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P3 approach abandoned BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF On a day when the keys for two brand-new schools in Red Deer were handed over to the divisions set to run them, the province gave word that a new build scheduled for Blackfalds may not open as planned.

Speaking from Edmonton, Infrastructure Minister Wayne Drysdale said Wednesday that 19 new school builds the government announced in 2013 might not be ready for students by 2016, as had been previously pledged. The potential delays stem from the province moving away from its planned public-private partnership (P3) method

LOCAL DIVISIONS GET CONTROL OF NEW SCHOOLS A2 to build the bundle after determining that the long-touted approach would actually prove more expensive in this case. Over the last seven years, the government has thrice used the P3 approach to fund the construction of

40 schools across the province, bundling builds together in large groups to be handled by a single consortium. The last bundle of 12 schools included three for Red Deer and one in Penhold, all of which will open in September.

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Flood outlook eases for southern Alberta BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Improved forecasts Wednesday were lifting soggy spirits in southern Alberta where heavy rainfall and swollen rivers had residents worried about evacuations and damage to their homes. “The rain is lightening, the infrastructure is catching up to the excessive flows,” said Rob Steel, mayor of Claresholm, where a voluntary evacuation centre had to be set up after rain came down in sheets earlier in the day. “If it stays like this, it’ll just get better and better as each hour goes by.” Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman said concerns were eased when lighter rainfall lowered peak forecasts for the Oldman River, which runs through his city.

“Things are looking much better,” he said. “To our relief, the rainfall upstream wasn’t as severe as predicted overnight so the provincial river flow forecast has improved significantly.” The same forecast was welcome news in Medicine Hat, where Alberta Environment was predicting peak flows on the South Saskatchewan River at 2,400 cubic metres per second — less than half the original prediction that had people fearing a repeat of the deluge that happened in 2013. “What we’re telling people now is they can stand down,” said Medicine Hat fire chief Brian Stauth. “We don’t anticipate that we are going to evacuate.” Things could change, however. “We’re still very concerned because there’s a heavy rain-

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Volunteers fill sandbags in Medicine Hat, Alberta on Wednesday at Harris Street S.E., which was hit hard by flooding in 2013. fall warning in effect,” Steel said. “This is still a very dynamic situation.” Alberta Environment spokesman Evan Friesenhan explained that initial river forecasts were based on rainfall predictions of up to 200

millimetres in the southwest part of the province. While rainfall was as heavy as predicted, it wasn’t as widespread. “We did get a localized area that received 175 millimetres, but as we moved away from

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A little wet weather was not going to keep Brayden Thomson from getting his produce Wednesday. Staying dry under his umbrella he showed off his rain-soaked radishes he picked up from the Steel Pony Farm booth at the Downtown Red Deer Wednesday market.

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The federal government’s conditional approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline project may have been of passing interest to many Central Albertans. But for Shane Walper, it was big news. Walper is president and CEO of Predator Drilling Inc., and he estimates that 70 per cent of his Red Deer company’s work is connected to the oilsands — primarily through the drilling of core samples for operators there. “On a revenue basis it’s quite high,” said Walper of Predator’s reliance on the massive resource play in Northern Alberta. Much of the money it earns finds its way to other local companies, such as service truck operators. And Predator’s employees, who number more than 300 during peak periods, are also recipients. Many are residents of Red Deer and the surrounding area, but others come

from across Canada, said Walper. “The farthest point to the East Coast that you can go, we have people that come and work for us.” Mark Salkeld, president and CEO of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada, agreed that the benefits of oilsands growth flows well beyond Fort McMurray. “We’ve got a number of member companies involved in the oilsands and supporting all the activity there in a different manner,” said Salkeld, whose Calgary-based association represents some 250 companies in the service, supply and manufacturing sectors of the upstream petroleum industry. That support includes everything from providing instrumentation to fabricating equipment, with WorleyParsonsCord Ltd.’s sprawling modular yard at Blackfalds a visible example of the latter.

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School divisions gain control of four new P3 schools this week Local divisions are getting the keys for the four new schools built using the P3 approach this week. On Wednesday, Red Deer Public School District took control of École Barrie Wilson in Timberlands, and Francophone division Conseil scolaire CentreNord got possession of its K-12 École La Prairie facility on 34th Street. ABC Schools Partnership — the consortium that designed, built and financed a bundle of 12 Alberta schools — will hand over control of two other buildings in Red Deer and Penhold today and Friday as well. Each school will open to students in September. Red Deer Public superintendent Piet Langstraat called the K-5 École Barrie Wilson facility “beautiful” after a brief ceremony. “We’re building another school (in Inglewood). It’s very tempting to just copy this one with some minor alterations because it really is a beautiful building. They got the design absolutely right,” he said. Just over 325 students have so far enrolled for September, with that number expected to rise. The dual-track French immersion school will open with capacity to house 500 students. Under the P3 approach, maintenance of schools will be handled by a contractor for a period of 30 years, not the division. It is that piece which Langstraat will determine whether the P3 model ultimately works for the division. “We will look after shovelling the snow, and that’s it. ... In terms of the running of the building, the maintenance, the ability for teachers to make their classrooms their own and hanging things up and all that, I’ll wait and see. I’m not sure how it will play out in the long run,” he said.

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SCHOOLS: Cost estimate too high But while in each of the first three cases at least four consortiums bid on the work, for the latest batch of 19 builds — including an elementary facility for fast-growing Blackfalds — only one consortium showed interest. The Build 2 Learn group’s cost estimate for the work, said Drysdale, was ultimately too high. “We have always maintained that Alberta would only use P3s where they showed value for money and in this case, the Alberta government’s rigorous evaluation process determined a P3 does not make sense,” he announced. Build 2 Learn’s bid amounted to $570.7 million, while a “public sector comparator” done by the province and vetted by outside consultants determined that the work need only cost $556.6 million if done through traditional methods. Thus, said Drysdale, the government will either look after the construction of the schools or provide grant funding to individual school boards so that they can look after their own builds. The 19 are part of the government’s larger $2-billion commitment to open 50 new schools and modernize a further 70, a task it has long pledged would be completed by 2016 when the next provincial election is scheduled to be held. Wednesday was the first time 2017 was cited as the new delivery date. “People get hung up on a date made in a political promise but I think as Infrastructure we have to do what’s right for the province and for the people,” said Drysdale. He said the majority of the school projects should still be completed by 2016, but that some may be pushed back into early 2017, at which time students could move in in the midst of the school year. Starting down the P3 road for the 19 builds has already cost $750,000 and meant some time has been lost, but a lot of the preparatory work done for the planned P3 builds will still apply despite the reversal. Municipal development permits have been secured and school designs completed. Drysdale said tenders will go out in the next few months and shovels could be in the ground for the 19 by fall. Wolf Creek Public Schools will now have the option to take over the Blackfalds build itself or leave it to Alberta Infrastructure, where it could be bundled with other builds. Being the only one of the 19 in Central Alberta could preclude the latter option,

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Red Deer Public School District board chair Bev Manning, school principal Chris Good, left, and Barrie Wilson outside the new Ecole Barrie Wilson Elementary School. The developers of the school project in the Timberlands handed over the keys to the building on Wednesday morning. The new school features a public library branch that will also open in September. The K-12 École La Prairie building, which will replace an older facility next door, will open with space for 250 students.

The Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division will get possession of its new elementary school in Clearview today and ABC Schools will turn over keys to Chinook’s Edge School Division’s Penhold secondary facility on Friday.

said superintendent Larry Jacobs. He said the division needs more details from the government before determining how it will move forward. Throughout the P3 process, he said, the division got precious little information about what work the department was doing. “It depends what we find out in the next few days. It could be frustrating if we find out that the frontend process is only about 40-50 per cent complete, but we’re hopeful that everything has been done on the front end and all we have to do is go to tender. If that’s the case then we’re fine,” said Jacobs. The contract to build the 12 schools opening this year was awarded in 2012 for $288.78 million. The province said at the time that using the P3 method for that bundle would save $43 million and ensure the schools would open up to two years sooner than if done by traditional methods. But in this case, provincial officials have claimed that last year’s flooding and an overheated construction market left most bidders unable or unwilling to take on the school builds. And Drysdale said the competitiveness of bids in past bundles has driven down profit margins, pushing builders toward more attractive projects. Other analysis has found that the government has made the bundles too big, which leaves smaller contractors unable to get involved. Drysdale said he was “surprised and disappointed” that the P3 approach did not prove cost-effective, but he said the government will continue to consider the method for future capital endeavours. Under the P3 format, industry is to design and build new schools in the province, financing at least half the cost of construction before being paid out over 30 years. A contractor will also provide maintenance of the facility for that 30-year period. Once opened, the schools will be owned and operated by the school boards, and the ownership contract will allow for joint-use agreements and thirdparty leasing arrangements. Thirty-one other new school builds — including two in Red Deer and one in Sylvan Lake — in the province will not be affected by the P3 reversal. Those projects will either be handled by individual school boards or by the province, and are expected to be completed by 2016. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

south of Calgary, has about 40 damaged homes — some surrounded by water and some swamped, Steel said. In some cases, sewers backed up. About 250 homes in Lethbridge were affected, most with flooded basements. Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Guy Weadick said 20 families were forced from their homes on the Blood reserve. They were being housed in a recreation facility in nearby Standoff. In all, nine communities and municipal districts declared states of local emergency. Another three activated their emergency response plans. The flooding came as southern Alberta prepared to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2013 flood. In total, 100,000 people had to flee their homes last June. Damage estimates have reached as high as $6 billion. Communities hit the hardest in that flood — including Canmore, Calgary and High River — are further to the north of the area currently experiencing high water and are expected to pull through relatively unscathed. Longtime Claresholm resident Joanna Sutter said she has seen it all before. “I’ve personally been flooded twice in my home and I’m trying to save it for a third time. I’ve been there, done this ... before and it just brings back horrible memories,” she said. The community will pull through, she said. “There’s no shortage of help here. “We’ve been through this so many times and people are willing to step up.”

FLOOD : 250 homes in Lethbridge affected Even with the threat subsiding, the mess left behind is significant. Claresholm, a town of 3,800 about 130 kilometres

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“We’ve got a significant number of our members involved in manufacturing,” confirmed Salkeld, adding that PSAC companies from across the province have their fingers in the oilsands. Many Albertans don’t realize the extent to which oilsands money supports regional economies, said Walper. “There’s a big trickle-down effect, and I don’t know that everyone fully understands that.” He and Salkeld agree that the Northern Gateway project and other proposed pipelines are critical for the oilsands to achieve their potential, and generate even greater economic spin-offs. “We need it,” said Salkeld, adding that those benefits will extend beyond Alberta. “It’s more than just a provincial thing, it’s a national thing.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2014 2013 HIGH RIVER FLOODING, ONE YEAR LATER

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University says students no longer guilty BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Some students who oppose abortion have won a battle against the University of Calgary four years after being sanctioned for their refusal to remove a poster display from campus. Seven students tried to appeal being found guilty of non-academic misconduct in 2010, but the board of governors refused to hold a hearing. In April, a judge ordered the board to hear the appeal. He said the university’s original decision was unreasonable and lacking justification. The Justice Centre for Academic Freedoms said Wednesday that the board of governors allowed the appeal, quashed the charges of non-academic freedom and removed them from the students’ files. “We are pleased with this decision. I commend the students for taking a strong and courageous stance,” said centre president John Carpay, who acted as the students’ lawyer. “If not for their courage and persistence, the U of C would have succeeded in reducing the free expression rights of all students.” The group’s display, first put up in 2008, was considered too graphic and provocative. Called the Genocide Awareness Project, it compared abortion to past historical atrocities, such as the Rwandan genocide and the Holocaust. It involved graphic photos of fetuses and victims of genocide. The university demanded the group turn its display inward so passing students wouldn’t have to look at it. The matter has dragged on for so long many of the students involved have already graduated.

Some residents still out as High River rebuilds BY BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS HIGH RIVER — Fred Plotnikoff and his girlfriend Bert Ager’s home has been a tiny room in a trailer for the last 10 months. The seniors have been living in the temporary community of Saddlebrook, just north of High River, which was set up by the Alberta government last summer to provide shelter for about 1,200 after the Highwood River poured into town and damaged many homes beyond repair. Saddlebrook consists of a neighbourhood of long construction trailers grouped together on a 40-hectare site. It has laundry facilities, a recreation centre and a kitchen that feeds the people who still call it home. A colourful playground still attracts a handful of children. The makeshift community’s population has dwindled to about 150 as the one-year anniversary of the flood approaches. Plotnikoff and Ager are scheduled to move into a condo in High River on July 1. “It was great to have a place to live that was dry. It’s better than being under the damn bridge you know,” says Plotnikoff, 70. “We’re getting tired of it. We want to have our own place ... We’ve been OK, but it’s not home.” “It kept us positive,” adds Ager, who is 76. “We knew there was something better coming.” It’s not just the residents of Saddlebrook who still aren’t home after last June’s flooding. A number of businesses in downtown High River remain dark. The historic Wales Theatre, which first opened its doors in 1927, still hasn’t reopened. It was only recently that Hangover 3 was removed from the marquee — long past its movie house playing days. The movie was released on DVD last October. “The water was right below the screen,” says owner Syed Kidwai, pointing to the front of the theatre, which is in the middle of a major reconstruction. All the seats on the main floor have been removed. Rows upon rows of new seats are still covered in plastic. “My wife and I had been considering retirement,” Kidwai says. “It’s been a very hard road. I must have aged five years in the past 12 months and we have to understand that it’s not just myself — we are looking at the lives of about 12,000 people who were also affected.” Kidwai equates what he is going through to a cancer scare he had in 2008. “First you are very upset and you say, ’Why me?’ Then it’s the four levels of acceptance. You get mad, then you accept it and say I’m better than a lot of other people.” High River Mayor Craig Snodgrass says getting people back into their homes and businesses has been the town’s No. 1 priority. But he says there’s also a need to let residents know that there are protections in place to prevent a repeat of 2013. Riverbanks have been improved to prevent erosion. The neighbourhood of Wallaceville, on a natural chokepoint in the Highwood, is to be bulldozed and the site returned to its original state. The river bottom has been scraped and an old rail bridge has been removed to improve flow. In the longer term, there are plans for a channel to divert water around the community. “I wouldn’t call it doom and gloom but the town is wounded. People have that edge of nervousness to them,” Snodgrass said. “People have a very hard time getting it out of their head that last year isn’t normal and last year isn’t going to happen every time because it affected everybody on a

Some of the ideas for preventing another major flood in southern Alberta Highwood River Diversion What it would do: Divert water around the floodprone community of High River when water levels on the Highwood River are high. Typically, in June, the Highwood flows at a rate of between 30 and 70 cubic metres per second. During the 2013 flood, the river peaked at between 1,500 and 1,800 cubic metres per second. The diversion would be designed to handle flows of 500 cubic metres of water per second. What it would look like: There are three routes being considered — one that would take water north of the city, one that would take water south of the city, and one that would split north and south. It would be seven kilometres long. It would be 40 metres wide at its narrowest point and 200 metres wide at its widest. Where this project sits: The government is currently consulting with residents and conducting an environmental review. (http://www.alberta.ca/highwood-river-basin.cfm). The Springbank Road Reservoir What it would do: The reservoir would take water from the Elbow River and store it when levels are high, protecting Calgary and Rocky View County. Calgary can handle flow rates of 180 cubic metres per second downstream of the Glenmore Reservoir on the Elbow without having to sandbag. The peak flow rate of the Elbow River into the reservoir during the 2013 flood was 1,240 cubic metres per second. The reservoir would hold up to 59 million cubic metres of water. What it would look like: The reservoir would sit 15 kilometres west of Calgary near Springbank Road, north of the river. A diversion weir would send water down a 4.5-kilometre canal to the reservoir. Where the project sits: Some preliminary design work has been done. An environmental review is underway. (http://www.alberta.ca/springbank-road.cfm) McLean Creek Dry Dam What it would do: It would be used to control the Elbow River during periods of flooding and would protect the communities of Bragg Creek, the Tsuu T’ina First Nation, Rocky View County and Calgary. What it would look like: The project calls for a 50-metre-high dam on the Elbow near McLean Creek, southwest of Bragg Creek. It would have a capacity of 49 million cubic metres during a flood. Where the project sits: A conceptual design is complete, but the government says a decision to go ahead won’t be made until it’s determined whether an underground diversion in Calgary is feasible. (http://www.alberta.ca/mclean-creek.cfm) Calgary Underground Diversion What it would do: It would take water underground from the Glenmore Reservoir to the Bow River. What it would look like: The idea calls for an eightmetre diversion pipe to run under 58th Avenue S.W. Where the project sits: A report is to come before a city council committee later this month that pegs the cost of the tunnel at $500 million. (http://www.alberta.ca/calgary-bow-river-basin.cfm). (Source: Government of Alberta) personal level.” Snodgrass doesn’t see High River returning to the way it was. “This is an opportunity to take this town up about five levels,” he says. “You can see the light at the end of the odd tunnel here as to how this town’s going to look and that’s pretty exciting.”

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EDMONTON — Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Wednesday her country and Canada need to seize the moment to become global leaders in cleaner energy. “Of course we’re going to continue using fossil fuels, but I think we should set the global example for transitioning in some more orderly way away from fossil fuels,” Clinton told 1,500 people at a luncheon speech. “And given the innovation, given the research capacities, given the experiences on both sides of our border, we’re in a perfect position to do that.” It was Clinton’s first visit to the Alberta capital, part of her promotional tour for her new book of memoirs, “Hard Choices.” On Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government approved the Northern Gateway pipeline to take Alberta crude to ports on the British Columbia coast — if 209 conditions are met. Canada also awaits a decision by the United States on whether it will approve the Keystone XL pipeline to take Alberta oil diagonally across the continent to refineries in Texas. Keystone has becoming a polarizing symbol of the future direction of North American energy. Proponents say it’s critical to keep competitive, while opponents say it solidifies a reliance on fossil fuels. Clinton, reiterating remarks she made earlier this week in a speech in Toronto, said Keystone is important but shouldn’t be allowed to define the energy relationship between the two nations. “I think our relationship would get deeper and stronger and put us in a position to really be global leaders in energy and climate change if we worked more closely together, and that’s what I would like to see us do.” After her speech, Clinton took questions from a moderator. She was asked for reaction to the weekend capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi that killed four Americans. “To say I’m delighted would be understating it,” said Clinton. “(Khattala) was openly boasting about the role that he had in the attacks in Benghazi. “And as the president said yesterday, this is another demonstration of America’s unwavering commitment to track down and bring to justice those who are responsible for killing Americans.” U.S. officials are facing questions over why it took almost two years to capture Khattala, given he had been openly granting media interviews. Clinton said it was because the U.S. needed time to build a case because Khattala will be tried in the U.S. court system. “This was a very carefully planned operation by both law enforcement and our military,” she said. “He will not be sent to (a lockup in) Guantanamo (Bay). And that is an absolutely necessary decision. “We have a really good record of trying terrorists in our federal courts.” Clinton did not comment further on whether she will run for the presidency in 2016, but said she will continue her work on other causes, including women’s rights.

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No way out for Tories HARPER COULDN’T SAY NO TO THE NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE PROJECT BUT THE DECISION COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR HIS PARTY When Stephen Harper pronounced it was a “national priority” to get Alberta crude to the Asian market, he went to Switzerland to deliver the message. Some 30 months later, when he gave the green light to Enbridge’s $7.9-billion Northern Gateway pipeline — the physical conduit of the “national priority’’ — he released a statement. Neither the prime minister nor his natural resources minister, nor any of the 21 British Columbia Conservative MPs, sought out a single camera to explain why this decision — one of the most momentous of Harper’s time in power — was vital for the well-being of the West Coast, the Alberta oilpatch or Canada as a whole. Instead, the Conservatives scurried into the Ottawa evening, leaving the field to their many vocal political opponents, all of whom vowed to overturn the decision. Harper really had no choice but to OK the project TIM with the 209 conditions placed HARPER on it by the joint review panel of the National Energy Board. He set all the rules. He streamlined the environmental process, he gave himself the final say, he set the timing, he hand-picked the ministers he wanted to sell this megaproject to environmentalists, aboriginals, British Columbians and Canadians. Despite controlling every aspect of this file, Harper was still unable to close the deal and was left with no option but to spend a bagful of his dwindling political capital on something that may never be built. If the prime minister’s head is in a political guillotine, he placed it there himself. Regulatory approval is one thing. Social licence is another, and even while controlling all the levers, Harper has not earned that social licence, certainly not in British Columbia, to build a pipeline across rugged terrain to Kitimat, where it will be loaded onto tankers traversing the narrow, treacherous Douglas Channel in often hostile weather. He couldn’t say no. It would have run counter to everything he has been preaching since this project was first placed in the hands of the NEB amidst an outbreak of Conservative cheerleading, during which environmentalists were branded “radicals” and accused of moneylaundering and kowtowing to their American puppet masters, their charitable status placed under scrutiny in a bid to intimidate. Joe Oliver, often cranky, always partisan, set the tone as the former natural resources minister, but he had company in the former environment minister, Peter Kent, and Treasury Board president, Tony Clement. Some 50 aboriginal communities along the route, which should have been engaged early, often and intensively, were given lip service by the government. That was the verdict even of the envoy belatedly appointed by the Conservatives. Most B.C. First Na-

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tions have signed no treaties with governments and control their ancestral lands and rights. Harper couldn’t say no because of what was at stake economically and what it is costing this country with the Alberta bitumen unable to get to tidewater. Harper couldn’t say no because, after refusing to take “no” for an answer from U.S. President Barack Obama on the Keystone XL pipeline, a “no” on Northern Gateway would have sparked guffaws in the White House and the U.S. State Department. He couldn’t buy time. That was exactly what he and others in his government had accused Obama of doing by refusing to pronounce on Keystone, punting it down the line, hiding behind regulatory rules rather than dealing with a political grenade. So, what did Harper buy Tuesday? A project with more than 200 conditions placed on Enbridge; five more placed on it by B.C. Premier Christy Clark, who controls 60 permits needed for construction; at least five court challenges underway or in the planning stage; a threat of a grassroots provincial referendum to kill the pipeline; widespread provincial opposition; threats of social unrest, and

the opposition of Tom Mulcair and his New Democrats, Justin Trudeau and his Liberals and Elizabeth May of the Greens. Is British Columbia public opinion malleable? According to NDP MP Nathan Cullen, whose riding includes Kitimat, that opinion is “calcified” and not only in the coastal town that would benefit most directly from the project, which overwhelmingly turned down Gateway in a non-binding plebiscite earlier this spring. Cullen says he has attended meetings in Kelowna, Kamloops and beyond — none of them environmental hotbeds — which have drawn hundreds of Gateway opponents. These are not the regular malcontents. These are people who have never before attended a political meeting. There will be 42 seats up for grabs in B.C. in 2015. Harper has fired the first shot in the pipeline wars, but B.C. voters may be itching to return fire at the ballot box. Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thesta.ca.

Alberta must quit coal cold turkey BY BEN THIBAULT SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE As many commentators have acknowledged, President Barack Obama’s new Clean Power Plan is the most significant environmental action taken by the United States in at least two decades. It puts the U.S. on a path that could see the country reach its 2020 international climate commitments — unlike Canada. Obama’s actions pose a major challenge for our international reputation and competitiveness: while the U.S. is now taking action on its largest source of carbon pollution — coal-fired electricity — we have yet to act on our biggest emissions problem going forward, namely the oilsands. Still, some commentators seek to defend the oilsands by pointing out that coal is the “U.S.’s much dirtier enemy.” But, before we throw stones, let’s not forget that Alberta also has a big coal problem — proportionally bigger than the U.S. Alberta’s electricity grid is proportionally much more reliant on coal, at 63.7 per cent, than the U.S. average, which is 39.1 per cent. Total coal generation in the U.S. has fallen by nearly a quarter from 2007 to 2013. Meanwhile, with two old Alberta coal units returning to service in late 2013, Alberta now has more coal capacity than

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two decades. Numbers from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) in its 2014 Long-term Outlook are identical: 88 per cent of our electricity will still come from fossil fuels in 20 years, mostly natural gas. Renewables are expected to grow, but at a slower rate than they have in the past 10 years. At a time when we can be cost effectively ramping up renewables to avoid locking into increasing carbon emissions with risky reliance on natural gas, renewables are barely expected to increase their share of total generation. Fortunately, our analysis also shows that Alberta has the ability to take a clear lead on reducing electricity emissions through renewable energy and energy efficiency, if it decides to. Instead of locking the province into a very heavy reliance on natural gas, we examined two realistic scenarios that would diversify our energy sources. In all cases, it’s clear that natural gas will still play a role, but these alternative scenarios would facilitate a much broader diversity of sources, preventing fossil fuels from monopolizing the grid. While natural gas generation is proving very profitable to the power companies, our alternative scenarios would be more cost effective for consumers in the long run. Wind energy’s costs, for example, are already lower than new coal and on par with new natural gas generation — even if natural gas prices stay

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Tories defend pipeline decision EMPHASIZE CONDITIONS, SCIENCE AROUND NORTHERN GATEWAY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Conservatives are defending their government’s approval of the contested Northern Gateway pipeline as based on science and evidence — while noting the project may never be built. Government MPs and ministers were conspicuously absent late Tuesday when the approval was announced in a bureaucratic news release — evidence, NDP and Liberal critics crowed, that they feared the coming backlash. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford struck a dispassionate tone on the project, emphasizing it had gone through a rigorous review process that includes 209 conditions. “The fact of the matter is that the government is acting on the advice of

an independent scientific panel that thoroughly reviewed these matters,” Harper said during question period. “The government has applied the conditions demanded by that panel. It is now up to the proponent to assure the regulator going forward that it will indeed comply with those conditions.” Conservatives also point out that a federal panel recently rejected the New Prosperity mine project in B.C., a decision that wasn’t similarly picked apart by the opposition. But the science around the National Energy Board’s joint review panel has been criticized by outside voices, and rejected outright by the opposition who say it was politicized and shaped by the Conservatives. Earlier this month, 300 scientists and scholars signed an open letter urging Harper to reject the review panel’s “flawed” findings, including its failure to consider the impact of greenhouse-

gas emissions from Alberta’s oilsands. “Unless the public has a process in which it can have confidence, none of these projects can move forward,” said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who has warned he would set aside the decision should his party form government. “And that’s what we’ve said about Northern Gateway since day one. The public simply could not have confidence in the process.” Despite the Conservative cabinet’s decision to approve the project with the 209 conditions, there are still enormous hurdles to overcome — including gaining the support of dozens of aboriginal communities. The general sense of uncertainty around Northern Gateway could account for the marked lack of enthusiasm the Conservatives are now showing for the project. “British Columbians want jobs, they want growth, they want to show that

we’re protecting our environment and protecting our fisheries,” said B.C. Conservative MP John Weston. “Those are the things British Columbians are concerned about and the decision upholds those 209 conditions. It’s a very tough job to complete any pipeline under those conditions.” Chris McCluskey, a spokesman for Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford, noted on Twitter that the approval was conditional, calling the government’s response a “maybe.” Other MPs said they don’t fear being punished during the next federal election, noting that not everyone in B.C. is opposed to the pipeline. “Some are, some aren’t,” said MP Mark Warawa. “B.C. is a natural resource-rich province, and that’s how we pay for education, health care — all of our social services are paid for by our natural resources.”

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Investigators assess the damage to homes and property on Wednesday, a day after a tornado touched down in Angus, Ont. The twister ripped through the Essa Township, about 100 kilometres north of Toronto, at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, blowing out windows, tearing off roofs and downing trees as it carved a path through a residential subdivision. About 100 homes were damaged.

Bankers’ group hikes reward for capture of Vaulter Bandit BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A bankers’ group has increased a reward to help catch a robber dubbed the Vaulter Bandit, who is wanted for 17 robberies at banks in numerous Canadian cities. The Canadian Bankers Association hiked its reward to $50,000 from $20,000 on Wednesday. Police say the robber — armed with a handgun — first struck in York Region north of Toronto back in February 2010 and robbed banks in Mississauga, Ont., and Hamilton later that year before heading to Calgary in early 2011, where he robbed four banks in 10 days. It’s alleged the same suspect resurfaced in Ontario and hit York Region banks again before robbing an Ottawa bank in May 2011 and another one in

Vaughan, just outside Toronto, that December. Police believe the suspect did not commit another robbery until last month, when he robbed a TD Bank in Toronto on May 5. Toronto police Det. Sgt. Mike Earl says the suspect is very athletic for someone believed to be in his late 30s or early 40s, jumping over bank counters like a hurdler. Police say they are concerned because the robberies are becoming more violent, with the suspect taking bank employees hostage as they open for business and forcing them inside at gunpoint and into a vault. Police released surveillance video from several robberies and described the suspect as white, five-foot-eight to five-foot-10 with a medium build, very fit and wearing glasses.

