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Frogs likely to croak REPORT SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE WILL HIT ALBERTA’S AMPHIBIANS HARD BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The peaceful croaking of frogs in ponds could eventually go silent, according to an assessment of how climate change could affect the province’s plants and animals. “Our grandchildren are going to see a much LIST OF different mix of species,” SPECIES AT said Chris Shank of the RISK A2 Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, an environmental agency sponsored by government and industry. Shank said that over the next 40 years, Alberta’s average temperature is likely to increase between 2.5 C and 3.5 C, while precipitation is likely to stay about the same. “It’s going to be drier, so the species have to be able to adapt to those changed conditions,” said Shank. Many species are already adapted to a wide variety of conditions and will probably do just fine. Those with narrower or more specific requirements will have to move, either further north or to higher elevations. “Amphibians — we’re talking about frogs, toads and salamanders — are probably the group that will be most affected,” Shank said. “They need standing water to breed in and we expect a lot of those shallow ponds to dry up, at least in some years, and they have very porous skin they need to keep moist. It looks like they’re going to be challenged.”

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Cole Edge brings a steer to the ground during the steer wrestling event at the Ponoka Stampede Wednesday evening. The Durant, Okla., cowboy posted a time of 3.8 seconds giving him the fastest time of the day during second go-round action. The Stampede continues through the week and over the weekend with daily rodeo action and professional chuck wagon racing running each night.

Anglin vows to defend seat in spite of alleged death threat BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Alleged death threats, implied bribes, constituency association ambushes and supposed Progressive Conservative Party skulduggery. A Wildrose nomination race in the

Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre riding held by MLA Joe Anglin has all of the above, according to the sitting candidate. The firebrand politician held little back on Wednesday as he pledged his determination to defend his seat against an 11th-hour challenge from his own constituency president, Jason

Nixon. Anglin said the behind-the-scenes intrigues are bordering on the “silly.” He filed a complaint with Calgary police after claiming he received a cellphone death threat on June 4 to step down or else.

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Problems at last weekend’s Run or Dye event has led Canyon Ski Resort to rule out hosting any future events associated with the U.S.-based company. Resort general manager David Martel said the event was poorly planned and organized. As a result, Martel said the Run or Dye organization or any affiliated com-

panies will not be allowed to hold another event at the resort. Martel said they have handled large events in the past that ran smoothly. He said there was some miscommunication when the organizers originally approached the resort to host the event. Martel said he has heard complaints about the road to the site and safety concerns from participants.

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GARDEN PARTY Joyce Acciaroli meets City of Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer as the Mayor’s Garden Party gets underway at Festival Hall on Wednesday. In the background are party volunteers Shannon Woolgar, Teresa Neuman and Mairi Anderson. Dressed in their Victorian outfits and party hats, they were helping to serve up tea, coffee and treats. Due to inclement weather the annual garden party was moved from City Hall Park to Festival Hall. Photo by JEFF STOKOE/ Advocate staff

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A list of Alberta creatures that are threatened by rising temperatures

CLIMATE: Species with narrow habitats at risk Those requirements make it harder for amphibians to hop or crawl across a field or clear cut in search of a fresh pond, said Shank. As a result, six out of Alberta’s 10 amphibian species are considered highly vulnerable to climate change. Eight of the 37 species of mammals assessed were considered highly vulnerable. Only five of the 55 species of birds assessed fall into that category. Climate is most likely to threaten those mammals and birds with narrow habitat requirements, such as Ord’s kangaroo rat in southern Alberta and the mountain-dwelling American pika, as well as the greater sage grouse and whooping crane. Species likely to flourish as Alberta’s climate changes are those already highly familiar — whitetailed deer, coyotes, blue jays and robins. “It’s the ones that biologists call generalists — the ones that don’t have specific habitat requirements, specific requirements for temperature or moisture, that eat a variety of species,” Shank said. “They’re going to do quite well. They’re probably going to increase.” Shank said that climate change pressures in Alberta will also be heavily affected by the province’s ongoing industrialization, but scientists haven’t figured out how to understand the interplay between those two factors. “We’ve identified that as a major issue. The interaction of climate change and human development, to determine how they’re going to interact is extremely complex and we haven’t determined a way to do that, but people are certainly thinking about it.” Meanwhile, Shank said Alberta could help out the most vulnerable species by finding them new places to live. “One thing we could do is establish some dispersal corridors to enhance their ability to move in response to climate change.” He also points out most of the vulnerable species are already endangered. “If we can continue and enhance our efforts to protect species at risk, it’s going to have a big effect on how biodiversity in general responds to climate change in Alberta.”

ANGLIN: Police unable to confirm incident Calgary Police Services were not able to confirm they had a file open on the incident on Wednesday. In a further bizarre twist a few days later, Anglin said a senior Wildrose party player offered him “in

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EDMONTON — The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, an environmental agency sponsored by government and industry, has done an assessment of how climate change could affect the province’s plants and animals. Here are the creatures found to be most at risk: Amphibians highly vulnerable to climate change in Alberta (10 total species assessed): Great plains toad Northern leopard frog Plains spadefoot toad Canadian toad Columbia spotted frog Long-toed salamander Birds highly vulnerable to climate change in Alberta (55 total species assessed): Greater sage grouse Whooping crane Rusty blackbird Burrowing owl Palm warbler Mammals highly vulnerable to climate change in Alberta (37 species assessed): Ord’s kangaroo rat American pika Wolverine Caribou Mountain goat Hoary marmot Bighorn sheep Water vole (Source: Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute) essence a bribe” a job with the Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta Energy Regulator or the Alberta Surface Rights Board in return for stepping down. “I absolutely just tossed him out of my office. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It’s like ‘Go away.’ “The fact that a staffer tried to do this told me there are some inside jobs going on with some of these people that is wrong for our party,” he said. Anglin said he does not believe Wildrose leader Danielle Smith is connected in any way with the back-room antics going on in the party. In fact, he’s positive she would not approve. He avoided going public until the party’s executive committee ruled on a challenge he launched against Nixon’s nomination. The committee sided with Nixon after meeting on Tuesday night. Anglin claims that a constituency board member must step down before filing their nomination papers. “(Nixon) didn’t do that. He hid in the bushes, so

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to speak, and he popped out at the last minute and I didn’t see him coming. “Good on him, he’s an opportunist. It’s a good move if you want to sneak up on somebody, but he didn’t follow the rules.” Anglin said he accepts the findings of the committee but is not satisfied. “I do not agree with them. I think they’ve gone off the rails.” Anglin believes Progressive Conservative supporters are at least partly behind the surprise nomination race. Longtime PC supporters bought memberships in Wildrose to try to unseat a sitting MLA because they know he would win in a provincial election, he believes. “That’s what’s going on here. This is a power play. (It’s) not from the fact that I’m doing a poor job. I’m doing too good a job and the PCs would love to see me go.” Anglin got a few PC noses out of joint in April when he announced $13.3 million in funding for a new seniors lodge, ahead of the provincial government’s official release. Anglin said he will stand on his record in his nomination battle. No MLA has done more to represent their constituents, he added. “I still like the fact I made my bones on being blunt and truthful and if I get voted out on being blunt and truthful, so be it. It’s called integrity and I’m going to live and die on it.” He admits some of his caucus members are not happy that he’s airing his party grievances in public. “But I’ve got to set out the difference between me and my opponent. The only way I know to do that is to bring it out in the public. “Unfortunately, it is about airing party laundry because the party’s fallen off the rails.” Nixon would not go into specifics about the nomination process because of party rules, but said he did nothing wrong. “What I will say is I am still on the ballot. I’m an accepted candidate by the party,” he said. “I do not believe I broke any rules.” Nixon dismissed suggestions of PC Party influence in the nomination race. “I’m running, first of all, because hundreds of people within my constituency urged me to put my name forward and seek the nomination. “That amazing amount of grassroots support for an alternative compelled me to run for the nomination and provide our membership — and I mean Wildrose membership not PC membership — with a choice.” Nixon said he’s been active in the party for the past five years and his top priority is for Wildrose to form the next government. It was clear to him that the “mass frustration” with Anglin he’d seen while campaigning would see the riding revert to the PCs in the next election. Wildrose remains strong and is the party most fit to govern, he said. “To me, the Wildrose is the best alternative to the PCs. That’s why I’m here. I have no concerns with the party at all.” The nomination vote is expected to take place next week. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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HIRED TO ASSIST IN FEB. 17 INCIDENT BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A drug addict looking for an opportunity to get his next fix is instead facing a lengthy jail term for his part in a violent home invasion earlier this year in Red Deer. Sentencing arguments were heard Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court following an earlier guilty plea by Kyle Brice Connon, 27, of Red Deer. Crown Prosecutor Robin Snider is seeking an eight-year prison term for the father of one, who was hired by another man to assist in the Feb. 17 incident in Riverside Meadows. She called it a well-planned and sophisticated home invasion as masks were provided to the perpetrators and a pellet handgun was purchased for the incident. While Snider conceded that it was unclear who used the pellet handgun, because it was used in the commission of the offence it is an aggravating factor in terms of sentencing. Disguised as a police officer, Connon and two others entered the residence with the intent to get back at the male occupant for a prior incident where he assaulted the ringleader’s girlfriend. While the mastermind of the operation was motivated by revenge, defence counsel Paul Morigeau said Connon was only motivated by the prospect of stealing drugs, or the money to buy drugs. The three involved gained entry by telling the occupant of the residence that they were peace officers. Once inside they tied the victim up and

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EVENT: Reflects badly on resort An estimated 5,000 people were registered for the first-time event. Participants travelled a course and were showered with non-toxic colouring at various stages. They were required to be at the venue between to 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. but because of rainy weather, the starting window was extended to noon. Martel said he thought the runners would arrive spaced throughout the day. Gail Fischer, 48, a single mother in Red Deer, was looking forward to a fun bonding experience with her 16-yearold daughter when she arrived on Saturday. Instead, she faces at minimum $2,000 bill to fix the clutch on her 2010 Hyundai Genesis, which she says was damaged on the road leading to Canyon Ski Resort. Fischer said she was shocked to see the muddy and rutted road. She said vehicles were lined up bumper to bumper on the winding road. Had she been warned about the conditions, Fischer said she would not have gone. “Oh my gosh, the ruts and the mud,” she said. “People were getting stuck. If you got stuck, there was nowhere to turn around. If you stopped, you got stuck. You had to keep on going.” Fischer said if she had a bigger vehicle, it may have been better but she had no choice but to drive her car to the event because there were no other options. “Nobody told us about the road conditions,” said Fischer, who has had to drain her savings to pay for her repairs. Fischer had intended to use the money for a trip for her daughter, who is turning 17, but now she has to cancel “because somebody doesn’t know how to run an event.” Martel said as the day progressed, the road did deteriorate. He said the registration for the day’s event opened up at 7 a.m. and the majority of the vehicles were on the road around 8:30 a.m. Martel said the event organizers were responsible for the road before and during the event. “I feel sorry for everybody that came out,” said Martel. “Unfortunately, whether we like it or not it reflects badly on our resort as well. That’s

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what we didn’t want to happen. We’re also highly disappointed in all this. The only thing we can do is not allow them back.” Fischer said the road should have been closed. She said parking was also a nightmare where motorists were directed to park on uneven grass. Her car started smoking and eventually she had to have it towed out of the site. “They put a whole bunch of people in danger coming out there in those conditions,” said Fischer. “That event should have been cancelled for the safety of the people coming out there.” On the morning of the race, the U.S.based company emailed registrants to let them know the race was still a go. In the email, the company said it was muddy and asked participants to be extra patient with parking. Run or Dye is a part of Viral Events, which has its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Katie Langston, communications director for Viral Event, said they do everything in their power to avoid cancelling an event because it leaves a lot up in the air, including rescheduling and refunds. “Our motto is as long as people’s safety isn’t on the line we do everything we can in a weather-related situation to hold the event. “In the end, working with the venue we decided that we could move forward with the event,” said Langston. “It was something we discussed and we were very close to cancelling the event.” Modifications were made to the course to improve safety, including shortening the five-km route. Some participants complained about the muddy course. “I think the email sent out made it pretty clear that it was going to be pretty muddy,” she said. “We let them know it was going to be in area that there was going to be mud. As a result, we were alternating the course and so on.” Langston said on Wednesday afternoon that they were unaware that the company would not be welcomed back. She said they would reach out to Canyon Ski Resort. Langston said they have received a mix of positive and negative feedback over the event. People can contact the Run or Dye customer service team at www.runordye.com for a free ticket to either the Edmonton or Calgary upcoming races if they were not happy with their Red Deer experience. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Ethel Lariviere has qualified to become a live liver donor for her husband Randy — and the surgery is scheduled to take place in about a week and a half. On Tuesday, she found out her liver was the right size, clearing the final hurdle to donate a portion of her liver. But the Red Deer couple likely won’t know until Friday if the surgery will proceed on July 7 because her husband has not completed treatment for hepatitis C. A final meeting of the doctors involved in the transplant will be held on Thursday afternoon. “The surgeons will be looking at all the tests and they decide whether it’s safe or not,” Ethel Lariviere said. She said the treatment and recovery would take six to eight months and it could take months before they find out if a pharmaceutical company through the University of Alberta’s Hepatitis Support Program will help cover the drug costs. Their insurance only covers 80 per cent of the costs, leaving about $21,000 they can’t afford to pay. She said the treatment has had good success in curing hepatitis C, but due

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masked him, all while threatening to kill him. At one point the victim was struck on the back of the head, leaving a cut and bloodying him. Snider said it was unclear who caused the injury. When police arrived on scene they found two men inside the residence, one wearing a balaclava and the victim lying face down on the floor, with his hands and feet bound in duct tape and a cloth over his head, also bound in duct tape. Morigeau instead asked Judge John Holmes to sentence his client to a term of five to six years. Morigeau pointed to the fact Connon was not the mastermind and had been recruited to participate in the crime, enticed by the prospect of drugs. Connon said from the prisoner’s box that he was sorry for what he did, and it was a bad part of his life when he was mixed up with drugs and the wrong people. Holmes reserved his decision on sentence to July 2, when the matter will return to Red Deer provincial court. Connon pleaded guilty to charges of assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement, breaking and entering a dwelling to commit an assault, wearing a disguise to commit an offence and personating a police officer Also charged in connection with the incident are Michael Wade Lawrence, 39, of Penhold, and Bradley Amos Erickson, 39, of Red Deer. Lawrence, who Morigeau called the ringleader of the incident, will make his next appearance in Red Deer provincial court on July 30.

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MacKay’s inner kamikaze SO MANY INSTANCES OF SENIOR MINISTER GOING OFF THE RAILS, IT’S HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO START When it comes to assessing the performance of Justice Minister Peter MacKay, one of the main Conservative actors of the just-concluded parliamentary season, the first question is where to start? Should item one on the list be the minister’s Internet surveillance bill, a proposed law whose intrusiveness may not pass muster with the courts? Bill C-13 would give telecommunicaCHANTAL tions and InterHÉBERT net providers legal immunity for voluntarily handing over their customers’ private data to law enforcement agencies. Privacy experts — including the just-appointed federal information commissioner Daniel Therrien — have called on the government to take the more contentious sections of the legislation back to the drawing board. Conservative ministers have a history of ignoring contrary expert advice, especially if it runs against the grain of the party’s base. But in this instance, the justice minister will find no solace in the notion that he is taking a hit for the team for, according to a just-released Forum Research poll, a majority of Conservative supporters dislike his bill. Then there is the prostitution bill that MacKay brought forward last month. It was never going to be doable to satisfy every party in the prostitution debate. But this bill was brought in with a minimum of public or bipartisan discussion. It is not clear that it is more Charter-proof than the struck-down law it seeks to replace. Since the government will not ask the Supreme Court for an opinion, it might take years of litigation to get a definitive answer. The messed-up appointment of Federal Court Judge Marc Nadon to the Supreme Court last fall was unprecedented, as were subsequent Conservative insinuations that Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin had somehow

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of two who commutes from Gatineau to Quebec City weekly did not make her a bad parent or a lesser justice minister. As it happens, neither Ontario nor Quebec reports a paucity of female candidates for its provincial bench. Moreover, it is common knowledge that, given a choice between equally able candidates of each gender for the Supreme Court, this government has defaulted to appointing male judges in all instances but one. More than a few parents would also beg to disagree with MacKay’s contention that mothers are more essential to the welfare of their young children than their partners. That would be news to the 80 per cent of new Quebec dads who take advantage of the province’s parental leave program to act as their infant’s primary caregiver for a number of months. Work-family balance issues in a

fast-evolving societal environment are not part of the ministerial brief of an attorney general. Neither, for that matter, is dispensing parental advice as the minister did when, as a father, he condemned the Liberal policy of legalizing marijuana. If he insists on flashing his new parental credentials from his ministerial pulpit, MacKay might want to ponder the fact that many of the Liberal delegates who supported the pot legalization policy were parents who had a head start on him in raising teenagers in a world where marijuana is available for the asking. The justice portfolio has, on two notable Canadian occasions, been a springboard to national leadership. In this instance, history is not in the process of repeating itself. Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

Report card on wait times gets a failing grade SOME IMPORTANT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ALBERTA WERE MISSED BY DON DICK AND LINDA WOODHOUSE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Canadians might have been inclined to take a sedative for an anxiety attack after reading about the Wait Time Alliance’s (WTA) 2014 report card on waits for medical care in Canada. The WTA gives Canada a failing grade on the structural changes it says are needed to have the timely access to care seen in other countries. But the report card is as notable for its omissions as it is for its findings. Had the WTA looked more closely at developments in Alberta, for example, it would have found a province where efforts to improve access and other areas of quality are being led by the people with the most influence — the doctors, nurses, administrators and others on the front lines. It would have found a province where comprehensive data is being collected and analyzed to measure performance and target lagging areas. It would have seen that evidence-based benchmarks are being applied in crucial areas of service. It would have seen the integrated models of care that are being designed and implemented. These are, in fact, some of the very measures the WTA calls for in its report card — already well established in Alberta. Much of this progress has been concentrated in the area of orthopaedics, a growing area of concern as the population ages and lives longer. Hip and knee replacement, one of the five national areas of priority for reducing wait times, is a big part of this work. In the orthopaedic wards of hospitals, teams have, since 2010, been using report cards to measure how

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they are doing in relation to benchmarks. They set targets for wait time, length of stay in hospital, pain reduction, getting patients on their feet after surgery, and many other indicators. When targets are reached, more ambitious ones are set. These teams are driving change in the most effective direction — from the bottom up. Also across the province, data are being collected from hip and knee replacement surgeons and analyzed by the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute. Each surgeon gets a personalized, confidential report twice yearly on results in 17 key indicators. For example, they see their patients’ wait times for consultation and surgery, their improvement in joint function, and how many had to be readmitted to hospital because of complications. These data, in which patient privacy is protected, are aggregated to produce a report for each of five health zones in Alberta. Reducing length of stay in hospital for hip and knee patients has been a key part of Alberta’s program to cut wait times. Patients who occupy beds longer than necessary block others who are waiting for surgery. Analysis of data showed that many patients were staying in hospital because they hadn’t arranged for help with recovery at home. Renewed effort to ensure patients make the necessary support arrangements has seen hospital stay drop below the four day benchmark. Centralized intake for hip and knee patients has, for several years, been standard practice across Alberta with the result that patients are being referred and managed much more efficiently. Central intake clinics routinely offer patients the option to move from the surgeons with the longest wait lists to those with the shortest. Data on wait times — for consultation and for surgery — have become much more reliable in Al-

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Pesticides are killing bees, harming environment the planet’s ecosystem. The effects on the environment cannot be understated, said Dr. OTTAWA — Scientists Jean-Marc Bonmatin of say they have conclusive the National Centre for evidence that two widely Research in France, one used pesticides are killof the lead authors of the ing bees and other inanalysis findings. sects, and harming the “We are witnessing environment. a threat to the producThe international pantivity of our natural and el of 50 scientists workfarmed environment ing as the Task Force equivalent to that posed on Systemic Pesticides by organophosphates or says use of the pesticides DDT” in the 1960’s, he should be phased out. told an Ottawa news conIn the meantime, Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS ference. they’re calling on regu“Far from protecting latory bodies to tighten A bee pollinates a flower in a garden in Chelsea, food production the use controls on their use. Que., Wednesday. of neonics is threatening But environmental the very infrastructure groups say the chemicals which enables it, impershould be banned now. The panel’s conclusions were released as a new illing the pollinators, habitat engineers and natural study Wednesday by Friends of the Earth Canada pest controllers at the heart of a functioning ecosysshowed that large numbers of supposedly “bee- tem.” Bonmatin pointed to research conducted in Italy friendly” plants sold at garden centres in 18 cities across Canada and the United States are contami- which he said showed that crop production actually increased after neonic pesticides were banned. nated with neonic pesticides. Neonics are a preventative pesticide sprayed over Concerns over the use of neonicotinoids and neoncrops or coated onto seeds before they are planted. ics have been raised over the last two decades. They make up roughly 40 per cent of the insectiBut the panel says a study of 800 research papers provides conclusive evidence that the pesticides are cide market, with global sales nearing $3 billion in causing the mass deaths of insects that are essential 2011. The pesticides are picked up by insects such as to the process of pollinating most crops. The study also showed the chemicals pose a signif- bees and butterflies when plants absorb them into icant risk to earthworms and birds, and are harming their leaves, flowers, pollen and nectar. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Citizenship law challenged BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal government has no authority to strip a Canadian-born person of their citizenship, says a Toronto lawyer spearheading a constitutional challenge of new legislation. Rocco Galati, fellow lawyer Manuel Azevedo and the Constitutional Rights Centre have filed a notice of application in the Federal Court of Canada arguing Parliament reached beyond its jurisdiction in passing the controversial measures. They are asking the court to declare the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act unconstitutional, citing citizenship protections ranging from the Magna Carta to the Constitution Act, 1867. For years, a newcomer could be stripped of Canadian citizenship if they attained it through false representations. The new law, which received royal assent last week, expands the list of those vulnerable to revocation to people born in Canada but eligible to claim citizenship in another country — for instance, through their parents.

It also broadens the grounds for revocation to include several criminal offences including espionage, treason or terrorism. Opposition MPs have denounced the provisions as arbitrary and nonsensical, as revocation could now result in deportation to a country the person has never set foot in. The Canadian Bar Association said the new law revives the medieval punishment of banishment. Galati and his associates are also seeking a court order prohibiting citizenship revocation and removals under the new provisions. They also want the government to file copies of “any and all” memos, opinions or legal opinions concerning the constitutional authority of the government to enact the legislation. Immigration Minister Chris Alexander’s office did not answer questions Wednesday regarding the law’s constitutionality. The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers has said it will also fight the citizenship measures in the courts. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said he wasn’t surprised at the legal challenge.

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PMO assures journalist won’t lose citizenship BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats have received assurances from the Harper government that Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy won’t be stripped of his citizenship after being convicted of terrorism in a Cairo court. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair made the request directly to Stephen Harper in a letter sent Wednesday to the Prime Minister’s Office, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press. Earlier in the day, Harper told a news conference in Quebec the federal government is deeply concerned with the terrorism verdict and the seven-year sentence handed down to Fahmy and two other AlJazeera journalists. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has also said the government will continue to press for his release. Nonetheless, the government now has the power to revoke Fahmy’s Canadian citizenship under its controversial new federal citizenship law, Mulcair noted in the letter. Bill C-24, which went into effect just last week, gives the government the added discretion to revoke the Canadian citizenship of someone convicted of criminal offences such as treason and terrorism. Though Fahmy’s conviction in Egypt has faced wide international condemnation, Mulcair asked Harper to essentially take the option off the table. In the letter, Mulcair reminded Harper that “the NDP has firmly expressed our opposition to Bill C-24,” noting experts have expressed concerns that it contained “serious violations” of Charter rights. “Mohamed Fahmy’s case in Egypt offers an immediate opportunity to realize the dangers of this new law,” Mulcair wrote. “Are you able to provide assurances that he will not be stripped of his Canadian citizenship when he needs our country’s support now more than ever?” In an email to The Canadian Press, Harper’s spokesman Jason MacDonald did just that. “We have no intention of doing that whatsoever,” MacDonald said. “This is another conspiracy theory from the opposition. We have and will continue to advocate for Mr. Fahmy at senior levels.” Earlier in the day, Harper said he has expressed Canada’s displeasure to the Egyptian government. The comments were Harper’s first on the issue since Fahmy and his fellow Al-Jazeera journalists, Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed, were convicted in a Cairo court Monday and sentenced to seven years in prison. The three journalists were convicted of giving support to the Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt labels a terrorist group. The journalists deny they are terrorists and say they were just doing their job. Their continuing imprisonment has sparked harsh international condemnation of Egypt.

