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Chlorinated water leaks into river

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Enough water to fill four Olympic-sized pools was discharged into the Red Deer River, eroding a section of the riverbank, after a pipe sprung a leak early Thursday morning.

Roughly 10 million litres of chlorinated was discharged from a water line near the Bellevue Reservoir near the city’s water treatment plant. The plant is 54th Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets.

Tom Marstaller, the City of Red Deer’s Environmental Planning superintendent, said the water is safe to drink and there is no risk to the water supply.

But the quick-flowing water eroded parts of the

riverbank around the CPR pedestrian bridge.

Crews spent the day putting up fence to prevent any more soil from leaking into the river.

Alberta Environment and Environment Canada were on site to investigate and test the water for potential issues.

Public Affairs Officer Jamie Hanlon said Environment and Parks staff observed several groups of fish, small and large-sized schools, showing normal signs of behaviour.

“There have been no reports of impact downstream at this point,” he said. “Currently, minimal impact to aquatic life is anticipated.”

The two agencies will work with the city as they develop and implement a remediation plan to fill in the eroded bank and reclaim the affected areas

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Atco gas crews mark the gas lines near the city’s Water Treatment Plant where a water main broke early Wednesday morning. such as the bridge infrastructure and exposed utility lines.

Marstaller expects to have more information in the coming days.

The cause of the leak is also under investigation.

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Two year old Beaudan Deering of Red Deer cools off and gets a little sip of water while standing on top of the fountain in Kin Kanyon. Beaudan was enjoying the park with his mother Reagan and little sister Luka Thursday afternoon as the temperature was about 26 degrees. Through the weekend Environment Canada is calling for continued hot weather with sunny skies and highs in the 28 - 31 degree range.

Parole hearing for drunk driver cancelled

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A parole hearing scheduled for a Lacombe woman convicted in a drunk driving crash that killed two Red Deer teenagers has been cancelled.

April Gail Beauclair, 33, was convicted in October 2012 of two counts impaired driving causing death and sentenced to three-and-a-half years in custody.

Early March 31, 2012, Beauclair drove her car at about 110 km/h into the back of a vehicle being pushed along Hwy 11A by three Red Deer teens.

Colton Keeler, 19, died at the scene. Tyson

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Vanderzwaag, 18, died in hospital six days after the crash.

The car’s driver was pushing from the side of the car and suffered serious injuries.

The three were attempted to push start their disabled car.

A Parole Board of Canada news release on Thursday said Beauclair had requested her parole hearing, scheduled for either Aug. 6 or 7, be cancelled.

She also withdrew her application for day parole.

The hearing was to determine if Beauclair was eligible for unescorted temporary absences.

Red Deer College made a pitch to Lacombe County on Thursday for $1.275 million for the proposed Health, Wellness and Sport Centre.

The contribution towards the $88-million facility is based on the $115 per capita standard set by the City of Red Deer, which has pledged $11.5 million to the project.

County councillors did not make a decision on the request, deferring it to staff for a report and recommendation that will come to a future meeting.

College president Joel Ward said the facility is seen as key piece of the college’s ambition to become a polytechnic university with degree-granting power.

The facility is being sold as much more than an athletic centre. It is meant as a community resource offering preventative health initiatives aimed at all segments of the population, including youngsters and seniors.

Expected to be ready for the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, the facility is about the day after the games, he said.

“The games is two weeks. This is for 50 years to serve Central Albertans.”

Ward said a winning design will be chosen on July 13. In September, a major fundraising campaign will be launched, kicked off by the announcement of the biggest philanthropic donation in the college’s history. The previous record donation of its kind was $3.5 million.

Ward said about $50 million has been committed so far to the project and the federal government and Western Economic Diversification Canada will also be tapped for funding.

Other municipalities and potential partners are being approached in Central Alberta, to support what is seen as a regional polytechnic university, not just a Red Deer institution.

