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‘I love this place’ JIM PRENTICE LAUNCHES PC LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN, VOWS TO FIX REDFORD-ERA SCANDALS

BY DEAN BENNETT THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Jim Prentice officially launched his Alberta Tory leadership bid Wednesday by promising to take a sandblaster to the cronyism and luxury perks of the Alison Redford era.

“The bond of trust between the people of Alberta and their elected representatives must be repaired,” Prentice told 100 cheering supporters at the downtown CKUA building.

“I will introduce clear rules. I will change the way that things are done and I promise you that those rules will be enforced with discipline.

“If you are a part of my government you will be held to the standard of being a servant of the people of Alberta.”

It was the first time Prentice spoke about his plans for running the province should he defeat former infrastructure minister Ric McIver in the

Progressive Conservative leadership vote on Sept. 6.

The race was called after Redford resigned on March 23 ahead of a caucus revolt over accusations of imperious leadership and revelations of exorbitant spending on herself and her inner circle.

Prentice, a former MP and cabinet minister under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said the new rules will include no sole-source contracts, and “an end to sweetheart contracts for political staffers.”

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Seniors lodge a go — officially

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Ty Moline of the Bantam AAA Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves slides into third base during a game against the Okotoks Dawgs Red team Wednesday evening at Great Chief Park. The Braves lost 6-5.

Budget open house draws hundreds

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Using a mix of social and traditional media, the City of Red Deer pulled out all the stops to fill the 2015 budget open house on Wednesday.

The four-hour open house saw 225 people file through the doors at Festival Hall. Last year’s event drew about 15 people.

The open house gave residents a chance to have their say on where they would like their tax dollars to go in the next budget. In its push to put together

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a list of community-driven amenities, the city invited residents to name their priorities.

“In the future, I would love to see better public transit,” said Karli Kendall. “Personally it doesn’t quite work for me right now. I’ve tried it. It’s just not timely enough. I’d love to able to support more local businesses.”

Kendall said the shopping is very heavy on the south end and she would like to see more opportunity to support local businesses in downtown Red Deer. She would like to see more arts and culture events in the city.

Kendall came to meet city council

and to learn about roads, infrastructure, parks, culture and development in the city. She said she wanted to voice her vote on her priorities.

Residents had face time with city staffers and council.

Malcolm Inglis said he showed up to find out what happens at City Hall.

Inglis said he hasn’t been interested in city politics but he is concerned because taxes are going up every year.

He said the city is spending money on unnecessary things like bike lanes, traffic circles and under-used rinks.

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Funding for a new seniors lodge in Rimbey has been announced — officially this time.

The $13.3-million cash infusion has been the worst kept secret in town since April 15, when Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin controversially spilled the beans.

Both the province and Rimoka Housing Foundation, which provides senior and social housing services in Ponoka County and the towns of Ponoka and Rimbey, criticized Anglin’s announcement as premature.

On Wednesday, Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Greg Weadick was at Parkland Manor with Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins and other local representatives to make the official announcement.

Parkland Manor will receive $11.2 million in joint provincial and federal funding ($7.7 million from the province and $5.6 million from the federal government), plus another $2.1 million from the province through the surplus earnings of the Alberta Social Housing Corp.

Parkland Manor’s existing 63 units will be transformed into 37 larger units and 40 new units will be added.

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BRIEFS Penhold teen killed in hit-and-run An 18-year-old longboarder was killed after a hitand-run collision east of Penhold late Tuesday night.

Innisfail RCMP were called to the scene, about four km east of Penhold on Hwy 592, at about 10:30 p.m.

Two people had been longboarding along side the highway when an 18-year-old male was struck by an eastbound vehicle.

Innisfail RCMP are investigating the collision and are asking for the public’s help.

Anyone who may have seen the collision or the vehicle, which would have damage to the front passenger side, is asked to contact Innisfail RCMP at 403-227-3342 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

March against Monsanto on Saturday Local residents concerned about their food quality can participate in the March against Monsanto on Saturday.

This will be the third such march in Red Deer by the group in the last year, also holding one last May and over the Thanksgiving weekend in October.

“This is a big mother-driven march and I think more and more mothers are coming out wondering what they’re feeding their children,” said local march organizer Wendy Schroeder.

The rally will get underway at Veterans Park at noon where they will have a number of speakers ranging from beekeepers to local farmers and producers talking on the current state of the food supply and the effect Genetically Modified Organisms have on the food supply.

To get involved, visit https://www.facebook.com/ groups/MAMRedDeer/

PRENTICE: Committed to ‘fiscal prudence’ He said those who lobby the province will not get simultaneous government consulting contracts.

“And when it comes to public appointments,” he added. “I promise you that qualifications will matter and connections will not.”

Prentice promised a renewed commitment to “fiscal prudence,” including no sales tax and a budget that balances day-to-day spending, builds infrastructure like schools, and has a savings plan.

Those priorities are already being met in Redford’s current budget. Critics, however, have said Redford’s budget needlessly racks up debt for infrastructure, with the red ink pegged to hit $21 billion by 2017.

Finance Minister Doug Horner has defended it, saying with interest rates low and the population rising, borrowing makes sense.

Prentice said the capital plan will be “renewed and refocused” but didn’t elaborate except to say: “In the Alberta that I lead, our children will not be housed in makeshift schools.”

He also promised to maximize the return on renewable and non-renewable resources while protecting the environment.

He said his approach will be collaborative and not punitive.

“We will not damage the competitiveness of our oil and gas industry by unilaterally imposing costs, including carbon costs, and regulation,” he said. “Instead, we’re going to work together with the federal government and with the United States to build a greater advantage for all of us by harmonizing our environmental standards.”

He promised top flight health care, public education, and care for seniors, along with a renewed relationship with Edmonton and Calgary to recognize the unique needs of big cities.

Prentice made the speech backed by 15 area PC members of the legislature. He enjoys the endorsement of almost the entire caucus.

His speech indicated the dominant theme of the campaign will be atonement for Redford.

McIver, who announced his candidacy two weeks ago, has also taken aim at the excesses of the Redford era, repeating on the campaign trail that from this day forward Albertans are “the bosses.”

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leader has chosen, has also apologized publicly for the mistakes of the Redford era.

None of the leaders has referred to Redford by name, however.

Redford, continuing to work as a backbench MLA for Calgary-Elbow, has declined to comment on what went wrong with her premiership. She has said she’s focusing on the future.

As premier, Redford flew herself and family to weekend getaways and vacations on government planes. She flew family friends around, billed hundreds of thousands of dollars for extra security, and used taxpayer money to plan the building of a penthouse retreat on top of a government building.

The suite was cancelled by McIver in January just as preliminary construction began.

LODGE: Scheduled to open in spring 2017 Detailed design work is expected to take six to nine months, with construction tendering early next year. Construction will take about two years and be completed in the spring 2017.

“It’s a big project for our community, and we’re excited it finally came to fruition after years of hard work,” said Rimoka board chair Paul McLauchlin.

A new lodge was badly needed. The existing 1970sera facility has narrow hallways, an inadequate kitchen, outdated fire suppression and small rooms.

It is also full and has a waiting list.

“This is an opportunity to modernize existing assets as well as add to assets to serve our community for the next 20 to 40 years,” McLauchlin said.

A plan is being worked on to create as little disruption as possible for residents during the construction.

McLauchlin brushed off the controversy around Anglin’s early announcement and said the foundation and residents are just happy the project is moving forward.

Anglin denied he leaked the information, defending himself in a lengthy letter in the May 6 Rimbey Review. Anglin contends he was given permission by Weadick to release the funding information.

Further, he said that neither provincial, municipal nor Rimoka representatives had any right to withhold the information.

Emily Woods, press secretary for Weadick, said he did not confirm the funding to Anglin or give permission for its release.

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“I think the city should be like a janitor,” said Inglis. “Look after the city. That’s what we pay you for.

We want streets, roads and police and fire protection . . . those are the types of things we want. We’re getting a whole bunch of crap on top of that we do not want and that we do not need.”

Inglis said he would like the city to hold the line on or reduce taxes.

Sheila McNamee, 61, said she was very interested in how the city uses land as it continues to grow. She appreciated the easy to understand format of open house which included brightly coloured signs, surveys and diagrams.

“We get to say I want more of this, less of this which is a lot easier than saying $5 million on this or 10 per cent on this,” said McNamee. “I am interested in my city. I love my city. I have been here for 40 years. It’s not talking heads. I get to talk to who I want to.”

The community amenities and budget surveys will help guide council when it makes decisions about the 2015 budgets.

Mayor Tara Veer said they were thrilled with the turnout for the open house, which included a crosssection of the community. Veer said having all citizens in mind is important when they plan the future of the city.

City manager Craig Curtis said they advertised in every way possible to bring the crowds so council has as much information as possible before the budget decisions are made.

“We often get more reaction after the budget,” said Curtis. “And that takes another year to get into the stream. We’re making a real effort as part of our strategic direction to have better engagement.”

Residents who did not attend the open house are invited to fill out budget and amenity surveys on the city’s website starting on Monday.

As well, the city’s Ipsos Reid survey on Red Deer will be available in the next few weeks. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Petland shelter administrator Erica Coomber, left, and author and professional speaker Charmaine Hammond pose with Toby during a visit to the Red Deer Petland store on Wednesday. Hammond and Toby, a Chesapeake Bay retriever, have embarked on a cross-country trip to PAWsitively improve lives by teaching kindness, acceptance and respect.

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Soldier killed, four others injured in training crash

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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WAINWRIGHT — A lieutenant-colonel has been killed in a vehicular accident during a training exercise on a northern Alberta military base.

Military officials confirm Lt.Col. Dan Bobbitt died when a light armoured vehicle rolled over during a training mission for Exercise Maple Resolve 2014 at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. Bobbitt was commanding officer of the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery based in Garrison Petawawa, Ontario. Two others soldiers in the LAV III were taken by military Lt-Col. Daniel R. helicopter to hospital in EdmonBobbitt ton, where their condition is list-

ed as fair. Two others who were injured were treated

by Canadian Armed Forces medical personnel at the base and have been released.

All four of the injured soldiers were also members of the Ontario regiment.

Military officials wouldn’t reveal any other details of the accident, which happened about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, saying the investigation is ongoing.

“My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Lt.-Col. Bobbitt and the injured soldiers and they can be assured that the Canadian Army will provide the best support possible in their time of need,” said Brig.-Gen. Omer Lavoie, commander of the 4th Canadian Division.

“The Canadian Army cares deeply for each and every member,” said Lt.-Gen. Marquis Hainse, commander of the Canadian Army.

“It goes without saying that we take every death

seriously and as such we will explore all facets of these situations to try and learn from them while also providing the best support to the army family whenever a death does occur.”

Condolences were also extended by Niagara Falls MP Rob Nicholson.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones as they deal with this tragic loss, and with the families of the four soldiers who were seriously injured.”

About 5,000 military personnel are taking part in Exercise Maple Resolve until June 1.

The military describes it as the largest such exercise being held this year and calls it a “culminating collective training event to validate both of the Canadian Army’s High Readiness task forces.”

The training includes tactical moves, deliberate attacks, mobile defence and assistance to non-governmental organizations.

Besides 4,000 Canadian soldiers, there are also troops from the Royal Canadian Air Force, the U.S. military and 100 soldiers from the United Kingdom.

Dangerous truck traffic focus of MPC meeting

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BRIEF Traffic restrictions in place after building comes up a few bricks short CALGARY — A commercial building in downtown Calgary has been secured after bricks started falling off a wall of the structure into a parking lot.

The bricks tumbled from the facade of the Genco building late Tuesday morning, but there were no reports of injuries.

The building was evacuated and workers stabilized the structure overnight by erecting heavy barricade walls to contain any debris that might come loose.

Traffic restrictions were put in place for the Wednesday morning commute while tenants were not being allowed back in until engineers had assessed the building.

Fire battalion chief John Cherweniuk says the building as a whole looks structurally sound and there has been no further movement since the problem first arose.

Private school shut down over concerns about finances, teaching CALGARY — Concern over financial irregularities and student achievement have prompted Alberta to order a Calgary private school to shut down.

Classes are still underway at the International School of Excellence, which has been operating out of a church basement in the city’s northeast.

But its 170 students will have to find a new place to enrol by next September.

An audit raised questions about a BMW and a large home purchased for the school’s founder.

There were also concerns about student achievement, teaching and safety.

Parents say there is a lot of confusion surrounding the sudden announcement.

“They (school) sent us the paper the government sent to them,” said parent Billal Assaf.

“We read it and we were so disappointed.”

Students are also looking for an explanation.

“I think that it’s a big tragedy for a lot of us, because we really like the school, and we really like the people we met at the school,” said Grade 11 student Mohamed Farah.

“We didn’t understand

Other neighbours complained about noise at all hours from the plant and from trains.

Phil Townsend said he’s been woken by railcars being shunted at 6 a.m. “You can’t sleep through that.”

Monea said he’s been working to resolve complaints.

The company recently installed an advanced dust suppression system and previously bought equipment to reduce noise.

Air quality tests done during a busy period early in 2013 showed no air quality issues and did not prompt any concerns from Alberta Environment, he added.

As for trucks, Monea agreed that the town should do a better job of controlling and ticketing problem drivers. “I’ve tried, but I can’t police that . . . I’ve asked the town to work with me on that. If someone disobeys a law, they should get ticketed.”

Monea’s lawyer, Gayle Langford, noted that the proposed expansions are acceptable land uses under the existing I-2 industrial zoning for land Custom Bulk Services occupies.

Only one variance was requested for a shorter setback between one of the proposed new bins and the railway tracks.

However, the town’s planning and development officer, Tricia Wells, did not object, since she said CP Rail is not concerned about it.

Referring to residents’ concerns about heavy industry, Langford said “the horse left the barn 17 years ago” when Custom Bulk Services was allowed to start up at that location.

Mayor Dennis Cooper said, like many small towns, Penhold is feeling a push-pull between residents who are in close proximity to industry.

This is hard to resolve, he added, since the development happened historically, as homes, businesses and industries all sprang up near rail tracks.

But Cooper believes town council can help by resolving the truck congestion issue.

“Trucks are becoming a real challenge for the community,” he said, adding council will discuss this at the next meeting. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

really why it’s being shut down. It’s a big surprise for all of us.

“We’d like an explanation ... from the teachers or anybody.”

Critics say the audit should have been ordered when concerns first surfaced two years ago.

“If there was anything wrong on the government’s part here, it’s that they didn’t order the audit sooner,” said Derek Fildebrandt, Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

“Once the audit was out, I think the government acted in a relatively expeditious manner. But they waited too long to order the audit.”

About 70 per cent of the school’s costs, about $800,000 a year, have been supported by taxpayers.

The province says it plans to help parents find new schools for their children by next fall.

Widow sues over mid-air plane collision that killed five people CALGARY — The widow of a man killed in a midair collision over central Saskatchewan has filed a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against the estates of the pilots of the two planes, who also died.

In her statement of claim, Bobby Joe Donovan of Blaikie, Alta., alleges the May 12, 2012, crash that killed her husband and young son was caused by the negligence of the pilots.

Her lawsuit alleges that the pilots flew in planes that were in unsafe mechanical condition and had faulty warning systems. It also claims both pilots failed to maintain a proper lookout for other aircraft.

Statements of claim contain allegations that have not been proven in court.

The people who died in the crash included her husband Eric Donovan and their 11-year-old son, Wade, both from Mossleigh, Alta.; and Donovan’s friend, pilot Denny Loree of Nanton, Alta.

The trio were flying to Saskatchewan to pick up agriculture machinery parts for Donovan’s farm.

The two people who died in the other aircraft were Robert Jackson and his wife Susan of Regina, who were en route to La Ronge, Sask.

The lawsuit is seeking damages for grief, lose of care and companionship, loss of income and other expenses.

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Custom Bulk Services is seeking to expand its Penhold operations. The company, which stores and sells sand, has been the focus of complaints from neighbouring residents, who are concerned about the amount of truck traffic and dust from the plant.

Woman charged with abducting own kids makes first court appearance LETHBRIDGE, — A woman accused of abducting her own children has made her first court appearance.

Last week, police issued an Amber alert in B.C. and Alberta saying they had concerns about the wellbeing of two girls who went with their mom, who police say did not have legal guardianship.

Police said the two girls snuck out of a school near Vulcan, and got into a vehicle which police thought was headed to the West Coast.

The three were found on May 15 in Boston Bar, 150 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.

Trina Meisel who is 48, appeared by closed circuit television in provincial court in Lethbridge today.

Her case has been set over to May 26 for a bail hearing.

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Parks Landscape Foreman 1 Nick Kletke has been with the Parks section since 1998. He is responsible for leading the Parks section’s landscape construction team in the summer and for snow removal at Red Deer’s parkade and transit stops in the winter. Many of the landscapes at Red Deer’s school sites, replacement tree installations, and professional landscapes in our Parks happen because of Nick’s organization, energy, leadership, and willingness to get the job done safely every day. Nick is the Parks joint safety representative and he has been instrumental in helping to reforming our safe work practices and equipment operating procedures to better support our field crews.

When Nick is not at work, he is Central Alberta’s ultimate Flames fan. He also enjoys golfing, snowboarding, coaching hockey and spending time with his wife (Jackie) and children (Payton and Linken).

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The Town of Penhold must get on top of controlling excessive, disruptive and dangerous truck traffic.

That was the one mutually-agreed-upon point made by both opponents and supporters of a proposed sand storage plant expansion at a local municipal planning commission meeting on Wednesday night.

“We need some truck route signs. Trucks go every which way and don’t know where the route is,” said Penhold resident Jean Orchison, who lives on the same street as Custom Bulk Services, which has applied to MPC for the contentious expansion.

Orchison spoke of regularly witnessing truck drivers parking illegally and making dangerous moves.

She predicted “sooner or later, somebody will get killed” if the town doesn’t start ticketing and enforcing existing traffic bylaws.

She demanded signs for designated truck routes and a staging area for trucks that are waiting to get into industrial yards so they don’t idle or park on the street.

Members of the commission heard that the truck congestion on Fleming Ave. is also due to neighbouring industries, not just Custom Bulk Services, a company that stores and sells sand that’s brought in by trains to oilfield companies that truck it to sites across the province.

But the sand plant started in 1997 by owner Myles Monea has applied to add eight more storage bins and a conveyor at 920 Fleming Ave., plus build another facility with two storage bins and related equipment at nearby 950 Fleming Ave. Area residents expressed worries these plans will increase unmanaged truck traffic, as well as noise, dust and air quality issues, and cause a safety hazard.

Patti Bye, one of nearly 50 people attending a hearing at the Penhold multiplex, said children attending the elementary school just down the road from the plant deserve a safe environment. Among them is her daughter, who has asthma and shouldn’t be exposed to more dust, she added.

“I’m happy with commercial and industrial development, but not at the cost of our kids — ever.”

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How the West is winning NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC REALITIES ARE TURNING CANADA UPSIDE DOWN

BY ROSLYN KUNIN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE It’s not your grandfather’s Canada any more. Maybe not even your mother’s, because the regional patterns that prevailed in the past no longer apply.

Loleen Berdahl, associate professor of political studies at the University of Saskatchewan, and Roger Gibbins, former president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation, examine the changes Canada has undergone in a new book called Looking West: Regional Transformation and the Future of Canada.

When Canada’s industrial economy began, its aim was primarily the development of a manufacturing base in Quebec and Ontario through the use of protectionist tariffs. Companies, mainly American, set up factories in Central Canada to get their products in over the tariff walls and to take advantage of the protected Canadian market where their goods could be sold at high prices.

The West and Atlantic Canada were treated as colonies of Central Canada.

They were to provide the resources and raw materials that Ontario and Quebec needed, while, given the tariff

barriers, being forced to buy expensive Central Canadian manufactured goods, even though they did not share in the jobs that manufacturing created.

This narrow-minded perspective — as exemplified by a senior Ottawa bureaucrat who not long ago referred to an Inner Canada and an Outer Canada (no prizes for guessing which is which) — still prevails, even though trade within Canada is now freer and its regional economies more integrated.

But that’s changing because of new global economic realities. First, manufacturing, unless very highly automated, has moved from Central Canada and other industrialized countries to mainly Asian nations with their lower labour costs. Second, trade and economic growth are thriving around the Pacific Ocean while stagnating around the Atlantic. Third, the world is teeming with cheap manufactured goods, while resources are become scarcer.

This had led, according to Berdahl and Gibbins, to a shift in the balance of economic power in Canada.

B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba now generate as much of Canada’s output as Ontario, and almost double Quebec’s contribution.

The four Western provinces have 31

per cent of the population, which is also growing faster in the West than the rest of Canada. And excepting Toronto, the most ethnically-diverse cities in Canada are all in the West; immigrants have recognized for a long time where the action is in Canada.

And much of that action centres on the Pacific. Canada’s non-U.S. international trade and investment are now Asian rather European and about 70 per cent of Canada’s Asian trade originates in the West. Most Asian investment in Canada is also in the West, attracted by its resources and facilitated by the people of Asian origin in our diverse population.

Turning from recent immigrants to those who have been here the longest, two out of three First Nation people in Canada are in the West. Their numbers are not large, but aboriginals make up 10 per cent of Saskatchewan’s population and five per cent of British Columbia’s. They are important because many are located in areas that are low in population and rich in resources and also because, unlike the rest of the Canadian population, they have a young demographic with more people entering the working years than leaving them. Corporations, especially in

resources and outside the urban areas, are looking to the young aboriginal population to supply their labour force.

Finally, in what is sweet irony for many Western Canadians, three out of the four ‘have’ provinces are in the West and the fourth is Newfoundland.

Quebec and now even Ontario have become ‘poor cousin’ recipients of interprovincial equalization payments, from the wealthy provinces in “Outer Canada.”

This shifting balance means Canada and all its regions must start answering some very important questions. ● How can we take advantage of the strength of our Western- and resourcebased growth? ● Where do we find the adaptability and flexibility to meet changing demands for resources and shifting markets? ● Finally, and what can the West do to help the ‘have-not’ provinces in Inner Canada escape the 20th century manufacturing model and rejoin the prosperity of the rest of the country?

Troy Media B.C.’s business columnist Roslyn Kunin is a consulting economist and speaker (see more at www.troymedia.com).

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India and China: the tortoise and the hare?

Soon after winning an absolute majority in the Indian parliamentary elections, prime minister-elect Narendra Modi promised “to make the 21st century India’s century.” If he can avoid tripping over his own ideology, he might just succeed.

“India’s century” is a misleading phrase, of course, because no country gets to own a whole century. It wasn’t ever really going to be “China’s century” either, although China is a huge country whose economy has grown amazingly fast over the past three decades.

GWYNNE What Modi meant was that DYER India, the other huge Asian country, may soon take China’s place as the fastest growing large economy — and it might even surpass China economically, in the end.

At first glance this seems unlikely. India’s GDP is currently less than a quarter of China’s although the two countries are quite close in population (China 1.36 billion, India 1.29 billion). Moreover, the Chinese economy’s growth rate last year, although well down from its peak years, was still 7.7 per cent, while India’s grew at only 4.4 per cent.

But China’s growth rate is bound to fall further for purely demographic reasons. Due partly to three decades of the one-child-per-family policy, the size

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of its workforce is already starting to decline. Total population (and hence total domestic demand) will also start to shrink in five years’ time. And this doesn’t even take into account the high probability of a financial crash and a long, deep recession in China.

India’s growth rate has also fallen in recent years, but for reasons like corruption, excessive regulation and inadequate infrastructure that are a lot easier to fix.

And the reason that Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won by a landslide was precisely that voters thought he would be better at overcoming these obstacles to growth than the worn-out and deeply corrupt Congress Party.

Modi did not win because a majority of Indians want to pursue divisive sectarian battles that pit Hindus against India’s many minorities, and especially against Muslims. That has always been part of the BJP’s appeal to its core voters, but its new voters were attracted by Modi’s reputation as the man who brought rapid development to the state of Gujarat, which he has ruled for the past 13 years. They want him to do the same thing nationally.

The BJP’s absolute majority in parliament means that Modi will not be constrained by coalition allies like previous BJP governments. This could lead to a leap in the Indian growth rate if he uses his power to sweep aside the regulations and bureaucratic roadblocks that hamper trade and investment in India.

He also has a golden opportunity to crush the corruption that imposes a huge invisible tax on every enterprise in the country.

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Unfortunately, his extraordinary political freedom also means that he will find it hard to resist the kind of sectarian (i.e. anti-Muslim) measures that the militants in his own party expect.

He cannot use the need to keep his coalition allies happy as an excuse for not going down that road.

Nobody knows which way he’ll jump, but it might be the right way.

What might that mean over the next decade? It could mean a politically stable India whose growth rate is back up around seven to eight per cent — and a China destabilized by a severe recession and political protests whose growth rate is down around four per cent.

While neither political stability in India nor political chaos in China are guaranteed in the longer run, by 2025 the demography will have taken over with a vengeance. China’s population will be in decline, and the number of young people entering the workforce annually will be down by 20 per cent and still falling. India’s population will still be growing, as will the number of young people coming onto the job market each year.

That will give India a three or four per cent advantage in economic growth regardless of what happens on the political front.

In the long run both countries may come to see their massive populations as a problem, but in the medium term it looks increasingly likely that India will catch up with and even overtake China in economic power.

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Royals wrap up tour in Winnipeg

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Polar bears and planes, pirouettes and Pooh featured prominently as Prince Charles and his wife Camilla spent the last day of their four-day royal tour in the Manitoba capital Wednesday.

Charles may be accustomed to being served his meals, but the tables were turned at Assiniboine Park Zoo when he played waiter to Hudson the polar bear. There was a look of mock trepidation on the prince’s face as he got up close and personal with the 200-kilogram beast sitting on the other side of a chain-link fence.

Charles used tongs to offer fish to the two-year-old Hudson, who happily gobbled up the treat. The prince remarked on the size of Hudson’s paws and a zookeeper explained how polar bears in the wild can pull prey from the water with one swipe. While Charles was sharing face time with a bear, Camilla visited the Royal Winnipeg Ballet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s wife, Laureen. The Duchess of Cornwall, wearing a silverblue dress and coat, toured the wardrobe and costume department, where she called the costumes “works of art.”

“Look at all the shoes,” she commented as she examined the ballet footwear.

Wardrobe director Alena Zharska explained how the costumes are put together and showed Camilla a pattern for a tutu.

“How long does this take to make?” asked the duchess.

“Usually 50 to 60 hours,” Zharska explained.

The duchess attended a ballet class for those with physical and developmental disabilities, watched a pas de deux and unveiled a coin designed by the Royal Canadian Mint in honour of

the ballet’s 75th anniversary.

Hudson was not the only bear to make his way onto the royal agenda.

Charles and Camilla toured a small gallery of artwork, books and other materials connected to Winnie, a black bear named after Winnipeg and who inspired the Winnie the Pooh stories by children’s author A.A. Milne The couple looked at an oil painting from 1930

by Ernest Shepard of the bear staring into a honey pot and saw a photo of the original bear as well.

“They’re so familiar,” Charles said to Camilla.

The day began at the Red River College’s Stevenson aircraft hangar, where the royal couple joined the Harpers.

Charles and Camilla took turns throwing paper airplanes folded by children and were presented with a tiny aviator’s jacket for their grandson, Prince George. In a speech, Charles observed that things are different in the province from when he last visited in 1996, but one thing remains the same.

“What has most assuredly not changed is the vitality of this province and the optimism for Canada’s future,” he said.

A pilot in the air force in his younger years, the prince paid tribute to those who can fix planes.

“I have a very determined admiration — respect — for those marvellous engineers who can actually take these things apart and put them back together again, usually after a pilot had broken them or done something awful to them.”

In the afternoon, the prince spoke of establishing a Canadian version of his Seeing is Believing program, which takes business leaders into deprived communities, engaging them with social responsibility issues.

“Almost 25 years ago, I realized that there was a tremendous missed opportunity ... for business leaders to

Canada pledges $36M for maternal, child health in Africa AMBROSE ANNOUNCES SEVEN-YEAR PLAN

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

GENEVA — A week before an international conference on maternal and child health care opens in Toronto, the Harper government is rolling out announcements on what it sees as its signature issue on the world stage.

In Geneva, Health Minister Rona Ambrose pledged $36 million over seven years to help improve the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa. Hours later in Calgary, Deepak Obhrai, the parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, unveiled another program to help mothers and children in South Sudan.

Ambrose was at the World Health Assembly in Geneva when she pledged the money to help pay for research in nine countries into the primary health care needs of mothers, newborns and children. The countries are Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mali, Senegal, South Sudan, Malawi and Nigeria.

Obhrai said Canada will put up $19.9 million over six years to staff and equip four mobile primary health care clinics and provide other services to 350,000 people in more than 600 remote communities in Warrap state, South Sudan. Canada will also help train 1,500 community health volunteers, deliver 116,000 anti-malarial bed nets and build 170 safe drinking-water points. The announcements come ahead of the May 28-30 conference in Toronto, which is aimed at helping to shape future action on maternal and child health problems. The Harper government pushed mother and child health issues at the G8 summit in June 2010. Canada pledged to spend $2.85 billion between 2010 and 2015 to assist women and children in developing countries as part of what was called the Muskoka Initiative.

Canada and its G8 partners committed a total of $7.3 billion to improve the health of mothers and children in the world’s poorest countries. The federal government says 80 per cent of the money it pledged during the summit has already been disbursed.

“Under Canada’s leadership, global attention and resources have been mobilized around maternal and child health issues,” Ambrose said in a statement.

Obhrai said a lot remains to be done: “Tremendous progress has been made, but much more can be done to prevent mothers and children in developing countries from dying of simple, preventable diseases, malnutrition, and the lack of access to health care.”

Ambrose said the Muskoka plan “has saved countless lives and improved the health of millions of mothers, newborns and children in the developing world.”

Federal government figures say the number of women who die each year during pregnancy or childbirth has dropped by 47 per cent since 1990.

There were 543,000 deaths that year compared with 287,000 in 2010.

During the same period, the number of deaths among children under the age of five has dropped 45 per cent from nearly 12 million in 1990 to 6.6 million in 2012.

“Maternal mortality rates are declining and millions more children are celebrating their fifth birthday,” said International Development Minister Christian Paradis. “Canada’s leadership in this area reflects the values of millions of Canadians who believe that we cannot stand idly by while the poorest and most vulnerable suffer deaths that are easily and inexpensively prevented.”

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Prince Charles feeds a polar bear at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg on Wednesday. understand more fully the social and environmental issues affecting their communities and for them to try to do something about them,” he said.

“I am so proud that, with the help of my Prince’s Charities Canada, a similar initiative has now taken root in Canada. Half the battle very often is actually having businesses helping to provide their management skills and the ability of those organizations to help people through the endless red tape bureaucracy.”

