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Peavey Industries president Doug Anderson in the Red Deer store with a shipment of honey bees which will soon be making honey and providing pollination in Central Alberta.

YOU MIGHT ASSOCIATE PEAVEY MART WITH THE FARM STORE YOUR GRANDFATHER WENT TO, BUT HALF ITS CUSTOMERS ARE NOW URBAN DWELLERS

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t’s mid-morning at Peavey Industries’ Riverside Heavy Industrial Park distribution centre and things are hopping in the 180,000-square-foot building.

A computer-controlled inventory system helps staff choose from more than 25,000 products to prepare a storespecific mix of merchandise for delivery to the Red Deer company’s 34 Peavey Marts and MainStreet Hardware outlets across Western Canada. Last year, some 2,600 trucks made the trip from the distribution centre to stores from

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At the receiving end, rural and urban customers are drawn by Peavey Mart’s familiar catchphrase: “Hardware & A Whole Lot More!”

That “whole lot more” includes everything from tractor parts to toys, and from chickens to beekeeping supplies. There are pet products, workwear, lawn and garden equipment, and even free charging stations for electric cars.

Peavey Industries president Doug Anderson is able to identify a pattern in this vast array of goods. Most can be linked to an agrarian or outdoor lifestyle, he said, and whether you’re farming a couple thousand acres or tending a small garden plot, there’s plenty to interest you.

“We have our niche carved out for sure, with our product mix,” said Anderson.

“It’s really lifestyle driven.”

That lifestyle extends beyond horticulture to include pursuits like raising livestock, owning pets, hunting and preserving food. And it’s one that more consumers are identifying with.

“What we’re seeing is a big influx of people who want to be more connected to the land or be more connected to their food and to food security,” said Anderson.

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‘We have a responsibility to mankind’ RED DEER MAN, ROTARY CLUBS FUNDRAISING FOR NEPAL QUAKE RELIEF

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man is collecting donations for his friends in Nepal.

Shawn Acheson, an international pastor, says the devastating situation is very personal to him.

Acheson works with World of Life Church, which is setting up networks of pastors and leaders in the country. He has travelled to Nepal five times over the last three years and most recently in March.

Acheson has many close friends in Nepal.

“A couple of our pastors actually live in Kathmandu valley and have been displaced,” said Acheson.

“They can’t go into their homes. Some of the church members have been killed and some are missing.”

Acheson has set up a Nepal Earthquake Relief account on the website GoFundMe (www.gofundme. com/t26p4u4).

He said he wanted to set up the account because he knows it will reach his friends and their neighbours. He will post updates on how the money is being spent and how the people are doing on his Facebook page (I heart South Asia).

“I think we have a responsibility to mankind,” said Acheson. “We are so blessed even in our low oilfield failing economy.”

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck near Kathmandu on April 25. It has caused widespread devastation, resulting in immediate humanitarian needs for the region.

Red Cross teams and other relief agencies are on the ground providing assistance.

The Rotary Club of Red Deer and the Rotary Club of Red Deer Sunshine are collecting donations for shelterboxes for Nepal today until 6 p.m. at the Parkland Mall near the former Safeway entrance. Donate online at www.shelterboxcanada.org.

Rotarians will match the donations up to $25,000.

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PEAVEY: Distribution centre has undergone four expansions Longtime rural Albertans might associate Peavey Mart with the farm store that their fathers or grandfathers frequented. But half of its customers are now urban dwellers.

“We’re in a fortunate position, because while we’ve always been a farm store we’re also very relevant to urban people, and to that acreage owner particularly,” said Anderson.

Peavey Industries’ origins extend back to 1874, when Frank H. Peavey started F.H. Peavey & Company in Sioux City, Iowa. A key to its early success was the fact it accepted grain as payment for the farm equipment it sold.

Peavey eventually moved the business — which became Peavey Company — to Minneapolis, Minn.

And eventually, it established a chain of Canadian stores called National Farmway, which were operated by a subsidiary called National Grain Company Ltd. “It was kind of a one-stop shop, where the farmers would come in,” said Anderson, adding that the

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Rotary member and Shelter Box representative Ray Kmetiuk, left, speaks with Sam Thokala at Parkland Mall on Friday. Shelter Box is in the mall again today promoting their program to provide emergency shelters to those affected by the earthquake in Nepal. The booth, located near the south west entrance to the shopping centre, is taking donations so the program can continue to provide shelter, cooking supplies, a water filtration unit, a stove, solar powered lighting and tools. across Canada on May 5.

All eligible donations made by May 25 towards relief efforts in Nepal will be matched by the federal

government. Donate to the Nepal Region Earthquake Fund at www.redcross.ca. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

An Airdrie based contractor could head to trial on child labour charges.

Vital Contracting Ltd. is charged with inappropriately employing a person under the age of 15 as well as failing to keep employment records, failing to ensure the health and safety of the worker, failing to train the worker in fall protection, failing to develop a fall protection plan and failing to provide the worker with competent, direct supervision.

Jason Snider, acting as agent for Robert Sawyer of Calgary, said in Red Deer provincial court that his

client intended to enter not guilty pleas and set the matter for trial.

However, the matter was adjourned one more month for the setting of a trial date. The Crown indicated it should be a one-day trial.

The matter will return to Red Deer provincial court on June 12 to set a trial date.

The company was charged after a 14-year-old boy working in Lacombe fell nearly four metres from a residential roof he was working on. The boy was briefly hospitalized.

stores were often near grain elevators.

Peavey Company sold National Grain Company to Cargill Grain Co. in the 1970s, but kept the National Farmway stores. It renamed them Peavey Marts and operated them through another subsidiary, called Peavey Industries Ltd. “At that time, they moved the head office from Manitoba to Red Deer,” said Anderson.

In 1984, four of Peavey Industries’ managers in Red Deer purchased the 21-store chain. They included Anderson’s father Rick, who was the company’s controller; as well as its operations manager, Bob Reierson; its general manager, Norm Nilsson; and its merchandise manager, Terry Jellicoe.

Anderson remembers working at the Red Deer store and distribution centre when he was a young teen: stocking shelves and assembling bikes and barbecues.

“I did all of the jobs that a 13-year-old would do.”

He went on to earn a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Alberta. And after working for an accounting firm in Edmonton, he joined Peavey Industries in 2002. By then, Reierson had died and Nilsson had retired.

Anderson worked as the company’s controller for nine years before becoming its general manager in 2011 and its president the year after that. He also acquired an ownership interest in the business.

Jellicoe retired in 2012, but Anderson’s father Rick remains involved and still has a share of the company.

Peavey Industries moved its distribution centre to its current site in 1991. That building has since undergone four expansions, with the latest a

22,000-square-foot addition that’s nearing completion. A further 7,000 square feet of office space is also being added.

“We desperately needed the space,” said Anderson. “They’re already telling me we need more.”

But with the nine-acre parcel fully developed, Peavey Industries is having to focus on doing more with what it has. The distribution centre’s hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. have been extended to 6 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., and other changes are planned.

“It’s all about efficiency,” said Anderson. “It’s all about inside logistics, automation — everything.”

Peavey Industries’ current store count includes MainStreet Hardware locations in Blackfalds and Vermilion. Another Peavey Mart is slated to open in Strathmore this fall, and Anderson is on the lookout for other growth opportunities.

Meanwhile, the company’s payroll has swelled to more than 900 employees, with nearly 250 of these in Red Deer.

It supports a variety of charities and causes in the communities it’s active in, including through an annual $50,000 grant for community agricultural projects.

The electric car charging stations at most Peavey Mart and MainStreet Hardware locations were installed in partnership with environmental advocate Sun Country Highway. Anderson liked the idea of supporting the earth-friendly technology, but also thought it reflected his customers’ values.

“This is another way that we’re supporting that down-to-earth sustainable lifestyle.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Campaign raising money for injured dogs

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A public fundraising campaign is underway to help pay expensive veterinarian bills for two dogs that suffered serious injuries during attacks by other dogs in Rocky Mountain House.

A web page has been set up at gofundme.com/rockyvetbills and an account named “Rocky dog attack” was opened on Friday at the Rocky Credit Union by Sue and Rick Overbaugh.

People can go in to the credit union to make a donation. The online goal is $5,000 and within hours $390 had been raised.

Both dogs attacked were seriously injured. The initial vet bill for Jenna Ellefson’s dog was $663, and for Theresa Kokesch’s dog was $1,200. But the bills are expected to increase with further treatment.

Sue Overbaugh said her husband, Rick, a heavy duty mechanic and former member of the military, was the first person on the scene on Monday after he heard Ellefson’s screams on the walking path behind their home.

Three loose pit bulls were attacking Ellefson’s Belgian shepherd, Dakota.

Overbaugh fought them off alone for several minutes until three Pioneer Middle School students and two other

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The initial vet bill for Theresa Kokesch’s dog, Shelly, was $1,200. men who were driving by came to help.

Two of the pit bulls eventually ran on down the path, where they encountered 86-year-old Kokesch, who was walking her daughter Audrey Kokesch’s dog, a golden Labrador named Shelly. Again, Good Samaritans, some of them who had helped in the first attack, came to the rescue, helping the senior fight off the attack-

ing dogs with sticks and by kicking.

Rocky Senior Peace Officer Jason Springham said the investigation is ongoing but no charges have been laid yet.

“We are putting all our resources into this,” he said.

“We’re still in the process of finishing up our investigation at this time and right now we’re looking at all the

Red Deer has back-to-back dry months

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Clouds over Red Deer tended to hold tight to rain and snow during April, instead of releasing moisture.

Environment Canada meteorologist Bill McMurty said with the equivalent of only 11.8 mm of water, the city received less than half its average amount of precipitation for the month.

The average is 24.8 mm.

March had even less at 10.2 mm.

“We’ve had back-to-back dry months,” McMurty said on Friday.

But Red Deer is not alone.

“For the most part, a significant portion of Western Canada is dry — southern British Columbia, all of Alberta, northern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba are all showing well below normal precipitation.”

He said precipitation can vary greatly in April. In 2007, Red Deer had 75.8 mm and in 2001 there was a mere 2.2 mm.

“As you get to the later portion of spring, you tend to get wetter condi-

tions.”

The 30-year precipitation average in Red Deer for the month of May is 55.4 mm and in June the average is 94.

He said precipitation in May can also be the white, flaky variety.

“We’re not out of the risk of snow yet. In fact, we may very well see it come the end of next week.”

But McMurty said by this time of the year, there’s enough heat in the ground that snow melts quickly under a few hours of sun. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Minority government could be good: Jean

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says a minority government could work well in Alberta.

But he warns he would not support any policy that included tax increases or went against any basic Wildrose values.

With a tight race between the surging NDP, the Wildrose and the ruling Progressive Conservative party, the possibility of a minority government has become a major talking point on the campaign trail leading to Tuesday’s election.

Jean, a former member of the federal Conservative caucus under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said he would prefer to see a Wildrose major-

ity on Tuesday. But he suggested he could work with NDP Leader Rachel Notley and PC Leader Jim Prentice in a minority situation.

He admitted he doesn’t really care for either party and repeated his line that “you can’t trust the NDP with the economy and you can’t trust the PCs with anything.”

“A minority government would be a good thing for all Alberta,” Jean said at a campaign stop in Calgary on Friday. “Albertans are voting for change.

They should vote for change they should trust.”

Jean said he doesn’t put any trust in election polls, but the reality of a minority government is something that needs to be addressed.

He knows first hand that it can work well, he added.

“I worked in three minority governments in Ottawa and we saw a lot of bills put through. We saw a lot of negotiations and we saw a lot of compromises.

“Sometimes compromises are the best thing.”

Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann agreed that Albertans would benefit from a minority government.

“A majority government has just taken us too long and too strong in one direction,” Swann said, referring to the four decades the Tories have been in power.

Notley agrees with some observers that her campaign has momentum, but she is taking nothing for granted.

Earlier this week, she said the legislature simply has to work better.

information in the statements that have been provided to us.”

Two of the pit bulls were apprehended and are being held by Alberta Animal Services, which has the Town of Rocky Mountain House’s animal control contract.

The third pit bull was not apprehended and is believed to have returned to its owner in Rocky.

The two that were captured are still being assessed, said Springham.

“We will be making an appropriate decision going forward with the dogs.

Right now, that’s all I can say,” he said.

The town does have a dog bylaw that includes a section on aggressive dogs, similar to a bylaw in the City of Red Deer. There is also a provincial Dangerous Dog Act. Sue Overbaugh said after the first attack, her husband walked Jenna and her injured dog home to make sure they got there safely.

He was upset when he learned about the other attack, she said.

“He’s still just so upset. He said it was horrific,” and he has been having trouble sleeping, Sue Overbaugh said.

She said it didn’t help that when she and one of the students both called 911 separately during the incident, they were both put on hold for five minutes.

The calls are routed through a dispatch centre in Calgary. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

Man pulled gun on police A suspect is accused of pulling a gun on police when they tried to arrest him.

Red Deer RCMP responded to a report of a knife fight between two men downtown near the Jackpot Casino around 10 p.m. on Wednesday.

When RCMP arrived, one of the men involved got into an altercation with them. The suspect pulled out a longbarrelled firearm.

The gun was not fired and a foot chase followed.

With the help of a bystander, the suspect was found in a dumpster and arrested. Charges have been laid against a suspect.

Police are asking any witnesses, especially the bystander who helped out, to contact police at 403-343-5575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

Mock accident planned More than 100 Grade 4 and 5 students will watch what happens when a distracted student is involved in a motor vehicle collision on Monday.

First responders will practise their response skills at a mock accident at St. Martin de Porres School in West Park at 11:45 a.m.

Red Deer RCMP and EMTs from HSE will respond to the mock event at the school on 3911 57A Ave. After the incident, police will review traffic safety laws with students to help them stay safe.

The exercise is one of the planned local events during North American Occupational Health and Safety Week, from May 3 to 9.

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Top court rules man wrongly imprisoned for 27 years can sue

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A Supreme Court of Canada ruling empowering a British Columbia man who was wrongly imprisoned for 27 years to sue the Crown may be the trigger for an out-of-court settlement, say observers.

The high court decision on Friday ruled that Ivan Henry can use the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to pursue a lawsuit after his life was upended by convictions for 10 sex crimes he did not commit.

The landmark ruling clarifies the circumstances under which criminal prosecutors may be sued if they fail to disclose evidence to accused persons.

“It is a great win for Ivan,” said Vancouver author Joan McEwen, who spent hundreds of hours over three years with Henry to write a book on his case.

She predicted Henry is entitled to at least $10 million, but said the 68-year-old man’s ailing health may put pressure on him to accept less.

“Because he’s worried about dying and when he dies his case dies with him.”

The federal government compensated David Milgaard — who spent 23 years in prison before being cleared of rape and murder with DNA evidence — with $10 million in 1999. Other high-profile payouts have included $6.5 million for Steven Truscott and $4.25 million for William Mullins Johnson.

Henry was convicted in 1983 of rape and indecent assault against eight women in Vancouver.

After a protracted bid for freedom, the B.C. Court of Appeal overturned the convictions. The court declared in 2010 that prosecutors had not fully dis-

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Swann, who is a medical doctor, says he struggled with depression in 1990 after coming back from the Philippines where he co-ordinated a primary health care project for the University of Calgary.

He announced a $75.5-million investment for mental health and addictions while at a campaign stop in Calgary.

Swann says more than 20 per cent of Albertans have experienced a major mental health issue, with 75 per cent of those before the age of 18.

He says despite public campaigns and discussions about depression, it still remains a stigma for many people.

Swann says the financial costs of mental illness are immense and leave businesses with billions of dollars in lost productivity.

“When I came back from the Philippines, I was so shocked and devastated by the suffering there and the lack of good government and the lack of policies to protect the most vulnerable,” said Swann.

“This announcement is to recognize we are grossly under-represented in terms of support for mental illness, for identifying for resources that would get into high risk families, identify high-risk kids and get them the supports they need with a minimum of destruction, and get them into a productive life again.”

NDP’s Notley says Thomas Mulcair has no influence in Alberta campaign EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is dismissing accusations that her federal counterpart, Thomas Mulcair, is playing a role in her

Mother of missing student demands justice

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closed evidence.

The next year he sued the provincial and federal attorneys general, the City of Vancouver and three members of its police department for withholding material that could have helped his defence.

His pending civil suit is scheduled to begin Aug. 31.

“We trust that this decision will now spur the government into finally making serious efforts to avoid a 100-day trial, which will only prolong Mr. Henry’s suffering,” said his lawyer Marilyn Sandford, while declining questions.

Neither B.C.’s attorney general, the federal justice minister, nor Vancouver Police would comment while the case is before the courts.

Criminology Prof. David MacAlister, at Simon Fraser University, said a seven-figure settlement is probable based on precedent and factors such as 27-years lost income, the hardships of being tagged a sex offender and separation from his daughters.

“We just don’t see these big, dramatic trials in which a government tries to defend the actions of its prosecutors or police, who essentially pursued the wrong suspect,” he said.

The ruling centres on a fine point of charter law, but it’s one that has major ramifications over how criminal cases proceed every day in courtrooms.

Henry wanted to proceed with his lawsuit without having to prove the Crown’s failure to disclose involved malice.

The government wanted the higher standard of malice to be upheld — to protect prosecutors from a flood of lawsuits — but the decision said it didn’t need to be proven.

OTTAWA — The mother of one of 43 missing Mexican students who vanished last fall is in Canada to seek the federal government’s help in pressuring Mexico for answers.

Hilda Legideno Vargas’s 20 year-old-son disappeared in Mexico, likely at the hands of drug cartels, in a case that human rights groups say the Mexican government is covering up.

She wants the government to pressure the Mexicans to find answers in the case so she can get justice for her son, Jorge Antonio Tizapa.

Tizapa was among the 43 students who disappeared Sept. 26 from the Ayotzinapa Teachers’ College in the city of Inguala.

The Mexican government says it wants to see the case resolved and justice done , but Legideno Vargas doesn’t believe it, and wonders whether the local authorities were somehow complicit in the attack.

“Everything that I am doing here I’m doing out of love for my son,” the 43-year-old single mother said Friday through an interpreter.

“We’ve had to come here to Canada to have our voices heard because the Mexican government is not doing what it needs to do.”

Legideno Vargas met with Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson’s senior foreign policy adviser, Monika Le Roy, to press her case. She also testified in earlier in the week to the House of Commons human rights subcommittee.

Legideno Vargas said she wanted to “create awareness in the minister’s office about the situation, and ideally that the Canadian government would make some kind of public statement pressuring Mexico to keep the case open.”

campaign.

Notley says she has not spoken with Mulcair for months, and says she takes her cues only from Albertans.

Premier Jim Prentice has been warning voters for more than a week that an NDP win in Tuesday’s Alberta election would wreak havoc on the provincial economy.

He says the NDP plan to increase corporate taxes and review how much oil companies pay in royalties would be catastrophic for a province reeling from low oil prices.

Mulcair has been a polarizing figure in Alberta, with his criticism of pipelines that ship raw product abroad.

Notley notes her platform would look to create more oil refining jobs and would deliver tax incentives for companies to hire new staff.

But the Crown said bullet patterns were so erratic there had to be a second shooter. Prosecutors also pointed to evidence found on Robison’s computer, including one document with the heading: When Is It OK to Shoot a Cop? Shah testified during the trial that he jumped between his partner and a gun pointing out of a doorway, and took numerous bullets along his left side.

Gaudette was shot once in the torso.

Following a standoff, Clarke, 53, was found dead in the kitchen. Evidence photos show he had a head wound and two handguns were next to his body. Police believe he may have been having a bath before the shooting.

RCMP alleged at the time that Robison had fled the home in a pickup truck following the shooting.

He was arrested three days later on a rural road after his parents pleaded for him to turn himself in.

Judge finds accused in Mountie shootings not guilty

Fire a result of failed circuit switch

WETASKIWIN — A judge has found a man accused of shooting two RCMP officers in rural Alberta not guilty of all charges.

Sawyer Robison, 30, was facing attempted murder, assault causing bodily harm and weapons-related charges.

Constables Sheldon Shah and Sidney Gaudette were wounded while trying to search a farmhouse near Killam, southeast of Edmonton, in February 2012.

“I am simply not satisfied that the inference the Crown has asked me to draw is the only one that can be drawn,” said Judge Eric Macklin.

“I cannot find that he was a party to the offence.”

About two dozen supporters of Robison applauded when the verdict was read.

Robison’s defence lawyer has argued that it was Robison’s uncle, Brad Clarke, who had a gun in each hand and who shot the officers before killing himself.

The defence noted that there was no forensic evidence that linked Robison to either of two guns found in the home and that both officers testified that Robison was not armed when they entered the farmhouse.

CALGARY — Fire officials are blaming a failed circuit switch for an electrical blaze inside a manhole that plunged much of downtown Calgary into darkness last year.

The fire last October shut down the city’s downtown core and left blocks of office towers and apartment buildings, including the courthouse, without power for days.

About 2,100 businesses and 5,000 residents were affected.

Investigators believe the fire’s origin was in a faulty relay used to control street lights.

“The exact cause of the fire is difficult to determine due to the extent of damage caused by the fires,” said Deputy Chief Ken Uzeloc.

“Investigators spent a fair amount of time sifting through the debris and reviewing the contents of the manhole. However, they were unable to determine why the relay failed or why the failure resulted in a fire.”

A relay is an electronic circuit that uses a mercury sensor or a photo-electric sensor to switch street lights on and off. There are about 10,000 relays in Calgary that control about 90,000 street lights.

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LETTERS Democracy demands at least a healthy opposition Someone wiser than I am said that politicians are like diapers, they both need to be changed periodically — and for the same reason.

Someone else wiser than I am said that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Conservative Party of Alberta has been in power in this province for well over 40 years.

Many of you, my readers, have never known anything but a strong Tory government in this province.

In my opinion they have been in power for so long that they have a sense of entitlement, forgetting that they are there to serve us as citizens.

We do not exist to serve them.

I feel they have developed a sense of invulnerability, becoming politicians who think they are above the law, sometimes hiding the truth from the people who voted them into power.

What I’m trying to say is that having any political party, with such a large majority of seats for so many decades, is, in my opinion, not healthy for democracy.

A solid, strong, responsible opposition is needed, now more than ever.

Sometimes people respond to that by saying, “Who else are you going to vote for?”

My response to that would be, “Anyone else, the opposition party of your choice.”

Please understand, I am not promoting the policies of any one specific party, I’m merely suggesting that in order to promote healthy democracy, we as citizens either vote the Tories out of power or at least give them a stronger opposition.

Even if you think the Tories are the best thing since sliced bread, for the sake of democracy, please support someone else.

I’m not anti-Tory, I’m pro-democracy.

Wesley Stickel Red Deer

Don’t waste another chance to bring change to Alberta May 5! We’ve got to do this provincial election right this time around.

Alberta voters really messed up in the 2012 election.

It was a golden opportunity for voters to make their ballot speak loud and clear.

Our Conservative government was a messed up unit! Bad leadership, severe overspending, completely ignor-

ing the advice of the only first-class think-tank in Canada — the Fraser Institute — and treating their loyal voters like idiots.

We had a chance to send a very clear message to the Conservative Party, which were governing like spoiled brats! We had a very safe and competent right-wing alternative in the Wildrose Party.

For all those thousands who did not vote, because (they whine) “My vote means nothing!” this was a chance for your single vote to mean a lot. And you have another chance to cast a powerful ballot!

All the excuses for not voting are simply a cover-up for laziness.

So folks 18 to 118, come alive! We really need you to show up!

The Wildrose Party did an amazing job of exposing the chicanery of the governing Conservatives, whose arrogance was mind-boggling and an insult to all of its loyal voters. The Wildrose completely fulfilled its purpose and we owe a great debt to them.

It is only fair to give the Wildrose a chance to govern, and with a majority.

There is no risk. Heck, anyone of we political animals could be a better premier for Alberta than the previous lady.

So, you non-voters, please, please show up! You each can play a major part to reset Alberta politics.

What a political story you can write!

I can see the headline now: Alberta’s non-voters elect a Wildrose majority!

Jim Swan Red Deer

Be afraid, be terrified for the future of Alberta Alberta’s economic world would crash to an end if an NDP government was ever elected.

If we raise taxes on corporations that make over $500 million in profit — not small businesses who make under $500,000 profit — Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, BP, Petro China, Statoil, Encana (a gift from the people) are bound to move to Norway to pay 25 per cent VAT (GST), 15 per cent on food, eight per cent on culture and the arts to bolster their burgeoning oil fund.

Of course there would be little doubt about moving operations to B.C. with an 11 per cent corporate rate and seven per cent sales tax or to Saskatchewan with a 10 per cent corporate rate and 10 per cent sales tax.

Thanks for the election a year early, Jim Prentice.

Your tepid response to those that brung you is a bit laughable.

Keep the $30,000 contributions com-

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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015 ing — be afraid. I know I am absolutely terrified.

Rod Trentham Red Deer

We need radical change to repair our society The most austere budget for 25 years, in which there are 59 new taxes or hikes, removes any lingering doubt that Alberta has embarked upon the long downward journey of austerity.

