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Profiting off seniors?

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Public Interest Alberta wants to know why companies that will be operating seniors care facilities in Red Deer will make a profit from their contracts with Alberta Health Services.

Bill Moore Kilgannon, PIA executive director, said documents obtained through the freedom of information act show Christenson Communities will make $62,000 annually and Points West Living will make $57,000 to care for seniors.

“If you look at the regulations in Ontario, they don’t allow companies to make money off the care

contracts. In Alberta — it’s right here in these applications — they don’t seem to mind there’s a profit being made off the AHS contracts,” Kilgannon said.

The 30-year contracts are renewed every five years so imagine the negotiation power of these companies, he said.

“What is the government going to say if Christenson or Points West says we really need a lot more money on this contract or we’ll convert these all to private homes.”

In 2013, Christenson received a $4.7 million Affordable Supportive Living Initiative (ASLI) grant to build a facility with 60 continuing care beds to be provided to seniors at government established rates.

Those beds will be part of the 122-unit facility Tim-

berstone Mews currently under construction.

At the same time, Points West Living received a $5.5 million ASLI grant to build a facility with 60 continuing care beds that will be part of its 139-unit project under construction on Taylor Drive.

Moore Kilgannon said thanks to taxpayers dollars, Christenson projected a 29 per cent annual rate of return on the 60 beds and Points West Living was looking at a 25 per cent profit.

He said annual profits for Christenson will be $5,731 per bed taking into account the grant and AHS contract. Points West Living will make $5,483 per bed.

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FLEXING THEIR SKILLS

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Grade 6 student Ethan Lequyere bangs a nail into his tool box project while Grade 8 student Shelby O’Donnell paints her step stool during a flex session at West Park Middle School on Wednesday. During Flex classes students at the school take the afternoon to pursue a variety of class options. Some students can use the time to get additional help with core subjects while others can use the time to do some fitness, learn to play guitar, scrapbook, do some silent reading, participate in a dance class and many other options offered by the staff.

Three Central Alberta municipalities are putting together a financing deal to kick-start a regional sewage project.

Lacombe city council agreed on Monday to back a little over $1 million of the nearly $3 million cost of undertaking detailed design work and a land acquisition strategy for the sewer line that would run from Red Deer through Blackfalds to Lacombe.

On Tuesday, Blackfalds town council approved a similar a similar deal worth $1.45 million.

There is urgency to get the $40-million project rolling because both Blackfalds and Lacombe’s sewage treatment systems are at the limits of their capacity and the population continues to grow.

Getting the new sewer line “shovel-ready” is seen as a critical step to lining up the necessary support from the province and, possibly, federal government.

“Ultimately, Blackfalds and Lacombe need a solution. We need a long-term solution for wastewater,” said Blackfalds Mayor Melodie Stol on Wednesday.

“And we need a decision that does the right thing for the Red Deer River as well.”

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GPS technology used to keep tabs on dementia patients

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The profile of a Red Deer technology company is being enhanced by a study into the use electronic devices to monitor people with dementia and other cognitive impairments.

SafeTracks GPS Canada Inc. supplied the GPS (global positioning system) equipment for the Locator Device Project, a trial being headed by Alberta Health Services and the University of Alberta. It involves 40 participants in Calgary and Grande Prairie who have been equipped with GPS tracking devices.

Some are wearing a cellphone-like unit called an ST200 PRIME; others have a TRiLOC GPS Locator watch, and the rest have electronic GPS SmartSoles in their shoes — all provided by SafeTracks. If they wander out of a designated area, their caregivers are alerted by email and text.

All three units will indicate the precise location of their wearers, and the ST200 PRIME and TRiLOC GPS Locator allow for two-way verbal communication.

Bob Aloisio, SafeTracks co-founder and vice-president, added that the T200 PRIME and TRiLOC GPS Locator also enable their users to summon help — similar to the popular Lifeline medical alert system that many seniors use in their homes.

“A senior can essentially take that same proven technology anywhere,” said Aloisio.

“Instead of being 400 feet from the house and it not working, now they can go into Walmart or the Le-

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SafeTracks GPS Canada co-founder Bob Aloisio displays a GPS SmartSoles insert, similar to the ones his company provided for an Alberta study into the use of GPS devices to track dementia patients. gion, hit the button and get the same type of service that they were getting before.”

Tracy Raadik-Ruptash, the project lead with Alberta Health Services, said the trial was undertaken to help people with cognitive impairments remain

at home, and make it easier for their caregivers to monitor them.

“We have a growing number of people in the community who are dealing with dementia because of the aging population, so it’s a pressing issue for people who want to stay at home as long as possible and for family who want to try to support their loved ones and their wishes to be safe and independent in the community for as long as possible.”

Information provided by Alberta Health Services indicated that more than 40,000 Albertans are affected by dementia, and about three out of every five seniors with dementia who live in the community wander. The number of Alberta seniors with dementia is expected to exceed 100,000 by 2038.

Raadik-Ruptash said the study, which began nearly a year ago, also involves her department’s Home Care Program, Emergency Medical Services, Alzheimers organizations in Alberta and police services, among others. Early feedback has been positive, she said, with caregivers saying the devices give them some peace of mind.

“There’s definitely that stress release that they feel from the use of this technology.”

It’s too soon to say how Alberta Health Services might respond to the study, said Raadik-Ruptash.

“We’ll consider the results and see if there’s a role for this technology in the provision of health care services,” she said, adding that Alberta Health Services wants to educate the public about the opportunities that exist with GPS monitoring.

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Westerner Park wants new events

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Westerner Park will be looking to attract some new events in the lead up to the 2016 Memorial Cup, says its new general manager Darrell Komick.

“We are an evolving organization that’s going to be 125 years old in 2016. We need to keep current with direction and focus,” said Komick at the Westerner’s annual general meeting held on Wednesday.

“We’re going to be focused Darrell Komick on delivering certain key priorities for us. Music is one area, enhancing Westerner Days is another, creating opportunities for business to do business at Westerner Park, and to be that place that our partners and community people can come meet, share an experience.”

Komick, who is also the Westerner’s CEO, said it’s all about being relevant for the community and creating a place and a culture that allows business and people to prosper.

“We’re here for the long term so we want to work with the community and evolve as the community evolves.”

Westerner Park is Central Alberta’s largest trade show, agricultural, sports, entertainment and convention facility.

The centre has 50 full-time staff and 150 volunteers and generates $150 million in economic activity through the hosting of more than 1,500 events each year. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

CARE: Over $2 million According to the documents, Christenson’s sixyear profit projection was over $2 million.

“Since ALSI came into being in 2007, there has been a total of 3,780 spaces funded by the provincial government for corporations. If they are all averaging what we have here, $5,500 bed in profits, that’s over $20 million a year going into corporate profits rather than providing important care for seniors.”

Meanwhile, there are complaints about low staffing levels and the need for staff with more training in publicly-funded, privately-operated seniors facilities, he said.

Moore Kilgannon said companies stand to make the most money by owning the seniors’ facilities.

“Throughout this process, they are paying down the mortgage on this building. Whenever they decide, they can sell those assets and that’s their profit.

So businesses can look like they’re actually not making any money because they’re too busy paying down their mortgage. Meanwhile they are getting the value of the real estate increasing.

“It’s a business model and I don’t blame the companies for having their hands out and getting all this public money. I question the government for having this explicit policy in putting tens of millions of taxpayers dollars into these companies and not being open and transparent and analyzing whether this really is the best use of taxpayers money and the best way of providing services to seniors.”

Doug Mills, Points West Living CEO, said he would not discuss details of the Red Deer project’s proposed budget, except to say it was an estimate that did not include costs such as building amortization and repayment of the mortgage principal.

He said the reference to 25 per cent profit in the documents obtained by PIA was likely before mortgage financing.

“Mortgages are necessary to develop these businesses,” Mills said in an e-mail.

He also said operational care funding is set by AHS and capped rents are set by government.

“This is the same for all private sector, not-forprofit sector and public sector care providers,” said Mills who is also the president of Alberta Senior

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Citizens’ Housing Association (ASCHA).

Moore Kilgannon said the fact that the public sector can borrow money way cheaper than the private sector is another reason to question public-private partnerships.

Irene Martin-Lindsay, ASCHA executive director, said the majority of companies build larger facilities so they can subsidize publicly-funded beds from the higher rents charged for private beds.

“There is nobody making a ton of money off of anything in this industry,” Martin-Lindsay said.

All companies want to do is provide seniors care because it’s the right thing to do, she said.

“I know that sounds crazy. It’s really the way it is,” Martin-Lindsay said.

Steve Buick, spokesperson with Alberta Health, said it’s absolutely wrong for PIA to pick on individual operators because funding terms are consistent among all operators, both public and private.

“PIA seems to object to a private for-profit operator being part of the system at all and I’m sorry we just don’t agree. They have a long history of giving good service. There is no evidence that they’re generally deficient in any way that we should change how we view them,” Buick said.

“Our concern is to fund operators on consistent terms and hold them accountable on consistent terms for providing services to their residents. We should not and do not discriminate.”

He said the latest survey of residents and family

by Health Quality Council of Alberta showed facility ownership did not have any influence on resident and family experiences.

In a press release, Tammy Leach, CEO of Alberta Continuing Care Association, said the conversation should be focused on how the continuing care sector in Alberta has long been neglected. Alberta’s continuing care sector is funded 19 per cent less than the national average, while Alberta’s acute care system is funded 33 per cent higher than the national average. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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GPS: Catching on The technology is catching on, said Aloisio.

“We’ve got clients clear across Canada. I would say about 60 per cent of our business is specifically within Alberta, and then it’s spread out across Canada.”

The Alberta study has helped fuel interest.

“We’re starting to employ devices because of everything we’re doing with Alberta Health Services.”

SafeTracks initially focused on GPS-equipped ankle bracelets and other tracking devices worn by offenders under court order. About 3 ½ years ago, it expanded into personal tracking, including devices to protect those in high-risk professions or situations Monitoring of people with conditions like dementia, or even autism, was a natural progression, said Aloisio.

Information about SafeTracks can be found online at www.safetracksgps.ca. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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The first leg, from Olds to Red Deer, is nearing completion. Another leg, connecting Red Deer to Sylvan Lake and summer villages, is on the back burner.

Both Lacombe and Blackfalds announced their intention earlier this year to step up their lobbying efforts to persuade the province to come up with 90 per cent of the funding for the line — the same costsharing deal used to build the $132-million Olds-toRed Deer line.

Under the terms of the agreement, Lacombe County will cover the up-front costs of $2.98 million for design and the land acquisition strategy. That amount will be deducted from its share of the total sewer line costs if the project goes ahead within five years.

If the project stalls, Lacombe city council will pay the county back $1.075 million plus interest — which represents 36 per cent of the project cost and the community’s anticipated usage.

Blackfalds council approved a $1.45-million guarantee representing 45 per cent of the cost.

The five-year term is in place because there is a chance that design work will need to be redone by then if no progress has been made.

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From the left, Elena Duval, Aisley Miles and Elena Fedotova participate in a panel discussion with grade 11 students from the Caroline High School and Red Deer College students at the college on Wednesday. The three were relating how they have been discriminated against during the Antidiscrimination Diversity training workshop. For three days this week a variety of activities have been planned to mark Diversity Week at Red Deer College including a cultural potluck meal and painting session, Big Voice a local Aboriginal drumming group kicked off the weeks activities. To cap off the week a cultural market and community service spotlight will be held today (Thursday) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the forum.

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EDMONTON — Premier Jim Prentice says Alberta’s new health-care levy will not be a flat rate, but will instead be a progressive-pay model.

Prentice said he won’t duplicate the system used for the old Alberta health premiums.

“You can view (the new fee) as a progressive measure,” Prentice told reporters Wednesday. “The former health-care premium was essentially a payroll tax. It was viewed as a very regressive structure and one that was actually quite punitive on the economy and on people.”

He said the details of the health levy will be revealed when Finance Minister Robin Campbell introduces the 2015-16 budget in the legislature Thursday.

Prentice has said the budget and an accompanying 10-year plan will reset the financial baseline for how Alberta spends, saves, and raises money.

He has said such a transformational document requires a mandate to implement and Prentice is expected to call an election in the coming days or

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An important part of Alberta’s oilsands air monitoring program is off the road over funding problems.

In a letter to the province’s pollution monitoring agency, the group responsible for air-quality testing says its mobile unit is “no longer operable.”

That means Alberta could have no way to measure what’s in the air during environmental emergencies or respond quickly to community concerns, said Kevin Percy, director of the Wood Buffalo Environmental Association.

“It definitely leaves us with a gap.”

Percy said in the letter, which was also sent to association members, the 1995-vintage mobile testing van is no longer usable.

Generators that run the sensing equipment don’t work. When they do, they interfere with the equipment’s sensitive electronics.

“The roof, repaired several years ago, is now manifesting small leaks again,” he wrote. “Even if we did deploy it, (the association) could not stand behind data quality and continuity.”

Percy said the association’s network of permanent monitoring stations is growing, but those 22 stations don’t cover all of the vast Wood Buffalo area.

“We are no longer able to respond to an emergency.”

The van is usually deployed a total of one month a year to industrial sites and to requesting communities, he said.

Percy’s group is funded by the Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency. He said the agency asked the association to consider keeping the rickety van on the road for one more year to delay the $500,000 cost of replacing it.

The agency has been allocated $50 million a year by industry.

Agency spokeswoman Val Mellesmoen said her group, entering its first year of independent operation, is evaluating the real cost of comprehensive and scientifically sound monitoring in the oilsands region and the rest of Alberta.

“Is there enough money to do the job? What is the true need for environmental monitoring?”

The industry’s contribution won’t increase in the coming year, she said.

Agency officials have previously said the annual $50-million levy may not be enough, especially if monitoring is expanded to new oilsands areas such as Cold Lake.

Mellesmoen said mobile testing units could be contracted from Edmonton, although she acknowledges it would be hard to get them quickly to regions hundreds of kilometres north.

Critics say the situation exposes a crucial weakness in the government’s monitoring plan.

“It’s been making (the association) more and more dependent on discretionary decisions by industry, which ultimately undermines the quality of work they can do,” said New Democrat Leader Rachel Notley. “This government loves to announce agencies, then tie their hands.”

Andrew Read of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think-tank, said the problem is the result of the monitoring agency trying to do more work without more money.

“This is really the result of the government’s attempts at centralizing all environmental monitoring throughout the province. (The agency) has been given the incredibly difficult task of operating on a fixed budget while committed to the expansion of environmental monitoring in the region.”

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The budget will also provide solutions, said Prentice, to insulating Alberta’s day-to-day spending from the wild swings in oil prices. Depressed prices are expected to drain $7 billion from the treasury this year.

Alberta will join Ontario and B.C. as the only provinces that charge specific fees for health care.

Alberta charged health-care premiums for 40 years until they were cancelled by the Tories in 2009.

Families were charged $1,056 a year and individuals $528 per year, putting about $1 billion into government coffers. Many Albertans, however, had those fees paid for by employers under benefit plans.

The Alberta government also paid those fees for its employees, dropping the $1 billion take by about one-third.

The budget will also detail any departmental spending cuts.

Last month, Prentice and Campbell said there would be five per cent spending cut across the board which, when inflation and population growth were added in, amounted to a nine per cent cut.

But in a TV address to Albertans Tuesday, Prentice didn’t mention the cuts, only saying the govern-

ment would be “holding the line” on spending.

Prentice wouldn’t clarify further Wednesday, but said its critical budget changes happen in a “balanced way” rather than drastic steps in a single year.

“Every person we have spoken to who is an economist or involved in these matters (said) that we should not move too quickly because we will trip the province into a recession,” said Prentice.

Opposition parties have criticized the health levy as unfair and ineffective.

Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth told the house Wednesday afternoon that more health dollars won’t solve long waiting lists and a lack of care beds, adding that the Tories have a history of reckless spending on offices, perks, and failed reform initiatives.

“It’s a PC waste and mismanagement tax,” said Forsyth.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley said it’s wrong for Prentice to add health-care fees while also pledging that he won’t hike corporate income taxes in the next budget.

“This waiting-room tax is a tax on families while profitable corporations get off scot-free,” said Notley.

Calgary judge keeps publication ban on search warrant evidence in stabbing deaths

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — There was visible relief on the faces of the friends and family of five stabbing victims Wednesday when a judge ruled a publication ban will remain in place on evidence in Calgary’s worst mass murder.

Matthew de Grood, who is 23, is accused of stabbing five young people at an end-of-school house party last April.

Several media outlets had requested access to search warrants and to witness interviews done immediately after the attack. The move was opposed by family members, the Calgary Police Service and the Crown.

Judge Tim Hironaka agreed to unseal the documents, but placed a ban on the evidence being made public until de Grood’s trial is over.

“The issue at stake in this application is not if the sealed materials will be available for public scrutiny but only when,” said Hironaka.

“I am satisfied that ... there is some material within each of the categories where publication could realistically put the fairness of the trial process in jeopardy.”

De Grood was committed to stand trial earlier this month on five counts of first-degree murder.

He is charged in the deaths of Zackariah Rath-

well, 21; Lawrence Hong, 27; Joshua Hunter, 23; Jordan Segura, 22; and Kaiti Perras, 23.

Several of their relatives attended court throughout the arguments over the evidence.

“I spent some time with the family afterward and they were pleased with the decision,” said Crown prosecutor Neil Wiberg.

“They were concerned that this would get in the public realm and affect trial fairness both for the Crown and the defence.”

Wiberg said he opposed the public release of the information, especially with a jury trial expected to likely go ahead next year.

“This way the material won’t be published and affect potential jury members. If this became public, it would be difficult to have a fair concept of the evidence. A lot of people would have preconceived ideas.”

Wiberg said much of the evidence in the warrant was obtained early in the investigation and may not even be admissible at trial.

Matt Woodley, the lawyer representing the media groups, was disappointed with the outcome.

“We had argued that jurors are able, in the vast majority of cases, to put evidence that they ought not consider out of their minds and render a verdict totally based on the evidence heard at the trial,” he said.

A trial date for de Grood is to be set in May.

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Police say dog found dead and buried in backyard of home ‘suspicious’

CALGARY — The Alberta government has announced plans to have young offenders in the Calgary area serve their time in Edmonton to save money.

Right now, children under 18 in Calgary and area who are convicted of crimes and sentenced to serve time do it in the Calgary Young Offender Centre, and there is a similar centre in Edmonton.

Justice Minister Jonathan Denis said in a statement Wednesday that changes are being made because both offices were “underused or significantly under capacity,” and “every effort will be made to find new positions for affected staff.”

CALGARY — Police are investigating what they say is a case of animal cruelty in northeast Calgary.

A resident called police Monday afternoon after finding the family dog dead and been buried in the backyard.

Police say an investigation by the Calgary Humane Society and City of Calgary animal and bylaw services has determined the dog’s death is suspicious.

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Harper has upper hand THE PRIME MINISTER’S RISKY SYRIA GAMBIT IS A WINNER ON THE HOMEFRONT In jumping on American shoulders and sending Canadian bombers into Syria, Stephen Harper had to wind his way down two disparate paths.

Internationally, he is moving this country into murky waters, working with dubious allies in a mission that will be extended for another year ... and counting.

Domestically, however, the prime minisTIM ter has won the HARPER day.

In fact, it was strangely dispirited opposition benches that gathered on Tuesday morning.

Neither the Liberals nor the New Democrats could muster a full bench to counter a government side that was at its cheerleading best for a leader who stated his case, then burrowed into his work at his desk, ignoring the two men who stood to oppose him.

The extension of the anti-ISIS campaign should raise at least three red flags — the unspoken support for a ruthless dictator, Bashar Assad, the fact Ottawa has broken with other allies, and the fuzzy legal justification, which appears to be self-defence but is not defined by the government with any precision.

It is unlikely, however, any of these factors will sway a Canadian public that sees the barbarism of the so-called Islamic State attacks, its brutal murders, its threats to Canada and the loss of two Canadian soldiers to attacks here at home.

Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair delivered an uncharacteristically flat speech in outlining a position that had been as clearly telegraphed as the position of the expansionist Harper.

Justin Trudeau was trapped.

Having opposed what was sold as a more limited mission in northern Iraq last autumn, the Liberal leader could hardly leap to Harper’s side as Canada’s CF-18s were moved into Syria.

Trudeau grabbed the cover provided — Harper’s lack of clarity in seeking parliamentary support for his initial six-month foray, the mission creep over those months and the distasteful optic of Canada lessening the load for a brutal dictator.

But there was no enthusiasm among the MPs sitting behind Trudeau as he made his case.

There is discomfort among some in his caucus, some of it substantive, some of it because of the sense their leader had been outmanoeuvred by Harper.

Harper is now taking the country

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where many of our allies will not go.

David Cameron, for example, facing an election in the United Kingdom, has agreed to train Syrian troops in other countries to help fight ISIS, but will not commit British air power to Syria.

Harper pledged last autumn that Canadians would have nothing to do with a Syrian campaign without the clear support of Assad but now says he will not seek that express consent. Instead, he will work with the U.S. The prime minister argues that ISIS has moved its power base to Syria, largely to flee allied airstrikes, and he says ISIS cannot be allowed to establish a safe haven in Syria.

Harper couched the mission as one that provides both humanitarian aid and a military counter to the so-called Islamic State, but he left himself a way out on his commitment to keep Canadians from ground combat.

“We share the view of President Obama and others that we must avoid — if we can — taking on ground combat responsibilities in this region,’’ Harper said.

The opposition can legitimately argue we are already in ground combat.

Mulcair says the mission has no strategy — other than a blatantly political one — no well-defined objective or well-defined exit strategy.

But he overreached when he told the Commons that Harper was “now openly considering an alliance of sorts’’ with the war criminal Assad.

Trudeau properly condemned Assad as a man who has tortured and killed on a scale beyond ISIS, but was more measured in stating, “We cannot support a mission that could very well result in Assad consolidating his grip on power in Syria.’’

Harper will be quite comfortable

heading into the autumn election as the man who is taking on the ISIS savages.

But he had four hurdles to clear this spring in the race to a June adjournment and an election campaign, and the mission extension might have been the easiest.

Still ahead are possible revelations from Mike Duffy at the suspended senator’s trial, a budget made much trickier by plummeting oil prices and an anti-terror bill that is bleeding public support the longer it is scrutinized.

Trudeau, Harper’s main electoral rival, must now work to keep the ISIS fight from becoming an election ballot question. You can’t claim the prime minister made war a wedge issue when you essentially wedged yourself.

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Is health care a Canadian right?

BY MICHAEL FLOOD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE If someone (like me) were to ask you whether you had a right to health care, how would you answer?

Though we’ve likely never met, and I know nothing about your race, sexual orientation, health, or economic situation, if you’re Canadian I bet you will answer “yes.”

Our single payer health-care system is one of the institutions most commonly identified with what it means to be Canadian, along with peacekeeping, Tim Hortons coffee and hockey. Many would go so far as to say that they and other citizens have a “right” to not just health care but high-quality, accessible health care at that.

But what does that right consist of? Is it the same as a right to free speech, to assemble peacefully with other citizens, to not be persecuted for one’s religion or opinion, to not be arbitrarily imprisoned? Those are negative rights, rights that limit what someone can do to you, and it seems that a right to be free of discriminatory treatment covers a right to medical treatment. It would be a very unethical hospital or doctor that turned away people for being black or female or homosexual. Very well then; we have a right to health care.

But do you have a right to be provided with health care? That is, do you have a right to never have to pay for it directly, for it to be delivered to you regardless of what other social priorities have to be

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sacrificed to do so, regardless of whether it ruins the public finances and drowns the country in debt?

That would be a positive right, a right that requires someone else to do something for you, as opposed to refrain from doing something to you.

Positive rights are deeply problematic. They put burdens on other people and the state. Rather than just refraining from a behaviour, a positive right compels it. Consider a right to education — does all education have to be free? Does it have to be provided even to those who do not qualify for it? What if, just for the sake of argument, no one wanted to be a teacher? Would the state then have to enslave some to provide education?

The same argument can be applied to health.

Surely health is a very great good, something we rightly prize and strive to maintain, but does providing for it trump every other consideration? If no one wanted to be a doctor, would we be right to enslave some and make them provide medical care to the rest of us? We wouldn’t be the first society that had done so — the ancient Romans enslaved Greeks to be their physicians.

Positive rights conflict with negative rights, and this is a reason to believe we don’t have any positive rights at all.

I raise the issue of negative versus positive rights not for the entertainment of argument and speculation but because a sense that health care is a positive right inhibits every attempt to discuss health sensibly in this country.

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The provinces spend an even greater proportion of their budgets on providing health services. The costs are only going to grow as a percentage of revenue as the population ages.

Having benefited from it, and knowing many people who have, I have to say the system works well, but could it not be better?

The instant someone suggests modifications to the health-care system, a whole army of opposition is summoned into existence. Reformers are stereotyped as wanting to give us a system similar to America’s, where vast numbers of people go uninsured even with the Affordable Care Act. Those who think health care is a positive right can only conceive that this is the only alternative, and so any attempt to modify or improve our system is verboten.

I’m not a public policy expert or a health economist; I’m a philosopher. It’s not my place to advocate for or against any particular means of providing health care to Canada’s citizens. I do think it is my place, however, to comment on debates that are prevented from happening because of misguided ideas.

Health care, while important, is not a positive right. How to provide it in the best way possible should be an open debate, not one shut down by stereotypes and fear mongering about for-profit conspiracies.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The United States made it clear Canada’s precision-guided bomb arsenal and expertise would be welcome in Syria, Jason Kenney said Wednesday — a narrow glimmer of clarity in the Harper government’s murky reasons for expanding its Middle East campaign to include the war-torn region.

The defence minister would not go so far as to say the Americans asked Canada to expand the scope of its airstrikes outside of Iraq, but did indicate that Washington left the option open for consideration.

“Let me put it this way: We have conversations back and forth and they made it clear that they thought our precision-guided munitions would be helpful,” Kenney said.

“They obviously respect whatever sovereign and political decision the government takes, but on a military level they made it clear that precision-guided munitions, carried by the RCAF, would be useful to joint air operations in Syria.”

The U.S. and some of its Arab allies — notably Jordan and the United Arab Emirates — are already conducting airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

They all use the U.S.-made weapons — including Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, and so-called Paveway bombs — to the point where the military commander of NATO complained last year European allies don’t have enough of them.

Britain, France and Australia are also conducting airstrikes, but not in Syria. The Harper government had initially restricted Canadian warplanes to Iraq only, but that changed Tuesday with the introduction of a motion to expand and extend the mission until March 30, 2016.

Kenney, Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson and Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced a storm of demands Wednesday to justify the bombing of Syria under international law.

In the Commons, Harper leaned on the U.S. argument — made to the United Nations — that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad had lost control of his territory, that ISIL represents a clear imminent threat to its neighbours, and that the Iraqi government specifically asked Washington to take action.

Kenney took it a step further, saying he has a legal opinion from the military’s judge advocate general justifying the airstrikes under Article 51 of the UN charter.

That provision says a country can take individual or collective self-defence action if a member is under armed attack, but the invocation of that clause is usually followed by an international resolution authorizing force.

Even still, Canada has a right to defend itself — and extremists returning from the civil war battlefields of Syria personify that threat, Kenney suggested.

Legal experts in Washington, who’ve argued against the U.S. bombing campaign, say the selfdefence justification requires an imminent threat, otherwise it’s a preventative war — something the international community does not look kindly upon.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair wondered during ques-

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CHARLOTTETOWN — The RCMP released few details Wednesday in the case of a 20-year-old man from Prince Edward Island who was arrested under a rarely used provision of the Criminal Code amid allegations that police feared he would commit a terrorism offence.