Charles said the next step is to link business leaders in several Canadian cities — including Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina, Toronto and Halifax — as part of the Prince’s Canadian Responsible Business Network.

“I look forward to the pilot projects in Winnipeg, Halifax and Toronto over

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BRIEF Man gets 60-day sentence for killing daughter with slap LONGUEUIL, Que. — A Quebec man whose teenage daughter died after he slapped her because he wasn’t happy with a chore she had done was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in jail.

Moussa Sidime, 74, will be incarcerated on 30 consecutive Mondays and Tuesdays. He had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his 13-year-old daughter Noutene in October 2010.

The court heard Sidime struck her because he didn’t like how she’d completed a chore and because she had been disrespectful. It was Sidime who called 911 himself after finding the girl unconscious minutes later.

She died after a few days in hospital.

The Crown had been seeking a prison sentence of two years less a day, while the defence had requested a suspended sentence.

“Violence is never an answer to a child’s behaviour,” Crown prosecutor Julie Laborde said Wednesday. “That’s the message the judge and the court wanted to send.”

In handing down his sentence, Judge Richard Marleau cited the fact Sidime had showed remorse and had no previous criminal record.

The accused was crying during his sentencing hearing in February.

His lawyer had argued for leniency, calling the death an exceptional case.

the coming months which will focus on providing job readiness, employability and skills for disadvantaged young people,” he said. “It seems to me that there are so many opportunities to make a real difference.”

He expressed his gratitude to billionaire grocery empire mogul Galen Weston for his leadership in shaping the beginnings of the new network, as well as RBC and Scotiabank.

In the final event of the tour, the royal couple attended a ceremony at the provincial legislature to induct 14 people into the Order of Manitoba, including Olympic curling champions Jennifer Jones and Don Duguid; Allan Gotlieb, former Canadian ambassador to the United States; and former provincial attorney general Roland Penner.

Members of Sidime’s family who attended Wednesday’s court proceedings in Longueuil, south of Montreal, expressed relief at the sentencing.

“There was no evidence of any brutality on her,” said Aissatou SidimeBlanton, the accused’s eldest daughter.

“This was one of those freak accidents that, as he says, if he could take it back, he would take it back. We all would. And, moreover, it will be with him. Yes, he’s praying, but he misses his daughter. He didn’t even get to go to her funeral. For him it’s been very hard and it will be. You lose a child, it stays with you.”

B.C. court overturns acquittals for former Tory MP’s campaign official CRANBROOK, B.C. — A British Columbia judge has overturned two acquittals for a former Conservative MP’s campaign official who was charged with several Elections Act violations, though it’s not clear whether the Crown will attempt to pursue the charges again.

Harvey Venier, who acted as the official agent for former MP Jim Abbott, was charged with five offences related to bank accounts and finance reports from the 2006 and 2008 federal elections. He stood trial last September, when he was acquitted of four counts related to various reporting requirements. He pleaded guilty to a fifth charge, failing to open a separate bank account for the election and received an absolute discharge. Venier was never accused of any financial impropriety, but rather failing to comply with provisions related to reporting and transparency.

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Boko Haram attacks three villages

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Pro-Russian fighters put a child’s painting as a symbol of peace on the wall of barricades in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Wednesday. The government has over the past week had its hand in the east strengthened by a sequence of strongly worded statements by metals tycoon Rinat Akhmetov, who owns major industrial assets in Donetsk region.

Tensions ease as Russia pulls back troops drawal of Russian troops and I wake up every morning hoping to see a real and meaningful withdrawal of Russian troops, but I have to tell you that so far we have not seen any visible evidence of a withdrawal of Russian troops,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said during a visit to Sarajevo.

In comments broadcast on Russian television, Putin poured scorn on skeptical assertions about troop movements, saying “those who aren’t seeing it should look better.” He said the pullout will be clearly visible in satellite images.

“The numbers of troops and armour are quite large, and their pullout requires serious preparation. If the weather is good, they will see it all from space,” Putin said.

He sought to offset Western pressure

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Putin warned, however, that it DONETSK, Ukraine — Days before would be “very difficult for us to deUkraine’s presidential elections, the velop relations with people who come interim government Wednesday relto power amid a punitive operation in ished what felt like a letup in tensions. southeastern Ukraine.”

President Vladimir Putin insisted That was a reference to ongoing Russian troops have begun moving efforts by Ukraine’s armed forces to away from Ukraine’s borders, and the crush the armed wing of the self-styled nation’s wealthiest and arguably most Donetsk People’s Republic, which last influential businessman made an imweek declared independence for the passioned appeal for a cessation to region following a contentious referunrest in the east. endum. Insurgents in the neighbourAnd yet, armed pro-Russian insuring Luhansk region have also claimed gents in turbulent eastern regions of independence, but stopped short of Ukraine continued to roam with impurequesting annexation by Russia, as nity and do their utmost to derail Sunrebels did in Donetsk. day’s decisive vote.

Putin said Russia has helped esSpeaking to reporters at a secutablish a dialogue between the cenrity summit in Shanghai, Putin said tral government in Kyiv and people in Moscow’s decision to de-escalate its the southeast, but didn’t give military presence near details.

Ukraine was motivated by ‘THE NUMBERS OF TROOPS AND ARMOUR anyMany in eastern Ukraine a desire to see the election ARE QUITE LARGE, AND THEIR PULLOUT resent the interim authoriproceed smoothly. in Kyiv that came to Russia’s Defence MinREQUIRES SERIOUS PREPARATION. IF THE ties power after the toppling of istry said its military WEATHER IS GOOD, THEY WILL SEE IT ALL Ukraine’s pro-Russian presunits in the regions near ident in the wake of monthsUkraine have started movFROM SPACE.’ long protests. They see the ing to railway stations and — VLADIMIR PUTIN new government as a group airfields en route to their PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA of nationalists bent on rehome bases, which they pressing Russian-speakers. are expected to reach beMoscow supports a peace fore June 1.

But NATO, which estimates that by visiting China, where he oversaw plan brokered by Switzerland and the Russia has 40,000 troops along the the signing of a $400 billion, 30-year Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which envisages border with Ukraine, repeated that it deal to export Russian gas to China.

The pullout decision appears to re- a broad amnesty and the launch of a didn’t yet see any signs of a Russian flect the Kremlin’s desire to ease ten- national dialogue that focuses on the withdrawal.

“We have heard the third announce- sions with the West over Ukraine and decentralization of government and upholding the status of the Russian ment from President Putin of with- avoid further sanctions. language.

Explosives used in attack on market in Xinjiang region

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHINA

BEIJING — Attackers crashed a pair of vehicles and tossed explosives in an attack Thursday near an open air market in the capital of China’s volatile northwestern region of Xinjiang, leaving an unknown number of people dead and injured, state media reported.

The official Xinhua News Agency said several people were rushed to hospital and flames and heavy smoke were seen at the scene, which was cordoned off.

Xinhua said the assailants plowed through crowds of shoppers in off-road vehicles and threw explosives out the window before crashing head-on in the early morning attack in the city of Urumqi.

It said one of the vehicles then exploded and quoted an eyewitness as saying there had been up to a dozen blasts in all.

A statement from the Xinjiang regional government said the attack occurred at 7:50 a.m. and people had been killed and injured, but gave no further details.

“I heard four or five explosions. I was very scared. I saw three or four people lying on the ground,” said Fang Shaoying, the owner of a small supermarket located near the scene of the blast.

Photos from the scene posted to popular Chinese social media site Weibo showed at least three people

lying in a street with a large fire in the distance giving off huge plumes of smoke. Others were sitting in the roadway in shock, with vegetables, boxes and stools strewn around them.

Police in helmets and body armour were seen manning road blocks as police cars, ambulances and fire trucks arrived on the scene.

Urumqi was the scene of a railway station bomb attack late last month that killed three people, including two attackers, and injured 79.

Security in the city has been significantly tightened since the attack, which took place as Chinese leader Xi Jinping was concluding a visit to the region.

The city saw ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people in 2009, but had been relatively quiet since then amid a smothering police presence.

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JOS, Nigeria — Islamic militants killed 48 villagers in northeastern Nigeria near the town where they kidnapped 300 schoolgirls, and the U.S. said Wednesday it was sending in 80 military personnel to expand the drone search for the captives.

The developments came hours after twin car bombings claimed at least 130 lives in this central city — an escalating campaign of violence blamed on the Boko Haram terrorist network and its drive to impose an Islamic state on Nigeria. The three villages attacked overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday are near the town of Chibok, where the girls were abducted from their boarding school in a brazen April 15 assault that has ignited a global movement to secure their freedom.

First lady Michelle Obama is among those who have joined a viral social media campaign under the hashtag BringBackOurGirls, tweeting earlier this month, “Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It’s time to BringBackOurGirls.”

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. was sending in 80 military personnel to help in the search for the missing schoolgirls. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and the Senate, Obama said the service members were being sent to Chad, which borders northeastern Nigeria, to help with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft missions over Nigeria and the nearby region.

The U.S. mission will help expand drone searches of the region, said Lt. Col. Myles Caggins, adding that this latest deployment will not be involved in ground searches.The drone — a Predator — will be in addition to the unarmed Global Hawks already being used, a senior U.S. official said.

The new flights will be based out of Chad and allow the military to expand its search effort, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

The government of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has come under intense national and international criticism for its lack of progress in rescuing the 276 schoolgirls. Besides the United States, Britain, Israel and several other nations have offered assistance in the hunt for the girls, amid fears they would be sold into slavery, married off to fighters or worse, following repeated threats by Boko Haram’s leader. The insurgents have demanded the release of detained Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the girls — a swap officials say the government will not consider.

Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is sinful,” has targeted schools, as well as churches, mosques, marketplaces, bus terminals and other spots where large numbers of civilians gather in its violent 5-year campaign to impose Islamic law on Nigeria, whose 170 million people are half Christians and half Muslims.

During the latest attack on three northeastern villages, terrified residents said they hid in the bush and watched while Boko Haram fighters set their thatched-roof mud homes ablaze.

“We saw our village go up in flames as we hid in the bush waiting for the dawn. We lost everything,” Apagu Maidaga of the village of Alagarno told The Associated Press. The nearby villages of Bulakurbe and Shawa also were attacked.

In Jos, site of two powerful car bombings Tuesday in a crowded bus terminal and market, rescue workers with body bags combed the rubble for more bodies as scores of residents gathered at mortuaries and hospitals in the search for missing loved ones.

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Imposition of Flood damage may martial law leaves exceed damage from government wars in the 1990s virtually powerless

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On the other: a poorer rural majority in the north and northeast that was politically awakened by Thaksin’s populist policies, which brought them everything from electricity to nearly free health-care for the first time.

When Thaksin’s sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, was named prime minister after the ruling Pheu Thai party won a 2011 ballot in a landslide, she managed a fragile detente with the military.

And for a time, her government appeared to be firmly in charge.

In November, the ruling party made a disastrous attempt to ram a controversial amnesty bill through Parliament that would have allowed Thaksin to return from self-imposed exile from Dubai, where he lives to avoid a corruption conviction he says was politically motivated.

Protesters took to the streets, and when Yingluck dissolved the lower house in December and called new elections to defuse tensions, things only got worse. The dissolution limited her administration’s powers so severely it had to seek approval from the Election Commission even to allocate funds to support state projects.

The country’s courts and oversight agencies have also steadily chipped away the government’s authority in rulings critics say show political bias.

After demonstrators boldly stormed government ministries, attacked the prime minister’s office with homemade rockets and threatened to “capture” Yingluck, courts quashed arrest warrants for protest leaders, arguing they had the right to demonstrate peacefully.

The constitutional Court then annulled February elections that Yingluck’s party would likely have won, citing the fact the ballot could not be held in all constituencies on a single day, even though that was because demonstrators — none was ever prosecuted — had openly obstructed the poll.

Now — two weeks after the constitutional Court ousted Yingluck and nine Cabinet ministers for abuse of power for transferring a senior civil servant two years earlier — the army has imposed martial law.

The army intervention dealt another severe blow to what’s left of Thailand’s increasingly cornered civilian leadership, now led by acting Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan.

On Tuesday, Niwattumrong insisted “the government will continue its job in running the country” and would work with the army to peacefully resolve the crisis, which has killed 28 people and injured more than 800.

It can do little else.

“The only thing the caretaker government has left is electoral legitimacy, the fact that it came into power by elections,” Sunai said.

Woman found 10 years after kidnapping

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In this frame grab taken from video posted to YouTube, people dance to Pharrell Williams’ hit song ‘Happy’ on a rooftop in Tehran, Iran.

Police in Iran have arrested six young people and shown them on state television for posting the video. While the song has sparked similar videos all over the world, in Iran some see the trend as promoting the spread of Western culture. And women are banned from dancing in public or appearing outside without the hijab in the Islamic Republic.

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SANTA ANA, Calif. — A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago was reunited with her family after she went to police and told them her mother’s ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced her to marry him and fathered her child.

Isidro Garcia, 41, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor and false imprisonment, the Santa Ana Police Department police said.

Police described a decade during which the victim — abused mentally, physically and sexually by her captor — was moved at least four times and given multiple fake identities to hide her from family and authorities.

Garcia allegedly told her that her family had stopped trying to find her, and that if she tried to contact them they would be deported.

“Even with the opportunity to escape, after years of physical and mental abuse, the victim saw no way out of her situation and lived a life with Garcia under sustained physical and mental abuse,” police said in a written statement.

Neighbours were stunned, describing them as a seemingly happy couple who doted on their young daughter and liked to host parties at their apartment in the working-class community of Bell Gardens, about 30 kilometres from where she originally disappeared.

“He treats her like a queen. He does his best to do whatever she wants,” next-door neighbour Maria Sanchez said in Spanish.

The now-25-year-old woman, whose identity is not being released, first contacted authorities Monday — the same day Garcia was first arrested. Police said she came forward to police after finding her sister on Facebook.

Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said his department’s investigation concluded the following: The girl arrived from Mexico in February 2004 to join her mother and sister in Santa Ana, about 50 kilometres southeast of downtown Los Angeles. She had entered the United States illegally and spoke no English.

Garcia was her mother’s boyfriend.

After one fight between the girl’s mother and Garcia in August 2004, the girl’s mother left the house and the girl went to a nearby park.

Garcia followed the girl. When he caught up with her, she said she had a headache and wanted to go home.

Garcia began threatening the girl and gave her five pills that he said would help her headache but instead knocked her out.

When the girl awoke, she was locked in a garage in Compton, a city between Santa Ana and Los Angeles.

The mother “filed a police report and for 10 years (police) did due diligence. But they were changing their names and dates of birth and physical locations so that made it exceedingly difficult,” Bertagna said.

In 2007, Garcia got documents from Mexico that gave the girl a new name and date of birth. Using those documents, he married her at a courthouse.

He fathered a girl with her in 2012.

Garcia secured two jobs for them on a night cleaning crew so he could keep watch over her. She tried to escape twice but was severely beaten.

Recently, she found her sister on Facebook and they started to communicate. She also learned that her mother had indeed tried to find her, going to a Spanish-language television station and newspaper in 2004.

She started reflecting on her own child’s situation and realized she needed to leave, Bertagna said. On Monday, she went to police in Bell Gardens and reported that she was a victim of domestic abuse.

She also told them of her abduction.

Police arrested Garcia on Monday during a traffic stop in Bell Gardens.

On Tuesday, Santa Ana police arrested him on the kidnapping and other charges, and also interviewed him.

Garcia was expected to be arraigned Thursday.

Neighbors near Garcia’s apartment in Bells Gardens said they were shocked by the news.

They knew the suspect as Tomas Madrano, and described him as a devoted family man who worked hard to provide for his wife and daughter.

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“It’s an enormous tragedy,” agreed Kristalina Georgieva of the European Commission’s International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. The European Union responded immediately with rescue workers, helicopters, boats, tents and other aid from 16 member countries and plans even more.

“Right now, we are at the emergency assistance phase,” she said, meaning the focus is on saving lives and preventing diseases. In the next phase, EU and local experts will be assessing the damage and then they will work on recovering and preventing future tragedies.

Bosnia has one of the lowest gross domestic products in Europe and an unemployment rate of up to 44 per cent. Almost no one has property insurance, meaning many residents lost virtually everything. On Wednesday, a mine exploded near the northern village of Cerik, where the flooding had moved one of the more than 9,000 minefields left over from Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Nobody was hurt. Serbia, like much of the Balkans, is poor. The country’s economy has failed to fully recover following the wars and international sanctions in the 1990s, and is marred by mismanagement and widespread corruption.

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“Where is the government right now? Where are they now? I don’t know,” Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha snapped before adding awkwardly: “I’m not interfering with the government, or anybody.”

But where, actually, is the elected leadership of Thailand? Few people here believe it is still running the country.

Six months of protests have forced its severely weakened Cabinet to shift offices constantly to avoid being harassed by demonstrators. By the time the army intervened Tuesday, a government that had been in firm power in November found itself caught off guard, its leaders meeting at an undisclosed location that one aide described as “a safe house.”

As Thailand tries to make sense of a move that the army denies was a coup, one thing, at least, is certain: The nation’s caretaker government has been rendered virtually powerless even as the rest of the country largely functions normally.

“Thailand is like a car driving on cruise control right now,” said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch in Bangkok. “But nobody is at the wheel, and it’s probably going to crash.”

Yet the crash, if it is coming, is happening in slow motion.

Glass-encased shopping malls and ornate temples are open as always.

Bangkok’s red-light districts still throb with activity. Civil servants still dutifully review passport applications and oversee driver’s license exams. And for almost all of the country, no military is in sight.

On Wednesday, Prayuth assumed the role of mediator by summoning the country’s key political rivals for faceto-face talks. The meeting ended without resolution, underscoring the immense challenges the army will face in trying to broker an end to the conflict, and more talks are due Thursday.

Thailand has been plagued by major bouts of political turmoil since 2006, when the army toppled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, unleashing a deeper societal schism that continues to this day.

On one side: the members of Thailand’s conservative establishment, who along with staunch royalists and the largely urban upper and middle classes see Thaksin’s family as a corrupt threat to traditional structures of power.

SARAJEVO — Recovering from the historic floods in the last week will cost Bosnia and Serbia billions that neither country has, officials said Wednesday.

Although there’s no official total for flood damages, the Raiffeisen Investment Group said in a note to investors that preliminary estimates are nearly 1.3 billion euros for Bosnia alone. Bosnian President Bakir Izetbegovic also said damages are in the billions.

In neighbouring Serbia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said damages could range up to 1.5 billion euros. Both countries have already begun talks with the EU for getting international help with reconstruction efforts.

Separately, Bosnia’s Serb region is talking with its ally Russia.

The flooding affected 40 per cent of Bosnia, Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija said. It wrecked the main agriculture industry in the northern flatlands, wiping out infrastructure, farms, buildings and homes. One quarter of the country’s 4 million people have been affected by the six days of record floods and 2,100 landslides.

In addition, Bosnia’s infrastructure minister said 3,500 kilometres of roads have been destroyed or damaged and 30 per cent of railway lines are still unusable.

“This country has not experienced such a natural cataclysm ever,” Lagum-

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Los Angeles Kings’ Jarret Stoll battles for the puck against Chicago Blackhawks’ Michal Handzus during the second period in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, in Chicago on Wednesday The Kings overcame a 3-2 series deficit in the second round against topseeded Anaheim.

“We know we can win,” forward Jarret Stoll said. “That’s the bottom line.

They’ve got a good team, but we feel we do too.”

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Saturday night in Los Angeles.

Nick Leddy and Ben Smith scored for Chicago, which won 3-1 in Game 1 on Sunday.

“The way it turned on a dime like that, I don’t know if we’ve seen a game like that all year where we’re doing everything all right and all of a sudden it was a disaster,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said.

‘Not the prototype player’ ‘PINBALL’ CLEMONS FEELS WHAT MADE HIM A SPECIAL PLAYER IN THE CFL WAS THE FACT THAT HE WASN’T SPECIAL record for most combined all-time regular-season yards — 25,438.

Yet, to this day, he prefers to give a bulk of the credit to his former teammates and coaches.

“You don’t get to that level by yourself,” he insisted. “A big part of me is giving your best, but another strong part is that my mom (Anna Marie Bryant) was such an influence, as were all the other people around me. Don Matthews, for example, was a great influ-

family.

Clemons was promoted to team president a year later, then returned as head coach when his successor, Gary Etcheverry, was fired in 2002. He held Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons stood out various other posts with the organizaas a CFL player despite the fact he tion after stepping down as coach in stood only five-foot-six.

2007 and is now vice-chair of the team, But there was more to his story and his duties including providing input his on-field success that resulted in a and assistance with key sales and corMost Outstanding Player award in 1990 porate partner programs, significant than his lack of size. community initiatives and media relaAlways personable and humble, tions.

Clemons expressed his take He also communicates on what made him one of ‘WHEN IT COMES TO with the players on a oncethe most famous and popuFOOTBALL, GUYS LIKE in-awhile basis. lar players in CFL history, “I became the vice-chairand later related his story ME GENERALLY DON’T man and I’m not sure what as the guest speaker during SURVIVE, AND SO IT IS he does,” Clemons joked. the Red Deer Catholic Ed“But I do love the posiucation Foundation fundREALLY A TALE OF JUST tion. It is amazing. I get a raiser gala Wednesday at DOING YOUR BEST AND chance to work with the the Black Knight Inn. guys a little bit. The coach “I think the most spe- GIVING YOUR BEST AS YOU invites me to speak to the cial thing about me is that GO ALONG. AS YOU DO guys a couple of times a I wasn’t that special,” he THAT YOU ARE AFFORDED year and that’s my involvesaid prior to the fund-rais— doing some mentorer. “While people I think OPPORTUNITY AND SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE ment ing with the players.” really got excited about my COME AROUND TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE.’ It’s the community side style of play and the differof the position that works ent things like that, the fact — MICHAEL ‘PINBALL’ CLEMONS best with Clemons. is I was born to a single DURING THE RED DEER CATHOLIC “We’ve been so lucky. parent in modest accomEDUCATION FUNDRAISER GALA I’m an American by modations in Florida. birth and a Canadian by “We were in a very modchoice, as a family we love it here,” est situation. My mother’s mom died ence as a coach.

“You don’t do it by yourself and you he said. “The community part is rewhen she was five and her grandmother died when she was seven. She was understand that you don’t have to try ally a thank you for the tremendous raised by her great grandmother, who and do things by yourself. Yes, you do opportunities that we’ve had in this died around the time I was born. So it your best, but you don’t have to do it country. I’ll never be able to repay is the simplicity of it all . . . being able alone. I think my story is certainly one the community or the country for to combine all of that with the fact that of the underdog, but also to say it’s the opportunities I’ve been given, not how much you have as giving what but we’ll certainly work at trying.”

I was just not the prototype player.

Concerning the recent CFL labour “When it comes to football, guys like you’ve got.”

Clemons was appointed as the in- problems, with the players talking posme generally don’t survive, and so it is really a tale of just doing your best terim head coach of the Argos in 2000 sible strike as rookie camps loom and and giving your best as you go along. as a replacement for John Huard, who the league offering a nine per cent As you do that you are afforded oppor- resigned after compiling a 1-6-1 record salary cap raise Wednesday morning, tunity and so many great people come to start the season. The team won six Clemons admitted he hasn’t paid close of its remaining regular-season games attention to the proceedings. around to help you achieve.”

“I probably almost purposely Clemons was a standout running under Clemons’ guidance and he had back/receiver/kick returner with the the ‘interim’ tag removed from his ti- haven’t been too close to the situaToronto Argonauts for most of his tle, despite the fact he was originally tion,” he said.

12-year CFL career. He was a three- reluctant to accept the job because he time all-star and holds the league’s wanted to spend more time with his Please see PINBALL on Page B3

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Chicago was in position for its fourth consecutive win before Carter redirected Drew Doughty’s slap shot

by Corey Crawford to tie it at 2 just 1:37 into the third. Muzzin then had another power-play score at 4:04 that gave Los Angeles the lead.

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MEMORIAL CUP

London eliminated after loss to Guelph

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Storm 7 Knights 2 LONDON, Ont. — The London Knights’ elimination from their third straight Memorial Cup stung because it was their earliest exit of the three.

The host team of the 2014 MasterCard Memorial Cup was a true contender among the four teams in it.

With seven Knights forwards who helped the Knights win the last two Ontario Hockey League championships and with a team that scored over 300 goals this season, London was a threat to win the Cup on their third try in as many years.

But the hosts were eliminated by the Guelph Storm in a 7-2 loss Wednesday. The Knights went 0-3 through the preliminary round and needed a win against their OHL rival to get into a tiebreaker game.

“We thought for sure we’d have a better chance of winning it this year,” Knights forward Josh Anderson said.

“We didn’t have the bounces we wanted. It’s too bad it had to end this way.

“We wanted to have the Memorial Cup championship. I thought our organization really deserved one after the hard work we’ve been putting through these past three years. Looking at it now, I’m glad I got the opportunity to come here and play for the London Knights.”

The Knights lost the 2012 final 2-1 in overtime to the host Shawinigan Cataractes. They fell in last year’s semifinal to the Portland Winterhawks in Saskatoon.

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Kings 6 Blackhawks 2 CHICAGO — Jeff Carter and the Los Angeles Kings know how to come back in the playoffs. This was no big deal compared to the first two rounds.

Carter scored three of Los Angeles’ six straight goals, and the Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Wednesday night to even the Western Conference final at a game apiece.

Tyler Toffoli and Jake Muzzin also scored in Los Angeles’ five-goal third period to help the Kings become the first visiting team to win in Chicago this post-season.

The Blackhawks won their first seven home playoff games this year, but the Kings skated right by Chicago after the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks took a 2-0 lead in the second period.

“Just sticking with what we need to do,” Carter said. “You know, we got a good group of leaders in our room.

We’ve been through comebacks and whatnot a lot lately. Obviously, not something we want to do. But we stick with it, grind it out, get the job done.”

The early deficit was just a small speed bump for Los Angeles, dubbed the comeback Kings for their play in the opening two rounds.

Los Angeles trailed 3-0 in its first playoff series against San Jose, and won four straight games to eliminate the Sharks.

SCOREBOARD Hockey Shots on goal Los Angeles 8 11 12 — 31 Chicago 9 10 6 — 25 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (W, 9-7-0); Chicago: Crawford (L, 9-5-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Los Angeles: 2-4; Chicago: 1-4.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal (A3) vs. NY Rangers (M2) (NY Rangers lead series 2-0) Saturday, May 17 NY Rangers 7 Montreal 2 Monday, May 19 NY Rangers 3 Montreal 1 Thursday, May 22 Montreal at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 25 Montreal at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May 27 x-NY Rangers at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 29 x-Montreal at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 31 x-NY Rangers at Montreal, 6 p.m.

MEMORIAL CUP GP W L OT GF GA Pt Guelph (OHL) 3 3 0 0 18 7 6 Val-D’Or (QMJHL) 3 2 1 0 8 9 4 Edmonton (WHL) 3 1 1 1 10 11 2 London (HOST) 3 0 3 0 4 13 0 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday, May 16 Val-D’Or (QMJHL) 1 London (HOST) 0 Saturday, May 17 Guelph (OHL) 5 Edmonton (WHL) 2 Sunday, May 18 Edmonton (WHL) 5 London (HOST) 2 Monday, May 19 Guelph (OHL) 6 Val-D’Or (QMJHL) 3 Tuesday, May 20 Val-D’Or (QMJHL) 4 Edmonton (WHL) 3 (OT) Wednesday, May 21 Guelph (OHL) 7 London (HOST) 2 Friday, May 23 Edmonton (WHL) vs. Val-D’Or (QMJHL), 5 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago (C3) vs. Los Angeles (P3) (Series tied 1-1) Sunday, May 18 Chicago 3 Los Angeles 1 Wednesday, May 21 Los Angeles 6, Chicago 2 Saturday, May 24 Chicago at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

Monday, May 26 Chicago at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28 x-Los Angeles at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Friday, May 30 x-Chicago at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 1 x-Los Angeles at Chicago, 6 p.m. x — if necessary.

Wednesday’s summary

Wednesday’s summary Kings 6, Blackhawks 2 First Period 1. Chicago, Leddy 1 (Keith) 14:16 (pp).

Penalties — Mitchell LA (holding) 3:52, Greene LA (hooking) 5:14, Handzus Chi (holding) 10:32, Mitchell LA (cross-checking) 13:08, Hjalmarsson Chi (interference) 15:47, Doughty LA (holding) 18:48.

Second Period 2. Chicago, Smith 2 (Bollig, Oduya) 1:40.

3. Los Angeles, Williams 6 (Richards, King) 18:14.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 4. Los Angeles, Carter 5 (Doughty, Voynov) 1:37 (pp).

5. Los Angeles, Muzzin 4 (Martinez, Gaborik) 4:04 (pp).

6. Los Angeles, Toffoli 5 (Pearson, Carter) 8:59.

7. Los Angeles, Carter 6 (Pearson, Greene) 14:44.

8. Los Angeles, Carter 7 (unassisted) 16:29 (en).

Penalties — Bollig Chi (interference) 1:14, Bench Chi (too many men) 2:50, Martinez LA (roughing) 19:09, Handzus Chi (roughing) 19:09.

Guelph (OHL) 7, London (HOST) 2 First Period 1. Guelph (OHL), Kosmachuk 1 (McGinn, Dickinson) 5:56.

2. Guelph (OHL), Kosmachuk 2 (Fabbri, Finn) 12:44 (pp).

3. London (HOST), Welychka 1 (Rupert, Domi) 17:05 (pp).

Penalties — Mitchell Guelph (OHL) (Major-Kneeing) 6:56, Mitchell Guelph (OHL) (game misconduct) 6:56, Rupert London (HOST) (high-sticking) 11:02, Bell London (HOST) (cross-checking) 13:49, Bertuzzi Guelph (OHL) (diving) 13:49, Guelph (OHL) Bench (served by Stevens, too many men) 16:53, McCarron London (HOST) (roughing) 19:15, Bertuzzi Guelph (OHL) (roughing) 19:15.

Second Period 4. Guelph (OHL), Bertuzzi 4 (Finn, McGinn) 2:23 (pp).

5. London (HOST), Anderson 1 (Marner, Austin) 5:34.

6. Guelph (OHL), Bertuzzi 5 (Dickinson) 16:05.

Penalties — Rupert London (HOST) (slashing) 1:25, Stevens Guelph (OHL) (tripping) 8:58, Zadorov London (HOST) (tripping) 10:19, Anderson London (HOST) (check from behind) 19:24.

Third Period 7. Guelph (OHL), Dickinson 2 (Ebert) 1:20 (pp).

8. Guelph (OHL), Kosmachuk 3 (Rychel, Fabbri) 8:01.

9. Guelph (OHL), Stevens 1 (Leslie, Trojanovic)

17:14.

