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Chickens closer to coming home to roost

Critics decry changes

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Restructuring of Canada’s temporary foreign worker program will hurt employers, employees and even consumers, say critics of the changes announced Friday by Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander.

“We’ve already been hearing from our members saying they’re going to be pulling back on investments in new locations and stores, and it may in fact mean a reduction in hours in their existing locations because they simply don’t have enough people,” said Richard Truscott, Alberta Director with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, on Monday.

Reg Warkentin, policy co-ordinator with the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce, said he’s aware of at least one major business in the city that’s worried about the impact.

“Honestly, it’s devastating for them.”

Alberta Chambers of Commerce president and CEO Ken Kobly was also predicting reductions in business activity.

“We have been told in no uncertain terms that these changes mean that businesses will close and hours will be reduced.”

The outlook is not good for temporary foreign workers either, said Jhong Dela Cruz, a local spokesman for advocacy group Migrante Alberta.

Among the changes announced by Kenney and Alexander is a reduction in the time that temporary foreign workers can stay in Canada, to two years from four.

The application cost for employers jumps to $1,000 annually from $275 every two years, with this amount not refundable.

In regions where unemployment is six per cent or higher, businesses will not be able to utilize temporary foreign workers in low-wage jobs in hotel, restaurant, retail and other sectors.

By 2016, workplaces with 10 or more employees will be allowed to have no more than 10 per cent of their lowwage workforce made up of temporary foreign workers.

“So many businesses here are going to be put in such a tight position, trying to meet the minimum requirements and pay the extra cost because there just aren’t enough people here,” said Warkentin.

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Jayden Lock of Kelowna soars off a quarter-pipe feature in the Glendale Skate Park in Red Deer on Monday. Lock, who is a member of the Havoc Professional Scooters Demo Tour made a stop in Red Deer with his five teammates. The team is touring through Western Canada promoting the increasingly popular sport.

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Backyard chickens may have come home to roost in Red Deer for good.

On Monday council passed first reading of a new bylaw that would CITY INKS allow up to 65 annual AMBULANCE chicken licences per- DEAL A2 mitting a maximum of four chickens.

Council voted 6-2 in support of the new bylaw after a 2-and-a-half year pilot that permitted raising chickens in the city.

Mayor Tara Veer said the emails, surveys, letters to council, phone calls and informal conversations clearly indicate the public is divided on the issue.

Veer referred to the results from the public consultation, which included the 1,850 letters sent out to landowners within 100 metres of a site that had chickens in February 2014. Of the 478 responses, 287 were in support, 170 did not support and 21 were undecided.

An online survey drew 520 responses with 52 per cent in support and 48 per cent against bylaw regulations allowing chickens within city.

Veer told council that now was a time to take a firm position on the issue.

Council landed on a licensing scheme that would allow one chicken licence per every 1,500 persons or 65 based on Red Deer’s current population. It would increase proportionally based on the municipal census.

Urban chicken owners would pay a $23 licence fee per year.

Councillors Lawrence Lee and Tanya Handley were opposed while Coun.

Buck Buchanan was absent for the meeting.

Handley said she was concerned about rodents and predators such as foxes and weasels trying to reach the chickens. Handley heard from residents who were concerned about noise and smell. She said enough time and money has been spent on this issue and a permanent decision has to be made especially for the pilot participants.

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Vehicle theft is a major problem in Red Deer

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF More and more vehicles are being stolen in Red Deer, a problem that city cops are partially chalking up to drivers making thieving an easy task.

Over the last month, Red Deer City RCMP say they have received an average of 25 to 30 stolen vehicle reports per week. Last year, when the number of auto thefts rose significantly in the city, just over 14 were reported in the average week.

Whether there are more thieves around or just more easy targets, the numbers do not lie — vehicle theft has

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been a major problem in Red Deer over the last number of years.

Stats from 2010, compiled in the last local Vital Signs report, showed Red Deer’s auto theft rate to be 60 per cent above the national average and six per cent higher than the Alberta standard.

At that time, the rate was 436 thefts per 100,000 people.

In 2013, a 24 per cent year-over-year increase was realized, with the number of thefts going from 610 in 2012 to 758 last year.

The first three months of 2014 showed a further increase compared to the same period one year prior.

And since May, the local force says, at least 11 of the vehicles stolen were left unlocked and in 17 reported cases,

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criminals availed themselves of spare keys hidden inside the vehicles. Six of the stolen autos were left running while their owners went inside homes or stores, and some others have been stolen from garages after the thieves found keys hidden in the structures.

“Many vehicle thefts are done on impulse when a criminal sees an easy target, and others are done by criminals going from vehicle to vehicle, looking for the easiest target,” said Cpl. Sarah Knelsen with the Red Deer RCMP. “The harder you make a criminal work to steal your belongings, the less likely they are to target you.”

Knelsen said a spike in numbers as seen recently is a surprise given

the time of year. When it is colder, a lot more vehicles are left running and thus are easy targets.

“We see a lot in the winter when it’s cold outside; a lot of people steal a vehicle to stay warm and get from point A to point B,” she said.

To help curb the problem, Knelsen said the force is seeking to educate the public along with doing its regular patrols.

Knelsen’s recommendations are for people to lock their vehicles when away from them and to not leave vehicles running or keys in the ignition.

Spare keys, she says, should not be kept in vehicles or garages. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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City inks ambulance contract

RESPECT, BRAVERY, LOVE, BALANCE AND WISDOM

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Sunchild First Nation traditional dancer and singer Darcy Goodrunning, shown here along with Rindrow Starchief performed at Eastview Middle School Monday during a ceremony where an eagle wall hanging created by the First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) group was placed at the school. Over the past several months the group, along with community members and teachers, created a large wall hanging that will be displayed in the school. “It seemed as though with every stitch we were building a stronger sense of community,” said FMNI teacher Carly Smith. The fabric wall hanging is emblazoned with the words Respect, Bravery, Love, Balance and Wisdom as well as many other thoughts chosen by the students from what they have learned through the eagle teachings.

The proposed bylaw contains regulations related to the number of chickens, prohibition of roosters or on site slaughtering, sale of eggs and the care and welfare of the chickens.

Council will consider second and third reading of the proposed chicken bylaw on July 2. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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CHICKENS: Should be allowed to roam freely Administration was asked for the cost of the pilot but no figure was available during the meeting.

“I feel they need to be somewhere they can roam around and not like this bylaw says cooped up in a coop 24/7 in the city,” said Handley. “They need to be where they can roam and far away from living quarters so they do not bother other people.”

Other councillors argued the pilot was a success.

Coun. Lynne Mulder said it would have been a different situation if there were more complaints during the pilot.

Mulder, like many of the other councillors, toured the coops and found the owners put a lot of investment into the operations.

Coun. Ken Johnston said he is satisfied that keeping urban chickens is a safe and productive practice after hearing reports and researching the issues that noise, smell and other nuisances were minimal and well below the reality of keeping other pets. He said the critical part for him was the approval from neighbours of coop owners.

Council heard there were four complaints — three related to noise and smell and a fourth of a rogue rooster. Under the pilot and under the proposed bylaw roosters will not be permitted.

There were 30 homes with up to six chickens in the pilot.

Existing chicken owners would be allowed to keep their hens for the life of their chickens. If the bylaw does not pass, the pilot participants would have until the end of the year to find new homes for the chickens.

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WORKERS: Alberta will be hit hardest Alberta, with an unemployment rate of 4.6 per cent (3.5 per cent in the Red Deer region) will be hit the hardest, said Truscott.

“This is ground zero on the issue of the shortage of labour.”

He anticipates a situation similar to 2006, when the province’s hot economy and tight labour market forced many business to reduce hours and/or services.

“I think we’re going to see spontaneous closures of restaurants because they don’t have enough staff; we’re going to see wings on some hotels and motels have to reduce operations or even close because they don’t have enough people to service the rooms.”

The consequences could extend further, warned Warkentin.

“It’s going to result in Canadians losing jobs too,” he said, explaining that if businesses like restaurants are forced to reduce hours or shut down, all staff will be affected.

Truscott confirmed that nearly 60 per cent of CFIB’s members have said the temporary foreign worker program enabled them to maintain their operations and keep Canadians on the payroll.

“It’s been a real lifeline for a lot of businesses in Alberta, and by restricting access they’re going to do great damage to our economy, there’s no question about it.”

After years of uncertainty, the City of Red Deer has inked a new five-year ambulance contract with the province.

On Monday, council voted 7-1 to accept a new Emergency Medical Services contract for a term of July 1, 2014, to March 31, 2019, with the option of two, two-year extensions. Council also endorsed a Memorandum of Understanding that establishes guiding principles.

Mayor Tara Veer said she is thrilled to bring resolution to an issue that created uncertainty to the service locally and throughout the province.

She said this contract solidifies a significant unknown in the community around operations and the city’s ability to make commitments on public safety.

Coun. Lawrence Lee voted against the motion citing concerns over a one-year exit strategy clause in the contract.

Lee said he has full confidence in today’s government but he does not know what it will be after the elections.

“I needed something to be more rigid and with more formality,” said Lee. “Or at least put an attachment of financial responsibility to that clause . . . It’s something that does not make sense to me. We have a five-year agreement but you can get out of the agreement year by year.”

Coun. Ken Johnston said the contract gives the city five years to continue to develop the trust and continue to develop the working relationship with the province.

Director of Corporate Services Paul Goranson said retaining the ambulance dispatch and negotiating the ambulance contract work together to ensure there’s high quality service in the community.

Please see CONTRACT on Page A3 Consumers will also feel the effects, said Warkentin. Migrante Alberta said in a release that the new rules will lead to “massive deportations and poorer treatment of foreign workers in Canada.”

“Workers will keep coming into Canada in hopes of a better future for their families, oblivious to the reality that the promise of decent wages and permanent immigration will be short-lived,” Marco Luciano, a Migrante Alberta spokesperson in Edmonton, said in a release. “These changes highlight the use of foreign workers as a disposable workforce only — to be used, abused and disposed of.”

Reported abuses of the program by some employers prompted the changes, which also include stiffer sanctions and penalties for violations and closer monitoring of the program. Truscott said tougher enforcement measures is the right course of action.

“If there are some bad apples misusing the program they need to be held to account, but we think this is a gross overreaction by the federal government.”

He added that the perception by many that temporary foreign workers give businesses a cheap alternative to Canadian labour is not true.

“Canadians have other opportunities, especially in a place like Alberta, where the pull of the oilpatch is so strong that small businesses have a devil of a time competing with a big multinational oil and gas company — not just for talent, but for people, period.”

Alberta Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour Minister Kyle Fawcett also offered a less-than-enthusiastic response on Friday to the overhaul of the temporary foreign worker program.

“Today’s changes are a fundamental re-organization of the TFWP and have the potential to create even more pressure on Alberta’s already tight labour market. These changes overlook the on-theground realities faced by Alberta small businesspeople each and every day in communities across this province.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Pipeline hearings rushed: critics EDMONTON — Critics of a proposed pipeline project from the Fort McMurray region to Edmonton want to know why the province’s energy regulator seems determined to rush the project’s public review.

“The process is being rushed for the benefit of TransCanada to the detriment of landowners,” said lawyer Keith Wilson, who represents businesses and farmers along the route.

Hearings opened Monday on the Grand Rapids plan for two new lines half-owned by TransCanada (TSX:TRP) that would have a combined peak capacity of more than one million barrels a day — more volume than Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway project.

It’s the first hearing the Alberta Energy Regulator has held since replacing the Energy Resources Conservation Board and taking over duties from the province’s Environment Department.

Wilson said the new regulator is hobbling public participation through tight timelines.

He points out that because the new hearings combine issues that used to be dealt with separately — the Grand Rapids hearings involve more than 90 different approvals under several different pieces of

legislation — the burden on members of the public wishing to address them is greater than ever.

“It’s a monumental task to landowners to respond to all that information.”

TransCanada has changed its application four times since originally submitting it, the most recent version being released four weeks ago, Wilson added. “(The process) gave TransCanada well over a year to work with the regulator on the process and now that it’s time for the landowners to participate in the process they were given only a matter of weeks.”

Important information illuminating concerns isn’t even included in the application, Wilson said.

As well, lawyers have been given a maximum of two hours to cross-examine TransCanada officials, although the panel chairman said he’d be “flexible” with that.

“One of the things you learn as a lawyer early on is that if a witness knows there’s a time limit, they just stonewall you — they just be evasive, they forget, they’re slow, they run the clock on you,” Wilson said.

Regulator spokesman Darin Barter said the new approach is more complex than the old one.

“We’re going to see more applications discussed within the context of a single hearing,” he said. “It really is an expanded role.”

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake town council has not thrown in the beach towel yet in its quest to bring the sand back.

Despite less-than-encouraging responses from local provincial parks officials about the likelihood of getting permission to somehow restore the beach, the town has continued to investigate all possibilities.

On Monday night, council received a report on the process that the town would have to go through to get a beach project before provincial decision makers.

The first step required is to undertake a public engagement plan to determine how much support there is among Albertans for a beach restoration project.

However, several councillors were taken aback by the estimated $25,000 price tag to hire consultants to both poll local residents and others across the province and create a report.

Many were concerned that the money could be spent with no guarantee the province was any more inclined to support changing the waterline than previously.

Coun. Dale Plante said if the town is going to

spend that kind of money, he wants to see something tangible come out of it.

Coun. Matt Prete believes it’s worth following the process outlined by the province.

“I think there’s a little crack in the door,” he said, suggesting that in politics issues can remain alive for a long time and new people may look at projects differently.

“I don’t want to give up too soon.”

A beach restoration project could be pitched as a necessary measure to ensure the seawall remains intact, he said.

Mayor Sean McIntyre said in the last 18 months the prospect of pursuing permission to restore a beach has come up three times and each time council has shown its support.

He estimates 98 per cent of local people he has spoken to want to see the beach return somehow.

“I think it’s important we continue our fight to see the beach restored.”

Council opted for a compromise. It approved spending up to $15,000 to hire consultants to gauge local support for a beach project.

If there is not enough support in town, proceeding with a province-wide consultation would be a waste of time they suggested.

The survey is expected to take place this summer and be complete by the fall.

MPC to continue to oversee secondary suites

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake town council has backed away from bylaw changes that would have cut some of the red tape for those looking to rent out a secondary suite in their homes.

As it stands, municipal planning commission approval is required before a secondary suite is approved.

Planning staff recommended that, instead, the development officer should have the authority to approve the suites without going through the planning commission process.

It would allow applications to be processed quicker and ensure consistency, says a report to council.

Planning staff also noted that the development department was the approving authority until last fall when it was changed due to an oversight.

Several residents came to council to speak out against dropping the planning commission process,

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Secondary suites are already proving a nuisance in some areas, where renters are creating noise and parking problems.

Local resident Brooke Carter said he’s not against secondary suites in appropriate locations. However, leaving approval decisions up to the development authority could lead to an “unmitigated proliferation” of the suites, which are proving increasingly popular.

Carter said a neighbour considering selling his home was told by two realtors that living next to a secondary suite home hurts property values.

Coun. Dale Plante agreed that a decision as important as secondary suite approval shouldn’t be in the hands of one person.

“At this point, I’m certainly not in favour of moving this forward.”

Council voted unanimously to reject second reading of the bylaw removing secondary suites from the municipal planning commission’s authority. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com palities in Alberta to provide an integrated fire and ambulance service.

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The circle of politics In Alberta, they say if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and it’ll change.

When it comes to Alberta politics, the wait for change has been a little longer — 43 years to be precise, and counting, since the Progressive Conservatives were first elected under a young, reMARY-ANN freshing Peter BARR Lougheed.

That was 1971, the same year Grant Notley first won a seat in the Alberta legislature. Most Albertans today might not remember that Notley was the one and only NDP MLA for the next 11 years.

That was until Ray Martin was elected alongside Notley in 1982.

The remarkable thing is that these two “lefties” were enough to actually form the official Opposition. That’s because in that election, the Conservatives won every other seat. So there sat Notley and Martin, facing off against

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no less than 75 PCers.

If you didn’t support them, you had to at least admire them.

Tragically, Notley, the MLA for the northern Peace Country riding of Spirit River-Fairview, was killed in a plane crash at the age of 45 in 1984. He was going home from Edmonton, bound for Peace River. The plane went down in foggy conditions, crashing into a hillside near Lesser Slave Lake. Four other people died as well.

I was working at the newspaper in Grande Prairie at the time and recall the shock felt by so many at the time.

It was a big provincial story and a sad one. Notley was a likable, charismatic guy who drew respect from all parties.

He had connections to Central Alberta because he grew up on a farm in Didsbury. He left behind his wife Sandy and three children, including daughter Rachel. (I’ll come back to Rachel in a minute.)

Notley’s party went on to make more history two years later in 1986 when, under Ray Martin, they won what could be considered significant in any recent Alberta election, a whopping 16 seats. Some of that is likely attributable to posthumous respect for Notley.

Two elections later, the NDP lost it all. They won zero seats in 1993. Every

election since then has seen them win no more than today’s number of seats in the legislature, just four.

Alberta continues to prefer the right side of politics, and today with the arrival of the new kid on the block, the Wildrose Party, there’s much speculation that the Progressive Conservatives are done like dinner.

Wildrose only came to existence in 2008. Today, they hold 17 out of 87 seats in the legislature and are the official Opposition.

The Alberta Tories, by their own fault, and without going into the plethora of reasons, may finally be past their glory days — even with the likelihood that would-be saviour Jim Prentice will become their new leader. Is anyone paying much attention to this race?

For years, pundits have complained about how boring Alberta politics were. Recently that’s changed, given the arrival of Wildrose, who, in spite of themselves, have the PCs on the run.

Enter the fold one Rachel Notley, daughter of an Alberta political folk hero.

The next Alberta election, in 2016, will be even more interesting than the last one, in 2012.

Rachel Notley recently decided to

run for the leadership of the party that her much-respected father once headed. Brian Mason is stepping down after a decade as leader.

She’s the best bet to win the job, and she’ll be taking NDP supporters into an election that will possibly see more and deeper right-wing voter splitting.

The PC and Wildrose parties are going to fight tooth and nail in the next election. This time around, Wildrose really can smell blood.

So what are the chances a split vote would see the NDP win more seats than they have in recent memory?

That’s anyone’s guess — Albertans haven’t seen Rachel Notley in the trenches.

Now 50, she has been an MLA since 2008, in Edmonton Strathcona. She was 20 when her father died. She is a lawyer and has a earned a reputation as an activist.

Sometimes your kids do follow your footsteps successfully. Think Pierre Trudeau and son Justin when you think about Rachel Notley.

Sometimes the circle does come around again. We shall see.

Mary-Ann Barr is the Advocate’s assistant city editor. She can be reached by phone at 403-314-4332 or by email at barr@reddeeradvocate.com.

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Is natural impulse to save a life a crime?

Squirrels can be the worst. They play a deadly game of chicken with drivers, seemingly timing a desperate dash across the street just as you are about to pass them.

I’ve even hit a squirrel while riding a bike.

It’s a natural reflex to stomp on the brakes or swerve wildly when you come upon wildlife trying to cross a roadway. So there needs to be at least some sympathy for Emma Czornobaj, who took her concerns for some roadside ducklings a step or two too far. She stopped her car in the left lane of a highway near Candiac, Que., in an effort to GREG capture the baby ducks that NEIMAN appeared to be orphaned.

That was four years ago.

Last week, her act of concern became national news when a jury unanimously convicted her of two counts of criminal negligence causing death.

She now faces a potential lengthy jail sentence for that act, because Andre Roy, 50, and his 16 year-old daughter Jessie were killed when the motorcycle Andre was driving hit the rear of Czornobaj’s Honda Civic at high speed.

Andre’s wife Pauline Volikakis was riding a mo-

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torcycle of her own and watched in horror as her husband and daughter were thrown like rag dolls in the crash.

A horror. A tragedy. A terrible, preventable, loss of life.

But criminal negligence? I have a little trouble with that.

For one thing, Roy was driving well above the speed limit at the time. A police investigation suggested Roy was running at anywhere between 113 km/h and 129 km/h when he applied the brakes to his bike.

Stopping in the left lane of a highway is not a very smart thing to do. Not turning on warning flashers brings this into dumb territory. Trying to herd wild ducklings into one’s car while your vehicle is parked on a highway takes this one level farther.

But criminally negligent? I’m not so sure.

Volikakis was driving slower than her husband and was able to avoid the crash.

That must say something to the finding of responsibility for the crash.

The urge to do something potentially dangerous in your car is almost instinctive when you come upon wildlife.

I grew up on a farm and have seen death for a pretty wide variety of animals. Cats, dogs, cattle, chickens, turkeys, hogs — all have met their demise on our farm at one time or another. I’ve shot a lot of gophers in the pasture, and plinked dozens of sparrows around the chicken run. An elderly black lab

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on our farm was a champion mouser, and we kids spent a lot of time in the summer turning over fallen logs to expose nests for him.

But when a squirrel or a family of ducks crosses the road in front of me, I make emergency avoidance moves, without thinking. The appearance of a deer or moose anywhere near the road is cause for a sudden deceleration.

If another vehicle — obviously speeding — were right behind me at those moments, could these natural reactions be considered criminally negligent?

These are not the exact facts of the case for Emma Czornobaj. But reading a news story like this one brings to mind: “there but for the grace of God. ...”

Czornobaj has her pre-sentence report set for Aug. 16. Her lawyer is considering an appeal. For Czornobaj and Volikakis, this sad event has dragged on for four years.

We have to trust the wisdom of the juries we pick for trials. We need to believe that judges weigh a lot of factors in sentencing.

Not every duckling that hatches in spring survives to make the fall migration. Trying to alter that is vanity.

But not every terrible, avoidable death on the highway needs to have someone to blame for it. Or maybe it does.

All told, this is just a terribly sad event.

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Escapees appear in court

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — The return to court Monday of three accused drug traffickers who broke out of jail two weeks ago in a helicopter was punctuated by the jingle of shackles around their ankles.

Dressed in T-shirts and sporting beards, Yves Denis, 35, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and Serge Pomerleau, 49, appeared weary as they stood handcuffed in the prisoners’ dock to hear new charges against them and learn relaxed detention conditions would be revoked.

The three men who were nabbed by a Quebec provincial police tactical team in a luxury Montreal condo early Sunday were arraigned on charges of escaping lawful custody and prison breach. They had been the subject of an international manhunt and an Interpol red alert.

Tight security surrounded the court appearance.

During the resumption of their trial on drug charges, Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Dionne also suspended his earlier ruling that eased the men’s conditions behind bars before their brazen escape on June 7.

Among the changes are the removal of computer privileges for Pomerleau and permission allowing the men to circulate together in the prison yard.

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These images provided by Interpol show Yves Denis, 35, left, Serge Pomerleau, 49, centre and Denis Lefebvre, 53, in police handout photos. The three inmates, who escaped a jail near Quebec City by helicopter on June 7, were arrested Sunday at a home in Montreal, Quebec provincial police said.