The RCMP rebuffed criticism Wednesday that it has failed to properly equip and train its officers, two weeks after three of its members were fatally gunned down and two others injured in Moncton, N.B. In a lengthy statement, the force said the investigation into the June 4 shootings is in its early stages and investigators are still trying to determine what happened. The RCMP said it also cannot release sensitive information that might jeopardize court proceedings. But it dismissed as “personal views” and “speculation” that officers in New Brunswick did not have access to hard body armour or C8 patrol carbines, a type of assault rifle used by military personnel and many police forces. “Hard body armour has been available in Codiac since 2011,” the onepage statement said, referencing the detachment that responded to the Moncton shootings. “There have also been suggestions regarding the new C8 patrol carbines. While it is true that all officers do not have training on these yet, it is an ongoing process, and the training and rollout of the C8s is continuing, and that includes in Codiac.” The statement comes after retired and serving members say the force has been slow to equip officers with weapons, like the carbines, to properly defend themselves. Rob Creasser of the Mounted Police Professional Association said many detachments still don’t have the highpowered rifles or specialized armour that is better able to protect against rifle fire. Creasser, a retired member of the RCMP who now works with the professional association representing Mounties, said when he heard about the shootings and subsequent manhunt in Moncton it took him back to the deaths of four RCMP officers near Mayerthor-

pe, in 2005. The officers in Alberta were guarding a marijuana grow-op when the owner opened fire on them with a rifle, leaving them to defend themselves with 9-mm handguns. The shooting deaths led to recommendations seven years ago that police be equipped with proper protective vests and the C8 carbines, something Creasser says has been woefully slow to be acted upon by senior RCMP brass. “The rollout of these recommendations has been an absolute debacle,” he said. “Members have said they’re dragging their feet on this and we’re dying out here. So the fact remains that four members were killed in 2005, there were recommendations made to equip and train people with better body armour and new weaponry, and here we are seven years after those recommendations and very little has changed.” Creasser said after looking at photos from the night of the Moncton shootings, it appeared RCMP officers were wearing soft protective vests and using 9-mm handguns against a gunman who allegedly was carrying two rifles. Supt. Troy Lightfoot said he couldn’t discuss any specifics in the Moncton case since it is still under investigation and before the courts. But he said the force has distributed 1,330 patrol carbines to divisions across the country since 2012 and plans to provide another 219 by September. He said almost 5,000 sets of hard body armour have been dispersed, with one in every police vehicle. “Within two years we’ve accomplished a considerable amount of work in terms of the distribution of arms,” he said. Justin Bourque, 24, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder after the shootings in Moncton. He is due back in court next month and has not entered pleas on the charges.

Tory byelection attack on Trudeau features riding’s former Liberal MP The Conservatives are pulling out all the stops in a bid to steal Scarborough-Agincourt away from the Liberals, including giving the Toronto riding’s former Liberal MP a starring role in their latest attack against Justin Trudeau and his plan to legalize marijuana. The governing party has blanketed the riding with a flyer that features a photo of Jim Karygiannis and a quote from him: “This is not the same Liberal party we knew. The party has changed.” The flyer attributes the quote to “your former Liberal MP of 25 years” explaining why he decided to resign last April, triggering a byelection on June 30. The flip side shows a photo of an unsavoury-looking Trudeau, sporting a goatee, superimposed on a picture of a young boy lighting up a joint. Trudeau appears to be standing in a haze of smoke. “Trudeau wants marijuana in local stores, just like alcohol and cigarettes,” the flyer claims. Legalizing, regulating and taxing pot would help keep it out of the hands of children and starve organized crime of its lucrative marijuana trade, Trudeau argued Wednesday. He dismissed the latest Tory attack on his stance as “misleading and, quite frankly, disgusting.” Microscopic print reveals that the flyer was “authorized by the registered

agent of the Conservative Party of Canada.” But Karygiannis believes it was intended to appear as though it came from him. “This is an all-time low for the Conservatives,” he said in an interview, calling the flyer a “very low and distasteful attack” that misrepresents him and his reason for leaving federal politics. Karygiannis said he’s still a member of the Liberal party and has endorsed Arnold Chan, the Liberal candidate in the riding. He’s been trying to stay out of the byelection contest but said the Conservative flyer has “made me want to go vote for Arnold twice because of what they did.” When he announced his resignation in April, Karygiannis said he wanted to be closer to his family and that he intends to run for a spot on city council in this fall’s municipal election. The quote used in the flyer comes from an interview Karygiannis gave the Globe and Mail some weeks later and had nothing to do with Trudeau’s marijuana policy. He was reminiscing about his reputation as a bare-knuckle political organizer, particularly among ethnic communities, and bemoaning what he sees as the current tendency to eschew hardball tactics and take ethnic groups for granted. Scarborough-Agincourt is one of four federal ridings up for grabs in byelections on June 30. Another Toronto riding, Trinity-Spadina, and two in Alberta, Fort McMurray-Athabasca and Macleod, are also in play.

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A fierce battle for control IRAQ’S AL-MALIKI EXTENDS RECONCILIATORY RHETORIC TO RIVAL, BUT NO SOLID MEASURES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces and Sunni militants battled fiercely for control of the nation’s largest oil refinery on Wednesday as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went on a diplomatic offensive, reaching out in a televised address to try to regain support from the nation’s disaffected Sunnis and Kurds. Meanwhile, the government asserted that it had retaken partial control of a strategic city near the border with Syria. Al-Maliki’s conciliatory words, coupled with a vow to teach the militants a “lesson,” came as almost all Iraq’s main communities have been drawn into a spasm of violence not seen since the dark days of sectarian killings nearly a decade ago. The U.S. has been pressing al-Maliki to adopt political inclusion and undermine the insurgency by making overtures to Iraq’s once-dominant Sunni minority, which has long complained of discrimination by his government and abuses by his Shiite-led security forces. In Washington, President Barack Obama briefed leaders of Congress on options for quelling the al-Qaidainspired insurgency, though White House officials said the president had made no decisions about how to respond to the crumbling security situation in Iraq. While Obama has not fully ruled out the possibility of launching airstrikes, such action is not imminent, officials said, in part because intelligence agencies have been unable to identify clear targets on the ground. Al-Maliki, a Shiite, has rejected charges of bias against Iraq’s Sunnis and Kurds and has in recent days been stressing that the threat posed by the militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, will affect all Iraqis regardless of their ethnic or religious affiliations. He also rejects any suggestion that the Islamic State and other extremist groups enjoy support by disaffected Sunnis fed up with his perceived discrimination. In a move apparently designed to satisfy Obama’s demand for national reconciliation, al-Maliki expressed optimism in a televised address Wednesday over what he called the rise by all of Iraq’s political groups to the challenge of defending the nation against the militant threat. The crisis has led Iraqis to rediscover “national unity,” he said. “I tell all the brothers there have been negative practices by members of the military, civilians and militiamen, but that is not what we should be discussing,” al-Maliki said. “Our effort should not be focused here and leave the larger objective of defeating ISIL.” Late Tuesday, the prime minister appeared on television with Sunni and Kurdish leaders. They issued a joint statement about the need to close ranks and stick to “national priorities” in the face of the threat posed by the militants. Still, al-Maliki’s outreach remain

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Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters deploy with their weapons while chanting slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, to help the military, which defends the capital in Baghdad’s Sadr City, Iraq. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf petro-powerhouses encouraged a flow of cash to Sunni rebels in Syria for years. But now they face a worrying blowback as an al-Qaida breakaway group that benefited from some of the funding storms across a wide swath of Iraq. Gulf nations fear its extremism could be a threat to them as well. But the tangle of rivalries in the region is complex: Saudi Arabia and its allies firmly oppose any U.S. military action to stop the Islamic State’s advance in Iraq because they don’t want to boost its Shiite-led prime minister or his ally, Iran. largely rhetoric, with no concrete action to bridge differences with Sunnis and Kurds, who have been at loggerheads with the prime minister over their right to independently export oil and over territorial claims. Al-Maliki’s upbeat assessment came as the military said government forces had repelled repeated attacks by the militants on the country’s largest oil refinery and retaken parts of the strategic city of Tal Afar, near the Syrian border. The chief military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, said Iraqi army troops had defended the refinery at Beiji, some 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Baghdad, and 40 attackers were killed in fighting there overnight and early Wednesday. An employee at the oil refinery reached by The Associated Press late Wednesday also said the facility remained in government hands, though one of its fuel tanks was on fire after it was apparently hit by a mortar shell fired by the militants. He spoke on condition of anonymity in exchange for discussing the situation there. The Beiji refinery accounts for a little more than a quarter of the country’s entire refining capacity — all of which

goes toward domestic consumption for things like gasoline, cooking oil and fuel for power stations. Any lengthy outage at Beiji risks long lines at the gas pump and electricity shortages, adding to the chaos already facing Iraq. Video footage posted online showed smoke billowing in the background from an area near the refinery. Another clip uploaded by the Islamic State militants showed heavily armed fighters arriving in the town, waving black flags out of cars. The videos appear genuine and correspond to AP’s reporting of the events depicted. There was no independent confirmation of the military’s claims about the Beiji refinery or that its forces had retaken neighbourhoods in Tal Afar, which Sunni fighters captured Monday. Both are in territories held by insurgents that journalists have not been able to access. Tal Afar’s proximity to the Syrian border strengthens the Islamic State’s plan to carve out an Islamic caliphate, or state, stretching across parts of the two countries. The Iraqi crisis’ growing sectarian nature — which al-Maliki vehemently denies — caught the attention of U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon. In a message to the Organization of

Islamic Cooperation Council meeting Wednesday in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, he called on Iraq’s leaders “to come together and agree on a national security plan to address the terrorist threat from ISIL.” “The rapidly deteriorating security situation in Iraq is deeply alarming and increases the sectarian tensions in the region,” Ban said. “It is imperative that acts of reprisal be avoided as they can only intensify the cycle of violence.” The campaign by the al-Qaidainspired Islamic State militants has raised the spectre of the sectarian warfare that nearly tore the country apart in 2006 and 2007, with the popular mobilization to fight the insurgents taking an increasingly sectarian slant, particularly after Iraq’s top Shiite cleric made a call to arms on Friday. The visit to Iraq this week by Gen. Ghasem Soleimani, leader of Iran’s secretive Quds Force and its most powerful general , has confirmed longtime suspicions by the Sunnis that al-Maliki was too close to Iran, a mostly Shiite none-Arab nation that Sunni Arab states, including powerhouse Saudi Arabia, see as a threat to regional stability.

Judge strikes ‘betrayal of Unaccompanied immigrant children held in crowded cells U.S.’ as factor in seeking at Texas Border Patrol facility death penalty for Boston bombing suspect BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that “betrayal of the United States” should not be a factor in considering whether Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gets the death penalty if convicted. A U.S. District Court judge said it was “highly inappropriate” for prosecutors to draw a distinction between a “naturalized” and “natural-born” U.S. citizen. Tsarnaev’s lawyers, meanwhile, asked to have his trial moved to Washington, D.C. In a motion filed Wednesday, the attorney said their preliminary survey of the attitudes of potential jurors in Boston and other cities found Washington would be the most favourable location for a trial. The lawyers say they need to further study the issue before the trial, scheduled for November. Federal prosecutors have argued, in part, that Tsarnaev, now 20, deserves the death penalty because he betrayed his allegiance to the country that granted him asylum and, later, citizenship. Tsarnaev lived in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan and later in Russia before moving to the U.S. with his family at age 8. “Just seven months after swearing an oath to defend his adopted country and stand by his fellow Americans, Tsarnaev violated the oath by attacking America and terrorizing and murdering people on American soil,” U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s office wrote in an April filing. “He did so, by his own account, to punish America for

the actions of American soldiers who, in fulfilling their own oaths to protect and defend the Constitution, were waging a war against terrorism overseas.” Tsarnaev’s attorneys have said that argument is unprecedented in death penalty cases. “(I)n not one of the 492 cases before Mr. Tsarnaev’s has the government cited the fact of a defendant’s American citizenship, the way he became a citizen, any aspect of his immigration history, or his enjoyment of the freedoms of an American citizen as a reason to sentence him to death,” they wrote in a May filing. Prosecutors say Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, planted two bombs that exploded near the finish line of the 2013 marathon, killing three people and injured about 260 others. Tamerlan died following a shootout with police several days later. The betrayal argument was among a number of factors prosecutors cited in January when they gave the court notice of their intent to pursue the death penalty. Others were Tsarnaev’s apparent “lack of remorse,” the “substantial planning and premeditation” in involved in executing the attack and the bombers’ decision to specifically target the city’s “iconic” marathon. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges. The judge also denied a request by Tsarnaev’s lawyers to allow them to meet with their client and his sisters in prison without federal agents present. Instead, he accepted a compromise offered by prosecutors: assigning an agent or other federal official not related to the case, strictly for security.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Children’s faces pressed against glass. Hundreds of young boys and girls covered with aluminum foil-like blankets next to chain-link fences. The pungent odour that comes with keeping dirty travellers in close quarters. These were the sights from a Wednesday tour of a crowded Border Patrol station in South Texas where thousands of immigrants are being held before they are transferred to other shelters around the country. It was the first time the media was given access to the facility since President Barack Obama called the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally this budget year an “urgent humanitarian situation.” Border Patrol stations like the one in Brownsville were not meant for long-term custody. Immigrants are supposed to wait there until they are processed and taken to detention centres. But the surge in children arriving without their parents has overwhelmed the U.S. government. The surge, which has been building for three years, comes amid a steep overall increase in immigrant arrests in southernmost Texas. The children are mostly from Central America. They pose a particular challenge because the law requires Customs and Border Protection to transfer them to the Department of Health and Human Services within 72 hours. That agency’s network of some 100 shelters around the country has been over capacity for months and is now caring for more than 7,600 children. Children began backing up in already overcrowded Border Patrol stations. Eventually, the Border Patrol began flying them to Arizona, where it

set up a massive processing centre in the border city of Nogales. Reporters in Arizona were also given a tour of the facility in Nogales. From there, they are sent to private shelters or temporary housing at barracks on military bases in California, Texas and Oklahoma. But the children at Fort Brown remain in the custody of an agency illequipped to care for them. On Wednesday, dozens of young boys were divided from dozens of young girls. Mothers with children still younger were in another cell. Happier faces could be found in a side yard just outside the station. There, young children colored pictures under a camouflage tent. A group of about a dozen girls of perhaps 5 or 6 sat under another tent outside the shower trailer, dark hair wet and shiny. Women wearing blue gloves combed each girl’s hair. Tables held stacks of clean bluejeans, T-shirts and toiletries. Deeper into the yard, teen girls kicked a soccer ball and tossed a football with workers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In Nogales, Arizona, girls playing soccer with two male border agents shrieked when their ball crossed over the chain link fence and away from the small recreational area covered by a white tent. Others playing basketball cheered on their teammates. But inside, the approximately 1,000 children in the clean, 120,000-squarefoot (11,000-square-meter) warehouse were silent. In a roomy area with teenage boys, a large, high-definition TV playing the World Cup went largely ignored. A small group of boys in that fencedin area played soccer. But most lay on tiny mattresses and covered themselves with thin, heat-reflective blankets that look like aluminum foil.

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Ottawa finalizes contract to deliver Cyclones BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government formally signed a deal Wednesday to amend its contract with the U.S. manufacturer of the long-delayed CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters. The agreement with Sikorsky Aircraft — a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) — paves the way for the retirement next year of Canada’s outdated fleet of Sea King choppers. United Technologies issued a brief statement saying the contract amendment clears the way for the delivery of the 28 aircraft under the $5.7-billion program, which had been stalled and appeared in jeopardy of being cancelled last fall. It did not disclose any details of about the new agreement. It’s the second time the government has negotiated a contract amendment with Sikorsky, which has missed previous deadlines to deliver completed helicopters, accruing more than $88 million in penalties as a result. It’s unclear how that will be resolved. Public Works was as vague as the company on the specifics of the agreement. “I am pleased that this contract has now been completed and that we can fulfill our government’s commitment to begin to retire the Sea Kings in 2015, and deliver a new and leading maritime helicopter to the Royal Canadian Air Force, while respecting taxpayer dollars,� Public Works Minister Diane Finley said in a statement.

The inability of the Conservatives to replace the anti-submarine helicopters, which are more than 50 years old and operate primarily off the decks of navy frigates, has been a huge political embarrassment. One senior defence official said the Cyclones — a military version of Sikorsky’s S-92 helicopter — are expected to be delivered throughout 2015 and should begin flying limited operational missions from warships in early 2016. As many as six pilots are already qualified to fly the aircraft, four of which have been parked at the military air base in Shearwater, N.S., near Halifax. Training is expected to ramp up once the new choppers are delivered. Despite that, the Cyclones won’t be declared fully operational until 2018 when Sikorsky delivers a software package that integrates all elements of the aircraft’s mission and warfighting capabilities. “We’re going to get a capable helicopter that we can grow in to,� the defence source said. The government insists no additional money will be put into the program and Sikorsky would only get paid for the delivery of capable aircraft. The air force is prepared to take ownership of up to eight test helicopters as part of the transition and to enhance training, said a government source. There have been myriad technical concerns and delays in converting the S-92 into a more hardened military version. The question of whether the Harper government would stick with the Cyclone came to the forefront last fall after then-public works minister Rona Ambrose ordered a review of whether the manufacturer

could deliver on the contract signed with Paul Martin’s Liberals in 2004. In addition to a report by consultants, officials also conducted an independent analysis of the financial implications of the existing program for the country’s defence industry, say documents released earlier this year under the Access to Information Act. Rival aircraft makers were also asked what they might be able to provide if the government chose to cancel.

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Trudeau clarifies: pro-life incumbent MPs must vote pro-choice on abortion BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Justin Trudeau now says incumbent Liberal MPs opposed to abortion will be required to support a woman’s right to choose in any vote on abortion. The Liberal leader clarified Wednesday his decree that anyone who wants to run for his party in the next election must be willing to vote pro-choice should the issue come up in the House of Commons. When he first disclosed that position last month, Trudeau said incumbent MPs would be “grandfathered� and their beliefs “respected to a certain extent.� But he hedged when pushed to say whether three pro-life incumbents — Toronto MP John McKay, Prince Edward Island MP Lawrence MacAulay and Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux — would be allowed to vote freely on the issue. “Well, it’s a tough one because one of the things that’s a strength of the Liberal party is that we draw in voices from right across the country and on a range of perspectives,� he said at the time. Eventually, he added: “We will see what happens ... when that issue comes up.� The ambiguity allowed NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, whose party has long been officially pro-choice, to mock Trudeau’s “two-tier� approach to abortion. And it led to some evident confusion within Trudeau’s own caucus. MacAulay this week told a Charlottetown newspaper, The Guardian, that he took Trudeau’s comments to mean he could continue to vote however he choos-

es on the matter. Not so, Trudeau clarified Wednesday. The “grandfathering� of incumbents applied only to the vetting process the party conducts for anyone seeking to run for a Liberal nomination, he said. “The existing incumbent MPs were green lit (to seek nominations) originally through a different process that we respect. But the policy going forward is that every single Liberal MP will be expected to stand up for women’s right to choose.� Even before Trudeau issued that public clarification, MacAulay took to social media to reverse himself and promise to toe the party line. “I am personally pro-life and have long held these beliefs,� he said in a series of tweets following a Liberal caucus meeting. “However, I accept and understand the party position regarding a woman’s right to choose. Despite my personal beliefs, I understand that I will have to vote the party position should this issue ever come up in the House of Commons.� Lamoureux said he had always understood that he’d have to vote the party line on abortion, despite his personal beliefs. “That was my interpretation and I’m very comfortable with it,� Lamoureux said in an interview. He added that he’s “passionate� about a whole range of issues and recognizes that “at the end of the day, in the parliamentary process, that you need to be able to work from within a caucus in order to get things done.� McKay declined to comment on Trudeau’s clarification.

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Spain’s reign comes to end DEFENDING CHAMPION FALLS TO CHILE AND OFFICIALLY ENDS WORLD CUP HOPES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The king is dead. The World Cup will have a new champion. And the Netherlands look increasingly like credible pretenders for that newly vacated crown. Just like France in 2002 and Italy in 2010, defending champion Spain is going home tail between its legs. Chile delivered the mortal blow to an uninterrupted 6-year era of dominance for Spain, the European and world champions whose dazzling footballers ran out of puff in Brazil. They were made to look vulnerable last week in losing 5-1 to the Netherlands and then simply plain ordinary in a 2-0 loss to a physical and quick Chilean side. The Netherlands, 3-2 winners against Australia on Wednesday, and Chile are now both sure to advance to the next knockout round having won their two first matches. They will now play each other Monday to determine which of them tops Group B and avoids a possible encounter with host Brazil in the first knockout game on June 28. In Wednesday’s evening game, Croatia ensured Cameroon won’t go further, delivering a 4-0 thumping to the African side whose injured star, Samuel Eto’o, didn’t come off the bench. This is shaping up as another tough World Cup for Africa. Only Ivory Coast has won so far — its opener, 2-1, against Japan. It plays Colombia in Group C on Thursday, with the other matches Uruguay vs. England in Group D and Japan vs. Greece in Group C. With strikers Mario Mandzukic and Ivica Olic both scoring and midfielder Ivan Perisic getting a goal, too, Croatia presents a tough challenge for Mexico in their last Group A match next Monday. Mexico needs at least a draw to guarantee a place in the last 16. In the other Group A match, Brazil should have little difficulty against the feeble Cameroon side that was reduced to 10 men after 40 minutes against Croatia when Alex Song was shown red.

At the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, fevered Chile fans yelling “It’s over! It’s over!” taunted Spanish supporters, some of them in tears, bitterly contemplating the end of an era for one of football’s greatest ever teams. Its success — back-to-back European titles and the World Cup in 2010 — has provided succor in brutal economic times for Spaniards. “The only happiness we’ve had in recent years has been football,” said Beatriz Corral, who came to Rio from Madrid to cheer for Spain. “Now the crisis is complete. We don’t have bread or the circus.” Demolishing Spain last week showed the Dutch can be spectacular. Toughing out a come-frombehind 3-2 victory against Australia showed them to also be resilient and cool under pressure — vital qualities for the knockout rounds. Arjen Robben opened the scoring for the Netherlands before Tim Cahill brought the sides level a minute later with a stunning volley, one of the best strikes so far in the tournament that has seen 60 goals in 20 games. Mile Jedinak then converted a 54th minute penalty and Robin van Persie equalized for the Netherlands with his third goal of the tournament. A goalkeeping blunder by Maty Ryan then handed substitute Memphis Depay his first international goal, the winner for the Netherlands. With no points from its first two games, Spain will play only for pride when it meets Australia — also winless in its first two games — in their last match Group B match. Then it will be “adios” and a return home to the inevitable post-mortem of how a team that played like clockwork in defending its European title two years ago could fall so far, so quickly. In Brazil, the advancing age of key players, grievous mistakes from captain Iker Casillas and others, and coach Vicente del Bosque’s failure to read the writing on the wall fatally threw the Spanish machine out of gear. Spain’s demise was also a reminder of how difficult it is to retain the World Cup and

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Chile’s Alexis Sanchez, left, is challenged by Spain’s Jordi Alba during the group B World Cup soccer match between Spain and Chile at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday. for coaches to keep teams fresh and motivated in the four-year gap between tournaments. Only Italy — winners in 1934 and 1938 — and Brazil —champions in 1958 and 1962 — have won back-to-back World Cups.

Del Bosque came to Brazil with a goalkeeper, Casillas, who is no longer undisputed No. 1 at his club, Real Madrid, with a midfield playmaker, Xavi Hernandez, who at 34 is passed his peak, and with a new striker, Diego Costa, who

has been a major disappointment, not finding the net once. “We have no excuses,” said del Bosque. “We were too slow, timid from the start today. It’s a sad day for all of the players. Time to think about the future.”

Hearn feels ‘really close’ to Solid card expected for Superfights 22 on Saturday notching first PGA Tour victory BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

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There may not be any belts on the line on Saturday, but master Lyle Cheney is promising solid card for Superfights 22 at the Sheraton Centre in Red Deer. Headlining the event is a showdown between Andre Braden out of Edmonton and Troy Kulasekere out of Calgary. Braden is looking to build some momentum back after dropping a fight for the Western Canadian belt at Superfights 20 to Jessie Vandervelden. But there will also be plenty of local talent, including Darren Potts and Jared Eliot of Cheney’s Zen Karate & Kickboxing and Wilson Vinoya from Black Dragon Martial Arts and Braeden Rice out of 7 Stars Praying Mantis all signed up for their own fights. The Braden and Kulasekere fight at 155 pounds should be the best fight of the night, featuring two experienced fighters. “They’re both very experienced fighters and Andre Braden actually fought for the Western Canadian title two years ago in Red Deer and he got knocked out by my guy Jesse Vandervelde, so he’s returned to the ring and he’s ready to fight.” Potts, Elliot and Vinoya will all be making their debuts in the ring. Potts will be fighting John Gibbson out of Hayabusa Martial Arts in Edmonton at 170 pounds while Elliot will be taking on Oscar Dakiti out of Mike Miles Muay Thai in Calgary at 165 pounds. Both have been training with Cheney in Muay Thai kickboxing for about 18 months and he has high expectations for them in their first fights. “They’re both very strong, both in very good shape and both very dedicated hard workers — I anticipate they’ll both do very well,” he said.

“Darren’s a real aggressive, hard slugger, and Jared is more long and thin, more of a sniper ... he’s more of an outside fighter.” He also adds that Vinoya comes from a strong training background with Black Dragon and should also fare well against Stephen Kung of Arashido Martial Arts out of Edmonton at 155 pounds. The only local fighter with any experience heading into Saturday night’s event is Rice who holds a 2-10 record. He will be fighting Jamie Walker from the Siam Kickboxing & Muay Thai out of Regina. The fight card has 11 fights overall, including one women’s fight — Calgary’s Olivia Awad against Regina’s Fiona Duffy. Superfights is an amateur Muay Thai Kickboxing promotion that Cheney has run for the last 17 years in Red Deer and is sanctioned by the Canadian Muay Thai Council Amateur. Cheney says Muay Thai kickboxing is a very easy sport to watch for the casual combat sports fans and they have a large following in Red Deer. “MMA is really popular, but the problem with MMA is that to the untrained person, as soon as they go to the ground then unless you know your grappling, it makes it difficult for people to follow,” he said. “For the average Joe who doesn’t know anything about grappling, these are far more user friendly, because it’s all standup fighting.” Doors open at 6 p.m. with the fights starting at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $40 each and will be available at the door, but purchasing them ahead of time at Cheney’s Zen Karate & Kickboxing is recommended. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Canada’s David Hearn came achingly close to his first PGA Tour victory last season. He’s had three top-10 results this season and feels ready to put it all together and finally hoist a trophy at the top level. “I feel really close,” Hearn said Wednesday. “I got really close last year at the John Deere (Classic) just before the Canadian Open. I’m a little bit surprised it’s taken me quite as long to get back into contention. “But I feel like everything is right where it needs to be to have a week where I know I could put it all together. I’ve improved a lot of little areas of my game and I feel like my game is consistently better.” Hearn’s best career finish came at the 2013 John Deere Classic. He was tied with Jordan Spieth and Zach Johnson after regulation but Spieth took the title by hitting a par putt on the fifth playoff hole. The 35-year-old from Brantford, Ont., is enjoying a short break before ramping things up in July. He plans to play at The Greenbrier Classic early next month before returning to the John Deere Classic. Entry in the British Open remains a question mark for now but Hearn is locked in for the July 24-27 RBC Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club. He has yet to play the Ile-Bizard, Que., course but feels his game should be a good fit for the old-style, tree-lined layout. “It’s a course from my understanding that keeping the ball in play off the tee is going to be at a premium,” he said on a conference call. “That’s something that my game is well suited for.” Hearn will be joined in the field by fellow Canadians Graham DeLaet, Mike Weir and Stephen Ames. Golf Canada confirmed Wednesday that world No. 15 Dustin Johnson is also entered along

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with Charl Schwartzel, Chris Kirk, Matt Every and Charley Hoffman. They’ll join a field that includes defending champion Brandt Snedeker, Ernie Els, Graeme McDowell, Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan. Hearn, who celebrated a birthday Tuesday, said now that he’s in his mid30s he feels more comfortable taking a little time off before busy stretches on the Tour. “I think I’ve gotten a lot better at setting my schedule out and giving myself breaks when I need them, so when I do play I feel like I’m ready to compete each and every week that I do tee it up,” he said. Hearn, who turned pro in 2001, finished tied for sixth at the Honda Classic last March and had another sixth-place effort last month at The Players Championship. However, he has missed the cut at six of his last 16 tournaments and currently holds the No. 90 position in the world rankings. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the last victory by a Canadian at the national open. Pat Fletcher was the last to do it in 1954. The 2014 field for the US$5.7-million event includes eight former champions in Snedeker (2013), Scott Piercy (2012), Sean O’Hair (2011), Carl Pettersson (2010), Nathan Green (2009), Jim Furyk (2006, 2007), Vijay Singh (2004) and John Rollins (2002).

