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Budget buzz session CITY COUNCIL HAS ANNUAL MEETING WITH RESIDENTS

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF City council and staffers got an earful from residents on Monday.

Over three hours, 105 residents filed into Festival Hall to bend the city’s ear on the 2016 budgets and city plans.

To name a few, they asked about debt, mosquitoes, sports fields, policing and capital projects.

Mayor Tara Veer said this annual process is an important step in ensuring the budget that is built and tabled meets the needs of the citizens. She said this council has been very strong in its commitment to engagement with the public.

Dean Krejci, the city’s chief financial officer,

said projects earmarked in the 2016 capital budget include mostly road projects including widening Delburne Road to potentially six lanes, building a third storage site and crown paving. The estimated capital budget rings in at about $168 million for 2016, up roughly $28 million from 2015.

Krejci said residents mostly asked questions about the city’s capital plan, borrowing interest rates and the debt limit. The city has currently around $240 million in debt.

Jean Coley, a long-time resident, attended the open house to get some answers on sidewalk snow removal. Coley said it is challenging for seniors to walk the sidewalks because of the snow. She said last year there was a lot of snow on her street in the Pines because the snow was not draining off the roads properly.

Maxine Laing attended the open house to see what the city’s plans are for the next few years. She was interested in learning about the new innovations for neighbourhood planning.

Coun. Ken Johnston said he heard various opinions and concerns from residents.

Johnston said several residents highlighted the shortage of sports fields in the city.

He said city’s sport field strategy is addressed in the 10-year-capital plan but it doesn’t necessarily mean it will happen next year.

Veer said some of the areas in the budget are already secured including the new capital savings plan that will pay for future community amenities.

Council will debate the 2016 capital budget in November and the operating budget January. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Petition urges city to quiet train whistles

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Members of the Westmount School Grade 6-7 concert band in Okotoks perform on the main stage at the Red Deer College Arts Centre on Monday. Through this week bands from across Alberta will be performing during the annual Alberta Band Association Provincial Festival of Bands. The festival runs until May 22.

Red Deer Market forced to change locations in 2016

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF It will be business as usual when the ever-popular Red Deer Market opens for its 45th season on Saturday — but next year it could be homeless.

The market is being forced to change locations in 2016 because the Red Deer Arena is going to be torn down and replaced with a new facility in the lead-up to the 2019 Canada Winter Games. The construction means the market cannot be in its familiar place.

Dennis Moffat, who manages the market that he began in 1970, said on Monday he does not yet know where it will be next year — he’s looking, and admits he is worried about it.

The outdoor market — located in the parking lots outside the Arena and Pidherney Curling Centre — has been downtown at 4751 43rd St. every spring, summer and fall on Saturday since 1987.

Public washrooms for the thousands of people who visit the market are located in the Arena.

Probably Red Deer’s biggest and most popular attraction for both residents and visitors during warmweather Saturdays, the market attracts vendors who sell everything from food to clothing to handmade furniture.

Over the years, besides the economic benefit, it has become community central for the public. Every Saturday it seems like homecoming day there, especially when the weather is good and local produce

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and other foods and products are in high season.

Moffat is working on some possible locations for next year but nothing is certain yet. He is hoping to find a location by the time this season is halfway through so he can tell this year’s vendors where it will be.

Moffat said he wants to keep on being involved with the market until it hits its 50th year, and then he hopes his son Patrick will take it over. The two get up every Saturday at 4 a.m. during the season to get things rolling.

The vendors start calling as early as December to get information on the market, Moffat said.

The market usually has from 160 to 180 vendors, Moffat said. He adds all vendors are welcome and he would hate to see the time come when they are vetted and only certain vendors are allowed, as is the case for some markets.

Vendors pay $30 per stall (more if they take up more than one stall space) and the City of Red Deer receives $7.50 per stall, he said.

This year, a street musician from Bolivia will be performing regularly.

The market runs from 8 a.m. until 12:30 every Saturday. This year, the last day will be Oct. 10. Family pets such as dogs are not permitted.

So far, the weather looks perfect for the season opening, with a high of 19C, sunny and with some cloud forecast.

For more information, go to reddeermarket.com. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

The constant din of trains roaring through Lacombe, blasting their whistles has become “unbearable,” a local resident told council on Monday.

Blake Enns said the number of trains passing through the community has drastically increased in recent years and a CP Rail employee told him, “You haven’t seen anything yet.

“My whole house shakes,” said Enns, who has lived on the northeast side of Lacombe on Pickwick Lane.

Besides increasing train traffic on the Edmontonto-Calgary link, trains are now moving faster through the community since improvements were made to a crossing and the rail corridor along Hwy 2A a few years ago.

Enns presented an informal petition of 20 names calling on a stop to the whistles and a reduction in train speed.

Stew Shields, who lives near the tracks on Hathaway Lane, shares Enns’s frustration with the racket.

“If it were a drilling rig on the outside of the city it would be shut down immediately,” he said. “It’s noise pollution.”

While council members were sympathetic, Enns was told convincing rail companies to stop using a safety measure, such as whistles, can be a very tough sell.

Both Ponoka and Blackfalds have also tried to quiet whistles with no success.

Mayor Steve Christie said CP Rail — if it was willing to consider a whistle ban — would require the city to pay for a safety assessment, take out liability insurance and foot the cost of other upgrades, such as additional fencing.

Christie, who sits on the boards of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, said rail safety is a big issue, especially since the rail disaster in LacMégantic in Quebec, where a train derailed in the middle of the community, killing almost 50 people.

But the discussion has been around how better to protect communities, not eliminating whistles.

Not all residents want to see the warning blasts gone, said Coun. Wayne Rempel. On one local social media site 60 to 70 residents were opposed to silencing the whistles.

Council also looked at the issue previously and a committee recommended not pursuing it.

On Monday, council voted to ask administration to see what the requirements and the costs would be to negotiate with CP Rail for a whistle-free zone. Public input would also be needed before council decided to take the issue any further, council agreed. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Damaged wall creates headache for resident

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer resident is not happy with the City of Red Deer’s response to an unsightly mess next to her property.

A brick neighbourhood entrance sign, located on the north side of Rosedale Meadows and right across the street from Scotty’s Esso, was heavily damaged in December when someone driving a stolen truck ran into it and then took off. The roads may have been icy at the time.

Robin Connor, whose house is right beside the sign, wants the mess cleaned up. Part of it, a large broken cap from the wall, is on the ground beside her flower beds.

She said she has been in contact with the city twice.

The first time, she said the city told her that nothing could be done until the snow was gone so they could inspect the damage.

And the last time, about three weeks ago, she was told someone would get right back to her. As of Monday morning, she still hadn’t heard back from anyone.

Connor said she was initially told by the city that the work would begin in the spring on the damaged wall.

When the Advocate spoke with the city on Monday morning, a Communications Department spokesperson said the repairs couldn’t be done until the end of summer.

“I’m not impressed,” said Connor.

“I was told that they would be here before spring or by spring to clean it up, and this great big concrete capper is encroaching on my planter box.

“You know what ticks me? If it was a lawyer or one of the city council members, or even the mayor who lived here, something would get done right away I’m sure. That’s what gets me mad.

“Even if they had a city truck come and clean up the concrete and haul it away, at least it would tidy the ... appearance up.”

Later Monday morning, it seemed that the city may have decided to at least go to the damaged site and try and do just that.

Greg Sikora, Public Works Department manager, said that the city was trying to pick up some of the pieces and stack them so mowing can happen and to give the site some order.

Part of the problem is that some of the pieces are very heavy, and using machinery to lift them could cause further damage.

Red Deer lawyer convicted of 14 counts of fraud over $5,000 A former Red Deer lawyer was convicted of his role in a multimillion-dollar fraud, impacting dozens of people in Alberta.

Roy Elander, 65, was found guilty of 14 charges of fraud over $5,000. He helped the ringleader of the mortgage fraud, Allan Dawson MacMullin, 53, of Edmonton.

Elander, who left Red Deer and moved to Summerland, B.C., was convicted on Friday in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench by Justice Adam Germain.

Elander, MacMullin and Josip Seremet, 37, of Edmonton were charged on April 13, 2011. A total of 22 charges were laid against Elander.

When the men were charged, RCMP investigators believed the frauds totaled $6.7 million.

Elander was sentenced to three years and six months in jail and ordered to pay $426,302 in restitution.

Seremet was sentenced to three years and three months jail after pleading guilty to 21 counts of fraud in 2013.

MacMullin was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2014 by Germain.

Some frauds involved properties purchased by a straw purchaser. Names were put on mortgage applications sent to financial institutions for properties they did not plan on owning or living on.

Other frauds involved the fictional sale of properties that increased cash flow and inflated property values, some repeatedly.

Red Deer man killed in motorcycle crash on weekend A 55-year-old Red Deer man was killed when his motorcycle crashed on Sunday evening in the city.

RCMP said they responded to the single-vehicle

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The city is hoping that whoever does the work will be able to reuse the brick. The feature brick comes from southern Arizona and if more has to be ordered, it could take some time.

It really depends on contractor availability and the source of the materials, Sikora said.

“If they can get it done in June, that would be great.”

There’s also precast elements involved, such as the cement caps, and if the foundation was disturbed, excavating would be required, Sikora said.

“I’m quite sure it will be costly.

“We don’t want to drag this out any longer than we need to. We want to get this fixed and resolved,” Sikora said.

Feature entrance signs built by developers are eventually turned over to the city for maintenance and upkeep.

Dean Krejci, the city’s chief financial officer, said he hadn’t seen any cost estimates on the wall repair yet. Because the truck was stolen, he said the city is unable to get any compensation from the insurers of the truck. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

collision at 7 p.m. Witnesses reported that the driver was going faster than the speed limit when he lost control and flipped the motorcycle before striking a lamp post near the intersection of Taylor Drive and Kerry Wood Drive. He was driving northbound.

Police said EMS attended and treated the man on the scene but he was declared dead shortly afterward. RCMP said they do not believe alcohol was involved in the fatality, but believe speed may have been a factor.

Next of kin have been notified. Police will not be releasing the name of the deceased man.

Perjury trials hears recording of accused

Lacombe homeowners can expect tax increase A typical Lacombe homeowner can expect a 3.26 per cent tax increase this year.

For the owner of the benchmark home assessed at $269,000 that works out to an additional $83.23 increase for a total tax bill of $2,663 this year.

Council originally projected a 4.89 per cent municipal tax rate increase. However, that was reduced to 4.5 per cent when $50,200 in additional tax revenue was included.

School taxes increased 1.63 per cent, but residential and commercial assessment growth of 2.67 per cent meant, the school tax portion of residents’ bills dropped by 1.63 per cent.

Council gave first and second readings to the tax bylaw reading on Monday. Final reading will be given at the next council meeting.

The capital budget was also tweaked on Monday.

In December, council approved a capital budget just under $21 million. However, since then $$6.8 million in new projects related to storm water mains and a pump replacement have been approved.

Another $8.6 million was carried over from last year because the work had not been completed or purchases made. The biggest carry-over is $4.2 million for construction work on 34th St.

Numbers are unofficial.

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A recording of conversations between friends turned over to Red Deer RCMP showed a woman did not stab a man, despite her claims under oath in her boyfriend’s 2008 murder trial.

The trial of a Red Deer woman accused of perjury for saying she stabbed a man who her boyfriend was convicted of killing started Monday in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench before Justice Sheila Martin.

Janessa Desiree Eliuk, 26, took the stand in the murder trial of Paul Lionel White in February 2008 as a witness. White, her boyfriend at the time, was on trial for the 2005 murder of Grant Shoemaker.

Shoemaker was stabbed 35 times on June 8, 2005, and was killed. White was convicted of second-degree murder on Aug. 11, 2008, and was sentenced to life in jail without parole for 13 years.

During that first trial, Eliuk was called to testify.

She testified that she stabbed Shoemaker. White represented at the trial and called Eliuk to testify.

White’s testimony also indicated Eliuk stabbed Shoemaker.

In 2010, White appealed the decision and a new trial was ordered on the grounds that he should have had counsel. That trial ended in a mistrial. In 2012, White pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 18 years jail. Because of pre-trial custody, at the time of his conviction he had seven years and four months left to serve.

Const. Marko Henezi was assigned the White murder file on his arrival in Red Deer in 2009.

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Robin Conner, left, walks along her property line as she watches a City of Red Deer Public Works crew clean up the site of a motor vehicle collision near her property. The stone wall was partially destroyed on Dec. 14, 2014, and Conner is not happy that it took until Monday to have a crew remove the bricks and stone some of which had landed on her property.

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Dr. No takes charge RIC MCIVER NAMED INTERIM LEADER OF ALBERTA PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Former Infrastructure minister Ric McIver is the new interim leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative party.

The party said McIver was chosen by the PC caucus, which was reduced to 10 members in the provincial election last Tuesday from the 70 it held before the campaign.

McIver said he hasn’t ruled out seeking the job permanently once a leadership race is announced. “That is a question that hasn’t been determined,� he said Monday. “There will be some process down the road which the party will be leading. And right now I and my colleagues are focused on doing the work that Albertans want us to do.�

Leader Jim Prentice announced he would resign immediately after the election defeat.

The clerk of the legislature said Prentice will remain premier until just before NDP Leader Rachel Notley is sworn in later this month. A date for the ceremony has not been announced.

Prentice will also remain the member of the legislature for Calgary Foothills, the seat he won on election night, until he notifies Elections Alberta in writing of his intention to step down.

McIver didn’t have much to say about Prentice’s decision to quit politics or why he hasn’t faced the public since Ric McIver making a quick exit following the NDP majority win. “I think that is a question that only Mr. Prentice can answer and Albertans can have their opinion,� he said.

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Council votes against sending Lee to stand for election

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

The NDP won 53 seats, according to the unofficial results posted Tuesday night. Wildrose is the Official Opposition with 21. The PCs won 10, the Liberals and the Alberta Party have one each. There was one tie in Calgary Glenmore between the PCs and NDP. Election Alberta is to announce the official election results on Friday, including recounts.

McIver finished second to Prentice last year in the PC leadership race. The 56-year-old is a former Calgary city alderman, nicknamed “Dr. No,� who has also served in cabinet as minister of Transportation.

He said Tory supporters are worried about how an NDP government will affect Alberta. “We will see what actually happens, but what I’ve been hearing from people is that they’re very afraid, very concerned about the government that’s been chosen.�

McIver said Richard Starke, the member for Vermilion-Lloydminster, has been appointed Tory house leader.

Jean’s party had gone into the election with only five seats after 11 caucus members, including former leader Danielle Smith, crossed the floor to the governing Tories late last year. “We have an ideological government on one side that is clearly far to the left and we are not that far.

What we have to do is make sure that as a caucus of 21 we fight every single day very, very hard in this (legislature) to make sure that our ideas are heard and that Albertans’ priorities are fought for,� Jean said Monday.

Jean also announced some members of the Opposition’s shadow cabinet, including Drew Barnes for health, Rick Strankman for agriculture, Pat Stier for municipal affairs, Derek Fildebrandt for finance, Mark Smith for education and Leela Sharon Aheer for energy.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Leader Brian Jean has told Wildrose members of the legislature it’s going to be tough being the official Opposition against an NDP government.

Speaking at the party’s first caucus meeting in Edmonton, Jean said it will be important to find common ground with premier-designate Rachel Notley’s New Democrats.

He said the Wildrose will not stoop to fearmongering.

Jean instead urged his caucus to stand on the party’s principles and ideals.

The Wildrose won 21 seats in last week’s provincial election in which voters threw out the Progressive Conservatives after 44 years in power.

Red Deer will not send a representative stand for election on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities board of directors.

In a somewhat surprising turn of events, council voted 5-4 against sending Coun. Lawrence Lee to run for a spot.

Over the last four years, Coun. Paul Harris had either served on the board or on the committee.

Administration recommended endorsing Harris to run for the one-year term again in 2015.

Lee asked to be endorsed as Red Deer’s choice on Monday. aware of conversations she recorded between herLee said he wanted another avenue of networking self and Eliuk. Henezi got copies of two recordings. and professional development.

In those files, Eliuk told Cameron that she did not “I think it was important not to have someone to have any involvement in the stabbing. stay on it for their entire term but to share that reHenezi’s investigation indicated Eliuk did not sponsibly at a federal level,� said Lee. have any involvement in the murder.

Lee said he believes the motion was defeated due Red Deer RCMP Const. Gary Kroeker and Cpl. to the price tag. The cost is about $13,000 to attend Kelvin Fortney arrested Eliuk on Feb. 13, 2012, and about three meetings. charged her with perjury. She was a few months Council toyed with the idea of sending two counpregnant at the time and had another child.

At the time, it was headed to its second trial.

He cillors but ultimately backed Lee’s bid.

The trial, which resumes today, is expected to run was tasked with investigating the file further, includLee said advocacy at the local and provincial levabout a week and a half. ing determining if Eliuk had any involvement in the els far outweigh the federal issues right now due to The maximum sentence for perjury is 14 years in stabbing. He said at the time there was no evidence the change in government. jail.

Harris was disappointed that council decided of the perjury.

Eliuk’s friend, Deanna Cameron made Henezi mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com not to send anyone. Harris said the board work is really three hours at the end of the meetings. “We have put Red Deer A place to on the map,� said Harris. “Council has been Gather, Learn, supportive of me at Create, FCM. We weren’t doing Share!! any advocacy when I started. This is a pretty new thing for the city of Red Deer to be doing.�

The city remains an active member of the advocacy organization that fights for community infrastructure funding, increase in gas tax and other issues. crhyno@reddeeradvoFollow us on Facebook to see all our news For Map and to Shop online www.nutsforboltsetc.com cate.com

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No longer bobbleheads BRIAN JEAN, PATRICK BROWN MOVE OUT OF THE SHADOWS OF FEDERAL POLITICS TO TAKE ON MEANINGFUL PROVINCIAL ROLES We’ve just seen the week of the revenge of the Stephen Harper backbencher.

Or, more precisely, we’ve seen what a backbencher is capable of once unshackled from the rows of the bobbleheads.

Brian Jean was part of the backbench wallpaper here for TIM 10 years, Patrick Brown for nine.

HARPER Beyond being caucus mates, Brown and Jean had really only one thing in common during their time here.

Either one of them could have walked into the newsroom of any major media outlet in the national capital without anyone being able to identify them.

Today, Jean is the Opposition leader in Alberta, the man who saved a Wildrose party heading over the cliff, eclipsed former Harper cabinet minister Jim Prentice and is the voice of the right in Rachel Notley’s Alberta.

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On Saturday, Brown easily defeated Christine Elliott to become Opposition leader in Ontario, toppling an establishment candidate linked to the Harper Conservatives through her late husband Jim Flaherty and the fact that Elliott could have seamlessly slipped into Flaherty’s federal seat had she so chosen.

Both Jean and Brown sit in opposition to majority governments and have long, arduous paths to victory, but they are no longer faceless.

It is the lamentable nature of our parliamentary system, particularly in the centralized government of Harper, that the backbench MP serves only as backdrop, a collection of men and women who learn to clap on cue, nod when told to nod, all the while clutching their talking points to their bosom.

They may be doing stellar work at committee or in their ridings, but the loss of regional media bureaus in the capital and the hollowed out resources of major mainstream media means their work largely goes unnoticed.

Backbenchers in 2015 get notice when they pop off about immigrants or go rogue on social issues or stickhandle odious legislation at the behest of the boss.

We encourage individualism, then gleefully jump on any sign of indepen-

dence as a signal of government infighting and instability in the ruling party.

Brown won the support of Christian evangelicals and the Campaign Life Coalition because he’d once voted to bring in new laws on abortion and revisit the legalization of gay marriage.

Among his handful of caucus supporters were anti-sex education champion Monte McNaughton and Rick Nicholls, a Chatham-Kent MPP who opined it wouldn’t be a bad idea to stop teaching evolution in schools.

But Brown did something else — he emulated the Jason Kenney model of tirelessly reaching out to neglected riding and ethnic voters and it is a recipe for success which should not be ignored.

That Brown can offer greetings in multiple languages is a page ripped from the Kenney playbook. That he has links with ethnic leaders who were once thought to be in the Liberal orbit are not ephemeral ties, as anyone who has watched Kenney work a multicultural room can attest. Those roots run deep and bear political fruit.

Kenney congratulated his “friend” and colleague on his Ontario victory, but the Brown victory also shows how likely it is that the federal defence minister is in the driver’s seat as the man who would replace Harper when he steps aside.

Another senior federal Conservative on Saturday marvelled at Brown’s hard work, pointing out he had sold memberships in Moosonee, Ont., and never stopped toiling, whether he was on our radar or not.

Jean is a hardline fiscal conservative, but he is not a social conservative.

“It’s none of my business what people do behind closed doors in their personal life,” he told the Calgary Sun in launching his leadership bid.

“It’s not any of their business what I do either.”

He is a libertarian, but one who would not abide some of the homophobic or racist comments of the type which torpedoed his libertarian predecessor Danielle Smith.

On his first day on the job as Wildrose leader, he fired a candidate who was overheard on microphone saying “we need lots of brown people up front” for a photo op. He went out of his way to acknowledge he believes in the science of climate change, muting another issue that dogged his predecessor.

Both men could ultimately prove to be shooting stars in the political firmament. But in order to wield real influence they did the only thing they could — they left behind life as a Harper bobblehead.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Music With A Mission was a resounding success Congratulations to the Rosedale Valley String Orchestra and the Red Deer Youth Orchestra for an outstanding symphony concert, Music With A Mission, held on Saturday, May 2. Approximately 60 musicians brought patrons to tears and to their feet in hall filled with music that was powerfully emotional.

As a symphony parent, I am so pleased with the level of stringed musical instruction available right here in Central Alberta. Thank you to the teachers who are committed to excellence. Thanks to the parents who invest in musical education. Thanks to the students who are inspired by their teachers and by each other.

As an organizer to the event, I would like to extend several thank-yous to the community. Thanks to the patrons who made the concert complete. Thanks to the First Church of the Nazarene for inviting us to use their acoustically elegant facility. Thanks to Panago Pizza for feeding our orchestras. Thanks to maestro Claude Lapalme from the RDSO for guest conducting. Thanks to the Red Deer Advocate and Lana Michelin for the great story carried in the local news.

Music With A Mission is a partnership between the two orchestras and A Better World Canada, a Central Alberta-based philanthropic organization.

The trio used the concert to raise funds for a primary school project being built by parents in Tulwap, Kenya. To date, the funds coming in have totaled $12,000.

We are already planning another concert for next spring. If you were in attendance, I would ask that you plan to invite your friends, your families, your co-workers, total strangers to a concert that will inspire.

Youth symphony is the jewel from Central Alberta. Let us not keep it a secret!

Michael Martin Red Deer

Democracy flexes its muscles, sending the PCs to oblivion This is so very lasciviously lovely. It is time to rejoice. Rejoice not in the NDP victory in our province, but rejoice moreso in the simple but indisputable fact we, the people, rule.