Dionne informed the jury he had suspended his ruling changing the accused’s conditions when they were called in.

Details of the arguments in court on the conditions cannot be reported because of a ban on the publication of details in the absence of the jury in the drug trial.

That trial, which started in April,

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resumed with testimony from an RCMP officer who presented expert testimony on the analysis of emails found on a cellular phone.

Crown prosecutor Antoine Piche acknowledged it was a bit unusual for the trial to continue in the absence of the accused while they were on the lam but not unprecedented.

“Nothing changed because we have

our obligation to present our evidence the same way as we have to do it normally,” he said outside the court after the proceeding. “We have to do it the same way when they are there or not.

Our duty is still the same and we will do it until the end of the trial.”

The men glanced occasionally around the courtroom during their appearance and sometimes shifted slightly, causing their shackles to rattle.

Conditions for the men had been eased before their escape despite the prison being aware that there was the possibility of a plot to break them out.

Acknowledgment of the existence of a possible jailbreak conspiracy is contained in Dionne’s judgment dated March 24 and made public recently.

Dionne had been asked to rule on the strict security conditions which the inmates argued prevented them from helping in their defence on charges of murder and gangsterism.

In his ruling, which was recently made public, Dionne gave the detainees access to a secured computer for their trial preparation. The ruling also stated they didn’t have to wear handcuffs during proceedings and would be allowed to go into the prison yard on weekday evenings, prison staffing permitting.

The trio will return to court on Thursday.

INSPECTION OF THE GUARD

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — A member of Parliament, whose job it once was to beat down allegations of Conservative voter fraud, used backdated invoices from a data-research firm to help cover up campaign overspending for the 2008 election, a Dean Del Mastro Crown lawyer told the trial of Dean Del Mastro.

Del Mastro paid for the firm’s services from a personal account, which meant he exceeded a limit on personal contributions, but tried to make it appear the company had only charged a fraction of the cost during the campaign, Crown prosecutor Tom Lemon alleged Monday, the first day of the trial in Peterborough, Ont. Del Mastro has pleaded not guilty to charges of overspending during the 2008 campaign, failing to report a personal contribution of $21,000 to his own campaign and knowingly submitting a falsified document.

He said Monday he was pleased his trial was underway.

“It’s been a long time coming,” he said outside court. “I’ve been waiting since June of 2012 to put this all to bed.

I’m very confident what the outcome will be and we look forward to getting to the other side of this.”

Del Mastro added that nothing happened in court on Monday that he hadn’t expected to hear.

Richard McCarthy, Del Mastro’s official agent for the 2008 campaign, is being tried at the same time on three charges, including “incurring election expenses in an amount more than the election expenses limit.” He has also pleaded not guilty.

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Governor General David Johnston inspects the Ceremonial Guard at Rideau Hall Monday in Ottawa.

Expats still free to vote after judge rejects request for stay

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — An Ontario judge has decided against granting a stay of a ruling that allows long-term expatriate Canadians to vote, saying it’s highly unlikely the expat voters would determine the outcome of the upcoming federal byelections.

In ruling against the federal government’s stay request, Appeal Court Justice Robert Sharpe said Monday elections are rarely decided by a handful of votes as Ottawa argued they could be.

As such, Sharpe said, the prospect of causing “irreparable harm” by allowing those who want to cast a ballot to do so was “fairly remote.”

Ottawa is appealing last month’s court ruling that struck down a Canada Elections Act ban on voting rights for Canadians living abroad for more than five years. The feds argued on Friday for a stay pending disposition of that appeal.

However, Sharpe said it would

be impossible to undo the potential harm to non-resident voters if they are stopped from voting in the June 30 byelections and the appeal goes in their favour.

“Once the election has passed, the constitutional right to vote in that election will be lost forever,” Sharpe said.

Sharpe also rejected Ottawa’s argument that some members of Parliament elected with the expats included in the vote would somehow be different from those previously elected.

“There is no air of reality to the claim that members of Parliament

elected at byelection under a changed or amended law would be seen as different from their parliamentary colleagues elected under the earlier law,” Sharpe wrote.

Sharpe noted Elections Canada took steps after the May 2 ruling to allow the non-resident citizens to vote.

A stay would force the agency to “undo what it has already done,” something Sharpe said might not be practical.

He noted 13 people had registered to vote since the May 2 ruling and at least one had already voted.

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‘A dark day for media freedom’ EGYPT COURT SENTENCES EGYPTIAN-CANADIAN JOURNALIST, TWO COLLEAGUES TO SEVEN YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — Three Al-Jazeera journalists, including an Egyptian-Canadian, were sentenced to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges Monday in a verdict that stunned their families and was quickly denounced as a blow to freedom of expression.

Australia, Britain and the United States strongly condemned the sentencing of Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, Australian correspondent Peter Greste and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed, with the White House calling for pardons or sentence commutations for the three journalists.

Ottawa reacted several hours after the verdicts were announced in a Cairo courtroom, with a junior minister responsible for consular affairs saying the government was “very disappointed” with the outcome of the trial.

Fahmy, who was Al-Jazeera English’s acting Cairo bureau chief, was visibly shaken after the verdict.

“I swear they will pay for this,” he shouted angrily from the defendants’ cage.

The verdicts came after a five-month trial that Amnesty International described as a “sham,” calling Monday’s rulings “a dark day for media freedom in Egypt.”

The three, who have been detained since December, contend they are being prosecuted simply for doing their jobs as journalists, covering Islamist protests against the ouster last year of president Mohammed Morsi. Three other foreign journalists, two Britons and a Dutch citizen, were sentenced to 10 years in absentia.

Media groups have said the trial is part of a fight between the government and the Qatar-based AlJazeera network, which authorities accuse of bias toward the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi. The network denies any bias.

Prosecutors charged them with supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been declared a terrorist group, and with fabricating footage to undermine Egypt’s national security and make it appear the country was facing civil war. But the prosecution presented little evidence in the trial.

“They just ruined a family,” said Fahmy’s brother Adel, who was attending the session. His mother and fiancee broke down in tears. “Who did he kill” to

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Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy gestures from the defendant’s cage during a sentencing hearing in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Monday. An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three journalists from Al-Jazeera English and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges, bringing widespread criticism that the verdict was a blow to freedom of expression. get this sentence? Fahmy’s mother, Wafa Bassiouni shouted.

Fahmy’s brother said they would appeal the verdict but added that he had little faith in the system.

“Everything is corrupt,” he said.

Fahmy — whose family moved to Canada in 1991 — lived in Montreal and Vancouver for years before eventually moving abroad for work, which included covering stories for the New York Times and CNN. His family has previously praised the Canadian government, saying it had been working diplomatic channels to help win his release.

After Monday’s verdict, however, Fahmy’s other brother, Sherif, said Ottawa should take a clear and public stance.

“Call the Egyptian president... call the Egyptian ambassador in Canada, like Britain did today,” he said.

“Do something that proves that you actually care for Mohamed, that is what I am asking them to do.”

He also sent a tweet Monday morning that pointed

Iraq’s future depends on quick action: Kerry

the finger at Ottawa. “@pmharper I hold you responsible for leaving my brother to rotten in Egyptian prison. Was a call or a public statement that difficult?” He confirmed on CBC radio that the tweet was his.

Canadian Ambassador David Drake, who attended the session, said he was disappointed at the verdict.

“We are digesting this . . . We have to put our faith in the judicial system. We don’t understand this particular verdict.”

In Canada, Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular), echoed Drake’s comments, calling on the Egyptian government to protect the rights of all individuals “including journalists.”

“Canada is very disappointed with the verdict in the case of Mohamed Fahmy and is concerned that the judicial process that led to his verdict is inconsistent with Egypt’s democratic aspirations,” said the statement. “A fair and transparent legal system is a critical pillar of a future stable and democratic Egypt.”

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Israeli airstrikes killed 4 people, wounded 9

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The Syrian government said Monday a BAGHDAD — Warning of the “existential threat” series of Israeli airstrikes targeting its troops in reposed by Sunni militants, Secretary of State John taliation for a deadly cross-border attack killed four Kerry said Monday the U.S. is prepared to take milipeople and wounded nine others, in its first comtary action even if Baghdad delays political reforms, ment on the overnight incident. noting that the risks of letting the insurgency run It said the attack was a “flagrant violation” of Syrrampant threaten dangers beyond Iraq’s borders. ian sovereignty, but in a departure from previous But he stressed military action would not be in incidents when Israeli warplanes struck targets in support of the present Shiite-led government of Syria, the government did not vow retaliation.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Israel’s prime minister on Monday warned the Kerry, on a few hours’ visit to Baghdad, urged warring parties in Syria against any attempt to heat Iraq’s leaders to quickly set aside divisions as the up tensions along the disputed frontier, hours after only means of stopping the vicious Sunni insurgency the Israeli air force carried out a string of airstrikes and said Iraq’s future depended on choices Iraq’s in Syria in response to the attack, which killed an Isleaders make in the next days and weeks. raeli teenager riding in a civilian vehicle.

“The future of Iraq depends primarily on the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel ability of Iraq’s leaders to come together and take a would respond with even tougher force if there are stand united against ISIL,” Kerry told a news conferany further attacks. ence, using the acronym for the al-Qaida-breakaway “Last night we operated with great force against group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, that Syrian targets that acted against us, and if needed has captured huge swathes of Iraqi territory in the we will use additional force,” he told members of north and west. his Likud Party. “We will continue to forcefully hurt “Not next week, not next month, but now,” he said. anyone who attacks us or tries to attack us.”

“It is essential that Iraq’s leaders form a genuinely The Israeli military said the air raids struck nine inclusive government as rapidly as possible.” targets in neighbouring Syria.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It was a dire warning to leaders of Iraq’s bitterly A statement issued by Syria’s Foreign Ministry divided Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish communities that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, meets said five Israeli warplanes carried out the raids, came at a time when the Middle Eastern nation was with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, at which were accompanied by mortar rounds and tank facing its worst crisis since the withdrawal of U.S. the Prime Minister’s office in Baghdad on Monday. shells. forces in late 2011 after eight years in Iraq.

It said four people were killed and nine others The Sunni fighters have virtually erased Iraq’s with Jordan and the other with Syria, deepening al- wounded, adding that the attacks caused extensive western border with Syria and also taken territory Maliki’s predicament. Their latest victories consider- damage to Syrian army positions and equipment. It on the frontier with Jordan. ably expanded territory under their control just two did not provide further details.

Noting the dangers the Sunni militants pose to weeks after the group started swallowing up chunks The director of the Britain-based Syrian ObservaIraq and the region, Kerry said the U.S. was pre- of northern Iraq, heightening pressure on al-Maliki tory for Human Rights, Rami Abdurrahman, said the pared to take military action if necessary even be- to step aside.

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Separatists agree to abide by cease-fire

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7.9 earthquake near Aleutian Islands makes small waves; tsunami warnings cancelled ANCHORAGE, Alaska — All tsunami advisories have been cancelled following a magnitude-7.9 earthquake in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

The National Tsunami Warning Center cancelled the last remaining advisory late Monday afternoon. At one point, areas stretching from Attu to Unimak Pass were under a tsunami warning or advisory, but the largest reported wave was about 7 inches.

The advisory area included Unalaska, a community of about 4,000 people and home to Dutch Harbor, one of the nation’s largest fishing ports.

The quake struck Monday afternoon and was widely felt in sparsely populated villages in an area about 1,400 miles southwest of Anchorage.

The earthquake was initially measured at magnitude 8.0. But scientists have downgraded that now to 7.9 after having time to review the data.

UKRAINE

DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine agreed Monday to respect a cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president, raising hopes for an end to months of fighting that have killed hundreds and ravaged the country’s industrial heartland.

The announcement came as the Russian and U.S. presidents traded demands over the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin urged direct talks between the government and the rebels. President Barack Obama warned Putin that Moscow will face additional costs if it does not help ease the crisis.

The insurgents’ pledge to respect the cease-fire came on the first day of talks between a former Ukrainian president, the Russian ambassador, European officials and the eastern separatists who have declared independence. While the government side was nominally not represented, exPresident Leonid Kuchma attended the discussions at the request of the sitting president.

The negotiations were launched in line with President Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan, which started Friday with a weeklong unilateral cease-fire in the fighting that has killed more than 350 people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.

Alexander Borodai, one of the rebel leaders who took part in Monday’s talks in Donetsk, said rebels would respect Poroshenko’s cease-fire, which lasts through 0700 GMT (2 a.m. EDT) Friday.

The insurgents had previously demanded the Ukrainian military withdraw its troops from the east as a condition for any talks, so Borodai’s statement represented a softened stance that raised expectations that the ceasefire could hold. Even before the insurgents made their pledge, the government said that there had been no fighting in the east since Monday morning.

Since the cease-fire was declared Friday, the Ukrainian government has accused the rebels of firing at government positions, while insurgents blamed Ukrainian forces for failing to honour the promise to halt hostilities. Poroshenko has said government troops will fire back if attacked.

The rebels, who have declared regions on border with Russia independent and fought government troops for

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Pro-Russian demonstrators shout slogans in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday. two months, also promised to release observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe who have been held hostage.

“This will be one of the steps that will improve the mutual understanding of both sides,” said Alexei Karyakin, a representative of the insurgents in the Luhansk region.

In Moscow, the Kremlin said Putin underlined in his conversation with Obama that to normalize the situation in eastern Ukraine, it’s necessary to “effectively end fighting and start direct talks between the conflicting parties.”

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama urged Putin to use his personal influence with the separatists to promote peace and stability in Ukraine, stop backing the insurgents and halt the flow of arms across the border.

Earnest said that while the U.S. believes a diplomatic solution to the cri-

sis is still possible, “Russia will face additional costs if we do not see concrete actions to de-escalate the situation.”

Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of fomenting the rebellion in the east by sending troops and weapons across the border. Moscow has denied that and insisted that Russian citizens who joined the insurgents were volunteers.

Poroshenko’s office said Monday that he has offered Russia a chance to send its own observers to join the OSCE mission in Ukraine to see that government troops were observing the cease-fire.

Monday’s talks involved Ukraine’s ex-President Leonid Kuchma, the Russian ambassador to Ukraine and an envoy from the OSCE. Poroshenko has ruled out talks with those he calls “terrorists,” so inviting Kuchma to mediate offered a way to conduct talks without the government’s formal engagement.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Acting courteous, even when arresting someone, has paid dividends for the Alaska State Troopers.

KTVA reports a 49-year-old Anchorage man wanted on several felony warrants decided to turn himself in to troopers Friday after watching an episode of the reality show Alaska State Troopers on the National Geographic Channel.

Brian John Fahey approached two troopers in the parking lot of the Anchorage headquarters late Friday afternoon.

According to troopers, Fahey said he believed they “were more professional and courteous to the people they arrested than other law enforcement personnel he had dealt with.”

Fahey has outstanding warrants for felony escape from an Anchorage halfway house and for failure to appear on original counts, including forgery and theft.

He was being held on $20,000 bail ahead of an arraignment later Monday.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014

MODEST GROWTH OF 2.2 PER CENT FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s economy will be all about the finish this year, and the TD Bank (TSX:TD) says it will be worth the wait.

The chartered bank issued a revived forecast for the economy Monday noting that the slow start, particularly from weather-related headwinds from the U.S., means that growth in Canadian gross domestic product will be held to a modest 2.2 per cent this year.

That’s one-tenth percentage point lower than the bank’s previous estimate and also south of the Bank of Canada’s most recent outlook, although

the central bank will issue an updated outlook next month.

Meanwhile, despite the downward revision in this year’s forecast, the bank’s prediction for next year “has been raised a touch higher to 2.6 per cent,” TD chief economist Craig Alexander and economists Beata Caranci and Andrew Labelle wrote in a report.

“Continued low interest rates next year will support a fatigued domestic sector, while a lower dollar and a stronger U.S. economy will lead to an uptick in external demand.”

The big change in the forecast is the downgrading of U.S. growth from 2.7 per cent to 2.2 this year, attributable to

the brutal winter and other temporary factors that shaved one per cent off U.S. GDP at the start of the year.

Canada’s economy tends to go in lockstep with the U.S. because about 70 per cent of all Canadian exports head south, so a loss of demand in America results in fewer external sales and less activity in the key export industries ranging from auto production to oil sales.

Fortunately, say the authors, the “die is already cast” for a second-quarter rebound in the U.S., which should set the American economy on the path to about three per cent growth for the rest of the year and 3.1 per cent in 2015.

In fact, the U.S. is poised to lead the G7 economies in growth in 2015, taking Canada’s economy along for the ride.

Conditions are not so great in the rest of the world, even if they are improving, the bank says.

The eurozone will barely eke out one per cent growth in 2014, although that’s better than the minus 0.4 retreat of 2013.

And China remains stuck in what for it is considered a moderate pace of growth of 7.4 per cent this year and 7.0 per cent in 2015 after running at about 10 per cent prior to the recession. China represents almost 15 per cent of the global economy.

China behind new LNG plant for Alberta

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Commercial development in Penhold continues at a rapid pace, with the latest project a 12,940-square-foot multi-tenant building at the corner of Hwy 2A and Hawkridge Boulevard. The 10-bay building will be zoned highway commercial, suitable for retail, restaurants, financial institutions and convenience stores. The leasing agent is Salomons Commercial.

Wheat board to buy Saskatchewan grain terminal PART OF PRIVATIZATION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — The Canadian Wheat Board is purchasing a grain-handling company in western Saskatchewan as part of a privatization plan.

The federally owned grain marketer said Monday it has reached an agreement to buy all of the common shares of Great Sandhills Terminal Ltd. for $17.4 million pending approval by shareholders.

The deal includes a grainhandling facility near Leader, Sask., and a shortline railway in the region.

Dayna Spiring, the CWB’s

chief strategy officer, said the purchase strengthens the board’s network, which includes other grain facilities in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

“It is a very big piece of our puzzle and we are not done yet,” Spiring said.

“To privatize and to be a successful grain company the CWB has always said that we need to have a network of assets across Western Canada.”

The deal through a wholly owned subsidiary is to be financed through a combination of the corporation’s retained earnings and commercial borrowing, she said.

Great Sandhill’s board of directors has unanimously endorsed the sale and is recommending that shareholders

approve the transaction at a meeting expected to be held in August.

Spiring suggested the Canadian Wheat Board now wants to add a facility in Alberta to its network.

Earlier this month the CWB announced it had wrapped up a $43.2 million deal to buy all of the shares of Prairie West Terminal Ltd. in Saskatchewan. The corporation announced last November it would buy all shares of Mission Terminal, Les Elevateurs des Trois-Rivieres, and Services Maritimes Laviolette from Upper Lakes Group Inc. Mission Terminals markets crops around the world and operates grain-handling facilities in Western Canada and Thunder Bay, Ont.

Les Elevateurs des TroisRivieres in Trois-Rivieres, Que., has loading and storage facilities than can handle 110,000 tonnes of grain per year. The price of that deal was not disclosed.

Under federal law, the CWB is to be privatized no later than August 2017, but the corporation said it expects to beat that deadline.

It hopes to provide Ottawa with its privatization plan within a year, Spiring said.

The federal government passed a law in 2011 that stripped the Canadian Wheat Board of its monopoly on western wheat and barley sales.

Farmers can still market their grain through the board, but now it is a voluntary decision.

EDMONTON — A Chinese firm is behind a new Alberta joint-venture company that wants to build a liquefied natural gas plant in the province.

Gascana AB Energy Ltd. was recently established by the Qingdao Sinoenergy Corporation of China and Calgary based-Petrox Resources.

Petrox said the goal is to build a plant that could produce close to 3,000 tonnes of LNG per day for export.

The Edmonton Economic Development Corp. is working with Gascana on the proposal and said the project could include other petrochemical and manufacturing plants worth more than $4 billion.

Brad Ferguson, president of the EEDC, said if all of the proposals go ahead, the gas plant and the other projects would create 2,000 permanent jobs.

Ferguson said the development would be built in three stages over five years.

“We are excited about it, but like other projects, there are a number of hurdles that you have to go through in order for it to become a reality,” Ferguson said Monday.

“They have a long way to go.

Our job is to work with them to make them successful.”

Ferguson said the EEDC, which is owned by the City of Edmonton, would provide media and government relations advice to Gascana.

Officials with Gascana could not be reached for comment.

The EEDC said the proposal calls for the LNG plant to be built in an industrial park to be developed in Sturgeon County north of Edmonton.

The liquefied natural gas would be transported to market in rail cars to British Columbia for export to China.

The Alberta Energy Regulator, which reviews such proposals, has not received an application for the project.

Sales of U.S. existing homes jump 4.9 per cent BEST MONTHLY GAIN IN NEARLY 3 YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Sales of previously owned U.S. homes posted the best monthly gain in nearly three years in May, providing hope that housing is beginning to regain momentum lost over the past year.

The National Association of Realtors reported Monday that sales of existing homes increased 4.9 per cent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million homes.

The monthly gain was the fastest since August 2011, but even with the increase, sales are still 5 per cent below the

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“Sales appear to be moving up again, although the increase to date — over two months — reverses just a fraction of earlier weakening,” Jim O’Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, said in a research note.

Sales had been dampened by last year’s rise in mortgage rates from historic lows and various other factors including tight supplies and tougher lending standards.

The median price of a home sold in May was $213,400, up 5.1 per cent from a year ago.

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in the Midwest, an 8.7 per cent gain which likely reflected further catch-up from the severe winter.

Sales rose 5.7 per cent in the South and 3.3 per cent in the Northeast but showed only a slight 0.9 per cent increase in the West.

The number of first-time buyers remained stuck near record lows at just 27 per cent of sales in May, down from 29 per cent in April. Analysts expressed concerns about the scarcity of first-time buyers, who historically have made up around 40 per cent of the market.

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strength for so long if moveup buyers cannot find a firsttime buyer to purchase their starter homes,” said Stephanie Karol, an economist at Global Insight.

The level of distressed sales — either foreclosures or short-sales in which the homeowner has to sell for less than the value of the mortgage — declined to 11 per cent of all sales in May, an improvement from 18 per cent of all sales a year ago.

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expensive homes and lending standards which have been tightened in response to the housing boom of the past decade which resulted in millions of houses going into foreclosure.

Five years into the recovery from a deep recession that was triggered in part by the collapse in housing, housing sales have yet to return to their historic averages. Demand remains strong for the most expensive homes but has faltered for starter homes and those priced for middle class buyers.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 99.95 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 52.15 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.53 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.85 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.85 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.24 Cdn. National Railway . . 67.69 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 196.35 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.55 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.25 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.62 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.89 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 50.57 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 29.90 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.26 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.67 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.33 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 53.31 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 67.00 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.89 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.86 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 50.91 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 101.48 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.82 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.49 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.58 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed little changed Monday amid positive economic news from China and the U.S., along with major dealmaking in the industrial and mining sectors.

