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TABER NOT ONLY COMMUNITY BANNING SWEARING, SPITTING

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Red Deer Rebel Wyatt Johnson fights off Saskatoon Blade Chasetan Braid off during first period action at the Centrium in Red Deer Wednesday night. See related story on page B1.

Province failing to regulate dams

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT

EDMONTON — Alberta’s environment minister says despite a scathing report from the auditor general on dam oversight, the province’s barriers are safe.

Kyle Fawcett said dams identified as having potential for “very high” or “extreme” consequences are inspected annually.

“Albertans can feel confident that dams in their province are built, maintained and operated in a manner that is aligned with national and international standards,” Fawcett told reporters Wednesday. “(But) we do agree with the auditor general that we must improve the transparency through more effective record keeping and reporting.”

Auditor General Merwan Saher, in a new report, stated the province is failing to properly regulate its network of dams and, in fact, doesn’t even know how many dams it has.

“We found that critical elements of a well-functioning regulator are either not being performed or evidence is lacking that processes are being carried out as intended,” said Saher in the report.

There are an estimated 1,500 dams in Alberta

varying in size, including tailings dams used in the mining industry.

Saher said the province has particularly fallen down when it comes to monitoring coal mine tailings ponds.

He said most of the ponds have not been inspected since the 1980s or 1990s and that the department did not have on file any of the safety reviews for those 22 structures.

He noted the dam that was breached at the Obed Mountain Mine site in 2013 was not even registered as a dam even though it met the requirements.

About 670 million litres of waste spilled into the Athabasca River from that spill.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley called that nothing short of “negligence.”

“The Obed mine was the second biggest coal spill in the history of this country,” said Notley.

“It seriously contaminated the Athabasca River and forced a number of major communities to stop drawing water from it.

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Municipal bylaws that lay out fines for swearing, yelling, spitting and gathering of groups of three or more people are common in Alberta and not isolated to the Town of Taber.

While Taber recently passed a bylaw banning these actions, Red Deer has had a similar law on the books since 2007. As have Sylvan Lake, Lacombe, Rocky Mountain House and Innisfail. The Town of Olds has a similar community standards bylaw in front of its town council.

Passed on Feb. 12, 2007, Red Deer’s community standards bylaw outlines fines for such offences as yelling, screaming or swearing; spitting; being a member of an assembly and failing to disperse as requested by peace officer; bullying and breaching curfew.

Located near Lethbridge, the small Town of Taber made headlines this week for a bylaw approved on March 5 that bans swearing, spitting and the assembly of three or more people in a public place.

The bylaw has many similar measures to one Red Deer passed more than eight years ago.

For Red Deer fines range from $75 for a first offence of spitting to $10,000 for a drinking establishment making noise on the third and subsequent offences.

Offences such as swearing, yelling or screaming in public in Red Deer can lead to a fine of $150 for the first offence, $250 for the second offence within the same year or $500 for the third and subsequent offences within the same year.

Peace officers, inspections and licensing manager, or a compliance officer can also ask groups of three or more persons to disperse where they have “reasonable grounds to believe the assembly will disturb the peace.” Subsequent fines range from $250 for the first offence to $750 for the third offence in the same year.

The bylaw also provides fines and rules around panhandling, loitering, fighting, urinating, littering, car repairs in a public place, graffiti and making noise. Innisfail’s similar bylaw was passed in 2010.

Sylvan Lake and Rocky Mountain House passed theirs in 2012. Lacombe passed theirs in 2013.

Olds’s community standards bylaw is in the draft stage now. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

AESRD working to protect bats from deadly fungus

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta is still keeping an eye out for a deadly disease that is killing off bats in North America.

White-nose syndrome, caused by a fungus that only affects bats that hibernate in caves, is in Eastern Canada and slowly spreading west.

First discovered in New York State in 2006, the fungus irritates bats, causing them to wake up during winter hibernation. Without insects, their food source, the bats then starve to death.

The fungus is not harmful to humans but is believed it can be spread by humans.

Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development is involved in a bat population monitoring program, as well as working with members of the caving community to develop decontamination protocol for clothing and equipment used in caves to minimize the risk of transferring the fungal spores.

Wapibi Cave northwest of Nordegg and Cadomin Cave, near Hinton in Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park, are also closed to the public.

AESRD says the best way to help protect Alberta’s bats is to keep the fungus out of Alberta for as long

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Todd Nivens, Kerry Wood Nature Centre’s program co-ordinator, said in the Red Deer area, it’s mostly big and little brown bats, which do hibernate, that help keep insects like mosquitoes in check.

“Bats are awesome. It’s not just people that insects can become a problem for. Insects can parasitize birds and other mammals,” Nivens said on Wednesday about the web-winged mammals that eat their body weight in insects each evening.

“I think if you took bats out of the equation, you’d have a considerably bigger mosquito issue.”

Bats return to the Red Deer area, along with insects, in late May or early June.

As long as the local bat population remains healthy, people can help bats play a role in the local ecosystem by installing bat houses, like those available at Kerry Wood Nature Centre, in their yards.

“The benefits of bats outweigh any unsubstantiated fears people might have about them,” Nivens said. “You can have them in your neighbourhood, you can have them in your backyard, and you essentially won’t interact with them. They are truly nocturnal. They will sleep the day away.”

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Todd Nivens, programs coordinator at the Waskasoo Environmental Education Society shows off a preserved Little Brown Bat and a bat box that can house over 200 of the flying mammals.

Businesses expect a slower stampede With lower oil prices, the mood to celebrate has been subdued and businesses could take a hit this year.

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UN wants more funding from Canada for next phase of Ebola fight OTTAWA — The United Nations wants Canada to contribute another $25 million to $50 million to help the international efforts to eliminate Ebola in West Africa.

That’s because while great progress has been made in slowing Ebola’s outbreak, it needs to be fully eliminated in the human population to prevent it from flaring up again.

Two senior UN officials are in Ottawa this week to deliver that message to the Harper government as they try to get an additional commitment on top of the $110 million Canada has already contributed.

Some 9,900 people have died across Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea since last year’s outbreak.

Dr. Bruce Aylward, the special representative for the UN World Health Organization’s Ebola response, says Canada has been a leading contributor, but is calling for another $25 million to $50 million.

David Nabarro, the special representative to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, is urging Canada to continue supporting the international effort because a large new outbreak is still possible.

After quitting cabinet, Baird leaving House of Commons for good on Monday OTTAWA — John Baird says he’ll step down as an MP as of Monday.

The former foreign affairs minister stunned political watchers last month when he resigned his cabinet post and said he’d be leaving politics entirely.

Baird’s resignation from the Commons ends a political career that started when he joined the Progressive Conservative youth wing.

The 45-year-old was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1995, and held a variety of posts in the Mike Harris Conservative government before jumping to the Commons in 2006.

In Ottawa, he became one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s most high-profile ministers.

He held a variety of portfolios, including environment, transport, infrastructure and government House leader before becoming foreign affairs minister in 2011.

He announced his departure Wednesday on Twitter.

“After 20 great years representing my community I will be stepping down as MP on March 16. It has been an honour to serve.”

Baird, with his roots in the Harris government, was one of the so-called blue Tories who supported the merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties.

He also supported Stephen Harper’s bid for the leadership of the new Conservative Party of Canada.

When he first came to the Commons he was seen as a loud, two-fisted partisan, always ready to shout down the opposition, but he seemed to mellow as time went on.

“I quickly learned, though, to make a difference — to really make a difference — you can’t be defined by partisanship, nor by ideology,” he told the Commons after he resigned from cabinet.

“You need instead to be defined by your values.”

New Democrat Paul Dewar acknowledged that sentiment at the time.

“As passionate as he can get, as partisan as he can get, and he can, he is also someone who reaches out,” Dewar said.

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DAMS: Missing “And to discover that the dam it breached had never been inspected by an official of this government? Somebody needs to be fired.”

Saher also said the department could not produce a current, comprehensive and consolidated listing of all dams, and that location information for 84 dams and consequence classifications for 956 dams was missing.

He noted that the province has a small staff of dam regulators that are “pulled in many directions” and that making much-needed improvements in the

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Glenda Perry, left, joined her mother Helen Christiansen, Margaret Wilkins and Karen Cazemier for a little knitting session Wednesday at the Community Care Cottages in Red Deer. The ladies along with the other residents at the seniors assisted living facility are knitting blankets for abandoned babies in Uganda. Cazemier, owner of Community Care Cottages has set up a home which will take in up to 20 babies in Kampala, Uganda that have been abandoned by their mothers. Families of residents at the Community Care Cottages have contributed to the house project in Uganda and 5-7 per cent of profits from the business in Red Deer have gone to help build the house as well says Cazemier. The project gives the residents a sense of purpose says Cazemier.

Pakistani accused of wanting to blow up U.S. consulate, buildings in Toronto

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Pakistani man Canadian authorities suspect of plotting to blow up the U.S. consulate and buildings in Toronto’s financial district and videotape the attacks was ordered kept in custody on Wednesday pending deportation.

Jahanzeb Malik, who came to Canada as a student in 2004, was ordered detained on “security grounds” following a hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board.

The Canada Border Services Agency arrested Malik, 33, on Monday in Toronto following a lengthy investigation by Canadian security and anti-terrorism personnel, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said in Ottawa.

At the hearing Wednesday, a lawyer for the immigration minister said an undercover RCMP officer befriended Malik.

“Malik attempted to radicalize the undercover officer by showing him videos apparently of (Islamic State) beheadings,” Jessica Lourenco alleged.

“He told the undercover officer about his plan to process is detracting from day-to-day responsibilities.

In other areas, Saher called on the province to improve its flood risk assessments, and complete upto-date maps on flood hazard areas.

He said the province must continue to build on the work it has done to protect Albertans since a massive flood in southern Alberta in 2013 killed five people and displaced 100,000.

“This sense of urgency needs to continue,” he said.

Saher also called on the province to fix chronic absenteeism in the Northland School Division, Alberta’s only primarily aboriginal school jurisdiction.

He said one third of the 2,700 students are regularly absent, and that the figure is accepted by the district as the “status quo.”

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build remote-controlled bombs to blow up the U.S. consulate and other buildings in the financial district of Toronto.”

Lourenco accused Malik, who has travelled frequently between Canada and Pakistan, of planning to videotape the bombings to encourage others to carry out similar attacks.

Canadian authorities allege Malik to be a selfproclaimed supporter of the Islamic State who also claims to be a “personal friend” of American Anwar Al-Awlaki, a top-ranking member of the terrorist organization al-Qaida who was killed in Yemen by a U.S. drone strike.

They also say he has taken “weapons, combat and landmine training” in Libya.

In opting to keep him in custody, the board member presiding over the hearing determined Malik, a permanent resident since 2009, to be a flight risk and a public danger.

Malik, who faces no criminal charges, appeared via video conference from detention at the Lindsay, Ont., jail. He will appear for another detention hearing on Monday. His lawyer was not immediately available to comment.

BATS: Incredibly urbanized Bat houses, which have an open bottom, are designed so birds don’t nest inside.

Nivens said bats are incredibly urbanized and when they find a hospitable place to summer, they will return every year.

Kerry Wood Nature Centre has about six bats that visit annually and sometimes they can be spotted on the hunt for insects, he said.

“They will pass by as a shadow at dusk.”

People are encouraged to contact AESRD if they are aware of large summer bat colonies or hibernations sites, in order to help the province keep track of its bat population. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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ALBERTA Tougher oil tank standards proposed after a string of derailments

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Canadian government has proposed tough new standards for rail tank cars used to transport crude oil in response to a string of fiery crashes.

The proposal, posted online Wednesday by Transport Canada, would require the cars to have outer “jackets,” a layer of thermal protection, and thicker steel walls.

The requirements are tougher than the oil industry wanted.

But the proposal doesn’t include electronically controlled brakes that automatically stop train cars at the same time instead of sequentially, which are opposed by freight railroads.

Regulators said they will take that issue up separately.

The oil industry has rapidly moved to using trains to transport oil in part because of oil booms in North Dakota’s Bakken region and Alberta’s oil sands, and because of a lack of pipelines.

Final regulations are expected by mid-May. U.S. officials have been working closely with Canada on the regulations and the White House is reviewing a draft proposal.

There have been four oil train derailments in the U.S. and Canada since mid-February. A runaway oil train derailed in Lac-Megantic Quebec in 2013, killing 47 people.

A U.S. Transportation Department analysis predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly killing hundreds of people if an accident happens in a densely populated part of the U.S. New standards were enacted after Lac Megantic, but safety officials on both sides of the border called for even stronger measures after fiery derailments continued to happen despite the new tank cars standards.

The newest standard calls for a hull thickness of 9/16th of an inch, up from 7/17th of an inch and makes thermal jackets mandatory.

“The proposed requirements are still subject to final approval,” said Zach Segal, a spokesman for Transport Minister Lisa Raitt. “We are working to have this done in an expedited manner.”

Segal said Transport Canada is working in collaboration with the U.S and “wants this done and published as soon as possible.?” Segal said Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet will have final approval.

The Transport Canada proposal is a “pretty clear indication” of what final regulations are likely to look like, said Ed Hamberger, president of the Association of American Railroads.

The oil and rail industries want thinner tank walls —half an inch thick, instead of the 9/16ths-inch that regulators propose.

The thicker the shell, the less oil a tank car can hold, and with about a half-million carloads of crude hauled by rail in the U.S. and Canada last year, the cost difference could add up.

The tank cars in the recent accidents were built to a voluntary standard written by industry representatives in 2011 to answer criticism that cars used to transport flammable liquids were prone to rupture in an accident and spill their contents and ignite spectacular fires.

But most recent accidents show that the newer cars — known as 1232s — also are prone to rupture, even at slow speeds.

Trains involved in four recent accidents were travelling under 40 mph (64 kph).

The White House budget office is reviewing a draft proposal for a sturdier tank car design, as well as other safety proposals. U.S. and Canadian officials have been working closely together to co-ordinate the regulations since the tank cars move back and forth across the border.

Railroads and shippers have said if there were separate regulations in each country it could cause significant shipping delays and raise costs.

The railroad association and officials from CSX, Norfolk Southern and Burlington Northern-Santa Fe argued against requiring the electronically controlled breaksin a meeting with White House officials last week, according to a document posted online by the government.

They say the government has underestimated the cost of equipping tank cars with the brakes and overestimated the safety benefits.

Railroads complain that electronically controlled brakes would cost them $12 billion to $21 billion.

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Province to improve emergency care wards

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta paramedics will be allowed to do more for patients to help relieve a bottleneck leading to long waits in emergency care.

It’s one of three initiatives announced Wednesday

by Health Minister Stephen Mandel.

He says as of this summer, paramedics will provide more front-line care in clinics and regional hospitals by handling duties such as portable lab analysis.

The province also plans to open 311 new restorative care beds to help seniors transition from hospitals back to their homes.

There is also to be $50 million to increase capacity and improve care in emergency rooms in Edmonton and Calgary over the next two years.

Mandel says the government is working to protect front-line care, even though it is planning five per cent spending cuts across the board in the next budget.

Sandra Azocar, executive director of Friends of Medicare, said the announcement included no details on how the funding would be allocated between the five facilities or what specific renovations or expansions would take place, nor did it say if any additional staff would be hired with the expansions.

“It is also not clear why the brand new South Health Campus in Calgary requires renovation or expansion, or how the crumbling Misericordia Hospital will survive when it alone needs over $100 million

in upgrades within the next few years,” she said in a news release.

Azocar said the PC government opened medical transition beds in hospitals in 2010 to deal with the same issues of overcrowded ERs, but closed them in 2013.

“They have already closed 36 surgical beds this year at the Peter Lougheed Hospital, replacing them with the rapid transit beds announced last month.

“Today’s beds appear to be very similar to the medical transition beds and the rapid transit beds but with a new name: restorative beds,” she said.

The group that represents about 25,000 healthcare professionals in Alberta, including EMS workers, called Mandel’s announcement “more smoke and mirrors than real facts.”

“I know Premier Jim Prentice doesn’t like to talk about mirrors nowadays, but this announcement of restorative beds and changes to the role paramedics seems to promise much, but deliver little,” says Elisabeth Ballermann, president of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta.

She added that the announcement leaves more questions than answers.

Ballermann said one question is whether the 311 restorative beds are in addition to the 464 new continuing-care spaces announced in October 2014.

She also wondered if the beds will be in public or private, for-profit facilities and if the funding will come from the Alberta Supportive Living Initiative new money or part of the $60 million announced in October.

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The Tory web of fear THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S FEAR-MONGERING IS LIKELY TO BACKFIRE Two months after the killings at Charlie Hebdo, French President François Hollande’s popularity is again in free fall; the big boost he earned over his handling of the episode in January is little more than a fleeting memory.

Conversely the Front National — France’s antiimmigration party — is riding higher than ever.

CHANTAL With the first round of elecHÉBERT tions since the terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine to take place at the end of the month, two recent polls place the extreme-right party ahead of its more mainstream opponents.

For political analysts it is no longer a stretch to imagine FN leader Marine LePen as the candidate to beat in the 2017 presidential election. If anything, the attack on Charlie Hebdo has brought her and her controversial party a step closer to power.

Canada is not France, but nor is it a xenophobia-free oasis and the French developments offer cautionary lessons to its political class.

The first is that it is hard to turn an event-driven spike in voting intentions into a lasting trend.

In the cold light of morning, longheld impressions inevitably resurface — as do some of the old habits that turned some voters off a party or a government in the first place.

It is one thing to have one’s flagging fortunes restored by an alarming development — as the ruling Conservatives did on the heels of last fall’s Parliament Hill shootings — and another to sustain momentum.

The other lesson is that it is a slippery slope that links collective fear with the selective fear of minority communities.

There was a time, not so long ago in this country, when it was fashionable in some quarters to suggest that if one scratched the surface of a francophone

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Canadian one would likely find a Quebec nationalist and, under that veneer, a separatist, and, below that latter surface, a potential terrorist.

It is on the basis of that dubious rationale that scores of law-abiding Quebecers were arrested without cause under the War Measures Act in the fall of 1970 and that Canada’s security services gave themselves a licence to play dirty tricks on legal organizations such as the Parti Québécois over the same period.

It was not limited to Quebec. When École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé, Toronto’s first French-language public high school opened in 1970, some of its opponents — including a few North York neighbours — considered it little more than a training school for terrorists!

Since the Parliament Hill shooting, the core Conservative message has been that Canadians have cause to be scared of an enemy in their midst. On that basis, the war on Islamic extremists in Iraq is portrayed as a preventive

war against a domestic threat.

The same narrative serves as an underpinning for the government’s antiterrorism bill.

But a government or a party cannot spend its time relentlessly warning against a fifth column without taking the risk that it will lead to witch hunts.

With every passing day, the ruling Conservatives are at greater risk of trapping themselves in the web of fear they have been weaving.

It is less and less rare to hear people — including politicians — equate terrorism with fundamentalism and the latter with Muslims. From there, it is ultimately a small leap to visible minorities in general.

If you think that’s a stretch you may have missed the utterings of New Brunswick MP John Williamson as he criticized the temporary foreign workers program last weekend.

It makes no sense, he told fellow Conservatives at the Manning Networking conference, for Canada to pay for “whities” to stay home while compa-

nies bring in “brown people” as temporary foreign workers.

Williamson has since apologized for his remarks. But there is more than a slip of the tongue in his statement. It speaks to a racist vision of Canadian society that is at odds with Conservative efforts to make lasting inroads within the country’s cultural communities. It won’t take many more statements like those to undo all that hard work.

Williamson is not some maverick coming out of right field.

In a previous life, he served as the prime minister’s director of communications. He also ran the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

It is not always necessary to take a scissor to a country’s social fabric — as the Front National so consistently does in France — to rip it. Pulling at it one loose thread at a time can achieve the same result.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

Fighting the need to fight HOW NEUROSCIENCE IS OFFERING HOPE FOR A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD

BY MICHELLE BOORSTEIN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE For many of us, the flood of tribal hate and violence in the news can lead to a feeling of inevitability, that human beings are inherently at the throats of those who differ from them, and will be forever.

But some in the conflict resolution field are finding hope in a new area: neuroscience.

Some who work with ethnic, racial and religious conflict are pairing with neuroscientists to understand how small advancements in brain research can help explain how we experience emotions like prejudice and disgust and fear.

It will be a while before researchers can devise specific strategies for using that knowledge of how the brain works in the peace-building process. But simply teaching people that there is a neurological basis for prejudice has the potential to help them view the deep-seated roots of their conflicts more objectively, says Timothy Phillips, co-founder of the conflict resolution organization Beyond Conflict.

“There is something deeply powerful about knowing it’s not just about culture, race, ethnicity — that all those things sit on an operating system called the human brain, and that that is universal,” says Phillips. “Contrary to social and political science that says humans are rational, we are deeply emotional beings. What drives our behaviour is deeply emotionally based but we don’t even have access to what drives us.”

Phillips was among a group that met at the ElHibri Foundation in January in Washington for the first in a series of meetings connecting neuroscientists and peace-builders who work on issues including the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and discrimination against racial and ethnic groups.

Emile Bruneau, a cognitive neuroscientist at MIT who has made advances in showing how stereotypes are formed and reinforced, how empathy develops, and how such things might be rewired to advance

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peace, presented some of his research at the conference. A participant in conflict resolution programs held around the globe, he recounted a story about a peace-building retreat he’d been part of with some 100 Protestant and Catholic youth from Northern Ireland. Participants had spent several days in small group discussions, doing art and performance projects together — classic efforts considered successful at fostering better relations. At the end of the camp, as the children were saying goodbye, a fight broke out that immediately pulled in the entire group, totally breaking down on religious lines. “To me, that’s not an indication that this effort was particularly successful,” Bruneau said.

The point of the story is that peace-builders need cutting edge social and neuroscience in order to understand what really works in changing behaviour.

They need to understand not just what people are thinking, but how they think. “Common sense and good will are not enough,” he said in a later interview.

One example of the new research focuses on how different parts of our brains activate depending on whether we feel disgust or fear. This suggests that conflict-resolution programs aimed at reducing fear should be distinct from those whose aim is to reduce disgust, Phillips said. “Historically, disgust leads to genocide,” he said.

Fear can trigger what is known as “stereotype threat” in our brains, Bruneau said, affecting our performance on something as basic as an IQ test if we feel we are being stereotyped. One research effort showed that if a math test, for example, is presented as something that tests “your natural ability,” women will perform more poorly “because it cues them into a stereotype.”

Jeremy Ginges, of the New School for Social Research, presented research showing we process not just emotions, but different values in distinct parts of our brain. These include what he labeled as “sacred values” — ones that we don’t wish to put on the bargaining table. Attempts to put those values on the

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A favourite Bruneau analogy is that the brain is like a rider on an elephant. The rider is the part of our brains with which we directly communicate.

“The elephant is the large portion you have no introspective access to. The elephant is guiding your behaviour, but you’re unaware of its effect,” he said.

New research is “an awareness that social norms, for example, can be leveraged. We can build [peacebuilding] interventions not for the rider but for the elephants.”

Part of the plan for using neuroscience research is to increase awareness of neuroscience as a powerful factor that combines with social, economic and religious forces that feed prejudice. There’s hope in “simply teaching people how malleable humans are, how we can change,” Bruneau said. “That’s a liberating thing. Everything we know about the brain shows that it can be changed.”

Although the research is focused on peace-keeping applications, individuals also can reduce biases, he said.

“Prejudices don’t need your explicit endorsement to become entrenched,” Bruneau said. “And they often harden in place beyond your conscious awareness. One approach people have taken is to feed themselves associations that run counter to what they are absorbing through the media. For example, by consuming American media, your brain is learning that Arabs and Muslims are terrifying.

“You can counter that by providing yourself with positive examples of the same group. For a number of other biases, like stereotype threat, awareness of the process breaks the spell. So the hope is that we can train ourselves to make the unconscious processes conscious.”

