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Southside Dodge’s Mopar Mammas, also known as from the left Steve Vines, Sean Drouillard, Davin Simao and Sheldon Savoie, pause to show off a little leg along the course of the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in Red Deer on Thursday. About 150 men tossed aside their sensible footwear during the third annual walk and pumped things up wearing women’s high-heels. Many of the participants took things a little further, completing their outfit with a wide range of dresses and mini-skirts. An estimated $30,000 was raised at the event, which is held in support of the Women’s Outreach Society in Red Deer.

Program forces suspended students to confront drug issues BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Student breaks the rules. Student gets suspended from school. Student effectively gets free vacation. It may not be an ideal situation, but for the offending student the punishment may not be so bad. Even if it comes from some behaviour one has to answer for, it would be hard to find any teenager not excited about three to five days without any classes or requirements. That was the outcome for transgressing students with the Red Deer Public School District up until early this school year.

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But a new program is keeping pupils suspended because of drug issues working on their school work and considering the choices that put them in the predicament. George MacLeod wags a finger in my face and sternly says “Don’t do drugs!” He is demonstrating not his approach to getting students on the straight and narrow, but exactly the type of overture he says has failed with kids. “My own view is that the scare tactics haven’t worked with kids. Kids turn off,” said MacLeod, a drug education specialist with McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association.

A visiting judge has raised questions about the practice in Red Deer provincial court of banning some people from having cellphones, pagers and Internet-capable computers while they are on bail or probation. Prohibiting cellphones puts people in danger and increases the risk that they will violate their release conditions, Judge Judy Shriar said on Tuesday while hearing how a man awaiting trial on fraud charges ended up back in remand after failing to report to his bail review officer. Defence counsel Andrew Phypers explained to the judge that his client had found a new job and left early in the morning to work out of town.

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Red Deer’s two MLAs have thrown their support behind Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jim Prentice, who formally launched his campaign on Wednesday. Cal Dallas, Red Deer South LUKASZUK MLA and minister of International JOINS RACE A3 and Intergovernmental Relations, and Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski are among the list of 45 out of the 58 PC MLAs who have endorsed Prentice, a former federal cabinet minister. “Having known Jim for some time, I’ve come to admire his approach to politics,” said Dallas. “He has a real passion for Alberta and I see the commitment he’s prepared to make. So based on my personal knowledge of him and what I’ve seen him do, I’m very happy to be supporting him.” He said Prentice will take a common-sense leadership approach and is an avid relationship builder. With Prentice at the helm of the party, Dallas added it would also be a positive for Central Albertans. “He understands how the economy of Alberta works, how important accessing international markets is, the importance of diversification and to make sure that the entrepreneurs, innovators have opportunities moving forward. That’s really what Central Alberta is all about . . . energy services, agriculture, manufacturing, all of that. And that comes with a very strong commitment to education and environment. These are the pieces that are important to Central Alberta.” Dallas said while no dates have been set, he fully expects to see Prentice make a campaign stop sometime soon in Red Deer. Jablonski, who has known Prentice for the past 12 years through government relations, echoed Dallas, saying Prentice is a “highly honourable” person. “I know he’s done some good things with our aboriginal communities . . . and he’s very environmentally tuned in,” she said. “I think he really means what he says and that’s important.”


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BRIEFS Victim of fatal hit and run identified RCMP have now identified the victim of a fatal hit and run near Penhold on Tuesday and are asking for the driver of the vehicle that is believed to have killed the 18-year-old to come forward. Trystan Sorensen of Penhold was killed while he was longboarding on the side of Hwy 592 about four km west of Penhold at about 10:30 p.m. Police said he was longboarding with a friend when he was struck by an eastbound vehicle. Police describe the suspect vehicle as a blue Chrysler or Dodge SUV driven by a Caucasian female. According to the Innisfail RCMP, their preliminary investigation indicates the collision was not intentional. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone who witnessed the collision or saw any vehicle with damage to the front passenger side leave this area around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night are asked to contact the Innisfail RCMP detachment at 403-227-3342 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Fire destroys mobile home Fire destroyed a mobile home at Les’ Trailer Court on Burnt Lake Trail early Thursday afternoon. Dave Laurin, fire chief, administration and training, for Red Deer County, said flames quickly took over the structure after cooking was left unattended on top of the stove. He said renters living in the mobile home were alerted to the fire by a smoke detector and called the fire department shortly before noon. The two adults in the mobile home were not injured.

phone he can carry and requiring that his computer access be limited to employment and banking purposes. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

BAN: ‘Everybody needs a phone’ The had left a voice message with his bail review officer that morning, but could not be reached because he was prohibited from carrying a cellphone as one of his release conditions. The accused man, who was on four separate recognizances, was consequently taken back to jail on a new charge of breaching his release conditions. “Why can’t he have a phone? Everybody needs a phone,” Shriar said while accepting the man’s plea of guilty to a single count of breaching bail. Shriar, who normally works in the Calgary Regional provincial court district, said she noticed while sitting in Red Deer on Tuesday that it is quite common for judges here to include bail or release conditions that prohibit people from using electronic devices including cellphones, pagers and Internetcapable computers. She stated that the practice appears to be unique to Red Deer. Such terms may be reasonable where an accused person is awaiting trial on child pornography and similar charges, said Shriar. However, banning others from owning cellphones sets them up for breaches and can put them in danger, she said. “I don’t like that condition. It’s going to set these guys up to go to jail again and again and again,” she said. “I don’t know what he does for a living, but how can he not use a computer?” Judges sitting in Red Deer have prohibited cellphones and other electronic devices where they were among the tools used in committing offences. In most of those cases, the terms include an exception allowing the devices for work purposes only. In a separate case brought before Shriar on the same day, a cellphone was among the items seized from a man who pleaded guilty to possessing drugs for trafficking. Police identified the phone as bearing a number that undercover investigators used to set up a drug buy. Shriar said any fears that cellphones are being misused for criminal purposes could be met by requiring that the phones be limited to the type that include a monthly bill detailing incoming and outgoing calls. She crafted a new recognizance for the man accused of fraud, including restrictions on the type of

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PROGRAM: ‘Kids live in a world full of drugs’ A transplanted Scot, MacLeod spent a decade working with youth on the hardscrabble streets of downtown Vancouver before coming to Central Alberta in 2003 to work with youth here. He works out of an office at Red Deer Public’s Alternative School Centre, and this year he has been contracted by the division to guide high schoolers through an Alternatives to Out-of-School Suspensions initiative. The students who end up with MacLeod typically have shown up to school smelling of marijuana, or are found with drug paraphernalia on them. They are suspended from either Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School or Hunting Hills High School for a week, during which they have to pass their afternoons at the alternative centre. Students spend two hours a day working through school work sent by their teachers, plus another hour with MacLeod. In his one-on-one time with the youth, MacLeod works through a formal program broken into four parts — one hour to talk about what is going on in the student’s life, the next two to talk about what benefits are derived from drug use and to consider the harm, and the final session sees the student set out a plan for what choices they want to be making going forward. “The fact is that kids live in a world full of drugs,” says MacLeod, “Some kids make a choice to smoke something or use something, and that’s their choice. What we do here is trying to help the kid reflect on the decisions they’ve made and help them see it in the context of their life. We won’t see them as a bad kid; we see them as a young person who made a choice. “This program respects kids that they’ve got the power to make decisions. But they also need information to make these decisions and that’s why they look at the benefits and the harm. That’s a healthy decision-making model — whenever we make a decision, what’s good about it, what’s not so good about it?” While alternative school principal Chad Erickson is careful to note that the division is not condoning teenage drug use, MacLeod stresses that it is not his job to make students quit, but simply to make them think. Students may use pot to deal with anger or stress or to fit in; MacLeod wants to give them other

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avenues to handle such problems. When the students do return to their high schools after the week away, there is follow-up with counsellors and administrators, and the commitments and goals the students identified with MacLeod are shared with school personnel. He does not, however, disclose whatever else the students shared with him, and he lets the youth know he can be a confidential sounding board even after the program. “I find that when you truly listen to kids and give them an avenue where they feel heard and respected, that makes a difference,” he says. In the last decade, the number of discipline cases involving drug use has increased dramatically within the school division. Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission counsellors have worked in the two high schools, and in 2008 the division got provincial money to implement an intervention program for students with identified addictions. But students found with a joint or bloodshot eyes would simply be sent home with school work to do before this year. Homework compliance was effectively “nil” and when the students returned, teachers had to play catch up with them. Putting them in the alternative school where they are supported and supervised lessens how far they fall behind. “When we have the opportunity to still keep them engaged in their learning a bit as well as trying to address some of the reasons why they’re using drugs, to me that’s a win all the way around. It’s been excellent for us,” says Lindsay Thurber principal Dan Lower, whose students have made up the majority of the 30 who have gone through the program. With drug use becoming more accepted socially and kids more aware of what is out there, Lower said there are indications that more youth in his school are using. “So if we’re going to find more and more kids under the influence, it just makes sense that we’re not just turfing them out of school.” The division is measuring the program as a success thus far on the basis of zero cases of recidivism, no expulsions, and the fact that three students have made the permanent switch to the alternative centre after going through the program. But the players involved acknowledge that immediate 180-degree lifestyle shifts are unlikely and the initiative’s efficacy will be determined over a longer term as the kids age. Deputy superintendent Stu Henry said the division intends to continue the program next year, and could expand it to cover suspensions relating to transgressions such as fighting or defiance in the future. Last year, schools within the division issued 247 out-of-school suspensions lasting for three or more days. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer and District SPCA volunteers Pauline Klassen and Terry MacDonald sort through some of the thousands of donated items at the Pidherney Curling Centre on Thursday. The SPCA in Red Deer is holding its 13th Annual Garage Sale for three days next weekend. Anyone wanting to donate items to the sale have until Monday, May 26, to drop them off at the curling centre. The sale opens Friday, May 30, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday of next week, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. All proceeds from the sale will go to support the SPCA in Red Deer.


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BRIEF Suspect in Calgary’s worst mass murder fit to stand trial CALGARY — A man accused of killing five young people in Calgary’s worst mass murder has been found fit to stand trial. Matthew de Grood is charged with first-degree murder after four men and a woman were stabbed to death at a house party that was being held last month to mark the end of the university school year. De Grood, 22 and the son of a senior Calgary police officer, had been ordered to undergo a 30-day assessment to determine whether he was mentally fit to stand trial. He appeared in court briefly by video link Thursday and a judge was told de Grood understands what is happening. Outside court, de Grood’s lawyer, Allan Fay, said the finding has nothing to do with guilt or innocence. “You have to keep in mind that being fit to stand trial only means that he understands the process and can instruct counsel,” Fay said. “You can still be very profoundly mentally ill and be fit to stand trial.” Court heard de Grood will remain in psychiatric care under a mental health certificate. The case is due back in court July 22. Fay needs time to go through thousands of pages of evidence disclosure he has received from the Crown. Police have not said what they think motivated the attack. They have said de Grood was invited to the party April 15 and mingled with guests before violence broke out. Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras, Josh Hunter, Zackariah Rathwell and Lawrence Hong were killed.

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EDMONTON — Alberta’s former jobs minister says his run to become the province’s next Progressive Conservative party leader will include efforts to rebuild voter trust broken during Alison Redford’s premiership. “I was the first one to come out and say there was an issue with entitlement. I was the first one to say this government has lost its moral authority to govern,” Thomas Lukaszuk said Thursday as he announced his candidacy outside a downtown Edmonton coffee shop. “We will have to focus for the next two years on earning back Albertans’ trust.” Lukaszuk, a 45-year-old four-term legislature member from Edmonton-Castle Downs, said he believes it can be done. “With proper leadership, with acceptance of some of our flaws and with focus on improving ourselves, we will earn the trust of Albertans.” Lukaszuk joins one-time federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice and former Alberta infrastructure minister Ric McIver, both from Calgary, in the race to become Redford’s permanent replacement. Advanced Education Minister Dave Hancock is serving as premier until a new leader is chosen in September. Redford resigned March 23 ahead of a caucus and

party revolt over her reported imperious leadership style and amid revelations of big-ticket self-indulgent spending. Since her resignation, Redford has refused all comment on her time as premier and the issues that led her to step down. Lukaszuk said he was the rebel in Redford’s fold, protested some of her decisions and paid a political price for that. Last December, Redford demoted him from deputy premier and advanced education minister to the jobs, skills, training and labour portfolio. “As you may have noticed, I’ve relocated from the fourth floor to the basement of the legislature. That just didn’t simply happen by coincidence,” he said Thursday. McIver and Prentice have already said that earning back the trust of Albertans will be central planks in their campaigns. The party tumbled drastically in public opinion polls before Redford resigned and has yet to recover. Recent documentation showed that she used government aircraft for family trips and political events. She ignored tendering rules to refurnish her legislature offices and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars hiring extra security.

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Widow, U.S. soldier sue Omar Khadr for US$45M for death, injury TORONTO — The widow of a U.S. special forces soldier killed in Afghanistan and an American soldier blinded by a grenade are suing Canada’s Omar Khadr for almost US$45 million, The Canadian Press has learned. In the lawsuit filed Thursday in Utah, Tabitha Speer and Sgt. Layne Morris allege Khadr, then 15, was responsible for the death of Sgt. Christopher Speer and Morris’s injuries in July 2002. The factual basis for the suit, according to their lawyer, is Khadr’s guilty plea to five war crimes before a U.S. military commission in Guantanamo Bay in October 2010 that saw him sentenced to a further eight years in prison. The plea deal included a stipulation of facts in which Khadr, now 27, admitted to murder and attempted murder in violation of the rule of war, and three other war crimes. “We took his own very words,” lawyer Don Winder said in an interview from Salt Lake City. “We do not think there is any basis for his denial.” The Toronto-born Khadr, currently incarcerated in the Bowden Institution in Innisfail has since said he only pleaded guilty to get out of Guantanamo Bay and be returned to Canada.

Armoured vehicle involved in fatal army accident has history of rollovers OTTAWA — The LAV III, which served as an eight-wheeled, armour-plated military workhorse for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, was under fresh scrutiny Thursday after a deadly rollover in Alberta that killed a senior commanding officer. The accident Wednesday at CFB Wainwright, 300 kilometres southeast of Edmonton, comes with the fleet in the midst of a $1-billion upgrade launched in 2011 to improve the vehicle’s stability, armour and electronics. It’s also just the latest in a series of rollover incidents over the last 15 years involving the LAV III, many of them fatal. Lt.-Col. Dan Bobbitt, commanding officer of the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, based at Garrison Petawawa, Ont., died when the light armoured vehicle he was riding in rolled over during a large training exercise involving up to 5,000 soldiers.

Ponoka County is the latest municipality wrestling with how to deal with medical marijuana operation applications. Since the federal government outlined new regulations for medical marijuana, applications have begun to trickle into rural municipalities, including Ponoka County, where an application was turned down by the municipal planning commission last year. Canruderal Inc. appealed but the board upheld the original decision in January. The close call, which would have seen a medical marijuana facility sprout up near country residential-zoned areas, led the municipality to take a hard look at its bylaws. Council reviewed its options earlier this month and have given first reading to a Land Use Bylaw amendment limiting medical marijuana businesses to areas zoned direct control. That zoning gives council final say on each application while providing residents a forum to comment through a public hearing. County Reeve Paul McLauchlin said council’s proposed option “maintains that public involvement in the process” as well as leaving each application to be rated on its merits by council. “It’s not yea or nay. It allows people to have the right to pursue this opportunity and at the same time it allows the neighbours to participate in the process.”

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PRENTICE: ‘Shadowy’ Prentice, a lawyer for 20 years, was elected as MP for Calgary North Centre in 2004. Over the years, he managed the federal cabinet portfolios for Industry, Environment, Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Also, while in Stephen Harper’s government, he served as the senior political minister for Alberta from 2006 until the end of 2010. “When he ran provincially he lost to the NDP,” said Stephen Merredew, president of the Red Deer federal NDP riding association, speaking about the 1986 election. “I think most people would describe him as being shadowy.” The race for command of the PC party began after former premier Alison Redford resigned in March. Prentice, who filed his nomination package last Friday, was the first official candidate with his hat in the ring. Thomas Lukaszuk, the former jobs minister, announced Thursday he will be picking up his nomination package and running for the leadership. Ric McIver, who stepped down from his position as Alberta’s infrastructure minister earlier this month to join the race, announced he would be running a couple weeks ago but is still in the process of collecting the required 500 signatures from party members before filing his papers. Candidates have to collect 100 names from each region in the province: Edmonton, Calgary, Central Alberta, and the north and south areas. McIver was in Red Deer on Saturday at the public market to amass more signatures and spread his message. Alberta’s former municipal affairs minister, Ken Hughes, declared his intention to run for the leadership before McIver but dropped out of the race last week, saying he was supporting Prentice. In addition to the signatures, candidates have to put down a $20,000, non-refundable deposit will have to pay another $30,000 when nominations close on May 30. The party will vote on Sept. 6. Any Albertan age 14 and up who has a PC party membership is entitled to cast a ballot. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

Other options, such as listing medical marijuana operations as a discretionary use in agriculturalzoned land or lumping them in the same category as intensive livestock operations were rejected. McLauchlin said identifying industrial areas for marijuana facilities may not have sat well with urban neighbours adjacent to most of the county’s industrially zoned land. “Us making unilateral decisions saying that’s where these projects would be right next to the town I’m not sure what their response would be to that.” This was the route recently adopted by Mountain View County, which passed a bylaw limiting medical marijuana to heavy industrial areas or business parks. Residents in that municipality had previously expressed their dismay when a medical marijuana operation was approved last year without a public hearing because it was defined as an agriculture and permitted use. Ponoka councillors felt treating medical marijuana as a discretionary agriculture use was seen as leaving the door a little too open for those sorts of applications. Prohibiting medical marijuana altogether was also not favoured because of potential challenges. “I think if you just say no that’s not fair. We need to be fair and just, and in order to do so we need to be able to say yes with provisions.” The land use amendments will go to a public hearing and second reading on June 17. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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We get what we deserve WHY CAN’T WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LESS PHYSICALLY ACTIVE WE ARE, THE MORE COSTLY IT IS TO OUR HEALTH — AND OUR POCKETBOOK? That Canadian kids get a D-minus for being physically active is hardly news. Really, it’s just a “minus” drop from 2012, when they got a straight D. When Canadian kids dropped half a point in international math scores (still among the highest in the world), governments, school boards and pundits held a mass fire drill. We all but declared a GREG national state NEIMAN of emergency and developed a whole new kind of math to cure the “crisis.” But when we find out our children are at historic high risk for major killers due to their sedentary lifestyles, Canadian parents just switch to the Cartoon Network. An additional $4 billion or so hit to our health-care in direct and indirect costs of being sedentary? Get in the car, kids, let’s see something in 3-D. Active Healthy Kids Canada has been releasing the reports for years, tracking the activity levels of Canadian children and comparing it to that of 14 other countries. Really, nobody’s doing really all that great on the scores. Nobody wants to move to Mozambique, where kids are active. And besides, we can always sit back and laugh at Scotland, which got an F. Alberta cities score higher than the national average for obesity — and that includes Red Deer. But the message is getting through. This year, the group released Canada’s test results at the first-ever global summit on youth health and activity, in Toronto. Somebody, somewhere, is paying attention. Somebody, somewhere, is starting to get scared. Even though three-quarters of Canadian children are reported to take part in organized sports, and almost all have good access to gyms, pools, rinks and parks, only about seven per cent get their medically-recommended 60 minutes a day of physical activity. It’s not because our kids are too busy. A huge portion of Canadian children get more than two hours of TV time a day. If you count cellphone, school and screen time, Canadian kids average just under eight hours a day looking at a screen, says Active Healthy Kids Canada. Every day.

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The Canadian Paediatric Society strapped accelerometers onto children between 2007 and 2009, and got much the same results. They reported that kids sit on their butts for 6.8 hours a day. Kids who spend more than two hours a day in front of the TV are more than twice as likely to be obese as kids who get an hour or so of TV time a day. We like to blame TV for the rising sedentary habits of our children but actually we are to blame. In last year’s report (in which Canada got a D-plus), Active Healthy Kids Canada singled out Mom and Dad. When Mom and Dad were kids, almost 60 per cent of children walked or biked to school. Today, 62 per cent of children use inactive forms of transportation exclusively, says Active Healthy Kids Canada. It’s not that kids say they want it that way. In the 2012 Active Healthy Kids Canada survey, 92 per cent of children said they would rather play with friends than watch TV. But in re-

ality, they spent 63 per cent of their time after school and on weekends just sitting around. The World Health Organization reports that in industrialized countries, between 60 per cent and 80 per cent of adults do not get an hour of physical activity every day. What’s your average? Hardly surprising, then, that Type 2 diabetes — a major complication of obesity — is on the rise. A major complication of Type 2 diabetes is kidney failure. Young people in North America are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in numbers never before seen. Here in Red Deer, we called it a victory when we got funding for more dialysis machines. Well, when your house is on fire, you’ve got to call the fire department — and they had better be there for you, quick. But it would be far better that you prevent the fire. Obesity in youth is known to lead to obesity in adulthood. Obese adults die

three to seven years younger than their peers, and their lifetimes are marked by higher use of costly health care. Simple activity is the cheapest and most effective prevention of all of that. Sixty minutes a day, every day, that’s what it takes. Kids who walk or bike to school get on average 45 minutes a day, just by doing that. So would their parents if they rode or walked to work. But instead of embracing prevention, Red Deer puts up barriers to it, calling it a waste of money to build the infrastructure needed to make safe non-car commutes. Less than $1 million on new infrastructure, versus crisis spending of billions for easily preventable healthcare costs. That’s a D-minus score on a lot of levels. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

Don’t abandon the Alberta tax advantage BY JOSH BILYK SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE A campaign launched by progressive advocacy group Public Interest Alberta (PIA) would have us believe that Albertans can have almost every government service they ever wanted, if only we would abandon our single rate income tax model. The “Alberta Could …” campaign website features a giant ticker that estimates the government could take in an additional $2 billion a year if only they would bring in new, higher tax brackets for businesses and individuals earning more than $100,000 a year. The PIA plan would raise the income tax rate for some 122,000 Albertans who earn more than $100,000 per year from 10 to 13 per cent. For earnings over $150,000 (another 82,000 Albertans would be affected), the PIA-proposed tax rate would increase to 15 per cent. The business tax rate for companies with more than 50 employees would increase from 10 to 12 per cent. All told, the PIA plan would represent the largest tax increase this province has ever seen. PIA urges Albertans to fantasize about all the terrific things the government could do with the “found money” it would be raking in. If only life were so simple. Government drawing an additional $2 billion from working Albertans would have a dramatic impact on the provincial economy and damage our ability to attract people and investment during a fragile time when the economic growth is starting to rebound — as reflected in the job numbers that were just reported for April. A key assumption made by PIA, and a flawed one,

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is that the government is somehow cash-strapped. This is simply not the case. Government revenues are healthy. In fact, total government revenues are about as high as they have ever been, and Alberta has led the country in economic growth for the past two years. Last year, the Alberta government took in nearly $10 billion in personal income tax revenue — a record for the province. It’s worth remembering why Alberta adopted low single rate corporate and personal taxes in the first place, back in the 1990s. Prior to the Klein government balancing the budget and bringing in competitive tax rates, the province attempted to diversify the Alberta economy by investing public money directly into various business schemes. Some of these investments turned out OK, but many more were dramatic failures. The government’s failed forays into waste treatment facilities, trust firms and telephone companies cost Alberta taxpayers hundreds of millions. In its bid to balance the budget, the Klein government swore off this approach, declaring the Alberta government was no longer in “the business of being in business.” Instead, they sought to create a tax system that would be envy of the country and draw private sector investment into province without risking public money. This policy has been remarkably successful. In 1985, the energy industry accounted for 36 per cent of the provincial economy. In 2012, energy’s share had declined to 23 per cent, while industries like agriculture, manufacturing and finance have grown. The provincial economy is less reliant on oil and gas than it was 30 years ago, and that’s due in no small part to the Alberta tax advantage.

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CANADA EU seal products ban upheld ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Canada lost its bid to overturn Europe’s ban on imported seal products Thursday but seized on World Trade Organization findings that aspects of the embargo breach international obligations. A WTO appeal decision released in Geneva upheld a previous ruling that the European Union ban is “necessary to protect public morals” regarding animal welfare. But the three-member panel agreed with the prior dispute settlement finding that exemptions to the ban have not been fairly applied. It says the embargo “constitutes a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination,” particularly because of how exemptions for seal products from Inuit or indigenous communities are handled. It finds the EU has not sufficiently shown how its treatment of indigenous versus commercial hunts “can be reconciled with the objective of addressing EU public moral concerns regarding seal welfare.” It also found “considerable ambiguity” in how terms such as “subsistence” are used for Inuit harvests. And it raises concerns that vague criteria could allow seal products from commercial hunts to enter EU markets under indigenous exemptions.

Commissioner slams collapsed mall engineer for request to preview report OTTAWA — The discredited engineer who signed off on a northern Ontario mall weeks before it collapsed has blindsided the judicial inquiry probing the tragedy with a request to review a draft of its report, the commissioner said Thursday. In a strongly worded order, Commissioner Paul Belanger said he had several concerns with the application from Robert (Bob) Wood, who faces criminal charges in the deadly June 2012 collapse. Among them, Belanger said, was that Wood had changed his tack since his initial notice of application in which he said he wanted parts of the final report relating to him blacked out. Wood, 65, subsequently asked to review the relevant sections of the final draft first, so he could then decide if he wanted to seek redactions without first informing the commission of the change. Belanger is having none of the two-step approach. “Mr. Wood’s filed application is materially different from the one he advised commission counsel he would make,” Belanger said. “This attempt . . . creates an unnecessary and unacceptable delay.”

