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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The day before the Alberta election, the governing Progressive Conservatives were forced to address lurid allegations surrounding their former justice minister’s failed marriage.

A judge lifted a ban that had kept from the public allegations that Jonathan Denis kneed his estranged wife, Breanna Palmer, in the face, tampered with her car’s brakes and threw temper tantrums while their months-long marriage fell apart earlier this year.

Justice Craig Jones also removed an emergency protection order against Denis. The judge said he was satisfied Palmer is “not in danger of family violence.”

“I accept Miss Palmer’s anxieties rising from her interactions with Mr. Denis ... are real,” Jones said Monday. “I am not persuaded that they rise to the level of an objectively reasonable fear of family violence.”

Denis, who has not been charged with any crime, said he was looking forward to getting back to the campaign in its final hours. But the decision didn’t stop Palmer’s allegations from being a hot topic as voters prepared to make their choice.

Premier Jim Prentice asked Denis to resign his cabinet portfolio on April 25 — three weeks into the campaign and a day after a judge granted Palmer a

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temporary emergency protection order. The order’s details were sealed from publication, however, and Denis remained a candidate for the party in Calgary Acadia. Prentice said he had confidence in Denis as a person.

The Wildrose Party called for Denis to resign Monday given the “serious allegations” revealed when the publication ban was lifted.

Prentice refused to cut Denis loose.

“A marriage breakdown is a tragic circumstance for all involved. And that is what this remains, a matrimonial dispute that continues to be extremely difficult for both of these people,” he said in a statement.

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MOCK ACCIDENT

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Stealing a car that sat idle at a gas station and then driving it around for four days landed a Red Deer woman 18 months of probation.

But Jessica Masyk, 25, still has a significant trial date ahead of her. In August, she faces charges surrounding the hit and run death of Trystan Sorensen, 18, on May 20, 2014, west of Penhold on Hwy 592.

On Monday in Red Deer provincial court, Masyk pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property over $5,000, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and two counts of breaching a recognizance.

As a result of the pleas, the Crown withdrew three possession of controlled substances charges, as well as one count of possession of stolen property under $5,000, being a party to a theft and being a party to a failing to appear.

Masyk was observed on June 12, 2014, in the passenger seat of a vehicle driven by Steven Lagace, 30, as it pulled into a gas station in Eckville. Shortly afterwards, a truck pulled into the gas station and the owner got out of the vehicle and went inside.

Masyk exited Lagace’s vehicle, got into the truck and drove it away. The incident was caught on the gas station’s surveillance cameras.

Over the next four days, Masyk was observed by police in the Penhold and Red Deer area behind the wheel of the truck stolen form Eckville. On June 16, Red Deer RCMP saw her behind the wheel and arrested her. At the time, the truck had a licence plate that did not match the registration. The plate was stolen in April.

Crown prosecutor Blair Brandon suggested a sentence of 30 days in jail, plus a probation term, as the crime was clearly more than a momentary lapse of judgment.

Masyk’s counsel Kaitlyn Perrin recommended a probation of 18 to 24 months, saying Masyk has demonstrated remorse and has already spent some time in jail. From Aug. 11 to Oct. 22, 2014, Masyk was held in custody on charges related to breaking into vehicles in Highland Green in Red Deer. Those charges were later withdrawn by the Crown.

Judge Bert Skinner said it was quite clear Masyk knew she was doing something wrong and sentenced her to 18 months of probation and a $1,500 fine.

Included in that probation is a no contact order with Lagace and encouragement to seek counselling.

Brandon said controlled substances were an underlying factor in the crime, though the charges were withdrawn. Perrin agreed to both the counselling and abstinence clauses on the probation order.

Masyk goes to trial on Aug. 19 on charges including failing to remain on scene, driving while unauthorized and creating a false police report. Those charges were laid in relation to the May 20, 2014, hit-and-run death of Sorensen, who was on the side of the highway.

Lagace pleaded guilty to arson, possession of stolen vehicle, possession of a controlled substance and being unlawfully at large in September 2014. Lagace burned the vehicle that Masyk is alleged to have driven the night Sorensen was hit and killed. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Although it looks bad for Cylis Lamb, 11, this scene was staged at St Martin de Porres School in Red Deer on Monday morning. During the mock accident Grade 4 and 5 students at the school learned the importance of being aware of traffic. Emergency Medical Technicians from HSE Integrated and the RCMP responded to the car versus pedestrian mock collision. This week marks the North American Occupational Safety and Health Week. “Statistically, youth from the age of 9 to 12 are the most likely to be involved in a traffic accident,” said Lisa Vogt, Occupational Health and Safety Co-ordinator with Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools.

Alberta’s fate in the hands of voters

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF When it comes to voter turnout, will Albertans ever see the likes of 1935 again?

That was the year of the largest voter turnout for a provincial election in Alberta’s history. It was 81.8 per cent of eligible voters.

That was also the year that voters tossed out the United Farmers of Alberta and the province embraced Social Credit.

It would stay that way for the next 36 years (and nine elections) until Peter Lougheed’s Progressive Conservatives arrived, voter turnout was 72 per cent and a 44-year dynasty commenced.

Whether the PC long-distance majority run continues is entirely up to those voters who show up today to cast a ballot to elect one of 87 MLAs. Elections Alberta says there are 2,543,127 Albertans eligible to vote today. Weather shouldn’t be an excuse not to make it to the local polling stations, which are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The forecast for Red Deer is mainly sunny, with a high of 19C, and a small chance of showers.

And for the diehards, the Calgary Flames Stanley Cup playoff game in Calgary against Anaheim shouldn’t be much of a factor either. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. but for those who need to vote during the last half hour that the polls are open, one can always set the PVR. Whether voter turnout will increase over the 2012 trend-breaking number is anybody’s guess.

The pattern of lower and lower voter turnout started in 1997. In 1993, it was 60.2 per cent. But from 1997 until the 2012 election, things started to slide.

Voter turnout in 1997 was 52.8 per cent, 2001 (52.8), 2004 (44.7), and 2008 (40.6).

In 2012, Albertans, who were seeing the Wildrose Party gathering momentum and threatening the PC’s longevity, got a little more excited about voting, and almost 14 per cent more eligible voters showed up than in 2008, bringing the total turnout to 54.4 per cent (1,290,223 voters), the highest since 1993.

Low voter turnout tends to help the governing party. Those who don’t support the status quo may be inclined to be apathetic, believing their vote doesn’t count.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Julio the chiweenie is one of the most important passengers on Progressive Conservative Leader Jim Prentice’s campaign bus.

The dog was left in the care of Prentice and his wife Karen by his daughter for a bit of dogsitting the past few weeks and has become a welcome member of the campaign team. A chiweenie is a cross between a chihuahua and a daschund, otherwise known as a wiener dog.

“He’s a presence on the bus. He weighs barely five pounds, but he’s happy and he just wants to be part of it,” says Prentice. “He’s providing comic relief. He looks like he’s from the Star Wars movie — that scene in the bar. He’s a pretty odd looking guy but you can’t not love him.”

While Albertans have heard plenty about the election platforms over the last four weeks, the leaders of the four main parties vying for power in Tuesday’s vote were asked to share a few things people might not know about them.

Prentice says he’s a binge TV watcher and he lists True Detective as his favourite show. He says most people don’t know that he’s an outdoorsman.

“I don’t think people know how much time I spent climbing and rambling in the Rocky Mountains and hiking and any chance I get I go fly fishing as well.”

NDP boss Rachel Notley says her favourite TV show is Game of Thrones and there are advantages to being in charge when you cruise around the province in an orange mini-van dubbed the “Rachel-mobile.”

“We rotate through the playlist for the songs, but I get my pick more often than others because I sit in the front so that’s kind of fun,” she laughed.

She’s a dog person too.

“We have a three-legged rescue dog. I’m not sure how many people know that.”

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says he’s slept a few nights in his party-painted, second-hand RV, which he purchased when the election began.

He lists House of Cards as his favourite show “because it gives me a good idea of what my competition is all about.”

While pundits felt he was too wooden in the leaders’ debate, Jean says there are two things the public needs to know about him.

“I am not a robot. I actually have a personality and am a pretty funny guy,” he deadpans.

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DENIS: Wants to get back on campaign trail Palmer, a model and former beauty queen, provided a lengthy list of complaints against Denis, including that he ripped a TV out of the wall and the seat off a toilet as the relationship eroded.

She alleged that in the spring of 2014 he kneed her in the nose when she went to kiss him while he was in bed, causing her nose to bleed. Palmer said her car was broken into twice and both her clutch and brakes were damaged. She also alleged Denis’s mother once locked her in the couple’s home.

“She indicated they were both miserable,” said Jones, who noted that not all of the allegations held up under cross-examination.

“Ripping the TV from the wall may not have been an accurate description of what actually happened,” the judge said.

“The bloody nose incident arose as a result of a knee-jerk reaction of being woken unexpectedly by Miss Palmer attempting to perform an intimate act upon his person.”

Denis hugged his lawyer after the decision and made a brief statement outside court.

“The court has totally thrown out the action against my mother and I. It’s been a very difficult week for my family and friends, but I’m so thankful for all the people across the province who have contacted me,” Denis said. “My priority in the next 24 hours is taking this suit off and getting back to the doors and winning Calgary Acadia.”

Palmer would only say she was disappointed with the ruling.

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Alberta Party candidate resigns over offensive joke posted online CALGARY — The Alberta Party candidate in Calgary-Glenmore has resigned from the party the day before the election for what he described as an “inappropriate” joke he posted online months ago.

Terry Lo apologized on Monday and called posting the joke an error in judgment, adding no offence Voters cast their ballots Tuesday with pollsters suggesting the 44-year Tory dynasty is being threatened by the Wildrose to the right and the NDP to the left.

The New Democrats, who have never won more than 16 seats in Alberta, are enjoying a wave of momentum following a debate that most pundits say leader Rachel Notley won.

Notley spent Monday campaigning in Edmonton.

She said the party’s message has resonated so well she thinks it can make inroads in traditionally conservative rural Alberta.

The chief electoral officer said Monday voting at advance polls was up 31 per cent over the last election.

VOTE: Go do it now Higher vote turnout can signal that change is wanted and people are not happy with the rule of the day.

Red Deer College political science instructor David Baugh said on Monday that the standard demographic Canadawide is voter turnout tends to be higher among three groups — people who are older, more affluent and more educated.

For example, in the 2012 federal election, only 38.8 per cent of 18-to-24-years-olds voted, whereas 75 per cent of those ages 65 to 74 voted.

If it’s a close contest, there’s more at stake, Baugh said.

“According to opinion poles, (today’s election) is “by no means a cake walk for anybody so that should help voter turnout.”

Good weather should help voter turnout ... and an extra day of advance voting should help too, Baugh said.

“Particularly because the NDP is ahead, that could improve voter turnout among youth because

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Conservatives and Wildrose tend to appeal to an older group of voters,” Baugh said.

“I think there certainly is a lot of interest,” said Baugh.

Something that concerns him, though, is although political interest may have increased in the younger age group, political knowledge has decreased.

“It could be partly the cyber age we live in that people are being dumbed down a bit ... a 140-stroke tweet is not necessarily going to give you an analysis.”

Retired Red Deer MP Bob Mills suspects today’s election turnout could increase over 2012.

“I think there has to be some excitement, and of course it has to be a contest. I think this year there is one.”

Everything you hear and read ... is saying there is a contest. I think that does spur people to get out (and vote),” said Mills.

“I predict a pretty big turnout. ... I’m not so sure about Red Deer but overall provincially I think it will be pretty big.”

Mills, who was MP for Red Deer from 1993 to 2008, is out of politics completely but everywhere he goes people have been talking to him about the election.

“I think there is an appetite for change. ... It’s much, much stronger than I would have ever predicted.”

“I’ve been voting since I was 18. ... I think it’s my duty ... and I guess probably as the Foreign Affairs critic for all those years, travelling to all those countries in war over democracy makes me feel like everybody should vote. It’s your job ... you just must vote.”

The very first voter turnout in the country goes back 148 years, in 1867, when Canada had a population of 3,230,000. There were 361,028 electors on lists with 268,387 ballots cast, resulting in a 73 per cent turnout. barr@reddeeradocate.com

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The joke about a priest, a rabbi and a small boy was posted in response to a challenge to submit the most offensive joke possible.

Lo’s name will still appear on ballots for Tuesday’s vote, since provincial regulations don’t allow candidates to drop out less than 48 hours before an election.

But he won’t represent the Alberta Party moving forward.

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Although unseen in this photo, Red Deer College physics and astronomy instructor Robbie Halonen uses a red laser pointer to identify individual stars, nebula, and constellations in a portable planetarium on Monday. Halonen gave five sessions at West Park Middle School Monday and will be visiting Camille, St. Pat’s, Gateway Christian, St. Francis, Normandeau and Glendale middle schools this week. After becoming accustomed to the darkness inside the planetarium the night sky projected on the inside of the inflatable dome becomes visible. The planetarium is on loan from the Telus World of Science and is brought to Red Deer by the Alberta Science Network.

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Promises, promises WHAT COULD ALBERTA LOOK LIKE TOMORROW? A LOOK AT WHAT PARTIES ARE OFFERING frontline services. The plan includes cutting one-third of government managers and half the managers in Alberta Health Services. The party would also slash government travel and advertising budgets, limit the use of consultants, roll back pay for politicians and reprioritize infrastructure projects. ● A law that would ban floor-crossing without a byelection and allow for citizens to recall their member of the legislature. ● A health wait-time guarantee that would allow patients to travel outside the province for services and cover the cost up to the government rate in the public system. ● An end to school fees and development of a provincewide grading standard with letter or percentage marks for students in Grades 5 to 12. ● Creation of an infrastructure priority list in an effort to remove political interests from project approvals.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — What could Alberta look like after Tuesday’s election?

Here’s a look at some of the platform planks of the main political parties:

Progressive Conservatives Premier Jim Prentice has been campaigning on a budget brought down right before the election was called.

He touts it as a 10-year plan to get the province’s finances off a dependence on oil. It includes: ● An end to Alberta’s 10 per cent flat income-tax rate with the phase-in of two new tax brackets for those making more than $100,000 or $250,000 a year. No increases to the province’s 10 per cent corporate tax. ● A health levy for individuals making more than $50,000 a year. The amount would be tied to income and capped at $1,000 annually. ● A gasoline tax hike of four cents a litre. ● Child supplement for families earning less than $41,220 a year to a maximum of $2,750 each year. ● Shedding of 2,016 full-time jobs across all departments, although most of those positions are already vacant.

Prentice promised even deeper cuts during the campaign, saying he would cut 80 of 320 agencies, boards, and commissions by the end of the fiscal year and demand wage freezes from unionized staff.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley has been campaigning on having the wealthy pay more to fund better health care

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Alberta Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean arrives at a campaign whistle stop in Olds on Monday. and education. She’s promising: ● A Resource Owners Rights Commission to review the royalties oil companies pay to the province. ● A boost in the corporate tax rate to 12 per cent from 10 per cent. Increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018. Current wage is $10.20. ● More tax brackets for high earners than the Tories are proposing: a 12 per cent rate on income between $125,000 and $150,000; 13 per cent on income between $150,000 and $200,000; 14 per cent between $200,000 and $300,000 and 15 per cent over $300,000.

NDP would also roll back the Tory

health levy. ● The creation of 2,000 long-term care spaces over four years. ● A ban on corporate and union donations to political parties.

Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean, elected to the position just days before the campaign began, has been running on a firm commitment not to raise taxes. The Wildrose plan includes: ● A promise to balance the budget by 2017 with no tax increases or cuts to

Interim Leader David Swann has been running on the need for an effective opposition and has pledged to co-operate with the NDP in a minority government situation. Here are some of the issues the Liberals have focused on: ● A progressive income tax system and a boost in corporate taxes in the range of what the NDP is proposing. ● Legislation to ensure pay equity for women and better enforcement of the Human Rights Act. ● Government funding for infertility treatment and the teaching of consent in sex education classes. ● Mandatory vaccinations for children unless parents sign a form acknowledging the risks of not vaccinating.

New Democrat upsurge has federal Conservatives wondering OTTAWA — Linda Duncan’s phone is ringing off the hook.

For just over six years, she’s been the lone Alberta New Democrat in the House of Commons, having taken the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona away from the Conservatives in the 2008 federal election.

But the province is such a bastion of conservatism — home to the prime minister and several key cabinet ministers as well as four decades of provincial Conservative rule — that Duncan’s views on the province’s political landscape haven’t gotten much air time. Until now.

Polls suggest that the provincial New Democrats are poised to dramatically increase their seat count in Tuesday’s elections, if not take over the legislature altogether. People are already calling Duncan to get a start on transferring that support to this fall’s federal campaign.

“Alberta won’t go all orange, it will take time federally,” she said in an interview from Edmonton on Monday.

“But if this is the change in mindset, I think the important thing is people are saying I don’t have to be cynical anymore, I don’t have to listen to the fearmongering. I can actually make a choice and make a difference.”

Most Tories in Ottawa on Monday shrugged off the idea that an NDP provincial victory in Alberta would spur radical change federally in October.

They say voters in Alberta haven’t suddenly switched ideologies, but are looking at casting protest ballots.

“Forty-four years is a long tenure.

Time will tell,” said Kevin Sorenson, Conservative MP for Crowfoot, allud-

ing to the Tory tenure in Alberta.

Conservative MP James Rajotte of Edmonton, said his sense is that the Liberals, not the NDP, are the biggest challenge in the federal election.

“I don’t know there’s too much you can draw from the provincial election and transpose it to the federal,” he said.

Brent Rathgeber, a former Edmonton Conservative and now an Independent MP, said there are lessons to learn — among them that federal politicians should not take Albertans for granted.

“People are thinking about this stuff and researching about accountability, about trust, about integrity and considering their options,” he said.

“And I think that gives non-Harper aligned candidates some cause for optimism that people in Alberta are not voting as a reflex for the Conservative candidate.”

Neither Prime Minister Stephen Harper nor NDP Leader Tom Mulcair have set foot in the province since January, despite having criss-crossed the country several times. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau spent a day in Calgary in February.

More federal Tories, however, have

been spotted on the provincial campaign trail than in the last Alberta election, when they were ordered to stay out of what was essentially a fight between two conservative factions.

The Conservatives need to keep the entire spectrum of their base engaged, rather than risk bleeding votes either to the Liberals or the NDP, said Michele Austin, a longtime Conservative

strategist at both the provincial and federal level who now works at Summa Strategies.

While the Tories have the tools to know their voters better than anyone, those voters aren’t who they used to be and the face-to-face contact is essential, she said.

“The lesson for everyone is Alberta is evolving and changing,” she said.

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A province in transition ALBERTA’S POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE IS UNCERTAIN, NOW AND IN OCTOBER In normal circumstances, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives would have fanned out across Alberta last weekend in a last-ditch effort to save the province’s Tory dynasty from a historical defeat in Tuesday’s election ... and to earn some brownie points for themselves.

But with conservatives fighting conservatives in the party’s heartland, CHANTAL the Alberta HÉBERT campaign trail is no place for Harper’s MPs to store goodwill in advance of their own upcoming reelection campaign.

If they are to unite the feuding Wildrose and Tory supporters behind them next fall, wisdom dictates that the federal Conservatives keep themselves as high above the Wildrose/Tory fray as they humanly can.

Chances are that in the immediate future, the federal aftershock of the political earthquake that is shaking the provincial pillars of the Alberta

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Tory temple will not be massive.

As Alberta goes provincially today, it will not automatically go federally.

The dynamics of the two back-toback campaigns are strikingly different.

But over the longer term, it would be unwise for the federal Conservatives to bet that their virtual monopoly on Canada’s third-largest province is immune to the tectonic shift that may see the NDP in power in Edmonton.

In the big picture, it was actually only a matter of time before Alberta’s politics became more diverse.

Sooner or later, the changing demographics of the province were bound to impact on its voting patterns.

Its population has been growing faster than the Canadian average. Its median age (37) is the lowest of the four big provinces.

There is not a poll that does not show that the younger the electorate, the better the NDP, the Liberals and the Greens fare versus the Conservatives.

The emergence of the NDP as the leading candidate for provincial government is the biggest crack to date in the monolithic facade of Alberta, but it is not the first one.

That was preceded in 2010 by the election in Calgary in 2010 of Naheed Nenshi, a mayoral candidate who was

an outsider to the city’s power circles.

Then there was the taking of an Edmonton riding a year later by NDP MP Linda Duncan with more than 50 per cent of the vote cast and, a year after that, the rise to a close second place of Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in a 2012 Calgary byelection.

(In that vote, the Green party came a respectable third with 25 per cent support.)

Even more recently, the Trudeau Liberals won 35 per cent of the vote in Fort McMurray — the riding that current Wildrose Leader Brian Jean used to hold during his eight years as a Harper MP. To predict that Alberta will increasingly take on shades other than blue is not to predict the demise of the federal Conservative party but it is to foresee an ultimately healthier federal political environment.

A more diverse Alberta voice at the national level would be a positive development both for the province and for Canada’s political life.

The province’s boom-and-bust economy has been matched by similar cycles politically, with Alberta left outside of the federal power circles looking in whenever the Conservatives were not in power.

That in turn has made it too easy for the other parties to ignore Alberta’s

concerns in their policy calculations or worse, to use the province as a foil against the Conservatives (and vice versa).

It was not so long ago that Jean Chrétien spent an entire campaign without ever landing in Calgary, or that Jack Layton used the oilsands as a prop in his quest for climate-changedriven votes in other regions of the country, or that Harper was urging Alberta to isolate itself behind a firewall.