Congratulations to the voters Alberta. Many hearts dance with unadulterated ecstasy with our election results. Well done. This is an unmatched victory for democracy in this province.

Floor crossers and Jim Prentice’s appointments hammered at the polls. Alberta voters, take a bow!

Politicians just have learned the electorate is more powerful than ivory towers and all the glitz and glitter that goes with it. The big bang you heard was the explosion of Prentice’s plan to take over as PM from Stephen Harper when he is done.

Thanks Jim for your brazen stupidity in calling an early election, your complete and total disregard for the electorate by accepting duly elected Wildrose MLAs, and for the absolute gall necessary to believe you and your cronies would not be punished for that disrespect.

And, finally, thanks for costing us thousands of dollars more by taking your ball and going home be-

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fore the results were even finalized in your own riding. Does that cowardly quitter decision not remind you of the proverbial spoiled brat picked last for a playground pickup game? The action, again, speaks volumes of your me-me-me egotistical attitude with total disregard for your constituents or the electoral process.

Jim Prentice was never about the province. Jim Prentice was about Jim Prentice. Good riddance.

And Harper, Albertans had better not see Prentice in that hallowed hall of entitlement called the Senate.

And what of Danielle Smith? “The NDP surge would have happened regardless of anything I did folks. This is why I said conservatives needed to reunite. I wasn’t joking,” she tweeted.

Yes, hell may have officially frozen over and pigs may fly in Alberta with this election result, but Danielle will not, or cannot, accept the fact she ignited this entire movement by treating the electorate like it was her own toy. The result fits her so nicely.

The thought of Smith as premier of Alberta is enough to send chills through the body. Her egomaniacal tunnel vision is frightening.

And to Kerry Towle, for whom so many people worked tirelessly and endlessly to get her elected as a Wildrose MLA and despite her steadfast “I spoke with my constituents” reasoning for her crossing the floor, I have but one question: Did both constituents you spoke with agree, or did the decision whether or not you become a turncoat have to go to a tie breaker?

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Ottawa lacks long-term strategy REPORT CARD ON WAR WITH ISIL SAYS GOVERNMENT IGNORING KEY CONCERNS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An independent report on Canada’s war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant says the extremist threat is real, but perhaps exaggerated, while the Harper government ignores other important political concerns.

An analysis by the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute released Monday says the violence being meted out by extremists is just the latest expression of Sunni alienation in Iraq and is rooted in a philosophy to which few Canadians can relate.

“The threat to homeland security, first, is real, but it should not be overstated,” said Thomas Juneau, an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.

“According to the government, a few dozen Canadians have travelled to Iraq or Syria to fight or train with (the Islamic State) and other extremist groups. Some of them have been or will be killed, while a majority will return home without ill intentions. This leaves a handful who could attempt attacks.”

Canada’s endorsement of airstrikes and the training of local security forces will not be enough to defeat the Islamic State, and a more long-term vision needs to be developed, he added.

“Ottawa has not clearly articulated its views on a long-term strategy to defeat (Islamic State), though officials have made a number of statements suggesting that Canada broadly endorses the U.S. strategy,” the report said.

“Canada has endorsed the premise that airstrikes will not be sufficient to

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A Kurdish soldier sits in the background as Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of Defence Jason Kenney visit members of the Advise and Assist mission, approximately six km from active ISIL fighting positions, 40 km west of Erbil, Iraq, on Saturday, May 2, 2015. defeat (Islamic State), but are necessary as a first and critical phase to stop its expansion and weaken it.”

The Harper government has not been clear about its policy towards reconciliation of the Shiite and Sunni Muslim sects in Iraq and has little influence in Baghdad without an embassy there, Juneau wrote.

“Ottawa has certainly issued statements in this direction” towards rec-

onciliation, said the report. “Yet its actions — notably its diplomatic absence from Baghdad and its relative disengagement from Syria, where it does not recognize the opposition — suggest a certain passivity towards the critical importance of achieving long-term political solutions, despite its rhetorical support.”

The Prime Minister’s Office referred comment to Foreign Affairs, where no

one in the minister’s office was immediately available for comment.

The report comes just over a week after Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a whirlwind visit to Iraq, where he met Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and delivered $167 million in humanitarian aid, stabilization funds and military equipment.

There are funds for building resilience in communities and $1.2 million for investigating war crimes, but a substantial portion of the cash is for bricks and mortar and clearing away mines.

The analysis warned of the perils of ignoring the root cause of the conflict, and how it could lead to the emergence of a new and potentially more threatening brand of Sunni extremism.

“In the absence of a viable political process in both Iraq and Syria, the collapse of (Islamic State) would most likely lead to the emergence of a new expression of widespread Sunni alienation,” the report warned. “Sunni alienation would inevitably see a resurgence under another form, possibly a more threatening one. To avoid this, a political solution is necessary.”

Juneau conceded much of the overall war strategy is being guided by Washington, but noted the coalition’s full-throated support of the Kurds could backfire over the long term.

“Canada and its allies want to see the emergence of a stable Iraq, yet a key pillar of their approach is to boost the military capabilities of the Kurdistan regional government, an autonomous sub-state actor,” he wrote.

“As a result, the second pillar of the strategy may bring short-term gains but at the longer-term cost of making the unity of Iraq more challenging.”

Former Toronto mayor undergoes surgery to remove cancerous tumour TORONTO — Rob Ford, the controversial former mayor of Toronto, was undergoing intensive surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his abdomen Monday, with the operation expected to last more than 10 hours.

The city councillor has previously described the procedure as a “very serious operation,” and noted that it could put him out of commission for as long as four months.

In a photograph posted on Twitter by his chief of staff before the surgery began, Ford was seen dressed in a blue hospital gown giving the camera two thumbs up.

“Just prior to 8 a.m., the scheduled start for his surgery, Coun. Ford took a picture in his hospital bed, with the message ’Thank you Toronto, for all your love and support.”’ Ford’s chief of staff Dan Jacobs said in an email.

“Coun. Ford then stood and walked with hospital staff to the operating room.”

By Monday afternoon, Jacobs said doctors had advised him the main mass had been successfully removed from Ford’s abdomen.

“Things are going well, and the councillor has remained stable the entire time while under anesthesia,” he said, adding the procedure was expected to take several more hours.

Ford’s surgery comes after several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation which he said shrunk his tumour to an

operable size.

Surgeons at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital are now expected to make two incisions of about 30 centimetres each in an effort to remove Ford’s tumour, which is approximately five centimetres in size, Jacobs said.

Following the procedure, Ford is expected to be kept in a post-operative recovery area, before being transferred to a “surgical step down unit,” Jacobs added.

While Ford was anxious before the surgery, Jacobs said the famous politician was eager to have the procedure begin.

“He’s at the same time nervous but also happy that it’s finally here and he can finally get this over with and get on the road to recover,” Jacobs said.

On the weekend, Ford told local television station CP24 that his biggest fear was not waking up.

“I just want to wake up. That’s all I want to do is wake up,” he said in the interview. “Once I wake up from the surgery, then I can start dealing with it and fighting it and getting better.”

Ford, whose admitted drug and alcohol abuse and outrageous behaviour earned him international notoriety, was forced out of his mayoral re-election bid last September when doctors discovered his rare, aggressive malignant liposarcoma. He ran successfully for council instead.

The type of cancer Ford has — only about one per cent of cancers are similar — arises from fat cells and can attack a variety of soft tissue in the body.

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Cops posing as journalists decried

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Undercover police officers who pose as journalists for investigative purposes are violating the Constitution by having a chilling effect on freedom of the press, an Ontario court heard Monday.

In their application to Superior Court, three media organizations argue the deceptive practice could put working journalists at risk, especially in high-stress environments, by raising suspicion about who they are.

The practice can also make it harder to win the trust of important sources and therefore get key information that is in the public interest, they say.

“This is very destructive of everything our clients do,” media lawyer Philip Tunley told the court. “This chill is a real and substantial one.”

The media organizations — the CBC, Canadian Journalists for Free Expres-

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Kevin Vickers talks about his emotions after firefight SACKVILLE, N.B. — The man credited with stopping a gunman in a firefight last year on Parliament Hill recalled the emotions he felt after the shooting in a convocation address Monday to university students.

Kevin Vickers said he was in tears the morning after the shooting of Michael Zihaf Bibeau on Oct. 22.

“That day was a blur to me,” he told students at Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B. “I went home that night and I had a hard time going to sleep and I woke up at around 5:30 in the morning and I was crying. It was the loneliest moment of my life.”

Vickers, who was the House of Commons sergeant-at-arms at the time, has been credited with firing the shots that killed Bibeau. Soon after the shooting, Vickers was appointed Canada’s ambassador to Ireland.

On the day of the shooting, Vickers said he “bumped up against a moment in history” as he recounted what went through his mind in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings.

“I found myself on one side of the pillar and a gunman on the other side of the pillar,” he said.

“There was a moment where I thought I’d just reach out and grab the gun. He shot and fired. And the moment he shot and fired, I dove through

sion, and RTDNA Canada — want the court to declare impersonation of journalists by Ontario Provincial Police a charter violation that can’t be justified.

Such a declaration, they say, would “begin to thaw the chilling effect” the practice has had on the public, sources of important news and information, and on journalists.

“A strong commitment to free expression requires nothing less,” they argue in their court filings.

The organizations cite three examples — some going back more than a decade — as proof provincial police engage in posing as members of the media to gather information as part of a criminal investigation and the targets are usually aboriginals or other vulnerable groups.

In one notorious case, two officers filmed protesters at Ipperwash provincial park in 1995 and, when asked who they worked for, named the ficti-

tious United Press Associates. Police confirmed the deception years later at a public inquiry into the fatal police shooting of an aboriginal protester.

In another case, an officer keeping an eye on protesters during an aboriginal Day of Action on Tyendinaga Mohawk territory in 2007 admitted he had pretended to be part of the media, court heard.

“These officers intentionally and factually and undoubtedly did impersonate journalists,” Tunley said.

The lawyer cited affidavits from several professional journalists about how the police deception has compromised their ability to do their jobs.

In frequently testy exchanges, Justice Benjamin Glustein repeatedly challenged Tunley on whether it was fair to say these isolated examples constitute a police “practice.”

For their part, provincial police say such impersonation happens rarely.

In his submissions, Crown lawyer

Hart Schwartz said no evidence exists of general public awareness that police might pose as journalists, or that “mere knowledge” of the tactic would prompt them to stay away from real reporters.

Any interference with the free flow of information has to be more than trivial, Schwartz said.

After a complaint from RTDNA — the group speaks for many Canadian broadcasters — police amended an internal policy to require senior officers to provide authorization before investigators pose as working media.

The policy, Tunley said, in fact proves existence of the “covert” practice — which he said is also used by RCMP and other police services.

“They intend to continue the practice,” Tunley said. “They want the authority to do it.”

The hearing continues Tuesday.

the air, landing on the floor just beneath him.”

Vickers is an Irish-Canadian from New Brunswick who had a lengthy career in the RCMP before joining the House of Commons security staff in 2005 and becoming sergeant-at-arms in 2006.

After the shootings, Vickers said his mother called him on four straight days suggesting he come home to New Brunswick to see his family. It was then he realized she was knew he needed to come home for his own state of mind.

He reflected on the importance of mothers based on that experience, and how he felt when he got back to New Brunswick.

“I was OK now, and it was all thanks to mom,” he said.

tinue to get away with it,” Fahmy said as he announced the lawsuit in Cairo.

“I will sue them at any cost, and I will win.”

been in the emergency department at the hospital but was never admitted.

She told the inquest the emergency department seemed overwhelmed and staff saw her mother as “an inconvenience.”

“I get the sense patient flow is more important to the administration of the hospital and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority than actually curing patients,” she told the court.

“This shouldn’t happen to anyone.”

Her mother was sent home in a cab in the middle of the night in January without her house keys. Dana Brenan was in the United Kingdom at the time.

Months later, two other patients were sent home in taxis from a different hospital and died on their doorsteps. The health authority said at the time that there was no systemic problem and an internal investigation found the hospital did nothing wrong.

Fahmy files $100M lawsuit against his employer

Inquest into death hears hospital saw woman as ‘inconvenience’ WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg woman whose mother died hours after being sent home in a cab from a hospital has told an inquest that her mother was seen as a nuisance by medical staff who just wanted to “get rid of her.”

Heather Brenan collapsed on her doorstep in January 2012 and was rushed back to Winnipeg’s Seven Oaks Hospital, where she died from a blood clot that had moved to her lungs.

Her daughter, Dana, testified Monday that her 68-year-old mother had

A Canadian journalist on trial for widely denounced terror charges in Egypt is suing his employer, Al Jazeera Media Network, alleging the Qatarbased broadcaster’s actions significantly contributed to his legal woes.

Mohamed Fahmy said Monday he’s seeking $100 million in damages.

Fahmy, who was the acting bureau chief of the Al Jazeera English channel in Cairo when he was arrested in December 2013, accused the media network of negligent conduct, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract.

“They don’t seem to understand that they cannot continue to challenge the sovereignty of governments, put the story ahead of the safety of their employees, and assume that they will con-

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Lightning charged up TAMPA TICKED OFF AFTER LAST LOSS WHILE HABS ENERGETIC HEADING INTO GAME 6

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BRANDON, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning were mad as hell, and coach Jon Cooper could tell.

The team had lost its second straight game in its Eastern Conference semifinal against Montreal, a series the Lightning once led 3-0.

“There was a genuine pissed-off attitude that we lost Game 5,” Cooper said. “Guys were angry and it’s carried over, so I like our mojo. I want to be an angry team.”

The Canadiens, meanwhile, were a relaxed, energized group going into Game 6 Tuesday night at Amalie Arena. Now there’s a spring in the Habs’ stride after cutting Tampa Bay’s series lead to 3-2.

“I see a team really excited, I see a team full of energy,” coach Michel Therrien said Monday. “I think the excitement brings that energy to our team. I feel a team that can’t wait to play tomorrow.”

The grind of the playoffs hasn’t gotten to the Habs, and falling behind 3-0 to Tampa Bay has only seemed to force them to find another level in their game.

That’s nothing new: Montreal is 5-1 dating to last year’s playoffs in elimination games. The one loss came when Carey Price was injured and replaced

by Dustin Tokarski in the decisive Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final against the New York Rangers.

“We feel good to play those type of games,” Therrien said Monday after practice at Ice Sports Forum outside Tampa.

“You look at our record the last two years when we had our back against the wall, it’s almost like this is where we perform the best.”

Desperation can do funny things to players, but the Habs didn’t feel as though they deserved to be down 3-0 in this series. The Lightning blew them out in Game 2, but Game 1 was decided in overtime and Game 3 with 1.1 seconds left in regulation.

Aside from the 6-2 loss in Game 2, Montreal could argue it was the better team every other night. The Habs have out-shot the Lightning 173-127 for an average of almost 10 a game.

Therrien said his team has gotten more five-on-five scoring chances but pointed to limiting turnovers for the turnaround in the series. Forward Max Pacioretty knows that trend must continue or the season won’t.

“One bad shift and we’re out of this series,” Pacioretty said.

“It’s great to have the energy, it’s great to have some momentum and some confidence, but at the end of the day we make one mistake and our season’s over. So we’ve got to make sure we stay focused and have the right mentality.”

The Habs don’t have to think back too far to prepare for Tuesday night.

After taking a 3-0 lead on the Ottawa Senators in the first round, they lost the next two before Price stopped all 43 shots he faced to seal a victory in Game 6 on the road.

So even though Therrien believes the longer a series goes from 3-0 the more pressure goes on the team that took that lead, the Habs don’t believe all the pressure is on the Lightning.

“Last series I’m sure Ottawa felt pressure too going into Game 6,” forward Torrey Mitchell said. “We feel pressure, too. Everyone thinks just because we won two games and it was 3-0 and history’s against us that all the pressure’s on them.”

Only four teams in NHL playoff history have come back to win after trailing a series 3-0, and until now no Canadiens team had even forced a Game 6 when facing that deficit.

Now the Habs have the chance to take it one step further.

“You can’t change the past, but we could control what’s going to happen tomorrow night,” Therrien said.

Tampa Bay will also have to contend with losing winger Ryan Callahan, who had an emergency appendectomy on Monday night and will be out indefinitely.

Coach good with Ovechkin’s call for Game 7

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARLINGTON, Va. — Alex Ovechkin certainly can talk the talk, from his “All series, baby” jab aimed at Henrik Lundqvist during Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal, to his assertion that the Washington Capitals will eliminate the New York Rangers in Game 7.

And Capitals coach Barry Trotz is absolutely fine with his captain’s bravado.

“His whole career, he’s said stuff,” Trotz said Monday. “Every year, he says stuff that (is) bold — and he backs it up, usually.”

After New York beat Washington 4-3 Sunday night to force a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Ovechkin said: “We’re going to come back and win this series.”

The three-time NHL MVP added: “We’re going to play our game and we’re going to come back and we’re going to play Montreal or Tampa,” a reference to the possible opponents in the conference final.

“That’s what leaders do,” Trotz said.

“I think leaders say, ’This is what we need to do. This is what we’re going to do.’ I have a lot more respect for someone who will be bold enough to say, ’I’m the leader of the hockey team.

We’re going to go there and give our best game and we’re going to win the hockey game.”’

Trotz continued: “I mean, come on.

What do you expect a player to say? I love that. I love that a player has got the wherewithal to say, ’Hey, we’re going to go there and we’re going to go after them and we’re going to leave it out there.’ ... That’s the mindset you need to have. If you don’t have that, you might as well pack your bags.”

On a conference call with reporters, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault sidestepped a question about Ovechkin.

“To tell you the truth, I have not heard about the comments,” Vigneault said, “but at the end of the day, I would expect players from both teams to want to come in and win.”

After scoring in Washington’s Game 1 victory, Ovechkin skated behind Lundqvist’s net and said, “All series, baby!

All series.” Ovechkin scored again in Game 2, but not since, as the Capitals have let a 3-1 series lead disappear by losing consecutive games for the first time in nearly two months.

The Russian left wing, whose 53 goals led the league, only had one scoring drought all season that was longer than his current four-game rut — a sixgamer from Oct. 18 to Nov. 1. His linemate, centre Nicklas Backstrom, led the NHL in assists and finished sixth in points but has zero goals against the Rangers.

This will be the ninth time in that duo’s 11 career playoff series that Game 7 was required. The Capitals have gone 3-5, including a pair of losses to Lundqvist and the Rangers in 2012 and 2013, and never reached a conference final in that span.

After Sunday’s loss, the Capitals insisted they were encouraged by scoring two third-period goals after trailing 4-1.

Ovechkin took that a step further, saying about the Rangers: “They’re afraid, because we’re big and strong and you can see how we score goals. We just put bodies in front of Lundqvist and it goes in.”

Since 1985, the Capitals have managed to lose nine series in which they led 2-0 or 3-1.

When the topic of the franchise’s past playoff stumbles was raised, Trotz offered a sampling of what sounded

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) moves the puck up the ice against New York Rangers during Game 1 in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs April 30, 2015, in New York. Capitals head coach Barry Trotz saids he is fine with Ovechkin’s ‘bold’ prediction that they are going to win Game 7. like a pregame motivational speech.

“I don’t see a Stanley Cup banner here, yet. So history — you have to make your own history,” Trotz said, sprinkling in a reference to the Boston Red Sox ending their 86-year wait for a World Series title in 2004.

“I was reading some stuff. Our record’s not very good as an organization. True. Absolutely true,” he said.

“But we can change that. I would think, just looking at some of the numbers, the odds are in our favour right now, right?”

Blue Jays start road trip with a loss to Orioles

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Orioles 5 Blue Jays 2 BALTIMORE — After going two weeks without hearing cheers at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles wasted no time giving their fans something to yell about.

Manny Machado and Chris Davis hit first-inning homers, Ubaldo Jimenez had a seasonhigh nine strikeouts over seven sharp innings and the Orioles celebrated their return to Baltimore with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.

Adam Jones also homered for the Orioles, who had lost five of six to fall into last place in the AL East.

Because of rioting and violence in the city, the Orioles last played in front of their home fans on April 26. Enjoying the comfort of familiar surroundings and fueled by a spirited crowd of 20,468, Baltimore took a quick 3-0 lead and cruised to the finish behind Jimenez (3-2).

“It felt great. It felt good to be back, having some pride,”

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Members of the Toronto Blue Jays watch from the dugout in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Monday, in Baltimore. Baltimore won 5-2.

Jimenez said. “All of the people that came to the game tonight, they were into the game since the first pitch. So that definitely motivated us to play.”

Ezequiel Carrera had two doubles and two RBIs for the Blue Jays, who fell to 5-2 against Baltimore this season.

In their previous game at

Camden Yards, the Orioles beat the White Sox on April 29 behind closed doors, a decision made for fan safety. Although the atmosphere in the city remains tense, the fans appeared delighted to turn their attention toward baseball.

“It did seem different, especially at the beginning of the game because they were more

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into it than they usually are,” said Steve Pearce, who went 1 for 4. “I think they were just glad that’s baseball’s back.

You could definitely tell.”

Wearing “Baltimore” on their home white jerseys instead of the customary “Orioles,” the home team provided many a feel-good moment.

Jimenez gave up two runs, six hits and two walks. His three wins are one more than he had all last season.

“He’s living on the corners with a lot of movement, and he’s pounding strikes,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said.

“He was great.”

Darren O’Day worked the eighth and Zach Britton got three outs for his seventh save.

“It was nice to hear somebody rooting for you, and not against you, for once,” Britton said.

After Jimenez struck out the side in the first inning, Machado led off the bottom half with an opposite-field drive to right off Marco Estrada (1-2). Then, after Delmon Young drew a two-out walk, Davis hit his team-leading eighth homer.

“I made a bad pitch to

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Machado, he got it,” Estrada said. “I tried going up and in on Davis — and I actually got it to where I wanted to — but he got that one, so there’s nothing you can do about that.”

Jimenez struck out the side again in the fourth but gave up successive doubles to Kevin Pillar and Carrera in the fifth.

The Orioles used a sacrifice fly by Caleb Joseph to make it 4-1 in the sixth.

Carrera doubled in a run in the seventh, and Jones connected off Steve Delabar in the bottom half.

This was the beginning of a stretch in which the Orioles will play 17 of 20 games at home.

“It just feels like we’ve been away the entire first monthand-a-half of the season,” Davis said. “It’s just good to get back home and have our fans behind us.”

STREAKING Blue Jays: Toronto has at least one double in 30 straight games and an extra-base hit in all 33 games.

Orioles: Jimenez is 6-0 with a 2.14 ERA in his last seven starts at Camden Yards.

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Hawks hold off Wizards to tie series NBA PLAYOFFS

Hawks 106 Wizards 101 WASHINGTON — Suddenly, the Atlanta Hawks went from so-so in the playoffs to looking a bit more like a No. 1 seed.