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Buhrle, Blue Jays fall to Yankees BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Yankees 7 Blue Jays 3 NEW YORK — To lose 15 games in a row in one ballpark takes a lot of lousy luck. The Toronto Blue Jays know all about that after dropping their 15th straight at Yankee Stadium with a 7-3 defeat Wednesday night. For the second night in a row, a short home run to right field proved their undoing. Brian McCann hit a goahead, two-run homer and later added a bases-loaded triple for New York. The night before, Brett Gardner hit one off the foul pole in right, just above the sign indicating the fence is 314 feet from home plate. I gave up a flyball to right field that’s a two-run homer and we lose the game,“ starter Mark Buehrle said. ”Same thing as yesterday — a little 318-foot flyball that ends up going out. It’s frustrating when you come out and battle, tonight and last night, and pretty much it’s two losses on that short porch in right field.“ The Yankees beat Buehrle for the ninth straight time and took the first two in a threegame series. Buehrle (10-4) was trying to tie Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka for the most wins in the majors. The left-hander gave up three runs and six hits in six innings and lost his third straight start overall. Buehrle is 1-11 lifetime against the Yankees, with his lone win coming in 2004 with

the Chicago White Sox. “Maybe we don’t like the bright lights of Broadway, is all I can figure. They definitely have our number,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “I thought (Buehrle) did a good job. McCann got him for the two-run homer like Gardner did last night.” McCann tied his career high with five RBIs. Toronto’s Jose Bautista had an RBI double in the eighth for his 1,000th career hit. “Individually it’s a nice number and hopefully I can keep going and get 1,000 more,” Bautista said. “Even though I am considered a power hitter, 1,000 hits is nothing to not be excited and be proud of — especially the way I began my career bouncing around from team to team.” McCann’s third big league triple, and first since 2009 with Atlanta, came off left-hander Brett Cecil, who was brought in to face pinch-hitter Ichiro Suzuki with the Blue Jays down 3-2 in the seventh. Cecil walked Suzuki with the bases loaded to force in a run before McCann put the game safely out of reach. McCann was hitting .174 in June before his homer in the fourth, which was estimated at 348 feet — not far enough to clear most fences in the majors. He helped the Yankees respond after the Blue Jays took a 2-1 lead on two-out RBI singles by Colby Rasmus and Dioner Navarro in the top half. Alfonso Soriano’s first-inning single put the Yankees

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Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Brett Cecil reacts after walking in New York Yankees Brett Gardner in the seventh-inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday. on the board. New York rookie Chase Whitley (3-0) remained unbeaten in seven starts since making his big league debut this season. Whitley gave up two runs and five hits in five innings. He walked Melky Cabrera in the fifth, ending his streak of starts without a walk at three. Whitley’s last walk was May 26 against the Cardinals. NOTES: Toronto 3B Brett Lawrie was hit in back of the

left hand by a pitch in the fourth inning and replaced by Steve Tolleson in the bottom of the fifth. Tolleson had appeared in the on-deck circle the inning before. X-rays did not appear to show any broken bones. ... The series ends Thursday night, with Yankees RHP David Phelps (2-4) set to face righty Drew Hutchison (5-4). ... Toronto OF Melky Cabrera extended his streak of games with a hit against his former team to 18 with a first-

inning single. . Derek Jeter saw six pitches in his first four at-bats, going 0 for 4 before he popped up a bunt attempt in the seventh. He hit a double off the wall in the eighth, giving him 533, one behind Lou Gehrig as the Yankees leader. . Gardner singled his first four times up before a lineout in the eighth. . McCann was the first Yankees catcher to have a homer, a triple and five RBIs since Elston Howard on Aug. 19, 1962.

Let’s play it again; women take to Pinehurst for their U.S. Open JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER KAYMER WON MEN’S U.S. OPEN, WOMEN TAKE TO COURSE FOR GOLF’S VERSION OF DOUBLEHEADER BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Germany’s Simone Laudehr, left, scores against Canada’s goalkeeper Erin McLeod on a penalty kick during the second half of an international women’s soccer game in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday.

Canada edged by Germany in women’s international friendly BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Simone Laudehr scored from the penalty spot in the 66th minute Wednesday as Germany defeated Canada 2-1 in a women’s international friendly. Lena Lotzen had the other goal for Germany, while Sophie Schmidt replied for Canada. With the score tied 1-1 in the second half, Lotzen was brought down by 18-year-old Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan in the penalty area. Laudehr stepped up and blasted a shot into the roof of the net past goalkeeper Erin McLeod. The winner came after Schmidt woke up a sleepy crowd of 15,618 at B.C. Place Stadium in the 53rd minute with a bizarre game-tying goal. The Canadian midfielder completely scuffed her shot after taking a pass in the box from Diana Matheson, but the ball scooped up and over German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer for an unlikely equalizer. Trailing 1-0 at the half, Canada gave up two glorious chances to Germany’s Anja Mittag that she couldn’t finish just after the break. The striker was stopped by McLeod — who came on for Karina LeBlanc at halftime — in the 47th minute, and then again in the 49th after a sloppy pass from 16-year-old midfielder Jessie Fleming and a timid challenge from 18-year-old defender Rebecca Quinn. After Schmidt tied the score, McLeod stopped Alexandra Popp on another breakaway in the 58th minute as No. 2-ranked Germany continued to probe No. 7 Canada for a weakness that would eventually come in the 65th. McLeod made a number of big saves as second half wore down, keeping the score respectable in a game where Germany took a while to get going before showing its class. Canadian head coach John Herd-

man said earlier in the week the game was a measuring stick against one of the world’s best teams as his side continues its preparations ahead of hosting next summer’s women’s World Cup. And while Canada showed heart, it’s clear Herdman has a lot of work to do in implementing a system that will help his team compete with the top countries in the women’s game. Part of that plan is injecting youth into the lineup, and Canada went with four teenagers in its starting 11 — including Fleming, Quinn, Buchanan and 17-year-old Sura Yekka. They had their moments, but were also victimized by Germany’s potent attack and pinpoint passing. After coming close on two golden opportunities earlier in the first half, Germany finally struck in the 29th minute when Laudehr crossed a ball from the left that glanced off Mittag and right to Lotzen, who poked a shot home past LeBlanc at the far post. The two teams were tentative out of the gate, with Canadian captain Christine Sinclair getting the game’s first opportunity when she was sent in alone in the 12th minute, only to be stopped Angerer. Popp then nearly caught LeBlanc off her line, but the German saw her effort 40 yards out rattle off the crossbar in the 18th minute. Canadian defender Rhian Wilkinson then nearly gifted the Germans the lead in the 24th when her sloppy pass was intercepted by Mittag, who moved in alone on LeBlanc, but could only set her shot over the bar. Buchanan, who scored her first goal for Canada in last month’s 1-1 draw with the United States, nearly had her second in as many games two minutes later, but Angerer made a good stop off a corner. After Germany took the lead, the visitors almost got another goal moments later, but Bianca Schmidt missed a golden opportunity from six yards out.

PINEHURST, N.C. — The sounds at Pinehurst No. 2 were the first indication that the second week of U.S. Open golf would not be exactly the same as the first one. Players arrived on the first day of practice to hear clanging from workers tearing down half of the grandstands around the 17th and 18th greens. They heard the whoosh of water coming from a hose that watered the greens to keep them softer. That didn’t make the stage for the U.S. Women’s Open feel any smaller. “We play good golf courses, but sometimes we don’t play great golf courses,” said Juli Inkster, playing the Women’s Open for the 35th time. “It seems the men play great golf courses week in and week out. I think when we come here, we’re maybe a little more appreciative of playing a great golf course. It’s in fabulous shape. I really didn’t know what to expect, us playing after the men. And it’s turned out great. “You can’t even tell that the men were here the week before — except for the huge tents and everything.” The U.S. Women’s Open gets started Thursday in golf’s version of a doubleheader. Just four days after Martin Kaymer won the U.S. Open with the second-lowest score in history (271), it’s the women’s turn. Everyone from the 53-year-old Inkster to 11-year-old Lucy Li will get a crack on a Donald Ross course fresh on the minds of golf fans who watched the U.S. Open last week. “Last week with the men, they proved that under par is possible,” defending champion Inbee Park said. “So yeah, we should go out there and try to shoot under par.” It’s the first time the men and women have competed on the same golf course for a major in back-to-back weeks. Pinehurst No. 2 will play at 6,649 for the women — just over 900 yards shorter than for the men — though it most likely won’t play as long as the card in-

dicated, just as it didn’t a week ago. The plan is for the greens to be the same speed, except a lot less firm. Even though a shorter course should allow the women to use the same clubs, the majority do not hit the ball as high or with as much spin. And then there are the optional extras. Reg Jones, the senior director of both U.S. Opens, said bleachers around the 18th green that seated 4,077 seats now are big enough for 1,560 fans. Six supplemental concession stands have closed. The USGA refers to this doubleheader as a celebration of women’s golf. It sounds a bit more like an experiment. No one is sure what to expect. Cristie Kerr, who won her U.S. Women’s Open up the road at Pine Needles in 2007, already was concerned about the weed-filled sandy areas that replaced thick rough. Kaymer last week hit a 7-iron from 202 yards out of the scrub area to 5 feet for eagle on No. 5, one of the more pivotal shots of his blowout win. “The native areas — the ’stuff’ they were calling it last week — that’s going to play a lot tougher for us than it is for the men,” Kerr said. “We’re hitting longer clubs out of it than the men are. We’re not hitting down on it as much. “So it plays tougher for us. They wanted us to hit the same clubs into the greens as the men. But I have to tell you, we’re hitting longer clubs into the greens than the men and we don’t spin it as much.” What will that mean to a sixth-grade girl? Li has been the biggest attraction this week as the youngest qualifier in U.S. Women’s Open history, and with a chance to become the youngest player to make the cut. Marlene Bauer was 13 when she tied for 14th in the 1947 U.S. Women’s Open in Greensboro. “The perfect week? I just want to go out there and have fun and play the best I can,” Li said. “And I really don’t care about the outcome.”

ALBERTA MID-AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP ATHABASCA — Camrose golfer Frank Van Dornick carded a 1-under 71 Wednesday to take a one-shot lead into today’s final round of the 54-hole Alberta Men’s Mid-Amateur championship. Van Dornick, who opened with a 73, has a two-round total of 144, one shot better than Dan Lambert of Alberta Public Player Club (72-73—145). Harry Aime of Edmonton Glendale is third after 36 holes with a 149 total (78-71). Tim Boston of Wolf Creek, who shared the first-round lead with a 72,

slipped to a 79 Wednesday and is tied for sixth with a 151 total. Blair Neal of Wolf Creek is another shot back following consecutive rounds of 76, and is tied for 12th. Other Central Alberta results: Lorne Riffin, Lacombe (75-80—155), tied for 23rd; Tom Skinner, Red Deer Golf and Country Club (78-77—155), tied for 23rd; Ron Harder, Innisfail (7981—160), tied for 37th; Les Swelin, Sundre (81-81—162), tied for 47th; Gerald Tardif, Wolf Creek (84-83—167), tied for 59th.

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New son brings out best in Bachynski CALGARY BASKETBALL PLAYER ENTICED TO PLAY HARDER DURING NBA WORKOUTS TORONTO — Jordan Bachynski has only a handful of NBA cities left to visit ahead of next week’s draft in what’s been a gruelling few weeks of workouts. But the seven-foot-two centre from Calgary is more focused than ever — because between Miami and Detroit, Bachynski became a dad. Bachynski’s wife Malia gave birth to their son Kawika — pronounced Kavee-ka — last Friday. The baby thankfully arrived on a day Bachynski happened to be home on a brief break. “It really does puts things in perspective and it helps me stay focused on the things that are most important and cut out all the things that aren’t going to help me get to my goal,” Bachynski said. The 24-year-old Arizona State grad, who led the NCAA in shot blocking this past season, is among a bumper crop of Canadians hoping to hear their name called at the June 26 NBA draft in Brooklyn, N.Y. The players have all spent the past couple of weeks crisscrossing the continent in the gruelling process of pre-draft workouts and interviews. Bachynski’s wife had instructed him not to miss a workout to rush home for the birth. But as luck would have it, baby Bachynski arrived during a previously-scheduled break. He flew home to Phoenix on Thursday, and his son was born the next morning. “I was really worried about (missing it) but thankfully he waited until I had a couple of days off,” Bachynski said. “He came on Friday the 13th, which for my family has been not an unlucky day, but a great day. I also got married on a Friday the 13th.” Bachynski met his wife — a former Sun Devils volleyball player — on his first day on campus of his freshman year. “We have been together ever since,” he said. “She comes from an athletic family, all four of her brothers played college football, so she totally gets it, she’s a huge supporter of it. “She was with me through ups and downs, and this (playing in the NBA) has become her dream as much as it is mine. So it’s amazing to have that kind of support.” Bachynski said the arrival of his son has already had a big impact on how he approaches his workouts. “Oh yeah, it helps me work that much harder, because I have that much more to fight for,” he said. “I was talking to a guy today while I was walking around to stretch my legs, telling him (my son) is the first person that when

I finally did meet him I wanted to give him everything. “I want to provide a good life for him and I really feel like I can do that with basketball. I have a child and a wife to provide for and that just gives me that much more to fight for.” Bachynski was speaking on the phone from Washington, D.C. — he had to pause and think for a moment when asked where he was. His next stop: he can’t remember. He has to check his itinerary. That’s how crazy the predraft process is. He’d already worked out for Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto, Miami and Detroit, and will have worked out for 11 by the time he’s finished. He feels he’s fared well in his auditions. “One thing that I showed every workout that I think can really help teams is that I show them what kind of a teammate I’m going to be. I bring a lot of energy and I bring a lot of positivity to every workout,” Bachynski said. “I remember talking to one of the guys that I’ve had a few workouts with, he said he loves and hates working out with me. One, he loves it because of the energy that I bring, and it’s fun. And two, he hates playing against me. I think just the energy that I bring and how hard I work and how hard I play impresses teams.” Bachynski was a hit with the media on his stop in Toronto, cracking jokes throughout his interviews. He took a circuitous route to the draft — spending two years after high school in Miami on his Mormon mission during which he barely touched a basketball — before heading to ASU. He was a late bloomer, so while he’s the oldest player in the draft, he calls himself an old head in a young body. “Coming out of high school I was soaking wet, with towels on, 210 pounds (he now weighs about 255). It just took my body a little bit more time to mature and it gave me the time I needed to progress,” Bachynski said. There could be as many as eight Canadians selected in next week’s draft, led by Andrew Wiggins, a projected top-three pick. Nik Stauskas and Tyler Ennis are also expected to go in the first round. Bachynski is a projected secondround pick. “Quite honestly, I don’t even look at that stuff. Those draft boards as fun as they are to look at — and when you’re in college when you get on a draft board it’s big news — but one thing I’ve come to learn is that no one knows the future,” he said. “There are very few bigs in this draft and there is a big need for bigs, especially rim protectors. Everywhere I go, every workout I’ve done, they all

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Arizona State centre Jordan Bachynski walks off the court after Texas defeated Arizona State 87-85 in a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament March 20, 2014, in Milwaukee. Bachynski has only a handful of NBA cities left to visit ahead of next week’s draft in what’s been a gruelling few weeks of workouts. stress defence and that’s something I’m excellent at and I think I’m going to surprise a lot of people. I’ve been an underdog my whole career, a littleknown guy out of Calgary, Alberta. I

Hendrick on a roll as NASCAR season nears midway point BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BROOKLYN, Mich. — The NASCAR season is less than half over and already it is fair to ask if anyone can catch Hendrick Motorsports. After five straight Sprint Cup victories — including three by defending champion Jimmie Johnson — Hendrick now holds the top three spots in the points standings, and even rival driver Brad Keselowski concedes that when it comes to engines, at least, nothing is likely to change. “We all have got a little bit of work to do because it’s pretty obvious that the Hendrick engines are way ahead of everyone else,” said Keselowski, who drives for Roger Penske. “Usually that’s not something you catch up with in one season. As far ahead as they are right now, they’re probably a full season ahead of everyone.” Johnson’s victory at Michigan on Sunday was the fifth in a row for Hendrick in a points-paying Cup race, and that doesn’t tell the whole story of how dominant the team was. Kasey Kahne, points leader Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. also finished in the top seven for Hendrick. Even other Chevrolet drivers also benefited from using Hendrick motors. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas) and Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi) finished second and eighth. “I think we were a little off early in the year, and we’ve been kind of clicking here lately,” owner Rick Hendrick said. “Everybody is really putting out a lot of effort

right now, and it’s paying off.” This is the third time Hendrick has won five straight races. The team accomplished the feat twice in 2007, including a six-race streak. Johnson, of course, has been the series’ dominant driver in recent years, with six Cup titles to his credit. He won the championship last year and has surged back into second place in the standings with three wins in the last four races. Gordon, meanwhile, is atop the standings at age 42, and Earnhardt has two victories this season, his four-year winless stretch from 2008-12 now a distant memory. “I just know our cars are fast,” Johnson said. “The cars are all pretty equal aero-wise with what the rules are from NASCAR, but I’m not good enough to pick it out and tell you that we’ve got people beat in just one area. It’s a team effort. Our engine shop is very strong. We’ve always known that.” Keselowski won the Cup championship for Penske in 2012, so he’s among the drivers best positioned to challenge Hendrick’s impressive group. After two straight second-place finishes, he was third at Michigan. Although he expects Hendrick will continue to have the best engines, that doesn’t mean all hope is lost for everyone else. “I think the way this year’s package has kind of come together, where we are right now is where we’re going to be for the remainder of the year. You might see some small gains from some teams but I don’t see anything significant coming,” Keselowski said. “I think right now the Penske cars are probably the best when it

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Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson acknowledges the fans after winning the NASCAR Quicken Loans 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., June 15, 2014. comes to balanced track to track. The Hendrick cars are probably the best where it takes power to run.” Michigan may have been a sign of things to come — Johnson, Gordon and Earnhardt in contention, with Keselowski and the rest of the drivers doing their best to keep up. “Rick gives us all the tools to go out there and do our jobs and to have everything so fast and so good, you want it to last forever,” Johnson said. “We know that it won’t, but it’s just a good time to sit back and reflect and enjoy it.”

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Toronto New York Baltimore Boston Tampa Bay

American League East Division W L Pct 41 32 .562 37 33 .529 37 34 .521 34 38 .472 28 45 .384

GB — 2 1/2 3 6 1/2 13

Kansas City Detroit Cleveland Chicago Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 39 32 .549 36 32 .529 36 36 .500 35 37 .486 32 38 .457

GB — 1 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 6 1/2

Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston

West Division W L Pct 44 28 .611 38 32 .543 37 35 .514 35 37 .486 32 41 .438

GB — 5 7 9 12 1/2

St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago

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.542 .500 .479 .429

3 1/2 6 1/2 8 11 1/2

Texas 000 020 000 — 2 6 0 Oakland 002 020 00x — 4 11 1 Tepesch, S.Baker (6) and Chirinos; Gray, Gregerson (8), Doolittle (9) and Jaso, Vogt. W—Gray 7-3. L—Tepesch 2-3. Sv—Doolittle (9).

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona

West Division W L Pct 43 29 .597 40 34 .545 34 38 .472 30 42 .417 31 44 .413

GB — 4 9 13 13 1/2

Toronto 000 200 010 — 3 7 1 New York 100 200 40x — 7 11 0 Buehrle, Jenkins (7), Cecil (7), Santos (8) and D.Navarro; Whitley, Warren (6), J.Ramirez (8), Betances (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and McCann. W— Whitley 3-0. L—Buehrle 10-4. HRs—New York, McCann (8).

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Tuesday’s Games Seattle 6, San Diego 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5 Washington 6, Houston 5 Miami 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago White Sox 8, San Francisco 2 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 7, Arizona 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 2 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 10, Atlanta 5 Chicago Cubs 6, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 2 Chicago White Sox 7, San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 11, Pittsburgh 4 Washington 6, Houston 5 Arizona 4, Milwaukee 3 San Diego 2, Seattle 1 Colorado 0, L.A. Dodgers 8

Tuesday’s Games Seattle 6, San Diego 1 Washington 6, Houston 5 L.A. Angels 9, Cleveland 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 1 Kansas City 11, Detroit 4 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 5 Boston 2, Minnesota 1 Chicago White Sox 8, San Francisco 2 Oakland 10, Texas 6 Wednesday’s Games Kansas City 2, Detroit 1 Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 0 Boston 2, Minnesota 1, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 7, San Francisco 6 Oakland 4, Texas 2 Washington 6, Houston 5 N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 3 L.A. Angels at Cleveland, ppd., rain San Diego 2, Seattle 1 Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-6) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-5), 10:05 a.m. Kansas City (Duffy 4-5) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 3-2), 11:08 a.m. Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4) at San Diego (Hahn 1-1), 4:40 p.m. Toronto (Hutchison 5-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 2-4), 5:05 p.m. Houston (McHugh 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Archer 3-4), 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-7) at Minnesota (Pino 0-0), 6:10 p.m. Boston (Peavy 1-4) at Oakland (Kazmir 8-2), 8:05 p.m. Friday’s Games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m. Houston at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Boston at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

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Thursday’s Games Cincinnati (Bailey 7-3) at Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1), 10:35 a.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 4-4) at Arizona (C.Anderson 5-1), 1:40 p.m. Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4) at San Diego (Hahn 1-1), 4:40 p.m. Atlanta (Floyd 1-2) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-3), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 2-7) at Miami (Heaney 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Buchanan 2-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 7-5), 6:15 p.m. Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m. Milwaukee at Colorado, 6:40 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE San Fran. 000 020 121 — 6 14 0 Chicago 200 230 00x — 7 12 0 T.Hudson, J.Gutierrez (5), Casilla (7) and Posey, H.Sanchez; Sale, Petricka (7), Putnam (8), S.Downs (8), Belisario (8) and Flowers. W—Sale 6-1. L—T. Hudson 7-3. Sv—Belisario (7). HRs—Chicago, J.Abreu (20), A.Dunn (12). Houston 000 400 100 — 5 7 0 Wash. 101 001 30x — 6 11 0 Feldman, Zeid (6), D.Downs (7), Farnsworth (7), Sipp (8) and J.Castro; G.Gonzalez, Detwiler (6), Barrett (7), Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and S.Leon, Lobaton. W—Barrett 3-0. L—D.Downs 1-1. Sv—R. Soriano (15). HRs—Washington, Rendon (10). NATIONAL LEAGUE Phila. 250 110 010 — 10 18 0 Atlanta 400 100 000 — 5 9 1 R.Hernandez, Bastardo (7), Giles (8) and Nieves, Ruiz; Harang, Beato (6), Hale (7), S.Simmons (9) and Gattis. W—R.Hernandez 3-5. L—Harang 5-6. HRs—Philadelphia, Byrd (11). Atlanta, Gattis (16), Doumit (2). Chicago 100 004 010 — 6 13 1 Miami 100 000 000 — 1 5 0 Arrieta, Strop (8), Russell (9) and Jo.Baker; Eovaldi, Da.Jennings (7), Ja.Turner (8) and Mathis. W—Arrieta 3-1. L—Eovaldi 4-3. HRs—Chicago, Schierholtz (3). Miami, Stanton (20). New York 000 002 100 — 3 8 0 St. Louis 100 000 001 — 2 6 1 Colon, Mejia (9), Eveland (9) and Teagarden; Lynn, Maness (7), Choate (7), Motte (9) and Y.Molina. W—Colon 7-5. L—Lynn 7-5. Sv—Eveland (1). HRs—St. Louis, M.Carpenter (3). Cincinnati 017 100 002 — 11 14 0 Pittsburgh 000 010 201 — 4 7 1 Simon, Hoover (7) and Mesoraco; Volquez, Pimentel (3), J.Gomez (7), Snider (9) and R.Martin. W— Simon 10-3. L—Volquez 4-6.

Wednesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Kan. City 100 010 000 — 2 9 1 Detroit 000 000 100 — 1 5 1 Guthrie, K.Herrera (7), W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez; Smyly, Chamberlain (8), Krol (9) and Avila. W—Guthrie 4-6. L—Smyly 3-6. Sv—G.Holland (21). HRs—Kansas City, Infante (4). Detroit, J.Martinez (5). Baltimore 000 010 010 — 2 7 1 Tampa Bay 000 000 000 — 0 5 2 Gausman, Tom.Hunter (7), Z.Britton (9) and C.Joseph; Cobb, C.Ramos (8), Yates (8), Oviedo (9) and Hanigan. W—Gausman 3-1. L—Cobb 2-5. Sv—Z.Britton (9). HRs—Baltimore, N.Cruz (22). Minnesota 000 000 000 1 — 1 4 2 Boston 000 000 000 2 — 2 3 0 (10 innings) Gibson, Duensing (8), Burton (9), Fien (10) and Fryer; Lackey, Uehara (10) and Pierzynski. W—Uehara 2-1. L—Fien 3-4. HRs—Minnesota, Parmelee (4). Boston, D.Ortiz (16), Napoli (7).

Milwaukee 000 300 000 — 3 5 1 Arizona 201 000 001 — 4 9 1 Garza, W.Smith (8), Kintzler (9) and Lucroy; Miley, Ziegler (8) and M.Montero. W—Ziegler 3-1. L— Kintzler 1-3. HRs—Milwaukee, K.Davis (12). AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS HOME RUNS—NCruz, Baltimore, 22; JAbreu, Chicago, 20; Encarnacion, Toronto, 20; Donaldson, Oakland, 17; VMartinez, Detroit, 17; Moss, Oakland, 17; Ortiz, Boston, 16; Pujols, Los Angeles, 16; Trout, Los Angeles, 16. STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 24; RDavis, Detroit, 20; Ellsbury, New York, 18; AEscobar, Kansas City, 18; Andrus, Texas, 16; Dozier, Minnesota, 15; LMartin, Texas, 15; Reyes, Toronto, 15. ERA—Tanaka, New York, 1.99; Kazmir, Oakland, 2.05; FHernandez, Seattle, 2.22; Buehrle, Toronto, 2.32; Darvish, Texas, 2.39; Keuchel, Houston, 2.63; Richards, Los Angeles, 2.87. STRIKEOUTS—FHernandez, Seattle, 122; Price, Tampa Bay, 121; Tanaka, New York, 113; Scherzer, Detroit, 111; Darvish, Texas, 109; Kluber, Cleveland, 108; Lester, Boston, 105.

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated LHP Josh Outman for assignment. Reinstated RHP Zach McAllister from the 15-day DL. DETROIT TIGERS — Designated RHP Evan Reed for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Chad Smith from Toledo (IL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned LHP Donnie Joseph to Omaha (PCL). Recalled RHP Louis Coleman from Omaha. Sent 3B Danny Valencia to Omaha for a rehab assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with LHP Wade LeBlanc on a minor league contract. MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent OF Aaron Hicks to New Britain (EL) for a rehab assignment. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed LHP Nick Wells and LHP Grayson Huffman. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Grant Holmes on a minor league contract. MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHP Sam Dyson to New Orleans (PCL). Reinstated RHP Nathan Eovaldi from paternity leave. Agreed to terms with RHP Brad Penny on a minor league contract. NEW YORK METS — Optioned OF Matt den Dekker to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis from Las Vegas. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with OF Chase Raffield on a minor league contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned LHP Xavier Cedeno to Syracuse (IL). Reinstated LHP Gio Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Sent OF Jeff Kobernus to Harrisburg (EL) for a rehab assignment. American Association AMARILLO SOX — Signed LHP Joseph Rogers. FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Re-

Today ● Women’s fastball: TNT vs. Badgers, Badgers vs. Topco Oilsite, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Red Deer U16 vs. N. Jensen’s, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; Lacombe Physio at Stettler, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports vs. Gary Moe Volkswagen, Printing Place vs. Lacombe Stone and Granite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Friday ● Rodeo: Sundre Pro Rodeo, 7 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Rocky Mountain House at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; Lacombe at Eckville, 7 p.m. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Red Deer at Lacoka, 7:30 p.m., Barnett Arenas. ● Senior C men’s lacrosse: Edmonton/ Spruce Grove at Blackfalds, 8:30 p.m., Multiplex.