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Imam Syed B. Soharwardy (centre) and Imam Hafiz Muhammad Zareef Naeemi (left) and Allama Mufti Imam Muhammad Azfar Ayyub Razvi discuss an Islamic edict issued by 38 Canadian Imams at a press conference at the Genesis Centre of Community Wellness in Calgary, Wednesday.

Canadian imams issue fatwa on ISIL and supporters

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A group of Canadian imams is condemning followers of the Islamic State as non-Muslims and “outsiders” to the faith.

Imam Syed Soharwardy and 37 other Muslim leaders from across the country have issued an Islamic edict called a fatwa against the militant group currently trying to attract supporters to its war in Syria and Iraq.

Soharwardy, the founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, said Wednesday the Islamic State is violating Muslim law.

As a result, the group and anyone supporting them, will no longer be considered to be Muslim.

“They have been excommunicated from the Muslim community and those who will join them — they should be excommunicated from the Muslim community and they cannot be considered as Muslims at all,” said Soharwardy.

The imams and Islamic scholars are from Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton and Toronto and include representa-

tives of the different sects within the Muslim religion, he said “It’s significant for those individuals who understand the opinions of the scholars need to be followed and because our fatwa is based on the teachings of the holy Qur’an and the teachings of the Prophet,” said Soharwardy.

“With evidence what kind of violations ISIL and ISIS has committed, that will put a lot of weight for people to be convinced that ISIL and ISIS is the wrong way to go.”

He cited several acts that violate Islamic law, including capturing opponents and beheading them, killing Muslims who disagree with their actions, destroying mosques, burning enemy soldiers alive and encouraging Muslim girls to join them.

Soharwardy hopes the message gets out to young people who are most at risk of being recruited.

“We strongly urge every Muslim, especially the youth, not to be influenced by the speeches, songs and the literature available on the Internet or on social media produced by the impostors pretending to be Muslim,” he said.

“This is a trap for young Muslims.”

Several Canadian youth have already gone to the Middle East to fight for the Islamic State.

Ottawa’s national security report said at the start of 2014 there were more than 130 individuals abroad and suspected of terror activities.

Earlier this year there were reports that six young men and women between 18 and 20 years old from the Montreal area left around mid-January and landed in Turkey, a well-known gateway to battlefields in Syria and Iraq.

Soharwardy also had harsh words for Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the federal government for equating ISIL followers with jihadists.

He said to Muslims that word simply means to struggle and using it might be leading to more sympathy for the terrorist group.

“These people use these words so loosely that it makes everybody push back to having sympathy for terrorist organizations,” he said.

“So one of the factors in the rise of terrorism is because of this Islamophobia and because of the misuse of ... words by government officials.”

EDMONTON — The Alberta government wants mandatory boat inspections to help prevent the spread of zebra and quagga mussels.

The freshwater mussels, which are not native to the province, have been spreading around the world.

They clog pipes at water treatment plants and can also increase algae blooms in lakes, which can kill fish and wildlife.

The government has introduced legislation that would require boats being towed into Alberta on major highways to be inspected for the mussels and other invasive species.

Zebra mussels were discovered in Lake Winnipeg in October 2013 and have been found in lakes in popular recreation areas in the United States.

Inspectors found four boats with live mussels in Alberta last year, but only about half the people coming into the province with watercraft stopped at voluntary inspection stations.

The Manitoba government introduced similar legislation in December.

Nurses union wants court to enforce rules for nursing home staff EDMONTON — The United Nurses of Alberta is asking a judge to order the provincial government to enforce its own nursing home laws.

The union says a long-term care home in Athabasca is violating rules that require a registered nurse to be on staff. The union says the private, for-profit seniors centre run by Extendicare Canada has refused since last fall to hire registered nurses.

The presence of a nurse is one of the regulations that must be fulfilled for a facility to be legally defined as a nursing home. The union says it was informed by a senior health official that Extendicare decided to use licensed practical nurses because of the difficulty in recruiting RNs. Union president Heather Smith says the issue was raised with Health Minister Stephen Mandel in January, but there’s been no response.

“It now appears (Alberta Health Services) and the government are prepared to ignore the government’s own laws and regulations,” Smith said Tuesday.

The union asked Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday to issue such an order in the case of the Athabasca nursing home.

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Ensuring veteran amputees Undercover cop gave B.C. don’t have to justify wounds terror suspects chance to easier said than done

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Making sure wounded ex-soldiers — most notably amputees — don’t have to repeatedly verify their injuries to retain their benefits is proving much easier said than done for Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole.

The practice is a bureaucratic imperative that crosses department lines and has required O’Toole to enlist the support of Defence Minister Jason Kenney, several government sources say.

Former master corporal Paul Franklin, wounded in Kandahar, set off a political firestorm last month when he complained about having to repeatedly confirm the loss of both of his legs in order keep receiving benefits.

Franklin blamed Veterans Affairs; O’Toole responded publicly by saying he’d told his officials to ensure the practice never takes place.

Last week, the department announced it had established a task force to comb through forms it uses to communicate with ex-soldiers to ensure every bit of the paper trail is necessary. The task force will also evaluate whether renewals are appropriate for all veterans, particularly those with obvious permanent disabilities.

It also previously announced renewals under its assisted living plan, known as the veterans independence program, would go from one year to three years.

But advocates and opposition critics say the minister’s assurances are negated by the fact the problem lies not with Veterans Affairs, but with the long-term disability plan at National Defence — beyond O’Toole’s jurisdiction.

It is the Canadian Forces service income security insurance plan, or SISIP — a long-term disability plan that requires medically released soldiers to submit to a medical review to determine whether they are eligible for continued benefits, even in cases where

the soldier has been deemed “totally disabled.”

That program is delivered through the insurance company Manulife, and removing the requirement won’t be easy.

The online policy guide tells wounded soldiers that during the two years following their release, they are subject to medical reviews at “12 and 18 months to determine your eligibility for continued benefits” and that support may continue as long as they qualify as “totally disabled.”

The legislation appears to leave follow-on reviews to the discretion of the policyholder, which in this case is the chief of the defence staff. Veterans advocate Sean Bruyea says that suggests the fix ought not to be difficult.

O’Toole has asked for a meeting with the head of the Manulife program, said one government source who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and so spoke on condition of anonymity.

The issue is a political landmine for the Conservatives, who’ve made rebuilding burned bridges with veterans a priority before the next election.

Politically, the optics of the controversy have been awful.

Asking soldiers without limbs to repeatedly verify their injuries as part of a standard medical review has made the government look foolish and heartless, said NDP veterans critic Peter Stoffer.

“The reality is you’ve got at least four different agencies involved and saying different things,” Stoffer said in a recent interview.

“The minister was quick to declare this fixed. It’s not fixed and it’s going to take some work. Nothing is stopping the minister from tapping (Defence Minister) Jason Kenney on the shoulder and saying, ’Hey, we have a problem here.”’

A spokesman for O’Toole was asked several times over the last week about the SISIP issue, and declined comment.

Liberals demand MP be expelled from Tory caucus over remarks

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JOHN WILLIAMSON

Liberals are demanding that Prime Minister Stephen Harper send a clear signal on racism by expelling an MP from the Conservative caucus over comments about temporary foreign workers that many have deemed offensive. New Brunswick MP John Williamson has faced days of criticism for his public description of “whities” staying home while “brown people” are imported to fill jobs under the temporary foreign workers program.

The political website iPolitics reported Williamson’s comments last weekend during a panel at the annual Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa.

Williamson, Harper’s former chief spokesman, apologized on Twitter but

has not spoken of the incident in the House of Commons.

Nor has the prime minister commented on his MP’s remarks, despite several invitations to do so.

That sparked an incendiary exchange during Wednesday’s question period — and later Liberal demands for Williamson’s removal from Conservative ranks. John McCallum, the Liberal multiculturalism critic, questioned why there have been days of silence from Harper when even some fellow Conservative MPs have criticized Williamson’s words. A Liberal member of New Brunswick’s provincial legislature has also introduced a motion calling for public censure of the remarks.

abandon plan: trial CANADA DAY BOMBING PLOT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A British Columbia couple turned down a last-minute chance to abandon their alleged plan to bomb the provincial legislature on Canada Day, their trial heard Wednesday.

But with the alleged attack less than a day away, John Nuttall also raised questions about killing innocent people and asked to speak with a spiritual leader — a suggestion an undercover RCMP officer, who was posing as an Arab businessman, quickly brushed aside.

The jury heard audio recorded on June 30, 2013, as the officer drove Nuttall and his wife, Amanda Korody, to a ferry terminal on their way to Victoria.

During the drive, the Mountie offers to turn the car around and take them home, but Nuttall and Korody decline.

“Go to the ferry, brother,” Nuttall replies firmly.

Nuttall then addresses Korody, who had earlier expressed fears about carrying out the attack. Nuttall tells his wife he could give her the house key and she could go home.

“I’m not making you do this, you don’t have to,” Nuttall says.

“I know,” Korody says softly, repeating that she wants to stay.

“You mean more than the whole world and everything in it to me,” says Nuttall. “What you wanna do is something that most brothers won’t even do.”

Later, as the ferry docks on Vancouver Island, Nuttall pleads with the officer for a chance to speak with a spiritual leader and says he wishes he could go to a local mosque to ask an imam for his opinion.

“I want to make Allah happy and pleased with me, but I don’t know if — I hope he’s not gonna be angry at me for what I’m about to do,” Nuttall can be heard telling the officer. “(Allah) says ... if you kill an innocent man, it’s like you killed all of humanity. So, is it like, anyone caught in this blast, is it because they’re not

innocent and they’re guilty of something?”

Nuttall adds he knows he will kill innocent people but he wants to change the way Canada treats Muslims.

Maybe, he suggests, the government will “bring our soldiers back” and stop supporting Israel.

The officer replies that it’s not possible to speak with a spiritual leader in time. He says Allah knows what’s in Nuttall’s heart, and that in Islam, imams are no higher than individual members of the faith.

“That’s why Islam is great,” says the officer. “Because nobody’s better, we’re all human beings, we all make mistakes. The only greatness is to Allah.”

Even though Nuttall had asked on earlier occasions to speak with a spiritual leader, the officer testified that he never tried to put Nuttall in touch with one because he didn’t believe that was his job.

Nuttall and Korody had spent several days shopping for supplies and then assembling pressure cooker bombs in their motel room. The couple then met another officer who agreed to provide them with C-4 explosives.

In the latest recording played in court, the officer posing as the Arab businessman promised the couple he put more than a kilogram of explosives in each bomb. The couple believed the bombs were being transported separately to Victoria.

In fact, the officer testified that he took the pressure cookers to an RCMP detachment, where they were handled by an explosives team. The Crown has previously said the bombs were rendered inert and could not explode.

At one point, Nuttall and Korody discuss their plans to plant the bombs at around 5 a.m., with detonation between 9 and 10 a.m.

The officer tells them they will stay at a safe house for three days after the explosions.

But the couple has yet to decide on a target, after compiling a list of possible locations around Victoria and discussing blowing up a skyscraper.

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CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — The port director in the northwest Mexico beach resort of Cabo San Lucas says a Canadian woman has died from injuries suffered when a surfacing grey whale crashed onto a tourist boat.

Port director Vicente Martinez confirmed the 45-year-old woman’s death Wednesday.

Firefighter commander Juan Carvajal Figueroa says the woman was in a boat with other tourists returning to port around noon when the whale jumped from the water and landed on the boat.

Mexican navy personnel responded to the scene and moved the woman to shore. She was taken to a clinic, where she died during treatment. Authorities did not release her identity.

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Clement defends niqab ban at citizenship ceremonies =BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Federal Conservatives scrambled Wednesday to clarify that their aversion to Muslim women wearing the niqab applies strictly to citizenship ceremonies.

But they struggled to explain why wearing the face-covering veil is no big deal in other spheres of life, including the federal public service, if — as Prime Minister Stephen Harper maintains — it’s contrary to Canadian values and “rooted in a culture that is anti-women.”

“That is what the prime minister said and that is a point of view that one can hold,” said Treasury Board President Tony Clement, who is responsible for federal civil service.

“That doesn’t mean that you can impose that view in the workplace or in the private sphere. The one place where I think we have a right and an obligation to stress Canadian values is in the act of obtaining one’s citizenship.”

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, who described herself as a “strong feminist,” candidly admitted she’s given no thought to the issue of wearing niqabs in venues other than citizenship ceremonies.

Others, including International Development Minister Christian Paradis, cast the issue strictly as a matter of requiring would-be citizens to identify themselves when taking the oath.

“We need to know who they are,” said Tory MP Costa Menegakis, parliamentary secretary to the citizenship and immigration minister.

“Apart from that ... they should be able

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Jason Kenney says a report by a federal watchdog has clearly demonstrated military police were guilty of “wrongdoing and incompetence” in their investigations, and he promises to fix that.

He was responding to questions before a Commons committee Wednesday about the scathing findings of the Military Police Complaints Commission, which conducted an exhaustive investigation into the handling of Cpl. Stuart Langridge’s suicide. The watchdog said it identified “serious flaws” in three separate investigations into Langridge’s death, and painted a portrait of a police service where officers were unsupervised and even lacking in basic policing techniques.

The report included 46 recommendations for improvement, the vast majority of which were rejected by the Canadian Forces National Investigative Service, which oversees military cops.

Kenney told the allparty committee that he’s only read a summary of the report, but what he has seen is “unacceptable” and promised to meet with the provost marshal. Col. Rob Delaney, the head of military police, apologized to the family, but a statement from their lawyer on Wednesday called it “completely insincere.”

to wear (niqabs) absolutely, absolutely everywhere.”

The scramble to clarify came amid a social media backlash to Harper’s comments and escalating opposition charges that the Conservatives are deliberately stoking prejudice against Muslim Canadians in their bid to ramp up fear about radical Islamist terrorism.

Clement argued that Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who gave a major speech Monday denouncing what he dubbed Harper’s “politics of fear,” is the one expanding the issue beyond just niqabs at citizenship ceremonies.

But Conservative party talking points issued Wednesday suggest the issue is tied to the party’s broader goal of making terrorism an key issue in the coming election.

After offering several lines about Trudeau being out of step with public support for banning the niqab during citizenship ceremonies, the final point says: “Unlike Justin Trudeau, we are not afraid to call the growing threat of jihadi terrorism exactly that — jihadi terrorism.”

In the House of Commons, Trudeau demanded that Harper explain “to Canada’s half a million Muslim women why he said their chosen faith is anti-women.”

“Of course, I said no such thing,” Harper countered.

He went on to read comments from two Muslim organizations supporting his contention that it’s offensive to cover one’s face while taking the citizenship oath.

“These are not the views only of the overwhelming majority of Canadians, they are the views of the overwhelming majority of moderate Muslims,” Harper asserted.

“It is up to the leader of the Liberal par-

ty to explain why he is so far outside that mainframe.”

Trudeau shot back that Harper evidently believes “that the majority should dictate the religious rights of minorities” — just as he did as a Reform MP 25 years ago when he opposed allowing Sikh RCMP officers to wear turbans.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair accused Harper of employing “very divisive language and singling out a community.” Among other things, he noted that Harper has singled out mosques as breeding grounds for radicalization.

“That leads to Islamophobia and that’s irresponsible.”

But Mulcair also criticized Trudeau for suggesting Harper’s rhetoric about Muslims is similar to the “none is too many” rhetoric employed to keep Jewish refugees out of Canada in the 1930s and 1940s.

Two prominent Jewish groups have also said the comparison went too far.

Trudeau repeated his assertion Wednesday that Canada needs to learn from shameful racist episodes in the past and push back against fearmongering that stokes prejudice against any vulnerable minority.

While debate over the niqab raged on Parliament Hill, Harper was mocked on Twitter by people using the hashtag “DressCodePM” to seek his advice on their attire.

One tweeter asked whether her stiletto heels are “rooted in an anti-women culture” while another asked whether her black jeans and cardigan made her look “oppressed.”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015

Rebels carve up Blades

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Rebel Brooks Maxwell points to teammate Meyer Nell after Maxwell scored the second goal of the game on a pass from Nell during first period action at the Centrium in Red Deer Wednesday night. Maxwell scored three more goals to lead the Rebels to a 6-4 win over the Blades.

Rebels 6 Blades 4 Brent Sutter nailed it while assessing his team’s performance during Wednesday’s 6-4 Western Hockey League win over the visiting Saskatoon Blades.

“We had moments,” Sutter deadpanned. “Moments we were good and moments we weren’t that good. Our consistency wasn’t where we would have liked it to be throughout the night, but we found a way to win.”

And that was the bottom line. The Rebels secured two points on a night they didn’t play their best game.

Brooks Maxwell had a night to remember though, sniping four goals in front of a recorded crowd of 4,451 at the Enmax Centrium. Linemate Riley Sheen also stood out offensively, picking up three assists.

“That line contributed offensively like we need them to,” said Sutter. “I wasn’t happy with the fact they were on the ice for a couple or three goals against, but they scored some big goals for us.”

Maxwell could have had as many as seven goals as he was robbed on two occasions by Blades netminder Nik Amundrud and rung a shot off the post

late in the game.

“I missed an easy one there, but it was a fun night,” said the 20-year-old forward. “I’ve never done that before, it was my first hat trick and getting four was pretty cool.”

After Red Deer’s Scott Feser opened the scoring with a power-play tally 4:26 into the game, Maxwell notched his first of the evening on a short-handed double-give-and-go play with Meyer Nell eight minutes later.

Nikita Soshnin then scored a weird goal for the visitors.

With the Blades on the power play, the puck was dumped into the Red Deer zone and ended up on top of the goal. Soshnin brought his stick up to get the puck back into play and it deflected off a Red Deer defender and past goaltender Rylan Toth.

After a review, the officials ruled it a goal on a discretionary call.

Maxwell made it a 3-1 game before the period ended, burying a rebound from close range.

The Blades scored the only secondperiod goal when former Rebel Mason McCarty connected from a scramble, but the Rebels ruled the final frame and went up 5-2 when Maxwell tipped in a point shot from Nelson Nogier and then cashed a perfect feed from Sheen.

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Generals and Eagles get ready for battle ARCH RIVALS TO FACE EACH OTHER FOR SENIOR MEN’S PROVINCIAL AAA CHAMPIONSHIP

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The Innisfail Eagles are not intimidated by the role of underdog.

They just finished dispensing of the Okotoks Drillers in five games in the Chinook Senior Hockey League semifinal.

Now they have the daunting task of taking down the Bentley Generals who lost one game all regular season and also beat their semifinal opponent — the Fort Saskatchewan Eagles — in five games.

The winner of the best of seven series advances to the Allan Cup in Clarenville, Nfld.

“I can’t wait to get started, with a passion,” said Eagles head coach Brian Sutter.

“I know Bentley’s a heck of a team, but they didn’t all come down from heaven on a rocket ship, they’re not the best thing that God ever brought to this earth; it’s contrary to what everybody talks about with them.

“We know what we’ve got to do and I have respect for what they can do and that has a lot to do with what we should be doing too.”

The Eagles stumbled through much of the season with an injury riddled

lineup, but have become healthy at just the right time. Back from the injury ward are Mark Bombersback, who had 20 points in 18 games before getting injured; Connor Shields, who had 24 points in 22 games last year for Bentley; and most importantly, starting goalie Steven Stanford who has been out with a lower body injury since November.

Stanford took over the Innisfail net following their 4-1 loss to the Drillers in Game 1 of their series and rolled to four straight victories, including the last two by shutout. He hasn’t allowed a goal in the last 131 minutes and 26 seconds.

“He’s a top end goalie and he should be playing pro somewhere right now but he’s not, and the only reason is because of injury,” said Sutter.

“He had a tremendous junior career and an outstanding college career and he had hip surgery a couple of times ... he’s back and he’s healthy, he’s an outstanding individual and an outstanding goalie.”

For Sutter, getting ready for this series against his former team began last summer after the Eagles were eliminated by the Generals in four games in last year’s final.

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Bentley Generals’ forward Kyle Bailey (32) tussels with Innisfail Eagles captain Joe Vandermeer (77) during a game in Innisfail earlier this season. The bitter rivals are set to face-off against each other with the winner advancing to the Allan Cup.

Centennial Cup winning Rustlers ‘a great group of guys’ Thirty five years after capturing the Canadian junior A championship, the 1979-80 Red Deer Rustlers will be honoured this summer as inductees into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame.

“And 35 years later, everyone from that team is a contributing member of society. There wasn’t a bad egg among the group,” Graham Parsons, the general manager of the ‘79-80 squad, said Wednesday during a press conference at the Red Deer Rebels Centrium office.

“It was a great group, a great group of guys,” added Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, who was the Rustlers’ premier player during that championship season.

Parsons, Sutter and the likes of local resident and former player Bill Blanchard, who also attended the press conference — along with Gary Seher of the Hockey Alberta Foundation — are still tied together due to that magical run.

The Rustlers defeated the North York, Ont., Rangers 3-2 in the Centennial Cup final in May of 1980,

their 100th game of the season. They lost all of 12 times that season en route to winning the Alberta Junior League, Alberta/B.C. and Western Canada titles.

John Chapman was the team coach and the squad featured a unique blend of talent and toughness.

“We had a little bit of everything,” Sutter reminisced. “If you wanted to play a skill game, we’d beat you that way. If you wanted to play a physical game, we could be successful that way too.

“I was talking to Chappy (Chapman) the other day and we agreed that it’s pretty amazing that 35 years later the team still holds AJHL records, both team and individual records.”

One such mark that still stands is Sutter’s 171 regular-season points. The following September, with Chapman recently hired by the Lethbridge Broncos, Sutter headed south as an 18-year-old to play one and a half seasons with the Western Hockey League team.

Already property of the New York Islanders, who made him a first-round selection in the 1980 NHL draft, Sutter joined the big club part way through the 1981-82 campaign and enjoyed a long and illustrious career that included a pair of Stanley Cup championships.

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To this day, he credits his experience with the ‘7980 Rustlers as the definitive jump-start to his playing career.

“Chappy was a superb coach. He taught the key details and fundamentals of the game,” said Sutter.

“I was already groomed for pro hockey when I got there. I wasn’t awestruck when I joined the Islanders, even though they had already won two Cups. I already knew what a championship team was about.

“We had an awesome team in Red Deer that season. When you win as a group, and it doesn’t matter at what level . . . whenever you do accomplish something together and win a championship, it sticks with you. When I lived in New York, Chicago and New Jersey through the years, I would think back to that year and what it took for that team to be successful.

“Playing on that team, personally, taught me how to win and the importance of how you have to be a close-knit group off the ice to have success on the ice. It was all about everyone pulling on the rope together. No one went off track. We battled and played like champions.”

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Gaudreau helps Flames double Ducks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 6 Ducks 3 CALGARY — The Calgary Flames found themselves facing an early twogoal deficit against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday.

Matt Stajan and Johnny Gaudreau then replied with goals in the first period before adding another goal each in the second as the Flames rallied for a 6-3 win.

“After the first two goals they got we just settled down a bit,” said Stajan, who tallied his second two-goal game of the season.

“There was lots of hockey left to be played. We were able to tie the game up and the focus was to win the last two periods. We got good contributions throughout the lineup tonight and we need that to win on a nightly basis here.”

Sean Monahan and Jiri Hudler also scored for the Flames (37-25-5), who returned to play at the Scotiabank Saddledome for the first time since suffering a 6-3 setback to the Ducks on Feb. 20.

“We wanted to come back home and we wanted to have a good showing for the fans because they’ve been a huge part of our success and backing us,” said defenceman Kris Russell, who had three assists to give him eight points in his past three games.

“I thought it was a good night to do that.”

Russell’s defence partner Dennis Wideman also chipped in with three assists, while goalie Kari Ramo finished with 29 saves to improve his re-

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REBELS: Explosion “I could play with that guy (Sheen) every night,” said Maxwell, after running his season’s goal total to 25. “Ever since I’ve been with that guy it’s been a point explosion and that kind of shows what kind of player he is. He’s a great passer. Playing with him is tremendous. I love it.”