Penalties — Fabbri Guelph (OHL) (holding opp. stick) 3:00, Bell London (HOST) (roughing) 16:16, McCarron London (HOST) (high-sticking) 16:16, Smith London (HOST) (10-minute misconduct) 16:16, Welychka London (HOST) (roughing) 16:16, Fabbri Guelph (OHL) (slashing) 16:16, Domi London (HOST) (slashing) 20:00.

Shots on goal London (HOST) 15 14 18 — 47 Guelph (OHL) 13 9 16 — 38 Goal — London (HOST): Stolarz (L, 0-3-0); Guelph (OHL): Nichols (W, 3-0-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — London (HOST): 1-4; Guelph (OHL): 3-6.

IIHF Men’s World Championship PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W OW OL L GF x-Canada 7 5 1 1 0 28 x-Sweden 7 5 1 1 0 21 x-Czech Rep. 7 2 2 2 1 19 x-France 7 2 2 1 2 25 Slovakia 7 3 0 1 3 20 Norway 7 2 0 1 4 16 Denmark 7 1 1 0 5 17 Italy 7 1 0 0 6 6

GA 13 10 19 20 21 19 27 25

Pt 18 18 12 11 10 7 5 3

Group B GP W OW OL L GF GA Pt x-Russia 7 7 0 0 0 31 7 21 x-U.S. 7 4 1 0 2 27 23 14 x-Belarus 7 4 0 0 3 18 17 12 x-Finland 7 3 1 0 3 18 15 11 Switzerland 7 3 0 1 3 19 21 10 Latvia 7 3 0 0 3 20 24 9 Germany 7 1 1 0 5 13 23 5 Kazakhstan 7 0 0 2 5 16 32 2 x — clinched quarter-final berth.

Note: Three points for a win in regulation, two for an overtime/shootout victory & one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

Wednesday’s results No Games Scheduled.

PLAYOFF ROUND Thursday’s games Quarter-finals U.S. vs. Czech Republic, 7 a.m.

Russia vs. France, 8 a.m.

Canada vs. Finland, 11 a.m.

Sweden vs. Belarus, noon Saturday’s games Semifinals Quarter-final winners, 5:45 & 9:45 a.m.

Sunday’s games Bronze Medal Game Semifinal losers, 7:30 a.m.

Gold Medal Game Semifinal winners, noon

Baseball Colorado Los Angeles San Diego Arizona

Red Deer Senior Baseball Lacombe Stone and Granite Orioles 1 The Coverall Shop KnightHawks 1

GB — — 1/2 4 6

Detroit Minnesota Kansas City Chicago Cleveland

Central Division W L Pct 27 15 .643 23 21 .523 23 23 .500 23 25 .479 22 25 .468

GB — 5 6 7 7 1/2

Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston

West Division W L Pct 30 16 .652 25 20 .556 22 23 .489 22 24 .478 17 29 .370

GB — 4 1/2 7 1/2 8 13

Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 11, Detroit 10, 13 innings Texas 4, Seattle 3 N.Y. Yankees 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 13 innings Pittsburgh 9, Baltimore 8 Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 6, Boston 4 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Minnesota 2, San Diego 0 Houston at L.A. Angels, late Thursday’s Games Texas (Darvish 3-2) at Detroit (Ray 1-0), 11:08 a.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 7-1) at Boston (Lester 4-5), 2:05 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 5-1) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 1-1), 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Tomlin 2-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 5-2), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 3-0), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Cosart 3-3) at Seattle (Elias 3-3), 8:10 p.m.

Atlanta Washington Miami Philadelphia New York

National League East Division W L Pct 25 20 .556 24 22 .522 24 23 .511 20 23 .465 20 25 .444

GB — 1 1/2 2 4 5

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 28 19 .596 25 21 .543 21 24 .467 19 26 .422 16 28 .364

GB — 2 1/2 6 8 10 1/2

San Francisco

West Division W L Pct 29 18 .617

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014

Local Sports

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs THIRD ROUND Conference Finals

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct New York 24 21 .533 Toronto 25 22 .532 Baltimore 23 21 .523 Boston 20 25 .444 Tampa Bay 19 28 .404

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Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 13 innings Cincinnati 2, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 9, Baltimore 8 L.A. Dodgers 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Milwaukee 6, Atlanta 1 Miami 14, Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 3, Arizona 2, 12 innings San Francisco 5, Colorado 1 Minnesota 2, San Diego 0 Thursday’s Games Philadelphia (Hamels 1-2) at Miami (H.Alvarez 2-3), 10:40 a.m.

San Francisco (Hudson 4-2) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 5-3), 1:10 p.m.

Washington (Treinen 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 1-4), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 7-1) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-3), 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 2-4) at Atlanta (Harang 4-4), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (Miley 3-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 5-2), 5:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 0-0) at San Diego (Stults 2-4), 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 401 020020000 1 — 10 13 0 Cleveland 151 000002000 2 — 11 17 2 (13 innings) Scherzer, Chamberlain (8), Nathan (9), Krol (10), Coke (12), Alburquerque (13) and Holaday, Avila; McAllister, Atchison (3), Rzepczynski (5), Carrasco (5), Axford (7), Outman (8), Crockett (9), Shaw (10), Tomlin (11) and C.Santana. W—Tomlin 3-1. L— Coke 0-1. HRs—Detroit, J.Martinez (2), V.Martinez (12), Avila (4). Cleveland, Chisenhall (1), Dav.Murphy (5).

Seattle 000 300 000 — 3 5 0 Texas 300 010 00x — 4 8 1 C.Young, Beimel (7), Leone (7), Wilhelmsen (8) and Buck; Tepesch, Ross Jr. (7), Cotts (8), Soria (9) and Gimenez. W—Tepesch 1-0. L—C.Young 3-2. Sv— Soria (8). HRs—Seattle, Cano (2). Texas, Andrus (2), Choo (5).

Toronto 022 010 100 — 6 11 1 Boston 000 100 030 — 4 11 1 Hutchison, Loup (6), Rogers (8), Cecil (8), Delabar (8), Janssen (9) and D.Navarro; Buchholz, Capuano (5), A.Miller (7), Uehara (9) and Pierzynski. W— Hutchison 3-3. L—Buchholz 2-4. Sv—Janssen (5).

HRs—Toronto, Encarnacion 2 (13). Boston, Victorino (1).

Oakland 020 100 000 — 3 1 0 Tampa Bay 000 002 000 — 2 9 2 Milone, Fe.Rodriguez (6), Gregerson (8), Abad (8), Doolittle (9) and D.Norris; Bedard, Boxberger (6), McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Balfour (9) and Hanigan.

W—Milone 2-3. L—Bedard 2-2. Sv—Doolittle (4).

HRs—Oakland, Moss (10).

Chicago 010 000 000 — 1 4 0 Kan. City 001 000 02x — 3 8 1 Quintana, Petricka (8) and Flowers; Guthrie, W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and Hayes. W—W.Davis

3-1. L—Quintana 2-4. Sv—G.Holland (13).

INTERLEAGUE New York 000 000002000 2 — 4 13 0 Chicago 000 100100000 0 — 2 11 1 (13 innings) Whitley, Betances (5), Warren (7), Aceves (8), Daley (9), Thornton (10), Claiborne (11), Dav.Robertson (13) and McCann, J.Murphy; Samardzija, Schlitter (8), H.Rondon (9), W.Wright (10), Russell (12), Veras (13) and Castillo. W—Claiborne 2-0. L—Veras 0-1. Sv—Dav.Robertson (9).

Baltimore 060 000 200 — 8 12 1 Pittsburgh 440 000 10x — 9 12 1 Tillman, Brach (2), Matusz (6), R.Webb (7) and C.Joseph, Clevenger; W.Rodriguez, Mazzaro (2), Ju.Wilson (6), Morris (7), Watson (8), Melancon (9) and T.Sanchez. W—Morris 4-0. L—R.Webb 2-1.

Sv—Melancon (7). HRs—Baltimore, N.Cruz (14).

Minnesota 000 001 010 — 2 4 0 San Diego 000 000 000 — 0 8 1 P.Hughes, Fien (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki; T.Ross, Thayer (8), Quackenbush (9) and Rivera.

W—P.Hughes 5-1. L—T.Ross 5-4. Sv—Perkins (14). HRs—Minnesota, Plouffe (3).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 000 200 000 — 2 9 0 Wash.

100 000 000 — 1 6 1 Simon, Broxton (8), A.Chapman (9) and Mesoraco; Roark, Stammen (7), Clippard (8), Blevins (9) and W.Ramos. W—Simon 6-2. L—Roark 3-2. Sv—A. Chapman (3). HRs—Washington, Span (1).

Milwaukee 400 200 000 — 6 10 0 Atlanta 100 000 000 — 1 5 0 Lohse, Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Lucroy; E.Santana, Avilan (8), Varvaro (9) and Laird. W—Lohse 6-1.

L—E.Santana 4-2. HRs—Milwaukee, Mar.Reynolds (9), C.Gomez (10).

Phila.

200 100 020 — 5 14 0 Miami 201 201 44x — 14 14 1 K.Kendrick, Hollands (6), Manship (7), Lu.Garcia (8) and Ruiz; Eovaldi, M.Dunn (7), Capps (8), Slowey (9) and Saltalamacchia, Mathis. W—Eovaldi 3-2.

L—K.Kendrick 0-5. HRs—Philadelphia, D.Brown (3). Miami, Ozuna (7).

Los Ang. 010 002 010 — 4 5 0 New York 000 002 001 — 3 13 0 Ryu, League (7), B.Wilson (8),Jansen (9)and A.Ellis; deGrom, C.Torres (7), Familia (8), Rice (8), Mejia (9) and Recker. W-Ryu 4-2. L-deGrom 0-2. SvJansen (13). HRs-Los Angeles, Ad.Gonzalez (12), Puig (10), H.Ramirez (7). New York, Campbell (1).

Arizona 000 000 020 000 — 2 7 1 St. Louis 000 100 010 001 — 3 12 1 (12 innings) McCarthy, O.Perez (7), Thatcher (8), Ziegler (8), E.Marshall (9), Cahill (11) and M.Montero; Wacha, Neshek (7), C.Martinez (8), Rosenthal (9), Choate (10), Motte (10), Maness (12) and Y.Molina. W-Maness 2-2. L—Cahill 1-6. HRs—Arizona, G.Parra (5).

San Fran. 000 102 110 — 5 7 0 Colorado 000 000 010 — 1 5 0 M.Cain, Petit (4), J.Gutierrez (7), J.Lopez (8), Casilla (8), Affeldt (9) and H.Sanchez; Chacin, Masset (6), Belisle (7), Kahnle (8), Logan (9) and Rosario.

W—Petit 3-1. L—Chacin 0-3. HRs—San Francisco, Pence (4), Sandoval (4), B.Crawford (6).

● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports vs. Rays, Lacombe Stone and Granite vs. Gary Moe Volkswagen, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief 1 and 2. ● Women’s fastball: Panthers vs.

Lacombe Physio Shooters, Badgers vs.

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

Friday

● Senior high girls soccer: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt West. ● Senior high boys soccer: Innisfail at Sylvan Lake, Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, Olds at Lacombe; all games at 4:15 p.m. ● Women’s fastball: Freeze or Fry at Blackfalds All-Star Park, games at 7 p.m.

Saturday

● Women’s fastball: Freeze or Fry at Blackfalds All-Star Park, first game at 8

100-metres: 1. Jodi Huston, LT, 12.87. 2. Alycia Andersen, LT, 13.30. 3. Teagan Booth, HH, 14.78.

200m: 1. Huston, 27,.21. 2.Cassandra Vleeming, LT, 28.21. 3. Katlynn Kyle, ND, 29.87.

400m: 1. Brooke Hardy, ND, 1:09.05. 2. Booth, 1:11.62. 3. Tara MacDonald, HH, 1:13.64.

80m hurdles: 1. Kelsie Smale, LRT, 14.30. 2. Kyle, ND, 14.52. 3. Jaden Robinson, HH, 17.43.

4x100m relay: 1. LTCHS (Huston, Smale, Bryna Cline, Andersen) 53.84. 2. Notre Dame, 55.46.

High jump: 1. Isabelle Lauener, LT, 1.37. 2. Vleeming, 1.34.

Long jump: 1. Vleeming, 4.65. 2. Bryna Cline, LT, 4.36. 3. Kyle, 4.15.

Triple jump: 1. Cline, 9.62. 2. Kyle, 9.21. 3. Vleeming, 9.15.

Shot put: 1. Emma Newton, LT, 8.82. 2. Robinson, 8.44. 3, Andersen, 7.71.

Discus: 1. Kelsey Caine, ND, 20.60. 2. Robinson, 20.58. 3. Lauener, 20.18.

Javelin: 1. Emily Lyster, Inn, 34.21. 2. Lauener, 28.97, Cline, 27.00.

4x400m relay: 1. Hunting Hills (Danielle Abell, Tara MacDonald, Megan Johnson, Dina Iatrou), 4:43.96.

2. LTCHS 4:46.27. 3. Notre Dame, 4:47.54.

Boys Junior 100-metres: 1. Carson West, HH, 11.18. 2. Ben Pasiuk, LT, 11.65. 3. Nolan Pochapsky, Inn, 11.78.

200m: 1. West, 24.49. 2. Nicholas Scory, HH, 25.74. 3. Pochapsky, 26.22.

400m: 1. Scory, 58.08. 2. Ben Holmes, LT, 58,.43, 3, Xander Plante, HJC, 58,46, 800m: 1. Robert Chauvet, LT, 2:25.18. 2. Andrew Armstrong, LT, 2:30.27. 3. Lane Congdon, ND, 2:34.52.

1,500m: 1. Caleb Weber, LT, 4:56.52. 2. Ben Isaac, LT, 5:01.06. 3. Josh Gette, Inn, 5:16.71.

3,000m: 1. Chauvet, 10:53.68. 2. Josh Gette, Inn, 11:08.99. 3. Arsmrtong, 11:29.40.

100m hurdles: 1. Wyatt Bosse, HJC, 16.37. 2.

Plante, 17:05. 3. Weber, 17.70.

4x100m relay: 1. Lindsay Thurber (Tarren Romaniw, Weber, Pasiuk, Jeremiah Huo), 50.05. 2.

Hunting Hills, 50.48. 3. Spruce View, 54.08.

High jump: 1. Holmes, 1.70. 2. Joel Burns, SV, Kevin Barrera, Koi, 1.65.

Long jump: 1. Holmes, 5.50. 2. Jason Ramos, ND, 5.13. 3. Bosse, 5.02.

Triple jump: 1. Chauvet, 9.99. 2. Nick Patras, SV, 9.77. 3. Steel McDonald, HH, 9.61.

Shot put: 1. Braden Bystrom, HJC, 10.25. 2. Jeremiah Huo, LT, 10.03. 3. Scory, 10.03.

Discus: 1. Huo, 37.38. 2. Pasiuk, 32.54. 3. Cordell Peterson, Del, 31.06.

Javelin: 1. Pasiuk, 38.84. 2. Bystrom, 37.09. 3.

Burns, 35.10.

Intermediate 100-metres: 1. Nick Boomer, LT, 11.30. 2. Landon Rosene, HJC, 11.84. 3. Gunnar Johansson, LT, 25.30.

200m: 1. Boomer, 23.64. 2. Rosene, 24.87. 3. Jo-

phansson, 25.30.

400m: 1. Shawn Rowe, ND, 57.46. 2. Johansson, 57.86. 3. Andrew Cernohorsky, ND, 1:04.24.

800m: 1. Noah Mulzet, LT, 2:24.42. 2. Jeffrey Willoughby, LT, 2:27.49.

1,500m: 1. Mulzet, 4:45.14. 2. David Higham,. LT, 5:08.86. 3. Noah Foster, ND, 5:20.90.

3,000m: 1. Mulzet, 10:27.49. 2. Higham, 10:49.14.

3. Cernohorsky, 11:35.36.

100m hurdles: 1. Brayden Pozyluzny, ND, 13.46. 2.

Carson Walker, HJC, 15.78. 3. Foster, 19.65.

4x100m relay: 1. Notre Dame (Cernohorsky, Pozyluzny, Rowe, Foster), 48.68. 2. Lindsay Thurber, 48.74.

High jump: 1. Carter Chalifoux, LT, 1.67. 2. Walker, 1.66. 3. Willoughby, 1.40.

Long jump: 1. Pozyluzny, 5.89. 2. Boomer, 5.29. 3.

Chaifoux, 5.10.

Triple jump: 1. Chailfoux, 11.63. 2. Cam Black, LT, 11.28.

Shot put: 1. Pozyluzny, 11.46. 2. Zac Brown, LT, 11.36. 3. Black, 11.19.

Discus: 1. Austin Ilcisin, HJC, 31.18. 2. Simon Bigger, Inn, 26.50. 3. Brown, 22.65.

Javelin: 1. Pozyluzny, 40.62. 2. Black, 38.01. 3.

Bigger, 37.79.

Senior 100-metres: 1. Evan Wilke, Inn, 11.52. 2. Clayton Wong, LT, 11.67. 3. Aiden Smaill, HJC, 11.84.

200m: 1. Wong, 24.78. 2. Garrett Griffin, HH, 24.82.

3. Wilke, 25.11.

400m: 1. Mitch Dore, ND, 55.84. 2. Parker Cook, LT, 58.08. 3. Brian Berg, HH, 58.62.

800m: 1. Chris Marr-Laing, LT, 2:35.83.

1,500m: 1. Derrick Evans,. HH., 4:21.46. 2. Dore, 4:42.67. 3. Marr-Laing, 5:07.65.

3,000m: 1. Evans, 9:15.21. 2. Dore, 10:08.49. 3.

Marr-Laing, 11:01.80.

100m hurdles: 1. Cody Domoney, LT, 15.20. 2.

Smaill, 17.36.

4x100m relay: 1. Lindsay Thurber (Domoney, Wong, Alex Rogers, Scott Irvine), 47.87.

High jump: 1. Jordan Sinnamon, SV, 1.76. 2.

Brayden Snow, HJC, 1.71. 3. Alex Rogers, LT, 1.59.

Long jump: 1. Wong, 5.88. 2. Irvine, 5.66. 3. Smaill, 5.63.

Triple jump: 1. Wong, 12.74. 2. Smaill, 12.50. 3.

Rogers, 11.24.

Shot put: 1. Joe McQuay, ND, 11.22. 2. Jacob Yasinski, Del 9.00. 3. Luc Laplante, ND, 8.93.

Discus: 1. Tyler Newsham, SV, 29.04. 2. Rogers, 27.29. 3. McQuay, 25.72.

Javelin: 1. Newsham, 41.22. 2. Parker Fox, Del, 34.47. 3. Rogers, 32.23.

4x400m relay: 1. Notre Dame (Noah Foster, Andrew Cernohorsky, Brayden Pozyluznym, Shawn Rowe), 4:01.11. 2. LTCHS, 4:02.55. 3. Hunting Hills, 4:07.34.

Legend: Del — Delburne. HJC — H.J. Cody, Sylvan Lake. HH — Hunting Hills. Inn — Innisfail. Koi — Koinonia. LT — Lindsay Thurber. ND — Notre Dame. SV — Spruce View.

a.m., last game at 6:30 p.m. ● Bantam AAA baseball: Spruce Grove at Red Deer, doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Calgary Wranglers at Red Deer, 1:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Major women’s soccer: Edmonton Northwest United at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Edgar Park West. ● Parkland baseball: Acme at Rocky Mountain House, 6:45 p.m. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Okotoks at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Innisfail Arena Blue.

Sunday ● Major women’s soccer: Calgary Callies at Red Deer, noon, Edgar Park West. ● Midget AAA baseball: Spruce Grove at Red Deer, doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Calgary Wranglers at Innisail, 1 p.m., Arena Blue; Red Deer at Lacoka, 4:30 p.m., Lacombe Barnett Arenas. ● Women’s fastball: Freeze or Fry at Blackfalds All-Star Park, semifinals at 3 p.m., finals at 5 p.m.

Basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana 1, Miami 1 Sunday, May 18: Indiana 107, Miami 96 Tuesday, May 20: Miami 87, Indiana 83 Saturday, May 24: Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, May 26: Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28: Miami at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 30: Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. x-Sunday, June 1: Miami at Indiana, 6:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 2, Oklahoma City 0 Monday, May 19: San Antonio 122, Oklahoma City 105 Wednesday: Oklahoma City 77, San Antonio 112 Sunday, May 25: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 27: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

x-Thursday, May 29: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, May 31: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m. x-Monday, June 2: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, June 5: Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 8: Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 10: Western champion at Indiana or Miami, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 12: Western champion at Indiana or Miami, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, June 15: Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 17: Western champion at Indiana or Miami, 7 p.m. x-Friday, June 20: Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Ladies Fastball Red Deer Ladies Fastball W L T 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0

TNT Athletics Badgers N Jensen Bandits Lac Physio Shooters Panthers Stettler Heat

Pts 8 8 4 4 2 2

Rage U16 Alta Kaizen Warriors

1 0

3 4

0 0

2 0

Scores Tuesday Badgers 11 Rage 1 Bandits 15 Warriors 8 Shooters 8 Warriors 4

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with SS Stephen Drew on a one-year contract. Placed LHP Felix Dubront on the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated OF Kole Calhoun from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Hector Santiago to Salt Lake (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Assigned C J.P. Arencibia outright to Round Rock (PCL).

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Placed 1B Joey Votto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 16. Reinstated OF Jay Bruce from the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled INF Erisbel Arruebarrena from Chattanooga (SL).

Placed INF Juan Uribe on the 15-day DL. Reinstated LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Chris Withrow to Albuquerque (PCL).

Placed Albuquerque (PCL) C Miguel Olivo on the suspended list pending the completion of an investigation into the dugout altercation during yesterday’s game at Salt Lake.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled OF Shane Robinson from Memphis. Optioned OF Joey Butler to Memphis.

Texas League ARKANSAS Travellers — Announced the extension of their major league affiliation with the Los Angeles Angels through 2016.

American Association AMARILLO SOX — Signed LHP Kevin Rogers.

Released RHP Derek Vaughn.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released RHP James Parr.

Can-Am League ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Released INF Ernie Banks, RHP Conrad Flynn, LHP James Guiletti, RHP Scott Weismann and RHP Luke Wilkins.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed RHP William Teal.

Frontier League

FRONTIER GREYS — Signed RHP Kyle Blair.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Named Hakeem Olajuwon ambassador to Africa. Fined Indiana G Lance Stephenson $5,000 by the NBA for violating the league’s antiflopping rules during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with OT Jake Matthews and DE Ra’Shede Hageman.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB Marquis Flowers and WR James Wright.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB Larry Grant.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed CB Aaron Colvin and DE Chris Smith to four-year contracts.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed QB Aaron Murray.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed LB Antony Barr and S Antone Exum.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed QB Derek Carr to a four-year contract.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed RB Branden Oliver. Waived T Ian White and WR Tobais Palmer.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DB Kris Robertson and RB Errol Brooks.

HOCKEY National Hockey League TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed D Dylan Blujus to a three-year entry-level contract.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Named Jim Benning general manager.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Promoted Mark Wallace to vice-president of sales and marketing.

SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Waived F Colleen Williams.

LOCAL

BRIEFS Carstar Braves fall to Okotoks

Track & Field Girls Junior 100-metres: 1. Kelsey Domoney, LT, 12.81. 2.

Kelsey Lalor, LT, 13.02. 3. Rebekah Macnborsky, Inn, 13.18.

200m: 1. Lalor, 27.92. 2. Abbey Martin, LT, 28.34.

3. Maciborsky, 29.05.

400m: 1. Martin, 1:05.18. 2. Brenna Berridge, ND, 1:06.71. 3. Lotte Koopmann, LT, 1:10.74.

800m: 1. Berridge, 2:53.65. 2. Emma Pilkington, Del, 2:57.30. 3. Janaya Garbe, HH, 3:00.68.

1,500m: 1. Jill Stewart, HH, 5:38.05. 2. Berridge, 6:07.11. 3. Bridgitte Lischewski, HH. 6:26.81.

3,000m: 1. Stewart, 12:10.20. 2. Taylor Phillips, SV, 13:00.18. 3. Garbe, 13:17.05.

80m hurdles: 1. Jordin Gurski, LT, 13.90,. 2. Maciborsky, 14:06. 3. Lina Koller, ND, 14.28.

4x100m relay: 1. LTCHS (Martin, Gurski, Lalor, Domoney) 52.95. 2. Delburne, 56.87. 3. Hunting Hills, 58.58.

High jump: 1. Madalyn Smith, LT, 1.43m. 2. Fallon Wilneff, HH, 1.41. 3. Gurski, 1.41.

Long jump: 1. Domoney, 4.55. 2. Koller, 4.49. 3.

Wilneff, 4.37,.

Triple jump: 1. Samantha Overwater, Del, 9.52. 2.

Maciborsky, 9.40. 3. Caitlyn Zemiak, Del, 9.26.

Shot put: 1. Taylor Adams, Del, 9.47. 2. Hope McKnight, SV, 8.40. 3. Domoney, 8.36.

Discus: 1. Lalor, 25.95. 2. Anna Carlson, HJC, 24.89. 3. Adams, 24.18.

Javelin: 1. Lalor, 32.48. 2. Taylor Phillips, SV, 26.48, 3. Selena Crier, Del, 21.28.

Intermediate 100-metres: 1.Mackenzie Ramsell, ND, 12.59. 2.

Halley Flexhaug, Del, 13.02. 3. Janalyn Tuazon, LT, 13.30.

200m: 1. Tuazon, 28.46. 2. Drew McKinlay, HH, 28.84. 3. Jenny Benson, Koi, 29.30.

400m: 1. Daniela Medina, Koi, 1:08.78. 2. Megan Johnson, HH, 1:12.87.

800m: 1. Dina Iatrou, HH, 2:37.87. 2. Medina, 2:52.43.

1,500m: 1. Emily Lucas, Inn, 5:10.55. 2. Iatrou, 5:30.34. 3. Rachelle Doyon, LT, 5:39.71.

3,000m: 1. Lucas, 11:10.27. 2. Doyon, 12:32.02.

80m hurdles: 1. Flexhaug, 12.99. 2. McKinlay, 13.46. 3. Erika Pearson, HH, 13.58.

4x100m relay: 1. Hunting Hills (Zaza Lockhart, Megan Johnson, Drew McKinlay, Erika Pearson), 56.87. 2. LTCHS, 57.37.

High jump: 1. Ramsell, 1.50. 2. Kirsten Newsham, SV, 1.45. 3. Micheala Harvey, LT, 1.20.

Long jump: 1. Ramsell, 4.87. 2. Pearson, 4.75. 3.

Jaclyn Sommers, ND, 3.98.

Triple jump: 1. Flexhaug, 9.90. 2. Pearson, 9.84. 3.

Sommers, 8.01.

Shot put: 1. Caitlyn Wenzel, SV, 8.02. 2. Karley Regher, Koi, 7.39. 3. Alyssa Cote, LT, 7.25.

Discus: 1. Keara Thomas, LT, 26.57. 2. Wenzel, 23.49. 3. Regher, 21.98.

Javelin: 1. Kirsten Newsham, SV, 29.86. 2. Keara Thomas, LT, 21.50. 3. Johnson, 20.65.

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The Red Deer Carstar Braves dropped a 7-2 decision to the Okotoks Dawgs White on the road Wednesday.

Ty Wagar started and took the loss, working five innings.

Parker Booth pitched the sixth inning with Mike Ozga driving in a run.

The Braves host Spruce Grove Sunday at noon and 3 p.m. at Great Chief Park.

AAA DQ Braves downed by Okotoks in regular season opener The Red Deer Dairy Queen Braves downed the Okotoks Dawgs 18-8 in their peewee AAA baseball league regular season home opener Tuesday at West Park.

The Braves earlier finished second in the St. Albert Early Bird tournament.

The Braves are 6-1 in league play and 9-2 overall this season.

Lightning pull off pair of wins in high school soccer The Hunting Hills Lightning won a pair of Central Alberta High School soccer games Tuesday.

The girls’ edition of the Lightning downed the Lacombe Rams 3-2 in league play with Katelyn Lomsness, Kristen Loney and Darbie Hauser scoring once each.

In boys’ exhibition play the Lightning beat Alix 11-0 in the rain.

Skylar Roth led the Lightning with three goals while Luke Beasley and Evan Petriew added two each and Mitch Morrison, Migdad Osman, Alex Scory and Masood Khan one apiece.

Riggers roll to road win over A’s The Red Deer Riggers kept their early season success going with a road win on Wednesday.

The Riggers downed the Ft. Saskatchewan A’s 5-4 in Ft. Saskatchewan.

Joel Peterman led the Riggers with two of the team’s six hits while also getting one RBI. Jason Chatwood also had a double with an RBI in the game.

Josh Edwards was the starting pitcher for the Riggers and surrendered two hits and one run over three innings. He was replaced by Wylie Cunningham who pitched the final six innings giving up five hits and three runs.

The Riggers’ next game is Tuesday May 27 at Great Chief Park against the Confederation Cubs at 7:30 p.m.

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NHL: Pressure Once the Kings got going, they appeared to get almost anything they wanted against the sagging Blackhawks. Tanner Pearson set up goals by Toffoli at 8:59 and Carter at 14:44, and Carter added an empty-netter for his seventh of the playoffs.

“We knew the third period was going to be our best period in this series so far,” Doughty said. “We were just adamant in here about coming out, taking the pressure, getting a goal early and we did that.”

It was the first time Los Angeles had five goals in single post-season period since May 7, 1993, against Vancouver, according to STATS. Wayne Gretzky had two of those goals and watched Wednesday’s game from a suite at the United Center.

It was the most goals allowed by the Blackhawks in a playoff game since a 6-1 loss to Detroit on May 24, 2009.

“Obviously, things unraveled during the third,” Chicago forward Patrick Sharp said.

“We’re not happy. And we’re looking forward to getting on the plane and making up for it in Game 3.”

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CUP: Gives us confidence The Storm were the first team since the Windsor Spitfires in 2010 to go 3-0 through the preliminary round. The OHL champions had already secured a berth in Sunday’s championship game after their second win.

“It gives us confidence to know we can beat every team in the tournament,” Storm forward Scott Kosmachuk said.

The Val-d’Or Foreurs, 2-1, and the Edmonton Oil Kings, 1-2, meet in Friday’s semifinal in a clash of the Quebec and Western league champions.

The winner faces the Storm for the Cup. Kosmachuk is a Winnipeg Jets prospect and led Guelph with a hat trick. Detroit Red Wings draft pick Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice. Marc Stevens and Dallas Stars prospect Jason Dickinson added a goal apiece for an explosive offence that’s churned out 18 goals in three games in the tournament.

The Storm’s Justin Nichols held off London when they pressed late in the first period and midway through the second. He made 45 saves for the win.

Anderson, a Columbus Blue Jackets prospect, and Brett Welychka replied for the Knights. London mustered just four goals in three games.

