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Retired RCMP Cpl. Dave Heaslip

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Retired RCMP Cpl. Dave Heaslip gives his horses some treats on his acreage south of Ponoka this week. Heaslip retired from the RCMP after over 40 years of service.

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF RCMP livestock investigator Cpl. Dave Heaslip laughs at the notion that he was born a century too late.

But he doesn’t deny it.

One of two Alberta Mountie “horse cops” for the past decade, Heaslip is now riding into the retirement sunset after a 45-year policing career with the Queen’s cowboys.

Growing up in Port Alberni, B.C., a young Heaslip couldn’t get enough of cowboy legends like Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger and Wyatt Earp.

“I used to love that stuff.” He still has childhood photos of himself decked out in cowboy hat, vest and wielding an Earp-like gun with a barrel so long he could barely pull it out of the holster.

“Growing up, I wanted to be a cowboy and I wanted to be a Mountie, and my dream came true.”

By the time he was 18, he had signed

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up for the red serge and by 19, he was at his first posting in Rocky Mountain House.

He still recalls his first day on the job in his new town at the end of a highway that turned to gravel after Sylvan Lake. Called to a fatal car-versusbridge collision, he was so wet behind the ears he brought along his RCMP

olds would do. As soon as I got back, I phoned my mother.”

As one of a four-member detachment, that first posting introduced the young constable to just about every aspect of policing at a time when there was a lot less specialization and the calling in of outside units to oversee investigations.

‘I’D NEVER SEEN A DEAD BODY BEFORE, SO I DID WHAT MOST 19-YEAR-OLDS WOULD DO. AS SOON AS I GOT BACK, I PHONED BY MOTHER.’ — RETIRED RCMP CPL. DAVE HEASLIP

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When he got there, other local police and highway patrol guys were already on scene. Asking if the driver was hurt real bad, one said, “Why don’t you ask him?” as he pulled back the sheet covering a very-dead motorist.

“I’d never seen a dead body before,” he says. “So I did what most 19-year-

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One of his less fond memories is having to join the dog handler to track down young offenders on the lam from a youth detention facility that used to be located at Nordegg. As the most junior officer, he got the job of walking down kilometres of railway tracks looking for the delinquent youngster of the day. And it always seemed to

involve running for kilometres under a blazing sun.

To add injury to insult, one time after another exhausting search he collapsed inside the police car. He put his arm up on the seat to relax, only to feel the jaws of Satan, the jet black tracking dog, close tightly around his arm, triggering an uncomfortable stare down.

“It was only for two or three minutes before the dog handler came and told him to let go, but it seemed like hours.”

Heaslip’s next postings were Innisfail, Red Deer City and Ponoka. About this time, he was accepted to the RCMP’s famed Musical Ride, using horse skills he had learned on his grandfather’s farm in Saskatchewan, about 30 km from the U.S. border.

He figures horses must be in his blood. A grandfather on his mother’s side served in the British cavalry in the First World War.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is losing two more cabinet ministers, who announced Friday that they’re not going to run in the federal election that is scheduled for this fall.

Christian Paradis and Shelly Glover picked the holiday weekend to make low key announcements that they won’t seek re-election.

Paradis, the International Development Minister, said in a statement on his website that the decision was personal.

“After almost a decade of my being on the public stage, it’s time for me to pass on the torch and move on serenely to write a new chapter in our lives,” he said.

Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Minister Shelly Glover cited family reasons as the main factor behind her decision to not run again. In a statement Glover said she’ll be returning to her career as a police officer.

“I took a break from policing to become a legislator and am proud to have been part of a government that passed over thirty crime and justice bills,” she said.

A source in the Prime Minister’s Office said both ministers will stay in their cabinet jobs until the election and there were no immediate plans for a cabinet shuffle. The PMO tried to minimize the optics of losing two ministers simultaneously saying they recently informed Harper of their decisions and the announcements were coordinated.

Paradis and Glover are not the first members of Stephen Harper’s cabinet to leave in recent months.

Earlier this year John Baird quit as foreign affairs

minister in a stunning decision and said he wasn’t running again.

New Democratic Party MP Alexandre Boulerice pointed to the departures as a sign of trouble for the Conservative Party.

“Now with Mr. Paradis and Ms Glover leaving, it’s a team that is weakened, and the sign of a government that’s a bit exhausted,” he said.

University of Toronto political science professor Nelson Wiseman says the Conservative party is likely canvassing its members ahead of the election to avoid last-minute surprises.

He says he doesn’t believe the departures will hurt the Conservative party’s chances come fall.

“These are not major cabinet portfolios. These are not major ministers,” he said, adding that Paradis in particular has “not exactly been a shining light.”

He said that attention in federal election campaigns is increasingly focused on party leaders, with their deputies playing a smaller role than they used to.

“Generally cabinet ministers have become less important and these are among the least important,” he said.

Paradis, one of Harper’s small contingent of Quebec MP’s, was first elected in 2006 and held a variety of positions including Minister of Public Works and Government services and the high-profile positions of Industry Minister and was Quebec lieutenant. He was demoted to the International Development porfolio in a cabinet shuffle in 2013.

Glover was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008. Last fall, the federal ethics commissioner cleared her of breaching the conflict of interest law in connection with a fundraiser earlier in the year.

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Sources say Lt.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, who twice led the army’s task force in Kandahar during the Afghan war, is the likely successor to Gen. Tom Lawson, the current chief of the defence staff.

Lawson announced earlier this year that he was stepping down, and is expected to be replaced by early summer, before the next federal election.

Vance currently serves as the country’s joint operations commander, and has been the face of high-profile public briefings on the combat mission against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

Aside from twice being task force commander in Kandahar — in 2009 and again in 2010 — Vance has served in key posts, including head of the strategic joint staff, the military’s nerve centre in Ottawa.

He also did a stint as deputy commander of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command in Naples.

Neither the Prime Minister’s Office nor Defence Minister Jason Kenney’s staff would confirm Vance’s appointment, saying an “announcement will come in due course.”

There has been a short-list of four candidates, including Vance, the head of the navy Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, the head of the army Lt.-Gen. Marquis Haines, and the former head of special forces Lt.Gen. Mike Day.

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HEASLIP: Ponoka ranch is now his home The Musical Ride gave him the opportunity to see almost every province in Canada and more than 30 U.S. states during his two-and-a-half-year stint in the mid-1970s, he says.

“Some of these horses were thoroughbreds from the race track,” he says. “They could really go. They had a lot of fire to them.”

Like many Mounties, Heaslip moved around a lot.

He next went to Red Deer Rural, and then St. Paul, where he raised Simmental cattle and quarter horses on a farm where he lived with his wife and young family that would grow to include three daughters.

The Heaslips were welcomed into the local farming community and he learned a lot. He became a 4-H leader and was known to be only a phone call away when someone needed to use his trusty stock trailer.

In calving season, he made so many trips to the vets with neighbours’ animals, he joked he should have painted a red cross on his trailer and outfitted it with emergency lights.

Policing stops followed in Breton and Ponoka, which is where he got wind the RCMP was looking for another livestock investigator.

It was a job tailor-made for Heaslip, who’s always felt most comfortable in Wranglers and cowboy boots.

From investigating rustlers, livestock fraud, missing animals and neighbour disputes, the job offers a bit of everything. It’s funded 70 per cent by the Livestock Identification Services (LIS), a private entity in charge of the critical work in inspecting brands and overseeing animal identification.

“They’re really good at what they do,” he says.

Heaslip’s job keeps him on the move. His 2012 Dodge Ram truck already has 175,000 km on it and his job has routinely taken him to Saskatchewan, Manitoba and into the U.S., where there is close cooperation with their investigators.

Some might be surprised to hear that he gets five or six calls about horses to every one for cattle. Often the calls relate to missing animals, or deals gone bad between people, with one side, or both, crying foul.

Fencing issues are another constant. There’s a reason there’s a saying that “Good fences make good neighbours,” he says.

In most cases, the first approach taken is to education and warn.

“We prosecute really as a last resort. What you’re striving for in the industry is compliance with the

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There are also the fraud cases, where the number of financed cattle coming in the gate don’t match the number going out the gate.

One case a couple of years ago involved a Southern Alberta rancher who financed 1,400 and sold hundreds without letting the lender know. As many as 600 were missing at one point and the investigation, which resulted in convictions, took four years.

The work gets more complicated when missing cattle cross the border, and that’s where co-operation with various associations and enforcement agencies proves its value over and over.

“LIS, the RCMP, Texas Rangers and Arizona troopers who do the same job, we work with them and it’s just amazing,” he said of the relationships.

“It’s worked great over the years.”

While there are only two livestock investigators, as members of the RCMP’s serious crimes unit they can draw on experts from forensic accounting to blood spatter evidence.

Among his career highlights is the livestock emergency response trailer initiative, which was begun

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While a lot of RCMP members retire to their home province, Heaslip says Alberta — and more specifically his Ponoka ranch — is now his home.

“I love rodeo, I love horses, just the mystique about the Western lifestyle,” he says. He rhymes off the names of local multi-generational rodeo royalty like the Butterfield and Daines clans like a hockey fan might toss out the names of Mark Messier or Taylor Hall.

When not fixing something at home, or putting his feet up on the back deck, he’ll be found on a horse.

“I really, really love going into the Foothills and the Rockies,” he says. With some lifelong buddies — and soon his grandsons — he will take off and ride the West Country. At the end of the day, they will cook up some microwave popcorn and watch a Western on TV. Some passions never get old. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Former airline pilot Captain (ret.) Benoit Gauthier poses for a photo at his home in Pointe Claire, Que., on Thursday. weather conditions at the destination but can never really know with certainty what may arise. They follow a detailed check list about 30 minutes before landing, giving them an opportunity to divert if conditions aren’t right.

In many cases, they use the aircraft’s auto landing capabilities to guide them along a gentle slope to the runway.

“You are thinking about what you’re doing and in the back of your mind you know damn well that you have to be prepared for something that can happen and react to it,” Gauthier said in an interview.

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plished in all kinds of conditions but there is a limit to what pilots will do.

“You don’t purposefully fly in severe turbulence. It’s bad enough if you get caught in it at high altitude, which is something that’s happened probably to most of us.”

Although he never faced a crashlanding during his long career, Gauthier said severe decompression on a mid-Atlantic flight in 2003 caused the release of oxygen masks and prompted him to make a sudden and quick descent. In another incident, strong winds forced him to abort a landing in New York and return to Montreal for refuelling.

“It’s part of the reality of flying airplanes,” he added. “Planes are built to sustain quite a bit of roughness and... until we start flying airplanes without pilots, there will always be a human factor involved.”

National Defence says a Canadian naval vessel was part of a large drug bust last month in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica.

HMCS Whitehorse, working with the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, intercepted more than 5,200 kilograms of cocaine in international waters from a coastal freighter.

National Defence says the crew of

the freighter began throwing bales overboard when a patrolling U.S. Navy vessel approached.

The Whitehorse and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter were called in to join the operation, which lasted three days.

A boarding party did not find any additional drugs on board the freighter after bales containing more than 5,200 kilograms of cocaine were

retrieved from the sea.

National Defence says the seizure could not be divulged until now to avoid jeopardizing the investigation into the matter.

HMCS Whitehorse is part of Canada’s contribution to a multinational effort to prevent drug trafficking in the Caribbean basin, the eastern Pacific and the waters of Central America.

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Benoit Gauthier said pilots are typically highly self-confident people who don’t take undue risks or let doubt creep into their decision-making.

“If you start to doubt your own performance you shouldn’t be there in the first place,” said Benoit Gauthier, who retired five years ago after a 37-year career with a major global airline.

He said pilots must prepare for whatever situation may surface and be prepared to change course if conditions warrant.

Safety is the driving force followed by passenger comfort. Pilots don’t face pressure from large international carriers to stick to schedules, he added.

Gauthier, 65, was speaking several days after an Air Canada plane crashed at the Halifax Airport. The Airbus A320 was flying from Toronto on Sunday when it touched down 335 metres short of the runway and skidded on its belly for another 335 metres before coming to a stop. All 133 passengers and five crew on board survived, although 25 people were sent to hospital.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. The Halifax area was under a snowfall warning at the time.

The pilots circled the airport before concluding the conditions were suitable for landing.

While he doesn’t want to speculate on what caused the landing to go so wrong, Gauthier said the incident must have left the pilots feeling “pretty bad.”

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TORONTO — Passengers who were aboard an Air Canada plane that slammed to the ground at the Halifax airport last Sunday are receiving some financial assistance from the airline.

Air Canada has not divulged the amount, but various media reports say each of the 133 passengers on Flight AC624 are receiving $5,000.

The airline says the funds are meant to cover immediate and interim expenses, adding there is no requirement for passengers to sign any commitment to receive the money.

The Airbus A320 was flying from Toronto when it slammed into the ground about 335 metres short of the runway, then skidded for another 335 metres before stopping.

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Rejection prompts human rights complaint COUPLE SAY THEY WERE DENIED DAYCARE SPOT BECAUSE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s attorney general says he is outraged by allegations a lesbian couple was denied a Winnipeg daycare spot for their baby girl because of their sexual orientation.

James Allum said no one in this day and age should be denied service on that grounds.

“I’m outraged that anyone would be denied access to child care on the basis of discrimination based on sexual orientation,” he said Thursday. “That’s simply outrageous. It’s as simple as that.”

Agata Durkalec and her partner, Kate Taylor, say they are filing a human rights complaint after they say they were denied a Winnipeg daycare spot for their baby girl because of their sexual orientation.

The couple moved to Winnipeg from Ontario recently and began looking for a daycare for their 10-month-old daughter.

They thought they were in luck when they found an opening at a home daycare, but allege the daycare operator withdrew the offer in writing when she found out they are lesbians.

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Kate Taylor (left) and partner Agata Durkalec are photographed in their Winnipeg home on Thursday. The couple recently encountered homophobic discrimination while searching for daycare for their infant daughter. good fit,” the woman allegedly wrote to Durkalec. “I hope everything works out for you and your family.”

The Canadian Press was unable to reach the daycare operator to com-

Group concerned with lack of notification of salmon virus

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A conservation group is criticizing federal and provincial agencies for not publicizing a preliminary test showing the presence of a potentially deadly salmon virus at a New Brunswick aquaculture operation.

The Atlantic Salmon Federation says it heard on Monday that a strain of infectious salmon anemia was reported by an aquaculture company located along the Bay of Fundy.

The virus can be fatal to fish but doesn’t cause harm to human health.

Jonathan Carr, the federation’s director of research, says he went to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website but didn’t find a report of the incident.

“Without the public knowing what’s going on a lot of rumours and wildfires can happen,” he said.

“That’s where the province and the CFIA should be upfront ... when these things happen, inform the general public on what’s going on and how they’re dealing with it.”

A spokeswoman for the New Brunswick government said in an email there was a suspected case of virulent infectious salmon anemia detected last month.

“Regarding the suspected case ... the province and the CFIA are aware and are working collaboratively on this,” Anne Bull said.

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She said the company didn’t wait for a confirmation of a final diagnosis by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and proceeded to remove all of the fish from the pen and notified the provincial and federal regulators of their actions.

Parker said other salmon farmers in the area were notified and the affected farm is in quarantine. She said she didn’t know the name of the affected salmon farm.

In an email response, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it requires notification whenever infectious salmon anemia is detected.

“All finds are reported online for public consumption,” said spokeswoman Tammy Jarbeau.

Jarbeau did not comment on any specific cases but said pathogenic strains of the virus occur sporadically, while non-pathogenic strains are to be expected every year in the Atlantic area.

Carr said he’s glad that the affected fish were killed quickly after the outbreak but he feels more information should have been released after the preliminary tests.

“It’s prudent when you have cases like this to get this out to the public.”

Parker said the regulations and the process are rigorous.

“We don’t understand what the concern is,” she said. “The system is working. There is more transparency in salmon farming than any other food producing sector.”

Controversial chief wins re-election

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS COQUITLAM, B.C. — A controversial First Nations chief in B.C. has won re-election despite drawing widespread criticism last year for accepting a nearly $1-million paycheque.

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date to lead the tiny Kwikwetlem First Nation in the Vancouver-area community of Coquitlam, which consists of only about 80 members.

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“This is a much more critical service providing child care,” she said.

“They should be held to the same human rights standards as anyone else.”

The couple picked up papers from the Manitoba Human Rights Commission and will be filing a complaint, Durkalec said.

Although they are no longer interested in putting their daughter in the home daycare, Durkalec said it should be made clear that any discrimination based on sexual orientation is wrong.

“What would be better would be more education and clarity so that queer and trans families don’t experience discrimination at any home daycare in Manitoba,” she said.

Neither Allum, nor anyone from the provincial government, would comment on whether unlicenced home daycares are subject to the same anti-discrimination laws as other businesses.

Allum said the allegations would be best handled by the human rights commission.

It’s a grey area that should go under a spotlight, Taylor said. Daycare spots are so difficult to find that many parents have to find unlicenced ones, she said.

“It’s not a choice,” she said. “If it is a grey zone then that’s a conversation that needs to be had.”

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Kenya Red Cross staff assist a woman after she viewed the body of a relative killed in Thursday’s attack on a university, at Chiromo funeral home, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday. Al-Shabab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing scores of people in the group’s deadliest attack in the East African country.

Survivors give harrowing accounts of bloodshed GARISSA, Kenya — The 20-year-old student called home from the university besieged by Islamic militants and frantically told her father, “There are gunshots everywhere! Tell Mum to pray for me — I don’t know if I will survive.”

The call by Elizabeth Namarome Musinai at dawn Thursday was one of several her family received as the attack and hostage drama unfolded at Garissa University College, where gunmen from the al-Shabab militant group killed 148 people.

Then, about 1 p.m., a man got on the line to demand that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta be contacted within two minutes and told to remove troops from neighbouring Somalia, where they are fighting al-Shabab extremists.

He phoned back promptly. When told the president had not been contacted, he said, “I am going to kill your daughter.” Three gunshots followed, and he hung up. When Elizabeth’s father, Fred Kaskon Musinai, called the man back, he said he was told: “She is now with her God.” Musinai said he is still hanging on to hope that Elizabeth somehow survived, although she is not on the list of wounded, which now numbers 104. He has travelled from his home in Kitale to Nairobi, where the dead are being brought to a morgue for families to identify and claim.

Survivors and relatives gave other harrowing accounts of the siege by Islamic extremists as Kenya on Friday mourned the victims of the attack, the deadliest since the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi that killed more than 200 people.

At the Nairobi morgue, screaming and crying family members were assisted by Red Cross staffers, who tried to console them.

Archbishop John Njue, who conducted Good Friday services in the capital, cited the “murdered” students and said, “This is a tremendous challenge in our country.”

Pope Francis condemned the attack as an act of “senseless brutality” and called for those responsible to change their violent ways. In a telegram of condolence, Francis also urged Kenyan authorities to work to bring an end to such attacks and “hasten the dawn of a new era of brotherhood, justice and peace.”

The gunmen singled out Christians at the university, killing them on the spot. But Muslims also were among the dead, as were women, even though the attackers had said at one point that they, too, would be spared.

The masked attackers — strapped with explosives and armed with AK-47s — battled troops and police before the violence ended after about 13 hours.

In announcing an updated figure of 148 people killed by the gunmen, Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery said 142 of the dead were students, three were policemen and three were soldiers.

Police worked at the Garissa campus Friday, taking fingerprints from the bodies of the four slain gunmen and of the students and security officials who died, for identification purposes.

Security forces guarded the gates of the school.

Its slogans on the wall outside said “Oasis of Innova-

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Friday pledged that his nation will abide by its commitments in the nuclear agreement reached the previous day in Switzerland.

Rouhani also called on world powers to fulfil their part of the deal, a reference to further lifting of sanctions imposed on Tehran over the controversial nuclear program.

“Everything we promised in the nuclear talks ... we will remain loyal (to) and stand by our promises,” Rouhani said in a speech to the nation about the framework agreement. Iranians “do not seek to deceive” the international community, he added.

After a week of grueling negotiations, Iran and the six world powers announced a series of understandings on Thursday on how to curb Iran’s nuclear program. They face a June 30 deadline for a final deal that is meant to cut significantly into Iran’s bombcapable technology while giving Tehran quick access to assets and markets blocked by international sanctions.

The deal was met with criticism by Iranian hardliners but was overwhelmingly backed by the establishment.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who negotiated the agreement in Lausanne, Switzerland, received a hero’s welcome upon his arrival back to Tehran on Friday.

Crowds of cheering supporters surrounded Zarif’s vehicle and chanted slogans supporting him and Rouhani. One of the chants also offered sarcastic “condolences” to both Israel and to the hard-line Kayhan newspaper, which has opposed the negotiations from the start.

Zarif tried to reassure Iranians that the country’s nuclear program will continue but said any negotiation requires give and take. “It is not supposed to be one party receiving all the concessions and the other party surrendering,” he said.

Zarif also expressed his gratitude for the support of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said Thursday’s understandings will be a “base for drafting the final agreement,” in July.

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A6 The search for the unknown

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ARE WE RUNNING SCARED FROM THE INTERGALACTIC PIRATES, AGAIN? I really liked the furious debate that broke out recently among astronomers about whether we should send out signals to the universe saying “we’re here.” It implicitly assumes that somehow, if your science is really advanced, then interstellar travel is possible.

I like it because I hate the idea that the human race will never be able to go beyond this little planetary system “far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galGWYNNE axy,” as Douglas DYER Adams put it in his Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

We need somebody to do to Einstein’s physics what Einstein did to Newton’s.

But while we’re waiting for that, it’s good to know that some quite grown-up scientists (astronomers, not physicists, admittedly, but I’ll take whatever I can get) think it’s worth having a debate about whether we should take the risk of letting all the aliens know we are here.

I missed the debate when it took place at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual conference in San Jose last month because I was on Mars at the time. (Well, somewhere that felt quite like Mars, anyway.) But here’s a couple of quotes to give the flavour of it.

“Any society that could come here and ruin our whole day by incinerating the planet already knows we are here,” said Seth Shostak, senior astronomer and director at the Center for SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute in California.

Not so fast, said space scientist and science-fiction writer David Brin. “The arrogance of shouting into the cosmos without any proper risk assessment defies belief. It is a course that would put our grandchildren at risk,” he said.

If we send them messages, they may come here and enslave us. Or just eat us.

Now, the traditional way to shut this debate down is to point out that we’ve already been sending out radio and television signals for 100 years. Therefore, any intergalactic pirates within 100 light-years of here already know where we are. But it turns out that this isn’t actually true: our radio and television signals begin to fade into the background radio static beyond about one light-year away.

Since the nearest star is more than four light-years away, there’s not much chance that the Klingons or Vogons or whoever you’re worried about knows we’re here yet. (And there goes the plot of Galaxy Quest.)

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On the other hand, powerful radar signals of the kind that we have been using to map the surface of other planets and moons in our own system travel a very long way, and we’ve already been sending them out for over 20 years. They don’t carry much information — they just say “somebody here can generate microwave radiation” — but just that might be enough to attract unwelcome attention.

This new debate is actually about “active SETI.” We have been doing “passive SETI” — listening for messages from civilizations around other stars — for more than 40 years, using large radio telescopes that can pick up very faint signals. But there are quite strict rules about who should reply if they do get a message.

The First Protocol, drafted by the International Academy of Astronautics SETI Panel in 1989, says that “no transmission in response to a signal

or other evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence should be sent until appropriate international consultations have taken place.” But the advocates of “active SETI” want to scrap that and send out an “all call” to the universe.

One of the reasons the debate has got more heated is that we now know planets are as common as dirt. It’s only 20 years since the first confirmed discovery of an “exoplanet,” but now we know of 1,906 of them, mostly orbiting relatively nearby stars and a very small proportion showing Earth-like characteristics. (But the actual number of Earth-like planets may be much higher, since it’s a lot easier to find gas-giants like Jupiter or Saturn.)

There are probably hundreds of thousands of planets in our vicinity (there are 260,000 stars within 250 lightyears). If even a mere few thousand of them are Earth-like, then it is imaginable that somebody might come calling

in response to the messages we send — if, and only if, it is possible to travel at near- or trans-light speeds.

Nobody knows how light-speed travel could be done, and our current understanding of physics says that it can’t be done. But this would be a very silly debate if scientists were really all convinced that there is no possibility of getting around the current speed limit.

They will never say that it might be possible, because they cannot suggest how it might be done and the risk to their reputations would therefore be extreme. But they are quite happy to engage in a debate that would be totally irrelevant if they didn’t think there is a chance that we — or some other civilization in our galactic vicinity — will eventually figure out how to do it.

And that cheers me up considerably.

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Leaving the past behind, with joy “Yesterday I went and got a manicure; it cost me $25. See?” At this, she holds out her hands with fingers spread so that I can see her brightlycoloured fingernails, the pride in her expressive face ever so evident.

“Then I went and bought two new bras, I got CHRIS them for $70; it’s the first time SALOMONS I’ve ever bought brand new ones.”

Then in response to my questioning look, she replied, “I’ve ever only bought used ones from a thrift store.”

She never does mince her words or get caught up in false etiquette.

“Plus,” she went on, “my boyfriend, who thinks I’m beautiful, gave me $200 to spend on myself, so I went to the

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mall and went shopping. I didn’t spend it all, though. But it felt so good to be able do it while in my right mind! That was the first time ever going to malls without having to look over my shoulder all the time.”

We have known this bubbly 40-yearold volunteer, whom I’ll call Trixie, since she came to Red Deer about 10 years ago. At that time, though, she was on the street. Alcohol and drugs were the pastime of choice, and all the other things that go along with those choices.

When asked about her growing up, she gave a brief rundown of a troubled upbringing and then the introduction of drugs at age 12.

“For a long time, I used acid like it was candy, and then moved on to other drugs.” At age 14, she moved with her father from Toronto to Calgary. There her father met a woman who did not like Trixie, eventually forcing her out onto the streets.

When asked whether she was abused when young, she replied, “Two different men raped me twice when I was on an acid trips.” From then on, it seemed to happen more often.

