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Double fatal near Sundre BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

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With his sister Valentina looking on Luis Aristizabal puts some finishing touches on an Easter egg during an Eggstravaganza activity that took place at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Several children and their parents took in the Easter Monday activities at the museum. The movie ‘Hop’ was playing in the Capital Theatre venue in the museum, while a scavenger hunt and egg decorating kept others busy.

Atwood critical of Bill C-51 ANTI-TERRORISM BILL GOES TOO FAR, AUTHOR WARNS BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

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Renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood added her voice to a growing chorus opposing the federal government’s anti-terrorism bill. All Canadians should be concerned about Bill C-51 — “it’s not only about where you live, but what you had for breakfast,” said Atwood, who spoke at Red Deer College Monday as part of its Perspectives: Canada in the World series. The new bill, introduced in January by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, would grant greater powers to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and allow federal institutions to access

all information government departments have on any Canadian. There are concerns this could curtail internationally-guaranteed human rights such as liberty, privacy and freedom of expression. “You are more likely to die in a hospital from a super bug than be blown up in a terrorist attack. Where is the research money for super bugs?” Atwood said, to enthusiastic applause from the audience. The Booker Prize-winning author of The Blind Assassin and other novels, books of poetry, short stories and essays, told a full-house crowd to “keep your eyes open” for power grabs. As

someone who lived through the Second World War as a young child, the 75-year-old said she’s not a fan of governments that seek to control all information and speech. “Why not? Because they shoot people like me . . . unless they write propaganda for the regime . . .” Canada’s most famous author was asked to speak on the creative process — and she did. But she also addressed political topics at a question and answer period after her lecture. Alluding to criticism about Harper’s government suppressing scientific research, Atwood suggested citizens have the right to see the results of studies done at the taxpayers’ expense.

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Easter Sunday was marred by tragedy when two people died and two others received serious injuries after a truck crashed near Sundre. The single-vehicle rollover of the pickup truck occurred at about 10 p.m. on Hwy 22, near Township Road 340, about 10 km north of the town. There were four occupants — two men and two women. Both men died at the scene. RCMP said the vehicle appeared to have left the highway, rolled and then came to a rest upright. Adam Loria, a paramedic and public education officer with Alberta Health Services in Calgary, said that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) paramedics from Sundre, Didsbury, Caroline and STARS Air Ambulance responded to the rollover. They found an extensively damaged pickup truck and four people. Paramedics determined the two men to be deceased on scene as a result of their injuries. There was no resuscitation attempted on the two men, Loria said. Paramedics then turned their efforts to the two other occupants. The driver, a woman believed to be in her mid-30s, had multiple injuries and was unconscious. She was given advanced life support treatment by ground paramedics while she was still trapped in the wreckage. She was subsequently airlifted to the Foothills Medical Centre by STARS and her condition at that time was considered critical and life-threatening, Loria said. The second woman, believe to be in her late 40s, was transported to the Foothills Medical Centre by ground paramedics in non-life-threatening condition. She was ejected from the truck at the time of the collision and suffered serious multiple soft-tissue injuries.

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Central Albertans reminded to leave baby wildlife alone BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF It’s baby bunny season and, as always, Medicine River Wildlife Centre recommends a hands-off approach. Executive director Carol Kelly said people should leave baby bunnies alone unless they are injured or you know that the mother is dead. “I’m expecting the next phone call to be about the first wave of baby bunnies,” said Kelly on Monday about the babies born from the first breeding of the spring season. She said from April to late August, the jackrabbits that people see in urban areas will breed four times. Each wave could bring one to four dozen bunnies to wildlife centre. And many don’t need to be there. “There are tons of babies that will be born. Unless there is a bad situation that you need our help with, leave

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them where they are. The mother bunny knows what she’s doing.” She said one exception is if a baby bunny is spotted on the road. In that case, people should carefully and quickly pick it up in their hands and put it under the nearest bush. “The only defence they have is to sit absolutely still so because they sit still, people mistake that they like them.” Petting or handling a wild baby bunny causes it extreme stress and they can die of capture myopathy, she said. Kelly said a few years ago she heard from a woman who stopped worrying about baby bunnies in her yard after she saw how a mother hare took care of her babies. “(The mother hare) put out this call we can’t hear. All five babies ran to her, scooched underneath her, nursed for a few minutes, then they all ran away again,” Kelly said.

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Experts identify likely location of future earthquake BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Experts studying the secondbiggest earthquake measured in Canadian history have zeroed in on the Pacific archipelago of Haida Gwaii as the likely source of a future large quake and tsunami. The earthquake off British Columbia’s coast in October 2012 relieved some of the region’s tectonic strain, but new research shows the shifting also increased pressure immediately south of the islands along the Queen Charlotte Fault. “What this has done in essence is raise the possibility of future thrust earthquakes and tsunamis along this part of the British Columbia margin,” said Thomas James, a researcher with the Geological Survey of Canada. James is one of the lead authors of a compendium of studies analyzing various facets of the recent earthquake, most of which were published Monday in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. The Pacific and North American tectonic plates mostly slide along one another, but where those plates meet at certain points along the Queen Charlotte Fault they also push against each other, he

explained. The release of that pushing pressure gave rise to the thrust earthquake of 2012. This type of earthquake is “unusual and to a certain degree unexpected” for the region, added James. “Any large earthquake can generate a tsunami but thrust earthquakes are especially effective.” The scientists’ findings were revealed shortly after the provincial government released a consultation report that found B.C. is falling behind on earthquake preparedness. The absence of major seismic activity near densely populated areas has contributed to a culture of public apathy and resulted in government diverting resources away from emergency management agencies, concluded the report prepared by American consultant Henry Renteria. “The problem when you are living in earthquake country b& is that an earthquake is inevitable,” said Renteria in an interview. “It is going to happen — it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.” Renteria spoke critically of significant cutbacks and staffing shortages suffered by the province’s lead agencies responsible for earthquake and disaster management over the past 20 years, adding that

the impact “is beginning to show.” The report also highlighted the role of members of the public in contingency planning. The minister responsible for Emergency Management B.C., Suzanne Anton, was unavailable for comment but the ministry issued a news release regarding the report saying: “The Province will continue taking significant strides toward improving disaster preparedness in B.C.” While the Haida Gwaii earthquake of 2012 caused little structural damage and no serious injuries, in large part thanks to its remoteness, the region experienced tsunami run-up of up to 13 metres. Some of the land also reportedly shifted a full metre. “I was quite amazed at the emotional trauma,” said seismologist Alison Bird, who travelled to the archipelago to drop off scientific equipment and interview residents. “Some people felt it but they weren’t really all that bothered by it. Other people were quiet shaken up, figuratively and literally.” Bird recalled being approached by a “burly, lumberjack fellow” close to tears who couldn’t stand the rumblings of the aftershocks, thousands of which could be felt in the weeks following the main event. He would sleep with the radio on so he couldn’t hear the noise, she said.

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CRASH: Women in stable condition Sundre RCMP said the two men were passengers in the rear of the vehicle. Both women are in stable condition, RCMP said on Monday morning. A collision analyst from the Red Deer RCMP Traffic Services is assisting with the investigation. The names of the truck occupants are not being released at this time, and next of kin notifications are still pending, RCMP said. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

WILDLIFE: Keep your cats indoors She predicted the mostly mild winter will mean lots of baby deer, birds and bunnies, and plenty of calls to the wildlife centre from Central Albertans fearing those babies need help. “We estimate about 40 per cent of calls are ‘kidnapped babies.’ ” She said often a baby bird can be returned to its parents by holding the baby in the air. If its parents are nearby and hear their baby squawk, they come to the rescue. “When they come out of the nest, they can’t fly at first. They take several days to learn so we get a lot of calls because of this little one on the ground that can’t fly.” Keeping cats indoors is another way to protect young bunnies and birds. Kelly said Red Deer residents shouldn’t be surprised if they spot an assortment of baby wildlife, including fawns. “If a fawn is all curled up neatly in a little ball, in the grass or under a tree, that’s exactly what they’re suppose to be doing. Occasionally these urban deer will leave baby on a back doorstep because I guess they feel it’s camouflaged and safe. They don’t realize in the morning the business is going to open and there will be a lot of people so we have had to move them.” She said people should also maintain their yards so they don’t attract unwanted wildlife, like skunks, by properly enclosing sheds and decks so animals cannot live beneath those structures, and by not leaving pet food outside or using low-lying bird feeders. And don’t feed wildlife, she said. “They do really well on their own without us.” Kelly advised that people call the wildlife centre if they have any questions, preferably before they intervene. “What we’re trying to do is minimize the ones that don’t need to be (at the wildlife centre). That gives us more time to spend with the ones that are injured and do need attention.” For information, call Medicine River Wildlife

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Canadian author Margaret Atwood gives a presentation titled The Creative Process during the Red Deer College Perspectives Series at the Arts Centre Monday evening. Centre at 403-728-3467. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

ATWOOD: Politically astute “Concealing evidence, or keeping information from the people, so that a government is the only source of knowledge” is dangerous. Regarding the need for a free press, Atwood cautioned Canadians to be wary of on-going cuts that could “destroy” the CBC. About religion, she said she has a problem when it’s used as a political tool by regimes who make their own definitions of “what is heresy? . . . Anything could be turned into a tool for political control.” Atwood has been called politically astute, even prescient, for creating literary scenarios that come to pass in real life. Her “speculative fiction,” including The Handmaid’s Tale (which was made into a Hollywood movie) and the futuristic Oryx and Crake refer to the fundamentalist subjugation of women, executions as entertainment, pandemics, DNA ex-

perimentation — all things happening in parts of the world. Atwood said she comes from a family of scientists and, therefore, pays attention to current topics of scientific discussion. Not all research is successful, but she said her novels’ plot lines concern things already being worked on and “follow lines of probability.” The diminutive author, who ultimately got a standing ovation, peppered her speech about creativity with esoteric jokes, delivered in a droll monotone. Her references included “squids from outer space” she was supposedly conversing with through her “invisible tinfoil helmet.” She advised these alien “squids” that creativity was not specific to only those in creative fields, but to everybody. Atwood believes the best solutions are reached when people from widely different areas of expertise — both science and humanities — collaborate on problems. This “cross-fertilization” ensures that a dilemma is not only approached with one skill set. “You think across boundaries . . . a narrow focus doesn’t produce the best results.” The RDC Perspectives series is presented by RDC’s humanities and social science department. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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NDP ready for election BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley announced Monday that her candidate team is in place and ready to contest an election that could begin as early as Tuesday. Notley said 85 candidates are confirmed, with the final two contested constituencies to be settled this week. Premier Jim Prentice is expected to drop the writ this week to send Albertans to the polls, and has called a news conference for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to make a “major” announcement. The NDP has four seats in the legislature, all in Edmonton, but Notley said the party now has more resources and quality candidates to run a provincewide campaign to win government. “We’re going to work across the province,” Notley told reporters at a

riding office while campaign volunteers worked behind her preparing candidate lawn signs. “It’s going to be unlike any campaign this party has run in a couple of decades, so I’ll be travelling all over the place.” Prentice and the Progressive Conservatives also have 85 candidates, with the remaining two expected to be in place by late Monday. The Wildrose party has officially announced 47 candidates, while the Alberta Party has 29 and the Liberals 26. One of those Wildrose candidates is former party president Jeff Callaway. Callaway announced Monday that he was stepping down from the post in order to run in Calgary-North West, pitting him against PC backbencher Sandra Jansen. Callaway said it’s important that voters have alternatives to not give Pren-

tice a “blank cheque to raise taxes, increase deficit spending, and burdening Albertan’s future with significant debt.” Also Monday, the Alberta Federation of Labour said it will take down its “Better Way Alberta” campaign website when the writ is dropped to comply with election laws governing third-party advertising. The AFL cannot register as a thirdparty advertiser, but said Elections Alberta has advised the Better Way Alberta campaign is third-party advertising. The campaign features videos of Prentice as the cartoon captain of a ship that is struggling to stay afloat in stormy seas after tax giveaways to corporations and the wealthy. AFL president Gil McGowan said the rules are too restrictive and that shutting down a website is akin to telling Albertans what they can and can’t

ready during an election. According to provincial law, the next election should not take place until the spring of 2016. However, the law allows for earlier campaigns if extraordinary measures demand it. Prentice has said the budget his government introduced March 26 is a new blueprint governing how the province saves and spends and it needs a mandate from voters to implement. The budget increases taxes and fees virtually across the board, while reducing spending, running up a $5-billion deficit this year and $30-billion in debt by 2020. Prentice said the low price of oil demands Alberta fundamentally revisit its financial priorities so that day-today program spending does not rise and fall with the price of oil.

Glacial melt may affect skiing, salmon spawning: report VANCOUVER — Blue bird days on the ski slopes and expeditions to rivers frothing with spawning salmon could be among the quintessential British Columbia pastimes that vanish in the next century if the province’s glaciers maintain their melt. Results of a 3D computer simulation, published in a newly released study, reveal in more detail than ever before the magnitude of glacial thawing due to climate change. The study was published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience. It confirms and goes one step further than previous projections on glacial melt, holding up a magnifying glass to specific geography in Western Canada and spurring scientific theorizing about potential localized impacts. Researchers anticipate that by 2100, disappearing glaciers may alter how much water is delivered to salmonspawning beds in the B.C. Interior, and similarly dry up corporate visions of future ski resorts, said study co-author Garry Clarke. A near total loss of glacial ice is expected to be concentrated in the

Rocky Mountains, said Clarke, professor emeritus with the University of British Columbia. “People driving into Banff or Jasper parks will be hard pressed to see glaciers in the landscape by the time this is played out,” he said. Similar disappearance rates are expected in B.C.’s southeastern Columbia Mountains. But the southern coast mountains may fare better than previously expected, mostly sparing the visually stunning Mount Garibaldi, north of Squamish, B.C. Ice caps in B.C.’s northwest, close to the Alaska and Yukon borders, should also survive. Researchers spent nearly a decade coding and embedding influential factors into the simulation, amounting to high-resolution representations of the glacial degradation in B.C. and Alberta over the years, said Clarke. While the entire region currently sustains 3,000 cubic kilometres of ice, that’s projected to degrade between 60 to 80 per cent using the simulation, which charts four possible courses based on standard future climate change scenarios. The study projects the maximum rate of ice volume retreat to occur be-

tween 2020 and 2040. Earlier forecasts using less sophisticated calculus predicted the glacial mass loss would be lower. “This is not a trivial amount,” Clarke said. “This is in the world-league in terms of how many glaciers we have in our mountains and what the losses will be.” He said the big unknown is human behaviour — how rapidly the glaciers

flow eternally into the ocean depends on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas additions to the atmosphere. It’s a “one-way trip” if melt rates worsen or even continue along the current trajectory, he said. But the simulator also showed unexpectedly positive outcomes where some glaciers could outlast the prediction if climate change stabilizes, he added.

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To the polls Albertans go? IT’S NEVER A BAD TIME FOR A PROVINCIAL ELECTION Let’s see ... Alberta is expected to enter a recession this year, unemployment is rising, home values are stagnant or dropping, and the provincial government raised 59 taxes and fees in its budget, while projecting a $5-billion deficit. Good time to call an election. Of our 87-seat legislature, 25 seats will have no true incumbent at election call, either due to retirements or with the current member running for a different party GREG this time. AcNEIMAN cording to an article in the Globe and Mail, that’s the highest turnover since the Progressive Conservatives took power in 1971. Political polls suggest the long-ruling Tories are neck-and-neck in popularity with the Wildrose Party — even though most Albertans don’t even know the name of the party’s leader. (It’s Brian Jean, by the way, with a bonus point if you know he’s running in Fort McMurray.)

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But not even Wildrose will agree that voter intentions are as close as the pollsters suggest. So let this be one more election to prove polling is an obsolete tool. Really, somebody has to tell the industry that you can’t get a representative sample of Albertans any more by calling landline telephones. I suspect the Tories might actually have to work through their campaign to maintain the size of their majority. That will be a change from the days when winning the Tory nomination was the biggest hurdle to being sworn in as an MLA. But there’s an inertia in Alberta that is so hard to overcome. People may be unhappy with our government — we haven’t forgotten the excesses of the Alison Redford regime, and we’re not gullible enough to believe that’s been entirely purged. We know the Tories have been promising for 43 years to get Alberta off the roller-coaster of energy prices, and we know there’s not enough in Jim Prentice’s 10-year plan to convince us even another 10 years will change that. But when voters do the gut check in the polling booth, they stick with the devil they know. Or they don’t vote at all. Above all, Albertans simply don’t punish bad government.

That’s why there’s never a bad time to call an election in Alberta. How insular or detached from reality does a government have to be in Alberta before it loses the confidence of ordinary voters? Actually, that’s the wrong question. The real question is: What does an opposition candidate have to do in Alberta to convince ordinary voters that they wouldn’t do worse if they became the government? Such is the state of politics and governance here. However bad the track record is on issues of trust and vision, nobody else seems able to make us believe their vision is better or more trustworthy. The leader of the Alberta Opposition spent years, hammering the government every day, never missing an opportunity for a headline, never short of damning information detailing government mismanagement or outright malfeasance, never missing a chance to say how they could do better. And then she led a defection to cross the floor to become part of that same government. OK, so what’s the Wildrose going to do for us today? Or the Liberals? Or the NDP? Or the Alberta Party? Or the Greens? If the best the opposition can do is agree not to run against each other, or

split the opposition vote in some few selected ridings, then this election is already in the bag. That’s why I figure this election is not about Premier Jim Prentice’s 10-year plan, not directly anyway. This election is about shedding those 25 old members (including the new ones who didn’t win a nomination after switching parties). This is about Prentice assembling a new team that has substantially less to do with the old one. In essence, he’s being his own opposition, turfing out the old ideas, and building a new government that the opposition can’t convince voters that they could build. Are you unhappy with how things have gone here in the past few years? Do you suspect the vision of the current leader isn’t really that different than the old ones? Then by all means punish the government. That’s a good reason to vote. But I want the opposition parties to give me a better reason to vote than that. I want details, charts, comparisons, projections. Vision, I call it. Otherwise, even today, there’s no bad time to call an election in Alberta. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

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Should the Middle East worry about Iran? “This (Arab) nation, in its darkest hour, has never faced a challenge to its existence and a threat to its identity like the one it’s facing now,” said Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, now the ruler of Egypt. Sisi was addressing the Arab League summit in Cairo last week that created a new pan-Arab military force to confront this threat, so overheated rhetoric was standard issue, but still. ... The air forces of Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbours are blasting Yemen from the air, and there is talk of Saudi Arabian, Egyptian and even Pakistani troops invading on the ground, but it all smells more of panic than GWYNNE of strategic calculation. DYER The panic is due to the fact that the status quo that has prevailed in the Middle East since approximately 1980 is at an end. Iran is back, and there is great dismay in the palaces of Riyadh — especially because it was Saudi Arabia’s great friend and ally, the United States, who finally set Iran free. It was the agreement in Lausanne on Thursday between Iran and the group of 5+1 (the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany) that marked the end of the status quo.

