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Over the last couple of years, ATCO Gas has added automated meter reading devices to its meters. “We’ve had no indications in any of our devices that we’re aware of in North America, or in our system, that have caused a similar issue as it has in Saskatchewan,” said Keith Carter, ATCO senior vicepresident for the Edmonton region and technical services. He said the device is not wired into a house like the electricity smart meter. “We have the same gas meter as we always had. We just added a battery-operated device as a transmitter.” “We’ve had no safety issues,” Carter said. Lori Curran of Red Deer does not agree and encourages people to do the research and become informed. She said the electromagnetic radiation from the transmission devices can be harmful.
CALGARY — A Calgary member of the legislature who left the Tory caucus as a revolt roiled over former premier Alison Redford’s leadership has asked to rejoin the government. Calgary-Varsity member Donna Kennedy-Glans cited the inability to create change from within the party and a culture of entitlement as reasons for leaving caucus and her associate minister post on March 17, two days before Redford’s resignation announcement. She has been sitting as an Independent, but says she is asking to rejoin the Conservative caucus after talking with her constituents about the party’s changing leadership. “I continue to have their trust and to receive a strong endorsement to rejoin the PC caucus as their MLA,” she said Tuesday in a statement. Kennedy-Glans said she and her constituents are encouraged by the commitments to change that have been made by each of the three leadership candidates. “What Albertans want from their politicians is not complex,” Kennedy-Glans said. “What they have told me they want is, quite simply, a government that leads while also listening, that opens the doors to our ingenuity and our capacity for innovation, and that uses all of our resources wisely, now and into the future.” Kennedy-Glans’s resignation came as Redford faced increasing unrest within her caucus, fuelled by concerns over her leadership style and a $45,000 trip to South Africa for Nelson Mandela’s funeral. Calgary backbencher Len Webber also quit the Tory caucus, calling Redford a bully and “not a nice lady.” Webber has since announced he will seek a federal Conservative nomination in Calgary. The fallout from Redford’s travel habits has continued even thought she has resigned.
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Lori Curran asked ATCO to reinstall an analog gas meter on her Red Deer home. She is not satisfied the new meters being used in Red Deer that transmit data electronically are safe.
City taking wait-and-see approach to smart meters BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer is watching closely as Saskatchewan removes 105,000 electricity smart meters due to eight unexplained fires in the last two months. The City of Red Deer has been looking at installing the automated meters that read power consumption in intervals via radio frequency and eliminate the need to have meter readers visit each meter. Garfield Lee, senior electrical distribution engineer with the city’s Electric Light and Power Department, said the cause of the fires must be investigated and addressed before Red Deer makes a decision. “We’re one of the very few utilities in Canada that does not have (smart meters),” Lee said on Tuesday. “We’re looking at it, but we don’t know when and we don’t know for sure.” The expense of installing the meters is a big concern for city council, Lee said.
Aggressive clean up can do more harm than good: study BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A pipeline rupture under the Red Deer River just over two years ago carries important implications across the oil and gas industry, including for the proposed Keystone and Northern Gateway pipeline projects, says a river researcher from the University of Lethbridge. Professor Stewart Rood and his research team were given a unique opportunity to analyze results from the cleanup after flood debris ruptured a pipeline carrying light sour crude under the Red Deer River, just downstream from Sundre. The spill was discovered on June 7, 2012, at the river’s confluence with Jackson Creek. There was a pool of crude at the mouth of the creek, so there was an assumption that the spilled had occurred there, Rood said. The pipeline actually broke further upstream, near the Sundre sewer treatment plant, he said. The result was the release of about 450,000 litres of crude into the river, upstream of the Gleniffer reservoir. More oil would have been spilled had the pipeline been flowing at the time, said Rood. Rood said he is “astounded” that there has not been more research into spill cleanups, given that pipelines have been shipping oil for more than 50 years. Better research would help governments and oil companies respond more appropriately to pipeline spills, he said. There is less chance of a rupture if the pipeline is placed well below the riverbed, out of danger from flooding action, said Rood.
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Tailings pond growing before collapse A tailings pond that breached Monday had been growing at an unsustainable rate, an environmental consultant says. Story on PAGE A6
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Sam Howse and Curtis Marshall have a discussion as they take part in a Red Deer Library teen reading program on Tuesday. The afternoon session was supposed to be a calligraphy lesson; however, when an instructor was unable to make it, the group opted to continue on a Meditative Zentangles project they began the previous week. Each week through the summer, teens are invited to an event with a different theme. Next Wednesday when the group reconvenes, a science fiction space travel event will be held with building cardboard space ships and watching the movie ‘Oblivion.’ The drop-in group will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 13.
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TORIES: ‘Problems have not stopped’ Last week, the CBC reported that a leaked review from auditor general Merwan Saher found that passenger lists on government aircraft were altered so Redford, who still sits as a backbench government member, could fly alone. The review said Redford’s staff blocked others from flying on government planes by booking seats in advance and then removing passenger names before printing the flight manifest. Redford has denied any personal wrong-doing and said it would be untrue to say she flew on the government airplane alone. The revelations have led to one of the contestants in the Tory leadership race, Thomas Lukaszuk, calling for an emergency caucus meeting to discuss her continued membership in the party. “In the end, she took taxpayers’ money and their trust, and squandered it. Months ago, she told her government colleagues that there were no more problems, and that everything had been dealt with,” Lukaszuk said on Facebook. “The problems have not stopped. Continued focus on the MLA and her actions is compromising the work of government and the PC party. It must stop,” he said.
METERS: ‘A danger to your health’ “I believe it’s a danger to your health. You are being exposed to them all the time. I’d just rather stay away from it myself,” said Curran, who is a holistic
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nutritionist and had the device at her home removed by ATCO in 2012. Curran, who does not have a cellphone due to radiation concerns, said all radiation causes changes and its impact is cumulative. Carter said the device sends out a very small signal. “The radio frequency operates at a frequency that is less than a hand-held cellphone and the radio frequency technology people use in their houses already,” Carter said. He said the device also makes it much safer for ATCO employees who otherwise would have to go into people’s backyards. ATCO charges Curran extra because the meter has to be read by a meter reader. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
STUDY: Willows good for contaminated sites When rolling rocks and flood debris do cause a break, the pipelines release a mix of hydrocarbons that react in various ways to natural processes, he said. Teams responding immediately after a pipeline rupture have a duty to contain the spill, mop up as much of the oil as possible and scare off birds and animals that attempt to enter the contaminated area, said Rood. However, the aggressive cleanups that follow an initial response have often caused more harm than good, including the cleanup after the 2012 break, he said. Pipelines under rivers tend to break during spring flooding, when native trees and shrubs along the flood plain are in full leaf and growing rapidly, said Rood. “The key plants, the willows and the cottonwoods ... are really good at what’s called phytoremediation. In fact, these things are deliberately planted in some contamination sites and part of the reason is that
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they use a lot of water, so they go through ground water and in so doing they’re able to remove contaminants and the like,” he said. “Rather than mowing down the willows and cottonwoods that have been contacted with the oil from the rupture ... in areas that are thinly coated, I think you’re better off leaving them.” Rood and his crew documented considerable progress at three designated sites along the banks of the Red Deer River, including evaporation of volatile hydrocarbons and suffocation of the leaves that were coated in crude and eventually fell to the ground. As time progressed, the tarry substance that covered the trees and rocks on the floodplain dried up and, where there was moisture present, microbes and bacteria completed the breakdown of the remaining material. The trees that had been in the flood plain grew new leaves and suffered no long-term damage, said Rood. The impact on them was no worse than what they would have suffered from an infestation of tent caterpillars, he said. On the other hand, where costly and aggressive cleanup has been performed, such as bulldozing river banks and removing contaminated material, there have been devastating consequences including the introduction of invasive plants like as reed canary grass. At one time, the United States Environmental Protection Agency recommended bulldozing and removal of all contaminants from a spill site, with devastating results, he said. Funding for the Red Deer River research project included $67,200 from fines totalling $1.3 million levied against the pipeline company, Plains Midstream Canada, after it pleaded guilty to charges laid under Alberta’s Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act in connection with the Sundre break, as well as a similar spill in the Peace River region. Additional money from the fines went to the Alberta Conservation Association for projects and to the federal government’s Environmental Damage Fund, for projects within the affected watersheds. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com
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Red Deer’s latest electricity outage happened at 4:45 p.m. on Monday and left about 1,500 residents in the city’s south end without electricity for about an hour. Garfield Lee, senior electrical distribution engineer with the city’s Electric Light and Power Department, said a breaker on a feeder line was tripped due to lightning but there was no damage to equipment. Primarily, customers along 40th Avenue as far north as Ross Street were affected. “Between wind storms and lightning storms, we do tend to have more outages in the summer,” said Lee on Tuesday. The worst storm so far this season happened on July 25. Wind gusts of 90 km/h toppled trees onto power lines, causing outages and surges around the city. So far in 2014, the city has experienced 20 outages when power is off for more than one minute. Lee said there is no indication there will be more outages this year than other years. In 2013, Red Deer saw 149 similar outages. There were 122 in 2012, 90 in 2011 and 144 in 2010. Lee said the main causes of outages are equipment issues; contact from vehicles, construction, or birds; and storms from snow, wind and falling trees. Some day, the city would like to be able to keep track of fluctuations in electricity that can cause lights to flicker and computers to crash, he said. “We’re hoping at some point to be able to, but it’s not easy so at the moment. We don’t have that ability.” Lee said years ago people probably didn’t notice when their lights dimmed for a few seconds. But with so many electronic devices in the home, it’s more of an issue, Lee said. “Fluctuations can actually cause inconveniences for customers.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
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Douglas Garland is escorted into a Calgary police station in connection with the disappearance of Nathan O’Brien and his grandparents in Calgary on July 14, 2014. The Crown has stayed identity theft charges against a man accused of murder in the deaths of a five-year-old Calgary boy and his grandparents. Garland was initially charged with identity theft in a matter unrelated to the disappearance of Nathan O’Brien and Alvin and Kathy Liknes in June. That charge has now been stayed by the Crown. Police spent weeks searching Gar-
land’s rural residence near Airdrie, Alta., as well as the surrounding fields, bodies of water and properties.
Demand for power outstripping supply east and north of Red Deer Peak demand in an area east and north of Red Deer far surpasses local capacity, and with nothing but growth on the horizon the need for a new transmission lines is strong according to the Alberta Electric System Operator. A series of public open houses began in Red Deer Tuesday at the Black Knight Inn. It is the first stage in a process that could eventually see a two 240-kilo volt transmission line in place, one running from Red Deer to Vermilion and the other running from Edgerton to Provost. Matt Gray, AESO corporate communications, said the current peak supply in the area is 689 mega watts where as the peak demand is 880 megawatts. Last week, Red Deer residents were urged to conserve power because of pressure on the province’s grid. The peak demand for the city was set on July 2, 2013, when customers used 140 megawatts. “We plan to file an application that
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BRIEF Woman in hospital after being hit by train An 18-year Bowden woman is in hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a Canadian Pacific Railway train in Olds early Sunday morning. Olds RCMP say the woman was sitting on the tracks with her boyfriend when she was struck by the train near 50th Avenue and Shannon Drive in Olds. The train engineer saw the two people on the tracks and blew the horn to warn them of the coming train. They began to move out of the way but the woman was struck by the front step of the train that leads to the control room
seeks approval of the need,” said Gray. The current timeline has the needs application being submitted by the end of the year. After that, Altalink and ATCO consult with people along the route about where the new lines and substations might go. The route consultations may not happen until late 2015 or early 2016. In its early stages, AESO is going through the application to determine the need for these power lines, before ATCO or Altalink go about implementing the line. The needs application is based off of projections of future growth and use in the area. Among the major reasons for the need is reliability concerns, the growth of pipelines in the area and the potential for new wind farms and gas-fired power plants. “The key is to get people’s attention early on so they know what is coming,” said Gray. “We have already seen some of the liability concerns. We have generators operating in the area and in the surrounding area that face constraints, we have to cut them back at certain times because the grid will be stretched to its limits. If we let them put all the
power on, it could cause problems.” This means power is being pulled from other areas to feed demand at certain times during the day. “We don’t do routing,” said Gray. “Routing new transmission lines and finding where a new substation is going to go, that gets taken care of at a later stage. A lot of folks come to these, and it’s natural you want to know where things are going to go. “A company like ATCO or Altalink needs the approval of the needs application and the facilities application before anything gets built.” Gray said they come back to some areas to make sure as many people as possible have the chance to review the proposal. They chose now to start as it is a time when some farmers can come out, as in a few weeks they will be busy haying and combining. The public open house will happen in Red Deer on Aug. 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Black Knight Inn, 2929 50th Ave. There will also be an open house on Aug. 27 in Stettler from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Stettler Community Hall, 5101 46th Ave. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
on the front coach. The train stopped and emergency services were contacted. The victim was transported to Olds hospital with head injuries and later flown to Foothills Hospital in Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance. Injuries are serious but believed to be non-life-threatening as of Sunday. The incident is still under investigation. Police say alcohol was a factor in the incident as both people were intoxicated.
berta Serious Incident Response Team recommended the charges. It found the officer had stopped a vehicle in the town of Boyle, north of Edmonton, and, when the vehicle started moving again, shot the driver in the shoulder. The 22-year-old man survived and was treated in hospital. An RCMP spokesman says Clace was temporarily suspended from his job but returned to frontline policing in February following an assessment.
Mountie receives conditional discharge for shooting driver EDMONTON — A judge has given an Alberta Mountie a one-year conditional discharge for shooting a motorist in 2011. Const. Jason Clace pleaded guilty earlier this year to assault with a weapon and careless use of a firearm. A previous investigation by the Al-
Child advocate wants foster parents to stop bed-sharing with infants BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The death of an infant in care has led to Alberta’s child advocate recommending that foster parents stop letting babies sleep with them. Del Graff made the suggestion Tuesday in a report into the death of an unnamed six-week-old girl in 2013. Her foster parents moved her from a crib into their bed in the middle of the night and she was found unresponsive the next morning. An autopsy could not determine a cause of death and police ruled there was no crime. Graff said the province provides a two-day training course for foster parents that includes a section on safe sleeping practices, along with the statement “do not share the bed.” The course was not mandatory but, starting this fall, a new version of it will be. Graff said that’s still not enough. “Foster parents are taking on the responsibility of providing care to someone else’s child and the decision about bed-sharing should not be the foster parents,”’ he wrote. His report outlines different expert opinions on bed-sharing, including one from the Public Health Agency of Canada that identifies it as a risk factor for suffocation and undetermined death in infants, such as sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.
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CALGARY — Police investigators are in Mexico as part of an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of a five-year-old boy and his grandparents. The bodies of Nathan O’Brien and Alvin and Kathy Liknes have not been recovered since the three disappeared from the couple’s Calgary home June 29, but police have laid three murder charges. The couple had been having an estate sale that weekend as they downsized ahead of a move to Edmonton and then to a residence in Mexico. Nathan was at his grandparents’ house for a sleepover. A police spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that officers are in Mexico. “It’s just making sure that all the avenues are covered. There’s nothing to it other than just crossing t’s and dotting the i’s,” said Calgary police spokeswoman Emma Poole. “We’re not going to get into details of how long they’ve been down there, where they are or how many went.” Douglas Garland, 54, is facing two charges of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder. Garland was initially considered a person of interest in the case and was held on an identity theft charge unrelated to the disappearance of the trio. Garland had lived for several years in Vancouver using the identity of a dead person. Police alleged he was using that identity again when they brought him in for questioning in the missing persons case.
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Lament for lost bike lane WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR CYCLISTS Early this summer, city road crews brought out their grinder and erased the lines and road symbols on the bike lane on 39th Street. Just one more overpayment on the so-called $800,000 pilot project looking to examine solutions for safe, accessible bike commuter transit in the city. The money was spent, expensive lines were painted — and more expensively erased — but the pilot project itself never really existed. Other than the torrent of online rants to the city’s website and calls of outrage to city staff and councillors about the project, no data was collected. As with other lanes similarly erased in other parts of the city, there was zero enGREG forcement of the painted lines NEIMAN anyway, so they may as well have never existed, even as an experiment to see if they could work. So was the whole project a waste of time and money? Only if you look at the erasures and only if you want to believe the issue is dead. There are still parts of the pilot project in existence, some of them freshened up with new paint. Parts of Phase One of the pilot, the unheralded “bike lanes to nowhere” are still there. For the most part unnoticed by auto traffic, which flows as it has always done. But of the project as a whole, the section on 39th Street was a special case. That particular street directly feeds students to two elementary schools and two middle schools. It is a regional neighbourhood passage to three high schools, and a link to bike lanes leading downtown. As well, it is a link eastward to bike lanes leading out of town, to some of the most favoured recreational and fitness cycling routes in all of Central Alberta. It still is, though without the (unenforced) protection of even painted lines. Cycling there when the traffic is busy takes a certain amount of confidence. You can forgive parents for adding to that area’s well-documented traffic congestion by driving their kids to school. That’s why 39th Street, along with several other
sections of city pavement, remain of special interest to groups like the Red Deer Association for Bicycle Commuting (of which I happen to be president). You can look at the erasure of the bike lanes on 39th as a waste, a loss. Or you can look at it as an opportunity to try something else that works better. The documented experience of cities around the world shows that the many benefits of increasing bike traffic are best achieved when solutions are introduced by increments, with different solutions used in different areas, depending on local conditions. Experience also shows that physical separation of cars, bikes and pedestrian traffic works best for all concerned. The part of 39th Street where the lanes have been erased would be an ideal place to demonstrate lessons learned from the experience of other cities.
For those few blocks, we could make use of the space between sidewalks (where they exist) and the road, to add a road-level bike path separated from traffic by a physical barrier — a curb, series of pylons or series of parking barriers. No space to traffic would be lost. No conflict with pedestrians would occur. Safety laws would become more clear, especially at intersections, which are the greatest danger zones in any city. Bikes would be off the sidewalks, and auto traffic would plainly see them at intersections, which become zones of shared use. Bikes and pedestrians would have the right of way moving straight through, with auto traffic waiting for the intersection to be clear before turning. Would there be a cost to trying this? Of course. But given the many millions spent just this summer on city road improvements, with many millions more planned for the years to come, when did safe traffic flow come with such a low price tag, that trying this solution in this short section of the city becomes untenable? Especially when this idea has demonstrated itself to work well in many other cities? RDABC and city cyclists haven’t “lost” with the erasure of the lines on 39th. Our “to-do” list just got a little longer. There is still plenty of room for civil discussion in this city, and lots of opportunity to find ways for Red Deer to realize the well-proven benefits of increased bike commuting. That increase is going to happen anyway, with or without a serious look at the means to make this safe, accessible and pleasant for all. On Saturday, Sept. 13, RDABC will host its fifth annual bike parade. We will meet at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of the Cultural Services Centre at 3827 39th St. We’ll ride westward, down a part of the area where the bike lanes were erased, across 40th Avenue, to link up with a bike lane that still exists. We’ll follow it to Spruce Drive and from there to City Hall Park. There will be the usual speechification, and a chance for people to meet other cyclists and to join RDABC. And with your help, the quest for workable solutions will continue. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate.blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@gmail.com.
To get to the point in question: how toxic is this product? The good doctor from north seems to have an idea that the sand was already mixed in “a toxic soup of chemicals.” It was not! Sand and liquid chemicals are shipped to the well site in separate containers and are not mixed until the frac job is underway. If for some reason all the sand was not used, it was returned still dry. Hence, no soup. Children would not play in this sand very long. Frac sand does not clump (stick together) whether wet or dry. Not much fun in a sand box when you cannot make anything other than a slippery hill. The harm caused by sand is extremely slow and would take many years of constant exposure to show a negative result. Do not breath the dust. Do not ingest it. Brush it off exposed skin. That is what you should do to keep yourself from harm. It, of itself, does not have a toxic result except through lengthy deliberate exposure. As for the use of the word “spill,” if a transport returns to the warehouse with a partial load, they can choose, if there is no silo room available, to dump it on there property. That is not a spill. Reporting a spill is covered under the Transportation of Danger-
ous Goods Act. You do not report a spill of an inert property. And this is how sand is classified under this act. Otherwise all those hills of gravel spread around the counties and later dumped to make or repair roads would have to make out a report. Nothing like new gravel on a country road to produce dusty conditions; conditions you do not see when frac sand is being loaded or pumped. The Ponoka News editorial of July 30 is highly concerned with the fact that the “spill” was not reported and had to be reported to Alberta Health Services before anything was done. AHS? They have sent out a health warning about an inert product on private property? I wonder why. It was mainly a disservice that upset people. The good mayor of Bashaw had enough sense to see it right and not bash one of their corporate citizens. This is not part AHS’s expertise nor their mandate. Unless they think that with their poor wait times in hospitals, they will have room for you several years down the road. (Sorry, I could not help myself.) Leo Belanger Ponoka
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A ground-out portion of 39th Street, where the bike lane used to be.
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Frac sand does not carry ‘toxic soup of chemicals’ I have waited to hear a reply to the letters to the editor’s and editorials from the upstream service companies concerning the sand spill in Bashaw. Having not seen one, I decided to take on the task of explaining fracture (frac) sand. I am not employed in the industry, having retired a dozen years ago. During my more than 35 years, I was a “fracker,” a adult instructor, a safety practitioner/co-ordinator and, at times, a manager of safety Some of the regulations that we had to abide by were two that were omnibus bills: the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and Workplace Hazardous Material Information Systems. These regulations cover all aspects of chemical safety outside of personal purchase consumer goods and the Canadian Nuclear Safety and Control Act. These are only a few but they have the most bearing on the Bashaw socalled spill.
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No trial for father in deaths BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GANDER, N.L. — A sad legal odyssey that began 12 years ago when Nelson Hart’s twin girls drowned in Gander Lake ended Tuesday as murder charges against him were dropped for lack of evidence. Hart, now 45, was to be released to an undisclosed location after nine years behind bars. The Crown said it couldn’t retry him for murder in the
deaths of his three-year-old daughters, Karen and Krista, who wound up in the water near a playground and boat launch called Little Harbour on Aug. 4, 2002. The girls had wanted to play on the swings. “This brings the matter to a close,” Judge David Peddle said in provincial Supreme Court as Jennifer Hicks, mother to the twins and Hart’s ex-wife, listened without reaction. She did not comment as she left the courthouse. Hart was to be set free after Canada’s highest court ruled Thursday that
confessions he made to undercover Mounties during a so-called Mr. Big sting could not be used against him. The decision upheld a 2012 appeal court judgment overturning Hart’s 2007 first-degree murder conviction and a life sentence without chance of parole for 25 years. Donovan Molloy, director of public prosecutions, said the Crown can’t make a case for retrial. “Last week’s decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to exclude the confessions made by Mr. Hart to the
undercover officers left us with insufficient evidence to meet our standard for prosecution, which is a reasonable likelihood of conviction,” he told reporters. Molloy declined to comment when asked if Hart could face lesser charges such as criminal negligence except to say any new evidence will be considered. Nor would he discuss whether Hart could make a case for wrongful conviction compensation. He said the focus Tuesday should be on Hicks.
Canadian couple held in China BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Canadian couple detained in China on suspicion of stealing state secrets about the country’s military spend their days running a coffee shop and have never been in a position to gain access to classified government information, their son said Tuesday. Kevin Garratt, 54, and Julia Dawn Garratt, 53, who have lived and worked in China for the past 30 years, were out for dinner with friends in the city of Dandong, near the border with North Korea, when they were detained Monday night. “As of right now my parents are being held in an undisclosed location. I have heard that they’re safe but they’re just a bit confused. They actually have no idea what’s going on,” Simeon Garratt told The Canadian Press in an interview from Vancouver. The 27-year-old said his younger brother, who lives in Dandong, was told of his parents’ detention by Chinese authorities and instructed to bring spare clothes and toiletries for them on Tuesday, but wasn’t allowed to speak with the couple. “He was brought in for questioning and that was relayed to him. He didn’t get to talk to them. (Officials) said ’maybe later,”’ Garratt said, adding that the allegations against his parents weren’t explained to the family. China’s official Xinhua News Agency has reported that the couple are being investigated by the state security bureau on suspicion of stealing state secrets about the country’s military and national defence research. The accusations come just a few days after the Canadian government blamed Chinese hackers for infiltrating computers at the National Research Council of Canada, something Bejing has vehemently denied. The fresh allegations in China have led to much bewilderment among the couple’s children.