She went on to describe other

events that I feel will not be appropriate here, but as often happens when I hear stories like these, my blood just starts to boil and I just get angry. But this time I was able to ignore my own feelings because this recovered, joyful young woman was standing right in front of me.

Her presence in the kitchen is one of the more influential of all who serve.

On this particular morning, one of the other girls who I have written about before came in to eat; she took one look at Trixie and was just astounded.

“Boy you look good, things must be really good for you, how did you do it?” she asked.

To which Trixie immediately replied, “God had other plans for me; I fought him for a long time but he won, and here I am and I’m loving it!”

An obvious shade pulls over the questioner’s eyes and then with a “Great, I wish you all the best,” she grabs her plate and moves to a table.

During her recovery, Trixie fell off the wagon a time or two, but she always came back. She would come down to the kitchen to help, but would have to leave soon after, citing the vast num-

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But now a couple of years later, she comes to the kitchen several times a week and is a bubbly, joyful jokester who makes us all laugh and just her presence lightens the whole atmosphere of the kitchen — both for those who do the serving and for our guests, who never fail to greet her with a big smile.

Having lived for an extended period without drugs or alcohol, and enjoying it, she has been able to fix her mind on a life permanently without that destructive type of behaviour. Along with this resolve has come a confidence that itself is a thing of beauty.

Gone are the deeds, recriminations and negative feelings of her past, leaving her with a delightful feeling of hope for the future.

The greatest part of all this for me is that I was able to be a witness to the story of her past, her recovery and, now, her future, a future full of joy and hope.

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Japan, not China, our best bet

BY BRIAN LEE CROWLEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Geography, history, immigration and economic self-interest all suggest that Canada’s trade should be oriented toward the Asia-Pacific. Yet we need to choose our trading partners with care.

It is a mistake is to be dazzled by China’s rise and therefore assume our principal Asian relationship should be with the resurgent dragon. Japan, in fact, is a far better fit for Canada.

On market size, it is hard to compete with China, now the world’s second largest economy. But Japan is still the world’s third largest economy, and it is hugely attractive as a customer in its own right, as well as being a stepping stone to other faster-growing Asian markets.

Japan is rich and more technologically advanced than China. Its large multinationals are highly profitable juggernauts whose products are prized around the world for quality and sophistication.

Tokyo is, along with New York and London, one of the world’s three principal financial hubs where global capital is managed with unparalleled skill and speed.

Japan moved early into the high, value-added sectors of R&D, finance and design, and into cuttingedge technologies such as nanotechnology, biopharmaceuticals and materials engineering.

It is nimble, too, moving much of its manufactur-

ing offshore when Japanese wage levels made it uneconomic at home.

With that shift, Japan’s economic might radiated throughout East and Southeast Asia, helping to spawn shipbuilding in Korea, textiles in China and electronics in Taiwan. Today, Japanese know-how, companies and investments are a cornerstone of prosperity in almost every corner of Asia, including China, Vietnam and Burma.

Japan is also a successful democratic society under the rule of law with a deep commitment to a stable world order. Since the end of the Second World War, we have both shared a deep belief in resolving international disputes by negotiation rather than force.

Japan enjoys freedom of speech, press and religion, not just in theory but in enthusiastic practice.

Its legal system, allied with a culture of scrupulous respect of property and contract, stand in stark contrast to risky autocratic countries where guanxi (personal and family pull), theft of assets and palmgreasing are the common coin of business.

These shared freedoms form the basis of the deep ties that bind Canada and Japan.

The third foreign embassy in Canadian history opened in Tokyo in 1929, and some of our biggest companies have been doing business there for decades, all while the Japanese have been investing in Canadian industries as diverse as forestry, autos, video gaming, food processing and oil sands production.

Honda recently announced that it plans to export cars made in its Canadian plant to Europe when our free-trade agreement with the EU becomes reality.

Partnership with Japanese companies almost inevitably brings with it links to other Asian countries.

Japex, for instance, is not only involved in the oil sands, but is a partner with Malaysia’s Petronas in a consortium that may be the first to liquefy Canadian natural gas and ship it to Asia.

Unlike China, Japan is under no illusion that everyone must pay it court. Rather, to Japanese eyes, Asia has become a darker place. Anti-Japanese demonstrations have rocked several countries, while China is increasingly and aggressively self-assertive.

America’s willingness to counterbalance Chinese power is ever more equivocal, reducing the value of its security guarantee and leaving the Japanese seeking reliable allies.

Japan recognizes the complementary nature of our two economies, and prizes many Canadian products. They find Canada, however, an unfocused, parochial and diffident partner who too often fails to deliver.

If we can prove them wrong, there is hope for us yet as a Pacific nation. The alternative is to be a mere spectator of Asia’s rise.

Brian Lee Crowley is the managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an independent non-partisan public policy think tank in Ottawa (www.macdonaldlaurier.ca). This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

likes to sit by the light of his aquarium in his downtown apartment and talk the fish into helping him with his college homework. Apparently they are pretty good at biology. Math, not so much.

The other RK, the daughter one, has a pet spider.

She named him Frank. She has a love-hate relationship with Frank, in that she loves it when she knows exactly where he is (out on the balcony) and she hates spiders. But, you see, she likes having pets and her apartment building won’t allow any, except for pets like Frank who apparently came with the rental agreement. In Vancouver, spiders are classed as “exotic pets.”

So for the sake of argument and for filling up a Saturday column, here are just some of the reasons everyone should have a pet: ● Companionship: There’s nothing that says “you’re not alone” like a pet ferret, hamster or badger that happily scurries, scratches and rattles around in its cage all night long. Who needs more than 2.5 hours of sleep every night when you have a loving pet who bites the end of your finger off when you try to pet it? What’s a little daily blood loss to a pet owner? ● Amusement: Isn’t it fun when your eight-weekold puppy eats your favourite shoes? Or your loving tabby brings a semi-dead animal into the house and drops your “gift” at your feet at the dinner table?

● Exercise: Having a pet — particularly a highenergy dog or cat officially diagnosed with ADHD — can be a great way to keep in shape, get some fresh air and meet your neighbours when they, the pets, regularly escape from your own back yard. You run (literally) around the neighbourhood for several hours knocking on door and shamelessly yelling “Come, Gizmo!” or “Here Muffin, here kitty kitty!” at the top of your lungs until you return, exhausted and sick with worry only to find your beloved pet is already back and sound asleep in the shade over by your garden shed. ● Love: Love is when your pet turtle smiles at you.

Or actually moves a couple of centimetres once a week to prove to you he’s not, technically, deceased.

Love is a dog that licks your ice cream cone when you aren’t looking. Love is a hairball.

So you can see why, following the untimely passing of the last of our pets, we’ve recently been thinking about getting another dog. This is precisely why the BH and I aren’t going to the dog show this weekend.

They often have puppies at those things, and we just know we’d come home with an armload.

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Isn’t it time for a smiling turtle or a spider named Frank?

There are really only four kinds of people in life’s rich pageant. One: People who love dogs. Two: People who love cats. Three: People who love both dogs and cats. Four: People who really, really don’t love either stupid cats or dumb dogs, thank you very much.

One of these groups I feel particularly sorry for. And I also feel sorry for ending that sentence with a preposition.

But be that as it may, I was thinking about all this on account of the local traditional Spring Dog Show is on this weekend and it made my brain remember stuff.

Like I remember that we’d take the Rotten Kids every year to the dog show where HARLEY we would wander through HAY the grooming area and laugh at the embarrassed standard poodles with haircuts that made them look like the clown dogs of the canine world, and be gobsmacked at the shih tzus and lhasa apsos that were so styled and brushed and primped with the flowing hair and the haute couture dog show grooming that they no longer resembled any known member of the canine family. Or the Earthling family, for that matter.

In fact, after having spent 16 years with a decidedly non haute couture dog, Scamp the deranged shih tzu, I can say without the slightest doubt that shih tzus are actually aliens from the planet Zork. At least, ours was.

Thing is, we would always come back from the dog show, each of us with a new favourite breed and we would dig out our dog books and look them up and read about them whilst Scotty our cement head west highland white terrier peed on the furniture.

Of course, we also had a feline member of the family who was queen of the universe and she knew it. Willow, who we always called “Kitty” for obvious reasons, would tolerate the two dogs to the point of allowing them to exist in the house as long as they didn’t violate the rules of her kingdom.

Oh, and for a long while, we also had a bird. A lovely little finch named Peek-A-Boo who sang whenever we came in the door, or tried to have a nap.

So for a while we had the entire food chain: the cat sitting under the bird cage licking her lips, one or two dogs sitting behind the cat staring at her twitching tail, growling quietly.

My point, obviously, is that everyone should have a pet.

I say this on account of the Better Half and I just completed — or should I say endured — our first full year in 30-odd years sans pet. Completely petless.

Unless you count the mice that invaded last summer.

And they showed up because we had no pets to act as household security guards.

The one RK, the son one, has pet fish. He really

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Job skills critical for young Canadians Too many young Canadians are getting off to a poor start in their working lives — yet those first jobs can be crucial in the life chances that open up for a decent standard of living later in life.

Choosing what career to pursue is part of the problem because business does a poor job of signalling its future skills needs while teachers may have a bias, focusing mainly on the needs of students headed to university.

In 2013-14, 26 per cent of Canadians aged 18 to 24 were attending university and another 16 per cent were attending college. But 52 per cent of Canadians aged 18 to 24 were DAVID no longer in the education CRANE system and many were struggling to find a place in the job market.

While we are rightly focused on the one per cent in income distribution, we should also pay much more attention to the 52 per cent of young Canadians whose future life prospects are in doubt.

A study by Statistics Canada published earlier this year found that in an economy undergoing rapid change, for the majority of young adults “the process of identifying and narrowing career expectations lasts beyond adolescence and well into adulthood.”

Nearly 40 per cent of Canadians by age 25 had made a new career choice that differed from the choice they had made in their teen years or early 20s. Just

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10 per cent were pursuing the same career choice at age 25 that they had made in their late teens.

Part of this can be attributed to learning and lack of knowledge, as well as changes in opportunities.

But the role of parents was also important. Students were more likely to be consistent in their career choices if their parents placed a higher value on obtaining a post-secondary education (and parents who themselves had a post-secondary education are more likely to do this).

Moreover, students whose parents were in the highest socio-economic quartile had the lowest level of career indecision at age 25 while young people in the two lowest quartiles had highest levels of career indecision.

One challenge, then, is to help young people identify career opportunities and how to pursue them.

Much stronger focus on apprenticeships and skilled trades may be one answer.

There is some good news on apprenticeships.

Statistics Canada data shows that in 2012 there were 103,449 apprentices in the 25 to 29 age group, compared to 67,308 in 2005.

Together, in 2012, the apprentices in their 20s accounted for 51 per cent of all apprentices, while those under 20 (29,511) accounted for another seven per cent. The number of apprentices among all age groups has steadily increased, from 199,074 in 2000 to 293,838 in 2005 and 444,672 in 2012.

But the numbers could be much higher if the school system focussed more attention on students not going on to university and if businesses, which constantly complain about the lack of skilled workers, were ready to take on responsibility for more apprenticeships.

There is also an increase in apprenticeship completions. In 2012, some 41,481 apprentices completed their training, compared to 20,556 in 2005 — though the completions rates are still very low, compared to registrations.

The federal government has helped with its Apprenticeship Incentive Grant, which provides an annual grant of $1,000 to registered apprentices, the Apprenticeship Completion Grant, which is a $2,000 grant for registered apprentices who complete their apprenticeship training, and the Canada Apprentice Loan, which provides up to $4,000 in interest-free loans in the apprenticeship period. There is also the Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit, which is a non-refundable tax credit for employers equal to 10 per cent of eligible salaries and wages of apprentices, up to a maximum of $2,000 a year for each eligible apprentice.

There is now some effort in some provinces to enable high school students to take the first steps towards apprenticeships, though the cutback in vocational training in high schools over several decades has left a huge gap in the ability of students to obtain experience in the possibilities of skilled trades.

But given the exited ramping up of infrastructure spending alone, combined with the aging of the existing skilled trades workforce, there should be significant opportunities for young Canadians to pursue viable careers in skilled trades.

This is one way — not the only way — that we can improve the life chances for younger Canadians and, in the process, also contribute to a more prosperous and fairer society.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

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LOUIS JORDAN AT SEA FOR 66 DAYS

Co-pilot repeatedly accelerated plane as he drove it down into Alps

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A man reported missing at sea two months ago was rescued on the overturned hull of his sailboat off the North Carolina coast, and he walked away from a hospital hours later in good condition, with no signs of sunburn, dehydration or other ailments.

Louis Jordan, 37, said he got by rationing his water and energy and praying for help.

“Every day I was like, ’Please God, send me some rain, send me some water,”’ Jordan told WAVY-TV (http://bit. ly/1FpmfUd).

The crew of a German-flagged container ship found Jordan on his single-masted 35-foot (11-meter) boat on Thursday afternoon.

Neither he nor the Coast Guard said exactly when Jordan’s vessel capsized.

Jordan managed to catch and eat fish during his ordeal, according to the Coast Guard, and despite reports of a shoulder injury and dehydration, he arrived at a hospital in good condition and refused treatment, a facility spokesman said.

A four-man Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted Jordan off the German vessel. In interviews Friday at Coast Guard headquarters in Portsmouth, they said they did not see Jordan’s boat and did not know any details about his time at sea. By the time they picked him up — about 5 p.m. Thursday — Jordan had been on the German vessel for a few hours and had been able to take a shower and speak to his family, the guardsmen said.

“He walked over to me as soon as I landed on deck and had a small smile on his face,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle McCollum, who had the first contact with Jordan. “My initial impression of him was he was in pretty good health. ... We were expecting worse with blisters and severe sunburn and dehydration.”

“He was in a fairly good condition for a guy that you would normally expect to see after 60-plus days offshore,”

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Louis Jordan, second from left, walks from the Coast Guard helicopter to the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., after being found off the North Carolina coast, Thursday. His family says he sailed out of a marina in Conway, S.C., on Jan. 23, and hadn’t been heard from since. added Lt. Jack Shadwick, the helicopter’s co-pilot.

Jordan said he initially did not believe the container ship was real when he saw it. He said the ship’s crew did not see him until he began waving his arms.

“I waved my hands real slowly, and that’s the signal ’I’m in distress. Help me,”’ he told WAVY. “I blew my whistles. I had three whistles. They never heard them. I turned my American flag upside down and put that up. That says, ‘Rescue me.”’

Jordan had been living on his 1950sera boat at a marina in South Carolina, until January, when he told his family he was going into open water to sail and fish, said his mother, Norma Davis. He set out Jan. 23, Coast Guard officials said, and hadn’t been heard from since.

Jordan told WAVY that he was travelling north when his boat hit bad weather. He said he saw a wave crash

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into his window, and the boat eventually filled with water.

He said he rationed his water to about a pint a day, but “for such a long a time I was so thirsty.”

Jordan said that at one point he was flying through the air, and he thinks he broke his shoulder.

McCollum, of the Coast Guard helicopter crew, said Jordan had slight bruising on his right clavicle when he was found, but it did not appear serious: “He was moving that arm so fluidly, without any skip and there wasn’t any sign of pain in his face as he was moving.”

On Jan. 29, the Coast Guard in Miami was notified by his father, Frank Jordan, that he hadn’t seen or heard from his son in a week, agency spokeswoman Marilyn Fajardo said.

A search began Feb. 8, but Fajardo said the Coast Guard abandoned it after 10 days.

PARIS — The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight repeatedly sped up the plane as he used the automatic pilot to descend the A320 into the Alps, the French air accident investigation agency said Friday.

The chilling new detail from the BEA agency is based on an initial reading of the plane’s “black box” data recorder, found blackened and buried at the crash site Thursday.

It strengthens investigators’ initial suspicions that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz intentionally destroyed the plane — though prosecutors are still trying to figure out why. All 150 people aboard Flight 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf were killed in the March 24 crash.

The BEA said the preliminary reading of the data recorder shows that the pilot used the automatic pilot to put the plane into a descent and then repeatedly during the descent adjusted the automatic pilot to speed up the plane.

The agency says it will continue studying the black box for more complete details of what happened. The Flight Data Recorder records aircraft parameters such as the speed, altitude, and actions of the pilot on the commands.

Based on recordings from the plane’s other black box, the cockpit voice recorder, investigators say Lubitz locked the pilot out of the cockpit and deliberately crashed.

Lubitz spent time online researching suicide methods and cockpit door security before crashing Flight 9525, prosecutors said Thursday.

German prosecutors have said Lubitz’s medical records from before he received his pilot’s license referred to “suicidal tendencies,” and Lufthansa, Germanwings’ parent company, said it knew six years ago that Lubitz had had an episode of “severe depression” before he finished his flight training.

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● MGM Grand Hotel & Casino 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

877-880-0880 mgmgrand.com This 5,044-room resort offers options for luxury lovers, including Vegas’s Michelin-worthy, ultra-pricey Joël Robuchon French restaurant and trendy Hakkasan nightclub. Recently renovated Grand Kings give good value. Done in a sleek, boutique-hotel style, they boast pillowtop mattresses and start at $75 plus tax. Like most every Vegas lodging, MGM Grand displays online monthby-month rate calendars showing the cheapest nights.

● The Cromwell Las Vegas 3595 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

702-777-3777 www.caesars.com/cromwell Opened in 2014, the intimate Cromwell has 188 rooms with hardwood floors and vintage-stylish furnishings. Guests have easy access to its hot nightclub, Drai’s, and the High Roller observation wheel. Rates start at $145 plus tax.

WHERE TO EAT ● Andrea’s at Encore 3121 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

702-770-5340 wynnlasvegas.com/andreas Designed with a feminine sensibility with creamy decor as homage to resort owner Steve Wynn’s second wife (a Warholesque image of her eyes hangs over the bar). The menu is heavy on light sushi, but there’s Wagyu beef for hearty appetites. Small plates start at $8; entrees at $28. ● Nobu Las Vegas at Caesars Palace 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

702-785-6674 noburestaurants.com/las-vegascaesars-palace/experience Sip rare sake and savor sushi, sashimi and other Japanese/South American fusion dishes under whimsical light fixtures inspired by Japanese tea whisks. It’s celeb-chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s biggest outpost. The small plates, meant to be shared, start at $7, but many are $25 and up. ● Picasso at Bellagio 3600 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

702-693-8865 www.bellagio.com/picasso Surrounded by original Picasso masterpieces, guests fork up foie gras, veal chops and warm chocolate fondant with banana caramel ice cream. Diners on its terrace overlook the Bellagio fountains. Tasting menus only, starting at $75 a person pre-theater; $115 afterward.

WHAT TO DO ● The Shops at Crystals 3720 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

702-590-9299 theshopsatcrystals.com The fashionista fantasy tempts with more than 40 high-end boutiques, from Balenciaga to Van Cleef & Arpels, The contemporary-art-museum-like surroundings are worth a stroll, even if you don’t possess an American Express Platinum card. ● Exotics Racing 6925 Speedway Blvd.

702-405-7223 exoticsracing.com Rev a Ferrari or Lamborghini on a track, from $299 for instruction and five laps. Porsche Caymans start at $199. ● Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 3205 Nevada Route 159 702-515-5350 http://on.doi.gov/18ActfX Fewer than 20 miles from the Strip, sienna-colored sandstone arches and other rock formations offer a rugged escape. Drive or bike a 13-mile scenic loop, hike more than 30 miles of trails. Hike This! (www. hikethislasvegas.com) is a recommended outfitter. Tours also are listed at viator.com. ● Vegas Uncork’d by Bon Appétit At resorts all over town vegasuncorked.com Taste fare from Gordon Ramsay, Michael Mina, Emeril Lagasse, JeanGeorges Vongerichten, Guy Savoy and more. April 23-26.

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● Bellagio Hotel & Casino 3600 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

888-987-6667 www.bellagio.com Famed for fountains that sway and spurt to music, rooms and suites at Bellagio recently have been renovated. If you don’t splash out for digs overlooking the waterworks, you can see them in real time on in-room TVs. From $199.

● Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas 3752 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

702-590-8888 www.mandarinoriental.com/LasVegas The discerning bed down in what is touted as “discreet luxury and Oriental harmony” at a tranquil non-gaming haven. Even standard rooms, starting at $229 plus tax in slow periods, are divine. So is the spa, bar with Strip view and the popular afternoon tea service.

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The 5,044-room MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas offers options for luxury lovers.

LAS VEGAS HIDES A TASTEFUL ACE UP ITS SLEEVE

BY KITTY BEAN YANCEY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES LAS VEGAS — Mention at a typical dinner party that Las Vegas is a favourite destination, and conversation stops.

Suddenly you morph from sophisticated world traveler to shallow lover of all-you-canscarf buffets, yard-long strawberry margaritas and penny slot machines.

So when I and my favorite vacation mate, Barry, promise pals Paula and Patrick a long weekend of delectable dining, super shopping and hiking in addition to turns at the tables, they’re understandably skeptical. But willing.

Real estate investor/developer Patrick did Vegas years ago, before the invasion of ultra-luxury hotels and celebchef restaurants. Paula, who works for a global firm that works with developing countries, is a newbie who envisioned “strippers on every corner.”

A couple of months later, we check into the MGM Grand resort’s recently renovated rooms.

I had lobbied for more extravagant lodgings — say, casino perfectionist Steve Wynn’s Encore resort tower suites, Bellagio rooms overlooking fountains that dance to music, the elegant tranquility of the non-gaming Mandarin Oriental. But (to Paula’s and my disappointment) the men prefer comfortable but not super-luxe digs so that we can indulge instead in diversions such as racing Ferraris and Lamborghinis and enjoying expensive meals.

“If you want to talk about high-end restaurants per linear mile, I don’t think it’s possible to beat Las Vegas,” says Anthony Curtis, founder of the Las Vegas Advisor newsletter and Web site. With world-renowned chefs stirring the pot , choosing where to dine is a delicious dilemma.

We start at Madrid-born Julian Serrano’s Picasso at the Bellagio, a dimly lit den of romance where originals of Pablo’s art hang on the walls, servers anticipate your need for a Manhattan and the pigeon is served medium rare, as requested. P&P pronounce the fare better than most $250-per-couple Washington restaurants.

Then it’s on to the blackjack tables, where Patrick reminds Paula of the rudiments of the game before we — jet-lagged — call it a night.

Friday morning, I drive the group to Exotics Racing, a half-hour from the Strip at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Barry and Patrick are entranced by the lineup of gleaming Maseratis, Porsches, Ferraris and Lambos. After an orientation, they don hel-

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FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Retreat to a subdued dinner at Picasso at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; Encore resort’s spa; Exotics Racing. mets and nervously rev red Ferrari F430s, as instructors in the passenger seats guide them through cornering and roaring down straightaways at 125 mph.

While they’re occupied, I drive super-shopper Paula to Las Vegas North Premium Outlets, where tourists roll empty suitcases to fill with designer bargains. I give her an hour, only enough for her to survey the Coach store and pick out presents for her daughter and nieces. No time, alas, for the deals at Armani, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana and Tory Burch.

Back at the track, the guys are giddy after doing five laps in fantasy cars. They wish they had bought more time, but we’re on a schedule.

Paula and I have a date at the Encore resort’s spa — for my money, Vegas’s best. It’s decorated like an opulent but tasteful stage set, with every detail perfect, from heated stone chaises by hot and cold plunge pools to locker fronts designed like vintage suitcases, to Moroccan lanterns that light the way to treatment rooms.

After a soothing oxygen facial (Paula) and expert deeptissue massage (me), it’s time to break out the spike heels and dress for a show.

I had suggested Cirque du Soleil’s risqué combo of acrobatics and comedy called “Zumanity.” But majority rule dictates a Vegas star spectacle, this one featuring country-music legend Shania Twain. The

glossy-maned brunette trots out her greatest hits at Caesars Palace in the requisite 90-minute act (designed to get gamers back to the casino as quickly as possible). It includes multiple costume changes and two horses. A little cheesy, I think, but in Caesars’ Colosseum, where the sound is super-size and special effects over the top, we’re on our feet with the rest of the audience at show’s end.

Tonight’s eatery is Nobu at Caesars Palace, a celeb fave from renowned chef Nobu Matsuhisa in which actor Robert De Niro is a partner. Struggling to catch our busy server’s attention amid the buzz of VIPs and wannabes, we drop a few Benjamins on sushi and sashimi. Yellowtail tuna with jalapeño and black cod miso are memorable, but we decide we’re paying a premium for the A-list vibe.

Saturday, we go separate ways, only to coincidentally end up in Red Rock Canyon, within 30 minutes of our hotel.

Barry and I drive the 13-mile scenic loop and hike windwhipped rock formations on our own. But ever-efficient Paula has done research and lined up a private guide. He picks Paula and Patrick up at the hotel, hands out jackets, water and snacks, and soon has both of the heights-averse duo climbing rosy-hued sandstone and inching along narrow ledges with noses pressed against the rock. They celebrate with a kiss and high-five.

I persuade shopping-averse Barry to cruise the Shops at Crystals, a stunningly designed temple of commerce in the CityCenter complex. A salesman at Ermenegildo Zegna tells us high rollers drop six figures on the high-end menswear. Now think-tanker Barry feels better about spending double what he would at Brooks Brothers on an Italian version of a navy blazer and tan pants.

For our last supper, I’ve chosen Andrea’s restaurant, at the Encore resort. Encore is a favourite because it’s a cosseting cocoon on the raucous Strip. Paula settles happily into a creamy beige banquette to order spicy tuna rolls from a server who could win Miss Congeniality at a pageant.

Over the bar, a huge screen shows a mesmerizing image of the eyes of Wynn’s second wife, Andrea. I tell the group that George Clooney is among celebs who’ve dined here; sadly, he’s not in sight tonight.

Cut to a month ago, when Paula and Patrick were over for dinner, and I was telling them Vegas had a record year (41.1 million visitors in 2014), new upscale hotels (the Cromwell, Delano, SLS Las Vegas), new shopping ops at the Linq open-air mall and a terrific restaurant from star chef Giada De Laurentiis.

