Environmentalists can be divided into two camps on the issue of oilsands.”

— Robert Rapier

proceeding too rapidly (like what Peter Lougheed thought in recent years).

The second camp thinks that bitumen extraction should cease completely. Rapier thinks that the first I first came across the writings of Rapier on theoil- camp is more realistic. drum.com. Whereas a lot of us thought in I tend to agree.

2008 that the price of oil would easily conIn fact, I wrote in this column back tinue its trajectory past $147 per barrel, in 2011 that when CO2 calculations are he cautioned that the higher price would based on what actually comes out of the first cripple the global economy, and then tailpipe of my car, the tarsands are only stabilize for a while at a lower price … five per cent dirtier than the Kern River which it did (for the past three years at oilfield in California. about $90 to $100). So he’s no dummy.

However, I also wrote as recently as And in addition to being smart, he’s this January, that we should quit spitting diplomatic. Maybe that’s why the Canaon Peter Lougheed’s grave and take to dian government invited him and a few heart his warning about the pace of tarother energy analysts and journalists to sands extraction. tour the tarsands last year.

But I digress. Just as Rapier sees the The result was a series of writings, PI as a moderate voice, so must the Canaranging from the impact of bitumen exdian government (or why else would they traction on caribou herds (definitely not have invited it to make a presentation EVAN good), to its impact on water in the region during the tour?).

BEDFORD (maybe not good).

Industry likewise trusts the PI. Or why During the tour, Rapier attended a preelse would big companies such as Shell sentation by the Pembina Institute, an Aland Encana pay for its consulting experberta-based, non-profit think-tank specialtise? izing in issues relating to energy. Rapier PI’s role is somewhat strange, since puts the PI in one environmental camp, Rapier notes that it sometimes even conwhile he puts organizations such as Greenpeace in sults for a company that it is suing. the other camp.

How better to affect change, though: advise a comThe first camp accepts that bitumen extraction pany to be serious about the environment and sue it, will continue into the future, but thinks that it is just to make sure.

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But these big companies recognize that “environment” is more than just a word in the dictionary. And they also recognize that PI is the best at what it does.

So why does the Alberta government not seem to recognize the obvious?

The news came out recently that Premier Dave Hancock et al denied PI’s request (as part of a larger environmental coalition) to speak at a hearing for a possible new tarsands development by Southern Pacific Resource Corp.

They reason that PI and others are not directly affected by tarsands operations, so they shouldn’t have a say in what happens. Caribou are directly affected, but they can’t speak English, and they can’t vote Progressive Conservative, and now they can’t even count on PI to stand up for their right to exist.

The Alberta government is a bit like the emperor in the Hans Christian Anderson tale.

Each new development north of Fort McMurray is another piece of fine silk clothing … although one that future generations will see for what it is: a shortterm figment which does surprisingly little for the Heritage Trust Fund, and practically nothing for the province’s long-term goal of economic diversification.

The Pembina Institute is the little boy who points out the obvious. But he can only point out the obvious if the powers that be allow him to speak.

Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. Direct comments, questions and suggestions to wyddfa23@telus.net.

Visit the Energy and Ecology website at www.evanbedford.com.

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BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Export Development Canada’s vice-president and chief economist delivered an optimistic outlook for the global economy on Wednesday.

Speaking in Red Deer at an event organized by Central Alberta: Access Prosperity and the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce, Peter Hall described how the world is entering a new growth cycle that should create trade opportunities for Canada.

When the recession hit in 2008, he said, it ended a long growth cycle that dated back to the early 1990s.

Years of excessive consumption and production came to a sudden halt, as the biggest recession since the Great Depression gripped the world.

Some feared the resulting economic pain was becoming chronic, but Hall offered four reasons to believe otherwise.

For one thing, he said, leading indicators like housing starts and sales of durable goods are rising.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) composite indicator has risen 16 of the past 17 months, with the exception being a bad weather month in North America.

“Everything is coming back a whole lot stronger than even the optimists were expecting.”

There’s also strong evidence of pent-up demand, said Hall, especially in the United States. Annual housing starts there had tumbled from a pre-recession level of between 2.1 million and 2.4 million to about 500,000 he said.

With the U.S. generating about 1.4 million new households every year, the surplus has now been absorbed and turned into a deficit.

“That’s not the only place there’s pent-up demand,” he added, noting that the average age of cars in the United States is more than 10 years.

“That’s why they’re selling 16 million units a year and that’s why they could sell 18 million units a year.”

Meanwhile, companies that held off making capi-

tal investments during the recession are finding they can’t keep pace with demand for their products, said Hall. The same is true in Europe and other regions.

“There’s pent up demand across a broad swath of the wealthy world.

“Everybody has been putting off their investments for five-plus years.”

There’s also a renewed optimism in the United States, said Hall.

“Trend confidence is rising very appreciably at the moment. That is the most amazing thing for me that has happened.”

The same is true elsewhere, he said.

“Even Japan, with all their structural difficulties, they’re feeling much better about themselves.”

Finally, it appears that many governments no longer need strict austerity measures to control their debts, said Hall. That should help boost their economies.

Export Development Canada is forecasting American growth of three per cent this year and nearly four per cent in 2015.

The rest of the industrialized world is expected to reach 2.2 per cent this year and 2.8 per cent the next, while emerging markets should average 4.9 per cent in 2014 and 5.5 per cent in 2015. China is projected to hit eight per cent next year.

Canada is in a different situation than the United States and many other countries, suggested Hall.

High consumer debt, an overbuilt housing market and continued austerity measures by some provincial governments could hamper growth here, he said.

But the country should benefit from trade — which is expected to increase by six per cent both this year and next, and from investment in traderelated infrastructure.

“We have 600 resource projects that are on the docket at the moment.”

These should stimulate the Canadian economy, he said.

Hall also thinks Canada will benefit from having a broader range of trading partners than was the case before the recession.

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Peter Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist for Export Development Canada gives a talk on global economics and exports at the Black Knight Inn on Wednesday afternoon.

“Diversification into emerging markets has grown from a mere four per cent of our merchandise trade to 12 per cent from 2000 through to 2013. That’s a pretty remarkable transformation.”

The middle classes in those emerging markets are growing quickly, he pointed out, which bodes well for Canada’s agriculture sector.

Export Development Canada is a Crown corporation that provides financing and risk management services to Canadian exporters and investors. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Construction continues on a major addition to CrossRoads Church west of Red Deer. The expansion will give the church a youth wing with a concert area, 10 multi-purpose rooms — including one equipped for slack line use — a cafe and four climbable towers with lofts. TimCon Construction Ltd. is the contractor for the project, which is expected to wrap up by the fall.

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BRIEF Healthy first quarter for Gamehost Gamehost Inc. (TSX: GH) has reported a healthy first-quarter profit.

The gaming company, which is based in Red Deer County, announced on Wednesday that it earned $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31. That’s up 21 per cent from $4.7 million for the same period in 2013.

Earnings per basic share were 23 cents, as compared with 19 cents for the first quarter of 2013.

Operating revenue for the quarter was $20.5 million, a $7.3 million improvement from a year earlier.

Gamehost said in a release that its Grande Prairie operations enjoyed a 16 per cent jump in first-quarter revenues, year-over-year.

The company’s operations include Boomtown Casino in Fort McMurray; Great Northern Casino, Service Plus Inns & Suites and a strip mall in Grande Prairie; and a 91 per cent interest in Deerfoot Inn & Casino Inc. in Calgary.

National home prices rise 0.5 per cent in April, Calgary hits a new high TORONTO — Canadian home prices rose slightly in April, following an unusually flat March, according to the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index.

Teranet says prices were up 0.5 per cent from March, and although the gain “might appear robust” compared to the previous month, home prices always climb in the spring season.

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Year-over-year, national home prices rose by 4.9 per cent.

Teranet says prices were up in nine cities last month, with Calgary hitting a new high, rising by 1.5 per cent.

Home prices in the Ottawa-Gatineau region also snapped out of seven months of declines, by rising by 0.7 per cent in April. While Vancouver hit a new high by jumping 0.5 per cent, following 12 months of advances.

Only two cities saw declines last month. Prices in Quebec City fell 0.5 per cent, while prices in Victoria dropped by 1 per cent.

The Teranet—National Bank House Price Index tracks repeat sales of single-family homes across the country.

Cineplex wants to grow arcade business as it looks to grow beyond movie theatres TORONTO — Movie exhibitor Cineplex Inc. (TSX:CGX) says it wants to grow its arcade business.

Chief executive Ellis Jacob told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting that gaming “presents a real opportunity” as it looks to grow beyond just movie theatres.

Jacob says Cineplex plans to continue testing the concept with several arcades, called Xscape, located inside its theatres.

The gaming centres feature popular racing games and billiards, and let winners exchange their points for prizes. By the end of the year Cineplex aims to have 16 locations across the country.

Jacob says if the concept proves successful, Cineplex will consider expanding outside movie theatres with either standalone arcades or a sports bar concept.

Recent reports have suggested that Cineplex has partnered with private equity firm Onex Corp.

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arcade chain Dave and Buster’s.

In Canada, Jacob said Cineplex will soon launch a test program in Toronto that allows moviegoers to pay a premium price for the best seats in the house — the two rows in the centre of a theatre that are considered the sweet spot for cinephiles.

Scotiabank looks to divest all or part of its $3.8B stake in CI Financial TORONTO — Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) wants to sell some or all of $3.8 billion worth of shares in asset manager CI Financial Corp. (TSX:CIX), indicating it believes it can more profitably deploy the capital elsewhere.

Scotiabank, which first acquired its position in CI in 2008 and currently holds 37 per cent of its stock, said in a release Wednesday that it “intends to explore all options with respect to the monetization . . . over time.”

“This may include partial or full monetization of its investment in CI in one or a series of transactions,” it said.

While Scotiabank said it has been pleased with its investment in CI, vice-chairman and chief operating officer Sabi Marwah noted that bank has had “a very good track record on deploying capital” and that opportunities for further deployments exit in each of our four business lines —Canadian banking, international banking, global banking and markets as well as in other parts or wealth management.

“We have a fairly active pipeline and given that active pipeline we believe that we’ll be able to profitably redeploy that capital,” Marwah said in a telephone interview.

He said several factors “played into” the decision, among them the “very strong momentum in our existing 100 per cent owned wealth management platform.

“We are much bigger today then were at that time (2008) by owning 100 per cent of Dundee,” he said, referring to DundeeWealth Inc., which the bank acquired in early 2011 and renamed HollisWeath last year.

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OF LOCAL INTEREST Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 102.48 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 53.41 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.65 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.20 Cdn. National Railway . . 64.49 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 175.15 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.11 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.56 Cervus Equipment Corp 22.36 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 50.20 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 51.90 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 30.61 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.35 General Motors Co. . . . . 34.94 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.24 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.86 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 52.00 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 65.16 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.29 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.27 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 47.00 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 107.94 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.80 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.83 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.46 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 17.45 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — A late-day selloff in the tech sector helped push the Toronto stock market slightly lower Wednesday.

The S&P/TSX composite index slipped 6.08 points to 14,673.73 as rising commodity prices lifted miners and traders considered a potential major shift in the Canadian retail landscape.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.23 of a cent to 91.89 cents US amid general U.S. dollar weakness.

U.S. retailer Sears Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq:SHLD) is considering selling its 51 per cent interest in Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) as the retailer continues with efforts to turn around its business.

Sears Holdings’ overall business has been struggling after years of sales declines and it has been closing some unprofitable stores and selling leases in prime locations.

“It’s a sign of how desperate the U.S. parent is and how much trouble they’re in,” said Colin Cieszynski, senior market analyst at CMC Markets.

“Because all the money, all the leases they got out of, the money didn’t stay here, it went south to shore up the U.S. business. The U.S. company is the one that’s in real trouble and what’s left? You’re selling off your most valuable asset.”

Sears Holdings shares gave up early gains to decline $2.53 or 5.85 per cent to US$40.70 in New York, while Sears Canada shares ran up 54 cents or 3.43 per cent to C$16.30 in Toronto.

Glum earnings news and worries about inflation helped push U.S. indexes lower as the Dow Jones industrials dropped 101.47 points to 16,613.97, the Nasdaq shed 29.54 points to 4,100.63 and the S&P index was off 8.92 points at 1,888.53.