We are now, along with the rest of Canada, following in the wake of countries such as Britain, Italy, France, Spain and Greece.

After having been in government for over 40 years, the Conservatives are only able to blame ordinary, hardworking Albertans for the recession that now afflicts the province.

As expected, the big corporations operating in Alberta are not blamed by the Conservatives for the deficit and are most certainly not involved in any serious way with paying for it.

The sudden and understandable decline in Conservative support is confirmed by their present position in the polls, which indicate that the opposition parties will make big gains.

This is despite the fact that the election was timed to catch the opposition off guard and to take place before the cuts begin to really affect people’s lives.

The defection of several Wildrose MLAs has also proven to be a pyrrhic victory for the Conservatives and to their cost, the Wildrose is now experiencing a revival.

It should come as no surprise that the NDP, which is the social opposite to the Conservatives, is enjoying a significant rise in support particularly in the cities. People are moving toward the NDP because it is promising to protect ordinary people from cuts and other measures of austerity.

Some of the worst budget cuts will be on government services and public sector workers. This budget is the direct result of the recession, which was triggered by the crash in oil prices on a world scale. The recession brings with it a huge loss of jobs for the province, not least in the oilpatch. This in turn will have enormous repercussions on industry and service jobs not only in Alberta.

There exists already an enormous number of underprivileged in our society, people who have to live on the streets and those who increasingly rely on food banks. Alberta, which up to now has been the richest province in Canada, already has one of the lowest minimum wage levels.

Working people are the most affected by any economic downturn, in particular young people and those with families and mortgages. Having been let down by the present government and disillusioned by the Wildrose defections, they are no longer willing to accept false promises and assurances.

Working people are looking for a party that can be trusted to create the conditions for good paying jobs. They require a party that is their own that is firmly under their democratic control.

A government made up of individuals who live on an income level that is similar to that of the average industrial worker enabling them to remain in touch with the real world.

The next provincial government will come under great economic pressure and scrutiny by the people of Alberta.

It will be possible for an incoming government that genuinely wants to help the majority of society, to ameliorate the situation to some degree. However, unfortunately, even with the best of intentions there is no possibility of a long-term solution on the basis of the present economic system.

The only way to construct an economic system that can provide abundance for all is a radical change to a democratic socialist planned economy.

Keith Norman Wyatt Innisfail

Are Wildrose just a branch of the Conservatives?

Politics has always be a dirty business but never so much as in Alberta in recent years under the Progressive Conservative government.

The sudden exit of Danielle Smith, a rising start from the Wildrose Party, leaves one fearful of what really went on there.

Further raising suspicions is how a PC supporter, Brian Jean who apparently donated to the PC party, became the Wildrose leader.

Could it be that the Wildrose is in fact a subsidiary branch of the PCs? Could it be that early on the PCs knew Albertans were fed up with their corruption and moved to secure their hold on Alberta by gaining control of the Wildrose? Did they place their own man, Jean, as leader of the Wildrose to secure control of Alberta from behind the scenes as a puppet government?

I do believe as Shakespeare’s Hamlet said, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” — or, in this case, Alberta.

We must break from the PCs and yes, all their cronies.

Gale McCaw Red Deer

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A6 FOCUS Terror turf war

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015

You can’t tell the players without a program, and it’s no wonder that people feel confused by the plethora of names the terrorist groups use. To make matters worse they keep splitting, and sometimes they change their names just for the hell of it.

So here’s a guide you can stick on your wall.

In the beginning there was Al Qaida, starting in about 1989.

There were lots of other terrorist start-ups in the Arab world around the same time, but eventually almost all of them either died out or joined one of the big franchises. Al Qaida is the one to watch, GWYNNE since the success of its 2001 DYER attacks on the United States on 9/11 put it head and shoulders above all its rivals.

When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 and foreign jihadis flocked into the Sunni Arab parts of the country to help the resistance, their leader, a Jordanian called Abu Musaib al Zarqawi, sought to affiliate his organization with Al Qaida to boost its appeal. In 2004 Osama bin Laden agreed to allow them to use the name Al Qaida in Iraq, although there was little coordination between the two organizations.

It was Al Qaida in Iraq that got the Sunni-Shia civil war going by persistently bombing Shia mosques and neighbourhoods, even though it knew that the more numerous Shia would win that war. It was profoundly cynical but strategically sound, since terrified Sunnis would then turn to Zarqawi’s organization for protection.

Al Qa1da in Iraq formally changed its name to Islamic State in Iraq (ISI) in 2006, but it didn’t really begin to flourish until a new leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, took over in 2010. Soon afterwards the Syrian civil war broke out, and Baghdadi sent a Syrian member of ISI, Abu Muhammad al Golani, into Syria to organise a branch there. It was called the Nusra Front.

The Nusra Front grew very fast — so fast that by 2013 Baghdadi decided to reunite the two branches of the organizations under the new name Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). But this meant that Golani was being demoted to manager of the Syrian branch, so he declared his independence and asked to join al Qaida, which leaves its affiliates largely free to make their own decisions.

Al Qaida’s leader, Ayman al Zawahiri (by now bin Laden was dead), backed the Nusra Front because he felt that creating an Islamic state, as Baghdadi intended, was premature. Baghdadi thereupon broke relations with Al Qaida, and in early 2014 the Nusra Front and ISIS went to war.

Thousands of Islamist fighters were killed, and after four months it was clear that ISIS could hold eastern Syria but could not conquer the Nusra Front in the west of the country. T he two rival organizations agreed a ceasefire — and two months later, in June 2014, ISIS used its battle-hardened forces to invade Iraq.

The Iraqi army collapsed, and by July ISIS controlled the western third of Iraq. Counting its Syrian territories as well, ISIS now ruled over 10 to 12 million people, so Baghdadi dropped the “Iraq and Syria” part of the name and declared that henceforward it would just be known as Islamic State.

The point of not naming it after a specific territory is that it can be expanded indefinitely with no further name changes.

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Soon afterwards Baghdadi declared himself caliph, and therefore commander of all the world’s Muslims.

This was an extremely bold step, since those Muslims who hear the call of “Caliph Ibrahim” and do not submit to his authority – even fighters in other jihadi organizations like the Nusra Front and Al Qaida — are technically “apostates” and liable to death in the eyes of those who do accept his claim.

That includes all of IS’s fighters, who now have the legal right, at least in their own eyes, to kill most Sunni Muslims in addition to the Shias, Christians, Jews, and assorted other unbelievers they already had the right to kill.

There is a potential genocide in the making if Islamic State expands further in Syria, where easily 75 per cent of the population fits into one or another of those categories.

Some jihadis in other countries, most notably Boko Haram in Nigeria, declared their allegiance to “Caliph Ibrahim” and Islamic State at once. Other stayed loyal to Al Qaida — the Nusra Front, Al Shabaab in Somalia, and the al Qaida branches in Yemen, Egypt, and the Maghreb — and rejected his claim. But Al Qaida may declare a rival caliphate once Nusra has finished conquering Idlib province and established a firmer territorial base in Syria.

So there you have it: two rival franchises competing for the loyalty of all the other jihadi organizations.

There’s not really much difference between them ideologically or practically, but the franchise wars will continue. I hope that helps.

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London.

A basic primer to the Alberta election There are three main contenders for two jobs (government and Official Opposition) in the upcoming Alberta election and it is important to sort out their basic messages as we go to the polls one year in advance of traditional four-year terms in this province.

The three parties are the 44-year-and counting incumbent PCs, the upstart Wildrose, and the socialist NDP. The following is a basic primer I sifted from the party platforms and information gleaned from a barrage of poJIM litical posturing over the past SUTHERLAND few weeks.

The NDP are a surprise in this election, given their party’s history, which has not been business-friendly in other provinces. The NDP was originally formed in 1933 under the CCF banner in Saskatchewan, when the party created the anticapitalist Regina Manifesto.

The NDP successor has modified its platform from its extreme socialist CCF doctrine largely because of the anti-communist movement in the 1950s, but the current Alberta NDP platform still does not entirely embrace the free enterprise philosophy by any means.

Instead Rachel Notley’s platform includes a twopoint increase in corporate taxes for Alberta busi-

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ness and a royalty review by her “hand-picked team of experts.” Notley calls her measures “just a little” increase, but the severe repercussions for continued and future business investment in this province have yet to be addressed by her party.

Notley will rescind all of the PC budget hikes, but they will have to expand the public sector numbers to facilitate her expanded investment in government services. The ominous possibility of future tax hikes for all Albertans would undoubtedly be needed to fund the NDP model, despite its glaring omission in their platform.

The PCs built their election platform on their spring budget and find themselves in a quagmire because their budget drew fire from both sides of the political spectrum. Fiscal conservatives took note of the massive number of increases in fees and taxes while the socialists took exception to the lack of increases in corporate taxes.

The Prentice budget had minimal cuts to the public sector, despite major cuts to the private sector in a depressed Alberta economic climate. Instead, the PCs employed a sleight of hand move and labeled no short term future annual expenditure increases as a cut.

The blowback from the budget has been a liability for the Prentice campaign and facilitated the rise of the NDP in this election because of the corporate tax issue. Corporate tax status quo was a sound decision by Prentice, but the corporate tax debate rages because of the perception that Alberta businesses were spared while its citizens were not spared in the spring budget.

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The Wildrose party has taken a different approach with their election campaign. They support the PC position on corporate taxes, largely because they believe in the idea that government should not discourage investment in this province with a tax hike.

A two-point corporate tax hike during an economic downturn would only exacerbate the problem in Alberta. Prentice’s math was accurate — a bump from 10 per cent (10 points) to 12 per cent (12 points) is indeed a 20 per cent hike — points wise — in the financial world.

He just kept getting interrupted on this issue during the debate by the loquacious Notley.

Wildrose would rescind all of the PC tax/fee increases and concentrate on deep cuts to a thick, expensive management sector, along with a halt to extraneous expenditures such as excessive travel.

They would introduce zero-based budgets that would force managers to submit a financial game plan for their departments and end the annual March madness spending sprees that use up department funding and justify the next budget.

The Wildrose party insists they can preserve frontline services and expand services like health care and education with better allocation of current capital, and still run surplus budgets without tax increases. They have not drifted from this position during the entire campaign.

We will have real political poll results on Tuesday when Alberta voters have their say on our next government. Personally, I think we are in for a big surprise.

Jim Sutherland is a freelance Red Deer writer.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 2, 2015 A7

The king of the world IN AN AGING BRITISH SPORTS CAR I saw something the other day that warmed the cockles of my heart, although I’m not entirely sure what cockles are and what they have to do with increasing the heat of a vital human organ. But I’m pretty sure it’s a metaphor if I remember correctly back to Grade 10 Language Arts class, and I’m guessing that that metaphor means that HARLEY one’s core temperature warms HAY up after eating seafood.

Be that as it may, what I’m saying is, my mood meter ticked up a few notches one fine day recently when I saw an old beat-up car rattling down the street.

Oh, it wasn’t just any old car, it was a scruffy old British sports car and the kid driving this beater looked like he knew he was the King of the World.

Kind of like when Leonardo DiCaprio stood on the bow of the Titanic in that movie and spread his arms open and yelled into the wind: “I am the king of the world!” Of course he had Kate Winslet cuddling him at the time so his

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short-lived euphoria was totally understandable.

And the kid I saw driving the beatup British sports car wasn’t standing on the hood with his arms open and he wasn’t shouting into the wind, and unfortunately Kate Winslet was nowhere to be found, but what the kid did have was that prerequisite sports car swagger.

If you think it’s difficult to swagger from a seating position, just check out the next person who zooms by in a topless sports car. These drivers sit with serious swagger. They positively exude attitude, these sports car snobs — an “I’m too cool for school, and you’re not” vibe.

I know. I was one.

And this teenager in the rattle-trap 1965 Triumph Spitfire is one now.

I can smell a British sports car a mile away (not necessarily a figure of speech) and I immediately spotted the rusty Spitfire across the street sitting revving and rattling away unsteadily at a traffic light. The kid driver has on the cool shades, his elbow perched just so on the dented car door, looking around, checking out who’s checking his car out. Looking like the cat who ate the canary.

The decrepit vehicle itself, however, looked more like the car who was chewed up and spit out by Father Time. But that didn’t faze our driver one little bit. In fact, he was clearly lacking faze with his abundance of brash.

I said to myself, or perhaps it was right out loud (sometimes I can’t really tell): “Good for you, kid,” because I used to know exactly how he felt. I

used to be that kid.

Well, not that exact kid, that would be weird and would involve time travel and mind shifting and teleportation, which is sometimes difficult to do. But what I mean is, I used to have a beat-up British sports car and some cool sunglasses and I used to perch my elbow on the car door just so and I used to feel like I was the Master of the Universe — which requires even more teenaged attitude than King of the World.

Mine was a venerable ’59 Triumph TR3, the inimitable clunker/beauty famous for the low-slung cutaway doors so truncated you could quite easily put your hand or any other random body part on the ground when seated for a drive that can only be described as “epic.”

And like every other vintage British sports car, the electrical system was built by the Lucas Haywire Electrical Company, which meant the lights occasionally worked (if you were lucky) and when you turned on the radio, the windshield wipers came on a maximum speed.

So there I was that long-ago summer, thundering along with joy in my heart and wind in my hair and a trail of gasoline leaking on the ground behind me. It was such a small leak I didn’t even discover it until I had run out of gas the third or fourth time, and realized with great relief that there was probably only a 50-50 chance of anything blowing up. And to add to the situation, the Triumph’s gas gauge operated perfectly in the sense that the little white needle was permanently stuck on a hopeful and deceiving one-

third of a tank.

And since my summer job was below both my fluctuating teenaged dignity and the current minimum wage, the only gas money I had was, technically, in cents rather than dollars.

But believe it or not youngster readers, 50 cents in the tank used to go a long way, and it often lasted three or four more days before I ran out of gas again. Whereupon, after genuflecting because nothing had officially exploded, I would take my red plastic jerry can, walk to the nearest Mohawk and cash in another 50 cents or so of my Mohawk coupon “dollars” that I got last time.

So sometimes I wonder if I did almost as much walking as driving with that TR3, but even if — boy, was it worth it. That car captured everything about coming of age, of finding freedom, of discovering grand adventure.

That dizzy feeling that the universe is smiling upon you instead of dumping on you. I suspect it was the gas fumes.

But when the kid in the Spitfire in the here-and-now roared off down the road dramatically shifting gears and shifting lanes like he owned the road, I knew exactly how he was feeling.

And I felt more than a little envy.

On impulse I honked the horn of my SUV at him — my “Atta boy!” honk — but of course he didn’t honk back. He’d have to turn on his windshield wipers for that.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Budget lacks plan for growth Finance Minister Joe Oliver describes his budget as “a low-tax plan” for jobs and growth. It is a statement of his and the government’s faith in low taxes as the key to economic prosperity. Unfortunately, it is not delivering the promised results. Oliver promises low taxes but holds out little promise of much economic growth.

Indeed the budget assumes modest economic growth this year and through the next two years, well below the projections even contained in the Conservative budget last year.

Instead of 2.5 per cent growth this year, we will have 2.0 per cent growth. Instead of 2.5 per cent growth next year, we will have 2.2 per cent growth.

The sharp decline in oil prices is a factor. The Harper DAVID government was foolish to bet CRANE so heavily on high oil prices to carry the Canadian economy.

But it is not the only factor.

Despite tax cuts and low interest rates business is not investing in productive capacity in tradable goods and services. Innovationled productivity growth is weak, averaging just 0.1 per cent a year in Canada in 2007-2012, compared to 0.9 per cent a year in the U.S. To be sure, the Harper government did take some steps to stimulate the economy during the 2008-09 crisis. But it then ended economic stimulus far too soon because of its obsession with balancing the budget by this year.

Politics is what this year’s budget is mainly about, and it’s loaded with promises to dazzle voters. But there’s little in it that will do much for jobs and growth, though much that will give the illusion of progress. Indeed, many measures don’t really kick in for another year or two, or even longer, if ever.

The extension of the fast write-off for machinery and equipment for another 10 years continues a policy that had already been in place while the cut in the tax rate for small business also continue a policy direction begun at the same time though its effect isn’t fully felt until 2019. Both reflect the Conservative belief that tax rates are what matter most.

As the budget declares, “low taxes encourage capital investment, which in turn spurs job creation.”

But it takes more than tax policy to drive business investment. The main reason businesses invest is that they expect there will be plenty of customers ready to buy whatever product or service they plan to sell. But if they can’t envisage the customers, they don’t invest. It’s this lack of future demand from ending stimulus too soon that’s been holding back

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investment. Machinery and equipment spending by manufacturers last year was 84 per cent of what it was in 2007, when taxes were much higher. In March, there were 381,700 fewer manufacturing jobs in Canada than in March, 2007.

The level of demand in the economy matters. But federal policy became a drag on demand, not a driver. For example, while federal infrastructure spending soared to about $8.5 billion in 2010, by 2012 it had been cut back to about $5 billion, well below what the country needed. As it is, under the new budget’s much-vaunted Building Canada infrastructure programme, the outlay of dollars is slow and takes until 2022 to hit $6 billion again.

This doesn’t mean the budget lacks any good ideas. For example, improved support for small and midsize companies from the Business Development Bank and the Export Development Corporation, along with expansion of the trade commissioner service, will help companies grow.

But the budget lacks any serious plan for speed-

ing up the economy’s growth potential. It could, for example, put Canada on the path to a low-carbon economy, creating a wide range of new investment opportunities. Instead, it ignores completely the need to act on climate change.

It could develop some sector strategies with potential — such as making Canada a world leader in water systems and technologies or a major player in advanced manufacturing. In fact, not a nickel of the $200 million of support for advanced manufacturing in Ontario, promised in the 2013 budget, has been allocated. It could have embarked on an ambitious digital strategy, aggressively promoting the potential of the Internet of everything, making Canada a leader in smart infrastructure and systems.

Instead, the budget lacks any bold, forward-looking vision of future growth and opportunity for Canada. Now it is up to the opposition parties to show if they can do any better. But can they?

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

Understanding differences is key When she first came off the reserve and into Red Deer, her chubby build and her demeanour belied the fact that she was only 15 or 16 and pregnant.

Her attitude, although somewhat reclusive at times, was generally quite pleasant.

Even with a complex negative childhood (which I would find out about later), she seemed cheerful most of the CHRIS time, and she SALOMONS was really looking forward to this new part of her life.

It did not take long for her and her boyfriend to become involved with other native youth who frequented the streets.

Activities included a lot of partying and hanging out; there are not a lot of positives to fill long days on the streets.

As time went on she came to term and instead of a healthy baby as she had been anticipating, her child was stillborn. The utterly tormented grief she displayed is something I had never

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experienced before except what I observed on TV, and it tore at the hearts of all of us who were exposed to it.

Unlike the grief displayed by the stoic society I had grown up in, I found myself almost uncomfortable in the sorrowful demonstration of such pain.

Despite many offerings of sharing in her grief, the way that she ended up dealing with it was to use alcohol, Listerine and drugs.

That was all fine and dandy for an hour or two, but we all know that once the euphoria is gone, the downside of substance abuse is extreme remorse, pain and sorrow — more than the pain they were trying to drown in the first place.

Many were the attempts to help her through her suffering, but by this time the chemical solutions were more appealing.

Within the next two years, she was sexually assaulted at least twice, and physically beaten numerous times.

Gone was the chubby, cheerful 16-year-old. Now we were dealing with an angry, bitter addict who barely functions unless she has some chemical inducements.

Why? Why was there not more support when she first arrived and then when she lost her baby?

Why was there no one there to intervene to help get her back on track?

Maybe it was there, but for some reason she did not or could not access it.

I could never understand when as a church we tried to reach out to her, we would eventually be rebuffed. She embraced the help initially several times, but within a short amount of time she would reject it.

I would find out later that some of her own people would convince her that we were not friends and that we were getting her to reject her own upbringing. They even told her that we would fill her with demons. One time when she came to the church for help, she received a beating at the hands of her “friends.”

This young woman is still alive today, but is in all likelihood one of the women most susceptible to being murdered or to go missing.

Although it is true that this group of readily identifiable people have been abused by the societies committed to help them and many abuses were perpetrated, we cannot change what is past; only try to make reparations today and work toward tomorrow. I just pray that it is not too late.

As I listen to the news; especially about the murdered and missing, I begin to understand the length to which society has rejected these beautiful people. So it is no wonder that they now reject us and return to their own

roots.

But what they don’t realize sometimes is that their society in the past was not the nice cohesive, cozy society they now want to portray; they were constantly at war with each other, so strife was their past, and now they want to return to that.

There is a book written by a native lady with a master’s degree in theology named Velma White from Fort Providence in the Northwest Territories.

She teaches at reserves across the North and the rest of Canada. Her contention is that instead of battling each other constantly, we should work at embracing each other. Both sides have a lot to offer, so there is really no need to be in that constant state of tension and confrontation.

Rather than promote a society that embraces differences, why not try to learn and understand about the differences that now separate us and embrace the uniqueness that God created in each of us?

If we did, we might just find that our offers of comfort, love and help are accepted, and we would not have to watch so many suffer as they do.

We have the opportunity to make a difference if we are willing to give it a try.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Soldiers for a day

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One of the highlights of the Soldier for a Day experience at the Citadel is the opportunity to fire a real 18th century Snider-Enfield rifle.

STEPPING BACK IN TIME IN HALIFAX The sun was blazing as my family and I stepped into the main courtyard of the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site and I couldn’t help squinting as the light reflected off the lightcoloured gravel surface. On any other day, I would have been wearing sunglasses. But on this day I was dressed in the attire of a 78th Highlander and in 1869, sunglasses were not part of the uniform.

We were experiencing the Citadel’s Soldier for a Day program and when I had asked about wearing sunglasses, I was told it could be possible with one small proviso: “A couple DEBBIE of staff memOLSEN bers have eye problems and need to wear sun glasses,” said Sgt. Heinz, our guide and boot camp supervisor. “We just tell people they have syphilis.” At that point, I decided to forgo the glasses.

It had taken almost an hour for the five of us to get into our costumes and we all had a new appreciation for the effort required by a British soldier to become properly “turned out.” The uniform consisted of wool socks, boots, gaiters, a cotton shirt, a wool kilt, a sporran, a red wool Highland doublet and a Glengarry bonnet with a brass badge.

I knew we had done well when some other tourists mistook us for employees and started snapping our pictures.

We spent the first part of the morning practising drills and manoeuvres with Sgt. Heinz, who is a third-year Dalhousie kinesiology student when he is not working at the fort shouting orders at recruits.

Marching together went fairly well, but “standing at ease” was ironically not very easy.

Good soldiers were expected to march in perfect time, follow instructions and be very serious.

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ABOVE: Dressing up in 1869 attire is part of the fun of being a Soldier for a Day. LEFT: The noon gun has been heard in Halifax since 1749 and is a fixture of the city. When you participate in Soldier for a Day at the Citadel, you get to be up close to the cannon.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: A Segway tour is a great way to see the harbour and rentals are available right on the boardwalk; In days past, the harbour was filled with tall wooden ships and sailing aboard a tall ship is still a great way to see the harbour and its marine life; The Heart of Halifax two-hour guided bike tours took us to key sites in the downtown core and on the university campus.

BELOW: A tall ship passes in front of Georges Island in Halifax Harbour. Georges Island is a National Historic Site. During the Seven Years’ War, 2,000 French sailors were imprisoned at Fort Charlotte located on the tiny island. It was also one of the forts where Acadians were imprisoned during their expulsion.

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HALIFAX: Second largest natural harbour My daughter had a hard time keeping a straight face — especially when her mother was constantly losing her balance.

“Stop smiling — this isn’t funny!” chided drill Sgt. Heinz. “OK, I’m not going to lie. It does look pretty funny.”

One of the highlights of the half-day experience was rifle training, which included the opportunity to fire a real 18th century Snider-Enfield rifle. We practised with the rifles several times before we were allowed to actually fire the blank cartridges and there was a lot of smoke and noise when we finally got to pull the trigger.

After touring the barracks and learning more about the lives of British soldiers in that era, we capped off the morning by participating in the ceremonial firing of the noon cannon. The noon gun has been heard in Halifax since 1749 and we got to stand up close while the Royal Artillery fired it.

We ended our day with a snack in the soldier’s mess hall and collected our pay — a reproduction English shilling from 1869.

As we headed back to our car, I couldn’t help thinking that I was glad I had been born in my own era. It was neat to have a small glimpse of the life of a 78th Highlander in 1869, but life today is so much easier — and it’s not just because we have sunglasses.

● The Soldier for a Day experience at Halifax Citadel National Historic Site runs from May 7 to Oct. 31 and takes half a day to complete. It costs $199 for one person, $250 for two or $300 for a family of four and makes a great photo for the annual Christmas card.

For more information, visit www.pc.gc.ca. ● For more information on Halifax, visit the city’s official tourism website at www.destinationhalifax. com.

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Wings over the Rockies

Lunch break! After a moderate climb, these hikers enjoy the view of the Columbia Valley as part of the Wings Over the Rockies Festival.