Privacy inquiry urged BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — One of the voices behind a new declaration on mass surveillance says Canada needs a commission of inquiry to ensure governments and corporations respect privacy in an era of big data. Prof. David Murakami Wood of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., says it’s time for an in-depth look at how organizations routinely collect and sort huge amounts of personal information. Murakami Wood, a member of the university’s Surveillance Studies Centre, joined other academics and civil libertarians in publishing the seven-point statement aimed at improving accountability. The statement calls for a “public process” to come up with a comprehensive legal framework for information and privacy rights, building on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and United Nations principles.

“We have no particular opinion on what kind of a process, as long as it’s open and accountable,” Murakami Wood said in an interview. “But that kind of thing has to happen, it’s about time. We need to start taking this seriously at a national level.” The initiative comes amid public concern about surveillance by western security agencies, the large-scale transfer of Internet customer data to state authorities, and a legislative move by the federal government to make it easier for police and spies to find out more about online activities. The government claims authorities need easier access to subscriber information held by Internet providers to catch terrorists, pedophiles and other criminals. The individuals and organizations who signed the statement on surveillance say Canadian privacy and data protection laws and regulations are regularly bypassed, undermined or broken, and are inadequate to protect the rights of Canadians.

The declaration urges: ● Any planned government changes that affect privacy rights be “presented, justified, and debated in a transparent manner,” not hidden in unrelated bills. ● An end to expansion of rules allowing warrantless collection of private information without oversight. ● Extended powers for federal and provincial privacy commissioners, including the ability to prosecute and fine state bodies and private companies for breaches. ● All state security, intelligence, policing and border agencies be subject to appropriate legal, judicial and democratic oversight. Among the organizations supporting the declaration are Amnesty International Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, the Ottawa-based International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and Privacy International.

Students relieved that University CBC planning new of Saskatchewan’s president fired cuts: watchdog BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON — University of Saskatchewan students who called for the school’s president to resign say they’re relieved that she has been fired. Ilene Busch-Vishniac, who sparked controversy with planned budget cuts and with the firing of a tenured professor who spoke out about them, was herself let go Wednesday night. Nick Marlatte, who organized a rally earlier this week, said it’s a good step towards restoring the Saskatoon-based school’s reputation. “I think it indicates that there’s some hope that the quality of the university is going to be preserved and that the board of governors actually understands that people are not only upset, but actually scared about the future of this institution,” Marlatte said. Marlatte said students are pleased to see the university’s board of governors change direction, but he’s still apprehensive about how things will move forward. “There’s been a lot of talk that things are going to change,” he said. “But I can’t say that there’s much trust ... and I’m not going to really assume any trust until there is very definite sort of proof that that’s the case.” The university released a plan last month that includes cutting jobs, reorganizing the administration and dissolving some programs to try to save about $25 million. The cuts are part of a bigger goal to address a projected $44.5-million deficit in the school’s operating budget by 2016. Marlatte acknowledges that the school has to tackle its deficit. But he argues that students, staff and faculty haven’t been re-

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A watchdog group says the CBC is planning a fresh round of service cuts, including making Radio Two onlineonly and merging some English and French programming — but the public broadcaster denies the claims. Friends of Canadian Broadcasting says executives are set to propose several major cuts when the board of directors meets in Ottawa on June 17 and 18. The group says they learned of these plans through “highlevel sources inside the CBC.” “This is very serious stuff. 80 per cent of Canadians like public broadcasting, and they’re going to be very angry when they hear about this,” said the arm’s-length group’s spokesman, Ian Morrison. “This is the result of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s antipathy to public broadcasting. We’re going to see it play out in about a month’s time and what we’re doing today is blowing the whistle.” According to the watchdog, the proposed cuts include a plan to shut down over-theair distribution of Radio Two — CBC’s FM radio network that plays primarily adult contemporary, classical and jazz — in favour of distributing music solely online. The broadcaster also plans to significantly reduce CBC-TV’s non-commercial morning children’s programs, such as “Arthur” and “Poko,” the group says. It also says acclaimed shows like “Republic of Doyle” may be on the chopping block. In addition, the group asserts that cuts will target more local programming. Last month, the broadcaster cancelled the afternoon radio show in Thunder Bay, forcing the small Ontario city to receive programming from Sudbury, some 1,000 kilometres away.

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An anti-government demonstrator cries before leaving a demonstration site, after the military seized power Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s military seized power Thursday in a bloodless coup, dissolving the government, suspending the constitution and dispersing groups of protesters from both sides of the country’s political divide who had gathered in Bangkok and raised fears of a violent showdown.

THAILAND Bangkok residents moved freely and wrapped yellow ribbons and flowers around tank turrets until dawn. Prayuth called on the public not to panic this time, either. But the vast capital’s elevated train, subway and bus stations shut down early, filling with long queues as anxious office workers rushed home along increasingly empty streets. After nightfall, troops deployed armoured personnel carriers to block main roads, including one in

front of the U.S. Embassy, and diverted traffic at key intersections. Major highways were virtually devoid of traffic, extraordinary for the normally bustling metropolis of 10 million. International cable news channels, including CNN and BBC, were taken off air. Earlier, armed troops dispersed demonstrators from protest sites where competing groups were camped out — one filled with thousands of Red Shirts who support the now-ousted elected government, the other with those who had struggled for seven months to unseat it.

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40 VETERANS DIED WHILE LANGUISHING ON SECRET WAITING LISTS AT HOSPITAL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — Google the phrase “Obama’s Katrina,” and the search engine spits out just over 35,200 results. Opponents of the U.S. president have spared no opportunity to liken every failure — perceived or otherwise — to the disastrous New Orleans hurricane response that irreversibly weakened George W. Bush’s presidency. From the BP oil spill in 2010 to more recent problems with the launch of the Obamacare website, the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack in Libya and accusations of partisan bias at the Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama’s foes have jumped on every scandal, acknowledged or alleged, as the big one. Despite it all Obama’s approval rating, while less than stellar at 44 per cent, remains at least eight percentage points higher than Bush’s at the same stage in their respective presidencies, according to the Gallup organization. But this latest scandal could be different. Not only does it involve vulnerable people, death, administrative failure, and accusations of a coverup, it has — like Katrina — also prompted more generalized outrage. The vitriol directed at the administration over the treatment of veterans is coming from normally kind quarters. First, there was a swear-word-soliloquy from Democrat-friendly comedian Jon Stewart. Then, on Wednesday, an on-air venting from a cable

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An Ukrainian soldier stands near destroyed truck at a gunfight site near the village of Blahodatne, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday. At least 16 Ukrainian troops were killed and about 30 others were wounded when pro-Russians attacked a military checkpoint, the deadliest raid in the weeks of fighting in eastern Ukraine.

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BLAHODATNE, Ukraine — In the deadliest raid yet on Ukrainian troops, pro-Russia insurgents attacked a military checkpoint Thursday, killing 16 soldiers, and the interim prime minister accused Moscow of trying to disrupt the upcoming election for a new president to lead the divided country out of its crisis. A rebel commander said one of his fighters also died in the raid in eastern Ukraine, which left a gruesome scene of charred military vehicles and scorched bodies near the town of Volnovakha, 30 kilometres south of the city of Donetsk. Witnesses, including a medical worker, said more than 30 Ukrainian troops were wounded, with some in grave condition. Fighting also raged in at least two other villages. The armed uprising and the government’s offensive to put it down have cast a shadow over Sunday’s election, with Kyiv acknowledging it will be impossible to hold the vote in some areas. In the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, where separatists have declared independence and pledged to derail the vote, election workers reported threats and interference from gunmen. Interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused Russia of escalating the conflict and trying to disrupt the election. In a post on Facebook, he called for an urgent session of the U.N. Security Council and said Ukraine would present evidence of Moscow’s involvement. In the attack on the checkpoint, residents said the rebels arrived in an armoured bank truck, which the unsuspecting Ukrainian soldiers waved through. The rebels opened fire with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said. The Donetsk regional administration and a Health Ministry official said 16 soldiers were killed. Associated Press journalists saw 11 dead soldiers in the field near the village of Blahodatne, outside Volnovakha. Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said the attackers hit an ammunition section in one of the military vehicles, which exploded in a fireball. Three blackened armoured infantry vehicles, their turrets blown away, and several burned trucks stood at the site. Bodies apparently burned by the explosion and fire were scattered nearby. A leading rebel commander claimed responsibility for the raid.

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ABUJA, Nigeria — Scores of protesters chanting “Bring Back Our Girls” marched Thursday to Nigeria’s presidential villa to demand more action to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants, but President Goodluck Jonathan did not meet with them, leaving a proxy to deliver a lecture that further angered the demonstrators. “Another small window for Jonathan and he refuses to use it!” one protester yelled. “What a stupid move!” The protesters complained of the insensitivity of Jonathan, who did not even met some of the parents of abducted children, who came to Nigeria’s capital specially to see him earlier this month. Many schools across the country also closed Thursday to protest the abductions, the government’s failure to rescue them and the killings of scores of teachers by Islamic extremists in recent years. In Maiduguri, the northeast city that is the birthplace of Boko Haram, protesting teachers says they “can no longer tolerate government insensitivity to the plight of the girls and the education sector.” In Abuja the marchers sang “All we are saying is bring back our girls,” to the tune of John Lennon’s iconic Give Peace a Chance. They were accompanied by police in riot gear as far as a road leading to the presidential villa, where a fire engine with water cannon was on standby. Cabinet ministers and aides told the small crowd of about 300 people that Jonathan was not home. A message from the president was read urging Nigerians to unite and stop criticizing the government. Murmurs of disagreement rose as they were told “The people of Afghanistan do not blame the government, they blame the terrorists.” Civil society groups were counselled to “encourage Nigerians to supply useful information to the security services.” That inflamed the crowd since that is exactly what residents of Chibok did, and if the military had responded to their warnings, the girls might never have been kidnapped. Chibok local government chairman Bana Lawal told The Associated Press that he warned the army of an impending Boko Haram attack two hours before the rebels arrived. Reinforcements never arrived, leaving the road open to the school, where the extremists abducted more than 300 girls and young women. Fifty-three escaped and 276 remain in captivity, according to police.

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GALCHENYUK SCORES IN OT AND TOKARSKI MAKES KEY SAVES TO GIVE HABS WIN BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadiens 3 Rangers 2 NEW YORK — Alex Galchenyuk scored at 1:12 of overtime to give Montreal a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Thursday and help the Canadiens get one foot out of their Eastern Conference final hole. Montreal trails New York two games to one with Game 4 set for Sunday. Henrik Lundqvist made the initial save off Tomas Plekanec but the puck bounced in off an onrushing Galchenyuk. Daniel Briere’s goal with 3:02 remaining had looked to be the Montreal winner. But with the goalie out, Chris Kreider tipped in a Dan Girardi shot from an extremely tight angle with 29 seconds left to force overtime. The puck hit the skate of Canadiens defenceman Alexei Emelin on the way in. The late Montreal goal came after Lundqvist made a fine stop on a Thomas Vanek shot from in-close. But the puck went to Briere who tucked it back in, around the post and off Ryan McDonagh Young goalie Dustin Tokarski came up big for the Canadiens, keeping the visitors in a game where New York held the upper hand for long periods. Given the ramifications of a third straight loss, it was a tremendously timely performance. “Dustin Tokarski was phenomenal tonight. He’s a battler, and most important thing, he’s a winner,” said Canadiens head coach Michel Therrien. With less than a minute left, he came to the rescue when he got a piece of a Martin St. Louis shot. Andrei Markov also scored for Montreal, which was outshot 36-33 during regulation time. “We weathered the storm, and I felt our team played with more confidence as the game went on, and they got a break at the end to tie the game up, it hit Alexei’s skate,” said Therrien. “But without Tokarski’s performance, probably the result would have been different.”

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Montreal Canadiens goalie Dustin Tokarski, right, blocks a shot by New York Rangers’ Rick Nash during the first period of Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs Eastern Conference finals, Thursday, in New York. Carl Hagelin opened the scoring for New York, which had won its five previous playoff games. Emotions ran high from the opening puck drop and former Ranger Brandon Prust applied a match to the fuse just three minutes in when he laid out New York forward Derek Stepan with an elbow/shoulder to the head at the New York blue-line. The officials, watching the play develop ahead, missed the blow which left Stepan face down on the ice and sent him briefly to the locker-room. New York came out fast and led 1-0

after a dominant 20 minutes. But the Canadiens pushed back in the second to tie it up while the 24-year-old Tokarski, given the nod again over backup Peter Budaj in the absence of the injured Carey Price, worked some magic at the other end. Montreal had little right to be on even terms going into the third. But thanks to Tokarski they were, setting the stage for a tense finale. “I think the series has been intense. I mean, we battled real hard in both games in Montreal and battled extremely hard tonight,” said Rangers

head coach Alain Vigneault. “We came out and we were ready to play. We had some good looks. “We didn’t finish, obviously, as many opportunities as we would have liked to, but it was a hard-fought game. Next one’s going to be the same.” Dale Weise was almost the hero for the Canadiens with five minute remaining, when an errant clearance went right to him in front of Lundqvist. But the Swedish star goalie stopped his blast from point-blank range.

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Canada falls to Finland at world championships FINNS SCORE LATE TO ELIMINATE CANADA IN QUARTER-FINALS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Team Canada goalie Ben Scrivens fails to stop a puck and Finland scores the second goal during third period quarter-final game on Thursday at the IIHF World Hockey Championship in Minsk, Belarus. Finland won 3-2.

Finland 3 Canada 2 MINSK, Belarus — Wanting Team Canada to improve game by game at the world hockey championship, coach Dave Tippett thought the quarter-final effort against Finland was the best yet. It was also the last, as a couple of third-period mistakes led to a 3-2 loss Thursday at Chizhovka Arena and Canada’s elimination from the tournament. “I use a phrase all the time that every play counts,” Tippett said. “Every play counts and unfortunately we had a couple go against us.” The play that counted the most for Canada was a turnover by defenceman Tyler Myers, who tried to pass it off the wall to Kyle Turris. Jori Lehtera got in the way, setting up Iiro Pakarinen for the game-winner with just 3:08 left. A downtrodden Myers said everyone saw what happened and didn’t feel he needed to explain. Turris, who scored Canada’s first goal, took the blame. “I was yelling at him, ‘I’m open in the middle, I’m open in the middle,’

and when he passed to the middle, the guy stepped in between,” Turris said. “It was my fault. I was yelling at him to move it to me, and the guy stepped in the way and went the other way. I should have had it.” It was a game that Canada felt it should have had. Holding a 2-1 lead after two periods on goals by Turris and Mark Scheifele, the Canadians were in control despite a strong game from Finnish goaltender Pekka Rinne. One bad bounce 28 seconds into the third changed everything. Finland’s Juuso Hietanen let a slapshot fly that hit Ben Scrivens’s right arm, the back of his blocker, and then the shaft of his stick before trickling over the goalline. “It’s a terrible goal to give up,” said Scrivens, who stopped 23 of the 26 shots he faced. “It’s deflating for the team. That’s squarely on me. It’s really tough to swallow right now.” This was the fifth straight year Canada lost in the quarter-finals at this tournament.

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Foreurs, Oil Kings meet again at Memorial Cup after marathon game BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON, Ont. — Among the subplots of the Memorial Cup semifinal between Val-d’Or and Edmonton is No. 8 versus No. 8. The Edmonton Oil Kings want defenceman Griffin Reinhart on the ice when Anthony Mantha is Friday. With last line change as the home team, the Foreurs will attempt to spring their 82-goal man for a shift or two without the mammoth shadow of Reinhart. “It’s Crazy Eights, right?” Oil Kings head coach Derek Laxdal said. “It’s going to be a challenge for Griff and it’s going to be a challenge for Mantha.” The MasterCard Memorial Cup semifinal is a rematch between the Quebec and Western league champions who went to double overtime Tuesday. After 81 minutes 15 seconds — the sixth-longest-game game in tournament history — it ended 4-3 for Vald’Or on Anthony Richard’s breakaway

goal. The semifinal victor faces the unbeaten Guelph Storm in Sunday’s final. The Ontario Hockey League champions did the Oil Kings a favour, but not the host committee, by eliminating the London Knights and preventing a tiebreaker game. Reinhart and Mantha were teammates on Canada’s junior hockey team this year and are both first-round NHL draft picks. Mantha was the 20th overall pick by the Detroit Red Wings last year. The New York Islanders selected the sixfoot-four, 215-pound Reinhart fourth overall in 2012. “They’ve got last change so we’ll see how much I end up playing against him,” the Oil Kings captain said. “I like the challenge. I know him a little bit from world juniors and it will be fun for both of us I think.” Mantha didn’t score Tuesday, but assisted on captain Samuel Henley’s third-period goal that pushed the game into overtime. The six-footfive, 204-pound Mantha dug the puck out from the boards to Richard, who

dished to Henley. “To be honest with you I think Mantha played a pro game the last game,” Foreurs coach Mario Durocher said. “He was physical. Even if he didn’t score but he got some points by making passes. He was first on the puck. He was able to play the physical game. “Reinhart is a big guy, a strong guy and I think Tony needs to use his speed. He (Mantha) battled against him so I’m happy the way he played the last game.” Guillaume Gelinas participated in half of Val-d’Or’s practice Thursday before heading to the dressing room. The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s top-scoring defenceman suffered a “knee contusion” versus Guelph and wasn’t able to play in the game against Edmonton. Gelinas felt he was ready to play, but Durocher was more cautious about the prospect. “For sure if he’s 50 per cent I’m not going to put him in there, but if it’s more than that we’re probably going to ... depending on how he is, the way we’re going to put him on the ice is go-

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ing to depend on how good he feels,” the Foreurs coach said. “For the last two years, he’s played against the best line, played power play, played penalty kill, so he’s a onetwo punch guy for us. It’s quite important to have him with us.” Val-d’Or has relied heavily on goaltender Antoine Bibeau this tournament to bail out their porous defence. The Toronto Maple Leafs prospect has faced 136 shots in this tournament. He stole a 1-0 win from the Knights to open the tournament with a 51-save shutout. After falling behind 2-0 early against Edmonton, the Foreurs wormed their way back into the game on Bibeau’s 47 stops, including a penalty-shot attempt by Edgars Kulda. “We think he can win a game by himself and this is what you need during playoff time and right now this is what he’s doing.” Durocher said. But the Val-d’Or coach spent Thursday’s practice emphasizing more support of the defencemen by the forwards and increased protection of the slot.

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Blue Jays complete sweep of Red Sox BUEHRLE GETS MAJOR LEAGUE-BEST EIGHTH WIN, CABRERA, BAUTISTA HOMER AS BLUE JAYS BEAT RED SOX BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 7 Red Sox 2 BOSTON — Mark Buehrle got his major league-leading eighth win with a big boost from Toronto’s powerful lineup. Neither was surprising. “Look what he’s done all year,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said after a 7-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. “Who’s pitched better in baseball?” Buehrle (8-1) has eight wins through May for the first time since 2002 and an ERA of 2.16. He gave up two runs in the first two innings, but by then Toronto had seven, starting with homers on consecutive pitches by Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista in the first inning. That gave the Blue Jays a major league-high 67 homers and gave Buehrle a big cushion. The 15-year veteran lefty blanked the Red Sox for his final five innings and allowed seven hits and no walks while striking out five in seven innings. Dustin McGowan pitched two shutout innings as the Blue Jays took a half-game lead over the New York Yankees in the AL East. “It’s nice, obviously” to lead the majors in wins, “but I’ve always said you can go out your next eight starts and (stink) and be under .500,” Buehrle said. “I try to throw it out the window and get ready for my next start.” Toronto improved to 8-2 in its past 10 games, while Boston lost its seventh straight. The Red Sox went 0-6 on their homestand, the first time since June 1994, when they also lost six in a row at Fenway Park, that they were winless on a homestand of at least six games.

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“We’re in a stretch of games here where we’re giving up too many runs early and we’re scuffling to score runs,” Boston manager John Farrell said. “That’s a dangerous combination.” Red Sox ace Jon Lester (4-6) had his worst outing of the season, allowing seven runs and seven hits through 1 1-3 innings. Then he settled down and retired 12 straight batters before giving up a single to Kevin Pillar with one out in the seventh. But Pillar was caught stealing. Lester left with one out in the seventh after allowing 10 hits and striking out just three. He had averaged an ALbest 10.83 strikeouts per nine innings. “The list goes on and on of things that I just flat out didn’t do,” Lester said. “I just wasn’t able to do it with anything. Pick a pitch, I wasn’t able to do it.” Buehrle retired 11 of his last 12 batters. He began the day tied with Zack Greinke, Rick Porcello and Adam Wainwright with seven wins each. The Dodgers’ Greinke was scheduled to pitch against the New York Mets on Thursday night. Buehrle’s only loss came at home against Boston on April 25 when he allowed seven runs in an 8-1 loss. Lester retired the first batter of the game, Jose Reyes, on a grounder. But Cabrera hit a 1-0 pitch for his eighth homer and Bautista followed with his 12th. “You never anticipate that because (Lester’s) one of the best,” Gibbons said. In the second, six of Toronto’s first seven batters reached base on five hits and a walk. Steve Tolleson and Pillar singled and moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Anthony Gose. Reyes doubled

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MINSK, Belarus — The Czech Republic scored three secondperiod, power-play goals in beating the United States 4-3 in the quarterfinals of the ice hockey world championship on Thursday. Also, Russia blanked France 3-0 to face defending champion Sweden or Belarus in the semifinals on Saturday. The Czechs will play Canada or Finland in the semis. Captain Tomas Rolinek answered Brock Nelson’s power-play goal in the opening period, and Tomas Hertl, Roman Cervenka and Ondrej Nemec all beat veteran goaltender Tim Thomas on power plays in less than 10 minutes in the middle period. U.S. captain Justin Abdelkader received a five-minute penalty and was ejected for a big hit on forward Vladimir Sobotka, who needed treatment on the ice and did not return to the game. Czech coach Vladimir Ruzicka didn’t give details about his injury but said he hoped Sobotka will be available for the semis. Tyler Johnson reduced the deficit to 4-2 with 1:10 left in the game, and added his second 13 seconds later, but it was too late and the U.S., bronze medallists last year, came up short. “I wish they (the goals) would have come a little sooner,” Johnson said. Hertl and Cervenka scored from rebounds during Abdelkader’s penalty, and Jaromir Jagr set up Nemec to drive a slap shot past Thomas. “We scored three power-plays goals and that decided the game,” Jagr said. “But we messed things up in the last two minutes. It was a lesson for the young players, and for those who never experienced that the game ends only after the final whistle.”


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Hawks look to regroup for Game 3 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Although Chicago and Los Angeles have won the last two Stanley Cup titles, Matt Greene and his fellow Kings realize the Blackhawks have been superior whenever the two championship teams were on the ice together recently. Chicago’s recent mastery of the Kings completely came apart in one crazy period, and the Blackhawks are headed to the West Coast to figure out how to get it back. When the teams return Saturday night for Game 3 of the Western Conference finals, the Kings hope to build on their five-goal third period in a 6-2 victory on Wednesday night, evening the series in dramatic fashion. Until Game 2, Chicago had beaten the Kings six straight times and in nine of the clubs’ last 10 meetings dating back to last season’s conference finals. The Blackhawks had been faster and more offensively creative than the Kings, but it all went away in a barrage of goals that set a distinctly different tone for Game 3. “It’s been a series that’s gone in their favour for the last couple of years now,” Greene said Thursday at the Kings’ training complex. “We’ve got to do our best to change that. If we could put a finger on it, we would. But it’s up

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS to us to figure it out and to keep it going and get some more wins. ... I don’t think they have a mental edge on us, no. You’ve just got to go out and play.” Both teams essentially took Thursday off, gathering only for travel or a team meeting. While the Kings downplayed the importance of momentum from their win, the Blackhawks had an extra day to absorb the shock of their second four-goal defeat in the last six playoff games. “I woke up this morning way more angry than I exited the game,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said Thursday before the team flew to the West Coast. “Normally it’s the other way around. ... A game like that is a game that should get your attention, and I think that’s where we’re at.” Quenneville felt the loss was a significant setback for the Blackhawks only because of how it occurred. The two-time champion coach couldn’t recall such an abrupt reversal of momentum against Chicago in any game this season. Quenneville thought his team essentially played a perfect game for the first 38 minutes, taking a 2-0 lead before it all fell apart with Los Angeles’ first goal. The Blackhawks aren’t a team that falls apart, but the Kings

have a way of making opponents do things they never imagined under playoff pressure. “I think it was probably a little bit of a shock to us all,” Chicago defenceman Nick Leddy said. “But that’s how playoffs are.” The Kings feel it wasn’t just momentum that gave them home-ice advantage in this series. Los Angeles had been making strides against the defending champions for months, and coach Darryl Sutter thought his team played much better in its series-opening defeat than its victory. “I don’t think it was momentum,” Sutter said. “It was more once we were down two (goals), I think it was our ability — and we’re good at that — our ability to stay with it and stick with the game.” That game is showing a few unexpected facets lately. The Kings are now the highest-scoring team in the Stanley Cup playoffs with 3.25 goals per game, a shocking number for a defence-first team that struggled mightily to score for much of the regular season. But the Kings’ success in Game 2 was due to its usual strengths on defence. Los Angeles’ defence on Chicago’s top scorers was uniformly solid.

