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MONCTON, N.B. — In the long hours after police locked down a big chunk of Moncton’s north end, Tim Holt’s world shrank as MONCTON, N.B. — A fast as his trepidation nerve-wracking manhunt grew. came to an end early Fri“I’ve just been day morning after police locked in with my apprehended the susbaby girl,” he said pect wanted in one of the Thursday by teleworst mass shootings in phone as his one-yearthe RCMP’s history that old daughter Leigha babbled in the backleft three Mounties dead ground. and two others wounded ADVERTISING FEATURE “I’ve got the radio in Moncton, N.B. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS and the news channel Paul Greene, a spokeson. ... I’ve been going man with the RCMP, said An RCMP officer rests his head at a roadblock in Moncton, N.B. on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Three RCMP from the backyard Justin Bourque was ar- officers were killed and two injured by a gunman wearing military camouflage and wielding two guns on window to the front rested at around 12:10 Wednesday. Police announced the capture of a suspect early Friday morning. door and back to the a.m., bringing to a close backyard. It’s kind of Alberta Health Services including through a survey a harrowing search that ridiculous but it’s all I lasted nearly 30 hours. (AHS) is bringing Albertans currently on the website. can campaign, do.” Bourque, 24, was together to reduce the risk of This and the The story was much wanted after the shootcancer in the province by up website, exemplify the the same for hundreds ings Wednesday evening to 50%. importance of togetherness, of other residents, in the northwest area of Through a new forwho cancer prevention. were told by pothe city. campaign and website “The best in cancer lice to results stay in their Michelle Thibodeau homes and lock their (albertapreventscancer.ca) prevention occur when said she saw the Monccontinues through the night. doorsand after a gunman – both of which are funded people organizations ton man arrested in the dressed military frontyard of her home. 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. — A witness says she saw a man wearing by the Alberta Cancer work togetherin to influence garb allegedly killed military camouflage walking down Pioneer Avenue. “I’m still shaking,” Prevention Legacy Fund– cancer risk factors and create three Mounties and 7:30 p.m. — A witness says he saw a man carrying guns and 6:30 a.m. — Police issue a map showing are a large section of said Thibodeau, 21. Albertans encouraged communities thatothers. support wearing military camouflage walking down Pioneer Avenue. The injured two northwest Moncton where they want residents to remain indoors “It was very scary. My to consider what they would healthy living”, sayscop Predy. RCMP also say they responded to a complaint of a man dressed “I’ve seen cars and lock their doors. whole family was shakin camouflage clothing who was carrying guns. Supt. Marlene do with their livesofand loved “Everything from the wayall 8 a.m. — The RCMP make a positive identification Bourque taking position ing.” Snowman says five officers were shot over a short period of time and receive reports of two others sightings on Monday morning the neighones if they had more time wearound build communities to the She said she heard after arriving on the scene. but they are unable to confirm those sightings were of the susbourhood and the hetogether, and to take the way we run workplaces and 9:15 p.m. — Via Twitter, the RCMP tells residents of a north the suspect say, “I’m pected shooter. licopter buzzing actions that can make that deliver healthwas care services: Moncton neighbourhood to remain inside as they investigate. 11:15 a.m. — The Mounties hold a briefing to update their done,” prior to his arrest overhead all night, 10:15 p.m. — The RCMP expand the size of the area of north search for Bourque. Roger Brown, the commanding vision a reality. officer for the these are real opportunties, as officers had their guns and I hear it back in Moncton where they ask people to remain inside. RCMP in New Brunswick, says the suspect is “very mobile and drawn. have heard from and the air campaign focuses on 10:30 p.m. — The RCMP say they are searching for 24-year- still considered very dangerous, armed “We the again,” said and dangerous.” Moncton, a city of Albertans loudone and raising awareness about these old Justin Bourque of Moncton and release a picture of him on 4:30 p.m. — RCMP Cpl. Chantal Farrah says of clear the ofHolt, whose wife had about 69,000, had been Twitter dressed in camouflage clothing and carrying two rifles. thatreleased they arefrom concerned opportunities.” ficers wounded in the shooting has been hospital. worked Wednesday at a virtual standstill up 11 p.m. — Police confirm that three officers have died as a about the impact of cancer “AHS is committed to to and wasn’t allowed result of gunshot wounds and two others are in hospital. until the arrest. join her family. on themselves, their loved supporting cancer prevention. Midnight — The Mounties say the suspect is still at large and ones, in and their communities,” The Government of Alberta’s he is believed to be in the Pinehurst subdivision as their manhunt 12:10 a.m. — Justin Bourque arrested Monton. 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The website will reduce the risk of cancer Wong, Medical Lead of the The simple stool test is about taking the FIT and “A significant rise in Alberta Colorectal Cancer continue to evolve based on in Alberta. also expected to help free where to get the test kit. Red Deer screening rates would have a 403-347-7999 Screening Program. feedback from Albertans, Toll free 1-866-513-2555 up capacity for screeningThe Alberta Cancer tremendous impact in Alberta “This tells us that FIT is Prevention Legacy Fund for a cancer that can often be being well received by both the related colonoscopy services – a procedure that can also (ACPLF) funded the first year controlled or prevented when public and by family doctors, remove those polyps – of FIT implementation, while you catch it early enough,” says and is a key part of our larger improving access for people ongoing operational funding Dr. Paul Grundy, Senior Vice screening program.” www.ab.bluecross.ca/group for the screening test is being President and Senior Medical Of those people tested, nearly who need it more urgently. ABC 83188 2013/11 Every year, about 1,900 covered by AHS. 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Tomorrow Project seeks causes of cancer “You have cancer”: three words that change everything. About one in two Albertans will have to deal with a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lifetime. These statistics are harrowing. “The Tomorrow Project”: three words that could change those statistics. Together with more than 35,000 Albertans to-date, the Tomorrow Project is seeking to find out why some Albertans develop cancer, and some Albertans do not. The findings of this multi-year study will directly contribute to a better understanding of the causes of cancer, and this understanding will improve our ability to help prevent cancer risk across Alberta. Says the Tomorrow Project’s Scientific Director, Dr. Paula Robson, “the Tomorrow Project will allow us to start to unravel the complex architecture between genetic predisposition, environmental exposures, and cancer risk. In other words: help us identify risk reduction strategies that will result in fewer Albertans hearing the words “you have cancer”.” Started in 2000, the Tomorrow Project is another example of togetherness enabling a future in which most cases of cancer are prevented. The Tomorrow Project is funded by the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund, administered by Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions, the Alberta Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, and receives in kind support from Alberta Health Services. Additional support from community champions is ensuring that the opportunity to participate in this incredible study is available to yet more Albertans, including those living in Raymond and surrounding area.
Tomorrow Project mobile study centre team visits Raymond, AB on May 26.
Thanks to local champion, Val Boehme and the Raymond Rotary Club, the Tomorrow Project visited Raymond for the very first time between May 26-28. “I’ve lost coworkers, family members, and friends to this terrible disease, and the Tomorrow Project just seemed like such an easy way to help out, knowing what so many people have to go through,” says Val. Now in its final year of recruitment, the Tomorrow Project is inviting eligible Albertans province-wide. Open to Albertans who have had no previous cancer diagnosis and are between the ages of 35 and 69, participants in the Tomorrow Project study need only donate an hour or two of their time, and a drop of blood. Participation is made that much easier thanks to the mobile study centres, of which there
HPV vaccine program expanded Starting in September 2014, even more young Albertans will have the opportunity to be protected against cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV ), through an expanded HPV immunization program which will see HPV vaccine offered, free of charge, to all boys in Alberta. Girls in Alberta – who have had access to this immunization since 2008 – will also continue to be offered this vaccine, free of charge. As the second province in Canada to roll out this expanded HPV program for boys, Alberta is directly addressing startling Alberta statistics. “We know that HPV infection is very common, with about 70 per cent of adults getting HPV at some point in their lives,” says Dr. Gerry Predy, Senior Medical Officer of Health at Alberta Health Services (AHS). “We know that two types of HPV infection cause 70 per cent of cervical cancer, and recent research has also shown us that almost 100 per cent of oropharyngeal head and neck cancer in Albertan men under 40 is HPV-related.”
”...almost 100 per cent of oropharyngeal head and neck cancer in Albertan men under 40 is HPV-related.”
Research suggests that immunizing both boys and girls against HPV will mean better protection for everyone. Pediatric infectious disease physicians support the inclusion of boys in the HPV immunization program, a move that will help prevent cancers, symptoms and, ultimately, deaths. Because the HPV vaccine is most effective when given to boys and girls before they begin sexual activity - which increases the risk of being exposed to HPV – Alberta’s HPV immunization program will offer the vaccine to boys in Grade 5, as part of the routine Grade 5 immunization program. Girls are also offered the HPV vaccine at this age. A four-year catch-up program will also start in September, offering HPV vaccine to boys in Grade 9 as well. Since the HPV immunization program for girls began in 2008, about 61 per cent of Grade 5 and Grade 9 girls have received the shots. It is expected that about 32,000 male and female Grade 5 students and 15,500 Grade 9 boys will be immunized against HPV, via the newly expanded program starting in September. As with all school-based immunization programs, the HPV immunization is voluntary and consent of a parent or guardian is required before the immunization occurs. “By offering this vaccine to boys, we are ensuring that cancers – cases and deaths – will be prevented,” says Predy. “Together with parents, we can reduce the risk of tomorrow’s cancers, today.”
AHS researcher awarded prestigious Warwick Prize Lifetime spent connecting role of exercise in cancer control
“Back in the early 1990s, there was very little evidence to suggest that physical activity had much of a role to play in the cancer experience,” says Friedenreich, who is the Scientific Leader for the Department of Population Health Research at Alberta Health Services – CancerControl Alberta and the Division Head, Division of Preventive Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary. Much has changed since she arrived in Alberta 20 years ago, and Friedenreich’s research on the role of physical activity in cancer control has included more than 35 studies – from prevention to survival. Specifically, she has examined how lifetime physical activity is related to the risk of developing breast, prostate and endometrial cancers, as well as how physical activity is related to survival after cancer. For this work, she was recently awarded the Canadian Cancer Society’s O. Harold Warwick Prize, which is given to a scientist whose research has had a major impact on cancer control in Canada. The prize is named after Dr. Warwick, a pioneering researcher in cancer control and treatment, who became the first executive director of both the former National Cancer Institute of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society. “Dr. Friedenreich is a pioneer in cancer prevention research,” says Dr. Greg Cairncross, Scientific Director of the Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute in Calgary, of which Dr. Friedenreich is a member. “She and her colleagues established that regular exercise reduces the risk of breast cancer and also reduces the risk of recurrence of breast cancer after treatment. These very important findings underscore the value of physical activity in cancer prevention and health maintenance.” Recently, Dr. Friedenreich has been working closely with Dr. Laura McDougall who leads the prevention and screening activities funded by the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund on behalf of Alberta Health Services. Dr. Friedenreich and her team are undertaking a thorough assessment of what proportion of cancers in Alberta could be attributed to
modifiable lifestyle and environmental risk factors. She is also leading a team of researchers who are interested in conducting a similar cancer prevention research project at the national level in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society. This work will be very useful for cancer prevention programs and policies in Alberta and across Canada aimed at reducing the cancer burden by targeting specific exposures that may be most closely linked with cancer risk. Friedenreich also holds the Alberta Cancer Foundation Weekend to End Women’s Breast Cancer Chair at the University of Calgary, as well as an Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions Health Senior Scholar Award. She has conducted large-scale randomized controlled exercise intervention trials that have examined how physical activity reduces cancer risk, improves coping and rehabilitation after
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Sexsmith steps up to prevent cancer The Town of Sexsmith, Alberta is leading communitybased cancer prevention through engagement of their residents in healthy living initiatives. With a population of approximately 2500, Sexsmith has made health a priority with the help of enthusiastic community champions, the formation of a Wellness Coalition and valuable partnerships and community grant opportunities. The town has established the Sexsmith Walk/Run Club, which hosts weekly walk/run groups for 50+ members and growing, and encourages community participation in events such as Winter Walk Day, Chautauqua Day parade, the Terry Fox Run and fun runs/walks. The Town also broke ground on a new Outdoor Gym. As one of the first communities in the North Zone of Alberta Health Services to do this, the town has uniquely enabled residents to take advantage of this equipment through the offering of outdoor fitness classes that show participants how to use the equipment safely and effectively. Other Town and partner-hosted events - including Family Gym or Skating nights, Teen Community Fitness opportunities, Community Scavenger Hunts, Community Random Acts of Physical Activities, and Portable Community Gardens – help town residents incorporate healthy living and physical activity into their daily lives, year round. Sexsmith Wellness Coalition Coordinator, Jennifer McLaughlin says that, “Sexsmith is a more active and healthier place to live. We’re excited to see the change, and proud to see our town residents living today for a healthier tomorrow.”
cancer diagnosis, and improves survival. Her research is being used to develop public health recommendations on the type, timing and volume of physical activity that can be used to decrease cancer risk and improve survival. “I have worked closely with Dr. Friedenreich over the past seven years and am proud of her achievements in cancer epidemiology,” says Dr. Peter Craighead, Medical Director at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. “Her pivotal research and collaboration across the country with experts in the physical activity domain are legendary. Through her research, we are able to confidently state that exercise does prevent breast cancer, and that physical activity during treatment positively impacts many cancer patients.”
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have already been more than 115 across the province to-date, and many more in this upcoming year. As a participant in the Tomorrow Project himself, Val encourages all Albertans who can join, to do just that. “I’ve been involved in international health campaigns, but this is one way everyone can help out in their own community. This is a way that people can make a meaningful contribution and they simply need to invest their time. I encourage all who can to become a part of the Tomorrow Project today.”
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BY KEVIN BISSETT AND ANDY BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS MONCTON, N.B. — A nerve-wracking manhunt came to an end early Friday morning after police apprehended the suspect wanted in one of the worst mass shootings in the RCMP’s history that left three Mounties dead and two others wounded in Moncton, N.B. Paul Greene, a spokesman with the RCMP, said Justin Bourque was arrested at around 12:10 a.m., bringing to a close a harrowing search that lasted nearly 30 hours. Bourque, 24, was wanted after the shootings Wednesday evening in the northwest area of the city. Michelle Thibodeau said she saw the Moncton man arrested in the frontyard of her home. “I’m still shaking,” said Thibodeau, 21. “It was very scary. My whole family was shaking.” She said she heard the suspect say, “I’m done,” prior to his arrest as officers had their guns drawn. Moncton, a city of about 69,000, had been at a virtual standstill up until the arrest.
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An RCMP officer rests his head at a roadblock in Moncton, N.B. on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Three RCMP officers were killed and two injured by a gunman wearing military camouflage and wielding two guns on Wednesday. Police announced the capture of a suspect early Friday morning.
TIMELINE Wednesday 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. — A witness says she saw a man wearing military camouflage walking down Pioneer Avenue. 7:30 p.m. — A witness says he saw a man carrying guns and wearing military camouflage walking down Pioneer Avenue. The RCMP also say they responded to a complaint of a man dressed in camouflage clothing who was carrying guns. Supt. Marlene Snowman says five officers were shot over a short period of time after arriving on the scene. 9:15 p.m. — Via Twitter, the RCMP tells residents of a north Moncton neighbourhood to remain inside as they investigate. 10:15 p.m. — The RCMP expand the size of the area of north Moncton where they ask people to remain inside. 10:30 p.m. — The RCMP say they are searching for 24-yearold Justin Bourque of Moncton and release a picture of him on Twitter dressed in camouflage clothing and carrying two rifles. 11 p.m. — Police confirm that three officers have died as a result of gunshot wounds and two others are in hospital. Midnight — The Mounties say the suspect is still at large and he is believed to be in the Pinehurst subdivision as their manhunt
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6:30 a.m. — Police issue a map showing a large section of northwest Moncton where they want residents to remain indoors and lock their doors. 8 a.m. — The RCMP make a positive identification of Bourque and receive reports of two others sightings on Monday morning but they are unable to confirm those sightings were of the suspected shooter. 11:15 a.m. — The Mounties hold a briefing to update their search for Bourque. Roger Brown, the commanding officer for the RCMP in New Brunswick, says the suspect is “very mobile and still considered very dangerous, armed and dangerous.” 4:30 p.m. — RCMP Cpl. Chantal Farrah says one of the officers wounded in the shooting has been released from hospital.
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12:10 a.m. — Justin Bourque arrested in Monton.
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MONCTON, N.B. — In the long hours after police locked down a big chunk of Moncton’s north end, Tim Holt’s world shrank as fast as his trepidation grew. “I’ve just been locked in with my baby girl,” he said Thursday by telephone as his one-yearold daughter Leigha babbled in the background. “I’ve got the radio and the news channel on. ... I’ve been going from the backyard window to the front door and back to the backyard. It’s kind of ridiculous but it’s all I can do.” The story was much the same for hundreds of other residents, who were told by police to stay in their homes and lock their doors after a gunman dressed in military garb allegedly killed three Mounties and injured two others. “I’ve seen cop cars taking position all around the neighbourhood and the helicopter was buzzing overhead all night, and I hear it back in the air again,” said Holt, whose wife had worked Wednesday and wasn’t allowed to join her family.
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Memories of Mayerthorpe rekindled by Moncton tragedy BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF When news broke of three RCMP officers shot and killed and two more wounded in Moncton, N.B., on Wednes-
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turned the gun on himself. “I feel for those families because it is a tough thing to go through,” said Jewell-Duffy. “It is devastating. “It’s the same scenario, he’s out to kill cops. It’s unbelievable” She said she followed the search for
the Moncton shooter before she went to work on Thursday morning, but it got to a point where she couldn’t watch it any more.
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MONCTON: Suspect fled to wooded area Buses were pulled off the roads, government buildings were shut down and schools closed as the RCMP scoured the streets. Residents in a cordoned off area were told to stay inside their homes and lock their doors. But shortly after Bourque’s arrest, people were allowed outside their houses and roads that had been blockaded for more than a day were reopened, Greene said. Police including tactical officers began their manhunt Wednesday at around 7:30 p.m. when they responded to a call about a man walking along a road with what was believed to be a gun. After the call, shots were fired and officers called for backup. The RCMP said police officers from across the country were brought in to help arrest the suspect. At one point, Bourque was seen Thursday morning but officers were unable to arrest him after he went into a wooded area, the RCMP said. The identities of the officers who were shot have not been released by police. But late Thursday, the National Post identified one of the officers fatally shot as Const. Dave Ross, a police services dog handler with the RCMP. The newspaper quoted the sister-in-law of the man’s wife as saying he had a young son, with another child expected in September. The RCMP have scheduled a news conference for Friday at 8 a.m. Bourque was not known to police and investigators were trying to piece together his background. He was wearing military camouflage and carrying two rifles in a picture of him released by police on Twitter on Wednesday night.
FEAR: Gunman spotted in trailer park “My poor wife, she’s scared,” Holt said, adding that he’s received constant phone calls and text messages from her, concerned friends and family. A few blocks away, Marjorie Jordan was locked in her mobile home, where she recounted what she believes was a close encounter with the alleged shooter, 24-year-old Justin Bourque, near her home. “He was all camouflaged and I never even noticed he had guns,” she said in an interview. “I saw his picture on TV and in the paper, so I know it was him. ... I didn’t notice the guns. They might have been back on his shoulders.” Jordan said she had heard speculation that Bourque was living in the trailer park but she wasn’t sure. “I don’t want to be bothered with half of the people in this place,” said Jordan, a 25-year resident of the Ryder mobile home park. The owner of the park declined comment when asked about Bourque. Neighbour Conrad Gagnon, 53, also said he saw the gunman in the trailer park shortly afterwards. “I saw him walking . . . with his gun with him and he reached the woods at the back of the trailer park and after that we didn’t see anything,” said Gagnon. “I just thought maybe it’s somebody who wants to sell their gun or something.” Gagnon said he was playing a video game in his living room when he spotted the man through a window. “It was like he was meditating on something and talking ... like somebody on drugs and living in his own world,” he said. “He was talking to himself. I saw his lips moving.” Shortly afterwards, Gagnon said he heard gunfire. “I heard five or six shots and after that another five or six shots,” he said. Greg Doucette said the surreal nature of the police warnings and news reports became all too real when searchlights shone through his bedroom window in the middle of the night. “You know when they’re searching your neighbourhood, that’s scary,” said Doucette, who spent much of Thursday watching the news and getting some office work done. “I’ve heard that if you leave your zone they won’t let you back in,” he said. “You get a bit nervous when they tell you to close your blinds and not look out.”
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‘He was just your average Joe’ NEIGHBOUR OF SUSPECT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONCTON, N.B. — To a neighbour, Justin Bourque could have gone almost unnoticed in the small trailer park where he had been living with a roommate or two. Christian Duquette says the 24-year-old, who was the centre of a manhunt in Moncton, N.B., did little to attract attention, was quiet and largely stayed to himself — perhaps his most marked characteristic in a community that often saw neighbours socializing on the street. “He went to the store, he got his stuff and he went back home,” Duquette said Thursday as the search for Bourque continued a day after police alleged he fatally gunned down three RCMP officers and injured two others. “He was a loner, he was never out in the park socializing. Aside from that, he was just your average Joe in a trailer park.” Duquette, 37, said it was about a week ago that he last saw the young man going into a drab white trailer on Pioneer Avenue, where it’s believed he had been living with at least one roommate. The street is adjacent to a suburb where police say Bourque confronted them Wednesday at about 7:30 p.m. and opened fire. Other residents in the trailer park said they had seen Bourque walking up the middle of Pioneer Avenue just before that, armed with at least one gun and in camouflage clothing. Most said they didn’t know him. Duquette, a former member of the military, says
MEMORIES: RCMP a tight knit family Colleen Myrol said she and her husband Keith didn’t sleep well Wednesday night after they learned about the Moncton police shooting. Their son, Const. Brock Myrol, was also killed in 2005 in the Mayerthorpe tragedy. “It brings everything back,” said Myrol. “We need the RCMP to be out there, but their hearts are breaking. “I don’t know if everybody realizes just how close RCMP officers are. Whether it’s a retired RCMP or a new RCMP member going in, there are parents excited because their son or daughter are going to be a member.” Three Moncton Mounties were killed Wednesday evening and another two are in hospital undergoing surgery after being wounded in the same incident. Police in New Brunswick captured Justin Bourque, 24, early Friday morning. Myrol had heard some of the early reporting of what was happening in Moncton, but it wasn’t until her cousin called to see how she was doing that she
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learned of the tragedy. “Just instantly I started to shake,” said Myrol. “I felt I was going to be sick and I needed to talk to Const. Jason Lapointe.” Lapointe was Brock’s friend and he carried Brock’s Stetson during national memorial for the victims of the Mayerthorpe shooting. “The cold bloodedness of it goes back to our loss of our four boys,” said Myrol. “They were ambushed, it is such a cowardly way to deal with the situation. “You just think ‘My gosh, there are more police going to someone’s door.’ I’ll never forget that as long as I live. Your life is changed forever, it’s just heart wrenching.” Deputy Commissioner Marianne Ryan, Commanding Officer of the RCMP in Alberta, issued a statement saying their thoughts are with their colleagues in New Brunswick during this difficult, tragic time. The flags in front of the Red Deer detachment were at half mast and a bouquet of flowers was left in front of the downtown detachment on Thursday. “You just have to tell yourself to breathe and tell yourself to breathe again,” said Myrol. “You have to take it one step at a time and that’s all you can do. “As (Winston) Churchill said, when you’re walking through hell, keep walking.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
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he never spoke to Bourque or saw inside his trailer since the curtains were always drawn, but he talked to neighbours who say they had brief encounters with him. “You’d see him sitting outside and he always kept to himself,” he said from his home, which was under lockdown Thursday evening. “People around here said they talked to him and said they helped push his car out of a snowbank and that he was still real quiet and into himself.” An online publication called the Business Insider reported that Mike Campbell, who described Bourque in the article as “my best friend my whole life,” said Bourque was brought up in a religious Christian household and was home-schooled. He reportedly last saw Bourque a few weeks ago when he stopped by to offer Campbell condolences over a death in the family. “I believe he just didn’t know what to do,” Campbell is quoted as saying by the online publication. “He would be the last person I would think would do this.” Campbell did not return repeated calls from The Canadian Press for comment. The Business Insider reported that Caitlin Isaac, who says she worked with Bourque at a Walmart in Moncton, “seemed to have a problem with authority.” Isaac also couldn’t be reached for further comment. Andrew Pelletier, vice-president of corporate affairs for Walmart Canada, confirmed in a statement that Bourque worked for the company for a short time four years ago.
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Evidence gathered during and after the arrest of a man accused of causing a fatal collision can be admitted in his trial, a judge in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench ruled on Thursday. Justice Kirk Sisson said the police officer who arrested and charged Rodney Ross Arens after a fatal collision on July 1, 2010, did make some errors that violated the accused man’s rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, the nature of the arresting officer’s errors was not of the sort that would nullify the arrest and subsequently void the evidence gathered during and afterward, Sisson said. Arens, 36, is being tried on charges of impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing injury, dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing injury and breaching release conditions. Anouluck Jeffrey Chanminaraj, 13, was killed at the scene and his brother and sister, Jamie and Stephanie, 18 and 20 at the time, were injured when their small car collided with a fullsize pickup truck at the intersection of Taylor and Kerry Wood Drives, just before the evening 2-4910 45 St. fireworks were to start at nearby Bower Ponds. Stephanie had been driving her brothers to Bower Ponds to take part in the festivities. Defence counsel Donna Derie-Gillespie of Sundre had argued earlier that her client’s rights were violated under sections that deal with search and seizure, arrest and detention. Crown prosecutors Robin Snider and Wayne Silliker had previously conceded to some violations of the accused man’s rights and withdrew three charges of refusing to provide samples to police investigating a fatal or injury collision, said Sisson. He held that society’s purposes could best be served by allowing the evidence gathered by RCMP Const. Jean-Francois Tremblay at the
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D-Day and ‘Divine Destiny’ DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER’S LUCK WAS LEGENDARY, AND JUNE 6, 1944, CERTAINLY BROUGHT ITS FAIR SHARE TORONTO — This June 6 marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Second World War allied landings in Normandy. Described as the largest seaborne invasion in history, it was a critical turning point in the war. And the scale was certainly enormous. Facilitated by an invasion fleet of over 6,000 ships, 132,000 troops were put ashore on five beaches during the first day. In support, allied aircraft flew almost 13,000 sorties. Unsurprisingly, immediate allied casualties were significant — about 10,000 men that day. The toughest going was on Omaha, one of the two American beaches. Indeed, things were initially so difficult there that consideration was briefly given to abandoning it. Planning for the invasion had been a complex affair. There was the issue of an appropriate strategy, the need for surprise in terms of timing and landing destinations, and the sheer logis-
OTHERVIEW PAT MURPHY tics of assembling a suitable invasion force. In addition, nature presented its own challenges, specifically, tides and weather. Because the tides would be right, June 5 to 7 was the summer of 1944’s first window of opportunity. But if the weather didn’t co-operate, it would be another two weeks before the tides were right again. Accordingly, June 5 was targeted as the invasion date, with the ultimate call residing with the supreme commander, Dwight Eisenhower. In addition to his senior command team – an American and four Brits — Eisenhower’s support circle included RAF Group Captain J.M. Stagg, who, as chief meteorologist, was indispensable. On the evening of June 3, Stagg brought bad news. The weather was deteriorating rapidly, so much so that forecasting more than a day in advance was problematical. But he’d have an update early the following morning, June 4. Historian Jean Edward Smith summarises that update succinctly: Stagg “predicted low clouds, high winds, and formidable wave action on the French coast for the morning of June 5. Air support would be impossible, naval gunfire would be inefficient, and the
handling of landing craft would be hazardous.” Although his command team was split, Eisenhower opted to postpone. Air support, after all, was essential. But Stagg’s next updates, on the evening of June 4 and the early morning of June 5, offered a ray of hope. There’d be a brief break in the weather, sufficient to make June 6 possible. While visibility wouldn’t be ideal for air support, it was the best shot available in the current window. So, after reviewing it with his command team, Eisenhower decided to go. And at 6:30 in the morning of June 6, the first wave of the seaborne invasion went ashore. Once the decision was made and the machinery set in motion, there was little for Eisenhower to do but wait. On the evening of June 5, he paid a visit to the American airborne units that would constitute the invasion’s vanguard, all the while privately aware that their casualty rate could go as high as 70 per cent. Then, after the last transport had taken off, he retired to his trailer with Kay Summersby, the Anglo-Irish woman who served as his personal driver and to whom he was romantically attached. As she subsequently recounted, “he was so tired that his hand shook when he lit a cigarette.” Apparently, while the British high command was unimpressed with Eisenhower’s military skills, they considered
him to be a lucky general. And fellow American George Patton remarked that Eisenhower’s “D.D.” initials stood for “Divine Destiny.” Be that as it may, June 1944 certainly brought its share of good luck. Believing that the D-Day landings were a diversion, the Germans held back 19 divisions and 800 tanks for what they thought would be the real invasion at Pas-de-Calais. And had Eisenhower postponed again and waited two weeks, the weather would have been even worse. Back home, D-Day’s success sealed Eisenhower’s reputation. The words beneath his image on the Time magazine cover of June 19, 1944, put it this way: “He loosed the fateful fighting.” And as America’s most popular war hero, both parties sought him out as a presidential candidate. Luck, however, still wasn’t done with Eisenhower. Mid-20th century American moral conventions being what they were, had the nature of his relationship with Kay Summersby been in 1952’s public domain, he might never have been elected president. But it wasn’t and he was. Perhaps Patton was on to something. Troy Media columnist Pat Murphy worked in the Canadian financial services industry for over 30 years. Originally from Ireland, he has a degree in history and economics.