The RCMP issued a brief statement saying only that Amir Raisolsadat was arrested after a peace bond was ordered under Section 810.01 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Information sworn in court in Charlottetown on Tuesday states that Raisolsadat, a student from Stratford, was released on conditions and must return to provincial court on April 20.

The court document indicates that RCMP member Alexis Triantafillou “fears on reasonable grounds” that Raisolsadat will commit a terrorism offence.

Raisolsadat signed the recognizance acknowledging the allegation, while also agreeing to remain in the province, notify the RCMP if he changes his address, employment or occupation. He agreed to pay $500 if he fails to appear in court.

He must also not possess a firearm and report to police once a week.

The RCMP refused to release any information about him or the specific nature of the alleged threat, citing an ongoing criminal investigation.

The statement said police may pursue an application for an order requiring someone to keep the peace and be of good behaviour under the Criminal Code if they believe that person may commit a terrorism offence.

A man who identified himself as Raisolsadat’s father when reached by telephone repeatedly said he had no comment.

A Facebook page under the name of an Amir Raisolsadat, which was later taken down on Wednesday, says he was a chemistry student at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown.

OTTAWA — The Harper government faced heated demands Wednesday to justify under international law its plans to expand its ISIL bombing campaign to Syria.

Here are five things to consider about the rules of war, and how they may or may not apply to the unfolding situation.

1. There are two main ways a country can legally launch a military operation inside another country: by invitation or via a United Nations Security Council resolution. Neither criteria applies in the current situation; indeed, Russia, an ally of Syria, has a veto as a permanent member of the UNSC. 2. Article 51, the self-defence clause of the United Nations charter. It says a country can take individual or collective action on behalf of a member that is under armed attack. Usually Article 51 would be followed by an international resolution authorizing force. Again, Russia would ensure that doesn’t happen.

3. Article 51 in the context of Canada. Defence Minister Jason Kenney suggested that Canada had a right of self defence from extremists who might return to Canada from the civil war in Syria. Legal experts in Washington, who oppose the U.S. bombing campaign, say that justification requires an imminent threat, otherwise it is a preventative war.

4. The Responsibility to Protect doctrine, which has been adopted by more than 150 member countries, including Canada, which helped write it. It says that if a state doesn’t live up to its duty to prevent genocide or mass atrocities against its own citizens, it can’t invoke sovereignty to keep another country from taking military action inside its borders. Kenney said ISIL was perpetuating genocide in Syria, one that President Bashar Assad can’t or won’t prevent.

5. The “never again” moral argument. The world said that in relation to the Holocaust. It also said it after the Rwanda genocide of 800,000 people in 1994 and the Bosnian genocide of 1995, which targeted 8,000 Muslim men and boys. The death toll is Syria is already more than 200,000. Paul Heinbecker, Canada’s former ambassador to the UN, said earlier this week that there may not be a true legal justification for intervening in Syria, but there is a clear “moral issue.”

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tion period whether Canada had notified the UN or received a formal request from Baghdad to drop bombs in Syria, a question Harper studiously avoided answering.

“Once again, the government is pursuing this action on exactly the same legal basis as its allies,” Harper told the Commons.

“I’m not sure what point the leader of the NDP is ultimately making. If he is suggesting that there is any significant legal risk to lawyers from ISIL taking the government of Canada to court and winning, the government of Canada’s view is that the chances of that are negligible.”

The remark left Mulcair incredulous that he lives in a country “where that sort of idiocy passes for argument.”

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Bail decision for Omar Khadr in hands of Edmonton judge EDMONTON — Lawyers for former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr say he’s optimistic, but not getting his hopes up, about getting out on bail.

Following a two-day hearing, an Edmonton judge said she needs time to make a decision on the “high priority” case.

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice June Ross must first decide if she has the authority to grant bail to a Canadian appealing a conviction by a foreign court.

If she finds she does — and if she agrees that Khadr should be released — lawyers are to return to court to argue his bail conditions.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Despite Stephen Harper’s claims that humanitarian help goes hand in hand with military action in Iraq and Syria, Canada’s plan to expand its Middle East mission has yet to be linked with additional financial aid.

So as they vote against a broader, longer Canadian military mission in Iraq and Syria, opposition parties will also be pushing the government to help halt the extremist threat through developmental and diplomatic means.

“We need to ask ourselves what the right thing to do is,” said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.

“The question should not be a combat role or nothing. It is a false choice offered by the prime minister. The question should be: ’What is the most effective thing Canada can do?”’

To date, Canada has contributed about $100 million as part of its broader response to the situation in Iraq, with $67.4 million of that for humanitarian aid such as food relief and emergency shelter.

The government says it hasn’t ruled out spending more to help the millions displaced by the ongoing conflicts in both countries.

But the motion before Parliament is intentionally focused on the military dimension.

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GATINEAU, Que. — Patrick Brazeau’s defence team is suggesting the Crown’s key witness instigated a physical confrontation that led to the suspended senator’s arrest when she hit him with her hand and with a bra, a criminal trial heard Wednesday.

During cross-examination, the complainant in Brazeau’s assault and sexual assault trial denied the lawyer’s suggestion that she struck Brazeau when he demanded she return a necklace he had given to her as a gift.

“That’s false,” the woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, said through an interpreter while on the stand.

Brazeau’s trial in Gatineau, Que., entered its third day Wednesday. He is facing charges arising from an alleged incident two years ago at a residence in the city, north of Ottawa.

The woman, who was on the stand for the third straight day, has alleged Brazeau pushed her down some stairs, spat in her face, forcefully grabbed her breast and sexually assaulted her.

Brazeau, who was kicked out of the Conservative caucus after his arrest, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

His attorney, Gerard Larocque, continued to challenge the alleged victim’s credibility Wednesday, saying she kept authorities in the dark about some details of the February 2013 incident.

Larocque alleged she had never mentioned in interviews and statements about how the animal-print bra and a purple shirt — both of which had been in her hands at the start of confrontation — ended up on a flight of stairs during the altercation.

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Covert police video played in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday shows the undercover officer telling Nuttall he will help track down whatever supplies are needed but that Nuttall must be realistic.

“This thing has to be prepared. It has to be researched,” says the officer, posing as an Arab businessman and whose identity cannot be revealed.

“I’m here to make what you have in your head become true, what you want in your heart to be reality. That’s what I’m here for.”

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Nuttall is seen with long hair and a scraggly beard, sporting a black leather jacket done up over a tasselled scarf.

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Mother sues after infant daughter dies in foster care

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Suspended senator Patrick Brazeau leaves the Gatineau Courthouse for a break during the second day of his trial for for allegations of assault and sexual assault from an incident in 2013. to authorities. She alleged she yanked off the necklace in anger after Brazeau pushed her to the ground.

The lawyer also targeted her credibility by telling the court how she once used a fake passport to travel to Canada. She testified, however, that she was up front with Canadian customs officials about the passport as soon as she arrived in the country to declare refugee status.

The woman acknowledged travelling to a third country from her native country to obtain a fake document, so

she could then travel to Canada.

On Tuesday, the woman shed tears as she listened to her own panicked voice on 911 emergency telephone recordings that were played in the courtroom.

The court has seen several police photos showing bruises and red marks on different parts of the woman’s body.

The trial by judge alone is expected to continue past Wednesday, but the next court date has yet to be scheduled.

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Ford told CBC News that whether the surgery goes ahead depends on diagnostic tests showing that tumours in his abdomen and back have shrunk enough to operate.

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to change provincial liquor laws last year to allow partial stripping in bars.

“If by this decision we have inadvertently allowed for even a marginal increase in the chance for human trafficking, it’s the wrong decision,” Wall said Wednesday.

Don Verstraeten owns the Codette Hotel near Nipawin. The hotel and bar has had strip shows since the regulations changed in January 2014.

He said under the current provincial law, dancers can strip down to pasties and underwear.

“There’s no nudity,” he said. “You can see more on HBO.”

VANCOUVER — When Sara-Jane Wiens learned her 21-month-old daughter had died in foster care, she ran out of her back door and “screamed bloody murder.”

“I couldn’t believe what I was hearing,” she recalled, her voice breaking. “My heart sank. My whole world came crashing down before my eyes that day.”

Two years later, Wiens said she’s still searching for answers. The 25-year-old has filed a lawsuit against the British Columbia government and the province’s director of child, family and community services alleging recklessness and bad faith.

The civil lawsuit states her twomonth-old daughter, Isabella, was taken from her in August 2011 after she was deemed unfit to care for her. Wiens suffers from a learning disability that causes anxiety and depression.

In March 2013, the toddler was found dead in the crib at her foster home.

The lawsuit alleges that the government didn’t properly supervise Isabella while she was in foster care and failed to adequately consider returning the child to her mother.

“The system failed me, and I trusted the system with my flesh and blood,” Wiens said in an emotional phone interview from Ontario, where she now lives.

“If one thing can get changed to prevent this from happening to another person, then I know I was able to make that small change.”

Wiens said she noticed bruises on her daughter during supervised visits and told her social worker but nothing was done.

A coroner’s report could not determine the cause of death, but said there were several bruises on the body and indications of healing fractures on the girl’s left arm that couldn’t be explained.

Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux said the ministry launches a review any time a child dies in care, but would not comment on the specific case.

“The oversight for our Ministry — and the children in our care — is extensive but entirely appropriate given the often vulnerable population we serve,” she said in a statement.

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Special Basketball season wraps teams key up with Senior Bowl to Rebels playoff success

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Special teams are crucial in the hockey world’s post-season, their importance magnified by the door-die urgency of the games.

The Red Deer Rebels are looking good in that department as they enter a WHL Eastern Conference quarter-final series against the Medicine Hat Tigers.

The Rebels were particularly potent while opposing teams were on the power play during the regular season, their penalty killing being the league’s second-best while operating at an 83.7 per cent success rate. Red Deer’s power play, however, wasn’t nearly as impressive, although the club has made significant strides over the past four to six weeks while playing with a man advantage.

The Rebels’ extra-man units were a combined 18.4 per cent and the power play sat 17th overall in mid-February. Since then, the specialty team has improved nearly two full percentage points and finished the season at 13th overall with a success rate of 20.2 per cent.

“We’ve continued to work on it during practices and it’s a confidence thing with the guys,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said Wednesday. “Part of the problem on our power play was we were ‘THERE’S NOT just too stationary. We’re REALLY ANY moving around a little SECRET, WE’RE more now and we’re esshots.

JUST SHOOTING tablishing “Any power play has to PUCKS AND establish shots and we do better job of that now.

PUTTING PEOPLE aWe’re also more active AT THE NET.’ on the power play and to maximize that you have — HAYDN FLEURY to make sure you have REBELS DEFENCEMAN net-front presence. Plus, ON THE TEAM’S POWERPLAY you can’t just have guys standing in certain areas expecting the puck to come to them. They have to be reading situations and they have to be moving and creating opportunities that way.

“Steve (assistant coach O’Rourke) has done a good job of working with the kids on that and our power play has certainly been better the last month.”

As Rebels defenceman Haydn Fleury — a big part of the team’s power play — noted, there’s been no magic formula involved in the man advantage improvement.

“There’s not really any secret, we’re just shooting pucks and putting people at the net,” he said. “Some of the goals we get aren’t the prettiest goals, but you just have to score at this point of the season and it doesn’t really matter how the puck goes in, it just needs to go in.”

Fleury also credited O’Rourke and his use of video replay for getting the power play on the right track.

“For sure, we watch lots of video and go on the ice early just to work on (the power play) and look at our options, so it’s good to have that video source,” said Fleury.

The Rebels/Tigers series opens with Games 1 and 2 Saturday and Sunday at Medicine Hat, with the third and fourth games set for April 1 and 2 at the Enmax Centrium. Additional games, if needed, will be played at Medicine Hat April 4, in Red Deer the following day and April 7 in the southern Alberta city.

The start time for Game 3 has yet to be determined since the contest may be televised. ● The WHL all-star teams were announced Wednesday and Tristan Jarry of the Edmonton Oil Kings and Jordan Papirny of the Brandon Wheat Kings are the Eastern Conference first- and secondteam goaltenders. The first team defence consists of Brandon’s Ivan Provorov and Travis Sanheim of the Calgary Hitmen, while the forwards are Trevor Cox of the Tigers, Brandon’s Tim McGauley and Brayden Point of the Moose Jaw Warriors. The Eastern Conference second-all team also features defencemen Rinat Valiev of the Kootenay Ice and Colby Williams of the Regina Pats, and the forwards are Cole Sanford of the Tigers, Sam Reinhart of the Ice and Adam Tambellini of the Hitmen.

The Western Conference first all-star team consists of netminder Taran Kozun of the Seattle Thunderbirds, rearguards Shea Theodore of the T-Birds and Madison Bowey of the Kelowna Rockets and forwards Oliver Bjorkstrand of the Portland Winterhawks, Cole Ulley of the Kamloops Blazers and the Rockets’ Rourke Chartier. On the second team are Tri-City Americans goalie Eric Comrie, defencemen Joe Hicketts of the Victoria Royals and Josh Morrissey of the Rockets and forwards Nic Petan of Portland, Nick Merkley of the Rockets and Adam Helewka of the Spokane Chiefs.

The following are the finalists for WHL awards: Rookie of the year: Nolan Patrick, Brandon; Kailer Yamamoto, Spokane; Goaltender of the year: Jarry, Kozun; Defenceman of the year: Provorov, Theodore; Most sportsmanlike player: Peter Quenneville, Brandon; Chartier; Scholastic player: Nick McBride, Prince Albert Raiders; Joe Gatenby, Kelowna; Coach of the year: John Paddock, Regina; Dan Lambert, Kelowna; Executive of the year: Kelly McCrimmon, Brandon; Bruce Hamilton, Kelowna.

The WHL bantam draft lottery was staged Wednesday and Spokane emerged as the big winner.

The Chiefs’ ball was the first drawn, giving the club the first overall pick in the May 7 draft. The Lethbridge Hurricanes will select second, followed in order by fellow non-playoff teams Vancouver Giants, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert and Moose Jaw again. The Rebels will pick 16th. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Light 61 Dark 41 At some point basketball has to return to being something fun and it’s players do just because they enjoy it, not because they’re chasing scholarships or division and provincial titles.

Wednesday night was just that for the outgoing 3A and 4A Central Alberta high school senior girls classes at Red Deer College, as Team Light beat Team Dark 6141 to win CASAA Senior Bowl.

“It was really exciting, it just brings the Grade 12s together and it wraps up a whole career for some of us for basketball,” said Hunting Hills Lightning six-foot post Nicole Fischer, 17. “It’s sad, I’ll miss my team, I’ll miss my coaches and I’ll miss the competition.”

Team Light was made up of 15 players from HJ Cody, Hunting Hills, Notre Dame, Ponoka and West Central, while Team Light collected 15 players from Camrose, Lacombe, Lindsay Thurber, Wetaskiwin and Wm. E. Hay Composite High School.

Team Dark won the boys’ game 72-64 on Wednesday. For that game, Dark was made up of players from Camrose, Lacombe, Lindsay Thurber, West Central and Wetaskiwin, while Light was composed of players from HJ Cody, Hunting Hills, Notre Dame, Ponoka and Wm. E. Hay Composite High School.

The players in tthe Senior Bowl are known quantities, they have been scouted for a few years during regular season, playoff and provincial games. This game was an opportunity for a final send off rather than a last second night of scouting.

“It’s more an opportunity to talk to them and talk to their coaches and parents,” said RDC women’s head coach Ken King.

“By this point we know what type of player they are or are not and it’s more about just having fun on the court.”

While most of the players finished up their season two weeks ago, some like Lindsay Thurber’s trio of Bretton Bowd, Molly Rumohr and Sarah Thomas are coming off of last week’s provincial tournament. But this game gave

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Notre Dame Cougars’ Autumn Letkeman, left, battles for the ball with Lacombe Rams Courtney Petrie during the 38th Annual CASAA Senior Bowl at Red Deer College on Wednesday. Team Light won 61-41. them some finality to their high school careers.

“It was great, we had a real tight team and we worked hard as a team and never got down on each other. It didn’t matter if we were winning or losing we’d al-

ways pump each other up and get back in to the game,” said Bowd, 17. “It’s definitely sunk in (that it’s over) and we’ve had a few tears here and there. It’s tough but it’s been fun.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Roy scores winner as Oilers hold off Avalanche

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 4 Avalanche 3 EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers made Wednesday’s victory a lot harder than it had to be.

Derek Roy scored the winner as the Oilers dealt the Colorado Avalanche’s faint playoff hopes another blow, hanging on for a 4-3 victory after almost blowing an early 3-0 lead.

“I think we let off the gas, which is not something we want to do in the future, but our lines did a good job battling,” Roy said. “(Ben Scrivens) did a good job tonight between the pipes for us.”

Martin Marincin, Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall also scored for the Oilers (21-40-13), who have won two of their last three games.

Jarome Iginla, Alex Tanguay and Ryan O’Reilly replied for the Avalanche (33-28-12), who have lost three in a row and are 10 points out of a playoff spot with just nine games remaining.

“We needed these points and it is disappointing not to get them,” said Colorado defenceman Nick Holden. “It was a big game for us to stay up in the standings. Not getting those points is killer. We sill have nine games left and you never know. We need to keep pushing right to the end and hopefully we get some luck.”

Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog said no team can expect to win after spotting the opposition a 3-0 lead.

“That’s not the start we want to have in a game, it doesn’t matter who we are playing.,” he said.

“That’s just not good enough.”

Edmonton took a 1-0 lead fourand-a half minutes into the first as Marincin crept in from the point and beat Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov with a blast from the top of the circle. It was Marincin’s first career NHL goal and Oilers forward Andrew Miller picked up his first career point on the play.

Just 1:20 later, the Oilers extended their lead to two goals as Eberle dove to swat in a loose

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Colorado Avalanche’s Ryan O’Reilly (90) is chased by Edmonton Oilers’ Oscar Klefbom (84) during first period NHL action in Edmonton, on Wednesday. puck at the side of the net for his 21st of the season.

The Oilers made it 3-0 before the midway point of the first period as Hall sent a wrist shot through Varlamov’s legs. Varlamov was pulled in favour of backup goalie Reto Berra after allowing three goals on seven shots.

Colorado got a goal back five minutes into the third on the power play as Iginla stepped into a shot and blew it past Scrivens.

The Avs made it 3-2 midway through the second period as Tanguay rushed to bang in a big rebound for his 21st goal.

Colorado tied it up five minutes into the third as Tanguay picked off a giveaway by Justin Schultz and passed it to O’Reilly, who put the puck into a wide-open net.

The Oilers regained the lead on the power play with nine minutes left in the third as Roy was able to

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dig a puck out from behind Berra during a scramble and sweep it into the net.

“We got off to a good start and they battled back,” said Oilers head coach Todd Nelson. “It was nice to get that power-play goal.

They kept on coming and Benny made some huge saves for us down the stretch.”

Scrivens made 41 saves for the win.

Colorado concludes a fivegame road trip on Thursday in Vancouver. Edmonton warps up a six-game homestand on Friday against the Dallas Stars.

Notes: Edmonton, which lost Andrew Ference (concussion) and Boyd Gordon (back) the previous game, played the bulk of the game without defenceman Mark Fayne (shoulder) and then lost forward Matt Hendricks (back) after the second period.

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Flames fall to Stars in shootout

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stars 4 Flames 3 (SO) CALGARY — Tyler Seguin had the deciding goal in the shootout and Ales Hemsky scored twice in regulation as the streaking Dallas Stars edged the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Wednesday for their seventh win in eight games.

Seguin’s shot past Karri Ramo was the only one to go into the net in the shootout. Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen was perfect against Joe Colborne, Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan.

Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas (36-28-10), which climbed within six points of the Winnipeg Jets, who hold the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

Deryk Engelland, with his first two goals of the season, and Johnny Gaudreau scored for Calgary (40-27-7).

The Flames remain in third in the Pacific Division, one point up on idle Los Angeles, who sit outside of a playoff spot. The Kings have a game in hand.

Down 3-2 headed to the third period, Calgary got the only goal as Engelland scored his second of the night.

The defenceman, who also tied the game 2-2 in the second period, got the puck at the blue-line and sent a floater towards the net that found the top corner.

Engelland’s first career two-goal game came after he had gone without a goal in his last 77 games dating back to last season.

Dallas took a 3-2 lead with 16 seconds left in the second period.

With the teams playing four aside, Shawn Horcoff carried the puck up ice on a two-on-one.

The veteran hung onto the puck patiently then set up Hemsky near the far post for an open net.

Trailing 2-0 in the second period,

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Dallas Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen makes a shootout save against Calgary Flames’ Joe Colborne during NHL action in Calgary, Wednesday.

Calgary cut the deficit in half when Gaudreau slipped a shot through the pads of Lehtonen at 12:44. It was Gaudreau 21st goal. He leads NHL rookies in scoring with 58 points.

The goal sparked the Flames, who drew even less than two minutes lat-

er on Engelland’s wrist shot from the blue-line.

Dallas took a 1-0 lead 47 seconds into the second period when Hemsky crossed over the blue-line and beat Ramo with a wrist shot to the top corner.

Jason Spezza set up Benn on a power play for an easy tap-in at 10:47 to put the visitors up 2-0.

Lehtonen finished with 31 saves to improve to 33-14-10. Ramo had 27 saves to fall to 15-8-3.

Red Deer’s Ryan going for flyweight belt

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

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Malcolm Gordon will defend his Havoc flyweight belt against Austin Ryan on Friday at the Prairie Pavilion.

Originally a co-main event, it has become the lone headlining fight on the 12-fight card after Ryan Machan’s bout with UFC veteran Cody McKenzie fell through.

Still Machan says the title fight should be worth the price of admission.

“These guys are a couple of the top flyweights in Canada, it’s going to be interesting to see who comes out on top,” said Machan, also a Havoc coowner.

Gordon carries a 5-1 career record into the ring while Ryan is undefeated at 4-0. Gordon fights out of Adrenaline Training Centre in Longon, Ont., and won the belt in his last Havoc appearance at HFC 4 on Jan. 31, 2014, beating Michael Davis by submission at 2:16 of the second round.

Since then he beat Chris Kelades at Bellator 114 on May 9, 2014 but is coming off his first career loss at Provincial Fighting Championship 3 in his hometown, losing by TKO to Randy Turner on Oct. 18, 2014.

This will be his second fight in Havoc.

Ryan is a Red Deer native fighting out of Arashi Do ATC and has made all four of his fights in Havoc, but this will be his first title shot. He is coming off a TKO win over Bojan Kladnakovic at 4:42 of the second round at HFC 6. Only one of his fights has gone the distance, a decision win over Keegan Oliver at HFC 4, he has also won by submission over Mike Glover and Robert Nelson.

“They’re both unpredictable, they’re really not great at anything but they’re really good at everything,” said Machan. “They both grew up in the gym, they didn’t come from one style, they grew up learning it all. You won’t be able to predict how the fight is going to end, it’s going to be an entertaining fight.”

Machan, 31, was scheduled to fight McKenzie (15-7), but was suspended earlier this week for 90 days after he was disqualified for an intentional head butt in his last fight against Andrew McInnes. His opponent suffered a broken orbital bone in the fight. Due to the timing of the suspension there was no time to find a top level replacement for Friday.

Machan (23-9) is on a five-fight winning streak and has lost only once in his last nine fights. He was hoping the

fight with McKenzie would help elevate his position in the mixed martial arts world.

He has already signed on to fight in a new promotion in Calgary, Fight Night at the Corral on May 9. Though Machan’s opponent has yet to be named, there is the possibility that it will still be McKenzie.

“McKenzie is an eight-time UFC vet and I’m looking at taking the next step to the UFC, so I’m trying to make sure I get the right fights by fighting only former UFC guys,” said the Sylvan Lake native.

There are four more fights on the pro card on Friday, headlined by Devon Neis (5-4) and Grayson Wells (0-1) at 205 pounds, a rematch of their meeting at HFC4.

“Their first fight was really entertaining and it ended up getting stopped because of a cut,” said Machan. “Both of these guys wanted a rematch because they don’t know which is the better fighter.”

Also fights include Trent Rowell (1-3) against Ronnie Oar (0-0) and Zach Chalmers (1-1) versus Dan Juricic (0-0) both at 205 pounds. The other pro fight pits Wolfgang Janssen (3-1) against Mark Maruzs (3-6).

The night will be kicked off with seven amateur fights including Malcolm Tisadle (1-0) against Marc Lanouette (0-0) at 170 pounds, Travis Marshall (1-0) against Daniel Yoner (0-0-1) at 185 pounds, Andrew Marsden (02) against Austin Stewart (0-0) at 170 pounds, Simone Villetard (0-0) versus Alix Beatty (0-2) at 135 pounds, Patrick Leblanc (0-0) against Josh Strate (0-2) at 145 pounds, Mike Pyska (0-0) versus Murray Hunter (0-0) at 205 pounds, and Blaine Cust (1-2) against a yet to be determined opponent at 205 pounds.

Though the amateur card does get overshadowed by the pro card, for Machan and co-owner Jesse Fox, it is an important part of developing the brand and the sport.

“To jump right into a professional fight, you don’t know what you’re getting into,” said Machan. “In an amateur fight, there’s no ground and pound, you can’t punch the face on the ground, so it really lets guys get used to being in the cage and get used to being hit and get used to the feeling of having to cut weight and go through all of the motions of a pro fighter but you can’t really get hurt. The rules are a lot safer to protect you.”

There are still a few tables available and tickets available for Friday night, both can be purchased through www.havocfc.com. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Defending WHL and Memorial Cup champs hope to become Cinderella team

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departure of stars Curtis Lazar, now with the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, Henrik Samuelsson and Griffin Reinhart, who are toiling in the AHL. But most of this season’s Oil Kings also played for last year’s dual-championship squad, and Brandon’s last two post-seasons (2013-14 and 2011-12) ended with losses to Edmonton.

“Being the underdog doesn’t mean you have no chance,” said Hamilton.

“It just means, on paper, you’re not picked to win.”

Medicine Hat Tigers vs. Red Deer Rebels; The Tigers boast two of the league’s top scorers in Trevor Cox (2980-109), who placed second and Cole Sanford (51-45-95), who wound up fourth, while Dryden Hunt (33-50-83) finished 13th. Riley Sheen leads the Rebels with 24 goals and 47 assists.

Calgary Hitmen vs. Kootenay Ice; The Hitmen enter the playoffs on a five-game winning streak. Adam Tambellini, who finished 10th in league scoring with 47 goals and 39 assists,

The Edmonton Oil Kings will have history on their side in this year’s Western Hockey League playoffs — but not much else.

The defending WHL and Memorial Cup champions hope to become a Cinderella team after taking a steep fall in the standings. Although the Oil Kings have won two league titles and a Canadian crown in the past three years, they will be hard pressed to knock off the powerhouse Brandon Wheat Kings in their first-round Eastern Conference series.

“It’s been a different experience this year for our team,” said Edmonton coach Steve Hamilton. “We’re certainly going through a transition as an organization.”

The Oil Kings are seeking their fourth-consecutive WHL finals berth and third Memorial Cup trip in four years.

“I don’t think we carry the burden of the pressure that we’ve had over the last few years,” said Hamilton. “We’re certainly heavy underdogs by most people’s expectations.”

Edmonton had to settle for the second wild-card berth in the Eastern Conference after finishing eighth with a 34-31-4-3 record. The Wheat Kings placed first in the East with a 53-11-4-4 mark.