The S&P/TSX composite index was off 3.34 points to 15,105.63.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.22 of a cent to 93.23 cents US on top of a gain of almost two-thirds of a cent on Friday to a five-month high. The currency rose sharply as higher than expected inflation data on Friday raised questions about whether the Bank of Canada might move interest rates higher sooner than thought.

U.S. indexes were tepid amid strong U.S. home sales and manufacturing figures.

The Dow Jones industrials declined 9.82 points to 16,937.26 and the Nasdaq added 0.64 of a point to 4,368.68.

The S&P 500 index slipped 0.26 of a point to 1,962.61 as the Markit Economics flash manufacturing purchasing managers index for the U.S. edged higher in June, rising to 57.5 from 56.4 in May. The index is at its highest level since May 2010.

Also, sales of U.S. existing homes jumped 4.9 per cent in May in the best monthly gain in nearly three years. Sales increased 4.9 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million homes.

Meanwhile, data released Sunday showed the Chinese manufacturing sector moving into expansion territory. HSBC’s purchasing managers index hit a seven-month high at 50.8, the first time the index has moved above the 50 level since December.

The TSX paused Monday after gaining about 0.7 per cent last week, leaving the main Toronto index up more than 10 per cent year to date.

Consumer discretionary stocks were the leading TSX decliners as Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B) lost 69 cents to $26.01.

The gold sector built on last week’s strong run-up of over five per cent. The group rose 1.5 per cent as bullion prices added to gains racked up last week amid tensions between

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.65 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.27 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 58.16 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.79 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.02 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 19.49 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.23 First Quantum Minerals . 22.43 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 29.92 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.05 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.65 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.20 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.00 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.45 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 24.44 Energy Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.52 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 35.40 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 73.69 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.55 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 61.53 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 48.95 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 24.41 Canyon Services Group. 18.57 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 34.50 CWC Well Services . . . . 1.070 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 26.31 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.71 Ukraine and Russia and a growing insurgency in Iraq. August gold rose $1.80 to US$1,318.40 an ounce.

The base metals sector was ahead 0.8 per cent as the Chinese data helped push July copper up three cents to US$3.15 a pound.

The tech sector was also supportive, up 0.6 per cent with BlackBerry (TSX:BB) continuing to benefit from last week’s well received quarterly earnings report, up 34 cents to $10.85.

The energy sector was flat as oil prices declined after rising steadily over the last two weeks as a Sunni uprising gained momentum in Iraq.

The August contract was off 66 cents to US$106.17 a barrel.

On the corporate front, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) is acquiring U.K.-based Kentz Corp. Ltd., a global engineering firm that provides services to the oil and gas sector, in a deal worth C$2.1 billion. SNC shares rose 91 cents to $53.31.

HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM) is buying Augusta Resource Corporation (TSX:AZC) in a friendly takeover deal worth $555 million. HudBay was down 24 cents to $10.05 while Augusta ran ahead 24 cents to $3.44.

And in the U.S., software maker Oracle is buying Micros Systems Inc., which provides software and hardware to the hospitality and retail industries, for about US$5.3 billion.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,105.63, down 3.34 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,023.98, down 2.39 points TSX 60 — 863.72, up 0.31 of a point Dow — 16,937.26, down 9.82 points S&P 500 — 1,962.61, down 0.26 of a point Nasdaq — 4,368.68, up 0.64 of a point Currencies at close: Cdn — 93.23 cents US, up 0.22

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 104.38 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 70.37 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.38 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 35.88 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 56.88 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 757 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.80 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.115 Precision Drilling Corp . . 15.02 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 46.25 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.57 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 17.98 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 12.50 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 76.28 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.47 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 71.19 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.68 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 38.81 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.66 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 29.76 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 49.74 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 71.32 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.13 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.78 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.71 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.19 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.91 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.61 of a cent Pound — C$1.8265, down 0.30 of a cent Euro — C$1.4589, down 0.31 of a cent Euro — US$1.3602, up 0.05 of a cent Oil futures: US$106.17 per barrel, down 66 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,318.40 per oz., up $1.80 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.401 oz., up 37.4 cents $752.34 kg., up $12.02 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 1,023.98, down 2.39 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 142.07 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’14 $3.20 higher $477.40; Nov. ’14 $3.00 higher $464.40; Jan ’15 $2.70 higher $467.80; March ’15 $2.40 higher $468.60; May ’15 $1.80 higher $469.10; July ’15 $1.90 higher $468.80; Nov ’15 $1.90 higher $470.70; Jan. ’16 $13.90 higher $476.70; March ’16 $13.90 higher $480.20; May ’16 $13.90 higher $480.20; July ’16 $14.00 higher $480.30.

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.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 425,120 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 425,120.

Disruption on Manitoba rail line grows

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CHURCHILL, Man. — A rail line that serves as a vital link to Churchill in northern Manitoba — one being eyed for shipments of crude oil — has been knocked out of commission again due to the boggy terrain it covers.

Service along the 270-kilometre final stretch of track between Gillam and Churchill was suspended on Friday due to “severe permafrost issues,” owner Omnitrax Canada said in a release.

The move follows a derailment on June 2 just south of Churchill that knocked out freight service for a week before it resumed. Via Rail’s passenger service has been off ever since the accident.

The rail line is frequently hit with disruptions. But a hotel co-owner in Churchill said Monday this year has been the worst she’s seen in her five years in business.

“Everything for our restaurant — beer, food, you name it — it all comes on the railway line,” Belinda Fitzpatrick said.

“Right now, we have what we have in the fridges and in stock, and we’re not sure when we’re going to get any more.”

Some of the guests Fitzpatrick was expecting at the Tundra Inn have already cancelled, she said.

Others are trying to find an airline flight — the only other way of getting to the remote town on Hudson Bay. The rugged sub-arctic terrain has long been a problem for the rail line. In 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper travelled to Churchill to announce $60 million for repairs and another $8 million for the Port of Churchill.

The rail line is expected to see increased traffic of grain shipments and other goods due to growth at the port and a longer ice-free season.

Omnitrax also wants to conduct test runs of crude oil shipments along the line, although the plan has met with strong opposition from environmental groups, the Manitoba government and others who fear a spill would be disastrous for the environment.

Figures from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada show there were 63 accidents on the rail line between 2003 and 2012. All but 10 were derailments.

On the weekend, Omnitrax said several days of repairs would be required before freight service could resume.

Fitzpatrick expressed frustration at not having a clear timeline.

Alberta man, related companies accused in $56.7-million fraud

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Alberta Securities Commission has accused an independent TV producer of having “perpetrated a fraud” in raising more than $56 million from investors.

ASC staff allege that between March 2007 and the end of June 2009 that Neil Chandran, Energy TV and Chandran Holding Media Inc. raised some $56,730 from at least 210 investors, most of whom were Alberta residents, for various television, video and web-based products.

Investors were told Energy TV would, among other things, promote and stage a World Boxing Federation match in Las Vegas that would see

them earn profits of between 50 and 75 per cent within five days of the event, which was to occur about 30 days from the investment date.

“The event never took place,” the commission said in a statement issued Monday.

“Instead, ASC staff allege that Chandran and Energy TV used investor’s funds to pay the company’s operating expenses,” the ASC statement said.

ASC staff also allege that Chandran and his companies engaged in illegal trades and distributions and made prohibited representations in raising the money.

The allegations have not been proven.

An appearance to set a date for a hearing will be held July 17.

Bell Media cuts TV employees, blames weak ad sales

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Real estate broker Nancy Dowson, right, with Keller Williams Realty, shows a house to prospective buyer Mary Tuttle, in Miami Shores, Fla.

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HOMES: Stronger second half forecast The pace of home sales is below the 5.1 million homes sold in 2013 and off the pace of 5.5 million annual sales that would be consistent with a healthy housing market.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the Realtors, said because of the weaker start to sales this year, he expects that sales for the entire year will be down 3.1 per cent this year to 4.9 million, compared with 5.1 million sales of existing homes in 2013, which had been a 9.2 per cent rise from 2012.

Yun said he was predicting a stronger second half for sales this year but he said that would not be enough to compensate for the weakness at the start of this year, a slowdown that reflected in part a harsh winter.

Sales of existing homes began to slow in the second half of 2013 as mortgage rates crept up from historic lows, but home prices continued to rise due to a lack of available homes for sale.

Average rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages declined to 4.17 per cent last week, down from 4.20 per cent the previous week.

Mortgage rates are about a quarter of a percentage point higher than they were at the same time last year.

Yun forecast that mortgage rates will be rising at the end of this year as the Federal Reserve moves closer to starting to boost interest rates. He forecast rates would average 4.9 per cent in the last three months of this year and 5 per cent in the first quarter of 2015.

The total inventory of homes for sale at the end of May climbed 2.2 per cent to 2.28 million homes, which represents a 5.6-month supply at the May sales pace.

Inventory is 6 per cent higher than a year ago, which analysts said should help to slow price gains and boost sales by giving would-be buyers more homes to choose from.

TORONTO — Bell Media plans to lay off about five per cent of its Toronto workforce due to “financial pressure” in its advertising and subscription TV services.

The radio and television division of BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) said Monday that as many as 120 jobs will be cut this summer.

“Bell Media has informed the federal minister of labour of our intention,” Bell Media spokesman Scott Henderson said in an emailed statement.

Henderson declined to specify where the cuts would be made, but said the layoffs do not include jobs in radio.

Bell Media runs a variety of television channels like the CTV network, CTV Two and the TSN sports lineup.

Its speciality channels include The Comedy Network, the MuchMusic channels and MTV. Canadian media companies have been warning about an advertising slowdown for months. In April, Rogers Media president Keith Pelley told the CRTC that the industry is undergoing dramatic shifts over a short period.

Unifor national representative David Lewington said the union entered contract negotiations with Bell Media in May, talks that were adjourned at the end of the month until mid-August.

“They indicated to us that if second-quarter earnings projections did not pick up then there was a possibility of a restructuring,” he said in an interview.

However, the union said at the time of talks were adjourned that the company had dropped the spectre of layoffs within the next two months, which would be the end of August.

BCE will report its financial results for the second quarter in August.

In May, BCE reported that first-quarter revenues for Bell Media spiked 40.7 per cent to $722 million on higher advertising and subscriber fees from the Astral acquisition.

Bell Media bought a number of assets from Astral, including a slate of radio stations, billboards and pay-TV channels, The Movie Network and HBO Canada.

Earlier Monday, the president of CTV News confirmed that its prime time current affairs show “Kevin Newman Live” had been pulled from the air, though Henderson said the announced job cuts were not related to the show’s cancellation.

Including all of its TV channels and radio stations, Bell Media has about 2,400 employees in the Toronto area and about 6,500 staff across the country.

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Family member posting negative comments on Facebook Dear Annie: I am the thrilled stepgrandmother of a wonderful grandson, age 3. I’ve had the privilege of taking care of him twice a week since he was born.

I decided to post his pictures on Facebook because his extended family lives all over the country and apMITCHELL preciates the & SUGAR updates on his outings and activities. I also enjoy having a computerized photo book not only for myself, but to share with my housebound mother.

The problem is, one family member seems to post only negative remarks about him. Her comments have included criticisms of his baby blanket, his potty training and the length of his hair. She never compliments the boy or makes any positive comments at all.

ANNIE

Today, she annoyed me so much that I deleted her comments from my page.

I know that was petty and probably rude.

Is there any kind of etiquette regarding Facebook posts? What about polite responses to unsolicited negative opinions about one’s grandson? —‚ Wondering Dear Wondering: We have to wonder what would prompt anyone to make disparaging remarks about a 3-yearold on Facebook. (The most obvious reason is jealousy.) You can “reassign� this relative so that she no longer sees posted pictures of your grandson unless you specifically include her. You also can block her comments. Both solutions are acceptable.

However, if you wish to address this with her, please do so with a personal phone call, asking whether there is a problem that can be fixed. It is the shared, public aspect of what should be a personal dispute that makes it especially rude.

Dear Annie: You’ve printed letters about parents who are estranged from their children and have responded that neither side should let slights fester until it’s too late.

So tell me, Annie, what about a child who has been treated poorly for her entire childhood? I’m talking about my daughter. My husband led a secret life of sex and drugs and passed two STDs to me. He neglected his family to the point of emotional abuse. We are now getting a divorce after 33 years.

My daughter is getting married soon and has no intention of telling her father.

This pains me, because I always hoped they would reconcile. I don’t want her to live with regret. While I am sad for my daughter, I understand why she wants nothing to do with him, and she seems to be better off without the pain he caused. What do you think she should do? — Betrayed in Virginia Dear Virginia: We think this is your daughter’s choice. Yes, it is possible that she will someday regret not having Dad at her wedding, but she should not feel guilty for excluding him.

And keep in mind, your soon-tobe-ex also could reach out to find out what is going on in his daughter’s life.

The best thing for you to do is not vilify her father or provoke her to recall her bitter experiences. We hope someday she can forgive him, not for his sake,

Google teams with nonprofits to encourage girls to write code

HOROSCOPES Tuesday, June 24 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Solange Knowles, 27; Mick Fleetwood, 66; Petra Nemcova, 36 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Again, another brilliant day to get out there and socialize. Most individuals will radiate cheerfulness and warmth today.

Trust your gut instincts and learn symbolic language — you’ll be able to read into situations with great ease and enjoyment.

LARISA MAIRA CommuniOZOLINS cate and share all your ideas and thoughts with as many as you can.

It will simply be a wonderful day. Go out and Enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you will be using this year as a stepping stone towards full karma clearing.

Basically, you will be letting go of past notions that no longer apply to you and your family lineage.

Your outlook will be extremely positive and you will inspire others to learn more and take a more optimistic approach to everything they do. Trust in your dreams now!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The way you communicate today will be heartfelt by others.

You’ll be very much in touch with the “other side� and might have great insight for others today.

Be keen to understand the symbolic language now. Signs will be everywhere and great joy will be had today!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Great insight will come in with regards to your finances.

Listen to that inner voice, it will not lead you wrong today!

Others will value you even more so today and this will lead to increased self-worth and appreciation of you on many levels! Enjoy the lovely reception!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If ever it was someone’s day — today is just that for you!

Others will be so attracted to you now — it will be unbelievable at some point.

Allow for this fanfare to occur, it has been long over do! Public recognition for your professional contributions will reach a strong high today!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Internal joy will be felt and you will radiate warmth and positivity.

You will feel like you are on cloud nine now.

Your ability to see future events will provide you with greater insight in your own future as well. On a mundane level, you’ll be thinking of buying home items.

SUN SIGNS

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Networking and hanging out with friends will so enjoyable today that you will not know what happened in the past. Communicate with others and allow for yourself to be taken away to another world. All your fears will vanish today. Trust your gut instincts, signs are all around you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Another top day for your public recognition.

You will be seen as someone who is very cheerful and happy. Increased intuition and connections with others are exactly what is leading to your humongous joyous smile now!

You will or have recently met a VIP for you in this life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Total utter joy will be had for you today.

Your perspective on life is totally changed and you are better able to relax and enjoy yourself today. If travelling, it will be absolutely amazing, it will be a dream vacation, even better than you imagined.

Breathe in life now!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There will be an increased bond with romantic interests now.

Absolute, can’t stand it, joy, will be had today. It will be an extremely cheerful day!

When working on creative projects, you will find pleasure with exposing and learning all you can to express the whole truth.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Wow, this is truly an amazing day to be out and about with others.

True and absolute joy will be by you with them. This will, in turn, make you feel at home and in love with where you have set up your home in this world. Others will be extremely warm to you now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Those you see daily will truly brighten up your day!

It will almost seem like everyone has taken a “happy pill�. Don’t question the joy of today, accept it and learn as much as you can at work today. Again, everyone will be cheerful and willing to help!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Joy — Joy! You are not going to be able to stand how happy you truly are today! Trust your instincts and the signs you are seeing. They are speaking the absolute truth for you. Creative projects will just get that much more exciting for you now — Inspiration is back!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are going to be one happy peach today! There will be a sense of joy that will not leave the entire day.

Go out and buy those household items.

Entertain all thoughts and ideas... Inspiration is back and you are the leader for others.

Show them the way towards their dreams!

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

but for hers.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Co-Worker in Binghamton, N.Y.,� whose co-worker has bad breath. For years I suffered with halitosis. I tried everything I could think of. I brushed my teeth, used mouthwashes and mints, consulted my dentist and physician for underlying issues and searched the Internet, all to no avail.

One day a dear friend confirmed my worst fear: that everyone could indeed tell. She recommended chlorophyll capsules, which I found at my local health food store. They worked! While each person should check with their doctor first, these have had no ill effects for me.

If you have a friend with halitosis, tell them. Severe halitosis negatively affects relationships with everyone. I will be forever grateful to my friend for caring enough and having the courage to tell me. — Up Close and Personal Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. 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.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Diana Navarro loves to code, and she’s not afraid to admit it. But the 18-year-old Rutgers University computer science major knows she’s an anomaly: Writing software to run computer programs in 2014 is — more than ever — a man’s world. “We live in a culture where we’re dissuaded to do things that are technical,� Navarro said. “Younger girls see men, not women, doing all the techie stuff, programming and computer science.�

Less than one per cent of high school girls think of computer science as part of their future, even though it’s one of the fastest-growing fields in the U.S. today with a projected 4.2 million jobs by 2020, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

This week Google, with a driverless car and Web-surfing eyeglasses under its belt, has given The Associated Press an early look at how it’s trying to change the gender disparity in its own workforce, and in the pipeline of potential workers, by launching a campaign Thursday called “Made with Code.�

The initiative begins with an introductory video of girls— silly, serious and brave — meeting President Obama, painting over graffiti and goofing around. The narrator says: “You are a girl who understands bits exist to be assembled. When you learn to code, you can assemble anything that you see missing. And in so doing, you will fix something, or change something, or invent something, or run something, and maybe that’s how you will play your bit in this world.�

A website features female role-model techies who write software to design cool fabrics or choreograph dances.

There are simple, fun coding lessons aimed at girls and a directory of coding programs for girls. The search giant is also offering $50 million in grants and partnering with Girls Who Code, a non-profit launched in 2012 that runs summer coding institutes for girls, including the one that helped focus Navarro’s passion for technology.

A preview test run of Google’s on-

line coding lessons this week was deemed “awesome� by Carmen Ramirez y Porter, 11. “It’s not very complicated. It’s easy and fun and really cool to see how it turns out when you finish,� she said.

National Center for Women & Information Technology CEO Lucy Sanders, a leading advocate for women in computer sciences, sees the Made With Code initiative as a pivotal moment in what has been a long-term challenge of getting more girl geeks growing up in America. “It used to be that as a computing community we didn’t really talk about gender issues. But now we’re really pulling together, from corporations and startups to nonprofits and universities,� Sanders said. “I’m very optimistic.�

There’s plenty of room for change.

Female participation in computer sciences has dropped to 18 per cent, down from 37 per cent in the 1980s, and only seven per cent of U.S. venture capital deals go to women founders and CEOs. Just 20 per cent of the 30,000 students who took the Advanced Placement computer science test last year were girls, according to a College Board analysis, which showed no girls at all took the test in Mississippi, Montana or Wyoming.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, one of the earliest Google employees, points to societal and economic drawbacks if women are not participating in the booming tech economy.

Also, she said, “I miss having more women counterparts.�

Tech firms are overwhelming male — Yahoo on Tuesday released a report showing 62 per cent of its global employees are men. At Google, about 70 per cent of the roughly 44,000 people it employs throughout the world are men.

This year, the search giant commissioned a nationwide study to find out why so few women pursue technology careers, asking 1,600 people about whether they were encouraged to study computer sciences and had opportunities to learn to code.

Their findings, shared with the AP this week in advance of public release: Girls have little exposure to technology and computer sciences.

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Painstakingly-made noodles are lined up in a box to wait for shipment from the Sakai Seimen factory in Tokyo.

The soul of NEW RAMEN WAVE SET TO SPREAD OVERSEAS

BY ADVOCATE NEW SERVICES YOKOHAMA, Japan — Forty years after it was first served, iekei ramen is poised to take on the world. The distinctive broth consisting of a blend of tonkotsu pork bone soup and soy sauce nestling thick, straight noodles was created at the Yoshimuraya ramen shop, which opened in Yokohama, in 1974.

Its popularity sparked the emergence of similar ramen shops across Japan, including those run by longtime employees of Yoshimuraya who were allowed to set up a branch of their own. They all add “ya” (which means house) to the end of the shops’ names in a nod to Yoshimuraya. The iekei hybrid has since become a genre of ramen that sits comfortably alongside other giants of local specialty ramen, such as Hakata’s tonkotsu and Sapporo’s miso ramen. Iekei means house-style.

And now, iekei ramen is set to change the way many non-Japanese view the dish. Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district is packed with luxury boutiques, stores and expensive foreign automobile dealerships. On Dec. 13 last year, a new iekei ramen shop opened in a corner of this bustling, economically vibrant district. Stories about the first overseas outlet of the Matsuichiya ramen chain were splashed across Hong Kong’s newspapers and magazines when it opened.

“A new genre of ramen from Yokohama, Japan, has touched down in Hong Kong for the first time,” one report said.

On its first day, about 600 bowls of ramen were served in just eight hours. In less time than it takes to slurp a noodle, Matsuichiya became a popular attraction.

Matsuichiya’s first shop opened in Fujisawa. It was founded by Katsunari Matsuno, president of MG Holdings Co., which operates about 60 eating establishments.

“Many people know about tonkotsu ramen, but I believe iekei ramen is just as delicious.

I felt there was an opening to be successful overseas with this ramen,” said Matsuno, 40.

Matsuichiya’s five shops in Japan include ones in Fujisawa and Chigasaki. Excited by the growing ramen boom abroad, Matsuno decided to open a shop in Hong Kong, where he has several acquaintances.

Many tonkotsu ramen shops have popped up overseas in recent years, led by the Fukuokabased Ippudo and Ichiran chains.

Although these stores have contributed significantly to the development of Japanese ramen brands, people in many areas now tend to assume tonkotsu is the only ramen flavor. Tonkotsu ramen is characterized by a creamy soup and thin noodles, whereas iekei ramen features a broth made from pork bones, chicken stock and soy sauce, uses fatter, chewy noodles, and is usually topped with boiled spinach, nori and chashu roasted pork. There are estimated to be about 1,000 iekei ramen establishments, mainly in Japan and other parts of Asia.

The flavors and noodles can vary between iekei shops, but Matsuno felt that delivering a quality product would be the best recipe for success.

“If we make it carefully, it will definitely sell,” he recalled thinking. He dispatched rising ramen chef Daigo Sato to head the Hong Kong shop.

Noodles, pork bones and other important in-

Japan ABOVE: Customers line up outside the Matsuichiya ramen shop in Hong Kong in December 2013; one blogger describes ramen as ‘the soul of Japan.’