The U.S. Labor Department said that the producer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 per cent from March to April, after a 0.5 per cent increase from February to March.

The gains suggest that inflation is picking up from very low levels and raised concerns about when the Federal Reserve could act to hike short-term rates from

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.00 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 60.09 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.74 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.21 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.94 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.97 First Quantum Minerals . 22.70 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.52 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.91 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.64 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.39 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.43 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.63 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.29 Energy Aeroflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.44 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 36.00 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 70.18 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.68 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 56.62 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.36 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 23.42 Canyon Services Group. 15.90 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.50 CWC Well Services . . . . . 1.07 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 24.84 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.52 near zero.

Meanwhile, Deere is reporting a 9.5 per cent decline in secondquarter net income to US$980.7 million, or $2.65 per share, compared with $1.08 billion, or $2.76 per share, in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue fell 8.9 per cent to US$9.95 billion on lower demand for farming equipment.

Deere expects a four per cent drop in equipment revenue for fiscal 2014, the same decrease it’s expecting for the current quarter and its shares were down $1.91 to US$91.70.

Elsewhere in Canada, Power Financial Corp. (TSX:PWF) says it its first-quarter profits totalled C$467 million or 66 cents per share, up from $394 million, or 55 cents per share, in the same quarter of 2013.

Operating earnings totalled $440 million, or 62 cents per share, compared with $407 million, or 57 cents per share, year over year.

Revenues at the financial services conglomerate that includes Great-West Lifeco (TSX:GWO) and IGM Financial (TSX:IGM) were $10.58 billion compared with $8.15 billion a year ago.

Power Financial climbed 22 cents to $34.95.

On the commodity markets, the TSX base metals sector rose 0.7 per cent as July copper gained two cents to US$3.16 a pound.

The gold sector rose about one per cent as June bullion rose $11.10 to US$1,305.90 an ounce.

The energy sector edged 0.16 per cent lower as June crude in New York gained 67 cents to US$102.37 a barrel.

Tech stocks led TSX decliners, down 1.7 per cent with BlackBerry (TSX:BB) down 12 cents to C$8.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,673.73, down 6.08 points TSX Venture Exchange — 991.74, up 3.39 points TSX 60 — 839.11, down 0.38

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 102.29 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 63.99 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.60 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 36.62 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 53.48 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.05 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.09 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.140 Precision Drilling Corp . . 13.53 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 43.05 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.60 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.87 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 11.37 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 72.04 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.58 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 66.97 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.19 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.00 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.19 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.61 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 53.42 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 71.07 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.34 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.79 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.90 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 73.52 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.57 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.30 of a point Dow — 16,613.97, down 101.47 points S&P 500 — 1,888.53, down 8.92 points Nasdaq — 4,100.63, down 29.54 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.89 cents US, up 0.23 of a cent Pound — C$1.8251, down 1.06 cents Euro — C$1.4924, down 0.25 of a cent Euro — US$1.3714, up 0.12 of a cent Oil futures: US$102.37 per barrel, up 67 cents (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,305.90 per oz., up $11.10 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.407 oz., up 27.7 cents $720.39 kg., up $8.91 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’14 $5.60 lower $505.60; July ’14 $4.40 lower $492.80; Nov. ’14 $7.40 lower $485.30; Jan ’15 $7.10 lower $488.70; March ’15 $8.00 lower $490.70; May ’15 $9.00 lower $491.40; July ’15 $9.00 lower $491.50; Nov ’15 $10.00 lower $482.00; Jan. ’16 $10.00 lower $476.00; March ’16 $10.00 lower $480.20.

Barley (Western): May ’14 unchanged $139.50; July ’14 $4.20 higher $145.70; Oct. ’14 $4.20 higher $145.70; Dec. ’14 $4.20 higher $145.70; March ’15 $4.20 higher $145.70; May ’15 $4.20 higher $145.70; July ’15 $4.20 higher $145.70; Oct. ’15 $4.20 higher $145.70; Dec. ’15 $4.20 higher $145.70; March ’16 $4.20 higher $145.70; May ’16 $4.20 higher $145.70.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 585,200 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 585,200.

Pace of European growth may have doubled in Q1 MULTIPLE HEADWINDS MEAN ECB LIKELY TO TAKE ACTION THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT, Germany — Official figures are expected to confirm that Europe’s recovery from recession gathered pace in the first three months of the year.

But the recovery is filled with worries, so much so that the European Central Bank is poised to deliver stimulus measures that are more usual for economies mired in recession rather than those on the upswing.

Figures on Thursday are expected to show that the economy of the 18 countries that use the euro expanded by 0.4 per cent in the first quarter from the previous threemonth period.

That’s double the rate recorded in the previous quarter and would mark the fourth straight quarterly expansion.

The recovery is clearly a source of hope for a region that’s spent most of its time since 2008 in the midst of crisis. The global financial crisis, which threatened the

banking system, exposed the weak underbelly of the whole euro project — the shaky state of the public finances of many of the currency’s users, including Greece, Portugal and Italy.

Growth, even if shaky or uneven, is key to moving past those troubles.

Positive signs of late include: ● Five straight months of modest declines in the number of unemployed people. A year ago there were fears that unemployment in the eurozone would breach the 20 million mark. It’s now fallen to around 18.9 million and the rate has declined to 11.8 per cent from the record 12 per cent. ● Surveys of purchasing managers have pointed to a pick-up in sentiment among business executives at levels indicating solid expansion. ● Buoyant growth in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy. The country and its high-value exporters have benefited hugely from the rebound in world trade. ● Glimpses of recov-

ery in those countries hardest hit by troubles over too much debt.

Spain, which needed a 41 billion-euro ($56 billion) bailout loan from other eurozone countries to rescue its banking system, has already reported growth of 0.4 per cent for the quarter, its highest in around six years.

And Greece’s output may have halted its plunge, though its economy is some 25 per cent smaller than its peak in 2008.

Yet, amid all that, European Central Bank head Mario Draghi all but promised more stimulus measures when the bank’s rate-setting council next meets on June 5.

Draghi said last Thursday that the council was “comfortable with acting next time.”

Measures could include an interest rate cut, as well as unconventional steps such as charging banks a negative interest rate for money deposited with the central bank — in the hope they opt to lend to businesses and consumers instead.

Sears Holdings looking at selling its Canadian Sears operations

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Sears is considering selling its struggling Canadian operations, a move that will likely lead to the closure of its brick-and-mortar stores in this country and make room for a new retailer to enter the market.

The U.S. parent company, owned

by Sears Holdings in Chicago and controlling shareholder Edward Lampert, said Wednesday it was looking at strategic options for its 51 per cent interest in Sears Canada, including the possible sale. While Sears Canada says it will co-operate with the Sears Holdings review and insists its Canadian stores will continue to operate as usual, observers see the move as the beginning of the end.

“I’m not sure that we’re going to have the Sears brand in Canada because I’m not sure that anybody wants to buy the operating business; it’s under-invested,” said Mark Satov, founder of Satov Consultants Inc. in Toronto.

“There are some people in a different age category that probably have a habit of going there and will miss it to some degree, just like people miss going to the restaurant at Zellers and having coffee all day when Zellers became Target, but (beyond that) I don’t think they’re relevant.”

The company is in the midst of a three-year turnaround plan and has sold leases to some of its most prominent locations, many of which will reopen as upscale Nordstrom department stores within the next two years.

It has also announced 2,200 job cuts since January, on top of thousands more that it laid off last year. But in a market that tends to target either high-end shoppers or bargain hunters, Sears has struggled to find a niche with the middle class. Satov said part of the issue for Sears is that it was bought by a financier, who took cash out of the company instead of re-investing in it.

“Two CEOs left because they wanted to actually do something with it, and

Chicago kept saying: ’No, no, Just send money.’ You can’t do that forever,” he said.

Sears Canada spokesman Vincent Power said the announcement was an ownership matter that didn’t affect the running of Sears Canada stores.

“We are continuing to serve Canadian families coast to coast through our stores and our direct channels,” Power said in an email.

But Desjardins Securities analyst Keith Howlett said the announcement Wednesday brought “matters to a head.”

Large-format retailers who may be interested in entering Canada, such as Macy’s and Kohl’s, may be looking at the stores, he said, as well as domestic ones like Hudson’s Bay, which are seeking to block new entrants. Major landlords and pension funds, private equity or retail turnaround groups could also be interested.

“We believe J.C. Penney is focused on restoring the health of its US business model and will not be interested in entering Canada at this time,” Howlett said in a note to clients.

The remaining Sears stores are in the suburbs or small centres, however, and that may be prove to be a harder sell to international retailers.

“There aren’t too many US retailers who are going to want the leases because they’re not in the ’A’ malls and they’re very big,” Satov said.

“It’s not that those locations can’t be profitable, it’s just that if you’re a foreign retailer, it’s not the first place you want to go, and it’s not a place you’re going to know. It’s a pretty big risk.”

The company’s most valuable asset may be its website.

“Their website has been one of the things that have been pretty good over the last few years,” Satov said. “Whether or not it carries the Sears brand in the future or whether it’s co-branded, they’ve found a way to have a formula in there that works for people so I would hope that there’s some way to monetize that.”

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Don’t avoid reunion over jealous siblings Dear Annie: I’m the youngest of 10 died, neither Tina nor Sara called to siblings. Most of my brothers and sis- see how we were or offered to take my ters are much older, and I was raised young son for some time away from his primarily with “Sara and Tina,” who depressed parents. often bullied and hit me.

When I asked them why, Consequently, my mother they became defensive and would not leave me alone said I always make them with them, and my sisters feel inferior. My older sibgrew to resent the closeness lings agree that Sara and I had with Mom. Tina are jealous of me, but When we grew up, I was they made no effort to interthe one who took responsivene and simply told me to bility for my parents when ignore them. So I did. they were sick and needed Sara, Tina and I live in money. the same city. Four years I put myself through colago, I had another baby, and lege and established an exthey never came to see us. cellent career. My parents At that point, I cut them off MITCHELL admired this, but Sara and altogether. & SUGAR Tina became passive-agYesterday, I received an gressive toward me. They invitation to a family revoiced their dislike of my union. husband, and they never I don’t want to go. I don’t called or included me in family out- consider these people my family any ings. longer, and it will only hurt to see that I have always loved my nieces and I’ve always been the outsider. My son nephews and have been attentive to is 12 and my daughter is seven, and their birthdays and celebrations. they don’t know any of my siblings.

But when my four-year-old daughter What do you think? — Thought I Was

ANNIE ANNIE

Part of a Large Family Dear Thought: When there is a large age gap between siblings, it can be difficult to form a close bond. And because you seem to have focused all of your efforts solely on Tina and Sara, you believe that none of your siblings has any interest in you.

While you are not obligated to attend a family reunion, this is a lot of family to ignore.

We suggest you attend, but give Tina and Sara only a brief acknowledgment, and then try to spend time getting to know your other siblings and their children.

You might find more common ground there, and your children might be closer in age to their grandchildren.

If you still feel like an outsider after this, any additional contact is unnecessary.

Dear Annie: My friends and I play cards once a week at “Jennie’s” house.

However, when the phone rings, she answers it while the game is in progress.

Do you think she should get into a lengthy conversation while we sit

there and wait for the conversation to end? These are not emergency calls. I don’t feel comfortable confronting her about this. How can I handle this tactfully? — A Friend Dear Friend: You already know that having a lengthy phone conversation while entertaining others is rude.

Before you begin playing next time, all of you should discuss adding a rule saying that anyone who stays on the phone longer than 60 seconds must withdraw from the game or forfeit her turn until the conversation is over.

But we also notice that you are meeting at Jennie’s and nowhere else.

Why not alternate homes and give her a break?

Dear Annie: Tell “Anonymous” to call her local veterinarian to see whether he has a use for the empty prescription pill containers.

Our vet was very happy to take all of the pill bottles we could give him.

— Barb Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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HOROSCOPES Thursday, May 15 such matters, but that’s fine. Allow for a perCELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: spective on your aspirations and dreams to Emmitt Smith, 44; Jaime Lynn Sigler, 32; propel you in the right direction!

