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No sales tax: Notley FIRST QUESTION PERIOD FOR NDP GOVERNMENT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Rachel Notley, in her first question period as premier of Alberta, promised Tuesday that her NDP government will not bring in a sales tax.

It was one of several finance questions Notley faced in the first full day of debate in the legislature

under the new NDP government.

“We have no intention of bringing in a sales tax,” Notley told the house after being questioned by Wildrose Leader Brian Jean.

It is expected to be a short session.

Members will debate a bill to ban corporate and union donations to political parties along with a bill to hike taxes on large corporations and on the wealthy.

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There will also be an interim supply bill to keep money flowing to government until the NDP brings in a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year sometime in the fall.

The former Progressive Conservative government introduced a budget this spring, but it did not pass before the election.

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New ridings, political shift add spice to upcoming vote

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St. Patrick’s School teacher Tom West and Grade 9 student Jasper Visaya sprint past a group of cheering students outside St. Pat’s Tuesday afternoon. Thirteen staff members and 20 students took part in the school’s annual Aquathon Tuesday, which saw them running 1.5 km, swimming 300 metres and running again another 1.5 km, while the rest of the school cheered them on.

Mountie murder prompts bail review

BY DEAN BENNETT THE CANADIAN PRESS

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EDMONTON — Alberta is reviewing its bail procedures following the murder of a Mountie in January.

The review is to determine who should conduct bail hearings and under what circumstances, Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley announced Tuesday.

“We need to know if an improved bail process can respect people’s rights but at the same time better protect our communities and the police,” Ganley told a news conference at the legislature.

It will be conducted by someone outside Alberta’s justice system, she added.

Ganley ordered the review following the release of a report into the death of RCMP Const. David Wynn, who was shot at a casino in St. Albert just north of Edmonton on Jan. 17. His partner, auxiliary Const. Derek Bond was wounded but survived.

They had entered the casino in the early-morning hours to investigate a stolen truck.

The killer, Shawn Rehn, was found dead hours later at a home east of St. Albert.

Rehn had a lengthy history of criminal and violent behaviour, but was free after a bail hearing where a police officer — and not a Crown prosecutor — was present.

The case raised the question of whether Crown prosecutors, with more courtroom experience,

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Deputy Commissioner Marianne Ryan says the Mounties support the bail review.

“The RCMP in Alberta welcomes any initiative that contributes to enhanced public safety,” Ryan said in a statement. “We look forward to working with the government of Alberta in support of its review of existing policy and procedures related to bail hearings.”

A survey by The Canadian Press of justice and Crown officials from across Canada revealed a patchwork of policies, but Alberta is the only province that predominantly relies on police rather than Crowns at initial bail hearings.

Outside of Alberta, provinces use only Crowns or a combination of prosecutors and police.

The report on Rehn revealed that he had been a career criminal for two decades when he died. Between 1995 and 2015, he was convicted of 68 offences, most of them property crimes, but some involving violence and drug use.

He was charged with breaching his bail conditions on 10 different occasions, resulting in 21 charges.

He was last in custody in September 2014 on various charges. He was arrested after he was caught riding a stolen motorcycle and carrying a spring-loaded knife.

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The seeking, vetting and choosing of federal election candidates is well underway in Central Alberta.

Voters can expect to see the stumping begin in earnest for the Oct. 19 election soon after they are back from summer vacations.

This election is already promising to come with some added spice because of several factors.

All of the five electoral boundaries that cover Central Alberta have been redrawn and all but one of the ridings will have a new name come the election.

The current ridings of Red Deer, Crowfoot, Wetaskiwin, Wildrose and Yellowhead will be known as Red Deer-Lacombe, Red Deer-Mountain View, Battle River-Crowfoot, Edmonton-Wetaskiwin and Yellowhead.

The relatively unknown Libertarian Party of Canada will field at least one Central Alberta candidate.

Among other things, the party’s more controversial platforms include repealing the Canada Health Act and leaving health care entirely in the hands of the province and territories; allowing provinces to choose private health care; legalizing sex work and cannabis; and removing “the prohibitions and legislative obstacles for the ownership of guns by peaceful citizens for the purposes of recreation, selfdefence and hunting.”

And last but not least, the federal New Democratic Party is seeing renewed interest in local nominations following the successful election of the provincial NDPs on May 5.

The Central Alberta federal election candidates who have been nominated so far include: Red Deer-Lacombe: Conservative Blaine Calkins (incumbent); Jeff Rock, Liberals.

Red Deer-Mountain View: Conservative Earl Dreeshen (incumbent); Evan Bedford, Green; James Walper, Libertarian.

Battle River-Crowfoot: Conservative Kevin Sorenson (incumbent); Gary Kelly, Green.

Edmonton-Wetaskiwin: Mike Lake, Conservative; Joy Hudon, Green; Jacqueline Biollo, Liberal.

Yellowhead: Jim Eglinski, Conservative; Cory Lystang, Libertarian; Ryan Maguhn, Liberal.

Nomination dates have still to be set by the various parties.

Stephen Merredew, president of the Red DeerMountain View NDP constituency association, said on Tuesday that a lot of interest has been generated in the party since the provincial election and he is expecting there will be a nomination vote for both Red Deer ridings.

Already two people have declared their intention to seek a local NDP nomination. Local public school board trustee Dianne Macaulay is seeking the nomination for Red Deer-Mountain View.

Katharine Swampy, from Maskwacis, has just graduated with a bachelor of arts with a major in economics and a minor in political science from the University of Alberta. She ran unsuccessfully in the provincial election as the NDP candidate for Drayton Valley-Devon.

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Trudeau unveils democratic reforms Justin Trudeau vowed Tuesday that if elected, he would enact a sweeping 32-point democratic reform plan.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A coalition of 200 civil society organizations says its wants all political parties to explain to voters how they will ensure that criticism and dissent of the government is not punished by those in power.

That message accompanied the release Tuesday of a report by the coalition, known as Voices-Voix, that revived a complaint that has been voiced against the Conservatives in the past — that it is stifling dissent and suppressing democracy by punishing civil society groups that publicly disagree with its policies.

The coalition is framing its report in the context of the coming federal election, and is calling on all parties to renounce what it calls unprecedented ha-

revenue her proposed hikes to corporate taxes and taxes on the wealthy will bring in.

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NDP: Budget in the fall Notley has said the budget will be tabled sometime in the fall, but has not been more specific.

Jean urged Notley to bring in a budget by Sept. 7, saying Albertans and businesses need cost certainty.

But Notley said the budget presented by former PC premier Jim Prentice was soundly rejected by voters in the election in favour of the NDP’s plan.

“We don’t want to introduce Prentice 2.0,” said Notley.

“We want to introduce NDP 1.0 because that’s what the people of this province voted for and that’s what we owe to them.”

Opposition Tory Leader Ric McIver tried, but failed, to get answers from Notley on how much total

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ELECTION: Interest high in NDP nomination Merredew said no less than eight people have approached him, interested in the NDP nomination for Red Deer-Mountain View since the provincial election. Potential candidates have to be vetted by the party first, he said.

In the spring, the party had no candidates yet federally, although the party had approached some people, Merredew said.

They are giving people time to sell memberships and while no date has been set for the NDP nominations locally, they are looking at late July, he said.

In Alberta alone, he said there have been more

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than 100 people wanting to seek an NDP nomination. A handful are already finalized but most aren’t.

There are 34 federal ridings in Alberta.

NDP nominations in both Red Deer ridings will most likely be contested, he said. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

BAIL: Relies on police The officer who represented the Crown at the bail hearing in front of a justice of the peace noted that Rehn was wanted on outstanding warrants and was not allowed to carry weapons. But the officer didn’t mention Rehn’s past convictions or his two stints in federal prisons. Rehn was released on bail. The RCMP have questioned why Rehn was allowed on the streets. Alberta Justice has said that police officers are used for initial bail hearings to help speed up the court process.

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“We have borne witness to hundreds of cases in which individuals, organizations and institutions have been intimidated, defunded, shut down or vilified by the federal government,” says the 66-page report.

Signatories include the heads of Amnesty International Canada, Greenpeace Canada and the former head of Oxfam Canada.

It accuses the government of muzzling scientists and public servants and portraying First Nations and aboriginal groups as threats to national security — silencing the public policy debate on important issues as a result.

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TORONTO — It started with the loss of a phone and ended with the loss of a life.

Investigators are working to find those responsible for the death of an 18-year-old who was fatally shot as he was trying to find his lost cellphone — an “extreme” case police said highlights the risks of using mobile-tracking apps.

Jeremy Cook left his cellphone in a taxi in London, Ont., on Sunday morning but was able to use an app to track the device’s location to an address in the city’s north end.

When he and a relative arrived at the location around 5:15 a.m., the app indicated the phone was with three men who were in a nearby car, police said.

What happened next is still being pieced together but police say that when Cook tried to retrieve his phone, the vehicle began to drive away, prompting him to grab on to the driver’s side door. Shots were fired and Cook died from multiple wounds.

The vehicle with the three men — who Cook didn’t know — sped away, collided with a fence and then a telephone pole, police said, before all three suspects fled the scene.

“It’s certainly extreme,” London Police Const.

Ken Steeves told The Canadian Press. “No one ever would have predicted or even thought that a loss of life would have resulted from a loss of a phone.”

As the investigation continues, police are urging anyone using an app to track down a lost or stolen phone to exert caution when they enter what might be a risky situation.

“The app itself is a great tool to have. Nobody could ever predict that what occurred was going to occur in that case,” Steeves said. “But if you suspect there’s any potential for violence at all, we certainly encourage people to contact police. We’d be more than happy to come out and investigate with the hopes of retrieving the phone.”

Cook’s case is thought to be the first time London police are dealing with a case of serious violence stemming from tracking down a waylaid phone, but Steeves said police may have helped others find their devices in the past through routine calls for assistance.

He noted, however, that the tracking application used by Cook wasn’t what had resulted in his death.

“It wasn’t the app that took away Jeremy’s life, it was the individuals, which would be rare, who happened to be armed with a gun,” he said.

Police are looking for three men aged 18 to 21 in connection with Cook’s death. They are described as a black male wearing a white shirt with a black design, a black male with very short hair wearing a black jacket or shirt and a fitted hat, and a black male of slim build wearing a blue shirt and a black hat.

Cook’s cellphone was found in the area where the suspects’ vehicle was abandoned and is currently with police.

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NDP vow to renew democracy

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s justice minister says a bill to ban corporate and union donations to political parties is just the start of democratic reform.

Kathleen Ganley said Tuesday that a new, allparty legislature committee will be looking at other issues related to campaign financing, including donation limits and whether to extend a similar ban to municipal politics.

“Bill 1 is the beginning of our government’s work to renew democracy in Alberta,” Ganley told reporters.

“Ensuring Albertans can continue to fully exercise their democratic rights is something that is very important and close to the hearts of the premier and this government.”

Bill 1, An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, bans corporate and union donations to political parties retroactive to when it was introduced on Tuesday.

Former Progressive Conservative governments have long received the vast majority of corporate do-

Environmentalists fear Parks Canada plans for ski area

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Parks Canada is rushing through new guidelines that would allow too much development at a ski hill in Banff National Park, an environmental group said Tuesday.

“The increased impact of commercial development in the parks is a huge concern,” said Sean Nichols, conservation specialist with the Alberta Wilderness Association.

At the beginning of June, Parks Canada released guidelines for development and use of Lake Louise, one of Canada’s largest ski resorts and a regular World Cup race venue. The document, crafted in consultation with ski hill management, is intended to guide development for the next 42 years.

“We want to know that if the market continues to grow, we (will) be prepared to meet that need,” said Dan Markham, Lake Louise marketing manager.

The guidelines involve removing about 1,000 hectares from the resort’s leasehold in exchange for permission to put runs on a currently unused 500 hectares.

They would also allow the hill to build several warming huts and a large facility on the top of Mount Whitehorn.

nations, totalling into the millions of dollars.

Opponents said it not only skewed the playing field but suggested that decisions by the province were for sale to the highest bidder.

The NDP benefited as well, from unions. In 2014, the NDP received almost $85,000 in union donations, more than 10 per cent of all fundraising.

Ganley said the committee, with nine government members and eight opposition members, will look at the larger reform issues including donation limits.

Right now, individuals can contribute up to $15,000 to a party a year, double that in election years.

All parties in the legislature except the PCs have said they would support the bill barring any changes.

But PC Leader Ric McIver said his nine-member caucus will not support the legislation.

He said the bill will just drive corporations to find other ways to funnel money to political parties, and he said the bill favours funding to the NDP. Ganley disagreed.

“I don’t think it’s an attempt to skew in favour of any particular party,” she said.

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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley gives a thumbs up to the crowd before the speech from the throne in Edmonton on Monday. nary Albertans so that they are the ones that have the loudest voice in our election financing.”

“There’s emotional supports, we’re still making referrals for clinical emotional supports to families and individuals, we’re being asked to assist with mortgage and financial realities that are unfolding still, we’re helping individuals and families navigate DRP and their insurance scenarios,” McManus said.

She also said there’s no one region where these problems exist, rather they span from downtown Calgary and High River to First Nations and Bow Valley communities.

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Red Cross still helping Alberta victims nearly 2 years after massive flood CALGARY — The Canadian Red Cross says it’s still busy helping those affected by the flood in southern Alberta nearly two years ago.

It released a progress report Wednesday on the work done so far across the region.

Provincial director Jenn McManus said there’s no one challenge that sticks out in her mind as most prevalent with their clients.

She says the Red Cross has spent $36.2 million of the $43.3 million raised, helping about 7,700 families.

McManus says there are some families that still need affordable, safe shelter, and there are many who still have high levels of emotional stress.

Flooding in June 2013 in Calgary and southern Alberta caused more than $5 billion in damage and has been called Canada’s costliest disaster.

Four people died, nearly 75,000 were evacuated in Calgary and the entire town of High River was also forced out of their homes.

Alberta man charged in deaths of men from Newfoundland and Labrador LEDUC — A 36-year-old man from Leduc is in court today to face charges in a head-on collision last winter that killed two men from Newfoundland and Labrador, and injured two others.

Harold May Jr. and Shawn Briffett, both 37, died Feb. 18 when the taxi van they were in collided with a pickup truck about three kilometres east of the Edmonton International Airport.

A 35-year-old man who was thrown from the taxi was injured, while the 38-year-old taxi driver was taken to hospital with critical injuries.

Bobby Barlett, who was not hurt in the collision, faces charges of impaired driving causing death and bodily harm, as well as dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and bodily harm.

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In the political closet THE ISSUES CONSERVATIVES DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT AS WE HEAD TO AN ELECTION In the coming days, Ottawa’s phoney war will finally come to an end.

The Commons will rise and when MPs next take their seats, we will have been through what could be one of the most hotly contested election campaigns in our history.

So this is a good time to TIM point out five HARPER issues a government seeking a renewed mandate doesn’t want to discuss.

These are five issues the Stephen Harper team has aggressively kicked to the curb, all too volatile and potentially damaging, in their view, to actually be part of the national debate.

If Kim Campbell once infamously told us that campaigns were no place to discuss complex issues, this Conservative government has taken that maxim and expanded it to include the pre-election period in a fixed-date election race.

There is some truth to the Campbell theory: Complex policies can be background wallpaper to a choice which often hinges on personalities, the need for change or the need for stability.

Will any of these get an airing between now and Oct. 19?

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Senate reform The messiest of all issues, with its constitutional complexities, Prime Minister Harper is going to work hard not to be drawn into this during an election. There is no upside for a man who once made reform a centrepiece of his appeal to voters, then appointed more senators than any prime minister and has seen the place fall into unprecedented ill repute under his watch.

But his “Senate, heal thyself,” position won’t cut it.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair will campaign on abolition, but unless he fleshes out a position that is really a populist bumper sticker, he will face repeated questions on how he would find unanimity among provinces while he is headed for a collision in his home province of Quebec.

This is a minefield, no matter how tempting it is for the NDP to beat the abolition drum.

First Nations The Truth and Reconciliation Commission handed the government 94 recommendations and a historic opportunity to reset a relationship. But this is an election year, so the Conservatives merely thanked chair Murray Sinclair and said they would study and wait for the final report, an excuse of convenience to get this off the electoral map.

Conversely, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau committed his party to all 94 recommendations without any cost analysis. It was an astounding policy decision that is almost certainly unattainable, but stayed largely under the radar.

Assisted suicide Last February, the country’s top court unanimously ruled Canadians had a right to end their life with a doctor’s help to alleviate pain and suffering.

It gave the government 12 months to rewrite the Criminal Code or the decision stands.

Harper acknowledged that assisted suicide is a sensitive topic that engenders “strong opinions on both sides,” then retreated to his mantra about examining the decision and holding broad consultations.

A bid by Trudeau to strike a parliamentary committee to study the issue led to silence in Ottawa, leaving the next Parliament a perilous timeline to deal with such a substantive issue because it was too volatile to deal with in an election year.

Environmental decisions In May, Harper committed Canada to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, but any heavy lifting on the climate file is being done by the provinces. At the G7 summit last week, Harper agreed to a commitment toward “decarbonization’’ of the global economy — in 85 years — after reportedly pushing back on a tougher resolution.

On other environmental decisions, the punting is more blatant.

Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq was to rule on a proposed nuclear

waste site on the shores of Lake Huron

by September, after a federal review panel recommended approval.

But it is highly divisive among communities affected, so Aglukkaq merely put the decision off until December, after the vote.

Future of Iraq mission The “half-war” against the Islamic State is not working and will eventually lead to pressure for a larger commitment from countries such as Canada.

But that pressure will be kept to the back channels until after October, so Harper can talk tough on security without having to deal with tricky decisions over the horizon.

It is the right of a government — and politically smart — to try to craft the narrative during a campaign.

The opposition parties will use the same political calculus in deciding which of these issues to highlight.

On the other issues, well, we can talk amongst ourselves.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thestar.ca.

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Creating trail link to rail bridge an opportunity not to be lost There are times in our history when the stars line up to create an unusual opportunity to do something special that future generations will cherish. This is one of those times.

A few years ago, Red Deer County was gifted for $1 the relatively unknown, historic 644-metre-long Alberta Central Railway steel trestle across the Red Deer River just a few kilometres southwest of Red Deer along with the CPR right of way from Hwy 2A to Benalto.

Since then, the county has thankfully invested several hundred thousand dollars to maintain its integrity as a significant historic resource. After all, it’s the longest abandoned railway bridge of its type, not only in Central Alberta, but in Western Canada. Only two other bridges of its type are still actively used by the two major railways, both in Alberta.

Furthermore, this bridge (built by a local railway company with dreams of interprovincial line through Red Deer) represents the opening up of the land west of the Red Deer River for settlement, development and reaching world markets. It symbolizes the entrepreneurship and work ethic of early settlers to the region.

The dilemma is what practical use is there for this important historical structure that justifies the cost of maintaining it as a county-owned historic icon?

There really is only one possible use — as part of a regional or national trail network that exposes this important structure to the public and creates an active living resource that would attract people to this region.

This is where the rare opportunity comes in.