LEFT: Yoshimuraya founder, Minoru Yoshimura; the Yoshimuraya ramen shop opened in Yokohama in 1974. Its popularity sparked the emergence of similar ramen shops across Japan.

gredients are shipped directly from Yokohama to Hong Kong, where the chefs prepare ramen that tastes identical to the dishes served in Japan. Although Hong Kong locals quickly gave the flavor a thumbsup, Matsuichiya had to tweak some elements of its meals to accommodate local preferences. Customers there were more accustomed to skinnier noodles, so Matsuichiya adjusted the width of its noodles.

Others complained when the air conditioning was not set to a temperature cold enough to make people put their jacket on, while others wanted carbonated beverages with their meals because they would not drink chilled water.

“There are new surprises every day,” said Sato, 31. “I want to listen to what our customers say and keep refining our ramen.”

Matsuno threw himself into the ramen industry about 20 years ago and now he has lofty ambitions for the humble dish.

“Iekei ramen means everything to me. I want to make it more popular overseas, so that people will say, ‘This is Japanese ramen,’ “ he said.

Iekei ramen has already tickled the taste buds of — and won over — some foreigners. Umami Mart is a website introducing Japanese cuisine and cul-

ture. It features blogs by writers who offer their thoughts and insights on every aspect of Japanese food. Among them is Will VanderWyden, a 34-yearold American who has been writing only about ramen for several years.

In May 2012, VanderWyden visited Japan for the second time and encountered iekei ramen for the first time. His initial reaction was mostly positive.

“I enjoyed this bowl immensely . . . this bowl was delicious. I’m probably just not the complete iekei guy,” he wrote in a post about his visit to the Nakamuraya ramen shop in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo.

He ate 21 bowls of ramen during that trip and then polished off another 21 during a visit in May 2013. Infatuated with the taste and texture of ramen, VanderWyden moved to Japan in January this year. He eats ramen three or four times a week, and then writes about his thoughts on each meal.

After he graduated from college, VanderWyden had moved to Los Angeles, which is home to 30 to 40 ramen shops. Most serve tonkotsu ramen.

“Tonkotsu is very popular, but it doesn’t have the same impact that I got when I ate iekei ramen,” he said.

VanderWyden said he continues to update his blog because he wants more foreigners to know that Japan has many delicious ramen shops.

He has recently received requests for restaurant recommendations from people planning to visit Japan. In February, VanderWyden began working part-time at a ramen shop.

His dream is to open a ramen restaurant serving a tonkotsu and soy sauce soup in Los Angeles.

VanderWyden is confident that iekei ramen will find popularity in other countries. “It’s the soul of Japan,” he said.

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McFerrin didn’t worry... was just happy HAD NO IDEA DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY WOULD BE SO SUCCESSFUL

BY VICTORIA AHEARN THE CANADIAN PRESS As a kid, Bobby McFerrin used to prepare for school quizzes by singing the answers so he would remember them. The renowned vocalist carried the habit into adulthood as a way to retain certain information.

And so it was that, when he saw a poster of Indian mystic Meher Baba one day in his native New York and liked its phrase “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” he sang it.

“I would do it in clubs, it wasn’t finished, I didn’t have all the lyrics and stuff figured out but I would just sing the refrain and just improvise, playing with it a little bit,” the 10-time Grammy Award winner recalled in a telephone interview to tee up his gig at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival this Friday.

“When I was in the studio recording Simple Pleasures, it wasn’t even on the docket as a tune, I wasn’t even considering it. It never even came to my mind until, while I was working on some other piece and I got stuck, I couldn’t figure out what to do with it,” he continued on the line from Philadelphia.

“I dismissed the engineer and everybody and I went in the back and I wrote out the lyrics, I called everyone back and I sang it, and I think the whole thing took about 45 minutes. I didn’t pay much mind to it.

“I thought it was kind of a nifty tune but I had no IDEA it was going to do anywhere near what it did as far as sales and popularity.”

Twenty-five years after its smash success (it earned McFerrin three Grammys and was the first a cappella song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart), Don’t Worry, Be Happy still gets airplay with its positive message and McFerrin’s cheerful whistles, coo-coos and woo-woos.

McFerrin said he still thinks about the song, in which his voice acts as all the instruments: “Can’t help it. Just

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Bobby McFerrin turned an improvised tune into the smash hit Don’t Worry, Be Happy. about every concert that I do, somebody yells out ‘Don’t worry, be happy,” he said with a warm chuckle.

But he hasn’t performed the full tune live in about 20 years.

“The last time I did it was in November of 1988, something like that, because I didn’t want to be tagged with it,” he explained.

“I wanted people to see the other parts of me, so I stopped performing it.

Every once in a while the theme will slide in there through a solo that I’m doing in improvisation.”

McFerrin’s current tour lands at the Edmonton International Jazz Festival today, the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival on Sunday and the Montreal International Jazz Festival on June 30. It comprises tunes from his latest album, Spirityouall, a title reflecting his belief that “everyone is a spiritual being.”

The album’s gritty bluegrass feel is one McFerrin has been longing to play for many years, he said, recalling the time he was being honoured at a

reception and was “captivated” by an Irish band playing that style of music at the venue.

“I went and sat the entire reception by this band and ignored everybody there,” he said, laughing. “I’ve always wanted to be in a band that swung the way that these guys did.”

The album’s inspiration came from his dad, Robert McFerrin, an operatic baritone who used to sing such tunes in church and taught him “a very strong work ethic.”

“I sang in the children’s choir in church and I was an acolyte, my mother was a soprano soloist at the church that we attended,” said McFerrin.

“My father went to a different church because I guess he needed something a little more lively, because his father was a Baptist minister. The Episcopalians tend to a little bit sombre.”

Faith remained an important part of McFerrin’s life and today, “it’s a daily conversation,” he said.

“At one point I was thinking seriously of a monastic career and in some ways I’m still pretty hermitish, because I like quiet, I enjoy my own company.”

At age 64, McFerrin said he’s his “most manic and wild and crazy” onstage, performing with his four-octave range and unique technique of singing both melodies and accompaniment.

“But then when I’m off the stage, I usually walk off the stage into a waiting car, I get back to my hotel room and soak in a tub, read a book, go to sleep,” he added with a laugh. “That’s kind of my thing.”

McFerrin said he doesn’t perform barefoot like used to.

It’s a habit he got into for a bit (you can see his exposed tootsies in the Don’t Worry, Be Happy video) after a foot cramp forced him to take off his shoes and socks while he was conducting an orchestra.

“Here I’m conducting Beethoven or whatever it was and all of a sudden my foot starts to cramp up and I got distracted and I thought, ’That’s not a good idea, to be distracted when you’re conducting Beethoven and Mozart and all.”’

But he does still try out new things onstage.

On his current tour, for instance, he’s performing with daughter Madison.

The recent graduate of Berklee College of Music reminds him of all the theory and harmony that he learned in school, he said.

McFerrin also recently performed a duo gig with Roots leader Questlove, using turntables, drums and an electronic drum set.

“I’m always looking at not only educating other people but educating myself. I’m still learning,” he said. “I’ve still got a huge brain capacity to absorb a whole bunch of stuff and I want to put as much stuff in my brain as possible.

“I’m always trying to find new ways of doing stuff. I LOVE to sing.”

Popular culture is obsessed with what Washington types have up their sleeves

BY PETER MARKS ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES For the purest distillation in popular culture in these days of Jekyll and Hyde, look not to a character but to a city.

On the one hand, we have President Frank Underwood, who connives in the most sinister ways imaginable — push a pesky reporter in front of a Metro car, why don’t you? — to ascend to the highest office in the land in House of Cards, a mesmerizing Netflix series neck-deep in nefarious muck.

And then on the other, there is President Lyndon B. Johnson, the hard-charging hero of the Tony-winning Broadway play All the Way, who puts the power of the White House behind an ennobling assault on inequality and strong-arms Congress into passing the Civil Rights Act. In much the way the nation’s political house seems deeply, maybe irrevocably, divided, the depictions of the federal government — which is pretty much all the country thinks of, when it thinks of Washington — tend to occupy extremes.

To screenwriters and dramatists, it’s a city dominated either by virtue or venality, a place where the political classes operate out of a sense of the greater good — or are just plain operators.

And whether Washington is being put down as craven or held up as reasonably principled, portrayed as a breeding ground for vipers or a watering hole for wonks, stage and screen stories set in the capital are cropping up ever more frequently — and winningly.

Whether it is Homeland, the addictive cable series on which a story arc had the brutish, warmongering vice president assassinated, or The City of Conversation, a lively play at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater in which a Georgetown hostess reflects on her declining White House access, the receptivity to scripts infiltrating halls and neighborhoods of national power appears

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In the Netflix series House of Cards, Kevin Spacey plays the president who is breathtakingly successful at gaming the system and supremely confident in what he sets out to achieve. if anything to be gaining momentum.

It is as though in this era of waning, collective confidence in the traditional work of Washington — building consensus to address big problems — an effort has been kindled in popular entertainment to fill a vacuum.

To give us stories that confirm our worst fears about where government is headed, or remind us of what government once was, and perhaps could be again. It’s as though a role is being forged for narrative drama as the outlet for our deepening anxiety about the nature of national leadership.

On Veep, the uproarious HBO comedy series, the portrait of a debased Washington plays out as a farce so coarse that Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s insecure Selina Meyer, newly installed as president, cares about nothing so much as having her ego stroked or cracking a crude bathroom joke in front of her staff.

Veep’s writers found an apt metaphor in the season just ended for the shallowness of her concept of leadership.

On the stump, an aide places Selina — to her great glee — atop a reinforced box: the campaign’s way of conferring on her some manufactured stature.

The tonal flip side of

Veep was on view this spring at Arena Stage, where dramatist Lawrence Wright’s Camp David received its world premiere.

The play, portraying the events of September 1978, when President Jimmy Carter brought Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to Camp David to start peace talks, takes as sacred a view of leadership as Veep takes a profane one.

It featured Richard Thomas as a Carter so filled with humility he held private sidebars with God over the stalled progress of the negotiations. (One can imagine what sacrilege LouisDreyfus’s nihilistic character might have committed in such a scene.)

It’s an indication of the quandary audiences feel nowadays about how to view Washington that these divergent works both garner appreciative ones: HBO renewed the outrageous Veep for a fourth season before its third season even finished this month.

And despite its somewhat dry, journalistic approach, Camp David enjoyed a healthily attended run in Arena’s Kreeger Theater (although future plans for the play remain uncertain).

In some of these plays

and programs, too, there seems another thread with special appeal — a nostalgic one — for a time when the chief executive’s sway was a more dynamic instrument than it appears to be these days.

That’s certainly the case in the LBJ bio-drama All the Way, for which Bryan Cranston deservedly won a Tony this month for best leading actor.

Although Robert Schenkkan’s play gives a potty mouth to Johnson second only to Selina Meyer’s, the work’s core is Johnson’s spine, and the earnest application of his power to the cause of civil rights.

It is in the end a profile in courage, even if Johnson has to win votes

by backing senators’ pork projects.

The contemporary pleasure in bold action extends to a president with darker intentions.

Kevin Spacey’s diabolical turn as the president in House of Cards puts a viewer in mind of no villain less pathologically evil than Othello’s Iago.

As with Shakespeare’s most potent schemer, you have to admire Spacey’s Underwood, at least a little.

There’s something thrilling in a gamer of the system so breathtakingly successful — so supremely confident in what he sets out to achieve.

The city always has been a fertile backdrop for the drama of ethical dilemma, but the heavy concentration on the people at the top of the pyramid feels like a shift.

Decades ago, the focus was more likely to be on the little guy, in his confrontation with the hypocritical establishment.

The epitome of this approach was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the 1939 Frank Capra-directed movie in which Jimmy Stewart portrayed a Boy Scout leader selected to fill a vacant Senate seat.

The film is no less jaundiced about Washington corruption than, say, Farragut North, playwright (and House of Cards creator) Beau Willimon’s 2008 play about the transgressions of a young campaign operative.

Peter Marks writes for The Washington Post

Central Alberta works going to biennial Diverse works from four Central Alberta artists will be included in the 2015 Alberta biennial of contemporary art, presented by the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton.

Sculptor and painter Jason Frizzell and multimedia/installation artist Robin Lambert (both visual arts instructors at Red Deer College), Red Deer-raised photographer Nicole Kelly Westman of Red Deer, and Sundre sculptor Jude Griebel are among 42 Alberta artists whose works were chosen for the Future Station exhibit. It will run from Jan. 24 to May 3 of next year.

Some themes of the biennial exhibit are: how psychology effects creativity and response to art, how natural forces shape art, and working with detritus and austerity.

Show curator Kristy Trinier said visitors will be given a glimpse into “the dynamic future of art in our province” through the show.

She believes Alberta’s physical and psychological environment “seeps into your lexicon as an artist and manifests in the work.”

She aims to “articulate” this in the exhibition that will take up three spaces at the gallery, as well as some offsite installations.

The Art Gallery of Alberta has been presenting the biennial of contemporary art since 1996.

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Breast health information spreads MORE IMMIGRANT WOMEN ARE ACCESSING INFORMATION

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

GOLDEN CIRCLE GARAGE SALE The Golden Circle is hosting a garage sale next week. The sale runs July 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and July 4 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Donations are being accepted now. No large furnishings will be accepted. Booking a table to sell your own items will cost $20. For more details or to book a table, call 403-343-6074. The Golden Circle is located at 4620 47A Ave. in Red Deer. For more information on the centre or its programs, check www.goldencircle. ca.

More immigrant women are accessing breast health information thanks to a program run by Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association.

Annually, over 1,000 women in Central Alberta now attend workshops organized

by CAIWA to discuss breast cancer risk factors, symptoms, self and clinical examinations, and mammograms.

About 240 women receive confidential translations to facilitate communication at mammogram appointments.

Zainab Mohamoud, breast cancer screening co-ordinator with CAIWA, said a lot has changed since the program began about five years ago.

“I used to look for people. Now people

are coming to me,” Mohamoud said on Monday.

CAIWA has been getting funding from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Prairies/ N.W.T. region to run the program and most recently received twoyear funding of $150,000 in March 2013.

She said every year new immigrants come to Central Alberta and many do not know about breast health, so the number of women who need the program has not decreased over time.

“We have so many women who have nev-

er gone to the doctor. We have to teach them it’s important.”

Mohamoud also accompanies women going for physicals and blood tests so they feel more at ease.

W h e n necess a r y , translators help both patients — ZAINAB MOHAMOUD and doctors.

‘WE HAVE SO MANY WOMEN WHO HAVE NEVER GONE TO THE DOCTOR. WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM IT’S IMPORTANT.’

“We’re so lucky we have amazing doctors,” said Mohamoud, who has now met many of physicians in Central Alberta.

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AIRSHED PHOTO CONTEST The Parkland Airshed Management Zone has officially opened its 2014 photo contest, looking for the best photos displaying 1) air pollution and 2) people and the environment. The first place prize in each category earns $750 while second place gets $250.

The contest is open to anyone living in the zone, ranging from the Rocky Mountains in the west to Three Hills in the east, and from Rimbey and Ponoka in the north to Crossfield in the south. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 30.

For more details and entry forms, go to www.pamz. org or email sue@pamz. org.

BEAUTIFUL CAUSE CUTATHON A Beautiful Cause cutathon held at Chatters locations Canada-wide on May 25 raised over $72,000.

Chatters Canada Ltd. partnered with beauty supply company AG Hair to raise money for Patongo School and Atanga Girls School in Northern Uganda. Chatters has more than 90 salons across Canada, including at Southpointe Common, Bower Place Shopping Centre and Parkland Mall in Red Deer. All proceeds went to AG Hair’s Women Leading Change Foundation. Since 2008, AG Hair has raised more than $700,000 to help build schools for girls in Africa.

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

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Oliver was fully dilated and was in Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for 19 days on bedrest to delay the birth before being transferred to Calgary to give birth.

The mom and infant were back home on Feb. 26 and 13 days later, August stopped breathing.

A prostitute said she became an unwilling partner in one man’s rape fantasy when she was held down, bound, choked and raped after having consensual, for pay, sex with him.

The 47-year-old woman, who cannot be named because of a court-ordered publication ban on the identification of victims of sexual assault, testified on Monday in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench before Justice Adam Germane.

She told the court about how she was sexually assaulted in 2012 by a man who she had twice had sex with before.

Nathan Michael Desharnais, 25, of Red Deer, faces two charges of aggravated sexual assault and one count of unlawful confinement.

The woman said she came into contact with Desharnais through Craigslist, as the result of a classified website ad she had posted.

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Cindy Oliver holds her seven-month-old son, August, as the two paid a visit to the City of Red Deer Emergency Services fire hall on 39 Street at Davison Drive Monday. Fire medics from the left, Chris Needham, Tyler Johnston, Stephen Belich, Billy Banks and Brad Robinson met her at the hall. Although not the crew that was on duty when August needed lifesaving treatment, Oliver thanked them nonetheless for their dedication to serving Red Deer residents.

Premature baby saved twice by ambulance staff

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer mother whose premature baby stopped breathing twice within 10 days praised city fire-medics.

Cindy Oliver, 45, and her seven-month-old son August dropped

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Lacombe area man dies in ATV accident A Lacombe area man has been identified as the man killed in a single vehicle ATV accident north of Bentley early Saturday morning.

Al Tudhope, 55, of Lacombe County, died at the scene despite efforts to save him.

Sylvan Lake RCMP were dispatched at 2:37 a.m. to the scene north of Bentley on Rural Road 12. Upon arrival officers, discovered an ATV on its side in the ditch but could not immediately locate the driver. The severely injured man was found 100 metres away from the ATV. The man had been wearing a helmet at the time of the collision, but it was discovered a short distance away.

Police officers immediately started CPR until emergency services and Bentley firefighters arrived on scene to take over. The man was pronounced dead a short time later.

RCMP continue to investigate.

Fire Station 4, located at 30 Davison Drive, to thank ambulance staff on Monday afternoon.

“They were heaven sent for sure.

“If it wasn’t for them, he wouldn’t be here right now,” said the single mother about her son, born Dec. 4 at 24-weeks and fivedays gestation.

At only 22-weeks gestation,

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Tamara Berezay blasts a balloon apart during Red Deer Rebellion — a Cowboy Mounted Shooting event put on by the True Grit Mounted Shooters Association Saturday afternoon.

Cowboy mounted shooting is relatively new in Canada, and considered the fastest growing equestrian sport in North America.

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

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B2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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Water receding, clean-up begins STANDOFF — Flood water on the Blood reserve in southern Alberta is receding and emergency officials are turning their attention to recovery mode.

Fire chief Oscar Cotton says they are starting to get people back to their homes. He says every road is passable and the reserve’s housing department was now pumping out a lot of basements with about 200 homes affected by the flood.

Cotton says there are still about 50 people who are being put up in hotels with the reception centre offering meals and accepting donations in Standoff.

Most of the damage was to property located along the Belly River which is not controlled by a dam.

The Alberta government says as many as 500 homes experienced some sort of flooding in southern Alberta because of heavy rains last week in the province’s southwest.

Arrest made in death of man trying to stop theft of truck EDMONTON — Police in Edmonton have arrested a suspect in the death of a man who was trying to stop his work truck from being stolen.

Adam Groves, who was 33, was killed June 13 after he was hit by a driver who then fled the scene.

Officers investigating a call found an unconscious man passed out in a vehicle which they confirmed had been stolen.

Patrol members woke him up and he fled on foot, injuring himself when he broke through a glass patio door to get into a residential suite.

Police say the suspect broke into a second suite, stole some car keys and took off again before being tracked down and arrested. Jonathan Jake Cardinal faces several charges.

Man swept away by surging river CALGARY — A search continues for a man who was swept away in the Highwood River just south of Calgary.

Friends say 19-year-old Justin MacNeil was in the Nature’s Hideaway area, near where the Highwood River enters the Bow River, when he decided to go for a swim on Sunday.

He was immediately swept away by the current. His friends called 911 around 7:15 p.m., and searchers including the Calgary police helicopter did extensive patrols of the river, but they have not been able to find him.

The Highwood River was recently under a flood advisory because of heavy rain.

RCMP warn it is still moving faster than normal, and is filled with debris.

Man charged in shooting at Pine Lake Innisfail RCMP have laid charges against a Pine Lake man in relation to a shooting earlier this month.

Cory Lavallee was arrested near Bashaw on Saturday and appeared in Red Deer provincial court Monday.

He has been charged with attempt to commit murder, using a firearm in the commission of an offence and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

Lavallee will be back in court on Friday for an election and plea. A bail hearing will take place then as well.

Around 4:15 a.m. on June 2, Innisfail RCMP responded to a report that a male had been shot in the Pine Lake area.

The injured man survived after being transported to hospital.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Shanelle Adams and her mother, Ruby, of Red Deer, look to a world map on display in downtown Red Deer Friday afternoon. The two were taking part in the World Refugee Day hosted wind up to the World Refugee Week at Veterans Park. Several musicians and speakers, tattoo henna artists and displays were featured at the event.

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AGREED: Meet for sex The two exchanged emails and texts on June 3, 2012, before agreeing to meet for sex that evening.

The woman said it was agreed Desharnais would pay her $150 for sex.

She went to Desharnais’ home, a basement apartment in a four-plex, and spent about four hours with him.

She said she had a line of cocaine and about a third of a glass of spiced rum and orange juice.

Over those four hours, the woman said they talked and then had unprotected, consensual sex.

It was also during the course of this conversation that Desharnais broached the subject of binding, taping and suffocation during sex, saying it was something he enjoyed.

The woman said it was not something she would be comfortable with and the subject wasn’t brought up the rest of the evening.

She left without being paid, but was told Desharnais would have the money the next day.

She went back the next day, June 4, 2012, just before 2 p.m. to collect the money and have sex with Desharnais again.

“The only reason I went back was because he seemed nice,” she said.

After the two had consensual sex, she sat on the edge of the bed getting ready to leave when Desharnais grabbed her.

She testified that he grabbed her arms with one hand, put his knee into her back and used his other hand to hold her face down on a pillow.

She felt her hands being bound together, but couldn’t tell what it was.

She was screaming for him to stop and to let her go.

“I kept asking him to stop and he wouldn’t stop.” Then Desharnais started strangling her.

She said he had one hand covering her mouth and nose, and another hand around her neck.

She lost consciousness and woke to find duct tape covering her face.

The duct tape wasn’t staying put, so she said Desharnais started wrapping it around her head.

Her head was covered in duct tape from her chin to her nose. Then she said Desharnais started having sex with her.

“I woke up in the fetal position when I came to,” she testified.

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BABY: Diagnosed with apnea “I was holding him and I went to put him down and he just flopped.”

When August didn’t respond to her efforts to stimulate his breathing, she called 911 and was directed to give him CPR while she waited for the ambulance to arrive.

After fire-medics took over resuscitation and suctioned out his airway, he started to breath.