“That’s how we play. That’s how we’ve been playing all year,” forward Paul Millsap said. “Things we didn’t do, pretty much all series, we did tonight.”

Jeff Teague scored 26 points, Millsap added 19 points, six assists and five rebounds, and Al Horford had 18 points and 10 rebounds as three of Atlanta’s four AllStars played significant roles to help the Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 106-101 on Monday night and evened their second-round series at two games apiece.

Washington’s lone All-Star, point guard John Wall, missed a third consecutive game with a broken left hand.

Game 5 in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday night at Atlanta.

“To me, personally, I think this is the best we’ve played all series,” said Millsap, who had eight points in Game 3, when he was dropped from the starting lineup because of flulike symptoms. “Thirty assists, the way we played defence, the way we stepped up, the way we helped each other, the way we moved the basketball, the way we set screens.”

Is that all, Paul?

“That was midseason form right there,” agreed Kyle Kor-

ver, Atlanta’s fourth All-Star, who was limited to four shots and six points, but all of the attention Washington paid to slowing him opened room for other Hawks. “I thought we played with just a lot of juice, and a lot of energy, and a lot of purpose.”

Still, this one wound up being tight toward the end.

Two days after hitting a buzzer-beater to win Game 3, Washington’s Paul Pierce missed a 3-point attempt that would have tied the score coming out of a timeout with 9.5 seconds left.

“Thought I got a great look,” Pierce said.

Said Bradley Beal, who scored a career playoff-high 34 points for the Wizards: “I thought it was going in. ... That open one’s always the hardest one to make.”

Right from the start, the Hawks were back to being the free-flowing, ball-moving regular-season version of themselves, the squad that won 60 games, rather than the disjointed, disorganized bunch that had been 5-4 this post-season.

They used backdoor cuts.

They drove to the basket. They found the open man.

Early on, the Hawks built a 16-0 edge in points in the paint. And during a stretch that helped grow the lead to as many as 14 in the second quarter, Atlanta scored on seven consecutive possessions — with six players contributing points.

“It felt good just to see how passionate the guys were and

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Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder drives around Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal in the second half of Game 4 of the second round of the NBA playoffs Monday, in Washington. The Hawks won 106-101. how hungry we were at the beginning of the game. That let me know we were here to play,” said Teague, who hit a key 3 with 72 seconds left to get the margin to seven points.

Coach Mike Budenholzer praised his players for being aggressive at both ends of the court, but noted: “We’ve got to

Winnipeg entertaining a lot of trade talk leading up to CFL draft

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Kyle Walters is a popular person these days.

The Winnipeg GM has the No. 2 pick in the CFL draft Tuesday night and three selections in the top 15 of a very deep talent pool. That’s good news as Walters retools a Blue Bombers squad that missed the playoffs with a 7-11 record last year.

But it also means spending a lot of time on the phone with rival GMs looking to deal in order to move up in the draft.

“Things are hectic, the phone has have been ringing off the hook,” Walters said Monday. “There’s a big difference between making a trade offer and actually making a trade.

“There’s a lot of offers and talk right now but nothing real serious.”

The Ottawa Redblacks once again have the No. 1 pick but last year GM Marcel Desjardins dealt it and the rights to centre Marwan Hage to Calgary (which took Laval centre Pierre Lavertu at No. 1) for all-star centre Jon Gott. Desjardins also sent quarterback Kevin Glenn to the B.C. Lions for the No. 5 spot, then made another deal with Montreal to move up to No. 4 to take Montreal Carabins defensive back Antoine Pruneau.

Desjardins has said he anticipates holding on to the No. 1 pick Tuesday — to likely take an offensive lineman — with Walters expecting to follow. The Toronto Argonauts hold the No. 3 pick, followed by the Montreal Alouettes, B.C. Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Eskimos and Hamilton Tiger-Cats before the Grey Cup-champion Calgary Stampeders round out the opening round.

TSN will broadcast the first two rounds live, starting at 8 p.m. ET. Vancouver’s Christian Covington, a defensive end at Rice, sits atop the CFL scouting bureau’s final top-20

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prospects list. But Covington — the son of Canadian Football Hall of Famer Grover Covington —is expected to fall from the first round after being drafted by the NFL’s Houston Texans.

So too are second-ranked prospect Brett Boyko, a Saskatoon-born offensive lineman from UNLV, and Yale running back Tyler Varga of Kitchener, Ont., who finished at No. 4. They signed contracts with signing bonuses with the Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts, respectively, as free agents.

Even with Covington, Boyko and Varga expected to fall, Barker said there’s no shortage of blue-chip prospects for clubs to consider with their early picks.

“I think the strength is the depth of it,” he said.

“I think you’re going to see more guys in rounds two through four make teams this year.

“I’ve taken more calls this year because I think more people understand that. Usually we’re drafting lower so we don’t get calls but at No. 3 you’re getting one the upper echelon players and we’re happy to be there. It’s going to take a lot to get us to move.”

A look at the remaining top-10 prospects bears that out with four offensive linemen (UConn’s Alex Mateas, Laval’s Danny Groulx and Calgary Dinos Sukh Chungh and Sean McEwen), a defensive lineman (Western’s Daryl Waud) and two receivers (Simon Fraser’s Lemar Durant and Manitoba’s Nic Demski).

“Generally the draft is judged on the depth of the offensive linemen and there’s a good group this year,” Walters said.

“There’s four, five, six offensive linemen that are projected to go pretty high and that sort of starts the draft.

“Positionally across the board everybody’s going to find two or three guys at each position they like who’ll help their team.”

The Braves gave up four runs in the top of the seventh inning in the loss to East Central, then nearly pulled off a successful rally with three runs in the bottom of the frame.

Servus starting pitcher Ben Leblanc surrendered a home run to the leadoff hitter, then settled in to work four consecutive three-up, three-down innings.

Zach Baker took the loss — recording six strikeouts over three innings — while Jones, Kohle, Meghan Cameron and Brett Porter each doubled for the Braves.

Branden Woods was three-for-three at the plate as the Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves downed Fort McMurray 7-4 in bantam AAA baseball action during the weekend.

Cooper Jones had two hits in three trips to the plate and Hunter Leslie and Ty Moline each cracked a double.

Matt Kohle picked up the win, giving up four runs over three innings while recording five strikeouts.

Reliever Adam Junck fanned four batters over two innings and Woods — after three Red Deer HEARING SOLUTIONS errors loaded the bases — worked out of a sixthinning jam by striking out the first batter he faced and getting the next batter to hit into a double play.

In other weekend games, the Braves fell 9-2 to host Spruce Grove and 6-5 to East Central.

Moline’s triple was one of only two hits the Braves could muster against Spruce Grove. Cooper Jones was the losing pitcher, fanning two batters over three innings.

find a way to do that for more of the 48 minutes.”

The Wizards, seeded fifth in the Eastern Conference, entered Monday with the best record in these playoffs at 6-1, including 3-0 at home. And they got terrific performances from Beal and Pierce, who scored 22 points, including

five of Washington’s 12 makes from beyond the arc.

But with Wall again limited to cheerleading, the Wizards led the game get away from them.

“It was a great opportunity for us to go up 3-1,” Beal said.

“We won one game without John. We can do it again.”

Brady suspended 4 games, Patriots lose picks for deflating footballs

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The NFL came down hard on its biggest star and its championship team, telling Tom Brady and the Patriots that no one is allowed to mess with the rules of the game.

The league suspended the Super Bowl MVP Monday for the first four games of the season, fined the New England Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game.

“Each player, no matter how accomplished and otherwise respected, has an obligation to comply with the rules and must be held accountable for his actions when those rules are violated and the public’s confidence in the game is called into question,” NFL executive vice-president of football operations Troy Vincent wrote to Brady.

The Patriots lose next year’s firstround pick and a fourth-round choice in 2017.

Brady would miss the season’s showcase kickoff game on Sept. 10 against Pittsburgh, then Week 2 at Buffalo, a home game against Jacksonville and a game at Dallas. He will return the week of a Patriots-Colts AFC championship rematch in Indianapolis.

He would be replaced by Jimmy Garoppolo, a 2014 second-round selection from Eastern Illinois who won the Walter Payton award as the best player in the FCS. He has thrown 27 NFL passes, including one touchdown.

Brady has three days to appeal the suspension to Commissioner Roger Goodell or his designee. His agent, Don Yee, said “the discipline is ridiculous and has no legitimate basis” and that Brady will appeal.

“And if the hearing officer is completely independent and neutral, I am very confident the Wells Report will be exposed as an incredibly frail exercise in fact-finding and logic,” Yee said

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In a Feb. 1, 2015 photo New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz. The NFL Monday, suspended Brady for the first four games of the season. in a statement.

The Patriots said in a statement they thought the punishment was too severe.

“Despite our conviction that there was no tampering with footballs, it was our intention to accept any discipline levied by the league,” the statement said. “Today’s punishment, however, far exceeded any reasonable expectation. It was based completely on circumstantial rather than hard or conclusive evidence. Tom Brady has our unconditional support. Our belief in him has not wavered.”

On Monday, the Patriots also postponed this week’s previously scheduled media availability with their rookie draft class.

The league also indefinitely suspended the two equipment staffers believed to have carried out the plan, including one who called himself “The Deflator.”

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No shortage of star power in Western Conference final

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — No team in the NHL is on a bigger roll than the Anaheim Ducks and none is more tested than the Chicago Blackhawks.

These two powerhouses are about to meet in a Western Conference final full of star power and intriguing matchups.

“It’s going to be one heck of a series,” Ducks captain Corey Perry said.

“They’re a great team. When you put two teams together, it’s going to be a great series. They’re a skating club, and they’re kind of similar to Calgary.

They’ve got a lot of speed, a lot of skill, and you’ve got to be ready to step in front of them and eliminate their time and space, and if we do that, we’ll be all right.”

The top-seeded Ducks just might be the deepest and most physical team in the conference, if not the NHL, but they haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 2007 — the last time they got advanced past the second round. They come into this series on quite a roll, at 8-1 in the post-season after capturing their third straight Pacific Division title, but they are facing a team that knows a thing or two about winning this time of year.

The Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings have basically been trading the Stanley Cup since 2010, with each team winning twice and Boston grabbing it in 2011. Chicago missed a chance at another last year after an overtime goal by the Kings’ Alec Martinez in Game 7 of the conference final.

“They have a great team,” Chicago’s Brandon Saad said. “They have a great forecheck and they’re big and physical, and they play a good puck-possession game. It’s going to be a battle. It’s not going to come easy and we’re going to have to be patient like these past couple series.”

The Blackhawks won two of three from Anaheim during the regular season, outscoring the Ducks a combined 8-3 and surrendering just one goal in each game. They know that success against a team in the regular season does not necessarily translate to the post-season, where the stakes and the intensity go up a level or two.

“You watch ’em play, they’ve got a lot of different options they use,”

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Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said Monday. “They’re very mobile and they’re strong in all aspects. ... So we need to be our best in all areas ourselves. We feel like if we progress in the playoffs, you’ve got to elevate your game to beat teams that have a lot of confidence and they’ve got to be playing the right way. They’ve got a lot of things going for them.”

The Ducks certainly looked sharp while sweeping Winnipeg and ousting Calgary in five games.

Anaheim has power and force in all four lines and plenty of skill to go with it. The Ducks lead the playoffs with 35 goals, and their power play has scored a whopping 31 per cent of the time.

The Blackhawks, eyeing their third championship since 2010, got here by knocking out Nashville in six games and sweeping Minnesota. And they will certainly be well-rested by the time Game 1 rolls around. After all, they haven’t played since Thursday.

While the start date for the conference final has not been announced, one mystery was solved Sunday night when Perry bounced up off his knees and scored in a scramble in overtime against the Flames after injuring his right leg earlier in the game. With a league-leading 15 points in the playoffs, Perry sure has been a headache for opposing teams.

“He does everything pretty well,” Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford said.

“He’s a strong guy around the net.

He’s hard to move and his stick is so quick and he’s a hard shot, too. He’s pretty crafty too around the net. He’s tough to read. You need to be aggressive on him but at the same time try to be patient too.”

Chicago presents some headaches of its own. Besides Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane is rolling after missing the final 6 ½ weeks of the regular season because of a broken collarbone.

Kane and Perry are tied for second with seven goals and a plus-8 rating in the post-season.

“We are spoiled in a lot of ways,” Quenneville said. “We got some top guys you get to watch here as a team and they make our team go in a lot of ways. But Kaner, he’s got the wow factor along with that consistency in his game.” ish with a 54-hole total of one-over 217, good for a three-way tie for seventh in the CN Future Links Pacific Championship at Qualicum Beach, B.C., during the weekend. Lynn opened the threeround tournament with a 76, then roared back to post a 67 Saturday.

Logan Hill of Red Deer turned in scores of 79-76-76 to finish at 231 and in a three-way tie for 42nd.

Trevor Ranton of Waterloo, Ont., took top honours with a 12-under total of 204 (65-69-70).

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Sweden’s Jimmie Ericsson, center, fights for a puck with France’s Teddy Trabichet, left, and France’s goaltender Cristobal Huet during the hockey world championships Group A match in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday.

Switzerland get quarterfinal berth after Germany loss

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Konstantin Komarek scored the winning penalty to give Austria a 3-2 win over Germany after a shootout at the hockey world championships Monday, a result that sent Switzerland into the quarterfinals.

Austria’s win means Switzerland became the fourth team from Group A to advance to the quarters, joining Canada, Sweden and the Czech Republic. Austria needed a win in regulation to keep alive its slim chances of advancing.

Finland also beat Belarus 3-2 after a penalty shootout, having already secured a spot in the knockout stage.

Finland is tied for second with Russia in Group B with 14 points, one behind the United States.

Belarus has 11 points in fourth and needs at least a point from its last group game against Norway to make the quarters for the second straight year.

In the late games, Filip Forsberg scored two goals as Sweden completed the group stage with a 4-2 victory over France to clinch second place in Group A. The Nashville Predators forward has a tournament-leading eight goals from seven games.

“To finish second in the group period’s a good job,” said New Jersey Devils forward Jacob Josefson, who also had a goal for Sweden. “We’re looking forward to the quarterfinals.”

HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Canada has 18 points and one more game to play, while Sweden is second on 16, three more than Czechs. Switzerland has nine.

Austria, a newcomer in the top division, led 2-1 lead before Patrick Reimer tied the game for Germany with 2 minutes remaining in the final period.

In Ostrava, Evgeni Kovyrshin ended Finland goaltender Pekka Rinne’s shutout streak with a one-timed slap shot 5:09 into the final period for Belarus. The Nashville Predators goalie had shut out three straight opponents at the worlds, setting a post-World War II record of going 237 minutes without allowing a goal at the tournament.

“He is a top notch goaltender and one of the best, if not the best in the game,” said Finland forward Tuomo Ruutu.

Joonas Donskoi and Teemu Hartikainen scored 54 seconds apart in the final period to give Finland the lead before Alexei Kalyuzhny beat Rinne again with 31 seconds to go.

In the shootout, Jarkko Immonen, Joonas Donskoi and captain Jussi Jokinen all scored to lift Finland to victory.

Also in Group B, Ziga Pance’s goal lifted Slovenia 1-0 over Denmark for its first victory. Despite the three points, Slovenia finished last and will be demoted to the second-tier tournament next year.

Dehydration during sporting events doesn’t hurt performance

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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TORONTO — Dehydration may not be the threat to sporting performance that athletes have been led to believe, a new study suggests.

For several decades the mantra in sports has been “hydrate, hydrate, hydrate” — a tenet based on the belief that not replenishing the fluids and salts sweated out during exercise is both bad for athletes’ health and their success.

But a novel study conducted at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., found that competitive athletes performed equally well regardless of whether they were hydrated or dehydrated, thirsty or not experiencing the sensation of thirst. Lead author Stephen Cheung said the dehydrated athletes did have higher core temperatures and heart rates, though.

“Your body is more stressed with dehydration. So no questions there.

But the performance was not different.

And also none of these competitive

elite athletes were at any (health) danger,” said Cheung, a professor and a Canada research chair in environmental ergonomics.

The public should not interpret the results to mean that there is no need to rehydrate, Cheung insisted.

“Obviously dehydration is bad at a severe level,” he said.

But the study results do test the notion that people need to constantly top up their fluids while exercising, he said.

“That is the common message that we are bombarded with. And I’m suggesting that there are certainly some cases where hydration is not as critical as it has been made out to be.”

In the 1990s, the American College of Sports Medicine issued a statement declaring that people exercising should replace all the fluids they were sweating out. In 2007 that position was modified to suggest people should not allow themselves to lose more than two

per cent of their body weight through sweat during exercise, Cheung said.

In Cheung’s study, 11 competitive cyclists and triathletes were put through their paces at 35 C. All were hooked up to intravenous fluids. Some received a volume of saline (salt water) equivalent to what they were sweating out, while for the others, the IV was not turned on. Neither the cyclists nor the researchers knew during each trial who was being hydrated and who was not getting replacement fluids.

As well, some riders were allowed to rinse their mouths to alleviate the sensation of thirst while others were not. The idea there was to see whether the sensation of thirst had an impact on how well the athletes were able to perform.

Over the course of four different trials — conducted a week apart — the researchers gathered data on four conditions: hydrated and not thirsty,

hydrated and thirsty, dehydrated and thirsty, and dehydrated and not thirsty.

In the trials, the athletes cycled for 90 minutes, during which time their fluid levels were either topped up or not. Those who did not get replacement fluids had lost between two per cent and three per cent of their body weight — more than the sports medicine college recommends.

After a 10-minute break they were put through a 20-kilometre competitive time trial in which they were told to cycle as hard as they could. Their performances were measured every two kilometres.

When it came to performance, there were no statistically significant differences between the four groups.

“You can, for a short term, tolerate dehydration and still perform very well,” Cheung said, noting the findings support the practice among elite marathon runners, who often drink little during a race.

The study is published in the June issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.

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Local Sports At Prague Canada 7 Switzerland 2 Czech Republic 4 Germany 2 At Ostrava Russia 3 Slovakia 2 (OT) U.S. 3 Slovenia 1

WHL PLAYOFFS FINAL ROUND WHL Championship (Best-of-7) Brandon (E1) vs. Kelowna (BC1) (Kelowna leads series 3-0) Friday, May. 8 Kelowna 4 Brandon 3 Saturday, May. 9 Kelowna 5 Brandon 3 Monday, May. 11 Kelowna 5 Brandon 3 Wednesday, May. 13 Brandon at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

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

Sunday, May. 17 x-Kelowna at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Monday, May. 18 x-Kelowna at Brandon, 6 p.m. x — if necessary.

G 10 13 13 8 10 4 10 10 10 7 7 5 7 4 10 9 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago (3) vs. Minnesota (WC) (Chicago wins series 4-0) Friday, May 1 Chicago 4 Minnesota 3 Sunday, May 3 Chicago 4 Minnesota 1 Tuesday, May 5 Chicago 1 Minnesota 0 Thursday, May 7 Chicago 4 Minnesota 3

Monday’s results At Prague Austria 3 Germany 2 (SO) Sweden 4 France 2 At Ostrava Finland 3 Belarus 2 (SO) Slovenia 1 Denmark 0 Tuesday’s games At Prague Austria vs. Canada, 4:15 a.m.

France vs. Latvia, 8:15 a.m.

Switzerland vs. Czech Republic, 12:15 p.m.

At Ostrava Belarus vs. Norway, 4:15 a.m.

U.S. vs. Slovakia, 8:15 a.m.

Russia vs. Finland, 12:15 p.m.

End of Preliminary Round

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

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A 18 13 12 16 13 19 9 9 9 12 11 13 10 13 5 6 10

Pts 28 26 25 24 23 23 19 19 19 19 18 18 17 17 15 15 15

2015 IIHF Men’s World Championship At Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP WOTWOTL L GF GA x-Canada 6 6 0 0 0 39 13 x-Sweden 7 4 2 0 1 34 19 x-Czech Rep. 6 4 0 1 1 25 17 Switzerland 6 2 0 3 1 11 16 Germany 7 2 0 1 4 11 24 Austria 6 0 2 1 3 9 19 Latvia 6 0 2 0 4 9 22 France 6 1 0 0 5 10 18

PLAYOFFS Thursday’s games Quarter-finals At Prague Teams TBD, 8:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

At Ostrava Teams TBD, 7:15 a.m. and 11:15 p.m.

2015 RBC Cup Canadian Jr. A Hockey Championship ROUND ROBIN GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pt Carleton(CCHL) 2 2 0 0 0 7 0 6 Penticton(BCHL) 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 3 Melfort (SJHL) 2 1 0 0 1 5 7 3 Portage (MJHL) 2 1 0 0 1 3 5 3 Soo (NOJHL) 2 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 Note: Three points for a win in regulation, two for an overtime/shootout victory & one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs SECOND ROUND Division Finals

Pt 18 16 13 9 7 5 4 3

Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt x-U.S. 6 5 0 0 1 17 10 15 x-Russia 6 4 1 0 1 28 13 14 x-Finland 6 4 1 0 1 19 7 14 Belarus 6 3 0 2 1 17 17 11 Slovakia 6 1 2 1 2 13 14 8 Norway 6 2 0 0 4 10 20 6 Denmark 7 1 0 1 5 10 20 4 Slovenia 7 1 0 0 6 9 22 3 x — clinched playoff berth.

Note: Three points for a win in regulation, two for an overtime/shootout victory & one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

Sunday’s results

Anaheim (1) vs. Calgary (3) (Anaheim wins series 4-1) Thursday, April 30 Anaheim 6 Calgary 1 Sunday, May 3 Anaheim 3 Calgary 0 Tuesday, May 5 Calgary 4 Anaheim 3, OT Friday, May 8 Anaheim 4 Calgary 2 Sunday, May 10 Anaheim 3 Calgary 2, OT x — if necessary.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal (1) vs. Tampa Bay (2) (Tampa Bay leads series 3-2) Friday, May 1 Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 1, 2OT Sunday, May 3 Tampa Bay 6 Montreal 2 Wednesday, May 6 Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 1 Thursday, May 7 Montreal 6 Tampa Bay 2 Saturday, May 9 Montreal 2 Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, May 12 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 14 x-Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD

Saturday’s results Portage 3 Penticton 2 Carleton Place 4 Soo 0 Sunday’s result Penticton 4 Melfort 0 Carleton Place 3 Portage 0 Monday’s result Melfort 5 Soo 3 Tuesday’s games Carleton Place vs. Penticton, 1 p.m.

Soo vs. Portage, 6 p.m.

Today

● High school girls soccer: Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt East; Notre Dame at Sylvan Lake, 4:15 p.m.; Central Alberta Christian at Lacombe, 4:15 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Lacombe Stone and Granite vs. Canadian Brew House Rays, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Women’s fastball: Bandits vs. Rage, Badgers vs. Stettler, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Athletics vs.