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How to fix the labour shortage in Alberta The Edmonton Sun reported Labour Minister Thomas Lukaszuk scolding the federal government for their manipulation of the temporary foreign workers (TFW) program as inhumane and economically unsound. Lukaszuk demands that all temporary workers remain here to work. I disagree, and believe that this program is inhumane to our own citizens in this province. Lukaszuk targets the fast-food industry, but I conceive an all-encompassing evaluation is necessary. There are currently close to 85,000 TFW in Alberta; this number indicates to us a situation out of control and rife with corruption. It is all rubbish when employers claim that our people do not want the jobs. Perhaps people find it difficult to work for a wage that cannot sustain a meagre livelihood. Many argue that we should allow the market to determine the hiring practices, but I would debate that cheap foreign labour distorts the labour marketplace, and consequently our social system suffers. It is only once their job becomes outsourced to temporary foreigners that the TFW program becomes relevant to many. By then it may become useless to complain. I am not suggesting that this TFW program is entirely to blame for our labour situation. I see it as a legal tool that a business uses to bolster their
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First Nations Education Act unacceptable Re: Chiefs vote to reject proposed changes to First Nations education (May 28) I would like to thank the Advocate for publishing coverage of the “First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act” (FNCFNEA). Indigenous communities in Canada reject this act because it would grant more, not less, control over First Nations education to the federal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. While there are supposedly provisions for consultation, the Minister would gain far-reaching powers over the operation of schools on reserve. So much for First Nations control of education. Bill C-33 also requires that English or French be the primary language of instruction, precluding options for Indigenous language immersion. First Nations have requested a meeting with Minister Valcourt to discuss how to
proceed with education reform, but their request has so far been ignored. Now, the government is withholding funding promised in the original Bill C-33, a tactic some commentators compare to the practice of withholding rations to force First Nations onto reserves in the nineteenth century. Funding that is tied to legislation restricting Indigenous communities’ control over their own education is unacceptable. When will we move beyond the misguided notion that the government knows what is best for Indigenous peoples? It is that thinking that produced the tragedies of the residential schools, and that is why Indigenous communities reject Bill C-33. Andrew Paul Lacombe
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7 Screen Time 9 out of 10 cases of cervical cancer can be prevented by regular Pap tests and following up on any abnormal results.
8 Needle News Close to 100% of head & neck cancers in Albertan men under the age of 40 are HPV-related. As of September, HPV vaccine will be offered to boys in Alberta, as well as girls.
Mobile screening pilot expands in Northern Alberta Some communities in northwestern Alberta are taking part in a new project that coordinates access to three cancer screening services when the mobile mammography trailer is scheduled to visit their community. Alberta Health Services (AHS) Screen Test is working together with local providers in La Crete, High Level, John d’Or Prairie and Fort Vermilion in May and June to try out this new approach. The mobile unit has offered breast cancer screening for years; however the expansion to coordinate directly with local public health staff and physicians to include cervical and colorectal cancer screening makes these important screening services all the more accessible. Made possible through AHS’ Enhanced Access to Cancer Screening project and supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada, this special pilot project will offer breast cancer screening to women ages 50 to 74, cervical cancer screening to women ages 21 to 69, and colorectal cancer screening to men and women ages 50 to 74. “Screening is one of the most effective ways to detect and treat cancer and we’re pleased to be able to offer this expanded service,” says Carey Carty, North Zone project coordinator for the Enhanced Access to Cancer Screening project. “Early detection allows for a greater number of options for treatment and a much better chance of survival.” Carty adds that people living in rural and remote areas often face a variety of barriers to cancer screening services. “Access to timely cancer screening services can be made difficult by geographic distance and lack of transportation,” says Carty. “Bringing our services to a community both raises awareness about the importance of these services, and makes them that much more accessible to the smaller, more rural communities.” These services visited La Crete May 21-23 and High Level May 27-29. They were in John d’Or Prairie on June 3-4 and will be in Fort Vermilion on June 5-6. Future dates for other sites in northern Alberta are still being determined in partnership with local communities and providers. More information on AHS’ breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening programs is available at albertapreventscancer.ca
Two years ago, then 16-year old Jianna Marin saw an increased use of flavoured tobacco in her school. Concerned, she did some research, and quickly came to recognize the impact that tobacco industry marketing was having on the health of her peers. Jianna didn’t stop there. Together with 60 fellow students in Lloydminster, AB, Jianna created “FlavourGone”: a student advocacy group focused on influencing flavoured tobacco-salesban policy development as a means of preventing youth tobacco use across the province. “My dad is a two-time cancer survivor and his cancer was not preventable. I wanted to create a healthier, tobacco free future for Alberta’s youth and help them reduce their risk of cancer.” Not only did the group educate and engage local leaders, the group spearheaded a massive drive to engage more than 15,000 Albertans in signing postcards to support FlavourGone’s position on flavoured tobacco sales and marketing. Presenting 5,000 of these postcards to local MP Leon Benoit, and another 10,000 to the Alberta Legislature, the group’s efforts no doubt contributed to the passing of Alberta’s new Bill 206 this past spring. Jianna was recognized for her significant contributions to tobacco prevention in Alberta at the 2013 Barb Tarbox Awards, but to her, the biggest honour is being part of Alberta’s cancer-reduced future: “We worked hard on this campaign, but we also had fun doing it,” says Jianna. “We had an opportunity to build great life skills, and even though we are young, we learned that we have a voice of influence and we can make a difference.”
Jianna Marin is a recipient of the 2013 Barb Tarbox Award of Excellence in Tobacco Reduction.
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The urgency of prevention By Dr. Laura McDougall, Medical & Scientific Director, Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund, AHS All of us have felt the enormous impact of cancer–whether we’re dealing with a personal diagnosis or one affecting friends or loved ones. The statistics point to the fact that one in every two of us will get cancer in our lifetime. The impact is huge, but many of us don’t realize that the opportunity to reduce that impact is huge too. Together, there are many little things we can modify, every day. And together, those actions can prevent about 50 per cent of cancer cases in Alberta. These strategies are spelled out on a new website, albertapreventscancer.ca. Before launching our campaign, we did our homework a nd found that many Albertans feel there is little we can do to reduce the risk of getting cancer. It’s true that getting older is a major risk factor for cancer that we can’t modify. Other things, like heredity, are also outside our control. But nearly half of cancers are caused by factors we understand and can influence. Reducing cancer requires that we work together and seize the opportunities we’re all offered every day such as:
• Making the choices that make a big difference like being more active, eating well, maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding tobacco, and limiting alcohol. • Shaping our communities and workplaces so they make those choices easier. • Visiting our health care providers regularly and discussing cancer screening. • Supporting research in priority areas of cancer prevention and screening. Together, we do have the opportunity to change the future of cancer in Alberta. The need for all of us to focus on preventing cancer is urgent. With our population growing and aging, the number of new cancer cases is expected to increase by 60% by 2030. “Services to treat cancer patients in Alberta will be overwhelmed if we don’t get serious about reducing the number of new cases,” says Dr. Paul Grundy, Senior Vice President and Senior Medical Director for CancerControl Alberta. “Otherwise, providing high quality facilities, cancer specialists and access to treatment for the expected number of new patients will be an enormous challenge.”
Alberta is not alone in putting renewed emphasis on cancer prevention. “We cannot treat our way out of the cancer problem,” states Dr. Christopher Wild, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization’s specialized cancer research agency. “More commitment to prevention and early detection is desperately needed in order to complement improved treatments and address the alarming rise in cancer burden globally.” We’ve learned what causes about 50 per cent of cancers and we’ve learned how to detect many cancers earlier, when they’re much more treatable. Now it’s time to make sure that as many of us as possible benefit from what we’ve learned. Reducing cancer requires us to take what we know about cancer prevention and translate it into what we do. Together we have the opportunity to change the future of cancer in Alberta.
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Local musicians hope to inspire cancer prevention
Behind The Together Song
Perhaps you’ve heard The Together Song playing on Alberta Health Services’ new cancer prevention commercial. At the end of the spot, we hear, “Together we can reduce the risk of cancer in Alberta by up to 50%. What would you do if you had more time together?” It’s a rallying cry for all Albertans to think about cancer prevention on a personal level. And, it is a rallying cry sung by Albertans: local musicians,
Cory Vanderjagt, Julie Adams and Jill Pollock, laid down the initial tracks that have since become known as The Together Song. “It’s easy to personalize this song,” says guitarist, Cory Vanderjagt, “A few years ago, I lost my dad to cancer. I hope that what we’re doing here can help others find ways to prevent cancer in their own lives.”
If you’d like to download the song, or send it to a friend, it’s available for free at albertapreventscancer.ca
Real People, Real Lives: Real Changes Kathryn Houlihan
Barbara Costache Chief Administrative Officer - Lifesaving Society Alberta & Northwest Territories, mother, lifelong learner, injury prevention champion
How are you reducing your risk (in your everyday life)? By modeling behaviors and building awareness for others in everyday life. I make sure to wear sun screen and a hat and do not go to tanning salons. I also keep on top of the current facts on sun safety and share them to inform others.
What is one tip that you give your fellow Albertans?
Registered dietician, traveller, yoga enthusiast and owner of a loyal German Shepherd Pointer
How are you reducing your risk (in your everyday life)? I reduce my risk of cancer on a daily basis by focusing on three parts of cancer preventiona healthy diet, regular physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight. I work to follow Canada’s Food Guide and believe in the concept of “everything in moderation”.
What is one tip that you give your fellow Albertans? Get back to the basics! More and more I see people trying extreme fad diets and thinking that that will be a quick fix to prevent cancer. The truth is, we simply need to focus on a varied and balanced diet with an emphasis on whole grains and fruits and vegetables, watching our portion size and getting in our 30 minutes of exercise however we can, each day.
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Who are you doing this together with? My family, friends and co-workers. We have seen a lot of lifeguards suffer not taking the proper precautions. We want to do what we can.
What are you going to do with more lifetime together with your loved ones and family? I will continue to enjoy being active outside, travelling and look forward to being there for my grandchildren!
Who are you doing this together with? I think the idea of “together” is something we don’t think about enough. For me personally, I have two huge supporters: one being my significant other who is a great help with the healthy eating component and the second includes a group of friends who like to pair physical activity with other activities.
Dr. Paul Grundy
What are you going to do with more lifetime together with your loved ones and family?
How are you reducing your risk (in your everyday life)?
Travel is an immense passion… I would take a yearlong round the world trip, a yoga retreat with my mom in Fiji and a road trip along the USA Pacific Coast Highway.
Senior Vice President and Senior Medical Director, CancerControl Alberta, and aspiring grandparent I am trying my hardest to get my BMI down to 24. It’s all about diet and calorie counting for me. I am also trying hard to get five servings of fruit and veggies per day.
What is one tip that you give your fellow Albertans?
Brian Luhoway
You can’t get control of your weight unless you are really intentional about it. It won’t just happen; even if we all wish it would be that easy. Consciously evaluating what and how much you are eating is a must to sustainably control your weight as you get older.
Tobacco reduction expert, cancer survivor, father, future novelist
Who are you doing this together with?
How are you reducing your risk (in your everyday life)?
My wife and I are trying to eat healthier together – it is more effective to approach this with the one you live with.
My life has gone through two distinct phases. Pre-cancer and cancer survivor. Prior to developing cancer I was always conscious of some of the classical risk factors: never a smoker and watched how much I drank alcohol. Since I have developed cancer and gone through successful treatment, I am now much more aware of some of the other risk factors…. I’m watching what I eat, exercising more and making efforts to keep stress levels more manageable.
What are you going to do with more lifetime together with your loved ones and family? I would like to have lots of time with my grandkids…. Though they aren’t born yet, I would like to be around when they are.
What is one tip that you give your fellow Albertans? Develop a relationship with a family physician and have regular check-ups. My family doctor found irregularities in one of my blood tests which began the journey to find out that I have hairy cell leukemia.
Who are you doing this together with? I could not imagine going through my journey with cancer without the help of family, friends and co-workers. They keep me moving forward and we encourage each other and continue to work as a team, whether it is dealing with my stress, diet or encouraging me to keep an exercise routine.
What are you going to do with more lifetime together with your loved ones and family? I want to travel Europe with my kids and write a novel. Work life balance has always been important to me and is even more so now. Since having cancer I have come to realize how quickly things change in your life and the importance of giving yourself the gift of time to do things in your life now.
Dr. Tony Fields Chair of Cancer Provincial Advisory Council, keen traveller and rookie step counter
How are you reducing your risk (in your everyday life)? Since retiring from full-time work I have been exercising more diligently than I did in my more hectic days.
What is one tip that you give your fellow Albertans? Get involved in prevention: the life you save could be your own!
Who are you doing this together with? My wife and I go swimming. Our Christmas presents to each other last year were activity tracker bracelets- a great way to keep awareness up!
What are you going to do with more lifetime together with your loved ones and family? I would definitely travel more. There is so much in this world to see and so little time.
About the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Health Services (AHS) and its partners are focused on reducing the risk of cancer with Albertans. AHS supports people every day in their efforts to prevent cancer and detect it earlier when improved outcomes are more likely. Visit albertapreventscancer.ca to learn how. Albertapreventscancer.ca and the current campaign to raise awareness of the extent to which we can reduce the risk of cancer are supported by the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund (ACPLF). The ACPLF represents a tremendous opportunity to further transform cancer prevention and screening in Alberta. The Government of Alberta established the ACPLF based on evidence that more than half of cancer cases in Alberta are linked to factors that can be modified. Alberta Health Services (AHS) and Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS) work together closely, under the strategic guidance of Alberta Health, in support of Changing
Our Future: Alberta’s Cancer Plan to 2030. ACPLF’s vision is a future where most cancer is prevented thanks to innovative research and prevention strategies embraced by Albertans and their communities, work places, and health system. Together, AHS and AIHS facilitate innovation and generation of knowledge that ultimately translates to cancer prevention for Albertans. Together, we can reduce the risk of cancer in Alberta by up to 50%. Let’s get started today. 50129F6
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Bouchard bounced from French Open CANADA’S TENNIS QUEEN LOSES TO MARIA SHARAPOVA IN SEMIFINAL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard reacts as she plays Russia’s Maria Sharapova during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Thursday.
Coach says Rangers will need to step up their game BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings are a mountain to climb, and the size of the challenge comes home the closer you get. The New York Rangers finally had a first-hand look in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final, mounting an early assault before Los Angeles knocked them back to win 3-2 in overtime. Asked to compare the physicality of the well-drilled Kings to the three teams the Rangers have beaten in the playoffs to date, New York coach Alain Vigneault neatly summed up the challenge before the Blueshirts. “Philly was a physical team and they played on the edge,” he said. “Pittsburgh played more of a skill game, but they also had quite a few players that played on the edge. Montreal was a real structured team. So they were three different opponents. “This one here is structured. They’ve got skill. They’re physical. So makes it a pretty big challenge.” You can add battle-hardened to that list. In the dog-eat-dog Western Conference, the Kings have come to the final the long way. They have had to run the gauntlet of San Jose, Anaheim and Chicago — teams that finished 15, 20 and 11 points, respectively, ahead of New York in the regular season. And they did it without home-ice advantage. “We’re a team that’s just never going to go away,” said Los Angeles forward Kyle Clifford. “Doesn’t matter what the score is, we’re going to play our hardest and do what we do best.” The Kings, who clawed their way back to dominate the second half of Wednesday’s game, have already given the Rangers plenty to chew on. The New Yorkers, nestled in a fivestar cubbyhole on the beach, had the day off Thursday to ponder the challenge. “To be able to be away from the game is a good thing, but at the same time I think if you ask every guy on our team, where we’re at mentally right now is we’re at the rink still,” said forward Derek Stepan. “Guys are evaluating their own games, getting ready to make adjustments and get ourselves ready for Game 2.”
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PARIS — Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard played like someone who belonged in the final four of a Grand Slam on Thursday. She gave Maria Sharapova a stiff challenge at the French Open before the Russian veteran pulled away late for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory, derailing Bouchard’s attempt to become the first Canadian to reach a major singles final in the Open era. As painful as the defeat was for the 20-year-old from Westmount, Que., it will go down as another valuable learning experience on the heels of her first Grand Slam semifinal appearance at this year’s Australian Open. A look of dejection was etched on her face as she left the court after the nearly 2 ½-hour long match. It was clear Bouchard wasn’t just happy to be on the big stage. She wanted the victory and was crushed when it didn’t happen. “She was actually very, very disappointed,” Canadian Fed Cup team captain Sylvain Bruneau said on a conference call. “She was not speaking much and I think it shows how much she believes in herself. Sometimes those tough losses are painful but sometimes they’re good. “Sometimes you learn from it and they hurt a little bit and the next time you’re in this position, you do a couple things differently and the outcome is different.” Sharapova, the No. 7 seed, lost the first set for the third straight match,
but again managed to turn things around. “It was a tough battle, it was what I expected,” said Bouchard. “I didn’t play as well as I had earlier in the tournament. It’s always disappointing to be a bit off. I needed to be aggressive and go for my shots.” Sharapova won eight of the last 10 games, and has now won 19 straight three-set matches on clay. “I would love to win those matches in two sets, but I always feel like I put in the work to be ready to play whatever it takes,” she said. “If it takes three hours to win the match in three sets, I will be ready for that.” Sharapova completed a career Grand Slam by winning the title at Roland Garros in 2012, but lost to Serena Williams in last year’s final. Bouchard, the No. 18 seed, was playing at the French Open for the only second time. Last year, she lost to Sharapova in the second round. “I’m always disappointed with a loss,” Bouchard said. “I expect a lot from myself. You know, I felt like I was close today and just came up a bit short. That happens sometimes. I feel like I played a lot of good matches the past two weeks, three weeks even, and so it’s sad to see it come to an end. “But it just motivates me ... I was still so close. That just gives me extra motivation to work hard in practice and get ready for the next one and have that belief that I can do it.” Fourth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania defeated 28th-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the other semifinal. The final is scheduled for Saturday. Sharapova struggled a bit with her serve, double-faulting nine times and getting broken four times. But she made up for it with solid groundstrokes, either going for winners or waiting out errors from Bouchard.
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Spurs handle the Heat and the heat to take Game 1 of NBA Finals BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Spurs 110 Heat 95 SAN ANTONIO — “Beat the Heat!” had a whole new meaning in a sweltering start to the NBA Finals. The San Antonio Spurs handled the conditions, and the team, and it sure helped when a suffering LeBron James couldn’t make it to the finish. Tim Duncan had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the Spurs beat the Heat 110-95 on Thursday night in Game 1 at steamy AT&T Center. With an air conditioning failure making it feel like a sauna and causing James to battle cramps that knocked him out of the decisive stretch, the Spurs pulled away to win the opener of the first finals rematch since 1998. “After I came out of the game, they kind of took off,” James said. “And it was frustrating sitting out and not be able to help our team.” Manu Ginobili had 16 points and 11 assists, Tony Parker added 19 points and eight assists and the Spurs — 6 for 6 in NBA Finals Game 1s — shot 59 per cent. “Just very proud of my team,” Parker said. “We kept believing, kept pushing. We know it’s not easy.” They host Game 2 on Sunday — likely in cooler conditions. James finished with 25 points but played only 33 minutes, and Miami was outscored 36-17 in the fourth quarter. “It sucks not being out there for your team, especially at this point in the season,” James said. Dwyane Wade had 19 points and Chris Bosh added 18, but the Heat wilted in temperatures that soared to 90 degrees in the second half. “It was tough on both teams,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “They were pretty dead. We tried to get
guys in and out. ... It was really hot out there.” James, who had cramping issues two years ago in the finals, had to ask for a break in the fourth quarter and was getting treatment during a 15-4 Spurs run that turned around the game. James came back in and made a basket that cut it to two points with about 4 minutes left, but couldn’t even run back on defence, promptly putting his hand up and lingering at the baseline until help arrived to take him off for good. “I think it felt like a punch in the gut when you see your leader limping like that back to the bench,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Danny Green followed with 3-pointer to trigger what became a 16-3 run to end the game. “You could see the heat was getting to a lot of guys. If I played as many minutes as he did, I’d probably be cramping up, too,” said Green, who scored 11 of his 13 points in the final quarter. The crowd chanted “Beat the Heat! Beat the Heat!” late in the game, which was just what the fans themselves were trying to do. The Spurs said an electrical failure for the power that runs the air conditioning system had occurred. They apologized for the inconvenience but also seemed to poke fun of it, playing songs with “hot” in the lyrics over the sound system. Fans were trying to cool themselves on the hot night, a reminder of what it was like in the old Boston Garden when the Celtics and Lakers got together. The Heat are the first team since those Celtics of 1984-87 to get to four straight finals. They are well-rested after a relatively easy roll through the Eastern Conference playoffs, a key to keeping Wade healthy entering the finals.
Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
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San Antonio Spurs center Tiago Splitter dunks over Miami Heat guard Ray Allen during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday in San Antonio. James was the MVP of the series last year when the Heat rallied from five points down in the final half-minute of regulation to win Game 6 in overtime, then won a Game 7 that was close the whole way for their second straight championship. A rematch was widely anticipated and was close almost throughout. The Heat led 86-79 after Bosh’s four-point play with 9:38 remaining in the game, but it was all San Antonio from there, and Wade said there were problems even beyond James’ absence.
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“Obviously, tonight we would’ve loved to have him in there to finish the game, but we’ve got to finish the game better,” Wade said. The Spurs ended up extending their NBA-record straight to eight straight home playoff wins by 15 or more points. Their roster is filled with international players, such as Parker and Ginobili, who both said they were used to playing without air conditioning overseas. Bosh, scoreless in Game 7 last year, scored Miami’s first five points in the Heat’s 7-2 start.
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Seitzer seeing results with firstplace Blue Jays
Jays ‘feeling good’ after sweep of Tigers
HITTING COACH HAS HELPED THE TEAM TO STRONG START WITH THE BATS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays hitting coach Kevin Seitzer usually stands right behind the cage during batting practice while the players take their cuts. From time to time, he’ll move over to the side and will weigh in with a quick tip or two. It’s a comfortable approach that has paid dividends for the American League East division leaders, who boast an offence that is among the best in Major League Baseball. “I think he’s hands on when he needs to and he sits back and he watches when he needs to too,” said Blue Jays catcher Erik Kratz. “We have a lot of good hitters here and with good hitters comes success and some streakiness. “He does a good job of limiting the bad streaks and extending the good streaks.” The team’s offensive statistics over the first two months of the campaign have been eyeopening. Entering Wednesday’s games, the Blue Jays led the major leagues in home runs (83) and were second in runs scored (296), RBIs (281), slugging percentage (.451), hits (534) and OPS (on-base plus slugging — .784). Toronto was also tied for second in on-base percentage (.333) and sat fifth in team batting average (.264). Seitzer keeps a close eye on all the numbers but values some statistical categories more than others. “Runs scored is the one I’m most concerned about,” he said. “If you’re scoring runs, whether you do it by home runs, situational hitting, you’ve got to be able to get on base, draw walks, be able to move runners and get big hits when guys are in scoring position. “It kind of encompasses everything really.” The 52-year-old native of Springfield, Ill., was hired by the Blue Jays last fall after spending parts of five seasons as a hitting coach with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Kansas City Royals. He succeeded Chad Mottola, who spent one year in the position. Seitzer, a two-time allstar as a player, had a .295 career average over 12 seasons with the Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and Cleveland Indians. As a coach, he has preached the importance of preparation and making hard, consistent contact in the box. “Have an idea of what the pitcher has got and what he’s going to try to do, and then what each guy needs to do in order to have the best chance to succeed,” he said of his approach. “I like to keep things simple. I don’t like it complicated, they don’t want it complicated. “They’ve made really good adjustments so far.” The power portion of the Toronto lineup has delivered so far with sluggers Edwin Encarnacion (.272 average, 19 homers, 50 RBIs) and Jose Bautista (.310, 14 homers, 41 RBIs) on pace for big seasons. Among the other notable performances, first baseman Adam Lind is batting .347 while Melky Cabrera has a .303 average. Juan Francisco is hitting .276 with nine homers and 24 RBIs in just 36 games. As for that important runs scored category, three Toronto players are in the top 15 in the major leagues: Bautista (44 - tied for fourth), Encarnacion (41 - tied for seventh) and Cabrera (37 - tied for 14th). Those numbers are a
but I just missed some off-speed pitches,” Verlander said. “If I execute those four or five pitches, this would have been a fantastic game. I feel like I’m turning the corner with the mechanical adjustments I’ve made. I know the results don’t reflect that, but I felt great out there.” With the score tied at 3, Adam Lind drew a leadoff walk in the sixth. Francisco followed with a homer to right, and Lawrie’s drive to left made it 6-3. “Against a guy like that, you can’t really be on your heels,” said Lawrie, who did not have an at-bat against Verlander before Thursday. “You’ve got to be ready to go. Worked a couple good at-bats against him today, and ended up putting one in play, and it ended up being big for us.” It was the 10th homer of the season for both Francisco and Lawrie. Toronto has hit a major league-leading 87. The Blue Jays won despite the absence of Edwin Encarnacion, who missed the game with a back issue. The Tigers are still in first place, but they should no longer feel too comfortable after dropping 13 of their last 17. The last time Detroit endured a 4-13 stretch spanned the end of the 2010 season and the beginning of 2011, according to STATS. In 2011, of course, the Tigers began a streak of three straight division titles they’re now hoping to extend. Detroit scored twice in the third and once in the fifth, but the Blue Jays had an answer each time. Ian Kinsler opened the scoring for Detroit with an RBI triple and
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 7 Tigers 3 DETROIT — John Gibbons was all smiles in the visiting manager’s office after his Toronto Blue Jays wrapped up yet another sweep of one of the American League’s most successful teams. “We’re feeling good right now,” Gibbons said. “We’re confident, and we’re playing good baseball. We’re rolling.” Juan Francisco and Brett Lawrie hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning off Justin Verlander, and the Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 7-3 victory Thursday. The AL East-leading Blue Jays have won 19 of 23, including sweeps of defending champion Boston, AL West-leading Oakland and AL Central-leading Detroit. “It’s a great atmosphere — we’ve got a lot of positivity in here,” Lawrie said. “Everyone likes to have fun, and everybody’s comfortable with one another.” J.A. Happ (5-2) allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings for Toronto. Casey Janssen got the final out for his 10th save in 11 chances. He needed only one pitch to retire Nick Castellanos on a line drive to left with two on. Melky Cabrera also homered for the Blue Jays. Verlander (6-5) allowed six runs — five earned — and eight hits in seven innings. He walked four and struck out four. Toronto scored three runs each in the fourth and sixth. “My fastball was great today,
big reason why Toronto took a 35-24 record — the second-best mark in the American League — into Wednesday’s game at Detroit. It’s a big step up from this time last year, when the Blue Jays were last in the East at 24-34. “It’s been phenomenal,” Seitzer said of the team’s effort. “If you’re in first place after the first third, then the second third and the third one, then you’re right where you need to be. So I couldn’t ask for more right now.” The 2013 Blue Jays posted decent offensive numbers despite their poor 74-88 record. The team was ninth in runs scored (712), fourth in homers (185), 11th in RBIs (669), eighth in slugging percentage (.411) and 15th in batting average (.252). While Seitzer deserves his share of the credit for the improvement, he’s quick to praise the players for their professional approach and effort. He has been very impressed with what he’s seen so far.
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Toronto Blue Jays’ Brett Lawrie and Jose Reyes celebrate their 7-3 win against the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game in Detroit, Thursday. scored on Torii Hunter’s sacrifice fly. But Jose Bautista led off the fourth with a flyball that Hunter and centre fielder Austin Jackson each seemed to expect the other to catch. Hunter ended up trying to make the play at the last second, and the right fielder was charged with a two-base error. The Blue Jays eventually loaded the bases with one out, and Dioner Navarro hit an RBI single. Erik Kratz followed with a two-run single to put Toronto ahead.
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RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, June 6, 2014 B3
A chance to connect and inspire ZINA KOCHER COMES BACK TO EASTVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AS PART OF HEROES TOUR BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF
Williams feeling comfortable in second stint with Roughriders BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The knee injury that forced Shomari Williams to watch last year’s Grey Cup is delaying his official return to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Saskatchewan selected Williams first overall in the 2010 draft and he spent three seasons there before signing as a free agent with Hamilton in February 2013. However, the six-foot-one, 232-pound Toronto native played just six games with the Ticats before suffering a season-ending knee injury. In February, Hamilton dealt Williams, punter Josh Bartel and the eighth pick in the ’14 draft to Saskatchewan for the ninth and 11th overall selections. Williams reported for the start of training camp Sunday but isn’t practising as he continues to rehab his knee. “It’s coming along, I’m just trying to get the strength in both knees as close as possible,” he said. “I feel I’m good to go and the coaches feel I’m good to go so it’s all good, we’re just taking it easy.” Missing time in training camp with a new team can be catastrophic for a CFL player. Fortunately for Williams, 29, he’s in very familiar surroundings. “I was definitely a little shocked (by the trade) but I’ve learned over the course of my career to always expect the unexpected,” Williams said. “But if you’re going to be traded, it’s good to go to a team you have familiarity with, the coaching staff and players. “I think it’s kind of a perfect fit that way.” Well, kind of. While Williams is back with his original team, he’s one of the few returning veterans not sporting a specific gaudy piece of jewelry. Last week, members of the ’13 Riders received their stunning 10-karat white gold, 122-diamond Grey Cup rings celebrating Saskatchewan’s 45-23 victory over Hamilton in November at Mosaic Stadium. “Yeah, I am pretty envious but what can you do,” Williams said. “All I can do is try to win one this year.” Williams came close to earning a Grey Cup with Saskatchewan in 2010, dressing as a rookie for the club’s 21-18 loss to Montreal. Williams, who helped Queen’s win the ’09 Vanier Cup, registered 88 tackles and five sacks along with 32 special-teams tackles in his first go-around in Saskatchewan. He’s also a versatile performer, capable to playing defensive end, inside or outside middle linebacker. Williams is also familiar with defensive co-ordinator Richie Hall’s schemes. And with the departures of linebackers Craig Butler (free agent, Hamilton), Rey Williams and Mike McCullough (both retired), Williams could fill a definite need. “It (Hall’s defence) is almost the same as it was before I left,” Williams said. “Everything seems suited to my skillset. “The more we get into camp and put in the blitz packages and stuff like that, things will get creative and help utilize my skills a lot more.” Saskatchewan is scheduled to open the regular season hosting Hamilton on June 29. It won’t be a grudge match for Williams, who has no animosity towards the Ticats for trading him. In fact, he wishes he could’ve contributed more to their ’13 season. “I was hurt most of the year, I can’t really say too much about it,” said Williams, who also battled an ankle ailment with Hamilton. “It was disappointing in that sense. We play our first game against Hamilton and I’ll be looking to have the best game of my life. But your goal every week is to come back and try to be the best you can be, it doesn’t matter which game you’re playing.”