After August went home following a five-day hospital stay, he stopped breathing again.

This time, Oliver started CPR immediately and fire-medics again revived the infant by suctioning his airway.

August was diagnosed with apnea, which can happen with premature babies and the fire-medics saved the day — not once, but twice, she said.

“He’s the boy who should not have survived for sure and he’s in perfect health.

“It’s a real miracle,” said Oliver who wanted to thank local fire-medics for all that they do before moving with her son to British Columbia to be closer to family. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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“I told him I wanted to see my grandchildren again. I thought I was going to die.”

Desharnais kept on choking her, she said, and she faded in and out of consciousness.

She came to again, being dragged off the end of the bed. She said she was told to stay calm as Desharnais untied her hands and started to take the duct tape off her head.

“He said ‘I just wanted to know what it feels like to rape somebody,’ ” the woman testified.

Terrified, the woman, wanting to reassure Desharnais that she wasn’t going to go to the police, drove him to the bank so he could pay her.

When Desharnais came out of the bank with no money, the woman drove him home.

As she left, the woman texted Desharnais saying she would go to the police and she took careful notes of the address. She said the text she received back said Desharnais had recorded the incident and had video of the woman prostituting.

The woman later went to the Lacombe Hospital where staff contacted police.

Two other witnesses were called

by Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard: Lacombe Police Service Const.

Nicole Martin, who photographed the woman’s injuries at Lacombe Hospital on June 4, and Red Deer RCMP Const.

Heather Manning, who photographed the woman’s injuries at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on June 5.

The trial resumes this morning with the cross-examination of the victim. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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FAMILY Tainted ideas of beauty When you are a 12-year-old girl, some of the most hurtful words that can be thrown your way are fat and ugly. Now imagine you are that 12-year-old girl, and it is somebody who you love and trust who hurts you with such words. ...

When I was at this ripe impressionable age, I attended a family dinner at my grandparents’ house.

At some point throughout supper, my grandpa announces to everyone at the table how fat he feels I am becoming.

I was stunned, speechless and, most of all, hurt.

In that moment, I wanted to scream words of hate towards him.

I wanted to run away and bury myself in the towering spruce trees in the back yard, never to have judging eyes look upon me again. And I wanted to cry.

LINDSAY The latter felt the most BROWN plausible and just before the stunned moment of disbelief ME PLUS THREE ended and the waterworks began, my auntie came to my rescue. She patted her father on his very robust belly and replied to his jest in a similarly insensitive tone, “Oh Dad, I wouldn’t be talking if I were you!”

The occupants of the table began to laugh, to which I joined in tentatively, and soon all was forgotten.

Well, forgotten by my family that is. As for the 12-year-old girl sitting at that kitchen table, it would take a very long time to learn how to grow a healthy self-confidence thereafter.

Now in present days, I try not to think in terms of fat and skinny. I want to see healthy people. I want to see people eating well-balanced meals, being active, and having an overall happy outlook on life.

So obviously this is how I would like to raise my children. I am not so naïve to think their selfassurance will not waver in times of adolescents and, of course, the high school years. But I do want to ardently assure that it is not from their family, the people who love them most, which they begin to question their confidence.

Recently Sophie has been losing some of her baby fat. I have noticed several family members approaching her and saying, “Oh Sophie! You are looking so

skinny.” As if this is some kind of badge of honour.

She is three, for god sakes!

I’ve seen mothers at the grocery store telling their daughters that they cannot buy the chips in aisle 3 because that will make them fat.

And I ask myself why does the word ‘fat’ have to be brought into it? Teach those babes that it is best to be healthy, because that will leave us with longer and more promising lives.

There are women I know who are stressing themselves out over how much fat and sugar their toddlers are eating, not because of the unnatural byproducts of the item, but because of the high amount of calories it contains.

And then to completely top it off, I will nonchalantly ask these women what in fact the definition of a calorie is. … And they cannot seem to conjure up an answer.

By continuously preaching to our children or in front of our children on all the dreadfulness that is fat and ugly, we are preconditioning them to a lifetime of faltering self-esteem and unhealthy life choices.

I tell my son he is handsome because he most definitely is, but I certainly do not leave it at that. He is bright, funny and one hell of a great dancer! My daughter is not only beautiful, but she is hilarious and a great story teller, too, which will be infinitely useful in later years. (Take it from me!)

I look at my precious children of five and three and do not want to do anything to them in these young years to cause a future filled with hardships due to low self-esteem and backwards values of worth in this world.

So instead of priding Sophie on how skinny she has become, I will give her a high five when she eats all her veggies. I will pride Lars on his love of the outdoors and encourage him to spend many hours exploring nature.

I will teach my kids that looks do not come before personality, despite what many cynical critics of today may say.

I grew up with tainted ideas of beauty and selfworth and I know the struggles I stressed with in living with these insane ideals. I have only just recently found out what it is I truly value in life and that is health and happiness.

And that is what I want my children to live by from their very beginning.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

In-laws must stay out of marital squabbles Q: Should I step in to help if I feel my son-in-law isn’t caring properly for my daughter and grandchildren? He constantly neglects to put oil in their car — which leaks like a sieve — so I do it. Basically, I end up doing almost everything in order to make sure that they’re safe and cared for.

Jim: I can appreciate your concerns and the emotions involved. Regardless, clear boundaries are an important part of healthy in-law relationships, and it’s critical to realize that this is an independent family unit for which you bear no immediate responsibility.

If your daughter and your son-in-law are happy together JIM and appear to have a relaDALY tively successful marriage, it’s best for everyone if you adopt a hands-off policy —leaky crankcase notwithstanding.

Otherwise, you jeopardize their relationship by shaming the husband in front of his wife.

That said, I’d agree that there’s a need for growth here, and your response is key as to the likelihood of that occurring. At this point, you might begin by apologizing for overstepping your boundaries and taking inappropriate actions in the past. Also, make up your mind that you will no longer be an enabler. Establish clear limits and boundaries. For example, you might say, “If your car breaks down on the highway, I’ll be happy to come and pick you up, but I can’t check and fill your oil anymore.” Then allow your son-in-law to feel the effects of the consequences of his actions.

Only then will there be motivation to change.

If there’s serious marital conflict brewing here, that’s a different story. If your daughter sees the difficulty and is reaching out to you for help, you may need to encourage her to take appropriate action.

This may include seeking guidance from a pastor

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or marriage therapist. Don’t hesitate to contact our Focus on the Family counseling staff if we can be of help.

Q: I realize it’s probably not a good thing, but I spend a lot of time on my smartphone: talking, checking emails, texting, posting to Facebook, getting caught up with news and sports, etc. I’m afraid my kids are getting the wrong message. I don’t want to say I’m addicted, but I’ll admit, this is an area where I really lack discipline. Any help?

Bob Waliszewski, Director, Plugged In: You’re not alone in this struggle. A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests that a lot of parents are being distracted by their mobile devices to the detriment of their children. Researchers observed 55 caregivers with young children at fast-food restaurants. Of those, 73 per cent used their mobile devices at some point during the meal. Nearly 30 per cent used them almost continually.

Although I know it won’t be easy, I’d suggest establishing clear and strict boundaries for your whole family regarding cellphone use.

A possible first move would be to collect all electronic devices, including yours, before mealtimes (not just at restaurants) and “lock” them away until after everyone is finished. If you’re really serious and courageous, you may want to allocate to everyone an additional 30 minutes after the evening meal to text, check emails, etc., but then call it quits for the night.

Designate for yourself set blocks of time each day during which you can be on your phone, and don’t go beyond those parameters. If the urge to give in seems overwhelming, remind yourself that as interesting as all the “stuff” in cyberspace may be, it’s much more important and meaningful to interact and engage as a family and to be actively involved in your children’s lives. Even more than keeping up with random “friends” on social media.

Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

One-third of kids read racist or sexist content online

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — More than one in three Canadian kids said they read racist or sexist content online on a daily or weekly basis, according to a new study.

But few would admit to posting offensive material themselves, says MediaSmarts, an Ottawa-based digital literacy organization that conducted a wideranging survey with thousands of students in each province and territory.

Nearly 80 per cent of the students polled in grades 4 through 11 said they had encountered racist or sexist content on the web at least once. For the oldest kids in the study, they said it was a frequent occurrence. More than half of the Grade 11 students said they read such content on a weekly or daily basis.

While a majority of the kids polled admitted to calling other students names online (82 per cent of girls and 74 per cent of boys) not many said they made racist or sexist slurs. Only five per cent of the girls surveyed and 17 per cent of the boys said they

had made fun of someone’s race, ethnicity or religion online. Three per cent of the girls and 10 per cent of the boys said they had joked about someone’s sexual orientation, and two per cent of the girls and six per cent of the boys said they sexually harassed someone online. While nearly 80 per cent of all the kids polled agreed that it’s important to speak out against racism and sexism, they were split on how they would actually react if put in a position to challenge someone.

About 57 per cent said they wouldn’t say anything because most of the time “people are just joking around,” and 45 per cent said they felt it was not their place to say something.

Despite the low numbers of kids admitting to posting racist or sexist comments themselves, 44 per cent agreed with the statement “my friends and I say racist and sexist things to each other online, but we don’t mean anything by it.” MediaSmarts conducted its poll — with the co-operation of parents and teachers — with 5,436 students in grades 4 through 11 last year. Questions on racism and sexism were only posed to the older students in grades 7 through 11.

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Automatic compliance “Civilization advances by extending the number of operations we can perform without thinking about them.”

– Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher “Do you remember the barn swallow?”

It was Father’s Day and my cousin Lloyd and I were reminiscing about our childhoods and our fathers in particular. As a child, Lloyd had spent nearly every summer on our family farm. We’d grown up together – more like brothers than cousins. It was a precious time.

“I can still see Uncle Albert ducking and diving for cover.”

I laughed heartily when Lloyd reminded me of the incident.

One Saturday morning a long time ago, Lloyd and I had been roused from breakMURRAY fast by my father’s frantic FUHRER outburst. We were surprised to find a barn swallow in the front porch. The bird was determined to drive off my father by dive-bombing him.

Each time the bird did so, Father would duck, cover his head and come up cursing. My father was a big man, over six feet, and to see him bobby and weaving to avoid attack from this tiny assailant was hilarious.

I knew swallows had built a nest in the peak of the porch roof. The little guy had obviously flown into the porch enclosure by accident. Mother soon came from the kitchen to investigate, followed by my brother and sister. Our presence agitated the bird severely and it tried with every fibre of its feathered being to escape – banging into the porch window repeatedly. De-spite all evidence that the window was closed, the bird kept pounding against it, pausing only when overcome by a moment of exhaustion, and then resumed the exercise in futility.

“Stop him,” my tearful sister cried. “He’s hurting himself.”

Every time one of us moved, the swallow launched into a new spasm of panic. The bird’s instincts clearly told it to fly toward the light. That might have worked in the open when a hawk swooped down toward it, but it was of little use here.

In the end, Mom tossed a tea towel over the frightened bird, carried it outside and released it into the air. It launched abruptly into flight and made for the clear and open sky.

Research suggests the brains of animals and birds are hardwired with what scientists call fixed-action patterns, so certain stimuli elicit specific responses.

Hence the swallow believed light signified freedom, despite evidence to the contrary.

As humans, we may know enough not to batter ourselves repeatedly against a closed win-dow, but we can also be slaves to our own “trigger” mechanisms. Whether we like it or not, most of us do respond in a predictable manner due to certain core beliefs embedded in our psyches. These biases produce what many experts refer to as automatic compliance. In other words, when another person hits one of our triggers, we’re most likely to respond in a certain preprogrammed manner without really thinking about it.

An understanding of these mechanisms has allowed mass manipulation by everyone from advertisers and the media to the political system, or so says Robert Cialdini, American social psychologist and author of the best-seller, Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion. Cialdini characterizes automatic responses with the phrase “Click-Whirr.” Click and the appropriate tape is activated. Whirr and out rolls the standard sequence of behaviours. Says Cialdini, “Evidence suggests that the ever-accelerating pace and informational crush of modern living will make this form of unthinking compliance more and more prevalent in the future.”

Cialdini cites the experiments of Ellen Langer, professor of psychology at Harvard University, which demonstrated that humans are more likely to comply with a request if a reason is also given, even if that reason makes no sense. The word “because” triggers the automatic compliance response.

“A well-known principle of human behaviour says that when we ask someone to do us a favour we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”

The good news is, unlike the swallow, we have the ability to transcend our programming and stop most automatic responses. We can choose to stop doing what doesn’t work and find a better way. And it all starts with awareness – a primary component to healthy self-esteem. In this instance, the word STOP is an acronym for: See, Think, Observe and Put it together. ● See. Become a photojournalist studying you.

Look for repetitive cycles and strategies that no longer serve you. Think about the ways in which your behaviour, thoughts and feelings are unwittingly contributing to the problem. Replay the situation that is causing you grief. As best you can, try to visualize a recurring stuck state in every detail. ● Think. How does your thinking influence the way you respond? What fears or self-defeating beliefs are contributing to this repetitive pattern of conduct? Are you dealing with feelings of inadequacy or using an old coping mechanism that no longer serves you? ● Observe. Take a step backward and notice your body language, tone of voice and facial expressions.

Imagine that you’ve captured the moment on film.

What do these photos illustrate that help you better understand the problem? Discover how you “do” the problem. ● Put it together. Raising your level of awareness and striving to attain a healthy level of self-esteem will help you to understand the interwoven emotional and mental factors that shape your world. The more aware you are of your fear and perceptions, the easier it will be to choose new and effective strategies and release automatic and unhealthy responses.

“There are two main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life,” writes Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. “The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we experience external conditions to make them fit our goals better.”

An awareness of better choices will free you make for the clear and open sky.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator.

For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca

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June 24 1997— The U.S. Air Force releases a report on the “Roswell Incident,” suggesting the alien bodies witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies.

1987 — Montreal AIouettes fold on eve of the Canadian Football League season opener.

1984 — Former National Hockey League president Clarence Campbell dies at age 78.

He was president from 1946 to 1977.

1968 — Sandra Post wins the U.S. LPGA Championship. The Ontario golfer is the first rookie and first foreign player to take the title.

1940 — Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King tells Parliament that “The government I lead will not bring in measures for conscription of Canadians for service overseas.”

1922 — The American Professional Football Association takes the name of the National Football League.

1918 — Royal Flying Corps Capt. Brian Peck inaugurates the first airmail service in Canada, piloting a biplane loaded with mail sacks.

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International induction DIVERSITY ON DISPLAY AS HOCKEY HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2014 ANNOUNCED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — While growing up in Sweden, Peter Forsberg never dreamt of going into what he called the “NHL Hall of Fame.”

That was a slip of the tongue, and after announcing a six-man class of 2014 that includes Forsberg, Canadian defenceman Rob Blake, American centre Mike Modano, Czech goaltender Dominik Hasek, late coach Pat Burns and referee Bill McCreary, selection committee chairman John Davidson expressed pride in the diversity of this group.

“We make it very clear that this is the Hockey Hall of Fame, it’s a world renowned hall of fame,” Davidson said Monday. “When we have a class like this coming into the Hall, I think that says a lot about our game and how worldwide it really is.”

In total, this group includes six Stanley Cups for five different NHL franchises and three Olympic gold medals for three different countries.

McCreary said he’d need an hour to be able to reflect on his memories of the five men who will go into the Hall of Fame with him.

Hasek will be the first Czech player inducted when this class is honoured Nov. 17 in Toronto, McCreary will be the first official to go in since Ray Scapinello in 2008, and Modano will enter as the highest-scoring U.S. born player in history.

Burns will be posthumously inducted as a builder four years after his death at the age of 58. The only coach to win the Jack Adams Award three times, he did so once each with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins and then captured the Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils.

The Montreal native’s induction was considered long overdue by many in the hockey community.

“I know that Pat would’ve been so happy, so grateful, so proud to accept this honour,” said his wife, Line. “It’s a very emotional day for the Burns family, I can tell you that.”

Blake was the only one of

the four players who had to wait beyond his first year of eligibility to make the Hall of Fame. The longtime defenceman said he approached this day much as he did a year ago when it was his initial chance, only this time his phone rang.

“Very rewarding when you answer that phone call,” Blake said.

“Kind of speechless when it happens and then you start recalling all the things that helped you get to where you are.”

Blake, a native of Simcoe, Ont., won gold for Team Canada at the 1994 and 1997 world hockey championships and then at the 2002 Olympics. In 2001, he won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche, the premier team achievement of a career that included 777 points in 1,270 games.

Forsberg was Blake’s teammate on that 2001 Avalanche team and also helped Colorado hoist the Cup in 1996. He also won gold at the Olympics and the world championship for Sweden, and he had 885 points in 707 NHL games. He won the 2003 Hart and Art Ross awards as league’s MVP and top scorer, respectively, as well as the 1995 Calder Trophy as rookie of the year.

His career was cut short by injuries, but his Hall of Fame case seemed clear well before that.

“I had a couple tough years in the last part of my career, but thinking back in the first 10 years of my career over there in the NHL and getting awarded like this, it’s an unbelievable day,” Forsberg said.

Hasek, a six-time Vezina and two-time Hart Trophy winner with the Buffalo Sabres and two-time Cup champion with the Detroit Red Wings, said earlier this year he never considered the Hall of Fame as a goal. On the day his shoein candidacy became official, “The Dominator” was reflective.

“What a fantastic time I spent over there,” said Hasek, who had seven straight seasons with a save percentage of .930 or higher. “I’m very thankful to say that I played hockey for such a long time (with) such great players.”

Modano was one great player who prevented Hasek from

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Peter Forsberg looks to pass the puck during an NHL game on March 6, 2008. Dominik Hasek, Forsberg, Mike Modano, Rob Blake, Pat Burns and Bill McCreary have been selected as the Hockey Hall of Fame’s induction class of 2014. winning a Cup with Buffalo, beating him with the Dallas Stars in 1999. He owns the record for points scored by an American-born player with 1,374.

The Livonia, Mich., native almost went to play for Burns with the QMJHL’s Hull Olympiques as a teenager in 1986 but ultimately chose the WHL’s Prince Albert Raiders.

He complimented the team and his first coach there, Rick Wilson, for helping spark his long NHL career.

“I wanted to play the game, I thought Canada was the best place to go as far as competition and the type of travel and

commitment the WHL had at the time,” Modano said. “The passion and the excitement that the Canadians had for the game of hockey I would’ve never been exposed to in Detroit as much as I was in Prince Albert.”

McCreary, a native of Guelph, Ont., is the 16th on-ice official to go into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He worked 1,700 regular-season and 282 playoff games, but his best story about a fellow inductee came from the first Olympics that involved NHL players That was in 1998 in Nagano, when he was on the ice for Canada’s semifinal game

against Hasek and the Czech Republic that went to a shootout. After a coin flip to determine who would shoot first, linesmen Janne Rautavuori and Kevin Collins went to the coaches to get the lineups while McCreary skated down the ice to where Hasek was.

“He came out of his crease and said to me, ’Is Gretzky shooting?’ Of course I didn’t know because I had not witnessed the list,” McCreary recalled.

“I found that unique that that was the only question he had to ask. ... Of course everyone from Canada knows the result of that question.”

World Cup picture becomes clearer Fleury gets DUTCH WIN GROUP, BRAZIL AND MEXICO ALSO ADVANCE WITH WINS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil relied on its star Neymar for two early goals to beat Cameroon 4-1 Monday and reach the World Cup’s knockout stage for a South American showdown against Chile, a 2-0 loser to the Netherlands.

Winning its Group B with its third straight victory made sure that the Dutch avoided the host so early in the tournament. Instead, the Netherlands will face Mexico, which beat Croatia 3-1 to advance alongside Brazil from Group A. Spain beat Australia 3-0 in an inconsequential game between already eliminated teams, a victory providing a little balm on the disappointing defence of its title.

With free-flowing games and buckets full of goals the rule in this outstanding tournament, it took until the final minutes of the Group A games for Brazil to make sure it advanced as group leader on goal difference over Mexico.

Both finished with seven points, with Croatia eliminated with three points, while Cameroon finished with three losses. Brazil finished first because it had a better goal differential than Mexico, plus 5 to plus 3.

The Netherlands was the first perfect team to advance, finishing ahead of Chile in Group B. Spain had three points with Monday’s win, and Australia had three losses.

Beyond the statistics, it again was Neymar who fully lived up to expectations of the 200 million football fans in Brazil with flair and lethal finishing, making the difference with first-half

Netherlands’ Memphis Depay, left, looks to the ball after scoring his side’s second goal during the group B World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Chile at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday.

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strikes against an African opponent that fought hard for one half before succumbing.

Neymar used array of spin moves and delicate touches to get by players, delighting the crowd in Brasilia — including Britain’s Prince Harry.

Neymar has four goals from three games to lead the top scorer’s standings, edging a group of five players with three goals.

Much like the opener, Neymar carried the weight for his team, scoring the first with a subtle inside-foot flick while adding a second with a darting run before wrong-footing the Cameroon goalie with a right-foot drive.

The oft-criticized Fred may have kept himself in the starting lineup with a header just after halftime. Substitute Fernandinho closed out the scoring for Brazil.

With everything to play for, Mexico came through

with three goals in a 10-minute spurt of excitement late in the game against Croatia.

So often in this tournament, goals deep in the second half have made the difference, and Monday was no exception.

The Dutch scored twice in the last 13 minutes against Chile to finish the group stage with three straight wins. Quite a turnaround for a team thought to be on the wane with aging stars like Arjen Robben.

Yet the Dutch have scored 10 goals in three victories.

Now, only the foolhardy would relish the prospect of facing the orange-clad team.

“We wanted to be first in the group. Now we will see what is coming at us,” said Robben, who added an assist against Chile to the three goals he scored in earlier games.

Leroy Fer scored a minute after going on as a substitute to get the Netherlands ahead in the 77th min-

ute. Then, when some other players had already gone down with cramps, Robben launched into another of his trademark sprints across the pitch and passed perfectly to Memphis Depay for the tapin that put the game away.

While Robben is going strong after hitting his thirties, age caught up with the Spanish stars this tournament, particularly in their 5-1 opening loss to the Netherlands.

They regained a little pride Monday. In a game of goodbyes, David Villa marked his final appearance for Spain with a record 59th goal for the national team.

Fernando Torres, who set off Spain’s rise by scoring the winner in the 2008 European championship final, also scored. Juan Mata added the third.

Spain also won the 2010 World Cup and repeated as European champs in 2012.

At least Spain avoided finishing last in its group.

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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invite to junior nats camp

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Red Deer Rebels defenceman Haydn Fleury is one of 45 players invited to the Canadian national junior hockey team’ summer development camp Aug. 3-8 in three Quebec centres — Brossard, Montreal and Sherbrooke.

Fleury, who is projected as a top-10 to top-15 pick in this year’s NHL entry draft Friday and Saturday in Philadelphia, is also one of 16 Western Hockey League players invited to the summer camp.