Panthers, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Sunburst baseball: Parkland White Sox at Red Deer Riggers, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Senior women’s lacrosse: Calgary Cardinals at Red Deer Rage, 7:30 p.m., Innisfail Arena Red.

Wednesday

● High school girls rugby: Rocky Mountain House at Hunting Hills, Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, 4:30 p.m., Titans Park 1 and 2; Olds at Lacombe, Rimbey at Wetaskiwin, 4:30 p.m. ● High school boys rugby: Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, 6 p.m., Titans Park 1; Lindsay Thurber at Wetaskiwin, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday

● High school boys soccer: Olds at Central Alberta Christian, 4:15 p.m., Michener Park; Innisfail at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m.; Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt East. ● High school girls rugby: Lacombe at Rimbey, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Penticton vs. Soo, 1 p.m.

Portage vs. Melfort, 6 p.m.

End of Round Robin PLAYOFFS Saturday, May 16 Semifinals First place vs. Fourth place, 1 or 6 p.m.

Second place vs. Third place, 1 or 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 17 Championship Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.

Baseball GB — 4 5 5 1/2 6

Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland

Central Division W L Pct 20 12 .625 19 13 .594 18 14 .563 12 17 .414 11 19 .367

GB — 1 2 6 1/2 8

Houston Los Angeles Seattle Texas Oakland

West Division W L Pct 20 12 .625 15 17 .469 14 17 .452 14 18 .438 12 21 .364

GB — 5 5 1/2 6 8 1/2

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 2 Boston 6, Toronto 3 Cleveland 8, Minnesota 2 Texas 2, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Angels 3, Houston 1 Seattle 4, Oakland 3 Kansas City 2, Detroit 1, 10 innings Monday’s Games Baltimore 5, Toronto 2 N.Y. Yankees 11, Tampa Bay 5 Milwaukee 10, Chicago White Sox 7 Texas 8, Kansas City 2 Boston at Oakland, late Tuesday’s Games St. Louis (Lynn 1-3) at Cleveland (Carrasco 4-2), 4:10 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 4-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 2-4), 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 3-2) at Detroit (Simon 4-1), 5:08 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 3-0) at Tampa Bay (Archer 3-4), 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 2-3) at Texas (N.Martinez 2-0), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 2-1) at Milwaukee (Fiers 1-4), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 2-3) at Houston (McHugh 4-0), 6:10 p.m.

Boston (Masterson 2-1) at Oakland (Pomeranz 1-3), 8:05 p.m.

Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-4) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 1-2), 8:05 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 2-1) at Seattle (Paxton 0-2), 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Boston at Oakland, 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

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

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

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. AJones Bal 30 115 18 41 .357 NCruz Sea 31 122 21 42 .344 Ellsbury NYY 30 126 25 43 .341 Brantley Cle 24 94 15 32 .340 Vogt Oak 30 94 17 32 .340 Altuve Hou 32 133 17 45 .338 Fielder Tex 32 128 12 43 .336 MiCabrera Det 32 114 16 37 .325 Cain KC 29 116 22 37 .319 Moustakas KC 29 116 21 37 .319 Home Runs NCruz, Seattle, 14; Teixeira, New York, 11; HRamirez, Boston, 10; Trout, Los Angeles, 9; CDavis, Baltimore, 8; ARodriguez, New York, 8; Vogt, Oakland, 8.

Runs Batted In NCruz, Seattle, 27; Teixeira, New York, 27; Vogt, Oakland, 26; Hosmer, Kansas City, 25; Travis, Toronto, 25; KMorales, Kansas City, 24; AJones, Baltimore, 23.

Pitching FHernandez, Seattle, 6-0; Pineda, New York, 5-0; Betances, New York, 4-0; Gray, Oakland, 4-0; Keuchel, Houston, 4-0; McHugh, Houston, 4-0; Simon, Detroit, 4-1.

New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 20 12 .625 18 15 .545 15 17 .469 15 17 .469 11 22 .333

GB — 2 1/2 5 5 9 1/2

St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 22 9 .710 16 15 .516 16 16 .500 15 17 .469 12 21 .364

GB — 6 6 1/2 7 1/2 11

West Division W L Pct 20 10 .667 17 16 .515 16 16 .500 14 17 .452 11 17 .393

GB — 4 1/2 5 6 1/2 8

Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Arizona Colorado

Sunday’s Games Washington 5, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 11 innings Chicago White Sox 4, Cincinnati 3 San Francisco 3, Miami 2 L.A. Dodgers 9, Colorado 5 Arizona 2, San Diego 1

RBC CUP

Mayan helps Melfort Mustangs past the Soo Thunderbirds THE CANADIAN PRESS PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — Rimbey’s Travis Mayan’s goal early in the second period stood as the winner as the Melfort Mustangs held on for a 5-3 win over the Soo Thunderbirds on Monday night at the RBC Cup. Mayan scored at the 1:57 mark of the second, giving Melfort, Sask., a 4-0 lead

NBA PLAYOFFS

MVP Curry scores leads Warriors to rout of Grizzlies to tie series

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMPHIS, Tenn. — MVP Stephen Curry scored 21 of his 33 points by halftime, and the Golden State Warriors snapped their two-game skid Monday night by routing the Memphis Grizzlies 101-84 to tie their Western Conference semifinal at 2-2.

The Warriors hadn’t lost three straight games all season, and they never came close as they took back home-court advantage. Curry hadn’t scored more than 23 points in this series, and he nearly had that by halftime.

Draymond Green had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Warriors while Klay Thompson

Friday

● High school girls rugby: Hunting Hills at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m., Titans Park 1.

Saturday

● Karate: Western Canada Championships at Hunting Hills, 10 a.m. start. ● Lacrosse: Tradition Lives tournament at the Kinex, Collicutt Centre, Dawe Centre and Kinsmen Arenas.

Sunday

● Marathon: Woody’s RV World Marathon; 10k starts at 7:45 p.m., half marathon and marathon at 8 a.m., 55th St. and 42 Ave. ● Lacrosse: Tradition Lives tournament at the Kinex, Collicutt Centre, Dawe Centre and Kinsmen Arenas.

Monday

● Lacrosse: Tradition Lives tournament at the Kinex, Collicutt Centre, Dawe Centre and Kinsmen Arenas.

Wednesday’s game Carleton Place vs. Melfort, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers (1) vs. Washington (2) (Series tied 3-3) 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 Washington 2 NY Rangers 1 Friday, May 8 NY Rangers 2 Washington 1, OT Sunday, May 10 NY Rangers 4 Washington 3 Wednesday, May 13 Washington at NY Rangers, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball NBA Playoff FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta 4, Brooklyn 2 Cleveland 4, Boston 0 Chicago 4, Milwaukee 2 Washington 4, Toronto 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State 4, New Orleans 0 Houston 4, Dallas 1 L.A. Clippers 4, San Antonio 3 Memphis 4, Portland 1

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct New York 21 12 .636 Tampa Bay 17 16 .515 Toronto 16 17 .485 Baltimore 14 16 .467 Boston 14 17 .452

● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports vs. Play it Again Sports Athletics, Gary Moe Volkswagen vs. Printing Place Padres, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Bantam AAA baseball: Okotoks Dawgs Red at Red Deer Braves, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Women’s fastball: Athletics vs.

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

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee 10, Chicago White Sox 7 Chicago Cubs 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Washington 11, Arizona 1 Miami at L.A. Dodgers, late Tuesday’s Games St. Louis (Lynn 1-3) at Cleveland (Carrasco 4-2), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Burnett 1-1) at Philadelphia (Undecided), 5:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Foltynewicz 2-0) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 2-3), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 3-3), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 2-1) at Milwaukee (Fiers 1-4), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 2-3) at Houston (McHugh 4-0), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 2-3) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 3-2), 7:40 p.m.

Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-4) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 1-2), 8:05 p.m.

Miami (Haren 4-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 2-1) at Seattle (Paxton 0-2), 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Washington at Arizona, 1:40 p.m.

St. Louis at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 5:50 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

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

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. DGordon Mia 29 123 18 54 .439 AGonzalez LAD 30 114 24 43 .377 LeMahieu Col 27 92 6 32 .348 Goldschmidt Ari 30 113 24 39 .345 Holliday StL 29 102 15 35 .343 Wong StL 31 110 17 37 .336 Freeman Atl 32 123 23 41 .333 MCarpenter StL 27 108 23 36 .333 Alonso SD 26 87 11 29 .333 Galvis Phi 31 109 11 36 .330 Home Runs Harper, Washington, 11; Frazier, Cincinnati, 10; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 9; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 9; Pederson, Los Angeles, 9; Marte, Pittsburgh, 8; Upton, San Diego, 8.

Runs Batted In AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 29; Stanton, Miami, 29; Harper, Washington, 28; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 27; Marte, Pittsburgh, 24; Upton, San Diego, 24; Zimmerman, Washington, 22.

Pitching BColon, New York, 6-1; Greinke, Los Angeles, 5-0; Wacha, St. Louis, 5-0; GCole, Pittsburgh, 5-1; Harvey, New York, 5-1; Shields, San Diego, 4-0; Casilla, San Francisco, 4-0.

Adam Fauchoux, Regan Wilton and Eric Young all scored in the first period for the Mustangs, who improved to 1-1 in round-robin play at Canada’s junior-A men’s hockey championship. Dexter Bricker added a goal of his own later in the second period. Goaltender Richard Palmer made 16 saves for the win.

Owen Headrick struck twice for the Thunderbirds (0-2), who are from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Matt Caruso also found the back of the net.

Brian Kment started in net for the Soo, stopping 7-of-10 shots in 8:33 of work. He was pulled after Young’s coal gave Melfort a 3-0 lead. Mario Culina turned aside 20-of-22 shots in relief.

Neither team scored on the power play. The Mustangs went 0 for 4 with the man advantage, while the Thunderbirds were 0 for 1. had 15 points, Harrison Barnes 12 and Andre Iguodala 11.

Marc Gasol had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis while Zach Randolph had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Mike Conley finished with 10 points and seven assists but was 4 of 15 from the field. Memphis pulled its starters with 3:00 left.

Game 5 is Wednesday night at Golden State.

Memphis coach Dave Joerger gave his Grizzlies a history lesson reminding them how they had blown 2-1 leads in the post-season. It didn’t help as the Grizzlies lost their fourth straight Game 4, the third of those on their own court.

They just didn’t play with the same defensive intensity as the last two games.

Instead, it was the Warriors beating the Grizzlies to nearly every loose ball, scrapping to keep their dream season as the NBA’s best team from falling to the brink of elimination.

They got back their offensive rhythm as well leading by as many as 26 points, and they had their best game shooting outside the arc knocking down 14 3s.

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 2, Cleveland 2 Monday, May 4: Chicago 99, Cleveland 92 Wednesday, May 6: Cleveland 106, Chicago 91 Friday, May 8: Chicago 99, Cleveland 96 Sunday, May 10: Cleveland 86, Chicago 84 Tuesday, May 12: Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 14: Cleveland at Chicago, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, May 17: Chicago at Cleveland, TBD

Washington 2, Atlanta 2 Sunday, May 3: Washington 104, Atlanta 98 Tuesday, May 5: Atlanta 106, Washington 90 Saturday, May 9: Washington 103, Atlanta 101 Monday, May 11: Atlanta 106, Washington 101 Wednesday, May 13: Washington at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Clippers 3, Houston 1 Monday, May 4: L.A. Clippers 117, Houston 101 Wednesday, May 6: Houston 115, L.A. Clippers 109 Friday, May 8: L.A. Clippers 124, Houston 99 Sunday, May 10: L.A. Clippers 128, Houston 95 Tuesday, May 12: L.A. Clippers at Houston, 7:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 14: Houston at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 17: L.A. Clippers at Houston, TBD Memphis 2, Golden State 2 Sunday, May 3: Golden State 101, Memphis 86 Tuesday, May 5: Memphis 97, Golden State 90 Saturday, May 9: Memphis 99, Golden State 89 Monday, May 11: Golden State 101, Memphis 84 Wednesday, May 13: Memphis at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

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

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Nate Schmidt from Hershey (AHL).

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Activated OF Shane Victorino from the 15-day DL. Designated INF Luis Jimenez for assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Assigned SS Carlos Correa to Fresno (PCL) from San Antonio (Texas).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Reinstated INF Mike Moustakas from the bereavement/family emergency list. Optioned INF Orlando Calixte to Omaha (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Chris Bassitt to Nashville (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Selected the contract of INF Thomas Field from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned 2B Rougned Odor to Round Rock.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled LHP Vidal Nuno from Reno (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Designated RHP Kevin Gregg for assignment. Recalled RHP Pedro Villarreal from Louisville (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed LHP Antonio Bastardo on the paternity list. Recalled LHP Bobby LaFromboise from Indianapolis (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Announced C Wil Nieves cleared outright waivers and elected free agency.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Houston C Dwight Howard $15,000 for making contact above the shoulders with Los Angeles Clippers F Matt Barnes during a May 10 game.

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Acquired WR Cory Watson and a 2016 second-round draft pick from Saskatchewan for the rights to LS Jorgen Hus and a 2016 third-round draft pick.

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Signed DB Johnny Sears Jr. MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Signed P Ricky Schmitt to a one-year contract.

National Football League NFL — Suspended New England QB Tom Brady for the first four games of the 2015 regular season for conduct detrimental to the integrity of the NFL. Fined the New England Patriots $1 million, and took away a 2016 first-round draft pick and a 2017 fourth-round draft pick for the violation of the playing rules and the failure to co-operate in the subsequent investigation relating to the use of under-inflated footballs in the 2014 AFC championship game. Announced suspended Patriots employees John Jas-

tremski and James McNally may not be reinstated without the approval of the league.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed S Harold JonesQuartey, S Brandon Person and QB Phillip Sims.

Released WR Travis Harvey, OT Kelvin Palmer and S Ross Weaver.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed DE Sam Meredith, OT Matt Huffer and DB Jonathon Mincy. Waived DT Chris Brown, CB Jordan Ozerities and WR Joshua Stangby.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed S Wes Miller.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Devin Funchess, TE Jamie Childers, DE Rakim Cox, G Jordan McCray, C Ronald Patrick and FB Lee Ward.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed QB Pat Devlin to a one-year contract and DT Terry Williams and LB Kyle Woestmann to three-year contracts. Waived LB Khaseem Greene. Terminated the contract of LB Austen Lane.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Charles Gaines, TE Emmanuel Bibbs, WR Paul Browning, DB Landon Feichter, TE Kevin Haplea, WR Darius Jennings, RB Luke Lundy, LB Rodman Noel and DB Brandon Stephens. Waived WR Phil Bates, K Garret Hartley, DB Varmah Sonie and DL Christian Tupou.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Jarred Haggins, S Nathan Lindsey and WR Erik Lora. Released WR Desmond Lawrence.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed C-G Andy Phillips and CB Quinten Rollins. Released DT Luther Robinson.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed DT Richard Ash, DE Cap Capi, WR-PR Kasey Closs, S Desmond Cooper and OL Rummells. Waived TE Marcel Jensen, S Jeremy Deering, K Derek Dimke and WR Tommy Streeter.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived WR Kain Colter and G Jesse Somsel. Signed WR Isaac Fruechte.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released CB Kyle Arrington. Signed TE Fred Davis and OL Kevin Hughes.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Agreed to terms with LBs Hau’oli Kikaha and Davis Tull, QB Garrett Grayson, DL Tyeler Davison, CB Damian Swann and RB/KR Marcus Murphy.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed RB Kenneth Harper, WR Ben Edwards, TE Will Tye and DT Carlif Taylor.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed QB Jake Heaps and FB J.C. Copeland. Released CB Greg Henderson and S Demarkus Perkins.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed G Mitch Bell, CB Travell Dixon, RB Michael Dyer, CB SaQwan Edwards, DE Gary Wilkins and WR Austin Willis.

Waived CB Chance Casey, RB Terrance Cobb, RB Gus Johnson, DB Vernon Kearney and LB Braylon Mitchell. Waived-injured WR Jeremy Gallon.

JUNIOR B LACROSSE The TBS Rampage posted a 6-4 win over the host St. Albert Crude Sunday to conclude a perfect Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League junior B tier 1 weekend.

Ryan Beatson and Dawson Reykdal each notched a pair of goals, while Nate Bellanger, who added two assists, and Jordan Waddell also tallied for the Rampage. Brendan Machan made 16 saves to pick up the win.

On Friday, the Rampage edged the visiting Sherwood Park Titans 7-6 in overtime as Beatson, Declan Johnston and midget affiliate Teren Christensen each netted two goals. Darrian Banack turned aside 44 shots — including three back to back in overtime — as the winning netminder.

Red Deer’s next home game is May 24 at 5 p.m. at the Kinex versus the Okotoks Marauders.

PEEWEE HOCKEY South Black, with four Central Alberta players on the roster, fell 4-2 to Edmonton Green in Sunday’s final of the Hockey Alberta Peewee Prospects Cup at Olds.

Defenceman Ronan Seeley of Olds and forwards Kayde Budgell of Bentley, Silas Buijs of Red Deer and Konnor Green of Springbank suited up with South Black, which earlier in the tournament defeated Calgary Red 2-0 and North Blue 3-2 and fell 4-3 to Edmonton Green.

South Yellow, with a roster that included Red Deer defencemen Alex Litster and Kayden Robinson and forwards Noah Danielson of Red Deer, Wyatt Fluet of Sundre and Brett Meerman of Blackfalds, defeated North Blue 4-2 in another final.

Earlier, South Yellow lost 4-1 to Calgary White, 7-1 to Edmonton Royal, tied North Grey 4-4 and downed Calgary Red 4-3 in overtime.

BUSINESS

B5 Local home builders honoured

TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2015

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Laebon Homes was crowned builder of the year large volume on Saturday, winning five awards at the Central Alberta homebuilders awards of excellence.

Platinum Homes was named builder of the year small volume.

The large volume award goes to builders who build more than 25 homes per year. The small volume builder builds 24 or fewer homes.

Bowood Homes received the award for renovator of the year.

To win the prestigious awards, entrants were awarded points received for housing and/ or renovation projects entered in the Canadian Home Builders Association — Central Alberta Region Awards of Excellence. Those results were combined with results from customer and trade partner surveys.

In addition to the housing awards, the following president’s awards were also handed out: ● Rookie of the year: Brandon Bouchard of Paul Davis Systems ● Member of the Year: Dorinda Gallant of Sorento Custom Homes.

The Gus Bakke Memorial Award went to Kevin Wilkie of True-Line Homes for significant contribution to the association.

“Congratulations to all of the award recipients, your commitment to excellence truly defines the Canadian Home Builders Association,” said Dwayne Eagleson, chair of the 2015 awards committee for the central region.

Award categoryies and winners: Best New Home: Single Family Home with or without Garage: Winner for best new home up to $224,999 (SF1) Laebon Homes Winner for Best New Home Between $225,000 and $259,999 (SF2) Falcon Homes Winner for Best New Home Between $260,000 $299,999 (SF3) Scarlett Built Homes Winner for Best New Home Between $300,000 and $374,999 (SF4) Scarlett Built Homes Winner for Best New Home Between $375,000 and $449,999 (SF5) Falcon Homes Winner for Best New Home Between $450,000 and $524,999 (SF6) Laebon Homes Winner for Best New Home Between $525,000 and $599,999 (SF7) Laebon Homes Winner for Best New Home Between $600,000 and $674,999 (SF8) Mason Martin Homes Winner for Best New Home Between $675,000 and $749,999 (SF9) Sorento Custom Homes Winner for Best New Estate Home Between $750,000 and $999,999 (EH1) Platinum Homes Winner for Best New Estate Home over $1,000,000 (EH2)

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Laebon Homes in Red Deer built this home at Tindale Place in Timberstone. Laebon just received the award for the Builder of the Year, in the large volume category by the Canadian Home Builders Association- Central Alberta Region Awards of Excellence.

Winner for Trades of the Year – Large Category Bruin’s Plumbing and Heating Winner for Supplier of the Year – Small Category General Appliances Winner for Supplier of the Year – Large Category Executive Home Building Centre Winner for Service Professional of the Year – Small Category Snell and Oslund Surveys Winner for Service Professional of the Year – Large Category Servus Credit Union Note: Small category represents businesses with 24 and under employees; large category represents businesses with 25 employees and over.

For more information about the awards or the association, see www.chbaca.ca The Canadian Home Builders’ Association – Central Alberta Region is a not-for-profit organization with a regional membership of more than 160 companies, with a national body of more than 8,000 companies across Canada. Membership is comprised of single and multi-family new home builders, renovators, residential land developers, trades, suppliers, building material manufacturers and professional companies involved in some aspect of home building.

Its vision: “To be the preeminent voice of the residential construction industry in our community.”

Mason Martin Homes Best New Home: Multi Family Townhouse/Duplex/ Complex: Winner for Best New Multi Family Home – Town House/Duplex Style under $224,999 (MF3) Laebon Homes Winner for Best New Multi Family Home – Town House/Duplex Style over $225,000 (MF4) True-Line Homes Note: The price for the single family, estate home and multi-family homes listed above does not include the price of land Best Renovation Project Winner for Best Renovation under $74,999 (RN1) Sorento Custom Homes Winner for Best Renovation over $125,000 (RN3) Bowood Homes Excellence in Interior Design Winner for the Excellence in Interior Design (ID1) Falcon Homes Ltd.; Interior Designer(s): Stephanie Fehr, Gina and Kevin Pardy Safety Leadership Award (SLA) Bruin’s Plumbing and Heating Winner for the Safety Leadership Award – Builder Member Category Falcon Homes Partner Awards: Winner for Trades of the Year – Small Category Clearview Glass Service Ltd.

Consumers NDP government could help, delivering wake-up rather than hinder, new pipelines call to retailers as they head online

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — If the Canadian retail industry is looking for a new sales motto, they might want to consider, “Ship It, or Lose It.” After years of dabbling in online shopping, eager consumers looking to spend their money on e-commerce are delivering a wake-up call to retailers.

New data from Canada Post to be presented Tuesday found that about 76 per cent of Canadian households shopped online last year.

Of that percentage, about a quarter of Canadians have become “frequent” shoppers, which means they’re buying on the Internet four to 10 times per year, the data says.

“Consumers are dipping their toe into e-commerce, testing the waters, and becoming very quickly converted,” said Danielle Doiron, director of parcels and e-commerce market development at Canada Post. “And the type of products they’re purchasing online has expanded.”

Doiron will present the Canada Post findings on Tuesday at the Etail Canada retail conference in Toronto.

The postal service conducted the study by tapping into data compiled from some retailers who ship packages through the mail and the customers who receive those packages.

Canada Post also found that shoppers will buy products online they wouldn’t have just a few years ago, including toys and games, which saw shipments rise by 37 per cent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same time a year earlier.