Those are tactics that have no place in a more competitive Alberta battle for federal votes.

Until this campaign, the last big shift in the national landscape was the arrival of a solid Quebec NDP contingent on Parliament Hill and the attendant rise of the New Democrats to official Opposition status.

The advent of an NDP government in Alberta and indeed the mere possibility of such an outcome is another major step in the NDP’s ongoing transition to contender for federal power.

Canada has traditionally had only two federal parties that were truly national in scope.

Next fall’s election will tell whether there is room for three and on what terms.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

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Renewable energy all pain, little gain

BY KENNETH P. GREEN AND TAYLOR JACKSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE B.C. Hydro’s planned project for a hydroelectric dam on the Peace River — known as the Site C dam — is proving to be controversial, with some industry groups panning the plan while touting renewable energy sources such as wind. One wind energy champion recently claimed “it would be a breeze for $10-billion worth of wind-energy projects to inflate B.C.’s economy.”

In the debate over how electricity should be provided, we often hear such lofty and optimistic projections. But if national and international experiences can teach us anything, it’s that, so far, more renewable generation leads to one thing — higher prices.

For example, look at Germany’s Energiewende program. Since 2000, German producers of renewable energy have received fixed contracts at abovemarket prices, and preferential access to the grid.

The result? Unreliable and intermittent electricity from wind and solar sources has caused service failures to increase by 31 per cent since 2009. At certain times, when Germany’s renewables are not producing, high energy-use businesses have been asked to stop production.

And who’s on the hook for compensating businesses that lose profits? Your everyday, average electricity customer.

In 2001, German electricity prices were US.12

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cents per kilowatt-hour. According to OECD data, by 2011, electricity prices had skyrocketed to US.35 cents per kWh in 2011 — an increase of 192 per cent and far above the average European cost of about US.25 cents. Prices for Canada in 2010 came in at nine cents per kWh, making the cost of electricity for German households almost four times higher than in Canada.

While switching to renewable electric generation is always cast against the backdrop of protecting the environment and reducing CO2 emissions, the policies that stimulate renewables have undercut relatively clean sources of electricity like natural gas.

In fact, Germany actually increased its consumption of lignite coal in 2013 to levels not seen since 1990. Although this is not entirely shocking because something has to keep the lights on when it’s not sunny or windy, and coal happens to be the cheapest option.

Most troubling, though, is that energy in Germany is becoming a luxury good, as those at lower income levels simply can’t afford to power their lights, refrigerators and other energy-powered household comforts that we take for granted. According to one estimate, more than 300,000 German households have their power cut off every year because of an inability to pay electricity bills.

But Canadians need to look no further than Ontario to see how renewables can affect electricity prices. In 2009, Ontario launched its Green Energy Act, which subsidizes the use of renewable energy by providing long-term guarantees at above market

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The results? Since 2004, the total annual power cost in Ontario has risen by more than 50 per cent.

And while wind and solar energy provide just under four per cent of Ontario’s power, they account for 20 per cent of the average commodity cost.

These higher prices also impact business and industry. A study by economist Ross McKitrick found that a 50 per cent increase in the price of electricity would reduce the return on investment for the mining industry by 13 per cent and manufacturing by 29 per cent.

Like in Germany, green energy policies have produced little, if any, environmental benefits. Indeed, one analysis found that if only four of the 12 coalfired power units at Lambton and Naticoke, which could have been outfitted with advanced technology to mitigate pollution before the Ontario government shut them down, remained in operation, similar environmental results could have been achieved at one-tenth of what was spent on green energy.

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A5 CANADA No winners in war

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HOLTEN, Netherlands — Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke Monday about the great sacrifices demanded in war and how some things are worth dying for.

These notions were deeply personal to the Second World War veterans who listened on the neatly mowed grounds of one of Canada’s more heartbreaking military cemeteries.

The graveyard holds the remains of 1,350 Canadian soldiers, killed in the waning days and weeks of the war as the Nazi Germany went through its final, convulsive death throes. They are among the more than 7,600 Canadians who died to free Holland.

Harper remembered them as heroes.

“The heroes who liberated the Netherlands, like the men and women who serve our country today, understood that when there arises a great evil, a threat

Omar Khadr bail poses ‘undue’ risk

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Granting bail to former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr while he appeals his war crimes conviction in the United States threatens the entire system of international prisoner transfers, the federal government argues in new court filings.

The claim comes in material filed late Monday as part of Ottawa’s 11th-hour attempt to block Khadr’s release from prison — which could come as early as Tuesday evening.

“A lack of clarity in the international transfer process may jeopardize the system as a whole,” the government states in documents obtained by The Canadian Press. “(Khadr’s) release unsettles the foundation of this system by introducing uncertainty and a lack of control over the manner in which Canadian offenders’ sentences are enforced.”

Despite having presented no such evidence at his bail hearing, the government also now argues that allowing Khadr out — given his long incarceration — presents a risk that is contrary to the public interest.

“Springing (him) into the community rather than allowing him to continue his planned reintegration poses an undue risk,” the government states.

It does not elaborate on the nature of the risk but notes he has applied for parole in June.

In response, Khadr’s lawyers said the government’s case for a stay was weak.

For one thing, they say, the government acknowledges Khadr’s case is unique and will have little or no effect on other prison transfers.

“The onus is on the (Crown) to establish that irreparable harm will actually occur if a stay is not granted,” they state in their reply brief.

“Reliance upon harm that is speculative or merely ’likely’ is insufficient.”

On Monday, the government also filed its formal notice of appeal of the April 24 decision by Justice June Ross of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench granting Khadr bail. It wants the stay pending disposition of the case.

The last-ditch stay application, slated to be heard by a single Court of Appeal justice on Tuesday morning, says the government “will suffer irreparable harm” if the Toronto-born Khadr, now 28, is released.

In a statement, a Khadr support group denounced the government’s “unrelenting vilification” of the prisoner and its “knee-jerk” appeal of every court decision favourable to him.

“The rights, freedom and liberties of all Canadians are diminished by the actions of this government,” Free Omar Khadr Now said.

VE DAY to all the things that define our existence as a free and just people, such enemies must be confronted,” he said, at the first of two commemoration he’ll attend while in the Netherlands.

“But only the veterans with us today can really know the fear and desperation they must have sometimes felt or the courage and resolve it took to press forward ... And why? Because they knew, they understood deeply, that there are some things on earth worth fighting for, worth dying for. It was true then; it remains true today.”

Linking the horrors of the past with brutal reality of today was persistent theme, not only for the prime minister, but for his Dutch hosts too, at the trilingual service just outside this sleepy village, 59 kilometres northeast of Arnhem.

When Harper met Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte they talked about fighting the Islamic State and maintaining a firm position on Russia.

But for Don Somerville, 92, a former sapper who served as a combat engineer, the world today is troubling.

“I wish we’d learn a lesson to start with and not have all this war and stuff,” said Somerville, who lives in Mississauga, Ont. “There’s no winners in a war, you know.”

The prime minister said each headstone is a stark reminder that doing the right thing often comes at a great cost — but the cost must be paid.

The hollow sense of loss that accompanies war hardened Somerville’s features as he stared at the names on tombstones, which raised long-absent faces from the deep recesses of memory.

“A lot of thoughts go through your mind when you look down there,” he said, after a lingering look at one marker. “You see the ages and you think how lucky you are to be here today.”

Frank Graham had a long war as an artillery private with the 1st Canadian Division, landing in Sicily in August 1943 and fighting his way through Italy and northwest Europe before being wounded just before the end.

“Well, I tell ya, it got so after a while I didn’t give a damn anyway,” he said. “You take it that way and it don’t bother you too much. But if you start worrying, you’re gonna be in trouble.”

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A6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Trudeau unveils economic plan HIKE TAXES ON RICH, CUT TAXES, BOOST CHILD BENEFITS FOR MIDDLE CLASS OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is attempting to steal electoral ground from the left and the right with an economic agenda that promises to take more from the rich to give to the middle class.

The Liberal leader unveiled Monday his alternative to the Harper government’s economic plan: hike taxes on the wealthiest one per cent to pay for more generous child benefits and an across-the-board income tax cut for middle-income earners.

His promise to impose a new 33 per cent tax rate on Canadians who earn more than $200,000 per year took aim at the NDP, which has traditionally championed efforts to reduce income inequality.

At the same time, his pledge to provide broad-based tax relief and enriched child benefits for middle-income earners attempts to mow what has traditionally been Conservative turf.

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The proposals will form a central pillar of the eventual Liberal platform for the federal election in the fall. But Canadians got a taste Monday of the debate that will ensue as all three main parties compete for the support of middle-class Canadians.

Conservatives cast Trudeau’s plan as a tax hike in disguise. New Democrats argued that Liberals created the income gap between rich and poor and can’t now be trusted to narrow it.

Under Trudeau’s proposals: — The 22-per-cent tax rate for anyone with a taxable annual income between $44,701 and $89,401 would be cut to 20.5 per cent.

— A new tax bracket of 33 per cent would be imposed on those with taxable incomes over $200,000 a year.

The current top bracket of 29 per cent would continue to apply to those earning between $138,586 and $200,000.

— Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s newly enriched universal child care benefit would be scrapped and two other existing child benefits would be rolled into a single, more generous, monthly, tax-free “Canada child ben-

efit.”

“We can do more for the people who need it, by doing less for the people who don’t,” Trudeau said at a campaign-style event at a family restaurant in nearby Aylmer, Que. “ According to the Liberals, all families with kids under 18 and an annual income below $150,000, or 90 per cent of families, would receive more under Trudeau’s plan than they do under Harper’s.

Monday’s announcement was a reply to last month’s Conservative preelection budget, which pivots around twin measures to allow parents with children under 18 to split their income for tax purposes and to expand and enrich the universal child care benefit.

Trudeau has previously promised to scrap the $2 billion parental incomesplitting scheme, which numerous economists and think tanks have said will benefit less than 15 per cent of Canadian families, primarily the wealthiest.

He is now promising to replace the Tory-introduced universal child care benefit as well, contending that it

makes no sense to dole out equal benefits to rich and poor families alike.

“Families like mine that get thousands of dollars from Mr. Harper’s child benefit system shouldn’t,” Trudeau said.

The Conservative government has just boosted that benefit to $160 from $100 a month for each child under the age of six. And it has expanded the program to give families $60 a month for every child between six and 17.

Trudeau proposes to scrap that and roll together and enrich two other existing benefits that are geared to income — the Canada child tax benefit and the national child benefit supplement — into a single, more generous benefit that would give families up to $6,400 annually for every child under six and up to $5,400 for children aged six to 17.

The benefit level would be tied to family income and would gradually disappear at higher income levels.

Trudeau has promised that the eventual Liberal platform will be fully costed and designed within the framework of a balanced federal budget.

ing a large Muslim population.

Many of the objections to the updated curriculum have been mounted on religious grounds. Opponents have argued that the new program, which will teach students about concepts including gender identity, sexual orientation and masturbation, does not align with their values and is not appropriate for school-age children.

“If you were open-palmed and you had a detonator lying on your hand it’s going to cause a lot of damage,” Cucheran said. “It may even put a hole through your hand.”

tee report can be considered fact for the purposes of the suspended senator’s trial.

The 2010 document is heavily based on the result of three audits conducted for the Senate by the firm Ernst & Young. The content of the report is important to Duffy’s defence because it points to systemic problems in Senate administrative practices, saying policies are outdated and poorly communicated.

Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery, many of which relate to living and travel expenses and to Senate contracts he arranged.

Crown, defence haggle over Thousands of kids stay home evidence at Duffy trial to protest Ontario’s new OTTAWA — Mike Duffy’s trial is sex-ed curriculum a short detour as the Crown and RCMP went to the Internet to taking defence haggle over a piece of eviTORONTO — A parent-led cammake fake bombs realistic in dence. paign to keep children home from Ontario Justice Charles Vaillanclass in protest of Ontario’s new sexuB.C. terrorism case court is hearing arguments about al-education curriculum gained early traction on Monday as the province’s largest school board reported tens of thousands of absences.

Ryan Bird, a spokesman with the Toronto District School Board, said 34,762 elementary school students were absent on the first day of the campaign, which was largely organized through Facebook. That’s more than double the 14,191 absences recorded last Monday.

At least one of the city’s elementary schools had an absentee rate of more than 90 per cent, Bird said. Thorncliffe Park Public School was reporting that 1,220 of its 1,350 students were not in class, he said, adding that about 100 parents had turned up to stage a protest outside the building.

Thorncliffe Park, which serves students from Grades 1 to 5 in midtown Toronto, is widely recognized as hav-

VANCOUVER — A small fraction of the C4 plastic explosive sought by a couple accused of plotting to blow up the B.C. legislature would have been enough to cause serious damage, a jury has heard.

“If you were to hold a detonator in your hand and close your palm around it, it would likely take off most of your hand,” Const. Peter Cucheran said in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday. He added that a live detonator contained the equivalent of just a single gram of C4.

One gram of C4 is just 0.2 per cent of the nearly half kilogram of explosive allegedly requested by John Nuttall for each of the three homemade pressure-cooker bombs he and his wife Amanda Korody are accused of depositing on the legislature grounds on Canada Day 2013.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Capitals 1 Rangers 0 WASHINGTON — Braden Holtby stood in a corner of the Washington Capitals’ locker room, his arms folded across his chest, his voice low and monotone, his demeanour as steady and calm as when he was protecting the net.

“At times, I felt good. At other times, felt just like a normal game. Some days they go well. Some days they don’t,” Holtby said. “I was just trying to do my part.”

He did it perfectly, actually.

Holtby made 30 saves for his second career playoff shutout and Jay Beagle took advantage of a fortuitous bounce to score his first goal of this post-season, giving the Capitals a 1-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night for a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

“When he plays like that, we feel confidence,” said Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, held without a goal for the first time in the series. “It doesn’t matter what’s going to happen, he’s just going to make a save and keep us in the game.”

Game 4 of the best-of-seven series is at Washington on Wednesday night.

The line of Beagle, Troy Brouwer and Andre Burakovsky had zero goals through Washington’s first nine games of these playoffs, but as Beagle put it: “We felt like we had more to give.”

“When the third and fourth line can chip in, guys like us can chip in, it’s huge,” Beagle said. “They’re trying to shut down our top lines.”

Off passes from Brouwer and Burakovsky, Beagle took a shot that Henrik Lundqvist swept aside. But Beagle kept at it, going to the boards to collect the rebound, then swooping around the back of the goal for a backhand shove of the puck. It ricocheted off defenceman Keith Yandle near the post, then Lundqvist’s left skate, and found its way to the net 7 ½ minutes into the

second period.

“Finally,” Beagle said, “I got a nice bounce.”

Lundqvist’s take?

“It hit him, it hit me and it went in,” the goalie said.

That gave Beagle three goals in 33 playoff games following a regular season in which he scored 10 times. He’s better known for other contributions, such as winning faceoffs — and the Capitals held a 40-18 advantage in that category Monday — and helping out on defence.

“I love the skill of the game, but I have a special place in my heart for all the grinders, if you will. Guys like ’Beags,”’ Capitals coach Barry Trotz said.

At the other end, Holtby was at his glove-catching best, including stopping Martin St. Louis on a 1-on-1 six minutes after Beagle scored.

“We’re just going to have to keep throwing pucks at the net, and getting bodies there,” New York’s Dan Girardi said. “Do our best to make sure he can’t see those shots and make sure we get some of those rebounds in front of the net.”

The crowd chanted Holtby’s last name at the final buzzer, after a wild finish with Lundqvist off for an extra skater.

“A couple chaotic shifts,” Capitals defenceman Brooks Orpik called the ending.

The Rangers outshot the Capitals 3022 overall, with 10 attempts on net in the third period. That doesn’t include the 27 blocks by Washington’s skaters.

“Those scrums in and around the crease, they can be a little bit frantic, just trying to tie up sticks, knock guys over,” Brouwer said. “Sometimes you don’t even know where the puck is.

You’re just kind of swinging at air, and hopefully you hit something.”

This was the type of nail-biter the Rangers play: They have participated in 10 consecutive playoff games decided by one goal, an NHL record.

And in seven of its eight games in this year’s playoffs, New York has al-

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New York Rangers right wing Martin St. Louis reaches to shoot a puck in front of Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby who blocks the shot during Game 3 in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Monday, in Washington. lowed two goals or fewer.

But under first-year coach Trotz, and with Holtby matching Lundqvist save for save, the Capitals are proving just as adept at this sort of tight, low-

scoring hockey.

“That’s a tough way to lose,” Rangers left wing Rick Nash said, “especially when how good our goalie played gives us a chance.”

Canada takes down host Flames look to recover their firepower Czech Republic at worlds

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Czech Republic’s Martin Erat falls after colliding with Canada’s Tyson Barrie, right, during the Hockey World Championships Group A match in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 6 Czech Republic 3 PRAGUE, Czech Republic — After two games of “annoying” missed chances, Tyler Seguin finally got on the scoresheet.

The slick winger picked up his first point at the world hockey championship with what turned out to be the game-winning goal Monday as Canada downed the Czech Republic 6-3.

Seguin had a number of chances through Canada’s first two victories — a 6-1 thrashing of Latvia and a 100 demolition of Germany — but they had yet to pay off.

With his team leading 3-2 early in the third on Monday, Seguin wheeled off the sideboards on the power play and ripped a shot past Ondrej Pavelec to finally register his first of the tournament.

“It was getting a little annoying with all the chances and nothing to show for it, but I feel like I took some of my own pressure off myself with getting that goal,” said Seguin. “I’m happy about it, it was a big win and now we move on.”

Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall and Tyler Toffoli each added a goal and an assist for Canada (3-0-0), while Sean Couturier and Sidney Crosby also scored.

Mike Smith made 22 saves

to get the win in his second start for the Canadians, who sit atop Group A with nine points.

“It was nice to play in a good hockey game,” said Seguin. “The first two games weren’t too testing, but tonight with that crowd that they had going on it was a lot of fun and it was great walking away with three points.”

Martin Erat, Martin Zatovic and Vladimir Sobotka replied for the host Czechs (1-1-1), while Pavelec made 32 stops in taking the loss.

Canada led 2-1 after the first, but the Czechs came on strong in the second and finally got an equalizer with 4:15 left in the period when Zatovic tipped a shot up and over Smith’s glove.

But with the partisan crowd at the O2 Arena still buzzing, Canada retook the lead just 1:55 later. Toffoli intercepted a puck at the Czech blue-line and fired a shot that Couturier — the only other Canadian player without a point prior to Monday — deflected past Pavelec.

“They definitely gave us a test,” said Seguin. “They used their home crowd to their advantage. It was a lot of fun.”

After Seguin scored his goal 2:02 into the third, Crosby made it 5-2 with another on the power play at 10:07.

Sobotka scored with 2:25 left to give the Czechs some hope, but Toffoli fired a shot into the empty net to seal it

with 90 seconds remaining.

“Obviously we’ve proven we can score, but Smitty made some huge saves tonight and that’s why they only had three goals,” said Seguin. “I think we have a lot of stuff we can work on and it was nice getting a good test tonight.”

Canada grabbed a 1-0 lead 4:18 into the first period when Eberle jumped on a loose puck behind the Czech goal and stuffed home a wraparound past a surprised Pavelec.

Hall, who had a hat trick against Germany on Sunday, then scored his fourth of the tournament with 58 seconds left in the period to make it 2-0, beating Pavelec from a tight angle after collecting a nice pass through traffic from Jake Muzzin.

The Czechs got that one back just 21 seconds later when Erat tipped home a point shot past Smith.

Canada’s next game is Wednesday against Sweden, which beat Latvia 8-1 in Monday’s other Group A matchup.

“Sweden’s a great team,” said Seguin. “They’ve proven then can score goals. We’ve got to be ready for them and we’re looking forward to another great game.”

Elsewhere on Monday, the United States beat defending champion Russia 4-2 for its third straight win to sit atop Group B, while Finland shut out Norway 5-0.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames believe they can turn their series with the Anaheim Ducks around if they rekindle their scoring touch at home.

The Flames scored just once in two games at the Honda Centre and headed home trailing the Ducks 2-0 in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal.

“There are scoring chances out there,” Flames head coach Bob Hartley said Monday upon his team’s arrival at Calgary International Airport. “A little bit more focus, a little bit more quickness on retrieving pucks and we’re going to get that red light on.”

Game 3 on Tuesday and Game 4 on Friday will be the first second-round playoff games at the Scotiabank Saddledome since 2004. Game 5, if necessary, is Sunday in Anaheim.

The Ducks dominated Calgary 6-1 in the series-opener and also in the first period of Sunday’s Game 2.

Above-and-beyond goaltending from Calgary goaltender Karri Ramo held Anaheim to one goal in the opening 20 minutes.

The Flames then recovered to play their best periods of the series in the second and third.

So despite the 3-0 loss, which the Ducks sealed with an emptynet goal, the Flames returned to Calgary with a measure of recovered confidence.

“I though we played better in the second half, but we need to raise it a level,” assistant captain Kris Russell said. “Especially offensively, we’ve got to get another gear here.”

The plot in Calgary heading into Tuesday is whether Hartley continues to shuffle forward lines on the fly in an attempt to heat up the offence.

Calder Trophy finalist Johnny Gaudreau spent most of Game 2 on the third line alongside centre Mikael Backlund and winger David Jones before reuniting with Sean Monahan and winger Jiri Hudler in the third period.

Sam Bennett, who has Calgary’s only goal so far in this series, started Sunday’s game in Gaudreau’s place on the No. 1 line.

“We were trying to generate some offence and get some goals,” Hartley said. “This organization pays me to make decisions and I will try everything I can in order to give our team a chance to win.