Anze Kopitar shadowed Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, who didn’t record a shot, while Patrick Kane failed to score a point for the second straight game. The Kings excelled on special teams, killing a two-man Chicago advantage and scoring the tying and goahead goals on their own power plays. Los Angeles also dominated the faceoff circle, following up its impressive work late in the second round against Anaheim. “They’re huge momentum-swingers every time,” Greene said. “A good (penalty-kill) can do wonders for you in terms of momentum, and a good power play. The coaches do a good job emphasizing you don’t need to score on the power play. You just need to make sure you build momentum and get a good two minutes going in their zone. Last night, everything was clicking. Those were two huge power-play goals for us there. They really turned around the game in our favour.” Bruising forward Andrew Shaw is expected to be available to the Blackhawks for Game 3 after missing Wednesday’s game with a lower-body injury, his seventh straight game out of the lineup. The Kings aren’t likely to see defenceman Robyn Regehr, whose knee injury has kept him out for eight games.

Canadian-born players and coach key to Belarusian success at worlds MINSK, Belarus — Three-thousand kilometres from where he grew up in Toronto, Geoff Platt couldn’t have felt more at home. Moments after scoring and setting off another wild celebration at Minsk arena, Platt leapt into the arms of Belarusian captain Alexei Kalyuzhny. Not long after, fans were chanting his name. “It’s an emotion that I’m not sure I’ve achieved ever in my career, just because of the atmosphere and the electricity in the building,” Platt said. “It just runs through your veins and grabs a hold of you.” Along with goaltender Kevin Lalande, Platt is one of two Canadianborn players representing host Belarus at the world hockey championship and playing major roles in what might be the best international showing in the country’s history. Led by Canadianborn coach Glen Hanlon, Belarus is in the quarter-finals for just the third time and the first since 2009. This is the biggest event Belarus has ever hosted, so Minsk has been partying for two weeks. And this team is giving locals another reason to celebrate. “You have to understand the magnitude (of) what this means to them,” Hanlon said. “It’s bigger than just a game. This is their chance to show everybody.” By show everybody, Hanlon means the city, which is decked out in IIHF signs welcoming the world and reminding them in the form of giant bison mascots that hockey is happening here. Inside the 15,000-seat Minsk Arena, home of the KHL’s Dynamo Minsk, good hockey has been happening for Belarus. Lalande, a native of Ottawa who plays for Dynamo and gained citi-

zenship, has been stellar and Platt has added timely offence. But the Canadian imports want the credit to go to leading scorers Mikhail Grabovski and Sergei Kostitsyn. “Players are playing for this symbol, and it means a lot more to them to represent their country than probably a National Hockey League team or any club team around the world,” Platt said, pointing to the Belarusian coat of arms on his chest. “You’re seeing that with Sergei Kostitsyn, Mikhail Grabovski just really taking their game to a level I’m sure they’ve almost never played at.” Grabovski beamed with pride when talking about what this tournament means to him. He’s showing that to Hanlon, who first coached him as a 21-year-old at the world championships in Vienna in 2005. The Grabovski at this tournament is an other-worldly player. “I don’t even look at Mikhail anymore because I know he’s going to play great,” Hanlon said. “I never get tired of saying, ’Good game, Mikhail.”’ Hanlon is limited in what he can say to some of his players because of the language barrier. He understands Russian and Belarusian and is trying to learn to speak both languages, even though he doesn’t have to. The former Washington Capitals coach and longtime NHL goaltender, who’s in his second stint as coach of the Belarusian national team, has someone with him at almost all times who speaks English. At his news conferences with local media, the Brandon, Man., native answers in English, occasionally splicing in Belarusian words and pausing to let the interpreter next to him do his work. “I’ve taken lessons, I’ve done all of it,” Hanlon said. “I have a better handle on it. I’ve gone home here after

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HABS: String of saves Tokarski stopped 27 of 30 shots in Game 2 — his 11th NHL game and first playoff outing. And he was busy from the get-go Thursday, keeping the Habs in it with a string of saves. His play may not have been pretty but it was effective. Tokarski gave up rebounds but his defence cleaned them up. And he grew in confidence as the game wore on. There was less action at the other end although Lundqvist’s night was challenging at times. Coming into Game 3, Lundqvist had saved 162 of 168 shots during the Rangers’ five-game playoff win streak. And he stopped 60 of the 63 shots he faced in the first two games in Montreal, won 7-2 and 3-1 by the Rangers. Montreal coach Therrien shuffled his lines, moving winger Brian Gionta up to the second line, Weise to the third and dropping the mercurial Vanek to the fourth. Vanek came into the game with no points, one shot, two penalty minutes and a minus-3 in the first two games of the series. The Rangers outshot Montreal 14-4 in the first period, firing pucks from all angles and using their speed to good effect. The Canadiens were lucky not to be down by more when the dust settled, with Tokarski getting the job done one way or another. New York’s early onslaught came despite winning just seven of 22 faceoffs in the period. Max Pacioretty tested Lundqvist with the Canadiens’ first shot in the first minute, coming out from the corner and shooting from in-close. It took Montreal almost 11 minutes to get a second shot on target. The missed Prust hit on Stepan led to some frontier justice with Prust and Derek Dorsett fighting after Daniel Carcillo took a run at the feisty Hab at 5:51. Carcillo had to be held back as the fight went on, prompting a game misconduct for jostling linesman Scott Driscoll. The league looks poorly on such behaviour and Carcillo could face further sanctions.

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Sweden forward Dick Axelsson attempts to score past Belarus goaltender Kevin Lalande during a quarterfinal match between Sweden and Belarus at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, May 22, 2014. Lalande is just one of the Canadian-born players and coach to help the host team reach the quarterfinals at the world hockey championship for just the third time and the first since 2009. every friendly tournament, so I take all my books, put them in my backpack like the college student on spring break and I end up dealing with my 12-year-old son and my wife and I sort of break away from it for a couple weeks.” Hanlon’s wife and son still live in Vancouver, and because she’s a teacher and he’s a skier and hockey player they don’t accompany him to Europe. “He’d rather play his own hockey than watch me coach,” Hanlon said. Everyone in Belarus is watching Hanlon coach with keen interest. In Minsk, televisions all over the city have tournament games on, whether Belarus is playing or not. Inside Minsk Arena, one section is full of fans jumping up and down and doing chants normally reserved for soccer matches. Others whistle and fill the building with the kind of noise

“Well, he can’t do that, obviously, what he did there, but we’ll let the league handle that,” said Vigneault. “I believe if a penalty would have been called on Prust, it probably wouldn’t have happened, but there is nothing we can do about it.”

WORLDS: Breakdowns Making it more difficult to accept was that this squad of NHL third-liners and potential stars of the future bounced back perfectly from an opening shootout loss to France. Six straight victories followed. The Finland game easily could have been one, too. “We still had our shifts in their end, our chances,” captain Kevin Bieksa said. “We had a couple breakdowns. We knew going into this game that the Finns were a team that would sit back and capitalize on our mistakes, and they made us pay tonight.” Tippett addressed his players after the loss but couldn’t offer much in the way of an uplifting sentiment. “It’s a tough situation for everybody,” Tippett said. “It’s not the result you want. We came here to win, we didn’t come here to lose in the quarterfinals. There’s not much to say. We didn’t accomplish what we wanted to accomplish.” All because of a few bad breaks. Finland’s first goal 6:06 in, which came on the power play with Myers in the box for roughing, happened after an attempted point shot deflected off penalty-killer Joel Ward’s stick and right to Olli Palola for his third of the tournament. That didn’t deflate Canada, which kept putting pucks on Rinne, who finished with 36 saves on 38 shots. The attempts came from everywhere and almost everyone, as 17 of 20 skaters had at least one on net. “I thought we played some really good hockey throughout the whole game,” Myers said. “I think we were right there. It was our game to lose. It’s never a good feeling to have it happen like that.” One problem was going 0-for-5 on the power play. Had Canada buried a couple of those chances, like Brayden Schenn’s shot very early that hit the crossbar, it would have been a very different game.

Lalande and Platt have no comparison for and Hanlon can only relate to the old Chicago Stadium. “When you go into somewhere like Bell Centre or Madison Square Garden, it’s pretty loud but it dies off after a while,” Hanlon said. “Here it’s sustained for the whole 2 ½ hours of the game. I’m not kidding: You can’t hear a word down there. I’m screaming and I’m yelling at my players who’s up and everything. “From before the game starts till after it’s over, it’s like a festival.” It’s a festival that’s special to the Belarusian players, whether they’re from Novopolotsk in the north like Dmitry Korobov, or Ontario like Lalande and Platt. How they got here wasn’t a matter of having Belarusian ancestry. Anyone who plays for Dynamo Minsk for two seasons is eligible for citizenship.

Canada’s players and Tippett were quick to credit the Finns, who played their brand of hockey well and pounced on mistakes. “We worked extremely hard (for) 60 minutes,” Hietanen said. “We knew that we were going to get our chances and now we scored a couple goals.” Finland coach Erkka Westerlund was proud of how his team responded and came back from the 2-1 deficit. “In (the) third period we showed the mental strength,” Westerlund said. “We call it in Finland ’sisu.”’

CUP: Quick start The Oil Kings intend to outwork Bibeau this time. “We can take confidence from our quick start,” said assistant captain Curtis Lazar. “We were up on them early. We really pressure them and found success especially below the goal-line. We’ve got to solve their goalie. That’s going to be a big storyline. “We’ve worked hard to get to this point. We’ve got to enjoy it, but we’ve got to capture this moment as well.” Lazar and Reinhart are among half a dozen Oil Kings veterans who lost in the Memorial Cup tiebreaker two years ago to host and eventual champion Shawinigan. The QMJHL has won three straight Memorial Cups. The Spokane Chiefs were the last Western Hockey League team to claim it in 2008.

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

Canadiens 3, Rangers 2 (OT) First Period 1. NY Rangers, Hagelin 5 (St. Louis) 15:18. Penalties — Dorsett NYR (fighting) 5:51, Prust Mtl (fighting) 5:51, Carcillo NYR (charging) 5:51, Carcillo NYR (game misconduct) 5:51. Second Period 2. Montreal, Markov 1 (Pacioretty, Gallagher) 3:20. Penalties — Stepan NYR (hooking) 9:35, Gallagher Mtl (interference) 13:44, Gallagher Mtl (roughing) 19:58. Third Period 3. Montreal, Briere 3 (Vanek, Bourque) 16:58. 4. NY Rangers, Kreider 3 (Girardi, Stepan) 19:31. Penalties — None. Overtime 5. Montreal, Galchenyuk 1 (Plekanec, Gionta) 1:12. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Montreal 4 9 9 3 — 25 NY Rangers 14 13 9 1 — 37 Goal — Montreal: Tokarski (W, 1-1-0); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (LO, 10-7-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Montreal: 0-2; NY Rangers: 0-2.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago vs. Los Angeles (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 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.

Thursday’s results Quarter-finals Finland 3 Canada 2 Czech Republic 4 U.S. 3 Russia 3 France 0 Sweden 3 Belarus 2 Saturday’s games Semifinals Russia vs. Sweden, 5:45 a.m. Czech Republic vs. Finland, 9:45 a.m. Sunday’s games Bronze Medal Game Semifinal losers, 7:30 a.m. Gold Medal Game Semifinal winners, noon 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. NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal vs. N.Y. Rangers (NY Rangers leads 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, 8 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.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal vs. N.Y. Rangers (NY Rangers leads series 2-1) Saturday, May 17 NY Rangers 7 Montreal 2 Monday, May 19 NY Rangers 3 Montreal 1 Thursday, May 22 Montreal 3 NY Rangers 2, OT Sunday, May 25 Montreal at NY Rangers, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 27 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.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Scoring Leaders G A Pts Anze Kopitar, LA 5 14 19 Marian Gaborik, LA 9 7 16 Jeff Carter, LA 7 9 16 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 4 11 15 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 6 8 14 Zach Parise, Minn 4 10 14 Marian Hossa, Chi 2 11 13 Justin Williams, LA 6 6 12 P.K. Subban, Mtl 4 8 12 Jonathan Toews, Chi 6 5 11 Martin St. Louis, NYR 5 6 11 Lars Eller, Mtl 5 6 11 Mats Zuccarello, NYR 4 7 11 Corey Perry, Ana 4 7 11 Brent Seabrook, Chi 2 9 11 Jussi Jokinen, Pgh 7 3 10 Patrick Kane, Chi 6 4 10 Brad Richards, NYR 5 5 10 Paul Stastny, Col 5 5 10 Duncan Keith, Chi 3 7 10 Derek Stepan, NYR 3 7 10 Torey Krug, Bos 2 8 10 Nathan MacKinnon, Col 2 8 10 Drew Doughty, LA 1 9 10 Bryan Bickell, Chi 6 3 9 Tyler Toffoli, LA 5 4 9 Brendan Gallagher, Mtl 4 5 9 Brandon Saad, Chi 3 6 9 Ryan McDonagh, NYR 3 6 9 Patrice Bergeron, Bos 3 6 9 Tanner Pearson, LA 2 7 9 Matt Niskanen, Pgh 2 7 9 Jason Pominville, Minn 2 7 9 Sidney Crosby, Pgh 1 8 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago vs. Los Angeles (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 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. Thursday’s summary

Oakland Los Angeles Texas Seattle Houston

American League East Division W L Pct 26 22 .542 24 22 .522 23 22 .511 20 26 .435 20 28 .417 Central Division W L Pct 27 16 .628 23 21 .523 23 23 .500 24 25 .490 23 25 .479 West Division W L Pct 30 17 .638 26 20 .565 23 24 .489 22 23 .489 17 30 .362

GB — 1 1 1/2 5 6 GB — 4 1/2 5 1/2 6 6 1/2 GB — 3 1/2 7 7 13

Thursday’s Games Texas 9, Detroit 2 Toronto 7, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 2, 11 innings Cleveland 8, Baltimore 7, 13 innings Chicago White Sox 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston at Seattle, late Friday’s Games Cleveland (House 0-0) at Baltimore (B.Norris 2-4), 5:05 p.m. Oakland (Kazmir 5-1) at Toronto (Hendriks 0-0), 5:07 p.m. Texas (S.Baker 0-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 1-2), 5:08 p.m. Boston (Lackey 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Archer 3-2), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 0-4), 6:10 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 2-3) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 5-3), 8:05 p.m. Houston (Peacock 1-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-1), 8:10 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 4-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-3), 8:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Cleveland at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m. Oakland at Toronto, 11:07 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m. Texas at Detroit, 2:08 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 5:15 p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R VMartinez Det 43 165 23 Cano Sea 45 178 21 MiCabrera Det 43 172 24 MeCabrera Tor 47 200 33 Kinsler Det 43 183 31 AlRamirez CWS 49 187 29 Solarte NYY 41 145 20 Choo Tex 42 145 26 Loney TB 46 168 18 HKendrick LAA 45 178 29

Today ● 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 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.

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H 54 58 56 64 58 59 45 45 52 55

Pct. .327 .326 .326 .320 .317 .316 .310 .310 .310 .309

Home Runs JAbreu, Chicago, 15; NCruz, Baltimore, 14; Encarnacion, Toronto, 13; Pujols, Los Angeles, 13; Bautista, Toronto, 12; VMartinez, Detroit, 12; Dozier, Minnesota, 11; Ortiz, Boston, 11. Runs Batted In JAbreu, Chicago, 42; NCruz, Baltimore, 42; MiCabrera, Detroit, 41; Moss, Oakland, 40; Encarnacion, Toronto, 39; Brantley, Cleveland, 37. Stolen bases Altuve, Houston, 15; RDavis, Detroit, 14; Dozier, Minnesota, 12; AEscobar, Kansas City, 12. Pitching Buehrle, Toronto, 8-1; Porcello, Detroit, 7-1; Scherzer, Detroit, 6-1; Tanaka, New York, 6-1; Shields, Kansas City, 6-3; FHernandez, Seattle, 5-1. Strikeouts Scherzer, Detroit, 78; Price, Tampa Bay, 77; Lester, Boston, 76; Kluber, Cleveland, 74; Tanaka, New York, 73; Darvish, Texas, 71. Saves Perkins, Minnesota, 14; Holland, Kansas City, 13;

Rodney, Seattle, 11; TomHunter, Baltimore, 11; Nathan, Detroit, 11; DavRobertson, New York, 9; Uehara, Boston, 9; Axford, Cleveland, 9.

Atlanta Miami Washington New York Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 25 20 .556 25 23 .521 24 23 .511 21 25 .457 20 24 .455 Central Division W L Pct 28 19 .596 26 21 .553 21 24 .467 20 26 .435 16 28 .364 West Division W L Pct 29 18 .617 26 21 .553 25 23 .521 21 26 .447 18 31 .367

GB — 1 1/2 2 4 1/2 4 1/2

Cueto, Cincinnati, 82; Strasburg, Washington, 74; Fernandez, Miami, 70; Wacha, St. Louis, 66; Kennedy, San Diego, 66; Wainwright, St. Louis, 65; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 65. Saves FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 17; Romo, San Francisco, 15; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 14; Jansen, Los Angeles, 13; Street, San Diego, 13; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 12; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 12; AReed, Arizona, 12. Thursday’s Major League Linescores

GB — 2 6 7 1/2 10 1/2

AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas 023 400 000 — 9 14 0 Detroit 000 002 000 — 2 7 2 Darvish, Frasor (8), Sh.Tolleson (9) and Gimenez; Ray, E.Reed (4), Coke (5), Smyly (7), Alburquerque (8), Worth (9) and Avila, Holaday. W—Darvish 4-2. L—Ray 1-1. HRs—Texas, Choo (6).

GB — 3 4 1/2 8 12

Toronto 250 000 000 — 7 14 0 Boston 110 000 000 — 2 7 0 Buehrle, McGowan (8) and D.Navarro; Lester, Badenhop (7), Breslow (7), Tazawa (9) and Pierzynski. W—Buehrle 8-1. L—Lester 4-6. HRs—Toronto, Me.Cabrera (8), Bautista (12). Boston, Bogaerts (3).

Thursday’s Games Miami 4, Philadelphia 3 Colorado 2, San Francisco 2, tie, 6 innings, susp., rain Pittsburgh 3, Washington 1 N.Y. Mets 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis 4, Arizona 2 Chicago Cubs at San Diego, late

Oakland 000 000 001 01 — 2 6 0 Tampa Bay 000 000 100 04 — 5 10 0 (11 innings) Gray, Abad (9), Otero (9), Gregerson (11) and Jaso, D.Norris; Cobb, McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Balfour (9), Oviedo (10), Lueke (11) and J.Molina. W—Lueke 1-2. L—Otero 4-1. HRs—Tampa Bay, S.Rodriguez (5).

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago San Francisco Colorado Los Angeles San Diego Arizona

Friday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-1) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-1), 5:05 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 0-6), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (C.Anderson 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 3-5), 5:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 3-2) at Miami (Koehler 4-3), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (S.Miller 6-2) at Cincinnati (Bailey 3-3), 5:10 p.m. Colorado (Lyles 5-1) at Atlanta (Floyd 0-1), 5:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 3-3) at San Diego (Stauffer 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 4-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-3), 8:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 2:10 p.m. Colorado at Atlanta, 2:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 2:10 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 5:15 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 8:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Tulowitzki Col 45 150 44 SSmith SD 40 127 18 Utley Phi 41 163 24 Puig LAD 42 163 25 Blackmon Col 46 173 35 YMolina StL 42 167 19 Morneau Col 45 164 21 AMcCutchen Pit 45 166 23 Lucroy Mil 42 157 17 Goldschmidt Ari 49 197 35

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Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORLIOLES — Placed RHP Tommy Hunter on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 21. Recalled RHP Preston Guilmet from Norfolk (IL). CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated LHP Chris Sale from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Frank Francisco for assignment. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled LHP T.J. House from AAA Columbus (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Mark Lowe from Columbus. Placed RHP Zach McAllister on the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Kyle Crockett to Columbus. Transferred OF Nyjer Morgan from the 15- to the 60-day DL. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned 3B Mike Moustakas to Omaha (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS — Activated RHP Alex Cobb from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Kevin Kiermaier to Durham (IL). National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Released C Miguel Olivo. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reinstated C Russell Martin from the 15-day DL. Claimed RHP Josh Wall off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels and optioned him to Indianapolis (IL). Designated RHP Phil Irwin and LHP Wandy Rodriguez for assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed LHP Robbie Erlin on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 18. Selected the contract of RHP Blaine Boyer from El Paso (PCL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP Santiago Casilla on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP George Kontos from Fresno (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled RHP Blake Treinen from Syracuse (IL). American Association AMARILLO SOX — Announced the contract of OF Joe Weik was purchased by Los Angeles (AL). KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Traded RHP Bobby Shore to Normal (Frontier) for future considerations. LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Announced the contract of INF Maikol Gonzalez was purchased by Los Angeles (AL). WICHITA WINGNUTS — Singed OF Michael Hernandez. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Released RHP Alex De La Cruz. Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Placed C Anthony Armenio on the inactive list. Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Sold the contract of RHP Brad Allen to Toronto (AL). NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed INF Brian Bistagne.

BANTAM AAA BASEBALL The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves dropped a 6-5 decision to the Okotoks Dawgs Red in bantam AAA baseball league play at Great Chief Park Wednesday. Ben Leblanc started on the mound and allowed one run on five hits and two walks while

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Released 1B Eli Sonoqui. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with RB Devonta Freeman. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed QB A.J. McCarron and CB Lavelle Westbrooks. DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived/injured G Jarrod Pughsley. Signed G Darius Morris. DETROIT LIONS — Signed C Travis Swanson. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed TE Arthur Lynch. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DE Scott Crichton, S Antone Exum and LB Anthony Barr. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DB Daxton Swanson and DL L.T. Tuipulotu. Released S Jeremy Deering and WR Greg Orton. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed OL Craig Watts. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS —Signed S Jimmie Ward and LB Chris Borland to four-year contracts. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed T Justin Britt and T Garrett Scott. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with G Jaroslav Halak on a four-year contract. OTTAWA SENATORS — Re-signed D Patrick Mullen to a one-year contract.

striking out seven over five innings. Cooper Jones took the loss, going two innings and giving up five runs on four hits and a walk. Brady Steeves had a pair of hits while Kelsey Lalor added an RBI triple. Connor McCallister, Hayley Lalor, Darin Fodor and Jack Henley had singles while Hunter Leslie had two walks. The Braves face Spruce Grove in a triple header this weekend at Great Chief Park — Saturday at noon and 3 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m.

PGA-Colonial Thursday At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 7,204; Par: 70 (35-35) (a-amateur) First Round Dustin Johnson 31-34 Tim Wilkinson 32-34 Hunter Mahan 29-37 Harris English 33-33 Robert Streb 35-31 Jimmy Walker 34-33 Tim Clark 32-35 Brice Garnett 35-32 Freddie Jacobson 33-34 Bo Van Pelt 34-33 Jason Dufner 32-35 Jordan Spieth 34-33 Ken Duke 32-35 David Hearn 33-34 Wes Roach 33-34 Kevin Chappell 34-34 George McNeill 33-35 Robert Allenby 35-33 Brian Davis 33-35 Ricky Barnes 32-36 Josh Teater 35-33 Vijay Singh 33-35 Aaron Baddeley 34-34 Graham DeLaet 32-37 Chad Campbell 33-36 John Rollins 35-34 Trevor Immelman 34-35 Jim Furyk 35-34 Mark Wilson 34-35 Rory Sabbatini 33-36 Justin Leonard 34-35 Heath Slocum 36-33 Daniel Summerhays 35-34 Ryan Palmer 34-35 Brendon Todd 37-32 Geoff Ogilvy 33-36 Marc Leishman 33-36 Brian Harman 35-34 Nicholas Thompson 35-34 Hideki Matsuyama 37-32 Sean O’Hair 34-35

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BMW PGA Championship Thursday At West Course at Wentworth Virginia Water, England Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,302; Par: 72 First Round Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 32-30 — 62 Shane Lowry, Ireland 33-31 — 64 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain 32-33 — 65 Gary Stal, France 31-35 — 66 Justin Walters, South Africa 31-36 — 67 Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay 32-35 — 67 Anthony Wall, England 33-34 — 67 Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 33-35 — 68 Thomas Aiken, South Africa 34-34 — 68 David Horsey, England 35-33 — 68 Martin Kaymer, Germany 35-33 — 68 Henrik Stenson, Sweden 33-35 — 68 Jonas Blixt, Sweden 35-33 — 68 Simon Dyson, England 33-36 — 69 Padraig Harrington, Ireland 33-36 — 69 Gregory Havret, France 32-37 — 69 Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 34-35 — 69 Marcel Siem, Germany 31-38 — 69 Also Luke Donald, England 34-37 — 71 Lee Westwood, England 37-34 — 71 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 35-37 — 72 Retief Goosen, South Africa 37-37 — 74 Paul McGinley, Ireland 35-39 — 74 Ernie Els, South Africa 36-36 — 72 Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland 36-39 — 75 Charl Schwartzel, South Africa 38-37 — 75 Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 36-41 — 77 Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain 36-41 — 77 Matteo Manassero, Italy 39-41 — 80 Note: 33 players did not finish because of darkness. LPGA-Airbus Classic Thursday

At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove, The Crossings Mobile, Ala. Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,584; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Catriona Matthew 31-33 — 64 Charley Hull 32-33 — 65 Eun-Hee Ji 34-32 — 66 Stacy Lewis 35-31 — 66 Suzann Pettersen 33-33 — 66 Nicole Castrale 36-31 — 67 Moira Dunn 33-34 — 67 Julieta Granada 32-35 — 67 Jessica Korda 35-32 — 67 Se Ri Pak 32-35 — 67 Jenny Shin 34-33 — 67 Perrine Delacour 36-32 — 68 Brittany Lang 35-33 — 68 Paola Moreno 36-32 — 68 Anna Nordqvist 33-35 — 68 Hee Young Park 35-33 — 68 Jennifer Song 31-37 — 68 Amy Anderson 35-34 — 69 Chella Choi 35-34 — 69 Na Yeon Choi 35-34 — 69 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 36-33 — 69 Pat Hurst 36-33 — 69 Vicky Hurst 34-35 — 69 Felicity Johnson 33-36 — 69 Jennifer Kirby 35-34 — 69 Amelia Lewis 34-35 — 69 Xi Yu Lin 34-35 — 69 Brittany Lincicome 35-34 — 69 Azahara Munoz 35-34 — 69 Pornanong Phatlum 33-36 — 69 Jennifer Rosales 35-34 — 69 Sarah Jane Smith 33-36 — 69 Angela Stanford 35-34 — 69 Jenny Suh 35-34 — 69 Dori Carter 34-36 — 70 Sandra Changkija 35-35 — 70 Jacqui Concolino 34-36 — 70 Paz Echeverria 37-33 — 70 Victoria Elizabeth 40-30 — 70 Ariya Jutanugarn 35-35 — 70 Stacey Keating 32-38 — 70 Christina Kim 34-36 — 70 I.K. Kim 36-34 — 70 Katherine Kirk 35-35 — 70 Sydnee Michaels 33-37 — 70 Belen Mozo 34-36 — 70 Jane Rah 35-35 — 70 So Yeon Ryu 36-34 — 70 Jaclyn Sweeney 35-35 — 70 Lexi Thompson 36-34 — 70 Lindsey Wright 33-37 — 70 PGA of America-Senior PGA Scores Thursday At Harbor Shores Golf Course Benton Harbor, Mich. Purse: TBA ($2 million in 2013) Yardage: 6,852; Par: 71 (36-35) First Round Joe Durant 31-34 Dan Forsman 33-33 Brad Faxon 34-33 Mark Brooks 34-34 P. H. Horgan, III 35-33 Lee Rinker 33-36 Joey Sindelar 35-34 Jay Haas 35-34 Steve Lowery 36-33 Nick Job 35-34 Anders Forsbrand 35-34 Bill Glasson 33-36 Greg Bruckner 34-35 Colin Montgomerie 35-34 Todd McCorkle 34-35 Frank Esposito 35-34 Jeff Maggert 37-32 Mike Goodes 35-35 Duffy Waldorf 35-35 Mark McNulty 34-36 Kenny Perry 36-34 Gordon Brand, Jr. 33-37 Philip Golding 37-33 Tom Watson 35-35 Bernhard Langer 33-37 Russ Cochran 36-34

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GA 13 12 10 21 19 14 9 19 20 18

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Wednesday’s results D.C. 2 Houston 0 Los Angeles 2 Dallas 1 Friday’s games Toronto at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Portland at New York, 5 p.m. Seattle at Vancouver, 5 p.m. D.C. at New England, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. Montreal at Colorado, 7 p.m. Dallas at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s games Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. Houston at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27 New York at Kansas City, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 28 Portland at Chivas, 8:30 p.m.