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A aerial view shows the damage caused by a tailings pond breach near the town of Likely, B.C. Tuesday. The pond which stores toxic waste from the Mount Polley Mine had its dam break on Monday spilling its contents into the Hazeltine Creek causing a wide water-use ban in the area.
Tailings pond was growing before collapse: consultant BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUESNEL, B.C. — A tailings pond that breached Monday, releasing a slurry of contaminated water and mine waste into several central British Columbia waterways, had been growing at an unsustainable rate, an environmental consultant says. Brian Olding, who operates Brian Olding and Associates Ltd., said Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX: III) had been working on fixing the problem. Olding said he was hired by the company as well as the Williams Lake and Soda Creek First Nations to review the company’s plans to treat and release water as part of the province’s effluent release permitting process. “More water was coming in over the year than they could deal with,” Olding said. “They just kept building the walls up higher and higher every year and it got to the point where that was untenable.” He said the firm was seeking a permit to treat and release some of the water to keep the size of the pond in check at its Mount Polley Mine, an payments were clawed back. The case involved 1,056 Mounties whose long-term disability payments were reduced by the amount of their monthly disability benefits from the Veterans Affairs Department. The estimated value of the settlement is $70 million. That includes $30.6 million in retroactive payments, $9.1 million in interest on those payments and $30.3 million in future benefits. The proposed agreement also means the reduction would end for all RCMP veterans now receiving benefits and Mounties who are medically released in the future. The case was launched in 2008 by Gerard Buote, but was taken over by
open pit gold and copper mine about 140 kilometres southeast of Quesnel, B.C. The earthen dam at one end of the four-kilometre long pond breached early Monday morning, sending a 45-metre wide wall of water and mining debris into local creeks and lakes. The release of 10 million cubic metres of water and 4.5 million cubic metres of silt into Polly Lake prompted drinking water warnings for Quesnel Lake, Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek, Cariboo Creek and the Quesnel River up to its intersection with the Fraser River. Olding described the walls on the tailings pond as “very high.” No analysis of the dam’s structural integrity was done as part of the review, he said. “I requested a structural engineering company be involved, and that was nixed. They did not want to deal with that problem at that time.” B.C. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said he was told of an incident a few months ago where the water in the tailings pond got a little high. “They’ve been monitoring it and
reporting to the ministry every since then. Water levels were normal. In fact, they were lower than the level that were regulated, so we’re just not sure yet how this happened.” On Tuesday, the Vancouver-based mining firm said the situation has stabilized. Imperial Metals said the cause of the breach is unknown and there was no indication of trouble before a section of the earthen dam crumbled. “Our first priority is the health and safety of our employees and neighbours, and we are relieved no loss of life or injury have been reported. We are deeply concerned and are working to mitigate immediate effects and understand the cause,” the company said in a news release. The Cariboo Regional District issued a water ban advising people not to drink or bathe in the water or allow pets or livestock to drink the water. Because the area around the mine site is so remote, search and rescue crews travelled along lake shores in the area looking for campers or those staying in cabins to warn them of the possible dangers.
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NDP calls for urgent meeting on charity audits OTTAWA — The New Democrats are pressing for an unusual summer meeting of a parliamentary committee to clear the air over the auditing of charities for their political activities. New Democrat MP Murray Rankin, the party critic for national revenue, wants the finance committee to convene before Parliament resumes in six weeks, calling the matter urgent. Rankin has written to James Ra-
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Cease-fire takes hold STAGE SET FOR CAIRO TALKS TO END GAZA WAR BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAZA, Gaza Strip — Israel said it withdrew the last of its ground forces from Gaza on Tuesday as it and Hamas began a temporary cease-fire. The calm sets the stage for talks in Egypt on a broader deal for a long-term truce and the rebuilding of the battered, blockaded coastal territory. Both sides halted cross-border attacks as the three-day truce took effect at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT). The shelling stopped and in Gaza City, where streets had been deserted during the war, traffic picked up and shops started opening. If the calm holds, it would be the longest lull in almost a month of fighting that has killed nearly 1,900 Palestinians and 67 Israelis. In coming days, Egyptian mediators plan to shuttle between Israeli and Palestinian delegations in Cairo to try to work out new arrangements for Gaza. As details of the Palestinian demands emerged, there were some signs that Hamas is willing to give Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a role in Gaza as part of rebuilding efforts. Hamas seized control of Gaza from Abbas’ Palestinian Authority in 2007, prompting the Egyptian-Israeli blockade of the territory. Abbas’ return would presumably aim to reassure Israel and Egypt, allowing an easing of the closure. The Palestinian delegation in Cairo presented a joint list of demands to Egypt, said Hana Amireh, a West Bankbased PLO official who is in touch with the delegation. The demands include a call for internationally funded reconstruction that would be overseen by an Abbasled government that was formed in a unity deal with Hamas right before the war. The delegation is led by one of Abbas’ confidants but includes members of Hamas and other factions. Efforts are under way to arrange a pledging conference of donor countries in Norway at the beginning of September, Mohammed Mustafa, the West Bank-based deputy prime minister of the technocrat government, told The Associated Press.
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Palestinians search through rubble of a destroyed house in Rafah’s district of Shawkah in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday. The attack at the Shawkah district east of the Gaza town of Rafah drew what was by far the heaviest shelling by the Israeli military in the Gaza war, killing nearly 100 people that day alone and instantly unraveling a three-day ceasefire shortly after it came into force. However, Hamas official Izzat Rishq suggested while the group will seek a role in the actual reconstruction. “We know that we have a national unity government that can handle the donors’ conference and the rebuilding, but implementing it on the ground requires national co-operation,” he said. A three-member Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo on Tuesday evening, according to an airport official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. The situation on the ground remains volatile, and any cease-fire violation could quickly derail the Cairo talks.
Gaps between the Israeli and Palestinian positions are wide, and it’s not clear how much can be achieved. Yossi Kuperwasser, a senior official in Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs, said Israel is willing to discuss an easing of Gaza border restrictions, but needs guarantees that Hamas will not be able to re-arm. He said the international community “can have a role in securing the security arrangements that are going to be agreed upon in Gaza,” including preventing the entry of goods that could be diverted by Hamas for military purposes. Israel is concerned that Hamas
would be able to restock its military arsenal if the borders are opened. Over the years, Hamas has smuggled rockets and other weapons into Gaza through smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. The flow only halted after a new government in Egypt took over a year ago and destroyed the tunnels. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly raised the idea in recent days of disarming Hamas, with the help of the international community. Hamas is deeply rooted in Gaza and still has thousands of armed men under its command.
Afghan ‘insider attack’ kills U.S. general BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan — An American major general was killed Tuesday in one of the bloodiest insider attacks of the long Afghanistan war when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on allied troops, wounding about 15 U.S. and coalition forces, including a German general and two Afghan generals. The U.S. two-star general was the highest-ranked American officer killed in combat in either of the nation’s post-9-11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. His name was not immediately released. The attack at Marshal Fahim National Defence University underscored the tensions that persist as the U.S. combat role winds down — and it wasn’t the only assault by an Afghan ally on coalition forces on Tuesday. In eastern Paktia province, an Afghan police guard exchanged fire with NATO troops near the governor’s office, provincial police said. The guard was killed in the gunfight. It wasn’t clear if the two incidents were linked, and police said they were investigating. The circumstances of the lethal at-
tack at the defence university were murky. The wounded included a German brigadier general and two Afghan generals, officials said. A U.S. official said that of the estimated 15 wounded, about half were Americans, several of them in serious condition. U.S. officials still asserted confidence in their partnership with the Afghan military, which appears to be holding its own against the Taliban but will soon be operating independently once most U.S.-led coalition forces leave at the end of the year. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars have taken more than 6,700 U.S. lives. Insider attacks rose sharply in 2012, with more than 60 coalition troops — mostly Americans — killed in 40-plus attacks that threatened to shatter all trust between Afghan and allied forces. U.S. commanders imposed a series of precautionary tactics, and the number of such attacks declined sharply last year. The White House said President Barack Obama was briefed on the shooting. Obama and Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel both spoke with Gen. Joseph Dunford, the top U.S. general in Kabul, who said a joint U.S.-Afghan investigation was underway and who assured his bosses he still had confi-
dence in the Afghan military. The Pentagon’s press secretary, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, announced that the U.S. general officer was killed in the attack but he refused to be specific about his rank, citing concern that his family had not yet been fully and officially notified. Another U.S. official said the officer was a major general. There are only a few U.S. generals in Afghanistan. Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry, said a “terrorist in an army uniform” opened fire on both local and international troops. Azimi and U.S. officials said the shooter was killed. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid praised in a statement the “Afghan soldier” who carried out the
attack. He did not claim the Taliban carried out the attack, although in the past the Taliban have encouraged such actions. Such assaults are sometimes claimed by the Taliban insurgency as proof of their infiltration. Others are attributed to personal disputes or resentment by Afghans who have soured on the continued international presence in their country more than a dozen years after the fall of the Taliban from power. Mark Jacobson, a former NATO deputy civilian representative to Afghanistan and a senior adviser at the private Truman National Security Project, said the threat of Afghan troops turning their guns of their American partners is a serious problem.
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Eight Nigerian health workers in isolation BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian health authorities acknowledged Tuesday that they did not immediately quarantine a sick airline passenger who later died of Ebola, announcing that eight health workers who had primary contact with him were now in isolation with symptoms of the disease. Ebola, which can cause victims to bleed from the eyes and mouths before a grisly death, has killed nearly 900 people across four countries in West Africa, a deeply impoverished region with severely limited medical resources. The outbreak, which emerged in March, spread to Nigeria in late July when Patrick Sawyer, a 40-yearold American of Liberian descent, flew from Liberia’s capital to the megacity of Lagos. The announcement that Sawyer was not immediately quarantined underscores concerns that West Africa is ill-equipped to contain such a disease. By contrast, two American aid workers who were infected with Ebola in Liberia are being treated with an experimental drug in an isolation unit at an Atlanta hospital after being flown in on chartered jets. Ebola concerns in the U.S. have led some worried people to hospital emergency rooms and prompted testing of at least four patients, according to a count kept by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say people infected with Ebola can spread the disease only through their bodily fluids and after they show symptoms. Since the incubation period can last up to 21 days, some of the Nigerians who treated Sawyer are only now showing signs of illness that can mimic many common tropical illnesses — fever, muscle aches and vomiting. Initially authorities told reporters that the risk of any exposure to others was minimal because Sawyer was whisked into isolation after arriving at the airport with symptoms of Ebola. But Lagos state health commissioner Jide Idris said Tuesday that the nature of his disease “was not known” the first day, and only after further investigation did they suspect Ebola. Sawyer’s sister had died in Liberia from the disease, which has no proven cure or treatment. “They went back to the history and they were like ’Oh, this is Liberia,’ and that’s why he was put into
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WASHINGTON — A U.S. government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years, according to newly released government figures. The growth is the result of intelligence agencies submitting names more often after a near-miss attack in 2009. There were 1.1 million people in the database at the end of 2013, according to the National Counterterrorism Center, which maintains the information. About 550,000 people were listed in the database in March 2010. The Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, or TIDE, is a huge, classified database of people who are known terrorists, are suspected of having ties to terrorism or in some cases are related to or are associates of known or suspected terrorists. It feeds to smaller lists that restrict people’s abilities to travel on commercial airliners to or within the U.S. The government does not need evidence linking someone to terrorism in order for the person to be included in the database. This is among the reasons the database and subsequent terror watch lists have been criticized by privacy advocates. An online publication, The Intercept, on Tuesday reported that 40 per cent of people on the terrorism watch list — which is a subset of names in the TIDE database — were not affiliated with any recognized
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Unknown attackers burn 4 Coca-Cola trucks in southern Mexico MEXICO CITY — Unidentified attackers have burned four Coca-Cola delivery trucks in an area of Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero known for drug gang turf battles. The Guerrero state prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that the attack happened in the township of Arcelia but the motive is still under investigation.
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Sierra Leone police officers hold up posters as they try to educate people about the deadly Ebola virus in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday. isolation,” he told reporters. “So even in that window period it was possible that some of these people got infected.” A doctor who provided care to Sawyer has tested positive for the disease, and seven other health workers are now showing symptoms so have been placed in isolation. They are among 14 people who had “serious direct contact” with Sawyer, most of them at the hospital, Idris said. Authorities say they are also following the conditions of 56 other people who had “primary contact” with Sawyer — presumably less at risk than those in the first group.
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terrorist organization. The publication cited documents from one year ago. The growth of the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment is a result of the government’s response to a failed attempt to blow up a commercial airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009. The terror operative’s name was included in the database before the attack but not on a list that would have prevented him from boarding a U.S.bound flight. Since then, the government lowered the standards for placing someone on the no-fly list, and intelligence agencies have become more diligent about submitting names to the TIDE database. Of the 1.1 million people in the TIDE database, 25,000 are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, the National Counterterrorism Center said. The database was created after the September 2001 terror attacks after it became clear that the government’s terror watch list was ineffective. The watch list was once maintained in a Rolodex and in paper notebooks, according to edited photographs provided by the National Counterterrorism Center. Other terror watch lists derived from the TIDE database have also grown. As of November 2013, the Terrorist Screening Database consisted of 700,000 people, according to a government official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive numbers. Coca-Cola’s Mexico bottler, Femsa, has not responded to requests for comment. While local distribution companies are frequent targets for gang extortion in southern Mexico, multinational firms have seldom been attacked. In 2012, the Knights Templar cartel in the western state of Michoacan burned five warehouses and dozens of vehicles owned by the Sabritas snack company, a Mexican subsidiary of PespsiCo. The cultlike drug gang said it believed Sabritas had let lawenforcement agents use its trucks for surveillance. The company denied that.
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LUDIAN, China — About 10,000 troops used pickaxes and backhoes to clear roads and dig residents from collapsed homes Tuesday after an earthquake in southwest China that killed 410 people. Groups of volunteers, meanwhile, used their bare hands. Jackson Zeng joined about two dozen classmates who headed to Yunnan province’s Ludian county, where Sunday’s 6.1-magnitude earthquake collapsed thousands of homes in an impoverished region of mountainous farmland. “I grew up around here and these are my people. I’m not sure what I can do, but I will help any way that I can,” said Zeng, a third-year student at Kunming University of Science and Technology. Zeng’s black T-shirt contrasted with the scores of green fatigue-clad troops along the main road into the quake zone. Paramilitary personnel with a backhoe and other heavy equipment pushed earth from a stretch of road affected by a landslide, while Zeng and other students used their hands to push rocks over a cliff. Many hundreds of volunteers have converged on the nearby city of Zhaotong en route to the quakehit areas — a typical phenomenon during disasters in China. Many came empty-handed, but some were formed into company-sponsored units complete with uniforms and their own relief aid to distribute. The government also has sent thousands of tents, quilts, sleeping bags and cotton coats to the region, as well as folding beds, chairs and tables, and mobile toilets. The quake struck an area of steep hills and narrow roads not suited to all the traffic of the massive relief effort, and heavy rain Tuesday added to the complications. Much of the damage was due to landslides. Ambulances, bulldozers and trucks filled with water and noodles and the squads of volunteers clogged the main road heading to the hardest-hit town of Longtou, about 370 kilometres (230 miles) northeast of Kunming. Helicopters hoisted supplies to the most remote areas. The Yunnan Civil Affairs Bureau said Tuesday that 410 people had been killed and 2,373 injured, with 12 people still missing about 48 hours after the quake. Rescuers pulled dozens of trapped people from the debris in the first couple of days. A 5-year-old boy was dug from a collapsed home Monday, and on Tuesday, state media released a photo taken in a hospital of two pregnant women who comforted each other while trapped in the rubble before they, too, were rescued. Many of the homes in Ludian, which has a population of about 429,000, were rudimentary mud-brick structures that collapsed easily in the quake. Cai Jiangping, a 46-year-old corn farmer, pointed to where he and seven members of his extended family had lived on the other side of a river valley just south of Longtou. “The house is a complete write-off. But we’ll throw some plastic over it and then talk to the insurance company,” he said. Cai was sheltering with a group of friends, his motorcycle his only surviving possession. Further from the worst-hit areas, landslides created barrier lakes where water levels were rising Tuesday to pose a new threat to about 800 residents and seven power stations downstream, where sudden flooding could prompt power outages, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The region is prone to earthquakes. In 1970, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake in Yunnan killed at least 15,000 people. In September 2012, a series of quakes killed 81 people. In May 2008, a powerful quake in Sichuan province left nearly 90,000 people dead. NEW YORK — A traffic accident apparently involving two double-decker tour buses in New York City’s Theater District has injured 13 people, three of them seriously. The Fire Department of New York says none of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening. The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon around 47th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, an area usually teeming with tourists near the TKTS discount Broadway tickets booth and the Hershey’s Chocolate World store. It shut down a stretch of Seventh Avenue. City officials say at least eight people were treated at the scene, including several bus passengers. Rose Cantillon is visiting the city from Ireland and was nearby. She says she was sitting on a bench when she “heard screaming” and ran.
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NWP industries sold BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR
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An Innisfail company that’s operated in Central Alberta for more than 50 years has been sold. TerraVest Capital Inc. (TSX: TVK) announced on Tuesday that it’s struck a deal through a whollyowned subsidiary to buy NWP Industries Inc. The sale is expected to close this month for a purchase price of $12.6 million. NWP Industries, which employs about 125 and operates out of an approximately 60,000-square-foot fabrication facility at 4017 60th Ave. in Innisfail, manufactures oil and gas processing equipment. It was founded in 1962 as North West Pipe & Supply Co. Ltd., and purchased soon after by Mike Chwelos. Chwelos’s daughter Debi DeBelser eventually took over the family business, with her son Mitch DeBelser stepping in as the new president just over a year ago. TerraVest is based in Vegreville. Its existing op-
erations include RJV Gas Field Services, which provides wellhead processing equipment for the natural gas industry in Western Canada. “NWP and RJV Gas Field Services offer some of the best oil and gas processing equipment in the country,” said Charles Pellerin, executive chairman of TerraVest. “Their products are similar in nature and the companies will now work together to complement each other’s strengths.” NWP Industries will continue to operate under that name, with Mitch DeBelser and the existing management remaining. “It’ll be business as usual — just focus on growth and getting bigger,” said DeBelser, adding that TerraVest’s resources should help in this regard. “TerraVest, being public, certainly has deeper pockets than what we would have had access to.”
Although NWP Industries and RJV Gas Field Services will operate independent of each other, DeBelser said both could benefit from synergies related to buying power and best practices. Originally based in Blackfalds, NWP Industries was among a group of companies that included NWP Trucking Corp., NWP Construction Ltd. and Northwest Pipe. Ltd. It relocated to Innisfail in 2005, with its other operations either sold or consolidated into NWP Industries. A release said the purchase price will consist of $10 million cash and $2.6 million worth of TerraVest shares, to be released over a three-year period. The sale remains subject to certain conditions, including approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange. In addition to RJV Gas Field Services, TerraVest’s holdings include Gestion Jerico, a manufacturer of propane dispensers, pressure vessels, commercial and residential liquid containment units, and bulk propane trucks; and Diamond Energy Services, which performs well servicing in Saskatchewan. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com
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First phase of Trinity Crossing approved BY ADVOCATE STAFF The City of Lacombe is positioned for growth, with council last week setting the stage for new residential and commercial development. Council approved rezoning for the first phase of Trinity Crossing, a new residential development in north Lacombe. This will create 41 smaller lots for single-detached dwellings, as well as four public and institutional use parcels. The Metcalf Ridge Outline Plan was also approved. It contemplates new commercial and residential lots on a 135.52-acre area in the southeast, including highway commercial along Hwy 12, and low-, medium- and high-density residential lots. “These two new developments are progressing, and once complete will provide for much-needing housing stock in our community,” said Mayor Steve Christie. “Construction on the Trinity Crossing project is anticipated in the coming months.” During the first half of 2014, the City of Lacombe issued residential building permits for $7.9 million worth of work.
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Jamie Hoover sizes a door at Red Deer Hot Yoga’s new premises at 5005 Ross St. on Tuesday. Employees and construction workers were busy preparing for the studio’s first class later in the day. The new 5,400-square-foot site is bigger that Red Deer Hot Yoga’s former space at 4828 53rd St., allowing for the addition of a second studio, more products and services, and a juice and smoothie bar. Sew Savvy Cafe will also operate there.
EU free-trade deal clears major hurdle BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government’s drive toward a free-trade deal with the European Union appears to be entering the final stages, with the announcement Tuesday that negotiators have concluded a text of the agreement. The final wording comes after months of negotiation and disagreements over a wide range of issues that included investor protection from lawsuits as well as dairy quotas. Trade Minister Ed Fast said he looks forward to a Canada-EU Summit in Ottawa next month, where the deal will be the centrepiece. The agreement will “create jobs and economic opportunities for hard-working Canadians in every region of the country,” Fast said in a 19-page written statement Tuesday that included endorsements from 125 business leaders and associations. The provinces are now being consulted about the details; the deal will also go to the EU’s 28 countries for feedback. Federal officials, speaking on background, said it could take up to two years to run the text through the ratification process, translation and a fine tuning of the legal language. That means it might not be in force before the next federal election, expected
October 2015. The Harper government has made the deal with Europe a keystone of its economic agenda, giving Canada favoured access to Europe’s $17-trillion economy. Officials gave no guarantees about the timeline, given it has taken nine months to reach this stage. Prime Minister Stephen Harper all but declared victory in Brussels last October when the two sides struck a deal in principle. Once implemented, 98 per cent of the tariffs between the partners would drop to zero. The precise wording of the agreement is not being made public immediately, but officials said the 1,500-page deal contains initiatives that will ease the flow of goods and people between Canada and Europe. In addition to tariff removal, there are chapters on professional accreditation that will make it easier for people to work in either zone, and more opportunities in financial services and telecommunications. A dispute-settlement mechanism is included, which officials said was an improvement over NAFTA because it will allow for open hearings and the early dismissal of frivolous claims. Stuart Trew, spokesman for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, said in the absence of a publicly released text there are important questions that remain, ranging from content rules for transit
purchases in Ontario and Quebec to “buy local” food provisions for municipalities, all of which remain unclear. Without details, he said, it’s tough to judge what the government has accomplished. “These things are important to finding out if the deal is balanced and will benefit the Canadian economy,” said Trew. The government said the agreement will result in a 20 per cent boost in bilateral trade and an increase of $12 billion in the country’s annual income — something officials say will create 80,000 jobs. Simon Potter, a lawyer and trade expert who has served on several binational panels, said there are enough broad-stroke details available to form a strong impression. “We know several things,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “We’re going to get rid of the many irritating and needless obstacles to trade, including technical obstacles at the border.” He said he is curious to see the fine print on the so-called improved dispute resolution mechanism, and to see how the Canada’s energy sector will benefit, especially in light of the fact the Europeans are looking for new sources not tied to Russia. The Council of Canadians said the government is declaring victory when there is still a long way to go.
Summer earnings won’t cover school costs: CIBC BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
SUMMER JOBS
TORONTO — While most Canadian students are working this summer, most of them won’t make enough money to cover their college or university costs. That’s according to a new study by CIBC, which estimates that 65 per cent of college or university students currently have a paying summer job, and that most plan to spend their earnings on school. But among those who responded to a Leger online poll conducted for the bank, 73 per cent said they will need to work during the upcoming year to support their university or college expenses. Of the 500 people who took part in the poll, a majority of the students who are working this summer expected to earn between $1,001 and $5,000, and about one-quarter expected to earn between $5,001 and $10,000.
The poll found that 45 per cent of the students were making $11 per hour or less, and 60 per cent were working part-time hours. Another 20 per cent of those surveyed said they had been looking for summer work but were unable to find anything, as well as 10 per cent not working for the summer and five per cent who are working at a volunteer or unpaid position. “The reality is that many students rely on their summer earnings to help pay for their college and university education,” says Christina Kramer, executive vice president of retail and business banking at CIBC. “Given the cost of post-secondary education, as well as all the other expenses students have, they will need to watch their spending carefully so they can stretch those summer dollars as far as possible.”