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It was about ending the various trade embargoes against Iran in return for 10 to 15 years of strict controls on Iran’s nuclear power program, but it will also let Iran out of the jail it has been confined to since the 1979 revolution. Initially that revolution was quite scary for Iran’s Arab neighbours, because Iran’s example in overthrowing the local pro-Western ruler and taking a stronger stand against Israel was very popular in the Arab street. The solution was to paint Iran as a crazy terrorist state and isolate it as much as possible from the rest of the region. Those measures worked for 20 years, assisted by some really stupid Iranian actions like holding U.S. embassy personnel hostage for 444 days, but by the end of the 20th century they were losing credibility. What saved the “quarantine” policy in 2002 was the discovery that Tehran had been working on nuclear weapons design. The alleged Iranian nuclear threat provided the basis for another decade and more of political quarantine and trade embargoes that have crippled Iran economically and isolated it politically. All that came to a sudden end last week with the agreement in principle in Lausanne (unless the Saudi Arabian and Israeli lobbies in Washington manage to torpedo the deal in the next few months). Iran has about the same population and GDP as Egypt, the biggest Arab country by far, but it is far closer both to the Arab Gulf states and to the Sunni-

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Shia battlegrounds in Iraq and Syria (both of whose governments are closely linked to Tehran). That’s what Sisi was really talking about when he spoke of an existential threat to Arab existence and identity. However, he’s still talking through his hat. Arab existence and identity are nowhere at risk, and Iran has no need to paint the Sunni Arab countries as enemies. The Iranian regime may be losing its support among the young (or maybe not), but it has absolutely no need to inoculate them against the attraction of Arab political systems and foreign policies by promoting an Arab-Iranian confrontation. They hold no attraction whatever for young Iranians. As for the notion that the Houthi militia that now controls most of Yemen is really an Iranian tool (which is the main justification for the military intervention there), it is nonsense. The Houthis, like the Iranians, are Shias, but they have their own local interests to protect, and Iran has no plausible reason to want some sort of strategic foothold in Yemen. It is a safe bet that there is not now even a single armed Iranian in Yemen. If the United States could send troops into Iraq in 2003 in the delusionary belief that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, then Saudi Arabia can believe that it is fighting Iranians in Yemen now. No country has a monopoly on stupidity, and Riyadh will probably have ample opportunity to regret its mistake. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Duffy counter-attack to focus on PMO SENATOR ON TRIAL

OTTAWA — Suspended senator Mike Duffy may be the one on trial, but he won’t be only person to see their motives, character and actions dissected, examined and critiqued over the next several weeks inside an Ottawa courtroom. Beginning Tuesday, Crown lawyers will lay out their fraud, breach of trust and bribery case against the former Conservative — 31 charges in total. But so too will begin attorney Donald Bayne’s defence of Duffy, a counter-attack that will likely focus in part on the behaviour of key figures from the Prime Minister’s Office and party

circles. The expected release of new documents and internal emails in the form of court exhibits has the capacity to breathe new life into the political scandal that consumed the House of Commons two years ago. A crush of media interest in the trial has prompted officials to establish an overflow room at the downtown Ottawa courthouse where several camera angles are displayed on large screens in order to accommodate journalists. Bayne has already given a public preview of sorts of how he plans to approach the allegations. Back in Oc-

WHOS WHO OTTAWA — Dozens of people are expected to make an appearance in an Ottawa courtroom over the next several weeks as suspended senator Mike Duffy stands trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust, and bribery. Here’s a guide to some of the people who are expected to be on hand.

The Men in Robes Ontario Justice Charles Vaillancourt: The Toronto-based judge presiding over the case. Mark Holmes and Jason Neubauer: Crown attorneys from Ottawa with signficant criminal convictions under their belts. Donald Bayne: A veteran Ottawa-based criminal defence lawyer with experience in government inquiries and high-profile cases involving murder, war crimes, and conspiracy.

Former Prime Minister’s Office Staff Nigel Wright: Ex-chief of staff to Stephen Harper. Secretly repaid $90,000 of Duffy’s contested Senate living expenses in 2013. Back working now for private equity firm Onex, in London. Benjamin Perrin: Former legal adviser in the PMO. Perrin has said he did not participate in Wright’s decision to cut Duffy a cheque. RCMP documents show Perrin negotiated directly with Duffy’s lawyer to set

the terms of the repayment. David van Hemmen: Van Hemmen was Wright’s former executive assistant, and knew about the $90,000 cheque. Currently the director of budget planning for Finance Minister Joe Oliver. Chris Woodcock: Former PMO director of issues management, who worked with others on reshaping a Senate committee report on Duffy and developing media lines for the senator. Now an executive at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

The Senate Conservative Sen. Marjory LeBreton: Former Government Leader in the Senate. LeBreton complied with PMO desire to try and close the book on the Duffy expense issue after repayment. Scolded behind the scenes for not controlling situation better. Conservative Sen. David Tkachuk: Part of a three-member sub-committee which prepared a whitewashed report on Duffy’s living expenses. Conservative Sen. Carolyn Stewart Olsen: A member of the same Senate committee. Relayed back to committee changes the PMO wanted to the Duffy report and voted for the edits. Chris Montgomery: Former head of issues management inside LeBreton’s office. Pushed back at PMO’s meddling in the Senate committee report on Duffy. Now works for Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Gary O’Brien: Recently retired clerk of the Senate. Nicole Proulx: Senate’s chief corporate services director, formerly finance director.

tober 2013, Bayne held an animated press conference to respond to the looming suspension of his client from the upper chamber. Charges were laid in July 2014. “You’ve seen a little of Sen. Duffy’s evidence and side of the story,” Bayne said at the time. “It’s simply the tip of the iceberg, if he ever had a proper hearing and an opportunity to advance this evidence. That’s why we have trials.” That spring, news broke that the prime minister’s chief of staff, Nigel Wright, had secretly paid for Duffy’s $90,000 in contested living expenses. Duffy had submitted claims for a secondary residence in the Ottawa area, even though an audit said he spent

Duffy Contractors Gerald Donahue: A friend of Duffy’s from TV days. Duffy awarded him money for contracts for consulting and writing services. Police allege no real work was done. Ezra Levant: Television commentator

approximately 30 per cent of his time at the designated primary residence in P.E.I.. Police allege Duffy was the one setting conditions and making demands in exchange for resolving the expenses controversy — hence the bribery charge. An email dated Feb. 13, 2013, in which Duffy’s previous lawyer outlined a number of scenarios and conditions, is a central document. Bayne and Duffy have alleged it’s the other way around. “The payment of $90,000 was not the doing of Sen. Duffy,” Bayne said in 2013. “It was a political tactic forced on him by the Prime Minister’s Office.”

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and columnist. Received contract money for speeches written for Duffy. Mike Croskery: A personal trainer who police allege received more than $5,000 in Senate funds via Duffy.

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OTTAWA — New documents show the Canadian military found recruiting new psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers an uphill battle because the government’s top pay scale wasn’t high enough in some parts of the country. A briefing note, prepared for former defence minister Rob Nicholson at the height of last year’s suicide crisis, shows National Defence scrambled to fill dozens of vacant mental health positions. In 2014, there were 19 suicides among military personnel, according to data released earlier this year by the Forces. In 2002, just after the country entered the Afghan war, the military set a goal of having 454 uniformed, civilian and contract staff to treat soldiers with addictions, depression, post traumatic stress and other problems. It has never met that quota, even today. There were 434 professionals on the books as of February 2015 and defence officials say the shortfall reflects the normal number of vacancies expected in any organization.

The briefing note says the recruiting search was stymied in large part by the issue of salaries and a dearth of mental health staff in general. “Notwithstanding the fact we are offering the top of the pay scale in each of the clinical categories, some potential candidates are refusing offers because our salaries are not competitive in the local market,” said a Feb. 18, 2014 briefing note, obtained by The Canadian Press under access to information legislation. National Defence would not say which markets in the country were the most troublesome and a spokeswoman even soft-pedalled the problem. “As an employer, both the DND and the CAF are very competitive employers, offering both excellent pay and benefits packages to their employees and members,” said Maureen Lamothe, who speaks for the department’s legal branch. “While it is true that certain markets have faced fluctuating challenges in attracting mental health professionals, the reasons for these challenges in many of our locations vary. These include availability of local clinicians

willing to give up their practices to join our team, or unwillingness to relocate or travel to some more isolated locations.” Unwillingness to relocate in farflung, sometimes isolated posts was another drag on attracting the health professionals, but bureaucrats quickly bulldozed the problem by offering moving incentives, up to $40,000 in some cases. Why the department did not choose not to go above the posted pay scales — at least for the uniformed and public service positions — is unclear. When the military has faced critical shortages in the past — for example among pilots — it has paid a premium. Psychiatrists in uniform can fetch between $103,000 and $123,000 per year, according to National Defence figures. And the top rate for some clinical workers in the public service earn over $81,000 per year. The military relies heavily on a private sector contractor — Calian — to provide services, but the government would not disclose the company’s pay scale. The Liberals have long argued that the way to solve the shortage, especially at remote postings, is to recruit professionals directly into uniform.

Threatening tweets preceded shooting BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier says his staff told police about potentially threatening tweets Friday, two days before the man behind the account was shot dead by an officer on the premier’s security team. Paul Davis said Monday he wasn’t aware of the online comments until he heard that Don Dunphy, 59, was fatally shot Sunday by an officer with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. But the premier’s staff knew and reported them to police, he said. “I was shocked, deeply saddened yesterday to learn of the events that had taken place,” Davis said. “This is a terrible tragedy for so many reasons. My thoughts and prayers are with the Dunphy family, with the people of Mount Carmel in the area

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DUFFY: ‘Moment of impasse’ That concept — a political tactic orchestrated by Stephen Harper’s underlings — is something Justice Charles Vaillancourt is likely to hear a lot about. Wright’s lawyers told police during an interview in June 2013 that he believed covering Duffy’s expenses “was the proper ethical decision that taxpayers not be out that amount of money,” according to the RCMP’s court filing. “He did not view it as something out of the norm for him to do, and was part of being a good person,” the police said of a later interview with Wright. Wright’s friends have praised him as someone of impeccable ethics, guilty only perhaps of an uncharacteristic lapse in judgment. But other emails back and forth be-

where this took place and with those that have been impacted by this very tragic event.” Davis, a former constable with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, said he briefly spoke with the officer. “I called to offer my personal support to him. I’ve known him for some time.” Chief William Janes of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said the officer was a member of the protective services unit providing security, threat and risk assessments for the premier and elected officials. Janes said the officer was working a regularly scheduled shift Sunday when he went to Dunphy’s home in Mitchells Brook, about 80 kilometres southwest of St. John’s. “At the time, the officer was confronted and shots were fired,” he told a news conference. Janes said he wasn’t aware of the officer having any partner or backup

when he went inside the home at about 2:30 p.m. The officer was not injured in the shooting, he added. Janes declined to identify the officer. He said the RCMP are now investigating the shooting. Janes said he could not comment on whether more than one gun was fired as such details could jeopardize the ongoing RCMP probe. “I think having the RCMP conduct the investigation provides the independence and the impartiality that we need and that the public expects.” Dunphy was a frequent Twitter user who described himself on his account as “a crucified injured worker from NL Canada where employers treat injured like criminals.” Davis on Monday specifically mentioned posts on Dunphy’s Twitter feed Friday to the premier’s official account and that of Sandy Collins, the provincial minister for Child, Youth and Family Services.

tween Wright and Duffy, and between Wright and other Conservative staffers, could be framed to suggest that it was politics, not morality, that motivated Wright and others. In emails, Wright called the brewing controversy “our public agony,” and spoke of Conservatives “circling the wagons.” One of the most revealing sets of internal emails filed in court involved the manipulation of a Senate committee, one drafting a report on Duffy’s expenses in the spring of 2013. PMO staffers set about ensuring the committee remove any negative language from the report on Duffy, and at one point discussed how to get an independent audit firm to refrain from drawing any conclusions on Duffy’s residency status. As the RCMP put it, there was a “moment of impasse” when a staff member in then-government Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton’s office balked at the PMO’s interference. “Do I need to call Marjory?” Wright asked in an email. “They think they are hurting Duffy, but they will end up hurting the prime minister instead.” Duffy was also coached by PMO staff

on what to say to the media about the repayment of his expenses. “It’s a scenario, in Nigel Wright’s own words, that was created for Sen. Duffy not because he had anything to hide or he’d made inappropriate claims, but because the PMO had de-

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Japanese reactor radiation detected off B.C. coast VICTORIA — Radiation from the leaking Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan has been detected on the shores of Vancouver Island. Scientists say it’s the first time since a tsunami in Japan four years ago that radiation has been found on the shorelines of North America. Low levels of the radioactive isotope Cesium-134 were collected last February in waters off a dock at Ucluelet, B.C., about 315 kilometres west of Victoria. University of Victoria chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen says that amount of radiation is minuscule and does not pose risks to human health or the ocean ecosystem. He says the radiation measurements found off Ucluelet are more than 1,000 times lower than Canadian drinking water standards for radiation levels. Scientists and citizen volunteers have been collecting water samples at more than 60 sites along the Canadian and U.S. west coasts and in Hawaii over the past 15 months looking for traces of radioactive isotopes from Japan.

Inquest begins into killing of boy, 6, on reserve REGINA — An inquest is to begin today into the killing of a six-year-old boy by an older child on a reserve in southern Saskatchewan. Lee Bonneau was found with head injuries in a wooded area on the Kahkewistahaw reserve in 2013. He was last seen walking with an older boy outside the reserve’s recreation complex, while his foster mother was playing bingo. Saskatchewan’s child advocate determined that the 10-year-old boy who killed Bonneau had behavioural issues and probably shouldn’t have been in the community unsupervised. Because he was under 12, he could not be charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The inquest is set to run for two weeks in Regina. cided they wanted to sweep a political embarrassment to their Tory base under the rug,” Bayne said in 2013. The trial is scheduled to take place between April 7 and May 12, and from June 1-19.

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Rebels grads say goodbyes TRIO OF 20 YEAR-OLDS RELISH EXPERIENCE IN RED DEER BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR To paraphrase a chorus from the old Canadian band Trooper, Riley Sheen was here for a good time, not a long time. “There’s no better way of putting it,” the overage forward said Monday, as he and his Red Deer Rebels teammates said their goodbyes at the Enmax Centrium, less that 48 hours after being eliminated from the WHL playoffs. “The experience I had here was nothing short of spectacular. Just another great group of guys to meet along the way and the coaching staff and everyone else was great to me. It’s a place I’ll call home for a long time.” Sheen didn’t check into the Rebels dressing room until Dec. 1, when he was acquired from the Lethbridge Hurricanes. He was the Canes’ leading scorer at the time of the deal with three goals and 23 points in 27 games, and improved on those numbers with the Rebels, collecting 21 goals and 48 points in 44 regularseason outings and ending the season as the club’s top scorer with 24 goals and 71 points. But his regular-season numbers didn’t equate to playoff success. Sheen and his teammates struggled to generate offence and the Rebels bowed in five games to the Medicine Hat Tigers in an Eastern Conference quarter-final. Outside of Game 4, in which the Tigers scored an emptynetter with one second remaining in a 5-3 win, each game was decided by a single goal. “They ended up getting a couple of bounces in Games 1 and 2 and we didn’t,” said

Sheen, in reference to 2-1 and 1-0 (overtime) series-opening losses at Medicine Hat. “Their goalie played well and so did our goalie down the stretch. If we ended up getting the bounce in overtime in Game 2 we come back to Red Deer 1-1 and we’re looking at a different playoff series. But I’ve been a part of a couple series like that and it’s just the way it goes. “We as a group felt like we went out there and played as hard as we could. We just came up a little bit short.” As Sheen noted, the club’s post-season failure had nothing to do with a lack of effort, nor a shortage of mental strength, something that continued to grow inside the dressing room even after captain Conner Bleackley went down with an injury that caused him to miss 19 games. “Character-wise, the team has come a long way in the time I’ve been here,” said Sheen. “The group in the dressing room has always been close, but there’s a few guys who just took real strong leadership roles. “It was tough having Bleacks go down, he was our captain and he was down for quite awhile. When you miss your captain for that long things usually don’t end up as well as you would like. But I think our team came a long way and a lot of different guys stepped up.” One of those players was assistant captain Brooks Maxwell, a fellow 20-year-old who wore a Rebels jersey for four seasons. “It sure doesn’t feel like I’ve been here four years,” he said. “The time has flown by and I’ve loved everything about being here. It’s been my home for the last four years.

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Riley Sheen of the Red Deer Rebels fends off Jake DeBrusk of the Swift Current Broncos during WHL action at the Enmax Centrium earlier this season. Sheen is one of the three 20-year-old players this season that will say goodbye to the WHL and look to the next step in their life after getting knocked out of the playoffs last weekend. It’s my second home, I love it here.” Maxwell, a centre/right winger from Raymond, turned in a career year during his final winter with the Rebels, scoring 27 goals and garnering 59 points in 71 games. He was held pointless in the playoffs, but that didn’t erase his regular-season production. “I kind of wanted to go out

with a bang, go out on a high note,” he said. “I thought I had a great year, obviously the best year I’ve had offensively. I loved the guys I played with and it was just a great year all around.” Brett Cote, the third graduating Rebel, was acquired from the Victoria Royals last summer and watched as the team added the likes of Sheen

and defencemen Nelson Nogier and Colton Bobyk during the season. “A lot of new faces came in, a lot of new guys,” said the overage rearguard. “I had a lot of fun this year and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of guys to play with.

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Blue Jays’ bats light up Playoff berth will Yankees on opening day be a fight to the finish for Flames

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 6 Yankees 1 NEW YORK — The Toronto Blue Jays gave Canadian catcher Russell Martin the second-largest contract in franchise history to help bolster a potent lineup and give the young pitching staff a steady guide. One game into the new season, the deal is looking pretty good for the team with the longest playoff drought in baseball. Martin singled in two runs and Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer off Masahiro Tanaka as the Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-1 Monday in Alex Rodriguez’s return to the major leagues. “Martin got it started,” manager John Gibbons said. “A lot of good things happened.” Without retired Derek Jeter in the lineup, a restless opening-day crowd at Yankee Stadium reserved one of its only cheers for Rodriguez in his first game back from a yearlong drug suspension. Batting seventh, his lowest spot in a regular-season game since he batted eighth in 1996, A-Rod singled, walked, and lined out. “I have to admit, it definitely felt good. That’s for sure,” Rodriguez said after New York’s fourth straight opening day loss. Drew Hutchison, at 24 the youngest opening-day starter in Blue Jays’ history, held the Yankees hitless until Brian McCann laced a ball just inside the first base line for a single with two outs in the fourth. Hutchison (1-0) allowed three hits, including Brett Gardner’s homer in the sixth inning, to help Toronto improve to 20-19 in openers, including 1-2 vs. the Yankees. “I was extremely excited,” Hutchison said. “It was a big day, overall.” Last July, Hutchison helped the Blue Jays snap another skid against New York: a 17-game losing streak in the Bronx. Now, he hopes to help To-

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Russell Martin greets Blue Jays’ Edwin Encarnacion, right, after Encarnacion hit a third-inning, tworun, home run off New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka in an opening day baseball game in New York, Monday. ronto return to the postsesaon for first time since winning the World Series in 1993. Martin, an ex-Yankee from Chelsea, Que., hit a singled in a five-run third inning against Tanaka (0-1). Devon Travis homered later in the game for his first career hit, taking a speedy turn around the bases. Travis is the first Jay since J.P. Arencebia to homer for his first major-league hit. Shortly before the Yankees ran onto the field for the first time without a member of the Core Four — Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada — on the roster since 1995, the AC/DC song with the lyric “Are you ready for the good times” blared over the stadium speakers. Those good times didn’t last long for New York in its 113th opener. After Tanaka made Toronto look silly with a heavy mix of sliders and splitter for the first two innings, striking out three,

the Blue Jays solved him. “We got to him a couple of times because he made mistakes,” Dalton Pompey said. Kevin Pillar led off the third with a single and the Japanese star, making his first opening-day start for New York, struggled to get an out after that. Travis walked and Jose Reyes put down a bunt that third baseman Chase Headley threw away, allowing a run to score. After Reyes was checked by a trainer at second base, Martin, who signed an $82 million, five-year free-agent contract this winter, singled. An out later, Encarnacion connected for a 5-0 lead. The Yankees are counting on Tanaka to find the form that made him an All-Star in his rookie season last year before partially tearing a ligament in his right elbow and missing 2 ½ months.