“We didn’t get the results, but I saw some good play from everyone.”

Hartley confirmed Monday

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that 18-year-old Bennett will play his 10th NHL game Tuesday, which means the first year of his entry-level contract officially kicks in.

Ramo will get his second start of the playoffs Tuesday following the Finn’s 31-save performance, including 19 stops in Sunday’s first period.

Whoever plays on Calgary’s top forward line will get a face full of Anaheim’s counter unit of Ryan Kesler, Matt Beleskey and Jakob Silfverberg. That Ducks trio has been effective neutralizing Monahan’s line while inflicting damage of their own.

Hudler and Monahan have a combined six shots and no goals between them, while Beleskey scored in both games in Anaheim.

Calgary’s offence relies heavily on speed and pressure generated by defencemen Russell, T.J. Brodie and Dennis Wideman.

But Anaheim matched Calgary’s shot-blocking prowess and goaltender Frederik Andersen allowed few second chances in the first two games of the series.

The Ducks also controlled the middle lane with the exception of Sunday’s second period when the Flames got speed up through the neutral zone for some sustained time in Anaheim’s end.

“That’s the thing with that team. You have to keep them on the outside,” Kesler said. “You have to eliminate their defence.”

Anaheim is the bigger, stronger and more rested team having swept Winnipeg in the first round.

Smaller, fleeter Calgary has missed the intimidating presence of power forward Michael Ferland, who was a major factor in their six-game series with Vancouver in the first round.

Ferland left in the first period in Game 1 in Anaheim with an undisclosed in injury and was a scratch Sunday.

Calgary is unbeaten in three post-season games at home and scored 14 at the Saddledome against Vancouver in the first round.

The Flames are counting on the Saddledome vibe to help them extend the series and give them another chance at that elusive win in Anaheim, where they’ve won just one game since 2004.

“I think we just need to relax right now and put those two games behind us and realize not many people thought we were going to be in the position we are right now,” Gaudreau said.

“We just need to enjoy the moment right now, have a good time and have fun and enjoy playing hockey right now.”

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Dickey downs Yankees with force STAR WARS FAN PITCHES EIGHT STRONG INNINGS ON STAR WARS DAY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 3 Yankees 1 TORONTO — There was no try for R.A Dickey on Monday night. There was only do.

The veteran knuckleballer — and Star Wars fan — pitched eight innings to earn the win as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 3-1.

May 4 is known as Star Wars Day because of the trademark catchphrase “May the Force be with you� used throughout the iconic franchise’s seven feature-length films. “It’s hard for me to think about losing a game on May the Fourth, y’know?

Because I’m such a Star Wars rat,� said Dickey (1-3). “I was sitting there thinking ’we’re due... we’re due for a game like this where it turns out in our favour.�’ When asked if he thought the Force — the quasi-mystical telekinesis used by heroes and villains alike in Star Wars — helped him win, Dickey laughed. “I’m not going to go that far. But I will say it was an enjoyable game to be a part of, for sure,� he said after giving up one run on three hits and three walks.

Pinch hitter Russell Martin drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning for Toronto (13-14). Third baseman Josh Donaldson went 2 for 4, scoring once. Brett Cecil earned his second save for the Blue Jays a day after they blew a 6-1 lead to the Cleveland Indians. “I think that’s probably as good as I’ve seen him in three years,� said manager John Gibbons of Dickey. “I

don’t think he had a strikeout, but he was really good tonight. We definitely needed it after a tough loss yesterday, to bounce back. “It didn’t happen until late in the game but he was as good as I’ve seen him. A lot of movement. I can’t remember any mistakes.�

Gibbons and Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos both gave Dickey and the rest of the Blue Jays starting rotating a vote of confidence before the game, saying they believed that Toronto’s struggling pitching staff would improve over the course of the season.

Gibbons echoed that sentiment after Dickey’s victory. “Why wouldn’t we give them a vote of confidence? We think they’re good.

We’ve seen ’em good,� said Gibbons. “They’re a huge part of the team and we need ’em. “It’s not like they’re hanging from trees out there, y’know? They were just going through a tough period. That happens.�

Chase Whitley (1-0) struck out six over seven shut-out innings for New York (16-10). He allowed six hits as the Yankees held on to a 1-0 lead for eight innings.

Reliever Chris Martin took the loss after giving up two earned runs in a third of an inning of work. Dellin Betances was charged with a blown save after giving up an unearned run.

Jones drove in Carlos Beltran in the seventh inning for the first run of the game. Beltran had gotten on base with a double to start the inning, then moved to third on Stephen Drew’s groundout to first. Jones then grounded out to first, giving Beltran time to cross home for a 1-0 Yankees lead.

Edwin Encarnacion tied the game

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Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Ryan Goins, centre, turns a double play over New York Yankees’ Brett Gardner, left, as Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis looks on during fourth inning MLB action in Toronto on Monday.

1-1 for Toronto in the bottom of the eighth with a one-out double. That plated Donaldson and advanced Jose Bautista to third.

Kevin Pillar then hit an infield fly before Martin hit a single up the thirdbase line to drive in Bautista. Encarnacion crossed home on an error by Yankees third baseman Chase Headley on the same play to give the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead. “I thought we had him. It’s a do-

or-die play,� said Headley. “I didn’t even know if I had a chance to catch it. When I caught it I just got up and threw it as hard as I could and almost got him.�

Martin moved to second on a stolen base before Danny Valencia struck out to end the threat.

Cecil induced an Alex Rodriguez fly out, struck out pinch hitter Chris Young and forced pinch hitter Gregorio Petit to ground out for the save.

Habs must be more disciplined Teen whiz Henderson gets sponsor’s exemption for Manulife LPGA Classic facing 2-0 series deficit

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Canadian golfer Brooke Henderson isn’t just happy to be in the field at top-flight events on the LPGA Tour. She’s showing that she’s a threat to win.

Henderson finished tied for third at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic last month in Daly City, Calif., and followed that up by finishing tied for 13th at the North Texas Shootout in Irving, Texas, over the weekend.

The 17-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., has played in the final pairing on a Sunday and seen her name at the top of the leaderboard. She has also played in groups with Tour stars like Inbee Park, Juli Inkster and Cristie Kerr.

While the results have been impressive, the experience of playing with the sport’s best has been invaluable. “I’m learning lots just watching them and learning about how they handle pressure on those Sunday afternoons,� Henderson said. “It’s amazing to see and it’s amazing to learn from.�

Henderson said she’s getting used to the grind of life on the tour. The day after her third-place finish, she was right back on course the next day for a qualifying round. The two-day qualifying effort landed her a spot in the field at the Shootout, and she again showed she belonged by starting 69-65 for the 36-hole lead. Henderson finished with

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TAMPA, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; To get back into their series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Montreal Canadiens hope to duplicate their hot start from Game 2, stay out of the penalty box and forget about the past.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tall order, and history is not on their side.

Of the 100 teams that have fallen behind two games to none on home ice in NHL history, just 27 came back to win the series, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Canadiens face those long odds going into Game 3 Wednesday night at Amalie Arena. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be down two games obviously, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kind of dug yourself a little bit of a hole, but we still have a lot of belief in our locker-room and our guys that we have,â&#x20AC;? defenceman Tom Gilbert said on a conference call Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have elite goaltending, and I think if we just keep sticking to it, we know we can beat this team. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter how many times they beat us throughout the regular season, Game 1, Game 2.â&#x20AC;?

The Lightning have won all seven meetings with the Habs so far in 201415, counting five in the regular season.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a major difference from a year ago, when Montreal swept Tampa Bay in the first round of the playoffs.

Lightning coach Jon Cooper couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dominance this season against the Habs and pointed out that five of the seven games were close.

That kind of lopsided record is a surprise, but he has learned in his young NHL career that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think sometimes teams have certain teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; number,â&#x20AC;? Cooper said on a conference call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some teams match up well against other teams and viceversa. So far our matchup with Montreal this season has worked in our favour, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the timing of playing them or just our personnel.

Fortunately for us itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued into the playoffs.â&#x20AC;?

It may be easy for the Habs to ignore the regular season, but their 2-0 series deficit has a direct impact on the present. Game 1 was an overtime loss, but eight minor penalties contributed to a 6-2 blowout in Game 2 on Sunday night.

Coach Michel Therrien said his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five-on-five play has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;really sharp.â&#x20AC;? The Habs were rolling for the first 10 minutes Sunday night, and players said the key to maintaining that kind of start is avoiding penalty trouble. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We seemed like we were carrying the play and then all of a sudden we got into some penalty trouble and then the momentum switched,â&#x20AC;? forward Torrey Mitchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so many momentum switches in the game, so if we feel like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re carrying the play, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be taking stupid penalties.â&#x20AC;?

Forward Brandon Prust thrust himself into the spotlight by taking three of those minor penalties, fighting Braydon Coburn and getting a 10-minute and a game misconduct. He then accused referee Brad Watson of swearing at him and said Watson â&#x20AC;&#x153;tries to play God.â&#x20AC;?

Therrien said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d deal with Prust internally and that the overall discipline issue was a one-game â&#x20AC;&#x153;mistakeâ&#x20AC;? that the Habs were ready to move on from. The Lightning scored four power-play goals in Game 2 and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anticipate having that many chances in Game 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect them to be a little bit more disciplined,â&#x20AC;? Tampa Bay centre Brian Boyle said on a conference call Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to want to put us on the power play as many times as they did (in Game 2).â&#x20AC;?

Mitchell said he and his teammates have to work on being more composed, watch their sticks and not get caught behind opponents where penalties are more likely to occur.

The Habs are very much behind in the series with an extra day before back-to-back games Wednesday and Thursday in Tampa. Therrien hopes the extra time and a seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of adversity will help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The one thing that I respect about my team is that they always respond the right way,â&#x20AC;? he said.

After flying to Tampa on Monday, Gilbert and Mitchell expressed a quiet confidence about the Habsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By no means do we feel like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited about the next game, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where our focus is at right now.â&#x20AC;?

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a 71-73 for a total of 6-under 278.

After the round, it was back on a plane to Canada for a news conference to promote the June 4-7 Manulife LPGA Classic in Cambridge, Ont. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m young, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m full of energy,â&#x20AC;? Henderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has been definitely a little bit of adrenalin the last two weeks. I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change it for the world.â&#x20AC;?

Henderson was greeted by a throng of reporters at the Whistle Bear Golf Club on Monday morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like it, it means Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing something right,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited (about) my last two weeks. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited for what the future holds. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to receive this attention in a positive light and hopefully that continues.â&#x20AC;?

Henderson will receive a sponsorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exemption to play at the US$1.5-million tournament. Other Canadians in the field include Lorie Kane of Charlottetown and Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be joined in the 150-player field by Stacy Lewis, Michelle Wie, Lydia Ko and Brittany Lincicome. Former champions Inbee Park, Hee Young Park and Brittany Lang are also among the early confirmations.

Henderson finishing tied for 33rd at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic last February in her first Tour event since turning pro. She picked up a cool $132,721 payday for her third-place tie last month and added $19,919 for her latest result.

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Curry caps golden season with NBA MVP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND, Calif. — His voice cracked first. Then, his eyes got red.

Finally, Stephen Curry cried.

He had felt this way in the past — when he barely received any scholarship offers out of high school, when some questioned whether his game could translate from tiny Davidson College to the NBA, when he sat in a doctor’s office searching for answers on how to fix his troublesome right ankle.

Curry could let it all out and laugh now. This was a time for celebration.

The Golden State Warriors point guard won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award Monday, the biggest moment yet of a young career already full of overcoming obstacles.

Curry received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy in a packed hotel ballroom below Golden State’s downtown Oakland practice facility. He shook his head in disbelief as he was announced as the winner of the league’s top individual honour.

“There were obviously good times and bad times. Times I wanted to shut it down. Times where you realize that all the hard work you put into it was worth it,” Curry said.

“It just made me realize how blessed and thankful I really am to be in this position.”

Curry received 100 of 130 first-place votes for a total of 1,198 points from a

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry panel of 129 writers and broadcasters, along with the fan vote on the NBA’s website. Houston’s James Harden had 25 first-place votes and 936 points.

Cleveland’s LeBron James, a four-time MVP, got five first-place votes and 552 points.

Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook (352 points) finished fourth and New Orleans Pelicans big man Anthony Davis (203 points) was fifth.

Curry’s family informed him of the news at his house after Golden State’s win over Memphis in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Sun-

day. Curry, pulled into a room by his basketball-playing brother, Seth, opened the door to see everyone wearing personalized MVP T-shirts, holding cameras and sporting “the cheesiest smiles you could ever imagine.”

“It was a great moment that I’ll remember for the rest of my life,” Curry said.

Afterward, he sat in a chair for about 10 minutes and reflected on his journey. Curry kept his cool in private Sunday. He had trouble staying composed at times in public Monday.

Curry was joined on stage by Warriors coach Steve Kerr, general manager Bob Myers and his teammates — praising each of them individually. He got choked up talking about his pregnant wife, Ayesha, and their 2-year-old daughter, Riley, who sat in the front row with the rest of his family.

And he shed a few tears talking about his father, Dell, pounding the dais while he gathered his thoughts.

“A lot of people thought I had it easy with pops playing in the NBA,” he said, shaking his head.

Curry thanked just about every team employee, too, including former general manager Larry Riley and retired coach Don Nelson for “taking a chance on a scrawny, little kid from a midmajor school.”

Across the country, James called Curry the “catalyst” for Golden State’s rise from perennial loser to championship contender.

“I think it’s great that another kid born in Akron, Ohio, can win an MVP, so I liked it,” James said at the Cavaliers’ shootaround.

Curry, now 27, was born in Akron but grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he started in the shadows of his father.

Despite his famous name, most major colleges didn’t offer Curry a scholarship because they thought he was too small. Curry proved them all wrong, going from a shooting guard who dazzled at Davidson during the NCAA Tournament to a polished pro point guard who can shoot, dribble and distribute with the best of them.

Curry carried the top-seeded Warriors to a franchise-record 67 wins, surpassed his own NBA record for most 3-pointers in a season and added to his growing reputation as one of the most entertaining spectacles in sports. He’s the franchise’s first MVP since Wilt Chamberlain in 1960, when the Warriors played in Philadelphia.

But there were times it seemed Curry’s potential might not be reached.

Two operations on his right ankle in his first three seasons with Golden State fueled questions about his durability.

Curry signed a $44 million, four-year contract extension with the Warriors before the 2012-13 season. Back then, the deal looked like a major risk.

Now, he’s one of basketball’s best bargains.

Rose leads Bulls to win over Cavs in series opener

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bulls 99 Cavaliers 92 CLEVELAND — The Chicago Bulls came in oozing with confidence, unafraid of LeBron James and convinced they could keep their playoff momentum rolling.

Derrick Rose made sure they did.

Looking like the league MVP he was before being slowed by knee injuries, Rose scored 25 points, Pau Gasol added 21 and the Bulls led from the start in a 99-92 victory over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday night.

Rose, who sustained a shoulder stinger in the closing minute, helped the Bulls swipe home-court advantage from the Cavs.

Cleveland was missing starters Kevin Love and J.R. Smith, but its bigger issue was not stopping Rose or his pick-and-roll plays with Gasol.

After all he’s been through — surgeries, hours of rehab, uncertainty about his future — Rose, who has missed over 180 games the past four seasons, is savoring every moment back in the post-season.

“I just appreciate everything,” he said, “getting back on the floor, my

fans, every aspect of basketball. It’s allowed me to change my life and my family’s life. I owe so much to this sport. I’m just trying to roll with it.”

Jimmy Butler added 20 points and banked in a contested jumper with 30 seconds left as the Bulls closed it out, silencing a roaring Cleveland crowd already worried about Game 2 on Wednesday night.

Kyrie Irving scored 30 points and James added 19 and 15 rebounds for Cleveland, playing its first game since Love — one of the Cavs’ Big 3 — was lost for the remainder of the post-season with a shoulder injury.

“We all just have to play better,” said James, who had nine assists but six turnovers. “I wasn’t that good tonight.”

The Cavs only trailed by four points in the final minutes, but they forced several 3-point attempts and James had two costly turnovers and missed a tough layup in the final 3 minutes.

Finally fully healed after dealing with injuries all season, the Bulls are peaking at the perfect time. Coming off a 54-point win over Milwaukee to wrap up its opening-round series, Chicago jumped to an early lead, withstood a Cleveland comeback and buckled down on defence in the closing minutes to hand Cleveland just its second

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Red Deer’s Mueller leads South to 1-2-2 record at Alberta Challenge Kailey Mueller of Red Deer scored twice and collected three points as the South Coyotes recorded one win, two ties and two losses in the Hockey Alberta ATB Alberta Challenge at Medicine Hat. Caleigh Meraw of Red Deer contributed two assists for the Coyotes, who fell 4-3 to the North Royals in the B event final of the bi-annual tournament featuring the premier under-16 girls players in Alberta.

Shaelynne Bilodeau of Red Deer had a single assist, while Grace Seeley of Olds and Kaylee Sawchuck of Red Deer were held pointless in five games.

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Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson, top, and center Joakim Noah, left, fight for a rebound against Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James during Game 1 in a second-round NBA playoff series Monday, in Cleveland. loss in 24 home games.

Rose ran the show the way he used to, and Gasol, the steady 34-year-old Spaniard, made the Cavs pay for leaving him open by knocking down one mid-range jumper after another.

Four Central Alberta players suited up with the South Flyers, who downed the North Red Wings 3-1 in the C final. Shae Demale of Red Deer was one of the Flyers’ top point producers with three assists over five games, while Megan Benoit and Jade Bussard, both of Red Deer, were held pointless in five outings and Paige Grenier of Olds picked up a single helper in two games.

The North Predators defeated the South Lightning 2-1 in the championship final.

Team Central finishes with 1-4 record at Alberta Cup Team Central posted a 1-4 record in the Hockey Alberta ATB Alberta Cup which concluded Sunday at Canmore.

The Central squad posted its lone victory Friday, edging Edmonton Yellow 6-5. Joshua McNeil of Sylvan Lake paced the winners with two goals, while tournament all-star Josh Tarzwell of Red Deer,

Rose banged shoulders with Cleveland’s Tristan Thompson and felt his arm go numb.

He said the feeling came back a few minutes later, and he’s not concerned about it lingering.

Ethan Schlag of Delburne, Colby Wolter of Falun and Dylan Soosay of Maskwacis each scored once and Duncan Hughes of Rocky Mountain House made 41 saves.

Central dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to Northwest Sunday, getting goals from Wolter and McNeil.

Hughes and Wyatt Argent of Rimbey combined to make 53 saves in a losing cause.

On Saturday, Tarzwell potted the lone Central goal in an 8-1 loss to Edmonton Blue. Argent and Hughes shared goaltending duties, making a total of 35 saves in the process.

In their first of two games Friday, Central fell 3-2 to Northeast. Rylan Burns of Eckville and Zach Froehlick of Red Deer provided the goals and Argent turned aside 41 shots.

Central opened the tournament — an annual event featuring the top second-year bantam players in the province — with a 5-2 loss to Calgary North. Soosay and Tarzwell scored for Central, while Hughes blocked 42 shots.

Calgary South slipped past Team South 4-3 in the championship final.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports Today

● Women’s fastball: Athletics vs.

Badgers, Rage vs. Stettler, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Bandits vs. Panthers, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 2.

Wednesday

● High school girls rugby: Notre Dame at Lacombe, Lindsay Thurber at Olds, Hunting Hills at Rimbey, all at 4:30 p.m.; Wetaskiwin at Rocky Mountain House, 5:30 p.m., Titans Park 1. ● High school boys rugby: Notre Dame at Rocky Mountain House, 4:30 p.m.; Hunting Hills at Wetaskiwin, 5 p.m. ● High school boys soccer: Lacombe at Olds, 4:15 p.m.

Thursday

● High school girls soccer: Hunting Hills at Lacombe, 4:15 p.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● High school boys soccer: Hunting Hills at Sylvan Lake, 4:15 p.m. ● Women’s fastball: Badgers vs. Bandits, Panthers vs. Rage, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Athletics at Stettler, 7 p.m.

Friday

Thurber at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt East; Sylvan Lake at Central Alberta Christian, 4:15 p.m., Michener Park. ● High school boys soccer: Central Alberta at Innisfail, Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, both at 4:15 p.m. ● High school girls rugby: Lacombe at Hunting Hills, 4:30 p.m., Titans Park 1; Olds at Rocky Mountain House, 4:30 p.m. ● Junior B tier 3 lacrosse: Calgary Axemen at Olds Stingers, 7:30 p.m. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Sherwood Park Titans at Red Deer Rampage, 9 p.m., Kinex.

Saturday

● Midget AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Braves, doubleheader at 3 and 6 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Sunday

● Midget AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Braves, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park. ● Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Lethbridge Barracudas at Red Deer Renegades, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Calgary Axemen at Lacoka Locos, 3:30 p.m., Ponoka.

Washington 1, Atlanta 0 Sunday, May 3: Washington 104, Atlanta 98 Tuesday, May 5: Washington at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 9: Atlanta at Washington, 3 p.m.

Monday, May 11: Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 13: Washington at Atlanta, TBD x-Friday, May 15: Atlanta at Washington, TBD x-Monday, May 18: Washington at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Clippers 1, Houston 0 Monday, May 4: L.A. Clippers 117, Houston 101 Wednesday, May 6: L.A. Clippers at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 8: Houston at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 10: Houston at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 12: L.A. Clippers at Houston, TBD x-Thursday, May 14: Houston at L.A. Clippers, TBD x-Sunday, May 17: L.A. Clippers at Houston, TBD Golden State 1, Memphis 0 Sunday, May 3: Golden State 101, Memphis 86 Tuesday, May 5: Memphis at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 9: Golden State at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Monday, May 11: Golden State at Memphis, 7:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 13: Memphis at Golden State, TBD x-Friday, May 15: Golden State at Memphis, TBD x-Sunday, May 17: Memphis at Golden State, TBD

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Suspended Toronto hitting coach Brook Jacoby 14 games for his postgame conduct toward the umpire crew assigned to the April 29 game at Boston.