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will sudSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Suddenly become very attractive to others. If you den meetings or perhaps simply your romanare in sales, then by all means use today to tic interest will surprise you today. Perhaps increase that area. All in all communicate they will declare their love for you. All in all and thoughts will be on a higher plane to- this is a wonderful day that will leave you day, inspirations will be touched and truth will feeling extremely optimistic and happy. Don’t emerge as you step forward into the new! worry, have faith in this one!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There could CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Imporbe sudden sparks with someone today that tant documents will arrive at home today. will leave you feeling very optimistic. Invest Perhaps you’ve purchased a house, or are in your happiness, perhaps it is simply an at- selling it well today there will be some surtraction to a good business partner, they have prise financial news for you. It will bring great skills you to do not and it makes for a perfect inertial smile for you now and a release a match. Follow your instincts today! some fear that you’ve had for too long.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Instant attracAQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): An artistic tion while out with friends. Perhaps a friend skill and talent that you’ve repressed will now is turning into a lover, or simply you meet emerge. someone whilst out with them. Great day for Let that energy flow through you now, networking, inspiration will be found on many and embrace the attention you will receive levels, so will unusual discussions. Watch out from this new creative venture. After the initial for surprises and joy! shock, you’ll be happy they share this with CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have that others. Dreams are coming true! conversation with your boss. You know, the PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sudden ininner dialogue who’ve playing over in your creases or decreases are likely today. Watch head for some time. They might be shocked, your spending habits and if you own a home but at least a new breath of fresh air will re- business greater attention onto yourself will place the old now. Be inspired by how you be had. Become the representative at work, envision your daily work life, take that step! you are inspiring others which will lead to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Have an open breakthroughs a public level for you. discussion with your peer group about the isLarisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally sues that are taking place in the world. They syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her colmight be surprised by your sudden insight in umn appears daily in the Advocate.

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What he did know was that he wanted the 'price' and it better be the lowest. I asked him out of curiosity what kind of vehicle he drove, and he responded that he had a 1 ton pickup truck with a Cummins diesel powerplant. Of course it was a 4 X 4 and as he said, 'loaded to the rooftop'. When asked whether he couldn't have found a cheaper truck he responded that his work getting out to rig sites was too important to trust to a bargain vehicle and he was a Ram Truck man for life. I didn't bother quizzing him about his choice of tools or anything else, but it was clear he had no difficulty in spending money to get the top producing product or tool in other facets of his life. I told him he sounded like the kind of guy who wanted the lowest possible price from a dentist, and he couldn't get that kind of service in my clinic. For one thing, I had no idea talking to him whether he even needed a root canal. Do you think when he called the truck service dept he tried to imitate the sound it was making on the phone so the service manager could diagnose it sight unseen? That would be absurd. However, we field a half dozen calls daily just like this one.

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Kay Yingst and his pal, or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Maxie-dog. He leaves behind RING found at Oxbow Dog and we’ll sell it for you!

Please call Red Deer a very large community of Park.

Advocate 403-309-3300 Buying or Selling friends all over Canada as a to claim. Must identify. your home? result of his work with Check out Homes for Sale showing cattle and hoof in Classifieds trimming in the cattle Personals P/T F. caregiver wanted industry. A Funeral Service for F quad. Must be reliable will be held at 1:00 p.m. on and have own vehicle.

ALCOHOLICS Thursday, May 15th at the ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 403-505-7846 Ponoka Funeral Home, Start your career!

Classifieds...costs so little 5115-50 Avenue, Ponoka. In See Help Wanted Saves you so much! lieu of flowers, memorial Classifieds...costs so little COCAINE ANONYMOUS donations are gratefully Saves you so much!

403-396-8298 accepted to Canada 4-H (www.4-h-canada.ca) or your local 4-H Club. To express Coming condolences to Darwin’s Events family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com Arrangements Entrusted To PONOKA FUNERAL HOME ~ A Wombold Family Funeral Home ~ 403.783.3122

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Red Deer Advocate for Tues. May 20 Deadline is Fri. May 16 @ 5 Central Alberta Life for Thur. May 22 Deadline is Fri. May 16 @ 5 Bashaw Star for Wed. May 21 Deadline is Wed. May 14 noon Rimbey Review for Tues. May 20 paper Deadline is Thur. May 15 noon Stettler & Weekender for Wed. May 21 & Fri. May 23 Deadline is Fri. May 16 Noon Castor Advance - regular deadline

O’CONNOR Kale It is with saddened hearts that we announce at a very young age Kale O’Connor has earned his angel wings on May 6, 2014. Kale leaves to mourn his mother Lisa (Rusnak) O’Connor (Paul Preece) of Benalto, AB; his father Donald O’Connor (Sandy Isbister); sister Bria of Red Deer, AB and his family and friends too numerous to mention. Kale’s mischievous smile and love of laughter will be remembered by all. A Funeral Service for Kale will be held at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Red Deer, AB on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. With Kale’s passing we are reminded that life is meant to be celebrated. Please join us in a celebration of Kale’s life at the Benalto Hall, Benalto, AB on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

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THURSDAY NIGHT’S BBQ NIGHT 6-9 p.m.

Steak, Potato, Salad, Bun & Choice of Drink. for $12.50.

HERMARY Eileen Isabelle Theresa Eileen Hermary of Red Deer passed away at home on Monday, May 12, 2014 at the age of 82 years. She is lovingly remembered by her children and their families; Marcel (Theresa) Hermary and their children, Candace Hermary and Nick (Sara) Hermary, grandchild Avi Hermary; Beatrice Hermary; Debbie (David) Carritt and their children, Alana (Fahim) Quamral and Jody-Lynn (Mark Perpelitz) Carritt; Tony Hermary and daughter Shannon Hermary; Donald Hermary; and Vincent Hermary and his children, Mariah Hermary and Samantha Hermary. A Prayer Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 48A Avenue, Red Deer on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Eileen’s name may be made directly to the Alzheimer’s Society, 105, 4419-50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 3Z5.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

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CLARK George Born April 12, 1929 at Rimbey, Alberta, George Clark passed away peacefully on May 9th, 2014 in Red Deer surrounded by his loving girls. He is survived by his loving brother Don Clark, and his special children: Robin (Murray Gommerud) Armitage, Deana (Brian Kolari) Gillies, Larry Clark, Lorry (Tim Visser) Clark, Lisa (Wally) Jones, and Shauna Tangerman.

Also left to share his memory are numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and special friends, Kelsey (Vern) Fischer and Don (Shawna) Dunlop.

George was predeceased his parents, Jim and Helen and by his brothers, Alex, Bob, Ian, Jim, Gavin and by his sister, Jean Benson. In a final act of kindness, his body has been donated to the Univ. or Calgary for research. A celebration of life is to be held at the Pioneer Lodge 4324 46A Ave. Red Deer at 7 PM on Friday, May 16th, 2014.

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BORDUAS Cheryl Dawn (Rossing) Sept. 26, 1966 - May 10, 2014 It is with heavy hearts but a sense of final peace that we announce the passing of Cheryl Dawn Borduas.

Cheryl passed away in her sleep, at the age of 47, at the Red Deer Hospice on May 10, 2014, after a short, but brave battle with Leukemia.

Cheryl was one of a kind. A lover of animals, her children, her husband and her family, who made life better for all who came into contact with her. She didn’t suffer fools gladly, but had the warmest heart for animals in need.

Finally free from her struggles, she has gone to a better place, no doubt making her entrance with “it’s just me”!

Cheryl is survived by her loving husband of 21 years, André, and her children Chantel and Dominique. She is also survived by her mother, Betty and Hans Gelsing; her sister Sue-Ellen and Michael Sheilan and their children Jaden and MacKenzie; her brother Michael and Karen Rossing and their children Mickayla and Josh; her stepbrother Sander and Julie Gelsing and their children Elliott and Alex, as well as André’s mother, Cheryl and Gary Burns.

She is also survived by her father, Gordon Rossing, and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews on the Rossing side of the family as well as her extended relatives on the Koenig side of the family.

Special recognition to her close and dear friend, Debbie Webster.

“My chains are gone. I’ve been set free….”

Unending love, amazing grace” Many thanks to all doctors and staff at the Tom Baker Cancer Center Oncology Department, who became part of our family these past months. If friends so desire, donations to the Red Deer Hospice Society and the SPCA are greatly appreciated.

Memorial service at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (corner of Taylor Drive), Red Deer, at 11:00 AM, Saturday May 17, 2014

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Classifieds 309-3300

1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC. immediately requires an

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT • • • • •

to provide various office duties including; Reception duties, including answering the phones Maintaining files and filing paper work ect.

Assist with equipment maintenance Some accounting and data entry Other duties as needed

The successful candidate must be organized, have a positive attitude and experience a definite asset.

Please send your resume and cover letter to Jeanine: jjudson@1strateenergy.ca

Hair Stylists

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WE are looking for a F/T or P/T journeyman (60% commission with ticket) or apprentice hairstylist for busy family salon in Lacombe. Great wages and benefits packages.

Bring resume to Hairapy at Lacombe Center Mall

Janitorial

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work during shut down, $14/hr.

Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

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LEGAL ASSISTANTS Chatters Canada has an immediate opening for a

Legal Assistants required immediately for the following two positions:

• Real Estate conveyancing Database Clerk • Corporate Commercial within our Distribution Department.

Firm is prepared to train The successful candidate a candidate who has must demonstrate strong experience in some but not experience, accuracy, and all aspects of the position. knowledge of working in a database. The ability to Please submit your resume work accurately within by mail, email or fax to: multiple databases, follow logical flow of software Gerig Hamilton Neeland systems, strong organizaLLP tional skills, the ability to ATTN: Ian D. Milne learn new software 501, 4901 - 48 Street systems, competency in Red Deer AB T4N 6M4 the use of spreadsheets, FAX 403.343.6522 and excellent communicaEmail: info@ghnlawyers.ca tion skills are also required. This position requires a focused, detail oriented individual, who is willing and able to quickly Oilfield learn a variety of tasks.

Ideal candidate will work well within multiple departments, dealing with a variety of people.

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Main responsibilities: Creating and maintaining inventory items, salon services, discounts in Global POS system; creating and maintaining inventory items for internal database; obtaining & updating vendor price lists.

Remuneration based on experience and education.

Excellent benefits package, other perks. Only those who qualify will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Apply in confidence to careers@chatters.ca or fax resume to 403-347-7759 www.chatters.ca

A RED DEER BASED Pressure Testing Company req’s. Operators for testing BOP’s throughout AB. Only those with Drilling rig exp. need apply. Fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-341-6213 or email mikeoapt@gmail.com Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

CEDA HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU! Our Pigging and Decoking team is currently looking for experienced Labourers and Operators for PERMANENT roles based out of Red Deer!

Please visit us at: www.cedagroup.com

NEEDED Office Administrator at DRIVER/SWAMPER Coldwell Banker OnTrack for a small knuckle picker.

Realty: Looking for a skilled individual who has Must have all oilfield tickets.

Room for advancement. the ability to think on their feet, learn fast, multi-task Fax resume to 403-342-1953 and provide a pleasant Fluid Experts Ltd. working environment for Realtors. Duties include Is looking for experienced but are not limited to: Logistics Coordinator Answering phones/office to start immed. emails, paging system, Experience in fluid hauling social media updates, fax, and oil field fluid products assist Realtors with would be an asset. technical & computer Good Verbal, Writing, problems, office and Texting and online scheduling, update Computer skills are a must. website info. host & comCompany vehicle is plete itinerary for weekly negotiable, benefits, meetings, organizing above avg. salary and events, set up webinars. great atmosphere.

Please email Clean Class 1 drivers license resume to Realestate@ c/w abstract.

OntrackRedDeer.com or Completed Basic Training fax resume to Attention Courses.

Lindsay @ 403-347-7930 Fax Resume w/all tickets or drop it off at Unit G 2085 and Driver’s Abstract to 50 Ave, Red Deer 403-346-3112 or email to roger@fluidexperts.com Hair

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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.

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

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TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Deer Park 88 DUSTON STREET May 14, 15 & 16 Wed. Thurs. & Fri. 2 - 7 Downsizing/Moving Sale Lots of household items.