The Trans Canada Trail Foundation is looking to finalize its route in Central Alberta and is prepared to fund up to 50 per cent of the cost of renovating the

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The historic 644-metre-long Central Alberta Railway steel trestle across the Red Deer River could be the centrepiece of a new trail. structure for pedestrian and bicycle use. In addition, there is likely to be significant funding available for special projects to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Canada in 2017, although one significant funding opportunity has already been lost, the Canada 150 grant.

Other significant funding is likely to be available for active living, heritage, rural development and tourism projects.

And let’s not rule out significant corporate and individual funding for such a high-profile project.

But the window of opportunity is brief. Trans Canada Trail Foundation funds, allocated in Alberta by Alberta TrailNet, will go to the projects most likely to be completed, or at least started, by 2017. However, the decisions on those allocations are likely to be made by the end of this year, if not sooner.

Let’s not kid ourselves — repurposing this bridge and the linear park approaches will be a multimillion-dollar project and there are some challenges to overcome in order to proceed, including addressing the legitimate concerns of adjoining landowners.

But it is unlikely that this amount of non-local funding will be available again in the foreseeable future, keeping in mind that Albertans have been among the largest contributors to the Trans Canada Trail.

If Red Deer County and the City of Red Deer (who had both lobbied in the late 1990s to bring the Trans Canada Trail to Central Alberta) can work together

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Trudeau unveils democratic reforms LIBERAL LEADER WOULD END FIRST-PAST-THE-POST ELECTORAL SYSTEM

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is casting himself as the leader who will bring “real change� to what he calls a “partisan swamp� created by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s secretive, controlling and ultra-partisan style of governing.

The Liberal leader vowed Tuesday that if elected, he would enact a sweeping 32-point democratic reform plan aimed at making government more transparent, more responsive, more reflective of the voting choices of Canadians and less driven by raw partisanship.

The plan would change everything from the way people vote to how they access government services, starting with a promise to make this fall’s federal election the last one conducted under the first-past-the-post electoral system.

Among other things, Trudeau promised a Liberal government would: â—? Reform question period in the House of Commons so that one day each week would be devoted solely to grilling the prime minister. â—? Impose spending limits on political parties between elections, not just

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Conservatives encouraged RCMP to destroy disputed long-gun data OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper acknowledges his government pressured the Mounties to swiftly destroy long-gun registry records, even

during election campaigns. � Appoint an equal number of men and women to cabinet and adopt a government-wide appointment policy to ensure gender parity and greater representation of aboriginal people and other minorities. “The Harper Conservatives have been in power for a decade and, year after year, they have grown more

electoral system. First-past-the-post has long been viewed as the primary culprit behind declining voter turnout, contributing to Canadians’ belief that their votes don’t count.

Under the current system, the candidate with the most votes in each riding wins, whether or not he or she captures an absolute majority of votes.

That allows a party to win the majority

‘THE HARPER CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN IN POWER FOR A DECADE AND, YEAR AFTER YEAR, THEY HAVE GROWN MORE CLOSED-OFF FROM CANADIANS, MORE INTOLERANT OF DEBATE AND DISSENT, MORE SELFSERVING, MORE SECRETIVE.’ — JUSTIN TRUDEAU LIBERAL LEADER

closed-off from Canadians, more intolerant of debate and dissent, more self-serving, more secretive,� Trudeau asserted. “Harper has turned Ottawa into a partisan swamp. He has used the tools of state to attack anyone who isn’t on his side.�

The most ambitious element of the plan is doing away with the current

of seats in the House of Commons with less than 40 per cent of the vote nationally, and can deliver wildly different seat counts to parties, even though they win similar shares of the national vote.

Trudeau said a Liberal government would create a special all-party committee to explore electoral reform options, including ranked ballots, pro-

though they’d been warned it was illegal.

For the first time, the Conservative government is asserting that it encouraged the RCMP to delete the data in 2012 — notwithstanding an ongoing investigation by the federal information commissioner and a written promise from the public safety minister to respect the law.

Information commissioner Suzanne Legault has recommended charges because the Mounties knowingly destroyed records that were protected

under the Access to Information Act. The matter is being investigated by the Ontario Provincial Police.

Legault is also in Federal Court seeking to preserve a remaining copy of Quebec gun registry data while championing the right of access to government records under an act of Parliament.

An affidavit filed in Federal Court by one of Legault’s investigators presents evidence the RCMP was being pressured by the public safety minister’s office and the Prime Minister’s

portional representation, mandatory voting and online voting. Based on the committee’s recommendations, the Liberals would introduce legislation within 18 months of forming government.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair suggested Trudeau is arriving late to the party, noting that New Democrats have advocated proportional representation for years. “After a couple of years he hasn’t stood for anything, now he stands for everything, including things he voted against just a couple of months ago,�

Mulcair said in Toronto.

The Liberals voted against an NDP motion, which called for replacing with proportional representation. While he’s willing to consider that, Trudeau said Canadians deserve a “robust consultation� before such a monumental change is made.

Trudeau is on record as personally favouring preferential balloting, under which voters rank their first, second, third and subsequent choices. If no candidate receives an absolute majority on the first ballot, the last-place candidate is eliminated and his or her supporters’ second-choice votes are counted. That continues until one candidate receives over 50 per cent.

Office to swiftly destroy the records at the same time the government was assuring Legault they’d be preserved until her investigation was complete.

When asked about the allegation today in the House of Commons, Harper said his government had passed legislation explicitly calling for the record destruction and said it “obviously encouraged� the RCMP to do so.

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MacKay says more time needed to respond to assisted suicide ruling OTTAWA — The federal government will need more time to deal with the Supreme Court’s decision on doctor-assisted death, and asking for an extension would be a perfectly reasonable request, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Tuesday.

MacKay, who is not seeking re-election this October, said he suspects it is “very likely” the government — be it Conservative or otherwise — will need more time to address the decision, which came down in February.

In finding that Canada’s prohibition on physicianassisted suicide was a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the high court gave Parliament one year to deal with the issue in legislation.

The court said the response would have to recognize the right of clearly consenting adults who endure intolerable physical or mental suffering who wish to end their lives with a doctor’s help.

MacKay said there is “no guarantee” the court would be willing to grant an extension, but he said it would be a “reasonable request.” He also insisted the next government would address the issue because of the legal void it creates.

“To do otherwise, I think, would be dangerous and irresponsible,” MacKay said as he vowed to launch formal consultations on the issue “very, very soon.”

Tories introduce plan tougher for drunk driving laws OTTAWA — Two years after they first made the commitment, the Conservatives are finally introducing a renewed crackdown on drunk drivers — but the new measures aren’t about to become law any time soon.

As one of his final acts as justice minister, Peter MacKay on Tuesday introduced the Dangerous and Impaired Driving Act, a bill that reforms transportation-related offences including those relating to impaired driving.

“We are sending a strong signal to those who choose to drive impaired that this behaviour is not only unacceptable, but is also creating a serious risk to public safety and putting everyone on the road at risk,” MacKay said.

The government says that the many changes to the Criminal Code over the years to address the problem of impaired driving have also made the law more complex, making investigation, prosecution and sentencing more difficult.

So the new bill proposes to untangle that knot, laying out three impaired driving offences and four other transportation-related offences, including failing to stop after a collision and driving while prohibited.

Once passed, the bill would also increase maximum penalties for impaired driving and introduce new mandatory jail time instead of fines for some offences.

The bill would also limit certain defences available to those charged with impaired driving, including one that has allowed people to argue their blood alcohol level was high because they drank after stopping the car.

The law also responds to a Supreme Court decision which threw out elements of the impaired driving law related to the ability of a person accused of impaired driving to blame the breathalyzer test.

Ottawa teen accused of ‘swatting’ could also face charges in Florida OTTAWA — An Ottawa teen who allegedly exacted online revenge on victims across North America by impersonating them as he summoned police to bogus crises has pleaded not guilty in youth court.

The youth, now 17, is on trial for “swatting,” a practice where emergency services or police tactical units — also known as SWAT teams — are called out through hijacked online accounts or phone numbers.

The trail of cyber chaos wound up being tracked by several police forces, including the FBI in the United States.

He originally faced 60 charges, including causing mischief and conveying false information with intent to alarm, but the Crown says it is only pursuing 34 counts as authorities in Florida are going to mount their own case.

Prosecutor Kerry McVey delivered a lengthy opening statement describing the Crown’s case, which will include young witnesses from California,

Florida, Laval, Que., and Milton, Ont. The 17-year-old cannot be named under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Judge denies bail to Montreal teens facing terrorism-related charges MONTREAL — A judge has denied bail to two Montreal teens facing terrorism-related charges.

El Mahdi Jamali and Sabrine Djermane have been detained since their arrests in mid-April.

Quebec Court Judge Robert Sansfacon ruled today the pair must remain behind bars until the end of the legal proceedings against them.

They each face four charges: attempting to leave Canada to commit a terror act abroad; possession of an explosive substance; facilitating a terrorist act; and committing an act under the direction or for the profit of a terrorist organization.

Their bail hearing was held over four days earlier this month and there is a publication ban on the evidence.

Suspended senator Duffy’s bank accounts, income taxes exposed OTTAWA — The mortgages, Senate salary, private side business and the famous $90,000 repayment from Nigel Wright — Sen. Mike Duffy’s financial history was laid out for all to see at his trial Tuesday.

Government forensic accountant Mark Grenon’s testimony on his analysis of Duffy’s financial data trail won’t necessarily be accepted as fact. Ontario Justice Charles Vaillancourt has yet to decide on that point.

But Crown prosecutors appear to be using the dizzying array of numbers to paint a picture of a high-flying senator who was perpetually living on the edge — a senator who perhaps had a compelling reason to pad his income and to extort the prime minister’s chief of staff into covering a $90,000 reimbursement of his contested expense claims.

Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery related to his Senate living, travel and office expenses.

The court was shown slide after slide of balance sheets and pie charts, chronicling Duffy’s financial life from late 2008 to mid-2013.

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Mulcair shares vision TOUTS FISCAL CREDENTIALS OF NDP GOVERNMENTS PAST

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair touted the strong record New Democrats have had when it comes to balancing budgets in a major speech Tuesday that sought to position his party as a fiscally responsible government-in-waiting.

On a day that resembled an election campaign — the main parties were all on the hustings — Mulcair took his economic vision to the Canada’s financial heartland, taking gentle jabs at his main political rivals, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

“I don’t believe budgets balance themselves, nor do I believe they become balanced just because you pass a law — zap you’re balanced,” Mulcair told the Economic Club of Canada.

“But I do believe that it is fundamentally important that the federal government live within its

means.”

Mulcair talked about NDP icons such as Tommy Douglas, Roy Romanow or former Manitoba premier Gary Doer — provincial leaders who balanced budgets — even as he took a shot at Liberal MP Bob Rae, who racked up a massive deficit in the recession of the early 1990s as the New Democrat premier of Ontario, damaging the party’s electoral fortunes in the province for years.

“The federal department Tom Mulcair of finance’s own reports show that NDP governments are the best at balancing the books when in office,” Mulcair said.

“There was one exception — but he turned out to

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be a Liberal.”

Mulcair received a few rounds of polite applause as well as a warm standing ovation from the business crowd as he talked about New Democrat election planks — including cutting taxes for small businesses — and tried to stake out ground as champion of a middle class he said is being squeezed.

Harper’s job-creation and economic-stimulation plans, Mulcair said, simply aren’t working, leaving current generations worse off than their parents for the first time in Canadian history. He accused the prime minister and previous governments of standing idly by as hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs disappeared.

“It’s time that Canada’s manufacturers had a partner here at home and a champion on the world stage to attract investment and help create export markets,” Mulcair said. “I will be that champion.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Fast-evolving drones are creating new options for industries and businesses across Canada as developers promise to make their operations safer, cheaper and more accurate.

Take the roofing industry.

Michael H. Cohen, president of Toronto-based drone operator Industrial SkyWorks, says that in the past, inspecting roofs for heat loss meant climbing up on the roof to do it manually.

“The industry had for 30 years been walking roofs with handheld thermographic cameras at night, an incredibly dangerous and inefficient activity,” he said in an interview.

Now, an operator can stand in a parking lot as the drone combs a building’s roof in a grid pattern.

Ian Glenn, CEO of drone manufacturer ING Robotic Aviation, says that a similar transformation is playing out among big infrastructure inspections that involve power lines, flare stacks and wind mills -- anywhere that workers previously had to actually climb up the equipment to look at it.

“In everything we do, we reduce the cost, the risk, and the footprint of what we do,” said Glenn.

The potential of drones caught Wade Ewen’s attention in 2013. As a geographic information systems specialist at Cenovus Energy, he manages the company’s air photos, terrain mapping and other location data.

“I just saw that it could augment what we were currently doing and provide our data a bit faster, a bit safer, and (at a) better resolution than we’d normally get.”

He said Cenovus already has three drones, but plans to buy more so that all their major operations have one on site.

Calgary-based 4Front Robotics is working to create more uses for drones by developing ones that can operate in confined spaces. Company CEO Alex Ramirez-Serrano said that there’s been much less progress on that front.

“It’s extremely hard,” he said. “You don’t have GPS, you need to sense and avoid, you need to recognize the environment.”

The company’s prototypes are already being tested on inspecting storage tanks in oil and gas, flying in mines for rescue operations and zooming through the forest to identify which trees to cut.

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Many Canadians would struggle if mortgage payments grew slightly: poll

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A survey by Manulife Bank of Canada says nearly half of Canadian homeowners are taking steps to whittle down their mortgage debt, but many would be in trouble if their monthly payments grew even slightly.

Manulife says 18 per cent of homeowners made extra lump-sum payments towards their mortgages in the past year, while 17 per cent increased their regular payments. Another five per cent of respondents did both.

In total, 40 per cent of the homeowners polled made extra mortgage payments during the past year, while 60 per cent did not.

The average amount of additional mortgage payments was $6,300.

Manulife Bank of Canada’s president and CEO Rick Lunny said it’s encouraging that many homeowners are taking steps to reduce their mortgage debt.

However, the survey also found that more than a third of homeowners polled would face financial hardship if their mortgage payments increased by just 10 per cent.

“Having your payments go up 10 per cent sounds like a lot, but if you have a $200,000 mortgage and interest rates go up one per cent, that’s a 10 per cent increase in your mortgage payments,” Lunny said.

“So there’s not much room here for those people.”

Meanwhile, another 15 per cent of homeowners said they couldn’t handle any increases at all in their mortgage payments.

“It’s inevitable that interest rates will go up, because they’re at historical lows and have been for some time,” Lunny said.

However, Lunny noted that 79 per cent of those polled said they would be willing to cut back on discretionary spending, such as eating out, in order to get out of debt — an indication that there is more wiggle room in their budgets than they may realize.

“These people probably, better than they think, would have the ability to make their mortgage payments, but it would have an impact on their lifestyle,” Lunny said.

Manulife polled 2,372 Canadian homeowners in all provinces between Feb. 10 and 27. Respondents were all between the ages of 20 and 59 and had a minimum household income of $50,000.

The polling industry’s professional body, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population.

The Manulife survey found that Canadian homeowners are carrying an average of $190,000 in mortgage debt, with Albertans carrying the heaviest debt load — an average of $242,300.

That’s followed by $217,300 in British Columbia, $196,900 in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and $193,000 in Ontario.

There is no one right way to invest in mutual funds Derek, I’ve been told not to invest in mutual funds, can you explain if this is sound advice?

Mutual funds have been available in Canada for many years. While most Canadians are familiar with the term, not everyone understands exactly what a mutual fund is.

The most simplistic definition of a mutual fund is a group of many securities wrapped into one convenient bundle.

This group, or pool, is then monitored and modified by a portfolio manager or a team of portfolio managers. Whether a DEREK mutual fund increases (or decreases) in value depends on FUCHS how well the securities inside the bundle are doing. With a WEALTH WATCH basic understanding of a mutual fund we can now review whether they are a suitable investment choice for

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One of the biggest advantages of investing in a mutual fund is getting access to some of Canada’s best investment minds. The portfolio managers who look after mutual funds tend to be very educated and skilled investors who have proven their value over time. Having these individuals guide your money can provide the highest level of professional money management available.

Another benefit is having a single investment that can provide notable diversification. Many mutual funds hold numerous stocks and bonds that are linked to companies in various industries. Other funds will provide you access to various economies around the globe. As such a mutual fund may simplify your investment decisions while offering a reasonable mix of stocks and bonds.

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If you want to invest in a specific sector or market a mutual fund may be a suitable choice because it can provide you access to a specialized area or market that may be difficult to accomplish otherwise.

Some mutual funds focus on specific segments such as the energy sector or an emerging economy. This focus is most often paired with a portfolio manager who is a specialist with detailed knowledge in the field. In addition to access to a specific area, mutual funds may be one of the few ways in which you can easily access global markets that may otherwise be complicated to navigate and to efficiently invest in.

One consideration is that not all portfolio managers are created equally. Some will certainly have a better track record than others and in some cases the management of a mutual fund may change if the lead moves on to another organization. The change in management could impact the performance of the fund. The new manager may not be as skilled and the decisions they make may not be favourable and the fund may underperform their benchmark.

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Greece, EU clash over austerity claims

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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MULCAIR: Small business tax cut While he was vague about how exactly he would boost the manufacturing sector, he did repeat his proposed innovation tax credit to encourage investment in machinery, equipment and property used in research and development.

Most importantly, small businesses with their vital role in communities and job creation need help, he said, in repeating a pledge to cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent from 11 per cent.

“With this one practical measure, small businesses can better weather the current economic climate, hire more employees and help their local communities prosper for years to come,” Mulcair said.

The Conservatives, he said, voted against the tax-cutting motion in the Commons then adopted it in their budget.

Mulcair also promised an NDP government would help municipalities beef up public transit and fight gridlock, pledging to give them one cent a litre from the existing gas tax, and ultimately earmarking another $1.5 billion annually by the end of its first mandate for local governments.

ATHENS, Greece — Greece is struggling to get a deal with its financial rescue creditors to get more loans.

Here is a broad look at the key issues in the crisis:

CURRENT ISSUE

Greece has been relying on loans from its fellow countries in the 19-country eurozone and the International Monetary Fund since 2010. Its 240 billion euro loans package is due to expire at the end of June but Greece has not gotten the last 7.2 billion euros ($8.2 billion) of that package. The talks are now about trying to get those loans before they expire.

Greece has a debt repayment on June 30 worth about 1.6 billion euros that it likely cannot afford without more loans from creditors, and larger payments in July and August it definitely can’t.

UNCERTAINTY KEEPS MARKETS NERVOUS ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s leader and a top EU official ignited a war of words on Tuesday, a rare public spat that highlights how tense the talks have become over how to save the country from financial disaster.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told lawmakers from his left-wing Syriza party that creditors were demanding sweeping pension cuts and tax hikes on medicine and electricity bills.

“It appears this is a show of strength aimed Alexis Tsipras at killing any effort to counter austerity ... It’s an issue that does not only concern Greece but all the peoples of Europe,” he said in parliament.

But Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the EU’s executive Commission, swiftly hit back, replied that he had been misrepresented.