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Activated INF Luis Jimenez.

Optioned RHP Dalier Hinojosa to Pawtucket (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled C Carlos Perez from Salt Lake (PCL). Designated C Drew Butera for assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed OF Oswaldo Arcia on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Eddie Rosario from Rochester (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Selected the contract of RHP Mark Lowe from Tacoma (PCL). Recalled INF Chris Taylor and LHP Joe Beimel selected from Tacoma. Placed OF Austin Jackson on the 15-day DL. Designated LHP Mike Kickham for assignment.

Placed OF Julio Morban on the restricted list.

TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled RHP Spencer Patton from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Roman Mendez to Round Rock.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Traded RHP Matt West to the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash considerations.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled LHP Daniel Coulombe from Oklahoma City (PCL). Transferred LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu from the 15- to the 60-day DL. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Fired manager Ron Roenicke. Named Craig Counsell manager and signed him through 2017.

NEW YORK METS — Announced RHP Logan Verrett was returned to the team by Texas and sent him outright to Las Vegas (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Selected the contract of C Austin Hedges from El Paso (PCL). Designated C Wil Nieves for assignment.

American Association GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Signed INF Robi Estrada and C Tim Quinn.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Traded RHP Luis Chirinos to Lincoln for cash.

LAREDO LEMURS — Traded OF JP Ramirez to Bridgeport for a player to be named.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Bryan Duncan and RHP Kaohi Downing.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Traded OF Steve Tinoco to Joplin for a player to be named.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed LHP Francisco Gracesqui.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed OF Sean Mahley. Released OF Connor Battaglia, INF Logan Brumley, 1B Brian Haggett, C Matt Hitt, RHP Trent Montgomery, RHP Jeff Neptune and 3B Bryan Soloman.

FRONTIER GREYS — Released 3B Tyler Kolodny.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Released OF Drew Levi.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Released RHP Clay Chapman and RHP Arlett Mavare.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed RHP Greg Blanco.

FOOTBALL

Brandon (E1) vs. Kelowna (BC1) Friday, May. 8 Kelowna at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, May. 9 Kelowna at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, May. 11 Brandon at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, May. 13 Brandon at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, May. 15 x-Brandon at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. x — if necessary.

Scoring Leaders Petan, Por Tambellini, Cal Bjorkstrand, Por Draisaitl, Kel Baillie, Kel Merkley, Kel J.Quenneville, Bra De Leo, Por Hawryluk, Bra Sanheim, Cal McGauley, Bra P.Quenneville, Bra Bowey, Kel Magee, Vic Henry, Por Bukarts, Bra Rankin, Cal Fazleev, Cal

G 10 13 13 6 9 2 10 7 10 5 6 7 7 9 5 2 9 4

National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed FB Collin Mooney.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DL Alex Carrington.

Agreed to terms with WR Andre Davis, LB Andrew Hudson, TE Clay Burton, DT Justin Hamilton, OT Jermaine Barton, DE BJ Larsen, OT Tyson Chandler, DE Cedric Reed, CB Cam Thomas, DE Erik Williams, CB Merrill Noel, P Spencer Roth and LB AJ Tarpley.

DENVER BRONCOS — Waived T Paul Cornick and WR Jeremy Kelley.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released C Joe Madsen.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed OLB Whitney Mercilus to a contract extension.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed LB Zachary Hodges, QB Bryan Bennett, WR Quan Bray, WR Ezell Ruffin, CB Donald Celiscar, CB Joshua Mitchell, CB Al-Hajj Shabazz, LB Cody Galea, LB Terrell Hartsfield, LB Junior Sylvestre, TE Jean Sifrin, TE Justin Sinz, S Robert Smith, RB Tyler Varga and C Brandon Vitabile. Released WR Kadron Boone, DE Gannon Conway, RB Jeff Demps and OT Matt Hall.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Exercised the fifth-year options on LT Matt Kalil and S Harrison Smith.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed DLs Tavaris Barnes, Kaleb Eulls, Ashaad Mabry and Bobby Richardson, Gs Doniel Gambrell and Cyril Lemon, WRs R.J. Harris and Malcolme Kennedy, T Sean Hickey, LBs Marcus Pierce-Brewster and Stephon Sanders, TEs Harold Spears and Jack Tabb. Released Ss Marcus Ball and Ty Zimmerman, and LB Kyle Knox.

NEW YORK JETS — Fired director of pro personnel Brendan Prophett and college scouts Rick Courtright, David Hinson, Cole Hufnagel, Chris Prescott and Seth Turner.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived NT Isaako Aaitui, LB Steve Beauharnais, WR Braylon Bell, OT Edawn Coughman, DL Kenny Horsley, G Rishaw Johnson, LB Gabe Miller, OT Ty Nsekhe, CB Kenny Okoro, WR Jerry Rice, Jr. and CB Trey Wolfe.

Terminated the contracts of LB Ricky Sapp and LB Austin Spitler.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Announced president of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello will give up his position as general manager. Named Ray Shero general manager.

American Hockey League MANITOBA MOOSE — Announced the team nickname.

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Florida’s Mitch Wahl indefinitely and fined him an undisclosed for his actions during a May 2 playoff game against South Carolina. Suspended Toledo’s Justin Mercier one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions during a May 2 game against Fort Wayne.

LACROSSE National Lacrosse League MINNESOTA SWARM — Announced that they will not renew the contracts of coach and associate general manager Joe Sullivan, and assistant coaches Aime Caines and Rory McDade for the 2016 season.

VOLLEYBALL The Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club U16 boys’ are heading into the 2015 Volleyball Canada Championships with a provincial bronze medal.

The Kings beat the Grande Prairie Wolves 2-1 (26-28, 25-19, 1511) on the weekend in Edmonton to secure the medal.

The Kings went through pool play with a 2-1 record, beating the Barrhead Knights 25-21, 25-20 and Edmonton NAVC 25-15, 22-25, 15-5, before falling 26-24, 25-22 to the Wolves.

In the quarter-final, the Kings beat the Edmonton Nooks 2522, 25-18, but fell 18-25, 25-20, 15-12 to Edmonton FOG to land in the bronze medal game.

The Kings will wrap up their season at the national championship tournament in Calgary May 16-19.

Windsor’s Williams, Guelph’s Proudfood named CIS athletes of the year CALGARY — A basketball player and a cross country and track star were chosen as the Canadian Interuniversity Sport female and male athletes of the year at the 23rd annual BLG Awards on Monday.Korissa Williams, from the University of Windsor, became the second straight women’s basketball player to earn the honour after Justine Colley of Saint Mary’s University took home the award last year.

“It’s so surreal right now,” said Williams, 23, who helped her hometown Lancers win their fifth straight CIS national championship this year and was selected as the tournament’s mostvaluable player. “I’m trying to take it in. I feel so overwhelmed with emotions. I’m so grateful. I’m humbled. I could never expect this or imagine this in my last five years ever. It’s the highest award I’ve gotten this year and I’m so grateful and happy.”

Meanwhile Ross Proudfoot, of the University of Guelph, is the first cross country and track athlete to win the award since Ryan McKenzie of the University of Windsor accomplished the feat back in 2003.

“To actually win it, I’m ecstatic,” said Proudfoot, 22, a twotime winner of the University of Guelph’s male athlete of the year award.

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 Tuesday, May 12 x-Anaheim at Calgary, TBD Thursday, May 14 x-Calgary at Anaheim, TBD x — if necessary.

Sunday, May 3 Tampa Bay 6 Montreal 2 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 Tuesday, May 12 x-Montreal at Tampa Bay, TBD

WHL PLAYOFFS FINAL ROUND WHL Championship (Best-of-7)

A 18 13 12 15 11 18 9 12 8 13 11 9 9 6 10 13 5 10

Pts 28 26 25 21 20 20 19 19 18 18 17 16 16 15 15 15 14 14

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs SECOND ROUND Division Finals

Metropolitan Division N.Y. Rangers (1) vs. Washington (2) (Washington leads series 2-1) Thursday, April 30 Washington 2 NY Rangers 1 Saturday, May 2 NY Rangers 3 Washington 2 Monday, May 4 Washington 1 NY Rangers 0 Wednesday, May 6 NY Rangers at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

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

Sunday, May 10 x-NY Rangers at Washington, TBD

Monday’s summary Capitals 1, RANGERS 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Yandle NYR (tripping) 8:37, Brassard NYR (holding) 13:00.

Second Period 1. Washington, Beagle 1 (Burakovsky, Brouwer) 7:31.

Penalties — Alzner Wash (delay of game) 0:13.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Wilson Wash (boarding) 1:21.

Shots on goal NY Rangers 11 9 10 — 30 Washington 7 8 7 — 22 Goal — NY Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 5-3-0); Washington: Holtby (W, 5-4-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)NY Rangers: 0-2; Washington: 0-2.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago (3) vs. Minnesota (WC) (Chicago leads series 2-0) Friday, May 1 Chicago 4 Minnesota 3 Sunday, May 3 Chicago 4 Minnesota 1 Tuesday, May 5 Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

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

Saturday, May 9 x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBD Monday, May 11 x-Chicago at Minnesota, TBD

NHL Scoring Leaders PLAYOFFS / Through May 3 GP G Corey Perry, Anh 6 5 Tyler Johnson, TB 9 7 Patrick Kane, Chi 8 5 Ryan Getzlaf, Anh 6 2 Duncan Keith, Chi 8 2 Zach Parise, Min 8 4 Jonathan Toews, Chi 8 4 Patrick Sharp, Chi 8 4 Alex Ovechkin, Was 9 4 Kevin Shattenkirk, StL6 0 5 tied with 7 pts.

Anaheim (1) vs. Calgary (3) (Anaheim leads series 2-0) Thursday, April 30 Anaheim 6 Calgary 1 Sunday, May 3 Anaheim 3 Calgary 0

EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal (1) vs. Tampa Bay (2) (Tampa Bay leads series 2-0) Friday, May 1 Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 1, 2OT

Basketball EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 1, Cleveland 0 Monday, May 4: Chicago 99, Cleveland 92 Wednesday, May 6: Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Friday, May 8: Cleveland at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 10: Cleveland at Chicago, 1:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 12: Chicago at Cleveland, TBD x-Thursday, May 14: Cleveland at Chicago, TBD x-Sunday, May 17: Chicago at Cleveland, TBD

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015

Hockey

● High school girls soccer: Lindsay

NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

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A 8 3 5 8 8 5 5 4 4 8

PTS 13 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct GB New York 16 10 .615 — Tampa Bay 14 12 .538 2 Baltimore 12 11 .522 2 Toronto 13 14 .481 3 Boston 12 14 .462 4

Detroit Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 17 9 .654 16 9 .640 14 12 .538 9 15 .375 8 14 .364

Houston Los Angeles Seattle Oakland Texas

West Division W L Pct 18 8 .692 11 15 .423 11 15 .423 11 16 .407 9 16 .360

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

1/2 1/2

GB — 1/2 3 7 7 GB — 7 7 7 8

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New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 16 10 .615 13 14 .481 12 14 .462 12 14 .462 10 17 .370

GB — 3 4 4 6

St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 19 6 .760 13 11 .542 12 13 .480 12 13 .480 8 18 .308

GB — 5 7 7 11

West Division W L Pct 16 9 .640 14 13 .519 13 13 .500 11 13 .458 10 14 .417

GB — 3 3 4 5

Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Colorado Arizona

Sunday’s Games Cleveland 10, Toronto 7 Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 13, Chicago White Sox 3 Detroit 6, Kansas City 4 Houston 7, Seattle 6 Oakland 7, Texas 1 San Francisco 5, L.A. Angels 0 N.Y. Yankees 8, Boston 5

Sunday’s Games Philadelphia 6, Miami 2 Washington 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 0 St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2, 14 innings Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 5, L.A. Angels 0 L.A. Dodgers 1, Arizona 0, 13 innings San Diego 8, Colorado 6

Monday’s Games Toronto 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 1 Minnesota 8, Oakland 7 Texas 2, Houston 1 Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 2

Monday’s Games Washington 6, Miami 4 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 2 Milwaukee 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 St. Louis 10, Chicago Cubs 9 Arizona at Colorado, ppd., rain San Francisco 2, San Diego 0

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 3-0) at Toronto (Estrada 1-0), 5:07 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 4-1), 5:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Smyly 0-0) at Boston (Porcello 2-2), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 3-0) at Kansas City (J.Vargas 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Detroit (Greene 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 1-2), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Chavez 0-2) at Minnesota (May 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Texas (W.Rodriguez 0-1) at Houston (Feldman 2-2), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Paxton 0-2) at L.A. Angels (Richards 2-1), 8:05 p.m.

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

Baltimore at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 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.

Monday’s Major League Linescores 1/2 1/2

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Tampa Bay 220 000 100 — 5 11 0 Boston 010 000 000 — 1 7 0 Odorizzi, Frieri (8), E.Ramirez (9) and Rivera; Buchholz, Tazawa (7), Breslow (8) and S.Leon. W— Odorizzi 3-2. L—Buchholz 1-4. HRs—Tampa Bay, J.Butler (1).

1/2 1/2 1/2

Oakland 400 001 011 — 7 13 1 Minnesota 040 004 00x — 8 13 0 Hahn, R.Alvarez (6), Bassitt (7) and Vogt; P.Hughes, A.Thompson (7), Boyer (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki. W—P.Hughes 1-4. L—Hahn 1-2.

Sv—Perkins (9). HRs—Oakland, Vogt (7), Canha (4). Minnesota, Tor.Hunter (3).

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Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati (Lorenzen 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Locke 2-1), 5:05 p.m.

Miami (Latos 0-3) at Washington (Strasburg 2-2), 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 4-1), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Billingsley 0-0) at Atlanta (S.Miller 3-1), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 4-0) at Milwaukee (Garza 2-3), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-1) at St. Louis (Lyons 0-0), 6:15 p.m.

Arizona (Collmenter 2-3) at Colorado (Matzek 2-0), 6:40 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 1-4) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-2), 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Miami at Washington, 11:05 a.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 000 000 100 — 1 3 2 Toronto 000 000 03x — 3 10 0 Whitley, Ch.Martin (8), Betances (8) and J.Murphy; Dickey, Cecil (9) and Thole, Ru.Martin. W—Dickey 1-3. L—Ch.Martin 0-1. Sv—Cecil (2).

Texas 000 000 011 — 2 7 0 Houston 100 000 000 — 1 4 0 Detwiler, Kela (8), Feliz (9) and Chirinos; Keuchel, Qualls (9) and Conger. W—Kela 2-1. L—Qualls 0-2.

Sv—Feliz (3).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Miami 100 000 120 — 4 9 0 Wash.

100 000 14x — 6 12 1 Phelps, Dunn (7), S.Dyson (7), Morris (8) and Realmuto; Zimmermann, Treinen (8), Grace (8), Roark (9) and W.Ramos. W—Grace 1-0. L—Morris 3-1.

Sv—Roark (1). HRs—Miami, Bour (1). Washington, Desmond (2).

Phila.

300 000 101 — 5 14 0 Atlanta 000 001 001 — 2 8 0 Harang, Diekman (7), Giles (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz; A.Wood, Kohn (5), Veal (6), Cahill (7), Avilan (8), Ji.Johnson (9) and Pierzynski. W—Harang 3-2.

L—A.Wood 1-2.

Los Ang. 100 200 000 — 3 6 1 Milwaukee 000 001 03x — 4 7 0 Kershaw, Hatcher (8) and Grandal; Lohse, Cotts (6), Blazek (7), F.Rodriguez (9) and Maldonado.

W—Blazek 2-0. L—Hatcher 0-3. Sv—F.Rodriguez (5). HRs—Los Angeles, Pederson (7). Milwaukee, H.Gomez (1).

Chicago 510 101 001 — 9 12 0 St. Louis 400 002 40x — 10 11 1 T.Wood, Motte (6), Coke (6), Strop (7), Rosscup (7), Germen (8) and M.Montero, D.Ross; C.Martinez, Villanueva (4), Socolovich (7), Belisle (8), Maness (9) and T.Cruz. W—Socolovich 2-0. L—Strop 0-2.

Sv—Maness (2). HRs—Chicago, Rizzo (4), Russell (2). St. Louis, Reynolds (2).

San Diego 000 000 000 — 0 2 1 San Fran. 002 000 00x — 2 8 4 T.Ross, Vincent (8) and De.Norris; Bumgarner, Romo (8), Casilla (9) and Posey. W—Bumgarner 3-1. L—T.Ross 1-3. Sv—Casilla (8).

Griffin’s triple-double leads Clippers over Rockets in Game 1

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clippers 117 Rockets 101 HOUSTON — Blake Griffin had 26 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists for his second straight triple-double to lift the Chris Paul-less Los Angeles Clippers to a 117-101 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Houston scored five straight points to cut the lead to one with about 7 ½ minutes left.

Matt Barnes got the Clippers going after that, making two 3-pointers in a 12-0 run that made it 101-88 3 minutes later, and the Clippers coasted to the victory.

Paul, who has a strained left hamstring, missed his first game of the season. But Jamal Crawford had 21 points and Barnes added 20 to help pick up the slack.

Dwight Howard led Houston with 22 points and James Harden added 20.

Houston was well-rested after having six days off after beating Dallas in five games. The Clippers showed no signs of fatigue despite having only about 48 hours to get ready for this series after eliminating defending champion San Antonio in Game 7 on Saturday night.

Griffin, who also had a triple-double on Saturday, has three this post-season.

Harden scored five straight points after the Clippers took their big lead, but Houston couldn’t do much after that and fans started heading for the exits with about 2 minutes left.

The Clippers scored 37 points in the third quarter to lead by six at the start of the fourth.

Pacquiao could face disciplinary action for not disclosing shoulder injury LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao could face disciplinary action from Nevada boxing officials for failing to disclose a shoulder injury before his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Nevada Athletic Commission chairman Francisco Aguilar said Monday that the state attorney general’s office will look at why Pacquiao checked “no” a day before the fight on

They were up by eight early in the fourth when Houston used a 6-2 spurt, with two dunks and a block by Howard, to cut the lead to 87-83.

Paul, who has averaged 22.7 points and 7.9 assists in the playoffs, was injured Saturday night but returned to hit the game-winning shot. Coach Doc Rivers said the All-Star point guard could have played if it were an elimination game, but that it wasn’t worth the risk for Game 1.

Rivers expects him to be able to play in this series, but isn’t sure if he’ll be ready for Game 2 on Wednesday night.

Paul, the team’s undisputed leader, clad in an olive green blazer, stood up often during the game, barking pointers to his teammates.

He walked with a noticeable limp and during timeouts he would call different players over, sharing information with them as if he were an extra coach.

Five quick points by Harden put Houston up by six with about 10 minutes left in the third quarter. But Los Angeles scored the next six points to tie it at 57-all.

A basket by J.J. Redick gave the Clippers their first lead since early in the game, 66-65.

Jason Terry put Houston back on top with a 3-pointer, but the Clippers scored the next seven points to take a 73-68 lead with 3 ½ minutes left in the third quarter.

The Clippers were up by six with 2 minutes left in the period when Houston scored five quick points, capped by a dunk from Corey Brewer, to get within 78-77.

Los Angeles scored the last five points of the quarter, powered by a 3-pointer by Crawford, to lead 83-77 entering the fourth. a commission questionnaire asking if he had a shoulder injury.

“We will gather all the facts and follow the circumstances,” Aguilar said.

“At some point we will have some discussion. As a licensee of the commission you want to make sure fighters are giving you up-to-date information.”

Pacquiao could face a possible fine or suspension for not answering the question accurately on a form he filled out just before Friday’s weigh-in. He would go on to lose a unanimous decision to Mayweather in the richest fight ever.

BUSINESS

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TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015

Big debts a growing concern for seniors MORE SENIORS FILE FOR INSOLVENCY WITH BIGGER DEBTS: REPORT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Seniors and those approaching retirement are making up a growing proportion of those filing for insolvency in Ontario and have bigger debts compared to younger people, a report said Monday.

And while credit card debt makes up the largest portion for them, payday loans are a growing concern for seniors, said Doug Hoyes, co-founder of bankruptcy trustee firm Hoyes, Michalos & Associates Inc. which did the report.

“It is a treadmill that you can never get off of,” Hoyes said of the short-term loans that often carry high interest rates.

According to a review of 6,000 insolvency filings handled by the firm in 2013 and 2014, the share of debtors aged 50 and over increased to 30 per cent compared with 27 per cent in the previous two-year period.

Hoyes said the number of people filing for insolvency has been trending down in recent years, but use of payday and fast cash style loans is on the rise.

The percentage of debtors with at least one payday loan increased to 18 per cent compared with 12 per cent two years ago, while the average total payday loan debt for those with them rose 12 per cent to $2,749.

Seniors were less likely to use payday loans at just nine per cent of those over 60 filing for insolvency with one, but those that did owed $3,693 on average.

Hoyes said some of the growth in seniors filing for insolvency is due to more people reaching retirement as baby boomers get older.

And while for some that has meant selling their home for a big profit and a comfortable retirement, for others, medical bills, job loss or divorce have crippled them financially, he said.

“Unfortunately if you go into retirement with debt, you’ve got a huge problem because now your income has gone down and you can’t service it,” he said.