DALE CLOSE MULTI FAMILY. May 15, 16, & 17.

Household and lots of misc. items.

Lancaster Green 74 LANGFORD CRES. May 15, 16 & 17 Thurs. & Fri. 4-7, Sat. 9-2 Sports, speakers, books, misc. household.

Morrisroe MASSIVE garage sale.

15 McVicar St Fri. May 16, 4-8, Sat. & Sun. May 17 & 18th 9-5.

Something for everyone.

Riverside Meadows MULTI FAMILY Thurs. May 15 & Fri. May 16, 2-8 5826-57 Ave. Too many items to list.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

South Hill 3310 49 AVE. (Back Yard) Thursday 15th, 1-6, Friday 16th, 1-5 & Saturday 17th, 10-2 Household & misc. items.

Out of Town ANTIQUES & Collectibles May 16 & 17 Fri. & Sat. 9 - 5 Blue Mountain Pottery, china, silver, oil lamps, toys, and MUCH more!

From RD follow Hyw. 2A toward Penhold, 2 miles from Word of Life Church turn left onto McKenzie Rd., then quick right onto gravel road, then 1/2 km. to #90. Watch for signs.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

SAT. MAY 17, 10-4 MULTI FAMILY 2 miles south of County fi re hall on corner of 30th.

Vanier Woods Ave. & Delburne Rd. 1 mile east on Twp. 374, 1/4 mile north on Range Rd. 271.

176 VINCENT CLOSE Giant Fabric Liquidation, Fri. May 16th, 10-6 Over 1500 M of variety of Toys, Barbie’s, books, good quality fabric. clothes, hardware, printers, Great Prices - Much More! barbecue, misc.

Lacombe MOVING - 5218 49 St. May 16 & 17 Fri. & Sat. 10 - 4 Furniture, hand/power tools, small antiques, household misc.

Sylvan Lake 3 FAMILIES on 1 blk. #3, #5 & #8 Willow St., off 49 Ave. just before Hewlett Park. Golf stuff, household, Avon and more. May 16, 4-8, May 17, 9-5. May 18, 10-4.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

HUGE YARD SALE MAY 17 & 18 Saturday & Sunday 9-5 3817 LAKESHORE DRIVE SYLVAN LAKE

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Sales & Distributors

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Trades

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Truckers/ Drivers

BOULEVARD Restaurant & Lounge Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,

NOW ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR

Experienced Swampers

Red Deer County is seeking

Cook ~ $14.00/hr.

with tickets. May consider qualified apprentice or suitable candidate.

To prepare & cook all food up to standard, clean kitchen & maintain hygiene, follow recipes, assist in receiving & storing

For Red Deer area.

Kitchen Helper ~ $11.00/hr.

Fax resume & abstract to 403-885-0473 email: info@trysonenergy.com No phone calls please.

NOW HIRING Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

OIL & GAS OPERATOR Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute to workplace location. This position offers a challenging work environment, attractive benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

Please submit resumes

To clean kitchen following safety & hygiene standards.

Clean utensils, cutlery, crockery & glassware items, floors, assist in prep.

All positions are permanent Full-time/Part-time, shift work & weekends.

Education: Above Secondary Work Experience not essential, training provided.

Fax resume to 780-702-5051

is seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK ~ $14.00/hr.

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

Red Deer

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Answer phone calls, take reservations.

Check in/out guests.

Balance cash out & attend to guest needs

HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT ~14.00/hr.

Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

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 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

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email SHOP HELP AND/OR info@goodmenroofing.ca • Clean & vacuum rooms, APPRENTICE MECHANIC or (403)341-6722 public areas, pool etc.

REQUIRED IMMED. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! • Replenish amenities, Truck exp. preferred. linens & towels.

8:30-5. 15 miles • Adhere to Holiday Inn East of Blackfalds. safety standards.

Fax: 403-784-2330 All positions are permanent Phone: 403-784-3811 Full-time/Part-time, shift SPARTEK work & weekends.

GREAT Education: Above Secondary SYSTEMS INC Work Experience not OPPORTUNITY In Sylvan Lake, AB essential, training provided. is seeking qualified Fax resume to 780-702-5051

Afternoon Shifts for

HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South,

CNC Lead Hand / Supervisor and Operators

Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,

Red Deer County is seeking

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Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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2 EXP. ROOFERS. Must have drivers licence.

403-341-9208 or 403-346-2822 after hours.

2803-50 Avenue,

FRONT DESK CLERK ~ $14.00/hr.

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS & DERRICK HANDS

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission.

F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com

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HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER

Attn: Human Resources email:kwolokoff@ bearspawpet.com Fax 403-252-9719 Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

SERVICE RIG

Is looking for F/T SALESPERSON. Mon. - Fri. 8-5. Job requirements will be: quoting jobs, dealing with walk in clients, phone sales, scheduling and customer service. Very competitive wages and benefit package. Fax resumes to: 403-343-1325

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Answer phone calls, take reservations.

Check in/out guests.

Balance cash out & attend to guest needs.

HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT ~ $14.00/hr.

Nexus Engineering is currently looking for Afternoon shift Lead hand/supervisor and operators.

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

• Clean & Vacuum rooms, must have all necessary public areas, pool, etc. valid tickets for the position • Replenish amenities, being applied for. linens & towels.

Bearspaw offers a • Adhere to Holiday Inn very competitive salary safety standards and benefits package All positions are permanent JOURNEYMAN or along with a steady Full-time/Part-time, shift 4th Yr. Apprentice work schedule. work & weekends.

Please submit resumes: Education: Above Secondary Plumber/Gas Fitter Attn: Human Resources req’d for small shop in Work Experience not Email: Westaskiwin area. essential, training provided. hr@bearspawpet.com Competitive wages & Fax resume to 780-702-5051 Fax: (403) 258-3197 or health plan.

Mail to: Suite 5309, RAMADA INN & SUITES Submit resumes to: 333-96 Ave. NE req’s. Permanent Room wph@xplornet.ca Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Attendants. Exp. not nec. or fax to: 780-312-2889 will train. Approx. 35 - 40 or call 780-387-6087 SILVERSTREAM hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 PRODUCTION PAINTER F/T $14/hr. Duties incl’d but Smaller testing company Commercial/Residential not limited to: vacuuming, accepting resumes for all Brush/Roll Application. dusting, washing floors, positions. Forward resume making beds, empty trash, Exp. req’d. Vehicle req’d. to: silverstreamoffice Contact Drew at CCL disinfecting & cleaning @gmail.com 403-596-1829 bathrooms. Performance based bonus program.

TOPLINE STAIR MANUFACTURER Must be fluent with verbal Req’s F/T workers to build OILFIELD HAULING l& written English, be stairs in Red Deer shop. is a busy & growing oilfield physically fit. Applicants MUST HAVE basic cartrucking company looking for may apply in person at pentry skills. Salary based EXPERIENCED 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer on skill level. Benefits SWAMPERS T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 avail. Apply in person at Successful candidates will or email: 100, 7491 Edgar receive top wages & benefits info@ramadareddeer.com Industrial Bend. email: on site and in shop. Oilfield earl707@telus.net. and/or tickets are an asset.

RAMADA INN & fax 403-347-7913 Please forward all resumes SUITES to: topline@telus.net req`s Permanent Restaurant/ ROOM ATTENDANTS Attendants. Exp. not nec. Hotel will train. Approx. 35 - 40 hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 $14/hr. Duties incl’d but not limited to: vacuuming, dusting, washing floors, making beds, empty trash, TR3 Energy is at the disinfecting & cleaning forefront of reclamation bathrooms. Performance and remediation in the oil based bonus program. & gas industry Must be fluent with verbal l& written English, be We are currently physically fit. Applicants recruiting for: may apply in person at Heavy Equipment 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer Operators & T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: Labourers info@ramadareddeer.com 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 The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume Please e-mail or fax your at 1927 Gaetz Avenue resume to: between 2-5 pm. hr@tr3energy.com Fax: (403) 294-9323 www.tr3energy.com

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

For complete job descriptions, please refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com Applicants please forward resume to: keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.

Underground Line Locator required for Red Deer and Area Experienced preferred but will train the right candidate. Must be reliable and safety conscious.

Must have a clean driving abstract Computer knowledge Submit to a criminal check. Send resume with references e:mail camtel@telus.net Cam-Tel Communications WESTAR MASONRY is currently looking for LABORERS Contact Conrad at 403-340-1145, Fax: 403-342-6670 or email: westar_masonry@yahoo.ca

Truckers/ Drivers

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BRICAR CONTRACTING now hiring EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 DRIVERS. Please fax resumes to 403-347-6296 CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume with a min. of 2 references to: canpak@xplornet.ca

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Engineer / Designer

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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

CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment.

Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

Rep. P/T & F/T

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. CLEANERS F/T Comm/ Minimum Class 5 with air Res, physically fit, $14/hr. and clean abstract. Exp. Reply to: Ascent Cleaning preferred. In person to Key Services RR4, Box 4, Site Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. 3 Lacombe, AB T4L 2N4 Red Deer.

SEMI RETIRED? SPRING BREAK UP? Seasonal drivers req’d. for local fertilizer dellivery.

Clean Class 3 license req’d., AG exp. an asset.

Call 403-588-0956.

EMAIL: pat@benaltoag.com

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

GAETZ SOUTH

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

F/T MEAT CUTTER F/T PRODUCE CLERK Full benefits, staff incentives. Apply within.

FOR fast results: Red Deer Advocate Want Ads. Phone 309-3300.

mortgagestogo.ca requires two people to contact our client list regarding renewals.

You should be well spoken, strong voice, confident, and, of course, know how to use a computer.

This is a full-time job however we’re okay with students available to work full-time until the fall.

We pay $15.00 an hour along with a small bonus component. We’re right in front of the Superstore.

Please forward resume to info@mortgagestogo.ca.

No phone calls please.

Only those invited in for an interview will be contacted.

Advocate Opportunities

INNISFAIL PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week.

Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316

Six days per week.

Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316

* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

CARRIER SUPERVISOR Full Time, 37.5 hours a week. $14.67/hr. to $20.39/hr.

Depending Experience The candidate would be responsible for the recruitment of carriers for delivery of Advocate, EMC and CAL routes by various methods incorporated by the Circulation Department.

This would include telephone calls, distribution of recruitment flyers, posters, networking, group presentations, advertising, use of social media, along with various other methods.

The position would require interviewing, screening and signing up carriers for delivery, along with cold calling.

The candidate should have an outgoing personality, along with the ability to multi task.

This should be complimented with excellent written and oral presentation skills. The position requires very good organization skills, the ability to work independently and in a group setting.

For this position you must have good computer skills, a valid driver’s license with good driving record.

A company car may be available during working hours.

The candidate must be able to pass a criminal background check.

WESTPARK SUBDIVISION

FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE

35 Street 37 Street 41 St. Cres 58 Ave. Welton Cres.

Westpark Cres.

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

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Allsop Drive, Alton Street, & Atkins Close also Allison Cres. also Archer & Austin Drive MORRISROE AREA McLean St. SUNNYBROOK AREA Springfield Ave. also Sunnyside Cres. & Sutton Close also Savoy Cres. & Sydney Close also Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close LANCASTER AREA Lamont Close also Lund Close also Lancaster Drive also Landry & Lawson Close

for growth and working in town. Valid drivers license required.

Wise is a leading oilfield services provider that is committed to Quality and Safety excellence. By empowering positive attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values, our employees care for the success of one another.

For more information see

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

www.wiseisi.com

Please Forward All Resumes to jobs@wiseisi.com or by fax to 403-340-1046

Trail is always looking for people who want opportunities to grow, take initiative and work well within a team environment.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career with Trail Appliances, please submit your resume and cover letter stating the position you are applying for to: reddeerjobs @trail-appliances.com or by fax: (403)342-7168.

We thank all interested applicants; only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

PARTS DRIVER for our Red Deer location.