“I am blaming the Greeks for telling things to the public, things which are not consistent with what I told the Greek prime minister,” Juncker said in Brussels.

“I am not in favour — and the prime minister knows that — of increasing (sales taxes) on medicine and on electricity.”

Tsipras and his government have so far failed to reach an agreement with creditors to release the remaining 7.2 billion euros ($8.2 billion) in the country’s bailout program. Without more loans, Greece faces defaulting on June 30 on a debt repayment of 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion).

The continued uncertainty caused a second day of heavy losses on the Athens Stock Exchange, whose main index closed down 4.8 per cent. Greek state borrowing costs also continued to rise — a sign investors fear default. The yield on the country’s two-year-bond neared 30 per cent.

Germany’s DAX and other European bourses recovered from early losses.

Elected on an anti-austerity platform in January, Tsipras has softened his tone somewhat in an attempt to get a deal with creditors. But he is struggling to convince skeptics in his coalition government to back a deal that would likely see an extension of bail-

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Greece needs loans because it cannot borrow on bond markets at affordable rates, as other countries do to finance their spending. Greece’s bond rates — effectively what international investors demand in return for lending the country money — spiked higher in late 2009 when Greece revealed that its public deficit was far higher than expected.

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A municipality worker chants slogans during a protest against handing over the garbage collection to private contractor in Athens, on Tuesday. Greece failed to reach a breakthrough in key weekend bailout talks, triggering market jitters across Europe. out taxes.

Dissenters within the main Syriza party — some openly seeking a break with lenders and return to national currency — have organized anti-austerity rallies in Athens on Wednesday.

Tsipras on Tuesday met with the leaders of two opposition parties who offered his government help in the bailout negotiations. The centrist Potami and Socialist Pasok partiesde have a combined bloc of 30 seats in parliament.

In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised “full concentration” on efforts to reach a deal.

“I have said time and again that I would like to do everything that is possible to keep Greece in the eurozone,” she said. “And I am applying myself to

this task.”

Germany’s Bild newspaper quoted Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis as saying he wasn’t planning to present any new proposals at Thursday’s meeting of the eurozone’s 19 finance ministers — earlier billed as potentially decisive in the standoff over Greece’s bailout.

Mujtaba Rahman, of the New Yorkbased risk consultancy Eurasia Group, said tensions between Greece and lenders could help Tsipras sell a compromise to his party.

“We continue to believe pressure on Tsipras from within Syriza will dissipate if he is seen to bring home the best possible political deal,” he said.

“But time is close and the risk of worstcase scenarios is certainly increasing.”

In Ottawa, Trudeau put forward a democratic reform package that included a promise to change Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system — which Mulcair said was really a crib from his party’s playbook, while Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced new legislation to crack down on drunk driving.

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Regulations are evolving along with the technology. Currently, Transport Canada requires drone operators to be able to see the drones at all times, but it is considering relaxing that regulation.

Ewen at Cenovus said he would welcome the change.

“Because our areas are so remote, it would be nice to fly several kilometres away from our take-off spot,” he said.

DRONES: Battery life a limitation So far, battery life has been a limitation for drones, but Cohen said that’s improving fast. He remembers when battery life was all of eight minutes, but now some companies have batteries that last upwards of 90 minutes.

“It’s said in the drone world we’re doubling Moore’s principal, so rather than 18 months to double power, we’re somewhere around nine months,” said Cohen.

Those stronger batteries are also needed to power all the new sensors and equipment being crammed onto the drones.

Waterloo-based Aeryon Labs Inc. introduced a drone earlier this year fitted with a 30 times optical zoom, allowing for a detailed look at topography or infrastructure without needing to get too close to it. The company also has units that can transmit a live video feed to the cloud so that the footage can be viewed by anyone who needs to

MUTUAL FUNDS: Avoid becoming too diversified Another thing to keep in mind is that by investing in too many mutual funds you may become over diversified. Although funds may appear different, they may be closer than you think when you peel back the layers.

There is a possibility that by carrying several mutual funds the gains or losses will not move you forward as your whole portfolio is very similar.

Finally, there is a cost with mutual funds, also known as the Management Expense Ratio (MER). Most mutual funds have an internal cost of approximately 2.5%. Some are much lower, while others are notably higher. The cost has an influence on return. If the fund returned 10% before costs, when the fees are factored in your actual re-

Greece is having trouble reaching a deal with creditors because a new government, elected in January, says it will not abide by the terms that previous governments have accepted for years.

Those terms include cuts to pensions, wages, public sector jobs as well as higher taxes.

Such budget ’austerity’ measures aim to reduce the budget deficit but have also hurt the economy by increasing unemployment, making Greeks poorer and reducing the amount of disposable income Greeks have.

The current government, led by the radical left Syriza party, says it will not make more such measures. Creditors are insisting it should if it wants more loans, because they are worried that if Greece doesn’t get its public finances back in shape, they’ll never get their money back.

DEFAULT DANGER

The risks of default are that it could unsettle confidence among Greeks and cause bank runs. The banks are currently supported with emergency credit allowed by the European Central Bank.

If Greece can’t pay its creditors, the government debt lenders use as collateral for their ECB loans would become worthless and the ECB could withdraw its support.

turn may only be 7.5%. It is important to be aware of what you’re actually paying for at what you are receiving for that cost. I’m not saying the cost is not worth it, and does not match the value I am simply encouraging you to discuss and review it. In addition to the MER, you may also incur costs or penalties to sell your mutual fund. If you’re not aware of what you’re actually paying I suggest you revisit it.

While mutual funds have their pros and cons, the decision of whether to invest your money is not straightforward.

Your objectives, risk tolerance, and personal preferences should be evaluated. Some investors prefer to trust a team of portfolio managers specialized in the management of a mutual fund; while others will trust an advisor to manage a variety of their investments, and there are those who prefer to build their own portfolio of stocks and bonds. Keep in mind that mutual funds and other investments will change in value according to market fluctuations.

If a mutual fund declines in value it is likely because the market is also moving lower. Unfortunately, there is no magic solution with investing.

In short, there is no one right way to do things and there certainly are advantages and disadvantages to choosing a mutual fund. I wouldn’t avoid them altogether, I would simply consider how you wish to invest and then consult with a professional investment advisor that can guide you accordingly.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 128.10 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.14 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.28 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.41 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.45 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.71 Cdn. National Railway . . 73.38 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 205.65 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 34.90 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.21 Cervus Equipment Corp 16.33 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.59 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 55.62 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.87 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.60 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.61 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 25.23 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.54 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 44.57 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.84 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.15 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 9.76 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 51.91 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 314.07 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.92 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.10 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 64.15 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed marginally lower Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of Wednesday’s interest rate announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve and kept a close eye on the Greek debt crisis.

The S&P/TSX composite index ended the day down three points at 14,753.05.

South of the border, markets posted a strong advance as the U.S. Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting where its is expected to maintain the status quo on rates that have been at historically low levels since the Great Recession.

However, the gains in New York were not enough to reverse the losses of the previous two sessions when a breakdown in talks on Greece’s sovereign debt crisis brought out the bears.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 113.31 points at 17,904.48 after the widely watched index suffered tripledigit losses on Friday and again on Monday.

The Nasdaq rose 25.58 points to 5,055.55, while the S&P 500 added 11.86 points to 2,096.29.

Gareth Watson, vice-president of investment management and research at Richardson GMP Ltd., said the stabilizing of the price of oil around US$60 has had a mediating effect on the Canadian market.

Developments in Greece and the Federal Reserve meeting are less important in the short term to the health of the Canadian economy than changes in oil and other commodity prices, he said.

“To be blunt, there’s not a heck of a lot of stuff out there influencing the Canadian market,” Watson said.

He added that Canada and world markets have become

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.69 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.50 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.35 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 26.84 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 13.77 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.60 First Quantum Minerals . 17.29 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.18 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 11.54 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.84 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.56 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.92 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.19 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 13.47 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 22.30 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.20 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 63.60 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.28 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 30.93 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 34.97 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.99 Canyon Services Group. . 6.26 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.48 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2850 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.95 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.13 more insulated from a potential Greek exit from the euro as that country’s debt problems have dragged on over the years.

“Of course, there will be some type of financial disruption if that is the eventual course of action,” he said. “We have to deal with this day-to-day volatility talking about it, but in the long run I don’t see Greece taking down the global market to any real extent.”

The loonie ended the day up 0.03 of a U.S. cent at 81.22 cents.

It’s unlikely that the Canadian dollar will return to parity in the coming months, Watson said, given the expectation that the United States will raise rates closer to the end of the year.

“Overall, you can’t get too bullish on the Canadian dollar when it appears the U.S. will be raising rates long before we will,” Watson said.

In commodities, the July oil contract was up 45 cents at US$59.97 a barrel. Watson said the supply glut that has cut prices by more than $40 since July 2014 shows no sign of abating.

August gold lost $4.90 to close at US$1,180.90 an ounce.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,753.05, down three points Dow — 17,904.48, up 113.31 points S&P 500 — 2,096.29, up 11.86 points Nasdaq — 5,055.55, up 25.58 points

Currencies: Cdn — 81.22 cents US, up 0.03 of a cent Pound — C$1.9257, up 0.38

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Pennine Petroleum Corp. buys oil, natural gas rights The Western Canada-based Pennine Petroleum Corp. has purchased controlling interest in 777 hectares (1,920 acres) of petroleum and natural gas rights in Central Alberta.

The company headquartered in Calgary made the announcement on Tuesday that it had signed a general conveyance agreement, effective retroactively to June 1.

Divided among three sections, the company has acquired a 50 per cent interest.

On the property are two production Viking Formation natural gas wells.

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of a cent Euro — C$1.3839, down 0.61 of a cent Euro — US$1.1240, down 0.45 of a cent

Oil futures: US$59.97 per barrel, up 45 cents (July contract)

Gold futures: US$1,180.90 per oz., down $4.90 (August contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.55 oz., down 30.4 cents $660.68 kg., down $9.78 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’15 $8.30 higher $491.00; Nov ’15 $9.50 higher $489.40; Jan. ’16 $8.30 higher $485.20; March ’16 $9.50 higher $483.90; May ’16 $8.80 higher $480.20; July ’16 $7.90 higher $475.20; Nov. ’16 $5.90 higher $458.20; Jan. ’17 $5.90 higher $458.20; March ’17 $5.90 higher $458.20; May ’17 $5.90 higher $458.20; July ’17 $5.90 higher $458.20.

Barley (Western): July ’15 $5.00 higher $210.00; Oct. ’15 $5.00 higher $205.00; Dec. ’15 $5.00 higher $210.00; March ’16 $5.00 higher $210.00; May ’16 $5.00 higher $210.00; July ’16 $5.00 higher $210.00; Oct. ’16 $5.00 higher $210.00; Dec. ’16 $5.00 higher $210.00; March ’17 $5.00 higher $210.00; May ’17 $5.00 higher $210.00; July ’17 $5.00 higher $210.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 727,820 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 727,820.

In a release, the company said it is expected that hydraulic fracturing techniques will further increase gas and condensate flows to near initial combined production rates to the company would be the equivalent of 25 barrels of oil per day.

McDonald’s rolls out the McLobster TORONTO — Got a hankering for lobster but not the steep price tag?

McDonald’s has you covered.

The fast-food giant is rolling out its very own lobster roll, known as the McLobster, as of Wednesday until June 30th, or while supplies last. It’s priced at just $7.49 plus tax.

The McLobster is part of the restaurant chain’s so-called Great Canadian Taste Adventure. There are four other “regional flavours” included in the summer promotion.

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner is pulled on the tarmac for its demonstration flight of the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, Tuesday. Some 300,000 aviation professionals and spectators are expected at this week’s Paris Air Show, coming from around the world to make business deals and see dramatic displays of aeronautic prowess and the latest air and space technology.

MagIndustries confirms subsidiaries paid ‘black money’ to officials

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — MagIndustries Corp.

(TSX:MAA) says an internal investigation prompted by an RCMP search warrant has found evidence that “black money” payments totalling several thousand dollars were paid by its subsidiaries to Congolese officials.

However, it says the special committee that had been overseeing the investigation for the MagIndustries’ board has been dissolved due to a lack of funding.

The Toronto-based company said in a news release that it’s confirmed that, in 2012, its subsidiary Eucalyptus Fibre de Congo made four payments totalling the equivalent of US$76,500 to inspectors and officials to reduce taxes and penalties owed by EFC. Eucalyptus is wholly owned by MagIndustries.

MagIndustries says it was still investigating a fifth alleged “black money” payment in early 2013 that was mentioned in the RCMP warrant, which was used for a search of the company’s office in Toronto in January.

The RCMP says no charges have been laid in the case but they won’t discuss investigation.

MagIndustries said it hadn’t completed its probe into several other allegations — many of them involving its subsidiary MagMinerals Potasses du

Congo, which was developing a potash mining project. MagMinerals is 90 per cent owned by MagIndustries, and 10 per cent owned by the Congo government.

The company said it depends on its controlling shareholder, Evergreen Holding Group, to cover its expenses — which MagIndustries says have been “in the millions of Canadian dollars.”

However, it says the chair of Evergreen’s board and its chief executive has told the MagIndustries special committee of directors that it doesn’t have the financial capacity to continue the investigation but will seek funds to do so.

In the meantime, three directors who made up the special committee, and a fourth director, have resigned.

“Any resumption of the investigation will depend on the appointment of new independent directors and on the controlling shareholder raising sufficient funds to fund such resumption,” MagIndustries said.

The company says its chief financial officer, Geoff Woo, has been suspended but remains a member of the company’s financial staff.

In addition, Richey Morrow has been appointed co-chief executive officer with current CEO Longbo Chen.

Morrow said in an email that he’s been instructed by legal counsel to make no comments beyond what’s in the news release.

House, Senate GOP leaders putting together trade rescue plan

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — After talks with President Barack Obama, top Republican leaders in Congress put together a quick rescue plan Tuesday for highly controversial, White House-backed trade legislation that Democrats derailed in the House last week.

Officials said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., were likely to split the stalled bill into two parts in hopes of sending them to the president separately, with Republicans providing most of the needed votes for one part, and Democrats for the other.

The first would consist of standalone legislation allowing Congress to approve or reject any future trade deal, but not change it.

The second measure would renew an expiring program of assistance to workers who lose their jobs, as well as extend uncontroversial trade rules for Caribbean Basin countries, Haiti and elsewhere that cleared the House last week.

Congressional officials stressed that no final determination had been made to pursue the rescue plan. They spoke on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement has been made.

If pursued, the move to revive the trade measure would bring what is already a highly public split within the Democratic Party into even sharper focus.

Ironically, Obama is embarking on a West Coast fundraising trip for Democratic candidates this weekend that will take him to San Francisco, home of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the party’s leader in the House.

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Warriors win first NBA title

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Warriors 105 Cavaliers 97 CLEVELAND — Revived by a freshfaced shooting superstar and a firstyear coach who made them believe, the Golden State Warriors again reign supreme.

Their 40-year NBA championship drought is finally over.

A half century of misery in Cleveland drags on. LeBron James just didn’t have enough help.

Stephen Curry and finals MVP Andre Iguodala scored 25 points apiece, Draymond Green recorded a tripledouble and the Warriors — using a barrage of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter — won their first title since 1975 by finishing off James and the Cavaliers 105-97 on Tuesday night in Game 6.

For the first time since Gerald Ford was in the White House, disco was in vogue and Rick Barry was flicking in free throws under-handed, the best pro basketball team resides in the Bay Area.

And these Warriors are a lot like Barry and his old crew: fluid, balanced, together. Just like coach Steve Kerr hoped.

After falling behind by two points early in the third quarter, the Warriors took control with Curry, the league’s MVP, and Iguodala, who made his first start of the season in Game 4, leading the way.

“World champs,” Curry said, letting the title sink in. “This is truly special.

This group is a special group. From the time we started the season this is what we envisioned and a lot of hard work goes into it, all the way down to the last minute of this game. This is what it’s all about. ... We’re going to remember this for a long time.”

Golden State allowed the Cavaliers to creep within eight points in the fourth before unleashing a flurry of 3s to ensure they would be taking the Larry O’Brien Trophy back to California. Curry’s step-back made it 78-68, and after the Cavs closed within seven on J.R. Smith’s trey, Iguodala, Curry and Klay Thompson each drained one

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The members of the Golden State Warriors celebrate after winning the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland, Tuesday. The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 105-97 to win the best-of-seven game series 4-2. in a span of 81 seconds to make it 89-75.

Iguodala added another long shot for good measure before he strutted back on defence holding out three fingers on each hand.

He could have shot an index finger into the air at that point — Golden State is No. 1.

James returned from Miami to deliver a title to his home region, but the 30-year-old, left to do most of the work by himself after All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were injured in the post-season, came two wins shy of giving Cleveland its first pro sports championship since 1964.

They city’s three pro teams — the

Cavs, Browns and Indians — have gone a combined 144 seasons without one of them winning it all.

James had 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists in Game 6 and was dominant during the series, showing why he’s the world’s best player.

The Warriors were simply the better team.

James was replaced in the final seconds, but before he left the court, the four-time MVP shook hands with Curry and offered congratulations to Kerr and the rest of the Warriors.

“The sacrifice every guy made from Andre and David (Lee) stepping away from the starting lineup, we just

played,” Kerr said. “And they were all in it just to win. That’s all that mattered. This is an amazing group of guys.”

This series, which opened with two overtime games in Oakland, flipped when Kerr employed a small lineup in the fourth quarter of Game 3 and the Warriors nearly overcame a 20-point deficit before losing.

Kerr stuck with revamped lineup in Game 4, giving Iguodala a start, switching Green to centre and benching the ineffective Andrew Bogut. The move was as golden as the Warriors, who finished with 83 wins, the third-highest single-season total in history.

Stiles comes out on top at skins game

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Scott Stiles driver’s licence may say Calgary, but he looked at home at Red Deer Golf and Country Club, winning the 16th annual skins game.

Stiles won two skins worth a combined $7,250 over the nine-hole event, edging out RDGCC assistant pro Jordan Krulicki, who earned $6,500, for the title.

“It’s a lot of fun and it never hurts to make a little money,” said Stiles, 28.

The two golfers were the only ones to collect any skins, beating out Steven Lecuyer, a three-time veteran of the skins game, Riley Fleming, who sits 30th on the Canadian Tour, and Ryan Werre out of Redcliff.

The pay day was much needed for the two-time Alberta Amateur champion. He missed the cut at the PGA Tour Canada Q-school and now plays the hard way, qualifying for each tournament through a Monday round.

The course played into his hands thanks to a 45-minute thunder shower that rolled through prior to teeing off that helped soften everything up.

But he already knew the ins and outs of the course, having played it many times. His mom’s side of the family is from Red Deer and he says his grand father passed away mid-round out on the course almost 40 years ago.

“I’ve probably played here more than any other course in Alberta other than Bearspaw, I used to come up here in the summer all the time,” said Stiles, who also has a house in Sylvan Lake.