The report found seniors and pre-retirement debtors have accumulated the highest unsecured debt load among all age groups. On average, debtors 50 and older filing for insolvency had $68,677 in unsecured debt, while those over 60 had total unsecured debt of $69,031.

That compared with an overall average of $56,545 in unsecured debt for those filing for insolvency.

The Bank of Canada and others have pointed to consumer debt as a key risk to the economy.

Statistics Canada reported earlier this year that households in the fourth-quarter of last year owed about $1.63 in consumer credit, mortgage, and nonmortgage loans for every dollar of disposable income.

Hoyes said though the report was based on insolvency filings in Ontario, he suggested the trends would likely be similar in other jurisdictions across the country.

“The basic trends are the same. The population is aging. We know that debt levels are increasing across the country. It is probably pretty comparable across the country as well.”

And he added, if interest rates start to climb, it could spell serious problems for those with debts with variable rates of interest.

“I don’t think we are prepared should that happen. We’ve been numbed to it because interest rates have continued to fall for years and years,” he said.

STUBBLE BURNING

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BRIEF B.C.-Alaska hold exploratory talks over Mount Polley tailings breach disaster VICTORIA — Mines Minister Bill Bennett says political leaders from Alaska are welcome to visit the Mount Polley environmental disaster site in central British Colubmia and also tour other mines in the province’s northwest.

Alaska’s Lt.-Gov. Byron Mallott and a second delegation of First Nations leaders from the state, as well commercial and sports fishing groups and conservation organizations will visit Mount Polley later this week.

Last summer’s tailings pond breach at the open pit gold and copper mine spilled millions of litres of tailings waste into lakes, rivers and creeks, prompting concerns from Alaska about B.C.’s mining practices and regulations.

The Red Chris gold and copper open pit mine in the northwest is located near a watershed that flows downstream to Alaska, and a similar catastrophe could threaten the state’s salmon-fishing industry.

Vancouver-based Imperial Metals (TSX:Ill) operates Mount Polley and Red Chris, which was granted an interim operating permit three months ago.

Bennett says he’s meeting with Mallott in Victoria, and the lieutenant-governor is also scheduled to attend BC Mining Week activities in Vancouver.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

In preparation for planting a crop A farmer burning stubble on his property west of Markerville sent up a plume of smoke visible from Red Deer on Monday.

Many watched big fight for free on small screens

TMX Group to change equity fee schedules under ’maker-taker’ model TORONTO — TMX Group (TSX:X) will begin making changes next month to equity trading fee schedules under what is known as the “maker-taker” model.

The operator of Canada’s major exchanges announced Monday that it will gradually reduce fees and rebates under the model at the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange and TSX Alpha Exchange.

The maker-taker model involves paying rebates to participants who add liquidity (maker) and charging a fee to those who remove liquidity (taker).

This model was introduced to Canada more than a decade ago to increase liquidity, tighten price spreads and increase the competitiveness of the Canadian capital markets.

However, over time the model has raised concerns about market efficiency, fairness and quality.

“TMX is leading the way with a market-driven solution that will address the issues head-on, while taking care to preserve Canada’s competitiveness,” Kevan Cowan, president TSX Markets and group head of equities, said in a statement announcing the change.

The TMX said it fears a drastic reduction or outright removal of the maker-taker model might have a negative impact on the market, including increased spreads, a rise in volatility and a loss of liquidity.

Instead, it plans to introduced a program of phased reductions designed to “gradually lower dealer active trading costs, minimize unnecessary intermediation and increase investor confidence.”

The first phase of reductions, effective June 1 subject to regulatory approval, will differentiate between fees for interlisted and non-interlisted securities to maintain the competitiveness of the Canadian market relative to the U.S. market.

Taker fees will be reduced up to 34 per cent with an average reduction of 26 per cent across all securities and participants, while maker rebates will be reduced by an average of 31 per cent.

Oliver touts budget measures despite opposition concerns TORONTO — Finance Minister Joe Oliver used a speech Monday to tout the budget’s tax-cutting measures despite criticism from the opposition that they don’t help the country’s struggling middle class.

Oliver spoke to the Canadian Club of Toronto, where he referred to his first speech as finance minister 13 months ago when he told the same group that his priority would be creating jobs and stimulating growth across the country.

The April 21 budget includes proposals to lower the small business tax rate by two percentage points, nearly double the contribution limit on tax-free savings accounts and expand tax breaks for seniors and families. Oliver’s speech came just as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announced economic proposals of his own that would implement income tax cuts for the middle class and hike taxes for the wealthiest one per cent to cover the costs of more generous child benefits.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INTERNET STREAMING

NEW YORK — It should have been a proud moment for TV: A much-hyped sports event drawing in millions of paying viewers and showcasing the clout still held by traditional media heavyweights.

Instead, the broadcast of Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas was marred by technical snafus and got sucker punched by Internet streamers, exposing the industry’s vulnerabilities.

An estimated 3 million households were expected to buy pay-per-view access to the fight at nearly $100 a pop Saturday night.

But the heavy demand created problems for some cable and satellite TV subscribers who tried to order it at the last minute, delaying the start of the fight.

And it popped up, unauthorized, on new services like Twitter’s Periscope and Meerkat, where people used the video function on their smartphones to relay the broadcast directly to the Internet.

It’s a sign of how comfortable people are getting watching video on small screens from new types of platforms and providers, whether it’s Periscope, Snapchat or Netflix. It also shows how common piracy is in the entertainment industry and how difficult it is to contain.

But it doesn’t necessarily mean there’s going to be a mass exodus from cable, right now, or that millions wouldn’t pay up to watch another big event.

“There’s lots of reasons why people cut the cord.

I don’t think Periscope is going to be one of them,” said Chris Sprigman, a law professor at New York University and expert on copyright and intellectual property.

Experts said it isn’t likely that someone willing to pay for the fight would instead settle for a lowerquality stream that might get shut down at any time.

Given that, the companies behind the event’s telecast may not have lost much money to the streamers, they said.

HBO and Showtime have not yet said how many people paid to watch Saturday night’s fight.

They were obviously concerned in advance about other outlets showing the fight. CBS, the owner of Showtime, and Time Warner-owned HBO had already gone to court to block websites BoxingHD.net and SportShip.org from airing it.

HBO has previously criticized Periscope over Game of Thrones streaming.

HBO referred requests for comment to Showtime, which declined to comment Monday.

Streaming an event without permission could get you in trouble, said Eric Goldman, a law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and director of the school’s High Tech Law Institute.

But the viewers of those streams?

“That’s a much harder legal argument,” he said.

According to him, a case a few years ago called Fla-

va Works v. Gunter suggests that viewers watching a stream are not legally infringing.

Dan Taylor, a 24-year-old who works in digital marketing in England, said Monday that he isn’t worried about legal ramifications.

He said he wasn’t willing to pay to watch the fight to begin with, but was listening to it on the radio before he stumbled on a Periscope stream with thousands of watchers.

As for Periscope and Meerkat themselves, if they comply with a law called the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and take down the content that copyright holders request, they’re not liable, Sprigman said.

“Members of the Periscope team were on staff Saturday night working to disable streams of the fight. We were able to respond to takedown requests within minutes,” said spokeswoman Lauren Jones in an email. “ We received 66 reports from right holders. We took action on 30, the remaining streams had already ended or were no longer available.”

She said the company was working to make sure it had the tools to react quickly to people uploading prohibited content.

But a tweet from Twitter CEO Dick Costolo could be seen as a taunt.

“And the winner is ... bperiscopeco,” he posted Sunday, without directly referring to the fight.

Ben Rubin, the CEO of the company behind Meerkat, in an email declined to comment beyond his Twitter account, which included a post Sunday saying that it had been “fun working” with CBS. Todd duBoef, the president of Top Rank Boxing, the co-promoter of the fight, said that the company would work with a piracy-investigation agency, HBO and Showtime to look into piracy of the event.

“The people that did this and were complicit will be held accountable,” he said.

Some argued that fighting streams of live sports is wrongheaded from a business perspective.

“People are going to have to realize that user-generated content is really amplifying the excitement and hype around the event,” said Joel Espelien, an analyst at research firm The Diffusion Group. “A zillion people at a soccer match tweeting, posting photos on Instagram, it’s good for the match.”

And live video through phone apps isn’t that different, he said.

“Video will play a larger role in how people personally share user-generated content at events.”

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 126.34 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.61 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.78 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.28 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.41 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.81 Cdn. National Railway . . 79.84 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 236.37 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.97 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.10 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.40 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.65 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 63.59 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.09 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.18 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.40 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 25.45 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.90 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.97 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.27 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.66 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.95 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 14.92 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 128.70 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.44 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.92 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.53 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets, which experienced a bit of a bumpy ride late last week, closed higher Monday amid news that U.S. factory orders enjoyed their first increase since last summer.

Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite was up 27.70 points at 15,367.47, while the loonie rose 0.44 of a U.S. cent to 82.70 cents.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 46.34 points to 18,070.40, the Nasdaq index rose 11.54 points to 5,016.93 and the S&P 500 advanced 6.20 points to 2,114.49.

Markets were down sharply last Thursday, with the Dow registering an almost 200-point drop, before rallying to triple-digit gains on Friday.

“We’re seeing on the whole, more regular volatility than we’re used to,” said Kash Pashootan, senior vice-president and portfolio manager at First Avenue Advisory in Ottawa.

“That’s really a direct result of five years of above historical average returns in the markets.

Now that we’re seeing equity markets fairly valued, and not undervalued the way that they were in previous years, the result is we’re seeing more of the characteristics of what we should expect in equities, and one of those characteristics is volatility.”

In economic news, the Commerce Department reported that U.S. factory orders rose 2.1 per cent in March, breaking a string of seven monthly declines stretching back to July. Meanwhile, orders in a category that tracks business investment plans edged ahead 0.1 per cent for its first advance since last August.

It was just the opposite in China, where the HSBC’s manufacturing index based on a survey of factory purchasing managers fell to a 12-month low of 48.9 in April from 49.6 in March. The index is based on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 show contraction.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.85 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 16017 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.18 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 28.17 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.92 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.81 First Quantum Minerals . 18.83 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.69 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 12.25 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.00 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.81 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.41 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.81 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 19.10 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 24.58 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 30.38 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 69.13 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.10 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 39.36 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 39.60 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 13.44 Canyon Services Group. . 8.37 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 22.83 CWC Well Services . . . 0.3300 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 17.38 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.12 However, that has raised hopes that Beijing will take action to boost the economy, something it has done several times this year. In the most recent move, the central bank last month slashed the reserve requirement ratio for banks by a full percentage point to make more money available for lending.

Meanwhile, earnings season is wrapping up in the U.S., just as it gets underway in Canada.

Pashootan says despite the fact that a number U.S. multinational companies have revised their outlooks for 2015, on the whole the quarterly results were not as bad as they may appear.

“On a surface level, it seemed negative, in the sense that we saw downward revisions to 2015 outlook, but the good news is that most of that was driven because of currency and not because of business fundamentals,” said Pashootan.

Although a number of companies took a hit due to the higher U.S. dollar, most of them still showed strong top-line sales and year-over-year growth, said Pashootan.

Looking ahead to Canadian earnings, Pashootan says he wouldn’t be surprised to see reduced budgets and dividend cuts from oil producers.

“I don’t feel that the negative implications of falling oil prices have fully played themselves out yet,” said Pashootan.

On commodity markets, the June crude contract was down 22 cents at US$58.93 a barrel, while June gold rose $12.30 to US$1,186.80 an ounce and July copper fell a penny to US$2.92 a pound.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,367.47, up 27.70 points Dow — 18,070.40, up 46.34 points S&P 500 — 2,114.49, up 6.20 points Nasdaq — 5,016.93, up 11.54 points

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Talks to continue after BC Rail buys coal licences in ’sacred’ area: B.C. VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government is using a Crown corporation to buy 61 disputed coal licences located in an area considered sacred

by First Nations in the province’s northwest. The Ministry of Energy and Mines says BC Rail will buy the licences in the Klappan area from Fortune Minerals (TSX:FT) and POSCO Canada for $18.3 million.

The Tahltan Central Council claims the Klappan as part of its traditional territory and calls it Sacred Headwaters, where the salmon-bearing Skeena, Stikine and Nass rivers meet.

About 40 members of the Tahltan

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.11 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 49.20 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.26 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 26.95 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 52.15 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.99 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.89 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.14 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.09 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.67 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.02 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 5.33 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 57.08 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2650 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 79.04 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 67.13 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.94 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.82 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 37.48 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.84 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.60 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.39 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 49.12 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.85 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.44 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.70 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.11

Currencies: Cdn — 82.70 cents US, up 0.44 of a cent Pound — C$1.8290, down 1.24 cents Euro — C$1.3486, down 1.41 cents Euro — US$1.1153, down 0.56 of a cent Oil futures: US$58.93 per barrel, down 22 cents (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,186.80 per oz., up $12.30 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.973 oz., up 71 cents $674.28 kg., up $22.82 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’15 $10.90 higher $470.80; July ’15 $10.10 higher $457.30; Nov ’15 $9.10 higher $448.90; Jan. ’16 $9.20 higher $450.20; March ’16 $9.00 higher $450.10; May ’16 $9.00 higher $450.60; July ’16 $8.40 higher $450.60; Nov. ’16 $8.60 higher $445.60; Jan. ’17 $8.60 higher $446.30; March ’17 $8.60 higher $446.30; May ’17 $8.60 higher $446.30.

Barley (Western): May ’15 $5.00 lower $200.00; July ’15 $5.00 lower $202.00; Oct. ’15 $5.00 lower $187.00; 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.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 158,020 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 158,020.

occupied Fortune Minerals’ camp on Mount Klappan in September 2013, before banning the company from the area months later. The ministry says the companies’ development schedule was moving faster than talks with the Tahltan, and that was preventing the development of a shared vision for the area.

Competition Bureau, with conditions, gives approval to Holcim/ Lafarge merger The federal Competition Bureau says it has given its approval, with conditions, to the takeover of Lafarge S.A. by Holcim Ltd. in a deal that will merge the world’s two largest cement companies. In a statement issued late Monday, the Competition Bureau said it had reached a consent agreement that will see Holcim sell all of its Canadian operations and all associated assets.Under the agreement, Holcim will also sell one cement plant and five cement terminals in the United States.

Talks sour between Lantic Inc. and sugar beet growers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

SOUTHERN ALBERTA

Talks have gone sour between sugar company Lantic Inc. and southern Alberta farmers who produce Canada’s only homegrown source of the sweetener.

The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers marketing board said it rejected a final offer from Lantic on a new multiyear deal on Friday.

Lantic vice-president Manon Lacroix said Monday if that decision stands, the company would phase out its use of sugar beets once inventories are used up.

She said to make up the difference Lantic would ramp up production of imported raw sugarcane from South America.

“We would finalize the processing of the Taber inventory and then our customers would be supplied through our cane facilities we have in Vancouver or Montreal,” she said.

Lantic’s website says its sugar beet factory in Taber, Alta., can produce up to 150,000 tonnes of sugar per year.

She suggested the factory, which employs around 100 people during most of the year and up to 300 people during harvest, would close if there is no deal.

“If there are no beets there is nothing to process,” she said from Montreal.

Gerald Third, executive director of the Beet Growers board, said up to 250 producers were to meet late Monday afternoon to discuss the impasse.

He said the sticking point comes down to how much Lantic is willing to pay for Canadian-grown sugar beets.

“Lantic has indicated that they can purchase sugarcane cheaper offshore from foreign countries,” he said.

Lacroix said a previous three-year agreement with growers expired at the end of 2014.

In recent years the company has reduced the number of beet hectares it contracted in Alberta from about 12,000 in 2012 to about 8,900 last year.

In 1997 and 1998, Rogers Sugar Ltd. spent close to $65 million to modernize the plant to process up to 20,000 hectares of beets per year. Lantic Sugar Limited and Rogers merged in 2008 to form Lantic Inc. Gary Allred, president of United Food and Commercial Workers local 383, said union members who work at the Taber plant are worried.

“It’s our jobs,” Allred said. “It (the Lantic plant) generates a lot of money for the community.”

Third said the board has the power under Alberta law to negotiate the contract with Lantic but will listen closely Monday to growers about how they feel about the company’s offer.

“The offer was rejected on the basis that it fell short of where the board believes the industry needs to be,” he said.

“If the growers ask the board to change that, then the board will absolutely take that under consideration.”

McDonald’s maps out revival plan

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — McDonald’s wants to simplify, simplify, simplify — but also add a bunch of choices for customers to avoid growing stale.

CEO Steve Easterbrook said Monday that he will strip away the bureaucracy at McDonald’s so the company can move more nimbly to keep up with changing tastes.

The overhaul comes after McDonald’s saw its profit drop 15 per cent last year, with sales dipping in regions around the world.

“The reality is our recent performance has been poor. The numbers don’t lie,” said Easterbrook, who took charge of the world’s biggest hamburger chain on March 1.

To help make the right changes more quickly, McDonald’s said it’s restructuring its business into four units led by lean management teams.

The U.S. market, which accounts for more than 40 per cent of operating profit, recently stripped away a level of field oversight and will be its own unit.

Another unit will be made up of established international markets such as Australia and the United Kingdom, and another with high-growth markets such as China and Russia. The countries where McDonald’s has a smaller presence will be grouped separately.

Previously, the units were segmented by geography rather than market type.

Already, McDonald’s has acknowledged the need to simplify food preparation as well. The company has already trimmed its menu to reduce complexity for workers and make it

easier for customers to decide what they want.

Even as it embraces the mantra of simplification, however, McDonald’s is eyeing a host of new options to prevent its image from growing stale.

The company is testing an all-day breakfast menu in San Diego and a “Create Your Taste” option that lets people build their own burgers. Janney analyst Mark Kalinowski has also noted the company is testing a scaled down version of that program called “Taste Crafted” that is available at drive-thrus.

And on Monday, McDonald’s launched delivery in New York City in partnership with delivery service Postmates. It plans to offer a mobile app in the U.S. later this year as well.

In a call with reporters, Easterbrook said such moves are about offering more choices and not adding complexity.

“This is about being a better McDonald’s, not a different McDonald’s,” Easterbrook said.

Larry Light, who served as chief marketing officer of McDonald’s between 2002 and 2005 and now runs a brand consulting firm, said Easterbrook offered little in the way of what matters to customers.

“Being more efficient, having less bureaucracy will buy you time, but will not buy you enduring success,” he said.

When McDonald’s was trying to turn around its business in 2002, Light said it focused on addressing the quality of the food, which had degraded over time. For instance, he said the company had stopped toasting Big Mac buns to speed up service.

Changing that helped the company reconnect with its existing fans.

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PUBLIC DRAW FOR 98 HOUSING LOTS IN RED DEER FAILS TO SELL OUT

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Confidence in building homes in Red Deer may be waning.

Last week, a public draw for 98 residential lots in Timberlands North (Phase A) drew only 30 successful bids.

The northeast lots are located near the intersection of 67th Street and 30th Avenue.

The lukewarm response was a far cry from the March 2014 draw for 42 residential lots in Timberlands South (Phase 1B). That draw sold out within a

matter of hours.

John Sennema, Red Deer’s land and economic development manager, said the city anticipated that the draw would not be as well received as those for Garden Heights or Timberlands South.

“We heard from builders and developers that it’s a little soft out there,” said Sennema. “People are waiting to hear what happens.”

As well, he said, the city did not get in the usual cast of large builders and developers because they are likely sitting on inventory.

“We are pretty optimistic that it will

go,” said Sennema. “It’s nice to have a little inventory.”

The lots were sold as either singles or lots of two and three.

The remaining lots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis either as individual lots or in blocks through the city’s Land and Economic Development Department.

“We think it is going to be a unique and cool community,” he said.

The latest development will incorporate features new to Red Deer such as carriage homes, wider lots, laneless lots and park-facing properties. The neighbourhood design puts a focus on

walkability, environmental sustainability, and integration of commercial, residential and civic opportunities.

A carriage home is a self-contained dwelling unit above a garage.

“We are hoping people are going to pilot that,” said Sennema. “If they picked up a block of lots, they would have to build a carriage home. We are excited to see how that product moves in the market.”

The city is finishing up the subdivision of the lots, including putting in the sidewalks. The lots should be development ready by June 13. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

YARD WASTE DROP-OFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

All this week residents of Red Deer can bring in yard waste and drop it off for free at the Red Deer Landfill. Here Keith Wilson drops off a load of shrub branches he removed from his yard on Monday.

Mental illness Sylvan pool closed recovery program to repair structure includes work skills

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Returning to the workforce for those recovering from mental illness can be daunting, but support is available at A Gathering Place in Red Deer.

Following the model of mental health clubhouses that operate internationally, the local non-profit eases people back into social opportunities and employment.

“Often people will simply withdraw, isolate themselves. This is their chance to socialize, reconnect,” said Mary Roy, mental health support worker at A Gathering Place, on Monday.

“The whole reintegration is a process and this is a safe place for them to do just that.”

Funded by Alberta Health services, A Gathering Place has been run by the non-profit Employment Placement Support Services since 2011.

The clubhouse was once operated by the Canadian Mental Health Association and previously included members of a local brain injury group.

Located at 5012 Ross St., the clubhouse has about 147 members.

Since 2007, Roy said the clubhouse has been a place where adults with mental illness, from mild anxiety to schizophrenia and bipolar disorders, could find support. Anyone accessing mental health services is welcome.

She said employment has been shown to be important to well-being,

so people don’t see their illness as the end of the road.