Lacrosse NLL Playoffs SECOND ROUND Division Finals (Two-game Series) East Division Rochester (1) vs. Buffalo (3) (Rochester wins series 2-1) Saturday’s result Rochester 13 Buffalo 8 (Teams played a full 10-minute period after this game; Rochester won 2-1) Saturday, May 10 Buffalo 12 Rochester 8 West Division Edmonton (1) vs. Calgary (2) (Calgary wins series 2-1)

Friday’s result Edmonton 15 Calgary 13 (Teams played a full 10-minute period after this game; Calgary won 2-1) Saturday, May 10 Calgary 12 Edmonton 11 (OT) THIRD ROUND NLL Championship Champions Cup (Two-game Series) Rochester (E1) vs. Calgary (W2) Saturday, May 24 Rochester at Calgary, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 31 Calgary at Rochester, 6 p.m.


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Dustin Johnson solid in Hogan’s Alley SHOOTS 65 TO TAKE ONE-STROKE LEAD AFTER FIRST ROUND AT COLONIAL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — Dustin Johnson had played Colonial only once before, six years ago when he didn’t even make it to the final round. In his return to Hogan’s Alley, Johnson took a one-stroke lead after the first round. Johnson shot a bogey-free 5-under 65 on Thursday, driving a lot of 3-irons off the tees into the fairways and hitting 16 of 18 greens in regulation. “I’ve got to keep doing what I’m doing,� Johnson said. “I’ve got a pretty good game plan for the golf course off the tee. So I’m going to stick to that, just trying to keep getting birdie looks on every hole.� His only birdie on the back nine was a 2-footer at the 177-yard 16th hole. That was enough to lead after his frontside 31 that included a 45-foot birdie putt on the difficult par-4 fifth hole. Hunter Mahan, playing in the group ahead of Johnson, led before a doublebogey 6 at the 433-yard 18th hole for a 66. He was tied for second with Harris English, Tim Wilkinson and Robert Streb. Jimmy Walker, a three-time winner this season, and 20-year-old Dallas native Jordan Spieth were in the group of 10 players at 67. Mahan started eagle-birdie and was already 6 under after a 3-foot birdie on the 178-yard eighth hole. He had two bogeys and two more birdies before his drive at the 18th hole into the right rough, with trees blocking a clear shot to the green. After punching the ball back into the fairway, his approach came settled on the edge of the fringe and he eventually two-putted from 7 feet. “You have to get over it,� Mahan said about the disappointing 18th. “It’s all about the drive there.� Adam Scott, playing as the No. 1 player in the world for the first time, shot 71 after playing his first nine holes at 4-over 39. Scott had bogey-6 on the straight 631-yard 11th hole, his second of the day, when he hit twice from fairway bunkers. After a two-putt from 11 feet at the 433-yard 18th hole, Scott was

bogey-free the rest of the way, with consecutive short birdies after making the turn. “I thought I actually hit plenty of good shots,� Scott said. “All of a sudden, I had the momentum going the way I wanted and managed to hang on for the next few holes.� The Australian said he felt the same as he did before this week when he overtook injured Tiger Woods for the top spot in the world ranking. “There’s not a big difference,� Scott said. “It’s always the first tee nerves of starting a tournament out, but I certainly didn’t feel that much different.� Johnson’s 65 was the highest score to lead after the first round at Hogan’s Alley since another 65 in 2002. There were opening 62s in two of the previous three Colonials. When he first played at Colonial in 2008, Johnson made the initial cut. But after a 72 in the third round, he was among six more players trimmed to reduce the field to 73 for the final day. Walker, the FedEx Cup points leader, also played a bogey-free round with a tremendous par-saver at the 470-yard fifth hole after hitting his drive left into the rough under trees. With the ball on a hill several inches below his feet, he hit an off-balance shot to the left of the green. He then chipped up over the bunker, and the ball rolled to inside 4 feet of the cup. “I kind of had a shot, and I went for it,’ he said. �I had a big high cut over the trees, and didn’t hit a very good shot, but it came up just short of the green, and made a great up and down there.“ Matt Kuchar, ranked No. 4 in the world and with a chance to move to the top with a victory, had birdies at Nos. 11 and 12 early in his round. He then had five bogeys before finally getting his only other birdie on his 16th hole, an 11-foot putt on the 437-yard seventh hole, in a 72. That matched his highest score in his 29 career rounds at Colonial, where he finished second last year. Rickie Fowler, who stars in a series of funny commercials for tournament sponsor Crowne Plaza, played with flulike symptoms and had two triple bogeys in an 80, the worst score in the 123-player invitational field.

Bjorn shoots course record to lead by two at BMW PGA Championship BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIRGINIA WATER, England — Thomas Bjorn set a course record at Wentworth with a 10-under-par 62 on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. Bjorn grabbed an eagle and eight birdies to end his round two shots clear of Shane Lowry of Ireland, who shot 64 on the West Course. However, poor weather forced two separate delays totalling nearly two hours in the European Tour’s flagship event, and darkness halted play with 33 in the 150-man field yet to complete their first round. It is the third occasion in Bjorn’s 21-year European Tour career he’s shot a round of 62, and the Dane rated it the best in his 434 tournaments. “Absolutely,� he said. “You can’t ask for much more.� Bjorn is contesting his 17th BMW PGA, with his best finish being a share of fifth in 1988, and comes after he missed the cut in the Spanish Open last week with 75-78.

TENNIS

Bouchard beats Shvedova to reach semifinals at Nuremberg Cup NUREMBERG, Germany — Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard defeated Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6) to reach the Nuremberg Cup semifinals on Thursday. Bouchard, the second seed from Westmount, Que., needed over two hours to complete the victory. She will make her third semifinal appearance of the season on Friday against Karin Knapp of Italy. Also Thursday, Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic upset top-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-4. Kerber, the world No. 9, won 16 of

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“Last week was awful, and I was starting to feel a bit frustrated with things, and to be honest in practice, it hasn’t been great, either,� he said. “So ... today is a little bit surprising. “I haven’t had the best record here. I haven’t had the best round here. It’s been a long time since I’ve actually had any sort of result on this golf course. It’s not a place when I come in here, I think, ’Oh, this is going to be a great week.’ I guess I’ve got to start sticking my head down for the rest of the week.� Lowry produced his best round since a Carnoustie course-record 64 last October in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He made only 25 putts with an old putter he found in his Dublin apartment. “I have been messing about here and there with putters, and pulled this one out, got the cobwebs off it,� he said. Rafa Cabrera-Bello of Spain was alone in third place with a 65, and Gary Stal of France made the most of his last minute call-up by shooting a 66. the first 17 points and squandered a 4-0 lead to lose the first set. Pliskova held her serve twice in the second, Kerber only once, and that decided the match. The victory gave the 64th-ranked Pliskova her first win over a top-10 player. Fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine beat Mona Barthel of France 6-4, 6-4 while Knapp outlasted seventhseeded Caroline Garcia of France 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-4 to reach her first semifinal in 10 months. Bouchard reached the final four at the Australian Open and the Family Circle Cup in Charleston earlier this year. The 20-year-old Canadian will be looking to advance to the second WTA final of her career. She reached a final last year in Osaka, Japan but lost to Samantha Stosur.

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LPGA BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOBILE, Ala. — Catriona Matthew took the first-round lead Thursday in the Airbus LPGA Classic, holing a bunker shot for an eagle and finishing with an 8-under 64. The 44-year-old Scot rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 12th — her third hole in the morning round — with the eagle on the par-5 13th and birdied seven of her final 11 holes. “That kind of kick-started my round,� Matthew said about the eagle. She won the last of her four LPGA Tour titles in 2011. “Obviously, really pleased,� Mat-

thew said. “Just had two weeks at home, so never quite know what you’re going to come out and play like. So, yeah, delighted. Got the putter going and holed some putts.� Charley Hull had a bogey-free 65 in the afternoon. The 18-year-old English player birdied the final two holes on the Crossings Course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Magnolia Grove complex. “I putted quite well, hit it quite solid, and hit, I think, every green,� said Hull, playing on a sponsor exemption. “I still left a few shots out there. I missed a 3- or 4-footer, but hey, another day tomorrow and hopefully I can go low.� Second-ranked Stacy Lewis, No. 4 Suzann Pettersen and South Korea’s Eun-Hee Ji shot 66.

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Details unveiled about new home for Roughriders field in 1910 and is known for its old wooden-bench seating and exposure to wind that will knock your socks off. “Once we get into this stadium, people are going to say ’I love it,”’ predicted Rider president and CEO Jim Hopson. “I love the fact that it is outdoors still, but we’re getting some protection from the wind, from the driving rain and so on. “Wind is a huge factor here in terms of comfort and the design reflects that.” Rider board chairman Roger Branvold agreed the $278-million stadium will make for a better game-day experience for fans. The stadium will be located on the grounds of Evraz Place, an arena and convention centre complex northwest of downtown. Construction is to begin in June with a completion target of August 2016. Mark Williams of HKS Sports and Entertainment, a U.S.-based architectural firm that designed the stadium, said it will be one of the jewels in his company’s portfolio. “We have opened the last three very

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — The Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders are getting a new stadium that is being described as iconic and bold. The team, the city of Regina and the province on Thursday unveiled the design for a 33,000-seat facility that can be expanded to hold 40,000 fans for special events. The stadium is to have wider seats, a sunken bowl for easier spectator access and expansive concourses. Although it is open-air, it features a translucent spectators roof that extends over the seats to provide protection from the elements. Snow loads and sun angles were considered in determining the shape and extent of the overhang. It provides coverage for half the spectators and some protection across all permanent seating. The venue is being described as “roof ready,” meaning a full roof could be added at a later date. The current stadium near downtown Regina originally started as a rugby

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Regina mayor Michael Fougere smiles during a public announcement about the Stadium Project in Regina, Saskatchewan on Thursday. successful stadiums in the NFL and I will put this design pound for pound with anything that we have done in the past,” he said. Regina Mayor Michael Fougere suggested the new stadium is just the beginning of a revitalized city. “We are at the leading edge of growth, not just for Saskatchewan, but for the whole country,” he said. “This is such a dynamic time to be in Regina. We’re going to see so much more

investment and job opportunities and things happening. “This is a beginning of a new way of investment and development.” The current stadium will eventually be decommissioned and a 700-unit housing development built, the mayor said. The team also announced that its future home will continue to carry the name Mosaic Stadium when it hosts its first CFL game in June 2017.

Nadal favorite at French Open despite parity this season red surface, including Djokovic’s victory over Nadal in the Rome final last weekend. That gave Nadal three clay losses in a season for the first time since 2004, when he was all of 17 and yet to make his French Open debut. “It’s more normal this year than the last 10 years have been because the last years have been strange and we’ve gotten used to having these great finals between the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world and one player dominating the whole year — and we started to think that’s normal. Really, that’s the exception,” said Mats Wilander, who won the French Open three times in the 1980s. “Heading into the French Open, it’s more exciting. The regular tour probably benefits from having one superstar that’s cleaning up everything, or maybe a rivalry,” Wilander added. “But the French Open and the other Slams benefit from having no clear-cut favourite. That’s the way it used to be,

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — For once, not everything seems so obvious heading into the French Open. Yes, Rafael Nadal will still be favoured by most to win the clay-court Grand Slam tournament yet again. He is, after all, 59-1 for his career at Roland Garros, winner of a record eight championships, including the last four. Still, if the 2014 tennis season to date is any indication, there could be some surprises in store when play begins in Paris on Sunday. So far, there already was one new major champion, Stanislas Wawrinka at the Australian Open. And there has been a rather egalitarian feel to the spring clay circuit, with nine winners at nine tournaments. The three top men in the ATP rankings — No. 1 Nadal, No. 2 Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Wawrinka — each claimed a Masters title on the slow

and I think it’s better. I don’t think we want to go there and ask ourselves: Is Nadal going to win a ninth time? That just doesn’t excite me at all. It’s much more exciting to think that Djokovic is the favourite or that (Roger) Federer has a chance.” Not surprisingly, Nadal does not exactly agree. He’ll be seeded No. 1 for only the third time at Roland Garros — one of those years, 2009, was when his lone loss came, against Robin Soderling in the fourth round — but he could relinquish the top ranking to Djokovic over the course of the 15-day tournament. Asked about the idea of this year’s French Open being a little less predictable, Nadal replied: “I don’t care. I don’t know. I think about myself. What I have to do.” In addition to dropping a fourth consecutive head-to-head match against Djokovic, Nadal’s defeat at the Italian Open followed a series of difficult three-setters in Rome, as well as losses

in the — gasp! — quarterfinals of Monte Carlo and Barcelona. His 41-match winning streak at Barcelona ended against Nicolas Almagro, who had been 0-10 against Nadal. That came after being beaten at Monte Carlo by David Ferrer, whom Nadal easily beat in last year’s French Open final and hadn’t lost to anywhere on clay in a decade. Then again, as Wilander points out, these earlier-than-usual exits mean Nadal arrives in Paris with less wear and tear. Plus those losses were all in best-of-three-set matches, while the French Open is best-of-five. And Nadal did earn the title at the Madrid Open, so he knows he’s not completely out of sorts. “There’s all this scar tissue he can reason with and say, ’Hold on, I won Madrid, this is the French Open, I’m fresher than ever.’ He’s going to put a little less pressure on himself but still go in with a sense of confidence knowing it’s five sets,” Wilander said.

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the team to himself, but he doesn’t view it that way — he maintains it’s always been owner Chip Ganassi’s team — and the laid-back New Zealander isn’t seeking any fame. It’s a shame, because he’s earned the attention. “He’s achieved so much, he’s one of the most successful of all time, but a lot of people don’t know that,” said reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan, a fan favourite and Franchitti’s replacement this year in the Ganassi organization. “He just does his job. Is he more famous than me? Not really. But we’re not talking about that. It’s not what his goal is. He’s doing exactly what he wants to do.” Dixon excels at striving for more and putting in the work toward continuing to improve his race craft. “He doesn’t stop learning. He doesn’t allow what he’s just done to be the high point in his life, in his career. He only uses that as a springboard for the next day,” said Mike Hull, Ganassi’s managing director and the strategist atop Dixon’s pit stand. “We just do not stop learning together, and he represents us. I wish we could clone him, to be honest about it, moving forward because he’s the kind of person you need driving your race cars.”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson knows the panic to make Sprint Cup’s championship chase is coming. The defending Sprint Cup champion is among those drivers yet to win a race this season, the first since NASCAR expanded its 10-race playoffs to 16 cars and put a bitter emphasis on wins over point standings. Nine drivers have won the first 11 races, with Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano the two-time winners. And each new winner has gleefully talked of locking up a spot to race for a title. For Johnson, it’s far too early to fret about lost opportunities. Not with the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR’s longest race, coming up Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “There are always different challenges in this sport and I know we’ll get it,” Johnson said Thursday. In Johnson’s eyes, the window to make the championship has widened with the increase from 12 to 16 teams “and I really don’t think there’s going to be 16 different winners.” The Sprint Cup series opened with seven different winners this season. Harvick ended that streak with a second victory this year at Darlington and Logano followed that with win No. 2 at Richmond. But then Denny Hamlin and Jeff Gordon added their names

to the already lengthy NASCAR playoff list with victories at Talladega and Kansas. With just 15 races left, regular Sprint Cup winners like Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart join Johnson on the winless list. It’s no fun for Clint Bowyer to see his team outside looking in at the moment. Bowyer has made the chase in five of the past seven seasons, finishing a career-best second in points two years ago. “The first half certainly isn’t where we’re accustomed to running and hasn’t been as smooth as we need it to be,” said Bowyer, who is 20th in points. “The flip side to that is we’re only halfway and we’ve got a long ways to go with a lot of racing.” And those winners this season aren’t slowing down, either. Harvick, in his first season with Stewart-Haas Racing, has relished racing up front and challenging for the checkered flag most weeks. He’s had an 11th place, a seventh and a runner-up to Gordon in his past three outings since taking the Southern 500 last month. Still, he’s 10th in the points standings because of four finishes of 36th or worse this season. “Sometimes I think our problems are sticking out a little bit more than they would in a normal situation just for the fact you are racing for a win, you are not racing for 10th,” said Harvick, who won the Coca-Cola 600 in 2011 and 2013.

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INDIANAPOLIS — While his team struggled with setup and speed, Scott Dixon has flown under the radar during preparations for the Indianapolis 500. It’s exactly how he wants it. It’s how he has tried to be his entire career. “I like to live simply,” Dixon said. As such, one of the most decorated drivers of the last decade goes grossly underappreciated for his accomplishments. He’s the Jimmie Johnson of IndyCar, the driver tearing through the record books with his eye on the top names in series history. Dixon’s 33 career victories rank seventh all-time, and three more wins would leapfrog him past Al Unser Jr. and Bobby Unser into fourth place. The only drivers who rank higher than Dixon in victories right now have the last name Andretti, Foyt and Unser. Since joining Chip Ganassi Racing in 2002 while the team still raced in the nowdefunct CHAMP Car Series, Dixon has won at least one race in every season except two. He has an Indianapolis 500 win on his resume, and his three IndyCar championships — spread out in 2003, 2008 and 2013 — show a consistency and longevity that’s

hard to match. At just 33 years old, he conceivably has almost another decade of racing ahead of him. But he’s worked in the shadow of some huge personalities and some of openwheel racing’s biggest stars. When Dario Franchitti joined the Ganassi organization in 2009, Dixon watched his famous teammate reel off three consecutive championships and two Indy 500 wins. In that same span, Dixon finished second in the championship once, third three times, and finished second to Franchitti in the 2012 Indy 500. Living in Franchitti’s shadow never bothered him. “I preferred that, actually,” said Dixon, who will start Sunday’s Indy 500 in 11th, in the fourth row. “When I come out of the truck and everyone is standing around waiting, they all chased after Dario and I could just get on the scooter and ride off and get to work. I’ve never had any problem not having the spotlight on me.” Franchitti is on the sidelines now, forced into retirement last November from injuries suffered in a crash at Houston a month earlier. The imposing 1-2 attack of the two red Target cars has been broken up. It means Dixon finally has

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LOCAL FRONT DIVERSITY SPEAKER The Central Alberta Refugee Effort is hosting a gathering on Wednesday, promoting a network for diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The talk will run 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Downtown Business Association. Their guest speaker this time is Meredith Bratland, the communications co-ordinator for Parkland Regional Library. She will be speaking about the tools and resources available for diversification at small rural libraries through the Library Effect Toolkit. Refreshments will be provided. RSVP at www. immigrant-centre.ca.

BETTER BIKING ROADEO The City of Red Deer and Better Biking Red Deer are hosting the annual City Wide Bike Roadeo on May 31. About 90 elementary students from across the city who have participated in the School Safety Cycle Program will demonstrate their skills and safety knowledge in a noncompetitive environment. The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kinsmen Community Arena and is sponsored by the Piper Creek Optimist Club.

HUTTERITE AUTHOR Mary-Ann Kirkby, the bestselling author of I Am Hutterite, will be making a stop in Red Deer on May 27 to promote her latest book, Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen. Kirkby, who spent the first 10 years of her life in a Hutterite community in Manitoba, takes readers into the centre of Hutterite living, illustrating manners, morals and the “spirit of a workforce responsible for feeding a family of 125 every day of the year.” Taking two years of research, the book delves into the social customs, marriage ceremonies, romantic entanglements, birthing practices and death rituals as viewed through the Hutterite community kitchen and Hutterite women. It also features a number of recipes and photos. Kirkby, a former journalist, will be signing books at 7 p.m. at Chapters in the south end of Red Deer. Paperback editions start at $14.

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TAYLOR DRIVE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS SATURDAY AND DRIVERS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT ROAD CLOSURES NEAR DOWNTOWN BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A $20-million road project that is expected to affect traffic like never before in Red Deer officially gets underway on Saturday. The two-year Taylor Drive improvement project — between 43rd Street and Taylor Drive Bridge — is designed to address traffic flow, make the area more pedestrianfriendly and improve the roadways for connections between Railyards, Riverlands and the Historic Downtown. The major roadwork will happen this summer and the finishing touches will wrap up the project in 2015. Starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, motorists will no longer be able to access the downtown from Taylor Drive via 49th Street and

will be detoured to 45th Street and 43rd Street. Several significant road closures along Taylor Drive will also be in effect. Tara Shand, communications team lead, said the city recognizes Taylor Drive is a major roadway for commuting across the city and closing sections of it will have a major impact on motorists. She said commuters are encouraged to take the temporary bypass road or use alternative routes. The closures are expected to last until September, depending on weather. Traffic on Taylor Drive will be rerouted to a temporary bypass road accessed by either 45th Street or 43rd Street. The bypass road is along the east side of Taylor Drive from Kerry Wood Drive to 45th Street. The busy Taylor Drive and 54th Avenue intersection, near the Real Canadian Superstore, will be closed.

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One lane of traffic will be open from the downtown onto Taylor Drive Bridge to allow motorists to continue driving north. Charity Dyke, Riverlands project manager, said this work is a critical piece in improving the access for all types of movement, whether it be on foot or in a car into Riverlands. As part of the project, a new pedestrian crossing from Alexander Way (48th Street) will extend into Riverlands. This will be completed in 2015. In June, the old civic buildings in Riverlands will be demolished as part of the redevelopment of the area. Dyke said once the berm and buildings come down, people will get a clearer look at the importance of the connection to the river.

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Family are mourning the loss of a young Red Deer man after a tragic crash cut his life short at the start of the May long weekend. Andre van der Berg was killed in a motorcycle crash east of Red Deer on May 16. Born in South Africa, the 23-year-old emigrated with his family to Canada about 16 years ago. First landing in Newfoundland, they came to Red Deer 10 years ago. Andre became a Canadian citizen two years ago. His father, a doctor of internal medicine at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Dirk van der Berg spoke fondly of his son. “He was a wonderful son,” said Dirk. “He was born in South Africa but he got his meaning here in Canada.” Andre worked for Topco Oilsite products as a technician but his passion was the outdoors. Involved in every sport imaginable, snowboarding was his favourite. “He loved the outdoors, if you look at him smiling he’s always outdoors,” said Dirk. “He was a very jovial guy but very simple on the other hand. He wasn’t extravagant.” Dirk said his son was well-liked by his wide circle of friends. The news of Andre’s death was a “numbing shock” for the family. “There are no words to describe it,” said Dirk. “It is terrible. “But we believe God in his wisdom knows the best. He obviously has his ways of doing things and we take comfort in that.” Dirk described his son’s character as very sharing and he said that he was extremely fond of animals.

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Edmonton Eskimo linebacker Joash Gesse signs autographs for the Watkinson family Thursday evening on the Ross Street Patio. The meet and greet with the football player was a special event put on by the Red Deer Downtown Business Association and the Eskimos as a way to bring Canadian football closer to Red Deerians. Gesse is entering his fifth season in the CFL, and second with the Eskimos.