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will lead the Calgary attack. Unheralded Kootenay has gifted offensive players in Luke Philip (30-52-82), Jaedon Descheneau (34-47-81) and Sam Reinhart (19-46-65), the second-overall pick in the 2014 NHL draft (Buffalo).

Regina Pats vs. Swift Current Broncos; Both the Pats and Broncos enter the playoffs having lost six of their past 10 games. But the all-Saskatchewan affair promises to be a memorable battle.

Kelowna Rockets vs. Tri-City Americans; The Rockets (53-13-5) are the clear favourites to come out of the West after making key trades that brought stud defenceman Josh Morrissey and power centre Leon Draisaitl in separate deals from the Prince Albert Raiders. Draisaitl recorded 53 points in 32 games after beginning the season with the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers. Beau McCue’s 51 points led Tri-City (31-38-3).

Victoria Royals vs. Prince George Cougars; The Royals, led offensively

by Austin Carroll (38-31-77), do not

come across as overly flashy but play a steady brand of hockey that will make them difficult to unseat. The Cougars (31-36-5) are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2010-11.

Everett Silvertips vs. Spokane Chiefs; Nikita Scherbak justified his trade to Everett from Saskatoon at the start of the season by leading the Silvertips in scoring (27-55-82). Now, it’s a question of whether he can help the Silvertips handle the pressure of being one of the favourites in the West against a dangerous Spokane team.

Portland Winterhawks vs. Seattle Thunderbirds; Portland is seeking its fifth-straight WHL finals berth and second trip to the Memorial Cup in three years. The Winterhawks must limit Seattle winger Mathew Barzal, who missed much of the season with an off-ice knee injury but still recorded 12 goals and 45 assists in 44 games.

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Raptors clinch playoff spot despite loss

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Bulls 116 Raptors 103 TORONTO — On a night the Toronto Raptors lost to the Chicago Bulls, they clinched their second consecutive playoff spot.

It took losses by Boston and Charlotte for Toronto to secure its post-season spot — a fitting turn of events for a Raptors team mired in a miserable slump.

“There are no moral victories in this league, it’s win or lose, make or miss league,” said coach Dwane Casey.

Greivis Vasquez had six three-pointer in a 22-point performance, but it wasn’t enough as the Raptors fell apart over the final eight minutes en route to a 116-103 loss.

“We played hard, came out with a lot of intensity, aggressive,” said DeMar DeRozan, who had 20 points on the night. “That’s one thing we definitely can take from it, we had the game in our hands for most part of the game and we’ve got to understand six, seven more minutes of that, we win the game.”

Jimmy Butler topped the Bulls (4429) with 23 points, while Aaron Brooks added 16.

Lou Williams added 18 points for the Raptors (42-3), who were playing without injured all-star Kyle Lowry (sore back). Terrence Ross finished with 16, and Jonas Valanciunas grabbed 12 rebounds.

The Raptors have lost three of their last four, and 12 of their last 17 — not the way they want to head into the postseason. But DeRozan said the “smallest thing” can turn things around.

“We only need one game when we put everything together and it brings our confidence level back to where it was,” DeRozan said. “It’s going to be

one of these games for sure, and we understand. . . our confidence is still definitely high, through the bad two weeks we had, we still clinched playoffs tonight.

“Still in a great spot. All we need is that one game to get ourselves going, going into the playoffs.”

On a night that Lowry sat on the bench alongside the coaches dressed in a charcoal suit, a special cushion propping up his sore back, Vasquez filled in admirably, drilling his sixth three-pointer about two minutes into the fourth quarter that put the Raptors up by five points.

Vasquez would shoot 6-for-11 from three-point range.

But the Bulls, who’d beaten Toronto three times already this season, fought back with a 18-5 run, capped by a two free throws by Butler with 3:42 to play that put Chicago up by 104-97. Nikola Mirotic drilled a three and Butler added a basket to put the visitors up by eight with two minutes to play.

A three by Brooks with 1:32 on the clock all but sealed Toronto’s fate as fans started to head for the exits.

“Well, they scored 39 points,” Casey said, when asked about Toronto’s fourth-quarter collapse. “We competed for three quarters. If a team shoots 61 per cent, 51 per cent from the three, and score 116 points, there isn’t a lot of defence being played. They’re not chopped liver either, they’re going to be one of the top teams in our conference, and that’s our measuring stick.”

As it turned out, the Raptors didn’t measure up.

Ross led the way with 12 points in the first quarter, launching a 24-footer that gave the Raptors a 13-point lead.

Toronto took a 29-20 advantage into the second.

The Bulls began the second with an 8-2 run to pull within three points.

The Raptors took a 54-50 lead into the

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Chicago Bulls’ Nikola Mirotic (44) battles for a loose ball against Toronto Raptors’ Terrence Ross and DeMar DeRozan (10) during first half NBA action in Toronto on Wednesday. locker-room at halftime.

The Raptors assembled an 11-point lead in the third, punctuated by a Ross turnaround hook shot. But the Bulls battled back to cut Toronto’s lead to

82-77 with one quarter left.

The Raptors have 10 games left of the regular season. They host the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday followed by the Houston Rockets on Monday.

Sabres fans rooting for a loss against Coyotes

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Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick (32) and defenceman Andrej Sekera defend the net against a shot at goal by New York Rangers center Dominic Moore (28) during the second period of an NHL game, Tuesday, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

At their best in desperate situations, Kings confident they’ll make playoffs NEWARK, N.J. — Justin Williams has his name on the Stanley Cup three times and won the Conn Smythe Trophy last spring leading the Los Angeles Kings past the New York Rangers.

With that in the past, the impending unrestricted free agent who earned the reluctant moniker of “Mr. Game 7” is more concerned about the playoff games he and the Kings might not get to play next month.

“My focus is straight ahead right on this team and not having that sticker next to your name as the Stanley Cup champs that didn’t qualify for the playoffs the next season,” Williams said.

Despite winning the first two games of their road trip, the Kings woke up Wednesday out of a playoff position in the competitive Western Conference.

Desperation seems to suit this team well, and players are confident they’ll get the job done and get in.

“Everybody realizes that we play the best hockey when we’re desperate and when we have a lot of emotions poured into games,” centre Anze Kopitar said. “It’s to that point in the season standings-wise and points-wise that we have to have better games.”

The Kings beat the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers on back-toback nights in rematches of the 2012 and 2014 Stanley Cup final. They visit the New York Islanders on Thursday before seeing the red-hot Minnesota Wild and 2013 Cup-champion Chicago Blackhawks to finish out their trip.

Defenceman Drew Doughty said he and his teammates are treating the

rest of the regular season like the playoffs, where the Kings have a .640 winning percentage dating to 2012. The difference now is they need to pick up points and worry about what other teams, namely the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets, are doing elsewhere.

“It’s just different, for sure,” Doughty said. “When (in the) playoffs, the intensity picks up because if you lose you’re going home and no one wants to go home. So that’s the way we’ve got to look at it: We’re going home if we don’t win all these games, and we’ve got to treat every single game that way, and if we do I think we’ll win a lot.”

The Kings seem most comfortable in situations like this when they need to win or go home. But this isn’t an ideal hole to be in with nine games left.

“Trust me, we’re not,” Williams said.

“I would much rather be at 100 points by now. It is what it is. We’re here because we put ourselves here.”

Los Angeles needed a nine-game winning streak in February just to be in the playoff hunt. Goaltender and 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy-winner Jonathan Quick has started 29 of the past 30 games and been a stabilizing force.

When the Blackhawks needed to go on a run in 2011, the year after they won their first Cup in this stretch, Corey Crawford started 27 in a row. So Chicago coach Joel Quenneville understands why that’s happening with Quick or the Minnesota Wild’s Devan Dubnyk, who has started 32 in a row.

Quick nodded his head Monday night like it was a no-brainer the Kings will make the playoffs. The quiet confidence extends to the rest of the lockerroom.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres are in last place. And many of their fans are openly rooting for the standings to stay that way.

“Lose!” yelled Doug Borsuk, a 10-year season-ticket holder from the upper level during a recent Sabres’ home game. “Of course it’s weird. But it’s ultimately for them to succeed. If they’re not going to make the playoffs, they might as well finish last.”

Though the Sabres don’t ascribe to the sentiment, the down-is-up mentality has taken hold. The prime objective among fans has become for the Sabres to bottom out to get the best chance to land one of two highly touted draft prospects: OHL Erie Otters centre Connor McDavid and American-born Boston University centre Jack Eichel.

Both are described as having oncein-a-generation potential. And under NHL rules, only the last-place team is guaranteed to draft first or second.

The compound name “McEichel” has become a popular hashtag reference among Sabres fans on Twitter.

Some have written letters to the editor imploring the Sabres to lose. And several hosts on the team’s flagship radio station are on board by providing daily updates on the bottom end of the standings.

“You really can’t hide from it,” said forward Patrick Kaleta, who grew up in nearby Angola rooting for the Sabres. “I don’t like it.”

With two-and-a-half weeks left, the chances of Buffalo (20-46-7) finishing last hinge heavily on a two-game set against the 29th-place Arizona Coyotes (22-44-8). The teams, who have gone a combined 6-28-5 since Feb. 10, are separated by five points entering their game at Buffalo on Thursday. They’ll meet again at Arizona on Monday.

“Lose the games, please,” were the words of discouragement Borsuk had for the Sabres. “The players should want to win. I’m rooting for them to lose. And I’m willing to take on any fan who thinks otherwise.”

Coach Ted Nolan isn’t listening.

“I can’t control what other people think,” Nolan said, Wednesday. “Who wants to finish last? Nobody wants to finish last. I never went into anything

my entire life wanting to finish last.

You go into it with the right intentions, and it’s the integrity of the game that’s on the line.”

Through the purging of high-priced veteran contracts, the Sabres have become a shell of the team they were as recently as two seasons ago.

Goalie Ryan Miller, captain Steve Ott and leading scorer Thomas Vanek were among those traded away last season in moves that led to Buffalo finishing last with a franchise-worst 21 wins. This season, the Sabres haven’t been much better with a lineup that has featured as many as nine players who opened the season in the American Hockey League.

General manager Tim Murray had low expectations to begin this season.

And yet, he didn’t envision the Sabres to be this bad after adding captain Brian Gionta and veteran defenceman Josh Gorges last summer.

“We had no stars in our eyes thinking that we were going to be a contender for the Cup by any means,” Murray said. “Has it gone completely as I would’ve envisioned? Maybe not.”

Murray further diluted the lineup last month, when he traded defenceman Tyler Myers and forward Drew Stafford in a seven-player deal with Winnipeg to acquire forward Evander Kane and defenceman Zach Bogosian.

Kane was the key acquisition, but he won’t be ready until September after season-ending shoulder surgery.

The Coyotes, coming off a 5-4 overtime win at Detroit on Tuesday, aren’t sure what reception they’ll get in Buffalo, knowing some Sabres fans might be rooting for them. Coyotes coach Dave Tippett joked it might feel similar to playing in Arizona, where it’s not uncommon for out-of-town Canadian fans to root for the visitor.

“But that’s inconsequential,” Tippett said. “That has nothing to do with the bearing of the game, nothing at all.

Players don’t think that way. Coaches don’t think that way. You go into a game, and you’re going to play to win.”

Sabres centre Tyler Ennis is taking the same approach, no matter what fans think.

“I can understand what people are thinking,” Ennis said. “But I know if they were in our shoes, they wouldn’t want to lose.”

SCOREBOARD

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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015

Hockey

Local Sports

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Brandon 72 53 11 4 4 340 x-Regina 72 37 24 5 6 263 x-Swift Current 72 34 33 1 4 221 Moose Jaw 72 32 35 4 1 221 Prince Albert 72 31 37 2 2 215 Saskatoon 72 19 49 2 2 195

GA 219 238 245 266 257 308

Pt 114 85 73 69 66 42

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Calgary 72 45 22 1 4 289 x-Medicine Hat 72 45 23 2 2 268 x-Red Deer 72 38 23 5 6 240 x-Kootenay 72 37 31 1 3 245 x-Edmonton 72 34 31 4 3 217 Lethbridge 72 20 44 5 3 202

GA 203 213 227 248 204 304

Pt 95 94 87 78 75 48

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Kelowna 72 53 13 5 1 305 x-Victoria 72 39 29 3 1 244 x-Prince George72 31 36 2 3 222 Kamloops 72 28 37 4 3 214 Vancouver 72 27 41 2 2 189

GA 183 219 295 258 251

Pt 112 82 67 63 58

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA y-Everett 72 43 20 3 6 242 199 x-Portland 72 43 23 2 4 287 237 x-Seattle 72 38 25 4 5 218 201 x-Spokane 72 34 34 3 1 219 229 x-Tri-City 72 31 38 0 3 190 242 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth.

Pt 95 92 85 72 65

WHL PLAYOFFS Round of 16 Medicine Hat vs. Red Deer Saturday, Mar. 28 Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 29 Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 1 Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Apr. 2 Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Brandon vs. Edmonton Thursday, Mar. 26 Edmonton at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 27 Edmonton at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 29 Brandon at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 31 Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Anaheim at Boston, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

San Jose at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

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

Montreal at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Portland vs. Seattle Saturday, Mar. 28 Seattle at Portland, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 29 Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 31 Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, Apr. 2 Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Regina vs. Swift Current Friday, Mar. 27 Swift Current at Regina, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 28 Swift Current at Regina, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 31 Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 1 Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Games Calgary at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Victoria vs. Prince George Friday, Mar. 27 Prince George at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 28 Prince George at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 1 Victoria at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Apr. 2 Victoria at Prince George, 8 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 74 46 20 8 100 Tampa Bay 74 46 21 7 99 Detroit 72 39 21 12 90 Ottawa 72 37 24 11 85 Boston 73 36 25 12 84 Florida 73 33 26 14 80 Toronto 74 27 41 6 60 Buffalo 73 20 46 7 47

GF GA 195 162 242 191 208 195 212 190 193 190 180 201 193 237 138 245

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Rangers72 46 19 7 99 N.Y. Islanders74 44 25 5 93 Pittsburgh 73 40 22 11 91 Washington 73 39 24 10 88 Philadelphia 75 30 29 16 76 New Jersey 73 31 31 11 73 Columbus 73 34 35 4 72 Carolina 72 26 36 10 62

GF GA 219 167 226 205 202 181 212 180 196 216 164 186 198 228 165 199

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 75 46 22 7 99 219 211 Vancouver 73 43 26 4 90 211 195 Calgary 74 40 27 7 87 217 195 Los Angeles 73 36 23 14 86 196 182 San Jose 73 35 30 8 78 201 206 Edmonton 74 21 40 13 55 177 254 Arizona 74 22 44 8 52 154 246 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Everett vs. Spokane Friday, Mar. 27 Spokane at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 28 Spokane at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 1 Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, Apr. 3 Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Minnesota 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Los Angeles 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Columbus 5, Anaheim 3 Arizona 5, Detroit 4, OT Tampa Bay 4, Florida 3 Nashville 3, Montreal 2, OT Vancouver 5, Winnipeg 2

Kelowna vs. Tri-City Friday, Mar. 27 Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 28 Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 31 Kelowna at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 1 Kelowna at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders

Wednesday’s summaries

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 74 46 21 7 99 226 182 Nashville 74 45 21 8 98 211 178 Chicago 73 44 23 6 94 207 167 Minnesota 74 42 25 7 91 211 183 Winnipeg 74 38 24 12 88 207 195 Dallas 74 36 28 10 82 232 236 Colorado 73 33 28 12 78 196 205

Calgary vs. Kootenay Friday, Mar. 27 Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 29 Kootenay at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 31 Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 1 Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Third Period 4. Chicago, Shaw 13 (Keith, Saad) 2:24 (pp).

5. Philadelphia, Raffl 19 (Read, Del Zotto) 15:55 (pp).

Penalties — Colaiacovo Pha (high-sticking) 2:10, Bellemare Pha (fighting) 5:19, Carcillo Chi (fighting) 5:19, Del Zotto Pha (slashing) 6:03, Chi Bench (too many men) 9:06, Toews Chi (hooking) 14:44.

Shots on goal Chicago 11 14 10 — 35 Philadelphia 13 9 11 — 33 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (L, 30-16-5); Philadelphia: Mason (W, 15-17-10).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Chicago: 1-2; Philadelphia: 1-2.

Wednesday’s Games Dallas 4, Calgary 3, SO Philadelphia 4, Chicago 1 Edmonton 4, Colorado 3

Oilers 4, Avalanche 3 First Period 1. Edmonton, Marincin 1 (Miller, Lander) 4:33.

2. Edmonton, Eberle 21 (Klefbom, Pouliot) 5:53.

3. Edmonton, Hall 12 (Lander, Miller) 9:36.

Penalties — Marincin Edm (delay of game) 11:59.

Second Period 4. Colorado, Iginla 25 (Barrie, O’Reilly) 5:22 (pp).

5. Colorado, Tanguay 21 (O’Reilly, Landeskog) 10:31.

Penalties — Klinkhammer Edm (tripping) 3:08, Hendricks Edm (tripping) 3:59.

Third Period 6. Colorado, O’Reilly 14 (Tanguay) 4:54.

7. Edmonton, Roy 11 (Pouliot, Yakupov) 10:42 (pp).

Penalties — Mitchell Col (slashing) 9:07, Marincin Edm (hooking) 12:56, Schultz Edm (delay of game) 19:09.

Shots on goal Colorado 14 19 11 — 44 Edmonton 8 13 13 — 34 Goal — Colorado: Berra (L, 2-3-1); Edmonton: Scrivens (W, 15-23-10).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Colorado: 1-5; Edmonton: 1-1.

Stars 4, Flames 3 (SO) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Granlund Cgy (high-sticking) 8:22, Bouma Cgy (roughing) 17:55.

Second Period 1. Dallas, Hemsky 10 (Nemeth, Seguin) :47.

2. Dallas, Ja. Benn 27 (Spezza, Seguin) 10:47 (pp).

3. Calgary, Gaudreau 21 (Monahan, Hudler) 12:44.

4. Calgary, Engelland 1 (Bouma) 13:49.

5. Dallas, Hemsky 11 (Horcoff) 19:44.

Penalties — Roussel Dal (interference) 3:46, Eakin Dal (tripping) 4:49, Colborne Cgy (holding) 9:21, Spezza Dal (tripping) 17:47, Diaz Cgy (tripping) 18:58.

Third Period 6. Calgary, Engelland 2 (Raymond, Granlund) 11:19.

Penalties — Backlund Cgy (holding) 3:16, McKenzie Dal (boarding) 11:39, Colborne Cgy (boarding) 17:30.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout — Dallas wins 1-0 Dallas : Seguin goal, Sceviour miss.

Calgary : Colborne miss, Gaudreau miss, Monahan miss.

Shots on goal Dallas 13 9 7 1 — 30 Calgary 6 15 12 1 — 34 Goal — Dallas: Lehtonen (W, 33-14-10); Calgary: Ramo (LO, 15-8-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Dallas: 1-7; Calgary: 0-4.

John Tavares, NYI Sidney Crosby, Pgh Alex Ovechkin, Wash Jakub Voracek, Pha Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Jamie Benn, Dal Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Steven Stamkos, TB Tyler Johnson, TB Claude Giroux, Pha Joe Pavelski, SJ Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Daniel Sedin, Vcr Tyler Seguin, Dal Jiri Hudler, Cgy Henrik Sedin, Vcr Max Pacioretty, Mtl Patrick Kane, Chi Nick Foligno, Clb Rick Nash, NYR Ryan Johansen, Clb Alex Steen, StL Joe Thornton, SJ Henrik Zetterberg, Det Jonathan Toews, Chi

G 34 24 47 21 18 35 26 28 40 26 21 35 23 16 33 27 17 35 27 26 39 24 24 14 16 23

A 40 50 26 52 54 35 44 40 27 41 46 31 43 50 32 38 48 29 37 38 24 39 38 48 45 37

Pts 74 74 73 73 72 70 70 68 67 67 67 66 66 66 65 65 65 64 64 64 63 63 62 62 61 60

y-Atlanta Washington Miami Charlotte Orlando

Southeast Division W L Pct 54 17 .761 40 32 .556 33 38 .465 30 40 .429 22 51 .301

x-Cleveland x-Chicago Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 47 26 .644 44 29 .603 35 36 .493

GB — 14 1/2 21 23 1/2 33 GB — 3 11

Indiana Detroit

31 27

40 44

.437 .380

15 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-Memphis 50 22 .694 — Houston 48 23 .676 1 1/2 San Antonio 45 26 .634 4 1/2 Dallas 45 27 .625 5 New Orleans 37 34 .521 12 1/2

Portland Oklahoma City Utah Denver Minnesota

Northwest Division W L Pct 45 25 .643 41 31 .569 31 40 .437 27 45 .375 16 55 .225

y-Golden State

Pacific Division W L Pct 58 13 .817

GB — 5 14 1/2 19 29 1/2 GB —

Baseball

Forwards Bailey Bram, Ste. Anne, Man., Calgary (CWHL); Jessica Campbell, Melville, Sask., Calgary (CWHL); Emily Clark, Saskatoon, Wisconsin (WCHA); Sarah Davis, Paradise, N.L., Calgary (CWHL); Haley Irwin, Thunder Bay, Ont., Calgary (CWHL); Brianne Jenner, Oakville, Ont., Cornell (ECAC); Rebecca Johnston, Sudbury, Ont., Calgary (CWHL); Caroline Ouellette, Montreal, Montreal (CWHL); Marie-Philip Poulin, Beauceville, Que., Boston (HE); Jamie Lee Rattray, Kanata, Ont., Brampton (CWHL).

Jillian Saulnier, Halifax, N.S., Cornell (ECAC); Natalie Spooner, Toronto, Toronto (CWHL); Kelly Terry, Whitby, Ont., Toronto (CWHL); Jennifer Wakefield, Pickering, Ont., IK Guts (Sweden).

L.A. Clippers 47 25 .653 Phoenix 38 34 .528 Sacramento 26 45 .366 L.A. Lakers 19 51 .271 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division

L.A. Lakers 101, Minnesota 99, OT Philadelphia 99, Denver 85 Portland 92, Utah 89 San Antonio 130, Oklahoma City 91 Sacramento 108, Phoenix 99

LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed INF Blake Davis.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed RHP Hector Nelo. Released RHP Zach Staniewicz.

ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed RHPs Nate Roe and Bo Budkevics, INF Sean Gusrang and C/ OF Joe Maloney.

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed OF Jackson Gooch.

Frontier League JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed UT Bryan Johns.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS — Signed LHP Spencer Medick and RHP Jarret Miller.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed RHPs Pat Butler and Matt Purnell and LHPs Tim Flight and Chris O’Hare to contract extensions. Signed RHP Ryan Wakefield.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed RHP Austin Delmotte.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed F Austin Daye to a second 10-day contract.

Italian League PALLACANESTRO CANTU — Signed F Metta World Peace for the remainder of the season.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed LB Mason Foster to a one-year contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DB Kyle Sebetic.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed TE Kellen Davis.

Thursday’s Games Indiana at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Indiana 103, Washington 101 Chicago 116, Toronto 103 Atlanta 95, Orlando 83 Brooklyn 91, Charlotte 88 L.A. Clippers 111, New York 80 Miami 93, Boston 86 Houston 95, New Orleans 93 Cleveland 111, Memphis 89

Friday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Washington, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Dallas at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Denver, 7 p.m.

Portland at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Named Dwaine Board assistant defensive line coach, Chris Cash assistant secondary/cornerbacks coach and Andre Curtis assistant secondary/safeties coach.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived LB Brandon Magee.

HOCKEY HOCKEY HALL OF FAME — Named Lanny McDonald chairman of the board.

National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned F Carter Sandlak from Charlotte (AHL) to Florida (ECHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Reassigned G Kent Simpson from Bridgeport (AHL) to Stockton (ECHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned G Mackenzie Skapski to Hartford (AHL).

American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Recalled RW Alexandre Carrier and D Mike Keenan from Orlando (ECHL).

BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Signed G C.J. Motte for the remainder of the season.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Returned F Sahir Gill to Wheeling (ECHL).

HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Returned G Jeff Malcolm to Greenville (ECHL).

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Assigned F/D Tony Turgeon to Allen (ECHL).

WORCESTER SHARKS — Assigned F Vincent Arseneau to Allen (ECHL).

ECHL ALLEN AMERICANS — Loaned F Gary Steffes to Milwaukee (AHL).

BRAMPTON BEAST — Signed D Brandon Devlin.

CINCINNATI CYCLONES — Claimed F Jack Combs off waivers from Missouri.

EVANSVILLE ICEMEN — Signed F Joe Zarbo.

GREENVILLE ROAD WARRIORS — Released G Braely Torris.

GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Released D C.J. Chartrain.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Signed F Matthew Neal.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed D Jason Binkley.

TOLEDO WALLEYE — Released G Matt Cooper as emergency backup. Added G Mike Nepsa as emergency backup.

WHEELING NAILERS — Signed F Mike Slowikowski and G Brandon Whitney.

WICHITA THUNDER — Released F Dylan Hood.

LACROSSE National Lacrosse League BUFFALO BANDITS — Traded the rights to D Drew Petkoff and a 2015 fourth-round draft pick to New England for a 2016 second-round draft pick.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Awarded an expansion franchise to Minnesota to begin play in 2018. Suspended Philadelphia M Zach Pfeffer a second game for violent conduct which endangered the safety of an opponent. Suspended Vancouver F Kekuta Manneh one game for serious foul play that endangered the safety of an opponent.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Signed F Robert Earnshaw.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

AHL PLAYOFFS

Hoosier Daddy, with player of the game Danielle Clifford netting a team-high 19 points, downed the Spartans 61-41 to capture the Red Deer Women’s Basketball League championship.

Jaci Horvath paced the Spartans with 12 points and was also honoured as a player of the game.

In the bronze-medal contest, player of the game Morgan Richardson dropped in nine points to led the Big Ballers to a 35-32 win over Storm, which got nine points from player of the game Chantelle Touchette.

In B-side semifinal action, the Shooting Stars slipped past Xpress 41-40 as Julie Cavanaugh poured in 12 points.

Alyssa Haasbeek scored 10 points in a losing cause while Candace Stamp was the Stars’ player of the game.

Meanwhile, Bev Dodd’s 19-point production paced Funk to a 4844 win over Rampage. Dodd was Funk’s player of the game and Becky Schwab took POG honours for Rampage.

Dowell scores winner as Bulldogs topple Flames Jake Dowell scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and the Hamilton Bulldogs held on to edge the Adirondak Flames 2-1 in American Hockey League action on Wednesday.

T.J. Hensick also scored for Hamilton (31-25-10), which snapped a three-game winless skid. Ben Hanowski replied for the Flames (31-25-8).

Bulldogs goalie Mike Condon made 29 saves for the victory. Adirondack’s Brad Thiessen stopped 24 shots.

RINGETTE The Central Alberta Sting warmed up for the upcoming Canadian ringette championship with a split of a pair of exhibition games in Calgary.

Brenna Parent scored once and added two assists in the Sting’s

Froese leads Marlies past Barons Byron Froese scored twice in the third period to lift the Toronto Marlies over the Oklahoma City Barons 3-2 on Wednesday in American Hockey League action.

Froese’s second goal came at the 16:05 mark of the third for Toronto (31-24-9), which has won four straight. Captain Troy Bodie also scored for the Marlies, while Christopher Gibson made 21 saves.

