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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Albertans need to ask why the province is continuing to give away taxpayers’ dollars to companies to build and run seniors care facilities, says Public Interest Alberta.

On Thursday, the province announced $180 million in Affordable Supportive Living Initiative grants to companies to create 2,612 continuing care spaces in 31 seniors housing projects in 18 communities across Alberta.

Red Deer is getting 180 spaces, including 60 longterm care beds at Covenant Care Villa Marie and 120 beds (likely supportive living Level 4 beds) to be built by H&H Total Care Services Inc. for the new facility called The Hamlets of Red Deer.

Covenant Care received a $5.1-million grant for its $13-million addition. Grant information for H&H was not available.

“We are fundamentally subsidizing the creation and expansion of a corporately-run seniors care system. If these are our schools, our hospitals, I think people would be much more up in arms,” said Bill Moore Kilgannon, executive director of Public Interest Alberta. “Why should we be pouring millions of taxpayers’ dollars into these private corporations to run these facilities?”

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Purple dye and silly string fly as Sarach Wojcik, a Grade 11 student at Notre Dame High School, crosses the finish line of the Purple Colour Run. The run was organized by the school’s graduating students as part of their Grad Service Project to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Canada. More than 20 people took part in the run.

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The Red Deer Queens volleyball team celebrates their CCAA women’s national championship on Saturday, defeating FX Garneau Elans 3-2 in Longeueil, Que.

RDC Queens still the best

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

CCAA VOLLEYBALL NATIONALS

Red Deer College Queens women’s volleyball coach Talbot Walton spent the entire season doing his best to avoid discussions about the potential to win back-to-back national championships.

QUEENS REIGN SUPREME Now he has no B1 choice.

The Queens won their second consecutive Canadian Colleges Athletic Association championship on Saturday, beating the previously undefeated FX Garneau Elans of Quebec City 3-2 (25-22, 19-25, 22-25, 26-24, 15-13) in Longeueil, Que. “That first one we just didn’t know what to expect, we didn’t know if we were ever capable of doing it, but we made it happen,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton. “This year we had that capacity and understanding that it was doable and always just found a way to win ...

“I think it’s tough to win once and very difficult, almost impossible, to win two in a row anymore. I think with the change over we had, to win two in a row, wow, that’s a testament for what we have as a group of athletes and people.”

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After winning their first national championship in 30 years last season, the Queens had a lot of work to get back to the top of the mountain this year. They lost their two star powers in Brooke Sutter and allCanadian and tournament MVP Amber Adolf, and then they had a host of injuries they had to work through to their replacements.

Despite a No. 1 ranking in the CCAA for much of the year and a 22-2 record, they were far from dominating, winning on defence, experience and guile.

As they started to get healthy at the end of the season, they suddenly looked the part of defending national champion.

They hit their stride at provincials, beat the Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves in the gold medal game, and then continued to roll at nationals, beating the host Lynx d’Édouard-Montpetit and Grande Prairie to get back to the gold medal game.

The final against FX Garneau was an instant classic, with each set tightly contested with the fifth going the full distance.

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Kink, lust, sex, desire, passion and fun were themes that loomed large over the 10th Taboo ...

Naughty by nice sex show in Red Deer over the weekend.

Kevin Blackburn, managing partner of Canwest Productions Inc. who organized the event, anticipated about 10,000 visitors would come through the doors at the Stockmen’s Pavilion at Westerner Park over the weekend.

Those who came through were treated to close to 80 exhibitors ranging from lingerie to limousines to sex toys to body paint.

Compared to shows in Calgary and Edmonton that draw close to 25,000 and in Vancouver, which draws about 35,000, Red Deer gets a sizable turnout.

“Girls read the book, watch the movie and then they’ll walk up to a booth and say ‘I want to try this,’” said Blackburn, referencing the popularity of 50 Shades of Grey.

In one corner of the show is the Taboo Dungeon, operated by Akasha Ravencrest of Ravencrest Manor. Set up with different types of bondage, discipline and sadomasochism demonstrations were offered to anyone who wanted to give it a try.

“Kink is interesting,” said Ravencrest.

“It was so crowded in here, we had to keep everybody back. When demonstrations were going on, people wanted to crowd in and get close. There are lots of people coming in and wanting to try it out and see what it feels like and what the attraction is.”

Drag queen Terri Stevens hosted the event, mixing in her own sassy comedy with giveaways and musical numbers.

Seminars ranged in topics from swinging to romancing to adding a little electricity to the bedroom.

Some stars of the adult entertainment industry also made an appearance in Red Deer including Holli and Michael, stars of the Playboy TV series Swing, and Tori Black, an adult film star.

Michael Nault, CEO of Ace Angels International, ran a body painting booth at the show. He’s been coming to Red Deer for every Taboo show with what he calls his liberating and an expression of freedom.

“Red Deer is our hottest city,” said Nault. “When the Taboo show comes, people come out of the woodwork and our artists love to come to Red Deer.”

Even early in the day Saturday, people were enthusiastic about being painted.

“People have a lot of fun here,” said Blackburn. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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He said it’s questionable whether the public is getting good value and good care by having corporations run seniors care.

Both Kilgannon and Brenda Corney, chairperson of the Red Deer Chapter of Friends of Medicare, agreed that more details need to be disclosed about public-private partnerships in seniors care.

“We will lack details because anything that’s a private, for-profit thing is protected. Like with Extendicare Michener Hill, there was information the public couldn’t get because it was a private corporation,” Corney said.

The two publicly owned and operated facilities, Valley Park Manor with 116 beds and Red Deer Nursing Home with 99, were closed in the fall of 2010

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Jacques Arts, of Edmonton, competes in the Senior B Men’s category of the annual Alberta Indoor Rowing Championships on Saturday. He finished the 2000 metre row in 7:43.

Never too old to row

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Among the old timers competing a 73-year-old, in only his seventh year of rowing, put on a show and paddled hard past people much younger than him.

Or in this case, worked the stationary rowing machine harder.

Jacques Aartis of Edmonton finished second in the Masters category once his age was accounted for.

His 1000 metre time of 3:38.6 was not good enough for a podium finish, but because of the age handicap he vaulted into second place.

“I was 66 the first time I got onto the water,” said Aartis, who has been rowing in a solo boat for the past three or four years.

For 30 years prior the most consistent exercise he had was walking a dog.

“I didn’t do anything before and I realized that as an older fellow you can still do something you enjoy,” said Aartis. “It was a coincidence that someone said I should row.”

Aartis and Andy Nokes, president of the CABC, were among the close to 160 rowers in Blackfalds at the Abbey Centre Saturday for the Alberta Indoor Rowing Championship. Competitors ranged in age from 14 to 73, with the largest group being university and college students.

The event was hosted by the Central Alberta Boar Club, the local rowing group.

For the races there was a line of 12 rowing machines and through a projector a display of each competitors is put on the wall in front of them. when the public-funded, privately-operated Extendicare opened.

But Corney likes the idea of getting 60 more longterm care beds in Red Deer.

“That’s going to help. There’s no way that can’t help. The government is at least hearing it’s a necessity. For awhile, it didn’t seem like that,” Corney said.

Kilgannon said increasing the number of long-term care beds is probably due to the pressure government is getting from all directions, particularly front-line health professionals, about the number of seniors in acute care hospital beds waiting for continuing care beds.

Alberta Health Services, Central Zone says there are 55 people in Red Deer waiting for continuing care beds, which includes those waiting in acute care beds in Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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the opportunity of coaching, just the closeness of the teams in the third, fourth and fifth sets, it was a pleasure to be part of,” said Walton. “You just kind of sit back and watch and let your athletes do the job they’re supposed to do.”

Walton is already dodging questions about a potential third straight title, and for good reason. The Queens are losing eight players off of this championship roster, including championship MVP Leah Koot and ACAC South All-Conference players Alex Donaghy and Madelyne Quinn.

“Looking at three-peating is something that would be a very distant sort of dream for us at this time, because we don’t know exactly what we’re going to look like,” said Walton.

“It will be a monstrous effort because some of those teams we saw at nationals basically have their whole group back again next year. We have a lot of things piled against us, but I’m not going to count us out. We’re going to try and do the same.”

Holland College in Charlottetown, P.E.I. will host the women’s national championship in 2016. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Though they may not be on the water until May, once the ice clears from Lacombe Lake, the CABC is hard at work training for the coming season.

Typically the CABC trains in the evenings in the summer on Lacombe Lake, which is halfway between Lacombe and Blackfalds just off of the QEII. Competitive rowers are out about four times a week while recreational rowers are out twice a week.

The CABC has played host to the event for about 10 years because of the central location for clubs throughout the province.

Michael Simonson, provincial technical director of the Alberta Rowing Association, was in attendance and competed himself. He talked about a handful of rowers who have competed at this event previous years and have gone on to compete nationally.

“There’s going to be two or three individuals in this room that will go on to represent Canada in the next 18 to 24 months,” said Simonson.

Karen Lefsrud of Edmonton is training in London, Ontario as part of the national training centre and is vying for an Olympic spot; Nicole Hare of Calgary has represented Canada at the U23 World Rowing Championships for the last two years and won a bronze medal last year; Olivia McMurray of Calgary represented Canada at the Commonwealth Rowing Regatta last year and McKenzie Lukacs of Calgary represented Canada at the World Junior Championships in 2013.

For more information about the CABC contact Nokes at 403-782-0732 or email cabc@xplornet.com. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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EDMONTON — Ranchers and farmers in western Alberta say they are losing money because too many hungry elk are using their fields as a free all-youcan-eat buffet.

Growing herds are munching, trampling and pooping on grain and hay crops from the Peace region south to the United States border.

Fed up with the voracious ungulates, two municipalities want the provincial government to make it easier to hunt elk to reduce their numbers.

“The government hasn’t come up with any real solutions to the problem,” said Dale Gervais, reeve of the Municipal District of Greenview. “Landowners are getting really tired of feeding elk.”

Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. estimates crop damage from wildlife in the Peace region alone was almost $7 million in 2011 and 2012.

Gervais said the problem is getting worse because there aren’t enough sure-shot hunters. Statistics show the hunting success rate is less than 20 per cent.

To put pressure on the government, municipalities have drafted resolutions to be voted on this week by delegates attending the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties convention in Edmonton.

The resolution from the MD of Greenview calls for the province to offer more hunting tags in areas where elk are a problem.

Mountain View County in west-central Alberta has put forward another resolution that would make it easier for landowners to hunt elk on their own property.

“Non-migrating herds of elk are becoming established in Alberta’s agricultural areas. These local populations are destroying both standing and stockpiled forages intended for use as cattle feed,” reads the county’s resolution.

“The damage is compounded by the fact that the elk trample and defecate on unconsumed forage rendering it unpalatable.”

Alberta Environment estimates there are about 35,000 elk in the province and says the number is increasing.

The animals are moving into agricultural areas in search of food and to get away from predators.

Duncan MacDonnell, a department spokesman, said some changes to hunting policies are being considered and could be rolled out later this year.

The government will consult with local groups before taking action, he said.

“It is a valid concern. We are looking at a more focused hunting effort in these problem areas.”

Elk are already a headache for the government in southeastern Alberta, where a burgeoning herd of more than 6,000 animals near Canadian Forces Base Suffield has damaged fields and angered ranchers for years.

The province is trying to reduce the herd to a manageable size by ramping up hunting.

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Taber police angry at town’s “black eye” over bylaw

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Bobby Mileage teaches a group of about 20 young dancers some hip hop techniques. The world renowned dancer who has worked with Mariah Carey, Will Smith and Missy Elliott was in Red Deer Sunday to give a few lessons.

Famous dancer gives lesson to local students Life lessons were shared interwoven with a form of dance that has a short history as a world renowned hip hop dance star showed some young dancers a thing or two.

Bobby Mileage was in Red Deer at the Pound It Studios, 5809 51st Ave., for a few hours Sunday giving a lesson to local students at the dance studio.

“The best part is you go somewhere where you think there would never be hip hop,” said Mileage. “The best feeling is seeing kids who are really into it and having so much fun. It’s the whole reason I started was I had so much fun.”

Born Bobby Barnette, he got his nickname Mileage as an 18-yearold. A love for hip hop dancing led him to drive from his hometown of Boston to New York every weekend so that he could dance.

Now he has become world renowned for his dancing and has done

work with artists such as Mariah Carey, Will Smith and Missy Elliott.

“What we want to get across is this dance should be respected also,” said Mileage, adding that while it is a younger dance, there is a unique history to it that he likes to share with younger dance students.

“This is something, it’s not just get up and do whatever you want, there are specific moves and it has techniques that go along with it.”

Rico Martinez, owner of Pound It Studios, was thrilled to have Mileage in town on Sunday to show his students some moves.

“He’s a legend in hip hop culture and dance culture,” said Martinez. “We brought him to teach the kids some foundational and hip hop moves.

“I think they did great, of course they need to practice more. They have a lot of fun and that’s what’s important.”

Mileage also took some time to talk with the kids and tell them all about the hard work it

takes to succeed in hip hop dancing, but related it back to working hard in school.

“The kids had great energy,” said Mileage.

“Of course they just learned some of the things so they didn’t know some things, but their energy and they kept trying.”

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EDMONTON — An candidate for a Progressive Conservative nomination in Edmonton wants an apology from the party after he was dropped from the race a day before the vote.

Tom Choucair also wants the nomination process reopened, and he says if the party has evidence of wrongdoing, it should show it to him and his lawyer.

Fellow Edmonton-Meadowlark candidate Steve Benson alleged in media reports Friday he was offered money to drop out of the race.

Benson didn’t name names, but the party announced later in the day that it had “decided to disallow” Choucair’s candidacy.

A news release from the Progressive Conservatives said the party wouldn’t comment further, and the vote was scheduled to go on Saturday night with Benson and Katherine O’Neill as candidates.

Choucair says in a statement that in recent months, “certain members of the PC party” have asked him to drop out of the nomination.

He says he told them no.

“All I wanted was a fair fight,” Choucair said in the statement.

“Neither I, nor any person attached to my campaign, had anything to do with the allegations of wrongdoing levelled against me.”

An associate minister in Premier Jim Prentice’s cabinet, meanwhile, agreed Friday to step out of the Alberta cabinet while allegations of bribery and tampering with nomination papers are investigated.

Media reports alleged that Naresh Bhardwaj, associate minister for persons with disabilities, offered a bribe to undermine the nomination papers of a rival.

Bhardwaj vehemently denied the allegations and said he has hired a lawyer to challenge them, and the Progressive Conservative Party has said it is investigating the allegations.

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TABER, Alta. — Insp. Graham Abela is an angry man.

Not yell, swear or spit-on-the-sidewalk angry but angry just the same over the public ridicule Taber, Alta., has been subjected to since the town of 8,104 enacted a bylaw to clamp down on bad behaviour.

The bylaw levels a $75 fine for spitting in public and a $150 penalty for yelling, screaming or swearing in a public place. There are also limits on noise from bars, noting the town’s “quiet hours” are between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., and police are allowed to order groups of three people or more to disperse.

The mocking has included a group of guys from Edmonton who called it the “Footloose bylaw” and suggested a Kickstarter campaign to pay for Kevin Bacon, the star of the 1984 movie, to attend a dance party outside of town.

More serious critics suggested it could be a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

After a one-hour information session with 35 town residents Friday night, Abela told reporters he’s very disappointed in the black eye that the community has been “improperly” given.

“We had a bunch of good people trying their best to make good decisions for this community,” said Abela, who is operational commander of the Taber police force.

“The way the public has reacted in our community has been very positive. But external to this community — the way that others have laughed and joked and made fun of this community —it’s absolutely inappropriate and it’s unwarranted and that’s what I’m mad

at.”

He said many of the aspects criticized in the bylaw were already in the books or borrowed from other communities.

He noted transit police in Calgary give out seven tickets a month for spitting with no backlash at all. And he said the rules allow officers to give tickets instead of going one level higher and clogging the town’s courts with criminal charges.

“What was the catalyst that caused all this sensational nonsense?” he asked.

“The first is the misdirected, selfinterested, driven and misinformed so-called legal experts. The second is opinion-based, non-researched sensationalized reporting.”

Abela received a positive response from the audience. Linda Christensen, who grew up in Taber, said she likes the bylaw and resents the public ridicule heaped on the town, which is best known as being the corn capital of Canada.

“I think it was all blown out of proportion,” Christensen said with a laugh. “I thought people were crazy.

These laws are in place in most small communities.”

Taber, located 50 kilometres east of Lethbridge, is a largely agricultural town. The tree-lined streets are wide and the houses well-kept.

Mayor Henk De Vlieger is disappointed with the misinformation that has come out about his community.

“I think a lot of people like to see sensation these days and I think that is the big part of the problem,” he said.

“I think everybody knows where Taber is — that’s a good thing. So we’ll dwell on that and we’ll tell the whole world what a good place it is to live, work, retire and play.”

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Protect the grizzly bear Watching grizzly bears catch and eat salmon as they swim upstream to spawn is an unforgettable experience.

Many people love to view the wild drama.

Some record it with photos or video. But a few want to kill the iconic animals — not to eat, just to put their heads on a wall or coats on a floor.

The spring grizzly kill starts on April 1 and extends for DAVID several weeks, SUZUKI followed by a second fall season. By year’s end, several hundred will have died at the hands of humans, close to 90 per cent shot by trophy hunters — many of them foreign licence-holders, as the B.C. government plans to enact new regulations to allow hunters from outside B.C. to take 40 per cent of grizzlies slated for killing.

The government also plans to allow foreign interests and corporations to buy and run guide-outfitting territories previously run only by B.C. residents.

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Local hunting organizations say the new rules put them at a disadvantage.

According to the Vancouver Observer, hunting guide associations donated $84,800 to B.C. political parties from 2005 to 2013, 84 per cent to the B.C. Liberals.

In the controversy over regulatory changes, we’ve lost touch with the fact that the grizzly trophy hunt is horrific, regardless of whether bears are killed by resident hunters or big-game hunters who pay thousands of dollars for the chance to kill a bear here — often because it’s illegal in their home countries.

Grizzlies once roamed much of North America, from Mexico to the Yukon and from the West Coast through the Prairies. Habitat loss and overhunting have since shrunk their range by more than half. In Canada, 16 subgroups are on the brink of extinction, including nine in south-central B.C. and Alberta’s entire grizzly population.

Just how many bears reside in B.C. is in dispute.

The government claims more than 15,000 grizzlies live here, but Raincoast Conservation Foundation science director Chris Darimont, a University of Victoria conservation biologist, puts the number closer to the government’s earlier estimate of 6,600 — before it doubled that in 1990 based on a single

study in southeastern B.C.’s Flathead area.

According to a Maclean’s article, in 2000, the government “suppressed the work of one of its own biologists, Dionys de Leeuw, for suggesting the hunt was excessive and could be pushing the bears to extinction. De Leeuw was later suspended without pay for having pursued the line of inquiry.” The government then pursued a five-year legal battle with groups including Raincoast Conservation and Ecojustice to keep its grizzly kill data sealed.

Allan Thornton, president of the British Environmental Investigation Agency, which has studied B.C. grizzly management since the late 1990s, is blunt about the government’s justification. “The British Columbia wildlife department does not use rigorous science,” he told the Vancouver Observer.

In 2004, the European Union banned imports of all B.C. grizzly parts into member countries after its analysis found the hunt to be unsustainable.

Even the economic case is shaky.

Studies by the Centre for Responsible Travel and Raincoast Conservation conclude that revenue from bear-viewing is far higher than revenue from grizzly hunting.

Grizzly population health is an indicator of overall ecosystem health, and bears are important to functioning ecosystems. They help regulate prey

such as deer and elk, maintain forest health by dispersing seeds and aerating soil as they dig for food, and fertilize coastal forests by dragging salmon carcasses into the woods.

Hunting isn’t the only threat. Habitat loss, decreasing salmon runs, collisions with vehicles and other conflicts with humans also endanger grizzlies.

Because they have low reproduction rates, they’re highly susceptible to population decline. Hunting is one threat we can easily control.

According to polls, almost 90 per cent of B.C. residents oppose hunting grizzlies for trophies, including many First Nations and food hunters. Scientists say it’s unsustainable. The Coastal First Nations coalition has banned grizzly hunting in its territories, but the government doesn’t recognize the ban. The Raincoast Conservation Foundation has bought hunting licences in an attempt to reduce bear kills on the coast.

Simply put, most British Columbians — and Canadians — are against the grizzly trophy hunt. It’s time for the government to listen to the majority rather than industry donors and ban this barbaric and unsustainable practice.

Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Put the aquatic centre in the next capital budget On behalf of the aquatic community, I write to encourage action regarding the proposed aquatic centre for the City of Red Deer. In order to do that, I offer the following chronology of the work to date.

Citizens and aquatic groups have been frustrated since the late 1990s by the fact that Red Deer has inadequate pool facilities. Citizens reacted strongly in 2005 when the province threatened to close the Michener Pool.

In June 2008, a public meeting was called. It attracted about 100 persons — by no means only those involved in the swim clubs, but also by many who used such a facility for a variety of purposes.

This resulted in the formation of a registered society — Central Alberta Aquatic Centre (CAAC) — which did much work to promote the issue. Eventually recognized by city council, a joint committee with the Recreation Department was authorized and funded to the extent of $200,000.

Several studies were completed, along with a design for the aquatic centre and a recommendation as to location. Some of this funding remains unspent.

Reports were received by council but no budget position was allocated. The suggested location was endorsed by council.

In 2012, several members of council proposed that action be taken. A compromise was reached and an ad-hoc committee was formed to give council an independent opinion as to the veracity of the findings of the joint committee.

Members of the ad-hoc committee appointed by council were six from the public, two from council, and two from CAAC, formed so as to clearly be able to give such an opinion.

They did so and unanimously recommended the design and location of the aquatic centre. (These recommendations were also a complete endorsement of the work of CAAC.) While this was going on, another important survey of public opinion was sought by way of the Community Amenities Consultation 2014. This was a comprehensive public consultation much touted to determine and guide the infrastructure priorities for the City of Red Deer 2015 capital budget. The building of a multi-use aquatic facility was named No. 1 — tied with more trails, in that study.

I understand that administration temporarily allocated the aquatic centre to the 2020 budget at the time of the capital budget deliberations. A council workshop scheduled for this month will focus on a review of findings from the amenity study and determining when each top ranking amenity should be scheduled.

We urge council to allocate the aquatic centre project to the 2016 budget. Here are some reasons to do so: the project has now been seven years before council and the city has noted that it is in superior financial position; interest rates are at a record low and it is estimated that every year of delay will add a minimum of $3 million to the cost; it is appropriate that it be completed for the 2019 Canada Winter Games, thus saving them approximately $1 million because a second venue would not be required for the synchro swimming competition; by the year 2020, most of the studies and work to date will be redundant.

In closing, thank you to all who support this building. Please urge council to put in place this long overdue project.

J.O. Cuthbertson Chair Central Alberta Aquatic Centre Red Deer

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Wildrose leadership race leaves many in the dark Yes, I was impressed. The call from the Wildrose Party informing me of the leadership race. Sir we are going to have a vote for the new leader of the party. I am calling on behalf of Mr. B. or was it D.? Anyway, we would like your blind support.

Isn’t it funny how you don’t hear from anyone until they want your check mark? No call to come to a meeting and learn something about the person who’s going to run for the party leadership. No newsletter letting you know they have filled all the vacant seat with new people. No offer for your input on how they should proceed to build people’s hopes to once again be a force to reckon with.

Have they put together a plan of attack?

Would it be too much to ask the reps to do up a little information sheet on themselves with an oath to remain, plus a lot of honesty in it so we can decide who told the best story?

They also could include information on his or her fellow reps to help their supporters know who else will be making up the team.

Isn’t it so typical for them to be rushing towards what they think is going to be the spotlight position instead of building a team plan? It’s me, look at me, I am the only one that counts. Here you do the work, give the good ideas to me, and I will stand tall in the light and smile for me!

Oh, I won’t mention your name, in case it goes badly.

I am sorry, but wouldn’t the money you have be better spent getting information to the public on all the candidates for the Wildrose Party? Don’t you think you would better your chances of winning a few seats if you convince the public you can work as a team, and every supporter is an important person?

You’re going to have to be damn convincing on your loyalty for starters, and it wouldn’t hurt to let people know you plan to bring about change, and

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Would it hurt too much to ask all your supporters to take some time and send their ideas to a central address to be viewed by the main members? If you are going to be a grassroots party, it might be a good idea to get the information from there. That would also get positive feedback moving throughout the community as your supporters talk to others, if you include them, even if you don’t like them, or you don’t think they are in your class!

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BRIEF One arrest, 94 tickets during Montreal’s annual anti-brutality march

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Demonstrators attend a protest on a national day of action against Bill C-51, the government’s proposed anti-terrorism legislation, outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver, Saturday.

Rallies denounce anti-terror legislation MONTREAL — Thousands of Canadians came together to loudly denounce the Conservative government’s proposed anti-terror legislation in rallies held across the country on Saturday.

In a park in Montreal’s north end, a few dozen of the hundreds of demonstrators taped their mouths shut in protest of the bill, which opponents say would allow the government to stifle protest and dissent. As they marched toward the office of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, many of the large contingent waved signs bearing messages such as “Stop Harper,” and “Activism is not a crime.”

The Conservative government introduced the legislation, known as Bill C-51, in January.

The wide-ranging bill would give police much broader powers and allow them to detain terror suspects and give new powers to Canada’s spy agency.

The organizers of the nationwide protest say the bill would infringe upon Canadians’ civil liberties and right to privacy, especially online.

Groups such as Amnesty international have also argued that the bill’s powers to limit “threats to the security of Canada” are too broad and may allow the government to shut down legitimate dissenters and protest groups who do not go through official channels.

In Ottawa, hundreds of chanting protesters clogged the street outside Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office. They then marched onto the grounds of Parliament Hill. A protest in Edmonton similarly drew hundreds of angry marchers.

In Vancouver, a crowd of about 700 to 800 people according to a police estimate gathered in front of the city’s art gallery. Aboriginal leaders and civil liberties groups spoke to the crowd through a megaphone, while onlookers cheered and waved signs.

Protester Larry Johnny said he feared that First Nations protesting mines in the province could be labelled “terrorists” for speaking out if the bill is passed.

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Roadways closed, many flights were cancelled, and police throughout the region advised people to stay home if at all possible.

“We’re still in winter’s grips for a little while yet,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Darin Borgel.

“Winter will end at some point, but it’s not in the foreseeable future.”

A 14-vehicle accident on a Cape Breton bridge Sunday afternoon was likely the result of poor roads and whiteout conditions, according to police.

Cape Breton Regional Police said the accident sent six people to hospital with minor injuries and prompted the closure of the highway near the bridge.

In New Brunswick, RCMP advised drivers to stay off a major highway between Fredericton and Moncton until conditions improved.

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In Antigonish, N.S., protesters marched past the constituency office of federal justice minister Peter MacKay. Other rallies targeted the offices of Labour minister Kellie Leitch and Industry minister James Moore.

In Montreal, the demonstrators were joined by New Democratic party leader Thomas Mulcair, who climbed onto a milk crate and reiterated his intention to vote against the bill.

“C-51 is a bill that could seriously endanger our right to protest peacefully, to stand up against a government or an infrastructure or an economic policy,” he said. “Mr Harper has never been able to give a single example of why this bill is necessary.”

Protesters in Montreal also directed criticism at Trudeau, shouting “Harper terrorist, Trudeau complicit,” as they marched toward the Liberal leader’s constituency office. Trudeau has said that his party will support Bill-C51.

The Conservative government has said that the bill will make Canadians safer and give police and security forces the tools they need to meet terrorist threats.

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A Montreal march against perceived police brutality ended on Sunday with one arrest and nearly 100 tickets being given out.

The march was declared illegal as soon as it began because organizers had not informed authorities of their route.

As protesters split into different directions, police quickly surrounded a group of about 30 people, who were boarded onto waiting city buses without incident. The vast majority of tickets were handed out for highway code violations because of protesters blocking the street. No injuries were reported.

Eight police cars were vandalized during the demonstration.

Police officers outnumbered protesters by far at an annual demonstration that often turns confrontational.

The demonstrators, who waved flags and shouted anti-police slogans, gathered at the street corner where a homeless man was fatally shot by a Montreal police officer in February 2014. The protest against police brutality has been held in Montreal for nearly 20 years, with some ending with smashed-in storefronts and damaged cop cars. Last year’s protest resulted in 288 fines and five arrests. In 2013, 200 people were arrested.

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Senate expenses under the microscope OTTAWA — Single phone calls, sandwiches eaten during committee meetings, postage stamps — the smallest details have come up for review in the auditor general’s study of Senate expenses.

Senators of all political persuasions have been taken aback by the strength of the microscope trained on their office, travel and living expenses, as well as claims submitted by staff.

And it hasn’t just been the types of questions that have ruffled feathers, but also the level of access accorded to auditor general Michael Ferguson’s staff — some 40 auditors in any given month, his office said. They’ve been able to delve into the emails of senators, and has cell-phone records.

For example, the auditor general’s office has been cross-referencing daily expense claims with activities, to verify if the upper chamber really needed to pay for a lunch or whether one was served in a meeting or on a plane trip.

The angst has been building steadily in the Senate as the final report draws closer.

Some have decided to fork over the cash before the report comes out — $185,677 was reimbursed to the public purse by unnamed individuals in the 2013-14 fiscal year alone, not including monies returned by embattled senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Mac Harb.

Many senators complain bitterly that the auditor general’s office has not shown a good understanding of what constitutes Senate business, and the daily work they do.

Several spoke to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity — in many cases senators were asked to sign a confidentiality agreement when

the audit began.

One senator complained about a perceived inequality built into the process: senators interviewed early in the process could hypothetically be treated more harshly than those scrutinized later, as the auditor general’s staff become educated in the rules and rhythms of the upper chamber. “(The auditors) didn’t have the first clue about parliamentary business and public life in general,” said one Liberal senator. “They are bean counters, and they work in a very narrow environment.”

Said a Conservative: “They look for a job description — well, a senator’s job description is public service. I don’t know what I will be doing tomorrow, it depends on what issue the public is engaged in, who comes through my door, who asks for advice.”

Conservative Sen. Scott Tannas offered a small window into the tension last month, when Ferguson appeared before a Senate committee on a completely unrelated topic.

“I’m curious if you could ... tell us about the thought process that brought you to feel that you, and we, would be comfortable with your presence here,” Tannas said as an awkward silence settled into the room.

A major source of anxiety is over the type of travel that senators do on a weekly basis. How much time do they spend in their Parliament Hill office and why? What does normal travel look like in their home provinces?

An update of the travel policy was instituted in the summer of 2012, with an appendix noting that “speaking engagements or attendance at fundraising events other than those organized by the Senate” did not qualify for travel funding. But what of the political events they might have attended prior to that guideline being introduced?

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Ballots for an unprecedented plebiscite begin arriving in mailboxes on Monday asking Vancouver-area residents whether they’re willing to foot the bill for a massive public transportation overhaul. The vote gives citizens the option of paying a 0.5 per cent sales tax in exchange for a vastly upgraded rapid transit system, hundreds more buses, additional ferries and a new bridge — a mammoth package projected to cost $7.5 billion over a decade.

Experts say the transportation problems faced by the region’s mayors are emblematic of a dilemma for many big Canadian cities: crumbling infrastructure threatening to buckle under growing populations and no money to fix it.

“It’s a huge problem everywhere,” said Prof. Patrick Condon, chair of the urban design program at the University of British Columbia.

“At the same time, the costs of maintaining the infrastructure are increasing proportionately, the taxpayers’ ability and their willingness to pay for that increase is decreasing. The current plebiscite is very good case study of that problem.”

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“This is about the future of the region — how it’s going to be shaped,” said transportation expert Gordon Price, director of the city program at Simon Fraser University.

The transit champions say upgrades are crucial for accommodating an estimated influx of one million more residents into the Vancouver region over the next 30 years.

Opponents have vilified TransLink, the agency that operates the region’s transit system, as wasteful.

Residents must mail in their vote

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BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Ice 4 Rebels 2 Most often you earn a win, but sometimes you steal one.

The Kootenay Ice stole one Saturday night at the Enmax Centrium. Or rather, Wyatt Hoflin stole one.

Hoflin turned aside 33 shots in a standout performance as the Ice pulled out a 4-2 Western Hockey League win over the Rebels before a recorded crowd of 5,087.

“He was great for us,” said Ice assistant coach Jay Henderson. “Our defence was a little slow in moving pucks and Wyatt did a great job. I give him credit for the two points.”

As Henderson noted, Hoflin has been a major reason this season that Kootenay are on the verge of finishing fourth in the Central Division and have clinched a playoff berth.

“He’s been, as far as I’m concerned, our MVP,” said Henderson. “He’s played a lot of games, probably too many. But we depend a lot on him and we are where we are right now because of him, for sure.”

Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter was impressed with Hoflin. As for his own netminder, Rylan Toth, not so much.

“The difference in the game, as you could see, was their goalie outplayed ours. That’s the bottom line,” said Sutter.

“It’s unfortunate, because we actually played a heck of a hockey game.

Our puck possession time was certain-

ly dominant and for scoring chances we were dominant in that category too.

“You’re leaving it for chance, you’re tied 2-2 and had tons of chances and haven’t capitalized on them. Then they get a bad goal on you. I didn’t think Tother was sharp tonight. I didn’t like the first goal on him, I thought it caught him by surprise. And certainly the third goal wasn’t good on him either.”

Red Deer led 1-0 after one period on Brooks Maxwell’s 26th goal of the season, a deflection of a point shot by Kayle Doetzel.

Despite being clearly outplayed in the middle frame, the visitors outscored their hosts 2-1. Ice rookie Vince Loschiavo whirled around and beat Toth to the far side with a shot from the top of the right faceoff circle, then Scott Feser restored the Rebels’ lead, chipping the puck over a fallen Hoflin following a terrific turnover creation

by Evan Polei.

Toth, who finished with 20 saves, had no chance on Kootenay’s second goal, at 16:09. Austin Vetteri pulled the trigger after taking a perfect pass from Tyler King across the low slot.

The Rebels goaltender didn’t look good on the eventual winner, though, as Matt Alfaro connected from along the goal line. Tim Bozon added an empty-net goal with 30 seconds remaining in the game.

“As far as our overall game, I was very pleased with it. We played well tonight and we played hard,” said Sutter.

But it wasn’t their turn to be rewarded.

“Things even out through the year,”

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Red Deer Rebels defenceman Josh Mahura fends off Kootenay Ice forward Ryan Chynoweth during Saturday’s WHL game at the Centrium. said Sutter. “There are nights when you don’t play well and win and nights when you play exceptionally well, like we did tonight, and you don’t win. We didn’t capitalize on some great chances, their goalie made some great saves and at the end of the night they get an unfortunate one on us. But that’s the way it works. That’s the game of hockey.”

The loss left the Rebels five points

behind the Central Division leading Calgary Hitmen, who swept a homeand-home with the Lethbridge Hurricanes Saturday and Sunday, and four points behind the second-place Medicine Hat Tigers, who doubled the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings 6-3 Saturday and fell 4-3 in overtime at home to the Prince Albert Raiders Sunday.

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Generals storm back from two goal deficit

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

bench, and a large contingent of fans, into a frenzy.

“It felt so good,” said Dawe. “I had no idea she would come down the line, but I remembered Talbot telling me in the first set to get my butt out there.

They had wiped a couple off me before, but there was no way that was getting past me again.”

“Miranda has good lateral movement and once she got her mitts on it it was all over,” said Walton.

Dawe, who along with Koot sat on the bench last year when the Queens defeated Grande Prairie for the gold, believed the team’s depth played a major role in their success.

“I definitely think our practices played a big role in our success,” she said.

“We battle hard against each other every day and this showed our character. They play unreal defence which made this so much fun. I know for myself I loved being on the floor this year … it was amazing being part of this team.”

Walton believes the final was a highlight of his coaching career.

“It was one of those games where we were more determined than anyone else,” he said. “You can never count this team out. The tighter it is the better they play. For me it was the most fun game I’ve ever coached in. I had a great time in sets three, four and five. I could see in their faces we were not giving up and would find a way to do it.”

Walton felt the team’s outside hitting of Dawe, Koot and Kelsey Tymkow, who was on the right side, played a major role in the final outcome.

“I thought out outside hitters dominated the last couple of sets,” he said. “Kelsey struggled then caught fire and we had a good mix between Miranda and Leah. They didn’t have the experience of being on the floor last year, so for them to find it and play the way they did speaks volumes of their character.”

Setter Bronwyn Hawkes, libero Maddi Quinn and middle Alex Donaghy were regulars last season, although they didn’t have to play the role of leaders.

They did this season and were outstanding Hawkes and Donaghy were on the first team allstar team with Dawe on the second team.

Quinn, who was player of the game in the final, wasn’t an all-star but could well have been the MVP.

Generals 4 Eagles 3 The Bentley Generals didn’t hit the snooze button when the alarm sounded Sunday.

The alarm went off early as the Generals spotted the Innisfail Eagles a 2-0 lead barely four minutes into the second game of the best-of-seven Alberta senior AAA hockey championship series before roughly 1,000 fans at the Red Deer Arena.

Bentley roared back with four unanswered goals before the first period expired, then hung on for a 4-3 victory. The series resumes next weekend with Games 3 and 4 at Innisfail.

The Alberta champion will advance directly to the Allan Cup tournament April 13-18 in Clarenville, Nfld.

Ty Clay connected for the Eagles just 35 seconds into Sunday’s contest, looking off on a two-on-one break and beating Generals netminder Travis Yonkman with a wrist shot. Clay scored again at 4:18, depositing a rebound, and the Eagles were up 2-0 before all of the fans were in their seats.

“We knew they were going to come hard and there was no panic on the bench,” said Bentley head coach Ryan Tobler. “We were playing OK, they just got a couple bounces. It’s how you respond and we’ve done that all year.”

Chance Lund ignited the Generals’ comeback with a goal at 5:32 and Cam Maclise pulled Bentley even a mere 23 seconds later with a bullet from just inside the blueline.

From there, Kyle Sheen cashed a rebound at 16:43 and Giffen Nyren beat Eagles netminder Steven Stanford with a one-timer from the high slot at 18:01.

The Generals were operating with a five-on-three power play when Nyren scored.

“We had a five to 10 minute lapse there where they got a few quick ones back,” said Innisfail captain Joe Vandermeer. “We took some selfish, undisciplined penalties and they cost us in the end. The winning goal was a five-on-three.

“Other than that I thought we took it to them. They just got a couple more bounces tonight.”

Vandermeer potted the Eagles’ third goal with a snapshot from just inside the point. The power-play tally, at 15:30 of the middle frame, closed out the scoring.

The Generals held an 8-7 edge in shots during a scoreless third period and outshot the Eagles 28-21 overall.

The contest was a chippy, hard-hitting affair, which didn’t surprise either team.

“We expected this, it’s what we got last year when we faced them (in the provincial final),” said Tobler.

“It’s four wins to get to Newfoundland, both sides know what’s on the line. So far this is what we expected. It’s a tough series.

“They (Eagles) are the same, hard-working team they were last year. They have a lot of returning guys and some affiliates they didn’t have last year. The guys they brought in are doing a good job for them.

They’re a similar team, they just have another year under their belts together.”

“It’s the (provincial) final, the intensity is going to be there, for sure,” said Vandermeer, outside of the Eagles dressing room.

The Generals notched three unanswered thirdperiod goals en route to a 5-2 win in Game 1 Saturday at the Arena.

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RDC Queen’s power Leah Koot earned CCAA women’s volleyball championship MVP honours for leading the program to their second consecutive title in Longueuil, Que. on Saturday.

Queens reign supreme

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Queens 3 Elans 2 LONGUEUIL, Que. — No one can deny the talent on the RDC Queens, but it’s their unbelievable mental strength that gave them their second straight Canadian Colleges Athletic Association women’s volleyball national title.

The Queens needed every bit of that mental fortitude to down FX Garneau Elans of Quebec City 25-22, 19-25, 22-25, 26-24, 15-13 in the gold medal game Saturday.

“It was crazy … we never gave up, we fought our hardest and left everything on the floor,” said Queens second-year power hitter Leah Koot, who was named the tournament’s MVP. “I can’t even think right now, I’m so excited. All I remember is feeling we can do this. That we trust each other and we all believe in each other. There are really no words to describe it right now.”

After winning the opening set, thanks to some solid play at the net which saw the Queens record five stuff blocks and 13 kills, the Elans started to take over, getting their hands on almost every ball the RDC squad hit.

“They dug everything … they gave us nothing,” added Koot.

“We didn’t give them those two games, they deserved them, they outplayed us,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton.