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BlackBerry’s Chen says three years of layoffs have come to an end Several years of widespread layoffs at BlackBerry (TSX:BB) are finally over, according to an internal memo from the company’s chief executive officer. John Chen told employees Friday that the Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone company has reached the end of cuts that began three years ago — part of an attempt to turn its business around. “We have completed the restructuring notification process, and the work force reduction that began three years ago is now behind us,” he wrote in the memo, which was obtained by The Canadian Press. “I am confident that we have the right organization in place to execute our business strategy.” Chen said BlackBerry is now ready to make strategic acquisitions, like the purchase of Germany’s antieavesdropping firm Secusmart that it announced last week. The CEO was brought in last year and began to make dramatic changes to the company which included stripping out parts of the business, selling real estate and laying off employees to cut costs. BlackBerry plans to begin “modest” hiring in certain areas of the business, such as product development and sales, Chen added. “Many employees were let go, many others left by their own choice, while those who stayed often were uncertain about the company, its future and their future,” Chen wrote. “I know it can be very difficult to maintain a high level of focus and commitment during a time of turmoil and uncertainty.” The letter outlined some of BlackBerry’s upcoming plans, which include the launch of several new devices and services. Chen closed the letter reminding staff that while the company has made progress, it’s still not clear of its challenges. “I ask for your help more than ever to focus on execution at every level,” he said. “There is no margin for error to complete BlackBerry’s turnaround to success.” BlackBerry shares were ahead 22 cents to $10.37 in morning trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Retailers face sluggish back-to-school season as consumers venture online With only a few weeks left until classes resume, brick-and-mortar retailers are indicating they expect a slower start to the back-to-school shopping season. A survey by global professional services firm Ernst & Young shows Canadian consumers are unlikely to open their wallets for new school supplies, with shoppers delaying spending to first research items online. Consumer reticence is expected to extend the shopping season well into the school year, according to the report. “Retailers continue early promotions, fighting for every consumer dollar,” said Baer in a release. “But consumers will likely wait for further promotions, extending the back-to-school season into early September, after the start of the school year.” Higher debt levels, as well as increased costs for food and gas, are leaving consumers with fewer dollars to spend, said Daniel Baer, Ernst & Young’s Canadian retail and consumer products sector leader. Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia are expected to lead retail sales through the back-toschool season, with Quebec and Ontario closer to average expectations and the Maritimes lagging the national average. Sales of traditional items such as clothing, shoes and stationary will be on par with 2013 levels, while spending on computers, tablets and various electronics is expected to fall flat. Baer said the forecast is based on an analysis of several economic indicators including employment rates, current retail sales by province, consumer confidence levels and public company disclosures. The data, gathered during the last two weeks of July, was supplemented by interviews with retailers from various sectors. In addition, the data shows that consumers under 25 are more likely to recycle items and, as a result, spend less. “There isn’t a lot of room 1/8in people’s budgets 3/8 for discretionary items,” said Baer. Consumers are becoming more savvy, he added, using mobile devices more often to search for markdowns on items. In response, retailers are increasingly trying to differentiate themselves with pop-up stores, limited time collaborations, exclusive targeted events, the report said. “In a competitive economy, retailers need to compete on more than just price,” said Baer.
Saputo defends commitment to end animal cruelty after facing challenge at meeting LAVAL, Que. — Saputo was under fire Tuesday from an animal rights activist who said it hasn’t done enough to prevent animal cruelty since undercover videos revealed cows being kicked, punched and beaten with pipes at a diary operation that supplies milk used by the cheese maker. Chief executive Lino Saputo Jr. defended the company after a member of Mercy For Animals spoke out at the Saputo shareholder meeting and challenged its commitment to “sweeping change” for the dairy industry. “We will not let this item go until there is some change in the industry,” Saputo said following the annual meeting. “We are not specialists in this field. However we will use our power and our clout to get the attention of those people that have the experience in this field to create some reform in the industry.” The Montreal-based company says it took a legal risk when it stopped accepting milk from Chilliwack Cattle Sales for two days because of the evidence of animal cruelty. Saputo says it’s required by law to purchase milk from provincial marketing boards and is only permitted to reject milk for safety reasons. It wants legal reform to give supply managed boards the power to refuse milk based on cruelty, adoption of industry codes of practice and regular farm inspections. But Krista Osborne, executive director of Mercy For Animals, which shot the video, said she isn’t satisfied with the dairy giant’s response. The group wants cameras installed in dairies with live streaming of cows to the Internet because it suspects such events are happening across the country. “There is no concrete evidence of any changes made whatsoever and quite frankly Lino Saputo would have no knowledge of what occurred in the Chilliwack cattle sale organization if it wasn’t for our undercover investigation,” she said. “They have on multiple occasions indicated that their supply chain is beyond reproach and their supply chain quite frankly is nothing but absolute cruelty.”
Dividend investment: worth a look “Derek, my father says he likes to invest in dividend-paying companies. Can you explain what he means?” To help answer this question it is best to understand what a dividend is in the first place. When I explain this concept to clients, I discuss two terms: growth and income. The idea with investing for growth is that you buy shares of a company with the hopes that the shares will increase in value. When investing for income you are hoping that you will receive a regular and recurring payment. Some investments, however, do both. DEREK Let’s examine this further. FUCHS A simple example of growth and income investing is buying a house to rent to tenants. The monthly rent cheque is your “income” and ideally years later you can sell the house for more than you originally paid for it, thus achieving “growth.” However, rental properties aren’t the only way to achieve growth and income. I often explain investing in dividend-paying companies is like buying a rental property. One example of a dividend-paying company is Parkland Fuel Corp. If you were a shareholder of Parkland Fuel in July 2014 you would expect to receive a monthly payment of nearly nine cents for every share you own. Simply put, if you owned 1,000 shares, you would get you a dividend payment of $90 per month — this $90 is like your rent cheque. Beyond this, you would hope that your investment in Parkland Fuel would also increase in value — this increase in value is your growth. The concept of growth and income is also referred to as total return. Put another way, if the shares of a company increase in value by 10 per cent and they paid you a five per cent dividend over the course of the year, your total return would be 15 per cent. So investing for dividends also provides some other advantages, which I’ll point out below.
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One key advantage is that a dividend-paying company provides a built-in return. If you know you’re going to get a five per cent dividend over a year’s time, you can assume that if the shares do not increase in value your total return would be five per cent. The other side of this example is that if the shares of the same company declined in value by five per cent, your total return would be zero. So in this case, the dividend actually provides you some protection if the shares decline in value. Another key advantage of investing in a dividendpaying company is that dividends are taxed differently than other income-paying investments like GICs and bonds. In other words, a dividend payment from a taxable account will keep more in your pocket once the tax man comes and goes. In terms of hard numbers, in a taxable account and depending on your tax rate, earning three per cent in dividends is equivalent to a GIC paying four per cent. You can discuss this more with your accountant, but it’s a valuable concept when considering dividends as a source of income. The last point I’ll make about dividends is that there are numerous companies which have consistently paid and even increased their dividend for decades. Think of it as having a permanent tenant in a rental property without the headaches and costs of repairs and maintenance. That said, there are some companies that have had to cut or even eliminate their dividends when they’ve come across hard times. So if you’re looking at a dividend investment, it’s best to look at their history of payments — the last thing you want is to buy a rental property and find out your tenants aren’t able to cut a rent cheque. While dividend investment may not be the perfect solution for all investors it is certainly a concept worth looking at depending on your goals and plans. As always, be sure to discuss your personal situation with a professional before making broad decisions. Happy Investing! Derek Fuchs is a wealth adviser with ScotiaMcLeod in Red Deer, and a certified financial planner, financial management adviser and a fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. He can be contacted at derek.fuchs@ scotiamcleod.com.
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Work has begun on the new McDonald’s restaurant in Clearview Market Square. Located just west of The Canadian Brewhouse, the restaurant will be developed in a 5,279-square-foot building with seating for 94 and dual drive-through lanes.
Cracks appear in Russian economy COLLAPSE OF TOUR OPERATORS LEAVES THOUSANDS STRANDED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Last week, tens of thousands of Russians sunning themselves on Italian beaches and Turkish resorts received an unpleasant surprise: their tour companies had gone bust, stranding them and forcing them to pay double for a ticket to get home. The bankruptcy is the fifth among major Russian tour companies in less than two months — a sign that cracks are appearing in Russia’s economy after a months-long conflict in eastern Ukraine and an escalating stand-off with the West. It’s not just sanctioned Russian billionaires who are feeling the pinch now — uncertainty over the future has caused the currency to drop, hurting the average Russian’s ability to travel abroad and buy imported goods. And as new sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union start to bite, companies worry about a looming recession and a future without access to the West’s massive financial markets. “The more tense the geopolitical situation, the more expensive (foreign) currency will be,” said Konstantin Sonin, an economist at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics. “And with sanctions, it becomes harder for financial institutions to give credit, and there will be fewer business projects and fewer goods being produced. Income and salaries drop and consumption doesn’t increase.” The U.S. and the EU have accused Russia, which annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March, of fomenting tensions in eastern Ukraine by supplying arms and expertise to a pro-Moscow insurgency, and have imposed asset freezes and loan bans on a score of individuals and companies. Tour operators, some of whom are among the nation’s oldest, say they have experienced an unprecedented slump in demand, which they blame on the bad political climate and the depreciation of the ruble, which has lost up to 10 per cent against the dollar since January. The closure of one tour
operator alone, Labirint, has left over 20,000 people abroad without a return ticket and affected another 40,000 who had already bought travel packages, tourism officials said. The low-cost airline Dobrolyot, which was sanctioned by the EU because it services the Black Sea region of Crimea annexed by Russia, has temporarily cancelled all flights. Companies also blamed the collapse in tourism on Moscow’s request that members of the security service, interior ministry, and military report where they travel to. The move, which authorities justified as an attempt to keep government employees out of any country that has an extradition agreement with the U.S., has discouraged trips abroad among the several million people who work in those sectors. Until the recent troubles in Russia’s budget tourism industry, the direct casualties of Western sanctions had been few and far between — and rich. Gennady Timchenko, an oligarch with an estimated fortune of $14.2 billion who as a longtime friend of President Vladimir Putin was hit with U.S. sanctions, said Sunday he could no longer fly his private jet because it was serviced by American company Gulfstream. Though other companies could in theory service the plane, he told Russian news agency ITAR TASS they would not have the right replacement parts for maintenance. The collapse of major tourism companies could be the first sign that Russia, which is reeling from months of market volatility an estimated withdrawal by investors of $75 billion in funds, could be at the start of a lengthy recession. In July, the International Monetary Fund slashed its forecast for 2014 from 1.3 per cent to 0.2 per cent. Any attempt by Moscow to fighting back against the sanctions is also likely to come at a high cost to Russian consumers and investors. Russia has banned a range of fruit and vegetable imports from Poland, in what Polish government officials said was retaliation for its support of the latest round of EU sanctions.
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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 100.93 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.50 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.36 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.27 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.74 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.37 Cdn. National Railway . . 72.36 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 208.68 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.93 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.81 Cervus Equipment Corp 22.14 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.10 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 53.62 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 31.42 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.61 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.36 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.37 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.46 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 58.81 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 68.43 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.18 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.49 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 54.06 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 104.10 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.87 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.79 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 53.50 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market registered a minor loss Tuesday as resource stocks lost ground amid data showing the effect of a slowdown in China’s property market. The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 27.55 points to 15,187.71 as data showed that service industries in the world’s second-biggest economy grew at the slowest rate since November 2005. The HSBC index of China service businesses activity based on a survey of 400 companies fell to 50.0 in July from 53.1 in the previous month. The Canadian dollar was down 0.28 of a cent to 91.24 cents US. Losses were more severe in New York where a selloff that began last week resumed Tuesday despite readings on the U.S. non-manufacturing sector and factory orders beat forecasts but failed to encourage buyers. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled 139.81 points to 16,429.47, the Nasdaq fell 31.05 points to 4,352.84 and the S&P 500 index was down 18.78 points to 1,920.21. The U.S. Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index climbed to 58.7 in July from 56 in June, versus the 56.5 gain that economists had expected. June factory orders climbed 1.1 per cent, much better than the 0.6 per cent rise that was expected. The lacklustre showing added to sharp losses on the TSX and N.Y. markets last week when the Toronto market lost 1.55 per cent and the Dow industrials slid 2.75 per cent. Analysts have said there hasn’t been one particular reason for the weakness. Geopolitical concerns have been cited as one reason — Tuesday’s slide gained momentum mid-afternoon after The Financial Times reported increasing numbers of Russian troops and vehicles on the country’s border with Ukraine. The massing of troops has raised the possibility of an invasion as the Ukraine army advances against pro-Russian separatists
Canadian dollar lower amid mixed economic data TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed at a three-month low Tuesday amid mixed economic news. The loonie was down 0.28 of a cent to 91.24 cents US, its lowest close since May 2. In Canada, the major economic report of the week is July employment data which comes out on Friday. Economists expect that about 25,000 jobs were created during the month. Ahead of the jobs figures, data out Tuesday showed that reports on the U.S. nonmanufacturing sector and factory orders beat forecasts. The U.S. Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index showed solid expansion, climbing to 58.7 in July from 56 in June, versus the 56.5 gain that economists had expected. June factory orders climbed 1.1 per cent after dropping 0.5 per cent, much better than the 0.6 per cent rise that was expected. Overseas, service industries in the world’s second-biggest economy grew at the slowest rate last month since November 2005. The HSBC index of China service businesses activity fell to 50 in July from 53.1 in the previous month. The weak figure shows the impact of a slowdown in China’s property market, said HSBC chief China economist Qu Hongbin.
Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.63 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.21 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 60.08 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.34 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 28.90 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 19.78 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.25 First Quantum Minerals . 25.06 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 30.37 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 11.37 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.31 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.49 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.46 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.09 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.98 Energy Arc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.30 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 30.90 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 67.93 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.68 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 59.33 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 46.04 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 23.47 Canyon Services Group. 15.79 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.59 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.910 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 2.92 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.35
Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 98.20 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 67.72 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.70 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 32.73 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 54.62 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.80 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.12 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.100 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 13.5 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 43.19 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.31 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.16 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.28 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 67.59 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 80.14 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 73.32 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.85 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 40.73 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.29 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.30 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 50.15 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.61 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.96 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 48.16 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.10 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.57 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.16 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.24
Traders also fretted over the prospect of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates sooner than thought after second quarter economic growth came in much better than expected. Those worries were front and centre again Tuesday in the wake of the ISM and factory orders data. But analysts also point to the fact that the rally on stock markets has been going practically without interruption for over five years and that a correction could be in the cards. “It’s a pause for investors to take another hard look at what things look like going forward,” said Stephen Carlin, vice-president and senior portfolio manager at CIBC Asset Management. “We don’t see this as a longer-term trend in the prospects for the market going forward.” The base metals sector lost 0.9 per cent as September copper slipped four cents to US$3.20 a pound. September crude declined 91 cents to US$97.38 a barrel and the energy sector eased 0.68 per cent. The gold sector rose 0.19 per cent while December bullion faded $3.60 to US$1,285.30 an ounce. The consumer staples sector was the biggest percentage gainer, up 0.87 per cent with Saputo shares (TSX:SAP) up $1.38 to $68.95 after Canada’s largest cheese producer reported that quarterly net income rose to $145.3 million or 73 cents a share, up from $136.7 million, or 69 cents, a year ago. The company also said that it is boosting its quarterly dividend and splitting its stock two-for-one through a special payment to shareholders. A massive TSX decliner was Vancouver-based mining company Imperial Metals (TSX:III). Its stock plunged $6.82 or 40.6 per cent to $9.98 after a tailings pond in central B.C. was breached over the weekend. Imperial says the situation has stabilized and added the cause of the breach is unknown.
Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,187.71, down 27.55 points Dow — 16,429.47, down 139.81 points S&P 500 — 1,920.21, down 18.78 points Nasdaq — 4,352.84, down 31.05 points
MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Tuesday at world financial market trading.
Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 317,500 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 317,500.
Currencies at close: Cdn — 91.24 cents US, down 0.28 of a cent Pound — C$1.8498, up 1.22 cents Euro — C$1.4657, down 0.08 of a cent Euro — US$1.3373, down 0.49 of a cent Oil futures: US$97.38 per barrel, down 91 cents (September contract) Gold futures: US$1,285.30 per oz., down $3.60 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.535 oz., down 52.8 cents $724.50 kg., down $16.98 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $5.00 higher $439.30; Jan ’15 $6.00 higher $444.40; March ’15 $6.20 higher $445.30; May ’15 $6.30 higher $441.70; July ’15 $6.10 higher $437.30; Nov ’15 $12.40 higher $432.10; Jan. ’16 $12.40 higher $438.10; March ’16 $12.40 higher $441.90; May ’16 $12.40 higher $441.90; July ’16 $12.40 higher $441.90; Nov. ’16 $12.40 higher $441.90. Barley (Western): Oct. ’14 unchanged $136.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $138.50; March ’15 unchanged $139.50; May ’15 unchanged $139.50; July ’15 unchanged $139.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $139.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $139.50; March ’16 unchanged $139.50; May ’16 unchanged $139.50; July ’16 unchanged $139.50; Oct. ’16 unchanged $139.50.
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A visitor walks around a Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Tuesday. Toyota Motor Corp. reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit as vehicle sales grew in North America and Europe, offsetting a drop in Japan.
Toyota’s profit up nearly 5 per cent on sales growth BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 5 per cent jump in quarterly profit Tuesday, outpacing expectations as vehicle sales grew in North America and Europe, offsetting a drop in Japan. The Japanese maker of the Prius hybrid, Camry sedan and Lexus luxury model said April-June profit totalled a record 587.77 billion yen ($5.7 billion). Quarterly sales rose 2 per cent to 6.39 trillion yen ($62.3 billion). Both were better than projections by analysts surveyed by FactSet, who had expected a 1 per cent increase in quarterly sales and a 12 per cent drop in profit compared with a year earlier. Toyota Managing Officer Takuo Sasaki credited cost reduction efforts and a weak yen, which helps Japanese exporters such as Toyota, for the positive results. But Toyota lowered its vehicle sales forecast for 2014, saying it now expects to sell 110,000 fewer vehicles worldwide than the plan announced in January. Even then, it will still reach the 10 million vehicle industry milestone at 10.22 million vehicles, up 2 per cent from 2013. For the first half of the year, Toyota remained the world’s top-selling automaker, although Volkswagen AG of Germany beat U.S. manufacturer General Motors Co. to become No. 2 in global vehicle sales. Toyota’s results outshone General Motors, which last month reported a $190 million profit for the April-June quarter after incurring $1.5 billion in recall expenses. The U.S. automaker is grappling with the cost of repairing nearly 30 million cars and setting aside
compensation for crash victims. For the latest quarter, Toyota’s vehicle sales dipped in Japan, where sales got artificially inflated ahead of an April 1 tax hike as buyers sought to avoid the higher tax. Vehicles sales also dropped in the rest of Asia, but it gained in North America, Europe, the Middle East, South America and Africa. Demand was strong in the key U.S. market for the RAV4 sport-utility vehicle and the Corolla subcompact. The Corolla was also a hit in Europe, according to Toyota. Toyota notched up a 30 billion yen ($293 million) operating income gain from a favourable foreign exchange rate, and added another 40 billion yen ($390 million) from cost cuts. Despite the relatively pessimistic projections, Scott Kuensell, portfolio manager at U.S. investment company Brandywine Global, was excited about Toyota, calling its stock “ridiculously cheap.” Kuensell said Toyota has plenty of cash and boasts a green reputation with a stake in electric carmaker Tesla Motors. Toyota shares finished flat on the Tokyo Stock Exchange at 6,042 yen ($59), shortly before earnings were announced. Toyota stuck to its financial forecasts for the fiscal year through March 2015 at a profit of 1.78 trillion yen ($17.4 billion), down 2 per cent year-on-year, on 25.7 trillion yen ($251 billion) sales, unchanged from the previous year. The weak yen was a perk for other Japanese automakers as well, including Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., which have both reported solid results.
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Bottled up GENIE BOUCHARD OUSTED FROM ROGERS CUP BY AMERICAN QUALIFIER BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Eugenie Bouchard reacts during her match against Shelby Rogers, of the United States, during first round play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Tuesday in Montreal. The hometown girls lost the match and was eliminated from the tournament.
MONTREAL — Shelby Rogers scored a shocking 6-0, 2-6, 6-0 victory over the listless crowd favourite Eugenie Bouchard at the US$2.44 million women’s Rogers Cup on a Tuesday thrown into confusion by a more than seven-hour power outage. Play went on despite the lack of electricity, which shut down scorboards and umpires’ microphones, and left the players without light or hot water in their clubhouse. Bouchard, the rising star from Westmount, Que., suffered a power shortage of her own after walking onto centre court to a standing ovation. “It was cool to see the support she has here and it’s fun to see that much support for tennis,” Rogers said. “I knew what I was getting into so I was prepared for it. I hope that doesn’t happen too often, but I know she’s a mega superstar up here.” The 20-year-old Bouchard, rusty from not having played since reaching the Wimbledon final last month, couldn’t make a shot in the first set, hitting normally routine shots long or wide. The crowd went quiet watching as Bouchard’s body language suggested she’d like to crawl into a cave and stay there. “I was feeling the pressure on the court and I was feeling kind of match rusty,” Bouchard said. “I knew it would be kind of a difficult situation but I’m happy I was able to turn things around and not let it get away completely.” Bouchard rebounded in the second
set, hitting the crisp mix of shots that took her to at least the semifinals of the first three grand slam events this year. But nothing worked for her again in the third set. The win put Rogers, a qualifier ranked 113th in the world, into the third round of the hard-court event. It also left the American 2-0 against Bouchard, who she beat in a lowerlevel tournament in 2011. Earlier, Elena Vesnina stepped in as a replacement for the ailing Andrea Petkovic and posted a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Camila Giorgi. And former world No. 1 Venus Williams rebounded from a shaky second set to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 in the first round if the hard court event. The afternoon matches saw scoreboards go dark due to a long power outage that affected 200,000 Hydro Quebec customers in the area, but the matches went on uninterrupted. Petkovic, the 16th seed, was unable to play because she was sick. “I pushed it back until the end and really tried to get healthy,” she said in a statement. “But I had a temperature and a fever and it’s too risky to play like that in these kinds of conditions. “I’m very disappointed.” She plans to rest in bed for two or three days and try to be ready for a tournament next week in Cincinnati. Williams, who has played the Rogers Cup in Toronto before but never in Montreal, was on court in the early afternoon when the power went off.
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Riggers open playoffs with win BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Riggers 12, Tigers 4 (7 ings) Any thoughts that the Riggers were running out of gas heading down the homestretch during the Sunburst Baseball League season were put to rest in Game 1 of the playoffs. Wily veteran pitcher Davin Gulbransen threw 6 1/3 innings and first baseman Jason Louis launched a monster two-run home run in the fifth inning to lead the Riggers past the St. Albert Tigers 12-4 at Great Chief Park on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their best-of-three series. “Everyone was a little bit anxious heading into the playoffs, but we’ve had good success against this team, so I think going into the playoffs we’ve been confident in our pitching and our batting, so we were ready for them,” said head coach Curtis Bailey. Louis’ 400-foot-plus bomb to leftcentre field in the fifth inning, broke open a tight 3-0 game, to put Red Deer up 5-0. They added two more runs before the inning was out to go up 7-0 and never looked back. “It felt really good,” said Louis. “It was a full count and I was sitting fastball and I picked up the breaking ball and didn’t miss.” Bailey was impressed with the power shown by his first baseman, but wishes he put it on display more often. “I tell you, that guy has so much
power, if he had any kind of lift on his balls he’d hit 15-20 home runs a year easily,” said Bailey. “Man he hits the ball hard.” Holding the Tigers down was Gulbransen. The right-hander kept St. Albert off the scoreboard until the sixth inning when second baseman John McHugh launched a solo shot to right field. He ended his night with six strikeouts and four earned runs against on seven hits and two walks. He just ran out of steam late. Rein Letkemen came in and got the final two outs for Red Deer. “It’s funny, (Gulbransen) always finds ways to get outs,” said Bailey. “He started to get tired in the sixth inning, but you knew he’d given it his best shot.” Though the Tigers crept back into the game in the seventh inning with three runs, Red Deer came back with four in the bottom half to mercy St. Albert — game is over if one team leads by eight runs or more after seven innings. All game, however, the Riggers showed an ability to take advantage of their opportunities and cash in runners in scoring position, starting in the second inning when Kevin Curran singled to right with runners on first and second, and with the help of an error scored the opening run. Denver Wik then cashed in Bailey from third base with a sacrifice fly. Louis brought home another run in the third inning, with the bases full he
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St. Albert Tiger John McHugh tags Red Deer Rigger Jaret Chatwood out as he tries to steal second base during the opening inning of the first of a best of three playoff series at Great Chief Park on Tuesday night. hit a dribbler down the first base line. Riggers catcher Jaret Chatwood had a single, a double and two runs batted in, Kerry Boone had three singles and an RBI. Bailey had a single, a triple and three runs and Curran had two singles and two RBI. St. Albert starting pitcher Craig Thomas lasted five innings and gave up eight runs, six earned, on 10 hits, one walk and struck out six.