Other WHL players to received invitations include goaltenders Eric Comrie of the Tri-City Americans and Tristan Jarry of the Edmonton Oil Kings, defencemen Madison Bowey (Kelowna Rockets), Dillon Heatherington (Swift Current Broncos), Josh Morrissey (Prince Albert Raiders), Travis Sandheim (Calgary Hitmen) and Shea Theodore (Seattle Thunderbirds).

The WHL forwards set to attend the camp are Greg Chase and Jake Virtanen of the Hitmen, Jayce Hawryluk (Brandon Wheat Kings), Morgan Klimchuk (Regina Pats), Curtis Lazar (Edmonton), Nic Petan (Portland Winterhawks), Brayden Point (Moose Jaw Warriors) and Sam Reinhart (Kootenay Ice).

Conspicious by his absence on the invitation list is Rebels captain and forward Conner Bleackley, expected to be a late first-round or early secondround pick in this year’s NHL entry draft. However, with a strong showing through the first two and a half months of the 2014-15 season, Bleackley can earn himself an invitation to the national junior team final selection camp in December. ● The WHL preseason schedule will be released today and the regular-season schedule will be released Wednesday. ● The Canadian Hockey League import draft is scheduled for July 2.

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SCOREBOARD Baseball

Local Sports

Toronto Baltimore New York Boston Tampa Bay

American League East Division W L Pct 43 35 .551 40 35 .533 39 36 .520 35 41 .461 31 47 .397

GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 7 12

Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 40 32 .556 40 36 .526 37 39 .487 36 38 .486 35 42 .455

GB — 2 5 5 7 1/2

Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Texas Houston

West Division W L Pct 47 29 .618 41 33 .554 40 36 .526 35 40 .467 33 44 .429

GB — 5 7 11 1/2 14 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Miami (Heaney 0-1) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 3-3), 5:05 p.m.

Oakland (Kazmir 9-2) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 7-5), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Archer 4-4), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Bailey 7-3) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 3-1), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Harang 5-6) at Houston (Feldman 3-4), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-2) at Kansas City (Duffy 4-6), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 5-4) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 5-4), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (S.Miller 7-6) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-6), 6:40 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 4-5) at Arizona (Miley 3-6), 7:40 p.m.

San Diego (Hahn 2-1) at San Francisco (Hudson 7-3), 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Detroit 10, Cleveland 4 Cincinnati 4, Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 5, Houston 2 Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 0 Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Seattle 2, Kansas City 1 Boston 7, Oakland 6, 10 innings L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2

Monday’s Major League Linescores

Monday’s Games Baltimore 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Toronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 3 Pittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Boston at Seattle, late Tuesday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-7) at Baltimore (Mi. Gonzalez 4-4), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4) at Toronto (Buehrle 104), 5:07 p.m.

Oakland (Kazmir 9-2) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 7-5), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Archer 4-4), 5:10 p.m.

Detroit (Smyly 3-6) at Texas (Lewis 5-4), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Harang 5-6) at Houston (Feldman 3-4), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-2) at Kansas City (Duffy 4-6), 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 4-5) at Arizona (Miley 3-6), 7:40 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 6-5) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-6), 8:05 p.m.

Boston (Peavy 1-5) at Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4), 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Detroit at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

New York 000 100 002 — 3 6 0 Toronto 160 100 00x — 8 13 0 Whitley, Huff (4), Kelley (8) and McCann, Cervelli; Stroman, Jenkins (9), Loup (9) and D.Navarro.

W—Stroman 4-2. L—Whitley 3-1. HRs—New York, Teixeira (13). Toronto, Lind (4).

INTERLEAGUE Pittsburgh 204 000 011 — 8 10 0 Tampa Bay 100 000 000 — 1 6 1 Volquez, J.Gomez (9) and R.Martin; Cobb, C.Ramos (6), Yates (8) and Hanigan. W—Volquez 5-6. L— Cobb 2-6. HRs—Pittsburgh, P.Alvarez (12).

LAD 000 000 021 — 3 8 0 Kan. City 020 012 00x — 5 11 0 Greinke, J.Wright (6), C.Perez (8) and A.Ellis; Guthrie, W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W— Guthrie 5-6. L—Greinke 9-4. Sv—G.Holland (22).

HRs—Los Angeles, Ad.Gonzalez (13). Kansas City, S.Perez (9).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Miami 200 000 002 — 4 7 0 Phila.

000 000 000 — 0 6 2 Eovaldi, M.Dunn (7), A.Ramos (7), Gregg (8), Hatcher (9) and Saltalamacchia; R.Hernandez, Hollands (7), De Fratus (8), Bastardo (9), Giles (9) and Ruiz. W—Eovaldi 5-3. L—R.Hernandez 3-6.

Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 40 35 .533 38 37 .507 38 38 .500 35 41 .461 34 41 .453

GB — 2 2 1/2 5 1/2 6

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 47 31 .603 42 35 .545 38 37 .507 38 38 .500 31 43 .419

GB — 4 1/2 7 1/2 8 14

West Division W L Pct 45 30 .600 42 36 .538 34 42 .447 32 44 .421 32 47 .405

GB — 4 1/2 11 1/2 13 1/2 15

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona

AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 001 002 100 — 4 8 0 Baltimore 200 000 013 — 6 15 0 Sale, Guerra (7), Putnam (8), Belisario (9) and Flowers; W.Chen, R.Webb (6), Brach (8) and C.Joseph.

W—Brach 1-0. L—Belisario 3-4. HRs—Chicago, J.Abreu (22). Baltimore, A.Jones (14), C.Joseph (2), C.Davis (13).

Cincinnati 100 000 005 — 6 8 0 Chicago 000 001 000 — 1 5 1 Simon, Broxton (8), Ondrusek (9) and Mesoraco; Samardzija, Schlitter (7), Strop (8), H.Rondon (9), Russell (9) and Castillo. W—Broxton 3-0. L—H. Rondon 1-2. HRs—Cincinnati, Mesoraco (13). Chicago, Rizzo (16).

Wash.

003 000 000 — 3 7 0 Milwaukee 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 G.Gonzalez, Barrett (7), Storen (8), Clippard (9) and Lobaton; Garza, Fiers (8), Gorzelanny (9) and Lucroy. W—G.Gonzalez 4-4. L—Garza 4-5. Sv— Clippard (1). HRs—Washington, LaRoche (9).

St. Louis 003 110 300 — 8 6 0 Colorado 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 Lynn, Choate (9), Motte (9) and Y.Molina; Chacin, F.Morales (7), Belisle (9) and Rosario. W—Lynn 8-5.

L—Chacin 1-6. HRs—St. Louis, Ma.Adams 2 (8).

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—Tulowitzki, Colorado, .355; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .331; MaAdams, St. Louis, .328; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .317; Puig, Los Angeles, .312; CGomez, Milwaukee, .312; LaRoche, Washington, .310; Gennett, Milwaukee, .310.

RBI—Stanton, Miami, 58; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 52; Morneau, Colorado, 51; Howard, Philadelphia, 50; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 46; McGehee, Miami, 46; HRamirez, Los Angeles, 46.

DOUBLES—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 28; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 26; Utley, Philadelphia, 24; SCastro, Chicago, 23; Span, Washington, 23; FFreeman, Atlanta, 22; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 22.

TRIPLES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 8; BCrawford, San Francisco, 7; Owings, Arizona, 5; Span, Washington, 5; Yelich, Miami, 5; 6 tied at 4.

HOME RUNS—Stanton, Miami, 20; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 18; Frazier, Cincinnati, 17; Gattis, Atlanta, 16; Rizzo, Chicago, 16; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 15; Desmond, Washington, 14; Howard, Philadelphia, 14; JUpton, Atlanta, 14.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 11, Miami 5 Cincinnati 4, Toronto 3 Washington 4, Atlanta 1 St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5 San Francisco 4, Arizona 1 Monday’s Games Miami 4, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1 Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 1 Kansas City 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Washington 3, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 8, Colorado 0 San Diego at San Francisco, late

Football CFL

Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

East Division GP W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

PF 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0

Pt 0 0 0 0

B.C. Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

West Division GP W L T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PF 0 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0 0

Pt 0 0 0 0 0

Week 1 Thursday’s games Toronto at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 28 Montreal at Calgary, 1 p.m.

Edmonton at B.C., 4 p.m.

Sunday, June 29 Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

Week 2 Thursday, July 3 Ottawa at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 4 B.C. at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Hamilton at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 5 Saskatchewan at Toronto, 1 p.m.

Soccer FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE ak-Advanced to knockout stage GROUP A GP W D ak-Brazil 3 2 1 ak-Mexico 3 2 1 Croatia 3 1 0 Cameroon 3 0 0

At Manaus, Brazil Honduras vs. Switzerland, 2 p.m.

GROUP F

L GF GA Pts 0 7 2 7 0 4 1 7 2 6 6 3 3 1 9 0

ak-Argentina Nigeria Iran Bosnia-Herz.

GP 2 2 2 2

W 2 1 0 0

D 0 1 1 0

L GF GA Pts 0 3 1 6 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 0

Wednesday, June 25 At Salvador, Brazil Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran, 10 a.m.

At Porto Alegre, Brazil Nigeria vs. Argentina, 10 a.m.

Monday, June 23 At Brasilia, Brazil Cameroon 1, Brazil 4 At Recife, Brazil Croatia 1, Mexico 3

GROUP G GROUP B GP ak-Netherlands 3 ak-Chile 3 Spain 3 Australia 3

W 3 2 1 0

D 0 0 0 0

L GF GA Pts 0 10 3 9 1 5 3 6 2 4 7 3 3 3 9 0

Germany United States Ghana Portugal

GP 2 2 2 2

W 1 1 0 0

D 1 1 1 1

L GF GA Pts 0 6 2 4 0 4 3 4 1 3 4 1 1 2 6 1

Thursday, June 26 At Brasilia, Brazil Portugal vs. Ghana, 10 a.m.

At Recife, Brazil United States vs. Germany, 10 a.m.

Monday, June 23 At Curitiba, Brazil Australia 0, Spain 3 At Sao Paulo Netherlands 2, Chile 0

GROUP H GROUP C ak-Colombia Ivory Coast Japan Greece

GP 2 2 2 2

W 2 1 0 0

D 0 0 1 1

L GF GA Pts 0 5 1 6 1 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 1

GP 2 2 2 2

W 2 1 0 0

D 0 0 1 1

L GF GA Pts 0 3 1 6 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 1

Thursday, June 26 At Curitiba, Brazil Algeria vs. Russia, 2 p.m.

At Sao Paulo South Korea vs. Belgium, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, June 24 At Fortaleza, Brazil Greece vs. Ivory Coast, 2 p.m.

At Cuiaba, Brazil Japan vs. Colombia, 2 p.m.

ROUND OF 16

GROUP D ak-Costa Rica Italy Uruguay England

ak-Belgium Algeria Russia South Korea

GP 2 2 2 2

W 2 1 1 0

D 0 0 0 0

L GF GA Pts 0 4 1 6 1 2 2 3 1 3 4 3 2 2 4 0

Tuesday, June 24 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Costa Rica vs. England, 10 a.m.

At Natal, Brazil Italy vs. Uruguay, 10 a.m.

Saturday, June 28 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Brazil vs. Chile, 10 a.m.

At Rio De Janeiro Group C winner vs. Group D second place, 2 p.m.

Sunday, June 29 At Fortaleza, Brazil Netherlands vs. Mexico, 10 a.m.

At Recife, Brazil Group D winner vs. Group C second place, 2 p.m.

GROUP E France Ecuador Switzerland Honduras

GP 2 2 2 2

W 2 1 1 0

Wednesday, June 25 At Rio De Janeiro Ecuador vs. France, 2 p.m.

D 0 0 0 0

L GF GA Pts 0 8 2 6 1 3 3 3 1 4 6 3 2 1 5 0

Monday, June 30 At Brasilia, Brazil Group E winner vs. Group F second place, 10 a.m.

At Porto Alegre, Brazil Group G winner vs. Group H second place, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, July 1 At Sao Paulo Group F winner vs. Group E second place, 10 a.m.

Today

● Golf: Alberta Open at Wolf Creek, first tee at 7 a.m. ● Golf: Red Deer Golf and Country Club Skins Game, 5 p.m. ● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede Jace Harty Memorial bull riding, 6:30 p.m. ● Women’s fastball: Alberta Kaizen vs. TNT, Alberta Kaizen vs. Stettler, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Topco Oilsite vs. N. Jensen’s, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; North Star Sports at Lacombe Physio, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place vs. North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Okotoks at Red Deer, 7 p.m., West Park. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer at Rocky Mountain House, 7 p.m. ● Sunburst baseball: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday

● Golf: Alberta Open at Wolf Creek, first tee at 7 a.m. ● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.

Parkland baseball: Acme at Innisfail 7 p.m.

Thursday

● Golf: Alberta Open at Wolf Creek, first tee at 8 a.m. ● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; chuckwagons and pony chuckwagons at 6:30 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Nighthawks vs. Printing Place, Lacombe Stone and Granite vs. North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Women’s fastball: N. Jensen’s vs.

TNT, N. Jensen’s vs. Lacombe Physio, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; North Star Sports vs. Topco Oilsite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2; Snell/Oslund at Stettler, 7 p.m.

Friday

● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; chuckwagons and pony chuckwagons at 6:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Eckville at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; Acme at Lacombe, Innisfail at Rocky Mountain House, 7 p.m. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Red Deer at Innisfail, 8 p.m., Arena Blue.

Saturday

● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; chuckwagons and pony chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday

● Rodeo: Ponoka Stampede, 1 p.m.; chuckwagons and pony chuckwagons, 6:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Acme at Eckville, doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigned RHP Edgmer Escalona outright to Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with LHP Randy Wolf on a minor league contract. Sent 3B Michael Almanzar to Frederick (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Transferred RHP Luke Putkonen to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Pat McCoy from Toledo (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed OF Alex Jackson.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled OF Anthony Gose and OF Kevin Pillar from Buffalo (IL).

Placed INF Brett Lawrie on the 15-day DL. Optioned C Erik Kratz to Buffalo.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned SS Argenis Diaz outright to Reno (PCL).

CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned LHP Tsuyoshi Wada to Iowa (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Wilton Lopez to Colorado Springs (PCL). Recalled RHP Rob Scahill from Colorado Springs. Selected the contract of C Jackson Williams from Colorado Springs. Placed C Michael McKenry on the bereavement list PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP Ethan Martin to Lehigh Valley (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent 2B Neil Walker to Bradenton (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed LHP Jaime Garcia and RHP Michael Wacha on the 15-day DL; Garcia retroactive to June 21 and Wacha to June 18. Recalled RHP Eric Fornataro and INF Pete Kozma from Memphis (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Selected the contract of RHP Odrisamer Despaigne from El Paso (PCL).

Placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 15-day DL. Transferred RHP Casey Kelly from the 15- to the 60-day DL. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent OF Bryce Harper and C Wilson Ramos to Potomac (Carolina) for rehab assignments.

American Association AMARILLO SOX — Signed RHP Cephas Howard.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Released INF Colt Loehrs.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Traded INF Jose Cuevas to Trois-Rivieres for a player to be named.

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released INF Guillaume Aubin and C Alexandre Beland.

Frontier League JOLIET SLAMMERS — Released OF Tyler Grogg.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed INF Josh Miller. Released INF Denver Chavez.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Released RHP Hayden Shirley.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DENVER NUGGETS — Announced F Darrell Arthur and G Nate Robinson exercised their contract options for the 2014-15 season.

Women’s National Basketball Association NEW YORK LIBERTY — Signed F Charde Houston.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed TE Jeron Mastrud and S Adrian Wilson to one-year contracts.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Charles Bailey, Bobby DePaul, Mike Hagen, Ron Hill and James Kirkland senior personnel associates and Scott Aligo player personnel associate. Promoted Sam DeLuca and Harrison Ritcher to player personnel associate and Colton Chapple to BLESTO scout.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL Dominique Easley and OL Chris Martin.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed QB Mike Reilly to a contract extension through the 2016 season.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed LB Kyle Norris.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Named Trent Yawney assistant coach. Extended the contracts of senior vice-president of hockey operations David McNab and director of player personnel Rick Paterson.

Promoted director of professional scouting Dave Baseggio to assistant to the general manager.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed D Andrei Markov to a three-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Acquired F R.J. Umberger and a 2015 fourth-round draft pick from Columbus for LW Scott Hartnell.

PHOENIX COYOTES — Announced they will be known as the Arizona Coyotes, effective June 27.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Named Willie Desjardins coach.

ECHL STOCKTON THUNDER — Signed F Tyler Maxwell.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014

Top golfers ready to tee off at Alberta Open

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Defending champion Riley Fleming of Crossfield is among the field of 96 golfers entered in the 2014 Alberta Open which started this morning at Wolf Creek.

Fleming is also among 33 professionals in the tournament competing for a $19,000 purse, including a championship prize of $4,000. Other ‘name’ pros in the field are Darryl James, Randy Robb and Todd Halpen, all of whom are seeking their first Alberta Open title despite strong performances in previous Opens, including James’ runner-up finish last year.

Top-flight amateurs include five-time champion Wes Heffernan and 2010 champ Jamie Kureluk.

Former Red Deer golfer Zak Griffiths, now a pro playing out of the E-Club of Reno, Nev., is joined by 12 other Central Albertans. The list includes Wolf Creek amateurs Tom Boston, Blair Neal, Jared Nicholls and Kolby Vold, Wolf Creek pro Clint McAllister, amateurs Matt Codd and Brett Pasula of Red Deer, Ron Harder of Innisfail, Cody Albert of Sylvan Lake, Dane Thorogood of Sundre and Chad Cargill of Lacombe, and Alberta Springs pro Troy Butterfield.

“This is a top notch field combined with players from the Alberta Golf Development team, PGA of Alberta, PGA Tour Canada and top collegiate ranks,” said tournament director Robert Forshner. “I expect we’ll see some low scoring this week with a handful of players fresh off competing in the PGA Tour Canada’s Syncrude Boreal Open in Fort McMurray this past weekend, and others in the full swing of the tournament season.

“At the same time, the Links Course at Wolf Creek should provide a challenging test as the various elements associated with links golf are present on this particular 18 holes at Wolf Creek.”

The 54-hole tournament runs through Thursday.

JUNIOR GOLF A bogey-bogey finish knocked Red Deer’s Grant Numrich out of first place at the Maple Leaf Junior Tour Mountain View Classic at the Olds Golf Club on Sunday.

Numrich, 16, entered the final day in top spot after being the only juvenile boy to crack 80 on Saturday, but shot an 82 on Sunday to finish at 161, one stroke behind Calgary’s Jordan Biollo, 16.

Numrich was still the top Central Alberta golfer at the event.

Ryan Morrell finished fifth place at 166 (82-84-166).

Jared Nichols, 17, finished in a logjam for third place in junior boys at 155 (75-80), while Kolby Vold, 18, was eighth at 160 (81-79) and Chandler McLaren, 18, was 10th (83-82-165) — all of them from Ponoka.

Red Deer’s Carter Graf, 13, (80-80-160), meanwhile, finished tied for fifth in bantam boys with Lacombe’s Chase Broderson, 14, (78-82-160), while Sylvan Lake’s Jordan Cooke, 12, (88-81-169) had a seven-shot improvement on the second day to finish tied for eighth.

Red Deer’s Clare McMahon, 16, (91-95-186) finished third in the girls event.

Silver Sharks attack podium at Edmonton Summer Solstice Long Course Swim Meet Three Red Deer Silver Sharks Masters Swim Club members cleaned up at the Edmonton Summer Solstice Long Course Swim Meet on the weekend, qualifying for the Fédération Internationale de Natation (International Swimming Federation or FINA) Masters World Championships in Montreal in August.

Deb Langvand led the way with four golds (50-metre fly, 38.47 second; 100 m freestyle, 1:18.13; 50 m freestyle, 35.50; 100 m breaststroke, 1:43.44) and one silver (200 m IM, 3:21.08) in the women’s 5-59 age group.

Derek Langvand came back with two gold (100 m fly, 1:11.94; 200 m free, 2:31.04), two bronze medals (50 m fly, 29.32; 100 m freestyle, 1:01.57) and one fourth place finish (50 m freestyle, 28.51) in the men’s 25-29 age group.

Michael Miller also had a big weekend with two golds (100 m breaststroke, 1:25.21; 50 m breaststroke, 38.25), one silver (200 m breaststroke, 3:08.58) one bronze (50 m freestyle, 28.40) and one fourth place finish (100 m freestyle, 1:03.74).

The event featured swimmers from across Alberta, Victoria, Regina and Nepean as a warm up competition for the world championships.

LOCAL LACROSSE The Red Deer Rage suffered a pair of losses in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League senior women’s weekend action, falling 10-3 to the Calgary Cougars and 12-6 to the Edmonton Bandits.

Janelle Sullivan, Sydney Adams and Leah Boucher tallied in the loss to Calgary. Sullivan and Deanna Hume each scored twice against Edmonton, with singles added by Boucher and Dannell Aebly.

Junior B tier 2 Nate Bellanger sniped three goals and netminder Jared Ferguson turned in a second straight stellar performance to lead the Red Deer Renegades to a 12-7 win over host Medicine Hat Sunday.

James Woods, a call-up from the Lacombe midget ranks, and Logan Sinclair each potted two goals and added an assist, Ryan Svederus, Austin Johnson and Chase Bowell each had a goal and two helpers and Tyler Schumacher and Calum Anderson contributed single goals for the Renegades, who improved to 122 and moved into sole possession of first place in their division.

On Friday, the Renegades travelled to Lacombe and came away with a 16-7 win over the Lacoka Locos.

Bellanger and Schumacher led the way, each with four goals and an assist, while Boswell netted three goals and added two assists and Brandon Magill had two goals and a single helper.

Cody Rush chipped in with a goal and three assists, Sinclair and Tucker Kambeitz also scored and Carter Copeland-Blair and Svederus had four and three assists, respectively.

Dustin Bell and Tyler Bell turned in two-goal efforts for the Locos, who got additional markers from Tucker Dougherty, Riley Workman and Liam Ventry.

The Locos were 14-11 losers to the host Calgary Wranglers Saturday, the visitors getting five goals and two assists from Dustin Bell, four goals and a single helper from Workman and two goals courtesy of Tyler Bell. Carson Barnes picked up four assists in a losing cause.

Minor lacrosse The Lacoka C-Key Trucking midgets were eliminated from the Central Alberta League playoff picture during the weekend, falling 7-5 to Innisfail.

Meanwhile, the Lacoka Strand Media bantam squad earned a spot in the playoff final with a pair of weekend wins that followed a 6-4 loss to Sylvan Lake. The Strand team edged Olds 8-7 and avenged their lone loss with a 13-2 pounding of Sylvan Lake.

