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RADICALIZATION TERRORISM SCHOOL SHOOTING SEVERE WEATHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROPERTY CRIME

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I consider Red Deer College to be a very safe campus. Part of that is because . . .

Red Deer College is a little bit out there . . . so crime tends to be a little bit lower here.

— Dan Sarrasin Manager of Security and Emergency Response Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Dan Sarrasin, Red Deer College manager of Security and Emergency Response, outside the main entrance to the college.

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hether it’s the radicalization of students, a shooter on campus or a tornado bearing down, Red Deer College is moving toward a more comprehensive approach to assessing threats on campus.

The college — with a population of around 7,500 regular students at any time — has never had to face such terrible threats.

“But being in posted you never know,” says Dan Sarrasin, Red Deer College manager of Security and Emergency Response.

MARY-ANN Last week, the colBARR lege hosted an annual meeting of security managers of post-secondary education institutions from Western Canada. They discussed best practices pertaining to campus security. Sarrasin decided to ramp up the

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The presenters included an expert on active shooters, someone involved in hospital corporate security talking about a double homicide several years ago in a hospital in B.C., the former principal of Columbine High School, who was at the Colorado school when 13 people were gunned down by two students and last, but not least, someone from one of the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams, or INSET, a counter-terrorism body in Canada that monitors activities such as radicalization of people.

Just this week, 10 teens, four of whom were Quebec college students, were arrested by INSET. The teens’ passports were confiscated. It is believed they were trying to go to Turkey and Syria to join extremist Jihadist forces.

Sarrasin also noted that several young people from Calgary have recently become radicalized and gone to fight with the extremist Islamic army ISIS in the Middle East.

“If you look at the stats out there, a lot of people who have become radicalized are from the younger generation. You’re seeing ... post-ed students, not necessarily here at Red Deer College, but at other institutions

across the country,” Sarrasin said.

“So I want to make sure all the institutions, all the people in my positions, are educated on that subject matter because it’s very, very important. ... We’re talking about a possible threat to national security.”

In all of this, campus security managers need to be cognizant of threats. But at the same time, there are no alarm bells going off at Red Deer College. Besides its regular students, the college also sees 13,000 continuing education students every year and 20,000 others who attend workshops and seminars.

“I consider Red Deer College to be a very safe campus. Part of that is because ... a lot of post-secondary institutions are located in a downtown core. Red Deer College is a little bit out there (on the city’s southwestern edge), so crime tends to be a little bit lower here.” They deal more with things like property crime such as vehicles being broken into.

“Overall, Red Deer College is a very safe place to be,” said Sarrasin, 44, who speaks matter-of-factly about the realities of campus security in this day and age.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Incoming Alberta NDP premier Rachel Notley has suspended a rookie member of her caucus over a social media photo deemed homophobic by the party.

Notley said in a release that Deborah Drever will sit as an Independent when the legislature reconvenes next month for the first time since the May 5 election.

An Instagram photo of a news article featuring Tory Premier Jim Prentice and one of his cabinet ministers, Ric McIver, was circulating Friday on Twitter.

Speech bubble doodles were added to the men’s pictures and a comment below from user “drevfever” said: “Gay boyz.”

It’s unclear when the image was posted, but the original article appears to be about the Tory leadership race last year.

NDP spokeswoman Cheryl Oates said the party had no idea until Friday that the photo was out there. She said the party confirmed with Drever that she posted the photo and made the comment on an Instagram account that is now closed.

Drever did not return requests for comment.

Notley, who had met with Drever earlier this week to discuss other controversial social media photos, said she may review Drever’s status in caucus within a year.

“I apologize to all Albertans for the homophobic statements contained in this image, which are completely contrary to the views of our party and our future government,” Notley said in the release.

“I hope Ms. Drever will take to heart our conversation earlier this week about her responsibility to speak out clearly on issues of violence against women and homophobia.”

Drever’s expulsion does not impact the balance of power in the legislature as the NDP still holds 53 of 87 seats.

She was one of a handful of students elected as the NDP swept the Tories from power earlier this month.

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COLLEGE SECURITY: Threat management team under development A lot of the job is around threat management and risk management, he said.

“This is what we do. We want to manage, we want to identify any potential threats. Whether that be domestic violence, intimate partner violence, workplace violence, all of these things tend to come into the workplace even if it’s something that’s outside of the college and it happens at home.

“But if they’re a college student or they’re an employee, that always puts the college community at risk a little bit because that stuff happens to make its way into the workplace.”

Sarrasin has numerous certifications in threat management. He teaches a course at the college to students and staff called Non-Violent Crisis Intervention.

“A school can be targeted. An individual can be targeted. Corporations can be targeted.

“As it pertains to Red Deer College, here we have a lot of things that are in place. We are in the process of developing our threat management team.” It’s one

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Warm and dry conditions have increased the fire hazard to high or extreme in some areas.

Temperatures are expected in the high 20s in many parts of the province on the weekend and there’s not much rain in the forecast.

Sustainable Resources said more crews are needed to battle blazes already burning or to respond to new ones. of things he’s been working the past year. He started his job at the college in 2013.

RDC did have individuals previously who looked after aspects of security. But Sarrasin said he is putting together a more formalized team approach, which includes skilled people such as counsellors and human resources staff. Part of the plan involves further training of staff on threat assessment.

“We evaluate the risk together as a group and then we come up with ... mitigation strategies that need to be in place.”

Working with law enforcement plays a big role as well, he said, keeping in mind police can only share certain information without violating privacy.

“They don’t want to violate the individual’s privacy. Nor do we.”

When it comes to a threat, Sarrasin said while everyone has a right to privacy, at the same time everyone has a right to safety and security, and that will trump everything.

“If I think that someone here is a specific threat to the college, other individuals, and the danger to life is imminent, I would be going to the police with that information.

“Yes I’ve had to do threat assessments (at RDC) for sure but I can’t give any particulars,” he said.

Individuals may come to their attention through a friend who has read something on social media, or perhaps through an instructor who has heard something. It does not necessarily mean someone is a risk “but we look into it right away. We have an obligation.”

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There’s usually some form of planning that goes on when somebody’s going to act out.”

But there’s also the practical aspect of what to do if a threat does arise.

The college has closed circuit cameras and 24-hour, 365-days-a-year security on the main campus. “Red Deer College is right up there with other institutions both in terms of staffing levels and training of staff,” Sarrasin said.

The college has an emergency notification system.

Sarrasin uses the examples of there being an armed intruder on campus or a tornado on its way.

With one click of a computer mouse, the college’s security centre can activate a pre-recorded message that would be heard immediately throughout the campus via overhead speakers, telling people to lock down or take other action immediately. Drills are also held.

The security centre is tested every night, said Sarrasin, but instead of alarming messages, music is played through the system and staff check to make sure the speakers are working.

In addition, people on campus can subscribe to the emergency notification system with their cellphones. They will receive a text message at the same time the recorded message is being played. To further warn people, digital screens in the halls will simultaneously let people know what’s going on, Sarrasin said.

Hopefully the emergency notification system is only ever used to play music. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Last year, 117 Ontario firefighters came to Alberta to help, and Alberta sent support to the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alaska and Idaho.

There were about two dozen fires burning in the province on Friday, but none were out of control.

Meanwhile, RCMP in Boyle, Alta., announced Friday they have determined a wildfire on the long weekend was sparked by careless campers and said they have launched an arson investigation.

The wildfire briefly threatened the hamlet of Caslan though an evacuation was not required.

RCMP said that at one point during the blaze, recreational vehicle operators in the area refused to get out of the area, which meant crews trying to battle the fire by air could not drop water to try to extinguish the flames.

“Unfortunately, we believe the reckless actions of a few threatened the property and weekend for many,” said Cpl. John Spaans. “We hope that any witnesses to this occurrence will come forward and approach police to assist with the investigation.”

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$20M fund to help sex workers ‘over-subscribed’

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ESQUIMALT, B.C. — There are more groups than money available for the government’s proposed $20 million plan to get sex workers out of the industry, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Friday.

MacKay said the government will soon announce who receives funds to participate in the program that aims to help sex workers transition from the trade, but he didn’t provide a time frame.

The plan is an off-shoot of the government’s Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which became law last year and makes it an offence to buy sexual services or communicate for that purpose. It was created after the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the country’s prostitution laws.

Sex workers said the law puts them in harm’s way by preventing them from speaking with and screening clients, while sex-worker advocates, aboriginal leaders and law enforcement officials said $20 million is not enough money to help people leave the sex trade.

“Our challenge is, of course, to have a criteria that will determine how that funding is delivered, but it is certainly our hope to start making these specific contributions to various programs in the very near future,” said MacKay, who was in the Victoria-area community of Esquimalt.

“We were, I don’t want to say overwhelmed, but certainly over-subscribed for that amount of money,” he said.

MacKay did acknowledge concerns have been raised about the size of the fund, but said it’s the first time a federal government has attempted this type of program.

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Fairview Community School Grade 4 student Kailey Dixon tries her hand at the fiddle as Brian Lizotte of Sylvan Lake strums on his guitar at the school on Friday. Throughout the day students took part in a variety of activities during a First Nations, Métis and Inuit convention. Several native cultural experiences were featured including games, cooking, art, music and story telling.

For lunch bison stew was served. Several Native elders, dancers and musicians also took part in the convention at the school in Red Deer. listed as out of control.

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Small forest fighting plane crashes in northern Alberta, no word on injuries COLD LAKE — A small airplane used for fire suppression has crashed near Cold Lake.

The Transportation Safety Board reported the crash late Friday, but would not release further information, including whether there were any fatalities.

Cpl. Mike Dunsmore of RCMP K-Division said they were still collecting information on the crash and would issue a news release at a later date.

A TSB spokeswoman identified the craft as a Connair Air Tractor, which the company’s website described as a “light airtanker” used for forest fire control.

The website said the air tractor comes in singleseat and dual-seat versions.

Crews in northern Alberta have been fighting wildfires for more than a week. As of Friday, more than two dozen fires were burning but none were

Former finance minister says give new NDP government time to learn CALGARY — A former Alberta finance minister is urging people to give the new NDP government time to learn the ropes.

Jim Dinning, who was a Calgary MLA in the 90s, says incoming Premier Rachel Notley and her 52 MLAs will make smarter decisions if they get time.

He also is urging Notley to look at the big picture when it comes to the environment, energy and the economy.

Dinning says it’s up to the new government to have difficult conversations on these topics, and says leaders create followers.

He also says Notley needs to remember how important the energy industry is to Alberta and Canada, adding he hopes the provincial government can contain spending. Dinning says the NDP is intent on working with the climate-change portfolio.

“As long as they can participate and truly listen to a debate and get the best out of it, they’ll come up with sensible policies, they’re good listeners” says Dinning.

RCMP officer was justified in fatally shooting man on First Nation COLD LAKE — An agency that investigates serious incidents involving police says an officer will face no charges in the deadly shooting of a man on an Alberta First Nation.

Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has released the results of its investigation into the fatal shooting on the Cold Lake First Nation in August 2013 and also said the shooting was justified.

ASIRT says Cold Lake RCMP had tried to arrest a 52-year-old man who had a significant criminal history in 2012 in Cold Lake, but he fled.

Local RCMP officers say they were told by several residents of the First Nation, including the man’s family members, that he would not go back to prison and would kill himself or start a situation that would get him killed.

RCMP members encouraged the man’s family to turn himself in. When police went to the home in 2013, ASIRT says the man pointed a large knife at one officer, who told him to drop it, and when he didn’t, the officer shot him twice.

“The affected person dropped the knife and turned to go towards the front entrance, making it a few steps, at which time he collapsed. The entire confrontation took seconds,” ASIRT said.

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Top court orders new trial in case of runaway teens in porn video

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From the left, Thomas Gellatly, Scott Ector, Shadoe Sorensen and Damien Campbell pose for a selfie outside the Centrium on Friday morning. Hunting Hills High School was the first of the Red Deer high schools to kick off graduation season in the city. Lindsay Thurber is the next school to hold their cap and gown ceremony, which will take place next Friday at Westerner Park, while Notre Dame will hold their convocation on June 27, also at the Centrium.

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OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial in the case of two Edmonton men who made child pornography after videotaping two 14-year-old girls performing sex acts.

Donny Barabash and Shane Rollison were acquitted at their 2012 trial of making child pornography because the judge accepted that the so-called private-use exception was available to them as a defence.

The Alberta Court of Appeal overturned the acquittal and convicted the men, but it was not a unanimous decision. One Appeal Court justice said the private-use exception was available because the videos were consensual and for private use.

But the Supreme Court was unanimous in its ruling that the private-use defence cannot be used if it is determined that the girls were sexually exploited.

The high court ruled that the trial judge focused too much on the question of consent and not the broader issue of whether the girls were exploited. “The trial judge was also required to holistically assess the nature and circumstances of the relationship to determine whether sexual activity was rendered unlawful,� wrote Justice Andromache Karakatsanis for the court. “By failing to consider whether the underlying relationship between the complainants and the appellants was exploitative, the trial judge erred in law.�

The saga of two girls, who were 14 at the time, began when they ran away from a High Prairie treatment centre and found their way to Edmonton.

One of the girls had fallen into prostitution and they abused crack cocaine and marijuana.

They went to stay with Barabash, then 60, and Rollison, then 41, who supplied them with drugs and a roof over their heads.

The girls also performed explicit sex acts on video, which Barabash kept and never showed them.

One of the girls was asked if she wanted to do what she did, according to the federal attorney general’s written submission. “I wanted the drugs,� the girl replied.

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Paskall died in hospital two days later, on Dec. 31, 2013.

“When asked how hard he threw the rock he answered, ’Hard enough to knock her out,’ which is all he wanted to do,”’ said Crown lawyer Wendy Stephen, reading from a statement of facts.

“He did not intend to kill her, he only wanted to steal her purse.”

Gopaul, 28, also pleaded guilty on Friday to a robbery at a bus stop two weeks before attacking Paskall.

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OTTAWA — The federal health minister has unveiled the details of a multi-million-dollar compensation package for thalidomide victims.

Rona Ambrose says 92 eligible survivors have now received a one-time, taxfree payment of $125,000 to cover their immediate needs.

Those payments were promised back in March as part of a $180-million pledge of support to people whose mothers had taken the drug while pregnant in the 1950s and 60s.

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The Crown introduced the single charge, involving a new alleged victim, during Bertrand Charest’s brief court hearing Friday.

It brings the total number of alleged victims to 12 and the number of charges, including sexual assault and breach of trust, to 57.

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North Korea’s nukes Early this month, North Korea claimed to have launched a ballistic missile from a submerged submarine. Then this week it announced that it can now make nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a missile. If both those claims are true, then it can now deliver a nuclear weapon on the United States, at least in theory.

But there is always some doubt about North Korean claims.

While a defence official in Pyongyang said on Wednesday that the country’s nuclear program has “long been in the full-fledged stage of miniaturization,” some Western defence experts think the North Koreans have not really mastered the art yet. But Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, the seGWYNNE nior U.S. military commander DYER in South Korea, thinks otherwise.

“I believe (the North Koreans) have the capability to have miniaturized the device at this point, and they have the technology to potentially actually deliver what they say they have,” Scaparrotti said last October.

But to be sure that the miniaturized weapon actually works on a ballistic missile, North Korea would have to test-fire it to see if it survives the heat and vibration of re-entering the atmosphere in working order. It has not yet done that.

Others think that the footage of the submarine launch may have been faked. The missile emerges from the sea, sure enough, with the Maximum Leader looking proudly on, but Kim Jong-un was obviously photoshopped in, and in one shot there seems to be a barge floating on the surface near the missile’s exit point.

However, let us assume for a moment that both claims are true — because they will be sooner or later.

What does North Korea intend to do with its nuclear weapons? And why is it trying so urgently to persuade its enemies that they are ready to use now?

The rational and conventional answer to the first question is that Pyongyang’s nukes are solely intended to deter the United States from using nuclear weapons on North Korea. The United States has long-standing military alliances with both South Korea and Japan, and it has never said that it would abstain from using nuclear weapons if there were a war between North Korea and its neighbours.

In this rational world, having enough nuclear weapons to deter the United States from going nuclear would give North Korea a major advantage in the event of a ground war in the Korean peninsula. Its army is much bigger than the South Korean and U.S. ground forces facing it, and it might even manage to overrun South Korea in a non-nuclear war. Or at least, it may believe it could.

How many North Korean nuclear weapons would be enough to deter the United States from using its own nukes, in this context? A dozen would probably do it, and Prof. Siegfried Hecker of Stanford University, a former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, thinks that North Korea probably now has that many, “half likely fuelled by plutonium and half by highly enriched uranium.”

But rationality has not been the outstanding feature of politics in North Korea recently. In the past three years Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has purged most of the men who worked closely with his father, Kim Jong-il, and many have been executed.

Whole families have been murdered, including some with links by blood or marriage to Kim’s own.

The crimes imputed to the victims and the methods of killing also grow increasingly bizarre. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service reported recently that North Korea’s defence minister, Gen.

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Hyon Yong Chol, was executed last month for falling asleep during a meeting where Kim Jong-un was present.

Again according to the NIS, the weapon used to execute General Hyon was a ZSU23-4, a Russianmade tracked anti-aircraft vehicle. It mounts four linked autocannons that fire 23 mm shells at the rate of 3,400 rounds per minute. If that report is true, it would have been hard to find enough of Hyon to bury.

The impression this all creates of political chaos and utter uncertainty in the North Korean capital may be misleading. The old Soviet regime was never more monolithically stable than at the height of Stalin’s purges in 1936-38. But at the moment Kim’s regime certainly looks unstable when viewed from the outside.

There are no safe assumptions, including assumptions about the rationality of the leadership.

So we cannot just assume that North Korea’s nukes are purely defensive, or that Kim Jong-un, af-

ter 28 years of living in a gilded cage and three and a half years of absolute power, has been adequately instructed in the theories of nuclear deterrence that have become orthodox in older nuclear-weapons states.

Nor is anybody in the North Korean military hierarchy going to try to instruct him now, if he is ignorant in such matters.

The simple truth is that the rest of the world doesn’t know what is happening in North Korea at the moment. The mystery has deepened with the abrupt last-minute cancellation of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s scheduled visit to North Korea. We’ll have to wait to find out what’s really going on — but in the meantime, military forces all over northeastern Asia are undoubtedly on high alert.

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London. His latest book, Crawling from the Wreckage, was published recently in Canada by Random House.

Safer rail transport still can’t compete with pipelines

BY KENNETH P. GREEN AND TAYLOR JACKSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE On May 1, an interesting thing happened. The United States and Canada came to agreement about transporting oil and other flammable liquids.

No, they did not agree to build more pipelines — rather, they agreed to implement just under 400 pages worth of new standards that are intended to reduce the risk of transporting oil by rail, a mode of hydrocarbon transport that has seen rapid growth in the last few years.

The new standards include new tank-car design standards; retrofit standards and timelines; new operational protocols that touch on routing, speed restrictions and government notifications; new testing and labelling requirements; and, perhaps most controversially, a requirement for installing electronically-controlled pneumatic braking systems As always, government and industry are at odds over the cost and timeline for the adoption of the new rules, though industry seems to be accepting the costs, and is mostly wary of the new rules “aggressive” schedule for replacement/retrofitting of the rail car fleet.

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Research on rail accidents has found human error to be a leading cause.

In a study of 237 rail accidents in the United Kingdom from 1945 to 2012, researchers found that: rail “accidents ... primarily occur during the peak hours and at the end of a week, i.e. Friday.

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The U.K. study conveys the fact that, whether we like it or not, human error is what most often leads to accidents, something evermore regulation will be hard pressed to completely eliminate.

Indeed, in one of the recent oil-by-rail accidents in Northern Ontario, the railway cars involved in the accident had upgraded safety features, which weren’t present on the cars in the tragic Lac-Mégantic disaster.

In this situation, “safer” cars yielded similar results.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 23, 2015 A7

Differences in outlook Travelling on a sunny day is one of the pleasures that our life affords, and enjoy it I do.

Someone told me I was not right in the head to enjoy a drive to Saskatchewan. Maybe so, but I really do enjoy it, even if our destination was eight hours away. We were on our way to celebrate my mother-in-law’s 97th birthday, but even though we travelled with a purpose, the drive itself made me aware of something, but not until I got back to Red Deer.

As I worked at the kitchen CHRIS both Monday and Tuesday afSALOMONS ter coming back, I suddenly became aware of the difference in outlook whether travelling or in the city, living or working. Almost immediately, my thoughts turned to the folks on the street; both those with addictions and those because of poverty or mental illness. In other words, those trapped into the centre of a city.

When faced day after day with only the facades of buildings, light posts with some fancy adornments, the occasional tree or planted flower, one soon loses the ability to keep a perspective of the beautiful country in which we live, all the different things to do and admire. We live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world and it goes to waste for a lot of people because they do not take the time or have the means to go out and enjoy it.

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At one time while I was managing a department, we were under pressure to boost efficiencies because of the increase in volume.

I needed to find a way to accommodate the increased volume within the time and space allotments I had, but I struggled for a solution to achieve those goals. Bonus incentives and such were no help— I just couldn’t find a way to do it.

One day my boss and I were talking and as I expressed my frustration, his one comment to me was that I could not see the forest for the trees. “Stand back so you can physically see the entire room, the people and a solution to your difficulties should come to you.”

Try as I might, I had forgotten how to take my head out of the dilemma in that room, I just couldn’t find a way.

That is how many of the folks on the street must feel and because of constricted thinking, their whole outlook on life has narrowed to the point that they have lost all concept of the rest of the world and the possibilities that there are for them.

As the miles flew by under the tires, I began to realize how restricted my view had become.

And the further we drove, the more I began to feel like I was part of a much bigger world.

I don’t know if that makes sense to anyone else, but I was growing in my feeling of freedom.

There indeed was a world bigger than what I had been living in for some time.

Now it feels as if I can begin to understand the way that close-mindedness can set in. If you have no more than bricks and mortar to shape your everyday life, your mind begins to conform to that particular environment; much like fish only growing to a size

governed by the capacity of the aquarium.

About a year ago, one of the fellows downtown, who because of minor mental issues had never gone out of downtown, was invited by another to come out to the mountains for an overnight trip.

The light in his face when he came home confirmed what this highway trip to Saskatchewan was telling me. The absolute joy in his expressions was almost a thing of beauty.

Everything he was telling me, whether about the trip or otherwise, reflected an opening of his mind.

Expressions he had never used before became part of his speech.

You may think I am exaggerating the point, but really I’m not.

The difference in this man’s outlook was a very perceptible and tangible thing.

Increased urbanization is a reality that we cannot escape, but the effects of the same need not govern our outlook or our thinking.

Obviously I’m not the only one who thinks this way — many urban planners and designers are looking for ways to increase the ‘country space’ concept into a city core, probably for that very reason.

As we were driving, in the distance on the flat, open prairie landscape was one lonely tree in the middle of nowhere.

It got me to realize that just this one tree actually represented a whole forest of enormous space and beauty, and it was there for free so I could grow in the appreciation of this marvelous country.

So how do you share this with those hemmed in by the concrete jungle?

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

You too can have bionic Superman vision!

I really don’t like them. At all. Ever since Grade 2.

Oh, I’ve tried to go without them. I’ve tried alternatives. I’ve tried anger, denial and acceptance, and almost got depressed.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m truly grateful that there is such a thing, but that doesn’t keep me from wishing I could toss them from the highest bridge into the deepest abyss.

I could be talking about lots of things that I’d really like to toss from a high place into a very deep place, but what I’m on about this time are what 64 per cent of North American adults are wearing these days. And I’m not talking about hats, underpants or Crocs.

HARLEY Eyeglasses. I really don’t HAY like glasses.

Oh, I don’t mind your glasses, you look fine and I’m glad you can see. No, it’s my own glasses I can’t stand. And from Grade 2 to the fossil I am now is an awfully long time to not like something very much.

I remember Grade 2 like it was only, like, 40 or 50 years ago. I can clearly remembering the blackboard being unclear. As in fuzzy and blurry (which, by the way, would make great names for a couple of pet hamsters). And I remember thinking that everyone saw the world in the same blurred way. But when I got glasses, it became crystal clear that I looked like a dork.

And I needed all the help I could get, looks wise.

Still do. And even now, several centuries later, I still have big honkin’ spectacles perched on my proboscis.