The Elans inserted power hitter Allison Servant into the game in the second set and she combined with middle Anne-Sophie Tanquay for 13 kills in the second set and nine in the third.

The Queens did a better job of handling the pair in the fourth set, but still trailed 24-23 with All-Canadian Maud Chapleau serving for the match. However, she missed her serve and the Queens took advantage of it, scoring two straight points, including an ace by Megan Schmidt on the winning point.

The fifth set was as intense. The Queens took a 1311 lead only to see the Elans tie it at 13. Following a long rally Chapleau hit a cross-court ball out. Then came the biggest block of the tournament by Miranda Dawe on Noemie Daigneault, sending the RDC

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Kings de-throned, lose bronze medal game Knights 3 Kings 1 CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — It was always going to be all or nothing for the Red Deer College Kings men’s volleyball team this year.

Despite carrying a No. 4 seed into the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championships, the defending champions were still arguably the favourite.

But then they lost all-Canadian power Tim Finnigan in the national semifinal and never recovered, losing 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-13) to the Niagara College Knights in the bronze medal semifinal on Saturday morning. “(Going for bronze) is always a hard discussion to have with your team, especially as a team that came here with one goal in mind and that was to win the whole thing,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha.

The Kings did appear to respond well to losing the national semifinal to Victoria’s Camosun Chargers and their fifth-year captain on Friday night. They rallied to win the first set, but were unable to maintain the momentum and eventually ran out of gas against the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association champions.

Without Finnigan, the Kings leaned heavily on veteran power Nic Dubinsky who led RDC in kills for a second straight match with 16 while adding seven digs and three block assists.

He turned out to be a prudent pickup for Schulha at Christmas time.

While overshadowed by the emergence of the Aussie trio — Luke Brisbane, Adam Turlejski and Regan Fathers — he has played his support role flawlessly. Then when called upon to take the reigns, the former ACAC second team all-Conference selection showed he was capable of doing that as well.

“As soon as Tim went down, Nic ... took the team on his shoulders and started to provide that older energy and was demanding of the ball, and I think that’s an important lesson for our younger guys moving forward,” said Schulha. “He meant a whole lot. If we had been able to squeak it out (Friday) it would have had a whole lot to do with him.”

Brisbane, who was named the CCAA player of the year as a rookie, finished with 32 assists, five digs and three kills while Fathers had eight kills and 10 digs. The Kings were also without Turlejski who injured his knees in the loss to Camosun.

Dubinsky was named a first team all-star for the tournament while Brisbane was named to the second team.

The Kings, however, will be loaded for next year.

They will be built around the three Aussies while a number of core players like Dubinsky, Kashtin De Souza and Patrick McIntyre should be back with a lot of emerging young talent in reserve.

The foundation for that team was laid this year, in particular by the efforts and leadership provided by Finnigan, who may be back next year as an assistant coach as he finishes up his degree.

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Red Deer College’s Luke Brisbane, the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association player of the year, sets the ball in their bronze medal loss to the Niagara College Knights in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Saturday. The Kings lost 3-1.

“Leadership-wise these guys have been able to learn from Tim and the culture that he brought back to this program,” said Schulha. “Our program has always been relevant, but we had that spell where we weren’t getting back to nationals or getting to where we wanted. For Tim to have his three years with us where we were in the national final for two and there for

this one, it means a lot. I think guys have learned a whole ton from him and are able to move that forward with the team culture.”

NOTES — The Chargers won the CCAA championship 3-2 (25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 15-5) over the Titans de Limoilou.

Niagara beat the St. Clair Saints 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-15) for bronze. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Spieth’s short game clinches victory in playoff

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Some of the best short-game shots Jordan Spieth has hit in his young career have been on the final two holes on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook.

Two years ago, it paved the way for him to get his PGA Tour card as a teenager.

He came full circle Sunday by making two improbable par saves to get into a playoff, and then winning the Valspar Championship on the third extra hole by making a 30-foot birdie putt to beat Patrick Reed and Sean O’Hair.

“I would rank those definitely in the top five I’ve ever had given the lies and the scenario,” Spieth said.

And the winning putt?

“That’s just luck,” he said with a smile. “Guess it was my day.”

It put an end to an afternoon of back-nine charges, big birdie putts and clutch par saves, the latest chapter in a PGA Tour season that already has featured eight playoffs.

This one was off the charts.

Reed rammed in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to cap off a 5-under 66, and then was lounging in a chair waiting to see if anyone could catch him, and they how many would join him. O’Hair got there with a 30-foot birdie on the 16th hole and a tough par save on the 18th, making a 5-foot putt look far easier than a guy who has now gone 87 starts since his last win.

Spieth looked like he wouldn’t make

it to the finish line. Tied for the lead, he left his 6-iron well to the right on the par-3 17th and was hopeful of the best. He said to caddie Michael Greller, “Please be a good lie or not on a down slope.”

It was a terrible lie on a down slope.

Spieth hit a flop shot that landed perfectly and rolled 6 feet by the hole, and he saved his par. On the 18th, he hit a fat shot from a fairway bunker some 35 yards short, with a clump of grass behind it and the grain of the grass into the ball. Greller’s advice was for Spieth to at least have a chance for par. He hit another flop to 12 feet, and the putt fell on the last turn from the left side of the cup.

“A crazy back nine,” Spieth said.

Three behind with six holes to play, Spieth closed with a 2-under 69 to catch a faltering Ryan Moore and win his second PGA Tour title, both in a playoff. It was his fourth win worldwide — he now has three wins in his last eight starts around the world — to reach a career-high No. 6 in the world and already surpass $10 million in career earnings.

The 24-year-old Reed went his final 30 holes without a bogey and made two par saves in the playoff that were as good as anything Spieth did.

From a plugged lie in the lip of the bunker on the 18th in the playoff, he blasted out to 10 feet and rolled it in like it was a 3-footer. On the next playoff hole, the 16th, he went deep over the green into grass so deep he couldn’t see it, and nearly holed the

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QUEENS: Third title in RDC history

REBELS: Three games left Red Deer, Calgary and Medicine Hat each have three regular-season games remaining.

Meanwhile, the Ice are three points ahead of the fifth-place Oil Kings in

the division with a game in hand.

“It’s important to be playing meaningful games at this time of the year.

There’s nothing worse than going into playoffs not having played meaningful games,” said Henderson. “We’re trying to keep our lead over (the Oil Kings) and they’re playing good hockey right now too, so we have to take care of ourselves.”

The Rebels close out their regularseason slate with road games Wednesday and Friday versus Calgary and Edmonton and a home date with the Oil Kings Saturday. ● Defenceman Colton Bobyk returned to the Rebels line Saturday after missing 12 games with a lower-body injury. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

GENERALS: Chippy, hard-hitting affair Sheen snapped a 2-2 deadlock with his third of the night at 7:28 of the final frame and goals from Curtis Austring and AJ Gale (power play) sealed the deal.

Kyle Lapenskie and Justin Cox were the Eagles marksmen. Dustin Butler made 23 saves as the winning goalten-

Wranglers face must-win game COALDALE — The Coaldale Copperheads have taken a commanding 2-0 lead in the Heritage Junior B Hockey league final with a 6-2 win over the Blackfalds Wranglers on Sunday.

Bryce Bogoski and Jordan Jakabow scored for Blackfalds while Kyle Baumgardner allowed three goals on eight shots before getting replaced at 11:21 of the first period. Thomas Isaman allowed three goals on 30 shots the rest of the way.

Game 3 of the best-of-five series goes Friday in Blackfalds at 7:30 p.m.

Canada’s Pascal falls in onesided bout MONTREAL — Jean Pascal wants a rematch with Sergey (Krusher) Kovalev.

Kovalev (27-0-1) retained his belts from three of the four major sanctioning bodies, the WBA, WBO and IBF, when he stopped Pascal at 1:03 of the eighth round of their scheduled 12-round light heavyweight title bout on Saturday night.

The Russian was pounding a wobbly looking Pascal in a corner when referee Luis Pabon halted the bout.

Pascal said he was about the turn the match around and win it.

“I was in difficulty, but that happens in boxing,” said Pascal (29-3-1). der, while Stanford turned aside 44 shots.

“To come back this way after Game 1 . . . we showed a lot of good things and a lot of character,” said Vandermeer. “We got things going in the right direction.”

Despite holding a 2-0 lead in the series, Tobler stressed that the Generals won’t be playing it safe in Games 3 and 4 at Innisfail.

“We don’t take anyone for granted, that’s not who we are,” he insisted.

“We respect our opponents and we play the right way.

“We’re back at it next weekend.

We’ll go back to work Wednesday in practice and get ready. We have to go into their building. It won’t be easy but we’ll be ready.”

And the Eagles will be waiting, said Vandermeer.

“This series is going to be a battle all the way through,” he said. “We’re here to play seven games. We lost the first two but we go back home now where we’ve done a lot of good things.” ● The Generals lost forwards Austring and Kyle Bailey to injuries Sunday. Tobler didn’t have an injury update on either player, although Austring, who took a puck to the face and was later sporting a few stitches, tweeted that he’ll be at practice Wednesday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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“Maddi responded all weekend. It’s unfortunate they don’t look at liberos as all-stars, or even MVP,” said Walton.

“She dug everything and kept rallies alive and got the ball to Bronwyn, who was able to put the ball in good spots for our hitters.”

Hawkes said it was hard to pick between the two years, but because of the intensity of the final this year may be slightly better.

“Last year was tense for sure and winning the first time is always great,” she said. “We came here this year knowing we could do it, but once we got into that (final) game we played with all heart and the intensity was amazing, which made this even better.”

Much like Koot, Hawkes said she hardly remembers everything that happened down the stretch.

“All I remember is that they fought, we fought and as Talbot always says just play your best and it will show in the end. We did that.”

It was the third CCAA championship for the Queens, who won for the first time in 1984 under head coach Cor Ouwerkerk. That championship was the only time a team outside of Quebec won the title until 2007.

On that occasion the Queens defeated Garneau in the final in Quebec.

The Queens are now the only team outside of Quebec to win more than three championships.

“It’s a great accomplishment and winning two in a row with the amount of turnover we had was huge,” said Walton. “The girls played their hearts out.”

A number of players are moving on, including both middles — Donaghy and Schmidt — Koot, Quinn and Hawkes.

“But what a great way to finish the year and volleyball,” said Hawkes, who finished with 42 assists and 24 digs.

Quinn turned in an astronomical 43 digs while Koot had 16 kills, two stuff blocks and 15 digs. Dawe finished with 12 kills, two blocks and 18 digs while Donaghy had 13 kills, two blocks and nine digs; Tymkow 11 kills, a block and 10 digs and Schmidt seven kills, three blocks, an ace and 14 digs.

Camosun defeated Humber 3-1 in the bronze-medal final. Humber downed Grande Prairie 3-2 in one bronze semifinal and Camosun beat VIU 3-2 in the other.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

shot.

He was in deep trouble on the third playoff hole, too, and hit a bunker shot to 6 feet.

“I didn’t even have to hit the putt because Jordan poured it in,” said Reed, who beat Spieth in a playoff for the first of his four PGA Tour wins at the Wyndham Championship in August 2013.

O’Hair hasn’t won since the 2011 Canadian Open, and he had to earn back his full PGA Tour card the last two years at the Web.com Tour Finals. In contention for the first time since longer than he can remember, his swing and his nerves held up fine. O’Hair had a 12-foot birdie putt to win on the second playoff hole, and it caught the right edge of the lip and spun away.

He played bogey-free on the back nine and shot 31 to close with a 67.

“I gave myself a chance,” O’Hair said. “That’s really all I can do. I played solid all day, played solid all week, and then the playoff was a ton of fun. Two young guys made me feel really old.”

O’Hair is 32 with four children. He turned pro when Spieth was in the first grade. This was a big boost for O’Hair, who was never far from the lead for four days. Henrik Stenson, in his Innisbrook debut, ran off three straight birdies and closed with a 67 to fall one shot short of the playoff.

Only two players in 2015 have had at least a share of the 54-hole lead and went on to victory on the PGA Tour.

Moore did not become the third.

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Golden Bears double up Varsity Reds for hockey title

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The third base calls Toronto Blue Jays Ryan Goins safe at third after Blue Jays Devon Travis hit into a sixthinning fielder’s choice in a spring baseball game in Dunedin, Fla., Saturday, .

Split Jays squad beats up on Canadian juniors

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Toronto 17 Canada 3 DUNEDIN, Fla. — R.A. Dickey gave up two runs in five innings, Russell Martin drove in a run and a Toronto Blue Jays split squad routed the Canadian junior national team 17-3 on Sunday.

Making his third start of the spring, Dickey yielded four hits, walked one and struck out one on 70 pitches. The 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner was shaky in his last outing against Minnesota on Tuesday, allowing two solo home runs in four innings.

“I feel good, knock on wood,” Dickey said. “I feel like I’ve got a good foundation to build off of and that’s always a good feeling.”

Martin went 1 for 3 with a double off 17-year-old Mike Soroka that scored Roemon Fields as part of a seven-run second.

Fields, who was a full-time mail carrier before signing a minor league deal with the Blue Jays in late 2013, added a two-run homer in the fifth.

SNEEZED OUT Blue Jays OF Kevin Pillar is expected to miss a week to 10 days of spring training with a Grade-1 oblique strain he sustained after sneezing on Saturday morning.

Pillar, who is in contention for a starting spot, said he sneezed and felt a sharp pain in his right side, but opted not to tell team trainers about the issue until after he was pulled in the fifth inning of Toronto’s win over a Yankees split squad. Following treatment, Pillar was advised to rest.

“I don’t think this is a big deal,” Pillar said. “It’s something I played with (Saturday) and something I was prepared with to play today. But they’re being very respectful about it and willing to give me a little bit of time.”

Pillar is batting .269 with one home run and five RBIs in 26 plate appearances this spring.

FOR STARTERS Blue Jays: Dickey said him and Martin have continued to develop strong chemistry with each outing.

“It’s coming along well,” Dickey said. “He’s getting a real idea of how I like to work guys, how quickly I like to work and certain situations that call for different pitches outside of my knuckleball.”

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: Manager John Gibbons said OF Michael Saunders (torn left meniscus) will appear in a minor league game on Monday or Tuesday to get a couple at-bats at DH, but will not run the bases. ... 1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion (back inflammation) will begin taking more swings in the cage on Tuesday, but will not be ready to return to the lineup for a few more days. ... LHP Brett Cecil (rotator cuff inflammation) threw a brief session off a mound for the second consecutive day.

BROTHERLY LOVE Blue Jays OF Dalton Pompey and his 17-year-old brother, Tristan, enjoyed a unique opportunity together on Sunday.

With their parents watching from the stands, the two played against each other for the first time with Dalton starting in centre field for Toronto and Tristan in left for the Canadian junior national team.

Dalton flied out to Tristan to lead off the first.

“When we found out on the schedule that we would be playing against Team Canada and my brother was on the team, I instantly got excited and I even got a little nervous before the game,” Dalton said. “I’ve never had this experience before. ... To have this moment is something that we’ll never forget.”

UP NEXT Blue Jays: Drew Hutchison will make his second start of the spring on Tuesday night against the Yankees in Tampa. The right-hander struck out two and walked one in four shutout innings last Wednesday against Baltimore.

HALIFAX — The Alberta Golden Bears used a stifling defence and clutch scoring to win their second consecutive Canadian university men’s hockey championship with a 6-3 win over the UNB Varsity Reds on Sunday.

Alberta now has 15 championship banners in the program’s storied history.

“To be honest, this is probably the ugliest win of the year, but good teams find a way to win,” said Alberta captain Kruise Reddick.

The Golden Bears jumped ahead early when Colin Archer made a great rush to gain the offensive zone and set up Stephan Legault with a nifty cross-ice pass. Legault wristed a shot high on the short side of UNB goalie David Shantz.

Alberta made it 2-0 on the power-play when Jordan Hickmott, the Golden Bears’ top sniper in the regular season, beat Shantz with a screened shot.

The Varsity Reds showed some spark early in the second and cut the lead in half when Dylan Willick caught Alberta goalie Kurtis Mucha off guard after Matt Boudens made a slick backhand pass from behind the net.

UNB almost tied it midway through the second period when Taylor MacDougall blasted a slapshot off the post.

The Varsity Reds had another great opportunity to tie it when they had back-to-back power plays, but didn’t get any decent scoring chances.

The double penalty kill was a pivotal moment in the game.

“It was huge,” Reddick said. “The guys all stuck together, they were blocking shots and getting pucks deep.”

Alberta’s Johnny Lazo redirected a nice no-look pass from Levko Koper to make it 3-1 with just 3.6 seconds left in the second period.

Phillippe Maillet deflected a point shot from Dana Fraser 7:55 into the third period to cut the lead back down to one goal.

Reddick scored the clincher when he put a wrist shot through a crowd with UNB trying to kill a toomany-men penalty. That made it 4-2 Alberta.

Adrian Robertson brought UNB to within one goal again with a point shot that flipped high over Mucha before dropping into the net.

With UNB pressing for the equalizer, Koper finished off a rare 2-0 rush to pot a short-handed goal at 17:24 and make it 5-3. Jordan Rowley added another short-handed marker into an empty net with 1:49 left.

This was the third time the teams met in the CIS final. Alberta won in double overtime in 2000 and edged UNB 3-2 in 2008.

Cam Braes, like all his teammates, felt disappointment with his silver medal.

“In the moment it feels like you got stabbed in the heart,” said Braes, a third-year forward. “It’s going to take a while to get over this.”

Weekend split for Jones and Team Canada BEAT SCOTLAND, BUT DROPS MATCH TO SWEDEN well and gave us some confidence,” Jones said.

Jones beat Finland 9-6 in her opening game Saturday. Canada returns to the ice Monday to face China and Russia.

“We knew we would have to be strong from start to finish (Sunday), and I think we just let it slip away,” said Officer. “We just have to regroup.

“We had a really good game against Scotland earlier and there were a lot of positives we could take away from this game as well.”

Jones’ team is trying to become the first reigning Olympic champion to win

both the Canadian and world championships the following season.

The top four teams at the end of round-robin play will advance to the Page playoffs.

A Canadian team hasn’t won gold at the women’s world event since Jones did so in ’08 title. Jones, a five-time national champion, made her world championship debut in 2005 and won a silver medal in 2010.

Canada leads all countries with 15 gold medals and 31 podium appearances at the world championship since 1979. Sweden is next with eight gold and 23 total medals.

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SAPPORO, Japan — Canada’s Jennifer Jones was happy to gain a split of her games Sunday at the world women’s curling championship.

The Olympic champion earned a 9-4 win over Scotland before dropping an 8-6 decision to Sweden. That left Jones with a 2-1 record, standing fourth in the overall standings behind unbeaten China, Russia and Switzerland (all 3-0).

“To be honest, we had a really tough day so to split the day we have to be happy with that,” said Jones. “We just didn’t play as well as we would’ve liked (against Sweden), which was unfortunate.”

Jones couldn’t have started better against Sweden, taking three in the first end. But the Swedes countered with two in the second before stealing one in the third.

Sweden then scored three in the eighth for a 7-5 advantage.

“After the first end, we played a really good game,” said Swedish skip Margaretha Sigfridsson. “There were some tough ends but we managed to

keep our rocks in good places and we played really well during the game.

“We’ll take confidence from this.”

Jones beat Sigfridsson to win gold at the Sochi Winter Games last year.

“I thought we controlled the first part of the game,” Jones said. “But we had a chance to get another big end in the third and we kind of botched that a little bit and ended up giving up a steal. I think that turned the game around a little bit.”

Canadian second Jill Officer fell twice while sweeping in the fifth end, the first time landing heavily on her right leg.

“Right now, I don’t feel anything,” she said. “I suspect (Monday) it could be a different story.”

Against Scotland, Jones led 5-2 by the fifth end and sealed the lopsided affair with two more in the seventh and another two in the eighth and final end.

The Scots, skipped by 2013 world champion Eve Muirhead, managed just one in the third, another in the fourth and two in the sixth.

“We made really precision draws in the first end and that started us off

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Clock strikes midnight on Queens NAIT OOKS EDGE OUT RDC WHO FINISH WITH ACAC SILVER

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Ooks 2 Queens 1 The NAIT Ooks clearly do not care much for fairy-tale endings.

On Saturday at the Red Deer Arena they beat the Red Deer College Queens 2-1 to win their third straight Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference title, this time in four games.

The results went off script from the Hollywood-esque rags-to-riches story of the Queens. While a silver medal was still a strong result, it couldn’t have felt further from the medal they really wanted.