Feser was credited with the Rebels’ sixth goal at 14:05 of the final frame when the puck deflected off his skate on a two-on-one break with Wyatt Johnson and was inadvertently knocked into the net by Amundrud’s stick. From there, the Blades took advantage of some lax defensive play by the Rebels and got a pair of late goals from Cameron Hebig.

Toth finished with 26 saves while the Rebels fired 39 shots at Amundrud.

“It’s one of those games we’re happy we won and got the two points, yet the kids know we need to be better Friday night,” said Sutter, looking ahead to the team’s next engagement against the visiting Calgary Hitmen.

Maxwell agreed that the Rebels can be better.

“We kind of turned over the puck over a little too much tonight,” he said.

“We have to sharpen up our game, sharpen up our details.”

The Rebels pulled to within three points of Medicine Hat and Calgary, who are tied for top spot in the Central Division. Red Deer has five regularseason games remaining while the Tigers and Hitmen each have six games left.

“It’s going to be a hard game,” said Maxwell, in reference to Friday’s contest. “We’re trying to catch them so it will be kind of a four-point game for us.

They’re a great team, we’ll have to play a solid game and it will be a playoff atmosphere. You never know, we might see them in the first round (of the playoffs) so we’ll want to set a tone.” ● Rebels forward Evan Polei returned to action Friday after missing nearly eight weeks with a lower body injury. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

RIVALS: Quality “You build a team with quality people and you have to win off the ice before you win on the ice and we’ve taken some tremendous steps in that direction,” he said. “We know what we’ve got to do and we know how we’ve got to do it and now the players just need to come and play.”

The Generals enter this series with a keen eye to what the Eagles just did

cord to 13-7-1.

Thanks to the win, the Flames moved to within one point of the Vancouver Canucks (38-24-4) for second spot in the Pacific Division.

Ryan Getzlaf had two goals for the Ducks (42-20-7), but also took two costly penalties in the second period that led to a pair of power-play goals by the Flames.

“I never want to be the guy sitting in that box when that happens,” Getzlaf said. “It kills momentum for our team and I’ve got to accept that. I let the guys down in that aspect in taking those kinds of penalties. It’s not acceptable and I’ll wear that for the next one.”

Hampus Lindholm also scored for Anaheim, while goalie John Gibson finished with 17 saves.

“It came down to will and want,” said Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau.

“They wanted to win battles and they won the battles on the boards and the one-on-one battles. Everybody thinks that, oh yeah we’re in first place, but I mean it’s within 10 points of the wild card and we’ve played more games than everybody else, so we’ve got to get our act in gear right now.”

Getzlaf picked off an errant pass by David Jones in the Calgary zone and quickly beat Ramo with a shot over his left pad to put the Ducks up 1-0 just 22 seconds into the game.

Getzlaf scored again at 2:51 when he deposited a rebound into a wide open Calgary net with Ramo out of position after he stopped the initial shot by Ryan Kesler.

The Flames fought back with goals

by Stajan and Gaudreau before the to the Drillers.

Head coach Ryan Tobler says they are ready for a tough final against their arch rivals.

“I expect a hard working team and a difficult series,” said Tobler. “We’ll be prepared for anything and everything.

We expect their best game and best effort and we know Brian will have them ready to go but we’ll be ready ourselves.”

Bentley also received a boost to their lineup prior to their first round series, when they added to the roster after he spent the 2013-14 season split with the American Hockey League’s Manchester Monarchs and the Central Hockey League’s Denver Cutthroats. In four semifinal games, Gale scored six goals.

“He’s a good player with a good resume, he’s a great guy and he’s fit in,” said Tobler.

Adding Gale was like adding another rifle to a weapons compound, the Generals were still lead by Torrie Dyck (10 points in five games) and Cam Maclise (eight points in five games), while Kyle Sheen, Eric Schneider and Don Morrison were also among scoring leaders in the playoffs.

They did however, suffer a surprising loss to the Chiefs in the semifinal, but as much as anything that served as a walk-up call for the Generals.

“We lost Game 3 there and came in Game 4 in there building with a determined effort and had the chance to close them out in Game 5 and wouldn’t be denied,” said Tobler. “We didn’t underestimate Fort Sask, they’ve got some skill and their power play gave us some fits at times, we made some adjustments and you need to do that in a series.”

The Generals are moving their home games for the final to the Red Deer Arena after playing the semifinal in Eckville. It is a move they have made for the last several years and the club feels comfortable in the bigger rink.

“It’s a great place to play and we’ve had some success there and we look forward to the move and the finals,” said Tobler.

Game 1 goes Saturday at 8 p.m., with Game 2 also in Red Deer at 6 p.m. on Sunday. The series switched back to Innisfail for Games 3 and 4 the following weekend at 7:30 p.m. on March 21 and 5 p.m. on March 22. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

RUSTLERS: Special For Sutter, the Rustlers’ championship run was extra special considering the train wreck that was the previous season. The team suffered from numerous injuries and player malcontent and went through three coaches.

“It (1978-79) season was a sad point in Rustlers history because of the type

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Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau celebrates his goal during second period NHL action against Anaheim Ducks in Calgary, Wednesday. end of the first period, which ended with Calgary up 16-11 in shots.

The Flames then scored three goals on four shots in the second to build up a 5-2 lead. Stajan redirected a pass from Michael Ferland past Gibson at 7:28 before Monahan scored during a Calgary man advantage 85 seconds later.

Gaudreau added another powerplay goal for Calgary at 13:59 before Lindholm wired a point shot past Ramo exactly five minutes later to pull the Ducks within two goals.

Despite the fact that the Flames were outshot 9-3 in the third by the Ducks, Hudler scored the lone goal of the period at 15:17.

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The 1980 Red Deer Rustlers pose after winning the Centennial Cup, the national Junior A hockey championship of team we had,” said Sutter. “There was no organization, we were all over the map. People were brought in from the outside, people who had never had a clear understanding of the AJHL and how tough of a league it was.”

The Ferguson family sold the franchise following the season to a group that included Brian Sutter, Reg Kinch, Brian Ogilvie, Alf Cadman and Al Pruss, with Parsons also on board as a shareholder.

“No disrespect towards the Ferguson family because they had owned that team for years,” said Sutter. “It had run its course with Lawrence and Sheldon and they decided to sell the team.”

The new ownership group brought Chapman — who had coached the Rustlers two years previous before being cut loose — back into the fold and the rest is history.

“They did the right thing and brought Chappy back,” said Sutter.

“He had time to recruit and bring in players. Chappy and Pars (Parsons) had a lot of contacts and they were able to put together a dominant team.”

Chapman and Parsons headed to northern Alberta and B.C. and brought back the likes of forwards Bob Bedier, Ray ‘Cowboy’ Houle — who died in an auto accident in the late ‘80s and is the only deceased member of the team — and Ivan Krook. Red Deer products Blanchard, Randy Moller and Garth Hildebrand also made the club, as did the Pierce brothers — goaltender Darryl (Tiger) and defenceman Roger — from Stettler.

“One thing that stood out with our team was the size of our defence. It was massive,” said Sutter. “Guys like Darrel Anholt, Randy Moller, Glenn Johannesen and Darren McKay were all over 200 pounds.”

The Rustlers ventured into British Columbia on a preseason, three-game road trip and defeated Kamloops, Merritt and Kelowna with ease.

“It was the kickoff to our season and it really helped groom us as a group,” said Sutter.

“Every player was a significant part

of the team as far as how we played and the roles we played. We had a neat group. The one thing that was common with everybody was character, everyone’s character was top notch.

The players would go through the wall for each other.

“We just kept growing as a team as the year went on. We just got better and better.”

Rich and Ron Sutter, Brent’s younger twin brothers, were the youngest players on the team and in 1982 were selected in the first round of the NHL draft, one year after Moller was a firstround pick of the Quebec Nordiques.

All three were drafted out of Lethbridge.

Sutter played three seasons in Red Deer despite being courted by the Broncos following his second year with the Rustlers.

“The reasons why I didn’t leave after the second year were that Chappy had me convinced we would have a good team here and my mom and dad didn’t allow any of the boys (Brian, Duane and Darryl played for the Rustlers in earlier years) to leave Red Deer until they graduated high school,” he said.

“After we won in 1980 a bunch of us went to Lethbridge, including the twins who were allowed to leave and complete high school in Lethbridge because Chappy was coaching the team.”

When Sutter bought the Rebels franchise in 1999 he considered changing the name from Rebels to Rustlers, then decided against the notion.

“I could have done it, although there would have been some hurdles to go through,” he said. “But at the end of the day I just didn’t think it was the right thing to do. The Rustlers have their own legacy in the city and they will 100 years from now.” ● The Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame induction banquet will be held July 25 in Canmore . . . Tickets, tables and sponsorships can be purchased online at www.hockeyalberta.ca/foundation or by contacting Danielle Nystrom at 403967-0041 or by email at dnystrom@hockeyalberta.ca. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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No easy path to repeat as national champions It is almost always more difficult to B.C. — were a surprise champion at repeat a championship than to win it the Pacific Western Athletic Associathe first time. tion championships after undergoing So much has to go right to win a title a rebuild this season. They hold the that to do it two years in a row, well the No. 2 seed while the Camosun Charodds are stacked against gers, who led the PacWest for you. The pressure to back most of the year, advanced up one banner with anwith a wild card and is the other is immense.

No. 4 seed. The No. 3 Élans At the college level, de Garneau went 14-0 in Quewhere there is a naturalbec and rolled to a provincial ly high-level of turnover, title. Then the Grande Prairie the repeat becomes even Regional College Wolves, who more scarce. the Queens beat in the ACAC The Red Deer College final, are looming with the Queens women’s volleyNo. 5 seed. ball team, however, are The Queens open their in a unique position to do championship push with a just that. With eight playmeeting with the No. 8 seeded JOSH ers set to move on from host Lynx d’Édouard-MontALDRICH the program in the offpetit. season, next year may not “I hope the gym is dead, bring the same opportubut it’s highly unlikely that’s nity. going to happen,” said Walton That window is closing. with a laugh. “I saw them on video and Still, the Queens are heading into they do look like they are an emotional the Canadian Colleges Athletic Asso- team, and they seem like they have a ciation championships in Longueuil, few athletes that seem to be very emoQue., with the belief that anything they tional leaders. We’re going to have to accomplish there is gravy, despite match them for intensity not emotion.” holding down the nation’s No. 1 rankThe Queens enter the tournament ing. playing their best volleyball of the sea“You could sense (winning pro- son. After battling through injuries all vincials) was the capping moment for year, everything clicked at the ACAC them in their season,’” said Queens championships at Olds College and head coach Talbot Walton. “When it they finally looked like a team carrycomes to nationals, it’s a tournament ing a dominating 22-2 record. and anything can happen in a one “I thought we were pretty close to game match. To put a whole season having all of our players firing at the together and have a great record like same time (at provincials), I don’t know we did and then execute well at pro- if we ever got to that, but we definitely vincials, I think that really speaks vol- got to a level that was pretty consistent umes to the ability of a team, not just throughout,” said Walton. “If things for the ability to play one match well.” go well and we’re able to find that adWalton is not entirely sure what to ditional gear, we’ll have a successful expect out of the field at the CCAA’s. tournament because of that.”

Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Univer● The RDC Kings men’s volleyball sity Mariners — a perennial power in team is also at nationals trying to re-

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McGill coming to Calgary to repeat as CIS women’s hockey champion CALGARY — The McGill Martlets appreciate their past, but they don’t dwell on it.

They forgot to bring the championship trophy they won last year in Canadian university women’s hockey to this year’s tournament in Calgary.

“It’s this team out here this year, now, that needs to perform,” head coach Peter Smith said Wednesday.

“It has very little to do with what happened last year. “I don’t think anybody has ever said anything on our team about winning last year.

“I don’t think we spend any time thinking about last year. The focus is totally on what we’ve got going now and our next game.”

Smith believed the trophy will either be shipped or brought by McGill personnel to Calgary in time for Sunday’s championship game.

McGill is the No. 1 seed heading into the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s hockey tournament followed

by Western Ontario, Alberta, St. Francis Xavier, Guelph, Montreal, Moncton and host Calgary.

The quarter-finals kick off Thursday at WinSport’s Markin MacPhail Centre.

Guelph takes on St. Francis Xavier followed by Calgary versus McGill.

On Friday, Moncton and Western Ontario square off prior to Montreal versus Alberta.

The winners of Saturday’s semifinals advance to Sunday’s championship game. The men’s tournament, featuring defending champion Alberta, opens Thursday in Halifax.

The men’s and women’s hockey championships expanded this year from six to eight teams. The format has also changed from pool play to single-game elimination of quarter-finals, semifinals and final.

McGill defeated the Montreal Carabins 4-3 in double overtime to win last year’s women’s championship in Fredericton, N.B. Defenceman Brittney Fouracres of Calgary scored a powerplay goal for the winner 37 seconds into the second extra period.

The Martlets and Carabins clashed again this past weekend in a threegame series to determine the Quebec conference champions.

After a 6-2 victory in Game 1, the Martlets fells 5-1 to their archrivals Saturday. They recovered for a decisive 7-2 win the following day.

“It just showed we can deal with adversity,” Fouracres said. “Losing that second game the way we did, that was pretty tough. A lot of girls were emotional about that. A lot of times that can affect your next game and it was a quick turnaround. I think we showed a lot of maturity and strength as a team.”

McGill’s offence has averaged 4.25 goals per game, which is second only to Montreal’s 4.40. The Martlets’ attack was further bolstered by the return of centre Melodie Daoust on Feb. 13. She hadn’t played a game since winning gold with Canada’s Olympic team almost a year ago in Sochi, Russia.

An undisclosed injury, which she sustained during dryland training last June, was serious enough to keep her off the ice for most of the season.

The 23-year-old from Valleyfield, Que., is making up for lost time with six goals and 12 assists in eight games since her return, including a hat trick Sunday against the Carabins.

“I was not supposed to come back with that injury until next year,” Daoust said.

“I worked really hard with the physio and had a good team around me too to make sure I was ready for playoffs and that was my goal. I achieved it and I’m just happy I get to play even though I’m not 100 per cent.”

Forward Gabrielle Davidson of Pointe-Claire, Que., was last year’s tournament MVP and ranks second in CIS scoring with 39 points in 20 games.

She’s one of 19 returning players, including both goaltenders, on McGill’s roster.

McGill has won four of the last seven women’s titles, but Alberta owns the most with seven in the 17-year history of the tournament.

The host Dinos, coached by fourtime Olympian Danielle Goyette, are without forward Hayley Wickenheiser.

The all-time leading scorer on Canada’s national team had season-ending foot surgery last month.

The Dinos are led by three-time Russian Olympian Iya Gavrilova, the top goalscorer in the CIS this season with 21 in 23 games.

tures Ontario Colleges Athletic Association player of the year in Jason Hernandez at power. But they also have viable options on the other side of the floor to keep their opposition guessing.

“They’ve got some weapons for sure and with a 12-6 record in a competitive league like the OCAA, they’re not going to be a pushover by any means,” said Schulha.

“We’ve watched enough video on them over the last week ... and see some areas that we think we can take advantage of.”

In a perfect world the Kings would like a rematch with the Vikings in the gold medal game, just to see who really is best on a neutral floor.

Despite being the defending national champions, RDC’s roster is filled with players who were not there last year.

One of the few — all-Canadian power Tim Finnigan — however, is already showing the importance of that experience as he gathered the team after the loss in Camrose and reminded them that the real goal is not provincials but nationals.

“Even our first year guys have played in pressure situations and championship moments and I think this group is one that should thrive in this situation,” said Schulha. ● The RDC Queens women’s hockey team will wrap up their ACAC season this weekend as their best-of-five series with the two-time defending league champion NAIT Ooks continues.

The series is tied at 1-1 after the first two games and will get going again tonight in Edmonton at 7 p.m. Game 4 is Saturday at the Red Deer Arena at 3 p.m. and if Game 5 is need it will be back in Edmonton on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC rookie Brisbane wins CCAA men’s volleyball player of the year

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Luke Brisbane’s rookie season with the Red Deer College Kings men’s volleyball team went to a new level on Thursday night as the Australian setter was named Canadian Colleges Athletic Association player of the year.

The announcement was made at the CCAA Awards Banquet in Charlottetown, P.E.I., in conjunction with the CCAA Men’s Volleyball Championships, where he was also named an all-Canadian.

The six-foot-four Brisbane played every single point this season after taking over from incumbent Tegan McGraw who was injured.

He led the Kings to an Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference best 21-3 mark and a silver medal at the provincial championships, where he was

SOCCER The Red Deer City Soccer Association is hosting the U18 boys and girls tier II provincials at the Collicutt Centre this weekend.

The Red Deer Renegades opening games going at 7 p.m. for the girls against the Calgary Chinook United and at 8 p.m. for the boys against the

named a first team all-star.

He finished first in the ACAC South with 844 assists and second in second in assists per set at 9.0. With his unique size at the position, he is also a match up nightmare for opposing teams finishing ninth in the conference in blocks with 40 and added 37 kills from a position that normally does not provide much by way of attacking. For good measure, he was also 10th in the ACAC South in digs with 155.

Earlier this season he was also named ACAC player of the year and was a first team all-conference selection.

“Luke is an extremely talented young setter who continues to get better each week,” said RDC athletics director Keith Hansen in a press release.

“He also puts the same effort toward his studies as he does on the volleyball court.”

Calgary MAC United on Friday night.

The rest of the schedule runs through Sunday and is determined by the results of the Friday games.

“This will be the ultimate test for our U18 boys and girls,” said soccer operations manager and the Renegades boys head coach Ado Sarcevic. “Everything they have trained for leads to the provincials and we are excited to host the competition in Red Deer.”

Sam (Hands of Stone) Stout returns to the UFC with a new attitude

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Sam (Hands of Stone) Stout steps into the cage Saturday for the 19th time since his UFC debut nine years ago. And the 30-year-old lightweight from London, Ont., says he is a new man.

New because since his last outing, a knockout loss to K.J. Noons last April, Stout became a father for the first time.

He will not be living up to his nickname when it comes to picking up daughter Logan. ’It’s awesome,“ Stout said of fatherhood.

The fighter says time away from the sport also revitalized him.

“I was kind of getting a little burned out,” he acknowledged.

“I’ve been a pro for 11 years now. I was just having a hard time getting motivated in the gym. I was pretty miserable training.”

Stout (21-10-1) takes on Ross (The Real Deal) Pearson (18-8 with one no contest) on Saturday on the undercard of UFC 185 in Dallas.

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Their situation, however, is much different in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The Kings enter as the No. 4 seed on a wild card berth after being upset by the University of Alberta-Augustana Vikings in the ACAC championship.

Still a valid argument can be made that RDC is the favourite heading into the tournament.

The Kings were not the only upset in the provincial championships, the Douglas College Royals (21-3; 66-20) were beat by the Camosun Chargers (18-6; 60-27) to win B.C. and the Niagara College Knights (12-6; 40-28) won Ontario ahead of Mohawk (17-1; 53-18) who finished third. Camosun, out of Victoria, and Niagara hold down the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds for the CCAA’s while Augustana is slotted at No. 2.

The Kings open up against the No. 5 St. Clair Saints (12-6; 44-25) out of Windsor, Ont., today at 3 p.m. MST. “It’s really anyone’s weekend, I’ve narrowed it down to a top four or five ...” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “It’s really hard to say, we watch a little bit of video on the other conferences, but it’s so hard to get out of the ACAC that we’re more concerned about ourselves.”

RDC had plenty of motivation after losing the provincial final to the Vikings, but Schulha says they have calmed down since then and regrouped. Nationals will be a completely different animal.

“There’s nothing really to prove,” said Schulha. “You still have that in the back of your head as a motivator but the guys have let it go and they’re refreshed for this week and focused solely on tomorrow.”

A strong start is critical and Schulha says they will have their hands full with the Saints, a smaller team that relies on speed to the outside and fea-

SCOREBOARD Hockey

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Brandon 67 49 11 4 3 314 x-Regina 67 36 22 5 4 250 Swift Current 67 30 32 1 4 199 Moose Jaw 67 29 33 4 1 199 Prince Albert 66 28 35 2 1 195 Saskatoon 68 19 45 2 2 190

GA 207 217 230 242 234 292

Pt 105 81 65 63 59 42

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF x-Medicine Hat66 41 22 1 2 243 x-Calgary 66 40 21 1 4 271 x-Red Deer 67 36 21 4 6 225 Kootenay 67 34 29 1 3 225 Edmonton 68 32 29 4 3 204 Lethbridge 66 20 38 5 3 189

GA 194 192 213 237 188 274

Pt 85 85 82 72 71 48

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Kelowna 67 50 12 4 1 291 x-Victoria 67 36 27 3 1 231 Prince George 66 28 33 2 3 199 Kamloops 66 25 34 4 3 193 Vancouver 67 26 38 1 2 180

GA 169 208 268 242 236

Pt 105 76 61 57 55

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA x-Everett 67 40 20 3 4 225 184 x-Portland 65 40 20 2 3 254 203 x-Seattle 66 33 24 4 5 191 186 x-Spokane 65 32 29 3 1 192 195 Tri-City 66 28 35 0 3 169 218 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth.

Pt 87 85 75 68 59

Tuesday’s results Brandon 5 Moose Jaw 3 Edmonton 8 Saskatoon 1 Kootenay 4 Lethbridge 1 Prince Albert 5 Regina 3 Spokane 4 Vancouver 3 Wednesday’s results Red Deer 6 Saskatoon 4 Regina 4 Swift Current 1 Prince George at Kamloops, late Victoria 6 Kelowna 3 Portland 6 Everett 1 Friday’s games Saskatoon at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Regina at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday’s games Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Regina, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Prince George at Portland, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary Rebels 6, Blades 4 First Period 1. Red Deer, Feser 14 (Musil) 4:26 (pp).

2. Red Deer, Maxwell 22 (Nell) 12:21 (shorthanded-SH).

3. Saskatoon, Soshnin 10 (Sloboshan, Krupic) 13:05 (pp).

4. Red Deer, Maxwell 23 (Sheen, Johnson) 17:51 (pp).

Penalties — Graham Sas (hooking) 3:39, Grman RD (interference) 11:51, Krupic Sas (cross-checking) 16:19.

Second Period 5. Saskatoon, McCarty 7 (Zajac, Dixon) 14:04.

Penalties — Higson Sas (delay of game) 18:58.

Third Period 6. Red Deer, Maxwell 24 (Nogier, Sheen) 4:10.

7. Red Deer, Maxwell 25 (Nogier, Sheen) 10:16.

8. Red Deer, Feser 15 (Johnson, Fleury) 14:05 (short-handed-SH).

9. Saskatoon, Hebig 17 (Graham, Reid) 14:18.

10. Saskatoon, Hebig 18 (Graham, Schacher) 17:38.

Penalties — Braid Sas (10-minute misconduct) 4:15, Gingras Sas (roughing) 4:15, Feser RD (roughing) 4:15, Gay RD (10-minute misconduct) 4:15, Polei RD (high-sticking) 12:13.