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Saturday ● Woody’s Triathlon: Kids of Steel, 8 a.m., start, Michener Recreation Centre. ● Junior golf: Maple Leaf Tour Mountain View Credit Union Classic at Olds Central Highlands. ● Junior golf: Canadian Junior Golf Association event at Coyote Creek, Sundre. ● Rodeo: Sundre Pro Rodeo, 1 and 7 p.m.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed DE DeMarcus Lawrence. Waived TE Evan Wilson from injured reserve. HOUSTON TEXANS — Released QB T.J. Yates. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed TE Dallas Clark to a one-day contract and announced his retirement. Released LB Justin Hickman. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed QB Blake Bortles to a four-year contract. LOS ANGELES KINGS — Promoted assistant coach John Stevens to associate head coach. Resigned assistant coach Davis Payne and goaltending coach Bill Ranford. NEW YORK JETS — Released RB Mike Goodson. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Claimed OT Emmett Cleary off waivers from Tampa Bay. Released WR David Gilreath. PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed DE Stephon Tuitt to a four-year contract and RB Jordan Hall. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Mark Dell, RB Kyle Bolton and LB Mike Cornell. HOCKEY MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed D David Makowski on a one-year AHL contract. ECHL GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Acquired F Brandon MacLean and D Joe Stejskal from Florida (ECHL) to complete earlier trades. SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Acquired F Nadia Nadim on loan from Fortuna Hjorring (Denmark). BOSTON BREAKERS — Traded F Lisa De Vanna to Washington for D Bianca Sierra and 2015 third- and fourth-round draft picks.

● Woody’s Triathlon: Sprint and relay, 7 a.m., start, Michener Recreation Centre. ● Junior golf: Maple Leaf Tour Mountain View Credit Union Classic at Olds Central Highlands. ● Junior golf: Canadian Junior Golf Association event at Coyote Creek, Sundre. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Fort McMurray at Red Deer, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Rodeo: Sundre Pro Rodeo, 1 p.m. ● Jr. B tier 3 lacrosse: Medicine Hat at Olds, 1:30 p.m., Sports Complex Main. ● Senior C men’s lacrosse: Lethbridge at Blackfalds, 3:30, Multiplex. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Calgary Wranglers at Innisfail, 4:30 p.m., Arena Blue. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: St. Albert at Red Deer, 6 p.m., Blackfalds Multiplex.

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leased RHP Jhonny Montoya. GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP James Parr. GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Signed INF Alex Nunez. Released RHP Jeremy Tietze and INF Brandon Pinckney. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed RHP Mike Nannini. Released LHP Zach Fowler. Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed C Alexandre Beland. Released LHP Harry Marino. Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed INF Phillip Wilson. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed LHP Kerry Kelley. Released RHP Jake Stephens. RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed OF Chretien Matz. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed RHP Eddie Cody. TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed INF Denver Chavez. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed INF Sam Montgomery. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Released RHP Jordan Mejia. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE BOBCATS — Announced F Josh McRoberts has opted out of his contract and become a free agent. FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed DE Mario Addison and S Colin James to two-year contracts and OT Nate Chandler to a three-year contract extension. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Released HB Jeff Scott.

● Peewee AAA baseball: Fort McMurray at Red Deer, doubleheader at 3 and 6 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Third division rugby: Calgary Canadian Irish at Red Deer, 3:30 p.m. ● Second division rugby: Calgary Candian Irish at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Titans Park. ● Kickboxing/Muay Thai: Superfights 22, doors open at 6 p.m., first bout at 7 p.m., Red Deer Sheraton. ● Jr. B tier 1 lacrosse: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Blackfalds Multiplex.

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Wednesday, June 18 Australia 2 Netherlands 3 Spain 0 Chile 2 Cameroon 0 Croatia 4 Thursday, June 19 Ivory Coast vs. Colombia, 10 a.m. England vs. Uruguay, 1 p.m. Greece vs. Japan, 4 p.m. Friday, June 20 Costa Rica vs. Italy, 10 a.m. France vs. Switzerland, 1 p.m. Ecuador vs. Honduras, 4 p.m.

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Thursday’s games Hamilton at Toronto, 5 p.m. Friday, June 20 Ottawa at Montreal, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. Calgary at B.C., 8 p.m.

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Board strips Redskins of trademark protection due to ’disparaging’ name BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw pitched his first no-hitter Wednesday night, striking out a career-high 15 and allowing his only baserunner on a throwing error by shortstop Hanley Ramirez in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Kershaw’s gem gave the Dodgers the only two

no-hitters in the majors this season. Josh Beckett tossed one May 25 in Philadelphia. Kershaw (7-2) retired his first 18 batters before Corey Dickerson led off the seventh with a slow bouncer to Ramirez, whose throw on the run went wide past first baseman Adrian Gonzalez for a twobase error — ending any chance for a perfect game. That was the only runner allowed by Kershaw, a two-time NL Cy Young Award winner.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Patent Office ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins nickname is “disparaging of Native Americans” and that the team’s federal trademarks for the name must be cancelled. The 2-1 ruling comes after a campaign to change the name has gained momentum over the past year. The team doesn’t immediately lose trademark protection and is allowed to retain it during an appeal. Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has refused to change the team’s name, citing tradition, but there has been growing pressure including statements in recent months from President Barack Obama, lawmakers of both parties and civil rights groups. The decision means that the team can continue to use the Redskins name, but it would lose a significant portion of its ability to protect the financial interests connected to its use. If others printed the name on sweatshirts, apparel, or other team material, it becomes more difficult to go after groups who use it without permission. The decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is similar to one it issued in 1999. That ruling was overturned in 2003 in large part on a technicality after the courts decided that the plaintiffs were too old and should have filed their complaint soon after the Redskins registered their nickname in 1967. The new case was launched in 2006 by a younger group of Native Americans, and was heard by the board in March of last year. The group argued that the Redskins should lose their federal trademark protection based on a law that prohibits registered names that are disparaging, scandalous, contemptuous or disreputable. The case involves six registered trademarks that involve the use of the word Redskins, but it does not apply to the team’s logo. Suzan Shown Harjo, one of the plaintiffs who testified at last year’s hearing, said she was “thrilled and delighted” with the decision. The Redskins did not immediately comment.

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Birds of a feather GREGARIOUS AND SOCIAL, CLIFF SWALLOWS ARE FASCINATING ANIMALS TO WATCH AS THEY BUILD THEIR COLONIES

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l i f f swall o w s a r e fascinating birds. They nest across the province, usually on cliff faces or under bridge decks. I was fortunate to get these photographs in early May when we happened upon them busily building their mud nests on a small gazebo in the Stillwater Wildlife Reserve in western Nevada. Park officials had excluded them from the underside of the gazebo using netting, so the birds were confined to the periphery of the structure. Truly social birds, cliff swallows nest, migrate, overwinter, and even feed, drink, bathe and preen in the company of others. Despite being so gre-

garious, however, they do engage in a surprising degree of skullduggery and quarreling; individuals will try to steal nesting material from others, they often fight over partially completed nests, and females will lay or move their eggs into the nests of unsuspecting neighbours. Aerial fights between individual birds are sometimes so intense that both combatants tumble into the water. They are well prepared for such circumstances by easily rowing back to shore using their wings! Recent research using motion sensor cameras shows that cliff swallows often engage in high-speed chases/ escapes requiring rapid processing of visual information and amazing acrobatic skill. They can pull hard turns reaching a G-force of 7.8. Fighter pilots usually pass out at five or six G, so scientists are now trying to understand how these ace flyers can withstand such

immense force. Cliff swallows feed on the wing, often taking advantage of thermals (columns of rising air) that concentrate flying insects. During cold or rainy weather, they can be seen winging their way over rivers, ponds and lakes. Interestingly, if one swallow finds food away from the colony during inclement weather, it will emit a specific call that alerts others that food is available. In the spring, cliff swallows chose colony sites that are close to three amenities: water, open fields for foraging, and a source of mud for their nests. They usually rebuild at the same locations each year, expertly constructing gourdshaped nests out of mud pellets gathered from muddy stream banks or puddles. They mould the pellets into the nest with a shaking motion of the beak. Each gourd can contain 900 to 1,200 pellets. Entrance ways vary

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You can give youth the joy of fishing National Fishing Week (July 7 to 13 this year) always takes place when, in most parts of Canada, give or take the annual Alberta monsoon, the fishing, finally should be looking up, and catching fish is important to the stated aim of the week: “to promote the enjoyment and tradition of sportfishing.” A l b e r t a sweetens the pot further: “to encourage folks to give fishing a try, any person may fish without an Alberta Sportfishing Licence” on the weekend of July BOB 12 and 13. SCAMMELL Years ago, the late Lloyd Graff and I presented an all-winter fly fishing course for Ken Lunn’s Cub pack. Graduation ceremonies involved a campout midJuly fishing trip to Pincher Creek, arguably Alberta’s best stream for teaching beginning fly fishers. But the monsoon hit and raged all weekend, collapsing, tumbling and tangling tents. Pincher, usually a small foothills creek, became a raging brown river, and few trout were caught, most of them over on the Crowsnest River, which, miraculously, the monsoon had missed. Yet I still hear from many of those Cubs, now in their 40s, about how they’ll never forget that great trip. People think and often ask about the best ways to get children started fishing. With very rare kids, it is easy; they were born to fish and, at about three or four, start nagging to go each and every time you do, and never complain, no matter how tough things get on some trips. I have known half a dozen such prodigies — was one myself — and remain puzzled that the perfect recreation did not last into early adulthood with more than half of them. Perhaps they got too good too fast and just burnt out. How to get kids started fishing so it lasts has been studied to death, and some of the conclusions mesh with

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what 45 years of introducing beginners to fishing have taught me. Best age to start is suggested to be 10, but I have found six down even to three to be good, depending on the spontaneous interest shown by the child. The studies say kids prefer fishing from shore to being confined in a boat and I agree. My only exception was once when I had to take too many kids and needed to corral them somewhere I could keep my eye on them. An obvious choice was my boat, 10 feet from shore on a lake full of perch ravenous for worms, leeches and maggots, “ickies” that most of the kids would handle themselves, so eager were they to get their bobbers and baited hooks back into the water. With a kid who shows interest, plan a special trip; don’t just let him or her tag along on one of your own trips. Above all, never drag a kid on your fishing trip just because it is your turn to babysit. Several adults have told me how such agonizing, tedious, sit-in-thecar scenarios turned them off fishing forever. Take the beginner to the tackle shop, maybe to buy a quality, simple spin-casting outfit, some hooks, bobbers, maybe even some bait, and let the kid participate in your questioning of the dealer about what’s hot and not, including places to go. Back home, do some basic knot-tying and lawn-casting away from the excitement of the river, lake or stream. The bobber is important for beginners, because it provides ample weight for a good cast and suspends the bait (where allowed) at the right depths. It also provides anticipation and excitement of the first tentative bobbles to the sudden plunge when the nibbler has made up its mind. Perch in lakes are great for beginners, but recent reader reports that the goldeye are back, right on time, in my favourite Red Deer River hole remind me of what a superb beginners’ fish the goldeye is. Where “bait” is not allowed, just tie on an artificial grasshopper pattern on a meter behind the bobber, or actually fly cast the hopper. The more the hopper swings around, even leaving a wake, the better goldeyes like it.

Photos by BOB SCAMMELL/freelance

Top: Young fly fisherman begins to reel in a catch. Below: After the monsoon: a bright day with brown water and no fishing.

The added bonus at this time of year is that the goldeye will “bite” in muddier water than any other Alberta fish. Leave your own rod at home. I have one superb kid-size fly outfit I have shared with dozens of kids while teaching them to fly fish. Take lots of good snacks and cold drinks. Talk with the child, about all manner of interesting and important things, including whether or not anything caught may legally be kept, and why. Take a camera, in hopes of preserv-

ing the priceless memory of a first fish. If the kid goes off on a tangent, participate. Son John once showed me how you dismantle a whole beaver dam just to get sticks for our then Brittany, Quince, to retrieve. Above all, when the child has had enough and wants to go home, go, in the interest of him or her wanting to come again, and again, maybe even of fishing becoming a rewarding life sentence. Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Planning your yard with the right focal point How much ornamentation, statues, arches, pergolas, fountains, walls, etc., should be in a yard? It depends on the size of the yard and whether plants or ornaments are the main focus of the garden. This in turn depends on the homeowner, as a garden is an extension to the house. It is an area for family and friends to spend time; play, work, sit and relax. When adding anything to the garden, ask the following questions: What is the purpose of the item? Does it add to the garden? Does it draw the eye away from the focal point of the garden? A focal point is the main feature in the garden or that area of the garden. It is what the eye first sees when entering a garden or room. Other areas within eyeLINDA sight should support the focal TOMLINSON point. Ornaments or structures can be the focal point but so can one or more plants. When a structure or ornament is the focal point, plants are placed to draw the eye towards the focal point. When plants are the focal point, structures support the plants. Ornaments and benches become a nice added touch. Gardens without a main focal point are busy. The eye will skip to one area to the next and back again without finding any one spot to rest. This happens in gardens where there are ornaments or plants scattered throughout without an obvious pattern. The landscape often looks junky and ill-planned. Different areas of the yard, once called garden rooms, can have different focal points and different themes. Think about the differences between many front and back yards. The front is a public area that often showcases the house while the back is private. It is not uncommon to walk past a basic front yard to go ‘Wow’ as one goes around the corner. The side of the house is a transition area between the two areas. Ornaments and structures should be part of the overall garden design and fit the lifestyle of the owners. Disconnects occur when the house is sold and another moves in. In a climate where the yard is used for less than half a year, it is considered much less important than the house and other buildings. The garden will be the last area to be adapted to the present owner. Most owners tend to work around existing trees and hard landscaping. Yards then become personalized with smaller plants, shrubs, annuals, perennials, pots and ornaments. Shrubs add colour and work to divide areas within the yard. They are perfect at blocking the view of a neighbour or the recycling area. Annuals add colour all summer, up until the last frost. It might be a mass of different colours or a select few. It is part of the garden that can and does change yearly. Perennials are more permanent plants than annuals. They continue to grow each year in the same spot, but are easily moved. The flowers come and go throughout the season,

giving a splash for a week or so before fading, at which time another variety is likely to bloom. Grasses add shape and colour to the yard but are often more noticeable during the fall and winter when other herbaceous plants have crumpled under the weight of the snow. Pots can contain a mixture of herbaceous plants. If well taken care of, they provide colour to places that would otherwise be bare or green.

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Buick luxury is a standard feature, not a costly option system that enables you to While most auto manufacturers access music and apps from provide option lists as long as your smartphone. It also your arm, the 2014 Buick Enclave offers a voice to text system provides many luxuries as standard to discourage the temptation equipment. to glance at your smartphone Particularly appreciated by yours while driving. I used the truly on an extended test drive were system extensively and the perforated leather seats that proved to be a real winner. conform to your body and provide The Enclave is Many safety features are comfort and warmth via easily designed to be a available with this vehicle accessible heater/air conditioning stylish people mover including rear cross traffic buttons. I found the Enclave to be alerts that help you detect very comfortable and the cabin to and it definitely vehicles as you are backing be very quiet, in fact there was little achieves that goal. up. There is also an available if any road noise. side blind zone alert that Seating for seven with an option for Ian Harwood uses radar to identify a eight, gives riders plenty of room vehicle traveling in one of your blind spots. and all seats are very comfortable. The second In additional to all the usual airbags, Buick seats slide forward easily thanks to ‘Smart Slide’, has introduced an industry first driver’s seat enabling quick access to the third-row seating side mounted front centre airbag. It provides area. With the pull of a lever, the cushion flips up cushioning between the driver and front while the seatback slides forward. The system can passenger in side impacts. be adjusted to provide more legroom either for Nice weather encouraged me to take a trip to those in the second row or third. Whistler along the Sea-to-Sky highway. I have I should also note the ice blue LED light strip that always enjoyed that highway with all the twists envelops the entire inside of the vehicle at night, and curves. The Enclave was a little sluggish on forming a chest high ring of light. Might be ok if the hills but overall it handled very well. you’re a fan of the movie Tron, but I found it a bit The tester had a 3.6-litre V6 engine, which distracting. Moving on . . . generates 288 horsepower, is mated to a sixThe Enclave features enough technological speed automatic transmission and offers direct upgrades to excite any techno savvy person. The injection with variable valve timing. The all-wheel Buick IntelliLink system is an interactive audio

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drive system detects wheel slippage and delivers power to the wheel to give you it the best grip. The highway fuel consumption is rated at 8.4 L/100km (12.7 – city), but I was getting about 8.9L/100km on my trip. The actual numbers are 12.7/8.4 L/100 km (city/highway) I’ve left the looks until last because the major changes came in the last model year so differences are only subtle. It does now have a

First stage in the transformation of Lincoln The Lincoln MKZ is the first vehicle in a fourvehicle transformation coming from the premium carmaker over a four-year timeline. The MKZ has been selling well and the hybrid model has sold much better than Lincoln was expecting. But the reality is that Lincoln has a long way to go to resurrect this once mighty American luxury brand. It’s hoped the brand’s new fashion-forward design will attract younger buyers, rather than the older crowd that traditionally purchases the brand. Another is providing value, something luxury buyers are not used too. The base MKZ and the Hybrid have the same starting price of $37,960 Looks This big Lincoln is built off the same platform as the less expensive Ford Fusion. It could be argued that the front waterfall grille is dramatic and takes that base Ford sedan and turns it into the Lincoln with good effects. The standard LED

headlamps also make a statement. It is the back of the car that I’m not sure about. The super clean and rather square rear deck lid and bumper, framed by a full width taillight, look modern but the rest of the car has sweeping lines. The back is chunkier looking. One thing we really miss is a rear trunk release on the outside of the car; you have to use the key fob or the interior release. When you open the trunk, the area for storing the hybrid battery pack really limits the amount of space for carrying larger objects. Inside Front and centre is the standard MyLincoln Touch system, which is the same as the MyFord Touch system. If Lincoln wants to charge more for its products, it should install a different system, as Cadillac does with the Cue system. Both the regular gas model and the hybrid come nicely equipped. Many buyers will likely opt for the preferred package at $6,100 to get the huge

panoramic sunroof, navigation system, heated rear seats and steering wheel, backup camera, blind spot warning system and more. This was the package on my test car, and it is a good deal, because for $46,000, the MKZ comes loaded. As a comparison, the Lexus ES hybrid fully loaded is more than $53,000. Drive The MKZ is sold in three configurations, the base front wheel drive (FWD) with a 4-cylinder turbocharged Ecoboost engine an all wheel drive (AWD) with a 3.7L V6 or this hybrid. Unfortunately, the V6 is the only one with AWD. The 2.0L Ecoboost turbo 4-cylinder is the same one used in the Range Rover Evoque and pumps out 240hp. The 3.7L V6 has 300hp and the 2.0L 4-cylinder matched to a hybrid system has a rather pokey 141hp. The upside is that this car is rated at 4.0L/100kmh in both the city and highway. As I have remarked before, the Ford/

noticeable splash of LED accent lighting over the headlights. The Enclave is designed to be a stylish people mover and it definitely achieves that goal. Overall, it was a nice driving experience and with a few changes, it could be a more attractive one too. Price as tested $51,545. ian.harwood@drivewaybc.ca

Lincoln hybrid system is one of the best on the market but invigorating it is not. This is a cruiser; the whole setup is refined and muted making this MKZ not as edgy as it Lincoln has looks. done a good job of Historically, Lincoln’s main rival packaging the MKZ has been Cadillac hybrid without a price but now these two premium. companies couldn’t Zack Spencer be farther apart. Cadillac, with its award winning ATS and new CTS, contends with the best German products. This MKZ isn’t going to get German car buyers excited. Verdict Lincoln has done a good job of packaging the MKZ hybrid without a price premium. It comes nicely equipped and when fully loaded is a relative bargain in the luxury space. But there are a few problems. One is the push button transmission. I’m not opposed to buttons, just to the fact they are not close to the driver; it’s a bit of a reach, especially going back and forth from drive and reverse, several times, when parking. I much prefer the rotary dial in the Jaguar or the column shifter in the Mercedes products. The rest of the centre console is covered in hard plastic with sliding controls for the heat and radio, the rest are touch-sensitive. Call me old school but I prefer a conventional layout. The biggest rival for this car is the less expensive Ford Fusion on which it is based. Lincoln should do more to differentiate itself from Ford. zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca

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Civil War textiles give perspective A COMPLICATED TIME SEEN THROUGH QUILTS, UNIFORMS AND MORE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — An exhibit of quilts, clothing, uniforms and other Civil War-era textiles reveals a complicated and heart-wrenching time. “Each rip and stain in the clothing tells a story,” said Margi Hofer, curator of decorative arts at the New-York Historical Society, where the show runs through Aug. 24. “And the remarkably wellpreserved quilts, some wrapped and safely buried during the war, reveal what treasured artifacts they were.” The exhibit, Homefront and Battlefield: Quilts and Context in the Civil War, was organized by the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. It “lures you in with pretty quilts and then hits you over the head with history,” said Hofer. In addition to quilts by Southerners, Northerners and slaves, the show features clothing, uniforms, period images and artifacts, including the noose and scaffold hook said to have been used in the hanging of abolitionist John Brown, and a post-Reconstruction Ku Klux Klan hood from Vermont. The exhibit begins with an enormous bale of cotton alongside a picking basket. “The thread that runs throughout the exhibit is cotton, which the organizers argue was a leading cause of the Civil War,” Hofer said. The cotton, picked by slaves, flowed north to mills,

FDA wants less salt in foods THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Food companies and restaurants could soon face government pressure to make their foods less salty — a long-awaited federal effort to try to prevent thousands of deaths each year from heart disease and stroke. The Food and Drug Administration is preparing voluntary guidelines asking the food industry to lower sodium levels, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told The Associated Press. Hamburg said in a recent interview that the sodium is “of huge interest and concern” to the agency. “We believe we can make a big impact working with the industry to bring sodium levels down, because the current level of consumption really is higher than it should be for health,” Hamburg said. It’s still unclear when FDA will release the guidelines, despite its 2013 goal to have them completed this year. Hamburg said she hoped the agency would be able to publicly discuss the issue “relatively soon.” On Tuesday, FDA spokeswoman Erica Jefferson said there is no set timeline for their release. The food industry has already made some reductions, and has prepared for government action since a 2010 Institute of Medicine report said companies had not made enough progress on making foods less salty. The IOM advised the government to establish maximum sodium levels for different foods, though the FDA said then — and maintains now — that it favours a voluntary route. Americans eat about 1 ½ teaspoons of salt daily, about a third more than the government recommends for good health and enough to increase the risk of high blood pressure, strokes and other problems. Most of that sodium is hidden inside common processed foods and restaurant meals. In addition to flavour, companies use sodium to increase shelf life, prevent the growth of bacteria, or improve texture and appearance. That makes it more difficult to remove from some products, Hamburg noted. Once the guidelines are issued, Americans won’t notice an immediate taste difference in higher-sodium foods like pizza, pasta, bread and soups. The idea would be to encourage gradual change so consumers’ taste buds can adjust, and to give the companies time to develop lower-sodium foods. “I think one of the things we are very mindful of is that we need to have a realistic timeline,” Hamburg said.

and then textiles flowed back south. That traffic, and the personal stories and emotions told by the quilts and clothing, blur the Mason Dixon line in this exhibit, adding depth to a story often presented as neatly split between two warring sides. The 1820 “Candlewick” bedcover, for instance, quilted in a white pearl and floral design on natural linen by Thankful Williams of Mystic, Connecticut, was made from a bale of cotton presented to her ship-captain husband by a Charleston, South Carolina, family grateful to him for safely delivering their baby aboard his ship. Captain Williams was later convicted of illegal slave trading. In the same gallery are samples of the rough fabrics used to clothe millions of slaves. Quaker and abolitionist Isaac P. Hazard of Rhode Island, who nevertheless earned his living producing slave-cloth, sent the samples to a slave-owning client in the South. Rhode Island led the country in 1860 in slavecloth production, Hofer said. A quilt made of hand-spun linen and wool by three sisters enslaved by the Bushong family of Stony Point, Tennessee, was used by the slaves for years before it passed into the family that had owned them. The Bushongs carefully preserved it. Many of the textiles are deeply political. A “free labour” movement in the North rejected any clothing derived from slave labour; a sombre “free labour” dress from Vermont is of a brown wool-silk blend lined in calico. Nearby is a flag made in Lowell, Massachusetts,

immediately after 1865 legislation requiring that U.S. flags be made from textiles produced in America. It was presented to Lincoln days before his assassination. But the quilts are what steal the show. “Women could not vote or be soldiers, but they expressed their political views and contributed to the war effort through quilts,” Hofer explained. Quilts — some made by whole communities — were lovingly assembled, stitched, stamped with a government seal and distributed to troops. Some featured encouraging phrases or poems: “Brave soldier thou will ever be remembered,” says an inscription on a community-made quilt from Yates, New York. On the Confederate side, “gunboat societies” auctioned quilts to earn money toward a warship. An 1862 applique quilt from Greensboro, Alabama, by a widow with two sons fighting on the Confederate side was auctioned off three times, raising over $865 for the war. Not all the quilters were women. An 1865 quilt was made from woolen blanket and uniform fabrics by an Ohio sergeant wounded at Franklin, Tennessee; he was captured and narrowly escaped, stitching the quilt while recovering at a Union hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. A camp bed draped with mosquito netting and a Kentucky knapsack give a sense of camp life, and surgical linens and a hospital gown worn by a wounded soldier from Vermont give a feel for period hospital supplies.

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RIMBEY REUNION A gathering of old-timers and Rimbey area longtimers is scheduled for this weekend. The 59th annual Rimbey and District Old Timers’ Annual Reunion is scheduled for Saturday at the Peter Lougheed Community Centre, formerly known as the Rimbey Community Centre, at 5109 54th St. in Rimbey. Doors open at noon and a light lunch goes from 12:30 to 2 p.m. At 2 p.m., a short program featuring the class of 1964 begins, recognizing the Donnellys and Van Humbecks as the pioneer families. It costs $10 at the door. A supper and dance starts at 5:30 p.m. and costs an additional $15. A pancake breakfast is also on the schedule for anyone wanting to attend on Sunday from 7:30 to 11 a.m. at the Pas-KaPoo Park, at 5620 51st St., it costs $7. For more information, call 403-8436893 or 403-843-6497 or email rimbeyoldtimers@ yahoo.ca.

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Red Deer City RCMP are monitoring drivers with photo radar at many school zones, playground areas and traffic corridors in Red Deer until the end of June. The school zones are at 42A Avenue, Nolan Street, 60th Street, 55th Avenue, 40th Avenue and 43rd Avenue. The playground zones are on Kerry Wood Drive, 59th Avenue, Holmes Street, Boyce Street, Ramsay Street, Lancaster Drive, McLean Street, Dustin Street and Vanier Drive. The traffic corridors being monitored are along 49th Avenue, 40th Avenue, 30th Avenue, 50th Avenue, Ross Street, 67th Street, Taylor Drive, 22nd Street and 32nd Street. Police reserve the option to change locations without notice.

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GrammaLink Africa volunteer Charlene Peel serves up a plate of Mac & Cheese and coleslaw for Gwen Doran at the Hub on Tuesday. Funds from the annual Mac & Cheese luncheon will go to fund programs of the Stephen Lewis Foundation in sub-Saharan Africa.

Group plans forum on foreign workers, rights A community forum on Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program and workers’ rights will be held at the UFCW Training Centre, at Unit 4, 7464 50th Ave., on Saturday. The forum is organized by Migrante Alberta, a Filipino migrant and immigrant advocacy group. Jhong Dela Cruz of Migrante Alberta said the meeting will focus on the current moratorium on the program and what happens after it is lifted. The federal government put a halt on the program after allegations came to light that some companies were laying off or not hiring Canadians and replacing them with temporary foreign workers. The program is currently under review and new rules for the program are expected soon. While the moratorium is likely to be lifted this week, Dela Cruz said the four-year limit for temporary foreign workers is quickly approaching. In April 2011, a four-year ‘cumulative duration’ limit on the length of

time many temporary foreign workers may work in Canada went into effect. The earliest date that a foreign worker could reach the four-year cumulative duration limit is April 1, 2015. There are some exceptions for skilled workers such as a manager or a supervisor. “Otherwise if you are unskilled you have to be sent home,” said Dela Cruz. “We would like the government to work on a way for (those already working here) to become permanent residents ... rather than sending them home.” A similar forum was held in Edmonton last month. The group has been making rounds at different fast food restaurants in Red Deer to let other workers know about the meeting. The forum runs from 1 to 3 p.m. and is open to everyone. For more information, call 403-3928286 or 403-392-7178 or migrantealberta@gmail.com or Migrante Alberta on Facebook.