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Eastview Middle School grade six student Hailey Lenius takes a selfie with Canadian National Team biathlete Zina Kocher of Red Deer. Kocher visited the middle school Thursday sharing her Olympic experiences with the students. take me at least a year to consider that, but definitely this was my best year as a cross-country skier as a physical aspect ... so that’s inspiring me to at least push myself for the next two years,” said Kocher. “I’m at a level where I can be on the podium every weekend, it’s just a matter of putting both the shooting and the skiing together on the right day.” The Heroes Tour is part of the Celebration of
Excellence and started in Ottawa on Wednesday, as they were acknowledged on the floor of the House of Commons, and will wrap up today in Calgary with the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame and Gala and Induction Ceremony. On Thursday, more than 200 athletes hit schools in Alberta, including 16 different schools in Central Alberta. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
Dominic Moore’s remarkable comeback with New York Rangers LOS ANGELES—It was late June last year. The felt I was even a decent hockey player. Before that, I scene was Court 18 at the All-England Club in Lon- was just a bad hockey player.” don, home to Wimbledon. Having bounced from team to team over his caThe air was tense, with up-and-coming Canadian reer, the 33-year-old Moore had the tools to deal Eugenie Bouchard taking on Carla Suarez Navarro with the problem. He’d never known the security of of Spain. A young man in a cap and sunglasses carry- a long-term contract, and so had developed habits of ing a backup suddenly plunked himself down. Greet- always working on his game which stood him in good ings were exchanged. It was Dominic Moore. stead. The smile was still there, but it was “Little by little, just focussing on dodifferent. Weary, but not defeated. He’d ing my thing and preparing well, which, been travelling, but he didn’t seem lost. you know, that’s the way I’ve approached He seemed to be finding his way back, my whole career. Just trying to focus on and he was. improvement. I think that helped me get Six months earlier, Moore had lost back to where I needed to be,” he said. “My his wife, Katie, to a rare form of liver whole career has been about every day trycancer at the age of 32. The couple had ing to get better as a player, and because managed to spend a precious few weeks you’re in a situation where you constantly at the home in Cambridge, Mass. she had have to prove yourself, that’s kind of the meticulously designed and organized only way to approach your job. That defibefore falling ill. nitely has been something that’s helped me Eight months before that, Moore had overcome the obstacles of coming back.” abruptly left a first round playoff series That it was New York he preferred is DAMIEN between his team, the San Jose Sharks, interesting, for it has pushed his personal COX and the St. Louis Blues. His wife was story to the forefront. A smaller market ill, and the terrible news of the incurmight have allowed him to be more low key able disease she had arrived fast, like a about what happened, but from the moshockwave. ment he and his wife learned of her fate, So this day at Wimbledon was, really, the begin- they were anxious to get their story out. ning of his tentative first steps back. He inquired More than that, the Rangers were the team that about this team and that team. He had turned down gave him his NHL start. several offers to return soon after his wife’s death. “Because I started my career there I always felt But he didn’t want his career to be over. comfortable in New York,” he said. “There were “I knew I was going to want to play,” he said this people there I felt comfortable with, Hank (Lunweek. “It’s when I made the decision to not play and dqvist) and some of the people on the staff. I also returned down those opportunities, I didn’t know there ally liked the team. So I felt it was a good fit for me.” would be many more. There’s no guarantee when you The additon of Martin St. Louis, a former teammake that choice. I knew I wanted to, and also I knew mate, added to Moore’s comfort level. Between his New York was where I wanted to be, and I’m grateful story and that of St. Louis, who lost his mother durto them that I was able to come back here.” ing the playoffs, the Rangers are a swirl of emotion The Rangers signed him, and it has turned out as they attempt to take on the hardnosed Kings for beautifully. Always useful and gritty, Moore de- the Cup. livered the coup de gras against the Montreal CaMoore, a tennis fanatic, is unlikely to be at Wimnadiens in the Eastern Conference final, scoring the bledon again this year. Instead, he’ll be in Las Vegas only goal in a 1-0 New York victory. Now, he gets a as a finalist for the Masterton Trophy along with chance to get his name on the most important trophy Jaromir Jagr and Manny Malhotra. For however in hockey. many more years he can squeeze out of his career, “It feels incredible to be playing for the Stanley he’s back on track, having clearly benefitted as a Cup. I mean, I’ve never been in the final before,” he person for the 18 months he took to deal with the bigsaid. “I owe a lot to my teammates. Coming back af- gest challenge of his life. ter that much time off, I knew it would be hard, but I He prefers not to talk too much of Katie, not in the didn’t know how hard. It was a struggle. The first few middle of a hockey event like this. But she followed months I was just trying to keep my head above wa- him from New York to Toronto, Minnesota, Tampa ter, I mean. Everything was foreign, and as hard as and all the other outposts, and she’s very much with I worked, as much as I prepared, there’s no shortcut him still. when you’ve taken that much time off. “She would be 100 per cent excited about all of “It was until probably until mid-December that I this, there’s no doubt about that,” he smiled.
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BRIEFS Midget AAA Braves dropped both ends of double-header to Calgary The Red Deer Carstar Braves dropped a pair of midget AAA baseball games to the visiing Calgary Rockies Wednesday, falling 18-0 and 15-12. Dylan Boreman was the losing pitcher in Game 1. In the second half of the doubleheader, Boreman cracked a double and home run and knocked in five runs, Ty Wagar stroked a single and double and drove in two runs, and Kane Leblanc had a pair of RBI singles. Bennett Kary was the losing pitcher. The Braves host the Calgary Rockies in a doubleheader Sunday starting at 11 a.m. at Great Chief Park.
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Zina Kocher has travelled the world competing in biathlon, but on Thursday the three-time Olympian found herself back where it all began. The Red Deer native was speaking at Eastview Middle School as part of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Heroes tour — a final salute to the athletes who competed at the Sochi Winter Games. For Kocher, 31, it was a chance to give back to a school that was key in her development as an athlete and a person. “It was awesome. I haven’t been back to Eastview since I went to Eastview many years ago, and its always great to connect with kids and inspire them,” she said. The biathlon combines cross-country skiing and rifle range shooting. It is a speed event where at different stages of the race they have take out their rifle and, from a prone position, hit a series of targets before moving on to the next stage. Competitors are penalized for misses. Kocher has competed in the last three Winter Games — Turino in 2006, Vancouver in 2010 and most recently Sochi in February — but it was while she was a student Eastview that she discovered skiing and eventually was encouraged to go into biathlon. Her ability to set goals and meet them was a big reason she developed into one of Canada’s best in the sport, and was the theme of her talk with the assembled students. “When you get into sport you begin to realize the need to set goals, but you can’t just set the results goal, you have to set all the things that get you to that result goal,” said Kocher. In Sochi, her best finish was eighth in the women’s 4x6 km relay, also placing 25th in the 10k pursuit, 32nd in the 7.5k sprint and 63rd in the 15k individual. She also finished 43rd overall in the World Cup standings. But she is unsure if she will still be competing when the next Olympics rolls around in 2018 in PyeoångChang South Korea. “I’m not sure about the (next) Olympics, it will
SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels spring prospects camp, 3-5 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Senior high boys soccer: Notre Dame at Sylvan Lake, 4:15 p.m. ● Senior high girls soccer: Notre Dame at Central Alberta Christian, 4:15 p.m., Michener Park. ● Pro rodeo: Rocky Mountain House Rodeo, 6 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Lacombe at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Dallas Yarbrough Memorial Tournament. ● Men’s third division rugby: Airdrie at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Titans Park. ● Women’s senior/junior lacrosse: Edmonton Bandits at Red Deer, 9 p.m., Kinex.
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● Parkland baseball: Dallas Yarbrough Memorial Tournament at Innisfail. ● Taekwondo: Tournament hosted by Master Rim’s, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Calgary Chill at Red Deer, 1:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Pro rodeo: Rocky Mountain House Rodeo, 1:30 p.m. ● Men’s second division rugby: Calgary Rams at Red Deer, 3:30 p.m., Titans Park. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels spring prospects camp, 3:45-5:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.
● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Lacoka at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Alberta Football League: Calgary Wolfpack at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 6 p.m., Lacombe M.E.Global Athletic Park. ● Boxing: Western Canada Championships, 7 p.m., Westerner Harvest Centre.
Sunday ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels spring prospects camp, 9-11 a.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Boxing: Western Canada Championships, noon start, Westerner Harvest Centre. ● Parkland baseball: Dallas Yarbrough Memorial Tournament at Innisfail. ● Midget AAA baseball: Calgary Rockies at Red Deer, doubleheader at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Great Chief Park 1. ● Major women’s soccer: Calgary Saints at Red Deer, noon, Edgar Park. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Innisfail at Red Deer, 1:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Pro rodeo: Rocky Mountain House Rodeo, 1:30 p.m. ● Senior C men’s lacrosse: Vermilion at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m., Multiplex. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Women’s senior/junior lacrosse: Capital Region at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Kinex.
Baseball Toronto Baltimore New York Boston Tampa Bay
American League East Division W L Pct 37 24 .607 30 28 .517 30 29 .508 27 32 .458 23 38 .377
GB — 5 1/2 6 9 14
Detroit Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Kansas City
Central Division W L Pct 31 25 .554 31 30 .508 30 30 .500 28 30 .487 29 31 .483
GB — 2 1/2 3 4 4
Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston
West Division W L Pct 37 23 .617 31 28 .525 31 28 .525 30 30 .500 26 35 .426
GB — 5 1/2 5 1/2 7 11 1/2
Wednesday’s Games Seattle 2, Atlanta 0 Cleveland 7, Boston 4, 12 innings Oakland 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 8, Detroit 2 Miami 5, Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 6, Texas 5 L.A. Angels 4, Houston 0 Minnesota 6, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 5, Kansas City 2, 11 innings Chicago White Sox 2, L.A. Dodgers 1
FHernandez, Seattle, 8-1; Porcello, Detroit, 8-3; PHughes, Minnesota, 6-1; Gray, Oakland, 6-1; Kazmir, Oakland, 6-2.
Atlanta Miami Washington New York Philadelphia
National League East Division W L Pct 31 27 .534 32 28 .533 30 28 .517 28 32 .467 24 34 .414
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Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago
Central Division W L Pct 36 25 .590 31 30 .508 28 31 .475 27 31 .466 23 34 .404
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West Division W L Pct 39 21 .650 31 30 .508 28 31 .475 27 33 .450 26 36 .419
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Wednesday’s Games Seattle 2, Atlanta 0 San Diego 3, Pittsburgh 2 Washington 8, Philadelphia 4 Miami 5, Tampa Bay 4 San Francisco 3, Cincinnati 2 Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Minnesota 6, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 5, Kansas City 2, 11 innings Arizona 16, Colorado 8 Chicago White Sox 2, L.A. Dodgers 1
Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 2, Oakland 1 Toronto 7, Detroit 3 Miami 11, Tampa Bay 6 Houston 8, L.A. Angels 5 Baltimore 6, Texas 8 Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 8, Minnesota 5 Friday’s Games Oakland (Milone 3-3) at Baltimore (W.Chen 6-2), 5:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 6-3) at Toronto (Stroman 2-0), 5:07 p.m. Boston (R.De La Rosa 1-0) at Detroit (Smyly 2-4), 5:08 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 5-2) at Tampa Bay (Bedard 2-4), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 1-2) at Texas (Darvish 5-2), 6:05 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 6-3) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 6-1), 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 2-5), 6:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 4-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-4), 8:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games St. Louis at Toronto, 11:07 a.m. Houston at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m. Cleveland at Texas, 2:05 p.m. Seattle at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 5:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 5:15 p.m. Oakland at Baltimore, 5:15 p.m. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. H 70 72 75 70 74 82 68 68 55 69
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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R VMartinez Det 56 211 25 Cano Sea 55 218 26 Rios Tex 60 233 27 Bautista Tor 61 219 47 AlRamirez CWS 61 232 32 Altuve Hou 61 259 31 MiCabrera Det 56 217 32 NCruz Bal 57 217 42 Beltre Tex 46 177 31 Brantley Cle 58 224 39
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Thursday’s Games San Francisco 6, Cincinnati 1 Washington 4, Philadelphia 2 Miami 11, Tampa Bay 6 Chicago Cubs 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Milwaukee 8, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2 Arizona 12, Colorado 7 Friday’s Games Miami (Eovaldi 4-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 6-3), 2:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 7-1) at Pittsburgh (Cumpton 0-2), 5:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 6-3) at Toronto (Stroman 2-0), 5:07 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 1-3) at Cincinnati (Cueto 5-4), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-2) at Colorado (E.Butler 0-0), 6:40 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 5-3) at Arizona (McCarthy 1-7), 7:40 p.m. Washington (Roark 3-4) at San Diego (T.Ross 6-4), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-3) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-3), 8:15 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R Tulowitzki Col 57 193 49 Puig LAD 55 209 32 Lucroy Mil 56 212 25 MaAdams StL 52 194 16 Pagan SF 55 209 33 Stanton Mia 60 223 44 Utley Phi 54 219 31 Blackmon Col 58 214 38 Goldschmidt Ari 61 244 46 SSmith SD 50 160 23
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Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 17; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 16; Morse, San Francisco, 13; Reynolds, Milwaukee, 13; JUpton, Atlanta, 13; Frazier, Cincinnati, 12; Gattis, Atlanta, 12; CGomez, Milwaukee, 12. Runs Batted In Stanton, Miami, 53; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 44; Morse, San Francisco, 41; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 41; Howard, Philadelphia, 40; Puig, Los Angeles, 40; Blackmon, Colorado, 39; Ozuna, Miami, 39. Pitching Greinke, Los Angeles, 8-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 8-3; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 8-3; Lohse, Milwaukee, 7-1; Simon, Cincinnati, 7-3; Hudson, San Francisco, 6-2; Ryu, Los Angeles, 6-2.
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OPEN: Scrambled Bouchard took the early lead with her first break in the third game of the match, smacking a forehand winner to give herself a 2-1 edge. She quickly made it 3-1 by completing a run of winning 12 of 17 points. The pair traded breaks early in the second set, and then again later. But Sharapova managed to stay ahead and broke Bouchard for the third time in the set to even the match at one set apiece. “I don’t feel that I played my best tennis, but to be in the semifinals of a Grand Slam and winning a match where I felt my opponent played extremely well, exceptional tennis, and I didn’t feel that I was playing my best, I fought, I scrambled, and I found a way to win,” Sharapova said. The Russian served first in the third set, and made her move in the fourth game, converting her third break point to take a 3-1 lead that she held onto until the end. “I constructed the points well but I didn’t finish them as well as I could,” Bouchard said. “In the third set, I didn’t feel tired, but she does put so much pressure on you. She elevated her game later in the match, I tried to do my thing and I had a couple of chances but I didn’t take my opportunities. Maybe I let off a bit on my shots in the second and third sets.” Bouchard, who lost to eventual cham-
Golf Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 11 Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 6 p.m. Friday, June 13 x-NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. Monday, June 16 x-Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 x-NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. x — if necessary.
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Finals Los Angeles (3) vs. N.Y. Rangers (2) (Los Angeles leads series 1-0) Wednesday, June 4 Los Angeles 3 NY Rangers 2, OT Saturday, June 7 NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 5 p.m. Monday, June 9
Basketball NBA Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
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Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs (San Antonio leads 1-0) Thursday, June 5: Miami 95, San Antonio 110
Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF New England 13 7 4 2 21 D.C. 13 6 4 3 18 Kansas City 14 5 5 4 19 Houston 15 5 8 2 16 Columbus 14 4 5 5 18 Toronto 10 5 4 1 14 New York 14 3 5 6 20 Philadelphia 15 3 7 5 19 Chicago 13 2 3 8 20 Montreal 12 2 6 4 11
GA 16 14 14 27 18 13 22 24 22 22
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Western Conference GP W L T GF 14 9 3 2 29 14 6 1 7 24 14 6 4 4 19 12 5 2 5 22 15 5 7 3 23 11 4 3 4 15
GA 21 18 15 17 24 10
Pt 29 25 22 20 18 16
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San Jose Portland Chivas
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Wednesday’s results Columbus 1 Salt Lake 1 Colorado 0 Chicago 0 Friday’s games Kansas City at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s games San Jose at Toronto, 2 p.m. Columbus at D.C., 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Portland at Salt Lake, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 8 New York at New England, 3 p.m. Chivas at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.
Tennis Natasha Zvereva, Belarus, 6-3, 6-2.
French Open Thursday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $34.12 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Women Semifinals Maria Sharapova (7), Russia, def. Eugenie Bouchard (18), Canada, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Simona Halep (4), Romania, def. Andrea Petkovic (28), Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Doubles Men Semifinals Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (12), Spain, def. Marin Draganja, Croatia, and Florin Mergea, Romania, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (11), France, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, and Samuel Groth, Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Mixed Championship Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Nenad Zimonjic (8), Serbia, 4-6, 6-2, 10-7. Legends Doubles Round Robin Men Under 45 Arnaud Clement and Nicolas Escude, France, def. Thomas Enqvist, Sweden, and Gaston Gaudio, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4. Albert Costa and Carlos Moya, Spain, def. Thomas Enqvist, Sweden, and Gaston Gaudio, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Sebastien Grosjean and Fabrice Santoro, France, def. Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia, and Todd Woodbridge, Australia 3-6, 6-4, 10-7. Men Over 45 Mikael Pernfors and Mats Wilander, Sweden, def. Mansour Bahrami and Cedric Pioline, France, 6-2, 6-4. Women Kim Clijsters, Belgium, and Martina Navratilova, United States, def. Iva Majoli, Croatia, and Anastasia Myskina, Russia, 6-2, 4-6, 10-8. Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernandez, United States, def. Jana Novotna, Czech Republic, and
Junior Singles Boys Quarterfinals Orlando Luz (2), Brazil, def. Johan Sebastien Tatlot (9), France, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4. Quentin Halys (5), France, def. Hong Seong-chan, South Korea, 7-5, 6-4. Jaume Antoni Munar (7), Spain, def. Marcelo Zormann (14), Brazil, 6-1, 6-2. Andrey Rublev (4), Russia, def. Stefan Kozlov (6), United States, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Girls Quarterfinals Francoise Abanda (10), Canada, def. Paula Badosa, Spain, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Ivana Jorovic (1), Serbia def. Kristina Schmiedlova (11), Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2. Darya Kasatkina (8), Russia, def. Iryna Shymanovich (16), Belarus, 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4. Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic, def. Rebecca Sramkova, Slovakia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Junior Doubles Boys Quarterfinals Benjamin Bonzi and Quentin Halys, France, def. Filippo Baldi and Matteo Berrettini, Italy, 6-4, 6-1, Stefan Kozlov, United States, and Andrey Rublev (1), Russia, def. Pedro Martinez and Jaume Antoni Munar (8), Spain, 6-4, 6-1. Lucas Miedler, Austria, and Akira Santillan, Australia, def. Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev (4), Russia, 7-5, 6-3. Orlando Luz and Joao Menezes (5), Brazil, def. Martin Blasko and Alex Molcan, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-3. Girls Quarterfinals Luisa Stefani, Brazil, and Renata Zarazua, Mexico, def. Bianca Turati, Italy, and Zheng Wushuang, China, 4-6, 6-2, 10-4. Naiktha Bains, Australia, and Tornado Alicia Black (4), United States, def. Elena Gabriela Ruse, Romania, and Iryna Shymanovich, Belarus, 6-2, 6-1. Catherine Cartan Bellis, United States, and Marketa Vondrousova (7), Czech Republic, def. Simona Heinova, Czech Republic, and Anastasiya Komardina, Russia, 6-2, 6-0. Ioana Ducu and Ioana Loredana Rosca, Romania, def. Paula Badosa and Aliona Bolsova, Spain, 6-1, 7-6 (3).
Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated OF Carlos Beltran from the 15-day DL. Designated INF Scott Sizemore for assignment. TEXAS RANGERS — Activated RHP Tanner Scheppers from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Aaron Poreda to Round Rock (PCL). Transferred OF Jim Adduci from Frisco (TL) to Round Rock (PCL). National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Jordan Lyles on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Chris Martin from Colorado Springs (PCL). NEW YORK METS — Recalled OF Andrew Brown from Las Vegas (PCL). American Association AMARILLO SOX — Signed INF Omar Luna. Frontier League TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed LHP Alex Phillips. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed S Deone Bucannon. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed QB Jimmy Clausen to a one-year contract. Waived LB Lawrence Wilson. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Claimed WR Jasper Collins off waivers from Pittsburgh. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Agreed to terms with LB Chris Kirksey.
pion Li Na at the Australian Open in January, saved four match points before Sharapova won it with a forehand that Bouchard missed on the other end. Bouchard and Carling Bassett-Seguso, who lost in the US Open semifinal in 1984, are the only Canadian singles players who have made the final four at a Grand Slam in the Open era. “The semis of a Grand Slam are always exciting,” Bouchard said. “I felt good on the court. I enjoyed it on the big stage. I tried to compete (and gave it) my best. I love playing tennis so I enjoyed being out there. I actually felt better on court than I did in Australia.” Sharapova won her first Grand Slam title 10 years ago at Wimbledon. She followed that with major titles at the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008. But since she recovered from having right shoulder surgery in 2008, she has vastly improved her clay-court game and has won six of her last eight titles on the red surface.
CUP: A game That comes Saturday, and Vigneault wasted little time challenging his players to up their game this time. “One thing is real evident to me, and it should be to our whole group, is we’re not going to beat this team if we do not all bring our A game,” Vigneault said. “It is that strong of an opponent that we’re playing against. “We had Hank (goalie Henrik Lundqvist) that brought his A game last night.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed LB Kyle Van Noy to a four-year contract. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Claimed WR Kevin Smith off waivers from Arizona. Waived LS Trevor Gillette. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed G Gabe Jackson, WR David Gilreath, K/P Michael Palardy and WR Rahsaan Vaughn. PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed Ryan Shazier to a four-year contract. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released WR Joe Adams. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD — Signed F Michael Keranen to a one-year contract. NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Acquired D Dan Boyle from San Jose for a conditional 2015 fifthround draft pick. Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Traded F Kyle Watson to Huntsville for C Josh Harris. Signed D Jeff Burke has been signed to a tryout. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Fined Kansas City D Igor Juliao an undisclosed amount for striking D.C. United’s Davy Arnaud in the head or face in a May 31 game. Fined Montreal D Hassoun Camara and Vancouver MF Sebastian Fernandez undisclosed amounts for attempting to draw fouls.
We had a couple guys. I don’t want to name who, I think brought their A game. But our B game won’t do it. We’re not going to win if we bring our B game to the table. “They’re one of the best teams I’ve seen in a long time. Areas to exploit, they don’t jump out at you. We’re going to have to be better than we were.” Unlike in the Eastern Conference final series against Montreal, where Vigneault and Habs coach Michel Therrien poked and prodded each other verbally, Vigneault has been all business so far in the final. He seems to be staring at the Kings, like a career bank robber pondering how to take down a state-of-the-art safe. The Rangers coach says his team knew going into the series what was needed to win. “It’s something that we discussed — how good the opponent was. And that’s a challenge. At this time of the year to win, you got to bring your A game. That’s each and every player. When we played Game 6 against Montreal, each and every player brought his A game. It’s not an easy thing to do. But against this opponent, I do believe our expectations are to win, (we’ve) got to find a way to do it.” Vigneault is no strangers to the challenge, having crossed paths with the Kings many times during his years as coach of the Canucks. “They were a good team in the years past,” he said. “They’re a real good team now. They’ve obviously got more experience. They play their game plan to a T and they don’t deviate in any shape, way, or form so that makes it real challenging for the opposition.”
PGA-St. Jude Classic Thursday At TPC Southwind Memphis, Tenn. Purse: $5.8illion Yardage: 7,239; Par: 70(35-35) (a-amateur) Partial First Round Ben Crane 30-33 Peter Malnati 33-32 Retief Goosen 35-31 Joe Durant 31-35 Freddie Jacobson 32-35 Phil Mickelson 32-35 Brooks Koepka 34-33 Troy Merritt 33-34 Hudson Swafford 34-33 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 33-34 Luke Guthrie 33-34 Padraig Harrington 32-36 David Hearn 33-35 Scott Stallings 34-34 Dustin Johnson 33-35 Woody Austin 35-33 Ted Potter, Jr. 33-35 Camilo Villegas 33-35 Miguel Angel Carballo 35-33 Andres Romero 34-34 Ricky Barnes 34-34 Charlie Wi 34-34 Steve Marino 32-37 Heath Slocum 32-37 Brian Harman 34-35 James Hahn 36-33 Tommy Gainey 35-34 Sean O’Hair 32-37 Andrew Svoboda 36-33 Joe Ogilvie 33-36 Shawn Stefani 37-33 Paul Casey 33-37 Ben Curtis 36-34 Stewart Cink 35-35 Michael Thompson 34-36 Rickie Fowler 32-38 Martin Laird 35-35 Lee Westwood 33-37 Geoff Ogilvy 37-33 Greg Owen 35-35 John Rollins 34-36 Robert Streb 35-35 Tag Ridings 38-32 Michael Putnam 38-33 Charles Howell III 36-35 Kevin Stadler 37-34 Webb Simpson 36-35 David Toms 33-38 Nicholas Thompson 36-35 Jim Herman 36-35 Jerry Kelly 36-35 Stephen Ames 37-34 Chad Collins 35-36 Troy Matteson 33-38 Morgan Hoffmann 37-35 Kevin Streelman 35-37 Patrick Reed 37-35 Harrison Frazar 38-34 Jonathan Byrd 35-37 Brian Gay 33-39 Robert Allenby 37-35 Matt Bettencourt 34-38 Josh Teater 37-35 Alex Prugh 35-37 Tyrone Van Aswegen 38-34 Brad Fritsch 36-36 Danny Lee 35-37 Scott Langley 36-36 John Daly 34-38 Russell Knox 37-35 Thorbjorn Olesen 35-38 Brice Garnett 38-35 Will MacKenzie 37-36 Jim Renner 36-37 Sang-Moon Bae 40-33 Darren Clarke 38-35 Harris English 35-38 Dicky Pride 36-37
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LPGA-Manulife Financial Classic Thursday At Grey Silo Golf Course Waterloo, Ontario Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,330; Par: 71 (36-35) (a-amateur) First Round Hee Young Park 32-33 Michelle Wie 34-31 Shanshan Feng 33-33 Cristie Kerr 34-33 Xi Yu Lin 34-33 Paz Echeverria 36-32 Belen Mozo 35-33 Sarah Kemp 36-32 Na Yeon Choi 34-34 Haru Nomura 34-34 Moira Dunn 34-34 Jee Young Lee 34-34 Kristy McPherson 35-33 So Yeon Ryu 34-34 Marina Alex 35-33 Alejandra Llaneza 32-36 Jacqui Concolino 32-36 Ayako Uehara 35-34 I.K. Kim 36-33 Ilhee Lee 36-33 Mirim Lee 35-34 Line Vedel 37-32 Stacy Lewis 35-34 Austin Ernst 35-34 Vicky Hurst 36-33 Kris Tamulis 36-33 Jennifer Rosales 37-32 Karine Icher 36-33 Dewi Claire Schreefel 36-33 Caroline Masson 35-34 Sarah Jane Smith 35-34 Anna Nordqvist 34-35 Inbee Park 37-32 Candie Kung 36-34 Dani Holmqvist 34-36 Sydnee Michaels 33-37 Jennifer Johnson 35-35 Mi Hyang Lee 37-33 Joanna Klatten 39-31 Hannah Jun Medlock 34-36 Jaye Marie Green 36-34 Brooke Pancake 33-37 Jane Park 35-35 Wendy Ward 37-33 Katy Harris 35-35 Seon Hwa Lee 37-33 Chella Choi 36-34 Suzann Pettersen 35-35 Meena Lee 38-32 a-Brooke M. Henderson 38-32 Jackie Stoelting 35-35 Megan McChrystal 37-33 Jeong Jang 35-35
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Canadian Tour VICTORIA — Leading scores Thursday from the first round of the Canadian Tour’s Bayview Place Island Savings Open (par 71): Brock Mackenzie 63 Jake Sarnoff 64 Riley Wheeldon 65 Michael Lavery 65 Joel Dahmen 66 Josh Persons 66 Devin Daniels 66 James Allenby 66 Drew Stoltz 66 Chris Ross 66 Brad Miller 67 Hunter Hamrick 67 Greg Eason 67 Adam Cornelson 67 Jon McLean 67 Timothy Madigan 67 Joshua Stone 67 Brady Schnell 67 Sam Ryder 67 Daniel McCarthy 67 Canadian University/College Championships WINNIPEG — Leading scores Thursday from the third round of the Canadian university/college championships: MEN Manitoba 293-287-285 — 865 British Columbia 288-282-297 — 867 Western 284-295-295 — 874 Humber 293-293-299 — 885 Victoria 297-297-292 — 886 Laval 301-297-294 — 892 Fraser Valley 300-302-290 — 892 Brock 297-300-297 — 894 McMaster 308-295-298 — 901 Toronto 302-304-299 — 905 WOMEN British Columbia 221-234-226 — 681 Montreal 238-226-238 — 702 Toronto 241-229-236 — 706 Victoria 232-238-238 — 708 Alberta 245-243-232 — 720 Waterloo 238-237-245 — 720 Web.com Cleveland Open Scores Thursday At Lakewood Country Club Westlake, Ohio Purse: $600,000 Yardage: 7,104; Par 71 (36-35) First Round Max Homa 32-32 Si Woo Kim 33-33 Jeff Curl 34-32 Franklin Corpening 32-35 Tom Gillis 36-31 Colt Knost 35-33 Whee Kim 36-32 Sung Kang 35-33 Vaughn Taylor 33-35 Ryan Sullivan 37-31 Andy Pope 33-35 Henrik Norlander 33-35 Shaun Micheel 36-32 Colin Biles 36-32 Nick O’Hern 35-34
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Park shares lead with Wie in Waterloo LPGA BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WATERLOO, Ont. — Michelle Wie had to think her 6-under-par 65 would hold up despite a strong wind whipping through Grey Silo Golf Course. It should have been enough, until defending champion Hee Young Park caught fire. The South Korean made her move over the last 10 holes, draining four birdies to match Wie’s score after Thursday’s first round of the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic. Wie, who matched her lowest round of the season, birdied three of the last four holes including an eight-foot downhill putt on No. 18. She said she had the same mindset as last season — getting out of the gate with a good score in case other golfers continued to go low at Grey Silo. “That’s definitely what I thought today,” said Wie, who was off the course before Park started her round. “I was early off and I wanted to just make a lot of birdies early on, especially with 26 under winning it last year, it’s definitely one of those golf courses where you may have to keep making birdies. I went 6 under today and it’s not enough. I have to keep making birdies for the rest of the weekend. I still have my work cut out for me.” Park, who equalled her opening round score last year when she won with the second lowest score in LPGA history at 26 under, said she surprised herself by grabbing a share of the lead. “I didn’t really expect to play well today, because last year and this year pretty different golf conditions — this year more wet and not firm,” Park said. “We played a month earlier than last year, so it was a more windier course condition. We didn’t care about other players playing well or not, just one by one shot playing.” Park laughed when asked if she could equal her score from last year. “I hope so. Today I was a bit lucky. I didn’t really miss my second shots so that I hit the green and had a lot of chance to birdie putt. Also, I tried to put it so I had some uphill easier putts rather than hit it too aggressive downhill.” The twosome were one shot better than China’s Shanshan Feng and two shots ahead of China’s Xi Yu Lin and Christie Kerr of the U.S. at 4 under. After the top five, 12 players were tied at 3 under.