Photos by DUANE MCCARTNEY

BY DUANE MCCARTNEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The Columbia River Valley in the eastern Rocky Mountains is home to Wings Over The Rockies nature week.

The B.C. valley also encompasses Radium Hot Springs, Panorama Mountain Village, Invermere on the Lake, Canal Flats, and Golden. Stretching over 180 km from Canal Flats in the south to Donald, the Columbia River wetlands is one of the longest wetland ecosystems in North America. This unique ecosystem is part of the Pacific flyway used by migratory birds.

The Wings Over the Rockies Festival is in its 19th year. It highlights the natural history, wildlife habitat, bird watching and exploration in the mountains.

It’s all about learning. Wings Over the Rockies organizes some 70 educational events during the week-long festival held around the first week in May. The festival includes a wide variety of speakers on all different aspects of nature and mountain exploring.

There are early morning bird watching expeditions, hikes in the mountains, canoe trips down the Columbia River, educational workshops, wetland explorations and tours of ecosystem restoration projects.

The festival’s objective is to educate the public on recent scientific research and discoveries in the Columbia Valley’s wet lands. This year’s theme is Fossils and Feathers and will feature presentations on new fossil bed discoveries in Kootenay National Park.

The Columbia Valley has a long history going back some 10,000 years as a traditional hunting and fishing area for the First Nations People. David Thompson, the explorer and map maker, arrive in 1807 and later built the first trading post on the banks of the Columbia River near the present town of Invermere. The Palliser Expedition in 1850 searched the area for a route through the mountains for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1882 Major A.B. Rogers (the Rogers Pass was named after him) found a route through the Selkirk Mountains and built the first settlement in Golden.

Today the area is noted for hot springs and numerous golf courses and skiing. Radium Hot Springs is the first destination out of the Kootenay National park. With the majestic Rocky Mountains to the east, the Purcell Mountains to the west and the mighty Columbia River flowing through the valley, the area gives visitors many stunning views.

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Invermere, on the north shores of Lake Windermere, is central to most valley activities and is the base for Wings over the Rockies Festival. The town is half way between Fairmont Hot springs to the south and Radium to the north. Invermere has many talented local artists, several outstanding galleries, and top notch golf courses.

Twenty minutes south of Invermere is the beautiful Fairmont Hot Springs with two 18-hole championship golf courses. The hot springs pools are one of Canada’s largest. There are several par three golf courses in the area along with provincial and commercial campgrounds.

If you would like to explore the valley in greater detail, the Westside road will take you through the back country on the west side of the Columbia Valley from south of Fairmont to Invermere. Along this road there are hiking accesses to the Dutch Creek Hoodoos and Windermere Lake provincial park. The hoodoos hike is not too strenuous and provides a fantastic view of the Columbia River Valley.

There are all sorts of potential day trips. Golden is 90 minutes north of Invermere. Along the way you can explore the quaint communities of Wilmer, Edgewater, Spur Valley, Brisco and Spillimacheen. If you have a four-wheel vehicle you might want to venture out to the Bugaboo Glacier Provincial Park west of Brisco.

Two hours south of Invermere is Cranbrook with its famous Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, noted as the best museum of its kind in Canada. Another must-see is Fort Steele Heritage Town for all history buffs. The historical town is quite large and has many interactive activities of the historical period.

Rounding out your trip would be returning via the alpine Bavarian city of Kimberley.

There certainly are lots of activities in the Columbia Valley. That’s why we keep returning year after year.

ABOVE: Nice day for a paddle down the river in the Columbia Valley. It’s all part of Wings Over the Rockies experience.

RIGHT: This group of visitors see first-hand how farmers and land owners like the Zender brothers, beef farmers in the Columbia River Valley, are implementing conservation and best land management practices that will enhance the watershed in the valley. therockies.org/) Duane McCartney is a Lacombe based freelance creative landscape photographer; agricultural and travel writer.

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SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 1 (2OT) MONTREAL — Nikita Kucherov scored 2:06 into double overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in the opening game of their second round NHL playoff series on Friday night.

Kucherov took a pass in the slot from Valtteri Filppula and fired a wrist shot in on the first shot of the period.

“Boyle made a good play and Filppula got it through the D’s legs. He put it right in my wheelhouse. I just had to shoot,” Kucherov said.

Tyler Johnson scored for Tampa Bay in the third only to see Max Pacioretty tie it and force overtime.

A controversial call three minutes into the first overtime occurred when Kucherov went in on a breakaway. His shot was stopped and he bumped into Carey Price as the puck went into the net, although it appeared Price may have dragged the puck in himself. After review, it was ruled Kucherov interfered with Price.

“I’m not going to complain about it.

I don’t think about it,” Kucherov said.

The Lightning still had pressure after a power play and then got a break when Matt Carle’s shot from the left point deflected off Johnson’s skate past a helpless Carey Price 2:34 into the third. It was Johnson’s seventh of the playoffs, tops in the league.

Pacioretty tied it at 14:47 on a wrist shot off the rush down the left side that Ben Bishop caught, but couldn’t squeeze with his glove. The puck dropped behind him into the net.

Bishop finished the game by making 43 saves.

“It’s nice but it doesn’t mean much,” Bishop said of the Game 1 win. “You’ve got to put it out of your mind pretty quickly. We have to get ready for the next one.”

The Canadiens wasted a golden chance to get an early lead with Bishop clearly nervous, misplaying pucks around the crease. But David Desharnais and Pacioretty hit goalposts and another chance was ruled no-goal after a video review.

Weathering the early storm looked to settle Bishop down and he made the save of the night late in the second period when he stacked the pads and got

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Tampa Bay Lightning right winger Nikita Kucherov (86) scores a disallowed goal on Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) as Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry (26) looks on during the first overtime period of Game 1 NHL second round playoff hockey action Friday in Montreal. a glove on Tomas Plekanec’s shot from a shorthanded 2 on 1 with Pacioretty.

At the other end, Price was at his Hart Trophy nominee best, and he got help during a scramble when Ondrej Palat had an open side but saw his shot go off Jeff Petry’s skate. Price turned aside 33-of-35 shots in the loss.

“We had more than enough chances

tonight, but it didn’t go in for us,” Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban said.

“There weren’t a lot of things I can look at where we weren’t doing the right things out there. We played the right game today.”

Montreal’s Alex Galchenyuk was sent off three times on minors, once for delay of game when a clearing attempt

flew over the glass and another when Filppula sold a trip to the officials.

Johnson went off midway through the third period after a cross-check to the back or shoulder from Brendan Gallagher, but returned later. Johnson was penalized for holding on the play.

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Teravainen scores winner for Hawks TRYING TO KNOCK OUT MINNESOTA FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago 4 Minnesota 3 CHICAGO — Teuvo Teravainen broke a tie with his first playoff goal and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Friday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal series.

The Blackhawks, trying to knock out Minnesota for the third straight year, struck first after taking out Nashville in six games in the opening round.

Game 2 is Sunday night in Chicago.

The 20-year-old Teravainen came through with 58.2 seconds left in the second period after Chicago blew a 3-0 lead. Held out of the final four games of the first round, he scored from a difficult angle, and the Blackhawks hung on from there.

Brandon Saad scored 1:15 into the game. Patrick Kane and Marcus Kruger added goals just over 2 minutes apart in the first period.

Corey Crawford made 30 saves, and the Blackhawks came away with the win even though they were outplayed for big portions of the game.

Zach Parise had a goal and an assist

for Minnesota, Jason Zucker and Mikael Granlund also scored, and Thomas Vanek had two assists.

Devan Dubnyk stopped 31 shots, but the Wild came up short after beating St. Louis in the first round.

The Wild scored three goals in an 8:09 span in the second period to wipe out a 3-0 deficit, only to see Chicago take the lead on Teravainen’s goal. He picked the puck off the left board and fired a quick shot high off the right post and into the net.

Crawford preserved the lead in the third when he saved a shot by Matt Dumba with his left toe with 7:38 remaining. He stopped Nino Niederreiter’s point blank just over a minute later.

Minnesota’s Jason Pominville missed a half-open net from about 15 feet, the puck fluttering wide left with about 2:40 left.

Notes: The Blackhawks are 23-4 in their past 27 home playoff games. ...

Chicago F Kris Versteeg sat out with a lower-body injury that coach Joel Quenneville said was not serious. ...

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Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews (19) controls the puck against Minnesota Wild center Mikael Granlund (64) during the second period of Game 1 in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey playoffs in Chicago, Friday.

Spezza leads Canada past Latvia to open tournament

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 6 Latvia 1 PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Jason Spezza led Canada to a triumphant start at the world hockey championship on Friday.

The Dallas Stars forward had two goals and an assist to lead Canada past Latvia 6-1 in the tournament opener for both squads at the O2 Arena.

“We’re so new to each other, we’re trying to build chemistry,” Spezza said.

“We talked every turn we came to the bench, we tried to figure out our systems, we tried to figure out the big ice, to use these games as building blocks for your team.

WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP “Even if we got up early, we stuck to our plan and got better as the game went on.”

Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Duchene, both of the Colorado Avalanche, Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby and Tyler Toffoli of the Los Angeles Kings also scored for Canada. Arizona Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith stopped 16 shots.

“It was pretty good,” said Crosby.

“We skated well and generated some good chances.”

Crosby finished with a goal and an assist. The team captain scored on a

penalty shot late in the third period to round out the scoring.

“I don’t get many of those,” Crosby said. “It’s nice to get one.”

Kaspars Daugavins replied for Latvia, which was outshot 42-17.

The Canadians took control early with a three-goal first period. MacKinnon opened the scoring at 9:57, Spezza made it 2-0 at 13:04 and Duchene tallied at 14:11.

However, Canada coach Todd McLellan wasn’t entirely pleased with his team’s play in the period.

“We weren’t happy with the neutral-

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zone play in the first five-to-seven minutes,” he said. “Smitty had to make some saves early to settle us down.

“After that, we figured some things out. We all bought into it and it allowed us to play in the offensive zone.”

Toffoli put the Canadians ahead 4-0 at 2:20 of the second period before Spezza scored again at 3:04. Canada outshot Latvia 19-5 in the frame.

“I thought we had the puck a lot in the offensive zone, which allows us to have a short change and we got ahead of them in those areas,” McLellan said.

“Once it got to 5-0 we were passing when we probably should have been shooting but we can fix that.”

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Will the fight live up to the hype?

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — Five years in the making, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao meet Saturday night in the richest — and arguably most overhyped — fight in the history of the sport.

Their styles have been analyzed endlessly and their minds dissected as much as possible. And it still remains anyone’s guess just what kind of fight this will be.

Will Pacquiao score early and often to beat a fighter who has never been beaten? Will Mayweather risk standing and trading punches, or be content to use his defensive wizardry to win for the 48th straight time?

Will boxing get the fight the hype deserves, and the sport desperately needs?

The fight is for the welterweight championship of the world, but in reality it’s much more. Mayweather will be risking his legacy against arguably the best opponent of his career, while Pacquiao will carry the weight of an entire nation into the ring at the MGM Grand arena.

“Everyone talks about the money, the money, the money,” Mayweather said. “I want the fight to live up to its magnitude. That’s what it’s really about.”

Whether Mayweather actually believes that or is trying to sell pay-perviews — at a record price of $99.95 — won’t be known until after the two men enter the ring sometime after 8 p.m.

PDT. In past fights he’s worried more about protecting his unblemished record than he has pleasing the fans who pay to watch him fight.

But he has clearly bulked up for this fight, returning to some old ways by chopping up tree trunks to gain muscle. He’s going to be the bigger fighter in the ring, and he’s going to have a chance to impose his will on Pacquiao

if needed.

“Floyd Mayweather is going to try and take Manny Pacquiao’s head off,” said Mayweather’s promoter, Leonard Ellerbe. “You can count on that happening. He’ll do it in a manner where he follows a game plan, but Floyd Mayweather is looking to finish him off and I strongly believe that will happen.”

Oddsmakers don’t believe, making it a 3-1 favourite that the fight will go at least until late in the 12th round. The argument can be made that Mayweather hasn’t legitimately knocked out an opponent since he stopped Ricky Hatton in 2007, and feels no pressure to do so with Pacquiao despite a payday that will likely be at least $180 million.

“I truly believe I’m the smarter fighter,” Mayweather said. “He would be a better fighter if he wasn’t so reckless. It’s a gift and it’s a curse. He’s won a lot of fights by being reckless, but you can be reckless and get knocked out. And getting knocked out in a harsh way can affect you in the long run.”

Pacquiao, of course, has been knocked out, in the harshest of ways.

He was on the attack in the sixth round of his December 2012 fight with Juan Manuel Marquez when a right hand from Marquez left him face down and unconscious on the canvas.

To beat Mayweather, though, Pacquiao will have to risk getting hit. More importantly, he’ll have to figure out how to get to Mayweather without taking big damage in return.

“He is a little bit bigger but like David and Goliath, size doesn’t matter,” Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach said. “We are the better puncher and we are faster and have a much better resume.”

For the first time in his career, Pacquiao studied video — and a lot of it — of an opponent. He and Roach spent hours trying to figure out how Mayweather sets traps for his opponent, then lures them in to get hit.

They’re prepared for that, but

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao pose during their weigh-in on Friday, in Las Vegas. The world weltherweight title fight between Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao is scheduled for today. they’re also prepared if Mayweather becomes a different fighter in the biggest night of his career.

“I get the feeling they might start fast because he’s put a lot of muscle on,” Roach said. “I think he might try and catch us cold, but that won’t happen. But I think he will come out and try to fight us.”

If that happens, it might be because the fight took so long to make. Neither fighter has the same speed or reflexes they had five years ago, which some believe may play into Pacquiao’s hands because Mayweather doesn’t have the legs at the age of 38 to move around the ring for 12 rounds.

Babcock still uncertain about future

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — Mike Babcock says he’s not rushing into any decisions about his future. The Detroit coach, whose contract is expiring, expects to meet with Red Wings general manager Ken Holland at some point in the next 10 days to talk things over, and Babcock said Friday he also needs to consult his wife as he figures out where he wants to coach next season.

“What I’ve found is every time I speak right now, someone tries to read into what I said. I wouldn’t read anything into it because there’s nothing there. There’s nothing because I don’t know myself,” Babcock said. “I don’t have any idea. I’m going to go through it in a logical manner and make some decisions.”

Babcock has been Detroit’s coach for a decade. He led the team to the 2008 Stanley Cup, and the Red Wings reached the finals again the following season. But they haven’t been past the second round of the playoffs since then.

Detroit lost its opening series this

year to Tampa Bay in seven games, a defeat that still stings as the Red Wings face an off-season of uncertainty.

“I thought we were better than them in Game 7,” Babcock said. “I thought we had them done. I really did. In my heart and in my mind, we were going to win.”

Instead, Tampa Bay prevailed 2-0 in Wednesday night’s decisive game, and the question now is whether that was Babcock’s last time behind the bench for the Red Wings.

“He’s an unrestricted free agent in the prime of his career. We’ve had many other people in that situation before — many of them we’ve kept, obviously the odd one has moved on,” Holland said. “It’ll pick up next week.”

Babcock appears willing to take a bit of time weighing his options. Toronto, Philadelphia, Buffalo and San Jose are all without coaches at the moment.

“What I find every year is after losing or after winning, you take some time away, you clear your head, and then you make good decisions based on what’s right for you and your family and the situation you’re in,” Babcock said.

Babcock praised the leadership of veterans Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall, but he said it’s up to the younger players to help the Red Wings improve going forward.

Tomas Tatar, Gustav Nyquist, Danny DeKeyser and Luke Glendening are all 26 or younger, and they’ve made contributions to help Detroit extend its postseason streak to 24 seasons.

The Red Wings also got a strong performance in net during the playoffs from 23-year-old Petr Mrazek.

“I see that we’ve got a whole bunch of kids here that need to not hope they’re going to be a good player in the fall — get to work right now so they can be a good player in the fall,” Babcock said. “I think a majority of our growth needs to be from within.”

One idea Babcock tried to dispel was the notion that he might want to be a general manager somewhere in addition to coaching.

“I am part of making decisions here, but I have no skill set to be the general manager,” he said. “Anybody who thinks I want to go somewhere to be the general manager, they’re talking to the wrong guy. I’m a coach.”

Assuming that proves true, there won’t be many people complaining about paying $10,000 for ringside seats or the price of a pay-per-view at home.

“I think for pure boxing people it’s going to be a fantastic, amazing boxing match,” former heavyweight champion George Foreman said. “I think it’s one that will live up to all the hype. It really will.”

The fighters themselves tend to agree.

“I’ve never wanted to win a fight this bad in my life,” Mayweather said.

“I know I’m going to win the fight in the ring,” Pacquiao told a crowd of supporters this week. “So relax.”

WHL PLAYOFFS Wheat Kings 8 Hitmen 2 BRANDON, Man. — The Brandon Wheat Kings are off to the Western Hockey League final.

Jayce Hawryluk had two goals and two assists as the Wheat Kings routed the Calgary Hitmen 8-2 on Friday in Game 5 to win their Eastern Conference final series 4-1. John Quenneville also had a pair of goals for Brandon, while Ryan Pilon, Eric Roy, Nolan Patrick and Tim McGauley rounded out the attack. Pavel Karnaukhov and Adam Tambellini scored for the Hitmen.

Jordan Papirny turned away 31 shots for the win in goal. Mack Shields started in net for Calgary, but was pulled after kicking out 15-of-18 shots in 29:51.

Rockets 2 Winterhawkss (OT) KELOWNA, B.C. — Tyson Baillie scored 14:55 into overtime as the Rockets took a 3-2 series lead over Portland in their Western Conference final series.Riley Stadel chipped in with a goal in the first for Kelowna.

Winnipeg Jets prospect Nicolas Petan tied the game at 16:27 of the third period for the Winterhawks. Portland hosts Game 6 on Sunday.

Hawks finish off Nets with 111-87 win; host Washington Sunday Atlanta 111 Brooklyn 87 NEW YORK — Being tied after four games of the first round brought out the best in the Atlanta Hawks.

And as they showed in delivering a devastating third-quarter knockout, their best was better than anyone else in the Eastern Conference this season.

Paul Millsap had 25 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and the Hawks

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finally finished off the Brooklyn Nets in six games, advancing to the East semifinals with a 111-87 victory Friday.

“We believe,” forward DeMarre Carroll said, “and we believe that when we are playing the right way, as you seen tonight, we can beat anybody.”

Kyle Korver added 20 points and hit three of his six 3-pointers during a series-deciding run as the Hawks turned a six-point halftime lead into the only blowout of the series. The East’s No. 1 seed has a quick turnaround before facing Washington on Sunday in its

second-round opener.

“We didn’t play that well the first three games. I didn’t think we had our edge,” Korver said. “I think coming here and losing two kind of woke of us.”

The Wizards, the No. 5 seed, swept Toronto in the first round.

Atlanta won the final two games and left no doubt about this one after beginning the second half with a 233 blitz that made it 74-48, opening as big a gap on the scoreboard as there was between the teams in the stand-

ings. The Hawks were 60-22 in the regular season and the Nets were only 38-44 as the last team to qualify for the post-season, but Atlanta had outscored Brooklyn by just nine points through the first five games.

The Nets looked as if they would keep this one close after recovering from the Hawks’ strong start, but Atlanta wouldn’t let that happen.

Brook Lopez scored 19 points for the Nets, who had saved first-round elimination with Game 6 victories in each of the last two years.

J.T., Brown returned to the Bolts lineup, bumping Nikita Nesterov.

is played in is very short and you’ve got to come together as a group.

“We’re not shooting for the stars in the beginning, we’re trying to get better every day. That’s kind of a theme we’ve adopted and I think we’ve used our six or seven days now together doing that.”

Canada resumes preliminary round

action Sunday against Germany and McLellan welcomes the day off.

“We’ll have a quick practice, regroup and get ready to go,” he said.

In other games, the United States beat 2014 finalist Finland 5-1. Defending champion Russia opened with a 6-2 victory over Norway, and Sweden beat host Czech Republic 6-5 in a shootout.

LIGHTNING: Stamkos CANADA: Need to be a cohesive unit Bolts captain Steven Stamkos appeared to jam a wrist in traffic near the Montreal net in the first period.

He stayed in the game, but it will be something to watch for as the series progresses.

“We’ll be frustrated and upset but we’ll come back to the rink tomorrow and have that attitude of doing what it takes to win the next game,” Pacioretty said. “There were a lot of good things to build off of tonight.”

Notes — The Canadiens asked fans to dress and most did, filling the seats with red, white and blue. . . Montreal made no lineup changes. . . Forward

Daugavins scored Latvia’s lone goal at 12:06 of the third. Crosby converted a penalty shot at 19:37.

The challenge Canada traditionally faces on the international stage is bringing players from various domestic or pro teams together as a cohesive unit quickly. But McLellan saw plenty Friday to be encouraged about.

“It looked like we played as a team and not a group of individuals so that was very important for us,” he said.

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SCOREBOARD WHL PLAYOFFS THIRD ROUND Conference Finals (Best-of-7)

Today

Sunday

● Senior women’s lacrosse: Calgary Cougars at Red Deer Rage, 2:30 p.m. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Edmonton Warriors at Red Deer Rampage, 5 p.m., Kinex.

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed LHP TJ House on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Tyler Holt from Columbus (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Places SS Alcides Escobar on the 7-day concussion DL, retroactive to Aptil 30. Recalled INF Orlando Calixte from Omaha (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Tim Stauffer on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Ryan Pressly from Rochester (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned LHP Daniel Norris to Buffalo (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Andrew Albers from Buffalo. Transferred INF Maicer Izturis to the 60-day DL. National League NEW YORK METS — Recalled 2B Dilson Herrera from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned LHP Jack Leathersich to Las Vegas.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Nick Vincent from El Paso (PCL). Optioned RHP Cory Mazzoni to El Paso.

American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed RHP Aaron Baker.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed OF Shannon Wilkerson and LHP Kramer Sneed. Traded OF Willie Cabrera to York for a player to be named.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Acquired the rights for OF Prentice Redman from Bridgeport for a player to be named.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed INF Anthony Gomez.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed RHP Edilson Alvarez.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed C Adrian Bravo-Carmona, RHP Hunter Englehart and RHP Jordie Scheiner.

FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed LHP Chris Chigas.

FRONTIER GREYS — Signed OF Connor Jones.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Sold the contract of RHP Robert Stock to Pittsburgh (NL).

BASKETBALL Women’s National Basketball Association CONNECTICUT SUN — Announced the retirement of G Katie Douglas.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived S Brandon Bishop, OL Reid Fragel, CB Jordan Mabin, LB-DE Jacques Smith and RB Ronnie Wingo.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed S Stevie Brown.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released KR-PR Josh Cribbs.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed QB Jameis Winston to a four-year contract.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released OL Adam Baboulas and DE Cameron Sheffield.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Extended the contract of QB Drew Willy through the 2017 season.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Fired Chadd Cassidy, Rochester (AHL) coach.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with F Artemi Panarin on a two-year contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Alexey Marchenko to Grand Rapids (AHL).

COLLEGE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Named Stacy Martin chief financial officer, effective May 18.

BREVARD — Promoted women’s assistant lacrosse coach, Kristin Rosato, to women’s lacrosse coach.

CALDWELL — Announced the resignation of men’s assistant basketball coach Ed Ryan to take a similar position at Pace.

KANSAS STATE — Signed athletic director John Currie to a restructured contract that includes an extension through the 2020 academic year.

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE — Promoted men’s assistant soccer coach, Josh Taylor, to men’s soccer coach.

TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN — Announced F Dakota Slaughter will be a a fifth-year transfer from Alabama.

WESTERN ILLINOIS — Announced the resignation of athletic director Tommy Bell, to take the same position at Southern Illinois. Named Matt Tanney interim athletic director.

Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN CONFERENCE W 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 0

L 2 1 0 2 3 4 4 4 5 2

T 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 2

Pts 14 14 13 11 9 8 6 6 6 2

GF 10 8 11 12 6 6 10 5 10 2

GA 7 6 6 6 7 10 11 7 17 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF 5 2 2 17 15 5 3 1 16 11 4 2 1 13 10 3 2 3 12 9 3 4 1 10 8 2 3 4 10 11 2 2 4 10 11 2 2 4 10 7 2 3 3 9 7 1 2 5 8 7

GA 12 9 5 8 10 12 12 10 8 7

FC Dallas Vancouver Seattle Los Angeles San Jose Houston S.K. City Real Salt Lake Portland Colorado

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Friday’s Games FC Dallas 4, Houston 1 Real Salt Lake 1, San Jose 1, tie Today’s Games Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Columbus at D.C. United, 5 p.m.

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

Vancouver at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Chicago at Sporting Kansas City, 3 p.m.