The successful candidate will have the following: * Exceptional customer service skills *Ability to work with minimum supervision * A great attitude * Knowledge of city and surrounding areas. * Clean drivers abstract We offer above average wages, a comprehensive benefit program and a safe work environment. Please apply in confidence to: Fleet Brake Parts & Service 4841-78 St. Red Deer, AB T4P 1N5 Fax: 403-340-0888 or email your resume to: tcarriere@fleetbrake.com

Advocate Opportunities

GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION

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GRILLER’S Steak House in Rocky Mtn. House is looking for Cook’s. Wage $15-$20./hr. dependant on exp. Submit resume to: grillersbanquets@ gmail.com or fax to 403-845-7469

FAMILY owned and operated since 1974, Trail Appliances is one of the leading independent appliance retailers in Western Canada.

Trail offers excellent training & a competitive compensation & benefit plan.

We are currently looking to Essentials skills: Oral Communication Problem expand our workforce at our Red Deer location solving, Attention to detail 2823 Bremner Ave. Please apply by fax to 403-396-2903 or by email Service Coordinator to hmcnutt@uweightloss.com Customer Service

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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

* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

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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

* Adults * Youths * Seniors *

NOW HIRING

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Canada’s premier fleet specialist has an immediate opening for a

Please forward resume to: Red Deer Advocate, Attention Doug Sibbet 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Email: dsibbet@reddeeradvocate.com Fax: 403-341-4772

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Restaurant/ Hotel

in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

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NEEDED IMMEDIATELY2 POSITIONS Mature, reliable, long term only applicants, part time 25 to 35 hours per week at $12.00 an hour PLUS CENTRAL AB based truck- commission. ing company requires to train the right apOwner Operators Willing plicants

& Company Drivers

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FLEET BRAKE PARTS & SERVICE

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

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Personal Health Coach- U Weight Loss

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SOAP Stories is seeking 5 A busy manufacturing F/T - P/T Beauty Treatoilfield company is looking ment O/P, selling soap & for a full time Mechanical bath products $14.55/hr. + Engineer/Designer. bonus & comm. Beauty This position will involve cert. req’d. Location the design and product Parkland Mall - 4747 67th development of Oilfield St. Red Deer. email Equipment. Duties will premierjobrdbto@ include the design of gmail.com equipment using 3D CAD, shop testing prototypes and support to manufacturing for existing products.

Oilfield This positions requires individuals with a strong mechanical aptitude.

SolidWorks experience is an asset. Individuals with creativity, attention to detail and an interest in working with equipment are preferred.

Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring: Starting wage is based on • Shop Technicians knowledge and†experience.

Only eligible candidates We are looking for motivated individuals for shop will be contacted.

Send Resumes to: resume positions to service oilfield downhole tools. @nexusengineering.ca or fax 403.347.3393 We offer competitive wages and benefits, opportunity Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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The hours for this position would be Monday to Friday, working every 6th Saturday, 7.5 hours a day, with start times at 10 a.m. or earlier.

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Professionals

Sales & Distributors

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TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres., Churchill Cl. area $195/mo.

CLEARVIEW AREA East end of Cosgrove Cres. $73/mo.

ALSO Castle Cr. & Clark Cres. $72/mo.

EASTVIEW Eline St. and 3 Blocks of Ellenwood Dr. $69/mo.

ALSO Eversole Cres. and England Cres. $67/mo.

MOUNTVIEW AREA Spruce Drive $62/mo.

ALSO 43 Ave to 46 Ave, between 35 St. & 37 St. $82/mo.

ALSO Springbett Drive & 44 Ave., 37 St. area $51/mo.

ALSO 42 Ave area between 35 & 39 St. $62/mo.

ALSO 43 Ave & 43 A Ave between 37 & 39 St. & one block of 43 Ave, and one block of 35 ST. $101/mo.

ALSO 41 Ave between 36 & 38 St. $68/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, May 15, 2014 D3

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SERVICE WRITER for our Red Deer location.

The successful candidate will have the following: * Good knowledge of Medium and Heavy duty truck and trailer repair. * Suspension, brake and electrical repair exp. * Knowledge of Karmac would be an asset. * Great people skills. * Ability to work with minimum supervision * A great attitude We offer above average wages, a comprehensive benefit program and a safe work environment. Please apply in confidence to: Fleet Brake Parts & Service 4841-78 St. Red Deer, AB T4P 1N5 Fax: 403-340-0888 or email your resume to: tcarriere@fleetbrake.com

Warehouse Shipper/ Receiver

Employment Training

900

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

LABOUR

Now hiring SUMMER HELP in your local city/town. Flexible schedule, $17.00 base rate-ofpay, cust. sales/service, no experiencerequired, training provided, conditions apply. Visit www.vmcanada .ca/rda or call 403-755-6711 to APPLY NOW!

Oilfield Weed Sprayer required. Submit resume to Ranger Resource Service by fax 403-227-5099, email cdsprung@telus.net or call Cory 403-304-8201.

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

SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift.

11 pm -7 am. Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue

STORESMART SELF STORAGE seeking

P/T CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE for 16 hrs. per week.

For job descriptions and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs No phone calls please

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.

1680

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 ROTOTILLER 5 HP. as is. $60. SOLD

Advocate Opportunities

Busy road construction company looking for Labours. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

SAFETY

278950A5

P/T FRONT END STAFF Staff incentives.

Apply within.

1760

TREES: Windbreak, privacy screen, white spruce trees 5’-7’ delivered & planted $60 ea. on 25 or more. 20+ yrs experience (780)778-0223.

1710

Household Appliances

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

6 days/week in:

18’ FRIDGE, Inglis, $225; Stove, Inglis self clean; $200; Dishwasher, Roper $75. All white & 3.5 yrs. old.

403-783-8060 FREEZER, 8 cu. ft. $145. 403-346-7856 FREEZER, 9 cu. ft. $175.

403-346-7856

GLENDALE

Household Furnishings

UPPER FAIRVIEW

1720

1/2 MOON GLASS TOP TABLE, $150.

WARDROBE, Teak, $200.

403-309-0442

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

COUCH 3 seater, exc. cond, green, $75; Dragon space heater $25 403-348-1905

CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery 3 days per week.

NO WEEKENDS!!

COUCH, 3 seater, beige/ brown, $250. Oak table $250 & 4 upholstered Chairs, $20/ea. 403-309-0442

JOHNSTONE CROSSING Jenner Cres. & Judd Close.

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

VARIOUS PARTYLITE PRODUCTS including candles.

75% off!

Large selection.

403-350-9029 or 403-343-7389 ELECTRIC MINI MIGHT Eureka Vacuum. Exc. cond. $25. 403-346-5423 KIRBY CLASSIC VACUUM with rug shampooer.

Exc. cond. Hardly used. $40. 403-346-5423

NEW wood deck box, with cooler inside, $100.

403-347-3741 REAR TINE, rototiller. 8.5 HP, hardly used. $625.; 30 Gal. air compressor, $225; 403-346-7856

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1520

ANTIQUE cast iron claw foot bath tub with original taps and soap holder $750 403-347-9091

Stereos TV's, VCRs

18 SPD. adult Rialto Ultima bike, black, all terrain $150; heirloom crochet table cloth, rectangular $50 403-346-2070

ANTIQUE Dining Room Suite.

Table, 4 chairs & 1 captain 3 AFRICAN VIOLETS, chair. Side board, China Christmas Cactus $5/ea, cabinet. Solid oak. Approx.

RV camping mat 13’ x 9’ 110 yrs old. Exc. cond. $4500 obo. 403-391-8691 $75, CRAFTSMAN seat for riding mower $30, SLIPPERS (Isotoner) new $15 403-342-7460

1590

LADIES quick dry sports pants, REI, 3 pair. Like new, 30” waist, navy, dark green, beige. $50. ea.; Ladies Long Coat, stone washed denim, unlined, sz. large $40.

403-347-3741

1830

Cats

BALINESE KITTENS 1 Male & 1 female $50/ea.

Also have a grey & white male kitten - free.

403-887-3649

1840

Dogs

CAVACHON puppy 7 mo., shots up to date, tri color, ready now 403-347-6530 TO GIVE AWA YTO TO GOOD LOVING HOME. 5 yr old Maremma Italian Sheep Dog. Male.

403-343-7100

Sporting Goods

1860

GOLF Clubs, ladies right handed, Cobra Sapphire, new last year. $199.

403-887-6087

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1730 1760

9” WHITE DINNER PLATES - $1.00 each SERVING TRAYS - †$1.00 each 20 OZ. CAMBRO GLASSES $2.00 each Call 403-728-3485

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE, Come see us at: 4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab ALL THE FEED YOUR BATHTUB, 5’, white, with ANIMALS NEED! right hand drain. $75.

403-782-3333 403-340-2727 Dealer of Masterfeeds

CLASSIFICATIONS

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

1130

Massage Therapy

1280

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

FANTASY

1160

International ladies

Entertainment

DANCE LESSONS. Wedding or Social. 403-396-2821 Info at www.acda.ca

MASSAGE

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its AREDAN Renos Fencing, decks, finish BEST! Escorts work, bsmt. developments, 403-986-6686 drywall, landscaping, Catering exclusively to the Come in and see sheds. Red Deer needs of men with physical why we are the talk 780-788-9522 challenges. 587-877-7399 Payne27@hotmail.com of the town.

BLACK CAT CONCRETE TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* www.viimassage.biz

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Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 FENCES & DECKS 403-352-4034 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res.

Locally owned. BBB member.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

Moving & Storage

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail.

June 1. 403-304-5337

3060

Suites

1 BDRM. bsmt. suite in Westpark area, $650/mo. + DD $650 avail. June 1, RENTED 2 BDRM lower unit at 5910-55 Ave., security cameras, laundry on site, private parking to over 40 tenants w/good references, quiet lifestyles, excellent rental history. Rent/S.D. is $1100. Ph: 403-341-4627

1300

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL MOVING? Boxes? Appls.

WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 removal. 403-986-1315

4020

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

MUST SELL

CALL: 2007 FLEETWOOD Regal, 355RL. Exc. cond., 1 owner, Loaded, lots of extras. $32,500.00 obo.

Daryl (403)256-0025

1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $191,900.

403-588-2550

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

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

2006 37’ DAY DREAMER

by Cedar Creek. 3 slides.

Luxury Coach. E/H disc brakes, hydraulic landing legs and rear levelers. Air ride hitch, reverse osmosis water system, painted. $39,500. See @ 5 Roland St. Red Deer 403-347-4896 1996 26’ JAYCO Eagle couch & dinette superslide, full load, exc. cond, $8900 403-391-6011 REDUCED MUST SELL 1995 OKANAGAN 23’. Very well maint. Must be seen.

Asking $5250. 403-342-0250

ROOM, all utils. and cable incld, $450/mo.

403-506-3277

Offices

3110 3160

KING OF THE ROAD RV STORAGE, 24hr video security, pavement to site, on hwy.

2, 10 mi. North of Red Deer, pull-throughs avail.

403-782-7775

Yard Care

1430

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Lots For Sale

4160

Pinnacle Estates (Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

1993 DODGE SPIRIT, parts car or needs motor, asking $150.00 Call 403-728-3485 2 EQUUS LSI TIRES, 225-50-R17. $100/both.

403-346-0674 or 392-5657 NEW CARLISLE TIRE 23 x 10.5 - 12”, 4 ply turf savers - $35.00 NEW CARLISLE TIRE 20 x 8.5 - 8” -2 ply - $25.00 NEW CARLISLE TIRE 18 x 8.5 - 8” - 4 ply - $45.00 Call 403-728-3485

Auto Wreckers

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

SPRING CLEANUPS: Aerate, power rake, edge, first mow. Weekly mowing.

Irish Green Yard Care 403-341-6620

Houses For Sale

THE ROTOTILLER GUY Garden Rototilling & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

5200

5240

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

at www.garymoe.com

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

Locally owned and family operated

SUV's

5040

2008 BMW X5 full load, black, 73,000 kms, $31,950 NO GST 403-340-9577

Trucks

5050

2001 FORD F150 7700 4x4, 5th whl. hitch, new battery & mufflers, Michelin tires, overload springs, $5700. 403-304-9813

Motorhomes

5100

ESTATE OF WESLEY ROY WALTON also known as ROY WESLEY WALTON WHO DIED ON MARCH 17, 2014 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your reply

by June 28, 2014, and provide details of your claim with Warren Sinclair (Donald J. Sinclair) at #6004911-51st., Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6V4 If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

SIMPLE!