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CALGARY — The Calgary Flames enter the home stretch of their race to the NHL playoffs intent on keeping the lightning firmly in the bottle. It seemed improbable that a team in the second year of a rebuild, and one that lost captain and Norris Trophy candidate Mark Giordano with 21 games to go, would be in the playoff hunt. But the Flames continue to exceed the moderate expectations of them this season. With three games remaining in the regular season, Calgary remains positioned to end a five-year-playoff drought. And it’s somehow fitting that a team that built a reputation for third-period comebacks will draw on those reserves for a hard finishing kick to the NHL wire this weekend. The Flames finish out the regular season against the two clubs threatening to beat them out of a playoff berth — the Los Angeles Kings at home on Thursday and the Winnipeg Jets on the road Saturday. “I don’t who made the schedule, but this guy has a flare for drama,” Flames coach Bob Hartley said Monday following practice. Calgary (43-29-7) is battling the Kings for third in the Pacific Division, as well as Winnipeg for the last wild card berth in the Western Conference. The Kings and Jets both had a game in hand on Calgary but both played Monday night. The Flames are aware of the stakes in their last two games of the season, but there is also the matter of hosting the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. Teams out of the playoff race can impact those still in it. A 3-2 shootout decision to the also-ran Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday dealt a blow to the playoff prospects of the Ottawa Senators in the Eastern Conference. “The media is talking about the last two games, but we as a group, we’re really focused on

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this (Arizona) game because we know they’re a dangerous group,” Flames defenceman Kris Russell said. “We’ve got to be at our best this last week. We have a lot of guys in here who have been playing really well. We need that to continue.” After working with a tandem of Jonas Hiller and Karri Ramo during the season, Hiller is Calgary’s starter for the foreseeable future. Ramo is said to be day-today with a lower-body injury suffered Saturday in Edmonton. The Finn appeared to pull a muscle in his leg in the first minute. Hiller made 27 saves in relief for the 4-1 win. “I had stretches where I played a lot and stretches where I played a little less,” Hiller said. “It’s kind of nice to have a stretch coming up hopefully, but at the same time take it game by game. I really hope I can help the team. “I feel good about my game right now. I’ve got to prove it every night again. The big goal is to make the playoffs. To do that, I’ve got to play at my best. Everybody has to.” Calgary has called up Brad Thiessen from Adirondack to back up Hiller. Joni Ortio, who gave up a combined five goals in four wins over division rivals in a January callup, was not available because of a high ankle sprain. An intriguing recall late last week was 18-year-old forward Sam Bennett, who was the fourth overall pick in the NHL draft last year. Shoulder surgery in October has delayed his NHL debut. Bennett re-joined the Ontario Hockey League’s Kingston Frontenacs in March, putting up 11 goals and 13 assists in 11 games. He had three assists in four playoff games. Bennett says he feels ready to play his first NHL game, but Hartley indicated that, barring injury, his lineup Tuesday remains the same as it was in Edmonton. “Yes, he’s going to play, but I can’t tell you when,” Hartley said. “You’ll have to stay tuned.”

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ARod cheered, rain delay booed, Big Papi stays put MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OPENING DAY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Alex Rodriguez got cheered at Yankee Stadium, a rain delay got booed in Miami, and David Ortiz got a quick introduction to baseball’s new speedup rules. It was opening day all across the majors Monday, and pitchers were in command early. New Washington ace Max Scherzer and Cy Young winner Corey Kluber of Cleveland took no-hit bids into the sixth inning before falling behind. Seattle star Felix Hernandez, Detroit lefty David Price and Boston righty Clay Buchholz dominated. A day after the Cardinals blanked the Cubs at Wrigley Field in the big league opener, the other 28 teams were in action. To fans, players and everyone else at the ballpark and watching on TV, it was easy to be optimistic. “This day brings a lot of hope for a lot of different reasons for people,” New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said before predecessor Joe Torre threw out the first ball in the Bronx. “The hope of, your team is going to be in the World Series at the end. If you live in the Northeast and the Midwest, the hope that we’re actually going to have warm days again and everything is going to be green,” he said. After a wicked winter in many places, it was sunny at most ballparks.

An exception was Miami, where the game against Atlanta had a 16-minute rain delay. That was a first for 3-yearold Marlins Park, where there’s a retractable roof. With no rain in the forecast, the top was open when showers came in the second inning. It takes about 15 minutes to close the roof, and the infield got soaked. Some fans booed and the Marlins tweeted on their Marlins Park site: “Sorry for the delay, folks.” In New York, where the Empire State Building was lit up in a rotating display of all 30 clubs’ colours, A-Rod returned. With Derek Jeter retired, the crowd at Yankee Stadium saved its biggest cheers for Rodriguez. Back from a season-long drug suspension, the three-time AL MVP singled, walked and lined out in a 6-1 loss to Toronto. “It means the world to me,” he said. “I don’t think I ever took it for granted, but I can guarantee you I won’t take this year for granted.” There was a mutual sign of acknowledgment at Dodger Stadium as the cheers built when San Diego newcomer Matt Kemp stepped to the plate against his former teammate, Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw. “I’ve got a lot of respect for him and I feel like he has a lot of respect for me,” Kemp said. “I think he saw the

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San Diego Padres’ Justin Upton, left, is forced out at second as Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Howie Kendrick throws out Will Middlebrooks at first during an opening day baseball game, Monday, in Los Angeles. crowd’s reaction and kind of stepped back and let it play out. Then we went at it.” Boston won 8-0 at Philadelphia, though Ortiz didn’t do any damage in going 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. At least Big Papi stayed in the batter’s box, part of Major League Baseball’s pace of play guidelines. Ortiz sure sped up things in the first inning — he fanned on three pitches. Plate umpire Gerry Davis said there were no rubs with the new rules. “We didn’t have any problems at all. The hitters were excellent. I didn’t notice anybody having any problems,” Davis said.

New clocks at every ballpark counted down the time between innings, trying to hurry along pitchers with their warmups. Three times, Buchholz grounded out to end an inning. That meant he had to get back to the dugout on the third base side, get his glove, head to the mound and loosen up. Buchholz was a little long, but he tried. “It’s difficult to get out in that time. He worked hard at doing it. It’s the only thing we had the whole game,” Davis said. “I actually noticed that he was hustling and thanked him for doing it.”

Offence lacking, defence sagging as Pens cling to playoff hopes BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — Mike Johnston tried to sound upbeat. The first-year Pittsburgh Penguins coach pointed out all the positives he saw from another lost weekend, one in which his stumbling team imploded in one game and looked snakebit in another. Eventually, however, he gave up. Scoring chances and carrying the play for long stretches are nice. Wins — regardless of how they come — are better. And they’re not coming nearly fast enough to stanch Pittsburgh’s perilous slide through the Eastern Conference standings. Entering the final week of the regular season, the Penguins are clutching to a playoff spot that hardly looks like a sure thing anymore. “We need more,” Johnson said. “We have to find more. We have to dig down and search for more. It’s a resultsoriented business. You’ve got to win

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REBELS: Headed in the right direction “I loved it here. Leaving somewhere (Victoria) where I had been for three years was kind of tough, but I couldn’t have asked for a better place to come.” Cote was hands-down the Rebels’ best blueliner through the first half of the season. His play fell off a bit over the final two months but he was still a valuable member of the squad. “I wanted to be more consistent, but yeah, I thought I had a pretty good year,” he said. The Rebels were barely inferior to an older Tigers team in what easily could have been a seven-game series. Cote sees better things ahead for his final WHL team, which will host the Memorial Cup tournament next spring. “This team is headed in the right direction and it will be fun watching them,” he said. The Rebels defensive corps, in particular, should be a force during the 2015-16 season. “They have some really good guys back there, some good hockey players,” said Cote. “I’ll be keeping in touch and watching them along the way.” The Oakbank, Man., native is leaning towards attending and playing at a Canadian university next season. “The WHL scholarship is a very good option, I’ll probably use that,” he said. “I have no idea where, but I’ve been getting some calls.” Neither Maxwell nor Sheen have made plans for the 2015-16 campaign. “I have to sort it out,” said Maxwell. “I’ll wait and see if some (pro) teams call, if not there’s always school as a option. I have some decisions to make and hopefully I’ll get some help in the next couple of weeks.” Sheen isn’t in a hurry to forge his plans for next season. “I’ll let it figure itself out. I’m not going to come out and say I have a plan right now, because I don’t,” he said. “I’d like to keep my options open, but right now I’m just trying to enjoy this time with my buddies. “This is a last chance for that. I’m excited about

games this time of year.” Pittsburgh let an early two-goal lead slip away in a 5-3 loss to Columbus on Saturday and were beaten 4-1 by Philadelphia on Sunday despite peppering Flyers goaltender Steve Mason with 47 shots. Rather than resting for the post-season’s opening round or jockeying for seeding — staples this time of year for most of the last decade — the Penguins travel to surging Ottawa on Tuesday night needing a victory to breathe some life into a maddeningly uneven year. No pressure or anything. “This is the time of year where you have to be desperate and every point is so important,” captain Sidney Crosby said. “We’ve got to find a way to generate more offence and find a way to win games.” It’s not happening. Pittsburgh had the Eastern Conference’s best record at Christmas, surviving a weird bout with the mumps by relying on rejuve-

nated goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and enough grit to get by. The Penguins are just 20-20-6 over their last 46 games. Injuries to stars Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang haven’t helped. Neither has an offence that is less than the sum of its considerably talented parts. Though Crosby’s 81 points lead the league, Pittsburgh is 19th in goals per game (2.67) and has scored more than three goals in regulation just once over the last month. Johnston is quick to praise his team’s “compete level” — one of his favourite phrases — but rarely has that competition turned into good fortune. Several times against the Flyers the Penguins had the puck on their stick and an empty net to shoot at only to misfire. Even when the Penguins have been able to deliver, they haven’t been able to sustain their momentum. Three times over the last two weeks they’ve let early 2-0 leads slip away, the latest

on Saturday against Columbus when the Blue Jackets overwhelmed Pittsburgh in the last 25 minutes. “When you’re up 2-0, you need to shut the door and win the game every time,” defenceman Ben Lovejoy said. “Right now there is doubt in our mind, there is certainly no doubt in the other team’s mind that they can come back against this team and we need to rectify that.” Better hurry. A loss to the Senators means the Penguins would likely need to sweep a home game against the New York Islanders on Friday and a trip to Buffalo on Saturday to assure themselves a ninth straight post-season appearance. It’s not exactly what owner Mario Lemieux had in mind when he cleaned house last summer, firing coach Dan Bylsma and general manager Ray Shero following a fifth consecutive summer that ended shy of a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals.

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healthy and have his first full season with New York since arriving in a trade with Seattle in January 2012. NEW HOME CC Sabathia moved two locker stalls to the left, into the prime spot occupied by Jeter next to the double-doors at the back of the clubhouse.

QUICK DEBUT Blue Jays 20-year-old reliever Miguel Castro made his major league debut with two outs in the eighth inning. On his first pitch, a ball, Didi Gregorious was thrown out trying to steal third to end the inning. Castro did return for a perfect ninth.

JAYS: Velocity But he lasted only four innings Monday, the shortest opening-day start by a Yankees pitcher since Phil Niekro in 1985, when he went four innings against the Red Sox, according to STATS. A couple of days after saying he expected the velocity on his fastball to be down, Tanaka was right. He was regularly in the mid-90s mph last year, and twice hit 93 this time. “Velocity can be talked about a lot, but we’ve seen guys throw 95, get hit really hard,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “It comes down to location, movement and deception, which he had the first two innings. The third inning he did not because he got in bad counts.” TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: Gibbons said one of Reyes’ achillies tendons was “barking.” He also said the speedy shortstop was fine. Yankees: Girardi said he will have to be careful to pick A-Rod’s days off to keep him fresh and healthy throughout the season. Rodriguez was the DH in the opener. UP NEXT After a day off, the Blue Jays turn to knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, in the final year of a three-year contract with Toronto. The Yankees send to the mound Michael Pineda, hoping to remain

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Head coach says recent losses provided great lessons for Raptors heading into playoffs BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO â€” With five games to go in the Toronto Raptorsâ€™ regularseason, opposing scouts have become regular fixtures. Personnel from every team Toronto might face in the post-season watch with a keen eye, scribbling notes. Itâ€™s a balancing act for coach Dwane Casey between writing up plays the Raptors will use in the post-season, and trying not to show too much of his hand. â€œWeâ€™re working on some things offensively and defensively that we know weâ€™re going to have to use in the playoffs, intermittently after a timeout, and those situations,â€? Casey said after Mondayâ€™s practice at the Air Canada Centre. â€œItâ€™s a two-edged sword, you donâ€™t want to expose everything. . . weâ€™ve got to make sure we donâ€™t over-expose ourselves, but at the same time get some game situations.â€? The Raptors are fourth (45-32) in the Eastern Conference, one game behind the Chicago Bulls and one ahead of the Washington Wizards. So if the playoffs started tomorrow, theyâ€™d open at home against Washington. Maintaining homecourt advantage is key. They open a four-game road trip on Wednesday at Charlotte (33-43), and will likely be without allstar Kyle Lowry (back) and Amir Johnson (ankle). Lowry participated in some of Mondayâ€™s practice, while Johnson still canâ€™t put much weight on his injured foot. â€œWeâ€™re going to wait and see how (Lowry)

feels and reacts to the contact. . . he did more non-contact stuff today than contact,â€? Casey said. The Raptors are coming off a pair of nailbiting losses: 114-109 to Brooklyn on Friday, and 117-116 in overtime against the Boston Celtics the following night. â€œItâ€™s good to have those kinds of games, because theyâ€™re like playoff games, close games, hard games, intense games, so itâ€™s good preparation for the playoffs,â€? said centre Jonas Valanciunas. Casey blamed both losses on mental lapses on defence down the stretch, and agreed with Valanciunas â€” they provided lessons heading into the post-season. No surprise, Mondayâ€™s practice was all about defence. â€œThose game situations against Boston and also against Brooklyn were very valuable to us. We were simulating (those late-game situations) today,â€? Casey said. â€œI thought offensively down the stretch we executed probably as well as we have all year, getting the ball where we needed to get, got the shots we needed to get, execution was good, defensively we had a couple of breakdowns down the stretch, mental breakdowns, thing you canâ€™t do in those closegame situations. â€œBut it was great work for us, because it does simulate playoff atmosphere, playoff situation, playoff teams, which is good for us. It was very physical and I thought we handled it well, on the offensive end.â€? Casey would love to have Lowry and Johnson back in the rotation

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soon rather than later. Lowry has missed seven of the Raptorsâ€™ last eight games. But the coach said, looking at the positives, itâ€™s giving him a chance to work in other players who might be called upon in the playoffs. The Raptors wrap up the regular season with games at Orlando on Friday, Miami on Saturday, and Boston next Tuesday, before they head back home to host Charlotte on April 15.

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Dukeâ€™s Justise Winslow (12) goes up for a shot between Wisconsinâ€™s Frank Kaminsky (44) and Duje Dukan (13) during the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament championship game Monday, in Indianapolis. my guys that all of the sudden a game was like that, and I think theyâ€™re struggling with that a little bit.â€? Nigel Hayes had 13 points and Sam Dekker, the key guy down the stretch against Kentucky, had a very quiet 12 for the Badgers, who were trying to bring their first title back to Madison since 1941. Instead, itâ€™s Duke taking another one home to the Cameron Crazies. This was not a dominant, wire-towire effort the likes of which some of the Duke title teams have enjoyed in seasons past.

Kentucky and its quest for perfection stole all the headlines this season. So, playing in relative shadows down on Tobacco Road was this group, which actually might have more oneand-dones than John Calipari says goodbye to in the Bluegrass State this year. Calipari was in the building, by the way â€” honoured for his induction into the Naismith Hall of Fame. He got booed heavily. But in the end, it was all confetti and cheers. And itâ€™s not Calipariâ€™s team, but Krzyzewskiâ€™s, that will end up in the history books.

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Duke 68 Wisconsin 63 INDIANAPOLIS â€” Call them freshmen. Please, do not call them kids. Led by Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor, Dukeâ€™s talented group of youngsters played like salty old pros down the stretch, outscoring Wisconsin by 14 points over the final 13 minutes Monday night to grit out a 68-63 victory for the programâ€™s fifth national title. Okafor, the likely first pick in the NBA draft if he decides to leave, got outplayed by Badgers centre Frank Kaminsky most of the night but came through like a veteran when the pressure was highest. He made two straight buckets over Kaminsky, sandwiched between a pair of 3-pointers from Jones, to help the Blue Devils (35-4) turn a one-time ninepoint deficit into an eight-point lead with 1:22 left. A furious Wisconsin rally ensued, but it came up short. Then, it was Okafor on the bottom of a rowdy, raucous dog pile â€” a scene very reminiscent of the last time the Final Four was Indianapolis, back in 2010 when Duke edged out Butler in another scintillating final. The Blue Devils also took one here in 1991 â€” the Grant Hill, Christian Laettner squad. â€œThey showed such grit tonight,â€? said coach Mike Krzyzewski, whose five titles put him alone in second place on the all-time list behind John Wooden. â€œOur bench was spectacular, and like we said about two months ago, eight is enough. Eight is enough.â€? Among the eight players who share all the playing time are Okafor, Jones and another freshman, Justise Winslow. They all might playing at an NBA arena near you next season. But Grayson Allen? The most unheralded of Krzyzewskiâ€™s first-year players, who averages four points a game, stepped up with Okafor on the bench

for much of the second half in foul trouble. Allen, the slam-dunk champion at the high school McDonaldâ€™s All-American contest last year, scored 16 points and kept Duke in it when Okafor was on the bench with his third and fourth fouls and Wisconsin (36-4) looked like it was about to run away. â€œIt was fun to watch my teammates do what they do,â€? Okafor said. â€œThey have my back the entire season, and it was no different tonight.â€? This was a savvy, calm, collected comeback against the team that wrote the book on that all season. Wisconsin kept its cool two nights earlier in an upset over undefeated Kentucky and looked to be pulling away early in the second half of this one. Then, suddenly, Duke looked like veterans and Wisconsin looked like kids. Kaminsky outscored Okafor 21-10 but struggled to get a good look down the stretch. On Okaforâ€™s first late bucket, Kaminsky tried to wrap an arm around him, but Okafor just powered his way through it for the bucket and the foul. He missed the free throw, but a different point had been made. After the game, the Twitterverse was fuming about some calls that didnâ€™t go Wisconsinâ€™s way. The Badgers got whistled for only two fouls in the first half, but 13 in the second. And even though Kaminsky schooled Okafor to draw both his third and fourth fouls early in the second half, Wisconsin couldnâ€™t pull away from an aggressive Duke defence that allowed only 55 points a game in the five contests leading to the final. Wisconsin shot 41 per cent â€” 7 points under its season average. â€œIt was a situation where you just have to be able to handle all the hands and the checking,â€? Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. â€œThere was more body contact in this game than any game we played all year, and I just feel sorry for

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WHL Playoffs First Round Division Semifinals (Best-of-7) 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) 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 wins series 4-3) Friday, Mar. 27 Kootenay 4 Calgary 3 Sunday, Mar. 29 Calgary 3 Kootenay 2 (OT) Tuesday, Mar. 31 Calgary 8 Kootenay 7 (OT) Wednesday, Apr. 1 Calgary 7 Kootenay 2 Friday, Apr. 3 Kootenay 5 Calgary 4 (OT) Saturday, Apr. 4 Kootenay 4 Calgary 2 Monday, Apr. 6 Calgary 6 Kootenay 2

Portland (2) vs. Seattle (3) (Portland leads series 3-2) 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 8 Seattle 5 Saturday, Apr. 4 Portland 5 Seattle 3 Tuesday, Apr. 7 Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. x — if necessary. NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF GA Pt x-Montreal 80 48 22 10 213 183 106 x-Tampa Bay 80 48 24 8 255 206 104 Boston 79 41 25 13 209 201 95

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Pittsburgh Detroit Ottawa Florida Columbus Philadelphia New Jersey Carolina Toronto Buffalo

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Medicine Hat (2) vs. Red Deer (3) (Medicine Hat wins series 4-1) 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 Medicine Hat 4 Red Deer 3 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)

Penalties — Stewart Minn (roughing) 3:21, Stuart Wpg (interference) 18:30. Second Period 2. Winnipeg, Stafford 17 (Myers, Scheifele) 13:10. Penalties — Wheeler Wpg (slashing) 7:23, Vanek Minn (hooking) 14:01, Coyle Minn (elbowing) 19:28. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Niederreiter Minn (roughing) 6:24, Stuart Wpg (hooking) 12:55. Shots on goal Winnipeg 16 11 7 — 34 Minnesota 9 12 11 — 32 Goal — Winnipeg: Pavelec (W, 21-16-7); Minnesota: Dubnyk (L, 35-13-4). Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 1-4; Minnesota: 0-3.