Seattle at New York City FC, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5 San Jose at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Division Finals

Thursday, May 7 Chicago at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 9 x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBD

EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal (1) vs. Tampa Bay (2) (Tampa Bay leads series 1-0) Friday, May 1 Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 1 (2OT) Sunday, May 3 Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 7 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 9 x-Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD

Brandon (E1) vs. Calgary (C1) (Brandon wins series 4-1) Friday, Apr. 24 Brandon 9 Calgary 4 Saturday, Apr. 25 Brandon 3 Calgary 2 (OT) Tuesday, Apr. 28 Calgary 2 Brandon 1 (OT) Wednesday, Apr. 29 Brandon 8 Calgary 3 Friday, May. 1 Brandon 8 Calgary 2

Anaheim (1) vs. Calgary (3) (Anaheim leads series 1-0) Thursday, April 30 Anaheim 6 Calgary 1 Sunday, May 3 Calgary at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5 Anaheim at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 8 Anaheim at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 10 x-Calgary at Anaheim, TBD x — if necessary.

N.Y. Rangers (1) vs. Washington (2) (Washington leads series 1-0) Thursday, April 30 Washington 2 NY Rangers 1 Saturday, May 2 Washington at NY Rangers, 10:30 a.m.

Monday, May 4 NY Rangers at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6 NY Rangers at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, May 8 x-Washington at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

Kelowna (BC1) vs. Portland (US2) (Series tied 2-2) Friday, Apr. 24 Kelowna 3 Portland 2 Saturday, Apr. 25 Portland 3 Kelowna 2 Tuesday, Apr. 28 Portland 7 Kelowna 3 Wednesday, Apr. 29 Kelowna 3 Portland 2 Friday, May. 1 Kelowna 2 Portland 1 (OT) Sunday, May. 3 Kelowna at Portland, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May. 5 x-Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. x — if necessary.

Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 5-3-0); Montreal: Price (LO, 4-3-0).

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Lightning 2, Canadiens 1 (2OT) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Boyle TB (interference) 12:52, Galchenyuk Mtl (delay of game) 15:26.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Galchenyuk Mtl (high-sticking) 5:55, Callahan TB (holding) 9:23, Galchenyuk Mtl (tripping) 16:01.

Third Period 1. Tampa Bay, Johnson 7 (Carle, Sustr) 2:34.

2. Montreal, Pacioretty 3 (Subban, Gilbert) 14:47.

Penalties — Emelin Mtl (hooking) 0:18, Johnson TB (holding) 5:16.

First Overtime No Scoring.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago (3) vs. Minnesota (WC) (Chicago leads series 1-0) Friday, May 1 Chicago 4 Minnesota 3 Sunday, May 3 Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5 Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND

Penalties — None.

Second Overtime 3. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 1 (Filppula) 2:06.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Tampa Bay 12 7 6 8 2 — 35 Montreal 10 12 9 13 0 — 44

Blackhawks 4, Wild 3 First Period 1. Chicago, Saad 3 (Hossa) 1:15.

2. Chicago, Kane 3 (Richards, Vermette) 13:11.

3. Chicago, Kruger 1 (Shaw, Keith) 15:15.

Penalties — Parise Minn (interference) 15:34.

Second Period 4. Minnesota, Zucker 2 (Vanek) 1:21.

5. Minnesota, Parise 4 (Vanek, Koivu) 5:07 (pp).

6. Minnesota, Granlund 2 (Parise) 9:30.

7. Chicago, Teravainen 1 (Sharp, Keith) 19:01.

Penalties — Rozsival Chi (holding) 4:35.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Oduya Chi (holding) 3:41, Richards Chi (tripping) 8:16.

Shots on goal by Minnesota 13 12 8 — 33 Chicago 8 12 15 — 35 Goal — Power plays (goal-chances)Minnesota: 1-3; Chicago: 0-1. at Chicago.

Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W 14 13 12 10 11

Pct .609 .565 .522 .476 .458

GB — 1 2 3 3.5

Central Division W L Pct 16 7 .696 15 9 .625 11 12 .478 8 12 .400 8 14 .364

GB — 1.5 5 6.5 7.5

New York Tampa Bay Boston Baltimore Toronto

Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland

L 9 10 11 11 13

West Division W L 16 7 11 11 10 13 9 14 7 14

Houston Los Angeles Seattle Oakland Texas

Pct .696 .500 .435 .391 .333

GB — 4.5 6 7 8

Friday’s Games Tampa Bay 2, Baltimore 0 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 2 Cleveland 9, Toronto 4 Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota 1, Chicago White Sox 0 Kansas City 4, Detroit 1 Houston 4, Seattle 3 L.A. Angels at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

(T.Hudson 0-2), 2:05 p.m.

Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 1-2) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-3), 2:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 3-2) vs. Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 2-1) at St. Petersburg, FL, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit (Price 2-1) at Kansas City (Volquez 2-2), 5:10 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 1-2) at Houston (McHugh 3-0), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (Pomeranz 1-2) at Texas (N.Martinez 2-0), 6:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore at St. Petersburg, FL, 11:35 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 6:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Oakland at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Texas at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

New York Atlanta Miami Washington Philadelphia

Today’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 1-0) at Boston (Miley 1-2), 11:35 a.m.

Chicago White Sox (Noesi 0-2) at Minnesota (Nolasco 0-1), 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 2-1) at San Francisco

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 16 8 .667 11 12 .478 11 12 .478 10 14 .417 8 16 .333

GB — 4.5 4.5 6 8

Central Division W L Pct 16 6 .727 13 8 .619 12 11 .522

GB — 2.5 4.5

St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh

Cincinnati Milwaukee

11 5

Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona San Francisco

12 18

West Division W L 13 8 11 10 11 12 10 11 9 13

.478 .217

5.5 11.5

Pct .619 .524 .478 .476 .409

GB — 2 3 3 4.5

Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 1, Milwaukee 0 Miami 4, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Washington 0 Atlanta 4, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1, 10 innings Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Today’s Games Pittsburgh (Liriano 1-1) at St. Louis (Lackey 1-1), 12:15 p.m.

Milwaukee (Fiers 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 3-1), 12:20 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 2-1) at San Francisco (T.Hudson 0-2), 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 1-2) at Miami (Haren 2-1), 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Marquis 2-1) at Atlanta (Stults 1-1), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-1), 5:10 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 0-1) at San Diego (Morrow 1-0), 6:40 p.m.

Arizona (Hellickson 1-3) at L.A. Dodgers (S.Baker 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

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

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 11:35 a.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

L.A. Angels at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 2:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Miami at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 5:20 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

FRIDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE T. Bay 000 200 000 — 2 Baltimore 000 000 000 — 0

4 4

0 1

Colome, B.Gomes (6), Geltz (7), Jepsen (8), Boxberger (9) and Rivera; Tillman, O’Day (8), Tom. Hunter (9) and Joseph. W—Colome 1-0. L—Tillman 2-3. Sv—Boxberger (6).

Toronto 103 Cleveland 103

000 230

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— —

4 8 9 13

1 0

Buehrle, A.Albers (5), M.Castro (8) and Ru.Martin; Carrasco, Atchison (7), McAllister (8), Allen (9) and Hayes. W—Carrasco 3-2. L—Buehrle 3-2. HRs— Toronto, Donaldson (6). Cleveland, Kipnis (2), Brantley (1), Hayes (2).

New York 100 Boston 001

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110 000

— —

3 2

9 8

1 0

Sabathia, E.Rogers (7), Betances (8), A.Miller (9) and B.McCann; Masterson, Layne (7), Tazawa (8), Ross Jr. (9) and Hanigan, S.Leon. W—E.Rogers 1-1. L—Tazawa 0-1. Sv—A.Miller (9). HRs—New York, A.Rodriguez (6). Boston, Craig (1).

Basketball NBA PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Friday, May 1 Atlanta 111, Brooklyn 87, Atlanta wins series 4-2 Saturday, May 2 San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 6 p.m.

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Sunday, May 3 Washington at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Memphis at Golden State, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, May 4 Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

L.A. L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5 Washington at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6 Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 8 Cleveland at Chicago, TBD Houston at L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner, TBD Saturday, May 9

Atlanta at Washington, 3 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 10 Cleveland at Chicago, 1:30 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner, TBD Monday, May 11 Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 12 x-Chicago at Cleveland, TBD x-L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner at Houston, TBD Wednesday, May 13 x-Washington at Atlanta, TBD x-Memphis at Golden State, TBD

Thursday, May 14 x-Cleveland at Chicago, TBD x-Houston at L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner, TBD Friday, May 15 x-Atlanta at Washington, TBD x-Golden State at Memphis, TBD Sunday, May 17 x-Chicago at Cleveland, TBD x-L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner at Houston, TBD x-Memphis at Golden State, TBD Monday, May 18 x-Washington at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

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Golf MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP At Harding Park Golf Course San Francisco Yardage: 7,127; Par: 71 First Round Friday (Seedings in parentheses) Justin Rose (6) def. Ryan Palmer (22), 2 and 1.

Marc Leishman (56) def. Anirban Lahiri (34), 1 up.

Ian Poulter (27) def. Jimmy Walker (11), 4 and 2.

Gary Woodland (50) def. Webb Simpson (46), 1 up.

Henrik Stenson (3) def. Bill Haas (24), 3 and 1.

John Senden (60) def. Brendon Todd (42), 1 up.

Hunter Mahan (31) def. Matt Kuchar (14), 5 and 4.

Ben Martin (61) def. Stephen Gallacher (41), 20 holes.

Zach Johnson (24) def. Jason Day (7), 3 and 2.

Branden Grace (38) def. Charley Hoffman (49), 2 and 1.

Jamie Donaldson (30) def. Sergio Garcia (10), 2 and 1.

Tommy Fleetwood (54) def. Bernd Wiesberger (39), 19 holes.

Lee Westwood (26) def. Jordan Spieth (2), 2 up.

Mikko Ilonen (62) def. Matt Every (40), 8 and 6.

Patrick Reed (15) def. Ryan Moore (28), 1 up.

Danny Willett (48) def. Andy Sullivan (57), 1 up.

Jim Furyk (5) def. Martin Kaymer (17), 20 holes.

George Coetzee (59) def. Thongchai Jaidee (44), 21 holes.

J.B. Holmes (12) def. Brooks Koepka (19), 2 and 1.

Russell Henley (45) def. Marc Warren (51), 1 up.

Louis Oosthuizen (29), def. Bubba Watson (4), 19 holes.

Miguel Angel Jimenez (63) def. Keegan Bradley (33), 2 up.

Rickie Fowler (13) def. Graeme McDowell (32), 5 and 4.

Harris English (55) def. Shane Lowry (47), 1 up.

Dustin Johnson (8) def. Victor Dubuisson (21), 2 and 1.

Charl Schwartzel (37) def. Matt Jones (58), 20 holes.

Chris Kirk (25) def. Adam Scott (9), 1 up.

Paul Casey (36) def. Francesco Molinari (64), 1 up.

Rory McIlroy (1) def. Billy Horschel (18), 20 holes.

Jason Dufner (53) def. Brandt Snedeker (35), 1 up.

Hideki Matsuyama (16) def. Kevin Na (20), 5 and 4.

Joost Luiten (43) def. Alexander Levy (52), 1 up.

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UNITED LEASING CHAMPIONSHIP At Victoria National Golf Club Newburgh, Ind. Purse: $600,000 Yardage: 7,242; Par 72 Second Round Luke List Cody Gribble Tag Ridings Julian Etulain Ryan Spears Michael Hebert Dawie van der Walt Peter Malnati Billy Mayfair Smylie Kaufman Tommy Gainey

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NORTH TEXAS SHOOTOUT At Las Colinas Country Club Irving, Texas Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,462; Par 71 Second Round a-denotes amateur Brooke M. Henderson Inbee Park Juli Inkster Mi Hyang Lee Hee Young Park Karine Icher Lexi Thompson Ha Na Jang Amy Yang Sandra Gal Cristie Kerr Hyo Joo Kim Brittany Lang Maria McBride Michelle Wie Natalie Gulbis Wei-Ling Hsu Ryann O’Toole Alena Sharp Angela Stanford Ayako Uehara

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Indians’ bats come alive to beat Jays Cleveland 9 Toronto 4 CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona isn’t big on what he calls artificial deadlines.

That’s why he didn’t overreact to the team’s 7-14 record in April. Francona always believes in turning the page to the next game, which his team did in Friday night’s 9-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

“I always feel like the next day, regardless of what month, let’s go play today’s game,” Francona said. “Normally when you’re looking for those types of things, you need to look for them, because you’re scuffling. Regardless of how many days are in April, if we play well and win, we’re all for it.”

Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer and Brett Hayes added a three-run shot. Carlos Carrasco (3-2), making his first start at Progressive Field since being hit in the face by a line drive on April 14, allowed four runs in six innings.

Josh Donaldson and Jason Kipnis hit leadoff home runs in the first, which was just the beginning of the offensive outburst.

The win raised the Indians’ home mark to 3-8 and was just their second victory in 10 games against a left-handed starter.

While Francona knows the Indians have put themselves in a hole, he doesn’t want his players to feel extra pressure.

“I don’t ever want this place to be a morgue,” he said. “That’s hard for fans to understand. They want to see players grumpy and moping. Believe me, we care, but when they show up the next day, it doesn’t help to mope about last night’s loss.”

“We can beat a lefty,” Kipnis said. “It has been done before and will be done again. Guys were feeling good and things were loose in the dugout. I can’t tell you how much a different calendar month does for a baseball player’s psyche. When you say it turns the page it really does.”

Brantley’s first home run of the season off Mark

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Standing ovations for Kelly, Butkus; Giants trade up for safety Collins

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — The show stoppers Thursday night at the NFL draft were two Hall of Famers: Jim Kelly and Dick Butkus.

The legendary former players were on hand to announce the second-round selections for the Bills and Bears, respectively. Kelly’s appearance was spellbinding, and after a lengthy standing ovation, he told the audience that he is cancer free.

“I want to thank everyone all over the world, especially my NFL family, for all of your prayers,” Kelly said before announcing Buffalo’s first pick in this draft, Florida State cornerback Ronald Darby at No. 50 overall. “Last year I was in the hospital not knowing if I would be here this year.”

In June 2013, Kelly had surgery to remove cancerous cells in his upper jaw. The cancer then spread to his sinus and he was in a weakened state following two months of treatments last spring.

But he said Friday, “I feel awesome, I was just was cleared after an MRI two weeks ago. I am cancer free. I am having a great time.”

It’s not easy to outdo Butkus in the Windy City, but Kelly did so, drawing yet another huge cheer.

Earlier, Butkus took the stage. Arguably the most beloved football player in this Bears-crazy town, 50 years after he played, his star still shines as brightly as those of Michael Jordan, Ernie Banks and Bobby Hull — his counterparts in basketball, baseball and hockey.

Butkus presented Da Bears’ choice — and he surely enjoyed it. Butkus even paused for emphasis, saying “I like this,” then announcing nose tackle Eddie Goldman of Florida State.

Three picks after Kelly’s emotional appearance, former Bengals running back Ickey Woods had the fans howling as he performed his Ickey Shuffle, explaining how his mother didn’t want him to do the dance after a touchdown. He then told the hysterical audience that the Bengals took Oregon tackle Jake Fisher. Former Broncos receiver Rick Upchurch, who is fighting leukemia, thanked “my Denver family ... for being in my corner” before announcing Colorado State tackle Ty Sambrailo at No. 59.

Four players with checkered resumes also went Friday: wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, cornerbacks Jalen Collins and P.J. Williams and linebacker Randy Gregory. With the pick it got in a deal with the Giants, who moved up seven spots to begin the round by grabbing Alabama All-America safety Landon Collins, the Titans took all of two seconds to select Green-Beckham. Tennessee went quarterback in the opening round with Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota, and has added a tall, playmaking option in the 6-foot-5 Green-Beckham.

Of course, that’s if he straightens out his life. He was kicked off the Missouri team after several runins with the law, enrolled last year at Oklahoma and could not get NCAA permission to play there in 2014.

“Not having football has had an effect on him,” Titans general manager Ruston Webster said. “He went to Oklahoma and handled himself well and stayed out of trouble .... He was basically a scout team practice player so that was my impression that he understands he probably made some mistakes, and (if) he wanted to continue to play football he had to do the right thing.”

Collins, chosen by Atlanta, was suspended for two games at LSU and confirmed he failed three drug tests.

“What I told the Falcons, what I’ve been telling everybody, that stuff is behind me,” Collins said. “I’ve been making smarter decisions all this past year, trying to become a better person and a better football player and I think it’s been helping me.”

Williams was taken in the third round by New Orleans. He had a DUI charge in Florida dropped recently and also was a suspect in a hit-and-run accident last year. Gregory, generally considered a surefire first-rounder when the season ended, tested positive for marijuana at the NFL combine in March.

He slipped to No. 60, where Dallas took him.

How much did the drug test affect his status?

“Obviously a lot,” Gregory noted. “Like I said, it is in the past. Me and the Cowboys, we are going to take over this league.”

The league went 45 picks before the first non-FBS player was chosen, Samford safety Jaquiski Tartt.

And no quarterback was chosen since Jameis Winston went first to Tampa Bay and Mariota second until Garrett Grayson of Colorado State was taken 75th overall.

Buehrle (3-2) in the fourth broke a 4-4 tie. Hayes added a three-run homer in the fifth off Andrew Albers.

Donaldson homered on the second pitch of the game while Kipnis hit Buehrle’s sixth pitch for a home run. The feat was last accomplished last May 14 when Gordon Beckham of the Chicago White Sox and Oakland’s John Jaso traded leadoff homers.

It was the first time the feat occurred in a game involving the Indians since July 16, 2006 when Cleveland’s Grady Sizemore and Minnesota’s Luis Castillo homered.

Edwin Encarnacion’s RBI double and Kevin Pillar’s two-run triple gave Toronto a 4-1 lead in the third, but Brandon Moss’ two-run double and Lonnie Chisenhall’s RBI groundout tied the game.

Carrasco escaped serious injury when he was hit

by Melky Cabrera’s line drive against the White Sox last month. He split two starts following the incident.

Buehrle allowed eight runs and 11 hits in 4 1-3 innings. The left-hander won his first three starts, but allowed five runs and 13 hits in 5 2/3 innings of a 5-1 loss at Tampa Bay on Sunday.

ROTATION CHANGE The Indians have an opening in their rotation after LHP TJ House was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sore shoulder. Francona said a fifth starter won’t be needed until May 9.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: Devon Travis, Toronto’s second baseman and leadoff hitter, missed Friday’s game after taking a ground ball off his left collarbone Thursday.

Indians: C Yan Gomes (sprained right knee) will travel with the team to Kansas City next week to increase baseball activities.

UP NEXT: Blue Jays: RHP Aaron Sanchez, who has yet to work six innings in four starts this season, will go against the Indians. He’s allowed four home runs walked 14 in 19 2-3 innings.

Indians: RHP Corey Kluber looks for his first win of the season against the Blue Jays. The Cy Young Award winner is 0-3 and the Indians are winless in

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Michael Saunders tosses his helmet after striking out against Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Zach McAllister in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday in Cleveland. his five starts.

The Indians have scored two runs or fewer in four of Kluber’s starts.

Keegan Bradley, Miguel Angel Jimenez spice up Match Play

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SAN FRANCISCO — A meaningless match sure didn’t look like one Friday when Keegan Bradley and Miguel Angel Jimenez got into a nose-to-nose argument in the Match Play Championship.

Both players, already eliminated from reaching the weekend, were on the 18th hole when Jimenez questioned a drop Bradley received. Bradley’s caddie, Steve “Pepsi” Hale, got involved and Jimenez told him to shut up.

“You don’t tell me to shut up,” Hale said.

Bradley took exception, got in the face of the Spaniard and told him, “You don’t tell my caddie to shut up.”

“I felt like he was being very disrespectful to me — not only me, but my caddie,” Bradley said in the parking lot. “I felt like I had to stand up for my boy here. Me and Pepsi have been through a lot.”

Jimenez met with reporters outside the locker room and said it was over.

“Whatever he say, now is finished,” Jimenez said.

“The round is finished and everything is done. We had a little discussion, but it is done.”

The 51-year-old Spaniard nodded his head when asked if Bradley took the discussion too personal.

Jimenez said he was only concerned that when Bradley took a drop that it rolled more than two club-

lengths away. Bradley said there was no reason for Jimenez to get involved because it was being handled by a rules official.

“Nobody listen to me. But anyway, this is over now,” Jimenez said.

According to PGA Tour rules official, Bradley was taking relief from a temporary immovable obstruction. After his drop, he still didn’t have a clear swing and had to drop again. Jimenez thought Bradley could only take another drop if the ball rolled more than two club-lengths. He wasn’t aware a fence was still in his way.

Mark Russell, the tour’s vice-president of competition, said Jimenez had “every right” to step in and raise questions. Jimenez wound up winning the match, 2 up, when Bradley failed to make birdie on the 18th. Bradley now has lost eight consecutive singles matches in this event, the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup. They had short conversation on the 18th green, though the way Bradley walked briskly off made it clear that nothing was settled.

“It was just a heat-of-the-moment thing,” Bradley said. “It was disappointing. I’m pretty bummed out about it. It was just ... I had a ruling and he felt like he needed to intervene and I felt like he was being inappropriate to me and my caddie.”

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Anti-capitalist protesters clash with police in Montreal MONTREAL — Anti-capitalist protesters clashed with police in downtown Montreal on Friday night, with authorities firing off tear gas in an attempt to disperse them.

Police said one officer suffered facial cuts and was taken to hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

“Police cruisers and cars belonging to ordinary people were damaged,” said Montreal police spokesman Laurent Gingras.

Demonstrators took over Sainte-Catherine Street, one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, marching in both directions and blocking traffic as they took part in the annual May Day protest.

Officers on horses could be seen trying to disperse protesters.

The demonstration took place just a few blocks from the Bell Centre where the Canadiens were playing Game 1 of their second-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Police declared the demonstration illegal shortly after it began because organizers did not give the route beforehand.

Rich Bonemeal, a spokesman for Montreal’s AntiCapitalist Convergence, said in a statement “it’s capitalism we must destroy.”

“It’s our dissent, it’s our rebellion, and May 1st is our day,” Bonemeal said.

“We don’t have to ask permission, say please and thank you, or apologize for our presence disrupting the course of capitalist activity. We are in the streets because we want to be disruptive. It’s a right you don’t ask for, it’s a right you have to claim.”

Earlier in the day, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Montreal and elsewhere in the province in peaceful protests to mark International Workers Day. Those demonstrations focused primarily on big banks and the Quebec Liberal government’s costcutting measures.

Trudeau courtship of labour at odds with criticism of NDP union office OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s courtship of the labour movement has hit a rocky patch.

He’s facing a backlash from labour leaders after Liberals complained earlier this week about parliamentary office space provided by the NDP to their staffers’ union local.

Three union leaders have sent angry letters to Trudeau, accusing the Liberals of unfairly dragging

the labour movement through the mud in order to score partisan points against the NDP. And they’re questioning the sincerity of Trudeau’s commitment to labour rights.

To frame the existence of the union local office on Parliament Hill “as somehow illegitimate is not only partisan and unjust,” wrote Paul Meinema, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada.

“It also sends a message from the Liberal Party of Canada that unions and the labour movement can be abused ... as cannon fodder in a partisan political battle.”

While labour expects union-bashing from the governing Conservatives, Meinema added it’s “certainly not expected from a Liberal opposition party that, in advance of the next election, has pronounced its commitment to labour rights, the union movement and fairness for working people.”

Trudeau has been making a concerted effort of late to woo support from the labour movement, which has traditionally been more aligned with the NDP. In a speech to firefighters on Monday, he promised a Liberal government would repeal “antiunion” legislation introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and offered effusive praise for unions, which he described as “one of the few remaining forces that fight effectively for the fair wages that Canada’s middle class needs.”

Winnipeg city hall says review finds water safe after boil-water advisory WINNIPEG — Officials with Winnipeg city hall say an external review has confirmed there was no contamination of the city’s drinking water in January.

But the report failed to find the source of false positive tests of E. coli and coliform that sparked a two-day, city-wide boil-water advisory.

Geoff Patton, the city’s director of water and waste, says the report by an external consultant has found that the problem likely stemmed from contamination in the way water samples were collected or in the lab that tested the water.

The Manitoba government ordered the external probe and is currently reviewing the 700-page report.

It was routine testing that turned up what appeared to be very low levels of E. coli and coliform in six of 39 locations in the city’s water supply.

Patton says there is no way to be more specific about where the contamination came from — lab or sampling — and the city is working on improvements to its sampling and testing methods.

Retired judge named to spy watchdog OTTAWA — The Security Intelligence Review Committee, the watchdog that keeps an eye on Canada’s spy agency, will be led by Pierre Blais, a former solicitor general and recently retired chief justice of the Federal Court of Appeal.

The Prime Minister’s Office also announced the

appointment of former national security adviser Marie-Lucie Morin as a member of the review committee, which scrutinizes the activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Former MP Deborah Grey, who was interim chair of the review committee, is stepping down.

The appointment of two new members with experience in security intelligence matters follows a recent federal move to almost double the review body’s annual budget.

The review committee has been beset by the sudden resignations of two chairmen in recent years as well as criticism over lingering vacancies and what many critics called insufficient resources to do the job.

The concerns only intensified following introduction of anti-terrorism legislation that would give CSIS new powers to actively disrupt plots, not just gather information about them.