He collected two skins and needed two terrific shots to collect the prize

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Red Deer Golf and Country Club assistant professional Jordan Krulicki hits out of the bunker on the second hole during the 2015 Skins Game at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club Tuesday. money.

The first skin was worth $5,250 on the fourth hole, with no one yet able to claim a skin. After a tee shot that stayed just in play on the right hand side of the par 5 that runs along the Red Deer River, his approach shot was on target, but still 25 feet short of the green. He made up it with a perfect chip, and the shot of the day, holing out for eagle and a $100 bonus.

“I just liked what I was looking at

and felt good, and Keeton my caddie as we were walking up said I might as well chip it in, so sometimes it works out,” he said.

He went into the final hole trailing Krulicki, who picked up $6,500 on Hole 8. Four of the golfers ‚ Stiles, Lecuyer, Werre and Krulicki — forced a carry over on the final hole, putting into play a 100-yard shootout tie breaker.

Krulicki missed the green short and Werre was 20 feet wide of the hole.

Stiles and Lecuyer, however, were both all over the pin, ending up within two-feet of the hole.

Lecuyer was up first and burned a corner on the short putt while Stiles dropped his in the middle of the cup to pick up another $2,000.

“I like hitting wedges and it was a real good yardage for me so I just forgot about everything else and focused on my shot and managed to hit a good one in there,” said Stiles. “You don’t expect him to miss one like that, he doesn’t miss many putts. I figured we were going to have to go to a chip-off, but when he missed you just zero in a little bit more, my putt was only from a couple of feet, so you make sure you’re careful and that it ends up in the back of the cup.”

Krulicki, 26, was happy he was able to represent his hometown course, though the prize money adds a nice bump to his income as well.

On the eighth hole he teed off with an iron on the 418-yard par 4, finding the middle of the fairway. He then hit a masterful approach shot to within a few feet of the hole that elicited a smile from Krulicki as he turned back to look at the gallery.

He drained the putt while Fleming burned an edge on the hole to give Krulicki the skin.

“You do feel the pressure as the holes start to accumulate the money ... to hear that number, it was like ‘OK, alright, here we go,’” he said with a laugh. “I haven’t felt that kind of pressure, those nerves, for a long time, since my competitive amateur playing days. it was fun, those guys are super fun and super laid back.”

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Blackhawks ignite dynasty debate with third Stanley Cup in six years

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CHICAGO — Embracing on the ice while celebrating their second Stanley Cup together, blossoming Chicago Blackhawks star Brandon Saad and general manager Stan Bowman already started looking forward to the next one.

“We gave a hug and I said, ’This is the first of many, we’re going to win a lot together,”’ Bowman said. “He gave me a big hug and said, ’Let’s go.”’

The Blackhawks’ core of Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Marian Hossa is already up to three Cups in six years, an incredible feat in the NHL’s salary-cap era. While the cap was designed to prevent this kind of domination, Chicago has thrived with stars who shine in the playoffs and an ever-changing mix of role players and young contributors.

“It certainly is a credit to our lead-

ership group on the team and also my staff has done a fantastic job drafting and developing players,” Bowman said Monday night on the ice at United Center. “The only way you make it work in this system is if you can have young players that you not only draft but you develop, or you find them as free agents and you develop them.”

It has worked so well that the Blackhawks are starting to hear the word “dynasty” a lot. Commissioner Gary Bettman, a proponent and supporter of league-wide parity, told the crowd and team they had a dynasty when presenting Toews with the Cup. They’re not a dynasty by the traditional definition like the 1970s Montreal Canadiens or the 1980s New York Islanders or Edmonton Oilers, but like the Detroit Red Wings in the late 1990s and early 2000s, they’ve won multiple titles. In the cap-era they’re the NHL’s team of the decade.

Mark Messier, the captain of that Oilers dynasty, said during the final

that a third Cup for the Blackhawks would be “an incredible feat.”

“They’re definitely a team on the cusp of being called a dynasty,” Messier said last week. “There is no question about it.”

Bowman said it’s not his job to determine if the Blackhawks are a dynasty. His players don’t care much for the chatter but don’t mind the champagne showers and parades that come with winning so often.

“We’ve got three in six years. I know that’s pretty good,” Kane said.

“We have a good group in here, a lot of leadership, a lot of experience, a lot of guys who have been around the block once or twice to see a thing or two that has happened in this game.”

The Blackhawks have not won consecutive championships like the Red Wings did in 1997 and 1998, but they may have been a bad bounce away — the Los Angeles Kings scored off Nick Leddy’s backside in Game 7 of the 2014 Western Conference final. In a sport

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so dependent on luck and bounces, the Blackhawks have the talent to give themselves a chance to win.

Five trips to at least the conference final in seven years is show of such impressive staying power that they’re the model in the cap era. Bowman turned over the 2010 team amid cap problems, and Chicago has churned out enough young players to replace those who got too expensive to keep.

On the ice, there’s a whole different process.

“Teams are getting better and better and faster and faster,” Kane said.

“We’ll have to keep doing some adjusting as time goes on. Three in six years is amazing. What more can you really ask for, and we were so close last year, too.”

Before the dust even settled from the Cup celebration, Bodog listed the Blackhawks as favourites to win the Cup again next year.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● Parkland Baseball: Lacombe Dodgers at Innisfail Indians at 7 p.m.

Thursday

● Bantam AAA baseball: Okotoks Dawgs Red at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves at Great Chief Park at 7 p.m.

Lacombe Stone and Granite at Canadian Brew House Rays at Great Chief 1 at 7 p.m.; Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends at North Star Sports at Great Chief 2 at 7 p.m. ● Ladies fastball: N. Jensen Bandits at TnT Athletics at Great Chief 1 at 7 p.m.; Snell & Oslund Badgers at Collins Barrow Rage at Great Chief 2 at 7 p.m.; Topco Oilsite Panthers at Stettler at 7 p.m.

Friday

● Mixed martial arts: Havoc Fighting Championship 9 at Westerner Prairie Pavilion. ● Parkland baseball: Rocky Red Dogs at Red Deer Razorbacks at Great Chief at 7 p.m. ● Men’s Division 3 rugby: Red Deer Titans at Airdrie Highlanders at 8 p.m. ● Junior B lacrosse tier III: Calgary Axemen at Olds Stingers at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Men’s Division 2 rugby: Red Deer Titans at Lethbridge at 2 p.m. ● Major women’s soccer: Edmonton Scottish Angels at Red Deer Renegades at Edgar Athletic Park at 2 p.m.

Baseball ● Bantam AAA baseball: Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves at Spruce Grave White Sox at 1 and 4 p.m. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Red Deer Braves at St. Albert Cardinals at noon ● Junior B tier I lacrosse: Red Deer TBS Renegades at Manitoba Blizzard in Winnipeg at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. ● Junior B tier II lacrosse: Red Deer Renegades at Medicine Hat Sun Devils at 4:30 p.m. ● Junior B lacrosse tier III: Olds Mavericks at Crowsnest Pass Ravens at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday

● Major women’s soccer: Calgary Cougars FC at Red Deer Renegades at Edgar Athletic Park at noon. ● Bantam AAA baseball: Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves at Spruce Grave White Sox at 11 a.m. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Red Deer Braves at Fort McMurray Oil Giants at 10 a.m.; Red Deer Braves at South Jasper Place Jats at 1 p.m. ● Midget AAA baseball: Red Deer Carstar Braves at Sherwood Park Athletics at noon and 3 p.m. ● Junior B tier I lacrosse: Red Deer TBS Renegades at Manitoba Blizzard in Winnipeg at 1 p.m. ● Junior B tier II lacrosse: Red Deer Renegades at Lethbridge Cudas at 1:30 p.m. ● Women’s lacrosse: Red Deer Rage at Sherwood Park Titans at 11 a.m. ● Parkland baseball: Innisfail Indians at Lacombe Dodgers at 7 p.m.

Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs FINAL Tampa Bay (2) vs. Chicago (3) (Chicago wins series 4-2) Wednesday, June 3 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 1 Saturday, June 6 Tampa Bay 4 Chicago 3 Monday, June 8 Tampa Bay 3 Chicago 2 Wednesday, June 10 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 1 Saturday, June 13 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 1 Monday, June 15 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 0 x — if necessary.

NHL Stanley Cup Titles By Team Through 2015 Final 23 Championships x-Montreal Canadiens 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 11 Detroit Red Wings Six Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks Five Edmonton Oilers Four N.Y. Islanders, N.Y. Rangers, y-Ottawa Senators Three New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins Two Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Maroons, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings.

Single Championships Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames , Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Arenas, Toronto St. Pats, Victoria Cougars. x — does not include 1916 title won prior to creation of NHL. y — won between 1919-20 and 1926-27.

Conn Smythe Trophy Winners List Winners of the Conn Smythe Trophy, an annual award presented to the most valuable player for his team in the Stanley Cup playoffs since 1965, as chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers’ As-

sociation: (x—denotes member of losing team in final) 2015 — Duncan Keith, D, Chicago 2014 — Justin Williams, F, Los Angeles 2013 — Patrick Kane, F, Chicago 2012 — Jonathan Quick, G, Los Angeles 2011 — Tim Thomas, G, Boston 2010 — Jonathan Toews, F, Chicago 2009 — Evgeni Malkin, F, Pittsburgh 2008 — Henrik Zetterberg, D, Detroit 2007 — Scott Niedermayer, D, Anaheim 2006 — Cam Ward, G, Carolina 2005 — No winner (lockout).

2004 — Brad Richards, F, Tampa Bay 2003 — x-Jean-Sebastien Giguere, G, Anaheim 2002 — Nicklas Lidstrom, D, Detroit 2001 — Patrick Roy, G, Colorado 2000 — Scott Stevens, D, New Jersey 1999 — Joe Nieuwendyk, F, Dallas 1998 — Steve Yzerman, F, Detroit 1997 — Mike Vernon, G, Detroit 1996 — Joe Sakic, F, Colorado 1995 — Claude Lemieux, F, New Jersey 1994 — Brian Leetch, D, N.Y. Rangers 1993 — Patrick Roy, G, Montreal 1992 — Mario Lemieux, F, Pittsburgh 1991 — Mario Lemieux, F, Pittsburgh 1990 — Bill Ranford, G, Edmonton 1989 — Al MacInnis, D, Calgary 1988 — Wayne Gretzky, F, Edmonton 1987 — x-Ron Hextall, G, Philadelphia 1986 — Patrick Roy, G, Montreal 1985 — Wayne Gretzky, F, Edmonton 1984 — Mark Messier, F, Edmonton 1983 — Billy Smith, G, N.Y. Islanders 1982 — Mike Bossy, F, N.Y. Islanders 1981 — Butch Goring, F, N.Y. Islanders 1980 — Bryan Trottier, F, N.Y. Islanders 1979 — Bob Gainey, F, Montreal 1978 — Larry Robinson, D, Montreal 1977 — Guy Lafleur, F, Montreal 1976 — x-Reggie Leach, F, Philadelphia 1975 — Bernie Parent, G, Philadelphia 1974 — Bernie Parent, G, Philadelphia 1973 — Yvan Cournoyer, F, Montreal 1972 — Bobby Orr, D, Boston 1971 — Ken Dryden, G, Montreal 1970 — Bobby Orr, D, Boston 1969 — Serge Savard, D, Montreal 1968 — x-Glenn Hall, G, St. Louis 1967 — Dave Keon, F, Toronto 1966 — x-Roger Crozier, G, Detroit

Basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, Chicago 2 Monday, May 4: Chicago 99, Cleveland 92 Wednesday, May 6: Cleveland 106, Chicago 91 Friday, May 8: Chicago 99, Cleveland 96 Sunday, May 10: Cleveland 86, Chicago 84 Tuesday, May 12: Cleveland 106, Chicago 101 Thursday, May 14: Cleveland 94, Chicago 73 Atlanta 4, Washington 2 Sunday, May 3: Washington 104, Atlanta 98 Tuesday, May 5: Atlanta 106, Washington 90 Saturday, May 9: Washington 103, Atlanta 101 Monday, May 11: Atlanta 106, Washington 101 Wednesday, May 13: Atlanta 82, Washington 81 Friday, May 15: Atlanta 94, Washington 91 WESTERN CONFERENCE Houston 4, L.A. Clippers 3 Monday, May 4: L.A. Clippers 117, Houston 101 Wednesday, May 6: Houston 115, L.A. Clippers 109 Friday, May 8: L.A. Clippers 124, Houston 99 Sunday, May 10: L.A. Clippers 128, Houston 95 Tuesday, May 12: Houston 124, L.A. Clippers 103 Thursday, May 14: Houston 119, L.A. Clippers 107 Sunday, May 17: Houston 113, L.A. Clippers 100 Golden State 4, Memphis 2 Sunday, May 3: Golden State 101, Memphis 86 Tuesday, May 5: Memphis 97, Golden State 90 Saturday, May 9: Memphis 99, Golden State 89 Monday, May 11: Golden State 101, Memphis 84 Wednesday, May 13: Golden State 98, Memphis 78 Friday, May 15: Golden State 108, Memphis 95 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, Atlanta 0 Wednesday, May 20: Cleveland 97, Atlanta 89 Friday, May 22: Cleveland 94, Atlanta 82 Sunday, May 24: Cleveland 114, Atlanta 111, OT Tuesday, May 26: Cleveland 118, Atlanta 88 WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State 4, Houston 1 Tuesday, May 19: Golden State 110, Houston 106 Thursday, May 21: Golden State 99, Houston 98 Saturday, May 23: Golden State 115, Houston 80 Monday, May 25: Houston 128, Golden State 115 Wednesday, May 27: Golden State 104, Houston 90 FINALS (Best-of-7) Golden State 4, Cleveland 2 Thursday, June 4: Golden State 108, Cleveland 100, OT

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Tampa Bay New York Baltimore Toronto Boston

American League East Division W L Pct 36 30 .545 34 30 .531 33 31 .516 34 32 .515 28 38 .424

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 36 25 .590 34 30 .531 34 31 .523 30 33 .476 28 35 .444

GB — 3 1/2 4 7 9

Houston Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 38 28 .576 35 30 .538 32 32 .500 29 36 .446 28 39 .418

GB — 2 1/2 5 8 1/2 10 1/2

New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 36 30 .545 34 31 .523 31 34 .477 29 37 .439 22 44 .333

GB — 1 1/2 4 1/2 7 14

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 43 21 .672 37 27 .578 34 28 .548 29 35 .453 24 42 .364

GB — 6 8 14 20

W 37 35 31 32 28

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

GB — 1 2 2 8

L 28 31 32 35 36

Pct .569 .530 .492 .478 .438

GB — 2 1/2 5 6 8 1/2

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Tampa Bay (Andriese 1-1) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-4), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-6) at Toronto (Hutchison 5-1), 5:07 p.m.

Boston (J.Kelly 2-4) at Atlanta (A.Wood 4-4), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Wada 0-1) at Cleveland (Marcum 3-1), 5:10 p.m.

Detroit (Price 6-2) at Cincinnati (Cueto 4-4), 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Fiers 3-6) at Kansas City (Blanton 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-6), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Martinez 7-2) at Minnesota (Milone 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Oberholtzer 1-1) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 2-8), 6:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 4-3) at Arizona (C.Anderson 2-1), 7:40 p.m.

San Diego (Despaigne 3-4) at Oakland (Chavez 2-6), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 9-3), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (W.Rodriguez 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-3), 8:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 11, Chicago White Sox 0 Baltimore 4, Philadelphia 0 Detroit 6, Cincinnati 0 Atlanta 4, Boston 2 Miami 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 N.Y. Mets 4, Toronto 3, 11 innings Tampa Bay 6, Washington 1 Texas 4, L.A. Dodgers 1 Cleveland at Chicago, ppd., rain Houston 6, Colorado 3 Kansas City 8, Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Arizona 7, L.A. Angels 3 Oakland 9, San Diego 1 Seattle 5, San Francisco 1 Tuesday’s Games St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Houston 8, Colorado 5 Oakland 6, San Diego 5 San Francisco 6, Seattle 2 Boston 9, Atlanta 4 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Baltimore 19, Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 5, Detroit 2 Miami 12, N.Y. Yankees 2 N.Y. Mets 3, Toronto 2 Washington 16, Tampa Bay 4 Cleveland 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Texas 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Kansas City 7, Milwaukee 2 Arizona at L.A. Angels, late Wednesday’s Games Baltimore (U.Jimenez 4-3) at Philadelphia (Correia 0-0), 5:05 p.m.

Miami (Urena 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 7-3),

West Division

Thursday’s Games Baltimore at Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.

Houston at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Arizona, 1:40 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Detroit at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

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

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

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

Texas at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Soccer 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup PRELIMINARY ROUND x — Advances To Round-of-16

x-Canada x-China Netherlands New Zealand

GP 3 3 3 3

Group A W L 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1

T 2 1 1 2

GF 2 3 2 2

GA 1 3 2 3

Pt 5 4 4 2

Monday’s results At Montreal Canada 1 Netherlands 1 At Winnipeg China 2 New Zealand 2 Thursday’s results At Edmonton Canada 0 New Zealand 0 China 1 Netherlands 0 GP 3 3 3 3

x-Germany x-Norway Thailand Ivory Coast

Group B W L 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 3

x-U.S. x-Australia Sweden Nigeria

T 1 1 0 0

GF 15 8 3 3

GA 1 2 10 16

Pt 7 7 3 0

Monday’s results At Winnipeg Germany 4 Thailand 0 At Moncton, N.B. Norway 3 Ivory Coast 1 Thursday’s results At Ottawa Germany 1 Norway 1 Thailand 3 Ivory Coast 2

x-Japan x-Cameroon Switzerland Ecuador

GP 3 3 3 3

Group C W L 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 3

Tuesday’s results At Winnipeg Japan 1 Ecuador 0 At Edmonton Cameroon 2 Switzerland 1 Friday’s results At Vancouver Switzerland 10 Ecuador 1 Japan 2 Cameroon 1

GF 4 9 11 1

GA 1 3 4 17

Pt 9 6 3 0

Group D W L 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

T 1 1 3 1

GF 4 4 4 3

GA 1 4 4 6

Pt 7 4 3 1

Tuesday’s results At Vancouver U.S. 1 Nigeria 0 At Edmonton Australia 1 Sweden 1 Friday’s results At Winnipeg Australia 2 Nigeria 0 U.S. 0 Sweden 0

x-Brazil Costa Rica Spain South Korea

T 0 0 0 0

GP 3 3 3 3

Colombia England France Mexico

GP 2 2 2 2

Group E W L 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

T 0 2 1 1

GF 3 3 1 2

GA 0 3 2 4

Pt 6 2 1 1

Saturday’s results At Montreal Brazil 1 Spain 0 South Korea 2 Costa Rica 2 Wednesday’s games At Moncton, N.B. Costa Rica vs. Brazil, 5 p.m.

At Ottawa South Korea vs. Spain, 5 p.m.

Group F

GP 2 2 2 2

W 1 1 1 0

L 0 1 1 1

T 1 0 0 1

GF 3 2 1 2

GA 1 2 2 3

Pt 4 3 3 1

Saturday’s results At Moncton, N.B. Colombia 2 France 0 England 2 Mexico 1 Wednesday’s games At Ottawa Mexico vs. France, 2 p.m.