Cable snowboarding park proposed BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Cable snowboarding may be coming to Blackfalds. For those unfamiliar with the sport, it involves skiers or snowboarders being pulled by an overhead cable system along a terrain course featuring jumps and rails. It is a relatively new concept and builds on the success of similar systems for summer wakeboarders. Local resident Sam Kiat is behind the Blackfalds proposal, which he is calling Riders’ Rush Cable Park. Town council recently gave staff the green light to enter into an agreement with Kiat to set up a course in All Star Park. Kiat said he’d seen a cable park for wakeboarding in the Philippines, where he is originally from. His teen son Joshua tried it out and gave it a good review. “He was the one with the big smile on his face, ear to ear,” he said, with a chuckle. Given our climate, Kiat saw other potential.

“I thought we could do it for the winter because the equipment is also being used in Europe for winter snowboarding. “There are a lot of YouTube videos on it.” A scan of YouTube turns up videos from as far as Russia and Switzerland. CBC’s Rick Mercer also gave the sport a try last year at a Winnipeg facility. Kiat, who does laboratory work for the oilpatch in his day job, said he’s still lining up the equipment and hopes to have the course up and running — snow permitting — in November. He’s planning a dual line park so two riders can go at the same time, although it is designed so they can’t cross each other’s paths. The speed of the cable can also be adjusted for different skill and confidence levels. Rates will be advertised as the park gets closer to opening. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Lacombe believes an economic development partnership developed in Olds could work in the city as well. A new community economic development plan was recently endorsed by Lacombe city council. Among its goals is to look at establishing an organization along the lines of the Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development. Formed in 2001, the institute pulled together the Olds Agricultural Society, Olds and District Chamber of Commerce, Olds College, and the town to take a joint approach to economic and community development. A number of committees were formed to focus on specific areas. For instance, the technology committee was the key to bringing O-Net to Olds, a fibre optic network that provides high-speed broadband to residences and businesses. Other committees focus on investment attraction, business retention and expansion, community lifestyle, funding development, marketing and communications, and identifying opportunities. Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie said the Olds example kept coming up as they looked at ways to promote economic development. “Is it going to be an exact replica? We don’t know yet. But it is one that caught our interest and one that makes sense and one that is obviously successful.” The economic development plan suggests the city join the chamber of commerce, Canadian University College and Agriculture Financial Services Corp., a Crown corporation with a major presence in the city, as anchor members. They would provide financial support to get the Lacombe version of the institute off the ground. Lacombe’s economic development plan outlines goals, objectives and proposed actions, as well as identifying outcomes that show initiatives are bearing fruit. Among the actions to boost a strong and diverse economy is a plan to work with developers to share financing costs, as well as promoting high-density work/live developments, developing a marketing plan and researching business incentives. Developing community investment funds, supporting home-based businesses and aiding business incubation are other ideas. Heritage preservation can be improved with a storefront enhancement program and culture could benefit from an arts and culture hub, the plan suggests. It is also proposed a community housing development corporation be explored and joint initiatives pursued for sustainable housing. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Temporary parking being set up for hospital workers DURING PARKADE CONSTRUCTION The commute to work for staff at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre could soon include a shuttle ride or a long walk. Alberta Health Services plans to create a temporary parking lot for hospital workers to use while a new parkade is constructed at the health care facility. The temporary lot, with 404 stalls, will be located several blocks from the hospital at 5432 45th St. — the former site of UFA Co-op. Red Deer’s municipal planning commission approved the project on Wednesday. Plans include a 128-square-foot shelter, lighting, and landscaping around the lot’s perimeter. Sidewalk connections to the hospital will also be developed. The commission heard that a shuttle will run between the hospital and the parking lot during peak periods, and that the site will be monitored by hospital security. Work on the five-level, 1,100-stall parkade for the hospital is scheduled to begin this year. The $44-million project, which will be located on the southeast corner of the hospital grounds, north of 39th Street, is expected to take a year and a half to complete. The temporary parking lot can be used for up to two years.

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BRIEFS Woman sentenced for beating daughter A Maskwacis-area mother was sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to beating her infant daughter. Shannon Deschamps, now 37, was charged with aggravated assault on Nov. 29, 2009, by police investigating reports that a badly injured baby had brought into the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for treatment. Deschamps had been scheduled for trial in the Court of Queen’s Bench on June 10, 2013. However, the trial was collapsed when she failed to appear. She was arrested later in Edmonton. Denied bail on July 25, she was scheduled for a new trial by judge alone, to run from Tuesday through Friday of this week. The trial was cancelled in September, however, when Deschamps changed her plea to guilty. She was sentenced on Oct. 1, 2013.

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Walk for diabetes A walk on Sunday is intended to raise funds to cure diabetes. The Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes is at the G.H. Dawe Centre. Registration is at noon. The walk starts at 1:30 p.m. The walk is one of 70

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Bradford Lawlor, left, and Bradley Abel of the duo group One Day in May performed on the Ross Street Patio during the lunch hour Tuesday in downtown Red Deer. The duo will return to the patio today afternoon for another home-town concert. across the country that are expected to draw more than 45,000 people. G.H. Dawe School is located at 100 56 Holt St. in Red Deer. For details, check jdrf.ca/walk.

Escort scam accused granted bail A Red Deer woman accused in an escort scam last year who skipped her preliminary inquiry was granted bail on Wednesday. Lindsay Rae Mazzei, 31, of Red Deer faces numerous charges, including those stemming from an alleged Red Deer-based scam in which men were beaten and robbed after being lured by an online escort service in June 2013. Originally scheduled for the middle of May, Mazzei said she thought the inquiry was to take place in June and missed her court day. She was granted a $2,500 no cash deposit release In Red Deer provincial court. As a condition of her release she is to have no contact with two people also alleged to be involved. She also has a strict curfew of 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. at her designated residence, a rural land location near Red Deer. Mark William Bitterman, 30, of Red Deer is still dealing with his charges related to the incidents and Florian Poitra, 32, of Red Deer was sentenced to four years in jail for his role in October of 2013. Mazzei will be back in court on June 25.

Stabbing death hearing set A preliminary hearing will be held in the late winter of 2015 for the suspect in the stabbing death of a taxi driver from Wetaskiwin. Dale Selmer Christensen, 52, was found on the side of a road at the Samson Cree Nation at about 7 a.m. on March 4. Maskwacis RCMP later arrested a member of the Samson Cree Nation on a charge of second-degree murder. Tyrus Brent White, 31, has asked for trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Queen’s Bench, with a preliminary hearing to be held beforehand. Preliminary hearings may be scheduled to weigh the strength of the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial. White’s hearing is set for Wetaskiwin provincial court on March 16, 2015.

Trial date set A trial date has been set for a Red Deer man arrested after police raids near Innisfail and in Penhold in late April. Greg Montague, 34, was charged with possession of stolen property and a variety of weapons offences in connection with the investigation, which involved searches of a shop in the countryside east of Innisfail and a home in Penhold. Montague was released on $1,500 cash bail shortly after his first court appearance. He has pleaded not guilty to all eight charges and asked to be tried in Red Deer provincial court. His trial has been set for Feb. 20, 2015.

Winter cold killed some pine beetles BUT SOME SURVIVED ICY GRIP BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A cold winter in Alberta helped killed mountain pine beetles in some parts of the province, but the destructive bugs survived in some forests. A government survey says there wasn’t much change to a large area surrounding Lesser Slave Lake.

But the pest’s numbers were diminished in wooded areas south of Grande Prairie, northwest of Edson and west of Manning. The survey was done by cutting core samples from trees and comparing the number of living and dead beetle larvae under the bark. Environment Minister Robin Campbell says the province must continue to take aggressive action against the beetles. He says the survey results indicate that pine beetle populations are unlikely to decline naturally in the near future.

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Charges have been laid against a recently arrested Red Deer man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant and the Penhold woman who is accused of harbouring him. Seven new charges have been laid against Steve Lagace, 29, after skipping out on his parole last week. He was arrested without incident on Monday at about 3 p.m. near Eastview Middle School. Also arrested at the scene was Jessica Lynn Masyk, 25. Lagace has been charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count each of possession of stolen property over $5,000, possession of stolen property under $5,000, failing to stop for a peace officer, possession of a prohibited weapon and theft over $5,000. Red Deer RCMP said Lagace was arrested in a stolen vehicle after containment was set up on 39th Street, blocking it off at 40th and 30th Avenues. Lagace was convicted of about 40 charges and sentenced to five years in jail in 2009. He has been remanded into custody and was to appear in Red Deer Provincial court Wednesday morning. Masyk has been charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of breach of conditions and one count each of possession of stolen property over $5,000, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and harbouring a fugitive. She has been released from custody on her own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on July 8. Masyk also faces charges in relation to the hit and run death of a teen west of Penhold. Trystan Sorensen, 18, of Penhold was longboarding with a friend on May 20 at about 10:30 p.m. when he was hit by a vehicle about five km west of Penhold on Hwy 592. Masyk faces charges of failing to remain at the scene of a collision, public mischief and driving while unauthorized. The vehicle was reported stolen and later found burned in a farmer’s field east of Innisfail. Masyk is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Friday on the charges relating to the death of Sorensen.

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Gateway foes face feds in next phase BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — One of the biggest hurdles for the Northern Gateway project is one the company has never had the means to address. Now that the project has received federal approval, the next phase of the pipeline fight will not focus on the Calgary pipeline company but on the government that many B.C. First Nations ultimately blame for the dispute. “For us, it’s a rights and title discussion,” Peter Lantin, president of the Haida Nation, said Wednesday. “It’s not necessarily about a pipeline.” The Crown has failed to resolve aboriginal rights and title in B.C. for generations, he said. Now, native communities are united for a sweeping legal challenge against the federal government approval, he said. The expected legal challenge involves a coalition that includes all three major aboriginal organizations in the province: the pro-treaty First Nations Summit, the anti-treaty Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs and the regional branch of the Assembly of First Nations, as well as dozens of individual bands. They will meet in the coming weeks to decide on the course their case will take, Lantin said. Lantin said the Haida recognize the importance of natural resource projects and the national interest, and he said they would be happy to have that conversation — about another project. “There is no compromise. There is no mitigating measures that we could talk about that would satisfy or change the Haida position,” he said. “I don’t believe that after the fact we can somehow hit a reset button. ... The damage is done.”

NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE The company said it will continue trying to engage aboriginal and other communities. Janet Holder, vice-president of western access for Northern Gateway Pipelines, said there have been some discussions and more are planned. Enbridge (TSX:ENB) and its partners remain committed to the project, she said. “We believe that we can move past this,” Holder said. “I don’t think we’ll get 100 per cent support. There’s never anything, any significant issue, that’s ever been dealt with in Canada that has ever had 100 per cent support.” But the project is worth working on, she said. Canadians are losing billions of dollars a year in revenue without access to the coast for export, she said, and Enbridge and its 10 partners will push forward and find a way to make it work. “They truly understood before and understand now what the issues are, what needs to be done to move forward, and they’re still willing to fund the project,” she said. Analysts and shareholders appeared less optimistic. Shares in Enbridge dropped slightly the morning after the federal announcement. “All told, we see the federal government’s approval largely as academic at this point, with B.C. provincial, environmental and First Nations challenges likely stalling further progress, potentially for years,” said an analysis by CIBC World Markets. “We do not believe it likely that a consensus can be reached on the proj-

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A protester holds up a Stop Harper sign while marching with others during a rally held to show opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday. ect; the environmental and First Nations groups have become entrenched in their positions.” In announcing approval, Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford said the company has more work to do to engage aboriginal groups and local communities. But it’s not necessarily the company that has work to do, said one legal expert. First Nations have legal rights, but in the absence of treaties in B.C., it’s not clear just what those rights entail, said Gordon Christie, an expert in aboriginal law at the University of British Columbia. “The federal government has the responsibilities to First Nations, not the

company,” he said. “This is all about the government making a decision to allow the pipeline to be built.” Legal challenges could take up to two or three years to resolve, he said. The Conservative government already faces another challenge in Federal Court that could affect the approval. The Mikisew Cree and Frog Lake nations in Alberta have filed for a judicial review of changes to the federal environmental assessment rules and the Fisheries and Indian acts included in the Tories’ omnibus budget bill two years ago. They argue the changes undermine environmental protections and the Crown’s duty to consult aboriginals.

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MPC votes not to object to sour oil well BY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s municipal planning commission has voted not to object to the Alberta Energy Regulator about a proposed sour oil well northeast of the city. Canadian Oil and Gas International Inc. plans to drill the well from an existing pad about 1.5 km east of Red Deer’s boundary and north of Parkland Nurseries and Garden Centre. Jim Benum, the city’s oil and gas liaison, said the well would be drilled to a depth of approximately 2,000 metres and then extend horizontally about 1.5 km to the northeast. It will be tied into an existing pipeline, he said. Although the site is located in Red Deer County, it’s within Red Deer’s future growth area, said Benum. Asked how long the well will remain in production, he said a 20- to 25-year timeline is anticipated. “The lifespan of the well is really a best estimate. “It depends on technology; it depends how quick this particular area depletes. It could be less; it could be more.” Because hydrogen sulphide will be produced by the well, an emergency plan must be prepared by the company, added Benum. Last year, Canadian Oil and Gas International and the city entered into an agreement for the development of several wells and pipelines in the area, including sour oil wells. A week ago, the commission voted to not object to another Canadian Oil and Gas International application to the Alberta Energy Regulator for the construction of a new pipeline and the installation a polyethylene liner in an existing pipeline on Red Deer’s eastern outskirts. The company said that project would enable it to abandon another pipeline even closer to the city’s urban area.

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Work continues on Princess Auto’s new store north of Costco in Gasoline Alley. With an anticipated fall completion date, the 28,000-square-foot store will be one of Princess Auto’s biggest and will have the retail chain’s newest design. It will replace Princess Auto’s existing, smaller store at 6833 66th St. in Red Deer. Red Deer County issued a $3.75 million permit for the project last year. Shunda Consulting and Construction Management Ltd. is the general contractor.

Federal reserve to slow bond purchases BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. ECONOMY

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will further slow the pace of its bond purchases because it thinks a strengthening U.S. job market needs less support. But it’s offering no clear signal about when it will start raising its benchmark short-term rate. Most economists think a rate increase is at least a year away despite signs of rising inflation. And at a news conference, Fed Chair Janet Yellen downplayed concerns about inflation. Recent inflation figures are “noisy,” Yellen said. Her comment suggested that the Fed doesn’t see a rate increase as necessary anytime soon to combat rising inflation. The Fed announced its decisions in a statement Wednesday after it ended a two-day policy meeting. The statement was nearly identical to the one the Fed issued after its last meeting in April. It reiterated its plan to keep shortterm rates low “for a considerable time” after it ends its bond purchas-

es, which have been intended to keep long-term loan rates low. The Fed also downgraded its forecast for growth for 2014, acknowledging that a harsh winter caused the economy to shrink in the January-March quarter. In addition, the Fed barely raised its forecast for inflation. The Fed expects growth to be just 2.1 per cent to 2.3 per cent this year, down from 2.8 per cent to 3 per cent in its last projections in March. It thinks inflation will be a slight 1.5 per cent to 1.7 per cent by year’s end, near its earlier estimate. It foresees the unemployment rate, now at 6.3 per cent, dipping to between 6 per cent and 6.1 per cent by the end of this year. That’s a slight improvement from the Fed’s forecast in March, when it predicted that unemployment would be as high as 6.3 per cent at year’s end. The reaction in financial markets was muted. Stocks edged slightly higher, and bond yields remained about where they were before the Fed made its announcement.

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The Fed’s decision to further pare its bond buying means its monthly purchases of long-term bonds will be reduced from $45 billion to $35 billion starting in July. It marked the fifth cut in the purchases since December as the Fed slows the support it’s providing the economy. The bond buying is expected to end altogether by fall. The Fed’s statement was approved on an 11-0 vote, with support from the Fed’s three newest members: Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, board member Lael Brainard and Loretta Mester, the new president of the Fed’s regional bank in Cleveland. The slight changes in the Fed’s statement pointed to signs of a strengthening economy now that a brutal winter has passed. The statement said economic activity had “rebounded,” with gains in the job market, household spending and business investment. The statement signalled no concern about the recent acceleration in inflation. It repeated language on inflation in which the Fed said it was still concerned that inflation remained below its 2 per cent target.

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

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 103.18 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.57 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.30 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.74 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed at a record high Wednesday as traders received reassurances from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it likely won’t move on interest rates until 2015. The S&P/TSX composite index added 53.36 points to 15,109.25, pushed up by gold and material stocks to surpass its previous record close set six years ago to the day in June 2008, just before the Great Recession. The Canadian dollar rose 0.12 of a cent to 91.17 cents US. In its latest policy announcement, the U.S. central bank said it will stay on track and will with reduce its monthly bond buyback program by a further $10 billion to US$35 billion a month as it continues to see more signs of a strengthening economy. The stimulus has kept longterm loan rates low and propped up stock markets. The Fed did not say when it might start raising its shortterm benchmark rate, only that it plans on keeping rates low “for a considerable time” after it ends all the bond purchases. Most economists think a rate increase is still at least a year away despite recent signs of rising inflation, which chair Janet Yellen dismissed as “noisy” in comments following the policy announcement. Macan Nia, manager of the portfolio advisory group at Manulife Asset Management, said he doesn’t expect the Fed decision to have much of an impact on markets. “Given the evaluation of the U.S. market, which we believe is fairly valued, it won’t be a catalyst for dramatic movement,” said Nia. “The market is earnings driven and based on more about the underlying economy rather than the continuation of easing monetary policy. I don’t think the market expects anything different.” On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials gained 98.13 points to 16,906.62, the Nasdaq rose 25.61 points to 4,362.84, and the S&P 500 index added

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.76 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.48 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.57 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.70 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.97 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.88 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.57 First Quantum Minerals . 21.32 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 28.30 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.54 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.90 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.29 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.42 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 23.98 Energy Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.84 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 36.39 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 72.47 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.98 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 60.90 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 47.59 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 24.32 Canyon Services Group. 17.27 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.93 CWC Well Services . . . . 1.080 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 26.65 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.67 14.99 points to 1,956.98. In corporate news, the federal government gave conditional approval Tuesday for Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENB) proposed $7-billion, 1,200-kilometre Northern Gateway pipeline that would connect Alberta oilsands to the British Columbia coast and open Canadian oil markets to customers across in Asia. However, pipeline opponents, including B.C. aboriginal groups, are vowing that it will never be built and plan legal challenges as well as protests. Shares in Enbridge fell 58 cents to $51.38. Nia said there wasn’t a lot of reaction from energy and currency traders because the approval came with so many caveats. “It was the market expectation that the federal government would approve,” he said. “But that’s just the first checkmark of a long list of checkmarks that Enbridge needs to check before it can even start construction on the pipeline and before any energy reaches from Calgary to the western port.” In Iraq, Islamic militants attacked the country’s largest oil refinery after capturing a large swath of northern territory in the past week, including the major city of Mosul. The TSX energy sector was up 0.20 per cent despite the decline in Enbridge shares as well as a 39-cent drop in the July crude contract to US$105.97 a barrel. Gold was the leading advancer on the TSX with a 2.5 per cent gain as August bullion rose 70 cents to US$1,272.70 an ounce. July copper was unchanged at US$3.06 a pound.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,109.25, up 53.36 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,008.82, up 2.74 points TSX 60 — 862.94, up 3.23 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 102.73 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 68.50 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.35 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 36.71 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 56.38 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.77 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.77 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.120 Precision Drilling Corp . . 15.15 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 46.31 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.53 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 17.58 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 12.76 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 75.89 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.08 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 71.21 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.71 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 39.16 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.93 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 29.81 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 51.32 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.92 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.03 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.85 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.85 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.36 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.96 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.85 Dow — 16,906.62, up 98.13 points S&P 500 — 1,956.98, up 14.99 points Nasdaq — 4,362.84, up 25.61 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 92.17 cents US, up 0.12 of a cent Pound — C$1.8433, up 0.06 of a cent Euro — C$1.4740, up 0.27 of a cent Euro — US$1.3585, up 0.43 of a cent

MONTREAL — A former Canadian ambassador says he’s less confident now than he was a few years ago about the U.S. giving the Keystone XL pipeline project the green light. “Two years ago I was very confident that it would be a positive reaction, a ”Yes“ would come,” Raymond Chretien said Wednesday. “Recently, I’m beginning to see signs that lead me to believe that a ”No“ is possible.” Chretien made his comments during a chat with U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman at a luncheon speech. The event was organized by the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. Chretien pointed to a recent announcement by the Obama administration to back up his remarks. In early June, the United States announced its most aggressive climatechange measures. The regulations would chop carbon emissions from U.S. power plants by 30 per cent by 2030, with the majority of those cuts coming by the end of this decade. “When your president announced those measures on coal, clearly it’s a legacy issue for him,” Chretien told

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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is uniquely equipped to lead Arctic oil exploration and development as a North American “staging ground,” says Premier Tom Marshall. The province already has a proven track record of safe offshore production in some of the harshest conditions on Earth, he told an oil and gas conference Wednesday in St. John’s. “The land of frigid Junes and the land of Iceberg Alley is well prepared to take on the challenges of development in the Arctic. Having cut our teeth here, we are prepared to lead there,” Marshall said in a speech to the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association conference. “This would be an ideal North American staging ground for Arctic operations.” Outside the conference, Marshall said safety must always come first. “There’s always concerns of not only the environment but the safety of workers. Can the risk be mitigated? If it can be, then we do it. If they can’t be, then obviously we shouldn’t do it.” Marshall said the province will continue to invest in new technology and skills to grapple with Arctic hazards. Environmental activists and aboriginal groups have raised alarms about the potential for a disaster in pristine Arctic waters. They say the deadly BP Gulf of Mexico explosion in 2010 exposed the technological limits of controlling blowouts — even in comparatively mild climates. Eleven workers died when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up. A resulting 87-day oil leak gushed about 4.9 million barrels of oil into the

Oil futures: US$105.97 per barrel, down 39 cents (July contract)

‘THE LAND OF FRIGID JUNES AND THE LAND OF ICEBERG ALLEY IS WELL PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC — TOM MARSHALL PREMIER OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

water before it was finally capped, according to U.S. government estimates. Greenpeace Canada has said the risks and costs outweigh the value of tapping relatively small Arctic oil reserves. It has called for a moratorium that would put the region off limits for good. Robert Cadigan, president and CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association, said the province is like an “incubator” for exactly the kind of technology that could limit such risks. “That’s an area that we can focus our expertise and try to help find the solutions that ultimately will support drilling farther north,” he said in an interview. “I think we’re probably an example of how it could be done safely.” Cadigan said the province has been an increasing offshore oil player since the Hibernia site about 300 kilometres east of St. John’s first began producing in 1997. Countries such as Russia and Norway also have Arctic ambitions although Cadigan said he doesn’t expect large-scale drilling for several years. “The Arctic’s a big place and certainly there are some areas where there’s relatively little ice cover (in) parts north of Russia,” he said.

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Gold futures: US$1,272.70 per oz., up 70 cents (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.314 oz., up 10 cents $717.40 kg., up $3.22 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’14 $8.00 higher $478.80; Nov. ’14 $5.70 higher $463.20; Jan ’15 $5.30 higher $468.90; March ’15 $5.00 higher $471.90; May ’15 $5.00 higher $474.20; July ’15 $5.10 higher $475.90; Nov ’15 $5.10 higher $477.10; Jan. ’16 $5.10 higher $471.10; March ’16 $5.10 higher $474.60; May ’16 $5.10 higher $474.60; July ’16 $5.10 higher $474.60. Barley (Western): July ’14 unchanged 125.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $132.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $134.50; March ’15 unchanged $135.50; May ’15 unchanged $135.50; July ’15 unchanged $135.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $135.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $135.50; March ’16 unchanged $135.50; May ’16 unchanged $135.50; July ’16 unchanged $135.50. Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 409,460 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 409,460.

Former ambassador not confident Keystone will be approved BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Heyman, “He wants to go down in the history books of his country as a green president.” The former Canadian ambassador admitted he’s worried about the future of the proposed Alberta-to-Texas pipeline. “I would tell our government: ’listen, a ”No“ is possible, let’s get ready with a very good Plan B, let’s get moving,”’ Chretien said. During his remarks, Heyman said Obama is really focused on “leaving the planet in a better place than it is today.” The U.S. ambassador added that the Keystone pipeline project “is a very serious issue” for Canadians — and Americans. He recalled that since the beginning of the year, more than three million comments have been received from the public in various forms including emails and letters. But they still have to be analyzed and “you have an obligation to read those.” “This is a huge task for us to do, it’s going to require additional time, we don’t have a department of memo reading in the state department,” Heyman added.

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President Barack Obama meets with Lindsay Lawlor, of San Diego, Calif., and his creation, a 17-foot-tall, 2,200-lb robotic giraffe that “walks” on wheels and is powered by a 12-horsepower hybrid fuelengine motor, during his tour on the South Lawn of the White House to meet with students, entrepreneurs and inventors, during the first ever White House “Maker Faire”, Wednesday. Obama is highlighting new tools and techniques that promote fledgling businesses create and market their products in an effort to focus attention on U.S. manufacturing need for science and math education.

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BRIEFS Local appraiser honoured for significant contributions A Red Deer appraiser has been recognized by his industry association. Craig Soderquist, who owns Tempus

Real Estate Capital, has received a Fellowship Award from the Appraisal Institute of Canada. A release issued by the institute said the award is given to members who have made “significant contributions” to the appraisal profession. It added that Soderquist has been an active member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada since 1984, and served as a director and president of its Alberta board. The institute has more than 4,900 members.