2011 DAYBREAK Thor, 27’, 2 slides, generator, lots of extras selling due to health, 4847 mi. $70,000.

403-346-6133

Fifth Wheels

It’s simple to run a Garage Sale Ad in the Red Deer Advocate and make quick cash. Phone Classifieds 309-3300.

CONSIDERING A 5110 CAREER CHANGE?

JUNK/TREE REMOVAL, Yard/Care 403-358-1614

SECOND 2 NONE Aerate, de-patch lawns, spring clean up. Free est. 403-302-7778

4020

5936 WESTPARK CRES. corner lot, suite in bsmt., garage, RV pad. View anytime 403-318-6014

PAPER!

5180

Find the right fit.

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

YOUR

2007 STARCRAFT, 30’,

BY OWNER slide, solar, air, walkParkland Estates, 1500 sq. around bed, sleeps 6, rear ft. incld’s addition, 3 bdrm., kitchen. $17,000. O.B.O. family rm., stone gas fire- 403-358-6765 place, 1 1/2 baths, 5 newer appls., new paint, water lines, skirting carpet & lino. Tires, Parts $65,000. 403-348-5016 Acces.

GARDENS ROTOTILLED 304-7250

ROTOTILLING, power raking, aerating & grass cutting. Reasonable rates. 403-341-4745

RECYCLE

4090

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PART

Manufactured Homes

401883E22

HELPING HANDS

YOUR

NEW CONDO

3090

3 NEW ROOMS, $450, $500 & $600 403-350-4712

DO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

3080

1372

Home Supports for Seniors.

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

5120

Holiday Trailers

EXCLUSIVE LUXURY 2008 MALLARD 19’ n/s, RIVERFRONT CONDOS no pets, sleeps 5+, load FOR SALE levelling hitch $13,000; 15’ in Downtown Red Deer. canoe, 3 paddles, life jackets Call Renee at $250 403-340-0795 after 6 pm 403-314-1687 for Inquiries.

FURN. ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet all incl. $475. 403-506-1907

Rooms For Rent

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

★

MUST SELL New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

Woodlea REDUCED $10,000 Near Coronation Park & Trails

★

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2009 TOYOTA Camry LE 100,000 kms, great shape Vehicles $12,700 403-347-9504 Wanted 2003 DODGE SX20 loaded To Buy safetied 403-352-6995 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. 2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., apartments, avail. immed, 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap rent $875 403-596-6000 vehicle & metal removal.

1999 BENZ SLK 230 We travel. May pay cash LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Roadster. 403-346-2181 for vehicle. AMVIC SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 1994 CROWN Vic 4 dr. se- APPROVED. 403-396-7519 dan, white, very clean, exc. int/ext, runs very well Misc. $2800 obo 403-347-9091 Automotive 1993 DODGE SPIRIT, 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. parts car or needs motor, Adult bldg. N/S No pets FREE removal of scrap asking $150.00 403-596-2444 vehicles. Will pay cash for Call 403-728-3485 some. 403-304-7585 Newly renovated bachelor, 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

homes

Seniors’ Services

5110

Fifth Wheels

CUSTOM BUILT

AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445

Storage Space

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 Eavestroughing

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street.

Parking is avail. $2400/mo.

403-343-9300

1000-1430

1010

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses For Sale

MORRISROE MANOR

wegotservices

Accounting

CLASSIFICATIONS

1810

STEREO SYSTEM, 3 disc-CD, AM, FM, Cassette, $35. 403-346-2346

Misc. for Sale

rentals

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SPRAYER, 25 Gallon, 6 locations in Red Deer on wheels. $175. ~ Halman Heights 403-346-7856 ~ Riverfront Estates VANITY, small, white, for ~ Westpark bathroom with taps and ~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. drain. $35. 403-340-2727 ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Pets & Rent $1195 to $1445 Supplies 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, absolutely DOG KENNEL. no pets. N/S, no utils. incl.

1 Large and 1 medium.

References required. $60 & $35. 403-506-7117

PSE Elite Compound Bow RH, 28” draw, 55-70 draw weight, soft case, arrows.

Ready to shoot. $250 Call 403-350-1466 KING SIZE BOX SPRING, $50.

403-350-9029 or 403-343-7389

wegot

1200 SQ.FT. Bungalow.

Michener Hill area. 4 bdrm., 2 bath, garage. Close to downtown, convenience NEW Precious Moments stores & walking trails.

Angel of Mercy Collectible. $1300/mo/d.d. 403-302-3039 ideal gift for nurse. $50; Telephone that Red Deer 3 BDRM. + DEN duplex, 1.5 baths, 4 appls., fenced Hospital allows, large yard & shed. Close to buttons; $40.; child’s Fischer Price Wagon, $30; schools & park. $1120/mo.

RENTED 403-347-3741

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

stuff

Clothing

CLEAROUT

WANTED

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Antiques & Art

FLORAL LOVE SEAT, good cond. $75.

2 BAR STOOLS $20/ea.

STANDING LAMP, $10.

WHITE WOODEN TABLE, with maple top, 29.5” x 47”, 25” high, $20.

SMALL CHEST FRIDGE, 18”x17”, 18” deep, $40.

403-346-2346

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

1660

Competitive starting wages Firewood plus regular increases.

Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm AFFORDABLE Excellent benefits Homestead Firewood package. Opportunities Spruce & Pine - Split to advance. Must be 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 dependable, hardworking and seeking a long-term LOGS career. Apply in person, Semi loads of pine, spruce, or email to: tamarack, poplar. hartleytj@eecol.com Price depends on location.

4747 - 61st Street Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

GAETZ SOUTH

1630

Misc. for Sale

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

FLEET BRAKE PARTS & SERVICE Canada’s premier fleet specialist has an immediate opening for a

EquipmentHeavy

TITANIUM Toyhauler 34E39 MP RV. Loaded, exc. shape. 2 slides, New fridge, 6 yr warranty, $35,500. 403-340-2535

Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

2007 SPORTSMAN LX, 3254, 3 slides,thermo windows, fireplace, lots of extras. MINT $26,900. trades cons. 403-598-0682

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the REVERSE is also true CALL

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D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, May 15, 2014

Protests in Soma following mining disaster DEATH TOLL FROM EXPLOSION REACHES 274, 150 OTHERS STILL TRAPPED UNDERGROUND

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TURKEY

SOMA, Turkey — Amid wails of grief and anger, rescue workers coated in grime trudged repeatedly out of a coal mine Wednesday with stretchers of bodies that swelled the death toll to 274 — the worst such disaster in Turkish history.

Hopes faded for 150 others still trapped deep underground in smouldering tunnels filled with toxic gases. Anti-government protests broke out in the mining town of Soma, as well as Istanbul and the capital, Ankara, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan heckled as he tried to show concern. Protesters shouted “Murderer!” and “Thief!” and Erdogan was forced to seek refuge in a supermarket, surrounded by police.

The display of anger could have significant repercussions for the Turkish leader, who is widely expected to run for president in the August election, although he has not yet announced his candidacy.

Tensions were high as hundreds of relatives and miners jostled outside the mine’s entrance Wednesday, waiting for news amid a heavy police presence.

Rows of women wailed uncontrollably and men knelt sobbing or simply stared in disbelief as rescue workers removed body after body, some charred beyond recognition. One elderly man wearing a prayer cap wailed after he recognized one of the dead, and police had to restrain him from climbing into an ambulance with the body. An injured rescue worker who emerged alive was whisked away on a stretcher to the cheers of onlookers.

Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said 787 people were inside the coal mine at the time of Tuesday’s

explosion: 274 died and 363 were rescued, including scores who were injured.

The death toll topped a 1992 gas explosion that killed 263 workers near Turkey’s Black Sea port of Zonguldak. It also left 150 miners still unaccounted for.

Yildiz said rescue workers were trying late Wednesday to reach the bodies of up to 22 people trapped in one zone. Some of the workers were 1,400 feet (420 metres) deep inside the mine, he said.

One rescue worker who declined to be named said he led a 10-man team about a half-mile down into the mine’s tunnels, where they recovered three bodies before being forced to flee because of smoke from burning coal. Rescue operations were halted for several hours into Thursday morning because high gas concentrations in the mine needed to be cleared.

The last miner rescued alive emerged from the mine around dawn and the first burials took place later Wednesday. Giza Nergiz, a 28-year-old English teacher, said some of the victims had complained about safety at the mine.

“We buried three of our high school friends today,” she said, walking with her husband Onur Nergiz, a 30-year-old mine administrator. “A lot of people were complaining about safety, but nobody (in management) was doing anything about it.”

Erdogan declared three days of national mourning and postponed a trip to Albania to visit the mine in Soma, 155 miles (250 kilometres) south of Istanbul.

He warned that some radical groups would try to use

the disaster to discredit his government.

“Our hope is that, God willing, they will be brought out,” Erdogan said of those still trapped.

“That is what we are waiting for.”

Yet his efforts to show compassion — discussing rescue operations with authorities, walking near the mine entrance, trying to comfort two crying women — did not always go over well.

At a news conference, he tried to deflect a question about who was responsible for the disaster, saying: “These types of things in mines happen all the time.”

“These are ordinary things. There is a thing in literature called ‘work accident’... It happens in other work places, too,” Erdogan said. “It happened here.

It’s in its nature. It’s not possible for there to be no accidents in mines. Of course we were deeply pained by the extent here.”

In this industrial town, where coal mining has been the main industry for decades, Erdogan’s ties to mining leaders were vehemently noted. Townspeople said the wife of the Soma mine’s boss works for Erdogan’s party and the boss himself had skipped town.

“They are trying to look like they care, but they are not helping anyone. There is no urgency, even now. People blame Tayyip,” Nergiz said.

In downtown Soma, protesters, most in their teens and 20s, faced off against riot police in front of the ruling NKP party headquarters, smashing its windows with rocks.

“Our prime minister is a dictator,” said 16-yearold Melih Atik. “Neither the government nor the company took precautions in the mine, and everyone knows that’s why this happened.”

Militants attack town of abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria, kill 12 soldiers BAUCHI, Nigeria — Islamic militants again attacked the remote Nigerian town from which nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped, Nigeria’s military said Wednesday, resulting in a firefight that killed 12 soldiers and led angry troops to fire on a commanding officer.

Soldiers said the troops fired at a senior officer who came to pay respects to the killed soldiers, whose bodies were brought to a barracks in Maiduguri, the capital of northeastern Borno state.

It’s another sign of demoralization in the military that is in charge of the search for the abducted schoolgirls. The failure of Nigeria’s government and military to find them after the April 15 mass abduction has triggered national and international outrage and forced Nigeria’s government to accept international help last week.

Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence played down Wednesday’s shooting incident, saying soldiers “registered their anger about the incident by firing into the air. The situation has since been brought under control, as there is calm in the cantonment” in Maiduguri, about 130 kilometres north of Chibok, where the girls were abducted.

But soldiers who were at the scene at Mailamari Barracks said infuriated troopers fired directly at the vehicle carrying Maj. Gen. Ahmadu Mohammed, the general officer commanding the army’s 7 Division. He was not hit.

The witnesses said the soldiers were angry because they wanted to spend the night in a village and told their command the road was dangerous after the attack around Chibok.

They were ordered to travel instead and were ambushed, with at least 12 killed. The soldiers spoke on condition of anonymity because they want to keep their jobs.

The Ministry of Defence, which often exaggerates the number of enemy killed and downplays its own losses, said four soldiers were killed along with several insurgents.

“Troops engaged the insurgents in a fierce combat and extricated themselves from the ambush killing several insurgents. Four soldiers however lost their lives during the ambush,” said a statement from the ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade.

There is growing anger at the military’s failures, though soldiers have told The Associated Press that they are outgunned and outnumbered by the insurgents, don’t have bullet-proof vests, are not properly paid and have to forage for food.

A sign of their failure is the vigilante groups to fight the extremists that have been springing up in northeast Nigeria over the past year.

In Kalabalge, a village about 250 kilometres (155 miles) from Maiduguri, residents took matters into their own hands.