Sylvan Lake urgent care committee making strides towards Family Care Centre BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF The Sylvan Lake and Area Urgent Care Committee is continuing to plug away at making a local Family Care Centre a reality. “The province sets some very clear processes that we need to follow,” said Susan Samson, chair of the committee. “The next step is we have to form a non-profit corporation because we will be applying for grant funding and we need to be accountable for it.” The group is working with JLT

Management Consulting as well as a lawyer to make this happen. “Then like everything else, it will go over to registries and we will wait,” Samson said. “All these steps are important . . . . The hard thing is there is nothing concrete in the interim.” Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre said that he is confident the province will find ways to make a Family Care Centre (FCC) work for the town, referencing a recent meeting with the acting assistant deputy minister, Dr. Alan Casson, and a personal phone conversation with Health Minister Fred

Horne. The provincial government announced earlier this month $45 million in funding to push through nine FCCs, including one in Sylvan Lake. FCCs, a controversial part of former premier Alison Redford’s 2012 election platform, are based in a single location and provide medical services specially tailored to its community. Three FCCs that began as pilot projects are in operation in Calgary, Edmonton and Slave Lake.

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Red Deer man facing charges after being accused of striking police officer with truck while on day parole BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man was on statutory release, having served twothirds of his sentence, when the truck he was allegedly driving struck a Regina police officer last week. However, the Parole Board of Canada had imposed the same strict conditions on his statutory release as his day parole to manage the risk when he was serving his sentence in the community. Jason John Dunlop, 33, of Red

Deer has been serving a two-year sentence for numerous convictions of theft under $5,000, failing to appear, failing to comply with court orders, obstructing peace officer, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, possession of property obtained by crime, improper firearm storage and flight from police. He was sentenced on September 2012 after pleading guilty. He is suspected to have been the driver of a Ford F-350 that struck a Regina police officer on May 14. At the time, he was serving his sentence in a Red Deerarea facility.

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BRIEFS Samson Cree Nation school receives grant for fashion studio A school on the Samson Cree Nation will be able to develop a fashion studio for students to create traditional dance attire thanks to a grant from Skills Canada Alberta. Funded by TransCanada, four $10,000 grants are given to Alberta schools for the purchase of equipment or upgrading of trade and technology labs. The Nipisihkopahk Secondary School in Maskwacis received one of the grants. The money will enable the school to create a modern fashion studio where traditional native dance regalia can be made. According to a release, students will work with community members in the studio “to develop a deeper understanding of First Nations culture and enhance their craftsmanship and entrepreneurial skills.”

Court proceedings for accused murderer put over for a month Court proceedings against a young man accused of committing a gangstyle murder have been put over for another month. The body of Lloyd Robert Sarson, 25, was found in a car parked in an alley in the Eastview subdivision of Red Deer on Jan. 1, 2013. Red Deer City

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CLOSURES: Will mean improved connections The closures are needed so crews can install necessary underground services, do road paving and begin realigning the existing Taylor Drive and Ross Street intersection into a simpler three-legged intersection. Next year’s phase will include improving the sidewalks, landscaping and any finishing touches. The new system will mean improved connections for motorists coming to and from the Riverlands, Railyards and historic downtown districts. Additional pedestrian connections allowing for movement on both sides of the road and access to Riverlands are part of the project. Within the current Taylor Drive/Ross Street intersection, pedestrians must backtrack to the Taylor Drive bridge and there is limited connection to Riverlands. Traffic changes/closures until September: z Northbound traffic will be detoured north of 45th Street onto the existing southbound Taylor Drive lanes and then onto the bypass road. The newly constructed temporary road from 45th Street to the Taylor bridge will have one lane for north and southbound traffic. z Southbound traffic will be detoured east of the bridge onto the bypass road. z One lane of westbound traffic will be maintained on Ross Street to access Taylor Drive northbound across the bridge. z Access to 49th Street will be closed from Taylor Drive. Motorists are encouraged to use the 45th Street or 43rd Street to access downtown z At the Ross Street/52nd Avenue intersection, traffic will be detoured onto 52nd Street to access Taylor Drive southbound. z 50th Street will be reduced to one lane north/southbound with no access to Taylor Drive z 48th Street will have no access to Taylor Drive z 54th Avenue will be closed at Taylor Drive. Motorists are asked to use 52nd Avenue. For more information, you can sign up for the Taylor Drive newsletter and find alternative routes at www.reddeer.ca/constructionseason or call 403-

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Sentencing for manslaughter plea set for August Sentencing is set for August for a Saddle Lake Cree Nation man who has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with a death near Pigeon Lake almost two years ago. Perry Johnson, 17, a resident of the Ma-Me-O Beach area, died in hospital of injuries he suffered during a fight at the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach on Aug. 30, 2012. Maskwacis RCMP arrested Chris Norbert, now 23, on a charge of seconddegree murder. Arraigned in Wetaskiwin Court of Queen’s Bench on April 8, Norbert pleaded guilty on Monday to the lesser offence of manslaughter. He is scheduled for sentencing in Wetaskiwin on Aug. 26. 406-8796 for the latest information. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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A deer ambles up to the roadway near Fort Normandeau Friday looking to cross and join other deer in the area.

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SON: Do anything to help anybody “He would do anything to help anybody else that he could,” said Dirk. “He was so willing to help, he would put himself at risk to help others.” Andre was killed just before 10 p.m. on the Friday of the May long weekend. Blackfalds RCMP said he was southbound on Range Road 270 between Hwys 11 and 595 when he lost control, went off the road and was ejected from his motorcycle. Police said he suffered major internal injuries and head trauma. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A memorial service will be held at First Christian Reformed Church, 16 McVicar St. on Monday. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

CARE: Funding “The important thing for us is the FCC model is the same thing we have always been asking for when we’ve talked about urgent care and that is: medical services for non-life threatening injuries available seven days a week for extended hours, lab and X-ray on site and the ability to have observation beds for short term, like three-to-four-hour treatments,” Samson said. The grant funding, secured once there is a non-profit corporation established, will go towards drawing up an FCC business plan, which will clearly identify a site, the operating cost and the services that will be offered, as well as the cost of those individual services. That part of the process will take a “considerable” amount of time, said Samson as it will be done in consultation with the Town of Sylvan Lake and outlying communities, including Eckville, Bentley, Benalto and the surrounding Red Deer and Lacombe counties. Samson said she expected the business plan to be done sometime in 2014. “That will move us onto the next step where the province will say, ‘Yes I like what you’re proposing, yes we can do this, let’s roll.’ So in a perfect world we’ll be at that stage at the end of this year.” rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

Most federal inmates are automatically released after serving two-thirds of their sentence. The parole board chose to impose special conditions on the statutory release to manage the risk as he served his sentence in the community. “Your criminal record indicates a history of non-compliance and reoffending while under conditional release,” reads the parole board decision. “With this history it is likely you will experience some significant challenges while you continue to serve the remainder of your sentence in the community.” Statutory release was granted, but the same conditions as his day parole were imposed. According to the parole board decision, his 2012 conviction relates to a June 7, 2012, incident. Dunlop was found sleeping in a vehicle when police awoke him.

Stettler RCMP asked for identification and Dunlop fled, taking police on a high-speed chase through rural Central Alberta at speeds ranging from 150 to 170 km/h. He continued driving even after running over a spike belt. Four hours after the chase started, Dunlop fled the vehicle near Three Hills. He was pursued by RCMP, police dog services and a helicopter. The vehicle, a Ford F-350, was stolen, as were a number of items found in the vehicle, including copper wire and an improperly stored firearm. Dunlop is described as Caucasian, medium build, about 1.78 metres (five foot eight) tall and weighs 90.5 kg (about 200 pounds). He has green eyes and short, cropped brown hair. He was last seen driving a white Ford F-350 super-crew long box with Alberta licence plate BJK 4423. There is damage to the passenger side front bumper and on the driver’s side from the driver’s door to the rear of the vehicle. Anyone who sees Dunlop is advised not to have contact with him, but to contact their local police detachment or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.

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RCMP allege that Sarson had been shot dead and that there was a gang connection involved. An 18-year-old suspect was arrested in Vancouver on March 13, along with another suspect wanted for murder in Winnipeg. Although the Red Deer suspect is now an adult, he cannot be named because he was 17 at the time of Sarson’s death and his identity is therefore protected under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Crown prosecutor Robin Snider said during the accused man’s first court appearance that, if he is convicted of the crime, she will apply to have him sentenced as an adult. The young man remains in custody at the Calgary Young Offenders Centre and was scheduled for a bail hearing in Red Deer youth court on Thursday. However, the hearing was adjourned to June 19 at the request of his lawyer, Karen Molle of Calgary.

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Housing starts expected to jump in Red Deer: CMHC

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BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Alberta and British Columbia stand in sharp contrast to the rest of the country in Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.’s latest housing market outlook. The national housing agency is projecting a decline in housing starts across most of Canada this year, and for residential construction in 2015 to be flat. An exception is Alberta, where CMHC anticipates a nearly four per cent increase in building activity this year, followed by a slight dip in 2015. In Red Deer, housing starts are expected to jump 9.1 per cent to 855, up from the 2013 tally of 784. Single-detached houses will account for 415 of the 2014 total, said CMHC, with units in multi-family projects adding 440. The 2014 projections for Red Deer have been boosted since CMHC’s previous housing market outlook, issued in February. The increased optimism appears justified by building activity in the city during the first quarter of 2014, with housing starts spiking nearly 21 per cent as compared with the same three-month period of 2013. For 2015, CMHC said residential starts in the city should gain another 2.9 per cent, bringing the number to 880. Expectations are mixed across Alberta’s seven largest urban centers. CMHC is anticipating a 16 per cent increase in housing starts this year in Calgary, with Medicine Hat expected to improve by 9.8 per cent. Conversely, a 15.7 per cent fall in housing starts in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is forecast, with an 8.8 per cent decline in Edmonton, a 4.4 per cent decrease in Grande Prairie and a 4.3 per cent slide in Lethbridge. CMHC said in its outlook that record in-migration to Alberta last year is contributing to the overall rise in single-detached starts, as are fewer active listings in the resale market. Alberta’s tight labour market will continue to draw migrants, said CMHC, which will boost incomes and support housing demand. In the case of Alberta’s resale market, transactions through the Multiple Listing Service are projected to climb nearly four per cent in 2014, followed by a 2.2 per cent gain in 2015. MLS resales in Red Deer will increase by 3.2 per cent to 5,050 this year, said CMHC, and gain another two per cent to 5,150 in 2015. Elsewhere in Alberta, resales this year are expected to move up by 4.5 per cent in both Calgary and Grande Prairie, and by 3.6 per cent in Medicine Hat, 2.7 per cent in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, 2.2 per cent in Lethbridge and 1.3 per cent in Edmonton. The average price of MLS sales in Red Deer are expected to move up 3.4 per cent to $308,500 this year, and by 2.8 per cent to $317,000 in 2015. The average resale price in Alberta is forecast to rise 3.9 per cent to $396,000 in 2014 and 2.5 per cent to $406,100 in 2015. Although it expects Canada’s housing market to continue to slow — especially in large urban areas like Toronto — CMHC doesn’t foresee a major crash. “When you look at how the market has evolved over the past few years it is indeed headed toward a soft landing,” said Mathieu Laberge, the agency’s deputy chief economist. Laberge said the fundamentals, particularly population, employment and economic growth, low interest rates and the pool of first-time buyers all support the market. “When we set house prices against those fundamentals, we do see some modest level of over-evaluation, but it’s within historical norms.” CIBC housing analyst Benjamin Tal added that a crash would require a “trigger,” such as sharply rising mortgage rates. But rate hikes aren’t anticipated until the spring of 2016, and even then are expected to be small. CMHC did caution that there are risks to its moderate forecast, including high household debt, economic difficulties in China and other emerging economies, and the high number of condos under construction in some markets. With files from The Canadian Press. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Greenhouse sales staff Jenna Murray works in the greenhouse at Parkland Nurseries & Garden Centre on Thursday. After a slow start to the spring gardening season, local green thumbs are making up for lost time. “We’re just really starting to get to the peak of it now,” said Trudy Watt, a staff member at Parkland. “Everybody is anxious.” The garden centre, which is just east of Red Deer on Hwy 11, is open week days from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

TransCanada looking at Plan B: shipping oil by rail BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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WASHINGTON — Frustrated by yet another regulatory delay, the company behind the stalled Keystone XL pipeline project is delivering a message in the U.S. capital: it’s getting involved in the rail business. It might be costlier and dirtier, but until the pipeline gets approved, the company says shipping oil on trains might have to do as a Plan B. TransCanada Corp. president Russ Girling is in New York and Washington this week, telling policymakers and news outlets that the company is working out the technical and financial details of what Girling calls a “rail bridge.” The company already has oil-storage facilities in Hardisty, Alta., and Cushing, Okla., and might also build new storage space in Steele City, Neb., Girling said. From there, it would build relatively inexpensive infrastructure to load and unload the oil from the rail system, then hire train companies to transport it into Keystone XL’s already-completed southern leg. Girling’s overarching message, however, is this: the company is not giving up. “TransCanada is not walking away from anything,” he said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “As long as our customers are there, then TransCanada is going to be there.... We need a bridge between now and when we can build a pipeline... We use the word bridge, and by bridge we mean it just bridges us to the point in time in which you put in the pipeline.” It’s not the first time the company has mused about greater involvement in rail shipping, which has skyrocketed in Canada and which rival pipeline companies Enbridge Inc. and Kinder Morgan already participate in. But the increased definitiveness of that message, and its timing, serve to illustrate what pipeline supporters have been stressing for some time: this oil is getting to market — if not by Keystone, then by means that won’t be any cleaner or safer. Girling said he was taken aback by a phone

call he received on Good Friday, while he was on vacation. S omeone at the U.S. State Department called to say that an announcement was coming later in the day that, thanks in part to an ongoing Nebraska court dispute, the presidential approval process was being delayed indefinitely. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry was making a similar phone call to his Canadian counterpart, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. Girling said he asked his caller what had changed since President Barack Obama had told a gathering of state governors that a decision was coming soon — but didn’t quite get an answer. In any case, Girling’s phone kept ringing throughout that holiday weekend. His customers immediately started urging him to move ahead with the rail idea, he said. “They’ve come to us and said, ’Can you guys tell us how long this is going to be?’ We said, ’No, we can’t,”’ Girling recalled. “They asked this question: ’Then can you build rail-loading facilities in Hardisty, Alta., and in a certain location in the U.S. so we can tie into ... the Keystone pipeline?’... We’ve got a system that’s threequarters built. And they want to know if we can build a bridge.” The company can’t say yet how much of the Keystone slack the new rail facilities would be able to pick up. But it says it would be sizable — with an early objective being to carry as much as half of the 830,000 barrels per day that Keystone is designed to ship. Girling promised more information soon, as the company works out details with engineers and customers. “Give us another couple of months and we’ll have better answers. But the up-front capital cost isn’t that expensive,” he said.

Ponoka County wants methodical approach to Hwy 2 development

Canada post reports Q1 loss

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA, Ont. — Canada Post had a $27-million loss before taxes in the first quarter of this year amid an overall drop in revenue as it handled lower volumes of bills and statements delivered by mail. The Canada Post segment of the Crown corporation’s revenue from operations was $1.468 billion, down from $1.513 billion in the comparable period of 2013. The volume of transaction mail — mainly bills and other statements — dropped by 6.9 per cent compared with a year earlier but that was partially offset by an increase in domestic parcel volumes, which were 4.9 per cent higher. In the first quarter of 2013, Canada Post had a profit — mainly due to an unusual gain from the sale of a Vancouver plant. Canada Post’s profit before tax for the three months ended March 30, 2013, was $68 million. The postal service is the core of the Canada Post Group of companies, which also includes the Purolator courier service and other business segments.

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Tapping into the economic potential of the Hwy 2 corridor while limiting “leap frog” development is a key focus of a new Ponoka County plan. An estimated 23,000 vehicles a day take Hwy 2 through the county, offering a significant advantages to both commercial and industrial businesses, which benefit from exposure and access to transportation routes, says the Hwy 2 Corridor Development Study. Since few local roadways in the county meet with Hwy 2, it’s best to reserve them for commercial enterprises, says the study. County Reeve Paul McLauchlin said the planning work has created a “model of certainty” for landowners and will be used as a guide for council when making development decisions. The county wants to avoid creating a “mish-mash of land uses” that risk creating conflicts. “We’ll have a more methodical approach to this and a more phased approach to this to make sure that people understand.” Public response has been supportive, said McLauchlin. While the preservation of good farmland remains a priority, there is also a recognition that development pressure shows no signs of abating

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along the corridor. “We do know that’s coming obviously so we want to be prepared. But at the same time, we want to be able to make a case-by-case decision,” he said. “I think people are realists and they want to say hey if (development) is going to happen it’s going to happen. Let’s just do it right and let’s make sure it respects land use and respects the fact we’re an agricultural community with the inevitability that this (non-agricultural) development is going to occur.” After public consultation, additional land was set aside for potential development around the Hwy 53 and Menaik Road interchanges in the final version of the plan that council adopted earlier this month. The study says there’s a good case to be made for allowing suitable commercial and industrial development around highway interchanges, but offers a caution. Due to the precedent this would set, “the importance of maintaining good relations with neighbouring municipalities, and the absolute priority of traffic safety, the county will ensure that each site is properly planned before any development commences.” While development is encouraged in certain areas, the plan reinforces the county’s commitment to preserving agriculture. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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OF LOCAL INTEREST Thursday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 98.65 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 52.70 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.37 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.92 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.83 Cdn. National Railway . . 64.55 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 179.40 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.62 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.55 Cervus Equipment Corp 21.51 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 49.78 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.49 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 29.25 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.76 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.42 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.70 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.86 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 51.50 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 66.02 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.70 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.40 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 47.24 Consumer

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.02 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.06 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.39 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.30 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.09 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.85 First Quantum Minerals . 23.29 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.88 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.64 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.35 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.54 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.36 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 24.90 Energy

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 101.50 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 63.41 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.34 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 36.83 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 54.23 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.89 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.01 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.115 Precision Drilling Corp . . 13.78 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 42.46 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.26 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.80 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 11.44 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 72.88

Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 105.51 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.29 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.29 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.51 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 17.23

Aeroflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.51 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 35.92 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 69.70 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.38 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 56.70 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.36 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 22.93 Canyon Services Group. 16.18 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.92 CWC Well Services . . . . 1.070 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 25.12 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.50

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.29 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 67.95 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.39 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.07 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.33 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.06 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 52.35 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.80 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.04 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.30 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.05 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.46 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.21 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.25

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market registered a solid gain Thursday as strong earnings from Royal Bank (TSX:RY) and TD Bank (TSX:TD) pushed financials higher while miners got a boost from improving Chinese manufacturing data. The S&P/TSX composite index gained 52.43 points to 14,702.29 as both banks beat analysts’ expectations and their share prices hit record highs. The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.18 of a cent at 91.8

cents US despite a worse than expected showing in retail sales in March. Statistics Canada reported that sales fell 0.1 per cent in March to $41.1 billion. Economists had expected a gain of 0.3 per cent. New York indexes were positive after racking up strong gains Wednesday in the wake of the release of minutes from late April’s Federal Reserve meeting, which reinforced expectations the U.S. central bank won’t rush to raise interest rates. The Dow Jones industri-

als climbed 10.02 points to 16,543.08, the Nasdaq gained 22.8 points to 4,154.34 and the S&P 500 index added 4.46 points to 1,892.49. Royal Bank’s quarterly net earnings were up 15 per cent from a year ago to $2.2 billion or $1.47 a share, helped along by record earnings in its wealth management segment. Cash diluted earnings per share were $1.49, beating estimates by five cents. RBC’s shares ran ahead $1.17 to $75.46 after going as high as $75.93.

And TD shares gained $1.35 to $53.25 after going as high as $53.32 as the bank reported quarterly net income of $1.98 billion, up from $1.71 billion in the same quarter of 2013. Diluted earnings per share were $1.04 in the quarter, compared with 89 cents year over year. Adjusted net income was up at $2.07 billion, or $1.09 diluted EPS, beating estimates by seven cents a share. “I don’t know if this pace of outperformance is going to continue, but it certainly looks good for the banking system,” said Ian Nakamoto, director of research at 3MACS. “I don’t see any chink in the armour (and) I think the next quarter will be quite strong,” he said. Meanwhile, China’s manufacturing contraction eased in May, as HSBC’s preliminary purchasing managers’ index rose to 49.7 from 48.1 in April. Numbers above 50 on the 100-point scale indicate expansion. The HSBC reading follows a similar survey by an official group that had also been showing signs of a rebound in China, with factory activity growing weakly in April. Analysts say that the improvements in both surveys suggest the Chinese government’s targeted measures to support the economy are moderating the pace of the slowdown. Elsewhere on the earnings front, electronics seller Best Buy says its quarterly net income was US$461 million, or $1.31 per share, a turnaround from a loss of $81 million, or 24 cents

per share, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were 33 cents per share, well above analyst expectations of 19 cents. Total revenue fell three per cent to US$9.04 billion, considerably below expectations of $9.23 billion, but its shares were up 87 cents to US$26.22. The base metals sector climbed 1.3 cent as copper prices rose in the wake of the Chinese manufacturing data with the July contract up two cents to US$3.14 a pound. The energy sector was ahead 0.12 per cent, while July crude lost 33 cents to US$103.74 a barrel. June bullion gained $6.90 to US$1,295 an ounce and the gold sector dipped about 0.2 per cent. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,702.29, up 52.43 points TSX Venture Exchange — 978.77, up 4.66 points TSX 60 — 842.49, up 2.84 points Dow — 16,543.08, up 10.02 points S&P 500 — 1,892.49, up 4.46 points Nasdaq — 4,154.34, up 22.80 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.80 cents US, up 0.18 of a cent Pound — C$1.8373, down 0.76 of a cent Euro — C$1.4876, down

0.63 of a cent Euro — US$1.3653, down 0.33 of a cent Oil futures: US$103.74 per barrel, down 33 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,295 per oz., up $6.90 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.124 oz., up 15.1 cents $711.29 kg., up $4.86 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’14 $2.60 lower $491.10; Nov. ’14 $2.10 lower $488.90; Jan ’15 $1.90 lower $493.20; March ’15 $1.30 lower $495.10; May ’15 $0.60 lower $496.90; July ’15 $0.10 higher $498.00; Nov ’15 $1.40 higher $493.40; Jan. ’16 $1.40 higher $487.40; March ’16 $1.40 higher $490.90; May ’16 $1.40 higher $490.90; July ’16 $1.40 higher $490.90. 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. Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 296,520 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 296,520.

Strong Q2 for TD Bank Website seeks to catch law firms dodging foreign worker rules

HIGHER NET INCOME AND EARNINGS PER SHARE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD) is reporting a higher second-quarter net income of $1.98 billion, with solid results from both its Canadian and U.S. banking operations. That’s up from $1.71 billion in the same quarter of 2013. Diluted earnings per share were $1.04 in the quarter, compared with 89 cents year-over-year. TD said its adjusted net income was up 14 per cent at $2.07 billion, or $1.09 diluted EPS which beat analysts’ expectations of $1.02 per share. “These results demonstrate the considerable earnings power of our business model,” CEO and president Ed Clark said in a news release on Thursday. Earlier Thursday, the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) also reported its earnings with a higher second-quarter net income of $2.2 billion, including record earnings in its wealth management segment. Cash diluted earnings per share were $1.49, beating estimates by five cents a share. In the same quarter last year, TD had adjusted net income of $1.82 billion, or 95 cents diluted EPS, yearover-year.TD said its Canadian retail segment had net income of $1.3 billion for quarter ended April 30, an increase of 12 per cent on an adjusted basis compared with the same quarter

last year. The bank said earnings in the retail segment were driven by such factors as growth in wealth assets and the new TD Aeroplan credit card portfolio. Travel rewards company Aimia Inc., which owns and operates the Aeroplan rewards program in Canada, now has TD Bank as its main partner as the issuer of Aeroplan credit cards. Its U.S. retail operations, TD generated a net income of US$495 million, an increase of 15 per cent compared with the second quarter last year. Excluding the Bank’s investment in TD Ameritrade, the segment generated net income of US$425 million, an increase of 13 per cent. “The U.S. Retail segment delivered impressive results, with solid fundamentals driven by improving credit,” said Mike Pedersen, group head of U.S. Banking. “While there are signs of improvement in the U.S. economy, we are also facing challenges, including ongoing low interest rates and increased competition. Moving forward, we will continue to invest in growth while managing expenses.” TD Bank’s return on common equity was 15.9 per cent, up from 15.3 per cent year-over-year. Its provision for credit losses in the quarter was $238 million, a decrease of $7 million, or three per cent, compared with the second quarter last year.

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POST : $37-million loss in first quarter The group’s total loss before tax in the first quarter of 2014 was $37 million, including an $11-million loss at Purolator and a $2-million profit at the logistics segment. Revenue for the whole group was $1.868 billion including $386 million from Purolator, the second-largest seg-

OTTAWA — A website devoted to documenting abuses of the temporary foreign worker program is on the hunt for immigration law firms that might be willing to help employers dodge rules that require them to hire Canadians first. Operators of the website NTFW.ca, which maps and identifies businesses that hire temporary foreign workers, posed as a company called Big Jimmy’s Construction and sent an email to a number of law firms specializing in immigration issues. In the email, “Jimmy” says he wants to hire a Thai family member, but has been flooded with interested Canadians after posting the job on the federal government’s job bank — a necessary step for those seeking to hire temporary foreign workers. “I made the qualifications as strict as possible and kept the salary as low as possible to discourage Canadian applicants. “But I ended up getting 100s of resumes!” the email says. “Do you think you could help me get an LMO (labour market opinion) even though I have 100s of Canadians wanting that job?” One of the replies, which the site says was sent by someone at the firm of Toronto-area immigration lawyer Adela Crossley, came as a surprise to the website’s founder, Rohana Rezel. “Trust me when I say that she would find a way around the fact that there are suitable Canadian candidates; she is very creative,” says the reply. In an interview Thursday from Vancouver, Rezel said he was “taken

aback” by the email. “We were relieved to get a response from another lawyer who told us in no uncertain terms that what we were suggesting violated the regulations.” Contacted by The Canadian Press, a terse Crossley said she had no knowledge of the exchange, but added the person who wrote the reply “did not speak for me.” “If she did send something out, and I read it and it’s not appropriate, I will deal with her appropriately,” Crossley said. “But I would never, ever suggest such a thing.” Another Vancouver immigration lawyer who received the email from “Jimmy” politely replied that he’d try to help. But he insisted Thursday his response was a standard, pro-forma reply sent early in the morning before he’d had a chance to read the email thoroughly. Toronto immigration lawyer Vanessa Routley, meanwhile, sternly warned “Jimmy” against his plan of action. Earlier this month, several immigration consultants — many of them in Western Canada — were advertising offers to help temporary foreign workers find employers, rather than the other way around.