Wearing glasses means annoying dents on the bridge of the nose, painful scars on the ears and skull from the arms of the glasses, foggy lenses, dirty lenses and expensive replacements. Not to mention the curse that some evil optical people call “progressive lenses,” That’s a whole other kettle of foul fish.

But what’s a four-eyes to do? I’ve tried complaining a lot and I’ve also tried contact lenses. That was an unmitigated debacle if there ever was one.

I got some very expensive round hunks of plastic to poke into my eyeballs so that I wouldn’t have to wear glasses, and voila! Just like that a whole new world opened up before me. A world where it felt like sandpaper or possibly razor blades had been stabbed into my eyeballs and also a world that looked only vaguely familiar — as if I was peering through a murky aquarium wherever I looked.

But it wasn’t all bad, really. Whenever I blinked, the world was nice and clear and sharp for about two seconds, and then the aquarium came back. Therefore, whenever I was wearing my contacts I had to blink every two seconds or so, a condition that made people assume I had either a severe facial tic or that I was having some sort of stroke.

So the contacts went off the bridge and into the abyss. Next, myself and my Better Half, who is also inflicted with eyeglasses, decided we’d look into PRK. This sounds like some sort of illegal street

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drug, but we weren’t that desperate. PRK actually stands for photorefractive keratectomy, which is that laser eye surgery that has become very popular with many other people who hate glasses and are willing to spend large piles of dough to have their eyeballs melted with powerful laser beams.

We saw an ad that said “Eye Surgery — Perfect Vision. Safe and Painless. Honest! $470.” So we went to a bigger city and had a consultation, whereupon our estimate was right around $4,000. As in four thousand dollars. For each of us. How it got to be 10 times more than advertised, we never stuck around to find out. Also, needless to say, we never did get our eyeballs melted.

But now there appears to be a new hope for us nearsighted, farsighted, astigmatized blinkers. Just this week in this very newspaper there was an article that maybe you read if you could find your reading glasses. It was all about a new bionic lens that would make eyeglasses, contacts, laser surgery, and swearing about all of the above, completely obsolete.

Invented by an optometrist in British Columbia, the Ocumetric Bionic Lens would be surgically implanted and not only would you never get cataracts, never need any glasses or contacts or lasers, but you would also be Superman. Well, your vision would be super because the bionic lenses would allow you to see “three times better than 20/20.” So if you can watch TV with your glasses on, and see Rich Moron

Housewives of Carrot River, Sask. nice and clear from 10 feet away, you’d be able to see the TV show clearly from 30 feet away. Which means you’d be standing in your neighbour’s yard peering through your own window, and somebody would probably call the authorities. But if you really are watching reality TV, maybe you should be arrested.

But although bionic lenses sound like something right out of a lame TV show, this breakthrough in vision technology seems like it might soon be an actual real reality. It’s already caught quite a buzz with the head honchos of the eye business all over the world and ophthalmologists don’t buzz easily. They say it could actually happen within two years.

An eight-minute procedure for perfect supervision. No more glasses. And you won’t need glasses if you live to be “100 or more!”

I’ll be first in line.

However, there’s one small detail missing from this very promising and exciting news: How much?

OK, so if we sell the house, my car, the BH’s car, steal the Rotten Kid’s cars and sell them, sell the furniture and the appliances … I wonder how much I can get for the lawn mower?

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

Liberals locking themselves into Tories’ framework The Liberals want a platform that clearly differentiates them from the Conservatives by claiming to stand for ‘fairness’ and the middle class. But by locking themselves into the Harper government’s fiscal framework — the budget must be balanced — rather than challenging this prevailing orthodoxy, they now find themselves in a box, with little room to meet the critical need for stronger economic growth and other national priorities.

The decision to replace the confusing array of Conservative tax measures to aid families with children with the introduction of a single DAVID Child Benefit makes sense, CRANE even if it is too generous for the high end of middle-class families.

The promise of a modest tax cut for middle-class Canadians (defined as those earning $44,700 to $89,400 a year) is simply a politically opportunistic gesture that makes little economic sense given other more urgent fiscal needs.

These promises have effectively closed out the possibility of other major initiatives unless major cuts are made in other existing programs — or the Liberals have the courage, missing so far, to delay a balanced budget.

In the meantime, these middle-class measures would do very little for those in greatest need, Canadians living in poverty.

Nor would they help the same young Canadians the Liberals hope to persuade to vote this October

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— young Canadians who aren’t focussed on middleclass issues but who are concerned about the difficulties they face in getting a decent job..

The best solution to the problems of the middle class, Canadians living in poverty, and young people starting off their working lives, is to achieve stronger economic growth.

A rising tide that lifts all boats is not enough but it certainly helps a lot.

But by signing on to a balanced budget now, the Liberals have little room to increase investments in research and development, the low-carbon economy, smart infrastructure and the Internet of Things, skills and training and advanced manufacturing.

The Conservatives have spent the past four to five years drumming into the heads of Canadians that balancing the budget this year was the country’s most urgent need, despite the view of experienced observers that boosting growth and improving innovation-led productivity growth was more urgent.

David Dodge, former governor of the Bank of Canada and before that deputy minister of Finance, made this point at a recent C.D. Howe Institute roundtable in Ottawa. Following the economic stimulus from 2008 until the spring of 2010, fiscal policy was “overly contractionary,” with the goal of rapid deficit reduction leading to “excessive fiscal drag and slow growth of demand,” along with a reduction in needed public investment.

The time remains right for public investment, Dodge said, with “low long-term interest rates and weak private investment.”

The economy continues to be weak, with Moody’s Investor Services warning that growth may slow to 1.5 per cent this year and just two per cent next year.

Moreover, Canada’s long-term potential growth rate has been steadily declining, raising big ques-

tions of how governments will meet the cost of public health care and other valued public services in the years ahead unless we do better on innovation, productivity and economic growth.

The Liberals, who have talked of a much bolder program of infrastructure spending have acknowledged that, with their middle-class promises and commitment to a balanced budget, that the fiscal cupboard is bare.

So now they are talking of tapping into major pension funds to finance our infrastructure needs — such as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Ontario Teachers Pensions Plan, the Alberta Investment Management Corp. and the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec.

They point to how governments in Britain and Australia have turned to pension plans to finance infrastructure, arguing these are a new class of asset.

Yet the experience in both countries has been disappointing and the expected level of funding has not been forthcoming.

Moreover, pension plans are more interested in buying established infrastructure, such as toll bridges and roads, ports, power plants or electricity grids than in building the new infrastructure we need.

If the Liberals are serious about major infrastructure spending, they will have to give up on a balanced budget now.

But the bigger question for the Liberals is whether they have the will to put Canada on a stronger growth path, accepting a budget deficit for a while longer, or are they going to tinker at the edges of the Harper government’s recent budget?

So far they seem more like tinkerers.

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

A8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 23, 2015

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Ireland turns out in force to vote on whether to legalize gay marriage DUBLIN — Voters determined to have their voice heard on gay marriage turned out in strength Friday for Ireland’s most hard-fought referendum in decades, a contest that pitted the liberal forces of social change against the nation’s conservative Catholic foundation.

Polls closed at 10 p.m. after 15 hours of voting that featured long-distance trips by Irish citizens, including thousands of emigrants who returned by aircraft or ferry to take part in the world’s first national vote on gay marriage.

Backers of gay marriage had hoped for high turnout, reflecting strong participation by young and first-time voters. Electoral officials said this appeared to have happened, particularly in Ireland’s major urban centres of Dublin and Cork, where many arriving at polling stations declared it was their first time voting.

Polling station officials said Ireland could top 60 per cent turnout nationally for the first time since the country narrowly voted to legalize divorce in 1995, but was unlikely to reach the 68 per cent achieved when the Irish voted to ease access to foreign abortions in 1992. Results will be announced Saturday.

“This is really a turning point in our country, and I fully believe we’re going to have a ’yes’ vote,” said Aodhan O Riordain, the government’s equality minister, speaking after he cast his own ballot to amend the description of marriage in Ireland’s 1937 constitution to a contract between “two persons without distinction as to their sex.”

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A suicide bomber unleashed a blast in a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia as worshippers commemorated the birth of a revered saint, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest attack seen in the kingdom in more than a decade. Loyalists of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The claim of responsibility, made in a statement circulated on proIS Twitter feeds, could not be independently confirmed.

It was issued by what purported to be a Saudi branch of the Islamic State group, which is based in Syria and Iraq, but it was not known if the perpetrators had a direct connection with the group’s leadership or were sympathizers acting independently in its name.

Still, the bombing highlighted an increasing activeness of IS sympathizers in Saudi Arabia at a time when sectarian tensions have grown over the war in neighbouring Yemen, where Saudi Arabia is leading an air campaign against Shiite rebels.

Past months have seen a string of smaller attacks on security forces blamed by Saudi officials on the Islamic State group, and in late April, Saudi officials arrested 93 people they said were involved in an IS plot to attack the U.S. Embassy and other targets.

Extremists from Islamic State hunt down Syrian troops after seizing town BEIRUT — Islamic State group militants hunted down Syrian government troops and loyalists in the newly captured town of Palmyra, shooting or beheading them in public as a warning, and imposing their strict interpretation of Islam, activists said Friday.

The purge, which relied mostly on informants, was aimed at solidifying the extremists’ grip on the strategic town that was overrun Wednesday by IS fighters.

It also was part of a campaign to win the support of President Bashar Assad’s opponents, who have suffered from a government crackdown in the town and surrounding province in the last four years of Syria’s civil

Authorities believe family’s death was crime involving more than one person WASHINGTON — Authorities revealed Friday that more than one person must have been responsible for the slayings of four people inside a Washington family’s mansion last week.

A fugitive task force arrested Daron Dylon Wint Thursday night, and took five people who were with him into custody. Wint, is the only person currently charged with the murder of Savvas Savopoulos; his wife Amy; their 10-year-old son, Philip; and their

housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa.

“The crimes described in this affidavit required the presence and assistance of more than one person,” said a court document made public Friday.

The document also confirms that thousands of dollars were delivered to the mansion before it was set on fire. Firefighters found all four bodies inside; three of them had been stabbed or bludgeoned.

The Savopouloses lived in a $4.5 million home in Woodley Park, where mansions are protected by fences and security systems and law enforcement is a constant presence, in part because Vice-President Joe Biden’s official residence is nearby.

U.S. marshals and police tracked Wint to New York and back before they spotted him late Thursday night in the parking lot of a suburban motel.

Dozens of officers then quietly tailed a car and truck into the nation’s capital and then swarmed the vehicles so quickly that the group surrendered without a fight.

“We had overwhelming numbers and force,” Robert Fernandez, commander of the U.S. Marshal Service’s Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, told The Associated Press on Friday. “They completely submitted immediately.”

The money suggests why Wint, a 34-year-old welder who once worked for Savopoulos’ American Iron Works company, a construction industry supplier, might have wanted to hold the family captive and then kill them. He was held pending an appearance in D.C. Superior Court Friday.

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The strategy included promises to fix the electricity and water grids — after Palmyra is cleared of regime loyalists, according to an activist in the historic town. The man is known in the activist community by the nom de guerre of Omar Hamza because he fears for his security.

The capture of Palmyra has raised alarm that the militants might try to destroy one of the Mideast’s most spectacular archaeological sites — a well-preserved, 2,000-year-old Roman-era city on the town’s edge — as they have destroyed others in Syria and Iraq.

For the moment, however, their priority appeared to be in imposing their rule, with activists saying there were no signs the group moved in on the ancient ruins.

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INDIAN SUMMER Butchering is a dying art that is making a comeback, according to chef J.W. Foster.

Some of the best restaurants age and hand cut their own meat, taking care to use every part of the animal.

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TOP: 1888 Chop House at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel is the new place to go if you are looking for a great steak.

ABOVE: Vikram Vij started his Canadian culinary career at the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel and he was back in May for the opening of Indian Summer, a new restaurant that has a menu that Vij assisted in creating. He did a cooking demo while he was at the hotel. He said that timing is everything with Indian cuisine.

“Too many cooks spoil the broth” is an old saying that exists in many languages and first appeared in English print in the 16th century. But at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, the old proverb doesn’t seem to hold true.

With more than 160 chefs, the culinary team at the Springs produces some of the highest quality restaurant meals in the province. They prepare 4,000 to 6,000 meals per day, or 1.3 million meals a year. On a recent visit, I had the chance to go behind the scenes with executive chef J.W. Foster to see what goes into making a huge culinary operation successful.

“We have a large apprenticeship program with 30 culinary apprentices and we’re proud to have a hand in shaping the skills and careers of future chefs,” said Foster. “Our apprentices have the opportunity to learn a wide variety of skills from pickling and charcuterie to butchery and candy making.”

At our first kitchen stop, we observed a group of apprentices pickling cucumbers and radishes with two experienced chefs. They were using glass canning jars and making pickled products with the same traditional method my grandmother used. This summer for the first time, the chef apprentices at the Banff Springs will be selling their products at the Banff Farmers Market.

In another room, we watched about two dozen chefs preparing artisanal breads and bakery items. One of the experienced chefs was kneading dough balls with both hands, while others were making cookies and baking tarts.

We moved inside a cold room next to observe the meat cutting area. The Banff Springs culinary team brings

The bakery was busy on the Saturday before Mother’s Day. Chef Lin Lee was busy baking tarts for the Mother’s Day Sunday brunch. in whole animals and does their own butchering, cutting and aging. They were cutting a whole hog during my visit.

“Butchering is a dying art that is making a comeback,” explained Foster. “Hand cutting and aging onsite ensures the best possible product and allows us to use every part of the animal.”

The final stop was the choc-

olate room, where pastry chef Mark Burton was training two apprentices to make artisan chocolate bars and truffles by hand. The chef purposefully broke one of the bars so the group could try some. It was a sweet way to end our tour of one of Alberta’s largest restaurant culinary operations.

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Up close and personal with the Baja Peninsula AN RV TOUR ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO IS FOR THOSE WHO WANT A NEW TYPE OF ESCAPE

BY VAL AND GEORGE CROOME SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Sometimes you just get lucky and everything falls into place. This happened for us when we were looking through an RV magazine and we spotted an article about driving the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.

There were a couple of options offered by a company called Baja Amigos, based out of British Columbia, and we decided that a 28-day tour would be a good trip as we had never experienced anything like this before (it was in fact 28 days plus the time we needed to get from Alberta to the rendezvous in California and then home again).

We left Alberta in cold snowy weather and finally de-winterized our RV in St. George on the Utah border.

Our route to Potrero Park in California, the starting point for the caravan, took us to Las Vegas and Yuma, then west.

In all, there were eight RVs in the caravan that met in California and headed into Mexico, plus the wagon masters, Dan and Lisa Goy. Our first full day in Mexico ended up on the beach after a trip to the tourist town of La Bifadora, where the ocean has formed a blowhole pushing the water through the rocks in a huge spout.

The countryside varies greatly on Baja, going from scrub brush and cactus to mountains, valleys and, of course, beautiful unspoiled beaches.

The great thing about Baja is the variety of experiences available to travellers. We saw kilometre after kilometre of agricultural land where crops such as strawberries, brussels sprouts and lettuce, to name a few, are grown under a mesh-like fabric. Then the next day we would drive 150 km or so through mountainous terrain where the only thing growing are cacti.

We ate at a small cantina at the campground, where we had to take our own dishes and drinks, and the food was simple but delicious.

The roads presented some challenges as the concept of shoulders seemed unusual. Every so often, we would hit a stretch of great road but as there is only one major highway on Baja, you

have to be prepared to take the good with the bad.

The weather was great with temperatures in the 35C range during the day during the whole trip.

As promised, we went whale watching from Guerrero Negro and were fortunate to see lots of whales and their calves (there are apparently more than 600 in the lagoon). It was a great experience to be able to touch theses huge beasts as they are so gentle and seemed to want to show off their calves to the tourists.

Every day brought something new at campgrounds, from full service to less fancy RV parks, right down to boondocking right on the beach.

Baja Amigos arranges various sightseeing tours for the group and one of the highlights of these for us was to the San Javier Mission. This is a small village in the mountains near Loreto that has been built around a well-preserved Jesuit mission. It was an outstanding experience.

The following days saw us experiencing more beach camping, which with the perfect weather was just great.

The sights just kept on unfolding as we made our way to Cabo San Lucas, where we spent two days snorkeling and sight-seeing.

As this was about half way through the tour, we were now heading north along the Pacific Ocean again. The next RV park boasted a nice swimming pool, which was much appreciated.

Once again our wagon masters took us to a local Mexican restaurant for an authentic supper, burritos and french fries.

There was a chance to stock up on supplies at Wal-Mart in La Paz and get prepared to make some more miles.

Some of the group went swimming with the whale sharks while others did the tourist thing in La Paz. We also had a chance to visit a pottery studio where most of the group splurged on some beautiful Mexican dishes and ornaments.

One of the strangest places we visited was Puerto Escondido, where we got to see government inaction at its worst. We saw a modern, fully developed marina that has never been finished. Hopefully, for the locals’ sake,

Photos by VAL and GEORGE CROOME/freelance

TOP: Baja Amigos arranges various sight-seeing tours for the group and one of the highlights of these for us was to the San Javier Mission.

RIGHT: Whale watching from Guerrero Negro was a great experience — to be able to touch theses huge beasts, as they are so gentle and seemed to want to show off their calves to the tourists. the government will get its act together and finish this multimillion-dollar development.

After a night in the parking lot, we travelled to Mulege and the Hotel Serenidad, which is a fantastic hotel that once hosted the likes of John Wayne and his fishing buddies. We were lucky to meet and talk to the original owner and hear some of his anecdotes. We got a chance to visit Mulege and visited the mission, the old prison and other historical sites.

Getting further north now, the weather is definitely cooling down.

There is more agricultural activity in the area and where there is water, the land is quite fertile. We camped at an RV park next to a nice restaurant. The

group had a nice meal and, of course, the odd margarita.

The next day we drove to Bahia de los Angeles, which was badly damaged by last year’s hurricane. Fortunately, the campground was still livable and the snowbirds were still there. We parked right on the beautiful beach.

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BANFF: Fine dining options Banff’s top three new culinary experiences For the connoisseur of fine Canadian food and wine, Banff has become a destination that simply can’t be ignored.

The fine dining options in Banff are excellent and varied, with some of Canada’s top chefs focusing on Canadian Rocky Mountain cuisine and featuring seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. This summer, there will be three new culinary experiences visitors won’t want to miss.

Park Distillery: Banff’s first restaurant distillery is scheduled to open in Photos by DEBBIE OLSEN/Freelance June and will offer free distillery tours LEFT: Chef J.W. Foster carves a Tomahawk Steak at 1888 Chophouse. Warning: that steak is big enough to feed a family. in mid-June in a new purpose-built RIGHT: Chef Tyler Thompson is responsible for the incredible charcuterie menu you’ll find at Grapes Wine Bar at the building on Banff Avenue at the site Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Some of his meats take eight months to smoke and his pickled beets are as good as my of what was once Giorgio’s Tratorria restaurant. The Park Restaurant, Bar grandma’s ever were. and Distillery hopes to tap into a growing movement for craft spirits and fine dishes. chop-house).

Restaurant. food.

“If our guests are only in the CaIndian Summer: In 2014, the Fair“The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel “I’m excited about the quality spirnadian Rockies for a couple of days, mont Banff Springs introduced a still means so much to me,” he said. “I its we’ll be able to produce in Banff,” they’ll be able to get a taste of Alberta new Indian restaurant for their peak am excited for people to enjoy my cursaid CEO and owner Mike Mendelright here at the Castle,” said J.W. summer season and this year they anries with this incredible view. Curry is man, a longtime Banff resident and Foster, executive chef at the Fairmont nounced that the new menu will feacooked with love and passion, and it’s restaurateur. “We’re using only the Banff Springs. “Canadian Rockies Cuiture dishes created by acclaimed chef a great addition to the culinary offerhighest quality Alberta grains, which sine showcases the special ingredients Vikram Vij. ings here in Banff.” are the best in the world, but our bigthat are available in this region. Some On May 8, Vij was at the Fairmont I sampled Vij’s chicken curry and gest advantage is our glacier-fed water of our guests have never tried game Banff Springs for the official opening his boneless goat curry with cassava source.” meat and visiting the Rockies gives of the restaurant. He is the chef owner root during a recent stay at the Banff The onsite restaurant opened in them an opportunity to try it where it’s of several successful Vancouver resSprings and it was perfect. The view advance of the distillery, on May 20. It authentically local.” taurants, a cookbook author, a food made it even better (www.fairmont. will feature wood-fired grills and rotisOn a recent visit, I ordered the 1888 network star and one of the new dragcom/banff-springs/dining/indian-sumseries inside a modernesque alpine filet mignon with foie gras butter, on investors on CBC’s Dragon’s Den. mer/). hut setting. The chef of The Bison reswhipped potatoes and honey roasted Indian Summer’s menu and dishes Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freetaurant in Banff, Liz Gagnon, will move carrots. The steaks and chops are all will be prepared this summer by chef lance writer. If you have a travel story over to assume the executive chef role hand cut and grilled on wild cherry Gaurav Gaba, who trained for several you would like to share or know someone at The Park Restaurant and Bar. wood and mine was cooked to perfecmonths under Vij. with an interesting travel story who we “There’s been a lot of self-education tion. For those who want Alberta beef, Vij began his Canadian culinary camight interview, please email: DOGO@ and training when it comes to the dispork or lamb at its best, 1888 will be reer at the Fairmont Banff Springs Ho- telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, tillery,” admits Matt Hendrix, who atthe new go-to place in Banff (www.fairtel and he is thrilled to play a pivotal c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner tended an apprenticeship program to mont.com/banff-springs/dining/1888role in the menu of their new Indian Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9. prepare for his new role as master distiller. “I TRAVEL WITH 403-347-4990 | 1-888-LET-S-BUS (538-7287) can hardly wait until the first batch comes out. It’s www.frontierbuslines.com Visit our website or call for details going to be an authentic SUPERIOR SERVI CE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRI CE “because we care” Banff product.”

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Aug 24-28 Something has gone wrong in the land of fables and dreams! One King can fight the evil Queen. EnjoyThis light hearted spoof on some EDMONTON increasingly popular fairy tale type television shows set to the Incredible music of the King of Rock N Roll himself, Elvis Presley! beginning in mid-June, Lots of fun and mysteries.

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July 13-14 Trails Centre, Little Bighorn Battlefield and more. beef features heavily on MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE EDMONTON GOLD EAGLE CASINO “The Long Weekend” the menu at the FairANNUAL MINOT HOSTFEST NORTH BATTLEFORD Wednesday July 29 mont Banff Springs’ Sept 28-Oct 4 A hilariously tangled web of truths, deception and surprises. Leaves the audience laughing all the way to the final curtain.

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Puerto Vallarta’s colourful peacocks

BY CAROL PATTERSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Love ’em or hate ’em, the peacocks at Velas Vallarta Resort make an impression. Strolling through the lobby, performing X-rated acts in front of the restaurant or waiting for some pampering at the spa, the jewel-toned birds are impossible to overlook.

Their pre-dawn calls of “halp, halp” had lights sleepers at the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) conference calling for a peacock barbecue — in jest (I think). But assistant manager of operations Donald Willis said, “most people, and especially kids, love the peacocks.”

I spotted five birds at the luxury hotel and quickly discovered it was possible to take too many peacock pictures.

The first photos were to prove there were peacocks at this beachside resort in Puerto Vallarta. Then I started to learn their habits — perched on the balconies of the third floor as darkness fell or peering through the window at spa staff.

“I think one of the ladies leaves a few crumbs out for the birds,” explained Willis, dashing my theory that the birds kept their glossy appearance from spa treatments.

Waiting for a bus shuttle to a conference activity at a nearby spa (yes, travel writers consider spa treatments newsworthy), I watched a peacock strut into the lobby, his neck jutting back and forth like a rooster headed for the hen house. As in so many things while travelling, anything goes; hotel guests regarded the peacock appearance as a normal part of another day in paradise.

Aside from the insomniacs’ complaints, the peacocks seemed to be crowd favourites. I spotted one young but enthusiastic bird lover with his air mattress in tow, chasing a peacock.

Somewhat shorter than the mattress, the little guy wasn’t making much time but the bird took the adoration in stride, slipping into bushes when his pursuer closed in.

One peacock staked out his territory at the entrance to the main restaurant.