David Ling and Joshua Winquist gave Oklahoma City (37-218) a 2-1 lead. Laurent Brossoit stopped 30 shots.

Both teams went 0 for 1 on the power play. victory. Emma West and Ashlynn Morrison each scored once and Grace Romansky and Baylee Schulhauser shared goaltending duties.

Gillian Dreger netted two goals and West tallied once in the Sting’s loss.

The team leaves Saturday for the nationals in Fort McMurray.

Major League Baseball Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland Los Angeles Kansas City Toronto New York Houston Boston Tampa Bay Seattle Cleveland Minnesota Texas Chicago Baltimore Detroit

W 14 12 13 13 13 10 10 10 9 10 9 8 8 9 8

L 9 8 9 9 10 8 9 9 10 12 11 10 11 14 15

Pct .609 .600 .591 .591 .565 .556 .526 .526 .474 .455 .450 .444 .421 .391 .348

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Los Angeles 12 6 .667 Colorado 13 9 .591 St. Louis 10 7 .588 New York 13 10 .565 Arizona 12 10 .545 Pittsburgh 10 9 .526 Miami 11 10 .524 Cincinnati 9 9 .500 Philadelphia 11 11 .500 San Diego 11 11 .500 Washington 9 10 .474 Milwaukee 9 11 .450 Chicago 9 12 .429 Atlanta 9 13 .409 San Francisco 6 18 .250 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Tuesday’s Games Minnesota 6, Toronto 5 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 3 Baltimore 9, Pittsburgh 2 Miami 9, Boston 4 Houston 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Oakland 14, Chicago Cubs 2 San Diego 6, Seattle 4 Texas 15, L.A. Angels 8 Colorado 7, Chicago White Sox 6 N.Y. Yankees 9, Detroit 8 Milwaukee 12, Arizona 0 Cleveland 9, San Francisco 5 Wednesday’s Games Detroit 8, Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 7, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 7, Philadelphia 1 Tampa Bay 2, Minnesota 1 Toronto 5, Baltimore 2 St. Louis 1, Washington 0 Milwaukee 9, Oakland 9, tie L.A. Dodgers 9, San Diego 5 Colorado 5, San Francisco 2 L.A. Angels 4, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 0 Chicago Cubs vs. Seattle, late Texas vs. Cincinnati, late

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned C Rob Brantly to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned INF Juan Diaz and OF Courtney Hawkins to minor league camp.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released 1B Jerrud Sabourin.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Ryan Cook to Nashville (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Released LHP Efrain Nieves.

Traded 1B Mike McDade to Baltimore for future considerations.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHPs Chad Jenkins and Bo Schultz to Buffalo (IL).

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Tommy Kahnle to Albuquerque (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reassigned RHP Bruce Billings to minor league camp.

American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released RHP Kevin Fuqua and OF Brandon Tripp.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP Yusuke Inoue.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed RHP Winston Abreu.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed LHP Dylan Chavez.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed RHPs Eric Wordekemper and Jeff Marquez.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed RHP Cameron McVey. Atlantic League

Sunday

Defence Courtney Birchard, Mississauga, Ont., Brampton (CWHL); Laura Fortino, Hamilton, Brampton (CWHL); Halli Krzyzaniak, Neepawa, Man., North Dakota (WCHA); Brigette Lacquette, Mallard, Man., Minnesota Duluth (WCHA); Jocelyne Larocque, Ste. Anne, Man., Brampton (CWHL); Lauriane Rougeau, Beaconsfield, Que., Montreal (CWHL); Tara Watchorn, Newcastle, Ont., Boston (CWHL).

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Doug Derraugh, Arnprior, Ont. Assistant Coaches: Tim Bothwell, Vancouver; Dwayne Gylywoychuk, Winnipeg; Laura Schuler, Toronto.

Equipment Managers: Alana Goulden, Aurora, Ont.; Jake West, Winnipeg.

Tuesday’s Games Detroit 108, Toronto 104 Oklahoma City 127, L.A. Lakers 117 Dallas 101, San Antonio 94 Milwaukee 89, Miami 88 Sacramento 107, Philadelphia 106 Golden State 122, Portland 108

Saturday

● Curling: Canadian college championships at Olds College. ● WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, first game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, 7 p.m. (The Drive) ● Midget AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer Indy Graphics, fourth game of bestof-five South Central Alberta League final, 7:45 p.m., Red Deer Arena.

● Men’s basketball: Playoff games at 4:15 and 5:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, second game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, 6 p.m. (The Drive)

Flyers 4, Blackhawks 1 First Period 1. Philadelphia, Simmonds 28 (Read, Schultz) 7:20.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Philadelphia, White 5 (Colaiacovo, Grossmann) 7:09.

3. Philadelphia, Giroux 22 (Voracek, Del Zotto) 13:58.

Penalties — None.

11 1/2 20 1/2 32 38 1/2

Friday

● Curling: Canadian college championships at Olds College. ● Mixed martial arts: Havoc Fighting Championship #8 at Westerner Prairie Pavilion, 7:30 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer Indy Graphics, third game of bestof-five South Central Alberta League final, 7:45 p.m., Red Deer Arena.

IIHF Canadian Women’s World Hockey Roster CALGARY — Canadian roster for the 2015 IIHF women’s world hockey championship, to be held Mar. 28-Apr. 4 in Malmo, Sweden (with position, name, hometown and current club or university): Goaltenders Ann-Renee Desbiens, La Malbaie, Que., Wisconsin (WCHA); Genevieve Lacasse, Kingston, Ont., Boston (CWHL); Emerance Maschmeyer, Bruderheim, Alta., Harvard (ECAC).

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Toronto 42 30 .583 — Boston 31 40 .437 10 1/2 Brooklyn 30 40 .429 11 Philadelphia 18 54 .250 24 New York 14 58 .194 28

Today

● Curling: Canadian college championships at Olds College. ● Men’s basketball: Playoff games at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

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

Baltimore vs. Detroit, 11:05 a.m.

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

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

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

L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

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

Kansas City vs. Seattle (ss), 2:05 p.m.

Seattle (ss) vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Texas, 7:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Boston vs. Atlanta, 11:05 a.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis (ss), 11:05 a.m.

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

St. Louis (ss) vs. Washington, 11:05 a.m.

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

Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Arizona (ss), 2:10 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs. L.A. Angels, 2:10 p.m.

Miami vs. Houston, 4:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Kansas City, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Cincinnati, 8:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Diego, 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.

Daniel Norris pitches six impressive innings as Blue Jays beat Orioles 5-2 SPRING TRAINING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SARASOTA, Fla. — Looking to cement a spot in the Toronto rotation, Daniel Norris allowed one run in six impressive innings as the Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Wednesday.

Norris gave up three hits and struck out seven without walking a batter. It was Norris’ second start against Baltimore. In his first, he allowed one hit in 1 2-3 innings.

The Orioles’ run scored in the third when Norris hit Nolan Reimould with a pitch, and Caleb Joseph doubled.

Kevin Pillar, who missed 10 days with an oblique strain caused by sneezing, returned to the lineup, and hit a two-run homer for Toronto.

Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen gave up two runs, one of them earned, in five innings. He allowed four hits, struck out one and didn’t walk a batter.

Delmon Young homered for Baltimore in the seventh.

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Canadians take big lead at worlds RADFORD AND DUHAMEL SKATE FLAWLESS PAIRS SHORT PROGRAM FIGURE SKATING

SHANGHAI — Canadians Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford skated a flawless short program to take a commanding lead in the pairs at the world figure skating championships on the opening day Wednesday.

Duhamel, from Lively, Ont., and Radford, from Balmertown, Ont., undefeated in five international competitions this season, scored 76.98 points to take a four-point lead over Chinese veterans Pang Qing and Tong Jian, who came out of retirement to compete on home ice in their 16th world championships. Another Chinese pair, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, were third.

In ice dancing, Madison Chock and Evan Bates will attempt to become just the second American duo to win a world title after taking the lead in the short dance.

Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., were second, and defending world champions Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy were third.

Duhamel said she and Radford chose to skate to a song by the FrenchCanadian singer Ginette Reno because of the luck Reno brought the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL playoffs last year. Reno sang the national anthem before every home game, spurring the Canadiens to victory in the first two rounds.

“As soon as our music starts and we get in that starting position, it brings us back to the familiar feeling of everyday at training and every competition that we’ve done,” she said. “But I have to say, I think before the music started, we were the most nervous we’ve been all season.”

Although the Canadians won the silver medal in the team event at the Sochi Olympics last year and are two-

time bronze medallists at the worlds, they’re not accustomed to coming into a major competition as the heavy favourites.

“We’re heading into the long program for the very first time in first place,” Radford said. “Having a great skate in the short, of course, helps us feel more relaxed.”

Pang and Tong, both 35, first competed at the worlds together in 1999 when several of their current Chinese teammates were just toddlers. The two-time world champions (2006, 2010) and Olympic silver medallists retired after the Sochi Games, but returned to compete in one final worlds.

Tong joked that it wasn’t his idea to come out of retirement.

“She wanted to come back, so I followed her,” he said.

Now they have a chance to win another gold in front of a boisterous home crowd, though their long program is not nearly as technically difficult as the Canadians, who have a throw quad salchow in their routine.

Chock and Bates, the U.S. champions, scored a career-best 74.47 to top the short dance in ice dancing.

The Americans also led after the short dance at the Four Continents last month before Weaver and Poje came back to edge them for the gold.

“We know we can’t rest,” Bates said. “We have to absolutely attack the (long) program and skate as though we were coming from behind.”

The only other Americans to capture a world ice dancing title were Meryl Davis and Charlie White in 2011 and 2013. The duo hasn’t competed since winning the Olympic gold in Sochi last year, but came to Shanghai to skate in the worlds opening ceremonies on Wednesday.

Like Duhamel and Radford in the pairs, Weaver and Poje were the favourites coming into Shanghai having

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford perform during the pairs short program in the ISU World Figure Skating Championship 2015 held at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China, Wednesday. Duhamel and Radford finished in first place in the event. won all five events they competed in this season, including the Grand Prix Finals and Four Continents.

“We’ve had the weight a little bit this whole season and we put it on ourselves,” Weaver said. “Regardless of the result right now, we’re so happy

Jordan Spieth right at home in Texas Open as he prepares for Masters

Canada’s men’s basketball team drawn in Group B for qualifying tournament

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s path to the 2016 Rio Olympics became clearer Wednesday with the draw for the FIBA Americas men’s basketball qualifying tournament.

What remains unclear is what Canada’s team will look like.

“We still have a lot of work to do as far as figuring out who’s going to be available and what the time commitments with their NBA teams or European teams are going to be, how flexible those teams are going to be in letting us use those players for this event,” Canada’s coach Jay Triano said on a conference call.

“And for the Pan American Games for that matter.”

Canada was drawn Wednesday in Group B with Argentina, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Cuba for the FIBA Americas Olympic qualifying tournament, Aug. 25 to Sept. 6 in Monterrey, Mexico.

Triano said he has about 30 players in the national team mix, and could see a variety of players spread between the Pan American Games, July 10-26 in Toronto, and the FIBA Americas tournament, The Pan Am Games conflict with the NBA summer league, and young players such as Andrew Wiggins, Nik Stauskas and Tyler Ennis could be required to play there rather than Toronto.

“At the end of the (NBA) season, we’ll reach out to the NBA teams and find out whether they want their players to play in the summer league or if they can afford to miss part of the summer league or miss it completely,” Triano said.

“The good thing is that for a lot of our players, they’re beyond the sum-

mer league, a Kelly Olynyk, Andrew Nicholson, Robert Sacre, Tristan Thompson. . .but there are going to be some that the NBA teams I’m sure are going to want their hands on their players.”

The Canadian men are gunning for their first Olympic berth since the 2000 Games in Sydney. A top-two finish in Mexico will clinch them an Olympic spot.

The top four teams in Group B after the first round will cross over and play the top four teams in Group A, which has Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Panama, and Mexico. The top four teams overall after secondround action will play in meet in two semifinals. The winners of each will play in the Olympics.

Triano hasn’t sat down with the Minnesota Timberwolves to ask about the star rookie’s availability, he’s being respectful of their NBA season. He said he will talk to each NBA team with Canadians as soon as their NBA seasons are over.

Triano does believes Wiggins can be a leader for the Canadian team, whenever he joins the fold.

“He’s got an incredible skillset, and I wouldn’t say it’s just offensively,” Triano said. “His growth throughout the first year in the NBA has been fantastic, and I think that’s an important thing for us with the Canadian team as well. “(But) we still have a long way to go as far as our discussions with the Timberwolves, how we can best use and utilize Andrew while at the same respecting where they have him in their plans as he progresses as a professional player.”

Edmonton is hosting the women’s FIBA Americas tournament Aug. 9-16.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO — Jordan Spieth has a couple of home games before the Masters.

“I enjoy being able to drive my own car to these tournaments,” said Spieth, the 21-year Texan who lives in suburban Dallas. “I get to see a lot of friends and family who I don’t get to see a lot of the year. And then, at the same time, get ready for the Masters on a challenging track.”

He will open play Thursday in the Texas Open and also is playing next week in the Houston Open.

“As a native Texan, I always like playing the Texas events,” Spieth said.

“This event, in particular, gave me an exemption when I was in college. ...

So, it’s a tournament that has helped launch my career and one that is close to my heart. I like being back here.”

Spieth is coming off a playoff victory two weeks ago at Innisbrook. He tied for second behind Bubba Watson last year in the Masters and won the Australian Open and Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge in consecutive weeks late last year.

At Innisbrook, Spieth beat Patrick Reed and Sean O’Hair with a 30-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole.

“I really felt like it was coming,” said Spieth, a career-best sixth in the world ranking. “Just patient enough to pull it off. Nice to close it out on a

Lanny McDonald to succeed Pat Quinn as chair of Hockey Hall of Fame

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Lanny McDonald has been a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1992. Now he’s the man in charge.

McDonald was named chairman of the board of the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday, succeeding the late Pat Quinn. Although he had a storied playing career, culminating in a Stanley Cup with the Calgary Flames in 1989, McDonald is still anxious about his new role.

“I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was a little nervous,” McDonald said Wednesday in the Hall of Fame’s Great Hall, hours after the board of directors elected him to the position. “But when you have a love for the game and you have a passion for the game and the people in the game, it’ll be pretty easy.

I look forward to the challenge.”

McDonald will take over as chairman on July 1 after fulfilling his duties on the selection committee. The post was vacant after Quinn died Nov. 23.

A nine-year veteran of the Hall’s selection committee, the 62-year-old McDonald appreciated Quinn’s handsoff approach to leadership.

“He allowed the selection committee to be their own voice,” said McDonald. “Then when he had to jump in and maybe tweak some things or throw out some suggestions, he did. That’s what a good leader is all about. You look at his playing career, you look at his coaching career and then you look at what he represented as chairman of the Hall, I’m proud to follow him and pick up the work that he’d started.”

McDonald was already acting as an ambassador for the Hall of Fame on Wednesday, taking a moment to shake hands and take photos with fans who were admiring his plaque at the Great Hall before speaking with media about his appointment.

“It’s a huge day, huge responsibility, but I’m just proud to be a part of the team,” said McDonald. “I look around here, this is like home.”

McDonald had 500 goals and 506 assists in 1,111 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Calgary.

Scotty Bowman, David Branch, Brian Burke, Marc de Foy, Mike Gartner and Anders Hedberg were all re-appointed to another term on the selection committee, up to the 2017 selection process.

with how we’ve been able to shoulder that pressure and funnel it into the performance.”

The women’s and men’s short programs are on Friday, and the pairs and ice dancing events will conclude with the long programs on Saturday.

made putt.”

Spieth was 10th last year at TPC San Antonio.

“He’s a superstar,” defending champion Steven Bowditch said. “He’s strong in every aspect of his game and will be a force to be reckoned with for the next 20-odd years. You break down his golf swing and you see he’s one best out here with his clubface control.”

Bowditch won his first PGA Tour title last year. The Australian closed with a 4-over 76 in windy conditions for a one-stroke victory.

Phil Mickelson is in the field along with Dustin Johnson, Billy Horschel, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, area resident Jimmy Walker and Matt Every.

Mickelson is winless since the 2013 British Open.

Johnson is coming off victory March 8 at Doral in the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship. He played the course for the first time Wednesday.

“The golf course is great,” Johnson said. “It’s in really good shape. I like the course. I think it’s fairly tough. I think it will be a good week.”

Every successfully defended his Arnold Palmer Invitational title Sunday.

He made an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Henrik Stenson.

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EARTH HOUR SWIM

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The City of Red Deer Recreation Dept. is hosting a fun activity on Saturday. The Earth Hour Swim will run in conjunction with Earth Hour. The Toonie Swim from 8 — 10 p.m. will be held at both the Collicutt Centre pool and the Dawe Centre pool. During Earth Hour participants are encouraged to turn off all their lights and electronic devices to conserve electricity between the hours of 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Alberta author Fred Stenson will read from his new novel Who by Fire, on March 27, 3 p.m. at Red Deer College Library. Free admission and refreshments. Phone 403-3423344. ● Red Deer Arts Council Annual General Meeting goes March 27, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Where’s My Tribe Social to follow from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. featuring entertainment, refreshments and socializing. Memberships available at the door. Contact info@reddeerartscouncil.ca, 403-348-ARTS (2787). ● Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce present Premier Jim Prentice, March 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Marquis Room, Harvest Centre, Westerner Park. Advance tickets with a plated lunch cost $60 per person or $450 per table of eight for Chamber members, or $75 per person or $550 per table of eight for non-Chamber members. See www.reddeerchamber.com.

Saturday ● Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Days will be held March 28 to April 4 at various Central Alberta locations. Purchase fresh daffodils for $6 per bunch, a bright symbol in the fight against cancer, and support the Cancer Society, or purchase a daffodil pin for $2, to be worn throughout April. To find out more, or to order daffodils by March 23, see cancer. ca/daffodil or call 403-347-3662. ● Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society Fun Casino will be offered on March 28, 7 p.m. at Festival Hall and features a performance from HOJA. Contact Delores at 403346-0055, rdchs@telus.net. ● Central Alberta Singles Club dance will be held March 28 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Hot Spur. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. For information, call Jim at 403-638-6563, or Murray at 403-357-8022. ● Guess Who? family mystery storytelling guest will take participants on a journey to the world of games, crafts, puppet shows, character appearances, and scavenger hunts on March 28 at the Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library from 1 to 2 p.m. ● Elnora Agricultural Society presents Tomas Kubinec — Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible — at the Elnora Community Hall on March 28. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show goes at 7:30 p.m. for $27.50 per person. Tickets are available at the Elnora Village Office, Jewell’s Grocery, and Sunset Printing. ● Joyce deHaan Memorial Mad Hatter Tea Party will be held on March 28, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Black Knight Inn in Grand Ballroom. Doors open at noon and the program starts at 1 p.m. Event features afternoon tea, coffee and light lunch, cash bar, silent auction, door prizes, raffles and more in support of those surviving cancer and those in need of hats and wigs. Wear a hat, donate a hat and win prizes for table with best theme.

Tickets, $25, by email to Sharon.schultz@ rdpsd.ab.ca, 403-347-4056, or 403-314-2008, or. Indicate if you need a reserved table for a group of six or eight. ● St. Vladimir Easter Bake

Sale will be held on March 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and features Easter breads — paska and babka, cabbage rolls, pyrohy, butter lambs, and baking. Phone 403-340-8504. ● The Alberta Dahlia and Gladiolus Society Annual Dahlia Tuber and Gladiolus Corm Sale will be featured on March 28 at Bower Place shopping centre from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be many varieties of tubers and corms of different flower varieties, colours, and sizes for sale. The ADGS is a non-profit society promoting the culture and development of dahlias and gladiolus. Contact Larry at 403-346-7482, or larryquintilio@ gmail.com, or see albertadahliaandgladsociety.com ● Red Deer Firefighters Roof Top Campout in support of Muscular Dystrophy will take place March 28 to 31, noon to noon on top of Fire Station 2 on 67 St. A Boot Drive will be held on March 28 and 29 where a donation lane will be set up on 67 St. Donations also accepted online at http://muscle.akaraisin.com/Donation/Event/ Home.aspx?seid=10332&mid=8&Lang=enCA, or through Facebook at https://www. facebook.com/pages/Red-Deer-Firefighters/1618135431753837. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The March 28 session is called Caveman Connections. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission.

Sunday ● Botha Old-Time Dances are held on the last Sunday of each month, next March 29, at Botha Community Hall, Sept. through June with some exceptions from 1:30 to 5 p.m. on Sundays, with admission of $12.50.

Different popular old time bands each dance.

Please contribute to and enjoy a pooled luncheon of buns/sandwiches and desserts to be shared by all, served at 5 p.m. All ages and families welcome. For more information, call Doug at 403-742-3994. ● Red Deer River Naturalists — Saturday Bird Focus meets Sunday at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre on March 29 for a slide show of Judy ad Larry Boyd’s tip to Florida.

To join in, confirm attendance with Judy at 403-342-4150.

Monday ● MAGsparks is an inclusive and accessible visual art program for everyone offered on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

Professional artists are on hand to help with projects. Materials are supplied. There is a drop-in fee of $3. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult. For information, contact Janet at 403-309-8405, janet. cole@reddeer.ca. On March 30 and April 1 the topic is Spring Pop-up Pictures. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House has several upcoming events, regular card games and tournaments and special tournaments: Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m.; Whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m.; 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on March 30; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3.

Tournaments cost $6. Phone 403-346-4043.

Tuesday ● School’s Out Spring Break Just Keep Swimming is offered at Timberlands Branch of Red Deer Public Library on March 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. All ages welcome to watch Finding Nemo movie, make a craft, and join a treasure hunt for Nemo and his friends. ● Teen Spring Thing at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library is set for March 31 and April 1 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the mezz. On March 31 the theme is The Queen of Hearts Croquet and Tarts and features Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland movie, and on April 2, Mockingjay — Part 1 movie will be featured in The Hungry Games event. ● Bower Place Community Association seniors’ coffee and card parties are held on the last Tuesday of each month at Bower Kin Place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Join the fun on March 31. Call Marlene at 403-343-0632. ● Ladies of Sunnybrook Farm Museum Annual Home-made Pie Sale will take place March 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and April 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ready to bake pies are available in apple, blueberry, cherry, raisin, peach, rhubarb/strawberry, and rhubarb/ raspberry for a cost of $12 each. Funds will support educational programs. Contact 403340-3511 or sbfs@shaw.ca.

Wednesday ● School’s Out Spring Break Muppets Most Wanted is offered at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library on April 1 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Children ages eight and up welcome to watch Muppets Most Wanted movie, make a puppet, and try heist challenges.

Movie is rated PG. ● Play-a-Story for children ages seven and up is offered at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library on April 1, 15 and 29 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Create characters from favourite stories and have fun bringing them to life. ● Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Easter Family Night features an egg hunt, Easter craft, special games and interactive activities on April 1, 6 to 8 p.m. Egg hunt starts promptly at 6:20 p.m. Cost is $10 per family or group of six. See www.ashfm.ca/events ● Sit and Be Fit exercise program is held on Wednesdays starting at 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. A $2 drop-in fee applies.

Phone 403-343-6074. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with RR4 is on April 1 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

● The Leadership Centre of Central Alberta will host TouchStone Series workshop with Gary McDougall presenting Conflict Management and Negotiate Anything, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 1. Lunch included. Limited seating. For pricing, location and to register, call 403-304-0325 or email office@theleadershipcentre.ca. ● Red Deer Ramblers Hiking Club annual meeting will be on April 1, 7 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and memberships may be purchased for $10 for individuals, or $20 for families. Laurie Schwartz will speak on The Most Dangerous Animal in the Rockies, hiking information and guidelines will be provided, Valhalla Pure Outfitters will have a display of hiking gear and information, scheduled hikes and signups for extended hikes will be held. Cookies, tea and coffee will be provided. Please bring a mug. See www.reddeerramblers.com, or contact rdramblers@gmail.com, or Bertha at 403-343-8126.

Thursday ● School’s Out Spring Break Makey Makey is offered at Timberlands Branch of Red Deer Public Library on April 2 and 7 from 1 to 2 p.m. Children ages eight and up welcome to build, create, explore with makerspace just for kids. Mindstorm, makey makey, littleBits, Lego and more. ● First Thursdays in the Snell are free chamber music concerts from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the Snell Auditorium on the first Thursday of each month. Café Noir will sponsor the series and provide free coffee and tea. Bring lunch, or purchase at the café. The April 2 event features Red Deer soprano Alisa Harris with pianist Deb Fitch as musical guests.

Phone 403-342-9122. Free will donation at the door. ● Stettler Genealogy Club meets at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at Paragon Place, Stettler, next on April 2. All are welcome to learn about where various ancestors came from. Contact Chris at 403740-3636. ● Lacombe Farmer’s Market will hold a special Easter sale on April 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

Home Easter baking, crafts, eggs, woodwork, honey, jams, perogies, and much more will be offered. For information or to book a table, call 403-782-4772 or 403-877-1280.

Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre Easter dance, Thursday, April 2, 7 to 10 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of RR4 Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-3476165, 403-342-2875, or 403-346-3896.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Book to Movie Day will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Dawe Branch or Red Deer Public Library. Young readers are welcome to read the book of the month, and then watch the movie and enjoy popcorn, and discussion after the film. Call 403-309-3488, or jbarritt@ rdpl.org. On April 4, enjoy Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis. ● Alberta Sports Hall of Fame 2105 Induction Banquet is coming up on May 29 at Sheraton Red Deer. Tickets cost $100 per person or $800 per table. Tickets cost 403-341-8614. Find out who will be honoured

in the world of sports. See www.ashfm.ca/ events. ● Jayman Built MS Walk and Run takes place on May 31 starting at Kiwanis Picnic Shelter in support of Multiple Sclerosis Society. Check in at 7:30 a.m. with walks beginning at 9 a.m. for two or 8.5, km, or runs of five or 10 km. For route maps or to register see www.mswalks.ca or call the Central Alberta chapter office at 403-346-0290.

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Boko Haram takes civilians as human shields

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABUJA, Nigeria — Boko Haram is using an unknown number of civilians as human shields as its fighters flee an offensive by multinational forces, a top Nigerian official said Wednesday.

Mike Omeri, the director general of the National Orientation Agency would not say how many people are being used.

“Some say 500, some 400, some say 300,” but Omeri said he was awaiting reports from authorities on the ground around Damasak, a trading town near the border with Niger that was recaptured on March 16.

Omeri stressed this was not a new incident and that the authorities are investigating.

Instead, he said that as troops advanced, Boko Haram rushed to a school where people had been held after the insurgents had seized the town late last year.

They released some women and children, but not those they had “married in the period of occupation.”

He said the fighters and those being used as shields still are in the Damasak area.

The soldiers who recaptured Damasak found the town largely deserted.

The troops from Chad and Niger who now hold Damasak have discovered evidence of a mass grave, Chad’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mahamat Zene Cherif, confirmed Wednesday.

Boko Haram has killed thousands of civilians and kidnapped unknown hundreds in its fight to create an Islamic state.

The group was little known until it caused international outrage with its mass kidnapping almost a year ago of 276 girls from a government boarding school in northeast Chibok town. Dozens escaped in the first couple of days, but 219 remain missing.

Their fate remains unknown and spawned the BringBackOurGirls campaign on social media.

Syrian rebels seize stronghold near border

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Syrian rebels on Wednesday seized an ancient town near the Jordan border that is a key government stronghold, ousting Syrian soldiers and allied militiamen from the region after four days of intense battles, opposition activists and rebels said.