Justice ministers take swipe at MacKay DENOUNCE COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Two provincial justice ministers took a swipe at their federal counterpart Wednesday, denouncing Peter MacKay’s recent comments about female judges as outdated and inaccurate. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, meanwhile, came to the defence of his embattled attorney general, as well as the Conservative government’s record in promoting the advancement of women. MacKay’s views on professional men and women have faced scrutiny over the past week — most recently a pair of messages sent on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day that some felt stereotyped parental roles. But the controversy began with a private meeting with members of the Ontario Bar Association earlier this month. The Toronto Star reported

last week that MacKay attributed the dearth of women on the federal bench to the fact female candidates weren’t applying. He went on to explain that reticence by saying women feared being sent to work as judges on the circuit courts, the Star reported, quoting lawyers who were at the meeting. MacKay has not denied the Star’s characterization of the comments. In a Facebook post, he emphasized he has been trying to encourage the appointment of more women. A pair of women who have risen to two of the most important legal positions in the country took issue with MacKay’s comments. Quebec Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee called MacKay’s comments “deplorable.” “It’s now 2014 in Canada,” Vallee said. “We can be professional and have our families and have aspirations to access the bench... For my part, I have two teenagers and I travel back and forth between Maniwaki and Quebec each week. “I think I’m a good mother and I think I’m a good professional.” At the Ontario legislature, Attor-

ney General Madeleine Meilleur also took issue with the suggestion women weren’t applying. “It’s very unfortunate that in 2014 you hear comments like this, especially from the minister of justice, especially at a time when Ontario has elected the first woman as premier in Ontario,” Meilleur said. “It’s difficult for the female community in Ontario to accept a comment like this.” Meilleur went on to suggest that MacKay should take note of Ontario’s transparent process for appointing judges, which deliberately seeks out more diversity on the bench. MacKay’s Mother’s Day and Father’s Day emails, obtained by The Canadian

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Explosion rocks Abuja 21 DEAD, 17 WOUNDED IN NIGERIAN CAPITAL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABUJA, Nigeria — An explosion blamed on Islamic extremists rocked a shopping mall in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Wednesday and police said at least 21 people have been killed. The blast came as Nigerians were preparing to watch their country’s Super Eagles play Argentina at the World Cup in Brazil. Many shops at the mall have TV screens but it was unclear if the explosion was timed to coincide with the match, which started an hour later. Witnesses said body parts were scattered around the exit to Emab Plaza, in Abuja’s upscale Wuse 2 suburb. All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. Billows of black smoke could be seen from a mile (kilometre) away. “I heard the explosion and (felt) the building shaking,” said Shuaibu Baba, who had a narrow escape. He said he rushed downstairs to find that the driver who had dropped him a few minutes earlier was dead. “I asked the driver to come with me, and he said ’No,’ he would wait for me in the car.” Police Superintendent Frank Mba said 17 people were wounded and 21 bodies were recovered. He also said one suspect has been arrested and investigations have already started. The government urged calm and said it is doing everything possible to “to check the activities of insurgents.” One witness said he thought the bomb was dropped at the entrance to the mall by a motorcyclist, but Mba said it was too early to say. It is the latest in a series of violent attacks blamed on Islamic extremists. Nigerian security forces appear incapable of curtailing the near-daily attacks concentrated in the northeast, where Boko Haram extremists have their stronghold. Abuja is in the centre of Nigeria and the militants have spread their attacks to the capital. Two separate explosions in Abuja in April killed more than 120 people and wounded about 200 at a busy bus station. Both were claimed by Boko Haram, which has threatened further attacks. A bomb at a medical college in northern Kano killed at least eight people on Monday. Last week, at least 14 died in a bomb blast at a World Cup viewing site in Damaturu, a state capital in the northeast. In May, twin car bombs in the central city of Jos left more than 130 people dead; and a car bomb at a bus

BRIEF West to Putin: Renouncing right to send troops into Ukraine is not enough to avoid sanctions MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Wednesday renounced the right to send troops into Ukraine and voiced support for a peace plan, but the West said Russia must do much more to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine if it wants to avoid a new, more crippling round of sanctions. A cease-fire, already fragile, is set to expire Friday, the same day that Ukraine signs a pivotal economic agreement with the European Union and the day that the EU and U.S. may consider further puni-

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A Nigerian soldier, left, stands guard, at the scene of an explosion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday. Witnesses say body parts were scattered around the exit to Emab Plaza, in the upscale Wuse 11 suburb. station killed 24 people in the Christian quarter of Kano, a Muslim city. Boko Haram attracted international condemnation for the April mass abductions of more than 200 schoolgirls, and is blamed for this week’s abductions of another 91 people — 31 boys and 60 girls and women with toddlers as young as 3. Nigeria’s military and government claim to be winning the war in the 5-year-old insurgency but the tempo and deadliness of attacks has increased this year, killing more than 2,000 people so far compared to an estimated 3,600 killed over the past four years. Abuja residents were urged “to remain calm and

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Rebels open WHL season at home BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Red Deer Rebels will open their 2014-15 Western Hockey League regular season Sept. 19 against the visiting Kootenay Ice. Red Deer will visit the Calgary Hitmen the following day and will host the Ice Sept. 27 before heading out on their annual early-season East Division road trip that will include stops in Moose Jaw, Brandon and Regina Oct. 2, 4 and 5. The Rebels’ longest homestand of the season will come in the New Year when the club will play six straight games at the Centrium from Jan. 16 to 31. The team will play all five U.S. Division squads — Portland, Tri-City, Spokane, Seattle and Everett — from Nov. 1-8, and with a stop Oct. 31 at Kootenay, the overall trip will consist of six games in nine nights. The Rebels’ final game prior to the Christmas break is Dec. 17 versus the visiting Kelowna Rockets. The club’s first game after Christmas is Dec. 27 against the host Edmonton Oil Kings, who will visit the Centrium the following night. “There are always going to be different things with your schedule. For example, we go to B.C. just once this year instead of twice as we have in the past,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said Wednesday. “And we go from Swift Current to Kootenay (for games March 4 and 6), which we’ve never done before. “Your schedule is your schedule and every team is going to have times when their schedule is good and times when it’s not like they would want it to be. You just take it for what it is.” Training camp opens Aug. 20 at the Centrium and the Rebels have six preseason games scheduled, including two at the Oil Kings tournament at St. Albert, two more at the Tri-City Americans tournament at Kennewick, Wash., and Sept. 12 and 13 at the Centrium and in Stettler. (See the entire schedule in Scoreboard on Page B4) ● Rebels forwards Adam Musil and Grayson Pawlenchuk are among 44 players invited to attend the selection camp for the Canadian under-18 team that will compete in the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament Aug. 1116 in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The camp, which will feature 18 WHL players, is set for Aug. 2-5 at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary. Sutter was adamant that both Red Deer players are worthy of their selections based on their respective 2013-14 rookie-season performances. “Grayson, when he broke his elbow last October . . . at that point in time he might have been our best forward,” said the Rebels bench boss. “And after he returned (in late December) and got his timing back, he played well for us down the stretch. For a 16-year-old kid, he was everything and more that we wanted. He was playing in our top six (forwards) when he got hurt, and we missed him.” As for Musil . . . “Adam did everything we wanted him to,” said Sutter. “We had him playing right wing and at centre ice. It’s difficult for a 16-year-old to play centre in this league, but he played really well on the wing and at times we moved him back to centre depending on who we were playing and what the matchups were. He also did a good job on our second power play unit.” Both rookies showed they could handle special-teams duty. “Grayson did a really good job of being one of our top penalty killers and also at times when we needed him on the power play. He’s going to get more power play time next season and Adam will get more penalty killing time.” The 1997-born players invited to the camp were selected by Ryan Jankowski, Hockey Canada’s head scout for men’s national teams, in consultation with head coach Derek Laxdal (Edmonton Oil Kings), assistant coaches Jody Hull (Peterborough, OHL) and Eric Veilleux (/Baie-Comeau, QMJHL), and the Program of Excellence management group.

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi, second right, scores his side’s second goal on a free kick during the Group F World Cup soccer match between Nigeria and Argentina at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Wednesday.

Messi draws even with Neymar in scoring race at World Cup BOSNIA GETS FIRST EVER CUP WIN TO HELP ELIMINATE IRAN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Lionel Messi scored at the start and end of the first half as Argentina beat Nigeria 3-2 in a thriller on Wednesday to top World Cup Group F and the alreadyeliminated Bosnia recorded a pridesalvaging 3-1 win over Iran that meant both teams are heading home. The battle for the World Cup’s golden boot heated up between Barcelona teammates as Messi latched onto a rebound in just the third minute and then curled in a freekick shortly before halftime to match Neymar’s tally of four in three games for Brazil. One player who may not be in the reckoning for tournament top scorer is Luis Suarez, who is the focus of a FIFA disciplinary investigation after he appeared to bite the left shoulder of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini on Tuesday and could be facing a lengthy ban. The 22-year-old Neymar is relishing playing the World Cup at home and thriving on the pressure that brings. “I’m doing what I’ve always wanted

to do since I was a little kid,” he said. “Today my dream is coming true, I’m playing the matches that I’ve always wanted to be playing.” Karim Benzema and Enner Valencia already have three goals each but weren’t able to score more when France and Ecuador played to a 0-0 draw in the final match Wednesday. Honduras lost their final game to Switzerland 3-1 in the day’s other Group E match which put the Swiss through to the round of 16. Ahmed Musa matched Messi goal for goal in Porto Alegre, equalizing just a minute after Messi opened the scoring in the third minute and levelling again in the second half after Messi’s perfectly curled free kick shortly before the break had put Argentina ahead again. Marcos Roja finally sealed Argentina’s win in the 50th. In Salvador, Edin Dzeko, Miralem Pjanic and Avdija Vrsajevic got Bosnia’s goals for its first ever World Cup win and Reza Ghoochannejhad scored for Iran, which had to win and hope Nigeria lost to progress. While the World Cup goal glut con-

tinued on the pitch, Suarez was again hogging headlines with his latest alleged biting incident. If FIFA rules that Suarez sank his teeth into Chiellini’s shoulder, it could suspend him for up to 24 matches or sideline him for a maximum of two years. The Uruguay and Liverpool star is a repeat offender — he has twice been sanctioned for biting in his turbulent past, first in the Dutch league in 2010 when playing for Ajax and again in 2013 while in a Liverpool shirt. He also has been banned for racially abusing an opponent in England. Suarez and the Uruguay football federation had until 2 p.m. to present FIFA with a documented case for the defence. Meanwhile, tragedy struck in Nigeria before the country’s clash with Argentina, as an explosion killed at least 21 people in a shopping mall in the capital, Abuja. Many shops at the mall have TV screens but it was unclear if the explosion was timed to coincide with the match, which started an hour later.

NHL draft prospects bond over cheesesteaks and baseball in Philly BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PHILADELPHIA — The NHL draft’s top prospects broke bread in the form of cheesesteaks in one of their final bonding experiences before Friday’s big night. Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Leon Draisaitl and Michael Del Colle, the expected top five picks in the first round, and Philadelphiaarea native Anthony DeAngelo took a trolley tour that included stops at Geno’s Cheesesteaks for lunch and Citizens Bank Park for some batting practice. Along the way, they posed for photos and videos, learned some American history and local culture, but most importantly shared some much-needed time together away from hockey. “All these guys have great personalities, they’re great guys,” Ekblad said. “it’s fun to have that relationship with these kind of guys and be able to screw around and make jokes and all that kind of stuff. It’s just great to have a lot of friends in this kind of game.” Ekblad, Reinhart, Bennett, Draisaitl and Dal Colle have become friendly over the past few weeks because they’ve spent time on the NHL circuit. They were at the scouting combine together and then Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final in New York. One of them will go first Friday night, whether the Florida Panthers keep or trade the pick, and though Ekblad is the favourite it’s not as certain as in years past. “It’s what a team wants in any situation,” said Ekblad, a defenceman with the OHL’s Barrie Colts. “They could

want me or they could want any of the every cheesesteak in town and gets other five or six guys that are here. It’s whiz without every time. His fellow the way it is sometimes. You can’t re- prospects’ orders varied, but no one ally control it, and it’s not something I seemed displeased with their first want to worry about.” taste of the Philadelphia delicacy. These prospects didn’t have to wor“I thought it was really good, acry about that Wednesday. Instead, they tually,” said Ekblad, who ordered a boarded a trolley outside their down- cheesesteak with American cheese and town hotel and without onions. made five stops “I thought there ‘THEY COULD WANT ME OR around the city. was a lot more The Philadel- THEY COULD WANT ANY OF THE vegetables and phia Museum of in it. I like OTHER FIVE OR SIX GUYS THAT stuff Art, site of the to keep my vegARE HERE. IT’S THE WAY IT IS etables separate iconic scene in “Rocky” where SOMETIMES. YOU CAN’T REALLY from my meat. Sylvester StalI thought it was CONTROL IT, AND IT’S NOT one ran up the really good.” steps, was first SOMETHING I WANT TO WORRY After a brief on the tour. Ekstop to see the ABOUT.’ blad conceded house in which he hadn’t seen Betsy Ross —AARON EKBLAD the movie — resewed the first leased in 1976, American flag 20 years before he was born — while almost 250 years ago, the players had Bennett knew all about it but only be- their most enjoyable time on the basecause his dad had him watch. ball diamond at Citizens Bank Park, Naturally, the players copied the home of Major League Baseball’s Philscene, arms in the air and everything. lies. All that was missing was the matching There, they got advice from Fredmusic, “Gonna Fly Now” by Bill Conti, ericton, N.B., native Matt Stairs, who which has become a sports-arena sta- played 19 seasons and won a World ple for decades. Series with Philadelphia. Players took pictures in front of the “If you can’t hit a ball off a tee, sign for “LOVE Park,” before going to you’re not going to go very far,” Stairs Geno’s Cheesesteaks for lunch. Five of said. the six players — four Canadians and Draisaitl at one point hit the tee one German — received much-need- further than the ball. Still, Stairs saw ed instructions on how to order: the more potential in him than the others. cheese (American, Provolone or Whiz) “All future hockey guys. But you can and onions (with or without). work with them,” he said. “A couple DeAngelo, a defenceman from pointers you give them and they make nearby Sewell, N.J., who plays for the quick adjustments — especially the OHL’s Sarnia Sting has tried just about young fellow from Germany.”

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Griffiths feeling good about game ALBERTA OPEN BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Zak Griffiths’ homecoming hasn’t gone exactly as planned. The Red Deer native’s return to the Alberta Open Championship has been a struggle, firing a 6-over-78 on Tuesday to sit at 13-over-par for the tournament. He, like everyone else is chasing defending champion Riley Fleming, who shot a 6-under-65, to sit at 7-under for the tournament, six shots clear of Scott Stiles in second place. Stettler’s Troy Butterfield, who golfs out of Alberta Springs, was the top Central Albertan at 10-over-152 (77-75152) in a tie for ninth. Wind was the problem on Tuesday, but rain was the issue during the second round on Wednesday at Wolf Creek Links Course. “The conditions out here, it’s pretty tough and it’s a tough course — I hit some bad shots,” said Griffiths, 21, who was hit hard by a triple bogey on 16. The six-foot, 175-pound righthander has spent the last four years golfing in the U.S., first for the University of Nevada for two years, before leaving to start his pro career last season. Like many young golfers, turning pro has been difficult. For the first time in his life, he is really on his own and learning to be an adult at the same time. He now lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., during the winter and near Palm Desert, Calif., in the summer so he can golf year round, but his family is

all back in Red Deer and he no longer has the support of a university. Expenses also creep up, and while on that end he has received a lot of support from his parents and a few Red Deer businessmen, it’s still a tough living to scratch out. “It is really expensive to get there and to have people behind you who believe in you and support you like that, it really means a lot,” said Griffiths. He has never had a fulltime personal coach, though recently he started picking up swing lessons with Boyd Summerhayes a couple of times month in Arizona. He is starting to see some results, however, including a second place finish at a Pepsi Tour event at the Club West Golf Club in Phoenix that earned him $1,200. He was one shot back of first place finisher J. T. Hamamoto who earned $2,200. He also competes on the All-American Gateway Tour. One big improvement has been in his putting game, which used to be his weakest point while being a strong ball striker. Now he just has to put it all together. Away from the course, one of the big things he is doing on the side is continuing his education, now taking an online sports psychology course. “It applies a lot to the golf game, because so much of it what’s going on in your head as opposed to how much skill you have,” said Griffiths. Once he’s finished with the Alberta Open tonight, he will be flying back to California

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Zak Griffiths watches his fairway shot on hole 16 at Wolf Creek Golf Resort during the Alberta Open Championship on Wednesday. Despite a rough start to the Alberta Open, Griffiths has confidence in his game and is seeing some success for it. where he will begin to attempt to qualify for the Web.com Tour Finals in which the top 50 players will earn PGA tour cards. “It’s just nice playing all of these tournaments in different conditions and just getting ready for it,” he said. “It is expensive, but I’m really confident in my game and I know it’s coming along real good and I’m practicing hard and feeling good for it.” His goal for the Alberta Open is to just finish as high as possible with one final sol-

id round today, and grab as big a share of the $18,000 pot as he can. Fleming appears to be a lock for the top prize of $4,000. He is the only golfer who has been able to solve the adverse weather conditions on both days. “Through the first five holes, it was incredible, it was pouring, it was cold, it was windy — that’s where a caddy is really important — and I played really well,” he said. Despite the big lead, the 20-year-old pro from Airdrie

is not changing his approach heading into the final round. It’s just not a position he’s used to being in. “Usually I’m the kind of guy that comes from behind in the final round, so I’m just going to enjoy it and relax,” said Fleming. “There’s a little bit of pressure, but I’m not thinking about it too much. It’s easier being there than it is trailing by a bunch.” For the full leaderboard for Central Alberta golfers at the Open see Scoreboard jaldrch@reddeeradvocate.com

Blue Jays can’t finish off series sweep of Yankees Yankees 5 Blue Jays 3 TORONTO — Drew Hutchison has given the Toronto rotation a nice boost this year in his first season back since undergoing Tommy John surgery. He has had troubles at Rogers Centre though and one rough inning proved costly on Wednesday night against New York. Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer in the Yankees’ four-run third inning as New York (40-37) salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 5-3 victory. The Yankees ended a four-game losing skid and moved 2 ½ games behind first-place Toronto (44-36) in the American League East. “I felt I got stronger as the game went on,” Hutchison said. “It was disappointing to have that big inning, especially to allow three runs with two outs and not be able to make that big pitch. “It turned out to be the difference

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BRIEFS Blue Jackets trade defenceman Nikitin to Oilers for fifth-round draft pick COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded defenceman Nikita Nikitin to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick. Blue Jackets General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced the trade Wednesday. With the trade, Columbus re-acquired the 2014 draft pick that it had sent to Edmonton in exchange for defenceman Nick Schultz in March. The 28-year-old Nikitin registered two goals and 13 assists for 15 points in 66 games with Columbus last season. He was acquired in a trade with St. Louis in 2011. He tallied 12 goals and 44 assists for 56 points in 158 games as a Blue Jacket. The Oilers later announced that Nikitin signed a two-year contract with the club.

Kings re-sign Marian Gaborik to 7-year deal LOS ANGELES — Marian Gaborik spent the last few months living at the beach and scoring clutch goals for the eventual Stanley Cup champions. The star left wing saw absolutely no reason to wake up from his dream life with the Los Angeles Kings. Gaborik agreed to a seven-year deal Wednesday to stay with the Kings, passing on the financial possibilities of unrestricted free agency to stay with the champs. Los Angeles acquired the Slovak scoring machine from Columbus on March 5, and he was an immediate hit. Gaborik scored 16 points in 19 regularseason games before leading the NHL with 14 post-season goals during the Kings’ run to their second title in three years. Gaborik’s contract is worth roughly $34 million, likely less than a seventime 30-goal scorer would have commanded on the open market.

in the game.” Former Blue Jay Kelly Johnson reached on a walk to open the frame and scored on a Francisco Cervelli double. Hutchison (5-6) got the next two outs before giving up a single to Jacoby Ellsbury that brought Cervelli across with the go-ahead run. Teixeira padded the lead by turning on an 0-1 pitch for his 14th homer of the year. “Hutchison pitched really well, he only made a couple of mistakes that one inning and we made him pay,” Teixeira said. “Other than that, he was throwing some dirty pitches. It was good to get the four runs when we got them.” Hutchison, a 23-year-old right-hander, has a 4-2 record and 2.23 earnedrun average on the road. But he entered play with a 1-3 record and 8.72 ERA at home. “That’s the farthest thing away from my mind,” Hutchison said of the uneven splits. “I’m disappointed that I was not able to deliver a better perfor-

mance for us and not give us a better chance to win.” New York starter Hiroki Kuroda (55) was effective over 6 1/3 innings and David Robertson got the last five outs for his 18th save. Ellsbury had three of New York’s nine hits. Jose Reyes, who had three hits for Toronto, took the first pitch from Kuroda over the wall for his sixth homer of the season. It was his third leadoff home run of the year and 21st of

his career. Reyes scored again in the fifth inning after he moved Munenori Kawasaki to third base with a groundrule double. Melky Cabrera brought them both home with a sharp single to left field. Hutchison struck out the side in the sixth inning and was replaced in the seventh by left-hander Rob Rasmussen. Hutchison allowed seven hits, four earned runs and two walks while striking out six.

Penguins hire Mike Johnston as new head coach PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have insisted during their extensive front office overhaul that the on-ice product doesn’t need to change much for the franchise to return to the NHL’s elite. Mike Johnston’s job is to figure out which ones to make and — perhaps even more importantly — how to make them work. The Penguins hired the well-travelled Johnston to replace Dan Bylsma on Wednesday, charging the hockey lifer with creating the right system for stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to thrive in both the regular season and beyond. Considering the talent at his disposal, the 57-year-old Johnston likes his chances. After spending the last six years with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League preaching an uptempo attack, Johnston welcomes the opportunity to work with one of the most explosive offences in the NHL.

Lightning sign forward Ryan Callahan to 6-year deal TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning have taken a top free agent off the market by signing forward Ryan Callahan to a six-year contract. Tampa Bay acquired Callahan from the New York Rangers March 5 along with a pair of draft picks for Martin St. Louis, who helped his new team reach the Stanley Cup finals. The Lightning lost to Montreal in the opening round of the post-season. Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman says Callahan is a “fierce competitor and outstanding leader who fits very well with our team.” Callahan, who has played in 470 games with the Lightning and Rangers, has 138 goals and 127 assists. In 20 games with the Lightning last season, Callahan had six goals and 11 points. Also, the Lightning used their second and final compliance buyout on forward Ryan Malone.

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Muncy makes it worth the long trek People come from all over to take in Starburst. They teamed up for an 85.75 the Ponoka Stampede. But very few of mark, just a quarter point more than them drove as far as Taos Muncy to get Cadogan’s Clint Laye on the equally there. But then very few folks have the famous Alley Trail. chance to leave with as much cash as “I mean anyone of us would be he will either. pumped to have Starburst,” pointed Muncy’s name is at the top of the out Mote. “That’s a good horse and to leaderboard in the saddle bronc riding have it at this big rodeo is really cool.” after the opening night of the 78th edi“She has a pretty pattern, just jumps tion of the Stampede, and he’s also the and kicks good, and might circle to the number one man in the world stand- right, and that’s what she did today. I ings. felt like I made a good ride, and she “I started my trip yesterday at 7:00 had a good day.” am. It’s 28 hours from my house here. Mote is on a roll in Canada, having But the reason why I came was that just cashed in for $5060 for sweeping horse right there,” praised Muncy, mo- everything up at Wainwright on the ments after stepping off the weekend, as he tries to beKesler stud Spanish Pair. come just the third cowboy “It seemed like the trip in history to win five world went real fast because of bareback titles. A big paythat. I told my wife that day out of Ponoka could I’d really like to draw that help him make up some horse, and got him drawn, ground in the world standso I was real happy. That’s ings race. a real nice horse, and I was “This is the best rodeo just real fortunate to have of the fourth of July week. him drawn.” They put up the most money. “I’ve had him a couple The horses are good, and it’s times, and he just bucks. a cowboy’s type rodeo. AnyI had him a few years ago body that likes competing DIANNE and had heck on him, so I against the best guys on the FINSTAD wanted to dang sure try my best stock for a lot of money best today. I got him back, is here.” I guess,” he grinned, after A two-time World Chamjudges awarded their perpion steer wrestler showed formance 86 points. he still has what it takes. Calgary’s Lee After the marathon drive from his Graves handled a steer in 4.2 seconds home in Corona, New Mexico, Muncy in the performance, to go with his 7.7 actually has a rare day off, while he second run earlier in the slack, and his waits for his travelling partner, Tyrel 11.9 total is best on two. Larson of Manitoba to ride, and then Graves is limiting his rodeo travels be on board to help drive. these days to Canada, to try and keep “Then we go to Dickenson, North his aging body healthy. And he admits Dakota, back to Williams Lake, BC, the Ponoka long score is more intimithen to Airdrie, and hopefully back dating at 43. here (for the Finals).” “I used to crave this rodeo,” said Muncy is a two-time World Cham- Graves. “I haven’t slept good for two pion, and he was in good company in days coming here. When you hit the the first performance since there were ground at my age anymore, it hurts.” a lot of other rodeo stars in the line-up. “But it’s fun when it all comes toBobby Mote has four gold buckles gether like that, and then you rebound in his collection, but the 38-year-old and remember you can do it. Luck bareback rider was as excited as a shows up once in a while in this game kid to come to Ponoka for a chance to too. It’s all part of it.” strap his rigging on the Kesler horse Another cowboy who may not have a

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gold buckle, but certainly has the ‘Ironman’ reputation, did well at Ponoka. Oklahoma’s Mike Johnson has qualified for an astounding 23 NFR’s, and the 50-year-old is sitting fifth in the Canadian standings. He put himself in decent shape to return for the July first Finals by roping his two calves in 20.2 seconds. “That long score, and fast little longhorns, it’s a cowboy roping here,” he grinned. “It feels like you’re out in the pasture chasing one from the mama. It suits everybody and it’s pretty fun to do it. It’s a real, true, cowboy atmosphere and roping here, and I wish more rodeos would do it.” “I competed for years and years and years, and now all my old buddies, here are their kids, and I’m competing

with them. I gave them a 25 year head start and they’ve caught up now,” joked Johnson. “I’m really having more fun than I ever did. It really is enjoyable to compete against them, like Larry Robinson’s and Roy Cooper’s kids.” Another World titlist, Mary Walker of Ennis, Texas has set the pace in the barrel racing with a leading time of 17.487 seconds. The team of Rhen Richard of Utah and Jeremy Buhler of Arrowwood made two clean, solid runs in 13.7 seconds to sit first in that event. The bulls were the winners on the opening night, with none of the nine bull riders able to make the whistle. Today’s rodeo performance is at 1:00 pm, with the pony chuckwagons and WPCA races beginning at 6:30 pm.

Stampeders’ running game set to shine BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Aside from some suspense at quarterback, this season’s Calgary Stampeders look similar to their 14-4 team of last year. It was the best record by a CFL club since 2009, but a great season ended badly. The Stampeders were upset 3513 at home in the West Division final by the eventual Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders. “It’s fun being successful all season, but it’s not fun at all when you’re successful all season and lose in the playoffs,” defensive end Charleston Hughes said. Calgary hosts the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday in their 2014 regularseason opener. The Stampeders have been a playoff team in each of their six seasons under head coach and general manager John Hufnagel. The Stampeders last won a Grey Cup in 2008 and played in another in 2012. Hufnagel continues to strike a balance between building positional depth and maintaining stability. His re-signed his principal players as well as offensive co-ordinator Dave Dickenson in the off-season. The Ottawa Redblacks caused the most upheaval for the Stampeders by taking three quality players in the expansion draft and hiring away defensive co-ordinator Rick Campbell to be their head coach. But the Stampeders retain enough experience and talent at key positions to make them a contender again in an ultra-competitive West Division. “It does make the outlook bright,” said Hughes, whose 18 sacks were the most in the CFL last season. “When you keep a core group of veterans, who really know the system and how John Hufnagel wants the team to be, then that kind of helps bring along the rest of the guys, the younger guys and the new veterans that came to the team, just to set the standard, know what he

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Demond Washington, right, tries to bring down Calgary Stampeders’ Jon Cornish, during CFL pre-season football action in Calgary, June 14, 2014. Last year’s CFL most outstanding player and Canadian will be counted on heavily in the Stampeder offence for the 2014 season. expects and how we do operate around here.” Calgary’s running game is expected to be the calling card of an offence that produced a league-best 549 points in 2013. Jon Cornish, the CFL’s outstanding player and Canadian last season, is certainly capable of a third straight season over 1,000 rushing yards if he stays healthy. Hufnagel signed former Roughriders running back Jock Sanders as insurance at that position and for return duties. The running backs will have an experienced, versatile offensive line blocking for them featuring Stanley Bryant, Spencer Wilson, Dan Federkeil and Edwin Harrison. Jon Gott was traded to Ottawa and

Dimitri Tsoumpas retired because of post-concussion symptoms limiting him to a handful of games last season. Brander Craighead of Belleville, Ont., will work in as Gott’s replacement at guard. Hufnagel traded Gott for the first overall pick in the CFL draft and further bolstered the run protection by selecting Laval offensive lineman Pierre Lavertu of Quebec City. Offensive line coach Pat DelMonaco can ease Lavertu into the pro game in part because centre Brett Jones is a star after just one CFL season. The 22-year-old became the first offensive lineman to win the CFL’s rookie award last year. The reliable Rene Paredes earned the league’s special teams award after

kicking for over 200 points. The question is, who is going to hand the ball to Cornish and put Paredes in field-goal range? Drew Tate and Bo Levi Mitchell both have experience as starters, but less than Kevin Glenn, who was taken in the expansion draft by Ottawa and subsequently traded to the B.C. Lions. Neither Tate or Mitchell stood out in pre-season games. Hufnagel is going with Mitchell as his opening-day starter against the Als. Expect Calgary’s quarterback watch to continue into the regular season. Hufnagel likes Tate’s ability to scramble and create offence under pressure, but injuries have limited the six-foot, 190-pound pivot to 153 completions over the past two seasons. The 24-year-old Mitchell works more from the pocket. The six-foot-two, 196-pound Texan won his three starts and came off the bench to lead Calgary to victory against Montreal when Glenn was injured last year. Calgary’s passing game will be effective if receivers Maurice Price, Joe West, Marquay McDaniel, Jabari Arthur and Nik Lewis can all be healthy at the same time, which didn’t happen last season due to various injuries. “I think for the most part our offence will be great,” Cornish said. “Kevin Glenn played some games for us but we also had Bo Levi and Drew Tate playing games for us too. Those two guys got work. “With Brander Craighead sliding in for Jon Gott on the offence, I think quite honestly our offence may be even more dangerous with the inclusion of Jock Sanders. I think Matt Walters has really worked on his game. Our wide receivers have come a long way developing as athletes.” The Stampeders defence was often overlooked because of Calgary’s gaudy offensive numbers, but only Saskatchewan gave up fewer points in 2013. Hughes and linebackers Juwan Simpson and Keon Raymond are the stalwarts on defence.