After a meal, I had to dodge his romantic overtures to the albino peahen — the female of the peafowl species. After spreading his feathers and shaking what his mama gave him, he rushed the surprised female in a very unromantic mating that lasted only seconds as he stood on her back for what scientists call the cloacal kiss.

When the peahens lay eggs, they are gathered by the staff and taken to an enclosure away from predators or bad weather to hatch. “We keep them in the enclosure for two to three months after hatching as some of the older birds can be aggressive to the young ones,” explained Willis.

A male peacock with his tail feathers is one of the world’s largest flying birds, but they don’t travel far. Oc-

Photos by CAROL PATTERSON/freelance

ABOVE: A male peacock courts an albino pea-hen.

TOP RIGHT: Peacocks were brought to Velas Vallarta eight years ago.

RIGHT: Solar panels heat water for pools and guest showers. casionally, the peacocks wander onto neighbouring hotel grounds. “We get a call to come and bring the birds back,” said Willis, “their guests aren’t as fond of them as ours.”

I shouldn’t have been surprised at the effort that staff at this luxury hotel made to look after birds. The hotel participates in the EarthCheck program of environmentally friendly practices and TripAdvisor’s GreenLeaders program, and general manager Luis Angarita is a wildlife lover.

“Mr. Angarita will foster young ducklings or injured birds in the pool on his balcony until they can be released,” said Willis.

The Velas Vallarta is located on Puerto Vallarta’s Marina Vallarta beach, where sea turtles nest from June to December.

Camping on the beach for weeks in harsh conditions, volunteers come from across the world to help scientists protect turtle eggs.

“At Velas Vallarta, we share their dedication and support them with shower facilities, three meals a day, and a nursery on our property where the eggs are kept for approximately 45 days until they begin to hatch,” said Willis.

“Last year, with our combined efforts, we were able to raise and release 23,741 baby turtles!”

As part of their commitment to the local ecology, 340 kg of raw food waste is diverted daily from Velas Vallarta to a local hog farmer.

Compost created from organic waste has reduced chemical pesticide use by one-half and solar panels heat water for the hotel’s pools and guest showers.

While it might appear at first glance that the hotel is going to the birds,

there is nothing flighty about staff intentions to be good environmental stewards. I was able to relax in poolside knowing the environment around me was in capable hands.

Carol Patterson inspires everyday explorers with words and video. When she isn’t travelling for work, Carol is travelling for fun. More of her adventures can be found at www.carolpatterson.ca.

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Visiting the Tropic of Cancer was another one of the wonders experienced during the Baja Amigos RV trip along the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.

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BAJA: Friendly We went through another police/army checkpoint on the highway but they do a good job and are quite friendly.

We also went into town to visit the museum, which was extremely interesting and well done.

On the last full day on the road, we had a chance to visit one of Mexico’s biggest wineries. We had a nice time tasting a number of products made at the winery and finished up a fantastic tour on a sweet note. The following day we got to the border about 9:30 a.m. and I think everybody was cleared into the U.S. by noon at the latest.

This was definitely a trip of a lifetime. I know we would be leery about trying this on our own, but the wagon masters’ love of the Baja is so evident

that their enthusiasm can’t help rubbing off on tour members.

It was also a great group to travel with.

We fully recommend Baja Amigos if you are thinking of taking this adventure but, as it says in the literature, this is not designed for RVers who want all the bells and whistles.

We always felt safe and in good hands.

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Rangers even series LUNDQVIST REBOUNDS, NASH SCORES TWICE IN WIN OVER LIGHTNING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rangers 5 Lightning 1 TAMPA, Fla. — Henrik Lundqvist and a couple of other old standbys picked a nice time to reassert themselves for the New York Rangers.

New York’s star goalie reverted to his reliable ways after two subpar performances, and Rick Nash and Martin St. Louis emerged from playoff scoring droughts Friday night to help the Rangers shut down the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Lundqvist stopped 38 shots after allowing 12 goals while losing the previous two games. Nash had two goals and an assist, and St. Louis — the former Tampa Bay captain — contributed a third-period goal as New York evened the best-of-7 series 2-2 heading back home for Game 5 on Sunday night.

“The last 48 hours or so, it’s been pretty tough trying not to overanalyze or complicate things soul searching,” Lundqvist said. “I feel like the entire team stepped up. It feels so good when you’re feeling like you’re doing it together and not just one or two guys.”

Lundqvist redeemed himself by handling nearly everything the speedy and skilled Lightning threw at him.

Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos scored for the third straight game, briefly making it 1-1 before New York’s Chris Kreider and Keith Yandle struck within a 2-minute span for a 3-1 Rangers lead.

With the Lightning’s Nikita Nesterov in the penalty box for high-sticking St. Louis, the star of Tampa Bay’s 2004 Stanley Cup championship team delivered his first goal this post-season to make it 4-1 with just under 15 minutes remaining.

Nash, who had one goal over his previous 13 games, added another power-play goal at 11:33 of the third.

“It’s a funny game,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “People are going to wake up in the morning and look at the box score and say: ’Oh wow, Tampa got

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Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat (18), of the Czech Republic, and New York Rangers defenseman Keith Yandle (93) vie for the puck during the second period of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, Friday, in Tampa, Fla. waxed.’ But if you’re in the building, you probably don’t see it that way.”

The Lightning outshot the Rangers 39-24 but couldn’t rattle Lundqvist, who rejected Stamkos from point-blank range and moments later stopped Alex Killorn on a breakaway during one sequence with Tampa Bay trying to get back in the game in the second period.

Lundqvist stopped 18 of 19 shots in the period, and had 13 more saves in the third.

“I think there was a lot of talk about

him and about his play, but there wasn’t any doubt from within our dressing room. Hank has done this so many times before,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. “We knew he was going to come out and do what he always does, give us a chance to win.

And, that’s what he did again tonight.”

Earlier Friday, Lundqvist reiterated after the morning skate that he still had confidence in himself and that one of the keys to rebounding as a team would be not trying to do anything spe-

cial Friday night, but rather just “do our jobs.”

In seven games against the Rangers, three of them in the regular season, the Lightning have scored at least five goals on Lundqvist four times. They had six on the road in Game 2, and six more during Wednesday night’s overtime victory that left New York searching for answers to playing better defence in front of him.

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Remparts down Rockets to open Memorial Cup

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Quebec Remparts goalie Zachary Fucale celebrates victory against Kelowna Rockets during third period action Friday at the Memorial Cup tournament in Quebec City. Rockets Justin Kirkland, right, skates away dejected.

Remparts 4 Rockets 3 QUEBEC — If there was lingering pain from losing the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League final in Game 7 overtime, the Quebec Remparts overcame it on Friday night.

Goals from defencemen Nikolas Brouillard, Matt Murphy and Ryan Graves and an empty-net goal from Adam Erne that ended up as the winner gave the Remparts a 4-3 victory over the Kelowna Rockets in the opening game of the Mastercard Memorial Cup. Their last game at the Pepsi Colisee was when they lost the league title to the Rimouski Oceanic in Game 7 double OT, so to send a crowd of 9,497 that included Prime Minister Stephen Harper home happy was a relief.

“We have a good group and they bounced back well,” said coach Philippe Boucher.

The Remparts used a high-paced transition game and strong goaltending from Zach Fucale to jump on a Kelowna side that looked rusty in its first

game in 10 days since sweeping the Western Hockey League final.

But Quebec, which outshot Kelowna 31-29, had some hairy moments at the end.

After Erne’s goal at 18:56 of the third, the Remparts had two players sent off for chippy minor penalties.

With goalie Jackson Whistle pulled for an extra attacker and a two-man advantage, Leon Draisaitl scored into an open side with 36 seconds left to play for the Rockets.

Only a big glove save by Fucale with one second left preserved the win for the Remparts.

“As a team we had a good start, that helped me out.” said Fucale. “We haven’t won anything.

“We’ve only got one in the books.

We can’t be satisfied with one win.

We have to wake up and start all over again.”

Nick Merkley and Gage Quinney also scored for Kelowna, which burned itself with penalties to key players.

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Canadian women qualify for Olympic rugby sevens

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS AMSTERDAM — It was a day to remember for John Tait’s women’s rugby sevens side as it battered the opposition Friday en route to becoming the first Canadian team to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

Fresh from blanking Spain and dumping the host Dutch on Day 1 of the final event of the Women’s Sevens Series season, World Rugby officials notified the Canadians that they had secured enough points to book their ticket to Rio de Janeiro.

The top four teams in the overall standings at the end of play Saturday

automatically qualify.

Coming into Amsterdam with 96 points, Series leader New Zealand had already guaranteed its Olympic participation. Canada and Australia, tied for second with 76 points, joined the Kiwis thanks to Friday’s results.

“I’m very proud of all of them and grateful to be a part of this team,” Tait said. “We know can focus on building towards a gold-medal finish next year in Rio.” Red Deer’s Paige Farries is a member of the Canadian team.

France and the U.S. (both on 62 points) and sixth-place England (60 points) are fighting for the last Olympic berth available this weekend. Russia, in seventh spot with 54 points, was also

mathematically still in the hunt.

After getting the good news, the Canadian women handily defeated France, whom they will meet again in the Cup quarter-finals Saturday.

The Americans, led by former Canadian coach Ric Suggitt, would seem in the driver’s seat after also going 3-0 Friday to secure a quarter-final matchup with Spain. The Americans upset New Zealand 34-5 in pool play.

Saturday’s other quarter-finals are Australia versus Russia and England versus New Zealand.

Thanks to its lead in the overall standings, New Zealand won the Series for the third year in a row just by showing up in Amsterdam, the last of six stops on the circuit.

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New Zealand opened Day 1 of the tournament by running in six tries in a 32-0 victory over Fiji before downing South Africa 31-7. But the Kiwis stumbled in their last game of the day against the Americans.

It was the third loss in two tournaments for New Zealand, which came into London last week riding a 36-match winning streak.

Canada opened by thumping Spain 29-0 on tries by Bianca Farella, Magali Harvey, Ghislaine Landry, Karen Paquin and Britt Benn. Landry added two conversions.

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Sam, first openly gay NFLer, joins Als

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTREAL — Michael Sam has found a pro football job. In Canada.

Sam, the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL, signed a two-year contract Friday with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football league.

General manager Jim Popp considered Sam’s sexuality a nonissue.

“Michael Sam is a very good football player, and that’s the reason we signed him,” Popp said. “He’s an outstanding pass rusher.”

He also was unemployed after failing to stick with two NFL teams last season.

Sam came out before last year’s NFL draft. He was selected in the seventh round by the St. Louis Rams and cut in training camp. The Dallas Cowboys signed him to their practice squad but released him in October.

Sam then made another unsuccessful attempt at an NFL job at this year’s veterans combine.

“I cannot wait to put on the pads, get back on the field and work hard each and every day with my teammates to bring a Grey Cup to the great fans here in Montreal,” Sam said in a statement.

The 25-year-old defensive end will be introduced at a news conference

Tuesday in Montreal and report to training camp the following day. The regular season opens June 25 when Montreal hosts Ottawa.

Sam starred at Missouri in college, earning SEC Defensive Player of the Year honours in 2013. After he came out, his NFL jersey was an instant bestseller and President Barack Obama publicly congratulated Sam and the Rams.

CFL Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge did the same Friday.

“Congratulations to the Montreal Alouettes on the signing of Michael Sam,” Orridge said in a statement.

“Our players come to us from different places, different walks of life and ultimately they take different paths to get to our fields.

“Today is another indication of how open and progressive the CFL is — consistent with our rich and storied history of great football tradition.”

Aware of Sam’s celebrity, the team immediately put his No. 94 Alouettes jersey on sale on its website for $139.95.

The Alouettes had Sam on their negotiation list, and Popp said he was in contact with him all along. The 6-foot-2, 260-pound player finally accepted a contract after completing his commitment to “Dancing With The Stars.”

“Each time he was let go, there were

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NHL: Bishop stops only 19 shots “Things that were going in the other night weren’t going in for us. We’ll have to respond,” Stamkos, the Lightning captain, said.

Nash led the Rangers with 42 goals during the regular season, but only had two in 15 playoff games before Friday night. The 1-0 lead held up until the Lightning broke through during a frenzied stretch of the second period in which Tampa Bay outshot New York 11-1 and failed to convert two power-play opportunities before Stamkos tied it with his sixth goal of the playoffs, a slap shot from the right circle that skipped up over Lundqvist.

It didn’t take the Rangers long to respond.

Kreider scored at 15:16 of the second when Kevin Klein’s shot caromed off Bishop directly to the New York centre in front of the net. Yandle’s goal less than 2 minutes later hit defenceman Victor Hedman’s foot and squirted through to put New York up 3-1.

Yandle finished one goal and two assists. Klein and Kevin Hayes each had two assists for the Rangers.

Nash, meanwhile, had his first multi-point performance since Game 2 of New York’s first-round series against Pittsburgh.

“It’s just natural to grip your stick a little bit tighter and to not see the ice as well when you’re struggling,” Nash said. “The puck doesn’t feel comfortable on your stick, so any time you can get a goal and get a little confidence it helps.”

Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop stopped 19 of 24 shots, yielding five goals for the second straight game after not only more than three in Tampa Bay’s first 14 playoff games.

“From Bish on out, myself included, we have to be better next game,” Stamkos said. “It’s 2-2. It’s a best two out of three now.”

NOTES: New York LW Carl Hagelin went nine games without a point before getting an assist on Nash’s goal. ... Lightning D Matt Carle didn’t play after leaving in the first period of Game 3 with an undisclosed injury. ... Nash organized a team trip to see the movie “Entourage” Thursday night. ... Lightning C Alex Killorn has three goals and three assists in the past three games. ... Tampa Bay’s Steve Yzerman and New York’s Glen Sather joined Anaheim’s Bob Murray as finalists for the NHL general manager of the year award. The winner will be announced June 24 in in Las Vegas. Murray won last year.

MEMORIAL CUP: Remparts back on the ice against the Generals That included a 10-minute misconduct at the end of the second frame to star centre Draisaitl after a mix-up with fellow Edmonton Oilers prospect MarcOlivier Roy. “You can’t take those penalties and that’s on me as well,” said Draisaitl. “The refs are a little different here and that’s how it is.

“I’m not going to comment on anything else in that, but we have to be more disciplined.”

The Remparts got the first goal when Brouillard, posted at the top of the right circle, took a pass from Vladimir Tkachev and drilled a shot to the top corner at 5:18.

Some dogged work in the corner by Tkachev set

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Michael Sam runs through a drill during the NFL Super Regional Combine football workout in Tempe, Ariz. The Montreal Alouettes have signed defensive end Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL. The club says the free agent has agreed to a two-year deal. discussions,” Popp said. “He wanted to give it one last shot at the combine.”

Popp said Sam was considered a “tweener” by NFL clubs, not quite the right body type to be a defensive end or an outside linebacker for that

up the Remparts’ second goal as Murphy’s point shot dribbled through after Whistle was bumped in front of the net at 13:22 of the second.

The Rockets took advantage of lax play by the home side’s power play as Cole Linaker won a race for the puck in the Quebec end and set up Merkley alone at the far side for a shot that Fucale only got a piece of.

Quebec answered with a short-handed goal of its own 2:08 in the second. Whistle stopped Duclair on a breakaway, but the net was wide open for Graves on the rebound.

Josh Morrissey’s point shot on a power play was tipped in by Quinney at 12:43.

“Our focus and execution weren’t where they need to be at this time of year,” said Kelowna coach Dan Lambert, who also added penalties like the one to Draisaitl made overcoming a deficit harder.

The Rockets now have a two-day break before they play Rimouski on Monday night. The Remparts are back in action Sunday against the Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Generals.

The Generals and the Oceanic see their first action Saturday afternoon.

The CHL announced that for this tournament, the video goal judge can disallow a goal in cases where the play was offside but wasn’t called by the linesmen.

league.

But he may fit perfectly in the CFL. Popp believes Sam can follow a path similar to that of Cam Wake, who was converted from linebacker to end when he joined the B.C. Lions in 2007.

RUGBY: Overcome early deficit The Canadians trailed 5-0 early against the Netherlands but rallied for a 34-10 win on three tries by Landry and singles from Jen Kish, Paquin and Benn.

Landry added two conversions.

For Landry, it was career tries No. 50, 51 and 52.

Hannah Darling, Harvey, Paquin and Benn scored tries in the 26-5 win over France. Landry kicked three conversions.

Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand and England have already qualified for the men’s Olympic field.

England will be represented by Team Great Britain at the Games.

The 12-country Olympic fields will be filled out be regional qualifying tournaments and a world repechage competition. Host Brazil does not need to qualify.

The Canadian men will have to get past the surging U.S. Eagles at the North American qualifying event in June in North Carolina.

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FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES RANGERS 5, Lightning 1 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Nash 3 (Hayes, Hagelin) 17:18.

Penalties — St. Louis NYR (interference) 8:01, Stralman TB (interference) 12:13.

Second Period 2. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 6 (Killorn, Filppula) 11:30.

3. NY Rangers, Kreider 7 (Klein, Yandle) 15:16.

4. NY Rangers, Yandle 1 (Klein, Nash) 17:04.

Penalties — Staal NYR (holding) 0:28, Kreider NYR (tripping) 7:44.

Third Period 5. NY Rangers, St. Louis 1 (Brassard, Boyle) 5:08 (pp).

6. NY Rangers, Nash 4 (Hayes, Yandle) 11:33 (pp).

Penalties — Nesterov TB (high-sticking) 4:40, Morrow TB (hooking) 10:02, Palat TB (roughing) 17:31, Stepan NYR (high-sticking) 17:31, Hagelin NYR (roughing) 17:31, McDonagh NYR (roughing) 17:31, Johnson TB (roughing) 17:31, Kucherov TB (misconduct) 17:31, Klein NYR (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:24, Morrow TB (goaltender interference) 19:24, Morrow TB (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:24, Glass NYR (cross-checking) 19:56, Glass NYR (misconduct) 19:56, Paquette TB (interference) 19:56, Paquette TB (misconduct) 19:56.

Shots on goal by NY Rangers 7 6 11 — 24 Tampa Bay 7 19 13 — 39

EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers (1) vs. Tampa Bay (2) (Series tied 2-2) Saturday, May 16 NY Rangers 2 Tampa Bay 1 Monday, May 18 Tampa Bay 6 NY Rangers 2 Wednesday, May 20 Tampa Bay 6 NY Rangers 5, OT Friday, May 22 NY Rangers 5 Tampa Bay 1 Sunday, May 24 Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 x-NY Rangers at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Friday, May 29 x-Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim (1) vs. Chicago (3) (Anaheim leads series 2-1) Sunday, May 17 Anaheim 4 Chicago 1 Tuesday, May 19 Chicago 3 Anaheim 2, 3OT Thursday, May 21 Anaheim 2 Chicago 1 Saturday, May 23 Anaheim at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Monday, May 25 Chicago at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 x-Anaheim at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 30 x-Chicago at Anaheim, 6 p.m. x — if necessary.

Goal — NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 10-6-0); Tampa Bay: Bishop (L, 10-7-0).

Quebec Kelowna Rimouski

MEMORIAL CUP GP W L OT GF GA 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pt 2 0 0

Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday, May 22 Quebec (HOST) 4 Kelowna (WHL) 3 Saturday, May 23 Rimouski (QMJHL) vs. Oshawa (OHL), 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 Quebec (HOST) vs. Oshawa (OHL), 2:30 p.m.

Monday, May 25 Rimouski (QMJHL) vs. Kelowna (WHL), 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 Oshawa (OHL) vs. Kelowna (WHL), 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 Quebec (HOST) vs. Rimouski (QMJHL), 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Quebec (HOST) 4, Kelowna (WHL) 3 First Period 1. Quebec (HOST), Brouillard 1 (Tkachev) 5:18.

Penalties — Verrier Quebec (HOST) (roughing) 2:01, Merkley Kelowna (WHL) (hooking) 8:02.

Second Period 2. Quebec (HOST), Murphy 1 (Tkachev, Roy) 13:22.

3. Kelowna (WHL), Merkley 1 (Linaker, Martin) 17:56 (short-handed-SH).

Penalties — Braid Kelowna (WHL) (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 4:27, Carozza Quebec (HOST) (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 4:27, Bowey Kelowna (WHL) (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 4:27, Roy Quebec (HOST) (tripping) 8:54, Bowey Kelowna (WHL) (high-sticking) 17:08, Roy Quebec (HOST) (misconduct) 20:00, Draisaitl Kelowna (WHL) (misconduct) 20:00.

Third Period 4. Quebec (HOST), Graves 1 (Duclair, Carozza) 2:08 (short-handed-SH).

5. Kelowna (WHL), Quinney 1 (Morrissey, Baillie) 12:43 (pp).

6. Quebec (HOST), Erne 1 (unassisted) 18:56 (-EN).

7. Kelowna (WHL), Draisaitl 1 (Baillie, Merkley) 19:24 (pp).

Penalties — Verrier Quebec (HOST) (holding) 0:46, Southam Kelowna (WHL) (cross-checking) 3:39, Merkley Kelowna (WHL) (interference) 9:15, Erne Quebec (HOST) (cross-checking) 11:32, Morrissey Kelowna (WHL) (misconduct) 18:56, Dube Kelowna (WHL) (misconduct) 19:14, Brouillard Quebec (HOST) (roughing) 19:14, Brouillard Quebec (HOST) (roughing) 19:14, Duclair Quebec (HOST) (roughing) 19:14, Dube Kelowna (WHL) (roughing) 19:14.

Kelowna (WHL) Quebec (HOST) Shots on goal by Kelowna (WHL) 9 7 13 — 29 Quebec (HOST)12 6 13 — 31 Goal — Kelowna (WHL): Whistle (L, 0-1-0); Quebec (HOST): Fucale (W, 1-0-0).

MEMORIAL CUP SCORING LEADERS G A Pts Nick Merkley, Kelowna 1 1 2 Tyson Baillie, Kelowna 0 2 2 Vladimir Tkachev, Quebec 0 2 2 Adam Erne, Quebec 1 0 1 Gage Quinney, Kelowna) 1 0 1 Leon Draisaitl, Kelowna) 1 0 1 Ryan Graves, Quebec 1 0 1 Matt Murphy, Quebec 1 0 1 Nikolas Brouillard, Quebec 1 0 1 Cole Linaker, Kelowna 0 1 1 Cole Martin, Kelowna 0 1 1 Josh Morrissey, Kelowna 0 1 1 Marc-Olivier Roy, Quebec 0 1 1 Anthony Duclair, Quebec 0 1 1 Massimo Carozza, Quebec 0 1 1

Baseball Tampa Bay New York Baltimore Boston Toronto

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 24 19 .558 22 20 .524 19 20 .487 19 23 .452 19 25 .432

GB — 1.5 3 4.5 5.5

Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland

Central Division W L Pct 27 14 .659 26 17 .605 23 18 .561 19 20 .487 18 23 .439

GB — 2 4 7 9

Houston Los Angeles Seattle Texas Oakland

West Division W L 27 16 22 20 19 22 19 23 14 30

Pct .628 .524 .463 .452 .318

GB — 4.5 7 7.5 13.5

Friday’s Games Texas 10, N.Y. Yankees 9 Seattle 4, Toronto 3 Detroit 6, Houston 2 Baltimore 8, Miami 5 Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Angels 12, Boston 5 Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 2 Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 5, St. Louis 0 Today’s Games Texas (N.Martinez 3-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-5), 11:05 a.m.

Seattle (Paxton 2-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 5-3), 11:07 a.m.

Houston (McCullers 0-0) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-4), 2:08 p.m.

Cincinnati (DeSclafani 2-4) at Cleveland (Kluber 1-5), 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota (May 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 3-1), 2:10 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Karns 3-1), 2:10 p.m.