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Last year’s tournament winner Hee Young Park of South Korea on the way to shooting a 6-under par for a share of the lead at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Thursday, in Waterloo, Ontario. For the first time in three years at the tournament the wind factored into the scoring, as only five players shot better than 3-under par in the first round. Last year, 22 players opened with lower scores. Wie was a measure of consistency though on the day with seven birdies, despite some whipping wind, with her only blemish coming with a bogey on No. 9. “I was consistent and I felt that I judged the wind pretty well today,” Wie said. “Tuesday practice round was a lot windier, so I think that was very helpful.” Feng had a strong round with five birdies, but she wasn’t able to match the leaders down the stretch. “Well, this course is normally a birdie course, so everybody’s going to make a lot of birdies,” Feng said. “Today, I think the wind picked up a little, so the course was playing longer. I miss a lot of birdie putts, but I stayed patient and
I think that was the key.” Even though most of last year’s field had some ridiculously low scores, Feng missed the cut by one. Though she scrambled at times in the first round, biding her time was the key to shooting a low score. “This year here I’m not giving myself any pressure. Make it and make it. If I don’t make it, it’s still OK.” It was a tough day for the world’s top three players. Top-ranked Stacy Lewis and No. 2 Inbee Park finished at 2-under par, and Lydia Ko, sitting in third in the rankings, came in at 1 over. Sixteen-year-old Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., was the leader among Canadians at 1-under 70. Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., and Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., were at even-par 70, while Charlottetown’s Lorie Kane, Erica Rivard of Tecumseh, Ont., and Alena Sharp of Hamilton were at 2-over 73. Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sher-
brooke, Que., finished at 3-over 74, while Toronto’s Rebecca Lee-Bentham and Nicole Vandermade of Brantford, Ont., shot 4-over 75. Henderson also found the wind to be a factor during her round. she finished tied for 35th last year at 10 under. “It’s tough with all the wind out there. It’s strong and you have to be really careful in club selection and everything,” said Henderson, who finished tied for 35th last year at 10 under. “First goal is to make the cut and 1 under, hopefully, will put me in a good position going into tomorrow.” Henderson admitted she is a different golfer than she was two years ago in her first LPGA event. “When I was 14 playing the Canadian Open I was definitely a little scared mouse, that’s for sure, but I’m definitely a lot more comfortable and my game is a lot better, which really helps.”
Crane on top after delayed opening round at St. Jude Classic MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Phil Mickelson came to the St. Jude Classic wanting to tune up for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst by finishing strong. He did just that Thursday. Mickelson shot a 3-under 67, birdieing three of his final four holes in windy conditions before a thunderstorm softened up TPC Southwind. It was his first round in the 60s since the third round at the Wells Fargo Championship. He hadn’t shot below 70 since. He missed the cut at The Players Championship and tied for 49th last week in the Memorial following a visit from FBI agents and lingering questions about an insider-trading investigation. Lefty hasn’t won in 19 events dating to the British Open and is among the players in Tennessee tuning up for Pinehurst. “I did exactly what I need to do and some momentum that I need heading into the U.S. Open,” Mickelson said. “Tomorrow’s round, the same thing. Finish strong and play a good round.” Ben Crane shot a 7-under 63 giving him the lead in the suspended first round, taking advantage of the 3 ½-hour delay that left nearly perfect scoring conditions with no wind and rain-softened greens. He had five of his seven birdies on his final nine, the last a few minutes before play was suspended because of darkness.
PGA TOUR Sixty players were unable to finish the round. Peter Malnati shot a 65, and Billy Horschel also was 5 under with two holes left to play. Retief Goosen and Joe Durant each had a 66, while Stuart Appleby, Zach Johnson and Jason Bohn were on the course at 4 under. Appleby had a hole-in-one on the 157-yard eighth hole, using a 7-iron. That was his 17th hole, and the last one he completed. Crane needed only 24 putts for his best round of the season, including a 27-footer for birdie on his final hole at No. 9 with only a handful of people watching because officials closed the course to spectators because of the high winds with the storm. “We caught a huge break being on this side of the wave,” Crane said. “You know this is ideal Memphis weather. It’s as good as it gets. It was calm, barely any wind. The greens softened up. We were able to attack some of the pins.” Mickelelson, who tied for second at Southwind last year, was among the 53 players who finished before play was delayed. Even with tricky wind Thursday morning, Mickelson said his focus on each shot was much better. He’s trying to better visualize the shot and curve his irons so that his approach shots land closer to the hole, giving him
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Adam Gee, Mikael Lundberg, hit 5-under 67 to share 1-stroke lead at Lyoness Open in Austria BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATZENBRUGG, Austria — England’s Adam Gee and Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg shot 5-under 67 to share a one-stroke lead on a windy and cloudy opening day of the Lyoness Open on Thursday. Starting on the back nine, Gee eagled the par-4 14th hole but bogeyed the 18th before carding three birdies on the front nine. Lundberg hit six birdies and lost a stroke on the par-3 second. The Swede, who came through the European Tour Qualifying School for a third straight year, is looking for his first title since winning the Russian Open for a second time in 2008. Lundberg said he’s improved since working with new coach Neil Jordan: “I am more solid from the tee onto the green. You have to be careful out there, and don’t take unnecessary chances.” The pair led a group of four which finished at 4 under, including Wales’
Rhys Davies, England’s Richard Finch and Mattew Baldwin, and American Berry Henson. Defending champion Joost Luiten from the Netherlands hit three birdies in his opening four holes. Later, however, he struggled to hit the fairways and dropped to 1 over before finishing his round level par with his fourth birdie on the 17th. Miguel Angel Jimenez overcame three bogeys in the first eight holes to card a 2-under 70. The 50-year-old Spaniard, who resides in Vienna since marrying an Austrian in May, is seeking his third win of the season. Starting on the back nine, he bogeyed the par-4 11th and 17th and the par-3 14th but recovered with four birdies. “It’s OK, it’s under par,” Jimenez said. “It’s not easy because of the wind.” Former champions Jeev Milkha Singh of India, Kenneth Ferrie of England, and Bernd Wiesberger of Austria each shot a 71.
more tap-in opportunities. Finishing with the three birdies in his final four holes was exactly what he wanted in a round with five birdies and two bogeys. He hit his approach from 135 yards on the par-4 sixth to 5 feet and rolled in the birdie putt. He left himself longer putts with a 7-footer on the par3 eighth and an 11-footer on the par4 ninth, but knocked them in for his strong finish. “I’ve been struggling with finishing the round strong,” Mickelson said. “I had a good round last week on Thursday and then played poorly. To birdie three of the last four made it a great round.
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“That’s exactly what I need to do.” Firm greens made it tough to land balls close, but Goosen credited them with helping him roll in some of his birdie putts. He sunk a couple from 5 feet or closer, but also had a couple birdie putts from 14 feet. Goosen also saved par on No. 7 with a 12-foot putt. “The greens are as good as greens as you can get,” Goosen said. “The greens are rolling close to 13 on the stimpmeter. They are really good. You hit the right putt, they are going to go in.” A seven-time winner on the PGA Tour, Goosen hasn’t won on tour since 2009. He has two top-10 finishes this year as he continues his comeback from back surgery in August 2012. He tied for third in Memphis in 2011 and said he really likes the course.
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Another all-Mercedes battle expected CANADIAN GRAND PRIX BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The tightly cornered Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve is a different track than most in Formula One, but don’t expect the Mercedes AMG team to be any less dominant. The Mercedes duo of three-time Canadian Grand Prix champion Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has won all six races to start the season, finishing one-two in the last five. They will be the favourites again despite the close walls and hard braking on the 4.361-kilometre circuit. “I don’t think it will be different from the other weeks before,” a resigned Nico Hulkenberg of the Force India team said Thursday. The race weekend begins with practice on Friday, and qualifying on Saturday, before the grandstands on the island track across from downtown Montreal fill up on what is expected to be sunny, warm day for the 45th Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday. It will be first experience for Canadian fans of the quieter, more fuelefficient 1.6-litre turbo engines introduced this year, which have dropped the formerly dominant Red Bull team down the grid and raised Mercedes AMG to near-invincibility. In the opening six events, Rosberg has two wins and finished second four times to lead drivers standings with 122 points. Hamilton has four wins and one second to sit second with 118 points. Next closest is Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, a two-time world champion, with 61 points. Sebastian Vettel, the F1 champion the last four years with Red Bull, is sixth with 45. Some felt the peculiar Gilles-Villeneuve track, which features long straightaways leading into sharp turns, a hairpin and some tricky chicanes, might close the power gap on Mercedes. No such luck, said Hamilton. “I’ll be guessing, but I don’t feel that
will be the case,” the 29-year-old Briton said. “We’re particularly strong in the straights, the Mercedes are, but I don’t know. “Maybe we’ll be surprised this weekend, but the long straights do suit us very well. We have a very good power unit in our engines. Mercedes has done the best job with the engines, so Renault and Ferrari would have had to have done an exceptional job coming into this weekend in that area to be able to keep up with us on the straights.” The Mercedes supremacy is drawing comparisons to 1988, when the McLaren Honda team of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost won 15 of the 16 races on the schedule, with the Brazilian taking eight and Prost winning seven. “In a way I’m honoured to hear those comparisons because that was an extremely high-level, big battle at the time, but I leave it at that,” said Rosberg. “I don’t really compare myself to that era. I want to do my own thing.” It seems the only thing that can stop Mercedes may be infighting between Hamilton and Rosberg, but even the tension that was building between them looks to have abated since a blow-up at Monaco two weeks ago, when Hamilton felt Rosberg cheated him of a chance to claim pole position. Hamilton tweeted recently “we spoke and we’re cool, still friends noproblem.” The Hamilton-Rosberg duo already has Mercedes 141 points clear of Red Bull and 162 points ahead of Ferrari in the constructors’ championship. Vettel has had bad luck in Canada in the past, but broke through last year when he cruised to win from the pole, finishing 14 seconds ahead of Alonso. Now he’s grasping at any edge to stay competitive. “It will be difficult to match the Mercedes-powered cars down the straights,” the German said. “There are also some corners here and we’ve been competitive in the past. “We were in a very good position
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Members of the Red Bull team work on their tires during open house day for fans at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Thursday in Montreal. The Canadian Grand Prix will be held Sunday. in to win the race in 2011 and we won last year, so we have reason to be confident. But we know it could be a difficult weekend. “We know that the corners are very tricky and demanding here and you can make up a lot of time in the corners. We’ll try to do our best down the straights and try to do better than everyone else on the corners.” Another leveller could be the infamous wall of champions, a concrete barrier at the chicane leading to the final stretch to the finish line. Over the years, some of the sport’s greatest drivers have crashed into it. Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes is confident that even with the lighter back end on this year’s cars they should get through the turn OK.
“We’ve been driving these cars all year and if we can drive these cars around Monaco, I think we’ll be all right around here,” he said. The McLaren, Force India and Williams teams also use Mercedes engines, but none has put the package of engine and car together quite like Mercedes AMG. “In terms of the development of the car, it is working and we’re going in the right direction,” said Button, the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix winner who has found himself battling just to get into the points by finishing in the top 10 this season. “It’s tough. “When you’ve been fighting for wins and the team is used to fighting for wins, it’s difficult when you find yourself in this situation.”
Blue Jays go with Astros select California pitcher battery for first Aiken with first pick in MLB draft two picks in draft 96-97 mph, a knee-buckling curve and a tough changeup that sits in the low- to mid-80s. His draft stock rose late last year when he struck out 10 in a gold medal-winning performance against Japan in the 18-and-under World Cup. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound Kolek has a fastball that sits in the high90s and touched 100-102 mph several times, causing many to compare him to some fellow Texas flamethrowers such as Nolan Ryan, Kerry Wood and Josh Beckett. “How do you pass up a guy throwing 100?” Marlins manager Mike Redmond said after Miami’s 11-6 win at Tampa Bay. “So, I’m happy with the pick. It’s a big, old country strong right-hander.” The Chicago White Sox selected North Carolina State left-hander Carlos Rodon with the third overall pick. The 6-3, 235-pound junior was widely regarded as the top college pitcher available in the draft and had been in the mix to go No. 1 overall. He followed a dominant sophomore year with a solid but not spectacular junior season: 6-7, 2.01, 117 Ks, 31 BBs in 98 2-3 innings. Rodon has a fastball that sits in the mid- to low-90s, but gets up to 96-97 mph, and a devastating slider that sits in the mid-80s. Indiana left-handed slugging catcher Kyle Schwarber went No. 4 overall to the Chicago Cubs as the first position player selected. The Hoosiers star is a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award as the best catcher in Division I, although he could move to third base or the outfield in the pros. “He certainly has the mental-
“He’s an athletic, twoSECAUCUS, N.J. — The Housway position player and we like the bat,” said ton Astros had the No. 1 pick again, and this time, they took a The Toronto Blue Parker. “There’s a lot of posi- pitcher polished beyond his years. Jays had a simple stratCalifornia high school leftegy headed into the first tives with him. A guy at round of Major League a premium position that hander Brady Aiken was the first Baseball’s first-year am- can help out offensively selection in the Major League and defensively is some- Baseball draft Thursday night. ateur draft. Take the best players thing that attracted him The 17-year-old from San Diego’s to us.” available. Cathedral Catholic High School Toronto had the 11th is just the third prep pitcher to Toronto selected righthanded pitcher Jeff Hoff- pick in the 2014 draft be selected first overall, joining after the Blue fellow lefties Brien Taylor (1991, man ninth overJays failed to Yankees) and David Clyde (1973, all and catcher sign right-hand- Rangers). Max Pentecost ed pitcher Phil 11th overall on The Miami Marlins made it the Bickford last first time high school pitchers Thursday, maky e a r . P a r k e r were the top two picks in the draft ing the most of does not expect when they selected Tyler Kolek, a the Blue Jays’ t h a t s i g n i n g hard-throwing right-hander Sheptwo high draft Hoffman and herd High School in Texas. picks. Pentecost will “When you’re Aiken is “the most advanced be a problem, high school pitcher I’ve ever seen picking this however. high you just in my entire career,” Astros gen“ W e ’ v e a l - eral manager Jeff Luhnow said. have to take Jeff Hoffman r e a d y d o n e “He has command like I’ve never the best tals o m e b a c k - seen before of his stuff.” ent,” said Blue Jays scouting director ground stuff with both,” The Astros are the first team to Brian Parker. “I think said Parker. “Max is ac- select first in three consecutive we’re comfortable with tually still playing, so we drafts, having picked shortstop where we are and what can’t do anything with Carlos Correa in 2012 and rightwe’re going to do going him until his season is hander Mark Appel last year. done. ... We’re going to forward. “I’m just ready to move forward “These two picks, we wait for him on that, for and see what the Astros have in lined up our board and him to finish his college store for me in the future,” Aiken we took the best two season, then we’ll get gosaid in an interview on MLB Neting with him. players.” work. “I’m just really excited.” “Same thing with Toronto will also draft Aiken is also the first high at the 49th spot of the Hoffman, once the draft wraps up we’ll start mov- school lefty to be drafted in the first round. The 21-year-old Hoff- ing forward and taking first five picks since Adam Loewen man was undrafted out of the steps we need to get went fourth overall to Baltimore in 2002. The UCLA recruit has terhigh school and earned a him done.” rific control of a fastball that hits 3.26 earned-run average over three seasons with East Carolina University. He had 211 strikeouts in 251 innings pitched. Hoffman was touted as a top-five pick in the draft, but his value dropped after he had Tommy John surgery on May 14. “We’ve done a lot of research since his surgery, really poured over the medicals and poured over everything with him and everything we could get our hands on,” said Parker. “We’ve done a lot of background work and we’re comfortable with where everything stands with him. “We just felt the talent was too big to walk away from. This guy was going to go top three, top four picks prior to his injury. We just felt that even with the Tommy John this was a good gamble for us.” Pentecost, also 21, was previously drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2011. The six-foot-two, 191-pound catcher has Canadian Tire #329 • 2510 Gaetz Ave. Canadian Tire #645 • 300, 6380 - 50 Ave. hit .342 through three seasons at Kennesaw Red Deer, AB Red Deer, AB University with 12 home 403-342-2222 403-346-1497 runs. BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
ity and make up to do it,” Cubs senior vice-president of scouting and player development Jason McLeod said of Schwarber sticking at catcher. “He’s got the will to do it. We’ll let that play out. We feel he’s a really good, underrated athlete that could certainly move to an outfield position. His bat is obviously why we drafted him.” Nick Gordon, the son of former big leaguer Tom Gordon and brother of the Dodgers’ Dee Gordon, went fifth overall to Minnesota. The Florida high school shortstop was the first of the seven prospects in attendance at the draft site at MLB Network Studio to have his name called by Commissioner Bud Selig. After a few interviews, Gordon breathed a big sigh of relief and gave his father a huge hug. “This is a proud moment. It’s hard to describe,” Tom Gordon said. “I have nothing but pride and pure joy for my boys.” The 6-2, 170-pound Gordon, from Orlando’s Olympia High School, is an outstanding defensive player who has also been impressive as pitcher with a fastball in low- to mid-90s, but his pro future is as a five-tool shortstop. He also has some family bragging rights now: His father was a sixthrounder by Kansas City in 1986, while his brother was a fourthrounder by Los Angeles in 2008. “We’re pretty much the same player,” Nick Gordon said of the brothers. “You know, he’s got a little bit more speed than I do, I’ve got a little bit more pop than he does. But, you know, we model our game after each other.”
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Not an easy ride to the Triple Crown LUCK, STAMINA, VERSATILITY AMONG FACTORS MAKING TRIPLE CROWN SUCCESS SO RARE lose the Belmont three times with horses that won the first two legs, including War Emblem. California Chrome had been slow out of the starting gate in some of earlier his races because of his habit of shifting from one foot to the other. Espinoza will try to keep his head pointed straight and get him to show some early speed leaving the gate. “With a clean break, he’s way better than all the other horses,” said Baffert, who will be watching from Southern California on Saturday. Trainer Art Sherman often describes California Chrome as a “pushbutton horse,” meaning the colt can respond to whatever Espinoza asks him to do. Tactically, he can run on or near the lead or make a move for the front in the latter stages of a race, like California Chrome did in the Derby and Preakness. “He’s going to probably be galloping on the lead,” Sherman said. “He doesn’t want any horse passing him.” California Chrome is clearly the dominant horse in the 3-year-old ranks, having won six straight races and impressively taken charge in the Derby and Preakness. He has given every indication in his gallops and one official workout at Belmont Park during his nearly three weeks in New York that he likes the deep, sandy track. Unlike at the Preakness, California Chrome hasn’t coughed and he’s been eating up all his feed — both welcome signs that he hasn’t missed a beat in his preparations. “I just like what I see. He looks so darn good,” Sherman said. “People have a lot more respect for this horse than they did going into the Derby. I
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Three races in a five-week span at varying distances on different tracks. It’s so tough only 11 horses have won the Triple Crown, and none in 36 years. It’s the longest span without a winner. Now it’s California Chrome’s turn to try on Saturday at the Belmont Stakes. The striking chestnut colt with a blaze and four white feet appears to have rebounded well after two hard races in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, with the most exhausting still to come. He’ll run 1 ½ miles around Belmont’s sweeping oval with 10 rivals gunning to keep history from happening. Before Affirmed swept the 1978 Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, 25 years had passed between Citation in 1948 and Secretariat in 1973. Few can agree on what makes winning the Triple Crown so tough. Often it’s a combination of factors that help or hurt a horse, including racing luck and jockey error. In 2002, War Emblem nearly fell to his knees when the starting gate sprang open, and jockey Victor Espinoza knew right then the colt was doomed. He straggled home in eighth place, beaten 19 1-2 lengths by a 70-1 shot. Espinoza gets another shot on Saturday aboard California Chrome, who, if he wins, will have faced down the largest field of any Triple Crown winner. “It doesn’t matter if there are 14 or six horses. He needs to break clean,” said Bob Baffert, the only trainer to
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Canada’s Drouin takes fourth place at Golden Gala, Gatlin wins 100 metres BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME — Justin Gatlin won the 100 metres at the Golden Gala for a second straight year, while Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar set a meet record in the high jump on Thursday while Canadian Derek Drouin settled for fourth place. Gatlin, who set a year-leading time of 9.87 seconds last month, was in front from the start and finished in 9.91, 0.11 ahead of Jamaica’s Nesta Carter. Britain’s Adam Gemili was third. It was a repeat of last year’s success for Gatlin, who edged Usain Bolt on the line. In the high jump, Barshim achieved a personal best as he matched the Diamond League record and year-leading height of 2.41 metres set by Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov of Russia in Doha. Ukhov was fifth at the Stadio Olimpico. Barshim and world champion Bohdan Bondarenko of Ukraine each made three unsuccessful attempts at 2.43, which would have been a European record. Bondarenko, who went close to the world record of 2.46 in Moscow, was second after passing on all other heights after clearing 2.34. American Erik Ky-
nard was third with 2.31 and Drouin, from Corunna, Ont., was fourth with 2.28. Ukhov cleared 2.28 but failed three times at 2.34. It was an all-American podium in the 100 hurdles where Australia’s Olympic champion, Sally Pearson, pulled out shortly before the event after hurting herself in the warmup. World champion Brianna Rollins won on her Diamond League debut, with a year-best time of 12.53, 0.01 ahead of Dawn Harper-Nelson. Queen Harrison was third in 12.61. Gasps ran out at the Stadio Olimpico when Marzia Caravelli of Italy fell on the fifth hurdle.
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In the women’s 100, American Tori Bowie smashed her personal best in winning in 11.05, as two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finished only eighth. Kerron Stewart was second, 0.03 behind Bowie, with Jamaican compatriot Simone Facey third. American Lashawn Merritt recovered from his disappointment at the last Diamond League meet in Eugene, Oregon, where he was edged in a photo finish by Kirani James, to win the 400. Merritt surged to a comfortable victory in 44.48, 0.68 faster than Youssef Ahmed Msrahi of Saudi Arabia, with David Verburg third.
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Adding up the math issue ALBERTA STUDENTS’ MARKS DROP BUT REMAIN AMONG HIGHEST BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF
Go green for Red Deer’s furry friends on Saturday. Ever-Green Greenhouses is hosting a second spring sale, Plants for Pets, in support of the Red Deer and District SPCA from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is open to the public and there will be a barbecue lunch. On special are the 10- and 11-inch hanging baskets and 12-inch planters. Cash and credit purchases only. Ever-Green Greenhouses is located east on 39th Street (RR 2) near Range Road 270, just outside of Red Deer. For more information call 403-3476484.
Red Deer on Wednesday made clear, the education department needs to be clear as well in communicating what teachers are teaching and learners are learning. Parents and the media, they said, are fixated on “discovery math” but do not fully understand the approach that the department is taking. Speaking to the trustees, Kris Reid told them the ministry is endeavouring to clarify its language. To that end, the department has produced Q&A bulletins for parents and teachers, available on its website, and will be communicating the information therein to schools, said Reid, team leader of mathematics, Grades 10-12 with Alberta Education. The info sheets state that students are required to know basic facts and will study tra-
ditional ways of doing math problems without having to use more open-ended “discovery” methods. Elementary students may be taught two or three methods on how to solve a problem, said Reid, and then each individual student can choose the method that works for them going forward for that topic. “Once they have that strategy that works for them that’s efficient and effective, they’re not expected the next year to use anything different (for that particular topic).” One trustee spoke up Wednesday to say that her own child told her he would be in trouble if he did not solve an equation a particular way, which Reid said is exactly what the ministry wants to avoid. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com
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SHAVE FOR CANCER RAISES CASH That’s a lot of hair. Thirty-eight St. Francis of Assisi Middle School students and two staffers raised $20,000 during the school’s fourth annual head shave for cancer on Monday. Participants have raised more than $65,000 in the past four years for the Canadian Cancer Society.
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Brett Fulford uses his team of horses to plow in Lacombe County west of Nova Chemicals.
CANCER SOCIETY BARBECUE People can have a hamburger and a haircut at the Kids with Cancer Society barbecue fundraiser on Sunday. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Tangelo Salon (4-4907 48th Street) in Red Deer. All money collected will be donated to the Kids with Cancer Society. For more information visit www.kidswithcancer.ca
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Horses plowing fields are a different sight ORGANIC FARMERS ALLOW MAN TO PRACTISE SOME OLD-FASHIONED FARMING TECHNIQUES BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Brett Fulford has found that plowing a field with draft horses will generate a few double takes. One man even pulled over to take a closer look to make sure he wasn’t dreaming, said Fulford, who has been plowing and disking a three-acre plot in Lacombe County about eight km west of Nova Chemicals. “It’s something different,” said the Haynes area resident who was happy to find local organic farmers Michael Forsyth and Lynn Cain who allowed him to practise some old-fashioned farming techniques. Fulford started plowing the plot with three of his horses before the May long weekend. Together with a friend it took about 20 hours over four days to finish plowing. “I plow about 14 inches at a time. If you use a modern-day cultivator, it’s anywhere from 30 to 60 feet. They can do one trip and I have to do 30 or 40 trips. But I can tell you, they’re more stressed than I am,” he said with a laugh. Then he disked the soil three times to kill more weeds. He will disk it one more time before he seeds the soil Sunday afternoon
to grow oats using equipment that requires four horses. “We’ve worked it quite a bit. I’m still dealing with a little bit of quack grass. But we’re going to hit it hard this week and hope for the best.” He said his Percheron draft horses actually enjoy the work. “If you could see them being harnessed, when I put the collars on, they put their heads down and push against me to put their collars and their harness on. It’s phenomenal. “They’re bred to do it. This is what they do. This is what they love.” For every 10 minutes on the field he gives the horses a twominute break so they aren’t overworked. Finding older farming equipment in good condition is the hard part, he said. “Nowadays the metal prices are so high that everybody is scrapping these pieces of equipment. You go to an auction sale and you’re competing against the people who are recycling it.” Recently Fulford was lucky enough to find a thrasher for free to harvest the oats. A man from Caroline offered him the thrasher who just wanted to make sure it didn’t end up used for scrap. Fulford has been involved in
his farm hobby for about three years with Alberta Carriage Supply, a company that participates in driving events using horsedrawn farm implements, wagons and sleighs, and also camps in the Rocky Mountains with teams and wagons. Recently Fulford was involved in farm activities at the National Historic Site Bar U Ranch near Longview. Last weekend, he put in 12 acres of spring rye south of Calgary for a Calgary brewery that produces organic beer. Fulford will also continue to work more land on the Lacombe County property. “We’re going to try and keep another section plowed all summer so that we can control the weeds and then do a rotational crop so we can do specialty organic crops.” About three teams of horses will be at the seeding Lacombe County farm on Sunday afternoon. Anyone interested in seeing them in action can visit around 2 p.m. To find the farm go east on Hwy 11 from Red Deer, turn left on Freedom Road, turn left on Township Road 38-4, turn right on Range Road 26-2 and drive about a 1.5 km. The farm is on the east side of the road past two grain bins. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
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Three people with connections to Red Deer College will be celebrated as part of the college’s 50th convocation ceremonies. On top of an honourary degree being bestowed upon former city mayor Morris Flewwelling, alumni Randy Harper and Tim Guilbault and former RDC instructor Don Hepburn will be recognized with different awards at the convocation taking place at the Westerner, 4847A 19th St. today. Guilbault, who was shot and killed in 2012 at his Red Lodge Estates home, is being recognized with the 2014 Alumni Legacy Award. He started his postsecondary studies at RDC in the 1970s and served on the students’ association executive from 1973 to 1975. He would later complete a bachelor of commerce and a masters of communication studies in 1997 at the University of Alberta. He was a Red Deer city councillor from 1986 to 1995 and served on the RDC alumni board from 1997 to 2002. He also worked for the Red Deer Co-op, Nova Chemicals in Joffre, Union Carbide, Halliburton, CEDA International Corporation and Brookfield Residential in Calgary. The Alumni Legacy award is a posthumous award recognizing an alumnus’ contribution to the community. The award will be presented to Guilbault’s grandsons, Ethan and Lucas Tymko. Harper enrolled at the college in 1968 and he will be honoured as this year’s distinguished alumnus.
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Alberta Education officials say the problem with math in the province is not how it is being taught or how students are performing, but how those things are being communicated. Yes, they say, the performance of Alberta students did decline in international tests, but the jurisdiction still ranks as one of the top in the world. And besides, the students who took the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) exam were schooled in the old curriculum in elementary school, not the much chattered about new one, in place since 2008. Since the PISA results were released in December, the subject of math has been anything
but boring in Alberta. One mom’s petition calling for more instruction of “the basics” is early grades has garnered over 16,000 online signatures and critics have latched onto the term “discovery math,” calling it a failure that confuses kids and leaves them without a firm grasp of fundamental skills. Education Minister Jeff Johnson has sought to reassure concerned parties by saying that basic facts will be “more front and centre” in what students learn and that students are required to recall multiplication tables from memory. And he has pointed to the fact that Alberta’s 15-year-olds are still well above-average in math — ranking third among Canadian provinces — and score higher than Alberta adults. But, as school board trustees at an education symposium in
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A partnership bringing post-secondary education to smaller communities, allowing people to learn and stay in their homes, is going strong and looking for two new board members, preferably from the smaller communities it serves. The Campus Alberta Central, a partnership signed three and a half years ago by Red Deer and Olds Colleges, serves as a way to reduce or eliminate barriers to learning for people throughout the area. They have set up some of their programs in more than 20 communities in the region.