To help people become comfortable with workplace schedules and to update existing skills, clubhouse members can start by participating in work ordered days by volunteering for reception, concession, clerical, kitchen and maintenance/janitorial duties at A Gathering Place.

“First, it’s getting them back into the normal pace of things. Often when people have been out of the workforce for a while, it’s really overwhelming to go from zero to 90 all at once.”

Depending on their recovery, they can move on to supported paid employment in the community and eventually independent employment.

This week during Mental Health Week, A Gathering Place is hosting an open house on Friday, from noon to 2:30 p.m. to celebrate the successes of members as well as reach out to people who could benefit from the clubhouse’s services and community members to join its advisory board or to volunteer.

“So many people do not know about us,” Roy said.

But research shows that as many as one in five Canadians will experience mental illness, she said.

For more information about A Gathering Place, call 403-309-7772. Hours of operation are Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

Sylvan Lake swimmers will be left high and dry for a few days after corrosion issues forced the closure of the town’s pool.

The town announced on Friday that the pool will be closed until repairs are made to structural columns.

Public works manager Dave Brand said it is expected that the closure will last only a few days.

The town is waiting for engineers to approve the temporary fix to shore up structural columns corroded by the humid pool air.

“We’re definitely thinking short term. This is not a long-term closure whereby we expect we’re going to be down for a period of weeks,” said Brand.

“It’s more a period of days.”

Problems were first brought to the town’s attention a few weeks ago as engineers examined the facility as part of preparations for the new multiplex, which will be built alongside.

Council then approved further test-

ing of the supports, which led to a recommendation that they be strengthened at a cost of about $75,000.

“In this case, what we would be proposing is essentially to augment the columns with other columns,” said Brand.

The work is a temporary measure until structural upgrades planned as part of the aquatic centre’s incorporation into the $33.5-million NexSource Centre multiplex are done.

Those changes will ensure the facility meets the latest snow load requirements and other building standards that may have changed over time.

To ensure no future corrosion problems occur, council recently approved additional money to upgrade the air handling systems for the entire multiplex, pool included.

Mayor Sean McIntyre expressed disappointment on Friday that this kind of repair is required for a 15-year-old pool complex.

Brand said the town is looking into whether there were faults in the original design and what warranty protection may be available. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Singer Kelly cancels show Quebec singer Ian Kelly had to cancel his Red Deer-area show this week.

Kelly was supposed to perform on Wednesday night at The Hideout in Gasoline Alley.

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

But he had to cancel that show and several others in Western Canada due to illness.

Call the venue for ticket-related information.

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Mazzei faces jury trial over theft-related charges A nine-day jury has been scheduled for 2016 for a Red Deer woman who faces numerous charges relating to both an escort scam and a series of thefts.

Lindsey Rae Mazzei, 32, has already been convicted of one count of robbery for her role in an escort scam in 2013 at a motel on Gaetz Avenue. A sentencing date was set, however Mazzei missed a court date before sentencing and a warrant was issued for her arrest. This delayed the completion of a pre-sentence report.

Mazzei was the bait in the escort scam that lured clients to a motel.

Once there, the victims were greeted with two armed individuals who robbed the men of items such as wallet, cellphone, bank cards, cash and car keys.

Florian Edward Poitra, 32, was found guilty of charges relating to the scam. He was sentenced to four years jail in 2013. Mark William Bitterman, 32, is awaiting trial later this year in June.

Mazzei also has Court of Queen’s Bench jury a trial on several break and enter and possession of stolen property offences. It was set for Sept. 6 to 16, 2016, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday before Justice Kirk Sisson.

Mazzei has been held in custody for nine weeks, since she was rearrested after missing a court date.

Watch for signs during residential street sweep

Street sweeping takes place from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Friday.

Neighbourhood order and sweeping status can be found at www.reddeer. ca/city-services/roads/street-sweeping/

ran over another man and drove away.

Budget open house lets you track city spending

A warrant has been issued of the arrest of one of the men alleged to be a part of a riot at the Red Deer Remand Centre in 2014.

John Juil Jok, 27, was due in court

Have your say on how on your tax dollars are spent in the 2016 municipal budget.

The annual City of Red Deer budget open house will happen on May 11 at Festival Hall (4214 58th St.). Residents are invited to drop in between 5 and 8 p.m.

Learn about programs and services and provide feedback to city staff and council.

Information on the city’s 10-year capital, including amenities for the 2019 Canada Winter Games, will be available.

The regular council meeting will end at 4:30 p.m. to allow council to attend.

Trial set in charges of running over man Trial dates have been set for a man accused of running over another man with his vehicle after a bar fight in Innisfail.

James Allen Duchesne, 24, of Innisfail is charged with aggravated assault, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and failing to remain at the scene of a collision.

Dan Wilson appeared in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench appearing on behalf of Duchesne’s counsel Darren Mahoney. Duchesne pleaded not guilty to the charges and elected for a Court of Queen’s Bench trial before a judge and jury.

The trial was set for five days and will run from Sept. 19 to 23, 2016, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

The charges were laid against Duschesne as the result of a June 22, 2014, incident at the Fox and Hound pub in Innisfail.

Police said a fight erupted in the early morning hours and one of the men involved got into a pickup truck,

Remand riot accused fails to appear in court

on Monday to set a trial date for a mischief charge. He is one of four people accused of having a role in the March 4, 2014 riot at the city’s remand centre.

Co-accused, Athiang Geng, 28, and Diing Geng, 22, pleaded guilty for their roles. Diing received two days jail for mischief over $5,000. Athiang has yet to be sentenced.

Also accused, Chol Achuil Chol, 28, has a trial set for next year.

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Residential street sweeping is underway in Red Deer and residents are reminded to obey onstreet “no parking” signs to avoid being ticketed or having their vehicles towed.

Jim Chase, the city’s road superintendent, said the crews are working hard to clean the sand, dirt and debris off the streets after the winter months.

He said the vehicles on the streets slow down the job.

“We’re asking Red Deerians to help us complete this work quickly and efficiently by removing their vehicles from the street when signs are posted,” he said.

Signs are placed on streets at least 12 hours in advance of street sweeping and vehicles left on the street will be ticketed, and possibly towed, which comes with a fine of up to $155.

“If crews arrive at a street with too many vehicles parked, vehicles will be ticketed and the street will not be cleaned, meaning sweeping would have to be re-scheduled at a later date,” said Chase.

“We encourage you to reach out to neighbours who may not have moved their car to make sure your street gets done on schedule.”

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Red Deerians browse through a number of items and cars for sale at the Central Alberta Vintage Auto Club’s 46th annual Swap Meet at Westerner Park on Saturday. The event ran Friday through Saturday, and had a variety of vintage car parts, retro signs, and cars themselves for sale.

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Are you prepared in case of an emergency?

To mark National Emergency Preparedness, the City of Red Deer is reminding residents to be ready in case of a disaster.

Emergency preparedness means knowing the risks in your community, having an emergency plan for you and your family and owning a 72-hour emergency kit.

Karen Mann, the city’s emergency management co-ordinator, said people who are prepared for emergencies can be less reliant on first responders and other government and non-profit services.

“When residents take time to know the risks, make a plan and get a kit, the result is a safer, stronger community,” she said.

Since 2010, Alberta has seen two of Canada’s most destructive and costly disasters. The Slave Lake region fires in May 2011 and the Southern Alberta floods of 2013 have raised awareness of the importance of emergency preparedness and the role each person has to play.

Mann said emergency preparedness starts with individuals.

“It’s a lot like drops of water,” she said. “One drop may not be noticeable on its own but when you get 100,000 drops together, you get a real impact.

Each person who takes the time to prepare is adding to that collective, community resilience.”

Residents are also reminded to understand the steps for sheltering in place. The city launched its shelter in place campaign in January.

If asked to shelter in place, residents should go indoors (or stay indoors), close all windows and doors, turn off furnaces and air conditioning and wait for direction from emergency officials.

Information on Emergency Preparedness and a short video on shelter in place are online at www.reddeer.ca/ getprepared.

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Swimming in the deep end I had decided to take the children swimming. Jamie was working and I didn’t feel like tracking down any other adults to come with me.

“No worries,” I said to myself, “I can deal with two measly kids at the pool.” Two kids to one adult; those odds weren’t too bad.

We started out on a pretty positive note and managed to get our swimsuits on without incident, which in itself was surely a small miracle. The kids dutifully walked through the prep showers when asked LINDSAY and we even managed to score BROWN a radical floating mat in the shape of a butterfly before ME PLUS THREE hopping in the water.

Once we were in, I noticed that Lars had begun to stare at something. I followed his gaze to find a lady with a considerably voluptuous chest playing volleyball.

And, due to an unfortunate serious of events, one of her hefty breasts had managed to wrangle its way free from her suit and was hanging out for all to see.

Here was my dilemma. I don’t want my children to be afraid of the body; I don’t want them to recoil in fear when it comes to the sight of nakedness (however awkward the situation may be). So in an attempt at normalcy I acted cool and continued nonchalantly playing the shark game where I chase the kids around making what I feel to be some pretty spot-on

shark noises.

I continued glancing over at the woman fleetingly, though and she had still not noted her boob-out-ofsuit situation. The whole damn pool seemed to be letting this poor woman carry on participating in a very “bouncy” game of volleyball with her gargantuan boob flopping footloose and fancy-free. It appeared that everybody was holding their breath waiting for someone to speak up. Or perhaps we were all just waiting for the other one to gyrate loose.

As I waded towards her — because somebody needed to stop the madness — I thought about what I should say, “Um excuse me ma’am your breast is out (proceed pointing uneasily towards upper torso area), just thought I’d let you know.”

Was that seriously the best I could come up with?

Thankfully I didn’t have to say anything since she became aware of her slip-o-the-nip seconds before I reached her.

I glided right on past and pretend to be retrieving a floating ball for the kids. Smooth, I know.

Now that the momentary mammary was now just a memory, we could get down to some serious swimming business. But like kids tend to do, they were beginning to take things a little too far.

They had turned on me. Sophie was doggy paddling in her lifejacket like a bat out of hell towards the deep end.

“I just love to float there Mama!” she was screaming as she tried to make her escape.

Lars was terrified to go anywhere near that area of the pool and was vying for me to continue playing the shark game with him.

Meanwhile, I had secured Sophie by towing her

around by the little handle that is attached to the head rest of the life preserver.

Their ear-piercing screams sounded like banshees as they splashed chlorine-infested water into my eyeballs.

At one point, Sophie jumped directly on my head and nearly drowned me. Lars began crying because he thought his sister had fatally sunk his mother and knowing Lars, he was probably fretting about the years of therapy that would ensue because of the incident. I wrestled my way up to the surface and found myself face to face with an old acquaintance.

She was as surprised as me, except I was sputtering for air and had a trickle of snot dripping from my nose. I instantly discovered that the pool is probably the worst place to meet an old friend. You are wearing next to nothing, your hair is almost certainly a hot mess and if you are there with children, you are probably running after them — your legs jiggling persistently in the most unappealing of ways.

We made a bit of small talk while Sophie tried dunking me again and Lars poured a bucket of suspiciously warm water over my head.

The old friend was the one who ended up making a weak excuse to leave and for that I was thankful.

When I decided it was time to leave as well, I bribed the children into the van with enticements of chocolate and candy.

Now, they chow down while I sit at my computer and recount the experience. Maybe it wasn’t all that bad, but next time I may try a little harder to get my adult-to-kid ratio up.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

When the pieces no longer fit “So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.”

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outcomes, and put ourselves in situations where they cannot happen. And the crazy part is we don’t even realize we’re doing it. That’s because it all happening at an unconscious level.

How did we become the hapless victim of our dysfunctional thinking and, more importantly, how can we break the cycle? In an article written for Psychology Today, marriage and family therapist Athena Staik says that a “sophisticated” communication network exists between the brain and body. The subconscious mind manages the “systemic processes” in the body but it also handles all of our personal requests, both conscious and unconscious.

According to Staik, “this vast and complex network manages the flow of information that, quite literally, shapes your behaviours and, in many ways, your life.” Our early programming creates “inner standards or rules” that in turn spark neurochemical processes that “selectively govern” our choices and actions. Says Staik: “Toxic or dysfunctional thinking is self-perpetuating.”

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“I’m sorry,” I said, “but you can’t speak to me that way — not any longer.”

She just stared at me and, though she said nothing, I knew what she was thinking.

“I’ve spoken to you this way for years and you’ve never challenged me. Why the change?”

When I began working on my self-esteem and started to stand up for myself, something unusual began to happen. Many longstanding relationships became strained.

Some even collapsed. Others had to evolve or face a similar fate. A deep-level shift was occurring.

For years I had believed I was unworthy or deserving of love and affection, so I had built relationships with people who couldn’t express love or, worse yet, took love from me but seldom gave back any in return. I also felt unworthy or deserving of success and abundance.

This resulted in my holding down a series of lowpaying jobs for abusive employers. An overwhelming sense of inadequacy manifested itself in the form of people-pleasing and conflict avoidance.

When I started to change my perception of myself, my own perception no longer matched up with the perception of the people around me — the people with whom I had

chosen to surround myself. That created conflict — ironically, the one thing I had always sought to avoid.

Early in my self-esteem journey, I read an online article entitled The Metaphysical Minute by American best-selling author Dannye Williamsen. In the article, Williamsen said that most people’s lives are in perfect balance — harmony exists between beliefs and experience. At the time, I found the words hard to swallow. My life was a train wreck. There was no balance. Certainly no harmony as I understood the word. I realized later that what Williamsen was talking about was congruency.

Congruency is a quality of agreement, of matching.

When my self-image was low, I had surrounded myself with people who agreed with me. When I began to improve my self-esteem, there was no congruency between my new self-image and the environment in which I had placed myself.

If we believe we are worthy and deserving of happiness, love and success, then we will allow experiences that support these beliefs to become part of our life experience. If we believe the opposite to be true, then we will deny ourselves those positive

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Blended family puts strain on marriage Question: My wife is biased against today’s war-torn world. Many returning my children from my first marriage. veterans find it difficult to share their We have four kids — two emotional pain. They’ve from my first marriage and been to the brink of hell two from this one — but she and back. They naturally clearly favours her own. assume that only those who At first she seemed to achave actually engaged in cept the older kids, but latecombat can understand ly her attitude toward them their internal struggles. As has become unfairly critical a result, they keep their and overbearing. What can mouths shut and stuff their I do? feelings deep inside. UnJim: According to our fortunately, this emotional counsellors, what you’re suffering sometimes finds describing is actually quite expression in the form of common in blended famidomestic abuse.

JIM lies.

Does PTSD-induced DALY These conflicts can often abuse call for a special arise over disciplinary isresponse? Yes and no. On sues, since there’s a natuthe one hand, if your husral tendency for a biologiband is suffering from the cal parent to feel protective psychological impact of his of his or her offspring when the new combat experiences, there is a sense in spouse seems unreasonable or harsh. which his condition is unique. It’s vital But while the problem is common, it that professional help be received as isn’t always easy to resolve. I’d encour- soon as possible. age you and your wife to seek profesAt the same time, it’s crucial to sional help from a trained therapist add that your dilemma doesn’t differ who is skilled in working with step- significantly from that of any other families -- and to do so sooner rather abused or threatened spouse. Regardthan later. With the challenges your less of the underlying causes, a person children are facing as a result of the in your position really has no choice. breakup of your first marriage, it’s im- You must adopt the attitude that safety portant that you do all you can to guard is your top priority. If your husband them from additional stress and pres- becomes physically violent, don’t hesisure on the home front. tate to call 911. And if it’s a question of Question: Should special consid- emotional oppression and verbal puteration be given to an abuser when downs, make it clear that this kind of post-traumatic stress disorder is sus- behavior is unacceptable. pected? My husband recently returned Bottom line: Seek help. Because from a two-year deployment overseas, PTSD is so prevalent, most branches of and since then we’ve been subjected the military are now providing private, to verbal put-downs, emotional abuse confidential, one-on-one counseling and even threats of physical violence. for those who are struggling with the Greg Smalley, vice-president, Family fallout of combat service.

Ministries: Regrettably, your spouse’s Jim Daly is a husband and father, an situation isn’t unusual. Post-traumatic author, and president of Focus on the stress disorder (PTSD) is an issue that Family and host of the Focus on the Fammedical doctors and mental healthcare ily radio program. Catch up with him at professionals find themselves con- www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facefronting with increasing frequency in book.com/DalyFocus.

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be less inclined to people-please and more willing to step into the fray when an issue or individual needs to be challenged.

To initiate the process, Staik has a few suggestions.

Develop your connection to your body. Says Staik: “Your inner life is your school, a connection that teaches you about life around you.” She recommends that you practise mindfulness.

Learn to “feel your feelings” and to observe any energetic shifts in the body.

This effort will create a “special opening to inner wisdom” and a connection to your intuition.

Cultivate healthy relationships with yourself and life. Notes Staik: “Communication plays a special role in your relationships.” Your goal should be to cultivate healthier, more vibrant relationships. You can do this by being open, honest and courageous enough to speak your truth.

Befriend your subconscious mind.

Writes Staik: “To make changes, you need your subconscious mind on your side.” Your behaviours and subsequent life experiences are — for the most part — shaped by “what is going on deep inside of you.” Learn to recognize your automatic defence strategies and then begin to break them down through awareness and reflection.

Inspire yourself to break dysfunctional thought patterns by reminding yourself of the negative results they generate. This change can be stressful and dramatic but persistence is the key. The good news is you’ll eventually fall back into balance or become congruent once again — this time with a much more positive set of beliefs, values and perceptions.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

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ESTEEM: Feel good These processes stimulate the body’s reward or learning centres producing “feel good” feelings but also activate the body’s fear centres triggering the fight or flight response.

Put another way, if you’re not enjoying the life, love or career that you desire, it’s likely because you do not have the right “thinking patterns” needed to create optimal emotion states. Without the right set of inner standards or rules you cannot sustain positive momentum.

Says Staik: “Toxic thinking causes unhealthy levels of anxiety.” Anxious thoughts — often a misinterpretation of a perceived threat or danger — usurp energy from all bodily systems.

This — says Staik — all but severs communication to the higher thinking areas of the brain. You are basically switching off learning or growth mode and switching on fear and protection mode.

So we know — in basic terms — how the system works and why our unconscious beliefs have such a profound impact on our behaviour and life experience. What happens then when we bring awareness to our thinking and begin to shift our beliefs? Quite simply, we fall out of balance — we step out of congruency. If you begin to think of yourself as worthy and deserving love and affection you may begin to demand more of your relationships.

Likely, you’ll start to stand up for yourself and assert your needs. If you start to feel worthy and deserving of success and abundance, you may start demanding better remuneration or more respect from your boss. You may look for a new job. If you feel confident, you’ll

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Tom Scott relaxes with his cat Buddy in his Winnipeg home. Scott has written the first draft of his obituary.

Gaining fresh perspective on life by writing your own obituary

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Tom Scott has already drafted what will ultimately be his final story: his own obituary.

While many people are fearful and in denial about their own mortality, the Winnipeg native said contemplating his own last words and revisiting his past renewed his perspective on what has mattered most in life.

“As I drafted my own obit, what occurred to me is that I didn’t want to talk about any of the things that I have done; so any career accomplishments, that sort of thing,” said Scott, 55, a married father of two adult children and founding partner of consulting service company CS3 Partners.

“For me, it’s how my friends and family have enriched my life. So it’s not about me. It’s about how all of these people around me have helped me — not so much me helping them.

That’s really my takeaway. ... I’ve been very, very lucky. If it were to end today or tomorrow, I’d feel pretty good because I’ve had a very, very good life.”

In taking ownership of a tough task typically left to loved ones or professional writers, many who have chosen to write their own obituary have injected their prose with ample personality — and even a little levity.

Few of the people who read the obituary of Emily DeBrayda Phillips — who died of pancreatic cancer in March — actually knew her. The humorous and heartfelt words written by

the 69-year-old retired teacher went viral after they were published by the Florida Times-Union newspaper and on Jacksonville.com.

“It pains me to admit it, but apparently, I have passed away,” Phillips wrote. “Everyone told me it would happen one day but that’s simply not something I wanted to hear, much less experience. Once again I didn’t get things my way! That’s been the story of my life all my life.”

Jenni Aitken of Last Words, an obituary writing and consulting service in Victoria, said Phillips’s obituary was particularly compelling because she wrote in a way that was down-to-earth and relatable.

“There was a sense of happiness and joy, and she was certainly having a good time in her life,” Aitken said.

“If we come at the obituary as, ’this is your last kick at the can to say what matters’ — which she did so beautifully — then people might see it as ... not about embracing death — it’s about recognizing life.”

Aitken said the best obituaries tend to be simple stories that are written in an authentic tone.

“If you write the way you speak and you tell your story, you will pull people in.”

She recalled one obituary she wrote for a man who had built a zipline for his daughters on their farm.

Aitken suggested a way to approach writing one’s own obituary is to keep the autobiographical sketch to around 200 words.

Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

A Man’s Got To Know His Limitations Dear Dr. D: I am a bit concerned about my wisdom teeth. I'm a 22 year old male, and they were never removed. Lately I have noticed some significant swelling in the back of my mouth, but it only occurs sometimes. My dentist is reluctant to do anything but watch them.

Should I be going for another opinion?

A: Absolutely you should. I have a situation that is causing a patient a great deal of anguish and all of it completely unnecessarily. It directly involves wisdom teeth that should have been pulled long ago. In this situation, a female patient had wisdom teeth that should have been extracted. She is allergic to just about everything, and is now in her second trimester with a new baby. I had mentioned her wisdom teeth previously, but she said her family dentist told her not to worry about them and she believed him.