There was no immediate comment from the government on the fall of Busra Sham, a town in southern Syria classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its historic citadel, ruins and well-preserved Roman theatre. It was once the capital of the Roman province of Arabia and a stopover on caravan routes to Mecca, according to UNESCO. Busra Sham had been in the hands of President Bashar Assad’s troops throughout the four-year-old conflict and was considered to be a stronghold of pro-government forces in the southern province of Daraa.

The town’s capture is a strategic gain because of its geographical location as well. Busra Sham is perched on highlands 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the Jordan border, overlooking the plains that spread out from the southern outskirts of Damascus.

“Today is a happy day, Busra Sham has been completely liberated,” said Ahmad Masalma, an opposition activist in Daraa. He said some 10,000 rebels from various groups took part in the attack on the town, which began Saturday from three sides and ended at dawn Wednesday. They included members of al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, the Nusra Front.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, trying to repair relations with the U.S., told Congress on Wednesday that his country owes a “profound debt” to the more than 2,200 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

In a speech to a joint meeting of Congress, Ghani also thanked the U.S. for development aid and other civilian assistance. And he promised he will be a good steward of continued U.S. assistance to his country as it works to rebuild while struggling against a stubborn insurgency.

“We owe a profound debt to the soldiers who have lost limbs to buried bombs, to the brave veterans, and to the families who tragically lost their loved ones to the enemy’s cowardly acts of terror,” Ghani said.

“We owe a profound debt to the many Americans who have come to build schools, repair wells, and cure the sick. And we must acknowledge with appreciation that at the end of the day it is the ordinary Americans whose hard-earned taxes have over the years built the partnership that has led to our conversation today.”

Hours before Ghani spoke, at least six people were killed and more than 30 were wounded in a suicide car bombing near the presidential palace in Kabul.

Ghani is untested as a leader, yet he received a warm reception from both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill. The reason: He’s not former Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Lawmakers have been critical about U.S. troop involvement in America’s longest war, wasteful spending in Afghanistan and Karzai’s anti-American rhetoric.

Toward the end of his tenure, Karzai did not think the U.S. was holding Afghanistan’s interests front and centre. He repeatedly railed against the thousands of civilians being killed and said the war against terrorists should not be fought in the villages of his country. U.S. officials and lawmakers did not think Karzai’s comments were appropriate given that 2,200 U.S. servicemen and women had been killed and billions of U.S. tax dollars had been spent during the conflict.

Still, despite being weary of war, lawmakers from both parties praised the White House announcement Tuesday to slow the pace of the U.S. troop withdrawal.

In a shift from his previous plan, Obama said the U.S. would leave its 9,800 troops in Afghanistan in place rather than downsizing to 5,500 by year’s end.

The size of the U.S. footprint for next year is still to be decided, Obama said, but he brushed aside any

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Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday. speculation the withdrawal will bleed into 2017. That means the slowdown won’t jeopardize his commitment to end America’s involvement in Afghanistan before leaving office.

Deficiencies in the Afghan security forces, heavy casualties in the ranks of the army and police, a fragile new government and fears that Islamic State fighters could gain a foothold in Afghanistan combined to persuade Obama to slow the withdrawal.

Ghani also told the lawmakers packed into the House chamber that IS militants pose a “clear and present danger” to Afghanistan and other states in western and central Asia.

“Terrorist movements whose goal is to de-stabilize every state in the region are looking for new bases of operation,” he said. “We are the frontline, but the terrorists neither recognize boundaries nor require passports to spread their messages of hate and discord.”

“From the west, the IS militants are sending advance guards to southern and western Afghanistan.

To the south, Pakistan’s counter-insurgency operations ... are pushing the Taliban from south Waziristan (in Pakistan) towards Afghanistan’s border regions,” Ghani said.

And he challenged leaders, intellectuals and the millions of Muslims who believe that Islam is a religion of tolerance and virtue to speak out against Islamic extremism.

Italian high court deciding fate of Amanda Knox

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME — Italy’s high court took up the appeal of Amanda Knox’s murder conviction Wednesday, considering the fate of the “very worried” American and her Italian former boyfriend in the brutal 2007 murder of Knox’s British roommate.

So many journalists and trial-watchers were on hand for the final arguments in the murder of Meredith Kercher that the judges moved the hearing into the largest available courtroom in the Court of Cassation.

A decision had been expected as early as Wednesday, but with a full caseload Wednesday and other court matters Thursday, the presiding judge said a

ruling may not come down until Friday.

The judges could decide to confirm the convictions and 28 ½-year sentence for Knox and 25-year sentence for her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, which would then raise extradition questions for Knox since she is free in the U.S. The court could decide to throw out the convictions and order a third appeal trial. Less likely, it could overturn the convictions without a retrial.

To date, the high-profile legal saga of Knox and Sollecito has produced flip-flop guilty-then-innocentthen-guilty verdicts, polarizing observers in three nations. Knox has been portrayed alternately as a victim of a botched investigation and shoddy Italian justice, or a promiscuous predator who falsely accused a Congolese bar owner of the murder.

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● Hunting Hills High School Bike-a-Thon in support of mental health will take place for 24 hours from April 16 to 17.

Sponsors and donations are sought. Contact Alicia at alicia. bryar@rdpsd.ab.ca or 403-342-6655 ext. 2236 or Krystina at Krystina.clark@rdpsd.ab.ca, ext. 2241 or see www.huntinghills.rdpsd.ab.ca, https://twitter.com/HHHSBikeathon ● Norwegian Laft Hus Society offers rosemaling painting class with Karen Westly on April 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for $50.

For more information and to register, contact norwegianlafthus@gmail.com, or 403-347-0255. ● Red Deer College offers day camps and stay camps for children and teens running July 5 to Aug. 21 in music, visual art, dance, science, film, video game design, sports — and new this year — trades such as carpentry and welding. For details go online to www.rdc.ab.ca/summercamps, or call 403357-3663. ● Physical Literacy and Fundamental Movement Skills Summit will take place at Red Deer College at Be Fit For Life Centre on April 18, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Community leaders, teachers, students, parents, recreation coordinators, anyone working with children and athletes will benefit from this workshop. Registration is $50 per person at 403-357-3663. ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) will hold their Ambassador Breakfast on April 10, 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. at the Quality Inn North Hill. Cost is $15. Guest speaker is Rene Michalak, ReThink Red Deer Project Lead who will talk about the restoration of Piper Creek area south of Red Deer. RSVP to info@rdrwa.ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379 by noon on April 8. ● Shalom Counselling Centre Spring Dessert Gala will take place April 25, 7 p.m. at Balmoral Bible Chapel. Guest entertainer will be local singer/songwriter Randi Boulton, and other highlights include fine desserts, silent and live auctions, and family fun. Funds raised at the Spring Gala will subsidize the cost of counselling to make services accessible and affordable to all who call for help. Guests and volunteers sought.

Tickets are $20 each from Country Cupboard, Scott’s Parable Christian Stores, Shalom Counselling Centre. For more information, call 403-342-0339 or email info@shalomcounselling. com. ● Red Deer Legion Pipe Band and Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion present the play Jake’s Gift on April 21.

The play is a surprisingly funny, moving, and powerful one-act one-woman play about a Canadian WWII veteran’s reluctant return to Juno Beach. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Pipe Band will play at 6:45 p.m. followed by the play at 7 p.m. Purchase tickets for $20 at the Red Deer Legion front desk, or call Arnie at 403-782-7183. ● Forshee Community Hall old-time family dance nights are the first Friday of each month from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per adult, children 17 years and under are free. Evening lunch is included. Live old time music with Country Gold North Band. Next dance is April 3. For more information, call 403-748-3378. ● Parkinson Alberta Red Deer Education Day will be held on April 15 and includes professional speakers, displays, and lunch for a cost of $10 per person. Register by April 8. For each, see www.parkinsonalberta.ca, or phone 403-346-4463.

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Will sportfishing be unsustainable?

The cover of the 2015 Alberta Guide to Sportfishing Regulations brought an agonized, involuntary groan from deep within me: a gorgeous portrait of a native fish — an Arctic grayling — a toofrequent sign in recent years of another native species in such trouble that yet another zero limit is being imposed on anglers.

Inside, the “Message from the Minister” confirms the worst, that the provincial Fish Sustainability Index shows “overall declines in Arctic grayling populations,” therefore “we are impleBOB menting a provSCAMMELL ince wide catch —and — release regulation to better protect this species.”

Sixty years ago, more and less, Rocky Mountain whitefish were erroneously called “grayling” in Southern Alberta, just as walleye were misnamed “pickerel.”

As an uppity kid who knew the truth, I corrected adults about our walleye catches, and particularly yearned to quest for the holy grayling, the real thing, the Arctic grayling.

Forty-five or so years ago, the late Bob Tanghe of Edson, farmer-conservationist bighorn hunter, took pity and invited me and our mutual friend, Carl Hunt, the Alberta fisheries biologist stationed in Edson, to go Arctic grayling fishing with him in September.

It poured that summer and Carl and I noticed swathed grain steaming after the three days of hot sunshine as we drove into the Tanghe farm.

We suggested Bob should probably not go fishing, even offered to help turn the swathes.

“No thanks,” Bob Tanghe said, then uttered pure wisdom: “there’s always work; who knows how long we’ll be able to go fishing?”

So we slewed and slid a maze of resource roads all spilling impure mud and other crud into every watercourse, then hiked other grids of cut lines, finally arriving on the bank of a cold and grey Berland River.

Fishing was slow, but I did catch my first two or three gorgeous Arctic grayling and as many of Alberta’s only native rainbow trout, the Athabasca rainbow, fully mature fish at about 25 cm, still with the characteristic parr marks along their sides.

In his message, the minister tells us

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“we are progressing with plans to stock new trout species such as the Athabasca rainbow trout.”

Why bother? Where are you going to put them?

It is one of our oldest fish species, and we have allowed the forestry and energy industries to destroy its natural habitat with too many badly designed roads always with hanging culverts that stop spawning runs.

Here’s what the 2015 Barry Mitchell’s Fishing Guide has to say about the Berland River today: “It took 20-plus years of management to get populations to rebound to where they are today. …

This is a sensitive watershed and land use and road density is pushing grayling populations.”

In his message, Minister Kyle Fawcett lauds the updated Fish Conservation and Management Strategy for Alberta, but increasingly angry anglers are saying we don’t need officials dinking away on computers in Edmonton; what we need are more biologists in the field trying to prevent the known damage being done to our fish habitats.

Hidden Creek, in the south, for example, spawning stream for 70 per cent of the bull trout in the Oldman watershed, is being destroyed by Mickey Mouse logging’s ruinous practices of cutting too close and on too steep slopes.

The Little Smoky River, North America’s first catch and release Arctic grayling fishery, is likewise being destroyed, plus thousands of cubic yards of water withdrawn for fracking.

The only real good news in this year’s Guide may have come by accident out of the Red Deer River oil spill in 2012: the whole watershed has been catch and release since, while “they” determined, finally, that the fish were safe to eat.

So the old rules are back, except that the formerly ruinous rule allowing of the killing of two brown trout per day after June 16 on the North and South Raven Rivers, provided they were more than 40-cm long is gone; whether accidentally, like mandatory barbless a couple of years ago, or wisely on purpose, we’ll never know.

We still have the harmful zero limits on Prairie Creek, and on walleye below the Dickson Dam down to Tolman Bridge, and the ridiculously low nonresident Canadian licence fee and free fishing for resident anglers over 65.

As I hunted for this year’s guide, licence vendors and government employees were telling me that the magazine is on borrowed time and will become a thing of the past.

Rob Miskosky, Guide publisher, points out that they don’t cost the government a penny to produce, but that at least one government official doesn’t like the advertising content that pays

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The cover of the 2015 Alberta Guide to Sportfishing Regulations for the publication.

“But not everybody wants to go online or use their phone to access the regulations,” Miskosky says, “me included; it will cause an uproar if the hard-copy regs aren’t produced.”

Bob Tanghe wasn’t just thinking of death, illness and old age as reasons why we may not always be able to go fishing.

The former minister outlawed com-

mercial fishing because it is unsustainable.

If we don’t make big changes in the way we treat fish habitats, how long will we be able to keep going before sport fishing becomes unsustainable because all the fish are either “at risk,” “threatened,” or “endangered?”

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Dahlia season is on the horizon soil. Be sure to press the soil down firmly around the plant.

Tie the plant loosely to the stake and water thoroughly.

Then do not water for about two weeks. This method of watering forces the plants to develop deep roots, which will support the plant as well and access moisture.

Plants should be placed far enough apart, approximately 24 inches (60 cm) to allow the air to circulate between the plants, decreasing the chances of mildew.

Dahlias need the average amount of care over the summer. Like all plants, they do best with adequate water, fertilizer and should be free of weeds which compete with the plants for moisture and nutrients.

Purchase gladiola corms now but keep them in a cool area until two weeks before they are to be planted out. Members of the society plant their glads when the mayday trees begin to leaf out, end of April to first part of May. As corms grow well in soft fertile soil, it is best to cultivate deeply by

machine or with a fork or shovel. Plant corms that are being planted for cut flowers in a trench that is about 5 inches (12 cm) deep and place the corms root side down. Place corms every six inches (14 cm) and backfill to cover the corms. When sprouts appear, fill in more soil.

If glads are to be added to a flowerbed, dig a hole approximately 12 inches (30 cm) across and five inches (12 cm) deep. Place five to six corms in the hole and backfill.

Before purchasing corms or tubers, inspect them.

Do not purchase or plant ones that contain mould, rot or soft spots. Diseased materials will not grow well and can contaminate healthy plants.

For those that are worried about having to dig the roots in the fall and store them overwinter, they are so inexpensive that they can be treated as an annual.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House.

She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com.

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be on hand to answer all questions concerning the planting and care of these plants.

To ensure that the dahlias bloom early in the season, the tubers are planted and grown as bedding out plants.

Once all danger of frost is past, the plants are hardened off and placed outside in a sunny location.

The Alberta Dahlia and Glad Society has a few suggestions to make the transition outside less stressful on the plants.

Water the plants two days before they are planted outside making sure all the soil in the pot is wet.

Before planting them out, place a 60-inch (1.5-metre) stake into the ground to the depth of 12 inches (30 cm). This will allow the plant to be staked as soon as it is placed in the hole.

Dig a hole twice the size of the pot and sprinkle a small amount of slow release, balanced fertilizer in the bottom of the hole.

Then remove the pot and place the plant in the hole, backfilling it with

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Those who walked through Bower Place mall last fall when the Alberta Dahlia and Glad Society were hosting their annual show know what these flowers look like at their best. They are magnificent and easy to grow. Every garden should boast a few.

Start with good roots or tubers.

These can be purchased in box stores, at greenhouses, garden centres or from the Alberta Dahlia and Glad SociLINDA ety.

TOMLINSON The society is holding a sale on Saturday at Bower Place, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will have a large variety of tubers and corms available, all at a very reasonable price. Members will

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Sylvan Lake approves mobile vendors BUT AS A TIGHTLY CONTROLLED PILOT PROJECT

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Mobile vendors will be allowed in Sylvan Lake under a tightly controlled pilot project.

A standing room-only crowd paced town council chambers on Monday to voice their opinions on what has become a controversial subject.

Many lakeshore businesses are concerned that allowing mobile vendors will eat into already thin profits and give their mobile competitors an unfair advantage over the brick-and-mortar mainstays.

Others welcome the chance to add something new to the local commercial

mix.

Much of the concern among local businesses was focused on food vendors. In response, council removed one of two locations where mobile food trucks would be allowed in the 25-week pilot project that will run from April to November.

Gone is a proposed location at the east end of Centennial Park, leaving only one location at a parking lot at 50th Street and 50th Avenue. Council also boosted the weekly rate for food trucks to $1,000 from $300 and food carts to $300 from $100.

Mayor Sean McIntyre, who supports the pilot project, was not surprised by the local reaction.

“We heard a lot of speakers at the

public hearing, both for and against, and we had a lot of emails and letters, both for and against,” he said on Wednesday.“We knew that no decision we could have made was going to please everyone.”

The bylaw also allows for other vendors, such as flower sellers, artists or recreation businesses such as water balls, to set up in certain areas at a distance from local businesses. All must pay a weekly fee and can only stay in one place for a week to prevent mobile merchants from setting up shop all summer.

Mobile vending was considered by council several years ago, but dropped in the face of opposition.

This time around, McIntyre noted

there were many in support of the idea and he believes it is worth giving it a try.

“I think pilot project is really the operative word here. We are not considering wholesale changes at this time.”

The town will monitor the project to see how it goes before deciding whether to extend the program.

“If those effects are negative, certainly the program would not be continued in the future.”

McIntyre sees the project as part of the town’s ongoing efforts to revitalize its downtown and attract more visitors — and locals — to the downtown and lakeshore areas. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Students get excited about penguins

BY KELSEY OSTER ADVOCATE STAFF Students reached into an icy pail with a blubber glove and were surprised to find their hand did not get cold.

The Grade 2 students at West Park Elementary School were eager to show off what they had learned about penguins during the afternoon exhibit.

The exhibit Wednesday was the culmination of more than a month of work and research completed by the students.

Students learned that blubber protects penguins from the cold. A blubber glove was part of the interactive display. The students could put their hand in the glove then put the glove in ice water and see that their hand didn’t become cold.

One student thought the most interesting part of the project was learning about penguin babies.

“They are just so cute,” said Grade 2 student Hallie Hirsekorn.

Another thought the spikes on penguins tongues are the most interesting thing about them.

“Without the spikes their food would slip out of their mouth and slip away,” said Grade 2 student Flora Roasting.

“You can really see the engagement in the kids,” said Diane Roberts, principal of the school.

The students respond well to project based learning because it relates to their interests, said Allison Hawkes, a Grade 2 teacher at the school.

Students were excited about the exhibit that all the Grade 2 parents were interested in.

“I could not get her to school fast enough,” said Lori Rechlo, mother of a Grade 2 student.

One student admitted she was nervous to talk about her poster and tell people about penguins, however, she pushed through.

“I had to bring calm and keep doing it,” said Flora.

The exhibit teaches the students more then the core school subjects. It

Photo by Kelsey Oster/Advocate staff

Students at West Park Elementary School play with a blubber glove on Wednesday, March 25 in Red Deer. The Grade 2 students at the school put on a penguin exhibit to showcase what they had learned about the bird. teaches them real world skills about having confidence in social situations as well as how to speak in front of crowds.

“It gets them ready for real life,” said Valena Roasting mother to Flora.

Parents were also excited to see the results of their children’s work.

“She has been talking about this

for a month so it is nice to see all the work,” said Roasting.

Each students prepared a poster with information about a penguin species on it. As part of the project each student brought in money to go towards adopting penguins through World Wildlife Fund.

The classes raised $150 to adopt an

emperor penguin, an emperor penguin chick and a little blue penguin.

This is the second year for the penguin exhibit at the school. The exhibit started last year when the students learned that an oil spill that had affected little blue penguins.

The kids were wondering how they could help,” said Hawkes.

NDP lining up last of region’s candidates

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta’s New Democratic Party is quickly filling out its roster with a mix of new and familiar faces for the next provincial election.

All NDP candidates for the seven Central Alberta constituencies are expected to be in place by April 7.

Taking another run at provincial politics are Doug Hart in Lacombe-Ponoka and Patricia Norman in InnisfailSylvan Lake. Both unsuccessfully ran in 2012.

In Olds-Didsbury, Glenn Norman was recently acclaimed as the NDP candidate.

Expected to be acclaimed today are Hannah Schlamp for Rocky-Rim-

bey-Sundre and Emily Shannon for Drumheller-Stettler.

Karen Reay is seeking the Red Deer North nomination while Barb Miller intends to run in Red Deer South. Both slots will be decided on April 7.

While the NDP are nearly finished picking candidates, some of the other provincial parties still have some blank spaces among the seven Central Alberta ridings.

So far, the Liberals have only named Michael Dawe as a candidate in Red Deer North.

The Alberta Party has two candidates in place — Krystal Kromm in Red Deer South and Serge Gingras in Red Deer North.

The Wildrose are nearly finished, with only slots remaining in Red Deer South and Lacombe-Ponoka.

Memorial set for young Red Deer girls that died in Ecuador DAUGHTER OF JOSH BIRO AND JENNA ROSENE A young Red Deer girl who died while playing on a beach in Ecuador will be celebrated at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club on Sunday.

She is the daughter of Josh Biro and Jenna Rosene, owners of Bikram Yoga Red Deer.

According to the studio’s Facebook page, their daughter, Zama, died while playing in archways and caves on the beach. It would have been her second birthday on Wednesday.

Her young life will be celebrat-

ed at the golf club starting at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Attendees are asked to wear white or bright coloured clothing.

A silent white class will be held following the traditional Indian mourning period on April 12 at 10 a.m. It will be followed by an Om Chant at noon for the yoga community.

Please wear white.

A bulletin board and table will be set up at the studio for those who wish to write their wishes or leave flowers.

Last weekend, the Progressive Conservatives made Christine Moore their choice in Red Deer North and Jack Hayden in Drumheller-Stettler.

This weekend, the PCs will pick a candidate in Lacombe-Ponoka, filling the party’s final opening in Central Alberta. In the running are incumbent MLA Rod Fox, Peter DeWit, Wayne Rempel and Larry Henkleman.

The provincial election is expected to be called in the coming days.

Confirmed candidates: Red Deer North Wildrose Norm Wiebe PC Christine Moore Liberal Michael Dawe Alberta Party Serge Gingras Red Deer South

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Woman sentenced to five years for robbing and beating woman with chain A Red Deer woman will spend five years in custody after robbing another woman and then returning to beat her with a chain after the police were told.

Ashley Laine Maidment, 30, was sentenced Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court after pleading guilty to counts of assault, robbery and uttering threats.

It started when she assaulted and robbed a woman at a Red Deer residence.

Judge Jim Hunter said since there was no weapon involved it didn’t meet the court standard for a home invasion, but he said it could be considered close.

After the victim talked to police, Maidment threatened the victim in person,

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threatening her if she did not change her story. When the victim persisted in talking with police and stuck with her story, Maidment assaulted her with a chain.

Hunter inferred that Maidment lay in wait at the victim’s residence and when she saw the victim approached her and attacked her, beating her with the chain. The victim suffered a broken nose and other injuries.

Hunter said he had considered a sentence of seven years, but opted for five years in custody given the totality of the offences. Maidment was given credit for 239 days of pre-trial custody on that five year sentence.

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C2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, March 26, 2015 limited edition reproductions of waterfowl paintings by 30 major wildlife artists from Canada, the United States, Britain and Australia. Each painting was reproduced on a page of high-quality paper, and signed and numbered by the artist before being hand-sewn, hand-gilded and bound in leather.

The book was one of five recently donated back to Ducks Unlimited.

James R. Herrington of Kingston, Ont., father of Leslie Cameron of Cremona, bought six of the art books in 1987 and all except one remained in the original crate.

The five that were recently donated back to DUC are in pristine condition.

Two have already been purchased as auction items at dinners at Wainwright and Blackfalds.

The Red Deer banquet, for DUC supporters and invited guests only, is at the Pidherney Centre on May 2.

Tickets are $50 per person, or $400 for a reserved table of eight. Contact Christen Sweet at 403-340-4689 or Brenda Malone at 403-340-0512.

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Physical literacy summit at RDC on April 18

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Surveillance photo of suspect in the hold up of a Neighbours Petro-Canada outlet in south Red Deer on Wednesday morning.

Man with handgun robs Red Deer gas station A Red Deer gas station on Gaetz Avenue was robbed on Wednesday morning by a man with a handgun.

The incident occurred at 5:30 a.m. when the man entered the Neighbours Petro-Canada at 3330 Gaetz Ave. while his accomplice, believed also to be a man, waited outside in a vehicle described as a silver or light blue Ford Edge.

The man with the gun left with an undisclosed amount of money, cigarettes and a few scratch tickets. He got into the vehicle, which headed in an unknown direction.

He is described as Caucasian, in his early 20s, about 1.7 metres (five feet eight inches) tall, skinny build, lightcoloured eyes and wearing a blue jacket with fluorescent yellow inside the hood, a black hoodie, black bandana with white pattern, white gloves, black jeans with a white dragon symbol on the right pocket, a white belt and beige shoes.

Red Deer RCMP said they cannot confirm if the robbery is connected to other armed robberies in the area.

Anyone with information is asked to call RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or go online to www.tipsubmit.com.

Rare waterfowl book to be auctioned on May 2 One of the items that will help Ducks Unlimited raise funds at an upcoming Red Deer banquet is a rare book of waterfowl paintings.

The limited-edition art book was intended to commemorate Ducks Unlimited Canada’s 50th anniversary in 1988.

Only 1,250 books were printed and sold then for $2,050 each. The book is now appraised at $5,000.

It contains 44 signed and numbered

Attend a physical literacy summit in Red Deer and earn certification in fundamental skills from the National Coaching Certification Program.

Red Deer College will hold the summit to teach the importance of physical literacy and fundamental movements on April 18.

Participants will learn practical examples of how to apply what they have learned to their current activities.

The summit will be held at Red Deer College main campus from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The college is located at 100 College Blvd.

Admission for the summit is $50.

For further information or to register call 403-357-3663.

Microbrowery status moves ahead in Lacombe Lacombe tipplers may have an opportunity to try out beer brewed locally soon.

City council approved changes on Monday to its bylaws to allow microbreweries to set up their vats in light and heavy industrial districts. It is a discretionary, use meaning municipal planning commission approval is required.

The changes followed an application from local beer makers Blindman Brewing to set up a facility in the city. Besides beer production, bylaw changes will allow for other related activities such as liquor tasting or small retail operations as long as they are limited to 500 square feet of floor space.

By limiting the size of related ventures, the city can ensure that brewing remains the primary business. It will also encourage brewers to set up related businesses in commercial areas should they take off in popularity, says the city.

“By listening and being responsive to our business community, council is being proactive in attracting and promoting new business development in Lacombe,” says Mayor Steve Christie in a statement announcing the changes.

safety codes. Among the changes will be the installation of sprinkler systems, which will make up the bulk of the first-phase construction work.

The total project cost, including engineering and project management fees, will be just under $11.9 million, according to a recent report to council.

Construction will start this year.

“The team Scott Builders has assembled for this project has had extensive experience with renovations on arenas and sports complexes,” says city chief administrative officer Norma MacQuarrie.

“They have demonstrated specific knowledge of the facilities operations, and have presented a proposed work plan that minimizes operational impact.”

Hunting Hills bike-athon for mental health in April Hunting Hills High School will have a 24 hour bike-athon to promote mental health and well-being on April 16 and 17.

Members from the community are invited to attend the event by signing up to take a half hour shift on the community bike.

This year, many well known locals will be participating, including Coun.

Lawrence Lee and Red Deer Rebels game night announcer Joe Whitbread.

Pedalling begins at 12:30 p.m. on April 16. Donations towards positive initiatives for mental well-being in the school will be accepted until the bikeathon is completed on April 17.

For further information, contact Alicia Bryar at 403-342-6655 ext. 2236 or Krystina Clark at 403-342-6655 ext.

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Bail granted for man accused of trying to tunnel out of remand centre Bail has been granted to a man facing numerous firearm and stolen property and is accused of attempting to tunnel out of the Red Deer Remand Centre.

Jeremy Keddy, 35, of Red Deer was granted bail by judge Jim Hunter in Red Deer provincial court Wednesday in the form of a $5,000 surety.