“So,” said Patrick, pulling out his iPhone calendar.

“When are we going back?”

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Cars, cars and more cars

BY DUANE MCCARTNEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE My first car was a 1967 golden Camaro, two-years-old with very low mileage and it cost me about $2,000.

I drove it from Ontario to a summer job in Alberta, and tried to sleep across the front bucket seats on the May long weekend on a side road off the Sunshine ski resort road. It was not a very successful sleep.

At the end of that summer, my brother, my roommate and I drove back to Ontario in the Camaro, the long way: from Vancouver, through Montana and Yellowstone Park, Denver, and even Ames, Iowa. We put the spare tire on a roof rack, packed our gear in the trunk and camped along the way. We even cooked a roast of beef in tinfoil on the engine’s manifold.

My second car was a 1970 burgundy Camaro. Again it was two years old and I drove it west to my first permanent job in Melfort, Sask.

Both Camaros were great cars, and it was fun to see similar models at recent car shows in the Palm Springs area of California.

You can basically go to a car show every weekend in some part of the great southwestern United States.

La Quinta, just east of Palm Springs, plays host to a hot rod and custom car show in late January featuring 150 vehicles.

The cars lined up on the ball diamonds of a local park, and on the grassy hills surrounding the park.

There were two Camaros there just like mine, bring back fond memories!

And there were plenty of cars with Alberta and Saskatchewan plates in the show, plus several plates from British Columbia.

One man from Vancouver was showing a beautiful 1934 Bentley convertible.

He told us that when he bought the vehicle, it appeared OK on the outside but on further evaluation it had major rust damage throughout. He had to completely strip it down to the chassis and the Bentley company shipped him the needed body parts.

But he said car restoration is disappearing art and it is very difficult to find craftsmen with the skill and knowledge to restore vintage cars.

This same gentleman invited us to the El Paseo Cruise night, part of the El Paseo Art Walk on the first and third Fridays of the month (during the winter) in Palm Desert.

The cars were on display in the late afternoon on the top floor of the big parking lot in downtown Palm Desert.

At 4:30 p.m., cruise night begins and people line El Paseo Boulevard to watch the hot rods and custom cars cruise the street. Around and around they go until about 8 p.m.

Two young women from out of state, driving a regular car, stopped and asked what was going on with all the spectators. They had no idea that they were in the middle of cruise night.

They took it in stride and began waving to the crowd as they drove off down

Everybody loves a red Corvette! This beauty was on display at the La Quinta car show near Palm Springs, Calif.

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Saturday afternoon at the La Quinta car show featured plenty of really neat cars. the street.

Temecula, an old western town about an hour and a half west of Palm Springs, hosts a spectacular car show in early March each year.

This show attracts thousands of automotive enthusiasts. Over 700 cars, including classics, special interest vehicles, hot rods and custom cars are on display.

On their famous Friday Cruise Night, the City of Temecula closes down the main street in Old Town to allow the classic cars to cruise. Some of the West Coast’s finest street rods are there.

The Old Town streets offer a western town complete with saloons, boardwalks and the occasional (mock) gun fight. Temecula is also noted for many fine vineyards and wine festivals.

If money is no problem, you might

want to take in Mccormick’s Classic Cars in Palm Springs.

At the twice-a-year auction, 500 cars are sold in three days.

Last November, the auction grossed $7.7 million in sales, the highest in the company’s 28-year history.

A 2005 Mercedes SLR McLaren sold for $153,000, a 1956 Buick Roadmaster convertible sold for $76,125 and a 1956 Volkswagen oval widow Beetle sold for $25,000.

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A royal retreat on a commoner’s budget SEYCHELLES

BY LYNN FREEHILL-MAYE ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Our black SUV skidded to a stop.

As if we weren’t on a twisting island road with no shoulders, our guide to the Seychelles hopped out, excited.

We smelled plumeria and saw graceful white seabirds. But Alrick Agricole was pointing out toward the ultra-blue Indian Ocean.

“I have to show you something special!” he called out, waving my husband and me over. “That’s North Island. Some people you know stayed there when they were in the Seychelles. You know William and Kate?”

Nope, we didn’t personally know the British royals. Nor could we spend the almost $13,000 per night that Agricole had heard they paid to rent the private island’s entire resort. (“In Seychelles, it’s never a secret,” he said, winking.)

This was our first day in the Seychelles, and Agricole’s tour was making it clear that this 115-island chain was among the world’s most luxurious.

George and Amal Clooney recently honeymooned there. David and Victoria Beckham chose it for their 10th anniversary.

I was daunted. Our budget was subroyal. It was the Seychelles’ tropical ecosystem — headlined by giant tortoises and coco de mer palms — that had captured my imagination. So had the country’s African-European-Asian cultural mash-up. Located 1,600 km off Madagascar, the Seychelles were a French and then an English colony, but its cuisine is Indian-influenced, too. It all sounded fabulous. But could commoners enjoy this trip without spending a fortune?

The first sticker shock came when searching air fare, which starts around $1,400 from Washington. The Seychelles don’t get as many U.S. tourists as, say, Fiji or the Maldives, so fewer carriers compete and offer lower rates.

In fact, we never met a fellow U.S. traveler in 10 days there. (There were so many Europeans, prices were often given in euros.)

Agricole’s driving-and-walking tour was a splurge at nearly $250, but it gave us a private, full-day introduction to the main island, Mahe. The wonders of Victoria, the capital, included a Hindu temple adorned with elephants and fat-bellied figures whose arms reached toward the sky. Another

find was the Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Market (named after a British colonial governor), a riot of drying fish and ripe banana smells. Later, we would come back for fresh, inexpensive snacks like passion fruit.

For lunch, Agricole deposited us at the Marie-Antoinette Restaurant in an old iron-and-wood mansion, where we tried such dishes as curried fruit bat (verdict: like a chicken wing but with too many tiny bones). To end our tour, we hiked down a ravine, and he led us through a beaded curtain into his childhood home.

The personal touch also infused the hospitality we found at guesthouses, which offer local experiences for onetenth or less of resort prices. High-end properties such as Constance Ephelia and Maia Luxury Resort & Spa are “Leading Hotels of the World” types, with rates to match.

At less than $100 per night, Belle des Iles guesthouse on the island of La Digue isn’t quite that. Yet no pricey hotel butler could have topped the kindness we received there, starting with a welcome drink of chilled coconut water served in the shell by our hostess, Fleurange Payet.

We’d taken a two-hour ferry from Mahe to La Digue. It was about $70 per person, far less than a helicopter flight to this airportless island. And instead of renting a car, we opted to travel on two wheels: Payet rented us sand-dusted mountain bikes for $7 a day.

She pointed us toward one of the Seychelles’ wildest beaches, Grand Anse, about a mile away. Along the road, front-yard smoothie huts enticed us with the tang of cut mango and another tropical fruit, soursop. We grabbed a $6 juice blend at one called Chez Bibi.

Then we coasted to Grand Anse, where the huge granite formations framing the beach, backed by thick vegetation, gave it a primordial feeling that made us think of Jurassic Park. By 4 p.m., the few other visitors had left, and it became our private beach, just like celebrities rent.

Back at our guesthouse, I decided to test Payet, who seemed to know everything about La Digue. “Where can I get sharkskin curry?” I asked. We’d heard this was a local delicacy but, unlike wild fruit bat, it rarely makes restaurant menus.

“Ah. Try take-away,” she said, directing us to a stand called Kwen Ideal, where they packed foam boxes with rice, vinegary papaya salads they call chutneys, and spicy main dishes. Plantain or breadfruit chips can come on

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CARS: Auctions Barrett Jackson presents one of the world’s largest car auctions in Scottsdale, Ariz., in January, in Reno, Nev., in August and in Las Vegas in September.

Then again you might just want to window shop and leave your credit card at home.

● Hot Rod and custom car show in La Quinta: www.lqchamber.com ● First weekend Palm Desert cruise night: www.pdfirstweekend.com or www.elpaseocruisenight.com/ ● Barrett Jackson car auctions: www.barrett-jackson.com/ ● McCormick’s Palm Springs collector car auctions: www.classic-carauction.com Duane McCartney is a Lacombe–based creative landscape photographer and freelance agricultural and travel writer.

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The Presidential Villa of Banyan Tree Resort in Seychelles. Located 1,600 km off Madagascar, the 115-island chain was a French and then an English colony, and its cuisine is Indian-influenced, too. the side.

On Kwen Ideal’s peeling blue picnic table, we had a true Seychellois lunch for $10 apiece. The sharkskin was endlessly, unappetizingly chewy. But other dishes, including peppery fish stir-fry and crumbly shark chutney, were excellent. “This take-away thing has really just injected new life into our trip,” my husband said as we dug into our second meal there. “It’s cost-effective and really good, too.”

Lucky thing we’d saved where we could, because seeing the Seychelles’ famous coco de mer palms would not be cheap. We hopped a 10-minute ferry from La Digue to Praslin, where the endemic trees are protected in a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Entry costs about $23 per person and nearly double that for a guided tour.

Once inside, though, we forgot money. The Vallee de Mai is a cathedral of palms. I’d seen palm trees scattered along beaches or planted along city streets, but never set in a majestic forest of their own.

The coco de mer trees come in obvious male and female plants, and they produce the world’s most suggestively shaped nut. With its unmistakable resemblance to a female torso, it’s easy

to see why the nut has been the stuff of pirate tales and romantic legend for centuries. You can take a coco de mer nut home, as William and Kate reportedly did, for anywhere from $150 unadorned to around $10,000 with jewels encrusted. On our budget, we took only pictures.

I saved one of my most anticipated Seychellois sights, the giant Aldabra tortoises, until nearly the end of our 13-day trip. For $60, we “chartered” a fishing boat from a local guy on Praslin to the nearby island of Curieuse.

There, in an alcove that smelled like a salt pond, Aldabra tortoises roamed free. Locking eyes with these centenarians feels like surveying relaxed dinosaurs. We followed the 800-pounders on lumbering walks, fed them leaves and bent down for pictures as they stretched their heads far out of their colossal shells.

As we swam out to the boat to head back, I realized that this beat-up fiberglass-and-wood vessel wouldn’t even be up to dinghy standards for a yacht.

On this little charter — and everything else I experienced on these islands — I hadn’t spent nearly as much money as a celebrity guest. Even so, the Seychelles had opened up its riches.

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B4 Prospect eager to join Rebels

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Red Deer Rebels prospect Ryan Pouliot has grown over the last couple of years, in more ways than one.

“I’ve have definitely noticed that my game has gotten better and I’ve grown in size a lot this last year. You definitely notice it a lot when you’re taller than most guys out there,” the 16-yearold defenceman said this week, after skating with the ‘Black Aces’ during a morning session at the Enmax Centrium.

Pouliot, according to Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, stood five-foot-seven a year and a half ago. The North Vancouver native, who joined the club as an affiliate last week, has since stretched out to Ryan Pouliot nearly six-foot-

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one.

“And we still think there’s another inch or two of growth with him,” said Sutter.

The Rebels boss, of course, likes the 175-pound rearguard for more reasons than his recent growth spurt and potential to grow even bigger.

“He’s a good skater and moves the puck well. He’s a heady player,” said Sutter. “Just from watching him, you can tell he’s a very responsible guy, a good, steady defenceman. He’s looked really good in practice. He’s going to be fine.”

Pouliot recently signed a WHL education contract with the Rebels and Sutter projects the youngster as a member of an eight-man defensive corps next season.

Pouliot, a member of the Vancouver NW Giants of the B.C. Major Midget League this season, was listed by Red Deer after Rebels assistant GM/director of player personnel Shaun Sutter watched him play at the Mac’s midget tournament in Calgary during the Christmas break.

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Norway sends Canada to semis

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Norway 7 Canada 6 HALIFAX — Canada will have to take the long road to get to the goldmedal game at the world men’s curling championship.

Pat Simmons dropped a 7-6 decision to Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud in the Page playoff 1-2 game Friday night at Scotiabank Centre. The win sent the defending champion straight to Sunday’s final while Simmons will have to win a semifinal on Saturday in order to play for the title.

“We’ve got to battle back here,” said Canada third John Morris. “If we can play like we did tonight and just capitalize on those opportunities, I like our chances here still.”

Ulsrud hit a draw to the four-foot to score one in the extra end of a rollicking back-and-forth game that could have gone either way. Simmons will play the winner of Saturday’s Page playoff 3-4 game between Finland’s Aku Kauste and Sweden’s Niklas Edin.

Simmons nearly won the game in the 10th end. He made a hit for one to tie it and almost scored a second point but his stone just rolled out.

“It’s a matter of grinning and bearing it and dealing with it,” Simmons said of the loss. “We’ll have to play a really good game tomorrow and that’s just the way it goes.”

Kauste defeated American John Shuster in a tiebreaker game earlier Friday to secure the fourth seed. The semifinal loser will meet the 3-4 game loser for the bronze medal on Sunday.

Both Canada and Norway finished round-robin play with 10-1 records but Ulsrud took the top seed since he beat Simmons in their lone head-to-head round-robin meeting.

The Norwegian skip had hammer in the first end and he used it to make a draw to the four-foot for the early lead.

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Team Canada skip Pat Simmons watches as Carter Rycroft, left, and Nolan Thiessen sweep in playoff action against Norway at the men’s world curling championships in Halifax on Friday.

Simmons answered with a hit and stay for a deuce in the second.

Ulsrud pulled even in the third and after a blanked end, put pressure on Simmons in the fifth. Norway was laying three but the Canadian skip coolly hit the button for a 3-2 lead.

The teams took turns making freezes near the button later in the sixth end.

Ulsrud had final throw and just missed a runback to give Canada a steal of one.

Morris hit a double takeout in the seventh end to leave Canada sitting

three with a chance to steal. Ulsrud cleared one stone with his first throw and followed it up with a clutch raise double to score a pair and tie the game.

The throw was a game-changer — Ulsrud turned around and emphatically pumped his fist in the air after nailing it. Simmons gave him a friendly broom tap as he walked by to acknowledge the shot quality.

“They left that shot,” Ulsrud said. “I guess they could easily have won the game right there but we managed to

tie it up and from there on it was really tight.”

Canada regained the lead in the eighth end as Simmons hit a draw to the button for a single. Ulsrud answered in the ninth with a hit for two and a 6-5 lead.

Ulsrud made up for third Torger Nergard’s weak shooting percentage of 70 per cent. The skip finished at 91 per cent and his team was at 81 per cent.

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Schumaker double lifts Reds over Jays

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Cincinnati 2 Toronto 0 MONTREAL — It was a magic night at Olympic Stadium for Russell Martin and the Toronto Blue Jays, even if they didn’t get the victory.

Skip Schumaker drove in two runs with a double in the eighth inning as the Cincinnati Reds downed the Blue Jays 2-0 in an exhibition game Friday night before a crowd of 46,314 that seemed only to have eyes for local favourite Martin.

An obviously keyed up Martin went 0 for 3 at the plate and was replaced at the start of the eighth inning by Dioner Navarro, but there were a handful of ovations for the nine-year major league veteren who grew up in Montreal.

“It’s not many times you get recognized in your hometown like that,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said.

“Why wouldn’t he? He’s probably the most celebrated local boy, and now he’s playing with the Blue Jays.

“He’ll have another good day (Saturday) and then we’ll be off to start the real season and things will probably settle back to normal.”

It is a second straight year that fans flooded into the Big O for pre-season Jays games, many for the party atmosphere, but also looking to convince Major League Baseball that Montreal is ready to get a team back after losing the Expos in 2004.

The teams meet again on Saturday afternoon.

While the game was mostly uneventful, it gave fans a chance to show their appreciation for Martin, who signed a

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Cincinnati Reds’ Jim Riggleman scores past Toronto Blue Jays catcher Dioner Navarro on a hit by Reds’ Skip Schumaker during eight inning Grapefruit League action Friday in Montreal. five-year US$82 million deal with Toronto in the off-season.

Martin was leaking tears when his father, jazz musician Russell Martin

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Sr., played the national anthems on a saxophone. And he got a standing ovation as he went to bat in the first inning, only to strike out swinging.

“I definitely wanted to do well, but it ended up that way,” said Martin. “I hoped to do something cool, but (Reds starter) Jason Marquis ended up doing something cooler.”

It was no easier for Toronto native and Reds’ star Joey Votto, who went 0 for 2 and was replaced after five innings.

Martin said some of his teammates were surprise at the crowd reaction, and even that he can speak French.

“It was fun. The fans were sick,” he said.

The game was scoreless into the eighth when reliever Aaron Loup walked Ray Chang and Jim Riggleman got to first on an infield hit. Two hitters later, lefty-hitting Schumaker went opposite field with a smash that got through third baseman Munenori Kawasaki for a double.

Ryan Goins opened the ninth with a single for the Blue Jays, but closer Nate Adcock then struck out two and got Jon Berti to pop up for the save.

The games in Montreal don’t count in the standings, but pitcher Mark Buehrle said the big crowd will be good experience for the Blue Jays’ younger players heading into their regular-season opener Monday against the Yankees in New York.

“It’s good to get out of spring training, to play under lights, play a night game,” said Buehrle. “It doesn’t count, but it means a little more.

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Raps fall short, Nets win sixth straight

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Brooklyn 114 Toronto 109 NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets won a game two nights earlier when Deron Williams missed in the lane and Brook Lopez scored on a rebound.

Luckily for them, Thaddeus Young didn’t count on that happening again.

Young swooped in to make the tiebreaking basket on a follow shot with 22 seconds left after misses by Williams and Lopez, and the Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 114-109 on Friday night for their season-high sixth straight victory.

“I know it’s a crucial moment of the game, so you have to make those types of big plays,” Young said.

Williams scored a season-high 31 points and Lopez added 30 points and 17 rebounds for the Nets, who have surged into seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Young, acquired from Minnesota for Kevin Garnett in February, tied his season high with 29 points.

DeMar DeRozan finished with 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Raptors, who fell a game behind Chicago for third place in the East.

“We could have done a lot better job,” DeRozan said. “If we would have got a lot of critical rebounds at the end of the game, we would have won.”

Lopez had his fifth 30-point game in the last nine, while Williams also handed out 11 assists.

And the Nets needed all of it to win another thriller against the Raptors, the team they eliminated in seven games in the first round of last year’s playoffs. This was the fifth straight regular-season game between the teams here decided by five points or fewer.

“Those guys were amazing tonight, hitting shot after shot, matching us,” Williams said of the Raptors. “We thought we could pull away with some of the shots we were hitting and then they came right back.”

Neither team led by more than three points in the fourth quarter until the final seconds. DeRozan followed Williams’ 3-pointer with a jumper 10

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Toronto Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan drives past Brooklyn Nets’ Joe Johnson during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, in New York. seconds later to tie it at 109 with 36 seconds to play. But he missed on Toronto’s possession following Young’s basket, which came after Williams missed in the lane and Lopez missed the first tip attempt.

Lopez tied his career high with 10 offensive rebounds. He scored on one to beat the Knicks 100-98 on Wednesday and his work on the boards hurt the Raptors in this one.

“It started in the first quarter (with) rebounding, dribble penetration, us having to help and not finishing plays

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POULIOT: Wondered if he would play in WHL There was a time when Pouliot wondered if he’d ever get a chance to compete at the major junior level, especially after being dropped by the Saskatoon Blades who had selected him in the 11th round of the 2013 WHL bantam draft. As a result, he began to look at his alternatives, which included signing with a junior A team and pursuing a U.S. college scholarship.

“When I got dropped by Saskatoon, I was thinking that the WHL was never going to be an option for me so I decided to push for a scholarship,” said Pouliot, who this week skated with fellow Rebels playoff scratches Austin Adamson, Austin Strand, Reese Johnson and Trevor Martin.

“Then Red Deer listed me and I thought, wow, if I can actually be on this team it would be awesome.”

Although he has yet to see WHL playoff action and will not unless the Rebels run into injury problems, Pouliot has been impressed with the speed and intensity displayed during the club’s Eastern Conference quarter-final series versus the Medicine Hat Tigers.

“Just watching it, you can tell they are men out there . . . a lot stronger and faster than I’m used to,” he noted.

Pouliot scored five goals, collected 13 points and racked up 66 minutes in penalties in 32 games with the Giants this season, and also appeared in nine games — including a pair of playoff outings — with the Powell River Kings of the BCHL.

with rebounds,” forward Patrick Patterson said. “Then we did a better job throughout the course of the game and got us that lead. But then in the fourth quarter, the same thing happened — miscommunication, a couple of bonehead plays, mental bonehead plays and just offensive rebounds again.”

Lou Williams scored 23 points for the Raptors, playing their fifth straight game without All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry, who said before the game he hopes to return from back spasms before the regular season ends.

“I definitely noticed a difference from midget to junior A, and this level is another step up,” said Pouliot. “Playing a bit with Powell River helped my development, when I came here I was already used to playing against older guys. Powell River had a fast team so when I came here I was used to the speed (in practice) so it was good.”

Pouliot sees himself as a defensive-minded blueliner, first and foremost.

“But I also like to jump up into the play when I have a chance,” he said.

While not so long ago he envisioned himself playing with a junior A club next fall, those plans are no more. Instead, he intends to suit up with the 2016 Memorial Cup host Rebels.

“Definitely, my goal is to be on this team next year. Having the opportunity to play in the Memorial Cup is everyone’s dream,” he said. ● The Rebels face a doe-or-die test in Game 5 of their quarter-final series with the Tigers tonight in Medicine Hat. The Tigers took Game 4 by a 5-3 count Thursday and hold a 3-1 lead in the series . . . If the Rebels win tonight, a sixth game will be played Sunday at the Centrium, starting at 5 p.m. Another Red Deer win would force a Game 7 Tuesday at Medicine Hat. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

CURLING: Ferby honoured The Canadian team shot at 85 per cent and Simmons was at 81 per cent.

Canadian curling legend Randy Ferbey was honoured during the fifth-end break with his formal induction into the World Curling Hall of Fame.

Ferbey, who was named to the Hall last year, won a record six national men’s titles.

Toronto then lost starting forward Amir Johnson to a sprained right ankle midway through the third quarter.

TIP-INS Raptors: Lowry has missed seven of the last eight games, and felt he came back too soon after he initially hurt his back on March 18 against Minnesota, lasting less than two quarters against Detroit on March 24. He worked out before the game, but said he won’t come back this time until he’s sure he’s ready.

Attendance picked up Friday in the 10,500-seat venue although most of the upper level was empty. A crowd of 2,788 took in the tiebreaker and 4,441 fans were on hand for the evening game.

Notes: Canada settled for a fourth-place finish at last year’s world championship in Beijing. ... Edin won a world title in 2013. ... Russ Howard and Ray Turnbull will be inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame on Saturday. ... The between-end entertainment started prematurely in the first end. The event host started welcoming a young dance troupe to ice level before Ulsrud had thrown his final stone.

The Norwegian skip laughed it off and calmly made his draw for a single. ... The 2016 world men’s championship will be held in Basel, Switzerland. Canada’s last world title was won in Basel in 2012, when Glenn Howard took the gold.

JAYS: ‘Like a playoff atmosphere’ “It gets your engine revved up a bit and gets you ready for the regular season. It’s a totally different atmosphere. It’s kind of like a playoff atmosphere.”

Buehrle gave up no runs and three hits in four innings. Matt Boyd, Liam Hendricks, Todd Redmond and Brett Cecil had a scoreless inning each. Loup (11) took the loss.

Marquis ceded one hit in five scoreless innings.

Burke Badenhop (1-1) got the win.

Marquis and outfielder Marlon Byrd are the only current Reds to have played against the Expos in Montreal.

Note — Former Expos Vladimir Guerrero and Orlando Cabrera got a huge ovation in a pre-game ceremony.

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Graham DeLaet watches his tee shot on the 13th hole during the second round of the Houston Open golf tournament Friday, in Humble, Texas.

Putnam’s late charge puts him ahead of Mickelson

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Andrew Putnam made a late charge to pass three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson and take a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Houston Open.

The 26-year-old Putman, who made his PGA Tour debut here a year ago, birdied six of his final nine holes on the Golf Course of Houston’s front side for a 7-under 65. That matched the lowest score of the day and put him at 12-under 132.

“Solo lead ... that’s pretty cool,” said Putnam, who pointed out that he’d shared the lead in Las Vegas tournament last fall.

However, he hardly saw it coming.

“I haven’t been playing good or scoring well,” Putnam admitted. “Both have been bad. But (I’m) doing both well this week.”

Mickelson, who won the event in 2011, shot 67 for a share of second place at 133. Another late finisher, qualifier Austin Cook, matched Putnam with a 65 to tie Mickelson.

“It was unbelieavable,” said Cook, who played the final nine holes at 5 under and birdied the last one.

“It was great. I’m really, really comfortable with my swing and my game right now and it’s kind of showing.”

Weyburn, Sask., native Graham DeLaet (67) and

Luke Guthrie (68) were tied for fourth at 134.

Six players are in the next group another shot back, including 21-year-old Jordan Spieth — who came in at a career-best No. 4 in the World Golf Rankings. Spieth, who had a win and a second place in his two previous starts, shot a 66.

Scott Piercy, who had a two-shot lead after a tournament course record-tying 63 in the first round, had a 74.

Mickelson made a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-5 15th hole to get to 12 under, but he hit a rare errant drive on the par-4 17th and took a bogey.

“I just blocked it a little bit, not a very good swing,” he said. “I certainly let that one get away.

But I’ve driven it very well this week . . . hit a lot of fairways. My short game has been sharp, too. I’ve hit some good pitches. The putter feels a lot better, but it’s felt better for a while. I’m excited about this weekend. It’s going to be a shootout.”

Weather conditions were perfect for scoring low and the cut would be 4-under.

“It’s a fun tournament and it’s fun to have put myself in a (good) position to have a chance,” Mickelson said.

“That’s an important thing for me heading into next week, to get into contention, to feel the pressure. Because the pressure that you feel trying to win the Masters is greater than just about anything we have.”