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BRIEFS Tech support scam victimizes residents Red Deer RCMP are warning residents of computer tech support scams after six residents have fallen victim in the city. Police say the victims received phone calls from scammers claiming to be Microsoft support who claimed they had found viruses on their computers between March 4 and May 30. Scammers attempt to gain remote access to the personal information on the victims’ computers. The fraudsters request credit card information to pay for their bogus service. Several victims in Red Deer did allow access to their computer or gave credit card information. Another potential victim refused and the scammer became verbally abusive and threatened to “crash” their computers. “We have also heard unsubstantiated reports that scammers using these tactics have pretended to be calling from local telecommunications companies,” said Red Deer RCMP Cpl. Sarah Knelsen. “The police cannot state strongly enough that no legitimate business will ever call you to say you have a computer virus. That’s not how virus detection works, and it’s not how legitimate telecommunications companies work.” Knelsen said the surefire way to avoid being a victim is not to give out personal information over the phone
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RDC: Excellence He started at RDC working towards university transfer credits and would go on to complete a bachelor of commerce in management. He would then transform his family’s scrap metal service to Harper’s Metals, a multi-million dollar business. He became a director for Parkland Savings and Credit Union, now known as Servus. The distinguished alumnus award goes to former students who have achieved much in their lives, be it personal, academic or in public service. One of the first instructors teaching at the college, Don Hepburn, is receiving the G.H. Dawe Memorial Award. Hepburn started with the college when it was founded in 1964, teaching educational psychology. He has served on the local Council of Canadians, the Red Deer Centennial Steering Committee and was a
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Executive director Jean Madill said the most popular they find are practical nursing, business or trades. “In most cases in those communities, everything from Rocky Mountain House to Stettler to Drumheller to Elnora, we try to embed into those learning sites that are there already,” said Madill. “We’re leveraging off of what exists already.” Madill pointed to one student in the Stettler area who has found success in the program. A former Hutterite colony member, he left the colony only having his Grade 9 education, but wanting to get a job. He was told that he needed his General Educational Development to earn
his high school equivalency diploma. He got it and now he is registered for the heavy equipment operator program being offered in the fall. Last year almost 15,000 people sought the assistance of the partnership in various capacities, looking for learning opportunities. In terms of post-secondary programming, they offer 11 programs in their communities including health care aide, hairstylist pre-employment, welding and several health care related programs. Right now the partnership is looking for two new public members for its governance team. Madill said they hope to get representatives from the smaller communities it serves, as they could provide an
important perspective on the role of the partnership in their community. “We really focus on adult learners so they can stay in their community with their families and their jobs and keep the vibrancy of the community going,” said Madill. “We know that when people leave to learn, they often don’t come back. “We have representation from Red Deer and Olds already so we’re really focusing on getting applications from smaller communities in our region that way you get a good mix on the board.” Other current board members are from Stettler, Drumheller, Three Hills and Innisfail. For more information visit www. campusalbertacentral.com. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
or the Internet unless you initiated the contact and have verified it is a legitimate company. If you have not lost money but suspect you have been targeted, contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or report online at www. antifraudcentre.ca. If you receive a suspicious email soliciting your financial information, advise the bank/ agency involved. If you are a victim of fraud, contact Red Deer RCMP complaint line at 403-343-5575 and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. For more information, visit the Scams and Fraud section of the RCMP at www.rcmp-grc.ab.ca
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day, Dahlem asked that proceedings on the accessory to murder charge be delayed pending the conclusion of the perjury trial. He and his client return to youth court in July of next year to enter her plea on the charge of accessory to murder.
New Ukrainian Orthodox Church construction to start After years of meeting in a community hall, funeral home and at the college, local Orthodox Christians are coming together on Sunday to celebrate what will become a permanent home of their own. After fundraising was done for its construction, a new Ukrainian Orthodox Church is to be built in the Vanier Woods neighbourhood. At present, local parishioners are served at twicemonthly services delivered by a priest who comes up from Calgary. On Sunday, a service will be held under a big tent at 107 Vermont Ave., the future site of the church building. Bishop Ilarion of Edmonton will be in attendance to lay the cornerstone for the church. The service is to get underway at 10 a.m., followed by a barbecue lunch. While the church will officially be Ukrainian Orthodox, people of any part of the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The award is typically given to a person who demonstrates excellence in characteristics held by G.H. Dawe, including commitment to community, education and student success; prominent leadership in the community; uncommon warmth with high integrity and ethical standards and dedication to and appreciation for Red Deer College.
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Rock the Change raises cash The Rock the Change suicide awareness fundraising concert ended on a high note. Last Sunday’s concert at Bower Ponds raised $17,731 for the programs offered through Suicide Information and Education Services. That more than doubled last year’s $8,000. Donations were given a big boost this year with $10,000 from the organizers of the Young Guns Charity Golf Tournament, which is set for June 17 at Alberta Springs Golf Resort. Five local acts, including 15-yearold Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School student Safire King and Randi Boulton entertained the crowd at the three-hour Rock the Change event that drew hundreds.
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A charge of accessory to murder is on hold pending the outcome of a perjury trial naming the same suspect. Crown prosecutors allege that a young woman lied on the stand when called as a witness during a murder trial in Red Deer in 2008. She is also charged with accessory to murder amidst allegations that she tampered with evidence at the scene of the murder in 2005. Although charged as an adult in the perjury trial, she will be tried as a youth on the accessory to murder charge and therefore cannot be named under provisions of Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act. The young woman, represented by Calgary defence counsel Tyson Dahlem, is scheduled for trial in the spring of 2015 on the perjury charge. In Red Deer youth court on Thurs-
Red Deer RCMP Traffic Services will be armed with photo radar guns hoping to nab speeders for the next two weeks. The city’s third radar van hit the streets this week. Council approved the purchase in this year’s capital budget. The photo radar equipment and van comes with a one-time $300,000 cost and ongoing cost of $6,093 in future budgets. Officers will be patrolling school and playground zones and traffic corridors. The following locations will be monitored from now until June 15: zSchool zones: 48th Ave, Oleander Drive, 55th Ave, 39th St., Douglas Ave, Lancaster Drive zPlayground zones: Glendale Blvd, Oak St, 57th Ave., Davison Drive, Allan St., Dempsey St. zTraffic corridors: 49th Ave, 40th Ave, 30th Ave., 50th Ave., 77th St., 67th Street, Taylor Drive.
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It will likely take weeks before damage is repaired to a bridge and access to Donalda’s giant lamp after it was damaged by a wayward car. No one was injured in the collision last Friday night and the landmark lamp was not damaged. Village chief administrative officer Joan Kapiniak said on Thursday the damaged area has been cordoned off. There are still two other accesses to the boardwalk surrounding the nearly 13-metre tall red lamp, billed as the largest oil lamp replica in the world. “Hopefully, we will have it repaired before Canada Day,” said Kapiniak, who is gathering repair estimates. The lamp site is insured. Bashaw RCMP charged a woman with speeding in connection with the collision.
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Saputo seeks more global acquisitions BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Saputo, the country’s largest cheese and dairy processor, plans to offset its lower profits in Canada by seeking more global acquisitions and convincing Australian dairy farmers to boost their output. “I see that our runway is still very, very long,” CEO Lino Saputo Jr. said Thursday during a conference call after the company reported strong fourth-quarter and annual results. While he said small $100-million deals are possible in Canada, the larger growth prospects for the dairy are in the fragmented United States, where it controls about 10 per cent of the cheese market; Australia or new markets such as Brazil, which is seeing a growing middle class. Saputo told analysts that deals up to $4 billion “would not be out of the question” if the right opportunity came along. The company would also like to replicate its successful foray in Argentina by encouraging Australian dairy farmers to feel confident about their futures and increase milk production. It has vowed to invest in the infrastructure of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, which it recently acquired for $450 million, to take on more milk. WCB is the oldest dairy in Australia, where seven or eight players control 90
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BRIEFS Gleniffer, Pine Lake popular spots for recreational property Gleniffer and Pine Lakes are popular among buyer groups looking for an investment or a place to share, says a Royal LePage recreational property report. A similar trend has emerged in B.C. East Kootenays, says the report. The report says non-waterfront with land access average $300,000. Waterfront properties start in the $350,000 range. “Because the developments around Gleniffer and Pine Lakes are mostly comprised of condominiums, the house prices are much more affordable than lakefront properties in other areas of the country,” Allan Nimmo, Royal LePage Weber broker in Innisfail is quoted as saying in the report. Gleniffer Lake is more popular with retired couples looking for a summer getaway and Pine Lake tends to attract younger families. For those looking for recreational property, buyers are reminded that condo fees must be factored in to budgets. Nation-wide, Royal LePage says recreational property sales are on the rise driven by a strengthening economy. Rising prices in the U.S. and a weakening Canadian dollar are also bringing more buyers back home.
Value of construction permits in May far below 2013 level The combined value of construction projects approved by the City of Red Deer was down more than 50 per cent from May 2013. Last month there were 157 permits issued valued at $8.4 million compared to 188 permits valued at $30.1 million in May 2013. Howard Thompson, the city’s Inspections and Licensing manager, said the fluctuation in permit values and number of permits issued can vary from year to year and seasonally. “We had two large permits issued in May 2013 that totaled $15 million, which makes up for half of that total,” said Thompson. “In May 2014 the largest was around $235,000.” There was an increase in issued commercial and industrial permits but their values were down for both. There were nine industrial permits issued, valued at $319,000 compared to the six permits issued in May 2013 valued at $13.6 million. As for commercial, there were 16 permits issued valued at $556,980 compared to 13 permits valued at $893,858 last year at the same time. From January to the end of May 2014 there were 552 permits issued with a value of more than $62 million, compared to 632 issued valued at more than $101 million during the same time last year. Thompson said at any given time there are permits in process with the current total around $90 million. Monthly permit statistics are posted on the city’s website at www.reddeer. ca/inspections.
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to 95 per cent ter-tax acqui‘I SEE THAT OUR RUNWAY IS of the industry. sition costs in STILL VERY, VERY LONG.’ A similar the quarter, drive over the — LION SAPUTO JR. $19.9 million past decade in CEO, SAPTUO in costs for Argentina has plant closures seen the volin Canada and ume of milk the U.S. and processed more than double and in $3.9 million in pension related costs excess of one billion litres from 400 for executives. million litres in 2003. Any additional Excluding these items, Saputo’s organic growth in supply would be in (TSX:SAP) adjusted earnings attributaddition to some smaller acquisitions. able to shareholders were $151.9 milThe Montreal-based company said lion or 78 cents per diluted share. That it benefited during the fourth quar- was four cents better than analyst foreter from higher block cheese prices casts and up from 65 cents per share a in the U.S., a lower Canadian dollar year ago. and increased international volumes Revenues were $2.49 billion, up 21 and prices, which offset higher costs in per cent from $2.05 billion in the fourth Canada. quarter of 2013. It said a focus to lower costs at Saputo said the Canadian division’s home will continue as it seeks to grow pre-tax operating profits (EBITDA) devolumes of basic and specialty-type creased 8.6 per cent to $108.9 million, cheeses, along with higher margin fla- despite higher revenues at $881.4 milvoured milk lion. The latest earnings, which included Higher ingredients and operational the operations of Warrnambool and costs offset increased sales volumes, in a previous large merger in the U.S., both retail and food service segments. helped Saputo cap off a strong year by Meanwhile, the company is consoliboosting net earnings by more than 19 dating its distribution activities at a per cent to $119.8 million in the final new facility in Montreal and has anquarter of its fiscal year. nounced plans to close three facilities It earned 61 cents per diluted share across the country, which will result for the period ended March 31, com- in about $8 million in annual savings, pared to 51 cents or $100.5 million a of which $6 million should start next year earlier. fiscal year. Saputo incurred $9.2 million in afIt will also evaluate cost-saving op-
portunities from its recent acquisition of Scotsburn dairy in the Maritimes. The company’s U.S. division earned $128.2 million on $1.22 billion of revenues, compared with $103.1 million on $971.3 million of revenues in the prior year. International profits soared to $40.5 million from $7.5 million as revenues grew 70 per cent to $384.5 million. Irene Nattel of RBC Capital Markets said Saputo closed out the year “with a bang.” “The outlook for fiscal 2015 suggests continuing pressure in the Canadian segment, but favourable outlook for both U.S. and international,” she wrote in a report. For the full year, Saputo earned $534 million or $2.70 per diluted share, up from $481.9 million or $2.41 per share in 2013. Adjusted profits attributable to shareholders for the full year were $566.1 million or $2.87 per share. That compared to $510.6 million or $2.55 per share in the prior year. Revenues increased 26.5 per cent to $9.2 billion, from nearly $7.3 billion a year earlier. On the Toronto Stock Exchange, its shares closed down 14 cents to $58.95 on Thursday.
Following 2 rough years, Carnival’s new CEO is pushing a turnaround BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Arnold W. Donald strolls across the Carnival Splendor’s lido deck, checking in on passengers. He cozies up, places a hand on their shoulder and asks: Are you having a blast? He sure hopes so. For Donald, the charismatic new CEO of Carnival Corp., the “great camaraderie” passengers find onboard his ships matters more than fancy restaurants or countless amenities. That intangible feeling isn’t easily marketed, but is crucial as he tries to fix the world’s largest cruise operator. It’s been a rough two years for the company. First, its Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Italy, killing 32 passengers. Then an engine-room fire on its Carnival Triumph left the ship without power. For five days, passengers lacked air conditioning, hot food and use of most toilets. Cable news was fixated, dubbing it the “poop cruise.” Demand for cruises plunged. Carnival slashed prices to fill its 102 ships and announced a $700 million initiative adding emergency generators and upgrading fire suppression systems. Passengers remained hesitant. Then last June, Micky Arison, the son of Carnival’s founder and the CEO since 1979, stepped aside. Donald, who spent 12 years on the company’s board, was picked as his replacement. He was an unlikely choice. Donald made a career at Monsanto Co. overseeing Roundup weed killer and later led a company manufacturing the artificial sweetener Equal. Donald was first drawn to cruises in 1982. Not for the food or the destinations — but for blackjack. “I counted cards,” Donald says. Dealers on ships didn’t shuffle cards frequently, making it much easier to
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This photo made available by Carnival Corp. shows the AIDAluna ship, in dry dock at the Blohn Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. count than in a Vegas casino. Donald’s winnings paid for that first cruise “and then some.” “When someone says I have no cruise experience, I guess I could be funny and just say: I’ve cruised a lot,” Donald says. “The reality is business is business.” Donald now pitches cruises as a hassle-free, affordable vacation. Guests only unpack once. Entertainment and meals are included. “We are actually, for a lot of people, more cost effective than visiting your relatives — and we’re probably more fun,” he says. That affordability hurts the bottom line. Donald wants passengers to spend $20 more a day between tickets
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and onboard purchases — maybe a better quality alcohol, a fancy dinner or an extra shore excursion. That would net Carnival an additional $1.5 billion a year. Carnival could use the cash. It earned $1.08 billion last fiscal year, its lowest annual profit since 2002. That’s only half the challenge. Donald has shuffled executives, trying to force the company’s 10 brands to work closer together. It’s tricky. Each line — Holland America, Princess, Cunard and Seaborn, to name a few — prospers on its unique personality. The Cunard experience, for example, is very different than Carnival. “The brands are king,” Donald says. “People don’t sail on a corporation.”
Value of permits rose 1.1 per cent in April BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
BYTHE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Thursday as the European Central bank moved to spark a tepid economic recovery in the eurozone and traders looked ahead to the release of employment data. The loonie was ahead 0.08 of a cent to 91.5 cents US as traders also focused on Friday’s release of Canadian employment data for May. Economists expect about 21,000 jobs were created last month after the economy shed 29,000 the previous month. On Thursday, the ECB announced it was cutting its lending rate to 0.15 per cent from 0.25 per cent. And in a more drastic step, it is also cutting its overnight deposit rate to minus 0.1 per cent from zero. Charging banks for parking funds with the ECB is an unusual step aimed at pushing banks to lend that money rather than hoard it. At a news conference, ECB president Mario Draghi says the bank will also offer long-term loans to banks at cheap rates until 2018. The targeted loans would be
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OTTAWA — Statistics Canada said Thursday the value of building permits issued in April was up 1.1 per cent, the first increase since January, but the higher bump fell short of expectations. Economists had expected a four per cent increase, according to those surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Statistics Canada said municipalities issued $6 billion worth of building permits in April, due to an increase in construction intentions in the residential sector, which more than offset a decline in the non-residential sector. The value of residential building permits rose 2.0 per cent to $3.7 billion in April, a second consecutive monthly gain.Most of the increase came in Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia, while three provinces reported declines, led by British Columbia. The value of building permits for single-family homes rose 2.8 per cent to $2.1 billion in April, as strength in Ontario more than offset drops in five provinces led by Alberta. Meanwhile, permits for multi-family homes increased 1.1 per cent to $1.6 billion with gains in seven provinces led by Alberta.
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Consumer Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.40 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 104.50 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.65 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.99 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 18.75 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.10 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.64 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.32 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.66 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 17.56 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.52 First Quantum Minerals . 21.90 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.46 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.82 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.07 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.27 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.76 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.73 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed little changed Thursday as the European Central Bank moved to deal with the threat of deflation and give some lift to a tepid economic recovery. The S&P/TSX composite index edged 3.39 points higher to 14,800.18 as the ECB announced that it’s cutting its lending rate to 0.15 per cent from 0.25 per cent. It is also dropping its overnight deposit rate to minus 0.1 per cent from zero. Charging banks for parking funds with the ECB is an unusual step aimed at pushing banks to lend that money rather than hoard it. The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.08 of a cent to 91.5 cents US. It was a record-breaking day on Wall Street as ECB president Mario Draghi also said the bank will offer long-term loans to banks at cheap rates until 2018, which gives banks confidence they have cheap funding for the next few years. Draghi said the ECB’s policymakers unanimously agreed to consider more unconventional measures to boost inflation if it stays too low. Both the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P closed at record highs. The Dow gained 98.58 points to 16,836.11 while the S&P jumped 12.58 points to 1,940.46. It had been widely expected that the ECB would take action to save the eurozone region from falling into a deflationary spiral that would choke off growth. Worries about deflation increased earlier this week with the release of data showing that inflation in the eurozone came in at 0.5 per cent in May, down from 0.7 per cent in April. Economists have forecast that about 219,000 jobs were created during May in the U.S., following a much stronger than expected 288,000 gain in April. Doubts about reaching that figure were raised Wednesday after payroll firm ADP reported that the U.S. private sector created 179,000 jobs during May, the fewest number in four months. Canadian job figures for May also come out Friday and economists expect about 21,000 jobs were created after the economy shed 29,000 the previous month. In commodities, the gold sector led advancers, up 1.5 per cent as August bullion erased early losses following the ECB announcement to climb $9 to US$1,253.30 an ounce. Traders think that the ECB might launch its own version of quantitative easing to stimulate the economy, which involves buying assets such as bonds. The base metals group was down 0.24 per cent, while July copper unchanged at US$3.08 a pound. In corporate news, Saputo (TSX:SAP), the country’s largest cheese and dairy processor, posted quarterly earnings ex-items of $151.9 million or 78 cents per diluted share, four cents better than analyst forecasts. The Canadian division’s pre-tax operating profits (EBITDA) decreased 8.6 per cent to $108.9 million and its shares dipped 14 cents to $58.95. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,800.18, up 3.39 points TSX Venture Exchange — 985.92, up 3.50 points
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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Transcontinental Inc. (TSX:TCL.A) reports it had $36.8 million of adjusted earnings in its fiscal second quarter, an increase of 12.9 per cent from a year earlier and ahead of analyst estimates. The country’s largest commercial printer had 47 cents per share of adjusted profit, up from 42 cents a year, and four cents per share above estimates compiled by Thomson Reuters. The Montreal-based company — which produces newspapers, magazines and books in addition to its main business of printing and distribution — saw revenue hit by soft advertising sales. Revenue dropped 3.8 per cent from a year earlier to $498.2 million from $517.8 million. “Despite the pressure we are experiencing in the advertising market, the increase in our profitability demonstrates the effectiveness of our strategy, namely strengthening existing assets and developing new revenue sources,” Transcontinental president and CEO Francois Olivier said
in a statement on Thursday. Under standard accounting, Transcontinental had $34.7 million of net earnings or 45 cents per share for the three months ended April 30, up from $25.3 million or 32 cents per share in the second quarter of 2013. The Montreal-based company said this week that its acquisition of 74 weekly newspapers from Sun Media, part of Quebecor Inc. (TSX:QBR.B), has been completed. Transcontinental agreed last week to put 34 newspapers up for sale for about two months to win approval from the federal Competition Bureau. It has also completed the acquisition of Capri Packaging on May 3, which moves Transcontinental into a new industry segment that the company believes will provide growth opportunities. The acquisition will add about US$72 million to Transcontinental’s revenues, with about 75 per cent of that coming from the seller, Schreiber Foods Inc.. During the quarter ended April 30, Transcontinental announced it would receive a $31 million payment after agreeing to adjust a printing contract with Montreal La Presse, Canada’s largest Frenchlanguage newspaper.
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CSeries could fly again in a few weeks BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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MONTREAL — Bombardier’s CSeries planes could resume flight testing in a few weeks after the plane’s engine manufacturer believes it has found the cause of an incident a week ago that grounded the four test aircraft. “We believe it is not going to have a significant impact on the testing schedule and we’re working now with Bombardier on a plan to resume testing here in the next few weeks, we hope,” Greg Hayes, chief financial officer of Pratt & Whitney parent company United Technologies told a Chicago investors conference Thursday. “We believe we have an understanding of what occurred and, if we’re correct, we think it can be rapidly fixed,” Hayes said. Hayes said a preliminary analysis of the engine confirms the incident wasn’t related to the engine’s design, which features a geared fan that drives the aircraft’s fuel-savings advantage. “We think it was something much more simple than that and, again, it gives us confidence this is not going to be a significant financial exposure for UTC.” One of the CSeries’ two engines that malfunctioned was sent to the United States for a detailed investigation. UTC has invested more than US$5 billion on the engine program that will be used for several aircraft, including CSeries, Airbus narrowbodies and Mitsubishi regional jet.Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) spokesman Marc Duchesne called UTC’s findings “positive.” “We’re listening to what they’re saying and it’s a positive sign, definitely,” he said in an interview. Bombardier hopes to disclose in the coming days more details about the engine incident and timing for a return to flight testing. In the meantime, the re-
maining three test aircraft are doing ground testing. The aircraft have flown nearly 330 hours of testing, well short of the 2,400 required to receive Transport Canada certification. The company expects to get some credit for ground testing and anticipates flight hours will pick up as the seven test airplanes, each with different missions, take to the air. Chief executive Pierre Beaudoin told reporters on Monday that he believes the new passenger jet will be ready for service as planned next year despite the engine incident. “I can understand that people would ask questions when there is an event like this...but we feel confident that we’ll find the problem rapidly with Pratt & Whitney and that we’ll be able to meet our schedule to entry into service in the second half of 2015,” he said. He added that has “absolute confidence” in the engine that was certified by Transport Canada in February 2013. Bombardier’s shares were hit following the incident and some analysts have said they expected them to remain under pressure until the cause of the engine problem is determined. On the Toronto Stock Exchange, Bombardier shares were unchanged at C$3.70 in Thursday midday trading. Analysts have said the latest CSeries setback has aggravated concerns about the slow flight test program and calls into question its development program. Kevin Chiang of CIBC World Markets has said the “best-case scenario” is if the engine problem is restricted to the first test aircraft, especially since the engine has completed thousands of hours of testing and that engine-related incidents are not uncommon during flight testing. The US$4.4-billion CSeries program is expected to generate US$5 billion to US$8 billion a year in revenues at maturity and help improve overall profitability for Bombardier, Canada’s largest aerospace company and one of the world’s top producers of aircraft for commercial airlines and the business sector.
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New law puts sex workers in danger: local prostitute LEGISLATION WOULD CRIMINALIZE PURCHASE OF SEXUAL SERVICES BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF
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Canada’s newly proposed prostitution legislation that some hoped would address the health and safety of sex workers will actually do the opposite, says a Red Deer prostitute. “I saw on Twitter this morning that everyone is calling this the new Pickton legislation. You will be standing out on the street because that’s your only option if you want to be a sex worker,” said Eden, in reference to serial killer Robert Pickton who liked to target prostitutes in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Last December, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down three anti-prostitution laws that prohibited brothels; living on the avails of prostitution; and communicating in public with clients saying they unduly increased the risk to sex workers and infringed on their constitutional rights. The new legislation announced Wednesday would criminalize the purchase of sexual services and communicating in any place for that purpose; receiving a financial or material benefit from the prostitution of others; advertising the sale of sexual services in print media or on the Internet; and communicating for the purpose selling sexual services in public places where a child could reasonably be expected to be present. Eden said she would really love to have a licensed brothel, a safe, private place for girls and clients. But the new legislation would mean workers will all have to go underground. “You don’t get to advertise. You don’t get to do any reference checks. You can’t talk to anybody. You’re on your own and you better be careful,” Eden said. Jennifer Vanderschaeghe, executive director of the Central Alberta AIDS Network Society, agreed that
criminalizing men who hire prostitutes will increase the vulnerability of sex workers and decrease their ability to negotiate safer sex. “Because you can’t have that conversation in a public place, you can’t negotiate those terms in a calm and easy way because the johns are at risk of being arrested,” Vanderschaeghe said. She was not sure if security for sex workers, who often double as their drivers, would be seen as benefitting from prostitution. The Conservative government sees the majority of sex workers as victims forced into selling their bodies due to things like violence and human trafficking. “Violence, coercion, rape, stealing, blackmail, child porn, child prostitution, kidnapping, murder and slavery are already illegal in Canada. Talking about this legislation helping with kidnapping or trafficking or exploitation — there are already laws on the books,” Vanderschaeghe said. Bill C36 will criminalize sex work and won’t be helpful to the men and women and transgendered sex workers in Central Alberta, she said. “Sex workers are still going to engage in this livelihood and making it more complex does not help sex workers.” But she does like the government’s proposal to put $20 million towards helping sex workers leave the business, and the opportunity the bill has created to talk about the health and safety of sex workers. “It’s probably time in Central Alberta to have a conversation about what we have for services for sex workers and how to make them better and to provide services to sex workers that they would find helpful.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
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Jordan Parker and his family who live near Alix, experienced a strong windstorm that caused some minor damage to their home and blew a trampoline more than 150 metres away.
Funnel cloud spotted near Alix BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Jordan Parker got an uncomfortably close look at nature’s fury on Wednesday — and has the video to prove it. Parker was at home with his parents and two brothers a few kilometres southwest of Alix on Wednesday evening when the winds started to pick up dramatically about 7:30 p.m. “My parents were outside gardening and I was just watching this storm come in,” said the 21-year-old, who caught some of the action on video. “I was watching from my deck and then I just saw a whole bunch of dust flying in the air just across the highway from us.” He yelled to his parents and brother that they better head indoors. “They just turned and looked and starting running. The next thing you know we just saw this twister touch down on the ground on the grass just across the field from us.” The whole family headed into the basement to wait out the storm, which was at its peak for about 10 minutes. They could hear windows rattling upstairs. “There was just a lot of wind.”
When it died they came out to check the damage. Shingles had been ripped from the roof and fascia torn off. Even more impressively, a five-metre trampoline had been picked up and blown more than 150 metres across the yard into a line of trees. A wooden staircase that was next to it was also tossed across the yard. Parker, 21, said the family is used to wild weather. “We live on a hill and so we get some pretty bad windstorms but nothing like that,” he said. “We’ve never had our trampoline blow away like that before.” There actually appeared to be two twisters in the area at the same time, but one was hidden by the sun glare and he couldn’t get a good shot of it. Environment Canada meteorologist Bill McMurtry said there were no reports called in of funnel clouds in the area on Wednesday and nothing appeared on radar. But that doesn’t mean they didn’t happen, he added. The cold front that blew in can produce extremely strong winds, downdrafts, and even twisters. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
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Stepdaughter has no ambition Dear Annie: My adult stepdaughter doesn’t want to work. Her main goal in life is to drink, smoke pot and pass out naked on the beach. She inherited two family homes and essentially threw them away by not paying the mortgages and having parties with the money she collected as rent. This woman falls off the face of the Earth until she needs something. Her father and I are just getting our finances back on track after a series of layoffs. She had no idea we had moved out of state for new jobs. My husband is retired now, and we absolutely cannot afford to house a 43-year-old MITCHELL woman. & SUGAR This girl needs some serious help. When my grandmother became too drunk to manage her own affairs, we put her in a rest home. Could we do this with my stepdaughter?— No Drama, Please Dear Drama: Not without her consent or a court order saying she is incompetent. We doubt you’d get either. We assume this woman doesn’t have a job, but she is still your husband’s daughter. Is he willing to cut her off financially? Would she listen to him if he offered advice or suggested job counseling? We don’t recommend you let this woman land on your doorstep. She has to understand that there are consequences to her irresponsible behavior. Still, you cannot do much without Dad’s backing. And if Dad enables her profligate behavior in any way, it only prolongs the end result. Dear Annie: Everyone at our YMCA is friendly. We smile and say hello, even if we are not wellacquainted. The exception is a young man who started coming a few months ago. He always has a scowl on his face. Whenever anyone says “hello,” he turns away without responding.