Head coach Jones, QB Reilly key to Eskimos revival in 2014 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Mediocrity has attached itself like a mould to the onceproud Edmonton Eskimos franchise, but the team says the clean up begins in 2014 with its new head coach and a franchise quarterback. “I know our fans are a little annoyed with certain things, but they also have to understand we are committed to getting this done,” said general manager Ed Hervey, referring to last year’s 4-14 record and the team’s fourth missed playoff attempt in eight years. Hervey said that starts with new head coach Chris Jones and returning quarterback Mike Reilly. Jones, the highly touted former Toronto Argonauts defensive co-ordinator, gets his first shot at proving he can run the whole show as a head coach in the CFL. His resume speaks to success: 12 years coaching in the CFL, never missed the playoffs, won three Grey Cups.

He will also run his trademark defence for Edmonton, featuring defenders who play with risk and aggression, tripping up offences with multiple sets, blitzes and stances. Jones said the defence isn’t about dictating the play as much as taking an offence out of its comfort zone, refusing to let a quarterback do what he wants to do. “We try to do our best to make (the offence) play left-handed,” said Jones. Jones will do it with a retooled roster. Veterans Donovan Alexander and Chris Thompson were dispatched in the off-season as Jones rebuilt the secondary around bigger, stronger players. Joe Burnett, Patrick Watkins, Marcell Young and Aaron Grymes are the projected starters at cornerback and defensive back, with Ryan Hinds and Chris Rwabukamba at the safety spot. Veterans Rennie Curran, JC Sherritt, and Eric Samuels are the starters at linebacker, although Sherritt has been absent from practices this week with an undisclosed injury.

Almondo Sewell, Eddie Steele, Marcus Howard, and Odell Willis are the defensive lineman. On offence, the team revolves around Reilly, who was signed this week to a contract extension through 2016. The 29-year-old from Washington State had a breakout season under centre in 2013, finishing second in the CFL in passing yards (4,207) and leading the team in rushing (709 yards) while absorbing head-jarring hits behind an offensive line held together by spit and binder twine. Matt Nichols will be the backup after missing all of 2013 to a knee injury. In the receiving corps, slotback Fred Stamps is still the top go-to guy. Now in his eighth year, the man from New Orleans led the CFL with 1,259 receiving yards in 2013. Adarius Bowman lines up on the other side. Shamawd Chambers and Nate Coehoorn are the wideouts. Jones has made it clear the running backs must protect Reilly. To that end, veteran Hugh Charles was cut to make way for second year man John White

and newcomer Tyler Thomas, who are better blocker and pass protectors. The offensive line has been retooled. Of the 11 lineman the team broke camp with, six are new. Brian Ramsay is at centre, joining guards Andrew Jones and Simeon Rottier, and tackles Thaddeus Coleman and Tony Washington. Grant Shaw is back to do the kicking but needs to get better. He was 21 for 27 on field goals to finish in the middle of the pack in 2013. Reilly said 2014 is a pivotal year for the CFL’s one-time flagship organization that made the playoffs for 34 consecutive seasons before falling into dysfunction following its last Grey Cup win, and appearance, in 2005. “We have very high expectations, as should the fans, but again we understand it’s not just going to happen by talking about it,” said Reilly. “We’ve got to go out and do it on the field.” The Eskimos open the regular season in Vancouver Saturday against the B.C. Lions.

SCOREBOARD Baseball Toronto Baltimore New York Boston Tampa Bay

GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 7 1/2 12

Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 42 32 .568 40 38 .513 38 40 .487 36 39 .480 36 43 .456

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GB — 4 1/2 6 1/2 12 1/2 15 1/2

Colorado San Diego Arizona

Friday’s Games Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 11:05 a.m., 1st game Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m., 2nd game Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Oakland at Miami, 5:10 p.m. Minnesota at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Detroit at Houston, 6:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 48 32 .600 43 36 .544 39 38 .506 39 39 .500 32 44 .421

GB — 4 1/2 7 1/2 8 14

West Division W L Pct 46 32 .590 44 36 .550

.449 .430 .407

11 12 1/2 14 1/2

(12), Zunino (11), B.Miller (7). INTERLEAGUE Pittsburgh 000 000 001 — 1 5 2 Tampa Bay 300 000 02x — 5 8 0 Morton, Grilli (8), Ju.Wilson (8) and C.Stewart; Price, McGee (9) and J.Molina. W—Price 6-7. L—Morton 4-9. HRs—Pittsburgh, A.McCutchen (12). Oakland 240 101 000 — 8 11 0 New York 000 000 320 — 5 11 0 Mills, Otero (7), Gregerson (8), Doolittle (9) and Jaso, D.Norris; Z.Wheeler, Eveland (3), Germen (6), Edgin (8), Familia (9) and d’Arnaud. W—Mills 1-0. L—Z.Wheeler 3-8. Sv—Doolittle (11). HRs— Oakland, Moss (18), Crisp (6). New York, Duda (11), C.Young (7). LAA 012 010 010 — 5 10 1 Kan. City 100 120 000 — 4 8 1 Haren, J.Wright (5), Howell (8), League (8), B.Wilson (9) and A.Ellis; Shields, W.Davis (8), Bueno (9) and Hayes, S.Perez. W—J.Wright 3-2. L—W.Davis 5-2. Sv—B.Wilson (1). HRs—Los Angeles, Kemp (8). Kansas City, L.Cain (3), J.Dyson (1).

Thursday’s Games Atlanta (Minor 2-4) at Houston (Cosart 7-5), 12:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 5-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels 2-4), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Worley 1-0), 5:05 p.m. Washington (Fister 6-2) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-6), 6:05 p.m. Colorado (Friedrich 0-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 8-5), 6:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 10-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 5-4), 8:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 5-6) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-3), 8:15 p.m.

Boston 5, Seattle 4 Thursday’s Games Atlanta (Minor 2-4) at Houston (Cosart 7-5), 12:10 p.m. Minnesota (Nolasco 4-5) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 7-6), 1:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Carroll 2-3) at Toronto (Happ 6-4), 5:07 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 9-4) at Texas (N.Martinez 1-4), 6:05 p.m.

GB — 1 2 1/2 5 1/2 6

43 45 48

Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1 Milwaukee 9, Washington 2 St. Louis 9, Colorado 6 San Francisco 4, San Diego 0 Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Miami 3, Philadelphia 2 Oakland 8, N.Y. Mets 5 Atlanta 4, Houston 0 L.A. Dodgers 5, Kansas City 4 Cleveland 6, Arizona 1

Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1 Baltimore 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 12 innings N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 3 Oakland 8, N.Y. Mets 5 Detroit 8, Texas 6 Atlanta 4, Houston 0 L.A. Dodgers 5, Kansas City 4 Cleveland 6, Arizona 1 Minnesota at L.A. Angels, late

National League East Division W L Pct 41 36 .532 40 37 .519 39 39 .500 36 42 .462 35 42 .455

35 34 33

Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 10, Oakland 1 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 3 Atlanta 3, Houston 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, Kansas City 0 Washington 4, Milwaukee 2, 16 innings Colorado 10, St. Louis 5 Arizona 9, Cleveland 8, 14 innings San Diego 7, San Francisco 2

Tuesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore 2 Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 6 N.Y. Mets 10, Oakland 1 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 5 Detroit 8, Texas 2 Atlanta 3, Houston 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, Kansas City 0 Arizona 9, Cleveland 8, 14 innings L.A. Angels 8, Minnesota 6 Seattle 8, Boston 2

Friday’s Games Washington at Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. Oakland at Miami, 5:10 p.m. Colorado at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 8:10 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. Cincinnati at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 000 110 200 000 — 4 11 0 Baltimore 000 000 040 001 — 5 12 0 (12 innings) Noesi, Putnam (8), S.Downs (8), Guerra (8), Petricka (10), D.Webb (12) and Flowers; U.Jimenez, Brach (7), O’Day (8), Z.Britton (9), R.Webb (10), Matusz (11), Tom.Hunter (12) and Hundley. W— Tom.Hunter 2-1. L—D.Webb 4-2. HRs—Chicago, J.Abreu (23). Baltimore, N.Cruz (24). New York 004 000 100 — 5 9 0 Toronto 100 020 000 — 3 10 0 Kuroda, Kelley (7), Thornton (7), Warren (8), Dav. Robertson (8) and Cervelli; Hutchison, Rasmussen (7), Santos (7), Redmond (8) and D.Navarro. W— Kuroda 5-5. L—Hutchison 5-6. Sv—Dav.Robertson (18). HRs—New York, Teixeira (14). Toronto, Reyes (6). Detroit 302 020 010 — 8 11 2 Texas 000 301 101 — 6 9 0 A.Sanchez, B.Hardy (6), Alburquerque (7), Coke (7), Chamberlain (8), Nathan (9) and Holaday; J.Saunders, Sh.Tolleson (5), Frasor (7), Cotts (8) and Chirinos. W—A.Sanchez 5-2. L—J.Saunders 0-4. Sv—Nathan (16). HRs—Detroit, V.Martinez (20), J.Martinez (9). Texas, C.Pena (1). Boston 202 010 000 — 5 11 0 Seattle 030 000 010 — 4 8 0 Buchholz, A.Miller (8), Uehara (9) and Pierzynski; Iwakuma, Wilhelmsen (5), Maurer (8) and Zunino. W—Buchholz 3-4. L—Iwakuma 5-4. Sv—Uehara (16). HRs—Boston, D.Ortiz (18). Seattle, Seager

GB — 3

Atlanta 010 000 210 — 4 5 0 Houston 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 A.Wood, S.Simmons (8), Jaime (9) and Gattis; McHugh, Farnsworth (8), D.Downs (8), Je.Williams (9) and J.Castro. W—A.Wood 6-6. L—McHugh 4-6. HRs—Atlanta, J.Upton (16). Cleveland 111 010 200 — 6 10 0 Arizona 000 000 001 — 1 5 0 Kluber, Atchison (8), Rzepczynski (9), Allen (9) and Y.Gomes; C.Anderson, Spruill (6) and M.Montero. W—Kluber 7-5. L—C.Anderson 5-3. HRs—Cleveland, Y.Gomes (8), Brantley (12). NATIONAL LEAGUE Wash. 010 100 000 — 2 2 0 Milwaukee 040 122 00x — 9 13 0 Strasburg, T.Hill (5) and S.Leon; Estrada, Kintzler (7), Figaro (8) and Maldonado. W—Estrada 7-4. L—Strasburg 6-6. HRs—Milwaukee, Gennett (5), K.Davis (14). St. Louis 001 030 122 — 9 12 0 Colorado 000 501 000 — 6 9 2 Gonzales, Maness (6), Neshek (7), S.Freeman (8), Rosenthal (8) and Y.Molina; Flande, Kahnle (6), Brothers (7), Ottavino (8), Masset (9) and Rosario. W—Neshek 2-0. L—Ottavino 0-3. Sv—Rosenthal (23). HRs—St. Louis, Ma.Adams (9). Colorado, Stubbs (6). San Diego 000 000 000 — 0 0 0 San Fran. 011 000 20x — 4 11 0 Kennedy, Stauffer (7), A.Torres (7), Thayer (8) and Rivera; Lincecum and H.Sanchez. W—Lincecum 6-5. L—Kennedy 5-9. Miami 000 300 000 — 3 6 2 Phila. 000 011 000 — 2 7 0 H.Alvarez, M.Dunn (7), Gregg (8), Cishek (9) and Saltalamacchia; A.Burnett, Bastardo (8), De Fratus (9) and Ruiz. W—H.Alvarez 5-3. L—A.Burnett 5-7. Sv—Cishek (18). Cincinnati 100 003 000 — 4 7 0 Chicago 000 100 000 — 1 6 0 Latos, Broxton (8), A.Chapman (9) and Mesoraco; E.Jackson, Russell (6), Grimm (8), Villanueva (9) and Jo.Baker. W—Latos 1-0. L—E.Jackson 5-8. Sv—A.Chapman (14). AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—Altuve, Houston, .332; VMartinez, Detroit, .330; Beltre, Texas, .328; Brantley, Cleveland, .325; Cano, Seattle, .324; MiCabrera, Detroit, .317; KSuzuki, Minnesota, .315. RBI—NCruz, Baltimore, 64; MiCabrera, Detroit, 63; Encarnacion, Toronto, 63; JAbreu, Chicago, 61; Moss, Oakland, 57; Donaldson, Oakland, 56; Trout, Los Angeles, 56. HOME RUNS—NCruz, Baltimore, 24; Encarnacion, Toronto, 24; JAbreu, Chicago, 23; VMartinez, Detroit, 20; Donaldson, Oakland, 18; Moss, Oakland, 18; Ortiz, Boston, 18.

Hockey Canada U18 National Team Selection camp Aug. 2-5 at Calgary WHL invitees Goal — Nick McBride, Prince Albert Raiders; Zachary Sawchenko, Moose Jaw Warriors. Defence — Joe Gatenby, Kelowna Rockets; Kevin Davis, Everett Silvertips; Connor Hobbs, Medicine Hat Tigers; Chaz Reddekopp, Victoria Royals; Parker Wotherspoon, Tri-City Americans. Forwards — Adam Musil, Red Deer Rebels; Grayson Pawlenchuk, Red Deer Rebels; Matthew Barzal, Seattle Thunderbirds; Giorgio Estephan, Lethbridge Hurricanes; Glenn Gawdin, Swift Current Broncos; Matteo Gennaro, Prince Albert Raiders; Jansen Harkins, Prince George Cougars; Nick Merkley, Kelowna Rockets; Tyler Soy, Victoria Royals. Red Deer Rebels 2014-15 WHL schedule (Mountain time) September (two home games, one road game) Sept. 19: Kootenay, 7 p.m. Centrium; Sept. 20: At Calgary, 7 p.m.; Sept. 27: Kootenay, 7 p.m., Centrium. October (six home games, six road games) Oct. 2: At Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.; Oct. 4: At Brandon,

7 p.m.; Oct. 5: At Regina, 6 p.m.; Oct. 10: Medicine Hat, 7 p.m., Centrium; Oct. 11: Brandon, 7 p.m. Centrium; Oct. 14: Victoria, 7 p.m., Centrium; Oct. 17: At Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.; Oct. 18: At Prince Albert, 7 p.m.; Oct. 24: Prince George, 7 p.m., Centrium; Oct. 25: Moose Jaw, 7 p.m., Centrium; Oct. 28: Medicine Hat, 7 p.m., Centrium; Oct. 31: At Kootenay, 8 p.m. November (five home games, eight road games) Nov. 1: At Spokane, 7:05 p.m.; Nov. 4: At Seattle, 7:05 p.m.; Nov. 5: At Everett, 7:05 p.m.; Nov. 7: At Portland, 7 p.m.; Nov. 8: At Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.; Nov. 14: Lethbridge, 7 p.m., Centrium; Nov. 15: Saskatoon, 7 p.m., Centrium; Nov. 18: At Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.; Nov. 21: Medicine Hat, 7 p.m., Centrium; Nov. 22: Calgary, 7 p.m., Centrium; Nov. 23: At Calgary, 4 p.m.; Nov. 28: At Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 29: Swift Current, 7 p.m., Centrium. December (six home games, four road games) Dec. 2: Calgary, 7 p.m., Centrium; Dec, 5: Moose Jaw, 7 p.m., Centrium; Dec. 6: At Lethbridge, 7 p.m.; Dec. 11: Kamloops, 7 p.m., Centrium; Dec. 13: At Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.; Dec. 14: At Brandon, 4 p.m.; Dec. 17: Kelowna, 7 p.m., Centrium; Dec. 27: At Edmonton, 7 p.m.; Dec. 28: Edmonton, 5 p.m., Centrium; Dec. 30: Swift Current, 7 p.m., Centrium. January (eight home games, four road games) Jan. 2: Kootenay, 7 p.m., Centrium; Jan. 3: at

Lethbridge, 7 p.m.; Jan. 9: At Kootenay, 7 p.m.; Jan. 10: Brandon, 7 p.m., Centrium; Jan. 13: At Lethbridge, 7 p.m.; Jan. 14: At Calgary, 7 p.m.; Jan. 16: Victoria, 7 p.m., Centrium; Jan. 17: Regina, 7 p.m., Centrium; Jan. 24: Vancouver, 7 p.m., Centrium; Jan. 27: Kelowna, 7 p.m., Centrium; Jan. 30: Edmonton, 7 p.m., Centrium; Jan. 31: Prince Albert, 7 p.m., Centrium. February (four home games, eight road games) Feb. 4: At Kamloops, 7 p.m.; Feb. 6: At Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 7: At Victoria, 7:05 p.m.; Feb. 13: Lethbridge, 7 p.m., Centrium; Feb. 14: Prince George, 7 p.m., Centrium; Feb. 17: At Prince Albert, 7 p.m.; Feb. 18: at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.; Feb. 20: At Swift Current, 7 p.m.; Feb. 21: At Regina, 7 p.m.; Feb. 25: At Edmonton, 7 p.m.; Feb. 27: Prince Albert, 7 p.m., Centrium; Feb. 28: Lethbridge, 7 p.m., Centrium. March (five home games, five road games) March 3: At Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.; March 4: At Swift Current, 7 p.m.; March 6: at Kootenay, 7 p.m.; March 7: Regina, 7 p.m., Centrium; March 11: Saskatoon, 7 p.m., Centrium; March 13: Calgary, 7 p.m., Centrium; March 14: Kootenay, 7 p.m., Centrium; March 18: At Calgary, 7 p.m.; March 20: At Edmonton, 7 p.m.; March 21: Edmonton, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Soccer England

FIFA WORLD CUP At Brazil

Brazil Mexico Croatia Cameroon

W 2 2 1 0

L 0 0 2 3

T 1 1 0 0

GF 7 4 6 1

GA 2 1 6 9

Pt 7 7 3 0

France Switzerland Ecuador Honduras

GP 3 3 3 3

W 2 2 1 0

L 0 1 1 3

T 1 0 1 0

GF 8 7 3 1

GA 2 6 3 8

Pt 7 6 4 0

GP 3 3 3 3

W 3 1 1 0

L 0 1 2 2

T 0 1 0 1

GF 6 3 4 1

GA 3 3 4 4

Pt 9 4 3 1

GP 2 2 2 2

W 1 1 0 0

L 0 0 1 1

T 1 1 1 1

GF 6 4 3 2

GA 2 3 4 6

Pt 4 4 1 1

GP 2 2 2 2

W 2 1 0 0

L 0 1 1 1

T 0 0 1 1

GF 3 5 1 3

GA 1 4 2 5

Pt 6 3 1 1

GROUP F GROUP B Netherlands Chile Spain Australia

GP 3 3 3 3

W 3 2 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

GF 10 5 4 3

GA 3 3 7 9

Pt 9 6 3 0

GP 3 3 3 3

W 3 1 1 0

L 0 1 2 2

T 0 1 0 1

GF 9 2 4 2

GA 2 4 5 6

Pt 9 4 3 1

GP 3 3 3

W 2 2 1

L 0 1 2

T 1 0 0

GF 4 4 2

GA 1 4 3

Pt 7 6 3

Argentina Nigeria Bosnia-Herz. Iran GROUP G

GROUP C Colombia Greece Ivory Coast Japan

Germany United States Ghana Portugal

Tuesday, June 24 Costa Rica 0 England 0 Italy 0 Uruguay 1 Japan 1 Colombia 4 Greece 2 Ivory Coast 1 Wednesday, June 25 Nigeria 2 Argentina 3 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 Iran 1 Honduras 0 Switzerland 3 Ecuador 0 France 0 Thursday, June 26 Germany at United States, 10 a.m. Ghana at Portugal, 10 a.m. Russia at Algeria, 2 p.m. Belgium at South Korea, 2 p.m. Round of 16 Saturday, June 28 Chile at Brazil, 10 a.m. Uruguay at Colombia, 2 p.m.

GROUP H GROUP D Costa Rica Uruguay Italy

Belgium Algeria Russia South Korea

Sunday, June 29 Mexico at Netherlands, 10 a.m. Greece at Costa Rica, 2 p.m.

Tennis Wimbledon Wednesday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Ernests Gulbis (12), Latvia, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Kevin Anderson (20), South Africa, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 7-6 (0), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Blaz Rola, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-1, 6-0. Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, def. Luke Saville, Australia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Alexandr Dolgopolov (21), Ukraine, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (0), 6-3, 6-4. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (9), 4-6, 7-5. Fabio Fognini (16), Italy, def. Tim Puetz, Germany, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Roberto Bautista Agut (27), Spain, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. David Ferrer (7), Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Marin Cilic (26), Croatia, def. Andreas HaiderMaurer, Austria, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Gilles Simon, France, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-1. Jimmy Wang, Taiwan, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia (17), 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5). Sam Querrey, United States, vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14), France, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4), 3-6, 9-9, susp., darkness. Women First Round Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Tara Moore, Britain, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 9-7. Second Round Li Na (2), China, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 6-2, 6-2. Venus Williams (30), United States, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def.

Elena Vesnina (32), Russia, 6-4, 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-4, 6-0. Ekaterina Makarova (22), Russia, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 7-5, 6-4. Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-2, 6-0. Caroline Garcia, France, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 7-5, 6-3. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Victoria Azarenka (8), Belarus, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic (23), def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 7-6 (7), 7-5. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Peng Shuai, China, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 6-0, 6-3. Caroline Wozniacki (16), Denmark, def. Naomi Broady, Britain, 6-3, 6-2. Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Lauren Davis, United States, def. Flavia Pennetta (12), Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Dominika Cibulkova (10), Slovakia, def. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Football Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

CFL 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.

West Division GP W L T 0 0 0 0

PF 0

PA 0

Pt 0

Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

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.

0 0 0 0

Today

● 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.

Ladies Fastball Red Deer Ladies Fastball Topco Panthers TNT Athletics N Jensen Bandits Snell/Oslund Badgers Lac Physio Shooters

W 9 9 8 7 5

L 3 1 5 4 7

T 1 0 0 0 0

Pts 19 18 16 14 10

NS Sports U16 Rage Stettler Heat Alta Kaizen Warriors

4 1 0

5 9 9

1 0 0

9 2 0

Score Tuesday Panthers 10 Bandits 0 Panthers 1 Bandits 0 Rage 9 Shooters 7

Golf Alberta Open at Wolf Creek Golf Resort Central Alberta golfers Pos Player T9 Troy Butterfield (p) Alberta Springs Resort T22 Jared Nicolls (a) Wolf Creek Golf Course T22 Zak Griffiths (p) E-Club of Reno T33 Tim Boston (a) Wolf Creek Golf Resort T45 Colby Albert (a)

Total

152

155

158

Sylvan Lake Golf and CC T45 Blair Neal (a) Wolf Creek Golf Resort MCDane Thorogood (a) Sundre MC Chad Cargill (a) Lacombe Golf & CC MC Ron Harder (a) Innisfail MC Kolby Vold (a) Wolf Creek Golf Resort MCClinton McAllister (p) Wolf Creek Golf Resort

162

165

166

167

169

170

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Chicago White Sox OF Adam Heisler (WinstonSalem—Carolina) and Oakland 3B Tyler Ladendorf (Sacramento-PCL) 50 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BOSTON RED SOX — Designated LHP Chris Capuano for assignment. Reinstated RHP Clay Buchholz from the 15-day DL. Sent OF Shane Victorino to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHPs Jake Cosart and Kevin McAvoy, OFs Cole Sturgeon and Tyler Hill and 1B Josh Ockimey on minor league contracts. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned LHP Tim Collins to Omaha (PCL). Designated LHP Donnie Joseph for assignment. Reinstated LHP Bruce Chen from the 60-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned OF Aaron Hicks to New Britain (EL). TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled INF Cole Figueroa from Durham (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned OF Kevin Pillar to Buffalo (IL). Designated INF Jonathan Diaz for assignment. Selected the contract of OF Brad Glenn from Buffalo. Acquired OF Cory Aldridge from Sultanes de Monterrey (Mexican League). National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned LHP Ryan Buchter to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled LHP Alex Wood from Gwinnett. CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with C Mark Zagunis on a minor league contract. COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Christian Bergman on the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Yohan Flande from Colorado Springs (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Selected the contract of 1B Clint Robinson from Albuquerque (PCL). Designated INF Jamie Romak for assignment. MIAMI MARLINS — Released RHP Kevin Slowey. Placed SS Adeiny Hechavarria on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Recalled INF Donovan Solano from New Orleans (PCL). NEW YORK METS — Sent RHP Dillon Gee to the GCL Mets for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHPs Erik Manoah, Alex Durham and Gabriel Llanes, OFs Raphael Ramirez, Arnaldo Berrios and Tucker Tharp, LHP Kurtis Horne and INF infielder Dale Burdick on minor league contracts. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed C Wil

Nieves on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 19. Reinstated OF Tony Gwynn Jr. from the restricted list. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned SS Pete Kozma to Memphis (PCL). Transferred RHP Joe Kelly to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Marco Gonzales from Springfield (TL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with 2B Nick Vilter on a minor league contract. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed OF Angel Pagan on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 15. Recalled 3B Adam Duvall from Fresno (PCL). Sent 2B Marco Scutaro to the AZL Giants for a rehab assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Designated 1B/3B Greg Dobbs for assignment. Released RHP Christian Garcia. Selected the contract of RHP Taylor Hill from Syracuse (IL). Reinstated OF Jeff Kobernus from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Syracuse. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW YORK KNICKS — Traded C Tyson Chandler and G Raymond Felton to Dallas for Gs Jose Calderon, Shane Larkin and Wayne Ellington, C Samuel Dalembert and two second-round draft picks in Thursday’s draft. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Announced F Rudy Gay has exercised his option for next season. FOOTBALL National Football League SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed WR Kevin Smith. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed OL Gord Hinse. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Traded D Nikita Nikitin to Edmonton for a 2014 fifth-round draft pick. LOS ANGELES KINGS — Agreed to terms with LW Marian Gaborik on a seven-year contract. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Named Mike Johnston coach and Rich Tocchet assistant coach. Fired assistant coaches Tony Granato and Todd Reirden. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed F Ryan Callahan to a six-year contract. Used a compliance buyout on F Ryan Malone. Re-signed F J.T. Brown to a two-year contract. MOTORSPORTS INDYCAR — Withdrew penalties issued against driver Sebastien Bourdais following the Firestone 600 on June 7.