Red Deer County was approached for a $5-million donation in March, although the request was later reduced by the college to $2.3 million. However, college officials walked away with only a $500,000 commitment following a special county public hearing on the issue. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Little boy who entered RCMP contest gets to meet police dog he named ROSSBURN, Man. — A five-year-old boy from Rossburn, Man., has met the RCMP service dog he helped name.

Jackson Antoniw came up with the name Hector for one of the pups born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alta.

There were 13 winners of the RCMP’s national “Name the Puppy Contest” who were presented with a photo of the dog they named and a written letter from the officer in charge of police dog services.

But Jackson got an additional prize when Hector and his trainer, Const. Kevin Challoner of Thompson, Man., visited Rossburn Elementary School to present Jackson with his letter in person.

Challoner said it’s not often a dog is stationed to the province in which it was named and then gets to meet the child who named him.

He said the boy and the dog got along very well, adding it was a privilege to see the smile on Jackson’s face.

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LEAK: Flooded area surrounding reservoir Staff at the plant noticed an increase in demand on the system around 3:15 a.m.

The city supplies water to roughly 110,000 residents in Central Alberta.

The water gushed in all directions flooding the area surrounding the reservoir. The pipe was expected to be fixed by the end of Thursday.

The trail under the old CPR bridge and the pedestrian bridge were closed due to the leak.

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BEAUCLAIR: Statutory release on Sept. 9 Temporary absences may be approved for reasons including medical, administrative purposes, community service, family contact, personal development for rehabilitative purposes and compassionate reasons, including parental responsibilities.

Beauclair has a checkered history when it comes to parole on thee charges: at one point she was released on day parole and then had it revoked.

She was denied full parole in November 2013,

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but had been granted day parole prior to that. At the time, the parole board ruled Beauclair needed a more structured environment. At that hearing, Beauclair said she had driven drunk more than 50 times before the morning of the fatal crash.

Then on Oct. 1, 2014, the parole board revoked her day parole due to a number of concerns about Beauclair’s behaviour. The parole board cited missed counselling and program sessions that were part of her release conditions for day parole. She also cancelled her programs without consulting her parole officer.

Beauclair is eligible for her statutory release on Sept. 9. Statutory release is mandated by law and not granted by the parole board. Most offenders receive their statutory release after serving two-thirds of their sentence. However, the parole board can impose conditions on the offender’s release. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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OTTAWA — A controversial monument to victims of communism on Ottawa’s main ceremonial street will now be significantly smaller, according to new plans for the site.

The National Capital Commission — an unelected body of federal appointees that oversees land in and around the national capital — says the monument would now occupy 37 per cent of a prime piece of land, instead of 60 per cent.

The Harper government wants the monument erected on vacant land adjacent to the Supreme Court of Canada, just west of Parliament Hill.

The plan is opposed by the a variety of groups, including the City of Ottawa, the Canadian Bar Association, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and various architectural institutes.

The commission says the new monument would also be only half as tall as originally envisioned.

It says further design refinements are expected before the project reaches the final approval stage, expected in the coming months.

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The Red Deer Public School District plans to put the former North School up for sale.

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Currently leased REALLY . . . IT JUST to Koinonia ChrisDOESN’T FIT IN TO tian School, the North School site at 6014 57th THE PICTURE.’ Ave. will be put up for — BEV MANNING sale by public tender.

BOARD CHAIR At the recent Red Deer Public School District board meeting, the board agreed to sell the site as they have no future need for the facility.

“Oriole Park School is right up the hill, Fairview School is right down the street so really, when you take in to account the future needs of the district’s accommodation, it just doesn’t fit in to the picture,” said board chair Bev Manning.

The Koinonia Christian School has leased the site for the last 20 years. The school was built in 1950 by the public district but it has not used it for years.

Manning said the school district has kept Koinonia informed of the plans for the sale. In the past, school principal Vern Rand told the Advocate there was interest in Koinonia buying the school.

It will be sold by public tender.

The board decided to subdivide the property so they can retain the North Cottage School site. That building, built in 1911, will continue to provide alternative high school programming.

The board will have to apply to the city to subdivide the property, and that process is already underway.