“It’s heart-breaking ... I can’t really keep myself together,” said Queens captain Rachael Hoppins, as she choked back tears following the game.

“We tried, we did what we could out there but at the end of the day we didn’t get done what we needed to.”

The Trochu native played all five of her ACAC seasons in Red Deer, three of them with the ‘C’ on her jersey, and was a product of the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs hockey program. She was just one of 11 Queens playing their final game for the program, but this loss may not have hit anyone harder.

“It sucks. When you play five years and don’t have a gold medal to show for it, it’s a tough one,” said Hoppins, 22. “But I played with a lot of awesome girls along the way and a lot of awesome girls in that room right now; we may not have a gold medal, but we’ll have memories to last a lifetime.”

Taylor Hall scored the lone goal for RDC while Summer Roberts made 22 saves in the loss. Veronika Kuzelova and Sherri Bowels responded for the Ooks while Jill Diachuk made 22 saves to win the gold medal.

The Queens’ story has been well documented this season. Sitting in last

place at Christmas time, they slowly picked up steam in the second half of the season and then got red hot. By the time the dust cleared, they finished the regular season in second place and looking like the best team in the league, having won the season series with the Ooks, carrying a 4-22 record over the ACAC’s top seed.

The Queens made quick work of the SAIT Trojans in the first round and then got a much needed split in the first two games with the Ooks.

But Game 3 sucked all the wind out of their sails on Thursday as they lost 2-1 in double overtime after fighting to tie the game up in the final minute of regulation.

For the first 40 minutes on Saturday, it looked like they were still dealing with the emotions of that loss.

“I liked how we reacted to (the loss), we weren’t devastated by any stretch, we did a lot of positive things in Game 3 ... We had six or seven good chances (on Thursday) and if we burry one of those we’re still going up to Edmonton on Sunday (for Game 5),” said Queens head coach Bob Rutz. “But that’s playoff hockey, the margin of error is so small.”

Hall opened the scoring at 4:53 of the second period on a wrist shot from the point that found its way through a crowd in front and the top corner over Diachuk’s glove. But the lead did not last as Kuzelova tied it up 1:07 later.

The Ooks took the lead at 6:59 of the third period as Bowles — who finished her five-year career as the ACAC’s third all-time leading scorer with 101 points — banged home a rebound.

RDC never really got close to the equalizer after that.

“I thought we missed an opportunity,” said Rutz. “Things that were nipping us in the butt early on in the season, we didn’t see a lot of it in the second half and unfortunately tonight

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NAIT Ooks forward Sherri Bowles celebrates her game winning goal on RDC Queens goalie Summer Roberts during Game 4 of the ACAC women’s hockey championship on Sunday, March 14, 2015 at the Red Deer Arena. NAIT won 2-1 to win their third straight title. we just didn’t find our game until the third and it was too late It will be difficult for the Queens to build off the momentum of this season, regardless of all the good things they accomplished. They will be losing 11 players off this roster. The list also includes Hoppins, ACAC player of the year Megan Jones and other fourth year players Casey Nicholson and Jena Holden. That group was expected but they are also losing a core of top young players with multiple years of eligibility in Hall, Ashley Graf, Kaylea Renz, Cassidy Holt, Jessica Anderson and goalies Moriah Andrews and Summer Roberts.

Adding to the pain of the loss for the

Queens was the opponent.

The Ooks have now ended RDC’s season three years in a row, twice in the championship game and last year in the semifinal.

“You’ve got to hand it to them, they’ve got a good team, they got it done,” said Hoppins. “They’re easily the most despised team in the league just because they work hard and they get in your face and they know how to make you made. They come at you hard and you’ve got to be ready to push back even harder.

“It was a great series, it wasn’t a blowout by any means, we just couldn’t get it done tonight.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Stettler Storm take home gold Stettler 6 Stony Plain 3 The host Stettler Storm got two goals from each of Alex De Young and Brayden Smith and defeated Stony Plain 6-3 Sunday in the gold-medal game of the Alberta bantam A hockey championship.

Bradley Fulford and Brendan Tucker also scored for the champs, who didn’t lose a game in the tournament.

Davin Nattestad made 23 saves for the Storm in the final.

Stettler opened with an 11-2 thumping of the Edmonton Oil Kings, then rolled over Beaumont 6-1 and Lloydminster 10-4 and defeated Stony Plain 6-2 before hammering Lethbridge 9-1 in a semifinal.

James Switensky led the Storm scoring with 11 goals and 14 points in the tournament. Others hitting double figures in points were De Young with 12 (6-6) and Smith (6-5), Kameron Bainbridge (5-6), Tucker (5-6) and Rhett Shingoose (2-9), all with 11.

Bantam B girls Stettler won a second provincial title as the Storm blanked the Lloydminster Blazers 4-0 in the championship game at Lacombe.

Rebecca Bridge turned aside all 24 shots she faced and Sydney Sorken, Madison Kuefler, Hayden Friesen and Breanne Shaw supplied the goals.

The Storm defeated the Blazers 4-2

in the tournament opener.

From there, the eventual champs downed the host Lacoka Warriors 5-2, crushed the Spruce Grove Rebels 9-2, lost 1-0 to the Edmonton Blizzard and edged the Olds Grizzlys 3-2 in the semifinals.

Kuefler (5-3), Chelsey Devloo (5-3) and Krysta Froese (2-6) were the top Stettler scorers with eight points apiece through the tournament. Sorken (3-4) and Shaw (3-4) were next in line with seven.

The Grizzlys posted a 3-1 record in pool play with 5-3, 9-1 and 8-1 wins over the Lethbridge Hurricanes, High Prairie Young Guns and Calgary Herricanes, and a 4-1 loss to the Red Deer Chiefs. Madison Black paced Olds offensively with 10 points (5-5), while Emma Hoppins (4-5) and Tamryn Schmidt (4-5) each had nine.

Red Deer’s top scorers in the tournament were Avery Lajeunesse with eight goals and 12 points and Brooke Litwinski with eight points (4-4). The Chiefs were 3-0-1 through pool play — beating Calgary 6-0 and High Prairie 7-0 and tying Lethbridge 2-2 — before dropping a 2-1 semifinal decision to Lloydminster.

The host Warriors won twice — 7-1 over the Blizzard and 9-1 over Spruce Grove — and lost twice, including a 3-2 defeat to Lloydminster. Lacoka’s top producers were Jaymee Klinger with nine points (7-2) and Kelli-rai Sieben with six (3-3).

Renegades run away with provincial title

Red Deer evens things up in Midget AA final

The Red Deer Renegades barely broke a sweat while cruising to the provincial Under-18 Boys Tier 2 soccer championship at the Collicutt Centre during the weekend.

The Renegades thumped Calgary MAC United 6-1 and ripped Medicine Hat 12-1 before defeating the Calgary CNS Strikers 4-1 in the championship final Sunday.

“I think we peaked at the right time,” said coach Ado Sarcevic. “When we started in November we played against these guys (Strikers) in our tournament and lost 5-4 to them.

“That just shows how hard the players worked and how much they matured individually and as a team.”

Sarcevic and his players had a good feeling heading into the provincials.

“We were really ready for this weekend and we showed that with the way we played in our last couple of league games and an exhibition game against Red Deer College,” said the coach. “So we were kind of confident going into this tournament that we were going to do good. You always hope for the best.”

• The Renegades U18 Tier 2 girls also struck gold at the Collicutt Centre, beating the SW Fury of Calgary 3-2 in the final.

Earlier, the Red Deer squad blanked Calgary Chinook 2-0 and defeated Edmonton Mill Woods 5-3.

The Red Deer Indy Graphics tied up their South Central Midget AA Hockey League final with the Wheatland Chiefs on Sunday in Strathmore.

Indy Graphics won Game 2 of the best-of-five series 2-1 in double overtime. No stats from the game were available at press time. The Chiefs won Game 1 on Friday 4-3 with Mack Differenz, Keegan Kingwell and Kirt Fortney scoring for Red Deer. Justin Anderson was replaced in net after allowing three goals on 10 shots in the first 12:08, Geordan Andrew stopped 23 of 24 shots the rest of the way for Red Deer. Games 3 and 4 go March 27 and 28 at the Red Deer Arena ay 7:45 p.m.

If Game 5 is needed it will go in Strathmore on March 30 at 7:30 p.m.

This weekend Indy Graphics is hosting the Hockey Alberta Midget AA Championship, which also includes zone champion Red Deer Elks, at the Red Deer Arena and Kinex Arena. The tournament starts on Thursday and runs through Sunday afternoon with the gold medal game going at 3 p.m. at the Red Deer Arena.

Indy Graphics will be in Pool A along with the Spruce Grove Saints, Northeast Panthers, Wainwright Polar Kings and South Side Athletic Club out of Edmonton. Pool B features the Elks, Peace River Royals, Taber Golden Suns, Wheatland Chiefs and Calgary Royals.

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate Staff

Shaelynne Bilodeau of the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs chases down Teghan Inglis of the Rocky Mountain Raiders during Alberta Major Bantam Bantam Female Hockey League action on Saturday at the Kinsmen B Arena. The Chiefs fell to the Raiders 5-2.

Injury bug derails promising Chiefs season

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Raiders 5 Chiefs 2 What started out as a promising season for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, turned into one of survival.

They were finally dragged down for good on Saturday.

The Chiefs Alberta Major Bantam Female Hockey League season came to an end as they were swept by the Rocky Mountain Raiders in their bestof-three South semifinal, losing 5-2.

“I am extremely proud of the way we played, after the season we’ve had with all of the injuries and not having a full lineup for a lot of our games, we really pulled it together at the end,” said Chiefs head coach Allyson Bendfeld. “They worked the hardest I’ve seen them work all year, they really wanted the series and they showed it out there today.”

Brooklyn Park and Megan Benoit scored for Red Deer in Saturday’s game while Chantelle Sandquist made 29 saves.

The Chiefs (10-14-2-0) finished the regular season in fourth place in the South Division and then cruised by the Southeast Tigers (2-24-0-0) in the first round of the playoffs.

But the Chiefs were just outgunned by the first place Raiders (18-4-1-3), who also beat Red Deer 3-1 in Cochrane in Game 1 on Thursday.

“I don’t think there was much of a difference, they were just able to put a few more pucks in the net than we were,” said Bendfeld. “They were able to bury their opportunities and we weren’t quite able to pull that off in this series against them.”

The biggest issue for the Chiefs all season was their long-standing relationship with the injury bug. All five of their top scorers missed multiple games through the season due to injury.

This cost them valuable points and positioning — not to mention continuity — forcing them to play the extra play-in series against the Tigers and then set them up to play the powerhouse Raiders this weekend.

It was a tough path for any team to take on.

“We had quite a few injuries after Christmas and we had a rough few weeks in this last half of the season,” said Bendfeld. “But coming into the playoffs we had our full lineup and the girls were able to take advantage of it.”

The Chiefs were led this year by Jade Bussard who had 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) in 20 games while Shae Demale had 18 points (9-9-18) in 24 games, Kaley Mueller 14 points (122-14) in 21 games and Benoit had 13 points (8-5-13) in 21 games.

Their two goalies split time in the crease with Sandquist posting a 7-8-0 record with a 2.78 goals against average and a .900 save percentage while Mandi Fitzsimons was 3-7-2 with a 3.37 G.A.A. and a .870 save percentage.

This was a veteran team with only a couple of returning players next season, but Bendfeld there is a lot of talent moving on up to midget.

“I think these girls in the next couple of years, you’ll see them step up into that AAA role and there’s going to be a lot of good things happening in a couple of years with that program,” said Bendfeld. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

SCOREBOARD

B5

MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015

Hockey

Local Sports

All Times Mountain EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt y-Brandon 69 51 11 4 3 321 209 109 x-Regina 69 37 22 5 5 257 224 84 Swift Current 69 32 32 1 4 208 234 69 Moose Jaw 69 30 34 4 1 206 249 65 Prince Albert 69 29 36 2 2 203 246 62 Saskatoon 70 19 47 2 2 192 299 42 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA x-Calgary 69 42 22 1 4 281 198 x-Medicine Hat69 42 23 2 2 253 208 x-Red Deer 69 37 22 4 6 230 219 x-Kootenay 69 36 29 1 3 236 240 x-Edmonton 70 33 30 4 3 212 196 Lethbridge 69 20 41 5 3 194 287

Pt 89 88 84 76 73 48

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt y-Kelowna 69 51 13 4 1 294 175 107 x-Victoria 70 38 28 3 1 237 212 80 Prince George 69 29 35 2 3 213 287 63 Kamloops 69 27 35 4 3 206 249 61 Vancouver 70 27 40 1 2 184 242 57

x-Everett x-Portland x-Seattle x-Spokane Tri-City

GP 69 68 68 68 68

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 41 20 3 5 41 21 2 4 34 25 4 5 34 30 3 1 29 36 0 3

GF GA 230 188 270 220 195 191 208 208 178 227

Pt 90 88 77 72 61

z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top two positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Sunday’s results Vancouver 4 Victoria 1 Calgary 4 Lethbridge 1 Prince Albert 4 Medicine Hat 3 (OT) Portland 8 Spokane 6 Saturday’s results Calgary 4 Lethbridge 2 Kootenay 4 Red Deer 2 Moose Jaw 4 Regina 3 (SO) Swift Current 7 Prince Albert 3 Brandon 3 Saskatoon 1 Medicine Hat 6 Edmonton 3 Prince George 6 Portland 5 (SO) Kelowna 2 Kamloops 1 Victoria 3 Vancouver 0 Everett 3 Seattle 1 Spokane 5 Tri-City 2

Ottawa Florida Toronto Buffalo

Seattle at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, March 20 Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Everett at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 21 Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Lethbridge at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

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

Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Sunday, March 22 Kootenay at Calgary, 1 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 6 p.m.

Everett at Spokane, 6:05 p.m.

Hitmen 4, Hurricanes 1 First Period 1. Lethbridge, Estephan 22 (Burke, Baltram) 4:55.

Penalties — Draude CAL (interference) 2:47, Virtanen CAL (hooking) 9:12, Folk Let (slashing) 16:41, Thomas CAL (slashing) 19:03.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Bensmiller 5 (Tambellini, Sanheim) 4:18.

Penalties — Winther Let (hooking) 1:13, Skumatov Let (holding opp. stick) 15:20.

Third Period 3. Calgary, Bensmiller 6 (Fazleev, Stallard) 3:04.

4. Calgary, Virtanen 21 (Sanheim, Tambellini) 9:03 (pp).

5. Calgary, Tambellini 46 (Helgesen, Zipp) 16:09 (-EN).

Penalties — Zipp CAL (tripping) 3:57, Reagan Let (fighting) 7:24, Morrison CAL (fighting) 7:24, Pankewicz Let (Match-Attempt/Injure) 8:05, Walters Let (roughing) 8:05, Thomas CAL (high-sticking) 9:35, Helgesen CAL (high-sticking) 12:03, Fafard Let (roughing) 16:32, Wong Let (Major-Slashing) 18:04.

Shots on goal by Lethbridge 7 13 8 — 28 Calgary 15 11 20 — 46 Goal — Lethbridge: Skinner (L, 13-19-2); Power plays (goal-chances) — Lethbridge: 0-6; Calgary: 1-7.

Referees — Chris Crich, Chad Williams.

Linesmen — Sean Donnelly, Jared Mackey.

Attendance — 11,971 at Calgary.

Tuesday’s games Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

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

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 69 43 19 7 93 182 Tampa Bay 70 42 21 7 91 226 Detroit 68 38 19 11 87 200 Boston 69 36 23 10 82 184

Wednesday’s games Medicine Hat at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

GA 153 182 183 175

68 33 24 11 77 194 180 69 31 24 14 76 170 192 70 27 37 6 60 187 222 68 19 43 6 44 129 230 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 68 44 17 7 95 207 158 N.Y. Islanders 71 43 24 4 90 221 199 Pittsburgh 69 39 20 10 88 196 173 Washington 70 37 23 10 84 205 172 Philadelphia 71 29 27 15 73 186 202 New Jersey 69 29 29 11 69 158 179 Columbus 69 30 35 4 64 180 218 Carolina 68 26 34 8 60 161 187 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 69 44 20 5 93 214 170 Nashville 71 43 21 7 93 203 173 Chicago 68 41 21 6 88 198 157 Minnesota 69 38 24 7 83 196 173 Winnipeg 69 34 23 12 80 191 186 Colorado 69 32 26 11 75 184 193 Dallas 70 32 28 10 74 218 229 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 71 44 20 7 95 208 195 Vancouver 68 39 25 4 82 193 184 Calgary 69 38 26 5 81 205 181 Los Angeles 68 33 22 13 79 185 172 San Jose 69 34 27 8 76 193 193 Arizona 69 21 40 8 50 145 230 Edmonton 69 18 39 12 48 160 238 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Detroit 2 Boston 2, Pittsburgh 0 Chicago 6, San Jose 2 N.Y. Rangers 2, Buffalo 0 Winnipeg 2, Tampa Bay 1 Montreal 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Florida 2, Carolina 0 Vancouver 4, Toronto 1 Minnesota 3, St. Louis 1 New Jersey 4, Arizona 1 Colorado 3, Calgary 2 Nashville 2, Los Angeles 1 Sunday’s Games Ottawa 2, Philadelphia 1, SO Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Rangers 2, Florida 1 Carolina 3, Columbus 2 St. Louis 3, Dallas 0 Washington 2, Boston 0 Anaheim 4, Nashville 2 Monday’s Games Washington at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

CIS Men’s Hockey Championship At Halifax Thursday’s results Quarter-finals Guelph 3 Calgary 1 New Brunswick 6 Windsor 2 Friday’s results Quarter-finals UQTR 6 Acadia 5 (OT) Alberta 5 St. Francis Xavier 1 Saturday’s results Semifinals New Brunswick 5 Guelph 2 Alberta 5 UQTR 1 Sunday’s results Bronze Medal Game Guelph 3 UQTR 2 (OT) Gold Medal Game Alberta 6 New Brunswick 3 PARTICIPATING TEAMS No. 1 Alberta Golden Bears (Canada West champion: 24-3-1 regular season, 4-0 playoffs) No. 2 New Brunswick Varsity Reds (AUS champion: 22-4-2, 5-2) No. 3 Guelph Gryphons (OUA champion: 11-13-3, 7-2) No. 4 UQTR Patriotes (OUA finalist: 19-4-3, 6-1) No. 5 Acadia Axemen (AUS finalist: 20-5-3, 3-4) No. 6 Calgary Dinos (Canada West finalist: 20-8-0, 2-3) No. 7 Windsor Lancers (OUA bronze medallist: 22-4-1, 5-3) No. 8 St. Francis Xavier X-Men (AUS semi-finalist: 17-9-2, 4-3) CIS Women’s Hockey Championship At Calgary Thursday’s results Quarter-finals St. Francis Xavier 4 Guelph 3 McGill 8 Calgary 2 Friday’s results First Consolation Semifinal Guelph 4 Calgary 2 Quarter-finals Western 3 Moncton 1 Montreal 4 Alberta 3 Saturday’s results Second Consolation Semifinal Moncton 4 Alberta 1 Championship Semifinals McGill 1 St. Francis Xavier 0 Western 2 Montreal 0 Sunday’s results Fifth-place game Guelph 4 Moncton 1 Bronze Medal Game Montreal 2 St. Francis Xavier 1 Gold Medal Game Western 5 McGill 0 PARTICIPATING TEAMS No. 1 McGill Martlets (RSEQ champion: 16-4-0 regular season, 4-1) No. 2 Western Mustangs (OUA champion: 20-1-3, 5-0) No. 3 Alberta Pandas (Canada West champion: 20-7-1, 4-0) No. 4 St. Francis Xavier X-Women (AUS champion: 20-4-0, 4-0) No. 5 Guelph Gryphons (OUA finalist: 18-3-3, 4-2) No. 6 Montreal Carabins (RSEQ finalist: 15-4-1, 3-2) No. 7 Moncton Aigles Bleues (AUS finalist: 17-5-2, 2-2) No. 8 Calgary Dinos (Canada semi-finalist: 14-9-5, 2-2)

Monday

● Women’s basketball: Playoffs games at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Gateway Christian and Central Alberta Christian.

Tuesday

● Men’s basketball: Playoff games at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Wednesday

● WHL: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m., Saddledome (The Drive).