Baltimore (M.Wright 1-0) at Miami (Haren 4-2), 5:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 2-2) at Boston (S.Wright 1-1), 5:15 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 2-2) at Kansas City (Volquez 3-3), 5:15 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Seattle at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Houston at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

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

St. Louis at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

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

Monday’s Games Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Houston at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Boston at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Texas at Cleveland, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

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

San Diego at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 25 17 .595 24 19 .558 20 21 .488

Washington New York Atlanta

GB — 1.5 4.5

Philadelphia Miami

St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee

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8 9.5

Central Division W L Pct 27 15 .643 23 17 .575 19 22 .463 18 23 .439 16 27 .372

GB — 3 7.5 8.5 11.5

West Division W L 24 16 23 18 20 22 19 21 15 23

Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

Pct .600 .561 .476 .475 .395

GB — 1.5 5 5 8

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Mets 1 Washington 2, Philadelphia 1 Baltimore 8, Miami 5 Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 3 Milwaukee 11, Atlanta 0 Kansas City 5, St. Louis 0 San Francisco at Colorado, 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Today’s Games N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-1) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 3-1), 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 4-3) at Washington (Strasburg 3-4), 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (DeSclafani 2-4) at Cleveland (Kluber 1-5), 2:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Fiers 1-4) at Atlanta (S.Miller 5-1), 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 3-3) at Colorado (Lyles 2-4), 2:10 p.m., 1st game

Baltimore (M.Wright 1-0) at Miami (Haren 4-2), 5:15 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 2-2) at Kansas City (Volquez 3-3), 5:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Y.Petit 1-0) at Colorado (Hale 0-0), 7:10 p.m., 2nd game Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 4-4) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 4-2), 8:10 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 2-0), 8:10 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 11:35 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 11:35 a.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

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

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

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

Monday’s Games Colorado at Cincinnati, 11:10 a.m.

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

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

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

Arizona at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

Miami at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

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

San Diego at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

FRIDAY’S LINESCORES Seattle Toronto

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F.Hernandez, Ca.Smith (8), Rodney (9) and Zunino; Estrada, Tepera (8), Delabar (9) and Ru.Martin.

W—F.Hernandez 7-1. L—Estrada 1-3. Sv—Rodney (11). HRs—Seattle, N.Cruz (17). Toronto, Encarnacion (11), Colabello (2).

Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF D.C. United 6 2 3 21 13 New England 5 3 4 19 17 New York 4 1 5 17 14 Columbus 4 4 3 15 17 Orlando City 3 5 3 12 13 Chicago 3 5 2 11 11 Toronto FC 3 5 1 10 13 Philadelphia 2 7 3 9 11 N.Y.C. FC 1 6 4 7 9

Montreal GA 9 15 9 14 14 14 14 21 14

1 3 2 5 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF FC Dallas 6 2 3 21 17 Vancouver 6 4 2 20 14 Seattle 6 3 1 19 17 San Jose 5 4 2 17 12 S.K.C 4 2 5 17 17 Houston 4 4 4 16 16 Los Angeles 3 4 5 14 11 Real Salt Lake 3 3 5 14 10 Portland 3 4 4 13 10

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Friday’s Games Columbus 2, Chicago 2, tie Houston at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Portland at Toronto FC, 3 p.m.

D.C. United at New England, 5:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Seattle, 8 p.m.

New York City FC at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at New York, 3 p.m.

Orlando City at San Jose, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 Colorado at Seattle, 8 p.m.

D.C. United at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 29 FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City, 7 p.m.

Basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, Chicago 2 Atlanta 4, Washington 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Houston 4, L.A. Clippers 3

Sunday, May 24: Atlanta at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26: Atlanta at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 28: Cleveland at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. x-Saturday, May 30: Atlanta at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. x-Monday, June 1: Cleveland at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State 4, Memphis 2 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 2, Atlanta 0 Wednesday, May 20: Cleveland 97, Atlanta 89 Friday, May 22: Cleveland 94, Atlanta 82

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State 2, Houston 0 Tuesday, May 19: Golden State 110, Houston 106

Thursday, May 21: Golden State 99, Houston 98 Saturday, May 23: Golden State at Houston, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 25: Golden State at Houston, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 27: Houston at Golden State, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 29: Golden State at Houston, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, May 31: Houston at Golden State, 7 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — Suspended Milwaukee LHP Will Smith eight games for having a foreign substance on his arm during a game.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned INF Rey Navarro to Norfolk (IL). Reinstated SS Everth Cabrera from the 15-day DL. Sent RHP Bud Norris to Norfolk for a rehab assignment.

BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned OF Jackie Bradley Jr. to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled OF Rusney Castillo from Pawtucket.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated RHP Tim Stauffer from the 15-day DL. Sent RHP Casey Fien to Rochester (IL) for a rehab assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed 2B Tyler Ladendorf on the 60-day DL and RHP Edward Mujica on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of INF Andy Parrino from Nashville (PCL). Sent 2B Ben Zobrist to Nashville (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Kyuji Fujikawa on unconditional release waivers and 1B/ OF Kyle Blanks on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Rcalled OF Jake Smolinski from Round Rock (PCL). Sent OF Josh Hamilton to Round Rock for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed 2B Devon Travis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday.

Selected the contract of INF Munenori Kawasaki from Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent RHP David Hernandez to Mobile (SL) for a rehab assignment.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned RHP Jim Henderson outright to Colorado Springs (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated RHP Casey Janssen from the 15-day DL. Placed LHP Sammy Solis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday.

FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed CB Orlando Scandrick to a one-year contract extension.

Canadian Football League MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Signed DL Michael Sam. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled D Trevor van Riemsdyk from Rockford (AHL).

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Babcock bids emotional farewell to Red Wings

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — Mike Babcock stood at the front of the familiar dressing room at Joe Louis Arena, this time for something of a farewell address.

He became choked up after about a minute of talking, and at one point he even held up an old newspaper from a decade ago.

“I dug it out here today — I’m going through and cleaning out my office,” Babcock said. “There it is.

That’s my first day on the job.”

After 10 seasons, Babcock is no longer the coach of the Detroit Red Wings, having been hired to take over the Toronto Maple Leafs. He moves from one storied franchise to another, and the cracking in his voice Friday indicated just how much he still appreciates the team he’s departing.

“As you can see, just as I talk — emotionally involved with the franchise and with the city and with the people,” he said. “It gives me great pride for what we were able to accomplish in my 10 years.”

Babcock was introduced Thursday in Toronto — a celebratory, hopeful event for a team that has had precious few of those lately. A day later, he was back in the Red Wings’ dressing room to speak with reporters there. Babcock thanked Detroit owner Mike Ilitch, described the past decade as the best 10 years of his life and said he went back and forth on his decision “a hundred times” before finally choosing Toronto. As appealing as Detroit’s stability is — Babcock won a Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 2008 and the team has reached the playoffs 24 consecutive seasons — the chance to try to turn around the Maple Leafs was hard to pass up.

“I just felt for me to invigorate me, what was I going to do with the next 10 years of my life?” Babcock said. “This challenge is a way different challenge.”

Now Babcock, who has twice coached the Canadian Olympic team to the gold medal, will head to that country’s largest city and try to revive a franchise that has made the playoffs only once in the past 10 years.

“If I’m going to leave, I have to go to an Original Six franchise,” he said.

The opportunity to coach in Toronto was appealing — and then there were the financial considerations. Babcock’s deal with the Maple Leafs is for a reported $50 million over eight years, a massive commitment that the 52-year-old coach both acknowledged and downplayed.

“Money to a certain level is an important thing,” Babcock said. “The Ilitches were fantastic to me. It’s not like I was going to be on food stamps. Like, give me a break. They looked after me big time.”

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Seattle Mariners shortstop Chris Taylor, centre, forces out Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Danny Valencia at second base then turns the double play over to first base to out Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins during fifth inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Friday.

Jays ninth inning rally falls short

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Mariners 4 Blue Jays 3 TORONTO — Chris Colabello almost redeemed himself in the ninth inning.

Colabello’s two-run homer sparked a late Toronto Blue Jays rally in a 4-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. His long ball came after missing a crucial catch earlier in the game.

Seattle took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Colabello misjudged a hit from Logan Morrison in right field, which bounced passed the sliding Blue Jays outfielder for a two-run triple.

“Obviously, when it got by me I was pretty sick about it,” said Colabello. “You get an empty feeling in the pit of your stomach, especially because Marco Estrada was pitching so well.

“But you’ve got to learn from it and not let it happen again.”

Estrada (1-3) gave up four earned runs and struck out five over seven innings of work for Toronto (1925). Ryan Tepera and Steve Delabar gave up no runs in an inning each of relief.

Colabello also had two singles to lead the Blue Jays offence and improve his batting average to .381.

Edwin Encarnacion had a home run and a double.

Nelson Cruz had a double and a solo blast for Seattle (19-22), adding to his major-league leading 17 home runs. He is best in the American League with 34 runs batted in.

Cruz made it 4-1 for the Mariners in the sixth inning, putting a 1-1 pitch from Estrada just over the right-field wall.

Mariners reliever Carson Smith held Toronto scoreless in the eighth inning before closer Fernando Rodney started to unravel in the ninth.

Encarnacion led the inning off with a double to right field. After Russell Martin popped out to catcher Mike Zunino behind home plate, Colabello blasted the ball to deep left field to make it 4-3.

Kevin Pillar was called out after video review showed that Morrison had tagged him just before reaching first base. Pinch hitter Josh Donaldson then flew out to deep centre field to end the game.

“Eddie obviously put a good swing on it to get us going there to start the inning,” said Colabello.

“Great idea there by Kev to try and get us another runner. At the end of the day it’s about competing, showed some heart there for sure.”

Felix Hernandez (7-1) was dominant in the start for the Mariners, striking out eight, giving up four hits and a single run over seven innings. His seven wins leads the majors.

The 29-year-old Hernandez passed Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter (2,012) on the all-time strikeout list, tying Orel Hershiser for 70th at 2,014.

“Tonight he was very determined,” said Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon of his ace. “The sinker was running all over the place. He had a real good change-up and the breaking ball was real sharp tonight.”

Hawks can’t handle LeBron, Cavaliers in game 2 Cavaliers 94 Hawks 82 ATLANTA — LeBron James scored 30 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers took total command of the Eastern Conference final even without injured star Kyrie Irving, routing the Atlanta Hawks 94-82 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead with the series heading to Ohio.

The Cavaliers made it a blowout with a dominating third quarter. James scored 11 points, the Hawks shot just 32 per cent (7 of 22), and Cleveland led by as many as 20 before settling for an 84-66 lead heading to the final period.

Irving was scratched before the game because of an ailing left knee. He wasn’t missed a bit.

James assumed many of the ball-handling duties, taking advantage of DeMarre Carroll clearly not being at 100 per cent after he went down with a knee injury late in Game 1. Carroll started after being carried off the court just two nights earlier but hardly looked like the “Junkyard Dog.” He wasn’t the only one struggling. The Hawks looked totally outclassed for one of the few times all season.

The Cavaliers can wrap up the best-of-seven series simply by winning at home. The next two are in Cleveland, beginning with Game 3 on Sunday night.

Tristan Thompson led another dominating performance for the Cavaliers on the boards. He had 16 rebounds and Cleveland finished with a 47-39 advantage.

When Thompson dunked off a pass from James with just under 5 minutes remaining, the Cavaliers had a 93-74 lead and many Atlanta fans began heading for the exits, perhaps knowing they had seen their team for the last time in this most unexpected season. Atlanta won a franchise-record 60 games to claim the top seed in the East, but the Hawks were picked apart by the best player in the world.

Forget the Big Three.

The Big One was plenty of the Cavaliers, who are two wins away from returning the NBA Finals and taking another crack at their first championship.

This is why James returned to his de facto hometown after spending four years in Miami, leading the Heat to a pair of titles. The Cavaliers assembled a Miami-like trio with James, Irving and Kevin Love, but the King is doing just fine on his own with Irving hobbled and Love out with a season-ending injury.

The Hawks had hoped that Carroll’s appearance would provide an emotional boost. An injury that looked much more serious when he helped off the court in Game 1 turned out to be only a sprain, and he drew a big cheer from the crowd when he did his customary sprint across the court during the opening introductions.

But at less than full speed, Carroll had no chance trying to guard James, who made 10 of 22 shots including a pair of 3-pointers. When the Hawks began collapsing toward the lane, trying to give Carroll help, James always seemed to fine the open man — often lurking behind the 3-point arc.

James had 11 assists, and the Cavaliers finished 12 of 30 beyond the arc. The King just missed a tripledouble, grabbing nine rebounds.

Dennis Schroder led the Hawks with just 13 points. Carroll managed only six points in just under 34 minutes.

Carroll wasn’t the only one hurting. Kyle Korver got his right ankle rolled going for a loose ball late in the third quarter and didn’t return. Al Horford banged his knee early in the fourth and hobbled to the bench, though he was able to finish out the game.

It didn’t really matter.

By the end, the Hawks had cleared their bench.

TIP INS Cavaliers: Cleveland has outrebounded the Hawks 96-76 over the first two games. ... Iman Shumpert hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points. ... Matthew Dellavedova started at point guard in place of Irving and had 11 points, six rebounds and four assists.

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cluding 6 of 26 from 3-point range. ... The starters combined for just 46 points, led by Horford, Korver and Jeff Teague with 12 apiece. ... Paul Millsap managed only four points on 2-of-8 shooting.

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McIlroy misses the cut after shooting 78

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Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo plays a shot during day two of the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth golf club, Virginia Water, England, Friday.

VIRGINIA WATER, England — After winning two titles in three weeks, Rory McIlroy ran out of steam. Now he’ll have the whole weekend to get some rest.

McIlroy missed the cut at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Friday after an erratic 6-over 78 at the European Tour’s flagship event.

A week after winning the Wells Fargo Championship by seven shots, the top-ranked Northern Irishman made six bogeys and a double bogey on the par-four 11th, leaving him at 5-over 149 and four strokes outside the cutline.

He was 15 shots behind leader Francesco Molinari, who shot a 69.

Playing his fourth straight event — he also won the Match Play Championship three weeks ago in San Francisco — McIlroy’s round was littered with wayward tee shots and feeble putting, which he put down to fatigue.

“I was trying to muster some birdies on the back nine but could not get anything going,” McIlroy said. “Coming off the back of three good weeks in the United States, I am in need of a rest.

I’ll dust myself off for next week (at the Irish Open) and not read too much into it.”

McIlroy stuttered on the front nine, going out in 36 with two bogeys and a birdie before his round unraveled at the turn.

He bogeyed the 10th and on the

11th, hooked a wild shot off the tee into trees on the left for an unplayable lie, before sending his next attempt into the crowd.

He ran up a six that left him 4 over and slid further down the leaderboard with bogeys on 13, 16 and 18, where he ended his day with a three-putt from 20 feet.

“I can take a couple of days at the weekend to refresh mentally,” McIlroy said. “It was inevitable that a good run was going to come to an end but I would love to be here for the weekend.”

Molinari started with two bogeys on his first three holes but recovered with five birdies, including three on the back nine, to take a 1-shot lead into the third day.

“The start was very difficult, it was not as good as Thursday,” Molinari said. “But I managed to steady the ship.

I made a couple of birdies to get even par before the turn and with this wind on the back, you can get a few birdie chances and I took three of them.”

Byeong Hun An shot a flawless 64 to move into second.

The South Korean made a blistering start with five birdies on the front nine, before moving a shot behind Molinari with three more on the way in.

“I hit it really solid today and didn’t have to putt over 30 feet,” Hun An said.

“I still missed a couple out there. I haven’t been putting well all year but got going and made the most of it today.”

Weidman looks to defend title against Belfort

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort have been waiting to trade punches since early last year. Way back then, Weidman was a new champion with no real injury problems, and Belfort had just knocked out his last three opponents with spectacular head kicks.

They’ll finally get into the cage at UFC 187 in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Weidman is returning from two significant injuries, while Belfort is a different man entirely — no longer enhanced by the sanctioned steroid use that his critics feel contributed greatly to his incredible late-career surge.

After three postponements, Weidman and Belfort are eager to close this prolonged chapter when they fight for Weidman’s middleweight belt at the MGM Grand Garden.

“I knew at some point we would have to face each other. It’s inevitable,” Weidman said.

“He’s a guy who is on a three-fight winning streak, and he’s never looked better. People are forgetting about that because he’s been out for so long, and I’m prepared for the best Vitor we’ve ever seen.”

Weidman (12-0) and Belfort (2410) will fight shortly before Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Daniel Cormier meet for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title.

The UFC’s traditional Memorial Day weekend event is stacked, with an undercard including ironman lightweight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, heavyweight contender Travis Browne, the return of “The Ultimate Fighter” standouts Rose Namajunas and Uriah Hall, and two flyweight bouts with championship implications: John Dodson against Zach Makovsky and Joseph Benavidez against John Moraga.

No fight has been more anticipated than Belfort’s attempt to become just the third fighter to hold UFC belts in two weight classes.

His brief reign as the light heavyweight champion in 2004 was a highlight of an 18-year MMA career for a veteran who won a two-fight heavyweight tournament way back at UFC 12 in 1997, when he was only 19 years old.

Only Anderson Silva has won more UFC fights by stoppage than Belfort.

Yet Belfort has spent the last few years as the most visible example of mixed martial arts’ problems with performance-enhancing drugs. Several

UFC 187 years after getting busted in the Pride promotion in 2006, he gleefully used testosterone replacement therapy that was allowed at the time, but eventually banned in the sport for its obvious competitive advantages.

He says he is clean now, and he intends to prove he can be a champion naturally.

“You’ve got the haters, but that’s life,” Belfort said. “I’ve been here before, and I’m blessed to be here.

How many guys from my era are still around?”

Belfort hasn’t fought since November 2013, when he head-kicked Dan Henderson or his third straight highlight-reel knockout victory. Belfort also stopped Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold in similarly spectacular fashion in 2013 while fighting in his native Brazil.

Weidman watched Belfort’s surge with incredulity. The Long Island native has taken shots at Belfort’s enhanced physique and subsequent deflation on social media and in interviews for most of the past three years.

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In the men’s draw, Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil plays his first-round match against Portugal’s Joao Sousa. Pospisil will be looking to advance to the second round in Paris for the first time after three consecutive first-round defeats.

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uled for May 2014, but Belfort dropped out after the Nevada Athletic Commission closed the loophole on his steroid-test workaround. Weidman took on Lyoto Machida instead, winning a grueling decision last July.

Weidman and Belfort then were slated for December 2014, but Weidman broke his hand in September. The matchup was rescheduled for last February, but Weidman injured his ribs four weeks before the event.

Weidman says the UFC considered staging an interim title bout, as it did in the heavyweight division after champion Cain Velasquez’s repeated injury woes. Instead, he healed and kept his date with Belfort.

Weidman is still an undefeated champion with an eight-fight winning streak, and he intends to get rolling again by violently ending Belfort’s latecareer renaissance.

“I’ve been off now for a while,” Weidman said. “I’ve worked on a lot of different new techniques. I have a lot of new magic tricks to bring to the game, and I’m excited to be comfortable enough to do it in the octagon. To be able to bring yourself to another level, to do it in a fight in front of millions of people ... that’s how you grow.”

Men’s No. 6 Milos Raonic is missing the tournament as he recovers from surgery to repair a pinched nerve in his right foot.

The 24-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., reached the quarter-finals at the French Open last year before falling to Novak Djokovic.

PARIS — If Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard can break out of her current slump, she has a good chance to make a deep run at the French Open.

The sixth seed has a favourable draw at Roland Garros, starting with a first-round match against France’s Kristina Mladenovic.

The two have met only once in on the WTA circuit, with Bouchard defeating Mladenovic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the 2013 Coupe Banque National in Quebec City.

Bouchard wouldn’t face a seeded opponent until the third round, where she could meet No. 32 Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.

It would be the second meeting between the two in as many tournaments. Bouchard beat Diyas 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of last week’s Italian Open. That victory ended a troubling six-match losing streak for the native of Westmount, Que. Should Bouchard reach the quarter-final, she could face a daunting opponent in Perta Kvitova.

The No. 4 Czech has won all three career matches against Bouchard, including a 6-3, 6-0 rout in last year’s Wimbledon final.

Bouchard advanced to the semifinals at Roland

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The competition team that danced at the Calgary Dance Stampede in April: Andy Lidstone, Jeanie Shields, Dorothy Gosselin, Lois Lidstone, Monica Tarasiuk, Adrienne Rowan, Kathie Chernetski, Sheri Ricker and David Booth. The team won the line dance competition, dancing to the song Giddy on Up by Lara Bell Bundy.

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he Country Pride Dance Club of Red Deer took first place in the team line dance competition at the three-day Calgary Dance Stampede at the Hyatt in April.

It is the first time in 14 years that Country Pride has had a competition team. The club was formed in 1991 for the Central Alberta community to learn and promote country dance. The club started as a competition club that went to festivals and competed, but over the years has evolved to a more social club that hosts lessons, dances, and performs in Central Alberta. Just recently, interest has sparked to start a competition team again.

The choreographer of the winning dance was by Kathie Chernetski, and the 3:45-minute dance was performed to the Lara Bell Bundy song Giddy On Up. Calgary Dance Stampede is exciting international dance event that draws top competitors from around North America and Europe, performing a variety of dance styles in glorious costumes in one of Calgary’s premier venues. The event includes more than 100 hours of instructional workshops featuring new dance techniques and patterns from worldclass instructors.

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Phone tested after fire RIMBEY TEEN INJURED AFTER BLAZE THAT WAS LINKED TO CHARGING CELLPHONE

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A teenager’s iPhone 5c that sparked a fire is being tested to determine what caused it to burst into flames.

Rimbey fire chief John Weisgerber said a lab is running tests to determine whether a cord shorted out or the actual smartphone caused the Rimbey basement fire.

On May 11, Josh Schultz, 16, suffered third-degree burns on his body after his charging smartphone caught fire

while he was sleeping.

His screams woke his family, who managed to douse the fire as the volunteer fire department arrived.

The fire was contained to the basement and consisted mostly of heat and smoke damage. The family stayed at a nearby home while the smoke cleared.

Around midnight, fire crews arrived to find the smartphone plugged into a cord and resting on the edge of the bed.

The family maintains the iPhone was on the night stand when Schultz went to sleep less than two hours be-

fore.

Weisgerber said people toss and turn when sleeping and the phone could have shifted from the night stand onto the bed.

But Weisgerber said the bottom line is smartphones and electronics do not belong in the beds.

“You put something like that in the bed, it’s going to get covered up ... and overheat,” said Weisgerber.

He said people should take heed to what is written in the electronics manuals and do not be overconfident.

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should be plugged directly into a wall socket and not into an extension cord.

“Electricity was very scary when it first was discovered,” he said.

“We have harassed it over the years and dummied it down to where people think it is completely safe,” said Weisgerber.

“It hasn’t changed. It is still as unpredictable as when we first started harnessing electricity.”

The test results should be back in a few weeks. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Hunting Hills High School Grade 11 students take part in their final day of paddling as they make their way down the Red Deer River. The students in Dave McKeage’s PhysEd 20 class spent the day in the sunshine paddling from the A-Soo-Wuh-Um Day Use area west of Penhold to the city.

Sylvan eyes more debt to pay for multiplex Sylvan Lake administration is recommending going deeper into debt to cover the rising cost of a proposed multiplex.

Town council voted last month to boost the project’s cost to $33.5 million — up $2.95 million from the previous estimate — rather than lose key upgrades, including the option of converting the five-sheet curling rink into an NHL-sized ice surface, which carries a price tag of $1.6 million.

To cover the cost increases, council proposes boosting the amount of provincial Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) funding to $4.6 million from $2.6 million, while cutting costs on Lakeshore Drive and Centennial Street projects and delaying trail work. Council also planned to raise the amount gathered through various forms of community and corporate fundraising to $3 million from $2 million.

A report going to council on Monday proposes boosting the amount borrowed for the project known as the NexSource Centre to $16 million from $13 million instead.

Questions about the ability to scrape up another $1 million were raised by the fundraising committee, which noted that its target was based on a consultant’s evaluation of local moneyraising capacity.

An increase to this amount “should be considered carefully,” says the report.

Also, dipping further into provincial MSI funding would have an impact on future capital projects.

Going the borrowing route has its merits because interest rates are at historical lows and the town can borrow over a 25-year term, says the re-

port. Additional borrowing costs could be covered by the town’s recreation levy, a special tax dedicated to recreational projects.

Taking on the extra debt would boost the town’s allowable debt load under provincial regulations to 70 per cent from 62 per cent.

NexSource Centre will include a full-sized hockey arena, five-sheet curling rink, seniors centre, children’s play area and other civic spaces.

Construction is expected to start on the complex this year with completion in time for the 2016 hockey season. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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farm address is 4701 30th St. For details about the farm or the event, check www.sunnybrookfarmmuseum.ca.

case it is needed.

Existing permits for open fires will not be granted extensions while the advisory is in effect, says the county.