Wednesday, Apr. 1 Everett 2 Spokane 1 (OT) Friday, Apr. 3 Everett 3 Spokane 1 Saturday, Apr. 4 Spokane 4 Everett 3 (OT) Tuesday, Apr. 7 Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF GA Pt 79 51 21 7 244 185 109 80 44 25 11 237 199 99 79 46 27 6 241 219 98 WILD CARD GP W L OL 79 42 26 11 79 41 25 13 79 40 26 13 80 36 29 15 79 39 35 5 79 32 29 18 79 32 34 13 79 29 39 11 80 30 43 7 80 23 49 8

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Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL GF GA Pt 79 49 23 7 242 197 105 79 47 22 10 227 197 104 79 48 25 6 225 182 102 Pacific Division GP W L OL 80 50 23 7 80 46 29 5 79 43 29 7

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WILD CARD GP W L OL GF GA Pt Minnesota 79 44 27 8 223 194 96 Winnipeg 79 41 26 12 224 208 94 Los Angeles 79 39 25 15 213 197 93 San Jose 79 39 31 9 223 222 87 Dallas 79 38 31 10 248 258 86 Colorado 79 36 31 12 212 223 84 Edmonton 79 23 43 13 188 272 59 Arizona 79 24 47 8 167 262 56 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 Sunday’s results Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 1 Washington 2 Detroit 1 Montreal 4 Florida 1 Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 (SO) St. Louis 2 Chicago 1 Monday’s results Buffalo 4 Carolina 3 NY Rangers 4 Columbus 3 (OT) Winnipeg 2 Minnesota 0 Vancouver 2 Los Angeles 1 (SO) Dallas at San Jose, late

Victoria (2) vs. Prince George (3) (Victoria wins series 4-1) 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 Victoria 5 Prince George 4 (OT)

Tuesday’s games NY Rangers at New Jersey, 5 p.m. NY Islanders at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Carolina at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Winnipeg at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 7 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s games Toronto at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. Boston at Washington, 6 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m. Monday’s summaries

Everett (1) vs. Spokane (4) (Everett leads series 3-2) Friday, Mar. 27 Everett 5 Spokane 1 Saturday, Mar. 28 Spokane 6 Everett 2

Jets 2, Wild 0 First Period 1. Winnipeg, Wheeler 26 (Ladd, Perreault) 4:12 (pp).

Rangers 4, Blue Jackets 3 (OT) First Period 1. NY Rangers, St. Louis 21 (Hayes) 5:38. 2. Columbus, Calvert 12 (Morin) 17:20. Penalties — Girardi NYR (high-sticking) 8:24, Zuccarello NYR (tripping) 11:25. Second Period 3. NY Rangers, Girardi 4 (Stepan, Kreider) :36. 4. Columbus, Dano 8 (Anisimov, Wennberg) 14:42. Penalties — Goloubef Clb (cross-checking) 8:31, Dano Clb (interference) 11:30. Third Period 5. Columbus, Dubinsky 12 (Foligno, Goloubef) 8:14. 6. NY Rangers, Stepan 15 (Kreider, Miller) 19:32. Penalties — Prout Clb (delay of game) 5:08, Hunwick NYR (tripping) 8:35. Overtime 7. NY Rangers, Stepan 16 (Yandle) 4:10. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Columbus 13 11 6 2 — 32 NY Rangers 10 11 15 6 — 42 Goal — Columbus: Bobrovsky (LO, 28-17-3); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 29-12-3). Power plays (goal-chances) — Columbus: 0-3; NY Rangers: 0-3. Sabres 4, Hurricanes 3 First Period 1. Buffalo, Grigorenko 2 (Gionta, Bogosian) 5:41. 2. Buffalo, Gionta 12 (unassisted) 15:03. Penalties — None. Second Period 3. Buffalo, Larsson 6 (Ennis, Bogosian) 1:18. 4. Buffalo, Ennis 20 (Larsson, Moulson) 16:48. 5. Carolina, Dwyer 5 (McClement, Liles) 18:06. Penalties — None. Third Period 6. Carolina, Semin 6 (E. Staal, Liles) 2:31. 7. Carolina, E. Staal 23 (unassisted) 14:38. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Carolina 23 13 16 — 52 Buffalo 12 7 6 — 25 Goal — Carolina: Ward (L, 21-23-5); Buffalo: Lindback (W, 6-14-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Carolina: 0-0; Buffalo: 0-0. Canucks 2, Kings 1 (SO) First Period 1. Los Angeles, King 13 (Carter, Toffoli) 1:13. Penalties — Weber Vcr (holding) 5:52, Stoll LA (interference) 14:37. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Vcr Bench (too many men) 4:31, Doughty LA (slashing) 9:57. Third Period 2. Vancouver, D. Sedin 18 (H. Sedin, Edler) 9:54. Penalties — Greene LA (holding) 7:34. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Shootout — Vancouver wins 1-0 Los Angeles : Carter miss, Kopitar miss, Gaborik miss. Vancouver : Bonino miss, Vrbata miss, Higgins goal. Shots on goal Los Angeles 15 10 10 2 — 37 Vancouver 14 8 12 4 — 38 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (LO, 35-21-13); Vancouver: Lack (W, 17-13-4). Power plays (goal-chances) — Los Angeles: 0-2; Vancouver: 0-3. NHL Scoring Leaders Sidney Crosby, Pgh Alex Ovechkin, Wash John Tavares, NYI Jakub Voracek, Pha Jamie Benn, Dal Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Tyler Seguin, Dal Jiri Hudler, Cgy Steven Stamkos, TB Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Daniel Sedin, Vcr Nick Foligno, Clb Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Claude Giroux, Pha Rick Nash, NYR Joe Pavelski, SJ Tyler Johnson, TB Ryan Johansen, Clb Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Henrik Sedin, Vcr Max Pacioretty, Mtl Jonathan Toews, Chi

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Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated RHP Ryan Webb for assignment. Selected the contract of C Ryan Lavarnway from Norfolk (IL). BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with RHP Rick Porcello on a four-year contract from 2016-19. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Bradin Hagens and LHP Scott Diamond on minor league contracts. TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned LHP Alex Claudio and RHP Jon Edwards to Round Rock (PCL). Agreed to terms with LHP Wandy Rodriguez on a minor league contract and assigned him to Round Rock. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned LHPs Vidal Nuno and Robbie Ray to Reno (PCL) and RHP Enrique Burgos to Mobile (SL). Traded OF Victor Reyes to Atlanta for a 2015 competitive balance round B draft pick. ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed LHP Josh Outman on the 60-day DL. Recalled RHP Brandon Cunniff from Gwinnett (IL). Designated OF Carlos Quentin for assignment. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Loaned RHP Juan Ramon Noriega to Acereros del Norte (Mexico). NEW YORK METS — Placed OF Cesar Puello on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 3. Transferred LHP Josh Edgin to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Buddy Carlyle from Las Vegas (PCL). American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Signed RHP Steven Thompson. GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed OF Zachary Zdanowicz. LAREDO LEMURS — Signed LHP Luis Pollorena. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed RHP Shawn Blackwell. ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed RHP Alan Oaks. Released OF Chad Mozingo.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed RHPs Mark Rogers and Amalio Diaz and LHP Carmine Giardina. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed INF Matt Wessinger. OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed INF Roberto C. Ramirez. QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed INF Tyler Young. ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed RHP/1B Charlie Law. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed RHP Tony Amezcua. Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed LHP Kerry Kelley to a contract extension. Signed RHP David Murillo. FRONTIER GREYS — Signed RHP Ariel Hernandez. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed RHP Adam Lopez. TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed C Shane Rowland. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BROOKLYN NETS — Signed F Earl Clark to a multiyear contract. UTAH JAZZ — Recalled F Grant Jerrett from Idaho (NBADL). WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed G Will Bynum for the remainder of the season. Women’s National Basketball Association NEW YORK LIBERTY — Re-signed F Swin Cash. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Denarius Moore. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed LS Kevin McDermott. Canadian Football League TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Signed DB Jacob Lacey. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Kashif Montgomery and DB Gabe Lynn.

SOCCER

Sesselmann completes rehab, returns to Canadian soccer team BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Thirteen months after ripping up her knee, Lauren Sesselmann has worked her way back into the Canadian women’s soccer team. The 31-year-old defender is one of 23 players on John Herdman’s roster for a friendly Thursday against France in Bondoufle, south of Paris. It’s been a long road back since the injury occurred in practice before last year’s Cyprus Cup. “My dreams were slowly fading away,” Sesselmann acknowledged. “I was like ’Am I going to come back from this?’ I didn’t know. It was a constant battle every day, trying to push yourself. Everybody’s body is different. Some people come back from it faster, some people it takes longer.” Sesselmann had a rough start after surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament. She was sick the first three months of her recovery, dealt with plenty of pain and spent time in hos-

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned RW Zach Nastasiuk from Owen Sound (OHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL). Recalled RW Landon Ferraro from Grand Rapids. SAN JOSE SHARKS — Recalled F Bryan Lerg from Worcester (AHL). Assigned F Chris Crane from Worcester to Allen (ECHL). American Hockey League NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Returned F Alex MacMillan to Utah (ECHL). OKLAHOMA CITY BARONS — Recalled G Ty Rimmer from Bakersfield (ECHL). ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Returned G Pat Nagle to Fort Wayne (ECHL). ECHL ECHL — Suspended Allen F Vincent Arseneau one game and Greenville F Paul Rodrigues two games. COLORADO EAGLES — Loaned G Jacob DeSerres to Adirondack (AHL). ELMIRA JACKALS — Loaned D Steven Shamanski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) and F Taylor Stefishen to Adirondack (AHL). FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Released G Andy Iles and F Mark McGowan. FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Released G Larkin Saalfrank as emergency backup. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Loaned G Keegan Asmundson to Hershey (AHL). TULSA OILERS — Released G Ian Keserich as emergency backup. WHEELING NAILERS — Claimed D Sean Erickson off waivers from Rapid City. MOTORSPORTS INDYCAR — Penalized Chevrolet 220 points for a non-minor engine repair following last week’s race in St. Petersburg, Fla. COLLEGE POST (CONN.) — Added men’s and women’s ice hockey programs to begin play in the 2015-16 academic year.

pital. “Rehab is hard, it is hard,” she said. “I don’t wish that upon anybody, I’m not going to lie, and I hope to never go through it again.” Sesselmann believes she will be better than ever after having to relearn how to do just about everything from a single squat to running. “It kind of gave me a way to become a better athlete throughout this whole process, because now I was relearning how to do everything the right way.” She says the timing of the injury was in her favour, however, allowing her the time to get her body back to where it needed to be. The Canadian team now waits on veteran midfielder Diana Matheson, who tore her left anterior cruciate ligament in a friendly against Japan last October. Matheson’s return in time for the World Cup seems far more unlikely given the shorter recovery time. This week’s game against third-ranked France is the penultimate for No. 8 Canada before the June 6 kickoff of the Women’s World Cup in Edmonton. The Canadians host No. 5 England in Hamilton on May 29. Sesselmann had original hoped to be back last month in time for this year’s Cyprus Cup, where she injured the knee. But she eventually elected to spend that time training with the Houston Dash, her club team, to put the finishing touches on her comeback.

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Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m. Colorado at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. Monday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 005 000 100 — 6 6 0 NYY 000 001 000 — 1 3 1 Hutchison, Loup (7), M.Castro (8) and R.Martin; Tanaka, Ch.Martin (5), Shreve (6), D.Carpenter (7), J.Wilson (9), Rogers (9) and B.McCann. W—Hutchison 1-0. L—Tanaka 0-1. HRs—Toronto, Encarnacion (1), Travis (1). New York, Gardner (1). Minnesota 000 000 000 — 0 5 0 Detroit 030 001 00x — 4 10 0 P.Hughes, Graham (7) and K.Suzuki; Price, Nathan (9) and Avila. W—Price 1-0. L—P.Hughes 0-1. Sv— Nathan (1). HRs—Detroit, J.Martinez (1), Avila (1). Baltimore 100 021 011 — 6 8 0 Tampa Bay 000 000 110 — 2 8 1 Tillman, O’Day (7), Brach (8), Tom.Hunter (8), Britton (9) and Joseph; Archer, Geltz (6), Frieri (8), Beliveau (8), Balfour (8), Yates (9) and Rivera. W—Tillman 1-0. L—Archer 0-1. HRs—Baltimore, De Aza (1), Pearce (1), Flaherty (1). Tampa Bay, Longoria (1).

Monday’s Games Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Detroit 4, Minnesota 0 Boston 8, Philadelphia 0 Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 10, Chicago White Sox 1 Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 1 Houston 2, Cleveland 0 Oakland 8, Texas 0 Tuesday’s Games Baltimore (Chen 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Karns 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Lewis 0-0) at Oakland (Hahn 0-0), 8:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Wilson 0-0) at Seattle (Paxton 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Minnesota at Detroit, 11:08 a.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 6:10 p.m. Texas at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

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LA Angels 100 000 000 — 1 4 0 Seattle 002 020 00x — 4 10 0 Weaver, C.Ramos (7), Salas (8) and Iannetta; F.Hernandez, Farquhar (8), Furbush (8), C.Smith (8), Rodney (9) and Zunino. W—F.Hernandez 1-0. L—Weaver 0-1. Sv—Rodney (1). HRs—Los Angeles, Trout (1). Seattle, Ackley (1). Chicago 000 000 100 — 1 5 0 Kan. City 012 010 51x — 10 13 0 Samardzija, Da.Jennings (7), Drabek (7) and Flowers, Soto; Ventura, K.Herrera (7), W.Davis (8), Madson (9) and S.Perez. W—Ventura 1-0. L— Samardzija 0-1. HRs—Chicago, Abreu (1). Kansas City, Moustakas (1), Rios (1). Cleveland 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 Houston 000 001 01x — 2 3 0 Kluber, Atchison (8) and Y.Gomes; Keuchel, Sipp (8), Gregerson (9) and J.Castro. W—Keuchel 1-0. L—Kluber 0-1. Sv—Gregerson (1). Texas 000 000 000 — 0 1 1 Oakland 200 200 31x — 8 11 1 Gallardo, Bass (5), Klein (7), Mendez (8) and Chirinos; Gray, Scribner (9) and Vogt. W—Gray 1-0. L— Gallardo 0-1. HRs—Oakland, Zobrist (1), Vogt (1). INTERLEAGUE Boston 101 020 004 — 8 9 1 Phila. 000 000 000 — 0 3 0 Buchholz, Tazawa (8), Layne (9) and Hanigan; Hamels, L.Garcia (6), J.Gomez (7), De Fratus (8), Diekman (9), C.Jimenez (9) and Ruiz. W—Buchholz 1-0. L—Hamels 0-1. HRs—Boston, Pedroia 2 (2), Betts (1), H.Ramirez 2 (2). NATIONAL LEAGUE Colorado 402 400 000 — 10 16 0 Milwaukee 000 000 000 — 0 8 3 K.Kendrick, Betancourt (8), Friedrich (9) and Hundley; Lohse, Blazek (4), Cotts (6), W.Smith (8), Jeffress (9) and Lucroy, Maldonado. W—K.Kendrick 1-0. L—Lohse 0-1. HRs—Colorado, Dickerson (1), Arenado (1). NY Mets 000 002 100 — 3 5 1 Wash. 000 100 000 — 1 3 2 B.Colon, C.Torres (7), Familia (8), Blevins (9), Carlyle (9) and d’Arnaud; Scherzer, Cedeno (8), Barrett (9), Thornton (9) and W.Ramos. W—B.Colon 1-0. L—Scherzer 0-1. Sv—Carlyle (1). HRs—Washington, Harper (1).

Sunday’s Games St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 0 Monday’s Games Colorado 10, Milwaukee 0 Boston 8, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1 Atlanta 2, Miami 1 Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 3 San Francisco at Arizona, late

Atlanta 100 001 000 — 2 6 0 Miami 001 000 000 — 1 8 0 Teheran, Avilan (7), Ji.Johnson (7), Grilli (9) and Bethancourt; H.Alvarez, Dunn (8), A.Ramos (9) and Saltalamacchia. W—Teheran 1-0. L—H.Alvarez 0-1. Sv—Grilli (1).

Tuesday’s Games Atlanta (Wood 0-0) at Miami (Latos 0-0), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 0-0), 6:05 p.m. Colorado (Lyles 0-0) at Milwaukee (Garza 0-0), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-0) at Arizona (De La Rosa 0-0), 7:40 p.m. San Diego (T.Ross 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 5:05 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego 100 020 000 — 3 7 1 LA Dodg. 000 200 13x — 6 9 0 Shields, Vincent (7), Garces (7), Kelley (7) and De.Norris; Kershaw, Y.Garcia (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Hatcher (9) and Ellis. W—Jo.Peralta 1-0. L— Kelley 0-1. Sv—Hatcher (1). HRs—Los Angeles, A.Gonzalez (1), Rollins (1). Pittsburgh 000 000 020 — 2 7 0 Cincinnati 001 100 03x — 5 5 0 Liriano, Watson (8) and Cervelli; Cueto, Gregg (8), M.Parra (8), Diaz (8), Chapman (9) and Mesoraco. W—Diaz 1-0. L—Watson 0-1. Sv—Chapman (1). HRs—Pittsburgh, McCutchen (1). Cincinnati, Bruce (1), Frazier (1).

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Atlanta 57 19 .750 — x-Cleveland 50 27 .649 7 x-Chicago 46 31 .597 11 y-Toronto 45 32 .584 12 x-Washington 44 33 .571 13 Milwaukee 38 39 .494 19 Brooklyn 36 41 .468 21 Boston 35 42 .455 22 Indiana 34 43 .442 23 Miami 34 43 .442 23 Charlotte 33 43 .434 24 Detroit 30 47 .390 27 Orlando 24 53 .312 33 Philadelphia 18 60 .231 40 New York 15 62 .195 42 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct z-Golden State 63 14 .818 x-Houston 53 24 .688 x-Memphis 52 25 .675 y-Portland 50 27 .649 x-L.A. Clippers 52 26 .667 x-San Antonio 51 26 .662 Dallas 46 31 .597 Oklahoma City 42 35 .545 New Orleans 41 35 .539 Phoenix 39 38 .506 Utah 35 42 .455 Denver 28 49 .364 Sacramento 26 50 .342 L.A. Lakers 20 56 .263 Minnesota 16 60 .211 x-clinched playoff spot

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Sunday’s Games Houston 115, Oklahoma City 112 Cleveland 99, Chicago 94 Indiana 112, Miami 89 San Antonio 107, Golden State 92 New York 101, Philadelphia 91 Utah 101, Sacramento 95 L.A. Clippers 106, L.A. Lakers 78 Monday’s Games Brooklyn 106, Portland 96 Tuesday’s Games Phoenix at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Golden State at New Orleans, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Sacramento, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Chicago at Orlando, 5 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 5 p.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Indiana at New York, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 6 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Denver, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 8 p.m.

Cuban major league players dip slightly on opening day despite high-profile signings BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Despite high-profile signings during the offseason, there was one fewer Cuban-born player on opening-day rosters this year than in 2014. There were 18 Cubans on major league rosters Sunday, according to the commissioner’s office. The Cuban players who signed the most-lucrative contracts both began the season in the minors: Boston outfielder Rusney Castillo ($72.5 million for seven years) was sent to Pawtucket and Arizona outfielder Yasmany Tomas ($68.5 million for six seasons) to Reno. Major League Baseball said 230 of 868 players on opening-day rosters, disabled lists and the restricted list were born outside the 50 states, with the percentage rising to 26.5 from 26.3 per cent. Players were born in 17 countries and territories outside the 50 states, the most since 2001 and one short of the record set in 1998. The Dominican Republic has topped the list each year since MLB began tracking the numbers in 2005. There are 83 Dominican players, one more than last year but down from a high of 99 in 2007. Every team except Washington had a Dominican-born player on its opening-day roster. Venezuela was next with 65, six more than last year. Puerto Rico had 13, followed by Canada, Japan and Mexico (nine), Colombia, Curacao and Panama (four), South Korea (three), Australia, Brazil, Nicaragua (two); and Aruba, Netherlands and Taiwan (one). Kansas City catcher Paulo Orlando became the second Brazilian on an opening-day roster following Cleveland catcher Yan Gomes last year. Texas has the most players born outside the 50 states with 15, trailed by Toronto (12), and Boston and Detroit (11 each). Oakland had the fewest with two: Dominican pitcher Fernando Abad and Canadian third baseman Brett Lawrie. Figures include active rosters, 115 players on disabled lists and three on the restricted list serving drug suspensions.

BUSINESS

TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015

Oil slump curbs outlook BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BANK OF CANADA

OTTAWA — The sting of lower oil prices has dampened the confidence of companies when it comes to future sales growth, investment and hiring, the Bank of Canada’s latest business outlook has found. The central bank’s quarterly sampling of 100 representative businesses, released Monday, suggested cheaper crude had even eroded sales expectations among firms beyond the energy sector, such as those down the supply chain. “More businesses than in previous surveys anticipate an outright decline in sales volumes,” the document said. The survey, conducted between Feb. 17 and March 12, also found dimmer expectations about future investments in machinery and equipment for the coming year, particularly among companies in the goods sector and those hit hard by lower oil prices. The influential questionnaire of senior managers also found the outlook for hiring had diminished to its lowest level since 2009. “Hiring intentions are weaker for most sectors and regions, but especially for firms tied to the energy sector, which plan to reduce the size of their workforces in light of lower oil prices,” the report said.