At Montreal England vs. Colombia, 2 p.m.

End of Preliminary Round SECOND ROUND Round-of-16 Saturday, June 20 At Ottawa Group B winner vs. Group A, C or D third place, 2 p.m.

At Edmonton Group A second place vs. Group C second place, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 21 At Moncton, N.B. Group E winner vs. Group D second place, 11 a.m.

At Montreal Group F winner vs. Group E second place, 2 p.m.

At Vancouver Group A winner vs. Group C, D or E third place, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, June 22 At Ottawa Group B second place vs. Group F second place, 3 p.m.

At Edmonton Group D winner vs. Group B, E or F third place, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 23 At Vancouver Group C winner vs. Group A, B or F third place, 8 p.m.

Argos place Ricky Ray on the six-game injured list

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SKINS: Good shots RDGCC head pro Ken Frame was impressed with the day’s action, in particular the play of Krulicki.

“It was awesome, there was a ton of good shots and boy those kids sure hit it far, it’s exciting to watch,” he said. “(Krulicki) struggled on a couple of holes, but I think that was more nerves than anything. But he hit some great shots out there.

That shot he hit in on 8 for birdie and to get all of those skins and to pocket $6,500 was pretty incredible. I was very proud of the young man, he’s a good kid.”

The skins game has become a mainstay on the Canadian golf landscape and an important stop over for many players looking to boost their golfing fund.

“It’s very important to me, it’s very important to the club and it’s very important to the players,” said Frame. “They don’t have anything like this on the Canadian Tour. This is their biggest extra event of the year and they beat the doors down to try and get in this event.”

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CUP: Core group History says that’s unlikely for this group or for anyone in the NHL, and Bowman has work to do this summer shedding salary and re-signing Saad before that next challenge even begins.

But the Blackhawks have to be considered the best bet.

“I’ve never seen before a core group of guys who’ve been here for six FROM OUR seven years,” defenceFACTORY man Kimmo TO YOUR Timonen DEALERRSHIP DEALERSHIP said. “I’m not surprised if these guys might win it again next year.”

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts won’t have quarterback Ricky Ray under centre when they open the 2015 CFL season.

The Argos put their star quarterback on the six-game injured list Tuesday as he continues to recover from off-season shoulder surgery. Ray, 35, was the CFL’s passing leader last season and the East Division nominee for the league’s outstanding player award.

Toronto head coach Scott Milanovich said the club made the move now so as to not create a distraction next week as the Argos prepare for their season-opening home game June 27 against the Edmonton Eskimos in Fort McMurray, Alta. Backup Trevor Harris assumes the starting position.

“We knew for a couple of weeks that was probably the case so we wanted to go ahead and get this over with,” Milanovich told reporters.

Milanovich said Ray continues to make progress and remains on schedule. If Ray stayed on the injured list for the entire six games, he’d be eligible to return Aug. 8 for Toronto’s home game against Saskatchewan.

LACROSSE OKOTOKS — The Red Deer Renegades crushed the Okotoks Ice 19-2 on Sunday in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League junior B tier II action.

Derrick McGill and Carson Stuve led the way with three goals each while Aiden Wilson, Travis Mears, Marshall Smyth and Cody Rush scored twice each. Ryan Margetts, Colton Levie, Justin Quinn, Nick Scott and Richard Watt added one goal each.

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Harvey, Mets hold off Blue Jays

Ryan Goins was held at third base — but Pillar didn’t realize it. He went tearing around second and, with third already occupied, was a sitting duck to be tagged out after Curtis Granderson’s throw was cut off.

“I made a mistake by not picking up the third base coach,” Pillar said. “It’s as embarrassing as it gets.”

Torres walked Josh Donaldson to load the bases before Parnell gave up a sacrifice fly to Jose Bautista and a run-scoring single to Edwin Encarnacion. But the right-hander, who saved 22 games for the Mets in 2013 before missing the final two months of the season with a herniated disk in his neck, struck out Chris Colabello on a ball in the dirt.

“Sometimes to swim you’ve got to jump in the deep end, right?” Parnell said.

In his third outing of the year, Parnell then worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save since July 30, 2013. He blew a save opportunity on opening day last season, then missed the rest of the year recovering from his reconstructive elbow operation.

“Felt good. Definitely had some adrenaline going,” he said. “It was definitely a fun time to pitch. That ninth inning is always good.”

After getting the final out, the bearded Parnell breathed a sigh of relief and flashed a smile on the mound.

“That was a big milestone,” he said.

“Finally had some weight off my shoulders.”

Flores hit a leadoff double in the second against Scott Copeland (1-1) and scored on Tejada’s single. With two outs, Harvey lashed a ringing double to left-centre to make it 2-0.

It was his fifth career double and sixth RBI — the first of each since 2013.

Mets pitchers have 22 hits this season, most of any staff in the majors.

“I’m more concentrating on pitching right now,” Harvey said.

Flores added a sacrifice fly in the third.

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Numrich wins junior boys at Olds MLJT stop

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mets 3 Blue Jays 2 NEW YORK — A pair of pitchers back from Tommy John surgery gave this New York Mets win a 2013 feel.

Matt Harvey returned to form with seven shutout innings and an RBI double, Bobby Parnell earned a five-out save and the Mets beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Tuesday night.

“Definitely fun when you match up obviously what we’ve been through,” Harvey said.

One night after ending Toronto’s 11-game winning streak, the NL East leaders held on without their top late relievers thanks in part to a major baserunning blunder by the Blue Jays.

New York won for the fifth time in six games and improved to 11-0 at home against Toronto.

Wilmer Flores and Ruben Tejada each knocked in a run and scored another to help the Mets build a 3-0 cushion. Harvey (7-4), who was 1-3 with a 7.20 ERA in his previous four starts, allowed four hits against the best offence in baseball and gave a huge fist pump after working a perfect seventh.

The ace right-hander struck out six, walked none and was lifted after 107 pitches.

“Kind of had my slider back, which was nice. That helped with commanding my pitches. For me, it was just being able to locate,” Harvey said.

With the Mets resting heavily used closer Jeurys Familia and hard-throwing rookie Hansel Robles, manager Terry Collins said before the game that

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New York Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey (33) hits a second-inning, RBI double in a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in New York, Tuesday.

Carlos Torres would be his closer if needed.

Torres, however, entered to start the eighth and quickly got in trouble.

He issued a leadoff walk and gave up a single to Kevin Pillar before former Mets star Jose Reyes singled to right field for his first hit in nine at-bats during his return to Citi Field this week.

Canadian men down Dominica to advance in World Cup qualifying

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 4 Dominica 0 TORONTO — The big games for Benito Floro’s Canadian team lie ahead but there are promising signs.

Tesho Akindele scored his first international goal and set up one of two by Tosaint Ricketts as Canada dispatched Dominica 4-0 Tuesday for a 6-0 aggregate win over the Caribbean minnow in the first stop on the Canadian men’s 2018 World Cup qualifying journey.

“It’s definitely a small step but we approach these games no different than we would if it was against the U.S. or any other team,” said captain Julian de Guzman. “It’s a World Cup qualifier.”

Still, de Guzman acknowledged Canada should have scored more, a refrain not too often heard in past years.

Canada, ranked 109th in the world, dominated the part-timers from No. 168 Dominica before an announced crowd of 9,749 on a pleasant, breezy 20-plus-degree night at BMO Field.

A contingent of green-clad Dominica fans in the north stand did their best to cheer on the visitors whose roster included fishermen, construction workers and students.

Cyle Larin also scored for Canada, which could have padded its lead.

Dominica goalie Glenson Prince, who had a fine night despite the score, saved a David Edgar penalty early in the second half and Canada’s Jonathan Osorio hit the goalpost in the 89th minute.

Canada outshot Dominica 22-7 (17-3 in shots on target).

It was Canada’s first four-goal performance since a 4-0 victory over St. Kitts and Nevis in November 2011 in World Cup qualifying.

Floro said after the game that Larin was supposed to take the penalty, after winning a competition in training. But Edgar stepped up instead.

“It’s hard to take a veteran off a penalty,” the 20-year-old Larin said with a somewhat nervous laugh. “Maybe next game.”

BRIEFS Griffiths finishes tied for fourth at Alberta Open Championship DEWINTON — Red Deer’s Zak Griffiths finished in a tie for fourth at the Alberta Open Championship at the Carmoney Golf Club on Tuesday.

Griffiths shot an even-par-71 on Tuesday for a two-day total of 139, four shots back of James Love of Calgary who finished the tournament at sevenunder .

Griffiths, playing as a professional, entered the day one shot behind Tyler Saunders of Sturgeon County for the lead, but Love’s final round of 5-under-66 leap frogged everyone.

Saunders finished tied for second with Dustin Risdon of Carseland at 6-under-136 while Griffiths was tied with Calgary’s Jesse Galvon.

Red Deer Golf and Country Club’s amateur golfer Brett Pasula was tied for 23rd at 5-over-147.

Two more Central Alberta amateurs, Kolby Vold of Wolf Creek Golf Resort and Matt Codd of RDGCC finished tied for 53rd at 12-over-154. Chandler McDowell, another RDGCC amateur, came in tied for 67th at 16-over-158.

Red Deer’s Grant Numrich edged Hunting Hills Lightning teammate Logan Hill by one stroke to win the junior boys event at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour Mountain View Credit Union Classic in Olds on Sunday.

Numrich finished with a two-day score of 153 to take the flight. Allan Pruss of Red Deer came in at 161 to finish tied for fifth in the division while Lacombe’s Jeremy Rietze was in at 164 to tie for eighth with Red Deer’s Jordan Williamson. Logan Crawford of Red Deer rounded out the division with a score of 190.

Red Deer’s Carter Graf finished four shots back of Edmonton’s Ethan de Graaf the bantam boys division to finish second with a 162 while Sylvan Lake’s Jordan Cooke was third at 166.

In Juvenile Boys, Rocky Mountain House’s Brandon Maxwell was tied for third at 159 and Lacombe’s Chase Broderson tied for 11th at 175.

Cole Bergheim of Red Deer finished fifth in peewee boys with a 181 while Logan Graf of Red Deer was eighth at 192.

Red Deer’s Clare McMahon finished tied for fourth in girls with a 168, 16 shots back of Gina Kowalchuk of Lethbridge who had the lowest overall score of the day with a 152. Ponoka twins Shaye and Daria Leidenius were third and fourth, respectively, shooting a 164 and 168.

Mickelson looks to get past being the bridesmaid 6 TIMES A RUNNER-UP, MICKELSON REMAINS HOPEFUL U.S. OPEN BREAKTHROUGH IS NEAR UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Phil Mickelson loped off the first tee at Chambers Bay early Tuesday, the morning sun still hidden within a slategrey sky, when two women with snowwhite hair squealed in delight.

“Oh, there he is!” one said to the other, just out of his earshot. “He’s so close!”

Oh, so close.

What better way to describe Mickelson and the U.S. Open?

Always the sentimental favourite this time of year, the five-time major winner arrived at the links-style course hard against the Puget Sound this week still searching for his first win in his national championship. Mickelson has finished second on six occasions, a record that is nearly as mystifying as it is motivating, and one that he carries with him wherever he goes.

Even down the first fairway at Chambers Bay. “Your time, Phil!” another fan yelled out from the gallery.

“This is your year!” yet another hollered from beside the first green.

“I’ve always been somebody that got motivated by failure, that worked harder because of it,” Mickelson explained later, after wrapping up his practice round. “Some people get discouraged by that and it almost pushes them away, but for me, it’s always been a motivator.”

It has been 16 years since the first one, a runner-up finish to Payne Stewart at Pinehurst No. 2, which remains most memorable for the fact that Mickelson dutifully carried along a pager so his wife, Amy, could get in touch if she went into labour with their first child.

Some have not been all that close — Tiger Woods besting Mickelson by three to win the 2002 championship, and Lucas Glover beating him by two in 2009, both at Bethpage Black. Others have been downright heartbreaking, as if Mickelson was the leading man in a Shakespearean tragedy.

There was his late double-bogey at Shinnecock in 2004 that allowed Retief Goosen to win his second championship. And another double-bogey on the

final hole two years later at Winged Foot — when all Mickelson needed was a par — that allowed Geoff Ogilvy to win. And what Mickelson would call his “best chance of all of them,” two years ago at Merion, when he led each of the first three rounds before fading on Sunday and allowing Justin Rose to capture the title.

That last one still stings, even on the eve of another try.

“It was a tournament I feel I should have won,” Mickelson said. “I was playing well enough to win. A couple mistakes late in the tournament ended up costing me.”

Mickelson admits that he has no idea whether he’s playing well enough to complete the career grand slam this week. He’s in the midst of another overhaul of his physique and his game, changes that have been slow to take hold. As a result, he hasn’t lifted a trophy since the Claret Jug at the British Open two years ago.

“I’ve gone through a period these last couple years where I haven’t played my best golf, and I feel like I’m on the upswing,” he said.

“I don’t know if I’m there or not.

This week will be a good test of how far I’ve come.”

There are reasons for optimism: Mickelson tied for third at the St. Jude Classic last week, shooting his best round of the season in the final round.

And as he made his way around Chambers Bay, it became apparent the long par-4s, generous fairways and quirky bounces suit his game.

Powerful. Creative. Occasionally wild.

“This is a great opportunity for him,” said Rickie Fowler, who played alongside him in the practice round, “but I don’t look at it like his career is by any means coming to an end any time soon. He still has plenty of power.

He still has all the shots in the bag.”

Mickelson demonstrated that more than once on Tuesday.

On the long, uphill par-4 fourth, he found the big fairway bunker off the tee, only to knock it within 10 feet. On the par-3 ninth, he hit close enough for a kick-in birdie — a marvelous shot to reward the fans who’d been serenading him on his 45th birthday.

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“He’s under the radar, not many people talk about him. Apparently he’s on his back nine in his career and all those things,” defending champion Martin Kaymer said. “But I played

with Phil a few times in the past and knowing how aggressive he can play and how good and how creative he is on golf courses, I think he will have a good chance.”

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Police are investigating a collision involving an ambulance at the intersection of 48th Avenue and 47 Street on Tuesday morning. to do.

“They get in that panic mode,” said Rowland. “Some hit their brakes suddenly. We have to go defensive and try to avoid a collision because instead of pulling over to the right, they just stop.”

The ambulance will be taken out of service while it is being repaired.

The driver’s side of the ambulance was wrecked.

“Be aware of your surroundings,” said Rowland. “Emergency vehicles can come up on you at any time.”

According to the Alberta Traffic Safety Act, when an emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire or police) is approaching from any direction and is sounding a siren and flashing emergency lights, drivers must yield the right-of-way. Motorists must move clear of any intersection and drive to the right side of the road if it has one or two lanes, or drive to the nearest side of the road if it has three or more lanes.

If you are in the centre lane, drive to the right side.

Motorists should stop until the

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Shovels will be in the ground for the planned Asooahum Centre housing development on Riverside Drive in August.

The project is a month behind schedule but Tanya Schur, Red Deer Friendship Centre Society executive director, said she is confident that 16 housing units on a site east of Lions Campground will be ready to live in by mid-winter.

Schur said there was a hiccup with the development permit application but that is currently being sorted out.

And there is still a lot of work ahead as the society will have to raise about $8 million to build a cultural centre attached to the housing units.

The society has $4.5 million in provincial and federal funding for the housing units.

A capital fundraising campaign is expected to get underway in the coming months.

Meanwhile, Sunday will mark National Aboriginal Day in Red Deer.

It will also be the final day of the Walking With Our Sisters exhibit at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

The powerful exhibit is a commemorative to the murdered and missing Aboriginal women in North America.

Since it opened on June 1, 877 people have visited the exhibit.

In addition to raising awareness of Aboriginal issues, the exhibit has raised awareness of Aboriginal culture and ceremony, said Schur.

“It really ties into our need to ask the entire community of Central Alberta to join with us the completion of

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The 20 large stones in Confederation Park in Red Deer sit under a stormy sky Tuesday. This week marks National Aboriginal week with many activities planned from June 16 to National Aboriginal Day on June 21. the Asooahum housing development and the cultural centre, which will become that place of belonging for Aboriginal people but also provide more access to non-aboriginal people

who want to learn more.”

Stay tuned to the society’s Facebook page for upcoming fundraising events. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

emergency vehicle has passed and check to ensure no other emergency vehicles are approaching.

In addition, drivers must not follow within 150 metres of any emergency vehicle that has its siren or lights operating.

Failing to yield right of way for emergency vehicles or pull over and stop and remain stopped until emergency vehicle has passed could net a fine of $233. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

TO PAY $1.50 MORE PER TONNE THAN CURRENT CONTRACT Red Deer County council has approved a new $1.6-million landfill contract.

The new contract means the county will pay $18 per tonne — up $1.50 from the current contract — to truck waste to a landfill in Coronation. The rate increases to $18.50 in 2017 and $19.50 in 2018.

County garbage is currently taken to Coronation, which is operated privately

by Progressive Waste Solutions.

Andrew Treu, the county’s environmental services manager, said the $1.6-million contract cost is an estimate based on expected waste volumes. Actual costs will depend on how much waste is trucked to Coronation.

Some councillors queried why the only other bidder, West Dried Meat Lake Regional Landfill, quoted significantly higher tipping fees — $35 per tonne.

County manager Curtis Herzberg acknowledged the price gap looks “alarming,” but assured council that Coronation could handle the waste at its price point.

“Historically, they have had a very low tipping fee there. So it doesn’t alarm us.”

Mayor Jim Wood asked whether the county had flexibility under the agreement to pursue other waste options if they arose.

For instance, a number of years ago Ottawa-based Plasco proposed a hightech plant to turn waste into energy. In the end, it never came to fruition.

Treu said the waste contract includes termination clauses and it’s relatively short length wouldn’t tie council down should other options emerge.

Whether the new contract will translate into higher garbage fees for residents will be determined at budget time later this year. Trucking costs play a role in those bills, which are affected by fuel costs and other factors.

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No patients were on board when a Red Deer Emergency Services ambulance collided with an SUV on Tuesday.

Deputy fire chief Bart Rowland said the crash occurred at the intersection of 48th Avenue and 47th Street just before 9 a.m.

Both vehicles were travelling north on 48th Avenue when the collision occurred.

The ambulance was answering a call.

The driver of the SUV was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Two fire-medics in the ambulance were shaken but not injured. They provided care to the person in the SUV until another ambulance arrived to take the person to the hospital.

Specific details were not available as the incident is under investigation by a police collision analyst.

Rowland said there is indication that the SUV did not pull over to the right.

The intersection was closed for several hours while crews cleaned up the mess and investigated.

Rowlands said a collision involving an ambulance is rare and this could have been much worse. The incident, he said, serves as a reminder for motorists to pull over to the right in a safe spot and stop when Emergency Services vehicles approach.

One or multiple units could approach at any time. He said it is common for emergency vehicles to come up behind drivers who are not aware they are there or are unaware of what

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Seniors can enjoy tea, refreshments, and live music amid the splendour of the flowers of the park.