Shots on goal Saskatoon 8 10 12 — 30 Red Deer 13 9 17 — 39 Goal — Saskatoon: Amundrud (L, 7-21-0); Red Deer: Toth (W, 27-16-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Saskatoon: 1-2; Red Deer: 2-3.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 67 42 18 7 91 Tampa Bay 68 42 20 6 90 Detroit 65 37 17 11 85 Boston 66 34 22 10 78 Florida 66 29 23 14 72 Ottawa 65 30 24 11 71 Toronto 68 27 35 6 60 Buffalo 67 19 42 6 44

GF 177 223 192 179 163 185 183 129

GA 147 177 172 171 188 176 212 228

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts 66 42 17 7 91 69 43 22 4 90 66 38 18 10 86 68 36 22 10 82 68 28 27 13 69 67 28 29 10 66 66 28 34 4 60 65 25 32 8 58

GF 203 219 189 201 178 153 170 155

GA 157 194 162 168 197 176 210 178

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Nashville 68 42 19 7 91 St. Louis 66 42 19 5 89 Chicago 66 39 21 6 84 Minnesota 67 37 23 7 81 Winnipeg 67 33 22 12 78 Colorado 67 30 26 11 71 Dallas 67 30 27 10 70

GF 199 209 190 192 187 179 209

GA 166 167 154 170 181 190 221

N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh Washington Philadelphia New Jersey Columbus Carolina

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 69 42 20 7 91 202 192 Vancouver 66 38 24 4 80 189 179 Calgary 67 37 25 5 79 197 175 Los Angeles 66 32 21 13 77 180 170 San Jose 67 33 26 8 74 189 187 Arizona 67 21 38 8 50 143 224 Edmonton 67 18 38 11 47 152 227 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Columbus 4, Carolina 3, SO N.Y. Rangers 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Dallas 2, Philadelphia 1 Tampa Bay 1, Montreal 0, OT Boston 3, Ottawa 1 St. Louis 5, Winnipeg 4 Minnesota 6, New Jersey 2 Los Angeles 5, Colorado 2 Wednesday’s Games Toronto 4, Buffalo 3, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Washington 1 Calgary 6, Anaheim 3 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s summaries Flames 6, Ducks 3 First Period 1. Anaheim, Getzlaf 21 (unassisted) :22.

2. Anaheim, Getzlaf 22 (Kesler, Palmieri) 2:51 (pp).

3. Calgary, Stajan 6 (Jones, Russell) 10:32.

4. Calgary, Gaudreau 17 (Jooris, Russell) 15:25.

Penalties — Bollig Cgy (roughing) 2:12, Maroon Ana (fighting) 7:55, Engelland Cgy (fighting) 7:55, Perry Ana (hooking) 7:55, Wideman Cgy (highsticking) 13:11, Silfverberg Ana (closing hand on puck) 15:38.

Second Period 5. Calgary, Stajan 7 (Ferland, Bollig) 7:28.

6. Calgary, Monahan 25 (Wideman) 8:53 (pp).

7. Calgary, Gaudreau 18 (Wideman, Russell) 13:59 (pp).

8. Anaheim, Lindholm 7 (unassisted) 18:59.

Penalties — Getzlaf Ana (roughing) 8:03, Getzlaf Ana (holding) 13:23, Jooris Cgy (interference) 17:40, Kesler Ana (tripping) 18:22.

Third Period 9. Calgary, Hudler 24 (Backlund, Wideman) 15:17.

Penalties — Cogliano Ana (tripping) 2:46.

Shots on goal Anaheim 11 12 9 — 32 Calgary 16 4 3 — 23 Goal — Anaheim: Gibson (L, 9-6-0); Calgary: Ramo (W, 13-7-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Anaheim: 1-3; Calgary: 2-6.

Maple Leafs 4, Sabres 3 (SO) First Period 1. Buffalo, Larsson 3 (Ennis, Moulson) 6:52.

2. Toronto, Kozun 2 (Lindstrom, Macwilliam) 14:09.

3. Toronto, Komarov 7 (Booth, Smith) 14:30.

4. Buffalo, Ennis 17 (Moulson, Larsson) 16:02.

Penalties — Rielly Tor (hooking) 0:21, Bogosian Buf (holding) 1:27, Dalpe Buf (tripping) 8:58.

Second Period 5. Buffalo, Moulson 10 (Larsson, Ennis) 11:50.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 6. Toronto, Bozak 19 (Kessel, Rielly) 16:35 (pp).

Penalties — Hodgson Buf (holding) 2:58, Macwilliam Tor (tripping) 6:41, Zadorov Buf (holding) 11:03, Weber Buf (delay of game) 15:32.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout — Toronto wins 1-0 Buffalo : Moulson miss, Ennis miss, Gionta miss.

Toronto : Bozak goal, Holland miss.

Shots on goal Buffalo 11 9 8 5 — 33 Toronto 8 4 17 5 — 34 Goal — Buffalo: Lindback (LO, 2-10-1); Toronto: Bernier (W, 20-21-6).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Buffalo: 0-2; Toronto: 1-5.

Rangers 3, Capitals 1 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Hagelin 15 (Hayes, Boyle) 8:20.

2. Washington, Ovechkin 45 (Kuznetsov, Ward) 11:43 (pp).

3. NY Rangers, Miller 7 (Hayes) 16:34.

Penalties — Boyle NYR (interference) 10:00, Brouwer Wash (slashing) 13:46, Moore NYR (interference) 19:04, McDonagh NYR (high-sticking) 19:46.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Glencross Wash (roughing) 7:27, Gleason Wash (unsportsmanlike conduct) 10:16, Glass NYR (unsportsmanlike conduct) 10:16, Ovechkin Wash (Illegal Check to Head Minor) 10:16.

Third Period 4. NY Rangers, St. Louis 19 (Kreider) 17:33.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal NY Rangers 12 12 7 — 31 Washington 9 4 16 — 29 Goal — NY Rangers: Talbot (W, 16-6-4); Washington: Holtby (L, 32-17-9).

Power plays (goal-chances) — NY Rangers: 0-3; Washington: 1-3.

Friday’s Games

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended N.Y. Yankees RHP Brayan Alcantara 72 games for a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Suspended Cincinnati minor league 3B Tanner Rahier, without pay, after being arrested on assault charges.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Eddie Gamboa to Norfolk (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Corey Kluber on a one-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Selected the contract of OF Antoan Richardson from Round Rock (PCL). Placed LHP Martin Perez on the 60-day DL. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHP Peter Moylan on a minor league contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP Johnny Hellweg to Colorado Springs (PCL).

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — CB Cortland Finnegan announced his retirement.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed LS Mike Leach to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with G Mike Iupati on a five-year contract, DT Corey Peters on a three-year contract and LB Sean Weatherspoon on a one-year contract.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed WR Leonard Hankerson.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Traded DT Haloti Ngata and a 2015 seventh-round draft pick to Detroit for 2015 fourth- and fifth-round draft picks.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed FB Jerome Felton. Released TE Scott Chandler.

CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with LB Pernell McPhee on a five-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re-signed G Clint Boling, OT Eric Winston and CB Chris Lewis-Harris.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Re-signed WR Marlon Moore.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Re-signed OT Bryan Bulaga.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Traded QB Case Keenum to St. Louis for a 2016 seventh-round draft pick.

Traded QB Ryan Fitzpatrick to the N.Y. Jets for a conditional late-round draft pick. Signed QB Brian Hoyer. Re-signed CB Kareem Jackson and OT Derek Newton.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WR Andre Johnson.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed TE Julius Thomas to a five-year contract and OT Jermey Parnell, CB Davon House, LB Dan Skuta and S Sergio Brown.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed WR Jeremy Maclin.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed DT Ndamukong Suh. Released DT Randy Starks.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DT Tom Johnson and QB Shaun Hill. Agreed to terms with OL Joe Berger and LS Cullen Loeffler.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed WR Brian Tyms. Signed WRs Kevin Dorsey and Brandon Gibson.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Extended the contract of coach Tom Coughlin through the 2016. Signed LB Mark Herzlich and FB Henry Hynoski to two-year contracts. Signed RB Shane Vereen, LBs Jonathan Casillas and J.T. Thomas, OT Marshall Newhouse and WR Dwayne Harris. Re-signed RB Chris Ogbonnaya. Waived T Rogers Gaines and CB Travis Howard.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed G James Carpenter.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Agreed to terms with LB Curtis Lofton. Signed DT Dan Williams, C Rodney Hudson and TE Lee Smith.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with CB Walter Thurmond III on a one-year contract. Resigned QB Mark Sanchez to a two-year contract.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Announced the retirement of LB Jason Worilds.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Agreed to terms with TE Lance Kendricks. Terminated the contracts of C Scott Wells and OT Jake Long.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed WR Torrey Smith to a five-year contract.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed LB Bruce

Carter. Released DE Michael Johnson.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with WR Harry Douglas. Signed S Da’Norris Searcy.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed DL Stephen Paea.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Assigned D Loic Leduc from Bridgeport (AHL) to Colorado (ECHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Cameron Schilling from Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Returned F Gabriel Desjardins to Florida (ECHL).

CHICAGO WOLVES — Recalled D Colten Hayes from Alaska (ECHL).

IOWA WILD — Returned D Nicholas Rioux to Quad City (ECHL).

NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Recalled D Kevin Lind from Utah (ECHL).

PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Recalled D Frankie Simonelli from South Carolina (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Reassigned D Mike DiPaolo from Ontario (ECHL) to Allen (ECHL).

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS — Recalled D Alex Boak from Wheeling (ECHL).

ECHL COLORADO EAGLES — Added G Drew O’Connell as emergency backup.

FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Released D Dylan Quaile.

GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Traded F Garry Nunn to Ontario for F Robert Czarnik. Traded F Anthony Luciani to Greenville for F Scott Arnold.

IDAHO STEELHEADS — Signed D Jake Rutt.

KALAMAZOO WINGS — Traded F Ray Kaunistto to Evansville for the rights to F Patrick Kennedy.

MISSOURI MAVERICKS — Traded F Josh Brittain to Ontario for D Chris Owens.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Signed F Mason Baptista to an amateur tryout agreement. Added G Jake Reed as emergency backup.

STOCKTON THUNDER — Signed D Mike Busillo.

WICHITA THUNDER — Signed D Darren Bestland to an amateur tryout agreement.

Suh signs with Dolphins to headline day 2 of NFL free agency

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The free agency frenzy, trading outbreak and stunning retirements of the first day of the NFL’s business year gave way to one headliner Wednesday: Ndamukong Suh. Miami signed the All-Pro defensive tackle and top prize in this year’s free agent crop to a $114 million, six-year contract. It made Suh the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history, surpassing J.J. Watt’s $100 million, six-year deal with Houston.

They expect him to plug the line against the run, and threaten — and sack — quarterbacks.

“I’m excited about the pressure,” Suh said, referring not to the pass rush but to the expectations that come with such a contract. “I don’t necessarily look at it as pressure. I look at it as something I’m built for.

“This is the ultimate team sport. There’s no way I can do it by myself. I want to be a cornerstone.

“At the same time our quarterback is going to be a cornerstone, Ryan Tannehill, who I have a lot of respect for: No. 1 because he has taken my hits.”

They played each other last season, a 20-16 Detroit victory.

Suh, the second overall pick in 2010, had 36 sacks in five seasons in Detroit, including 8 ½ in 2014. His presence should boost the performances of ends Cameron Wake and Olivier Vernon, who have combined for 38 sacks in the past two seasons.

“To get a player of Ndamukong’s stature says a lot about our organization,” director of football operations Mike Tannenbaum said.

“The fact he chose us speaks volumes about

our organization, our chance to win and the foundation that has been laid here.”

Miami also released veteran defensive tackle Randy Starks.

While Suh was leaving the NFC North, one of the prime offensive tackles on the market was staying there.

Green Bay re-signed right tackle Bryan Bulaga, ensuring that the NFL’s highest-scoring team will keep its entire offence intact for 2015.

The deal is believed to be for five years and $34 million, with an $8 million signing bonus.

Days before Bulaga came back, the Packers re-signed receiver Randall Cobb.

Some second-tier quarterbacks were on the move Wednesday.

The Jets acquired Ryan Fitzpatrick from Houston, and he was replaced there by Brian Hoyer.

Fitzpatrick, 32, is expected to push Geno Smith for the starting job with New York. He reunites with Chan Gailey, who coached Fitzpatrick in Buffalo and is the Jets’ new offensive co-ordinator.

Hoyer, formerly of the Browns, will compete with Ryan Mallett with the Texans. Mallett was re-signed earlier this week.

“When you look at the offensive side of the ball — Arian Foster, (DeAndre) Hopkins — those types of guys, the offensive line, I’m excited to get a chance to be a part of this,” Hoyer said.

The Jets also signed G James Carpenter, who won a Super Bowl with Seattle.

There was one retirement, by cornerback Cortland Finnegan, which was expected — as opposed to Tuesday’s retirements of three players in their primes: Patrick Willis, Jake Locker and Jason Worilds.

Today

● Minor hockey provincials: Bantam A at Stettler, Bantam B girls at Lacombe, Atom D at Caroline. ● Senior high basketball: 4A zone finals — Girls: Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, second game of best-of-three, 6 p.m.; Boys: Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, second game of best-of-three, 6 p.m. ● College women’s hockey: RDC at NAIT, third game of best-of-five ACAC final, 7 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Monstars vs.

Kingsmen, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Triple A Batteries, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Major bantam girls hockey playoffs: Red Deer at Rocky Mountain, 7:30 p.m., Cochrane.

Friday

● Minor hockey provincials: Bantam A at Stettler, Bantam B girls at Lacombe, Atom D at Caroline. ● Senior high basketball: 4A zone finals — Girls: Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, third game of best-of-three, if necessary, 6 p.m.; Boys: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, third game of best-of-three, if necessary, 6 p.m. ● Senior high basketball: 3A zone playoffs, teams and times TBA. ● WHL: Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Major midget girls hockey playoffs: Red Deer at Rocky Mountain, third game of best-of-five, 7 p.m., Airdrie. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Blackfalds, fifth game of best-of-seven Northern Division final, if necessary, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Minor hockey provincials: Bantam A at Stettler, Bantam B girls at Lacombe, Atom D at Caroline. ● Volleyball: Volleyball Alberta 15U and 16U boys Premier tournament at Collicutt Centre.

● Major midget girls hockey playoffs: Red Deer at Rocky Mountain, fourth game of best-of-five, if necessary, 2 p.m., DeWinton. ● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, fourth game of best-of-five ACAC final, 3 p.m., Red Deer Arena. ● Senior high basketball: 3A zone playoffs, teams and times TBA. ● Major bantam girls hockey playoffs: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Mountainview, sixth game of bestof-seven Northern Division final, if necessary, 7:30 p.m., Didsbury. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, first game of best-of-seven provincial/Chinook League final, 8 p.m., Red Deer Arena.

Sunday

● Minor hockey provincials: Bantam A at Stettler, Bantam B girls at Lacombe, Atom D at Caroline. ● Volleyball: Volleyball Alberta 15U and 16U boys Premier tournament at Collicutt Centre. ● Major midget girls hockey playoffs: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, fifth game of best-of-five, if necessary, 12:15 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Blackfalds, seventh game of best-of-seven Northern Division final, if necessary, 3:30 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview vs.

Orangemen, Henry’s Eavestroughing vs.

Rusty Chuckers, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs.

NWS, 5:30 p.m., all games at Lindsay Thurber. ● Major bantam girls hockey playoffs: Red Deer at Rocky Mountain, 4:30 p.m., Cochrane. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, second game of best-of-seven provincial/Chinook League final, 6 p.m., Red Deer Arena

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 38 26 .594 — Boston 27 36 .429 10 1/2 Brooklyn 25 38 .397 12 1/2 Philadelphia 14 50 .219 24 New York 12 51 .190 25 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 50 14 .781 — Washington 36 28 .563 14 Miami 29 35 .453 21 Charlotte 28 35 .444 21 1/2 Orlando 21 45 .318 30 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 41 25 .621 — Chicago 40 26 .606 1 Milwaukee 34 30 .531 6 Indiana 29 34 .460 10 1/2 Detroit 23 40 .365 16 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 45 19 .703 — Houston 43 20 .683 1 1/2 San Antonio 40 23 .635 4 1/2 Dallas 41 25 .621 5 New Orleans 36 29 .554 9 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 41 20 .672 — Oklahoma City 35 29 .547 7 1/2 Utah 27 36 .429 15 Denver 24 41 .369 19 Minnesota 14 49 .222 28 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 50 12 .806 —

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Tuesday’s Games Indiana 118, Orlando 86 New Orleans 111, Brooklyn 91 Cleveland 127, Dallas 94 San Antonio 117, Toronto 107 Utah 87, New York 82 L.A. Lakers 93, Detroit 85 Wednesday’s Games Chicago 104, Philadelphia 95, OT Sacramento 113, Charlotte 106 Miami 104, Brooklyn 98 Boston 95, Memphis 92 L.A. Clippers 120, Oklahoma City 108 Milwaukee 97, Orlando 91 Denver 115, Atlanta 102 Phoenix 106, Minnesota 97 Detroit at Golden State, late Houston at Portland, late Thursday’s Games Memphis at Washington, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Houston at Utah, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

New York at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Sacramento at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Portland, 8 p.m.

Baseball Major League Baseball Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W Kansas City 8 Boston 6 Oakland 6 Houston 4 Detroit 5 New York 5 Chicago 3 Minnesota 3 Texas 4 Seattle 4 Los Angeles 3 Toronto 4 Cleveland 3 Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 2

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NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Arizona 6 2 .750 Miami 5 2 .714 Los Angeles 4 2 .667 Colorado 4 3 .571 Pittsburgh 4 3 .571 St. Louis 4 3 .571 Washington 4 3 .571 Philadelphia 4 4 .500 San Diego 4 4 .500 Cincinnati 4 5 .444 Atlanta 3 5 .375 New York 3 6 .333 Milwaukee 2 5 .286 San Francisco 2 7 .222 Chicago 1 6 .143 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Tuesday’s Games Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 Miami 2, Washington 1 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Detroit 6, Philadelphia 0 Boston 5, Tampa Bay (ss) 1 Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay (ss) 3 Houston 7, St. Louis 6 Minnesota 5, Toronto 3 Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 2, Colorado (ss) 2, tie Oakland 6, Arizona 5 San Diego 10, San Francisco 5 Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 2 Cleveland 10, Chicago Cubs 6 L.A. Angels 5, Texas 4

Colorado (ss) 9, Seattle 3 Wednesday’s Games Boston 10, N.Y. Yankees 6 Miami 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2 Washington 9, Detroit 2 St. Louis 6, Atlanta 2 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 2 Toronto 5, Baltimore 2 Colorado 4, Seattle 1 Chicago Cubs 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 Kansas City (ss) 4, San Diego 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 4, tie Kansas City (ss) 5, Cincinnati 2 Oakland 3, Cleveland 2 Milwaukee 6, San Francisco 3 Arizona 6, L.A. Angels 5 Thursday’s Games Boston vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia vs. Detroit (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore vs. St. Louis, 11:05 a.m.

Miami vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Detroit (ss) vs. Houston, 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Seattle vs. Oakland, 1:00 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (ss) vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Angels, 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Chicago White Sox (ss), 5:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego, 7:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Detroit vs. Atlanta (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

Houston vs. Washington, 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore vs. Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Texas vs. San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

San Diego vs. L.A. Angels, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Boston, 5:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Chicago Cubs 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.

MINOR HOCKEY PROVINCIALS The host Stettler Storm joins teams from Stony Plain, Lloydminster, Edmonton Southwest and Beaumont in Pool A of the Alberta bantam A hockey championship starting today at 4 p.m.

Pool B consists of clubs from Canmore, Calgary West, Grande Prairie, Strathcona and Lethbridge. The championship final is set for Sunday at 3 p.m.

Meanwhile, Lacombe will host the provincial bantam B girls championship and the atom D provincials will be held in Caroline.

The bantam B girls provincials start today at 7:30 p.m. and are attended by the host Lacoka (Lacombe/Ponoka) squad as well as teams from Red Deer, Stettler, Lloydminster, Edmonton, Spruce Grove, Lethbridge, High Prairie, Olds and Calgary. The final is scheduled for Sunday with the time TBA. At Caroline, the host team is joined by contingents from Mayerthorpe, Mallaig, Coronation, Thorsby, Picture Butte, Smoky River and Duchess. the tournament starts today at 4:30 p.m. and the championship game goes Sunday at 3 p.m.

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Six ways to switch on your healthy genes

Spring clean – from the inside out!

With spring in full bloom it is that time of year we start to come out of hibernating and think about the seasonal task of spring cleaning!

Many people seek to purge the mental clutter they have accumulated over the past year and view spring cleaning as an opportunity for less stress, more simplicity and an overall sense of peace in daily life.

However, most individuals SHANE often overlook the most imJOHNSON portant place to start spring cleaning ‌ our body.

NATUROPATHIC Every day we are exposed to toxic substances in the MEDICINE air we breathe, the water we drink and the foods we consume.

It is very good medicine to practice detoxification on a regular basis to reduce the buildup of toxins in the body by removing these substances that can potentially lead to disease.

This is why I recommend to my patients that they go through a minimum 10-day detoxification program every spring.

Toxic substances come from our external environment as well as inside of us. External sources include food additives, chemical solvents from industrial waste, pesticides and herbicides, drugs and alcohol.

These are all substances that we ingest that need to be detoxified properly.

These wastes not only come from large industrial chemical factories, but also the cleaners and products we use in and around our home on a daily basis.

We also produce toxins in our body, such as bacteria and yeasts that live in our intestinal tract. If not handled properly, these can grow and cause imbalances that can lead to disease.

These toxins in the body may be considered to be the cause of many different symptoms and diseases.

Simply put, your present health concerns may be the result of toxic accumulations in your tissues. It is a good idea to treat and take care of these organs well in order for them to keep you healthy.

In my opinion, a good detoxification program includes nutritional changes, herbs, relaxation and the use of specific nutrients to help get rid of toxins.

Furthermore, a good detoxification program should not include taking endless amounts of pills that have you running to the washroom 24/7; yet do nothing different with your diet or lifestyle.

Some of the conditions associated with toxic overload can include: headaches, muscle and joint pain, allergy or flu-like symptoms, chronic fatigue and auto-immune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Using detoxification strategies can not only help to avoid these conditions but also help to alleviate them.

The following are just some of the positive benefits and results you can expect from a well-planned out and quality detoxification program: â—? An overall sense of calm and ease â—? Better concentration, clarity and mental focus â—? Enhanced mental performance â—? Improvement of digestive functions â—? Increased resistance to illness â—? Increased vitality, energy and stamina â—? Reduced symptoms of chronic toxicity â—? Reduction of allergic symptoms â—? Reduction in risk for many chronic diseases â—? Weight loss Say goodbye to the wintertime blues and welcome spring with open arms by taking time to focus on yourself and clean, from the inside-out.

Watch for my columns in the coming months that will discuss the important herbs and nutrients bestsuited for detoxification in more detail, allowing you to make some simple changes at home to promote overall optimal health.

Let’s tackle spring cleaning book an appointment with you naturopathic doctor to discuss a detoxification program that fits your health and lifestyle needs.

Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Aspire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at Bastyr University, and is among only a handful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to complete an additional one-year residency in family medicine. For more detailed information on naturopathic medicine visit www.aspiremedicine.ca.

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN genes. Cruciferous veggies, green tea, soy and turmeric (a yummy spice found in curry) all pitch in for the switch, too. â—? Put on your sneakers ... or your bathing suit.

Regular exercise affects the activity of more than 5,000 genes — many involved with cooling inflammation, improving blood sugar control, and burning fat and sugar for fuel. This helps explain why a daily, 30-minute walk or a regular swimming, biking or Zumba habit helps your heart, your blood sugar, your brain and more! � Relax. The deep calm you feel after meditation, deep breathing or yoga is deep-down good for your DNA, too. In one recent study from the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, researchers found

that this profound calm triggers changes right away in genes that help govern immunity, inflammation, blood sugar control and your body’s ability to burn fat and sugars efficiently for energy. The study found beneficial changes for first-time and long-time meditators alike. � Connect with friends and loved ones. Loneliness can alter the workings of more than 200 genes, many involved with inflammation and immune responses, University of Chicago researchers report. One fascinating finding: People who said they felt more alone had extra activity in 78 genes that boost inflammation and reduced activity in 131 that control inflammation and also help fight viruses. Switch that up by staying in touch with family and friends. � Pinpoint your purpose. Happiness is good; having meaning in your life is even better. People in a University of California Los Angeles study who said they felt their lives were meaningful, had a better combination of low-inflammation, virus-fighting genes switched on than those who were merely happy. One in four people felt their lives had purpose, a quality you can develop by belonging to an organization that matters to you or spending time doing something you believe contributes to your community or the larger world.