The truth is, they get impacted, get infected, and can cause a host of problems in adults. That is exactly what happened this time, and with a hugely swollen mouth this woman landed up in the hospital – and not reacting positively to any of the drugs with which they tried to treat her. I was out of the province, and got the desperate phone calls. The oral surgeon was unavailable, and nobody was happy whatsoever. A new medication concoction finally got the swelling to reduce, but with hysterical prospective new grandparents and a new father-to-be all demanding to know why this happened.

I'm going to talk straight here. Not every dentist or medical doctor in the world has identical skills, regardless of who says they are all equal. If all golfers were identical nobody would ever win. If all sprinters were identical the Olympics would have all 'tie' races. It is patently absurd to state that all clinicians are equal. There is some dentistry I embrace daily, where some practitioners would refer the patient. There are some cases that originate in my operatory but knowing my skill set and training – are referred to some of the excellent specialists we have available to us. I'll happily agree to any dental case I'm trained to do, and enjoy doing.

Others are referred, which is no reflection on me as a General Practice dentist. Some patients are better off in a full GA (general anesthesia) suite. If dental anxiety is a severe problem, the surgeon can accomplish much more in a short period of time using that GA suite. I do not apologize or feel 'less' of a dentist by referring. This patient should have had those wisdom teeth removed on 'her' time (when she was not infected and pregnant, considering her allergies to most medications).

Instead, because of the reluctance of some practitioners to take on a case they would rather avoid, and refusal to refer it – the patient ended up in a bad situation. My motto is to either do the dentistry, or refer the dentistry. Don't wait for an emergency.

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Princess Leia, political icon

BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES May the Fourth may be a made-up holiday based on a very silly pun. But even knowing all of this, I still can’t resist taking this occasion to write a few words in praise of Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) of Star Wars. Leia wasn’t just the first great heroine of science fiction and fantasy to capture my imagination. She was one of the first characters I encountered whose power came from her political conviction and acumen.

Leia’s nerves as a revolutionary are clear from the moment she arrives on screen in Star Wars: A New Hope, which was released in 1977. She takes shots at the Storm Troopers boarding her ship, gets stunned with a blaster in her hand, than has the audacity to try to make Darth Vader (David Prowse) feel ashamed of himself.

She has enough energy left over after a nasty session of torture to insult Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing). And while she grieves when her home planet, Alderaan, is destroyed by the Death Star, Leia’s not paralyzed: when her unexpected rescuers show up, she’s ready to go, and to gripe about their operational sloppiness.

Leia’s conviction and confidence are in stark contrast to the characters who will become the most important men in her life. When we first meet him, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is a largely apolitical person, lobbying his uncle (Phil Brown) to allow him to send in an application to the Imperial Academy.

His primary interest is in adventure rather than in any particular cause, which makes sense: growing up on a moisture farm on Tatooine can’t have been the most stimulating experience.

If Luke has the sort of youthful myopia that seems destined to clear up as soon as he gets the sand out of his eyes, the Han Solo (Harrison Ford) we meet in the Mos Eisely Cantina is actively hostile to the idea of political involvement to political idealism.

Neither Luke’s inexperience nor Han’s aggressive detachment faze Leia in the slightest. In fact, the

rect. When Han congratulates himself on “not a bad bit of rescuing,” it’s Leia who recognizes that Vader and company let them escape. After the Battle of Yavin, when Han comes back to provide cover for Luke’s run, Leia tells him, delighted, “I knew there was more to you than money.” Han deflects, but Leia’s willingness to see the best in him, and Han’s desire to live up to her belief in him, will prove one of the two pillars of the relationship to come.

The other is Han’s recognition that Leia is, as Meghan O’Keefe puts it in a celebration of Solo’s feminism, “more than a princess; she’s a person.”

Yes, it’s slightly ridiculous in Empire Strikes Back that he tries to pry a confession of affection out of her on Hoth, as Leia is trying to manage an evacuation with just an ion cannon for defense. But Han’s not wrong that if Leia doesn’t figure out that she’s a person with needs, she’s going to burn out with all the speed of a lightsaber slicing neatly through flesh.

In a way, it’s an early confession of love: Han’s anxious about the bounty hunters who are still pursuing him, and he’s not exactly prepared to declare himself an idealist. But he would stay and give his love and support to Leia if she could just acknowledge that she needs him. Han is starting to believe in her importance, if yet not in his own.

And we know those two crazy kids are locked for life in Return of the Jedi when it turns out that Han has accepted a generalship in the Rebellion, keeping it a secret from Leia. In A New Hope, Leia was grumbling about the quality of Han as a rescuer and the annoyance of his “walking carpet.” But when she finds out what Han’s done, accepting a rank he once found insulting and a mission she knows to be dangerous, Leia is the first person to volunteer to join his strike team. In Star Wars, that’s what love looks like: trusting your partner’s commitment to the cause and respecting his strategic and technical judgement.

In another story, Princess Leia’s captivity might have just been the incident that got Han and Luke’s stories started. But in Star Wars, the reasons she’s in custody and the work she does afterwards are just as important as the fact that she landed in a cell.

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Princess Leia Organa’s (Carrie Fisher) nerves as a revolutionary are clear from the moment she arrives on screen in ‘Star Wars: A New Hope.’ dichotomy between them sets up the two emotional arcs that define the three movies in George Lucas’s original trilogy. Han and Luke, influenced by Leia’s passion, take their places as full participants in the Rebellion: Han overcomes his cynicism while Luke rejects his teacher Yoda’s (Frank Oz) monasticism.

And Leia, whose primary relationship has been to the political movement she helps lead, finds a partner in Han, acknowledging that personal happiness can help her sustain her commitment to building a better galactic order.

It’s not a transition that happens immediately. In A New Hope, Luke is mostly along for the ride like the recently escaped farm boy that he is: It’s not until the Death Star run that he starts to figure out how his strength in the Force fits in with the Rebellion’s strategic needs.

And while Han is attracted to Leia almost immediately, the core of their screwball banter is her assumption of command and his allergy to it.

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Stark, Fisk and the limits of good intentions Toward the end of the first act of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) explains his vision for the world. Stark sees a future in which the planet is protected from invasion by a cadre of robots he has built, drones operated without human oversight by an artificial intelligence he has also created. The goal, according to Stark? “Peace in our time.”

This is an ear-catching phrase filled with portent, given the saying’s historical resonance. Considering that Stark, as Iron Man, is one of the more hawkish of the Avengers — he proudly claims to have “privatized world peace” in Iron Man 2 — it was also an odd one. Tony Stark is not exactly Neville Chamberlain.

He’s not ceding space to terrorists or dictators: he’s taking them out.

However, it makes a bit more sense if you consider the end result of both men’s plans. Chamberlain may not have intended to allow Hitler the space to conquer Europe, but it happened anyway. Likewise, Stark may not have intended to create a murderous, genocidal AI with a daddy complex in the form of Ultron (James Spader). But it happened anyway.

If we’ve learned anything in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s that good intentions are necessary, but not sufficient, for good to actually be done.

It’s a lesson we see several times in Age of Ultron, often from Stark’s perspective. There’s the aforementioned creation of Ultron, obviously. But there’s also the creation of Ultron’s minions, the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). A pair of super-powered siblings, they turn to evil after their parents are killed in the civil war that has engulfed their tiny Eastern European nation. The weapon that killed dear old mom and dad was a Stark Industries-produced shell; another landed just feet from them as they were buried in the rubble.

Stark himself likely played no role in the conflict, and even before he adopted the guise of Iron Man he tried to keep his weapons out of the hands of bad actors, but it doesn’t really matter: It was his munitions that drove Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver into the arms of Hydra’s Baron von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann). Once again, Stark’s good intentions meant little in a complex, globalized world.

At the macro, worldwide level, things are obviously very complicated. But even more locally, on the street, good intentions aren’t enough. Consider the efforts of Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), aka the Kingpin, on Netflix’s Daredevil.” Throughout the series we hear Fisk — who grew up in the gritty

ness of Netflix’s first Marvel series. He’s more interesting than the comic book iteration of the character because he clearly cares about more than simple power. He’s not just building a vast criminal syndicate, as he is in the books. But his plans are so loosely sketched out and spoken of in such vague terms that we can’t really see how the city would actually benefit; as my friend Reihan Salam noted, the show gives the good that gentrification can do — increased housing stock that lowers rents for all, reductions in crime, etc. — short shrift.

Fisk’s good intentions for Hell’s Kitchen are not enough to overcome his clearly criminal behavior, just as the unintended consequences of Stark’s hubris help usher in disaster on a global scale. They are a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for the improvement of our world, whether on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen or with the scope of Stark’s dream of peace in our time.

COMMENT working-class section of Manhattan known as Hell’s Kitchen during New York’s mid-1970s Taxi Driver era — say repeatedly that he wants to help his city, to make it something great.

As we learn in the series, Fisk showed his love for his mother by murdering his abusive father. Similarly, Fisk shows his love for the city by flooding it with drugs and allowing crime to spike in areas yet to be gentrified. But he’s not doing it for money or power (though those things are nice). He says repeatedly that he’s doing it to make New York great, to turn Hell’s Kitchen into something his mother could be proud of.

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WHITEHEAD WATSON Beatrice (Bea) Douglas It is with great sadness that 1965 - 2015 we announce the peaceful It is with profound sadness passing of Beatrice (Bea) that we announce the Whitehead on Saturday, May passing of Douglas Henderson 2, 2015 at the Red Deer Watson on Saturday, April Regional Hospital at the age 25, 2015 at the age of 49 of 86 years. Bea was born in years. Doug was an extremely Banff, AB, on August 23, talented and successful 1928 where she lived until entrepreneur whose strength, moving to Red Deer in 1952 determination and never in order for her husband, ending optimism allowed him Spud, to play hockey. Bea to achieve great success - no will be dearly missed by her task or job was unattainable. son, Brad (Marilyn) Whitehead His business, Sandman of Nanaimo, BC, her daughter, Picker Services, was one of Linda (Les) Colquhoun of his most proud endeavours.

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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 EARING, GOLD HORSESHOE style, with diamonds. Lost Sat. April 25 at Imaging Centre or Tony Romas, or State & Main Restaurant.

CENTIMENTAL VALUE. If found please call 403-342-0444

56

Found

FOUND on walking trail in Barrett Park gold earring.

Call 403-352-7972 to identify.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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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Personals

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jobs

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

CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

710

Caregivers/ Aides

FT caregiver needed 40 hrs/wk, Red Deer, $10.20/hr. to aid special needs adult, male, permanent position, light housekeeping, 12 mo. exp., high school diploma, must speak english. Contact eurocan5@telus.net

720

Clerical

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.

Mond. - Fri. 9 am - 8 pm Sat. & Sun 9 am -6 pm 1-403-309-7700 Hwy. 11 A 1/4 kms W. of Hwy. 2 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

790

Medical

800

Oilfield

820

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.

EAST SIDE MARIO’S HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS Full Time & Part Time.

Apply after 2 p.m. Ask for the manager on duty.

Restaurant/ Hotel

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

Trades

850

Pasquale Mancuso Construction (51 YEARS OF SERVICE) Seeks individuals for civil concrete work in the construction of oil and gas facilities

Ticketed & Non-Ticketed Carpenters and Superintendents & Foreman

Excellent rate of pay based on the oil and gas Plant sectors. Benefit package, transportation provided. Please fax resume to (403) 342-1549 or email to apply@pmcl1964.ca

820

EXPERIENCED LABOURERS and HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS REQ’D. for pipeline construction.

Must have all safety tickets. and valid drivers license.

Competitive wages.

Call 403-502-1091 LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

Professionals

810

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided.

Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB.

★

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

Restaurant/ Hotel

P/T MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST/ Office Assistant. Friendly, energetic, and ability to work independently. Fax resume to 403-340-3349

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Innisfail

810

Professionals

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300

Now Hiring GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE • Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

541189D29-E12

TO PLACE AN AD

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

Accounting

birth of first child youngest son graduated from College

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

birth of first grandson 60th wedding anniversary

Celebrate these milestones with an Announcement in the Classified Section of the

403.309.3300

Email: classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com wegotads.ca

1010

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 SIDING, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Handyman Services

1200

Misc.

Services

1290

BEAT THE RUSH! Book 5* JUNK REMOVAL now for your home projects. Property clean up 505-4777 Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, DUMP RUNS, clean ups and more. 403-550-2502 landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking. GARAGE DOOR SERVICES Call James 403-341-0617 403-358-1614

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

NOW is the time to get your yard in shape.

Aerations & power rakes 403-318-7625

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

VII MASSAGE Free Est. 403-872-8888 #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its Roofing BEST! 403-986-6686 PRECISE ROOFING LTD. Come in and see 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. why we are the talk WCB covered, fully of the town.

Licensed & Insured.

1370

403-896-4869

Roofing

1370

QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Yard Care

1430

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 THE ROTOTILLER GUY Garden Rototilling & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, May 5, 2015

850

Trades

SEEKS

Concrete Finishers, Carpenters, Bobcat Operators For residential & commercial concrete work in the Red Deer area.

-Excellent rate of pay -Benefit packages Send Resume to: apply@pmcl1964.ca or Fax Resume to 403-342-1549

860

Truckers/ Drivers

BUSY rig moving company looking for exp. bed truck operators, winch tractor hands, and picker operators.

Oilfield ticket an asset.

Must be able to pass a drug test. Pls call 1-306-463-6674.

880

Misc.

Help

Ponoka stucco company looking for laborers. Must have transportation and a valid drivers license.

Phone 403-782-7494 or email resume to finishingtouchstucco@ xplornet.com

SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINTS 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.

Weed Sprayer required.

No experience necessary.

Must have valid Class 5 Drivers License. Fax Resume to 403-227-5099, email to cdsprung@ telus.net

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CONTRACT DRIVERS

Antiques & Art

1520

A MUST for collectors. T. in AB. Home the odd night. Eaton 1901 catalogue 114 yrs. old in 100% top shape Weekends off. $200 403-347-7405 403-586-4558 CLASS 1 Driver in Central AB. Min 3yrs off road BJ/Pup experience. Oilfield tickets required. Email: haulingcrude@live.ca Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1660

Firewood

1680

Garden Supplies

LAWN mower, rear bagger, tuned up, ready to go, $80.

403-347-5873 403-350-1077

1700

Health & Beauty

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

1710

Household Appliances

1590

Household Furnishings

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307 ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE by 6:30 am.

Mon. - Sat. Reliable vehicle needed.

For ROSEDALE Area $391.00/mo.

For more info call Jamie at 403-314-4306

CARRIERS REQUIRED

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730 1750

880

CARRIERS REQUIRED

1720

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/reAFFORDABLE mote, used little $75, also Homestead Firewood black glass tv stand, at Sims Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. bought avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 $125 403-352-8811 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 Jewellery FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver EARRINGS, pierced, 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Sterling Silver, Made in Israel, never worn, w/case, LOGS 1 1/2” drop, appraised Semi loads of pine, spruce, $135. Asking $100. tamarack, poplar.

403-227-2976 Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Misc. for

A must see to believe.

Actual size tiger head a beautiful pillow $150 APARTMENT size built-in 403-347-7405 dishwasher to give away GIVEN AWAY Looking for a place to live?

BEAUMARK microwave, Take a tour through the reg. size w/turntable $30 CLASSIFIEDS 403-346-5360 Misc.

DEEP FRYER, Sears, OVER 50 years old, Tiger Help used once. $25.

Claw necklace in beautiful 403-343-1503 casing $200 403-347-7405 HERITAGE LANES DRYER, Inglis HD, white ext. large capacity, BOWLING Electric. $100.

Red Deer’s most modern 5 Clothing 403-341-9990 341-9990 pin bowling center req’s permanent F/T & P/T front KENMORE fridge, white, BOOTS, leather, Italian counter staff for all shifts 18 c.f., Roper stove, white, ladies chocolate, soft (days, eves. and wknds). glove fit over knee length, self-clean, $150 for both or Please send resume to: will sell separate. zippered back, 2 3/4” heel, htglanes@ 403-746-5123 $200. 403-227-2976 telus.net or apply in person

Advocate Opportunities

Household Furnishings

1720

Sale

1760

BROIL KING GAS BBQ, hardly used $130 obo 403-346-4263 DEEP freeze 7 .5 cu. ft. $100 obo, antique rocking chair $100 obo 403-347-3079 or 403-872-0329 FREE standing metal ironing board $25, 5L electric crock pot $15, London Fog dress coat size 12, slate blue, dry cleaned $50, antique magazine rack, dark wood $20, two 14” hanging wire baskets w/new coco liners, ea. $8 or 2/$12 403-227-2653 LAWNMOWER, Craftsman Push, scissor cut action, quiet! Used once. $25. ***SOLD*** NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 40 Year Collection. $200. obo 403-346-2503 VINTAGE Royal Doulton Beswick horses, brown shetland colt, foal and pony, 3 1/2” high $40; Royal Dux Bohemian cat, porcelain, mint cond, $35; DC SHOES cap size 7 3/8, like new $18; Merrell Ortholite shoes, air cushioned, size 6 1/2, like new $40 403-352-8811 WINE Making equipment, numerous equipment to get started. 403-348-0122

Cats

1830

LOVING M. Cat, needs a good home, acreage or END Tables, (2) matching, farm preferred. TO GIVE $14. ea. or both for $25.

AWAY. 403-886-8688 403-782-7439 HIDE-A-BED, dble. good Sporting condition. $50.

403-340-1347 Goods OAK pedestal table w/4 chairs and 1 leaf, good AIR HOCKEY by Sportscond. $150 firm craft was $900 new, exc. cond, $200 403-352-8811 403-746-5123 318-5420

1860

Advocate Opportunities FLYER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

WOODLEA 44 & 45 AVE. WESTPARK

Sporting Goods

1860

HOME Gym, $50.

403-340-1347

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 Buying or Selling or 403-347-7545 your home?

6 locations in Red Deer Check out Homes for Sale ~ Halman Heights in Classifieds ~ Riverfront Estates T-BAR roll bar exercise ~ Westpark equipment $200 obo ~ Kitson Close 403-346-4263 ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. Travel S.D. $1000 Rent $1195 to $1395 Packages 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, TRAVEL ALBERTA lrg. balconies, no dogs.

Alberta offers N/S, no utils. incl.

SOMETHING Avail. immed. & Apr. 1 for everyone.

References required.

Make your travel plans now.

1900

Wanted To Buy

1930

WANTED apartment size upright freezer, approx. 20” wide x 21”deep.

403-346-5360 WANTED rubber curb ramps. 403-347-3741

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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homes

NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

3060

3020

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park.

Mike 403-350-1620 1178 SQ.FT 3 bdrm. main 403-986-6889 floor of house, w/dble. att. heated garage, Lacombe, DOWNTOWN area, June June 1st, n/s, $1350/mo. 1, large 2 bdrm. w/balco403-782-2007 ny, quiet bldg, no pets, $895. 403-309-2368 3 BDRM. 2 bath, bi-level, 5 appls., n/s, no pets, GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. $1495. Avail. June 1. apartments, avail. immed, 403-505-1740 rent $875 403-596-6000 Classifieds...costs so little LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Saves you so much!

SUITES. 25+, adults only 3 BDRM. duplex in Anders n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 possibly pet friendly, fenced, new reno, $1500/mo + DD + utils, N/S. 403-347-2526 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, FOR LEASE, Executive Adult bldg. only, N/S No style 1/2 duplex in pets 403-596-2444 Lacombe on large lot.

4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740 SYLVAN LAKE 1 bdrm. home, ref’s req’d. May 1, NOW RENTING $900 rent, $900 d.d. + 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. utils. No calls after 8 pm.

2936 50th AVE. Red Deer 403-887-5374 Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, Condos/ 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer Townhouses hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

2 BDRM. Sylvan Lake Call 403-343-7955 across from beach, n/s, no pets, $1075/mo., utils. incld. 403-350-4230 CLEAN TOWNHOUSE 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 appls, N/S. No pets. fenced back yard, storage 403-596-2444 shed, n/s. $1195 + DD June 1st. 403-343-0761 Central Alberta’s Largest LACOMBE 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 Car Lot in Classifieds bath, 5 appls., garage $1595/mo.

782-7156 357-7465

MORRISROE MANOR

2000 FORD Ranger, 4X4, 210,000 km, V6, auto., a/c, cruise, hitch front & rear, $2,500 obo. 403-506-2568

Motorcycles

THE NORDIC

Rooms For Rent

3090

3 bdrm. townhouse, across from park, 1.5 bath, fenced yard, 5 appls., rent Avail Immed: 1 fully furn $1350, SD. $800. Avail. bdrm for rent - $250 dd June 1 Call 403-304-5337 $500/mth. 403-396-2468 SOUTHWOOD PARK COZY Furnished room, 3110-47TH Avenue, n/s, $575. 403-466-7979 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 LARGE room NEW for rent baths, fenced yards, 403-350-4712 full bsmts. 403-347-7473, ROOM TO RENT very Sorry no pets. large $450. 403-350-4712 www.greatapartments.ca

5080

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

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

5110

Fifth Wheels 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

4020

2004 CORSAIR 26.5’, 1 large slide, well maint., ready to go 403-227-6794

5120

Holiday Trailers

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

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

2 BDRM. 1 bath, 1 blk. to Bower Mall 54 Bell St. $179,000 obo 403-346-7072

2010 OUTBACK Keystone Superlite 28’, 31’ w/hitch, 2 slideouts, good cond., $23,000 403-844-7970

5150

ATV's

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

Lots For Sale

4160

2012 CANAM Outlander Residential Building Lots in 800 R XT, power steering, winch, 2 quad boxes. 900 a Gated, Maintenance Free Golf & Lake Bedroom kms. $9000. 403-347-6344 community, 25 minutes from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact Boats & Marine Mike at 1-403-588-0218

5160

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

3030

MORRISROE

2004 SILVERADO, diesel, exc. con.

403-342-0813

CLASSIFICATIONS

CLEARVIEW bi-level 4 Plex, 2+1 bdrms., 1.5 baths, $1125 avail. June 1 N/S, no pets.