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A funny horror story about murderous cats Cat Out of Hell By Lynn Truss $14 Random House Group Here is a book about a couple of cats, but I don’t think it will appeal to real cat lovers. It is more likely to be a book for those who are pretty sure that cats are wicked types more apt to consort with Beelzebub than snooze by the fire. These are not cute little Puff and Ginger who snuggle up and purr, but cats who let you live with them and gleefully relieve the property of mice and birds. The author is Lynn Truss, famous for Eats Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Approach to

Punctuation, and the very funny Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life. This book is funny ... well, it’s a bit funny, but if you go looking for it at the bookstore, you will locate it in the Horror section, and rightfully so. One of the cats is Roger, a talkative type, born in London’s East End in 1927, of a most beautiful young mother cat. Father unknown, of course, but that wasn’t unusual and needn’t be discussed. The other cat is large and black and has surPEGGY vived all of his nine lives, FREEMAN and now, of course, having done that, will live forever. His name is Captain and he leads a rather lonely life.

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What he would really like is another cat who has similarly survived, who could be his companion. Both of them would then continue their pursuits down through the years with no decline. Captain has cultivated several young cats but none of them lived for more than three or four lives, never nine. Then he meets Roger, who is smart and tough and soon, after a fair bit of brutality, Captain has his companion. So these two have for many years travelled all over the world. Roger, besides being a talker, is quite literary, learning poetry and doing the Cryptic Crossword from The Times. A terrible thing happens, at least from Captain’s point of view, when Roger is taken away by a young boy with a wicker carrying case, leaving Captain alone again. The big black cat must now search

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the world for Roger. But when he locates him, Roger has been taken in by various cat loving people, who Captain will not tolerate. (As I said, it’s a brutal tale.) People begin to “disappear,” accidents happen, of course. But Roger has decided life on his own has its good side. He wants to tell his real story to someone, preferably before Captain catches up to him. And what a story it is! There is a fine little dog in this story, a small brown fellow named Watson, who does all sorts of entertaining tricks on command, and is an ideal and charming little companion. He doesn’t have a large part in the book, doesn’t speak or recite Tennyson. He just runs in circles and barks. After dealing with murderous cats, it does make you think. Peggy Freeman is a local freelance book reviewer.

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Development Officer Approvals On May 20, 2014, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use

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Deer Park Estates 1. Snell & Oslund Surveys Ltd. - a 0.26 metre relaxation to the side yard of an existing shed, located at 51 Dunning Close. Lonsdale 2. Snell & Oslund Surveys Ltd. - a 0.88 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, as it applies to the garage entrance, located at 621 Lancaster Drive. Sunnybrook 3. D Massey – a 1.11 metre relaxation to the minimum front yard to the proposed deck at an existing semi-attached dwelling, located at 34 Stewart Street. 4. J & D Eadie – a 1.11 metre relaxation to the minimum front yard to the proposed deck at an existing semi-attached dwelling, located at 32 Stewart Street.

Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/E-2014 Omnibus Amendments City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to improve and streamline the Development Permit application process, eliminate redundant and difficult to monitor Land Use Bylaw procedures, reword sections to follow current internal procedures and practices as well as minor changes to provide improved consistency to the Land Use Bylaw. The changes include: • Amending the existing definition of “discretionary use” • Addition of a “Medical Marihuana Facility (MMF)” definition

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• Addition of a “Medical Marihuana Facility (MMF)” as a discretionary use to the I2 Heavy Industrial Land Use District

5. Sunrooms & Awnings Ltd. - a 2.0 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to a proposed enclosed deck to an existing single family dwelling, located at 19 Victor Close.

• Add to the Development Officer’s discretion, the authority to grant a relaxation of up to 10% of any development regulation

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• Delete the need to re-advertise discretionary use Home Occupations every 3 years

6. Fanta Homes Ltd. - a 2.0 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to a proposed uncovered deck to an existing single family dwelling, located at 19 Van Horn Close.

• Add to the Secondary Suite development regulations, a requirement to provide a hard surfaced walkway connection between secondary suite parking space(s) and the primary dwelling unit

7. True-Line Contracting Ltd. - a 9.73 m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage for an existing semi-detached dwelling with an attached garage, located at 34 Vista Close.

• Delete the requirement for a Planning Department hosted information session for Bed & Breakfast (B & B) applications

8. True-Line Contracting Ltd. - a 9.17 m2 relaxation to the maximum site coverage for an existing semi-detached dwelling with an attached garage, located at 38 Vista Close. Laredo

• Modify banner location regulations

9. True-Line Contracting Ltd. - a new 2 bedroom secondary suite, within a proposed single-family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 133 Lalor Drive.

• Modify the I2 Heavy Discretionary Uses Table.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on June 6, 2014. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403342-8399

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Quality Inn North Hill 7150 50 Avenue, Red Deer

Your input will assist The City of Red Deer in the preparation of a MASP for the 1,300 hectare area north of Highway 11A, which became part of the city in 2009. The MASP is north of Highway 11A and the Red Deer River and includes Hazlett Lake, Central Park and the Chiles Industrial Park, for example. The MASP will provide the overall planning guidance for the plan area. As this is the second phase of the public consultation, The City will be presenting a discussion paper (available online starting May 27, 2014) that will discuss the major elements of the North of 11A MASP, as well as suggestions for amendments to the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) and the Land Use Bylaw (LUB). At the open house, you will have an opportunity to ask questions, voice your concerns, and give feedback. A survey will be available. If you want to attend the open house and cannot use regular transportation, Red Deer Transit’s Action Bus offers transportation services to citizens of Red Deer with special needs. For more information, or to register for this service, please phone 403-309-8400. To learn more about the North of 11A MASP, visit www.reddeer.ca/north11A. If you have any questions please contact the Planning department main line at 403-406-8700 or email: or planning@reddeer.ca.

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• Modify the description of the allowable “building envelope” for the Parkvale Overlay District • Add paved parking as a requirement for commercial buildings

11.K Peressini - a new 2 bedroom secondary suite, within an existing single-family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 73 Selkirk Boulevard.

(Red Deer, Alberta) – Residents are encouraged to attend an open house on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, as part of the public consultation process to develop a Major Area Structure Plan (MASP) for the area north of Highway 11A.

• Modify the development permit application process for the Parkvale Overlay District

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10. Joy’s Healing Touch - a home-based Reiki business, to be located at 60 Oyen Crescent.

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The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700. City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, June 6, 2014. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

In accordance with The City of Red Deer Neighbourhood Planning and Guidelines & Standards (2008) the property within legal land description N.E. 1/4 SEC.23, TWP.38, RGE.27, W.4th M., and to be located in the new Timber Ridge neighbourhood, has been identified by Laebon Group for sale as a site for the possible development of a Place of Worship (church). Details as to eligibility, conditions of sale, prices, etc. may be obtained from: Laebon Group 403.346.7273 If this site is not purchased for the purposes listed above by June 30, 2014 (place of worship site) it will be developed with alternative land use options in accordance with direction provided by City Council and the approved Timber Ridge Neighbourhood Area


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park opens north of Toronto. 1949 — The Republic of West Germany is established. 1929 — First non-stop Winnipeg-to-Edmonton flight is made in six hours and 48 minutes. 1915 — During the First World War, Italy joins the Allies to declare war on Austria-Hungary. 1886 — Canadian Pacific Railway Engine 374, hauling the first transcontinental passenger train, steams into the new West Coast terminal at Vancouver harbour. 1873 — Parliament passes a bill creating the North-West Mounted Police.

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Employees cannot control management Dear Annie: I have worked for a long I have made suggestions to managetime at a large manufacturing com- ment and human resources, to no avail. pany. Fellow workers who are long term simI am a hard worker and believe in ply want to see their pensions kick in, teamwork. Over the years, however, and the younger employees just want the company has let workto see their workday end ers get away with everyand get a paycheck. thing: personal emails and I am hoping someone texting, using their computmight see this letter and ers to watch TV shows, movrecognize themselves and ies and hockey games, abusdo something about this ing overtime and sick days, situation. I am open to sugtaking photos of proprietary gestions. — Frustrated Emequipment, etc. ployee Sometimes, workplace Dear Frustrated: The rules are ignored and acciproblem with being an emdents occur. ployee is that you cannot We are well-paid individcontrol what management uals with great benefits. does, nor can you make MITCHELL The head office has put other employees shape up & SUGAR major changes in place to without the cooperation of improve profit and producthe higher-ups. tivity. We agree that this is frusI cannot blame them for trating, but it is also outside trying to fix this aspect of things, but your ability to remedy. I have lost respect for management You have taken what steps you can because the existing rules and policies to effect change, but nothing has hapare not enforced. pened. I strongly believe we will lose our If you can accept that these things jobs because the company will fail. are not your responsibility, you may be

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able to ignore them and keep working. Otherwise, it’s time to put an updated resume back into circulation. Dear Annie: On Easter, our 8-yearold daughter accidentally came across her Easter basket and gifts in our home. Her facial expression was filled with questions, and my wife and I decided to tell her the truth: that her parents are the Easter Bunny. She then asked about Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. I told her yes, we are those, as well. Was I wrong? What is the appropriate age to have this conversation with your child?— No More Secret Santa Dear Santa: There is no specific time to tell your children these things, but by the age of 8, we suspect your daughter was figuring it out on her own. And most kids don’t appreciate remaining in the dark while their peers are more informed. Telling her the truth probably made her feel more mature and trusted. You could have softened the blow by discussing the idea of Santa, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny, helping her understand that parents enjoy this type of pretending

for their children and that using one’s imagination can be fun and creative. But please put a positive spin on your daughter becoming old enough to know the real story behind the presents. We think she’ll be just fine. Dear Annie: This is in response to the woman whose grandchildren pull out their hair. I’m in my late 50s and started pulling hair from my moustache when I was in my 30s. I also picked my nails and was fatigued and irritable. A couple of years ago, I began taking higher dosages of multi-B vitamin supplements. Within a year, all of these odd habits disappeared. Behavioral changes can happen slowly, and we tend to normalize how we feel day-to-day and are not aware that we may have these nutritional deficiencies. I don’t know whether this will help your readers, but I figured it can’t hurt. They should talk to their health care provider and maybe give it a try for six months. It changed my life. —CK Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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HOROSCOPES Friday, May 23 at work. Simply Relax! CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today will Drew Carey, 55; Joan Collins, 80; Jewel, 39 prove to be one of those times when everyTHOUGHT OF THE DAY: There is a thing seems to fall into place. You’ll be at lovely energy today, if you are in the playful the location, at the right time, with the right mood. Your thoughts will empeople. phasize your unique thoughts at However unusual they are, this time. they are providing you the spring There is a great opportuniboard to achieve your dreams. ty for you to express your truth Hang out with friends and netnow, what you value, and be fulwork! ly present with expressing it the CANCER (June 21-July 22): way you personally want to. This Today will mark a time when you might shock others, but you will get your thoughts out of your find greater value with getting it head and take action on a public off your chest! level. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today This will prove to be quite is your birthday, then this year profitable for you, but make sure promises to be one that is very to focus on one task at a time. LARISA MAIRA rewarding for you on a personal Your efforts are paying off now. OZOLINS level. Listen to your gut instincts now. There will be a focus on your LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Fodreams and, believe me, they cus on the best route forward. will happen in surprising ways. Move in the direction of where So plan for the unexpected your thoughts are telling you. and when that occurs, you know you are on Perhaps even friends are guiding you towards the right path. A greater appreciation of com- more enlightenment and are encouraging you passion will be understood this year as goals to join and participate in groups that speak to are realized! your true vision now. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Okay, so VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There is a lot there is a possibility that you might put your of surprising support from others at your disfoot in your mouth today. posal now. Try to acknowledge and discuss Truly try to think before your speak or your visions for your career. react today. On the brighter side, you will get You will be seen and heard today, so your point across so make sure it is a good speak up! Today is a great day to let go of one. There is great opportunity for you to get any past insecurities as you see that the fualong with others now! ture is brighter now! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Those inner LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Discussions conflicts or simply whatever you’ve thought of your perspective on life will lead to greater about on a subconscious level will now come awareness. out into the open. There will be lots of chatter with those at You will find that it is a great value to re- a distance or simply a greater look at spiritulease that pent up energy, but it might create ality. Those significant relationships in your some difficulties for you on a daily level and life are knowledgeable and they could share

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BRIEF Australia alleges airline passenger smuggled bird eggs in his pants SYDNEY, Australia — Australians call tiny swimming trunks “budgie smugglers,” but the term might have new meaning after customs officials at Sydney’s airport said Wednesday that they found 16 wild-bird eggs in the crotch of a passenger’s pants. The 39-year-old Czech man arrived Tuesday on a flight from Dubai when customs officials selected him for a baggage examination, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service said in a statement. “Officers conducted a frisk search of the man and allegedly found 16 small eggs concealed in his groin area,” the statement said. There was no word on whether it was budgies — small parrots also known as budgerigars — that were allegedly smuggled. The species has yet to be identified. The man, whose name has not been released, was to appear in a Sydney court on Wednesday charged under environmental protection laws with attempting to import regulated live specimens without a permit. The charge carries maximum penalties of 10 years in prison and a fine of 170,000 Australian dollars ($157,000 US).

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X-CELLENT X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST IS EVERYTHING THAT SUMMER MOVIES ARE MEANT TO BE X:Men: Days of Future Past Three stars (out of four) Rated: PG BY MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES The subtitle of the latest X-Men installment, “Days of Future Past” — a bit of wordplay inspired by the Moody Blues album Days of Future Passed — may not mean too much, literally, without a toke of wacky weed to enhance its time-trippy poetry. But the phrase’s evocation of chronology folding in on itself is an effective metaphor for the dual settings of the film, which takes place both in 1973, on the eve of the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Vietnam War, and 50 years hence, when the world of tomorrow has become embroiled in another battle, this time between giant robots and human mutants. You don’t need drugs to appreciate the cosmic parallels of the situation, but you might want an aspirin or two to calm your head while trying to iron out all the logical paradoxes inherent in this latest installment in the long-running Marvel Comics saga. The new film centers on the efforts of the mutant superhero Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to forestall the Third World War by traveling back in time — from the 2020s to the 1970s — to stop the assassination of an industrialist that leads to our dystopian future.

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Montgomery happy to sing ‘timeless’ tunes BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Country singer John Michael Montgomery never went to college — and neither did his father, who also sang with a country band. But sure as shooting, the Kentucky-based Montgomery, known for such enduring hits as I Swear and Sold, wants his own teenage son and daughter to go — regardless of whether they later follow him into the music business. “I’ve told them, you want to know two people who’ve been to college? George Strait and Brad Paisley,” said Montgomery. He believes these two respected performers prove it doesn’t hurt to put music aspirations on hold for a few years of grounding education. While lots of people have found success without degrees, Montgomery believes having a business background would have helped him when he rose to fame in the 1990s with a string of No. 1 hits: I Love the Way You Love Me, Be My Baby Tonight, If You’ve Got Love, I Can Love You Like That, and The Little Girl. The 49-year-old singer, who will perform his hits at Cowboys Bar and Nightclub in Red Deer on Thursday, May 29, credits his high school math smarts for steering him straight. But he knows of other performers who made a lot of money for several years then swiftly went broke once their careers cooled. He believes that knowing the ins and outs of business deals also more important than it used to be, since the record business has raised the stakes of late. Nashville recently adopted the American Idolstyle contract, said Montgomery — which means the industry now gets a cut of a performer’s song royalties and concert and merchandise revenues, as well as album sales. He believes this has resulted in more singer-songwriters getting signed to recording deals, as a sort of two-for-one package. It was different when Montgomery was an up-andcomer in the business in the late 1980s, early 1990s. He said industry execs weren’t too interested, at the time, in hearing his original material, but encouraged him to choose from a catalogue of songs written by seasoned Nashville songwriters. He didn’t mind singing tunes written by others. His feeling was “whatever song fits me the best is the song I will sing,” and this philosophy paid off with his first three albums going multi-platinum in sales. Although the pendulum has since swung towards

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Country singer John Michael Montgomery will perform his hits at Cowboys Bar and Nightclub in Red Deer on Thursday, May 29. artists writing their own stuff, Montgomery is still happy to be associated with “timeless” tunes he still likes to sing, and others like to hear. For instance, the U.S. trio All-4-One recently asked Montgomery to collaborate on a re-recording of the song I Swear. The soulful love ballad that’s been a staple at many a wedding reception was a huge 1994 hit — first for Montgomery, then for the pop trio. Montgomery decided to put this new collaborative version of the song, written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers, on his new greatest hits album that he hopes will be out this summer. He said he still hears from fans who tell him how much that song means to them. He also intends to write a new tune or two for the release. “I used to write music all the time when I was

starting out and playing clubs every night,” recalled Montgomery, who grew up influenced by many musical genres and singers — including Frank Sinatra and Lionel Ritchie. He laughs out loud when asked whether sons of country singers rebel by listening to Motown artists. “I’ve always loved those artists,” he responded. “I don’t know why. I love their voices and attitude.” As for Sinatra, Montgomery added that as much as he appreciates old and new country music, he can see himself crooning big-band standards someday. “One of my grand delusions is singing Frank Sinatra songs.” Tickets are $25 in advance from Cowboys, the Bell Fever Lounge, Wei’s Western Wear outlets or the Black Knight Ticket Centre. Doors open at 8 p.m. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com


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The most morally bankrupt reality show since the early aughts recourse is to pretend that it is not. To do this, the show presents Matt as just in it for love. Matt is a “poor” guy (please ignore his upper-class accent) NEW YORK — I Wanna Marry ‘Har- who cleans up oil spills and is never ry,’ which starts this week on Fox, is given the time of day by the women he the most brazenly morally bankrupt deserves. “Can love survive when fame, reality show to air on network television since the lawless years of the wealth and status melt away?” the show asks, framearly aughts. ing the story as Back when one in which the wildly sucit is Matt, and cessful first not the women, seasons of Surwho’s taking vivor set off a the big risk. bonanza for the He’s opening up format, produchis heart even ers pretty freely though it is posexplored just sible he will be how distasteful rejected — not a show could for being a liar be before it beand a manipulacame too disPhoto by Advocate news services tor, but just for tasteful. It was a muck-burrow- On I Wanna Marry Harry, a British man his blameless ing period that named Matt Hicks (right), who kind of status as a nonsludged upon resembles Prince Harry (left), impersonates p r i n c e . W h a t us Who Wants to him for 12 American women who think they n o n - p r i n c e among us canMarry a Multinot relate? M i l l i o n a i r e ? , are on a dating show. For all of Temptation Isthis to work, the land, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, Joe Millionaire — of women have to mistake a snake in the which I Wanna Marry ‘Harry’ is just grass for a member of the royal family. an update with a fauxyal — and ended And this is Harry’s insidious pièce de with The Swan, a plastic surgery make- résistance, its plausible deniability: over show that still retains the dubious The show never tells the girls that Matt distinction of being the vilest reality is Prince Harry. They trick him out with a castle and a butler (who is also show ever to exist. But that was more than a decade the host), they fly him in with security ago! And so here comes Harry, a show and a helicopter, they school him in predicated on the uncomfortable, but Harry-facts and proper table manners, not entirely insupportable, supposition but they never say his name — they let that audiences totally will watch some- rumor and speculation and competithing icky, sordid and morally wanting, tion do the work. The first time the women see him, it so long as a minimal effort is made to is from afar. The second time they see make it look like a love story. A British man named Matt Hicks, him, it is at a masquerade ball. By the who kind of resembles Prince Har- time he takes off his mask, everyone is ry, impersonates him for 12 American drunk. women who think they are on a dating show. This is so obviously mean-spirited and disingenuous, the show’s only Please see HARRY on Page D3 BY WILLA PASKIN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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Michael Fassbender stars as a young Magneto in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

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X-MEN: Intoxicating as a shot of adrenaline The plot alone, which is drawn from two issues of The Uncanny X-Men comic book series from 1980, is enough to make you want a drink. On second thought, just say no. Not to the movie — it’s a gas — but to mindaltering substances of any kind. Days of Future Past is, in itself, as intoxicating as a shot of adrenaline. It’s what summer movies are meant to be. Does it answer the nagging question of how Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) can possibly still be alive after exploding into bits at the end of 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand? Or how Wolverine has metal claws again, after having them amputated at the end of last year’s The Wolverine? No, it does not. And so what? The movie provides enough of a buzz that, by the end, you just won’t care anymore. Plus, it wipes out all those bad feelings left by Last Stand, which is widely reviled by fans as one of the worst films in the franchise (next to, of course, X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Because it involves time travel, Days of Future Past can set many things right that, for so many fans, went so wrong with Last Stand. And it does. Days of Future Past opens in the future, when an army of mutant-hunting automatons called Sentinels have all but exterminated the lovable genetic freaks, or X-Men, at the center of the comic-book mythology. Discovering that one of their number (Ellen Page’s Kitty) has developed the ability to send people back in time, the X-Men’s elder statesmen — Xavier and his perennial frenemy, Magneto (Ian McKellen) — elect to rewrite history, as myriad movies have done before, in the hope that it will change the present.

Wolverine is just the man for the job. His mission? Stop fellow mutant Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) from killing robot-designer Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), whose death, fueling anti-mutant sentiment, precipitated the rise of the machines. Of course, this is easier said than done (and it ain’t all that easily said). Wolverine not only has to persuade the younger versions of Xavier and Magneto (James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender) to help him, but it also turns out that everyone has their own petty agenda. One more thing: Back in 1973, Magneto is in jail, charged with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It’s a nice touch, if a little ghoulish. Recruited for the necessary breakout is a mutant called Quicksilver (Evan Peters), who can move faster than the speed of sound. He steals the whole film, in a thrilling and hilarious sequence depicting just how molasseslike the world feels to someone who can get around as fast as he can. The stop-time effect utilized here is a triumph of modern movie-making and will set a high bar for action movies for years to come. Days of Future Past is not a perfect movie, thanks mostly to time-travel anomalies that spring leaks in an otherwise airtight construction. While the 1973 action appears to take place over several days, for instance, the parallel action in the future seems to take only several hours. But I’m not kidding when I say this doesn’t matter. There’s a certain amount of compensation that goes on with any X-Men movie. The franchise’s fans expect certain characters to look and behave in certain ways. Some, I’m sure, will quibble about the appearance of Quicksilver, who looks like a surf punk, or the fact that Kitty, whose mutant ability was previously limited to walking through walls, can suddenly conjure up time travel. Yet, for many of these fans — myself included — the disappointment eventually dissipates, not because we get the movie we want, but because we get the one we need.

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Detectives were investigating whether the couple’s financial problems or other marital difficulties played a role in the killing that police said occurred during an argument Monday night while the couple’s two sons, both under 10, were in the house. They were placed with relatives. Jace called the emergency dispatcher, said he’d shot his wife and was at the home when officers arrived, police Detective Dean Vinluan has said. Vinluan said there had been no reports of domestic violence at the home. However, the actor had been under financial pressure in recent years. He declared for bankruptcy in 2011 and had been delinquent on payments as recently as December. Jace is best known for his role as LAPD Officer Julien Lowe in The Shield. He also appeared on the show Southland and had small roles in the movies Planet of the Apes, Boogie Nights and Forrest Gump.

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Ghost Stories an exercise in frustrated potential BY ALLISON STEWART ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Ghost Stories is Coldplay’s first album since lead singer Chris Martin’s separation from Gwyneth Paltrow launched a thousand conscious uncoupling jokes. Some of the best albums in history have been born out of such domestic strife. But for Coldplay, which has always treated romantic misery as an allyou-can-eat-buffet, an album full of gloomy songs about love gone wrong is in itself unremarkable — the band was making divorce albums before anybody actually got married. Ghost Stories is stripped-down and slippery, a pointed de-escalation from their last album, Mylo Xyloto. Both incredibly popular and intensely disliked, Mylo Xyloto was outsize and over-produced, a helium balloon of an album that existed in a state of Peak Coldplay. The band’s basic formula was inflated to the point of absurdity. In its preference for acoustic ballads instead of stadium-ready electro-pop, Ghost Stories is a retrenchment, a conscious return to the relative simplicity of the band’s debut, Parachutes. There’s a great exercise in Technicolor dubstep-like pop courtesy of Avicii (A Sky Full of Stars), but everything else

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HARRY: Not as slick and savvy as it needs to be Through the first episode, some of the girls think he’s Harry, some of them don’t, but the doubters are not going to take a chance that they are wrong: better to humiliate yourself than miss out on an opportunity to be Kate Middleton’s sister-in-law. Competitiveness as much as gullibility drives the women, and the show makes much of both of these unflattering characteristics. For Matt to be the good guy — the poor, unappreciated diamond in the rough — the women can’t inspire much of our sympathy, or we will recognize him and the show for what they are: lying, lying liars. And so the women get the “bad edit.” They are portrayed as loud and hyper and thoroughly, absurdly American, astonishing this proper Brit with their tawdry sexual aggressiveness and poorly calibrated indoor voices. They are catty and judgmental, and for each one who gets moon-eyed about true love, another talks about how hot and sexy and bitchy and acquisitive she is. (The most down-to-earth girl, a bartender who responds to the situation with anxiety, gets bounced very quickly. This likely saves the show: with her gone, the audience has no one to feel bad for anymore.) I am loath to call anything about this series clever, but there is something nastily sharp about its savvy manipulation of reality TV clichés. How distinct is this from a show like The Bachelor, really? The bachelor does not flat-out lie about his identity (as far as I know), but on that series, as on this one, a group of women compete for a man they think — based on the

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Filmmaker Xavier Dolan smiles as he reacts during a press conference in Montrea last month, to the news that his latest movie Mommy would be in the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Mommy tells the story of a widow (Dorval) struggling to raise her son (Antoine Olivier Pilon), a troubled teenager. Together, they try to make ends meet with the unexpected help from a mysterious neighbour (Suzanne Clement). When Dolan first conceived of the idea for Mommy a few years ago, he envisioned the story being told in English, by American actors. Eventually, though, he decided he wanted to do it in French — “in my own language, at home, in the streets I know best, in the neighbourhood I know, which inspires me,” he said. But Dolan is convinced he’ll work in English one day.