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Lydia Ko missed a chance to make some more history — and lost ground to the leaders Friday in the ANA Inspiration.

The 17-year-old Ko failed to break the LPGA Tour record for consecutive rounds under par, closing with a bogey for a 1-over 73 at Mission Hills.

“I just wasn’t hitting fairways and then it just kind of becomes no fun,” Ko said. “It’s fun because you’re trying to hit hook shots and low shots out of the trees.

In that way it’s fun, but no, I just really couldn’t get my driver going. When you’re in that kind of position, it’s not easy around this course.”

She missed eight of the 14 fairways, four to the left and four to the right.

Needing a birdie on the par-5 18th to extend her streak to 30, Ko hit her second shot into the water after catching a flyer out of the right rough on her layup attempt.

“I just hit a three-quarter 6-iron,” Ko said. “I would have never guessed that I was going to hit a 6-iron 190, not even if I was Lexi (Thompson). So, obviously, that was the wrong club at the end of the day, but I thought even if it flew out of there, it would have at least stopped.”

After a penalty drop, her fourth shot rolled 15 feet past and she missed the putt.

On Thursday in the first major of the year, the topranked New Zealander shot a 71 to tie the record set

by Annika Sorenstam in 2004.

“It was so cool that I’m tying with someone amazing and as great as her,” Ko said. “I was like, ’Man, I would love to reach 30.’ But I’m relieved that this question is not going to be asked.”

Sorenstam is working the tournament as an analyst for Golf Channel.

“I applaud Lydia and her play over the last few months,” Sorenstam said. “I’m impressed with the composure she shows at such a young age.”

Ko’s worldwide streak, counting her victory in the Ladies European Tour’s New Zealand Women’s Open, ended at 32.

Ko was tied for 30th at even par, seven strokes behind second-round leader Sei Young Kim. Before Ko started her afternoon round, Kim eagled the 18th for a 65 to get to 7-under 137. The long-hitting South Korean player hit a hybrid to 6 feet to set up the eagle.

“I really hit the ball well and my putting was really good,” Kim said. “Everything was really good.”

Ko started the under-par streak in the first round of her victory last year in the season-ending event.

She also won in Australia in February — the week before her New Zealand victory.

The teen made her 49th straight cut on the LPGA Tour, a career-long streak that started with 15 events as an amateur. She also has 10 straight top-10 finishes. After getting back to 1 under for the round with a 14-foot birdie putt on the par-5 11th, Ko’s 15-foot birdie try on the par-4 13th circled the cup and came back at her.

Woods says he’ll tee it up at the Masters next week

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tiger Woods ended all that speculation about his game by letting everyone see for themselves.

He said Friday he will play next week in the Masters.

Golf’s biggest attraction and fourtime Masters champion played two practice rounds at Augusta National this week before a simple announcement on his website that he would end his two-month leave on the sport’s biggest stage.

“I’m playing in the Masters,” Woods said on his website. “It’s obviously very important to me, and I want to be there. I’ve worked a lot on my game, and I’m looking forward to competing.

I’m excited to get to Augusta, and I appreciate everyone’s support.”

Woods was last seen at a golf tournament on Feb. 5 at Torrey Pines.

He hit a sand wedge some 30 yards over the green, duffed a chip coming

back, bladed the next one too hard and made double bogey. One tee shot later, he withdrew because of tightness in his lower back, saying that his “glutes didn’t activate” after a delay in cool, foggy weather.

Of far greater concern was the state of his game.

Woods has played on two tournaments this year and completed just 47 holes. His short game was shockingly bad at the Phoenix Open, where he shot a career-worst 82 and missed the cut by nine shots. And he didn’t get out of the first round at Torrey Pines.

A week later, he said his game and his scores were unacceptable. “I enter a tournament to compete at the highest level, and when I think I’m ready, I’ll be back.”

Those are words by which he will be judged next week at the Masters.

Woods played an 18-hole practice round Tuesday at Augusta, and he played again at the club on Friday, according to his agent.

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He will have gone nine weeks without competition when he hits his opening tee shot on Thursday, which is not unprecedented for Woods. He went nearly five months without playing when he returned in 2010 from a crisis in his personal life that led to one of the greatest downfalls in sport. He tied for fourth that year.

Scrutiny might be even greater this time around.

The last time Woods took an extended break before the Masters, he had won his previous tournament at the Australian Masters and was No. 1 in the world after a seven-win season.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, fifth game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, if necessary, 7:30 p.m. (The Drive). ● Junior B hockey: Blackfalds Wranglers at provincial championship tournament at Stony Plain.

Sunday

GA Pt 2 9 2 7 2 5 5 5 6 4 3 3 5 3 5 3 3 2 6 2

Western Conference GP W L T GF 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 1 0 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 1 0 2 5 4 1 1 2 5 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 3 3

GA Pt 1 10 4 9 6 6 4 5 4 5 2 5 4 5 3 4 0 3 4 3

Dallas Vancouver San Jose Salt Lake Los Angeles Houston Kansas City Seattle Colorado Portland

Friday’s results Orlando 0 D.C. 1 Today’s games Toronto at Chicago, 1 p.m.

New England at Colorado, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Victoria (2) vs. Prince George (3) (Victoria leads series 3-1) Friday, Mar. 27 Victoria 5 Prince George 3 Saturday, Mar. 28 Victoria 5 Prince George 4 Wednesday, Apr. 1 Prince George 4 Victoria 2 Thursday, Apr. 2 Victoria 3 Prince George 0 Saturday, Apr. 4 Prince George at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 6 x-Victoria at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Regina (2) vs. Swift Current (3) (Regina wins series 4-0) Friday, Mar. 27 Regina 4 Swift Current 2 Saturday, Mar. 28 Regina 3 Swift Current 2 Tuesday, Mar. 31 Regina 5 Swift Current 4 (OT) Wednesday, Apr. 1 Regina 4 Swift Current 0 Calgary (1) vs. Kootenay (4) (Calgary leads series 3-2) Friday, Mar. 27 Kootenay 4 Calgary 3 Sunday, Mar. 29 Calgary 3 Kootenay 2 (OT) Tuesday, Mar. 31

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF GA x-Montreal 79 47 22 10 209 182 x-Tampa Bay 79 47 24 8 251 206 Detroit 77 40 24 13 223 211

Pt 104 102 93

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF GA y-NY Rangers 77 49 21 7 234 181 Washington 78 43 25 10 232 194 NY Islanders 78 45 27 6 238 219

Pt 105 96 96

GP Pittsburgh 77 Boston 78 Ottawa 77 Florida 78 Columbus 77 Philadelphia 77 New Jersey 78 Carolina 77 Toronto 78 Buffalo 78

Everett (1) vs. Spokane (4) (Everett leads series 3-1) Friday, Mar. 27 Everett 5 Spokane 1 Saturday, Mar. 28 Spokane 6 Everett 2 Wednesday, Apr. 1 Everett 2 Spokane 1 (OT) Friday, Apr. 3 Everett 3 Spokane 1 Saturday, Apr. 4 Spokane at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 7 x-Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

x-Nashville x-St. Louis x-Chicago

WILD CARD W L OL GF 42 24 11 211 40 25 13 207 39 26 12 222 36 27 15 198 38 35 4 214 31 29 17 202 32 33 13 173 28 38 11 177 29 43 6 204 22 48 8 155

GA 194 200 205 211 237 220 199 214 249 262

Pt 95 93 90 87 80 79 77 67 64 52

Western Conference Central Division W L OL GF GA 47 22 9 224 193 48 23 7 240 196 48 24 6 224 180

Pt 103 103 102

GP 78 78 78

Pacific Division

y-Anaheim Vancouver Calgary

GP 79 78 78

W 50 45 42

L OL GF GA 22 7 232 217 28 5 225 211 29 7 230 208

Minnesota Los Angeles Winnipeg San Jose Dallas Colorado Edmonton Arizona

GP 77 77 77 77 78 77 78 77

WILD CARD W L OL GF 44 26 7 221 38 25 14 209 39 26 12 217 38 30 9 217 37 31 10 244 35 30 12 207 23 42 13 188 23 46 8 161

GA 189 194 204 216 255 218 268 256

Pt 107 95 91 Pt 95 90 90 85 84 82 59 54

Note: a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. d — automatically qualifies for playoffs; w — qualifies for playoffs through wild card Friday’s results Chicago 4 Buffalo 3 New Jersey 3 Montreal 2 (SO) St. Louis 7 Dallas 5 Colorado at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Arizona at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Today’s games Philadelphia at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Columbus, 12 p.m.

Vancouver at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Washington at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at NY Islanders, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Florida, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s games Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 10:30 a.m.

Washington at Detroit, 3 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 3 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 22 9 18 10 18 13 16 12 15 12 12 10 14 14 16 16 13 15 14 17 12 18 11 17 11 17 11 20 9 18

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

San Francisco Pct .710 .643 .581 .571 .556 .545 .500 .500 .464 .452 .400 .393 .393 .355 .333

Los Angeles New York San Diego Pittsburgh Arizona St. Louis Miami Cincinnati Colorado Chicago Atlanta Philadelphia Milwaukee Washington

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L 16 10 18 12 17 12 15 12 17 14 13 11 14 12 15 13 16 14 15 15 14 17 13 17 12 16 11 15

Pct .615 .600 .586 .556 .548 .542 .538 .536 .533 .500 .452 .433 .429 .423

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NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Friday’s Games Tampa Bay 11, Detroit 5 Washington 8, N.Y. Yankees 2 Milwaukee 6, Cleveland 3 Baltimore 3, Atlanta 2 Minnesota 5, Boston 2 Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 2, Toronto 0 Kansas City at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Today’s Games Detroit at Tampa Bay, 10:35 a.m.

Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Washington, 11:05 a.m.

Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Montreal, 11:07 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at Texas, 12:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Curling 2015 WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP HALIFAX — Standings and results from the 2015 World Men’s Curling Championship, at the Scotiabank Centre from March 28-April 5 (all times Eastern): ROUND ROBIN Country (Skip) x-Norway (Ulsrud) x-Canada (Simmons) x-Sweden (Edin) t-Finland (Kauste) t-U.S. (Shuster) Japan (Y.Morozumi) Switzerland (M.Pfister) China (Zang)

W 10 10 8 6 6 5 5 4

L 1 1 3 5 5 6 6 7

Czech Rep. (J.Snitil) Italy (Mosaner) Scotland (MacDonald) Russia (Arkhipov)

4 3 3 2

7 8 8 9

x — clinched playoff berth; t — advanced to tiebreaker.

Thursday’s results Draw 15 U.S. 6 Czech Republic 2 China 10 Scotland 3 Norway 10 Japan 8 Canada 6 Finland 5 Draw 16 Sweden 7 China 6 U.S. 6 Russia 5

Canada 7 Italy 6 Norway 6 Switzerland 4 Draw 17 Japan 9 Switzerland 6 Finland 7 Italy 5 Czech Republic 7 Russia 6 Sweden 11 Scotland 6 End of Round Robin ——— PLAYOFFS Friday’s results Tiebreaker Finland (Kauste) 6 U.S. (Shuster) 5 Page Playoffs One vs. Two Norway (Ulsrud) 7 Canada (Simmons) 6 (extra end)

——— Saturday’s games Page Playoffs Three vs. Four Sweden (Edin) vs. Finland (Kauste), 11:30 a.m.

Semifinal Canada (Simmons) vs. Three-Four Winner, 4:30 p.m.

——— Sunday’s games Bronze Medal Semifinal Loser vs. Three-Four Loser, 7 a.m.

Gold Medal Norway (Ulsrud) vs. Semifinal Winner, 1 p.m.

Golf HOUSTON OPEN At Golf Club of Houston, The Tournament Humble, Texas Purse: $5.9 million Yardage: 7,441 ; Par: 72 Second Round

MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF D.C. 4 3 1 0 3 New York 3 2 0 1 5 New York City 4 1 1 2 3 Orlando 5 1 2 2 4 New England 4 1 2 1 2 Columbus 3 1 2 0 3 Toronto 3 1 2 0 4 Chicago 4 1 3 0 2 Montreal 3 0 1 2 2 Philadelphia 4 0 2 2 3

Portland (2) vs. Seattle (3) (Seattle leads series 2-1) Saturday, Mar. 28 Seattle 4 Portland 3 Sunday, Mar. 29 Portland 3 Seattle 0 Tuesday, Mar. 31 Seattle 5 Portland 2 Thursday, Apr. 2 Portland at Seattle, late Saturday, Apr. 4 Seattle at Portland, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 7 x-Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. x — if necessary.

Kelowna (1) vs. Tri-City (4) (Kelowna wins series 4-0) Friday, Mar. 27 Kelowna 6 Tri-City 0 Saturday, Mar. 28 Kelowna 3 Tri-City 0 Tuesday, Mar. 31 Kelowna 5 Tri-City 3 Wednesday, Apr. 1 Kelowna 5 Tri-City 4 (OT)

Brandon (1) vs. Edmonton (4) (Brandon wins series 4-1) Thursday, Mar. 26 Edmonton 4 Brandon 1 Friday, Mar. 27 Brandon 8 Edmonton 1 Sunday, Mar. 29 Brandon 3 Edmonton 2 Tuesday, Mar. 31 Brandon 3 Edmonton 2 Wednesday, Apr. 1 Brandon 3 Edmonton 2 (OT)

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Calgary 8 Kootenay 7 (OT) Wednesday, Apr. 1 Calgary 7 Kootenay 2 Friday, Apr. 3 Kootenay 5 Calgary 4 (OT) Saturday, Apr. 4 x-Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 6 x-Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat (2) vs. Red Deer (3) (Medicine Hat leads series 3-1) Saturday, Mar. 28 Medicine Hat 2 Red Deer 1 Sunday, Mar. 29 Medicine Hat 1 Red Deer 0 (OT) Wednesday, Apr. 1 Red Deer 2 Medicine Hat 1 Thursday, Apr. 2 Medicine Hat 5 Red Deer 3 Saturday, Apr. 4 Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 5 x-Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 7 x-Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

● WHL: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, sixth game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, if necessary, 5 p.m., Enmax Centrium. ● Junior B hockey: Blackfalds Wranglers at provincial championship tournament at Stony Plain.

BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Minnesota RHP Ervin Santana 80 games after a positive test for Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance, in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Fined Miami RHP Jarred Cosart an undisclosed amount for violating Major League Rule 21(d)(3), which “prohibits players from placing bets with illegal bookmakers or agents for illegal book makers.”

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHPs Matt Barnes and Brandon Workman to Pawtucket (IL).

Reassigned LHP Dana Eveland to minor league camp. Placed RHP Joe Kelly on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 27.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned LHP Blaine Hardy and LHP Kyle Ryan to Toledo (IL). Assigned INF Josh Wilson to minor league camp.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Assigned RHP Louis Coleman outright to Omaha (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled LHP Aaron Thompson from Rochester (IL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Released LHP Wandy Rodriguez and C Jesus Flores. Reassigned RHP Chien-Ming-Wang to minor league camp.

CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned Drake Britton outright to Iowa (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Announced LHP Andrew McKirahan was claimed off waivers by Atlanta.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Extended the contracts of senior vice-president and general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy through the 2019 season.

ST. LOUIS CARINALS — Claimed OF Gary Brown off waivers from San Francisco and assigned him to Memphis (PCL).

American Association GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Signed C Zane Chavez.

LAREDO LEMURS — Released OF Tim Alberts and RHP Tyler Wilson.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed RHP Brett Gerritse and C Richard Stock.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed OF Mike Kvansnicka.

Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS — Signed RHP Matt Wright and INF Brooks Conrad.

FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed WR Joseph Morgan to a one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed LB Nick Bellore to a two-year contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Acquired S Dashon Goldson from Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an undisclosed 2016 draft pick.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled RW Stefan Noesen from Norfolk (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Reassigned D Brett Lernout from Swift Current (WHL) to Hamilton (AHL).

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Assigned D David Makowski and G Frank Palazzese to Wheeling (ECHL).

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — For old times sake, Russell Martin took the subway to Olympic Stadium.

The Toronto Blue Jays catcher went to the Big O often with his father Russell Sr. to watch Montreal Expos games as a boy and he wanted to relive the experience prior to Toronto’s pre-season game Friday night against the Cincinnati Reds.

“Travelling here by Metro brought back memories,” Martin, who grew up in the Notre-Dame-deGrace area of western Montreal, said before the game. “Walking down the hallway, seeing where the old team store was and the place you get your tickets.

“Just the building itself. It’s surreal. I remember being 12 years old and being a fan and here I am wearing a big league uniform and playing in front of family and friends.”

The Blue Jays are back at the domed stadium for a pair of games for a second year in a row. Last year, 96,350 fans turned out for two tilts against the New York Mets. Already, more than 90,000 tickets have been sold for this year’s games.

The opponent this time is Cincinnati and its Canadian star, first baseman and Toronto native Joey Votto.

Many fans, especially the hundreds sporting Expos tri-coloured caps, were looking to show Major League Baseball their support for bringing major league ball back after the Expos bolted to Washington following the 2004 season.

It would take finding wealthy ownership and a new stadium, but there is an active movement to land a team.

Martin is committed to the Blue Jays through 2019 on a five-year, US$82 million contract signed in the off-season. But he’s all for baseball returning to his home town.

“I don’t know if it’s possible but if so, it would be fantastic,” he said. “The crowd that came last year and the one they’re supposed to get this year shows that there are people who want to see baseball.

“I don’t know what it would take, but it would be fun if it happened.”

The 32-year-old Martin was with Pittsburgh last season. A bonus of signing with Toronto was the preseason trip to Montreal.

“It’s already been pretty special,” he said. “I feel I haven’t been in Montreal at this time of year in 17 years, so that’s cool enough to begin with.

“It feels like opening day. New York (where the

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin takes to the field at Olympic Stadium for batting practice prior to facing the Cincinnati Reds in MLB exhibition action Friday in Montreal.

Blue Jays open the regular season on Monday) is going to be a breeze now. This is more than opening day for me.”

While the bi-lingual Martin will be the crowd favourite, Votto brings his own impressive credentials.

The 31-year-old was the National League MVP in 2010, although he is coming off a season in which he missed 100 games with knee and quad issues. In 2012, he signed a 12-year deal that will pay $251.5 million.

Votto broke into the NL in 2007, so he never got to visit as a major league player, although he once played at the Big O as an amateur.

“The older players that played here had good things to say about the city,” said Votto. “For a lot of them, it was their favourite stop.

“Unfortunately, I never got to play against the Montreal Expos but this is the next best thing.”

Votto grew up as a Blue Jays fan, but he’d like to see the major leagues return to Montreal.

“You get excited about a city when you can feel the energy,” he said. “The next two games will be an example of that, but I’m not sure how complicated it is to bring a team here.”

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Minnesota Twins spent $55 million on Ervin Santana to bring some muchneeded talent and experience to their beleaguered starting rotation.

Now, thanks to an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance, the Twins will be without their biggest off-season acquisition for half the season. And their pitching staff has become a major question mark once again.

Santana was suspended by Major League Baseball on Friday after testing positive for the performanceenhancing substance Stanozolol.

“It’s disappointing. It’s difficult,” Twins GM Terry Ryan said. “We had a fairly decent spring. Now we’ve got to regroup here and hopefully it won’t affect us as we move forward.”

In a statement released through the players’ union, Santana said he was surprised by the news but does not plan to appeal. New to the Twins this year, he’ll miss the first half of the season.

This was the third penalty for a positive Stanozolol test reported by MLB in the last eight days, following Seattle pitcher David Rollins and Atlanta pitcher Arodys Vizcaino.

A person familiar with the penalties told The Associated Press that MLB will look into whether there’s a common source to the three cases. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is not finished.

Santana signed a four-year contract with the Twins after pitching last season with Atlanta and was slotted in the No. 2 spot behind Phil Hughes in a rotation that has been among the worst in the majors the last four years.

The 32-year-old righty will lose $5,901,639 of his $13.5 million salary this season.

In his statement, Santana issued his “deepest apologies” to his family, fans, colleagues, teammates and the Twins.

“I am very disappointed that I tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug. I am frustrated that I can’t pinpoint how the substance in question entered my body. I would never knowingly take anything illegal to enhance my performance. What I can guarantee is I never knowingly took anything illegal to enhance my performance. That’s just not me, never has been and never will,” Santana said.

Booze and cocaine don’t fall under MLB drug program HAMILTON’S RELAPSE INSTEAD FALLS UNDER TREATMENT PROGRAM SAYS LEAGUE NEW YORK — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for his latest problems involving cocaine and alcohol.

MLB said Friday the decision was made by an arbitrator appointed under its joint drug program with the players’ association. MLB said in a statement it disagreed with the decision and will “seek to address deficiencies in the manner in which drugs of abuse are addressed under the program in the collective bargaining process.”

Hamilton, a five-time All-Star and the 2010 AL MVP, is subject to the treatment program for prior violations involving cocaine stretching back a decade.

He self-reported a new issue this year involving both cocaine and alcohol, a person familiar with the case said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because those details were not made public.

MLB said it took “the position that Hamilton violated his treatment program and is subject to discipline by the commissioner.”

Baseball defines cocaine as a drug of abuse — which is covered by rules than those for performance-enhancing drugs, such as steroids.

A four-person treatment board created by the joint drug program, which includes one lawyer and one medical representative each appointed by management and the players’ association, deadlocked 2-2 on whether Hamilton was subject to discipline.

That caused the need for an arbitrator to break the tie.

A hearing was held before an arbitrator, and Hamilton was represented by lawyers Jay Reisinger

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Canada, U.S. meet for gold again MALMO, Sweden — Canada earned a 3-0 semifinal win over Finland on Friday to advance to the final at the women’s world hockey championship.

Canada will face the defending champion United States on Saturday.

Canada and the U.S. have met in the championship game of all 16 world events thus far.

The Canadians won the first eight world titles but the Americans have claimed five of the last seven, including four of the last five.

The U.S. advanced with a 13-1 semifinal win over Russia.

Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin scored the lone goal in the first two periods. Rebecca Johnston scored on a Finland turnover in the first minute of the third, then added her second of the game miidway through the period.

Goaltender Meeri Raisanen gave Finland a chance for the upset with 37 saves. Canada’s AnnRenee Desbiens stopped 19 shots for her second shutout of the tournament.

Finland and Russia will play for bronze Saturday.

Wranglers held scoreless STONY PLAIN — The Blackfalds Wranglers fired 26 shots at Peace River Navigators goaltender Kenny Fitzgerald in the Alberta junior B hockey championship tournament Friday but came up empty.

The Navigators, who directed 39 shots at Blackfalds goaltender Kyle Baumgardner, scored once in the opening period and added two goals in each of the next two frames for a 5-0 victory.

The Wranglers, who were assessed seven of 13 minor penalties as well as a game misconduct, fell to 1-1 in the provincials and were set to face the Cold Lake Ice in their final pool game today at 9 a.m.

The top two teams in each of the four-team pools will meet in the semifinals, slated for 8 and 8:30 p.m. today. The third-place game will be played at 10:30 a.m. Sunday and will be followed by the championship final at 2 p.m.

and Tina Miller.

The arbitrator said only that Hamilton was not subject to discipline and did not give reasons for the decision, the person familiar with the case said.

“The Angels have serious concerns about Josh’s conduct, health and behaviour, and we are disappointed that he has broken an important commitment, which he made to himself, his family, his teammates and our fans,” general manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement on behalf of the team. “We are going to do everything possible to assure he receives proper help for himself and for the well-being of his family.”

Hamilton, who turns 34 in May, won the AL MVP award with Texas during a six-year stretch as one of baseball’s best all-around players for the Rangers

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Celebrating 10 years of service to the

PHILIPPINES Six dental missions involved Dr. Monty Audenart.

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Neil Swensrude presents Fed Sapitan of the Las Pinas Camino Real Rotary club with the inaugural Monty Audenart Award, entitled the Award of Inspiration.

n Jan. 31, we had the opportunity to meet the generous, kind and thoughtful people of the Philippines when we travelled there with Red Deer East Rotary Club.

Families shared their homes, their food, their friends, but most of all their time to drive us across neighbourhoods and cities to visit joint Rotary projects, to share their culture and to provide us with new experiences.

One of the reasons we travelled to the Philippines was to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the friendship of the Rotary Club of Red Deer East and the Rotary Club of Las Pinas Camino-Real in Metro Manila. The fruit of this friendship has resulted in many joint projects over 10 years helping individuals, families and communities to improve their quality of life.

A brief history of the two clubs is as follows: 2005 — The group study exchange provided a family with a new home and loans to four women to start their own businesses.

2006 — 280 wheelchairs were distributed in Manila and on the island of Palawan.

2008 — A bag making factory that was built and furnished and initially employed 25 women. This number has grown to 30. This provides a livelihood for these workers within their neighbourhood. The approximately $200 per month income allows them to support their families and to live in conditions that are more satisfactory.

2009 — High school water project in Las Pinas provides clean water for the 4,000 students who attend this school. This project includes a deep water well, tower, filtration system and drinking fountains.

2006 to 2013 — Six dental missions involved Dr. Monty Audenart.

2012 — Agricultural aid to Taklaban after Typhoon Yolanda.

2013 — Aeta indigenous tribe, Subic Bay, water development project.

2014 — Completion of the Aetas water project.

2015 — Water inauguration days for girls. The Aetas clean water project was officially inaugurated for use by the villagers. It was dedicated in the name of Monty J. Audenart.

2015 — Days for Girls is a project spearheaded by Red Deer Rotoracter Ingrid Luymes that provided re-useable sanitary hygiene kits for 350 girls in the high school at Tanauan, a city near Manila.

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Days for Girls supplies are sorted and readied for distribution to 350 girls at the Tanauan High School. Ingrid Luymes, centre, spearheaded this project.

High school water project in Las Pinas provides clean water for the 4,000 students who attend this school.

Neil Swensrude with a recipient of one of the 280 wheelchairs distributed in 2006.

We visited the projects, talked to the people, and usually had a meal to celebrate.