One of the biggest hurdles for retailers has been how larger products are shipped to the homes of customers who want their purchases fast, but don’t necessarily want to pay the elevated fees associated with expedited parcels.

Some retailers have tried to alleviate those concerns by giving e-commerce customers more options, such as picking up items in parcel lockers inside their stores or through depots that expedite the process. Best Buy is taking an extra step when it launches its ship-from-store option on the BestBuy. ca website later this month. The feature is intended to breathe new life into its 192 stores across the country by making them tiny distribution centres.

When a customer can’t find the item they want in the Best Buy website inventory, they will still have the option of getting it shipped from a store.

“We will make any product available to any customer at any time,” Thierry Hay-Sabourin, vice-president of e-commerce for Best Buy Canada, told an industry audience at the Etail conference on Monday.

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CALGARY — The recent shift to the left in Alberta politics could end up being more of a help than a hindrance when it comes to breaking the pipeline logjam, according to some observers.

Past premiers under Progressive Conservative governments expended a great deal of time and energy pushing for improved market access for Alberta crude.

Though incoming NDP premier Rachel Notley has said she doesn’t oppose pipeline construction, during the campaign she signalled a more hands-off approach to promoting some of those projects.

Gone are the days of regular sales pitches south of the border for Keystone XL, for instance. She’s also said she wouldn’t fight for Northern Gateway.

But she’s spoken more positively about other proposals like the cross-Canada Energy East project and Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion, while at the same time urging more oilsands processing within Alberta.

Warren Mabee, an energy and environmental policy expert at Queen’s University, said the pressure from past premiers on Keystone XL “probably hasn’t been all that helpful.”

If anything, stronger environmental regulations and tougher greenhouse gas rules that may be introduced under an NDP government could actually help the industry, he said.

“I think that one thing that might help with Keystone XL and might help Barack Obama make a case for it in his own head, would be if Alberta was really moving ahead aggressively to reduce emissions and to address the footprint that’s associated with the oilsands,” he said.

“Because really, that’s a large reason why that project has stalled out.”

Trevor McLeod, director of the Centre for Natural

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BRIEFS Total permit value more than $33M Industrial building permits led the way in Red Deer April building permits, accounting for $11 million.

The total for all permits, including residential, commercial and public, for April was more than $33 million.

The total building permit value for the first four months of 2015 topped $100 million. That is more than double the value of permits for the first four months of 2014.

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Alberta premier-elect Rachel Notley smiles as she speaks the media during a press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday.

Resources Policy at the Canada West Foundation, said he’s optimistic the NDP government could help build public support for pipelines that has been sorely lacking — provided it strikes the right balance.

“There’s so much policy meat that needs to go on the bones, that you can go in so many different directions,” he said.

“It’s just really a matter of how they execute. If they do it thoughtfully and in a measured way, then I think there’s real benefit there, possibly real benefit to the energy industry, to Alberta.”

Alan Ross, a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais in Calgary who works with energy sector clients, said following the initial surprise of the NDP’s election win, many in the industry are taking heart in Notley’s comments so far.

Residential construction was down in April year over year from $9.27 million last year to $3.51 million this year. Commercial permits fell to $2.17 million in April from $3.8 million that month in 2014.

The industrial tally in April of this year was $10 million higher than April 2014, when only $782,545 was spent on industrial permits.

Major industrial permits were issued for new buildings in the Queens Industrial Park. Among them, Dawson Wallace Construction Ltd. was issued a permit for the new Gregg Distributors building, at 191 Queens Drive, valued at $6,390,000. Shunda Consulting and Construction Management Ltd. also received a permit for the SMS Equipment building, valued at $2.3 million, to be located at 96 Quinn Ave., and to KevRan Developments (2011) Inc. for an Excel Welding building, located at 22 Queensland Crescent and valued at $2.3 million.

For more information about Red Deer building permits, go online at http://data.reddeer.ca/.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets closed lower, unable to build on Friday’s rally as concerns about Greece’s debt problems bubbled to the surface.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 17.38 points at 15,152.64 on Monday as oil prices drifted lower, while the Canadian dollar fell 0.13 of a U.S. cent to 82.58 cents.

In New York, markets failed to extend Friday’s advance, which stemmed from a solid jobs report out of the U.S. The Dow Jones industrial average, which bounded ahead 267 points Friday in its biggest advance since early February, was 85.94 points lower at 18,105.17. The S&P 500, which posted a solid 28-point advance on Friday, also declined, down 10.77 points at 2,105.33, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 9.98 points to 4,993.57.

Craig Fehr, Canadian markets strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, says focus has shifted to Greece, which is due to repay a 750-million-euro loan to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday.

“As Greece and Eurozone debt pops back into the forefront, it takes investors back to 2011 and the tremendous amount of volatility and the pullbacks we saw in global equity markets,” said Fehr.

“I think to some degree, as long as the headlines are being dominated by Greek debt concerns, we’re going to see some hesitation, some nervousness, across the markets. I don’t think it plays a long-term role in where we see equity markets go from here, but certainly in the short term it’s going to have a meaningful impact on market fluctuations.”

The declines came despite a rate cut by China’s central bank in a move aimed at stimulating

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The weekend decision by the People’s Bank of China to reduce its benchmark rate a quarter point to 5.10 per cent was the third such cut in the last six months in an attempt to stimulate a slowing economy in the Asian powerhouse. Growth in China, a major consumer of oil and metals, tends to benefit the commodities-heavy Toronto stock market.

“The markets have come to expect more stimulus out of China, so we’re not getting an overly large reaction from the markets today based on that and I think that’s because some of this has already been baked in,” said Fehr.

“The broader implication here is that the Chinese economy continues to slow, and continues to grapple with slower manufacturing activity, overheated property markets and slower lending growth. As a result, policy-makers are looking for new ways to try to jump-start that economy, so I wouldn’t expect this to be the last bit of news as it relates to monetary policy stimulus from China.”

On the commodity markets, the June crude contract lost 14 cents to US$59.25 a barrel and the June gold contract fell $5.90 to US$1,183.00 an ounce.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Monday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,152.64, down 17.38 points Dow — 18,105.17, down 85.94 points S&P 500 — 2,105.33, down 10.77 points Nasdaq — 4,993.57, down 9.98 points

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Cdn — 82.58 cents US, down 0.13 of a cent Pound — C$1.8880, up 1.92 cents Euro — C$1.3505, down 0.45 of a cent Euro — US$1.1152, down 0.56 of a cent Oil futures: US$59.25 per barrel, down 14 cents (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,183 per oz., down $5.90 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.49 oz., down 27 cents $658.75 kg., down $8.68 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’15 $0.30 lower $465.80; July ’15 $0.30 lower $457.30; Nov ’15 $0.20 lower $449.80; Jan. ’16 $0.10 higher $451.60; March ’16 $0.10 higher $451.10; May ’16 $0.10 higher $451.70; July ’16 $0.10 higher $451.70; Nov. ’16 $0.10 higher $446.50; Jan. ’17 $0.10 higher $447.20; March ’17 $0.10 higher $447.20; May ’17 $0.10 higher $447.20.

Barley (Western): May ’15 unchanged $195.00; July ’15 unchanged $197.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $180.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $185.00; March ’16 unchanged $185.00; May ’16 unchanged $185.00; July ’16 unchanged $185.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $185.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $185.00; March ’17 unchanged $185.00; May ’17 unchanged $185.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 214,940 tonnes of canola; 500 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 215,440.

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Google acknowledges 11 minor accidents

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Lowe’s builds Canadian reach by adding 13 Target stores

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Lowe’s home improvement chain has become the latest big-box retailer to expand its presence in Canada by buying up leases of former Target store locations across the country.

Lowe’s is building its presence in Ontario and six Western Canadian cities after reaching a deal to buy 13 Target Canada leases and a distribution centre west of Toronto for about $151 million, according to a court filing on Target’s windup.

Almost half of the locations are in Ontario — Thunder Bay, Milton, North York, Ottawa, Toronto and Burlington, the filing says.

The chain is also adding four stores in Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince George and Abbotsford, B.C., along with two locations in Calgary and store in Regina.

Lowe’s Canada says about 2,000 jobs will be created at the stores and the distribution centre in Milton. However, it declined to provide details.

“These additional locations will accelerate our expansion across the country, enhancing our presence in Western Canada and strengthening our base in Ontario,” Lowe’s Canada president Sylvain Prud’homme said.

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:REI.UN) is owner of eight properties, while the rest are spread among four different owners.

The court filing says Target Canada will receive $26.5 million, which its financial adviser said is likely more than it would have received had the locations been sold individually at auction.

“In the circumstances, an en bloc transaction is expected to maximize the collective value of these assets,”

said the court document.

Under terms of the agreement, Lowe’s has to convince other retailers to waive their rights to prohibit or restrict Lowe’s operations at the various locations.

Otherwise, such locations will be removed from the deal and the overall value lowered.

Lowe’s originally submitted a bid last month for 17 locations, but the list was whittled down after Target’s financial adviser determined it could attract higher proceeds by eliminating four unidentified stores.

The agreement is subject to Ontario court approval and is expected to close

by June 30.

Lowe’s is the latest major retailer to acquire pieces of Target’s former 133-store Canadian retail network through a court-supervised auction, following Canadian Tire (TSX:CTC.A) and Walmart Canada.

Canadian Tire has announced it will acquire 12 leases for $17.7 million. Wal-Mart will spend $165 million to acquire 13 stores and a distribution centre, while spending an additional $185 million on renovations.

The deals leave 95 Target locations unclaimed thus far. Potential bidders include Loblaw (TSX:L), Metro (TSX:MRU), Rona (TSX:RON) and Home Depot, according to analyst Irene Nattel of RBC Capital Markets.

Minneapolis-based Target Corp. announced in January that it would pull out of Canada, barely two years after entering the market to much fanfare, saying it didn’t expect the operation could be profitable for several years.

Since arriving in Canada in late 2007, Lowe’s has opened 38 stores in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, with more than 6,000 employees.

Mortgage lenders getting creative

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Online comparison shopping is changing everything from how we buy a new television set to how we select a mortgage, and it’s causing some mortgage lenders to get creative in order to compete.

“Lenders are stripping away features of mortgages to get their rates lower,” says Steve Pipkey, co-founder of Spin Mortgage.

Consumers have always been keen on scoring a low mortgage rate, but the ease with which they can comparison shop via their computers, smartphones and tablets has created an even greater fixation on the headline number, above all else.

“The majority of our phone calls are about rates these days, whereas before it might have been more about, ’How can I get my money out fast?’ or ’What’s the quickest way to refinance my home?”’ says Bob Aggarwal, president of Canadalend.com.

Brokers say the push for low rates is not a bad thing, but it has led to some confusion . While mortgage contracts used to be fairly standardized, many of them now contain various conditions and clauses, and in some cases it’s hard for consumers to decipher the difference between various products.

“If you’re online trying to figure out what the rates are and why, good luck to you,” says Pipkey.

“Some banks and brokers

are better at disclosing the fine print than others.”

In some instances, in exchange for a lower rate, lenders are adding steeper penalties for paying off a mortgage early.

By chasing those five extra basis points, buyers put themselves at risk of having to pay thousands more in penalties later on down the road, says Pipkey. Prepayment privileges also allow borrowers to pay more than their regular mortgage payments without penalty in order to get out of debt faster. But some lenders may reduce how much money borrowers can repay in exchange for a rate reduction.

Pipkey says it’s not surprising that lenders are lowering their rates given how competitive the mortgage market has become.

“Mortgage originations are down and lenders are fighting for market share in the face of compressing margins,” he said.

Bill Whyte, senior vice-president and chief of member services at Meridian Credit Union, says it’s hard to attract clients unless you offer a competitive rate that will grab the attention of borrowers.

LOS ANGELES — Google Inc. reWatchdog, notes that Google’s ultimate vealed Monday that its self-driving cars goal is a car without a steering wheel have been in 11 minor traffic accidents or pedals. This could prevent a person since it began experimenting with the from taking over if a car loses control, technology six years ago. making it “even more important that The company released the number the details of any accidents be made after The Associated Press reported public — so people know what the that Google had notified California heck’s going on.” of three collisions involving its selfDelphi’s accident report shows that driving cars since September, when the front of its 2014 Audi SQ5 was modreporting all accidents became a legal erately damaged when it was broadrequirement as part of the permits for sided by another car while waiting to the tests on public roads. make a left turn.

The director of Google’s self-driving Delphi’s car was not in self-driving car project wrote in a web post that all mode at the time, company spokes11 accidents were minor — “light damwoman Kristen Kinley said. age, no injuries” — and happened over Five other companies with testing 1.7 million miles (2.8 million kilomepermits told the AP they had no actres) of testing, including nearly 1 milcidents. lion miles in self-driving mode.

“Not once was the selfdriving car the cause of the accident,” wrote Google’s Chris Urmson.

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PHOTOS BY CRYSTAL RHYNO/ ADVOCATE STAFF Competitors in the inaugural Riot on the River had their work cut out for them on Saturday.

What may be Central Alberta’s largest crossfit competition drew close to 100 athletes from various areas of the province, including Red Deer, Calgary, Edmonton and Canmore.

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In mixed teams of two, athletes went head-tohead in workouts called Warm up on the River, Snatch my Clean Down and Dirty, and Randyish.

The various workouts featured skills such as snatches, front squats, shoulder-to-overhead, burpees wallballs and rowing.

There were scaled and prescribed weight divisions.

The competition was hosted by Pure Fitness Red Deer.

ABOVE: Suzie Brinkhurst fights the barbell at the Riot on the River crossfit competition.

LEFT: Andrea Flieler makes jumping over a box look easy.

BELOW: Mike Larizza is in full beast mode as he snatches at the Riot on the River crossfit competition.

RIOT ON THE RIVER TOP 3

Scaled:

1. Barbells and Bacon/BodyRox XTraining 2. Wodding Crashers/Gas City Crossfit 3. Kipping it Real/Pure Fitness Crossfit

Rx:

1. Gas City X-Fit’ers/Gas City Cross Fit 2. Bergatron/Pure Fitness Crossfit/OPT 3. French Pickle/Champ City/MMSC

ABOVE: Kyria Elliott pushes through her lift at the Riot on the River crossfit competition.

LEFT: Tyler Labelle gives it his all.

BELOW: Athletes wait for their heat at the Riot on the River.

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Outdoor pool, splash park to open in city on June 1 Red Deer swimmers can make a splash outdoors starting on June 1.

That’s opening day for both the Recreation Centre outdoor pool and the Blue Grass Sod Farms Central Spray and Play spray park.

The 50-metre outdoor pool is located at 4501 47A Ave. The pool offers public swimming, lane swimming, a five-metre diving tower and a children’s wading pool with spray features. There are also deck chairs and a grassy area for lounging.

The spray park is located at 47A Avenue and 48th Street. It has a wading pool, 35 spray toys and two dump buckets, and will operate daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information and swim schedules, check www.reddeer.ca or pick up a schedule at the Recreation Centre, G.H. Dawe Centre, Michener Aquatic Centre or Collicutt Centre.

Red Deer Public eyes new busing fees Red Deer Public School trustees are considering new and increased fees for students bused to and from the district’s schools.

Administration is recommending double shifting of buses on some routes that could change start times for some schools.

The board is trying to address an expected $378,000 deficit in its transportation budget when it meets on Wednesday evening.

School district administration is recommending ways to increase revenue, decrease expenses and reduce service levels.

Administration is recommending transportation fees for students depending on their age level and the distance they live from school.

The district is also looking for alternatives to transport students travelling to Christian alternative or Spanish bilingual programs, which do not qualify for the same level of provincial transportation funding.

Board chair Bev Manning said the changes are necessary to make the busing sustainable. In the past, the board has directed funds from instruction to cover shortfalls in its transportation budget.

Recommendations to address transportation shortfalls will be discussed at the public school board meeting on Wednesday.

The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.

Meetings are open to the public and take place in the board room of Red Deer Public Schools offices at 4747 53rd St. People interested in speaking to the issue at the meeting are asked to contact Cyndi Ramsfield, executive assistant to the superintendant, prior to the meeting by calling 403-342-3713 or emailing cyndi.ramsfield@rdpsd.ab.ca.

Red Deer Catholic sets new busing fees Red Deer Catholic Schools is increasing its busing fees for the 2015-16 school year, to relieve transportation budget shortfalls.

New fees approved by Catholic school board trustees provide for $150 fees for busing students who live 1.6 km to 2.4 km from their designated school.

The maximum a family will pay is $600 per year.

The Catholic school division asks that parents register online to streamline the registration process. All parents will be asked to register their children for transportation for the upcoming school year. The registration deadline is June 15. Late registration may mean children can’t ride the bus.

Bus fees will be due at the same time as other school fees.

There is an application for fee waiver for families for whom it will be a financial hardship.

The application form for busing registration and for fee waiver is available at www.rdcrs.ca.

Parents may call the transportation office at 403-309-8801. However, online registration would avoid long wait times on the phone.

Students riding City of Red Deer transit buses will also be required to register for busing.

Red Deer RCMP mark Crime Prevention Week by saluting the many ways that local residents prevent and help solve crime in their community.

Cpl. Leanne Molzahn credits public tips with helping police do their jobs.

“Thanks to tips from the public, in the first part of 2015 RCMP have located numerous missing persons and identified suspects in home invasions, serial thefts at local businesses, a hit and run involving a cyclist, and a number of armed robberies,” Molzahn said.

When citizens report criminal activity, it allows RCMP to develop a larger understanding of crime trends in the community. Reports of suspicious or criminal activity also help police to target specific individuals who may be contributing to the problem.

While information obtained from one citizen’s report may not be enough to identify a suspect, RCMP see it as one piece of a larger puzzle. By analyzing a number of crimes, police are often able to identify the offenders responsible.

Police say to avoid being a victim of crime: ● Keep the door locked between your garage and your house. ● Don’t keep spare house or vehicle keys in your garage. ● Don’t leave vehicles unlocked and running. ● Remove all valuables from your vehicle every time you park it. ● If you’re going to be away for an extended period of time, set lights on timers and have a trusted friend or neighbour bring in your mail and do yard work and other tasks to show that your home is inhabited. ● Pick up your mail regularly. ● Shred all personal documents once you’re done with them. ● Keep an eye out for suspicious people or vehicles in your neighbourhood. ● Get to know your neighbours and look out for each others’ property. ● Never give out personal information to anyone you don’t know, on the phone or at your door.

Bank robbery appeal refused by court Conflicting testimony and failing to cross examine a Crown witness over what car a bank robber went to a motel in wasn’t enough to sustain an appeal.

The Calgary Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Dustin Aaron Clark, 38, of Red Deer. He was convicted in January 2014 of using a can of bear spray in a robbery at the Village Mall TD Canada Trust, 6320 50th Ave. His appeal was heard on May 6. It focused on the testimony of Jennifer Caswell, who testified that Clark visited her at a Red Deer motel room the morning before the bank robbery.

Clark brought a can of bear spray with him to the meeting, he said for protection.

Caswell said she saw him arrive in the car that would later be used as the getaway vehicle in the robbery, a red Ford Mustang. She also said Clark took the bear spray with him.

Clark later testified he went to the motel in a different car and had left the bear spray behind and did not go back to retrieve it.

In her charge to the jury, presiding Justice Monica Bast told them to consider the lack of defence cross-examination of Caswell and if that affected the weight of the evidence to the contrary, Clark’s testimony.

Defence counsel did not object to the jury charge.

The appeal court said Caswell’s evidence was somewhat ambiguous as only Clark’s testimony indicated the bear spray had been left behind.

Caswell was never questioned on what happened to the bear spray after Clark had set it down.

In their appeal, the defence argued Caswell should have been recalled as a witness to clarify the incident at the motel. The appeal court said if Bast had ordered Caswell to be recalled, it would have been dubious procedure under law.

The appeal court said there was ample evidence to convict Clark.

Clark was sentenced to nine years in jail.

Blood donations sought before long weekend Canadian Blood Services wants people to roll up their sleeves this week-

Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff

Kaden Saunders, left, and Kaeden Bardick take advantage of warm weather for a recent morning game of basketball at the court near the Bower-Kin Community Centre. The forecast calls for continued sunny and warm conditions through the long weekend in Central Alberta. Expect a high today of 13C, highs on Wednesday and Thursday of 15, then highs of 21 (Friday), 19 (Saturday) and 18 (Sunday) through the Victoria Day weekend. end to give blood.

Demand for blood rises around long weekends, when there are more motor vehicle collisions, and often fewer people donating blood.

The need for blood is constant for people who require blood transfusions, such as patients with cancer or those who have blood disorders.

The Red Deer office will operate blood donor clinics on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The clinic is located at No. 5 5020 68th St. To book an appointment, use the GiveBlood App or visit www.blood.ca.

Correction: Walking with Sisters community consultation on May 19 A story in Monday’s Advocate on Page A2 had an incorrect date for the last community consultation for the Walking With Our Sisters memorial exhibit.

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Becoming a soccer mom, learning to trust Soccer season has officially begun.

If I was feeling apprehensive as the days before Lars’s first game approached, then I was an all-out wreck by the time we arrived to the field the day of.

But like any good mother, I swallowed up my nervousness and pushed it down to that same place that houses our inadequacies as parents and the mystery meat I ate for dinner the other day.

There was no particular reason I was brimming with anxiety over a small child’s soccer game, it was just that I somehow knew what was to surely unfurl just before the game commenced.

Because although I was worried, Lars was even more so.

This is something I’ve come to learn about my son: he gets nervous. Whether it be a bunch of children at the park he doesn’t know, trying out new hobby or starting an extracurricular, tension usually gets the better of him. Jamie can tend to be a nervous person and I seem to get flustered over anything that has to do with the children, so perhaps Lars has learned this behaviour from us — I’d like to think not, but the possibility is definitely there.

However, like most road bumps

we’ve learned a few tricks to conquer and prevail. Mostly the ability for Jamie and me to veil the anxiety we are feeling over whatever anxiety Lars is feeling. In other words, my husband and I have become masters LINDSAY at faking serenBROWN ity.

Or so I ME PLUS THREE thought. The soccer field was filling up quickly and it occurred to me that Lars seemed to be one of the only kids on his new team who hadn’t previously played the game. All of the soccer moms huddled together and the majority of the boys on the team were fist bumping and excitable.

Lars was kicking the ball around when the coach called in the boys to begin. The kid had literally stepped a foot onto the field when he was accosted by a flood of tears and terror (perhaps terror is a strong word … to

me it felt like terror).

“I — I just can’t do it … I’m too nervous!” He was saying between hyperventilating and compulsively tugging at the laces of his cleats.

“Oh, you can do it buddy.” Jamie was saying supportively to him.

I had known this was coming from the moment we enrolled him in soccer and yet I was completely unprepared. I should have begun thinking up positive things to say as soon as I noted how tight-knit this soccer field and its patrons were. Instead, I just stood there rubbing his back uselessly.