The review committee, which has access to all CSIS records, studies the spy service’s operations to ensure compliance with the law and also examines complaints from the public. It has absorbed some functions of the former inspector general’s office, a watchdog the Conservatives abolished to save money.

Two successive review committee chairmen — Dr. Arthur Porter and Chuck Strahl — quit amid questions about their private business dealings.

British sailors charged with sex assault in Halifax transferred to Alberta HALIFAX — Four British sailors charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm were granted a change in bail conditions Friday, allowing them to move from a Halifax military base to a military training area in Alberta.

Simon Radford, Joshua Finbow, Craig Stoner and Darren Smalley were released from custody on April 20 on conditions that they reside at Canadian Forces Base Stadacona, pay a $3,000 cash surety, not contact the alleged victim and return to court May 27.

The provincial court granted a change in their bail conditions Friday, allowing them to be transferred to CFB Suffield, where there is a British army training unit.

The lawyers for the four accused declined comment.

Rear Admiral John Newton, the commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic, asked the men to leave CFB Stadacona by 6 p.m., Crown attorney Scott Morrison said outside court.

“They have deposited their passports and they are still as far as I understand employed by the British military,” Morrison said. “So based on the plan we have in place we’re still confident that they will not be a flight risk.”

Morrison deferred questions about why the men were no longer welcome at CFB Stadacona to the Canadian Forces.

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On April 12, students, teachers and guests from Central Alberta gathered in Red Deer to read, receive and listen to tribute letters written by graduating youth belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The theme of the Teacher Appreciation Night event was “Teaching: No Greater Call” and each table was uniquely decorated with items from many subject areas.

A few of the reasons students named for honouring their teacher included: humour in the classroom; making learning fun and engaging; being passionate about their subject; extra time to help students learn; building a caring relationship; believing in and fostering self-confidence; and showing genuine concern for the student’s well-being.

The student-teacher pairs were: Thomas Hill — Deb Strachan Braydon Hudak — Greg Wheeler

Amber McCue — Lisa Robertson Haley McLean — Tara Koett Jenny Meyer — Myranda Shepherd Kelsey Olsen — Linda Pack Kaileb Olson — Trish Achtymichuk Sierra Taylor — Dough Gregory Jon Thompson — Michelle Wotherspoon Ivanaka Tucker — Rebecca Schaab Eric West — Samuel Dumoulin Tianna Willoughby — Tony Cabay Marina Workman — Jim Barritt As part of the evening, Ron Thompson, a teacher from Lacombe, spoke on the reasons for becoming a teacher, the importance and value the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints places on education and educators, and an admonition to the graduating youth to continue to receive the highest level of education they can.

Three youth favoured the guests by sharing musical talents — Amber McCue and Braydon Hudak on the piano, and Bailey Zobell with a vocal number.

Posing for a portrait and enjoying refreshments concluded the evening.

We would like to express gratitude to all those who worked to make the evening a success. And to those every-day individuals who bless and better the lives of others who cross their paths we say: Thank you!

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Reserve fund confusion lingers SCHOOL BOARDS MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER ELECTION FOR CLARITY

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF School boards say they are still waiting for clarification after the Alberta minister of education seemed to backtrack last week on details relating to the recent provincial budget.

And they want it in writing.

Early last week, 19 school boards warned that the budget means larger classrooms and less support services.

In response, Education Minister Gordon Dirks said he’d always been clear that school boards could make full use of their combined reserves of $460 million if need be.

But educators said budget information stipulated that reserves can’t be used to fund increased enrolment or to maintain non-teaching positions to make up for funding that was eliminated in the education budget.

The provincial budget provides no money for new students — 12,000 more students in September — and cuts ad-

ministrative and non-teacher costs by 2.7 per cent.

“As I have talked to my colleagues, we’re not certain whether his remarks after our hue and cry was meant to simply quell us until the election is over or if he’s really doing an aboutface,” said Red Deer Public Schools board chairperson Bev Manning on Thursday.

She said barring clarity, the district has no choice but to err on the side of caution.

School boards have argued that much of their reserves are designated to cover future costs like technology upgrades or school projects.

Of Red Deer Public’s $2.5-million reserve funding, only $500,000 are unrestricted.

Dirks said the rules haven’t changed since the budget was announced in March.

“They can use their reserves to help them transition to the new fiscal reality where all boards must reduce their non-teaching costs by 2.7 per cent.

If they need to use reserves to help them do the bridging in terms of the impact of that 2.7 per cent, then they can certainly do that,” Dirks said.

But Dirks said school boards must have a plan in place to reduce nonteaching costs and his approval to use reserves.

Using reserves to address increases in enrolment, for example, is possible, but the minister said he first wants to see the board’s plan for the 2.7 per cent reduction as a contribution to the province’s $7-billion deficit.

When asked why there was no money in the budget for new students, Dirk pointed to the $460 million school boards have in reserves — reserves that have tripled over the last decade.

“The school boards generally speaking are in good financial situation.

So to use that capacity to address the challenges they are facing is exactly what should be happening at this point in time.”

He said $150 million was added to the education budget, the only depart-

ment to receive such an increase, to protect front-line teaching positions.

“Teachers are the most significant factor and influence in the success of a student’s education,” Dirks said.

Larry Jacobs, Wolf Creek Public Schools superintendent, said he has sent the ministry a letter requesting that Wolf Creek be able to use $1.5 million of its $4.5 million in reserves, which was mostly targeted for things like buses and school projects.

“What I’d be using it for is to make sure I had support for teachers and support for students who need extra programming,” Jacobs said.

He said with school board budgets due May 31, it’s unlikely he will get the OK in time to use reserves.

“The only person as I can understand it who can sign off on these requests for the use of reserves is the minister himself. That’s kind of in limbo now because of the election process.”

18, of Red Deer. Bull is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on May 6.

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LOAD DUMPED TO SAVE TRUCK Photo by SCOTTY AITKEN/freelance

A quick-thinking trucker dumped his load of round bales after it caught fire as he was driving near Rimbey on Thursday afternoon.

The driver pulled the truck onto a side road and dumped the load of 20 round bales to save his truck. The fire happened along Hwy 20 about six km north of Rimbey about 2:15 p.m.

RCMP and firefighters responded to the fire.

Thick smoke impeded local traffic for some time. A front-load tractor was brought in to spread the hay out so it would burn quicker. The firefighters kept pouring water on the tractor to keep its rubber oil lines from catching fire. The fire was extinguished by 5:30 p.m.

IN BRIEF

Hwy 2 cleanup today; motorists should slow down RCMP and Integrated Traffic Units ask motorists to slow down on Hwy 2 on Saturday when volunteers will be picking up trash.

Each spring, volunteers pick up a winter’s worth of garbage from along Hwy 2 and other provincial highways.

Last year, 15,000 volunteers collected 53,000 bags of garbage from 11,000 km of Alberta roadways. The cleanup raised more than $923,000 for community organizations.

Motorists are asked to slow down, obey all signs, and be cautious when driving by cleanup crews. Volunteers will wear bright orange safety vests.

The annual cleanup is a fundraiser for non-profit and community organizations.

Saw, bear spray used in robbery, court told New details of the armed robbery of an Express 24 in Eastview emerged in court Thursday, alleging one of the robbers use a saw and a can of bear spray during the incident.

Appearing in Red Deer youth court on Thursday, the 17-year-old — who can’t be named because of provision of the Canada Youth Justice Act — reserved his plea, asking for time to obtain counsel.

The youth is charged with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of assault with a weapon, forcible confinement, being disguised with the intent to commit an offence, possessing a prohibited weapon and carrying a weapon for a dangerous purpose. He remains in custody.

He will next appear in Red Deer youth court on May 14.

He is co-accused with Aaron Bull,

RED DEER SOUTH

Arbour Day marked with seedlings for Grade 1s City Parks mascot Becky the Birch will help plant a tree to mark Arbour Day. This year, the mascot will help Red Deer City Coun. Lawrence Lee plant the ceremonial tree at Gateway Christian School on Wednesday morning.

Arbour Day is held annually in several countries to encourage the planting and care of trees.

Grade 1 students across the city will get a total of 1,500 white spruce seedlings, which they are encouraged to plant at home or in a natural area in Red Deer.

Arbour Day is hosted by the City of Red Deer in partnership with Alberta Environment, and Sustainable

First Nation school graduates first students A Ponoka area school that expanded recently has graduated its first two students.

Mamawi Atosketan Native School has been adding one grade a year since 2012-13. The Seventh-day Adventist school is now a kindergarten to Grade 12 school. Its first graduation ceremony was on April 25.

The school, located north of Ponoka, serves the First Nations students of Maskwacis but is located off reserve.

The school is one of 10 underwritten by the Alberta Conference of Seventhday Adventist Church.

For more information on the school, go to http://www.mamawiatosketan.ca

RED DEER NORTH

Argent chooses own path Schreiner puts people first as NDP candidate in bid to win election Patti Argent has run in her share of campaigns under different right-ofcentre banners over the years.

This time she’s decided there’s never been a better time to run as an independent candidate.

“People are upset. They are worried. They don’t know who to vote for.

“People feel they can’t trust anyone.”

Argent, who will be 67 on Sunday, said she wasn’t comfortable voting for any of the parties that are out there.

She is running in the Red Deer South constituency.

Argent has previously run for Social Credit, Alberta First and then Alberta Alliance.

“Voting is a wonderful democratic thing to do but that is the basic minimum of a democratic government. I’m really concerned about the lack of attention paid to democratic principles

... traditional principles,” she said.

“We have the responsibility as a government to not cave to special interest ... the minute a government starts pandering to special interest you are not being true democratic government.”

She has lived in Red Deer since 1980 and worked in a variety of jobs. She is currently a medical secretary.

Argent is married and had four children. One son with special needs passed away three years ago. Her children and grandchildren all live in Red Deer.

There are eight candidates running in Red Deer South. The others are William Berry (Ind), Deborah Checkel (Lib), Ben Dubois (Green), Serge Gingras (Alberta Party), Barb Miller (NDP), Darcy Mykytyshyn (PC) and Norman Wiebe (WR).

The general election takes place on Tuesday.

Red Deer North MLA contender Kim Schreiner is ready to fight for her constituents.

Schreiner said the NDP party is the only party that is putting people, community and family first.

“I am very concerned about how we’re treating our seniors and (people who need health care),” said Schreiner. “We’ve got to get on top of this. It’s declining rapidly. Our population is getting older and they will need more care.”

The NDP candidate, who is in her 50s, is a health-care provider who works with seniors.

She has lived in Red Deer for about 30 years. She is married and has two children.

Schreiner said people have a right to good quality education and change is needed sooner than later.

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I am a very hard worker,” said Schreiner. “They know I have a loud voice and I take my voice wherever it needs to be heard.”

Schreiner said she will be the advocate for the people who need it the most in the community.

“It’s about putting people first,” she said. “I think we have forgotten. We are putting things ahead of people and we need to take care of people first. I want to do be there for the people and do what I can to make life for all citizens better.”

She is a member of Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and works with resident advisory and family councils.

Also on the Red Deer North ballot are Buck Buchanan (WR), Michael Dawe (Lib), Krystal Kromm (Alberta Party) and Christine Moore (PC).

The general election takes place on Tuesday.

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C3 Comedy out of everyday drama

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF For a guy who’s funny on screen, Gerry Dee said he deals with a whole lot of drama in his everyday life.

The trick is squeezing comic nuggets out of sundry tragedies, added the comedian, who performs a stand-up show on Monday, May 11, at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre.

For instance: “Just this morning, my daughters were fighting over something,” said the star of the award-winning CBC show Mr. D. Both his five-year-old and seven-year-old wanted to take the same skipping rope to school, so his quick-thinking wife suggested they settle the matter by picking a number between one and 10. She whispered the secret numeral to Dee. The older daughter started things off by picking the number five.

The younger one also followed up with “five.”

“We told them, ‘No, you’ve got to pick different numbers,’ ” recalled Dee. This caused a need for detailed explanation.

Just as Dee thought the process was thoroughly understood, his seven-year-old took two guesses in a row.

“She didn’t want to wait. And the little one couldn’t remember which numbers were already said. ...”

In the end, his daughters “picked every number between one and 10 — except the one my wife had selected,” said Dee. When an outcome was finally decided, bringing the whole ordeal to a merciful close, the winner smiled smugly, while her sister bawled her eyes out.

“Even when you try to do something that should be simple — it’s a disaster,” said Dee. Fortunately, “I’ve learned over time how to make a joke out of a disaster,” added the comedian, who also has a toddler son to deal with.

Many of his domestic jokes find their way into his stand-up act. “The show will be about things everyone will be able to relate to,” said Dee. “Some stuff is brand-new ... it’s a real mix, and I’ll also be talking to the crowd.”

The former social studies teacher, who plays a buffoonish and manipulative version of himself on TV, admitted teachers are among his biggest fans.

They are also some of his greatest detractors, judging by the hostile tweets and emails he sometimes receives from teachers who feel he doesn’t give their profession enough respect.

Some people take themselves too seriously, said Dee. “I just ignore them.”

He’s got too much else to worry about, including balancing his family life, stand-up tours and television obligations, which include co-writing the show.

“My wife often gets asked, ‘Is your husband really funny?’ and she tells them, ‘No, not really. He’s pretty serious.’ ” They’re no different than any other family, maintained Dee — except that private dramas get milked for laughs for the amusement of audiences across

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Comedian Gerry Dee performs at the Memorial Centre on Monday, May 11 in Red Deer. Tickets are available at the Black Knight Ticket Centre. the country.

“You have to take a situation and find the humour in it.”

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $67.50 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Navigating two different worlds

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Singer Ian Kelly’s dilemma illustrates the great cultural divide between Quebec and the rest of Canada.

Although the bi-cultural folk/pop artist sings in English, he’s idolized in his own French-speaking province, where his records have reached gold status and are regularly nominated for Félix Awards.

Kelly has headlined the Montreal Jazz Festival, playing to audiences of up to 60,000 people — yet hardly anyone outside of Quebec has heard of him.

“When I performed the same show with the same band in Toronto, it was to 22 people,” he admitted, with a chuckle.

“No matter what we say, Quebec and the rest of Canada are two different worlds,” said Kelly. “We don’t even have the same CBC. ...”

His largely unknown status out West could soon change as the singer embarks on his longest crossCanada tour, which stops on Wednesday, May 6, at The Hideout, south of Red Deer in Gasoline Alley.

Although it would be easier for him to tour in Europe than travel to Vancouver and back, Kelly still believes it’s important to meet audiences across his own country. “I’m Canadian and I want to do this.”

He expects there will be plenty of time to contemplate life as he travels thousands of kilometres by himself. “It’s a lot of road, and about one and a half months of solitude. I reckon it’ll get pretty lonely,” but Kelly compares it to leaving home with a backpack to travel the world — an experience he never got to do when he was younger.

“Some people would make a documentary or even a reality show (of) such an experience. ... For me, it’ll probably end up being in an album, or at least a few songs.”

French was the first language spoken by Ian Couture, who grew up in Montreal with an English-speaking mother and French-Canadian father. (He took his mom’s last name, Kelly, when he learned there was another singer with the name Ian Couture.)

He still finds it more natural to sing in English.

While it doesn’t matter to his fans, it matters greatly to some people, who routinely question why Kelly doesn’t sing in French.

Language has always been an issue in Quebec, admitted the Montreal native who had no choice, under Bill 101, than to enrol his children in French school. The being-forced-to part rankles, he admitted. “French is the official language in Quebec and it’s important, but English is the official language of Planet Earth.”

Kelly, who wishes all Canadians were bilingual, has recently started writing some French songs. “If they are any good, I might make a French album,” he said.

Meanwhile, his latest release All These Lines contains the tunes Do You Love the Rain? and I’m on Your Side, which have gotten some airplay outside Quebec.

Kelly draws on various inspirations for is music, including environmental themes. “We need air and water more than money,” he said, so if something good comes out of the low price of oil, he hopes it’s more focus on finding cleaner energy sources.

“Whenever I’ve thought about a green economy being the way of the future, I haven’t been very optimistic — but I’m starting to be.”

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Ian Kelly performs his folk/pop music May 6 at the Hideout in Gasoline Alley.

For more information about his 8 p.m. show, call 403-348-5309.

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Singer/songwriter Katz at Fratters on May 9 The heartfelt, uplifting tunes of Peter Katz will be heard on Saturday, May 9, in Red Deer.

The Montreal-born singer/songwriter will perform some of his new and old songs at Fratters Speakeasy.

Katz, who was nominated for a 2012 Juno Award and Canadian Folk Music Award, has a new music video out, called Brother, featuring Royal Wood. The song is from his latest album, We Are The Reckoning.

The 11-track collection was three years in the making with collaborators such as steel guitar player Ben Peeler and rising Scottish singing star Rachel Sermanni.

Katz, who was recently signed to the Maple Music/ Fontana North label, has just returned to Canada from a European tour, and is now crossing the county westbound to Vancouver.

He was recently named best male vocalist in a readers’ poll taken by Toronto’s Now magazine.

Tickets are $15 in advance from the venue for the 9 p.m. show, or $20 at the door. For more information, call 403-346-0033.

Hillbilly punk band Puttin’ on the Foil in Red Deer on May 10

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Jonathan Torrens teams with fellow Canadian Samantha Bee, best known as a veteran correspondent on The Daily Show, in Game On.

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Calgary’s hillbilly punk band Puttin’ On the Foil will entertain next week in Red Deer.

The band, made up of Trayne Rekk on bass, Tim Tim on guitar and Jordan Stubbs on drums, performs on Sunday, May 10, at Leah’s Bar and Grill, 6315 Horn St. Puttin’ On the Foil’s influences are as diverse as Hank Williams Jr. and the Ramones. The trio that sometimes sports the shirtless overall look, promises to serve up a “singin’ along, drinkin’ good time” with its punk ’n’ roll musical mix.

The band’s second release, Fired Up, Ready to Roll, is expected out this month.

For more information about the show, call 403986-9005.

Brent Butt back in Red Deer for standup show on May 10 Brent Butt, the comic creator of Corner Gas, is returning to Red Deer.

The actor that played hangdog comic-book collector and gas proprietor Brent Leroy on the former CTV series, as well as Corner Gas: The Movie, will perform a 2 p.m. standup show on Sunday, May 10, at the Memorial Centre.

Proceeds will benefit the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre, so everyone is invited to experience a good laugh, while helping fund crime-prevention programs in Red Deer.

Tickets are $57 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Outgoing Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent Samantha Bee says she welcomed the chance to get behind a desk again for the Montreal-shot teen show Game On. It helped that she’d be working with another comic named Jon — this time Mr. D and Trailer Park Boys regular Jonathan Torrens. They appear as a pair of play-by-play announcers providing running commentary for the awkward foibles of a 14-year-old boy.

“The actual fact is I really wanted to work with Jonathan. I really am such a big fan of him, I really have admired him for a long time,” the Toronto-bred Bee says of returning north of the border.

“When the job came up, he reached out to me a little bit, and then I was like, ‘Is it OK for me to say that I just really want to work with you?”’

The live-action YTV series centres on the growing pains of average teen Toby Martin, played by Grayson Gurnsey, but seen through the eyes of fake sports anchors Geri and Bob, played by Bee and Torrens.

Torrens says he and Bee connected immediately, bonding over mutual struggles to balance work and family life in a business that often doesn’t allow for it. And although most of the episodes are scripted, he says the duo did get to riff at the end of each act, allowing for a secondary tale to unfold.

“The original notion was for a couple of male sportscasters and the thing that a man and a woman allows is you can suggest a backstory that’s a little different,” says Torrens, who starts shooting the

tenth season of Trailer Park Boys for Netflix on June 1, and the fifth season of Mr. D on June 22.

Anyone who’s been a teenager “can relate to these challenging, mortifying, devastating uplifting moments that happen between (ages) 12 and 16,” he says, recalling one of his more embarrassing experiences at age 15, working at a fast food restaurant.

On his first day, Torrens says the manager told him to take the french fry rack across the street to the gas station “to get the wheels aligned.” He didn’t hesitate.

“I turned around and everyone who worked in the restaurant and everyone who was eating in the restaurant was standing with their noses pressed against the glass pointing and laughing.”

Not long afterwards, Torrens started working on Street Cents, the beloved CBC-TV teen series about advertising, media and money. That was followed by his teen talk show Jonovision, which Torrens says he still hears about from nostalgic fans.

“I’m proud of the fact that both Street Cents and Jonovision were hybrids in that they spoke to kids in terms they understood and they also used comedy as a way of getting a message across,” he says.

“It’s the same thing with Game On — it’s kind of fun and full-circle to be back in the realm of children’s television, especially as a parent now myself.

And this is maybe the first thing I’ve done that my children can watch.”

As for Bee, she is busy. After taping her last episode on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on April 30, she moves on to two big TBS projects with her husband Jason Jones. Game On debuts Monday on YTV.

Family of 12-year-old girl with cancer says Taylor Swift called her

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The family of a 12-year-old Chicago girl with cancer says Taylor Swift called her to talk about music, touring and the disease. Ed Beazley said Swift chatted with his daughter, Emily, for about 10 minutes Wednesday. Emily has non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Friends and family have been appealing to Swift via social media to call Emily, including a video with about 200 children singing and dancing to Swift songs. Emily’s mother, Nadia Beazley, says her daughter had “the biggest smile” and “jumped up and down” after the Grammy Award winner’s call.

She says Swift’s manager offered the family tickets and a chance to meet the singer at her Detroit concert May 30.

Swift announced this month that her mother has cancer.

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T-rex documentary reignites interest in convicted paleontologist

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PIERRE, S.D. — Pete Larson has discovered thousands of fossils around the world, co-authored three books and led the team that unearthed the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever found.

But there’s one black mark on his record: a federal conviction that landed him in prison almost 20 years ago.

His name could soon be cleared because of a documentary released last year at the Sundance Film Festival, which has brought his legal blemish back into the public eye and spurred South Dakota residents — and Larson himself — to push for President Barack Obama to give him a pardon.

Dinosaur 13 details the discovery of Sue a Tyrannosaurus rex that was more than 90 per cent complete when it was discovered in 1990 in South Dakota.

Federal agents seized the fossil in 1992, alleging that Larson’s Black Hills Institute of Geological Research and its employees took it from federal trust land.

While those charges never stuck, the federal government investigated the institute and brought more than 150 unrelated charges against its employees.

Only Larson and two others were found guilty, and the paleontologist was sentenced to two years in

federal prison for lying on customs documents about thousands of dollars used for fossil deals in Peru and Japan and illegally taking fossils from a national forest in Montana.

Larson’s backers have argued for more than two decades that he was overzealously prosecuted. The movie’s release has reignited that conversation, leading his supporters to push for the president to correct what they see as the government’s mistake.

The South Dakota Legislature overwhelmingly passed a resolution this session that’s been sent to Obama requesting a pardon for Larson. And Larson is working with an attorney on a formal pardon request — a move he hopes could clear his name and also allow him to travel to Canada, where he said more fossil work is to be done.

“It’s something very special for me personally to have this piece of paper that says I’m pardoned for these offences,” Larson said. “It’s an important mile marker to reach. Like climbing Mt. Everest, or finding your first T-rex — or finding your 10th T-rex.”

But not everyone thinks Larson’s name should be cleared or that the documentary, which portrays the paleontologists in the mid-1990s trial in a fairly sympathetic light, should prompt a pardon.

The lone two lawmakers — out of 105 — who opposed the resolution said they personally know peo-

ple who were involved in the investigation, believe Larson’s crime was serious and that the conviction was justified.

“It’s possible that he was overzealously prosecuted but yet guilty of the crimes on which he was found guilty of,” said Rep. Mark Mickelson, R-Sioux Falls.

Neither he nor fellow Republican Rep. Lee Schoenbeck, of Watertown, has seen the film.

“Unless it had a detailed review of the criminal investigation file, I probably wouldn’t spend my time watching it,” Schoenbeck said. “There is no chance that any legislators knew the details of that criminal case that would warrant them for voting for that resolution.”

Rep. Mike Verchio, a Republican from Larson’s home of Hill City, said he introduced the resolution after an outpouring of requests from constituents who had watched the documentary and thought Larson was unjustly imprisoned.

The film aired worldwide and played in tiny theatres across South Dakota last summer, from Mitchell to Hill City, where the geological institute is headquartered.

“There were people who really weren’t aware of the background of the situation and how it happened and that seemed to be the catalyst right there,” said Verchio, who has watched the film several times.

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Andy Summers is on the phone to talk about his documentary Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police but admits his thoughts are with Joni Mitchell these days.

Reached recently in Los Angeles, the famed British guitarist is eager to glean more information about Mitchell’s health as conflicting reports swirl about her hospitalization.

“I spent time with Joni,” Summers points out.

“I had a whole weekend in New York with her once in my life and I played with her and she was an incredible person. Of course, we all have incredible admiration for her knowing she is one of the absolute greats. Amazing. I would be very sad if what’s going on is true.”

They performed together in 1989, at a concert to raise awareness of environmental issues.

Summers was part of an all-star band including Herbie Hancock, Larry Klein, Wayne Shorter and Omar Hakim.