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Spring cleanse a time for renewal Consider a time before every home had a refrigerator. Green vegetables were as scarce in January as a robin’s song. Salted meat was chewed on through short days and long nights. By February, the root veggies in the cellar were limp and spongy.

Pickled eggs and fish were a treat.

With geese flocking overhead and March’s first warm, sunny days, thoughts of fresh greens sprouting from the ground chased winter’s hunger from minds and tummies.

Imagine nibbling the first green fiddlehead spirals and tender shoots of nettle and ABRAH bitter dandelion leaves. Their ARNESON green “spring-ness� awakening the mind and body from HERBS FOR LIFE the monotonous white landscape of winter.

The burst of minerals in the mouth, fresh from the moist earth and filled with the promise of warmth, sunlight and summer was the traditional spring cleanse. Traditional herbalist teach that the spring cleanse unburdens the body of the “phlegm� humour, a cold wet substance that accumulates in the body with lack of activity and poor quality food.

The spring cleanse was a time of elimination and renewal.

Cree elders advise: “Look to the trees to know what to do.�

Compare the spring cleanse to the tree’s activity during April. The tree’s roots thaw as the sun warms the soil. The sugars and minerals stored in the roots deep under the earth soften; sap is formed and begins to flow up the tree’s trunk to the highest branch.

The sap delivers minerals from the soil to nourish new green growth. Early green plants are steamed, steeped and juiced in the spring to nourish and awaken the body and mind.

Today, most think of the spring cleanse as a time to eliminate toxins or for weight loss. It is forgotten that the spring cleanse is about renewal.

This is erroneous and dangerous in today’s toxic landscape.

Let’s explore what this word “toxin� means. Toxins are produced when the body creates energy.

These are called metabolic toxins, which the body eliminates through the lungs, kidney, bowel and skin.

Today, many people think of toxins as something the body does not make. Toxins are thought of as chemical poisons that enter the body from environment. Heavy metals or estrogens seeping into food from plastic containers are two such toxins.

Many people also commonly talk about toxic relationships, toxic emotions, toxic beliefs, toxic jobs, toxic homes and toxic bosses. Some people even speak of toxic politicians.

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TABOO SEX SHOW

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The 10th annual Taboo, Naughty but Nice (Sex) Show will take place at Westerner Park this weekend. The event, which runs Friday through Sunday, is a show for adults who seek to safely explore their sexuality. Along with the many exhibitors, the entertainment this year includes Tori Black, an awardwinning adult film star; Body Heat, Canada’s No. 1 erotic male review; Chair Tease Dance; and Emily Evans of Cirque Du Sass. The show also features fashion shows, free sex-formative seminars, unique products, prizes, live demonstrations, body painting and more.

CALENDAR

REGISTRATIONS

THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Friday

● Hard of Hearing Support Group meets the second Friday of each month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. at abc Country Restaurant.

Discuss the highs and lows and laughs of living with hearing loss on March 13. No charge, RSVP to speakupcentralalberta@gmail.com, 403-356-1598. ● Scrabble is offered at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on Fridays at 1 p.m. for a cost of $1. Phone 403-343-6074. ● Red Deer Public Library branches have many drop in programs for preschool children and their parents and caregivers. See www.rdpl.org, or contact your local branch.

Saturday

● Norwegian Laft Hus Society offers beginner’s hardanger embroidery with Betty Stokoe on March 14 and 21, 9 a.m. to noon. To register, contact norwegianlafthus@ gmail.com, or 403-347-0255. ● Valley Centre Hall Dance with live rock and roll music by Juke Box Rock will be held March 14 at the hall located at 38062 Range Road 260, Red Deer County. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Dance 8 to 11:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $15 at the door including lunch.

Purchase non-alcoholic beverages on site.

Call Doug at 403-728-333 or 403-391-3016. ● Walk Around Art Show and Sale by Stettler Art Group — Church Mice — will be featured at Stettler United Church, March 14, 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is $2 including coffee, cookies, and chance to win door prize. Phone Donna Lea at 403-742-5690. ● All Things Sweet, Spring Tea and Bake Sale at St. Leonard’s Church Hall will be offered on March 14, 9 a.m. to noon. Suggested donation of $4. Phone 403-347-8064. ● Ponoka Senior Drop-In Centre jam sessions are held Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m.

Lots of dancing. Admission is $2 at the door and includes refreshments and snack. Please bring snacks. Phone Linda at 403-783-8461. ● Lego Days is held in the Children’s Department at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library on Saturday, March 14 from 2 to 3 p.m. Children ages six and up, and those under six with an adult are invited to enjoy challenges, minute-to-win it games and free play. ● Library on the Go: Fun For the Young Ones will be offered from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on March 14 at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch. Learn about movies, magazines, other materials to use on road trips with children. ● Design an App: Introduction will talk about the basics of app design on March 14, 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library Snell Auditorium. ● Royal Canadian Air Force Association members meet at noon on the second Saturday of the month at the ABC Country Restaurant for a luncheon and business meeting. Guests are welcome. Next meeting is March 14. The association preserves and perpetuates the traditions of the Royal Canadian Air Force and advocates a proficient and well equipped air force in Canada. The local 703 Wing provides a forum for serving former participants in military and civil aviation and a meeting of like minded people. Contact Al at 403-341-3253, or email to amlow@shaw.ca. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House has several upcoming events, regular card games and tournaments and special tournaments: Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on March 12; Whist every

Friday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on March 20; 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on March 30; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3. Tournaments cost $6.

A Roast Beef Supper will be held on March 20 at 5:30 p.m. for $12. A Jam Session will be held on March 14 at 1:30 p.m. for $2.50.

Phone 403-346-4043. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The March 14 session is called Craft a Lucky Charm. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission.

Sunday

● Graduation Recital of Rachel Peacock, flautist, will be held March 15, 2 p.m., Mainstage at Red Deer College Arts Centre.

Accompaniment will be provided by Deborah Protsack and vocalist Shannon Harris will also perform. See rachelmpeacock@gmail.com ● Gospel concerts at Ponoka Drop-In Centre are held the third Sunday of each month, next March 15, at 7 p.m. with bluegrass singer/musician Michael W. Prusak, and NewSong Band with a special tribute to Elvis. Admission is $5 at the door. Contact Doreen at 403-783-3805. ● Maker Kids ages eight and up meet on Sunday, March 15 from 2 to 3 p.m. at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library to explore and create in this hands-on tech program with fun gadgets from littleBits to Mindstorm, to makey makey and more. ● Living Faith Lutheran Church invites everyone to Sunday Worship at Bethany CollegeSide at 10 a.m. Contact Ralph at 403-347-9852. Coffee and fellowship follow service. Living Faith is a North American Lutheran Church Congregation. ● Lacombe Legion Breakfast is offered on the third Sunday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., next March 15. Coffee hour is held every Wednesday from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Phone 403-782-6441. ● Kid’s Bird House Building Program at Kerry Wood Nature Centre will be offered on March 15 at 2 p.m. Learn about spring birds and build a bird house. Register at waskasoopark.ca, or phone 403-346-2010.

Ask for Bob. Cost is $8 per bird house.

Monday

● SNAP Youth Readers Club is offered at Dawe and Downtown Branches of Red Deer Public Library on Mondays, and is for youth who are new English speakers. The group will read a book together and learn new language skills. The Dawe group meets from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., and the Downtown group meets from 4 to 5 p.m. in Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room. ● Cover 2 Cover Book Club will meet on March 16 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. The theme will be science fiction books. Visit www.rdpl.org/programs/book-clubs/cover2cover. New members always welcome. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Dairy Queen Free Cone Day in support of Children’s Miracle Network takes place March 16. Receive a free small vanilla cone at participating locations, all day, limit of one cone per person, and donate to Children’s Miracle Network.

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● Red Deer College presents That’s Entertainment on March 21 and 22 on Mainstage, Arts Centre, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Enjoy classical, jazz, contemporary, solo, ensemble, and everything in between performed by college music students. Then take in Giants of Jazz on March 27, Mainstage, Arts Centre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available from Black Knight Ticket Centre, www.bkticketcentre.ca, 403-755-6626, or 1-800-661-8793. ● Norwegian Laft Hus offers beginner rosemaling painting class on March 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a cost of $50. Contact norwegianlafthus@gmail.com or 403-347-2055. ● British Artiques Roadshow will be at Parkland Mall on April 23 to 25. For appraisals, book an appointment at 403-343-8997.

Participants may bring in as many items as they wish, but they must make a separate booking for each, and each appraisal must be paid for. Please give full details about your items to the member of staff making your booking. See artiquesroadshow.com ● The Alberta Dahlia and Gladiolus Society Annual Dahlia Tuber and Gladiolus Corm Sale will be featured on March 28 at Bower Place shopping centre from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be many varieties of tubers and corms of different flower varieties, colours, and sizes for sale. The ADGS is a non-profit society promoting the culture and development of dahlias and gladiolus. Contact Larry at 403-346-7482, or larryquintilio@ gmail.com, or see albertadahliaandgladsociety.com ● Red Deer RootsTech Family History Fair will be held on March 21 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The event features free full-day workshop with classes, speakers, websites, volunteer genealogy assistants and much more. Please register at http://bit.ly/rdfh2015reg ● Red Deer Action Group Society Annual General Meeting will be held on March 24, 1 p.m. at 202 4805 48 St. New board members sought. Phone 403-343-1198. ● St. Vladimir Easter Bake Sale will be held on March 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and features Easter breads — paska and babka, cabbage rolls, pyrohy, butter lambs, and baking. Phone 403-340-8504. ● International Day to End Discrimination workshop will be held at The Hub on Ross on March 20, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sponsored

by Central Alberta Refugee Effort. Contact jan.underwood@cared2centre.ca, 403-3468818 to register. ● Elnora Agricultural Society presents Tomas Kubinec — Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible — at the Elnora Community Hall on March 28. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show goes at 7:30 p.m. for $27.50 per person. Tickets are available at the Elnora Village Office, Jewell’s Grocery, and Sunset Printing. ● Lacombe Farmer’s Market will hold a special Easter sale on April 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

Home Easter baking, crafts, eggs, woodwork, honey, jams, perogies, and much more will be offered. For information or to book a table, call 403-782-4772 or 403-877-1280. ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) will hold its Spring Forum and Annual General Meeting on March 26, at Trochu Community Centre from 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. A cost of $20 includes lunch. For information or to register go online to www. rdrwa.ca, email info@rdrwa.ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379.

● Taoist Tai Chi — experience a relaxing, holistic low impact exercise at the new location at Port ‘O Call Centre with classes running Monday to Friday, both daytimes and evenings. Health recovery classes also available on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for those with chronic illness such as Multiple Sclerosis, arthritis, or those recovering from stroke. Tai Chi classes also available in Lacombe, Sylvan Lake, and Rimbey. Phone 403-346-6772 for class times. ● A Better World Canada Twenty-fifth Anniversary Celebration will be held at Burman University and Lacombe Memorial Centre on April 25 with events starting at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. including guest speakers, lunch, book launch by Red Deer Advocate editor Cameron Kennedy at 3 p.m. and more. See www.abwcanada.ca for itinerary. Register for lunch tickets by April 17 by calling Julie at 403-782-0325. ● Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Fundraiser Easter production — That Towering Cross — directed by Andrew Kooman, Annette Bradley, and Laura Geelen, with music by Kimberly Messer, will be held March 26, 27 and 28 at Red Deer Memorial Centre.

Over 20 churches will be represented in a family musical. For more information, visit www.pregnancycare.ca or call 403-343-1611. ● Joyce deHaan Memorial Mad Hatter Tea Party will be held on March 28, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Black Knight Inn in Grand Ballroom. Doors open at noon and the program starts at 1 p.m. Event features afternoon tea, coffee and light lunch, cash bar, silent auction, door prizes, raffles and more in support of those surviving cancer and those in need of hats and wigs. Wear a hat, donate a hat and win prizes for table with best theme.

Tickets, $25, by email to Sharon.schultz@ rdpsd.ab.ca, 403-347-4056, or 403-314-2008, or. Indicate if you need a reserved table for a group of six or eight. ● Cystic Fibrosis Canada Central Alberta Chapter meets at Bethany Care CollegeSide on various dates. Phone 403-3475075 for details. ● Friends Over 45 is a group for women who like to meet new friends and meets four times per month for coffees and meals at various restaurants in Central Alberta. Members may be new to the area, have recently had a lifestyle change, or just want to meet new friends. For further information contact Pat at 403-341-9606, or Heidi at 403-346-1718. ● Red Deer Learning Circle is a program designed to teach life skills to adults with developmental disabilities. For more information call Lexi or Dixie at 403-358-7816. ● Shalom Counselling Centre Spring Dessert Gala will take place April 25, 7 p.m. at Balmoral Bible Chapel. Guest entertainer will be local singer/songwriter Randi Boulton, and other highlights include fine desserts, silent and live auctions, and family fun. Funds raised at the Spring Gala will subsidize the cost of counselling to make services accessible and affordable to all who call for help.

Guests and volunteers sought. Tickets are $20 each from Country Cupboard, Scott’s Parable Christian Stores, Shalom Counselling Centre. For more information, call 403-3420339 or email info@shalomcounselling.com. ● Red Deer College Perspectives: Canada in the World Welcomes Margaret Atwood, April 6 at RDC Arts Centre, Mainstage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $40 or $32 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at www.bkticketcentre.ca or by calling 403-7556626, 1-800-661-8793.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Thursday for insertion following Thursday.

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Tuesday

● Parkland Anglican Churches St. Patrick’s Day Beef Supper takes place on March 17 at Elnora Community Hall. Entertainment, door prizes, basket draws, and more will be held. Costs are $12.50 for adults, $6 for children ages six to 10 years, and free for preschoolers. Doors open at 5 p.m. Supper served from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Contact Paddy at 403-227-1635, Jean at 403-749-2411, or Gwen at 403-773-2270. ● Momstown Alphabet Play for parents with newborns to six years will be offered on March 17 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Red Deer Public Library Timberlands Branch. ● Tech Help Tuesdays are offered weekly from 2 to 4 p.m. on Level 2 at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch.

Bring your device and get help using library resources from RDPL’s Digital Literacy Coordinator. ● Lacombe and District Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre, next March 17. Phone Pamela at 403-782-5061 or email pamela.d.neumann@gmail.com. ● Red Deer Legion Branch #35 offers karaoke at Molly B’s Pub on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., and wing night on Thursdays from 5 to 10 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Nu2U Thrift Store in Olds is open Tuesday to Friday from noon to 5 p.m. at 5030 51 St. The store offers furniture, home decor, housewares, antiques, collectibles, and more. Phone 403-556-3279. Profits go to community initiatives. ● Shake the Blues at The Hub on Ross on March 17, 7 p.m. Enjoy green fun games, DJ music, dancing and more hosted by FASD network. ● Sunrise Toastmasters is held Tuesday mornings at 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. at 40 Holmes Street. Toastmasters improves both communication and leadership skills. Everyone welcome. Phone 403-343-0091 or see www.toastmasters.org ● Red Deer Celiac Support Group meets in the coffee lounge at the south location of Sobeys Inc. on the third Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m. Those sensitive and allergic to gluten are invited to come out and find out more about celiac disease, gluten free diets and products, support, fellowship, coffee and goodies. See www.celiac.ca, or contact Clarice at 403-341-4351 or Marlene at 403-346-6235, or email reddeerceliacs@yahoo.ca. ● Writers’ Ink — Red Deer and District Writers’ group for authors of all genres 18 years and older — meets every Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., year round at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. First three visits free. Small membership and drop in fees apply. Call Carol at 403-350-7480 and email to studio2@telus.net for more information. ● Septic Sense Workshop will be offered on March 17, 6 to 9 p.m. at Clearwater County Ag Services and Land Care Office in Rocky Mountain House. Free of charge. to register, call 403-845-4444.

Wednesday

● Crossroads Rural Crime Watch Annual General Meeting takes place March 18, 8 p.m. at Crossroads Ag Park, Pine Lake.

There will guest speakers, coffee and doughnuts. ● Play-a-Story for children ages seven and up is offered at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library on March 18 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Create characters from favourite stories and have fun bringing them to life. ● Welcome to the Glade: The Maze Runner Challenge will be held at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library on March 18 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium. Youth ages 13 plus only. Run epic mazes and watch The Maze Runner movie on the big screen. ● Fireside Readers book club will meet on March 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room. Each member will discuss a book by Alice Munro. Phone 403-342-9110. See the blog at http://firesidereaders.rdpl.org/. If you can’t attend meetings, read along and post your comments. ● Epilepsy Association of Central Alberta located at 4811 48 Street holds monthly support group meetings at 5:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is March 18. Presentations on epilepsy are available for organizations. Epilepsy Association offers used books and videos for sale at The Hub on Ross. All items are $2 each. Phone 403-358-3358 or email normak@epilepsycalgary.com. ● Norwegian Laft Hus Society Museum

fall and winter hours are Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Check out the unique log house with the sod roof in Heritage Park, which houses a collection of objects on the history and culture of the Norwegian Canadians. or join in the weekly session of Norwegian Rosemailing, painting, Hardanger embroidery or other crafts. Lessons are available. Phone 403-347-2055. ● Seniors United Now will host speaker Larry Quintilio talking about early Alzheimer’s on March 18, 1:30 p.m. at First Christian Reformed Church. ● Red Deer Legion Old Time Dance with Black Velvet Band is on March 18 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Movie Night with Harvard Historical Aviation Society presents the movie Captain of the Clouds, a story of the contribution of Canadian pilots in WW2, on March 18, 7 p.m. at Red Deer Flying Club, just north of the passenger terminal at Red Deer Airport. Admission by donation. Popcorn and soft drinks available for purchase. Contact tslindhout@ shaw.ca. ● Red Deer River Naturalists — Flower Focus — meets on March 18, 10 a.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. For discussion will be Apiaceae. Contact Don for details at 403-343-2937. ● Central Alberta Historical Society will meet on March 18, 7 p.m. Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Guest speaker Ian Warwick will talk about the history and future development of Sunnybrook Farm Museum. Contact Leanne at 403-347-1826.

Thursday

● Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on March 19 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 301 5008 Ross St. in Red Deer. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer. This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access basic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430-314-9129, see www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@communitylegalclinic.net. ● Stettler Old Tyme Dance is held on the third Thursday of every month at The Hub upstairs at Stettler Recreation Centre.

Live bands each time. Dance from 5 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Hot supper from 6 to 7 p.m.

Tickets at the door cost $20 per person, $10 for dance only, $14 for supper only. Phone 403-742-5640. All ages welcome. Upcoming dance on March 19 with Badlanders II. Philosopher’s Café meets on March 19 at the Red Deer College Library at 7 p.m. for open, meaningful dialogue and sharing of ideas and perspectives. College philosophy instructor Guillermo Barron will lead discussion on Moral responsibility and free will.

Admission is free, refreshments provided.

See www.rdc.ab.ca/library or phone 403-3423402. ● Central Alberta Prostate Awareness and Support Group meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Gaetz Memorial United Church in the parlour. The next meeting is March 19. This group has experience and information to share. Knowing about the prostate, symptoms of prostate cancer, and other prostate diseases can save your life. Men and spouses are welcome.

Phone 403-350-5511. ● Powered by Breathing Lung Support Group meets Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Those with lung disorders are invited to learn tips on having a better life with a chronic lung disorder at this Lung Association affiliated support group. Contact Barb at 403-3430804, or Mac at 403-347-2191. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre St. Patrick’s Day Dance, Thursday, March 19, 7 to 10 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Pert’near Country Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-342-2875, or 403-346-3896. ● Red Deer and District Garden Club meets on March 19 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 7 p.m. Coming up, the club presents Lyndon Penner, horticultural consultant, speaking on The Edible Yard at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on May 20, 7 p.m. More information at www.reddeergardenclub.ca or www.facebook.com/RedDeerGardenClub. For more information call Noreen at 403-357-4071. ● Solo Flight: Second Year Graduating Class will be presented at Red Deer College Arts Centre, Studio A, 7: 30 p.m. on March 19 and 20. Student actors present a series of short, self-created, one-person plays. Admission by donation.

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HERBS: Cleanses In this complex environment of such a wide range of toxins, the spring cleanse has taken on a whole new meaning. But just as in days before refrigerators, I believe the truth continues to hold: it is more important to strengthen the body and mind with nutritive cleansing plants than purging the bowels with laxatives while pushing metabolic and environment toxins from the tissues with fasting. Cleanses that do not take into account the overall health in a person body, mind and life, can cause more harm than good.

I like to think of a cleanse as a new beginning. A spring cleanse is about learning a new way of being, planting seeds for renewal.

Every beginning is defined with intention. Intentions are seeds and the seeds planted in the spring determine the harvest in the fall.

To begin a cleanse, start by considering these questions: Why do I want to do this cleanse? What is its purpose?

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Cleansing needs to be founded on the desire to live a fuller life. Remember, cleansing is not just about releasing toxins; it’s about replacing them with nutrients.

The word ‘nutrient’ is being used broadly here to include everything that nourishes your body, spirit and mind.

During a cleanse, it is as important to keep focused on what nourishes as it is letting go of toxins.

Once the intention for the cleanse is clearly state from a place of love, one can begin the cleanse.

Stay tuned for the next column where some of the nourishing, regenerating plants of springs will be explored!

Herbs for Life is written by Abrah Arneson, a local clinical herbalist. It is intended for information purposes only.

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Adult children have no urgency to find jobs Dear Annie: I have been married for that the kids should have jobs? — Ex22 years. I started working when I was pect Better 14 and didn’t stop until I started havDear Expect: Well, if you are out of ing medical issues two years ago. the house, no one will push those kids The problem is my family. My hus- to find work, and your husband will be band doesn’t think it is imsupporting everyone. portant that our two kids, Perhaps he will then reages 20 and 21, have jobs. alize that keeping the chilI have tried repeatedly to dren dependent and childhelp them find employment like is not in anyone’s best because they won’t bother to interest and insist that the try on their own. But they’ll kids contribute somehow to stay at a job for a month or the household. But it won’t two, and then they leave. solve everything.

My husband doesn’t think We hate to sound like a there is a problem. When I broken record, but counbring it up, my son yells at selling could help both of me, and my husband doesn’t you deal more respectfully care. He says at least our with each other and more MITCHELL son attends night classes effectively with your kids. & SUGAR twice a week. Our daughEven if your husband won’t ter’s self-esteem is very low, go, counselling could help and I am worried about her. you work out better ways of I am sick of the argunegotiating so that you have ments about the kids not doother choices besides frusing more around the house and not tration and walking out. finding work.

Dear Annie: My “Uncle Lucius” is I have moved out of the house and 88 and has lived in an assisted-living in with a friend. Was I wrong to do facility for several years. this? How do I make my husband see He’s not crazy about living there,

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are, rather than trying to change them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It will be difficult to keep housemates happy today Virgo. If you don’t do things according to their schedThursday March 12 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: ule, then expect critical comments or domesLiza Minnelli, 69; Jaimie Alexander, 31; Wei tic dramas. Do your best anyway.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There’s a Zhao, 39 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Impulsive ac- heavy feeling in the air, as family members get caught up in power plays. Do your best tions could lead to unintended to lighten the atmosphere with consequences so tread careyour talent for peace-making and fully. smoothing troubled waters.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Happy SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): birthday Pisces! 2015 is the year Don’t be dismayed if a painful to take a giant leap of faith into issue from the past is dredged the future as you initiate an exup today Scorpio. Instead, be inciting idea or launch an ambispired by birthday great James tious project. Good luck!

Taylor, ‘We all have to face pain, ARIES (March 21-April 19): and pain makes us grow.’