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Cheating doesn’t need to be physical Dear Annie: I believe my husband is discuss it at all. having an emotional affair with his emI am so saddened by this. He is givployee “Tina.” All the signs ing to Tina a part of him are there. that is meant for me, his My husband’s office wife. I am going to therapy, phone accidentally dialed and that helps. But I have me while he was talking reached the point where I with Tina at work, and I no longer have the feelings overheard their conversaof love for my husband that tion. He called her terms I used to. I’m upset with him of love. I started snooping all of the time. Tell your and discovered that they readers that an emotional text each other hundreds of affair is just as damaging times a month. He lets her as a physical one — maybe know when I’m away from more so. —Heart of Stone the house so she can call Dear Heart: Some partMITCHELL him directly. Tina is the first ners mistakenly believe & SUGAR person he calls on his way that if there is no sex, there to work and the last person is no affair. But giving he calls on his way home. It your emotions, your heart, used to be me. We’ve been your innermost thoughts to married for 18 months, but we are not someone other than your spouse is also kids. We are in our 50s. I’m stunned cheating. It creates a bond with a third by his behavior. When I confronted party, allowing that person into your him, he said he isn’t doing anything marriage. We are glad you are getting wrong because nothing physical has counseling, but if your husband does happened between them. Since then, not understand the damage he is doing he’s become more secretive and won’t and makes no effort to change it, we

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worry that your marriage will not survive. (You also might point out that he is putting his career in jeopardy by becoming involved with a subordinate.) Dear Annie: After 20 years of marriage, my husband and I divorced because he was having an affair. My now ex-in-laws have welcomed the Other Woman into their lives. Even before we were divorced, my ex-mother-in-law was hanging out with my ex-husband and his mistress. I feel totally betrayed by my ex’s family. I still spend time with my exin-laws because of my three teenage children. They keep saying that they still love me and that I am still their daughter, but would any family member, especially a mother, cozy up to the person who caused her daughter so much pain? Am I overreacting? — L. Dear L.: You are expecting loyalty from someone who cannot give it. As much as they may love and care about you, your in-laws love and care about their son more. Even if they believe their son behaved terribly toward you, this Other

Woman may become his wife and your children’s stepmother. If they reject her, they risk alienating him. Your best bet is to learn to live graciously with the situation in order to make it easier for your children. If you cannot achieve this on your own, please consider counseling. Dear Annie: “Can’t Please Mother” said Mom never was happy about any gift she received from her kids. I have a different perspective. My sons have given me electronic devices, but never took the time to show me how to use them, so they sit in my dresser under my socks. When my grandchild was born, I received a cup with her picture. It was the best gift ever, and I said so, yet I never got another one. I once visited a woman who had shelf after shelf of “stuff” she couldn’t use, and all she did was dust it all every week. People should listen to what others truly want.— Nebraska Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Thursday, June 19 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Mackle Moore, 30; Phylicia Rashad, 60; Robin Tunney, 41 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will be a light bulb moment type day. You will be better able to understand your emotional nature and reflect back on the past in order to bring in more clarity for yourself. Watch out that you don’t become too impulsive with sharing your thoughts with everyone: mercury is still retrograde LARISA MAIRA indicating some OZOLINS miscommunication will play a part. It should not be such a problem as others are willing to offer you more emotional support than they typically do. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today if your birthday, then this year will bring greater awareness of self. How others see you will reflect how you are communicating and how your project yourself. What a tremendously positive year for finances and your career! Going out with friends will be limited this year and this could create some tension for you. This year is to build your career and it will go well. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Search deep before you announce anything today. You might change your mind after and it will not lead to the best outcome. You will want to be with friends and people you love and will have a strong affinity to being in contact with them. Connect, even if only over the phone. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Financial dealings will not go as planned today. Whatever you do, do not make concrete statements at this stage. Do not worry if anything does spill out of your mouth, others will be more compassion to you now. Hang out with those who share the same values as you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today, you will want to get your point across. This is good if you are one hundred percent sure about what you are trying to con-

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vey. I am not sure you know exactly what you are thinking at the moment. Use this energy to brainstorm with others or else the day will be a challenge. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Sudden realizations will appear out of thin air. Those at a distance will be the theme of these visions you will receive. Connect with them, even if only through the phone. Go out and socialize with friends and loved ones — you will want to be with them and it will be cheerful! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Miscommunication will happen when networking — be mindful to hold your tongue today. Those close relationships and business partnerships will be very supportive now but it is best to keep your image pristine. Go out on the town tonight and relax, you deserve it today! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Watch out what you are expressing to others in the public or within your career today. There is a tendency to shoot your mouth off without knowing exactly what you are saying. There will be great compassion and support, but simply be mindful of your wishes and dreams! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Watch out what you are expressing to others. Sometimes we think we know all the truth, but we don’t. It is best to learn a bit more today, as today you will be able to grasp subjects and material more quickly. Spend time with loved ones tonight, you will cherish it! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Watch out what you are expressing to loved ones today. It might not come across as you wish it to. There will be a need to connect with those at a distance and with those significant relationships in your life. Lots of laughter and compassionate exchanges to be had. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will feel like you must express yourself with others. Be mindful that they might not be communicating effectively and you may not be expressing yourself just as you want to now. You will want to meet up with friends and loved ones, and expect a surprise! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There will be some miscommunication going on for you at work today. Also, expect some delays within your daily routine as well. Others will be understanding if you communicate with them, so keep the lines open. Do not get stressed, simply expect delays

today. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Romantic interests will offer you some surprising thoughts today. Do not take it personally, everyone is expressing themselves without thinking and this includes you. You will want to connect with family members and loved ones at home — it will be pleasant and cheerful. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sudden in-

sight from those at home or from your family will leave you feeling a bit at odds. Express yourself now, but remember to be compassionate. Everyone is going to say a Freudian slip here and there, allow for the general theme of the day to override the details. Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Amazon to jump into smartphones but can it compete? zon has had in music, video and other markets it has entered: BOOKS Amazon.com Inc. started as an online bookstore in 1995 in CEO Jeff Bezos’ garage in Bellevue, Washington. As more and more bookstores have closed, Amazon is now believed to be the nation’s largest bookseller, with an estimated 30 per cent of a total book market that PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates hit $34.9 billion last year, and 60 per cent of an e-book market that PwC pegged at $7.9 billion. Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of book industry consultancy The Idea Logical Co., said book publishers view Amazon with “a mixture of dependence and fear.” “They can’t live without Amazon’s sales, and they can’t live with Amazon’s market power,” he said. MUSIC Amazon is a major player in music. It has sold compact discs by mail since 1998 and digital downloads since 2007. Russ Crupnick, managing partner of consulting company MusicWatch, pegs Amazon’s share at 18 per cent of the $2.8 billion digital download market in the U.S. last year and 23 per cent of the $2.1 billion market for CDs. In comparison, Apple’s iTunes commands about 67 per cent of digital downloads and doesn’t sell CDs. Amazon is the

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only competitor to Apple of any real size. Amazon last week launched a music streaming service that makes more than 1 million tracks available to members of its $99-a-year Amazon Prime subscription plan. TABLETS Amazon took over the e-book market soon after its first Kindle was launched in 2007. It took a big step by introducing its full-colour Kindle Fire tablet in 2011, with a price starting at $199 and a screen just 7 inches diagonally. “At the time, none of the other vendors had something similar,” said Jitesh Ubrani, an IDC analyst. But since then, others have matched the size and price, especially Samsung, which has made big gains. Amazon’s share of global shipments has slid from more than 7 per cent in 2012 to 2 per cent in the first quarter of the year. “Other vendors have cheaper, better products,” Ubrani said. MOVIES AND TV SHOWS Amazon is a large retailer of DVDs and Blu-ray discs and also offers online rentals and purchases of digital video products. Amazon has 15 per cent of the $1.8 billion U.S. market for movie and TV show rentals and downloads, trailing Apple’s 58 per cent, according to Dan Cryan, an analyst with market research firm IHS. As for subscription video streaming,

NEW YORK — Amazon, a company of seemingly boundless ambition, appears to be venturing into yet another market: smartphones. The corporate juggernaut that started out with books and soon moved into music, video, cloud computing and Kindle e-readers is hosting a launch event Wednesday in Seattle, and media reports indicate the product will be an Amazon phone — perhaps one with multiple cameras that can produce 3-D photos. Amazon declined to comment, but analysts said the goal is almost certainly a device designed to get customers to buy more things from Amazon. It might include an Amazon shopping app or other features tied in tightly to the products the company sells. “It’s Amazon. That says to me the core value proposition is going to be about shopping,” said Ramon Llamas of the research firm International Data Corp. Amazon’s phone comes at a time when the nation’s largest e-commerce company is at a crossroads. Analysts said the move into smartphones is a bit of a head-scratcher, since the company is a late entrant into the highly competitive market. For all its success with other products, Amazon will be hard-pressed to compete with Samsung and Apple, the No. 1 and 2 mobile phone companies in the world. Globally, Samsung led mobile phone manufacturers with 31 per cent of the 288 million units shipped in the first quarter, followed by Apple at 15 per cent. In the U.S., Apple dominates with more than 37 per cent of the 34 million units shipped, with Samsung at close to 29 per cent. Some analysts have speculated that the 3-D feature might tie into an Amazon shopping app. Shoppers might be able to use the phone to take a 3-D picture of a product in a store, then search for the object on Amazon and buy it online. Analysts said the phone could also come with a data plan that could let owners use Amazon services without using up any data. “Anything that generates more repeat orders and more frequent purchases is probably part of what they intend to do with this,” said R.W. Baird ++ analyst Colin Sebastian. To compete, Amazon needs more than an exINCLUDES $2,000 TRUCK OWNER BONUS ON CASH PURCHASES pected 3-D viewing feaFOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS, $4,400 CASH CREDITS , FREIGHT & PDI. ture, which has been tried LEASE EFFECTIVE RATE 2.42% before by smartphone OR makers like HTC and LG, Llamas said. ‡ LEASE Competing on price AT FOR FROM won’t help if it leaves peoBI-WEEKLY MONTHS ple with the impression WITH $2,350 DOWN. BASED ON A PURCHASE PRICE OF $28,595*. that the device is cheaply OFFER INCLUDES $1,000 TRUCK OWNER BONUS , $4,000 CASH CREDITS , $1,000 LEASE CASH *, FREIGHT & PDI. built, and getting customers to buy a phone with- ALL-NEW FAMILY OF ECOTEC3 ENGINES WITH ACTIVE FUEL MANAGEMENT, out being about to touch it DIRECT INJECTION AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING first could prove difficult, - STABILITRAK® ELECTRONIC TRAILER SWAY CONTROL AND HILL START ASSIST he said. - AUTOMATIC REAR LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL “If they sell it only - 8-INCH COLOUR TOUCH SCREEN WITH INTELLILINK™ online, as Amazon sells - NEWLY REDESIGNED CARGO BOX WITH UPPER TIE-DOWN HOOKS, many of its goods and UNDER-RAIL BOX LIGHTS AND CORNER-STEP REAR BUMPER products, that could be a challenge,” he said. Here’s a look at the impact Ama-

Cryan estimates Amazon accounted for 15 per cent of the 43.6 million active U.S. subscribers of streaming video plans through its Prime Instant Video service. Netflix accounted for 73 per cent of active streaming subscribers, while Hulu Plus had 12 per cent. CLOUD SERVICES Amazon essentially created the marketplace for what is known as cloud infrastructure as a service in 2006 with Amazon Web Services. That is where it allows its servers to be used by third parties to host the data and applications they need to run mobile apps, websites and other services. As the overwhelming market leader, Amazon maintains five times the computing capacity of the next 14 service providers combined, according to Gartner analyst Lydia Leong. Amazon is aggressive with price cuts and innovation, which will probably keep competitors like Microsoft from catching up for years, Leong said. OVERALL RETAIL Amazon sold $40.8 billion worth of goods in North America last year. That’s 17 per cent of all e-commerce, according to Anne Zybowski, vice-president of retail insights at research firm Kantar Retail.

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Timing right for Mehta STUDIES PHYSICS TO ADD CRED TO MOVIE I’LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN BY VICTORIA AHEARN THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadian filmmaker Richie Mehta admits he isn’t a physics whiz, and so in writing the new drama I’ll Follow You Down featuring dense time-travel theories, he took his time — 12 years, actually — and put in “a hell of a lot of library” hours in order to make sure it had credibility. “There was a time when I was really deep into it where I probably could have written a thesis or done a presentation at a physics convention about all the stuff,” the 35-year-old, who is based in Mississauga, Ont., said in a telephone interview. “When we had physics consultants look at the script at the very end, they just kind of gave checkmarks and said, ’Yeah, it’s fine.”’ I’ll Follow You Down opens Friday in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal. Rufus Sewell stars as a brilliant physicist and professor who mysteriously disappears after boarding a flight to Princeton University for a conference. Years later, his wife (Gillian Anderson) is still reeling from his absence as their son (Haley Joel Osment) — a physics genius himself — explores his grandfather’s (Victor Garber) theory that his dad disappeared through a wormhole. The enigmatic nature of the story seems to span multiple genres as viewers try to figure out whether the time-travel element is true or if the father disappeared either on his own volition or due to something nefarious. Also a mystery? How did the now-26-year-old Osment — who got an Oscar nomination as the cute kid in The Sixth

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A scene from the Richie Mehta film I’ll Follow You Down, is shown in a handout photo. Sense — seem to grow up so fast? Mehta said he, too, didn’t realize the actor was already into adulthood when two casting directors suggested him for the role. “I was kind of like, ‘Really?’ It seemed interesting and I ended up meeting him in New York and we had such a great meeting, such a great lunch together, and we just really got along. “He’s probably one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, from a general-knowledge standpoint.”’ I’ll Follow You Down is Mehta’s follow-up to his debut feature, Amal, which was nomi-

nated for six Genie Awards in 2009. He said he got the idea for the film when he was waiting at an airport for a friend to arrive from Hungary. He noticed a woman nearby had been waiting for a long time for another passenger, and that got him thinking about the fallout from someone disappearing in that situation. The film’s broader theme of choices and consequences is one Mehta has been ruminating on since he watched the film Jurassic Park with his parents as they were going through a divorce. When Richard Attenbor-

ough’s character said “I don’t blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them,” he felt a reaction from his mom and dad as they realized the weight of their decision to split. “That kind of struck me, this idea of, yeah, we make mistakes, we all screw up, it doesn’t mean we should be judged for that. However, there are consequences to those mistakes that we must pay for, all of us,” he said. Mehta said he mapped out the consequences of each character’s choices using charts during the 12-year script-writing process, and he had physics consultants help

Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices sells over 100,000 copies in first week THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Hard Choices sold more than 100,000 copies during its opening week, its publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “We’re elated,” said Simon & Schuster’s president and publisher, Jonathan Karp, who declined to offer a more specific sales figure. “This book is on a trajectory to be the bestselling nonfiction book of the year.” Hard Choices sold well enough to top the nonfiction list of Nielsen BookScan, which tracks industry sales. But its debut was also far slower than that for her previous memoir, Living History, which sold around 600,000 copies during its first week. One likely difference: Living History, published in 2003, included her first extended comments on the affair between President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Anticipation for Hard Choices, which covers her four years as secretary of state, focused more on whether it would include any hints that she was running for president. Hard Choices, which also included little about her contentious primary campaign against Barack

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a keynote address during a luncheon in Edmonton, on Wednesday. Obama in 2008, ends with Clinton saying she is still undecided about seeking the presidency again. Karp noted another possible reason that first-week sales were stronger for Living History: It was a memoir by a former first lady as opposed to a book about being secretary of state. “First lady memoirs are always immense and immediate bestsellers,” said Karp, who cited books by Barbara Bush and by Laura Bush. Both of Clinton’s memoirs have received mixed reviews, although that has not discouraged her most devoted fans. Some have been so anxious to see Clinton at

one of her bookstore appearances that they have camped out on sidewalks the night before. But compared with Living History, the new book came out in a far more difficult environment for nonfiction releases, which still sell primarily through paper editions. Since 2003, the Borders superstore chain has shut down and Barnes & Noble has been cutting back its physical presence. E-books, virtually nonexistent in 2003, are now around 30 per cent of the market, and often much higher for fiction. “There are fewer places to buy books,” said Karp, who added

that the “solid majority” of sales for Clinton’s 680-page memoir have been for the hardcover. “And Hard Choices is the kind of nonfiction that tends to sell better in printed form because people like to have it on their shelves and go back and refer to it.” Simon & Schuster has said the initial print run for Hard Choices was over 1 million copies, similar to the pre-publication total for Living History. Karp said he was confident “Hard Choices” would sell out its first printing because “Clinton looms so large as a figure on the world stage.” “We believe we will be selling this book in hardcover for years,” he said. As of Wednesday afternoon, Hard Choices was No. 4 on the bestseller lists for both Amazon. com and Barnes & Noble.com.

out with math equations written on chalkboards in some scenes. Besides his laborious library sessions, he also got some helpful physics information from listening to a National Public Radio show in New York featuring a guy “who was obsessed with inventing time travel to bring back his dead father.” “When they prefaced the interview, they listed all the subjects he was an expert at now, and it was like string theory, quantum mechanics ... and multivariable calculus,” said Mehta. “And I’m like, ‘Thank you. You just listed everything I needed to go and research.”’

Vampire drama True Blood headed for musical afterlife BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Like the vampires it portrays, True Blood won’t seem to die. Even if it means breaking out in song. After the final scene of the upcoming final season of True Blood, fans may be able to take another fresh bite out of the HBO vampire drama. In the works: “’True Blood’: The Musical.” Seriously. “This was something that I pitched to HBO and (show creator) Alan Ball,” said composer Nathan Barr, speaking on the arrivals line at the True Blood season premiere Tuesday night in Hollywood. Barr has written the instrumental scores for the series’ entire seven seasons, the last of which debuts Sunday. Barr said the musical will revolve around protagonist, telepath and waitress Sookie Stackhouse, portrayed in the series by Anna Paquin. But, Barr added, after seven seasons of twists, turns and characters for Sookie, it’s proven a challenge to trim the saga down. “I think we’re really going to try to return to the roots of the show,” Barr commented. True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer, who showed off his vocal chops last year on NBC’s highly rated live telecast of The Sound of Music.

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YouTube launching new music service BUT SOME INDIE ARTISTS WILL BE BLOCKED IF THEIR LABELS DON’T SIGN DEALS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — YouTube will launch a new subscription music service, the company acknowledged Tuesday after being dragged into a public dispute over royalties that will result in the blockade of some independent artists’ music videos. The Google Inc.-owned video site said in a statement that it is “adding subscription-based features for music on YouTube” and that “hundreds of major label and independent artists” have signed on. The paid service — to be launched within a few months — will likely allow playback of videos without ads and allow for offline playback on mobile devices. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter. The people weren’t authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The people also confirmed that a small number of independent artists who had not agreed to new deal terms will have their videos blocked in some countries starting in a few days, even on the free version of YouTube. YouTube will block the music videos so users of the test version won’t be confused about which content they can access for free and with features require payment, the people said. Allowing free streams of music by certain artists while not offering them on the paid service would erode the value of the paid plan, one person said. The move also adds pressure on those labels to sign, because not being on YouTube altogether will result in less advertising revenue and exposure.

YouTube has reached deals with all three major music labels — Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group — and many independent labels as a whole representing about 95 per cent of all labels, the people said. Determining which artists are blocked —and where— could be confusing because some indie artists have their music distributed in certain countries by the major labels. Singer Adele, for instance, is signed with Beggars Group’s XL Recordings in the U.K., but Sony Music’s Columbia label distributes her music in the U.S. Rich Bengloff, president of the American Association of Independent Music, an industry group representing independent labels, said he disagrees with the characterization that only a few labels haven’t signed. He argued that independent artists are being treated unfairly simply because they lack market power. “I’m not very happy, obviously,” he said. “We’re asking to be treated equitably and fairly.” One person familiar with the terms said that independent labels are being offered the same perstream royalty payment as the major labels, but are not offered the same guarantees or advances for the first year. Alison Wenham, CEO of the Worldwide Independent Network, another trade group representing indie labels, said in a statement that YouTube’s decision to blockade some labels was a “grave error of commercial judgment.” She said services like Spotify and Deezer have done a better job representing independent music on their platforms.

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Allan Reid to succeed Berry as president of Juno Awards and CARAS TORONTO — Allan Reid has been named president and CEO of the Juno Awards, MusiCounts and the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He succeeds Melanie Berry, who announced in April she would end her decade-plus run steering the annual music gala. Reid had been director of MusiCounts, a musiceducation charity. He took on that role in 2010 and simultaneously established a management company, with clients including Royal Wood and producer Gus Van Go. He has also worked at Universal Music Canada and MapleMusic. Reid will assume his new role on July 1. “We identified Allan as a proven leader who is well respected within the music industry and beyond,” said CARAS chairman Ed Robinson in a release.

Gordon Lightfoot, Drake, Carly Rae Jepsen honoured by SOCAN Awards TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, Drake and Carly Rae Jepsen were honoured at the SOCAN Awards on this week. Lightfoot, 75, received the organization’s lifetime achievement award at an industry gathering at the Westin Harbour Castle. Drake, meanwhile, took the global inspiration award, accepted on the Toronto rapper’s behalf by collaborators Noah (40) Shebib and Boi-1da. Jepsen was honoured alongside “Call Me Maybe” co-writers Tavish Crowe and Josh Ramsay with the international achievement award. Other winners included Chilliwack’s Bill Henderson, who received the special achievement award, and national achievement award honouree Ian Thomas. All the winners received SOCAN’s new trophy, a Sabian-designed bronze prize that doubles as a real musical instrument.

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Thank You for celebrating our 20th year of the Heart & Stroke Golf Classic hosted by the Innisfail Golf Club. We are excited to have Roll’n Oilfield and Servus Credit Union once again as our title sponsors. Their commitment to this successful tournament is testament to their strong community ties! On behalf of the families and friends of the survivors they welcome home, thank you from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Through your fundraising efforts, you’re helping create more survivors.

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Silver Sponsors Accuform Welding Innisfail Golf Club MNP

Bronze Sponsors Canadian Lynden Transport Circle T Service & Rentals Falcon Homes Hawkeye Industries Inc. Ing & McKee Insurance Northside Construction Parkland Funeral Home Ramada Inn & Suites Red Deer Oilmens The Rig Shop True Power Electric Waskasoo Estates

Breakfast Sponsor Red Deer Motors

Refreshment & Burger Hole compliments of ATCO Gas

Media sponsors: BIG 105.5 FM/106.7 THE DRIVE Red Deer Advocate

Hole Prizes, Silent & Live Auction Donors: Alberta Springs Golf Resort Anderson Slipp Aspire Energy Resources Ltd. B&B Cowie Insulation

Passing Of The Club! Above From left to right:: Rob Stryker, VP of Retail Banking Operations, Servus Credit Union (Current co-Title Sponsor) John Paulgaard, President, Redcore Limited (new Title Sponsor for 2015) Darren Imesch, Owner, True Power Electric (new coTitle Sponsor for 2015) Karen Jackman, Red Deer Area Manager, Heart and Stroke Foundation Ron Rowbotham, President, Roll’n Oilfield Industries Ltd. (Current Title Sponsor) Donna Hastings, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT and Nunavut

Big 105 & 106.7 The Drive Black Knight Inn Bluewater Compression Bunch Projects Canadian Tire (South Store) Canadian Wellhead Isolation CharisMedical CMR Fabricators Coyote Creek Golf Resort Crimtech Earl’s Restaurant Electrogas Monitors Ltd Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Grower Direct Heart’s Desire Ladies Gala I-Hotel on 67th Street Jim Bitschy Kello-bilt King’s Energy Services Lacombe Golf & Country Club Maxxam Meadowlands Golf Club Millerdale Pharmacy Moxie’s Parkland Fuel Corporation Peavey Mart Pine Hills Golf Club Precision Drilling Pumps & Pressure Red Deer Rebels Hockey Club Scotiabank Sheraton StreamFlo Industries TBS True Power Electric Univar Winsor Plywood Wolf Creek Golf Resort

Thanks to the support of our sponsors and golfers, the 20th Annual Heart & Stroke Golf Classic raised an incredible $50,000 for lifesaving research! We appreciate your generosity.

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EAST 40TH PUB SUPER FIGHTS #22 FUNK Mark Bernard May 1, 1925 Rosstern, Sask. June 16, 2014 Red Deer, AB. Mark Funk passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital with his family by his side on Monday, June 16, 2014 at the age of 89 years. Mark is survived by his beloved wife of 67 years, Margaret; son, Barry (Barb); daughter, Julee (Larry); treasured grandchildren, Ryan (Laura), Chris and CJ. Mark was predeceased by four sisters and four brothers, Mark being the last surviving sibling. A celebration of Mark’s life will be held on Friday June 20, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. McInnis & Holloway, 369 Railway Ave. Cochrane, AB. (viewing at 10:00 a.m.) If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to The Calgary Humane Society, 4455 - 110th Ave. S.E., Calgary, AB T2C 2T7, Telephone: (403)205-4455 www.calgaryhumane.ca. Condolences may be forwarded through www.mcinnisandholloway.com In living memory of Mark Funk, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Crowfoot Chapel, 82 Crowfoot Circle N.W. Telephone: (403) 241-0044.

ZACHARIAS Daniel April 13, 1954 - June 11, 2014 It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that we have to announce the sudden accidental passing of Daniel Zacharias, beloved son, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. Dan is survived by his wife Sheryl nee Fraser of Red Deer, AB.; also two sons, the oldest, Troy (Michelle), and their children Pyper, London, Justice and Jersey; the youngest, Chad (Leah), and their two daughters Lillian and Teagan. His father Werner Zacharias; mother Elsie (deceased); siblings, Telita (Peter) Janzen and their five children, Deloris (Lynden Wilms and their three children, Gorden (Susan) and their four children and Lorine (Larry) Hooge and their two children. Dan will be dearly missed. Everyone who was lucky enough to have been a part of his life, whether it was family or friends, was able to see a man who was always there for them, anytime, or any place, for anything. We were all so lucky to have Dan as a part of our lives for as long as we did. A local service to honour Dan’s life and memory will be held on Wednesday June 25, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at CrossRoads Church in Red Deer, AB. Condolences to the family can be made by visiting www.shanidarfuneralservices.com

PARMETER Dorothy Amy 1932 - 2014 Mrs. Dorothy Amy Parmeter of Sylvan Lake passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at the age of 81 years. Dorothy, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, was an exceptionally kind and loving woman who touched many lives and made them better. Dorothy is predeceased by her loving husband of 62 years, George Russell Parmeter. She is survived by her loving children, Philip (Medgee), Laurie (John) Ramsey and George Jr. and her cherished grandchildren, Jack (Tashina) Ramsey, Jessica (Elliott) Young, Russell and four great grandchildren; as well as her dearest niece, Dianne Sekura and loving extended family and friends. Dorothy was born in Calgary, AB to William and Elizabeth Penney and was the fifth of six children: Bill (Gladys), Marjorie, Len (Joan), Eric (Sophie) and Jack (Robina). A Funeral Service will be held at St. Leonard’s On The Hill Anglican Church, 4241 44 Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, June 20, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca. Dorothy’s family would like to thank the staff at the Sylvan Lake Bethany and Unit 31 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital for their kindness and support. 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.

SHACKLETON Yvonne Charlene May 10, 1952 - June 17, 2014 Yvonne Charlene Shackleton of Red Deer, AB passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 with her family by her side. She is survived by her loving husband Edward, daughter Dylana and her husband Shawne Bugler, and son Shawn and friend Brittany, and treasured granddaughters; Isabella, Olivia, and Adriana. Also survived by her brothers and sisters; Ron (Barb) France, Carolyn (Doug) Bechtel, Stewart (Marjorie) France, Sandra France (Tom Konopka), sister-in-law Pat Shackleton and brothers-in-law Lynn (Elsie) Shackleton, Glen (Donna) Shackleton, Lee (Joan) Shackleton and sister-in-law Merle (Dave) Knezacek, nieces and nephews, friends and neighbours. Yvonne is predeceased by her parents Charles and Dorothy (Anness) France and an infant brother Donald France, parents-in-law; Wallace and Jessie Shackleton, brothers-in-law Clifford and Charlie. Family and friends are invited to pay their respects at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe on Friday, June 20th, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. or at Gaetz Memorial United Church, Red Deer on Saturday from 10:00 A.M. - 10:45 A.M. A Celebration of Yvonne’s life will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Gaetz Memorial United Church 4758 Ross St, Red Deer, AB with Rev. Liz Richards officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Red Deer Hospice 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6, or to the donor’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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FEDDERSEN Terry 1947 - 2014 Terry Feddersen of Eckville, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice on Monday, June 16, 2014 at the age of 67 years. Terry was born in Brooks, Alberta on March 14, 1947 to Florence and Alvin Feddersen, the second son and older brother of Fern. Their family lived in Tilly and then moved to Midnapore and Calgary. They moved to the farm north west of Eckville in 1961.Terry farmed with his Dad running dairy cattle and grain farming for many years. He met his longtime sweetheart, Eileen and they married in June 1966. Six years later they were blessed with Beverly’s arrival into their family and two years after that, Elle. In the mid 1970’s Terry opened Feddersen’s Auto Wrecking. Working on cars has always been Terry’s love and in the late 1980’s he started working on one of many Classic vehicles. His first complete restoration being his yellow 1956 Ford Victoria. He carried on with his hobbies and was well known for his passion of Fords, friends and a good glass of scotch. Terry will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Eileen; two daughters, Beverly (Colin) Scholze of Red Deer and Elle (Jeff) Dell of Eckville and four grandchildren, Kassie and Kesler Scholze and Ashley and Baily Dell. He will also be sadly missed by his sister, Fern (Larry) Hulgaard of Condor, Alberta. Terry was predeceased by his parents, Florence and Alvin and a brother, Tom. Relatives and friends are invited to come and pay their respects at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held at the Eckville Community Centre, Eckville, Alberta on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. with The Reverend Sandra FranklinLaw officiating. Interment will follow at the Gilby Cemetery, Gilby, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Terry’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of 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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Barden Oilfield Hauling Ltd. is now hiring Bed Truck and Winch Tractor Operators. Experience a must. Fax resumes and 5 yr. CDA to 403 341 3968 or email: bardentrucking@ telus.net. No phone calls please. CGSB Level 2 Radiographer and CNSC CEDO Required for work out of local Red Deer Branch. Union rates and benefits. Fax information to 403-342-1205

NOW HIRING Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

Oil & Gas Well Testing Night Foremen, Experienced/ Inexperienced OIL & GAS OPERATOR Junior Day/Night Bearspaw currently has a Operators position in our Stettler field Must have H2S, First Aid, CJ-CSM Inspection Ltd. Is operations for an intermediate valid driver’s license. presently accepting oil and gas operator. Applicants Pre-employment Drug applications for Tubing must have experience as a screening Inspector. Salary will heavy duty mechanic or Competitive Wages. commensurate experience. journeyman instrument Benefit Package Applicants will be mechanic and possess Please submit resume requested to provide a strong mechanical skills, with references to: copy of their driving be quick learners, motivated apply@wespro.ca abstract as well as a or by fax to (403) 783-8004 criminal record check from and hard working and live or be willing to relocate Only individuals selected their local police service or within a 20 minute commute for interviews will be RCMP Detachment. to workplace location. This contacted Applicants must possess position offers a challenging nothing less than a Grade work environment, attractive 12 education. Considera- benefits with competitive tion will be given to those pay and significant room who have oilfield experi- for promotion. ence, as well as current Please submit resumes H2S, WHMIS, and First Aid Certification. Attn: Human Resources Applicants are requested email:kwolokoff@ to forward resumes to: CJ- bearspawpet.com CSM Inspection 114-172 Fax 403-252-9719 Clearview Drive Red Deer Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 EXPERIENCED OILFIED County, AB T4E 0A1 They Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 HEAVY EQUIPMENT may also be faxed to OPERATORS. Must have 1-403-347-1774 or emailed all safety tickets. tocmcclelland@ Competitive wages. cj-csminspection.ca. *No Fax-403-749-3367 Phone Inquiries Please*

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WELLHEAD ISOLATION SERVICE TECHNICIANS AND TRAINEES ISOLATION Equipment Services Inc., an expanding Oil Service & Supply Company is seeking quality

Service Technicians and Trainees. Previous experience with service rigs, fracturing, or similar industry experience with oilfield tickets is an asset. Class 1 or 3 driver’s License applicants will get primacy. (Drivers with Class 5 & 5Q will be considered if Applicant has relevant oilfield experience) A current driver’s abstract required. Off-road driving experience is an asset. MUST HAVE valid H2S and AB/BC First Aid Tickets BENEFITS * Excellent monthly guarantee * Excellent job bonus * Northern Allowance Program * Excellent Benefit Plan and Travel Expenses * Retirement Plan * Lucrative Quarterly Safety Bonus Program * Christmas Bonus Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Fax: (403) 347-3406 Email: l.enzie@isolationequipment.com or drop off at 239 Clearview Drive, Red Deer County ATTN: Lori Enzie

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for. Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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GRATIAE is seeking 5 Retails Sales reps selling skin & body care products in Parkland Mall 4747 67th St. Red Deer, $12.10/hr + bonus & comm. F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d. Email resumes: gratiaereddeersr@ gmail.com

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1 ALEXANDER CRES June 19, 2-6, June 20, 2-6, June 21, 9-4. Turkey cooker, Bradley smoker, toys, tools, etc.