I looked around at the other moms.

They were yelling stuff like, “Get your foot on the ball!” or “Force them down to the other end of the field!” to their soccer star seven-year-olds.

Hell, I didn’t even know what half of it meant. These cheering mothers were sitting on fancy collapsible chairs with makeshift coolers as tables. It made my blanket strewn messily about over the ground seem rather inferior and incredibly novice.

I did the one thing no parent is ever supposed to do when faced with a similar situation. I said to my son, “You know Lars, if you don’t want to do soccer, you don’t have to.”

It might possibly have been the low-

est point in my parenting career thus far. The pressure of soccer had gotten to me and I was ready to flee. Thank God that Lars is the mature one out of all of us though. After the words came spewing regrettably out of my big mouth, he seemed to have a change of heart. He wiped away his tears, grabbed a ball from the sidelines then ran in without any more hesitation.

By the end of the half hour game, he was just as enthusiastic as his teammates when someone would score a goal. He bragged for hours afterwards that he had kicked the ball six times (exactly) and next game he would definitely get it in the net. He was ecstatic.

As we drove home, Lars said, “Mom, I’m really glad that I decided to stay. I really like soccer.”

It was in that moment that I stopped worrying about Lars’s nervousness. I stopped worrying about how I was feeling in comparison. I stopped worrying about our inexperience in soccer and the other soccer moms, and I told Lars how proud I was of him.

It takes a lot of courage to stand up to your own nervousness. That night, my son taught me how to face your fears in the best kind of way.

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

Mother’s Day can be a lonely holiday Q: It’s Mother’s Day, and I can’t remember ever feeling so lonely. I recently lost my mother, who died suddenly this past Christmas. On top of that, my husband and I are still childless after two years and thousands of dollars’ worth of infertility treatments.

I just want this day to be over.

Jim: I hurt with you. Today is always emotional for me, too. Though decades have passed since my own mom’s untimely death when I was just 9 years old, I still feel the power of her influence and the pain of her absence.

It’s fitting and proper to set aside a day to honor mothers. I’m aware, however, that the occasion doesn’t always feel joyous for everyone. Some, like us, have lost their mothers recently or too young. Others might be estranged from their mom, or perhaps divorce has changed the dynamic of the day.

My heart also breaks for the scores of women who long to be mothers but whose dreams haven’t been realized due to infertility, illness or other reasons. And then there are mothers who’ve lost their children to inexplicable tragedy.

Please know that you are not forgot-

ten. The Lord knows, and He cares. He is close to the brokenhearted.

In that spirit, Focus on the Family is here for people like you. We’re a ministry dedicated to helping families find hope and JIM healing, whatDALY ever the circumstances.

Please call us at 855-771-HELP (4357).

In the meantime, let me encourage you to consider that God can use our suffering to bring comfort to and deepen our relationships with others. As you work through your grief, be on the lookout for similar souls in need of the shoulder you currently seek.

There’s great truth in the saying that friendship multiplies joys and divides

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sorrows.

Q: Should I marry a man who has a problem with pornography? We’ve been dating for some time and recently began talking about marriage. He’s a fantastic person, but I’m wondering whether his porn addiction is a red flag.

Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Ministries: It is a red flag, and you shouldn’t expect his addiction to go away on its own once you’ve said your wedding vows. To be more specific, don’t assume that normal sexual relations will take the place of porn in his life.

That’s because porn addiction isn’t really about sex. It’s a symptom of an intimacy disorder -- a comprehensive psychological illness that compels an individual to avoid deep, meaningful interaction with a real human being and to replace it with impersonal sensual imagery.

Unless this disorder is addressed and resolved, your relationship cannot move forward on a healthy footing.

Marriage will not fix the problem. It will only complicate matters and increase your pain.

So, what can you do? We recommend you get professional counseling together before there is any further talk of marriage. An intensive counseling model, consisting of a limited and concentrated series of sessions focusing specifically on the addiction problem, is the best way to address this issue.

And now is the perfect time to do it.

At this stage in your relationship — before you’ve made a formal commitment to each other by buying rings and mailing invitations — you’re in a much better position to take an in-depth, candid look at this issue and its impact on you as a couple.

If your boyfriend really cares about you and sincerely wants to spend his life with you, he has a powerful incentive to make the necessary changes at this stage of the game. Once you’ve tied the knot, that motivation will no longer exist in quite the same way.

Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

Hopelessness: lacking a better alternative “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”

— Desmond Tutu, South African social rights activist

they also confuse, frighten and sadden me. If we are truly the architects of our own destiny, what’s the story with the homeless?

Are they just poor architects? And what about self-esteem?

MURRAY Are the poor, FUHRER the homeless and the hopeless simply the victims of a poor selfimage or is there more to it?

There are plenty of theories with regard to homelessness. Some studies suggest the seeds of homelessness are planted early in childhood — the result of poor early programming. Depending upon upbringing, children grow to understand the world around them and learn important social rules and behaviours appropriate for survival — or they don’t, with dire consequences.

Further studies claim that one in four homeless people are in their position because of unemployment or a lack of marketable skills. Other studies suggest an inability to socialize leads to loneliness and isolation. Further research concludes that most people who

are homeless suffer from addictions or mental health issues. A 1997 study of 300 shelter users in Toronto revealed that two-thirds of respondents reported a lifetime diagnosis of mental illness.

I don’t confess to have the answers but I have sought understanding.

I know pity is only positive when it prompts us to understand the suffering of others and do something about it.

I know that when we lose our dreams it’s easy to be drawn into a dark and unforgiving place. Whatever the reason or reasons, one thing is certain: the consequences are devastating. Homelessness damages an individual’s resilience, self-confidence and self-esteem.

I think an often unrealized aspect of healthy self-esteem, and the missing component in the lives of many who go astray, is hope. It’s important to recognize that hopelessness is only the first step toward examining the more important issue of why people lose hope.

In his book, The Psychology of Hope, C.R. Snyder, a pioneer in the field of positive psychology, says we lose hope for a variety of reasons. If we were neglected or “never nourished” as children, we may develop a negative selfimage.

If we lose our connections we risk losing our identity. These broken connections can result from death, divorce or a job loss. If we are victimized — abused and belittled — we may lose any sense of control. And one contributing factor that many of us can relate to is burnout. When we become exhausted and overwhelmed by life it

becomes easy to develop a negative or cynical perspective. Burnout can lead us to defeat.

To me, hopelessness stems from the lack of awareness of any alternative.

Lack of awareness of a better choice is the same as having no choice at all.

Without hope there is nothing. No awareness. No better choices. No way out of a sad and regrettable existence.

You can’t help people wake up and embrace a new tomorrow unless you can help them rekindle the flame of hope. When we start to feel hopeful, we start to see possibilities for change and healing.

Perhaps Mother Teresa expressed it best. “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.

The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.”

I know people who devote their lives to bringing hope to the hopeless. They open their arms and their hearts — provide food, shelter and a kind word.

I say thank you to those people.

Perhaps as we become strong and healthy in our esteem — when we become truly awake and self-aware — we will choose to be a beacon of hope for others. That is my hope.

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.

“I got scared,” the young man told the two EMTs. “He hasn’t moved in half an hour.”

I was at a downtown coffee shop in the city where I live, waiting for friends to arrive. Shortly after I had sat down, the EMTs had walked through the door and the young man — a server at the coffee shop — had waved them over to the booth in front of mine.

He pointed to the man seated — or rather, slumped — in the booth. From where I sat, all I could see was the back of his head. His hair was long, black and unkempt. All conversation in the coffee shop had ceased.

“I tried shaking him and slapping his hand,” he said, “but I got no response.”

“Did he come in alone?” asked one of the EMTs in a low voice.

“He came in with a regular. She bought him breakfast and left.”

“Do you know him?” asked the other EMT. “Seen him before?”

“He’s homeless,” responded the server. “I’ve seen him on the streets.”

One of the EMTs leaned near and placed his hand on the man’s shoulder.

“Buddy?” he said and give the man a shake. The man slid slowly to the right and his head make a clunk sound when it hit the wall. Everyone gasped.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — A new study suggests the measles shot comes with a bonus: By preventing that disease, the vaccine may also help your body fight off other illnesses for years.

It’s long been known that contracting measles weakens the immune system for weeks or months, putting people, especially children, at increased risk for potentially fatal infection by a host of germs.

Now, scientists find that this vulnerable period goes on much longer than thought, up to three years.

So the benefit of avoiding measles also extends longer than was appreciated. Researchers also found that measles vaccination campaigns were followed by a drop in deaths for other infectious diseases.

Experts said the work is a wake-up call to parents who don’t vaccinate their children out of unfounded fears about a link between vaccines and autism.

“The message is clear,” said Dr. Richard Wenzel, an infectious disease specialist at Virginia Commonwealth University who was not involved in the study.

Not only is the vaccine safe and effective against measles, he said, but it may also save a child’s life by helping to guard against other infections.

Debate about the measles vaccine came into focus this year after a large outbreak tied to Disneyland sickened 147 people in the U.S., including 131 in California. Infections also spread to Mexico and Canada where 159 people fell ill in Quebec. Many stricken with measles were not immunized because of personal reasons or their age.

Measles, marked by fever, cough and a blotchy

rash, has been eliminated in the U.S. for more than a decade thanks to an aggressive vaccination effort.

Outbreaks still crop up when Americans or foreign visitors become infected overseas and spread the virus among populations that are not vaccinated.

In the latest study, an international team of researchers analyzed measles cases and death rates from other infections before and after widespread measles vaccination campaigns in the U.S., England and Wales, and Denmark.

After vaccinations, measles cases declined in all the countries. Deaths from non-measles infections also dropped. In the U.S., deaths from infections such as respiratory or diarrheal disease fell from 18 per 100,000 before vaccination to 6 per 100,000 after vaccination. Researchers attribute the drop to fewer measles cases caused by the introduction of the vaccine.

Using mathematical modeling, the team also found it took two to three years after getting measles for the immune system to rebuild itself.

The study, released Thursday by the journal Science, was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and federal grants.

By preventing measles, “you preserve your ability to fight off all of these other infections,” said Michael Mina, a medical student at Emory University who led the study while at Princeton University.

While vaccination played a role, other factors such as better nutrition and smaller family size may also explain the drop in non-measles infections, said Dr. James Cherry, a pediatric infectious disease expert at the University of California, Los Angeles, who had no role in the study.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — It’s a Denver man’s American dream: Getting back the dog that vanished four years ago on the Fourth of July.

Kelly Booker’s 9-year-old Shih Tzu, Lilly, was found last month wandering the streets nearly a thousand miles away in Elgin, Illinois, suffering from a severe infection and exposure. Her nails grew long, and people who found her said she was in bad shape.

Booker said his pet disappeared July 4, 2011, when he put her in the backyard as he headed to a fireworks show. He does not know if Lilly got frightened by the explosions and ran away or was stolen.

“Kids were outside popping fireworks. We went looking for her and she was gone. It was like a child that went missing,” Booker said.

On Thursday, he and his 10-year-old son picked up Lilly at a cargo facility at Denver’s airport. The dog wagged its tail and seemed to immediately recognize the two, who cradled her and repeatedly asked “Where have you been, Lilly? Where have you been?”

Volunteers at the Almost Home Foundation rescued Lilly and nursed her back to health. She was identified by a microchip with her owner’s contact information, and Booker was notified.

Booker said he doesn’t know how Lilly wound up in Illinois. Chuck Hanson, spokesman for the Almost Home Foundation, said Lilly got a big send-off in Illinois before she was sent home.

“She’s getting a lot of attention. She even had her own press conference before she left,” Hanson said.

Are funerals the last privacy frontier?

SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOURNING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Taya Dunn Johnson has been living large online for years, embracing Facebook, Twitter and other social streams to frequently share her most mundane and intimate moments.

Her husband — her high school sweetheart and an IT specialist — was an offline kind of guy, though he was surrounded by post-happy loved ones, colleagues and friends and had no problem with that.

Then he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 37 and his wife found herself entrenched in what just might be the last frontier for privacy, his funeral.

“I held two services and had to ask several people not to take photos of his casket,” said Johnson, a 38-year-old administrative assistant who lives in Baltimore with her 6-year-old son. “The idea of it disturbed me. Days later, I noticed several people had ’checkedin’ from the funeral home on a couple of platforms.”

Actively using social media as she did when tragedy struck in 2012, and as she still does, Johnson understands why Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg asked mourners, tech powerhouses included, to stay off social media from her husband David Goldberg’s memorial service Tuesday.

“It’s a slippery slope,” Johnson said.

“We share everything from our new car to our meal to our new dress. Somehow those things have become interchangeable with death.”

Ann Bacciaglia, a customer support worker for a large corporation in Ottawa, was also an avid social media user when her husband of 18 years died suddenly of an undiagnosed brain cyst in 2011. He was 44.

Like Johnson’s husband, he had no interest in social streams, which didn’t keep Bacciaglia from announcing his death on Twitter. It never occurred to her to ask their loved ones to refrain from pulling out their phones at his funeral. None did.

In the year after his death, she publicly blogged about her grief and leaned even more heavily on her online followers and friends for support.

Other young widows reached out, and helping them through their losses was her best medicine.

“Social media just wasn’t something my husband saw the point of, but it’s a huge part of how I grieved and continues to be very important to me,” Bacciaglia said.

Offline or on Facebook, crass is crass when it comes to funerals and memorial services, said David Ryan Polgar, a lawyer and former college professor in West Hartford, Connecticut, who blogs about tech and ethics.

“Would you want to see Google Glass at a funeral? Nothing can replace that human connection,” he said.

“There are certain times for a heightened awareness, a need to stay in the moment, and a funeral is one of them.”

Walker Posey, a funeral director in South Carolina and a spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association, said tech definitely has its place in the mourning process but selfies from cemeteries aren’t among them.

Unfortunate use of social media, however, is not something most funeral directors routinely need to address, he said.

His funeral home in North Augusta includes this etiquette suggestion on its website just in case: “Don’t infringe on the family’s right to privacy.

In today’s world of social media and technology, it is essential to remember that these tools are a way of showing support and care for the family who is experiencing grief. The use of technology and social media to post anything which may violate the family’s right to privacy or ability to properly grieve must be avoided.”

Sometimes the violators are the most grief stricken. A Facebook user once posted a photo of himself at the cemetery with his mother’s casket behind him. Another put up a photo of her mother’s will in a status update about her role as executor of the estate.

Posting is one thing, Posey said, but web tech can be valuable to the bereaved. His funeral home and others around the country offer livestreams of funerals and memorials as a way for far-flung loved ones to be connected. He sets up 30 to 40 webcasts a year, including one from the funeral of a grandmother so her two grandsons serving in the military in Iraq could be virtually present.

“Bringing a casserole to the house is a great thing but if you can’t, these things can be just as meaningful. Not everybody can attend but leaving a message on a memorial site, for example, can still help and have an impact,” Posey said.

Molly Kalan has looked deeply into social media and mourning. She wrote her master’s thesis on the subject, delving into how grief is expressed online.

“I think that social media platforms provide a great opportunity for anyone

to express condolences, especially if they don’t feel comfortable doing so otherwise.

However, the implications are worth considering. What this study showed me was that sometimes we are engaging in these behaviours in a way that pushes us further from confronting mortality and allowing ourselves to feel the discomfort of thinking about death and grief,” said Kalan, who lives in Boston.

Offline, fiddling with phones at funerals is a big issue, said Lesly Devereaux, an ordained minister, grief counsellor and writer of devotional books in Piscataway, New Jersey.

While officiating, she has rarely need-

ed to head off casket selfies or unauthorized tweeting, but phones pose a problem.

“I’ve had to say, ’Put your phones away.’ Phones rings, people are texting, people are just not being focused on what they’re there for,” she said.

“But social media does have its place in reaching out for support.”

The 47-year-old Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, died Friday when he slipped on a treadmill and struck his head while on a family vacation in Mexico, according to officials there.

While Sandberg asked mourners not to post live from his memorial, she took to Facebook soon after to offer thanks for an outpouring of support.

Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

“Am I Too Old For New Teeth?”

Dear Dr. D: I have just 5 teeth left on my upper jaw, and 7 teeth on my lower jaw. My retired dentist set me up with partial dentures that actually worked pretty well for quite a few years. Now I am finding trouble with them slipping, and no amount of that dental crazy glue stuff is helping me very much. To top it all off, 2 of my upper molars that are left are acting up.

I had my teeth cleaned by one of those separate teeth cleaning places, and she told me they might have to come out. The notion of complete dentures isn't very exciting to me as I am only 72 and hope I've got more than a few good years left. What kind of options do I have here?

Absolutely you should. You've dropped a bit of a jig saw puzzle on A: me. This is a multi-faceted situation. As I am a dentist, I'll first comment on your 'teeth cleaning shop'. These are legal in Alberta and some other provinces, and I am sure there are some very qualified hygienists working in them. I've seen pretty good examples of the opposite. The reason a checkup is a good idea when you have your teeth cleaned is there are things that a dentist sees that a hygienist may not. Teeth can deteriorate quite quickly with some specific health issues (for instance, blood pressure meds can dry out your mouth, increase plaque, and increase decay faster than any other time of your life). If you've missed a couple of checkups this may not have been noticed or treated. See a dentist for that alone, please. You need to find out about the health of those molars, sooner than later.

Secondly, you still have 12 teeth. With appropriate care, you may have them for another 20 years. It would be a real shame to make the switch to full dentures if it isn't absolutely necessary. We have treatment options now that never existed a few years ago. You may have some failing teeth that still have healthy root structure. We can either crown the teeth, or crown them and use them for anchoring a fixed partial denture. The big advantage to that is you now have biting pressure which will be nonexistent with dentures. Complete dentures take some time to become used to, and not everyone is a fan.

Another option is to install properly positioned dental implants, and anchor fixed dental work to them. These behave exactly like your natural teeth, they never decay, and you can walk out of here eating a green apple! This will provide you with a solid foundation that no amount of that 'dental crazy glue' you describe can ever do.

My father used to say 'if you only have a hammer you treat everything like it is a nail'. Dentists with fewer treatment options in-house might not be providing all choices. I'm a big advocate of second opinions.

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NARDWUAR REVISITS HIS MOST MEMORABLE CELEBRITY CHATS

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SNOOP DOGG After a stunning six interviews, Nardwuar built a special rapport with the G Funk rapper.

But he was so nervous before his first encounter with Snoop in 2000 that he broke the ice by playing show-andtell with a friend’s Redd Foxx doll — and the Doggfather’s perpetually clouded mind was blown.

Nardwuar resisted Snoop’s over-

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Chuck D, left, poses with Nardwuar the Human Serviette in Austin, Texas, on March 21, 2015. Every year at South by Southwest a minor stir rises up around a middle-aged Canadian man with a squeaky voice, a tartan tam and a microphone that he typically holds way too close. Vancouver-reared Nardwuar the Human Serviette has become an Austin attraction because Nardwuar has a gift: when it comes to celebrity interviews, he simply stands a pom pom above the rest. tures to buy the doll, but when the rapper became equally smitten with a piece of vinyl by boogie group the Whispers, Nardwuar eventually relented.

The record had belonged to a friend, who was furious. Now, Nardwuar usually brings things the guests can keep.

NIRVANA When the grunge gods wheezed through Vancouver for two nights in 1994, Nardwuar wouldn’t be denied.

First, he and a friend hid in Nirvana’s dressing room bathroom, standing on toilets until they were discovered by security (who did not buy Nardwuar’s claim that he was the president of Sub Pop).

He returned to the PNE Forum later that day to interview the Butthole Surfers. He ran into Kurt Cobain who declined an interview but accepted a cassette of Nardwuar’s past chat with Courtney Love.

The next night, Nardwuar returned to face quick rejection from security, who remembered his little Sub Pop fib. Just as the situation veered into hopelessness, he spotted Cobain and Love wandering past and called out.

Love recognized him.

“I listened to that tape Kurt gave me last night,” she said.

“You have to learn to edit your interviews better!”

The Hole singer then persuaded security that Nardwuar was her cousin.

Minutes later, he was backstage chatting with Nirvana.

It was one of the last interviews Cobain would ever conduct.

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American Idol to run its 15th and final season next year

Actress Elizabeth Wilson dies at 94 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Tony Award-winning actress Elizabeth Wilson, who built a career playing character roles in films such as The Graduate and 9 to 5, has died. She was 94.

Wilson, who lived in Branford, Conn., with her sister, died Saturday at Yale-New Haven Hospital, according to actress Elizabeth Morton, who is serving as a spokeswoman for the family.

Wilson won a Tony Award for her performance in 1972’s Sticks and Bones.

She is perhaps best known for playing the mother of Dustin Hoffman’s character in The Graduate and the character Roz in the movie 9 to 5.

She also acted in films including

NEW YORK — Fox is lowering the curtain on American Idol, ending a series that dominated television throughout the 2000s and made stars of the likes of Simon Cowell, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

The network announced Monday that American Idol will go off the air after its 15th and final season next spring. The cast from the past few seasons, with Ryan Seacrest as host and Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. as judges, will return for a season-long celebration of the show’s history.

“It was not an easy decision. American Idol has been such a vital part of Fox for its run,” said Gary Newman, Fox Television Group chairman and CEO. He promised a season-long celebration that matches the show’s sig-

BLUR/SONIC YOUTH/SKID ROW Finally, three bands whose meanspirited bullying of Nardwuar only left a black eye on their own reputations.

In 1991, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore smashed a seveninch record Nardwuar had brought as a gift and wrenched his shirt over his head while he shouted in distress: “You idiot!”

Eleven years later, he interviewed a more sedate edition of the band, but a still-aloof Ranaldo claimed cooly he had “no recollection” of the prior incident.

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree was equally belligerent in 2003, yanking off Nardwuar’s hat and glasses.

Eight years later, Rowntree ran for political office and was asked to account for his behaviour. He blamed his cocaine habit and claimed to have personally apologized, which Nardwuar says never happened.

Of course, someone who self-identifies as Nardwuar the Human Serviette has a thick skin — just as long as the camera is rolling.

So he reserves special enmity for Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach, who followed up a testy interview in 1994 (during which he stole Nardwuar’s favourite toque) by destroying the tape.

Since then, Nardwuar only does heavy metal interviews by phone, arguing: “It’s more safe.”

“People have got mad at me from Day 1, so it’s nothing new.... If something’s going bad and it’s being documented, who cares?” he reasoned. nificance, with the suggestion that its big-name contestants and past judges may be involved.

Block reportedly part of Winnipeg’s rock and roll history hit by fire WINNIPEG — An apartment block that appears to have provided the backdrop for an iconic album cover by the rock group The Guess Who has been heavily damaged by a fire.

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The building has been undergoing renovations and no one was inside at the time, but it took firefighters several hours to get the flames under control.

People living nearby were told to leave their homes in case the fire spread.