Today’s tricky stars highlight SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. intense emotional experiences 21): Expect intense communicathat aren’t necessarily pleasant. tion with others, as today’s asJOANNE And it’s certainly not a good pects trigger emotional outbursts day to get into an altercation with MADELEINE and power games. So strive to an authority figure!

MOORE’ keep your fiery emotions — and TAURUS (April 20-May 20): temper — under control.

It’s a day for focused study and CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. intense conversations. Keep 19): The Moon and Saturn link your jealous/possessive streak in check though Taurus. Sharing the affec- up so your compulsive streak is likely to go tion around doesn’t mean there’s less love into overdrive today, as your worry-wart side takes over. If you relax, you’ll see problems for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Find novel much more clearly.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today’s ways to calm your restless mind and sate your curiosity today Twins. If you are getting aspects make you turbo-charged, but don’t bored with your peer group, perhaps it’s time be in such a rush that you miss the moment.

As birthday great James Taylor reminds us to introduce some fresh new faces?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be extra “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of careful in the way you communicate today time.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): With the — especially with loved ones and work colleagues. If you try to manipulate or control Moon and Saturn hooking up your work zone, others, they may surprise you with their re- it’s time to tackle a professional project you’ve put on the backburner. The longer you delay, sponse!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s not your royal the more difficult the task will be.

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but recognizes that he can no longer live on his own. He also has no interest in senior activities or much else.

Here’s the problem: When taking him to a restaurant or bringing him to my home, he frequently refuses to leave at the end of the evening.

Uncle Lucius has a normal appetite, but spends most of the time talking instead of eating. When everyone is nearly finished and he’s prodded to eat, he routinely says he is too rushed, even if two hours have passed, and that he can’t chew his food, even if the meal is soup. He’ll demand new food to take home. If he’s told there is no food to take, he suddenly has no problem eating everything on his plate within 15 minutes.

Uncle Lucius has become so difficult that I am reluctant to pick him up and take him places. Any suggestions?

— Anonymous Dear Anonymous: We think Uncle Lucius is lonely and uses these outings as an excuse to be the centre of attention, and he wants to prolong the experience.

You are a kind soul to pick him up and have him for dinner, but we can

see that your patience is wearing thin.

Let Lucius know that any food he doesn’t finish at the time you are ready to leave will be put in a plastic bag for him to take home. Then do it.

You also might visit with him in his care facility, asking him to show you around or perhaps visiting at a time when there is an activity you can do together that takes the same amount of time as you would have spent having dinner with him. Please try to be tolerant.

Dear Annie: “Frustrated Pastor’s Wife” complained that her husband is not paid for officiating. It seems that customs vary among denominations and even among individuals within denominations.

Our last pastor would not accept any payment, saying that officiating at such occasions was part of the pastoral care he provided. — Mike Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Irish setter show dog feared poisoned at U.K.’s famous Crufts show

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The co-owners of an Irish setter feared poisoned at Britain’s leading dog show are devastated by his death — but they don’t believe that one of the other competitors is responsible.

Three-year-old Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, died Friday, shortly after returning to Belgium following an appearance at the worldfamous Crufts dog show in the central English city of Birmingham last week.

A veterinarian performed a post-mortem examination and found pieces of meat laced with poison in his stomach.

The vet “found cubes of meat, some sort of beef, like steak, and they had been sewn up with poison inside,” one of the owners, Jeremy Bott, told the BBC. “She thinks there were possibly two or three different types of poison,” one of which was a slug killer.

Police in both Belgium and Britain are aware of the incident, but authorities said they have not been asked to investigate. The Kennel Club, which organizes Crufts, is awaiting a toxicology report on the dog’s death.

Bott said he doesn’t know what happened, but he believes the poisoner is someone with a grudge against dogs in general or the Crufts show in particular— but not Jagger himself. The owners have ruled out any suggestions that another competitor might have poisoned the dog.

“We can’t and we won’t think that this was the act of another exhibitor. If we thought this, we couldn’t go on, and the last 30 years would be a complete waste,” Dee Milligan Bott said on her Facebook page.

However, she suggested in an article in the publication, “Dog World” that it was possible that the target of the attacker might have been another dog she owns, Thendara Pot Noodle.

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Is there a doctor on call?

RED DEER DOCTORS SAY THEY MEET STANDARDS FOR BEING AVAILABLE AFTER HOURS

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The definition of after-hours patient care — access to doctors once they flip their office signs to closed at the end of their regular work day — seems to be a matter of interpretation.

Dr. Peter Bouch, past chair of Red Deer Primary Care Network, said Red Deer doctors, or via call services or fellow doctors at their clinics, are available after hours for critical test results and have been for many years.

He said Red Deer also has a call system that patients can use if they want advice over the phone from their doctor, or the doctor on-call, after hours.

Some clinics charge a fee. But if a doctor’s clinic is closed, patients can’t see their doctor after hours.

In Red Deer, doctors who treat patients at long-term care centres, or oncall doctors, are available after hours for those patients. There’s also an after-hours system to take care of patients in hospital.

But not all Albertans have the same access to the after-hours care that is available in Red Deer.

Late last, year a survey of 117 doctors’ offices across Alberta by the Col-

lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta showed that only one-third of offices were practising to college’s standard, according to the after-hours telephone message at those offices.

Kelly Eby, spokesperson for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, said after-hours patient care — from their doctor, an on-call colleague or appropriate coverage service — is one of about 40 standards that are the minimum expectations for doctors practising in Alberta.

She said this standard has been around “forever” and the college is out to remind doctors.

The college doesn’t specify if access needs to be available by phone or in person, but directing patients to go to the emergency room for after-hours care is not enough.

“It doesn’t mean you’re available to every patient all the time for everything. It is that someone is available for emergency or urgent situations,” Eby said.

She said it was the college’s board of governors, made up mostly of working doctors, who decided “we need to do this, every physician can do this, this needs to happen.”

In late 2013, the issue of after-hour care was brought to the college’s at-

tention by a Health Quality Council of Alberta study that looked at one man who died unexpectedly, soon after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.

The man and his family experienced numerous frustrations trying to get co-ordinated care for his serious and time-sensitive condition. One of the study’s recommendations was for the college to develop a proactive process to monitor doctor’s compliance with the after-hours access-tocare standard.

“We are the regulatory body so if we need to, we have the option of disciplining physicians. It is not our first choice. We prefer to work with them to come up with a workable solution,” Eby said.

She wasn’t aware of the college penalizing anyone in the past, but also said the college has not made a big effort previously to remind doctors it was one of their obligations.

To educate doctors, the college is reviewing this standard of practice.

A new draft of the after-hours care standard has been developed and the college is looking for feedback from doctors, the public and medical organizations until March 12.

At the end of May, the standard will be up for discussion before the col-

lege’s board of governors.

“There may or may not be a decision depending on the feedback,” Eby said.

In Red Deer, walk-in clinics are open as late as 9 p.m. for doctor consultations, but Red Deer Primary Care Network has also looked to do more.

Bouch said last year the network was in talks with Alberta Health Services to provide after-hours access to doctors in the outpatient department of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for less urgent cases.

AHS Central Zone and local emergency room doctors liked the idea, but approval was denied from higher up in AHS. Bouch said the network doesn’t have the funds to rent a space near the hospital and provide that service without the assistance of AHS. “I think it would definitely take down the wait time in the emergency room for those non-urgent cases. To walk through the doors of emergency costs the system a lot more money than it would to see a physician without having to go through emergency. It definitely would be a cost saving.”

He hoped after-hours service at the hospital will be revisited in the future. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Nature centre to get major facelift

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Children wondering what a beaver’s bedroom feels like will get their answer when the Kerry Wood Nature Centre reinvents itself this year.

In a $1.1-million project already underway, the popular facility is about to get its first major makeover in 30 years — and it’s all about hands-on learning and fun.

An open house was held at the centre on Monday to give visitors a glimpse of what is to come.

“Certainly, the people that were there on Monday were really upbeat about what is coming,” said Janet Pennington, the city’s heritage community development co-ordinator. “Everyone seemed to be really pleased with what they were looking at.”

The new exhibit is all about creating an interactive experience where visitors can learn about how the landscape has changed over millions of years, and continues to change.

Another section will focus on environmental stewardship and those who have played an important role in the area.

Above all, the idea behind the revamp is to make learning about our natural world fun and engaging.

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Jim Robertson, executive director of the Waskasoo Environmental Educational Society shows artist renderings of renovations that will be getting underway soon at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. models of fish or other critters. A small theatre is planned and large “storybook” panels set up full of hidden surprises and other features to give busy little hands and minds something to occupy them.

It’s not just a case of out with the old, in with the new, however.

“Where possible, we’re going to refurbish and reuse existing panels and displays,” said Pennington. “We’re trying to be really environmentally friendly as part of this, too.”

The project extends beyond the building. There are plans to create metal figures and other features around the Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary further highlighting our relationship with the natural environment.

“What we’re hoping with all of the

BLACKFALDS, RED DEER

Youth charged in several robberies Blackfalds RCMP have charged one male youth in connection with eight armed robberies.

Five armed robberies were in Blackfalds and three were in Red Deer. The robberies occurred between October 2014 and February.

In each robbery, a disguise was used and a weapon was either used or implied.

Blackfalds RCMP credit the Priority Crimes Task Force and community tips for linking the suspect with the robberies.

Sgt. Whitney Benoit said it is often a small number of people who are responsible for a lot of crime.

The Priority Crimes Task Force has police forces in Central Alberta working together to solve crimes that cross boundaries.

The youth, who can’t be named under the federal Youth Justice Act, will make his first appearance in Red Deer provincial court today.

Anyone will information that would assist RCMP in investigating these or other armed robberies is asked to call Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3300. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online a www. tipsubmit.com.

new exhibits and interpretive pieces that will be there is that people will go out there into the park system and they’ll start linking things they see in the park system with things they have read about.”

Jim Robertson, executive director of the Waskasoo Environmental Education Society, said more than 50,000 visitors pass through the doors every year and he expects those numbers to rise.

The refurbishment follows last year’s project to build a new playground outside the centre. The $300,000 Nova Chemicals Imagination Grove officially opened last fall and has been a big draw.

Kiwanis Club of Red Deer is also bankrolling an outdoor musical fea-

ture that is expected to be ready later this year or next spring.

Flintstones-style instruments such as drums, berimbaus and xylophones will be created in what will be known as Harmony Garden.

Pennington said the city wants to hear more from the public before the final decisions are made on the centre’s redesign.

Display panels from Monday’s open house will be there for a week and then will move on to City Hall, Collicutt Centre, Red Deer Recreation Centre and G.H. Dawe Community Centre for week-long stints.

By Friday, an online survey will be available through the city’s website at www.reddeer.ca. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Schools’ completion date confusion blamed on misprint

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta Infrastructure says misprints are to blame for the confusion around school construction timelines in Red Deer.

Tracy Larsen, of Alberta Infrastructure communications, corrected information released on Monday showing construction start and end dates that varied greatly from what Red Deer school boards said.

“With the public one, unfortunately we had a misprint there,” said Larsen.

“Both Red Deer ones were done in error.”

In particular, timelines for the Inglewood school being built by the Red Deer Public School District varied greatly. Bruce Buruma, Red Deer Public School District community relations director, said they had requested an extension for that school after some changes in the plans.

Initially intended to be a school in the northeast of the city, circumstances forced the school to instead be built in Inglewood in the south of Red Deer.

Buruma said they also requested the extension from Alberta Education to seek out partnerships to add community spaces to the building.

When it was announced as a northeast school in 2013, it was supposed to be built by September 2016.

However, because of the extension request it will now be built by September 2017.

“We’re working with the school board, knowing they are looking at an extended date,” said Larsen.

“We’re awaiting to receive official word, but that hadn’t been reflected yet in the report that was posted.”

The misprint was on the completion date and the date marking the start of construction. Monday’s release said construction on the school would start in April, but the school board said it wouldn’t start until October to December of this year.

Similarly there was a misprint on the construction start date of St. Joseph’s High School. Early construction work began in January, while the release indicated it wouldn’t start until 2016.

St. Joseph’s is scheduled to open in September 2017.

The misprinted information was part of a release on Monday by Alberta Infrastructure Minister Manmeet Bhullar. He said despite the uncertain economy, the province was on schedule to build the schools it has promised. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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

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On Monday, Dairy Queen outlets will offer one small vanilla cone to each customer to kick off its 75th year.

Participating Dairy Queen and DQ Grill and Chill locations will hand out the free cones while encouraging customers to donate to the Children’s Miracle Network.

The network raises funds to improve the lives of children treated in 170 hospitals across from U.S. and Canada.

Over the last 30 years, the network has raised more than $100 million for member hospitals.

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Penhold man faces trial for drugs, weapons charges A man facing numerous drugs, weapons and stolen property charges is heading to trial.

Gary Raymond Auvigne, 39, of Penhold pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court before Judge Gordon Yake.

He will be tried by a Red Deer provincial court judge, but a date has yet to be determined.

Auvigne faces charges that include three counts of possession of stolen property, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a stolen firearm, using a firearm during the commission of an offence and possession of crystal meth for the purpose of trafficking.

Auvigne was arrested by Innisfail RCMP on Jan. 5, at a residence that police said had been the subject of 70 complaints in Penhold.

He was granted $8,000 cash bail.

Sylvan Lake census probes shopping, commuting Town of Sylvan Lake is interested in its residents’ commuting and shopping habits.

Council approved some supplementary questions for this year’s census on Monday to get a better read on the community.

Census takers will ask residents if anyone in the household commutes outside the community for work and whether anyone volunteers for a local service club or other organization.

Residents will also be asked if they do the majority of their shopping in town.

This year’s census is expected to begin in mid-April.

Shooting suspect in court on other charges An impatient accused man pleaded guilty to some older offences while

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One man was taken to hospital with minor injuries after two vehicles collided north of Rimbey on Tuesday evening.

The crash happened at 5:50 p.m. at Hwy 20 and Township Road 44-2, about 15 km north of Rimbey. EMS, Rimbey volunteer fire department and RCMP responded to the T-bone collision between a welding truck and a pickup. There was one occupant in each vehicle. RCMP are investigating. There was no word on charges as of late Wednesday afternoon. setting a preliminary hearing for a New Year’s Eve shooting incident in Stettler.

Darren James Bauer, 33, pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while suspended and to failing to appear in court in Red Deer provincial court before Judge Gordon Yake on Wednesday. Those charges date from 2014 and occurred in Rocky Mountain House.

Bauer was stopped at a checkstop when police found he had a suspended licence. Bauer said he has had numerous driving while suspended charges because of his inability to get a licence.

Bauer said he wanted to get these charges dealt with because they were minor and he is facing a longer jail sentence on other charges. Yake fined Bauer $500 for the driving while unauthorized and $250 for failing to appear in court. In default of payment, Bauer was sentenced to 45 days in custody on both charges.

His defence counsel Kevin Schollie requested a preliminary inquiry on the charges stemming from the shooting incident and chose to have the matter eventually go to trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench before a judge alone.

The preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 16, followed by a bail hearing on March 18 in Red Deer provincial court.

Bauer is charged with attempted murder. Police allege that the shooting occurred after a traffic incident on Dec. 31, 2014, in Stettler.

Drug possession suspect granted bail by judge Release has been granted for a Whitecourt woman arrested in Sylvan Lake on several drug charges.

Danielle Erin Morrell, 24, was granted bail by Judge Gordon Yake in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday after federal Crown prosecutor Victoria Foster said she consented to Morrell’s release.

Her defence counsel Michael Scrase read her the terms of the release as Morrell appeared by closed circuit television from the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre.

She is charged with possession of cocaine, GHB and cannabis for the purpose of trafficking, possession of methamphetamine, and failing to comply with release conditions and a probation order.

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Law enforcement officers and Cora restaurants are teaming up again for a fundraiser for Special Olympics.

The 2015 Cora Cops and Crepes Fundraiser will be March 21 and 22 at the Red Deer Cora restaurant at 6858 50th Ave. The local restaurant is one of 13 across Alberta that is hosting an event. The Alberta Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics is raising funds and awareness of how Special Olympics enriches the lives of people with intellectual disabilities through sport.

Law enforcement officers and athletes will help bus tables and serve coffee while collecting donations from Cora restaurant patrons. There will be prizes and you can buy merchandise.

Moral responsibility and free will is food for thought at the next Philosopher’s Cafe at Red Deer College on March 19.

Guillermo Barron, philosophy instructor at RDC, will host the evening of discussion at Red Deer College Library at 7 p.m.

Everyone is welcome to participate.

No philosophical training or expertise is required.

The event is free and refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact RDC library at 403-342-3344.

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More than 120 students from six area schools will talk to mentors about potential career paths today.

Students from Red Deer, Alix, Penhold, Innisfail, and Lacombe will gather at Westerner Park Harvest Centre for Junior Achievement World of Choices Career Forum. It is the second annual event.

World of Choices gives young men and women the opportunity to talk one-to-one with people working in the field about a chosen career. Students can learn about the education and qualifications required for different career paths.

Forty mentors representing various careers will be available to meet with students. The careers represented include biology, law, agriculture banking, marketing, aviation, plumbing, pharmacy, construction, park ranger, armed forces, aesthetics, and real estate.

The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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A fond farewell to a friend I’m starting to notice an accelerating pace of our losses among the giants of Alberta’s outdoors recreation and conservation worlds, most too soon, many the victims of myriad maladies.

Latest to pass, on Feb. 28, of mesothelioma, a rare and virulent cancer associated with asbestos, was Barry Mitchell, 67, of Red Deer. Appropriately his obituary was illustrated by the happy image of Barry that was the cover of the 2008 edition of his annual Alberta Fishing Guide.

I met Barry’s parents, George and Joan of Edmonton, at Alberta Fish and Game Association conventions, long before I ever met Barry.

In 1971, father and son founded the annual Alberta Fishing Guide. In the fifth, 1976 BOB edition, (price $1.50) I noticed SCAMMELL some errors in their fishing spot locations, including making my beloved Pincher Creek a tributary to the Crowsnest River instead of the Oldman, and said so in my column.

Neither George nor Barry got mad. Instead, I received a copy of the guide from George for several years with a standing invitation to point out any errors.

I cherish the copy of the 1978 guide George sent me, hand inscribed: “April 23. Thanks for the information. May a sucker never strike your fly. George Mitchell.”

In 1980, Barry and spouse, Ann, took over ownership and production of the Guide. To this day, its foundation is the painstakingly compiled accurate directions to and descriptions of nearly 1,500, basically all of the best fishing places in Alberta. Ironically, one year a competing Alberta guide came out using all the Mitchell’s listings, but making them appear original by introducing errors. Barry and counsel quickly ended that.

Barry and Ann made each year’s Guide a new and essential spring buy for thousands of Alberta anglers by including articles by many of Alberta’s best outdoors writers; over 43 years, it became the most successful such production of the dozens I’ve seen.

After Barry’s diagnosis and prognosis, the Mitchells sold the Guide, and the 2014 edition was the first for the new ownership.

Barry passed on and away just at the start of what was always a busy and exciting season for him: taking delivery of the new edition, transporting them to a valued string of distributors, invoicing, collecting, etc. Among all that, somehow he’d work in a too-early fishing trip to his beloved North Raven River.

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Barry Mitchell on a hunt far up the North Ram. Over the years, Barry Mitchell served hard labour on the rehabilitation and maintenance of the North Raven, just one of the reasons for his 1998 induction into the Order of the Bighorn, one of Alberta’s highest conservation awards. I hope the serious current gravel pit threat to the very existence of the North Raven did not worsen Barry’s last year.

I engaged much more in hunting, maybe half a dozen trips, than fishing with Barry.

Back when I was still writing for the Guide, I enjoyed delivering my copy and pix to Barry and Ann at their nearby home in Red Deer so I could admire Barry’s trophy wall of mostly his exceptional white tail mounts. Several times in the early fall, I enjoyed watching Barry install his tree stands so high that I feel a nosebleed coming on now, just thinking about it.

In 2000, Barry lost both his parents in a motor vehicle accident. Yet, very late that year, in Safeway, he had the time, patience and compassion to hear my greatest personal hunting dilemma, and the wisdom to give me the only answer to it that made any sense to me.

The stormy morning of election day, Nov. 27, 2000, afoot and north of the dugout in an immense tract of Crown land, I was once again foiled by a Horseshoes, one of a line of huge mule deer bucks that lived there

in that “cougars are rare” era. Since the first time I had seen one 30 years before, I had been cursed with bad luck and blown chances at Horseshoes.

At the gate to the pavement as I headed home to vote, there, to the right, in bright sunshine, 50 metres off, on land to which I had access, was my Horseshoes of the morning, mooning around his harem of a dozen does. I sighed, elected to shoot my lifetime trophy with a camera, and then proceeded home to vote, agonizing about my sanity all the way.

Barry heard me out and ignored the easy diagnoses others were giving me: it wasn’t really big enough to be a Horseshoes, or I didn’t want the hunt ever to end.

Then he gave me a recent personal parable of taking flak from his hunting buddies for taking a small chili buck from right under one of those high stands of his. “It was the right thing to do,” he said, “sometimes it isn’t.”

“Hell, Bob,” he said, “you knew it was the wrong thing for you to do. All those years of hard hunting would be nothing if you lucked into getting Horseshoes out by the road.”

Amen and farewell, Brother Barry.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Some tips for purchasing heirloom seeds Heirloom plants grow from seeds that have always been pollinated by wind and insect. Open pollination means that the genetics of each seed are slightly different.

Over the course of many years, the seeds will adapt to the area where they are grown.

This can be done by natural selection (only the fittest survive) or by human selection (seeds of the best plants are saved for next season others are discarded or eaten).

That being said, the plants evolve so they are not exactly the same plants as grandma used to grow.

Heirloom seeds are imporLINDA tant for their biodiversity. A TOMLINSON crop with the identical genetics can be destroyed by one disease or virus.

With a biodiverse crop, there is a good chance that a few of the plants will prove resistant.

Heirloom plants are also valuable to scientists, who use them in their hybridization programs. If these plants are lost, the breeding programs would have fewer options.

Over the years, plants have been hybridized to improve their ability to grow in cool, short-season climates, ease of harvest, increase shelf life, taste, size and colour of flower and fruit.

Originally, emphasis was placed on improving long-season, commercially viable crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, melons and squash.

There was less interest in crops that matured easily between the frosts.

Biodiversity has all but disappeared from bedding out plants. Growers are purchasing cuttings or plugs as opposed to seeds.

Plugs and cuttings are faster to mature than seeds.

The end result is the greenhouses start later in the spring, shortening the time they need to employ staff and heat the buildings. In cold areas, a few less weeks of heating a greenhouse makes a huge difference on the bottom line.

Cuttings all have the same genetics, which translates into a uniform crop.

Depending on the plant brand, growers pay a copyright fee for each plant and sign an agreement saying they will not propagate the plants.

Heirloom seeds — flower or vegetable — can be purchased from most seed houses, specialty seed houses or picked up at seed exchanges.

Larger seed catalogues will mark some of their seed as heirloom, but others will not.

Peruse various seed catalogues — you will see that the same varieties of seeds are being sold by heritage outlets and non-heritage catalogues.

There is a multitude of companies selling heirloom seeds in Canada.

Each company will have their own list of seeds.

Purchase early as often the seed is of limited supply.

Larger Heirloom companies in Canada include: ● www.usc-canada.org ● www.heritageharvestseed.com For those who want to exchange seeds with others, ReThink Red Deer is hosting EcoLiving Fair and Seedy Saturday on March 21 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Margaret Parsons Theatre at the Red Deer College.

For more information, visit their website at http:// www.rethinkreddeer.ca/events/2015/03/21/ Seeds that are bought from heritage sites are usually organic.

The same is not true for other seed houses. All garden seed is GMO free.

GMO seeds are not available to the home gardener. Anyone who uses GMO seed signs a contract.