Two were scored by defencemen.

The Knights were stopped on two penalty shots in the tournament and they scored once on 12 power-play chances. London outshot the Foreurs 51-28 in the first game of the tournament, but lost 1-0.

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From the left, Lindsay Thurber Raiders Andrew Armstrong and Robert Chauvet, and Notre Dame Cougar Lane Congdan blast off the start line during their Grade 10, 800 metre race at the track at Lindsay Thurber on Wednesday. Chauvet went on to win the race with a time of 2:24:18. Schools from around the city, Sylvan Lake, Innisfail, Bowden and Spruce View took part in the areas meet with the top two athletes in each track and field event qualifying for Zones next Wednesday in Red Deer.

“I’m hoping for it,” he said. “It it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out. I’d love to continue my education on at the university level and if I’m playing football it makes it that much better.”

Pasiuk finished fourth in the junior boys’ aggregate with 23 points. LTCHS teammates Robert Chauvet was first and Ben Holmes second with 27 and 25 points respectively.

Brayden Posyluzny of Notre Dame won the intermediate title with 36 points with Noah Mulzet of LTCHS second with 27. The senior aggregate went

CFL labour talks hit snag LEAGUE REJECTS LATEST OFFER FROM PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The CFL and its players broke their silence on labour negotiations Wednesday with talks stalling just a week before the start of training camps.

In its first public statement on the negotiations, the league announced it had rejected a proposal from the CFL Players’ Association and unveiled details of the offer it made to players May 15. Commissioner Mark Cohon outlined the specifics by releasing two letters — one to players and another to fans.

Hours later, the players’ association called an impromptu news conference to outline the proposal it sent the league Tuesday. They had expected the offer to be the impetus for discussions the following day.

“It’s unfortunate that it’s come to this,” CFLPA president Scott Flory said. “We had an agreement in place on a 24-hour ban on making statements to the media and they broke that here today. Again we are disappointed.

“Today appears to be, from our perspective, an orchestrated attack . . . we were a little shocked and feel a little bit ambushed about what happened today.”

Cohon defended the league’s decision to go public.

“If you look at our negotiations in 2010 and over the last several months to this point we absolutely have not spoken to the media and we’ve all been resolute about that,” Cohon said. “I think we got to a point in the negotiations where we put what we felt was a fair and reasonable offer in front of the players and players’ association and they rejected that offer and came back with something that was untenable and clearly not reflective of where we are as a league today and where we’re trying to get to.

“We had the opportunity and the legal right to go out and speak directly to the players and that’s exactly what we needed to do to clearly communicate to them that what we’re trying to do is put a fair and reasonable deal in front of the players.”

No new talks are scheduled. The current agreement expires at midnight ET on May 29 and training camps are scheduled to open June 1. The regular season is slated to kick off June

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LTCHS won all the team titles. They had 494.5 points in the boys’ division, 374.5 in the girls and 869 overall.

Notre Dame was second on the boys’ side with 195 points and Hunting Hills had 233 in the girls’ division.

Overall Hunting Hills had 367.5 points with Notre Dame at 367.

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to Clayton Wong of LTCHS with 34 points while Aiden Smaill of H.J. Cody in Sylvan Lake had 26.

Kelsey Lalor of LTCHS won the junior girls’ title with 34 points, 10 ahead of teammate Kaylee Domoney, while Mackenzie Ramsell of Notre Dame took top spot in the intermediate girls with 27 points while Halley Flexhaug of Delburne had 25.

The senior girls’ title went to Cassandra Vlemming of LTCHS with 29 points, three ahead of Katlynn Kyle of Notre Dame.

26. There has been one players’ strike since the formation of the CFLPA in 1965. It came in ’74 and lasted three weeks during training camp before a three-year agreement was signed with no regular-season games lost.

At the root of the impasse is revenue sharing, with the players wanting it back in the new agreement after conceding it in the last deal, which was signed before the 2010 season.

But Cohon was emphatic that the league won’t agree to revenue sharing.

“It might work for a league that has hundreds of millions of dollars in profit and billions of dollars in revenue to share,” said Cohon. “With our league it doesn’t work and that’s why we’ve put together a proposal that’s fair for the players. It increases the average salary from $82,000 to $93,000, increases the cap, increases the minimum salary by double digits and treats our players fairly and with the respect that they deserve.”

However, Ed Molstad, the CFLPA’s legal counsel, said the league can’t have a salary cap without revenue sharing in the overall equation.

“The PA proposal we’ve made is consistent with every other professional sports league in North America,” he said. “If you have a cap it’s tied to revenue . . . if the revenue goes down, the cap goes down. It’s as simple as that.

“They want to maintain the cap so we’re saying we have to find a way if you’re signing a contract for more than one year to ensure that it is fair as revenues go up or down that the players share in the success for failure.”

After decades of being on thin ice financially, the CFL is in a better financial position these days.

It has a new contract extension with athletic apparel giant Reebok. One of its teams (Winnipeg) moved into a new stadium last season and another (Hamilton) is scheduled to do so this year, the same time expansion Ottawa will return and play at a refurbished facility.

As attendance continues to rise and corporate sponsorships remain strong, the league’s lucrative five-year television agreement with TSN, reportedly worth an average of $42 million annually, kicks in this season.

That TV deal will reportedly net CFL teams an extra $2.7 million each this season.

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Ben Pasiuk competes in track and field to be active and stay in shape for football season.

But when the Lindsay Thurber athlete competes he does so to have success as well.

“Football is my sport, but I play basketball and track to stay fit and train,” he said during the Central Alberta High School area track and field meet at LTCHS Wednesday.

“But no matter what I’m in I try to do the best I can.”

And his best Wednesday was first place in the junior javelin and second in the 100-metres and discus. He was also on the junior boys’ relay team, which won their division.

“It was a good day,” he said.

“I usually compete in the 100 and 200, but today I went with the 100 and threw the javelin and discus, just because.”

He won the javelin with a toss of 38.84-metres and was second in the 100 to Carson West of Hunting Hills, who finished at 11.18 seconds. Pasiuk was at 11.65 and finished with a 32.54m toss in discus, back of teammate Jeremiah Huo (37.38m).

Pasiuk will compete in the zone championships next Wednesday at LTCHS, and possibly at the provincials — June 6-7 in Calgary — then turn his attention back to football. He made Team Alberta to compete in the Canada Cup U18 championships in Saskatoon in early July.

“It was a big relief to see my name on the list,” he said. “It was a lot of work and I’m certainly happy to make the team.

I owe a lot to the coaching of Chris Hall with the (midget) Prairie Fire and Dave Smith of Thurber. They did such a

good job with their programs and always had my back and my teammates were at such a high level.”

Making the provincial team as a 16-year-old is a nice feather in the cap and a good way to spend the summer after the Prairie Fire season, which saw them lose 36-34 to the topranked Calgary Colts in the Calgary League quarter-finals, and a disappointing finish to last year’s high school season.

Pasiuk suffered a high ankle sprain midway through the high school season, which kept him out for the rest of the season.

“The injury was misdiagnosed early on and in the end I was in a boot for a couple of weeks and then shut it down,” he explained. “So it was nice to be able to tack on to the high school season. It wasn’t planned that way, but it’s nice to get to play and it’s always nice to play at the highest level.”

Pasiuk, who is listed at slot back, is one of three Central Albertans on the Alberta team, joining LTCHS teammate and defensive back Owen Smith and Sylvan Lake running back Landon Rosene.

He has played quarterback and running back in minor football, and even high school, but sees himself as a receiver.

“I tried out for slot back and lucky to make it,” he said.

“The camp went well and I had some balls thrown to me to show what I could do.

“It’s also nice to have Owen and Landon on the team. I’ve played a lot of football with Owen growing up and I’ve played against Landon a lot. It makes it easier to know some guys for sure.”

The provincial team will train in Red Deer and Lacombe on June 13-15.

Pasiuk still has two years of high school ahead of him which he hopes leads him to a university scholarship.

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Spurs silence Thunder with blowout win NBA PLAYOFFS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Spurs 112 Thunder 77 SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs are rolling toward a return to the NBA Finals, and Oklahoma City looks powerless to slow them down without Serge Ibaka.

Tony Parker scored 22 points, Danny Green made seven 3-pointers and added 21, and the Spurs used a dominant third quarter to decimate the Thunder 112-77 on Wednesday night and take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Tim Duncan added 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Manu Ginobili and Boris Diaw had 11 points apiece off the bench in San Antonio’s second straight rout.

“We just did our job. We won our first two games at home and I’m sure they’re going to go back and say we have to do our job and win two games at home,” Parker said, recalling that the Spurs blew a 2-0 lead against the Thunder in the 2012 West finals.

Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each had 15 points, but the third-quarter barrage made spectators of both — not that they accomplished much when they did play.

The star duo combined to shoot 13 for 40, including 4 for 14 in the third quarter.

Game 3 is Sunday at Oklahoma City, and the Spurs are trying to remind themselves it probably won’t remain this easy.

“Manu said it’s a dangerous win but I believe in our group,” Green said. “I believe that we have the maturity, the character and the experience to stay focused and not take this win to head.”

Playing without the injured Ibaka and given two days to adjust to dropping Game 1 by 17 points, the Thunder performed worse.

San Antonio closed the first half on a 25-8 run, then Parker and Green each had eight points in the third quarter as San Antonio outscored Oklahoma City 33-18.

“If they had won this game by one point, we’d still be down 0-2,” Durant said. “(We) lost by a lot two games in a row. It’s hard for you to stay together, but we have a group of guys that are not front-runners and we’ll figure it out.”

It was a shocking turn for the Thunder, who started well.

“It definitely doesn’t feel good and it shouldn’t,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. “I hope our locker doesn’t feel good. You shouldn’t feel good. We got our butts kicked. But we have a good opportunity to come back and win Game 3.”

Oklahoma City opened more aggressive on both ends, especially defensively. The physicality disrupted the Spurs early and frustrated them emotionally.

Duncan was issued a technical with about 5 minutes left in the first quarter after complaining when Ed Malloy ruled he threw a hip into Durant.

It turned out the Spurs veteran had little to worry about, as the Thunder finished just 4 for 9 on free throws.

The Thunder scored five straight to open the game, with Westbrook’s 3 capping the early run and producing what would become their largest lead of the series at 5-0.

Oklahoma City did not go under on pick-and-rolls as they did in Game 1, which allowed Parker more scoring opportunities. He took four shots in the opening five minutes. His first two baskets came on driving layups, including

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running right down the middle of the lane with Thabo Sefolosha trailing by a couple of steps.

San Antonio continued to struggle with its shot, but righted itself with offensive rebounding.

Green hit consecutive 3s to extend the Spurs’ advantage to 55-44 with a minute left in the first half. San Antonio later rebounded a missed layup by Ginobili and Parker’s errant 3-pointer, leading to a high-arcing 3 by Ginobili for a 58-44 lead. Ginobili then drew a charge on Westbrook’s 3 on the ensuing possession.

Durant and Westbrook opened the game 9 for 26 in the first half. Durant had one field goal in the final 16 minutes of the first half.

Durant made his first two field goals of the second half, but did not have another for the rest of the half.

Oklahoma City went scoreless for two minutes midway through the third quarter as San Antonio built its lead to 76-50 on a pair of free throws by Duncan with 6:20 remaining.

NOTES: Parker is one assist shy of becoming the 10th player with 1,000 career post-season assists. The list includes Parker’s three favourite childhood idols: Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BROSSARD, Que. — It is Thomas Vanek’s turn to feel the heat.

The veteran forward suddenly became a target among fans and media in Montreal for his lack of production as the Canadiens dropped the opening two games of the NHL Eastern Conference final at home.

It was given more fuel Wednesday as coach Michel Therrien dropped the team’s marquee trade deadline pickup to the fourth line, although that put him with his former Buffalo teammate Daniel Briere in a potentially dangerous scoring duo.

In fact, three of the four lines were changed, with only the top unit of centre David Desharnais between Max Pacioretty and Brendan Gallagher intact.

The Canadiens are looking to get their attack going after scoring only three goals in the opening two games of the best-of-seven series against Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

“Obviously we have to find a way to score some goals,” said defenceman Andrei Markov. “It’s not easy but we have to try our best. Maybe we have to adjust something.”

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Such are the emotional ups and down of the playoffs, as Pacioretty knows well. Fans were on his back as he struggled to score in the openinground sweep of Tampa Bay and the start of the second round against Boston, before finally finding his scoring range late in the conference semifinal.

The big winger leapt to Vanek’s defence. He called scoring goals “the hardest job in the world.”

“In playoffs it’s even harder,” he said. “If you walked into one of (the Rangers) meetings, they’ll talk about a guy like Thomas Vanek and they talk about him around the net and having to play physical on him. Being expected to deliver every night, it’s impossible and you’ve seen it in these playoffs with numerous stories of different players.

“All you can ask now is, if they’re not contributing offensively, is to help out in other areas. He’s a great guy in the room as well. He’s helped me, especially through my slump. There’s

The second line had Tomas Plekanec with Alex Galchenyuk and Brian Gionta on the wings, while thirdline centre Lars Eller was with Rene Bourque and Dale Weise. Brandon Prust skated with Briere and Vanek.

Therrien cautioned not to read too much into it as it all could change again ahead of Game 3 on Thursday night in New York.

“One thing, the Plekanec line needs to give us more,” the coach offered.

“I’m ready to stick sometimes with combinations and with three guys working together as long as I see results.

“Sometimes the results are not there but the chances are there. But if I see there are no chances, not much happening, now I’m at a point where I have to make some decisions. Hopefully by making some changes, something’s going to happen.

Plekanec had been playing with Vanek, who had no points and was minus-3 with one shot on goal in the opening two games against the Rangers: a 7-2 wipeout on Saturday and a 3-1 loss on Monday night.

He has been slammed for a perceived lack of effort and involvement, and some are starting to call

other areas you can contribute. It’s not just on the scoreboard.”

Vanek is a subtle player who can go from moving slowly to quickly and back again on the same shift. He excels at making plays in traffic, even if the six-foot-two winger is not a particularly physical player.

In 13 playoff games, he has five goals and three assists, tied with Pacioretty for fourth in team scoring.

“He’s a veteran. He doesn’t need that,” added Pacioretty. “He’s contributed to this team’s success in the playoffs. He knows it. We all talk. He’s fine.

He’s going to be fine.

“It seems there’s always got to be a story when you lose, and obviously, with the questions I’m being asked, that is the story right now. But he’s a tremendous player and he’s helped us a lot in these playoffs and he’ll continue to do that.”

Despite the result, the Canadiens actually came out of Game 2 with their confidence boosted by a strong game in which they outshot the Rangers 41-30.

Their main concern is in goal, where Therrien said the largely untested Dustin Tokarski will get a second straight start in place of the injured Carey Price.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 6 Red Sox 4 BOSTON — The last time the Blue Jays faced Clay Buchholz, Edwin Encarnacion was left out of the starting lineup because of his career numbers against the Red Sox right-hander.

This time, the Toronto first baseman was too hot to sit.

“I don’t think you can get any hotter than this,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said on Wednesday night after Encarnacion led Toronto to a 6-4 victory over Boston by hitting two homers off Buchholz — his second straight multi-homer game. “He erased all that, though.”

Entering the game with just one hit in 21 at-bats against Buchholz (2-4), Encarnacion hit a solo homer in the second inning and a two-run shot in the third. Encarnacion, who homered twice in Toronto’s 7-4 victory on Tuesday, now has seven homers in his last six games.

He is the first Toronto player to have four multi-homer games in a month, and the first major-leaguer to do so since Troy Tulowitzki in Septem-

ber of 2010.

“It’s crazy how this game is,” Encarnacion said. “In April, I only had two homers; now I have (11) this month and two in one day. That shows you how crazy this is.”

Drew Hutchison (3-3) allowed one run in 5 1-3 innings for Toronto, which has won seven of its last nine games.

Casey Janssen pitched the ninth for his fifth save.

Xander Bogaerts had three hits, including two doubles, as Boston lost its sixth consecutive game. It’s the team’s longest losing streak since dropping the final eight games of the 2012 season, ending the Bobby Valentine era after one year.

Buchholz allowed four earned runs in 4 2-3 innings, striking out two while walking two and giving up nine hits — including two homers to a batter he had dominated.

“He’s a dangerous hitter with tremendous power,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “You make mistakes, he makes you pay. This is a quick strike offence.”

The Blue Jays made it 4-0 after three innings thanks to Encarnacion’s two homers into the seats above the Green

Monster. Shane Victorino homered for Boston — his first since a Grand Slam in Game 6 of the AL championship series against the Detroit Tigers — to make it 4-1.

Dioner Navarro’s RBI single in the fifth made it 5-1 and chased Buchholz.

The Blue Jays added another run in the seventh on Anthony Gose’s RBI single.

The Red Sox scored three in the eighth to make it a two-run game thanks partly to back-to-back RBI doubles by Mike Carp and Bogaerts.

Brock Holt singled to score Bogaerts before Brett Cecil struck out Grady Sizemore and then Steve Delabar, on his first pitch, retired Dustin Pedroia on a groundout.

NOTES: A.J. Pierzynski, who was hitless in 11 straight at-bats, raised his hands to the heavens after singling in sixth inning. He had just two hits in his previous 27 at-bats. Pierzynski wound up with three hits in the game, including one off the first-baseman’s mitt, in the ninth inning. ... Encarnacion has 15 multi-homer games in his career, four this season. ... Buchholz had allowed three earned runs or fewer in three of his previous four starts.

Draw divides 44 clubs into 11 groups for re-launched Europe-wide hockey league

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINSK, Belarus — The Champions Hockey League has been re-launched with 44 clubs from 12 European countries divided into 11 groups.

The league was originally launched in 2008 with 10 million euros ($13.7 million) in annual prize money but folded when Russian sponsor Gazprom withdrew.

The league’s goal is to become a “supreme” European competition, but no clubs from the eight-country Russianbased Kontinental Hockey League will be involved in the 2014-15 season.

In Wednesday’s draw, 2009 champion ZSC Lions Zurich was put in Group B with Farjestad Karlstad, Vienna Capitals and Valerenga Oslo.

The competition begins Aug 21.

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Canucks hire Jim Benning Adam Scott plays as No. 1 as new general manager for the first time at Colonial

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have named Jim Benning as their new general manager.

Benning is the first significant hire made by new Canucks president of hockey operations Trevor Linden, who was handed the franchise’s reins after the team missed the playoffs for the first time in six years following a disastrous 2013-14 campaign.

Benning spent the last eight seasons with the Boston Bruins, including seven as the club’s assistant general manager.

A former Canucks defenceman during his playing days, the 51-year-old Benning is the 11th general manager in franchise history — a post he has never held with an NHL club.

“Jim brings a wealth of hockey experience as a builder and talent evaluator that will benefit this team for years to come,” said Linden in a statement.

“We are aligned on how we want to build this team and Jim’s level of commitment to building a championship team is exciting. I look forward

to re-introducing him to Vancouver on Friday.”

The Edmonton native replaces Mike Gillis, who was fired as Vancouver’s president and general manager a day after the club was eliminated from playoff contention with three games left in the regular season.

Benning’s first order of business with the Canucks will be to hire a new head coach after Linden axed John Tortorella earlier this month following one tumultuous campaign.

Benning will also have to prepare for next month’s NHL draft and assess a roster that Tortorella accused of being “stale” at his end-of-season press conference.

Apart from helping to shape a Bruins team that defeated the Canucks in the 2011 Stanley Cup final, Benning’s managerial resume also includes 12 seasons with Buffalo Sabres, with eight of those spent as that club’s director of amateur scouting.

Selected sixth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1981 NHL draft, Benning played nine seasons with Toronto and Vancouver, collecting 52 goals and 191 assists in 610 career games.

PGA TOUR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — Adam Scott downplayed the world ranking and the idea of being the No. 1 player the past few months.

“Maybe I was trying to take some pressure off myself and just think about playing golf rather than other things that happen from it,” Scott said Wednesday. “I think that’s what I need to do now.”

The Australian finally made it to the top of the world ranking, overtaking injured Tiger Woods after a week at home in the Bahamas. Scott will play as No. 1 for the first time when he tees off Thursday at the Colonial.

“It’s only been realistic for the last week sitting at home,” Scott said, adding the accomplishment isn’t diminished by doing it that way instead of on the course.

“All the playing I did added up to this anyway. It’s just the way the system works,” he said. “Sure, it would have been awesome to win a tournament and jump to No. 1 like some guys

have. ... But hopefully I can get on and try to win a tournament this week or next week and start trying to keep myself up on top of the list.”

Scott is grouped for the first two days at Hogan’s Alley with two-time Colonial champion Zach Johnson and Jimmy Walker, a three-time winner this season and the FedEx Cup points leader. They will be right behind the threesome that includes Matt Kuchar, No. 4 in the world and with nine top-10 finishes in 13 starts this season.

When he finished second to Boo Weekley last year, Kuchar was No. 13 and the highest-ranked player in Colonial’s invitational field. With a victory this time, Kuchar could possibly take a turn at No. 1.

“I don’t pay a whole lot of attention.

I think those are some of the things that take care of themselves, and I’ve always been good at focusing on the things I can control,” Kuchar said.

“That being said, I think the No. 1 position is an awesome title. ... It’s cool, it’s attainable. I know it wasn’t long ago that the No. 1 ranking was not attainable, and Tiger had such a lockdown on it.”

Second-ranked Woods isn’t sure when he will return from a back injury.

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Ritual al of

For untold millennia, a remarkable spring ritual has played out across the grasslands, parklands and woodland edges of North America.

Spurred by some ancient and mysterious cue, male sharp-tailed grouse congregate each year in late March on their ancestral dancing grounds to compete for the privilege of passing on their genes. Males defends a small territory within a large lek (also called an arena), with each vying for the best piece of real estate and thus the right to mate. Most leks in Alberta have 10-20 males and the average lek size is 5 to 20 square metres .

We were fortunate to have the opportunity to witness this spring rite of passage a few weeks ago at CFB Wainwright, on a tour arranged by Laurence Hoover with the Wainwright Wildlife Society. We were treated to a magnificent performance The dance of the sharp-tailed grouse is both comiMYRNA cal and extravagant: with their tail feathers erect and PEARMAN white rear feathers fully fluffed, the males lower their wings to the ground, stretch out their necks and vigorously stomp around in small circles. Their pounding feet produce a tinny rattling sound which is accompanied by weird vocalizations as well as booms emanating from purple neck air sacks. Bright yellow eyebrows held erect add a garish touch to the theatrics.

The males dance alone or while facing others at the edges of their respective territories. They alternate between dancing frenetically and freezing motionless. Individuals will sometimes rush each other and there is the occasional aerial combat. Sometimes two or three individuals will squat in front of each other to engage in glaring matches (with the odd peck thrown in for good measure). If a predator happens by, the entire lek is temporarily abandoned.

The birds usually dance for a few hours at dawn and then head off to feed for the rest of the day. They dance most vigorously in the spring but also reassemble on the leks in the fall to reestablish territories and dominance hierarchies.

Female sharpies appear at the leks during mid to late April and wander through the maze of displaying males. The males, each desperate to become a chosen suitor, dance even more frenetically in her presence. The hen finally selects and then mates with the most impressive male before wandering off in search of a suitable nesting site. Like all lek species, the females form no pair bond with the males and the males have no part in looking after the young.

The dominant males get to mate with several females while the subordinates dance in vain.

If you would like to view this amazing natural spectacle, check out http:// wainwrightdistrict.org/wildlife.

NOTE: Ellis Bird Farm is now open for the season. Check out www.ellisbirdfarm.ca for details.

Myrna Pearman is the biologist/site services manager at Ellis Bird Farm.

She can be reached at mpearman@ellisbirdfarm.ca.

Spring ring

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Long weekend kicks off outdoors season This year, the close juxtaposition of two memorial dates gave us an early look at the summer’s first long weekend, this year almost a week earlier than Queen Victoria’s birthday. On May 16, son John and I went west to have a look around and commemorate and remember my father, who died on that date 48 years ago.

We took our place in a parade of motor homes towing trailers loaded with shiny ATVs, “outdoors” people wanting an early start to the weekend’s traditional total destruction of all outdoors, particularly public land.

May 16 was also when the fishing season opened in our part of Alberta when I was a kid, and my busy dad always found time to take me fishing that day.

So, ever since on May 16, BOB I try to get to a place where SCAMMELL my dad and I fished together, maybe even make a cast or two. But casts this year would have been purely ceremonial, utterly futile: despite reports of 18 inches of visibility in some waters, heavy rains the night before had every river and stream we looked at raging high and brown under blue and cumulus-clouded “summer” skies.

The one exception needed no looking at. As the only clear water in Central Alberta, the tiny North Raven River would be awash and roiling with anglers all weekend, effectively ending the good fishing of the past 10 days.

Gleniffer Lake had become a Middle Eastern wadi, a dry, cracked bed of its former self as managers draw the lake down to accommodate anticipated flood waters from the mountain snow melt and JuneJuly monsoons.

Old friend, the late Dr. Bill Parsons, always growled that it was folly to go fishing until the aspens were rimed with green. Well, they finally were out here — just — a good sign, maybe.

We met a fellow stump-ranching friend who mentioned that he had been seeing some March brown mayflies, which are hard for any human or trout to see on dark water or under grey skies. No morel mushrooms yet, the friend reported, but they might just start popping if the predicted rains materialize, which they did, the next day and the next, as they so often do — and worse — on the May long.

Many times I recall family and friends staying and toughing it out, stubbornly huddled around the traditional May long campfire as the snow fell and spruce boughs, bent by the weight of wet snow, would suddenly spring up, dumping glops of it down our necks. But, hey, it’s the 24th of May; outdoorsloving starts today!

In rare years, if you managed to catch the Clearwater River just before the snow-melt-monsoon caught it, the fishing could be fast and fabulous. One May long, my dad, the late Vern Caddy and I hiked into a remote area of the Clearwater and were happily hauling big brown and bull trout from one deep hole until we saw big grizzly tracks on a sandbar with water still seeping into them. We remembered that a fire tower watcher had been killed by a griz in the area a couple of weeks before and beat a hasty retreat back to the forestry trunk road.

Everything was perfect for the May long in 2001, but I hung around the Stump Ranch cabin listening to the radio, not wanting to miss a second of the Red Deer Rebels winning their one and only Memorial Cup by beating the Val-d’Or Foreurs 6-5 in overtime.

Within hearing of the radio dialed to “blast,” I did harvest a batch of black morels in the woods just upslope of the cabin; appropriate, “foreurs” can mean “foragers.”

The Foreurs are back foraging in the Memorial Cup tournament again this year, but the Rebels have been repelled in all of the 13 years since.

As so often happens on the May long, Monday was

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Above: Gleniffer Wadi. The lake is indeed very low. Sarah and I walked out to the island in the middle of it.

We saw golf balls, an old road, mud, and no dead fish. It was great fun until she sunk up to the ankle in mud.

Then it wasn’t so much fun any more.

Below: Little fishing and no morels ... yet.

the best day, clearing from two days of grey skies, fog, drizzle, rain, even snow, just in time to pack up the rig and head home, mostly eastward.

The homeward cavalcade showed it had been a perfect weekend for the Kamikaze 500 warriors: those outward trailers of shiny clean ATVs were now loaded with mostly muddy vehicles, many actually with clumps of our torn-up public land still sticking to them.

More worrisome were the few ATVs that were still shiny and clean.

Was that because they had not been off the trailer all weekend, or because they had been illegally run

into the nearest trout stream and washed off, and to hell with the regulations, trout habitat and spawning beds?

“Oh, when will we ever learn?” sang the late Pete Seeger, and I wonder if the Alberta government will ever learn that “responsible ATV user” is an oxymoron and do something effective about all of them, including the requirement to take a course and pass a test before a yearly $50 licence is issued to operate an ATV on public land.

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

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and touch a moist ground can develop roots and become a viable plant. This process is called layering and often happens in nature and is easy to duplicate.

Start by choosing a young, flexible branch with few if any lateral branches that easily reaches the ground. Take a knife and cut away the bark on the bottom of the branch under the node. Dig a hole approximately six inches (15 cm) deep that aligns with the area on the branch where the bark was removed.

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Once roots have formed, cut the branch back to another branch or node and dig the new plant.

Trees and shrubs can be propagated at home but patience is needed as the plants will take two to five years to reach the size of what is sold in stores.

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

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The cost of purchasing a plant reflects the time and effort it has taken to start the plant and grow it to a salable size.

Annuals are inexpensive as they propagate easily by seed or cuttings. In some cases, the seeds are light sensitive, which means that the seeds either need to be exposed to the light or kept in the dark for germination to occur. But for the most part, they germinate within a week or two in greenhouse conditions.

Greenhouses have been starting more annuals from cuttings as plants from cuttings tend to mature faster LINDA than seeded plants. In the TOMLINSON competitive plant market, a few extra weeks of heating a greenhouse during the winter can make a huge difference to the bottom line.

There are perennials that start easily from seed.

Greenhouses that sell a small variety of perennials have started them from seed.

Trees and shrubs can be started by seed, sexual reproduction or cuttings, asexual reproduction.

When seed is used, the DNA within the plant varies, producing slightly different plants. Characteristics such as shape, colour and rate of growth will be noticeably different. Other characteristics, such as disease resistance, will only come into play when the plants are subjected to a disease.

Plants from cuttings are all exactly the same. Any difference in size, shape and rate of growth comes from differences in the environment. They will either all be resistant to a disease or not.

Nature protects seeds by keeping them dormant until perfect conditions are achieved for them to germinate. In the case of trees, shrubs and many perennials, it often involves periods of wet, cold stratification, followed by warm conditions. This can be achieved by placing seeds in a moist, sterilized soil mixture and putting it in the fridge for up to three months, then transferring it to a growing media. As each variety of plant is different, it is best to research the variety before attempting to germinate the plant from seed.

In the spring just before the leaves appear, willows and dogwood plants are easy to start from cuttings. Select a healthy plant and take cuttings from last year’s growth that is thin and flexible, without any side branches. The cutting should have five to seven nodes. Place the cut ends into soil in a container or section of garden that has loose, moist soil.

Press the soil down around the cuttings, removing large air pockets. Water well and keep the soil moist but not wet throughout the summer. The cuttings will callus over, put out roots and then leaves. By fall, the new plants will be ready to transplant.

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Welcome to the driver’s seat

PICTURED ABOVE: 2014 ACURA MDX

Acura MDX has all the bells and whistles The 2014 Acura MDX is a perfect example of how technology can change your driving experience.

There is no mistaking an Acura, be it a car, cross-over or an SUV, the front end gives it away.

The front air dam coming to a point, the large grille featuring the Acura logo and the swept back sweeping lines set it apart. The available 19” aluminum alloy wheels on the MDX fills the wheel well very nicely.