OLDS GRIZZLYS

GROUP E GROUP A GP 3 3 3 3

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014

Local Sports

American League East Division W L Pct 44 36 .550 41 36 .532 40 37 .519 36 43 .456 32 48 .400

San Francisco Los Angeles

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.

OLDS — The Olds Grizzlys will swing into Alberta Junior Hockey League 2014-15 preseason play Aug. 29 versus the host Calgary Canucks. The Grizzlys will entertain the Calgary Mustangs Aug. 30 and will wrap up their exhibition season Aug. 31 in Canmore against the Eagles. The Grizzlys’ regular-season opener is set for Sept. 5 at home against the Camrose Kodiaks. Olds will host the Okotoks Oilers 24 hours later.

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REBELS: Anholt hired by 'Canes ● Peter Anholt, the Rebels first-ever head coach — from 1992 to ‘95 — and a Rebels assistant under Terry Simpson and Brent Sutter from 1998 to 2000, has joined the Lethbridge Hurricanes as the team’s assistant general manager. With Robson in search of a right-hand man, Anholt was one of four people short-listed three weeks ago. “Peter is the guy that can help our club the most. He can help work with the coaches,” Robson told Dale Woodard of the Lethbridge Herald. Anholt, who was also a WHL head coach in Seattle, Prince Albert and Kelowna, has scouted for Seattle the past three seasons. “I really enjoyed that,” said Anholt. “I really enjoyed working with Russ Farwell (Thunderbirds president and GM) again. I think that parlays into this position. “I think I have a good eye for good people and hockey sense. You can’t have a good team without talent and guys that have good hockey sense and can play the game. I think as a staff we have to be open and feel free to speak about what we think of our game and our prospects.” ● With Wednesday’s announcement that Mike Johnston has left the Portland Winterhawks to become head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, there are now three bench boss vacancies in the WHL. Besides the Winterhawks, the Vancouver Giants are also seeking a head coach to replace Don Hay — who has signed with Kamloops — and the Regina Pats are in need of a head man after Tuesday’s surprising dismissal of popular Malcolm Cameron. The decision to fire Cameron, who last year coached a so-so Pats team to the East Division pennant, came from the new ownership group. “We all had a chance to review and reflect (on the situation),” team president/part owner Todd Lumbard told Greg Harder of the Regina Leader-Post. “We felt — all things considered — we wanted to bring in our own guy who was going to lead us forward.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014

Bighorn find short of record All world record bighorn rams throughout recorded history have come from Alberta, and I was delighted when a mid-April government press release announced that Alberta conservation officers had found a head and horns that had been measured by Boone & Crockett Club official scorers as possibly beating the current No. 1 ram. The officers believe the ram died of old age at 10.5 years early last summer, and had been out on the ground and in the elements until found this spring. Before a head can be entered in B&Câ€™s â€œthe book,â€? it must undergo a 60-day drying period, then be officially scored again. I could hardly wait, so fervently did I hope that the found ram would surpass the current No. 1, scoring 203 7/8, taken by Texan, Guinn BOB D. Crousen, at Luscar MounSCAMMELL tain near Cadomin on Nov. 28, 2000. Crousen is a wealthy hunter, and his No. 1 ram is what I call a Boone and Chequebook trophy: he paid $200,000 for a special Alberta Ministerâ€™s Licence auctioned at a Foundation for North American Wild Sheep Convention. For that money, unlike any other Alberta sheep hunter, he was permitted to hunt in November when the bighorn rut is on and the big rams gather on certain mountains to bash heads and breed ewes. Crousen also paid to put together a guiding crew to find the best mountain. Luscar has a sheep sanctuary, and Crousen and his crew hunted hard for more than two weeks until, on the second last day of his exclusive season, Crousen shot his trophy at about 70 yards as it finally flushed, running, out and over the sanctuary boundary. Sorry, but I wonder if this is the â€œfair chaseâ€? by which B&C insists its book entries must be taken. Just asking; but thatâ€™s part of why I had high hopes for the found head to be the new No. 1. Alas, it was not to be. Obviously the horns soaked up and swelled with considerable Alberta moisture, because, after the drying period, they had lost four inches of mass. But they still score high enough to rank as the new No. 5 in the world, a tribute to a magnificent ram that managed to elude all predators, including man, for all its long life. â—? Twice I have purchased commercial bags of topsoil and compost for our asparagus bed, and then suffered a burst of exotic, noxious, and uncontrollable weeds that came with them. Two years ago Lois and Fred put down a commercial bark chip mulch along the east side of their house. Two weeks ago, they emailed me with pictures about a good batch of tan morels (Morchella esculenta) growing in the mulch. Readers often send me pictures, or deliver specimens for me to identify, of backyard fungi. Until now, I have always had to report the mushrooms were at least inedible, if not poisonous. This is the first time I have ever heard of delicious morels growing in a city back yard. They do grow in the boreal back yard of the cabin at the Stump Ranch, and I have harvested them from Clearwater County roadsides the spring after the

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Above: Recent product of the rebuilt North Raven River. At right: Looking over the â€œfoundâ€? bighorn in April. tree chipper has cleared the borrow pits. Morels notoriously resist attempts at domestication. Fresh or dried morels found in grocery stores come from professional foragers who annually follow the season from south to north in North America and sell their harvest to commercial buyers who tag along and set up behind the pickers. Iâ€™m not using the last name of Fred and Lois because it is difficult enough out in the wild protecting your morel patch from poachers, let alone when all they have to do is look it up in the phone book. The owners of this unusual backyard morel patch wonder how long it will keep on producing. Maybe one more year, but I doubt it. Long-producing patches come from a well-established underground mycelium, a huge thread-like organism from which the morels emerge, here and there in season. It is doubtful that a mycelium has developed in the back yard in only two years. Still, one has to wonder and is too polite to ask where the bark chip mulch came from. â—? The story is still developing, but a reader reports that a recent meeting was held in Butte Hall of mostly outraged protesters against the Hankinson gravel pit proposed for the property next to the springs that are the source of the North Raven River. Ironically, a consortium of conservation groups relatively recently finally acquired the springs land itself to protect what is arguably one of North Americaâ€™s finest stream rehabilitation projects that has produced one of Albertaâ€™s top half-dozen trout streams.

What this amazing little rebuilt river does not need is a gravel pit interfering with the flow of underground aquifers that produce the springs that produce the creek. Decision will probably rest with Clearwater County, which has a strange soft spot for gravel pits considering its professed concern for the rivers and streams within its boundaries. Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Many choices, rules at markets and farm gates contacting the producer and arranging a time to pick up an order. Flexible time for pickup is good for the producer, who doesnâ€™t have to sit at the market, and for the consumer, who can have a more flexible pickup time. Some places will deliver, others will not. You-pick establishments sell their produce for less as thereâ€™s less labour involved for the owner. For the consumer, it is a different story. The people who frequent you-pick establishments see it as an outing, a place to spend the day outside gathering food. Dress accordingly. Before heading out, check with the grower to confirm produce availability, time and price. You-picks and gate sales are advertised online, in

the paper and found by word of mouth. Check with market vendors as some establishments also sell at the gate and operate a you-pick. The website http:// www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app21/rtw/ff/farm_fresh_map.jsp lists a number of such places but it is not complete as there are many more local operations within Central Alberta. Before making a purchase, know what can be eaten before it spoils as well as how much you wish to freeze, pickle, can or dehydrate for winter consumption. There is a fine line between too much and not enough. Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com.

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Gardens are up and fresh produce is making its way to the table. For some, this means heading to the garden. For others it is going to farmers markets, markets, gate sales or you-pick establishments. There are differences between farmers markets and markets regarding food regulations and what can be sold. At a farmers market, food can be prepared in the home as opposed to a commercial kitchen and only a certain percentage of vendors can bring in materials that they did not make or grow. At a market, food vendors must use a commercial, certified kitchen to prepare food. There isnâ€™t a restriction on where the products originated. LINDA There are farmers markets TOMLINSON throughout Central Alberta. Each market is unique in atmosphere, time and vendors. Vendors often frequent more than one market. They might try a new market for a couple of weeks before deciding if they make enough sales to make it worthwhile. A market is like an outside mall: many booths with items that are local, national and international. At markets and farmers markets, each booth is owned by individuals who sell similar items that will vary in selection, quality and pricing. A tour through any market will show that produce is often sold by the container without any indication of the weight. When this is the case, ask, as container sizes will vary between vendors, making it a bit of a guessing game as to which has the best price. Quality will also vary between stalls. The most popular ones have spotless produce that is well prepared and free of dirt. Lineups often occur at the vendors with the best produce as their items can sell out. Come with a bag to carry away the goods and be prepared to wait. Ask when the produce was picked and where. If they are bringing produce in from the States, chances are they bought it at a wholesale store similar to the local grocery store. Items bought through the wholesalers often have stickers attached. Be logical: produce brought in from B.C. will be much earlier than Alberta but once again if it is too good to be true, chances are that it was picked up at a wholesaler. Pears, apples, large carrots and thick skinned potatoes keep well in storage. The new crop will start at the end of summer. To find out about local markets and times, go to http://www.albertamarkets.com/markets/centralalberta/ In Alberta, gate sales rarely means buying from a stand at the end of the drive. It usually involves

HEALTH

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Fish oil supplements: not all created equal Cardiovascular disease, depression, brain function and skin health are just a few of the many reasons to use a fish oil supplement. However, did you know that not all fish oils are created equal? For the most part, you get what you pay for, and this is not an area to cheap out on or you may be doing more harm than good to both your health and your pocket book. Besides cost, things to think about when choosing a fish oil include: Freshness, purity, potency, how well it is absorbed and sustainability practices in sourcing the fish oil. Many fish oils are oxidized or made with poor quality ingredients, and may actually SHANE cause health problems inJOHNSON stead of solving them. The harm can also come NATUROPATHIC from the ingredients you did MEDICINE not realize were in the product such as heavy metals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). You want a fish oil company that extracts toxic contaminants to virtually undetectable levels and passes international quality standards for heavy metals (mercury, lead arsenic, cadmium); pesticides and PCBs. These requirements need to be confirmed by independent testing, not just by the company. Fortunately, most of the high quality brands label the third party they have used to confirm their claim. Keep in mind, fish that are lower on the food chain such as sardines and anchovies naturally have a lower concentration of contaminants. For this reason, it may be beneficial to look for a product made from these fish. Freshness is another key component in buying fish oil. A good product prevents oxidation, maintains stability at time of manufacture and throughout its shelf life. Many over-the-counter products are rancid. Not only does rancidity cause “fish burps” when you take the product, but it increases inflammation, the exact opposite of what is attempting to be accomplished with fish oil usage. In particular, potency is where I see most patients go wrong with choosing fish oil. I hear of many individuals looking to find how

many fish oil pills they can get for the cheapest price. Unfortunately, this approach does not hold up as the best option for your health. Fish oils products are made up of two important components called eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid (EPA and DHA). The potency of various products depends not only upon the levels of EPA and DHA, but also upon the structure of the fats in the oil because they all affect how well you absorb the product. You will see that most products on the shelf have about 1,000 mg per capsule. That 1,000 mg is not made up of the same amounts of EPA and DHA as each product varies. As a consumer you need to look below that 1,000 mg number on the label and see how much EPA and DHA that product contains. This gives you a better idea of the potency of the product. For specific doses for your health situation, it is best to speak to your medical provider. However, in general “good” fish oils have a combined EPA and DHA amount around 1,000 to 3,000 mg in a daily-recommended dose. So that cheap fish oil you may be buying now at the store might require you to take 10 pills per day to get the recommended amount — so much for a good price! You will fly through a bottle in no time. Lastly, it is important to make sure the brand you are buying is in compliance with ethical fishing organizations and regulated fishery partners. Many fish oils are made from fish that are endangered. Choose products made from fish that are certified by organizations such as the Marine Stewardship Council. Moving forward, reconsider the cost-per-pill approach and speak to your naturopathic doctor about what fish oil and dosage is best for you! Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Aspire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at Bastyr University, and is among only a handful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to complete an additional one-year residency in family medicine. For more detailed information on naturopathic medicine visit www.aspiremedicine.ca.

Taking heart or blood sugar meds? Eat like this, not like that! If you’re among the millions of people who take a statin or the millions considering it, now hear this: Taking that cholesterol-lowering, inflammationcooling med is not a licence to overeat, gain weight or ask for steak instead of planked salmon! But that seems to be what many of you think. A recent UCLA study reveals that today’s statin users eat 10 per cent more calories and 14 per cent more fat than statin users did 15 years ago. (They also weigh more than non-statin users.) Those bad food choices increase your risk for high blood pressure and diabetes, and make your RealAge older, even while the statin keeps your lousy LDL cholesterol in check. But if you take a second or even third look at your plate, you can take advantage of the remarkable health benefits of statins. Try a meal makeover that adds more proven, heart-smart edibles while subtracting nefarious food felons that boost your risk for everything from ticker trouble and high blood sugar to dementia and a lousy sex life. We think this meds-plus-food strategy works for everybody concerned about their lousy LDL numbers, as well as the 47 million North Americans taking blood pressure drugs, and the 10 million or more who take medications to help control Type 2 diabetes. Here’s why: Heart meds work way better with a healthy diet. People who take statins and other drugs for cardiovascular disease can slash their five-year risk for a heart attack an extra 22 per cent by eating more healthfully, increasing physical activity and cutting out smoking. If your blood pressure is still high despite medication (a problem for 20 per cent to 30 per cent of people taking BP meds), slashing sodium and simple sugars while nixing processed foods and opting for fruit, veggies, whole grains and lean protein could help you lower your blood pressure numbers by 9 to 22 points — all without taking more drugs or increasing your doses. Blood sugar falls in line. If you take medication for Type 2 diabetes but still have high blood sugar levels, a plate makeover could help you bring your A1c (an average of your blood sugar level over six to 12 weeks) down to normal. In one University of Pennsylvania study, seven months of healthy foods lowered A1c levels from eight per cent (that’s high) to 5.8 per cent (that’s healthy!) for people taking diabetes meds. To accomplish this, we suggest you banish the five food felons: refined flour, added sugars and syrups,

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN saturated fat and trans fats. Munch on these five delicious foods instead: 1. Leafy greens. Just 1 ½ servings a day can slash diabetes risk up to 14 per cent. And a diet that includes greens and olive oil (another power food) subdues blood pressure by raising levels of compounds called “nitro fatty acids.” The lutein in greens such as spinach helps prevent plaque buildup along artery walls. 2. Five servings of vegetables and fruit. Eating that every day slashes heart attack and stroke risk by 20 per cent. Bump it up to eight or nine, and you’ll cut your risk by at least 30 per cent. Produce is packed with satisfying fiber that helps control appetite and weight, soluble fibre that helps lower cholesterol, and minerals that help regulate healthy blood pressure. The same stellar nutrients help keep blood sugar in line, too. 3. Nuts and olive oil. In moderation, the good fats in nuts and olive oil help by contributing to healthy cholesterol levels. The fibre and protein in nuts (especially walnuts) help smooth out blood sugar spikes after meals. 4. Beans. A cup a day can lower your A1c, reduce blood pressure and — thanks to a big dose of soluble fibre — helps whisk LDL cholesterol-laden bile acids out of your body when you have a bowel movement. 5. Seafood. Fish like salmon and wild trout can help cut your risk for diabetes while pampering your eyes, brain, joints and sex organs. Now you’re primed to get the body do-over benefits of statins that you’ve been hoping for all along. The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show and Mike Roizen of Cleveland Clinic, are authors of YOU: Losing Weight. To live your healthiest, visit sharecare.com.

Three moves for firmer biceps If you are looking to build a stronger and more powerful upper body, you’ll definitely want to be focusing in on the bicep muscle group. For many people, especially men, the biceps are the mark and demonstration of strength, so it’s an area that they don’t want to be neglecting. But, if you train your biceps incorrectly, you will not receive the results that you’re after. Let’s take a closer peek into three moves that you should be doing for your bicep muscle.

Bent over rows with a reverse grip One thing that far too many people overlook as they go about their workout routine is the importance of doing compound movements for the smaller muscle groups. While you may think that the isolation exercises are the ones that will get you building muscle quickly, this isn’t the case at all. Remember, the more weight you lift, the faster you build strength and muscle mass. With isolation exercises, since you only are working that small muscle group, the weight level will be much lower. Therefore, adding compound movements does the trick perfectly to boost your CABEL weight upwards. Bent over MCELDERRY rows hit the back as well as the biceps and if you use the reverse grip, you’ll see even greater stress being placed on the bicep muscle.

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Pull-ups with a close reverse grip Moving along, another compound exercise that’s excellent for enhancing bicep strength is the pull-up with a close reverse grip. This is going to allow you to better stress the biceps than the standard pull-up and add an extra challenge overall. This means more strength gains and faster results.

Twenty-ones Finally, once you have done a couple of the compound exercises, then you should consider moving into a more isolated exercise. This will allow you to bring the muscle into a fully fatigued state, setting yourself up for serious growth and strength gains. To do this, try out 21s. This technique is going to have you lifting the weight through the full movement pattern upwards, and then lowering just halfway down. Complete seven reps like that. Then once those are finished, move on to do seven reps using the lower half of the movement pattern, opposite of what you just worked. Finally, finish off with seven full reps, which will bring you to that state of utmost fatigue and you’ll be really feeling it in those bicep muscles. So there you have the key points to know and remember regarding training your bicep muscles effectively. Pair your bicep training with your back training and you’ll hit both of these muscle groups with many of the exercises you do. Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx.com.

Over-the-counter acne treatments may lead to serious allergic reactions BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are warning consumers who use popular anti-acne treatments about rare but potentially deadly allergic reactions that can cause swelling of the face and difficulty breathing. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday the problems have been reported with gels, face washes, pads and other products that contain two ingredients: benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid. But the agency says it’s unclear whether those ingredients trigger the reactions or whether some other combination of ingredients is to blame. The over-the-counter treatments are sold as Proactiv, Neutrogena, MaxClarity, Oxy, Aveeno and other brands. For now the agency wants consumers to stop using the products immediately if they experience tightness of the throat, breathing problems, lightheadedness or swelling of the eyes, face or lips. Users can test their sensitivity to a new treatment by dabbing a small amount on their skin for three days. If they don’t experience a reaction the product can generally be used safely as directed. An FDA analysis uncovered 131 reports of serious allergic reactions with topical acne drugs over the last 44 years. None of the cases were fatal, but 44 per cent of people had to be hospitalized.

Longer heart monitoring can detect more A-fib, major cause of stroke BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A heart-rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation is on the rise among older Canadians, but standard testing often doesn’t detect the condition, leaving patients untreated and prone to potentially disabling or fatal strokes. Among those who have had a stroke, standard testing includes wearing a portable electrocardiogram for 24 hours to check for episodes of an irregular heartbeat. But often the heart monitor will turn up no anomalies, so doctors are unable to come up with a specific diagnosis.

“Atrial fibrillation can be notoriously difficult to diagnose because it is often silent and comes and goes intermittently, so it can be a hidden risk factor for stroke,” said Dr. David Gladstone, director of the stroke prevention clinic at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. “Strokes related to atrial fibrillation are often devastating, causing long-term disability, dementia and death,” Gladstone said Wednesday. “They tend to be more severe and disabling and deadly than strokes due to other causes.” The Toronto neurologist is principal investigator of the EMBRACE trial, one of two major studies published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine that found a more successful method of de-

tecting the disorder. Simply put, the two teams kept patients on heart monitors longer — for 30 days in the Sunnybrook-led Canadian trial, using a wearable device, and up to three years with an implantable monitor for patients in the CRYSTAL AF study, a collaboration among European, U.S. and Canadian researchers. Gladstone’s team, which included more than 50 researchers across the country, looked at 572 patients who had suffered an unexplained stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack), half of whom were randomly assigned to wear a heart monitor for 24 hours, while the other half were kept on the device for 30 days.

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Welcome to the driver’s seat

Off-roading requires careful preparation Off-roading is a popular pastime but it is amazing how many people arrive in the backwoods ill prepared for what should be a fun adventure. Here are a few tips on off-road driving; If you are driving in rocky terrain it is important to have sufficient ground clearance and proper suspension travel. High ground clearance allows the larger rocks to pass underneath without contacting vulnerable vehicle components while good suspension travel allows the wheels to remain in contact with the ground. Independent suspension usually provides a smoother ride in this type of road, but its design limits the wheel travel and ground clearance available. Rocky terrain should be traveled at low speeds to minimize vehicle contact with the terrain. While independent front suspension generally provides a smoother ride, it has a variable ground clearance to the front differential. As the front wheels hit a bump, the wheels rise up to absorb the bump. However the differential remains in

the same position, reducing the ground clearance under it. This can result in the differential hitting the ground, even though the object was only half the height of the ground clearance. Live axle front suspension does not provide as smooth a ride as independent front suspension. Many live axle suspensions are now fitted with coils rather than leaf suspension, which improves the ride. The advantage of live axles when off road is that when the wheels hit a bump, the whole axle rises with the wheels to absorb the bump. This maintains the same clearance from the differential to the ground. While this is an advantage off-road, the weight of the entire axle is constantly moving with any bumps leads to a rougher ride, compared to independent front suspension. When large drop-offs or ledges are encountered, they can be done at an angle to allow one wheel at a time to drop down. Keep in mind how this will affect the position of the vehicle as turning at an angle to a downhill ledge may result in a side rollover.

Travelling on long sections of gravel roads can lull the driver into a false sense of security. Most four-wheel drives can make a rough road seem smooth with their smooth suspension and quiet interiors. Speed creep can occur in these circumstances and when a curve in the road is encountered the high center of gravity in most trucks may cause you to cross to the other side of the road or it can lead to a high risk of rollover. New drivers should be extra careful. If an obstacle such as a bear suddenly appears it is very important not to swerve while braking, once a skid or slide starts, it is very difficult to regain control. It is best to use four-wheel drive on gravel roads to gain better traction. Gravel roads provide enough slip not to cause any transfer case windup problems. After driving long distances on poor quality roads, it is a good idea to check all nuts and bolts to see they haven’t vibrated loose. It is especially important to check all suspension components. When driving on dusty roads, it is a good idea

to have all your windows closed and the ventilation control set to outside air with the fan on high. This pressurizes the cab of the vehicle, and helps reduce If an obstacle the amount of such as a bear dust sucked into suddenly appears the vehicle. When another vehicle it is very important approaches, move not to swerve while the ventilation braking, once a skid control to reor slide starts, it is circulate to stop dusty air coming in. very difficult to regain Remember to move control. the ventilation back to outside air once Ian Harwood you have passed or else the pressurization effect will be gone. The interior is already experiencing some very dry conditions and with predictions of a serious fire season ahead please do your part not to be carless and report any fire to 1-800-663-5555 or *5555.

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An electrifying and smart choice Which cars on the market today don’t I like? It’s a question I’m often asked and one I struggle to answer. Today’s automobiles are made so well, there are no real turkeys. But, and there is always a “but”, there are certainly cars I like more than others and some I prefer not to drive. The regular Smart ForTwo is one of them. The small dimensions are perfect as a city runabout but the lethargic gasoline engine and very choppy automatic transmission make it more work to drive than I prefer. Well, after driving the latest Smart ForTwo Electric Drive (Smart Electric) my mood has changed to the point that this might be the best little electric car for the city, it’s that good. Looks The Smart Electric looks like the regular Smart, with a compact little body that provides and amazing amount of interior space and a lot of crash protection on the outside. The exterior of all the Smart Cars have been designed as a singular safety cage, called the Tridion Safety Cell. Other

cars have exterior panels that absorb impacts the Smart’s exterior metal bits are the strongest part of the car. In crash tests, these tiny cars fare well. The Smart Electric, just like the gasoline version, is available as a coupe or cabriolet. Spotting a Smart Electric is a bit tricky; this is not like buying a Toyota Prius or Chevy Volt. No, this little dynamo blends right in. It is only a small decal on the side with the emblem of a plug or the subtle badge on that back that gives anything away. Inside My nine-year-old son Charlie really wanted to go for a ride not because it’s electric but because he had never been in a Smart Car before and wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Since there are only two seats, he could place his seat back as far as he liked and had vast amounts of leg room. He also commented on the large cargo shelf behind the two front seats for storage. The cabin is tall and we both had a commanding view down the road. The rest of the cabin is refreshingly simple.

There are two bug-like gauges on top of the dash that indicate the batteries state of charge and if the car is drawing power or What the electric regenerating power when coasting version has over or braking. The the regular gasoline instrument cluster model is a much provides a simple trip computer smoother delivery of displaying the power. vehicle’s electric range and an “eco” Zack Spencer meter that helps the driver be more efficient.

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Remembering D-Day SYLVAN LAKE VIDEOGRAPHER TRAVELS TO JUNO BEACH IN FRANCE AS PART OF COMMEMORATIVE TOUR WITH VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF

BLOOD SERVICES NEEDS DONORS Canadian Blood Services needs more blood donors to shore up its blood supplies by Canada Day. The Red Deer clinic will even be open on Canada Day. The need is particularly strong for type O and type A blood. The July 1 holiday means fewer people are making blood donor appointments, at a time when demand for blood is higher. A higher rate of traffic and collisions during statutory holidays increases the need for blood. Up to 50 blood donors may be needed to save the life of one person in a car crash. The Red Deer blood donor clinic is open Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and on Canada Day (Tuesday) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To make an appointment, call 1-888-236-6283 (1-888-2DONATE). The Red Deer clinic is located at 5 5020 68th St.

FIRST THURSDAYS CONCERT Sharon Braun and Cheryl Cooney will perform at the next First Thursdays in the Snell concert at the Red Deer Public Library. Braun, a mezzo soprano, and Cooney, a pianist, will perform a Song and Satire program from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on July 3 in the Snell auditorium, downstairs in the public library. There’s no admission charge, but donations will be accepted at the door. Coffee and tea will be provided by Café Noir.

CORRECTION The story Canada Day access and transportation to Bower Ponds in the Advocate on Wednesday contained incorrect information. Red Deer Transit will be picking up and dropping off people at the Memorial Centre parking lot and Bower Ponds every 15 minutes from 10:45 a.m. and continuing until after the fireworks. It will not be stopping service at 10:15 p.m. as initially stated.