On Tuesday morning, after learning about an impending attack, villagers ambushed two trucks with gunmen, residents and a security official told The Associated Press. At least 10 suspected militants were detained, and scores were killed, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to give interviews to journalists. It was not immediately clear where the detainees were being held.

Kalabalge trader Ajid Musa said that after residents organized the vigilante group, “it is impossible” for militants to successfully stage attacks there.

Earlier this year in other parts of Borno, extremists launched more attacks in retaliation over the vigilante groups.

Borno is one of three Nigerian states where President Goodluck Jonathan has imposed a state of emergency, giving the military special powers to fight the Islamic extremist group, whose stronghold is in Maiduguri.

Confessions of marathon bombing suspect’s pals at issue in hearing

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BOSTON — Federal investigators and a defence lawyer gave contrasting accounts Wednesday of the circumstances surrounding the confessions by two friends of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, who are accused of tampering with evidence in the days after the bombing as authorities conducted a massive manhunt for their friend.

During a federal hearing, FBI agents painted a picture of a pair of college friends of the bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, as willing participants in the investigation who agreed to talk and allowed authorities to search their apartment days after the April 15, 2013, attack.

They were read their rights and told that they were not under arrest, Special Agent Farbod Azad testified.

Documents showing that one of the friends, Dias Kadyrbayev, signed a consent form to have his apartment, car and laptop searched were shown in court, as well as a form listing his rights that he signed as well.

The defendants did not seem tense during the April 19 interviews and even cracked jokes, Azad said.

When he asked if he could speak with the two the next day, they replied that they had “plans on 4/20,” a reference to smoking marijuana, Azad added. But Kadyrbayev’s lawyer, Robert Stahl, said that investigators obtained confessions from them without a lawyer present, under strenuous and lengthy circumstances and without a search or arrest warrant. They were also held shirtless for several hours, despite asking repeatedly for a shirt, Stahl said.

He added that several armed officers swarmed the apartment before the two men were brought to the station, where they admitted to taking Tsarnaev’s laptop and a backpack containing fireworks from his dorm room at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, about 100 kilometres

from Boston. After speaking with investigators, Kadyrbayev and the other friend, Azamat Tazhayakov, both Kazakhstan nationals, were allowed to leave but were arrested the next day on immigration charges. Kadyrbayev is charged with tampering with evidence.

His lawyer was in court in an effort to have his client’s confession kept out of his trial.

Kadyrbayev will likely take the stand Thursday or Friday, depending on the length of testimony by other prosecution witnesses.

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Peace talks begin with little promise PRO-RUSSIA INSURGENTS DEMAND THAT KYIV RECOGNIZE SOVEREIGNTY

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Baby critically hurt but expected to survive after falling 11 stories MINNEAPOLIS — A young boy dubbed “the miracle baby” remained in critical condition but was expected to survive after falling 11 stories from a high-rise in Minneapolis.

Fifteen-month-old Musa Dayib suffered a broken spine and ribs as well as a concussion and a punctured lung.

Musa’s relatives believe he slipped through the balcony’s railing Sunday evening.

Hennepin County Medical Center spokeswoman Christine Hill says the boy was in critical but stable condition Wednesday.

Dr. Tina Slusher of the hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit tells the Star Tribune that Musa landed on a small patch of mulch. Slusher says “it’s a real gift from God” that the boy survived.

Members of the Somali-American community say they are raising money for the family.

At a tenants’ meeting Tuesday night, Riverside Plaza owner George Sherman said maintenance staff will close off balcony doors for any tenant who asks, according to Minnesota Public Radio News.

“For residents who would like to have a mechanism to block their patio doors from being opened, we will provide that accommodation, (we) have in the past, and will continue to provide that at no charge for the residents,” Sherman said.

Sherman said he’s also checking to see what sort of permanent childproof locks are allowed under the fire code.

Explorer sees urgent need to preserve wreck he believes is from Columbus’ voyage NEW YORK — An explorer who believes he’s found the wreckage of Christopher Columbus’ flagship vessel off the coast of Haiti says the ship needs to be excavated as quickly as possible and displayed to the world.

Explorer Barry Clifford was in New York on Wednesday to show video of the underwater wreckage he believes is Columbus’ Santa Maria.

The Santa Maria ran aground on Christmas Day 1492.

Clifford showed photos and video of what he said was a pile of ballast stones from the wreckage.

He said the wreckage has been looted and needs to be excavated immediately.

Some experts have said it would be difficult to verify that the wreckage Clifford has found really is the Santa Maria.

The protests included a strong faction of Ukrainian nationalists. Predominantly Russian-speaking regions of eastern and southern Ukraine denounced the government in Kyiv that took over as a junta bent on repressing them.

The Black Sea peninsula of Crimea voted to secede in March and was quickly annexed by Russia. Armed men seized police stations and other buildings in a large swath of eastern Ukraine.

Kyiv and the West alleged Russia was fomenting the unrest, which Moscow denies. The U.S. and European Union has imposed sanctions on Russia in the crisis.

Ukraine’s economy was in perilous shape even before the protests, and months of constant disorder have raised fears of severe suffering.

Rinat Akhmetov, regarded as Ukraine’s richest industrialist and an influential figure in the Donetsk region, made a rare public statement Wednesday urging the region to remain part of Ukraine.

“The Donetsk People’s Republic — nobody in the world will recognize

it,” he said. “We will face huge sanctions and will not be able to sell or produce.”

At the Kyiv roundtable, Oleksandr Efremov, parliamentary leader of Yanukovych’s former party, urged the government to withdraw its troops from the Donetsk region and said authorities should understand that people are genuinely suspicious of the new government. The government has said it will not stop its offensive to retake eastern cities that are under the control of the separatists.

Serhiy Taruta, appointed by Kyiv as the governor of Donetsk, sought to strike a conciliatory note. Among other things, he urged the government to refrain from calling pro-Russia protesters “terrorists,” but he also called for it to dismantle the protest camp on Kyiv’s Independence Square that led to Yanukovych’s departure.

That would send a message that Kyiv treats protesters on both sides equally, Taruta said.

The OSCE road map aims to halt the violence and de-escalate tensions ahead of Ukraine’s May 25 presidential election.

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Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said in his opening remarks at the Kyiv talks that authorities were “ready for a dialogue,” but insisted they will not talk to the pro-Russia gunmen, which the government has denounced as “terrorists.”

“Those armed people who are trying to wage a war on their own country, those who are with arms in their hands trying to dictate their will, or rather the will of another country — we will use legal procedures against them and they will face justice,” he said.

The talks lasted 2 ½ hours and ended inconclusively, with only a vague plan to meet again in a few days.

Ukraine’s crisis began with mass protests last winter against Russiafriendly President Viktor Yanukovych, who eventually fled to Russia in late February amid rising bloodshed, including demonstrators killed by snipers alleged to have been police.

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MARATHON WEEKEND Brendan Lunty finishes first in the men’s open category of a previous version of the 16th annual Woody’s RV World Marathon and Half Marathon. The Red Deer event also features a 10-km run. The 10-km run starts at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday with the marathon beginning at 8 a.m.

The marathon course is roughly a figure eight.

It starts on the downhill slope of 55th Street, just east of 42nd Avenue. It stays on the road for 2.4 km and then enters the park system at Mackenzie Trails. Runners cross the Red Deer River four times, travelling as far as Heritage Ranch in the south and River Bend Golf Course in the north.

The course takes runners down 55th Street and right onto 42A Avenue for the finish.

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FRIDAY, MAY 16 Lacombe Farmers Market will be held at its new location at the Lacombe Arena parking lot on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May 16 until Oct. 10.

Features homemade baking, breads, fruit and vegetables when in season, crafts, jewelry, woodwork, honey, eggs, meats, jams, and much more. Phone 403-782-4772.

Innisfail Public Library hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 403227-4407.

Scrabble is offered at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on Fridays at 1 p.m. for a cost of $1. Call 403-343-6074.

SATURDAY, MAY 17 Fort Normandeau will re-open on May 17 with new exhibits, new interpretive elements, and more. More details to follow. Phone 403-346-2010.

Syttende Mai — May 17 celebration — at Norwegian Laft Hus will take place at 4 p.m. There will be a march around Heritage Square with Norwegian flags, and children and adults in traditional bunads folk costumes, followed by free photo booth, games for children, food and more. Contact norwegianlafthus@ gmail.com, 403-347-2055.

Town and Country Farmer’s Market will be held every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lower level of Rocky Mountain House Museum (Visitors Centre Building) for 2014. Exceptions will be when other special markets are scheduled. Call Iris at 403-8453629.

Giant Garage Sale sponsored by Ghostpine 40+ Club will take place on May 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pine Lake Hub Community Centre. Lunch and coffee will be available for sale.

Table rentals are $15 and available to book from Jeannine at 403-886-4829.

Glenellen Garage Sale at Glenellen Community Centre is on May 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch available. Contact Sharon to rent tables, 403-227-2834, or 403-598-4160. Cost is for $10 per table.

Musical Saturday Morning at Kerry Wood Nature Centre will be held on May 17 from 10:30 to noon. Tots under five and their caregivers are welcome to learn about nature through songs and hands-on exploration in this family-friendly program. Drop in. Admission by suggested donation of $5 per couple of $10 per family. Phone 403346-2010.

MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The May 17 session is called A Mug for Money. All materials supplied.

Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405.

Free with admission.

Bentley Farmers’ Market goes from 1:30 to 4 p.m. every Saturday afternoon, May 17 to Labour Day weekend, indoors and out at Bentley Curling Rink, rain or shine. Get bedding plants, gardening whatnots, woodcrafts, jewelry, clothing, munchies, and much more.

For information or to book at table, contact Krista at 403-748-4809.

SUNDAY, MAY 18 Family Planetarium is offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on May 18.

Join an interpreter for a tour of the spring sky starting at 1 p.m. The cost is

$3 per person, or $10 per family at the door. Phone 403-346-2010.

Gospel concerts at Ponoka Drop-In Centre are held the third Sunday of each month at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door and includes light snack, next on May 18. Call Doreen at 403-783-3805.

MONDAY, MAY 19 VICTORIA DAY Ellis Bird Farm opens for the season on May 19 at 11 a.m. Families are invited to come build nest boxes, enter door prize draws, take in site tours, and more. Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday and holiday Mondays until Sept. 1. See www. ellisbirdfarm.ca, or call 403-885-4477, 403-346-2211. Terre It Up Catering with Blake and Pavla are back at the Tea House offering delicious entrees, ice cream, treats and much more. Tea House reservations can be made by calling 403-586-4547.

Red Deer Flying Club meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Terminal Building at Red Deer Airport. The next meeting will be on May 19. See www.reddeerflyingclub.org. Visitors and new members welcome. Phone 403-350-5511.

TUESDAY, MAY 20 MAGsparks is an inclusive and accessible visual art program connecting people with developmental disabilities to the Red Deer Arts Community.

The group will build a sculpture, May 20 to 28. There is a drop-in fee of $3.

Memberships are available for persons with disabilities for $50. For information, see www.reddeermuseum, or contact Janet at 403-309-8405, janet. cole@reddeer.ca.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.) Innisfail meets every Tuesday in the basement of the Innisfail United Church. Weigh-in from 12:30 to 1 p.m., with meeting beginning at 1 p.m. Call Rose at 403-227-6903 or Elsie at 403-2273508.

Writers’ Ink — Red Deer and District Writers’ group for authors of all genres 18 years and older — meets every Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., year round at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. First three visits free. Small membership and drop in fees apply. Call 403-309-3590 or email jamoody@telus.net for more information.

Red Deer Celiac Support Group is promoting May as Celiac Awareness Month. The group meets in the coffee lounge at the south location of Sobeys Inc. on the third Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m., next May 20, and an information table will be set up at Red Deer Regional Hospital on May 27. Those sensitive and allergic to gluten are invited to come out and find out more about celiac disease, gluten free diets and products, support, fellowship, coffee and goodies.

See www.celiac.ca, or contact Fay at 403-347-3248, or Clarice at 403-341-4351 or email Red Deer Celiacs @yahoo.ca.

Rocky Mountain House Group contact is Jaclyn at 403-847-8878. Stettler Group contact is Diane at 403-742-0903.