When you first open the door of the Acura MDX Elite you immediately notice the refinements and how everything flows together very well. The

driver’s seat is an eight-way power adjustable with a two-way way power lumbar support, and the passenger front seat is an eight-way power adjustable. The second row is a 60/40 split folding and the third row is a 50/50 split flat folding.

With the third row, folded flat there is plenty of room for cargo. The available Navigation system has voice recognition and a rear back up camera built in. The stereo is a 546-watt ELS surround sound system with DVD/AM/FM/SiriusXM/MP3/ WMA tuner with your choice of 10 to 12 speakers including a subwoofer. The available DVD

entertainment system features a 16.2 inch split screen display with HDMI compatibility, no more kids fighting over the remote.

There is an available Collision Mitigation Braking system (CBMS), standard equipment on the Elite, which is constantly monitoring the road for you.

If it detects you are approaching another vehicle too quickly it will warn you with a flashing “brake” sign on the instrument panel and if the accident is unavoidable it will tighten up the seatbelts and apply the brakes for you to reduce the severity of the impact. Another safety feature

is the blind spot information system.

This warns when a vehicle is in your blind spot and flashes an amber light on the inside of each side mirror warning you. Dual It is a powerful stage, dual threshold and very luxurious front airbags, front side airbags, three vehicle; a real treat to row side curtain drive. airbags with roll Ian Harwood over sensor, engine immobilizer theft deterrent system are some of the many safety features in this vehicle. I like the power folding, body colored side mirrors with intergraded turn signals.

Power is delivered by a 290 hp, 3.5 Litre, i-VTEC V6 engine with a 6 speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. The super handling all wheel drive (SH-AWD) suspension gives you the best ride while maintaining just enough control to keep you safely on the road.

My tester was the MDX Elite that comes fully loaded. After driving around in this vehicle for a week, I started to get used to the technology and how the safety features start to perform, it became natural and helped me relax and enjoy the drive. It is a powerful and very luxurious vehicle, a real treat to drive. I would like to see a little more headroom and the six-speed transmission seemed to have a mind of its own.

Lots of competition in this segment, from Lincoln MKT, Volvo XC90, Buick Enclave, and the Infiniti JX, so if Acura wants to win you over, they have to keep delivering a great product with as many standard features as they can while keeping the price in check.

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The most commonly replicated classic cars The classic car world is full of “coulda, shoulda, woulda” stories of people who had the opportunity to buy something when it was affordable only to Replicas are all see it sail out of good fun unless reach. someone tries to pass If you didn’t buy a Shelby Cobra one off as the real during the Nixon deal. administration Rob Sass for 10 grand, the only alternative for most people today is a replica.

Replicas are all good fun unless someone tries to pass one off as the real deal.

Here are five of the most common classic car counterfeits: 1. 1967 Shelby Cobra 427: The Cobra might just be the most desirable sports car on the planet. Not coincidentally, it’s also the most replicated. With bulging, macho good looks; a big block Ford V-8; side pipes; shattering performance; and only around 300 originals made, it was a certainty from almost the beginning that supply and demand would never be equal. The originals have always commanded good money — by the late 1970s, they were approaching $50,000, and around that time, cottage industries sprang up everywhere to build Cobra replicas. Some were quite good while

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others bordered on undriveable. A lot depended on the skill (or lack thereof) of the builder. Even Carroll Shelby, the car’s original creator, got into the act. Some argue that the 1992 Dodge Viper was the ultimate tribute to the Cobra.

Fortunately, it’s really hard to pass off one of the replicas as the real deal; the Shelby Club maintains a registry of the real cars by serial number and history We believe that every classic car has a story. Tell us yours here.

2. 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder: The 550 Spyder (of James Dean death car fame) and the more common bathtub-like Porsche 356 Speedster have a long history of being replicated.

Vancouver company Intermeccanica makes very high quality Speedster replicas, while Beck in the U.S. has a great reputation for making 550 Spyder replicas. Because the originals were alloy and steel, respectively, and the replicas are fibreglass, there’s no danger of one being passed off as the real thing. Real 550 Spyders are $4 million or so and Speedsters can bring more than $300,000. Replicas can be had for around $30,000, which combined with the fact that they’re quite fun to drive explains their appeal.

3. 1961 250 GT Ferrari California Spyder: Before Ferrari got serious about cracking down on violations of its intellectual property rights, its products were among the most commonly knocked-off cars on the planet. A very bogus California Spyder built by a company called Modena Industries shot to fame as the hero car in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” About 50 were built between 1987 and 1989, before Ferrari said “basta!” Real ones

start at about $9 million.

4. Ferrari 308 GTS: After the “Ferris Bueller” car, the Ferrari with the most screen exposure was the red Ferrari 308 GTS that Tom Selleck drove on “Magnum P.I.” Conveniently, as the 308 reached the apex of its fame via the TV show, Pontiac came out with the mid-engine Fiero, whose space frame design combined with non-stressed removable plastic body panels made it the ideal platform for conversions designed to simulate far more expensive mid-engine exotics.

The most famous (or perhaps infamous) of these was the MERA, a replica of the Ferrari 308.

While the proportions were off and the interior screamed cheap, we suspect that most of the then 20-something barflies taken in by the guy with gold chains and a polyester Hawaiian shirt driving the bogus 308 never suspected a thing.

5. 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster: Other than a slew of neoclassics that vaguely replicate Mercedes-Benzes of the 1930s, pre-war cars are seldom faked. But the Iconic Indiana-built Auburn Speedster (along with its equally stunning sister the Cord 810/812) is an exception. Lost count of how many companies have built replicas over the last 40 years are so. Like the Cobras, some are quite good and some exhibit the build quality of a Sochi hotel room. A replica Speedster featured in the opening scene of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”

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FRONT FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, DANCE Dance the night away at the seventh annual Festival of Music and Dance at Spruce View Hall in Spruce View on June 7.

Two bands — Reflections and The Diamonds Band — are the featured entertainment for the day. Advance tickets are $35 (includes dinner).

Dancing will be from 1 and 5 p.m. and from 7 to 11 p.m. Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m., with entertainment by The Keister Family Fiddlers.

Doors open at noon. For more information, contact Doug/Doris at 403-7283333 or Cliff/Joan at 403342-4317 or doug140@ airenet.com.

FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER Help Hunger Disappear in support of the Red Deer District Food Bank happens at East Hill Centre’s Save-On-Foods on May 31. A fundraising barbecue will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with proceeds going to the food bank. Bins will be on site to collect donations of non-perishable food.

Help Hunger Disappear, sponsored by Save-OnFoods and Campbell Canada, helps raise awareness and donations for food banks across Canada. For more information, visit www.

HelpHungerDisappear. com. East Hill Centre SaveOn-Foods is located at the corner of 22nd Street and 30th Avenue.

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MPC REJECTS RIVER GLEN PROPERTY PLAN DUE TO PROXIMITY TO FORMER LANDFILL SITE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Subdivision of 27 acres around River Glen School has been delayed — at least temporarily — by the existence of a former landfill nearby.

Red Deer’s municipal planning commission voted on Wednesday to reject a plan of subdivision for the property at 4210 59th St. It is owned by Chinook’s Edge Regional School Division.

City planner Orlando Toews told commission members that they were compelled to refuse the application because the province’s subdivision and development regulations require a 300-metre setback from former landfills for schools and certain other developments.

Toews said the city’s Envi-

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A look at the handicapped accessible playground located on the north side of River Glen School that would be acquired by Parkland Community Living and Supports Society (CLASS) in the proposed subdivision of the existing land the school is located on. ronmental Services Department has concluded that the risk for buildings more than 100 metres from the landfill site would be “negligible.” His department has asked Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development to reduce the required setback to 100 metres, he said, but a reply has not yet been received.

River Glen, which opened in

1960, is scheduled to close at the end of this school year. Red Deer Public School Division plans to upgrade the building and relocate its Gateway Christian School there.

The proposed subdivision would create a separate lot for the school site, as well as four other lots: one to the west that would be zoned for public service use, one to the east

that would be used as a playground/sports field, one to the north that Parkland Community Living and Supports Society (CLASS) wants to acquire so that it can expand its existing property, and a treed area to the northeast that would be designated municipal reserve land.

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HERCULES ON STAGE The strongest man in Greek mythology is coming to Red Deer.

Cornerstone Youth Theatre presents Hercules — A Hero’s Tale from May 30 to June 8. Watch the son of Zeus battle to save Mount Olympus at the First Church of Nazarene.

There will be 11 shows, seven open to the public and four for school field trips. Pre-booked tickets are $12, seniors are $11 and children are $10.

Tickets at the door are $14. For tickets, call Cornerstone at 403986-2981 or visit www. cornerstoneyouththeatre. org.

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Cody Smith of Vilna, Alta., and a ring attendant back off after Smith is bucked off by his bull during the Alberta High School Rodeo Association event in Rimbey on the weekend.

The Rimbey Rodeo Grounds hosted a variety of events and hundreds of competitors. The barrel racing event alone drew about 50 entrants. The heavy rain through parts of the weekend didn’t deter the competitors nor dampen the enthusiasm of the fans.

People encouraged to be more savvy about medical procedures they don’t need

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Primary Care Network’s latest education session focused on helping patients become more savvy about the medical tests, screens and procedures they need and those they don’t.

Network chair Dr. Peter Bouch, who led the Health Café: To Test or Not to Test, said people who go for regular physical exams get the tests, screens and procedures that they need.

People should save their money if they are thinking of going for other tests not recommended by their doctors, he said.

“I would suggest people speak to their physician,” Bouch said during a break between the two Health Café sessions that attracted a total of 110 people on Wednesday at Red Deer Lodge.

He said once patients reach

age 45 to 50, they should be going for medical exams annually.

But younger adults who don’t have medical conditions or illnesses don’t require annual checkups.

He said some of the assessments recommended by the Alberta Screening and Prevention Initiative annually for adults, like blood pressure and influenza vaccination, can actually be done at pharmacies.

Other annual assessments include weight, exercise, tobacco use and alcohol use.

Tests recommended every three years include diabetes and cholesterol tests, a risk assessment for developing cardiovascular disease, as well as pap tests for women over 21. Three screens for colorectal cancer vary from two to five to 10 years.

Mammograms are recommended every two years for older women.

Tests, treatments and procedures done more often than

necessary include electrocardiograms, imaging tests for lower-back pain, CT (computed tomography) scans and MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging) for headaches, bone-density tests, and the use of antibiotics for sinusitis.

Bouch said for people with health conditions who don’t go to the doctor as often as they should, PCN doctors will be working to identify and remind those patients to get regular tests and checkups.

The PCN also plans to have more public forums so patients can help guide the direction of medical care in Red Deer and to find out what kinds of health programs people want in the community.

“It’s maybe a little bit of different mindset, but the whole medical system is going for more public input,” Bouch said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate. com

The Red Deer Public School District board is going to wade into the great Alberta math debate.

At its board meeting last week, trustees were presented a report that detailed the changes that have been made in teaching math to pupils in recent years. The changes deemphasize rote solving of problems in favour of more flexible methods.

Deeper understanding of concepts is facilitated through so-called “discovery” math, with students encouraged to make connections between the work they are doing and real-world problem solving applications, according to the administrative report.

The report goes on to say that students no longer spend time repeating computations, but are still taught basic, foundational skills such as straight addition or long division.

But armed with international test results that show Alberta high schoolers’ math performance is slipping, a movement has emerged in the province calling for the abandonment of the “discovery” techniques in favour of more traditional methods.

A petition has garnered over 14,000 signatures and the education minister called for the provincial department to ensure basic facts are “more front and centre” and that students can recall multiplication tables from memory.

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Census set for this summer in Blackfalds Blackfalds is undertaking a head count this summer.

Results from the town’s 2013 municipal census reaffirmed its status as one of the fastest growing communities in the country. The population total for Blackfalds was 7,275, an increase of 7.5 per cent over the 2012 count.

Residents can go online or expect a visit from a door-to-door enumerator.

A census letter has been sent out with instructions and a PIN to access the online site.

The count began on May 1 and will run until the end of June. Besides a population count, the census provides the numbers of dwelling units and demographic information that can be used for community planning and budgeting.

Eligible voter information will be collected, along with household income statistics, numbers of pre-school children and school system support.

Accurate population figures are also necessary to ensure the town gets its fair share of per capita grants.

All census information remains confidential and is protected under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For more information, go to www. blackfalds.com.

Canada Winter Games reps to visit Red Deer in August It’s time to show that Red Deer is behind the bid to host the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

The Canada Winter Games bid evaluation committee will evaluate Red Deer’s readiness and community spirit on Aug. 22.

Games representatives will tour the city and proposed venues and accommodations for the games.

Lyn Radford, Red Deer’s bid committee chairperson, said there will be many opportunities and events for Red Deerians to show off their community spirit. Check www.reddeer.ca or Red Deer is Ready on Facebook for updated information.

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Newly hatched goslings are taught how to swim by their parents at Bower Ponds Tuesday evening. Three batches of newborn Canadian Geese could be found.

Recreation, Parks and Culture Department manager, said showcasing everything Red Deer has to offer is more than just venues and accommodations.

She said the committee will look for Red Deer’s ability, readiness and community commitment for hosting the games.

The host of the 2019 Canada Winter Games will be announced in September. It will be either Red Deer or Lethbridge.

Nominations open for Kraft Celebration Tour Nominations are now open for the Kraft Celebration Tour, where Canadian communities can vie for a chance to win funds to improve existing sport and recreation facilities or help build brand new ones.

The tour has awarded $1,250,000 to communities to help keep Canadians playing since it started in 2009.

A judging panel will select the top 10 communities and each will receive a community celebration and a live TSN SportsCentre broadcast filmed in their community.

The top 10 will then go head-tohead in an online voting battle to determine who will win the grand prize of $100,000. The remaining finalists will each receive a secondary prize of $25,000 for their community project.

Nominations require photos and a short written explanation as to why $25,000 would help create a better place to play.

The deadline for submissions is June 6.

The Innisfail Minor Football Association was one of 20 finalists for the tour in 2012 but did not make it to the final round. The Red Deer Boxing Club won $25,000 from the tour in 2009.

Visit www.kraftcelebrationtour.ca for more information or to submit a nomination.

Preliminary inquiry held over for accused in gunfight Two Red Deer men accused of being involved in a Balmoral Heights gunfight will have to wait six months for their preliminary inquiry to resume.

Josh Cusler (aka Hill), 27, and Brad Voykin, 23, face attempted murder, extortion and robbery charges in relation to a March 2013 incident.

Police said the two suspects were found suffering gunshot wounds when they were apprehended by Red Deer RCMP in Northwood Estates, a mobile home park in north Red Deer.

Prior to the two suspects’ arrest, Blackfalds RCMP were called to a report of a man being shot while in the Balmoral Heights subdivision, east of Red Deer.

They have both asked to be tried by judge and jury in Red Deer Court

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PLAN: Municipal Government Board City administration told the commission that its rejection of the subdivision application would likely trigger an appeal to the Municipal Government Board, which has the authority to relax the 300-metre setback requirement and approve the subdivision.

“The applicant is quite interested in getting this in front of MGB for a determination,” said city solicitor Michelle Baer.

The commission compiled a list of conditions that it would like the Municipal Government Board to consider if it approves the subdivision. These included recognition of the environmental sensitivity of the land to the east and west, protection of the city trail system, protection of the Red Deer River escarp-

of Queen’s Bench. Their preliminary hearing ran from May 5 to 9. They will return for the last of the hearing, estimated to take about two hours, on Nov. 20 in Red Deer provincial court.

A preliminary hearing is held to determine the strength of the Crown’s case against the accused.

Public invited to open house on development north of Hwy 11A Be part of the discussion in developing the land north of Hwy 11A and the Red Deer River on May 28.

Residents are invited to attend an open house as part of the public consultation process to develop a Major Area Structure Plan (MASP) for the 3,212-acre area north of Hwy 11A, which became part of the city in 2009.

The open house runs from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Quality Inn North Hill (7150 50th Ave. in Red Deer). A survey will also be available. The plan’s area includes the areas of Hazlett Lake, Central Park and Chiles Industrial Park.

As this is the second phase of the public consultation, the city will present a discussion paper (available online starting on May 27) that will discuss the major elements of the North of 11A MASP and suggestions for amendments to the Municipal Development Plan and the Land Use Bylaw.

Using the feedback received from the public consultation process, city administration will prepare a draft North of Hwy 11A MASP, municipal development plan and land use bylaw amendments to guide the development in the area.

Landowners, stakeholders, and the general public will be given an opportunity to review and comment on these proposals at another open house tentatively scheduled for November or December 2014.

If you want to attend the open house and cannot use regular transportation, Red Deer Transit’s Action Bus offers transportation services to Red Deerians with special needs.

For more information, or to register for this service, call 403-309-8400.

To learn more about the North of 11A MASP, visit www.reddeer.ca/ north11A or contact Angus Schaffenburg at 403-309-8545 (direct) or the planning department’s main line at 403-406-8700 or angus.schaffenburg@ reddeer.ca.

Accused hires new lawyer After testimony in a separate trial changed the admitted facts of his guilty plea, a Red Deer man has hired a new lawyer.

Jordan Pritchard, 27, has hired Will Willms to represent him on his single charge of break and enter with intent

ment, and recognition of existing land use zoning for the property.

Phillip Stephan, CEO of Parkland CLASS, said his organization — which provides support to disabled children and adults — wants to expand its offices and gain title to the adjacent land that it leases from Chinook’s Edge. A handicapped-accessible playground, which Parkland CLASS developed five years ago at a cost of $300,000, is located there.

If Parkland CLASS purchases the land, said Stephan, members of the public will be able to continue to use the playground and the city trail that passes through the property.

“Parkland CLASS has absolutely no intention of prohibiting in any way, shape or form access to that trail system.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

MATH: Proactive The local public board says it “fully supports the current directions in mathematics” and is working

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Admission to the Abbey Centre, a $15-million multipurpose exercise and recreation facility, will be free on Friday and Saturday and there will be special events both days. A veterans memorial will be dedicated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, with a ribbon cutting for the centre to follow at 1 p.m.

Patrons will then be able to use the fieldhouse fitness centre and running track free of charge from 2-10 p.m.

While the indoor setting has been open to the public since the end of March, the associated outdoor pool will open for the first time on Friday, free to use from 2-9 p.m. On Saturday, it will be free from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., while the indoor facilities will be free from 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On Saturday evening, Serena Ryder will perform at the centre, with Del Barber as the opening act. The soldout show gets underway at 8 p.m.

On Sunday, the Blackfalds Fun Run and Walk starts at 10 a.m. The Abbey Centre will be open regular hours.

on a plan to share its opinion with parents and stakeholders.

“We’re going to be a little more proactive in communicating with people about math and what’s going on in our district that’s good with math, and how the new curriculum and what the government’s proposing as far as changes are going to be good for kids.

We look forward to that discussion in the community,” said board chairperson Bev Manning.

Manning said the board’s goal will be to further the discussion around curricular changes and to give some concrete examples of the new methods. She said the modern approaches will help youth today better apply what they learn in school when they become adults.

The division is involved in the provincial curriculum redesign process, which will see new learning standards and approaches for all subjects as early as 2016.

Manning said the board has not finalized its plans but hopes to have something developed by the end of the school year. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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to aid and abet an indictable offence.

The charge stems from a May 14, 2013, home invasion where he and two others are accused being involved in the armed robbery of a drug dealer.

Defence counsel Paul Morigeau, of Red Deer, previously represented Pritchard. Pritchard pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 14 of this year.

However, he testified in March at the trial of his co-accused, David James Kertesz, 28, of Red Deer. Testimony at the trial varied from the agreed statement of facts that Pritchard admitted to a month prior.

In February, the agreed statement of facts indicated that Pritchard banged on the dealer’s door, demanding to be let in. When the occupant opened the door, two men emerged from the shadows and barged in. One produced a sawed-off shotgun and the other a handgun.

However, the dealer’s testimony at Kertesz’s trial in March indicated he knew Pritchard and when he saw Pritchard banging at his door he came down to let him in. Pritchard was invited in and it was only then that Kertesz and the other accused emerged from the shadows with their weapons drawn.

Morigeau had made a motion to strike the plea before being removed from the file.

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The Royal Canadian Circus hits Westerner Park on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and will be performing until Sunday, offering acts such as the Zerbini Liberty Horses, the Jiocké Zamperla Zoppe Acrobatic Riders, trapeze artists, juggling, sword balancing, pole perch, musical comedy, acrobats, clowns and more.

However, due to a permit problem at the American border in Idaho, there will be no tigers or elephants in the show, said Larry Solheim, circus tour manager.

Making up for this is a new addition to the show: a daredevil act with Karl Winn performing motorcycle tricks on a high wire suspended over 20 metres in the air while dangling a trapeze artist. Winn will also perform on the “death defying Wheel of Destiny.”

Originating from Germany, the Winn Family go back eight generations in the circus world and were among the first to perform the motorcycle highwire act on an international scale.

The show is produced by the Zerbini Family Circus and includes performers from around the world, such as Romania, Argentina, Italy and Mexico.

General admission is $30.

For tickets, go to www.royalcanadiancircus.ca. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Red Deer Food Bank and Kids up Front for their associated charities.

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FAREWELL TO A HART-THROB knows. But Hart is certain. He knows, and the Sunglasses at Night singer is closing out his performing career with clear eyes.

“The thing is, Louise knows me — but she doesn’t know me that well,” he said. “When I say, emphatically, that this is goodbye, this is a farewell, this is a full stop as far as me being a live performer, I’ll . . . prove myself right in the years to come.

“She warned me not to say that it’s my last one,” he said, a smile spreading, “but I never really listen when people tell me what to do.”

Indeed, one word that Hart uses to describe himself more than a half-dozen times over the course of this interview is “stubborn.”

As he lays out in the gorgeously illustrated Corey Hart: Chasing the Sun, it’s a quality that allowed him to succeed in the first place.

After graduating his Montreal high school — just barely, he notes — he set off to New York as a teenager uncommonly determined to make it as a singer/songwriter (and only a singer/songwriter, as he’ll explain later), refusing to be deterred by the industry’s initial indifference.

His single-mindedness was understandable given his upbringing. Hart, somehow, always seemed destined for rock stardom, experiencing an atypical flirtation with the industry as early as pre-adolescence.

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COREY HART READY TO SAY GOODBYE WITH RETIREMENT SHOW, MEMOIR

BY NICK PATCH THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — On May 31, Corey Hart will mark his 52nd birthday, he will take the stage at the Bell Centre for a hometown concert that he insists will be his last, and he will release a ceaselessly candid memoir that even his beloved wife has not read in full.

And yet, if the erstwhile teen idol felt burdened under the weight of this pending convergence of major life events, it hardly showed Monday as he sat down in Montreal to discuss the end of a performance career that has spanned more than 30 years. Looking youthful in a snug V-neck coloured the same sky blue as his eyes, wrists and neck bedecked in jewelry — Hart spoke only of how excited he was to begin rehearsals a day later, how his setlist had swelled to 36 songs separated into two acts, and how he savoured the opportunity to finally perform in front of his four children.

In his book, he relays the wisdom of Quebec promoter Louise Laliberte, who warns that a performer should never pronounce a show his or her last because one just never

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BRIEFS Best of Bull Skit Season Six on this week From Alice & Sarah to Geriatric Superheroes and Super Villains — the Best of Bull Skit Season Six is on this week at the Scott Block in downtown Red Deer.

See a new show every night from today to Saturday. Along with different improvisations and sketch comedies, musical guests The Dirrty Show will perform songs about sexuality and fetishes, set to beautiful melodies.

Tonight features up-and-coming cast members from Veal Skit, as well as Bull Skit. On Friday night, you can binge watch three episodes of Shabbey Abbey, while Saturday’s show features Owen Chan and Tara Koett and a superstar jam with Bull Skit members.

Doors open at 7 p.m. There’s a cash bar. The 8 p.m. shows contain mature language and adult themes.

Tickets are available in advance from www.BullSkitComedy.com for $23 ($18 students/seniors) nightly. A threeday comedy pass is $50 and a two-night pass is $35.

The Bull Skit gang is available for parties and staff development exercises by calling Jenna at 403-872-6706.

Central Music Festival calling all music lovers this Saturday “What if we called a meeting and it degenerated into a party?”

With that kind of billing, organizers of the Central Music Festival are hoping to attract a wide range of music lovers on Saturday to The Elks Club at 6315 Horn Street in Red Deer.

Anyone who loves music and wants to see the festival return in summer 2015 is invited to an ideas meeting from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the club. Participants can “share their dreams” about what the festival can become, and volunteers can sign up. There will not be a festival this summer.

The festival supporters can return later that evening for a party and jam session from 8 p.m. (doors open at 7). The Ron Hubbard Band will set the joint jumping until about midnight.

There’s free admission and door prizes, and organizers are calling Central Music Festival Appreciation Day.

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at a Spring Gala Show and Sale this weekend at the Gallery on Main in Lacombe.

More than 500 new paintings will be showcased, as well as pottery, sculptures, stained glass and more from Friday to Sunday. The gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Meet-and-greet receptions will be held Friday and Saturday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. A 7:30 p.m. reading by author Margit DeGraff of her book ...

And He Came Back Alive! will be held on Friday, and music by Uncle John and the Traveler is featured on Saturday.

The same band will entertain at the gallery on Sunday, when a stained glass demo is held by Theresa Potter at 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.thegalleryonmain.com.

Indie folk-rolk duo Zerbin headlines Centrefest fundraiser Zerbin will lead a musical benefit for a good cause on Saturday night.

A fundraiser for Centrefest will feature the Western Canadian duo Zerbin, entertaining along with special guest bands Friends of Foes and Foxjaw at the International Beer Haus and Stage in downtown Red Deer.

Zerbin is made up of Peter Mol and his musical partner Jason Zerbin.

They are former Edmonton high school classmates, who began creating beautiful music together after meeting again as adult musicians.

“We agree on a lot of things and complement each other musically and stylistically,” Mol has stated.

Their indie folk-rock band has played to soldout crowds in Red Deer and is happy to make a return appearance.

The duo released a 2013 five-track EP, Touch, which contains slice-oflife songs the group is getting known for. Mol said the EP’s title track is a straight-ahead rock song, while the tune Lift encourages listeners to “lift your head up and feel good, even when life doesn’t work out as expected.”

Take Your Heart is a tune Jason wrote, said Mol, as a love song to the woman who recently became his wife.

“Our experiences with life tend to creep through into our songs,” added Mol, who still lives in Edmonton.

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The duo both play guitars and all of the other instruments on their recordings, but often hire musicians to accompany them while on tour.

Zerbin’s music has been getting CBC radio play in Edmonton, Toronto

and Victoria, where Jason is now based.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m., with a $15 cover for the Red Deer show. All proceeds will go towards Centrefest. Red Deer’s annual summer street festival.

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Eco-industrial park plans get thumbs-up Strong Q1 for Lonestar West from municipal planning commission

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Proposed regulations for the development of eco-industrial parks in Red Deer received an enthusiastic thumbsup from the city’s municipal planning commission on Wednesday.

Planning Department manager Tara Lodewyk described to the commission how an “eco-industrial park overlay district” would encourage businesses with environmentally sustainable values to locate near each other in affected light industrial areas.

They could use the by-products or waste materials from other businesses in their own operations, develop alternative or renewable energy facilities, and incorporate green design elements in their buildings and sites, she said.

“This really is a great opportunity for businesses and it really is about having those like-minded businesses co-locating and fostering that relation-

ship between each other so that they can nurture and maybe cultivate more environmentally friendly innovation.”

A report presented to the commission said potential benefits for businesses in an eco-industrial park would include getting value for their waste materials and by-products, reducing their dependency on raw materials, sharing services like job-training and warehousing, and the cutting cost of things like waste disposal, transportation and shipping. Broader benefits would be reduced emissions and fewer materials going to the landfill, among others. Among the required design elements would be practical landscaping elements like shading, pedestrianfriendly walkways, parking for fuelefficient vehicles, environmentallysustainable building materials and designs, signage discouraging vehicle idling, and recycling or composting programs.

Other design elements, like stormwater management strategies and re-

newable energy sources, would be encouraged but not made mandatory.

Lodewyk said several communities in Alberta have already developed eco-industrial parks. The City of Red Deer designated two eco-industrial areas in the West QE2 Major Area Structure Plan, which was approved in 2007.

These were subsequently incorporated into two industrial area structure plans for Queens Business Park.

“I cannot speak highly enough of this intiative from a technological perspective,” said Rob Kelham, a citizen representative on the commission.

Coun. Ken Johnston called the proposal a “brilliant piece of work,” and Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said it represented “an important leap” for the city.

The commission voted to recommend to city council that it add the eco-industrial park overlay district to Red Deer’s land use bylaw. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Lonestar West Inc. (TSXV: LSI) has reported a strong first quarter, with revenues and income both up from the same period last year.

The Sylvan Lake-based company, which operates 89 hydrovac and vacuum trucks in Western Canada, California, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, generated $11.5 million in revenues during the three months ended March 31. That was up 31 per cent from the same period in 2013, when revenues were $8.8 million.

Net income for the quarter was $835,000, a 9.5 per cent improvement over the $762,000 earned a year earlier.

“We had a strong first quarter and are pleased with our growth in revenues and EBITDAC (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expense),” said James Horvath, CEO and president of Lonestar West. “We are beginning to see the benefits of our fleet and base expansion and believe that we will see improved economics as critical mass is achieved in our United States operations.”

The company said that subsequent to March 31 it entered into a letter of intent to purchase an oilfield services company in Western Canada. The purchase price is $9.2 million, to be paid through a combination of common shares in Lonestar West, cash and a promissory note. The deal is conditional upon board and regulatory approvals, among other things.

Lonestar recently changed its financial year-end from June 30 to Dec. 31.

The March 31 results are the first quarter reported since the change.

Aging workers starting to impact labour market: RBC BABY BOOMERS

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Shoppers arrive at a Target store in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Target reported quarterly financial results on Wednesday.

Interim CEO says Canadian web store won’t launch this year

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TORONTO — While executives at Target Corp. strategize how to boost sales in Canada, the temporary head of the U.S.-based retailer says those plans won’t include a web store any time soon, even though competitors are stocking up their online arsenals.

“It won’t be this year, no, but it’s definitely on our list of activities,” John Mulligan, the company’s interim CEO said during a media conference call on Wednesday.

“Right now we’re just very focused on improving the operations and getting our sales moving (in) the right direction.”

Massive changes have taken hold at the third-largest retailer in the United States as it works to recover from a massive security breach in the U.S. that hurt its reputation, and a bungled Canadian rollout last year that failed to ignite sales.

Mulligan stepped into the interim CEO role earlier this month after serving as the company’s chief financial officer, following the resignation of Gregg Steinhafel.

He explained that Target Canada is heading back to the drawing board to come up with new competitive strategies, though all of those efforts will be dedicated to bricks and mortar stores for now.