Expectations for hiring, sales and investment were higher in the bank’s January survey, which was conducted between Nov. 17 and Dec. 11 as world oil prices plunged. Since then, crude prices have stayed low. This was the central bank’s first business outlook survey since governor Stephen Poloz surprised markets in January by cutting the key overnight interest rate. At the time, he said the move was “insurance” against the anticipated economic impact of falling oil prices. Crude is currently trading around US$50 a barrel — down from a summer peak of about US$107. BMO chief economist Douglas Porter said he didn’t believe the “sluggish” results of the outlook survey increased the odds Poloz would introduce another cut at next week’s rate announcement. “While we don’t dismiss the chances of such, it will take some significant new disappointment to advance the cause,” Porter wrote Monday in a note to clients. “The oil price slide impact is a little bit louder and a little bit worse.” The survey also found a growing number of companies expected lower input costs because of cheap-

er oil prices, though some anticipated the lower Canadian dollar would partially offset those gains. The bank said more businesses expected the weaker exchange rate to help boost output prices over the coming 12 months. The survey’s outlook for the U.S. economy was strong, with most companies anticipating Canada’s biggest market will help boost future sales. Several firms reported foreign demand had increased thanks to the weakened Canadian dollar. But the survey said many businesses only expected some of the benefits from the exchange rate and cheaper crude to surface gradually. In a separate report released Monday, the central bank found overall business-lending conditions were largely unchanged in the first quarter of 2015 — except for firms in the battered oil-and-gas sector. While energy companies experienced a tighter lending environment, borrowers in other sectors reported that conditions remained “highly accommodative,” the bank’s senior loan officer survey found. The survey also marked the first time the bank released results of its questions on the intensity of labour shortages. In Monday’s report, it said reported labour shortages were “less intense” compared with a year earlier, especially for firms operating in industries and regions connected to the energy sector.

PUTTING A PRICE ON CARBON

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Passenger demand grows BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Preston Manning, former Leader of the Reform Party and CEO of the Manning Foundation, Preston Manning speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 in Ottawa. The least costly, most efficient and effective way to reduce Canadian greenhouse gas emissions is by putting a price on carbon — and the provinces are best situated to make the move, says a blue-chip panel of Canadian economists which includes Manning.

BRIEF Nickel miners who were forced to seek refuge from fire back at surface THOMPSON, Man. — All of the miners who were forced to seek safety in underground refuge areas after a fire broke out at a northern Manitoba nickel mine have been safely returned to the surface. Vale, which operates the mine in Thompson, said that the last eight miners who were waiting for rescue were brought out of the mine Monday afternoon. The company said the fire broke out Sunday in a piece of remotely operated machinery about 850 metres underground. Thirty-nine workers in the mine moved to the

refuge stations, and workers in another mine that is connected by a tunnel also took refuge as a precaution. “We are able to report that all remaining employees who were in refuge stations have been released and have returned to surface,” Ryan Land, Vale’s manager of corporate affairs in Manitoba, said in the news release. “We have confirmed that there were no injuries and we have accounted for all personnel.” Land said the fire started in a very large loader, called a load haul dump, which is used to clear areas before it’s safe for workers to enter. He explained that workers were alerted to the emergency by the release of “stench gas,” which is purposely released into the mine’s air supply to notify everyone there’s trouble. The company said the workers in the adjoining mine were released Sunday night. But the ones in the mine where the fire occurred had to wait until Monday morning before the air quality was satisfactory and rescuers, who progressed from rescue station to rescue station, could release them.

WestJet Airlines says passenger demand keeps growing even as concerns mount about the impact on the Calgary-based carrier due to a sluggish Alberta economy following the recent collapse in oil prices. The airline said passenger traffic increased 1.5 per cent in March from a year ago, as a record 1.7 million people flew on the Calgary-based airline and its regional subsidiary WestJet Encore. However, WestJet’s capacity grew 4.8 per cent, causing its load factor — or the amount of seats that are used — to fall by 2.7 points to 81.3 per cent, from 84 per cent in March 2014. Load factor is one of the statistics used by airlines and analysts to measure whether an airline has right number of flights and seating for the level of passenger demand. WestJet CEO Gregg Saretsky said load factors have been depressed by the industry’s increased supply of seats to some southern sun markets that has been rising faster than demand. Transat AT (TSX:TRZ.B) has said industry seat capacity to sun destinations was up 12 per cent this winter. “Despite this, the overall demand environment remains strong,” Saretsky said in a statement, adding that revenue per available seat for the first quarter is expected to be in line with its prior guidance. On the Toronto Stock Exchange, WestJet’s (TSX:WJA) shares were down $1.38, or 4.63 per cent at $28.41 in Monday morning trading. David Tyerman of Canaccord Genuity said the March statistics demonstrated that WestJet’s traffic isn’t breaking, even though lower oil prices is slowing slowing the economy in its home province and nationally. “We think WestJet’s traffic data suggests slow growth, but not a major collapse in demand or pricing,” Tyerman wrote in a report. WestJet, which has expanded beyond its western base by growing nationally and internationally, has said its exposure to Alberta is now similar to Air Canada (TSX:AC), Canada’s biggest airline. National Bank Financial analyst Cameron Doerksen said the weakening Western Canadian economy is investors’ biggest concern. He estimates an economic downturn in the province would have an impact since it accounts for about 25 per cent of WestJet’s departures.

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Cuban property not up for grabs, despite warmer relations ‘WE WANT TO KEEP THE COUNTRY FOR CUBANS’: AMBASSADOR BY THE CANADIAN PRESS \OTTAWA — Vast, sandy expanses of undeveloped Caribbean coastline, sprawling green countryside and the faded but lingering beauty of old Havana have sparked many a business development fantasy in some of Cuba’s more entrepreneurial visitors. Those dreams of new beach resorts, golf courses and condos seemed a little closer to reality after this past December, when presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama declared Cuba and the U.S. would try to normalize relations after 53 years. But Cuba’s top North American envoy has a special message to all those dreamers — keep dreaming. “We are not against selling property, but not freely,” said Julio Garmendia Pena, the Cuban ambassador to Canada. “We want to keep the country for Cubans.”

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In a recent speech in Ottawa to an audience of diplomats, academics and government officials, Pena made clear Cuba may be open to foreign investment, but buying land is not on the table. Many obstacles remain to a full-on Cuban-American rapprochement, including two big ones — establishing diplomatic relations and lifting the crippling U.S. economic embargo, which Cuba simply calls the blockade. But the biggest one is a long-running feud over property, valued at billions of dollars. After Fidel Castro’s communist revolution in 1959, the new Cuban government seized and nationalized U.S. assets across the country. These included the American-owned telephone company, utilities, sugar cane fields, and various properties, including several Hilton hotels. When heiress Paris Hilton recently visited Havana and posted selfies in front of the old Hilton

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hotel, she was castigated online for thumbing her nose at the legacy that underwrites her current life of celebrity leisure. The value of seized American assets has been estimated at as much as $7 billion, much of it claimed by the very angry and influential Cuban expatriate community in Florida that reviles the Castros. Like many other informed observers, Mark Entwistle, Canada’s ambassador to Cuba from 1993-97, said Monday some sort of compensation agreement will have to be reached before Cuba and the U.S. can move forward. As one of the founders of a Toronto-based boutique merchant bank (his partners include Belinda Stronach and former Onex executive Anthony Melman), Entwistle has spent a lot of time in Cuba the United States recently.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 130.87 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.45 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.70 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.65 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.56 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.98 Cdn. National Railway . . 82.52 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 228.36 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.14 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.43 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.98 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 48.68 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 61.39 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.88 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.00 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.66 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 25.50 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.08 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.16 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.45 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.38 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.79 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 53.98 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 133.26 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.45 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.87 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 63.64 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market posted a solid advance Monday as sharply higher commodity prices boosted mining and energy stocks. The S&P/TSX composite index closed 74.03 points higher at 15,100.65 after being up more than 100 points most of the afternoon before giving back some of its gains late in the day. The loonie closed up 0.55 of a U.S. cent at 80.14 cents. The American dollar has weakened since the U.S. Labour Department reported last week that only 126,000 jobs were created in March, the first time in a year that fewer than 200,000 American jobs were added in a month. New York markets soared as traders reasoned that Friday’s dismal U.S. jobs report means that the Federal Reserve will be in no hurry to raise interest rates. Low rates are generally seen as a boon to markets. Traders were also encouraged by the U.S. Institute for Supply Management’s services index, even though it slipped to 56.5 in March from 56.9 in February. Any reading over 50 indicates expansion. The overall index was dragged down by a measure of sales, which fell last month. However, gauges of hiring and orders were both up, a sign that U.S. services firms may be expecting solid growth in the coming months and that recent signs of a weakening in the American economy may prove temporary. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 117.61 points to 17,880.85, the Nasdaq climbed 30.38 points to 4,917.32 and the S&P 500 was up 13.66 points at 2,080.62. John Stephenson, president and CEO of Stephenson & Co. Capital Management, said the anticipated findings of the ISM survey, Friday’s U.S. non-farm payrolls report and the likelihood that it will be months before the nuclear deal with Iran will see more oil coming onto the market

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.44 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.57 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.99 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 28.50 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.74 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.43 First Quantum Minerals . 16.13 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 24.09 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.74 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.04 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.41 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.87 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.22 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 17.40 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 22.96 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.94 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 65.66 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.87 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 3416 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 40.25 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 11.31 Canyon Services Group. . 7.80 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 21.99 CWC Well Services . . . 0.3050 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.52 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.10 were all “positive indicators that the market took very favourably.” Stephenson also noted that Saudi Arabia raised its benchmark price on oil shipments to Asia, its biggest market, on the weekend. “One of the issues that has hurt the crude complex is the fact that Saudi Arabia seemed to be willing to, at all costs, gain market share and obviously this (price increase) is a bit of an inflection in that thinking,” he said. On the commodity markets, the May crude contract closed up $3 at US$52.14 a barrel, while June gold bullion rose $17.70 to US$1,218.60 an ounce. The heavily weighted gold and energy sectors were the two leading gainers on the TSX. In economic news, the Bank of Canada’s quarterly sampling of business confidence said the sharp drop in oil prices in recent months — down more than 50 per cent from last summer — have dampened the confidence of companies when it comes to future sales growth, investment and hiring. But when it comes to the Toronto stock market, Stephenson said it pays to keep in mind the heavy weighting of oil and other commodities, the prices of which tend to move inversely with the value of the U.S. dollar. “So, the U.S. dollar is weakening against a basket of currencies so that’s one issue. And the other issue is just the fact that there is more uncertainty out there and gold has typically been a safe-haven investment that people flock to in times when they are uncertain.” FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Monday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,100.65, up 74.03 points Dow — 17,880.85, up 117.61 points S&P 500 — 2,080.62, up 13.66 points

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WESTJET: Demand healthy The analyst said air travel has only been modestly impacted in Alberta so far in 2015 as traffic at Calgary Airport is up 0.9 per cent. Edmonton is down 0.7 per cent and Fort McMurray is down 1.7 per cent, but demand “remains healthy” in the rest of WestJet’s network. Analyst Chris Murray of AltaCorp Capital said WestJet will continue to benefit from a “rational and healthy demand environment” as non-fare or ancillary revenues will continue to grow. WestJet’s fuel prices which are down 29 per cent from last year should more than offset the negative impact of a lower Canadian dollar on fuel and other U.S.-denominated costs.

CUBA: Views lands as a national asset One refrain he is hearing in the U.S. these days goes like this: “How do I buy that piece of beachfront, how do I buy a downtown city block of Havana to redevelop it?” No time soon, is Entwistle’s stan-

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 85.13 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 45.88 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.97 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 27.02 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 51.78 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.04 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.45 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.005 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.68 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.72 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.61 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.75 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.71 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 55.51 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.45 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.14 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.11 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.10 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.50 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 44.94 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 94.73 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.50 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.47 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.80 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 77.07 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.16 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.10

Nasdaq — 4,917.32, up 30.38 points Currencies: Cdn — 80.14 cents US, up 0.55 of a cent Pound — C$1.8578, down 0.48 of a cent Euro — C$1.3654, down 0.15 of a cent Euro — US$1.0942, up 0.63 of a cent

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Oil futures: US$52.14 per barrel, up $3 (May contract) Gold futures: US$1,218.60 per oz., up $17.70 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.221 oz., up 30 cents $714.41 kg., up $9.65 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’15 $3.70 lower $458.30; July ’15 $3.60 lower $458.60; Nov ’15 $3.60 lower $450.90; Jan. ’16 $3.90 lower $451.60; March ’16 $4.10 lower $452.00; May ’16 $4.50 lower $453.00; July ’16 $4.50 lower $453.70; Nov. ’16 $4.50 lower $449.80; Jan. ’17 $4.50 lower $449.80; March ’17 $4.50 lower $449.80; May ’17 $4.50 lower $449.80. Barley (Western): May ’15 $1.00 higher $205.00; July ’15 unchanged $204.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $189.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $189.00; March ’16 unchanged $189.00; May ’16 unchanged $189.00; July ’16 unchanged $189.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $189.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $189.00; March ’17 unchanged $189.00; May ’17 unchanged $189.00. Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 400,860 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 400,860.

dard answer, because Cuba views land as a national asset that belongs to the state. “There’s a sense, especially in the United States, that there’s some gold rush bonanza is about to happen,” said Entwistle. “This is largely informed by a tremendous lack of information and understanding of Cuba itself, and where the Cubans have come from, and who they are and where they’re going.” Pena himself made clear that Cuba had learned lessons from its pre-revolution era of American influence. “We already went through this,” he said. “And at the end of the day, when we began to see who is owning these properties, it was a frightening list. So we decided to be more careful in that direction.” Eventually, Entwistle said, Cuba will have to open itself up to more foreign investment if it wants to grow an economy hobbled by a half century of economic isolation from its massive neighbour 135 kilometres to the north. But that doesn’t mean Cuba will start selling off deeds and titles to hoteliers and developers, especially from the United States, he added. “A situation in the past, in Cuban history, where one country owned twothirds of the national economy and all the utilities and phones and electricity and over 80 per cent of the fertile sugar lands and agricultural lands — that’s not going to happen again.”

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Wind turbines line a ridge on Stetson Mountain in Stetson, Maine, on July 14, 2009. The state became the regional wind power leader under Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, but change is in the air as Gov. Paul LePage makes an aggressive push away from his predecessor’s renewable energy policies. The outspoken Republican, who says wind power is too expensive, is looking to hydropower from Canada and natural gas to bring down electricity prices that are among the highest in the country.

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Private-sector mortgage insurer Genworth follows CMHC in raising premium TORONTO — Genworth Canada says it will be increasing the premium for some of its mortgage insurance, starting June 1, matching a move announced last week by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. The rate wlll go up by 15 per cent for buyers who have a downpayment of 10 per cent or less. The private-sector company is following a similar move last week by the federal government’s CMHC, which is the country’s leading supplier of mortgage insurance. Mortgage insurance provides protection for lenders who provide money to home buyers and owners. Genworth says it believes the higher premiums won’t have a major impact on home affordability but the higher pricing will support the long-term health of Canada’s system for financing housing. The new rate for a loan-to-value ratio up to 95 per cent is 3.6 per cent, up from 3.15 per cent. For a loan-to-value ratio from 90.01 to 95 per cent, but a non-traditional down payment, the premium climbs to 3.85 per cent from 3.35 per cent.

Goldcorp to sell 40% stake in South Arturo joint venture to Premier Gold VANCOUVER — Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) has a preliminary agreement to sell its 40 per cent interest in a Nevada project to Premier Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:PG). Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) owns the other 60 per cent interest in the South Arturo mine project, which is eight kilometres from Barrick’s Goldstrike mining operation, and has right

of first refusal. Premier has agreed to pay Goldcorp US$20 million at closing and to transfer five per cent of its interest in the Rahill-Bonznsa joint venture in Red Lake, Ont., where Goldcorp has one of its major mines. In turn, Goldcorp has agreed to invest C$12.5 million in Premier. It has also agreed to pay Premier a break fee if Barrick exercises its right of first refusal on the South Arturo project. Goldcorp would pay Premier US$1.1 million or five per cent of the price that Barrick pays Goldcorp, whichever is greater. Vancouver-based Goldcorp and Toronto-based Barrick are Canada’s two-largest gold producers, and among the largest in the world.

Russian PM says Vietnam close to deal with Eurasian Economic Union HANOI, Vietnam — Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that Vietnam is close to agreeing a free trade deal with the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union. He predicted that Russia’s annual trade with Vietnam could increase by fourfold to $10 billion over the next five years. The two sides also agreed to expand oil and gas exploration in the contested South China Sea. Medvedev is on a 2-day official visit to Communist Party-ruled Vietnam and held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung. Wary of the growing influence of giant northern neighbour China, the Vietnamese government has sought to strengthen commercial and military ties with world powers including the its former enemy the United States and Japan. Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations are embroiled in disputes with Beijing over its expansive claim to the South China Sea. Medvedev said a trade agreement between Vietnam and the EEU, an economic community which also includes Belarus and Kazakhstan, would help bolster economic ties. “We have agreed on most contents of the agreement,” Medvedev said through a translator.

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TELUS TOWER PAIR DREW 600,000 VIEWERS BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF After being dormant for almost three years, local conservationists believe it is time for the return of the falcon nest camera atop the Telus Tower in Highland Green. In the short time it was operational, a little more than two years, operators had more than 600,000 unique page visits to the online camera that monitored a peregrine falcon’s nest. The nest is still situated atop the Telus communications tower on Hermary Street. Dennis Maciborsky is one of a few members of the Red Deer River Natu-

ralists who still regularly monitors the nest. But a return of the broadcast camera would have a much better impact than photos from the ground. “This is important to people,” said Maciborsky, who lives a few blocks from the tower. “We care about our birds right here in our neighbourhood. These guys go over my home and poop on the hood of my car.” Not that long ago, before the ban on the pesticide DDT in Alberta, there was only one pair of the bird of prey remaining in the province. Now there are an estimated 70 pairs left. “That’s pretty miraculous,” said Maciborsky.

“They were on the brink of extinction. “And we have them back, let’s keep them back, let’s keep these cameras going, let’s keep the attention and support on them.” The camera was installed in 2010 and operated thanks to a corporate donation from Telus, in partnership with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. Maciborsky said it would take about $12,000 to get the camera and website back up, not as an annual cost but as a one-time cost instead. The Telus tower pair, known as Windsong and Nessa, have been nesting at the site for more than 14 years. And another pair have long nested

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on top of the Sheraton Hotel at Gaetz Avenue and 32nd Street. Since the camera stopped being used, Maciborsky and two other Red Deer residents have been going to the tower several times a week and getting photographs from the ground. “Just so our thousands of people around the world can tune into a place on our Raptor Resource project (www. raptorresource.org) and see what has been going on with our falcons,” said Maciborsky. “That’s how much they love them.” Several pictures and videos taken from the camera during its time in operation can be viewed at www.suumerflys.shutterfly.com. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Funeral set for woman who went missing The funeral for a local woman who was found dead two weeks after she disappeared will be held on April 13. The service for Roze Burk will be held at the Red Deer Seventh-day Adventist Church in Gasoline Alley just off McKenzie Road, at 11 a.m., said her daughter-in-law, Tamara Burk. Burk, 68, was last seen on March 12 at the Deer Park Co-op. She was found on March 27, about 260 km northwest of Red Deer in the Evansburg area west of Edmonton. Burk was possibly suffering from undiagnosed dementia. She lived on a farm just east of Red Deer. Extensive searches by family, friends and police in the Red Deer area were done after she and her small dog Jewel went missing, but no clues were found. An RCMP surveillance plane, in the air on a different operation, spotted Burk’s vehicle in the remote area, and later that day Burk’s body was found. Police said at the time they believe her vehicle became stuck and she left it to seek help. Her dog was found alive and has been returned safely to her family. Blackfalds RCMP Staff Sgt. Ken Morrison said on Monday that he hadn’t received the coroner’s report yet on the cause of death.