On the morning of June 6, Allan Cameron of Sylvan Lake stood with his feet in the sand at Juno Beach, shot glass in hand, and made a toast to those who had served 70 years prior on D-Day. “I stood there thinking what had happened there and how many lost their lives on that beach. How can that not make you emotional and the hairs stand up on the back of your neck?” said Cameron upon his return from France to Central Alberta earlier this week. “To call it a privilege is just an understatement. To be there like that with everyone was just amazing.” Cameron, a freelance videographer who founded and runs the non-profit Veterans Voices of Canada, had originally planned a fundraiser to bring two veterans from the North Nova Scotia Highlanders to Normandy, France, for D-Day’s 70th anniversary this year. However, one vet, Ralph McCallum, later decided the journey would be too much for him and another, Earl Jewers, chose to go on the commemorative tour with Veterans Affairs Canada. Cameron’s own family history is woven in with the Highlanders as two of his uncles served with the infantry regiment during the Second World War. “They partook in the D-Day landings and one of them, my uncle Ernest Hill, is buried there. He died on July 25, 1944, at Tilly la Campagne. My second uncle, Perley Cameron, a D-Day veteran, he survived.” So it was important to Cameron, 47, who has dedicated his life to documenting veterans’ stories, that he make the trek overseas for the milestone anniversary. “We’re not going to forget what they did for us,” Cameron said. “We’re looking at veterans who are 90 years old and above so this was probably the last opportunity that we will get to show them en masse that we respect them and pay tribute.” Additionally, thanks to the funds (about $4,500) gathered from the sales of Cameron’s The Fighting North Novies: Into the Fire DVD, he brought with him Afghanistan veteran Master Cpl. Paul Franklin and Franklin’s son, as well as Ray Coulson, curator of the Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum in Amherst, N.S., and a Highlander veteran himself — post Second World War — and Coulson’s granddaughter. “Ray basically single-handedly keeps that museum going and he helped me do many in-

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Above: Allan Cameron of Sylvan Lake talks with North Nova Scotia Highlander D-Day veteran Earl Jewers at the Juno Beach Centre earlier this month to honour the 70th anniversary. Cameron documented his return to Normandy and plans to compile the footage and distribute a DVD to family members of Highlander veterans. Right: The Nova Scotia flag is pictured in a field of poppies at Bretteville sur Laize Canadian War Cemetery. terviews in Nova Scotia with many veterans. He always talked about going over and he couldn’t afford it so I thought with all of the work he’s done in keeping the regimental history alive, he deserved to do that so I took care of all his costs over there,” said Cameron. Martin Jones, a freelance videographer with the BBC and a contact of Cameron’s, also joined him at Normandy to voluntarily document the group’s eight-day journey across the beaches, through the cemeteries and to various landmarks, such as Hell’s Corner in La Barquette village. Cameron hopes to compile the footage and distribute it to Highlanders’ family members and descendents, many of whom also met up with him earlier this month on the French

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beach, planted flags and filled up the glasses with Juno sand, as well as soil from Authie, where the North Novies had their first encounter with the 12th SS division and lost 85 men, Cameron said. He now plans to get back to documenting war stories before it’s too late. He has — ALLAN CAMERON about 150 veterans waiting to be interHe had brought with him viewed, many of them Second many specially designed shot World War and Korean War glasses commemorating the vets. Highlanders and, with bagpipe “I’ve got to get cracking on music wafting over from play- that and fundraising to keep ers down the shoreline, the this organization going and dogroup cracked open a 15-year- ing good things.” old bottle of whisky presented He hopes to have a new to Cameron two years ago by DVD out by Remembrance the lieutenant-colonel of the Day. regiment, and toasted the vetrfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate. erans. com They poured a little on the

‘TO CALL IT A PRIVILEGE IS JUST AN UNDERSTATEMENT. TO BE THERE LIKE THAT WITH EVERYONE WAS JUST AMAZING.’

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A little more medieval flavour meets the Highland Games this year in Red Deer. For the first time, a medieval village for the public to peruse and see what life would have been like in a time of castles and knightly chivalry will be available at the 67th Red Deer Highland Games on Saturday at the Red Deer Titans Rugby Park. Chair of the games committee, Mark Sutherland, said they had originally planned for the village to be featured last year but due to the devastating flooding, it never happened. “Last year was a huge challenge for us . . . . We lost at least two-thirds of the scheduled bands and dancers who were to compete,” said Sutherland. “It was a much more subdued games.” Sutherland is looking forward to kicking things up a notch this year with new attractions and a high number of participants. Over 200 dancers have signed up to compete in the traditional Scottish highland dancing competitions that run all day and 43 pipers and 13 drummers will be going head to head in the musical categories. Six bands are also

competing for the No. 1 spot. All musicians will later join forces and play together, performing traditional Scottish tunes for a grand march around 4:30 p.m. The Highland Games are an allday event, starting at 8 a.m. and running until 5 p.m. — rain or shine, said Sutherland. The majority of competitors are from Western Canada, however others come from around the globe. A handful of dancers from Scotland will be making an appearance this year, on their way to Vancouver for the ScotDance Canada Open Championships. “The focus is really on the competitions,” said Sutherland, noting the “heavy events” are a favourite with audiences. These include caber (large wooden pole), hammer and sheave tosses, as well as an open stone toss. “We have world champions coming in from Scotland and Sweden for these events,” said Sutherland. “It’s a lot of fun to watch . . . . It was all war training for the Scots when they had no availability to weapons.” Flying hammers won’t be the only thing moving across the playing fields.

A man accused of brutally assaulting a prostitute told police that it was her idea and with her consent. Nathan Michael Desharnais, 25, was arrested in the early evening of June 5, 2012, by police investigating reports that a 47-year-old Red Deer woman had been tied up, sexually assaulted and choked by a man who had hired her for sex. Desharnais is on trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench before Justice Adam Germain of Edmonton on charges of aggravated sexual assault, forcible confinement and choking with intent to overcome resistance. Desharnais is heard telling an RCMP constable during a video-taped interview on the evening of his arrest that he had sex with the woman on June 4 and again on June 5. “It wasn’t like I was holding a friggin’ knife to her,” he is heard telling the officer who took his statement. He went on to give graphic details of his encounters with the woman, including talking about bondage and choking that he said she had initiated. He said she had agreed to accept cocaine in exchange for sex, that he gave her $10 for gas for the first visit and $15 for the second and that she drove him to the bank to get cash after the second time.

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S.A.F.E. program hears concerns Concerns over abuse of green space, vandalism, and graffiti have emerged from the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre’s first two neighbourhood visits. TerryLee Ropchan, executive director, said the Strengthen Social Capacity, Active Neighbourhods, Focus on Community Engagement, Effect Positive Change (S.A.F.E.) Program has been running smoothly. So far this year the centre has spent a week in the West Park/West Lake and North Red Deer neigh-

bourhoods. There’s plans to visit six in total. Next up is Mountview/Sunnybrook from July 7 to 11. Ropchan said the identified concerns are specific to each area and overall there have been no big surprises. They have also heard concerns about speeding and theft from vehicles. “One of the pleasant pieces to all of this is that people are telling us that they love their neighbourhoods,” she said. “People are happy in their neighbourhoods. They are happy with their neighbours.” About 40 people participated in West Park and about 120 in North Red Deer. Ropchan said they are starting to work on the reports with recommendations for the first two com-

munities. They will go out to the city, bylaw officers, police officers and whomever is a stakeholder. Follow-ups will be held in September. Meanwhile the centre invites all Mountview and Sunnybrook residents to a barbecue and Community Conversation on July 8 to talk about all the things they like about their area, the changes they would like to see and any areas within their community they can identify as having issues or concerns. The centre is looking for volunteers to deliver S.A.F.E. Flyers in the area and to help with the Community Clean and Graffiti abatement on July 10. For more information, visit ww.cacpc.ca or call 403-9869904. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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of the Future project at the International School of the Future Competition in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Mayor’s Recognition Awards were established in 1990 to recognize and celebrate individuals, teams or groups whose achievements and service have resulted in significant contributions to the community and have enhanced the image of Red Deer. Recipients were recognized in the categories of Athletics, Citizenship and Fine and Performing Arts. Other awards presented included the Princess Margaret Scholarship and the Canada Centennial Scholarship. For a full list of the recipients, visit www.reddeer. ca.

BRIEFS Anglers warned not to release worms into the wild Alberta anglers are being warned: Do not release your worms into the wild! Earthworm wrangling is necessary for the ecological good of the province’s forests, say science researchers from the University of Alberta. Although worms help aerate soil in gardens, they are considered an invasive species in provincial lakes and forests. “When they consume the forest leaf litter layer and mix it with the lower mineral soil, that can have negative effects on native species that rely on a thick forest floor,” said biologist Erin Cameron, who is studying earthworm populations as a graduate student with the research team. As the earthworms’ northern migration is largely the result of human interference, campers and anglers are being urged not to release leftover worms from fishing trips into forests or lakes. They are also asked to check their vehicles and boats, as worms can hitch a ride north by sticking to tire treads or wheel wells. Outdoors enthusiasts should log any worm encounters they have in wilderness areas on the Alberta Worm Invasion Tracker, an online resource and mobile app that allows the public to record and post worm locations as they are discovered. The U of A researchers are hoping, through the online log, to build a partnership between scientists, educators, students and the general public. To learn more about the Alberta Worm Invasion Tracker, visit: http://worms.educ.ualberta.ca/.

Four people hospitalized after collision near Alix Four people were hospitalized with injuries after a car struck a pickup truck near Alix early on Wednesday. Members of Bashaw RCMP responded to a headon collision that happened just before 9 a.m. on Hwy 11 near the junction of Secondary Hwy 601. An eastbound car was found to have struck a westbound pickup truck, said Const. Charles Gagne of Bashaw RCMP, who noted Emergency Services crews from Alix and Red Deer also assisted at the crash site. The male driver of the car was airlifted by STARS to a hospital, said Gagne, but he did not know which city, or which community the injured man was from. Gage said the three occupants of the truck were taken by ground ambulance to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. The crash is still under investigation.

Traffic light timing along Ross Street between Cornett Drive and 43rd Avenue has been adjusted as the city tests a light synchronization system that may improve traffic flow. Vehicles moving along Ross Street are now given priority green lights. Red lights will still be triggered by pedestrians crossing Ross Street when they press the pedestrian signal button. However, more time allocated to the pedestrians may disturb the synchronization of traffic lights for a while. The change in signal timings is in effect during mid-day and peak hours from Monday to Friday. During the evenings and non-peak hours, signal timings will revert to standard with side street activation. “Ross Street is a primary access in and out of the downtown and we want to alleviate congestion during commuting hours,” said Frank Colosimo, Engineering Services Department manager. “This change in signal timings will help us determine whether fixed time synchronization of traffic lights improves traffic flow.” Last year, fixed time synchronization of traffic lights was put in place along 30th Avenue. The city continues to collect data on traffic patterns along this busy roadway. The city will measure the performance of the new system by reviewing the travel times and delays. Based on the comparison and public feedback, the city will decide whether to maintain the new method of synchronization along Ross Street or revert to the old method. To provide feedback, contact engineering@reddeer.ca.

Mayor announces recognition awards Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer tipped her hat to citizens on Tuesday. Forty-one individuals, the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, Team Armitage and the “Newsies” from the Strive Dance Academy were recognized at the annual Mayor’s Recognition Awards presentation ceremony. “Red Deer is a thriving, vibrant city because of the many Red Deerians who make outstanding community contributions across various disciplines, which bring profile and pride to our city,” said Veer. “On behalf of the nearly 100,000 citizens our council serves, it is a privilege to be able to honour the many youth, men and women who have made, and continue to make, exceptional contributions to Red Deer’s community life.” The Mayor’s Special Award for accomplishments were handed out to Alison Harman, Connor McAllister, Aidan Schafer and Cole Webber for their School

Plan to see plenty of brooms as well as the Central Alberta Quidditch team take on the Edmonton and Calgary players as part of the afternoon’s activities. Also a first for the Red Deer games are presentations from practitioners at the Edmonton based Academy of European Swordsmanship. The academy’s youngest member, nine years old, will also be running an entertainment program geared to children. Depending of the number of willing participants who sign up over the morning, there will also be the standard tug of war championship around noon, said Sutherland, followed by the traditional shortbread competition to heat things up between local bakers. The sweet treat will be sold after the winner is announced, with all funds going to the Red Deer Food Bank. Sutherland said he hopes to see 1,500 people turn out to cheer on the kilted athletes and musicians. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students and $35 per family. Children under 11 are free. The Titans park is located at 74 Range Road 275A in Red Deer County. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

TRIAL: Initially denied acts, gave conflicting stories He told the police officer interviewing him that she had driven him to the bank to pick up some cash so he could pay her, but he couldn’t get the money she needed. He said she then drove him home and there were further communications by text from her cellphone. Her texts said that he would need to produce either drugs or money “or you’ll be sorry,” Desharnais told the police officer. He initially denied that there had been any bondage, then gave conflicting stories about tying her hands with duct tape, saying at first that he had tied them in front of her and then later that he had tied them behind her back. Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard closed his case on Wednesday afternoon, after presenting photos of the alleged crime scene and evidence gathered from within the home. Defence counsel Arnold Piragoff is to present his evidence today, with closing arguments this afternoon. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

A Red Deer man will have to wait in jail for his trial early next year after a judge denied him bail, citing a lengthy record of ignoring court orders. Sang Ho Son, 36, faces a trial on March 6, 2015, for an April incident where he is accused of stealing a truck, ramming a police vehicle, breaking into an industrial compound and moving equipment around before he was arrested. He was in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday hoping to gain release prior to his trial. Judge Bert Skinner denied bail, citing a continuous pattern of criminal activity and saying he was a risk to the RCMP. During the incident Blackfalds RCMP said an officer discharged three rounds from his service pistol at the truck. The truck then fled the scene. The trial is expected to last one day.

Two men granted bail in alleged fraud incident Two men accused in an attempted fraud incident at Red Deer’s north end Royal Bank were granted bail Wednesday. Junior Kbange and Darsel Nzikou, both 27 and of Calgary, were granted bail in Red Deer provincial court by Judge Bert Skinner. Kbange’s release requires $4,000 cash bail and for him to reside at a specified residence in Calgary. He must report to the Red Deer Remand Centre 72 hours prior to the start of either his preliminary inquiry or trial. He is to have no contact with Nzikou, except through legal counsel. He is also to have no credit cards, personal information or bank cards other than his own. Nzikou’s release conditions were identical to Kbange’s, except his bail only required a $1,500 cash deposit. Their next scheduled court appearance is on July 9 in Red Deer provincial court. They both face fraud and identity theft charges and are accused of being accomplices to an attempt to withdraw money from an account using fake identification.

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New realtor rules should be a good thing STARTING JULY 1ST REALTORS AND BUYERS MUST HAVE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A past-president of the Central Alberta Realtors Association doesn’t anticipate problems from a new requirement that Realtors and their buyerclients must enter into written service agreements. “Things aren’t going to really change, in terms of the service they get,” said Dale Russell, broker-owner of Re/Max Real Estate Central Alberta. “It’s just that now there will be a written agreement that outlines what we’re going to do.” Effective July 1, the Real Estate Council of Alberta will require that buyers sign an agreement with their Realtor — or more accurately their Realtor’s brokerage firm — stipulating the services to be provided by the Realtor, the obligations and responsi-

bilities of both parties, the basis upon which the Realtor will be compensated, and permission to collect and use the client’s personal information. Currently, only sellers of residential real estate typically enter into such agreements with their agents. Russell thinks it’s a positive development that home buyers and their Realtors will now be required to do the same. “This clarifies things for everybody involved,” he said, explaining that buyers often don’t know the nature of their relationship with a Realtor. “We have no understanding with them or any discussion about exactly what it is that we’re going to do for that person.” Problems that result include situations where a Realtor commits considerable time and resources to helping a buyer-client, only to see the buyer close a deal with another Realtor and

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leave them with no compensation. “I don’t think that people intentionally set out to abuse the system or to abuse the process,” said Russell. Instead, he said, it was a lack of understanding of how the industry works and how buyers’ agents are compensated. There will be two types of service agreements: exclusive and non-exclusive. Under an exclusive contract, the buyer will commit to work with one agent only; under a non-exclusive

Value of recreation property expected to rise BY ADVOCATE STAFF

At the upper end, the price is about $2.55 million. Listings and sales of recreational properties across Canada have rebounded following a slow start due to the cold winter and late spring, said Re/Max. It suggested that most buyers fall into one of two broad groups: families with young children and who have equity in their primary homes, and near or recent retirees who plan to use a rec property as their summer residence. The report noted the popularity of recreational properties within a twohour drive of major urban centres. It also said that many owners use those homes throughout the summer, and even during the remainder of the year, as opposed to only on summer weekends and vacations. Royal LePage issued its own recreational property report three weeks ago. It identified Gleniffer Lake and Pine Lake as areas of interest for buyers, citing the lakes’ locations near Red Deer and between Calgary and Edmonton, and the availability of more affordable condominiums there, as motivating factors. As with Re/Max, Royal LePage thinks the strengthening economy and lower Canadian dollar are helping drive the recreational property market.

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Projected well count rises Exceptionally busy drilling activity during the second quarter has prompted the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors to boost its projected well count for 2014. The drilling and service rig industry trade association announced on Wednesday that it now anticipates 11,494 wells will be drilled in Canada this year, which would mark a six per cent increase over 2013. In November, CAODC was forecasting a 2014 tally of 10,604 wells. A release issued by the association said its more bullish outlook reflects higher-than-expected activity levels during the April-to-June period. “This is the strongest second quarter we’ve seen in seven years,” said CAODC president Mark Scholz. Industry operating days during the three months are expected to exceed 17,000. That compares with a recent low of 8,411, in 2009. “Stronger gas prices have increased cash investment to the industry,” said Scholz of the jump in drilling. Typically, drilling activity in the oil and gas sectors peak in the first quarter. They then drop with the arrival of spring breakup, before strengthening in the third and fourth quarters. CAODC said rig utilization in Western Canada during the first quarter of 2014 averaged 64 per cent, with 521 rigs out of a fleet of 809 active. Operating days totalled 44,721. The second quarter is projected to have a 23 per cent utilization rate, with 17,342 operating days; the third quarter 45 per cent, with 33,818 operating days; and the fourth quarter 48 per cent, with 36,072 operating days. “Oil and gas producers are benefitting from investor optimism,” said Scholz. “And that means more wells will be drilled.” CAODC represents 44 drilling contractors, two offshore contractors, 83 service rig contractors and 210 associate division members.

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A lower Canadian dollar and oilpatch workers in search of second homes are helping to support the value of waterfront homes at Sylvan Lake, says a Re/Max report. In its 2014 Recreational Property Report, released on Wednesday, the national real estate group looked at 41 markets across Canada. In the case of Sylvan Lake, it said buyers in their 30s and 40s are looking for alternate residences in a quiet setting. Many work in the oil and gas sector, said the report. A lower loonie is expected to increase demand for recreational property in Canada, as fewer people invest in American real estate. Heightened consumer confidence in Western Canada is also spurring sales, said Re/Max, with some markets experiencing the most activity since the recession. “We see momentum in recreational property sales, especially near urban centres where local residents have experienced several years of economic growth,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of Re/Max of Western Canada. “This year we are seeing the effects of buyer confidence in some regions, thanks to built-up equity gains and strong job markets across the West.” The Re/Max report said the starting price for a three-bedroom, twobathroom, 1,800-square-foot home on Sylvan Lake is approximately $750,000.

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agreement, the buyer can deal with multiple agents. The agreements can also specify the buyer’s obligation to compensate a Realtor, such as when there is no commission being paid by the seller. Russell said the Real Estate Council of Alberta indicated in 2006 that it planned to implement mandatory service agreements for buyers, so brokerages and Realtors have had time to prepare. “We’ve been doing it in our brokerage for six or seven years and we’ve never had a problem with anybody,” he said. “In my experience, people like to know how things work and what the rules are.” But Russell also knows that many firms and Realtors will be implementing the agreements for the first time. “There’s no question there’s going to be a little scrambling.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s utilities consumer advocate will not be allowed to take part in hearings that are to determine whether a power-generating company drove up electricity prices by manipulating the market. The province’s Market Surveillance Administrator alleges that TransAlta Corp. (TSX:TA) shut down power plants in 2010 and 2011 during periods when demand for electricity was high. It’s alleged the shutdowns led to consumers paying too much for electricity — a total of up to $16 million. TransAlta denies the claim. Rob Spragins, the province’s utilities consumer advocate, applied for

standing at Alberta Utilities Commission hearings in December into the allegations, but the request was turned down this month. In his submission, Spragins argued that without the advocate’s input, the hearing would not be perceived as fair and open and his office would not be able to provide important evidence. The commission ruled the Market Surveillance Administrator has the burden and sole responsibility of proving the allegations of misconduct. It suggested it may allow the advocate to have a say later. It said the hearings will have a technical phase to determine if TransAlta engaged in uncompetitive conduct. If the company were found guilty, a second phase would consider what

would be an appropriate penalty. Spragins said he isn’t concerned about being left out of the first phase as long as he can make submissions if there is a second phase. “What that says to me is that they have left the door open for us to participate in what would be the second part of the proceeding. That is one of the things that we are trying to clarify now,” he said. “Certainly in the second part, that is where we have a great interest in terms of being able to submit evidence about what the appropriate penalty should be if that is what the commission finds.”

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Review of transportation legislation bumped up RAIL BOTTLENECK PROMPTS CHANGES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A rail bottleneck that left grain sitting in bins across the Prairies has prompted Ottawa to move up a statutory review of transportation legislation. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says the review is to take place in 2014 — a year earlier than required — to address challenges that include moving grain. The review is also to look at the safe movement of goods through communities, federally regulated passenger rail services and the aviation sector. “This review comes at a critical time when we need, more than ever, a safe, efficient and clean transportation system to move goods and people, and help Canadian businesses seize new opportunities and continue to compete internationally,” Raitt said Wednesday

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 98.32 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 51.84 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.23 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.71 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.81 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.11 Cdn. National Railway . . 68.04 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 191.58 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.45 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.13 Cervus Equipment Corp 21.20 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.61 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 50.63 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 29.26 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.28 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.09 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.89 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.17 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 55.32 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 66.85 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.44 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.73 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 50.72 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 100.15 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.72 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.46 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.36 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market registered a minor gain Wednesday as traders largely brushed off negative U.S. data. The S&P/TSX composite index edged up 12.28 points to 14,974.65, led by gains in resource and industrial stocks. The final revision to American economic growth in the first quarter showed that U.S. gross domestic product shrank 2.9 per cent. That was larger than the two per cent contraction economists had expected. However, the decline was due in large part to severe winter weather and the damage to the economy was expected to be short-lived. “It doesn’t matter what we throw at the market, it seems to just show its resilience and deflect it,” said Kash Pashootan, portfolio manager at First Avenue Advisory, a Raymond James company, in Ottawa. “So we have seen uncertainties from Russia/Ukraine, from Iraq, economic data that hasn’t been overly exciting. In fact, we saw U.S. GDP numbers . . . (that were) really disappointing and it had no impact on the markets at all.” Other data showed that U.S. durable goods orders fell one per cent in May, against an expected one per cent gain. The drop was driven by sharp reduction in demand for military equipment. The Canadian dollar ticked up 0.19 of a cent to 93.27 cents US as the greenback weakened in the wake of the data. U.S. indexes were higher with the Dow Jones industrials ahead 49.38 points to 16,867.51, the Nasdaq up 29.4 points to 4,379.76 and the S&P 500 index advancing 9.55 points to 1,959.53. The gold sector rose about 0.55 per cent as August bullion added $1.30 to US$1,322.60 an ounce. Oil prices edged up 47 cents to US$106.50 a barrel. Prices have advanced steadily over the last couple of weeks amid a rising insurgency in Iraq but stepped back over the last two days as fears receded that the insurgency would greatly affect the country’s oil production and exports.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.81 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.40 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 58.07 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.62 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.38 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 19.07 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.59 First Quantum Minerals . 22.10 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 29.36 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.96 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.45 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.25 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.77 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.28 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 23.63 Energy Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.38 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 35.18 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 72.85 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.28 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 61.02 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 48.25 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 23.65 Canyon Services Group. 17.96 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.74 CWC Well Services . . . . 1.080 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 25.87 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.75 The TSX energy sector was ahead 0.17 per cent. Support also came from the industrials group, up 0.3 per cent. The base metals sector was the major decliner, down 1.56 per cent even as July copper rose two cents to US$3.17 a pound. The base metals sector has been a major decliner, losing about half of its gains for the year over the past month. At the same time, indexes in Toronto and New York are close to record highs and investors wonder where the next catalyst is coming from. Also, inflationary pressures are building, raising concerns about when the U.S. Federal Reserve might boost interest rates. On the corporate front, Pengrowth Energy Corp. (TSX:PGF) announced a doubling of the value of its proven reserves at its flagship Lindbergh bitumen project in Alberta from C$1 billion to $2 billion. Pengrowth shares advanced 14 cents to C$7.46. In the U.S., General Mills Inc. posted quarterly earnings of US$404.6 million, or 65 cents per share. Excluding one-time items, it earned 67 cents per share, which was below the 72 cents Wall Street expected. Total sales declined three per cent to $4.28 billion, which was also below the $4.42 billion analysts expected and its shares fell 3.6 per cent to US$51.76. And CBS and other TV companies advanced after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that startup Internet company Aereo would have to pay them when it takes television programs from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on portable devices. CBS rose 6.19 per cent and Walt Disney, which owns ABC, rose 1.48 per cent. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,974.65, up 12.28 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,015.04, down 1.54 points TSX 60 — 856.34, up 1.07 points Dow — 16,867.51, up 49.38

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . 102.14 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 69.44 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.15 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 34.45 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 55.54 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.46 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.38 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.105 Precision Drilling Corp . . 14.68 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 44.70 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.23 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 17.40 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 12.12 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 73.62 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.49 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 70.91 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.99 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 39.20 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.80 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 29.79 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 50.56 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 71.45 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.03 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.19 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.45 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 74.89 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.95 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.23 points S&P 500 — 1,959.53, up 9.55 points Nasdaq — 4,379.76, up 29.40 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 93.27 cents US, up 0.19 of a cent Pound — C$1.8206, down 0.42 of a cent Euro — C$1.4617, up 0.28 of a cent Euro — US$1.3628, up 0.23 of a cent Oil futures: US$106.50 per barrel, up 47 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,322.60 per oz., up $1.30 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.588 oz., up 1.51 cents $758.35 kg., up $4.85 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’14 $6.10 higher $483.30; Nov. ’14 $3.30 higher $469.00; Jan ’15 $3.60 higher $473.00; March ’15 $3.30 higher $473.50; May ’15 $2.60 higher $475.00; July ’15 $2.40 higher $474.20; Nov ’15 $2.40 higher $476.30; Jan. ’16 $2.40 higher $483.30; March ’16 $2.40 higher $486.80; May ’16 $2.40 higher $486.80; July ’16 $2.40 higher $486.80. Barley (Western): July ’14 unchanged 125.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $132.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $134.50; March ’15 unchanged $135.50; May ’15 unchanged $135.50; July ’15 unchanged $135.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $135.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $135.50; March ’16 unchanged $135.50; May ’16 unchanged $135.50; July ’16 unchanged $135.50. Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 327,860 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 327,860.