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Municipal Planning Commission Decision On May 28, 2014, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decision for development permit applications:
City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw by rezoning two PS –Public Service (Institutional or Governmental) District lots along Viscount Drive to R1G Residential (Small Lot), a total of 770m2 (8,288 sq.ft.) of land, in Laredo, Lancaster Vanier/East Neighbourhood. The rezoning is required to facilitate residential development of the lots. Proposed Amendment to Land Use Bylaw 3357/2006
Permitted Use Approval: Mountview
City Property Assessors Conduct Annual Inspections City of Red Deer property assessors are out doing property inspections for information required to complete the 2014 annual assessment. Assessors may knock on your door for any of the following reasons: • to assess new construction, newly renovated homes, or building permit inquiry; • to re-inspect property that has sold; or, • to do a general re-assessment of a neighborhood or property type.
580297 Alberta Ltd. – development of a single family dwelling with an attached garage and deck, with a site coverage of 421.7m2, (a 25.82m2 (6.5%) relaxation), and a 1.21 m side yard (a 0.21 m (14.0% relaxation), to be located at 3736 44 Avenue. You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on June 20, 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 403-342-8132.
If residents are not home and more information is required, the assessor will leave a callback card so you can call the assessor to set up a mutually agreed upon appointment. If you should have questions about your property assessment, please call 403-342-8126 for more information.
Development Officer Approvals On June 3, 2014, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications:
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1. Keddie Architecture Inc. – an exterior elevation upgrade and site redevelopment to the existing commercial development, located at 2119-50 Avenue. Garden Heights
4. B. Dhillon – a 0.1 metre relaxation to the distance from the doors to the lane, to an existing detached garage, located at 116 Kendrew Drive. 5. Snell & Oslund Surveys Ltd. – a 1.55 metre relaxation to the distance from the doors to the lane, to an existing detached garage, located at 44 Keen Crescent. Oriole Park 6. Compass Geomatics Ltd. – a 1.41 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard to an existing deck, located at 18 Odell Green.
Proposed Amendment Map: 4 / 2014 Bylaw: 3357 / G-2014 Date: Apr 7, 2014
The following roads will be closed each Wednesday to accommodate the Downtown Market. Road closures will be in effect from 2:30pm to 8:30pm.
City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, June 23, 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 13, 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.
50 Avenue (Little Gaetz) from Ross Street to 48 Street Barricades will be set up to close the road; roadway will be pedestrian only. For further information please contact Public Works at 403-342-8238. Thank you for your cooperation.
Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/H-2014 Queens Business Park
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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.
2. M. Davies & R. Wollen – a 0.4 metre relaxation to the maximum height of a proposed detached garage, to be located at 159 Garrison Circle. 3. T. Gagne & N. Wood - a 0.58 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to a proposed addition to an existing deck, located at 29 Jenkins Drive.
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City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to incorporate an II-Light Industrial Business Service with an Eco Industrial Overlay District, in the Queens Business Park. The proposed amendment will implement the eco-industrial vision set out in the West QE2 Major Area Structure Plan, by incorporating eco-industrial uses and design elements into the Land Use Bylaw, by way of an Overlay District. An eco-industrial park is where companies pursue economic and environmental sustainability through collaboration with other businesses within the park and undertake eco-friendly site development. By locating in a recognized eco-industrial park, businesses are also acknowledged for valuing environmental sustainability.
Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/I-2014 Timberstone Park Neighbourhood City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw by rezoning approximately 4.41 hectares (10.90 acres) of land from A1-Future Urban Development District to R1-Residential (Low Density) District and P1 – Parks and Recreation District, located in the SW ¼ Sec 23; 38-27-W4M, Timberstone Park Neighbourhood. The rezoning is required to facilitate subdivision and development of Phase 6 of Timberstone Park.
Proposed Amendment to Land Use Bylaw 3357/2006
Proposed Amendment to Land Use Bylaw 3357/2006
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Timberlands 11. Aura Homes – a new, two bedroom secondary suite, with a separate entrance at the rear, to be located within a proposed single family dwelling, to be located at 121 Turner Crescent.
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.
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City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, June 23, 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 13, 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.
12. Berry Architecture & Associates – a 114.6m2 modular classroom addition to the West Park Elementary School, located at 3814-55 Avenue. 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 20, 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 403-342-8399.
Affected District: A1 - Future Urban Development District
Proposed Amendment Map: 6 / 2014 Bylaw: 3357 / I-2014 Date: Apr 7, 2014
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 23, 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 13, 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.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014
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Designers Malorie Urbanovitch, centre right, and Cecile Raizonville of Matiere Noire, centre left, stand on the runway after their shared first place in the Mercedes-Benz Start Up National Final show during Toronto Fashion Week in Toronto, Tuesday October 22, 2013.
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Rihanna, in fishnet and crystals, is anointed a fashion icon NEW YORK — Fashion rules are made to be broken, Rihanna told a glittering crowd of fashion industry leaders on Monday, and her outfit dramatically conveyed that message: a sheer fishnet gown, sparkling with thousands of embedded crystals, that left little underneath to the imagination. The singer cemented her role as a fashion luminary by receiving the 2014 Fashion Icon Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Her trophy was presented by Anna Wintour, the powerful Vogue editor, who said that with Rihanna, “the point is to be audacious — even jaw-dropping or buttonpushing.” Accepting the award, Rihanna spoke of her origins in Barbados, where “I didn’t have a lot of access to fashion.” But, she said: “Fashion has always been my defence mechanism.” Even as a child, she told the crowd, she used to think: “She can beat me, but she can’t beat my outfit.” “I can compensate for all my weaknesses with my fashion,” she said, adding: “There are rules, but rules are meant to be broken.” Also honoured at the annual CFDA ceremony at Lincoln Center were a number of top designers. Joseph Altuzarra won the womenswear award, and the menswear prize went to Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, the duo behind the Public School label. Sisters Ashley Olsen and MaryKate Olsen of The Row won the accessories award. The international award went to Raf Simons of Dior, and the CFDA lifetime achievement award went to designer Tom Ford, who quipped that he hoped
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Rihanna arrives at the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards, on Monday, in New York. it didn’t spell the end of his career. “Please have me back in another 25 years,” Ford joked. “I promise I’ll wear a toupee and walk with a cane.” An emotional high point of the ceremony was the bestowing of the prestigious Founders Award to Bethann Hardison, a former model and modeling agent who has been a vocal champion for diversity on runways. She was introduced by model Naomi Campbell, who choked up when she described her admiration for Hardison. When Hardison came onstage to accept her trophy, so did 16 models of colour, standing behind her and smiling. She spoke passionately of the need for diverse runways — “just let them model,” she said — and added that things were improving throughout the industry on that score. The annual CFDA show, hosted this year by director and screenwriter John Waters, always draws a mix of fashion insiders and Hollywood.
CIVIL PROJECT MANAGER / ESTIMATOR We are a growing construction company that requires an Additional Civil Project Estimator/Manager for our office located in Blackfalds. 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.
Please note: Travel and out of town work is a requirement for this position. The successful candidate must possess a valid driver’s license, suitable transportation for this position, and be willing to work throughout Alberta. Please forward your resume to: 6780 – 76th Street, Red Deer, AB T4P 4G6 Fax: (403) 343-2648 • E-mail: hr@camdon.ca No phone calls please. Please quote competition 140106 when replying. This competition will remain open until suitable candidates are found. This competition may also be used to fill future vacancies. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those under consideration will be contacted. Note: Camdon is a drug and alcohol testing company.
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SERVICE RIGS Drillers • Derrickhands • Floorhands CASA Energy Services is emerging as an innovative and engaging company in the Oil and Gas Industry. We allow for cross divisional training, and promote advancement opportunities for individuals that show dedication, determination, and dignity in their work. CASA Energy Services offers competitive wages/salaries and works off an industry leading job bonus structure in addition to CAODC recommended wage schedules. CASA Energy Services believes strongly in taking care of their employees and offers an excellent benefit package.
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A national contest for emerging designers is providing an added cash bonus for the winner. Organizers of Mercedes-Benz Start Up have announced that they will award a $30,000 bursary to the winning designer. The funds will be administered by a mentoring team who will guide and support the designer’s vision to help make sure that the funds are used “most equitably,” according to a release issued on Tuesday. “While the mentoring of designers in order to teach them how to establish long-term sustainable business remains the main goal of MBSU, the new additional monetary award makes it possible for us to give designers much needed financial support, while also teaching them how to spend their money wisely,” Jarrad Clark, vice-president and global creative director of IMG Fashion Events and Properties, said in a statement. As in previous years, the winning designer will also receive a fully produced runway show during Toronto’s World MasterCard Fashion Week next March. This will mark the fourth year in the nationwide search for Canada’s up-and-coming fashion talents. The search will kick off this summer with a threecity tour: Victoria on Aug. 12-13, Gatineau, Que., on Aug. 18-19 and Burlington, Ont., on Aug. 20-21. This semi-final phase will produce six designers who will then participate in the national finale at World MasterCard Fashion Week in October. To be eligible to participate, designers must have a registered Canadian business that has been operating for less than five years. Deadline for applications is July 14.
SITE SUPERINTENDENT FULL TIME MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR (Innisfail) Wonderful, modern, Innisfail, Alberta seniors home is in need of a people-friendly “handyperson” to coordinate internal maintenance staff and external contractors. Duties: Performing routine maintenance jobs and repairs including troubleshooting on heating, cooling, ventilation systems; minor repairs to plumbing, electrical, appliances, & furniture. Handle minor painting, repairing drywall, and building upkeep. Provide oversight of outside contracted repair companies, snow removal. Preference will be given to candidates with previous institutional maintenance experience. Position Requirements: - Must comply with Alberta Health Services regulations, policies and procedures. - Must comply with Alberta OH&S Act, regulation and code. - Must work co-operatively with Management, staff and other Departments. - Must be able to work in physically demanding environments. - Must be physically fit and able to lift heavy objects. - May be required to respond to un-scheduled call back and/or scheduled overtime, on call Additional Skills: - Ability to work independently with minimum supervision. - Ability to identify and prioritize facility maintenance needs. - Ability to communicate effectively with clients/staff in a Patient care setting. - Competent with computer use and Windows Office Suite software. - Must have good trouble shooting and analytical skills. Job provides health benefits , competitive pay, and a positive working environment. Apply with resume to greatjobs@chantellegroup.com or fax to 604-888-8902. 47167F6,7
Camdon Construction is looking for a local SITE SUPERINTENDENT to join our team in Red Deer, AB and surrounding areas. Camdon Construction is a leading design-build/construction management firm whose head office is located in Red Deer, AB with satisfied Clients throughout the province. We have an outstanding team of professionals and are looking for more to join the team in Red Deer and the surrounding area. Camdon offers a competitive compensation package, excellent vehicle re-imbursement, a comprehensive benefits package including profit sharing, group RRSP and health plan benefits. The successful candidate will be located in Red Deer or the surrounding area. Preference will be given to a journeyman carpenter who demonstrates experience in the areas of commercial and light industrial construction. You will be responsible for the on-site coordination of resources and manpower. The Candidate must have strong communication skills, be an advocate of job site safety, ability to motivate others, be capable of tracking job schedules and accurate budgeting. Some computer work may also be required. Please forward your resume in strict confidence quoting competition 140302 to: 6780 – 76 Street Red Deer, AB T4P 4G6 Fax: (403) 343-2648 E-mail: hr@camdon.ca No phone calls please. We wish to thank all applicants, however only those under consideration will be contacted. 50785F6,7 Note: Camdon is a drug and alcohol testing company.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014 BETTER GALAXY MODELING This image provided by the Illustris Collaboration in May 2014 shows dark matter density overlaid with the gas velocity field in a simulation of the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang. The new computer simulation that reproduces features — such as galaxy distribution and composition — more accurately than previous ones is described in the May 8, 2014 issue of the journal Nature. Previous attempts have broadly reproduced the web of galaxies, but failed to create mixed populations of galaxies or predict gas and metal content. The new model correctly predicts characteristics described in observational studies, and represents a considerable step forward in modeling galaxy formation. Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yard Sale Join us for the 2nd Annual Community Yard Sale and BBQ at Red Deer Funeral Home. Event proceeds, including table fees ($10/table), food sales and “staff table” items , will go to the Red Deer Christmas Bureau. Donations are gratefully accepted (please no clothing).
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WASHINGTON — The United States is warming fastest at two of its corners, in the Northeast and the Southwest, an analysis of federal temperature records shows. Northeastern states — led by Maine and Vermont — have gotten the hottest in the last 30 years in annual temperature, gaining 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit (1.4 degrees Celsius) on average. But Southwestern states have heated up the most in the hottest months: The average New Mexico summer is 3.4 degrees Fahrenheit (1.8 C) warmer now than in 1984; in Texas, the summer days are 2.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 C) hotter. The contiguous United States’ annual average temperature has warmed by 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit (0.7 C) since 1984. But that doesn’t really tell you how hot it’s gotten for most Americans. While man-made greenhouse gases warm the world as a whole, weather is supremely local. Some areas have gotten hotter than others because of atmospheric factors and randomness, climate scientists say. “In the United States, it isn’t warming equally,” said Kelly Redmond, climatologist at the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno, Nevada. “Be careful about extrapolating from your own backyard to the globe.” For example, while people in the East and Midwest were complaining about a cold winter this year, Redmond’s Nevada and neighbouring California were having some of their warmest winter months ever. To determine what parts of the country have warmed the most, The Associated Press analyzed National Climatic Data Center temperature trends in the lower 48 states, 192 cities and 344 smaller regions within the states. Climate scientists suggested 1984 as a starting date because 30 years is a commonly used time period and 1984, which had an average temperature, is not a cherrypicked year to skew a trend either way. The trend was calculated by the NCDC using the least squares regression method, which is a standard statistical tool. All but one of the lower 48 states have warmed since 1984. North Dakota is the lone outlier, and cooled slightly.
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Brain protein may be cause of high rates of depression IN PERIMENOPAUSE TORONTO — A new study suggests that elevated levels of a specific brain protein may explain why so many women experience depression during perimenopause. The work, led by Toronto scientist Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, concludes that high levels of a chemical called monoamine oxidase A, or MAO-A, may be to blame. The protein is known to break down other brain chemicals such as serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine which help to maintain normal mood. Rates of depression in women in perimenopause — the period leading up to menopause — are unusually high. In fact, previous studies have suggested that first-time depressions in women in this period of life reach 16 to 17 per cent and a similar percentage of women develop milder depressive symptoms. This study, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, was conducted by an international team of scientists led by Meyer. Meyer is the head of the neurochemical imaging program in mood disorders at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He says he got the idea to study the potential role of MAO-A in perimenopause depression because of clinical work he does at the centre. “I work in a mood disorders clinic one day a week outside of my research,” says Meyer, who holds a Canada Research Chair in the neurochemistry of major depression. “And what is striking is that about a third of the people who come through for concerns about having clinical depression are women in this age range. So they’re disproportionately represented in the mood clinics.” A common characteristic of women going through perimenopause is the propensity to cry easily. And that too is associated with high levels of MAOA in the prefrontal cortex, the front of
the brain. Levels of MAO-A in the brain are known to rise as levels of estrogen drop — which happens during perimenopause. Meyer says that the fluctuation of estrogen at this time of life is five-fold greater than earlier in life. He and his co-authors used positron emission tomography, or PET scans, to image the brains of 58 healthy women — 19 of reproductive age, 27 in perimenopause and 12 who had gone through menopause. They found that on average the perimenopausal women had 34 per cent more MAO-A present in their brains than the younger women and 16 per cent more than the women who had gone through menopause. This type of study cannot prove cause and effect. It can only note an association between perimenopause and increased levels of this brain chemical. But earlier work by Meyer has linked high levels of MAO-A to major depressive disorder, depressed mood related to alcohol dependence and smoking cessation and post-partum depression. Meyer says there is already an anti-depressant on the market — moclobemide or Manerix — that specifically targets production of MAO-A. Based on these results, he says, it would make sense to study it in perimenopausal women suffering from depression to see if it should be the drug option of choice for this group. But he is currently working on studying the effect of a supplement combination that could potentially stave off excess MAO-A production, thereby potentially preventing the onset of depression in women going through perimenopause. Financial support for the research came from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation.
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Toronto scientist Dr. Jeffrey Meyer. A new study suggests that a brain protein associated with depression may explain why so many women experience depression during perimenopause.
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Singer pens tune in honour of hit-andrun victim BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF
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Talent manager Shep Gordon, left, and actor and director Mike Myers, right, attend a screening of Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in New York.
Myers makes directorial debut with juicy doc BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — On his last day of high school, Mike Myers was accepted to York University’s film program and — being a self-described “pseudo-intellectual punk-rocker” — the man who would eventually go on to create some of the silliest characters in recent film history knew instantly what he wanted to make: serious-minded documentary. Sure, the actor who would later create the outsized goofballs of Wayne’s World, Austin Powers and Shrek always loved comedy, but at that time he was more inspired by realistic drama like Goin’ Down the Road and such innovative docs as F for Fake and Medium Cool. And his debut as a documentary filmmaker might have indeed happened sooner if not for one thing: the stubbornness of his dream subject, genial showbiz impresario Shep Gordon. Myers met Gordon on the set of Wayne’s World in 1991, when they negotiated which tune by Alice Cooper — a Gordon client — would be included in the film. Soon after, Myers was on vacation in Hawaii when Gordon invited him to a luau he was throwing that would be attended by the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Far from a party-hopping Hollywood sort — “I’d been to maybe two parties where there’s huge stars,” says the actor — Myers was instead struck by his host, who was “compassionate and generous” and seemingly in possession of a limitless trove of jawdropping Hollywood anecdotes. “At that moment I said to him, ‘Can I do a film about you?’ And he just said: ‘Uhh . . . No.”’ Myers recalled with a laugh, exactly mimicking Gordon’s voice, in a telephone interview this week. “I just kept asking for 20 years.”
Eventually, Gordon relented and allowed Myers to craft Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, which hits Canadian theatres on Friday. Gordon’s tale is, to say the least, unlikely. After growing up in Long Island and attending the University of Buffalo, he wound up hanging out at Hollywood’s Landmark Motor Hotel as a 21-year-old who fortuitously was punched in the face by Janis Joplin — thus marking his strange entrypoint into a social circle that also included Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. Little more than a drug dealer at the time, Gordon thought he’d provide a legitimate front for his activities by managing Alice Cooper, an unruly and unpolished band that had rode a series of splashy stunts to local infamy but little more. Gordon would help bring worldwide fame to Cooper — the band and its lead singer, who would take that name as his own — while building an impressive list of clients that included Anne Murray, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Emeril Lagasse (in fact, Gordon is feted in the film for essentially inventing the celebrity chef concept). Described by Myers as a “perfect combination of Brian Epstein, Marshall McLuhan and Mr. Magoo,” Gordon bore a seemingly limitless capacity for sex and drugs, and it’s thus unsurprising that celeb interviewees including Michael Douglas, Stallone and Tom Arnold provided more outrageous anecdotes than Myers could possibly cram into a 90-minute film. “There were so many fantastic stories that my joke was that there would be a companion piece called Honourable Mensch,” said Myers, inspiring peals of laughter from Gordon, who dialled into the call from Maui.
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A Red Deer singer/songwriter is selling copies of a song she wrote about a young longboarder who was recently killed in a highway collision to raise funds for a new skateboard park in his memory, planned for Springbrook. The melody came to Corina Malley about a week before she could think of any lyrics to go with it. But as soon as Malley heard that her friend’s son, Trystan (Tito) Sorensen, was killed in a hit-and-run on May 20 while riding his longboard near Penhold, she said, “the words came pouring out.” The result is a heartfelt Corina Malley song called My Little Boy that Malley wrote about Trystan’s close relationship with his mother, Amy Sorensen. She recently performed the tune at Trystan’s celebration of life ceremony. Malley also recorded it in Red Deer with the help of local producer Carl Stretton, and said it will be available in two formats starting next week. She is selling an MP3 version of the fundraising song for $20. It will also be available as a one-track CD with a cover signed by Malley for $25. Proceeds from both will go towards the skateboard park project As a mother of three, Malley said she has great empathy for what Amy must be going through, to lose an 18-year-old son in such a tragic way. Malley said she had known the Sorensen family for years and used to help drive Trystan, who was disabled, to various therapies when he was younger. She likes the idea of having a skateboard park named in Trystan’s memory. Springbrook also needs such a facility to keep young skateboarders and longboarders from having to use rural highways — it’s a matter of safety, said Malley. The Red Deer singer and pianist has had to surmount many personal challenges over the years. Malley, who once weighed about 350 lbs, now weighs less than half of that, and has gained the selfconfidence to perform in front of live audiences. She has been a regular entertainer at various clubs around Red Deer. Malley will next perform on Wednesday, June 11, at the International Beer Haus, and on Thursday, June 12, at Fratters Speakeasy, and her fundraising song can be purchased at both venues after her performances. Anyone interested can also email Malley at cment@hotmail.ca or call her at 403-872-5974. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com
MacFarlane western a gross-out Gunsmoke A Million Ways to Die in the West 2 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A There may indeed be A Million Ways to Die in the West, as the title of Seth MacFarlane’s parody western asserts. But there’s just one path to his infantile humour. It starts from a clever brain that ceased emotional development at age 12 and winds its way through to the orifice that emits the rudest noises and effluence. This is the curious thing about MacFarlane. He knows how to make people laugh, as demonstrated in his Family Guy TV series, his movie smash Ted and in sporadic PETER moments of his gig hosting the HOWELL Oscars last year. Yet he’s afraid to stray from knuckle-dragging comedy, being obsessed with jokes about farts, diarrhea and genitals that splat more often than they zing. And if they don’t work the first time, he’ll try and try again. A Million Ways to Die in the West is a gross-out Gunsmoke, with MacFarlane directing an old-timey facsimile of his modern self in the lead role of Albert, a cowardly sheep herder in the Arizona of 1882. Albert can’t abide the mindless brutality, appalling hygiene and constant danger of life in Old Stump, the tumbleweed town he reluctantly calls home: “Everything out here that’s not you wants to kill you.” He gets no comfort or love from his girlfriend Louise (Amanda Seyfried), who breaks his heart by dumping him for moustachioed playboy Foy (the reliably funny Neil Patrick Harris). Albert recklessly challenges Foy to a gunfight a week hence, even though the hapless sheep minder literally can’t shoot to save his life. Enter Anna, played by Charlize Theron, a regular Annie Oakley who takes a shine to Albert and wants to show him how to cock his pistol. She neglects to tell him that she’s married to the outlaw Clinch Leatherwood (Liam Neeson), an infamous and jealous gunslinger who regularly contributes to that million-ways body count. What should be an ensemble comedy is more of a showcase for MacFarlane, who also co-writes and
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Seth MacFarlane, right, is often upstaged in his role as the hapless sheep herder Albert by his co-stars, including the reliably funny Neil Patrick Harris, left, who plays the moustachioed playboy Foy. takes production and music credits. Your mileage may vary depending on your enthusiasm for his smirking frat-boy comedy. This is MacFarlane’s first live-action lead role (he voiced the potty-mouthed bear in Ted) and for my money he’s simply not great at being the leading man, coming off as more obnoxious than straight-up funny. He’s outclassed by Charlize Theron, who shows off her comedy chops in a surprisingly big way and generally seems to be enjoying herself. MacFarlane deserve some credit for allowing Theron to upstage him, sometimes just with a knowing look. Maybe it’s his way of paying her back for mentioning her in his tasteless We Saw Your Boobs song at the Oscars. The movie’s best lines are typically one-liners that rarely come from the lips of MacFarlane, who frequently oversells a joke when he isn’t merely spouting obscenities. His running gag about how people never smile in old-fashioned photographs might have seemed hilarious on paper but it certainly isn’t on the screen.
Ditto the overdone sideshow of Sarah Silverman’s energetic town prostitute bonding with Giovanni Ribisi’s bible-thumping virginal shoemaker. Is it possible to overthink moronic humour? MacFarlane certainly seems to embrace this contradiction. He shows impeccable taste in how his movie looks (his DOP Michael Barrett makes Monument Valley a locale to die for) and also how it sounds. Yet the screenplay he penned with Family Guy/Ted hands Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild is slapdash at best. If MacFarlane had spent as much time crafting jokes as he did writing the lyrics for the amusing title tune (sung by country ace Alan Jackson) and the catchy mid-film number The Mustache Song, A Million Ways to Die in the West would have been a much better movie. Given his knack for singing — the guy truly is multi-talented — MacFarlane might have done better with following the musical comedy example of Paint Your Wagon rather than the slapstick of Mel Brooks for his western swing.
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Lorna Morello (Yael Stone) and Nichols (Natasha Lyonne) in a scene from the second season of Orange Is the New Black.
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Piper Chapman, the fictional inmate at the center of Jenji Kohan’s magnificently layered and wickedly seamy Netflix dramedy Orange Is the New Black, has been sent to one of the Litchfield women’s correctional facility’s solitary confinement cells, a.k.a. “the SHU” (Special Housing Unit), after giving another inmate a good pummeling at the end of the series’ first season. There she’s been losing her grip and using her breakfast goop to brush nature paintings on the walls. The solitude is a good opportunity to think about what got her (and us) to this point. Since entering prison as a fragile and fallen Mary Sunshine from gentrified Brooklyn who was busted on a decade-old trafficking charge, Chapman (inmates never go by their first names) has been slowly discovering her inner thug. The show’s second season, which begins streaming on Netflix on Friday, strongly suggests that the woman formerly known as Piper is perhaps exactly where she belongs. This is home now. In terms of character and ambitious writing and acting, Orange Is the New Black is certainly one of the best shows going, however you choose to watch it — whether by parceling out an episode every few nights and making it last into the summer (that’s what I’d recommend) or gorging on all 13 new episodes over a weekend (in which case, knock yourself out). The show is often nasty and sometimes distastefully cruel to its characters, but it also easily forges a deep and authentic emotional connection to the viewer. There are frequent reminders that it’s as much of a dark comedy as it is a social study. In one of the new episodes, there is protracted debate about the location of the urethra in relation to the vagina — a matter definitively settled by Burset, a transgendered inmate (played by Laverne Cox) — and a competition between two lesbian inmates, Big Boo and Nichols (Lea DeLaria and Natasha Lyonne) to see who can seduce the largest number of inmates, with a special emphasis on orgasm. I sometimes like to imagine the male-centric world of TV showrunners, producers, writers and even critics getting lightheaded and passing out while they watch the show. On a not-so-subliminal level, Orange is asking us to consider all the deplorable, despicable male TV characters we’ve embraced over the years and, in turn, demonstrate a similarly complex empathy for the women doing time at Litchfield. The show continues to clearly demonstrate that writing strong roles for women — and lots of them — is not the artistically elusive problem it’s been made out to be; a network simply has to want to do it. It’s also easy to praise the show for the way it acquaints us with the rituals and degradations of the modern American penal system. I’ll leave it to prison reform advocates and former inmates to judge the relative precision of Orange Is the New Black’s details, but, as a television series based on a bestselling memoir, it certainly passes my sniff test: do you watch it and feel like you’ve gone to prison? Yes.
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The real treasure in Orange Is the New Black are the flashback scenes in which we learn the personal stories of individual characters — the details they keep most private . . . . And is it interesting? Always. Fans of Kohan’s underappreciated Showtime series Weeds, a cross-country saga about a widowed mom who became a drug dealer, already know that the creator is determined to push her characters as far as they can go, even if they are literally confined. Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling, whose performance has evolved along with her character into something appreciably tougher than the noob she began as) is handcuffed and taken away from Litchfield, put on a bus and then a plane full of inmates from other facilities, in a manner that bears a striking resemblance to the ways that Weeds would veer in an all-new direction with each season. I won’t spoil it by saying where she’s sent (or why), except to say that the new place makes Litchfield look like summer camp. With Chapman out, it’s even more apparent how attached we’ve grown to Orange’s general population. Dethroned from her contraband empire as the head cook in the cafeteria, the resourceful Russian (Kate Mulgrew as Red) begins meticulously scheming anew, while the Latina inmates, led by Mendoza (Selenis Leyva), assert their power as the new kitchen crew. Race is a more central theme in this season’s first six episodes, as one of Litchfield’s ex-cons, Vee (Lorraine Toussaint, a new cast member) begins insidiously sowing unrest among the black inmates. The real treasure in Orange Is the New Black are the flashback scenes in which we learn the personal stories of individual characters — the details they keep most private, about who they were before prison and what crimes brought them here. Among others this go-around, we learn more about two favorite characters — Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren (Uzo Aduba) and Lorna Morello (Yael Stone). That pastpresent narrative structure has been done before (and sometimes done to death), but in Orange Is the New Black it never fails to offer a wealth of information that humanizes the whole endeavor. Long after running through all the episodes, you find yourself still thinking about these women. “It’s so interesting, all these lives,” says a corrections officer (Lauren Lapkus) who has taken to eavesdropping on their phone calls, which are recorded. “It’s like reading Dickens.” This could possibly be a classically subtle Kohan jab at all those critics who compared HBO’s The Wire to sprawling 19th-century literature. But in the case of Orange Is the New Black, it also rings quite true. Orange Is the New Black (Season 2; 13 episodes) begins streaming today on Netflix.
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Chapman has been slowly discovering her inner thug at Litchfield. The second season of Orange Is the New Black strongly suggests that the woman formerly known as Piper is perhaps exactly where she belongs.