Mayor Tara Veer will host the annual Mayor’s Garden Party.

The party runs from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

The event is free. The location is handicapped and wheelchair accessible.

Juried art show all weekend at Golden Circle A weekend-long juried art show will see all sorts works on display, with the winners moving on to the Alberta-wide finals.

The Alberta Community Art Club Association zone show, hosted by the Red Deer Art Club at the Golden Circle, at 4620 47A Ave. on Saturday and Sunday, will feature art work from all over the area.

The show is open to the public and there is no cost to see the works. The show is open from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information, visit the Red Deer Art Club’s Facebook page.

Catholic foundation funds education projects Twenty school and three division projects in the Red Deer Catholic Regional School District split $43,370 from the district’s education foundation.

On top of the numerous projects, the Catholic Education Foundation has awarded $2,500 in scholarships.

Among the projects are a breakfast program at St. Patrick’s Community School; faith retreats at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School and St. Francis of Assisi Middle School; and Ecole Secondaire Notre Dame High School’s Cougar Classic basketball tournament, to include a Saturday Mass and a breakfast prepared by the Knights of Columbus.

Division-wide projects receiving funding include the 2015 Summer Reading Program, Grow Boys Grade 5 Leadership and a Grade 5 girls selfawareness event.

For more information on the projects receiving funding, visit www. rdcrs.ca.

Ecole La Prairie funding to help build playground Two cheques totalling $50,000 will help one local elementary school get new playground equipment.

Ecole La Prairie is on the receiving end of the announcement with a scheduled formal presentation on Friday.

Half of the money comes from an agreement between Alberta Infrastructure and Alberta Education, while the rest is being donated to the Societe des parent pour l’education francophone from the Red Deer Kinsmen Club.

The $180,000 playground will be for the kindergarten to Grade 9 school located at 34th Street and 48th Avenue The installation of the playground featuring three new play structures should be completed by September of this year.

Plea delayed for man facing assault, weapons charges Defence counsel is seeking bail for a man who was the subject of a provincewide manhunt in February.

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Maddox McGill, three, makes a hasty retreat from the water as his sister Chle, five, floats in an inflatable boat at Sylvan Lake. The pair and their father Lee, of Sylvan Lake, just about had the lake to themselves on Monday as the temperature was still a little cool early in the afternoon. Lee said it was in stark contrast to a week ago, when temperatures in Sylvan Lake and around Central Alberta rose into the high 20s, attracting thousands of people to the beach.

John Timothy Knowles, 32, of Red Deer has been held in custody ever since his arrest on Feb. 23. He was the subject of an Alberta-wide warrant for his arrest issued on Feb. 5.

Arnold Piragoff appeared as his counsel in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday before Judge Jim Hunter.

Piragoff indicated he is waiting on further information from the Crown before entering a plea.

Hunter noted the charges were scheduled for plea on Tuesday and reluctantly acquiesced to Piragoff’s request, but added it is up to Knowles to enter his pleas at his next appearance.

Knowles is charged with assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, uttering threats, two counts possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of a prohibited firearm, identity fraud, uttering threats and eight counts of disobeying court orders.

He will next appear in Red Deer provincial court on July 6.

Community foundation helps local organizations Eleven Red Deer community programs have been announced as recipients of about $60,000 in grants from the Red Deer and District Community Foundation.

The recently-announced grants include a wide range of Central Alberta community organizations and the money will go to a number of programs.

Organizations receiving grant money include Central Alberta Crime Prevention, Red Deer and District SPCA, Red Deer River Watershed Alliance, Butt Ugly Anti-Tobacco Program Society, Cerebral Palsy Association, Central Alberta Sexual Assault Centre, Leadership Centre Society of Central Alberta, Ellis Bird Farm, Whisker Rescue Society and the Bethany Care Foundation.

For more information on how much each group received and the programs the money is going towards, visit www. rddcf.ca.

Bottle depot holdup investigated by police Red Deer RCMP are looking for a man who robbed the South Hill Bottle Depot and escaped by bicycle on Monday.

Police say a suspect entered the bottle depot and purchased a bottle of water shortly before 11:30 a.m.

When the cashier opened the till, the suspect grabbed an undisclosed number of $20s and ran from the building.

He rode away on a black bicycle, heading east toward Bower Place.

He wore a black T-shirt, black pants with stripes, a brown hat and sunglasses.

RCMP ask anyone with information that will help identify the suspect to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-3435575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online.

ALS fundraising walk Saturday at Great Chief The ALS Society of Alberta is hosting its annual Walk for ALS on Saturday at Great Chief Park.

The event is to raise funds and awareness about ALS while providing hope for those affected by the disease.

The Walk for ALS happens across the country at 90 locations. This year, Red Deer hopes to raise $110,000. The nationwide goal is $4.3 million.

Walk registration is at 9 with the kickoff at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.walkforals.ca.

Cowboy church service, breakfast at Sunnybrook Sunnybrook Farm Museum will mark Father’s Day with a pancake breakfast and cowboy church service.

Breakfast will be served on Sunday from 8 to 10:30 a.m. outside Hanna Log House.

The church service starts at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Dave Muir giving the service from horseback.

He will be accompanied by live music with the New Song Band.

Children’s activities and a live animal exhibition will be featured throughout the morning.

Admission to the farm is by donation. Breakfast is $5 for adults and $3 for children.

Parking is available at the AMA parking lot immediately west of Sunnybrook Farm.

For more details about the farm, go to www.sunnbrookfarmmuseum.ca.

Old-fashioned picnic at Danish museum Sunday An old-fashioned picnic with a pie auction from local pie-makers with a Danish service highlights a fun-filled Sunday at the Danish Canadian National Museum in Dickson.

On June 28, a service in Danish and English goes from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by an old-fashioned picnic at 1 p.m. featuring beef on a bun and dessert. There will also be a pie auction from local pie-makers, fashion show, songs and old-fashioned games.

The event costs $12 for adults and $6 for children under the age of 10 years.

People can bring their own blanket and picnic basket, or order the lunch.

Those choosing to order a lunch are asked to call ahead at 403-728-0019 to reserve their food.

The Danish Canadian National Museum is located south of Hwy 11 on Range Road 31. For more information, go to www.danishcanadians.com.

Family Amazing Race set for Friday evening Family Services of Central Alberta are offering a family Amazing Race style adventure through the city.

The event is part of family services’ second annual family night out. Families are invited to grab their passports and join in the fun-filled evening of sports and fitness challenges, healthy snacks and family prizes.

The event starts at 6 p.m. on Friday and goes until 8:30 p.m. It starts at the Kinsmen Arena, at 5 McIntosh Ave., and costs $5 for each family member or participant. Registration can be done online at www.fsca.ca or by calling Leanne at 403-309-5834 or emailing her at llandry@fsca.ca.

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“If you hadn’t blackmailed me into this arbitration, I was going to have to go in front of the Hooli board of directors and ask for $250 million to buy you out,” Gavin confessed to Richard.

“Believe it or not, your algorithm is the only way to make Nucleus work.”

Now that’s meritocracy in action, a superior discovery actually beating out its imitators in spite of the “market forces and random events” that have plagued Richard and his colleagues for two seasons. “Even if Hooli ends up owning it, we built it with no resources and a f__ stream of endless obstacles.

I don’t know. I kind of want to see how big it can get, up to the point when they take it from us,” Richard tells his colleagues as they run one last experiment with Pied Piper, seeing how large a video livestream they can support on their jerry-rigged servers.

And for once, the results of their experiment validate Jared’s (Zach Woods) boundless and touching enthusiasm. Jared quit Hooli to work for Pied Piper because he saw something special in Richard, and after two seasons in which he has been humiliated, overriden and even trapped on a fully automated cargo ship in the middle of the ocean, there’s something genuinely affirming about getting to see Jared’s

teams competing on season 3 of the reality competition series, which premieres July 8.

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UFC fighter Elias Theodorou and girlfriend Max Altamuro from Toronto are also in the race.

They’ll square off against recently engaged former military cadets from Centreville, N.S., Michaelia Drever and Hamilton Elliot. Elliot is a transgender man.

Rounding out the list are Montreal couple Nic La Monaca and Sabrina Mercuri and two teams of brothers:

utopianism proved correct.

“You’re never going to sell. I mean, look what’s happening here. It’s magical,” Jared tells Erlich, who is thinking about selling his house, as the Pied Piper team maniacally boosts server capacity and knocks holes in walls to push the livestream. “That’s just money. It has no real value ... I can always find another job. But look at us. Doing this. It’s intoxicating. Don’t act like it’s not magical. It is.”

For all that Silicon Valley is a sharp critique of the business practices of the tech industry, with its predatory lawsuits, its focus on quick profits from trashy apps and sleazy billionaire Russ Hanneman’s (Chris Diamantopoulos) obsession with the “third comma” in his net worth that marks his membership in the super-rich, the show is also truly hopeful about the prospect that tech workers will make genuinely important new discoveries. If Silicon Valley is flawed, it’s because those business practices slow up or even totally derail those breakthroughs.

While I’m sad for Richard, the moment when members of the sweaty, grubby Pied Piper team celebrated their accomplishments in their burning, disheveled house made Silicon Valley one of the happiest, most triumphant shows on television.

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“They literally could have shown me nothing,” said Kaling, who plays a green, fluttery-lashed girl named Disgust in the new film Inside Out heard the word “Pixar,” and she was in.

T h e m u c h - Mindy Kaling anticipated film explores the action inside 11-year-old Riley’s head, where Kaling’s character and other emotions — Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Sadness (Phyllis Smith) and Joy (Amy Poehler) — control operations. Joy generally reigns, keeping Riley happy, but things go amiss when her family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco. Riley’s team of emotions are thrown out of balance, and they have to work together to set things right.

Riley’s personality is represented by “islands” comprising the things most important to her, such as family, friendship and sports. Kaling said the film inspired her to reflect on her childhood experiences and consider what might be included among her own Islands of Personality.

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‘Silicon Valley’ can’t decide whether it’s the most optimistic or despairing comedy on television. But after two seasons, it’s undeniable that it is one of the funniest.

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“Market forces and random events have conspired against me to make the success of my incubator all but impossible,” Erlich Bachman (T.J. Miller), the grandiose proprietor of the flophouse where the characters on HBO’s Silicon Valley live and work, groused midway through the second-season finale of the show. Erlich was contemplating selling his house, but he might have been speaking about the tech industry — and the vision of Silicon Valley — as a whole.

Silicon Valley gives lie to the idea that the tech industry is a pure meritocracy, or even that it functions with anything close to perfect efficiency.

I can’t decide whether it’s the most optimistic or despairing comedy on television. But after two seasons, it’s undeniable that Silicon Valley is one of the funniest.

Silicon Valley wrapped up on Sunday with a combination of overwhelming victory and crushing despair. Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch), a visionary who created Pied Piper, an application that makes data transfer over the Internet radically more efficient, unexpectedly won the battle for control of his company. An arbitrator found that because of illegal language in Richard’s contract with Hooli, the Google-like company had never truly employed him, and so Hooli head Gavin Belson (Matt Ross) couldn’t seize Pied Piper.

But in the immediate wake of that victory, Laurie Bream (Suzanne Cryer), the head of venture capital firm Raviga, bought a controlling interest in Pied Piper and fired Richard as chief executive, hoping to stop the tide of missteps that have derailed the company’s progress.

As grim as this twist was, and as much as we feel for Richard, Two Days of the Condor is a joyful episode of television.

One of the great threats of the second season of Silicon Valley was the idea that another company would bring an inferior version of Pied Piper’s product to market first, winning the economic war, but doing so in a way that sapped Richard’s algorithm of its full power to transform the way people communicate. Gavin tried to make Nucleus, his Pied Piper alternative, work, but the brogammers who teased Richard in the show’s premiere ultimately proved that they weren’t up to the task. End Frame, the company that tricked Pied Piper employees into explaining enough of their process to try to replicate it, ultimately turned out an inferior product, too.

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Man Verbal and written for our warehouse. communication skills are Qualifications required are req’d. Send resume by fax the following: to 403-346-0295 • Class 5 Driver License (air endorsement and/or Now Hiring In-Home Class 3 Drivers License Caregiver $11/hr 40 hrs/wk would be an asset) Care of a 7 yr. boy. Optional • Clean Drivers Abstract accommodation available must be provided upon hiring at no charge on a live-in • Mechanical Experience basis. Note: This is not a would be an asset condition of employment. • Basic Construction Email resume: Knowledge (Carpentry delmundot4r@gmail.com - Forming Experience) • Organizational Skills • Tracking Equipment and Material • Must be in good physical health • Involves Lifting and Hoisting • Will be responsible for Shipping and Receiving • Forklift experience would be an asset Operators • Must be able to maintain Busy road construction a clean, efficient and company looking for safe work environment operators. Work is Full time position throughout Alberta. Must (8am-5pm) with flexibility have a Class 5 license. for additional hours Fax resume to including weekends 403-309-0489 We Offer Competitive Wages and Benefits SHOP HAND / Immediate Position Available BUS CLEANER Please Submit you resume Must be avail. to work by: Fax: (403) 314-1183 eves./wknds. and have E-mail: apply@pmcl1964.ca own transportation. Fax Something for Everyone resume to 403-347-4999 email: frontbus@platinum.ca Everyday in Classifieds

Advocate Opportunities NEWSPAPER CARRIERS Needed for Early Morning in LANCASTER area: Earn approximately: $464.00 per month Reliable vehicle required For more information, please call PRODIE @ (403) 314-4301

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

FLYER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

FALL START GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community?

• • • • • • • • •

GLENDALE

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

Mustang Acres Trailer Park ALSO Gunn St. & and Goodacre Cl. ALSO 59 Ave. & Gray Dr.

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

900

Employment Training

880

Misc.

Help

ACADEMIC Express

710

Dental

860

CLASS 1 DRIVER with super B and grain hauling experience for Central AB. Call Wayne 403-746-3490

YOGADIVE Company Inc. is now hiring energetic, punctual, hard working enthusiasts for a Sales Associate Position.

Previous experience is an asset. Forward or drop off resume. info@yogadive.ca Store: 101-5034 46th street. Sylvan Lake

Requires

CLASSIFICATIONS

850

is hiring for the upcoming season JOURNEYMAN/ APPRENTICE: PIPEFITTERS WELDERS BOILERMAKERS RIGGERS SCAFFOLDERS INSULATORS ALSO: QUALITY CONTROL TOWERS SKILLED MECHANICAL LABOURERS WELDER HELPERS Email resumes, trade tickets & safety tickets to: resumes@ newcartcontracting.com OR FAX (403) 729-2396

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Trades

jobs

Trades

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5240

ALBERTA SPRINGS GOLF RESORT

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Oilfield

A Classified Announcement in our

820

Restaurant/ Hotel

Call or visit us online!

1-844-299-2466 welcomewagon.ca

May the winds of love blow softly, And whisper so you’ll hear.

We will always love & miss you, And wish that you were here.

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KENTWOOD Kilburn & Krause Cres. also Kirkland & Kidd Close

NEW PROGRAMS

Fcall Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

Y COMMUNOITRKER SERVICEaW nd Y COMMUENAITND SERVIC IONS ADDICT ER WORK

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Alford Ave. Archer Dr./Austin Dr. Allsop Ave. Allison Cres.

BOWER AREA

BE CAREER READY IN 10 TO 12 MONTHS 551794E19-F26

TO PLACE AN AD

Call (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue

Brown Close/Barrett Dr. Bunn Cres.

Barrett Drive Bannerman Close MORRISROE AREA Munro Cres./MacKenzie Cres.

Metcalf Ave. LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Anders on the Lake DOWNSIZING Power, hand and garden tools, filing cabinets, tv, lots of household, etc. 124 ARCHER Dr. June 18 & 19, 2-8, June 20, 9-4

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Anders on the Lake GARAGE SALE TIME!!!

170 ALBERTS CLOSE (Anders on the Lake) Thurs., June 18, 12 - 8 Fri., June 19, 10 - 8 New & Used Discovery Toy BLOWOUT! Tell your FRIENDS!!

You don’t want to miss this event! *Blow-out prices on all old stock & gently used demo items! *ALL stock is on SALE and set up in my garage!! *Toys for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, primary school, teens and adults! *Books, games, toys, summer fun/travel ideas! *NO GST or SHIPPING on ALL STOCK! Saving of an extra 17% Lori Nordquist, 341-6601

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres.

SOUTHBROOK AREA Sorensen Close/Sisson Ave. Sutherland Cres.

Shaw Close VANIER AREA Viscount Ave. Voisin Close

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

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

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Children's Items

stuff

TOYS, books, puzzles, games. 2 boxes $20.

403-314-9603

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Clothing

(2) antique copper/leaded glass windows. All glass pieces are beveled. Unframed. Measurements: 40” x 16”. In excellent condition. $150 for the pair. Will sell separately.

Call (403) 342-7908.

Children's Items

1580

1590

MOTORCYCLE Jacket, Open Road, size 2XL, worn once. $75.

403-304-0554

1520

Antiques & Art

1580

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Electronics

1605

NES with three games, $140, and Wii fit board and game, $40. 403-782-3847

HOODIE, Ed Hardy size medium. $10.

403-314-9603

PORTABLE dvd player, $40, and Kobo e-reader, $80. 403-782-3847

Advocate Opportunities CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Household Furnishings

1720

2 beige highback bar stools, $20/ea, 2 new swivel padded moving dollies 30” x 18”, $35 for CHESTERFIELD & chair, both, 2 new plastic folding clean, exc. cond. $200. saw horses $12/ea, new 403-887-5891 small portable briquette Tools BBQ $15, oxc-acet Victor SOLID oak bdrm. dressers small regulator set $40, 403-304-9610 new 5000 btu apt. size 71/4” B & D circular saw, Diplomat air conditioner $25. 403-885-5020 WANTED $55, new 30 pc. plastic Antiques, furniture and wall mounted storage bins, estates. 342-2514 new in box $35, 2 tin garFirewood bage cans w/lids, enclosed in metal stand on new Misc. for wheels $20, 2 Washburn AFFORDABLE Sale guitars and stands $75/ea., Homestead Firewood Stinger wet/dry vac $15 Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split.

100 VHS movies, $75.

403-358-5568 avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 403-885-5020 Classifieds...costs so little B.C. Birch, Aspen, Saves you so much!

5 SHELF leaning wall Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. stand 6’x26” $45; plush ART supplies, high quality PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 childs rocking horse $30; paints, brushes, easels, small glass top computer FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, desk $25; dogs playing frames and much more.

Can deliver wall tapestry $150 for all will sell indi1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 cards vidually 403-886-2776 $40 403-986-2108 LOGS BREAD MAKER, $30.; Semi loads of pine, spruce, 2 MATCHING 26” table VEGETABLE Juicer, $30. lamps w/shades $25, Fuji tamarack, poplar.

MEAT Slicer, $30 zoom camera Price depends on location. DL190 FOOD Processor, $30. w/case $25, all like new Lil Mule Logging 403-358-3798 403-346-6303 403-318-4346 CAMPING provisions, eg: pots, pans, dishes, flashAdvocate lights and much more.