“She was very into The Police, believe it or not,” Summers says. “She loved The Police and I’m sure Sting was influenced by her at some point in the songwriting.

I think she wanted to record with us at one point but I think we were too far into being The Police to have anyone else really play with us.”

The band’s meteoric rise, eventual breakup in 1983, and reunion 20 years later is detailed in the feature-length doc, based on Summers’s memoir One Train Later.

Told through Summers’s point of view, it starts with a look at his early days in the London music scene in the ’60s.

Everything changes with a chance encounter with drummer Stewart Copeland and a bassist who calls himself Sting. They form the neo-punk trio The Police in 1977.

Over the ensuing years, they would become almost as famous for inflated egos and infighting as their hits, including Message In a Bottle and Every Breath You Take.

Summers says most of those stories are more “mythology” than truth.

The doc outlines some of that discord, but also traces a more personal storyline about how fame and constant touring destroyed Summers’s marriage. Just as the band hits superstardom, his wife Kate asks for a divorce in 1981.

From there, Summers embarks on a fouryear spree of drugs and groupies, until “a miracle” happens — he reunites with his wife and she becomes pregnant with twin boys.

“As I’ve been turning up at various cinemas doing Q&As it’s amazing how many women come up to me and go, ’I was so glad you got back with your wife.’ They love it,” he says.

As for his relationship with Sting and Copeland, Summers says they’ll always be linked.

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Why you need to embrace pain to get joy

BY MICHAEL PRUETT SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE When Christians talk about God, they often describe him as love. It is a concept present throughout scripture — and even many nonreligious people find the idea of love being the force behind the universe appealing.

Most Christians believe that truly knowing God means feeling this love.

Yet pain and suffering are unavoidable ways in which God teaches us about humility. Still, the reality of pain has caused many of us to turn away from the church — or worse, away from faith in God. Unanswered questions plague us all.

How could a good God allow such pain as war and disease and genocide?

I can’t claim to have the answers to questions so many others have failed to answer, but what I do know is that in the midst of human suffering God is still good and to live fully, we must be willing to face our fear of pain.

Embracing pain is difficult. What do you do when everything seems to fall apart?

That’s a question I had to deal with personally during my own 20-year-long desert experience that involved divorce, near bankruptcy, distance from God, and a near-death motorcycle accident.

Many of us have gone through similar trauma, and as I look back, I realize that if I hadn’t, I may never have been able to move into God’s glory that was waiting on “the other side of the cross.” Here are five lessons I learned about conquering pain and finding joy.

1. Surrender pride and let go of con-

trol.

I’ve got this.” That’s what I’d say when I felt God nudge me about something that wasn’t quite right. I thought it was up to me to make things happen — and many men struggle with similar feelings. We think we should have it all together, especially when we feel tasked with the responsibility of being the breadwinners and taking care of our wives and children.

2. God can work good out of tragedy.

What has baffled my mind every day since I woke up 10 days after my accident is the idea that God cares about the details of our lives. When my family and I look back at all of the circumstances that led to my rescue, we know they were not accidental. They were strategic and on purpose — from the first responders who happened to be 50 feet away at a restaurant and the ambulance that was filling up at a gas station a block away to the safekeeping of my nearly severed spine and the doctor who said, “You must have a guardian angel.” If we truly believe that he is a good God, then he has our best interest in mind and will cause good to come out of tragedy.

3. Don’t ask “why?” but rather “what?”

So many of us approach tragedy asking, “Why?” “Why did this happen to my wife” or “Why did this happen to me?” We take on a victim mentality that makes us feel like we can’t do anything about our circumstances.

Despite suffering in this world, God is on our side just as he was with his Son. When we are in pain, we should look to him to witness his deliverance, not asking, “Why?” but “What are you doing, Father?”

He will invite us to see him, his

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light, goodness, and love even in the midst of despair. He will lead each of us to a true, full, and fulfilling life, making us new along the way. There is an answer ... it just may not look like what we expect.

4. If we want a deeper relationship with God, we will suffer.

For my heart to remain alive to divine love, it must engage in joy and sorrow. A heart that is fully awake to love cannot disown pain, and to believe that Christians will not suffer is naïve.

Each of the disciples suffered, almost all of them unto death.

God is a jealous God, and we are his “Beloved.” Much like a jealous husband, he will furiously protect us from that which separates us from his love. Proverbs 6:34 says, “Jealousy is a husband’s fury. Therefore, he will not spare in the day of vengeance.”

5. The only way to overcome pain is with him.

God has given us the perfect example in his Son. Jesus cried out to be saved from the cross, yet was fully surrendered to his Father even in his greatest pain.

He endured the cross because he knew there would be joy on the other side of pain (see Hebrews 12:2).

The only way we can deal with pain in a healthy manner is to do it with him, the one who underwent more grief than we could ever understand.

When we embrace God’s love, allowing him to love us fully, all other forms of love pale in comparison.

Michael Pruett is a prominent real estate agent based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Through his near-death experience as told in The Hard Road, Michael desires to convince others that in the midst of human suffering, there is still hope

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Heartland Cowboy Church will be held the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Stettler Agriplex.

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Equal pay for equal work, Pope Francis says VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis added his voice Wednesday to the feminist anthem of equal pay for equal work, saying it’s “pure scandal” that women earn less than men for doing the same job. Francis also lambasted the attitude of those who blame the crisis in families on women getting out of the house to work. He said such attitudes are a form of “machismo” that shows how men “want to dominate women.” Francis made the comments during his Wednesday general audience, which he has been devoting to different aspects of family life before a big meeting on family issues in October.

Francis said the “radical equality” that Christianity proposes between husband and wife must bear new fruit.

“We should support with decisiveness the right to equal pay for equal work,” he said. “Why is it a given that women must earn less than men? No! They have the same rights. The disparity is pure scandal.”

Francis has spoken out frequently about how the Catholic Church in general must give greater value to the “feminine genius,” and has called for women to take on greater decision-making roles in the church, though he has ruled out women’s ordination or having women head Vatican congregations.

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LUANN May 2 1994 — Nelson Mandela claims victory after South Africa’s first democratic elections.

1986 — Dr. Wilbert Keon performs Canada’s first artificial heart transplant at the Ottawa Civic Hospital.

1970 — International Olympic Committee awards the 1976 Summer Olympics to Montreal, the first time for a Canadian city.

1939 — The National Film Act creates the

National Film Board as a public production agency.

1670 — Charles II grants a Royal charter to his cousin Price Rupert and a group of investors called The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson’s Bay: today’s Hudson’s Bay Company.

1497 — John and Sebastian Cabot, Italianborn navigators, set sail to follow Columbus’s route to what he thought was Asia. The Cabots’ expedition reaches land June 24, likely at Cape Breton, then sails east along the south coast of Newfoundland.

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Competition Bureau opposes Pioneer sale PARKLAND FUEL CORP

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The Competition Bureau of Canada has taken issue with a portion of Red Deer-based Parkland Fuel Corp.’s plan to buy the assets of Pioneer Energy.

After a seven-month review, the bureau has served notice that it opposes the acquisition of Pioneer in 14 communities — 11 in Ontario and three in Manitoba.

Last September, Parkland Fuel Corp. announced it was buying fellow retail fuel marketer Pioneer Energy, which is part-owned by Suncor Energy Inc., for $378 million.

Pioneer is jointly owned by The Pioneer Group Inc. and Suncor, which is Canada’s largest oil and

gas company.

It was reported at the time that Pioneer’s holdings included a network of 393 gas stations throughout Ontario and Manitoba.

It distributes 5.1 per cent of total retail fuel volumes across Canada.

Parkland says in a news release issued on Friday that is has been working with competition bureau but “differ on a significant matter of principle regarding the assets referred to in the (competition bureau’s) application.”

“We are surprised by this application since Parkland had previously proposed to the bureau that it would sell certain of the assets that are the subject of the application in order to mitigate anti-competitive impacts perceived by the bureau.

“Parkland believes that the acquisition will be beneficial to consumers and result in additional efficiencies in the marketplace being realized,” says

Bob Espey, president and chief executive officer of Parkland, in the release.

Parkland intends to “vigorously” contest the application before the Competition Tribunal.

The bureau announced on Thursday it will also be seeking an injunction requiring that Parkland preserve and operate independently the assets to be acquired from Pioneer in the 14 communities until the tribunal reaches its decision.

The bureau’s review concluded that the parties’ post-merger market shares in these communities would be between 39 and 100 per cent.

“As these markets become more concentrated, the likelihood of price co-ordination between remaining retailers increases,” says the bureau in a release.

Parkland operates or supplies about 700 retail gas stations in Canada under the Fas Gas Plus, Race Trac Gas and Esso brands. Pioneer operates under the Pioneer, Esso and Top Valu brands.

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TransCanada ‘can live with’ only one export terminal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Pipeline operator TransCanada says it can live with having a single export terminal in New Brunswick for its proposed Energy East pipeline.

The Calgary-based company had aimed to also export crude from Cacouna, Que., but scrapped those plans last month.

It also pushed back the startup date of the crossCanada oil pipeline by about two years.

There had been concerns about how increased oil tanker traffic along the St. Lawrence River might affect beluga whales, whose population has been dwindling.

TransCanada continues to look at other potential sites in Quebec, but the company’s CEO says focusing on just Saint John, N.B., is an option, too.

The $12-billion Energy East project would stretch from Alberta to Saint John, which has a deepwater port and where Irving Oil operates a major refinery.

“Can we live with one terminal? The answer to that is absolutely yes,” chief executive Russ Girling told reporters following TransCanada’s annual meeting.

“I think that’s absolutely an acceptable outcome.

We’ll still be able to deliver to the refineries in Quebec, both Montreal and Quebec (City), as well as the refinery in Saint John and an export terminal.”

Also Friday, TransCanada said it expects B.C.’s oil and gas commission to decide soon on two pipeline projects that the company wants to build across the province.

One of the projects is a 900-kilometre pipeline to move natural gas from the Montney gas-producing region near Fort St. John, in northeastern B.C., to a connection near a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal near Prince Rupert, B.C. planned by Malaysia’s Petronas.

The other project is a 670-kilometre pipeline to move gas from the Montney region to a proposed Shell-led LNG terminal near Kitimat, B.C. Girling said he’s expecting a mid-2015 decision from Petronas about whether to go ahead with its project, with Shell’s final investment decision expected to come a year later.

Earlier, TransCanada said its “comparable earnings” for the first three months of 2015 were 66 cents per share or $465 million, up from $422 million or 60 cents per share in last year’s first quarter.

Analysts tracked by Thomson Reuters also estimated 66 cents per share of earnings for the quarter.

TransCanada’s net income — which includes items excluded from comparable earnings — was $387 million or 55 cents per share, down from $412 million or 58 cents per share in the first quarter of 2014.

Auto sales climb 5.7 per cent in April

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Sales of new cars and trucks climbed 5.7 per cent last month from a year ago, making it the best April on record for Canadian automakers, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Canadians snatched up 189,072 vehicles last month, despite economic concerns in Western Canada stemming from low oil prices.

“The economic challenges facing Alberta and Saskatchewan have not seemed to impact national sales,” the automotive consulting firm said in a report issued Friday.

Year to date, sales are up 3.7 per cent to 557,645 vehicles.

General Motors led the pack, with its sales growing 14.5 per cent compared with April 2014 to 29,127 vehicles.

“Customer demand for our Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac cars and trucks continues to grow in the Canadian marketplace,” John Roth, the company’s vice-president of sales, service and marketing said in a statement. “Our three truck strategy, offering the full range of pickups, from the mid-size Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon to the full-size and heavyduty, Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, to meet customers’ varied needs, has driven GM Canada to be the pickup sales leader for the month of April.”

Fiat Chrysler claimed second spot, with April sales inching one per cent higher to 27,473.

Ford Canada came in third place as sales dipped 0.1 per cent to 27,307 vehicles.

Meanwhile, Honda saw sales tick 5.6 per cent higher to 14,447, while Hyundai’s sales grew 1.5 per cent to 14,525 vehicles.

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Julie Smetaniuk of Sylvan Lake watches as her daughter Genevieve makes her way over to the plush toys lining the shelves of the new Mastermind Toy store in Red Deer on Thursday.

Mastermind Toys is hosting a grand opening this weekend in the newest store in the Canadian toy store chain. The store is located in the former Nutter’s Foods location at 5250-22 St. in the Gaetz Avenue Crossing shopping centre.

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BRIEF Target Canada returning 55 leases to landlords after failing to attract bidders TORONTO — Target Canada is preparing to auction off dozens of store leases next week as its courtsupervised windup continues.

“We’re looking forward to next week’s auction,” said Tracy Sandler, partner at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, which represents Target.

“We think it’s going to be robust and we’re looking forward to finalizing and entering into transactions that will let us maximize the value of our portfolio.”

The U.S. retailer announced in January it would shut all 133 of its Canadian stores, only two years after its highly anticipated launch north of the border.

The discount retailer said underwhelming sales figures indicated its Canadian locations would not be profitable for several years.

In March, Target struck a deal to sell 11 properties to Oxford Properties Corp. and Ivanhoe Cambridge for $138 million before taxes.

Sandler says it’s possible that a number of other landlords will decide to buy back their properties during the upcoming auction.

But no bidders came forward for 55 other properties by the deadline for next week’s auction and they have been returned to their landlords.

Target is also terminating its lease agreements for 19 other facilities — a combination of offices and warehouses.

The auction will be held next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Osler’s Toronto offices, according to a filing with the Ontario Superior Court.

Aecon awarded $109-million contract for additional work on Alberta refinery EDMONTON — Aecon Group Inc. (TSX:ARE) has been awarded a $109-million contract for additional construction work on the Sturgeon refinery project in Alberta, with work to be completed in the third quarter of 2016.

The refinery, about 45 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, is being built to convert bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands into higher-value products than produced by current upgraders.

Among the refinery’s products will be diesel fuel and diluent, which is used to soften the tarry oilsands material for extraction.

Aecon says its latest contract from North West Redwater Partnership, includes structural preassembly as well as installation of mechanical equipment and instrumentation.

The construction and engineering company was previously awarded a $230-million contract from

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RBC Canadian manufacturing index finds weakness centred on Alberta-BC region TORONTO — A monthly report on Canadian manufacturing purchasing managers shows the sector’s overall outlook remains pessimistic, mainly because of weakness in the Alberta-British Columbia region.

The RBC Canadian Manufacturing PMI registered 49.0 in April — the third month that the national index was below 50.0, indicating declining business conditions.

Today’s report says most of the key components that make up the overall measure continue to show declining business conditions, though in a majority of cases at a slightly slower pace compared to March.

RBC attributed the weak national index to worsening conditions in Alberta because of lower oil prices and energy investments.

It said all the other regional indexes improved and had positive readings above 50.0.

The Alberta-B.C. index for April fell to 42.0 from 43.6 in March. In contrast, the rating for Ontario improved to 52.0 from 43.3, Quebec moved to 51.1 from 49.9 and “the rest of Canada” index was 54.4, up from 52.8 in March.

Alaska delegation to visit Mount Polley disaster site, meet company, First Nations VICTORIA — A delegation of Alaskans is coming to B.C. to voice concerns about the Mount Polley mine disaster and the possibility of a similar environmental catastrophe occurring near their border.

The Salmon Beyond Borders coalition, made up of First Nations leaders, commercial and sports fishing groups and conservation organizations, says mining activities in Northern B.C. threatens the livelihoods in southern Alaska.

The coalition plans to tour the Mount Polley site where the tailings dam gave way last August, spilling millions of litres of cubic metres of mine waste into nearby waterways.

Heather Hardcastle, who supplies fresh-caught Alaska salmon to markets, says there are deep concerns over a similar tailings pond at the Red Criss gold and copper mine in northern B.C., located upstream from Alaska.

Vancouver-based Imperial Metals Corp., (TSX:III), which operates Mount Polley in central B.C., was granted an interim permit in February to open the Red Criss Mine.

B.C. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett has visited Alaska several times in recent months to soothe concerns voiced by Alaskans about perceived loose B.C. mining regulations and the possibility of another Mount Polley-like disaster.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 126.87 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.44 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.88 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.43 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.82 Cdn. National Railway . . 80.09 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 236.13 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.85 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.96 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.46 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.69 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 63.37 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.34 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.07 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.42 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 25.42 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.90 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.94 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.01 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.97 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.92 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 56.25 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 128.03 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.34 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.35 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.01 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets shot higher Friday as buyers returned in droves following a big sell-off the previous session.

Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite ended the day ahead 115.25 points at 15,339.77, recouping most of the previous session’s 123-point loss.

The loonie was down 0.63 of a U.S. cent at 82.26 cents.

Pushing the TSX higher were metals and mining stocks, which gained 4.1 per cent, as copper prices rose about six per cent for the week. July copper advanced 4.3 cents to US$2.93 a pound.

Wall Street markets made even better gains as traders set aside negative sentiment that followed a raft of uncertainty this week, including the timing of a future U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate boost and shaky results from several U.S. technology companies.

“They put a bit of a damper on the market,” said Norman Raschkowan, senior partner at Sage Road Advisers. “Things got a little bit carried away and people are reorienting themselves.”

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 183.54 points to 18,024.06 and the Nasdaq soared 63.97 points to 5,005.39.

The S&P 500 pushed ahead 22.78 points to 2,108.29.

Recent economic data from the U.S. gave a mixed bag of reasons for optimism and further caution.

The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index rose to 95.9 in April from 93.0 in March, mostly on a better outlook for the U.S. job market and consistently lower inflation.

The Institute for Supply Management index was unchanged in April from March at 51.5 per cent, indicating some expansion in factory output, but manufacturers are starting to curtail hiring in a possible sign of weakness.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.87 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.08 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.60 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 27.61 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.90 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.87 First Quantum Minerals 119.52 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.73 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 12.51 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.98 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.62 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.52 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.66 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.92 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 24.97 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 29.70 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 69.02 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.37 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 39.23 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 39.94 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 13.18 Canyon Services Group. . 8.23 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 23.09 CWC Well Services . . . 0.3200 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 17.04 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.12 U.S. construction fell in March as an increase in non-residential construction was offset by declines in home building and government projects.

In other commodities, gold prices fell to their lowest level in six weeks with the June gold contract losing $7.90 to US$1,174.50 an ounce.

Oil prices continued to broadly move higher this week, though the June crude contract settled 48 cents lower Friday at US$59.15 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Shares of LinkedIn plunged 20 per cent after the business social networking service told shareholders it expects weaker earnings in the coming months due to its purchase of online learning company Lynda.com and a stronger U.S. dollar.

Expedia saw its stock jump eight per cent after the online travel company’s results beat rose analyst expectations.

The chief executive of the National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA), says the country’s sixth-largest bank could boost revenues by $500 million over the next three years by growing its operations at a faster pace outside of Quebec. Chief executive Louis Vachon told an audience at the bank’s investor day that National Bank expects more than 40 per cent of its revenues will come from outside Quebec this year.

Shares of the bank gained 15 cents to $48.90.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Friday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,339.77, up 115.25 points Dow — 18,024.06, up 183.54 points S&P 500 — 2,108.29, up 22.78 points Nasdaq — 5,005.39, up 63.97 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.85 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 49.11 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 26.96 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 52.59 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.05 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.95 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.99 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.13 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.71 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.91 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 5.17 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 57.40 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2650 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 79.03 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 66.82 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.99 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.76 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 37.12 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.57 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 91.47 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.10 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 48.90 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.83 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.24 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.06 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.96

Currencies: Cdn — 82.26 cents US, down 0.63 of a cent Pound — C$1.8414, down 1.09 cents Euro — C$1.3627, up 0.80 of a cent Euro — US$1.1209, down 0.29 of a cent Oil futures: US$59.15 per barrel, down 48 cents (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,174.50 per oz., down $7.90 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.263 oz., up 9.1 cents $651.46 kg., up $2.93 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’15 $0.60 lower $459.90; July ’15 $0.70 higher $447.20; Nov ’15 $1.30 higher $439.80; Jan. ’16 $1.30 higher $441.00; March ’16 $1.00 higher $441.10; May ’16 $1.00 higher $441.60; July ’16 $0.70 higher $442.20; Nov. ’16 $0.70 higher $437.00; Jan. ’17 $0.70 higher $437.70; March ’17 $0.70 higher $437.70; May ’17 $0.70 higher $437.70.

Barley (Western): May ’15 unchanged $205.00; July ’15 unchanged $207.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $192.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $192.00; March ’16 unchanged $192.00; May ’16 unchanged $192.00; July ’16 unchanged $192.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $192.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $192.00; March ’17 unchanged $192.00; May ’17 unchanged $192.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 288,540 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 288,540.

U.S., Canada unveil crude oil train rules

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Rail tank cars used to transport crude oil and many other flammable liquids will have to be built to stronger standards to reduce the risk of a catastrophic train crash and fire, under sweeping new safety rules unveiled Friday by U.S. and Canadian transportation officials.

The regulations are a long-awaited response to a series of fiery train crashes in the U.S. and Canada, including four so far this year. The most serious accident occurred in July 2013, when a runaway oil train derailed in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, just across the border from Maine, killing 47 people and destroying most of the town’s central business district.

“I witnessed Lac-Megantic firsthand, and I believe that we truly have to act to honour those who died and honour those who were injured” to show that safety is “our most important priority in transportation,” said Canada’s Minster of Transport, Lisa Raitt. She joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in announcing the new regulations.

Under the rules, new tank cars carrying the most volatile liquids, including crude oil and ethanol, must have an outer shell, a thermal lining to withstand fire, improved valves and thicker, 9/16ths-inch steel walls to keep them from rupturing.

For the crude oil fleet, more than 16,000 of the oldest tank cars, known as DOT-111s, would have to be phased out or retrofitted in the U.S. and Canada by 2018. By 2020, an additional 27,000 cars primarily used for crude would need to be upgraded.

For the ethanol fleet, retrofits for almost 20,000 DOT-111s would have to be completed by May 2023. All remaining cars used to haul hazardous flammable liquids would need retrofits or replacement by 2025.

Defending the timetable, Foxx said officials took into account how long it will take manufacturers to produce tank cars to the new standard.

“This is a schedule we believe is workable; it’s aggressive,” he said. “If you talk to some of the manufacturers who are going to have to do the work, it’s more aggressive than they would like.”

The deadlines drew criticism from safety advocates and some members of Congress, who said they would leave dangerous cars on the tracks for too long. Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, where crude-byrail traffic is expected to sharply increase in coming years, added that Fri-

day’s announcement did not address the high volatility of crude originating in the Bakken region of North Dakota, Montana and Canada.

“We’re seeing these explosions that even first responders can’t respond to adequately,” Cantwell said.

Trains of at least 70 cars that have at least one car containing the most volatile class of liquids also must have electronically controlled brakes that automatically stop all the cars in a train at the same time, instead of sequentially. The braking requirement goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2021. But it will be extended to all flammableliquid trains after 2023.

The braking requirement applies only to the U.S., but Raitt said Canadian regulators are moving on a separate, faster track to adopt a new braking standard.

Officials estimated the cost of the regulations at $2.5 billion. The oil and railroad industries had lobbied heavily against some of the changes, including meetings several times in recent months with White House budget officials.

The American Petroleum Institute said Friday the timeline for tank car retrofits was too short and doesn’t recognize limits on shop capacity available to get the work done. API President Jack Gerard said the regulations “will lead to shortages that impact consumers and the broader economy” by choking off the transport of oil to refineries. Railroads had fought the new braking requirements, saying they will provide little or no added safety benefit. The Transportation Department “couldn’t make a case” for electronic brakes “but forged ahead anyhow,” said Edward R. Hamberger, the Association of American Railroads’ CEO. “This is an imprudent decision made without supporting data or analysis.”

But Sarah Feinberg, head of the Federal Railroad Administration, said electronic brakes will be “a gamechanger” for safety. “We are not an agency with the goal of making things convenient or inexpensive for industry.”

The two governments worked on the rules together because oil trains go back and forth across the border.

Last year, railroads moved half a million tank cars of crude oil, up from just 9,500 in 2008 before the hydraulic fracturing boom made oil production surge in the Bakken.

The Obama administration has been under intense pressure from Congress as well as from state and local officials to ensure the safety of oil trains that traverse the country after leaving the Bakken region.

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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — A $1.15-billion benefits package is being offered to a First Nation on British Columbia’s northwest coast in a bid to win support for a proposed liquefied-natural-gas terminal and pipeline. Details of the offer to the Lax Kw’alaams from the provincial government and project owners, including Malaysia’s Petronas, were published on the band’s website. The benefits deal is not the only one being pursued by the government and the project proponents with aboriginals in advance of regulatory approval.

One week ago, TransCanada (TSX:TRP), the company that plans to build the 950-kilometre pipeline from near Hudson’s Hope in northeastern B.C. to Prince Rupert on the coast, announced a deal with the Kitselas First Nation.

“As a council we have decided to seek guidance from our membership on whether you support the development of these LNG projects and the benefits packages offered to the Lax Kw’alaams by the proponents and the province of B.C.,” says a recent letter to members. A separate information bulletin published on the band’s website notes the proposal includes $27.8 million for signing and preliminary agreements, construction and startup projects.