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Myers knew that would be the case going in. He recalls many evenings in Hawaii when he would persuade Gordon to stay up a little later — “he goes to bed insanely early,” Myers notes — to tell another story. Not that Gordon ‘IT’S minded. “He loved hearing EMBARRASSING my stories and I love A LITTLE BIT telling my stories — FOR ME TO SEE and I don’t usually have an audience,” MYSELF ON THE Gordon said. “I’ve had this Forrest Gump-ri- SCREEN, TO THINK diculous life of great ABOUT TAKING moments.” 90 MINUTES OF Not all such moments were flattering, A PERSON’S LIFE, but Gordon made no LOOKING AT ME.’ effort to omit potentially embarrassing — SHEP GORDON passages from the film (“there were parts of the movie that were a little difficult for me to watch, but they’re real,” he said). In fact, the entire film wasn’t necessarily an easy experience to sit through for Gordon. After basing his life around celebrating and inspiring the success of others, the spotlight wasn’t a comfortable fit. “It’s embarrassing a little bit for me to see myself on the screen, to think about taking 90 minutes of a person’s life, looking at me. That’s not what I ever envisioned my role on the planet was,” he said. “But I see the reaction of the people after the movie . . . and it’s really touching people in such a deep and poignant way towards the good, rather than the dark. And I’m proud to be part of it.” Myers, too, ventured out of his comfort zone here to an extent. And yet, while Supermensch marks the 51-yearold’s formal directorial debut, the Emmy winner wrote every instalment of Austin Powers and Wayne’s World and, given his notoriously meticulous nature, might have been more involved in those productions than your average film star. He certainly still had much to learn — “the art of documentary filmmaking has been something that I’ve held in unbelievably high and warm regard,” he notes — but said the divisions between roles onset have been fluid even as far back as his days on Saturday Night Live. “One of the great things about working with Lorne Michaels is if you write your material, you have to produce your material,” said Myers, whose wife recently gave birth to the couple’s second child. “On a comedy, you end up being a stunt co-ordinator of the comedic sequences . . . . There’s a thousand ways to shoot any given comedy or action sequence, and so you’re always part of that team. “That’s a tradition that Lorne Michaels believes firmly in . . . . I thought I was going to be a director anyways and the great tutelage of Lorne Michaels is that you’re forced to be part of the mise-en-scene and all of it.” Still, says Myers, Supermensch should not be viewed as a professional precursor. He was primarily motivated by his adoration of Gordon, which comes through clearly even during this interview. After Myers digresses into his love of Toronto — “one of the great joys of living in Toronto,” says Myers, who indeed still lives here, “is how many cinemas there are per capita” — Gordon traces his own long history with the city. He was the one who brought the live chicken that was famously torn apart during a Cooper gig here, and he helped open up a clothing store around 1970 — complete with seethrough phone booth changerooms — but “the city got rid of us very fast.” Laughing all the while in the background, Myers marvels: “This is my first time hearing this.” In one of his own interview segments in the film, Myers calls Gordon the nicest person he’s ever met — a sentiment echoed by several other interviewees. So speaking now, Myers was certain to shift focus from his behind-the-camera debut back to his reluctant star. “I have such respect for documentarians. I’m honoured that the movie got distributed. That’s my personal artistic part of it, as an artist,” he said.
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Another humorous read from Fallis PEGGY FREEMAN
I constantly search for stories told in a humorous way; the last such book, reviewed here happens to have been written by Terry Fallis. And here we are again! Is no one else in Canada writing humour? The Best Laid Plans by this author was about the reluctant Liberal who ran for Parliament in the West and won, though he was assured he would lose. Then came Up and Down, in which a contest was held across Canada and the U.S. to choose two candidates, one from each country to go into space. Both of these books were an oasis in the desert of light-hearted reading. Often there is a tendency for “funny” books to rely on smut and rudeness. Now we have No Relation. It is the story of a wanna-be writer who has the unfortunate name of Earnest Hemmingway, and as if that isn’t enough of a handicap, he is also “blocked” at Chapter 12 of his novel.
As if that isn’t enough for one guy to live with, he loses his wallet on the Subway, and then gets fired from his job. How difficult would it be, do you imagine, to attain a new driver’s licence in the name of Earnest Hemmingway, when you have no ID? And did I tell you that his girlfriend has just left him? The saving grace here is that our hero (known to his friends as “Hem”) receives a generous severance from his company. Hem has in fact always been reasonably flush because daddy owns “Hemmingwear,” a large manufacturer of men’s underwear. The company has been in the family for several generations, Hem’s father is Earnest Hemmingway the third, referred to here as EM3 and, our hero is EM4. It is expected that he will one day join the company, an idea extremely unappealing to Hem. So how do you live with such a name, even if it is spelled differently than the other Ernest Heming-
Burton plans to take Reading Rainbow even further BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Overjoyed, ecstatic. These words could be used to describe LeVar Burton’s current emotions, inefficient and near nondescriptive as they may be in comparison to the star’s real feelings in light of the success of his Kickstarter campaign to bring back the popular reading show “Reading Rainbow” as a digital app. “It’s still a bit overwhelming because it’s so unexpected. It’s just so unexpected,” Burton said, laughing gleefully while talking about the campaign that made $1 million — its initial goal — within 24 hours of launching, blowing everyone away with its success. “The first three days we averaged a million dollars a day.” The beloved actor, well-known for his roles in projects from “Roots” to “Reading Rainbow” to “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” made it clear that the status of the project currently — $3,378,932 in donations as of 1:20 p.m. June 3 — is due mostly to those who gave what little they could. “The majority of these donations are the $5 and the $10 and the $25, and I want to thank everybody who has donated $1,” he insisted. “Please stop apologizing for not being able to give more because we’re getting it done. We’re going to be able to do so much good with this money.” “It’s that first generation of Reading Rainbow kids, the ‘80s and ‘90s babies whom I feel like I had a hand in raising them,” he added, his voice filled with pride. “To see them grow up and really want to give back and make sure the succeeding generations are able to have Reading Rainbow as an influence in their lives .... I’m enormously proud of the millennials because they’ve embraced it. This is their Kickstarter now. We started it, but it’s y’all’s now!” So roughly $2.3 million past his goal, with a whopping 28 more days to go in the campaign, what plans does Burton and the rest of his group have for the extra dough? Well, now Burton has his eyes set on another goal of $5 million. The extra money will go toward getting even more access for even more kids, one way or another. “We know that with $5 million we can really lock down universal access,” he told The Root. “We’re only on two
platforms right now. We’re on the iPad ... and the Kindle Fire. So with $5 million we can be on mobile devices, we can be on Android, which is really important. We can be on gaming consoles [like] Xbox . . . . So this is really huge for universal access, reaching as many kids as we can.” Of course there are always critics on the sidelines, regardless of the ventures, and Burton took the time to address some of the criticisms his Kickstarter campaign has faced. “People are saying, ‘What about kids who don’t have the Internet?’ “ he said. “Well, 97 percent of American families have access to the Internet, and for a child whose family doesn’t have access to the Internet, they are more likely than not able to access it through where? Their school.” “The first million was going to give us the ability to give the school product away to 1,500 classrooms; $5 million gives us the ability to give it away to 7,500 classrooms who can’t afford it,” Burton added. “This is really big. It’s significant. We would be able to help significantly more kids discover the joys of literature and the written word with this additional money we have raised.” There were other criticisms pointing out that some people may have donated to the campaign thinking that the free TV show was going to come back, not a for-profit digital app. Burton was quick to address and dismiss those criticisms as well. “We made it quite clear what we were doing, and if you didn’t read the Kickstarter page it is easy to understand how you might be confused about what we’re doing,” he said. “Television was the technology that we used back in the day. Why? Because that’s where America’s kids were hanging out! Today’s kids are using today’s technology, and if you want to reach them you’ve got to be on these devices. You’ve got to be in the digital realm.” “So we’re doing the same thing that we’ve done for 31 years, next week. Reading Rainbow aired June 5, 1983. We’ve been doing this for 31 years, we know it works! We’ve proven with the app that it works for this generation. Kids come to the Reading Rainbow app reading 139,000 books a week. So given that, it was really important for us to expand our footprint and go for universal access,” Burton added.
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way? He’s heard every joke in the book. Could there be, he wonders, other people in New York City suffering as he does; someone else bearing the name of someone famous? He advertises, and finds 10 new friends all at the mercy of their monikers. Together they stir things up nicely. It has to be said that these books are all written in the first person, and the narrators, though named differently, bear a striking resemblance to each other. Could they really be Terry Fallis, himself? It doesn’t really matter, just read and enjoy. For his labours, Terry Fallis has been a finalist twice for the Stephen Leacock Award for humour, and then he won the Stephen Leacock Award for The Best Laid Plans. This sort of book is absolutely guaranteed to have a happy ending. Hem gets the girl and the driver’s licence along with nine zany friends with some very famous names. Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer. Choices.” Clinton’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, told The Associated Press the former secretary of state and possible presidential candidate met with some 100 American and international booksellers. The event lasted around 45 minutes and wasn’t open to the press. Clinton departed without visiting the convention floor. According to booksell-
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GOUW 1936 - 2014 Alma Marie Gouw passed away peacefully at Extendicare Michener Hill surrounded by her family on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the age of 77 years. Alma is survived by her son David and his daughters Whitney and Kellie-Rae, daughter Brenda (Tom) Farwell and their daughters Melissa (Trevor) and great grandson Brayden, Jessica (Nolan) and great granddaughters Hailey and Rowan, Christina (Dave) and son Dwayne (Teresa) and children Steve, Brianna and Jarrett and the father of her children Arie Gouw. Also to cherish Alma’s memory is her sisters Lucy, Allie, Florence, Edna; brothers Paul, Albert and a large extended family. She was predeceased by her brother Alfred; sisters Anita, Rosina and her parents. Alma’s family would like to “Thank” Dr. Robert Mulder for his many years of loving patient care to her and to the staff of Michener Extendicare for the friendship and care they provided to her over the past two years. At Alma’s request, cremation has taken place and no formal service will be held. A private family celebration will be held at a later date. “Go rest high on that mountain Mom” Memorial donations in Alma’s honor may be directed to Seniors Mental Health (Red Deer), Alberta Health Services in care of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, 3942-50A Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4E7. Condolences to Alma’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca. MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS FUNERAL SERVICE Red Deer 587-876-4944
REIMCHEN HARRY Oct. 3, 1933 ~ June 1, 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Harry Reimchen. Harry will be lovingly remembered and deeply missed by his children Laura, Michael, Angelique, Bradley and grandchildren Paul, Melodie, Jamie, Brandon, Kendra, Denton, Sabrina, Kylie, Myckala, Sarah, and ten great grandchildren. Harry also leaves behind his sibling, numerous nieces and nephews and many friends. Harry’s family would also like to thank the staff at the Red Deer Hospice Society for their unconditional and compassionate love, dignity and the respect that they had given to Harry and his family during his last days. A Celebration of Harry’s life will be held for family and friends at 11:00 A.M., Monday, June 9th at the Chapel of the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home, Sylvan Lake, Alberta. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made in Harry’s memory to the Red Deer Hospice Society. www.reddeerhospice.com. Condolences may be forwarded to: www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151
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SIM (nee Wilson) 1942 - 2014 Evelyn Sim (nee Wilson) of Innisfail, formerly of Red Deer, passed away on December 17, 2013 at the age of 71 years. Evelyn is survived by her brothers Don (Annette) of Airdrie and Norm (Elsie) of Red Deer. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and family members. A graveside service with urn interment will be held at the Red Deer Cemetery on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. with a memorial tea to follow. Memorial donations in Evelyn’s honor may be directed to the Golden Circle, 4620 - 47A Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 6C3. Condolences to Evelyn’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials @yahoo.ca. MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944
PETERS Niall Dennis Aug. 10, 2012 - Calgary, AB June 3, 2014 - Calgary, AB Niall Dennis Peters was granted his angel wings on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. The precious son of John and Deirdre (nee Mackey) and beloved brother of Claire and Finn, Niall leaves a void in the hearts of all who knew him. Niall filled everyone’s life with love and laughter. He will be forever missed by his grandparents, Dennis and Maura Mackey, Wendy and Bill Motley, and Roger Peters; great-grandparents, Doris Johnson and Beatrix (Betty) Peters; uncles, aunts and cousins, Ronan and Lisa Mackey (Lachlan), Clark and Rachel Peters (Gracyn and Soren), Denise and Joe Costa, Paul and Lisa Peters (Sadie and Nixon), Katrina and Neil Vande Bunte (Gerrit) and Therese Mackey. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY’S Chapel of the Bells (2720 Centre Street North, Calgary, AB) today, June 6, 2014 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (640 - 19th Avenue N.W., Calgary, AB) on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Condolences may be forwarded through: www.mcinnisandholloway.com If friends so desire, memorial tributes in Niall’s honour may be made directly to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation with funds directed to the PICU, 2888 Shaganappi Trail N.W., Calgary, AB T3B 6A8, Telephone: (403) 955-8818. Arrangements in care of MCINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES Chapel of the Bells, 2720 Centre Street North, Calgary, AB T2E 2V6 Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.
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GOODACRE George Edward George passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the age of 75 years. George was born and raised in Red Deer and lived in Red Deer and Sylvan Lake for most of his life. He played high-level hockey for many teams, loved to boat, collected and admired cars, and enjoyed many winters in Arizona. George taught at Mynarski Park at Penhold and at C.P. Blakely School in Sylvan Lake for a total of 35 years. He is survived by his loving wife and best friend Mary Anne; his sister Margie Coleman; daughters Monica Begg and Carmen Klose (Glen); stepchildren Sheila Graham (Jesse), Elizabeth Fraser (Wil), Ian Soder (Gillian); and ten grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law Terry Coleman and his parents Harry and Annie Goodacre. A “casual dress” farewell will be held in George’s honour at the Valley Centre Hall (10 miles east of Red Deer Hwy 595, north on Rge. Rd 260) on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by v i s i t i n g www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
MCKINNON Ronald Burgess July 17, 1926 - May 1, 2014 Ronald McKinnon passed away peacefully in hospital at Chilliwack, B.C. May 1. Ron was born in Red Deer July 17, 1926 to Port and Grace (Bower) McKinnon. He was raised in Clearview district, attended Olds College then worked pipeline over much of Canada and the US. He ended his working career in Red Deer. Ron was a very handy type and did machinery repairs for friends and neighbors. There wasn’t much he could not turn his hand to. He was a good gardener and especially appreciated trees. Ron is survived by his daughter Irene (Ron) Wilen, step daughter Sharon (Dave) Cherry, and step son Gordon (Pat) Samuel in B.C., his granddaughter Amanda (Jonathan) Willick, three great-granddaughters, Chelsea, Brooklyn and Charlotte in California, two brothers, Jim (Barbara) of Calgary, Hugh (May) of Penhold, many nieces, nephews and cousins and a host of friends. Ron was predeceased by his parents and his ex-wife (Dora ). Ron was laid to rest in Horn Hill Cemetery. Memorial service will be held at 1 pm, Jun. 7th, at the Penhold Community Church.
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YEE Wah Hon 1924 - 2014 Mr. Wah Hon Yee of Red Deer, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the age of 89 years. Wah Hon (Tony) Yee of Red Deer, beloved father, passed away peacefully in Red Deer on June 3, 2014. Born June 23, 1924 in the Taishan district of Canton, China; Tony came from a family of 4 boys and 2 girls. In 1953, Tony took on the challenge and immigrated to Canada. In 1956, he married Big Har (May) Yee in Calgary. Two weeks after the marriage, May and Tony moved to Red Deer where they permanently resided and raised their family. In 1973, May and Tony started a family restaurant, The Valley Hotel Restaurant, and successfully operated the family business and established many special friendships for twenty years before retiring in November 1993. Tony was always recognizable at the restaurant with an apron around his waist and a warm smile for his customers. Tony was pre-deceased by his wife in 1998. Tony continued to be the loving father to three daughters:Mary Jo and Tim Blakely of Calmar, Lois and Gene Andersen of Red Deer; Sharon and Ross Sisson of Calgary; and two sons, Ken Yee of Calgary and Harold Yee of Seattle. Not only a proud father, Tony was a special loving grandfather to seven grandchildren; T.J., Zachary, Noah, Trevor, Jesse, Desmond and Myah. Tony is also survived by one brother, Paul Yee of Calgary and a sister, Penny Mark of Mississauga. Funeral Services will be held at the Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer on Tuesday June 10, 2014 at 1:00 pm with Leanne V. Hall and Mr. Ling Fung officiating. Interment will follow in the Alto Reste Memorial Gardens. If friends so desire, donations can be made directly to the Canadian Diabetes Society or to a charity of their choice. The Yee Family wishes to express our sincere gratitude to the doctors and all the care givers in Unit 22, at Red Deer Regional Hospital, for the excellent care and compassion given to Tony during his illness. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at Parkland FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040 or 800.481.7421.
MOREAU Lois Velma Marie (Nelson) Barons, Alberta 1917 2014 Red Deer, Alberta Lois Moreau passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital June 3, 2014. Lois carried with her a strong spirit of optimism for the future. She worked at enjoying every single day she was alive and was incredibly successful in achieving that end. She had many good friends throughout her life and more recently caretakers in these last years who repeatedly commented on adoring looking after her. She had one grandchild, Tonja Snell, who she cherished, who sadly predeceased her. Lois is also predeceased by her parents Sam and O’Dena Nelson, her sister Mildred Parker and her brother Norris Nelson, her husband Joe Moreau, and many extended family members. She is survived by her son James (Kathi) and her daughter Linda, as well as other family and dear friends. The family would like to acknowledge and thank its Mom’s long time family Dr. Hulyk who remained with her to the end, the very kind and highly skilled staff of the Red Deer Palliative Care Unit of the Red Deer Regional Hospital, the ongoing assistance and loving care of Comfort Keepers, and the caring staff of the several Senior Living Homes their mom resided in during the last three years of her life. For those who wish to pay their respects, visitations will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer on Sunday, June 8th, 2014 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. A Celebration of Lois’ life will be held at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer on Monday, June 9th, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by v i s i t i n g www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
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STEEGSTRA Joan Lena Mar. 12, 1963 - June 2, 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our sweet Joan at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday, June 2, 2014, who went to join the angels. Joan was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her passing. Joan was born on March 12, 1963 in Calgary to Marie Bryant and Albert Steegstra. She was their fifth child. Joan will be lovingly remembered by her mom, Marie Bryant of Innisfail, three sisters; Claire (John) Kosmac of Winnipeg, Linda Bonnville of Edmonton, and Beverly (Stephen) Vida of Innisfail, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, four great-nieces, and friends. She also leaves behind her favorite pet in the world, her cat Minx, and her favorite person, her best friend Eugene. Joan was predeceased by her dad, Albert in October 2009, sister, Marlene in September 2012, brother, Gary in February 1987, and Clara, Marcell, Nick, Effrie and Andrew Steegstra. Joan was a social butterfly at Michener Centre where she had resided for the last few months, and she had made a lot of new friends. Joan was also a very big dreamer. She had all of these big dreams if she had won the lottery or if she had magic. She liked the outdoors, enjoyed doing crafts, playing bingo and just hanging out with her family and friends. We love her and miss her. Special thanks to the EMT, hospital staff and Michener staff for the special care Joan received. A Memorial Service will be held at Michener Extendicare, 12 Michener BLVD, Red Deer, on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Memorial donations in Joan’s name may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4 or to the Kidney Foundation, 6007-1A Street SW, Calgary T2H 0G5. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting: www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
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WILLIE Josh Feb. 28,1981 - Sept. 27, 2013 Son of Ron and Sandi Willie and brother of Jolanda Willie. A celebration of Josh’s life will be held on this Sunday, June 8th at 3: 30 pm at Streams Christian Church.
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COMEAU, Mark Anthony 1966 - 2014 Mark Comeau of Red Deer passed away surrounded by his family Monday April 28, 2014. Mark was born the youngest of five children in Berwick, Nova Scotia, March 20, 1966. He followed his older siblings out West in 1991. He was predeceased by his parents, Dad (1966) and Mom (1968); brothers, Bryan and Marshall. Mark is survived by his wife Joanne (Dent) Comeau; sisters, Jocelyn and Tammy; nephews, Andrew, Justin, Shawn, Jess, Logan and niece Hayley plus great nephews and nieces. In Celebration of Mark’s Life, a Memorial Tea will be held at the Convent Apartments Meeting Room, Main Flr., 5100 - 60 St. Red Deer, on Sunday June 8, 2014 at 2 pm.
HJELMELAND Bob passed away on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the age of 77 years. Bob is lovingly remember by his wife Shirley of 57 years; four children, Terry (Becky), Zane (Leila), Brenda (Lee) Howe, Deb (Dallas) Schultz; ten grandchildren; four great grandchildren; sister Carol, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by parents Ole & Lucy Hjelmeland, brothers Harold, Stan, Vern, and sister Fran. A Memorial Service for Bob will be held, Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 St., Red Deer, on June 14, 2014, at 12 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations in Bob’s memory to be made to..Canadian Diabetes Assoc., #06-5015-48 St., Red Deer, AB T4N 1S9, or Heart & Stroke Foundation, #202-5913-50 Ave., Red Deer, AB T4N 4C4
BUCKLEY Margaret 1932 - 2014 Mrs. Margaret Christine ‘Marg’ Buckley (nee Hovey) passed away at the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre, Stettler, Alberta on Sunday, June 1, 2014 at the age of 81 years. Marg was born on December 21, 1932 at Hanna, Alberta. Marg will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Beverly (Owen) Jestin and her son, Stanley (Wanda) Buckley, her grandsons, Travis (Taya) Jestin, Scott (Vanessa) Buckley, Ryan Buckley and Curtis (Katherine) Jestin and great grandchildren, Taliyah, Tristen and Tatum Buckley and Korbin and Mikayla Jestin. She will also be sadly missed by her siblings, Edna Knights, Edward (Jean) Hovey, Norman (Deanna) Hovey, Mildred (Hugh) Leblanc and Doris Hovey; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, friends and all their families. Marg was predeceased by her husband, Con and many other loved ones. Relatives and Friends are invited to come and pay their respects at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Sunday, June 8, 2014 between the evening hours of 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held at the Lousana Community Hall, Lousana, Alberta on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. A Private Family Interment will be held at the Lousana Cemetery, Lousana, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Marg’s honor may be made directly to the Lending Cupboard at 5406 - 43 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1C9. The Family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to Marg’s family and friends, her caregivers at Elnora and Stettler Homecare, Paragon Place and the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
MCEACHERN Ernest 1924 - 2014 Mr. Ernest ‘Ernie’ Murray McEachern of Red Deer, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday, June 2, 2014 at the age of 89 years. Ernie was born on June 24, 1924 at Red Deer, Alberta. He lived a full life. Ernie was blessed to have married his first love, Norma Jean Longstreet in 1962. They shared many beautiful memories as they traveled and enjoyed one another’s company. They loved to winter in Mesa, Arizona where they had the privilege of spending time with their extended family and friends. He married his second love, Margaret Chisholm in 1993. They had many good years before she became ill. In his later years, Ernie went on many Historical Tours with the Red Deer Historical Society, which he greatly enjoyed. Besides his family, Ernie’s passion was farming. He carried on the family legacy of the McEachern Farm of the Waskasoo Area of Red Deer, proudly raising hogs and harvesting the land. Even after selling the farm, he was always lending a hand to neighbors, until he finally retired in his 84th year. Ernie was also an involved member of his community. He served as President of the Westerner Exhibition Association from 1980 until 1981; was a founding member of the Red Deer Camera Club and an active member of the “Western Hog Producer”. Though not a father, Ernie was a loving uncle, and a kind and gentle man who cherished his family and his friends dearly. Ernie will be lovingly remembered by his sister-in-law, Jeanette McEachern; his nieces, Barbara (McEachern) Steele and Jane McEachern; nephew, James McEachern; cousins-in-law, Lloyd Grose, Margaret Grose; nieces-in-law, Avis (Allan) Sayers, Donna Grose, Laura (Rick) Schafer; nephews-in-law, Neil (Judy) Halberg, Vic (Kim) Halberg, Brian (Trish) Grose, Philip Grose, Warren (Wanda) Grose, David Grose, Jim (Donna) Longstreet and Bob Longstreet as well as numerous great nieces, nephews and many other family members and dear friends. Ernie was predeceased by his first wife, Norma Jean, his second wife, Margaret and a brother, Donald James. A celebration of Ernie’s life will be held at Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. A Private Interment will be held at the Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Ernie’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040 or 1.800.481.7421.
MCKENZIE Joan 1947 - 2014 Mrs. Joan Frances McKenzie of Edmonton, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at the age of 67 years. Joan will be lovingly remembered by her son, Russell McKenzie of Calgary, Alberta and daughter, Shelley (Mike) Walchuk and their children, Rebecca and Shanna, all of Edmonton, Alberta. She will also be sadly missed by her sisters, Marie (Joe) Hamilton of Red Deer, Elaine (Eldon) Wilton of Sylvan Lake and Sandra (Kevin) Cassidy of Collingwood, Ontario; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Joan was predeceased by her husband, George, an infant son, Peter-Paul and her parents, Lawrence and Elsie Letourneau. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. with The Reverend Father Les Drewicki, Celebrant. Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
SANGRET Kathy It is with immense sadness we announce the passing of Kathy Sangret on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, a great mom, daughter, partner, grandmother, and great-grandmother. A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
GEBBINK Arwen Miller born April 12, 2014, weighing 7 lbs., 11 oz. Daughter of Travis and Heidi Gebbink and a sister for big brother Ashton.
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QUINTILIO 1947 - 2014 June Ann Quintilio of Red Deer passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. She is finally at peace. June will be lovingly remembered by husband Larry; daughter Kristine (Richard) Hardman; son Shane (Erin) Quintilio and grandsons, Cole, Tayler, Jaice, Carter and Cooper. She is also survived by sisters Sandra Derdall, Joan(Marvin) Erickson; brothers Roy (Gerry), Jim and Roger Hammond; brothers-in-law Dennis (Leanne), Danny (Kay) Quintilio; sisterin-law Karen (Pat) Lean and numerous nieces, nephews, family members and friends. Our family will be eternally grateful to the Chinook Wing at the Centennial Centre in Ponoka for the wonderful care and compassion June received for 3 1/2 years. They are like family to us and will forever have a special place in our hearts. We would also like to thank all those who supported us and June during her long, trying journey. Special thanks to the Red Deer Alzheimer’s Society. We truly appreciate your moral support. A Celebration of June’s life will be held at the Balmoral Bible Chapel, located at the intersection of Highway 11 (55 Street) and Rutherford Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Chapter, Alzheimer Society of Alberta, 105, 4419-50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 3Z5. Condolences to June’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944
SUTHERLAND Mervin Lucien 1955 - 2014 Mervin ‘Merv’ Lucien Sutherland of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at the age of 59 years. Merv will be lovingly remembered by his son, Kelsey Sutherland of Red Deer; his sister, Doreen (Joe) Delaurier of Roblin, Manitoba, a nephew, Dion Delaurier of Winnipeg, Manitoba and his good friend, Jim Hutcheson. A Graveside Service will be held at the Alto-Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
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BELTER Vince and Jessica, along with big sisters Abigayle and Annabelle are proud to announce the birth of Wyatt Xavier on May 10, 2014 at 8:13 p.m., weighing 8 lbs, 3 oz, and 20.5 inches long.
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HERITAGE FAMILY SERVICES is accepting resumes for the following positions in a new program for youth with complex needs in the Caroline AB area to commence July 7, 2014: LIVE-IN TEAM LEADERS $3431-$3707/mo. CHILD &YOUTH WORKERS $3238-$3566/mo. AWAKE NIGHT STAFF $17.93/hr Experience with troubled youth an asset. Preference given to those with degree/ diploma in Human Services. Drivers License is required. Must provide a recent criminal record check, child intervention check and driver’s abstract. First Aid required within 3 months of hire. Please submit resumes to: Heritage Family Services, Human Resources 300 4825 47 Street Red Deer AB T4N 1R3 Fax 403-343-9293 Email: donna @heritagefamilyservices.com For more information call 403-343-3422 Closing Date: When suitable candidates are found.
Central Alberta LIFE
AN EXCELLENT CHOICE WHERE YOUR AD REACHES RURAL READERS
CALL 309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS WHATEVER YOU’RE SELLING... WE HAVE THE PAPER YOU NEED!
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Advance your career with Sanjel – Join Canada’s largest privately-owned global energy service company. Our employees are the driving force behind our company and we value their contribution. Develop your career in a dynamic environment where employees are empowered to be innovators.
CLASS 1 DRIVERS & CLASS 5 (NON-GDL) OPERATORS & SUPERVISORS
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INNISFAIL AND DISTRICT VICTIM SERVICES SOCIETY
GRATIAE is seeking F/T COMMERCIAL 5 Retails Sales reps GLAZIER selling skin & body care Journeyman & apprentices Program Coordinator products in Parkland Mall We offer competitive 4747 67th St. Red Deer, Innisfail Alberta wages. Full benefits after $12.10/hr + bonus & comm. 90 days. Must have valid F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d. drivers licence. Email resume Qualifications & Skills: Email resumes: • Minimum two years to: d.generationglass gratiaereddeersr@ post-secondary education @platinum.ca gmail.com in Human Services or Fax: 403-886-5224 related field/or equivalent or Call 403-886-5221 • Experience working with SOAP Stories is seeking 5 Tired of Standing? F/T P/T Beauty Treatvolunteers/non-profit ment O/P, selling soap & Find something to sit on organizations in Classifieds • Possess strong organiza- bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty tional, communication, cert. req’d. Location F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS management and superParkland Mall - 4747 67th - Good hours, home every visory skills St. Red Deer. email night, $4000-$6000/mo. • Excellent oral, written premierjobrdbto@ Contractor must have truck and computer skills gmail.com or van. Tools, supplies & • A good sound knowledge ladders required. Training of finances, budgeting and Looking for a new pet? provided, no experience fundraising activities needed. Apply to: • Adaptability; flexibility with Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet. satjobs@shaw.ca unusual shift requirements • Knowledge of the justice Start your career! SOAP Stories is seeking 5 system See Help Wanted retail sales reps. Selling soap • Passion, empathy and & bath products. $12.10 hr CELEBRATIONS objectivity • Must pass enhanced + bonus & commission. HAPPEN EVERY DAY RCMP security clearance/ F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d. IN CLASSIFIEDS Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. criminal record check Red Deer. email resume to • Must have valid driver’s JOURNEYMAN premierjobrd@gmail.com licence
Electrician
Hours: 35 hours/week Yearly contract position Apply: INNISFAIL AND DISTRICT VICTIM SERVICES c/o Innisfail RCMP 4904-45 Avenue Innisfail alberta T4G-1S6 Fax 403-227-2070 E-Mail: michael.babcock @rcmp-grc.gc.ca Deadline for applications: June 23, 2014 Only successful applicants will be contacted.
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StoreSmart Self-Storage is now hiring for the following positions! (Full Time)
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This position is for service and construction on drilling and oilfield equipment. The journeyman is responsible for running small construction jobs and a service truck. Must possess exemplary safety record and commitment to safe work practices Participate in on-call and overtime as required. Various other duties as required. Excellent Benefit Package: Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Health and Dental Benefits. Other benefits: referral bonuses, course reimbursement, service truck, laptops, cell phone reimbursement.