Those using fire pits, burn barrels or any other outdoor burning are urged to be extremely careful.

The fire advisory is not expected to be lifted until there has been some rainfall.

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

BRIEF Man faces five charges related to fatal collision A 30-year-old man faces five charges after a collision that resulted in the death of a 44-year-old Springbrook man on Wednesday.

Chad Ryan Connatty was in provincial court in Red Deer via close-circuit video on Friday morning. Police say he has a permanent Kelowna, B.C., address but has been working in the Red Deer area.

He remains in custody and will be back in court on May 29.

Connatty is charged with impaired driving causing death, operation of motor vehicle over .08 causing death, impaired operation of a motor vehicle, blood alcohol level exceeding .08 and driving while disqualified.

He is also due in Fort McMurray provincial court on June 3 on charges of impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol level exceeding .08 in relation to an earlier incident.

Sunnybrook Farm Museum plans to celebrate spring Baby animals, antique toys and farm machinery will be among the attractions at the celebration of spring at Sunnybrook Farm Museum.

The event runs on May 30 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Donkeys, horses, goats, calves, chickens, turkeys and pigs are among the animals at the farm located in Red Deer’s Bower subdivision.

A pancake breakfast, train and barrel rides, a cookie walk, garage sale and children’s games will fill the day.

Admission is by donation.

Breakfast costs $5 for adults and $3 for children, and is served until 10:30 a.m.

Parking is available at the AMA parking lot just west of the farm. The

Wilderness survival tips at Kerry Wood centre Learn the basics of wilderness survival during a walk and talk at Kerry Wood Nature Centre May 29.

This is the second in a series of social evenings. It runs from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Socialize as you hike while learning about wilderness survival.

Refreshments will follow.

Preregistration is required. Cost is $17 plus GST. Call 403-346-2010 for more information or to register.

Rocky man faces trial over choking charges A Rocky Mountain House man accused of choking a police officer who was trying to arrest him has a trial set for October.

Darrel James Jamieson, 36, has been charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, dangerous driving and impaired driving, among other offences, in relation to a March 6 incident in Sylvan Lake.

RCMP allege that Jamieson was behind the wheel of a car swerving to avoid parked cars before nearly colliding head-on with two police cruisers around 11 p.m.

Police activated their lights and sirens to pull over the suspect. Before they could do that, the suspect vehicle hit a power pole, shearing it off, before slamming into cement barriers in front of a gas station.

The suspect fled on foot and when one of the officers caught up to him, it is alleged a struggle ensued and one officer was choked until the second officer came to his aid. The choked officer was treated and released from hospital.

Defence lawyer Roy Shellnutt told the court he hopes to resolve the charges against his client without a trial. A trial date of Oct. 23 was set in

Barbershop choruses gather at CrossRoads The top barbershop choruses and quartets from across Alberta will raise their voices in Red Deer on May 30.

Wildrose Harmonizers are hosting Wild About Harmony at CrossRoads Church at 7 p.m.

The show will feature barbershop choruses and quartets from Alberta and Evergreen District 3 from the 2015 convention and competition. It will also feature a mass chorus of all the Alberta barbershoppers.

Tickets are $20 and available from David 403-342-1318 or Ron at 403-403789-6489.

For details, check www.harmonizers.ca.

Highway of Tears film shown at Welikoklad Centre A documentary relating the stories of missing and murdered women along Hwy 16 in northern British Columbia will show for two nights at the Welikoklad Event Centre.

Highway of Tears will screen on Monday and Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Doors open at 6 p.m.

There are no advance tickets. Admission is by donation. The suggested donation is $15.

All proceeds from the screening will go to support Walking With Our Sisters, a commemorative memorial for the missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada and U.S. Walking With Our Sisters will be at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery from June 1 to 21.

County fire advisory, due to dryness, high winds Red Deer County is not authorizing any new fire permits until a fire advisory is lifted.

Dry conditions and high winds have prompted the advisory that is a step below a fire ban.

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

Raise funds for dog guides at Central Alberta walks Several Central Alberta communities will host walks to raise funds for dog guides.

The local Purina Walk for Dog Guides are: ● May 30, Alix: registration 10 a.m., walk at 11 a.m. from Lions Den in Alix. ● May 31, Ponoka: registration 1 p.m., walk at 2 p.m. at Centennial Park in Ponoka. ● May 31, Spruce View: registration at 10:30 a.m. and walk at 11:30 a.m. at Double Tree Village, 14 km west of Spruce View on Hwy 54 to Range Road 41, then north to the village. ● May 31, Sylvan Lake: sign-in is at 10:30 a.m. and the walk is at 11:30 a.m. at the Sylvan Lake Dog Park at Memorial Trail and 60th Street.

All proceeds go to toward the training and placement of dogs for people with special needs. Funds remain in the area to help local people.

For more details on these walks or for other locations in Canada check www.purinawalkfordogguides.com.

Cultural fair open to all at Hunting Hills High School Explore cultural booths, dress in cultural clothing and discover something new about another country at a cultural fair on Thursday.

Hunting Hills High School in Red Deer hosts the fair from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

There will be a photo booth for those who want a picture of themselves in the clothing of another culture.

Foods, music and crafts will be part of the multicultural evening.

The event is free and open to all.

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Absorb the unfamiliar ‘YOU HAVE TO SIT STILL AND LISTEN TO MAKE YOUR WAY INTO THE MUSIC. YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO GO ON THE JOURNEY A LITTLE BIT.’ —JOHN STOWELL GUITARIST

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

John Stowell wants to take Central Albertans on a musical journey into less-travelled territory.

To appreciate the open jazz tunes played by his trio, Scenes, Stowell advises listeners to sit back and absorb the “unfamiliar” sounds with an open mind.

The music has a beat, “it’s just more disguised,” said the Portland-based guitarist. He performs with his band on Tuesday, May 26, at the Fellowship Hall of Alliance Community Church in Sylvan Lake.

“You have to sit still and listen to make your way into the music,” he added. “You have to be willing to go on the journey a little bit. ...”

Scenes has been taking audiences on instrumental journeys since 2000, when Stowell officially formed the group with musicians he’d been jamming with — Jeff Johnson on bass and John Bishop on drums.

While the Pacific West Coast trio has since performed all over the world, including at the Jazz at the Lake festival, this is the first time the band is playing a stand-alone show in Sylvan Lake.

The local gig, added to an Alberta tour that also stops at Edmonton’s Yardbird Suite, is the second of three concerts to be presented this year in lieu of a Jazz at the Lake festival, which is in hiatus for 2015.

While in Calgary, Scenes will record for Sylvan Lake-based jazz vocalist Cheryl Fisher’s new album.

Fisher and Stowell met 20 years ago at a music festival and developed a mutual respect for each other’s talents.

Stowell considers Fisher a highly original singer with a “great, individual voice.” And Fisher thinks highly enough of Stowell and his band to ask Scenes to play backup for her new album.

“It’ll be fun,” predicted the guitarist, who welcomes any opportunity to collaborate with Fisher and her husband, noted saxophonist Eric Allison.

Stowell has become critically renowned for his virtuosic style of playing, which makes his instrument sound like a singing voice. He holds his electric guitar diagonally, with its neck higher than usual, for better access to the frets.

“I can spread out my fingers that way. It’s more pianistic.”

The musician, who toured the Soviet Union in 1983 and has recorded with Bill Watrous, Paul Horn, Milt Jackson and many others, has always been interested in rhythm, harmony and “conversational” elements in jazz music.

Given his approach to playing, it isn’t surprising that Stowell’s musical influences are as diverse as keyboardist and composer Bill Evans, musical innovator Herbie Hancock, and bebop alto saxophonist

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John Stowell performs with his band on Tuesday, May 26, at the Fellowship Hall of Alliance Community Church in Sylvan Lake.

Cannonball Adderley.

Scenes — which recorded a series of albums on the Seattle-based Origin Records label‚ including the latest, Scenes But Not Heard — is known for creating a “compelling sonic landscapes” that doesn’t showcase one instrument or sound, but makes “cohesive musical conversations.”

The trio continues to play intimate venues — usually in big cities — because jazz is a niche market with a relatively small audience, compared to other musical genres.

But Stowell considers it his job to make it more accessible to audiences.

The guitarist chats with listeners to break the ice at shows, informing about various musical approach to the tunes.

This way audience members better understand how the original pieces are structured, and how the band’s textural, colourful sounds are made.

Tickets to the 7 p.m. concert are $20 from www.jazzatthelake.com. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Poltergeist remake haunted by far better original REMAKE OF 1982 CLASSIC POLTERGEIST STARRING SAM ROCKWELL AND ROSEMARIE DEWITT CAN’T FILL THE SIZABLE SHOES OF ONE OF THE SCARIEST HORROR MOVIES EVER MADE

At the BY: LINDA BARNARD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Poltergeist Rated 14A Two stars (out of four) If not for the talents of Sam Rockwell and Rosemary DeWitt, Gil Kenan’s 2015 retooling of 1982 paranormal thriller Poltergeist wouldn’t stand a ghost of a chance.

As laid-back, recently downsized dad Eric Bowen and frustrated writer-wife Amy Bowen, they’re credible and often effortlessly funny as a couple reluctantly relocating to cost-saving suburbia, with Hamilton standing in for middle America.

They have three kids in tow, sullen teen Kendra (Saxon Sharbino), nervous middle boy, Griffin (Kyle Catlett) and cutie pie Maddie (Kennedi Clements), the 6-year-old who is soon kidnapped by vengeful dead people who drag her to the “other side” via the TV set to right a buried wrong.

With a whole world of technology birthed since the infinitely better — and far scarier — 1982 original, a tech update would seem the only logical reason for a reboot.

But the kid is still trapped in the tube, just like 30 years ago. OK, so it’s a flat-screen, but this is progress?

Steven Spielberg’s original story isn’t much changed, as the family moves in and finds increasingly strange goings-on in their home.

In some cases, the dialogue is the same, although the delivery is picked up to match the quickened pace of the remake, which rushes to get everything into 93 minutes.

There are some jumps but few legitimate scares, unlike director Tobe Hooper’s original, which, although similarly bloodless, still stands as one of the scariest movies ever made.

The Bowens approach paranormal expert Brooke Powell (Jane Adams) and her team for help.

She brings in a bigger gun with reality show ghostbuster Carrigan Burke, a medium with a message.

He signs off each show with “this house is clean,” making us miss helium-voiced actress Zelda Rubinstein as spirit tamer Tangina Barrons.

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Sam Rockwell, left, as Eric Bowen and Rosemarie DeWitt, centre, as his wife Amy, desperately trying to hold on to Kennedi Clements, right, their youngest daughter Madison, who‚ has been targeted by terrifying apparitions in the film Poltergeist.

In fact we miss a lot in Kenan’s version, disappointed that the director behind the 2006 animation Monster House wouldn’t have a better handle on telling a haunting tale.

The spirits may have been willing with Poltergeist but the movie is weak.

Linda Barnard is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Stones rock small L.A. club ahead of stadium tour HONOUR BB KING WITH ENCORE

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BRIEFS Dora the Explorer show returns to Red Deer on May 30 Dora the Explorer is once again searching for her lost teddy.

After being seen by more than four-million parents and children in 30 countries, Dora the Explorer Live! Search for the City of Lost Toys is returning on Saturday, May 30, to Red Deer’s Centrium.

A Central Alberta audience can help Dora use her map-reading, singing, counting and language skills to navigate over a pyramid and through a jungle to get to the City of Lost Toys.

The 70-minute live show from Koba Entertainment features colourful costumes and sets, as well as Dora’s cousin Diego, Boots, Tico, Isa, Benny, Map, and Backpack.

Tickets for the 1 p.m. show are from $25 to $40 from Ticketmaster.

LOS ANGELES — The Rolling Stones ripped through the intimate Fonda Theatre with enough energy to fuel their entire 15-city North American tour.

The band announced Wednesday morning it would perform a “club show” that night to kick off its Zip Code tour, which launches Sunday in San Diego.

Central Albertans are invited to take the plunge The surprise concert at the 1,300-person-capacity with Ariel and her undersea friends in the latest venue instantly sold out.

Cornerstone Youth Theatre musical.

And one fan outside the theatre offered $4,000 for The Little Mermaid will open on Friday, May 29, at one ticket. the New Life Fellowship, bringing to life the magiThe Stones played for an hour and a half, includ- cal underwater kingdom that was popularized by the ing the entire Sticky Fingers album, with the same Disney movie. enthusiasm they had when the record was released King Neptune’s daughter Ariel defies her formiin 1971. dable father and tries to change her fate after falling “So this is our first show of our tour,” an animated in love with ship-wrecked landlubber, Prince Eric.

Mick Jagger said.

Will the little mermaid be able to leave her ocean “Tonight we’re doing something we’ve never done home behind to marry her handsome prince? First before... We’re going to do the whole of Sticky Fin- she must make a deal with evil sea witch Octavia, gers.” who covets Ariel’s enchanting voice — the same The group is re-releasing the album next week. voice that captivated Eric.

They played each of the tracks as promised, with More than 60 talented young Central Albertans Jagger exhibiting the energy of a high-school cheer- are involved in this large-scale production, which leader throughout. (Doesn’t he know he’s 71?!) runs until Saturday, June 6, at 20 Kelloway Crescent He strutted and boogied, puffed out his birdlike in Red Deer. chest, punched the air and wiggled his wiry frame.

The high-energy, family-friendly musical is based He grinned and clapped and urged the audience to on a favourite story by Hans Christian Andersen, and join along. is directed by Tori Grebinski.

And he was in exceptionally fine voice. Who cares Shows are at 7 p.m. on May 29, 30, June 5, 6, and if he can’t hit the very highest notes anymore? also at 3 p.m. on May 30 and June 6.

Keith Richards was in fine voice, too, and extra Tickets are $12 ($10 children, $11 seniors) in adsmiley. vance, or $14 for all ages at the door. All tickets are With his white hair and grey pallor, The 71-year- $10 for one day only — at the discount matinee at 3 old guitarist kind of looks like he’s made of cigarette p.m. on May 30. ashes, but his guitar is ever young, and Richards For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit looked like he was having fun. cornerstoneyouththeatre.org or call 403-986-2981.

Same for Ronnie Wood, all cheekbones and sinew, and drummer Charlie Watts, who shared a toothy smile with Jagger.

At times, there were as many as 11 musicians on stage, with two keyboardists, two backup singers, two saxophone players and a bassist joining the four Toronto pop/rockers OzGoode perform next week Stones members.

The crowd was just as starry, with Jack Nicholson, in Red Deer.

The radio-friendly group, whose music contains Bruce Willis, Harry Styles, Leonard Cohen and Kesha among those enjoying the show from the a touch of soul, plays on Thursday, May 28, at The Olive. private balcony, open strictly to VIPs. OzGoode is primarily a collaboration between Jagger was the master of ceremonies, and he was songwriters Patrick Phillips and Joseph Pittari. The in great spirits.

“I should have warned you before, but there duo have worked with various vocalists over the may be a lot of ’60s drug references on this record last few years, including Yolanda Campbell, who that may puzzle some people. It was a great, groovy recorded Save Me, Repose, Shake It Off and Where Did You Go. scene,” he said as he introduced Sister Morphine.

Phillips, a multi-instrumentalist and drummer, “That’s seriously a bit of a down song,” he said and guitarist Pittari have also collaborated on film when they finished it. soundtracks for Good People Bad Things and Breathe.

“And there’s more to come!”

PRODUCED BY KOBA ENTERTAINMENT Jagger strapped on an acoustic guitar to perform Wild Horses, and Richards sat down with a 12-string for You’ve Got to Move. The set also included Start Me Up, When the Whip Comes Down and All Down the Line.

The band used its encore to pay tribute to the late BB King, who died last week.

“He was one of our favourite guitarists,” Jagger said, “a wonderful guy who played with us on a number of occasions.”

The Stones’ version of Rock Me Baby featured a harmonica solo by Jagger.

They also played Jumpin’ Jack Flash before finishing with Otis Redding’s Can’t Turn You Loose, capping the night Tickets available by phone at with an all-band bow.

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“Next year we’ll come back and do the whole of Satanic Majesties,” Jagger quipped.

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Their song Missing You was recorded by Ambre McLean and became a Top 40 charter.

OzGoode, whose EP Beginnings is available on SoundCloud, is on a 30-date Canadian tour.

For more information about the show, call 403340-8288.

Folk Rockers Sea Perry play The Hideout on Friday The upbeat, campfire vibe of folk/rock group Sea Perry will soon be felt at The Hideout.

The Sudbury, Ont., trio performs on Friday, May 29, at the venue in Gasoline Alley, south of Red Deer.

Sea Perry recorded the “happy” song Lion and infectious Molly’s Shoes on the 10-track LP Do What You Do, which was just released last month.

The band, made up of singer/guitarist Chris Milligan, drummer Chad Bouchard, and bassist Shawn Fisher, also has the EP Why the Folk Not? Sea Perry has opened for The Trews, The Strumbellas, Hollerado and Great Big Sea, and is on a Prairie tour.

For more information about the show, call 403348-5309.

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CAMPBELL Kavenia It is with deep sadness, we announce the passing of Kavenia Campbell on Monday, May 18, 2015. Friends are invited to a celebration of her life at the Golden Circle on Sunday, May 31, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

COUTURE Lenore Barbara (nee Stroeder) After a long courageous battle with cancer, Lenore passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her immediate family on Monday, May 18, 2015 at age 74 years. She was a beautiful, strong woman who had a heart of gold. Her infectious smile and love for life will never be forgotten. She will be dearly missed by her husband, Denis, her children: Giselle (Allan) Crate, Rick (Dionne) Couture, and Robbie McKinnon, and grandchildren: Jonas, Charley, and Megan. She is also survived by her brothers and sisters: Marcy Hoffman, Dorothy Campbell, Lucille Stothers, Murray Stroeder, Duane Stroeder, Denise Stroeder, as well as many nieces and nephews. We wish to thank family and friends for visiting and their kind words during her illness.

We also wish to thank the Red Deer Hospice Society for their loving care. A Celebration of Life will be held at Davenport Place, 2300 Danielle Drive, Red Deer, AB, on Sunday, June 14, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by v i s i t i n g www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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HENRY (nee Chisholm) Norma Victoria June 26, 1912 - May 19, 2015 Norma passed away peacefully at Michener Hill Extendicare six weeks shy of celebrating her 103rd birthday. Born in VanLeek Hill, Ontario, Norma and her parents, Bella and Donald and her sister Ola moved to Sedalia - Naco District near Youngstown, Alberta in 1918.

They farmed there until 1936 when her dad then purchased a farm in the Antler Hill District near Red Deer. While working as a hairdresser in Edmonton, Norma met and married her soul mate Earnest in 1942.

While Ernie was serving his country overseas, Norma plied her trade in Edmonton and Red Deer. Upon Ernie’s return they resided in Waskatenau until moving to Red Deer with their son Butch in 1950. Norma worked at Builders Hardware. In 1966, Ernie’s job took them to Vancouver where they lived until retiring in the Okanagan Valley.

During these years Norma and Ernie enjoyed many summers travelling throughout western Canada, playing golf and visiting family and friends with their trailer in tow. Following Ernie`s passing, Norma returned to Red Deer where she stayed until her passing.

Norma was an avid sports fan and faithfully followed her beloved Edmonton Oilers and Eskimos, never missing a game. She knew every player and coach and faithfully followed their careers. Norma is survived by her son Butch (Joanne), grandson Noah and his daughter Keja, brother Stan (Bonnie) Chisholm and her nieces and nephews. At Norma`s request, a private family remembrance will be held at a later date.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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MICHEL Jamie Shane Jamie Shane Michel passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday, May 18, 2015 at the age of 44 years. Jamie was born on October 11, 1970 in Hay River, NT. He will be lovingly missed and remembered by his partner, Sandra Smallgeese, daughter, Marissa Smallgeese, parents; Louis and Germaine Michel, brother, Sheldon (Candace) Michel, nieces and nephews, and his work brothers and sisters. A funeral service will be held at the Roman Catholic Church, Hay River, NT on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes in Jamie’s honor may be made directly to the Alberta Cancer Foundation at www.albertacancer.ca Condolences may be forwarded to the family by v i s i t i n g www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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OPEN HOUSE BOB & ALENA SKARRA’S 50th Anniversary Sunday June 14, 1:30 - 4:30 Light Lunch Bower Kin Community Hall 85 Boyce St. Red Deer In lieu of gifts, please bring photos and memories.

Ashley Stoltz Congratulations for achieving your Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors in Micro Biology at U of A. Love Gram Elaine and family

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MACDONALD, Doug Aug. 24, 1949 - May 23, 2007 In Loving Memory of Our Brother No farewell words were spoken, No time to say good-bye.

You were gone before we knew it, And only God knows why.

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Forever loved, deeply missed But never forgotten Norm, Wendy, Judy, Holly, Don and families.

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Sunterra -One of the Canada’s industry leaders in the Ag sector is looking for Management Trainees.

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Mental Health Nurse-Counsellor The Mental Health Nurse-Counsellor will work as a member of an interdisciplinary educational team at Horizon Alternate School in Olds. The successful candidate will provide emotional and physical support to students and families with complex and diverse learning needs. Horizon School operates on a Year Round school calendar with the position commencing August 5, 2015.

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 15 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $12/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. or Call 403-848-2356 JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

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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 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.

Sales & Distributors

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StoreSmart Self-Storage is now hiring for a Part Time

Assistant Manager!

For job description and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs No phone calls please.

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Trades

Cruisin Auto Repair

5212-68 Street, Red Deer Looking for licensed: AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS. No Weekends.

Excellent Wages.

Apply in person.

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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LOCAL independent construction company looking to hire for on-site residential renovation work. Demonstrated proficiency in finishing work (drywall, tile setting, finish carpentry, or similar) and reading plans is required. Will be expected to follow safety program and procedures specific to working in occupied spaces. Own transportation and basic tools required. Please email resume & ref’s to: admin@freshrenos.com

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SAFETY

LOCAL independent construction company looking to hire construction labourer on a P/T basis.

Own transportation req’d.

Experience in finishing trades an asset. Please email resume & ref’s to: admin@freshrenos.com

SAVE $$$$ prepay your LOOKING for Framers/ Classified ad. 1-877-223- carpenters 403-357-9816 3311.

Restaurant/ Hotel

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Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

403-586-4558 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

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

Labourers & Flag Persons

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Busy road construction company looking for Labourers AND flag persons. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

LAWN CARE Req’d in Markerville A person for lawn maintenance on acreage.

403-346-5885

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Dental

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THE RED DEER PUBLIC School District invites applications for the position of Caretaker at Central SELF motivated journeyCLASSIFICATIONS Middle School. Monday to man sheet metal mechanic Misc.

Friday from 2:00 -10:00 1500-1990 req’d for shop in Innisfail. Help p.m. Team Cleaning ConThe successful applicant cept. For more information will have a truck and fuel visit our website: CRYSTAL GLASS supplied. Must possess www.rdpsd.ab.ca. Deadneeds a GLASS Auctions good organizational skills line for applications will be INSTALLER. Some exp. and be able to work comnoon on June 2, 2015. Appreferred, but training is mercial projects without plication forms may be provided. Benefits and HUGE AUCTION assistance. Will be trained forwarded to 4747-53 St., company uniforms after 3 & GARAGE SALE on computer sheet metal Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6. months. Drop off resume 178 METCALF AVE Alley layout. Must have clean Fax: 403-342-3780 or at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax Sat. May 23, Viewing drivers license. Competiemail: humanresources@ 11am Auction starts 11:30.

346-5390 or email: tive rates $34/hr. and rdpsd.ab.ca. branch208@crystalglass.ca Garage Sale at end, Raffle benefit incld. Call A current criminal record Prizes, hotdogs, coffee, 403-227-6554 or fax check and child intervenpop. Antiques, F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk. resume to 403-227-6478 tion check will be required. collectibles, household, Apply in person camping, tools, yard etc....

SHOP HELP AND/OR w/resume: Highland Green APPRENTICE MECHANIC Value Drug Mart.

REQ’D IMMED. Children's Truck exp. preferred.