The provincial Education minister will also have to approve the plan. The board has to work with Alberta Education and any sale has to be approved by the ministry. Any funds generated from the sale will go towards the district’s capital projects.

“We have the process in order,” said Manning.

“One of the main things we wanted to make sure of was that we retained North Cottage. It’s been a longstanding historical place for the City of Red Deer and our school district and we appreciate its significance.” ● In other board news, the new budget was approved for the 2015-16 school year totaling $114.9 million. The school district anticipates a surplus of $108,645. The budget was updated when the newlyelected NDP government eliminated funding cuts imposed by the previous Conservative government. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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NDP tweak greenhouse gas rules

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Alberta government has tweaked its greenhouse gas reduction rules now with a promise of a complete policy on reducing climate change-causing emissions a few months down the road. “Some will argue that we aren’t going far enough on these issues,� NDP Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said Thursday. “I say to them we are serious about making progress. “Some will argue we are moving too far and too fast. I say to them that more of the same would be the worst thing we could do for our energy economy and for the future of our province.�

The new policy leaves intact the previous government’s policy of taxing carbon based on production levels, often referred to as carbon intensity. That means even under Thursday’s changes, the province’s total emissions are unlikely to fall for years. “It’s very challenging to imagine absolute emissions peaking and coming down in the next five years,� said Ed Whittingham of the clean energy think-tank the Pembina Institute, who was at the podium with Phillips.

Large emitters will now be expected to cut their emissions by 20 per cent per unit of production by 2017. That’s significantly higher than the current expectation of 12 per cent. The cost of any emissions that exceed their allotment will double by 2017 to

Legislature session ends with changes to taxes, election spending

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s new NDP government wrapped up its spring session Thursday, passing three bills but inaugurating a sea of change in how the province raises money and finances elections. “These past 14 days have been exciting and productive and, of course, there is as always a great deal more to do,� Premier Rachel Notley told reporters.

She acknowledged it has been a whirlwind month taking over power while simultaneously launching policy changes. “We’re building the plane while we fly it.�

Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said the session crystallized the NDP as a government organically programmed to solve social ills by taxing and spending. “They will tax and make a plan later, and they will increase taxes and make a plan later,� said Jean.

The two-week session followed an historic election that saw Notley and the NDP win a majority government by dethroning a Progressive Conservative dynasty that had been in control for almost 44 years.

The New Democrats’ flagship Bill 1 banned corporate and union donations to political parties — the first step, they said, to levelling the playing field to ensure that organizations with deep pockets don’t exert undue influence.

The bill passed unanimously, but opposition members said it needs further changes to prevent organizations from using backdoor methods to funnel cash or donate staff time staff in lieu of money.

The session also changed Alberta’s tax structure to have large corporations and the top seven per cent of earners pay more.

The corporate tax was hiked to 12 per cent from 10 per cent, while the NDP resisted opposition calls to reduce the small business tax from its current level of three per cent.

Individuals making more than $125,000 a year will see their personal taxes increase on a sliding scale from the current flat tax level of 10 per cent.

The house also passed an $18.5-billion interim spending bill to keep the money flowing to government until Notley’s team introduces its budget in October.

The government also announced $624 million in new spending over the next few months.

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That fine only applies to carbon dioxide releases over the allowed level. The real price of carbon emissions in Alberta will only rise to about $6, said Phillips, or between 30 and 45 cents per barrel of bitumen — far lower than what most economists believe is needed to drive absolute cuts.

Government estimates suggest that will reduce emissions by about five megatonnes compared to what they would have been under the current policy.

Alberta currently releases about 267 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.

But Phillips also announced a sweeping review of all of Alberta’s climate change measures, to be conducted together with an energy royalty review.

The climate review will be led by Andrew Leach, a University of Alberta energy economist who has published widely on the issue and has also worked with the federal government on climate policy. “My mandate’s not to come to a particular set of recommendations,� Leach said. “(We want) to get a sense where Albertans want to go in terms of a goal, to challenge some of those goals in terms of ’Are you also happy with the policy that would get you to that goal?’ and to try to come to a reconcile position.�

Leach is to table his report in time for the international climate change meeting in Paris this December.