“We recognize that we’ve disappointed Canadian guests,” Mulligan said.

“We think we’re a great retailer. We have not lived up to our potential nor our expectations.”

When Target launched in Canada last year, the company’s priorities focused on catering to Canadian sensibilities while it was unwavering on an ambitious plan to open 127 stores across the country.

At the same time, executives seemed to be missing fundamental problems with the supply chain, which included a faulty inventory management system

that left some shelves bare.

“I’ve been in the stores and I’ve seen them,” Muligan said. “It’s unacceptable.”

Target has declined to say why it struggled to fill store shelves with inventory from its three distribution centres in Milton and Cornwall, Ont., as well as Calgary. This isn’t the first time management reassured customers the problem would be resolved either.

“One of the pillars of retail operations is supplying stores with goods,” said James Smerdon, vice-president of retail consulting at Colliers International.

“The only thing Target had to do was make the first experience of every Canadian shopper entering their stores a good one, and they failed at that in many cases.”

Executives also haven’t recognized some crucial differences between Canadian and American shoppers, one of them being the popularity of online shopping, added Brynn Winegard, a marketing analyst at Winegard and Company.

“Time and time again they seem to be ignoring what’s staring every other retailer in the face,” she said. “If it’s not available on your shelves, at least comfort your patrons with some notion they can get what they’re looking for online.”

Today, shoppers can only browse a limited selection of product images on the Target website as well as access the weekly flyer and coupons, which appear dramatically limited when compared with most other major retailers. Department store Hudson’s Bay (TSX:HBC) redesigned its web store while Canadian Tire (TSX:CTC.A) recently established a platform that lets customers order items online before they pick them up at the store.

Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) CEO Douglas Campbell said a department store’s website should be about more than

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He said that’s why Sears is improving a series of web tools to help customers select appliances that suit their needs.

For example, a questionnaire about buying fridges will ask shoppers about their lifestyle, such as whether they entertain friends at home and if they use a lot of ice.

“Most people, when they shop for major appliances, want to touch and feel it in the store, but the first place that Canadians go is the Internet,” Campbell said. “I know that if I provide you the right tools to select a fridge, you’re going to come and see us in the store.”

Target Canada hopes different strategies will encourage shoppers to give them another chance. The company’s revamped flyer, for example, will emphasize items that keep customers returning to its stores more frequently, like detergent, diapers and groceries.

On Tuesday, Target Corp. announced that Mark Schindele would become leader of the Canadian operations, after previously holding the position of senior vice-president of merchandising operations. He replaced Tony Fisher who was fired from the job. Target is also searching for a Canadian executive to fill a newly created role that will support to the president of Target Canada and advise on the local market.

On Wednesday, Target Corp.’s overall first-quarter profits declined 16 per cent to US$418 million, or 66 cents per share, and the company reduced its annual profit outlook and issued a second-quarter projection that fell short of analysts’ expectations.

In the Canadian division, operating losses increased 3.1 per cent to $211 million as bad weather and weak sales over the Easter season affected results.

Sales grew 357 per cent to $393 million on the back of more store openings, but still missed Wall Street estimates of $432 million.

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OTTAWA — No need to wait any longer for the baby boom retirement shock to hit the economy — it’s already here, according to a new report on trends in Canada’s labour force.

In a fresh analysis on employment, Royal Bank economist Nathan Janzen notes that the steady decline in the so-called participation rate continues even as the unemployment rate drops.

The participation rate, a little reported number that tracks Canadians with jobs and those looking for jobs as a percentage of the working-age population, dipped to 66.1 per cent in the latest employment data for April, down from 66.5 per cent from a year ago and from 67.8 in February 2008.

The working age population is considered anyone over age 15 years, with no upper limit.

It would be easy to jump to the conclusion that the steady decline means tens of thousands of Canadians are becoming too discouraged to look for work and are just dropping out of the work force altogether, says Janzen.

But that would be wrong.

The most likely explanation is that many Canadians are dropping out of the workforce because they are retiring.

And the trend is likely to become more noticeable going forward, Janzen said.

“This has long been expected,” he said, noting that in 2007 Statistics Canada predicted the participation rate could drop to the 58 per cent range by 2013.

“If you are waiting for the participation rate to turn as a sign of labour market strength you are going to be waiting for a long time.”

The best evidence that aging is the critical factor at play is the data on those Canadians who tell Statistics Canada each month that they are “not in the workforce” voluntarily.

From October 2008 to April 2014, that category has risen by more than a million, but most of those — 682,000 — were in the 65 years and older cohort.

As well, factoring out aging finds the participation rate has held relatively steady since the recession’s end.

“This suggest that all of the decline in the Canadian participation rate since the 2008-09 recession can be explained by the aging of the population and a resulting increase in retirements,” the report concludes.

The RBC analysis is good news in the sense that it suggests Canada official unemployment rate of 6.9 per cent is accurately reflecting the health of the labour market — slightly under the 10-year average but still about one percentage point above the pre-recession level.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 106.24 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.15 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.26 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.79 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 17.20 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed higher Wednesday as traders felt reassured about the intentions of the U.S. Federal Reserve on rate hikes and looked to a run of positive earnings reports from the big Canadian banks.

The S&P/TSX composite index ran ahead 124.67 points to 14,649.86. The Canadian dollar was down 0.13 of a cent at 91.62 cents US. New York was also higher as minutes of the Federal Reserve’s late April meeting showed that officials discussed how to eventually tighten monetary policy and move rates away from near zero, where they’ve been since the financial crisis of 2008.

The minutes disclosed that a number of Fed officials said it would be important for the central bank to “communicate still more clearly about the Fed’s policy intentions as the time of the first increase in the federal funds rate moves closer.”

The Dow Jones industrials jumped 158.75 points to 16,533.06, the Nasdaq climbed 34.65 points to 4,131.54 and the S&P 500 index rose 15.2 points to 1,888.03.

Traders also digested mixed news from the retail sector as Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) posted a quarterly net loss of $75.2 million, or 74 cents per share, up from a net loss of $31.2 million, or 31 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue came in at $771.7 million compared with $867.1 million a year ago, impacted by cold weather and store closures.

It shares drifted 10 cents lower to $15.21.

And Target reported that adjusted earnings came in at 70 cents a share, a penny lower than expectations. Revenue of US$17.01 billion was in line with expectations and Target also lowered its outlook and its shares were ahead 59 cents to US$57.20.

The results were released a day after the company replaced the president of its struggling Canadian operations.

Stock markets have been rattled in recent days by retail earnings and outlook disappointments.

But analysts say it’s important to remember that the sector

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.03 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.08 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.66 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.95 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.32 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.02 First Quantum Minerals . 23.04 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.98 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.38 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.77 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.31 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.43 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.20 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 24.71 Energy Aeroflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 35.85 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 69.63 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.29 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 56.82 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.29 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 22.69 Canyon Services Group. 15.92 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.66 CWC Well Services . . . . 1.110 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 25.50 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.49 has had an extremely challenging quarter and that the trend of recent economic data is positive.

“We have gone through a very harsh winter and we have gone through a spring that has not exactly been all that great and so that has had a pretty significant effect on a broad number of companies across the economy,” said Colum McKinley, portfolio manager and vice-president, Canadian Equities, CIBC Asset Management.

“But we really need to look through the short-term dynamics of the effect of the weather and I think it would be too early to read this and interpret the results that we’ve seen as a broader economic slowdown.”

Financials were a major gainer, up one per cent a day before the big Canadian banks start to release quarterly earnings results. Analysts are expecting another solid if unspectacular quarter.

“I think this is going to be a bit of a Goldilocks quarter for the banks, not too hot, not too cold,” added McKinley.

On the commodity markets, the energy sector was ahead 1.47 per cent, while July crude in New York gained $1.74 to US$104.07 a barrel.

The base metals sector was up 0.71 per cent as July copper dipped two cents to US$3.12 a pound.

The gold sector was ahead almost 0.5 per cent as June bullion faded $6.50 to US$1,288.10 an ounce.

In other corporate developments, shares in Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) fell four cents or 1.02 per cent on heavy volume of 17.4 million shares amid new uncertainty for its CSeries aircraft.

Its largest customer, Republic Airways, is weighing options for the plane, which no longer fits into its operating model.

Republic says it is deciding how to best deploy the firm order for 40 CS300 aircraft and hasn’t decided to cancel. Bombardier insists the order is “intact.”

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 102.03 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 63.17 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.37 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 36.47 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 53.71 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.97 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.11 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.120 Precision Drilling Corp . . 13.70 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 42.51 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.56 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.84 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 11.36 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 72.06 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.25 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 67.59 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.38 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 36.84 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.32 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 29.98 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 52.49 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.61 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.16 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.90 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.05 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 74.29 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.05 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.90 — 14,649.86, up 124.67 points TSX Venture Exchange — 974.11, up 3.96 points TSX 60 — 839.65, up 7.52 points Dow — 16,533.06, up 158.75 points S&P 500 — 1,888.03, up 15.20 points Nasdaq — 4,131.54, up 34.65 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.62 cents US, down 0.13 of a cent Pound — C$1.8449, up 0.95 of a cent Euro — C$1.4939, up 0.07 of a cent Euro — US$1.3686, down 0.14 of a cent

HALIFAX — The use of temporary foreign workers tripled in Atlantic Canada between 2005 and 2012, says a new report that warns changes to the controversial program could make it more difficult for businesses to use it.

The report by the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council said the number of foreign workers in the region rose to 10,913 in 2012 from 3,499 on Dec. 1, 2005.

David Chaundy, a senior economist with the think-tank, said Wednesday he attributes the increase to continued outmigration and a declining labour pool in rural areas that have lost manufacturing jobs.

“I think employers are finding it increasingly difficult to find some of the workers with the skills they need in Canada,” he said. “That’s why they’ve turned to use this program to a greater extent than they have in the past.”

He added that 56 per cent of temporary foreign workers are employed in rural areas outside the six largest provincial centres, which contrasts to the 20 per cent of immigrants who live outside urban centres.

Still, Chaundy says temporary foreign workers account for a small percentage of the overall labour force in the area.

In 2012, temporary foreign workers represented one per cent of total employment in the Atlantic region, compared with 1.9 per cent nationally, he

U.S. tightens pollution rules

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Oil futures: US$104.07 per barrel, up $1.74 (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,288.10 per oz., down $6.50 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.973 oz., down 1.6 cents $706.43 kg., down 52 cents ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’14 $4.30 higher $493.70; Nov. ’14 $3.70 higher $491.00; Jan ’15 $3.90 higher $495.10; March ’15 $3.40 higher $496.40; May ’15 $3.10 higher $497.50; July ’15 $2.50 higher $497.90; Nov ’15 $1.60 higher $492.00; Jan. ’16 $1.60 higher $486.00; March ’16 $0.90 higher $489.50; May ’16 $0.90 higher $489.50; July ’16 $0.90 higher $489.50.

Barley (Western): July ’14 unchanged $150.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $150.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $152.00; March ’15 unchanged $153.00; May ’15 unchanged $153.00; July ’15 unchanged $153.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $153.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $153.00; March ’16 unchanged $153.00; May ’16 unchanged $153.00; July ’16 unchanged $153.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 275,720 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 275,720.

Use of TFWs in Atlantic tripled over seven-year period

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Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont. The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce power plant pollution that contributes to unhealthy air in neighbouring states.

said.

The council said the largest increases were in lower-paying, lower-skill occupations, such as fish plant and food service workers. Chaundy said that’s likely due to changes made in 2002 that allowed the program to be used for lower skilled jobs.

The report said the number of temporary foreign workers employed in fish plants in Atlantic Canada grew from five in 2005 to 960 in 2012, with 90 per cent of them working in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Chaundy also said the federal temporary foreign worker program continues to be an important tool for the recruitment of managerial, professional or specialized technical workers needed for short-term work.

But that might become more difficult if the federal government alters the program significantly, he said, following allegations of abuse by companies that fired Canadian employees in favour of cheaper foreign workers.

Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced a moratorium on hiring new temporary foreign workers in the food service industry last month and new rule changes are expected soon.

The temporary foreign worker program has ballooned under the Conservatives.

As many as 338,000 temporary workers are employed across the country, up from about 100,000 people in 2002.

In 2013 alone, Ottawa approved about 240,000 temporary foreign workers.

NEW YORK — Electricity prices are probably on their way up across much of the U.S. as coal-fired plants, the dominant source of cheap power, shut down in response to environmental regulations and economic forces.

New and tighter pollution rules and tough competition from cleaner sources such as natural gas, wind and solar will lead to the closings of dozens of coal-burning plants across 20 states over the next three years. And many of those that stay open will need expensive retrofits.

Because of these and other factors, the Energy Department predicts retail power prices will rise 4 per cent on average this year, the biggest increase since 2008. By 2020, prices are expected to climb an additional 13 per cent, a forecast that does not include the costs of coming environmental rules.

The Obama administration, state governments and industry are struggling to balance this push for a cleaner environment with the need to keep the grid reliable and prevent prices from rocketing too much higher.

“We’re facing a set of questions that are new to the industry,” says Clair Moeller, who oversees transmission and technology for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, which co-ordinates much of the electric grid between Minnesota and Louisiana.

Coal is the workhorse of the U.S. power system. It is used to produce 40 per cent of the nation’s electricity, more than any other fuel. Because it is cheap and abundant and can be stored on power plant grounds, it helps keep prices stable and power flowing even when demand spikes.

Natural gas, which accounts for 26 per cent of the nation’s electricity, has dropped in price and become more plentiful because of the fracking boom.

But its price is on the rise again, and it is still generally more expensive to produce electricity with gas than with coal. Also, gas isn’t stored at power plants because the cost is prohibitive.

That means it is subject to shortages and soaring prices.

During the brutally cold and snowy winter that just ended, utilities in several states struggled to secure natural gas because so much was also needed to heat homes.

Ritz wants Mexico to retaliate against U.S. meat-labelling rules

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is urging his Mexican counterpart to come up with retaliatory measures against meat-labelling requirements imposed by the United States.

Ritz says country-of-origin labelling, also known as COOL, is costing the North American meat industry billions of dollars.

He made the comments after meeting with Mexican Agriculture Secretary Enrique Martinez and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Mexico City this week.

“I reminded Secretary Vilsack that Canada is preparing to implement re-

taliatory measures once authorized by the WTO (World Trade Organization),” Ritz said in a conference call Wednesday.

“I made it very clear that Canada will not blink on this issue.”

Ritz said the list of measures has caught U.S. attention and he wants Mexico to “keep up the pressure.”

The agriculture minister said legislation prevents Mexican officials from going public with retaliatory measures until a ruling comes from the WTO. But he suggested that even talking about having a comprehensive list could help with public opinion in the United States.

Ritz said his discussion with Vilsack was candid, although nothing new came out of it.

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ROYAL CANADIAN CIRCUS

1:30 p.m. Admission by donation. Phone 403346-4043. ● Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP) sponsored by the Canadian Red Cross lends health equipment to the public.

As well, volunteer opportunities are available for individuals providing customer service, assisting with data entry, organization and inventory control. Donations are also welcome. Call Yvonne at 403-346-1241 or email yvonne.bauer@redcross.ca, if you wish to volunteer, or to inquire about donations, or use equipment.

Saturday

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The circus is coming to town! For three days this weekend, the Royal Canadian Circus will perform under the big top at Westerner Park.

The first show goes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 23. Three shows on Saturday are at noon, 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and the two shows on Sunday are at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets for all shows are available at www.royalcanadiancircus.ca.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Canadian Ski Patrol Red Deer Zone Annual Garage Sale Fundraiser on May 23 from 3 to 7 p.m. and May 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 8 Archibald Cres. Funds will go towards first aid supplies and equipment to be used by the volunteer ski patrol. Contact Joelle at 403-304-7980 or skipatrol.rd@gmail. com. ● May Spring Gala Anniversary Show and Sale at Gallery on Main in Lacombe will be celebrated on May 23 to 25. Over 500 new paintings, as well as pottery, sculptures, stained glass and more. There will be a meet and greet on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., with hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and a reading

by Margit DeGraff from her book And He Came back Alive! at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, hours will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a meet and greet from 5 to 8 p.m. with music

by Uncle John and the Traveler. On Sunday, hours are noon to 5 p.m. and more music by Uncle John and the Traveler, and a stained glass demonstration by Theresa Potter at 1 p.m. See www.thegalleryonmain.com ● Senior Citizens Downtown House has several upcoming events, regular card games and tournaments and special tournaments: 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on May 26. Games cost $3. Tournaments cost $6. There will also be a Bone-in Ham supper on May 23 at 5:30 p.m., for a cost of $15. Karaoke Night will be held on May 24,

● 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. ● 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 403638-6563, or Murray at 403-357-8022. ● 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. ● 25th Red Deer Scouts Silent Auction and Barbecue will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church on May 24 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Enjoy a hamburger, play in the bouncy house, bid on silent auction items including golf packages, toys, gift certificates, attraction passes and much more. Silent auction bidding closes at 6:30 p.m. Barbecue tickets cost $5 and are available at the door. Contact Leslie at 403986-4950, or Jeanette at 403-346-6311. ● Delburne United Church Bake and Plant Sale will be offered on May 24 at the church hall, starting at 10 a.m. until sold out.

Phone 403-749-2083. ● Four Purina Walks for Guide Dogs are coming up soon. Alix Purina Walk for Dogs Guides takes place on May 24 at Alix Lions Den beginning at 10 a.m. Spruce View and District Lions Club Purina Walk for Dog Guides will be held on May 25 at Double Tree Village. Registration at 10:30 a.m. with the walk at 11:30 a.m. A free lunch at noon will follow. Pledge forms for the walk are available from all Lions Club members, Spruce View Coop, or by phoning 403-728-0008. Sylvan Lake Purina Walk for Dog Guides will also be on May 25, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Sylvan Lake Dog Park. The Ponoka Lions Club is also hosting a walk on May 25 with registration at 10 a.m. and the walk at 10:30 a.m. starting at Centennial Park. For the Ponoka walk, contact Dixie at 403-704-0304. For all, see www.purinawalkfordogguides.com. ● Philippine Canadian Association of Red Deer and District Swing to Spring Dance 2014 will take place on May 24 at Festival Hall. Music by Randy Hillman. Dance at 7:30 p.m. Snack at 10 p.m. Semi formal attire. Cash bar. Admission is $20 per person.

Tickets available from T. Leslie at 403-8776334, or J. Compton at 403-350-1350. ● Spring on the Farm at Sunnybrook Farm Museum will be celebrated on May 24 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting with a pancake breakfast for a cost of $5 for adults, $3 for children, garage sale, home-made cookie walk, antique car rally, an opportunity to meet the animals who will live at the farm for the summer and many more activities. Contact 403-340-3511, or sbfs@shaw.ca. ● 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 24 session is called Making Multiples. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-3098405. Free with admission. ● Ponoka Senior Drop-In Centre jam sessions are held Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m.

The final jam session for the season will be held on May 24 and resume in Sept. Lots of dancing. Admission is $2 at the door and includes refreshments and snack. Please bring snacks. Phone Linda at 403-783-8461. ● Central Alberta May Species Count will take stock of all birds, flowers, mammals, butterflies, amphibians on May 24 and 25.

Registration is required. Call Judy at 403342-4150. Potluck supper at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on May 25. ● Norwegian Laft Hus offers rosemaling painting class on May 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a cost of $50. Please bring a cookie jar or other tall glass jar to paint. Contact norwegianlafthus@gmail.com or 403-347-2055. ● London Drugs and Red Deer RCMP are offering a prescription drug round-up, May 24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. London Drugs is also offering a free hard drive wipe on May 24 during the same time. ● Knights of Columbus Garage Sale goes on May 24, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the south parking lot at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Sunday ● Freedom Seekers in concert at Gaetz Memorial United Church, May 25, 2:30 p.m.

Cost is $15 per person and free for those under 12 years. Enjoy a variety of music with family and friends. A percentage of the proceeds will go to Gaetz Kids programs and Youth Scholarship Fund.

Monday ● Red Deer River Naturalists — Monday Bird Focus meets Monday at noon at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre to depart on excursions in central Alberta. Dates and destinations are: May 26 — Dry Island Buffalo Jump. Come prepared for a full afternoon of birding. Bring along lunch, snacks, coffee, and dress for the weather. Be prepared to carpool. To join in, contact Judy at 403-3424150.

● Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month from Jan. to Nov. at 7 p.m. in St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall. Please use the back door. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more. Call Davina at 403-598-9481. ● Bower Community Association has several upcoming events. Bike Clinic will go on May 26 from 7 to 8 p.m. and will show how to care for and tune up your bike. Contact Jesse at 403-877-1436. Bower Community Membership Drive will be held on June 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. for a cost of $5 per family. Come enjoy free coffee and goodies. Contact Laura at 403-343-6136, Ray at 403-343-3343-2115, or Viggo at 403-340-3494. Car Clinic will show care and maintenance of automobiles on June 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. Contact Jesse at 403-877-1436. All events free except membership and take place at Bower Hall. ● Red Deer Legion Branch #35 year round events: carpet bowling on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; Singles Bridge on Thursdays at 1 p.m. (all levels welcome, including beginners); Cribbage on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.; Euchre on Thursdays with registration at 6 p.m. and games at 7 p.m., $3, contact Kate at 403-986-2666, and Texas Hold ‘Em on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.; meat draws on Fridays at 5 p.m., and Saturdays at 4 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre card games are played on the following days during the summer: Canasta — Mondays at 1 p.m., Singles Bridge — Wednesdays year round at 1 p.m., $2; Partner Bridge — second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m., $3; Euchre — first and third Friday of each month at 1 p.m., $2 and Scrabble on Fridays at 1 p.m., $1. For more information on cards please call Diane at 403-343-6074. ● Habitat for Humanity ReStore welcomes reusable building materials, furniture, appliances and much more an is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 4732 78A St. Phone 403-309-6080. ● Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library offers Preschool Storytime for children ages three to five years on Mondays from 10 to 10:45 a.m., and Toddler Play and Learn on Tuesdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. for parents and caregivers with their toddlers.

Both are drop-in programs. No registration is required. For details, phone 403-341-3822.

Tuesday ● Red Deer Celiac Support Group is promoting May as Celiac Awareness Month.

The group will have 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 403-3414351 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. The Red Deer support group meets on the third Tuesday of every month. See www.celiac.ca, or contact Fay at 403-347-3248, or Clarice at 403-3414351 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 presents Growing Heirloom Tomatoes with Karen Olivier on May 27, at 7 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre in the County Room. Annual membership available for $15. The first visit is free. Phone Pamela at 403-782-5061 or email pamela.d.neumann@ gmail.com. ● St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School presents Glee Clubs musical performance, May 27 at Red Deer Memorial Centre, with show times at 1 and 7 p.m. Cost is $10 per ticket from the school and the Memorial Centre. See www.stthomas.rdcrs.ca ● Bower Place Community Association seniors’ coffee and card parties are held on the last Tuesday of each month at Bower Kin Place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Join the fun on May 27. Call Marlene at 403-343-0632.

Wednesday ● Living Stones Church seniors monthly luncheon will be offered on May 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

Enjoy the Sounds of Grace Quartet. The cost is $8 per person at the door. Phone 403-3477311. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Badlanders II is on May 28 at 7 p.m.

Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

Thursday ● 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 ● Cultural Cafe on May 29 explores Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery to view the exhibits and enjoy refreshments. Speakers who initially came to Canada under refugee status are being sought for a World Refugee Day Table Talk event in June. Call 403-346-8818 or see www.immigrant-centre.ca. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, May 29, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Shades Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403-2463896. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on May 29 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for a six km hike at Alix Lake. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Bring lunch. Phone Mavis at 403343-0091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497.

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REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on May 28 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 301 5008 Ross St. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer. This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access basic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430-314-9129, see www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@communitylegalclinic.net. ● Tree House Youth Theatre will perform Sweeny Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, on May 29, 30 and 31, 7:30 p.m. at the Scott Block Theatre. Performances will also be offered on June 6, 7 and 8. Tickets, $20 are available through www.treehousetyouththeatre.ca or call at 403-9860631. ● Red Deer and District SPCA Garage Sale will be held May 30 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., May 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and June 1 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pidherney Curling Centre.

Drop off your clean, used goods from at the west door May 10 to 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A 50/50 draw will also be held at the end of the garage sale, with tickets available in advance at the SPCA during business hours, and at Real Canadian Superstore and Walmart on weekends in May. For more information visit www.reddeerspca.com or contact Lisa at development@redddeerspca.com, 403-342-7722 ext. 207. ● Lincoln Hall Annual Spring Barbecue and Cabaret will be celebrated on May 31. Supper from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Dance with The Spy Hill House Band from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Advance tickets only until May 28 for $45. Contact Kathy at 403-782-4194. ● Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life will take place at CrossRoads Church starting 7 p.m. on June 13 continuing to 7 a.m. June 14. Teams, volunteers, pledges welcome.

Contact Nancy Kumm, 403-309-5432, reddeer.relayforlife@ cancer.ab.ca ● Memorial Society of Red Deer and District offers information on funeral options. An annual membership costs $25 and can be transferred to other societies in North America at little or no cost. To purchase a membership, or find out more, phone 403-340-3898 go to www.memorialsocietyrd.ca, or email to info@memorialsocietyrd.ca. ● 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

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contact Gloria at 403-746-5494. For general inquiries, contact Karen at 403-746-3775. ● Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories Investors Group Memory Walk will take place June 21 starting at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. Registration begins at 4 p.m. with the walk at 5 p.m. Entertainment Odd Lot Prop Troupe, face painting by Main Artery Design, dance to live music, magic with Ryan Hawley, free barbecue, and water.

To register, go to www.alzheimer.ab.ca or call 403-342-0448.

Early registration accepted until June. 1 ● Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of Sunnybrook United Church will be held on June 14, 7 p.m. with a special program in the Sanctuary with refreshments to follow, and on June 15, 10 a.m. for Worship Service with guest speaker Rev. Stewart Hewlett with birthday cake to follow. Contact 403-3476073 or office@sunnybrook.org. ● National Aboriginal Day 2014 events are approaching.

Red Deer Native Friendship Centre Open House and Walk for Friendship and youth fundraiser will be held on June 16. National Aboriginal Day Celebrations at Iron Ridge Junior Campus in Blackfalds will take place on June 21 with tipi raising at dawn, prayers, reading of Proclamation at 1 p.m., with honour song, displays, games, cake until 6 p.m. On June 24, take in Jean Baptiste Day: An Aboriginal Honouring, at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. Take in culture and dessert night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and find out winners of Red Deer Native Friendship Centre Annual Turtle Awards. Grand Entry at 6:30 p.m. followed by music, dancing and picnic and more.

Multicultural Day will be held on June 27, and Canada Day Celebrations community gathering at Bower Ponds will be on July 1. ● Vacation Bible School at First Christian Reformed Church will be offered July 7 to 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. for children four years of age to those entering Grade 6.

The theme is Son Treasure Island. Activities include Bible stories, games, crafts, singing, puppet plays. For information, call 403-346-5659. Preregister online at http://firstchristianreddeer. org/ or on the first morning of vacation Bible School. ● Sunnybrook Farm Museum welcomes nominations for The Golden Furrow Award which recognizes an individual or family who made significant contribution to the rural community. The award is meant to recognize an original pioneer who moved to the region between 1880 and 1930 and his or her direct descendants. The family must have remained in Alberta and some family members must still be active in the agricultural community. See www.sunnybrookfarmmuseum. ca. Nomination deadline is July 1. Contact sbfs@shaw.ca or 403-340-3511. ● Heritage Lanes is offering free bowling for kids in partnership with The Kids Bowl Free Summer Bowling Program.

Families that register at KidsBowlFree.com will receive coupons valid for two free bowling games each day sent to their email address every Sunday morning until Aug. 31. Contact Shelby at 403-309-6387, Htglanes@telus.net. ● Magdalene House Society Freedom Walk 2014 will take place June 14 for a 10 km walk starting at Knights of Columbus Hall, 5579 47 St. at 9 a.m., and will continue along

Red Deer River and through Bower Ponds with the walk starting at 9:30 a.m. Register online at www.magdalenehouse. ca, or at Magdalene House fair trade store in Towne Centre Mall. The cost is $25 including a T-shirt, coffee and muffins at registration, snacks along the way, and lunch afterwards. For information call 587-273-4324 or Doug (evenings) at 403-7821860. Funds will support a safe house for individuals exploited by human trafficking. ● Marlin Styner Memorial Golf Classic in support of Canadian Paraplegic Association will be held at River Bend Golf and Recreation Area on Aug. 15. There will be a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Sponsorship and team opportunities available.

Contact 403-341-5060, or doug.manderville@cpa-ab.org. ● The Outreach Centre — Women’s Outreach Thirtieth Birthday Celebration will be held on June 12 at Sheraton Red Deer and features dinner, silent auction, and raffle. Tickets are available at the Outreach Centre and cost $125 each or $1,000 for a table of eight. Contact darcy@womensoutreach.ca, or 403-347-2480. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre is organizing a bus trip to Rosebud Dinner Theatre to see Chickens on July 10. The cost is $80 for Golden circle members, and $105 for non-members and includes transportation, dinner buffet and theatre. Please register at the front desk. The Golden Circle is also having a garage sale on July 3 and 4. Table rental is $20 per table. For garage sale table rentals, phone 403-343-6074. ● Rimbey and District Old Timers’ Annual Reunion will be celebrated on June 21 at Peter Lougheed Community Centre (formerly Rimbey Community Centre). Doors open at noon. Light lunch 12:30 to 2 p.m. Registration fee is $10 and includes lunch. Short program at 2 p.m. featuring the Class of 1964 and recognizing the Donnelly and Van Humbeck pioneer families. Door prizes. Pork tenderloin supper at 5:30 p.m. followed by dance with Elmer and Friends for a cost of $15.

Pancake breakfast at Pas-Ka-Poo Park on June 22 from 7:30 to 11 a.m. for $7. Contact 403-843-6893, or 403-843-6497, or rimbeyoldtimers@yahoo.ca. ● Volunteers wanted for Annual Bower Place Shopping Centre Pancake Breakfast taking place July 12 at Hudson’s Bay parking lot from 8 to 11 a.m. Must be willing to have fun, meet people and help raise money for Red Deer Regional Hospital. Prizes for teams who raise the most money and more. To enter a team, contact Mary at 403-342-5240 or mkitzan@bentallkennedy.com. Live performance by Beverly Mahood. ● Yoga Alliance of Red Deer (YARD) Summer Unlimited Session registration is now open. Classes run June 2 to Aug. 22. Visit www.reddeeryoga.ca, phone 403-350-5830 or email info@reddeeryoga.ca. ● Lacombe Rotary Club Annual Lobster Dinner will be served on May 30 at Lacombe Memorial Centre. Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. Dinner from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Silent and live auctions will be held, as well as entertainment by Jack Sparrow also know as Gery Schubert. Tickets cost $75 per person from members, Lacombe Signmasters, Garth Pol CGA, and tables of eight may be reserved. See www.lacomberotary.ca.