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In 1997, he attended a press conference during the APEC summit in Vancouver, where another reporter sized him up and scoffed: “You’re just going to ask some stupid question.”

Humiliated and motivated in equal measure, Nardwuar went home, shaved his head down to the moss, knotted a tie around his neck and returned the next day prepared with a tough question for then-Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien.

First, Nardwuar asked about student protests against APEC. “Do you think, Mr. Chretien, if you were say, 40 years younger, that you too would be writing punk songs and protesting against APEC?” he asked.

Chretien replied that “in a democracy, people protest.”

He did the same when he was a student, he said.

Nardwuar pressed, referring to the use of pepper spray on those same protesters.

“Does mace equal freedom? Would you have been maced yourself back then, Prime Minister Chretien?”

“I don’t know. This technique did not exist in those days,” began Chretien, before issuing one of his most infamous quotes.

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by Southwest — a packed desert playground for the famous, the hip and the corporate — a minor stir rises up around a middle-aged Canadian man with a nasally voice, a tartan tam and a microphone.

Nardwuar the Human Serviette has become an Austin attraction because the Vancouver native has a gift: when it comes to conducting celebrity interviews, he simply stands a pom pom above the rest.

He’s elicited off-kilter candour from the diverse likes of Iggy Pop, Katy Perry, Geddy Lee and former U.S. president Gerald Ford. He’s recently shown particular aptitude for sparking fascinating discussions with hip-hop stars, including Drake, Lil Wayne, Jay Z and Pharrell Williams, who marvelled: “This is one of the most impressive interviews I’ve ever experienced in my life.”

In every case, Nardwuar bombards his subjects with meticulously researched with gifts, non-sequitur queries and references to obscure pieces of personal trivia.

Some respond with wonder, some with bemusement, and a dishonourable few with quick-boil irritation.

Regardless, Nardwuar always keeps cheerfully singing his tune.

His interviews have lived on MuchMusic, on VHS tapes shared by fans, and on the albums recorded by his band, the Evaporators.

He’s now found a hugely enthusiastic audience on YouTube, where he has more than 300,000 followers. At South by Southwest — a fertile ground for his artist encounters — he’s flocked by selfie-seeking fans and increasingly in-the-know musicians.

It’s beginning to seem like everyone’s a believer — except, perhaps, Nardwuar himself.

“For me, I never feel good about an interview,” he says. “So many people, they don’t care about what they’re doing because they think they know what they’re doing.

“I’m nervous and I’m always thinking it didn’t turn out well, so I’m always striving to do better.”

The 46-year-old guards his secrets carefully, only conceding that he maintains files on potential interview subjects, and that the vinyl he wields comes from his personal library and that of the CiTR campus radio station where he’s worked since October 1987.

Still, Nardwuar graciously took The Canadian Press behind the scenes of some of his most memorable celebrity encounters:

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jobs CLASSIFICATIONS GUMMOW Margarete (Grace) 1920-2015 Grace Gummow passed away peacefully at Michener Hill Extendicare at the wonderful age of 94 years on May 8, 2015. Grace is survived by her sister Rose; her three children, Joyce (Burt), Ron (Marg), and Bob. She has six grandchildren; Randy, Daryl, Kim, Jamie, Sarah, and Will. She was also blessed with six greatgrandchildren. Grace was predeceased by her husband Harvey, her brother Heinz and her sister Gladys. She was born in Germany and came to Canada when she was three years old. She attended the small county school in Willowdale. It was in Willowdale where she met and married the love of her life - Harvey Gummow.

Grace had a happy farm life on the Gummow homestead working alongside her husband. She milked the cows, fed the chickens, drove the tractor, and always had delicious hot meals on the table.

Grace was an active member of the WMS and Willowdale Zion Presbyterian Church. She was in the church choir and was often heard singing her bible hymns at the kitchen sink. Grace was also very proud of being a volunteer at the RDRH flower shop for more than 20 years. Her family and her friends were her greatest joy. The coffee pot was always on and treats were ready for anyone that walked through the door.

Grace will be deeply missed but always in our hearts. A funeral service for Grace will be held on Thursday May 14th, 2015 at 1pm at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45th Street, Red Deer.

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HOFFART Evelyn Mary May 19, 1931 - May 10, 2015 Evelyn Mary Hoffart, beloved wife of Edward, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice as Mother’s Day dawned on May 10, 2015 at the age of 83 years. She leaves to mourn her cherished and devoted husband of 64 years, Edward and her loving family; Wayne (Bev) and their two children, Patricia (David) and Steven; Terrance (Bonnie), Terry’s two children, Nesta (Phil) and Michael and their mother Terrie-Lynn (John), Perry (Jennifer) and their two children, Kimberley (Michael) and Jessica (Thomas); Glenda (Stanley) Taylor and their four children, Dustin (Cassandra), Ashley, Brittany and Courtney. Evelyn was predeceased by her youngest son, Glenn in 1985 but was blessed with Glenn’s daughter Dannielle (Clayton) to carry on Glenn’s loving memory along with her mother, Michelle.

Evelyn’s life was enriched by her five precious great-grandchildren; Carter, Hunter, Harmony, Zoe and London. Evelyn was born in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan; the fourth born child to Mike and Magdelena (Volk) Senger. Of these siblings, she is survived by Marjorie Hoffart and Monsignor Raymond Senger.

She was predeceased by her brothers, Michael and Leo and her baby sister Frances. Anyone fortunate enough to have had Evelyn in their life knew she was the most caring and loving woman who welcomed all friends and family to her home with open arms and the most delicious home cooked meals that always included fresh homemade buns and other delicious treats. Being a woman extremely devoted to her Catholic faith, Evelyn enriched the life of everyone she crossed paths with and gave generously of her time to the Catholic Women’s League for more than 50 years. The funeral mass will take place at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, 5033 - 47A Avenue, Sylvan Lake, on Friday, May 15 at 11:00 a.m. with prayers being held on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Church. Memorial donations may be made in Evelyn’s name to the Red Deer Hospice Society or the Canadian Cancer Society.

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PODETZ Stewart It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Stewart Podetz at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Friday, May 1st, 2015 at the age of 78 years. Stewart enjoyed helping out the gardeners in City Hall park, helping George with the second hand store, unloading beer at the Arlington, helping Sue with the garbage at the Buffalo Hotel restaurant, and also worked as a dishwasher at Craig’s for numerous years.

He was a regular patron of City Transit and it was part of his daily routine for over 30 years. He loved going to camp He Ho Ha where he spent nearly 10 years two times a summer. Stewart loved the Red Deer Rebels and had seasons tickets for the past 15 years. He will be sadly missed by his family and friends. A Funeral Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer, on Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

TUTTY Rose 1924 - 2015 Rosie ‘Rose’ Tutty, born on March 5, 1924 in Pakan, Alberta, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 7, 2015, surrounded by her family. Rose is survived by her son, Wayne Tutty, stepgranddaughter, Shannon (Gene and sons, Jagger and Brady) Howorko, daughter, Theresa (Larry) Frebrowski, favorite granddaughter, Jodanna (Ian) Chitwood, sons, Darcy Starchuk, Kim (Amie and daughter, Tiffany) Starchuk, twin sister, Kaye Cote and sister, Loreen Brick. She will also be sadly missed by sisters-in-law, Madeleine Starchuk and Daphne Tutty, and numerous nieces, nephews and close family. A Funeral Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

Interment will follow at the Blackfalds Cemetery. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

CARMEN MAXIMCHUK For our beloved mother, taken far to soon Apr. 11, 1961-May 12. 2014 On May 12, 2014 , Carmen Maximchuk lost her battle with cancer. She passed away peacefully in her sleep with loved ones by her side.

She stayed at Red Deer Hospice where she was able to live her last days with dignity and honor. Carmen loved to read, dance, and sing. She was a loving wife and mother, with a smile and charm that could light up any room. Carmen never struggled to turn a bad day into a good one. One year to the day and not one day goes without feeling the loss of our beloved mother and wife. Within our home, where all seemed bright and took from us a shining light. We miss that light and ever will for up in Heaven we will meet again.

Always be missed by her loving husband Ken and their three children Megan, Chad, Brett, and foster child Kyle.

For our beloved mother, taken far to soon

Anniversaries

700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

710

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

Clerical

720

Administrative Assistant Jordans Floor Covering - Red Deer, AB. This is a retail, restoration and commercial flooring environment working with a small sales staff and support people. Job duties: entering sales orders, purchase orders, costing and invoicing jobs, applying payments to sales orders, reconciliation of accounts, and daily administrative duties. The ideal candidate will be organized, work well under pressure, possess strong clerical skills; and be fluent in English.

Minimum of 2 yrs. accounting exp, and exc. working knowledge of Excel, MSWord. and specifically NAV 2009, would be a definite advantage. Please submit your resume with salary expectations either by email to lhamonic@ jordans.ca attention Louis Hamonic or they can be dropped off at #1 - 6013 48 Ave, Red Deer, AB.

Oilfield

800

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

SMITH DAVID AND MAUREEN May 12, 1990 - 2015 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY! Love Mom, Dawn, Gabrielle, Donovan, Mariah, Rick, Jan and Ethan

Professionals

810

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided.

Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB. HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

Training provided. Flexible hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. Call Dave at 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave @homesreddeer.com

SCHULTZ Shirley May Mar. 21, 1952 - May 8, 2015 Shirley was taken from her family on Friday, May 8, 2015 after her short battle with cancer. Her loss has left a huge hole in the hearts of her loved ones. Left to mourn is her husband of 42 years Don, sons Luke, Stewart and Adam (Tania) and granddaughters Tegan and Breanna. Shirley was born March 21, 1952 to Ross and Elizabeth Bernard. Her kind soul showed in her career with the care of the elderly.

Throughout her life, she always put others before herself. Shirley dedicated her life to her family with support and love. Her infectious smiles were never more present as when her granddaughters Tegan and Breanna were at her side.

The staff at the girls school knew Tegan and Breanna were safe when they saw Grandma’s little red car.

Shirley has requested there be no funeral. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to give to the Salvation Army or a charity of your choice.

Arrangements are entrusted to Saskatoon Funeral Home.

Ph 306-244-5577.

WIENS Ruth Valerie We regret to announce the passing of Ruth “Val” Valerie Wiens on Friday, May 8, 2015 at the age of 69 years at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. She is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Shelley Ann Hessel; granddaughters, Morgan (Jamieson), Cassey (Scott); daughter-inlaw, Sharon Warner; granddaughters, Arianna, Caryssa; sisters, Donna Jackson, Peggy Jackson, Jody (Frank) Blasetti, Carrie Jackson; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friends, Joan Wright, Candice Mowat and Douglas Beitel. A special thanks to Dr. Keen, Andreas, Grace and Debra as well as Dr. Thain and the staff of the Palliative Care Unit at the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

A Memorial Service will be held at Michener Extendicare, 12 Michener Blvd., Red Deer, AB on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 1:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Val’s memory to the Canadian Paraplegic Society, #104, 4807 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4A5. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

Restaurant/ Hotel

Let Your News Ring Ou t A Classified Wedding Announcement Does it Best!

309-3300

820

BUSY Retreat centre Looking for a weekend cook, specializing in home made food, from scratch, a cabin is available during your weekend stay, if you think you have the qualifications we are looking for, please call or text 780-878-4019, Thank You 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.

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, May 12, 2015

820

Restaurant/ Hotel

Sales & Distributors

830

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

Floor Covering / Area Rug Salesperson Jordans Floor Covering - Red Deer, AB.

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Please submit your resume with salary expectations either by email to lhamonic@jordans.ca attention Louis Hamonic or they can be drop off at #1 - 6013 48 Ave, Red Deer, AB. Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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CALL:

309-3300

JORDANS is seeking a full time Salesperson. An eye for design and colour is a definite asset. Exp. in the retail sales floor covering industry is plus; but we will train the right candidate.

The successful applicant will be a motivated, career minded individual with exc. people skills.

Commission based, potential for bonuses.

Full benefit package.

Trades

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Full & Part Time Waitress’s. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Start your career!

See Help Wanted Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

SWISS Chalet -Red Deer HIRING FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISORS: $13.75 $ 14.50 and 40 hours per week. Supervise and coordinate staff activities and customer service. Establish work schedule and train associates Interested parties can email swiss1702@cara.com, fax 1 866 928 5481 or deliver resume to unit #8, 5111 22nd St. Red Deer, T4R 2K1.

850

HEAVY duty truck mechanic needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca LOOKING for well exp’d or journeyman glassworker capable of doing shower doors, commercial storefronts & residential glass with no supervision. We are a small, rapidly expanding, full service glass shop in Sylvan Lake, offering top wages, benefits & possibility of SHARES & or PROFIT SHARING for the right person!

Call Roy @ 403 350-4901, email: glassman14@outlook.com or fax 403 887-0194 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Pasquale Mancuso Construction (51 YEARS OF SERVICE) Seeks individuals for civil concrete work in the construction of oil and gas facilities THE OPEN RANGE SALOON in Sylvan Lake req’s Front Line Cook. Full or Part time with Food Safety. Competitive wages. Please apply in person or email resume to: tnpjep@shaw.ca 403-887-3033 Buying or Selling your home?

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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

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Coming Events

Office & Phones CLOSED MONDAY MAY 18, 2015

Carpenters Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

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.

551104E9-12

COSMETOLOGY TEACHER/INSTRUCTOR

1860

1540

Bicycles

BYCICLE, Schwinn, mens $60. 403-342-0813

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1660

Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Duplexes

3020

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

403-586-4558 CLASS 1 Driver in Central AB. Min 3yrs off road BJ/Pup experience. Oilfield tickets required. Email: haulingcrude@live.ca Promax Transport is looking for a P/T Class 1A shunt driver to work weekend shifts. Please send resumes to fax # 403-227-2743 or call 403-227-2712 for more information

880

Misc.

Help

Blue Water Wash has openings for Wash Bay Attendants at our new location in Red Deer!

Wash bay attendants are responsible for washing the exterior of tractors and trailers ensuring the highest level of bio-security standards. We offer fulltime positions, opportunities for advancement, and health and dental benefits. Please apply to: Blue Water Wash Red Deer, Alberta, Email: HR@slt.ca

3030

1178 SQ.FT 3 bdrm. main floor of house, w/dble. att. heated garage, Lacombe, June 1st, n/s, $1350/mo.

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, *** RENTED*** Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 WESTPARK Main floor, 4 bdrm., 1 1/2 bath, 3 appls, LOGS shared laundry, heated Semi loads of pine, spruce, dbl. garage, no pets, n/s, tamarack, poplar. rent & DD $1750 + power Price depends on location. & gas. 403-391-2292 Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 GORGEOUS 2 STOREY DUPLEX AVAILABLE FOR Household RENT FOR MAY 15TH. NO PETS. NO SMOKING. Appliances ENTIRE INTERIOR HAS DRYER, LARGE capacity, JUST BEEN PROFESREPAINTED. gas, bought new electric SIONALLY dryer. $150. obo. MANAGED BY SUNREAL PROPERTY MANAGE403-748-2750, 358-1529 MENT AND YOUR RENT WILL INCLUDE SNOW Household REMOVAL AND LAWN CARE. SINGLE ATFurnishings TACHED GARAGE WITH COUCH & chair with flower LOTS OF SHELVING AND UPSTAIRS pattern, $125.; 3 large DRIVEWAY. HIGH VAULTED living room chairs with HAS flower pattern, $25. each. CEILINGS AND BASEMENT HAS VERY HIGH 403-342-1934 CEILINGS. BEAUTIFUL RECLINER chair, pink MATCHING FABRIC $25; Swivel chair, pink, PLEATED BLINDS ON $25. 403-342-1934 ALL WINDOWS. HUGE BEDROOM TWO 6’ mahogany 5 shelf MASTER WITH HIS AND HERS wall units, like new CLOSETS AND A SPARE $50/ea., 2 beige highback bar stools, $20/ea, 2 black BEDROOM AND OPEN DEN OFF OF KITCHEN. bar stools $10/ea, dbl.

IN FLOOR HEATING IN stainless steel sink $5, 2 CENTRAnew swivel padded moving BASEMENT. VAC THROUGHOUT dollies 30” x 18”, $35 for HOUSE AND INCLUDES both, 2 new plastic folding WASHER AND DRYER, saw horses $12/ea, size STAINLESS STEEL 10 mens steel toed work boots, $30 403-358-5568 F R I D G E / S TO V E / D I S H WASHER AND MICROWAVE. KITCHEN WANTED HAS ISLAND AND PANAntiques, furniture and TRY. BASEMENT ALSO estates. 342-2514 HAS HUGE CRAWLSPACE STORAGE. DECK Stereos OFF BACK OF HOUSE WITH LARGER YARD AS TV's, VCRs IS A CORNER LOT SO ALSO CLOSE TO 2 NEEDLES for an LP PARKING. 1 stereo player, older model STREET Zenith, 5/8 long, 3/8 wide FULL BATHROOM WITH SOAKER TUB AND A $8 403-346-2192 SECOND HALF BATHGAME Cube w/2games ROOM. AMBUSCH $80, Wii Dance mat SECURITY SYSTEM w/game $50 THROUGHOUT HOUSE 403-782-3847 JUST NEEDS TO BE ACNINTENDO w/3 games TIVATED BY TENANT AND COSTS APPROXI$140 403-782-3847 MATELY $31.50 PER SEGA Genesis w/13 MONTH. RENT IS games $140 403-782-3847 $1,400.00 PER MONTH. SECURITY/DAMAGE DEPOSIT IS $1,400.00 TO Misc. for BE PAID AT SIGNING OF Sale RENTAL AGREEMENT. TENANT IS RESPONAVON collection SIBLE FOR SET UP AND (12 pieces) $40.

PAYMENT OF UTILITIES. 403-885-5020 CALL OR TEXT COREY BIRD houses $15, $3, $45; TO SET UP A VIEWING bird feeder $20, bat house OR FOR ANY QUES$10, 6’ high wishing well TIONS AT (587)679-2845 $70, 100 covered coat hangers .25 cents ea.

403-346-5745

1710 1720

1730

1760

ENTERTAINMENT stand, $40. 403-342-0813 STAR CHOICE, dish, stand & receive $100.

403-342-0813

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1195 to $1395 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. or June 1 References required.

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or June 1. 403-304-5337

CLEARVIEW bi-level 4 Plex, 2+1 bdrms., 1.5 baths, $1125 avail. June 1 N/S, no pets.

Call 403-391-1780 LIMITED TIME OFFER: First Month’s Rent FREE! 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. 86 Bell Street, Red Deer leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888)679-8031 NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

Classified does it all!

The Red Deer Advocate Classified is the community’s number-one information centre and marketplace.

It serves as the best single source for selling items, seeking jobs, finding housing, meeting new people and more.

Put the power of classified to work for you today.

CALL 309-3300

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Sale Ad in the Red Deer Advocate and make quick cash. Phone Classifieds 309-3300.

1000-1430

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

Now Hiring GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

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

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Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

1200

Handyman Services

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Landscaping

1240

GROUND Up Bobcat & Landscaping Ltd. For free quote call 403-848-0153 J & J ENTERPRISES Landscaping, garbage removal, bldg. maint., weed control. Cert. tradesman. Free Quotes 403-848-4401, 877-8717

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

Massage Therapy

1280

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

Misc.

Services

1290

Property clean up 505-4777 DUMP RUNS, clean ups and more. 403-550-2502 GARAGE DOOR SERVICES 403-358-1614 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

10 - 2am Private back entry

SIDING, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 Free Est. 403-872-8888

Painters/ Decorators

1310

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869 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

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

403-341-4445

Roofing

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Window Cleaning

1420

RESIDENTIAL Window & Eavestrough Cleaning.

Free Est.. 403-506-4822

Yard Care

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955 SYLVAN LAKE, Private bdrm. + cable, fridge, etc. $550/mo. 403-880-0210

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

3090

Rooms For Rent

LARGE room NEW for rent 403-350-4712

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 CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

1430

GARDENS ROTOTILLED 304-7250 THE ROTOTILLER GUY Garden Rototilling & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957

4100

4 PLEX Live in your own pension plan. These are hard to find, 2 to choose from, good areas in Red Deer.

Call Jack or Jacqui @ Sutton 403-357-4156

Lots For Sale

4160

Residential Building Lots in a Gated, Maintenance Free Golf & Lake Bedroom community, 25 minutes from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact Mike at 1-403-588-0218

3190

Mobile Lot

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

1984 PONTIAC Fiero, exc. cond. $3250. 403-357-8467

Cars

5030

2002 PT CRUISER, some rust, maintenance req., some parts incl., $1,500.

403-559-9074 2002 CHEV Cavalier, 2 dr., 96,000 kms. 403-318-3040

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Houses For Sale

4020

“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

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

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

MICHENER Hill condos Phase 3 Red Deer New 4th flr. corner suite, 1096 Sq. ft., 2 bdrm, 2 bath, a/c, all appls, underground parking w/storage, recreational amenities, extended care center attached, deck 403-227-6554 to 4 pm. weekdays or 588-8623 anytime. Pics avai. on kijji OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-5 639 OAK ST. Springbrook 403-588-2550

Buy it.

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1010

Income Property

~ Westpark

CLASSIFICATIONS

Accounting

4090

Manufactured Homes

MORRISROE MANOR

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820

3060

Suites

1520

Homestead Firewood Houses/

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Condos/ Townhouses

FREE standing metal ironADULT 2 BDRM. spacious CLEAN TOWNHOUSE 20 wide to be moved in ing board $25, 5L electric suites 3 appls., heat/water 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 appls, county of ponoka. crock pot $15, London Fog fenced back yard, storage incld., Oriole Park. wood stove, jetted dress coat size 12, slate Mike 403-350-1620 shed, n/s. $1195 + DD tub kitchen island CLASSIFICATIONS blue, dry cleaned $50, 403-986-6889 June 1st. 403-343-0761 and theater room antique magazine rack, 1500-1990 DOWNTOWN area, June $96000 0BO 403 598 6076 MORRISROE dark wood $20, two 14” 1, large 2 bdrm. w/balco3 bdrm. townhouse, hanging wire baskets ny, quiet bldg, no pets, w/new coco liners, ea. $8 across from park, 1.5 bath, Antiques $895. 403-309-2368 fenced yard, 5 appls., rent or 2/$12 403-227-2653 & Art $1350, SD. $800. Avail.

OVER 100 LP records, (45 June 1 Call 403-304-5337 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

A MUST for collectors. T. & 78). $100. 403-885-5020 NICE Upper Level 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 Eaton 1901 catalogue 114 SPIDER Plants (4), $4. ea. condo in Sunnybrook, yrs. old in 100% top shape 2 mature spider plants, $8.