Annual payments would start at nearly $13 million and end with $50.5 million in year 40, for a total of just over $1 billion, it adds.

The band would receive 2,200 hectares of land, worth about $108 million, in the Prince Rupert harbour area, as well as “additional lands of interest.”

Targeted funds of nearly $29 million would cover road paving, compensation for fisheries, scholarships and training programs.

The deal also promises vacant jobs in the “commercial operations phase” to every Tsimshian person who has completed a training program, meets “ordinary job requirements,” and is “otherwise qualified for the job.” Band leaders will ask members to support the projects during upcoming votes in Lax Kw’alaams, Prince Rupert and Vancouver.

Pacific NorthWest LNG, a majority of which is owned by Petronas, plans to build an export terminal on Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert.

“If the project is constructed, Lelu Island will be effectively off bounds to Lax Kw’alaams’ members as the island will be largely cleared,” states a community backgrounder.

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Bathroom transformation

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ABOVE: The finished product, a stylish bathroom complete with stone sink, grey-themed décor and naturally shed antler for the finishing touch.

RIGHT: The original bland wood-theme bathroom.

Let’s be honest: this bathroom, as we found it, was an ergonomic, stylistic and visual wash out.

Diminutive? To the power of 10.

Carpet? Eek: the devil’s own harbinger of human excretions, toe nails and mouse poop. Berber is our least favourite bathroom floor covering.

To deal with the problem (pre reno) we literally wrapped our feet in shopping bags, tied off with elastic bands. We jest ye not: the plastic fantastic foot trick proved the ideal way in which to become hermetically protected against germ infestation.

Restricted square footage, however (and the afore mentioned sticky shag) weren’t our only problems as we flushed the room of its grimy past.

COLIN & The wooden wall surface JUSTIN was buckling — and rotten in parts — and the acrylic tub was surrounded by a crown of mould at floor level.

Classic cottage cute?

Hmm — if your idea of ‘classic cottage cute’ pertains to the set of Deliverance, perhaps. Otherwise?

Not so much.

In a nutshell, it was a horror scene with a thoroughly disturbing pong factor.

The space behind the plastic shower walls, you see, had become a veritable mouse mausoleum: the poor lil’ critters had been getting in, sure, but they couldn’t get back out due to a bottleneck of decayed, insulating matter.

Little wonder, then, we both swooned while pulling literally hundreds of fossilized rodents from the stinking scene.

But we can fix anything. Especially in conjunction with Randy, our long suffering (yup — we drive him crazy) contractor.

He rolled up his sleeves and, in a determined fit of pique, tore away, then replaced, the rotten two-bytwo lumber, bleached the space clean, insulated and then covered everything in thick polythene to protect against further problems.

For our contacting demi god, everything is procedural: he never fails to schedule his work in a logical order.

Next stage of our grand master plan was to enlarge the tight room.

The space being tiny, we harvested a little square footage from a large double bedroom that lay through the wall.

If you read last week’s column (where we turned similar tricks in our guest bedroom by borrowing a few extra bedroom inches from the closet and the kitchen) you’ll appreciate that spatial trickery such as this can make all the difference.

To streamline ceiling lines, we specified flush mounted pot lights and, space being compromised, under floor heating.

The latter meant we could dispense with the need for bulky baseboard radiators which meant visual streamlining improved.

The Warm Up brand is a simple mesh system: laid prior to tile installation, it’s cost effective and energy efficient.

Illumination and heating attended to, we installed a new window.

Wider and taller than its predecessor, it draws more light into the previously oppressive room. Finished in dramatic black, it’s a commanding kick off point for the decorating scheme thereafter. To further layer, we fitted a budget black slimline Venetian (into the rebate, not onto the frame: the former is far slicker) from Blinds To Go (www.blindstogo. com). Their ‘measure it yourself’ service (the website gives exacting instruction so there’s no room for error) is simple while collection from your nearest

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branch (and easy fit thereafter) makes overall specification a synch.

Next up, our team set about waterproofing the zone and installing a curb onto which a fixed glazed panel was fitted.

Softest graphite marble tile from Saltillo (we mixed up the floor and wall tile size to add visual interest) proffers an indulgent feel, while dreamy ebony toned taps and storage niches provide a handy stash zone for associated bathroom paraphernalia.

The following stage of our project was really rewarding: our bathroom surface.

The simple installation started out as a slice of kiln dried live edged hemlock.

To make best of the space under the window, we cut the hemlock into a tapered wedge, to the left wider (to accommodate a Unikstone stone sink) and narrowed as it runs toward the shower stall.

The rough bark edge and the surface were stabilized by lightly sanding and then clear coating with low sheen urethane to provide resilience against water penetration.

We’ve never made any secret of the fact we adore grey toned decorative schematics.

And by now you know we tend to augment our keenness for grey with the addition of a further ele-

ment. On one occasion we might fire in a zesty shot of yellow or, as is the case here, an organic ingredient or layer to immediately soften the completed vignette.

In this regard, we installed a pine ceiling, stained to look like walnut.

Further softening comes from the wooden topped drop-and-lift stool and the naturally shed antler found in the forest surrounding our cabin. It’s all pretty sweet, huh?

Aye, we’re pleased as punch!

And so our work is done. And the room has been totally transformed.

Hard to believe it’s the same space, huh? Guests attest that it’s a comfy nook where they feel indulged at every turn.

OK, so it ain’t gonna win any prizes in a world’s largest bathroom contest, but what it lacks in scale, it more than makes up for in style.

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No-heat radiator remedy Question: Why did one particular radiator on the second floor of my house stop giving heat this winter? It’s worked other years, and the other rads in the house were fine.

Answer: Air in the rad is the reason for the lack of heat, and it’s quite common on radiators that are higher up in the system. Small air bubbles form in the water circulating in heating systems like yours, and when enough bubbles accumulate in a radiator, they form air pockets that stop the flow of hot water.

The solution is to bleed off the air and it’s easy to do. Every radiator has a little valve up near the top somewhere.

Get a small container in hand, then open the valve until air stops coming out and water begins.

You’ll need a screwdriver or small wrench to made this STEVE happen. You’ll hear air comMAXWELL ing out of the rad at first, then splutters of water and air, and finally just water.

When all that comes out is water, close the valve.

Your radiator will heat normally the next time you need it.

Bleed air off the rad like this a couple of times each winter and your heating system will operate at top efficiency. While you’re at it, bleed air from all the other rads in your house, too. You’ll probably find they have some air.

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Electric heat a deal breaker?

Question: Is a home with electric heat worth buying? I’m looking to buy a house in a new city, and two of the places I’ve fallen in love with have electric baseboard heaters. I’m concerned about the cost of operation. Should I forget these houses and look at gas-heated places?

Answer: Electricity is currently the most expensive source of heating energy, but I wouldn’t necessarily forego houses that have it. A natural gas heating system can always be retrofitted to the house if you plan to stay for a while. There’s more to a house than just the heating system.

Right now electric heat costs more than twice as much as natural gas for the same amount of heat delivered, so the difference in cost is not something to ignore.

Even if natural gas isn’t available where you live, you’ll still save more than 35 per cent using propane instead of electricity — all else being equal.

That said, another main issue with heating costs is how much heat is lost by the house. It’s entirely possible that a well sealed and insulated home with electric heat could cost less in energy than a gasheated house with less effective insulation.

So, pursue the two loves you’ve discovered. Electric heat is not ideal, but it’s not a deal breaker either.

Eavestrough alternatives Question: Is there an alternative to eavestrough?

My home is surrounded by trees and the eavestroughs fill with leaves faster than I can empty them.

And even when they are empty, the eavestroughs can’t handle a moderate rainfall without overflowing.

Answer: Fifteen years ago I installed an eavestrough alternative that I’m still happy with. It’s called Rainhandler (www.rainaway.ca; 877-266-4949) and it’s a series of aluminum deflectors that turns roof runoff back into droplets that get directed away from the building.

The system works well in most cases. The only potential issue is that it doesn’t send water away from the building, it only disperses it over a wider area next to the building.

Another option is a wider eavestrough with a leaf guard that keeps them free and flowing. I really like the Alu-Rex system (alu-rex.com; 855-525-8739). It’s actually a super-strong eavestrough support system that also keeps leaves out 100 per cent.

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A new threshold for luxury-priced homes: $100 million and up

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The poshest of luxury homes are acquiring the cachet of a masterwork by Picasso or Matisse.

Rather than settle for garages of antique cars or a museum’s worth of paintings, billionaires are increasingly willing to pay $100 million for homes that can serve as showcases for their fortunes, according to an analysis issued Thursday by Christie’s International Real Estate.

“It tells you that there is a new class of collectible — they’re trophies now,” Dan Conn, CEO of Christie’s real estate brokerage, said of the most lavish homes being acquired.

The luxury housing market has shifted in the past year as the dollar has strengthened.

Sales in Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and other global hubs are stabilizing after having rocketed in 2013, when many buyers cashed in on stock market gains.

Now, multi-millionaires and billionaires are seeking estates overseas and at resort destinations, the report said.

The dollar has appreciated 20 per cent against the euro in the past year, making pied-a-terres in Paris and wineries in Bourdeaux more affordable for wealthy Americans.

Sales are also surging by averages of more than 20 per cent along the beaches of Turks & Caicos and the slopes of Telluride, Colorado.

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This louvred eavestrough alternative breaks roof runoff into droplets and directs them out and away from the building.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 2, 2015 D3 the housing crash that triggered the Great Recession in late 2007. Buyers remain sensitive to changes in mortgage rates and price swings that could make ownership costlier. At the same time, access to credit remains tight for some. Sales have been running below a Five homes sold around the world pace associated with healthy markets. for more than $100 million in 2014, “There’s a deeper cultural shift and a record 18 were listed for sale at where people aren’t willing to get a that level, according to the Christie’s house at any cost,” said Glenn Kelman, report. Last year’s purchases include CEO of the brokerage Redfin. a $146 million French Riviera manExisting homes sold at an annual sion. Each square foot of the home cost pace of 5.19 million in March, a sharp $22,577 — roughly equivalent to a new increase after a brutal winter curtailed Honda Accord. This is the new top tier buying in the Northeast, the National for billionaires scouring the globe for Association of Realtors said. signature homes, a market that Conn Kelman warns that that sales pace said should continue to prosper be- isn’t sustainable because demand has cause the world minted 200 new bil- been driven largely by 30-year fixed lionaires from 2013 to 2014. mortgage rates averaging just 3.65 per “You’ve got this club of billionaires cent, compared with a 52-week high of who just like to have unique assets,” 4.33 per cent.

Conn said. “But it’s also, truthfully, Winter storms have also weighed on that they like to entertain their friends Manhattan sales, yet analysts view that and say, ’This is mine.”’ market as remarkably stable. Sales The luxury market contrasts with in the borough during the first three the still-struggling U.S. real estate mar- months of 2015 fell 19.5 per cent comket as a whole. Millions of homeowners pared to the same period in 2014, while still owe more on their mortgages than average prices have slipped by roughly their homes are worth — a vestige of $40,000 to $1.73M.

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One of my favourite DIY projects is When designing a French-inspired transforming reclaimed furbedroom, I came across an niture such as dressers, taold dresser in the house bles and chairs so that they that was in good shape, but can take pride of place once had layers of gaudy paint again in new and innovative that were peeling and unways. sightly.

An old plank table top I knew it could be turned that once held planting pots into a gem. and trowels can be reinventI stripped, sanded and ed as a kitchen table. Wood primed the wood, then apchairs can be given new plied a fresh surface with character with paint and an ocher glaze. a freshly upholstered seat The glaze recipe is 1 part cushion. yellow ocher latex paint And for dressers — well, and 1 part water-based the possibilities are endless. glazing liquid.

The pieces that you take Over two base coats of DEBBIE the time to make over add a cream paint, I applied the TRAVIS special and personal touch coloured glaze with a soft to your rooms. rag, using long strokes and It’s great feeling to spend moving in one direction. a little hands-on time when This produces the look of decorating, and for some simple wood graining. of us it’s the best therapy around.

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DRESSER: Suits your style The top is decorated with toile print wrapping paper; you can also use wallpaper in any pattern that suits your style. The paper was cut to fit the top and applied with wallpaper glue. I used a soft rag to smooth out any bubbles or creases. To age the paper I rubbed a little of the ocher glaze over it, let it dry, then applied three coats of varnish to the top to seal and protect.

The finishing touch is the upholstery studs, bought in strips, and nailed around the edges and in a pre-marked diamond pattern over the paper. I replaced the handles with a set of fancy wrought iron ones and my toile dresser was complete.

Dear Debbie: My condo balcony needs some character, but it’s tiny. You always have ideas that are fun. What can I do to add some life to my four-bysix-foot outdoor room? — Marg Dear Marg: French bistro chairs are back in fashion and now come in every colour. They are not only inexpensive, but they are usually quite petite, and are perfect on a small balcony. For added comfort, cover the seats with plump cushions.

Bistro tables or pedestal tables take up little space and the style matches up with the chairs. Look for old zinc wash buckets at flea markets. They are a dusty grey and come in many sizes — perfect as planters.

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ABOVE: An ocher glaze is rubbed over the prepared surface to produce an aged glow.

RIGHT: Upholstery studs are hammered on to create a diamond pattern.

Build step-up shelves on the floor of the balcony along the railing to vary the height of the plants. Choose a decorative light fixture such as a small couch lamp or hurricane lamp for the wall. Set up one of these lamps beside the plants so you have uplighting, gorgeous at night.

Debbie Travis’s House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter. com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

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Dating apps can be great way to find mate Dear Harlan: What is your opinion on using apps like Tinder to meet men or women? — Looking Dear Looking: As long as you’re not married, in a relationship or desperately horny, it can be a positive way to connect.

Tinder and dating apps are popular and do a thorough search on Google because they turn dating into a game. (use quotes for search “John Smith�)

With Tinder, you see a picture. You before meeting face to face (meet in a swipe right if you like; you swipe left group).

You can control the pace and set you don’t. If someone swipes right and boundaries.

This is how you can figyou also swipe right, BOOM! You can ure out who is looking for a hot, fleetconnect and send messages.

Tinder is a way for people who don’t ing hookup and who wants a long-term want to use online dating sites to meet connection.

Dear Harlan: There’s a guy people without having to I’ve known for the past couadmit they’re on an online ple of years. We are frienddating site. ly. He strikes me as being It’s a backdoor way of on the shy side. What do you finding a connection withthink about a girl asking a out committing to the proguy on a date? What hapcess and facing humiliating pens if he’s not interested? rejection. Tinder makes — Not My Style you appear to not be very Dear Not My Style: I meet serious about looking, but a lot of women waiting for at the same time, it gives someone else to make the you a chance at love, lust or first move. You know what I creepy connections. call them? Single.

It’s all about accessibilI encourage women to ity. You find people; people make it safe for people to find you. And for those of HARLAN like them. Making it safe you who love to swipe right, means that you make it COHEN according to the Tinder clear that you’re interested. blog, it’s going to cost you It doesn’t necessarily mean extra (www.gotinder.com/ taking someone on a date. blog/keeping-tinder-real): It can be as simple as making it clear “We introduced an algorithm that intelligently limits the number of that you find that person interesting likes a user can make in a consecu- and wouldn’t say “No� if asked to go tive 12-hour period. Since introducing out.

Men love it when women show interthis just 10 days ago, we’ve seen a 25 est.

It makes it easier for us. We hate per cent increase in the number of matches per right swipe, a 25 per cent rejection as much as you do.

When you make that move and make increase in the number of messages per match, and a 52 per cent decrease it safe, we can move forward. If we in spam bots (another of our biggest don’t move forward, then you should move on. user complaints).�

A confident, comfortable, attractive, That said, Tinder can be another way of finding a meaningful connec- intelligent woman who shows her intion. The secret to Tinder and connect- terest in men is not a woman who stays ing online with new people is to set single for long.

Dear Harlan: I’ve struggled with boundaries and go slowly.

Some people on Tinder are look- shyness most of my life.

There’s someone I’d like to get to ing for a hookup; some are looking to cheat; some are looking for a meaning- know better, but my friends say she’s ful connection. With any dating app, out of my league.

How do you deal with being out of make sure you know who this person is someone’s league? Should I let this before meeting.

Find the person on Facebook, check stop me? — Minor Leaguer Dear Minor Leaguer: Leagues are him or her out on www.beenverified. com (do a quick background check) just excuses for you and your friends

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Scared and insecure people love hiding in the little leagues. I used to be a little leaguer. I thought all women were too good for me — even the ones I dated.

Then something happened: I realized I’m more than good enough. And that’s when the league disappeared. I realized some women are taller, shorter, bigger, smaller, lighter, darker and smarter than me. No woman is out of my league.

Of course, some women prefer an alpha male boyfriend, but there are more than enough beautiful, interesting and intriguing women in the world who would love to laugh, love and adore a man who adores them. I married one of these women.

You are the one to create your own league. Why don’t you feel good enough? Start with one thing you want to change. Pick it out. Find people who can help you. Find places where you can be helped.

Work to become comfortable with the uncomfortable. Do this every three months, and you will be in a totally new league in the next year or two.

Also, I highly recommend you get your friends to do the same thing. You can be the one to help them train for the big leagues.

Dear Harlan: I’ve started a new relationship. I’m very excited about it.

How do I balance new excitement with maintaining space? I don’t want to smother the relationship.

I have a history of getting overexcited and emotional. I don’t want to ruin this. Any suggestions? — Overexcited

Dear Overexcited: Have a life that belongs to you.

I used to drop everything when a woman would want me. It was more fun than anything else I had going on in my life. That’s why these women eventually dropped me.

It gets boring when you’re with someone who has nothing else going on in his life. Make sure you maintain a lifestyle that includes other people.

Make sure you do things on your own.

When you have a part of your life that belongs to you, these things will always be there for you forever.

I’m talking athletics, arts, meditation, spirituality, volunteering and anything else that gives you a sense of pride. The greatest gift you can give a relationship is to grow outside the relationship. This can be very hard in the infatuation phase, but you need to make a deliberate effort.

For example, do not cancel everything so you can spend every single day with this new person.

Continue to do things that feed the other parts of you. Not only will this make you more interesting, it will give you power and confidence.

When you have a life that belongs to you, it’s easier to say what you think and do what you feel.

It’s easier to demand respect and command respect because you always have life independent of your significant other. You don’t have to be scared of being single because you can always take care of yourself.

Do you get it? Have fun, but always make sure you have a life that belongs to you. That’s hot.

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DEANS Gavin Thomas 1959 - 2015 Gavin Deans, 55 passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on April 29, 2015, in Red Deer, Alberta, after a seven year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gavin is preceded in death by his father, Iain Deans. Gavin is survived by his mother, Kathleen Deans, his two daughters, Sasha and Tahliah Deans, and the mother of his children, Caryl Moore. Gavin was an only child, born in Dumfries, Scotland and grew up amongst the beauty of the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Gavin had a love for sports, especially soccer and golf. He also had a passion for cars. Gavin studied medicine, with a concentration on physiotherapy at the University of Leeds, in England. He emigrated to Canada in 1985, after which he opened his own practice, Westwood Physiotherapy Ltd. Gavin had a passion for helping people, which was clear to all of those around him. Gavin’s specialty was that of sports injuries, ranging from local athletes, Red Deer Rebels players, as well as NHL and Olympic athletes. Gavin had an amazing mind and he put his heart and soul into the care of his patients. He found so much joy in travelling and spending time with his family, who meant the absolute world to him. Gavin was taken away far too soon; however, in the short amount of time he was with us, he lived life to the fullest and touched many hearts. His accomplishments and strength of character will forever live on. Gavin was loved ever so deeply and will be greatly missed. “Where a beautiful soul has travelled, beautiful memories remain forever.”

As per Gavin’s request, there will be a private service.

Memorial donations in Gavin’s memory would be greatly appreciated, and can be made directly to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta, 4811 - 48 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3T2.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Sonya Henderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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SJARE A memorial service for BECKY SJARE will be held in her home town of Sylvan Lake on Sunday May 3rd at 1pm. The service will be held at H.J Cody School 4520 50 Street, Sylvan Lake Alberta.

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FINLAY 1933 - 2015 Pearl Finlay, Passed away at the age of 81 years on Thursday, April 23, 2015.

She was predeceased by her husband Doug in 2008. She will be sadly missed by her children; Ellen, Keith, Denise, Kevin, granddaughter Amy, friends, neighbors, one brother (George) and her twin sister (Rose) and their families.

She was a dedicated and hardworking LPN who retired at the age of 65 from the RDRH with a long service recognition award. The family wishes to extend their thanks to the staff and paramedics at the Red Deer Regional Hospital, and the University of Alberta Hospital. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

“One more kiss on my cheek, before I sleep” GLENWOOD FUNERAL HOME, SHERWOOD PARK (780)467-3337

WHITECOTTON 1936 - 2015 Dorothy Joyce Whitecotton (nee Gummow) of Lacombe passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre following a brief battle with cancer on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the age of 78 years. Joyce is survived by her sons Doug (Ruby) Graham, Dale (Sharon) Graham, Don (Janice) Graham, Brian (Karen) Graham and Kevin (Cindy) Graham; step children Louise (Elmer) Langlois, Larry Whitecotton, Sue (David) Ferguson, Myrna (Bill) Bruns, Cathy (Bob) Bolin, Marty (Laurie) Whitecotton, Julie (David Piotrowski) Brown and Laurie (Albert) Stol and step daughter-in-law Susan Whitecotton. Also to cherish Joyce’s memory are 32 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild as well as numerous nieces, nephews, family members and friends.

Family and friends are invited to drop in for a time of fellowship and the sharing of memories at the Valley Centre Hall, Red Deer County, located east of Red Deer on Range Road 260, north of highway 595 (19 Street from Red Deer) on Friday, May 8, 2015 between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m..

Casual attire is suggested. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 - Arnot Avenue, Red Deer AB T4R 3S6.

Condolences to Joyce’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

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HANCOCK Raymond Gilbert Oct. 25, 1950 - Apr. 27, 2015 It is with great sadness that the family of Raymond Hancock announce his passing at the Lacombe Hospital on April 27, 2015 at the age of 64 years, with his loving wife and family by his side. Ray fought a valiant battle with cancer until his passing. Ray is survived by his loving wife Wendy, his stepchildren; Lane Hancock, Lana (Darren) Goings, stepgranddaughters; Torie Goings, Tiffanie Mackay, Talesha Goings, step-great-grandchild; Alayna.

Ray is also survived by his sisters and brothers; Shirley Thompson, Diana Gillow, Bill Hancock, Brian Hancock, Randy Hancock, Wendy Vandermeer, Jimmy Hancock.

He is predeceased by his parents; Gilbert and Gertie Hancock. Ray had a great love for sports. He was especially fond of hockey.

His love of animals shone through as he took in many rescue animals in his lifetime, one of which was a special furry companion named Cody. Ray loved nature and enjoyed fishing with his brothers, hiking with his son in law, and camping with his family. Ray was employed with the Chinooks Edge School Division for 26 years.

He was very well respected for his abilities and skills he gave to them with his trades and expertise. Ray was a wonderful, very caring and kind man. He will be truly missed by his loving family and his many friends. To honour Ray’s wishes, there will be no funeral service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the SPCA 4505 77 Street, Red Deer, AB T4P 2J1. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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April 23 near Burnt Lake Trail, small black and tan female dog, about 15 lbs., named “Molly”. Pls. call 403-309-6903

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FOUND on walking trail in Barrett Park gold earring.

Call 403-352-7972 to identify.

SET of keys found at bus stop across the street from Caps on Kerry Wood Drive. To identify, call 403-347-6938.

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PROVINCIAL Sleep Group in Red Deer is an allied health clinic and has an immediate opening for a .5 FTE admin/receptionist.

Email resume to Karen Gain at kareng@psgi.ca Posting closes 5/8/2015.

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Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB. HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

Training provided. Flexible hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. Call Dave at 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave @homesreddeer.com

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 15 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $12/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. or Call 403-848-2356

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK

Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave.

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LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

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Apply after 2 p.m. Ask for the manager on duty.

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

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EXPERIENCED LABOURERS and HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS REQ’D. for pipeline construction.

Must have all safety tickets. and valid drivers license.

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8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of Blackfalds. Fax: 403-784-2330 Phone: 403-784-3811 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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May 1 & May 2 Fri. 2 - 8 & Sat. 9 - 2 Too many items to list!!

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Eastview Estates 132 ERICKSON DR. Apr. 30, May 1, 2 & 3 Thurs. 2 - 7, Fri. 9 - 7, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-3 Toys, tools, collectibles, household, new items daily Start your career!

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Inglewood 70 INGRAM Close, Fri., May 1, 6-8, Sat., May 2, 10-2 & Sun., May 3, 1-3.

Households, clothes, books, crafts, kids, adults, kitchen, electronics, sports, golf, Seamstress Dollie, and school supplies, Lots for everyone. Cleaning house out!

541794E2

Massage Therapy

1280

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

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.