Dedication, perseverance and this partnership continues to change the lives of so many.

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Fire services join forces REGIONAL PROJECT TO HANDLE ADMINISTRATION OF SERVICES

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Ponoka County is developing a regional fire service.

A revised agreement with the Town of Rimbey and its volunteer fire department that would make it part of a regional service is expected to be finalized by the end of the month, said county chief administrative officer Charlie Cutforth on Thursday.

As well, talks are in the early stages to bring Town of Ponoka’s volunteer fire department under a regional umbrella.

Cutforth said going regional will have little impact on the day-to-day op-

erations of Rimbey’s fire department.

“What it’s doing actually is the administration of the service is being assumed by the county, where currently it’s being done by the Town of Rimbey.”

Town and county have always split capital costs on land and equipment.

One option being considered is for the county to buy out the town’s share of capital costs and the town would pay an annual rate for fire service.

“That’s just in the negotiation stage at this point,” he said.

A regional fire service offers several advantages. It takes much of the administrative workload off volunteer fire departments.

The paperwork end of the job has

grown with the responsibility for volunteer departments to attend highway collisions and then invoicing the province.

“It’s really hard for volunteers, who typically have full-time jobs to keep up with that,” said Cutforth.

“The county has the resources to manage that administration, and that’s our intent.”

Ponoka has a full-time fire chief, a position that could be converted to a more regional role.

Regionalizing will also allow better training co-ordination and may aid in recruitment. There could also be some “economies in scale” when ordering equipment.

Ponoka County is modelling its re-

gional fire service on an initiative underway in Lacombe County.

Council recently voted to dissolve the Lacombe Regional Fire Services Association — whose only employee, co-ordinator Fred Millar, is retiring — and transferring its assets to the county.

Fire service agreements will be signed with volunteer fire departments in Alix, Bentley, Clive, Eckville, Lacombe and Blackfalds.

The county plans to recruit a fulltime county fire chief to oversee regional operations and an advisory committee will be created with representatives from each member municipality. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Making waves in Olds SPLASH PARK COMES TOGETHER IN RECORD TIME

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Olds Splash Park’s fundraisers could teach a how-to course.

With a Canada Day opening planned, the $625,000 project will have gone from wish list to water attraction in near-record time, thanks to a dedicated group of local volunteers who managed to raise $400,000 from donors in five months.

Olds Splash Park Association president Brien McDonald is understandably pretty pumped about what they have managed to achieve since the long-talked-about idea was rejuvenated last fall.

Even other communities have been trying to pick their brains about how they did it.

“We’ve been hearing that a lot. Actually, our constructor is holding us up for all of his projects now as the model they’d like to follow.”

McDonald gives full credit to the fundraising committee and its volunteers — many with key links in the community — who “worked their butts off” to beat the bushes for financial and in-kind support.

Social media proved a huge help

in getting the word out and keeping the project on the community’s front burner.

“Facebook was probably a huge part of our success. We really kept the community informed,” he said.

Frequent updates, including photos and “shout-outs” to donors, kept the ball rolling on the attraction, which is set for Centennial Park.

“We kept it really a lot of fun. I don’t know how many followers we have now — close to 800, I think.

“People are on that site every day.

The power that Facebook has to reach so many people so quickly just blew me away.

“You get a $10,000 donation and within two hours a hundred people

have liked it. I didn’t even know how many people looked at it. The whole thing has just created a buzz in the community that is unheard of in my mind.”

From Day 1, the project was marketed as more than a town attraction.

Fundraisers made sure rural residents, and the communities of Didsbury, Bowden and Sundre, were told the splash park was being built for their kids, too.

“A kid is a kid, whether he’s on a farm or in town, or in a neighbouring town.”

The approach worked and about one-third of pledges and donations are from outside Olds.

Town council came through with

the final pieces of the financial puzzle at recent meetings, when $250,000 was approved in loans and grants.

The town will operate the park, likely with ongoing funding help from local community organizations.

Work is expected to begin soon at the site for the splash park.

It was designed with the town’s history, and farming and oil and gas roots in mind.

One water feature is modelled after the town’s old water tower and another one-of-a-kind feature is based on a combine.

For more information, see www.oldssplashpark.com.

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$3,750 when the event finishes on April 27.

For more information, visit www. parklandmall.ca.

about diabetes during her comedic performance as Mrs. Pudding. The Mrs. Pudding performance is part of the Canadian Diabetes Association Red Deer Expo.

The performance is at the Black Knight Inn from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The Black Knight Inn is located at 2929 50th Ave. The event is free to attend, however registering is recommended. For further information, contact Simon Habegger at 780-423-5722 ext. 248.

There are no time lines for construction.

The province highlighted the projects and other maintenance and rehabilitation projects as part of the $6.7-million investment over the next five years in the provincial highway network.

BRIEF Importance of bees discussed by academic Learn about native bees and how to protect them at a presentation in Red Deer on April 23.

Self-proclaimed native bee “evangelist” Alexandria Farmer will speak at Kerry Wood Nature Centre about the importance of Alberta’s bees.

Farmer has been a teacher at Mount Royal University for 17 years and has studied the impact of clear-cut logging on bumble bees.

Everyone is welcome to this free event. The event is put on by the Red Deer River Naturalists Society.

Farmer will speak at 7:30 p.m. Kerry Wood Nature Centre is located at 6300 45th Ave. For further information, call 403347-8200.

Mosaic fundraiser returns to Parkland Mall Parkland Mall’s annual fundraiser, Mosaics of Hope, returns this month aiming to raise money for several Red Deer charities.

Previously known as Shades of Ambition, the fundraiser is a black and white mural on display for three weeks in Parkland Mall, at 4747 67th St. in Red Deer.

People can purchase a tile on the mural from any participating charitable organization for a $5 donation.

This year’s charities include Loaves and Fishes, the Kiwanis Club Harmony Garden and CentreFest.

Each charity has 750 tiles to sell during the three-week period, from April 6 to 27.

For every tile sold, Parkland Mall will match the donation. If all the tiles are sold, a charity can receive up to

Designer’s drawing of the Olds Splash Park. The funds were raised in a hurry and the park should be ready for Canada Day.

Fatal collisions down, injuries constant: survey It has been eight months since the last fatal collision in Red Deer, but collisions with injured parties have been consistent in that time.

The recent statistics released by the Red Deer Road Users Challenge indicate that there were 10 injury collisions in the city in February, the same number that occurred in January.

Since September 2014, the average has been about nine a month, varying from a low of five in December 2014 to a high of 12 in September 2014.

Run by retired engineer Dave Taylor, the Red Deer Road Users Challenge tracks monthly collision statistics including fatal, injury and property damage crashes.

Those statistics are compiled on sixmonth rolling totals.

Then twice a year, Taylor distributes up to $12,000 of his own money to four groups in Red Deer representing adults, seniors, high school students and college students.

Money is distributed based on target levels with a decreasing amount awarded based on the number of collisions.

The current six-month average has a total of 56 injury or fatal collisions. If that number drops below 50 at the next distribution date, $4,000 will be split four ways. That would be the highest total Taylor has distributed in his two years of running the program.

For more information, visit www. leadrs.ca.

Comedic performance shines light on diabetes Learn about how to live with diabetes from a Canadian Diabetes educator and registered nurse on April 28.

Sue Schaefer will inform guests

Local highway work part of latest budget Work on highways in Central Alberta is among the province’s capital plans for the next five years.

Making the list is the final paving on the Hwy 12 realignment project near Bentley.

It involves extending the highway just east of Secondary Hwy 792, running south of Bentley, cutting through its industrial business area and connect to the existing Hwy 12 on the western edge of town.

Plans to build a roundabout near Bentley at Hwy 2A and Hwy 597 remains on the books.

The work will include detour construction, median construction, realignment of C&E Trail, relocation of the C&E trail intersection and illumination.

Plans to widen Hwy 2 to six lanes between Edmonton and Calgary will be updated.

The province announced $6 million in funding to revise the six-lane Hwy 2 corridor study as part of its 2015 budget.

Given the growth and volume along the corridor, Alberta Transportation determined it was time to refresh the plans to reflect current realities. It is one of the busiest stretches of highway in the province.

The existing plan is to widen the highway to a six-lane divided highway standard with provisions for or an ultimate eight-lane widening upgrade between Hwy 42 to Hwy 597. The existing study was completed several years ago.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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Ceremony to honour Armenian genocide victims One hundred years ago, 1.5 million Christian Armenians were killed in Turkey, in the first genocide of the 20th century and the Sacred Heart Catholic Church is holding a commemoration ceremony.

The memorial will start with a prayer by father Jozef Wroblewski, the church’s pastor, the men, women and children who were killed or deported during the genocide.

The memorial service recognizing the 100th anniversary of the travesty will last about one-and-a-half hours and will be held on April 24 at 6 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, at 5508 48A Ave. in Red Deer.

Women of Excellence deadline extended The deadline for Red Deer and District Community Foundation Women of Excellence nominations has been extended.

Individuals who receive the award have used their talents and ambitions to improve Central Alberta.

There are 11 categories for nominees, including the young women of excellence.

All nominations need to be received by the Red Deer and District Community Foundation on April 22 by 4 p.m.

The foundation office is located at suite 203 4805 48th St. For nomination forms, look under initiatives at www.rddcf.ca. Hard copies are available at the foundation office.

For further information, call 403341-6911.

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Inspired by the Prairies DEL BARBER BRINGS HIS STAUNCHLY TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC TO RED DEER

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Del Barber made a country album inspired by Ian Tyson that didn’t fit the pop-country format of most commercial radio stations.

“It definitely wasn’t what country radio wanted to hear,” admitted the Manitoba-based musician.

Regardless of a lack of airplay, his imagery-laiden Prairieography went on to earn Barber a second Juno Award nomination for his well-crafted story-songs. It also helped solidify the loyal fan base that greets him at live shows — and that’s validation enough for Barber to keep writing songs in the traditional country vein.

The 31-year-old, who performs with his band The Profiteers on Friday, April 10, at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer, said he aims to keep raising musical questions about what it means to live in this world.

“One of my instructors used to say, ‘don’t go looking for answers, look for better questions,’ ” recalled the former philosophy student. “I’ve come to believe if you’re satisfied with easy answers, you’re not looking for the right questions.”

His 2014 album includes story songs about people who Barber has met in his travels — often in passing.

Peter and Jenny Lee is about a couple who get involved while working at the same hotel. Barber said he got real-life inspiration for this tune when he barged in on the hotel’s owner with one of his cleaning staff while staying in the Crowsnest Pass.

“They were, um, having a real good time ... I don’t know what else to say about that,” said the singer, who was apparently booked into the wrong hotel room. Suffice to say, he’s never had to pay to stay at the establishment since.

“I thought I at least owed them a love song. It’s the least I could do,” he said, with a chuckle.

The tune Arianna was inspired by a story told by Barber’s father about working in Hoyt Lakes, a Minnesota mining town. A woman who worked in a local bar was remembered as someone who yearned to be somewhere else. “The girl didn’t belong there and

Contributed photo by Mark Maryanovich

Del Barber performs with his band, The Profiteers, on Friday, April 10, at Fratters Speakeasy. was trying to figure out her place in the world. ... You see that same character in a lot of different places,” said Barber.

Living With a Long Way to Go was inspired by a man he knows who used money from his job in Fort McMurray’s oilsands to save his family farm from foreclosure.

The tune highlights the complexity of a situation that’s often painted as black or white.

“I can’t help but feel a twinge when I think of the environmental impact of the oilsands,” said Barber, “but at the same time, most of my high school class works in the oilfield. In some cases, it’s the only way these families are able to have houses and decent lives.

“It’s really easy, sometimes, to see things in terms of the tension between urban versus rural life,” he continued. “When you live in Toronto and you drive an hour-and-a-half back and forth to work each day, you can complain about people working in Fort McMurray, and if you live in Fort McMurray, you can complain about (environmentalists) living in Toronto.”

But simple answers can’t be found to consumption problems when everyone is a consumer, added Barber.

The singer admitted he’s always looked up to Tyson for writing songs about life’s grey areas. “I even named my album Prairieography after his album Cowboyography.”

The singer lives with his partner, a

local school teacher, in the small community of Inglis, about four hours drive northwest of Winnipeg. He’s already contemplating a new album that will likely be no more mainstream than his last one.

Barber admitted he can’t do popcountry. “I’m not willing to go there, because what happens to the people who love my music? I already have a pretty good core audience and I make enough money that I can have a small ranch in Manitoba.

“I have a pretty great life,” he said.

“Maybe I’ve found a way to make a good living on a small scale.”

Tickets for the 9 p.m. show are $20 from the venue. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Billy Ray Cyrus The Canadian who ran the Mad Men writers’ room talks about crafting the finale to play Elvis impersonator in new TV series

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has long known how he wanted to wrap up his iconic AMC drama.

Nevertheless, actually nailing down that plan was not easy, says Calgaryraised writer Semi Chellas.

“He really knew where he wanted to go and where he was leading us.

And so that helped us get there. But it was very difficult,” Chellas says in a recent interview from Los Angeles.

With the show’s final seven episodes set to begin airing Sunday, Chellas was tight-lipped about anything that could be construed as a spoiler. But she peppered a 30-minute chat with her favourite anecdotes about Weiner, who she calls a “kindred spirit,” stories about writing-room arguments, and how she was inspired by the beloved Canadian series Slings and Arrows: The Canadian Press: How are you feeling?

Chellas: I’ve always felt spectacularly lucky to have ended up on what was by far my favourite show of all time, because I came on for season 5 and I was a crazed fan.... And now I feel really lucky because it’s been six months since we finished, more — we finished last July — and I drive around and I see the billboards and it feels like a dream that I was part of it.

I’m like: ’I can’t believe it, Mad Men is coming on and I know what happens!’

CP: Did you treat these final seven episodes any differently?

Chellas: Matt always says that he wanted each episode to play like a movie with its own sort of wholeness and its own sort of themes.... And I think that that sort of speaks to how we treated this season — it was one thing, it was two things and it was also 14 things, you know? And I know Matt doesn’t want to speak to where it begins or anything like that, but I do think that the two seven-episode arcs are like two sides of a coin, or parts of a whole.

CP: And the ending is satisfying for you?

Chellas: Very satisfying for me. I was running the writers’ room for these last few (episodes) and so it was a change, because the same people had been in the room for all six seasons previously and then they left to pursue pilots of their own.... And also being from Canada, I had done and also watched lots of six- and seven-episode series — it’s so much more common in Canada and I

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In this image released by AMC, Christina Hendricks, portraying Joan Harris, left, and Jon Hamm portraying Don Draper appear in a scene from the fifth season of Mad Men. really loved that, I love that length.

One of my favourite things of all time was Slings and Arrows,’which I think was six episodes every time. It’s a tease but it’s also a different kind of a completeness when you do a little story like that.

CP: What was the mood like in the writers’ room?

Chellas: There was a point where we ... couldn’t move ahead, and by virtue of not moving ahead while we were shooting we were getting more and more behind. And I was like, ’What is wrong with this story? It keeps getting thrown out, it keeps coming back.’

I went away for a day and I came back and it was all new. And then it went back. And then I realized ... we collectively had a resistance to finishing. We were sort of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel but it was blinding us and we were blaming the stories.... I think we actually had a collective psychological resistance to moving towards the end.

CP: How much influence did you have over the ending?

Chellas: Even though it was sort of headed towards a moment, there were a million paths there and there were a million nuances and we had to finish all the different threads of the story.

Everyone made a lot of contributions, and there was a lot of arguing, as you can imagine.

CP: The show has become such a cultural phenomenon. Did you feel that weight on your shoulders?

Chellas: Matt was very good about setting outside of his mind what the reaction would be. Because as much as it matters to you, you can’t control it. And you know Matt (worked) on the end of The Sopranos and that ending ... I think that ending was perfect. But it was highly controversial at the time and people were mad and people were freaking out and I think that whenever a show becomes a hit, everyone feels a little bit of ownership of it and makes it really special. But in the end, you can’t end a show by democracy.

CP: What do you miss most about the show?

Chellas: I really, really miss the writers in the room. It’s funny to have been out now for eight months and writing my own stuff and working on my own —which is a very solitary thing that I have mostly done in my life and career — but the amazing wisdom and the different experiences, the different voices that were collecting in the Mad Men writers’ room, were so mindblowing. There were people in there from I think age 27 to 84 ... people in there who had been comedy writers, people who’d been in advertising, people who were fresh out of (University of Southern California), people like me who had an eclectic career.

A late-night glimpse of a Pentecostal church while he was walking his dog inspired country singer Billy Ray Cyrus to dream up a television series that the CMT network said Thursday will become part of its schedule early next year. Cyrus will star in the comedy Still the King as Vernon Brown, a onehit country star turned Elvis Presley impersonator who becomes a minister at a country church outside of Nashville, Tennessee. CMT also is planning a docuseries on American Idol singer Kellie Pickler and her marriage, a coming-of-age documentary involving a group of friends in small-town Florida, a series starring YouTube prankster Ed Bassmaster and a late-night talk show with Josh Wolf, a former sub on Chelsea Handler’s E! Entertainment network show. The network announced its plans for the next year in a meeting with advertisers in Manhattan on Thursday. Still the King puts CMT back into business with Cyrus, daddy of Miley and frequent presence on the network when his Achy Breaky Heart was a hit two decades ago.

“We built bridges around the world together in the early ’90s, places where country music hadn’t been or hadn’t been for a long time,” Cyrus said in an interview. “Getting together again with CMT was very exciting.”

One night when his tour bus made a gas stop on the Gulf Coast, Cyrus walked with his dog and began thinking about how Elvis Presley performed in the area at the start of his career.

He saw a church in the distance, and things came together in his mind when the bus ride resumed.

“I was sitting there with a notebook scribbling out idea after idea,” he said. “It didn’t take long to realize that there’s a thought here that’s interesting, that’s funny, that’s smart, that’s dumb — all of those things.”

Since Cyrus is a country singer with a career of ups and downs and the grandson of a Pentecostal preacher, Brown’s character fell into the “write what you know” category.

“Vernon has a great heart and really means to do good,” he said. “But sometimes he just can’t help himself.

Once you’ve pretended to be the King, where do you go from there?”

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BRIEFS Artist offers workshop on blind contours A local artist will give an art workshop in Red Deer on April 21. Emily Thomson will hold a free workshop on blind contours and continuous lines drawing.

The workshop will be at the Hub on Ross from 7 to 9 p.m. The Hub on Ross is located at 4936 50th St. Meet the artist from 6 to 7 p.m., during a reception for her artwork that is

on display until April 29.

The event is open to everyone.

The workshop is part of Shake the Blues Network from the Central Alberta Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Network.

Shake the Blues Network is a chance for people caring for or with FASD to socialize as well as support one another.

Local filmmakers enter national competition Three young men in Red Deer are taking part in a national competition in hopes of winning up to $1 million to fund their movie.

Ethan Hill, Jesse Prosser and Trent Asher have entered the CineCoup

movie accelerator competition. Local composer J.M. Beardsley is helping with the project.

Each team has to complete 12 challenges involved with gaining a fan base and potential audience for the movie.

The winning film will be played in Cineplex Theatres.

Seth is a thriller/suspense film about three men whose lives are changed when they meet a mysterious stranger named Seth.

CineCoup holds competitions for funding of independent films.

In order to be chosen as the winner, the movie needs to meet a certain criteria, including votes.

To view the trailer or vote, visit www.cinecoup.com/seth/trailer. The first round of voting begins on Monday.

Triple bill of indie rock at The Vat on April 11 Enjoy a night of alternative rock and indie pop rock on April 11 as three Canadian bands perform in Red Deer.

The Dear Kills from Red Deer and Rend from Edmonton will be opening for Isobel Trigger, who hail from Victoria.

Isobel Trigger are on their first cross-Canada tour, from April 8 to May 23.

There is a $10 cover fee. The Vat is located at 5301 43rd St. in Red Deer.

No minors allowed.

The show begins at 9:30 p.m.

For tickets or for further information, call 403-346-5636.

Helbig, a cyberspace star, breaks into TV

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good grades, liked athletics and preferred her own company to the social scene, she never stopped to think that her budding interest in comedy might be hampered by her aversion to the limelight.

Then, living in New York after college, she gritted her teeth and took an improv class. She loved it.

“The concept of saying yes is a fundamental principal of improv. That philosophy extends to so many facets of life!”

She said yes to Web videos.

“I was fascinated by them, because I was an introvert by nature, and being able to create something by yourself at home really appealed to me — a performance piece, but without the direct judgment of eyeballs looking at you while you look back at them. I just didn’t know you could make a career out of it.”

Of course, pretty much no one knew.

But because it was creative and fun, Helbig began making video blogs with her roommate about their daily lives.

Their quirky take on quotidian affairs clicked with the My Damn Channel website, which in 2008 brought her

NEW YORK — Grace Helbig loves working from home.

Home is where your stuff is. Where there’s no boss on your back.

Where, if you’re Grace Helbig, you can blend the creative solitude that propels you with entertaining millions of your closest chums.

Now Helbig — whose YouTube channel, It’s Grace, is the repository of her comic videos playing to more than 2 million subscribers — is branching out.

Without leaving home.

Home for The Grace Helbig Show is an L.A. residence from which this halfhour talk-and-whatever TV show will originate while also serving as home base for its staff and crew, all of whom will also be on view.

“I think the process is as interesting as the outcome,” Helbig said last week on a visit to New York.

“The Internet medium is so personal and so intimate, and I want to bring that intimacy to television.”

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“What I mean is, I gather my energy and channel it into creative endeavours best when I’m by myself,” she explains.

“I socialize and have friends, but then I need to go home and recharge.”

This demands equilibrium, a balance in her life she also wrestles to maintain as a public figure who shies away from overexposing herself.

“I need to keep certain things private to feel rational and sane,” she says.

“It scares me that there’s so much oversharing in social media. You don’t have to divulge your entire life! I’m a Libra, so I’m constantly checking in with myself to find that right balance, to keep some things for myself.”

Which is how it will go for Grace Helbig, cyberspace star, as she breaks into TV. She begins with an eight-episode season.

And then? “I’m just gonna try until it doesn’t feel good anymore, and then try something else,” she says, defiantly home free. “This whole Internet thing was just me trying things and seeing what stuck.”

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This newfound income enabled her to quit her waitress job and throw herself full-time into comedy. From home.

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Since then, Helbig has stayed busy.

Along with It’s Grace, she authored a self-help handbook for her millennial flock, Grace’s Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up.

She hosts a podcast, Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig.

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YOUNG (nee Rudd) Dorothy With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Dorothy Young (nee RUDD) at her home in Nanaimo BC, on March 11, 2015 at the age of 65 years. Born in High River, Alta. on October 31, 1949, Dorothy spent her youth in Red Deer and earned her BSc with distinction, from the U of A. She had many interests and careers in both biology and book-keeping, owning her own business - Liberty Tax. Dorothy loved gardening, being on or near the ocean, and small town rodeos.

Predeceased by her parents, Mac and Irene, and her brother, Bill Rudd, Dorothy is survived and greatly missed, by her beloved partner of over 41 years, Barry Pyne, her children Mac and Anita, grandchildren, Hannah and Logan, her sisters, Marjorie Yanda and Wendy Rudd, and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Nanaimo Archives or the charity of your choice. A celebration of Dorothy’s life will be held on Saturday, April 25 at the Kin Hut on Departure Bay Beach, Nanaimo from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 pm.

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THE MONKEY’S UNCLE A used kids clothing and toy sale. Lots of vendors selling used good cond. children’s items. Child and parent related businesses too. Sat. Apr. 11, 10 am-2 pm. Innisfail Legion. Door prizes. Toonie admission for adults. themonkeysuncle @shaw.ca. www.facebook.com/ themonkeysuncle

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59 YR. old farmer in Sylvan Lake area, 5’,9”, 182 lb., seeks slim, sincere, loving lady, 49 - 69, for a lifetime commitment. Pls. enclose photo and phone no. to Box 1103, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 LADY, petite, enjoys walking, reading, dancing, travelling, cycling, looking for a gentleman, n/s, age 60ish, active with varied interests.

Reply to Box 1105, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 15 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $10.88/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. Fax: 403-782-9685 or Call 403-848-2356

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F/T / P/T Pharmacy Technicians. Apply w/ resume to: Highland Green Value Drug Mart, Red Deer F/T & P/T Pharmacist positions req’d. Apply w/ resume to: Highland Green Value Drug Mart, Red Deer

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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. 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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NOW HIRING 2 - Tile Setters $25/hr 5 - Floor Covering Installers $25/hr Min 3 years exp./ 40hrs/wk 3 - Construction Labourers $20/hr. No exp required.

Full time perm position with Valid Driver’s Licence Email Resume to: cat1employment@ gmail.com or drop off resume at Central Alberta Tile One 7619 50 Ave #9 Red Deer

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JJAM Management (1987) Operator Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Q Endorsement preferred.

Requires to work at these Competitive Wages Red Deer, AB locations: & Benefits.

5111 22 St. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 37444 HWY 2 S 403-343-1248 or email to: 37543 HWY 2N admin@shunda.ca 700 3020 22 St. YEAR-ROUND employment Manager/Food Services in Central Alberta, exp.

Permanent P/T, F/T shift. maintenance grader Wknd, day, night & eves. operator required.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

Reply to Box 1106, c/o 40 hrs/week, + benefits , RED DEER ADVOCATE, 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., 2950 Bremner Ave., Red criminal record check req’d.

Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Req’d education some EAST 40TH PUB secondary. Apply in REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK person or fax resume to: Apply in person with resume 403-314-1303 For full job Truckers/ Drivers description visit www.

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TAP HOUSE BAR & GRILL FULL and part-time F/T dishwasher, cooks and bus persons needed for varying shifts, including weekends. Exc. wages and benefits.

Call 403-346-5448 for appointment.

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NORTH is now taking applications for Full Time/Part time COOK, Bring resume to 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer between 2-4 pm.

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GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. 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!