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Licensed Journeyman Electrician with Inter provincial seal. Ability to work on and layout electrical jobs without blueprints Strong troubleshooting skills Must have valid operations license (abstract required)
We take pride in our employees and we believe that our people are the most important aspect of the company. We are constantly looking for exceptional individuals to APPLE AUTO GLASS join our team. We offer EXP’D auto glass installer competitive wages with req’d immed. Wage depen- opportunity for advancement. dent on exp. Paid vacation Please email resume to negotiable. Good commuhellard@ nication/phone skills. 8-5 controltechnology.ca or fax Mon. - Fri. 4801-78 St. 403-885-0392 No phone calls. Something for Everyone BRICAR CONTRACTING Everyday in Classifieds now hiring Dozer & TOO MUCH STUFF? Excavator Operators and Let Classifieds Laborers. Send resumes help you sell it. by Fax: 403-347-6296
req`s Permanent ROOM ATTENDANTS Attendants. Exp. not nec. will train. Approx. 35 - 40 hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 $14/hr. Duties incl’d but not limited to: vacuuming, dusting, washing floors, making beds, empty trash, disinfecting & cleaning bathrooms. Performance based bonus program. Must be fluent with verbal l& written English, be physically fit. Applicants may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 COMMERCIAL Foundation or email: company in Red Deer info@ramadareddeer.com are currently seeking experienced foundation X-STATIC form workers. Please fax is now accepting resume to 403-346-5867 applications for P/T or Cocktail Server email cavemancontracting Apply in person after 3 p.m. @hotmail.com
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Absolute Fusion Contracting is a welding, fabrication, maintenance Red Deer’s most modern 5 and repair facility requiring pin bowling center req’s a supervisor/instructor. permanent F/T front Knowledge and experience counter staff for all shifts in fabrication with (days, eves. and wknds). engineered drawings or Please send resume to: designing from instruction. htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person Strong mechanical ability for repair and maintenance. Must be able to organize Looking for a place and instruct up to 10 employees. to live? Comprehensive Benefit plan. Take a tour through the Wages are negotiable with CLASSIFIEDS experience and attitude. Please forward resumes LETO’S STEAK & BAR and references by fax to IN LACOMBE REQUIRES A 403-309-7134 or by email LINE COOK to info@absolutefusion.ca $15.50/hr. Cash tips are paid No Phone Calls Please! weekly! Apply within or email resume to: george@letos.ca
RAMADA INN & SUITES
Job Description
Assistant Manager
HERITAGE LANES BOWLING
CEMENTING, FRACTURING & COILED TUBING – RED DEER, AB You have expertise, a passion for excellence and improvement, and a commitment to safety – bring them to work as part of our team.
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SHOP HELP AND/OR APPRENTICE MECHANIC REQUIRED IMMED. Truck exp. preferred. Wages $15-$45/hr. with benefits. 8:30-5. 15 miles East of Blackfalds. Fax: 403-784-2330 Phone: 403-784-3811
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What’s in it for you? Rotations that fit your lifestyle, competitive salaries and benefits, training and development opportunities with a focus on career advancement.
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Speak to a recruiter at 1.800.9SANJEL, e-mail careers@sanjel.com, or drop off your resume at one of our shops today: FRACTURING – 8051 Edgar industrial Drive, Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2 CEMENTING – 8164 Edgar Industrial Close, Red Deer, AB T4P 3R4 COILED TUBING – 4100 77 Street, Red Deer, AB T4P 3P7
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Every person can make a difference in the world. Amperage Energy Inc. is an emerging and growing oil & gas service company with mobile onsite water recycling solutions and fixed plant operations. We are committed to conducting our operations safely, in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.
Amperage Energy Inc is currently seeking highly motivated
Field Based Equipment Supervisors, Operators & Technicians Duties and responsibilities include the following: • Operating mobile/semi-permanent equipment in a field operations setting • Onsite tracking of fluid volumes • Minor repairs to equipment as needed
TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 168 ANDREWS CLOSE Fri. 6th & Sat. 7th, 9-4. Misc. household items, some toys, golf balls galore, books, etc. HUGE! 15 Alton St. June 5, 4:30-8, June 6, 9-6, June 7, 9 -3. All proceeds to Canadian Cancer Society Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS
Devonshire 32 DOWLER ST. DEVONSHIRE VILLAS MULTI FAMILY June 7, Sat. 9 - 4
Eastview 3902 45 STREET June 7, 9-5. Banquet tables, lots of items for everyone!
FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, 9-7. Rain or Shine. 8 HORIZON VILLAGE, north, across from Bower Mall, behind Sim’s Furniture. MULTIPLE GARAGE SALE AT HORIZON VILLAGE on Botterill Cres. Fri. June 6, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Deer Park
Oriole Park
West Park
ELEC. scooters, electronics, housewares, jewelry, scrap booking. 100 Illingworth Cl. June 5, 4-8, June 6, noon-8, June 7, 11-2.
22 ORESTON CLOSE Back Yard. June 6th-8th Fri. 5-9, Sat. 9-3, Sun. 9-1 2 FAMILY SALE! Power tools, household, fishing gear, something for everyone.
MULTI-FAMILY SALE 4312 54 Ave. Sat. 7th, 8-2. CAMIS back parking lot. Proceeds to Fairview School Christmas Families.
25 ORILLIA PARK. June 5-7. Thurs. & Fri. 2-7:30 & Sat. 10-3. Scroll saw, bench grinder, disc/belt sander, antiques, collectables, 1400 Star Trek cards, Ninja Turtles, 500 pcs. McDonald’s Toys, Care Bears, records, lots of good misc. items.
Out of Town
MULTI-FAMILY Garage Sale 150 IVANY CLOSE Friday, June 6 3-8pm Sat. June 7 10am-2pm Toys, BRAND NAME clothes, Stroller/car seat set, highchair, playpen
Johnstone Park Eastview Estates
Bower
Inglewood
224 EBERT CLOSE June 6 & 7 Fri. 4 - 8 & Sat. 10 - 3 Books, scrapbooking, greeting cards, new table runners, dishes, sleeping bags, many other things. 46 EVERITT CRES. June 6, 4-6, June 7, 9-3. Three family sale. Hundreds of records, tapes, CD’s, electronics, golf clubs, electric piano, Karaoke machine, much more.
280 JENNER CRES Sat. 7th, 8-4, Sun. 8th, 9-1. Household items, kids/babies, furn., clothes, kitchen items, etc.
Lancaster Green 59 LAMPARD CRES. May 5th-7th Thursday 5-8; Friday 4-8; Saturday 9-4. Something for everyone. JUNE 5, 5-8. JUNE 6, 12-8, JUNE 7, 9-1. Dresser, coffee tables, books, household. 11 Langford Cres.
141 DORAN CRESCENT Thursday, June 5th & Friday, June 6th 2-7 p.m. Tons of misc. items.
ESTATE SALE 238 EBERT CLOSE Friday, June 6th, 9-5 One day only. Clean out: Furniture, stamp collection, kitchen items, China, etc.
144 DORAN CRES Garage / ESTATE SALE June, 5, 6 & 7 - Thurs. 4-8, Fri. 10-8, Sat, 10-2 MULTI FAMILY, MOVING No Early Birds Please
Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds
NEIGHBORHOOD SALE! Multi family, estate, moving 4024-4105 52ND ST. Sat. June 7, 9-1 Weather Permitting !!
Glendale
Oriole Park
7108 GRAY DR. June 7, Saturday, 9 - 5 Household items, furniture, some antiques. ***********
69 OTTERBURY AVE June 5 & 6 Thurs. & Fri. 4:30 - 8 Cameras & lenses, coll. of 1950’s popular mechanics
MOVING SALE 43 DAY CLOSE Thurs. 5th, 5-8, Fri. 6th, 1-8, Sat. 7th, 10-2 NASCAR collectibles, books, household items, plants... and lots more.
Parkvale MULTI-FAMILY 4641 42 STREET CRES. June 6 & 7 Fri. 10 - 5, Sat. 9-2 Antiques, books, misc. perennials, household etc..
Riverside Meadows 6031-59 St.( backalley) June 7, 10-5. Wide assortment of good items, household, purses, jeans, jewellery etc.
Sunnybrook Michener Hill
14 SUTTON CLOSE Please Use Back Alley June 7, Sat. 10 - 6 Merging of two households has created a huge number of duplicate/extra items: household items, glassware, electronics, lamps, tools, garden tools. Also books, incld’s bundles of decorating magazines. Highlights are 2 year old snowblower, Ikea table & chairs, Ikea lounger, deck/patio furniture.
47 WESTRIDGE ESTATES West on Hwy 11 towards Sylvan Lake - watch for signs. Fri. 6th 4-8, Sat. 7th, 9-4
Email resume to meaghan@amperageenergy.com or by fax to 403-932-4276 with a current/clean 5 year drivers abstract & safety tickets. 405355F10
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ESTATE & 3 Family Sale 35441 Range Rd 10 Red Deer County, W. of Innisfail. Rain/Shine June 7/8 Sat. & Sun. 10-4 MASSIVE Multi Family Sale Sat 7th & Sun 8th, 8-4. 4 km South of Sylvan, 1349 Hwy 596 -the West end of Burnt Lake Trail. Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds
Lacombe 5137 50 STREET (in the back) June 6th-8th Fri. 12-5, Sat. 8-4, Sun. 8-3 Hairdressing supplies, tools & household items.
Springbrook FOREVER & A DAY DOG RESCUE FUNDRAISER June 5, 6, & 7 - Thurs. 3-7, Fri. 12-8, Sat. 10-4 Left on Twp. 372, follow signs. Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT
Building Operator (Technician III) The Building Operator (Technician III) is responsible for the provision of building operations, maintenance and repair of general building systems including doors and door hardware, windows, ceilings, flooring and light bulb replacements. Also replacement and installation of whiteboards, tack boards hot files etc. and other misc. equipment. The successful candidate will be able to use hand and power tools and be able to work with minimal supervision. Some HVAC, mechanical maintenance experience would be a definite asset but willing to train the right person. This position will be suitable for a handyperson type person ideally able to perform own duties and assist others as work load requires it. QUALIFICATIONS: - High school diploma, plus a specialized technical course - One (1) to three (3) years construction / building system operations / maintenance experience - Self-motivated, willing to learn - Works well independently and is a team player - Consistently presents and maintains a positive and professional image - Good writing and verbal communication skills - Excellent interpersonal skills - Awareness of Environment, Health & Safety issues - May require a security clearance - A valid driver’s license may be required
Please apply on our website at: http://www.brookfieldjohnsoncontrols.com/our-careers/ We thank all applicants; however, only those to be interviewed will be contacted
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The successful candidate should possess the following skills and attributes: • Oil & Gas operating background • Mechanical & technical aptitude • Clean/current 5 year driver abstract • Oil & Gas industry safety tickets • Education and experience in water treatment or pumping services is ideal, but not required • Class 1 drivers license an asset • Experience and understanding of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook an asset
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SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualified
START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL CLEANING BUSINESS
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
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
TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATOR/WRITER
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Truckers/ Drivers
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For complete job descriptions, please refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com Applicants please forward resume to: keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.
Ph: 780-468-3232 or 403-290-0866
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Misc. Help
BRICAR CONTRACTING now hiring EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 DRIVERS. Please fax resumes to 403-347-6296
CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d *POWDER COATER for moving equipment. WE OFFER: Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. * Full Time hours Cres. Red Deer. * Great benefit program CLASS 3 DRIVERS after 3 mos. w/airbrake endorsement * Most weekends off needed immed. for waste & * Competitive Wages recycling. Email resume with a min. of 2 references Experience not necessary. to: canpak@xplornet.ca Hardworking need only apply. Bring resume to: DRIVERS for furniture Metal Strip & Coatings moving company, class 5 4617 63rd Street required (5 tons), local & Mon-Fri 8-5. long distance. Competitive No Phone Calls Please. wages. Apply in person. 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. AND TRAINING Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. FALL START preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer. • Community Support Worker Program Fluid Experts Ltd. Of Red Deer is seeking • GED Preparation experienced
Class 1 Operators to join our team of drivers hauling clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home most evenings, scheduled days off, company benefits with exceptional pay structure that includes guarantied salary + hourly when hauling. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com
DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295
GAETZ SOUTH
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Misc. Help
RAVEN TRUCK ACCESSORIES Has an opening for an INSTALLER POSITION, must be self-motivated, have strong leadership skills & be mechanically inclined. Fax 403-343-8864 or apply in person with resume to 7891-50 Ave. Red Deer rtard@raventruckstuff.com Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!
F/T MEAT CUTTER F/T Bakery Production Full benefits, staff incentives. Apply within.
Procom Insurance; A Great place to work... is looking for a personal lines broker to help grow and manage an existing book of clients. Broker experience is a definite asset, you will be responsible to quote and sell policies to existing and new clients. Knowledge of Power Broker, Compu Quote & insurance company portal’s is considered an asset. Excellent organization skills and a self driven personality with the ability to multi-task is a must. Please apply to dan@procominsurance.ca or fax 403-340-3972 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
Employment Training
TOP WAGES, BENEFITS. EXP’D. DRIVERS & SWAMPERS REQUIRED. MAPLE LEAF MOVING Call 403-347-8826 or fax resume to: 403-314-1457.
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Employment Training
SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE
EquipmentHeavy
Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info
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)
CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery 3 days per week. NO WEEKENDS!!
KENTWOOD
Classes Starting Soon!
Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Job Search and Resume Writing Course First Aid / WHMIS
3 On-Site Clinical Practicums No Waiting List Scrubs are provided
403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Campground Hosts Seeking semi-retired couples with RV for summer positions in Kananaskis. Contact 403-591-7377 or kananaskiscountry campgrounds@gmail.com
Call Today (403) 347-6676
Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds
PEST CONTROL TECHS REQ’D. cpest@shaw.ca Call 403-373-6182
www.academyoflearning.ab.ca
Kirby St. & Kennings Cres. MUSTANG ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
Tools
69 Street & 63 Ave
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stuff
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saw KING SIZE BOX SPRING, Must sell. $35. Call 403-350-9660 LIVING rm. set, 4 pce. light Firewood blue velour, like new. $200. 403-887-4981 RECLINERS, matching set AFFORDABLE dark blue. $100. ea. Homestead Firewood 403-304-9813 Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 TABLE, round Oak + 4 chairs, good cond. $125.; LOGS coffee table & 2 end table, Semi loads of pine, spruce, tan, $30. 403-887-4981 tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. WANTED Lil Mule Logging Antiques, furniture and 403-318-4346 estates. 342-2514
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Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
Bow Rake, $5; 5 prong Cultivator, $5; dandelion rake, $4; long handle spade, $7; drain spade, $7; garden hoe, $5; lopper (Prunner) telescoping, $20; tamping-metal bar, $8; 7 extension cords, various lengths, $5. ea; 2 power rake blades, 15”, $5; lawn & soil sprayer (small), $4; galvanized barrel lid, $5; square urethane garbage can, $4; chalk line & powder, $3; 3 PVC pipes 2 @3” & 1@4” diameter, 5’ lengths, $1 for all; box of garden clothes, $1 for all; 2/3 bag of oil-dri (all purpose absorbent, $6. 403-314-2026
Household Furnishings
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BED, single with all bedding, $75; love seat, $35. 403-348-5393
Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week
- CONCRETE FINISHERS 35 Street 37 Street 41 St. Cres 58 Ave. Welton Cres. Westpark Cres.
www.eaglebuilders.ca
We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
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or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.
wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430
To Advertise Your Business or Service Here
INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS DALE’S Home Reno’s Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. Free estimates for all your with oilfield service reno needs. 403-506-4301 companies, other small businesses and individuals FENCES & DECKS RW Smith, 346-9351 403-352-4034
Contractors
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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER Const. Ltd. Decks, reno’s, roofing, flooring. Free est. Call Geoff 403-302-8550
CONCRETE??? We’ll do it all...Free est. 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
SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.
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FANTASY MASSAGE
International ladies
Now Open
Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161
EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822
VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its VELOX EAVESTROUGH BEST! Cleaning & Repairs. Reasonable rates. 340-9368 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. Escorts www.viimassage.biz
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TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car
Handyman Services
Perfect working cond. $125. 403-350-9029
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Sale
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BEAUTIFUL 10 week old kittens. Variety of colours: Pink & white, orange, & grey tabby. Free to loving home. 403-782-3130
Sporting Goods
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135 METAL woods, 3 to pitching wedge, graphite shafts, 2 doz. balls, 2 new gloves and 1 ball retriever $100 403-986-6497 EXERCISE BIKE, very good condition, $35; 403-348-5393
WINE MAKING CARBOYS (Large) $15/ea. 403-350-9029
Packages
1900
TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.
AGRICULTURAL
CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290
Farm Equipment
2010
RANCHMASTER corral gate width 16’, height 4’, 5 rungs $60 403-782-7439
Horses
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WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912
Grain, Feed Hay
2190
TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798
Advocate Opportunities
PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the
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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
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5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned. BBB member. 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca
Painters/ Decorators
1310 1370
RE-ROOFING Specialist Quality work at an affordable price. 10 yrs. exp. 403-350-7602
Seniors’ Services
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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.
Window Cleaning
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WINDOW CLEANING outside/inside. Free quotes. 403-506-4822
Yard Care
Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver. Phone 403-314-4316
* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week
INNISFAIL
Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the
The papers arrive ready to deliver. NO COLLECTING!
RED DEER ADVOCATE
Phone 403-314-4316
Six days per week. Delivery by 6:30 a.m.
************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300
CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS
JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888
Roofing
Six days per week. Delivery by 6:30 a.m.
INNISFAIL
Phone 403-314-4316
classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Massage Therapy
To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300
Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.
Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 1100
36 Street 38 St. Close 57A Ave. Warwick Drive Wiltshire Pl. Wiltshire Dr.
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Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources
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- CARPENTERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included. Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at
Contractors
VERMONT CASTINGS NATURAL GAS BBQ Works great. 403-343-7389
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* Adults * Youths * Seniors *
Blackfalds for all shifts:
VINYL SIDING / WINDOW / EAVSTROUGH CLEANING Package pricing. Free quotes. 403-506-4822
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GOLF Clubs, set of right handed and set of left handed with carts. $30. RCA DVD PLAYER $25, each set. one extra cart Garden JVC 6 disc stereo $50, $10. 403-347-5955 Supplies PS1 w/7 games $60, GOLF EQUIPMENT & 403-782-3847 15’ LAUREL LEAF WILLOW POOL CUES at garage 6-8’ NORTHWEST POPLAR X BOX w/30 games sale prices. 403-343-7430 $150 403-782-3847 & BROOK POPLAR Beautiful trees. You dig. Please phone 403-302-1919 Misc. for Travel
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Stereos TV's, VCRs
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Misc. for Sale
Cats
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2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer
7 SHEETS OF GALVINIZED SIDING. 3’x10’ sheets. All for $50. 403-346-0674 or 392-5657
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D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, June 6, 2014
Canadian paratrooper recounts D-Day experience
Some facts and figures about the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, France
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — When the green light came on, Lance Cpl. John Ross tumbled through the hatch in the belly of a lumbering Albemarle, the Royal Air Force’s transport workhorse, and disappeared into the muggy, cloud-ripped darkness. Landing safely was the only thing on his mind as descended into the black, pastoral stillness of Normandy. His parachute opened and the closer he got to the ground the only sound was the mooing of a spooked cow somewhere in the distance. He wrestled his kit bag into place below him just before spilling on to a bed of thick, cool grass. “At that time, you’re not worried about the fact you’re in a war, or anything at all,” Ross said of his “lucky” 13th parachute jump. “I was a little nervous when my feet touched the ground, thinking somebody was going to shoot at me, but there was nobody there.” The date was June 6, 1944 — D-Day. Ross, a 23-year-old army signaller, was among the first Canadians to touch the ground in one of the most storied battles of the Second World War. He landed perilously close to the flooded marshes near the Dives River — at the eastern edge of the D-Day beaches — where a number of men ended up drowning before seeing battle. Ross was part of the vanguard of the British 6th Airborne Division’s spectacular assault on Pegasus Bridge, a hulking, iron lift-bridge across the Caen Canal. Charlie Company of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was assigned the task of clearing the drop zone ahead of the main force, assaulting a nearby fortified German position and eventually blowing up five bridges across the Dives in order to prevent a counterattack. After an all-night battle for one position, 42 Germans surrendered. Now living in Lethbridge, Ross, 93, is one of only two surviving members of the regiment and will be in Normandy on Friday to remember the historic battle that was a turning point of the war and led to the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany. “Everybody got hit in some sort of way,” he said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “Everybody was wounded in one way or another, whether physically or mentally. There were no escapees.” The memories remain raw, despite seven decades. Post-traumatic stress, so much a part of the postAfghan war discussion, is not how Ross chooses to describe the waves of emotion that occasionally grip him, especially when he talks to school groups. “Every once in a while, I’ll start to cry, and I have
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D-Day veteran Lance Cpl. John Ross, 93, gestures to a map as he speaks about his experiences parachuting into Normandy the night before the D-Day invasion June 6, 1944, at his home in Lethbridge. absolutely no control,” said Ross, who had a long career in the military, and continued to skydive until he was 80. The airborne assault paved the way for the landings of a much larger force of U.S., British and Canadian troops, including the 3rd Canadian Division at Juno Beach in the vicinity of Courseulles, France. As dawn approached, Allied air forces pounded the coastline in a display Ross would never forget because “every time one of those bombs landed you could feel the ground jump under your feet. So, they must have been pretty damn, big bombs.” Former leading aircraftsman Larry Wulff, originally from Sudbury, Ont., said he and everyone else at RCAF No. 6 Group — Bomber — knew something was up the day before the landings when they were confined to station at Allerton Park, Yorshire. It was his job to load those bombs on Halifax and Wellington bombers. Without even being told, they knew the invasion was underway because the big planes, which usually flew deep into Germany at night, were given less fuel and lighter loads — meaning they weren’t going very far. There was only one thing on his mind as he secured the 226-kilogram bombs into their bays. “I thought about how many widows and orphans I helped to create underneath all those bombs that landed on villages, roads and railways in Normandy,” Wulff said in an interview. “At the same time, I had a great sympathy for all those poor buggers, who were struggling through the water to get up on to the beaches and the safety of the shore.”
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● Target: Allies land on French channel coast along five Normandy beaches stretching about 80 kilometres west from River Orne. ● Beaches: (west to east) Utah (U.S.); Omaha (U.S.); Gold (Britain); Juno (Canada); Sword (Britain). ● Features of Juno: Eight-kilometre strip of summer resorts and villages scattered over flat land behind low beaches and a sea wall. Many Canadians in first wave race to cover of sea wall. D Company of Queen’s Own Rifles loses heavily in initial sprint from water to seawall, about 180 metres. ● Enemy at Juno: About 400 soldiers of German 716th Infantry Division man concrete gun positions sited to fire along beach. Zones of fire calculated to interlock on coastal obstacles made to rip bottoms out of invading boats. Gun positions protected by mines, trenches, barbed wire. ● Ships: More than 7,000 vessels manned by 285,000 sailors. Royal Canadian Navy contributes 110 ships and 10,000 sailors. ● Soldiers: 130,000 ashore by nightfall, including about 18,000 Canadians. ● Vehicles: 6,000 tracked and wheeled vehicles and 600 guns land. ● Planes: More than 7,000 bombers and fighters available. Allied planes fly about 14,000 sorties June 6, against about 250 by Luftwaffe. ● D-Day casualties: (killed, wounded and missing): In two and a half months of Normandy campaign (June 6-Aug. 21) Germans lose 450,000 soldiers, Allies 210,000. Canadian casualties total more than 18,000, including more than 5,000 dead. ● Allied leaders: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (U.S.), Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force. Gen. Sir Bernard Law Montgomery (Britain), Field Commander, D-Day Forces. ● Canadian leaders: Gen. Harry Crerar, Commander 1st Canadian Army. Maj.Gen. Rod Keller, Commander 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. ● Divisions involved: Canadian 3rd Infantry Division; British 3rd and 50th Infantry Divisions; U.S. 1st and 4th Infantry Divisions. (All had armoured units attached.)
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June 6 1991 — Supreme Court rules 6-1 that public servants can work election campaigns, except for top bureaucrats, who must be neutral. 1990 — Newfoundland House of Assembly rescinds approval of the Meech Lake Accord. 1973 — Raising of the world’s tallest totem pole in Alert Bay, B.C. at 173 feet. 1973 — Parliament passes resolution for bilingual federal public service by 1978.
1944 — D-DAY: Operation Overlord’s 60-mile front opens a new campaign in western Europe as about 14,000 Canadian soldiers join in the landing on Juno beach between Courseulles and St-Aubin-sur-Mer in France. Canadian casualties that day are 715 wounded, 359 dead. 1936 — The first helicopter is tested in a building in Berlin, Germany. 1861 — Maid of the Mist the first vessel to navigate the Niagara River’s whirlpool rapids. 1813 — The U.S. invasion of Canada is halted at Stony Creek, Ontario.
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Despite laws banning them, hedgehogs finding homes as family pets THE ASSOCIATED PRESS They are tiny animals with cute faces. They’re covered in quills. They roll into prickly balls when they are scared. The ideal pet? Hedgehogs are steadily growing in popularity across the United States, despite laws in at least six states banning or restricting them as pets. Breeders say the trend is partly fueled by the fact that hedgehogs require less maintenance than dogs and cats, and because they emit little odour — in sharp contrast with rodents and rabbits. They are largely hypoallergenic and are solitary, making them ideal for those with a busy lifestyle. “A hedgehog can hang out all day while you are at work, you can come home, hang out with it for a couple of hours or . you know, put it away,” said Massachusettsbased hedgehog breeder Jennifer Crespo. Crespo’s 4-year-old son, Wyatt, sat on the sofa in their home recently, his arm wrapped around the neck of a German shepherd named Ares while an African pygmy hedgehog named Jambalaya clambered across his legs. The attraction to the animals may have started with a video game — “Sonic” is a blue hedgehog who runs at supersonic speeds and curls into a ball to attack its enemies — but it has grown through people sharing pictures of their pets on social media and elsewhere online. An Instagram account
set up by the owners of a hedgehog named Biddy in Oregon has nearly 370,000 followers, while National Geographic Magazine put a hedgehog on the cover of its April edition to illustrate a trend of people owning exotic animals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which requires anyone breeding at least three hedgehogs to get a license, says it has no data on hedgehog ownership. But Jill Warnick, a breeder in Brookline, Massachusetts, said demand for hedgehogs has grown so much over the years that potential pet owners have to fill out an application form and then wait for their turn to buy the weaned off-
spring. “When I first started I might have a waiting list of five people,” Warnick said, as hedgehogs slept in hiding spots installed in their cages. “Well, 19 years later, I have a waiting list of 500 people.” Breeders typically begin holding hedgehog offspring in their hands for a short time each day beginning a few days after their birth, in an effort to get them accustomed to humans. That helps make pet hedgehogs bond with their owners, said Warnick, who has sold about 350 hedgehogs. The animals are banned in six states and Washington, D.C., for reasons ranging from being nonnative species to concerns that they could
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Hedgehog breeder Jennifer Crespo, of Gardner, Mass., holds a pet hedgehog at her home in Gardner, Mass. Hedgehogs are steadily growing in popularity across the United States, despite laws banning or restricting them as pets. set up a wild population. Hedgehogs can also shed the salmonella bacterium, which represents a health risk to young children and older people with weakened im-
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WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? An adult African pygmy hedgehog is 6 to 11 inches long and weighs 1 to 2 pounds. A relaxed one is generally oval, with a very short tail and short limbs that keep the body close to the ground. When threatened or disturbed, it contracts a series of muscles, rolls into a ball and forces its quills out in all directions. Female hedgehogs are slightly larger than males. The face and underside are covered with a soft, white fur.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO REPRODUCE? Their gestation period is about 35 days. Hedgehogs are born in litters of two to 10, each bearing soft white quills that do not injure the mother during birth. The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires anyone breeding at least three hedgehogs to get a license. SOURCES: Dr. Sarah McCormack of Fresh Pond Animal Hospital; Dr. Jennifer Graham of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University; African Wildlife Foundation; University of Michigan’s Animal Diversity Web; Cosley Zoo.
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WHAT DO THEY EAT? In the wild, the hedgehog feeds mainly on insects. It also eats earthworms, snails and slugs, as well as small snakes and frogs. Pet owners feed cat food to domesticated hedgehogs.
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ON NOW AT YOUR Alberta GMC DEALERS. AlbertaGMC.com 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. * Offers apply to the lease or purchase of a new or demonstrator 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab 4x4 (1SA/G80/ B30/K05). Freight ($1,695) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in the Alberta GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer trade may be required. †* The Automotive Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) comprises professional journalists, writers and photographers specializing in cars and trucks. They provide unbiased opinions of new vehicles to help consumers make better purchases that are right for them. For more information visit www.ajac.ca. ++ Offer available to retail customers in Canada between June 3, 2014 and June 30, 2014. Applies to new 2014 GMC models, 2015 GMC Sierra HD Pickups and 2015 GMC Yukon at participating dealers in Canada. Employee price excludes license, insurance, registration, dealer administration fee, fees associated with filing at movable property registry/PPSA fees, duties, and taxes. Dealer may sell for less. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ‡ 2.9% for 36 month lease available on all 2014 Sierra 1500 Regular/Double/Crew Cabs. Sample lease payments based on approved credit by GM Financial. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. Monthly payments may vary depending on down payment/trade. Example: Sierra Double Cab 4x4 (1SA/G80/B30/K05) including Freight and Air Tax is $29,595 at 2.9% APR, $2,450 Down payment, Bi-Weekly payment is $139 for 36 months. Total obligation is $13,426, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $18,238. ¥ $4,000 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit has been applied to the finance and lease offers of 2014 Sierra 1500 Double/Crew Cabs, and is applicable to retail customers only. An additional $400 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit has been applied to the cash purchase offer. Other credits available on select Sierra models. Offer ends June 30, 2014. ‡‡ Offer valid from June 3, 2014 to June 30, 2014 (the "Program Period") to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing a 1999 or newer eligible pickup truck that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six months, will receive a $1000 Truck Owner Bonus credit towards the lease or finance of an eligible 2014 GMC Sierra Double Cab; or a $2000 Truck Owner Bonus credit towards the cash purchase of an eligible 2014 GMC Sierra Double Cab. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $1000/$2000 credit includes HST/GST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership for the previous consecutive six months. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details.