Keddy faces a number of weapons charges from several incidents in 2014 and 2015.

On Dec. 20, he was arrested behind the Village Mall in Red Deer, 6320 50th Ave. Red Deer RCMP said they found several firearms in his possession including a hand gun and two sawed off shotguns.

He has been in jail ever since at the Red Deer Remand Centre. During his stay, it is alleged that he was found attempting to dig a hole into a wall at the centre.

Crown Prosecutor Katie Clarey opposed Keddy’s release saying it was not in the public’s interest for his re-

lease.

Defence counsel Jason Snider provided letters of employment, a residence and a family member willing to provide the surety.

Hunter granted the bail. Keddy will return to Red Deer provincial court on April 8.

Alberta Nature history discussed in Stettler Learn about the history of Nature Alberta and the Buffalo Lake Naturalists on April 4.

A brief history of the organizations will be presented as part of Alberta Nature’s 45th anniversary.

The anniversary celebrations will include a scavenger hunt for children, an appearance by Otis the owl and birthday cake.

The celebration is held at West Stettler Park from 2 to 4 p.m. West Stettler Park is located on the west side of 62nd Avenue in Stettler.

It is free to attend the celebrations.

Everyone is welcome.

For further information, contact Claudia at 587-877-2218 or visit www. buffalolakenature.com and click on the meetings/events link.

Pair facing child porn charges to get preliminary inquiries in September Two men facing unrelated child porn charges have chosen to be tried

by Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, but will have the chance to learn the case against them before hand.

Both are being prosecuted by Jennifer Rees of Calgary special prosecutions. Ivanna Perozak, from the same office, appeared Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court on behalf of Rees.

Anthony Gordon Murray, 59, of Blackfalds elected to be tried by a judge alone in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench with the benefit of a preliminary inquiry. The inquiry is held to test the strength of the Crown’s case before heading to trial.

Representing Murray, defence counsel Will Willms indicated there was some agreement on facts of the case and that the issue at the hearing and eventually at trial could revolve around how the investigation was run.

Murray is charged with possession of child porn, accessing child porn and distributing or selling child porn.

Separately charged Ronald Allan Nichols, 67, is also charged with possession of child porn and accessing child porn.

Represented by defence counsel Dan Wilson, Nichols elected to be tried by a judge alone in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench with a preliminary inquiry.

Nichols preliminary inquiry was set for Sept. 21 and Murray’s was set for Sept. 25 in Red Deer provincial court.

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City council recently approved a $574,500 contract for the well-known Red Deer-based construction firm.

Scott Builders was chosen from eight bidders after a ranking process. The top three were interviewed further before the winner was announced.

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Adult nieces must make their own decisions Dear Annie: I am very concerned about my brother’s daughters, ages 18 and 20.

My brother and his wife divorced when the girls were young.

He and his ex do not get along and communicate poorly.

She often berates him and he remains silent.

Their daughters were shuttled back and forth between their parents’ homes, but they lived mainly with their mother.

MITCHELL Last fall, she announced & SUGAR that she had had enough and the girls would now live with their father while they attend college nearby.

The girls have been with my brother and his wife for several months and they are miserable.

They have no friends there.

They communicate very little with their father and stepmother and remain in their bedrooms most of the day. My brother’s wife has reached out to them, to no avail.

The older girl is doing well in school, but the

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younger one dropped out.

She promised to get a job but hasn’t found one yet. I don’t think she is very motivated.

My brother buys his daughters whatever they want but they have little respect for him.

He buries his head in the sand when it comes to the problems in his home.

My nieces have no direction and little self-esteem. The atmosphere in their house is toxic, and I can’t stand by and do nothing. What do you suggest?

—Concerned Aunt Dear Aunt: We can tell that you care a great deal about your nieces, but they are both adults.

They do not need to live with their father unless they choose to. Dad seems quite willing to support them financially and their stepmother has tried to help.

If the atmosphere is as toxic as you say, both girls would be eager to relocate.

We think a lot of this is the girls’ choice and unconnected to Dad’s home. If you truly want to help, please spend more time with your nieces, either in person or online.

See what’s going on. Perhaps you could give the younger one pointers on finding a job.

She may be unmotivated because Dad doesn’t demand that she find employment, which he should.

At the very least, you would be another source of

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Dear Annie: When my husband and I married, his family let me know they didn’t like me. He already had an ex-wife, and their two children were the only ones who counted.

My husband and I adopted several children of various races and nationalities.

It amazed me that my in-laws acted as though I had adopted them by myself, “burdening” my husband, when, in fact, he loved them unconditionally.

We loved all of the children, including the kids from his first marriage.

Our children picked up on the fact that the grandparents cared little for them. My husband seldom visited them because of it.

When he died, I found his mother’s obituary, which he had hidden from me.

I was hurt all over again when it listed by name two surviving grandchildren and “five step-grandchildren.” — Over It Now Dear Over: In situations like this, it is always the grandparents who lose out.

How sad for everyone.

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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Privacy and private parts: Neighbours riled at naked man but law offers bare minimum of options CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Authorities in North Carolina are looking at ways to take action against a Charlotte man who stands at his front door naked.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say that while the man may be annoying his neighbours, he hasn’t been charged because what he’s done isn’t considered illegal.

State law says someone can’t expose himself in a place where the public has access.

But police say they want to change that, clarifying that it’s unlawful for a person to expose himself if he can be seen from a public place.

At a meeting on Monday night, homeowners said the man stands naked at his door several times a week and has been doing so for years.

The man told WBTV-TV that he’s only been inside his home naked and that his privacy has been violated.

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Strategies to help with health do-overs If you’ve ever given up on a New Year’s resolution, said “yes” to junk food (again and again) or whispered to yourself, “I can’t do it,” this column is for you, because you can have a healthier, happier life. We’ve seen proof.

We have met amazing folks through Dr. Mike’s work at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Center and Dr. Oz’s work with his patients and guests on The Dr. Oz Show. They’ve accepted the do-over challenge and are living proof that anyone can turn his or her life around and stick with it! The most important thing they’ve learned: A health do-over doesn’t take superhero willpower. There are science-based, realworld-tested strategies that can get you past the rough spots.

So here are four of our favourite people who were able to overcome physical and mental challenges (by using those real-world-tested strategies) to achieve successful do-overs. We’d like you to meet them and be empowered by them — so you can do it too!

Val: breaking food addiction When Val’s weight soared from 135 to 215 pounds after two pregnancies, she developed Type 2 diabetes. She was scared she’d lose her health and her marriage to her loving, fit husband Calvin.

The do-over strategy that made the difference: Getting a buddy. Val contacted her best friend and asked her to be her daily supporter using email, texts and phone calls. Every day, Val let her know when she’d completed her 30 extra minutes of physical activity and sent her a daily diary of her meals and snacks.

“It kept me from lying to myself, because I couldn’t lie to my friend!” And sharing your daily achievements with a buddy creates a natural high that helps you construct new brain pathways to replace the old,

Grandma: every little step counts

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Dr. Mike met this grandma who wanted to drop pounds and clear up a laundry list of health issues.

The challenge? She was in a wheelchair almost all the time, taking just 64 steps on her own in a typical day.

The do-over strategy that made the difference: Small changes.

Dr. Mike suggested she add a few more steps every day. Over two years, she made it to 10,000 a day — the number recommended for great health and weight control.

She got rid of her wheelchair after two years, and her walker after that. She dropped 40 pounds, virtually eliminated her arthritis pain and got better control of her diabetes.

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Rocco: bouncing back from a backslide We’ll never forget Rocco, a 270-pound man with diabetes and serious cardiovascular disease. He appeared on the show and agreed to let Dr. Mike coach him through a major do-over. Rocco shed plenty of pounds, and in the process got his diabetes, high blood pressure and arthritis under control.

The do-over strategy that made the difference: Having a purpose.

Like all humans, Rocco backslid now and then.

Dr. Mike would step in to help him get right back on track, with a simple reminder: “Rocco, think about your grandchildren.”

Having a “why” is a huge incentive to stick with healthy habits: Rocco was determined to stick around to see them grow into happy, healthy adults with kids of their own.

Spring clean your body — part 2 Spring has officially sprung! Many ic load, and also need to be released people have kicked off the season by from the body. Inevitably, stressors starting to refresh and revive their will always exist in our environment. lives.

What is important is how we respond Following up from my last column, to these stressors. Make a conscious where I discussed the imeffort to reduce your stress reportance of “spring cleansponse by scheduling in some ing your body” essential“you-time” to either relax or ly from “the inside out” doing things that make you through an annual detox, happy.

I’d now like to focus on ● Detox super foods: Aim what you do to keep on for two servings daily of ‘livtop of the ‘toxic clutter’ in er cleansing foods’ such as the meantime? cabbage, broccoli, brussel The key to detoxifisprouts, legumes, green tea, cation is boosting your raspberries, blueberries, garbiggest organs of elimilic and beets. These foods nation‚ the liver, colon, have nutrients in them that inskin and kidney’s. Below crease liver function and deSHANE are some strategies to try toxification. Be creative and JOHNSON at home that will do just have fun — try this delicious that, and can be done evNATUROPATHIC recipe to get you started! ery day! ● Castor oil liver rubs: MEDICINE Castor oil has been used for decades to increase 2 cups, packed kale and chard, circulation to any area where it is applied topically. When applied to the washed and de-stemmed 1 cup grated raw carrot or beet liver region of the body (upper right 1 apple, grated with skin on abdomen), it brings blood and nutri2-3 tablespoons unrefined olive or ents to the liver, and increases the flow of toxins into the colon and out of the sesame oil 1-2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon body. Warm a small dollop before rubbing it into the skin. This is best done juice 2 tablespoons raw apple cider vinbefore bed and kept on overnight for egar maximum benefit.

1/3 cup toasted pumpkin seeds ● Lemons: The sour property of Pinch of sea salt to taste lemons is excellent for the liver and Chop kale and chard and mix in gallbladder. They stimulate the flow of bile, which keeps your intestines large mixing bowl. Grate carrots and/ moving regularly. Drink 1 tablespoon or beets and add to greens. Next, grate of lemon juice in a glass of water first apple with skin and add to the mixture. Add oil, citrus juice, apple cider thing in the morning upon rising. ● Water: Our bodies are made up vinegar and mix. Toast pumpkin seeds of 60 to 70 per cent water. The daily on skillet over medium heat for five or replacement of that water in our cells six minutes until fragrant and brownis essential for detoxification, and ing. Pour into salad, toss and serve.

All of the home strategies discussed keeping the kidneys healthy. Drink two litres of water every day, and cut back are safe for almost anyone to incorpoon caffeinated beverages, which dehy- rate into their day life and will keep drate you by pulling water out of your you on top of your everyday toxin exposures. Daily practices like these can body. ● Dry skin brushing: The skin is help make an annual detox more efour largest organ of elimination, and fective and deeper acting, leaving you it is constantly regenerating itself. It feeling renewed, refreshed and reviis estimated that we lose one million talized!

Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and skin cells daily! Getting rid of old and dead skin is an important aspect to raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Asdetoxification. Use a loofah or a dry pire Natural Medicine. He completed his bristle brush to firmly brush the skin, naturopathic medical training at Bastyr always starting at the feet and working University, and is among only a handful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to towards the heart. ● Relaxation and stress reduction: complete an additional one-year residenMental and emotional ‘toxins’ from a cy in family medicine. For more detailed large workload, stress, worry and rela- information on naturopathic medicine tionship conflicts contribute to our tox- visit www.aspiremedicine.ca.

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Janelle: stay inspired Janelle was plagued with gastrointestinal problems and other nagging health issues. So she overhauled her diet, got a buddy, started walking and logged every bite of food she put into her mouth.

The do-over strategy that made the difference: Staying inspired.

She taped this motto to her bathroom mirror: “We simply have two choices each day: Make excuses or make something happen. The choice is yours.”

These may seem like simple tricks, but they have complex, profound effects on your willpower. So enlist a buddy, identify your purpose, set realistic goals and get inspired! Your do-over can start today.

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The perils of black mould We live in an older home. A couple of years ago, I spotted a patch of black mould on the ceiling over the bathtub Now that the mould has been reand freaked out. moved from the environment, next is Seven thousand dollars later, the bathroom was completely renovated removing it from the respiratory tract and mould free. The contractor told me and the rest of the body.

The protocol to remove mould from the bathroom wasn’t really the body depends on where mouldy compared to what it has taken root in the body. he has seen. I gasped.

Please keep this in mind Black mould likes damp these are general recommenplaces where the air does dations. not circulate (hence ceilTo begin, it is necessary ing fans in bathrooms). It to kill the mould. I like to is a toxic, dangerous subuse strongly anti-microbial stance. Severe long-term plants for this purpose. These exposure can cause interinclude chapparal (Larrea nal bleeding, liver disease tridentate), thyme (Thymus and infertility. vulgaris), and cedar (Thuja Exposure to mould plicata). Generally I choose usually shows up first in one or two of these plants for the respiratory tract. Its the mould killing formula. spores float in the air and Next I support the imABRAH are breathed in. The earmune system. It has been ARNESON liest sign is a chronically stuffy nose and possibly HERBS FOR LIFE working hard at trying to kill the mould spores and maybe sore eyes. Next a wheeze fatigued. My favourite plant develops, as respiratory passages become inflamed. This is to wake up a fatigued immune system followed by muscle aches, brain fog, is echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia). headaches, and heart palpations. If ex- But I also use astragulus (Astragulus posure continues health deteriorates membraneous) if there is sever depleand different body systems begin to tion. If the lungs are strongly affected by the mould infections old man’s show signs of illness.

The first essential action to take beard (Unsea spp.) is also a good when there is mould exposure is to choice as it is both anti-microbial and stop the exposure. This may mean a immune stimulant.

Both the liver and the lymphatic renovation, which was the option I chose, and or thoroughly cleaning the system work hard when there is a long term infection in the body. Both sysmould while wearing a mask.

If the mould exposure is in a work- tems are responsible for processing place, either asking to be transferred and eliminating the toxins resulting and demand the building be cleaned. from mould.

To support the lymphatic system a Or find a new place to work. powerful southern plant called poke These are difficult choices to make, but if health is affected by a sick build- root (Phytolacca decandra) clears the ing it can for many people be the only lymph system and helps kill off mould spores. option.

To support the liver, there are a few plants to choose from. Oregon grape root (Mahoni aquafolium) supports the liver to clear toxins but also contains Frequently, bleach is recommended an alkaloid called berberine that kills for a mould cleanups. It will kill sur- off the mould. Dandelion root and leaf face moulds. But if the mould is on a (Taraxacum off.) is also a good plant to porous material, it will have rooted use to support the liver.

When the mould spores are killed into material and bleach does not get at the roots. Many experts recommend off and the first symptom, usually the borax, as it kills the roots of the prob- stuffy nose, is cleared up, it is beneficial to continue taking the astragulus lems.

Vacuum up any loose mould and from a few months to help rebuild its immunity and heal any damage the throw the bag out immediately.

Mix 1 cup of borax to 3/12 litre wa- mould may have caused inside the body. But remember, repeated expoter.

Scrub the area infected with mould sure will bring all the symptoms back quickly! with the borax-water solution.

Herbs for Life is written by Abrah Wipe the area until it dry, removing Arneson, a local clinical herbalist. It is any loose mould.

Lightly spray the surface with the intended for information purposes only. borax water solution and let it dry on Readers with a specific medical problem its own. This will allow the borax to should consult a doctor. For more information, visit www.abraherbalist.ca. penetrate to the roots of the mould.

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Making cancer-related terms understood in Inuit a challenge

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — For Annie Buchan, educating Canada’s Inuit about the dangers caused by cancer has been challenging.

The Inuit have a much higher cancer death rate than the general population and one of the highest incidence rates of lung cancer in the world.

Buchan, a recently retired health-care worker who lives in Nunavut, says when people talk about cancer in the Inuit society, it’s like a death sentence.

She said the real challenge has been to make sure that cancer-related terms are understood by the general population.

“It’s very technical a lot of the time and it causes lot of misunderstanding between the professionals and the patients,” Buchan, who lives in Cambridge Bay, said in an interview.

Buchan is vice-president of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, a partner in the project, and says tobacco, drugs and alcohol are used excessively in Inuit communities.

She said that could be reduced if Inuit took better care of their health.

“Education is the key that I feel is needed,” she said “We need to educate our population of Inuit to better understand the terms, treatment and symptoms of cancer.”

That improved in 2013 thanks to Pauktuutit, which launched a glossary containing 250 cancer-related terms translated into five dialects of Inuktitut with the help of the Canadian Cancer Society and other partners.

The glossary is written in what Buchan calls plain language and can be used by the general public and health-care providers.

The Canadian Cancer Society is hoping a new corporate donation of more than $1 million will help increase the awareness of the disease among Inuit across the country.

It announced Tuesday that Jaguar Land Rover Canada has contributed $1.4 million over five years to help improve cancer literacy and education among Inuit.

An official with the Canadian Cancer Society

noted that the smoking rate among the Inuit is three times higher than the general population.

Spokeswoman Tracy Torchetti said lung cancer is the most common type of cancer among all Inuit populations.

“Other cancers rising as a result partly of smoking are cervical and colorectal cancer,” she said in an interview.

Torchetti described it as a complex problem.

“High tobacco use has been a major risk factor as well as things like diet and alcohol use,” she said.

“It’s all compounded by things like low income, inadequate housing, food insecurity and also lack of access to health-care services partly due to long distances.”

Torchetti said people hear the word ’cancer“ and think it’s time to go home to die.

“These are the perceptions that we need to change if we want people to have better responses to treatment,” she said.

According to Statistics Canada figures from 2011, the Inuit population in Canada numbered 59,445, with half under the age of 23.

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‘I want to help Canadian people’ CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONER HAD A LONG JOURNEY TO OPEN NEW CLINIC

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR When Ning Li opened his Red Deer Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Clinic earlier this month, it marked the culmination of a journey that’s spanned a decade and two continents.

A registered Chinese medicine practitioner and acupuncturist, Li is eager to employ his healing skills on area residents. His specialties include treatments for depression, diabetes, colitis, nasal polyps and anal fistula, but his practice at No. 5, 5431 43rd St. covers a much broader range of ailments.

The son of a well-known doctor in Shandong, China, Li grew up watching and helping his father treat patients, and decided at a young age to join the profession. He obtained a university degree in Chinese and Western medicine in 2005, and went on to study under Dr. Chaogang He — whom Li describes as one of China’s leading medical doctors.

Eventually, he went to work at his father’s clinic. But anxious to exert his independence, Li approached a recruiter who was seeking workers for Maple Leaf Foods in Canada.

To improve his chances of landing a job, he claimed to be a butcher.

“I lied,” admitted Li a laugh. “I was really a doctor.”

The fib earned him a one-way trip to Canada. He left China in 2007, with a young wife and infant child still behind.

“When I take the airplane from China to be in Canada, my son only 20 days.”

Li ended up at a Maple Leaf’s pork processing plant in Brandon, Man. After working hard for two years, he was able to bring his family to Canada.

Medicine remained his aspiration, and one day he approached the owner of the Brandon Acupuncture and Chinese Massage & Herbal Centre. After reviewing Li’s credentials and testing his knowledge, the owner agreed to help him develop his skills and learn to speak English.

For the next several years, Li continued to work at the Maple Leaf plant but also helped out at the clinic.

He went from watching and assisting, to treating patients himself.

Li’s father, meanwhile, was urging him to return to China and take over the family clinic. But Li felt his time in Canada had given him the opportunity to

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Chinese medicine practitioner Ning Li of the Red Deer Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Clinic in one of his patient care rooms at 5431-43 Street. do more here than he could in his home country.

“I want to help Canadian people.”

He continues to feel that he has the skills and knowledge to provide treatments that might not be available elsewhere. For instance, said Li, his acupuncture-focused treatment for depression is not widely known outside China.

“This is my responsibility.”

Last fall, Li and his family relocated to Red Deer.

After working briefly at Olymel, where his wife continues to work, he focused his full energies to starting Red Deer Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Clinic.

That business now operates from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday.

RED Challenge finalists announced

No quick bounce back from crude downtown: Conference Board of Canada

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Eight Central Alberta entrepreneurs ventured into the dragons’ den on Wednesday. All emerged unscathed, and several will be richly rewarded for their daring. The group represented the five finalists in the 2015 edition of the RED Challenge, a competition that recognizes innovative business ideas with cash prizes. Now in its fifth year, it’s put on by Red Deer College, Olds College, the City of Red Deer, Red Deer Regional Economic Development, Alberta Innovates Technology Futures and Community Futures Central Alberta.

The finalists this year were Gerene Cole and Oliver Edwards, whose Quinoa Kings business involves the production and marketing of quinoa; Alain Catellier, who makes and recycles pallets under the name GreenWay Pallets; Vania Bowman, who manufactures urban aquaponics systems as Malachite Greens; Kyle Kaiser and Sabby Choudhary, whose Scout smartphone app and marketing platform is designed for small and medium-sized enterprises; and Tyler Rose and Peter Schill, who have a micromaltery named Alberta Craft Malting.

Each of the five finalists had to make a pitch to a panel of local business leaders, similar to the format used on CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den program. The Red Deer panel consisted of Leslie Roberts, president and founder of GoForth Institute and co-founder of GoRobos Inc.; Patrick Galesloot, broker/owner of Century 21 Advantage; and Sonya Sawyer Schaab, coowner of L.A. Radio Group, which operates Sunny 94 and KRAZE 101.3.

The winning entry will earn $20,000, the runner-up $10,000 and the third-place finisher $5,000, with business support also provided. The results are still to be announced. The RED Challenge is open to students enrolled in a post-secondary institution, or who graduated within the previous year.

Last year, Ann Garrett, Sharon Poole and Janet Spafford won the competition on the strength of their fledgling business, Career Catalysts of Central Alberta. It was developed to assist youths and others who are pondering their career options. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

BY ADVOCATE STAFF April 4. For consumers waiting for the last possible day to shop for bargains at the Red Deer Target store, that’s the date they should circle on their calendar. Signs went up at the Bower Place store on Wednesday confirming that the tills there will fall silent in 10 days. And Target Canada later released an updated list of store closures, with the Red Deer outlet one of 18 scheduled to cease operations on April 4. That will bring to 94 the number of Target’s 133 Canadian stores that will have ceased operations. The rest are expected to follow soon after.

Target announced in January that it was pulling out of the Canada, less than two years after its U.S. parent expanded north.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Conference Board of Canada delivered bad news Wednesday for those hoping that the latest crude oil downturn will create only shortterm pain.

The Ottawa-based think-tank predicts that Canada’s oil industry will see a 37 per cent drop in revenues, a pre-tax loss of $3 billion and the 8,000 fewer jobs this year compared with 2014.

And the industry is unlikely to bounce back as quickly this time as it did after the last major drop in 2008 and 2009, it said in a report published Wednesday.

Crude prices saw a much more drastic drop the last time around — touching records above US$140 a barrel and lows around US$33 in a half-year span — but by 2011, were back above US$100.

The U.S. crude benchmark now sits below US$48 a barrel, compared with US$107 last June.

“This is a new oil market,” Conference Board economist Mike Shaw said in an interview.

But he said it’s not the “end of the world.”

“I know it looks rough right now but hopefully by the end of 2015, we start to see prices back towards $60 and maybe we start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

Over the Conference Board’s outlook through 2019, US$80 oil is the best it gets. The main reason is fracking technology that has helped unleash huge crude volumes from U.S. shale formations — a big contributor to the current slump.“ “The period of triple-digit oil has passed for now.

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BRIEF TORONTO — The New Democrats want to ban high volume hydraulic fracking to produce natural gas from shale in Ontario, but the government says there’s no need to outlaw something that isn’t happening. NDP environment critic Peter Tabuns introduced a private member’s bill to have Ontario follow the lead of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and New York and ban fracking.

Tabuns says fracking poses substantial risks to ground water, which is combined with toxic chemicals under extreme pressure to fracture shale deposits to free up natural gas for extraction.

He says Ontario needs to impose a moratorium on fracking before companies come looking for licences to explore for natural gas.

However, Natural Resources Minister Bill Mauro says the Liberal government will not impose a moratorium on fracking.

Mauro says there are no applications to frack and no exploration going on for natural gas deposits in Ontario right now, and he’s not sure there’s enough

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and multi-stage fracturing forever out of the bottle, the U.S. industry will be able to respond quickly and increase production if prices reach US$80 a barrel again, putting a hard cap on prices,” the Conference Board said in its report.

The outlook through 2019 is about US$30 below what the board had forecast during the first quarter of 2014.

The $56 billion invested in 2014 “may prove to be the high-water mark for oil spending in Canada,” the report said. Spending is expected to ring in at $44 billion this year and $40 billion next year, with a moderate recovery in 2017.

Many new oilsands projects aren’t economically feasible at today’s prices. Break-even costs for projects that extract bitumen by injecting steam underground are between US$60 to US$80 a barrel. For a new open-pit mining project, it’s US$90 to US$100 a barrel.

However, oilsands projects take a long time to get up and running and billions have already been sunk into some that are underway. That means overall production is expected to increase to 3.8 million barrels per day this year from 3.5 million barrels a day last year as greater oilsands output offsets drops elsewhere.

The oilsands will continue to grow, just at a slower pace than before. And that’s necessarily not a bad thing, said Shaw.

“It means really that we’re going to see marginal players that just don’t go ahead anymore. It’s going to be a focus on the best assets,” he said.

“It’s not going to be a rush in anymore. You’re going to see companies that take their time and really stage things out.” potential gas in the province to attract companies.

“I would speculate that if there was a lot of it they would have probably been here already, but I don’t know if there is or is not,” he said. “I would expect they would have already been sniffing around if that were the case.”

Mauro also said he would not put a timeline on when his ministry’s review of the fracking issue could be completed.

Ontario rejects NDP call for ban on hydraulic fracking

Target closing date announced

As his patient list grows, Li hopes to employ his wife as well, but for now is just happy to finally have his own practice.

“I want to open clinic by myself,” he said. “I want to be free.”

Li is certified by the Canadian Society of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, the College and Association of Acupuncturists of Alberta, the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario, and the Manitoba Professional Acupuncture Association.

Information about his clinic can be found online at www.reddeertcm.com. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Oil services company Schlumberger Ltd. to pay more than $232M in sanctions violations case WASHINGTON — The world’s largest oil services company, Schlumberger Ltd., has agreed to a penalty of more than $232 million and one of its subsidiaries will plead guilty to trade sanctions violations, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

The criminal case against Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd. resolves a yearslong investigation into allegations that the wholly owned subsidiary had illegally conducted business from Texas with Sudan and Iran in violation of U.S. economic sanctions.

The subsidiary will plead guilty in federal court in Washington to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. As part of the plea deal, the company has agreed to co-operate with the government and will spend three years under corporate probation.

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Oil futures: US$49.21 per barrel, up $1.70 (May contract) Gold futures: US$1,197 per oz., up $5.60 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.175 oz., up 25.6 cents $712.93 kg., up $8.23 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’15 $2.10 lower $460.60; July ’15 $0.20 lower $460.10; Nov ’15 $2.50 higher $449.60; Jan. ’16 $1.80 higher $450.60; March ’16 $1.80 higher $452.50; May ’16 $1.80 higher $454.20; July ’16 $1.80 higher $455.90; Nov. ’16 $1.80 higher $452.00; Jan. ’17 $1.80 higher $452.00; March ’17 $1.80 higher $452.00; May ’17 $1.80 higher $452.00.