TD’s Clark says embracing diversity is good for business BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — TD Bank chief executive Ed Clark says being a champion of social issues is not something rewarded “just in heaven” but also benefits the bank’s bottom line. The bank executive, who gave a key speech at the WorldPride Human Rights Conference in Toronto on Wednesday, said TD awoke to diversity issues about a decade ago and has since become a major advocate for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community and sponsor of 42 pride festivals across North America. In an interview before the speech, Clark said he has not tried to calculate whether his bank’s public advocacy on the issue has won him more customers than it has lost him, but thinks overall it has been good for TD (TSX:TD). “I don’t know and I don’t care, to be honest,” he said. “People are trying to build great institutions that will last 100 years, (so if) somebody says, ’Well, I’m going to take my money out if you sponsor pride parades,’ you say, ’Take it out.”’ Over time, creating an institution that is on the right side of history and creates a welcoming, open culture for

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people of different sexual orientation and ethnic groups is a positive, Clark added. “There are rewards not just in heaven, but eventually in the shareholder, if you run an institution that people say, ’I love their employment brand, they create a different atmosphere.”’ He noted that TD is among the most profitable financial institutions in the western world in terms of shareholder returns. Clark said he consciously began trying to make the culture at TD inclusive for all employees when in 1994 he offered same sex benefits to his employees. He was shocked when only 55 signed up, a startlingly low number for an institution with 55,000 employees. That’s when he realized people were afraid to reveal who they were. “That was a profound, upsetting event for me. I said, ’Wow, it probably also means there are also a lot of other prejudices sitting out there that we’re not really dealing with,’ and so I made a personal initiative that we are going to change the culture.” He met with some resistance. Clark recalls in his speech that one executive told him the bank was losing customers to rivals because it was so openly supportive of gay issues.

Canada will face gap in trades workers: Kenney BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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TORONTO — A shortage of skilled workers will be one of Canada’s greatest future economic challenges, Employment Minister Jason Kenney told a skills summit Wednesday. The conference held in Toronto brought together stakeholders to discuss the labour market, employee training and those under-represented in the labour force. It’s necessary that an “informed national discus- Jason Kenney sion” take place about the condition of Canada’s labour market, in order to address future skills gaps, Kenney said. “We can acknowledge that we have inadequate labour market information and we need to do a fundamentally better job of getting granular information by region and industry,” he said. Skills shortages are looming in specific sectors, he added, but it’s not a market-wide issue. The construction, mining and petroleum sectors are examples of industries that will face serious shortages of skilled workers over the next decade, he said. Skills Canada has estimated that one million skilled trade workers will be needed by 2020, Kenney pointed out. “We know we have these huge investments and opportunities, particularly in a huge swath of northern Canada, through the massive multibilliondollar investments in the extractive industries that will require tens if not hundreds of thousands of skilled workers who are not currently available,” Kenney said. Stephen Cryne, head of the Canadian Employee Relocation Council, said discussions about skills shortages are often short-sighted. “We’re competing on the global stage for talent. It’s needed to drive our economy forward,” he said, adding that shifting demographics, the globalization of trade and new technologies are worldwide concerns. In 2012, a McKinsey Global Institute report estimated that by 2020, the global economy could see 90 to 95 million more low-skill workers than employers will need, Cryne said. He added that this projection highlights the need to compete for workers

on an international level, and increase the mobility of workers within Canada. “How do we get companies to tap into talent across from across Canada? How do we get (workers) to move from areas with pockets of high unemployment?” he said. Kenney noted that skills shortages are propelled by the inability to attract youth into the trades. Countrywide, there are 13 different apprenticeship programs with specific rules and requirements, he said. “Greater harmonization of that regime would make it easier for young apprentices to complete their training and give them the mobility to go where the jobs are,” Kenney said. He added that stakeholders need to de-stigmatize the trades and encourage young workers to enter skilled vocations. The minister cited countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom as places where apprenticeship programs offer youth better employment options, calling the programs “radically better.” He said the Canadian debate over apprenticeship programs has led to a mischaracterization of certain European systems, whereby youth are streamlined into trades from a young age. But he said the programs have now become more “permeable.” In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark, Kenney said, about twothirds of young high school students at the age of 16 enrol in paid apprenticeship programs and graduate at 19 “unencumbered by debt.” “(They are) graduating with a certificate that is considered to have the same social and economic value as a university degree,” he said. Young Canadians present a paradox, said Kenney. They are among the most educated in the developed world, but have an unemployment rate of 13.4 per cent, nearly double the general unemployment rate. “It’s unacceptable,” he said. The conference comes less than a week after Kenney announced a myriad of changes to the controversial temporary foreign workers program. The new changes include a limit on the number of foreign workers that large and medium-sized companies are permitted to hire, stiffer penalties for companies found to be violating the new rules and on-site audits and inspections to guard against abuses.

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POWER: Ensure consumer protection The advocate represents about 780,000 residential, farm and small business consumers in the province who buy electricity under regulated rates. The Alberta government created the office in 2003 to represent the interests of electricity and natural gas consumers. The advocate’s mandate is to ensure that consumers have the information and protection they need to make informed choices in the province’s deregulated electricity and natural gas markets. Spragins was appointed to his job by the government in November 2011 after working nine years with the Market Surveillance Administrator. He said the advocate’s office supports the administrator’s application and wants a remedy to deter anti-competitive conduct. He suggested that should include refunds to consumers if the allegation is proven. “This is a very serious allegation and I would say that this is probably certainly the most serious thing that the Market Surveillance Administrator has brought forward to date,” he said. “I would hope that consumers don’t

lose faith in the market because of this particular situation.” TransAlta has said it has done nothing wrong and added it is looking forward to having its side of the dispute heard at the commission hearings. The Calgary-based corporation says it is committed to Alberta’s competitive electricity market and wants fair, clear and consistent rules for all companies. “In terms of the market harm that they allege, we disagree with what they have alleged in their complaint,” said Stacey Hatcher, a TransAlta spokeswoman. The Alberta Utilities Commission says it has the power to deal with misconduct in energy markets and can impose substantial financial penalties. In its ruling dismissing the advocate’s application to take part in the hearing, the commission tries to reassure the public. “The commission wishes to assure the utilities consumer advocate and all interested persons that Proceeding No. 3110 will be conducted in a fair, open and transparent manner in accordance with the commission’s governing legislation.”

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Be honest when talking about reason for divorce Dear Annie: My husband had an af- to a family event? fair for three years. I had no idea this That would devastate me. I think it was going on until he told me would be good to have all of and filed for divorce. the information out in the We have two teenage chilopen before that happens. dren, and I haven’t talked My daughter has a great very much with them about deal of disdain for people the situation. who cheat on their spouses, I’ve never mentioned his and I don’t want to hurt the girlfriend. I don’t even know excellent relationship she whether he is still seeing now has with her father. the woman. The two of them have beMy daughter, who is 18, come very close since we told me that she’s been separated, and I’m glad asked by others whether one about that. of us cheated and that’s why Part of me wants to tell we are divorcing. my children now and get it MITCHELL I skirted the question out of the way. & SUGAR and asked how she replied I don’t want my daughter to this, and she said, “I told to think I’m giving her inthem it was none of their formation in order to “get business.” her on my side.” She never asked me outright whethBut I also don’t want her to be angry er this is what happened in our case, with me for withholding information so I didn’t tell her. that other family members know about. I don’t know whether or not I should What do you say? — Worrier say anything. Dear Worrier: If your daughter asks Should I tell them to ask their fa- directly whether one of you cheated, ther? After all, it’s not really my infor- you should be honest without sounding mation to share. bitter. What happens if it comes up later But it seems as though she may not and Dad decides to bring his girlfriend actually want to know.

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If her fears are confirmed, she may feel forced to distance herself from Dad. Should she find out later from other relatives and blame you for withholding the information, simply tell her that you didn’t want to damage the close relationship she had with her father, which is a commendable stance to take. We think she will forgive you. Dear Annie: My husband and I recently received an invitation from “Debbie” to a cocktail party celebrating her high school graduation. We don’t know Debbie, but her grandmother used to work for our business. We aren’t sure how to respond. Normally a gift is expected, yet we don’t feel it’s appropriate, being that we have never met her and don’t know her parents, either. Is it appropriate to just send a card? Do we just ignore the invitation? — Questioning Con-grad-ulations Dear Questioning: Please don’t ignore an invitation to any event where the hostess may be counting heads to ensure sufficient food and drink. But you are not obligated to give a graduation gift to someone so distantly

connected. A card of congratulations is perfectly appropriate and more than enough. Dear Annie: I read your column every day and have felt the pain of so many parents whose children are estranged. When my wife and I separated a decade ago, my daughter refused to communicate with me. Birthday cards and gifts were returned unopened. I finally received a terse reply to an email, saying she does not want anything more to do with me. She will not tell me her reasons. She also won’t tell her mother or brother so they could pass the information on to me. This has been hurtful, but I have accepted her decision. I honestly believe the children who treat their parents or grandparents this way are the losers. I am now happily remarried to a wonderful woman and have two great stepdaughters who love me very much. My life is wonderful. — A Happy Old Man 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.

What is the truth when it comes to health?

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So what is exactly good for you? And what is exactly is bad? What’s the truth? Or, more importantly, what’s your truth? “Food is selected according to a harmonic order to give a body to your thoughts, and your thoughts determine your choice of foods. So your choice of foods perfectly embodies your view of reality at any given moment.” — Richard France, Healing Naturally. Of course, there are those scientific truth seekers in search of the perfect quantities of nutrients that the body needs. Viewing your body as a vehicle requiring the right fuel to take you places has its merit. Quantifying the exact nutrients required is important but there is an element of this mechanistic, scientific complex that looks at only quantities of nutrients, not paying attention to the form in which it is supplied, i.e.

HOROSCOPES Thursday, June 26 you leave behind. CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: CANCER (June 21-July 22): New awareSean Hayes, 43; Jason Schwartzman, 33; ness will come into play today. You’ll be Chris Isaak, 57 better able to grasp your feelings and let go THOUGHT OF THE DAY: of what you will now know to be Today will mark a time when hindering your progress forward. we will all be more aware of our Epiphanies will be had, trust emotions. those instincts today. Also, pay This is good after all the attention to your dreams, waking changes that have transpired and sleeping, now! over the last months. It is time to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You take a new approach. will be truly aware of what motiWe can only do this once we vates you now. Focus on underhave fully understood every asstanding this aspect of yourself pect of the situation we’ve entoday. Communicate with friends countered. to become more aware of what By the end of the day, we will other options are presented for feel more at peace and ready for you at this time. Greater enlightLARISA MAIRA the new to enter. enment of your feelings will be OZOLINS HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today had now! is your birthday, this year awareVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): ness of how to let go of the past You will see a huge spotlight on and move forward will be at your yourself today. Recognition will disposal. be drawn in for you. Don’t expect to make It will be a great year to make decisions any decisions now, simply understand your and act on them in a positive manner. By the position in the public and within your career. end of this year, you will be able to move for- Open your eyes up to greater possibilities ward much lighter and more awake to greater and more options now. Enjoy! possibilities that life will offer you. Let go of LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Those at a things you cannot change now. distance, or those with you on your holiday, ARIES (March 21-April 19): Conversa- will help you open yourself up to greater untions had today will help you move forward derstanding of your current circumstances. towards feeling empowered on a professional Examine and discuss your feelings on evlevel. erything under the sun, but wait to take acOpen up to greater possibilities now, the tion now. Find that peace you are looking for world is waiting for you to arrive! The more today. you share your thoughts, the more you will SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Great feel much better about yourself/ awareness will be had in regards to your TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Open your psyche and how this has affected your eyes to greater possibilities with improving dreams and wishes. You’ll let go of huge your finances. emotional blocks that have been holding you Communicate with others. They hold a se- back for some time. Allow for those close recret key to releasing you from the past. lationships in your life to help you understand Raise the bar, step outside your own more! thoughts and allow for new ideas to pop SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Those around today. significant relationships in your life are going GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This is not through some changes now that are helping particularly a good time to make decisions. to act out positive actions for them to take. However, it is an excellent time to be This is helping you, no matter how you slice aware of your feelings and to understand or dice it, so help out. Be aware of their full what motivates you. story though. Allow them to release it now! Open up your perspective on your career. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are There is much more happiness ahead than truly seeing life through a new perspective.

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The biggest truth around your health in comes from your own ability to cultivate a deeper understanding in your own body; to not only learn to listen but to interpret what is happening. The most effective way to seek this self-empowered understanding is to get back to whole, natural, organic foods for a 30-day period, eliminating some of the non-foods that have snuck into our diet. The book Food and Healing By Anne Marie Colbin has some great recommendations on how to proceed with this approach. In my experience, getting back to nature is getting closer to the truth about your health. Keep in mind that even your own theories are in fact fluid and ever changeable and it’s important to be open to discover what may become a new truth to you. Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer. Her column appears every second Thursday. She can be reached at kristin@somethingtochewon.ca.

Work, health, and your daily life have reached a pinnacle moment of awareness. What is it that you would like to see happen differently in your daily routine? Express yourself today, let it out and start anew tomorrow. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A deeper appreciation will be had for your romantic interests today. Perhaps there is this emotional instinct to want to have children now that you didn’t fully realize before. Today is not the day to make any decisions, but do examine what

you are feeling, it will help! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): After all the changes that have happened, today is the day to actualize and realize them on an emotional level. Communicate with family members and those within your home environment. By the end of the day, you will be feeling great and able to move forward! Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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supplemental or whole foods form. It’s important to remember that there are synergies to food that cannot be quantified, especially in the individual biochemistry of each individual’s body. Then of course there is the truth that food does not in fact make you healthy? Chew on this one for a second. The right kinds of food can of course support your genetic potential for your constitution and avoiding the wrong kinds of food can allow for fewer blockages in the body deferring buildup and ultimately helping deflect potential illness and disease. Both help in reach your maximum health potential. But the truth is that food is just a tool in supporting optimal health. Looking at miso soup or green juice as a magic wand to health is not truth. They can be used as tools to reduce stress in the body and provide nourishment in supporting the immune system creating an environment supportive of health and healing. There is a difference.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 ELI WALLACH

Character actor made name for himself in classic Westerns BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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In ‘The Rover,’ a post-apocalyptic drama in the style of ‘Mad Max,’ Guy Pearce, left, and Robert Pattinson set out on a journey across the Australian Outback.

Bleak, lawless poetry BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES The world of The Rover is a vast, pitiless expanse, a desolate patch of the Australian Outback 10 years after a Western economic collapse in which survivors roam like snarling, post-apocalyptic zombies, fighting over a broken society’s scraps with Darwinian aggression. If the setting and mood of The Rover evokes Mad Max, director David Michod still makes those familiar elements his own in a film that, even at its most trite and, ultimately, sentimentally facile, possesses moments of astonishing assurance and austere beauty. Co-written by Joel Edgerton — who starred in Michod’s breakout 2010 crime thriller, Animal Kingdom — The Rover too often succumbs to the kind of pseudo-literary pretensions most often associated with Cormac McCarthy: arty, self-serious posturing meant to disguise its true intent, which is to indulge in pulp violence at its most graphic and fetishistic. The saving grace, in this case, comes by way of Michod’s own poetic sense of framing and composition, as well as a galvanizing lead performance from the great, scandalously underrated Australian actor Guy Pearce. Pearce plays Eric, who becomes reluctantly involved with a gang of criminals who steal his car. While methodically pursuing them to get the vehicle back, he eventually crosses paths with Rey (Robert Pattinson), an intellectually challenged American

BRIEF North Korea calls movie about plot to assassinate Kim Jung Un an ‘act of war’ SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is warning that the release of a new American comedy about a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un would be an “act of war.” If the U.S. government doesn’t block the movie’s release, it will face “stern” and “merciless” retaliation, an unidentified spokesman for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in state media Wednesday. He didn’t mention the movie by name but was clearly referring to The Interview, which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as a producer and talk-show host who land an exclusive interview with the North Korean dictator and are then asked by the CIA to assassinate him. The “reckless U.S. provocative insanity” of mobilizing a “gangster filmmaker” to challenge the North’s leadership is triggering “a gust of hatred and rage” among North Korean people and soldiers, the spokesman said, in typically heated propaganda language. The film’s release would be considered an “act of war that we will never tolerate,” he said. With no independent press of its own, North Korea often holds foreign governments responsible for the content of their media. Pyongyang regularly warns Seoul to prevent its conservative press from mocking or criticizing its leadership, something banned within au-

thoritarian North Korea, where the Kim family is revered. Trailers have been released for the movie, which is set to hit U.S. theatres in October. The current leader’s late father, Kim Jong Il, was a noted movie buff, lauded in the North for writing a treatise on film. He also ordered the kidnapping of prolific South Korean director and producer Shin Sangok in 1978, who then spent years making movies for Kim before escaping, Shin said.

The Biggest Loser producer say Jillian Michaels exiting the show for the third time LOS ANGELES — Jillian Michaels is exiting The Biggest Loser, NBC and the producer of the weight-loss competition series said Wednesday. In a statement, the network and production company Shine America said they and trainer Michaels have decided to part ways, and she won’t be back on Biggest Loser this fall. This is the third time that Michaels, known for her tough, drill-sergeant approach to working with contestants as they shed pounds, has left the series. Asked if she might return again, a production company spokesman said the focus was on the upcoming season, No. 16. There was no immediate response Wednesday from Michaels’ representative to an email request. Michaels’ replacement on The Biggest Loser was not announced. The well-muscled Michaels has described herself as a formerly overweight, unhappy youngster who found a path to fitness through martial arts, eventu-

— working in Australia as a miner — who becomes Eric’s dubious wing-man. The two make their way across the grim Australian landscape like a latterday Of Mice and Men, with Eric imparting filial wisdom and his own skeptical worldview to Rey, who gratefully absorbs it like the abandoned but unfailingly loyal little brother that he is. Like the classic Westerns from which The Rover takes its most basic contours, the men’s journey enables them to meet all manner of characters on the way to the final showdown. One of the most memorable is Eric’s encounter with a gentle-mannered older woman who turns out to be as tough and morally wizened as the surliest inhabitants of a wasteland that has descended into lawlessness, anarchy and casual depravity. Working with cinematographer Natasha Braier, Michod coats everything within sight in various shades of dust, the bleak visuals echoed in Antony Partos’ harsh, dissonant electronic score. Into this joyless world, Michod manages to imprint his own signature, from the way he and Braier move the camera to establish figures within their larger environment, to the startling image of a car turning somersaults outside a diner window while a man obliviously huddles at the counter in the scene’s foreground. (There’s also an amusingly meta scene of R-Patz singing Pretty Girl Rock, in which he makes a clever and convincing case for accepting him outside his Twilight -created pop stardom.) As impressive as these flourishes are, what makes The Rover more watchable than the average selfconscious genre exercise is Pearce, who exudes such weary authority and palpable vulnerability that he’s sympathetic even in the film’s most brutalizing moments. The Rover finally doesn’t add up to much, but if it brings Pearce to the top of more casting lists in the future, it’s well worth the trip. ally becoming a trainer, physical therapy aide and then sports-medicine professional. In 2012, Michaels returned for the show’s 14th edition after taking a break to pursue adoption of a daughter. She and her partner also have a son.

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NEW YORK — Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, has died. He was 98. The actor’s son, Peter Wallach, confirmed that his father passed away Tuesday evening in New York. “The best way to honour him is to put on one of his movies,” he said. “Put on Baby Doll or Magnificent Seven. Those live forever.” Wallach and his wife, Anne Jackson, were a formidable duo on the stage, appearing in several plays dating back Eli Wallach to the 1940s. He won a Tony Award for his supporting role in Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo in 1951, and was an original member of the Actors Studio. “He was as wonderful a person as he was an actor,” said Robert De Niro. “He will be missed.” Wallach may be best remembered for his role as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly In the Sergio Leone spaghetti Western, Clint Eastwood (The Good), Lee Van Cleef (The Bad) and Wallach (The Ugly) attempt to outwit and out shoot each other in pursuit of a trove of gold coins buried in a Civil War cemetery. Wallach played a menacing, yet lovable, outlaw who had committed every crime in the book: “murder, armed robbery . . . inciting prostitution, kidnapping, extortion . . . rape” as the executioner intoned in one famous scene before Tuco escaped a hanging. The movie — with a haunting score by Ennio Morricone — was the third film in a trilogy that included Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More, and influenced a generation of filmmakers. Wallach’s character had several memorable lines, including, “When you have to shoot, shoot, don’t talk,” after being confronted by a rival gunslinger. “Everywhere I go, someone will recognize me from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and start whistling the theme song,” he said in a 2003 interview. “I can feel when it’s going to happen. I smile and wave, and they wave back.” Wallach, an eager storyteller, even titled his 2005 memoir The Good, the Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage. Wallach also starred in the steamy Baby Doll (1956), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Misfits (1961), an Arthur Miller-written film that starred Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable.

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LAYDEN Betty With heavy hearts we share the passing of our precious wife and mother Betty Layden. She was born Noreen Elizabeth MacAulay on August 10, 1930 in Stettler, Alberta. Sadly, Betty passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the age of 83 years. She is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, Robert Allen; her children Linda (Ken),† Brenda (Dennis),† Randy (Donna) and Darcy (Debbie) along with seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Betty treasured her family and was a loving, kind and giving soul. Some of her passions included her friends, the outdoors, using her healing touch, painting and reading. A celebration of her beautiful life will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, July 5, 2014 at the Royal Canadian Legion Red Deer Branch followed by a luncheon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta.

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 Suehsschlof (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. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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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. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040 or 1.800.481.7421

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SIMPSON Stanley Cheyene Simpson, 82, passed away Thursday, June 19, 2014 at Red Deer Regional Hospital with family at his side. He was born and raised in southern Manitoba and eventually made his way to Alberta where he worked for Royalite Oil in Calgary, Edmonton and Grande Prairie. On a blind date at a Royalite party, Stan met wife Lois and their romance led to marriage in 1956. They moved to Fort Frances, Ontario for five years but returned to Alberta and settled in Red Deer where Stan entered a partnership with Jack Stephen and Lloyd Gillette managing One Hour Martinizing Dry Cleaners. Stan was an early and very active member of the Optimist Club of Red Deer contributing to the development of his community. Stan leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Lois (Gillette) Simpson; son Bernie (Julie) and children Paul, Kelly and Joshua; daughter Wendy (Geoff) Parker and children Benjamin and Riley; and three sisters Bunnie Widney, Elsie Chapman and Shirley Keats. He was predeceased by brothers Frank and Ray Simpson. An avid chef, golfer and fisherman, Stan shared his love of each with his children and grandchildren. He was a member of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club for over 30 years. Stan relished time with his family, especially during many wonderful holidays at home and in sunny places. He derived great pleasure from the hours he and loved ones spent planting and harvesting both vegetables and trees at the family farm in Bergen. Stan was a true family man in every sense of the word and was immensely proud of his children’s and grandchildren’s accomplishments. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to the Red Deer Hospice Society, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Calgary, or a charity of your choice. Condolences can be sent to wgparker@shaw.ca. Friends and family, please join us for an afternoon of celebration at Red Deer Golf and Country Club on Saturday, June 28th, 2014, between 2 and 5 p.m. There will be a short program followed by refreshments and time to gather and share warm memories of a wonderful husband, father and grandfather.

JUUTI The family of Martha Juuti wish to send out heartfelt thanks to neighbours, friends and extended family for prayers, hugs, cards and donations in memory of our mother. Special thanks to the wonderful caregivers at the Bentley Care Centre for a job well done. Thank you to Flynn Funeral Home, Grace Lutheran Church and the Vig Cemetery. To Fay Hilman, Janet and Joan Juuti for the music during the service thank you. To Steve Wuori for officiating and Shane Juuti for the eulogy. Thanks to the Bentley Community Church and Pastor Greg for making us feel welcome in their church. Thanks to Oran Cabelka the Bentley Van Society and Red Deer Catering.

Engagements

WHAT’S HAPPENING

CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

Coming Events

Clerical

5th ANNUAL ART AT THE LAKE One day only! Sat. July 5, 2014 10 am - 4 pm. Best Western Hotel 5027 Lakeshore Dr. (across from Water Slide) Show and sale of fine arts and crafts by leading Central Alberta artists. Free admission. For more info call 403-748-2557

EAST 40TH PUB THURSDAY NIGHT’S BBQ NIGHT 6-9 p.m. Steak, Potato, Salad, Bun & Choice of Drink. for $12.50. NOW PLAYING VLT’S AT

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LOST CAT in Johnstone area. Pure white, bushy tail with two tufts under chin. Answers to Lucy. Please call 403-986-5505

Graduations

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BUSY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP REQUIRES EXPERIENCED

EAST 40TH PUB

HUGHES - LODGE Jamie and Vineeta Hughes proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber Kaitlyn Hughes of Red Deer, AB. to Peter David Lodge of Wakefield, England, son of Mr. Alistair and Penny Lodge. The couple met in Red Deer in 2012, through mutual friends, and have been inseparable ever since! Their destination wedding is planned for June 2015, in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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LOOKING for an experienced nanny that could help with my 2 children and 1 on the way at our acreage east of Red Deer. Monday to Friday 8 -1pm. Driver’s license and vehicle salary is negotiable P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-505-7846

Warranty Administrator Reply to Box 1091, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

IMMED. F/T Administrative Assistant, Req’d for busy Lacombe based Business. This position supports the accounting dept. with general accounting duties, as well as general administrative duties. Familiarity with ACCPAC, Word & Excel an asset. Fax resume to 403-342-7447 P/T friendly receptionist, good with details. Fax resume 403-314-5307

Computer Personnel

730

WANTED: Contents of navy Chatters Canada has an canvas Michael Kors bag immediate opening in our stolen from parked vehicle. Corporate Office for a On evening of June 21/22 P/T IT Support Tech our car was parked in the west parking lot of Days Inn (0.5 position with potential to lead to full-time). (Red Deer). Someone stole dance bag which contained about 6 pairs of Key Responsibilities: dance shoes including ballet • Provide remote IT support to staff in our pointe shoes and several chain of over 100 retail medals from dance stores across Canada. competitions. • Onsite support to our Please contact us at corporate office includ403-246-8364 ing network equipment (workstations, servers, routers, switches, printers, warehouse manageFound ment systems etc.), corporate backups (on FOUND at our home for the and offsite) and various last 3 or 4 days, a small software products such cat or kitten, in the On MS Office, Simply Erickson Drive, Red Deer. Accounting etc.. Please call to identify: • Some travel, within 403-347-0912 Canada, to complete IT setup at store locations TENTS, (several) found at may be required Lindsay Thurber/Legion Track, late Tuesday Qualifications: evening. Call to identify • Candidate must have a & claim 403-340-8038 Computer Systems Technology diploma or equivalent in experience Personals • Excellent customer service, communication & organizational ALCOHOLICS skills required ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 • Team player; willingness to adhere to company policies & procedures

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jobs CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

Caregivers/ Aides Michelle Jeannette Moger Congratulations on achieving your Masters of Social Work with specialization in Clinical Social Work. Love your husband Les

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LIVE-IN Female Caregiver for lady with MS. Must be 50 or over & reliable. Call 403-340-1498

Coming Events

Remuneration: Based on experience and education. Excellent benefits package, competitive wage, perks. 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.

Canada Day Hours & Deadlines OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY JULY 1 THE RED DEER ADVOCATE IS PUBLISHED

Births

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

ARE YOU EXPECTING A BABY SOON?

Welcome Wagon

has a special package just for you & your little one! For more information, Call Lori, 403-348-5556

Announcements Daily Classifieds 309-3300

Bashaw Star for Wed. July 2 Deadline is Thur. June 26 @ noon

Rimbey Review for Tues. July 1 Deadline is Thur. June 26 @ noon

hether it happened Yesterday or Today, Whatever you want to say, To celebrate your special day...