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47 ARMITAGE CLOSE Wed. 18th, 1-5, Thurs. 19th & Fri. 20th,2-6 Large estate downsize. New items daily.

3 DIETZ CLOSE Thurs. 19th 4-8, & Fri. 20th 12-8 Lots of misc. items. Rain or shine.

90 & 94 ALBERTS CLOSE Thurs. 19th 3-8, Fri. 20th 1-8, Join us for Lockets, Leggings, Oils, Wraps, and Lemonade. Sat. 21st 9-4. MOVING. Indoor/outdoor furn., clothes, Friday June 20th, 3-7pm, 80 DUNHAM CLOSE. household, games, misc. Rain or shine! You can sell your guitar South Hill Designs, for a song... Young Living, It works, or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Agnes and Dora Leggings and we’ll sell it for you!

Anders on the Lake Two multi family sales in Atkins Close, Red Deer. June 19 to 21. Thur/Fri 48, Sat 9- 3. Exercise equipment, furniture, antiques, household, childrens items

Clearview 38 CASTLE CRES Multi-family sale, June 19-21 Thurs. & Fri. 3-8, Sat. 9-3 Toys, tools, heaters, craft supplies, Christmas items & household misc. THE ROTARY CLUB OF RED DEER SUNRISE PRESENTS A GRANDIOSE GARAGE SALE at 80 Cole Street. June 19 & 20, 6 to 9 pm and June 21, 9 to 12. Household items, collectibles, surprises! All proceeds raised will fund our Club’s Youth Programs. We appreciate your support

Devonshire 39 DOBSON CLOSE Thurs 19th & Fri. 20th, 1-7. Home decor, bedding, books, clothing, jewelry, sports items, collectibles, 18 ch. audio mixer

Eastview 106 ELY CLOSE Fri. 20th 4-7 & Sat. 21st 10-4 Lots of kids toys & books, household items, gardening supplies, etc.

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171 LYONS CL. June 20, 2-5 June 21, 10-4. Therapeutic bed, formica table, lots of everything. Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Normandeau 83 NYMAN CRES June 19th-22nd. Thurs, Fri, Sat. & Sun. 9-5. Lots and lots of misc. items. Too much to mention.

Oriole Park YARD SALE Multi family. Tools, quilting material, some antiques, toys, small bikes. Something for everyone. 25 OHIO CLOSE June 19 & 20, noon - 9 pm.

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4437 35 AVE. CLOSE Fri. 20th 5-8 & Sat. 21st 10-4 Household items, picnic table, movies, a huge variety of other items. Too much to list.

Fairview - Upper 18, 4901 FARRELL AVE. Thurs. 19th 4-8, Fri. 20th 3-8 & Sat. 21st 9-3 Children’s toys, Honda car, lots of other misc.

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74 GLENDALE Blvd. June 24 RAMSEY CLOSE (Alley) June 19th-21st. 19 & 20, 6 pm.- 9 pm., June 21, 11-8, June 22, Thurs. & Fri. 12-7, Sat. 10-3 Multi-family. Household 2-7. Household, baby & laitems, tools, furn. & more. dies, clothes, lots more.

Lancaster Meadows

FRI. June 20, 9-5. Lawn mower, zero gravity chairs, camping gear, free hide a bed, much more! 22 & 34 Root Close.

Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Driver

GOODMEN

Req’d immed. Certified asbestos workers. Wage negotiable. 780-818-8524

SHOP & PORTABLE Welding Business in Lacombe looking for Welders for local work. Only reliable need apply. Call Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 4:30 403-318-9445

Trades

28 WEDDELL CRES June 19th-21st Thurs. & Fri. 2-7, Sat. 9-2 Built-in oven, dishwasher, sm. tools, & misc. items.

97 WEDDELL CR.

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Gasoline Alley HarleyDavidson is currently seeking Lot Technicians. Provides assistance to all employees of the Service Department as needed. Please fax resume Attn: Christina @ 403-342-7244

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1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s Hiring Salespersons Store at Parkland Mall, 4747-67th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 6H3 F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $14.00 hourly Skills: good English, customer service oriented. No experience requirement. Education: High school Main duties: Greet customers in our store. Explain how to use and care of our products. Operation of the cash register Opening up the store and closing it at night. Keep sales reports. Respect the laws and regulations of Parkland Mall. Company’s business address: 45 Boyce Street, Red Deer AB T4R 1P2 E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com

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SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT!! Full time seasonal positions available in our industrial and highway division. Highway applicators are fully trained. We apply weed control products to roadside ditches around the province. You will be back to Red Deer each night. All products are approved by Health Canada and Alberta Environment. •

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Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

GAETZ SOUTH F/T MEAT CUTTER F/T Bakery Production Full benefits, staff incentives. Apply within. NORAL-TECH Ltd Manufacturer of 12 Volts electrical control panels for specialized trucks. We are currently seeking 2 full time assemblers with automotive related electrical experience. The successful candidates must be able to read and interpret electrical drawings. Email resume normand@noraltech-com PEST CONTROL TECHS REQ’D. cpest@shaw.ca Call 403-373-6182

PLANT LABORER Job Description As a critical member of our operational team, you will be required to perform tasks including climbing above three meters, loading and unloading of chemicals, some heavy lifting and general housekeeping and laborer tasks. Qualifications Required: We are looking for workers experienced in handling chemicals, equipment use and maintenance. CFR is offering an excellent benefits package with the company matching RRSP contributions while providing all required training (certifications). Workers are required to provide personal transportation with a valid “Alberta” driver’s license. Drug and alcohol policy is effect with pre-employment testing. Please forward your resume to Dave Oyka at doyka@cfrchemicals.com Starting Wage:$17.50/hr PT office help and or Class room Instructor req`d. Please call Street Wise Driving School. 403-340-8848

DUTIES: Drive a 990 4x4 John Deere tractor and spray gun. QUALIFICATIONS: Strong work ethic (Successful candidates must supply a driver’s abstract) A self-motivated, responsible worker that demonstrates a positive attitude Mechanical experience is beneficial but not required to succeed Willing to work long hours during peak production times Email resume to: reddeer@greenoasis.ca Visit: www.greenoasis.ca

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SERVICE WRITER DEERMART EQUIPMENT, Red Deer’s John Deere Dealer is seeking to fill a full time position for a Service Writer. This dynamic role is the main point of contact for all service customers and is responsible for seeing each piece of equipment through the shop process from opening work orders to managing payments. Experience in a service related role is an asset. Please indicate in your application the relative experience you have for this position. The right candidate for this role must have the ability to build relationships, provide outstanding customer service, be highly organized and able to make decisions regarding department priorities, be proficient with computers, mechanically inclined and able to provide feedback and suggest solutions to service related questions. This position reports directly to the Service Manager and will work closely with our team of technicians and parts staff. John Deere experience is an asset, however not required. All interested and qualified applicants may forward their resume by email to lloring@deermart.com, by fax: 403-342-5600, or in person at 6705 Golden West Avenue, Red Deer, AB. 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

Warehouse Shipper/ Receiver Competitive starting wages plus regular increases. Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm Excellent benefits package. Opportunities to advance. Must be dependable, hardworking and seeking a long-term career. Apply in person, or email to: hartleytj@eecol.com 4747 - 61st Street

We are looking for

Advocate Opportunities * Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta TOC OBO Fax: (403) 747-2660

WESTPARK SUBDIVISION

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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

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

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Pidherney’s

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

* Adults * Youths * Seniors *

MULTI FAMILY June 19, 20 & 21 Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 10 - 6 Something For Everyone!

Pidherney’s requires experienced drivers

Out of Town

For work in Rocky Mountain House area, as well as out of town locations.

Massive Multi-Family Farm Sale. Many items from housewares to farmwares; Free section, lets make a deal! Thur: 3pm-8pm/Fri: 9am-5p/Sat: 9am-4pm 25225 HWY 595 - 18km east on HWY 595 Once you go past HWY 816 turnoff, we are 3rd laneway on right side of HWY. Sign will be out!

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2 P/T MAILERS RENTAL STORE Requires a Front End Person. to work Tuesday - Saturday starting at 1 a.m. Duties include assisting customers, answering Wage is $13.12/hour plus phones, data entry, deliveries. $2.10/hour shift premium. Must be organized, have computer knowledge, Please email resume to: and be physically fit. gmccarthy Being mechanically inclined @reddeeradvocate.com and having construction or drop off to: knowledge an asset. Full time. 2950 Bremner Ave. Apply 5929-48 Ave. or email: sales@parklandrentals.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Application Closing Date: June 30, 2014. Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

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Operator 2 Position

West Lake 139 WEBSTER DRIVE June 19th - 21st Thurs. & Fri. 1-8 & Sat. 9-3 Something for everyone!

Must possess clean drivers abstract, know city well. The individual must be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment. Some warehouse work and some heavy lifting is required. The company offers full benefit package for this full time position. Please email or drop off resume. ARTIC TRUCK PARTS #3-6540 71 ST Red Deer AB T4P 3Y7 (P)403-348-0999 (F)403-348-5198 Email to: ron.cain@ nfleetsolutions.com

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Operator 2 position. The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties. Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma and must be available for shift work. Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

MOVING/DOWNSIZING 206, 200 RAMAGE CLOSE June 19th & 20th, 2-8, June 21st 9-5. Antiques, patio furniture & free items.

3 days only!

PINES ACTIVITY CENTRE 141 Pamley Ave. (By Gateway School) Saturday, June 21st 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. only. MULTI-FAMILY SALE Lots of good variety!

Carpenters & Helpers

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To prepare & cook all food up to standard, clean kitchen & maintain hygiene, follow SOAP Stories is seeking 5 recipes, assist in retail sales reps. Selling soap receiving & storing bath products. $12.10 hr Kitchen Helper ~ $11.00/hr. & + bonus & commission. To clean kitchen following F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d. safety & hygiene standards. Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Clean utensils, cutlery, crockery & glassware items, Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com floors, assist in prep. SIDING INSTALLER All positions are permanent with or without trailer & StoreSmart Full-time/Part-time, tools. F.T. year round Self-Storage shift work & weekends. work, must have truck and is now hiring for Education: Above Secondary 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 the following positions! Work Experience not per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 essential, training provided. Fax resume to 780-702-5051 Assistant Manager (Full Time) Truckers/ GRILLER’S Steak House Drivers in Rocky Mtn. House is Customer Service looking for Cook’s. Wage CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d Rep $15-$20./hr. dependant for moving equipment. (Part Time) on exp. Submit resume to: Resumes to be dropped off grillersbanquets@ at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. For job descriptions and gmail.com or fax to Cres. Red Deer. how to apply, go to 403-845-7469 www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs. DRIVERS for furniture No phone calls please. HOLIDAY INN moving company, class 5 EXPRESS required (5 tons), local & RED DEER long distance. Competitive 2803-50 Avenue, Trades wages. Apply in person. 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer Red Deer. 403-347-8841 is seeking Absolute Fusion FRONT DESK CLERK Contracting is a welding, MEGA CRANES is now fabrication, maintenance ~ $14.00/hr. hiring exp’d Class 1 drivers. • Answer phone calls, and repair facility requiring Boom/crane truck tickets a supervisor/instructor. take reservations. an asset. Please email Knowledge and experience • Check in/out guests. résumé with drivers in fabrication with • Balance cash out & abstract to engineered drawings or attend to guest needs cathy@megacranes.com designing from instruction. HOUSEKEEPING or fax 403-885-4292 Strong mechanical ability ROOM ATTENDANT for repair and maintenance. ~14.00/hr. Must be able to organize • Clean & vacuum rooms, and instruct up to 10 employees. public areas, pool etc. Comprehensive Benefit plan. • Replenish amenities, Wages are negotiable with linens & towels. experience and attitude. • Adhere to Holiday Inn Please forward resumes safety standards. and references by fax to All positions are permanent 403-309-7134 or by email Full-time/Part-time, shift to info@absolutefusion.ca work & weekends. No Phone Calls Please! Education: Above Secondary BRICAR CONTRACTING Work Experience not PIDHERNEY’S now hiring Dozer & essential, training provided. requires experienced Fax resume to 780-702-5051 Excavator Operators and DRIVERS Laborers. Send resumes CLASS 1 ,3 & LOWBOY, by Fax: 403-347-6296 HOLIDAY INN FOREMAN, Red Deer South, COMMERCIAL Foundation OPERATORS AND Gasoline Alley, company in Red Deer LABOURERS 37471 Hwy 2S, are currently seeking Red Deer County experienced foundation For work in Rocky is seeking form workers. Please fax Mountain House area, as well as out of town FRONT DESK CLERK resume to 403-346-5867 or locations. ~ $14.00/hr. email cavemancontracting Priority will be given to • Answer phone calls, @hotmail.com those candidates with take reservations. experience. • Check in/out guests. EXP. PAVERS WANTED • Balance cash out & Call 403-341-6900 • Top wages and benefits attend to guest needs. or Fax: 877-787-1605 based on experience HOUSEKEEPING Possible career advance• EXPERIENCED ROOM ATTENDANT EXCAVATOR OPERATOR ment opportunities ~ $14.00/hr. for local commercial Valid First Aid and H2S • Clean & Vacuum rooms, construction company. tickets required. public areas, pool, etc. Please fax resume with We offer competitive • Replenish amenities, current drivers abstract to wages, benefits package, linens & towels. 403-342-6881 and opportunities for • Adhere to Holiday Inn advancement. F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS safety standards All positions are permanent - Good hours, home every Please reply by fax night, $4000-$6000/mo. Full-time/Part-time, shift 403-845-5370 or E-mail: Contractor must have truck work & weekends. hr@pidherneys.com or van. Tools, supplies & Education: Above Secondary ladders required. Training Work Experience not provided, no experience essential, training provided. Required Immediately needed. Apply to: Fax resume to 780-702-5051 Parts Delivery satjobs@shaw.ca

ROOFING LTD. req`s Permanent Requires Red Deer’s most modern 5 ROOM ATTENDANTS pin bowling center req’s Attendants. Exp. not nec. SLOPED ROOFERS permanent F/T front will train. Approx. 35 - 40 LABOURERS counter staff for all shifts hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 & FLAT ROOFERS (days, eves. and wknds). $14/hr. Duties incl’d but Please send resume to: not limited to: vacuuming, Valid Driver’s Licence htglanes@ dusting, washing floors, preferred. Fax or email telus.net or apply in person making beds, empty trash, info@goodmenroofing.ca disinfecting & cleaning or (403)341-6722 bathrooms. Performance NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! based bonus program. Oilfield Must be fluent with verbal JOURNEYMAN WELDER l& written English, be Required ASAP. physically fit. Applicants Please call 403-318-6262 may apply in person at or email resume to: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer dave@kodiakent.com T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: NOW HIRING info@ramadareddeer.com

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Oilfield

CLASS 1 ,3 AND LOWBOY, FOREMAN, OPERATORS AND LABOURERS Priority will be given to those candidates with experience.

Valid First Aid and H2S tickets required. We offer competitive wages, benefits package, and opportunities for advancement.

403-845-5370 or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com Please reply by fax:

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DIAMOND BACK MEN’S BICYCLE. 2 yrs. old. $100 obo. 403-347-5955 278950A5

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.

Bicycles

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Advocate Opportunities

RIALTO, Shimano, Ultima 18 spd., front & back brakes, like new. $125. 403-346-2070

Children's Items

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CHILDS WOODEN ROCKING CHAIR, $25. 403-346-7825

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

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JOHNSTONE CROSSING

1997 SKIDSTEER Case 1840, only 3300 hrs. $15,500. 587-679-1000 2004 S250 Gold Pkg. A/C, power bobtach, keyless start, 2 spd. 1891 hrs. Exc. cond. $30,000 obo. 403-350-6470

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Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

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

CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery 3 days per week. NO WEEKENDS!!

Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

KENTWOOD Kirby St. & Kennings Cres.

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

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

69 Street & 63 Ave Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

Offering to loving pet homes, Teacup Morkies, Household Extra Fluffy & Extremely Cute! nonshedding& vet Furnishings checked. Call 587 876 0331or email wendyschedel 2 BAR STOOLS, $10/ea. @gmail.com SMALL DESK & CHAIR, $40. 403-346-0674

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COMPUTER DESK W/ HUTCH. 59.5” w x 57” h x 24.25” d, slide out tray. 2 file drawers. Light oak. $110. 403-347-7858 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you! DARK wood bureau w/mirror and 2 matching night tables $120 obo; retro magazine table from 1950’s $30 obo 403-506-9453

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5 SHEETS 5/8” O.S.B. board 1-24’W, 2-17 3/4”w and 2-16”w, ALL 8’ L, all for $15; 2 sheets 3/8” O.S.B. board 1-21’w and 1-10”w, both 8’L all $5, several misc. pieces of wood all for $5; 4 chrome tooth brush and glass holders wallmount all $10; wall shelf Dr. Brown arborite covered 5’L x 9 1/2”W $5, 4 sets of 2 L shaped fancy shelf brackets 7 1/4” x 10” $5/set 403-314-2026

RED DEER ADVOCATE Six days per week. Delivery by 6:30 a.m. Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver. Phone 403-314-4316 * Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Tractors

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JOHN DEERE 4320 Tractor. Approx. 6000 hrs. Front end loader, complete w/8’ snow blade attachment. Exc. cond. Sold farm. $13,500. ALSO John Deere 14’ Disc & Cultivator. 403-350-1007 or 403-782-3617

Horses

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1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444 Newly renovated bachelor, 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031 2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

3090

ROOM TO RENT 403-350-4712 ROOM, kitchen access. 403-343-0421

Grain, Feed Hay

Offices

2190

LACOMBE COUNTRY FEED STORE, Come see us at: 4836 45A St. Lacombe, Ab ALL THE FEED YOUR ANIMALS NEED! 403-782-3333 Dealer of Masterfeeds

rentals

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

homes 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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2 BDRM. main flr. Close to RDC & Hospital. $1100/mo. utils. incl. N/S, no pets. Avail. July 1. 403-341-0156

Houses For Sale

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ADULT/RETIREMENT LIVING AT ITS BEST. IMMACULATE 1/2 DUPLEX IN DEERPARK , DBL ATTACH GARAGE, 3 BATH, 2 BDR PLUS DEN, FULLY DEVELOPED BSMT. 5 APPL, NO CONDO FEES. A MUST SEE. ASKING $359,900. SOLD

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2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street. Parking is avail. $1800/mo. 403-343-9300 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Mobile Lot

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WANTED: family with own mobile home to live on farm. 10 min. north of Sylvan Lake & 25 min. from Red Deer. 403-255-1627 or 701-1235

Acreages/ Farms

3255

Farm yard/acreage- Semiretired farm/ranch couple. Willing to do chores,etc. Ref. avail. 403-2243378 bacon@airenet.com Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

RED DEER ADVOCATE 6 Days a week! Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie

Locally owned and family operated

Cottages/Resort Property

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*SANDY COVE RESORT* Pine Lake

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SUV's

LAKE FRONT LOTS FOR SALE & SEASONAL LOT RENTALS. Cheapest in the area, $3000. Call 306-402-7776

2010 Ford Explorer

NEW HOMES by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550

PRIVATE SALE $148,900

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

Gated community of Raymond Shores. Large 7252 sq.ft. lot, #19. Lake frontage. Best location to all activities. Call Jim 403-488-7314 (h) 1-403-878-5682 (c)

Limited, 4.6L, V8, 112,000 kms., fully loaded, leather, DVD, every option, $20,500. 403-318-5505

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Trucks

MUST SELL 1217 sq.ft. duplex. 4 bdrm., $191,900. 403-588-2550

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New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage. 403-588-2550

Condos/ Townhouses

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2014 GMC, S/B, loaded, Z71, $34,300. 587-679-1000

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Laebon Homes 346-7273

Automotive Services

5010

2013 GMC 2500 HD 4x4, 36,000 kms., Duramax $42,300. 587-679-1000

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

Cars * *$309,000* *

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#314 6 Michener Blvd. Welcome To One Of Red Deer’s Premier Adult Complexes! 1 bdrm. 2 baths plus Den open concept condo is in new cond. Immed. poss. Enjoy great views & privacy. Call TIM MALEY, Re/Max 403-550-3533

2008 AVALANCHE, leather Z71, $16,400. 403-391-9662

2012 FUSION SE only 2001 SILVERADO 4x4, 10,000 kms, exc. cond. no gst $17,500 403-350-6434 8500 winch, snow tires, topper, $6500 obo. 403-304-1013 2008 PONTIAC G6, good shape. 2001 DAKOTA quad cab 131,000 km. 403-346-6470 4x4 ATC 230,000 kms, 2003 DODGE Neon loaded runs exc. $4500 obo NEW CONDO safetied 403-352-6995 403-358-4022 1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550 1994 Chrysler Intrepid 4 dr. Red, 1988 CHEV Sierra, 1/2 ton clean. 126,000 km 348-2999 very clean. 403-318-3040 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

EXECUTIVE townhouse condo. 505 150 Vanier Dr. $315,000 Kijiji #599833430 Call Albert 403-396-3920

Open House

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CUSTOM BUILT

1530

Auctions

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FOR SALE BY OWNER 5.48 acres in a scenic creek valley on a dead end road. It is zoned CRA and the power is at the property line. 43049 township road. 39-4 $129,500.00, no GST. 780-712-2922/ 780-712-7884

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Advocate Opportunities

MORRISROE INGLEWOOD AND SOUTHBROOK AREAS

ACREAGE FOR SALE East of Didsbury, 10.25 acres, exceptionally reno’d main house, second house, shop, machine shed, barn, other out buildings, fenced, 2 waterers. Quiet, well-treed & landscaped. Asking $709,000. See ComFree.com #518693 for photos & details. 403-335-3359

Farms/ Land HERE TO HELP

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Cars

2000 CORVETTE convertible, 6 spd. stnd, black on black, mint cond, new tires, orig. 57,962 kms, $22,000 no gst. 403-347-4887

CLASSIFICATIONS

MORRISROE MANOR

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

TENTS with flys, lightweight 3 person $35 & $20; air mattresses $15/ea., oil lantern $15, Craftsman seat for riding mower $20 403-342-7460

BEAUTIFUL 10 week old kittens. Variety of colours: Pink & white, orange, & grey tabby. Free to loving home. 403-782-3130

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park. Mike 403-350-1610 403-342-4923

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2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail July 1/Aug. 1. $1050/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337

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

PICTURES, golf balls & clubs, wood frame, dble. matte, 16x30, 2 in set. $25. 403-346-2070

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Suites

SUNNYBROOK

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

Cats

3030

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. & HERE TO SERVE MUST SELL Deer head apartments, avail. immed, Call GORD ING at mounts on shields, profes- rent $875 403-596-6000 RE/MAX real estate sionally done, only 2 left central alberta 403-341-9995 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. $100/ea. 403-314-2026 gord.ing@remax.net SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Tired of Standing? Travel Find something to sit on Packages in Classifieds

WANTED

GLASS COFFEE POTS, $3/ea. PANTS HANGER, $15. 403-346-7825

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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GOLF EQUIPMENT & POOL CUES at garage sale prices. 403-343-7430

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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

PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK

Sporting Goods

SECTIONAL, 3 pce. $300. obo, 2 pc. china cabinet $200 obo 403-848-1499 SOLID oak oval kitchen table 38 x 42 w/4 chairs plus leaf $150 obo 403-506-9453

Condos/ Townhouses

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

60 4 oz. balls of wools, same color $50; set of new flares $25; 2 faux queen blankets, like new $25/ea., 2 queen floral quilts $20/ea. 403-348-6449

Advocate Opportunities

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Dogs

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Ukraine president promises ceasefire BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Pro-Russian fighters wave a white flag to start a handover of the bodies of Ukrainian troops killed in a plane shot down near Luhansk, at a check point in the village of Karlivka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday. The two sides managed to arrange a brief truce Wednesday evening in the eastern town of Karlivka to allow pro-Russian forces to hand over the bodies of 49 Ukrainian troops who died when the separatists shot down a transport plane bound for the airport in Luhansk last weekend. the bodies of 49 Ukrainian troops who died when the separatists shot down a transport plane bound for the airport in Luhansk last weekend. But after the truck carrying the remains had passed to the Ukrainian side, both sides fell back to their respective positions. A pro-Russian fighter, whose face was covered with a bandanna and identified him-

self only by his nom-de-guerre, Sova, said the cease-fire was over. “The war will go on until we win,” he said. U.N. Assistant SecretaryGeneral for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic called Poroshenko’s cease-fire announcement “a timely initiative.” But he stressed that it was “a real challenge” because U.N. human rights monitors in east-

More humidity, less wind ahead for crews battling large wildfire BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As summer approaches, relief is in sight for drought-stricken New Mexico and many other parts of the West as Mother Nature appears ready to ease up on her back-to-back blows of stifling heat and gusty winds. A break in the unfavourable weather can’t come soon enough for the hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze on the Navajo Nation that has consumed more than 50 square kilometres of pinon and juniper forest along with grazing lands that tribal livestock owners have used for centuries. The Assayii Lake Fire has destroyed at least four structures. Another 50 homes near the rural communities of Naschitti and Sheep Springs were threatened, with some in Naschitti evacuated. Forecasters with the National Weather Service said storms moving across the Southwest have helped raise humidity levels, and the winds are expected to die down by Thursday, giving firefighters the window needed to directly attack the flames. “What we saw over the past three or four days will basically end tomorrow. No more wind,” meteorologist Chuck Maxwell said Wednesday. Despite the variability in the weather and drought, the fire season has been relatively slow across the U.S., according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho. The number of acres burned so far this year is half of the 10-year average, and there have been fewer large fires. In the Southwest, the acreage burned is only 46 per cent of average. “The reason the Southwest is below average is because it had a late start to its fire season,” said Robyn Broyles with the interagency fire centre. “There was a lot of moisture through-

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ern Ukraine believe there are at least three distinct armed groups that don’t fully co-ordinate. “This may represent a problem because some of them might be adhering to ceasefires, some not,” Simonovic told the International Peace Institute in New York. If successful, the plan could help ease the worst crisis be-

Police: 200-kg Florida man hid drugs under stomach fat during traffic stop BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DELTONA, Fla. — A man who weighs about 450 pounds (200 kilograms) faces multiple charges after Florida police say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his “stomach fat.”

According to a new release, a Volusia County sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle Friday after noticing that the passenger wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Officials say 42-year-old Christopher Mitchell told the deputy that he’s too big to wear a seatbelt. The deputy says he requested a drug-detecting dog because Mitchell and the driver appeared nervous. The dog detected the presence of drugs in the vehicle. In addition to the drugs on Mitchell, deputies say they also found a handgun and $7,000 in cash in the vehicle. Mitchell and the driver were arrested. It was not clear whether Mitchell has an attorney.