Barley (Western): May ’15 $6.00 higher $202.00; July ’15 $6.00 higher $202.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $187.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $187.00; March ’16 unchanged $187.00; May ’16 unchanged $187.00; July ’16 unchanged $187.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $187.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $187.00; March ’17 unchanged $187.00; May ’17 unchanged $187.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 219,360 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 219,360.

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Dollarama struggling to keep low prices

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Dollarama says it could eventually introduce products priced above $3 as it raises prices in the face of a low Canadian dollar.

“We’ll hold on as long as we can, but you’re going to see some inflation I would say in Canada, unavoidably,” CEO Larry Rossy said Wednesday in a conference call to discuss strong fourth-quarter results.

The discount retailer said it has absorbed some of the currency headwinds through lower margins, but has been forced to raise prices, for example, by adding 25 cents to some $1 items.

“I think at $1 we’re struggling to get good value for the client today,” Rossy told analysts.

When Dollarama started 23 years ago, all items sold for a loonie or less.

But three years after it began selling items between $1.25 and $3, 71.5 per cent of sales now come from these higher price items.

The retailer said it also expects that it can open more stores in Canada than it thought as it continues to open locations in underpenetrated markets, particularly in Ontario and Western

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The company said Wednesday the country can support about 1,400 stores, compared with the 1,200 maximum in its prior forecasts. Dollarama has 955 stores following the addition of 81 locations last year including 27 in the fourth quarter.

Meanwhile, Dollarama said it is feeling no negative pressure in Alberta or Western Canada from the impact of lower energy prices.

The liquidation of Target stores is having a short-term negative impact on Dollarama sales, but Rossy said the possible expansion of Walmart into some of these locations would be positive, as has been the experience for the 380 Dollarama stores located near Walmart stores.

Dollarama (TSX:DOL) raised its quarterly dividend by a penny to nine cents per share Wednesday as it reported its fourth-quarter profit rose about 21 per cent from a year ago and beat the analysts’ estimates.

The retailer earned a fourth-quarter profit of $100.3 million or 76 cents per share, compared with a profit of $83 million or 59 cents per share a year ago.

Analysts had expected a profit of 71 cents per share.

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PEDIATRIC NURSING MEDICAL DOCTOR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION MANAGER PROGRAM DEVELOPER CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR UTOMOTIVE ENGINEER PALEONTOLOGIST INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYST LAY SCHOOL TEACHER BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST PUBLICITY AGENT CULTURAL EVENTS PLANNER NURSING INSTRUCTOR PSYCHOLINGUIST AND TITLES EXAMINER AEROSPACE RESEARCH SCIENTIST ORRECTIONS OFFICER PATENT SPECIALIST PATHOLOGIST CHILD MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER CREDIT MANAGER ADULT EDUCATION TEACHER CLINICAL SOCIOLOGIST MEDICAL RECORDS WORKER LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION OFFICER SUAL MERCHANDISER MEALS-ON-WHEELS COORDINATOR COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIST INSTRUCTOR IN RECREATION AND SPORT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER INTERACTIVE MEDIA PROGRAMMER LABORATORY AND X-RAY TECHNOLOGIST MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST CRISIS INTERVENTION NURSE PROFESSIONAL AGROLOGIST PROGRAM OFFICER, NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS INSTALLER STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIAN LAWYER, TECHNOLOGY SPECIALTY COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR STEEL FABRICATORS QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER INERTIAL GUIDANCE ANALYST RADIO PROGRAMMING MANAGER NUTRITIONAL DIRECTOR LOGGING AND FORESTRY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR PROFESSIONAL HEAD COACH HEADSTART PROGRAM DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DISABILITY SERVICES PRACTITIONER LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCHER HEALTH POLICY DECISION MAKER CONFERENCE COORDINATOR RESIDENTIAL DESIGNER SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELLOR ART HISTORIAN FLUID MECHANICS ENGINEER COMMUNITY AND PARK PLANNER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ADMINISTRATOR COST ANALYST INTENSIVE CARE NURSE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM COORDINATOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EVALUATOR CENSUS CLERK MUSICOLOGIST LOCOMOTIVE MECHANI CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION OFFICER COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER LOANS OFFICER PRODUCT ENGINEERIN TV ANNOUNCER UNIVERSITY STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNSEL PRODUCER FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION AND THEATRE CRISIS WORKER PRE-PRESS TECHNICIA CO-OP OFFICER DUCATION SPECIALIST SOUND RECORDIST HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FACILITATOR RESEARCH TECHNICIA WARDROBE SUPERVISOR BENEFITS OFFICER RECREATION SPECIALIST COMPUTER TECHNICIA PHYSICAL SCIENCES LABORATORY TECHNICIAN COUSTICAL ENGINEER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES SALESPERSON ORGANIC CHEMIST GENERAL CONTRACTO EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST CLINICAL NURSING SPECIALIST: FAMILY NURSING HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING ENGINEER HERBALIST PORTS COORDINATOR RODUCTION MANAGER HEAVY MOBILE LOGGING EQUIPMENT MECHANIC SALES SPECIALIST IN THE SPORT EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY ASSESSOR TEXTILE DESIGNER APPLICATIONS ENGINEER DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ORPORATE HISTORIAN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) TECHNICIAN ECONOMIST DIPLOMAT BRANCH ADMINISTRATOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FACILITATOR INSURANCE CLERK PRODUCT ILLUSTRATO PATENT EXAMINER ANNOUNCER DENTAL TECHNOLOGIS ACCOUNT COORDINATOR IMMIGRATION OFFICER TOXICOLOGY TECHNICIAN BLOGGER TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE RECEPTIONIST NVESTMENT MANAGER ESTHETICIAN BUSINESS CONSULTANT LABORATORY ASSISTANT FABRICATION COORDINATOR OF METAL AND NONMETAL PRODUCTS MEDICAL ILLUSTRATOR AS UTILITY OPERATOR CYTOTECHNOLOGIST DRAFTING PERSONNEL PHYSICIAN MUSEUM CURATOR ANAGEMENT TRAINEE FORENSIC NURSE COURT REPORTER REFLEXOLOGIST CRAFTSPERSON CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST OREST HEALTH FILM DIRECTOR RESEARCHER ANGER FRAUD INVESTIGATOR CABINETMAKER CARE MODEL SALES CLERK AUCTIONEER PRIVATE DUTY NURSE COUNSELLOR AIDE CHEMIST CAPTIONER CHOREOGRAPHER PLAYWRIGHT FUNDRAISER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROOFER ACOUSTICS PHYSICIST NARRATOR PERFORMER ACTUARY PHYSIOTHERAPIST SONGWRITER ANIMATOR PSYCHOLOGIST INSPECTOR GENEALOGIST PAINTER CHAPLAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT APPRAISER LEGISLATIVE AIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANT TEST TECHNICIAN JUDGE APPRAISER SCRIPT COACH ECONOMETRICIAN LOBBYIST MILITARY TEACHER CANADIAN FORCES PERSONNEL GASFITTER BANK MANAGER DANCER MUSIC EDUCATOR HISTORIAN INSURANCE AGENT POPULATION STUDIES ANALYST AUTHOR ATHLETIC THERAPIST MINING ENGINEER MIDWIFE CLAIMS ADJUSTER THERMAL DESIGN ENGINEER POLITICIAN CONCRETE FINISHER SYSTEMS AUDITOR COACH BROKER REHABILITATION SPECIALIST PLANNER LEGAL ASSISTANT GRIEF COUNSELLOR DENTURIST CAPTION EDITOR AGENT LAWYER BANK EXHIBIT DESIGNER UNIT CLERK BOILERMAKER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ARBORIST ANTHROPOLOGIST SOLAR INSTALLER CAMPAIGNER COMPOSER CLERK CORRESPONDENT SCULPTOR TUTOR PROGRAM RESEARCHER, RADIO OR TELEVISION CANADIAN FORCES PERSONNEL COMMISSIONED OFFICER PROGRAM AIDE DENTIST ERGONOMIST MUSIC SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER SINGER DISPATCHER CAREGIVER CIVIL ENGINEER COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER ACTIVITY LEADE CASEWORKER UNDERWRITER CITY MANAGER PURCHASER NURSE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPER DIETITIAN SURGERY NURSE BANK INSPECTO COURT OFFICER AIRLINE SALES BOOKKEEPER PUPPETEER IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY TECHNOLOGIST JINGLE WRITER BUDGET OFFICE FORESTER CAMP MANAGER HOME INSPECTOR LIBRARY CLERK PRODUCER DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHER GEOPHYSICIST NEW HOME BUILDER NUTRITIONIST BOTANIST PHYSIOGNOMIST COST ESTIMATO 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HEALTH NURSE HISTORIC INN OPERATOR PATHOLOGIST EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR SPORTS PROGRAM CONSULTANT STEAMFITTER, PIPEFITTER EDICAL PRODUCTS DESIGNER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST AUDITOR HUMAN RESOURCE GENERALIST WIG DRESSER ECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER HALFWAY HOUSE SUPERVISOR TEEN PARENT EDUCATOR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES TEACHER GREENHOUSE OWNER COPYIST HEADSTART TEACHER AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER OVERNMENT POLICY ADVISOR INTERPRETER TRACTOR MECHANIC STAGE AND SET DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION LINGUIST CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER OMMUNITY CENTRE DIRECTOR FINANCIAL ANALYST ETHNOLOGIST ARCHAEOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN CROP CONSULTANT FINANCIAL CLERKS SCREENPLAY WRITER COMPUTER CONSULTANT COMPUTER SYSTEM ENGINEER RETAIL SALESPERSON SCHOOL HEALTH NURSE JUVENILE WORKER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PHYSIOLOGIST PERSONAL TRAINER RITICAL CARE NURSE MUSIC EDITOR TRANSPORT TRUCK MECHANIC THEATRE DIRECTOR BROADCAST JOURNALIST EMPLOYER LIAISON GEODESIST BANK OFFICER FINANCE MANAGER NDUSTRIAL ENGINEER GEOLOGIST GROWERS’ ADVISOR HYDROLOGIST PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT ADVERTISING ASSISTANT EXPEDITER OUTH CARE WORKER MARKETING RESEARCHER PSYCHIATRIST ELECTRONICS COMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN ECONOMIC ADVISOR ARCHITECT AD WRITER PURCHASING MANAGER SURGICAL NURSING ASSISTAN RTS ADMINISTRATOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYST TEACHER PRINT MAKER ATHLETIC THERAPIST BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER COLUMNIST HUMAN RESOURCE SPECIALIS SCHOOL VICE PRINCIPAL HERDSMEN RCHIVIST ASSISTANT ADMISSIONS COUNSELLOR COMMUNITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER BIOGRAPHER IMMIGRATION POLICY ANALYS ELECTRONIC MOTOR SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN PARAMEDIC PRODUCT NVESTMENT ADVISOR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR INTERIOR SYSTEMS MECHAN MANAGER AGROLOGIST INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT NANCIAL ECONOMIST GENETICIST ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER RADIO STATION MANAGER NATUROPATHIC PRACTIONE ARCHIVIST HAZARDOUS WASTE INSPECTOR MOVIE CRITIC AGRICULTURAL SOIL AND CROP SPECIALIST INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER LIGHTING DESIGNER AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ELECTIONS OFFICER DISEASE CONTROL SPECIALIS ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITOR OIL PIPELINE CONTROL CENTRE OPERATOR AGRONOMIST CHIROPRACTIC ASSISTANT ATHLETIC THERAPY ASSISTAN ESTATE DEVELOPER PIANO TURNER TECHNICIAN SPORTS PROGRAM SUPERVISOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CIVIL SERVANT CASE WORK CONSULTANT INTERPRETIVE NATURALIST NURSERY MANAGER LINGUISTIC PLANNING OFFICE SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATOR SCOUTS, GUIDES, CADETS RECREATION PROGRAMMER DRAMA THERAPIST GEOMATICS TECHNOLOGIST SURVEYOR HEALTH PROGRAMS OPERATIONS MANAGER CHIROPRACTOR HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR SPEECH LANGUAGE ASSISTAN PROCESS ENGINEER PRESS SECRETARY ACCOUNTING CLERK MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNOLOGIST HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATO FIRE AND FLOOD RESTORATION SPECIALIST HEMODIALYSIS TECHNICIAN ADMINISTRATOR READING TEACHER HORSE TRAINER NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYST MULTIMEDIA AUTHOR LABORATORY SUPERVISOR EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE POLICY ANALYST BIOTECHNOLOGIST FITNESS INSTRUCTOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST AGRICULTURIST SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATOR 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PROFESSIONAL LABOUR RELATIONS RESEARCHER ASSISTANT CURATOR ALUMNI RELATIONS COORDINATOR MUSEUM TECHNICIAN EMPLOYMENT COUNSELLOR NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIALIST EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SPECIALIST MANUSCRIPT EDITOR PROGRAM ASSISTANT ACUTE CARE COORDINATOR OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST PERSONAL MANAGER FAMILY COUNSELLOR INVESTMENT UNDERWRITER LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) IMMIGRATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OFFICER REHABILITATION ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL TAX COLLECTOR HISTOLOGY TECHNOLOGIST

QUEBEC — Opposition parties in Quebec urged the Liberal government on Wednesday to find local investors to keep the Cirque du soleil in the province.

The Globe and Mail reported that bidders have been given until next week to submit offers to purchase founder Guy Laliberte’s controlling stake in the Cirque.

The newspaper cited sources as saying Laliberte has agreed to sell all but 10 per cent of his share.

Laliberte owns 90 per cent of the internationally renowned Cirque, with the rest controlled by investors in

Dubai.

Francois Legault, leader of the Coalition for Quebec’s Future, said Premier Philippe Couillard cannot afford to lose a head office that employs 1,400 people in Montreal and that all Quebecers would be disappointed if the Cirque ended up in foreign hands.

Parti Quebecois leadership candidate Pierre Peladeau believes the provincial pension-fund manager could rustle up investors to purchase the majority share in the Cirque.

Economy Minister Jacques Daoust countered that the government’s leeway to intervene is limited although it could lobby after any transaction to have the head office stay in Quebec.

WASHINGTON — Business interests are pleading with the U.S. Congress to avert a trade war with Canada that could squeeze Florida orangegrowers, put a cork in California wine exports and sour the sales of American chocolate.

Several groups Wednesday asked lawmakers to undo legislation that’s caused trade tensions with U.S. neighbours, prompting Canada and Mexico to threaten widespread retaliation.

They urged a House of Representatives committee to change the countryof-origin meat-labelling rules before they cause blowback for all sorts of American industries.

“This is a dark cloud that is forming over U.S. exporters,” said Christopher Wenk of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

“This is a very urgent topic.”

Canada has already listed a series of products that could be slapped with tariffs, should it and Mexico follow up their recent successes at the World Trade Organization with a win in the final round.

But proponents of U.S. country-oforigin rules say consumers deserve to know where their meat comes from.

Those mandatory U.S. labels explain where livestock was born, raised and slaughtered.

Opponents say those labels do nothing to affect safety standards, cause headaches for businesses during processing, and amount to a protectionist measure that has slashed Canadian meat exports to the U.S. by half.

The Canadian government has expressed optimism that there might be more sympathy for its position in the new, Republican-dominated Congress — even though the issue doesn’t fall neatly along partisan lines.

The body certainly sounded Canada-and-Mexico-friendly on Wednesday.

The politicians who spoke at the House agriculture committee hearing, as well

as the people invited to testify, almost all supported repealing the law.

“Clearly there’s no upside to this (rule),” said Republican Vicky Hartzler of Missouri.

“It’s not good for America, it’s not good for the producers, the processors, and it’s not good for the mom that goes to the grocery store that has to pay more for products. So we really do need repealing.”

Linda Dempsey of the National Manufacturers Association warned: “Time is running out. It is imperative that Congress act quickly.”

The vice-president of California’s Wine Institute, Tom LaFaille, said producers lost 50 per cent of their exports to Mexico a decade ago because of retaliatory measures and it took them years to rebuild. LaFaille said he doesn’t want a repeat. Wine is on the Canadian hit list for possible tariffs.

Congressman Ted Yoho of Florida expressed fear for his state: “Canada is Florida’s largest trading partner also — it would be tough for us. We ship a lot of citrus up there.”

American candy-makers aren’t too sweet on a trade war, either. Alison Bodor, the vice-president of their lobby group, the National Confectioners Association, noted that Canada’s published list of potential tariffs includes different types of chocolate and sugarfree sweeteners.

“Many American-made chocolates will disappear from Canadian shelves,” she said. “That loss of business will impact U.S. confectionery companies, their workers, and importantly also their communities.”

A rare voice in support of national meat-labelling Wednesday was the National Farmers Union. While several big livestock associations oppose the existing law, the NFU isn’t one of them.

The group’s president, Roger Johnson, urged lawmakers to be patient. He said they should wait to see the final WTO ruling, expected soon, before taking any drastic measures.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,929.37, down 151.89 points Dow — 17,718.54, down 292.60 points S&P 500 — 2,061.05, down 30.45 points Nasdaq — 4,876.52, down 118.21 points

Currencies: Cdn — 79.89 cents US, down 0.10 of a cent Pound — C$1.8610, up 0.50 cents Euro — C$1.3729, up 0.71 of a cent Euro — US$1.0968, up 0.42 of a cent

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

DAY CARE WORKER CASTING DIRECTOR FACILITY MANAGER FINANCIAL AUDITOR MEDICAL PHYSICIST MUSIC COPYIST CASE MANAGER KINESIOLOGIST

118.21 points lower to 4,876.52.

The S&P 500 index fell 30.45 points to 2,061.05.

In commodities, crude oil settled at its highest level in more than two weeks, as political uncertainty in Yemen added pressure to supply concerns.

The May crude contract moved ahead $1.70 to close at $49.21 a barrel as the TSX energy sector rose 0.7 per cent, making it the sole advancer.

April gold bullion was up $5.60 at US$1,197 an ounce.

The TSX metals and mining sector was the biggest decliner, slumping 3.2 per cent.

Shares of Kraft Foods Group were up more than 35 per cent following a friendly takeover offer by H.J. Heinz Co. Under the deal, Kraft shareholders will own 49 per cent of the new Kraft Heinz Co. Its shares gained $21.85 to US$83.17.

Quebecor Inc.’s (TSX:QBR.B) shares rose 34 cents to $33.68 after the Competition Bureau gave Postmedia (TSX:PNC.B, TSX:PNC.A) approval to buy Quebecor’s chain of Sun Media English-language newspapers and digital properties.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz will speak at the Chamber of Commerce in the U.K. on Thursday where he may offer some insight into the impact of weak oil prices on the domestic economy and the timing of another interest rate move.

MEAT LABELLING DISPUTE

SAFETY CODES OFFICER (BUILDING INSPECTOR) COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS OFFICER SALES REPRESENTATIVE (BUILDING MATERIALS) TESTING, STRUCTURE AND DESIGN TECHNICIAN MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER PHOTOGRAPH CATALOGER PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST LABOR RELATIONS OFFICER PRESERVATION ASSISTANT RENOVATION CONTRACTOR HISTORIC SITE TECHNICIAN FASHION DESIGNER MUSEUM MANAGER POLITICAL ANALYST PROGRAM ANALYST HEALTH EDUCATOR FISHERIES ANALYST PROJECT MANAGER GRAPHIC DESIGNER LAND NEGOTIATOR LIFE SKILLS COACH JEWELLER ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER CHURCH MUSIC MANAGER CHILD CARE CONSULTANT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR INSPECTOR WITH THE CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY FORENSIC LABORATORY TECHNICIAN WEB PRODUCER POSTAL CLERK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER MEDIA PLANNER DATA MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR GERIATRIC AIDE JUNIOR MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST PURCHASING AGENT PRODUCT DESIGNER HOSPITAL DIRECTOR INORGANIC ANALYST PSYCHIATRIC NURSE INSURANCE BROKER ABORIGINAL LIAISON PRODUCE MANAGER CRIBBING, FRAMING, FINISHING, SIDING, STAIR & RAILING SPECIALISTS ADVERTISING AGENT LOCAL NEWS EDITOR REAL ESTATE CLERK COSTUME DESIGNER SCAFFOLD ERECTOR LIBRARY TECHNICIAN MINERALOGIST BIOLOGICAL RESE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICER PARK WARDEN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SITE MANAGER (RCSM) PATENT AGENT CLINICAL NURSING SPECIALIST: TRANSPLANT NURSING CARTOGRAPHER PARK INTERPRETER AUDIOLOGIST MARKETING WRITER NEGOTIATOR PSYCHOMETRIST HORTICULTURIST MASTER NAVIGATOR GAME CRITIC BOOK ACTOR GERONTOLOGIST LAW ENFORCEMENT MEDIA DIRECTOR NUCLEAR ENGINEER ARCHAEOLOGIST EXHIBIT TECHNICIAN PARASITOLOGIST OUTREACH WORKER MANAGERS IN HEALTH CARE LYRICIST SOCIAL SERVICE SPECIALIST JOB ANALYST DISC JOCKEY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA WRITER ACCOUNTANT PEDAGOGICAL CONSULTANT PHARMACIST MANUFACTURING ENGINEER MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISOR SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL

Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 22.49 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.52 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 63.30 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.80 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 34.21 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.48 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.57 Canyon Services Group. . 6.84 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 21.47 CWC Well Services . . . 0.3000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.15 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.12

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.82 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.80 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.00 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.05 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.75 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 46.39 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 94.03 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.65 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.23 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.05 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.95 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.92

MORGUE ATTENDANT SUPERVISOR CONFERENCE AND EVENT PLANNER SITE SUPERINTENDENT CAREER COUNSELLOR INTERIOR DECORATOR CURATOR BIOLOGIST LIBRARIAN

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed sharply lower on Wednesday, with nearly every sector pulling back as fresh U.S. economic data raised questions about whether stocks are overvalued.

The S&P/TSX composite index ended down 151.89 points at 14,929.37 as worries spread.

The Canadian dollar also lost ground, dropping 0.1 of a U.S. cent to 79.89 cents.

Traders were faced with a discouraging report from the U.S. Commerce Department showing that orders for durable goods fell 1.4 per cent in February, which suggested that lower demand for commercial aircraft, cars and machinery could be a sign of further trouble to come.

Kash Pashootan, portfolio manager at Ottawa-based First Avenue Advisory, said that after five years of returning gains above historical averages, stock markets could be headed for a bumpy ride.

“I think that we could potentially be setting the stage for a correction and greater volatility as we head into the summer months,” Pashootan said.

“We’re seeing the hangover effect of having the market appreciate for five years straight.”

Investors are taking a cautious approach as they await earnings data that will indicate how much the stronger U.S. dollar is hurting the bottom lines at American multinational companies.

Traders are also looking for more clarity from the U.S. Federal Reserve on when interest rates are going to rise.

“You’re not going to see the market set new highs from here unless it sees its next growth catalyst,” Pashootan said.

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 292.60 points to 17,718.54, while broad weakness in technology and biotech stocks dragged the Nasdaq

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 14.18 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.86 First Quantum Minerals . 14.90 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 23.66 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.43 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.07 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.47 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.75 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.26 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.53

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 84.86 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 43.46 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.65 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 25.95 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 50.57 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.94 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.18 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.005 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.93 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.16 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.53 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.63 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.30 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 55.25

BIOCHEMIST JOURNALIST PARK GUIDE ASTRONAUT PROFESSOR LASER PHYSICIST EDITOR

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 130.00 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.43 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.85 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 63.65

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.52 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.00 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.32 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 29.60

CAREER CENTRE DIRECTOR PUBLIC OPINION POLLSTER

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 136.83 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.35 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.50 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.61 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.54 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.12 Cdn. National Railway . . 83.95 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 230.00 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.30 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.85 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.00 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.83 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 62.20 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.30 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.80 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.38 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 24.24 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.55 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.95 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.75 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.82 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.63 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.87

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Mon - Fri Fax: 403-341-4772

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2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Circulation 403-314-4300 DEADLINE IS 5 P.M. FOR NEXT DAY’S PAPER Obituaries

BATTEN Susan Dorothy Nov. 30, 1960 - Mar. 19, 2015 Susan Dorothy Batten passed away peacefully on March 19 2015, in her home at the age of 54 years.

Susan is survived by her loving husband Brian, her children; Ryan, Amanda, Alyssa, Stacy and their spouses, both Sue’s and Brian’s parents, relatives and many friends. A service will be held at 2:00 pm at the Radisson Hotel in Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday March 28, 2015. Everyone is welcome to attend and celebrate Susan’s life. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

PAUL Jason Christopher It is with tremendous sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Jason Christopher Paul, who was born on Nov. 5th, 1979 at the D.E.C.H. in Fredericton, NB. He passed away Mar. 8th, 2015, in his home in Red Deer, AB. He was a loving son, uncle, brother and father. He leaves behind, to cherish his memory, his son Jayden Christopher John Paul, daughter Kayla Jaye Paul, son Jacob Kolten Jase Paul, mother Vicky Price (Stewart), stepfather Jeff Price, stepmother Anne Guimond, grandmother Sharon Hovey, sister Andrea Middleton (Paul), brother-inlaw Shawn Middleton, niece Lily, nephews Christopher and Hunter, brother John Price, sister-in-law Aubrey Price, sister Amy Paul, niece Allison and nephews Robert and Luke. He was predeceased by his father Christopher Paul, grandfather Cedric Stewart and grandparents George and Barbara Paul.

“Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us everyday, Unseen, unheard, But always near.

Still loved, still missed And very dear.”

A Celebration of Jason’s life will be held at the Popular Ridge Hall, Popular Ridge, Alberta on Friday, March 27th, 2015 at 2:00 PM. A Funeral Service was held at Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church, Fredrickton, New Brunswick on Tuesday March 17 at 12:00. Cremation was entrusted to McAdam’s Funeral Home and Crematorium. Condolences may be forwarded to: www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes. 403-887-2151

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Obituaries

CHOU Lay Siek 1943 - 2015 Lay Siek Chou passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, at the Red Deer Hospice, on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at the age of 71 years. Lay was sponsored by her son Hov, and came to Red Deer in 1995. She was shy, but a kind and loving person, and made friends easily. Her family was her life, and the center of her world. Although she loved her life in Canada, her heart remained in Cambodia. Lay will be deeply missed by her two sons; Ma Eng Hov and his wife Hong, and their children: Dalice, Tamara and Andrew, all of Red Deer, Alberta and Ma Eng Lay and his wife Sothy, and their children: Sovicha, Sovipho, Sovithea and Soviphea, all of Cambodia. She will also be sadly missed by her brother, Howe of Cambodia, and her sister-in-law, Lor Oun of Calgary, Alberta, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband Ma Keam Mouy (1978), during Communist Times in Khmer Rouge. A Public Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 1:15 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

A Funeral Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Lay’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com or to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Sonya Henderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

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Obituaries

CHRISTENSEN Idonna Louise May 14, 1925 - Mar. 22, 2015 Idonna Louise Christensen was born in New Dayton, AB, on May 14, 1925, to Tom and Fern Adams. She was the sixth of eight children. Idonna married Leo Christensen on October 20, 1942. They started their family with Dale in 1944, Bruce 1948, David 1953, and Carla in 1963. Leo worked in the oilfield and moved Idonna and the family several times. Taber to Edmonton, then Red Water to Brudenheim. A short time later to Alder Flats and after three months, to our home in Red Deer. They moved to the house on 44 Street in 1956.

The house was Idonna’s home for 55 years.