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ANNOUNCEMENT 309-3300

Email: classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, June 26, 2014

F/T E-Commerce /graphic design position person wanted to join our growing dynamic team in Red Deer. Benefits and competitive wages. Send resume with portfolio and salary expectation to careers@buyairsoft.ca

Oilfield

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Oilfield

800

Oilfield

CJ-CSM Inspection Ltd. Is presently accepting applications for Tubing Inspector. Salary will commensurate experience. Applicants will be requested to provide a copy of their driving abstract as well as a criminal record check from their local police service or RCMP Detachment. Dental Applicants must possess nothing less than a Grade 12 education. ConsideraDENTAL tion will be given to those RECEPTIONIST who have oilfield experiWe are looking to welcome ence, as well as current a Dental Receptionist to H2S, WHMIS, and First join our growing team. Aid Certification. F/T Position. Applicants are requested Our office dynamic is to forward resumes to: CJpositive & professional, CSM Inspection 114-172 our excellence in patient care Clearview Drive Red Deer & outstanding customer County, AB T4E 0A1 They service are paramount. may also be faxed to We offer continuing education, desirable hours, 1-403-347-1774 or emailed tocmcclelland@ and an excellent wage & cj-csminspection.ca. *No benefit package. Phone Inquiries Please* Previous dental office exp. preferred, but we are willing to train the right candidate who has initiative and excels in communication, organization, and business skills. Please send current resume with cover letter c/o Leah, to Dr. Caroline Krivuzoff-Sanderson, EXPERIENCED OILFIED Red Deer by email: HEAVY EQUIPMENT dr.caroline@shawbiz.ca OPERATORS. Must have all safety tickets. TOO MUCH STUFF? Competitive wages. Let Classifieds Fax-403-749-3367 help you sell it.

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Janitorial

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COMMERCIAL cleaner req’d 2 pm. - 11 pm. Mon. Thurs. $16/hr. Police check/drivers license req’d. 403-358-9256

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Medical

RED DEER EYECARE CENTRE is currently looking to fill the following position. Having a good work ethic and a being a quick learner is a must: OPTICAL LAB ASSISTANT Our full service optical lab has an opening for half-3/4 time position. Knowledge of optics and computers is a definite asset but are willing to train the right individual. Must be able to work a flexible schedule including days, Wednesday evenings, and Saturdays 9-2 pm. (No Saturdays during the summer months.) Closing date: July 4, 2014. Fax your resume and cover letter to: 403-343-9440 Or email to: reddeereyecare@hotmail.com

****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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Oilfield

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ROOM ATTENDANT ~14.00/hr.

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Clean & vacuum rooms, public areas, pool etc. Replenish amenities, linens & towels. • Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards. All positions are permanent Full-time/Part-time, shift work & weekends. Education: Above Secondary Work Experience not essential, training provided. Fax resume to 780-702-5051 •

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

HOLIDAY INN Red Deer South, Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,

Service Technicians and Trainees.

Red Deer County is seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK ~ $14.00/hr. • • •

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

Clean & Vacuum rooms, public areas, pool, etc. Replenish amenities, linens & towels. • Adhere to Holiday Inn safety standards All positions are permanent Full-time/Part-time, shift work & weekends. Education: Above Secondary Work Experience not essential, training provided. Fax resume to 780-702-5051 •

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

Join us for an Open House Job Fair for the following positions:

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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

Answer phone calls, take reservations. Check in/out guests. Balance cash out & attend to guest needs.

HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT ~ $14.00/hr.

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Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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 l& written English, be physically fit. Applicants may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ramadareddeer.com

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Anders Park

Davenport 161 DUVAL CRES. June 28, Sat. 9 - 5 Antiques, tools,plant pots, garden items. household misc.

2 FAMILY GARAGE SALE Thurs. & Fri. June 26 & 27 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 134 & 143 Andrews Close Red Deer

Anders on the Lake

LARGE MULTI FAMILY 68 DONLEVY ST. At Church of Christ June 28, Saturday Only 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Deer Park 185 DUVAL CRES. June 26th-28th Thurs. 11-7, Fri. 10-7 & Sat. 9-1 Furniture, decor, & misc.

MULTI FAMILY 83 Allison Cres. June 27, noon-7 51 DENSMORE CRES June 28, 9-3. Gas range, (Back Garage). June 26-28 fireplace, golf clubs, brand Thurs & Fri. 4-8, Sat. 9-4. Small name ladies clothing, etc. tools, ladders, electronics, movies, train books, collectibles, etc.

Bower HUGE MOVING OUT SALE! 9 Byer Close. June 26, 1-8, June 27, 10-6. June 28, 10-5.

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GRATIAE is seeking 5 Retails Sales reps selling skin & body care is currently taking resumes products in Parkland Mall for experienced 4747 67th St. Red Deer, Production Testing OIL & GAS OPERATOR $12.10/hr + bonus & comm. Personnel Bearspaw currently has a F/T - P/T No Exp. Req’d. Email resume to: position in our Stettler field Email resumes: rdzubaroffice@telus.net operations for an intermediate gratiaereddeersr@ or fax to (403)346-9420. oil and gas operator. Applicants gmail.com must have experience as a Must have all valid tickets. SOAP Stories is seeking 5 heavy duty mechanic or F/T - P/T Beauty Treatjourneyman instrument ment O/P, selling soap & mechanic and possess Restaurant/ bath products $14.55/hr. + strong mechanical skills, Hotel bonus & comm. Beauty be quick learners, motivated cert. req’d. Location and hard working and live BOULEVARD Parkland Mall - 4747 67th or be willing to relocate Restaurant & Lounge St. Red Deer. email within a 20 minute commute Gasoline Alley, premierjobrdbto@ to workplace location. This 37471 Hwy 2S, gmail.com position offers a challenging Red Deer County work environment, attractive SOAP Stories is seeking 5 is seeking benefits with competitive retail sales reps. Selling soap Cook ~ $14.00/hr. & pay and significant room bath products. $12.10 hr To prepare & cook all food + bonus & commission. for promotion. up to standard, clean kitchen F/T & P/T. No exp. req’d. Please submit resumes & maintain hygiene, follow Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. recipes, assist in Attn: Human Resources Red Deer. email resume to receiving & storing email:kwolokoff@ **POSITION FILLED** bearspawpet.com Kitchen Helper ~ $11.00/hr. Fax 403-252-9719 To clean kitchen following WANTED: CASHIER. Drop off resume to 5211 50 Ave. Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 safety & hygiene standards. Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Clean utensils, cutlery, crockery & glassware items, floors, assist in prep. Trades All positions are permanent Full-time/Part-time, Absolute Fusion shift work & weekends. Contracting is a welding, Education: Above Secondary fabrication, maintenance Work Experience not essential, training provided. and repair facility requiring a supervisor/instructor. Fax resume to 780-702-5051 Knowledge and experience in fabrication with PROVIDENCE engineered drawings or Trucking Inc designing from instruction. Is now hiring experienced Strong mechanical ability Picker Operator for repair and maintenance. Must be able to organize Swamper and instruct up to 10 employees. All candidates must be Comprehensive Benefit plan. able to pass a pre-employEAST SIDE MARIO’S ment drug screen. We HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS Wages are negotiable with experience and attitude. offer exceptional wages Full Time & Part Time. Please forward resumes and benefits for exceptional Apply after 2 p.m. ask for and references by fax to people. Fax resume and F/T PLANT FIELD the manager on duty. 403-309-7134 or by email abstract to 403-314-2340 OPERATOR HERITAGE LANES to info@absolutefusion.ca or email to safety@ required for Ponoka, No Phone Calls Please! providencetrucking.ca BOWLING Sylvan Lake & Rocky Red Deer’s most modern 5 Mountain House area. EXP. PAVERS WANTED pin bowling center req’s Must have min. 3 yrs exp. Call 403-341-6900 permanent F/T front operating gas wells/plunger or Fax: 877-787-1605 counter staff for all shifts systems & field EXPERIENCED (days, eves. and wknds). compression/dehydration. EXCAVATOR OPERATOR Please send resume to: Contract operators need TRIUMPH Well Service is for local commercial htglanes@ not apply. E-mail resume’s now accepting applications construction company. for all positions. telus.net or apply in person to: ken.webster@altagas.ca Please fax resume with Experience req’d. Tickets or fax 403-347-0855 current drivers abstract to and drivers license HOLIDAY INN 403-342-6881 required. Top wages and EXPRESS benefits with contracted GOODMEN RED DEER work. email hr@ 2803-50 Avenue, ROOFING LTD. triumphwellservice.com Requires Red Deer Celebrate your life is seeking NOW HIRING with a Classified SLOPED ROOFERS FRONT DESK CLERK Well Testing Personnel ANNOUNCEMENT LABOURERS ~ $14.00/hr. Experienced Supervisors & FLAT ROOFERS • Answer phone calls, & Operators You can sell your guitar take reservations. Must have valid applicable for a song... Valid Driver’s Licence tickets. Email: lstouffer@ or put it in CLASSIFIEDS • Check in/out guests. preferred. Fax or email • Balance cash out & info@goodmenroofing.ca testalta.com and we’ll sell it for you! attend to guest needs or (403)341-6722 HOUSEKEEPING NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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. Barden Oilfield Hauling Ltd. is now hiring Bed Truck and Winch Tractor Operators. Experience a must. Fax resumes and 5 yr. CDA to 403 341 3968 or email: bardentrucking@ telus.net. No phone calls please.

Sales & Distributors

Inglewood 68 INGLE CLOSE June 27th-29th Fri., Sat. & Sun. 8-5 Lots of tools, some antiques, etc.

Trades

850

ZUBAR Production Services

800

Oilfield

800

Mountview 3418 43 AVE. Friday 27th 12-8 & Saturday 28th 9-4 Large variety of misc. items.

Parkvale 4630-42 ST CRES. June 26, 27 & 28: Thurs. 4-8, Fri. 12-8, Sat.8 - 2 Camping supplies, toys, household misc.

Sunnybrook 45 SELKIRK BLVD. June 27 & 28 Fri. 2-8 & Sat. 10-4 Rain/Shine MULTI FAMILY Baby items & electronics...

Vanier Woods 126 VISCOUNT DRIVE June 26th-28th. Thurs & Fri, 2-6 & Sat 10-5. A little bit of everything. Clothes, furniture, kids stuff and lots more! leahcarberry@hotmail.com

TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires

QUALIFIED 1st yr. through to JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS With Residential exp. a must. Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

Truckers/ Drivers

MOVING & ESTATE SALE June 27 - 29 Fri., Sat. & Sun. 10 - 4 2 Miles S. of County Firehall on corner of 30th Ave. & Delburne Rd. 1 Mi. E. on Twp. 374 (MacKenzie Rd.) 1/4 Mi. N. on Range Rd. 271 Over 1200 M. fabric, furniture, boys clothes (0-3), wedding decor. & crafts. Priced to Sell - obo Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Requires a Front End Person. Duties include assisting customers, answering phones, data entry, deliveries. Must be organized, have computer knowledge and be physically fit. Mechanically inclined and construction knowledge an asset. Full-time days. Apply 5929-48 Ave, or e-mail sales@ parklandrentals.com CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment. Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer. CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling. Email resume with a min. of 2 references to: canpak@xplornet.ca

Residential Waste Collection Drivers Needed

Misc. Help

880

THE RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT Invites applications for the position of CARETAKER at Eastview Middle School. Start Date: To be determined Regular Work Days: Monday - Friday Regular Work Hours: Split shift - hours to be determined. Required knowledge, education, abilities and skills are as per the Job Description (available from Human Resources). Pay rate is per the current collective agreement with C.U.P.E. Local 1012. For more information about the Red Deer Public School District, visit our web site at: www.rdpsd.ab.ca Deadline for applications will be Noon on July 7, 2014. Application forms may be forwarded to 4747-53 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6. Fax: 403-342-3780 or email: humanresources @rdpsd.ab.ca A current criminal record check and child intervention check will be required of new employees.

BFI Canada is the largest non-hazardous solid waste company in Canada. As a DRIVERS for furniture Employment major competitor in the moving company, class 5 waste services industry Training required (5 tons), local & BFI Canada is proud to long distance. Competitive serve the needs of comwages. Apply in person. mercial , industrial and 6630 71 St. Bay 7 residential customers. Red Deer. 403-347-8841 TRAINING CENTRE Come join our team we OILFIELD TICKETS STETTLER TRANSIT MIX offer a competitive salary Industries #1 Choice! Drivers wanted for and benefits, where you “Low Cost” Quality Training mixer/pumping concrete. work locally and will be 403.341.4544 403-742-2134 or home every night with 24 Hours email:stettlertransitmix weekends off to spend @gmail.com Toll Free 1.888.533.4544 time with friends and family. As a BFI team member R H2S Alive (ENFORM) Tired of Standing? with a qualified class 3 R First Aid/CPR Find something to sit on driver’s license you will be R Confined Space in Classifieds involved in a fast paced R WHMIS & TDG environment and daily R Ground Disturbance collection of waste in a Misc. R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. safe productive manner. Help You will also perform daily R D&C (LEL) inspections on assigned #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. company vehicles and be (across from Totem) 1693338 Alberta LTD (across from Rona North) capable of organizing your o/a Custom T’s ARE YOU FINDING assigned route in an Hiring Salespersons RETIREMENT efficient manner. As a Store at Parkland Mall, NOT WHAT YOU Residential driver you 4747-67th St, Red Deer, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE? should enjoy being AB T4N 6H3 Feeling bored or worried outdoors and keeping in F/Time, Perm, Shifts, about retirement finances? shape as work is Weekends There is help! The SAGE performed outside in all Salary - $14.00 hourly (Successful Adults Gaining weather conditions and Skills: good English, cusEmployment) Program can involves physical labor. tomer service oriented. No experience requirement. If you are interested please give you the opportunity to explore post-retirement send email your resume to Education: High school career options that work cs-reddeer@wsii.ca or by Main duties: for you! You will spend fax (403)340-0894. Greet customers in our store. eight weeks learning new Explain how to use and skills in high demand within SWAMPERS F/T care of our products. today’s labour market, Operation of the cash register needed immediately for a acquire industry specific fast growing waste & Opening up the store and training certifications, recycling company. closing it at night. prepare for the GED exam, Heavy lifting involved Keep sales reports. and receive introductory (driver’s helper) position. Respect the laws and computer skills followed by regulations of Parkland Mall. Reliability essential. Own NOW HIRING in Red Deer Company’s business address: up to ten weeks of on-the-job transportation required. work experience in an Please email resumes to 45 Boyce Street, Red Deer AB Req’d immed. industry of your choice. canpak@xplornet.ca T4R 1P2 E-mail: Certified asbestos SAGE is designed to assist Reachiesales@gmail.com workers. the older worker to remain TENT SET UP Wage negotiable. ACADEMIC Express active and engaged in CREW 780-818-8524 today’s labour market! ADULT EDUCATION Setting up tents, deliveries, Call Career Assistance Ponoka’s Fabrication shop AND TRAINING maintaining tents, Network at (403) 341-7811 is looking for warehouse work. This is to register for this FREE CWB Structural an outdoor position, rain or FALL START shine. Must be physically program sponsored by the hand welders. Government of Alberta and fit. 40-50 hour week, No rigs please • Community Support Government of Canada. full-time days, weekends, Please submit resume to Worker Program Call today! Space is limited seasonal - great for hrombough@ for the June 27th program!!! students. Valid drivers geminicorp.ca or contact • GED Preparation license required. Apply at 780.997.5215 5929-48 Ave, or e-mail Advocate Would you like to take the sales@ GED in your community? Opportunities parklandrentals.com • Red Deer Classifieds • Rocky Mtn. House Advocate Your place to SELL • Rimbey Opportunities Your place to BUY • Caroline • Castor • Sylvan Lake • Innisfail PROVIDENCE • Stettler Trucking Inc • Ponoka Req’s a Maintenance Foreman Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. Responsible for: Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed * Day to day maintenance For Early Morning Delivery of the 403-340-1930 of oilfield fleet www.academicexpress.ca RED DEER ADVOCATE * Monthly maintenance records COMPANY req’s live in * Parts inventory Six days per week. retired couple to caretake * Shop safety Delivery by 6:30 a.m. and maintain our apartSkills and experience ment operations. needed: Papers arrive at your home Journeyman plumbing exp. * HD Mechanic with fleet an asset. Call Mike for and are ready to deliver. experience details 403-342-4923 * Hydraulic and winch expertise Phone 403-314-4316 DISPATCHER REQ’D. * Strong organizational Knowledge of Red Deer skills and area is essential. We offer exceptional Verbal and written wages and benefits for * Adults * Youths * Seniors * communication skills are exceptional people. Fax req’d. Send resume by fax Carriers are Needed to Deliver resume to 403-314-2340 to 403-346-0295 Red Deer Express * Flyers * Sunday Life or email to safety@ afternoons & evenings 3 days per week F/T or P/T Seamstress providencetrucking.ca needed for busy alteration SHUNDA shop ASAP. Must have sewing exp. Please drop CONSTRUCTION WESTPARK SUBDIVISION off resume to Gloria’s Requires Full Time Alterations in Bower Mall. Carpenters

900

SAFETY

880

INNISFAIL

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

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.

Trades

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

ORDER DESK PERSON

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

CARRIERS NEEDED

2 -3 yrs. experience. Fax resume 403-309-4466

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

PEST CONTROL TECHS REQ’D. cpest@shaw.ca Call 403-373-6182

ROUTES IN:

PT office help and or Class room Instructor req`d. Please call Street Wise Driving School. 403-340-8848

850

3 days per week, no weekends ANDERS AREA Ashley Ave., Ashley Close Alexander Drive, Anquetel/Atlee Close Allsop Ave/Atlee St. Allison Cres MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave SUNNYBROOK AREA

121 WILSON CRES JUNE 26, 27 & 28 Thurs. & Fri., 4-8; Sat. 10-3 Furniture, movies, games, kitchen items, toys, etc....

Out of Town

880

RENTAL STORE

West Park

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

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278950A5

730

Springfield Ave. Sunnside Cres. Sutton Close Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close

Operator 2 Position

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Dr. also Lister Cres. & Lockwood Ave. also Landry & Lawson Close Law Close/Lewis Close VANIER AREA

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. 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

Vanson Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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Computer Personnel

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Children's Items

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

LEAPSTER L’MAX GAME with extra game & tv cables. $25. 403-314-9603

GLENDALE Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more info

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SKIRT/JACKET, buckskin, Ladies, Extra small. From South Africa. Mint!. $200. 403-227-2976

EquipmentHeavy

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

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Building Supplies

Clothing

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Firewood

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

1900

Travel Packages

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

GARDEN HOSE reel and 50’+ of hose. $25. 403-304-5434

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Household Appliances

10 CU. FT. Danby chest freezer $125; Leg Magic exerciser $25 403-346-2070

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AFFORDABLE DOOR, solid core cedar Homestead Firewood clad 2’ with frame, possible Spruce & Pine - Split for sauna/cabin. Carpenter 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 appraised, $100. 403-227-2976 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Start your career! Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 See Help Wanted

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Household Furnishings

4 PC. solid maple bdrm. suite $200 403-347-3849 4 PC. velvet livingroom set $200 403-358-5568

Advocate Opportunities

PENHOLD SPRINGBROOK Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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ANTIQUE SOLID OAK round claw foot pedestal table & 4 chairs.REDUCED MUST SELL THIS WEEKEND CASH ONLY Was $1500 Now $1100 OBO 403-396-5516 MICROWAVE STAND. with 3 drawers, 2 cupboards. $100. 403-342-0103 OAK oval table and 4 chairs $150 403-358-5568 SECTIONAL, 3 pce. $300. obo, 2 pc. china cabinet $200 obo 403-848-1499

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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Stereos TV's, VCRs

P2 w/15 games 403-782-3847

$75

WII w/9 games 403-782-3847

$140

X BOX w/30 games $160 403-782-3847

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Misc. for Sale

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

1 YR. OLD 1200 WATT GENERATOR 1 hr. use $200 obo SOLD

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3 PC Red Samsonite Luggage Set. Good cond. $25. 403-314-9603

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

SAMSONITE Green Suit Bag. Good cond. $10. 403-314-9603

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Tractors

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

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

BEAUTIFUL tabby kittens spotted and striped, Grey, Orange & Dusty Rose. Free to loving home. 403-782-3130

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

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LADIES RH golf clubs 9 pc. and bag $100 403-342-7107 WANTED TO BUY, used ladies cruiser bicycle, no frills, for recreation purposes only. 403-346-9215

1991 ALLEGRO-BAY 29’. Class A, 35,000 miles, Generator, AC, Rear Bed, Exc. Cond. $10,000 obo. Call 403-442-3837

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Automotive Services

Fifth Wheels

5110

5050

Trucks

2008 KUSTOM KOACH 24.5’ exc. cond, 1 owner, 110 Watt solar panel, 1 slide, fantastic fan $19,900. 403-986-3834

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Cars

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

2001 SILVERADO 4x4, 8500 winch, snow tires, topper, $6500 obo. 403-304-1013 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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Houses For Sale

Locally owned and family operated

5010

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

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

1988 23’ TIOGA 460 Ford motor, $6900, obo exc. cond. low km. **SOLD**

wheels

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5100

rentals

5240

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

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

CLEARVIEW 3 bdrm. 4-Plex, 1.5 bath. 4 appls. Rent $1175. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. July 1. 403-304-5337 NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

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Suites

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444

HOUSE FOR SALE IN BLACKFALDS 4 Bedrooms $369,000 Visit www.26westglen.com/ for details 403-885-0007

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

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

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

Condos/ Townhouses

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

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

Acreages

4050

4.79 ACRES 2 Story 3500 sq ft Victorian home. 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. Would make a great B&B. $700,000. Call 403- 845-0386 info or book a showing

Welcome H ome! Celebrating the birth of your child? Share your happy news with family & friends with a special announcement in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds “Announcement” section.

CRUELLY trapped and Newly renovated bachelor, dumped in the country, 1 & 2 bedroom suites orange and white neutered available in central location. Male 403-782-3130 leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

Sporting Goods

at www.garymoe.com

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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)

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2004 TITANIUM model 2012 FUSION SE only 1994 CHEV Z71 e/c, fuel 31E36MK. Loaded, many $23,500 obo. tank c/w 12V pump, tool box, extras. 4 BDRM. 2 1/2 bath, 5 TIMOTHY & Brome square appls, garage $1695 mo. 10,000 kms, exc. cond. no 403-347-1050 or 304-4580 runs good. 361,000 km. bales, great for horses, ap- 403-782-7156 or 357-7465 gst $16,900 403-350-6434 $4000. 403-343-2058 prox. 60 lbs. put up dry 2010 LINCOLN MKZ, and covered, $5/bale white, 21,000 km. As new. 1988 CHEV Sierra, 1/2 ton CUSTOM BUILT Auto Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 $25,500. 403-783-2805 NEW HOMES very clean. 403-318-3040 Wreckers by Mason Martin Homes 2008 PONTIAC G6. 131,000 Kyle, 403-588-2550 km. $7500. 403-346-6470 RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Motorhomes EMPTY NESTER? Vehicle & Metal Removal. 2003 MALIBU, good 1/2 duplex bungalow. AMVIC APPROVED. running order. 223,000 6 Escot Close. $349,900. kms. $1650. 403-346-6999 We travel. May pay cash 403-347-5953. Agent Chosen for vehicle. 403-396-7519 2003 DODGE Neon loaded FREE Weekly list of safetied 403-352-6995 CLASSIFICATIONS properties for sale w/details, Misc. FOR RENT • 3000-3200 prices, address, owner’s 2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, WANTED • 3250-3390 phone #, etc. 342-7355 very good cond. 182,000 Automotive km. $6500. 403-343-2058 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com $crap Vehicle Disposal 2001 SATURN; 2002 FORD Dynamax (B Plus) Condos/ $ervice 403-302-1848 1999 Chrysler LHS, 25’, 25,000 mi. A1 cond., $1400. ea. 403-598-2591 Townhouses FREE removal of scrap E450, V10, loaded, rear 3 2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., pc bath, power bed slide-out. vehicles. Will pay cash for LEGACY ESTATES some. 403-304-7585 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040 $32,500. 587-876-2308 60yrs + condo. 403-350-5054

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

Cats

PRIVATE SALE $148,900

Motorhomes

homes

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

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

GUITAR AMP, Rocker, for beginners, 7 Watt. Asking $30. 403-227-2976

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Horses

SLEEPING BAG, $10. Rubbermaid COOLER & Thermal Jug, $15; green coverall size 44T $15; stainless steel thermos $8; ovewrnight bag $10. 403-347-5316

Musical Instruments

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JOHN DEERE 4320 Tractor. FRIDGE, McClary $100 Approx. 6000 hrs. Front end Tools obo. 403-314-0804 loader, complete w/8’ snow blade attachment. Exc. cond. KENMORE washer SMALL elec. air compresSold farm. $13,500. $150 403-358-5568 sor and hose, etc. ALSO John Deere 14’ Disc $50 403-358-7678 STOVE & Built in dishwasher, & Cultivator. 403-350-1007 Sold as set or sep. $500/set or 403-782-3617 or $300/ea. 403-342-0103

Firewood

ROOM, kitchen access. 403-343-0421

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

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Cars

1998 OLDS 88, $1000. obo 403-348-1905

2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, 4836 51 Street. Parking is avail. $1800/mo. 403-343-9300

AGRICULTURAL

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Cottages/Resort Property

ROOM FOR RENT $500./mo. 403-352-7417

Offices

1680

Garden Supplies

3090

Rooms For Rent

309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS

SUNNYBROOK 2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686

THE NORDIC

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

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

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here 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 GRANDVIEW AREA 3900 - 4200 Blocks of 43A Ave. EASTVIEW Ellis St. Area $97./mo ALSO South Half of Embury Cres. South half of 46 St. and 35 Ave. Close $70./mo For More Information Call Jamie at 403-314-4306

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300 classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Cleaning

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CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE Avail. to start cleaning houses on July 7. Call: Sharla at 403-357-7801 pls leave msg.

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER Const. Ltd. Decks, reno’s, roofing, flooring. Free est. Call Geoff 403-302-8550 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

CONCRETE??? We’ll do it all...Free est. Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or

Computer Services

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DO YOU REQUIRE confidential, professional services that can provide assistance 7 days a week? I provide administration support with documents such as: writing/editing reports, resumes, briefings, business letters, meeting notes and more. Please contact Zodie @ 403-785-7150 or zodie.groves@gmail.com if you require assistance.

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Eavestroughing VINYL SIDING / WINDOW / EAVSTROUGH CLEANING Package pricing. Home Reno’s EVESTROUGH / WINDOW Free quotes. 403-506-4822 DALE’S Free estimates for all your CLEANING. 403-506-4822 reno needs. 403-506-4301 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to SIDING, Soffit, Fascia find the purrfect pet. and custom cladding. Call Contractors Dean @ 403-302-9210. VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs. BLACK CAT CONCRETE You can sell your guitar Reasonable rates. 340-9368 Garage/patios/rv pads for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Classifieds...costs so little sidewalks/driveways and we’ll sell it for you! Dean 403-505-2542 Saves you so much!