Opportunities $125 for all, or will sell individually 403-886-2776

1660

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

Davenport Place (Corner of Ross St. & Donlevy Ave.) $123.04./mo

For VANIER Area

ALSO

With 73 papers, approximately: $380.00/mo.

Dixon Cres, Ave, Close and Dunlop St. $111.52/mo

For LANCASTER Area

ALSO

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

STORAGE shed, tent style, 8’ x 8’ x 7’, full front door roll-up, spare roof and wall cover, set up to view. $85. o.b.o. NEW was $149. 403-346-2192

1790

Piano & Organs

SAMICK digital baby grand piano like new, $9000 403-346-1704

1760

DEER PARK AREA

1760

Misc. for Sale

1640

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

With 42 papers, approximately $220./mo

1760

BOAT MOTORS, Electric Shakespeare, small size. $50. & $75. 403-887-5891

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

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

Misc. for Sale

1810

Pets & Supplies

ARTIFICIAL pet turf, 4’5” x 6’ retail $143, asking $70 403-309-7787

1830

Cats

1 BALINESE kitten, 1 Siamese $60/ea; 403-887-3649

1860

Sporting Goods

FOUR large patio chairs, $40. 403-782-3847 OVER 100 LP records, (45 & 78). $100. 403-885-5020 PICTURES, pettipoint, dutch boy & girl, professionally framed, 2 for $50.

403-314-9603

BUSHNELL (golf) range finder. Older model but still works fine. $40. Call (403) 342-7908.

Right-hand KZG driver (12 degree), 4-wood, 7-wood.

Senior/”A” flex graphite shafts. Golf Pride Tour Wrap grips. $125 for all three together. Call (403) 342-7908.

Advocate Opportunities

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in:

1 Blk. of Davison Dr., Dietz Cl. and Durie Cl.

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

********************** For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelproperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 Starting at $1195

2 Weeks Free Rent

~ Westpark

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

Condos/ Townhouses

6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

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3020

1178 SQ.FT 3 bdrm. main floor of house, c/w 5 appls, dble. att. heated garage, Lacombe, July 1st, n/s, $1350/mo. inclds. all utils. RENTED

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. or July 1 References required.

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

BIG 5 BDRM., 3 BATH 1800 sq.ft. 4-level split in Deer Park, close to school. Manufactured Hardwood, dbl. att. garage, Homes n/s, no pets. 6 appls. $1950 + utils. Avail. July 1 3 BDRM trailer in Alix. or earlier. 403-598-3718 $850 inclds. water, July 1 No pets. 403-348-6594 FOR LEASE, Executive style 1/2 duplex in Lacombe on large lot.

4 Plexes/ 4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble.

6 Plexes garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740 3 BDRM., no pets, NICELY finished, higher $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 end 2 bdrm., lower unit bi-level duplex. Underfloor CLEARVIEW MEADOWS heating, 5 appls, 2 car ce4 Plex, 2+1 bdrms., 1.5 ment parking pad, coded baths, $1100 avail. July 1 locking door, N/S, no pets, N/S, no pets. 403-391-1780 prefer quiet tenant. Avail. immed. $1200. rent/dd, + NORMANDEAU utilities. Call Don 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 403-742-9615 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

3040

3050

Condos/ Townhouses CARRIERS REQUIRED

1900

3030

2 bdrm. townhouse w/garage in Parkvale 4603-44 St. no pets, must be 50+, avail. July 15. eves. 403-309-7707 days 403-506-0265

ORIOLE PARK 2 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1075. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail. now or July 1. 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

3 BDRM. 2 full baths, 4 appls., avail. July 1.

SD $800. Rent $1075.

403-304-5337

1 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

PARKVALE, 55+ condo, 2 bdrm., 2 bath, garage, no maintenance lawn, $1450. + utils. Avail. Aug. 1. ***RENTED***

1 BDRM. suite across from hospital. Own washer & dryer, N/S. No pets. $850. utils. incl’d. Avail. immed.

403-347-5206

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e Get your vehicle list

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

1997 HONDA Shadow Spirit 1100, windshield, leather bags, storage cover, $3800.

403-740-6592

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., clean, $7995. obo.

403-352-6995

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 CORSAIR 26.5’, 1 large slide, well maint., Ready to Go 403-227-6794

2008 DODGE Nitro, 4x4 V6, auto., very clean, $7500. obo.

403-318-3040

1995 34’ Winnebago diesel pusher $19,900. o.b.o.

403-872-3010

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1995 TRAVELAIRE, 25.5’, very good,cond., sleeps 6, new awning, full size fridge, 3 burner stove/oven, micro., queen bed, x-long couch, $7000.

403-347-1997

2001 VOLVO S60.

Loaded, very good cond.

182,000 km. $3500 obo.

403-343-2058

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1957 FORD SKYLINER Retractable Hardtop $42,500.

403-742-9417

2008 SUZUKI Boulevard C109RT, loaded w/saddle bags, windshield,

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2012 CANAM Outlander 800 R XT, power steering, winch, 2 quad boxes. 900 kms. $9000.

403-347-6344

cruise, running lights, back rest, 44,500 kms. Mint Cond. $7990. o.b.o.

403-318-4653

Sold V twin, new tires, brakes, fork seals & battery.

$2900.

6 DAYS IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE 1 FRIDAY FORWARD 2 CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE

2 FREE SALE SIGNS AND TIP SHEET

IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN’T SELL THE FIRST WEEK, THE 2ND WEEK IS HALF PRICE!

FREE PHOTO AD WEDNESDAYS IN FAST TRACK FOTOS

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AD APPEARS EVERY DAY YOUR AD IS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE

2008 HONDA CIVIC LX, 139,400 km., exc. con., carproof, $7,900 obo 1-403-396-9369

2008 LINCOLN Navigator 4x4 exc. shape, tan

leather, 403-871-2441 or cell 928-503-5344

2010 BUICK Enclave CXL 124,000 kms, absolutely like new, Gold Mist $24,000 403-845-3292

2010 OUTBACK Keystone Superlite 28’, 31’ w/hitch, 2 slideouts, good cond., $21,500 403-844-7970

2012 ZINGER trailer, Thor built, 27’ , hard wall, large slide, air, elec. awning, $17,900 obo 403-896-8860

2013 HONDA PCX 150 scooter, 1,185 km, $2,700.

403-346-9274

SELL YOUR VEHICLE FAST WITH A FAST TRACK CLASSIFIED VEHICLE AD

403 309-3300

CALL AND ONE OF OUR SALES SPECIALISTS CAN PUT YOU ON THE FAST TRACK TO SELL YOUR VEHICLE.

635421

1993 HONDA ST1100,

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, June 17, 2015 D3

Bombastic billionaire raises eyebrows with speech

Al-Qaida’s No. 2 killed in airstrike

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — A U.S. airstrike has killed Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader, who commanded its powerful Yemeni affiliate, dealing the global network its biggest blow since the killing of Osama bin Laden and eliminating a charismatic leader at a time when it is vying with the Islamic State group for the mantle of global jihad.

Nasir al-Wahishi is the latest in a series of senior figures from al-Qaida’s Yemen branch eliminated by U.S. drone strikes the past five months, including its top ideologue and a senior military commander. The U.S. has intensified its campaign, trying to push back the group as it has captured new territory in Yemen by taking advantage of the southern Arabian nation’s Nasir al-Wahishi chronic chaos.

The US activity against alQaida is also not limited to Yemen. Over the weekend, a U.S. airstrike in Libya targeted an al-Qaida-linked militant commander, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who led a 2013 attack on an Algerian gas complex that killed 35 hostages including several Americans. US officials are still trying to confirm whether he was killed in the raid.

Al-Wahishi was a former aide to bin Laden who, after the al-Qaida affiliate in Saudi Arabia was crushed in the mid-2000s, rebuilt it in his homeland Yemen and turned it into the terror network’s most dangerous branch. He also served as deputy to Ayman al-Zawahri, who succeeded bin Laden in 2011 as the network’s leader. The U.S. put a bounty of up to $10 million on al-Wahishi.

The Yemeni branch, known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, claimed responsibility for January’s attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people. It also attempted several direct attacks on the United States including the botched 2009 plot to bomb an American passenger jet.

A senior operative in the affiliate announced al-Wahishi’s death and said his deputy, Qassim al-

WORLD

BRIEFS

Islamic State loses key town on Turkish border in huge setback BEIRUT — For more than a year, the Syrian town of Tal Abyad on the Turkish border provided a lifeline for the Islamic State group, allowing it to ferry foreign fighters to its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa and sell oil on the black market.

The loss of the town to the Kurds on Tuesday is a huge setback directly affecting the extremist group’s operational structure and its ability to wage war, making it more difficult to attract volunteers and potentially turning the tide against the militants in Syria and Iraq.

It marked a significant reversal of fortunes for the group that only last month generated alarm through its lightning capture of the provincial capital of Ramadi in Iraq’s Anbar province and the historic town of Palmyra in central Syria.

“It shows that the Islamic State group is weaker than it seems despite their earlier victories,” said Wladimir van Wilgenburg, a political analyst who writes for The Jamestown Foundation, a U.S.-based research centre.

Analysts said the fall of Tal Abyad is potentially the most damaging loss for the Islamic State group —

3060

Suites

Suites

3060

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park.

403-986-6889

LIMITED TIME OFFER: First Month’s Rent FREE! 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. included. Cat friendly. 86 apartments, avail. immed, Bell Street, Red Deer rent $875 403-596-6000 leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888)679-8031 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Classifieds Opposite Hospital Your place to SELL Your place to BUY 2 bdrms, balcony, no pets $875 403-346-5885

Suites

Raimi, has been tapped to replace him.

“Our Muslim nation, one of your heroes and masters has departed to God,” Khaled Batrafi said in a video statement dated June 14 but released by the group online Tuesday. In a eulogy, he said alWahishi “took part with (al-Qaida’s) first generation in hurting America in different places of the world starting from the 1990’s.”

Batarfi vowed that the group’s war on the United States would continue, saying “the blood of these pioneers makes us more determined to sacrifice.” He said the U.S. would “taste the bitter flavour of war and defeat until you stop supporting the Jews, the occupiers of Palestine, until you leave the lands of the Muslims and stop supporting apostate tyrants.”

Al-Wahishi’s death came in a U.S. drone strike a week ago in the southern Yemeni port city of Mukalla, which al-Qaida captured in April. Yemeni security officials said two other militants were killed in the strike. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. U.S. officials had said they were trying to verify whether al-Wahishi was killed.

Al-Raimi, the new leader of AQAP, is thought to have masterminded a 2010 plot in which bombs concealed in printers were shipped to the U.S. on cargo planes before being detected and defused. He is believed to direct training camps in Yemen’s remote deserts and mountains, where he organizes cells and plans attacks.

AQAP’s master bomb-maker, Ibrahim Hassan alAsiri, is also believed to still be alive. He is thought to have designed the bombs used in the cargo planes plot and in the 2009 plane-bombing plot, in which the bomber hid explosives in his underwear but botched the detonation.

Al-Asiri also designed the explosives used by his own younger brother, who blew himself up in a failed 2009 attempt to assassinate Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, then head of Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism agency. Mohammed is now the crown prince.

Al-Shihri is a Saudi national.

Al-Wahishi’s death is a major loss for al-Qaida as it struggles to compete with the Islamic State, a breakaway group that has seized vast swaths of Syria and Iraq and spawned its own affiliates elsewhere in the region. The Islamic State group has also gained loyalists in Yemen in competition with al-Qaida.

3060

Suites

3060

1 & 2 bdrm., Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

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, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

1000-1430

Massage Therapy

1280

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS DALE’S Home Reno’s Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 with oilÀeld service companies, other small businesses and individuals SIDING, sofÀt, fascia, Elite Retreat, Finest RW Smith, 346-9351 decks, insulation in VIP Treatment.

403-588-2740 10 - 2am Private back entry

FANTASY SPA

1070

CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE Avail. to start cleaning houses on July 2. Call: Sharla at 403-357-7801 leave msg PROPER CLEAN Wether it’s walls, cupboards or reg. house cleaning. Call Christine @ 403-396-0060

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Handyman Services

1200

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, Áooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617

Landscaping

1240

GROUND Up Bobcat & Landscaping Ltd. For free quote call 403-848-0153 SAWYER Trucking, Skid Steer and Track Hoe service.

PH. 403 391-6430

Mobile Lot

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4160

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

homes

403-341-4445 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777 DUMP RUNS, metal, battery p/u. 403-550-2502 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Roofing

4010

1370

5030

Seniors’ Services

1372

Window Cleaning

1420

RESIDENTIAL Window & Eavestrough Cleaning.

Free Est.. 403-506-4822

Saddle bags, windshield, cruise (manual), running lights, back rest, 44,500 kms.

5040

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

12’ ALUMINUM boat 6 hp Evinrude, electric troller, 4 swivel chairs, boat/quad combo trailer $2275 403-848-2411 after 6 pm.

5100

Davenport, 50+, modular, $179,900 403-392-7076

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A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300 1995 34’ Winnebago diesel pusher $19,900 obo 403-872-3010

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS 2004 CORSAIR 26.5’, 1 large slide, well maint., ready to go 403-227-6794

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., clean, $7995. obo. 403-352-6995

Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

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

Estate of

4020

“COMING SOON” BY

WatersEdge Marina

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

403-318-4653 Red Deer

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate 2008 DODGE Nitro, 4x4 central alberta 403-341-9995 V6, auto., very clean, gord.ing@remax.net $7500. obo. 403-318-3040

SERGE’S HOMES

5160

OLDER 50 HP Mercury, w/controls, can be heard running, $1000.

403-357-8467, 573-1595

Fifth Wheels

Houses For Sale

Boats & Marine

MINT CONDITION! $7990. o.b.o.

2002 CHRYSLER Seibring LXI 87,000 kms, loaded + $5200 403-340-9494 or 403-346-4600

SUV's

HELPING HANDS

Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

5080

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Donald Trump might never be president of the United States — at least not judging by the mockery from Democrats and mournful tweets from some Republicans following his campaign launch Tuesday.

But he just might have succeeded in carving out a place in American political history, with one of the more unusual announcement speeches of any candidate.

He even achieved the rare distinction of becoming embroiled in a dispute on Day One of his presidential candidacy with Canadian rock legend Neil Young.

The bombastic billionaire arrived onstage by escalator, descending to Young’s “Rocking In The Free World.” His choice of theme music, a song about American decline sung by a left-wing foreigner, was hardly the day’s lone surprise.

Nor was the late-day statement from Young’s management team that said: “Donald Trump was not authorized to use ’Rockin’ In The Free World’ in his presidential candidacy announcement. Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, is a supporter of (Democrat) Bernie Sanders for president.”

Trump’s entire speech was a string of outlandish soundbites — a hit-parade of far-out phrases crammed into a single 45-minute performance.

After toying for years with the idea of a presidential run, the real-estate mogul finally announced his plan to seek the Republican nomination. He did it without speaking notes.

In the process, Trump: ● Insulted Mexicans: Trump promised to build a giant wall along the border, and force Mexico to pay for it. “They are not our friend, believe me. They are killing us economically. The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.

When Mexico sends its people, they are not sending their best... They are bringing drugs. They are bringing crime, their rapists, and some I assume are good people.” ● Bragged about his wealth, said he wasn’t bragging: Trump pulled out a sheet of paper and said his team of accountants had spent months tabulating his considerable net worth. They finally settled on $8.7375 billion. “I’m really rich. And by the way, I’m not even saying that (to) brag. That’s the kind of mindset, the kind of thinking, you need for this country... We have the opposite thinking: We have losers.” ● Made bold promises: “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created, I tell you that. I’ll bring back our jobs from China, Japan, Mexico, so many other places. And I’ll bring back our money.” ● Drew sweeping conclusions from his Republican rivals’ campaign launches, which he found lacking: “They didn’t know the air conditioner didn’t work. They sweated like dogs. They didn’t know the room was too big... How are they gonna beat ISIS?” ● Plugged his golf courses: He insulted President Barack Obama for playing so much golf, then pivoted into a sales pitch: “I have the best courses in the world. So I’d say, if you want... I have one right next to the White House.” ● Called many people stupid: America’s leaders for paying interest on debt; New York State officials who allowed prisoners to escape; people letting Mexicans slip through the border — all branded with the same dreaded epithet: “How stupid are our leaders?” ● Opposed free trade. In theory, he said, free trade could work. But American negotiators are too dumb. Trump expressed his opposition to existing trade agreements and said: “We have people that are stupid. We have people that aren’t smart.” ● Compared the Chinese to Super Bowl champion Tom Brady: “I just sold an apartment for $15 million to someone from China. Am I supposed to dislike them?... I love China. But their leaders are much smarter than our leaders. It’s like having Tom Brady and the New England Patriots playing a high-school football team.”

known by the acronyms ISIS or ISIL in English and Daesh in Arabic — since it declared its self-styled caliphate stretching across northern Syria and a third of Iraq a year ago.

While losing the town of Kobani to the Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, in January was a symbolic blow to IS, the defeat in Tal Abyad presents a real setback that may lead to a serious degrading of the group’s operations.

Many had predicted a long, drawn-out war with the YPG before the militants would relinquish their hold on Tal Abyad — if at all. Only 50 miles (80 kilometres) north of Raqqa, the town was a major commercial avenue for the group, a smuggling hub for everything from foreign fighters to food and other supplies.

It took less than a month of fighting in the province and only two days for Tal Abyad to fall, with the militants melting away. Some fled to Raqqa, while others went over the border to Turkey, blending in with a flood of refugees.

Aided by U.S. air cover, Kurdish units marching west from Kobani and others moving east from the Kurdish town of Ras al-Ayn linked up, encircling Tal Abyad from three sides.

With that, the Kurds connected two of their selfadministered cantons along the border with Turkey, putting even more pressure on Raqqa.

“What happened in Tal Abyad attests to the beginning of a large-scale decline process for IS,” said Hilal Khashan, a political science professor at the American University of Beirut.

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Six die in balcony collapse

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERKELEY, Calif. — A fourth-floor balcony crammed with partygoers celebrating a 21st birthday collapsed with a bang early Tuesday near the University of California’s Berkeley campus, killing six people and seriously injuring seven others, authorities said.

All least five of the dead were Irish students in the country on visas that enable young people to work and travel in the U.S. over the summer, Ireland’s foreign minister said.

Police and fire and building officials were working to determine what caused the roughly 5-by-10-foot metal-railed balcony to break loose from the side of the stucco apartment building. It tipped downward and landed on the 3rd-floor balcony below, spilling victims onto the pavement.

“I just heard a bang and a lot of shouting,” said Dan Sullivan, a 21-year-old student from Ireland who was asleep in the five-story building. Mark Neville, another Irish student in the building, said: “I walked out and I saw rubble on the street and a bunch of Irish students crying.”

Police had gotten a complaint about a loud party in the apartment about an hour before the accident but had not yet arrived when the balcony gave way just after 12:30 a.m., police spokesman Officer Byron White said. Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said police told him 13 people were on the balcony.