The Lacoka Strand Media peewee II team advanced to a sudden-death gold-medal game against Sylvan Lake by beating the Red Deer II team 8-6 and downing Sylvan Lake 8-5.

In novice play, the Lacoka McDonald’s I team fell 4-2 to Didsbury in regional quarter-final action, then — with just two playoff losses — earned bronze despite falling 5-1 to Red Deer III.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Bo Levi Mitchell will open the CFL season as the Calgary Stampeders starting quarterback.

John Hufnagel, the Stampeders head coach and GM, made the announcement Monday, saying Mitchell will be under centre Saturday when the Stampeders host the Montreal Alouettes. Former starter Drew Tate will serve as the backup.

“In my mind it really doesn’t matter who’s the starting quarterback for Game 1,” Hufnagel told reporters. “It’s a long season, they’re all going to play, and I believe they both will play well when they’re on the field.”

Tate became Calgary’s starter late in the 2011 season but has been plagued by injuries since then. Veteran Kevin Glenn posted a 20-8 record over two seasons as the Stampeders’ starter and last year Mitchell went 3-0 when called upon. Glenn was taken in the CFL expansion draft by the Ottawa Redblacks in December before being dealt to the B.C. Lions during the CFL draft.

Mitchell, entering his third season with Calgary, was 94-of-135 passing last year for 1,156 yards with 10 touchdowns and three interceptions.

Eskimos sign quarterback Mike Reilly to extension EDMONTON — Mike Reilly is staying put as the Edmonton Eskimos’ quarterback and promises his days as the team’s rushing leader are over.

The Eskimos announced Monday they’ve signed the 29-year-old to a contract extension through 2016.

“To really have my career start here and to be able to continue that and hopefully finish my career here is something I’ve wanted since the day I signed,” Reilly said. “This is obviously a step in that direction.”

The former Central Washington star began his CFL career in 2010 with the B.C. Lions before being dealt to Edmonton on Jan. 31, 2013. The six-footthree, 230-pound Reilly started all 18 of Edmonton’s regular-season games last year. He finished second among CFL quarterbacks with 4,207 passing yards and 24 TDs for a team that missed the playoffs with a dismal 4-14 record.

Reilly also led the Eskimos — and all CFL quarterbacks — in rushing, amassing 709 yards on 84 carries for an 8.4-yard average with one touchdown.

Flyers acquire Umberger from Blue Jackets, send Scott Hartnell to Columbus PHILADELPHIA — Welcome back, R.J. Umberger.

The Philadelphia Flyers acquired Umberger and a fourth-round pick in the 2015 draft from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Scott Hartnell on Monday.

Umberger makes a return to the Flyers after spending the past six seasons with Columbus. Last season, Umberger had 18 goals and 16 assists in 74 games to help the Blue Jackets reach the playoffs.

The Flyers also made another move, signing centre Brayden Schenn to a multi-year contract.

Umberger gives the Flyers some cap relief. He has three years left on his contract at $4.6 million per year while Hartnell has five years remaining at $4.75 million per.

The popular Hartnell appeared in 517 games for the Flyers over seven seasons with 157 goals and 169 assists.

He was acquired from Nashville on June 18, 2007.

Canucks hire Willie Desjardins as head coach VANCOUVER — Willie Desjardins has built champions in major junior hockey and the AHL. Now he’ll get the chance in the sport’s biggest league.

Desjardins was hired as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.

It’s his first NHL head coaching job, and he’ll join new president of hockey operations Trevor Linden and firsttime NHL general manager Jim Benning as the Canucks rebuild following a disappointing 2013-14 campaign.

Desjardins was also rumoured to be a candidate to take over in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins boast a roster that includes superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. The former coach of the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers said a chance to return to Canada was too good to pass up.

Desjardins, a native of Climax, Sask., most recently led the AHL’s Texas Stars to a Calder Cup championship.

He spent two years with Texas, winning the AHL’s coach of the year award in 2012-13 when he led the Stars to their first ever South Division regular season title and the number one seed in the Western Conference for the 2013 playoffs. Prior to his tenure in the AHL, Desjardins spent two seasons as an associate coach with the Dallas Stars from 2010 to 2012. He also served as head coach (2002-2010) and general manager (2005-2010) of the Tigers, where he led the team to two Memorial Cup tournaments, including an appearance in the 2007 final.

Lambert takes over as head coach of Kelowna Rockets KELOWNA, B.C. — The Kelowna Rockets named Dan Lambert the team’s new head coach with the departure of Ryan Huska for the Calgary Flames organization.

Lambert was Huska’s assistant coach for last five seasons. Huska departed to take a job as coach of Calgary’s American Hockey League affiliate in Glens Fall, N.Y. Lambert is a former defenceman who played 29 games for the NHL’s Quebec Nordiques. He spent several seasons in minor pro and the German leagues before retiring in 2009.

The 44-year-old from St. Boniface, Man., won a Memorial Cup playing for the Swift Current Broncos in 1989.

Lambert will be Kelowna’s eighth head coach after Huska held the job for seven seasons. The Rockets set a franchise record for wins in 2013-14 with 57 and posted the Western Hockey League’s best record.

to be focused every night.”

Fraser has won the Ponoka Stampede once before, but it was too long ago, in his mind. He’s part of the Dorchester family legacy, that the Ponoka Stampede proudly salutes with the $50,000 Tommy Dorchester Dash for Cash.

“My grandfather, this is his show.

He did really well here, and he was part of the community,” commented Fraser. “It means a lot for our family to make it to the Finals.”

When it comes to famous Ponoka families, the Butterfields have a similar legacy in rodeo. But one of the current family contestants is grappling with a sore knee this week. 2012 Canadian saddle bronc champion Luke Butterfield was on crutches and not competing at Innisfail. He’s lost the crutches, but there’s some uncertainty on his status.

“I was riding at Sisters, Oregon, and I sat on my foot, so basically my foot came up in the saddle and then I came down on it, so like a hyperflexion,” explained Butterfield. “It hurt bad. I couldn’t even walk on it, so I was on crutches. But they told me to get off those as soon as I could.

“It’s feeling a lot better, I just can’t quite get it straight yet. I got an MRI and (Pro Rodeo) Sports Medicine is going to read it. But I’m going to get on here at Ponoka and see. I’ve got a nice horse drawn here Wednesday to test it out, and then pick and choose from there where I go.”

Butterfield plans to limit his travels, so he can focus on Ponoka and his

Jays hammer Yankees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 8 Yankees 3 TORONTO — With their lead atop the American League East on shaky ground after a disappointing road trip, the Toronto Blue Jays wanted to set the tone early for a nine-game homestand with a strong effort against New York on Monday night.

Adam Lind provided the power and rookie starter Marcus Stroman had the best start of his young career as the Blue Jays dumped the Yankees 8-3 at Rogers Centre. Stroman, making his fifth start for Toronto, allowed one earned run and three hits over a career-high eight innings.

“Shoot, it was a fantastic job,” said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. “We needed that. We needed shutdown innings early on to give us a chance to get on the board. Pretty impressive.”

Toronto (43-35) opened the scoring

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Bronze-medal winners included Shawn Lee and Lindsay Hall, with two apiece, Pratt, Dawson Campbell, Burton Willey and Tyson Wakaluk.

Lee also picked up a pair of silver medals in a cruiser class, while Noah Boyko won a cruiser silver and bronze.

Peter Snape garnered two cruiser bronze, with Willey earning one.

with a single run in the first inning and Lind belted a three-run shot off New York starter Chase Whitley in the Blue Jays’ six-run second. That was enough offence for Stroman (4-2), who tied a career high with seven strikeouts.

“I felt my change-up was a big pitch today,” he said. “Even though I didn’t use it much, when I did use it, it was pretty crucial. I was just down in the zone today. Me and (catcher Dioner Navarro) got on a pretty good roll.”

Stroman’s lone blemish was a solo shot by Mark Teixeira in the fourth inning to put New York (39-36) on the board. The Yankees fell into third place with the loss, 2 ½ games behind Toronto. The Baltimore Orioles remained in second place, 1 ½ games back, after a 6-4.

Toronto’s offensive outburst was most welcome for a team that was coming off a disappointing 3-7 road trip and had been held to three runs or less in 11 of its last 16 games.

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Ty Redbear of the Red Deer BMX Club snared two gold medals in provincial races at Lethbridge during the weekend.

Redbear won gold in the 20-inch class of both races. Also winning gold were teammates Alexia Callum, Christopher Morris, Nicholas Hammer and Devon Murfitt.

Murfit, Morris, Hammer and Callum also won a silver medal, while Charlie Nelson, Olivia Wandler, Royce Redbear, Molly Simpson and Ryan Ray-

upcoming appointment to ride at the Calgary Stampede.

While Wednesday is the first day of pro rodeo action at Ponoka, the 12th annual Jace Harty Memorial PBR Bull Riding event goes tonight at the Stampede grounds at 6:30.

With the size of the purse, and the amount of PBR points up for grabs, the event attracts some of the big names of bull riding world. Arkansas rider Chase Outlaw is back to defend his title. But B.C.’s Ty Pozzobon won the long round last year, and finished third overall, and he’s been on a roll.

“I actually won a PBR on Thursday night in Saskatchewan, and split Sundre, so it was a pretty good weekend for me,” said Pozzobon. “I just got back up to Canada the middle of May after going to a lot of PBR’s down south. I’m about 20th in the World now. I think I have the PBR Finals in Vegas made, so that’s kind of nice at this time of the summer. It takes a little pressure off so you can just go have fun and ride bulls.”

“I ride at the PBR in Ponoka Tuesday, and then I go down to Reno, and then to Williams Lake, and then back to Ponoka (for the rodeo). We’ll be getting on a bull almost every day here for the next couple of weeks. It’s busy, but it’s good.”

The Ponoka Stampede begins with an evening rodeo performance Wednesday at 6:30. After that, the rodeo goes daily at 1:00 pm, followed by the pony and WPCA chuckwagon races nightly at 6:30, through to the July first Finals.

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The Ponoka Stampede has upped at Ponoka for decades. the ante again.

“It’s the most prestigious event on As preparations for this year’s 78th our Tour,” emphasized the Grande annual event are finalized, organiz- Prairie chuckwagon driver. “This is ers have put an extra $5000 per event the one you want to win. It’s all the into the rodeo purse. The tradition here, and this is cash will go to the Showone that you focus on really down event, meaning the hard.”

July first winner will colThat means the early sealect an extra $7500 as chamson tweaking of the team pion, over and above what has to be wrapped up, and they’ve earned through the the best horses ready to perfirst part of the week. Those form. are big dollars in the rodeo “The trial and error part world. should be over by now. It’s In fact, the Ponoka Stamtime to shorten the bench, pede lays claim to being because the real running the richest rodeo in North starts right here at the PonoAmerica over the July first ka Stampede. We’ve got the DIANNE long weekend, one of the guys we’re going to go with FINSTAD busiest runs in the pro seafor the next three weeks.” son. That also puts them in Fraser is sticking with the top ten paying rodeos of his main gunners from last the year. year, after some of his promThis year the committee ising new horses came close, also boosted the overall purse for the but couldn’t quite crack the starting WPCA races by $50,000. That brings it lineup. Early into the season, and with to a total of $325,000. Add to that, an- last weekend’s High River race postother $40,000 purse for tonight’s Jace poned, Fraser is sitting 15th in the WPHarty Memorial PBR bull riding event, CA world race. The points are close, and there’s a whole lotta moola on the and drivers will tell you it’s anyone’s line! game this season whenever the claxton But for the hardworking volunteers sounds. of the little town with the big heart, it’s “The horses have run really well. worth it to keep up the reputation of They’ve been right there every night,” the world famous Ponoka Stampede. insists Fraser. “The pilot, though, The competitors know what’s at stake, hasn’t been. It’s just one of those and they wouldn’t miss it for the world. things. Lack of concentration someBut it also builds some extra pressure. times, I guess. It’s really a mental thing.

World Champion wagon man for Any cowboy, golfer or hockey player 2013, Rick Fraser, has been competing will tell you the same thing. You’ve got

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DEAS Martha Elizabeth 1927 - 2014 Martha Elizabeth ‘Betty’ (nee Waller) left family and friends to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, May 30, 2014 at the age of 86 years. Betty was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1927. She met and married her husband, John in 1948.

Martha leaves to mourn her daughter, Bonnie (Ken) Meier and her son, Dave (Carolyn) Deas, son-in-law, Geoff Tagg and daughter-in-law, Dianna Deas, fourteen grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her mother, Edith, her husband, John, siblings, Katherine and Rick, her son, John Edwin, her daughter, Heather Patricia Tagg and her grandson, Troy Andrew Ian Deas. Martha will be lovingly remembered as the devoted and caring matriarch of the family.

EDMONDSON Robert “Bob” Robert (Bob) Edmondson passed away on Friday, June 20th, 2014 at the age of 87 years. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Joyce, four children; Sheila (Gerry), Stella (Ted), Karen (Dale), and Wayne (Dawn), six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A Time of Remembrance to visit with family will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Thursday, June 26th, 2014 between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Lung Association of Alberta, P.O. Box 4500, Station South, Edmonton, AB, T6E 6K2.

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RIX Russell Scott Russell passed away suddenly in his home on June 16, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Joan; daughters, Angie and Krista; mother, Judy; siblings, Patrick (Heather), Michael, Linda Miller (Rick) and Judy Peer (Eric); and by numerous nieces, nephews and many friends. He is predeceased by his father, Reginald. A Memorial Gathering will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 67 Street, Red Deer.

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SIMPSON Ronald Irving 1957 - 2014 Mr. Ronald Irving ‘Ron’ Simpson passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at the age of 56 years.

Ron was born on August 21, 1957 at Moncton, New Brunswick (Pine Glen) and spent most of his life there.

He worked for many years for Underground Services in New Brunswick. In recent years, Ron moved to Red Deer where he worked for Denali Oilfield Services. He made many friends there; adding to all the ones down east that will greatly miss him. Ron’s kind and loving spirit touched the lives of all who knew him. Ron will be lovingly remembered by his mother, Edith Simpson and his sisters and brother, Joy Simpson, Joanne Fenbow (Fred), Rodney Simpson and Denise Suehsschlot (Joe); as well as his nieces, nephews, cousins and his many friends.

A Celebration of Ron’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

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SCOTT Evelyn Florence 1936 - 2014 Mrs. Evelyn Florence Scott, formerly of Red Deer, passed away peacefully at Bethany Sylvan Lake, Sylvan Lake, Alberta on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at the age of 78 years.

Evelyn was born in the farming community of Gadsby, Alberta on June 13, 1936. She received her early education in Castor and began her lifelong career with the Bank of Montreal.

She married Ronald Budvarson and they were blessed with two children, Mitchell and Michelle. After Ron’s death she married Andrew “Drew” Helmer and was blessed with two children, Calvin and Christine. At this time the young family moved to Red Deer where she continued her career with the Bank of Montreal. In 1974 she met and then married James Douglas “Jim” Scott and was again blessed with two step sons, Steven and Stacey.

Evelyn enjoyed camping, playing cards, bowling and curling.

She was a dedicated employee and a very independent woman.

She spent many wonderful days with family and close friends at the Wilderness Village near Rocky Mountain House. Evelyn is survived by her daughter, Christine (Tahl) Burk and their children, Brody and Jennifer; her son Stacey (Carrie) Scott and their children, Jonathan, Jordan and Shannon; her son-in-law, Wes Thompson as well as her grandchildren, Tyler and Tanessa Thompson; Tony, Christopher and Tasha Scott.

She was predeceased by her parents, Edna and Bernard Johnson; her husband, Ronald Budvarson; sister, Sharon Sloan; her husband, James “Jim” Scott and her children, Mitchell, Michelle, Calvin and Steven. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to S.T.A.R.S. - Shock Trauma Air Rescue at www.stars.ca.

A Celebration of Evelyn’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive) on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be held at the Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer.

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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

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Love Mom: Jane Porlay, and Dad: Armand Aquino

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Apply in confidence to careersit@chatters.ca or fax resume to 1-888-409-0483, clearly identifying the position you are applying for. Only those suited for the position will be contacted, no phone calls please.

Dental

740

EXP’D receptionist req’d for general and cosmetic dental office. 4 day work week Mon. - Thurs, guaranteed monthly salary, with generous active bonus plan. Please reply with resume to info@saby.com Resume may also be delivered to 100 3947-50a ave, Red Deer, AB. T4N 6V7.

Contact Dr. Brian Saby at 403-340-3434

Medical

790

F/T REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST REQUIRED. Apply in person to Associate Chiropractic.

5415 49 Ave.

Oilfield

800

****REQUIRED IMMED*** Vac Truck Operator / Swamper and Oilfield Painter in the Bentley Area. Must have up to date tickets and a good driving record. Please email resume and tickets to tayriver1@hotmail.com or fax to (403)748-3036 LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

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Canada Day Hours & Deadlines OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY JULY 1 THE RED DEER ADVOCATE IS PUBLISHED

Red Deer Advocate for Tues.July 1 Deadline is Mon. June 30 @ 5 Red Deer Advocate for Wed. July 2 Deadline is Mon. June 30 @ 5 Central Alberta Life for Thur.July 3 Deadline is Fri. June 27 @ 5 Bashaw Star for Wed. July 2 Deadline is Thur. June 26 @ noon Rimbey Review for Tues. July 1 Deadline is Thur. June 26 @ noon Stettler & Weekender for Wed.July 2 & Fri. July 4 Deadline is Thurs. June 26 @ Noon Castor Advance for Thurs. July 3 Deadline is Thurs. June 26 @ Noon Ponoka News for Wed. July 2 Deadline is Thur. June 26 @ 5 Sylvan Lake News & Eckville Echo for Thur. July 3 Deadline is Fri. June 27 @ Noon

Classifieds 309-3300

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, June 24, 2014 B9

800

Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

850

Trades

Ponoka’s Fabrication shop is looking for

CWB Structural hand welders.

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

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@ OIL & GAS OPERATOR telus.net. No phone calls please. Bearspaw currently has a CJ-CSM Inspection Ltd. Is position in our Stettler field operations for an intermediate presently accepting oil and gas operator. Applicants applications for Tubing must have experience as a Inspector. Salary will commensurate experience. heavy duty mechanic or journeyman instrument Applicants will be mechanic and possess requested to provide a strong mechanical skills, copy of their driving be quick learners, motivated abstract as well as a criminal record check from and hard working and live their local police service or or be willing to relocate within a 20 minute commute RCMP Detachment.

Applicants must possess to workplace location. This nothing less than a Grade position offers a challenging 12 education. Considera- work environment, attractive tion will be given to those benefits with competitive who have oilfield experi- pay and significant room for promotion. ence, as well as current Please submit resumes H2S, WHMIS, and First Aid Certification.

Applicants are requested Attn: Human Resources to forward resumes to: CJ- email:kwolokoff@ CSM Inspection 114-172 bearspawpet.com Clearview Drive Red Deer Fax 403-252-9719 County, AB T4E 0A1 They Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 may also be faxed to 1-403-347-1774 or emailed tocmcclelland@ cj-csminspection.ca. *No Phone Inquiries Please* TRIUMPH Well Service is now accepting applications for all positions.

Experience req’d. Tickets and drivers license required. Top wages and benefits with contracted work. email hr@ triumphwellservice.com EXPERIENCED OILFIED HEAVY EQUIPMENT Restaurant/ OPERATORS. Must have Hotel all safety tickets.

Competitive wages.

GRILLER’S Steak House Fax-403-749-3367 in Rocky Mtn. House is Something for Everyone looking for Cook’s. Wage Everyday in Classifieds $15-$20./hr. dependant on exp. Submit resume to: Classifieds grillersbanquets@ Your place to SELL gmail.com or fax to Your place to BUY 403-845-7469

820

Oilfield

800

EAST SIDE MARIO’S HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS Full Time & Part Time.

Apply after 2 p.m. ask for the manager on duty.

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

COMPANY req’s live in retired couple to caretake and maintain our apartment operations.

Journeyman plumbing exp. an asset. Call Mike for details 403-342-4923

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

FALL START •

850

Trades

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s permanent F/T front counter staff for all shifts (days, eves. and wknds).

Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. 90 cents - $1 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 Tar-ific Construction is currently seeking a truck driver with Class 1 or 3 licence. Excellent benefit package, home every night. Fax 403-340-1246 or email tarific@ telusplanet.net.

RAMADA INN & SUITES

req`s Permanent ROOM ATTENDANTS Attendants. Exp. not nec. will train. Approx. 35 - 40 hrs/wk. Rate: $12.75 $14/hr. Duties incl’d but not limited to: vacuuming, dusting, washing floors, making beds, empty trash, disinfecting & cleaning bathrooms. Performance based bonus program.

Must be fluent with verbal TRUE POWER ELECTRIC l& written English, be Requires physically fit. Applicants may apply in person at QUALIFIED 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer 1st yr. through to T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: JOURNEYMAN info@ramadareddeer.com ELECTRICIANS

Sales & Distributors

830

GRATIAE is seeking 5 Retails Sales reps selling skin & body care products in Parkland Mall 4747 67th St. Red Deer, $12.10/hr + bonus & comm.

F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d.

Email resumes: gratiaereddeersr@ gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T - P/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. req’d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission.

F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d.

Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to **POSITION FILLED**

Trades

880

Misc.

Help

Community Support Worker Program

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HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

850

Absolute Fusion Contracting is a welding, fabrication, maintenance and repair facility requiring a supervisor/instructor.

Knowledge and experience in fabrication with engineered drawings or designing from instruction.

Strong mechanical ability for repair and maintenance.

Must be able to organize and instruct up to 10 employees.

Comprehensive Benefit plan.

Wages are negotiable with experience and attitude.

Please forward resumes and references by fax to 403-309-7134 or by email to info@absolutefusion.ca No Phone Calls Please!

GED Preparation

With Residential exp. a must. Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

860

Truckers/ Drivers

CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment.

Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841

Required Immediately Parts Delivery Driver 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

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Operator 2 Position 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.

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Advanced Pedicurist wanted immediately for permanent full-time shift work, including weekend, day and evenings. $15/hr 40hrs/week. Must have Pedicure Certificate from a school with focus on MediPedi Service delivery. Apply by fax to The Foot Loft 403.302.3700 or by email at thefootloft@gmail.com

Application Closing Date: June 30, 2014.

Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to: Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta TOC OBO Fax: (403) 747-2660 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka

850

Trades

MARINE TECHNICIAN RV TECHNICIAN Are you currently in Service and do you have experience working on boats or RVs? We are looking to add a new Marine Technician and an RV Technician to the Go Auto team at Go RV and Marine. We’re looking to find passionate staff members within the Go Auto Group that want to grow and improve our service department and want this as the next step in their career.

NOW HIRING

If you are highly motivated, detailed, and have excellent time management skills, we want to hear from you today!

Skills Requirements: Previous experience Self-motivated Excellent Communication Skills Multi-tasking ability High attention to detail

Wage negotiable.