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Escorts

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TAHNEE 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

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

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445

Massage Therapy

1280

Painters/ Decorators

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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Free Est. 403-872-8888 Pampering at its BEST! Roofing 403-986-6686 Come in and see Specialist why we are the talk RE-ROOFING Quality work at an of the town. affordable price. 10 yrs. exp. 403-350-7602 www.viimassage.biz

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Misc. Services

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

Moving & Storage

1300

Seniors’ Services

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

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WINDOW CLEANING WALK-INS WELCOME MOVING? Boxes? Appls. outside/inside. Free quotes. 403-506-4822 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 removal. 403-986-1315

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, June 26, 2014

Officials say Syria bombed militants BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

IRAQ

BAGHDAD — Syrian warplanes bombed Sunni militants’ positions inside Iraq, military officials confirmed Wednesday, deepening the concerns that the extremist insurgency that spans the two neighbouring countries could morph into an even wider regional conflict. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned against the threat and said other nations should stay out. Meanwhile, a new insurgent artillery offensive against Christian villages in the north of Iraq sent thousands of Christians fleeing from their homes, seeking sanctuary in Kurdish-controlled territory, Associated Press reporters who witnessed the scene said. The United States government and a senior Iraqi military official confirmed that Syrian warplanes bombed militants’ positions Tuesday in and near the border crossing in the town of Qaim. Iraq’s other neighbours — Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey — were all bolstering flights just inside their airspace to monitor the situation, said the Iraqi official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. American officials said the target was the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Sunni extremist group that has seized large swathes of Iraq and seeks to carve out a purist Islamic enclave across both sides of the SyriaIraq border. “We’ve made it clear to everyone in the region that we don’t need anything to take place that might exacerbate the sectarian divisions that are already at a heightened level of tension,” Kerry said, speaking in Brussels at a meeting of diplomats from NATO nations. “It’s already important that nothing take place that contributes to the extremism or could act as a flash point with respect to the sectarian divide.” Meanwhile, two U.S. officials said Iran has been flying surveillance drones in Iraq, controlling them from an airfield in Baghdad. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonym-

ity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the issue publicly, said they believe the drones are surveillance aircraft only, but they could not rule out that they may be armed. A top Iraqi intelligence official said Iran was secretly supplying the Iraqi security forces with weapons, including rockets, heavy machine-guns and multiple rocket launchers. “Iraq is in a grave crisis and the sword is on its neck, so is it even conceivable that we turn down the hand outstretched to us?” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. The intelligence-gathering and arms supplies come on the heels of a visit to Baghdad this month by one of Iran’s most powerful generals, Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, to help bolster the defences of the Iraqi military and the Shiite militias that he has armed and trained. The involvement of Syria and Iran in Iraq suggests a growing co-operation among the three Shiite-led governments in response to the raging Sunni insurgency. And in an unusual twist, the U.S., Iran and Syria now find themselves with an overlapping interest in stabilizing Iraq’s government. None-Arab and mostly Shiite, Iran has been playing the role of guarantor of Shiites in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. It has maintained close ties with successive Shiite-led governments since the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein, a Sunni who oppressed the Shiites, and is also the main backer of Syria’s Assad, a follower of Shiism’s Alawite sect. In a reflection of how intertwined the Syria and Iraq conflicts have become, thousands of Shiite Iraqi militiamen helping President Bashar Assad crush the Sunni-led uprising against him are returning home, put-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter takes his position behind a wall on the front line with militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in Tuz Khormato, 100 kilometers south of the oil rich province of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, Wednesday. ting a strain on the overstretched Syrian military as it struggles to retain territory recaptured in recent months from rebels. Anthony Cordesman, a prominent foreign policy analyst at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that with Syria’s apparent willingness to now take on the Islamic State directly, “the real problem is how will Iran, the Iraqi Shiites and the Alawites in Syria coordinate their overall pressure on the Sunni forces?” Qaim, where the Syrian airstrikes took place Tuesday, is located in vast

and mostly Sunni Anbar province. Its provincial government spokesman, Dhari al-Rishawi, said 17 people were killed in an air raid there. Reports that the Sunni militants have captured advanced weapons, tanks and Humvees from the Iraq military that have made their way into Syria, and that fighters are crossing freely from one side to the other have alarmed the Syrian government, which fears the developments could shift the balance of power in the largely stalemated fight between Assad’s forces and the Sunni rebels fighting to topple him.

Wife of American jailed in Cuba fears for husband’s life BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA, Cuba — The wife of Alan Gross, a U.S. government development subcontractor serving a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba, said Wednesday she fears for his life even more after he received the demoralizing news of his mother’s death from cancer. Speaking in Havana a day after visiting her husband behind bars, Judy Gross said he was very close to his mother, talking to her by phone twice a day when he was in the United States and as often as he could after his incarceration in Cuba. “He’s talking about doing something drastic, and I think that’s his depression and hopelessness talking,” Judy Gross told The Associated Press. “I’m afraid that he really means it. The passing of his mother this week, I think, was sort of the last straw for him.” U.S. and Cuban officials did not have immediate comment. U.S. diplomats in Havana make monthly consular visits to the facility where Gross is being held, but generally refrain from speaking about his case, citing privacy

rules. Gross was arrested in 2009 while working to set up Internet networks for the island’s Jewish community on a contract with the U.S. government’s Agency for International Development. Washington argues that his activities were humanitarian, and he says he posed no threat to Cuba. However, some aspects of his work violated Cuban law, and Gross’ documents show he tried to avoid detection. Havana considers such USAID programs an affront to its sovereignty, and Gross was convicted under a statute governing crimes against the state. Gross staged a hunger strike in April to protest his confinement and pressure Washington and Havana to resolve his case. He ended it after nine days at the request of his mother, Evelyn Gross, who died June 18 in Texas at age 92. Gross had asked for leave to visit her, but was denied. His wife said he emailed her a short eulogy that was read at the funeral, which she was unable to attend because her own brother died the same week. Gross has lost more than 100 pounds, is losing vision in his right eye and

Libyans vote for new parliament Lack of enthusiasm also hurt turnout. “The outgoing parliament left its scar and people grew hopeless thinkCAIRO, Egypt — With turnout low ing the new council won’t be different amid violence and frustration, Libyans from the old one,” he said. In Bengvoted Wednesday for a new parliament hazi, he said, only about 24,000 of the they hope can bring some stability af- 190,000 registered voters showed up. No voting took place in the eastter three years of dizzying chaos in the North African nation, which has hardly ern city of Darna, an extremist stronghad a functioning government and has hold, and some polls were closed in at been plagued by rampant militias and least two other cities that are frequent scenes of inter-tribal Islamic extremists since fighting. the ouster of Moammar ‘THE OUTGOING By midday WednesGadhafi. PARLIAMENT day, about 16 per cent Islamists and their of the 1.5 million regallies, who held a thin LEFT ITS SCAR istered voters had cast majority in the outgoing AND PEOPLE ballots. There were no parliament, are expected to lose ground in the GREW HOPELESS immediate complete turnout figures when vote, blamed by many for THINKING THE polls closed in the evea political deadlock with ning. their opponents that has NEW COUNCIL The mood was a virtually paralyzed the WON’T BE sharp contrast to 2012 political system. The new 200-memDIFFERENT FROM parliamentary elections, the nation’s first ber parliament could be THE OLD ONE post-Gadhafi vote, a step toward forming a more stable government — ESSAM EL-JIHANI when Libyans enthusiwith lawmakers’ backing, CANDIDATE astically formed long lines at polling cenpaving the way for the tres from early in the writing of the first postGadhafi constitution within 18 months morning, hoping for democracy after and the election of a president. Still, 42 years of his iron grip. “Many people expect these elections a new government will face the same challenge as previous ones — forming to launch a new political dynamic,” a unified military and central police Tarek Mitrik, the UN Envoy in Libya, force while reining in militias, some said as he toured polls. “Libya needs of which could lash out with violence political institutions that people trust if their political patrons lose in the ... institutions that reflect all the diversity present in Libyan society.” election. The chaos in this oil-rich country Threats of violence hung over Wednesday’s voting, which for much of nearly 6 million people has been of the day was thin. An explosion hit breathtaking since the ouster and a polling station in the central city of death of Gadhafi after an 8-month civil Sirte, where an Islamic extremist mi- war in 2011. The army and police were shattered litia has a growing presence, Libya AlAhrar TV reported, though it gave no during the war and have never recovered. Armed militias mushroomed in details on casualties. In the country’s second largest city number and weaponry, and filled the of Benghazi, three people were killed void left by security forces, battling when militias attacked troops deploy- each other and preventing the state ing to protect polling stations, the sta- from extending its authority. Over the past two years, militias tion said. Candidate Essam el-Jihani, an ad- have briefly kidnapped a prime minvocate for eastern self-rule, said that ister and besieged parliament and govthe attacks diminished hope for better ernment buildings to force their demands. turnout. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“both of his hips are failing,” according to a statement issued Wednesday by the family’s representatives. Judy Gross said he seemed markedly worse than on any of her five previous trips to the island. “It was a very difficult visit for me just because I was seeing him in the worst condition that I’ve ever seen him in before. He’s, emotionally, he’s in bad shape. ... You can’t get him to laugh or barely smile, and this is not the Alan that we all know,” she said. “Even the last time I saw him, he had some affect, you could cheer him up a little bit. But this time he’s just really, really hopeless.” Scott Gilbert, the Grosses’ U.S. lawyer, accompanied her to Cuba and also met with his client. “I am extremely worried that Alan is becoming more despondent every day,” he said in the statement. “Both governments need to know that Alan plans to end his life in an effort to end this agony.” Havana has made clear it wants to negotiate a solution involving Cuban intelligence agents who are serving long prison sentences in the United States on spy-related charges. Two of

the “Cuban Five” agents have already completed their sentences and returned to the island. Judy Gross stopped short of calling for a swap outright, but noted the recent exchange of five detainees at Guantanamo for Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan. She said she viewed recent reports that President Barack Obama asked the president of Uruguay to get involved in her husband’s case as positive. But she said more must be done, and both sides must sit down to figure out a solution. “I’m calling for whatever it takes,” she said. “It was a tremendous feat that the United States was able to get Mr. Bergdahl home,” she added. “I’m sure it took enormous effort on many parts, and my thought is on that, if the United States could do it then, then I’m sure they can find a way to do it for Alan.” She said her husband’s imprisonment has taken a great toll on the family. But “I can’t allow myself to really get down or to not do anything — otherwise he won’t come home. ... I have to stay strong,” she said.

Court rulings question euthanasia BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FRANCE

PARIS — One French court acquitted a doctor of poisoning seven terminally ill patients while another ordered physicians to suspend treatment for a comatose man, while Britain’s top court said the country’s ban on assisted suicide may be incompatible with human rights. The decisions of the past few days are fueling the arguments of Europeans who say the duty of doctors is to end the suffering of those beyond treatment. But emotions run high on all sides around the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide, as is shown by the bitter case of the comatose Frenchman, Vincent Lambert. Hours after the French court sided with his wife in ordering an end to treatment, the European Court of Human Rights blocked the move at the request of his parents, in a rare late-night ruling. The prosecution in France of Dr. Nicolas Bonnemaison was relatively unusual as well. The physician never denied giving seven terminally ill patients lethal injections, and some of their families testified on his behalf. Bonnemaison’s lawyer said he hoped Wednesday’s acquittal — and Tuesday’s ruling in the case of Lambert — would force the government to update the law quickly. “There are no heroes here, no martyrs,” said Benoit Ducos-Ader. “This man acted as a doctor. He always acknowledged that, shouted that, despite the blows he received.” Euthanasia is currently legal in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg for patients whose suffering is “unbearable.” France’s president has said he wants to make it easier for some terminally ill patients to request medical help to end their lives in the majority-Catholic country. Assisted suicide is illegal in Britain, although rarely prosecuted. Wednesday’s ruling from the British Supreme Court was unexpectedly far-reaching.

Although it dismissed the appeal from two severely disabled men who argued the law should be changed to allow doctors to legally kill them, a majority of judges suggested that Parliament change the law to be in line with human rights guarantees. “It’s the strongest thing they could do” short of overturning the law, said Penney Lewis, a law professor at King’s College in London. One of the men who brought the case, Paul Lamb, is paralyzed following a car accident. The other, Tony Nicklinson, suffered from “locked-in syndrome” following a stroke. He died of pneumonia in 2012, but the case has been taken over by his widow. A measure up for debate this summer in Britain’s House of Lords would ease the ability of patients to choose their manner of death. In the case decided Wednesday, the patients had argued in favour of a device invented in Australia. Doctors would hook up a terminally ill patient to the device and the patients themselves would choose when and how to deliver a lethal drug. Lewis said the British case and the acquittal of Bonnemaison followed a trend of broadening legal acceptance for euthanasia and assisted suicide. “I think public opinion has been there a lot longer than the legal opinion,” she said. But the case of Lambert showed a continued ambivalence toward the issue. Lambert’s family is divided on whether to withhold food and hydration. The French court on Tuesday ruled doctors could do so under French law, saying he had made his wishes clear before his car accident six years ago. That decision was overruled later by the European court, which ordered France to continue treatment until it can examine the case under a measure normally reserved for emergency extradition hearings.

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The Ponoka Stampede kicked off this week and runs through the weekend with celebrations, professional rodeo competition and professional chuck wagon racing. Action wraps up Tuesday, July 1. For a full list of events and schedules, visit www.ponokastampede.com or call the ticket office hotline at 403-783-0100.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Kerry Wood Nature Centre is taking registrations for three upcoming events. Adult Night Adventure at Kerry Wood Nature Centre will be offered on June 27 from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. Be a creature of the night and take in astronomy, a night hike, refreshments and more. Costs are $15 per person plus GST for Friends of Kerry Wood Nature Centre members or $17 plus GST for nonmembers. Pre-registration required by June 25. Family Bike Adventure will be offered on June 29 from noon to 5 p.m. Explore the bike trails and park nodes with an interpreter. The Nature Centre will provide the snacks. Families supply the bike and helmets. Costs are $35 plus GST for families up to five members. Pre-registration required by 7:30 p.m. on June 27. Whittling and the Way of Wood Workshop will be held at Fort Normandeau on June 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. Learn everything about whittling, knife sharpening, and carve a spoon to take home. Participants must bring their own carving knife. Cost is $15 plus GST per person, or choose any three summer workshops for $40 plus GST per person. Preregistration required by June 27 at 7:30 p.m. For each, phone 403-346-2010 to register and for information. ● Royal Canadian Legion in Lacombe Garage Sale will be held June 27 from 4 to 7 p.m., and June 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a beef on a bun barbecue for $5. Donations may be dropped off at the Legion from June 24 to 27 after 3 p.m. Phone 403-785-0731. ● Events at The Hub on Ross include Live at The Hub with Gary and Larry from 1 to 3 p.m., and then live music on the patio hosted by Red Deer Urban Aboriginal Voices Society from 5 to 8 p.m. on June 27. In case of rain, live music event will be indoors at The Hub. See www.hubpdd.com, or phone 403340-4969.

Saturday ● Kids Knit (and grown-ups too!) at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch Children’s Department on June 28 from 3 to 4 p.m. Children under nine years of age must bring an adult. Everyone is welcome, from interested knitters to seasoned knitters, to learn to knit, or bring projects to work on together. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The June 28 session is called Let’s Hear It For Canada! All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission. ● All About Bugs program takes place at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on June 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. Learn about the wonderful world of insects and other crawling critters with self-guided activities, games, and bug hunt nature walks. Admission by suggested donation of $3 per person or $10 per family. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Red Deer and District SPCA Bark at the Bend will be held on June 28 at Three Mile Bend. Registration is at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m. Registration is $25 and includes T-shirt, bandana, gifts for your

pet and pancake breakfast and much more. For information or to download the pledge form see www.reddeerspca.com or drop in to the SPCA. Phone 403-342-7722. ● Canadian Firearms Courses — Nonrestricted — will be offered at Hillcrest Hall west of Bowden, June 28 starting at 8 a.m. Contact 403-224-2881 or firearmscourses@ gmail.com.

Sunday ● Danish Canadian National Museum Danish Service and Old-Fashion Picnic will be celebrated on June 29 with the service at Bethany Church from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Danish and English, followed by OldFashion Picnic at the museum at 1 p.m. The menu includes beef on a bun and dessert for a cost of $12 for adults, and $6 for children under 10 years. A Pie Auction of delicious recipes from local pie makers, hymns, songs, and old-fashioned games will be held. Please bring blanket and picnic basket, or order the lunch in advance by phoning 403-728-0019. Located 30 km west of Innisfail and four kilometres south of Spruce View (800 metres south of the four-way stop in Dickson). See www.danishcanadians.com.

Monday ● Bower Community Association has an upcoming Car Clinic to show care and maintenance of automobiles on June 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Bower Hall. Free of charge. Contact Jesse at 403-877-1436.

Tuesday HAPPY CANADA DAY! ● BioBlitz at Ellis Bird Farm is a 24-hour event in which scientists work with interested volunteers to find and identify as many species of plants and animals as possible and takes place on July 1. Pre-registration is required by phoning 403-885-4477. Free of charge. There will be a site tours at 1 and 2 p.m., pond dipping and bird watching with EBF staff. All participants will receive a free ice cream sandwich courtesy of Dow Canada, and each family can go home with two free nest boxes. ● Riders and Cruisers of Alberta Canada Day Show and Shine at Parkland Mall aims to raise funds for homeless and at-risk veterans on July 1 in the east parking lot. Gates open at 10 a.m. Parade and opening ceremonies at 11 a.m. There will be a donation barrel, live entertainment, food vendors, silent auction. Gates close at 3 p.m. Contact Glenn at 403-596-0687 or bobbi-mccoy@ shaw.ca. ● Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society Annual Canada Day Celebration will be held at Bower Ponds at Great Chief Park on July 1 starting at 11 a.m. with ethnic food booths, and opening ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. and continuing throughout the day with ethnic entertainment and much more until the fireworks finale at 11 p.m. Free admission. Please bring a donation for Red Deer Food

Bank. Walk, bike or park and ride with bus service departing from Red Deer Memorial Centre every 15 minutes beginning at 10:45 a.m. and continuing until after the fireworks. Bus service each way will cost $1 for adults, 50 cents for youth ages six to 17 years and seniors, and free for children five years and under. Special stage entertainment with Jake Peters at 6:15 p.m., HOJA at 7:30 p.m., Kita No Taiko at 8:45 p.m. and Randi Boulton at 10 p.m.

Wednesday ● Sylvan Lake Legion potluck and jam session is held the first Wednesday of each month from noon to 4 p.m. Come to play, sing, dance or listen. Admission is $2, including coffee and lunch at 2:30 p.m. Potluck begins at noon followed by the jam session at 1 p.m. Contact Margie at 403-746-3153. ● Bowden Museum will be open during the months of June, July and Aug. on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $2. Tours may be arranged by calling 403-224-2122, or 403224-3104. See www.bowdenpioneermuseum. com, or email 2201@shawbiz.ca. ● Golden Circle Ho-Downers are a fun band of seniors who entertain other seniors in nursing homes, lodges and by special re-

quest. Practices are held on Wednesdays starting at 2 p.m. Everyone welcome. For more information call Bea at 403-346-5802.

Thursday ● First Thursdays in the Snell are free chamber music concerts from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the Snell Auditorium on the first Thursday of each month. Café Noir will sponsor the series and provide free coffee and tea. Bring lunch, or purchase at the café. The July 3 event features Song and Satire with mezzosoprano Sharon Braun and pianist Cheryl Cooney as musical guests. Phone 403-3429122. Free will donation at the door. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre Garage Sale will be offered on July 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and July 4 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Good condition donations for the sale are now being accepted at the front desk. For information, phone 403-343-6074, ext. 108. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on July 3 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for an eight km hike at Barnett, Cranna, Elizabeth Lakes loop. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Bring lunch. Phone Mavis at 403-343-0091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Summer Dance Intensive summer camp will be held Aug. 17 to 22 at Red Deer College. To register for and find out more, visit www.rdc.ab.ca/summercamps or call 403-357-3663. ● MAGsparks is an inclusive and accessible visual art program for everyone offered on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Professional artists are on hand to help with projects. Materials are supplied. There is a drop-in fee of $3. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult. For information, contact Janet at 403-309-8405, janet. cole@reddeer.ca. Summer Art School will be held July 7 to 30 and will focus on drawing, painting, pastels and mixed media. ● Central Alberta Stroke Survivor’s Annual Walk and Roll in support of Heart and Stroke Foundation will go July 15 at CrossRoads Church starting at noon. This is a onekm walk or roll that will be followed by a barbecue and entertainment. Call 403-342-4435. ● Whisker Rescue Society Annual Garage Sale Fundraiser will be held at The Professional Building on July 25, 26, and 27. Friday hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Donations will be accepted July 3 to 18, Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the back door located in the back alley. Clothes, televisions, computers, mattresses, or large appliances will not be accepted. To donate other large and heavy items such as furniture or bicycles, text or call Andrea at 587-877-0360. Visit www.whiskerrescue or call 403-347-1251. ● Country Gospel in the Park — Blackfalds United Church Country Gospel Music Weekend — will be held Sept. 5 to 7 at Blackfalds All Star Park. Performances start on Friday night at 5 p.m. and a church service goes on Sunday at 9 a.m. Performances are

in a heated tent; bring your own chairs. Food is available on site. a weekend pass costs $30; day passes are available. For a list of performers visit www.blackfaldsunitedchurch. com. Call Jim at 403-391-1397 or Moe at 403-357-6678, or John at 403-885-4857. ● Cystic Fibrosis Canada Central Alberta Chapter meets at Bethany Care CollegeSide. Call 403-347-5075. ● Boomtown Music Festival is slated for Sept. 5 and 6 at Ol’ Macdonald’s Resort. Music starts at 1 p.m. both days. Entertainment includes Ridley Bent, Tim Hus, and many more artists. Beer gardens and food vendors on site. Event supports the Kids Help Line. Weekend passes start at $70, day passes start at $35 and discounted camping is available. For more information visit www.boomtownmusic.ca/ or call 403-742-6603. ● Lacombe and District Garden Club presents their Hidden Treasures Yard Tour on July 29. This three hour guided bus tour costs $20 and includes tours of local gardens and refreshments. Tour times are 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Advance tickets only are available at Hannas Seeds in Lacombe or call Pamela at 403-782-5061 for more information. ● Central Alberta Singles dance will be held July 12 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Phil Wayne. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. For information, call Jim at 403638-6563, or Murray at 403-357-8022. ● Alberta Health Services is offering several workshops during the summer as part of the Alberta Healthy Living Program. Workshops include problematic eating, diabetes basics, heart wise information, respiratory education, weight wise management programs and more. For the full schedule, visit www.albertahealthservices.ca/ev/ne-evcdm-calendar-2014-summer.pdf

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Fungus foils drug resistance BY HELEN BRANSWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS

ology that might send this compound into the dust bin. So far the experiments are positive. But they could all turn in a second,” Wright admitted. “I have no idea whether or not this will actually have legs in the clinic or not, but we’re certainly marching towards that direction.” A commentary on the finding suggested it is hopeful, but warned there could be hurdles. For one thing, it noted AMA has previously been shown to inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), which is naturally produced by humans. It causes blood vessel constriction and increases blood pressure. People with high blood pressure are often prescribed ACE-inhibitor drugs. The authors of the commentary, Djalal Meziane-Cherif and Patrice Courvalin from the Institut Pasteur in Paris, said it remains to be seen if AMA would trigger serious side-effects in people, though they noted that was not the case in mice. They also warned that resistance to the combination could arise — something Wright accepts as a fact of life. “The organisms are going to keep evolving different ways to get around them (antibiotics) and they’re going to collect these (resistance) genes in multiple packages. So maybe in the future we’ll be looking at cocktails of three compounds, four compounds,” he said. “That’s common . . . in HIV, it’s common in oncology, it’s common in tuberculosis treatment. It’s just not common in treating infection . . . . It just might be in the future.”

TORONTO — A soil sample from Nova Scotia has yielded a compound that could help fight antibiotic resistance. Researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton have discovered that a fungus found in the sample produces a chemical that inactivates the dangerous NDM-1 resistance gene, making bacteria containing it vulnerable to the antibiotics NDM-1 normally helps them evade. The scientists liken the compound to an adjuvant, a chemical that enhances the power of vaccines. “Simply put, the molecule knocks out NDM-1 so the antibiotics can do their job,” said Gerry Wright, the biochemistry professor who leads the team which conducted the research. Their finding was published in the scientific journal Nature. The precursor chemicals that antibiotics are based on exist in nature and are often found in soil. For years, pharmaceutical companies searching for new versions of these important drugs maintained libraries of bacteria and fungi found in soil, testing the Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS chemicals they produced to see if they had could be used to fight infections. Aspergillus versicolor, a fungus contained in a soil sample from Nova Scotia, But as new finds dwindled companies is shown in a handout photo. The fungus produces a compound, called AMA, have largely withdrawn from this field, which inhibits the antibiotic-resistance powers the NDM-1 gene gives bacteria leaving little in the antibiotic pipeline. in which it is found. Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton hope the With the rise in antibiotic resistance and the emergence of multi-drug resiscompound can eventually be used in combination with antibiotics to override tance factors like NDM-1, which condrug resistance. fers resistance to almost all existing antibiotics, experts have warned the world is facing a future in which antibiotics no longer work. That could mean surgeries and procedures we view as standards of modern medicine would be too dangerous to undertake because of the risk of infection. Wright figured that if soil has been a source of antibiotics, it might also contain small molecules that might counteract resistance when taken in combination with antibiotics. So he and his team began to compile their own library from soil samples taken from across Canada. It now contains about 10,000 samples. “If we accept that finding things that just kill bacteria outright is going to be hard to find, then why don’t we try things that incapacitate resistance? And those same collections should be great sources of inhibitors of resistance,” he explained in an interview. “People in my lab, whenever they were on vacation, I just told them to take a couple of teaspoons of soil from wherever they were . . . . In a teaspoon of soil, there are probably a billion bacteria.” The researchers grew up the microbes found in the soil samples, extracting the compounds those bacteria and fungi produce. They then began to add them to dishes containing an antibiotic and E coli bacteria were resistant to the drug because they had been engineered to contain the NDM-1 gene. If the combination did not kill the bacteria, the compound added nothing. In fewer than 1,000 tries — a small number for this type of work, Wright says — they found a compound that did knock out the NDM-1 gene’s powers. It was a molecule called aspergillomarasmine A — AMA for short — which is produced by a fungus called Aspergillus versicolor. To confirm the finding, they tested the antibiotic and AMA combination on 229 strains of resistant bacteria isolated from patients around the world over the past Nothing stacks up to the most HD entertainment and decade. The combination a FREE 40" Samsung Smart TV – only from TELUS was effective at restoring antibiotic susceptibility when you switch to Optik TV TM and Internet for 3 years.* in 88 per cent of strains. To test it further, the McMaster team infected mice with what should have been a lethal dose of Klebsiella pneumoniae that contained the NDM-1 gene. More than Call 310-MYTV (6988), 95 per cent survived the experimental infection. ® go to telus.com/freetv or visit your TELUS store. 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