Game 2 goes tonight in St. Albert at 7:30 p.m. If Red Deer wins they will punch their ticket to the league final with Game 1 on Sunday. If they lose, Game 3 will be back at Great Chief Park on Friday at 7:30 p.m. “We want to keep the momentum going and not give anyone a chance,” said Louis. “We want to win it out and go get the title.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
Orioles hammer Blue Jays to take five-game lead in division BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Orioles 9 Blue Jays 3 TORONTO - The return of third baseman Brett Lawrie lasted all of three innings before he left the game with lower back tightness. Left-hander Mark Buehrle, meanwhile, lasted only four innings in his start. That just about summed up the way things went on Tuesday for the Toronto Blue Jays as they extended their losing streak to four games with a 9-3 defeat at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles. The Blue Jays dropped to five games off the pace in the American League East as the first-place Orioles won their third in a row. The return of Lawrie, who suffered a broken finger in June, was supposed to give the Blue Jays a boost in the opener of the three-game set between the top two teams in the division. But he felt something in his back during batting practice and again during the game. He singled in his only at-bat, in the second inning, and was replaced at third base by Danny Valencia after the third. “We don’t think it’s anything serious,” manager John Gibbons said. “He’s day-to-day.” Lawrie was scheduled to have an MRI on Wednesday. “It was just kind of grabbing me a little bit as I was warming up and kind of just going about my day,” he said.
“This is my first game back, I really don’t want to make it permanent that I don’t get back. So I really just wanted to get out of there and see what it was.” Lawrie said he had had no back problems during his rehabilitation process from the broken finger until Tuesday. Caleb Joseph, Jonathan Schoop and Chris Davis hit solo home runs for the Orioles who outhit the Blue Jays 14-12 and stranded 11 runners to the Blue Jays’ 10. “With us losing today doesn’t mean our season is over,” Buehrle said. “If somebody thought we were going to come in and sweep these guys, you’re on some good drugs, that’s not going to happen. They’re in first place for a reason.” Orioles right-hander Bud Norris (97) allowed seven hits and two runs, both on a homer by Colby Rasmus, in 5 1/3 innings. Norris is 3-0 in five career starts against Toronto. Buehrle (11-8) allowed 10 hits, including two home runs, three walks and four runs in four innings. He is 1-7 in his past 11 starts. “It’s frustrating giving up 10 hits in four innings,” Buehrle said. “I feel like I’m making some quality pitches at certain times and I’m making mistakes and they’re making me pay for them.” Added Gibbons: “Basically they just hit him around pretty good. He’s a location guy. He’s a control artist. He’s got some guys in that lineup over there
who have hit him in his career so it’s not an easy lineup for him to face. A lot of power guys. He’s got to be on. When he’s off he’s going to be hit.” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said his team was lucky to have caught Buehrle “on a down night.” “We’re fortunate,” Showalter said. “We’ve had a couple of good offensive nights. I hope it continues.” The Orioles (64-48) stranded five runners over the first two innings before cashing in with a run in the third on a one-out walk to Delmon Young and a two-out double by J.J. Hardy. The Orioles took a 4-0 lead with a three-run fourth that opened with back-to-back homers by Joseph and Schoop. Nick Markakis and Manny Machado followed with singles before Adam Jones popped out. Young’s grounder to third took a bad hop for an RBI single. Nelson Cruz grounded into a double play to end the inning. The Blue Jays (60-54) cut the lead in half in their fourth on a leadoff single by Dioner Navarro and, with two out, the 15th homer of the season by Rasmus. Davis hit his 18th homer of the season against right-hander Aaron Sanchez with one out in the fifth to give the Orioles a 5-2 lead. Sanchez allowed another run in the sixth on two walks and a single by Cruz. Left-hander Brian Matusz replaced Norris in the sixth after Valencia’s
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one-out single. Matusz was replaced by right-hander Tommy Hunter after Ryan Goins and Jose Reyes started the seventh inning with singles. Melky Cabrera singled to load the bases. Jose Bautista hit a sacrifice fly to right to cut the lead to 6-3, but Navarro ended the threat when he grounded into a double play. The Orioles increased their lead to 9-3 in the eighth after Dustin McGowan allowed walks to Machado and Young and a single to Jones to load the bases. Cruz hit a sacrifice fly and Hardy singled in a run. Left-hander Aaron Loup took over and allowed a sacrifice fly by Davis on a foul ball that was caught by Valencia who had a long run down the line. “A big statement game for us here the first game of the series,” Norris said. “These guys are right behind us and on our tail.” Notes: Attendance at Rogers Centre was 36,183....Blue Jays INF Steve Tolleson was put on the paternity list and that opened a spot for Lawrie. Lawrie suffered a broken right index finger when hit by a pitch at Cincinnati on June 22. He was 4-for-10 in three games on a rehabilitation assignment with single-A Dunedin....DH Adam Lind (right foot fracture) could return to the Blue Jays by the weekend or by the beginning of next week, manager John Gibbons said....A return date for Edwin Encarnacion (right quadriceps strain) is still undetermined.
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Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Minnesota
Central Division W L Pct 62 48 .564 58 53 .523 57 56 .504 55 59 .482 51 60 .459
GB — 4 1/2 6 1/2 9 11 1/2
Oakland Los Angeles Seattle Houston Texas
West Division W L Pct 68 43 .613 67 44 .604 58 54 .518 47 66 .416 44 69 .389
GB — 1 10 1/2 22 25
GB — 5 6 10 15
Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia
Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado
National League East Division W L Pct 60 51 .541 58 55 .513 55 57 .491 54 59 .478 50 63 .442 Central Division W L Pct 62 51 .549 60 51 .541 59 53 .527 57 56 .504 47 63 .427 West Division W L Pct 63 50 .558 61 52 .540 51 61 .455 49 64 .434 44 67 .396
GB — 3 5 1/2 7 11 GB — 1 2 1/2 5 13 1/2 GB — 2 11 1/2 14 18
Monday’s Games San Francisco 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Baltimore 7, Washington 3 Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 1 L.A. Angels 5, L.A. Dodgers 0
Monday’s Games Baltimore 7, Washington 3 Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 1 N.Y. Yankees 2, Detroit 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Texas 3, 7 innings Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 innings L.A. Angels 5, L.A. Dodgers 0
Wednesday’s Games San Diego (Despaigne 2-3) at Minnesota (Correia 5-13), 11:10 a.m. Texas (Tepesch 3-7) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 10-1), 12:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 0-1) at Oakland (Gray 12-4), 1:35 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 10-7) at Seattle (C.Young 9-6), 1:40 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 1-2), 5:05 p.m. Houston (Peacock 3-7) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 5-5), 5:05 p.m. Baltimore (W.Chen 12-3) at Toronto (Hutchison 7-9), 5:07 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 4-4) at Cincinnati (Latos 3-3), 5:10 p.m. Boston (J.Kelly 0-0) at St. Louis (S.Miller 8-8), 6:15 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 8-8) at Arizona (Collmenter 8-5), 7:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 8-9) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 9-3), 8:05 p.m.
Baltimore 001 311 030 — 9 14 0 Toronto 000 200 100 — 3 12 1 B.Norris, Matusz (6), Tom.Hunter (7), A.Miller (8), McFarland (9) and C.Joseph; Buehrle, Aa.Sanchez (5), Cecil (7), McGowan (8), Loup (8), Jenkins (9) and D.Navarro. W—B.Norris 9-7. L—Buehrle 11-8. HRs—Baltimore, C.Joseph (6), Schoop (9), C.Davis (18). Toronto, Col.Rasmus (15).
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Texas 340 021 411 — 16 18 0 Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 6 0 Lewis and Chirinos; Joh.Danks, Cleto (5), Rienzo (7), Surkamp (8), A.Dunn (9) and Flowers, Nieto. W—Lewis 8-8. L—Joh.Danks 9-7. HRs—Texas, A.Beltre (16), Chirinos 2 (11), Arencibia (7), Choo (10).
Houston 000000100 000 000 — 1 6 1 Phila. 010000000 000 001 — 2 9 0 (15 innings) Keuchel, Sipp (8), Fields (9), D.Downs (10), Veras (11), J.Buchanan (12) and J.Castro; K.Kendrick, Giles (8), Papelbon (9), Diekman (10), Bastardo (11), De Fratus (13), Hollands (14), Neris (15) and Ruiz. W—Neris 1-0. L—J.Buchanan 1-2. HRs— Philadelphia, Howard (17).
Wednesday’s Games San Diego (Despaigne 2-3) at Minnesota (Correia 5-13), 11:10 a.m. Atlanta (Teheran 10-7) at Seattle (C.Young 9-6), 1:40 p.m. Houston (Peacock 3-7) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 5-5), 5:05 p.m. Miami (Koehler 7-8) at Pittsburgh (Locke 2-3), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-7) at Washington (Fister 10-3), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 4-4) at Cincinnati (Latos 3-3), 5:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 6-8) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-5), 6:10 p.m. Boston (J.Kelly 0-0) at St. Louis (S.Miller 8-8), 6:15 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 6-2) at Colorado (Lyles 5-1), 6:40 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 8-8) at Arizona (Collmenter 8-5), 7:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 8-9) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 9-3), 8:05 p.m. Tuesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 100 001 100 001 —
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INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati 130 110 003 — 9 15 0 Cleveland 100 000 100 — 2 5 1 Cueto and B.Pena; Tomlin, Carrasco (5), Crockett (9) and Y.Gomes. W—Cueto 13-6. L—Tomlin 5-8. HRs—Cincinnati, R.Santiago (1), Bruce (11).
Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 9, Cleveland 2 Philadelphia 2, Houston 1, 15 innings Miami 6, Pittsburgh 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 1 Minnesota 3, San Diego 1 Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 3 St. Louis 3, Boston 2 Chicago Cubs at Colorado, late Kansas City 12, Arizona 2 Seattle 4, Atlanta 2 L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, late
Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 9, Cleveland 2 Detroit 4, N.Y. Yankees 3, 12 innings Philadelphia 2, Houston 1, 15 innings Baltimore 9, Toronto 3 Minnesota 3, San Diego 1 Texas 16, Chicago White Sox 0 St. Louis 3, Boston 2 Kansas City 12, Arizona 2 Tampa Bay at Oakland, late Seattle 4, Atlanta 2 L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, late
New York 011 010 000 000 — 3 8 0 (12 innings) Price, Chamberlain (9), Soria (11), Nathan (12) and Avila; Kuroda, Betances (8), Kelley (9), Huff (10), Rogers (10), R.Hill (11), Daley (11) and McCann. W—Soria 2-4. L—Daley 0-1. Sv—Nathan (23). HRs—Detroit, An.Romine (2), Avila (8). New York, McCann (12), Prado (1).
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San Diego 000 010 000 — 1 12 0 Minnesota 000 003 00x — 3 5 0 Hahn, Boyer (6), Thayer (8) and Grandal; P.Hughes, Thielbar (7), Fien (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki. W—P.Hughes 11-8. L—Hahn 7-3. Sv—Perkins (28). HRs—San Diego, Alonso (6). Minnesota, K.Vargas (1). Boston 000 010 100 — 2 5 0 St. Louis 000 100 11x — 3 10 1 R.De La Rosa, Layne (7), Badenhop (7), Tazawa (8) and Vazquez; Lynn, Neshek (8), Rosenthal (9) and Pierzynski. W—Neshek 5-0. L—Tazawa 1-3. Sv—Rosenthal (35). Kan. City 003 080 001 — 12 15 1 Arizona 100 000 010 — 2 5 0 D.Duffy, Frasor (6), Bueno (7), Crow (9) and S.Perez; Miley, Schultz (5) and M.Montero, Gosewisch. W—D.Duffy 6-10. L—Miley 7-8. HRs— Kansas City, S.Perez (13), B.Butler (6), Aoki (1). Atlanta 010 000 001 — 2 6 1 Seattle 000 400 00x — 4 6 0 A.Wood, Russell (7), D.Carpenter (8) and Laird; F.Hernandez, Rodney (9) and Zunino. W—F.Hernandez 12-3. L—A.Wood 7-9. Sv—Rodney (31).
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GP 6 5 5 5
CFL East Division W L T 2 4 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 1 4 0
PF 141 100 75 94
PA 154 119 144 151
Pt 4 2 2 2
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GP 6 5 5 6 5
West Division W L T 5 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 3 2 0
PF 168 123 130 127 134
PA 140 77 84 116 107
Pt 10 8 8 6 6
Week 7 Thursday’s games Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. Friday’s games Edmonton at Montreal, 5 p.m. Hamilton at B.C., 8 p.m. Saturday, August 9 Ottawa at Calgary, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 12 Winnipeg at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Week 8 Friday, August 15 Edmonton at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, August 16 Calgary at Hamilton, 1 p.m. Montreal at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. Sunday, August 17 B.C. at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. CFL Leaders Touchdowns (Ru-running; Rc-receiving; Rt-kickoff/punt/missed/ blocked FG/punt return; D-defensive return) Name Team TD Ru Rc Rt D Ford Sask 5 5 0 0 0 Grigsby Wpg 5 4 1 0 0 Bowman Edm 4 0 4 0 0 Gable Ham 4 2 2 0 0 Harris BC 4 1 3 0 0 Allen Sask 3 1 2 0 0 Arceneaux BC 3 0 3 0 0 Fuller Cgy 3 0 3 0 0 LeFevour Ham 3 3 0 0 0 Marve Wpg 3 3 0 0 0 Walker Ott 3 2 1 0 0 Barnes Tor 2 0 2 0 0 Collins Ott 2 0 1 1 0
Feoli-Gudino Wpg Kelly Wpg McDaniel Cgy Owens Tor Parker Cgy Slaton Tor T.Smith Sask Steele Tor Swain Sask C.Taylor BC Washington Wpg Adams Tor Banks Ham Bradwell Tor Carter Ott Chambers Edm Coehoorn Edm Cornish Cgy Cox Mtl Denmark Wpg Dunn Wpg Durant Sask Green Mtl Guyton Edm Henry Ott
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
RUSHING Name Team Harris BC Grigsby Wpg Whitaker Mtl Walker Ott Allen Sask J.White Edm Reilly Edm Logan BC Ford Sask LeFevour Ham Steele Tor Walter Cgy Gable Ham Sanders Cgy Mallett Cgy Burris Ott J.Johnson Tor Ray Tor Charles Sask Marsh Mtl
Att 71 80 61 57 41 44 28 42 37 33 25 29 29 28 14 18 16 16 13 15
Yds 381 343 299 298 241 232 221 215 187 169 147 139 137 121 116 101 97 95 86 83
Avg Long TD 5.4 58 1 4.3 25 4 4.9 32 1 5.2 65 2 5.9 19 1 5.3 31 0 7.9 30 0 5.1 18 0 5.1 38 5 5.1 34 3 5.9 19 2 4.8 16 0 4.7 47 2 4.3 20 0 8.3 57 0 5.6 20 0 6.1 20 0 5.9 12 0 6.6 23 0 5.5 41 0
RECEIVING Name Team Bowman Edm Harris BC Owens Tor Moore Wpg
No 28 23 28 22
Yds 359 341 339 320
Avg Long TD 12.8 41 4 14.8 55 3 12.1 49 1 14.5 51 0
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Fleury leads Canada over Czechs MONTREAL — Anthony Duclair, Frederik Gauthier and Haydn Fleury had a goal and an assist apiece to lead Canada over the Czech
Rebels Musil named to Canada’s U18 roster for Ivan Hlinka tournament THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Red Deer Rebels forward Adam Musil was named to Canada’s men’s roster Tuesday for the upcoming under-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. The 22-man roster is comprised entirely of players competing in the Canadian Hockey League following a four-day selection camp. The roster also features the return of Mathew Barzal, Lawson Crouse and Travis Konecny who won bronze for Canada as underagers at the IIHF Ice Hockey U-18 World Championship earlier this year. “I am excited about the roster we have named today,” said head coach Jody Hull in a statement. “This was an intense, high-tempo
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Wpg BC Ott BC Wpg BC Cgy Sask Sask Wpg Ham Tor Ott Ham Edm Tor
PASSING Name Team Comp Ray Tor 147 Willy Wpg 127 Glenn BC 110 Reilly Edm 110 Mitchell Cgy 87 Burris Ott 91 Durant Sask 75 Smith Mtl 63 LeFevourHam 57
21 31 21 20 16 18 18 15 15 23 14 22 17 17 17 14
308 305 299 288 273 248 247 238 227 223 216 214 214 208 195 192
Att 216 194 174 173 144 162 127 129 85
Pct 68.1 65.5 63.2 63.6 60.4 56.2 59.1 48.8 67.1
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50 27 39 35 47 65 36 42 59 45 82 46 43 39 39 45
1 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1
IntRating 4 96.0 4 95.8 9 79.9 4 90.3 1 100.8 3 77.7 5 85.8 3 65.3 3 85.2
TEAM OFFENCE (Totals include losses) Team Pass Toronto 1838 B.C. 1500 Winnipeg 1681 Saskatchewan 1107 Edmonton 1145 Calgary 1132 Ottawa 1240 Hamilton 1133 Montreal 835
Rush 532 682 443 628 572 574 436 458 500
Total Avg/Gm 2370 395.0 2182 363.7 2124 354.0 1735 347.0 1717 343.4 1706 341.2 1676 335.2 1591 318.2 1335 267.0
TEAM DEFENCE (Totals include losses) Team Pass Edmonton 963 B.C. 1149 Calgary 1189 Winnipeg 1456 Toronto 1419 Hamilton 1266 Montreal 1315 Saskatchewan 1338 Ottawa 1516
Rush 440 668 419 569 640 485 504 528 572
Total Avg/Gm 1403 280.6 1817 302.8 1608 321.6 2025 337.5 2059 343.2 1751 350.2 1819 363.8 1866 373.2 2088 417.6
Republic 6-2 at the world junior development camp on Tuesday. Curtis Lazar, Nick Paul, and Sam Reinhart also scored for Canada (1-0-0-0). David Pastrnak and Jakub Vrana scored for the Czech Republic (0-2-0-0). Canada’s Zachary Fucale stopped all nine shots he faced while Tristan Jarry made five saves on seven shots. Virtek Vanecek made 29 saves for the Czech Republic. camp, and there were some tough decisions to get down to the final 22 players. As a coaching staff, we’re confident we’ve selected the best team to travel to Europe and continue Canada’s great tradition at this event.” The six-foot-two, 190-pound Musil scored 29 points (11 goals and 18 assists) with 36 penalty minutes in 60 games in his rookie season with the Rebels this season. The Delta, B.C. native was a member of the Canada Pacific U-17 team this past season and scored four points (1-3-4) in six games. The Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup starts Monday and ends Aug. 16 with games played in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia. Canada has won the annual tournament six years in a row, and 18 of the past 23 times since it began in 1991. Canada opens the tournament Monday against Switzerland.
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Friday ● Junior golf: Maple Leaf Tour Nationwide Series event at Wolf Creek. ● Sunburst/provincial senior AAA baseball: St. Albert Tigers at Red Deer Riggers, third game of best-of-three semifinal if needed, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park 1.
Tennis Women’s Rogers Cup Results Women’s Singles Second Round Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4. Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Eugenie Bouchard (5), Canada, 6-0, 2-6, 6-0. First Round Ana Ivanovic (9), Serbia, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 6-1, 6-2. Caroline Wozniacki (11), Denmark, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1. Carla Suarez Navarro (14), Spain, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3. Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-2, 6-2. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Shuai Zhang, China, 6-2, 6-4. Caroline Garcia, France, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-1. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-2, 6-1. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, def. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-2. Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (1). Venus Williams, United States, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-0. Madison Keys, United States, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6-1, 3-2, retired. Women’s Doubles Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (5), Russia, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (7), 6-3. Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, and Abigail Spears (6), United States, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, and Shuai Zhang, China, 6-4, 6-2. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Anastasia Rodionova (8), Australia, 4-6, 6-2, 10-6. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Megan MoultonLevy, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 4-6, 6-2, 10-7. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, and Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-0. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Men’s Rogers Cup Results Tuesday At Rexall Centre Toronto Purse: $3.147 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Brayden Schnur, Canada, 6-3, 6-3. Ernest Gulbis (11), Latvia, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 6-4. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 7-6 (6), 7-5. Jack Sock, United States, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-1, 6-3. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Donald Young, United States, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, 5-7, 6-0, 6-3. Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-5, 7-5. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6). Gael Monfils, France, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-5. Fabio Fognini (16), Italy, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Tommy Robredo (17), Spain, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Gilles Simon, France, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0. Second Round Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Peter Polansky, Canada, 6-2, 6-0. Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Benoit Paire, France, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Doubles First Round Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Eric Butoric, United States, and Raven Klaasen, South Africa, 2-6, 6-3, 10-4. David Ferrer and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Marcin Matkowski, Poland, 6-2, 1-6, 13-11. Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, France, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and Jack Sock, United States, walkover. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau, Romania, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-4, 6-4. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, def. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Dominic Inglot, Britain, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 10-2. Marin Cilic, Croatia, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, and Adil Shamasdin, Canada, 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF Kansas City 22 11 5 6 32 D.C. 21 11 6 4 32 Toronto 20 8 7 5 29 New York 22 6 6 10 35 Columbus 22 6 7 9 26 New England 22 8 12 2 29 Philadelphia 22 5 8 9 34 Houston 21 6 11 4 23 Chicago 21 3 5 13 28 Montreal 21 3 13 5 21
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Sunday’s results Houston 1 D.C. 0 Chivas 0 Dallas 1 Friday’s games San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, August 9 Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Toronto at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 9 p.m. D.C. at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Chivas at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, August 10 Kansas City at Vancouver, 8 p.m. New York at Chicago, 8 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed D Michael Del Zotto to a one-year contract. American Hockey League TORONTO MARLIES — Named Ben Simon assistant coach. ECHL BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Agreed to terms with F Nick MacNeil and D Gabriel Verpaelst. READING ROYALS — Named Josh Foreman equipment manager. BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with LHP Joe Saunders on a minor league contract. BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Steven Wright to Pawtucket (IL). Placed 1B/OF Allen Craig on 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 2. Selected OF Corey Brown from Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHP Heath Hembree from Pawtucket. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent RHP Zach Putnam to Charlotte (IL) for a rehab assignment. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Reinstated OF Nyjer Morgan from the 60-day DL and released him. Optioned OF Tyler Holt to Columbus (IL).. Recalled RHP Josh Tomlin from Columbus. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed RHP Mike Morin on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Reinstated OF Collin Cowgill from the 15-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent 1B Joe Mauer and RHP Ricky Nolasco to Cedar Rapids (MWL) for rehab assignments. NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with LHP Rich Hill and selected his contract from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent 2B Tim Beckham to the GCL Rays for a rehab assignment. TEXAS RANGERS — Assigned LHP Ryan Feierabend outright to Buffalo (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed INF Steve Tolleson on paternity leave. Reinstated INF Brett
Lawrie from the 15-day DL. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent LHP Pedro Hernandez outright to Colorado Springs (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP Chris Perez on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Carlos Frias from Albuquerque (PCL). Transferred LHP Paul Maholm to the 60-day DL. MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP Jacob Turner for assignment. Recalled LHP Bryan Flynn from New Orleans (PCL). MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed RHP Matt Garza on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Rob Wooten from Nashville (PCL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed INF Pedro Alvarez on the bereavement list. Reinstated OF Starling Marte from the 7-day DL. Assigned RHP Josh Wall outright to Indianapolis (IL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Announced the resignation of vice-president and assistant general manager A.J. Hinch. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed C Wilson Ramos on paternity leave and RHP Taylor Jordan on the 60-day DL. Recalled C Sandy Leon from Syracuse (IL). Claimed LHP Matt Thornton off waivers from the N.Y. Yankees. BASKETBALL NATIONAL BASKETBALL RETIRED PLAYERS ASSOCIATION — Named Jalen Rose ambassador. National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Signed G Mike Miller and G James Jones. SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Named Becky Hammon assistant coach. FOOTBALL Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed WR Marcus Rucker and LB Patrick Trahan to the practice roster. OTTAWA REDBLACKS — Released LB T.J. Hill. Signed DL Jonathan Williams, OL J’Michael Deane, RB Chevon Walker to two-year contract extensions and QB Thomas DeMarco and DL Zack Evans and Justin Capiciotti to one-year contract extensions.