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (SUMMER STUDENT) Joffre Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry. www.ferus.com

Ferus has an immediate opening for a Plant Assistant at our Joffre liquid nitrogen production facility. All duties will be performed in a safe, environmentally friendly & cost effective manner.

FEEDLOT in Central Alberta seeking F/T employee for feed truck operator and machinery maintenance. Send resume to fax: 403 638-3908 or e-mail to: dthengs@hotmail.com

PARK Thank you to our family for helping us celebrate our 60th Wedding Anniversary and our Birthdays.

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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

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BOWER DENTAL CENTER req’s a full time Registered Dental Assistant who is a motivated, committed and passionate individual. We run a high paced practice where experience is an asset, but new grads are welcome. Must be avail. on evenings and one Sat. per month. Very rewarding position. Please send resume to: ebakleh@yahoo.com or apply within office.

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STREAMLINE INSPECTION requires NDT Assistants for our Red Deer location to collaborate with our certified NDT Technicians traveling to and from sites to perform inspections throughout Canada. Prefer some NDE experience.

Please email your resume to hr@ streamlineinspection.com or fax to (403) 454-6628.

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The term of this position will be from May 2015 to August 2015.

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Our little bundle of joy has arrived!

Craig and Aurelia Prince and big sister Avery are ecstatic to welcome little Grace Laurie Prince into the world!

Born on the 28th of February, 2015 7 pounds, 12 ounces 21.5 inches

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

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Births

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Looking for some “ Killer Discussion” on death and dying, please join me for another Death café, the 19th of April, 2015 - 2 - 4 PM - at the Studio Rm at the Red Deer Museum (4525 - 47A Ave, RD) A Unique opportunity to talk about death and dying.

All perspectives welcome; STREAMLINE Inspection is no agendas’. looking for certified CGSB Coffee, cake and great UTI, UTII technicians for discussion. our Red Deer, Alberta Free admission branch location. Email RSVP by April 13, 2015: to resume to hr@ canyon28@hotmail.com streamlineinspection.

Donations accepted to com or fax (403) 454-6628. cover costs.

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WATTENBARGER Louis Lawrence Nov. 29, 1944 - Feb.27, 2015 Beloved husband, father, Poppa and friend passed away suddenly at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary.

Louis will be remembered and dearly missed by his wife Marilyn; daughter Thirza; sons Dean (Zara), Calvin (Jennifer), Philip (Elizabeth), and Todd (Liza); grandchildren Tianna, Amy, Evelyn, Tamara, Marisa, Luke, Conner, Julia, Katrina, Tristan, Ashley, Brett, Cassandra and Taylor. Twin brother, Larry (Marilynn) and sister Nancy (Bruce) Urbinsky, brother-in-law Mel (Sandy) Chambers, sister-inlaw Diane (Ron) Thomas and Carol Mammel and many numerous friends.

Predeceased by parents Virgil and Samantha Wattenbarger, brother Mel and wife Eileen, sister Ilene Jensen and brother-in-law Don Mammel.

We all share wonderful memories of Louis. He always offered a helping hand to everyone. Louis loved to travel and see the world, whether it was towing the trailer or getting on a plane. Louis spent most of his life as a truck driver and made friends wherever he went. Work took him from Alaska to Oregon, B.C. to Saskatchewan and all points in between. Louis will be remembered as a person who enjoyed life, always positive and shared everything.

A memorial service will be held on April 11, 2015 at the Royal Canadian Legion, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta at 1:30 p.m.

We welcome all who knew him - please come and share your stories with us and with each other. If desired, donations in his honor may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or charity of your choice.

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BALLA Thomas Thomas Balla of Stettler, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on March 29, 2015. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Sylvia of Stettler, AB; daughter, Carolanne (Al) of Stettler, AB; brothers, Andy (Helen) of Whitehorse, YK, Victor (Treva) of Edmonton, AB, Ben (Cecile) of Willington, AB, Lawrence (Lynn) of Red Deer, AB, Howard (Joyce) of Bonnyville, AB; sister, Pauline Panas of Edmonton, AB. Thomas was predeceased by his sons, Melvin in 2007 and Terry in 1970; brothers, Mike, David, Rudy and Orest; parents, Harry and Clara Balla. A Funeral Service will be held at Christ-King Catholic Church, 4916 - 54 Street, Stettler, AB on Monday, April 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

Donations in Thomas’ honor may be made directly to the Alberta Lung Association, #2, 4342 - 50 Ave, Red Deer AB T4N 3Z6.

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Duties • Assist in general maintenance work as required • Wash Equipment • Work independently and as part of a team • General Plant and Yard Maintenance • Ensure correct environmental and safety practices are adhered to and upheld at Ferus facilities Requirements: • Currently enrolled in a two year Diploma program or working towards a Degree.

• Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions • Valid Class Five Driver License • Clean Drivers Abstract • Own transportation • Ability to work in a team setting • Strong communication skills If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, Please visit www.ferus.com/careers or fax your resume to 1-888-879-6125 by April 24th, 2015 Please reference: Ad #JFRE – 0215 - SSPA We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

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Amperage Energy In is an emerging and growing oil & gas service company with mobile onsite water recycling solutions and fixed plant operations. We are committed to conducting our operations safely, in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. Amperage is looking for specific high pressure pumping experience for a new emerging specialty product service line starting immediately.

Cement and Acid Pumping Equipment Operators and Supervisors Required Immediately Email resume to careers@amperageenergy.com or by fax to 403-932-4276 with a current/clean 5 year drivers abstract & safety tickets.

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Holland, Cummins fuller transmissions, 403-340-1930 Differentials. Email: jobs@ www.academicexpress.ca redcoreltd.com

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YARD ASSISTANT (SUMMER STUDENT) Blackfalds Base Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry. www.ferus.ca The term of this position will be from May 2015 to August 2015.

Ferus is looking for a Summer Student to work with will be handling duties that are more labour intensive such as grounds maintenance, office organization, and inventory organization.

You will be require to perform grounds maintenance such as sweep/mop office & shop floors, cut grass, clean up debris around yard site, paint, clean trucks and wash equipment.

Requirements: • Currently enrolled in a two year Diploma program or working towards a Degree.

• Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions • Valid Class Five Driver License • Ability to work in a team setting • Knowledge of trucking industry would be considered an asset • Strong communication skills • Experience in operating and maintaining various heavy equipment such as a grader, dozer, backhoe, excavator, and mower would be considered assets.

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume

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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

Employment Training

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COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION, 5th Annual Edmonton Motor Show Collector Car Auction, Indoors, Expo Centre, April 10 -12, over 80,000 spectators, 90% sold last year, all consignments welcome, call 888-296-0528 ext. 102 or e-mail egauctions.com

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BABY DOLL with rooted hair & sleep eyes, c/w a few clothes. $10.

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R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

ITALIAN ladies chocolate leather boots, soft glove fit over knee length, zippered back, 2 3/4” heel, $200.

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Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

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Firewood

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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COFFEE Table, glass, silver 28.5’x57”, with 2 end table 24” round, bought at Sims. $195. 403-352-8811 MOVING. Furniture, home decor, 403-986-8656

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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VHS movies, (100). $75.

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1998, 1999 (5) & 2000 (4) CALGARY Stampede Posters, 36’x23’. $5. ea.

403-347-7405 Beswick, horses, porcelain, with Welsh Colts rearing, made in England. $175. DCSHOES Cap, sz. 7 3/8, like new. $18.

403-352-8811 HEAVY DUTY TOW STRAPS. 403-323-7702 KING size quilt, $40, queen size quilt $35, lrg. alum. elec. roasting pan fits 25 lbs. or more, $25.

403-348-6449 MATCHING rocking chair and rocker recliner, dusty rose fabric, exc. con., $50/ea. 403-348-6449

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (SUMMER STUDENT) Strathmore Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry. www.ferus.com The term of this position will be from May 2015 to August 2015.

Ferus has an immediate opening for a Plant Assistant at our Strathmore liquid nitrogen production facility. All duties will be performed in a safe, environmentally friendly & cost effective manner.

Duties • Assist in general maintenance work as required • Wash Equipment • Work independently and as part of a team • General Plant and Yard Maintenance • Ensure correct environmental and safety practices are adhered to and upheld at Ferus facilities Requirements: • Currently enrolled in a two year Diploma program or working towards a Degree.

• Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions • Valid Class Five Driver License • Clean Drivers Abstract • Own transportation • Ability to work in a team setting • Strong communication skills

ROYAL Dux Bohemian Cat, porcelain, mint cond. $35.

Merrill Ortholight shoe, sz.

6.5, air cushion, women’s, like new. $40.

Maui Jim Sunglasses, Makaha, with brown sport case, brand new. $100.

403-352-8811 TWO pinwheel crystal trilight table lamps, 26” tall.

Mint con. No shades. $40 for pair. (403) 342-7908

Sporting Goods

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PROSET Hockey Card, one box (NEW) 1991 - 1992, $30.

GOLF bag, black, traveling style. $45.

403-885-5020 TX390 TREADMILL, all power, like new, $200.

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3 BDRM. house in Rimbey $1200 +/mo.

403-704-6397 SYLVAN LAKE: fully furnished, inclds dishes, bedding, 50” tv, utils.

Avail. now from $1100. to $1300. 403-880-0210.

WEST PARK Just completely reno’d. 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1400 mo. $1000. d.d.

Avail. now or Apr. 1.

403-304-5337

Condos/ Townhouses

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SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, Please visit www.ferus.com/careers or fax your resume to 1-888-879-6125 by April 24th, 2015 Please reference: Ad #STR – 0215 - SSPA We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

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6200 24 FT. I.H. factory transport, 510 - I.H. wheel drill, #10 I.H. wheel drill, and 14 ft. I.H. deep tillage cultivator. 780-919-9985

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ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail.

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CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

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Caregivers

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WILL care for 1 or 2 children in my home, Mon. - Fri., good rate. 403-346-6773

Contractors

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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

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Landscaping

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GROUND Up Bobcat & Landscaping Ltd. For free quote call 403-848-0153

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of EDWARD FRANKLIN MURPHY, who died on March 9, 2015.

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Iranians celebrate a framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear program between their country and six world powers, in a street in Tehran, Iran, Friday. For the second consecutive night in Tehran, hundreds of Iranians celebrated the deal in major streets and squares. Carrying flags of Iran, singing and dancing, many chanted in support to President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Nuke negotiations had appearance of college cram session FOOD BOXES ON THE FLOOR, CONSTANT COFFEE AND CATNAPS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Food boxes strewn across the floor. The espresso machine constantly buzzing in the background. Sleepless nights punctuated by long talk sessions in different rooms on different floors.

Physicists occasionally catnapping, heads on table.

No, this wasn’t a college cram session for a major exam. It was the scene at one of Switzerland’s finest hotels as U.S. diplomats worked hour upon hour to reach a landmark nuclear deal with Iran this week.

For America’s diplomats, the sessions included lots of room service and messy brainstorming sessions.

And if the pressure wasn’t enough, there was Secretary of State John Kerry popping into the room to pull individuals aside or tell them to accelerate their efforts, according to U.S. officials, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly about behind-the-scenes interactions and demanded anonymity.

Kerry, too, exhausted himself in sealing the framework deal that outlines how Iran would scale back its nuclear program and how the U.S. and its negotiating partners would roll back sanctions crippling the Iranian economy. Those steps are contingent on six nations and Iran following the framework up with a comprehensive accord by the end of June.

From the start of March through

Thursday’s breakthrough, Kerry spent 19 days in the Swiss cities of Geneva, Lausanne and Montreux negotiating with the Iranians. For much of that time, the Europeans, Chinese and Russians stayed away or sent lower-level officials. Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spent more than 10 hours together in one-on-one sessions.

The last round of discussions began March 26 with the goal of wrapping up work within five days.

The U.S. would extend the talks by two days, regularly preparing the plane for departure so the Iranians wouldn’t think the talks were openended. Journalists were told three times to drop off their bags, only to then be instructed to extend their hotel room bookings. Plane crews kept crashing against mandatory rest periods after 15 hours on standby.

Kerry tried to keep a clear head, taking to his bicycle during the limited down time he had. Of his three rides, two were interrupted when President Barack Obama called and demanded an update on the status of the negotiations.

In those instances, Kerry had to rush back to Lausanne’s 19th century Beau-Rivage Palace to dial into secure calls.

When talk of physics with the Iranians got too nitty-gritty, Kerry and Zarif sent their nation’s top scientists out of the room to discuss the matter fully.

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Iranian atomic energy chief Ali Akbar Salehi, who studied at M.I.T. at the same time, would meet one-on-one and then report back on what they discussed.

And when the secretary of state needed calculations or tweaks, officials described him putting his team to work and sometimes popping in to let them know they needed to move more quickly.

Kerry took an unusually hands-on approach to the negotiations, they said. This included getting involved in details as granular as travel plans for the other foreign ministers and helping with scheduling conflicts.

After Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov left, Kerry persuaded him to come back.

The critical meeting with the Iranians lasted nine hours between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, finally ending at 6 a.m.

Emotions at times ran high as sleep deprivation kicked in. Officials acknowledged that at several times Kerry “had it.”

But he and other negotiators pressed on. Not everything went smoothly.

At 3 a.m. that evening, U.S. nuclear experts scribbled out some classified information on the whiteboard they were using to explore ideas.

The only problem was that someone used a permanent marker by mistake.

It took 20 minutes to scrub the information off, officials said.

Saudi-led coalition airdrops weapons to Yemen fighters

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANAA, Yemen — A Saudi-led coalition trying to halt the advance of Yemen’s Shiite rebels airdropped weapons to beleaguered fighters in a southern port city on Friday, while al-Qaida militants overran a key military base in eastern Yemen, further expanding their gains in this violence-wracked country.

The developments underscore the magnitude of Yemen’s turmoil and the swift unraveling of the country’s military and other forces still loyal to embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who fled Yemen to Saudi Arabia last week.

On one side, there is the ferocious fighting between Shiite rebels known as Houthis and southern militias loyal to Hadi. On the other, Yemen’s al-Qaida branch has been widening its area of influence in the country and gobbling up more territory.

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, as the branch is named, has benefited from Yemen’s political crisis ever since the Houthis first surged from their northern strongholds last year to take over the capital, Sanaa, and much of the north. The rebels are backed in their push by military and police forces loyal to Hadi’s predecessor, ousted autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh.

On Thursday, al-Qaida militants overrun Mukalla, a major port city in southern Yemen and the provincial capital of the country’s largest province, Hadramawt, seizing government buildings and freeing inmates from a prison, including a top Saudi-born leader.

The militants consolidated their hold of Mukalla on Friday, capturing its port and a major army base in the city, facing little resistance, said military officials. Soldiers fled the base without a fight as the militants advanced toward the city’s airport.

Hadramawt, which had been mostly peaceful as the crisis in Sanaa and Aden was building up, has a long stretch of the border with Saudi

Arabia on one side and lies on the Arabian Sea on the other, making it strategically significant. It also houses key oil companies and close to the Mukalla port are fuel tanks that feed three major provinces.

Hadramawt’s governor, Adel Bahamed, described the fall of Mukalla as part of a “scenario aimed at dragging the province and its residents” into the chaos across Yemen.

“The changes are terrifying,” said activist Mohammed al-Sharafi, adding he worries al-Qaida’s presence will bring the Houthis to fight the militants, which in turn could invite Saudi-led airstrikes.

To the west of Mukalla, coalition airstrikes continued to target Shiite rebels advancing on the southern port city of Aden, Yemen’s major hub and the embattled Hadi’s last seat of power before he fled to Saudi Arabia.

Coalition planes airdropped weapons to fighters battling the Houthis in Aden early Friday, the first such airdrop since the strikes began nine days ago.

Saudi Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri, the coalition spokesman, told reporters in Riyadh that the fighters in Aden have managed to “change the situation on the ground.” He said the coalition was giving them “logistical support.”

Street battles intensified in several Aden districts Friday, including the vicinity of a major weapons depot, according to the military officials. They said that weapons were dropped above the city’s port.

Local pro-Hadi fighters, who are poorly armed, have been trying to keep the Houthis from overrunning Aden and the surrounding province and have often complained of lack of weapons and leadership. Ali Hussein, one of the fighters, told The Associated Press over the phone that there is “near absence of leadership and co-ordination.”

Overnight airstrikes focused on Aden’s rebel-held airport, and at least 30 rebels and Saleh’s forces were killed in the strikes, according to medical officials.

In the town of al-Mualla, also in Aden province, pro-Hadi fighters fought with the rebels on Friday, leaving at least eight dead on both sides, according to medical officials there. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

To the north of Aden, the rebels and Saleh loyalists shelled the city of Dhale and its surroundings for more than two hours on Friday, according to activist Ahmed Harmal.

They area is a gateway to Aden.

Coalition planes also bombed the rebel-held municipal council building in Sanaa, killing three guards and wounding 32 civilians, the Interior Ministry said Friday.

The U.N. under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos, said Thursday that the violence in Yemen has killed an estimated 519 people in the past two weeks, 90 of them children, and that tens of thousands are fleeing their homes.

According to Abdel-Nasser al-Wali, a top medical official in Aden, 150 civilians were killed in Aden alone since March 28.

The official said two Red Crescent ambulance workers were also killed by the rebels, who seized their vehicles.

Late Friday, the Saudi Interior Ministry said two border guards on the kingdom’s frontier with Yemen were killed in a cross-border shootout, according to the official Saudi Press Agency. It was the second reported fatal shooting along the border since the airstrikes started; a Saudi border guard was reported killed earlier this week in a similar incident.

The coalition also continued to strike an island in the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, the southern entrance to the Red Sea, officials said.

Rami Tawfiq, a relief worker, said the airstrikes forced some 250 of the islanders, mostly fishermen, to flee across the sea toward Djibouti. The Houthis captured the island early Thursday.

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Fisherman rescued from slavery GOVERNMENT PROBES MEN ENSLAVED TO CATCH FISH DESTINED FOR NORTH AMERICA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BENJINA, Indonesia — Hundreds of fishermen raced to be rescued Friday from the isolated Indonesian island where an Associated Press investigation found that many were enslaved to catch seafood that could end up in the United States and elsewhere.

Indonesian officials probing labour abuses told the migrant workers they were allowing them to leave for another island by boat out of concern for their safety. More than 300 fishermen emerged from nearby trawlers, villages and even the jungle to make the trip.

“I will go see my parents,” said Win Win Ko, 42, smiling to reveal a mouth full of missing teeth. “They haven’t heard from me, and I haven’t heard from them since I left.”

He left impoverished Myanmar four years ago on the promise of getting a good job in neighbouring Thailand, but like many others stranded in the island village of Benjina, he was instead duped into getting on a fishing boat that took him thousands of miles from home with no return. He said his four teeth were kicked out by a Thai boat captain’s military boots because he was not moving fish fast enough from the deck to the hold below.

The current and former slaves began getting news about the rescue as a downpour started, and some ran through the rain. They sprinted back to their boats, jumping over the rails and throwing them-

selves through windows. They stuffed their meagre belongings into plastic bags and rushed back to the dock, not wanting to be left behind.

A small boat went from trawler to trawler picking up men who wanted to go and was soon loaded down with about 30 men.

The Indonesian delegation began interviewing men on boats and assessing the situation on the island this week. They have heard of the same abuses fishermen told the AP in a story published last week, which documented a company graveyard in Benjina and eight fishermen locked in a company cage.

The fishermen described being beaten, kicked and whipped with stingray tails and given Taser-like electric shocks. Some said they fell ill and were not given medicine; others said had been promised jobs in Thailand but were instead issued fake seafarer documents and taken to Indonesia, where they were made to work 20- to 22-hour days with no time off for little or zero pay. Their catch is then shipped back to Thailand, where it enters global markets, the AP story documented.

Initially, Indonesian officials told about 20 men from Myanmar, also known as Burma, that they could be moved from Benjina to neighbouring Tual island for their safety following interviews with officials on Friday. However, as news spread that some were getting to leave the island, dozens of others started filing in from all over and sitting on the floor. An official was later asked if those hiding in the forest could come as well.

“They can all come,” said Asep Burhanuddin, director general of Indonesia’s Marine Resources and Fisheries Surveillance. “We don’t want to leave a single person behind.”

The delegation said security in Benjina is limited, with only two Indonesian navy officials stationed there. The men crowded onto seven trawlers and will be moved to Tual over 24 hours. They will stay at a Fisheries Ministry compound until their identities can be verified.

“I expected to evacuate all of them, but I did not expect it this soon,” said Ida Kusuma, one of the leaders of the Fisheries Ministry delegation. “But I think it’s good.”

Kusuma said the next step is to co-ordinate with immigration and their countries of origin.

The International Organization for Migration said last week there could be as many as 4,000 foreign men, many trafficked or enslaved, who are stranded on islands surrounding Benjina following a fishing moratorium called by the Indonesian Fisheries Ministry to crack down on poaching. Indonesia has some of the world’s richest fishing grounds, and the government estimates billions of dollars in seafood are stolen from its waters by foreign crews every year.

Many of those leaving Benjina on Friday were Burmese, but about 50 refused to go, saying they had not received their salaries and did not want leave without money.

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U.S. ECONOMY

Jobless rate steady, but employers back off 126,000 JOBS ADDED IN MARCH

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

est marijuana grower. It won three cultivation permits, more than any other company. But the risks are daunting. Illinois’ marijuana pilot program expires at the end of 2017 unless state lawmakers extend it.

Far fewer patients have signed up than projected; only 2,000 have been approved at last count. Some Illinois doctors are skeptical.

What’s more, Cresco is a defendant in two lawsuits filed by unsuccessful applicants. Cresco plans to build 40,000-square-foot growing facilities in Joliet, Kankakee and Lincoln, but the litigation could delay construction.

The cannabis industry isn’t an opportunity for easy money, as some might believe, said Michael Elliott of the Marijuana Industry Group, a Colorado trade group.

“A lot of businesses have failed in Colorado,” Elliott said. “Everyone who got into it found it to be 10 times more complicated than they initially thought.

And I imagine that’s going to be true in Illinois as well.”

WASHINGTON — A weakening U.S. economy spilled into the job market in March as employers added just 126,000 jobs — the fewest since December 2013 — snapping a 12-month streak of gains above 200,000.

The unemployment rate remained at 5.5 per cent, the Labor Department said in its monthly report Friday.

The March jobs data raised uncertainties about the world’s largest economy, which for months has been the envy of other industrialized nations for its steadily robust hiring and growth. Employers now appear wary about the economy, especially as a strong dollar has slowed U.S. exports, home sales have sputtered and cheaper gasoline has yet to unleash more consumer spending.

Some of the weakness may prove temporary: An unseasonably cold March followed a brutal winter that slowed key sectors of the economy.

Last month’s subpar job growth could make the Federal Reserve less likely to start raising interest rates from record lows in June, as some have been anticipating. The Fed may decide that the economy still needs the benefit of low borrowing costs to generate healthy growth.

Reflecting that sentiment, government bond yields fell Friday. The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury note dropped to 1.84 per cent from 1.90 per cent before the jobs report was released.

U.S. stock markets are closed in observance of Good Friday.

Economists noted that for months hiring had been stronger than other gauges of the economy, suggesting that a pullback in job gains was inevitable.

“Job growth has been running at a stupendous pace in America over the last several months, increasingly out of tune with other economic indicators, which have pointed to a slowdown,” James Marple, senior economist at TD Economics, wrote in a research note. “The reckoning in March closes at least some of this gap.”’

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In this March 31, 2015 photo, from left, Dominic Sergi, Rob Sampson, Joe Caltabiano, and Charles Bachtell look over the plans for a Lincoln, Ill., medical marijuana growing facility from the offices of Cresco Labs, a medical marijuana cultivations company based in Chicago. Cresco Labs is poised to become the state’s largest marijuana grower. It won three cultivation permits, more than any other company.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Late one Saturday night, Rob Sampson had a confrontation with his 15-year-old daughter about marijuana. But it was his daughter doing the confronting and it was Sampson defending the drug.

Sampson and his wife, after a long night of polishing his new company’s applications to grow medical cannabis, returned to their suburban Chicago home to find their daughter waiting up. They hadn’t yet told her their business plans.

“She said, ’What is going on?”’ Sampson recalled. “’I know something’s going on and you guys aren’t telling me.”’

That’s when they had The Talk: a conversation Sampson and his three partners in Chicago-based Cresco Labs have repeated with parents, in-laws and co-workers to explain why they are switching livelihoods and risking millions of dollars to follow the promise of medical marijuana.

Cresco Labs is poised to become the state’s larg-

Skills that are transferable from the energy sector Dear Working Wise: I just got laid off and I want to find another job as fast as possible. Considering the slowdown in the energy sector, I’m wondering if I should try to find a similar job or see what else is out there. — Lost After Layoff Dear Lost: It can be hard to know where to begin when you’re suddenly laid off — especially when your whole sector is under pressure — but a good starting point is your local Alberta Works Centre.

Alberta Works Centres are one-stop job-search centres staffed by career and employment consultants.

There are 53 Alberta Works Centres located across the province. They offer free: ● Job fairs; ● Employment consultations; ● Job-market forecasts/trends/statistics; ● Resume and job-interview workshops; ● Information on careers and train-

ing options; ● Job-search tools, including computers and photocopiers.

To find the Alberta Works Centre nearest you, visit http://humanservices. alberta.ca/regions.

The Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) website (http://alis.alberta.ca) is another fantastic resource for job seekers and career explorers.

You don’t even have to leave your house to access ALIS, which offers: ● Calendar of job fairs; ● Work-search videos; ● Job-search tip sheets; ● Labour market research; ● Links to dozens of job banks; ● CareerInsite career-planning tool; ● Free online resumé review service; ● Creating a New Future: The Job Loss Workbook.

If you are looking for career advice, try calling the career information hotline toll-free at 1-800-661-3753. It’s staffed by career advisers weekdays

from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Once you decide what kinds of jobs to search for, check out Alberta’s largest job bank: the Canada-Alberta Job Bank (www.jobbank. gc.ca). The job bank features job-search, jobCHARLES match and jobSTRACHEY alert services to help make findWORKING ing your next job simpler and WISE easier.