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BRIEF Alberta Environment warns against dumping pet fish into lakes and rivers EDMONTON — Officials with Alberta Environment are pleading with people in the province to stop dumping their pet fish into local bodies of water.

They say it might seem a humane way to dispose of unwanted fish, but it is hurting local species and ecosystems.

Kate Wilson, an aquatic invasive species specialist, says both fish and the water from aquariums can have diseases and parasites.

She also says domestic fish will compete with native species for food and eat fish eggs.

She says goldfish and Prussian Carp, both of which are growing to be massive sizes in Alberta bodies of water, are being found across the province.

Whittingham called Thursday’s announcement a good first step, but put Leach on notice about what he’ll be looking for. “How are you going to accelerate the phase-out of coal-fired generation? What are you doing to ensure renewables get a fair share of the replacement generation? What are we doing to ensure we create micro-generation? What are doing to ensure we have a credible price on carbon? “We need to move to a system that is going to drive reductions.�

Mike Hudema of Greenpeace agreed. “(We) are glad the change to the existing carbon pricing regulation is just an interim measure,� he said. “Much more substantial policies need to be implemented.�

Liberal Leader David Swan offered similar caveats. “I look to the minister and to this review in this next couple of months to actually tell Albertans honestly when we’re going to start to see carbon levels in the atmosphere in Alberta reduced. All we’re doing here is slowing the acceleration.�

Meanwhile, Progressive Conservative Leader Ric McIvor worried about the impact on business. “This is more uncertainty for the industry,� he said. “We’ve got a royalty review, we’ve got (corporate income) tax increases, we’ve got this (climate review) and we’ve got Alberta leaking investment like a sieve.�

She says dumping fish is illegal and can result in a fine of up to $100,000.

Wilson says the fish they are finding aren’t likely ones that have been flushed down the toilet. “A fish wouldn’t survive being flushed through the water treatment system, but those diseases and parasites that we talked about could potentially survive the process and end up being discharged into rivers and lakes,� explains Wilson. “We are not advocating that even dead fish be flushed.�

Judge rules Mountie not guilty of assault during arrest WETASKIWIN — A Mountie has been acquitted on a charge of assault causing bodily harm.

A judge in Wetaskiwin made the ruling following a trial earlier this year for Const. Ron Lavallee.

The 37-year-old was accused of using excessive force during an arrest in Maskwacis on Jan. 1, 2012.

The officer is also appealing an earlier conviction for assault causing bodily harm for a confrontation on Dec. 14, 2011. Lavallee was sentenced last year to two months in jail. The RCMP says Lavallee is currently assigned to administrative duties.

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A new education agenda EDUCATION REFORM IN ALBERTA MUST BE GROUNDED IN FACTS, NOT RHETORIC

BY DEANI VAN PELT AND JASON CLEMENS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Expectations are growing in many circles that the new NDP government in Alberta will be transformative. Several interest groups are beginning to place markers about the direction and degree of change they expect from the Rachel Notley government in education.

The key to any successful transformation, however, is that it’s based on facts rather than wishful thinking. Unfortunately, much of the rhetoric surrounding education reform is rooted in ideology and special interests.

Mark Ramsankar, the head of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, for instance, recently reiterated his organization’s concerns regarding public money being used to support Alberta parents who choose to send their children to independent schools. These concerns are generally in line with comments made by Deron Bilous, the former NDP education critic, who argued that independent schools shouldn’t receive any public funding.

These types of comments are premised on two perceptions that simply don’t accord with facts. The first is that spending on independent schools drains resources away from the public education system.

The basic math of this argument doesn’t add up. Parents choosing independent schools receive only a partial grant to offset private tuition costs.

Specifically, accredited independent schools in Alberta receive either 60 or 70 per cent of the equivalent operating cost per pupil for public schools in the region.