Innisfail ESTATE SALE, furniture, housewares, home decor, collectibles, Xmas stuff, misc., Sat. and Sun., May 9 and 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 4705 - 48 Ave., Innisfail Looking for a place to live?

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Sylvan Lake 60 ROZIER CLOSE Ryders Ridge. Fri., May 1, 3 - 8, Sat. May 2, 9 - 4, Sun. May 3, 9 - 2 Fishing huts/tools, camping, luggage, tents, etc.

Handyman Services

1200

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

403-341-4445

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 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS

1290

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Misc.

Services

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

1310

1280

1370

Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, Painters/ small concrete/rock work, Decorators landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617 JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Massage Therapy

Roofing

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

DALE’S Home Reno’s 5* JUNK REMOVAL Free estimates for all your Property clean up 505-4777 reno needs. 403-506-4301 GARAGE DOOR SERVICES 403-358-1614 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

NOW is the time to get Call Roger 403-348-1060 your yard in shape.

Aerations & power rakes SIDING, soffit, fascia and 403-318-7625 custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

10 - 2am Private back entry

www.redapplestores.com

3 BDRM. duplex in Anders possibly pet friendly, fenced, new reno, $1500/mo + DD + utils, N/S. 403-347-2526

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Sherwood Cres.

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3 BDRM. 2 bath, bi-level, 5 appls., n/s, no pets, $1495. Avail. June 1.

403-505-1740

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SUNNYBROOK AREA

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

1178 SQ.FT 3 bdrm. main floor of house, w/dble. att. heated garage, Lacombe, June 1st, n/s, $1350/mo.

403-782-2007

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

VANIER AREA

820

1/2 DUPLEX, 1 bdrm. + den, c/w stove/fridge, no pets, n/s, 40+, $900 rent, $900 s.d., 403-348-0241

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive

540720D25,E2

We offer a fun, rewarding atmosphere, benefits and no weekends.

If you are an enthusiastic, motivated, team oriented applicant, please send your resume to: drjaredlong@gmail.com

3020

services

INGLEWOOD AREA

MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE OPTICAL INDUSTRY.

1860

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INGLEWOOD AREA

OPTICIAN/OPTOMETRIC ASSISTANT FOR A FULL OR PART TIME POSITION

Sporting Goods

CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/reBuying or Selling mote, used little $75, also your home? black glass tv stand, bought at Sims Check out Homes for Sale $125 403-352-8811 in Classifieds

Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres.

Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, Atlee / Ansett Cres.

NOW HIRING

LOVING M. Cat, needs a good home, acreage or farm preferred. TO GIVE AWAY. 403-886-8688

Deer Park

WWwWWES********************* For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

Patient centered eyecare focused on you and your family.

1830

LOVESEATS, Bowflex, dressers, lawn mower and OAK pedestal table w/4 much more. 26 Clark Cres. chairs and 1 leaf, good Sat. May 2, 9-4 weather cond. $150 firm permitting.

403-746-5123 318-5420

32” x 82” STEEL door, $50 obo. 403-341-3334

Brown Close/Barrett Dr. Bunn Cres.

Barrett Drive

Cats

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rentals

END Tables, (2) matching, $14. ea. or both for $25.

403-782-7439

ANDERS AREA

BOWER AREA

WINE Making equipment, numerous equipment to get started. 403-348-0122

1720

Furnishings

Jackson & Jarvis Close

810

1900

1930

BEAUMARK microwave, AIR HOCKEY by Sportsreg. size w/turntable $30 craft was $900 new, exc.

403-346-5360 cond, $200 403-352-8811 DEEP FRYER, Sears, GUN SHOW used once. $25.

May 2, 10 am - 5 pm, 403-343-1503 May 3, 10 am - 3 pm.

UFA Agri Centre West DRYER, Inglis HD, white Info: 403-347-3767 ext. large capacity, Electric. $100.

HOME Gym, $50.

403-341-9990 341-9990 403-340-1347 KENMORE fridge, white, REMINGTON Classic 18 c.f., Roper stove, white, 700, 338 Win Mag. 6x24, self-clean, $150 for both or custom muzzle break, will sell separate. $1200. obo. 403-348-9606 403-746-5123 T-BAR roll bar exercise equipment $200 obo Household 403-346-4263

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

TIMBERSTONE AREA

44 & 45 AVE.

1710

Household Appliances

WANTED

$229.00/mo.

WOODLEA

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

F/T Customer Service employee req’d.

Tasks: Keyholder Early evening and weekend shifts avail. Must be reliable and trustworthy.

Send resumes to: sw8903@sherwin.com or in person at 3301 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer.

MICHENER AREA

FLYER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s permanent F/T & P/T front counter staff for all shifts (days, eves. and wknds).

Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINTS

Dennison Cres. & 1 Block of Davison Dr.

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

OLDS Gymnastics club is currently looking for both Competitive level 1 NCCP or higher and Recreational coaches for Sept/2015.

Please send resumes to info@oldsgymnastics.com

DEER PARK AREA

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

LIZ ARDEN NY, NEW, 1 red croc., make-up bag, w/12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. This would make a great Mother’s Day gift, $195. value, Asking $50.

403-227-2976

APARTMENT size built-in dishwasher to give away 403-309-7787

CARRIERS REQUIRED

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Travel Packages

1700

CARRIERS REQUIRED

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

1760

1680

With 73 papers, approximately: $380.00/mo.

To deliver the

Misc. for Sale

buyer for items you want to FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, sell is with a Red Deer NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVEL ALBERTA LOGS Can deliver 40 Year Collection.

Alberta offers Advocate want ad. Phone Semi loads of pine, spruce, 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 309-3300. $200. obo SOMETHING tamarack, poplar.

403-346-2503 for everyone.

Price depends on location.

Make your travel Lil Mule Logging VINTAGE Royal Doulton Advocate plans now.

403-318-4346 Beswick horses, brown Opportunities shetland colt, foal and pony, 3 1/2” high $40; Royal Wanted Garden Dux Bohemian cat, porceSupplies lain, mint cond, $35; DC To Buy ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed SHOES cap size 7 3/8, like LAWN mower, rear bagger, new $18; Merrell Ortholite WANTED apartment size For Early Morning Delivery of the tuned up, ready to go, $80. shoes, air cushioned, size freezer, approx.

20@, RED DEER ADVOCATE by 6:30 am.

403-347-5873 6 1/2, like new $40 21”deep 403-346-5360 403-350-1077 Mon. - Sat. Reliable vehicle needed.

403-352-8811 WANTED rubber curb Tired of Standing? ramps. 403-347-3741 For ROSEDALE Area Health & Find something to sit on $391.00/mo. in Classifieds Beauty

For VANIER Area

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

1660

Firewood

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Yard Care

1430

SECOND 2 NONE Aerate, de thatch, eaves,cut grass, clean up, 403-302-7778 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Spring clean ups with aeration and edging $130 and up, weekly mowing, acreages, family-owned and operated, over 15 years experience, careful operators; Irish Green Yard Care 403 341 6620 SPRING cleaning, weekly mows, anything yards we do. familyyards.com or call 587-876-8969

1370

THE ROTOTILLER GUY Garden Rototilling & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

403-896-4869

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Roofing

D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 2, 2015 Houses/ Duplexes

3020

FOR LEASE, Executive style 1/2 duplex in Lacombe on large lot.

4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

SYLVAN LAKE 1 bdrm. home, ref’s req’d. May 1, $900 rent, $900 d.d. + utils. No calls after 8 pm.

403-887-5374

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

BEAUTIFUL townhouse, in Sylvan avail. May 15, 4 bdrm., 4 bath, main Ă oor open concept, single front att. garage/2 stalls at rear, lrg. deck, all appl., playground closeby, n/s, n/p. $1,600 mo. incl. town util.

RENTED

3190

Mobile Lot

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homes

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

2013 NISSAN 403-309-3382

Altima

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010 2008 HONDA CIVIC LX, 139,400 km., exc. con., carproof, $7,500 obo 1-403-396-9369

CLEAN TOWNHOUSE 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 appls, fenced back yard, storage shed, n/s. $1195 + DD June 1st. 403-343-0761

2006 VOLVO V50, leather int., cruise, air, rarely used in winter, 127,000 km, $8,000. 403-506-2568

LACOMBE 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, 5 appls., garage $1595/mo.

782-7156 357-7465

BOB GUMMOW Realtor

Royal LePage Network 403-598-7913 bobgummow@royallepage.ca Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

SEIBEL PROPERTY

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

Trucks

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

3050

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or June 1. 403-304-5337

CLEARVIEW

bi-level 4 Plex, 2+1 bdrms., 1.5 baths, $1125 avail. June 1 N/S, no pets.

Call 403-391-1780 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

SOUTH HILL

Upscale 2 bdrm., 1 1/2 bath, 5 appl., no pets, n/s, $1000/mo., avail. May 15 (403) 350-7722

Suites

3060

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park.

Mike 403-350-1620 403-986-6889

2000 FORD Ranger, 4X4, 210,000 km, V6, auto., a/c, cruise, hitch front & rear, $2,500 obo. 403-506-2568

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

MORRISROE MANOR

3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, Adult bldg. only, N/S No pets 403-596-2444

FREE‌LIST OF HOMES with owners phone numbers, addresses and prices. Call Help-U-Sell of Red Deer at 403-342-7355 MOVE IN ready 4 bed., 3 bath. bungalow, lots of renos, shingles, vinyl fence, appls, à ooring, granite counter, new covered deck, 22 x 30 garage and heated shop, across from green space Ann Craft 403-357-8628

RISER HOMES

4040

4090

Manufactured Homes

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Lots For Sale

4160

Open House Directory

Tour These Fine Homes

EASY!

The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

CALL CLASSIFIEDS

309-3300

SERGES HOMES

Open House 22 Coachill St. Blackfalds April 30, May 1, 2, 3 Hours: 1-5

5150

5160

RISER HOMES,

Spring into summer Special. Beautiful 2 story with amazing master ensuite, 3 bdrms. 2 1/2 baths, hardwood/tile, Many upgrades: legal fees, GST, sod, tree and appls. All for the price of $389,000. A must see!

Call LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

Residential Building Lots in a Gated, Maintenance Avail Immed: 1 fully furn bdrm for rent - $250 dd Free Golf & Lake Bedroom community, 25 minutes $500/mth. 403-396-2468 from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact COZY Furnished room, Mike at 1-403-588-0218 n/s, $575. 403-466-7979

4310

ATV's

Boats & Marine

WEST PARK

Out Of Red Deer

5120

SPRING INTO SUMMER SPECIAL 1390 sq. ft. bilevel 3 bdrm. 2 bath, att. garage, walkout, backs onto walk/trail system w/alley access, many upgrades. A must see! $430,000 inclds. Legal fees, GST, sod, tree, appls. 2012 CANAM Outlander Call LLOYD FIDDLER 800 R XT, power steering, 403-391-9294 winch, 2 quad boxes. 900 kms. $9000. 403-347-6344

TO BE MOVED 16 x 80 3 bdrm. 2 bath, 2 walkin closets, vaulted ceilings, 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, carpet/lino, inclds. appLs. N/S. No pets. and window coverings, n/s 403-596-2444 pet free home, $72,000 obo 403-350-0251

3090

Holiday Trailers

2010 OUTBACK Keystone Superlite 28’, 31’ w/hitch, 2 slideouts, good cond., $23,000 403-844-7970

THE NORDIC

Rooms For Rent

2008 SUZUKI Boulevard C109RT, loaded with saddle bags, windshield, cruise (manual), running lights, back rest, 44,500 kms.

Excellent Condition! $8200. o.b.o.

403-318-4653

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

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2 BDRM. 1 bath, 1 blk. to 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Bower Mall 54 Bell St. Newer bldg. secure entry $179,000 obo 403-346-7072 w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot OPEN HOUSE water, washer/dryer SAT. & SUN. 1-5 hookup, inà oor heating, a/c., 639 OAK ST. Springbrook car plug ins & balconies.

403-588-2550 Call 403-343-7955

May 1, 2 bdrm bsmt. suite, 4 appls, close to college, private entry, n/s, n/p, rent $750 + utils. $750 DD 403-845-2926

5080

MOVE IN TODAY

Condos/ Townhouses

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL 2 bdrms, balcony, no pets $875 403-346-5885

Motorcycles

4020

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

5050

2004 SILVERADO, diesel, exc. con.

403-342-0813

~ 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.

1957 FORD SKYLINER Retractable Hardtop $42,500. 403-742-9417

TO ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY HERE!

WatersEdge Marina

Full Title Boat Slips Starting at $58,000 Located in Brand New Marina, Downtown Sylvan Lake, AB www.watersedgeslyvan.com 2006 HONDA turbo watercraft (2) with trailer and covers, 30 hr. on each, $15,000. 403-506-2568

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

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Kira Williams, 9, writes a message in chalk memorializing Freddie Gray during a celebration in the street the day of the announcement of charges against the police officers involved in Gray’s arrest, Friday, in Baltimore.

‘No one is above the law’ PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCES CHARGES FOR SIX POLICE OFFICERS IN DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE — Saying “no one is above the law,� Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced charges Friday against six officers involved in the arrest of a black man whose neck was broken in police custody, a decision that comes amid outrage around the country over police brutality against African-Americans.

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby declared that Freddie Gray’s death was a homicide, his arrest was illegal, and his treatment amounted to murder and manslaughter. She detailed what happened to Gray during his arrest and the more than 30-minute ride in a police wagon, her outline either contradicting what police have said or shedding far more light on Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS what happened inside the wagon.

From top row from left, Caesar R. Goodson Gray’s knife was legal, not illegal as an officer claimed. And officers repeatedly refused Jr., Garrett E. Miller and Edward M. Nero, and to get Gray medical help, even though he kept bottom row from left, William G. Porter, Brian asking for it, telling them he needed an in- W. Rice and Alicia D. White, the six police haler and later that he couldn’t breathe. At officers charged with felonies ranging from one point, he was shackled at the legs and put back in the wagon on his stomach. At another assault to murder in the death of Freddie Gray. stop, an officer “spoke to the back of Mr. Gray’s head,� and even though he was unresponsive, who is representing at least one of the officers, made “no effort to look or assess or determine is expected to hold a news conference Friday afternoon. his condition.�

It’s not clear who is representing the other “The findings of our comprehensive, thorough and independent investigation, coupled officers.

President Barack Obama said it was “absowith the medical examiner’s determination that Mr. Gray’s death was a homicide,� Mosby lutely vital that the truth comes out.� He said said, “has led us to believe that we have prob- he doesn’t comment on the legal process, “but I can tell you that justice needs to be served.� able cause to file criminal charges.� “Those individuals who are charged obviOnlookers cheered and expressed amazement over Mosby’s announcement, which few ously are also entitled to due process and rule expected so quickly. The city, which saw loot- of law,� he said.

Mosby said Gray was illegally arrested and ing and businesses and cars burned on Monday, was still under a nighttime curfew and assaulted. He was handcuffed and then hoistNational Guard troops and police were out in ed into the metal compartment of a police van full force. More than 200 people have been ar- without the seatbelt that all officers are told rested and police said nearly 100 officers were they must put on for safety of both detainees and officers. The van’s driver failed to restrain injured.

As Mosby spokes on the steps of the War Gray at least five different times, she said.

At some point along the way, Gray suffered a Memorial Building, cheers and shouts of “Justice!� erupted. Mosby announced the charges mysterious spinal injury and died a week later.

Mosby said what police described as an ilone day after receiving the results of the internal police investigation and the autopsy legal switchblade — Officer Garrett E. Miller report. As she spoke, the city braced for huge swore in a court record under penalty of perjury that he found such a knife clipped inside protests Friday and Saturday. “Mr. Gray suffered a severe and critical Gray’s pants pocket — was actually a legal neck injury as a result of being handcuffed, knife, and provided no justification for Gray’s shackled by his feet and unrestrained inside arrest. of the BPD wagon,� she said.

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June 1 Call 403-304-5337

LIFESTYLE

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When girlfriend drinks, she is another person

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Having dreams and aspirations for the future is fabulous — as long as they are grounded in reality. Stick to your goals, and don’t let someone Saturday, May 2 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: lead you up the primrose path to trouble.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When it comes to Ellie Kemper, 35; David Beckham, 40; David a current problem, let your intuition point you Suchet, 69 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: A loved one in the right direction. But don’t promise more — professionally and personcould be disruptive so it’s up to ally — than you can realistically you to find out what’s really bothdeliver. ering them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): HAPPY BIRTHDAY: With disWhat you want and what you cipline and a practical plan, you need are not necessarily the can make your dreams come true same thing. You may have to over the next 12 months. Listen adjust your goals and dreams to what your inner voice is telling so they are more ambitious. you.

Are you being too sensible and ARIES (March 21-April 19): safe?

You need to be more proactive LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): when it comes to finances. Don’t The planets are activating your let someone spin you a story.

JOANNE money zones, which increases Check the facts with an expert — MADELEINE your longing for luxury items — if something sounds too good to MOORE and your tendency to impulse be true, it probably is! shopping. Avoid purchasing TAURUS (April 20-May 20): things that you really can’t afBulls are in the mood to socialize ford. and help out. You’re concerned SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Has a close for the welfare of others, but make sure you ask first before you charge in and provide relationship been going through a bumpy patch? practical assistance.

You’ll feel more confident about the future GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll feel impatient as Mercury and Venus increase your today, as the planets put you in a more posicuriosity, and lower your boredom threshold. tive frame of mind.

Uranus encourages you to extend your peer group to include a creative new crowd.

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HOROSCOPES

Dear Annie: I’ve been dating my girl- control. She may be awesome when friend for four years, and she’s almost she’s sober, but this type of drinking perfect. rarely gets better without effort.

She has only one flaw: Would she seek help (and She rarely drinks, but when do the work) if you told her she does, she becomes verit was make-or-break for bally abusive and physithe relationship? If she isn’t cally destructive. The folwilling to talk to her doclowing morning, I always tor, attend AA meetings or get blamed for her being so find other support and/or drunk and not stopping her, therapy groups for problem but every time I try to stop drinkers, she isn’t as wonher, she just drinks more. derful as you think.

This happens roughly evDear Annie: Like “Broery other month. The rest of kenhearted Mom,” I, too, the time she’s awesome, fun kicked my son out of the and supportive, and I love house, although he was 17, MITCHELL being around her. But when not 21. she drinks, she becomes anI basically raised him & SUGAR other person. alone since he was three.

I don’t think she’s an alWe had a tumultuous relacoholic, but I don’t know tionship, he was into drugs what she is. Is there anyand alcohol like his father, thing I can do? and I just couldn’t take it anymore.

I love her. I just don’t know if I can He stumbled through life, eventustand any more heartache. Should I let ally moving to a city 150 km away. her go? — Bewildered Boyfriend We maintained contact for a while, Dear Bewildered: Probably. Part of and then he dropped out of my life for the problem is that she’s a nasty binge a year. He would not answer any of my drinker. But the rest is that she refuses texts or calls. to take responsibility for her behaviour and blames you for her lack of Please see ANNIE on Page D10

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ANNIE: Never give up The only thing that kept me sane was the thought that if something terrible happened, the police would notify me.

My son finally contacted me when he hit bottom from a gambling addiction (on top of everything else).

He asked to come home for a bit to get back on track, and I let him. That was five years ago. He is now 26 and still not where I would like him to be, but he is working and self-sufficient, and happier and more satisfied with his life.

The best part is, we have a relationship again and often tell each other “I love you” — something I had wondered whether he felt for me.

I just want to tell “Brokenhearted” to keep the contact via text, voicemails, whatever. Don’t ever give up on your son. Someday he will need you and want you back in his life. — Blessed Mom Dear Blessed: We are so glad things worked out between you and your son, and we appreciate your words of hope. Some addictions are too difficult to overcome, however, and parents must learn to accept that which they cannot change. We hope you know how fortunate you are.

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SIGNS: Sagittarius SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): With Venus in your relationship zone, you’re at your romantic best as you lavish your partner with extra affection. Singles — look for love with a lusty Libran or a generous Gemini.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Enjoy communicating with loved ones today Capricorn, as you look for the best in others — and temporarily ignore their annoying flaws! Fun group activities are also favoured.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Hopefully you’re not working, because you’re in the mood for some frivolous fun. Be careful you’re not railroaded into doing something you really don’t believe in. Stick to your principles.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s a great day for creative and spiritual pursuits Pisces, but not so good for making rational decisions. Spend some time making your living space more beautiful and peaceful.

A Pakistani health worker gives polio vaccine to a child at a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan’s beleaguered battle to eradicate polio is threatening a global, multibilliondollar campaign to wipe out the disease worldwide.

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Foundation, one of the partners in the eradication effort.

To date smallpox is the only human disease that has ever been eradicated. Buoyed by the success of that program, four partners embarked on a bid to rid the world of crippling polio in 1988. Their goal was to complete the task by the year 2000.

The four original partners were the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the service club Rotary International.

The Gates Foundation joined the fight later on.

Wenger acknowledged the Boko Haram insurgency in northern Nigeria is creating problems by limiting access to some children who require vaccination.

But he said surveillance programs that look for cases of paralysis in children are still operating. Po-

lio program leaders are “reasonably confident” the virus isn’t spreading in Nigeria, Wenger said, though he cautioned “we clearly are not out of the woods there.”

There have also been improvements in Pakistan, where violence against polio vaccination teams in some parts of the country has bedevilled the efforts there. There have been all too frequent killings of vaccination teams — and the police escorts assigned to keep them safe — by supporters of the Taliban, which has opposed polio vaccination in Pakistan.

Aziz Memon, the chair for Rotary’s PolioPlus committee in Pakistan, said renewed efforts to secure the safety of vaccination teams appear to be working.

The current target for extinguishing polio is the end of this year.

Sunday, May 3 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Kristin Lehman, 43; Kevin Kilner, 57 Chris Mulkey, 67 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Be extra patient when communicating with others.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: October is the best month of the year for you as Mars, Jupiter and Pluto boost motivation, luck and personal power. So do all you can to capitalise on this good fortune.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Expect some mood swings, as the stars stir up emotions. Exercise is a great way to burn off extra nervous energy. Singles — it will take a while to find the perfect partner. Be patient.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Avoid making major financial decisions today, as you are likely to skip over important details in the process. Nervous energy and stress levels are high so pace yourself Bulls.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): All forms of communication will be complicated today, as people seem at cross-purposes and stress levels are high. Think things through before sending messages on social media.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Moon’s in Scorpio today, so your obsessive/compulsive nature is likely to go into overdrive. Try to relax and pace yourself Crabs, otherwise you’ll be exhausted by bedtime.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Social networking will strengthen your professional connections, but don’t neglect the personal touch and face-to-face contact. And be careful a smoothtalking friend doesn’t lead you astray.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll feel super sensitive today and any criticism will hurt you deeply. Try not to take things too personally, avoid passing on gossip — and don’t believe everything you hear!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you are travelling — locally, interstate or overseas — then allow yourself plenty of time as complications and delays are likely. Time for laid-back Librans to relax and go with the flow.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Avoid making momentous financial decisions, as you are not seeing the full picture and may jump to confusing conclusions. The more you focus on others, the better the day will be.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t allow others to squash your confidence or cramp your Sagittarian style. With Saturn in your sign, it’s time to step up to the plate and show others what you are capable of.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re not in the mood for superficial activities or trivial topics. You’re keen to deal with serious subjects and ambitious projects. Don’t overlook the needs of a loved one though.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There may be a problem with a child, teenager or friend today. So don’t make matters worse by appearing to be detached and uncaring. Take the

time to really listen to their concerns.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The more disorganised you are, the more difficult the day will be. And don’t assume other people understand what you’re talking about. Take the time to explain things carefully.

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TORONTO — The nearly three-decades-long battle to wipe out polio is making significant progress and may be poised for success, leaders in the campaign said Thursday.

“Our consensus in the polio community is that we’ve never been in a better place to hold hopes of being able to eradicate this disease once and for all,” said Peter Crowley, UNICEF’s head of polio, during a media briefing on the state of the program.

Crowley and others quickly noted, though, that it is too soon to declare victory. All who have worked on the polio program know that with this wily virus, complacency is a dangerous state of mind. Too often gains have been followed by devastating setbacks.

To date this year there have only been 23 cases of polio recorded, in only two countries — Pakistan and Afghanistan. Last year at this time there had been 68 cases spread over eight countries.

Adding to the optimism is the fact that Nigeria has not reported a single case in more than eight months. Africa’s most populace country is one of three remaining countries where polio is considered endemic, meaning spread there has never been completely snuffed out.

Viruses from the endemic countries sometimes spill over into neighbouring nations — sometimes even countries far afield — and ignite outbreaks.

If Nigeria goes 12 months without a case, it will come off the endemic countries list, leaving only Afghanistan and Pakistan as places where polio viruses are spreading.

A further indication that transmission may have stopped in Nigeria is the fact that the country has not found wild polio viruses in the sewage surveillance system it operates. People infected with polio shed viruses in their stool; a number of countries test sewage for polio viruses as a way to enhance surveillance.

“We have never gone anywhere near this long without any wild polio virus isolated from either Nigeria or of course Africa,” said Jay Wenger, director of the polio program for the Bill and Melinda Gates