Biodiversity and unique plants draw people to heirloom seeds but there are also disadvantages.

Some varieties have little if any resistance to common diseases.

Always check the length of season needed for the plants to mature. Purchase seed that does well in the

local climate.

There are heirloom plants on Alberta’s Restricted and or Noxious Weed list. Be familiar with the list so they are not purchased.

There are unique heirloom seeds and plants available. Do some research and choose a few that are right for your garden.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be contacted at your_ garden@hotmail.com.

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A vocal proponent of Canada’s supply management system received an enthusiastic round of applause at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar in Red Deer on Wednesday.

Bruce Muirhead, a professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, vigorously defended the practice of restricting the production and import of ag commodities like milk, eggs and poultry so that the prices earned by domestic farmers are higher.

“I’m not saying this is a perfect system, but it works so well that the disadvantages can be dealt with in the fullness of time.”

Muirhead said supply management has been the target of the neoliberalism movement since the 1970s, but those criticisms are based on ideology rather than facts. In reality, he said, the system benefits farmers and consumers.

Producers who sell their products directly to big processors and retailers are at a severe disadvantage, said Muirhead.

“In non-supply managed sectors, farmers generally are price-takers as opposed to price-negotiators.”

In the 1960s, he said, the average Canadian family spent about 25 per cent of its after-tax income on food. By 2005, that percentage had dropped to about 10, with farmers absorbing the impact of the associated price cuts.

Because supply management systems are paid for by consumers, there is no cost to government, he added.

And by supporting farmers, food sovereignty and security is protected.

“What happens when — not if, but

when — global food prices rise?”

Canada’s supply management system has been criticized by other countries, but they also protect their agricultural industries, said Muirhead.

American farmers benefit from insurance programs and subsidies, with the 2014 US Farm Bill expected to cost taxpayers almost $1 trillion over the next 10 years. The European Union has farm protection programs and subsidies, with nearly $10 billion a year paid out in export subsidies; and China controls imports to shelter its producers.

“Every country in the industrialized world supports its agriculture in some way or other, except one,” said Muirhead. “Australia doesn’t, and Australia is in the process of a downward spiral in dairy production and egg production and a number of other commodities as well.”

Ag commodity prices that are controlled by global markets tend to fluctuate wildly, he added.

“When prices are low, it’s absolutely devastating.”

Consumers of supply-managed products benefit from good management and governance of that sector, said Muirhead, and the system promotes local job creation and tends to get goods to market quicker.

He discounted suggestions that the system stifles innovation and creates an unfair tax on consumers.

Also speaking at the seminar was Mike Peterson, special agricultural trade envoy for New Zealand. He declined to comment on Canada’s supply management sectors but stressed the importance of an open market and free trade.

Peterson, who is a farmer, described how agriculture in New Zealand was heavily subsidized until 1985, when

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Mike Peterson, special agricultural trade envoy for New Zealand, speaks at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar in Red Deer on Wednesday as Bruce Muirhead, a professor at the University of Waterloo, looks on. government supports were abruptly cut. After the initial turmoil, farmers became more innovative and lands reverted to their most profitable use.

The country’s sheep herd dropped from 70 million to about 30 million, and new industries like wine production began to prosper.

Countries like Canada will need to boost their output of food as the world’s population grows to a projected 9.6 million people by 2050, said Peterson. He noted that dairy production in Canada has remained flat since the early 1960s.

“It’s easy for us to put ourselves in a cocoon and just sit there and think that

the world doesn’t matter. But I’ll tell you what, food security is a huge driver of political instability.”

The growing demand for food presents a huge opportunity for Canadian farmers, he said. In the case of dairy, it’s been projected that the world will need an additional 20 billion litres of milk every year for the next decade.

But protectionist policies will limit our ability to help fill this need, said Peterson.

“Barriers to markets are actually barriers to innovation and barriers to progress, and they’re barriers to prosperity for all.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Connor Reinhart, from Provost, Alta., comes off Unfiltered Whiskey during novice saddle bronc rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Saturday, July 6, 2013.

Businesses expect a slower Stampede this year as oilpatch pulls back

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — This was supposed to be the year that the “ranch” would be booked up again for the Calgary Stampede — but then oil prices fell by more than half.

Caterer Paddy Sorrenti said by early December, a full roster of clients had confirmed they wanted to use the site — a cowboyed up parking lot in the downtown core where pancakes are flipped and beer is poured But with three and a half months to go to Stampede, Sorrenti says he’s in “limbo.” He figures six of the 10 events that had been booked are going ahead, but some of those might still be scrapped.

“It’s a little nerve wracking,” he said.

The Stampede is party time for corporate Calgary when suits are traded for jeans and silk ties swapped for cowboy hats, but with the lower price for oil, the mood to celebrate has been subdued.

Oil prices have fallen from highs above $107 around the middle of last year to the $50 range.

It costs Sorrenti around $20,000 a day to run the ranch site, including the lot itself, generators, portable toilets, tents and tables.

If not enough parties are held, it might not be worthwhile.

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whether it’s responsible to do it. I’m still waiting.”

It took a long time after 2009 — when the financial crisis hit and oil hit the $35-a-barrel range — for bookings at the ranch site to recover.

“This would have been the first year since 2008 that we would have had that site full again,” Sorrenti said.

“It was almost like we were just about there again and then the price of oil went down and these guys pulled right back out again.”

While oil companies pull back, property managers “aren’t batting an eye.” That means Sorrenti might be able to pick up some new business, without having to worry about the cost of running his own venue.

It’s a similar story for David Howard, whose company, The Event Group, gets about 10 per cent of its business from Stampede.

He says 40 per cent of his clients have cancelled their parties all-together for this year, walking away from thousands of dollars in deposits. And he figures events that are going ahead are seeing their budgets cut by about the same proportion.

“We’ve gone from prime rib to burgers and dogs,” said Howard.

But while some oil companies are scrapping their Stampede parties, they’re holding other types of events for staff and customer appreciation — charitable concerts or keynote speakers, which Howard also plans.

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It’s not just about dollars and cents.

Companies are wondering if holding their Stampede shindigs gives off the right impression, said Howard.

“You can imagine that if you’re a shareholder at XYZ Oil and the price of their stock has dropped 30 points, they’ve laid off 10 per cent of their workforce and then suddenly they put on a million-dollar Stampede event,” he said.

“It shouldn’t happen, quite frankly.”

Cowboys, the bar known for its Stampede-Ground festivities, has a clock on its website counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the 10-day festival kicks off in July.

Paul Vickers, with Cowboys owner Penny Lane Entertainment Group, said he’s not expecting to see a dent in business.

He said the slowdown appears to be hitting the higher-end of things, and Cowboys caters more to the $5 beer crowd than the $100-bottle-of-wine set.

Corporate clients are spending for Stampede — they’re just spending more wisely, as they look to impress potential customers and financiers.

“It’s not just a shot-gun blast — throw money everywhere and hopefully a customer ends up in your lap,” he said.

“You’ve got important clients coming from Toronto, Texas and you’ll want to impress them. You want to let them know you have a solid company and you’re doing well.”

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CALGARY — Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) says oil has started flowing from its Sunrise oilsands project in northeastern Alberta.

The first phase of Sunrise is expected to ramp up to 60,000 barrels a day around the end of 2016.

At Sunrise, crude is extracted using steam-assisted gravity drainage, or SAGD, technology.

The project is part of a 50-50 joint venture with BP. Crude from Sunrise can be processed at a refinery in Toledo, Ohio, which Husky also jointly owns with BP. The completion of the project also means 1,100 tradespeople working for Saipem Canada, contracted for the construction of the facility, have been handed their pink slips.

Company offering free cruise in exchange for answering survey fined by CRTC OTTAWA — The U.S.-based company responsible for those pesky calls proclaiming that you’ve won a cruise has been fined $200,000 for breaking telemarketing rules. In addition to paying the penalty, Florida-based Consolidated Travel Holdings Group Inc. has agreed to stop making unsolicited telemarketing calls telling Canadians they had won a free cruise to the Bahamas in exchange for answering a Survey. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission launched its investigation after receiving complaints from Canadians.

The federal regulator worked with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate the complaints.

The CRTC said Caribbean Cruise Line, which is owned by Consolidated Travel Holdings Group Inc., used an automatic dialing-announcing device to offer cruises to Canadians, including many who have their phone number registered on the national do not call list.

“This cross-border investigation sends a message to foreign-based telemarketers that they must comply with our rules when calling Canadians, and shows that our efforts to shield Canadians from unwanted telemarketing calls are yielding results,” Manon Bombardier, the CRTC’s chief compliance and enforcement officer, said in a statement. “We appreciate the assistance we received from the Federal Trade Commission over the course of our investigation. We are pleased to report that Caribbean Cruise Line co-operated with our investigation and has now voluntarily ceased making unsolicited telemarketing calls to Canadian consumers.”

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OF LOCAL INTEREST Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 140.37 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.01 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.38 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.64 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.49 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.65 Cdn. National Railway . . 85.73 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 236.82 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.84 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.22 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.89 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.78 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 58.17 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.50 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.87 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.78 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.24 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.97 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 38.40 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.91 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.16 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.34 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 53.53 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 128.90 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.70 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.92 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 61.36 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market pushed ahead on Wednesday, but couldn’t recover the losses from the previous day, as most sectors headed modestly higher.

The S&P/TSX composite index moved 97.44 points higher at 14,739.20, following a big selloff on Tuesday prompted by worries about higher interest rates in the U.S. The Canadian dollar dropped 0.5 of a cent to 78.36 cents US, coming off of a six-year low of 78.14 cents US earlier in the day.

The Dow Jones industrials extended its decline another 27.55 points to 17,635.39 after plunging more than 300 points on Tuesday. The Nasdaq slid 9.86 points to 4,849.94 while the S&P 500 index was off 3.92 of a point to 2,040.24.

BMO Capital Markets chief economist Doug Porter said financial markets around the world have been weighing the “powerful move” in the U.S. dollar in recent weeks.

“What’s driving that is the view the Federal Reserve is priming itself to begin raising interest rates at the very time the Euopean Central Bank has embarked on quantitative easing and other banks are either cutting rates or also trying to engage in stimulant measures,” he said.

The U.S. dollar strength has created a ripple effect, adding pressure to gold prices which ended the session at their lowest level since early November.

The April gold bullion contract was down US$9.50 at US$1,150.60 an ounce, while the May copper contract was down a 1.8 cents at US$2.61 a pound.

Aside from pressure from the U.S. currency, the loonie is also being squeezed by the low price of oil, which has been trading at

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 21.82 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.05 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.69 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 29.27 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 13.95 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.64 First Quantum Minerals . 13.74 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 23.87 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.28 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.03 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.85 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.56 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.08 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 17.74 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 22.70 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 22.56 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 60.17 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.19 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 38.01 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.81 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.46 Canyon Services Group. . 6.48 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 21.96 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2950 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.31 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.18 about US$50 a barrel — down from more than US$100 a barrel last summer.

The April crude oil contract settled 12 cents lower at US$48.17 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while the TSX energy sector rose 1.4 per cent.

Technology stocks were ahead 1.3 per cent, buoyed partly on shares of Constellation Software (TSX:CSU) which jumped 3.8 per cent to $441.22.

A subsidiary of Constellation Software bought InterAct911 Corp., a computer-aided dispatch and records management company for primarily U.S. law enforcement. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

In earnings, Quebecor Inc. (TSX:QBR.B) says adjusted profits at its continuing media and telecom operations rose 3.5 per cent to $50.3 million from a year earlier. On a per share basis, the results were 41 cents, below analyst estimates of 52 cents per share. Quebecor class B shares fell 44 cents to $33.29.

Air Canada (TSX:AC) has signed a codeshare agreement with Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes that will make it easier for travellers to connect through the two airlines’ networks. The agreement expands an interline agreement that allows travellers to make a single reservation for flights on both airlines. Air Canada shares rose 19 cents to $12.41.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,739.20, up 97.44 points Dow — 17,635.39, down 27.55 points S&P 500 — 2,040.24, down 3.92 points

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Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 84.02 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 41.31 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.60 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 25.72 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 46.75 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.58 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.93 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.005 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.69 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.02 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.89 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.86 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.23 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 54.18 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.66 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.74 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.58 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 26.03 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NA Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.12 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 43.13 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 93.37 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.28 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.99 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.98 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.09 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.53 Nasdaq — 4,849.94, down 9.86 points Currencies: Cdn — 78.36 cents US, down half-a-cent Pound — C$1.9057, down 0.45 of a cent Euro — C$1.345, down 1.18 cents Euro — US$1.054, down 1.6 cents Oil futures:US$48.17 per barrel, down 12 cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,150.60 per oz., down $9.50 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.369 oz., down 30.8 cents $654.86 kg., down $9.91 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’15 $7.70 higher $464.50; May ’15 $7.70 higher $469.50; July ’15 $7.50 higher $464.50; Nov ’15 $2.90 higher $451.40; Jan. ’16 $2.90 higher $453.10; March ’16 $2.70 higher $456.10; May ’16 $2.70 higher $458.90; July ’16 $2.70 higher $461.60; Nov. ’16 $2.80 higher $457.00; Jan. ’17 $2.80 higher $457.00; March ’17 $2.80 higher $457.00.

Barley (Western): March ’15 unchanged 182.00; May ’15 unchanged $184.00; July ’15 unchanged $186.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $177.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $177.00; March ’16 unchanged $177.00; May ’16 unchanged $177.00; July ’16 unchanged $177.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $177.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $177.00; March ’17 unchanged $177.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 342,600 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 342,600.

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Competition Bureau accuses car rental firms Avis and Air Canada signs codeshare Budget of false advertising OTTAWA — The Competition Budeal with Brazil’s GOL reau has accused rental car companies Linhas Aereas Inteligentes Avis and Budget as well as their parMONTREAL — Air Canada has signed a codeshare agreement with Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes that will make it easier for travellers to connect through the two airlines’ networks.

The agreement expands an interline agreement that allows travellers to make a single reservation for flights on both airlines.

Under the codeshare agreement, Air Canada (TSX:AC) will also be able to include its code on flights operated

by GOL. The deal includes a frequent flyer program agreement that will allow members the ability to earn and redeem miles on eligible flights operated by the two airlines.

ent company of false or misleading advertising.

The federal agency has filed an application with the Competition Tribunal seeking $30 million in administrative penalties and refunds for consumers from Aviscar, Budgetcar and Avis Budget Group Inc. The bureau alleges Avis and Budget advertise prices that are not attainable due to additional fees imposed during the rental. It also says the fees are characterized as taxes, surcharges and fees that governments and agencies require Avis and Budget to collect.

“In fact, Avis and Budget impose these charges to recoup part of their own cost of doing business,” the bureau said.

Nova Scotia offers Royal Bank up to $22M to open financial services centre

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s business development agency has agreed to offer the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) up to $22 million in payroll rebates to open a financial services centre in Halifax.

The bank is expected to create 150 new jobs this year in cheque processing, accounts payable and fixed asset accounting, Nova Scotia Business Inc. said Wednesday.

The average salary in the payroll agreement is about $60,000 annually and there is the potential for up to 500 new jobs within 10 years, the provincial agency said.

The bank is moving into property formerly used by Blackberry, which closed in October 2013 after receiving more than six years of provincial payroll rebates.

Laurel Broten, the chief executive of Nova Scotia Business Inc., said it’s good to have a new tenant in the building.

“We’re pleased to have them choose Nova Scotia as a place they want to grow,” she said in a telephone interview.

Broten said the payroll rebate is

necessary because Nova Scotia was competing with other jurisdictions to attract the bank’s back-office operations.

“This has been a long conversation over a number of years. ... It is a competitive space. We are competing with a number of other locations,” she said.

She declined to name specific competitors for the new centre.

Progressive Conservative finance critic Tim Houston said the Opposition isn’t in a position to judge the deal because there is a lack of public information on what factors were considered and what competing incentives were offered.

“We’re trying to answer the question of why it took $22 million of taxpayer money to get them to come here. ... We don’t know enough details to know if it’s a good deal,” he said.

“At lot of people are scratching their head today, asking ’Why does it have to work like this?’ ” NDP Leader Maureen MacDonald said the deal shows the Liberal government’s promises not to provide subsidies to large corporations were false.

But she wouldn’t comment on whether the New Democrats, who authorized similar payroll rebates to major companies when in government, opposed or supported the bank deal.

Keystone foes ask lawmakers to repeal pipeline-siting law

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LINCOLN, Neb. — Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline appealed to Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday in their latest effort to overturn the state law that allowed former Gov. Dave Heineman to approve a route through the state.

About 60 landowners and activists rallied at the state capitol in Lincoln as pipeline developer TransCanada Corp. defended its use of eminent domain to gain access to property owned by holdouts.

Their arguments in a nearly fivehour hearing included several testy exchanges with senators who support the pipeline. Opponents asked lawmakers to pass a bill that would reverse the 2012 pipeline-siting law.

The law allowed TransCanada to bypass Nebraska’s Public Service Commission, which reviews most pipeline proposals, and seek approval instead through a state agency overseen by the governor. Heineman, a Republican, supported the project.

Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha said he introduced the bill as a “shot across the bow” to TransCanada, and to give voice to landowners who oppose the pipeline.

“Until now, the public — the people who have been affected directly by this pipeline activity — have never had a seat at the table,” Chambers said. “The

ones at the table were politicians who ... were in TransCanada’s pocket.”

The pipeline would go from Canada through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.

In January, the Nebraska Supreme Court allowed the pipeline-siting law to stand by default. Four judges on the seven-member court ruled in favour of landowners who challenged the law, but a super-majority of five was needed.

The remaining three judges refused to rule on the law, arguing they couldn’t because the plaintiffs in the lawsuit didn’t have legal standing. Opponents responded by filing a nearly identical lawsuit with landowners who were directly affected.

TransCanada has said 90 per cent of Nebraska landowners along the Keystone XL route — and 100 per cent of those in Montana and South Dakota — have agreed to easements so the company can build the pipeline.

TransCanada land manager Andrew Craig said eminent domain is a tool of last resort that’s needed to develop pipelines, railroads and other infrastructure.

Without that power, “a single landowner or small group of landowners could block projects that deliver those public benefits to Nebraskans,” Craig said.

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BOARD of DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS Nominations are now open for the election of twelve (12) directors to the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The election of directors is for a two (2) year term from September 2015 to September 2017.

Nominations may be made by returning a completed Board of Directors Nominations Agreement, available to members at the Chamber office. The Agreement is to include a 150 word biography of the nominee, consisting of the nominee’s name, employer, position, experience and reason for seeking election and be signed by two (2) Red Deer & District Chamber members in good standing.

Please submit Agreements to: Don Oszli, Past President Red Deer & District of Chamber of Commerce 3017 Gaetz Avenue Red Deer, AB T4N 5Y6 rdchamber@reddeerchamber.com

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MURPHY E. Frank E. Frank Murphy passed away in Red Deer on the 9th day of March, 2015, at the age of 95. Frank was born in Hanna, Alberta, the second son of Edward and Ruby Murphy, and attended public and high school in Hanna.

He served in the Navy during the War and received his discharge while stationed in Halifax. He then attended the University of Alberta, Faculty of Law, and upon graduation, came to Red Deer to article to the late Justice W.J.C. Kirby. Frank never had a desire to live any place other than Red Deer, and was a member of the Law Society of Alberta for 50 years. He was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1962, and his law career included a lengthy term as a Bencher of the Law Society of Alberta, provincial Court Judge, Chairman for several years of the Review Panel at Alberta Hospital Ponoka, and an Independent Chairman at the Bowden Institution. He was a devoted and active member of the community, and over a long period of time served as President of the Kinsmen Club, the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and two terms as chairman of the Red Deer General Hospital Board. He was also a PastPresident of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club. Frank was predeceased by his loving wife, Nonie, and his daughter, Jean. He will be fondly remembered by his sons; John and Jim (Laura), three grandchildren; Patti (Curt), Kelly and Jonathan (Amber), and three greatgrandchildren; Eli, Kai and Faris. At Frank’s request, there will be no public funeral service. In lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to make a donation in Frank’s memory may do so by sending same to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6.

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PLESTED Mary Rose (nee Greff) 1917 - 2015 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Mary Rose Plested of Red Deer, on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at the age of 97 years.

Mary will be lovingly remembered by her children; Don (Linda) of Stettler, Fern Jocksch of Red Deer and Gloreen (Paul) Budy of Red Deer, her grandchildren, many great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and extended family. She was predeceased by her husband Ralph, brother Elmer Greff and numerous sisters and brothers in law. A Celebration of Mary’s Life will be held at Davenport Place Club House, 2300 Danielle Drive, Red Deer, on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Food Bank Society, 7429 - 49 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 1N2.

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

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 15 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $10.88/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. Fax: 403-782-9685 or Call 403-848-2356

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK

Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave.

525619C11-14

FULL and part-time F/T dishwasher, cooks and bus persons needed for varying shifts, including weekends. Exc. wages and benefits.

Call 403-346-5448 for appointment.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

No phone calls please!

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA Dixon Ave,Close & Dunlop St. ALSO Dumas Cr., Duffy Cl., 1 1/2 Blks. of Dempsey St. and Dolan Cl. $104.mo.

Hampton Inn & Suites 128 Leva Ave. Red Deer AB, CA T4E 1B9 Housekeeping Supervisor $20.00/hour Full Time: M-F 7am to 5pm * Supervise team of cleaners and janitors * Inspect sites to ensure safety and cleanliness * Arrange for services required such as painting, renovations or replacement of furnishings * Hire and train cleaning staff * Prepare work schedule , budget, estimate costs and keep financial records Apply in person 8am-4 pm POSITION FILLED

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE For ANDERS Area

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

BOWER AREA Boyce St. / Byer Close Barrett Drive INGLEWOOD AREA Isaacson Cres. / Irwin Ave. Iverson Close MORRISROE AREA McCullough Cres.

McDougall Cres.

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

JOHNSTONE PARK

60 & 61 Ave. ALSO 60A & 61 St.

Sorrensen/Sisson Ave. WESTPARK VANIER AREA

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

1730

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

900

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

1840 1860

Webster Dr., Weddel Cres., Welch & Williams Close AlSO Woodsworth, Wallace & Waghorn Close

1930

Misc. for Sale

1760

9” DINNER plates $1.00 each or all for $50.00 ; antique entry doors $50.00 or Best offer call 403-728-3485 FREE bumper stickers, which say, “Don’t blame me!

I voted Wildrose!” e-mail: donmacintyre@gmail.com or twitter@wildrose_don KING size duvet with cover and 2 pillowcases $60; 20 cup rice cooker w/steamer, new, $30 403-986-3644 LAMPS, (2) electric, 25 yrs. $20. for both; over 100 LP records, all for $100.; Misc. collection of matches, $5.

403-885-5020 RHINSTONE necklace and earrings, exc. cond, from the 1950’s, $85; approx.

35 peacock feathers $1/ea. large fruit bowl, great design, $5.

403-346-2231

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

FOR LEASE, Executive style 1/2 duplex in Lacombe on large lot.

4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740 HALF DUPLEX, front/back split, 2 bdrm. 2 car garage, gas incl. $1150/mo., 403-886-5342 357-7817 INNISFAIL older 3 bdrm. house, lrg. lot. $975/mo.

403-886-5342 or 357-7817

WEST PARK

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

Just completely reno’d. 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1400 mo. $1000. d.d.

Avail. now or Apr. 1.

403-304-5337

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

~ Westpark

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1195 to $1395 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. & Apr. 1 References required.

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Houses For Sale

4020

MOVE IN TODAY

1550 sq. ft. bi-level w/dbl. att. garage $499,900 403-588-2550

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

1010

Contractors

1100

Massage Therapy

1280

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 DOORS, windows, siding, Elite Retreat, Finest soffit, fascia and custom RW Smith, 346-9351 in VIP Treatment. cladding. Call Dean @ 10 - 2am Private back entry 403-302-9210.