Even though you have started your job search, you should probably find out if you qualify for employment insurance at www.servicecanada.gc.ca/ ei.

Harley Richards, Business Editor, 403-314-4337 E-mail hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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You might find a job right away, but it might not start for three weeks. If you qualify, employment insurance can help you pay your bills until your new job starts.

If you aren’t eligible for employment insurance or are worried that you will not receive it quickly enough to meet your basic needs, contact Alberta Supports at http://albertasupports.ca or 1-877-644-9992. You may be eligible for income or health benefits.

Losing your job can be difficult, but emotional support is also available through the mental health helpline at 1-877-303-2642 or at http://albertahealthservices.ca/mentalhealth.asp.

All of these services for Albertans affected by layoffs is available at http:// humanservices.alberta.ca/employeesfacing-layoff.

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a manager with Alberta Human Services, for general information. He can be contacted at charles.strachey@gov. ab.ca.

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Costco recalls chicken salad NEW YORK — Costco Canada is recalling Kirkland Signature brand roasted chicken salad because of a possible listeria contamination.

The recall covers salads that contain fully cooked sliced chicken breast.

The salad was sold in all Canadian provinces except for Prince Edward Island. The universal product code numbers on the recalled packages start with 2 47321 and 2 47319. No illnesses have been reported related to the potential contamination.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said consumers who have the salads should throw them out or return them to Costco Wholesale Canada stores. The agency said the food may not look or smell spoiled. Symptoms of listeria infection can include fever, muscle aches, nausea, diarrhea, headaches and neck stiffness. The infection can be the most dangerous for newborns, older people, and pregnant women.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Tesla’s first-quarter new vehicle deliveries climbed 55 per cent from a year earlier to more than 10,000 cars.

The electric vehicle maker said Friday that it has decided to report the number of new car deliveries within three days of quarter’s end going forward because “inaccurate sources of information are sometimes used by others to project the number of vehicle deliveries.”

Tesla Motors Inc. said that the delivery figure is only one measure of its financial performance and shouldn’t be relied on as an indicator of its quarterly financial results.

Tesla announced in February that it expects to deliver 55,000 vehicles in 2015, up from 31,655 in 2014. Based on the 10,030 vehicles delivered in the first quarter, it would need to deliver about 15,000 vehicles in each of the remaining three quarters to hit its 2015 target.

Late last month the Palo Alto, California-based company — which is led

by Elon Musk — said it would reveal a new product on April 30 but that it’s not a car. Musk said in February that Tesla would soon unveil a home battery that would be ready to go into production in about six months.

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POT: Portion of profits go to charity Cresco Labs’ four founding partners are accustomed to high stakes.

Dominic Sergi, the youngest at age 31, started his own real estate company, Clear Height Properties, in his 20s. Joe Caltabiano, Charles Bachtell and Sampson weathered the mortgage crisis in prominent positions at Chicago-based Guaranteed Rate, the largest independent retail mortgage company in the nation.

Caltabiano, a star in his field, will continue making mortgage loans. But Bachtell, a 36-year-old attorney who has been Guaranteed Rate’s general counsel, and Sampson, its 40-year-old chief operating officer, are leaving the mortgage giant to work on medical marijuana full time.

“Our departure is surprising a lot of people,” Bachtell said.

Walking through their high-ceilinged headquarters in a River North brick-and-timber loft and settling around a conference room table, they readily agree their new venture presents their biggest career gamble yet.

Caltabiano, 37, is a survivor of childhood leukemia to which he credits his “carpe diem attitude.” He directly benefited from collaborative oncology research that, over several decades, has hugely improved survival for children with cancer. Remaining involved in follow-up research, he’s quizzed oncologists about medical cannabis.

They’ve told him they recommend it to ease nausea and other cancer treatment side effects.

“You have some of the smartest people in the world recommending a product that’s a Schedule I narcotic the federal government has deemed has no medical benefit,” Caltabiano said. “It got me thinking.”

Cresco Labs’ applications scored highest in the state’s selection process, not only in the three districts where Cresco competed, but compared to scores across the state. The partners credit their edge to consulting with a reputable Denver cannabis company, wooing local support and winning bonus points by promising to contribute 10 per cent of net profits to charities.

Michael Mayes, CEO of Quantum 9, a Chicago-based marijuana industry consultant, predicted Cresco Labs will survive the bumps and the litigation.

“They’re definitely one of the largest players in Illinois,” Mayes said. “With three licenses, there’s plenty to focus on. They’ll be just fine.”

ing firm CohnReznick. “What they’ve decided to do is slow down the pace at which they’re hiring until they have more confidence.”

Last month, the manufacturing, building and government sectors all shed workers. Factories cut 1,000, snapping a 19-month hiring streak.

Construction jobs also fell by 1,000, the first drop in 15 months. Hiring at restaurants plunged from February.

The mining and logging sector, which includes oil drilling, lost 11,000.

Some other categories showed continued gains. Health care added 22,000 workers.

Professional and business services — a sector that includes lawyers, engineers, accountants and office temps — gained 40,000. Financial services expanded by 8,000, and retailers maintained their 12-month pace by adding 25,900.

In addition to reporting sluggish hiring for March, the government revised down its estimate of job gains in February and January by a combined 69,000.

Wage growth in March remained modest. Average hourly wages rose 7 cents to $24.86 an hour. That marked a year-over-year pay increase of just 2.1 per cent. But because average hours worked fell in March for the first time in 15 months, Americans actually earned less on average than they did in February. Tepid pay increases have been a drag on the economy since the Great Recession ended nearly six years ago.

Many Americans remain out of the labour force, partly because many baby boomers are reaching retirement age. The percentage of Americans who are either working or looking for work fell in March to 62.7 per cent, tying the lowest such rate since 1978.

Job growth had been healthy for more than a year before March. Yet the streak of strong hiring, along with cheaper gasoline, hasn’t significantly boosted consumer spending.

The Fed signalled last month that it would be cautious in raising rates from record lows. The Fed has yet to rule out a June rate hike. But many analysts expect the first increase no earlier than September. In part, that’s because Fed officials have revised down the range of unemployment they view as consistent with a healthy economy to 5 per cent to 5.2 per cent from 5.2 per cent to 5.5 per cent previously.

The weak hiring last month could give them further pause about a June rate hike.

U.S. Court refuses to reconsider ruling that dealt blow to insider trading prosecutions NEW YORK — A federal appeals court refused Friday to reconsider a ruling that dealt a blow to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and the prosecution of insider trading on Wall Street.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a one-paragraph ruling turning down a petition from Bharara’s office. It said neither the three-judge panel that made the ruling in December nor the entire court would rehear the case.

The original ruling in December reversed two convictions and appeared to narrow the definition of insider trading.

FISH: U.S. government pressures seafood industry Another 50 from Cambodia came forward in a group ready to leave.

Officials from Myanmar will visit the islands next week to look for more men and start the process of sending them home.

Thai fishermen will not be transported because they are not seen as a security risk since most of the boat captains in Benjina are from Thailand, Burhanuddin said.

Officials from Thailand visited the island earlier this week, but their trip was focused on finding Thai nationals who had been trafficked. They denied mistreatment on the boats and said the crews were all Thai, which directly contradicted what the Indonesians and the AP found.

“We examined the boats and the crews, and the result is most of the crews are happy and a few of them are sick and willing to go home,” said Thai

It said the defendants involved — portfolio managers Anthony Chiasson of New York and Todd Newman of Needham, Massachusetts — were too far removed from the source of inside information to be prosecuted.

The court said the government’s flurry of prosecutions, which produced more than 80 convictions since 2008, was “increasingly targeted at remote tippees many levels removed from corporate insiders.” Prior cases generally involved defendants directly participating in the passing of secrets, the court said.

At the time, Bharara issued a statement saying the ruling “interprets the securities laws in a way that will limit the ability to prosecute people who trade on leaked inside information.”

His office made the same argument in its petition.

The court’s ruling Friday did not say why it turned down the petition.

police Lt. Gen. Saritchai Anekwiang, who was leading the delegation. “Generally, the boat conditions are good.”

The yearlong AP investigation used satellites to track seafood caught by the slaves from a large refrigerated cargo ship in Benjina to Thailand.

The investigation linked the seafood to supply chains of some of America’s largest supermarkets and retailers.

The report prompted the U.S. government and major seafood industry leaders to urge Thailand to end slavery at sea and to punish those responsible. Thailand’s biggest seafood company, Thai Union Frozen Products, announced it was cutting ties with a supplier after determining it might be involved with forced labour and other abuses.

Police are investigating in Benjina and will decide whether to prosecute those involved, said Kedo Arya, head of Maluku province prosecutor’s office.

While excitement and relief flooded through many of the fishermen assembled on the dock, some carrying suitcases or small rucksacks, others looked scared and unsure of what to expect next.

“I’m really happy, but I’m confused,” said Nay Hla Win, 32.

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This grey-black siding gives a Scandinavian vibe to a cabin that at one time was pretty awful.

Roof, siding and windows Blimey — is this really the same house? Of course it is — but oh, the drama. We feel like we’ve aged a thousand years. Thank goodness, then, for a happy outcome.

Take a look at our before shot — a cabin so crappy we considered its full-scale demolition.

Now cast your critical gaze upon our after shot. Gorgeous, huh? The Jurassic scaled project, overseen by Randy Blain (of Randy Blain ConstrucCOLIN & tion) is a joy to JUSTIN behold. Even if looking back at the process makes us want to swoon.

When first we bought the crooked shack, our planned job list was simple: fix, paint and learn to love the house.

And then patch the roof as required.

Our primary ambition? Repair and make good. How we laugh as we recount that innocent ambition.

And yes — we did conduct an inspection but problems still arose for which no one could properly account.

The windows were shot, cloudy, and ready to fall from their rickety frames.

But no drama: we’d already decided upon new black framed glazing to modernize the overall esthetic.

Enter Euro Vinyl Windows and Doors (www.evw.ca), with whom we worked closely to address weight, stress and installation. Thank goodness for company director Chris Meirion: he’s a windows and doors demi-god.

And, conveniently, he’s also a resident on Drag Lake, location of our cottage.

Popping by regularly on his paddle board (we jest ye not!) he carefully worked through concepts, appraised our ideas, drew together plans and hey presto: a taller glazed front apex was added, and wide aperture sliding portals which add commanding sightlines to the lake. Genius. These guys are awesome and Chris took the project to the next level.

Battling a path towards Haliburton Timber Mart (located, conveniently, just a few kilometres from the cottage but with branches cross Canada (visit www.timbermart.ca for your nearest store), we worked with the knowledgeable in store team and specified Cape Cod siding in dramatic grey to create further external drama.

Having developed wonderful trust with Jodanne Aggett (she’s part of the in-store design department, and the one, indeed, who crafted our technical drawings) we felt confident to employ other aspects of the company’s guidance. Haliburton Timber Mart, in fact, became our ‘go-to’ for most associated building supplies.

Jodanne worked with us on site on numerous occasions to re draught internal layouts and was always available to give her expert opinion on anything construction or design related.

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Next stage? Roof repair.

We contacted Dave Baker Roofing (with whom we’d worked during Season One) and, after Randy and his boys had replaced virtually all joists and boards (they were previously rotten and not to code) and insulated with Roxul product to keep everything warm, he positioned Building Products of Canada Corp. (www.bpcan.com)

shingles to provide a tight, hermetic seal against the elements.

We’re thrilled with the results and the grey-black vision is testament to our plan for a tailored, almost Scandinavian vibe.

As we cast our eyes, once more, over the transformation, we can still hardly comprehend its scale. But please don’t mistake our enthusiasm for self-satisfaction: we’re simply proud of the before and after.

And it all comes down to teamwork.

Without Jodanne at Haliburton Lumber and Randy Blain and his contract-

ing apostles, this monolithic rebuild might never have finished. Sure, it’s been a joy (for the most part) but it nearly killed us. That said, there is so much more to reveal. Dive back here next week to see what happens when we undertake the biggest deck install we’ve ever tackled. And hmm: did someone say B.C. red cedar?

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Steve Maxwell in the attic of a tiny home he’s building. Openable skylights, a steep roof pitch and spray foam insulation make the space fully usable.

Smaller houses, better lives TINY HOUSE MOVEMENT IS A RETURN TO SANITY es is a particular interest of mine, and there are three things I’ve learned from the process.

First, you need to get more sophisticated about using space than with ordinary houses.

And you need to do this right from the start. You can’t afford to waste space within the building shell — not even in the attic. Steep roofs with insulation built right into the structure, for instance, are one of the best ways to maximize the living space of a tiny house.

Why waste space under the roof when you could use it for sleep and storage?

Second, tiny houses demand more care when it comes to furnishing and outfitting them. You can’t just walk into a store and buy a couch, a bed or cabinets.

They may fit, but probably not optimally.

They may not fit at all.

I recommend living with the bare

minimum of stuff when you first move into your tiny house, then add things in response to real needs.

Custom making items like shelves and tables is the best way to get them to fit just right.

Even a simple table you build yourself is better than an expensive and fancy one that doesn’t fit your space (or your budget).

Third and finally, the best tiny homes include a transition zone between indoor and outdoor space. The smaller the building is, the more important a little porch or mudroom becomes.

A tiny verandah makes a big difference in a tiny home.

Less financial burden, less cleaning hassles, less maintenance. Could it be that having less money to spend on unnecessary square footage is actually a good thing?

Steve Maxwell is building a tiny house right now. Sign up for his newsletter and connect with Steve at SteveMaxwell.ca.

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Google ‘small house movement’ and ‘tiny house movement’ and you’ll see something remarkable.

Ordinary people are propelling a grass roots trend towards homes that are smaller than 1,000 square feet — some even under the 500-square-foot mark.

This is not a builder-led movement, and the real estate industry is puzzled.

Governments and banks often try to stand in the way with pointless rules about minimum home sizes that are larger than a growing number of Canadians care to own.

And while some people call this a trend, it’s more of a return to the kind of sanity that used to be ordinary when the average Canadian family managed to own a home on a single income while still saving 20 per cent of their pay.

My grandparents moved into a new 900-square-foot brick bungalow in 1953, in an urban neighbourhood of similar houses filled with families that averaged almost four kids each.

Where I live now in rural Canada, it’s easy to find century-old farm houses built smaller than 800 square feet, places that were home to multiple generations from yesteryear, routinely producing families with five, six and seven kids.

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Every survey I see shows young people less likely to own homes these days, or to be older when they finally do buy.

This trend runs across the country, and I always smile when I see pundits scratching their heads about why. I don’t see any mystery.

Young Canadians simply have less buying power than they used to STEVE — about 40 per MAXWELL cent less than they did in the mid-1970s.

Even not-soyoung Canadians in their mid-40s can’t buy as much as they did.

One thing this means is that the entry point for home ownership is less attainable than it once was — at least conventional home ownership, that is.

But since many of us still long for the sense of satisfaction that only a home of our own can deliver, we’re discovering wisdom in the fact that many of us are poorer than earlier generations at the same age. We’re discovering that

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Concrete ideas that flow When I first heard about Keith Crewe, I thought his passion for concrete would make a good story. It fit in with the whole Industrial Chic movement, and readers have been asking me questions about its practicality and also the longevity of the trend.

It didn’t take me long to realize that this column wasn’t simply going to focus on plain, utilitarian concrete countertops for the kitchen or bathroom.

Not that Crewe has anything negative to say about them, but he has so much more to tell.

“Concrete starts out as a fluid medium,” remarks Crewe, “which offers enormous possibilities for creativity.”

The flexibility is what feeds Crewe and allows his DEBBIE imagination to take flight.

TRAVIS Once he realized what could be achieved with this basic building material, it opened up a whole new world of design options for him.

So he now produces concrete countertops, yes, but also concrete table tops, and wall panels and beams and more.

He mixes his own concrete, varying the recipes according to the requirements of each project.

The concrete can be coloured — white, black, earth tones and grey are popular choices.

To further personalize each design, inlays of copper, brass, glass, fossils, whatever you choose can be layered into the mix.

Moulds are built according to individual specs, offering a seamless surface for counters and sinks that can include built-in drain board and soap dish.

There’s similar flexibility with edge design, round, flat and beveled.

Style choice ranges from the sleek white or grey slabs, which have a cool contemporary feel, to pieces created with striations of colour and texture that continue to develop a weathered patina over time.

There are various options for sealing concrete, which is a porous material, but even with a good sealer, care should be taken to wipe up acidic liquids, and use a cutting board.

For the stunning living room shown here, custom concrete wall panels were built along the fireplace wall using vertical moulds so that Crewe could apply

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A dramatic fireplace wall has been created by Keith Crewe using his custom recipes for the concrete slabs. striated veins of colour that run through the slabs like veining in marble.

A rugged thick wood plank sits on a smooth concrete base, positioned as a footrest or table or both.

Wood and concrete make a natural pairing, contrasting warm and cool shades with the feeling of hard and soft surfaces.

Crewe teaches his craft as well as working on consignments. But it’s not work, for Crewe it’s fun, it’s play, it’s always evolving.

Check him out at www.keithcrewe.com.

Fixing black marks on a mirror Dear Debbie: We have a problem with the large mirror in our bathroom. The edges are showing black marks, not mould — it looks like the mirror has peeled off. It’s a good mirror otherwise, do you have

a quick fix? — Renata Dear Renata: What you are seeing on your mirror edges is called desilvering. Moisture and humidity from the bathroom seeps in and removes the silver coating on the back of the mirror.

You can cover up the edges by framing the mirror. Make your own with moulding strips found at the building centre. Choose a style that will enhance your room.

MirrorMate (www.mirrormate.com) is an online source that custom-makes frames that adhere directly onto your mirror. You do not have to remove the mirror from the wall.

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See your home in a whole new light

BY STEPHANIE CAVANAUGH SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE It’s amazing what good lighting can do. Besides making you look more attractive, it can be energizing, relaxing or simply illuminating — accentuating a room’s best features, minimizing the unsavory and making your home a more enjoyable living and entertaining space.

With the plethora of lighting gadgets and gizmos available everywhere from Ikea to Home Depot to Restoration Hardware, just about any effect is possible, and can be done with minimal expense.

Judith Capen, an architect at Architrave Architects in Washington, said there are plenty of inexpensive sources of light that are plenty effective.

Fluorescent fixtures, which can be harsh, are great when used indirectly.

“Put them on top of cabinets where you don’t see the fixture,” she said.

This is not just a kitchen trick.

Consider fluorescents on top of an armoire, or a tall bookcase, anywhere the source is unseen. Puck lights, little round battery-powered LED disks that require no wiring, are also handy for inside cabinets, under shelves and in dark corners. “It’s not about an expensive fixture, but what you can do with it to shape a space,” Capen said.

It is possible to have it all — an ambiance that invites pleasure, relaxation, stimulation and charm — and even disguise a few of a home’s flaws by redirecting the eye to something more pleasing.

“What you want to do is layer the light,” said San Francisco lighting designer Randall Whitehead. “People try to do everything with one fixture, but you want different types of light to successfully illuminate the room. The best rooms use various sources of illumination to create a subtle design.”

The language of light is pretty straightforward. Whitehead, who is also a columnist and author of seven books on residential lighting, said there are four lighting terms everyone should know: ● Task lighting can brightly illuminate your desk, your closet, your kitchen counter, or your bathroom mirror so you don’t slice your throat shaving. ● Decorative lighting includes chandeliers, hanging fixtures in the foyer, and table lamps. “Architectural jewelry,” he calls these. “They are the supermodels of light; they just need to look pretty.” ● Accent or directed lighting highlights objects in a room. “Museums traditionally use a directed light on each piece of art and statuary,” he said. “It’s spotty, but dramatic.” However, when overused in a residential setting, “accent lighting can imply that what you own is more important than the people in the room.” ● That’s where ambient lighting comes in. We might call it the umami of illumination that bounces light around, blending all of the effects together and making the eye do a happy dance. This type of indirect illumination is the least understood and implemented but potentially the most bewitching element in any lighting scheme. “Add it and you become the star of your own home — as important as the objects in the space,” Whitehead said.

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Crystal chandeliers are what designer Randal Whitehead calls architectural jewelry. The supermodels of light; they just need to look pretty. nificant. Examples are cove lighting at the top of a wall, or matte-black metal torchiers that simply throw light into a space, or uplights that sit on the floor behind large plants and create shadow patterns across a ceiling.

Just be cautious with the light you select. LEDs are becoming more attractive in design and quality of illumination, “but a lot of what’s out there is too cool a light, a color not neat on skin tones. People look ghostly,” he said.

“Look for warmer bulbs, particularly those called ‘dimmed incandescent.’ “ To put it all together, “start with the people and then add art and architecture,” said Whitehead. The living room of an apartment Whitehead designed in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill demonstrates the interplay.

“The first thing you see is the beautiful, subtle leaf pattern projected on the ceiling,” he said. Shooting light upward from an LED fixture fitted with a dramatic stencil pattern makes the space feel larger and a rather bland, low ceiling seem more interesting.

An unearthly lantern that resembles a stainless-steel pod dangles at one side of the room. This is the architectural jewelry — “it’s not really providing illumination, just an illusion,”

Whitehead said.

Recessed lights highlight the coffee table, the fireplace and artwork. “Recessed fixtures should not be directed over seating, it’s harsh — an uncomfortable light to be under,” he said.

Fading into the far left corner of the room is a black shaded lamp “that throws light up for ambiance and down for reading on the sofa. It functions like a torchier,” providing light without calling attention to itself.

The lights mounted outside and above the sliding glass doors to the terrace visually expand the space so the room feels as large as it does during the day. Without them, he said, “you create a black-mirror effect; you can’t see out and are closing off the room.”

The result is a room shaped by layers of light, easily adjusting to the needs of the homeowners, whether they are chilling in front of the fire or entertaining a roomful of guests.

Too often, however, our homes look their best only when they’re put on the

market for sale.

“Lighting is an easy, cheap and simple way of updating the look of virtually any room in your house,” said real estate agent Ryall Smith of Coldwell Banker in Washington, who shared a few quick and inexpensive tricks he uses when staging homes.

“Dark corners suck the energy out of a room,” said Smith. “Take a look at your living room and dining room and put in uplights.”

Little lamps can make for big transformations. “Most kitchens, for example, have only overhead lighting,” he said. “Buy two small lamps and put them in corners, or maybe one in the dark triangle behind the sink, or on a stretch of granite counter. You won’t need the overheads, and it creates a homey, warm feeling.”

Like moths, humans gravitate toward the brightest light. If you don’t want your guests to congregate in the kitchen during a party, turn on those little lamps and turn off the overhead.

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Introducing kids to gardening ing. A sunny patio or apartment balcony can hold a few pots with herbs, strawberries, or cherry tomatoes. Just be sure to water them often, as containers tend to dry out more quickly in the middle of a hot summer.

— Encourage exploration in the dirt. Let your child get messy, dig in the dirt, hold earthworms, turn compost, and make mud pies. Part of the fun of gardening is the sensory exploration involved. Childsized shovels, hoes, rakes, and wheelbarrows are available and encourage children to work alongside you.

— Help children plant fun plants. Plants that grow quickly are really rewarding for children who can become impatient easily. Sunflowers grow quickly, seemingly before your eyes, and have large seeds that are easy for children to plant. Let your child plant a row of sunflowers in a sunny spot and count the days until they grow taller than your child! Plus, the large blooms will attract all sorts of pollinators to your garden.

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Despite a long and particularly snow-laden winter for many parts of the country, warm weather is just around the corner. In many places, spring daffodils and crocuses have popped up out of the soil as the ground thaws and the sunshine warms the earth. It is time to start thinking about that vegetable garden.

Spring brings not only hope of warm sunshine but also ever-changing plans for our vegetable garden.

Every year, it’s something slightly different; year one, our boys were small but eager, planting seeds with pudgy fingers deep into the mud, then tromping over them clumsily and forgetting. Year two brought the overzealous weeding that resulted in fewer kale plants but plenty of “weed” piles added to a large compost heap full of fat earthworms happy for the abundance of organic material to devour. Year three resulted in an expanded garden that included a stick teepee hideout with bean plants climbing high to shade the little boys squatting within. During year four, strawberry plants were stripped daily; not a single berry made it to the kitchen, but instead were devoured by sticky little hands eager to taste sunripened fruit. This year we will plant our usual cucumbers and tomatoes, beans, kale, spinach, beets, carrots, squash, and peppers with hope that it will teach our boys the delicate process of where our food comes from, and also inspire them to taste and enjoy a wide variety of vegetables.

Gardening is a lot of work — it’s muddy and messy, and sometimes pests or weather can destroy best laid plans. So why bother? The benefits of gardening for children are many. Children learn responsibility, cause-and-effect, and a greater understanding and appreciation for nature and its workings. A child who gardens has a better understanding of where her food comes from and an appreciation of the process and work that goes into producing healthy food. A seed patiently nurtured and protected will grow and produce and give back, and all that hard work can boost a child’s confidence. Plus, gardening is excellent physical activity: there’s activity in tilling the soil, carting fresh compost by wheelbarrow, seed-planting, then weeding and watering, and maintenance of the garden.

Another benefit to gardening is obvious: nutrition.

Our boys are hesitant to eat many vegetables placed on their plates at dinner time, but they willingly and happily munch on fresh cucumbers, berries, snap peas, peppers, mint, basil, and even raw kale leaves they have plucked from the garden themselves. Sunwarmed cherry tomatoes are sweet as candy; sugar snap peas split open to reveal tender peas within. It takes serious restraint to refrain from doing a happy dance every time I catch my boys harvesting and enjoying a vegetable from the garden.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of all was the discovery that our children would seek out the garden just to spend time there. There is so much life to explore! Crouched amid kale plants three feet high, they pick caterpillars off the leaves and collect them in small buckets. They gently scoop up ladybugs and earthworms to examine them. The occasional praying mantis brings shrieks of glee. Last summer they even befriended a large toad, named it “Big Mama,” and habitually fed her small slugs by hand every morning until she was fat and round as a peach. With so much time spent in the garden, our boys began to learn about the flora and fauna within; by July, they could each identify every plant, including the many

herbs, and differentiate between what was a weed and what was food.