Otherwise, he doesn’t seem to carry many regrets.

His insistence upon performing only his own songs did cost him some hits — he notes casually that he had the opportunity to record Danger Zone for the Top Gun soundtrack but passed, thus allowing Kenny Loggins to take it to No. 2 instead — but such “foolish career decisions” were made so he could stick to a “certain artistic template.”

“Being true to yourself, in the end, is important,” he said.

He abided by the same ethos in writing Chasing the Sun an unflinchingly revealing document of Hart’s life and career.

One harrowing section involves Hart’s relationship with his late father, an emotionally withholding man with an insatiable appetite for hard drugs and prostitutes, who died early last decade.

In one wrenching tale, Hart writes of his father dispatching his young son to a sleazy Montreal bar in search of a cocaine fix, a huge wad of American cash clutched in his sweaty palm. Another disturbing passage documents the time his dad hired a sex worker to take the then-14-year-old Hart’s virginity, and the way the teen — unable to go through with the act — was left humiliated.

“Sometimes the truth is painful,” Hart said now.

“When I wrote about my dad, I felt good when I ended the chapter because I didn’t know where it was going to go. But the last line of that chapter in the book . . . it was hopeful and it was reconciliation, and it wasn’t toxic or angry. That’s a good feeling to have.”

In fact, the most difficult topic for Hart to broach was the back condition that led to the “darkest period of his life” between 2005 and ’10. The two large cervical herniated discs he suffered led to “inexplicable, never-ending physical pain” and dozens of medical procedures and tests, which he dutifully documents in his book.

Fearlessly, Hart also reproduces tormented scribblings he left for himself — including phrases like “I am dying!!” and “Never Surrender is a lie!” — and probes the dark thoughts that led him to a gun shop in Delray Beach, Fla., “eye sockets blood-stained,” before he came to his senses and stumbled out the door.

He makes it clear in his memoir that he will not discuss that period of “ceaseless torment” publicly.

Asked if his health is OK now, he responds: “There is no simple answer to your question.”

“My greatest ‘to be or not to be’ was do I write about that or not,” he said. “I wrote it because I felt

not writing it . . . would really not explain me properly.”

The book doesn’t, however, include any musicindustry dirt, and not because Hart — blessed with a memory as clear and sharp as a knife’s edge — didn’t witness any grime.

“That’s why it’s not a HarperCollins or Random House or Penguin (release),” said Hart, who will sell the book through his website. “Trust me, I got a lot of dirt. ... But to me it would have been just disrespectful and hurtful to a lot of people.”

A more pleasant topic for Hart is his relationship with Quebec singer Julie Masse, whom he met at the 1993 Juno Awards. Hart and Masse were both married, but as he put it Monday, “the love and the power of the emotions that I experienced when I met her and her for me, there was just no alternative than to be together.”

After three weeks of dating, she was pregnant.

Now, they have four children — 18-year-old India, 16-year-old Dante, 14-year-old River and 10-year-old Rain — and Hart has their names tattooed around his right bicep. Masse gave up a promising singing career and Hart retreated from the spotlight so they could raise their children together (mostly in the Bahamas), and it’s a decision he doesn’t regret.

“We don’t have nannies and our jobs don’t allow us to be with the kids the way we want,” he said.

“For us, it was impossible.”

And so it is that he will close out his career with one final show. The enthusiastic reception for the final gig has been validating for Hart, an uncommonly sincere sort in an industry reliant at least to some degree on artifice. Fans, he notes, aren’t coming because they want to see a guy who “looks cool in shades” or looked “cute in a video,” but because the music he wrote “resonated with them.”

Having been in the industry since adolescence, he knows that a successful gig in Montreal will prompt interest from promoters in other cities — and, he notes, he has four kids to put through school. But the same stubbornness that dictated the flow of his career, for better or worse, kicks in when asked how he knows that May 31 will mark his definitive exit from the industry.

“One feels special and always felt right. One night,” he said. “Even if it’s 50 songs and I’m bleeding by the time I leave the stage, bloody and battered, that’s (what) makes it special. To me, it makes it special.

“I want my fans to have something special. And once is special.”

He sang to tape with Paul Anka in Las Vegas at 11, brushed shoulders with Christopher Cross at 18 and recorded a demo with Billy Joel’s band a year later.

Guitar legend Eric Clapton plays Dobro on Hart’s debut, First Offense,” released before the singer had even turned 20.

Beside featuring the ice-cold synth vamp Sunglasses at Night — a career-cementing No. 7 hit in the U.S., with a video as durably appealing as the RayBans he memorably sports — the record includes another Top 20 American hit in the tender ballad It Ain’t Enough.

Listening back now, it’s an undeniably ’80s affair, from the ribbons of lonely alley saxophone threaded throughout, to the Lite-Brite keys and ever-present chorus of backup vocals. But off-trend production flourishes aside, the record is also notable for the fledgling singer’s wildly impassioned vocals and the fact that a teenaged Hart composed all 10 tracks, already firmly intent on real lyrical depth.

As he reveals in his memoir, Peruvian Lady was written about the drug addiction that had claimed his father and sister, The World is Fire was inspired by the night Hart learned of his dad’s infidelity and Jenny Fey documented the depression that enveloped his mother afterward.

Still, most of the press focused on Hart’s appearance, an element the singer reluctantly exploited early on — the cover of First Offense was redesigned for the U.S. with Hart’s top shirt buttons popped open and his pinup-worthy brooding pout dragged to the fore — before growing frustrated by his pop-puff dismissal by music critics.

“I did obviously feel that when I was in my 20s, no one even bothered to notice or make light of the fact that I was a singer/songwriter and that I wrote all my songs and that I didn’t co-write my songs. I was a purist in the fact that all my words and music were from me,” he said Monday.

“I didn’t think that critics really took my work seriously or bothered to delve a little deeper into what I was writing. But I don’t hold any animosity or any anger towards it.

They may have delved deeper into it and not liked it at all. So maybe I got lucky, you know?”

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LIDSTER Thelma 1943 - 2014 Mrs. Thelma Janette Lidster, beloved wife of Mr. Robert Lidster of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the age of 70 years. Thelma was born on July 17, 1943 at Sexsmith, Alberta.

She was united in marriage to Robert Lidster on September 24, 1966 and the couple had two beautiful children. Thelma was a very loving wife and a devoted mother.

Her family was her pride and joy. As a homemaker, Thelma loved to bake fresh bread and buns to the delight of her family. She loved to crochet and made beautiful handiwork; and also enjoyed doing puzzles. Thelma’s loving and caring heart was evident to all, in the twenty-three years she spent helping and working with the elderly at the Sutherland Nursing Home in Peace River, Alberta. She and Bob owned and operated the Concession in the Peace River Bingo Hall for thirteen years.

Her favorite Holiday of the year was Christmas. Family, grandchildren, great grandchildren and Christmas Presents brought memories of joy, laughter and love! Thelma adored her grandchildren and great grandchildren and cherished the years of happiness and times spent watching them growing up; going to hockey games and figure skating; doing the things they loved together; and seeing her granddaughters get married and have their babies. She loved her Toronto Maple Leafs. She was passionate about watching all their games and wore her Hockey Jersey proudly. Thelma took great pride in her Collection of Leafs Memorabilia for her favorite team. Our Thelma will be very sadly missed but lovingly remembered and forever cherished in the hearts of her family and many dear friends. Thelma leaves to mourn her loss, her loving husband, Robert Lidster of Red Deer, daughter, Tracy (James) Pratt of Red Deer and son, Troy (Wendy) Lidster of Calgary; her grand-children, Amanda (Josh) Buzzell, Kayla Lidster, Brittanie (Matthew) Kennedy and Jordan (Kristina) Pratt; and her great grandchildren, Jonah and Sawyer Buzzell and Payton and Brynnlee Kennedy and a new baby due in October. She will also be sadly missed by her sisters, Dorothy Chapman of Calgary, Liz King (Gary Stanwick) of Wetaskiwin and Ethel (Angus) Scott of Zama City, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Thelma was predeceased by her parents, Roy and Mary White, a brother, Gilbert and a sister, May Hartwick. A Celebration of Thelma’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. In place of flowers, Memorial Donations in Thelma’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at: www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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PARSONAGE It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Duane Gordon Parsonage, well known cattleman on May 14, 2014 at the age of 58 years.

Duane is survived by his wife Corrine, mother Arlane and sister Kathi (Jim). He also leaves to mourn his son Codi Bozarth (Sherri), grandchildren Davin, Colin and Layla.

Duane is also survived by nephews Scott and Thomas Jaroszuk and Corrine’s numerous nieces and nephews. Duane was predeceased by his brother Kim and father Gordon.

A memorial tribute will be held at the Innisfail Arena on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Red Deer SPCA or to the Red Deer Hospice.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

COOK Bruce 1953 - 2014 It is with great sadness that the family of Mr. Bruce J. Cook announces his passing, after a brief struggle with cancer, at Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, May 19, 2014 at the age of 61 years. Bruce was born on April 20, 1953 at Edmonton, Alberta. He led a full life that touched many people. Family and friends were his foundation. He was actively involved in the Construction Industry for the past forty years, where he made many good friends.

Bruce will be sadly missed by his loving wife, Vanessa; sons, Maxwell (Jessica), Spencer (Jen) of Red Deer, daughter, Brianna (James) of Okotoks, Alberta and his four grandchildren, Triston, Jacob, Alicia and Elliot.

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count.

It’s the life in your years.”

A Celebration of Bruce’s Life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch No. 35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Bruce’s honor may be made directly to The Lending Cupboard of Alberta, Red Deer Branch, 5406C 43 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1C9. Phone (403) 356-1678 or email lendingcupboard@shaw.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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NICKS Twyla Dawn 1979 - 2014 Twyla Dawn Nicks of Red Deer, Alberta passed away unexpectedly at Red Deer at the age of 34 years. Twyla was born on November 11, 1979 at Red Deer and was raised in Lacombe, Alberta.

During her younger years, she enjoyed playing Ringette.

Recently, Twyla was attending the Academy of Learning Career College and was studying to be a Medical Office Administrator.

Twyla also had a passion for Interior Decorating. She had an artistic talent and was working on writing a Children’s Book. Twyla will be deeply missed by all who loved and knew her. Twyla will be lovingly remembered by her parents, Skip and Irene Nicks of Red Deer, her two sons, Trenton of Calgary, Alberta and Camden of Lloydminster, Alberta and a daughter, Shaylyn, also of Lloydminster. She will also be sadly missed by two brothers, Gabe (Sharal) of Calgary, Alberta and Scott (Kristine) of Sylvan Lake, Alberta and her grandmother, Esther Nicks of Red Deer. A Celebration of Twyla’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Twyla’s honor may be made directly to the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada at www.childrenswish.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Obituaries KNISELY Marion J. 1925 - 2014 Mrs. Marion Jacqueline Knisely of Red Deer, Alberta, formerly of Comox, British Columbia, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at the age of 88 years. Marion was born on July 2, 1925 at North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

She was raised in Wilkie, Saskatchewan and later went on to join the Royal Canadian Navy; where she served her Country as a Wren. Marion was also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary, as well as a member of the Rebekah’s Lodge.

Marion will be lovingly remembered by her seven sons, Doug (Doreen) of Red Deer, Andrew (Patty) of Surrey, British Columbia, Ian (Ingrid) of Brampton, Ontario, James of Peace River, Alberta, Bill (Donnelda) and David (Patti), all of Red Deer and Dean (Kathy) of North Battleford, Saskatchewan; her five daughters, Barbara of Edmonton, Alberta, Edith (Duane) of Kelowna, British Columbia, Anna (Alan) of Lethbridge, Alberta, Wilma (Tony) of Red Deer and Cheryl (Jason) of Kelowna, British Columbia, twenty-eight grandchildren, thirty-four great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. She will also be sadly missed by her sisters, Jean Totland, Helen Graham and Judy Seaman.

Marion was predeceased by her husband, Donald, daughter-in-law, Barb Knisely, three grandchildren, Andrea, Jason and Chad and two sisters, Betty Hebert and Peggy Kaduhr. A Memorial Service in Marion’s honor will be held at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. A Private Family Interment will take place at Wilkie, Saskatchewan at a later date. If desired, Memorial Donations in Marion’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca or to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, Unit 32 Palliative Care, 3942 - 50A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4E7 or at www.rdrhfoundation.com/donate-now Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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Announcements Daily Classifieds 309-3300 van der Berg André Dirk Sept. 11, 1990 - May 16, 2014 André van der Berg, of Red Deer, formerly of South Africa, passed away suddenly at the age of 23 on May 16, 2014.

He will be deeply missed by his parents, Dirk and Aletta; sister Estie; family in South Africa and friends. Memorial service will be held at First CRC, 16 McVicar Street, Red Deer at 12:00 p.m. on May 26, 2014. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the SPCA.

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KRIKKE On Friday, May 16, 2014, Hendrik (Henk) Krikke passed away in his sleep. Henk was predeceased by his parents, Martin and Winnie Krikke, and his brother Nick. He is survived by his brothers Bert (Lillian) and Eldon (Margaret); sisters Margaret (Charles) Webber and Annette (Paul) Forand; and many nieces and nephews. Henk was born on August 30, 1947, to his loving parents in Andijk, the Netherlands. The third of six children, Henk immigrated to Canada with his family in 1957. The family settled in Lacombe where Henk attended high school. Most of Henk’s adult years were spent in Central Alberta. Family and friends dearly miss Henk, a man known for his Christian faith, his sense of humour, his love of traditional country music, his passion for the steel guitar and his willingness to help others. For many years Henk volunteered at the Bibles for Missions Thrift Store in Red Deer. The family thanks Dr. Costigan, Dr. McKinnon and the staff at Centennial Centre in Ponoka for their compassionate and competent care. As well, the family is grateful to Pastor Bomhof and Henk’s church family at First Christian Reformed Church of Red Deer for their ongoing support, prayers, visits and phone calls during Henk’s chronic illness. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at First Christian Reformed Church, 16 McVicar Street, Red Deer.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Henk Krikke to the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta [http://www.schizophrenia.ab.ca] or a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

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Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

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must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

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Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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Qualifications: • • • •

University degree or technical diploma in a related field.

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Safety designation preferred.

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To clean kitchen following safety & hygiene standards.

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Education: Above Secondary Work Experience not essential, training provided.

Fax resume to 780-702-5051 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

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER 2803-50 Avenue,

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Smaller testing company • accepting resumes for all positions. Forward resume • • to: silverstreamoffice @gmail.com

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Check in/out guests.

Balance cash out & attend to guest needs

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Rain or Shine 8 ARCHIBALD CRES. Friday, May 23, 3 -7 Sat. May 24, 10 - 4 SKI PATROL FUNDRAISER

29 & 37 HART CRES May 22 & 23 Thurs. & Fri. 2 - 8 Antiques, porcelain dolls, furniture, household misc.

MULTI-FAMILY & MOVING 27 HOLMES STREET Fri. 23rd, noon-5 & Sat. 24th, 10-5.

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Inglewood MOVING SALE May 22-24 81 IRELAND CRES. Thurs. & Fri. 9-7, Sat.9-5.

Furniture, some antiques, and much more.

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TR3 Energy is at the forefront of reclamation and remediation in the oil & gas industry We are currently recruiting for:

Heavy Equipment Operators & Labourers

HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South, Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,

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2 EXP. ROOFERS. Must have drivers licence.

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BRICAR CONTRACTING now hiring Heavy Equipment Operators & Skid Steer Operators Send resumes to: office@bricar.ca or fax 403-347-6296 BUSY Heavy Duty suspension & alignment shop looking for Journeyman or 3rd to 4th year apprentice Heavy Duty or Automotive Technician. Great hours: M-F 8 to 5 Full benefit package!

Competitive wages! Submit your resume to dmalign@telus.net

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

Requirements: SLOPED ROOFERS Valid Driver’s License Red Deer County LABOURERS H2S Alive is seeking & FLAT ROOFERS Standard First Aid FRONT DESK CLERK WHIMIS and/or Valid Driver’s Licence ~ $14.00/hr.

CSTS or PST preferred. Fax or email Pre-Access A&D Testing • Answer phone calls, info@goodmenroofing.ca take reservations.

Ground Disturbance Level 11 or (403)341-6722 • Check in/out guests.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Please e-mail or fax your • Balance cash out & attend to guest needs. resume to: hr@tr3energy.com HOUSEKEEPING Fax: (403) 294-9323 ROOM ATTENDANT www.tr3energy.com

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CIVIL PROJECT MANAGER / ESTIMATOR

We are a growing construction company that requires an additional Civil Project Manager/Estimator for our office located in Blackfalds.

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Sunnybrook

Pidherney’s offers competitive wages and benefits, as well as RRSP matching.

Multi-Table Garage Sale at Sunnybrook Farm Museum 4701 - 30 St, Red Deer Saturday, May 24, 2014 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Donations of gently used items gratefully accepted.

No furniture please.

Information: (403) 340-3511

Please forward resumés to: hr@pidherneys.com or fax to 403-845-5370 Attention: Charles MacDonald, in confidence.

Sales & Distributors

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

Clean & vacuum rooms, F/T COMMERCIAL public areas, pool etc.

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Journeyman & apprentices • Adhere to Holiday Inn We offer competitive safety standards. wages. Full benefits after All positions are permanent 90 days. Must have valid Full-time/Part-time, shift drivers licence. Email resume work & weekends. to: d.generationglass Education: Above Secondary @platinum.ca Work Experience not or Fax: 403-886-5224 essential, training provided. or Call 403-886-5221 Fax resume to 780-702-5051

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Education: Above Secondary Work Experience not essential, training provided.

Fax resume to 780-702-5051

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RAMADA INN & A busy manufacturing oilfield company is looking SUITES for a full time Mechanical req`s Permanent • Engineer/Designer.

ROOM ATTENDANTS This position will involve Attendants. Exp. not nec.

• the design and product will train. Approx. 35 - 40 • development of Oilfield hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 Equipment. Duties will $14/hr. Duties incl’d but include the design of not limited to: vacuuming, Qualified individuals Stylists Attn: Human Resources dusting, washing floors, should submit their resume equipment using 3D CAD, email:kwolokoff@ shop testing prototypes and making beds, empty trash, to: Terry Kulczycki, WE are looking for a F/T or bearspawpet.com support to manufacturing disinfecting & cleaning HR Manager P/T journeyman (60% Fax 403-252-9719 for existing products. bathrooms. Performance terry.kulczycki@ commission with ticket) or Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 This positions requires based bonus program. oilstates.com apprentice hairstylist for Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 individuals with a strong Must be fluent with verbal Or drop off resume at: busy family salon in mechanical aptitude. l& written English, be #334, Burnt Parkway, Red Lacombe. Great wages SolidWorks experience is physically fit. Applicants Deer, AB T4S 2L4 and benefits packages. an asset.

Individuals with may apply in person at www.stingerinc.com Bring resume to Hairapy at creativity, attention to 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer Lacombe Center Mall detail and an interest in T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 working with equipment NOW ACCEPTING or email: LOCAL SERVICE CO. are preferred.

RESUMES FOR info@ramadareddeer.com in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. Starting wage is based on Janitorial VACUUM TRUCK knowledge and†experience.

OPERATOR Experienced Only eligible candidates Must have Class 3 licence Swampers ARAMARK at (Dow will be contacted. w/air & all oilfield tickets. with tickets. May consider Prentiss Plant) about Send Resumes to: resume Fax resume w/drivers qualified apprentice or 20-25 minutes out of Red @nexusengineering.ca abstract to 403-886-4475 suitable candidate.

Deer needs hardworking, or fax 403.347.3393 reliable, honest person For Red Deer area.

The Tap House Pub & Grill w/drivers license, to work Fax resume & abstract to req’s full and part time during shut down, $14/hr.

403-885-0473 email: cooks. Apply with resume Professionals Fax resume w/ref’s to info@trysonenergy.com at 1927 Gaetz Avenue 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black No phone calls please. between 2-5 pm.

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HSE Manager

Stinger Wellhead Protection is seeking an • Real Estate conveyancing HSE Manager for the Red • Corporate Commercial Deer location. The HSE Manager will provide Firm is prepared to train overall leadership, a candidate who has implementation, experience in some but not administration, all aspects of the position. maintenance, monitoring and enforcement of Stinger Please submit your resume Wellhead Protection by mail, email or fax to: (Canada) Inc. Safety Program.

Gerig Hamilton Neeland Duties include: LLP • Manage the compliance ATTN: Ian D. Milne of operations personnel 501, 4901 - 48 Street with administrative policies, Red Deer AB T4N 6M4 procedures,safety rules, FAX 403.343.6522 and governmental and Email: info@ghnlawyers.ca OH&S regulations.

• Manage and coordinate, through subordinate supervisors, department Oilfield safety and training activities.

• Maintain safety and accident records.

• Prepare WCB annual report for company compliance.

• Conduct company safety audits and audits that are requested by $2500 Bonus clients.

Every 100 days • Manage and maintain the company’s drug IMMEDIATE OPENINGS and alcohol program in compliance with the Oil & Gas Well Testing provincial laws of Night Foremen, Canada.

Experienced/ • Monitor each site to Inexperienced ensure compliance Junior Day/Night with company safety Operators policies and procedures Must have H2S, First Aid, and provide solutions. valid driver’s license.

When sites are found Pre-employment Drug to be in violation of screening safety standards.

Competitive Wages.

• Design and implement Benefit Package safety and training programs Please submit resume across organization. with references to: • Manage training operaapply@wespro.ca tions team in Canada or by fax to (403) 783-8004 and Canada employees Only individuals selected working in international for interviews will be locations. contacted • Implement new training material and techniques for tool operators.

• Provide field trainers with updated material that is presented to all new and existing operators. to ensure knowledge and compliance A RED DEER BASED throughout organization.

Pressure Testing Company statistical req’s. Operators for testing • Develop charts, graphs and other BOP’s throughout AB. reports as needed or Only those with Drilling rig requested. exp. need apply. Fax resume & driver’s abstract • Manage safety incentive award program for to: 403-341-6213 or email Canada and Canada mikeoapt@gmail.com employees working in Only those selected for international locations. interview will be contacted.

• Manage company safety information through the use of ISN Net World.

• Manage the company’s CORE Program.

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

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BOULEVARD Restaurant & Lounge

Legal Assistants required immediately for the following two positions:

Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants LIVE-IN Caregiver for senior REG. Dental Hygienist must have experience as a with disability Rocky area. for F/T Maternity Leave heavy duty mechanic or Call 403-846-5558 or email starting June 1 journeyman instrument dsbauer@telus.net May lead to P/T Perm. mechanic and possess Must be flexible with hours. strong mechanical skills, You can sell your guitar Apply to Healthy Smiles be quick learners, motivated for a song...

Fax resume attn. Corinne and hard working and live or put it in CLASSIFIEDS or Chrissy 403-347-2133 or be willing to relocate and we’ll sell it for you! or email: within a 20 minute commute healthysmiles4life@ to workplace location. This hotmail.com position offers a challenging Clerical Something for Everyone work environment, attractive Everyday in Classifieds benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion.

Please submit resumes Hair 1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC. immediately requires an

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SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Carpenters & 2nd to 4th Yr. Apprentices Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913 TAR-IFIC Construction is currently seeking an individual who is mechanically inclined to work on road culvert repairs. Must have a valid Class 5 license.

Excellent benefit package.

Home every night.

Fax 403-340-1246 or email resume to tarific@telusplanet.net.

TAR-IFIC Construction is currently seeking a bobcat or mini-excavator operator.

Class 3 license an asset.

Excellent benefit package.

Home every night.

Fax 403-340-1246 or email resume to tarific@telusplanet.net.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY Afternoon Shifts for CNC Lead Hand / Supervisor and Operators Nexus Engineering CENTRAL AB based truckis currently looking for ing company requires Afternoon shift Lead hand/supervisor and Owner Operators operators. & Company Drivers Duties include, ensuring in AB. Home the odd night. production flow on Mazak Weekends off. Late model C.N.C lathe and mills, tractor pref. 403-586-4558 trouble shooting, min 1 years experience as CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment. a lead hand/supervisor Resumes to be dropped off in a machine shop.

We offer competitive wages, at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer. company paid benefits and a RRSP matching plan.

CLASS 3 DRIVERS Please forward resumes w/airbrake endorsement to: resume needed immed. for waste & @nexusengineering.ca recycling. Email resume with a min. of 2 references JOURNEYMAN or to: canpak@xplornet.ca

4th Yr. Apprentice Plumber/Gas Fitter req’d for small shop in Westaskiwin area.

Competitive wages & health plan.

Submit resumes to: wph@xplornet.ca or fax to: 780-312-2889 or call 780-387-6087

PAINTER F/T Commercial/Residential Brush/Roll Application.

Exp. req’d. Vehicle req’d.

Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829

DRIVER/SALES Canwest Propane, an affiliate of Gibson Energy, is the industry leader in providing propane supply, distribution, equipment and related services to customers across Western Canada.

We are seeking to hire permanent Driver/Sales for the Red Deer area.

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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 SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T - P/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com

SEEKS CONCRETE FINISHERS For residential & commercial work in the Red Deer area.

-Excellent rate of pay -Benefit packages Send Resume to: apply@pmcl1964.ca or Fax Resume to 403-342-1549

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

Qualifications Required: * Valid Class 3 license with air ticket * Valid delivery and safety courses; Emergency First Aid, WHMIS and TDG are required although training is available * Propane-related experience is an asset * Oilfield experience is an asset Canwest Propane offers a competitive compensation package Interested candidates are invited to apply via our website www.gibsons.com/careers or by Fax at 403-346-0595

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LAKESIDE VILLAS HUGE Multi-Family Sale 173 Austin Drive May 23 & 24 Fri. 1-7 & Sat. 9-5

SWEET Pea Art & Design Vanier Woods is hosting a garage/art sale, paintings, crafts, HOUSEHOLD & NAME furniture, camping items, kitchen, and so much more BRAND CLOTHING SALE. Huge assortment of Friday May 23, 12 - 8 household items & boys Saturday May 24, 10 - 5.

Deer Park name brand clothing.

16 IRONSTONE DRIVE Everything in exc. cond.

GARAGE SALE! Fri. 23rd 3-7, Sat. 24th 9-2 Lots of kids items (under 10), 1 mile East of County Fire Morrisroe housewares, clothes.

Hall on corner of 30th Ave Fri. 23rd, 6-9 pm, & Delburn Road, GIANT KNIGHTS OF Sat 24th, 8:30-4. #27064 - Red House.

COLUMBUS GARAGE SALE Times are firm.

Sat. 24th starting at 8:30 a.m.

30 DENMARK CRESC. If it’s warm we’ll have lemonade! St. Mary’s Catholic Church Parking Lot. 6 McMillan Ave. West Lake Large assortment of household items.

MULTI - FAMILY Eastview Estates 166 WEBSTER DR. Something for Everyone May 22, 23, 24 & 25 118 ELY CLOSE Everyday in Classifieds Thurs/Fri 12-8, Sat/Sun 9-6 MAY 22 & May 23, 3-7, Something for Everyone!

May 24, 9-3 ESTATE SALE, Furniture, depres- Mountview sion glass, lots of quilting & craft items, Christmas Lacombe 4118 35 STREET decor. Rain or shine.

(Back Alley) 84 HATHAWAY LANE Fri. 23rd & Sat. 24th, 9-5 144 ELY CLOSE (back lane) May 22, 3-7, Lots of Misc.

May 22nd-24th May 23, 10-6, May 24, DOWNSIZING Thurs. & Fri. 4-8, 10-5. A little bit of everySat. 9-3 thing, come have a look!

DOWNSIZING Lots of tools

Oriole Park

39 GISH STREET May 22nd-24th Thurs. & Fri. 3-9 & Sat. 9-6 Lots of items at great prices.

2 OBRIEN CRES May 23, 24 & 25 Fri. 4-9, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 9-4 All contents from 40’ motorhome, 2011 Equinox c/w Blueox hitch auto. breaking system.

Penhold 1017 FLEMING AVE Fri. 23rd, Sat. 24th & Sun. 25th 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

STERITECH

FAMILY owned and operated since 1974, Trail Appliances is one of the leading independent appliance retailers in Class 1 Operators Western Canada. to haul clean fluids for the Trail offers excellent Oil & Gas Industry. Home training & a competitive every night, company compensation & benefit plan. benefits with exceptional pay structure. Must be able We are currently looking to expand our workforce at to work on their own with our Red Deer location minimal supervision.

2823 Bremner Ave. Compensation based on experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current Service Coordinator drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: Customer Service roger@fluidexperts.com Rep. P/T & F/T

FLUID Experts Ltd.

Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Fluid Experts Ltd. Is looking for experienced

Dispatcher to start immed.

Experience in fluid hauling and oil field fluid products would be an asset.

Good Verbal, Writing, Texting and Computer skills are a must.

Company vehicle is negotiable, benefits, above avg. salary and great atmosphere.

Clean Class 1 drivers license c/w abstract.

Completed Basic Training Courses.

Fax Resume w/all tickets and Driver’s Abstract to 403-346-3112 or email to roger@fluidexperts.com

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.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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Casino Games Dealer starting June 1 - 24, Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. Cost is $50.

Upon completing and passing training full and part time positions available immediately.

Must be able to obtain a security clearance from local RCMP. Knowledge of Cribbage and Poker an asset.

Please contact Amanda 403 346-3339 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

CLEANERS F/T Comm/ Res, physically fit, $14/hr.

Reply to: Ascent Cleaning Services RR4, Box 4, Site 3 Lacombe, AB T4L 2N4 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 F/T MEAT CUTTER F/T PRODUCE CLERK Full benefits, staff incentives. Apply within.

a leading commercial pest prevention company in North America, is seeking a Pest Rote Professional to provide pest prevention services to commercial clients on the assigned route in Red Deer.

Base pay + bonus potential, benefits, profit sharing, & company vehicle.

Apply @ www.steritech.com/careers 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.

SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

LANDSCAPERS req’d, needs exp. in landscaping construction.

Ph: 403-506-8929 or fax to: 403-886-5814 LOOKING for flexible local job in your city/town? $17 guaranteed base pay, cust. sales/service, experience not necessary, training provided, conditions exist.

Visit www.work4students.ca or call 403-755-6711 to APPLY

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.

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

Advocate Opportunities

CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery 3 days per week.

NO WEEKENDS!!

JOHNSTONE CROSSING Jenner Cres. & Judd Close.

MUSTANG ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK Gray Drive & Gaibraith Street also 69 Street & 63 Ave Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

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TOP WAGES, BENEFITS. EXP’D. DRIVERS & SWAMPERS REQUIRED. MAPLE LEAF MOVING Call 403-347-8826 or fax resume to: 403-314-1457.