Thursday

● Minor hockey provincials: Major midget AA at Red Deer Arena and Kinex, first game at 3:15 p.m.; Peewee AA major at Olds; Midget B at Ponoka; Midget C at Trochu and Three Hills; Peewee D at Big Valley. ● Men’s basketball: Playoff games at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● Minor hockey provincials: Major midget AA at Red Deer Arena, Kinex and Collicutt Centre, first game at 8:30 a.m.; Peewee AA major at Olds; Midget B at Ponoka; Midget C at Trochu and Three Hills; Peewee D at Big Valley.

Gymnastics: Zones/trials to Westerns at Exelta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m., Rexall Place (The Drive). ● Heritage junior B hockey: Coaldale at Blackfalds, third game of best-of-five final, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Gymnastics: Zones/trials to Westerns at Exelta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● WHL: Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, third game of best-of-seven provincial/Chinook league final, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday

● Gymnastics: Zones/trials to Westerns at Exelta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, fourth game of best-of-seven provincial/Chinook league final, 5 p.m.

Baseball Kansas City Houston Minnesota New York Oakland Boston Texas Toronto Cleveland Seattle Chicago Tampa Bay Los Angeles Detroit Baltimore

:Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 10 3 6 3 6 3 9 5 9 5 7 5 7 5 7 7 6 7 6 7 5 6 5 6 5 7 6 9 3 11

Pct .769 .667 .667 .643 .643 .583 .583 .500 .462 .462 .455 .455 .417 .400 .214

Los Angeles Miami Colorado Philadelphia Arizona

NATIONAL LEAGUE W 7 8 7 8 7

Pct .778 .727 .636 .615 .583

L 2 3 4 5 5

Pittsburgh 6 5 .545 San Diego 6 6 .500 St. Louis 5 5 .500 New York 6 7 .462 Cincinnati 5 7 .417 Chicago 5 8 .385 Washington 4 7 .364 Atlanta 4 9 .308 Milwaukee 3 9 .250 San Francisco 3 10 .231 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Boston 2 Miami 4, Washington (ss) 0 Philadelphia 5, Detroit (ss) 4 Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 6, St. Louis 3 N.Y. Yankees (ss) 4, Detroit (ss) 1 Toronto 1, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 0 N.Y. Mets 13, Washington (ss) 4 Chicago Cubs (ss) 3, Oakland (ss) 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Cleveland 2 L.A. Angels (ss) 7, Kansas City 6, 10 innings Oakland (ss) 5, San Francisco 2

Chicago Cubs (ss) 10, Milwaukee 5 San Diego 2, Texas 0 Colorado 1, Cincinnati 0 Seattle 11, Arizona 4 Chicago White Sox 7, L.A. Angels (ss) 6 Atlanta 6, Houston 5 Arizona 5, San Francisco 2 Sunday’s Games Miami 4, Detroit 2 Pittsburgh 4, Baltimore 2 Philadelphia (ss) 11, Boston 4 Toronto 10, Atlanta 5 N.Y. Yankees 3, Philadelphia (ss) 2 Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Mets 4 Minnesota 6, St. Louis 6, tie Houston 3, Washington 2 Cleveland 4, San Diego 2 Texas 12, Milwaukee (ss) 5 Oakland 5, Milwaukee (ss) 2 Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati 1 Chicago White Sox 5, L.A. Angels 3 L.A. Dodgers 5, Seattle 2 Colorado 6, Kansas City 2 Arizona vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 6:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Baltimore vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Houston (ss) vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

San Francisco vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

Texas vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Atlanta vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Houston vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami (ss) at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Miami (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

San Diego (ss) vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

Toronto vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 5:05 p.m.

Basketball No. 4 Victoria Vikes (Canada West champion: 155, 4-0) No. 5 Dalhousie Tigers (AUS champion: 10-10, 3-0) No. 6 Bishop’s Gaiters (RSEQ champion: 8-8, 2-0) No. 7 Ryerson Rams (Fourth OUA: 17-2, 1-2) No. 8 Saskatchewan Huskies (Canada West finalist: 15-5, 3-2) CIS Women’s Basketball Championship At Laval, Que. Quarter-finals Thursday’s results McGill 67 Saint Mary’s 59 British Columbia 81 Ryerson 59 Windsor 91 Laval 57 Saskatchewan 70 Alberta 63 Friday’s results Consolation Semifinals Ryerson 76 Saint Mary’s 60 Alberta 62 Laval 50 Saturday’s results Championship Semifinals McGill 59 British Columbia 57 (OT) Windsor 75 Saskatchewan 61 Fifth-place game Alberta 73 Ryerson 65 Sunday’s results Bronze Medal Game British Columbia 73 Saskatchewan 61 Gold Medal Game

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned LHP Logan Darnell to Rochester (IL) and INF Jorge Polanco to Chattanooga (SL). Assigned RHP Adrian Salcedo and INF Argenis Diaz to their minor league camp.

National League WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned RHP Taylor Hill to Syracuse. Reassigned RHPs Eric Fornataro, Mitch Lively and Scott McGregor to their minor league camp.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS — Recalled C-F Dwight Powell from Texas (NBADL).

MIAMI HEAT — Recalled G Zoran Dragic from Sioux Falls (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed DE Michael

Dos Anjos takes Lightweight title at UFC 185 DALLAS — Rafael dos Anjos won the lightweight championship belt at UFC 185 on Saturday night, winning a unanimous decision over Anthony Pettis.

Dos Anjos was the second foreign fighter to win a belt from a champion from the United States. All three judges scored the fight 50-25.

Undefeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland scored a second-round technical knockout of Carla Esparza to take the women’s strawweight championship.

Windsor 60 McGill 47 PARTICIPATING TEAMS No. 1 Windsor Lancers (OUA champion: 19-1 regular season, 3-0) No. 2 British Columbia Thunderbirds (Canada West champion: 17-3, 4-0) No. 3 McGill Martlets (RSEQ champion: 15-1, 2-0) No. 4 Saskatchewan Huskies (Canada West: 17-3, 3-1) No. 5 Alberta Pandas (Canada West bronze medallist: 16-4, 3-1) No. 6 Saint Mary’s Huskies (AUS champion: 16-4, 2-0) No. 7 Ryerson Rams (OUA finalist: 16-3, 2-1) No. 8 Laval Rouge et Or (RSEQ semi-finalist: 7-9, 0-1) National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 52 14 .788 — d-Cleveland 43 25 .632 10 d-Toronto 39 27 .591 13 Chicago 40 28 .588 13 Washington 38 28 .576 14 Milwaukee 34 32 .515 18 Indiana 30 35 .462 21.5 Charlotte 29 35 .453 22 Miami 29 36 .446 22.5

Boston 29 36 .446 1/2 Brooklyn 26 38 .406 Detroit 23 43 .348 Orlando 21 47 .309 Philadelphia 15 51 .227 New York 13 53 .197 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-Golden State 52 13 .800 d-Memphis 46 20 .697 d-Portland 44 20 .688 Houston 44 22 .667 San Antonio 41 24 .631 L.A. Clippers 42 25 .627 Dallas 42 25 .627 Oklahoma City 37 29 .561 1/2 New Orleans 36 30 .545 Phoenix 35 33 .515 Utah 29 36 .446 Denver 26 41 .388 Sacramento 22 43 .338 L.A. Lakers 17 48 .262 Minnesota 14 51 .215 d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot Saturday’s Games Washington 113, Sacramento 97

22 25 29 32 37 39 GB — 6.5 7.5 8.5 11 11 11 15 16.5 18.5 23 27 30 35 38

Boston 93, Indiana 89 Brooklyn 94, Philadelphia 87 Memphis 96, Milwaukee 83 Utah 88, Detroit 85 Golden State 125, New York 94 Sunday’s Games Oklahoma City 109, Chicago 100 Houston 100, L.A. Clippers 98 Denver 118, New Orleans 111,2OT Cleveland 123, Orlando 108 San Antonio 123, Minnesota 97 Portland 113, Toronto 97 Phoenix 102, New York 89 Atlanta 91, L.A. Lakers 86 Monday’s Games Portland at Washington, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Miami, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Utah, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Memphis at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

San Antonio at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Golf Johnson to a four-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled RW Chris Conner and G Philipp Grubauer from Hershey (AHL). Reassigned C Andre Burakovsky to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Assigned Ds David Makowski and Bobby Shea to Wheeling (ECHL).

COLLEGE BIG SKY CONFERENCE — Suspended Northern Arizona basketball coach Jack Murphy for one post-season game because of his conduct following the league’s tournament semifinal against Montana.

ALABAMA — Fired men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant.

ST. JOHN’S — Suspended men’s junior basketball C Chris Obekpa for two weeks for violation of team rules.

Valspar Championship Scores Sunday At Innisbrook Resort, Copperhead Course Palm Harbor, Fla. Purse: $5.9 million Yardage: 7,340; Par 71 (x-won on 3rd playoff hole) Final x-Jordan Spieth 70-67-68-69 — 274 Sean O’Hair 66-72-69-67 — 274 Patrick Reed 72-68-68-66 — 274 Henrik Stenson 67-70-71-67 — 275 Ryan Moore 69-68-67-72 — 276 Troy Merritt 72-69-71-66 — 278 Danny Lee 72-69-71-67 — 279 Luke Guthrie 68-73-70-68 — 279 Jason Kokrak 68-73-70-68 — 279 Harris English 69-72-74-65 — 280 Brian Davis 65-76-70-69 — 280 Charles Howell III 70-70-72-68 — 280 Kevin Na 71-70-73-66 — 280

Vijay Singh Daniel Summerhays Justin Thomas Nicholas Thompson Cameron Tringale Lee Westwood Jason Bohn Derek Ernst Billy Hurley III Shawn Stefani Ian Poulter Andres Romero Mark Wilson Chad Campbell Jason Dufner Lucas Glover Sam Saunders Nick Taylor Brendon Todd Brendon de Jonge John Huh

69-70-70-71 70-72-67-71 67-72-73-68 67-74-73-67 71-69-73-68 71-70-71-69 70-69-72-70 67-70-69-75 69-71-70-71 68-72-71-70 68-70-75-69 74-69-71-68 70-73-72-67 70-72-69-71 70-71-71-70 69-69-72-72 70-72-69-71 70-70-70-72 70-70-73-69 67-69-75-72 71-70-72-70

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March Madness brackets set ROAD TO FINAL FOUR STARTS TUESDAY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sixty-eight teams will begin the NCAA Tournament this week, all hoping to be the last one standing on April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

But you can’t win it all without winning one, so here is quick look at the matchups set on Selection Sunday:

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1 Kentucky vs 16 Manhattan/Hampton: The tournament’s overall No. 1 seed begins its pursuit of a 40-0 season against the winner of the First Four matchup between the Jaspers and Pirates. The game is just down the road in Louisville.

8 Cincinnati vs 9 Purdue: With coach Mick Cronin sidelined since December due to a vascular condition, associate head coach Larry Davis guided the Bearcats back to the tournament and a matchup with the rangy Boilermakers.

5 West Virginia vs 12 Buffalo: The Mountaineers expect to have Juwan Staten and Gary Browne back from injuries after both missed the Big 12 Tournament, while the Bulls of coach Bobby Hurley are coming off their first MAC Tournament championship.

4 Maryland vs 13 Valparaiso: Get ready for one of the nation’s top freshmen in Maryland’s Melo Trimble.

Meanwhile, NCAA Tournament icon Bryce Drew’s Crusaders hope to be healthy after a series of injuries late in the season.

6 Butler vs 11 Texas: If Butler’s mascot vomited on the floor at the Big East Tournament, how will the bulldog handle the NCAA Tournament? The Longhorns, who began the season ranked in the top 10, sneaked in as one of the final at-large picks.

3 Notre Dame vs 14 Northeastern: After winning the ACC Tournament, the Fighting Irish and star forward Jerian Grant open up against the Huskies, who are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1991.

7 Wichita State vs 10 Indiana: Perhaps slighted by the selection committee, the Shockers should have no problem adhering to their mantra of “play angry” against the Hoosiers, who have dropped four of their last five games.

2 Kansas vs 15 New Mexico State: The Jayhawks hope leading scorer Perry Ellis is close to 100 per cent after a late-season knee injury, while the Aggies, led by 6-foot-9 freshman Pascacl Siakam, are one of the nation’s best rebounding teams.

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1 Wisconsin vs 16 Coastal Carolina: Earning a No. 1 seed for the first time, the Big Ten champion Badgers and standout forward Frank Kaminsky begin their push for a second straight Final Four against the Big South champion Chanticleers.

8 Oregon vs 9 Oklahoma State: The Ducks are led by Joseph Young, arguably the Pac-12’s top player. The Cowboys counter with the experience of junior sharpshooter Phil Forte III and senior forward Le’Bryan Nash.

5 Arkansas vs 12 Wofford: After a poor performance in the SEC title game against Kentucky, the Razorbacks’ Bobby Portis will try to bounce back against the Terriers, who beat North Carolina State on the road in December.

4 North Carolina vs 13 Harvard: Tar Heels freshman forward Justin Jackson played some of his best basketball of the season in the ACC Tournament. But the Crimson are hardened this time of year, making their fourth straight trip to the dance.

6 Xavier vs 11 BYU/Ole Miss: The Musketeers hope freshman J.P. Macura is back after spraining his right ankle in the Big East semifinals. While his numbers may be modest, Macura has provided big energy off the bench.

3 Baylor vs 14 Georgia State: The Bears may be banged up after the Big 12 grind, but the bumps and bruises are nothing to Georgia State coach Ron Hunter. He injured his Achilles tendon celebrating the Panthers’ Sun Belt title Sunday.

7 VCU vs 10 Ohio State: Despite losing their leader Briante Weber to a knee injury, the Rams rolled to their first Atlantic 10 Tournament title.

D’Angelo Russell and the Buckeyes played well down the stretch before losing to Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament.

2 Arizona vs 15 Texas Southern: In the discussion for a No. 1 seed, the

Wildcats won their first Pac-12 Tournament title in 13 years with a rout of Oregon. The Jaguars are coached by Mike Davis, who guided Indiana to the national title game in 2002.

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1 Villanova vs No 16 Lafayette: The Wildcats have not lost since Jan. 19, when they fell at Georgetown. They’ll face the Leopards of the Patriot League, who rank in the top 10 nationally in field-goal percentage.

8 North Carolina State vs No 9 LSU: The selection committee remembered the Wolfpack’s wins over Duke and Louisville and paid less attention to a blowout loss to the Blue Devils in the ACC Tournament. LSU was upset by Auburn in the SEC Tournament.

5 Northern Iowa vs 12 Wyoming: Many thought the Panthers deserved a better seed after beating Wichita State twice in three meetings. Instead, they get a date with the Cowboys, who are in the tournament for the first time in 13 years.

4 Louisville vs 13 UC-Irvine: The Cardinals, led by Montrezl Harrell, have struggled with their shooting all season. Tune in to watch the Anteaters’ Mamadou Ndiaye, a 7-foot-6, 300-pound sophomore centre from Senegal try to swat their shots.

6 Providence vs 11 Boise State/Dayton: The Friars’ Kris Dunn helped take his team to the brink of beating top-seeded Villanova in the Big East Tournament. The sophomore guard has scored at least 16 points in five straight games.

3 Oklahoma vs 14 Albany: Led by Buddy Hield, the Sooners have the ability to score at all five positions, but their bench has been nonexistent.

The Danes beat Stony Brook for the America East title on Peter Hooley’s buzzer-beater.

7 Michigan State vs 10 Georgia: The Spartans always seem to shine in March, as evidenced by their run to the Big Ten Tournament finals. Georgia has been dogged by injuries all year but is starting to hit its stride.

2 Virginia vs 15 Belmont: The Cavaliers’ Justin Anderson hopes to be back to pre-injury form after missing seven games to a finger injury and appendectomy. Meanwhile, the Bruins

will try to solve one of the nation’s best defences.

SOUTH

1 Duke vs 16 North Florida/Robert Morris: Led by freshman sensation Jahlil Okafor, the Blue Devils had won 12 straight before falling to Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament. Okafor scored 28 in that game for his 12th 20-plus performance of the year.

8 San Diego State vs 9 St. John’s: The low-scoring Aztecs earned an at-large bid thanks largely to non-conference wins over Utah and BYU. The Red Storm are led by Rysheed Jordan and his senior backcourt mate, D’Angelo Harrison.

5 Utah vs 12 Stephen F. Austin: The Utes’ Isaiah Wright can score with anyone and 7-foot freshman Jakob Poeltl is one of the nation’s most skilled big men, while the Lumberjacks beat VCU in the NCAA Tournament last season.

4 Georgetown vs 13 Eastern Washington: Watch for Hoyas centre Josh Smith, who at 6-10, 350 pounds is hard to miss. He could pose a big problem for the Eagles, who ranked third nationally in scoring at more than 80 points per game.

6 SMU vs 11 UCLA: Larry Brown is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since taking Kansas to the 1988 title.

He’ll lead the Mustangs against UCLA, the program he led to the 1980 championship game — a runner-up finish that was later vacated.

3 Iowa State vs 14 UAB: The Cyclones, led by affable forward Georges Niang, have rallied from double-digit deficits in each of their last five wins, while UAB is coming off a surprising Conference USA Tournament title.

7 Iowa vs 10 Davidson: The mercurial Hawkeyes have looked dominant one minute, easily beatable the next, while fellow at-large selection Davidson will be trying to bounce back from a trouncing by VCU in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.

2 Gonzaga vs 15 North Dakota State: Could this be the year the Bulldogs finally make the Final Four? They’ll start their run in nearby Seattle against the Bison, who won the Summit League behind the play of star guard Lawrence Alexander.

Flames held off by Tanguay, Varlamov Colorado 3 Calgary 2 DENVER — Alex Tanguay gave a big boost to the Colorado Avalanche’s power play and, even more important, their playoff chances.

Tanguay scored with a man advantage in the second period and Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 shots, helping the Avalanche hold off the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Saturday night.

Ryan O’Reilly and John Mitchell also scored for the Avalanche, who went 2-1 on a three-game homestand to remain in the playoff chase. They have a few days off before embarking on a five-game trip.

Colorado entered the game last in the league at home on the power play.

But Tanguay made sure the team capitalized on the only chance it had in the game, banking in a shot from an improbable angle.

“We were due to get a bounce coming our way and fortunately for us it went in,” said Tanguay, who also had an assist against his former team. “It’s a huge win.”

Also, another huge performance by Varlamov as he remains unbeaten in his last five starts. He made a crucial stop in the waning seconds to secure the win for Colorado, which moved to within five points of the last wild-card spot in the Western Conference with 13 games remaining.

David Jones and Lance Bouma scored for the Flames. Karri Ramo made 23 saves as he filled in for Jonas Hiller, who played the night before in a 6-3 win against Toronto. Calgary is 5-2-1 and holding onto a playoff spot after losing top defenceman Mark Giordano for the season because of a torn biceps tendon.

“We do miss (Giordano) and every guy is trying to improve their game a little bit more — pulling the rope a

little bit harder,” said Jones, who was a little dinged up on a third-period check that sent him into the boards. “A little bit of a speed bump tonight. But we’ll jump back.”

The Flames pulled Ramo with about 1:30 remaining for an extra skater, but Colorado’s defence clamped down and didn’t allow many good scoring chances. Jones cut the deficit to 2-1 early in the third period when he accidentally kicked in the puck with his skate on a pass from Mikael Backlund. Just 28 seconds later, Mitchell restored the two-goal lead. But that didn’t last long, either, with Bouma lining a slap shot over Varlamov.

Colorado was able to kill off a late penalty and Varlamov made a sensational save on a shot by Raphael Diaz with 5:09 remaining. Falling to the ice, Varlamov reached back and corralled the puck with his glove.

“We knew they’re a resilient team and they certainly battled back in the third period,” Mitchell said.

“So they clawed their way back in, but we held the fort and stood our ground.”

Calgary was called for too many men on the ice midway through the second period and Tanguay scored when he banked in a shot off the pads of Ramo.

Asked about what he thought of the penalty after the game, Calgary coach Bob Hartley simply said, “There’s nothing to think about. It’s over. Obviously, we think way differently, but that’s the way the game is.”

Just 1:47 later, Tanguay sent a pinpoint pass over to a charging O’Reilly, who lifted a wrist shot over the glove of Ramo. It was O’Reilly’s first goal since Feb. 3 at Dallas.

Joe Colborne nearly had a goal with 31 seconds remaining in the first period when the puck trickled into the net. But officials ruled that Varlamov couldn’t play his position and signalled no goal. The play wasn’t subject to review.

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Do Crowns Cause Root Canals?