HERITAGE LANES 8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of BlackItems BOWLING falds. Steady f/t year Red Deer’s most modern 5 round employment BABY Safety 1st exersaucer, pin bowling center req’s a w/benefits. Fax: $25. 403-342-1934 SPECIAL EVENTS Wolf Creek Public Schools 403-784-2330 CO-ORDINATOR invites applications for the BRAND new breast pump, Phone: 403-784-3811 Please send resume to: following position: $5. 403-885-5020 SMALL RURAL MEAT htglanes@ SHOP in central AB telus.net or apply in person Custodial Services looking for F/T meat Foreman cutter. 8 - 4:30, no weekHERITAGE LANES Clothing Division Office ends. Knowledge of cutting BOWLING Ponoka, AB hanging carcasses Red Deer’s most modern 5 BOOTS, leather, Italian needed. Rental house pin bowling center req’s For further specifics on the ladies chocolate, soft avail. within walking dispermanent F/T & P/T front above position, please visit glove fit over knee length, tance of meat shop at a counter staff for all shifts Wolf Creek Public Schools’ zippered back, 2 3/4” heel, very reasonable rate with (days, eves. and wknds). website at www.wolf$200. 403-227-2976 paid utils. Above industry Please send resume to: creek.ab.ca, or contact the wages avail. with skill & htglanes@ Division Office at JACKET, leather, sz. 12. exp. 403-843-4383 telus.net or apply in person 403-783-3473. $25.; 403-342-7460 jkcmeats@hotmail.ca

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GROW WITH US Excellent Salary with Benefits CARPET CLEANING TECHNICIAN

Become a sought-after professional in the art and science of carpet & upholstery and all-surface cleaning! Work Monday to Friday during the day, with some evenings and Saturdays.

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We’re looking for someone with: • A commitment to excellence • Good physical fitness • Good hand/eye coordination

Now Hiring Clerical

GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION

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• Good communication skills • Mechanical aptitude

Learn under the personal direction of one of North America’s experts in restorative cleaning!

Salary and Benefits based on skill set and experience

FULL TIME ACCOUNTING POSITION

SUPERVISORS

Please submit cover letter, resume and references to: Peacock Inn/KFC #1, 4971 Phelan Street Red Deer, AB T4P 3Z4 Email mail@peacockgroup.ca

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Competitive wages and bene¿ts plan.

Hours Àexible.

Drop off or mail resume + driver’s abstract to MancusoCleaning #8-7428-49 Ave Red Deer, T4P 1M2 www.mancusocleaning.com

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• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities • Medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

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Red Deer company requires three quarter to full time experienced accounting person that will learn company structure and daily duties including payroll, payables, bank reconciliations, lease managements and be able to complete monthly ¿nancial reporting to owners. Accounting experience required to prepare Year end ¿nancials for accountants.

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 10 ATKINS Close, Thurs., 4213 35 ST. (Back Alley) May 21, 4 - 8, Fri., May 22, May 22 & 23 10 - 8, Sat., May 23, 9 - 3.

Fri. & Sat. 8 -3 Newer clothes, DVDs, Table saw, rototiller, ninelectronics, toys, household. tendo Wii, antique tea set..

LAKESIDE VILLAS HUGE Multi-Family Sale 173 Austin Drive Fri,, May 22, 1-7 & Sat., May 23, 9-5

College Park 58 COLLEGE PARK DR. MULTI FAMILY May 23 & 24 Sat. & Sun. 9 - 4 Furniture, post-reno items, cupboards, doors, building materials, tools, gardening tools, wheel barrow, motorcycles, lawn mowers, dishwasher, household, cds, dvds, microwave, tires and rims for cars and trucks, antiques, bike, speakers, record player, misc.

Fairview - Upper 24 FIR ST. 1/2 PRICE Sale May 23 & 24 Sat. 9 - 4 & Sun. 10 - 3 Tools, 20x12 tarp canvas, misc. household.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Lonsdale 641 LANCASTER DR. May 22 & 23 Fri. 3 - 7 & Sat. 7 - 2 Moving Sale Everything Must Go!!

ESTATE SALE at 4117 35 St. Clearance of collectibles, household items, & some antiques.

Sat. May 23, 10 a.m.-5 Sun. May 24, 10 a.m.-3 No earlier please.

Parkvale 4626 - 48 ST (Alley) May 22/23: Priced to Sell Fri. 4 - 8 & Sat. 9 - 4 Desks, books, brass, Too much to list!

Sunnybrook 21 SPENCER ST. May 22, Fri. 2 - 7 May 23, Sat. 9 - 4 All items at discount!

Antique dresser & more!!

West Park

Innisfail

5601 - 41 STREET, Sat. May 23, 10 -5 & Sun., May 24, 10-2. Yard sale at back of house via alley.

Rain or shine.

5324 36A ST. LARGE SALE - May 22/23 Fri. 10 - 6, Sat. 9 - 4 Many tools, power tools, household items, garden tools, camping equip., incl’ds motor home and 1985 GMC truck.

Everything in the garage must Go!

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Out of Town HWY. #595, Old Delburne Rd. #27076 Estate Sale: May 22/23 Fri. 4-8 & Sat. 9 - 4 Oak Dining Set, Fire place, Chesterfield & chair, lazy boy, lamps, etc. Mint cond.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

SAVE $$$$ prepay your Classified ad. 1-877-2233311.

Sylvan Lake

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS CELEBRATIONS

Contractors

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BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

HAPPENLake EVERY DAY Sylvan IN CLASSIFIEDS

CONCRETE???

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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

Sylvan Lake

Twin Renovations

Painters/ Decorators

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

PAINTING Residential.

Color consulting. Clean guaranteed. 403-358-8384

J & J ENTERPRISES Landscaping, garbage removal, bldg. maint., weed control. Cert. tradesman. Free Quotes 403-848-4401, 877-8717

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Massage Therapy

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FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777

Roofing

1370

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Window Cleaning

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RESIDENTIAL Window & Eavestrough Cleaning.

Free Est.. 403-506-4822

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

Yard Care

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

ALL yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/hedges.

403-358-1614

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

Moving & Storage

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THE ROTOTILLER GUY Garden Rototilling & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Moving & Storage

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DUMP RUNS, clean ups Fences, Decks, custom and more. 403-550-2502 built gazebos, Kitchens, Bath, Bsmt. Exc. workmanship.

Painters/ Journeyman Carpenter.

Call Brian 403-597-6624 Decorators

182 WEBSTER DRIVE May 21, 22, & 23 Thurs. & Fri. 3 - 7, Sat. 9-4 Misc. household and sporting goods.

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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

West Lake

MULTI - FAMILY 166 WEBSTER DR. May 21, 22, 23 & 24 Thurs/Fri 11-8, Sat/Sun 9-6 Something for Everyone!

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Handyman Services

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360 painting.com residential, interior and exterior, free est. 403-350-7384

BEAT THE RUSH! Book JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. now for your home projects. Free Est. 403-872-8888 Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, LAUREL TRUDGEON landscaping, small tree Residential Painting and cutting, fencing & decking.

Colour Consultations.

Call James 403-341-0617 403-342-7801.

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Mountview

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Anders on the Lake

Accounting

Landscaping

C8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 23, 2015

LADIES Rieker, size 37 white sling leather upper shoes, antistress, Dora style, worn once. Reg. $129, asking $90. 403-227-2976 SCRUBS, health care uniform, size medium. approx. pieces, $100. obo.

EquipmentHeavy

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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Tools 1/4

7 ” B & D circular saw, $25. 403-885-5020 TABLE SAW, asking $200.403-342-1934

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Firewood

AFFORDABLE

Household Furnishings

MOVING - Must Sell Like New - glass tv stand, and wood hutch/desk, $75 obo for each item.

403-302-7336 MOVING - Must Sell Like New - table and chairs, and sectional couch, $75 obo for each item. 403-302-7336

Misc. for Sale

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

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Health & Beauty

LIZ ARDEN NY, NEW, 1 red croc., make-up bag, w/12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. This would make a great Mother’s Day gift, $195. value, Asking $50.

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Household Appliances

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DRYER, Inglis HD, white ext. large capacity, Electric. $90.

403-341-9990 341-9990 WASHER & Dryer, Kenmore Super Capacity, front load, white. $425. pr.

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Household Furnishings

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HIDE-A-BED, dble. good condition. $50.

403-340-1347 KITCHEN table w/4 swivel chairs, $100.

Solid Oak table $50.

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WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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100 VHS movies, $75.

403-885-5020 70 Western LP records, 45’s & 78’s, $1. ea.

Electric typewriter, $35.

403-342-7460 OVER 100 LP records, (45 & 78). $100. 403-885-5020 SPIDER Plants (4), $4. ea.

2 mature spider plants, $8. ea. 403-342-7460 STORAGE shed, tent style, 8’ x 8’ x 7’, full front door roll-up, spare roof and wall cover, set up to view. $110. 403-346-2192

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

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Sporting Goods

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HOME Gym, $50.

403-340-1347 MOVING - Must Sell Like New - treadmill, $75 obo. 403-302-7336 WANTED: Will pay cash for good used tread climber. Prefer Bow Flex.

403-740-6592

Travel Packages

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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HOUSE FOR Rent in Red Deer,Kentwood. 4 bdrm.

3 bathrooms, double attached garage, new paint and fence, available July 1. $2000.00 /month plus all utilities call 403-391-9656 MOUNTVIEW house w/att. single garage, 2 bdrm., large private yard. Avail.

June 1. $1200.

403-358-6219 OLDER 1 bdrm. smaller house, large lot, Penhold. $875/mo. negotiable.

403-886-5342, 403-357-7817

Advocate Opportunities

Condos/ Townhouses

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Suites

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Mobile Lot

3 BDRM. 2 baths, 5 appls., 2 & 3 BDRM. units avail. in PADS $450/mo. n/s, no pets, avail June 1. Sylvan Lake. At reduced Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., $1200. 403-505-1740 rate. 403-341-9974 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

LACOMBE 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious Down payment $4000. Call bath, 5 appls., garage suites 3 appls., heat/water at anytime. 403-588-8820 $1495/mo. incld., Oriole Park.

782-7156 357-7465 Mike 403-350-1620 403-986-6889

MORRISROE

3 bdrm. townhouse, GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. across from park, 1.5 bath, apartments, avail. immed, fenced yard, 5 appls., rent rent $875 403-596-6000 $1250, SD. $800. Avail.

June 1 Call 403-304-5337 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only SEIBEL PROPERTY n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545

2 Weeks Free Rent 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

MORRISROE MANOR

3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, Adult bldg. only, N/S No pets 403-596-2444

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

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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

ORIOLE PARK 2 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1075. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail.

June 1st. 403-304-5337

Suites

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1 BDRM. bsmt. suite, utils. incl., washer & dryer, $800 403-346-1292 after 4

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

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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~ Westpark ~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1195 to $1395 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. or June 1 References required.

Houses For Sale

RARE FIND

ONE bdrm. apt. avail. imm. $850 plus power. Call Bob 403-872-3400 OPPOSITE HOSPITAL 2 bdrms, balcony, no pets $875 403-346-5885

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

FLYER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

NORMANDEAU Nichols Cres. & Nyberg Ave.

WESTPARK 55 & 56 Ave. also 39 St. also 41 & 42 St. ************************** For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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

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HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

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2008 SUZUKI Boulevard C109RT, loaded with saddle bags, windshield, cruise (manual), running lights, back rest, 44,500 kms.

Excellent Condition! $8100. o.b.o.

403-318-4653

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Blackfalds 1390 sq. ft. bilevel 3 bdrm. 2 bath, att. garage, walkout, backs onto walk/trail system w/ alley access, many upgrades.

A must see! $430,000 inclds. Legal fees, GST, sod, tree, appls.

LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES

Avail. June 1, 2 bdrm bsmt. suite, 4 appls, private entry, n/s, n/p, rent $700 rent/dd. + utils. 403-845-2926

Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

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FREE…LIST OF HOMES with owners phone numbers, addresses and prices. Call Help-U-Sell of Red Deer at 403-342-7355

Rooms For Rent

FULLY furn. bdrm. for rent, $500/mth - $250 DD. Call 403-396-2468

Pasture

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PASTURE LAND Avail. for 10 cow/calves, in North Red Deer.

403-346-5885

Advocate Opportunities

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

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1984 PONTIAC Fiero, exc. cond. $3250. 403-357-8467

2010 OUTBACK Keystone Superlite 28’, 31’ w/hitch, 2 slideouts, good cond., $21,500 403-844-7970

Boats & Marine

Advocate Opportunities

RISER HOMES

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Cars

WatersEdge Marina

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Motorcycles CARRIERS REQUIRED

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DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE READ BY

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

2013 HONDA PCX 150 scooter, 1,185 km, $2,700.

403-346-9274

100,000 Potential Buyers???

2011 HARLEY Sportster $8500. 403-598-4131

TRY

CARRIERS NEEDED Earn approximately: $464.00 per month Reliable vehicle required

Classified Advertising

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

Alford Ave. Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres.

Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, BOWER AREA

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

Brown Close/Barrett Dr. Bunn Cres.

Barrett Drive

For VANIER Area

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Blackfalds. Beautiful BunFull Title Boat Slips galow 1 only. 1320 sq. ft. 2 Starting at $58,000 2002 CHEV Cavalier, 2 dr., bdrm. 2 bath, main floor Located in Brand New 96,000 kms.

403-318-3040 laundry.Granite, hardwood, Marina, Downtown tile, Chigaco brick fireSylvan Lake, AB place. Lots of extras. www.watersedgeslyvan.com Backs onto green space SUV's PONTOON Boat, walking trail.Legal fees, including access. $200.

GST, sod, tree and appls.

403-347-3849 incld. $454,000 LLOYD 1995 JEEP Cherokee, 4x4, FIDDLER 403-391-9294 1 owner, 134,000 kms., CANOE, Coleman, orange, exc. cond. $5000.

15’, 6”, 36” wide in 403-357-8467, 573-1595 middle, seats 3, 2 paddles, like new, $600 obo.

403-347-2374. Ask for Tip.

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS Needed for Early Morning in LANCASTER area:

wheels

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

WEST PARK

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CARRIERS REQUIRED

1 day a week in:

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

Motorcycles

Trailers 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

For more information, please call PRODIE @ (403) 314-4301 To deliver the

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OPEN HOUSE Sat., May 23, 3-5 condo/4 plex, 2 bdrm., Lots For 1000 sq. ft. total, 6 new appls., Sale all newly decorated and painted, next to new, Residential Building Lots in Motorhomes $167,900, imm.. poss., a Gated, Maintenance REMAX, Margaret Free Golf & Lake Bedroom CORSAIR 28’ Motorhome Comeau 403.391.3399 community, 25 minutes 403-783-2330 or 704-9109 from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact Holiday Mike at 1-403-588-0218

ANDERS AREA

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

Condos/ Townhouses

With 73 papers, approximately: $380.00/mo.

INGLEWOOD AREA

For LANCASTER Area

Ibbotson Close Imbeau Close

With 42 papers, approximately $220./mo

MORRISROE AREA

1997 HONDA Shadow Spirit 1100, windshield, leather bags, storage cover, $3800. 403-740-6592

SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 1-877-223-3311

Open House Directory

Tour These Fine Homes

Munro Cres./MacKenzie Cres.

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive

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

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres.

SOUTHBROOK AREA

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

Sorensen Close/Sisson Ave. Sutherland Cres.

Shaw Close

DEER PARK AREA

VANIER AREA

Dobson Cl. and Duffield Ave also Douglas Ave $71.20/mo.

Vanier Dr.

NE Red Deer

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OPEN HOUSE 380 TIMOTHY DR. May 23 & 24, Sat. & Sun. 12-4 $359,000.

Out Of Red Deer

Out Of Red Deer

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SERGES HOMES Open House 22 Coachill St. Blackfalds May 21, 22, & 23 Hours: 1-5

4310

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

********************** For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

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Suncor CEO calls for climate change action ‘DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION WE CAN CHOOSE’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Calls for tougher carbon pricing are coming from what may, on the surface, seem like an unlikely source: Calgary business leaders, including the boss of Canada’s biggest oilsands player.

“Climate change is happening,” Suncor Energy CEO Steve Williams said in a speech Friday. “Doing nothing is not an option we can choose.”

Williams made his remarks at an event hosted by Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, a group focused on environmental and economic policy.

“We’re trying to move Canada toward a position of leadership,” he said. “That’s not how we’re viewed around the world at the moment. We’re viewed to be quite the opposite.”

The carbon footprint of the oilsands has been a big factor in the debate over whether new pipelines that would bring that crude to market, such as Keystone XL, ought to be built.

Some observers have said a more stringent climate policy under Alberta’s newly elected NDP government may actually help the industry on that

score.

Alberta has had a carbon pricing mechanism in place since 2007 - the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation - that expires at the end of June. It charges a $15-per-tonne levy to large emitters that go above a certain intensity threshold.

Williams told reporters the policy, the first of its kind in North America, was a “great start,” but there’s “an opportunity to move on.”

The discussion at the event centred on provincial rather than federal climate action, even after Ottawa’s announcement last week that it’s aiming to get emissions 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

“The truth is that a federal government of any political stripe would face significant challenges instituting a top-down, one-size-fits-all carbon pricing policy, especially if associated revenues would then flow out of the provinces,” said Ecofiscal Commission chairman Chris Ragan.

Justin Smith, director of policy, research and government relations at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, said Alberta’s current climate policy is not as effective as it should be.

“It’s just a misallocation of resources,” he said.

Smith said he understands why businesses might

have some “trepidation” about a higher carbon price. But he said the notion that environmental reform necessarily threatens businesses’ competitiveness represents a “false choice.”

Smith cited as an example restaurants that resisted smoking bans at first but continued to thrive.

Any change to the policy must be “broad-based” — applied to energy consumers and producers alike, said Suncor’s Williams.

And although there’s a sense of urgency, Williams cautioned against rushing any climate policy changes through.

“We could do an awful lot of damage over the next few months and years if we get this wrong,” he said.

Amin Asadollahi of the Pembina Institute, an environmental think tank, says a $30-per-tonne carbon price like in British Columbia would be a good starting point, as it’s likely to deliver results without harming industry returns.

He said it makes sense to move on it sooner rather than later.

“Inaction results in increased costs. That’s costs that my generation will have to take on and pass to future generations.”

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Iraq’s Vice President Iyad Allawi, center, attends the opening session of the World Economic Forum at the King Hussein convention center, Southern Shuneh, Jordan, Friday. Top political and business leaders are coming together in the Middle East at a regional World Economic Forum conference to search for solutions to widespread joblessness, which has created fertile ground for the recruitment of desperate youths by militants.

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RBC backs off fee change after client feedback TORONTO — The Royal Bank is backing off on its plan to charge customers a fee to make credit card, loan and mortgage payments under certain circumstances.

The big bank (TSX:RY) says it has listened to cli-

ent feedback and reversed its original decision to include those transactions in a customer’s monthly limit of free debit transactions.

The change means mortgage and loan payments, investment contributions and credit card payments will not count towards a customer’s monthly limit.

Customers who have accounts with unlimited debit transactions would not have been affected.

Royal Bank was widely criticized for the new charge that was part of a broader change to the fees it charges customers.

The NDP has called on Ottawa to ban so-called “pay-to-pay” fees by Canada’s big banks.

Cheap energy prices churn out weakest inflation since 2013

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The weight of low energy prices slowed the country’s annual inflation rate to just 0.8 per cent last month - its weakest reading since October 2013, Statistics Canada said Friday.

The agency’s April inflation reading, released less than a week before the Bank of Canada’s next scheduled interest-rate announcement, was much lower than the 1.2 per cent increase in March.

Statistics Canada’s latest consumer price index found that cheaper year-over-year energy prices were among the biggest factors behind the slower inflation rate, as prices rose in seven of the index’s eight major categories.

Gasoline prices fell 21 per cent in April compared with the previous year, while fuel oil tumbled 20 per cent and natural gas dropped by 14.6 per cent, the Statistics Canada report said. The agency found that prices in all other major categories rose to the point that excluding energy items would bring the inflation rate up to 2.2 per cent.

The items with the most upward pressure on prices included meat, which rose 11.2 per cent compared to a year earlier. Home and mortgage insurance rose 8.6 per cent and telephone services crept up 6.3 per cent.

Consumer prices rose last month in seven provinces - with Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick registering negative inflation. Saskatchewan had the highest inflation at 1.2 per cent.

On a seasonally-adjusted monthly basis, inflation dropped 0.1 per cent in April, which followed an increase of 0.3 per cent in March.

The core inflation rate, which is monitored closely by the Bank of Canada and excludes some volatile items such as gasoline, was 2.3 per cent last month. It followed a reading of 2.4 per cent in March.

In February, the central bank warned the turbulence of the global oil-price crash could briefly bump inflation into negative territory, but it also

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said at the time that there was no reason to worry about outright deflation.

Even with the weaker inflation rate for April, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is widely expected to stand pat on the key overnight interest rate at next Wednesday’s policy meeting.

Last month, the bank said its outlook for inflation, the key indicator behind rate decisions, remained “roughly balanced.”

Jimmy Jean, a senior economist with Desjardins, said the lower core inflation reading will probably provide some relief for the Bank of Canada.

The inflation figures, he added, could signal that the temporary price-increasing effect from the low exchange rate on items like food and clothing has abated.

“I think they will find some degree of vindication in those numbers,” Jean said of the Bank of Canada.

“But I don’t think anyone had any particular concern that inflation was running away - not in the current dynamics with the Canadian economy. We’re expecting very weak growth in Q1 (the first three months of 2015).”

Statistics Canada will release the first-quarter gross domestic product numbers next week.

Poloz has said the data for that period could look “atrocious,” though he has remained hopeful that the economy will start to rebound in the second quarter.

TD economist Jonathan Bendiner wrote in a note to clients Friday that while real GDP is expected to move upwards in the second quarter, he still anticipates “further softness” in inflation over the next two quarters.

He said lighter inflationary pressure will continue until the initial effect from lower oil prices has run its course.

“All told, we expect the Bank of Canada to remain on hold at next week’s fixed announcement date,” Bendiner wrote.

Statistics Canada also released March data on total retail sales, which it estimates were $42.47 billion, an increase of 0.7 per cent compared to the previous month.

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Vancouver’s economy could suffer a $1.2-billion blow in the case of a major oil spill caused by Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, concludes a new report released by the city.

The report, conducted by the University of B.C.’s Fisheries Economics Research Unit, examined the potential economic costs of a 16-million litre spill in Burrard Inlet, the body of water bordering to the city that is busy with industrial use, cruise ships and float planes.

Researchers looked at the performance of five ocean-dependent activities closely linked to the marine environment, including commercial fishing, port activities, inner harbour transportation, tourism and recreation.

The report found these activities directly employ four per cent of the city’s population and contribute more than $3 billion in gross domestic product to Vancouver’s economy every year. A spill could cost these industries hundreds of millions of dollars, it said.

“The risk is massive. Those numbers are quite substantial,” said city councillor Andrea Reimer.

“And that’s just if an oil spill occurs. The idea of being a major oil port has economic impact as well.

Our economy ... is very dependent on the image of Vancouver as a liberal city, a green city.”

The City of Vancouver is publishing a series of reports critical of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion leading up to its submission of evidence next week to the National Energy Board, which is reviewing the project. A decision on the project is expected in January 2016.

Kinder Morgan hopes to triple its bitumen-carrying capacity to 890,000 barrels a day by laying almost 1,000 kilometres of new pipe near the existing pipeline that runs from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C. The $5.4 billion expansion would increase the number of oil tankers in Burrard Inlet to 34 per month from five, according to the city.

Trans Mountain spokeswoman Ali Hounsell said petroleum has been safely shipped through Burrard Inlet for six decades and safe marine transportation is an important part of the project’s development.

She said the company has conducted and filed detailed spill response and modelling studies including citing a credible worst case spill scenario which is under review by the NEB. Hounsell added it’s important to remember that the scenario painted in the city’s report would be covered by Canada’s Marine Liability Act, which ensures approximately $1.3 billion is available to cover liability.

“Reports such as the one released today are expected and will be reviewing it as we prepare our responses to submit to the NEB,” she said in a statement.

The report, commissioned by the city and published Friday, analyzed two spill scenarios in Burrard Inlet in May and in October. It found the economy could suffer more than double the economic losses in spring during peak tourist season.

A spill in May could cause total losses ranging from $380 million to $1.23 billion, without counting the cost of recovery and cleanup, it concluded.

The city also released a separate modelling animation showing the movement of oil following a hypothetical 16-million litre spill near the Second Narrows Bridge on the city’s east side.