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Vold moves up with strong weekend The last of the rich rodeo weekends Many cowboys would consider a of the 2014 Canadian season wrapped $6743 run a pretty big haul rather than up in Strathmore Monday. chipping away, but Vold has his eyes As a Wrangler Pro Tour event, the on the prize ahead. Strathmore Stampede had the most “Things have been kind of slow for cash up for grabs, and several local me the last couple of weeks, but I’m cowboys took advantage of the oppor- not going to change my game plan.” tunity. Bareback rider Jake Vold had That includes entering up at everythe high mark of the finals round, when thing left in Canada and the big shows he clicked with Wayne south of the line, where Vold Vold’s much ballyhooed is still inside the world’s top horse Mucho Dinero for ten in the race for Las Vegas. 90.25 points. While he’s been on a ‘what“I’ve seen that horse ever happens, happens’ apthe last couple of years, proach this season, Vold adand I’ve been wanting to mits he is now keeping an eye get on him,” said Vold. “I on the results. kind of figured we’d get “I’ve been peeking at the along good, because he’s standings here lately. Last so electric. He’s a big year up here, getting hurt and horse, and I’ve got long missing that season leader legs.” really just felt like someone “There were some awestole something from me,” adDIANNE some horses in this pen. mitted the Ponoka cowboy. “I I needed to be 90 today. was bound and determined to FINSTAD That’s what I needed to win that this year.” be, and I needed someThe latest boost puts some thing I could do that on. ground between Vold and He feels outstanding.” the field. Trying to keep pace The high mark propelled Vold from just behind him in the bareback race his tenth qualifying spot way up the list is Bowden’s Ky Marshall, who also to third, but the average title and the cashed in at Strathmore. He picked up biggest payoff from Strathmore went $2154, but it was in the tie-down roping to Oregon’s RC Landingham, who put event, which gives him the second of together 173.5 points on two rides, for his required three timed event plac$6375. But Vold still won $4666. He also ings to be in the all-around race for did some earning at the other weekend Canada this season. Marshall won $628 stops. in Grimshaw in the bareback riding, “I won High Prairie, but then our and another $654 in Abbotsford. flights got delayed so I missed AbbotsThe roping Robinson boys from Inford. But I won second at Grimshaw, so nisfail did some damage this weekend, I’m just picking away.” with Ben Robinson winning first in
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Abbotsford, collecting $1594 for an 8.3 second run. His older brother Kirk took top dollars in Grimshaw, $1384, for an 8.4 second run. In the steer wrestling, Ponoka’s Chance Butterfield had one of his best, and one of his worst, weekends. He split first place in Abbotsford with a 3.9 second run, for $1995. He was in second place going into Strathmore’s Finals, and was headed for a great run when the steer ducked his head and a horn caught the corner of Butterfield’s face. He left for medical attention, and later tweeted he was lucky to still have an eye, and grateful for his sunglasses, which helped save it. Butterfield still collected $3237 from Strathmore. His Ponoka neighbor Craig Weisgerber also made the Finals, but was knocked cold from an awkward fall off his horse towards a wayward steer. He earned $2544. Saddle bronc rider Rylan Geiger walked away from Strathmore with the most money in his event, but it came at a price. The Saskatchewan cowboy, who now lives in Duchess, rode Vold’s Pedro in the Finals Monday to 88.5 points. He won the long round, the finals and the average, for a $7719 payday. But Geiger headed straight to the busy Canadian Pro Rodeo Sports Medicine team for them to look at the severe back pain that came after he was banged at the gate. “It just happened so fast,” said the Canadian champion. “He hit the front of the chute, and I remember the first jump out he popped my chin so hard. It felt like he folded me inside out.”
Advised to get his back checked out, Geiger may be facing a short term layoff, depending on the severity of the injury. Another big winner at Strathmore was bull rider Tyler Thomson of Black Diamond, who was the only one of the ten finalists to make the whistle. Thomson rode Calgary’s bull I’m a Gangsta to 86.75, to win $6648, plus the rest of the $4200 in the Finals pot. He also won $1537 for first in Abbotsford, BC. Rebecca Paradis of Dalemead was the Strathmore Stampede barrel racing winner, with a two run time of 35.361, for $5993. Utah’s Clint Robinson finished on top in the tie-down roping, with a time of 16.5 seconds on two runs, for $7323. The steer wrestling went to Nebraska’s Dru Melvin, who won the finals in 3.6 seconds, for a $7194 payday. Jeremy Buhler of Arrowwood and Rhen Richard of Utah took the team roping title in 10.2 seconds for $5093 each. But Travis Gallais of Red Deer, and his Medicine Hat partner Kevin Schreiner, were only two tenths slower, and their second place overall paid them $4744 apiece. They were also second in Abbotsford. Lacombe team roper Tyrel Flewelling and Roland McFadden came in third at Strathmore, for $2921 each. Other local winners on the weekend included Ponoka steer wrestler Trygve Pugh, who split first at Grimshaw ($1576); and Rocky Ross of Botha and Marty Lillico of Stettler, who won the team roping in Abbotsford ($1328 each).
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Pospisil, Polansky, Dancevic, Schnur lose on day of Canadian disappointment TORONTO — Roger Federer walked out of the tunnel for his opening match at the Rogers Cup, and the sight of Canadian flags reminded him of what he was dealing with against hometown boy Peter Polansky. Red-and-white “Go Canada Go” signs filled the crowd at Rexall Centre on a day four Canadian men’s players took the court. By the end of the night, they all left the tournament. Vasek Pospisil lost to Richard Gasquet, Frank Dancevic fell to Donald Young, Brayden Schnur was defeated by Andreas Seppi, and Polansky was blown out by Federer. With Eugenie Bouchard losing to American qualifier Shelby Rogers in Montreal, it was
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TENNIS: Relax “It was like going back to the southern California juniors,” she said. “But I tried to think of it as positive, like ’this will be just like practice, so go ahead and relax. It will be a practice match.’ You try to play those mind games when you’re out there.” It was an even first round match, with Pavlyuchenkova ranked 24th and Williams 26th. “We’re both very good players and she’s a dangerous player for the top players as well because she can do everything well when she’s on,” said Williams. “It felt good to win the match and hopefully gain some momentum for the rest of the week.” Williams is on the same side of the draw as her sister, top-seeded Serena Williams, who begins play Wednesday. They could not meet before the semifinals.
a dark day for Canadian tennis that left Milos Raonic as the country’s only hope. On the men’s side in Toronto, Pospisil’s loss was the most surprising. Only two days after losing to Raonic in the Citi Open final, the Vancouver native was hampered by a right leg injury and fell 7-5, 7-5 to Gasquet in a rematch from last week. “I think I’m just a little bit tired mentally, maybe,” Pospisil said. “Just been on the road a lot of weeks. You need to be a 100 per cent at this level if you’re playing against Richard. I wasn’t feeling 100 per cent today.” Adding injury to insult on a rough day for Canadian tennis, Pospisil was set to have an MRI on an abductor injury, which seized up at 5-all in the first set. It also forced him to withdraw from doubles action, where he was set to team up with regular partner Jack Sock of the United States. Pospisil said he had been bothered by the “strange feeling” in his leg off and on for a few weeks but didn’t think it would be a long-term problem that would keep him out of last next’s event in Cincinnati or the U.S. Open.
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Milos Raonic hits on a practice court in Rogers Cup tennis action in Toronto on Tuesday. Milos Raonic’s powerful serve is a big reason why he’s ranked sixth in the world. His constant work on it, and backing it up, is also why he has his sights set on a top five ranking and Grand Slam titles. “There was really no tennis players around,” Raonic said. “Therefore, I was sort of isolated from everything that might be day-to-day tennis news.” When Raonic returned, he was the one making the news by rolling through the Citi Open in Washington for his sixth career singles title. He beat fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil in Sunday’s final, doing so in quick, methodical fashion. “I think I just played well,” Raonic said. “I had break chances in every game and break chances that I had good looks at in all the games. ... I think when I’m playing that way I think I can deal with whoever and whichever situation.” Edberg, now Federer’s coach, saw
at Wimbledon that Raonic is “a threat to anybody,” given the way he’s playing lately. Washington also gave Raonic some momentum going into the Rogers Cup. But Raonic isn’t new at this, so he wasn’t acting cocky when he arrived in Toronto. “What I have learned over time, spending on tour, last week means nothing,” he said Monday. “This week I start at zero. So I have to find my level of tennis here this week and I have to get through each day that I can.” That starts by facing Sock, who beat Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-1, 6-3. Raonic beat Sock in straight sets last week at the Citi Open and previously in straight sets at Wimbledon.
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higher and winning on second-serve points and saving break points. I have a better understanding what I need to do.” Raonic’s big serve couldn’t save him in a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon semifinals, when he was broken three times and won just 50 per cent of his second serves. Frustrated in defeat, Raonic still showed something to his opponent with the 17 Grand Slam titles. “(He’s) not going to get really overwhelmed with the situation. Not that he would do that beforehand because I think with that kind of a game, you have a base,” Federer said. “It’s very simple to focus on what you really need to do with his big serve. Overall I felt like that’s where he feels he needs to be and wants to be and I think that aura, having that, is a big factor if you’re going to get yourself back into these situations or not.” Instead of embracing the accomplishment of reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal, Raonic — “with a purpose” — sought to get away from tennis. “I disconnected myself,” he said. “I was training in the sort of gym I wouldn’t normally use just to sort of be able to focus on myself, use that sort of anger that I sort of built up across what happened at the end of Wimbledon and motivate myself.” Raonic went to Toronto FC’s training grounds and worked out around soccer players. He practised his serve for the first pitch at a Blue Jays game and then hit the ball around for a couple of hours at a time at Rexall Centre but also did off-court preparation. Some of it was mental.
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Redblacks looking to rebound WANT A BETTER EFFORT AGAINST STAMPEDERS AFTER EMBARRASSING LOSS TO RIDERS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Coming off the most lopsided loss in the short history of the franchise, the Ottawa Redblacks will put their resiliency to the test when they take on the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday. Ottawa (1-4) suffered an embarrassing 38-14 defeat to the Saskatchewan Roughriders at home last weekend, but Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell hopes some of the problems will be addressed as his team hits the road to face the 4-1 Stampeders. “It’s pro football and you move on to the next one and we addressed it two days ago as far as the corrections that needed to be done,” Campbell said. “Sometimes you have a bad day at the office, but you come back and go back to work and we’ll be ready for the next one.” Despite their record, the Redblacks have been competitive in most of the games they’ve played. Campbell said he is pleased with the overall performance of his players. “I’ve been proud of the way we’ve played, other than we lost our way, particularly in the first quarter of the Saskatchewan game,” Campbell said. “We were a little bit out of sorts and I don’t think that was typical of our guys and I expect them to come back and play like we have been for most of the year and obviously trying to make a few more plays to make sure we win.” What the Redblacks seem to lack is the ability to play a complete game. If the team comes out strong it seems to struggle in the second half, or as evident from Saturday’s loss, can struggle early on and come back with a solid second half.
“We just need to find our groove and play together and everybody just do their job and execute what they’re supposed to do,” said defensive lineman Jonathan Williams. “We just have to play all four quarters and stop shooting ourselves in the foot. We’re not out of a game by a long shot, we just need to put it all together.” Quarterback Henry Burris says he’s been in this position before and has seen things turn around. last year with Hamilton, Burris saw the Tiger-Cats get off to a 1-4 start before eventually advancing to the Grey Cup. Burris would love to see a similar turnaround in Ottawa, but at this point he would settle for another Redblacks victory which he believes would reap huge dividends. “Right now we have the players that can make the plays and get the things done, we just have to make those things happen,” said Burris. “We got embarrassed. We got our butts kicked and if that doesn’t hammer a point home as far as what we have to do to become the team we have to become then I don’t know, but I’m very confident that we’re going to bounce back and do some much better things as far as this week.” Getting it all together is what’s proving to be the challenge, but with a few adjustments the Redblacks are confident everything will fall into place. Part of the adjustment appears to be player movement as veteran linebacker and defensive captain T.J. Hill was released Tuesday. “T.J. Hill is an excellent pro in every sense of the word and has played a long time in the league and done a lot of good things,” said Campbell. “I wish him nothing but the best and he did everything that was asked of him here.
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Ottawa Redblacks’ Chevon Walker is stopped by Saskatchewan Roughriders Sam Hurl (31) and John Chick (97) during CFL action in Ottawa, August 2, 2014. We’re fortunate enough that we have some young guys that have stepped up faster than we had anticipated and we want to give those young guys an opportunity to play. ” One of those young players is 24-year-old Antoine Pruneau, the fourth overall pick in the 2014 CFL draft. Pruneau had seen playing time on
special teams and is now expecting to see an increase in his workload as he is expected to replace Hill. “I’m thrilled as it’s a great challenge for me,” said Pruneau. “It’s a position where I can show all my strength which is a good thing for a guy like me. It’s sad to see a guy like TJ go, but I learned a lot from him and I thank him for that.”
Bantam AAA Braves finish Waters scores two tries, Canada routs Samoa at fourth at provincials rugby Women’s World Cup The Red Deer Bantam AAA Braves capped their season with a fourth place finish at provincials in St. Albert. After a rough 8-0 loss to the Sherwood Park Athletics to open the tournament, they bounced back with a 7-6 win over the host Cardinals, led by Zach Olson’s in-the-park home run which scored two. He finished with two RBIs and scored three times. Ty Moline added two singles and an RBI while Austin Hammond also had two singles. Darin Fodor pitched five innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits and four walks with one strike out. Kelsey Lalor closed out the last two innings with two strike outs and one walk while giving up one run. Red Deer dropped their third game 7-6 in extra innings to the Spruce Grove Sox. Lalor pitched the final two in-
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BRIEFS Red Deer’s McAdam misses cut at national men’s amateur golf championship Red Deer’s Michael McAdam did not make the cut at the Golf Canada Men’s Amateur Championship in Winnipeg after firing a second round 5-over-77 to finish at 9-over-151. First round co-leader Jonathan Garrick from Atherton, Calif., held on to a share of the lead with a 68, to sit at 8-under for the tournament. He is now tied with Sam Sunders from Albuquerque, NM, who shot his second straight 67. There is a three-way tie between Sam Saunders of Listowel, Ont., Blair Hamilton of Burlington, Ont., and Bret Thompson of Winnipeg for top Canadian in the field, with all in at 6-under through 36 holes. The tournament continues through Thursday at the Elmhurst Golf and Country Club.
Cougar trio help Team Alberta to opening win at rugby national championships A trio of Notre Dame Cougars helped Team Alberta to a 28-10 win over Newfoundland to open the U-18 men’s division of the Rugby Canada
nings, giving up the winning run in the eighth inning, hitting the batter with the bases loaded. Overall she gave up two runs on three hits and a walk with one strike out in two innings. Andrew MacCuaig got the start and lasted six innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks with one strike out. Ben LeBlanc led the Braves’ offence with three singles and two RBI. A 9-2 loss to Okotoks Black dropped the Braves into the bronze medal game where they lost to the same Okotoks team 3-2. In their final game, Olson finished with two singles and an RBI, Cooper Jones had an RBI triple and Lalor had two singles. Connor McCallister started on the mound and lasted three innings, giving up two runs on three hits with two walks and two strike outs. Hayley Lalor pitched the final four innings, giving up one run on four hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
announced Tuesday that Sutter agreed to a two-year deal that will average $3.3 million per season. The 25-yearold Sutter, from Red Deer, has been a fixture on the third line since he was acquired in a 2012 trade that sent popular centre Jordan Staal to Carolina. Sutter had 13 goals and 13 assists in 81 games for the Penguins in 2013-14 and set a career high with five postseason goals. He is one of Pittsburgh’s best penalty killers and scored three short-handed goals, tops on the team and tied for fifth-best in the NHL. The former first-round pick has 77 goals and 75 assists in six seasons. National Championship Festival in Calgary. Cougars Luc LaPlante, Ben Anderson and Eric Jensen are all part of the 23-man roster. Jackson McDonough scored two tries for Alberta while Daniel Schmidt and Oliver White also scored and Jack Hughes had three conversions. Guobjartur Bjarnson did all of the scoring for Newfoundland with a try, a conversion and a penalty kick. Alberta takes on Ontario 3 today at noon at Calgary Rugby Park and completes Pool A play on Thursday against Ontario 2 at noon.
Alberta teams fare well at senior slo-pitch nationals in Red Deer Alberta teams held their own at the slo-pitch senior national championships in Red Deer on the weekend, as the Prairie Combines won the men’s 60E division, topping the Saskatchewan Legends, and the Edmonton Classics 60 finished third. Also, Easton Redline finished second in the Men’s 50I division to Fatty Patty’s out of Ontario and Gator Ted’s, also out of Ontario. The men’s 50E division went to B&B Electric out of Newfoundland while the Calgary Chargers finished second and Wreckhouse out of Newfoundland was third. The tournament attracted more than 300 players and their families and fans to the city for the tournament, which will be played in Red Deer through 2018. “The tournament was a huge success,” said tournament organizer Wally Vance. “Many teams said they would be back next year.”
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 42 Samoa 7 MARCOUSSIS, France — Canada remained undefeated at the 2014 IRB Women’s Rugby World after soundly defeating Samoa 42-7 on Tuesday. Brittany Waters scored two of Canada’s six tries from the backline. Mandy Marchak, Elissa Alarie, Stephanie Bernier and Andrea Burk had the others as Canada earned a bonus point in the standings by scoring at least four tries. Magali Harvey, the leading scorer so far in France, converted five of the tries, with Burk capping the scoring by successfully converting her own. “I’m happy about my performance today and scoring two tries, but my team’s effort was what set the platform for them and I think the team effort is what’s most important,” Waters said. “I think it’s going to be a great game against England on Saturday. I think we improved on our first game and if we can continue to be strong in the breakdown against England we can be successful.” Canada improved to 2-0 and is tied with England for first place in Pool A with 10 points. England and Canada meet Saturday. The three pool winners plus the top second-place team advance to the quarter-finals. “We reached our goal of securing a bonus point against a very strong and physical Samoan team, and I’m proud of their effort and attitude today,” said Canada coach Francois Ratier. “Now we’re going to de-brief from
today’s game and figure out exactly where we excelled and where we need to improve for our final pool game against England.” Marchak opened the scoring in the 11th minute, touching down for a try after a strong run through two defenders. Harvey added the conversion to put Canada up 7-0. On the ensuing restart, a Samoan forward was shown a yellow card for an infringement in the ruck. Shortly after, Marchak made a break to get Canada inside Samoan territory and Canada eventually scored on Waters’ first try of the game. With Samoa back to a full strength, Canada continued to press on and were awarded with another try shortly after from fullback Alarie, who scooped up a loose ball and ran 30 metres over the try line. Harvey’s third conversion of the game increased the lead to 21-0. Alarie denied a late Samoan try with a tackle on the final play of the first half. Canada struck again with a try early in the second half. Burk started the play off with a 60 metre run before being tackled and the ball found its way to Bernier, who finished off the score. Harvey’s conversion put Canada up 28-0. Samoa got on the board at the 54th minute mark when replacement Ginia Muavae broke through Canada’s defence. That’s as close as the Samoans would come, as Canada scored two late tries from Waters and Burk at the 67th and 80th mark respectively to seal a 427 victory.
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Canadians drop opener of U-20 Women’s World Cup BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The pressure of playing at home, in the biggest match of their young careers, proved costly for Canada’s under-20 women’s soccer team Tuesday. The Canadians dropped a 1-0 decision to Ghana in the opening game for both teams of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, a disappointing result for a host team that’s hoping to go far in this tournament. “This is our first major tournament, and also it’s at home, we had a lot of people in the stands for us. It was a little added pressure,” said forward Nichelle Prince. “We knew it was coming, but it’s kind of different when you step on the field, and we had to get adjusted to that. It took us a few minutes to do that.” Sherifatu Sumaila scored the game’s lone goal in the 22nd minute against a Canadian team that was on its heels in the early going. Sumaila capitalized on a cross from Edem Atovor, pouncing on a rebound after Canada’s ’keeper Kailen Sheridan had pushed a shot away. “I don’t think it was too much pressure, but it was certainly new pressure,” said Canadian coach Andrew Olivieri. “The biggest word right now is ’adapt’ for them.” Olivieri also said it was “a bit of a curse” not having to go through a qualifying tournament prior to the World Cup — Canada automatically qualified as the host country. So Canada was lacking big-game experience “. . . not playing in big matches that you have to win. So this is the first match they’re faced with the need to get a result,” he said. Some 14,834 fans turned out to the National Soccer Stadium — or BMO Field to its regular tenants, Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC. The crowd was predominantly red and white, but was dotted with numerous Ghana flags. And a large pocket of Ghana fans stood all game long, dancing and banging drums, their singing grow-
ing in volume as the night wore on. If the Ghana fans numbered 1,000, they made it sound like they were 10,000. “We have so many Ghanaians here, they have made us feel at home, and we have felt it,” said Ghana’s coach Bashir Hayford. “When we advance, when we progress, the number will be quadrupled.” Canada brought a different energy to the second half, and a “different quality from all the players.” “That’s part of the learning experience, players getting adapted to playing in front of the home crowd, a lot of expectation, a World Cup first for many of them, so it took us too long to adapt,” he said. Canada had 55 per cent of the possession against the bigger and faster Ghanaians, and had several decent scoring opportunities. Emma Fletcher banged a shot off the post late in the first half, while Prince, a second-half substitute, beat two defenders to get off a left-footed shot while falling down. The shot went straight into the hands of Ghana’s goalkeeper Victoria Agyei. Kadeisha Buchanan, a regular on John Herdman’s Canadian senior side, was solid on the back line, and almost scored in injury time, poking at a loose ball during a scramble in front of the net that shot over the crossbar. Asked if he was pleased with his team’s performance, Olivieri answered “Nope.” “I’d say I was pleased with the energy and lot with what the players brought in the later stages, when we were more desperate,” he said. “I’d love to see better from us, certainly early in the game. A lot more progressive play, a lot more play towards the front, and just a lot more confidence.” Sheridan, a ’keeper Clemson University, said there was added pressure playing on the tournament’s first day, and against a strong team such as Ghana. “But I think that’s something you have to deal with,” she said. “(The crowd) was great, it was crazy walking down the tunnel and seeing all
Rory McIlroy trying to stay grounded as his game starts to take full flight at PGA BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Golf stories about Rory McIlroy are a lot more flattering than those a year ago. And if he reads too much into them, they can be a lot more dangerous. McIlroy went wire to wire at Hoylake to win the British Open. Then he overpowered Firestone on the weekend to win his first World Golf Championship. Now he is the overwhelming favourite at the PGA Championship. He is looked on in some corners as a sure thing, a label once reserved only for Tiger Woods. Boy Wonder is not so sure about that. “Sometimes I feel that people are too quick to jump to conclusions,” McIlroy said Tuesday before heading out for his first look at Valhalla. “I’ve had a great run of golf and I’ve played well over the past few months. Look, I said at the start of the year that golf was looking for someone to put their hand up and sort of become one of the dominant players in the game. I felt like I had the ability to do that. And it’s just nice to be able to win a few tournaments and get back to where I feel I should be.” He is No. 1 in the world again. He has three wins in his last seven starts. And with three legs of the career Grand Slam — only Woods and Jack Nicklaus were younger than the 25-year-old McIlroy when they achieved that — there was even talk about the start of a new era. McIlroy wasn’t buying. “I’m just really happy with where my golf game is at the minute, and I just want to try and continue that for as long as possible,” he said. “And people can say what they want to say. That’s fine. But I can’t read too much into it. ... Because if you read everything that was being written, I’d turn up at the first tee on Thursday thinking I’d already won the tournament.” The question lingered Tuesday whether Woods was going to make it to the first tee at all. Woods injured his back Sunday — just four months after back surgery — and cancelled his news conference Tuesday. There was no word on his prospects, presumably because he wanted to give himself as much time as possible to see if he could play. The deadline to register was 5 p.m. Tuesday, though the PGA Championship said players who notify officials they will be registering late have until they tee off Thursday. Woods was among six such players. He is to tee off at 8:35 a.m. with Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrington Even if Woods were to play, that wouldn’t take the focus from McIlroy. McIlroy appears to be in full flight, just as he was in his record victory at Congressional in the 2011 U.S. Open, and just as he was when he won the PGA Championship by a record eight shots in 2012, and then added three more wins the rest of the year against strong fields. Valhalla, where Woods won 14 years ago, would appear to be suited for him. Then again, just about any course is for a guy who hits it long and straight. McIlroy said he has added about seven pounds of muscle in recent months, and he is now the heaviest he has been. He also has shortened his swing, which would make him more accurate off the tee. “He’s such a great driver of the golf ball,” Phil Mickelson said as he looked back on McIlroy’s win at Firestone. “Even though the golf course was fairly tight and hitting fairways is important, he kept hitting drivers and he kept putting the ball in play and he kept playing the course aggressively and making birdies. And he plays to his strength. He’s just a very good talent. We’ve been waiting a year, year and a half now for it to turn. And it’s really turned for him. And he’s tough to beat.” McIlroy was foundering at this time a year, missing the cut in three out of six tournaments, not even sniffing contention as he worked through equipment changes. The final touch was an alignment issue he solved after the Masters, and he is soaring now. Of the 13 players to win a major and a World Golf Championship, McIlroy and Woods are the only ones to win them in consecutive starts.