Call 403-391-1780

5050

Trucks

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

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390 Suites

Houses/ Duplexes

3050

3190

Mobile Lot

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

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

5030

2006 VOLVO V50, leather int., cruise, air, rarely used in winter, 127,000 km, $8,000. 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

1957 FORD SKYLINER Retractable Hardtop $42,500. 403-742-9417

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

55 & 56 Ave. also 39 St. also 41 & 42 St.

To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

JOHNSTONE PARK

1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

Jackson & Jarvis Close

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

WWwWWES********************* For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

For VANIER Area With 73 papers, approximately: $380.00/mo.

For LANCASTER Area With 42 papers, approximately $220./mo For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area DEER PARK AREA

CARRIERS NEEDED 3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Alford Ave. Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres.

Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, Atlee / Ansett Cres.

BOWER AREA Brown Close/Barrett Dr. Bunn Cres.

Barrett Drive INGLEWOOD AREA Ibbotson Close Imbeau Close INGLEWOOD AREA Munro Cres./MacKenzie Cres.

McCullough Cres.

McDougall Cres.

Dennison Cres. & 1 Block of Davison Dr.

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive

MICHENER AREA

SUNNYBROOK AREA

50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area.

Sherwood Cres.

$229.00/mo.

SOUTHBROOK AREA

TIMBERSTONE AREA

Sorensen Close/Sisson Ave. Sutherland Cres.

Shaw Close

Timberstone Way, Thompson Cres., Thomas Place, Talson Place, Talisman Close, Trump Close, etc...

VANIER AREA

$207.20/mo.

ALSO Timothy Dr. Towers Close, Turner Cres. and Tobin Gate $107.36/mo. ********************** For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

Found

Friendly Golden Retriever found in the Kentwood area. Very gentle and calm.

Please call 405-555-0234

Find what YOU’RE looking for!

Viscount Drive/Voisin Close Vincent Close

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

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

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CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

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WORLD

D3

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015

Nepal fears funding gap COUNTRY SAYS IT WILL NEED IMMENSE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AS IT TURNS ATTENTION TO RECONSTRUCTION

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s government will need immense international support as the Himalayan nation begins turning its attention toward reconstruction in the coming weeks, in the wake of the devastating April earthquake, a top official said Monday.

Nepal is one of the world’s poorest nations, and its economy, largely based on tourism, has been crippled by the earthquake, which left more than 7,300 people dead. While there are no clear estimates yet of how much it will cost to rebuild, it will certainly be enormously expensive.

“In two to three weeks a serious reconstruction package needs to be developed, where we’ll need enormous help from the international community,” said Information Minister Minendra Rijal. “There’s a huge, huge funding gap.”

He also said foreign rescue workers were welcome in Nepal, saying they could remain as long as they are needed. He had earlier said that the need for their services was diminishing, but later denied that he wanted them to leave the country.

Soon, he added, the nation will be shifting away from a rescue mode and “will be concentrating more on relief operations.”

Since the April 25 earthquake, 4,050 rescue workers from 34 different nations have flown to Nepal to help in rescue operations, provide emergency medical care and distribute food and other necessities. The still-rising death toll from the quake, Nepal’s worst in more than 80 years, has reached 7,365, police said.

The head of the World Food Program ended her visit to Nepal and the WFP so far has dispatched food for

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Nepalese infant is given a vaccination in Lapsiphedi, near Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday. A campaign is underway in Nepal to immunize half a million children against measles and rubella in the wake of the earthquake. Concern is growing that with so many people made homeless there is the potential for an outbreak of the potentially fatal diseases.

250,000 people in some of the hardesthit areas, the spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters Monday. The agency warned that basic aid is still needed, especially for people living without shelter.

Meanwhile, Buddhists turned out to visit shrines and monasteries to mark the birthday of Gautam Buddha, the

Taliban ‘welcome’ peace efforts after Qatar talks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL — Taliban militants who have been waging war on the Afghan government for more than a decade on Monday expressed a willingness to soften their position on a range of issues, an apparent shift that could eventually lead to peace talks.

But despite those positive signs following two days of informal talks in Qatar, a wave of Taliban attacks targeting police checkpoints late Sunday night in the remote Afghan province of Badakhshan, killed at least 16 policemen. The insurgents said in a statement to media that the assaults were part of their annual spring offensive, which began late last month.

And on Monday morning, a Taliban suicide bomber struck a bus carrying government workers in the capital, Kabul, killing one person and wounding 13. The Taliban also claimed responsibility for that bombing.

The attacks underscored just how elusive peace is after decades of war in this Central Asian country.

During the informal discussions between Afghan government representatives and those of the Taliban in Qatar, both sides emphasized that peace talks were not on the agenda.

The Taliban have so far ignored calls from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for the group to join the government. However, their statement following Qatar meetings indicated flexibility on previously intractable issues such as the presence of the foreigners in Afghanistan and acceptance of a constitution.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghan-

istan once again as a policy clearly states that it does not want to harm others and also won’t allow anyone to use Afghan soil against others,” it said, using the group’s formal name.

The statement said that “for the happiness of the nation” the group wants “co-operation in all sectors with all countries, including neighbours, and welcomes the efforts of anyone in bringing peace to Afghanistan.”

The Taliban launched their annual warm-weather offensive on April 24 with an attack on the northern city of Kunduz, which took the government and military by surprise.

Nevertheless, an Afghan official familiar with both sides in the Qatar discussions, said that “in spite of the fierce fighting and very bad situation here, the tone from both sides is positive.”

“It is a good starting point. We will ask them to go ahead prudently and wisely to find a political solution rather than intensify military activity, which is causing the loss of innocent life,” the official said.

Ghani has made peace a priority since taking office in September, though previous efforts to start a dialogue stalled.

In referring repeatedly to the Taliban as “political opponents,” Ghani has signalled his own willingness to accommodate their “political, economic, cultural and social viewpoints, making it possible to come to direct negotiations,” said the Afghan official familiar with the Doha discussions.

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At the base of the Swayambhunath shrine, located atop a hill overlooking Kathmandu, hundreds of people chanted prayers as they walked around the hill where the white iconic stupa with its gazing eyes is located.

Some of the structures around the stupa, built in the 5th century, were damaged in the quake. Police blocked

off the steep steps to the top of the shrine, also called the “Monkey Temple” because of the many monkeys who live on its slopes.

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SANAA, Yemen — Heavy Saudi-led airstrikes targeted several airports Monday across Yemen even as the kingdom’s foreign minister said officials were considering a cease-fire to allow aid into the Arab world’s poorest country.

In the southern city of Aden, more than 150 airstrikes hit the city’s airport, witnesses and security officials said. Houthi rebels and their allies are locked in fierce fighting there against forces loyal to exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

Monday’s airstrikes also hit airports in the city of Hodeida and the capital, Sanaa, witnesses and officials said.

They said other airstrikes targeted Yemen’s eastern province of Marib and the Houthi stronghold of Saada.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren’t authorized to talk to journalists.

Iranian-allied Houthi rebels, along with security personnel loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have been targeted by Saudi-led airstrikes since late March. On Monday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said coalition countries were considering a cease-fire to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.

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Both Fiorina and Carson have the potential to help the Republican win over a more diverse group of supporters in 2016.

Both candidates begin the race as underdogs in a campaign expected to feature several seasoned politicians, among them former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, along with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Yet while those prospects have claimed much of the early attention and favour from donors, the Republican race is a wideopen contest that could ultimately

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Widow not sure about leaving money to daughter Dear Annie: I am an 83-year- job in that field. She received old widow in good health. insurance money to repair her My daughter home when it floodlives about two ed over the winter, hours away. She is but she hasn’t done 50 and well eduthe repairs. Instead, cated and has been she camps out at in a long-term reher boyfriend’s lationship with an apartment. older retired man.

When I ask, she She does a lot will come help me of care-giving for with certain things. him and his family She is my only members. child, and there Three years ago, are no other close my daughter lost relatives. I am not MITCHELL her job during an wealthy, but am & SUGAR economic downturn comfortable. and has made no atMy daughter will tempt to find other inherit trust money employment. and my house when I have been giving her mon- I die, and this bothers me. I ey every month and paid for a don’t want what my husband course in massage therapy, but and I worked and planned for she has not attempted to find a to eventually go to her boy-

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I am thinking of changing the trust, leaving her a fixed amount and giving the rest to a charity. Are there other alternatives? — A. Dear A.: There are always alternatives. You could leave your daughter the house and trust only under certain conditions, in order to exclude the boyfriend and his family, although that won’t necessarily change how your daughter chooses to live her life. But there is also nothing wrong with giving some (or all) of your money to a charity that would appreciate it. Please talk to an estate attorney, who will help you figure out the various possibilities and put them in writing.

Dear Annie: I need to know whether I was out of line.

My husband and I have been friends with “Nancy” for years.

Last Christmas, she sent us pajamas as a gift. I called her and left a message saying we have never worn pajamas, and not only that, but I am not a size 3x. I wrote her a note and told her I returned the pajamas for something I like better.

We haven’t heard from her or her husband since.

Was I improper? Is this a reason to end a long friendship? — C Dear C.: When someone gives you a gift, you don’t tell them you dislike it, it’s the wrong size, you never wear such things or that you had to return it. It sounds rude and ungrateful, and we don’t believe you intended to come

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If you value this friendship and want to mend fences, call or write Nancy. Say that you are terribly sorry to have been so ill mannered when thanking them for their gift, and you hope they will forgive you. We hope they will, too.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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DAY: Practical and SAGITTARIUS insightful, you tend to (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): take life — and yourself You’re keen to help — very seriously. others today, as your The second half of compassionate Sagitthe year is the time to tarian side takes over. let your hair down, and Just make sure othhave some fun! ers require your asJOANNE ARIES (March sistance — and you’re MADELEINE 21-April 19): With Mernot just barging in and MOORE cury and Venus in your taking over. communication zone, CAPRICORN you’re keen to commu(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put nicate with others. aside some quiet time So socializing with family, friends for contemplation Capricorn, as you and neighbours is highlighted, as reflect on the past and set goals for you chat up a storm. the future. You’ll also gain some TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If valuable insights into a current joint things get too frantic today then find financial situation. a quiet spot where you can curl up AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): on your own with some music or a When it comes to a fiery relationgood book. You need time alone to ship with a family member, don’t review, recharge and refocus. keep interacting — and stirring GEMINI (May 21-June 20): With things up — in the same old way. lucky Venus vamping through your A creative and proactive approach sign for a couple more days, it’s the reaps rewards. perfect time to flirt up a storm or call PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): in a few old favours, as you charm How well do you really know a work the cynics and dazzle the doubters! colleague? Perhaps it’s time to take CANCER (June 21-July 22): off your rose-coloured glasses and The Sun and Mars encourage you see the real person — warts and to put more energy into pursuing all. Expect some vivid and dramatic your dreams. No side-stepping dreams.

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Yogurt as it’s meant to be

BY CHERYL STERNMAN RULE ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES When I whisk garlic into yogurt, I’m hardly a renegade. After all, the two foods pair frequently in such dishes as Greek tzatziki and Turkish ali nazik kebab, char-grilled eggplant and lamb sauced with garlicky yogurt. And garlic isn’t the only yogurt booster, of course. In Lebanon, labneh — that super-strained, lightly salted version — gets dusted with za’atar and drizzled with olive oil, no sugar bowl in sight. In South Asia, roasted cumin is as common a feature in the region’s raitas as it is in its cooling, savory lassis.

After years of sugaring our yogurt and teaming it not just with sweet fruit but also with actual candy (have you been to a frozen yogurt shop lately?), we Americans are finally waking up to what the rest of the world has known for eons: that yogurt needn’t be sweet to appeal. It can taste salty, or spicy, or garlicky, or just plain sour, like the fermented milk that it is. It can taste, in other words, like yogurt.

Niko Adamopoulos thinks Washingtonians are ready for an unmasked, complex-tasting yogurt made from cow’s, sheep’s and goat’s milk combined.

Adamopoulos, who is Greek by birth but was raised in Florida, and his wife, Oana (who hails from Romania), run the Mediterranean Way, a bi-level gourmet shop in Washington’s Dupont Circle neighborhood that sells olive oil, balsamic vinegar and other staple ingredients from small producers in Greece, Italy and elsewhere across that region.

In March, the couple began importing fresh Greek yogurt from a fourth-generation yogurt producer in Kastoria, a Byzantine town in northern Greece.

In mid-March, Adamopoulos doled out small samples of the new product for his customers to try. His two-week supply ran out in a day and a half. “Nine out of 10 people who were trying it were buying it, which is unlike any other product we sample in the store,” he said. “I was shocked. I mean, I knew it was good, but it’s been overwhelming.” He has since scaled up his imports to meet the

demand.

The Mediterranean Way sells a variety of sweet condiments, including rose petal jam, sour cherry and fig spoon sweets, and imported marmalades, plus a variety of Greek honeys, some infused with wild thyme or heather, and even one with bits of honeycomb. And those all pair beautifully with yogurt, of course.

But Adamopoulos knows that his international clientele, who work nearby at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank or Washington’s many embassies, are just as likely to eat his yogurt solo or in savory applications. Some might even drizzle it with the olive oil he sells in his shop.

Two miles away at Zaytinya, the Greek and Turkish restaurant run by José Andrés, head chef Michael Costa uses yogurt throughout his menu, whether on mercimek koftesi (red lentil patties with pomegranate and preserved lemon yogurt), pazi cacigi (Swiss chard salad with pistachio and white beet yogurt) or the ultra-delicate and labor-intensive manti, an off-menu item of tiny beeffilled chickpea dumplings sauced with both yogurt and paprika butter. I tasted all three on a recent visit; each dish showcased yogurt’s astonishing adaptability.

And that’s just the Mediterranean, one region among many in the world where yogurt’s role is both crucial and expansive.

In Mongolia, many families hang and strain their yogurt until it hardens into a solid mass. Those solids are then pressed, cut and left to dry in the open air, a process that makes the nutrient-dense food completely portable — crucial for those who lead nomadic lives. Yogurt vodka is also a common celebration drink, especially among men.

In the small East African nation of Eritrea, yogurt features prominently in fata, a spicy, tomato-based bread salad, and ga’at, a kneaded, volcano-shaped porridge filled with spiced butter and often served draped with yogurt.

In many countries, yogurt is offered without any embellishment whatsoever. It’s an elemental component, presented on the table in as straightforward a manner as a salad or a loaf of bread.

When Mollie Katzen, the celebrated Berkeley-based

cookbook author, lived on a kibbutz in Israel in the late 1960s, she said yogurt was present every time a dairy meal was served. “There were eggs,” she said, “and there was yogurt. It was a basic food group, a basic sustenance. It was real.” Today, Katzen calls plain yogurt “the perfect food.”

Raisin-Poppy Seed Flatbreads With Cardamom-Honey Butter MAKES: 8 servings PREPARATION: The cardamomhoney butter can be refrigerated up to several days in advance; bring it to room temperature before serving. The dough needs to rest in a warm spot for 2 hours.

INGREDIENTS For the cardamom-honey butter 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 tablespoon honey 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom Pinch kosher salt For the flatbreads 1/4 cup golden raisins, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup warm water (about 100 degrees) 21/4 teaspoons (1 packet) active dry yeast 1/2 cup plain low-fat or whole-milk yogurt (not Greek), at room temperature 1/4 cup honey 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour 3 tablespoons poppy seeds 1 tablespoon kosher salt 2 to 4 tablespoons coconut oil, melted, for brushing (may substitute ghee) STEPS For the cardamom-honey butter: Whisk together the butter, honey, cardamom and salt in a small bowl until smooth. Cover and let it sit at room temperature.

For the dough: Place the raisins in a small bowl; cover with just-boiled water. Let sit until needed.

Meanwhile, pour the 1/4 cup of warm water into a mixing bowl.

Sprinkle with the yeast, swirl with a fingertip to moisten and let stand for 5 minutes, until foamy. Add the yogurt and honey, whisking until the latter dissolves.

Lightly flour a work surface.

Drain the raisins, reserving the liquid; pat dry. Add them to the yeast mixture along with the all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, poppy seeds and salt, stirring to form a dough. (If the dough is too dry to come together, add a few teaspoons of the reserved raisin liquid.) Turn the dough out onto the floured work surface and knead until smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm spot for 2

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Yogurt in a dough makes for tender, chewy flatbreads; here, Raisin-Poppy Seed Flatbreads with Cardamom-Honey Butter.

hours, until slightly puffed. (The dough will not double.)

Return the dough to the floured surface and cut it into 8 equal wedges. Working with one wedge at a time (keep the rest covered), roll it into a ball, then use a rolling pin to roll it into a round that’s 6 inches in diameter.

Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. After a minute or two, once a drop of water on the skillet sizzles and evaporates, brush the skillet with a little of the oil. Place the dough round at the center; cook until the underside is golden brown in spots, 1 to 2 minutes. Brush the top with a little

total) 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, and more for optional drizzling Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 2 teaspoons unsalted butter Fleur de sel, for serving (optional)

Beef-Stuffed Swiss Chard Rolls With Yogurt Sauce MAKES: 4 to 5 servings PREPARATION: The filling can be cooked, cooled and refrigerated up to 3 days in advance.

INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 cups plain whole-milk or low-fat yogurt (not Greek) 10 large Swiss chard leaves 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 medium onion, cut into small dice 2/3 cup water, plus 1 tablespoon for the filling, if needed 1 pound lean ground beef 1 tablespoon tomato paste 4 teaspoons sweet paprika 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 13/4 teaspoons kosher salt 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper STEPS Place the yogurt in a medium bowl and keep it at room temperature until ready to serve.

Swish the chard leaves in a large bowl of cool water to clean them; pat dry. Fold each leaf in half lengthwise and slice out the bottom and central portions of the stem, working from the center of the leaf downward. (You want the two halves to stay connected up top.) When unfolded, each leaf should look like an upside-down V. Finely chop the stems you just removed.

Make the filling: Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the chard stems and onion until tender, about 10 minutes, adding 1 tablespoon of wa-

ter if the skillet runs dry. Add the beef, tomato paste, 3 teaspoons of the paprika, the cinnamon, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the pepper. Increase the heat to medium-high; cook until the beef loses its raw look, breaking it up as it cooks, about 5 minutes. Remove it from the heat.

Work with one chard leaf at a time. Lay a leaf on a work surface, positioning it with the slit ends at the top, so it now resembles a regular V. The bumpy side of the leaf should face down and the concave part should face up. Scoop 1/4 to 1/3 cup of filling onto the leaf near the bottom, then tightly roll it up burrito style, pushing in the sides and forcing the slit top together as you encase the filling. Tuck back any filling that pops out.

Transfer the packet to the skillet, placing it seam side down next to the remaining filling. Repeat with the remaining chard leaves and filling.

Sprinkle the remaining 1 teaspoon of paprika and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper into the remaining 2/3 cup of water; pour it into the skillet around the rolls. Bring the liquid barely to a boil over medium heat, then cover the skillet, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the rolls are tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

Use a slotted spoon to transfer the rolls to a platter. Whisk the yogurt vigorously, then spoon it over the rolls. Serve right away.

oil, then turn the flatbread over and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until browned on the second side; adjust the heat as needed to keep the flatbread from getting too browned.

Transfer the flatbread to a clean kitchen towel; wrap to keep it warm.

Repeat the cooking, brushing with oil as needed, to cook all the flatbreads.

Stack them on top of each other and keep them wrapped in the towel as you work.

Serve warm, with the cardamomhoney butter.

Freshly cracked black pepper, for serving (optional) Lemon wedges, for serving

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In Trout With Tahini-Lemon Yogurt and Baby Arugula, tahini brings complexity to a lemon-yogurt sauce for crispy fish fillets.

Trout With Tahini-Lemon Yogurt and Baby Arugula MAKES: 4 servings INGREDIENTS For the sauce 1/2 cup plain yogurt (not Greek), preferably whole-milk 3 tablespoons tahini 3 to 4 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon water 1/2 cup loosely packed flat-leaf parsley, minced 1 clove garlic, grated

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper For the salad 6 cups loosely packed baby arugula 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper For the trout 4 to 6 skin-on trout fillets, pin bones removed (1 3/4 to 2 pounds

STEPS For the sauce: Whisk together the yogurt, tahini, 3 tablespoons of the lemon juice, the water, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper in a medium bowl, until smooth. Taste, adding up to 1 tablespoon more lemon juice, if desired.

The yield is about 1 1/3 cups.

For the salad: Toss the arugula in a large bowl with the oil and lemon juice. Season lightly with salt and pepper.

For the trout: Arrange the fillets on pieces of parchment paper or aluminum foil. Sprinkle both sides of the fillets with oil (using 2 teaspoons total) and season lightly with salt and pepper.

Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Work in two batches: Add 1 teaspoon of the butter and 1 tablespoon of the oil to the skillet.

Once the butter foams and the oil starts to shimmer, add 2 or 3 trout fillets skin side down. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until the underside is crisp.

Turn them over and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, just until the flesh is opaque and flaky. Transfer to a large platter and tent with foil to keep warm.

Repeat with the remaining butter, oil and trout.

Spoon some sauce over each serving of trout, then pile some of the salad right on top. If desired, drizzle with oil and sprinkle with fleur de sel and cracked pepper. Serve with lemon wedges.