780-818-8524

Don’t wait! Make that satisfying career move! Apply today!

Email Employee Experience at:

careers@goauto.ca 403.347.3300

IS HIRING!

TRY Central Alberta LIFE SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

415011F14-27

or email: hr@eaglebuilders.ca.

KENO

Setting up tents, deliveries, maintaining tents, warehouse work. This is an outdoor position, rain or shine. Must be physically fit. 40-50 hour week, full-time days, weekends, seasonal - great for students. Valid drivers license required. Apply 5929-48 Ave, or e-mail sales@ parklandrentals.com

100,000 Potential Buyers???

Applicants are able to apply online or fax resume to 403-885-5516 ATTN: Human Resources

LAS VEGAS STYLE

Customer service. Pick and pack customer orders for pick up and delivery.

Receive, count, sort and store incoming inventory.

Stock and clean showroom, general cleaning duties. Operate computer and cash register for transactions.

Warehouse environment. $13/hour plus benefits.

Full-time days. Apply 5929-48 Ave, or e-mail sales@ parklandrentals.com

DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE READ BY

www.eaglebuilders.ca

BINGO GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE

PARTY AND WEDDING EQUIPMENT STOCK PERSON

TENT SET UP CREW

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: - QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER - CONCRETE FINISHERS - CARPENTERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at

Req’d immed.

Certified asbestos workers.

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

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

Do you feel you are ready for the next step in your career?

EXPERIENCED EXCAVATOR OPERATOR for local commercial construction company.

Please fax resume with current drivers abstract to 403-342-6881

F/T or P/T Seamstress needed for busy alteration shop ASAP. Must have sewing exp. Please drop off resume to Gloria’s Alterations in Bower Mall.

RENTAL STORE Requires a Front End Person.

Duties include assisting customers, answering phones, data entry, deliveries.

Must be organized, have computer knowledge, and be physically fit.

Being mechanically inclined and having construction knowledge an asset. Full time.

Apply 5929-48 Ave. or email: sales@parklandrentals.com

850

Trades

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

PT office help and or Class room Instructor req`d. Please call Street Wise Driving School.

403-340-8848

RED DEER

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880

Misc.

Help

PEST CONTROL TECHS REQ’D. cpest@shaw.ca Call 403-373-6182

EXP. PAVERS WANTED Call 403-341-6900 or Fax: 877-787-1605

64

Bingos

STETTLER TRANSIT MIX Drivers wanted for mixer/pumping concrete.

403-742-2134 or email:stettlertransitmix @gmail.com

880

Misc.

Help

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

WANTED: CASHIER. Drop off resume to 5211 50 Ave.

WELLHEAD ISOLATION SERVICE TECHNICIANS AND TRAINEES

No rigs please Please submit resume to hrombough@ geminicorp.ca or contact at 780.997.5215

860

Truckers/ Drivers

416372F23-28

800

414947F30

Oilfield

CALL 309-3300

Check Out Our Progressive Pots @ www.reddeerbingocentre.ca

wegotservices

MONDAY: SENIORS DAY

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

25% OFF AFTERNOONS; 50% OFF EVENINGS* *GOLD BOOKLETS ONLY

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

WEDNESDAY

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

FREE COFFEE/TEA DAY

FRIDAY: PATRONS DAY

Accounting

25% OFF AFTERNOONS; 50% OFF EVENINGS*

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

*GOLD BOOKLETS ONLY

RED DEER BINGO CENTRE 4946-53 Ave. 347-4504 (Just West of Superstore)

Cleaning

Check Us Out @ www.reddeerbingocentre.ca

Afternoon & Evening Bingo 7 Days a Week Oilfield

800

VINYL SIDING / WINDOW / EAVSTROUGH CLEANING Package pricing.

Free quotes. 403-506-4822

1100

Join us for an Open House Job Fair for the following positions:

415134F27

Water Transfer Laborers

Date: Wednesday July 2nd, 2014 Time: Drop in anytime between 10:00am – 3:00pm Location: Sheraton Red Deer Hotel (3310 50 Ave) Essentials: Bring your own resume and appropriate FUHGHQWLDOV FHUWLÀFDWHV

1070

CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE Avail. to start cleaning houses on July 7. Call: Sharla at 403-357-7801 pls leave msg.

Meet our Recruitment Team!

•

1010

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER Const. Ltd. Decks, reno’s, roofing, flooring. Free est. Call Geoff 403-302-8550 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Computer Services

1110

DO YOU REQUIRE confidential, professional Contractors services that can provide assistance 7 days a week?

I provide administration BLACK CAT CONCRETE support with documents Garage/patios/rv pads such as: writing/editing sidewalks/driveways reports, resumes, Dean 403-505-2542 briefings, business letters, BLACK CAT CONCRETE meeting notes and more.

Garage/patios/rv pads Please contact Zodie @ sidewalks/driveways 403-785-7150 or Dean 403-505-2542 zodie.groves@gmail.com if you require assistance.

DALE’S Home Reno’s Start your career!

Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 See Help Wanted

Eavestroughing

1130

EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822 VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

Massage Therapy

1280

Painters/ Decorators

1310

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

WALK-INS WELCOME Free Est. 403-872-8888 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Celebrate your life VII MASSAGE with a Classified #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. ANNOUNCEMENT Pampering at its BEST! Escorts 403-986-6686 Come in and see Roofing TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car why we are the talk of the town.

RE-ROOFING Specialist Handyman Quality work at an www.viimassage.biz

1165

Services

1200

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

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

International ladies

Now Open

1370

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

affordable price. 10 yrs. exp. 403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

Property clean up 340-8666 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res.

Locally owned. BBB member.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

Moving & Storage

1300

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

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

Window Cleaning

1420

WINDOW CLEANING Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. MOVING? Boxes? Appls. outside/inside. Free quotes.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 removal. 403-986-1315 403-506-4822

B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, June 24, 2014

900

Employment Training

ARE YOU FINDING RETIREMENT NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE? Feeling bored or worried about retirement finances?

There is help! The SAGE (Successful Adults Gaining Employment) Program can give you the opportunity to explore post-retirement career options that work for you! You will spend eight weeks learning new skills in high demand within today’s labour market, acquire industry specific training certifications, prepare for the GED exam, and receive introductory computer skills followed by up to ten weeks of on-the-job work experience in an industry of your choice.

SAGE is designed to assist the older worker to remain active and engaged in today’s labour market!

Call Career Assistance Network at (403) 341-7811 to register for this FREE program sponsored by the Government of Alberta and Government of Canada.

Call today! Space is limited for the June 27th program!!!

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Advocate Opportunities

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

6 days/week in:

4 PC. velvet livingroom set LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. $200 403-358-5568 SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 ANTIQUE Solid oak round claw foot pedestal table & 4 chairs. $1500 O.B.O. 403-396-5516 COMPUTER DESK W/ HUTCH. 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 59.5” w x 57” h x 24.25” d, 1997 SKIDSTEER Case 403-596-2444 slide out tray. 2 file drawers.

1840, only 3300 hrs.

KENTWOOD Light oak. $75. $15,500. 587-679-1000 Newly renovated bachelor, 403-347-7858 1 & 2 bedroom suites Kirby St. & DARK wood bureau w/mir- available in central location.

EquipmentKennings Cres. leasing@rentmidwest.com ror and 2 matching night Heavy 1(888) 679-8031 tables $120 obo; retro magazine table from MUSTANG ACRES TRAILERS for sale or rent SUNNYBROOK 1950’s $30 obo 2 bdrm. Water & heat Job site, office, well site or MOBILE HOME 403-506-9453 incld, clean and quiet, storage. Skidded or PARK FUTON, black tubular great location, no pets. wheeled. Call 347-7721. frame w/mattress, 2 403-346-6686 matching cushions 80”L x 69 Street & 63 Ave 45”w, like new valued over $400, now Firewood $200 403-314-2026 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, Call Joanne OAK oval table and 4 AFFORDABLE N/S. No pets. chairs $150 403-314-4308 Homestead Firewood 403-596-2444 403-358-5568 for more info Spruce & Pine - Split You can sell your guitar 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 SECTIONAL, 3 pce.

Looking for a new pet? for a song... $300. obo, 2 pc. china Check out Classifieds to or put it in CLASSIFIEDS LOGS cabinet $200 obo and we’ll sell it for you!

Semi loads of pine, spruce, find the purrfect pet.

403-848-1499 tamarack, poplar.

SOLID oak oval kitchen Central Alberta’s Largest Price depends on location. table 38 x 42 w/4 chairs Rooms Lil Mule Logging Car Lot in Classifieds plus leaf $150 obo 403-318-4346 For Rent 403-506-9453 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner ROOM FOR RENT WANTED BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / $550./mo. 403-352-7417 Antiques, furniture and Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 estates. 342-2514

GLENDALE

EquipmentMisc.

1620

Household Furnishings

1720

CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery 3 days per week.

NO WEEKENDS!!

Suites

KENTWOOD

JOHNSTONE CROSSING Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Classes Starting Soon!

HEALTH CARE AIDE Academy of Learning HCA program offers:

3 On-Site Clinical Practicums No Waiting List Scrubs are provided

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

www.academyoflearning.ab.ca

Household Appliances

CLASSIFICATIONS

1710

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

INNISFAIL The papers arrive ready to deliver.

NO COLLECTING!

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

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in WOODLEA AREA 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $175./mo

1540

1720

PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316

PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE

Papers arrive at your home and are ready to deliver.

Phone 403-314-4316

MORRISROE INGLEWOOD AND SOUTHBROOK AREAS Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

3900 - 4200 Blocks of 43A Ave. EASTVIEW

Phone 403-314-4301

For More Information Call Jamie at 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends

INNISFAIL Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave SUNNYBROOK AREA Springfield Ave. Sunnside Cres.

Sutton Close Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Dr. also Lister Cres. & Lockwood Ave. also Landry & Lawson Close Law Close/Lewis Close VANIER AREA Vanson Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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

Sporting Goods

1860

MUST SELL Deer head mounts on shields, professionally done, only 2 left $100/ea. 403-314-2026

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Vans Buses

5070

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)

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Automotive Services

5010

Cars

5030

CLASSIFICATIONS

2010 LINCOLN MKZ, white, 21,000 km. As new. $25,500. 403-783-2805

4010

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 Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life afternoons & evenings 3 days per week

WESTPARK SUBDIVISION 35 Street 37 Street 41 St. Cres 58 Ave. Welton Cres.

Westpark Cres.

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

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

* Adults * Youths * Seniors * Carriers are Needed to Deliver Central Alberta Life afternoons & evenings one day per week

SPRINGBROOK The papers arrive ready to deliver.

NO COLLECTING! Phone 403-314-4316 ************************** To order your own home or office delivery of the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper Phone our Circulation Department at 403-314-4300

ULTIMATE TRUCK CAMPER 2007 Okanagan 117 DBL 2 Slides, Sleeps 6, Full bath & kitchen. Queen. Huge. Mint $24,250 obo 403-620-8106

Motorhomes

2008 PONTIAC G6. 131,000 km. $7500. 403-346-6470

2002 FORD Dynamax (B Plus) 25’, 25,000 mi. A1 cond., E450, V10, loaded, rear 3 pc bath, power bed slide-out. $32,500. 587-876-2308

1991 ALLEGRO-BAY 29’.

Class A, 35,000 miles, Generator, AC, Rear Bed, Exc. Cond. $10,000 obo.

Call 403-442-3837

2003 MALIBU, good running order. 223,000 kms. $1650. 403-346-6999 2001 SATURN; 1999 Chrysler LHS, $1400. ea. 403-598-2591

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

1988 23’ TIOGA 460 Ford motor, $6900, obo exc. cond. low km. **SOLD**

Fifth Wheels

2000-2290

Tractors

2030

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

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Houses For Sale

at www.garymoe.com

2008 KUSTOM KOACH 24.5’ exc. cond, 1 owner, 110 Watt solar panel, 1 slide, fantastic fan $19,900.

403-986-3834

4020

CUSTOM BUILT NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

HOUSE FOR SALE IN BLACKFALDS

Locally owned and family operated

Trucks

5050

2004 TITANIUM model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $23,500 obo.

403-347-1050 or 304-4580

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

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1 YR. OLD 1200 WATT GENERATOR 1 hr. use $200 obo 403-314-0804 BEER fridge, McClary 5 SHEETS 5/8” O.S.B. $175 obo. 403-314-0804 board 1-24’W, 2-17 3/4”w Bicycles and 2-16”w, ALL 8’ L, all KENMORE washer for $15; 2 sheets 3/8” $150 403-358-5568 DIAMOND BACK O.S.B. board 1-21’w and 1-10”w, both 8’L all $5, MEN’S BICYCLE. Household several misc. pieces of 2 yrs. old. $100 obo. wood all for $5; 4 chrome 403-347-5955 Furnishings tooth brush and glass holdClassifieds...costs so little ers wallmount all $10; wall 2 BAR STOOLS, $10/ea.

Saves you so much! shelf Dr. Brown arborite SMALL DESK & CHAIR, $40. covered 5’L x 9 1/2”W $5, 403-346-0674 TOO MUCH STUFF? 4 sets of 2 L shaped fancy Let Classifieds 4 PC. solid maple bdrm. shelf brackets 7 1/4” x 10” help you sell it. suite $200 403-347-3849 $5/set 403-314-2026 SLEEPING BAG, $10.

Advocate Rubbermaid COOLER & Thermal Jug, $15; green Opportunities coverall size 44T $15; stainless steel thermos $8; ovewrnight bag $10.

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Marble/Hardwood floors, Steam shower, 2 Master Suites, Wrap around Deck, Hot tub. Located next to Green space S/W of Rocky Mtn. Hse. 2 Garages and 40X60 heated Shop.Zoned for Horses and Business.

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LEGACY ESTATES 60yrs + condo. 403-350-5054 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.

ACREAGE FOR SALE www.greatapartments.ca East of Didsbury, 10.25 acres, exceptionally reno’d main house, second house, shop, 4 Plexes/ machine shed, barn, other out 6 Plexes buildings, fenced, 2 waterers.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014

Sunscreen can protect against cancercausing UV rays

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS With all the warnings about skin cancer from excess sun exposure, the need to put on sunscreen while outdoors is pretty well a no-brainer. But it takes more than a quick slather to successfully to protect the skin from potentially harmful ultraviolet rays.

The effectiveness of a sunscreen to limit skin exposure is measured by its sun protection factor, or SPF, number.

The higher that number, the more protection a product will provide against UVB rays, the ones that cause sunburns.

“People need to use SPF30 and up, and what that reflects is proper UVB protection,” says Dr. Anatoli Freiman, chair of Canadian Dermatology Association’s sun protection program. “Number 2, the sunscreen should be broadspectrum, meaning it protects against UVA and UVB as well.”

The Canadian Dermatology Association reviews research on various sunscreens and those that meet scientific standards get its stamp of approval. While the CDA logo on the packaging helps consumers know they are choosing an approved product, Freiman acknowledges that many people still don’t use sunscreens to get their utmost benefit.

Here is advice for using sunscreen to optimize protection from the sun’s harmful rays: GETTING STARTED: Sunscreen should not be used for babies six months and younger, nor should their delicate skin be exposed to direct sunlight. But older children and adults should be vigilant about using sunscreen, which should be applied at least 15 minutes before going outdoors so it can be absorbed by the skin.

PICK THE CORRECT SPF: The CDA recommends that consumers use a minimum sunscreen strength of SPF30.

“The question is: is the more SPF, the better?” said Freiman, who is also medical director of the Toronto Dermatology Centre. “And typically, yes, because the higher the SPF, like SPF60, the higher the protection. But the curve sort of plateaus, so with SPF30 you get about 97 per cent protection against UVB rays, and with SPF60, you’re getting into about 98.5 coverage.

“So it’s incremental increases. That being said, a lot of people underapply sunscreen. So therefore you get a little bit better protection.”

While no one becomes immune to sunscreen’s effects over time, people have different sensitivities to the sun and may need to use a higher SPF product than others to achieve the protection they need. Fairskinned people, for instance, can burn more easily than darker-skinned people whose skin contains more melanin, the pigment in skin.

“Some folks who take certain medications can be more sun-sensitive,” says Freiman, suggesting they may need to use a product with a reading of SPF60 or higher.

DON’T SKIMP: Freiman advises applying the equivalent of about a shot glass-full of sunscreen over the body and about five millilitres (a teaspoon) on the face.

“Sometimes people forget obvious places, behind the ears, the lower lip (and) the back of the hands,” he says.

And don’t forget the toes, which are can be exposed in sandals, and the backs of the knees and legs, common sites for melanoma to develop.

REAPPLY FREQUENTLY: Generally, sunscreen should be reapplied every two hours during exposure to the sun (even on seemingly overcast days), but it may be needed more often depending on how hot the weather is and types of activity, he says.

“Nothing is completely waterproof or sweat-proof, so they’re more water-resistant,” Freiman says of products that are formulated for those engaging in water sports and strenuous, perspirationproducing exercise. Usually, such sunscreens recommend reapplication every 40 to 80 minutes.

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People in the gallery celebrate after the Senate voted to legalize medical marijuana at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. on Friday.

New York lawmakers legalize medical marijuana for severely ill

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is set to become the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana under an agreement announced by legislative leaders.

Shortly after midnight Friday, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said the bill would be voted on later in the day when Republican lawmakers had reviewed the legislation.

Skelos, of Long Island, said he planned to vote for the legislation and believed there were enough votes to pass the bill in the upper chamber.

The so-called Compassionate Care Act would legalize certain forms of marijuana for severely ill patients.

The legislation does not allow the drug to be sold in plant form or smoked, but it can be administered through a vaporizer or in an oil base.

Earlier in the negotiations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to ban smoking the drug, saying it was wrong for the state to promote smoking.

“In the end you have to balance the needs of many of the patients and the truth is we’re coming to a point where less and less people smoke ... anyway,” said bill sponsor Sen. Diane Savino, a Staten Island Democrat, on Thursday.

Marijuana could be prescribed for at least 10 diseases — including epilepsy, AIDS, ALS and neuropathy — under the direction of the state’s health department.

The health commissioner would be able to add more illnesses.

If approved by the Legislature, the bill would allow the program to start in as soon as 18 months and would allow a governor to terminate it under advice from the health department or law enforcement.

“Medical marijuana has the

capacity to do a lot of good for a lot of people who are in pain, who are suffering and are in desperate need of a treatment that can provide relief,” Cuomo said during a news conference with lawmakers.

face a misdemeanour charge.

Patients will be required to carry registration cards showing they are authorized to possess the drug and can be prescribed a maximum 30-day supply. Five registered growing organizations will be allowed up to four dispensaries each throughout the state, with the counties where the marijuana is grown and sold receiving revenue from an excise tax.

Under the stipulation, cultiva— BILL SPONSOR SEN. DIANE SAVINO tors must grow the drug indoors in a secure facility.

Doctors would have to unCuomo was initially opdergo training to be eligible to posed to medical marijuana prescribe the drug and could earlier in his term but proface a felony charge punish- posed a pilot program in Januable by up to four years of ary to allow up to 20 hospitals prison if they write fraudulent statewide to administer the prescriptions. drug.

The bill does not require He initially wanted a fiveinsurance companies to cover year sunset period to evaluthe cost of the drug. ate the new program, but nePatients who sell their gotiations extended that to prescribed marijuana could seven.

‘IN THE END YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF MANY OF THE PATIENTS AND THE TRUTH IS WE’RE COMING TO A POINT WHERE LESS AND LESS PEOPLE SMOKE ...

ANYWAY.’

Food safety a new frontier for legal pot IF THE POT DOESN’T WORRY YOU, THE BACTERIA MIGHT

BY KRISTEN WYATT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — The marijuana in those pot brownies isn’t the only thing that can potentially make consumers sick.

The industry and regulators are taking a closer look at how pot-infused edibles are actually made.

The thriving edible marijuana industry In Colorado is preparing for new testing requirements — due to take in effect in October — to make sure the products are safe to eat and drink.

While consuming too much of an edible has been connected to at least one death and a handful of hospital visits since retail recreational sales began in January, officials say there have been no reports of anyone getting a food-borne illness from edibles.

Still, activists, producers and officials agree that safety testing is long overdue for a sector of the new pot market that, according to one industry estimate, has seen the sale of at least 8 million pieces this year.

Food safety testing is necessary “to building any sort of credibility for the industry ... to create that public confidence that we’re not just a

bunch of stupid kids throwing marijuana into cookies and putting them on the market,” said Jazzmine Hall-Oldham, general manager of Bakked, which makes cannabis concentrates and pot-infused chocolate bars.

With federal help in regulating production nonexistent because the drug is illegal under federal law, state and local governments have had to assemble a patchwork of health and safety regulations for foods with cannabis.

The agency that regulates Colorado’s marijuana industry, the state Department of Revenue, requires pot manufacturing facilities to meet the same sanitation requirements as retail food establishments, including adequate hand-washing and refrigeration.

But the question of whether the state’s 51 licensed recreational edible-pot makers meet those standards is left to local health departments, said agency spokeswoman Natriece Bryant.

State regulations requiring them also to pass tests for common food contaminants — such as E. coli and salmonella — don’t take effect until the fall.

In Washington state, where

retail sales are expected to begin the week of July 7, regulations call for samples of all marijuana sold for consumption to clear a “microbiological screening,” whether it’s in edible, smokeable or concentrate form.

The state’s Liquor Control Board has adopted limits for how many “colony forming units” of moulds, bacteria and yeast are considered acceptable, with zero tolerance for any presence of salmonella or E. coli.

Commercial pot kitchens in Washington must pass a state Agriculture Department inspection before people who make edibles can be licensed, and so far, only one such inspection has occurred.

The results of that inspection haven’t been released, and there will likely be no marijuana-infused brownies, cookies or other edibles on pot-shop shelves when sales begin.

In Colorado, for now it’s a case of buyer-beware when eating foods including cannabis.

In Denver, where most of Colorado’s edible-pot producers are located, health officials have been meeting with the businesses to explain new city requirements that edible marijuana processing fa-

cilities get inspected at least twice a year, the same as restaurants.

Denver’s manager for food safety inspections, Danica Lee, showed about 50 industry workers examples of bad food-prep sanitation — bottles of bleach on the foodprep surface and improperly stored utensils — and warned that they could face steep fines or even lose their licenses if they fail repeated inspections.

“We’re treating your industry like any other subset of the food industry,” Lee told the edible pot makers.

Hall-Oldham and other processors at the meeting seemed to welcome stricter oversight. Josh Fink, a former pastry chef who owns Medically Correct, which makes cannabis-infused candies and protein bars, said most of the people who are getting into the edibles business don’t have a food preparation background.

“They might know how to make four muffins at home but not 40,000 muffins at a time.

That’s where the training comes in,” Fink said.

Online: Sample Denver ediblepot inspection: http://bit. ly/1qazekV

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