The Library Gardens apartment complex is about two blocks from the Berkeley campus and is a popular place for students to live. After the accident, city building inspectors barred use of the balconies while they are inspected for safety.

The apartments were built in 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported. The complex is managed by Greystar Management, whose website says the company operates more than 400,000 units in the U.S. and abroad. A call to Greystar officials was not immediately returned.

Within hours of the tragedy, small makeshift memorials to the dead sprang up on the pavement.

Irish President Michael D. Higgins said that he “heard with the greatest sadness of the terrible loss

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A sheriff’s deputy prepares to move the body of a person who died when a fourth floor balcony collapsed in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Berkeley police say several people are dead and others are injured after the Library Gardens apartment balcony collapsed shortly before 1 a.m. near the University of California, Berkeley. of life of young Irish people and the critical injury of others in Berkeley, California, today. My heart goes out to the families and loved ones of all those involved.”

Jerry Robinson, who lives nearby, told San Francisco news station KGO-TV that he had just gotten

Egyptian court confirms Morsi death sentence

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi over a mass prison break during the country’s 2011 uprising, making him the first leader in Egypt’s modern history to potentially face execution.

While this is the first death sentence for Morsi, courts have handed out hundreds of similar sentences against Islamists in mass trials since his 2013 overthrow and a mass crackdown on dissent.

The ruling, which will be automatically reviewed

by Egypt’s highest appeals court, brought no immediate outcry on the streets as thousands remain imprisoned, though the country faces threats from Islamic extremists, including an affiliate of the Islamic State group.

It is not clear if Morsi will be executed. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who led the military’s ouster of Morsi, repeatedly has defended the independence of the judiciary, though their mass rulings have faced international criticism.

Meanwhile, former autocrat Hosni Mubarak, overthrown in Egypt’s 2011 revolt and detained since, has eventually been cleared of corruption charges. He

now only faces a November retrial on charges over the killings of protesters after initially receiving a life sentence.

Morsi, who served a year as Egypt’s first freely elected president, appeared in court Tuesday in a blue prison uniform, enclosed in a cage separate from other defendants held in a glass-covered cage covered in mesh wire. He first raised his arms to cameras and those in the courtroom. He listened to the verdict with a slight smile, but said nothing.

Judge Shaaban al-Shami, who led a panel of three judges, issued the ruling after he consulted with Egypt’s Mufti, a religious authority affiliated with the judiciary. The Mufti’s opinion must be sought in all capital punishment cases.

“The court panel has unanimously agreed that there is no room for leniency or mercy for the defendants,” al-Shami said. He said the Mufti sanctioned the death sentences under crimes of “haraba,” an Islamic term for banditry, bloodshed and waging war on God and society.

The judge also confirmed death sentences for five imprisoned members of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, including Mohammed Badie, the group’s leader, and Saad el-Katatni, the head of its short-lived political party. Another 21 imprisoned defendants received 25 years in prison.

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The discovery of the last of the missing lions and tigers on Tuesday as the waters receded eased fears in the capital of Georgia, an ex-Soviet republic, that some of the big cats were still wandering the hills of the city.

The human death toll rose to 19 on Tuesday as workers continued to comb the flood-damaged areas.

Six people were still missing, the state security council said in a statement.

An intense downpour that began late Saturday turned a stream that runs through the city into a raging torrent that destroyed houses and tore up roads.

About 40 families lost their homes.

Zoo spokeswoman Mziya Sharashidze said eight lions, all seven of the zoo’s tigers and at least two of its three jaguars were killed. Only two of the zoo’s 14 bears survived, while nine of its 17 penguins died, she said.

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A 12-year-old girl lost her left arm below the elbow and suffered a leg injury Sunday afternoon; soon after and 2 miles (3 kilometres) away, a shark bit off the left arm above the elbow of a 16-year-old boy. Both had been swimming about 20 yards (meters) offshore, in waist-deep water.

Most beachgoers Monday seemed to voluntarily stay out of the water — or at least remained in very shallow areas.

Holly Helmig, 39, watched her 6-year-old son bobbing on a boogie board in shin-deep water instead of splashing in the waves farther out.

Her 5-year-old daughter Zoe shovelled sand in a bucket next to her. “It’s pretty obvious we’re staying close to the shore,” she said.

Deputies saw a 7-foot shark Sunday in the area where the attacks happened, local official said.

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“They were friends of the people who were on the balcony. A couple of the women did not have shoes.

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Encouraging sign for cystic fibrosis fight SURVIVAL RATES FOR CF PATIENTS AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTS ENCOURAGING: STUDY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadians with cystic fibrosis who have a lung transplant get a definite boost in survival, with half of those who receive the new organs living at least 10 years following the surgery, researchers have found.

Their study, the first to use the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Registry to analyze post-transplant survival rates between 1988 and 2012, found 88 per cent of patients were alive after one year and 67 per cent had survived by the five-year mark.

“People think when you have cystic fibrosis and need a transplant, it’s a death sentence,” said lead author Dr. Anne Stephenson, a respirologist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto who specializes in treating CF. “But our paper shows that one-, threeand five-year survival rates following lung transplantation are really quite high.”

“It may actually prolong your life and prolong your life substantially,” Stephenson said Monday.

The study of 580 patients, which involved co-authors in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, was published Monday in the Journal of Heart Lung Transplantation.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that affects the lungs and digestive system. It causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections. An estimated one in every 3,600 children born in Canada has cystic fibrosis.

“They spend their whole lives coughing, bringing up mucus,” she said.

The disorder also damages the pancreas, preventing the production of enzymes needed to digest food and to absorb nutrients, so CF patients must take handfuls of pills containing digestive enzymes every day.

Patients also spend a good part of each day with strict treatment regimens, including having chest physiotherapy and taking inhaled antibiotics.

“They could spend literally, when they’re (relatively) well, three hours a day doing therapy to maintain their health,” Stephenson said.

“And as, of course, their lungs deteriorate, that

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Dr. Anne Stephenson, cystic fibrosis specialist at St. Michael’s Hospital: transplants prolong life substantially. number goes up and they spend the majority of their day doing that.”

Over time, frequent respiratory infections create scarring in the lungs, leading to a severely diminished capacity to breathe.

“You can’t live if you can’t breathe,” she said, noting that it is these chronic, often antibiotic-resistant lung infections that are the most common cause of death in CF patients.

While having a double-lung transplant cannot cure cystic fibrosis, as the defective gene remains in the body — only the donor lungs don’t contain the mutated gene — the surgery can certainly alter the prognosis in many patients, Stephenson said.

“So when they get the new lungs, the incredible thing is that they no longer produce sputum (mucus),

they no longer cough, they no longer have to do chest physio, they don’t have to take inhaled antibiotics.

“Not to mention that they can now breathe. They can jog, they can travel — all the things that (most people) take for granted.”

That was the case for Hattie Dunstan of Toronto, 27, who had a lung transplant five years ago.

Repeated lung infections had meant a revolving door of hospital admissions to receive intravenous antibiotics. Despite the treatment, her ability to breathe was steadily declining — as was her energy.

“Showering was exhausting. I couldn’t pick up my cat’s water dish to feed her,” she said. “I’m 22, all my friends are going out dancing and living their lives and I can’t even complete university.

“I had lung envy — I couldn’t do anything.”

Doctors put her on the waiting list for lungs from a deceased donor. Her status was bumped up to top priority when it was determined she might not live out the week, and as luck would have it, donor lungs that were a match for her tissue became available.

While Dunstan had a difficult time with recovery following the transplant, she said the difference it has made in her life is “amazing.”

“I play sports, I travel, I walk my dog, I run my own business,” she said of her online bridal jewelry store, called Hattitude.

“I’ve been able to do everything, and beyond my wildest dreams.”

Seeing the survival statistics in the St. Michael’s study is comforting.

“I really like it because I’m at five years, so I love seeing 10 years. I know so many people who are 18, 20, 25 years out (post-transplant),” she said.

“Anything is better than the few months I probably would have got with my old lungs.”

Patients who have donor organ transplants of any kind must take life-long drugs to prevent rejection, but their suppression of the immune system makes it harder to fight off infections, which remain a threat even to the new lungs. In some people, immunosuppression medications still don’t prevent the body rejecting the donor organs.

Stephenson said of the 580 patients in the study, 232 died, most from infection, but some from chronic organ rejection.

Certain eligibility requirements to be lifted for older blood donors

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other disease that may affect his or her ability to tolerate donation. Final eligibility determination rests with Canadian Blood Services.”

Donnison said the eligibility requirements are regularly reviewed.

HALIFAX — The agency that operates Canada’s blood donor clinics is planning to make it easier for older donors to give blood, saying it will introduce changes this fall that will lift some eligibility restrictions on new and dedicated donors alike. by Canadian Blood Services says the changes inDr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS clude dropping a requirement that all first-time Dental Health on a Budget - What To Do? donors 61 years of age and older submit a doctor’s letter confirming they are Dear Dr. D: I'm the stereotypical starving student. I've gone back to fit to give blood.

As well, the agency school, and for the next couple of years my household budget is pared to says it will scrap the same the bone. My teeth are just 'OK', and I'm worried that even a simple dental requirement for repeat emergency is going to blow my living budget out the window. What are donors between the ages the simplest things I can do to get through this period? of 67 and 71 who have not donated in the past two I suggest you brush after anything except water has passed your years, and for repeat do- A: nors 71 and over who are lips. We have turned into a nation of 'grazers' who munch on food at our currently required to get desks, while we drive, and even shop. The gunk that comes out of some an annual physician aspeople's automobiles could feed a third world village for a week. Ditto for sessment.

“We are looking at computer keyboards. Besides being a source of untold amounts of making changes to that bacteria, the food crumbs simply gum up the works. Think about that the policy whereby that (doctor’s letter) will no longer next time you use a public keyboard to check your Facebook at an be required,” said Mark airport, a coffee shop, or the library.

Donnison, vice-president of donor relations. “We’re I say brush after anything, because much of the liquid we drink has looking at a number of sugars in it. The energy drinks are probably the worst, and I see those in different steps to make cup holders in vehicles everywhere. We see patients coming into the the blood donation effort more convenient for peo- waiting room with a 24 ounce pop container. People make an effort to fool their dentist when it comes to regular brushing and flossing, by ple.”

There are about 420,000 making a herculean effort the morning of the checkup. When gums bleed blood donors in Canada at to the touch of our instruments it is a sure fire guarantee flossing isn't any given time, but Donnison said the non-profit routine. The role of the floss is to disturb the bacteria so it doesn't turn into agency has to work hard plaque and decay. Some patients have very tight nooks and crannies in at recruitment to maintain their mouth that the regular brush won't clean on its own – hence flossing that level. On average, about 170,000 donors drop is mandatory. Your dentist or hygienist isn't scolding you if you miss this out every year, either be- step, but they do know about it in 2 seconds flat. cause they have to or they Another overlooked issue is your toothbrush. Change it every few choose to stop.

Older donors are im- months – even more often if you have had a cold or the flu. I'm not so portant because they tend concerned about whether you prefer a 'hard' or a 'soft' brush as I am with to give more blood. A third of all donors are over 50, it being comfortable enough that you use it often. Look at the place you but that group produces store your brush between uses. Many people have a toothbrush holder about 45 per cent of dona- that is frequently central in their bathroom. Every time you flush you tions, said Dr. Mindy Gold- release millions of bacteria that surge out of that toilet like an invisible man, medical director, dowaterfall. It coats everything within 6 feet, including the toothbrushes. nor and clinical services.

“We now have quite You use your brush, and place it in the holder while wet – correct? Wet a lot of experience with brushes attract bacteria and hold on to it, providing a 'nest' in your older donors and we now see that we do not need an toothbrush. An expert in bathroom sanitation (yes, they exist) tells me extra medical assessment that wet hands touching a bathroom door knob transmit 87% of bacteria, on these donors,” she said whereas dry hands transfer only 13% from that same doorknob. Your wet in an interview. toothbrush behaves similarly. Finally, rinse often. You need to restore the Goldman said all donors are routinely asked pH balance in your mouth. Don't ever underestimate the healing relevant health questions properties of drinking water. at clinics, making a separate medical inquiry un- I recommend you don't skip checkups while in school, but if you follow necessary. Under the ex- these guidelines you will do your mouth a favour! isting eligibility rules, the required doctor’s letter Call us for a free consultation. Also, call our 1-800 'Ask the Dentist confirms whether an older Hotline' at 1-800-970-9212 or email askthedentist@alpendental.com with donor is fit enough to tolany questions you would like us to address in future columns. erate donations of 500 millilitres of blood at intervals of 56 days or less, or Alpen Dental more frequent donations of up to 500 ml of plasma 4 - 5025 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, AB and/or platelets.

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Dear Annie: A couple of years ago, Ignore the beeping. Wave hello my husband and I introduced our- when you see them. Be as friendly as selves to our new neighbour. you were before. Wear earplugs at We helped her catch her night. Give them no reason dog when it took off down to derive satisfaction from the street and lent her our taunting you. We hope they cellphone when her dog grow up soon. locked her out of the car.

Dear Annie: How do you We waved hello and goodtell someone that the way bye. she chews gum is exasperShe told us that her husating? band was in the service. He She chews with her came home and before we mouth open and makes horknew it, he was moving out. rible chomping, slurping The problem is, this noises. — Feeling Annoyed woman is now coming Dear Annoyed: Theses home in the wee hours of types of problems are nevthe morning, sometimes as er easy.

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You have to be willing & SUGAR She often returns slightto tell your friend that her ly drunk and with some gum chewing is difficult random guy. They slam to witness because of the the car doors and beep the noise and open-mouth visuhorn multiple times trying als. to lock the car, laughing and talking If you can say that nicely, she may loudly out in the road. They wake us try to alter her behaviour; however, up all the time. it is probably ingrained and will take My husband asked her nicely one repeated reminders. day to please use the lock inside the Your other options are to avoid car door instead of using the key fob, her when she’s chewing gum or tolerwhich beeps. ate the annoyance because you value Well, now when we’re outside, she enough other things about her to make will beep the car horn for no reason. up for it.

Her new live-in boyfriend is a police Ann Landers once printed a little officer in a neighbouring town, and he ditty on the subject, which has often likes to beep the horn late at night. been credited to Ogden Nash: What do you do with a bully cop?

The gum-chewing student How do you complain to the police who And the cud-chewing cow usually protect their own?

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This young pileated woodpecker has been to the feeder in the photographer’s back yard in Red Deer twice a day for a few days in early June. The pileated woodpecker is the largest species of woodpecker but is unusual for Alberta. They mostly inhabit deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes and the boreal forests of Canada.

Man’s portrait series in defence of black dogs takes off online, benefits abandoned canines

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MAYNARD, Mass. — It was a summer day at the dog park when Fred Levy, a professional pet photographer, overheard a conversation that he couldn’t shake off.

A woman was talking about “Black Dog Syndrome” — a theory that black dogs are less likely to be adopted than those with lighter coats, perhaps because of superstition or a notion that black dogs are aggressive. Experts debate whether it’s a myth or reality, but it struck Levy.

“A dog shouldn’t be overlooked just because of its coat,” Levy said. “That’s a minor element when it comes to the dog.”

That dog park visit was almost two years ago, but it inspired Levy to take on a project that’s still gaining international attention. He calls it the Black Dogs Project, a photo series that features black dogs against black backdrops, aiming to capture their beauty and counter negative stereotypes.

The photos struck a chord online and quickly went viral. Commenters raved about the striking details Levy brought out in each portrait — the soulful eyes, that one floppy ear, a Poodle’s ears blossoming with fur. The microblogging website Tumblr counted Levy’s blog among its “most-viral” of 2014.

Levy, 45, did it all in the basement studio of his Maynard home, where he

lives with his wife, two young boys and a black-and-white rat terrier named Toby.

“I knew that, for this project, it would hit a nerve with two different groups,” Levy said. “Pet-lovers would love it, and photographers would like it if I did a good job.”

After adjusting to the sudden onslaught of attention, Levy decided to publish the work in a book. It’s slated to be published this September, titled “Black Dogs Project: Extraordinary Black Dogs and Why We Can’t Forget Them.” Part of the proceeds will go to a rescue group for Labradors in San Diego.

In the book and on his blog, Levy includes stories about each dog to counter myths about black dogs. Among those he highlights is Denver, a 2-yearold black Labrador that’s also a therapy dog. Denver works at an elementary school and spent time in a Boston firehouse after the marathon bombing.

Amanda Lukowski, Denver’s owner, said the photos were “breathtaking.”

“It captured his whole personality,” said Lukowski, of Northbridge. “Denver is a gentle giant. He’s 90 pounds — he’s a big boy — but he is the most kind, caring, compassionate dog ever.”

Early on, the black dogs that Levy photographed came from owners he recruited through his Facebook page.

Recently he also started working with abandoned dogs referred to him by shelters.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t be afraid of change. Use your imagination to find ways to shake up your usual routine, otherWednesday, June 17 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: wise you’ll just get stuck in a boring old rut.

Greg Kinnear, 52; Scott Adkins, 39; Louis And do make time for regular exercise that you enjoy.

Leterrier, 42 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Business THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Creativity, comand finances are favoured today, as you rub passion and spirituality are highlighted today. shoulders with influential people.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You Don’t be a wall-flower Libra — are very serious about pursuspeak up and promote your talents. ing your goals for the future.

Singles — love is waiting online.

If you are patient and follow SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): the middle path, it will lead to Today’s stars are super for travel, success and satisfaction in the sport, creative projects and outcoming year. door adventures. Single Scorpios ARIES (March 21-April — you could be attracted to a col19): You have the power to league, client, customer or somepersuade others today Rams one else you meet through work. positively or negatively — deSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. pending on how you use it. So 21): Attached Sagittarians — don’t aim to be dynamic and couraJOANNE take the lead. Give your partner geous, rather than argumentaMADELEINE room to move and let them decide tive and insensitive.

MOORE’ how the day should develop. SinTAURUS (April 20-May gles — look for love with a lusty 20): Communication is the Leo or an adventurous Aries. buzz word for Bulls, as you CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. try to keep a wide range of people up-to-date with your movements and 19): A purely business-like approach isn’t the plans. Creative projects, romance and social- best way to go today Capricorn. Instead, take the time to listen carefully and compassionizing are also favoured.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can ac- ately to what others are saying. Then respond complish an incredible amount today Twins, accordingly.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Venus is as your motivation and energy levels are high. If you combine creative ideas with a visiting your relationship zone until July 18 — which brings some much-needed peace to a strong work ethic, then you’ll be unstoppable.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Intuition and troubled partnership. But tread carefully with creativity are an unbeatable combination to- a stressed person at school or work.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s a deday Crabs. Others are hoping you’ll come up with positive ideas, inspiring leadership lightful day to conjure up fabulously creative and compassionate views, so don’t let them ideas, and then turn them into concrete reality. Don’t just dream about things Pisces down!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There is much — roll up your sleeves, get out there and do more to a current situation than meets the them!

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationeye, so strive to keep your Cat curiosity under control. Compassion, discretion and sensitiv- ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate

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