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Canada’s Kadeisha Buchanan (left) battles for the ball with Ghana’s Priscilla Okyere during first half action in 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup action, in Toronto on Tuesday. the fans,” she added. “It was nice to be in our home country and on our home turf for the first time for me. It just gave me a rush. I was coming (down the tunnel) and I couldn’t stop smiling.” The Canadians’ best showing at this tournament came in 2002 when they lost to the United States in the goldmedal game in Edmonton — the beginning of international careers for the likes of Christine Sinclair and Kara Lang, who would go on to become household names in Canada. Both Canada and Ghana were knocked out in group phase two years ago in Japan. The Canadian team is predominantly all new faces from that 2012 squad, and is mostly made up of players attending U.S. colleges.
Ghana has a few returnees from its U20 team two years ago, plus several players who were part of its third-place team at the U17 World Cup in 2012. They come from Ghana club teams such as Fabulous Ladies, Blessed Ladies, and Police Ladies. Canada next plays Finland on Friday in Toronto, then heads to Montreal to face North Korea on Tuesday. The Canadians need to finish top two in Group A to advance to the quarter-finals. The Group A winners will play the quarter-final in Toronto, while second place in the group will head to Edmonton for the quarters. The tournament semifinals are in Montreal and Moncton, N.B., while Montreal hosts the gold-medal game.
Former Biogenesis clinic owner and A-Rod’s cousin both arrested in baseball steroid case BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — The former clinic owner accused of selling performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez has agreed to plead guilty in what prosecutors called a wide-ranging conspiracy to distribute steroids to both major league ballplayers and high school athletes. The charges filed Tuesday against former Biogenesis of America owner Anthony Bosch and six others marked one of the biggest salvos yet in a case that has dragged on for nearly two years. The case has sparked law-
suits, mudslinging and suspensions against numerous major leaguers, including Rodriguez. Also charged was Yuri Sucart, 52, a cousin of Rodriguez who the New York Yankees third baseman has said provided him with steroids from 2000 to 2003 when he played for the Texas Rangers. Sucart and the others are accused of acting as recruiters, setting up meetings between the athletes and Bosch, who introduced himself as “Dr. T,” authorities said. Professional athletes paid up to $12,000 a month for the drugs provided by Biogenesis, while high schoolers paid up to $600 a month.
All the clients were promised that the substances would not be found through drug testing, prosecutors said. “He is not a doctor,” Mark R. Trouville, chief of the Miami Drug Enforcement Administration office, said of Bosch. “He is a drug dealer.” U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer said Bosch did not have a medical license, making what happened all the more dangerous. “As with many drug cases, these defendants were motivated by one thing — by money,” Ferrer said. Major League Baseball was not part of the criminal investigation and declined comment.
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FRONT A GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT GIVES BACK A golf tournament that gives back, the Lukey’s Light Foundation will hold a charity classic at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club, at 6000 50th Ave. in Lacombe, on Aug. 23. The event is named in honour of Lukas Stephen Matthew Oszut, who died about 17 months after he was born following a series of operations. The money raised from the tournament will go to help families with sick children get specialized medical equipment to maintain their child’s health at home. The event includes 18 holes of golf, hole-inone prizes, food holes, drink holes 50/50 draws, raffle prizes, a silent auction, hole activities, team prizes and a prime rib dinner. Registration starts on Aug. 23 at 11:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. To register, contact Matt Oszust at 403-896-1279 or email mo@southsidereddeer.ca.
ANNUAL FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW With gardens and yards in full bloom now, the annual Flower and Garden Show for the Red Deer and District Garden Club is almost here. The event, at the Golden Circle (4620 47th Ave. in Red Deer) will be held on Aug. 21. Entries can be dropped off from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 or 7 to 9 a.m. on Aug. 21. The event is open to the public from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 21. Categories range from roses to gladiolus to vegetables and fruit, and even photography. There is no charge for exhibitors or for admission, although donations are accepted at the door. A garden tea party by the Golden Circle will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on show day, for $5 per person. The awards presentation is at 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to www. reddeergardenclub.ca.
Through the summer months, the Sunnybrook Farm and Museum in Red Deer is a beehive of activity. Monday to Friday, groups of children aged five to 11 years can take part in day, multi-day or week-long camps. Each week has a theme that keeps the campers busy learning about farm life and having fun while they are at it. Along with games and crafts, the children help out with chores around the property, including feeding and taking care of the many animals: donkey’, horses, sheep, goats, rabbits, calves, pigs and chickens. Each week, the group also makes a field trip to a Central Alberta destination like the Discovery Wildlife Park, The Markerville Creamery, the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame or the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. For more information on the Sunnybrook Farm and Museum, call 403-986-3410.
CORRECTION The story ‘The Lacombe Police Services’ new home options eyed’ in the Aug. 1 edition of the Advocate may have contained misleading information. The site proposed for the building has changed to a city-owned site east of Hwy 2A at Wolf Creek Drive and 53rd Avenue in Lacombe.
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TOP: As Tator the donkey takes a nibble of Kendall Alton’s hair Shelby Craswell reaches out to pet him in the corrals at Sunnybrook Farm and Museum. ABOVE: All aboard the Sunnybrook Farm Express. LEFT: Shelby Craswell, Hailey Pennell and Mya Robinson get into one of the trees on the property during day camp this week. BOTTOM: Campers at the Sunnybrook Farm and Museum summer camp enjoy their lunch.
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Ebola treatments still in development BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — In the four decades since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, treatment hasn’t changed much. There are no licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease. Some are being developed, but none have been rigorously tested in humans. One experimental treatment, though, was tried this week in an American aid worker sick with Ebola, according to the U.S-based group that she works for in Liberia. Without a specific treatment, doctors and nurses focus on easing the disease’s symptoms — fever, headache, vomiting and diarrhea — and on keeping patients hydrated and comfortable. The outbreak in three West African countries — Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone — has sickened more than 1,300 people and more than 700 have died since March. WHY ISN’T THERE A TREATMENT BY NOW? For one thing, the Ebola virus is hard to work with. The virus doesn’t grow well in petri dishes and experiments can only be done in the relatively few labs with the highest security measures. And while Ebola is lethal, it’s rare. Outbreaks are unpredictable, giving doctors few chances to test new treatments. While the current epidemic is the largest recorded, the number of people sickened by Ebola is small compared to the number killed by other diseases like malaria or dengue. Much of the funding for Ebola research is from governments that worry about the virus being used in a bioterror attack. “It’s not economically viable for any company to do this kind of research because they have stockholders to think about,” said Ben Neuman, a virologist at the University of Reading in Britain. WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE? There are about a half dozen Ebola drugs and vaccines in development,
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This image by the CDC shows an Ebola virus: it is hard to work with, in part because it doesn’t grow well in petri dishes. several of which have received funding from the U.S. One drug developed by the U.S. Army has shown promising results when tested in monkeys. “We think this may work because of the animal models but until you do the studies in humans, you just don’t know,” said Fred Hayden, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Virginia, who was not involved in the research. While animal studies for vaccine candidates have been encouraging, it’s unclear what dose humans would need. A Canadian company, Tekmira, has a $140 million contract with the U.S. government to develop a Ebola vaccine. An early test of the shot in healthy humans was stopped recently after the Food and Drug Administration asked for more safety information.
SHOULD EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS BE USED NOW? Scientists are split on whether or not it is a good idea to try experimental drugs and vaccines before they are approved but the prospect is being informally discussed. “Given the prolonged and unprecedented nature of the epidemic, we need to carefully consider this,” said Dr. Peter Piot, the co-discoverer of Ebola in 1976 and director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The World Health Organization has no plans to facilitate any clinical trials during this outbreak, spokesman Gregory Hartl said. Other experts say it’s unethical to use treatments or vaccines that haven’t been properly tested, and warn the results could be disastrous. “None of these drugs or vaccines
are ready to be used in humans from a legal point of view,” said Dr. Heinz Feldmann, chief of virology at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. It would be impossible to vaccinate or treat everyone in the region but if any tests do proceed, they would probably be focused on those at highest risk: health care workers. The American woman who got the experimental drug in Liberia worked at a hospital where Ebola patients were treated. It’s not known what kind of treatment she received. If health care workers are treated, “We will have to explain why some people are getting the vaccine and others are not,” Feldmann said, adding there are still vast areas of West African communities suspicious of Western aid workers and their treatments. “At the moment, it doesn’t even look like the local population wants it.”
Oregon looks at restricting access to hepatitis C drug WILSONVILLE, Ore. — An Oregon Medicaid committee has significantly scaled back access to an effective — but expensive — new drug used to treat hepatitis C. The decision allows only a narrow set of Medicaid patients to be treated with the $1,000-per-pill drug known as Sovaldi, made by Gilead Sciences Inc. Medical experts on Oregon’s pharmaceutical review committee question whether the drug is worth the price tag, and officials worry it would break the bank. They say treating all Medicaid patients with the liver-wasting disease would cost almost as much as last year’s entire drug bill. Oregon’s guidelines would allow the drug to be used only for patients with later stages of liver damage who have been drug-free for at least six months. The drug could only be prescribed by a liver or gastrointestinal specialist, which often requires months of waiting for an appointment. The moved drew an angry reaction from hepatitis patients and groups that work with them. Lorren Sandt, director of Caring Ambassadors, a hepatitis C resource group based in the Portland suburb of Oregon City, called the guidelines “horrific.”
“Can you imagine if you were a cancer patient and they said, ’We’re going to wait until you’re Stage 4 before we’ll treat you?”’ Sandt told The Associated Press. “That’s what they’re doing.” Allowing liver damage to advance to late stages puts patients at a high risk for cancer and lowers their quality of life, she said. The cost of a 12-week regimen of Sovaldi along with two companion medications that patients must also take is around $100,000. Competing regimens with other drugs cost in the midto high five figures, and some are far less effective and harder to tolerate. Oregon took up the issue a day after Illinois’ Medicaid program put in place tight restrictions on the use of the drug, including requiring patients to meet 25 criteria and get prior approval before the government program will pay. A separate Oregon panel could go even further next month, removing Sovaldi from the list of treatments covered under Medicaid and requiring doctors to make an individualized appeal to obtain the coverage. Oregon can take such a strong stance because of a federal waiver that allows the state to prioritize treatments for medical conditions based on their cost-effectiveness. Tom Burns, director of pharmacy programs at the Oregon Health Au-
thority, said it’s impossible to know how many patients will make it over the hurdles officials are establishing. Hepatitis develops slowly over years or decades. Oregon officials say that while they wait for the price to drop or for new treatments to come on the market, they want the drug available only to those who face imminent severe liver problems. Medicaid officials are used to covering expensive treatments, but they’re usually for relatively rare conditions, said Matt Salo, director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. “It’s always been 50 people or 500 people or 1,000 people, not hundreds of thousands like we’re seeing (with Sovaldi),” Salo said. “So this is kind of a game-changer.” In a statement, Gregg Alton, executive vice-president at drugmaker Gilead, did not directly address Oregon’s decision but said regimens containing Sovaldi reduce total treatment costs for hepatitis C, including medication costs for dealing with side effects
from alternative drugs and managing advanced liver disease. Oregon had about 5,600 Medicaid patients with hepatitis C at the end of 2013, before 300,000 people joined the system under the federal health care overhaul. State officials say it would cost $360 million to treat all of them with Sovaldi, and total Medicaid drug spending was $377 million in 2013. Hepatitis C surpassed AIDS as a cause of death in the U.S. in 2007, claiming an estimated 15,000 lives that year. The illness is complex, with distinct virus types requiring different treatments. While it advances gradually, it can ultimately destroy the liver, and transplants cost an average of $577,000 each. Hepatitis C is a public health concern because the disease can be transmitted by contact with infected blood, by drug users sharing needles, and sometimes through sexual activity. Many people are unaware that they carry the virus. Health officials advise all baby boomers to get tested.
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LEFT: Although venison can be difficult to grill because of its low fat content, these moist burgers are an exception. RIGHT: These brochettes combine the mild taste of moose with summer vegetables such as peppers, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms
LONDON, Ont. — When Canadian chefs participate in international culinary competitions, they often feature wild game — maybe elk, bison, caribou or moose — foods that aren’t staples in most homes here but are recognized worldwide as Canadian delicacies. This is no surprise to Jeff Morrison of Ottawa, an avid outdoorsman and author of the just-released Canadian Wild Game Cookbook. “Wild game as table fare is about as wildly Canadian as it gets and there’s a certain natural quality that represents this country beautifully,” he says. His latest cookbook, published by Company’s Coming Publishing Ltd., covers all the wild game mentioned, plus venison (white-tailed deer), pronghorn, wild boar, bear, rabbit, beaver, muskrat, waterfowl (Canada goose and duck), upland fowl (grouse, pheasant, woodcock, wild turkey and quail) and frog. He has hunted most of them and has enjoyed dining on all of them. The book also includes suggestions and recipes for side dishes, marinades, sauces and desserts. Morrison grew up eating wild game in the Laurentians of Quebec and developed an appreciation for cooking and experimenting with wild game recipes at his uncle’s restaurant, Alfred’s Beefeater Steakhouse, near Mont-Tremblant. But he recognizes most people don’t hunt or trap food for supper and though all the meats featured in his book are classified as “wild” game, in fact all are raised commercially across Canada. In most provinces, these farmed meats are the only kind shoppers will find being sold in supermarkets, specialty shops and by online vendors. “Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are the only two provinces where hunted wild game can actually make it to a restaurant or supermarket,” Morrison says. “It’s illegal in the rest of Canada. So the game meat you find in the other provinces is farm-raised.” However, Quebec has started a pilot project allowing 10 restaurants in Montreal to serve hunted wild game and the hope, says Morrison, is that once officials are assured it is properly regulated, hunted wild game may be approved for menus in other parts of the province. “Whether it’s hunted or farm-raised, it’s still essentially the same product,” he says. “It’s just a matter of how the product is acquired.” Even the farmed game animals “are not raised in these pens. They’re raised
Tips for preparing and cooking with wild game Hunted wild game requires specialized knowledge of how to process the meat, but for the farmed wild game available to consumers, all that’s required is a sense of adventure. Most wild game purchased commercially should not require any additional trimming. Meats packaged in air-tight vacuum packs, with thick, freezer-grade plastics, are the best for long-term storing. Meat sealed in this manner will stay fresh for one year or more without risk of freezer burn or frost damage. Appetizers are a great way to introduce non-wild game eaters to something new, a little bite at a time. Asian flavours go well with most wild
more in a natural setting, to represent their natural environment, so there’s no real difference.” But the harvesting, aging and processing are all done to government standards, a reassurance for consumers who may be wary of the “wild” part or concerned about conservation. Despite this, some people “just can’t seem to get past the stigma of game meats,” Morrison admits, also conceding there is a certain gamey quality to the meat, what he prefers to call a “more full-bodied flavour, with a slightly more pungent odour.” It is stronger in some than others, with venison probably the strongest and waterfowl somewhat stronger than land fowl, but not that different than farmed counterparts. Moose and elk, on the other hand, are quite mild, he says, and muskrat and beaver “are both delicious.” Beaver, he says, is reminiscent of lamb. The unique flavour and texture are two things about wild game that appeal to Morrison, who has degrees in both environmental management and fish and wildlife biology. But the biggest advantage of game meat is that “it’s more organic, low in fat and low in cholesterol.” These health benefits also mean it is a little more difficult to cook. The key is “low and slow,” Morrison says — low cooking temperature and a slow cooking period to prevent the meat from getting dry. It also is important to use marinades, frequent basting or bacon wrapping to keep the meat as moist as possible. Steaks and roasts would be “typically served medium to medium-rare ... keeping a bit of pinkness in the centre.” With wild boar, like other kinds of pork, “you have to be a little more vigilant, keeping in mind that you still don’t want to overcook.” Most experts agree cooking pork to 70 C (160 F) or medium is safe and will keep it juicy and tender. Ground pork and sausages should be cooked to well done. Morrison’s book contains several slow cooker and stew recipes, another way to ensure the meat will stay moist and tender. “I am a huge fan of stews (and) I believe that wild game stew, regardless of the game meat featured in it, is a traditionally Canadian dish.” But his favourite recipe in the book is a moose roast. “Really any of the moose dishes. Moose any way at all is my favourite. Moose is the king of the Canadian forest, in more than one way. It’s such a great protein; it’s the best.” game and help mask the gamey quality some people do not like. But be careful not to overdo the soy sauce, teriyaki or other salty sauces. Wild goose meat can be tough, but commercial meat tenderizers and moist, slow cooking methods allow for the eventual softening of the meat. Cover the goose with bacon slices or cheesecloth dipped in melted butter to keep it from drying out. For steaks or similar cuts, the pointed side of a meat mallet beat against both sides will break down tough fibres and tenderize the meat. If you don’t have a deep-fry thermometer when using cooking oil to deep-fry game meat, drop a popcorn kernel into the oil. When it pops, the oil is at the right temperature. Source: “Canadian Wild Game Cookbook” by Jeff Morrison (Company’s Coming, 2014).
Wild game recipes These recipes were developed by outdoor enthusiast Jeff Morrison, author of Canadian Wild Game Cookbook Duck Teriyaki Appetizer Surprisingly, perhaps, the taste of wild duck is not that different from its domestic counterpart. These appetizers are sure to please. 125 ml (1/2 cup) teriyaki sauce 15 ml (1 tbsp) soy sauce 15 ml (1 tbsp) peanut oil 15 ml (1 tbsp) minced ginger root 2 boneless duck breast halves, cut into 2.5cm (1-inch) cubes 10 slices bacon, cut in half 20 small chunks pineapple In a small bowl, mix together teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, peanut oil and ginger. Add duck cubes and marinate for minimum 1 hour. Heat oven to 260 C (500 F). Remove meat from marinade. Place a piece of duck and pineapple chunk together and wrap with a slice of bacon. Secure with a wooden toothpick. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Place on baking sheet and cook for about 10 minutes, until bacon is crisp. Makes 20 appetizers. Bison Bites Bison is much lower in fat than beef, with less cholesterol and fewer calories. It tastes much like beef, but with an extra bite. 75 ml (1/3 cup) white vinegar 75 ml (1/3 cup) sesame seeds 250 ml (1 cup) vegetable oil 90 ml (6 tbsp) soy sauce 7 ml (1 1/2 tsp) garlic powder 15 to 30 ml (1 to 2 tbsp) dried crushed chilies 500 g (1 lb) bison strip loin or sirloin, cut into 24 bite-sized pieces 12 slices bacon, halved In a large bowl, combine vinegar, sesame seeds, oil, soy sauce, garlic and chilies; whisk to blend. Add bison pieces. Toss to coat, then cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Heat broiler. Wrap 1 bacon piece around each bison chunk and spear with toothpick. Place bison bites on broiler rack or pan. Cook on lowest rack for about 10 minutes and then move closer to heat and broil for another 5 minutes to crisp bacon. Makes 24 appetizers. Quick Moose Roast Cookbook author Jeff Morrison says he made converts of his wife’s parents — non-wild game eaters — when he served them this dish, his personal favourite. 1 moose roast (1.5 kg/3 lb) 15 ml (1 tbsp) dry mustard 2 envelopes (each 38 g/1 1/4 oz) onion soup mix 5 ml (1 tsp) salt
5 ml (1 tsp) pepper 6 medium potatoes, halved 2 carrots, chopped 2 celery ribs, chopped 500 ml (2 cups) chopped tomatoes Heat oven to 180 C (350 F). Rub roast thoroughly with dry mustard and sprinkle with onion soup mix. Season with salt and pepper. Place roast in roasting pan and surround with potatoes, carrots and celery. Pour tomatoes over top. Cover and cook for 2 hours. The roast is done when slightly pink in centre. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Makes 6 to 8 servings. Grilled Venison Burgers Venison is one of the stronger-tasting game meats but also one of the most familiar to many. 1 kg (2 lb) ground venison 2 ml (1/2 tsp) each salt and pepper 8 to 10 hamburger buns Fixings 1 head romaine lettuce, washed and torn 1 red onion, thinly sliced 2 tomatoes, thinly sliced 2 avocados, peeled and sliced Assorted sliced cheeses 500 g (1 lb) bacon, fried crisp Fashion 8 to 10 equal-sized venison patties and place on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper. Heat grill to medium and place patties on grill (on baking sheet). Cook until desired doneness, 4 to 5 minutes per side for mediumrare, longer for well done. Put cooked patties inside hamburger buns and serve with suggested fixings. Makes 8 to 10 servings. Summer Moose Brochettes A long marinating time for the meat helps keep the moisture in these skewers of mild-tasting moose and vegetables. 50 ml (1/4 cup) vegetable oil 50 ml (1/4 cup) wine vinegar 50 ml (1/4 cup) ketchup 1 garlic clove, minced 15 ml (1 tbsp) Worcestershire sauce 5 ml (1 tsp) each salt and pepper 2 ml (1/2 tsp) dry mustard 500 g (1 lb) moose steak, cut into 2.5-cm (1-inch) cubes 1 red pepper, cut into chunks 1 yellow pepper, cut into chunks 250 ml (1 cup) mushrooms, stems removed 250 ml (1 cup) cherry tomatoes In a large bowl, mix together oil, vinegar, ketchup, garlic, Worcestershire, salt, pepper and mustard. Place meat in bowl and stir to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 12 hours. Heat grill to medium. Remove meat from bowl and pat dry. Alternately thread meat and vegetables onto metal skewers (or wooden skewers that have been soaked in water for 30 minutes). Brush with extra marinade and grill for 15 minutes, turning often. Makes 4 servings.