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GAETZ SOUTH P/T FRONT END STAFF Staff incentives.

Apply within.

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CLASSIFICATIONS

Employment Training

CASH CASINO will be holding a TRAINING SESSION FOR

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SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

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)

Advocate Opportunities ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m.

6 days/week in: GLENDALE

UPPER FAIRVIEW Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

Auctions

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Firewood

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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Garden Supplies

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 EDGING Blocks, red scalloped concrete, reg. $2.49 $1. ea. approx. 75.

Call or text 403-348-1236 LAWNMOWER, 19”, side bag, $50.

Tuned & ready to go.

403-347-5873 PRUNNING snips, extendable handle, $25.; spring tooth rake, $5.; drain spade, $18; 25 rebars, 4-5’ lengths, all for $25.; 6 metal tree or shrub stakes, various lengths, all for $6.; garden bow rake, $8.; hoe, $8.; 2 dandelion rakes, $8. ea.; longhand spade, $9.; cultivator (5 tooth) $10.; tamping rod, heavy metal, $8.

403-314-2026 ROTOTILLER 3 H.P. 21”.

Runs great. $100.

403-347-5873

Household Furnishings

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MOVING must sell cheap!

Wall unit, some doors & drawers 49”w x 50”h $25, wall unit 52 1/2”w x 58 1/2”h $25, arborite table top 33Wx42L for deck (solid) $20, 4 white resin ROLL-OUT Chesterfield chairs $4/ea. or all for $12, bed, with Sealy mattress. sm. table 23”Wx 33”L, Exc. shape. $50. Glider rounded ends $4, skill saw rocker, $20. magazine in metal box, new blade rack, oak, $5. wood book- $20, 2 drawer metal file case, $10.; antique cabinet, hanging files, wooden high chair, $40.; locks, black $15, hose reel antique dining room wood- & 100’ hose $20, grinder en chair. $15; with stone 403-309-3475 $10 403-358-7678

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Stereos TV's, VCRs

PS1 + 7 games $50; Game Boy + 1 game, $60; Sony surround speakers, $80. 403-782-3847 PSP60 + 9 games, $100.

403-782-3847

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Jewellery

$500.00 reward for lost engagement ring. A stunning 3 carat black emerald cut diamond with 1 carat round diamonds on sides, size 8. Was last seen in Rocky Mountain on Thursday afternoon May 8th at Forbidden Tans.

Please contact Natasha 844-2496, 895 -5222, 8951447 natasha. ghostkeeper@gmail.com

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TREES: Windbreak, Misc. for privacy screen, white Huge Antique Sale spruce trees 5’-7’ delivered Estate Auction & planted $60 ea. on 25 or Police Bikes more. 20+ yrs experience 16’ x 2’ ALUMINUM ladder June 1 @ 10 am $45 403-346-5745 (780)778-0223.

For info view www.cherryhillauction.com 2 APARTMENT size coffee 403-342-2514 tables $25, garbage bag Household full of crafts $25, space Appliances saver dresser $25, stacking stools $15, car window Clothing FREEZER, 8 cu. ft. shades $25, car rug $145. 403-346-7856 $25 403-348-1905 LADIES quick dry sports FREEZER, 9 cu. ft. $175. 9” WHITE DINNER PLATES pants, REI, 3 pair. Like 403-346-7856 - $1.00 each new, 30” waist, navy, dark SERVING TRAYS FRIDGE, Sanyo 4.4 cu ft. green, beige. $50. ea.; †$1.00 each Ladies Long Coat, stone black & stainless steel, glass shelves & top freez- 20 OZ. CAMBRO GLASSES washed denim, $2.00 each er, energy efficient. Like unlined, sz. large $40.

Call 403-728-3485 New. $75. 403-347-5846 403-347-3741 BATHTUB, 5’, white, with MEN’S GREEN right hand drain. $75.

Coverall, Large Tall, $15. Household 403-340-2727 403-347-5316 Furnishings CHAIN LINK DOG PEN. 5’ wide, 15’ long, 6’ high.

BOOKCASE, 3 shelves, EquipmentWith gate. Asking $150.

2 lower doors $25; Great in 403-877-2424 Heavy child’s bedroom.

LAST one! Blackfoot Medi403-347-5846 TRAILERS for sale or rent cine Man’s shield 18 x 36” COFFEE Table, country Job site, office, well site or $75 403-347-7405 rustic square, opens both storage. Skidded or ROTOTILLER 3 H.P. 21”. sides. $75. Call or text wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Runs great. $100.

403-348-1236 LAWNMOWER, WANTED 19”, side bag, $50.

Antiques, furniture and Firewood Tuned & ready to go. estates. 342-2514 403-347-5873 AFFORDABLE

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Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

Advocate Opportunities

Advocate Opportunities

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

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* Adults * Youths * Seniors *

The papers arrive ready to deliver.

NO COLLECTING!

Phone 403-314-4316

PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK 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.

INNISFAIL Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316

Phone 403-314-4316 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

************************** 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

SPRINGBROOK

* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week

SKILL saw, 7 1/4”, $20; Reversible drill 3/8” Skill $15; gas lawn mower, $30; bar & 2 bar stools, $50; 2 ton hydraulic jack, $12; 109 piece drill set, new in box, $20. 403-887-4981

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QUART JARS TO GIVE AWAY. 403-347-5316

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

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WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

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LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE, Come see us at: 4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab ALL THE FEED YOUR ANIMALS NEED! 403-782-3333 Dealer of Masterfeeds

SLEEPING BAG, $10.

LARGE COOLER & Thermal Jug, $12.

CALGARY Olympic Wine Glasses, $8.

ALSO QUART JARS TO GIVE AWAY. 403-347-5316

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

SMALL oxygen acetylene regulator set, $45; 2 electric steam irons, $5. ea.; 1 car vacuum cleaner, $5.; electric yard master gas trimmer, $25.

403-887-4981

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SPRAYER, 25 Gallon, on wheels. $175.

403-346-7856 TENT & FLY - light weight, compact, waterproof fabric.

3 person, easy set up. $95.

GALVANIZED LAUNDRY TUB, $16.

MECHANICS RAMPS, (metal), pair for $35.

403-342-7460

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Acreages/ Farms

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OLDER 1 bdrm. smaller house, large lot, Penhold. $850/mo. 403-886-5342, 403-357-7817

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VANITY, small, white, for bathroom with taps and drain. $35. 403-340-2727

Houses/ Duplexes

WINE Rack Chrome, holds 12 bottles; $10; Lagostina Pressure cooker, 7 L, easylock closing system, $100.; 1 quilt 72” x 56” light weight, $15.; 3 fancy brackets 8 1/2 x 10”, $6/pr.

Coleman cooler, $15.; wooden western boot jack, $15. 403-314-2026

3 BDRM. + DEN duplex, 1.5 baths, 4 appls., fenced yard & shed. Close to schools & park. $1120/mo.

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Condos/ Townhouses

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SEIBEL PROPERTY

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ATTN BASS PLAYERS ~ Halman Heights Rare Fender 100 Bassman ~ Riverfront Estates Amp. 1972 Model. Cabinet ~ Westpark has 2 - 15” speakers. ~ Kitson Close $2400. 403-318-3354 ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Pets & Rent $1195 to $1445 Supplies 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, CHAIN LINK DOG PEN. lrg. balconies, absolutely 5’ wide, 15’ long, 6’ high. no pets. N/S, no utils. incl.

With gate. Asking $150.

References required.

403-877-2424 SOUTHWOOD PARK Central Alberta’s Largest 3110-47TH Avenue, Car Lot in Classifieds 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, DOG KENNEL / CRATE full bsmts. 403-347-7473, 1 Large and 1 medium.

Sorry no pets. $60 & $35. 403-506-7117 www.greatapartments.ca

Musical Instruments

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D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, May 22, 2014

Dog walker made up story about stolen dogs: pet detective STILL NO CHARGES LAID IN CASE Police said it was believed the six animals died in the back of the vehicle in the heat of the day.

McLelland said the woman had been walking at VANCOUVER — Somehow, the story of a dog least one of the dogs for several years and that all walker who said six dogs were stolen from her truck the owners have had to deal with a double blow.

“They’re understandably very angry, very hurt, just didn’t add up for Alesha McLelland and her husand shocked that this could happen. band Al McLelland.

“Not only the fact that their dogs met their demise Police said the woman told them she’d left the animals for a few minutes to use the washroom at in the vehicle but what happened the week after, a park in Langley, B.C., and when she returned the that it was dragged out for as long as it was and causing a lot more pain than necessary.” dogs were gone.

Others, who’d banded together to look for the The dog walker told police she spent hours lookdogs, feel duped. ing for the animals “So many people, last Tuesday and initially upon the ‘WE REALLY DO WANT TO WARN PEOPLE dreaded the thought report coming of telling their ownTHAT LEAVING WINDOWS OPEN, LEAVING initial out, invested time ers they were missWATER, THAT IS NOT GOING TO HELP THE and effort into helping, RCMP said. look for the dogs Six days later, the SITUATION. IF AN ANIMAL’S IN A HOT CAR ing and coming to the McLellands, who YOU’VE PUT THEM IN DANGER.’ rally. We had people run the dog-tracking drive from Chillicompany Petsearch— LORIE CHORTYK wack to Vancouver ers Canada, said they SPCA to pick up posters to came to their own put in their neighconclusion — one bourhood, believing they hoped wouldn’t that the dogs had been stolen,” McLelland said of be true.

Alesha McLelland said that on Monday, her hus- the community that’s about an hour-and-half drive band called the woman they had already spoken from the city.

“A lot of people started to care about these dogs with and asked if she’d meet for coffee.

That’s when, she said, Al McLelland heard a dif- and so finding out that all of that effort and worry and caring that they’d had over the last week ... peoferent account of what happened.

The dog walker told Al McLelland that after she ple are understandably upset.”

Lorie Chortyk of the SPCA, which took over the discovered the dogs dead in her vehicle she had a panic attack and disposed of the animals, Alesha investigation Monday after retrieving the dogs’s bodies, said the results of necropsies are expected McLelland said.

“We had suspected there was something more to within a week and will determine how long the dogs the story so we weren’t shocked, but I will say we were left in a vehicle.

The necropsy results, along with interviews with were disappointed,” she said Tuesday.

“We had hoped that there was a chance that if the dog walker and any witnesses, will be part of the something bad had happened that there would may- SPCA’s report to Crown counsel, which will decide if be be one or two or three of them stashed some- animal-cruelty charges will be laid.

The temperature was as high as 25 C May 13, when where. We were hoping the story wouldn’t be as the dog walker left the dogs, including one of her tragic as it really was.”

No charges have been laid against the dog walker. own, in her truck. Animals don’t have sweat glands RCMP said they were investigating the woman on and can be overcome with heat exhaustion, brain possible public mischief charges, and the SPCA is damage or even death in as little as 10 minutes because the temperature in a car can rise so quickly, looking at potential animal-cruelty charges.

Alesha McLelland said the dog walker was very even on an overcast day, Chortyk said.

“We really do want to warn people that leaving upset. The Canadian Press tried to contact the womwindows open, leaving water, that is not going to an but was unsuccessful.

The bodies of the six dogs were found dumped in help the situation. If an animal’s in a hot car you’ve a ditch in Abbotsford, B.C., the SPCA said Tuesday. put them in danger.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The election of a Liberal government in Ottawa in 2015 would reignite the sovereigntist flames in Quebec, federal cabinet minister Maxime Bernier suggested Tuesday.

Bernier said the independence option has traditionally been more popular in Quebec when the Liberals are in power at the federal level.

He also argued that Liberal governments tend to encroach more upon areas of provincial jurisdiction.

“We have to put an end to these constitutional squabbles,” the minister of state for tourism, agriculture and small business said after a speech to a business group in Montreal.

“What I’m saying is that the Constitution must be respected. In the past, when the sovereignty movement was popular in Quebec, who was in (power in) Ottawa?

“There was an interventionist Liberal government.”

During his speech, Bernier zeroed in on both opposition parties.

He slammed the Liberals, saying they have been the party of centralization for years and one that interferes in areas of provincial jurisdiction.

“Now again, its leader, Justin Trudeau, is proposing that the federal government interfere in the area of education, an exclusively provincial area of jurisdiction according to our Constitution,” Bernier said.

He also criticized the NDP, describing it as “a social party that wants to centralize everything so it can intervene everywhere.”

Bernier offered up the Conservatives’ vision, which he described as that of a more modest, less interventionist government that respects provincial autonomy.

“The Conservative Party of Canada is the natural vehicle for advancing the vision of federalism that is most widely embraced in Quebec,” he added.

The MP also said Quebec should review its interventionist policies if it wants to generate wealth, regain some pride and rediscover its place in Canada.

He said it is time for Quebec to stop begging the federal government for help.

Bernier said Quebec’s nationalist elite must get over certain events such as the British victory on the Plains of Abraham.

The federal minister also assailed the concept of “profitable federalism” as coined by former Liberal premier Robert Bourassa as a response to the independent discourse during the 1970s.

“Federalist and separatist Quebec governments have both used the threat of separation to go and get more money,” he noted. “Even when Ottawa sends more money, the reaction in Quebec City is that it’s never enough.”

Bernier also said that as a Quebecer he is not very proud of the fact that Quebec is a poor province that receives equalization money.

“It’s not the rest of Canada’s fault that we are a poorer province, as the separatists would have us believe.

“If we are poorer, it’s because of bad economic policies that make Quebec’s economy less productive.”

Bernier also blamed the attitude of Quebecers for constitutional and referendum failures over the past 50 years.

“One of the biggest reasons for these failures in my view, has been an unhealthy and unrealistic attitude, he said. ”We need to change our attitude.“ His comments come on the anniversary of the first sovereignty referendum in Quebec, which was held on May 20, 1980.

The referendum question asked Quebecers for a mandate to negotiate a new sovereignty-association agreement with the rest of Canada. The federalist No side won the referendum with about 60 per cent of the vote.

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In accordance with the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, Wilson’s Beach Estates Joint Venture has applied to Alberta Environment for approvals to the Estates’ waterworks, composting toilets and (grey water) wastewater irrigation systems; the systems will be located in the SW of Section 14 Township 41 Range 28 West of the 4th Meridian, Gull Lake.

Waterworks system - application no. 001-339160: waterworks system will consist of deep groundwater well, chlorination, treated water storage and water distribution network. It will supply potable water to Wilson’s Beach Estates (a 92-lot subdivision). A fluoride removal treatment system will be installed at each residence.

Composting toilets system - application no. 001-339159; domestic wastewater treatment system for the subdivision will consist of separate treatment and disposal systems for black water from low flush vacuum toilets, and grey water from the rest of wastewater plumbing system. Black water from toilets will be transported to composting bins for treatment and on-lot or communal reuse/disposal.

Grey water irrigation system - application no. 001-350908; grey water will be treated to a minimum of secondary treatment level of wastewater. Disposal of treatment grey water includes on-lot field disposal in winter and subsurface irrigation in common area in summer months.

Pursuant to section 73 of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, any person who is directly affected by this operation may submit a written statement of concern regarding this application. Failure to file a statement of concern may affect the right to file a Notice of Appeal with the Environental Appeals Board. Such a statement of concern must be submitted to: Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Regulatory Approvals Center Main Floor, 9820 - 106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2J6 Fax: (780) 422-0154 • Email: aenv.northernepea@gov.ab.ca within 30 days of the date of this notice. Please quote Application No. 001-339160, No. 001-339159, or No. 001-350908 when submitting a statement of concern in regards to the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act application.

NOTE: Any statement filed regarding this application are public records which are accessible by the public.

Copies of the application and additional information can be obtained from: L.Kirk Miller Wilson’s Beach Estates Joint Venture 3039 49th Avenue, Suite 307, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3V8 Telephone: (403) 986-8600, (415) 505-0106

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LUANN May 22 2003 — At the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sorenstam becomes the first woman to play on the PGA tour in 58 years.

1987 — 29-year-old Rick Hansen ends his heroic Man in Motion tour, raising at least $15 million for spinal cord research and the disabled.

1983 — Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits a record 18th pinch hit home run.

1969 — A lunar module of Apollo 10 flew within 15 km of the moon’s surface.

1943 — German Admiral Karl Doenitz withdraws his U-boats from the North Atlantic.

1919 — Parliament passes a bill prohibiting Canadians from accepting foreign hereditary titles.

1906 — The Wright brothers received a patent for their flying machine.

1893 — The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association beats the Ottawa Generals 2-1 in the first Stanley Cup game, played for a silver bowl donated by Lord Stanley of Preston.

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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014

The healthiest thing you can do for yourself Being back in New York City this in life, love and on a journey towards past week shooting food photogra- health. phy, pictures of my journey He speaks so honestly through culinary school and and from the heart about doing interviews with differhis truth around addiction ent experts in areas around and the struggles he continfood, lifestyle and body imues to have and how to step age has been so inspiring. through them.

I was so fortunate to “You have to take couraspend time with the one and geous action,” Mastin says. only Mastin Kipp of thedaiAction is the only thing that lylove.com from Oprah’s Sumatters. persoul Sunday as he spoke Taking action can act candidly about the journey like an anti-depressant in to health, wellness and puryour life. suing a life you love.

The advice goes synerKRISTIN I have read his blog daily gistically with food and FRASER for the past year and a half lifestyle choices. I truly beand it has truly helped me lieve that living a life you not just think differently, are passionate about is one but act differently in my of the healthiest things you life and in my perspectives can do for yourself. around health.

I think we really have to Mastin came from being a couch step up to the plate to make it hapsurfer sugar addict to a huge success pen. In our food choices. In our life-

SOMETHING TO CHEW ON

style choices. In the people we choose to spend time with. In our actions towards our dreams.

What thoughts come to mind for you? Reflect on the people you spend time with. Reflect on your own behaviours. What doubts come to mind?

What courageous action would you need to take to live in a more healthful way? In a more inspired way? What if you took it? What would your life look like in six months? What body could you have in six months? What career shift could you have? What kind of love could you attract?

Six months is a long time to make some significant changes for the better. But action needs to be a part of it and breaking free of the excuses behind why we won’t take it.

We all tend to have so much doubt.

So many excuses. So many negative thoughts.

Trust me. You are not alone. Action doesn’t necessarily need to be some

grandiose life-changing move into an epic life-on-the-edge lifestyle. (Although, why not?) It just has to be one form of action.

Just the act of choosing to be kind to others is nourishing.

Breaking out and doing something that makes you feel free is nourishing.

Choosing to stop talking about it and start doing it is nourishing.

Choosing to not judge others is nourishing.

Starting your exercise regime is nourishing.

But you have to act on it. This week, give yourself permission to take courageous action towards your health.

Towards your heart. It could just be the healthiest thing you could do for yourself.

Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer. Her column appears every second Thursday.

She can be reached at kristin@somethingtochewon.ca.

Foods that help block breast and prostate cancers Confused about the best cancer-prevention diet?

You’re not alone. In recent years, a few studies have questioned the benefits of foods once considered big guns in the battle against breast and prostate cancers.

Now, new research proves they do help, especially if you combine them with other smart steps like staying slim, getting regular exercise, not smoking and avoiding Food Felons such as red meat and added sugars and syrups.

That’s good news, because one in eight women will develop breast cancer, and one in seven men will develop prostate cancer within their lifetime.

So be sure to put these tasty foods on your plate.

Tomatoes: Back on the team!

Cooked tomatoes deliver a healthy dose of lycopene, a carotenoid that, in a big Harvard Medical School followup study, cut risk for prostate cancer nine per cent and slashed odds for fatal prostate cancer 28 per cent. Lycopene discourages formation of blood vessels that feed tumors; it also slows cancer growth.

It’s not as clear that lycopene discourages breast cancer, but since it reduces your risk for heart disease and peripheral artery disease, you want to get plenty!

(Soon we may have the “essence of tomato” supplement that’s available in Europe.)

ing men Eating away from plan: Aim fish and for at least fish oil cap90 mg of sules. lycopene It’s time a week — to come you’ll get back! that in a In one half-cup new study, of tomato fish oil sauce or along with a one cup healthy diet low-sodiMIKE ROIZEN & MEHMET OZ reduced inum tomato flammation juice four in men with times a prostate week. cancer and While seemed to cooked tomato products have the highest levels, slow cancer-cell growth.

In other studies, men with high fresh tomatoes, watermelon and pink blood levels of omega-3s had a 25 per grapefruit also deliver some lycopene.

Flavour boost: Mix up a Spanish- cent lower risk for prostate cancer, style condiment called sofrito — a and women with high blood levels had blend of tomato paste, olive oil, gar- a 14 per cent lower risk for breast canlic and onion — for a dose of cancer- cer.

Eating plan: Enjoy several servings battling polyphenols and carotenoids, says a recent report from the Univer- of fatty, omega-3-rich fish like salmon sity of Barcelona. Dab it on 100 per or wild trout weekly.

We do that and get 900 mg of DHA cent whole-grain bread, veggies, fish or (the most powerful omega-3) from daily chicken. algal-oil supplements.

Flavour boost: Snack on a small handful of nuts (walnuts are numero uno) several times a week.

A new study found these nuggets help lower the risk for lethal prostate You know omega-3 fats pamper your cancer 29 per cent. eyes, brain, joints and mood.

But one study seemed to find a link with higher prostate cancer risk, scar-

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Omega-3s: Putting the brakes on cancer

Fruit and vegetables: Fibre up!

A few years ago, experts questioned whether fruits and vegetables helped lower cancer risk. We’ve never doubted they do, and now a British study of 65,000 people says getting five or more servings daily cuts your risk for fatal cancers by 25 per cent. Other new reports have found a 40 per cent lower risk of fatal prostate cancer and a 50 per cent lower risk for breast cancer among people who load up on fruit and veggies as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Eating plan: Sneak high-fibre fruits and veggies into every meal and snack.

Why? Fibre can help keep you slim and may whisk cancer-promoting substances out of your body and control levels of cancer-fueling hormones.

Flavour boost: Season your fruits and veggies with plenty of cancer-fighting fresh herbs and spices. Capsaicin, the fire in chili peppers, has been shown to slow the growth of prostate cancer cells in laboratory and animal studies.

Does it help in humans? That’s not confirmed, but it may. Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, apparently KOs cancer cells in lab studies and reduces development of several forms of cancer in lab animals. Horseradish and mustard are also smart choices.

The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show and Mike Roizen of Cleveland Clinic. For more information, go to www.RealAge.com.

Canadian kids lagging behind in physical activity TORONTO — While many Canadian kids play sports and have access to parks and playgrounds, a new report has given them a D minus grade when it comes to physical activity targets.

For the first time, Active Healthy Kids Canada used its annual Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth to see how Canadians measured up to kids in 14 other countries.

Canada trailed near the back of the international pack for overall physical levels along with Australia, Ireland, and the U.S., while Scotland received an “F.” Despite the presence of established policies, places and programs designed to help kids get moving, the report pointed to what was described as a “culture of convenience” to account for why many Canadian kids aren’t more active.

“It could be tempting to think that: ’My kid plays soccer so he’s active enough,’ or: ’My child gets what she needs at school.’ These things are important and they do count — however it’s not enough,” said ParticipAction president and CEO Elio Antunes.

“If we just thought twice about jumping in the car for trips of less than one kilometre or encourage our kids to go outside more often where they are naturally inclined to move more without even thinking about it, our kids would be more active overall.”

The report found that 84 per cent of Canadian three-to-four-year-olds met early years guidelines of at least 180 minutes of daily physical activity at any intensity. But it was a far more grim picture for older children, with only seven per cent of five- to 11-yearolds and four per cent of 12- to 17-yearolds in Canada meeting recommended guidelines of 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity daily.

Walking quickly, skating and bike riding are examples of moderate activities, while running, basketball and soccer are examples of vigorous activities.

At the head of the class were Mozambique and New Zealand with each country assigned a “B” grade for overall physical activity levels.

New Zealand appears to have found success in offering opportunities for both organized activities and free play, with most kids spending an average of 78 per minutes daily on free play, the report found. Researchers in New Zealand also have earned worldwide attention after removing all playground rules at elementary schools to help get

REPORT CARD ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY kids more active, said Active Healthy Kids Canada CEO Jennifer Cowie Bonne.

“Not only did the kids move more, but the administrators reported an immediate and surprising drop in bullying and injuries,” she told a news conference on Tuesday at the first-ever Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children.

Canadian kids earned a failing grade due to time spent being idle.

Canadian kids aged three to four spent 5.8 hours a day being sedentary. That number spiked to 7.6 hours for five- to 11-year-olds, while 12- to 17-year-olds spent 9.3 hours a day being sedentary.

Canada also trails in the category of active transportation, assigned a “D,” with the report revealing 62 per cent of parents said their five- to 17-year-olds were always driven to and from school.

Meanwhile, Finland was lauded by Canadian officials for allowing the majority of kids to commute to school on their own power. The report found that 74 per cent of kids in Finland living one to three kilometres from school bike or walk, while nearly all of those living one kilometre or closer do so.

For most Canadians, the “socially acceptable” walking distance to school is less than 1.6 kilometres.

While lagging behind many of their international peers in key categories, Canada ranked among the leaders in well-developed facilities, spaces and programs for physical activity.

Canada placed third with a “C plus” for organized sport participation behind New Zealand and Australia, with 75 per cent of five- to 19-year-olds in Canada participating in organized physical activities or sport. The results come despite findings that there are ample places for kids to break a sweat, with 95 per cent of Canadian parents reporting local availability of parks and outdoor spaces and 94 per cent reporting local availability of public facilities and programs for physical activity like pools, arenas and leagues.

The vast majority of Canadian students have regular access to a gym (95 per cent), playing fields (91 per cent) and areas with playground equipment (73 per cent) during school hours.

In general, low- to middle-income nations as well as countries with less physical infrastructure tended to be more physically active overall, noted Mark Tremblay, chief scientific officer of Active Healthy Kids Canada. He said the report also caused research-

ers to question whether play places need to be “CSA-approved structures of plastic rubber, cement and steel” or whether kids should be spending more time playing in nature.

“When we look across the other countries, those that are excelling have done that,” Tremblay said, director of Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s

Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. “It’s either inherent in the way they live, or they’ve been able to allow that to happen and the interaction between nature and the outdoors to just occur organically — whereas it’s anything but organic in our society.”

Cowie Bonne said schools can provide opportunities for students to move more and sit less throughout the day with a mix of strategies for different time periods before, during and after classes, as well as during recess and lunch.

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Daughter using grandma as drop-off service Dear Annie: At least once a week, and I like to have the weekends to my oldest daughter, “Alice,” asks me to ourselves. We would love it if Alice babysit her two kids. I have back prob- brought the kids over for a visit and lems and cannot get up and down all stayed. But she drops them at the front the time. She has never ofdoor and speeds away. She fered me a dime, even when is often gone for hours. She she was married and had doesn’t answer her celltwo incomes. I could use the phone when I call to ask money. when she’s coming back.

Alice recently went The kids run out to her car, through a divorce. I babysat and she zips off. a lot during that time, but Alice never phones she never showed any apjust to talk, only to ask me preciation. Alice blames me to babysit. If I don’t answer, for everything bad that has she drives over and pounds ever happened to her, beon my door. I’m afraid to sit cause I divorced her father. on the porch for fear she So I feel guilty and agree will show up and ask me to MITCHELL to babysit all the time. Of babysit. All of the children & SUGAR course, their father moved are now reunited with their away without saying goodfather. Why doesn’t Alice bye to any of the kids and ask him to babysit once in was out of their lives for a while? — Hiding Out in seven years, leaving me with two teen- Indiana agers and a 9-year-old to raise on my Dear Hiding Out: You need to be own. He never paid a drop of child more assertive with Alice. Tell her support. that you’d like her to visit once in a I am remarried, and my husband while instead of using you as a drop-off

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service. Also say that you love the kids, but cannot babysit so much. Be sure she knows you mean it.

It’s OK to say no, even if it makes her angry. If you want to work out some type of payment, that’s between the two of you, but don’t be afraid to bring it up.

Dear Annie: I am an 87-year-old widower and am appalled at the number of letters in your column about bickering between parents, children, siblings, grandparents, friends, husbands and wives.

I wish I could share some of the love I am blessed to experience.

After my wife of 52 years died, I went out late at night to clear snow from the church parking lot. Upon returning, there were four messages on my answering machine, and my granddaughter was calling to say her father was on his way to check on me — a 40-mile round trip. So for the past 15 years, they have called every night, no matter where they are.

My son-in-law uses a week of his vacation to drive 1,500 miles to check on

my 90-year-old sister. And he drives 80 miles on Sundays to get me to church.

My granddaughters take me to the doctor, and my nephew and his wife often take me to dinner.

My wife’s family includes me in their get-togethers. My son calls daily, and my grandson fills in when his family is out of town.

We reap what we sow. Love is like an echo: What you do or say will return to you.— A Blessed Grandpaw Dear Grandpaw: It warms our hearts to know how close and loving your family is. We wish everyone were so cherished. Thank you.

Dear Annie: This is for “Grimacing in Sarasota, Fla.” and all the toilet hoverers: Use a piece of toilet tissue to pick up the seat. Then hover all you want.

When finished, use another piece of tissue to put the seat back down. Piece of cake! — Ruth in Davenport, Iowa 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.

GET YOUR FEET WET Photo by RICK TALLAS/freelance

This photo of an avocet was taken at Slack Slough, (MacKenzie Avenue and Hwy 2, south of Red Deer). It’s a great place for looking at a variety of birds.

Take your boots, though, as you will need them to get to the bird watching area because the path is flooded.

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Company removes pro-secession billboard in Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An advertising company has removed a highway billboard purchased by a Confederate organization advocating a Southern secession from the United States, the leader of the group said Monday. The Confederate League of the South said Lamar Advertising Co. took down the

billboard along Interstate 85 in Montgomery following complaints. The billboard had the word “secede” in capital letters, along with the group’s name and website. The sign went up Friday and was removed over the weekend, league president Michael Hill said.

A Lamar Advertising executive did not return a message seeking comment.

The league started an online petition asking the company to reinstall the billboard.

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D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, May 22, 2014

We wouldn’t treat ranchers this way

Life insurance agents deserve fair treatment too Without justification and without consultation the Alberta Insurance Council decided to scrap the current licence exam system for life insurance agents – a system that works well for agents and consumers alike.

Alberta’s exam system will be replaced with a new one that the Québec Autorité de marchés financiers will develop and run. There was no discussion with stakeholders, no public procurement process and no transparency in deciding on the new exam and exam service provider. Behind closed doors is not how our government officials should make decisions that impact our livelihood and our services.

The new exam process for life insurance agents will be MORE EXPENSIVE, LESS FAIR and HURT COMMUNITIES AND JOBS. Tell your MLA that qualifications for Alberta life insurance agents should be developed in a fair and transparent way. 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

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