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Mia Bowie, four, hammers a nail into a birdhouse during the Birdhouses with Bob workshop at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Saturday. Several families took part in the event, taking home birdhouses to welcome the songbirds back after the winter months.

International foods event to support refugee effort An international foods event will raise funds for the Central Alberta Refugee Effort in Red Deer. Twenty-three foods from places like Brazil, the Middle East and Africa will be featured at the event on Friday, April 24, at the Holiday Inn in Gasoline Alley. Holiday Inn Chef Emmanuel David will make the foods from six parts of the world. Besides the food, there will be cultural activities and entertainment, and a chance to win some-

thing through the passport prize challenge. All proceeds will go to CARE to support its services and expanded facilities. CARE is a charitable non-profit organization that has served for 35 years in the city, helping with settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees. Tickets are $100 each or $750 for a table of eight people. They can be purchased by calling 403346-8818 or online at www.around-

the-world-with-care.immigrantcentre.ca. Participants are encouraged to dress as tourists or may wear casual attire, shirt and shoes required. The event starts at 5 p.m. with cocktails and perusing cultural displays and silent auction items. Food and entertainment starts at 6:15 p.m. For more information, contact Sue Arrison at 403-342-5816 or Alberta Drummond at 403-302-9097.

Red Deer County council will be asked for a financial assist for the 2016 MasterCard Memorial Cup set for Red Deer next year. Representatives from the host committee will be at council chambers today to request $80,000 towards the operating budget of the event running May 20-29. The county has been a supporter of the Memorial Cup from Day 1, pledging $150,000 as early as 2011 to serve as a financial backstop for the bid, which was ultimately successful. City of Red Deer has also committed $200,000, plus an additional $200,000 if revenues run short. In anticipation of a future funding request for the event, the county put aside $200,000 in its 2015 budget. Memorial Cup host committee organizers expect the event to draw about 65,000 hockey fans to the area. The event is expected to cost $2.5 million and produce economic spinoffs of just under $18 million. This will be the first time the event, which matches up junior hockey’s top teams, has been held in Alberta since 1974. The 98th year of the cup will feature a welcoming ceremony with a military component at Red Deer’s Cenotaph in recognition of the cup’s origins honouring soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War. Other events planned include a golf tournament, Community Cup Tour around Central Alberta, opening banquet and a Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum exhibit.

Lakeshore project nears completion The end is in sight for Sylvan Lake’s seven-year Lakeshore Drive makeover. Since 2009, the town has been reimagining its waterfront to turn it into a more pedestrian-friendly gathering place with a redesigned road system and extensive promenade. By the end of next year, town council hopes to complete the final phases of the estimated $24-million project. As part of its 2015 capital budget, $1.5 million has been put aside to up-

SYLVAN LAKE grade the stretch from 33rd Street to the Hwy 20 roundabout. This year will also see the second part of a $2.6-million project to refurbish 50th Street to 52nd Street. Design work for the final segment from 52nd Street to Marina Bay Place will be done this year and the $2.6 million worth of construction is sched-

uled for next year. The bulk of the Lakeshore redevelopment project has been bankrolled through provincial funding and the town is looking towards other governments to help pay for remaining work west of 50th Street. Under the Canada-Alberta Building Canada Fund, the town can apply for

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up to $3 million in grant funding. Other grants, such as the provincial Municipal Sustainability Initiative and town reserves, will also be used. Council also hopes to dip into the Building Canada Fund to help pay for $1 million for preliminary work and detailed design for a new water reservoir. The reservoir is expected to be ready in 2018 to meet needs from the town’s growing population.

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Rimbey run raises funds for hospital patient lifts Run Around the Zone is returning to Rimbey on May 10. The third annual three-, five- and 10-km run/walk will raise money to help buy overhead patient lifts for Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre. Overhead patient lifts allow staff to move patients with less risk of injury to both staff and patient, while increasing comfort and peace of mind for patients being moved. Each lift costs $8,000 and Rimbey Health Services Donation Committee hopes to raise enough money to buy 49 lifts. Run Around the Zone happens at Paskapoo Park, at 5620 51st St., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration costs $40 per person, $25 for youth under age 13, and $90 per family (maximum two adults and four children). For more information or to register, visit www.rimbeyhealthdonations.com/ run.

You can vote for local library programs up for awards Four libraries in Central Alberta are vying for the People’s Choice, You Libraries Minister’s Award for outstanding programming in a public library. Twenty library programs have been nominated across Alberta. Online voting has started. Here are the nominations from Central Alberta: First Thursdays Classical Music Series at the Red Deer Public Library: This is the ongoing classical music series presented by the library on the first Thursday of each month, over the lunch hour.

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Liz Maki shows off some of the different features of Butterfly in Blue, a quilt she pieced together using a Tula Pink pattern. The piece, which was also quilted by Ardelle Kerr, won first prize in the large quilt category and best of show during the annual show. The Central Alberta Quilters Guild puts on the show every spring at Westerner Park. The show ran on Friday and Saturday. PD Day Programming at the Caroline Library: Once a month craft/activity/ learning afternoon targeting children ages six to12. These programs are scheduled to coincide with the local school’s professional development days. Rhyme and Rhythm at the Sundre Municipal Library: The program has as its primary goal developing and fostering early literacy skills among preschool children. Programs and services for community children and teens at Stettler Public Library: The library offers a myriad of programs and services for community children and teens. The winner will be announced at the Alberta Library Conference, which runs from April 30 to May 3. To vote online, go to www.laa.ca/ youaward/page/vote, and a detailed explanation of the nominees’ award is also found on the web page.

Benefit concert in Innisfail for post-traumatic stress An Albertan musician is doing what she can to raise awareness and funds for post traumatic stress disorder in Canada. Jessie Tylre Williams is raising money through the 2015 National House Concert Benefit Gala on April 18 in Innisfail. Although still in the preliminary stages of the Canada-wide tour, she hopes this will be the first of 40 benefit galas for PTSD across Canada. If Williams holds a benefit gala in 40 towns, she hopes to raise $500,000 for organizations helping those who suffer from PTSD. She would like to hold at least eight benefit events in Alberta. Ultimately, Williams would like to be able to help create a 24-hour hotline for people suffering from PTSD. Williams feels it is important to help sufferers of PTSD, particularly emergency service workers and those in the Canadian Forces. She explains that these people help save lives every day and doing that, they can be put in situations that result in PTSD. Helping them can be the public’s

way of giving back, says Williams. The idea for the benefit concerts started six months ago. Williams did extensive research and decided the resources for PTSD were very limited in Canada. She held a contest for children between the ages of six and 16. The winner will sing the national anthem at the benefit. The 2015 National House Concert Series Benefit Gala will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 104 at 5108 49th Ave. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner is served at 6. The evening will feature a silent auction, Innisfail Legion Pipe Band performance before dinner and a performance by Williams. Tickets are $50. For tickets, go to www.jessie-williams.com and click on Tour Dates or visit Royal Canadian Legion Branch 104.

Steps for Life helps families after workplace tragedy Participate in a five-km walk to raise funds for families that have been affected by a workplace tragedy. The Steps for Life walk will take place on May 3 at Bower Ponds in Red Deer. Steps for Life is holding walks in more than 35 communities across Canada on May 2 and May 3 to raise funds for Threads for Life. According to their website, Thread for Life helps 2,000 family members across Canada

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who have been affected by workplacerelated injuries or death. A registration fee of $15 per participant is required or, if you register before April 15, the fee is $10 per participant. Children under 13 are free. Registration on the day of the event begins at 9:30 a.m. The walk begins at 11 a.m. To register, visit stepsforlife.ca/ register-to-walk/. For further information visit www.stepsforlife.ca.

Performing arts festival runs from April 20 to 24 Enjoy live music performances during the Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts from April 20 to April 24. More than 5,000 individual performances will be featured at this year’s festival. All concerts are held in the Red Deer College Arts Centre, at 100 College Blvd. To see a full schedule of the festival, visit reddeerkiwanisfestival. org/schedule/ Following the festival, there will be a showcase performance of the best talent on May 7 at 7 p.m. at Sunnybrook United Church, at 12 Stanton St. The festival costs $7 for a full-week pass, $5 for a day pass and $2 for a morning, afternoon or evening session. Admission is paid at the door. For further information, visit http:// reddeerkiwanisfestival.org.

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Melted snow always uncovers a litany of litter Each year around this time of the among the compensated or the conGreat Melt, an accumulation of gar- victed. bage and litter becomes painstakingly The amount of dough we spend in evident. taxes for pointless waste reIt is the devastating removal from our green spacveal after a long and heavy es and walking paths alone snow-covered winter. is scandalous, even by toIt is also the time of year day’s flippant standards. my garbage picking gloves The fact that we must keep get the most use. a budget for this is downMy mother taught me to right reckless. be a garbage picker. And I If each one of us picked am damn proud of it. up 10 pieces of garbage on “Um, you do know that our walk to work, the dog there are town workers for park or the mailbox, for that that kind of thing?” a wommatter, that money could be an informed me the other spent in an assortment of day while I was on one of other valuable ways. LINDSAY my picking crusades. I held I’m sure each one of you BROWN a rather fat grocery bag of reading this can think of sodden waste in my hand at ME PLUS THREE something your town or city the time, and she was eyecould benefit from with a ing distastefully. little extra cash in the budYes, I informed her, I get. have seen the town workers out at a Even better, why not stop littering specific time of year with their poky all together? sticks prodding at the refuse in the Instead of watching that Wendy’s more travelled areas of town. bag float out of your car, grab it and However, if you ask me, I would shove it in a garbage can. Seek out the much prefer my tax money going to- waste receptacles and recycling bins wards a more lofty cause — something of the world. I’m not able to easily rectify myself The soil is not our dumpsite. perhaps. Recently, Sylvan Lake has passed What I was not aware of was that my a bylaw to allow mobile food vendors picking practice was so offensive in into our town. Many a tourist passes the eyes of others. The looks I’ve been through these parts in the summer getting from some as of late have be months and I’m sure will be in sevdisparaging enough to drop me right enth heaven when hitting up the conthere on the litter-strewn lawn. venience of some delicious to-go grub. It seems that in today’s world, the only place for garbage pickers is Please see BROWN on Page C4

“When you learn to accept instead of expect you’ll have fewer disappointments.” — Author unknown

ally “get there.” Let’s face it, we’ve all experienced not living up to someone else’s expectation and we’ve all had people in our lives who failed to live up to our expecRecently, someone sent me a link to tations of them. It seems to me that the an article by an acknowlsource of most frustration edged marketing expert is unfulfilled expectations. on the new business paraUnfulfilled, principally, digm. He talked a lot about because they were comtraditional versus nonpletely unrealistic or they traditional approaches to had seldom been shared, marketing before segueing discussed, or clarified. into a section about expecChances are your extations of the modern conpectations hang in a thick sumer. fog of assumption. Like an errant root That is, you assume the across my walking path, other person knows or the following paragraph should know your expecmade me stumble: “Be tations but, in reality, he both available and easy to or she may have no clue do business with. 24.7.365 whatsoever. Though we is the new 9-5. I want a may not admit it or even MURRAY friendly, intelligent, live acknowledge it consciousFUHRER human being to answer the ly, we often prefer ambiguphone when I call and so ity, and for no other readoes EVERY HUMAN BEson than the belief that a ING ON THE PLANET.” lack of clarity allows us to Maybe I’m a little oldassume a lack of responsifashioned but I don’t exbility. pect someone to be perEssentially, if we stay petually at my beck and call, and I pity vague, we cannot be held accountable those people who do, as they are like- and thus avoid a painful confrontation ly to feel frustrated a lot of the time. that may result from an open airing of Though the article was written for a views. business audience, I see the damaging effects of unrealistic expectations Please see FUHRER on Page C4 everywhere. We are told by the experts to expect more. Expect more from businesses. Expect more Special from our relationships. Now don’t get me wrong, I know that raising the bar is not a bad thing WITH FRIES OR but there will eventually come a point when expecBAKED POTATOES tations become not only unrealistic, but practically impossible to fulfil. I recall speaking to a business colleague recently who noted that sometimes we set the expectation SERVIN OW and then when we meet Home of it, we (or someone else) the All Day Now Open 6:30 am - 10:00 pm moves the goal post furB Breakfast ther away, so we never re125 Leva Ave., Gasoline Alley • 403.346.5448 EER & WINE

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Rise and fall of Atari video games RECENTLY RELEASED DOCUMENTARY INCLUDES THE DUMPING OF A FAILED GAME AT A NEW MEXICO LANDFILL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A documentary explores the decline of videogame giant Atari and the secret dumping of its flopped E.T. game in a New Mexico landfill. Atari: Game Over began airing on Xbox last year and was released on Netflix on Wednesday. It also will air on Showtime on April 16. The documentary investigates claims that Atari hid its biggest failure — 1982’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — by burying the cartridges in an Alamogordo dump. The game had a reputation of being the worst ever made and contributed to the company’s demise. But the film also is about Atari’s rise and the pioneering mark it made on the gaming industry, said Gerhard Runken, VP of property development at digital agency Fuel Entertainment, which obtained the rights to excavate the landfill. “It’s part of American history,” Runken said. “It shows how we evolved. This is not just about gaming.” Two years ago, Fuel approached

Xbox Entertainment Studios about shooting a documentary of the excavation. Word of the project spread and generated interest around the world, with people watching to see to see if any games would be discovered. Between 300 and 400 games were uncovered from the landfill last year and were auctioned on eBay. The city of Alamogordo, which owned the games, earned thousands of dollars from the sale. One of the E.T. game cartridges unearthed from a heap of garbage was added to the Smithsonian’s videogame history collection. A museum in Rome even opened an exhibit on the dig that includes dirt from the landfill. While the documentary dives into the search and excitement of finding forgotten Atari games, it also tells the story of E.T. game developer Howard Scott Warshaw. Warshaw, now a therapist in California’s Silicon Valley, was often blamed for Atari’s downfall. “It’s actually an emotional story,” Fuel Entertainment spokesman Nick Iannitti said. “It talks about how he was scapegoated for everything.”

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In this April 2014 file photo, film director Zak Penn shows a box of a decadesold Atari E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game found in a dumpsite in Alamogordo, N.M. A documentary on Atari’s decline and a decades-old urban legend on the secret dumping of the E.T. game in the New Mexico desert is airing on Netflix. Atari: Game Over was released on the streaming service on April 1. It details the demise of gaming giant Atari.

Social media starting to take over couple’s time together you get “friend” requests from people outside this circle, feel free to ignore them. Another way to limit the amount of time you’re spending with social media is to cut down the number of devices you’re using to access your account. You can also give yourself permission to leave behind your handheld devices while you’re out doing more important things -- for example, enjoying a dinner date with your spouse. Some families have even found it helpful to have a “Sabbath Box,” where phones and iPads can be laid aside voluntarily as a way of disconnecting for a while. You can probably come up with additional strategies of your own. Remember, you are in the driver’s seat. Question: My spouse and I have been married only a couple of years, and already I sense that the original “shimmer” of our romance is beginning to fade. Is something wrong with us? Are we “falling out of love”? Greg Smalley, vice-president, Family Ministries: Maintaining the emotional excitement of romance can be difficult once the day-to-day reality of mar-

ried life sets in. The good news is that you can still have a healthy, vibrant marriage, even when routine “stuff” begins to take over. How does it work? Simple. You just have to lay hold of the fundamental JIM anchor points of DALY daily existence and turn them into meaningful relational moments. Here are a few suggestions: ● Waking up. Instead of saying, “Good morning,” try turning to your spouse first thing and whispering something like, “I love you, and I’m glad to be waking with you by my side.” ● Leaving the house. When it’s time to go, kiss your spouse goodbye — and

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with your partner or children, make sure that everyone is clear as to what the responsibilities, expectations, and consequences are, and allow room for safe and honest communication. At work, if your employer appears to have expectations of you that seem unjust or simply unattainable, speak up. As an employer, ensure you roll out your expectations clearly when hiring or reviewing performance and allow room for an open and honest airing of concerns. Clear and reasonable expectations move relationships forward. Unclarified expectations are like an unwritten law: one can break the law without knowing it exists, yet still have to face the consequences – frustration, disapproval, or worse, the end of the relationship. Remember, an expectation is a living thing and will need to be addressed and readdressed on an ongoing basis to ensure clarity and avoid hurt feelings, anger or frustration. Think about what it is that you expect from others and, if it’s realistic, let the rest of us in on the secret. Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

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FUHRER: Be realistic

Many of our personal and business relationships lack a simple, yet essential component to ensure their success: clarity. You’ve probably had a job or been involved in a relationship where the modus operandi was “assume you’re doing well until you hear otherwise,” but while you thought everything was going fine, complaints against you were quietly building. Think about how frustrated you felt when you were accused you of not keeping up your end of the bargain over issues that had never been raised before, requests that had never been made. Unfulfilled expectations damage relationships and affect how we feel about ourselves – our level of selfesteem. Is there a way to rid ourselves of unrealistic expectations? I have found the best way to begin is by identifying expectations, and the best way to do that is to write them down. Start with your own expectations. If you’re going to ask others to drop their unrealistic expectations of you, then you’d better be prepared to relinquish a few of your own. As the old saying goes, we must be willing to walk the walk. Here’s a simple protocol. Choose a person you believe has not fulfilled your expectations – likely someone close to you. Write Of course, some of the more environmentally condown all the expectations you have of this person. scious individuals found this worrisome, due to the Don’t censor yourself and don’t stop writing because amount of disposable food containers that will be the list is getting long. It’s important to capture all of being pumped out of these specific areas. your expectations. Conceivably, the addition of more garbage cans Once your list is complete, apply the golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. plopped dotingly in these areas will be of help to a Start by crossing off any reciprocal items that you point. But in truth, I have to admit, I find this a sechave not personally fulfilled. Reciprocal items are ond-rate remedy to the concern at hand. A surfeit of garbage cans already exist on the ones that both of you should fulfil. If you expect beachfront and still, the people of town and abroad your spouse to listen to you talk about your day, you should probably be listening to his or hers as choose to flip their cigarette butts and toss their well. It’s unrealistic to expect someone to live up to expectations that you are unwilling to fulfill in return. Not all the expectations will be reciprocal, though. There may be expectations that you can fulfil that someone else might find impossible and viceversa. For example, if you Dr. Brian Saby General Dentist earn twice the income of your partner, is it reasonPROVIDING DENTAL SOLUTIONS IN CENTRAL ALBERTA FOR able to expect him or her to cover half the bills? OVER 30 YEARS The final step and certainly the most challengSmiles by Saby is now accepting new patients! ing is to discuss the remaining expectations on We offer complimentary consultations and second opinions your list openly and hon•Improve the appearance of your teeth estly. This will likely take some negotiating and will •Dentures and denture problems certainly require some •Dental implant restorations ground rules. Be careful, however, not to demand •Complex dental problems reciprocation as this will •Regular dental care only serve to create even more expectations, which •…And more you’ve been working hard to alleviate. All parties involved in a relationship need to take accountability for its 100 3947-50a Ave Red Deer, Alberta success. When interacting

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kiss like you really mean it! ● Checking in. How do you stay in touch during the day? A judicious use of social media can go a long way toward maintaining and strengthening the ties that bind. ● Coming home. When you come back together at the end of the day, try kissing and hugging and saying, “How was your day?” You’ll be surprised what a difference it makes. ● Mealtimes. Mealtimes are ideal times for reconnecting and celebrating your shared identity as a couple. ● Bedtime. The end of the day, like the beginning, is a universal anchor point. It’s a time when you can clean the slate and express gratitude and appreciation with a goodnight kiss. Obviously, this isn’t rocket science. Neither is it about “doing more” or “doing things right.” It’s purely a matter of blooming where you’re planted. Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

trash aimlessly to the land. I’ve seen it many times — our town looks like a waste yard in the early hours of the morning during those busy summer weeks, sandwich wrappers, juice containers and smashed glass bottles all sully the ground. However, eventually, before the tourists pile in, we pay unnecessary wages to multiple town workers to prettify something we, the community — humanity — should do out of a deep-seated knowledge of simple mindfulness. Yet regrettably that notion has slipped away from many nowadays. There is a need surfacing, and not only in my meagre town. It is for the education of the Earth and how we must stop mistreating this home we live on, for her sake and ours. I for one will do as my mother did and teach my children how to recycle, as well as how to use a garbage can instead of the ground. I will teach them how utterly despicable it is to allow a piece of their own trash to flit off their person and onto earthen soil; not once thinking about the consequences. And I will show them there is no harm in picking up a few pieces of rogue garbage as they pass it by, how could there be? I know there must still be many people out there who live by these commendable rules, and for that I am gratified and thank you for being my allies on the war on litter and waste. So I will end by saying, let’s create a generation of future garbage pickers, and clean this mother up. Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

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Question: How can I guard against the danger of online social networking taking up too much of my time and negatively impacting my marriage? When my wife and I first started using sites like Facebook, we thought they were a great way to keep in touch with family and friends. Now they’re beginning to dominate our lives. Any advice? Jim: There’s a fairly simple, common-sense solution to your dilemma: You need to take control. One way to do this is to draw up a household “mission statement” to govern your use of social media. I suggest you begin by asking yourself some basic questions: “Why do I want to be involved with social media? What am I hoping to accomplish by way of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn?” Sit down and hash these questions out with your spouse. Write down your answers in the plainest possible terms. For example: “My goal is to use Facebook to stay in touch with Mom and Dad, my sister Jan, cousin Frank, and Bob and Jean.” Then post those guidelines on your refrigerator and make up your minds to stick with them. If

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VISIONS Country Gospel appearing Sunday April 12, 2 P.M. Lousana Hall. Admission: $15.00, Kids free. For tickets call Gwen at 403 773 2270 or pick them up at the door. Basket draws. Refreshments served. All proceeds to the Rick Hansen, Foundation for Spinal Cord Research.