Dear Dr. D: My dentist told me that two of my teeth will need crowns in the next little while. I'm a 46 year old woman with good teeth. I remember someone saying that a crown will just bring on a necessary root canal.

Should I wait and see?

A: Crowns are a useful and necessary tool to use for specific dental conditions. First, let's deal with the root canal. Myth #1 – Root canals always cause great pain. If an infection in your tooth has reached the nerve, and is causing significant discomfort – a root canal may very well be recommended. With technology and anesthetics, many patients are surprised when we're done, because they expected some legendary dental pain. The media doesn't help – with statements such as 'I'd rather have a root canal than do____ '. Refer to it as a 'deeper' filling and you are more accurate. Depending on which tooth, and how many canals (roots) it has, your general practice dentist will complete it – or in difficult access areas you may be referred to an endodontist (specialist). Myth #2 – Crowns cause root canals. If the crown is fitted properly without spaces allowing saliva and bacteria inside, it will not contribute to failure. The advantage of the crown as opposed to a very large filling alternative is that the filling may be weaker than the crown, perhaps hastening tooth failure.

Poor oral hygiene can contribute to a root canal when patients now believe a tooth is impenetrable. Crowns are sometimes fitted as a treatment to eliminate tooth sensitivity, when possibly a root canal should have been done first followed by a crown to protect it. Myth #3 – If we 'watch' it, it may get better. When was the last time a strange ticking in your car engine got better by ignoring it? I hate that phrase, because it just delays the inevitable. The best time to fix almost anything dental is NOW. Later = more expensive and fewer options. For example - a patient had a large cavity on a molar. I suggested a crown, but he insisted on the cheapest solution with a larger filling. It lasted less than a year because of forces with his bite.

Now, he was in a root canal situation. We completed the root canal, and fitted a temporary cap on it. Several months later, we called and suggested he crown that tooth to protect it properly. He chose to ignore us. Now, that temporary cap led to tooth failure, and his only viable solution is to extract it and consider a dental implant. He was complaining about the original cost, but an implant and crown will cost him double. Oddly enough, the new wheels on his truck cost $2500 each, but he has no dental budget!

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Skiing in spring conditions

Mats Nieuwenhuis throws his arms in the air as he skis down the Holiday trail at Canyon Ski Resort early on Saturday afternoon.

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Hailey Hallman gets ready to get off the magic carpet lift with her father, Paul, at Canyon Ski Resort on Saturday afternoon.

Canyon Ski Resort got a little slushy this past weekend.

As temperatures soared to a tropical 14 C — at least for this time of year — puddles, mini rivers, and a lot of slush formed throughout the otherwise snow-covered resort.

For many Red Deerians and Central Albertans, however, navigating through the wet conditions was a small price to pay to get at least on more weekend or two of skiing and snowboarding in.

Resort staff even had a little fun with weather, donning leis, board shorts and sunglasses as part of a Hawaiian-themed day, and inviting everyone to do the same.

While most of the trails remain open, the Snow Tubing park officially closed to the public on Friday, and Sunday was the last for the double chair lift.

March 22 will be the last day of the season and the resort’s annual Slush Cup. The Slush Cup sees participants, often in costume, hurl themselves across a slush pond for a chance to win a season pass to the resort next year.

There is a $20 entry fee, with proceeds going towards Sports for Kids.

Belle Skene, 4, reaches the bottom of the Springbok trail

Xavier Genereaux, left, and Chris McCartney take the double chair lift up to the top of the Canyon Ski Resort hill on Saturday afternoon. This past weekend was the last weekend the double chair lift was open.

ABOVE: In the spirit of the warm weather, this skier rocked a Hawaiian shirt and board shorts overtop of his thermals while heading down the Powderhorn trail at Canyon Ski Resort early on Saturday afternoon.

LEFT: Despite temperatures soaring to 14 degrees Celsius on Saturday afternoon, many Central Albertans took to the Canyon Ski Resort slopes.

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As fight over Keystone XL drags on, oil industry vastly expands its pipeline network

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — In a far corner of North Dakota, just a few hundred miles from the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline, 84,000 barrels of crude oil per day recently began flowing through a new line that connects the state’s sprawling oilfields to an oil hub in Wyoming.

In West Texas, engineers activated a new pipeline that cuts diagonally across the state to deliver crude from the oil-rich Permian Basin to refineries near Houston. And in a string of towns in Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota, local government officials are scrutinizing the path of pipeline extensions that would pass nearby.

While the Keystone project awaits a final decision, scenes like these are unfolding almost every week in lesser-known developments that have quietly added more than 11,600 miles of pipeline to the nation’s domestic oil network.

Overall, the network has increased by almost a quarter in the last decade. And the work dwarfs Keystone. About 3.3 million barrels per day of capacity have been added since 2012 alone — five times more oil than the Canada-to-Texas Keystone line could carry if it’s ever built.

The pipeline build-out provides a little noticed counterpoint to the fierce political battle being waged over the 1,179-mile TransCanada project, which is still in limbo seven years after it was proposed. During the long wait for Keystone, the petroleum industry has pushed relentlessly everywhere else to get oil to market more efficiently, and its adversaries have been unable to stop other major pipelines.

“There’s been a lot of growth — we’re really positive on it in general,” said Rob DeSai, an equity analyst with Edward Jones who focuses on the energy industry. “The oil that’s being produced in the U.S., in many cases, it’s basically in the middle of nowhere. You need new infrastructure to get that oil to market.”

Environmental groups have fought Keystone by citing the risk of leaks and the climate-change consequences of fossil fuels. They hope to make cleaner energy options more appealing. Their success has inspired local protest groups to challenge more projects.

But those efforts, while slowing a few pipelines, have not stopped any because the regulatory path is

smoother when a pipeline does not cross an international border, as Keystone would.

In Minnesota, local opponents succeeded last year in getting state regulators to consider rerouting a 616-mile pipeline proposed by Toronto-based Enbridge around pristine lakes and forests, delaying it for at least a year.

More typical, though, was an Enbridge project to double the capacity of a 285-mile stretch of pipeline in Michigan. Groups like the Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands fought the proposal, citing a spill in 2010 that caused serious environmental damage.

But the Michigan Public Service Commission ruled the project acceptable, and the expansion went ahead.

In Texas, Magellan’s BridgeTex Pipeline, designed to take up to 300,000 barrels of crude per day from Colorado City to refineries in Houston, was recently completed over landowners’ protests about its path. Local officials cleared the way for the company to use the state’s eminent-domain law to condemn land for the pipeline. It came online last year.

Some environmentalists acknowledge that changing a pipeline’s route often may be the best they can hope for.

“I’m telling people I don’t think it’s going to stop,” said Paul Stolen, a retired state biologist who has been working with groups opposing the Enbridge project in Minnesota. “I think it’s going to escalate and get bigger.”

In most states, opponents have to prove a project does not serve the public interest or poses a clear environmental threat.

In states that depend on energy jobs, regulators tend to be receptive to the industry. Supporters also argue that transporting oil by pipeline is safer than by train, noting recent accidents and spills.

Since 2012, more than 50 pipeline projects have been approved, completed or are under development, including the just finished 600-mile Enbridge Flanagan South line, which runs through four states.

The recent surge in oil production, from roughly 5 million barrels a day in 2008 to 8.9 million barrels in 2014, has pushed new webs of pipe across regions that until recently had few. Dozens of new lines ranging up to 700 miles connect drill sites in the Upper Midwest to refineries in the region or to hubs in Oklahoma and along the Gulf Coast.

Even TransCanada has been busy. The company unveiled a 200-mile, $600 million proposal late last month that would carry oil from North Dakota’s Bak-

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State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha speaks Wednesday under the statue of Abraham Lincoln during a rally outside the State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., in support of LB 473, a measure he introduced to repeal a 2012 law that allowed former Gov. Dave Heineman to approve the route of the Keystone XL pipeline through the state. Landowners and activists were planning to testify in support of the measure later in the day at a committee hearing. ken field north to Canada and connect to other lines that can take it to the East Coast.

“When Keystone was first announced, I think that was something like a third of (TransCanada’s) expected budget,” said DeSai, the Edward Jones analyst. “TransCanada now has had so many projects that now Keystone’s a much smaller percentage.”

President Barack Obama has said his decision on Keystone, which would take Canadian tar sands oil to Gulf Coast refineries, would depend in part on its possible contribution to global warming. He is awaiting a State Department report on its environmental impact.

But the State Department does not review pipelines that are entirely inside the United States, which is the vast majority of them.

Concern over derailments spurs letter

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The transportation ministers of Ontario and Quebec are expressing concern to their federal counterpart over the increasing number of train derailments. Steven Del Duca and Robert Poeti sent a letter to Transport Minister Lisa Raitt on Friday over what they call the growing number of “very serious and unacceptable train derailments” across Canada.

The two provinces are calling on the federal government to do more to improve rail regulations.

On Friday Del Duca visited the site of a fiery CN train derailment just outside of Gogama in northern Ontario. He says while Transport Canada is responsible for the transportation of dangerous goods, all levels of government must work together to ensure that a similar incident does not happen again.

The derailment on March 7 caused numerous tank cars carrying crude oil to catch fire and spill into a local river system. It destroyed the track and a bridge and causing undetermined environmental damage. There have been three recent CN derailments in northern Ontario, including two along a 40-kilometre stretch of track about an hour south of Timmins. On Wednesday, the Canadian government proposed tough new standards for rail tank cars used to transport crude oil. The proposal would require the cars to have outer “jackets,” a layer of thermal protection, and thicker steel walls. Del Duca and Poeti also want Raitt to set up a meeting to provide an update on the action Transport Canada is taking on the issue and the implementation of recommendations made in the Transportation Safety Board’s report on the 2013 Lac-Megantic disaster in Quebec.

“There have been a number of very serious train

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A CN Rail train derailment near Gogama, Ont., is shown in a Sunday, March 8, photo. Four trains hauling crude oil have derailed in Canada and the U.S. since mid-February, rupturing tank cars, spilling their contents, polluting waterways and igniting spectacular fires that burned for days. The derailments have deepened safety concerns that if an oil-train accident were to occur in a populated area, the results could be disastrous. derailments, including the tragedy in Lac-Megantic, and most recently in northern Ontario,” the letter states.

“We understand that some new safety regulations have been implemented recently by the federal

government. This being said, we urge the federal government to further strengthen safety practices on rail lines, particularly for the transportation of hazardous and flammable goods, especially crude oil and ethanol.”

Canadians have lots of retirement savings options Canadians have access to a pretty broad range of options when it comes to putting away money for their retirement.

Retirement savings choices range from registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs), tax free savings accounts (TFSAs), retirement income portfolio products, existing and/or planned provincial pension plans and non-registered savings.

As well, professionals and owners of incorporated companies have multiple options including individual pension plans (IPPs), tax-deferred growth through the use of corporate class mutual funds, TALBOT and self-payment strategies BOGGS that can help them maximize after-tax cash flow.

Perhaps a little-known fact is that Canada is one of the few countries in the world that allows people coming into the country from the U.S. and U.K., for example, to roll over their existing pension plans without paying tax and without affecting their RRSP contribution limits.

“There is a full menu of strategies to choose from,” said Carole Bezaire, vice-president of tax and estate planning with McKenzie Investments. “A lot

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of Canadians still are not saving enough, but with so many options available the key is to customize savings in a way that is best for you, to make the right combination of investments that are strategic for both saving and tax efficiencies to make sure your plate is full when the time comes to use those savings for retirement.”

It’s a pretty commonly-known fact that Canadians aren’t saving enough for their retirement. They have about $800 billion in unused RRSP contributions in their RRSPs, and that number is expected to swell to $1 trillion by 2018.

“RRSPs are good if you are working but we’ve been seeing people who lose their jobs dipping into them,” said Bezaire. “With its current maximum contribution of $36,500, the TFSA can be a good revolving line of credit because you can take money out and then put it back in without penalty — but a lot of people still are not using it. And then you’ve got people who are still using non-registered accounts out of habit and paying tax when they don’t necessarily have to.”

Professionals and business owners have other options. An IPP is a defined benefit pension plan designed and structured for one individual member.

As a defined benefit pension plan, the benefit payable at retirement is specified. Although the individual can contribute, typically the company makes the contributions.

IPPs generally are suitable for people over 40 who own a corporation and earn an annual base salary of

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$100,000 or more.

The maximum IPP contribution limit is greater than the RRSP contribution limit, contributions are tax deductible to the company and, like a registered pension plan, it offers a level of protection from creditors.

Company owners can build up earnings in their companies and then take out the money in the form of dividends, rather than salary, which are taxed at a lower rate. Or they can choose to take a salary and use money from it to maximize their RRSPs and then take dividends.

A disadvantage of taking dividends is that the individual will not pay payroll tax, and thus would not be eligible for Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security because they have not paid into them.

“The biggest point is that there are ways to customize your savings so that you pay yourself in the most efficient way,” said Bezaire. “The beginning of the year is a good time to sit down with a professional to review your plan to see how it is working and if changes need to be made based on your circumstances.

“It’s all about balance and customization. With so many options available, good professional advice becomes even more important.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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Volatile markets expected this week INVESTORS LOOK TO PROBABILITIES OF INTEREST RATE HIKES, FURTHER OIL PRICE SLIDES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The coming week will likely be a volatile one on North American markets as traders weigh the timing of interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the possibility of another big correction in oil prices.

The Fed will be the major focus of the week as the central bank holds its meeting on interest rates amid much speculation about when the era of interest rates held near zero since the 2008 financial collapse is going to end.

A steady stream of positive economic data has persuaded many that the Fed will make a key change in the language in its statement on Wednesday.

The Fed has emphasized for months that it planned to be “patient” in starting to hike rates. But it’s possible that

STOCK MARKET LOOKAHEAD word may be missing from the announcement as it prepares markets for higher rates.

“I think that’s what people are expecting,” said John Stephenson, president and CEO of Stephenson & Co. Capital Management.

“I think that’s likely, I think the Fed is being extremely accommodative over the last six years. It’s unlikely they will be as accommodative.”

Many analysts have expected the Federal Reserve to move in either June or September, the first Fed meeting after breaking for the summer. But Stephenson thinks the Fed has good reasons to postpone hiking rates.

“The U.S. will eventually raise rates (but) I think that will be delayed until

sometime later this year,” he said, adding he’s looking for a December rate hike.

“Clearly we have a situation where, as far as the Fed is concerned — the data is very strong from an employment standpoint so that is looking good. But when we look at things like consumer confidence, and you look at things like factory orders and such, it’s not as rosy out there.

Meanwhile, worries about another sharp fall in oil prices helped send the Toronto stock market down 1.5 per cent last week amid a fall of about 5.5 per cent in the energy sector.

The latest round of losses were sparked by a report issued at the end of last week by the International En-

ergy Agency which said U.S. oil production was up actually up by 115,000 barrels a day in February.

Until recently, prices had held up around the US$50 a barrel level. But the IEA warned that “behind the facade of stability, the rebalancing triggered by the price collapse has yet to run its course, and it might be overly optimistic to expect it to proceed smoothly.”

Oil prices fell almost 10 per cent last week.

Elsewhere on the economic front, investors looked to three major Canadian reports coming out this week.

Manufacturing shipments data will be released Tuesday, while Statistics Canada will post the January reading on retail sales Friday. The agency will also release the February consumer price index for February on Friday.

Live-streaming apps all the rage at South By Southwest

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — A live-streaming app called Meerkat, calls to online activism and pedicabs with a Game of Thrones Iron throne seat were the top topics of conversation at South

by Southwest over the weekend, as 33,000-plus members of the technology, marketing and media industries poured into Austin, Texas.

“You never know what’s around the corner at South By Southwest, it could be a small thing or it could be life changing,” said David Rubin, Pinterest’s head of brand, at the social media company’s annual barbecue on Saturday.

He said the festival is a good place to schmooze with clients and do some recruiting.

“Pinterest is about creativity and the employee base is quirky and interesting, so it’s a good place to meet potential employees,” he said.

The five-day festival is not yet half over, but buzz-worthy trends are already emerging.

Here’s a look at top topics so far at the annual gathering of the Technorati.

LIVE-STREAMING APPS

An app called Meerkat is dominating conversations. The simple app allows people to live stream anything at the touch of a button.

The app used to let users automatically Tweet live streams too, but that came to a stop after Twitter confirmed Friday it acquired Periscope, a Meerkat rival, for undisclosed terms and limited Meerkat’s access to Twitter.

At a panel Friday about government patents, U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker had used Meerkat to stream her official swearing in of the new chief of the U.S. Patent and Trademark office Michelle Lee on Twitter.

“Being the first cabinet official to

share key events on this exciting new platform,” she tweeted. Countless others streamed other panels and events.

Meanwhile, rival live-streaming app Stre.am is a finalist for SXSW’s innovation awards.

ONLINE ACTIVISM

Some major political figures are using the festival to call for online activism. Former Vice-President Al Gore gave a rousing talk about the need for urgent action on climate change on Friday.

Gore called upon SXSW attendees to get involved in supporting climate change legislation ahead of environmental talks in Paris in December.

“We are at a fork in the road, we can win this, but it requires passion,” he said.

In a keynote on Saturday, Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud of Saudi Arabia discussed her efforts to bring women into the workplace and announced a new breast cancer awareness campaign that will rely on social and mobile media to spread the word in the Middle East, including the Twitter-ready hashtag 10ksa.

Often in the Middle East, “a woman doesn’t want to admit unhealthy status,” she said.

“There are larger cultural issues involved to talk about breast cancer.”

CORPORATE STUNTS

Promotions are everywhere. HBO’s Game of Thrones is employing pedicabs with Iron-Throne seats and hosting “SXSWesteros,” an event site that serves a Game of Thrones beer and allows fans a chance to sit on the show’s Iron Throne.

Meanwhile, smartphone battery pack maker Mophie created buzz with St. Bernard dogs that “rescue” festivalgoers low on batteries when they tweet a plea for help to Mophie.

The dogs, all locally owned by people in Austin, are part of the St. Ber-

China’s premier vows to press on with reforms

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — Premier Li Keqiang expressed determination Sunday to press ahead with reforms meant to reduce the Chinese government’s role in the world’s second-largest economy in hopes of spurring growth despite what he acknowledged would be pain for “vested interests” that benefit from regulation.

“This is not nail-clipping. This is like taking a knife to one’s own flesh,” Li said at a news conference after the close of China’s annual legislature in Beijing. “But however painful it might be, we are determined to keep going until our job is done.”

During his only news conference of the year, the premier repeated pledges to reduce requirements for government approval of new businesses. He said the number of private businesses being set up has doubled following efforts already underway simplify the process of registering a new enterprise.

Li spoke after Sunday morning’s close of the 11-day session of the ceremonial National People’s Congress.

The legislature does little or no lawmaking work but serves as a platform for the ruling Communist Party to highlight proposed reforms and set a tone for the year’s government work.

At this year’s meeting, the government lowered China’s official economic growth to 7 per cent from last year’s 7.5 per cent and promised to maintain employment levels, fight corruption and curb pollution.

Li acknowledged that reforms face opposition from politically influential state companies that might face tougher competition and officials who might see their own status reduced.

“During the course of reform, vested interests will be upset because the

government is cutting its own powers,” he said, adding that China as a whole will benefit. “This reform, by reducing powers held in the hands of government, has actually helped us to tackle the downward pressure on economic growth,” Li said.

The address by Li, 59, afforded him a rare opportunity to emerge from the shadow of the president and Communist Party leader, Xi Jinping, who has established himself as the most powerful Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping — author of China’s modernization drive in the 1980s.

Although the premier has traditionally overseen the economy and government administration, Xi has absorbed a growing number of portfolios over his first two years in office that have left Li a much diminished figure. Xi has placed himself in charge of policymaking panels on security, the Internet and the economy that do not answer to the NPC, making the legislature less relevant.

Li warned that meeting the lower official growth target will not be easy.

He said the ruling party is ready to change its macroeconomic strategies if the rate of new job creation dips too low.

“There is considerable downward pressure on China’s growth and we still face multiple challenges,” the premier said. “When it comes to China’s economy, we must meet both ends of maintaining steady growth and making structural adjustments.”

While expressing cautious confidence in the economy, Li reminded reporters that China ranked behind more than 80 countries in per capita gross domestic product and still had 200 million citizens living in poverty, according to the World Bank.

“So I can say that China is still a developing country in every sense of this term,” Li said.

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The app called Meerkat is dominating conversations at South By Southwest. The simple app allows people to live stream anything at the touch of a button. nard’s Rescue Foundation, which was created to raise awareness about rescue dogs.