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Eating disorders can spiral out of control professional immediately. Losing a few pounds can quickly spiral into losing a life without the proper treatment.— Recovered in Nebraska Dear Nebraska: Thank you for writing. We are sure you have helped more people than you realize. If you recognize yourself or someone else in this letter, we hope you will contact the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders at anad. org. Dear Annie: “His Wife” said her depressed husband was a changed man after proper medication. That is my story up to the happy ending. Now I need advice. My husband admits he may have a “little bit of depression,” but sees no need to change. It is everyone else’s problem if they don’t like the way he is. He saw counselors twice and complained that neither of them listened to him. It is difficult to live under the cloud of an unpredictable, often angry man. He has problems at work and has switched jobs three times in the past eight years because he is “never appreciated, management is the problem,
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they don’t know what they are doing.” He has estranged his family. It is sad, frustrating and emotionally painful to live with him. Unless a person wants help, no one can force him to get it. Any solutions? — His Wife, Too Dear Wife: You can try talking to his doctor (or leaving a message for him) about the depression and anger and asking about an antidepressant. Beyond that, however, you might consider counseling for yourself so that you can cope better with a situation that is making you so unhappy. Dear Annie: This is in response to “Salem, Oregon,” who requested that their children not give them Christmas presents. I have also told my children that the only present I want is for them to give blood at their local Red Cross. My three sons and their girlfriends and wives have willingly done so. Now the Red Cross “opens” the presents that keep on giving. Life is the best gift anyone could give. — S. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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Semitrailer overturns on Indianapolis highway, coats lanes with butter INDIANAPOLIS — A semitrailer has overturned on an Indianapolis interstate, spilling what police say are 45,000 pounds of packages of butter and other dairy products. The crash happened about 3:30 a.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 465 just west of its interchange with Interstate 65 on the city’s south side. The crash left perhaps thousands of butter tubs strewn on the highway, many broken open and coating the roadway. Police say the truck driver apparently fell asleep and hit a highway barrier. No injuries were reported. Some lanes of the highway are expected to be closed for hours for cleanup work, with crews using a small front-end loader to scoop the butter tubs and whipped cream containers into large trash bins.
Seek out those new ideas and those who are excited about life and move in that direction. Express yourself how you choose, but remember not to overdo it now. You’ll be more apt to express your true emotions now. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Flashes of insight will come to you today. Take each step towards creating the environment that you desire. Let go of the past and seek out those who will lift you higher now. Much can be done if and when you stop doing what you typically do, let go of ongoing patterns now! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Lots of optimistic interactions will be had by you and others today. There will be little resistance towards accomplishing today’s goals, and the day will be tinged with emotional excitement. Communicate your passions and heart’s desires out, they will most likely come true! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Surprising interactions with those on your daily routine will help you accomplish more than you thought you would today. You are very driven to get your work done and personal expression will be high on the agenda and very free flowing now. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will be shining bright today. Surprising encounters will lead to greater opportunities to expand your mind now. Listen to others, as it will not only help you feel more joyous, but will also help you further your heart’s desires now. Speak your mind, but listen to advice! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will be more able to express whatever has been bothering you as of late now. Those within your family or within your extended family will show you a direct way towards accomplishing a lot today. Only allow for your passions and hearts desires to shine now! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There is little resistance towards you accomplishing your goals and ambitions today. You will be very in touch with your passions as well so that not much can deter from your aims. Surprising happenings will lead you right towards you dreams and desires now! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will be feeling very pleased with your career and how you present yourself in the public. Creative work projects will go well today, as there will be tremendous energy to push them forward. Allow for surprises to arise today, they will give you a direct line forward. Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.
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BRIEF The Civil Wars announce formal breakup NASHVILLE — The members of folk duo The Civil Wars have made it official: they’re breaking up. Joy Williams and John Paul White issued a statement on their website Tuesday morning announcing the decision, which comes nearly two years after the duo pulled out of a world tour over irreconcilable differences. The duo met on a songwriting project and had instant chemistry as songwriters and performers. Championed by many fellow musicians like Taylor Swift, their first album went gold and they won four Grammy Awards before personal differences ended their partnership. They released a second album, but did not tour in support of it. Each thanked their fans in the state-
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Toronto International Film Festival gala to feature Al Pacino on stage TORONTO — Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino will appear on stage for a retrospective of his career at the third annual Toronto International Film Festival gala. The exclusive charity event will kick off the festival at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Sept. 3. An on-stage conversation with the acclaimed actor will be followed by cocktails, musical performances, a live auction and more. Pacino stars in two films in official selection at the annual movie marathon: Manglehorn and The Humbling. The 74-year-old performer has been nominated eight times for Academy Awards and has won once for Scent of a Woman in 1992. Tickets for the exclusive event are $1,500 and limited quantities are avail-
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Bay, the man responsible for bringing Transformers to life, originally laid out three commandments for the overhaul of the Ninja Turtles: they should be charming, intimidating and individually recognizable — not just to kids but also their mothers. Liebesman believes the filmmakers accomplished their mission. “I feel like once people see the movie, they will understand why we made these decisions,” said the Wrath of the Titans and Battle: Los Angeles director. “We’re trying to make them more lifelike and realistic. I don’t think it sacrifices anything fans love, once they go and see the movie. I think hating on design is just a part of fandom, which is fine. There’s a lot of value to what fans have to say.” It’s not the first backlash that Bay and the team at his Platinum Dunes production company, which is producing Ninja Turtles, have experienced. When the filmmaker originally unveiled his computer-generated interpretation of the Transformers, hardcore fans were enraged that Bay added flames to Optimus Prime’s paint job. The film franchise went on to make more than $3.5 billion. “You can’t win, so we’ve just tried to present the best version of what we’re doing,” said Ninja Turtles producer Brad Fuller, who previously worked on The Purge films. “The movie speaks for itself. I wonder if all the discourse about the film is a good thing or a bad thing. I don’t know if there’s actually a way that you can determine whether it’s good or bad.”
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STROHSCHEIN Ettamae Margaret 1929 - 2014 Ettamae Margaret [Munro] Strohschein was born May 17, 1929 and passed away August 2, 2014 in Red Deer, Alberta. Ettamae is survived by two daughters, Carol [Blair] Mills of Regina, SK, and Diane [Delvin] Stebner of Red Deer, AB; five grandsons, Evan Mills of Calgary, AB, Graeme Mills of Regina, SK, Warren Mills of Regina, SK, Kevin Stebner of Calgary, AB, and Colin Stebner of Red Deer, AB; one brother, Glen [Helen] Munro of Didsbury, AB; and one sister-in-law, Ruth Munro of Olds, AB. Ettamae was predeceased by her loving husband, Raymond Strohschein in 1989, parents, Stanley and Margaret Munro, brother, Wayne Munro, parents-in-law, Edward and Alma Strohschein, and sister-in-law, Doris Sutterfield. Ettamae loved farm life during her growing up years in the Ardley and Delburne area. She enjoyed helping her dad with chores, loved sports, and was an excellent ball player, and in later years an avid Blue Jays and Edmonton Oilers fan. She attended Canadian Nazarene College in Red Deer, and worked at the Red Deer Bakery, and Michener Centre. Ray and Ettamae were married in October 1950. They attended the Red Deer Alliance Tabernacle [later Deer Park Alliance Church] as a family with their girls. They were always very involved in church life and it was an important part of their lives. Ettamae was part of the Women’s Missionary Prayer Fellowship, and later loved being part of the Willing Hands ministry, especially the quilting. For over 30 years she drove school bus for the Parkland School in Red Deer. Ettamae was a hard worker, loved outdoor life, and enjoyed gardening, and her flowers. The highlight of every summer was the “camper” holidays to the mountains, national parks, and visiting family and friends. After Ray’s passing, Ettamae became an adventurous traveller, visiting new locations all over the world. During the last couple of years, she received excellent care while living in the Symphony and Villa Marie Homes, and we extend our heartfelt gratitude to the many wonderful people who cared for our mom. Ettamae’s priority was always her family - wonderful helpmate to her husband, loving mother to her daughters, and much loved grandma to her grandsons. She showed her love for Jesus by spending her life giving totally of herself in all she did for each one - a wonderful example of sacrificial love. A private family burial will take place at Alto Reste Cemetery, followed by a memorial service at Deer Park Alliance Church, 2960 - 39 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, on Friday, August 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. If desired, memorial donations in Ettamae’s honor may be made to Compassion Canada, www.compassion.ca, or to the Canadian Bible Society, www.biblesociety.ca. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com. Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
CLARK John Edmond John Clark of Red Deer passed away on August 4, 2014 at the age of 77. He will be lovingly remembered by his children, Wanda Clark of Red Deer, Valerie Clark (Crystal) of Red Deer, Shawn Clark (April) of Calgary; his grandchildren, Samantha, Shane, Cassandra, Jessica, Matthew, Isabella; great granddaughter, Grace; and by the mother of his children, Barbara. A memorial gathering will be held for John on Friday, August 8, 2014 at 1:00p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.
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LINDBLAD Fern Eloise May 14, 1949 - July 25, 2014 It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our sister and aunt Fern Lindblad on July 25, 2014 at the age of 65 years. Fern is lovingly remembered by her siblings Heather Lindblad, Carol Nielsen and John (Marie) Lindblad, niece and nephews Sharon (Darrin) Kolibar, Garry Nielsen, Stephen Snider and Robbie Snider, great niece and nephews Amanda (Chris) Schiaroli, Brady Kolibar, Justin Nielsen and Zachary Nielsen and great-great nephews Cole Schiaroli and Adam Schiaroli. She was predeceased by her sister Lyla Fletcher and parents Ethel and Leif Lindblad. The family would like to thank the staff of the Malmo Ward at the Centennial Centre and Rimokas Lodge, Ponoka, AB for their care and compassion for Fern. A Memorial Service will be held at 5:30 pm on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at the Centennial Centre Hospital Chapel. Fern, your caring ways, laugh and beautiful smile will always be missed. May you rest in peace.
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SAVOSTIANIK Samuel 1925 - 2014 Mr. Samuel ‘Sam’ Savostianik of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Michener Extendicare Centre, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, August 4, 2014 at the age of 88 years. Sam was born in the Ukraine in 1925 and immigrated to Canada as a small child, with his siblings and parents who bought a homestead in Saskatchewan. In 1951, he married Gladys Poletz and bought a farm in the Queen Mary District in Saskatchewan. Here they raised their five children. Sam farmed until 1979, when he semi-retired and moved to Bentley, Alberta. In 1997, they moved to Red Deer and eventually he moved to the Michener Extendicare Centre, where he resided until his passing. Sam’s loves in life were his family, his farm and his sports. He had no greater pride than watching his children play slo-pitch and tried never to miss a son’s or grandson’s hockey game. The morning sun was in her eyes The evening fire his hair Mom and Dad raised us five kids Their lives with us to share. Sam will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Gladys; his three sons, Don (Lori) of Victoria, British Columbia, Jeff (Hali) of Abbotsford, British Columbia and Dale (Carman) of Red Deer; his daughters, Wendy (Brian) Evanyshyn of Bentley, Alberta and Sandra (Bruce) Salomons of Red Deer; seven grandchildren, Colin, Chris, Gayle, Selina, Jesse, Adam and Kristen and nine great grandchildren. A Private Family Gathering will be held at a later date. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Holmes, Amanda, Mike and the staff of Michener Extendicare Centre. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
PETKAU Marion ‘Shirley’ Petkau passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at the Northcott Care Centre in Ponoka, AB. Shirley, one of 6 daughters, was born in Flintoft, SK on June 5, 1940 to William and Margaret Roberton. Shirley married Jerry Petkau on May 3, 1957 and together they had three children. In 1973 Shirley, Jerry and their three children moved to Calgary where she worked for many years at the Calgary Coop. In 2003, Shirley and Jerry moved to Red Deer, AB. In 2011, due to health issues, Shirley was moved to the Northcott Care Centre in Ponoka, AB where she resided until her passing. Shirley was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Jerry, on June 7, 2013. She is survived by her daughter Brenda Lee and her husband Dale Peters, granddaughter Kelsey and her husband Adam Wilcott, great-grandsons Nixon and Rowan Wilcott and grandson Parker Peters all of Red Deer, AB; her son Bryant and his wife Susan of Quispamsis, NB, grandson Tyler and his wife Victoria of Gresham, OR and granddaughter Taryn and her partner Jim Dempster of Rothesay, NB; her son Blaine and his wife Kathy of Edmonton, AB. Shirley is also survived by four sisters; Erma Roberton of Herbert, SK, Norma St’Onge of Moose Jaw, SK, Julian Roberton of North Battleford, SK and Betty Ann (Barry) Nichol of Portage La Prairie, MB. She is as well survived by many nieces, nephews, friends and their respective families. She will be fondly remembered by all who knew her. Shirley was also predeceased by her parents, William and Margaret Roberton, her sister Joyce Hansen and an infant brother. A special thank you to the staff at the Northcott Care Centre in Ponoka, AB for their loving care and support during the time Shirley resided at the facility. At Shirley’s request there will be no memorial service. In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory may be sent to either the Northcott Care Centre, 4209 - 48 Avenue, Ponoka, AB, T4J 1P4 or the Alzheimer Society of Canada through their online website at www.alzheimer.ca.
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Card Of Thanks HOPKINS We would like to thank all those who expressed their love and condolences to us, since John’s passing on Thursday, July 18, 2014. We will miss him very much. His death has left us in extreme sadness. And thanks also to the staff of Unit 32 for the care and compassion they showed him in his last days. Thank you again from Betty Hopkins, mother, Sisters; Gladys, Gwen and Della
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WATTS With great sadness we announce the passing of Mildred Almeda Watts at the Innisfail Retirement home on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at the age of 99 years. Mildred was born on November, 27, 1914 to Harvey and Mary Rieter. She later married John Henery Watts and together resided 5 miles east of Lacombe AB. Mildred will be forever remembered by her loving children Mary (Dale) Cunningham, Norma Mathews, Donna Dykes, Wayne Watts, Patricia (Harold) Dell, Thomas Watts, William (Darlene) Watts, David (Marie) Watts, Douglas (Fran) Watts, 26 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, †6 great great grandchildren, †and all of the nieces and nephews. Mildred was predeceased by her parents, husband, sister and brother, as well as an infant son. Funeral service to be held at Wilson’s Funeral Home and Chapel, Lacombe Alberta, †on Monday, August 11, 2014 at 1 pm. Internment will follow at the Lacombe Cemetery. †In lieu of flowers, donations in Mildred’s honor may be made to the charity of your choice. Special thanks to the Canary staff for the care of our beloved mother† Mildred Watts.
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JJAM Management (1987) ACADEMIC Express Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s ADULT EDUCATION Requires to work at these AND TRAINING Red Deer, AB locations: IS NOW ACCEPTING 5111 22 St. APPLICATIONS FOR THE FALL START 37444 HWY 2 S FOLLOWING POSITIONS: 37543 HWY 2N Professional 700 3020 22 St. • Community Support TR3 Energy is at the Truck Driver FOOD ATTENDANT CERTIFIED QUALITY Worker Program forefront of reclamation Position Available Req’d permanent shift CONTROL/QUALITY and remediation in the oil www.ads-pipe.com weekend day and evening • GED Preparation & gas industry ASSURANCE both full and part time. Advanced Drainage Applicants qualifi cations 15 Vacancies, $10.88/hr. + Would you like to take the We are currently Systems, Inc., the world’s should include: benefits. Start ASAP. 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Email resume Everyday in Classifieds units and equipment, Own transportation a must. to: d.generationglass DRIVERS for furniture monitor inventories, Willing to work evenings, @platinum.ca Restaurant/ moving company, class 5 weekends & at other locations. loading of fluid trucks with or Fax: 403-886-5224 required (5 tons), local & various products for the Oil Please drop resume Hotel or Call 403-886-5221 long distance. Competitive & Gas industry. Will also in person to Jenny wages. Apply in person. be trained to blend various or fax to 403-340-8636 GOODMEN EAST 40TH PUB 6630 71 St. Bay 7 products supplied to our ROOFING LTD. Something for Everyone RQUIRES P/T COOK Red Deer. 403-347-8841 clients. Ideal candidate Requires Apply in person with resume Everyday in Classifieds would be from the trucking Fluid Experts Ltd. 3811 40th Ave. industry with fluid Hauling COMPANY req’s live in SLOPED ROOFERS Of Red Deer is seeking experience with class 1 retired maintenance LABOURERS experienced Tired of Standing? license. Fax resume w/all person for our apartment & FLAT ROOFERS Find something to sit on Class 1 Operators tickets and current drivers operations. Journeyman to join our team of drivers in Classifieds abstract to: plumbing exp. an asset. Valid Driver’s Licence hauling clean fluids for the 403-346-3112 or email to: Call Mike for preferred. Fax or email Oil & Gas Industry. roger@fluidexperts.com JJAM Management (1987) details 403-342-4923 info@goodmenroofing.ca Home most evenings, Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s or (403)341-6722 scheduled days off, Requires to work at these NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! company benefits with Advocate Red Deer, AB locations: exceptional pay structure WATER WELL DRILLING Opportunities 5111 22 St. that includes guarantied COMPANY IN BENTLEY 37444 HWY 2 S salary + hourly when REQ’S EXPERIENCED 37543 HWY 2N hauling. Must be able to WATER WELL 700 3020 22 St. work on their own with NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED Manager/Food Services DRILLERS HELPER minimal supervision. Permanent F/T shift. $18/hr. with class 3, air. All safety For Afternoon Delivery Fax resume w/all tickets 40 hrs/week, + benefits , 1 tickets required. 3 Days/Week and current drivers Vacancy, 2-3yrs. exp., Meal and Accommodation abstract to: (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.) criminal record check req’d, provided when out of town. 403-346-3112 or email to: Apply in person or fax Fax resume with drivers roger@fluidexperts.com resume to: 403-314-1303 GLENDALE abstract: 403-748-3015 Looking for a place Grimson Street & Goodall Ave. SHUNDA to live? Take a tour through the CONSTRUCTION CLASSIFIEDS Requires Full Time ORIOLE PARK
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Carpenters & Helpers
Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca
Shipper/Receiver
A local company requires an energetic person for shipper/receiver. Email resume to mark@aesreddeer.com
JOIN OUR TEAM! Based in Alberta/ TRICAN WELL SERVICE IS Canada’s largest pressure pumping company with operations in western Canada and around the world. Trican is founded on the principles of service excellence, operational safety and technical expertise, and we are proud to have received numerous accolades as a top employer.
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You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!
Otterbury Ave KENTWOOD Kerr Close & Kingston Dr.
RED DEER BASED TRUCKING COMPANY Looking for Class 1 Tank Truck Drivers & Pressure Truck Operators. Exc. benefits package & top industry wages. Please fax resume to: 403-346-3766
For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308
wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430
lf you are a motivated, service-oriented team player with excellent attention to detail we invite you to apply for the following positions:
To Advertise Your Business or Service Here
Call Classifieds 403-309-3300
Fracturing Crew Bus, Cement Bulk, Cement Operators EXPERIENCE & SKILLS: • Valid Class l license preferred; fewer than 6 demerit points • Pressure pumping experience is preferred • Physically fit- heavy lifting required • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
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is currently taking resumes for experienced Production Testing 3844 EASTWOOD CRES. Personnel MOVING & GARAGE SALE buyer for items you want to Email resume to: Wed. 6th 2-8, Thurs. 7th & sell is with a Red Deer rdzubaroffice@telus.net Fri. 8th 9-8, Sat. 9th 9-3. Advocate want ad. Phone or fax to (403)346-9420. Household furn., tools, etc. 309-3300. Must have all valid tickets.
Oilfield
Oilfield
classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com
WHAT MAKES US ATTRACTIVE: • Values-driven organization • Full coverage benefits program • Global technical leader within our industry • Focus on safety, training and development • Career advancement opportunities • RRSP matching program • Health Spending Account
Accounting
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Contractors
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Home Reno’s INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS DALE’S Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351
Eavestroughing
WORKING CONDITIONS: • 15 days on/ 6 days off, on call 24 hour basis • Must live near base of employment • Pre-employment medical testing required • Working in all weather conditions 427920H8
Cleaning
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SINCERE HOUSEKEEPING. Weekly, bi weekly housekeeping services. move in/outs also available. Reasonable rates. Very thorough, reliable and trustworthy. References on request. Contact Debbie at 403-702-0503
Contractors
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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550
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EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822 GUTTERS, soffit, 403-391-2169
Massage Therapy
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FANTASY MASSAGE
Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445
MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME fascia 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161
VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see Escorts why we are the talk of the town. KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car www.viimassage.com
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ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, or cutting small trees? Call James 403-341-0617
Misc. Services
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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888
International ladies
Now Open
Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds
Handyman Services
Painters/ Decorators
Roofing
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PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. 403-896-4869 RE-ROOFING Specialist Quality work at an affordable price. 10 yrs. exp. 403-350-7602
Seniors’ Services
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HELPING HANDS
Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.
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5* JUNK REMOVAL
Window Cleaning
CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned. BBB member. 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca
ROBUST Cleaning Services WINDOW CLEANING outside/inside. Free quotes. 403-506-4822
Property clean up 340-8666
RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 D3
the n o d e t is l e l ic h e v r u Get yo
ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT
DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
1966 FORD Mustang Coupe appraised $15,500. Runs good. Would like at least $9500 403-391-3456
DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
2004 DODGE DAKOTA 4x4 Good shape. $5700. 403-598-4131
1985 BUICK Riviera. Original paint, fully loaded, sunroof, exc. shape. 2nd owner. Immaculate interior. 158,000 km. $3750 obo. 403-347-3950
DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $24,500 obo. 403-347-1050 or 304-4580
1988 23’ TIOGA 460 Ford motor, exc. cond. low kms. $6900, obo **SOLD**
2001 SILVERADO 4x4, 8500 winch, snow tires, topper, $6500 obo. ***SOLD***
DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
1989 GMC SIERRA Auto 350, s/b, no rust. Glass exc. 144,000km $4900. 403-340-8950
2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, very good cond. 182,000 km. $6500 obo 403-343-2058
1991 ALLEGRO-BAY 29’. Class A, 35,000 miles, Generator, AC, Rear Bed, Exc. Cond. $10,000 obo. Call 403-442-3837
2002 FORD Dynamax
1994 CHEV Z71 e/c, fuel tank c/w 12V pump, tool box, runs good. 361,000 km. $4000 obo 403-343-2058
DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
1997 SKIDSTEER Case 1840, only 3300 hrs. $15,500. 587-679-1000
2003 HONDA 450, 4x4 $3800. obo **SOLD**
1998 CHRYSLER AWD
2003 WINDSTAR LX, fully loaded, very good cond. $3500. 403-755-2867
Town N` Country, 7 pass., 199,000 kms., command start, hitch, special mag whls. $1500 403-340-3681
6 DAYS IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE 1 FRIDAY FORWARD 2 CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE
2 FREE SALE SIGNS AND TIP SHEET
IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN’T SELL THE FIRST WEEK, THE 2ND WEEK IS HALF PRICE!
TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
2004 TITANIUM
DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
2007 Dutchman Express 26’ Class C 12,800 Miles
2008 KUSTOM KOACH 24.5’ exc. cond, 1 owner, 110 Watt solar panel, 1 slide, $19,900 403-986-3834
DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
Slide, Generator, air, V10, $40,000 403 782 4207
2009 AEROLITE Dutchmen rear slide, dbl. bunks, queen bed, A/C, couch, table, awning. $16,900 obo. 403-347-5947
2011 F150 XLT Supercab, Exc. cond. 403-347-5078
2007 LINCOLN MKX, fully loaded, under 105,000 kms., $16,900. obo. ** SOLD **
DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
2012 CAMARO 2SS Coupe 5500 km. Loaded. $41,900. 403-350-6434
2006 CHARGER Daytona RT, limited addition, #3 of only 250 made, loaded w/leather, low kms., top banana color. $16,995. 403-350-4588
ULTIMATE TRUCK CAMPER 2007 Okanagan 117 DBL - 2 Slides, Sleeps 6, Full bath & kitchen. Queen. Huge. Mint $24,250 obo 403-620-8106
2009 KEYSTONE Passport Ultralite 29 ft Reduced, 1 slide, dbl. bunks, queen bed, A/C. See Kijiji Ad ID 548133556 $19,000. 403-343-1043
2012 CHEV, 4x4, loaded, $23,300. **SOLD**
DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
PRISTINE 2007 Special Edition Mazda Miata MX5. 97,000 km, $15,000 firm 343-3208, 506-3047 cell
$12,900. trades cons.