FANTASY SPA

Consulting

1090

12 YRS. OIL and gas exp. developing health, safety and environmental (ISO 14001) management systems, including COR audit prep. and corrective action plans. (403)318-3308 or joanne@mckainms.ca

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

THE NORDIC

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Accounting KENTWOOD

3060

1830

1720

HIDE-A-BED, dble. good condition. $50.

• GED Preparation 403-340-1347 LOUNGE sofa, $30; 6 • Women in the Trades drawer dresser, $40; 4 Program drawer dresser, $30, all • Math and Science for good con., del. avail.

403-346-0674 the Trades Program SOFA STYLE hide-a-bed, Gov’t of Alberta Funding Like New. $125.; 2 table may be available. lamp sets, colored glass stems and metal base, 403-340-1930 $10. set; 403-346-2192 www.academicexpress.ca WANTED Antiques, furniture and CRYSTAL GLASS estates.

342-2514 needs a GLASS INSTALLER. Some exp. preferred, but training is Stereos provided. Benefits and company uniforms after 3 TV's, VCRs months. Drop off resume STEREO player LP & at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax cassette, older style, with 346-5390 or email: 2 large quality speakers, branch208@crystalglass.ca $30. 403-346-2192 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Springfield Crossing

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS

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

3050

3090

Pearson & Pennington Cres., Pamley Ave. & Piper Dr.

LANCASTER AREA

Victor Close Viscount Drive

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

MORRISROE MANOR

PINES

Kentwood Dr., Kershaw & Kind Close

SOUTHBROOK AREA

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

880

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres.

Savoy Close / Sydney Close

Lord Close

3030

1900

Employment Training

ANDERS AREA Alexander Cres., Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres. Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, Atlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Condos/ Townhouses

1800

SPRING START

MICHENER AREA

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

1580

Children's Items

Furnishings

Advocate Opportunities

CARRIERS REQUIRED

CARRIERS NEEDED

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

850

GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

1500-1990

1630

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area. $209.00/mo.

CLASSIFICATIONS

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

860

37, 38 & 3900 Block of 45 St. (and 44 St. North side only) $68.48/mo.

43A Ave. West to 46 Ave. Between 35 & 37 St. $63.00/mo.

Requires

VACUUM, wet/dry Stinger, new in box, 2.5 gal. $25; (2) new plastic saw horses, $20. pr.; 2 new swivel padded, moving dollies, 30”x18”, $35; dble. stainless steel sink, $15; pr. of (NEW in box) Steel toed, lined work boots, sz.

11/12, $30.; 1 pr. new winter, side zip, boots, sz.

11/12, $20; 403-358-5568

1605

EASTVIEW AREA

Between 35 St. and 39 St. and 43A Ave. and 41, Ave. area $189.00/mo.

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stuff

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

1760

Misc. for Sale

PLAYPEN, Grayco, in WINE CABINET, good condition. $20.

ORIOLE PARK holds 126 bottles.

403-340-1347 KODIAK Enterprises 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. $150. o.b.o.

403-347-5504 Red Deer, AB. THREE genuine Rainbow rent, s.d. $650, incl water is currently hiring Loom cases filled with sewer and garbage. Avail.

JOURNEYMAN & genuine RL bands, looms Office April 1st. 403-304-5337 APPRENTICE WELDERS and metal hook, $25 each.

F/T year round employment Genuine RL Monster Tail, Supplies Please call Bob metal hook, and bands for FILING CABINET, Suites 403-357-8669 or email $5, two instr. books, and TOO MUCH STUFF? 2 drawer metal $10. resume to: various bags of knock-offs Let Classifieds 403-885-5020 bob@kodiakent.com and several unopened 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. help you sell it. bags of genuine RL bands $875 rent/d.d.

SHOP HELP AND/OR for $10 or everything for 403-346-1458 JJAM Management (1987) APPRENTICE MECHANIC $80. 403-340-1640 Cats Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s REQ’D IMMED. GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

Requires to work at these Truck exp. preferred. apartments, avail. immed, Red Deer, AB locations: 8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of BlackFREE TO GOOD HOME rent $875 403-596-6000 5111 22 St. falds. Fax: 403-784-2330 Electronics Beautiful, loving male cat LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. 37444 HWY 2 S Phone: 403-784-3811 for a home on a farm or SUITES. 25+, adults only 37543 HWY 2N other large rural property.

GAME Cube w/2 games n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 700 3020 22 St. For home with no other $80; XBox w/10 games Truckers/ FOOD ATTENDANT dogs or cats. Will deliver. $70 403-782-3847 Req’d permanent shift Drivers 403-886-8688 N64 w/4 games weekend day and evening $140 403-782-3847 both full and part time.

SHINY Black F. Kitten, 1 & 2 bdrm. Adult bldg.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + 6 mos., very cuddly & PS3 w/6 games only, N/S No pets benefits. Start ASAP. affectionate, completely $160 403-782-3847 403-596-2444 Job description litter trained. Desperately www.timhortons.com needs loving home. FREE NEW 1 bdrm. bsmt. suite, EquipmentEducation and experience 403-782-3130 separate entrance & not req’d. laundry, $950 inclds. utils., Heavy Apply in person or fax Johnstone Park., immed. resume to: 403-314-1303 587-877-2839 403-667-5527 TRAILERS for sale or rent Dogs Job site, office, well site or NEWLY RENOVATED 1 & TAP HOUSE storage. Skidded or 2 bedroom suites available NORTH CHINESE pug 7 yrs old to in central location. Heat & wheeled. Call 347-7721.

CENTRAL AB based (formerly Sam’s Cafe) is give away to good home. water included. Cat friendtrucking company requires now taking applications for Call 403-304-6283 ly. 86 Bell Street, Red CONTRACT Full Time/Part time COOK, Deer leasing@rentmidFirewood Bring resume to DRIVERS west.com 1(888) 679-8031 Sporting 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer in AB. Home the odd night. between 2-4 pm.

Weekends off. Late model AFFORDABLE Goods tractor pref. 403-586-4558 Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. FISHING RODS & Net, $5.

EXP. CLASS 1 DRIVER 403-885-5020 avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 Trades required to haul LPG in Central AB. Fax resume FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, NOW RENTING and abstract with Can deliver 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. Travel ACADEMIC Express applicable tickets to: 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Packages ADULT EDUCATION 780-386-3896 Newer bldg. secure entry LOGS AND TRAINING w/onsite manager, Semi loads of pine, spruce, TRAVEL ALBERTA 5 appls., incl. heat & hot Misc. tamarack, poplar.

Alberta offers SPRING START water, washer/dryer Price depends on location.

SOMETHING Help hookup, infloor heating, a/c., Lil Mule Logging for everyone.

• GED Preparation car plug ins & balconies.

403-318-4346 Make your travel 1699960AbLtd is looking Call 403-343-7955 plans now. for 2 F/T permanent shift Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner • Women in the Trades supervisors for days, BC Birch.

All Types.

P.U. / Program evenings, wknds. 120 - 47 Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 Wanted Clearview Market Red • Math and Science for To Buy 1 bdrm. adult building, Deer, AB. must have exc. the Trades Program Household N/S. No pets. customer service, cash 403-596-2444 10 KVA Kabota diesel handling, and supervisory Appliances Gov’t of Alberta Funding power plant on wheels, big related. wage $13.75 w/at may be available. least 1 year exp. email: DRYER, Inglis HD, white fuel tank to trade for 12-14’ Rooms alum. fishing boat and restuarantbusiness@ ext. large capacity, 403-340-1930 motor 403-588-4397 For Rent hotmail.ca Electric. $100. www.academicexpress.ca 403-309-4518 Something for Everyone ACADEMIC Express Start your career!

Everyday in Classifieds Avail Immed, fully furn bdrm for rent $250 DD ADULT EDUCATION See Help Wanted Household $500/mth. 403-396-2468 AND TRAINING

With 38 papers, approximately: $199.00/mo.

MOUNTVIEW AREA

850

Trades

1710

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Waitress’s Fri. - Sun. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

Advocate Opportunities

820

1660

Seasonal work available at garden centre (full time, part time, evenings & weekends) Positions available: • Greenhouse • Outdoor Plants • Garden Shop • Service Must have the following qualifications: • Self starter • Enjoys the outdoors • Energetic • Communicates well with people Some heavy lifting could be involved Please send resumes to: Parkland Nurseries & Garden Centre Ltd. Attention: Laura Fax: (403) 341-5459 E-mail: resumes@parklandgc.ca RR# 2 LCD 1, Red Deer, AB T4N 5E2

Restaurant/ Hotel

278950A5

800

Oilfield

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 COUNTERTOPS & kitchen renovations.

Wes 403-302-1648

Escorts

1165

KAYLA 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

403-341-4445 VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town.

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 SNOW shoveling/dump runs/ odd jobs 403-885-5333

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

403-896-4869

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS

Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, March 12, 2015 D3

4020

Houses For Sale

Iraqi forces make push for IS-held Tikrit

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

1240 sq. ft. 2 bdrm. 2 bath/jet tub, den, walk in closet, stainless steel appls, oak kitchen, hardwood/tile Áoors, working under Áoor heat, 24 x 26 garage, $278,900 Dave Deschner 403-350-7346

DOWNSIZING TO A DUPLEX?

90 Rowell Close, quiet neighbourhood.

3 bdrm, 3bath, hardwood, carpet, Ànished basement, inÁoor heat, shed.

No fees.

394,700 or consider offer 403 346 2174

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-5 639 OAK ST. Springbrook 403-588-2550

Businesses For Sale

4140

FLOWER Art & Gifts Store Sylvan Lake. 587-377-2023

Lots For Sale

4160

Attn: Builders

Blackfalds. Duplex lots available. For information call 403-304-5555

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Automotive Services

5010

Freedom Motorcycle Tires.

We change motorcycle tires. www.theoldguy.ca

5030

Cars

2012 CRUZ sedan, 4 dr., 1.46 litre turbo charged, 6 spd. trans., standard, 37,000 km, $15,900.

403-845-3299 1999 BUICK Regal, loaded 154,000 km.403-352-6995

Auto Wreckers

BAGHDAD — Iraqi soldiers and allied Shiite militiamen swept into the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit on Wednesday, launching a two-front offensive to squeeze extremists out of Saddam Hussein’s hometown in a major test of the troops’ resolve.

Explosions and heavy gunfire echoed through Tikrit, a key way station for Iraqi forces trying to expel the militants who hold roughly a third of the country and neighbouring Syria. The offensive also will serve as a major crucible for Iraqi forces, which collapsed under the extremists’ initial offensive last year and now face street-by-street fighting in one of the Islamic State group’s biggest strongholds.

Allied Iraqi forces first entered the city through its northern Qadisiyya neighbourhood, according to video obtained by The Associated Press. Overhead, an attack helicopter fired missiles as soldiers and militiamen laid down heavy machine-gunfire in the neighbourhood’s dusty streets as downtown Tikrit loomed in the distance, black smoke rising overhead.

Officials quickly established a supply line through the neighbourhood to reinforce troops, Salahuddin police Brig. Kheyon Rasheed told the state-run Iraqiyya television. Authorities offered no immediate casualty figures, though Iran’s state-run Press TV satellite channel reported that a mortar attack wounded one of its cameramen there.

A local official in Iraq’s Salahuddin province confirmed that Iraqi troops entered Qadisiyya and raised the Iraqi flag over Tikrit’s general hospital. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief journalists.

Later Wednesday, allied forces also swept into Tikrit from the south in a pincer movement to squeeze out militants, though some suggested many already fled in the face of the advance, codenamed “At your service, prophet of Allah.”

“The terrorists are seizing the cars of civilians trying to leave the city and they are trying to make a getaway,” Rasheed said.

Tikrit, the capital of Salahuddin province, sits on the Tigris River about 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of Baghdad. Several of Saddam’s palaces remain there, as do remnants of his now-outlawed Baathist party. Many believe party members assisted the Islamic State group in its offensive last summer.

After the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, insurgent Baathists in Tikrit launched attacks on American forces. The same could happen to incoming Iraqi forces, who already faced sniper fire and heavily mined roads.

Taking Tikrit would open a supply line for a future operation to besiege Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city that remains under Islamic State control. U.S. military officials have that said a mission to retake Mosul likely will begin in April or May and involve up to 25,000 Iraqi troops. But the Americans have cautioned the offensive could be delayed.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners chant slogans against the Islamic State group during the funeral procession of three members of a Shiite group, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, who were killed in Tikrit while fighting Islamic militants, in Najaf, 160 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday. Iranian-backed Shiite militias and Sunni tribes have joined Iraq’s military in a major operation to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group.

Iranian military advisers have been helping guide Iraqi forces in their advance on Tikrit. Speaking Wednesday on Capitol Hill, U.S. Gen. Martin Dempsey described the militias as “Iranian trained and somewhat Iranian equipped.”

Among those directing operations is Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force. Frontline images have emerged of the general in recent days, showing him smiling in plainclothes without a bulletproof vest.

The overt Iranian role and the prominence of Shiite militias in the campaign have raised fears of possible sectarian cleansing should Tikrit, an overwhelmingly Sunni city, fall to the government troops.

“Iranians will try to calm the fears of the Sunnis instead of persecuting them because the Iranian officials know that it is in their best interest to keep the Iraq united,” said Hadi Jalo, a Baghdad-based political analyst.

“For the Iranians, it is easier to dominate one country instead of three separate states.”

The U.S. says its allied coalition carrying out airstrikes targeting the extremists has not been involved in the ongoing Tikrit offensive. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has appealed for more aid for his country’s beleaguered ground forces, though the U.S. spent billions of dollars training and equipping Iraq’s army during its eight-year occupation.

A senior U.S. military official told the AP that as of June 2014, the Iraqi military stood at 125,000 men at best, down from 205,000 in January 2014. Iraqi officials now say that at least 30,000 men — including the military, militias, Sunni tribes and police — are fighting to capturing Tikrit. Dempsey said Wednesday that at least 20,000 militiamen are taking part.

Most battlefield successes in Iraq have been co-ordinated efforts, with Iraqi and Kurdish forces and Shiite militias fighting on the ground and the U.S.-led coalition providing air power.

The siege on the village of Amirli just north of Baghdad, when many feared the capital itself might fall, was broken last year with the help of U.S.-led airstrikes and a fighting force of mainly Shiite militias. Shiite militiamen backed by a coalition air campaign also retook the town of Jurf al-Sukhr, on Baghdad’s outskirts, in October.

The Islamic State group kept up its attacks elsewhere in Iraq. In Ramadi, the provincial capital of Iraq’s embattled Anbar province, at least 13 suicide car bombs exploded almost simultaneously, killing two soldiers and wounding eight, said Sabah Karhout, head of the Anbar provincial council. The Islamic State group said in an online statement that it used foreign fighters from Australia, Belgium, Syria and Uzbekistan fighters in the attack.

5190 Utah’s move toward firing Police arrest 15-year-old US

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

boy for kidnapping in case that was caught on video

squad shows frustration with botched executions

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SALT LAKE CITY — A vote by Utah lawmakers to bring back executions by firing squad is the most dramatic illustration yet of the nationwide frustration over bungled executions and shortages of lethal-injection drugs.

Utah and several other states are scrambling to modify their laws on the heels of a botched Oklahoma lethal injection last year and one in Arizona in which the condemned man took nearly two hours to die. Meanwhile, Texas prepared to execute a Mexican mafia hit man Wednesday night with its second-to-last dosage of drugs.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has declined to say if he will sign the firing-squad bill, a decision that’s not expected for a week or so.

“States are wondering which way to go, and one way is to send up a warning flag that if you don’t allow us freedom in this lethal-injection area, we’ll do something else,” said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment. “This might be a message rather than a preferred route of punishment.”

States have struggled to keep up their drug inventories as European manufacturers opposed to capital punishment refuse to sell the components of lethal injections to U.S. prisons.

The Texas deadline is the most imminent, but other states are struggling, too.

The Utah bill’s sponsor, Rep. Paul Ray, argues that a team of trained marksmen is faster and more humane than the drawn-out deaths involved when lethal injections go awry.

Though Utah’s next execution is probably a few years away, Ray said Wednesday that he wants to settle on a backup method now so authorities are not racing to find a solution if the drug shortage drags on.

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SPRAGUE, Wash. — A 15-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday in connection with the attempted kidnapping of a 22-month-old toddler that was caught on surveillance video in this small farming town in the state of Washington.

The teenage boy was identified through the use of surveillance video, interviews and evidence collection, Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers said.

The boy’s identity was being withheld because he is a juvenile, Magers said.

Detectives started focusing on the arrested suspect in the past 24 hours, Magers said.

One of the kidnap victim’s young siblings also positively identified the suspect, Magers said.

The 15-year-old was booked into a juvenile detention facility on suspicion of second-degree kidnapping, Magers said. The Lincoln County Prosecutor’s Office will make the formal charging decisions.

Magers thanked the media for distributing pictures of the suspect and the public for providing tips.

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Shad is the answer for Q CANADIAN RAPPER TO REPLACE JIAN GHOMESHI AS HOST

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BRIEFS Peacock and Harris perform at RDC Arts Centre Music from the baroque to the 21st century will be performed this weekend by Central Alberta flutist Rachel Peacock and singer Shannon Harris.

Peacock is a Rimbey native who now lives in Sylvan Lake. The Red Deer College music student will perform an afternoon graduation recital on Sunday at the RDC Arts Centre.

Peacock will be accompanied by pianist Deborah Protsack, and vocalist Harris will also lend her talents.

“I’m delighted to be able to perform great flute literature that spans four centuries as a way of celebrating ... my experience studying at Red Deer College,” said Peacock, who is “thrilled” to be sharing the stage with Harris.

Peacock is also a graduate of the Rosebud School of the Arts and has performed in several Rosebud Theatre productions.

The 2 p.m. concert is free.

Burton brings the blues to the Olive Blues/pop singer Sarah Burton performs tonight at The Olive in Red Deer.

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The CBC has selected rapper Shad to become the new host of its cultural affairs radio show Q. The broadcaster said on its website that Shad, who is 32 and from London, Ont., was selected after an “exhaustive search” involving more than 200 candidates. Shad is shown in an interview with The Canadian Press in Toronto on Thursday October 17, show since Ghomeshi was let go in October. Those stints wound up being a sort of audition, and Shad impressed.

“He had the instincts to pull out those really special moments (in his interviews),” Witten pointed out.

She suggested that Shad’s Q — he takes over April 20 — will have a more spontaneous, live feeling than before, with even more music.

Given the show’s sprawling scope, Shad will need to prepare to discuss

almost any issue.

“What we had with Jian was someone who could interview artists, authors, actors and musicians with great ease,” said Marion Coomey, a professor in Ryerson University’s RTA School of Media.

“Shad is going to have to be someone who can interview everybody.”

A longtime Q listener, Coomey praised Shad’s “energetic” and “engaged” performance as guest host,

The Ottawa native is inspired by the likes of Elvis Costello and Wilco, and creates soul-baring music that takes listeners on a journey “through tales of love, luck and sweet sorrow.”

From the Start is the first single from her new album, Make Your Own Bed, which was made with producer Ken Friesen. Friesen has worked with Tragically Hip, Hawksley Workman and Blue Rodeo.

Burton is looking forward to showing her soulful and sassy sides to Red Deer listeners.

For more information, call 403-3408288.

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Over the past six years, the RDSO has spent more than $170,000 on education and outreach programs in the community. These provide some children and adults with their only chance to experience live symphonic music.

RDSO Choir Kids returns with four concerts The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra’s popular Choir Kids program is back with four performances, starting on Monday.

The 17th-annual Choir Kids program involves 19 choirs from elementary schools around Central Alberta.

Each school choir will perform two musical selections with the orchestra, as arranged by RDSO music director Claude Lapalme.

Each concert will end with a massive choir piece, Ye Shall Have a Song.

The four concerts will be held at the New Live Fellowship Church in Red Deer at 6 and 7:30 p.m. on two Mondays, March 16 and March 23.

Anyone interested can buy tickets from participating schools or the RDSO office at 403-340-2948. Tickets are $10 ($5 children, or $25 for families of

Pre-Paddy’s day party with Goitse Celebrate Irish music at a pre-St. Patrick’s Day Party with the globally renowned group Goitse on Friday in Red Deer.

The Limerick band that was recently crowned Live Ireland’s “Trad Group of the Year” for 2015 is one of the most sought-after by connoisseurs of Irish traditional music.

Spurred by the rare sounds of bodhran champion Colm Phelan, guitarist Conal O’Kane, accordionist Tadhg O Meachair, banjo/mandolinist James Harvey, and the charismatic vocals of Aine McGeeney, Goitse’s third album, Tall Tales and Misadventures, has chalked up rave reviews on both

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Goitse perform Friday in Red Deer sides of the Atlantic.

The group, formed in the “whitehot creative crucible of Limerick University’s World Academy of Music and Dance, has since spread its mix of original and traditional rollicking and heart-felt tunes across four continents.

The Red Deer concert, sponsored by the Central Music Festival Society, is at 8 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 6315 Horn St. For ticket information, visit www. centralmusicfest.com.

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TORONTO — After contemplating hundreds of potential candidates, the CBC is convinced that new Q host Shad can succeed with flying colours.

The 32-year-old rapper will soon take over the popular cultural affairs radio show, which was helmed by Jian Ghomeshi until he was fired last year.

“I’m a little surprised this morning when people have said this is a bold or courageous decision, because I’m just so confident about it,” said Cindy Witten, interim executive director of English-language CBC-Radio. “(Shad) is so extremely bright, a really curious guy, he’s clearly passionate about arts and culture in this country,” she added.

“He’s going to be so charming. I think he’s going to really resonate with ... the core Q listener, and I actually think he’s going to bring new audiences to Q.’ The announcement followed a crosscountry search during which Witten said the CBC assembled a list of nearly 250 possible hosts.

Raised in London, Ont., Shad is a cerebral, dexterous rapper whose four albums have tackled race-based alienation, gender inequality and even the Rwandan genocide (he was born in Kenya to Rwandan parents).

Since issuing his debut record When The Music’s Over in 2005, he’s been shortlisted several times for the Polaris Music Prize, earned plaudits from Chicago rap titan Kanye West, and reeled in three Juno nominations.

Notably, Shad upset Toronto’s Drake to win the 2011 Juno trophy for rap recording of the year for his ambitious TSOL, memorably joking in acceptance: “This is like the Emmy going to Theo’s friend Cockroach or something.”

Shad was among a rotating cast of guest hosts who had been steering the

though she noted that his lack of broadcast experience means there will be a “learning curve.”

Witten agreed.

“I wouldn’t say he’s a brilliant broadcaster or interviewer, and I don’t think Shad would say that either,” said the CBC executive.

“But what he does have is he’s curious. He has searing intellect and empathy. And to me, that’s a foundation on which to build.”

His peers are confident he can handle it.

“He may not have a broadcast degree, but if you’ve been playing stages for 10 years, I think that’s something you can’t learn in school,” said Canadian hip-hop DJ Skratch Bastid, who produced several tracks on Shad’s most recent record, 2013’s Flying Colours.

“If anyone’s heard Shad’s freestyle skills, you know he’s pretty good at improvisation.”

The search for a new Q host generated much interest, given the details of Ghomeshi’s departure.

Ghomeshi, who has admitted to engaging in rough sex but said it was consensual, faces seven counts of sexual assault and one of overcoming resistance by choking. The alleged assaults for which he is charged occurred between 2002 and 2008.

Witten insists that Shad isn’t inheriting a broken property.

She said that Q has actually built its audience since Ghomeshi’s departure, with ratings only starting to “soften slightly” in the past few weeks — but still staying above the same period last year. Still, she acknowledges that the saga has been hard on staff.

“It was obviously really challenging around here last fall,” she said. “But I feel like the cloud’s lifting. I feel like we’ve turned a corner.”

Shad was not available for an interview on Wednesday. CBC said he would be speaking to reporters on Thursday.

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