Lacombe and District Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre.

Phone Pamela at 403-782-5061 or email pamela.d.neumann@gmail.com.

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Rummage Sale Fundraiser for Generations Church Jamaica will be sponsored by Friends and supporters in Red Deer on June 7 in the garage in the back alley of 6 Scott St. from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. No reasonable offer refused. Stuff a bag of clothes for $10, with reusable bags donated by Co-op and Sobeys. A large variety of items for sale including furniture, microwaves, deep freeze, tools, coffee and end tables, and much more. Visa and Mastercard accepted.

Tax receipts available for money donations. Donations of good used items for the second sale will be accepted after May 15. No clothes, mattresses or cloth furniture will be accepted for the second sale. Call 403-598-3021.

Prairie Roots Dinner and Dance will be held in Tees on June 21. Happy hour will start at 5 p.m. followed by old fashioned roast beef dinner at 6 p.m. with entertainment by two characters from Boomtown Trail from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with Heritage Dance celebrating the ethnic melting pot.

Music by Edwin Erickson Orchestra.

Cost is $35. Sponsored by Tees Agricultural Society and Tees 50 Plus Club.

Contact Susan or Sven at 403-784-3604, or 403-391-9046.

Out of Africa Potjiekos Competition and Party will be held on May 31 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Red Deer Tennis Club. Enjoy South African art of cooking food in a cast iron pot. Cocktails at 5 p.m.

Dinner at 6 p.m. The menu features delicious entrees with rice, salad, and dessert. Cash bar, silent auction. Cost is @5 per person. Call the club at 403346-7567, or info@reddeertennis.com.

Red Deer and District Garden Club Perennial Plant Exchange takes place on May 24 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from noon to 2 p.m. Bring labelled potted plants between 11 a.m. and noon to receive coupons to use for the plant exchange. Go to www.reddeergardenclub.ca under contacts for more information.

Red Deer Action Group Donate a Ride Initiative donation campaign runs until May 31. Official sponsorships begin at $500. All donations will be accepted, and money raised goes to purchase transit tickets to benefit individuals in need and who are receiving services with local non-profit agencies.

Phone 403-350-7260.

Benalto Booster Club 2014 Benalto Centennial/School Reunion will be celebrated June 6 to 8 at Benalto Agriculture Grounds. Friday events will focus on Benalto School Reunion, beginning at 10 a.m. with registration at the Ag. Grounds, followed by lunch, afternoon school tours, 4 p.m. grandstand school program, 5:30 p.m. supper, 8 p.m. program by Pat Meyers and Impact Dancers. Saturday events include 8 a.m. breakfast, Official Benalto Centennial Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. with special guests and music, continuing with lunch, photo booths, clowns, horse drawn wagon rides, show and shine, cake cutting, catered dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. for $20, followed by entertainment and dirt floor dance at the Ag. Centre for $5, and sunset fireworks. Sunday events include 8 to 10 a.m. breakfast, entertainment and commemorative church service, 12:30 p.m. lunch, dog agility show at 1:30 p.m. For school reunion, contact Eleanor at 403-746-6097, or Georgina at 403-746-2356, or for Saturday catered dinner contact Gloria at 403-746-5494. For general inquiries, contact Karen at 403-746-3775.

Central Alberta Singles dance will

be held May 24 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Bob and Julie. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. For information, call Jim at 403-638-6563, or Murray at 403-357-8022.

Satinwood School Commemorative Celebration will be held on June 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lunch served at noon.

Presentations to follow. Specify number of alumni and guests attending to j.hebert@telus.net as soon as possible.

Please bring lawn chairs.

Condor Homecoming welcomes all students who attended schools that were consolidated into Condor in the 1950s: Condor, Prairie Rose, Shady Lane, Daisy Nook, Gaetz, New Hill, Victory, Hazel Dell, Old Knowledge, New Knowledge, Northup, and Horseguard. Registration takes place on July 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. The celebration will be held July 4 to 6. Call 403-728-3359.

Visions Country Gospel concert will be offered on May 31, 7 p.m. at Pine Lake Hub. Lunch served. Tickets are $15 at the door, or phone 403-773-2270.

Proceeds to Rick Hansen Foundation.

Dry Streak — a comedy set on the Canadian prairies in the summer — will be presented by Klaglahachie Fine Arts, May 23, 24, 30 and 31 for evening performances, and matinees on May 25 and June 1. Dinner theatre tickets available from Ponoka United Church.

Theatre only tickets available from the church and the IGA. 403-783-4087.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes — Men’s March Against Domestic Violence — takes place May 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in support of Women’s Outreach.

To register for this event or to sponsor this event, please contact Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society, phone 403-347-2480, or email darcy@ womensoutreach.ca.

Condor Camp Out and Dance Jamboree will take place Aug. 15 to 17. Come play an instrument, sing, dance. Cost is $20 each. Pot luck suppers on Friday and Saturday. Beef and buns supplied on Saturday. Free camping. Contact Margie at 403-746-3153, or Lloyd at 403887-5677.

Inaugural Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Battling Against Breast Cancer Slo-Pitch Tournament will be held on July 12 at Edgar Ball Diamonds, Red Deer. Teams comprising a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 15 (three must be female) are encouraged to register in the fun division by July 4. All teams must raise a minimum of $1,500 to participate.

Batting is also a fundraising challenge, and awards will be handed out to both the top team and top individual fundraisers. For more information and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kara Wozniak at 780-508-5062 or kwozniak@cbcf.org or Laura Reynolds at 403-367-2312 or lreynolds@cbcf.org.

Treehouse Youth Theatre announces Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — running May 29 to 31, and June 6 to 8, at Scott Block Theatre with performances at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20, and are now available from www.treehouseyouththeatre.ca Red Deer and District Community Foundation is offering tickets for Women of Excellence Awards Gala to be held June 10 at the Sheraton Red Deer.

Tickets are $100 each, or a reserved table of eight for $800.

For ticket inquiries or orders, call 403-341-6911.

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From Page D6 Red Deer Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) is seeking board members. There will be an information session on May 20 at RDRWA office at 6:30 p.m. See www.rdrwa.ca, or contact info@rdrwa.ca.

Central Alberta Refugee Effort (C.A.R.E.) presents Intercultural Training: Series of workshops for businesses at 300A, 5000 Gaetz Ave. Part one is on May 20, part two is on May 27, both from 6:30 to 9 p.m. This training is suitable for front line service providers, supervisors, and those dealing with customers, clients and volunteers. For more information and to register email: jan.underwood@ care2centre.ca; call 403-346-8818, or visit www.immigrant-centre.ca Alberta Band Association Provincial Festival of the Bands will be held at Red Deer College, May 20 to 23. The public is invited to attend this exciting free festival. The performances, clinics and activities run from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. each day. See www.rdc.ab.ca WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 Stettler Art Group — Church Mice — meet every Wednesday at Stettler United Church Christian Education Wing at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists are asked to bring their own art supplies and lunch. Coffee supplied. The cost is $2 per session. Sessions cease at the end of May and resume Sept. Contact Donna Lea at 403-742-5690.

Epilepsy Association of Central Alberta located at 4811 48 Street holds monthly support group meetings at 5:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is May 21. Presentations on epilepsy are available for organizations. Phone 403-358-3358 or email normak@epilepsycalgary.com.

Norwegian Laft Hus is open Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy baking, gifts and much more at the log house with the sod roof behind the Red Deer Recreation Centre, south of the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Contact norwegianlafthus@ gmail.com, 403-347-2055 for information or to arrange different times to visit.

Central Alberta Historical Society will meet on May 21, 7 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

Guest speaker Jack Daines will speak on the history of professional rodeo in Central Alberta. Everyone is welcome. Contact Faye at 403-343-1881.

Red Deer River Naturalists — Flower Focus meets on May 21 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 10 a.m. for a spring blooming flower refresher. Participants are encouraged to bring their best slides or images of spring wildflowers to show at the meeting, to be followed by a short field trip in the sanctuary. Images on memory stick or 35mm slides, please. Contact Don at 403-343-2937.

Red Deer Legion Old Time Dance with Country Express is on May 21 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

Red Deer Primary Care Network offers Health Café — To Test or Not To Test on May 21, 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. or 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Red Deer Lodge. Dr. Peter Bouch, family doctor will discuss 10 screening tests patients should have regularly. Cost is $5 cast. To register, see events@rdpcn.com, or phone 403-343-9100.

THURSDAY, MAY 22 Tees/Clive T.O.P.S. meets every Thursday at Christian Fellowship/Village Missions Church in Clive. Weigh-in from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. with meeting to follow adjourning at 10:30 a.m. Contact Cathy at 403-747-2135.

Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, May 22, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Five Plus One Band.

Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403-246-3896.

Red Deer Area Hikers meet on May 22 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for an eight km hike at Kerry Wood Nature Centre/McKenzie Trails loop. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Bring lunch.

Phone Mavis at 403-343-0091, or Sharon at 403-3402497.

From Page D6 Canadian Fiddle Champion Scott Woods and his band present Old Time Jubilee on May 29, 7 to 9 p.m. at Sunnybrook United Church. The performance will be in honour the days when Don Messer and the Islanders were the most popular TV show in Canada. Adults $25, $10 for children under 12 years, and free for children five years and under. Contact 403-347-6073, office@sunnybrookunited.org. Proceeds will support Sunnybrook United Church children and youth programs at Kasota East Camp.

Dress for Success Annual Gala and Silent Auction will be at Black Knight Inn on May 25. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Enjoy a delicious lunch while listening to guest speaker Melinda Dupuis, survivor and advocate. Take in raffle draws, silent auction, and cash bar. Tickets are $45 each and tables are available. Contact Dagmar at 403-302-7777, or Lane at 403-877-3037. See www. dressforsuccess.org/centralalberta Red Deer Chamber Singers Annual Spring Concert — Carnival of Melodies — will be held May 24, 7 p.m. at Sunnybrook United Church. Features

a wide array of ear pleasing music from a variety of genres. Tickets are $10 per person at the door or from Sadie at 403-347-5166.

Red Deer Aboriginal Employment Services provides assistance to Aboriginal People including resumes, cover letters, research, and job postings.

For more information call 403-358-7734 or drop in to #202, 4909 48 Street, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed noon to 1 p.m. or see www. rdaes.com Raise the Roof in support of St. Luke’s Anglican Church — a Provincial Historic Resource — includes replacement of shingles and preservation and remediation of structural problems. Donate the cost of a bundle of shingles — $50, or any amount to help preserve this historic resource. Receipts will be issued. Contact the church, 403-3463402, or office@oldchurch. com.

Elnora Camp Out and Dance Jam welcomes everyone to play, sing and dance on the weekend of June 13 to 15. Pot luck suppers on Friday and Saturday. Beef and buns supplied Saturday. Contact Lloyd at 403-887-5677, or Gary at 403-746-0057.

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Late last year, Samsung quietly launched the first-ever smartphone with a curved screen, the Galaxy Round, although the phone was only released in South Korea.

LG followed suit this year with the wide release of its G Flex phone.

The two companies are also starting to promote curved TVs, which can now be found in big box stores.

The sales pitch on curved TVs is that the rounded screen creates a more immersive viewing experience while offering the latest and greatest in picture quality, including the ability to play ultra high-definition 4K content.

Vartanian, who studies aesthetics and is a self-proclaimed lover of curvilinear design, can understand why tech companies are experimenting with curves.

“The story about curvature is really a story about emotion,” says Vartanian, who has used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) testing to explore how our brains react to seeing curves in design. “(Curvature) affects the way you feel, it creates a feeling-driven response.”

Vartanian says experiments from the early 20th century through to recent years have consistently shown that people prefer so-called curvilinear over rectilinear design, even if they can’t explain why.

He adds that modern fMRI testing has revealed activity in the anterior cingulate cortex part of the brain when people look at curved objects, which suggests an emotional response, and the results are similar to research on curves dating back to the 1920s.

“They found at the time that people reliably tended to prefer the (images) that were curved over the ones that were rectilinear and over time this research has been replicated ... so there’s been a very reliable preference for curvature over rectilinear design going back almost 100 years,” he says.

There may also be an evolutionary link to a preference for curves, he adds.

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