Time-lapse animation showed multiple black specks, each representing 2,000 litres of oil, spreading toward West Vancouver before flowing back toward Coal Harbour and clinging to the shoreline around Burrard Inlet.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO - North American stock markets closed lower on thin volume Friday as trading wound down going into the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The S&P/TSX composite slipped 2.85 points to 15,200.76, while the loonie fell 0.62 of a U.S. cent to 81.29 cents.

“The market started the day off weakly,” partly as a result of issues abroad, said Roland Chalupka, chief investment officer at Fiduciary Trust Canada, an arm of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Chalupka said negotiations between European leaders over Greece’s debt troubles were somewhat to blame for the disappointing start to the day.

But markets drifted slightly higher following relatively positive comments on the economy in the afternoon from Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen, Chalupka said.

“At the end of the day here we are - the market is little changed on a light volume a day ahead of the Memorial Day weekend,” Chalupka said.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 53.72 points at 18,232.02, while the Nasdaq edged 1.43 points lower to 5,089.36 and the S&P 500 gave back 4.76 points to 2,126.06.

In her speech, Yellen said she expects the Fed to begin raising interest rates later this year if the job market improves and the U.S. central bank is confident that inflation will rise closer to its target rate.

“Her comments on the U.S. economy were better than expected and that gave a little bit more confidence,” Chalupka said.

Yellen cautioned that the economy is still facing a num-

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ber of headwinds that could stall growth, including disappointing wage growth, a tepid housing recovery and global economic weakness.

In other economic news, Statistics Canada reported the annual inflation rate slowed to just 0.8 per cent last month, its weakest reading since October 2013, with lower energy prices a major factor.

In the U.S., consumer prices rose slightly in April for the third straight month, suggesting that an improving economy could be setting the stage for the Federal Reserve to raise the benchmark short-term interest rate from the near-zero level where it has been for more than six years.

U.S. consumer prices edged up 0.1 per cent from the previous month but core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, climbed 0.3 per cent for the biggest gain in 15 months.

Energy stocks dropped 0.16 per cent on the TSX as the July crude contract slipped $1 to US$59.72 a barrel.

Meanwhile, the June gold contract fell 10 cents to US$1,204.00 an ounce.

Oil futures: US$59.72 per barrel, down $1 (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,204.00 per oz., down 10 cents (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.906 oz., up 8.8 cents $704.28 kg., up $2.83 ICE FUTURES WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’15 $0.60 higher $463.20; Nov ’15 $0.40 lower $454.90; Jan. ’16 $0.20 lower $454.90; March ’16 $1.20 lower $453.90; May ’16 $2.50 lower $452.90; July ’16 $2.50 lower $452.80; Nov. ’16 $2.60 lower $447.50; Jan. ’17 $2.60 lower $448.20; March ’17 $2.60 lower $448.20; May ’17 $2.60 lower $448.20; July ’17 $2.60 lower $449.60.

Barley (Western): July ’15 unchanged $191.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $177.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $182.00; March ’16 unchanged $182.00; May ’16 unchanged $182.00; July ’16 unchanged $182.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $182.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $182.00; March ’17 unchanged $182.00; May ’17 unchanged $182.00; July ’17 unchanged $182.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 463,820 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 463,820 .

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,200.76, down 2.85 points Dow — 18,232.02, down 53.72 points S&P 500 — 2,126.06, down 4.76 points Nasdaq — 5,089.36, down 1.43 points Currencies: Cdn — 81.29 cents US, down 0.62 of a cent Pound — C$1.9038, down

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The first official estimate of how much oil may lie beneath the central Northwest Territories says there could be nearly 200 billion barrels of the resource in two separate fields.

The National Energy Board and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey warn that not all of that oil will be recoverable.

But if even a few per cent of it is economically viable, it confirms previous suggestions the Canol and Bluefish shales hold up to seven billion barrels of recoverable oil and could be comparable to North Dakota’s booming Bakken field.

“These are large numbers,” said N.W.T. Energy Minister Dave Ramsay.

“This should increase the level of investor confidence and revitalize interest in the Northwest Territories.

This really does put wind in our sails.”

About 146 billion barrels are estimated for Canol and 46 billion for Bluefish.

The board didn’t give an estimate of how much of that oil might be recoverable because well test results haven’t been released. It’s also still uncertain whether those shales are capable of production at all.

The potential fields lie in the central Mackenzie Plain, west of Great Bear Lake.

Several companies have been active in the area in recent years, with 14 exploration licences being granted and $628 million in work commitments since 2010. Imperial (TSX:IMO), Shell, Husky (TSX:HSE) and ConocoPhillips

Blackberry CEO’s compensation drops 96 per cent in value BlackBerry chief executive John Chen took a major pay cut last year as he worked to turn around the moneylosing company.

The head of the Waterloo, Ont.,based technology firm saw the value of his total pay package drop 96 per cent to US$3.4 million in the company’s latest financial year, which ended Feb. 28.

Most of the decline was due to share-based awards Chen received when he joined the company in November 2013.

As part of that agreement, Chen received 13 million shares of BlackBerry that will be paid out over five years.

The total amount of $84.8 million in

have all been involved in the region.

However, recent low oil prices have brought that activity almost to a standstill. Husky and ConocoPhillips recently announced they would step back from their Canol projects.

That standstill is affecting local people looking for business opportunities, Ramsay said recently in Houston where he was trying to attract investment.

“The aboriginal groups in the region had bought a hotel. These hotels once were full. They weren’t full this winter.”

Both the Canol and Bluefish fields would be developed using fracking technology, which some in the territory oppose.

Keith Stewart of Greenpeace said recent science suggests that fracking can pollute groundwater kilometres away from the drill site.

“It would be a huge mistake to invest billions in expensive and risky fracking projects when we have so many better ways to create jobs and meet our energy needs without contaminating drinking water or accelerating global warming,” he said.

Ramsay maintains the oil can be developed safely. He points out the N.W.T. is now developing improved regulations for fracking intended to safeguard the environment.

Ramsay said Friday’s results bolster the territory’s argument that infrastructure such as an all-weather road up the Mackenzie Valley is needed.

“One of the knocks against us has been lack of infrastructure. We really have to be putting those investments in place in our territory.” share-based awards was recognized as part of his compensation package of $85.7 million in fiscal 2014.

Chen received a base salary of $1 million for the fiscal 2015 year as part of his existing agreement with the company.

He also earned a much smaller $1.2-million in share-based awards in fiscal 2015 and $1.2 million for meeting performance bonus targets, compared with $653,846 in the prior year.

BlackBerry hired Chen in late 2013 after years of losing market share to competitors like Apple and Samsung.

Part of his plan has involved launching more software services and forging new relationships with corporate customers and wireless carriers.

Late Thursday, BlackBerry (TSX:BB) announced plans to buy back up to 12 million of its common shares or about 2.6 per cent of the number outstanding.

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A ‘crazy chic’ transformation greets guests at Saint James Paris, thanks to the remarkable imagination and skill of designer Bambi Sloan.

After spending a second exhilarating but exhausting day at the renowned design show in Paris, Maison and Objet, where designers and retailers from around the world visit to discover the latest trends, products, materials and colours for the home, I could not wait to retreat to my hotel for the night.

Soaked and shivering from the sleeting rain, I ran up the steps at the Saint James Paris, to be welcomed into another world. The lobby is pure theatre — a grand staircase painted black and white, red walls, dark paneling, velvety plush furnishings, huge mirrors and a cluster of chandeliers create a riveting scene. I am no longer tired!

Saint James Paris is a magnificent chateau situDEBBIE ated steps away from the TRAVIS Champs Elise, set in its own magical garden. Its history began in 1892, when the widow of Adolphe Thiers, who was former president of the Republic, commissioned the construction of the Theirs Foundation. The neo-classical building was a boarding school for brilliant but poor university students on scholarships for close to a century. It was purchased in 1985, changing to a private club hosting intellectual debates.

A decade later it became a hotel, and 2008 the new owners took a fantastic step into the future of hotel design and decoration by giving designer Bambi Sloan free reign to transform the chateau into a unique hotel with the atmosphere of a club and a massive sense of style.

Sloan is a fascinating woman, She embodies an exciting combination of unorthodox and eccentric vision with a vast knowledge of fine fabrics and furnishings, art and architecture. Her imagination is limitless, fed by history and an awesome ability to mix styles and colours with abandon. Every suite in the hotel has its own story. Or you can make up your own scenario within the kaleidoscope of rich colours and grand furnishings. This is Sloan’s wild vision of an extravagant Family Townhouse, her style dubbed as ‘crazy chic.’

Sloan mixes authentic pieces with second editions discovered during her bargain-hunting trips through France and around the world. Fabrics and wallpaper are from illustrious manufacturers including Designer’s Guild, Pierre Frey and Lelievre.

In the suite shown here, the walls have two competing wallpapers, soft florals framing the bed, and then a great sweep of bright green leaves that lead to the covered terrace. Complementary shades of plum and blue upholstery set up a contrast between the lush red draperies that hang just outside the doors, and the bed’s canopy. And a grand bed it is.

You really do feel pampered surrounded by such luscious accoutrements.

Sloan delights in playing with trompe l’oeil effects as seen in the bedroom’s ‘herringbone parquet’ carpeting. Elsewhere, you’ll see a panther motif on the library floor and the lounge’s armchairs, and carpet that imitates black and white tile in the hallways.

The chateau was built at the location of the first Paris airfield. Paying homage to the Montgolfier balloons that rose from this spot, there are three balloon arbours on the terrace that offer privacy in the whimsical garden setting. As I always do, I have taken away memories of a lovely stay, and also renewed determination to make the most of each room in my home with an accent on what makes me happy.

See more at www.saint-james-paris.com.

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I agree you should start from scratch. It’s helpful to find a product that is new and different that you really like. Then you can build on that.

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Open shelves are practical and look great as long as they are not overly cluttered. Fill a basket with the hair dryer and other bathroom necessities and keep this in the vanity.

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 23, 2015

In praise of impracticality Why is it that the most beautiful things about my home life are also the most impractical?

It takes longer to pick a basket of green beans from the garden in the lengthening shadows of a quiet summer evening than it does to earn the money to buy the beans in a busy, artificially-lit supermarket.

Hours spent cutting and stacking firewood yields something more beautiful than the hissing practicality of a natural gas regulator that feeds a high efficiency furnace.

The carvings that took me hours to complete in my home give so much more pleasure than the plain expanses of wood they sit on.

STEVE True beauty — especially MAXWELL the kind of beauty that really makes a difference in our day-to-day lives — always comes with a price.

Discovering this same dynamic everywhere around the world makes it easier for me to pursue beauty with a quiet heart.

Venice, Italy, was founded more than 1,500 years ago by Romans running from barbarian attacks on their homes. These refugees fled to the small, low, swampy islands found where the Po River empties into the Mediterranean, figuring that not even barbarians would be crazy enough to follow them. They were right.

Venice grew up around their efforts, and it would be hard to find a more impractical place to build a city. Five miles from the mainland and all sources of building materials; challenged by a squishy landscape where everything is built on tree trunks pounded 30, 40 and 50 feet into the mud. No simple access to fresh water. No easy way to get rid of sewage.

And yet, despite all these challenges and more, Venice is a world-class destination today precisely because of centuries of efforts invested with great skill into a landscape that was (and still is) enormously impractical.

Mackinac Island, Mich., is impractically beautiful, too. In 1898, the government banned a newfangled invention called the automobile from the island, and that’s the main reason this unique little place draws people from around the world. While it would be much more practical if everyone could get around on Mackinac by car, the fact that horses, bicycles and feet are the only options is the price that’s paid for this magic land of Victorian buildings, a slower lifestyle and the kind of allure that draws visitors from everywhere.

I see the same tradeoff between beauty and practicality on a smaller scale with my Amish neighbours David and Miriam. They and their community have committed to having no connection to the electrical grid because of the spiritual and cultural dangers that easy and constant access to power brings into the home and family. They’ve drawn a line in the sand when it comes to electric power (and a lot of other things), a line that they will not cross even though it exacts a high financial and efficiency cost.

Even my 14-year-old son, though not at an age to appreciate subtle examples of beauty, said quite excitedly one day as we passed the Amish going the other way in their horse and buggy: “Wow, Dad! That’s such a beautiful thing!”

Beautiful, yes, but it comes at a cost.

David and Miriam work harder than the average Canadians, they have less material goods, and it takes them two hours to get to town where it takes me 20 minutes. They certainly pay a price in terms of practicality for the way they live, yet they also bring more beauty into the world because of it.

While impracticality doesn’t necessarily lead to beauty, perhaps we can all find a little more room in our home lives to embrace that special kind of impracticality that is the necessary price of true beauty.

Steve Maxwell has been pursuing beauty at his home on Manitoulin Island for nearly 30 years. Connect with him online at SteveMaxwell.ca and see how he’s doing.

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BY NICOLE ANZIA SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE As a personal organizer, I am lucky to have a lot of variety in my job. Each client has a unique set of circumstances and a specific set of challenges. But over and over again, I watch clients get stuck on clearing out certain items — items that accumulate relentlessly, and usually pointlessly, over the years. Busy parents, downsizing home-sellers, crowded apartment dwellers, they all trip over the same junk. Today, I’m here to give them — and you — a little backbone. I’m saying: Throw that stuff out. Here’s why.

CDs and VHS tapes These audio and video recordings seem to cause endless questions about whether they should be kept for sentimental reasons, whether they can be disposed of in an environmentally friendly way, whether they can be donated, and whether they will ever be valuable again. My best advice is that if you have no machine on which to play them, you should get rid of them. The best option for disposing of them properly is e-cycling them at a private company or, if it’s an option, at your local dump.

Often people think they’ll forget a band, a song or a movie unless they have an actual disc or tape to refer to. You can do that with a digital copy; there is no need to have untouched boxes of CDs and VHS tapes taking up space in your home.

Electrical cords and components Raise your hand if you have a box labeled “Miscellaneous Electronics/Cords.” Okay, maybe your box isn’t labeled, but chances are you have a sizable collection of cables, plugs and electrical components somewhere in your house. They’ve no doubt been accumulating for years, and you’re simultaneously scared to throw them away and annoyed that you’re keeping them.

Here is the rule: If you’ve never located a missing cord or other accessory in your pile, you don’t need any of them. In fact, you may no longer even own some of the devices that were paired with these items, and if you do, would it even be possible to find the proper component in your tangled, unlabeled collection? Nothing bad will happen if you recycle them, I promise. At the very worst, you’ll have to purchase a new cord. And if the cord is no longer available, you’ll replace your device. Everything will be fine.

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THROW: Big question

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A central focal point is usually a good place to start but in this room, the requirement to see it from the dining area makes that function focal.

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Question: I plan to buy new furniture for the family room and kitchen/dining room of my new home.

Located on the main floor, the family room is long and narrow.

It has two openings as well as a fireplace, all of which make it difficult to figure out where best to position furniture.

I want a television in the family room, ideally in or on a cabinet, that can be viewed from the breakfast area as DAVID well as the sofa.

FERGUSON I have considered a 1.4-metre (54-inch) square kitchen table with six chairs in the breakfast area but worried that it would appear too congested.

If you also think so, perhaps a little smaller square table which sits higher than a regular table

Picture frames and flower vases The big question here is: How many of each do you really need? They’re easy to accumulate. But just because someone gave you flowers for a special occasion or a picture as a gift, you are not required to keep the vase or frame forever. There is a limit to how many bouquets you’ll have in your house at any given time, so finding space to store 24 vases is not necessary. Likewise, if you haven’t used a specific picture frame in a few years, is it really worth keeping? The answer is no. Keep a small handful of vases and frames in a variety of sizes and give the rest to someone who can use and enjoy them.

Craft supplies Unused craft supplies can cause so much guilt.

Maybe you planned to do a special project to mark a big occasion or thought you would teach your child to knit, but years have passed and the supplies serve as a constant reminder about your failure to follow through. I know that craft supplies can be very expensive, which is why you’ve been keeping them, but let it go. Accept that you no longer have the time for — or interest in — the project. Give the supplies to a school, an assisted-living facility or a neighbor.

You’ll feel instantly lighter. And if you ever decide to take up jewelry-making or embroidery again, you can buy what you need.

Warranties and product booklets This is a big one. Many people fastidiously file their product information and instruction manuals when they make a large purchase, but have you ever gone looking for one? When something goes wrong with your TV, toaster or refrigerator, you usually call someone to repair it or realize that it’s just time to purchase a new one. Although I don’t necessarily like the idea that everything can be easily replaced or that people rarely attempt to repair anything anymore, that seems to be the reality. Also, almost all product paperwork is now available online, so holding on to the big bulky paper copies of instructions is not necessary. And if you really must keep something on paper, make a list of the make, model and serial number of your major household appliances. That way, you’ll always be able to find the corresponding manual easily online.

To sum up, don’t let yourself become too caught up in the dilemma of whether to keep or toss something.

Take a step back and really assess whether the item is as important to you as the space it takes up in your home.

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, May 23, 2015

Taking the celebration outside

BY JURA KONCIUS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE May, the month of mothers and azaleas, marks the start of the outdoor entertaining season.

Celebrations under the stars are more casual and freed from indoor rules. This makes them less formidable to plan and execute than having guests to your dining room table. As the temperature goes up, it’s time to wipe down the grills and patio chairs, and put up the tiki torches and twinkly lights.

Could you use some new ideas for wowing your friends Memorial Day weekend and beyond? Whether your outdoor living room is a sliver of an urban balcony or a vast back deck filled with cushy seating, we have tricks to help your keep guests, food and flowers from wilting. Read on.

Party planning Planning is still the No. 1 ingredient, whether your party is al fresco or in the dining room. So why not choose a theme to help make your gathering easier to organize and give it a spirit of fun? Amber Karson and Emily Butler, twins who run Karson Butler Events, spend their days, and nights, throwing weddings, holiday parties and other festivities. Karson and Butler, who have offices on Capitol Hill in Washington and San Luis Obispo, Calif., have a lot of great insight into how to make a party special. For example, they say, a garden party theme could include a “snip and sip” herb garnish station for guests to clip plants and add to their iced tea or cocktails.

There could also be a build-yourown-salad station with veggies and meat kebobs. They also suggested a DIY activity of potting flower or herb centerpieces to take home, instead of

party favours.

Another idea is an outdoor movie theme. Put out picnic baskets with cheese and charcuterie, pasta salad, gourmet popcorn and sweets, they say.

Scatter blankets in the yard and project a movie on a large wall or white backdrop. Here are some best party practices from Karson and Butler, who have been in the event and party business for more than 10 years. ● Buy ice. And then buy more ice.

They say the rule is at least one pound of ice per person per hour. You don’t want to run out, especially on a horribly humid summer evening. ● Assign seats. Just because you’re outdoors doesn’t mean you can’t plan where everyone is going to sit. As a host or hostess, you can strategize seating assignments to facilitate fabulous connections and conversations. Create fun place cards. ● Be mindful of the sun. Figure out

a few weeks before where the sun hits your yard at what time and plan your party time accordingly. No one wants to be wilting in direct sunlight. ● Add colour to your outside space.

Buy a few splashy pillows or outdoor ottomans or an indoor/outdoor rug.

They will dress up even a tiny balcony or patio and create a festive party venue. ● Set up a cooling station. Stock a small table with fun things to help ward off the sizzling heat. You could have chilled towels, paper parasols and sunscreen — plus plenty of cold water. ● Tableware and accessories If you want to add an of-the-moment accessory to your outdoor entertaining arsenal, try something made of galvanized sheet metal or some flameless pillar candles with timers.

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In your room, the fireplace is essential.

But your criteria for having a television and being able to view it from the dining area takes precedence.

The sofa will demand the majority of space available, so it’s always a good idea to arrange this first.

My plan has the sofa along the open wall shared with the dining area with a unit placed behind it to give the sofa back some visual interest.

Consider buying an interesting piece for this spot, such as a sofa table with a wine storage unit under it.

When creating areas for conversation, keep furniture pieces within 2.4 metres (eight feet) of each other to allow people to talk comfortably when seated.

Try to keep major traffic paths from interrupting the furniture grouping, keeping in mind that traffic paths need a minimum of 60 cm (24-inches).

Where possible, try to keep these pieces facing each other, rather than side by side.

As a rule-of-thumb, the distance between the television and the seating should be three times the size of the screen.

In other words, to comfortably watch TV on a 42-inch screen, you should sit at least three metres (about nine feet) away from it.

With that in mind, I have shown a television unit directly across from the

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Sales of existing U.S. homes slipped in April due mainly to relatively few listings and rising prices, providing evidence of the housing sector’s uneven recovery.

The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that sales of existing homes fell 3.3 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million. April marked the second straight month of the sales rate topping 5 million homes. Purchases have recovered from a disappointing 2014 because strong job growth and low mortgage rates have generated more would-be buyers.

But that positive sign for the economy has also exposed a problem: Not enough people are listing their properties for sale to meet the demand.

Only 5.3 months’ supply of homes is on the market, versus an average of six months in a healthy market. The number of listings actually tumbled 0.9 per cent in April compared to a year ago.

The tight supplies have caused properties to fly off the market and prices to rocket upward. The median home sold in just 39 days last month, versus 52 days in March and 62 days in February.

Sales levels dropped in the Northeast, South and West, but they edged up 1.7 per cent in the Midwest. The median home price climbed 8.9 per cent over the past 12 months to $219,400.

That’s more than four times faster than average hourly wage growth.

The median home value is now just $2,500 shy of the peak.

“With steady job growth, low mortgage rates, and easier credit conditions, there is fundamental support for housing,” said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.

“But with prices heading up again, and inventories still tight, potential buyers may be a little more choosy in the buying process.”

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sofa, and within a comfortable viewing distance from the dining area.

Any dining area requires plenty of space to move freely and you should allow 60 cm (two feet) between the back of the chair and any other piece of furniture or wall.

Having said that, I do think a table of 1.4-metres (54-inches) square would be a bit large, particularly since this is a high traffic area.

I think a table of approximately one-metre (42-inches) square would be more appropriate and comfortable in that space.

Balanced rooms are more pleasing to the eye and make more effective use of the available space.

To keep your rooms from looking lop-sided, make sure all the tall or heavy pieces (consider the fireplace here) don’t end up in the same area of the room.

Mix bigger and smaller pieces throughout the room, but keep in mind the scale of the items you put beside each — a large chair, for example, will require a larger end table.

For added interest, pull furniture away from the walls.

As I have shown on the plan, the sofa with the table behind it is pulled into the room, as are the additional seating pieces.

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This year, Crate and Barrel was inspired by waterside gatherings, according to Katie Fischer, the store’s merchandise manager for entertaining. “We thought of eating outside by a lake or ocean, and this influenced our color palette and textures,” she says. The season’s offerings use a lot of indigo blue and white. Galvanized sheet metal, with its classic yet industrial vibe, was made into trays, servers and lanterns, some the work of London-based minimalist designer Aaron Probyn. Probyn’s galvanized beverage tub has a red handle to warm up its sheet metal style.

‘This metal has a lot of warmth and familiarity,” Fischer says. “We like the way it goes with lots of colors and contrasting textures.”

Fischer shared her own recipe for entertaining outdoors. ● Load up a large beverage tub with ice and lots of different refreshments. It’s important to keep beverages plentiful and handy and cold. If guests can serve themselves drinks, you can have more fun at your own party. ● Fill a beverage dispenser. Water infused with fruit or herbs (cucumber-mint-strawberry is Fischer’s current favorite) is a refreshing treat. An acrylic beverage dispenser is good for the outdoors; put a stack of unbreakable tumblers nearby. ● Be careful what you tote outside. Think twice about using your good china or silver outdoors.

Melamine and acrylic tableware are preferable, as they won’t break if guests or gusts tip them over. ● Experiment with lighting.

Hanging globes are popular, as are metal lanterns for low lighting.

Try using flameless pillars and tea lights inside lanterns; some can be put on timers.

As the evening wears on, the glow of candlelight, real or faux, will keep your dinner party magical. ● Don’t let bugs crash your party.

It’s annoying to have lots of mosquitoes and gnats flying around. Crate and Barrel Fly Away Sticks are incense sticks that ward off insects with eco-friendly orange and citronella oils. They also make a thoughtful hostess gift.

Flowers If you always thought having flowers at your outdoor table was gilding the lily, it’s time to reconsider. Someone who could help change your mind is Jennifer “Jo” Oliver from Highway to Hill Flowers in Washington.