“People don’t get exposure to St. Bernard’s ever,” said Mophie spokesman Kevin Malinowski.

“People get them as puppies when they’re so cute, but once they grow up they can’t handle them, so this is almost an education.”

RUSSELL BRAND’S NO-SHOW

A documentary about actor Russell Brand, called “Brand, a Second Coming,” was a headliner for the film portion of the festival.

Brand was set to appear at the Friday premiere and give a talk as well as discuss his daily YouTube show “Trews,” in which he talks about news topics.

But that day Brand announced on his blog that he wouldn’t appear at the festival, saying he was uncomfortable with how the documentary turned out, and backed out of the talk.

“I apologise sincerely to the organisers of SXSW for my non-attendance, especially Janet Pierson, Brian Solis and Rynda Laurel from the interactive festival who were responsible for the keynote talk that I was due to do,” he wrote in the blog post.

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Cyprus president to seek removal of Central Bank chief

Investors commit $10.7 billion in deals including power, tourism at Egypt economic conference

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NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus’ president says he will seek to have the bailed-out country’s embattled Central Bank chief removed from her post over a perceived conflict of interest.

President Nicos Anastasiades met late Sunday with Central Bank Governor Chrystalla Georghadji to contain the damage from a debacle that also threatens to erode his personal credibility as he tries to nurse the country back to financial health.

Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said Georghadji was in breach of her contract because her husband’s law firm represents the former head of a defunct lender, who’s embroiled in a legal battle with the Central Bank.

Anastasiades appointed Georghadji a year ago following her predecessor’s

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Investors committed $10.7 billion to projects in Egypt on the second day of a summit meant to spur the ailing economy, organizers said Sunday.

The three-day gathering in the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh is meant to show the world Egypt is open for business again to draw investors after four years of instability and turmoil that followed the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that ousted longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

The agreements include a $6.5 billion deal with Egypt’s Orascom group and the Abu Dhabi-owned International Petroleum Investment Co. to build a coal-fired power plant over four years, they said in a statement.

The deals were signed a day earlier.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.

A dose of tetanus vaccine let patients live longer when added to an experimental treatment for the most common and deadly kind of brain tumour, researchers report.

It “put the immune system on high alert,” paving the way for the experimental treatment to work better in attacking the disease, said researcher Kristen Batich of the Duke UniPhoto by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS versity Medical Center.

In a paper released Wednesday by Sandy Hillburn poses for a photo in her apartment in Fort Lee, N.J., on March the journal Nature, she and others 10, 2015. In April 2006, when she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the describe a study of 12 patients. Some most common and deadly kind of brain tumor, she recalled, “I was told I had who got the tetanus shot lived years two to three months to live.” But she was offered a slot in an experimental longer than those who didn’t.

Dr. John Sampson of Duke, senior study involving adding the tetanus-diphtheria vaccine to an experimental author of the report, called the re- treatment for glioblastoma. sults promising but noted the study was small, and said bigger studies tetanus mini-shot was that the im- was offered a slot in the experimenare needed to confirm the results. mune system “gets revved up in this tal study.

A follow-up study has already been particular area” so that “the body “I was very positive it would planned but isn’t recruiting patients will be more excited about what’s to help,” Hillburn said. yet, Batich said. come,” Sampson said.

“I said, ’Sure, thank you.’ I’m still Brain cancer experts unconnected Cell injections continued month- saying thank you.” with the work were impressed. ly until brain scans showed tumour In the years since then, she has atThe results are “very exciting,” growing. tended her son’s wedding and gained said Dr. Nader Sanai of the Barrow For the six patients who got the five more grandchildren. Now she Neurological Institute in Phoenix. dummy shot, only one was still alive plays soccer with six grandsons in While he agreed more work is re- two years after diagnosis, surviv- Ohio and Boston. quired, “what you have so far, it’s a ing for about 3 ½ years. Still, over“I look forward to seeing the wonvery positive story.” all results for this group indicated a derful people they’re becoming,” she Tetanus is otherwise known as small benefit from the cell injections said. lockjaw. Vaccines for it are routine- alone, Batich said.

She continues to visit Duke once ly recommended for children and The results were far better for pa- a month for more cell injections. adults. tients who got the mini-shot of teta- Sampson said it’s not clear why she The new study focused on glioblas- nus. Four surpassed two years. One has lived so long. toma, which killed Massachusetts of them lived almost five years and Hillburn credits the treatment Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in 2009. another nearly six years. and her medical care at Duke. She Even after surgery to remove the tuStill another is approaching nine also cited the example of her father, mour, it usually grows back and kills. years and counting. She is Sandy who is a 97-year-old survivor of two The few drugs to treat these tumors Hillburn, 68, of Fort Lee, New Jer- kinds of cancer. have little effect. Half of patients die sey.

“He just went about his life, and within about 15 months.

When diagnosed in New York in so I did the same thing,” Hillburn The new work is an example of a April 2006, “I was told I had two to said. long-standing effort to harness the three months to live,” she recalled in The study was funded in part by a immune system to fight cancer, an a telephone interview. government grant to a business venapproach called immunotherapy.

But her family flew her to Duke in ture that is licensing the technology.

The specific strategy it used is North Carolina because of its reputa- Some of the authors have filed patcalled a dendritic-cell vaccine. Doc- tion for glioblastoma care, and she ents related to the tetanus strategy. tors remove particular blood cells from a patient and equip them with a chemical target found in the tumour. Then they return the cells to the patient’s body, where they train the immune system to go after the cancer.

The 12 patients in the new study were treated with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. All patients got an ordinary tetanus-diphtheria shot and then three injections of their own cells, spaced two weeks apart.

Then they were randomly divided into two groups. One group got a second, tiny dose of the tetanus-diphtheria vaccine at the place in the skin where the cells would be injected the next day.

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Can certain genes protect people from cancer? One of the country’s top research organizations is hoping to find out.

The Canadian Cancer Society has commissioned geneticists in British Columbia to assess the genes of some of the country’s healthiest people.

The research subjects have all reached at least the age of 85 without developing cancer, heart disease, major lung ailments, stroke, diabetes or dementia.

Lead researcher Angela Brooks-Wilson says the study will try to determine whether these people, dubbed “super seniors,” have any genetic characteristics that have protected them from cancer over the years.

The study is expected to take at least two years to complete.

The society is funding the project through a $200,000 grant that was entirely crowdsourced during a one-week campaign last November.

Brooks-Wilson said the project marks an exciting new phase of research that has been underway for more than a decade.

It’s taken nearly 17 years to gather data on 500 super seniors, who Brooks-Wilson describes as an extremely rare breed. Previous research suggests that these people contain many of the gene sequences that lead to cancer in other demographic groups, but the society-funded research will focus on the genetic factors that have kept them healthy for decades.

“We’re hypothesizing that they have something that overrides the other genetics, the negative factors, that may be a sort of genetic override switch,” Brooks-Wilson said.

She said the next two years will be spent analyzing the genetic data to see if such an override switch even exists. If it does, more research would be required to determine exactly what it consists of and how it works.

If the analysis proves fruitful, BrooksWilson said it could have exciting repercussions for future cancer treatments.

“If we could figure out factors like that, our goal would be then to find ways to mimic them, pharmacologically potentially,” she said. But Brooks-Wilson said genetics are not the only factor at play in protecting people from cancer, adding that sound lifestyle choices around diet and exercise also play a critical role.

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Kiesza, Weeknd, Arkells win multiple Junos

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HAMILTON — At the 2015 Juno Awards, Kiesza skipped into the spotlight, Arkells were hailed as hometown heroes, the Weeknd worked and an 80-year-old Leonard Cohen snagged the biggest Juno of his career — and then Alanis Morissette was here to remind us she still knows exactly how to steal a show.

The 40-year-old Morissette was ushered into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and closed the show Sunday at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre with a powerful medley of Uninvited, You Oughta Know and Thank You that melted a grateful Steeltown audience.

“I am deeply appreciative of this country,” she said calmly after a standing ovation. “A lot of people around the planet ask me what is about you Canadians that make you so expressed and so compelling.

“And I say, ’There’s definitely something in the water other than fluoride.”’

Morissette’s serene presence steadied another breathlessly efficient show in which several decorated artists could stake rightful claim to the status as the year’s most distinguished victor.

There was the absent Cohen, Montreal’s bard of blackness whose gold-certified Popular Problems took the evening’s top prize for album of the year, thus giving him six career Junos and continuing his unlikely late-career creative renaissance.

Or perhaps the year’s crown jewel was Calgary’s Kiesza, winner of her first three career Junos after her irrepressible one-take, Brooklyn-shot video for Hideaway— a throaty ode to ’90s house — catapulted her to unlikely worldwide success.

Before she claimed her award for breakthrough artist of the year, she even took a moment seemingly offering support to 16-year-old fellow nominee Shawn Mendes (backstage, she called him “such a sweetheart” and testified that he was a deserving winner: “That kid did it all on his own.”)

“I’m shaking. I’m a little nervous,” she said as she accepted her award. “Thank you to all my fans ... thank you for all the support this past year — it hasn’t been a full year yet, which is crazy.”

The Junos also proved to be believers in Magic!, the evening’s leading nominees whose reggae-redolent smash Rude landed the Toronto quartet awards for single of the year and breakthrough group of the year. They performed the song too — married as it was to new single No Way No — and frontman Nasri Atweh was air-conditioner breezy both while singing and speechifying.

“We really didn’t think that ’Rude’ would become

a big hit around the world and we’re very thankful that it’s a hit in our own country, in Canada,” said Atweh calmly, flanked by his bandmates, identically clad in two-tone suits.

Magic! and Kiesza weren’t the only Juno newcomers to make their presence felt.

Although Toronto’s the Weeknd (the moniker for master of grim seduction Abel Tesfaye) had won two awards in prior years, he performed for the first time — crooning his pitch-black 50 Shades of Grey tune Earned It on a dimly lit stage, illuminated by spare lightbulbs — and claimed the biggest Juno of his career for artist of the year, in addition to R&B/ soul recording of the year.

The typically publicity-averse 25-year-old allowed his speaking voice a rare cameo when he accepted the show-closing award.

“Um, I’d like to thank the Junos of course,” he said, checking the mic to make sure it was on. “I want to thank Canada man, thank you guys. I wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you.”

And in performances, Mendes put in a winsome acoustic performance of Life of the Party, electro-pop songwriter Lights teamed with Sam Roberts to flash through her Up We Go and his We’re All In This Together and mega-popular dance producer Deadmau5 and Colleen D’Agostino powered through a funky, laser-focused (and enhanced) Seeya.

And Kiesza briefly opted for minimalist elegance on her powerfully sung piano ballad Sound of a Woman before exploding into Hideaway and the fleet-footed fury for which we all pined, leap-frogging dancers and all. Hamilton’s own Arkells, meanwhile, were boosted by both the comfort of home-court advantage and the swell of the National Academy Orchestra of Canada. They performed Come to Light, appropriate since they were basking in the glow of winning rock album of the year and group of the year.

“This is an embarrassment of riches,” marvelled frontman Max Kerman. “We feel so lucky to be in this category with some of my favourite bands. I covered a Sam Roberts song when I was in Grade 12 and to be in his company is always an honour.

“Our first show was about 10 minutes away from here at McMaster University,” he added, pausing as the crowd roared. “Our second show was at the Casbah about two blocks away — that was very cool.

“And to be here on this stage is, yeah, totally overwhelming.”

Host Jacob Hoggard opened the show with a brisk comedy bit featuring taped contributions from Michael Buble, the Trailer Park Boys and even Prime Minister Stephen Harper before he and his Hedley bandmates strutted through Anything backed by a drum squad and a hail of sparking pyro.

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Disney’s recent streak continued over the weekend with the $70.1 million North American debut of its traditional, sumptuously costumed fairy tale adaptation Cinderella, according to studio estimates Sunday. Interest in the film, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James of Downton Abbey, was boosted by a Frozen short, Frozen Fever, that played before the feature.

Disney’s box-office surge has been propelled partly by the so-called “halo effect” of “Frozen,” a sequel to which Disney announced last week. But it’s also been driven by the appeal of seeing Disney cartoon classics turned into live-action fantasies. Cinderella follows previous live-action hits like Maleficent (whose May 2014 debut of $69.4 million Cinderella narrowly bested) and Alice in Wonderland.

The holiday release Into the Woods, from the Stephen Sondheim musical, added to the live-action trend, and many more are on the way. The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast and Dumbo are all coming in live action, as is a sequel to Alice in Wonderland.

Disney has also found big profits in capitalizing on female moviegoers, who made up the largest chunk of Frozen and Malificent fans. The audience for Cinderella was 66 per cent female, Disney said.

“There is seemingly a lot of appetite for these stories to be told, I think, in part because many of them have a female protagonist and we’ve seen there’s significant box-office success that can come by featuring female-driven stories,” said Dave Hollis, head of distribution at Disney.

Frozen Fever was certainly part of why we’re seeing the kind of success that we did this weekend,“ Hollis said. ”In and of itself, Cinderella is absolutely a great stand-alone experience.

But it ends up being a one-plus-one-equals-three thing for the consumer.“ The success of Cinderella, which cost about $95 million to make, was international. It made $62.4 million overseas, including $25 million in China.

Disney could also celebrate Big Hero 6 becoming the top-grossing worldwide animated release of 2014; the Oscar-winner has made $633 million globally.

With Disney’s high-priced but lucrative ownership of Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar, the studio will be flexing its strength throughout 2015 with releases like The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Inside Out and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

“Disney is just a well-oiled machine that is firing on all cylinders right now,” says Paul Dergarbedian, senior media analyst for box-office data firm Rentrak.

“It’s about this Disney umbrella which encompasses these incredible crown jewel brands they have. ’Cinderella’ is just the latest example.”

While Disney was flexing its might, the powers of another box-office force, Liam Neeson, were checked. Neeson’s latest thriller, Run All Night, a New York crime saga co-starring Ed Harris, opened with $11 million for Warner Bros.

The film’s poor performance marks the weakest debut for the Taken star as an action film lead. Dergarbedian noted Neeson’s appeal is strongest in PG13 rated films (all three Taken films, Non-Stop), while weaker in R-rated releases like Run All Night and last year’s A Walk Among the Tombstones.

Last week’s top film, the sci-fi thriller Chappie, from District 9 director Neil Blomkamp, slid to fifth with $5.8 million for Sony Pictures.

In limited release, the critically acclaimed independent horror film It Follows earned a robust $163,000 on just four screens.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak.

Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.

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SAUNDERS Neil Alexander Oct 24,1941-2015 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Neil Saunders on March 13, 2015. Neil passed away at the Red Deer Hospice surrounded by his family at the age of 73. He was born and raised in Innisfail, Alberta.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Dorothy, daughters Tania and Shannon Saunders and Andrea McLean (Gary), Grandchildren Taylor, Levi Amundson and Alex and Faith McLean. Brother Allen Saunders (Eleanor), sisters Pat Marshall, Bonnie Cummins (Brian) and numerous nieces and nephews, special friends Shawn and Peggy Leonard.

He was predeceased by his parents, Lester and Christine Saunders and brother-in law, Greg Marshall. He was a handy man who enjoyed woodworking and fixing small machinery. We will miss his witty humor and smile. Family and friends are welcomed to an open house at 117 Lampard Crescent, Red Deer from 1:00 to 5:00 pm on March 18. Please come at your convenience during those hours in casual wear.

A sincere thank you to the staff of the Red Deer Hospice.

They were of great comfort to both Neil and family during his final days. Also, thanks to the staff at unit 32 at RDRH, Dr. Peter Bouch, Dr Jacqueline Baker and staff at Sunset manor in Innisfail. In Lieu of flowers, donations to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Drive, Red Deer, T4R 3S6 would be greatly appreciated.

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca

MISLAN Dawna Dawna Mislan passed away peacefully in the embrace of her children, grandchildren and family on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

Dawna will be missed by her son, Ryan Mislan of Calgary; her daughter Briana Mislan (Joe D’Arcey) and their children, Bristol and Arlington of Revelstoke, BC as well as by her extended family. She was predeceased by her soulmate, Bud Kaughman in 2012. Dawna was born in Calgary where she grew into a passionate and motivated woman. She graduated as an RN in 1974 from Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton. Dawna pursued nursing and quickly evolved her career to focus on Occupational Health and Safety. She worked tirelessly on the development of health, safety, education and environmental programs. Dawna was incredibly dedicated to her work and over the years her devotion was recognized with many awards and citations. Dawna said that her vocation provided the opportunity to make a difference by using her education, experience; skills and abilities to contribute to the community. In 1986 Dawna and Bud moved to Red Deer, where they immediately began working to make their dreams a reality. They built a home in the country, raised horses, traveled and experienced every moment they could in the mountains. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta. The family wish to extend their deepest gratitude to the nurses and staff Unit 32, for their excellent care and attention. In Dawna’s memory a tree will be planted in the mountains that she and Bud loved so much. In lieu of flowers, memorial In Memoriam donations in Dawna’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Red Cross, the Salvation Army or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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Dawnine (DJ) Jackson June 14, 1967 - March 16, 2011

VELJI Karim Velji passed away on March 11, 2015 at his home in Red Deer. He was 66 years old, and although his passing was expected, it came too soon and suddenly, and we are profoundly saddened by our loss. Karim was a loving father, grandfather, friend, journey man mechanic and handy man who touched the hearts of everyone that had the pleasure of knowing him.

Karim was born in Tanzania and moved to Canada in 1975, eventually settling in Red Deer in 1982. He quickly became an integral part of the local Ismaili community and his volunteer work toward the operations and management of the community center was, in our eyes, the epitome of selfless commitment to the betterment of others. Equally, his loyalty and commitment to hard work set him apart as a valued and respected employee during his long employment with Truck Town, Carnival Cinemas and Park Plaza. He is survived by his loving wife, Shabnam, son Faisal (Jamie), daughter Neelufaur (aka Neela) and grandson Zane. He is also survived by three brothers and many nieces and nephews. Although Karim is at peace, he has left a major void in all our hearts, and all who knew him will miss him dearly. If desired, donations in his honor may be made to the Aga Khan Foundation Canada www.akfc.ca or the Red Deer Cancer Society.

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China the third-biggest arms exporter OVERTAKES GERMANY TO CLAIM THE SPOT Chinese sales included those of armoured vehicles and transport and trainer aircraft to Venezuela, three frigates to Algeria, anti-ship missiles to Indonesia and unmanned combat aerial vehicles, or drones, to Nigeria, which is battling the Boko Haram insurgency in its north.

China’s comparative advantages include its low prices, easy financing and friendliness toward authoritarian governments, said Philip Saunders, director of the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the U.S. National Defence University.

“Generally speaking, China offers medium quality weapons systems at affordable prices, a combination attractive to cash-strapped militaries in South Asia, Africa and Latin America,” Saunders said.

Notable successes include a co-production deal with Pakistan to produce the JF-17 fighter, widespread sales of the basic but effective C-802 anti-ship cruise missile, and an agreement to sell the HQ-9 air defence missile system to Turkey that has run into controversy over its incompatibility with NATO weapons systems.

China also has exploited niche markets such as North Korea and Iran that the West won’t sell to, emphasizing its attractiveness to impoverished countries and pariah states, said Ian Easton, research fellow at The Project 2049 Institute, an Arlington, Virginia-based Asian security think-tank .

Both those U.S. foes appear to have received satellite jamming and cyber warfare capabilities from China, along with technologies to break into private communications and spy on government opponents,

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 per cent of the market remains small compared to the combined 58 per cent of exports from the U.S. and Russia, a new study says.

China’s share of the global arms market rose 143 per cent during the years from 2010-2014, a period during which the total volume of global arms transfers rose by 16 per cent over the previous five years, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report released Monday.

Its share of the world market was up from 3 per cent in the 2009-2014 period, when China was ranked ninth among exporters of warplanes, ships, side arms and other weaponry, said the institute, known as SIPRI. The data show the growing strength of China’s domestic arms industry, now producing fourth-generation fighter jets, navy frigates and a wide-range of relatively cheap, simple and reliable smaller weapons used in conflicts around the globe.

China had long been a major importer of weapons, mainly from Russia and Ukraine, but its soaring economy and the copying of foreign technology has largely reversed the trend, except for the most cutting-edge designs and sophisticated parts such as aircraft engines.

China supplies weapons to 35 countries, led by Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, SIPRI said.

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Easton said.