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CURRIE John 1925 - 2015 Mr. John Currie of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully at Bethany CollegeSide, Red Deer on Friday, March 27, 2015, at the age of 90 years. John was born on February 15, 1925 at Dominion No. 1, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, son of John and Mary Currie. He married his beautiful wife, Carmen and they were able to celebrate fifty-eight years of marriage. John and Carmen were blessed with four children, three sons and a daughter. As a teacher of Education, John’s career spanned forty-three years. He taught from the East Coast of Canada to Alberta. The majority of his career was spent with the Red Deer Separate Schools as a principal, teacher and trustee. John enjoyed reading, gardening, scrabble, and doing crossword puzzles. He devoted countless hours volunteering to support numerous organizations in the City of Red Deer. John will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Carmen; his children, Glenn (Joan), Rob (Lisa), Karen (Bill) and John Kerry (Judy); as well as eleven grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Les Drewicki, celebrant. If desired, Memorial Donations in John’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation at www.rdrhfoundation.com/don ate-now, Unit 26-Pediatrics; or to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 5X8. Condolences may be sent or viewed at: www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

SNIDER Irven Paul After a long goodbye, during which he rarely lost his jokingly spirit, Irven Paul Snider passed away on March 30 surrounded by the love and care of his family. He was the anchor that held the family unit together throughout his life. His spirit of fun, travel, jokes and family time were not only his life highlights, but also that of the family and friends that got to be part of it. Irven was born on October 17, 1967 in Orillia, Ont. where he grew up around his brother and sisters. He will be deeply missed by his loving father, Irven C. Snider; his sisters, Diane Handford (Neil), and Kathy Whitfield (Terry); brother David Snider (Simone); his closest Aunt Iris and Uncle Herb MacDonald; cousin Karen Kitchen; along with six nieces and nephews; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He is preceded in death by his mother, Gloria Snider (2014) and grandparents, Gladys and Archibald Semple and Muriel and Herman Snider. Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, April 18 at 1:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Hall (Lacombe County) located on secondary Hwy 792 between TWNSP RD’s 412 & 414. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made “in memory of Irven P. Snider” to the Red Deer Hospice Society.

MATTSON in loving memory of Walter 1927 - 2007 We who loved you, sadly miss you, As it dawns another year; In our lonely hours of thinking Thoughts of you are ever near. Love Always, Jeanette & families JOE SCHREINER In loving memory of a dear son and brother who passed away suddenly April 7, 1988. Twenty-seven long and lonely years have passed since our great sorrow fell. The shock we received that day, is still remembered well. The parting was so sudden, we often wonder why, and to us the hardest part of all, was you never said goodbye. Our hearts still ache with sadness, and silent tears still flow, for what it meant to lose you Joe, no one will ever know. To hear your voice, to see your smile, to sit and talk with you awhile. To be together in the same old way, would be our dearest wish today. ~Sadly missed and always loved and remembered by your Dad and Mom, sister Tracy (Darren) and nephews Jeff and Joseph.

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EHOLZER-O’HARA Brigitte It is with broken hearts that our family announces that Brigitte passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Red Deer Hospital at the age of 64. Left to cherish her memory is Patrick, her devoted husband of 43 years, and her loving children and grandchildren: Timothy and Krystell O’Hara of Fort McMurray: Kimberley and David Heinemann, Piper, Lucas and Kaitlin of Winnipeg; Serena and Joseph Pfisterer, Brooke and Jazden of Blackfalds. She will also be missed by her parents, Alfred and Katharina, her sisters and brother, Anita, Roswitha, and Alfred, her nieces and nephews and their families, and also by her many friends. A celebration of Brigitte’s life will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe. Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements. 403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

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BLAIR Mary Alta (nee Snihur) October 9, 1965, Red Deer, AB March 31, 2015, Calgary, AB Mary Alta Blair passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 in Calgary, AB at the age of 49 years. Mary will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 23 years, Curtis Blair; parents, Ed and Leona Snihur of Red Deer; brothers, Laurence (Beryl) Lamoureux of Red Deer, Paul Lamoureux of Calgary, and Robert (Bonny) Snihur of Lacombe County; sisters, Arlene (John) Skrocki of Rocky Mountain House, Jeannette (Dan) Devine of Red Deer County and Diane (Glenn) Hicks of Red Deer, AB; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Mary was predeceased by her sister, Anna SnihurSkoreyko of Red Deer. A Celebration of Mary’s Life will be held at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel, 3310 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mary’s memory may be made to Calgary Living Word Assembly, 69 Valley Meadow Garden NW, Calgary, AB, T3B 5L9. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift. Wknd, day, night & eves. Start date ASAP $19.23/hr. 40 hrs/week, + benefits , 1 Vacancy, 3-5 yrs. exp., criminal record check req’d. Req’d education some secondary. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 For full job description visit www. timhortons.com

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is currently seeking a Field Engineer to join our Ricinus Gas Plant. The successful candidate will provide operations engineering expertise to maximize the efficient, safe and profitable operation of the facility. Suitable living locations for this position Trades include: Rocky Mountain House, Caroline, Sundre HD Journeyman mechanic and surrounding areas. for busy pipeline facility Qualifications include: Companions shop in Sylvan Lake. Must Engineering degree from be punctual, be flexible to accredited university and LADY, petite, enjoys work extended hrs., registered Professional FULL and part-time walking, reading, dancing, service equip., must be Engineer in Alberta with a F/T dishwasher, cooks travelling, cycling, looking able to troubleshoot minimum of 7 years and bus persons needed for a gentleman, n/s, age hydraulic systems, fuel chemical, mechanical for varying shifts, including 60ish, active with varied injection systems, sm. and/or process weekends. Exc. wages interests. engine repairs. Able to engineering experience in and benefits. Reply to Box 1105, c/o work on JD, Cat, New implementing projects and Call 403-346-5448 for RED DEER ADVOCATE, Holland, Cummins providing operational appointment. 2950 Bremner Ave., Red fuller transmissions, support for gas and NGL Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Differentials. Email: jobs@ Start your career! processing facilities. redcoreltd.com See Help Wanted Please visit www.keyera.com to view NOW HIRING the complete job posting. JJAM Management (1987) Personals Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s 2 - Tile Setters $25/hr LOCAL SERVICE CO. Requires to work at these 5 - Floor Covering in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. Red Deer, AB locations: ALCOHOLICS Installers $25/hr VACUUM TRUCK 5111 22 St. ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 Min 3 years exp./ 40hrs/wk OPERATOR 37444 HWY 2 S 3 - Construction Labourers Must have Class 3 licence 37543 HWY 2N COCAINE ANONYMOUS $20/hr. No exp required. w/air & all oilfield tickets. 700 3020 22 St. 403-396-8298 Full time perm position Fax resume w/drivers FOOD ATTENDANT with Valid Driver’s Licence abstract to 403-886-4475 Req’d permanent shift Email Resume to: weekend day and evening cat1employment@ STREAMLINE INSPECTION both full and part time. gmail.com requires NDT Assistants 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + or drop off resume at for our Red Deer location benefits. Start ASAP. Central Alberta Tile One to collaborate with our Job description 7619 50 Ave #9 Red Deer certified NDT Technicians www.timhortons.com traveling to and from sites Education and experience to perform inspections SHUNDA not req’d. CLASSIFICATIONS throughout Canada. Prefer CONSTRUCTION Apply in person or fax some NDE experience. 700-920 Requires Full Time resume to: 403-314-1303 Please email your resume Equipment to hr@ TAP HOUSE Operator streamlineinspection.com BAR & GRILL Q Endorsement preferred. or fax to (403) 454-6628. Dental NORTH Competitive Wages STREAMLINE Inspection is is now taking applications & Benefits. for Full Time/Part time looking for certified CGSB Fax resumes & ref’s to: BOWER DENTAL COOK, Bring resume to UTI, UTII technicians for 403-343-1248 or email to: CENTER 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer our Red Deer, Alberta admin@shunda.ca req’s a full time Registered between 2-4 pm. branch location. Email Dental Assistant who is a resume to hr@ motivated, committed and streamlineinspection. passionate individual. We run a high paced practice com or fax (403) 454-6628. where experience is an asset, but new grads are welcome. Must be avail. on Professionals Find the right fit. evenings and one Sat. per month. Very rewarding HIGH PAYING Real Estate position. Please send Career opportunity. resume to: Training provided. Flexible ebakleh@yahoo.com or Daily the Advocate hours. Help-U-Sell of Red apply within office. Deer. Call Dave at publishes Buying or Selling 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave your home? advertisements from @homesreddeer.com Check out Homes for Sale companies, corporations and in Classifieds You can sell your guitar associations from across for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Canada seeking personnel for and we’ll sell it for you! Farm Work

810

Let Your News Ring Ou t

820

long term placements.

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave.

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300 classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

Eavestroughing

1130

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS EAVES CLEANED Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. Residential/Commercial with oilfield service Free quotes. 403-506-4822 companies, other small businesses and individuals GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 RW Smith, 346-9351

Caregivers

1060

WILL care for 1 or 2 children in my home, Mon. - Fri., good rate. 403-346-6773 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

CONCRETE??? We’ll do it all...Free est. Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 COUNTERTOPS & kitchen renovations. Wes 403-302-1648

1200

Handyman Services

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects. Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking. Call James 403-341-0617

Landscaping

1240

GROUND Up Bobcat & Landscaping Ltd. For free quote call 403-848-0153

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Massage Therapy

1280

REGISTERED 2200 HOUR MESSAGE THERAPIST REQ’D Start immediately, please forward resume to: drjeff joneschiro@ gmail.com or drop off to: 3, 1959 GAETZ AVE. Jones Family Chiropractic

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. OPEN EASTER

Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree removal. 403-358-1614 Property clean ups and all

Roofing

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. 403-896-4869 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured. Insurance claims welcome. 10 yr. warranty on all work. 403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

REMOVAL of old concrete, Garage/RV pads, driveways, patios, bsmt. Dave 352-7285

Painters/ Decorators

1310

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Window Cleaning

1420

RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL Free quotes. 403-506-4822

Elite Retreat, Finest junk removal. 403-550-2502 Yard in VIP Treatment. Reno’s Care

DALE’S Home Free estimates for all your 10 - 2am Private back entry 403-341-4445 reno needs. 403-506-4301

1370

1430

SPRING cleaning, weekly MASSAGE ABOVE ALL mows, anything yards we WALK-INS WELCOME JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. do. familyyards.com or call 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 Free Est. 403-872-8888 587-876-8969

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, April 7, 2015

850

Trades

YEAR-ROUND employment in Central Alberta, exp. maintenance grader operator required. Reply to Box 1106, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

860

Truckers/ Drivers

880

Misc. Help

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION, 5th Annual Edmonton Motor Show Collector Car Auction, Indoors, Expo Centre, April SPRING START 10 -12, over 80,000 spectators, 90% sold last GED Preparation year, all consignments welcome, call Women in the Trades 888-296-0528 ext. 102 or e-mail egauctions.com Program

880

Misc. Help

1660

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

• • •

Math and Science for the Trades Program

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. 403-586-4558

Firewood

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

CONTRACT DRIVERS

1530

ACADEMIC Express

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Auctions

Children's Items

1580

GAMES, toys, books, lots more, 2 boxes. $20. 403-314-9603 HIKING shoes, child’s sz. 13, Columbia brand, very good cond. $10. 403-314-9603

Household Furnishings

1720

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

Misc. for Sale

1590

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LUBE TECH

stuff

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Advocate Opportunities

Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

MATCHING rocking chair and rocker recliner, dusty rose fabric, exc. con., $50/ea. 403-348-6449 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

Advocate Opportunities

1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

For VANIER Area With 73 papers, approximately: $380.00/mo. For LANCASTER Area With 42 papers, approximately $220./mo For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

For More Information Call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308 CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in

GLENDALE Gehrke Close & 71 St.

GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area

PINES

DEER PARK AREA

Pearson & Pennington Cres., Pamley Ave. & Piper Dr.

Dennison Cres. & 1 Block of Davison Dr. ALSO Durand Cr. & Drummond Ave. $69./mo. ALSO Drummond Cl. & Dowd Cl. $59./mo.

WESTPARK Woodsworth, Wallace & Waghorn Close ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more information or to app at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308 CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

TWO pinwheel crystal trilight table lamps, 26” tall. Mint con. No shades. $40 for pair. (403) 342-7908

Sporting Goods

1860

TX390 TREADMILL, all power, like new, $200. SOLD

Travel Packages

3050

LIMITED TIME OFFER: First Month’s Rent FREE! 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. 86 Bell Street, Red Deer leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)679-8031

ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail. May 1st. 403-304-5337

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

3060

Suites

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

CLASSIFICATIONS

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955 SYLVAN LAKE, Private bdrm. +. Cable, fridge, ect. $550/mo. 403-880-0210

2000-2290

Farm Equipment

2010

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

THE NORDIC

wegot

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

Just completely reno’d. 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1400 mo. $1000. d.d. Avail. now or May 1. 403-304-5337

Rooms For Rent

$450 MO/D.D. incl. everything. 403-342-1834 or 587-877-1883 after 2:30 Avail Immed: 1 fully furn bedroom for rent, $250. d.d., $500/mo. Call 403-396-2468 MASTER BDRM. w ens. $600/mo./dd. 403-342-4604

Mobile Lot

3030

3090

3190

PADS $450/mo.

SEIBEL PROPERTY Brand new park in Lacombe.

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

~ Westpark ~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1195 to $1395 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs. N/S, no utils. incl. Avail. immed. & Apr. 1 References required. SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

2 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls. Rent $1075. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. May 1. 403-304-5337

90 Rowell Close, quiet neighbourhood. 3 bdrm, 3bath, hardwood, carpet, finished basement, infloor heat, shed. No fees. $389,000 or consider offer 403 346 2174

MOVE IN TODAY 1550 sq. ft. bi-level w/dbl. att. garage $499,900 403-588-2550

2007 DUTCHMAN 5th wh., 28RK, front queen bed, rear kitchen, sleeps 6, slide-out living room, n/s, clean. $17,750. 403-784-2482 2004 CORSAIR 26.5’, 1 large slide, well maint., ready for trip. $16,900. 403-227-6794

RENO’D FULL DUPLEX in Ponoka. 3 bdrm., 1 bath per side. $257,000. 403-963-0204

4040

Utility Trailers

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

Commercial Property

4110

4800 SQ. FT. BUILDING at Red Deer Airport. 403-886-2201

Lots For Sale

4160

2013 4x6, Black Utility Trailer $500.00 403 309-9486

Boats & Marine

Full Title Boat Slips Starting at $58,000 Located in Brand New Marina, Downtown Sylvan Lake, AB www.watersedgeslyvan.com

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

Cars

Tires, Parts Acces.

WANTED 700R4 GM Trans. Also, have 350 GM trans. w/ Lokar floor shift, $425. for sale. 403-350-1777

Auto Wreckers

DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE READ BY

2005 BLUE Chrysler, PT Cruiser convertible $3800 403-309-9486

Trucks

100,000 Potential Buyers???

TRY Central Alberta LIFE

5050

Call GORD ING at 2003 F350 7.3L Diesel, RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 FX4 Lariat, 289,000 kms., $14,000.obo 403-704-3714 gord.ing@remax.net

SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 309-3300

MICHENER AREA 50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area. $209.00/mo.

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Alexander Cres., Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres. Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, Atlee / Ansett Cres. Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres. BOWER AREA Boyce St. / Byer Close Barrett Drive

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Ammeter Close Ackerman Cres. BOWER AREA

INGLEWOOD AREA Isaacson Cres. / Irwin Ave. Iverson Close MORRISROE AREA

Beatty Close 54 Bell St. INGLEWOOD AREA

McCullough Cres. McDougall Cres.

Ingle Close Inglis Cres. Irving Cres.

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres. Savoy Close / Sydney Close

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres. Sunnyside Cres.

LANCASTER AREA

Lord Close

Lancaster Drive

SOUTHBROOK AREA

Sorrensen/Sisson Ave.

Sutherland Cres.

VANIER AREA

Victor Close Viscount Drive

Viscount Drive Voisin Close

Advertise it in the Business & Services Directory of the Classifieds section in the Red Deer Advocate. Call 403-309-3300 and get customers ringing in your business.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

5030

2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, good cond. $4000. obo 182,000 km. 403-343-2058 1999 BUICK Regal, loaded 156,000 km.403-352-6995 1994 INTREPID, 4 dr.,runs good, red. 403-318-3040

5180

PEFORMANCE tires, (2) 245552R18, (2) 23550R18, All Eagle RSA Goodyear. $200. ea. 403-782-7336

5020

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

5160

WatersEdge Marina

4010

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

5140

OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-5 639 OAK ST. Springbrook 403-588-2550

wegot

3050

CLEARVIEW

DOWNSIZING TO A DUPLEX?

homes CLASSIFICATIONS

5110

Fifth Wheels

3080

3020

5070

Vans Buses

1999 HONDA ODYSSEY. 263,000 km. tires ok, in real good cond. $2200. 403-887-5020

BOWER 1 BDRM., shared kitchen & living rm., $450./mo. 403-872-9168

3 BDRM. 3 bath, house in Inglwood. 1250 sq.ft., dbl. garage. 403-886-4735 SYLVAN LAKE: fully furnished, inclds dishes, bedding, 50” tv, utils. Avail. now from $1100. to $1300. 403-880-0210.