She moved to Piper Creek Lodge in 2011, then Michener Hill Estendicare in 2012. Idonna was also married to Albert Longprie in April of 2002. Idonna knew heartbreak in her life. She was predeceased by Leo in 1980; her son Dale in 1991; and two daughters-in-law in 1990; her brothers, Milt and Garth; her sisters, Verlyn, Norma, and Barbara; and her second husband Albert in 2006. Idonna is survived by her three children, Bruce (Wendy) and their daughters, Chelsea and Ali; David (Betty) and their children, Curtis (Valerie) and Laura; Carla (Ryan) and their children, Brandi, Kevin (Shauna) and their children, Kyler and Selena; grandson Brett (Wanda) and their children, Jessica, Emily and Brendan, Tamara (Darryl) and their sons, Nicholas (Jamie) and Andreas. Idonna was extremely proud of her family and loved each and everyone equally.

She especially loved when everyone came home for Mother’s Day and her birthday in May. Idonna is also survived by two sisters, Lois Lastuka of Lethbridge and Hazel Paulsen of Warner whom she treasured. Idonna wished to be remembered for her meticulous back yard, delicious brownies and fudge, and the Christmas dinners made with love. A viewing to be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel on Thursday, March 26 from 7 pm. - 9 pm. A Funeral Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Friday, March 27, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to

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Obituaries COLE Kevin Tamus 1969 - 2015 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Kevin Tamus Cole. Kevin passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, March 22, 2015 at the age of 46 years. Growing up, Kevin loved creating dungeons and dragons dioramas, swimming and snowboarding. Playing crokinole with his niece and nephew was high on his list when they were visiting him in Red Deer. Kevin is survived by his mom Eileen Cole of Red Deer, sister Allison (Aaron) Charlton, niece Maddison and nephew Noah all of Victoria, B.C. A Celebration of Kevin’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67A Street, Red Deer, on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

If desired, memorial donations may be made directly to the S.P.C.A. at www.reddeerspca.com, a favorite of Kevin’s or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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

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is now accepting applications for the following full time position:

FLEET SERVICES & LOGISTICS

Qualifications: Must hold a minimum of a class 5 driver’s license ALCOHOLICS Experienced and comANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 fortable with towing and backing up trailers COCAINE ANONYMOUS Is knowledgeable of tools 403-396-8298 Professional attitude Exc. communication skills Good listening skills Capable of taking direction Organized and dependable

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Duties include but are not limited to: Cleaning vehicles inside and out CLASSIFICATIONS Expediting & hotshots 700-920 Maintaining inventory and tool cribs Preparation of vehicles Caregivers/ and equipment for field use Aides Vehicle maintenance and record keeping LIVE-IN Caregiver req’d for Various other duties 1 child. Some college as required exp’d needed, $10.65/hr.

Preference will be given to 40 hrs./wk. some overtime candidates who are req’d. Apply by email to: reliable, efficient, accurate, buccatb@yahoo.ca highly organized and capable of multi tasking and able to complete tasks in a timely manner. We Dental are looking for Team Players.

Please send resumes to: BOWER DENTAL resumes@ CENTER newcartcontracting.com req’s a full time Registered AND keggen@ Dental Assistant who is a newcartcontracting.com motivated, committed and OR Fax to 403-729-2396 passionate individual. We NO PHONE CALLS run a high paced practice PLEASE where experience is an LOCAL SERVICE CO. asset, but new grads are welcome. Must be avail. on in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK evenings and one Sat. per OPERATOR month. Very rewarding Must have Class 3 licence position. Please send w/air & all oilfield tickets. resume to: Fax resume w/drivers ebakleh@yahoo.com or abstract to 403-886-4475 apply within office.

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Hair Stylists

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Professionals

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In Memoriam THE WORX is now looking for Part time to Full time Hair Stylist to start immed.

Phone 403-352-7900

The WorX is now renting out a beautiful spacious room (can be used for nails or any other spa and beauty business) For more information give us a call 403 352 7900

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Medical

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EXP’D. SERVICE ADVISOR for busy dealership req’d.

Send resume to Box 1104, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

Training provided. Flexible hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. Call Dave at 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave @homesreddeer.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

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We thought of you CALKINS CONSULTING F/T & P/T Pharmacist with love today, o/a Tim Hortons positions req’d. Apply w/ But that is nothing new.

15 vacancies at each resume to: Highland Green We thought about you location for FOOD Value Drug Mart, Red Deer COUNTER ATTENDANTS yesterday, P/T Professional Medical for 3 locations $10.88/hr. + And days before that to.

Secretary needed in Red benefits. F/T & P/T We think of you in silence.

Deer. Fax: 403-314-0499 positions. Permanent shift We often speak your name. work, weekends, days, ‘Now all we have is memonights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible. ries.

Oilfield No experience or And your picture in a frame. education req’d. Job Your memory is our keepsake, KEYERA description avail. at With which we’ll never part. is looking for a www.timhortons.com God has you in his keeping.

Plant Operator Apply in person to 6620 to join our We have you in our heart.

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Pat, Keith, David and families Love you Mom

Funeral Directors & Services

EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222 LAWTON Michael Raymond Wayne Lawton passed away March 23, 2015 after a battle with cancer. Michael was born February 7, 1962 in Edmonton AB. He leaves behind to mourn wife Angela Crane, daughter Courtney Crane (Kevin) Son and daughter Sammarah and Atreyu. Son Michael Crane (Briana). He also leaves behind parents Harold and Theresa Lawton, sister Jeanette and brothers Dale (Priscilla) daughter Paige, Darrell (Heidi) son Jeremy, along with numerous other relatives. Ceremony to be held on Friday March 27 at 11 am at Raymond and Alice Crane residence, Burial service at Samson Central Cemetery to follow in Hobbema. In lieu of flowers, donations gratefully accepted to Unit 32 Palliative Care Red Deer Regional Hospital.

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5240

Nevis Gas Plant.

The Nevis Gas Plant is a first class steam plant and a sour gas processing facility located approximately 50 km east of Red Deer.

- Minimum of 3-5 years sour natural gas operations experience - Experience with inlet compression, gas sweetening, compression, fractionation, lean oil systems, power boilers, sulphur plant, refrigeration, DCS and product storage will be considered assets - Preference will be given to a 2nd Class Steam Ticket or a 3rd Class with positive progression towards a 2nd Class Please visit www.keyera.com for more information

Coming Events

6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. Fax: 403-782-9685 or Call 403-848-2356 JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

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Office & Phones CLOSED Friday April 3, 2015 Red Deer Advocate is PUBLISHED Red Deer Advocate Publication Dates: FRIDAY APRIL 3, 2015 SATURDAY APRIL 4, 2015 MONDAY APRIL 6, 2015 Deadline is: THURS. APRIL 2 @ 5 p.m.

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VELJI Karim Celebration of Karim’s life will be held at Carnival Cinemas on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 10:30 am. - 12:30 pm.

has a special package just for you & your little one!

For more information, Call Lori, 403-348-5556

Central Alberta Life Publication Date: THURSDAY APRIL 9, 2015 Deadline is: THURSDAY APRIL 2 @ 5 P.M. CALL CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

Wknd, day, night & eves.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

40 hrs/week, + benefits , 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., criminal record check req’d.

Req’d education some secondary. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 For full job description visit www. timhortons.com

Trades

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NOW HIRING STEEL STUD FRAMERS Light/Heavy Gauge Framing. Must have experience. Great opportunity for long term employment. Email: info@lwbsi.com or Fax: 403.668.1142

Truckers/ Drivers

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CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

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Help

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Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

MESSINGER Meats in Mirror, AB Req’s a BUTCHER immed.

MUST BE EXPERIENCED meat cutting, deboning, sausage making and kill floor work. F/T (44 HRS) permanent position, $18/hr. Please call 403-391-6061

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24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SPRING START

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. and Thurs. 3 pm-11 pm. Graveyard Shift. 11 pm -7 am. e-mail resume to: nwoods1976@ hotmail.com, fax to: 403-346-9099 or drop off at: 3301-Gaetz Avenue

Advocate Opportunities CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area

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VINTAGE Retro ANTIQUE SALE Sat. Mar.28, 10-3 Clearview Hall 93 Cornett Dr. Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

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Stereos TV's, VCRs

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1195 to $1395 LOOKING For a 3 bdrm. townhouses, BATHROOM VANITY, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, white, with drawers, but lrg. balconies, no dogs. without sink or taps, N/S, no utils. incl. size approx. 28” wide x 18” Avail. immed. & Apr. 1 deep x 32” high.

References required.

403-346-5360 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

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3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail.

Apr. 1st. 403-304-5337

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Suites

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

BOWER AREA ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

Boyce St. / Byer Close Barrett Drive INGLEWOOD AREA Isaacson Cres. / Irwin Ave. Iverson Close

QUIET home for working M/F, utils. wifi incl. N/S, $475/mo. 403-506-1907

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COZY Furnished room, n/s, $575. 403-466-7979 ROOMS for rent. $800/mo. inclds. all utils, ref’s req’d.

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Mobile Lot

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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Realtors & Services

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Pearson & Pennington Cres., Pamley Ave. & Piper Dr.

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

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Houses For Sale

HIDDEN GEM Enjoy the seclusion of this quality, 5 bdrm., 3 bath, Exe. home, furn., 4 + att.

Garage, PRIVATE Boat DOCK! Offered under Appraised Value at 749K !

Be HERE for MAY LONG! Dori Westin, Coldwell Banker Ontrack Realty 403-357-9010

MOVE IN TODAY 1550 sq. ft. bi-level w/dbl. att. garage $499,900 403-588-2550

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

NEWLY RENOVATED 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. 86 Bell Street, Red Deer leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

PINES

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres.

Savoy Close / Sydney Close

3 BDRM. bsmt suite, 6 appls. $1500 rent/s.d., water incld., n/s, no pets.

Avail. immed. Newly Reno’d.403-346-8664

1, 2 & 3 bdrm. Adult bldg. only, N/S No pets 403-596-2444

Hunter, Hanna & Harvey Close 58 Ave.

McCullough Cres.

McDougall Cres.

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MORRISROE MANOR

HIGHLAND GREEN

MORRISROE AREA

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ORIOLE PARK

1 day a week in:

Alexander Cres., Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres. Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, Atlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

BLACKFALDS $600 all included, furnished, 403-358-1614

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With 38 papers, approximately: $199.00/mo.

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CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

For ANDERS Area

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CLASSIFICATIONS Price depends on location. movie projector all for $50403-346-6303 Lil Mule Logging FOR RENT • 3000-3200 403-318-4346 WANTED • 3250-3390 LAMPS, (2) electric, 25 yrs. $20. for both; over 100 LP records, Household Houses/ all for $100.; Misc.

Appliances collection of matches, $5. Duplexes 403-885-5020 DRYER, Inglis HD, white 3 BDRM. house in Rimbey ext. large capacity, METAL work bench with $1200 +/mo.

Electric. $100. peg board, 2 drawers, 1 403-704-6397 403-309-4518 shelf 48”wx25Dx62”h $65 FOR LEASE, Executive 403-886-2542 style 1/2 duplex in Household Lacombe on large lot.

Furnishings Office 4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. Supplies 403-588-2740 2 TABLE lamp sets, colored glass stems and FILING CABINET, INNISFAIL older 3 bdrm. metal base, Like new. $8.

2 drawer metal $10. house, lrg. lot. $975/mo. set; 403-346-2192 403-885-5020 403-886-5342 or 357-7817 RECLINER, brown leather, WEST PARK like new. $125.

Just completely reno’d. 3 403-358-5568 Dogs bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1400 ROLLING kitchen island mo. $1000. d.d.

43 x 18 x 36H, 4 doors, 2 TO GIVE AWAY TO Avail. now or Apr. 1. drawers, knife block, cherGOOD LOVING HOME. 403-304-5337 rywood, paid $360, sell for 6 yr old Maremma Italian $175 403-886-2542 Sheep Dog. Male.

403-343-7100 Condos/ SET of 2 rocker swivel chairs, $40; set of 2 Townhouses wooden kitchen chairs, Travel $30; and queen size hide2 BDRM. Condo Sylvan Packages away bed, $60. Can Lake w/parking. deliver. 403-346-0674 $1200/incl.

N/P, N/S, May TRAVEL ALBERTA 1.

403-630-8515 to view.

Alberta offers TAN vinyl rocking chair SOMETHING and ottoman, exc. shape, SEIBEL PROPERTY for everyone. clean $60 ; 403-886-2542 www.seibelprperty.com Make your travel Ph: 403-304-7576 plans now.

WANTED or 403-347-7545 Antiques, furniture and 6 locations in Red Deer Tired of Standing? estates. 342-2514 Find something to sit on ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates in Classifieds

STEREO with radio, cassette & LP, one unit, with clear lid & quality speakers, $25.

403-346-2192

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

REDUCED!!!!

4912-46 Ave. Clive 1240 sq. ft. 2 bdrm. 2 bath/jet tub, den, walk in closet, stainless steel appls, oak kitchen, hardwood/tile floors, working under floor heat, 24 x 26 garage, $274,900 Dave Deschner 403-350-7346

LANCASTER AREA KENTWOOD

43A Ave. West to 46 Ave. Between 35 & 37 St. $63.00/mo.

ALSO 41 Ave. between 36 and 38 Street $55.72/mo.

SOUTHBROOK AREA

MICHENER AREA

Victor Close Viscount Drive

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

Kentwood Dr. & Kirton Close

Sorrensen/Sisson Ave.

WESTPARK

VANIER AREA Woodsworth, Wallace & Waghorn Close

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

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

SYLVAN LAKE, Private bdrm. +. Cable, fridge, ect. $550/mo. 403-880-0210

THE NORDIC

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

1 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

RISER HOMES, Blowout Special. Beautiful 2 story with amazing master ensuite, 3 bdrms. 2 1/2 baths, hardwood/tile, Many upgrades: legal fees, GST, sod, tree and appls.

All for the price of $389,000. A must see!

Call LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

Condos/ Townhouses

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2 BDRM. Condo Sylvan Lake w/parking.N/P, N/S, May 1. $187,900 403-630-8515 to view.

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CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

Accounting

1010

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

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

527975C26

Trades

1660

AFFORDABLE

Lord Close

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

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

MOUNTVIEW AREA

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANAA, Yemen — President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi fled Yemen by sea Wednesday as Shiite rebels and their allies moved on his last refuge in the south, captured its airport and put a bounty on his head, officials said.

The departure of the close U.S. ally and the imminent fall of the southern port of Aden pushed Yemen further toward a violent collapse and threatened to turn the impoverished but strategic country into another proxy battle between the Middle East’s Sunni powers and Shiite-led Iran.

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies believe the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, are tools for Iran to seize control of Yemen and say they intend to stop the takeover. The Houthis deny they are backed by Iran.

The crumbling of Hadi’s government is a blow to Washington’s counterterrorism strategy against al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen, considered the most powerful in the terrorist network. Over the weekend, about 100 U.S. military advisers withdrew from the al-Annad air base where they had been leading a drone campaign against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP. Yemen now faces fragmentation, with Houthis controlling much of the north, including the capital of Sanaa, and several southern provinces. In recent days, they took the third-largest city, Taiz, as well as much of the province of Lahj, both just to the north of Aden. And on Wednesday, they captured Hadi’s defence minister, Maj. Gen. Mahmoud al-Subaihi, in fighting in Lahj, then swept into the nearby alAnnad base, which the U.S. troops had left over the weekend.

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SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France — The last communication from a doomed German jetliner was routine.

The mangled black box has yielded sounds and voices, the lead investigator said Wednesday, but so far not the “slightest explanation” why the plane plunged into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 on board.

Midway through a flight from Barcelona to Duesseldorf on Tuesday, Germanwings Flight 9525 was chilling in its normalcy. The last communication was a routine request to continue on its route, said Remi Jouty, the head of the accident investigation bureau, or BEA. Then minutes later, at 10:30 a.m., the Airbus A320 inexplicably began to descend. Within 10 minutes it had plunged some 32,000 feet from its cruising altitude of 38,000 feet, slamming into the remote mountainside at an altitude just above 6,000 feet, Jouty said.

With no distress call or other indication of anything out of the ordinary, French investigators struggled Wednesday to solve the mystery. While alarming, the descent was still gradual enough to suggest the plane was under the control of its navigators.

“The descent is compatible with a plane controlled by pilots,” Jouty said.

“It is also compatible with a plane controlled by automatic pilot.”

“At this point, there is no explanation,” he added. “One doesn’t imagine that the pilot consciously sends his plane into a mountain.”

The BEA chief said “sounds and voices” were registered on the digital audio file recovered from the first black box, retrieved six hours after the crash and delivered Wednesday to investigators. He did not divulge the contents, insisting time was needed to decipher them.

Confusion surrounded the fate of the second black box. French President Francois Hollande said the casing of the flight data recorder had been found in the scattered debris, but was missing the memory card that captures 25 hours’ worth of information on the position and condition of almost every major part in a plane. However, Jouty refused to confirm the discovery French officials said terrorism appeared unlikely and Germany’s top security official said there was no evidence of foul play.

As authorities struggled to unravel the puzzle, Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy converged on the remote accident site to pay their respects to the dead — mostly German and Spanish citizens among at least 17 nationalities.

“This is a true tragedy, and the visit here has shown us that,” Merkel said after she and Hollande overflew the desolate craggy mountainside.

Jouty said the voice recorder, which records cockpit conversations, had yielded sounds and voices, though he refused to specify whether they belonged to the pilots or divulge what

was said. He said deciphering the material was “an ongoing work” that could take days or weeks.

“There’s work of understanding voices, sounds, alarms, attribution of different voices,” the BEA chief said.

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr, himself a pilot, said he found the crash of a plane flown by two experienced captains while at cruising altitude “inexplicable.” Cruise is considered the safest part of a flight, with only about 10 per cent of crashes occurring at that altitude.

“We still cannot understand what happened there yesterday,” he said.

“Lufthansa has never in its history lost an aircraft in cruise flight and we cannot understand how an airplane that was in perfect technical condition, with two experienced and trained Lufthansa pilots, was involved in such a terrible accident.”

The four possible causes of any crash are human error, mechanical problems, weather, criminal activity or any combination of these. Investigators use the cockpit voice and flight data recorders to focus their work, said Alan E. Diehl, a former air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board.

“Both will point you in directions of what is critical,” Diehl says. “Based on what you learn from the recorders, you might focus on key pieces of wreckage.”

“You’re usually dealing with a jigsaw puzzle with many of the pieces missing,” he said. “You start eliminating things that didn’t happen.”

The flight data recorder is important because of the critical information it provides on the plane’s altitude, speed, location and condition. But experts said the analysis can begin with the voice recordings investigators already have in hand.

“You have a moment in time and you can start linking what you hear to what you have seen happening on the radar trace,” said Joris Melkert, an aerospace engineer at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

“Are these pilots fully conscious?

Are they doing things? Are they just chatting? Do they recognize that something is wrong? ... Do you hear the sound of alarm bells? Are there spoken messages from the aircraft that are warning something has gone wrong?”

Helicopters ferried in rescue workers and other personnel throughout the day. More than 600 rescue and security workers and aviation investigators were on site, French officials said.

Germanwings CEO Thomas Winkelmann said the airline was in the process of contacting victims’ families.

He said the 144 passengers and six crew members included 72 Germans, 35 Spaniards, three Americans and two people each from Australia, Argentina, Iran, Venezuela, and one person each from Britain, the Netherlands, Colombia, Mexico, Japan, Denmark, Belgium and Israel.

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cades until he was removed amid a 2011 Arab Spring uprising. Some of the best-equipped and trained military and security units remained loyal to Saleh and they have helped the Houthis in their rapid advance.

Hadi left Sanaa for Aden earlier this month after escaping house arrest under the Houthis, who overran the capital six months ago. In Aden, he had sought to make a last stand, claiming it as the temporary seat of what remained of his government, backed by allied militias and loyal army units.

With Houthis and Saleh forces closing in on multiple fronts, Hadi and his aides left Aden after 3:30 p.m. on two boats in the Gulf of Aden, security and port officials told The Associated Press. The officials would not specify his destination.

Saleh said in a speech two weeks ago that Hadi might head for the African country of Djibouti across the gulf, just as leaders of southern Yemen fled.

Hadi is scheduled to attend an Arab summit this weekend in Cairo, where Arab allies are to discuss forming a joint Arab force that could pave the way for military intervention against the Houthis. The officials said Hadi had been preparing for the move since Sunday, when rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi vowed in a fiery speech that his forces will keep advancing south, referring to Hadi as a “puppet” of international powers.

Shortly after Hadi fled his palace in Aden, warplanes targeted presidential forces guarding it. No casualties were reported. By midday, Aden’s airport fell into hands of forces loyal to Saleh based in the city after intense clashes with pro-Hadi militias.

Yemen’s state TV, now controlled by the Houthis, announced a bounty of nearly $100,000 for Hadi’s capture.

The Houthis still face multiple opponents. Sunni tribesmen and local militias are fighting them in many places around Yemen, and the rebels have little support in the south.

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LUANN March 26 1989 — The first free elections take place in the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin is elected.

1987 — Ontario Liberal MP Sheila Copps gives birth to a girl. She is the first member of Parliament to give birth.

1964 — Canadian Defence Minister Paul Hellyer announces plans to integrate army, navy and air force into one service.

1959 — Radio and TV broadcasters can now

apply for membership to the Parliamentary Press Gallery.

1945 — Canadians are part of five Allied armies now on the attack east of the Rhine.

1945 — Commonwealth Air Training Program ends after graduating 131,500 people.

1921 — Famous Canadian schooner Bluenose is launched.

1915 — Vancouver Millionaires sweep Ottawa Senators in three games for the Stanley Cup. 1908 — P.E.I. Assembly passes a law to ban all automobiles from its roads.

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This book cover released by Harper shows ‘Go Set A Watchman,’ a follow-up to Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird.’ The book will be released on July 14. with having Mockingbird, which came out in 1960, as her only published book and has avoided the press for decades.

According to HarperCollins, a complete manuscript for Go Set a Watchman was discovered last year by Lee’s attorney, Tonja Carter. State investigators in Alabama recently looked into whether publishing Go Set a Watchman involved financial fraud. Lee, who has

been in frail health and lives in an assisted-living facility in her hometown of Monroeville, answered questions to the satisfaction of the Alabama Securities Commission and that part of the inquiry was closed, a state official said earlier this month. The status of the larger investigation by Alabama’s Department of Human Resources is unclear.

Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. For tickets or more information, contact Norm at 403-224-3078.

Wine, beer, appetizers and live music will be available at the date night.

Saturday’s admission is $5 for the entire day. The events take place as the Lacombe Memorial Centre, located at 5214 50 Ave. For more information, call 403-7821285 or look under events at www.lacombetourism.com.

Sylvan Lake painter to make presentation in Lacombe

The Great Plains to perform in Bowden on Saturday Enjoy an evening of live folk music Saturday in Bowden.

Saskia Munroe and Darrel Delaronde make up the group The Great Plains, who have toured across Canada and Western Europe.

Their songs cover topics from war brides to prairie elevators to Louis Riel.

The concert is at the Bowden Friendship Club at 7 p.m. The club is located at 2133 18th Ave.

A well known painter from Sylvan Lake will give a presentation in Lacombe on April 17.

Marg Metcalf is the featured artist at this year’s annual art sale and celebration of creative expression in Lacombe.

The event runs on April 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. and April 18 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Metcalf will give her presentation at 3 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. Admission on Friday is $5 before 5 p.m. A date night is held that evening from 5. to 8 p.m. for which admission is $10.

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One-woman play takes the stage on April 21 A one-woman play about a Second World War veteran’s reluctant return to Juno Beach will play on April 21 in Red Deer.

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NEW YORK — Felicity Jones laughs and says “absolutely” when asked if she’s coming up with various ways to say she can’t talk about her starring role in the Star Wars spin-off Rogue One. “I can’t talk about it. It’s really, really exciting but I can’t talk about it,” she said.

The film was confirmed by Disney’s Bob Iger at a shareholders meeting in San Francisco earlier this month. Gareth Felicity Jones Edwards (Godzilla) will begin directing this summer. The movie is scheduled for a Dec. 16, 2016, release.

Jones, 31, said she has had “a fantastic, fantastic few months.” She was nominated for a best-actress Oscar for her role as Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything, and she says all the women nominated in that category supported each other.

“It felt very uncompetitive which was really nice,” she said.

“It felt like we were all supporting each other.” (Julianne Moore won for Still Alice.)

“Along the way you just bump into the same people,” Jones said of the awards show circuit.

“And for all the women in the category we all became really good friends by the end of it. You’d be like, ‘Hey, how are you?’ I did feel like there was a lot of camaraderie between us which was really nice.”

She said it is also nice doing publicity for other projects. “I had a fantastic time with (The Theory of Everything) and it was a very, very special project to be a part of so I didn’t mind speaking about it endlessly, but I do have to say it’s nice to be talking about something else. Definitely.”

Her next film, True Story, starring James Franco and Jonah Hill, is a true crime drama. It will be in theatres April 17.

She’s completed the thriller Autobahn with Nicholas Holt and a drama The Monster Calls with Liam Neeson.

Jones will also co-star with Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci Code sequel, Inferno, directed by Ron Howard.

——— Online: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/truestory/

periences of Julia Mackey, writer and performer of Jake’s Gift, in Normandy, France.

Jake’s Gift will be performed at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 35.

Doors for the event open at 6 p.m., the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band will play at 6:45, and the performance begins at 7 p.m.

Guests will have access to a cash bar. The performance runs for 65 minutes with no intermissions.

Tickets are $20. Tickets are available at the Legion’s front desk, from any member of the Red Deer Legion Pipe Band or by calling Arnie MacAskill at 403-782-7183.

For more information, visit www. jakesgift.com.

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Cover unveiled for new Harper Lee novel NEW YORK — The cover for Harper Lee’s new novel will surely remind you of the cover for her old one.

On Wednesday, HarperCollins unveiled the jacket art for Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, the unexpected follow-up to her classic To Kill a Mockingbird.

The new cover, like the one for To Kill a Mockingbird, is a moody illustraHarper Lee tion featuring an oak tree in front, but also shows train tracks and a train in the distance. In a statement released by HarperCollins, company President Michael Morrison noted that Go Set a Watchman begins with Mockingbird protagonist Scout Finch returning by train 20 years later, in the 1950s, to her native Alabama.

“There are so many wonderful parts of Go Set a Watchman that it was hard to pick just one iconic image to represent the book,” Morrison said. “This design is perfect — it draws on the style of the decade the book was written, but with a modern twist.”

British publisher Penguin Random House unveiled a different cover for the book’s U.K. and Commonwealth edition — an orange-red jacket featuring a bird on branch and the words “by the author of To Kill a Mockingbird” prominently displayed along with the title.

Jonathan Burnham, a publisher and senior vice-president at HarperCollins, said that creating an entirely new image had “certainly crossed our minds,” but that he and others kept coming back “to the central idea that the cover should in some ways connect to To Kill a Mockingbird.’ An oak tree, Mockingbird fans know, can be found on the property where the reclusive Boo Radley lives, in Lee’s fictional Maycomb, Alabama.

HarperCollins has announced a first printing of 2 million copies and a July 14 release date for Watchman.

Pre-orders have kept the book high on Amazon.com’s bestseller list despite ongoing concerns about the quality of the novel, which Lee wrote before Mockingbird, and about the 88-year-old Lee’s involvement in the publication.

She has long expressed satisfaction

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6:25 MC1 Movie “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” (2013, Drama) Devery Jacobs.

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