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. avail. now. Lrg. master $200 403-347-7405 SUITES. 25+, adults only ea. 403-342-7460 Only $4500 down bdrm. w/walkin closet, inn/s, no pets 403-346-7111 $931/mo. approx., includes suite laundry, n/p, $1250 A must see to believe. lot rent, payment, taxes, & d.d. 250-859-6689 Actual size tiger head a Sporting O.A.C. 1216 sq. ft. 3 beautiful pillow $150 Goods SEIBEL PROPERTY bdrms, 3 bath, 16W in 403-347-7405 www.seibelprperty.com Kountry Meadows Benalto.

3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, OVER 50 years old, Tiger Ph: 403-304-7576 ELECTRONIC Caddy, Immed. poss. Call Jack or Adult bldg. only, N/S No Claw necklace in beautiful or 403-347-7545 $100.

Jacqui @ Sutton pets 403-596-2444 casing $200 403-347-7405 6 locations in Red Deer 403-342-0813 403-357-4156 ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates Travel

Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

Weed Sprayer required.

No experience necessary.

Must have valid Class 5 Drivers License. Fax Resume to 403-227-5099, email to cdsprung@ telus.net

Invites applications for the position of:

1760

stuff

AFFORDABLE

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.

810

Misc. for Sale

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Firewood

SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINTS

CALL CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

Requires Full Time

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s permanent F/T & P/T front counter staff for all shifts (days, eves. and wknds).

Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

Central Alberta Life Publication Date: THURSDAY MAY 21 Deadline is: THURSDAY MAY 14@ 5 P.M.

www.rdpsd.ab.ca

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

Red Deer Advocate Publication Dates: SATURDAY MAY 16 TUESDAY MAY 19 Deadline is: FRIDAY MAY 15 @ 5 p.m.

For more information visit our website

SELF motivated journeyman req’d for sheet metal shop in Innisfail. The successful applicant will have a truck and fuel supplied.

Must possess good organizational skills and be able to work commercial projects without assistance. Will be trained on computer sheet metal layout. Must have clean drivers license. Competitive rates $34/hr. and benefit incld. Call 403-227-6554 or fax resume to 403-227-6478

CRYSTAL GLASS needs a GLASS INSTALLER. Some exp. preferred, but training is provided. Benefits and company uniforms after 3 months. Drop off resume at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax 346-5390 or email: branch208@crystalglass.ca

CLASSIFIEDS VICTORIA DAY Hours & Deadlines

Professionals

850

Trades

1957 FORD SKYLINER Retractable Hardtop $42,500. 403-742-9417

Trucks

5050

2004 SILVERADO, diesel, exc. con., 20,000 obo.

403-342-0813

Motorcycles

5080

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 2008 CanAm Spyder 26000 kms mint condition many extras Asking $9000.00 403-887-3716

1993 HONDA ST1100, V twin, new tires, brakes, fork seals & battery. $2900. 403-346-9274

Fifth Wheels

5110

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Residents survey damage to an elementary school caused by severe weather, Monday in Van, Tex. About 30 per cent of the community was damaged from the storm late Sunday, according to Chuck Allen, fire marshal and emergency management co-ordinator for Van Zandt County.

Tornadoes kill at least five EMERGENCY CREWS SEARCH FOR EIGHT PEOPLE MISSING IN RURAL EAST TEXAS TOWN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VAN, Texas — Emergency responders on Monday searched through wreckage in parts of the states of Texas and Arkansas after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities, killing at least five people, including a young couple whose daughter survived.

Eight people were still missing in a rural East Texas town, raising the possibility that the number of dead could climb.

The couple in their late 20s or early 30s died when a twister hit their mobile home late Sunday in the Arkansas town of Nashville, Howard County

Coroner John Gray said.

Their daughter was 1 or 2 years old.

He did not release the parents’ names.

Once the word spreads, he added, the deaths will be a blow to the community.

“That’s what it’s like in a small town,” Gray said. “You either know them or you know somebody who knows them.”

In neighbouring Texas, a likely tornado pummeled the small town of Van, damaging about 30 per cent of the community, according to Chuck Allen, fire marshal and emergency management co-ordinator for Van Zandt County.

Authorities confirmed at least two deaths as they surveyed the damage.

Eight people were still unaccounted for in Van, population 2,600, about 70

Kerry to meet with Putin during Russia visit

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry departed Monday for Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin, on his first visit to the country since relations between Washington and Moscow plummeted to post-Cold War lows amid disagreements over Ukraine and Syria.

The State Department said Kerry would meet Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. But in a sign of the considerable strains, the Kremlin said Putin’s attendance had yet to be confirmed and the Russian Foreign Ministry previewed the talks by blaming Washington for the breakdown in relations.

“The Obama administration chose the path of scaling back bilateral relations, proclaimed a course of isolating Russia on the international arena and demanded that those states that traditionally follow the lead of Washington support its confrontational steps,” it said in a statement.

Ukraine’s crisis, it said, “was largely provoked by the United States itself.”

The rhetoric hardly augured well for a breakthrough on any of the many issues dividing the U.S. and Russia.

Nevertheless, both sides stressed the importance of trying to work through some of the rancour that buried President Barack Obama’s first-term effort

to “reset” ties with Moscow.

“This just was a time that made sense,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said of Kerry’s scheduled meeting with Putin. She said talks would cover the civil wars in Ukraine and Syria, and ongoing nuclear negotiations between world powers and Iran.

The short trip to Sochi will be only Kerry’s second to Russia since taking office. He visited Moscow in May 2013, meeting with Putin and Lavrov before the Ukraine crisis erupted and Russia annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest acknowledged the “complicated” relationship between the former foes, but insisted they could co-operate on “interests that benefit the citizens of both our countries.”

Much hinges on violence decreasing in Ukraine, however.

The Western-backed government in Kyiv continues to be embroiled in a sporadic conflict between government and separatist rebel forces in its eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk despite a cease-fire agreement sealed in mid-February. Russia was party to that deal.

Western nations say Russia supports the separatists with arms and manpower, and even directs some battlefield operations — all claims Moscow denies. In return, the Russians bristle at Washington’s provisions to Ukraine of military assistance in the form of hardware and training.

miles southeast of Dallas.

Rescuers went door to door following the storms. Damage appeared to be widespread, with trees uprooted and numerous homes and buildings flattened or ripped apart.

About 50 people spent the night at an American Red Cross shelter at a church.

Firefighters in Corsicana, 60 miles southwest of Van, recovered the body of a motorist early Monday after weekend storms dumped 11 inches of rain.

Preliminary reports indicate 20 to 25 tornadoes formed Sunday in South Dakota, Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas, according to meteorologist Greg Carbin of the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

The storm system was expected

to slowly move east, he said, with a low possibility for tornadoes in lower Michigan on Monday. Thunderstorms were forecast from Texas to the Great Lakes region.

“This is certainly not an atypical system for spring where you’ve got the remnants of winter but the onset of summer,” Carbin said.

The National Weather Service believes at least one tornado hit Van on Sunday night, senior meteorologist Eric Martello said. Weather service crews were surveying the area Monday.

Floods resulting from the same storm system that rolled across North Texas caused a huge sinkhole to open up in Granbury, some 40 miles (65 kilometres) southwest of Fort Worth.

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She said she could hear “pain” in his voice when he said he regretted what happened to the victims in the 2013 attack, which left three people dead and more than 260 wounded, including 17 who lost limbs.

BRIEF Defence rests after nun says bomber is sorry for victims BOSTON — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers rested their case Monday in their bid to save him from execution after death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean testified that Tsarnaev expressed genuine sorrow about the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

“No one deserves to suffer like they did,” Prejean quoted him as saying.

The prosecution wrapped up its case as well Monday. The two sides will return on Wednesday to give closing arguments, after which the federal jury will decide whether the 21-yearold Tsarnaev should get a death sentence or life in prison.

Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun whose story was told in the 1995 mov-

Zimmerman injured after bullet hit his vehicle LAKE MARY, Fla. — A lawyer for George Zimmerman, the man acquitted in 2013 of fatally shooting of an unarmed black teenager that sparked protests and national debate about race, says his client wasn’t seriously injured after being involved in a shooting in Florida.

Attorney Don West says a bullet missed Zimmerman’s head in Monday’s shooting in the Orlando suburb of Lake Mary.

West says Zimmerman was sprayed with glass from his vehicle’s windshield and other debris.

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The Sunday night comments by the minister, Mahfouz Saber, brought a heavy backlash on social media from Egyptians denouncing elitism and what some saw as the arrogance of Egypt’s judiciary, already under criticism for harsh sentences against government opponents.

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said in a statement that Saber resigned out of “respect for public opinion.”

In an interview late Sunday with the private TV channel 10, Saber was asked about charges of favouritism in the appointment of judges. When he said appointments are made according to objective standards, the interviewer said, “So the son of a sanitation worker could be made a judge?”

“Let’s not go too far,” Saber replied.

“With all due respect to cleaners and those above or beneath them, a judge must hail from an appropriate environment ... Thanks are due to a cleaner who raises and educates his children, but there are other jobs that they can take.”

He said if the children of sanitation workers became judges they would face problems and eventually suffer from depression and leave.

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1965 — Supreme Court upholds 1876 treaties with Saskatchewan Indian tribes requiring the Crown to give them free medical care.

1962 — Flag of Manitoba proclaimed.

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A real connection Dear Annie: I’m a little confused about a recent development in my life. I’m a 69-year-old male. My wife died last summer after being in a nursing facility for nearly two years.

I recently went on a trip to visit some buddies. On the way, I decided to see a woman who was married to my wife’s cousin. Her husband also died after a long illness. I found that I enjoyed the short time we had together. At the conclusion of the trip with my buddies, she agreed to see me on my way back.

The second visit seemed even better than the first. I thought we had a real connection.

I’m not sure where to go with this new friendship.

I really like her a lot. Should I stay in contact? Do you think I’m just lonely and looking for companionship? I don’t want to simply fill a void. Should I continue with letters and texting, waiting to see whether anything happens, or should I be straightforward and ask how she feels about me? — Confused Dear Confused: Yes, you should stay in contact, and yes, you should let her know you are interested in spending more time with her. Are you lonely or looking for companionship? Most people are. We might caution you if you were desperately looking into mailorder brides, but that’s not the case. You know this woman.

MITCHELL She is already a friend. You & SUGAR enjoy her company, and she seems to enjoy yours. We say go for it.

Dear Annie: With graduation season coming upon us soon, I am wondering what to do.

I am a high school sports coach. Over the past few summers, I have been invited to multiple graduation parties. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy the parties, and I love my players. I am honoured to be invited and to have had a positive impact on their lives. But I can’t afford to give each party honouree a gift. That would add up pretty quickly, and it’s not fair to give one player a gift and not another.

Is it rude not to give gifts, or is it better not to attend any parties? — Coach on a Budget Dear Coach: We have mentioned in the past that the best gift a teacher or coach can give is a letter expressing positive thoughts about the graduate. Write something that indicates personal knowledge of the player’s attributes and strengths, his or her sense of humor, teamwork, compassion, efforts or talent.

These letters are cherished and saved for years and are more meaningful than any material gift you could buy. And you also will feel free to attend the parties, which the players will also appreciate.

Dear Annie: In your response to “Al,” who found three dusty books inside some ductwork, you told him he could trace the owner without “pouring” over the personal content. Oops! The word should have been “poring.” — Ken Hooton Dear Ken Hooton: You weren’t the only reader who caught that mistake, which our overworked editors also missed. Thanks for hauling us up short.

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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Shayla Hogan and Jenna Lambert peruse the 17 cakes up for live auction at the Evening of Decadent Dessert event at Westerner Park on Friday. About 550 guests took part in the evening, which included a champagne reception, dinner, and silent and live auctions. The 21st annual event is in support of the Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre in Red Deer.

Robbery suspect accidentally pepper sprays himself BEAVER, W.Va. — A West Virginia man is in jail after authorities say he foiled his own robbery by accidentally pepper-spraying himself.

The Register-Herald reports 43-year-old Michael Kevin Meadows of Shady Spring was arrested Wednesday for attempted robbery.

Authorities say a man went into a pharmacy in Beaver on Tuesday wearing full camouflage and a paintball mask.

The would-be robber started spraying pepper spray in an effort to take down employees, then walked into the cloud of pepper spray in front of him. Police say security footage showed he was affected by his own pepper spray.

He staggered out of the business and got into a vehicle. Police investigating the incident discovered the name of the man who was driving the vehicle.

The driver identified Meadows as the attempted robbery suspect.

Austrian chamber pot fetches thousands at auction VIENNA — What’s a potty worth? Thousands of euros, if it was used by an Austrian empress — but much less than her footwear.

A chamber pot owned by Empress Elisabeth has

HOROSCOPES Tuesday, May 12 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jason Biggs, 37; Gabriel Byrne, 65; Emily VanCamp, 29 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Strive to get the balance right between being generous and being practical.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 2015 brings many opportunities and you have a myriad of natural talents you can draw on. But avoid being over-critical of others. Not everyone is as good at multitasking as you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re in a hurry to get your message out loud and clear but, if you rush too much Rams, you may broadcast the wrong message. So be careful, especially when using social media.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Local community activities are favoured today Taurus, as you combine a proactive approach with a sound business brain. Attached Bulls — plan a romantic dinner for two tonight.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The winds of change are sweeping through your life and transforming your attitudes towards love, life, the universe — and everything. New opportunities are open-

ing up so stay alert!

C A N C E R (June 21-July 22): Saturn dampens displays of affection, but don’t let that unsettle you. You are still loved and needed, even JOANNE if others aren’t showing it. So MADELEINE concentrate on MOORE enjoyable personal projects instead.

LEO (July 23Aug. 22): You may find it difficult to let go of grudges and grievances today Lions. So avoid getting drawn into complicated discussions — especially with a child, teenager or friend.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Avoid worrying about situations that will probably never happen. Instead, focus your attention on the here and now.

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fetched 4,290 euros (nearly $5,000) at an auction of imperial Austrian memorabilia in Vienna. But a pair of her white silk half boots went for 75,000 euros (nearly $85,000) — more than 10 times the lowest estimated price.

Most expensive was a set of white and gold dinnerware. It sold for more than 100,000 euros at Thursday’s auction.

The Habsburg empire ended a century ago with the abdication of the last emperor. But the 19thcentury empress, known in Austria as Sissi, remains idolized in her home country.

Seniors put school on Craigslist for grad prank ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — The seniors at Arkansas City High School think the building will be unnecessary after the class of 2015 graduates.

The Winfield Daily Courier reports that as a senior prank, the seniors listed the Arkansas City High School building for sale on Craigslist. The ad says the class members don’t need the building anymore, but do need money for college.

It notes the school offers a lot of parking space — or even room for a buyer’s cattle, and whoever buys it might even learn something. The ad lists a price of $2,015 but says all offers will be considered.

District spokeswoman Alisha Call gave the seniors credit for being clever, but says the building isn’t for sale. She says the district has asked Craigslist to remove the ad.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take extra care when communicating with others today, as you will tend to see situations in a sombre and subjective way. A loved one may surprise you with what they say.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be extra cautious when dealing with money matters today Scorpio, and avoid making hasty financial decisions. If you’re not on top of things, you could make a messy mistake.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): With Saturn in your sign, you’ll taste success if you work hard and are disciplined. Be inspired by birthday great Katharine Hepburn “Without discipline, there’s no life at all.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re an expert at multi-tasking but try to complete current projects before

you launch the next batch. With Saturn in your solitude zone, it’s also time for some serious contemplation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Relations with a friend or acquaintance may be somewhat strained today, as you feel emotionally disconnected from each other. So find other ways to get their attention and make a connection.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There could be some conflict or confusion between your professional and personal life today. When it comes to love, are you seeing the real person — or an idealized version of them?

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Fennel Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

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1/2 cup (125 ml) thinly sliced fennel 1/2 cup (125 ml) sliced celery 1/2 cup (125 ml) red seedless grapes, halved 1 Red Delicious apple, peeled, cored and chopped 1/4 cup (60 ml) toasted chopped walnuts For the dressing 1/4 cup (60 ml) Balkan-style plain yogurt 1 tbsp (15 ml) liquid honey 2 tsp (10 ml) lemon juice 1/2 tsp (2 ml) Dijon mustard 1/4 tsp (1 ml) poppy seeds 1 pinch salt 1 pinch paprika Poppy Seed Dressing: In large bowl, whisk together yogurt, honey, lemon juice, mustard, poppy seeds, salt and paprika until smooth.

Add fennel, celery, grapes and apple; toss to coat. Serve sprinkled with walnuts.

Roasted Fennel with Parmesan 4 tablespoons olive oil 4 fennel bulbs, cut horizontally into 1/3-inch thick slices, fronds reserved Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/3 cup freshly shredded Parmesan Preheat the oven to 375F. Lightly oil the bottom of a 13-by-nine-by-two-inch glass baking dish. Arrange the fennel in the dish.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then with the Parmesan. Drizzle with the oil. Bake until the fennel is fork-tender and the top is golden brown, about 45 minutes. Chop enough fennel fronds to equal 2 teaspoons, then sprinkle over the roasted fennel and serve.

Salmon en papillote 1 each 5 to 6-ounce salmon fillet section 4 to 5 parboiled baby potatoes, cut in half Chopped fresh fennel 1/4 teaspoon basil Thinly sliced carrots 1 1/2 tbsp butter 1 Tablespoon olive oil 10 to 12 snow peas 11/2 each lemon salt ground pepper Heat oven to 425F. Prepare parchment.

Cook potato slices in boiling water, seasoned with salt, until tender. Add potatoes, fennel, snow peas, carrots and basil together in a bowl. Mix in olive oil, salt, and zest of 1/2 lemon. Place the vegetable mixture on parchment paper. Top with Salmon. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dot fish with butter. Place thin lemon slices on top of fish. Seal parchment envelope Place bundle on a baking sheet and cook for 12 to15 minutes (varies with the size of your fillet). Serves 1.

Buttermilk Fennel Vichyssoise 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 leek, white and light-green parts only, cleaned, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced into half-moons 1 large white potato, cut into 1-inch pieces 3 1/2 cups chicken stock 1 cup chopped fennel bulb plus one handful of fronds, chopped 2 cups buttermilk Coarse salt and freshly ground white pepper 1/2 cup crème fraîche or sour cream Smoked salmon and caviar for garnish (optional) Melt butter in a stockpot over medium-low heat. Add leek, season with salt, and cook, covered, until tender, about 15 minutes. Add potatoes and stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in fennel (bulb and fronds) and cook for about five to seven more minutes. Working in batches, purée soup in a blender until smooth. Transfer puréed soup to a large bowl.

Season with salt and white pepper to taste. Stir in sour cream (or crème fraîche) and buttermilk just before serving. Adjust seasoning as needed. If necessary, thin the soup with a bit more chicken stock or water to achieve desired consistency. Garnish, if you like, with a sliver of smoked salmon and a tiny drop of caviar. This soup may be served hot or cold.

The taste of spring UNDERUTILIZED AND OVERLOOKED, FENNEL IS A VERSATILE VEGETABLE

One of the flavours that I grew up was the licorice taste tic way to eat them is like you would celery or carrot sticks: just dip them into of fennel. Having been raised on Indian food during your favourite dip. my childhood, its essence still brings great comfort The feathery fronds look like fresh dill and taste like anise. They add flavour and evokes many childhood memories for me. to dishes like fresh herbs and they can be used as a garnish to beautify the platGround fennel ing. is one of the comAs a whole, fennel is super versatile. It can be shredded to make salads, soups ponents of curry and side dishes, braised with chicken or fish for heartier dinners, and pureed powder, so often I into soups and sauces for flavour dimension. would be greeted If you cut the bulb into thin slices and mix it into leafy green salads, it adds a from school with little crunch. a cloud of licorice It also complements savoury fruit salads. For instance, combine thinlysmell lingering in sliced fennel with juicy orange segments, red onions and black olives. the air. This signaled It’s light and refreshing, with an interplay of crisp, cool, salty and that my mom had run sweet. out of curry powder To intensify the flavour and the sweetness of the vegetable, try and was making her roasting it. Cut fennel bulbs into one-third-inch slices and place mix. them in an oiled baking dish. Chop the fronds and reserve them Whenever I had for garnish. Toss the fennel with olive oil, kosher salt and black MADHU stomach problems, pepper. Roast in a 375F oven for 40 minutes or until fork-tender.

BADONI my mom would start Sprinkle grated Parmesan over the fennel and put it back in boiling water with fenthe oven or broiler for five more minutes or until golden nel to make me a cup of brown. By garnishing with the reserved chopped fennel chai. Although Indian fronds, you have brought elegance to the simple dish. ayurvedic medicine touts its medicinal properThe vegetable already has a sweet flavour but this ties for bloating and intestinal problems, I never flavour is intensified when you sauté and carmalquestioned fennel’s magical powers because that ize it .All you do is trim the top and bottom from cup of fennel-steeped chai relieved whatever the fennel bulbs, slice it thin (but nothing ailed me. crazy) and remove the cores. As for cookWe always had a jar of fennel close at hand ing, you will need a large skillet, good olive after a meal because we grew up knowing oil and medium high heat. You then cook that chewing a small amount of seeds not only the fennel in the hot oil, making sure to freshened the breath but also stimulated dibrown the fennel, not steam it. When the gestion. fennel slices are golden brown, about 10 Recently, I am discovering the licorice flato 12 minutes, you are done. Season with vour in fresh fennel. I’m not sure why it has salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon. Serve taken me so long to discover it but I have begun as a snack or side dish. to realize that fresh fennel is underutilized and an I love cooking meat with fennel because overlooked vegetable by many people. the strong flavour of the fennel slowly infuses Whenever I select it to put into my cart, more into the meat. My favourite meat fennel combioften than not, I am asked, “What is that”? or Photo by ADVOCATE news services nation is with fish; fish and fennel go together “What do you do with it?”

Fresh fennel is underutilized and an overlooked vegetable. It like pork and apple, or lamb and garlic. Or even There are so many ways to serve up this vegbetter: the sharp-sweet, aniseed notes of fennel is very versatile and is the one vegetable that all parts can be enhance, define and undercuts the typical fishietable.

Fennel comes into season in the fall and is incorporated into recipes. ness of fish. available through early spring. It has a bulb, a No matter what method you use, fennel that’s few stalks and feathery fronds that can all be used in recipes. thoroughly cooked (be sure it has plenty of moisture or fat) becomes almost The fennel bulb, which looks kind of like a cross between an onion and the creamy, losing the crunch it has when raw but gaining in sweetness. Even the base of a celery, has a sweet, licorice anise-like flavour. Rather than making core becomes tender and mild, so I usually don’t bother removing it when I cook food taste like licorice, though, it imparts a light, spring-like quality to foods. The fennel. Besides, it helps hold the wedges together. flavour of the bulb in the fresh form is more pronounced but this profile can be Madhu Badoni is a Red Deer-based freelance food writer. She can be reached at toned down by grilling, sautéing or broiling to impart more subtle flavour to a madhubadoni@gmail.com or on Twitter @madhubadoni. Watch for Madhu’s Masaladish.

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