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KIEV, Ukraine — The new president of Ukraine promised on Wednesday that government troops would soon stop firing on pro-Russian armed separatists, offering a chance to end the fighting that has killed hundreds and wracked the industrial east. In another concession to Moscow, Petro Poroshenko replaced his foreign minister, who had outraged Russians by using an obscenity to describe President Vladimir Putin. An end to the two months of fighting and a promised safe exit for rebels would allow Putin to say that Russia has fulfilled its goal of protecting Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine, while Poroshenko can claim victory over the rebellion. The Ukrainian president discussed his plan for a unilateral cease-fire in a phone call with Putin late Tuesday, their offices said, and Poroshenko also spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Russia’s foreign minister cautiously welcomed the move, but voiced concern that it could be a ruse. One key question is whether Moscow is willing and able to persuade the pro-Russia insurgents to accept Poroshenko’s plan. Rebel leaders have remained defiant, but in a sign of behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, some of them visited Moscow this week to meet with senior officials and lawmakers. The two sides managed to arrange a brief truce Wednesday evening in the eastern town of Karlivka to allow proRussian forces to hand over

tween Russia and the West since the Cold War, a situation triggered by Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March following the ouster of Ukraine’s pro-Russia president. Poroshenko didn’t say when the cease-fire could be declared, but the defence minister, Mykhailo Koval, was quoted as saying it could begin “within days.” “The plan will begin with my order for a unilateral cease-fire,” Poroshenko told reporters in Kyiv. “I can say that the period of the ceasefire will be rather short. We anticipate that immediately after this the disarming of the illegal military formations will take place.” He said those separatists who lay down their weapons and haven’t committed grave crimes would be granted amnesty and a corridor to leave the country if they chose to do so. Putin has welcomed Poroshenko’s peace initiative in an apparent hope that de-escalating tensions with the West would help Russia avoid another round of crippling economic sanctions. Still, embracing the plan would require a delicate balancing act for the Kremlin, which is facing rising demands from Russian nationalists to send troops into Ukraine. Poroshenko said a ceasefire should follow securing the border with Russia, and Ukrainian officials said Wednesday they were completing the effort. Despite their optimistic statements, sealing the roughly 2,000-kilometre (1,200-mile) border could be a challenging task for the nation’s illequipped and badly organized armed forces.

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his sons Mark and Marty in the WHA (World Hockey Association). 1958 — Parliament approves Canada’s participation in NORAD: the joint North American Air Defence Command. 1918 — Canadian air ace Billy Bishop shoots down five German planes in his last dogfight, bringing his total enemy kills to 72. 1914 — Hillcrest coal mine explosion and fire in Crows Nest Pass, Alta. kills 188 miners. 1793 — Upper Canada Assembly passes act prohibiting importation of slaves into the colony, first such law in British empire.

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Friday ● St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (Willow Valley) will celebrate its 100 anniversary on June 20-22. Events will be held at the Valley Centre Community Hall and include an evening bonfire on June 20, open house in the church, jam session, potluck supper and evening program on June 21, and church service and catered lunch on June 22. For more information or to register, email willowvalley100@gmail.com or Call Joan at 403-347-1402, Lynda, 403-347-0206 or Ada at 403-749-2525. ● Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre S.A.F.E. North Red Deer events will be focussing on Glendale, Normandeau, Kentwood and Johnstone neighbourhoods. On Thursday, Community Clean and Graffiti Removal kits will be available from 3 to 7 p.m. from Unity Baptist Church. On Friday, S.A.F.E. staff will inventory concerns and issues to determine which were solved and which still need to addressed. See www. cacpc.ca, contact info@cacpc.ca or 403-9869904, or follow Twitter@CrimePrevCtr. ● Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter Annual Royal LePage Golf Tournament takes place at Alberta Springs Golf Course on June 20. See www.cawes.com ● Ponoka Legion weekly suppers continue at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays. Cost is $14 per person. Phone 403-783-4076. ● Lacombe Farmers Market will be held at its new location at the Lacombe Arena parking lot on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May 16 until Oct. 10. Features homemade baking, breads, fruit and vegetables when in season, crafts, jewelry, woodwork, honey, eggs, meats, jams, and much more. Phone 403-782-4772. ● Norwegian Laft Hus is open June, July and Aug. as follows: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sundays from noon to 4 p.m., closed Monday and holidays. Laft Hus is located in Heritage Square, 4402 - 47 Ave., Red Deer, and is a handcrafted replica of a 17th century Norwegian log farm home with a sod roof. It features a growing collection of antiques and replicas of items used by Norwegian immigrants. Phone 403347-0255 or email norwegianlafthus@gmail. com.

Saturday ● Ride For Sight in support of Foundation Fighting Blindness will be held on June 21 ending at Ponoka Culture and Recreation Complex with rides from Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer. The Red Deer group departs from Turple Brothers in Red Deer County at 11:30 a.m. for a motorcycle parade to promote awareness of retinitis pigmentosa, and to collect donations. There will also be bike games, live entertainment, show and shine and more. See www.rideforsight.com, or phone 1-800-461-3331. ● Voyagers — Exhibit by Erin Boake — Opening Reception will be featured at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe on June 21, 5 to 9 p.m. The exhibit features an evolution of local flora and fauna, in varying degrees of life, with a recurring theme of space and how we occupy and change. ● TD Summer Reading Club Kick-Off Party will be on June 21, 2 to 4 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch Children’s Department and at Dawe Branch Library. Children are invited to drop in with their adults and register for the Summer Reading Program, eat cake and make cool stuff. Watch www.rdpl.org, check out Facebook, or Twitter for more details. ● Girlz Club will hold their Year End Beach Party on June 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch. Girls ages seven years and up invited. For more information call 403-309-3488, or email jbarritt@rdpl.org. ● Summer Solstice Supper at Ellis Bird Farm Tea House will be held June 21 by reservation. Join friends for a an evening of seasonal revelry with a local musician and a gourmet, country meal. The menu features Roast Suckling Pig, Truffled Celery Root, Green Potato Salad, Virgin Canola Dressed Garden Weeds, Rustic Dinner Rolls, Vanilla Bavarian and Poached Rhubarb, tea or Satinwood Coffee with dessert for a cost of $45 per guest, and wine or beer available for purchase. A garden tour will be held following the meal weather permitting. See www.Ellisbirdfarm.ca or contact terreitup@gmail.com, or 403-586-4547. ● Red Deer Walk for ALS will be June 21 at Great Chief Park with registration at 9 a.m. and kick-off at 10 a.m. Get involved by collecting donations and doing the walk, sponsoring someone, or just come down to the walk and enjoy the live music and barbecue. Visit www.walkforals.ca ● First Annual CentreFest Bachelor Auction will be held at International Beer Haus and Stage on June 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. The evening features a live bachelor auction where the winner elects to take the bachelor or their own companion on date packages donated by local businesses. A VIP package is available by emailing info@centrefest.ca. CentreFest will give complimentary cover to the first 10 people who ‘like’ their Facebook page at facebook.com/ centrefest. All funds will support the CentreFest event taking place in downtown Red Deer on July 25 to 27. ● Central Alberta Singles dance will be held June 21 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Wise Choice. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. For information, call Jim at 403638-6563, or Murray at 403-357-8022. Whisker Rescue will be at the Petsmart store every third Saturday of each month with the Senior for Senior Program from noon to 4 p.m. A senior cat is given to a

senior person free of charge, and payment of veterinary bills; Whisker Rescue supplies food and litter if necessary. The next date is June 21. For more information call Diane at 403-347-1251. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Potluck lunch. Top name bands. See www.AlbertaDanceNews. com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 ● Bentley Farmers’ Market goes from 1:30 to 4 p.m. every Saturday afternoon, May 17 to Labour Day weekend, indoors and out at Bentley Curling Rink, rain or shine. Get bedding plants, gardening whatnots, woodcrafts, jewelry, clothing, munchies, and much more. Contact Krista at 403-748-4809. ● Town and Country Farmer’s Market will be held every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lower level of Rocky Mountain House Museum (Visitors Centre Building) for 2014. Exceptions will be when other special markets are scheduled. Contact Iris at 403845-3629. ● National Aboriginal Day 2014 events are approaching. National Aboriginal Day Celebrations at Iron Ridge Junior Campus in Blackfalds will take place on June 21 with tipi raising at dawn, prayers, reading of Proclamation at 1 p.m., with honour song, displays, games, cake until 6 p.m. On June 24, take in Jean Baptiste Day: An Aboriginal Honouring, at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. Take in culture and dessert night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and find out winners of Red Deer Native Friendship Centre Annual Turtle Awards. Grand Entry at 6:30 p.m. followed by music, dancing and picnic and more. Multicultural Day will be held on June 27, and Canada Day Celebrations community gathering at Bower Ponds will be on July 1. ● Jazzercise Free Open House will be offered on June 21, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Participants should dress to exercise. A barbecue with all proceeds to Breast Cancer Foundation will take place, and there will be door prizes, and discounts. See www.jazzercise. com, or contact JazzerciseRD@gmail.com, 403-318-1059. ● Prairie Roots Dinner and Dance will be held in Tees on June 21. Happy hour will start at 5 p.m. followed by old fashioned roast beef dinner at 6 p.m. with entertainment by two characters from Boomtown Trail from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with Heritage Dance celebrating the ethnic melting pot. Music by Edwin Erickson Orchestra. Cost is $35. Sponsored by Tees Agricultural Society and Tees 50 Plus Club. Contact Susan or Sven at 403-7843604, or 403-391-9046. ● Rimbey and District Old Timers’ Annual Reunion will be celebrated on June 21 at Peter Lougheed Community Centre (formerly Rimbey Community Centre). Doors open at noon. Light lunch 12:30 to 2 p.m. Registration fee is $10 and includes lunch. Short program at 2 p.m. featuring the Class of 1964 and recognizing the Donnelly and Van Humbeck pioneer families. Door prizes. Pork tenderloin supper at 5:30 p.m. followed by dance with Elmer and Friends for a cost of $15. Pancake breakfast at Pas-Ka-Poo Park on June 22 from 7:30 to 11 a.m. for $7. Contact 403-843-6893, or 403-843-6497, or rimbeyoldtimers@yahoo.ca. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The June 21 session is called Art-ifying the Outdoors. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission. ● Aboriginal Day at the Fort will be on June 21, 1 to 4 p.m. at Fort Normandeau. Take in this celebrations of First Nations culture. Admission by suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family. Phone 403-3477550. ● Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories Investors Group Memory Walk will take place June 21 starting at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. Registration begins at 4 p.m. with the walk at 5 p.m. Entertainment Odd Lot Prop Troupe, face painting by Main Artery Design, dance to live music, magic with Ryan Hawley, free barbecue, and water. To register, go to www.alzheimer.ab.ca or call 403-342-0448.

Sunday ● Family Planetarium is offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on June 22. Join an interpreter for a tour of the summer sky starting at 1 p.m. The cost is $3 per person, or $10 per family at the door. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Discovery Sundays are offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-346-2010 to find out more. ● Living Faith Lutheran Church invites everyone to Sunday Worship at Bethany CollegeSide at 10 a.m. Contact Ralph at 403347-9852. Living Faith is a North American Lutheran Church Congregation.

Monday ● Bargain Treasures Thrift Store welcomes gently used items, except furniture, computers and monitors, infant car seats or cribs. Please bring items inside the back door at 5217 Gaetz Ave. during business hours from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The store is run by volunteers and all proceeds stay in the community. Phone 403347-9711.

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This weekend Westerner Park in Red Deer plays host to the True Grit Cowboy Mounted Shooters Association. The UFA Agricentre is set to erupt in gunfire as the competitors test their mettle in events where they shoot targets from horseback. Action begins Saturday and continues through Sunday at the park.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Kerry Wood Nature Centre is taking registrations for three upcoming events. Adult Night Adventure at Kerry Wood Nature Centre will be offered on June 27 from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. Be a creature of the night and take in astronomy, a night hike, refreshments and more. Costs are $15 per person plus GST for Friends of Kerry Wood Nature Centre members or $17 plus GST for nonmembers. Pre-registration required by June 25. Family Bike Adventure will be offered on June 29 from noon to 5 p.m. Explore the bike trails and park nodes with an interpreter. The Nature Centre will provide the snacks. Families supply the bike and helmets. Costs are $35 plus GST for families up to five members. Pre-registration required by 7:30 p.m. on June 27. Whittling and the Way of Wood Workshop will be held at Fort Normandeau on June 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. Learn everything about whittling, knife sharpening, and carve a spoon to take home. Participants must bring their own carving knife. Cost is $15 plus GST per person, or choose any three summer workshops for $40 plus GST per person. Preregistration required by June 27 at 7:30 p.m. For each, phone 403-346-2010 to register and for information. ● Royal Canadian Legion in Sylvan Lake is holding a dance with the band Jeske on July 19 at 8 p.m. Weekly Friday night steak suppers and meat draws start at 6:30 p.m. Phone 403-887-2601. ● Tree House Youth Theatre Summer Stock 2014 is accepting registrations for their July theatre experiences of movement, voice, character and costume. Ages 9 to 11 meet July 21 to 25 and ages 12-17 meet from July 28 to 31 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $270; financial assistance may be available. For information or register, contact treehousetheatre@gmail.com or call 403986-0631. ● Royal Canadian Legion in Lacombe Garage Sale will be held June 27 from 4 to 7 p.m., and June 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a beef on a bun barbecue for $5. Donations may be dropped off at the Legion from June 24 to 27 after 3 p.m. Phone 403-785-0731. ● Torrington and District Historical Society is looking for area stories and photos to publish in an area history book. Information on area families, organizations, schools, businesses, schools, churches and more are welcome to be submitted by Dec. 1 to torringtonhistory@hotmail.com or General Delivery, Torrington, Alta., T0M 2G0. Those interested in helping with the project are also welcome. To pre-order a book, send a deposit of $35 per book. Contact Dorothy at 403-556-2497 or Dwayne at 403-631-3824 or Garnet at 403-672-0027. ● Danish Service and Old Fashion Picnic will take place on June 29 with the service at Bethany Church in Dickson from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Danish and English followed by and Old-Fashion Picnic at Danish Canadian National Museum and Gardens featuring beef on a bun and dessert for a cost of $12 for adults, and $6 for children under 10 years. There will be a pie auction with delicious pies from local pie makers, hymns and songs, oldfashioned games. Bring your blanket and picnic basket, or order lunch at 403-728-0019. See www.danishcanadians.com ● Women’s Outreach Centre Charity Golf Tournament will take place July 10 at Alberta Springs Golf Resort. Funds raised will

go towards supporting programs and services offered by the centre. Participate, sponsor, or donate an item or cash. Registration fee is $200 per individual. Space is limited. Registration starts at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m., barbecue at 3 p.m., prizes and auction at 4 p.m. To register or donate, please contact Darcy 403-347-2480 or darcy@womensoutreach.ca. ● Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The Ortho Connect program helps ease the fear, stress, and anxiety that go along with bone surgery and help patients prepare. Call Laurlee at 1-800-461-3639, ext. 4. ● Condor Homecoming welcomes all students who attended schools that were consolidated into Condor in the 1950s: Condor, Prairie Rose, Shady Lane, Daisy Nook, Gaetz, New Hill, Victory, Hazel Dell, Old Knowledge, New Knowledge, Northup, and Horseguard. Registration takes place on July 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. The celebration will be held July 4 to 6. For more information, call 403728-3359. ● Heritage Lanes is offering free bowling for kids in partnership with The Kids Bowl Free Summer Bowling Program. Families that register at KidsBowlFree.com will receive coupons valid for two free bowling games each day sent to their email address every Sunday morning until Aug. 31. Contact Shelby at 403-309-6387, Htglanes@telus.net. ● Red Deer County’s Rural Beautification Tour ticket sales will be July 2 at the Red Deer County Centre. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are limited and cost $30 each. Please arrive early. No pre-registrations. Cash or cheque only. Limit of six tickets per person. Contact Sylvia at 403-350-2150 or sbolkowy@rdcounty.ca. The Rural Beautification Tour is on July 30 in Division 1. ● Annual Summer Yoga Intensive at YARD Studio will be July 7 to 13 at Yoga Alliance of Red Deer (YARD). Immerse yourself in the Heart of Yoga: The Pulse of Yoga Practice. Join for a class, a day, the whole week or weekend. Workshops geared to practitioners of all levels. Visit www.reddeeryoga.ca, phone 403-350-5830 or email info@reddeeryoga.ca. ● Introduction to Canadian Summer Sports Day invites immigrant families in Red Deer to participate on June 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Great Chief Park for a day of sports, family and fun. A barbecue will follow. For information or to register contact Central Alberta Refugee Effort at info@care2centre.ca or phone 403-346-1818. ● Westerner Days Fair and Exposition is now inviting parade entries for the parade taking place July 16. For more information, contact Minette Salvador, at 403-309-0206 or msalvador@westerner.ab.ca or Peggy Jackson, 403-309-0225, or pjackson@westerner. ab.ca. ● Epilepsy Association of Calgary — Central Alberta Office Celebration of Summer — will take place on June 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rotary Park. Enjoy food, refreshments, games, friends and fun. Please RSVP by June 26 to normak@epilepsycalgary.com or 403-358-3358. Please advise of any allergies or dietary requirements.

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Sunflowers sprouting everywhere Every year, it seems I have one particular plant Nibbling on sunflower seeds can sooth a dry in the garden that vigorously self-seeded from a cough. The seeds were at one time a common ingrerobust plant the previous year. This year’s plant is dient in cough syrups. sunflower. The oils contained in sunflower seeds nourish and Sunflowers are sprouting everywhere. moisten every cell in the body. It’s not just in the garden where I grew Sunflower’s oils are good for the the sunflowers last year; sunflowers have nerves. Ancient physiologists considered self-planted in containers just filled with the brain to be fat, a humbling thought in soil. these brainy days. There is a saying that the plants that To a certain extent, they were corappear in abundance each year is the rect. Fat lines neurons and is essential medicine that will be needed throughout for smooth and accurate transmission of the following months. nerve signals. Looking at the all the sunflowers, I try When suffering with foggy thinking, the to imagine what this year will bring. First first thing to do is increase the good oils Nation people of the prairies class the in a diet. sunflower as bear medicine. Sunflower seeds contain those oils. Bears have the incredible ability go Sunflower seeds are very high in viinto a death-like sleep for some many tamin Bs, the stress-reducing vitamins. months, and return with vigour and force Vitamin Bs support nerve function, are ABRAH in the spring. Because of this, plants alessential for good digestion and I always ARNESON lied with bears build vitality, strength find taking Bs increases my energy levels. HERBS FOR LIFE and endurance. Sunflower seeds are good heart mediMyrna Pearman at the Ellis Bird Farm cine. (the best place in Central Alberta to have lunch, in Sunflower seeds contain 86 per cent of the daily my humble opinion) teaches that animals seek out requirement of vitamin E. Vitamin is important for sunflower seeds more than any other plant food. caring for and protecting blood vessels from daily Sunflowers are dense in unsaturated fatty acids. wear and tear. Alberta, although it never seems like it in the middle Studies have shown that eating a quarter cup of of June, is a dry environment. sunflower seeds a day also lowers low-density lipids People living in a dry environment tend to have or the bad cholesterol! dry, scaly skin, dry mouths, eyes, hair, nails, bowel Sunflowers seeds are chock-a-block full of proand throat. tein, magnesium, iron and folate. Munching on a handful of sunflower seeds offers Considering the compact, highly dense nutritional the body moistening oils essential for smooth skin, package called sunflower seeds, I can understand shiny hair and good bowel movements. why sunflowers are aligned with bear medicine and

so many animals seek them out in mid-winter. There is one more aspect to sunflower medicine that I find most interesting (although there are several things about sunflowers I haven’t mentioned due to lack of space): Sunflowers remove heavy metals and radiation from soil. They also do this in the human body. After the nuclear melt down in Chernobyl, sunflowers were planted throughout the area. The sunflowers absorbed so much radiation from the environment that they had to be buried in nuclear waste sites. In Ayurveda medicine from India, sunflower oil is used to draw heavy metals from the body. A teaspoon of sunflower oil is placed under the tongue two to three times a day and held there for 15 to 20 minutes or until the oil begins to burn. The oil is then spit out and brushing the teeth is recommended. This treatment continues until the oil no longer burns. I am curious as why there are so many sunflowers in the garden this year. Will the animals need extra food next winter (I hope it’s not a repeat of last year’s frozen fury)? Or is there another environment disaster looming? Hopefully, it’s just that last year I planted particularly fecund sunflowers. In any case, I am having difficulty pulling these beautiful, healing plants from places where they should not be growing. Herbs for Life is written by Abrah Arneson, a local clinical herbalist. It is intended for information purposes only. Readers with a specific medical problem should consult a doctor. For more information, visit www.abraherbalist.ca. Arneson can be reached www.abraherbs. com.

There is a reason to keep taking aspirin Headlines scream: “Low-dose aspirin doesn’t help prevent heart attacks!” That’s what it seems a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration finding suggests, but that’s wrong, and the facts are more complex. What the FDA is actually stating: Taking a daily aspirin can help some people prevent a first stroke or heart attack, but for many people the risks of intestinal bleeding are greater than the potential cardiovascular benefits. So it is not allowing marketing claims to say otherwise. And it also acknowledges that this point of view may change: According to Robert Temple, MD, deputy director for clinical science at the FDA, there are ongoing major trials looking at this issue, and as their findings become available, the FDA will review its position. Until then, the FDA does say that for folks who have already had a stroke or heart attack, taking daily aspirin (from 80 to 325 mg a day) to prevent a second episode is beneficial and the protective powers exceed the risks. So, should you be taking aspirin to prevent heart disease, or not? A recent analysis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did take a look at the risks and benefits, and determined that aspirin’s one-two punch outweighs its downsides. They concluded low-dose aspirin can cut your risk for a first heart attack by at least 22 per cent while lowering risk for strokes caused by blood clots, and for the leg pain of peripheral artery disease. At the same time, it reduces the risk and severity of nine cancers, including those of the bladder, colon, esophagus, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, prostate, breast and stomach by up to 40 per cent.

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN In contrast, aspirin increases risk for digestivesystem bleeding by about 2.5 per cent (maybe less, if you take it the way we do). We believe it all adds up to good evidence for suggesting two low-dose aspirin a day for most guys over age 35 and most women over age 40. So make an informed decision about aspirin (then use it the right way) with these four steps: No. 1. Get your doc’s OK. For some people, risk for bleeding and/or ulcers with aspirin is higher than average. A review with your doctor is a must before starting aspirin. Factors that boost your odds include age, a history of a peptic or bleeding ulcer, taking pain-relieving NSAIDs regularly for another condition (joint aches), smoking, a heavy alcohol habit, living with chronic emotional stress and/or having an ulcer right now (treatable with antibiotics in most cases).

Your doc may suggest taking an acid-blocking proton pump inhibitor with your aspirin for extra protection. No. 2. Take your low-dose aspirin this way: We think two 81 mg tablets or 162 mg total a day is the best dose to guard against cardio events and cancer. Take them together or at different times of day — it’s up to you. Always take a half-glass of warm water before and after. This helps dissolve the pills faster, decreasing chances for gastrointestinal irritation and bleeding. Taking your aspirin with a meal also may help. Tip: Skip coated aspirin. There’s no evidence that it protects against bleeding, and it won’t dissolve as quickly in warm water. No. 3. Stay safe. Limit the amount of alcohol you drink. If you need to take another nonsteroidal antiinflammatory pain reliever (like ibuprofen), do it 24 hours before or after your aspirin. Don’t take other NSAIDs plus aspirin on a regular basis; the combo cancels out aspirin’s anti-cancer effects, kind of like two drivers competing for the same parking space, then both giving up! Take one or the other. Call your doc if you do notice warning signs such as ongoing stomach discomfort, nausea, pain or bowel movements that look black or tarry. No. 4. Keep it up. Be consistent; stopping a daily aspirin suddenly increases risk for clotting, heart attacks and strokes (not to mention impotence). And aspirin’s cancer protection grows stronger the longer you take it. Mehmet Oz, MD, is host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Mike Roizen, MD, is chief wellness officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, visit sharecare.com.

Regina man offers bounty to those who can quit smoking for a year BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Bruce Robinson has spent the last 20 years approaching random strangers in Regina and offering them $1,000 to quit smoking. When Joel Pinel first heard of the challenge, he was skeptical: “I thought, ‘This guy’s lost it.”’ But after meeting Robinson in person, Pinel changed his mind. Despite challenging about 1,000 people over the past two decades, only six people have completed Robinson’s quit-smoking challenge. That means he’s only given away $6,000, despite offering about $1 million. It’s a number that proves just how difficult it is to quit, said Robinson, who owns a landscaping company.

He also said it shows how important it is to prevent people from starting smoking, before they’re hooked. “It’s not a habit. It’s an addiction,” said Robinson. Now, the two men are working together to try and create a documentary dedicated to smoking prevention. The documentary, titled “1,000 Excuses to Quit,” will follow Robinson and the people to whom he offers $1,000 to give up smoking for a year. It will include interviews with people who couldn’t complete the challenge, as well as success stories. “Our goal is to get (the film) to the young people and show them how addictive smoking is,” said Robinson. Pinel and Robinson have started an online Kickstarter campaign to try and raise $45,000 for produc-

tion costs. So far, a week into the 30-day campaign, they’ve raised just under $2,000. But Pinel said momentum is growing and that they expect the donations to pick up over the next three weeks. They hope to begin filming this summer. Robinson has been thinking of doing a documentary for years, he said, but when a close friend died of a smoking-related stroke in November, he felt that he had to take action. After meeting Robinson, Pinel agreed to be the film’s producer. Both men say they’re motivated by how smokingrelated health problems have affected their friends and family. Pinel said it took a heart attack to convince his father to quit smoking, and he hopes the film will provide a wake-up call strong enough that audience members won’t need similar health scares to show them how harmful smoking can be.

CALENDAR FROM PAGE D6 ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) will be holding stakeholder sessions for their Aquatic and Terrestrial Biodiversity Background Technical Report on June 23, at the Quality Inn North Hill in Red Deer, and on June 24 at Best Western Hotel in Sundre from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Please come out and provide feedback. To register go to www.rdrwa.ca/events/calendar. ● Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month, except for Dec., in St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall. Please use the back door. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more. Call Davina at 403-598-9481. ● Habitat for Humanity ReStore welcomes reusable building materials, furniture, appliances and much more an is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 4732 78A St. Phone 403-309-6080. ● Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.) is a non-profit weight loss support organization which holds regular weekly meetings in Red Deer and Blackfalds. Learn about nutrition, portion control, food planning, exercise and more. Visit a meeting free of charge. For locations and information call Gail at 403-340-1859 or toll free at 1-800-932-8677 or see www.tops.org. Meetings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays in the evenings, and on Tuesday mornings.

Tuesday ● Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church, 51 Alford Ave. This

12-step program of recovery is for individuals experiencing difficulty with overeating. No dues or fees. See www.oa.org, or phone Phyl at 403-347-4188. ● Red Deer Legion Branch #35 offers karaoke at Molly B’s Pub on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., and wing night on Thursdays from 5 to 10 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

Wednesday ● Downtown Market will be held every Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. until Oct. 8 on Little Gaetz Ave. between Alexander Way and Ross St. New this season is a community corner for non-profit groups and a learning stage for those who wish to give talks related to the “make, it, bake it or grow it” principles of the market. Phone 403-340-8696 for more information. ● War Brides: One-Way Passage by artist Bev Tosh will be highlighted at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery from May 10 to Aug. 4. On June 25 at 1:15 p.m. special guided tour will be available, and refreshments will be served following these tours. See wwww.reddeermuseum.com, or phone 403309-8405. ● Red Deer Legion Old Time Dance with Five Plus One is on June 25 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

Thursday ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre Dinner and

Dance, Thursday, June 26, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Country Gold North Band. Advance tickets only. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403-246-3896. ● Free dance classes will be offered on June 26 from 4 to 8:45 p.m. at Red Deer College Studio D at the Arts Centre to highlight the Summer Dance Intensive summer camp which will be held Aug. 17 to 22. New York professionals Lisa, Kristin, and Alison Jantzie of ID Inspire Dance and guest instructor Eric Coles will instruct. To register for June 26, contact info@ inspiredance.com. To register for Summer Dance Intensive and find out more, visit www.rdc.ab.ca/summercamps or call 403-357-3663. ● Innisfail Farmers Market is held at the Innisfail Twin Arena from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday starting May 15 until Sept. 18. The market is all indoor with live entertainment, and a coffee area to sit and visit. Lots of fresh vegetables when in season, baking, pottery, crafts, bedding plants, etc. Contact Christine at 403-896-5451. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on June 26 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for a 10 km hike at Crimson Lake. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Bring lunch. Phone Mavis at 403-343-0091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497. ● Marketplace On Main goes weekly on Thursday nights in Rocky Mountain House from June 26 until Aug. 28. Two blocks on Main Street will be closed from 6 to 9 p.m. for a variety of vendors to take to the street. Vendor applications are being accepted for single or multiple nights. Visit www. rockymtnhouse.com for information.

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