They knew to spray the white cabbage butterflies with the hose whenever they saw them landing on the kale to lay their eggs — lovely creatures whose offspring would devour an entire crop of kale within weeks. All in all, gardening brings our family tremendous joy. Here are some tips on introducing simple gardening to your children or starting a vegetable garden of your own.

— Start small. Before you introduce a full-out garden to your children, you can show them the basics through simple projects. A growing jar is a great way to start: fill a medium-sized jar with a damp paper towel, place a few dry beans between the inside of the jar and the moist paper towel, and place in a sunny window. Leave the jar lid off and add water every few days to keep the towel moist, then note the changes in the bean as it sprouts and begins to grow.

— Try container gardening. You don’t need a yard or large plot of land to reap the benefits of garden-

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Contemporary cross-stitch patterns are creative, edgy Call it subversive stitchery. Alternative embroidery. Today’s home samplers include everything from Kanye West tweets to tattoo designs.

Jamie Chalmers, a burly, bearded fellow who lives in Bedford, England, calls himself a “manbroiderer.” He runs a blog and wrote a book, Push Stitchery: 30 Artists Explore the Boundaries of Stitched Art. “About 12 years ago, I bought a cross-stitch pattern as something to do while on a long plane journey. I was motivated by the juxtaposition of being a big man doing a tiny little cross stitch, but once I got into it, I really enjoyed it,” he says. “I started Mr. X Stitch as a way of showcasing contemporary embroidery from around the world, challenging the common paradigm that stitching is just for little old ladies.

“One of the reasons people like learning from me is that I’m big, bald, straight and tattooed, and if I like embroidery, then anyone can like it,” he says. (www.mrxstitch.com ) Pop culture translated into cross stitch may be edgy, irreverent and funny.

Picture a sampler stitched with lyrics from Stephen Sondheim or Snoop Dogg; scenes from Poltergeist or Harry Potter; portraits of Lena Dunham or Grumpy Cat; cross-stitched burgers, asparagus, cupcakes or kimchi.

You get the idea.

Singapore-based artist Teresa Lim stitches scenes from her travels — a bridge in Prague, a park in Tokyo, a field of German sheep.

“Embroidering a place instead of taking a photo makes a difference.

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This photo provided by Jen Eggleston/RandomlyGenerated, shows a map of Westeros, from Game of Thrones . draw or embroider, your eye picks out so much more detail,” she says. “After I complete a piece, I feel like I actually KNOW the place.” (www.teeteeheehee.

com ) Jacqueline and Christopher Gable of St. Catherines, Ontario, run a blog called Wee Little Stitches. They’ve

found a niche rendering the casts of movies and TV series like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and The Big Bang Theory into pixels for cross stitching.

Why pixels?

“The neat thing about pixels is that they translate exactly in to cross-stitch designs — in fact, it could be said that cross-stitching is the original pixel art,” laughs Jacqueline.

“I think my favourite is the Golden Girls pattern. I have such fond memories of watching the show with my grandmother,” she says. (www.etsy. com/shop/weelittlestitches ) Emily Peacock stitches alphabets and phrases like “Think Happy Thoughts,” using colorful, groovy typefaces with a happy-go-lucky vibe.

The artist, based in Buckinghamshire, England, says her background in graphic design, and fascination with fonts and uplifting themes inform her ideas.

“I love the vibrancy of folk art and the simplicity of mid-century design.

I have an idea, sketch it out and then turn up the volume so that the effect is eye-catching and immediate — I like designs that demand your attention as you enter a room,” she says. “I play a lot with colour and can feel a sort of ’yes’ moment when the colour balance is right. Then I know I can start stitching.” (www.etsy.com/shop/emilypeacocktapestry ) Want the entire Game of Thrones Westeros map in cross stitch? That’s the top-seller at Jen Eggleston’s Etsy. com shop. Eggleston, of Vancouver, British Columbia, also has riffed on National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and Mad Men. She recently completed an ambitious design that shows the self-destruct sequence on the spaceship in Alien. (www.etsy.com/shop/randomlygenerated )

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LIFESTYLE

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Mother has to respect relationships Dear Annie: I am the mother of a I try not to mention either my father or 4-year-old girl. My mother, “Edna,” Kitty when my mom is around, knowing watches her for a few hours every Fri- she is still quite bitter. But I am aware day while I’m at work. that she tries to pry informaLast Friday, after tion out of my daughter.

I brought my daughI know my mother’s feelings ter home, she told me, are still hurt, but my daughter “Grandma was crying doesn’t understand why she today and told me that shouldn’t call my father’s fi‘Grandma Kitty’ is not my ancee “Grandma Kitty.” grandma.”

This woman has been in Annie, Grandma Kitty her life since the day she was is my Dad’s fiancee. Kitborn. How can I get my mom ty was the reason for my to accept this? — Too Many parents’ divorce 12 years Grandmas ago. Dad and Kitty have Dear Too: Acceptance may been together ever since. be asking too much. But you MITCHELL I have managed to forgive can certainly set boundaries both of them for their afand make them stick. & SUGAR fair, and we visit them Tell your mother that the weekly. subject of Grandma Kitty is We have found it easioff limits when she is with est to differentiate beyour daughter. tween grandmothers by saying, “GrandMake it clear that if she continues to ma Edna,” “Grandma Kitty” and, for use your child as a weapon against Kitmy husband’s mom, “Grandma Dina.” ty, she will not be permitted to babysit.

ANNIE ANNIE

HOROSCOPES Saturday, April 4 behind in the dust. Use it as an opportunity CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: to initiate ideas, create new streams of inRobert Downey Jr. 50; Amanda Righetti 32 come or power through personal projects THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Lunar you’ve had sitting on the backburner.

Eclipse heightens emotions and quickens GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t think responses. small! This week’s marvelous mercurial asHAPPY BIRTHDAY: 2015 is the year pects are all about expanding your mental to get the balance right between being in- horizons, exploring innovative ideas and novative and impulsive; smart and sponta- attracting fabulous mentors into your world. neous. Sometimes it’s a good idea to think Venus vamps into your sign on Sunday, so things through before you pounce! it’s the ideal time to indulge in some body ARIES (March 21-April 19): Rams are pampering, fall in love or call in a few old mighty rambunctious, as the Lunar Eclipse favours. stirs up your temperamental side. If you CANCER (June 21-July 22): All eyes keep busy with interesting projare on you as the planets boost ects, you’ll feel less inclined to your public profile. An unexpectbe disruptive and demanding. ed opportunity could open up inTAURUS (April 20-May volving education, business, paid 20): Bulls — have you got any employment or volunteer work. bad habits? The Lunar Eclipse No more side-stepping — it’s energizes your wellbeing zone, time to be a confident Crab! But and shines a spotlight on diavoid using emotional blackmail etary or lifestyle choices that to coerce a loved one into domay be compromising your ing what you think they should health and vitality. be doing. Let them make their GEMINI (May 21-June 20): own choices — and their own The Lunar Eclipse fires up your mistakes.

JOANNE entertainment zone so it’s time LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t MADELEINE to be a gregarious Gemini. let overconfidence (and over-exuMOORE’ You’re full of beans and ready berance) trip you up this week Lito shop, see a movie, go to a SUN SIGNS ons. With six planets in fire signs, concert, hit the clubs or party you’re amped up and ready to with friends. perform as you to let your hair CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re down and overdo just about everything! at your charming best — and disruptive Creative collaboration will take you a lot worst — this weekend. The Lunar Eclipse further than working as a solo operator. amps up your energy and stirs up your VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your talent cantankerous side. Aim to be a Crab with a for observation, research, puzzles and ferworthy cause. reting out secrets is highlighted this week, LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When it comes as the stars super-charge your mercurial to communication and travel, expect the mind. Strive to criticise less and encourage unexpected this weekend Lions. If you are more as you support a child, teenager or adaptable and go with the flow, then the friend who is going through a difficult patch. disruptions won’t bother you too much.

Not sure what to say? Jupiter urges you VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Full to listen to your inner voice Virgo — it will Moon, Mercury and Uranus all shine a glar- point you in the right direction. ing spotlight on money matters ATM. It’s LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A loved one, time to concentrate on budgeting rather friend, business partner or rival could stun than borrowing — and saving rather than you by making a surprise move. So make spending. sure you’re ready with a few fast moves of LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With the Lu- your own! Uranus encourages you to blast nar Eclipse in your sign, your appreciation away the cobwebs and look at things from of beauty, art and music is heightened. So a fresh angle. Singles — are you fed up it’s a great time to catch a concert, an art with dating disasters? The planets urge exhibition, or something else that inspires you to look for love in unusual places, as you. you pair up with someone who’s not your SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you’re usual type. too set in your ways then you’re in for an SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Feelunsettling time, as the Lunar Eclipse dis- ing bored? It’s time to ricochet out of your rupts your usual routine. The more flexible usual routine and do something completeyou, the better the Easter weekend will be. ly different. Variety is the spice of life, as SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): All you experiment with exciting new activities sorts of surprises are waiting for you, as — especially involving sport, publishing, your weekend plans are thrown out the politics, travel or education. If you want to window. Single Archers — keep on your avoid ongoing problems and power strugtoes because love and work are linked in gles, then you’ll have to graciously let go unexpected ways! and move on.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): PreSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This pare for some upheaval this weekend, as week’s fiery stars are fabulous for romance, the Lunar Eclipse shakes up things on the children, friends, hobbies, sport, entertainhome front. If you’ve been stuck in a do- ment and creative projects. And situations mestic rut, it might be just what the doctor involving education, publishing, legal matordered! ters, travel or international connections that AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Re- have been in a holding pattern since Demember there is a fine line between reck- cember should start to improve as Jupiter less behaviour — resulting in regrets; and (your ruling planet) moves forwards midspontaneous action — leading to success. week.

Hopefully you’ll be able to walk that fine CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capline this weekend. ricorns are conscientious and ambitious.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The focus As Pluto transits slowly through your sign, is on lust and loot as the Lunar Eclipse it intensifies your tendency to be obsessive brings up unresolved issues. An intimate and focus on perceived failures — before relationship could soar or crash, depend- you finally get to the stage where you can ing on how committed you are, emotionally transform your life, like the butterfly emergand financially. ing from the chrysalis. This week it’s time to count your blessings — especially involving Sunday, April 5 home, family or health.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Avoid Hayley Atwell, 33; Mitch Pileggi, 63 being a lone wolf. This week’s electric THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s stars planetary aspects help you communicate make for an intense and unpredictable day. your innovative ideas with extra pizzazz, HAPPY BIRTHDAY: In 2015 the winds as smart Aquarians connect with like-mindof change will challenge you to be more ed souls via joint ventures with influential emotionally flexible. Don’t waste this op- people. Are you still searching for your soul portunity to make your life a more authentic mate? Don’t dismiss the offer of an introexpression of the real you. duction from a relative, as love and family ARIES (March 21-April 19): The pace are linked. picks up as the Sun, Mercury and Uranus PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When it all connect in Aries and turbo-charge your comes to a work project, it will take time fiery energy. So the week looks wonderfully and effort to expand your knowledge base. positive — with one big proviso. Be careful And do you have a financial issue that’s what you blurt out. Words have the ability worrying you? Look at the situation with to wound and — if you don’t self-edit — a completely fresh set of eyes. As fellow then you could end up with a messy misun- Piscean Albert Einstein said, “We cannot derstanding on your hands. solve our problems with the same thinking TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Calling we used when we created them.” all languid Bulls. With this week’s spontaJoanne Madeline Moore is an internaneous stars (ditto Mars in your sign and tionally syndicated astrologer and columVenus zooming into gung-ho Gemini) if you nist. Her column appears daily in the Addon’t pick up the pace then you’ll just be left vocate.

And mean it, even if you have to hire someone to replace her.

Mom has to learn to respect the relationships you have created for your daughter and not undermine your authority as a parent. Kitty is going to be a part of your daughter’s life for the foreseeable future.

Twelve years is a long time for Mom to hold onto this grudge and be so bitter. Suggest to her that she get some counseling so she can move forward with her life.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Also a Grandma-To-Be,” who disliked the burden of being invited to “sprinkles” for second and third babies. I’d like to share a positive spin on this tradition.

When I was pregnant with my third child, we didn’t need any baby items.

However, my wonderful sister-inlaw, who is of the opinion that every baby should be celebrated with a shower, gave me a “Diapers and Dinners” sprinkle.

This was a small party for close family and friends, and everyone brought a frozen meal, a restaurant gift card or a pack of diapers.

Everyone had a fun time having brunch at the party, and it was a tremendous blessing to me after the baby was born to have food and diapers ready to go.

It made those first crazy weeks so much easier. — Mom of Three Dear Mom: Your sister-in-law did it right: She only invited close family and friends who would not find this to be a burden, made it specific to your needs, and kept the gifting to a reasonable amount.

We approve.

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.

SUPERB SOCCER TEAMS

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The Red Deer Renegades won the Alberta U18 Tier 2 girls indoor soccer championship March 15 at the Collicutt Centre.

The Red Deer Renegades captured the provincial U18 Tier 2 boys indoor soccer championship March 15 at the Collicutt Centre.

Synik Clothing FC captured the Central Alberta Men’s Indoor Soccer League championship in March with a 3-1 win over CUC. Synik also placed first in regular-season play with a record of 15-2-1. The team played in the in Alberta men’s provincials in Lethbridge, posting a 1-1-1 slate. SynikFC will hold open tryouts in April. Anyone interested in attending the sessions can look online at www.synikfc.com for contact information.

Back row L-R — Coach Andrew Vanderburg, Dave Francoeur, Reza Boroumand, Dominik Kropacek, Steve Kelly, Emmanuel Drame, Anthony Duqus, Nelson Waziri, Cole Grantham; middle row L-R — Levgen Zhmakin, Edem Mamutov, Elton Clemence; front row L-R — Anatolii Merkum, Ivan Mosquera, Jordan Henderson, Mojtab Zaher, Jhojanner Amaris; missing — Todd Alexander, Roman Bebikh, Sean Gregg.

STOLEN FORKLIFT

Police: Alaska man crashed pickup truck, stole forklift while intoxicated to retrieve it FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Police in Fairbanks, Alaska, say a 21-year-old man drove a stolen forklift more than 3 miles while intoxicated to retrieve a truck he crashed.

Police Lt. Matt Soden says just before 6 a.m. Monday, Aleksandr Glushko of Delta Junction drove off a road in a pickup and crashed into pipe stacked in a company yard.

The pickup was left straddling pipe.

Police say Glushko then walked to George Horner Ice Park, stole a forklift and drove off with it.

An Alaska Railroad worker spotted the forklift driving by the crash site. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports police were at the scene when Glushko looped back.

Glushko has been charged with felony driving under the influence of alcohol. He remained jailed Tuesday.

A message seeking comment from the Public Defender Agency wasn’t immediately returned.

Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, http://www. newsminer.com

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LUANN April 4 1986 — Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky gets three assists to break his own single-season record for assists, and also sets a singleseason NHL record with his 213th point.

1968 — Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated at the age of 39.

1966 — Canada starts a five-year, $350,000 project to help increase wheat production in Kenya. It is an environmental fiasco.

1949 — Canada signs the North Atlantic Treaty and becomes a founding member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

1947 — Founding of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with headquarters in Montreal.

1918 — Cabinet passes wartime order-incouncil stipulating that every male between 16 and 60 be regularly employed.

1896 — News of the Yukon’s Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world.

1858 — Start of the Fraser River gold rush in British Columbia.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

TUNDRA

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

SHERMAN‛S LAGOON

Solution

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Islam to grow fastest among major faiths in the next four decades

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Over the next four decades, Islam is expected to grow faster than any other major religion worldwide, with the Muslim population nearly matching Christians in both number and share of the global population, according to projections released Thursday.

Christians will remain the largest religious group, increasing to 2.92 billion adherents by 2050 if current demographic trends continue. But Muslims will reach 2.76 billion, making each faith group about 30 per cent of the world population, analysts from the Pew Research Center said.

The projections in the report, “The Future of World Religions,” are based on birth and death rates, immigration patterns and rates of religious conversions, among other information found in censuses, demographic surveys and additional reports that asked people to identify what faith they follow.

Much of the growth of both Christianity and Islam will occur in Africa.

But Muslims will also grow to comprise 10 per cent of Europe’s population and will outnumber Jews in the U.S. by mid-century.

Vatican hopes to avoid financial scandals during Jubilee VATICAN CITY — The Vatican finance minister said Tuesday he hopes to avoid financial scandal with the upcoming Jubilee Year, saying the plans will be subject to new Vatican procedures to ensure they follow international standards for transparency and accountability.

Cardinal George Pell outlined the Vatican’s financial reform during a conference to launch a book on better managing church assets — a priority for Pope Francis after years of financial scandals and misman-

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India is expected to retain a Hindu majority, but the country will surpass Indonesia as the nation with the world’s largest Muslim population. As a group, Muslims are younger and have more children than members of other faiths, driving their global growth, researchers said.

The report is the latest to measure how Christianity in developing countries is far outpacing the growth of the faith in the West. By 2050, 4 in 10 Christians are expected to be located in Africa. And Christians will no longer be a majority in the United Kingdom, France and Australia.

Atheists, agnostics and people who don’t identify with a religion will increase in much of Europe and North America, but globally will drop from about 16 per cent to 13 per cent of the population. Within the U.S., people with no religious affiliation are projected to become more than a quarter of the population, while the share of Christians is expected to decrease from more than three-quarters to two-thirds.

The number of Buddhists will remain about the same, but because of overall global population growth, will comprise a smaller share of the world’s population. Hindus will grow to reach 1.4 billion people.

Worldwide, the number of Jews is expected to grow by about 16 per cent to 16.1 million. agement at the Holy See. Francis announced the Jubilee Year earlier this month to focus the church on his priority: mercy. It immediately set off panic among Rome officials who remember well the chaos that surrounded the 2000 Jubilee, when some 25 million pilgrims flocked to the Eternal City to mark the start of Christianity’s third millennium. Millions were spent cleaning up monuments and constructing new buildings.

The Jubilee Year, starting Dec. 8, is only the 27th in the history of the Catholic Church. Such years allow the faithful to receive special indulgences, ways to repair the damage of sin beyond the absolution granted by going to confession.

Living Faith Lutheran Church invites everyone to Sunday Worship at Bethany CollegeSide at 10 a.m. Contact Ralph at 403-3479852. Coffee and fellowship follow service.

Living Faith is a North American Lutheran Church Congregation. See www.livingfaithlcrd.org, contact Ralph at 403-347-9852 or John at 403-341-4022.

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Heartland Cowboy Church will be held the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Stettler Agriplex. Cowboy church will be held April 7 and 21. Phone 403-7424273.

CrossRoads Church Seniors Gems monthly luncheon is offered on the second Tuesday of each month from noon to 2 p.m. in the Chapel. All seniors invited. The cost is $8 at the door. Phone 403-347-6425. On April 7. hear speaker Paul Estrobrook.

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Boomtown Trail Cowboy Church meets the second and last Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Elnora Drop In Centre, next April 8 and 22. Cowboy boots and hats welcome. For more information, call 403-7493361.

UPCOMING EVENTS

CrossRoads Church Seniors are organizing a bus trip to Rosebud Theatre to see the play The Miracle Worker on May 13. Cost is $85 per person, lunch included. For tickets and information, phone 403-347-6425.

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Easter with us

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Cheating wife rocks husband’s world Dear Harlan; I recently found out that my wife of consumed by the guy she’s talking to.

32 years has been cheating with a neighbor who is She buys her groceries based on his favorite foods. almost 20 years younger than her.

She’s only happy when he’s happy. He’s all she talks She seems to be the only person besides his par- about, and she rearranges her life according to his. I ents who likes him - I am not kidding. don’t know what to do about it.

This has been horrible for me even I hate being around her when she’s like though she has moved away. I could nevthis. — Irrititated er trust her again. One minute she’s anDear Irritated; She’s a pleaser. You’re gry with her new man; the next minute not. It’s not pleasing to watch someone he’s perfect. work so hard to please other people when How do I find a way to calm down it’s not in your nature to work so hard to about this even though I don’t have to please someone else. deal with her again, and will never take Instead of trying to change or judge her, her back? The stress is horrible. — Bewhy not try to understand her? There is a yond Stressed way to approach her without sounding like Dear Stressed; When your life partner a judgmental monster. Ask her why she of 32 years betrays your trust, your world works so hard to make others happy. Ask if is going to be rocked to the core. It’s beshe’s happy. yond dramatic.

Find out about her family life. You might Right now, don’t look for answers or discover she comes from a dysfunctional HARLAN try to make sense of this craziness. You and abusive home where she was abanCOHEN need a solid foundation that doesn’t indoned, and serving others is her way of clude her. You need balance and staguarding herself from the pain. She might bility. You need to move forward. Lean be overcompensating. Maybe you can be a on family who can support you. Find sympathetic friend instead of a judgmental friends who you can talk to. Find a therapist who can roommate. guide you. Find a support group to lean on. Do some Dear Harlan; I’m in a long-distance relationship. reading.

We dated last year and then he had to move away for Check out Not Just Friends: Rebuilding Trust and his job.

Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity by Shirley I visited over winter break and we reconnected Glass, and After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Re- and decided to start dating long-distance. We’re building Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful by great together, but he’s shared with me that he Janis A. Spring. doesn’t want us to get too serious, but he doesn’t Once you do find your footing, you can try to make want to break up. sense of this. There must have been warning signs.

He’s thinking about moving to another country, Cheaters aren’t happy, balanced and fulfilled peo- once again for his job, and I still have two more years ple. They don’t cheat because they are strong com- of school left. municators. They do it for a lot of other reasons.

Should we just break up? — Uncertain Thirty-two-year marriages don’t fall apart overnight.

Dear Uncertain; Your boyfriend is quite the roWhat was your role? Were you indifferent, unappre- mantic. Let me clear this up: What do YOU want? ciative or controlling? Did she try to communicate? Forget about him.

Did you listen?

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Focus on what you want. If he can’t give it to you, then find someone who can.

Who knows? Once he experiences life without you, maybe he’ll realize he can’t be without you.

Dear Harlan; I was talking to a guy off and on for a while. He didn’t really treat me that well, but he had his moments.

I still care a lot about him, and even though he ended things, I’m having a tough time getting over him. How can I get over him? — Stuck Dear Stuck; You should run away. Don’t spend time with him. Your time is worth so much more.

Here’s what your question tells me: You’re awful at dating.

You don’t meet a lot of men. You don’t believe you deserve better. You make excuses for inexcusable behavior. You don’t demand respect. You have terrible self-esteem. You’re lonely, need more interests and more friends.

When you have so little self-worth and someone gives you so little attention, it’s hard to move on — even if he’s a big loser. But when you know you’re good enough and surround yourself with people who will never let you forget it, it’s easy to get over the losers who use you and discard you.

Dear Harlan; How do you talk to a friend who you think is in a bad (not abusive, but just poor) relationship?

I think it would be best for the two of them to go their separate ways, but they’re very comfortable together and don’t want to be vulnerable.

How can I help her see that this isn’t healthy? — Worried Watcher Dear Worried; No sending brutally honest email or video messages. Should they get married, he will see it and he will hate you.

Be a best friend, but never make her choose between you and him. Show her what it’s like to be in great relationships. Be there for her. Invite her to do things with you. Encourage her to challenge herself.

Go on trips, take on physical challenges together, encourage her to develop interests outside of him.

The more she grows as an individual, the more power she will have to go her separate way. If she doesn’t let you in her life, ask for one night a week.

But never make her choose between you and him.

The friend always loses.

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‘Bloodborne’ for patient gamers There’s something masochistic about video gamers. Even if you’re playing an innocuous-looking game like Pac-Man, you will be killed dozens of times before you get any good.

Bloodborne (Sony, for the PlayStation 4, $59.99) doesn’t waste any time getting to the hard stuff. Almost immediately after it starts, you get eaten by a werewolf. Sure, you get reincarnated and armed with a couple of flimsy weapons, but if you aren’t prepared to die — over and over and over — you won’t get very far.

Bloodborne is the latest torture device from evil genius Hidetaka Miyazaki and his Tokyo-based studio, From Software. Starting with 2009’s Demon’s Souls, Miyazaki and company have developed a reputation as the cruelest game designers in the world.

If you relished the challenge of their “Souls” adventures, you’ll love Bloodborne. If you hated those games — well, their new ordeal won’t change your mind.

Once you get past that werewolf, you’ll find yourself in a sprawling city called Yharnam, where majestic Gothic towers loom over gore-drenched streets.

A nasty illness has overcome most of the populace, and the few remaining humans seem to hold you responsible. Those survivors are relatively easy to dis-

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I admire its uncompromising vision — but I don’t particularly like it.

Two stars out of four.

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It’s the creatures that have mutated — bloodthirsty lycanthropes, sledgehammer-wielding behemoths — that will send you screaming into the afterlife.

You’re initially armed with two devices: a melee weapon that can be extended for longer-range attacks and a firearm that seems almost comically ineffective.

Gamers who are used to cutting a swath through hapless enemies will lose quickly. You need to approach each encounter cautiously and learn to depend on your “dodge” button. Eventually, you get used to the attack-dodge-attack rhythm needed to defeat most of Yharnam’s creatures — until you stumble upon one of the game’s vicious boss battles.

Those guys, like the axe-wielding lunatic Father Gascoigne and the tree-sized Cleric Beast, are less predictable, and you’ll need some trial and error before you can figure out their attacks. Even then, the bosses typically transform into something even nastier midbattle, requiring an entirely different strategy.

If you lose, you get sent back to your last game save, at which point you have to slog your way back through the horde of lesser enemies you’ve already defeated and make your way back. Here’s the spot where many players will slam down their controllers in frustration — not at losing a boss battle, but at having to retrace all the tedious steps that led up to that fight.

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