2012 FORD FOCUS titanium hatchback, no GST, private sale $14,250 obo 403-227-5123
2006 KAWASAKI, ZZ-R250 black, 2468 kms., never dropped, lady driven. $3500. obo 403-340-1936
2007 SUZUKI Boulevard 1400 cc, 11,383 km. Well maint. Black & lots of chrome, white wall tires & saddle bags, bike cover & bike jack incl. $5000. **SOLD**
2009 SMART FORTWO 11,970 KM’s. Silver, c/w a hitch plate & wired to be towed behind a Motorhome. Very good shape. $10,500. 403-347-6817 or 357-0919
2013 GMC 2500 HD 4x4, 36,000 kms., Duramax Diesel $42,300. 587-679-1000
137,000 kms, fully loaded, sunroof, diesel, auto, $11,900
2006 VW Jetta TDI
403-346-1392 340-9068
2007 VW CITY GOLF. Blue, heated seats, winter tires, 205,000 km. $5500 403-782-5617
DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.
2014 GMC, S/B, Loaded, z71, $34,300. 587-679-1000
2007 CHEV Aveo. 80,000 km. $4950 403-348-1382
2008 AVALANCHE, leather Z71, $16,400. 403-391-9662
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2007 FLEETWOOD
Regal, 355RL. Exc. cond., 1 owner, loaded, lots of extras $32,500.00 obo. Daryl (403)256-0025
2009 RANGER XLT 4x4, 70,000 kms., exc. shape, 403-598-0682
2010 Ford Explorer
Limited, 4.6L, V8, 112,000 kms., fully loaded, leather, DVD, every option, $20,500. 403-318-5505
8th Annual Fall Finale Collector Car Auction Sept. 19-20 Westerner Park, R.D. Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event. Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGauctions.com
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403 309-3300
CALL AND ONE OF OUR SALES SPECIALISTS CAN PUT YOU ON THE FAST TRACK TO SELL YOUR VEHICLE.
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(B Plus) 25’, 25,000 mi. A1 cond., E450, V10, loaded, rear 3 pc bath, power bed slide-out. $31,500. 587-876-2308
DO YOU HAVE VEHICLE ACCESSORIES
D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014
Rain, humidity help crews fight wildfires CALIFORNIA
THOUGH MORE LIGHTNING EXPECTED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BURNEY, Calif. — Thunderstorms that brought light rain and increased humidity to Northern California helped fire crews make progress Tuesday against two wildfires that were threatening hundreds of homes, but also raised the possibility of new lightning-sparked blazes in the region. The two fires were burning in the Lassen National Forest. The smaller of the two was within sight of the small Shasta County town of Burney, though officials said it remained about 6.4 km away after showing almost no growth overnight. The small town of 3,000 was filled with smoke from the blaze, but businesses were open as usual. Flames at the top of a mountain crest were no longer visible from a nearby vista point. Crews increased containment on the nearly 116-square-km blaze from 10 to 20 per cent. The fire has destroyed eight homes and was threatening a little more than 700 others, some of which were evacuated. The nearby Bald Fire, which has burned through 160 square km, forced the evacuation of about a dozen homes. Containment on that fire jumped from
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Misc. Help
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Misc. Help
TURPLE BROS. LTD.
LUBE TECH
wanted for busy dealership, possible chance for advancement. Fax resume to 341-5066
Is taking resumes for: Accessories Dept. with experience in clothing or power sport industry. F/T positions avail. Please email resume to HR Department brenda@turplebros.ca Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT
Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.
RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex. Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration. Fax to 403-346-5786 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.
SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Sat. & Sun. 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue
Advocate Opportunities
wegot
stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990
Building Supplies
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SOLID CORE CEDAR CLAD, 2’ DOOR W/FRAME. Possibly sauna/cabin. $100. 403-227-2976
Advocate Opportunities
NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
20 per cent to 30 per cent overnight, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Jim Mackensen said. He said officials were looking to lift the evacuations, though he didn’t know when residents might be allowed to return home. More lightning was forecast for the area, though Mackensen said he was hopeful the rain and damp conditions would prevent the blazes from starting fires. The Eiler and Bald fires began within a day of each other and expanded ferociously through drought-killed or weakened trees and brush. The Bald Fire was sparked by lightning, but it’s unclear what ignited the Eiler blaze near Burney. The summer wildfires didn’t come as a surprise. Fire officials had been warning of dangerous conditions because of the drought. But the speed and fury of the Eiler Fire was disconcerting and terrifying, some evacuees said Monday at a shelter set up at a local school. “Trees were just exploding,” said Dennis Hoffman, who left the community of Cassel last week as flames roared through forests on either side of his home. “It was like a big monster — just unbelievable, how bad it was.” More than a dozen wildfires are burning in the state.
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Children's Items
FISHER PRICE TOYS, 2 houses, 2 schools, 1 garage, 1 school bus, 1 stove top. All for $175. 403-343-1503
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Clothing
DESIGNER SIMON CHANG SUMMER HAT (Dress hat - weddings & special occasions) - Hot pink. 22” size. $50 403-227-2976
Farmers' Market
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SASKATOON BERRIES, east of 30th Ave on Hwy 11. Open Mon. - Fri. 9-9, Sat. & Sun. 9-6. 4L U-pick $13. We pick $25 403-318-2074
Firewood
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AFFORDABLE
Homestead Firewood
Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 CHOPPED POPLAR - free, you pick up. Very close to Red Deer. 403-392-8385. VINTAGE WEDDING DRESS. Ivory brocade w/ Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. detachable train. XS - Size 4. Price depends on location. $200. 403-227-2976 Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
EquipmentHeavy
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
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Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
Garden Supplies
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WELDING cart with hoses and gauges $180 403-505-3113
GARDEN HOSES on Wheeled Reels (2). $25. Each. 403-343-1503 LAWNMOWER rear bag,6.5 B & S motor, 1 yr. old $190. 403-314-0804
Advocate Opportunities
Advocate Opportunities
Tools
Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A firefighter with the Anderson, Calif., Fire Protection District douses hot spots left behind by the Eiler Fire along Highway 89 on Monday, near Burney, Calif. Firefighters were focusing on two wildfires near each other in Northern California that have burned through more than 258 square km of terrain. Elsewhere in the West: ● Cooler temperatures and scattered showers helped firefighters hold the line on the Oregon Gulch fire in the Siskiyou Mountains straddling the Oregon-California border. The fire remains at 147 square km and is 30 per cent contained. ● Residents of 14 homes near Leav-
Household Appliances
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FRIDGE, Kenmore 21 cu ft. 8 yrs. old, black, $200 o.b.o. 403-343-2754
Household Furnishings
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TO GIVE AWAY loveseat and sofa, blue 403-340-2947
WANTED
Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS
Misc. for Sale
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4X8 DYNAMO COIN OP POOL TABLE & Various Arcade & Pop Machines. Call 403-314-0594 9000 BTU AIR CONDITIONER. 12.25”x19” $75. 403-782-7439 DANBY DE-HUMIDIFIER, $150. 403-782-7439 LADIES RIGHT HAND GOLF CLUBS AND BAG $90. 403-342-7107 LAST one! Blackfoot Medicine Man’s shield 18 x 36” $75. 403-347-7405 PLAIN Indian Teepee 4’ diameter fur rug (composed of 100’s of fur pieces) $200. 403-347-7405
BOWER AREA
CARRIERS REQUIRED
Bunn Cres. Baile Close Boyce Street Byer Close Barrett Drive Bell Street Baker Ave. Broughton Cres. Brookes Cres. Beatty Cres.
To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:
SKATEBOARD HELMET. New, worn once. Large, matte black, Protec. $58 new, asking $20. 403-309-7787
Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake
SKATEBOARD HELMET. New, worn once. Large, matte black, Protec. $58 new, asking $20. 403-309-7787
For more information or to apply, please call Ashley at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4316
Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307
VITAMIX BLENDER, $200. 403-782-7439
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ANDERS INGLEWOOD MORRISROE AND VANIER AREAS Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the
ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For morning delivery of the ADVOCATE Delivery by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/week in:
BEAUTIFUL kittens, variety of colors, pink, peach, white, etc. desperately needing loving homes. 403-782-3130 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds
GLENDALE
RED DEER ADVOCATE 6 Days a week! Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie
KENTWOOD Call Joanne 403-314-4308 for more information
Phone 403-314-4301
3 days per week, no weekends
CARRIERS REQUIRED
ROUTES IN:
To deliver the
ANDERS AREA
CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS
Alexander Cres. Ashley Ave/Ashley Close Andrews Close Archer Drive/Austin Dr. Anquetel/Atlee Close Allsop Ave/Atlee St. Allison Cres MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave SUNNYBROOK AREA Sunnyside Cres. Savoy Cres./Sydney Close Sutton Close Sherwood Cres. & Stirling Close LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Dr. also Lister Cres. & Lockwood Ave. also Ladwig Close Lund Close VANIER AREA Vanier East Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************
TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300
GREAT Dane Border Collie X puppy, 1st. shots, dewormed, $200 403-429-0519
Sporting Goods
CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS
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Dogs
1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS
Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303
ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW AREA Castle Cres, Clark Cres. area $71/mo.
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GOLF BAG WITH MISC. CLUBS. $100. For more info call 403-314-0804 LADIES RIGHT HAND GOLF CLUBS AND BAG $90. 403-342-7107
Travel Packages
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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now. Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!
Wedding Supplies
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VINTAGE WEDDING DRESS. Ivory brocade w/ detachable train. XS - Size 4. $200. 403-227-2976 Start your career! See Help Wanted
Comfort Close, Connell Close, Chappell Drive area Chism Close, Cunningham Cres area $115/mo. WOODLEA AREA
AGRICULTURAL
CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290
47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $175./mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306
Horses
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WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912
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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS
FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390
Houses/ Duplexes
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2 BDRM. main Ár. Close to RDC & Hospital. $1100/mo. utils. incl. N/S, no pets. Avail. Aug. 15. 403-341-0156
Condos/ Townhouses
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3 BDRM, 1.5 bath townhouse for over 40 yr old employed tenants. 6appls, private yard & parking, 1 small pet with additional Sec. Dep. of $500. Quiet people, no drugs, no partiers, no police etc. At #9, 15 Stanton Street, Sunnybrook. Rent & S.D. $1400/mo. 403-341-4627. 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
Suites
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enworth, Washington, have been advised to evacuate while crews keep a wary eye on winds near the 65-acre Hansel Fire. Crews in Washington were also worried the Duncan Fire outside of Entiat could grow. The Hansel and Duncan fires are part of the Chiwaukum complex that has covered about 67 square km.
Housesitting Wanted
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2 BDRM. N/S, no parties, no pets. $850 rent/d.d. 403-346-1458 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park. Mike 403-350-1620 403-986-6889 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
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
Rooms For Rent
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CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Furn. $550. 403-466-7979 ROOM TO RENT 403-350-4712
Offices
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homes CLASSIFICATIONS
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SHOP/OFFICE, 1500 sq. ft. $1000 Phil 403-350-0479
Storage Space
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2012 CAMARO 2SS Coupe 5500 km. Loaded. $41,900. 403-350-6434 2008 PONTIAC G6. New tires, brakes & battery. Ready to go. $7000. 403-346-6470
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Realtors & Services
4010 2006 VW Jetta TDI 137,000 kms, fully loaded,sunroof, diesel, auto, $11,900 403-346-1392 340-9068 2003 DODGE Neon loaded safetied 403-352-6995 2001 BUICK LeSabre drk. red exc. cond. 403-352-6995
HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net
Houses For Sale
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1999 PONTIAC SunÀre 4 dr. auto, v. clean 403-318-3040
SUV's
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2008 BLACK BMW X5 full load, 75,500 kms, $30,750 NO GST 403-340-9577
Trucks
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CUSTOM BUILT
NEW HOMES by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com
2004 DODGE Dakota 4x4 Good shape. $5700. 403-598-4131
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
Condos/ Townhouses
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NEW CONDO
1996 FORD Ranger 4wd, auto, $4175 403-304-1082
Vans Buses
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Nature calls on the run It was on the fourth day of my brand new jogging routine that I ran into some problems. A flock of vicious demon birds, otherwise known as crows, attacked me as I walked down their street. (I call it jogging, but it seems to be 90 percent fast paced walking, 10 percent LINDSAY struggling to BROWN look cool while I hobble onwards ME PLUS THREE while loosely resembling a running motion.) Anyways I was not aware that these feathered feigns were territorial, but it didn’t take long after they began venomously swooping at me while shrieking in their horrid ways to figure it out. The black beasts forced me into an actual run to quickly get the heck out of dodge. The crows don’t get to me though as the next morning I get up and start out again with a positive outlook. This morning I run rather than fast pace walk and that brings my confidence as
a newbie jogger up considerably. I am passing other joggers and giving the ol’ good morning nod and a smile. I am feeling victorious, not even a blasted bird could bring me down at this point. I am a decent ways away from the house when it hits me. That stomach churning, gut wrenching, intestine twisting feeling…I have to go. It is not one of those easy to hold in until you get back to the house kind of BM’s. No it is a- clearly you have some sort of flu bug because your rectum feels like it is about to projectile vomit kind of BM. It is 5:30 in the morning. I am in the middle of town- 20 minutes away from my home. And there are definitely no public restrooms open at this ungodly hour. Damn this crack of dawn inclination of mine! I turn around briskly, I’m going to be okay. I hop into a run but quickly realize that running is a terrible idea; only worsening the need to vacate my bowels. I resume my fast paced walk while clenching my buttocks so tight I celebrate in the fact I am getting a gluteus workout in as well. Currently I am still at the point in which I can joke with myself. Soon that will all change. Now when I pass other joggers I only give them a quick sideways glance- I cannot focus on anything at this time
other than keeping what I can only assume is explosive diarrhea in my body until I receive a toilet. A cold sweat has covered the entirety of my epidermis. This is not from the workout I’ve just pandered to. My heart pounds, my head aches, and the constant reminder that I have to ‘release’ pulsates in my throbbing nether region. I know it has gotten perilous when I start scoping out trees and discreet corners to relieve my crying out colon…But In the small part of my brain that is still thinking rationally I know that I must not poo on public property like a dog. I don’t even have a bag with me. I finally make it to the path behind my house. I am on the home stretch now and if only I can hold…it…in…a… little…longer… I am now doubled over desperately trying to hold in the substance that will soon start slowly trickling out of my sphincter, when a town worker who is watering flowers approaches me. She begins to say something but my blinders are on and all I am seeing is HOME. I uncurl myself and move forward, snubbing the caring bystander. I walk with surprising vigor as I now move upon two stiff unbending legs. At this point I am frightened that any
loose action will give way to the surging stream of loose stools that I am so desperately trying to hold in. Why me? Why now? I’m just trying to be a healthy person, why am I being punished? As I reach the last stretch of the path I see the one thing that could make me full out discharge here and now. The crows. They are waiting for me. Blocking that last bit of route I must stiffly amble down to get to my beloved bathroom. They begin squawking at me. They begin swooping lower attempting to ward me off with some sort of warriorcrow ambush. Then it happens, I unexpectedly think of my children and all the times I’ve reprimanded them for soiling their pants. My sudden shame is all too palpable. Maybe just maybe ‘excitement and not wanting to miss a thing’ is their ‘crows’ in life. And it is in that self-sullying moment that I realize sometimes, accidents do just happen. Here and now I vow I will never again prematurely chastise my children’s accidents. After all you never know when a ‘crow’ might just pop up from around the bend. Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.
Feeling camera shy? the same characters – shot over a 10 to 15 year period – I could watch these children (the girls in particular) become less and less comfortable in front “I don’t know,” she replied. “I no of the camera. longer have a projector to While many of the men watch the films.” seemed to grow slightly unI had been asking my comfortable – smiling nercousin, Martha about an vously and looking away – old Super 8 movie she and most of the women tried to her husband had shot at our hide their faces with their family farm when I was a hands, some blushed and kid. I remembered being looked away, while others about 12 at the time. Marbecame angry, got up and tha was certain she still had walked out of the scene. the old film but explained Something happened bethere were dozens of films tween childhood and adultstored away in her attic, but hood to make them camerawithout a projector, she had shy. no way of isolating the speCamera-shyness refers to cific film in question. anyone who is unwilling to MURRAY “Why don’t you send be photographed. them all to me,” I suggestFUHRER According to research ed, “And I’ll convert them that I’ve read on the topic, to DVD.” it’s also common for people I had no idea how I was who are camera shy to fear going to do it but it soundpublic speaking and pered like a fair trade. Martha forming in front of an audiagreed and within a few weeks, a card- ence, especially if it requires taking board box chock full of old movies ar- pictures. rived on my doorstep. I sat down and Why is it many people – women in watched all the films including the particular – shy away from the camera, one in question – shot in our old dairy while children can’t get enough attenbarn. tion? It was a delight to see the old footI remember my own daughters age and all the relatives now gone. It (when young) being giddy with excitewas amusing to see myself mugging for ment when I brought out the video the camera. It was then I noticed some- camera. thing interesting. After being recorded, they couldn’t While I was happy to be in front of wait to watch the playback on the TV. the lens – obviously relishing the atten- Later when my daughters were teenagtion – most people looked uncomfort- ers and, later still, young women, they able. Others put hands up to hide their wanted nothing to do with having their faces or tried desperately to blend into pictures taken. the background. Today, having developed healthy It was then I noticed something else. self-esteem, they’re comfortable again Most of the children in the films were with having me snap a shot or two. happy to be on camera – especially the A successful advertising campaign girls. was actually built around the question: Each was laughing, playing and when did you stop thinking you were generally enjoying the experience. In beautiful? one scene, a little girl smiled broadly Creators of the campaign suggested and giggled uncontrollably as she tried that for many women self-esteem dito blow out the candles on her birthday minishes with age as a belief is born cake while a puppy (perhaps a birth- that they are no longer attractive and day gift) licked her face. worthy. And as many of the films featured The discovery of self is an ongoing
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process. We are constantly reassessing how we feel about ourselves as individuals. Understandably, that assessment includes contrasting ourselves with accepted social norms with regard to appearance. In our modern world, there are many examples of what is considered beautiful from which to draw such comparisons. Disfavour about our appearance speaks to a deeper need for love, acceptance and approval. If we don’t feel worthy and deserving – if we can’t find something beautiful about ourselves – then our self-esteem will plummet and a downward spiral of self-disdain may result. It’s an easy trap to fall into – focusing only on perceived inadequacies and failings. I’m too tall, I’m too short, I’m too skinny, I’m too heavy. And the sad truth is, the more we focus on these perceived inadequacies, the more we find them and the less satisfied we become. We begin to think of ourselves as deeply flawed individuals. We don’t want to have our image captured in a picture or on video because we see it as a tangible confirmation of our imperfection. If you want to shift this way of thinking, my advice is simple: celebrate what you like about yourself instead of focusing on what you don’t. And yes, that is easier said than done. Start by recognizing and minimizing negative self-talk. Listen carefully to what it is you say to yourself.
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A long time coming for Adamson BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF
Lee Adamson may have been nipped out at the line in the dash for cash,, but the blow was softened by y wrapping pp ng up his second North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship — 20 years after the first — at the Westerner Days on Sunday. The Camrose driver’s overall time of six minutes, 32.43 3 seconds was 3.06 06 se sseconds econds nds ffas fa fastast err than th han an n Nei Neil Sa N Salm Salmond S Salmond of We Weekes Sask. es, Sask in i the Uncle Ben’s ’s RV outfit, o who did win the final race and $4,500 cheque with a time of 1:16.91. “It’s always special to win a big show like this,” said Addamson on nw who was drivi driving ng the AA-1 Rentals rig. “The b Re best est of the best are here in Re Red d Deer and you always want to show ow welll in a show ho like tthis this.” .” ” Adamson mson held a le lead off 3.36 lea seconds ds after four heats heats, a an almost insurmounta insurmountab insurmountable le lead as long ass he ran ra a c clean lean fina final race ace but the he e compet com competitor itor it tor in him did not want ant to p pla play y sa safe safe. “You You know ow w when you’ y you’re re e in a heat like e that, you you u want to S iit|| win the show, how, ow ||butHOME y you ou u throw balls alls out, S SPORT type thi thing. ng.. You wan want n to o make sure ey you’re right ig ther there with th the boys ys and m make ake it a good od d show,” he said said.. Even bigger for Adamson Ada Adamson, mson, n 46, was the chance to watch tch hiss son develop dev overr the week. ove wee
Cole Adamson, 18, was driving his grandfather’s — Ray Adamson — Pidherny’s wagon in Red Deer, the third event this year he’s had the chance to do o so. After a couple of tough penalties knocked him out of contention the first couple of days, he was one of the fastest drivers over the last three heats. The proud papa says he will will be the new w full-tim full-t full-time ll-tim time driv d driver off that tth hat wagon h wag n going w wago g fo fforward. rw rward rward. w d “He’s He s come He’s com co a long g w ways,” ays, ays,” said aid d Adamson Ad d on of his son. sson “It’s It’s his first yea yearr wagon driving, but he’s going to be a good driver, there’s no question there. We figure if we can get him the good horses he’ll do the e rest.” Adamson amson was the sixth six ranked driver in the the All-pro Canadian nadian Chuck Chuckwagon and Chuckw n Chariot hariot Association standhario s tandings ngs g heading into tthis his i past week with w strong sh showings owings gss in Grande G rande Prairie, Sad Saddle dle L Lake and Ponoka. a. With hi hiss win i at the N Ph tto b Photo North American Pony by JO JOSH JOS OSSH H ALDRICH/Adv ALDRICH/ ALDRICH/Advocate d ocate st staff Camrose’s Lee L Adamson Adamson is awarded the North American Pony Chuckwa Chuckwagon Chuckwa uckwagon a Champion Championships, Chuckwagons huckwagons ships, gons ons Cha Championship ha ampionship troph am trophy Days on Sunday afternoon Da he should ld jump up a few more at Westerner Days afternoon n in Red Deer. Deer. It was De as his second s nd d North Nor Nort rth h Ameri ENT American can title, title places. w nning previously previously in 1994. 1 ENTERTAINM winning ||d place In third FOOD pla was defenden ing champion champio h and eight-time Rounding unding ing out the to me top p 10 of Elizabeth El E Métis Settlement Services ervices es in R Ro Rocky ocky M champ mp Keith Mountain ountain K Wood ou outt of were Louis iss Johner o off MayM (The The he Pipe Yard in Blackfalds, Saddle House, 1:18.11 dl La Lake in the Westock 1:18.11,6:42.68 1:18. 1:18.1 11 1 ,6:42 .68 total), tock erthorpe (Paradise se RV in Red 1:17.79 Sunday, 6.3 6.37.58 7.58 58 total), Frame & Wh Wheel Align Alignment Deer, er, 1:17.43 on Sunday, m ment Chan ance Th Thomson T Sunday homson of Alnday, 6:31.13 6:31 13 Brian B i Miller of Drumhell- and Chance Ltd. L t rig in Red D Dee Deerr at 6:36.22, al), Gary Thiel 2, total), Thie h of Sherwood tss (PureC (PureChem (Pure (Pur d er (Westerner Park Board der Flats reC Chem Services, while Sedgewick’s C w Curtis urtis Hogg Park (Pumps & Pressure Inc. o of Directors, 1.17. Su unday, un y, 6 1.17.73 6:43.66 :43.66 total). 73 Sunday, 1:20.53 Sunday, was fourth at 6:36. was 6:36.2 6:36.23 23 in the Kel- in Red ed Deer, 1.18.0 1.18.07 7 Sunday, 6:40.22 total), Eckville’s Marjaldrich@red jaldrich@redd ja jaldrich@reddeeradvocate. ich ch@redd h@redd dd lough ough Enterprises d eeeradv ocate. p IInc. nc. wagon. 6.37.42 total), a Kev al Kevin in n Desjarlais vin Hubl (Eldorado Pressure com
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