Condos/ Townhouses

4020

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, Residential Building Lots in N/S. No pets. a Gated, Maintenance 403-596-2444 Free Golf & Lake Bedroom community, 25 minutes from Red Deer. Lots Roommates starting from 99K Contact Wanted Mike at 1-403-588-0218

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

Houses For Sale

Condos/ Townhouses

AGRICULTURAL

WEST PARK ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED Morning Delivery 6 days/week by 6:30 am ORIOLE PARK

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

1760

LANDSCAPING POSITION HOODY, Ed Hardy, childs Physically demanding. sz. M. $15. 403-314-9603 Own transportation & exp. 1998, 1999 (5) & 2000 (4) an asset. Regular hours. CALGARY Stampede Fax 403-341-3042 or email Posters, 36’x23’. $5. ea. riaduplain@ 403-347-7405 Clothing genevagardens.com 75 - 9” DINNER PLATES, SOURCE ADULT VIDEO $1.00 each or $50.00 for ITALIAN ladies chocolate requires mature P/T help all 403-728-3485 leather boots, soft glove fit Fri & Sat. and Thurs. 3 over knee length, zippered Beswick, horses, 3/4” pm-11 pm. Graveyard back, 2 heel, $200. porcelain, with Welsh Colts Shift. 11 pm -7 am. e-mail 403-227-2976 rearing, made in England. resume to: nwoods1976@ $175. DCSHOES Cap, hotmail.com, fax to: sz. 7 3/8, like new. $18. 403-346-9099 or drop off at: Equipment403-352-8811 3301-Gaetz Avenue Heavy INVACARE scooter, $600. 403-347-4003 TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or KING size quilt, $40, storage. Skidded or queen size quilt $35, lrg. wheeled. Call 347-7721. alum. elec. roasting pan fits 25 lbs. or more, $25. 403-348-6449

1630

wanted for busy dealership, possible chance for advancement into apprenticeship. Must have drivers license. Fax resume to 341-5066

Misc. for Sale

WORLD

TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015

Kenya fights back LAUNCHES AIR STRIKES AGAINST ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS IN SOMALIA BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya launched airstrikes against Islamic militants in Somalia following an extremist attack on a Kenyan college that killed 148 people, a military spokesman said Monday. Some relatives of those who died in the attack on the college gathered at a funeral home in Nairobi to view their loved ones. They prayed under an awning together and were led into the funeral home after an employee read out their names. Many emerged in tears. Kenyan army troops on Monday walked through Garissa University College in the northeastern town of Garissa where the bloodiest attack by al-Shabab on Kenyan soil occurred on Thursday. Shoes were scattered around and washed clothing still hung from a clothesline next to a dormitory. Kenya’s warplanes targeted the Gedo region of Somalia on Sunday afternoon and early Monday, said Col. David Obonyo of the Kenyan military. Gedo is directly across Kenya’s border in western Somalia. The planes bombarded the camps on Sunday but then noticed movement Monday and bombed again, said Obonyo. The camps, which were used to store arms and for logistical support, were destroyed but it was not possible to determine the number of casualties because of poor visibility from the air, he said. “This is part of continuing operations, not just in response to Garissa,” said Obonyo. “The planes were hovering around for a few minutes then started bombing the area,” said Hawa Yusuf, a resident of Gabdon village, near Beledhawa town which is close to Somalia’s border with Kenya. “We don’t know if there were any

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

David Tomno Ngetich, right, whose niece Romana Chelagat Sambu, 21, died in the Garissa University College attacks, talks with other relatives who lost family members, as they sit under a tent in the courtyard of the Chiromo Funeral Parlour in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday. Several mourners interviewed by The Associated Press spoke wistfully of those they lost, sometimes using the same words — humble, devout, studious and a role model — to describe youths who were trying hard to forge a career, leaving home and traveling many hours by bus to Garissa to take advantage of the education opportunities there. causalities,” she said by phone. “The planes struck a grassland where nomads often take their animals for grazing,” said Ali Hussein, another resident of Gabdon. “We are not aware of any military camps located there. They dropped bombs on the whole area,” he said. Al-Shabab fighters often use shrubby areas to conceal their fighters and transport. Al-Shabab, which is based in Somalia, claimed responsibility for the college attack Thursday in Garissa, saying it was in reprisal for Kenya hav-

Situation in refugee camp ‘beyond inhumane’: UN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SYRIA

BEIRUT — Palestinian fighters clashed with Islamic State militants in a heavily contested Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital on Monday as a United Nations official described the situation in the embattled camp as “beyond inhumane.” The fighting in Yarmouk began Wednesday after the Islamic State group muscled into the camp, marking the extremists’ deepest foray yet into Damascus. The heavy clashes that have raged since then have added yet another layer of misery for the nearly 18,000 Yarmouk residents who have already endured desperate conditions marked by a lack of basic food, medicine and water. The deteriorating situation prompted the UN Security Council to call an emergency meeting Monday to discuss Yarmouk. The Security Council was scheduled to receive a closed-door videoconference briefing by the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Pierre Krahenbuhl. After heavy fighting on Sunday, sporadic clashes broke out on Monday in Yarmouk, according to Hatem alDimashqi, an activist based in an area just south of Damascus, and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Both al-Dimashqi and the Observatory said Syrian government aircraft have been shelling the camp and dropping barrel bombs since Sunday.

The fighting inside the camp has largely pitted the Islamic State group against Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis, a Palestinian faction opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad. Observatory director Rami Abdurrahman estimated that the Islamic State group now controls as much as 90 per cent of Yarmouk, slowly squeezing out Aknaf Beit alMaqdis. Palestinian officials and Syrian activists say the Islamic State militants fighting in Yarmouk were working with rivals from the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front. The two groups have fought bloody battles against each other in other parts of Syria, but appear to be co-operating in the attack on Yarmouk. Nusra said in a statement it is taking a neutral stance in the camp. Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees known as UNRWA, told The Associated Press in Barcelona late Sunday that the agency has not been able to send any food or convoys into the camp since the fighting started. “That means that there is no food, there is no water and there is very little medicine,” he said. “The situation in the camp is beyond inhumane. People are holed up in their houses, there is fighting going on in the streets. There are reports of ... bombardments. This has to stop and civilians must be evacuated.”

ing sent troops into Somalia in 2011 to attack al-Shabab after gunmen carried out cross-border raids and kidnappings. Now those attacks in Kenya have increased, with civilians often being targeted. Kenya’s troops in Somalia are part of an African Union force and are also shoring up the beleaguered Somali government. Kenya has carried out airstrikes before. Four al-Shabab attackers were killed on Thursday to end the siege and their bullet-ridden bodies were later displayed in Garissa.

One of the attackers killed was a Kenyan, a law school graduate and a son of a government official in Mandera County, which borders Somalia. Five people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Garissa attack and one of them is a Tanzanian who was found hiding under a bed in the school, according to a police officer. Contradicting an earlier government statement, the Tanzanian was not armed with grenades, according to the police officer who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.

act. This was intentional. It was bloodthirsty. It was to make a point. It was to tell America that we will not be terrorized by you anymore. We will terrorize you.” Martin Richard, an 8-year-old Boston boy, was killed when the bomb Tsarnaev was accused of planting exploded. And two young women died when Tsarnaev’s brother set off a bomb just down the street. Both explosives were placed in crowds gathered at the finish line of the 2013 marathon. More than 260 people were wounded. The defence began its closing arguments in the afternoon, after which the jury was expected to begin deliberating 30 charges against Tsarnaev, 21. If he is convicted — and that was considered a near certainty, since his own lawyer, Judy Clarke, admitted during opening statements that Tsarnaev took part in the crime — the jury will begin hearing evidence on whether he should get life in prison or a death sentence.

BRIEF Boston Marathon bomber targeted civilians to punish and terrorize the U.S. BOSTON — As he planted a backpack containing a bomb just feet from a group of children, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made a cold-hearted decision aimed at spreading terror and punishing America for its wars in Muslim countries, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday during closing arguments in Tsarnaev’s death penalty trial. “There was nothing about this day that was a twist of fate,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty. “This was a cold, calculated terrorist

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD — A Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen has asked Pakistan to contribute soldiers, Pakistan’s defence minister said Monday, raising the possibility of a ground offensive in the country. Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif made the comments as Pakistan’s parliament debates whether to contribute militarily to the campaign against the rebels, known as Houthis. Pakistan previously offered its verbal support for the mission, but hasn’t offered any military assistance. Days of Saudi-led airstrikes have yet to halt the Houthi advance across Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, fuelling speculation that there could be a ground operation launched in Yemen. Saudi Arabia and other coalition

members have not ruled it out. Saudi Arabia also asked for aircraft and naval ships to aid in the campaign, Asif said. He said Saudi officials made the request during his visit to Jeddah last week. “I want to reiterate that this is Pakistan’s pledge to protect Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity,” Asif said. “If there’s a need be, God willing, Pakistan will honour its commitment.” The Saudi-led campaign entered its 12th day Monday, targeting the rebels who took over the capital, Sanaa, in September and eventually forced President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee. The rebels and allied forces are now making a push for Yemen’s second-largest city, Aden, declared a temporary capital by Hadi before he fled abroad. The Saudi-led force also has blockaded Yemen by air and sea.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015

Helping with housework not a surefire way to get into the bedroom

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HOROSCOPES Tuesday, April 7 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Francis Ford Coppola, 76; Jackie Chan, 61; Russell Crowe, 51 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The motto for today is “Act in haste; repent at leisure.” HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Happy birthday Aries! You can expect some personal and professional disruptions in 2015, as Uranus and Pluto continue to blast you out of your comfort zone. ARIES (March 21-April 19): There’s a tendency to rush around and make impetuous decisions that could backfire on you later. Strive to be smart and spontaneous — rather than impulsive and accident-prone. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Avoid getting stuck in a rut and repeating negative patterns of behaviour. Today’s stars encourage you to use your imagination to come up with novel solutions to stubborn old problems. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may

have to jump in and make a snap decision Gemini, so have your wits about you. Your involvement with a group, club or organization looks unpredictable, as the goal posts keep shifting. JOANNE C A N C E R MADELEINE (June 21-July MOORE’ 22): Today’s stars deepen emotions and heighten intuition. You’ll pick up on the moods of those around you, so make sure you associate with people who are contributing in positive ways. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you’re feel-

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Dear Annie: I recently saw the results of a survey that said the more work men do around the house, the less sex they get. I have seen many comments in your column from women who stated the opposite — that if a man did more around the house, he might “get more” in the bedroom. I have always helped out with cooking, mopping floors, doing laundry, cleaning the bathroom, etc., and never once did I consider that the point was more sex. But this information confused me. I mentioned it to my wife, who said, “Sorry.” So, I asked another woman her thoughts on this subject, and she said men would get more sex, but she had a little smile on her face that told me different. Another woman’s answer was “maybe, maybe not.” So what’s up with the conflicting statements? Should I not help out as much? — Confused Husband Dear Confused: Cute. No. Like it or not, the amount you help around the house should not be tied to how much sex you get. You should help because it’s the right thing to do and, as a partner in a relationship, you should do your share. If it also makes your partner feel appreciative and less exhausted, that often translates to more sex. But there are so many factors that go into the desire for intimacy that you’d have to discuss it more thoroughly with your wife to find out what she needs and wants from you that will make her feel desirable and interested. We can guarantee you, though, that if you watch TV while she does all the housework, there is likely to be no sex at all. Dear Annie: “Tired and Disgusted Other Half” wrote an open letter to her husband, who thought it was funny to criticize her in front of their children and friends. I was married to a man who became increasingly verbally abusive over the years. The last eight years of our marriage were horrible.

He put me down in front of our employees and demeaned me about everything from my minor weight gain to my housekeeping and cooking. Then he said his abuse was my fault. I became totally MITCHELL uninterested in & SUGAR him physically, which made him even angrier. Two therapists told him this was verbal abuse, but he would not listen. We were together for 41 years. He never thought I would have the courage to leave. But two years ago, at age 60, I decided that the thought of spending another 20 years being treated this way was more terrifying than the idea of living on my own. I left my home and business and lost my financial security. But two years later, I am doing well. It has not been easy, but I get up every morning and am able to look in the mirror with selfrespect. — Life Is Good Dear Life: It sounds as though you did everything you could to save your marriage and, unfortunately, your husband wasn’t willing to do the same. You needed to save yourself, and we are glad your decision to leave worked out so well. If any of our readers feel they are being verbally abused, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) at 1-800-799-SAFE. 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.

ing restless then take a break from your daily routine. Do something you feel passionate about — whether it’s reading, writing, walking, travelling, creating or just daydreaming. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Local community projects are favoured. But impulsive money moves today could leave you with long regrets tomorrow — so leave making financial decisions for another time. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Is your love life stuck on auto-pilot? Uranus encourages you to blast away the cobwebs and look at things from a fresh angle. Singles — you could fall for someone who’s not your usual type. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When it comes to a child or teenager, give them the freedom to express themselves. You’re keen to communicate your feelings but make sure your intensity doesn’t drive others away! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have a natural talent for putting your foot firmly in your mouth — especially

today. But perhaps people aren’t ready to sample your special brand of Sagittarian truth serum? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid getting stuck in a rut and operating on auto-pilot. If you shake up your daily routine — with a spontaneous meeting or impromptu lunch date — then it will put an extra spring in your step. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you say exactly what’s on your mind, others may be shocked. So think carefully before you speak — especially when dealing with family, friends and people within your local community. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t make any important financial commitments today, as you’re likely to change your mind later. Your finances are in a state of flux so make sure you are flexible with your budget.

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RECIPE READY WITH A LITTLE WEEKEND WORK, MUSHROOM CONFIT CAN INSPIRE MEALS ALL WEEK LONG BY CATHY BARROW ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES When it’s time to make dinner, I enjoy the conceptualizing, I love the cooking and, when I have time, I luxuriate in the chopping and knife work as a slow, pleasant meditation. And then there are those nights when making dinner seems almost impossible, not because the recipe itself is difficult or the ingredients challenging to source, but because time is short and the prep work seems insurmountable. That’s where mushroom confit comes into play. With a little bit of weekend work, this jar of umami sits in the refrigerator, ready for recipe inspiration all week long. Use the preserved mushrooms for quick pasta sauces or pizza toppings, or tuck them under the skin of a chicken for pan roasting. Meaty and satisfying, the mushrooms are waiting to be dashed across a puff pastry tart, studded through bread pudding, rolled up in a taco or spooned into an omelet. Mushroom confit is a great place to start almost anything in the kitchen. “Confit” derives from the French verb for “preserve,” and as a DIY technique it refers to a slow, low poach in fat or oil (or sugar syrup, in the case of fruits). It takes time and some management. A confit should never get hotter than 200 degrees or you risk its becoming a deep-fry. Confits have no crispy edges; they are soft and gentle. Confit techniques may be applied to all sorts of foods, from garlic cloves to duck legs, sweet onions to pork rillettes. Don’t underestimate how the process changes the texture of food or how the flavor intensifies. The oil softens the structure, but somehow the food is neither oily nor mushy, but velvety and rich. The umami factor is amplified, espe-

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Mushroom Confit. Here you poach the fungi delicately in a lightly flavoured olive oil, preserving a mess of mushrooms all at once. cially as the confit ages. Total submersion is the key to maintaining preservation. As long as the food is completely covered by the liquid, it will keep for quite some time. Many confits may be canned, and others must be kept refrigerated. Fruit confits are shelf stable for a year if processed in a waterbath canner. Duck confit, pork rillettes and tuna cured in oil keep for up to two years if jarred and pressure canned, but require three months to cure before eating. As a starter project, mushroom confit is ready to eat immediately and keeps for two weeks in the refrigerator. A few quick minutes of preparation is all it takes to confit a mess of mushrooms. If they are beautiful fungi, the caps unblemished, confit them whole. If they are a little worse for wear,

not so beautiful, or the mundane but delicious cremini or button mushrooms, a few quick pulses in the food processor will do a perfect rough chop for a heavenly mushroom concoction that confits quickly, leaving it ready to spoon over toast, stir through a quinoa risotto or stuff inside ravioli. When the day was a doozy, forget the zen of prep work. Grab a jar of mushroom confit, make a quick pan roast or a tasty tart, and embrace your meditative moment with a big glass of wine and puppy videos instead. Cathy Barrow is the author of Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry: Recipes and Techniques for Year-Round Preserving, recently nominated for an International Association of Culinary Professionals award. She blogs at www.mrswheelbarrow. com.

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MAKES: 1 pint PREPARATION: Keep the mushrooms entirely submerged in oil, and use them one at a time or all at once; when they’re all gone, keep the oil, which is good for sautes. Both the mushrooms and oil, refrigerated in an airtight container, will keep for 2 weeks. INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 pounds mushrooms (see headnote) 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 to 1 cup neutral olive oil or grapeseed oil, or more as needed 2 tablespoons minced shallot 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves STEPS Clean the mushrooms by wiping them with a damp paper towel. If the stem is edible, simply trim the ends; otherwise, separate the caps from the stems. Reserve the stems to make a mushroom broth (see NOTE, below) or discard. If the caps are unblemished and beautiful, plan to confit them whole; otherwise, cut the caps into 1/2-inch dice. Place the mushrooms gill sides up on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with the salt. Set aside to dry-brine for 30 minutes. (If diced, sprinkle with the salt and skip the 30-minute rest.) Heat 1/2 inch of the oil in a straight-sided, heavy skillet large enough to hold the mushrooms in a single layer, over medium heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the shallot; cook for several minutes, until translucent. Add the thyme and the mushrooms, gill sides up. Reduce the heat to medium-low; cook for 15 minutes, turning the mushrooms over halfway through. Add enough oil so the mushrooms are fully submerged; cook gently until the oil registers 170 degrees on an instantread thermometer, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat. Cool the mushrooms in the oil. Pack the mushrooms in the clean glass jar, gently layering each one in the jar, then covering with oil; continue layering and adding oil until all the mushrooms have been packed in the jar. Run a chopstick or a plastic knife along the inside of the jar to release any air bubbles. Make sure the mushrooms are completely submerged in the oil, then cover and refrigerate until ready to use (for 2 weeks).

Mushroom Confit Comte Tart MAKES: 4 servings INGREDIENTS 2 ounces pancetta, cut into small dice (optional) 1 large egg yolk 1 tablespoon water Flour, for the work surface One (8-ounce) 9-to-10-inch-square frozen puff pastry sheet, defrosted 2 teaspoons Dijon-style mustard 2 tablespoons creme fraiche 3 ounces Comte cheese, grated 1 half-pint Mushroom Confit Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley, for garnish STEPS Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. If you’re using the pancetta, line a plate with paper towels. Cook the pancetta in a small, dry skillet over medium heat until crisp. Transfer to the paper-towel-lined plate.

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ABOVE: This tart is one of the best reasons to keep puff pastry in the freezer. With mushroom confit already in your pantry, the tart can be assembled in minutes. RIGHT: Pan-Roasted Chicken With Mushroom Confit. Whisk the egg yolk and water together in a small bowl. Lightly flour the counter; quickly roll out the puff pastry on the floured surface, just to smooth any folds or cracks. Place on the parchment. Trim off and reserve a 1/2-inch-wide strip from each of the 4 sides. Brush the top border of the square tart shell with the egg wash, then place 1 strip on each side of the pastry square, on top of the egg wash (to build up the edges). Prick the bottom of the tart shell with a fork. Brush the entire pastry with the egg wash. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Remove the tart from the oven; reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Stir together the mustard and the creme fraiche in a cup, then use a small offset knife to spread the mixture across the base of the tart. Sprinkle the grated cheese evenly across the mustard mixture, then arrange the confited mushrooms so they cover the cheese. If using, top with the crisped pancetta. Liberally salt and pepper the entire tart; slip it back into the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling. Sprinkle with the parsley before serving.

Pan-Roasted Chicken With Mushroom Confit MAKES: 4 servings INGREDIENTS 2 teaspoons kosher salt 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs or 4 chicken leg quarters 8 tablespoons Mushroom Confit (made with chopped cremini mushrooms; see accompanying recipe) 1/2 cup flour 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 large yellow onions, cut in half and then into thin halfmoons 3 cloves garlic, smashed 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped 1 cup dry white wine

1 cup tomato puree 1 cup homemade or no-salt-added chicken broth STEPS Season the chicken all over with 1 teaspoon of the salt. (Omit this step if the chicken has been brined; see headnote.) Arrange the chicken pieces skin side up on a rimmed baking sheet. Run two fingers under the skin of each piece to make a pocket; tuck in 1 tablespoon of the mushroom confit for each thigh or 2 tablespoons for each leg quarter. Pat down so the confit is evenly distributed under the skin. Spread the flour on a plate. Heat the oil and butter in a large, straight-sided skillet over medium heat. Once the butter is foamy, carefully lift the chicken pieces, taking care not to dislodge the mushrooms, and coat both sides in the flour, shaking off any excess. Discard any remaining flour. Arrange the chicken pieces in the skillet; cook, undisturbed, for about 6 minutes or until browned, then carefully turn them over and cook for 3 to 4 minutes on the second side. Transfer to a plate. (The chicken will not be cooked through; if your skillet is not large enough to accommodate even browning, work in two batches.) Pour off about 3 tablespoons of fat from the skillet; there should be about 3 tablespoons of the fat left in the skillet. (If using leg quarters, pour off about 6 tablespoons of fat.) Add the onions and garlic. Stir well to coat, then add the remaining teaspoon of salt, the pepper and the parsley; cook until the onions are translucent and soft, about 6 minutes. Discard the garlic. Stir in the wine, increase the heat to medium-high; once the mixture comes to a boil, cook for about 5 minutes or until it has reduced by half. Stir in the tomato puree and broth to form a rich sauce; once it starts to bubble at the edges, return the chicken pieces to the skillet, skin side up, nestling them in the sauce. Reduce the heat to medium-low; cover and cook for about 25 minutes or until the chicken is tender and cooked through. If the sauce does not seem thick enough to cling to the chicken, remove the chicken pieces, increase the heat to medium or medium-high and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Serve hot.