Last year, Oliver moved her flower studio from her home to the Off the Beaten Track warehouse.

She does custom arrangements for weddings, parties and individual clients, and she also offers classes.

Oliver has lots of experience in designing flowers that have to look their best for hours in Washington’s withering heat and humidity.

Here are some of her do’s and don’ts for arranging and displaying blooms outside. ● Choose hardy varieties. As long as you hydrate flowers, most will do well. Roses, daisies, Alstroemeria lilies and carnations are among the hardiest, Oliver says. A bit more delicate are hydrangeas, lilac and peonies; they might wilt a bit faster in direct midday sun. ● Prepare flowers carefully.

When you get them home, cut at least one inch and preferably a few inches off the stems, and put the flowers in cool water in a large container until you are ready to arrange them.

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Drinking not a good way to get comfortable Dear Harlan: I quit drinking for a while in order to I was dating or dated my girlfriend in the past and try to get comfortable with the uncomfortable after didn’t like seeing another man in the picture. a breakup, but I began drinking again to test the waThere are going to be a lot of men who want nothters. How do I manage this issue? — Drinking Again ing to do with you because your best friend is a man.

Dear Drinking Again: I’ve never had And that’s totally reasonable. A lot of men to stop drinking to get comfortable. I’ve just assume you’re already a couple, so never had to drink to get comfortable. they won’t want to approach you.

I’m an eater; I have an eating problem.

If you do want to keep this guy friend It’s something I’ve had to manage my close to you, make sure your guy friend entire life. It’s something I think about likes your boyfriends. Make sure he reevery single day of my life. I start the day spects them. He can’t be jealous. He has to thinking about how to make “good� and have other romantic relationships. He has not “bad� choices. to live a life that makes him happy without I get anxious when I put my pants on you. He can’t secretly be in love with you. in the morning. I gain weight and lose If all these things are present in a relationweight. It started when I was a teenager. ship, it could be comfortable for you to Some days I hate food, other days I love have a close guy friend and a boyfriend. food. When you have to stop something Just be forgiving, and listen when men because you are having a hard time mandon’t want to date you because you have an aging reality, there is a problem. Realizintimate relationship with another man.

HARLAN ing that it’s a problem is the first step in Dear Harlan; I’ve been broken up for COHEN managing it. several months and have moved on. I don’t I don’t think drinking is a good thing want to have my ex in my life. He insists on or a bad thing; it’s just something you trying to maintain a relationship through need to manage. The best way to manage Facebook and texting. Is it OK to avoid an issue is to face that it’s real. your ex even after it’s been a long time since you Then you think people, places and patience. Who broke up, or is that immature? — Broken Up are the people you can turn to for help in managing Dear Broken Up: Setting boundaries is as mature this part of your personality? Where are the places as it gets. The opposite would be spying on him, seekyou can go to find support when you find yourself ing revenge or allowing him to manipulate you. falling? How long will it take to manage the issue?

What you’re doing is called self-care. It’s setting You need all three to find balance. Start with a boundaries. It’s what you do when you put yourself therapist, continue with a support group and then first. That’s strong, mature and healthy. you’ll manage this issue.

You can block his number, un-friend him and Dear Harlan: My best friend is a guy. He’s not gay. restrict his privacy settings. He can be a stranger We haven’t dated, and have never gone there. online. If he doesn’t like the way you’re treating him, How do I find someone who is willing to accept he can call you names, yell, scream and make noise. that I will have another guy in my life who is impor- The more he shouts “IMMATURE,� the more immatant? What are your thoughts on having a male best ture he looks. friend, in general? Can I make this work and find You don’t owe him a friendship. You owe yourself another guy? — Best Friend happiness, peace of mind and a better relationship.

Dear Best Friend: I never liked dating women with Dear Harlan: My boyfriend broke up with me out close guy friends. Most of the guy friends I’ve met of nowhere. I’m shocked. over the years have either wanted to date someone How do I deal with a sociopathic person who

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walked out of my life because it was convenient for him? He just doesn’t care. — Stranded Dear Stranded; It’s never out of nowhere. He’s been thinking about this for a very long time. He just never told you.

When I broke up with women (it happened once in a while), it was always something that I had been thinking about. The difference is that I would discuss it with the women I was dating. I respect women. This guy doesn’t respect you or isn’t capable of opening up. Regardless, sociopathic people are not people you want or need in your life. Forget what he was thinking — instead, focus on the fact that he didn’t respect you enough to be honest with you.

While you have every reason to be hurt and upset, appreciate that he’s the one with the problem.

Better it happened now than when you’re married with a family and life together. This is a gift.

Hey Harlan: My friend’s girlfriend won’t commit to him after a couple months. I think he’s getting used.

He refuses to see the truth because he doesn’t want to be alone. What should he do about her? — Cautious Friend Dear Cautious Friend: You are way too busy worrying about your friend.

The two of you need to have busier, happier and much more fulfilling lives. Maybe you don’t like being alone as much as he does and want him to break up so he can hang out with you more.

Here’s how I see it — he made it clear he doesn’t want to be alone. Being used is not his problem. He needs to focus on his self-confidence issues. For all you know, the girl doesn’t want to commit because your friend is so insecure and uncomfortable.

Instead of blaming his girlfriend, encourage him to find out why she doesn’t want to commit. He might discover that she’s in love with him, but she’s not crazy about how he sees himself. Insecurity isn’t attractive. Clearly he doesn’t think he’s much of a catch.

Write Harlan at harlan@helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657.

Witcher III delivers a satisfying story in epic fantasy trappings

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Geralt of Rivia may be trapped in medieval times, but he’s the epitome of a Renaissance man.

The hero of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt (Warner Bros., for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, $59.99) is a monster slayer, a ghost hunter, a swordsman and a wielder of vicious fireballs. Yet he’s also a detective, an alchemist, a playwright and a shameless Casanova.

As he tells one client, “I solve problems.�

Geralt’s biggest problem is that his best student, a supremely gifted young woman named Ciri, has disappeared. The search for Ciri takes Geralt on an epic journey across a battle-scarred land known as the Northern Kingdoms. It’s a dauntingly vast world, whose three main areas — the swampy No Man’s Land, the urban Novigrad and the frigid Skellige Isles — are each larger than the entire landscape of the previous Witcher adventure.

Wild Hunt is a classic example of telescoping narrative: The main objective is simple — find Ciri — but to get there you have to resolve a series of complicated quests. For example, to find out what the notorious Bloody Baron knows, you have to track down his missing wife and daughter. That mystery stretches into a series of subquests before climaxing with the most disturbing domestic nightmare I’ve ever seen in a game.

You can also earn cash by taking on Witcher contracts, which typically involve tracking down and killing a monster. And other assorted challenges — boxing matches, horse races, card games — provide some relief from the high drama.

The Witcher games were developed by the Warsawbased CD Projekt Red, inspired by the fantasy novels of Andrzej Sapkowski. Wild Hunt draws heavily from European mythology, naturally, with Geralt battling werewolves, vampires, sirens, cyclopses and every other kind of monster that’s ever roamed the continent. Yet there are echoes of other recent games, from the frontier exploration of Red Dead Redemption to big-game hunting of Far Cry to the hand-to-hand combat of Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Wild Hunt sometimes stumbles across its own ambitions. It suffers from some very long loading times, occasional graphic glitches and a messy inventory system.

But those are small quibbles in a massive quest that offers dozens of memorable moments. And it’s not just the epic battles; I often found myself delighted by the clever, well-acted conversations between Geralt and the sprawling supporting cast.

Wild Hunt is less about the fate of the Northern Realms and more about the relationships among

Geralt and his companions. Characters like the sarcastic sorceress Yennefer, the charming minstrel Dandelion and the ruthless crime lord Dijkstra are strong enough to carry games of their own.

But in the end, it’s all about Ciri, the impetuous, tormented fighter who brings out Geralt’s paternal instincts. It’s a rare game that can establish such a powerful emotional connection — one I’ll remember long after I’ve forgotten the hundreds of monsters I’ve slain.

Three-and-a-half stars out of four.

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How a rabbi made me a better Christian

BY RACHAEL MCNEAL SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE While I grew up in a very diverse church (five of the seven continents were represented among the congregants), I wasn’t really exposed to many different religions.

Sure, I had the occasional atheist or Catholic friend (in my upbringing, Catholicism might as well have been a different religion), but I wasn’t really exposed to many different beliefs. In fact, it wasn’t until college that I met a Jewish person — at least so far as I knew.

For most of my life, I believed that Christians had the monopoly on “goodness.” I thought in order to be motivated to serve others and truly love them, a person had to first know Jesus.

I didn’t understand how an atheist could have a strong moral code. In light of this, I never imagined I could learn about my own Christian faith through relationships with non-Christians.

Then I met Rabbi Mark Goldman. A non-Christian more like Jesus My junior year at Flagler College, as a religion/ philosophy major and youth ministry minor, I met Rabbi Mark when I enrolled in his “Intro to Hebrew” course. I’d never met a rabbi before, so I was excited and curious. I even briefly thought this would be my chance to convince a Jewish leader that Jesus was and is the messiah.

Rabbi Mark was the most engaging professor I ever had. He spent more time promoting dialogue than he did actually teaching Hebrew — or so it seemed.

It was evident that he was most interested in his relationships with his students, and he seemed to be teaching us how to communicate with each other across differences.

He patiently answered all of our questions about Judaism, no matter how small — and he always did so with humor. Rabbi would even sing songs in class to teach us more about Hebrew.

Before forming a relationship with Rabbi Mark, I assumed that everyone (religious or not) was interested in convincing others that their perspective was the right one. But Rabbi Mark was more interested in making me a better Christian than making me a Jew. He regularly brought up Jesus in class as a way to connect to his Christian students, but not in a cheap way. He often mentioned his admiration for Jesus because of what a great Jew he was. He would even lift up Jesus as a great example of Judaism embodied. As I got to know Rabbi Mark, it became evident that he was more like Jesus than any Christian I knew. I found this baffling. I always knew Jesus was deeply devoted to God and loved others more than humanly possible — but Rabbi Mark embodied these two things more than anyone else I’d known.

If someone in class was having a difficult time in their personal life, Rabbi would stray from the lesson in order to unpack the student’s troubles, calling on the class to support that student. It also was not uncommon for us to stray from the Hebrew lesson because Rabbi spent so much class time asking for our life stories.

It was evident that he really wanted to know us for who we were. Amazingly, he somehow turned our life stories into Hebrew lessons. I couldn’t help but think of how often in the Gospels Jesus stopped what he was doing to care for those who needed him. (Think of the hemorrhaging woman who touched his cloak.)

Seeing Rabbi as an example of Christ’s love challenged me. If Christians had the monopoly on righteous living, how could a non-Christian remind me more of Jesus than any Christian I knew?

Tikkun Olam: Repairing the world One Hebrew term that Rabbi taught me really informed my thinking about my own faith: “Tikkun Olam.” Tikkun Olam means “repairing the world,” and Rabbi said that instead of waiting for a messiah, he believed that it was up to individuals and communities to take the actions necessary to create more peace and wholeness in the world.

When he talked about Tikkun Olam I thought about the Kingdom of God and how Christians believe the Kingdom (when the world will be at peace, healed of all oppression, and where all people are equal) is both here and not here. Through Jesus, the Kingdom is present in the world, but will not be here in its fullness until Jesus returns again.

As Christians, it is our responsibility to live as though the Kingdom is here and to create a world that reflects the Kingdom of God. The action-oriented concept of Tikkun Olam taught me to focus more on the “present Kingdom” and creating a world that reflects that Kingdom — rather than solely on the “coming kingdom.”

In light of this, my commitment to Christianity and to Christ was deepened. It may seem counterintuitive, but Rabbi Mark inspired me to be more like Christ — to be more deeply devoted to God and to love others more unconditionally.

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His understanding of his faith made me want to have a deeper understanding of my own faith as a Christian. Through that class I also engaged with Jewish students on a relational level. Their knowledge of their religious history inspired me to better know my own — truth be told, I was pretty clueless.

Through these relationships I felt more accountable to my identity as a Christian.

Up until this point, I had done a really great job of being in peace with my brothers and sisters in Christ, but hadn’t made much effort to build relationships otherwise outside of trying to convert others to Christianity. While I still believe evangelism is important, I also believe building relationships with people who believe differently is important for Christian living.

Hebrews 12:14 says, “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.” Rabbi Mark’s holiness (the way in which he was “set apart”) enabled me to see the Lord in a different way, and I knew that as a Christian it was essential that I do that for others.

Do more than keep peace — create it Talking to people about faith is challenging — especially talking to people who believe differently than you. But real peace is also challenging. I’m not talking about the peace we keep by avoiding conflict and hard issues — I’m talking about the peace we create by learning how to be in relationships with people of other faiths (or non-faiths).

Christian love is a relational love. It is unconditional. It is supposed to be Christ-like. Being in relationships with people who are similar to us is easy, but we more fully live in love when we learn to care for those who are different from us. Think about how different we are from Jesus — yet he reaches out to us, meets us in our differences, and embraces us fully. We need to do that for others.

I hope you meet your own Rabbi Mark and enrich your understanding of yourself, the world, and others by talking to a human and engaging with someone who believes differently than you. We can’t just keep peace — we must create it.

Rachael McNeal works as the Program Coordinator in the Interfaith Center at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL. She is currently the editor for FaithLineProtestants.org and serves on the Interfaith Youth Core Alumni Speakers Bureau. She lives in St. Augustine, FL with her husband Kevin, daughter Esther, and dog Chief Clancy Wiggum.

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said both political and economic commitment will be required to ensure the Earth’s health for future generations.

Parolin’s remarks came in a message Wednesday to a conference of business and church leaders on how sustainable actions can drive the economic growth needed to lift people out of poverty.

It’s a theme that Francis is expected to explore in his environment encyclical, which is due in the coming weeks.

“When the future of the planet is at stake, there are no political frontiers, barriers or walls behind which we can hide to protect ourselves from the effects of environmental and social degradation,” Parolin’s message said.

“There is no room for the globalization of indifference, the economy of exclusion or the throwaway culture so often denounced by Pope Francis.”

Parolin’s intervention was a clear indication that Francis endorses economic development proposals which help the poor but use new, clean-energy, low carbon and efficient technologies.

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Hours later, Pope Francis urged Catholics in China to be “united to the rock” of the church in Rome, although it was unclear whether his comments were linked to the speech earlier Wednesday by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China is ruled by the officially atheist Communist Party, and Beijing attempts to control a variety of religions and their spread.

“We must manage religious affairs in accordance with the law and adhere to the principle of independence to run religious groups on our own accord,” Xi said at a high-level party meeting that sought to unite non-Communist Party groups and individuals.

His comments were widely reported in state media.

“Active efforts should be made to incorporate religions into socialist society,” Xi said, adding that the party’s religious work should be about winning over the hearts and minds of the public for the party.

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LUANN May 23 1999 — In Kansas City, Owen Hart dies when he falls 27 metres while being lowered into a WWF wrestling ring. He was 33 years old.

1981 — Canada’s Wonderland amusement park opens north of Toronto.

1945 — In Luneburg Germany, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, commits suicide while imprisoned by Allied forces.

1933 — Parliament passes Canadian Na-

tional-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to co-operate during the Depression.

1929 — Canada’s first airborne wedding takes place in a bi-plane over Regina.

1929 — First non-stop Winnipeg-to-Edmonton flight made in six hours and 48 minutes.

1873 — Parliament passes a bill creating the North-West Mounted Police; a military police like Royal Irish Constabulary, to patrol border and keep peace between natives and traders.

It merged with the Dominion Police in 1920 to form the RCMP.

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Wife sick of feeding husband’s sex fantasies

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Dear Annie: Is there any end to it? I am 68 and have been married for 44 years.

My husband and I both have some health issues, but he still needs sex, or he becomes depressed and can’t seem to function.

My husband is also addicted to pornography and has been his whole adult life. I’ve looked the other way on this vice because he is otherwise a wonderful husband and faMITCHELL ther. & SUGAR I just don’t feel like feeding Photo by RICK TALLAS/freelance his sex fantasies at this stage A very handsome bird, the goldfinch forages actively on weeds, shrubs and trees, often climbing about of our marriage. Not to mention, Viagra is an expensive acrobatically on plants such as thistles to get the seeds. pill and has some side effects. I seriously would like honest answers from other senior citizens in their late 60s and early 70s.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t let negative self-talk hold What should I do? I’ve thought about ending the you back Virgo. You have to be your Number One fan. If you marriage and letting him find a younger gal. I know don’t believe in yourself, why should anyone else? A group that’s what some men need and want. — Had Enough, project shows great promise.

Saturday, May 23 Thanks LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The focus is on conversation CELEBRITIES BORN ON Dear Had Enough: Are you talking about any type THIS DAY: John Ortiz, 47; Heather today Libra - whether it is confused or focused is up to you. of sex or about indulging in odd sexual fantasies fed Wahlquist, 38; Linda Thompson, 65 Sort out what you want to say in your mind, before you disby his porn addiction? cuss things with other people.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: PerIf the latter, you are under no obligation to do fection is a goal, not a destination.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As long as you’ve done the things that make you uncomfortable or unhappy just required research and preparation, any work you do will be HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Talkative to pander to his bizarre fantasy life. Get some coun- and mentally active, you are great well received. Cooperation, commitment and discipline are the seling, with or without him, and decide what you fun to be around but sometimes keys to a drama-free day. need to do for yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re keen to escape your impulsive nature can get you But if you are talking about healthy, normal sex- into trouble! Over the coming year, your weekday life via daydreaming, reading, watching movies ual relations, we can tell you that most men are not find fun ways to be more creative at or enjoying a weekend getaway. But don’t neglect serious rewilling to give it up simply because their wives are work or school. sponsibilities in the process.

JOANNE no longer interested. Your libido may have disapCAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When you are dealing ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be MADELEINE peared, but his hasn’t. with others today Capricorn, be very clear with your directions very cautious and conscientious in MOORE Some men handle this by going without and being the way you communicate today but avoid being too business-like and brusque. There’s always unhappy. Some have affairs. Some masturbate. Some Rams. Explain yourself carefully, room for the personal touch. turn to prostitutes. Some leave their wives. Some otherwise others may take your AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ve got ambitious plans women take hormones to maintain their libido, some comments as confusing and unfair and divine dreams for the future Aquarius. You’re enjoying the decide to have sex now and then, and others simply criticism. big picture but don’t neglect minor matters. Today, the devil is don’t care how their husbands feel — they are done.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There could be a problem definitely in the detail.

Marriage requires compromise. One partner with money today Taurus, especially involving joint finances. should not be miserable all the time so that the So make sure you understand your current fiscal responsibili- Please see SIGNS on Page D10 other can be content. And there is no expiration date ties and stick to them. on that.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Creativity is high today, as your There is information online, along with a petition imagination soars. But a child, teenager or friend may bring at EndRoboCalls.org, which is part of Consumers you back down to earth with a thud as they look to you to Union. One person alone will not make an impact, solve a persistent problem. but if thousands join together, perhaps we, along with Consumers Union, can help to end these annoying and sometimes illegal robocalls. — No More EDUCATION COORDINATOR Powered Powe ered by Robocalls, Please Suicide Information & Education Services is currently seeking Dear No More: Thank Central Alberta’s an individual for position of Education Coordinator for our you so much for providing this information for K-12 education programs. This position also provides support career site of choice. our readers. Consumers to our Education Team and Executive Director and will work Union is the policy and acin collaboration with schools and community partners. tion division of Consumer Reports.

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This pact. throughout Central Alberta is an expectation of this support. permanent full-time includes a comprehensive packpermanentThis full-time position includes a comprehensive bene¿benefits ts package, a Annie’s Mailbox is writposition. age, a defined a flexprogram, time program, professional develten by Kathy Mitchell and de¿ned bene¿tsbenefits pensionpension plan, aplan, Àex time professional development Marcy Sugar, longtime opment opportunities, and a superior work environment.

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SIGNS: Pisces PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avoid being completely self-absorbed Pisces. Roll your sleeves up and attend to the needs of loved ones. You’ll find the more you are of service to others, the better the day will be.

Sunday, May 24 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Kristin Scott Thomas, 55; Alfred Molina, 62; Priscilla Presley, 70 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Express yourself in dramatic and creative ways.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 2015 is the year to bring more balance into your life. You have many talents but don’t waste them by being too self-absorbed. Creative partnerships and joint ventures are well worth the effort.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Moon links up with Jupiter and Uranus, which speeds up communication and ensures a busy day of connecting with a wide range of people from different walks of life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take stock of your financial investments and responsibilities today Taurus. And don’t forget to do an inventory on your inner wealth too, as you review your core values and beliefs.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Brainstorming ideas and connecting with others brings success closer, faster. Get plenty of sleep to make up for the high amount of mental, physical or creative work you’re doing.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ve got ambitious dreams and aspirations but you’re not sure where to begin. Stop talking and just get started! Once you get the ball rolling, things will gradually fall into place.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Cats are feeling creative today.

So find a way to express yourself, in a form that suits your particular style. If you turn on the Leo charm, then you’ll really start kicking goals.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Work and business show steady improvement, as long as you are willing to roll up your sleeves and get the job done. You’re in the spotlight so make sure it’s for all the right reasons.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Adventure is on the menu today as you travel somewhere special or study something that has always fascinated you. With Uranus revving up your relationship zone, expect the unexpected.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpios often stubbornly stick to the status quo. Don’t be afraid of change! Your motto for today is from birthday great Bob Dylan “There is nothing so stable as change.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today’s stars help you feel more positive about partnerships. It’s time to nurture close relationships and get them back on solid ground. Make sure you build bridges rather than burn them!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are the calm and reassuring voice of reason, as loved ones look to you to provide some sensible Capricorn advice. Keeping to your usual routine will make others feel more secure.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Moon’s moving through your relationship zone, so enjoy lavishing attention on loved ones. It’s also time to nurture friendships, and make sure you don’t take them for granted.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Have you been neglecting loved ones? Attend to home and family today Fish. A timely phone call, email or visit could make all the difference and get your relationships back on track.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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TOP: The TD Williamson Rage U16B softball team won gold in an open tournament in Edmonton over the long weekend. The Rage went 2-2 in round robin on a very cold and windy Saturday. The girls bounced back on Sunday, winning back-to-back games to take the championship with a 14-8 win over the Calgary Kaizen U16A team.

BOTTOM; The U16 Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club earned division I, tier II gold in the three-day Canadian Open Volleyball Championship tournament in Calgary finishing May 19. The Kings topped the Selkirk Royals (Manitoba) in the final in straight sets 25-18 and 25 23. The Kings finished the national tournament with a match record of 7-2. Their tier II gold represents an overall placement of ninth in the country. The tournament had 60 U16 teams from across Canada participating.

Canadian researchers discover how to turn blood into nerve cells

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develop the blood-generated neural stem cells into motor and other kinds of neurons that could conceivably one day be transplanted into patients to restore healthy brain cells as a treatment for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Lou Gehrig’s disease, for instance. The technology could also be used to produce retinal nerve cells to treat people who are losing their sight.

TORONTO — Canadian scientists have discovered how to turn a simple blood sample into a variety of nerve cells, including those that are responsible for pain, numbness and other sensations.

The technology will allow researchers to test potential drugs for treating pain using the nerve cells in a lab, all based on an individual patient’s own genetic HEARING SOLUTIONS signature, said Mick Bhatia, who led the team of researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton.

“Now we can take easy to obtain blood samples and make the main cell types of neurological systems — the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system — in a dish that is specialized for each patient,” said Bhatia, director of McMaster’s Stem Cell and Cancer Research Inwww.strategichearingsolutions.com stitute. “Nobody has ever done this with adult blood, ever.”

The technique involves extracting stem cells from blood, which are then converted into neural stem cells using a patented technique. These stem cells are then manipulated in the lab to give rise to several types of nerve cells, including those that make up the peripheral nervous system throughout the arms, legs and the rest of the body.

“We can actually take a patient’s blood sample, as routinely performed in a doctor’s office, and with it we can produce one million sensory neurons,” said Bhatia. “We can also make central nervous system cells.”

The researchers hope to discover new pain drugs that take aim only at the peripheral nerve system, while not affecting the brain and the rest of the central nervous system, as standard opioids and narcotics do.

“You don’t want to feel sleepy or unaware, you just want your pain to go away,” said Bhatia.

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