He’s already written an English screenplay with Montreal filmmaker Jacob Tierney and is gauging interest in the project. After Cannes, though, Dolan wants to take a break. “I’m going back to school actually in the fall to . . . try and have a little bit of a more normal life and beat, and go back to hanging out with people my age, hopefully kissing them a little, you know,” Dolan said with a smile. Dolan’s Mommy is one of three Canadian films competing for the Palme d’or. David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars and Atom Egoyan’s The Captive are also in the running for the award.

feels like a retreat. It’s as if Coldplay has decided they want to be less like U2 in 1991 and more like Coldplay in 2001. There is less of a sense of puffed-up grandeur than any of the band’s recent outings, but grandeur was something Coldplay did well, if too often. Grandeur can cover a multitude of sins. These spartan songs lay bare every weakness of melody (Martin used to write superlative ones; he seems to have given up) and songwriting. Lyrically, Ghost Stories is fascinating for the same reasons it’s so vicariously depressing. This isn’t Coldplay’s usual conspicuous mopery; this is a public bloodletting: True Love is a raw, synth-driven midtempo ballad about the disintegration of a relationship (“Tell me you love me / If you don’t, then lie”). The similarly themed Ink, loping and percussive, feels like something Jack Johnson might make if he were British and sad all the time. Its lyrics read like bad Twilight fan fiction (“All I know / Is that I’m lost / In your fire below”). Martin is as polarizing a figure in his world as Paltrow is in hers, and Ghost Stories humanizes them while still managing to be universal in its reach. Sometimes it does this too much: Martin is a master of lyrical generalities, adept at telegraphing basic emotions — I’m lonely, I’m sad, I’ll meet you in the rain, I’ll fly away like a bird — but unequal to the deep dive a truly classic breakup album requires. Still, there has never been such a revealing relationship album written by one celebrity we felt as if we knew about another celebrity we also felt as if we knew, even if its revelations may not all be intentional. This isn’t just an album of garment-rending breakup songs, it’s an album with giddy newfound love songs. Songs written about someone who clearly isn’t Gwyneth Paltrow, by someone who was married to Gwyneth Paltrow at the time. With sometime collaborator Brian Eno (he produced the fine Viva la Vida, and contributed to the tolerable parts of Mylo Xyloto) absent, and guitarist Jonny Buckland unwisely minimized (Ghost Stories belongs to its synths, pianos and bass), Martin is left to his own devices. The result is a great premise chained to an album of modest pleasures, its lyrics too ethereal to carry much charge, its melodies too mild to prop them up. As a piece of art, Ghost Stories is an exercise in frustrated potential. As a historical document of a celebrity divorce as a slow-motion car crash, it’s not much either, but it’s the best we have.

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BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES TOKYO — Shonen Knife, the all-female cult trio hailed at home and abroad since the early 1980s, has released Overdrive, their first album in nearly two years. The band is known for its bright, fun sound. But this time around, the band draws much of its inspiration from the classic hard rock legends of the 1970s. “I’m hooked on that sound right now,” beamed lead vocalist and guitarist Naoko. “It was during an era when rock culture that bloomed in 1960s was maturing. The fashion was stylish, too. I started getting into it after I became an adult, so it still sounds fresh to me.” The record clearly takes after such iconic acts as Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, the swathes of distorted guitar chugs being a pleasure to experience. Shonen Knife’s previous effort was heavily rooted in pop, and the release before consisted entirely of covers from punk rock greats the Ramones. Overdrive is the alt-rock band’s effort to step in a different direction to showcase their versatile style. Drummer Emi and bassist Ritsuko, who are also vocalists, had their fair share of troubles in coping with music they were not very familiar with. “I was consciously trying to hit the drums slow and heavy. That was most difficult. Faster rhythms are easier,” Emi explained. Their tribulations paid off in the end, the sound they achieved being thick and solid. “I think we ended up with a sort of natural, Shonen Knife-style hard rock that doesn’t try too hard,” Ritsuko said. With many fans overseas, the band regularly tours other countries. They are currently on a European tour, and autumn dates set for the United States. The Japan tour this year will kick off July 5 at Shibuya Tsutaya O-nest in Tokyo. ence’s? The women who believe they are competing for a royal, or those of us at home who believe these women believe they are competing for a royal? At certain moments I almost expected the cast to turn to the audience and say, “Come on!” And that means for all its polish, I Wanna Marry ‘Harry’ is not as slick and savvy as it needs to be. It comes way too close to breaking the only really hard-and-fast rule of reality TV: never tip the audience off that the joke’s on them. Paskin, Slate’s TV critic, has written for New York Magazine, The New York Times Magazine and Salon. com.

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MONTREAL — Quebec director Xavier Dolan is creating a major buzz in Cannes with his latest film. Dolan’s Mommy is being presented at the Cannes Film Festival, with some critics raising the possibility it could nab the coveted “Palme d’or” prize. The film received several glowing reviews following a Wednesday press screening. Dolan held a news conference on Thursday and was asked what a victory on Saturday would mean. “It would just be an extraordinary message to people my age and my generation,” he replied. While the writer-director is only 25, Mommy is Dolan’s fourth film at the festival, albeit his first in the prestigious competition. “There might be a proper age to know how to tell stories, but there is no proper age to start telling them,” Dolan said. “I’m not thinking of myself as someone young. I feel neither young nor old, I just feel like I’m trying to do the right thing in order to tell a story that haunts me somehow.” Dolan first appeared at Cannes in 2009 with the parent-son drama I Killed My Mother (J’ai tue ma mere), which won three awards. He said he’s always been interested in strong female characters. The one played by Anne Dorval in I Killed My Mother was inspired by his own mother, while the woman in his latest film, who is also played by Dorval, is the total opposite, he said. “My relationship with my mother inspired me a lot for my first film, which was autobiographical,” Dolan said. “After that, it was more the idea of mother per se that inspired me for the other films. “I don’t know why talking about the place of mothers in society — and the place of women, I imagine — is a theme and a territory that’s so rich and inspiring for me.” Dolan admits that his own father, actor Manuel Tadros, wasn’t always as present in his life growing up, when he lived with his mother full time. While he has a strong relationship with him now, Dolan said he doesn’t feel the same urge to feature fathers prominently in his films. “As a youngster, I didn’t know my father well enough, I didn’t observe him enough, I didn’t admire him or love him or detest him enough,” he said.

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GREEN 1930 - 2014 Mr. Terry R. Green of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Friday, May 16, 2014 at the age of 84 after a long battle with Parkinson’s and C.O.P.D. Terry was born in Winnipeg, grew up in Saskatoon and came to Red Deer in 1955 with his wife Kay shortly after they were married. Terry was a member of the first Saskatoon Hilltops football team and a life member of the Kinsmen Club. Through the years, Terry owned and operated several small businesses in Red Deer: Culligan Soft Water, Grandma Lee’s Bakery, Let’s Recycle, and (who can forget) Funland Arcade to name a few. He was an avid Sask. Roughriders fan, refereed minor, high school and junior football. Terry served on several boards, volunteered at the Red Deer Food bank and delivered Meals on Wheels for many years. Terry received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal in 2002 for his contribution to the community of Red Deer. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife of 58 years, Kay; children Kathryn (Rob) Bayne, Jim (Lucy Beck) Green, Tara Hammond (Linda Jalbert); grandchildren Kathryn Koebel, Michelle (Troy) Zacharias, Nathan Hammond, Aidan Green; great grandchildren Pyper, London, Justice and Jersey Zacharias; Rob Bayne’s sons Michael (Kristy) and Trevor (Angela); sisters in-law Clarice Kremer and Alice Vest. Terry was predeceased by his parents George and Ettie Green; in-laws Leon and Katie Lema, Harry and Irene Lema, Joffre Kremer, Peter Vest and Theresa and Alvain Dhoedt. Many thanks to Dr. Cooper, Dr. Hopfner, Penny Grey and all who cared for Terry on Unit 22. Thank you as well to family and friends for your love and support. A Celebration of Terry’s life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, 2810 Bremner Ave, Red Deer, on June 28, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Food Bank Society, 12-7429 49 Ave, Red Deer AB T4P 1N2 or to the Red Deer & District S.P.C.A., 4505 - 77 Street, Red Deer AB T4P 2J1. Condolences to Terry’s family may be emailed to: meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

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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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. 403.340.4040.

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KNISELY Marion J. LIDSTER 1925 - 2014 Thelma Mrs. Marion Jacqueline 1943 - 2014 Knisely of Red Deer, Alberta, Mrs. Thelma Janette Lidster, formerly of Comox, British beloved wife of Mr. Robert Lidster Columbia, passed away at of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away the Red Deer Regional at the Red Deer Hospice on Hospital Centre on Sunday, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the age May 18, 2014 at the age of of 70 years. Thelma was born on 88 years. Marion was born July 17, 1943 at Sexsmith, Alberta. on July 2, 1925 at North She was united in marriage to Battleford, Saskatchewan. Robert Lidster on September 24, She was raised in Wilkie, 1966 and the couple had two Saskatchewan and later went beautiful children. Thelma was a on to join the Royal very loving wife Canadian Navy; where she and a devoted mother. Her family was her served her Country as a MIDDAG pride and joy. As a homemaker, Thelma loved to bake fresh Wren. Marion was also a Anton (Tony) bread and buns to the delight of her family. She loved to member of the Royal July 7, 1930 - May 21, 2014 crochet and made beautiful handiwork; and also enjoyed Canadian Legion and the Tony was born July 7, 1930 doing puzzles. Thelma’s loving and caring heart was evident Ladies Auxiliary, as well as a in Nijverdal, The Netherlands, to all, in the twenty-three years she spent helping and member of the Rebekah’s and passed away peacefully working with the elderly at the Sutherland Nursing Home in Lodge. Marion will be May 21, 2014 at Lacombe Peace River, Alberta. She and Bob owned and operated the lovingly remembered by her Hospital. He was predeceased Concession in the Peace River Bingo Hall for thirteen years. seven sons, Doug (Doreen) by his parents Johan and Her favorite Holiday of the year was Christmas. Family, of Red Deer, Andrew (Patty) Gezina Middag, his beloved grandchildren, great grandchildren and Christmas Presents of Surrey, British Columbia, wife Henny, two brothers and brought memories of joy, laughter and love! Thelma adored Ian (Ingrid) of Brampton, one sister and one grandson her grandchildren and great grandchildren and cherished the Ontario, James of Peace Jeffry Bos. Tony attended years of happiness and times spent watching them growing River, Alberta, Bill school in Nijverdal, and up; going to hockey games and figure skating; doing the (Donnelda) and David immigrated to Canada at the things they loved together; and seeing her granddaughters (Patti), all of Red Deer and age of 23 to start a new life get married and have their babies. She loved her Toronto Dean (Kathy) of North there; leaving family and Maple Leafs. She was passionate about watching all their Battleford, Saskatchewan; friends behind. He married games and wore her Hockey Jersey proudly. Thelma took her five daughters, Barbara Hendrika Kranenborg on great pride in her Collection of Leafs Memorabilia for her of Edmonton, Alberta, Edith September 10, 1954. They favorite team. Our Thelma will be very sadly missed but (Duane) of Kelowna, British began their life together and lovingly remembered and forever cherished in the hearts of Columbia, Anna (Alan) of started a family in Red Deer her family and many dear friends. Thelma leaves to mourn Lethbridge, Alberta, Wilma AB. In 1968 they moved to her loss, her loving husband, Robert Lidster of Red Deer, (Tony) of Red Deer and Lacombe where they raised daughter, Tracy (James) Pratt of Red Deer and son, Troy Cheryl (Jason) of Kelowna, their 5 children. He is survived (Wendy) Lidster of Calgary; her grandchildren, Amanda British Columbia, twenty-eight by his children: Ina (Brian) (Josh) Buzzell, Kayla Lidster, Brittanie (Matthew) Kennedy grandchildren, thirty-four great Jackson, John (Kim) Middag, and Jordan (Kristina) Pratt; and her great grandchildren, grandchildren and four great Shirley (John) Hiemstra, Jonah and Sawyer Buzzell and Payton and Brynnlee great grandchildren. She will Allen Middag and Pat (Darrel) Kennedy and a new baby due in October. She will also be also be sadly missed by her Johnston, 14 grandchildren sadly missed by her sisters, Dorothy Chapman of Calgary, sisters, Jean Totland, Helen and 10 great grandchildren. Liz King (Gary Stanwick) of Wetaskiwin and Ethel (Angus) Graham and Judy Seaman. A celebration of Tony’s life Scott of Zama City, as well as numerous nieces and Marion was predeceased will be held Monday, May nephews. Thelma was predeceased by her parents, Roy and by her husband, Donald, 26th, 2014 at 2:00 pm at Mary White, a brother, Gilbert and a sister, May Hartwick. A daughter-in-law, Barb Knisely, Bethel Christian Reformed Celebration of Thelma’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral three grandchildren, Andrea, Church, 5704-51 Avenue, Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Jason and Chad and two Lacombe Alberta. In lieu of Red Deer on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. The sisters, Betty Hebert and flowers, donations may be Family invites everyone to feel welcome to honor Thelma by Peggy Kaduhr. A Memorial made to World Renew wearing their ‘Favorite Hockey Team Jersey’ to her Service in Marion’s honor will Canada. 3475 Mainway, STN Celebration of Life. Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral be held at Sunnybrook LCD 1, Burlington, ON L7R Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. In place of United Church, 12 Stanton 3Y8.. Condolences may be flowers, Memorial Donations in Thelma’s honor may be made Street, Red Deer, Alberta on made through directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com Friday, June 13, 2014 at www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca Condolences may be sent or viewed at: 11:00 a.m. A Private Family WILSON’S FUNERAL www.parklandfuneralhome.com Interment will take place at CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM Arrangements in care of Wilkie, Saskatchewan at a serving Central Alberta with Gary W. Anderson, later date. If desired, Memorial locations in Lacombe and Funeral Director at Donations in Marion’s honor Rimbey in charge of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM may be made directly to the arrangements. Phone: 6287 - 67 A Street Canadian Cancer Society at 403.782.3366 or (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040. www.cancer.ca or to the 403.843.3388 Red Deer Regional Health “A Caring Family, Foundation, Unit 32 Palliative Caring for Families” 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 Card Of Thanks Births HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street REISWIG In Memoriam (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. Thank you to Janice Rusch 403.340.4040. and Kinsmen Club of Red Deer for our trip to Mexico...The early bird draw for the 2013 Kinsmen Dream ARE YOU EXPECTING Home Draw. We had a A BABY SOON? wonderful time. Welcome Wagon Joe & Marilyn Reiswig, Airdrie has a special package just for you & your little one! For more information, RUBY DAY Call Lori, 403-348-5556 Many many thanks from Ruby Day’s family for all the cards, phone calls and food brought to our home Funeral Directors following Mom’s passing. & Services A huge thank you to our wonderful friends and MACDONALD, Doug Willowdale neighbours who Aug. 24, 1949 - May 23, 2007 provided a delicious meal following the service. In Loving Memory Thank you to Reverend of Our Brother Wayne Reid for his kind words, We miss you more Trish McSween for her solo, and than anyone knows to Margaret, church secretary As time goes by for all the extras she did to make the emptiness grows planning Mom’s service easier. We laugh, We talk, Thanks also to the cheerful We play our part staff at Parkvale Lodge for But behind our smiles their service to Mom are broken hearts. over the last few years. 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• Real Estate conveyancing Main responsibilities: • Corporate Commercial Creating and maintaining inventory items, salon Firm is prepared to train services, discounts in a candidate who has Global POS system; experience in some but not creating and maintaining all aspects of the position. inventory items for internal database; obtaining & Please submit your resume updating vendor price lists. by mail, email or fax to:

WE are looking for a F/T or P/T journeyman (60% commission with ticket) or LIVE-IN Caregiver for 3 apprentice hairstylist for children (5, 3 & 1 yrs). 44 busy family salon in hrs/wk, $1760/mo. Childcare, Lacombe. Great wages light housekeeping, and benefits packages. Room & board $315/mo. Call Emma 403-307-6264 Bring resume to Hairapy at Lacombe Center Mall LIVE-IN Caregiver for senior with disability Rocky area. Start your career! Call 403-846-5558 or email See Help Wanted dsbauer@telus.net

NEW HELPING HANDS POSITION OPEN!! PERM. P/T:

Oilfield

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work OIL & GAS OPERATOR during shut down, $14/hr. Bearspaw currently has a position in our Stettler field Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black operations for an intermediate oil and gas operator. Applicants must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument mechanic and possess strong mechanical skills, be quick learners, motivated CCCSI is hiring sanitation and hard working and live workers for the afternoon or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute and evening shifts. Get to workplace location. This paid weekly, $14.22/hr. Call 403-348-8440 or fax position offers a challenging work environment, attractive 403-348-8463 benefits with competitive pay and significant room for promotion. Legal Please submit resumes

Anders Park

CIVIL PROJECT MANAGER / ESTIMATOR

64 & 68 ANDREWS CL. May 24, Sat. 9 - 4 Garden tools, furniture, misc. household Something for Everyone!

We are a growing construction company that requires an additional Civil Project Manager/Estimator for our office located in Blackfalds.

78 ANDERS St. Back Yard May 22, 23 & 24 Thurs. 3-8, Fri. 12-8, Sat.12-5 Something For Everyone!

The successful candidate will have experience in earthworks, municipal infrastructure, highway or underground utilities construction. Must be able to work in a fast paced environment, be proficient in Microsoft programs, written correspondence and plan reading. CET Accreditation is an asset.

8 ARB CLOSE Fri. 23rd & Sat. 24th, 8 am-2 pm. Two family sale Lots of everything! Rain or Shine

Pidherney’s offers competitive wages and benefits, as well as RRSP matching.

8 ARCHIBALD CRES. Friday, May 23, 3 -7 Sat. May 24, 10 - 4 SKI PATROL FUNDRAISER

Please forward resumés to: hr@pidherneys.com or fax to 403-845-5370 Attention: Charles MacDonald, in confidence.

800

Anders on the Lake 139 ALLWRIGHT CLOSE. Fri. May 23rd, 4 - 8 Sat. May 24th, 9 - 4. Twin clearout with 2 bikes, scooters, skateboards, nintendos and toys. Plus lots of household items, sports equipment and a newer canoe

Glendale 39 GISH STREET May 22nd-24th Thurs. & Fri. 3-9 & Sat. 9-6 Lots of items at great prices.

Highland Green 29 & 37 HART CRES May 22 & 23 Thurs. & Fri. 2 - 8 Antiques, porcelain dolls, furniture, household misc. MULTI- FAMILY 6408 61 AVE. Fri. 23rd 12-7, Sat. 24th 10-4 No Early Birds. Large range of items, different items out as things sell. MULTI-FAMILY & MOVING 27 HOLMES STREET Fri. 23rd, noon-5 & Sat. 24th, 10-5. Everything must go.

Inglewood 15 INGLIS CRES. May 23, 24 & 25 Fri., Sat. & Sun. 10 - 4 Rain or Shine. Lots of goodies. Side Door.

23 - 173 AUSTIN DR May 23, Fri. 1 - 7 May 24, Sat. 9 - 5 LADIES: NEW purses, jewelry & scarves and much more!!

MOVING SALE May 22-24 81 IRELAND CRES. Thurs. & Fri. 9-7, Sat.9-5. Furniture, some antiques, and much more.

LAKESIDE VILLAS HUGE Multi-Family Sale 173 Austin Drive May 23 & 24 Fri. 1-7 & Sat. 9-5

SWEET Pea Art & Design is hosting a garage/art sale, paintings, crafts, furniture, camping items, kitchen, and so much more Friday May 23, 12 - 8 Saturday May 24, 10 - 5. 16 IRONSTONE DRIVE

Eastview Estates 118 ELY CLOSE MAY 22 & May 23, 3-7, May 24, 9-3 ESTATE SALE, Furniture, depression glass, lots of quilting & craft items, Christmas decor. Rain or shine. 402709E20-23

Caregivers/ Aides

Chatters Canada has an immediate opening for a

770

403013E24

CLASSIFICATIONS

Janitorial

144 ELY CLOSE May 22nd-24th Thurs. & Fri. 4-8, Sat. 9-3 DOWNSIZING Lots of tools

Johnstone Park 30 JADE PLACE May 23 & 24 Fri. 4:30 - 7:30 & Sat. 9 - 2 Household, games, children’s toys, antiques etc... You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Kentwood Estates

Oriole Park

37 KENDALL CRES. Sat. 24th & Sun. 25th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Moving out of province garage sale.

41 OVERDOWN DR. May 23, FriI. 5 - 8 May 24, Sat. 9 - 4 Misc. Household items

66 KEITH CLOSE May 23 & 24 Fri. 4:30 - 9, Sat. 9 - 7 Misc. tools, household, baby, small appls. etc...

54 OSMOND CLOSE May 23, 24 & 25 Fri. 6 -10, Sat. & Sun. 9-5 House & yard misc. items.

West Park 44 WIGMORE CLOSE May 23 & 24 Fri. 8 - 7 & Sat. 8 - 4 MULTI FAMILY, tons of tools, camping equip., household goods, books, plants, etc...

Out of Town

May 23rd 5 pm-8 pm & May 24th 9 am-2 pm HUGE 2-FAMILY GARAGE SALE. 255 LAMPARD CRES. Solid oak & birch furniture, May 24 Sat. 10 - 4 large TV, artificial Christmas May 25, Sun. 11 - 3 trees, kids bikes, Barbie Numerous household misc. dolls, large canvas pictures, Something for Everyone!” Parkvale stools, chairs, queen mattress set, lots of household items 4277 46A AVE. & home decor. ALSO: Friday, May 23rd Morrisroe Honda CBR motorbike and 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. orange Mini Chopper. RAIN OR SHINE 9 MUNRO CRES. Turn east onto Hwy2A & MOVING - May 23 & 24 Springbrook intersection. Fri. 10 - 7 & Sat. 10 - 5 FOLLOW SIGNS. 3/4 ton Chev diesel, tools, Travel one mile & turn right Sunnybrook household, games, patio onto RR 275, one mile to set, garden items, etc..... first acreage on left. Multi-Table Garage Sale at #37103 GIANT KNIGHTS OF Sunnybrook Farm Museum flyingchangeacres@gmail.com COLUMBUS GARAGE SALE 4701 - 30 St, Red Deer Sat. 24th starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2014 SAT. MAY 24, 10-3 St. Mary’s Catholic Church 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 2 miles south of County Parking Lot. 6 McMillan Ave. Donations of gently used fire hall on corner of 30th. Large assortment of items gratefully accepted. Ave. & Delburne Rd. 1 mile household items. No furniture please. east on Twp. 374, 1/4 mile Information: (403) 340-3511 north on Range Rd. 271. Giant Fabric Liquidation, Mountview Over 1500 M of variety of Vanier Woods good quality fabric. 3735 44 AVENUE Great Prices - Much More! Saturday 24th, 10-4 HOUSEHOLD & NAME Classifieds...costs so little MOVING SALE. BRAND CLOTHING SALE. Saves you so much! Rain or Shine Huge assortment of household items & boys name brand clothing. 4118 35 STREET Lacombe Everything in exc. cond. (Back Alley) Fri. 23rd 3-7, Sat. 24th 9-2 Fri. 23rd & Sat. 24th, 9-5 84 HATHAWAY LANE 1 mile East of County Fire Lots of Misc. (back lane) May 22, 3-7, Hall on corner of 30th Ave DOWNSIZING May 23, 10-6, May 24, & Delburn Road, 10-5. A little bit of every#27064 - Red House. thing, come have a look!

Lancaster Green

HEY KIDS! All toy garage sale. 18 OHIO CLOSE Saturday May 24th, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Oriole Park

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.

West Lake MULTI - FAMILY 166 WEBSTER DR. May 22, 23, 24 & 25 Thurs/Fri 12-8, Sat/Sun 9-6 Something for Everyone!

Penhold 1017 FLEMING AVE Fri. 23rd, Sat. 24th & Sun. 25th 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.


D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, May 23, 2014

Canwest Propane offers a competitive compensation package

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

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.

Interested candidates are invited to apply via our website www.gibsons.com/careers or by Fax at 403-346-0595 DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person. 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 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.

FLUID Experts Ltd.

Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Class 1 Operators

to haul clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home every night, company benefits with exceptional pay structure. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision. Compensation based on experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

will be holding a TRAINING SESSION FOR

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 CASUAL POSITIONS

Dietary Aid/ Housekeeping

positions available. Must be able to work in a team environment. Mandatory criminal record check required. Salary according to union scale. Please apply in writing to Lisa Manning-Eaton, Lodge Manager, 4277 46A Ave. or by fax to: 403-343-1728 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

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

GAETZ SOUTH F/T MEAT CUTTER F/T PRODUCE CLERK Full benefits, staff incentives. Apply within. Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

GAETZ SOUTH

P/T FRONT END STAFF Staff incentives. Apply within. 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

PIDHERNEY’S

Owner Operators & Company Drivers

CASH CASINO

Is looking for experienced

requires experienced DRIVERS CLASS 1 ,3 AND LOWBOY, OPERATORS AND LABOURERS

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

880

Misc. Help

Fluid Experts Ltd.

860

Truckers/ Drivers

Ph: 780-468-3232 or 403-290-0866

LANDSCAPERS req’d, needs exp. in landscaping construction. Ph: 403-506-8929 or fax to: 403-886-5814

in AB. Home the odd night. • Top wages and benefits Weekends off. Late model based on experience tractor pref. 403-586-4558 • Possible career advancement opportunities CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment. Valid First Aid and H2S Resumes to be dropped off tickets required. at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. We offer competitive Cres. Red Deer. wages, benefits package, CLASS 3 DRIVERS and opportunities for w/airbrake endorsement advancement. needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume Please reply by fax with a min. of 2 references 403-845-5370 or E-mail: to: canpak@xplornet.ca hr@pidherneys.com

Customer Service Rep. P/T & F/T 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. PEST CONTROL TECHS REQ’D. cpest@shaw.ca Call 403-373-6182 Start your career! See Help Wanted

SHRUM’S MEATS

F/T BUTCHER, willing to train, wages negotiable Call 403-742-1427 SORTERS & FORKLIFT / SKID STEER OPERATOR with tickets. Safety background essential. Ability to work independently for Red Deer Recycling Facility. Email resume to canpak@xplornet.ca SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift. 11 pm -7 am. Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

900

Employment Training

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)

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

GLENDALE

UPPER FAIRVIEW Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery 3 days per week. NO WEEKENDS!!

STERITECH

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

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

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Call (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue

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Cleaning

1070

GENTLE VINYL SIDING CLEANING. Pricing packages available. Free quotes. 403-506-4822

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all... Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or CRAFTMASTER Masonry Brick and stone. 40 exp. Wood fired Ovens. For all your Masonry needs, Call Jim 250-212-5141 jim@craft-master.ca FENCES & DECKS 403-352-4034

Eavestroughing

1130

EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822

International ladies

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs. Reasonable rates. 340-9368

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS

Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

VII MASSAGE Window #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Cleaning Pampering at its BEST! WINDOW CLEANING Escorts 403-986-6686 outside/inside. Free quotes. Come in and see 403-506-4822 Catering exclusively to the why we are the talk needs of men with physical TOO MUCH STUFF? of the town. challenges. 587-877-7399 Let Classifieds TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* www.viimassage.biz help you sell it.

1420

1165

INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, or cutting small trees? Call James 403-341-0617

Misc. Services

1290

Yard Care

1430

5* JUNK REMOVAL JUNK/TREE REMOVAL, Property clean up 340-8666 Yard/Care 403-358-1614 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned. BBB member. 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

Six days per week. Delivery by 6:30 a.m. Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

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.

* Adults * Youths * Seniors *

* Adults * Youths * Seniors *

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week

SPRINGBROOK

WESTPARK SUBDIVISION

INNISFAIL The papers arrive ready to deliver. NO COLLECTING!

************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

ROUTES IN:

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Now Open

RED DEER ADVOCATE

Phone 403-314-4316

ANDERS AREA Allsop Drive, Alton Street, & Atkins Close also Allison Cres. also Archer & Austin Drive

MASSAGE

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Advocate Opportunities

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 FANTASY

Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

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Advocate Opportunities

3 days per week, no weekends

Home Reno’s INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS DALE’S Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 with oilfield service companies, other small Something for Everyone businesses and individuals Everyday in Classifieds RW Smith, 346-9351

LAWNMOWER, 19”, side bag, $50. Tuned & ready to go. 403-347-5873

ROTOTILLER 3 H.P. 21”. Runs great. $100. 403-347-5873

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

Painters/ Decorators

LAWN Mower, Craftsman Self propelled. $125. 403-347-5955

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

CARRIERS NEEDED

1280

EDGING Blocks, red scalloped concrete, reg. $2.49 $1. ea. approx. 75. Call or text 403-348-1236

CAMP Fire wood, dry poplar $50 for 1/2 ton truck load. (approx. 4 truck loads) $150. takes ALL. Must pick up. 403-782-7439

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Massage Therapy

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

Gray Drive & Gaibraith Street also 69 Street & 63 Ave

Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

1000-1430

1100

1680

35 Street 37 Street 41 St. Cres 58 Ave. Welton Cres. Westpark Cres.

36 Street 38 St. Close 57A Ave. Warwick Drive Wiltshire Pl. Wiltshire Dr.

Phone 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

* Adults * Youths * Seniors *

CLASSIFICATIONS

Contractors

Garden Supplies

Homestead Firewood

To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

wegotservices

1010

1660

Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

MUSTANG ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK

Phone 403-314-4316

Accounting

1630

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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

**************************

Bill Wall, Maintenance Manager 301 4719 - 48 Avenue or by Fax to: 403-343-2332

MEN’S GREEN Coverall, Large Tall, $15. 403-347-5316

Firewood

NO COLLECTING! Phone 403-314-4316

• Basic working knowledge of electricity, painting, carpentry and plumbing. • Excellent team player needed with the ability to work independently. • Emergency First Aid & Mandatory criminal record check required. • Salary according to union scale. Please apply in writing to:

1590

Jenner Cres. & Judd Close.

The papers arrive ready to deliver.

Permanent Full time Maintenance Position:

Huge Antique Estate Auction Police Bikes June 1 @ 10 am For info view www.cherryhillauction.com 403-342-2514

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

We Change Lives!

@AlbertaAOL

1530

JOHNSTONE CROSSING

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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.

1500-1990

EquipmentHeavy

1660

LOGS

CLASSIFICATIONS

Clothing

900

Employment Training

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Misc. Help

For work in Rocky Mountain House area, as well as out of town locations. Priority will be given to those candidates with Truck & Wagon experience.

Service Coordinator

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/week in:

ACCOUNTING

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

Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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LEGAL

We are seeking to hire permanent Driver/Sales for the Red Deer area.

TOP WAGES, BENEFITS. EXP’D. DRIVERS & SWAMPERS REQUIRED. MAPLE LEAF MOVING Call 403-347-8826 or fax resume to: 403-314-1457.

Advocate Opportunities

TECHNOLOGY

Nexus Engineering is currently looking for Afternoon shift Lead hand/supervisor and operators. Duties include, ensuring production flow on Mazak C.N.C lathe and mills, trouble shooting, min 1 years experience as a lead hand/supervisor in a machine shop. We offer competitive wages, company paid benefits and a RRSP matching plan. Please forward resumes to: resume @nexusengineering.ca

Revenue between $24,000 - $120,000 Initial cash required as low as $6,000 In Business for over 20 years *Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts Incl. *Training Incl. *Ongoing Office Support

FAMILY owned and operated since 1974, Trail Appliances is one of the leading independent appliance retailers in Western Canada. Trail offers excellent training & a competitive compensation & benefit plan. We are currently looking to expand our workforce at our Red Deer location 2823 Bremner Ave.

880

Misc. Help

BUSINESS

CNC Lead Hand / Supervisor and Operators

START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL CLEANING BUSINESS

880

Misc. Help

HEALTHCARE

Afternoon Shifts for

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.

870

278950A5

DRIVER/SALES

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Business Opportunities

402649E24

860

Truckers/ Drivers

402881E23,24

850

Trades

ROTOTILLING, power raking, aerating & grass cutting. Reasonable rates. 403-341-4745

MORRISROE AREA McLean St. SUNNYBROOK AREA Springfield Ave. also Sunnyside Cres. & Sutton Close also Savoy Cres. & Sydney Close also Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close LANCASTER AREA Lamont Close also Lund Close also Lancaster Drive also Landry & Lawson Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres., Churchill Cl. area $195/mo. CLEARVIEW AREA East end of Cosgrove Cres. $73/mo. ALSO Castle Cr. & Clark Cres. $72/mo. EASTVIEW Eline St. and 3 Blocks of Ellenwood Dr. $69/mo. ALSO Eversole Cres. and England Cres. $67/mo. MOUNTVIEW AREA Spruce Drive $62/mo. ALSO 43 Ave to 46 Ave, between 35 St. & 37 St. $82/mo. ALSO Springbett Drive & 44 Ave., 37 St. area $51/mo. ALSO 42 Ave area between 35 & 39 St. $62/mo. ALSO 43 Ave & 43 A Ave between 37 & 39 St. & one block of 43 Ave, and one block of 35 ST. $101/mo. ALSO 41 Ave between 36 & 38 St. $68/mo. Call Jamie 403-314-4306


RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, May 23, 2014 D7

Rogue general takes fight to extremists BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — A renegade general leading a week-long military campaign in Libya against Islamists dominating the country’s political scene urged Thursday for a “war against terrorism,” vowing to keep up his offensive until he purges his nation of militants. Gen. Khalifa Hifter told The Associated Press that he doesn’t seek power for himself but a new, democratically elected leadership for Libya, and a strong military that will act as a “safety valve” against corrupt leaders. “We are in a mission of fighting a war against terrorism, against terrorists and al-Qaida groups,” he said. “The world must take part in it” and back us. Hifter also claimed he had more than 75 per cent of Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, under his control and that he is allegedly also getting help from moderate Islamists who were breaking away from their militias and joining his forces. The eastern city was the birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The 70-year-old Hifter spoke to the AP over Skype from near Benghazi, from where he has been leading an armed revolt since last Friday in what has perhaps been the biggest challenge yet to Libya’s weak central government and fledgling security forces. Hifter has dubbed his offensive “Operation Dignity,” saying it is aimed at breaking both Islamic militias and their supporting political factions dominating the parliament, already weakened by constant street protests by Libyans demanding its disbandment. Backed by military jets flown by pilots who sided with him, his forces have been bombing the outskirts of Benghazi since Friday, forcing militias to withdraw from their compounds, Hifter’s spokesman Mohammed Hegazi said. Dozens were killed in the clashes, many from among Hifter’s forces.

Health & Beauty

1700

WHEEL CHAIR, Jet 3 electric, new batteries, serviced. Asking $2000. 403-348-1109

Household Appliances

1710

DEEP FREEZE, 10 cu. ft. $75. 403-346-4926 FREEZER, 8 cu. ft. $145. 403-346-7856 FREEZER, 9 cu. ft. $175. 403-346-7856 FRIDGE, Sanyo 4.4 cu ft. black & stainless steel, glass shelves & top freezer, energy efÀcient. Like New. $75. 403-347-5846 WHIRLPOOL energy saver washer & dryer pair. Exc. cond. $600 obo. 403-347-8349

Household Furnishings

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BOOKCASE, 3 shelves, 2 lower doors $25; Great in child’s bedroom. 403-347-5846 COFFE table, octagon with 2 end tables, glass tops. $75.; ChesterÀeld, Áowered pastels, $100. good cond. Best offer on both. 403-346-4926 COFFEE Table, country rustic square, opens both sides. $75. Call or text 403-348-1236 DRESSERS, Oak look, long dresser w/hutch, chest dresser, low 3 drawer dresser, 2 end tables, desk w/hutch. $300. obo. Call or text 403-348-1236 ROLL-OUT ChesterÀeld bed, with Sealy mattress. Exc. shape. SOLD. Glider rocker, $20. magazine rack, oak, $5. wood bookcase, $10.; antique wooden high chair, $40.; antique dining room wooden chair. $15; 403-309-3475

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

PS1 + 7 games $50; Game Boy + 1 game, $60; Sony surround speakers, $80. 403-782-3847 PSP60 + 9 games, $100. 403-782-3847

Jewellery

1750

$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

Misc. for Sale

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16’ x 2’ ALUMINUM ladder $45 403-346-5745

Misc. for Sale

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CHAIN LINK DOG PEN. 5’ wide, 15’ long, 6’ high. With gate. Asking $150. 403-877-2424 KEROSENE lantern $15; Craftsman seat for riding mower, $25.; 2 African violets $3. ea.; tent & Áy, light weight, 3 persons $55.; 2 air mattresses $15. ea.; galvanized laundry tub, $15.; tent & Áy 6 lb. backpacker, $25. 403-342-7460 LAST one! Blackfoot Medicine Man’s shield 18 x 36” $75 403-347-7405 MASSAGE TABLE - folds for storage, $100 obo. STUDENTS DESK, complete w/carousel, $50. 403-347-8349 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 chairs $4/ea. or all for $12, sm. table 23”Wx 33”L, rounded ends $4, skill saw in metal box, new blade $20, 2 drawer metal Àle cabinet, hanging Àles, locks, black $15, hose reel & 100’ hose $20, grinder with stone $10 403-358-7678 ROTOTILLER 3 H.P. 21”. Runs great. $100. LAWNMOWER, 19”, side bag, $50. Tuned & ready to go. 403-347-5873 SEWING Machine, Industrial, Union Special. $350. obo. 403-323-7702 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 SLEEPING BAG, $10. LARGE COOLER & Thermal Jug, $12. CALGARY Olympic Wine Glasses, $8. ALSO QUART JARS TO GIVE AWAY. 403-347-5316 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 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 VANITY, small, white, for bathroom with taps and drain. $35. 403-340-2727 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

Musical Instruments

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LIBYA ‘WE ARE IN A MISSION OF FIGHTING A WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, AGAINST TERRORISTS AND AL-QAIDA GROUPS. THE WORLD MUST TAKE PART IN IT.’ — GEN KHALIFA HIFTER

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter addresses a press conference in Benghazi, Libya, on Saturday, May 17, 2014. On Sunday, militiamen allied with Hifter stormed and ransacked the parliament while the general’s forces declared the body suspended. On Wednesday, he called for the formation of a Presidential Council to take over from parliament, oversee elections and hand power after a nationwide vote to a new legislature. Earlier Thursday, Islamist-led militias streamed into Tripoli, called in by the parliament, to defend the city against Hifter’s campaign. The Islamist-dominated legislature has described Hifter’s campaign as a coup, while the government appears split on the issue. The militias, known as Libya Central Shield, are composed of groups from the western city of Misrata. They are under the command of the country’s chief of staff, who answers to parliament. Reflecting Libya’s deep divisions,

Sporting Goods

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13 Piece MacGregor Right Hand Golf Set & Bag. 1-403-505-4222 CAR SPORTS rack for 3 bikes, $30. 403-346-0674, 392-5657 GOLF Clubs, set of right handed and set of left handed with carts. $30. each set. one extra cart $10. 403-346-4926

Travel Packages

1900

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Wanted To Buy

1930

WANTED: Small electric lawnmower with a cord. 403-346-4811

Items To Give Away

1940

QUART JARS TO GIVE AWAY. 403-347-5316

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Suites

1 BDRM. $765; N/S, no pets, no partiers 403-346-1458 2 BDRM lower unit at 5910-55 Ave., security cameras, laundry on site, private parking to over 40 tenants w/good references, quiet lifestyles, excellent rental history. Rent/S.D. is $1100. Ph: 403-341-4627

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

4020

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62 RUTHERFORD DRIVE GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. 4 Bdrm, 3 Bath inc: 2 fridges, apartments, avail. immed, 2 stoves, a washer/dryer rent $875 403-596-6000 & Central Vac. For more Info: Contact LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Margaret Comeau SUITES. 25+, adults only @ Remax 403.391.3399 n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer Adult bldg. N/S No pets www.homesreddeer.com 403-596-2444 FULLY dev., 2 storey, 3 Newly renovated bachelor, bdrm., 4 baths, front att. 1 & 2 bedroom suites garage, close location, available in central location. Isherwood. Call Ann Craft leasing@rentmidwest.com 403-357-8626 1(888) 679-8031 Coldwell Banker

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Rooms For Rent

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Offices

3110

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Acreages/ Farms

3010

OLDER 1 bdrm. smaller house, large lot, Penhold. $850/mo. 403-886-5342, 403-357-7817

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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3190

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

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Lake front lots for full ownership titles & season lot rentals. Cheapest in the area, $3000. Call 306-402-7776

Lots For Sale

4010

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Lovely 1484 sq.ft. 2 storey 1/2 duplex In Woodlea 3 bdrms. up, 4 bath, Bsmt. newly developed. Dble. garage. Fenced back yard on creek. Hardwood Áoors. Quick possession. Walk to work downtown. Was $349,900 Now $339,900 Agent selected 403-396-5516 cell or Mon-Wed 314-4318

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

2006 37’ DAY DREAMER by Cedar Creek. 3 slides. Luxury Coach. E/H disc brakes, hydraulic landing legs and rear levelers. Air ride hitch, reverse osmosis water system, painted. $39,500. See @ 5 Roland St. Red Deer 403-347-4896 1996 26’ JAYCO EAGLE couch & dinette superslide, full load, exc. cond, $8900. 403-391-6011

Holiday Trailers

5120

2007 STARCRAFT, 30’, slide, solar, air, walkaround bed, sleeps 6, rear 2007 CHEV Aveo. 80,000 km. kitchen. $15,000. O.B.O. $4950. 403-348-1382 403-358-6765 2003 DODGE SX20 loaded safetied 403-352-6995 2006 25’ JAYCO rear 1994 Chrysler Intrepid 4 dr. Red, kitchen, slide, elec. jack, new cond. clean. 126,000 km 348-2999 like $13,500 403-304-9347

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4050

7.9 ACRES, 5 min. from Red Deer, beautifully treed, 2800 sq. ft. bungalow, 2 car att. garage, various other out bldgs. Reasonably priced. 403-347-7448, 391-8448 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Farms/ Land

Tires, Parts Acces.

4070

BUSH quarter minutes from Battle Lake & Pigeon Lake, access road from west to east across the quarter, 2 miles from pavement 403-704-9840

OLDER MOBILE HOME on own lot in Halkirk, addition, deck, interior reno’d, stove, washer, dryer. $15,000 obo. A must see! Possibility of down payment rent to own. 780-583-2380 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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MICHELIN TIRES, all season, Set of 4 , 215/60R/16, $100. for set. 403-346-0674, Cell 392-5657

Locally owned and family operated

SUV's

5040

2008 BMW X5 full load, black, 73,000 kms, $31,950 NO GST 403-340-9577

Motorcycles

5080

1981 SX100 Special, Yamaha $200. obo 403-346-0674, 392-5657

Fifth Wheels

5110

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Misc. Automotive TITANIUM Toyhauler 34E39 MP RV. Loaded, exc. shape. 2 slides, New fridge, 6 yr warranty, $35,500. 403-340-2535

TAKE NOTICE that an Application for an Order for payment out of court and supporting documents will be Àled in the Court of Queen’s Bench, Judicial District of Red Deer, in action number 0910 0013151. The solicitor for the Applicant is Daniel G. Segal, Department of Justice Canada, 300 EPCOR Tower, 10423-101 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Àle no. 2574154. The Application for an Order for payment out of Court has been scheduled for June 6, 2014 at 10:00 am at the Court House, 4909-48 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta in Justice Chambers. If you wish to oppose this Application or such other relief as may be granted, you or your lawyer should appear at the Application. This publication is made pursuant to an Order dated May 8, 2014 granted in the above mentioned Action for substitutional service of the Application and supporting documents upon you. APPROVED this 8th day of May, 2014 “S.L. SCHULZ”

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NEW CONDO

Acreages

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2008 HONDA Civic SI. White, 2 dr., 6 spd. 92,000 km. $13,500. 403-396-6033

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

4090

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6010

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Public Notices

4160

5.24 ACRES & 4.5 acre lot near Valemount B.C. Ideal for recreational or permanent home. Beautiful view of mntns, well treed, services to lot line. Call 780-487-2849

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Mobile Lot

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

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the government condemned the parliament’s move to deploy militias, saying this only “endangers the city and the safety of its residents.” Hifter holds a special grudge against the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the biggest political blocs in parliament, accusing them of financing and supporting Islamist militias. He said he thinks there are between 5,000 and 10,000 armed extremists in Libya. “This is not one operation,” he said. “There will be several operations and we will not end until we rid the country of all terrorists and militants.” Hifter’s campaign, while plunging Libya deeper into uncertainty, has also been winning support from several prominent government officials, diplomats, and military units who have sided with him against Islamists — both among the militias and in parliament. Hifter was formerly the army chief under Gadhafi, who was toppled and

slain in the 2011 civil war. After turning against his leader, he was sentenced to death in absentia for orchestrating a failed coup. He lived in exile in Virginia and returned to fight alongside the rebels battling to topple the strongman. Following the end of the civil war, Libya — and Benghazi in particular — have sunk into lawlessness and chaos. On Sept. 11, 2012, the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi came under attack by Islamist miiltias, leaving four Americans dead, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens Hifter has re-emerged on the political scene now, presenting himself as Libya’s potential saviour after nearly two years of chaos in which unruly militias are exercising power over elected officials and assassinating dozens of soldiers and police. He spoke to the AP a day after he laid out a road map for transitional period in which he called for the country’s top judicial authorities to form a new presidential council to take over power until holding new parliamentary elections. Hifter insisted he doesn’t seek power for himself but believes a “transitional period,” under a new presidential council, could take up to a year, until Libya gets a new leadership. “If we wanted power, nothing would prevent us. But we want a civilian state,” he said, speaking of his campaign.

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D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, May 23, 2014

WORLD

BRIEFS

UN ready to move on aid

Mexico police detain alleged mastermind of mass murder

WITHOUT GOVERNMENT CONSENT IF NECESSARY

MEXICO CITY — Police have arrested the suspected mastermind behind the kidnapping of 12 young people from a Mexico City bar who were later found slain and buried in a clandestine grave, prosecutors said Thursday. Witnesses told investigators that the arrested man, Joel Javier Rodriguez Fuentes, planned and participated in the abduction last year, prosecutors said in a statement. The group vanished from an after-hours bar a block from leafy Reforma Avenue, the capital’s main boulevard. Their bodies were found months later in a rural grave in neighbouring Mexico state. The mass kidnapping resonated across this city of 9 million people because many had come to believe it was an oasis from violence elsewhere in the country. Authorities said last year that the group was targeted as revenge for the killing of a drug dealer in the capital.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SYRIA

The United Nations secretary-general said the world body is poised to help get longawaited humanitarian aid across borders into Syria even at crossings outside government control, in defiance of Damascus’ insistence that all aid go through its authorities. Ban Ki-Moon’s new report released Thursday points to a possible path ahead after months of frustration over the inability to get basic necessities to millions of Syrians trapped in the three-year conflict. The report says access to humanitarian aid remains “unpredictable and woefully inadequate” and that the government of President Bashar Assad has “failed” to care for its people, and it indicates that the UN will move ahead on aid delivery regardless of government consent. “We are ready to put in place arrangements at key border and line crossings to facilitate, improve and monitor access,” the report says, including at crossings “currently outside the government’s effective control.” Ban said about 9.3 million people — more than 6.5 million

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dr. Darwish Khan examines two year-old Syrian refugee Mohammed al-Omar at a medical clinic in the town of Kab Elias in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 . displaced by the fighting — are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance within Syria, and access to both government and opposition areas has “dropped significantly” in the last month alone. He warned in his report that “the next two weeks are critical” in determining whether progress can be made in widening aid access. The UN Security Council has been pressured to back up a resolution passed earlier this year demanding access by all

sides in the conflict for delivering humanitarian aid. Diplomats and UN officials have said the situation on the ground has worsened since then. Ban called on the council Thursday to “urgently” consider its next steps. That has been difficult, as Syria’s closest ally, Russia, is likely to veto any council resolution under the section of the UN Charter that authorizes action without a government’s consent. Australian Ambassador Gary

Quinlan told reporters Thursday that his country, Luxembourg and Jordan will bring a new resolution to the council “very soon,” though he didn’t give details. “We agree totally with the secretary-general. It is time for action,” Quinlan said. The secretary-general repeated Thursday that parties to the conflict, “particularly the government of Syria, continue to deny access for humanitarian assistance in a completely arbitrary and unjustifiable manner.” Ban added, “Arbitrarily withholding consent for the opening of all relevant border crossings is a violation of international humanitarian law, and an act of non-compliance with resolution 2139.” The report said that Syria points to its long-standing policy to deny the use of border crossings outside its control. A map of Syria’s border crossings distributed last month by the UN shows 34 crossings from Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, with just five marked “open” and five marked “problematic,” with the others marked “closed.” Last month, 35 international lawyers, including a former UN legal counsel, accused the United Nations of an “overly cautious interpretation of humanitarian law, which has held UN agencies back from delivering humanitarian aid across borders” into Syria.

Inspectors abducted in back of refrigerated truck by driver BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine truck driver upset that inspectors found irregularities with his refrigerated cargo shut two inspectors in the back and took them on a long, cold ride. Sanitary control inspector Valeria Aguirre says during a routine inspection of a refrigerated truck they found that the food inside wasn’t being stored at an acceptable temperature. They told the driver they were going to retain his cargo, which was described as desserts. Aguirre tells Todo Noticias channel that she and another inspector entered the truck’s refrigerated compartment to register the cargo when the driver became upset and said “I want to go, they can’t keep me here.” She said Thursday he locked them in the back and drove off. “We grabbed what we could and the papers flew everywhere.” She says the inspectors called colleagues who contacted police. The truck was intercepted after a trip of more than 3 kilometres. They were rescued safe but shivering. The driver was arrested.

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