“All of these sales should be very disconcerting to American policymakers and military leaders,” he said, calling China’s rise to the third-place spot among exporters a “disturbing development” that could threaten the security of the U.S. and its allies.

China also offers leading-edge drone technology at competitive prices. One model, known variously as the Yilong, Wing Loong or Pterodactyl, has become especially popular with foreign buyers, although Chinese secrecy surrounding such sales makes it difficult to know how many are in service and where.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV quoted retired People’s Liberation Army Gen. Xu Guangyu saying at an air show two years ago that the unmanned aircraft, which can be armed with two guided missiles, would cost only about $1 million each. That is about 10 to 20 per cent of the price of a comparable U.S. model such as the MQ-1 Predator. Rumored buyers include the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. However, China’s incremental growth and the yawning gap with industry leaders America and Russia show the limitations of its aspirations.

The U.S. retained a 31 per cent share of the global arms market, exporting to at least 94 recipients, SIPRI said. Countries in Asia and Oceania took 48 per cent of U.S. exports, followed by the Middle East with 32 per cent and Europe at 11 per cent, it said.

Russia was second with a 27 per cent global share, 39 per cent of which went to India — the world’s largest arms importer overall. China took 11 per cent of Russia’s exports, followed by Algeria.

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MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015

Hundreds of thousands march in Brazil DEMAND PRESIDENT’S OUSTER AND AN END TO CORRUPTION

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO — Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians marched peacefully Sunday in over 50 cities around the country to demand President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment and to criticize government corruption.

The biggest protests were in Sao Paulo, an opposition stronghold where hundreds of thousands gathered on a main avenue, as well as in the capital city of Brasilia and in Rio de Janeiro.

Dozens of cities saw demonstrations gathering together a few thousand people each. According to the website of the Globo TV network, Brazil’s largest, the total number in the streets across Brazil was over 300,000 people, based on local police estimates.

“We are here to express our indignation with the government-sponsored corruption and thieving and to demand Dilma’s impeachment,” said Andre Menezes, 35, protesting with hundreds of thousands on Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo.

“She may have not been directly involved in the corruption at Petrobras, but she certainly knew about it, and for me that makes her just as guilty and justifies her ouster,” he added.

In Rio, police estimated 15,000 people marched along the golden sands of Copacabana beach, where they waved Brazilian flags and many openly called for a military coup to dissolve the government.

“I don’t want my country to turn into a Venezuela, we don’t want an authoritarian government!” said Marlon Aymes, 35, helping carry a 20-foot long banner that read in English: “Army, Navy and Air Force. Please Save Us Once Again of Communism.”

“We want the military to dissolve Congress and call new elections, because the level of corruption is too widespread to do anything else,” Aymes added.

Much protester ire was focused on a kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras, which prosecutors call the biggest corruption scheme ever uncovered in Brazil. At least $800 million was paid in bribes and other funds by the nation’s biggest construction and engineering firms in exchange for inflated Petrobras contracts.

Top executives are already in jail and the attorney general is investigating dozens of top congressmen, along with current and former members of the executive branch, for alleged connections to the scheme that apparently began in 1997 before Rousseff’s party took power in 2003. Rousseff, a former chairwoman of Petrobras’ board, has not been implicated and so far is not being investigated, though top officials

from her administration, including two former chiefs of staff, are caught up in the inquiry.

The marches add pressure on Rousseff, whose poll ratings have never been lower and who is facing duel economic and political crises. But the protests are significantly different than anti-government demonstrations in 2013. Those earlier protests cut across political, social and economic lines, and were a widespread expression of frustration with poor public services like health care and transportation, as well as a cry against government corruption.

Sunday’s protests, largely organized by ad-hoc right-leaning groups over social media, appeared far more politically focused, and demonstrators came from social classes that voted against Rousseff in her narrow re-election in October.

Despite their partisan nature, the mass marches are another thorn in Rousseff’s side. They also add impetus to opposition efforts to thwart measures she backs in Congress, where even those in the ruling Workers’ Party coalition are creating hurdles as she tries to push through austerity measures.

Brazilian growth has been weak since Rousseff took office in 2011. The country likely entered a recession in 2014 and most economists surveyed by the Central Bank forecast negative growth for this year. Inflation is rising and the local currency has plummeted against the dollar in recent weeks, making life more expensive in a nation with a surprisingly high cost of living and one of the world’s heaviest tax burdens.

Still, Brazil’s top opposition political figures, including a former president and the top candidates who ran against Rousseff in last year’s election, say impeachment is undesirable, because the president isn’t accused of any connection to the Petrobras scandal, and because it could affect Brazil’s stability.

Pedro Arruda, a political scientist at the Pontifical Catholic University in Sao Paulo, said demonstrators have the right to demand Rousseff’s ouster, “but the impeachment they ... demand has no legal foot to stand on.”

“The accumulated feelings of frustration, disappointment and discontent will fuel the demonstrations, but cannot be used to justify calls for her impeachment,” Arruda said.

At Copacabana beach, protester Sheila Alcantara said she was angry she had to recently close a restaurant she owned because of rapidly rising prices for electricity and food.

“Never in my life have I heard of so much corruption, of so much money

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Demonstrators march along Paulista Avenue to demand the impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, March 15, 2015.

Much protester ire was focused on a kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras, which prosecutors call the biggest corruption scheme ever uncovered in Brazil. lost,” she said. “A military intervention is the only way to clean the gov-

ernment, the executive branch cabinet, the Congress. They’re all bribed off.”

Saddam’s tomb suffers damage from skirmishes ISLAMIC STATE AND IRAQI FORCES CLASH FOR CONTROL OVER TIKRIT lamic State group, making it impossible for residents to return. Tikrit has already been heavily damaged in months of violence.

A satellite image of Tikrit, released last month by the United Nations, observed that at least 536 buildings in the city have been affected by the fighting, with at least 137 completely destroyed and 241 severely damaged.

Local Sunni tribal fighters have formed uneasy alliances with the Iraqi army and Shiite militias in the battle for Tikrit, which Iraqi and U.S. officials believe is essential for defeating the Sunni militant group.

Yazan al-Jubouri, a Sunni from Tikrit fighting alongside the Shiite militias, said that the Islamic State militants killed 16 of his relatives and kept his family living in horror.

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OUJA, Iraq — The tomb of Iraq’s late dictator Saddam Hussein was virtually levelled in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State group and Iraqi forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit.

Fighting intensified to the north and south of Saddam Hussein’s hometown Sunday as Iraqi security forces vowed to reach the centre of Tikrit within 48 hours. Associated Press video from the village of Ouja, just south of Tikrit, shows all that remains of Hussein’s once-lavish tomb are the support columns that held up the roof.

Poster-sized pictures of the late Sunni dictator, which once covered the mausoleum, are now nowhere to be seen amid the mountains of concrete rubble. Instead, Shiite militia flags and photos of militia leaders mark the predominantly Sunni village, including that of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the powerful Iranian general advising Iraqi Shiite militias on the battlefield.

“This is one of the areas where IS militants massed the most because Saddam’s grave is here,” said Captain Yasser Nu’ma, an official with the Shiite militias, formerly known as the Popular Mobilization Forces. “The IS militants’ set an ambush for us by planting bombs around” the tomb.

The extremist Islamic State group has controlled Tikrit since June, when it waged its lightning offensive that saw Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, come under their control. The Islamic State was helped in its conquest of northern Iraq by Saddam loyalists, including military veterans, who appealed to Sunnis who felt victimized by Baghdad’s Shiitedominated government.

The Islamic State group claimed in August that Saddam’s tomb had been completely destroyed, but local officials said it was just ransacked and burned, but suffered only minor damage.

Saddam’s body has been kept in the mausoleum in his birthplace, Ouja, since 2007. The complex featured a marble octagon at the centre

of which a bed of fresh flowers covered the place where his body was buried. The extravagant chandelier at its centre was reminiscent of the extravagant life he led until U.S. forces toppled him in 2003.

Iraqi media reported last year that Saddam’s body was removed by loyalists amid fears that it would be disturbed in the fighting. The body’s location is not known.

Recapturing Tikrit, a Sunni bastion on the Tigris River, would pave the way for an assault on Mosul, which U.S. officials have said could come as soon as next month.

Concerns are mounting that Iraq’s Shiite militias, of which an estimated 20,000 are fighting in Tikrit, will carry out revenge attacks on this and other areas that are home to predominantly Sunni residents.

Amnesty International last year said the militias wear military uniforms but operate outside any legal framework and without any official oversight, adding that they are not prosecuted for their crimes. Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch echoed those concerns, calling on the Iraqi government to protect civilians in Tikrit and allow them to flee combat zones.

Its statement noted “numerous atrocities” against Sunni civilians by pro-government militias and security forces.

Shiite militants are increasingly being accused of levelling the Sunni towns they capture from the Is-

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D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, March 16, 2015 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

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1843 — James Douglas starts construction of Fort Camosun (Victoria); it is the first Hudson’s Bay Company post on Vancouver Island.

1990 — Federal Transport Minister Doug Lewis announces random drug and alcohol testing for workers in safety-sensitive jobs; up to 250,000 workers in air, rail, ship, bus and trucking companies are affected.

1855 — The Militia Act is passed. It constitutes all males between the ages of 18 and 60 as military forces of Canada; all men under 40 to be mustered once a year.

1649 — A war party of 1,000 Iroquois invade Huronia, capturing St-Ignace before sunrise. They will destroy all the villages and Jesuit missions in the area.

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‘Personalization of death’ URN ARTISTS MAKING VESSELS THAT STAND OUT ... IN A GOOD WAY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS APEX, N.C. — Of all the pieces Julie Moore crafts in her home studio, the most popular is a brightly colored fabric vessel she calls “the party jar.”

But in this case, the guest of honour is inside the jar.

“People that are vivacious and celebrate life — this one is what they really like,” she says, lifting the ornately woven lid from the urn. “I want it to be a piece of art that they look at and they don’t think, ’Oh. That’s Dad’s ashes.”’

Cremations in the United States have tripled since 1985, accounting for about 44 per cent of all “dispositions,” according to the Cremation Association of North America. With families becoming increasingly transient, the organization expects that to grow to 55 per cent over the next decade.

And as cremations soar, more people are looking for urns that, well, don’t look like urns.

“At least one in five Americans have an urn in their house,” says Robin Simonton, executive director of Raleigh’s historic Oakwood Cemetery. “And if you’re going to put someone on your mantle, you want them to look nice.”

On April 19, Oakwood is hosting its first Urn Art & Garden Faire — a juried competition that’s drawn entries from across the country. Although the idea of a national urn contest has raised some eyebrows, Simonton thinks it’s an appropriate way to recognize this trend in “the personalization of death.”

Some have taken it to an extreme.

Foreverence, a funeral products company in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, uses 3-D printing to allow customers to design urns in the shape of a favourite musical instrument or car, and to even create a lifelike bust of the deceased.

For the family of Devo guitarist Bob Casale, the company created an urn shaped like “The Energy Dome” — the synth pop/new wave band’s iconic tiered hat.

Oakwood has received more than two dozen entries, made of everything from wood, ceramic and fabric to North Carolina longleaf pine needles.

The farthest submission is from Wyoming. Crafted of tooled leather, it features an American Indian brave, slumped in the saddle, and the words: “A horse we all must ride someday.”

Jason Van Duyn began making urns a couple of years ago after reading an article about a woodworker who volunteered his time to make containers for veterans whose remains were coming home in cardboard boxes.

He looked at what was out there on the market and wasn’t impressed.

The Raleigh woodturner works almost exclusively with trees that have died naturally, going where the wood’s grain and imperfections take him.

His urns range in price from $300 for a 70-cubic-inch piece made from a black cherry stump to $5,200 for a 450-cubic-inch red maple burl “companion” urn.

“It’s kind of on par with somebody who would get a really nice casket,” says Van Duyn, who works out of his garage. “So it’s something that the owner would be happy to have on display

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this photo, one of Jason Van Duyn’s finished funerary urns sit on a work bench in his Raleigh, N.C., studio. He is one of about two dozen artists who’ve entered pieces in next month’s urn show at Raleigh’s historic Oakwood Cemetery and that they can feel proud of and they can feel good about their loved ones being in.”

Moore got into funerary art through her own interest in “green burial.”

She started with shrouds, pillows and quilts to be placed in simple pine boxes; the urns seemed a natural progression.

Often, the family will send her items of the deceased’s clothing. She recently made an urn out of T-shirts from a teenage boy who’d committed suicide.

“It made a very pretty urn,” she says.

“And it was the colours of HIS life.”

Each comes with a tightly woven

sateen drawstring bag that can be buried or used to scatter the ashes, Moore says. Urns intended for burial are made entirely of organic, biodegradable materials.

Moore began showing her pieces about two years ago. Sometimes, her conceit is a bit too effective.

“I had one woman who was holding it and, ’Oh, it’s so pretty. It’s beautiful. What do you put in here?’ And I said, ’Well, actually, you put cremains in there. It’s for ashes,”’ Moore says with a grin. “She dropped it and ran as if she’d, like, touched death or something.”

Raleigh resident Norma Marti bought her own party jar about two years ago.

“I turned 60 that year, and so that last quarter century of life was looming,” she says.

“I thought, ’Well, that’s really cool.’

And I can actually display it as art — until it’s needed.”

When guests ask about the piece in her family room bookcase, she doesn’t tell them it’s a funerary urn. But her children know what it’s for.

“When the time comes,” she says with a chuckle, “then hopefully I’ll be able to fit into it.”

Health Canada tweaks guidelines on radiofrequency exposure OTTAWA — Health Canada says input from the public has led it to make a few tweaks to guidelines on radiofrequency exposure.

The agency revised the guidelines, dubbed Safety Code 6, last April after reviewing scientific research on the effects of radio waves emitted by cellphones, Wi-Fi and other popular wireless technologies.

A panel with the Royal Society of Canada signed off on the proposed new guidelines, saying only that Health Canada should pursue research into possible links between radiofrequency wave exposure and cases of cancer.

Health Canada also launched a twomonth consultation process during which members of the public could offer comments on the scientific aspects of Safety Code 6.

“The updated code includes slightly more restrictive reference levels in some frequency ranges to ensure even larger safety margins to protect all Canadians, including newborn infants and children,” Health Canada said in a statement.

NEWS IN BRIEF

With Ebola waning, attention turns to children left unvaccinated against measles WASHINGTON — With Ebola finally waning, researchers say hard-hit West Africa faces another threat: The possibility of large outbreaks of measles and other vaccine-preventable illnesses.

Ebola derailed child immuniza-

Health Canada said public input prompted it to revisit its guidelines for low frequency magnetic field reference levels, which some suggested were too restrictive. Health Canada said it has eased those guidelines.

Some advocacy groups, such as Canadians for Safe Technology, felt the draft regulations weren’t rigorous enough and ignored some recent scientific literature.

Health Canada refuted those claims.

“It is important to note that when thousands of research studies are conducted on any test agent (e.g. radiofrequency fields), statistical chance dictates that a small number of studies (even if conducted properly) will demonstrate a ’false positive’ or ’false negative’ result,” Health Canada said in its summary of findings from the public consultation.

“While some studies have reported biological effects or adverse health effects of radiofrequency fields at levels below the limits in Safety Code 6, these studies only form part of the dataset and do not represent the prevailing line of scientific evidence in these respective areas.”

tions in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Research published Thursday says that means hundreds of thousands more children are vulnerable to infections like measles than before the most recent Ebola epidemic. The researchers estimated that thousands could die if a large enough measles outbreak were to strike the devastated region before its health system is ready to handle more strain.

The study is based on math models, with no way to really predict the risk of a post-Ebola outbreak. Still, clusters of measles cases have been reported recently in the three countries, and health groups are planning mass vaccination campaigns this spring.

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Hoping to create the first tobacco-free generation Dear Annie: My grandmother picked up her first cigarette when she was 11, beginning an addiction that ultimately would take her life. Her story is unfortunately common.

I became a tobacco control advocate to spread the message that tobacco is harmful.

I don’t want to see people’s lives or dreams destroyed by these products.

I am confident that we can create the first tobacco-free MITCHELL generation. It may sound far& SUGAR fetched, but I believe we are within reach of a day when tobacco doesn’t sicken people anymore.

Tobacco kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, the vast majority of whom started smoking as kids. The tobacco industry aggressively markets their products to kids with flashy ads and sweet flavors. Tobacco industry documents reveal they have long targeted kids as “replacement smokers” for the people killed by their products each year.

Enough is enough. Kids are taking a stand against Big Tobacco to say they are not a “replacement,” and they will not let tobacco use take over their lives.

Young people are posting selfies on social media at #NotAReplacement to say they will not be fooled by the tobacco industry’s tactics.

March 18 is Kick Butts Day, a national day of activism sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco. Please urge your readers to visit kickbuttsday.org to learn more about what is being done in their communities to reduce tobacco use and how they can help. — Magi Linscott, age 19, Harrisonburg, Va. Dear Magi Linscott: Our condolences on the loss of your grandmother. So many people still are not aware of the long-term dangers of smoking when they pick up that first cigarette. Thanks to you, we hope our readers will visit kickbuttsday.org to see how they can help.

Dear Annie: I have read letters from parents of ungrateful adult children and always thought, “How sad.” Now I know exactly how they feel.

My husband and I just celebrated 50 years of marriage. It has not been the happiest of marriages, but we love and respect each other, and he is my best friend.

We have three children. One sent us a frame that said “50th Anniversary” on it. He bought it online, and the enclosed slip wished us a happy anniversary. Another child gave us a large gift certificate at Christmas with the understanding that it would also be for our anniversary. Our youngest totally ignored the occasion.

We have always been generous with our time, talent and treasure to these “kids” and especially our grandchildren. I have so many mixed emotions running through my heart and mind. I have ignored so much in the past, but this just tipped me over the edge. Should I let them know? — Only Desire Acknowledgement Dear Only: Yes. When you say it has not been the “happiest of marriages,” perhaps your children don’t feel this is truly a celebration — for you or for them.

Even so, a 50th is a major milestone and should be acknowledged. Let the kids know that their detached response was disappointing, and tell them how much it would have meant to have received a phone call or personal card. We hope they do better.

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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This red-breasted sapsucker hangs out on a poplar tree hoping to find a meal by drilling a hole in an effort to find sap and insects attracted to the sap. The bird is recognized by its beautiful red neck and breed from southeastern Alaska to California. aspirations for the future, But don’t let them tempt you with generous offers that have no basis in reality. Keep things practical.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Home is where the heart is toMonday, March 16 day. Being a team player brings more rewards than CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: striking out on your own. But don’t assume you know Isabelle Huppert 62; Paul Schneider 39; Jerry what a colleague or loved one is really thinking.

Lewis 89 SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let the fear THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Capricorn of not having enough resources stop you from doing Moon favours tackling work projects and tying something you really love. A disciplined approach up loose ends. will transform the financial picture, but you’ll have to HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Happy birthday Pibe patient. sces! Energetic and creative, you like to be in SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): With the control of situations. 2015 is the year to comMoon and Pluto firing up your finance zone, let’s bine being dynamic with being diplomatic. hope you’ve got your spending spree tendencies ARIES (March 21-April 19): The more under control! It’s time to replace short-term whims impulsive and hasty you are, the more disapwith long-term strategies. pointing the day will be. Short-cuts will get you JOANNE CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re at your nowhere fast. The stars urge you to be physifastidious best — and fussy worst — today CapriMADELEINE cally organized and mentally disciplined. corn, as the stars push your “perfection” button. By MOORE’ TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may be all means do things well, but don’t be too obsessive inclined to pessimistic thinking today Taurus in the process. but don’t let it bother you, as it’s a passing AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Have you been phase. Just roll up your sleeves, put your burning the candle at both ends? You’ve got a lot on head down and get on with the job at hand.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gung-ho Gemini — you tend your plate but try to put aside some special “me time” today to scatter your quicksilver energy all over the place. Today’s Aquarius. Solitude is soul food for you at the moment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your involvement with a earthy Capricorn Moon will help you knuckle down and tackle group, club or organization has others looking to you for extra tasks without being side-tracked.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): With disciplined Saturn mov- inspiration. Don’t walk around in a daze though — you need to ing through your wellbeing zone, focus fully on your health, clarify your goals for the future.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated diet and fitness. No excuses Crabs — put down the chocolate astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the cake, get off the couch and get moving!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When it comes to a child or Advocate. teenager, you may have to lay down the law today Leo. Communicate your expectations clearly and decisively, and then give them the space to complete the task.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Make sure you include family and friends in your plans and

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