And this funding only covers operating costs, not capital costs, so the overall contribution is actually less than 60 to 70 per cent. Put simply, the provincial treasury saves between 30 and 40 per cent of the operating cost of every student attending an independent school plus the entirety of capital costs.

The second faulty premise is that Alberta doesn’t spend enough on education. Again, this assertion doesn’t comport with the facts. In 2011-12, the most recent year of available data, Alberta spent more per student than any other province on public kindergar-

ten to Grade 12 education — $13,497 per student in 2011-12 compared to the $11,835 national average.

And over the prior decade, per pupil spending in Alberta for public schooling increased 82.5 per cent; only three provinces experienced a higher growth in government spending on public schools over this period.

Ramsankar’s comments support the constituency he represents, namely unionized teachers whose interests are served by having more students in the public education system. This is distinct from advocating for the best education system possible for parents and students.

Finally, it’s worthwhile noting the contrasts between the education system in Alberta and neighbouring B.C. Alberta is one of only three provinces that provide fully-funded Catholic education, and one of only two provinces that provide fully-funded French Catholic education, within the public (and unionized) system.

Meanwhile, B.C., which has more than two-and-a-half times the percentage of students attending independent schools, offers religious and a plethora of other choices in education for par-

ents through independent schools — not the public system, like in Alberta.

This model is considerably less expensive.

B.C. spends 85 per cent of what Alberta does on a per pupil basis, with comparable education performance.

And the 12.0 per cent of students in independent schools in B.C. underestimates parental demand since more than half of independent schools surveyed in 2011 indicated a wait list for entry.

Hollow rhetoric rooted in narrow special interests will not improve education for Alberta parents and their children.

Any reform must be grounded in facts, which indicate that Alberta is spending more than any other province on kindergarten to Grade 12 education and that students attending independent schools save the public treasury rather than siphoning off financial resources.

Deani Van Pelt is the director of the Barbara Mitchell Centre for Improvement in Education at the Fraser Institute and Jason Clemens is the executive vice-president. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

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Duceppe’s return changes dynamic By the looks of it, the long-awaited NDP-Liberal battle for Quebec next fall is on ice.

With Gilles Duceppe back in the game, the upcoming federal campaign is turning into a replay of the 2011 fight between the Bloc Québécois and the NDP. A CROP survey published last weekend gave the NDP (38 per cent) an eight-point lead on the Bloc among francophone voters. A Leger Marketing poll done a few days earlier reported an even closer two-way battle across francophone Quebec. WatchCHANTAL ing from the sidelines, Justin HÉBERT Trudeau’s Liberals and Stephen Harper’s Conservatives split the difference.

Notwithstanding their actual order in voting intentions, none of the four main parties is really where it would like to be in Quebec.

The Bloc has seen its share of support increase by double digits since Duceppe’s return. It is climbing out of the basement but remains at a good distance from the top floor — without a ready-made staircase to get there.

Provincewide, the party’s current score is almost identical to its 2011 election night result. In short, Duceppe has brought home the voters that stuck with his sinking party four years ago and gave it four seats

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that did not include his.

Not all sovereigntists welcomed his return. Many are torn between their desire to see the Conservatives out of power and their loyalty to the cause.

Some are angry at the notion that the veteran Bloc leader may facilitate the re-election of a Conservative government by further splitting the opposition vote.

Like most non-Conservative voters, those who switched from the Bloc to the NDP four years ago are more motivated than ever to seek regime change on Parliament Hill. With the NDP on the rise outside Quebec, the incentive to continue to support Thomas Mulcair’s party is strong.

The Conservatives are essentially in the same position in voting intentions in Quebec as on election night four years ago. CROP pegged their support at 14 per cent. They won 16 per cent of the vote in 2011.

An early-year improvement in Conservative fortunes has turned out to be short-lived.

A more divided opposition vote could help Harper hold on to his handful of Quebec seats and — possibly — win back some of those that were swept up by the orange wave four years ago. But that presumes a second NDP wave is out of the question. Is it really?

The Liberals are key to the answer. Trudeau’s party has lost a lot of ground in his home province since it led the pack with 35 per cent or more of the vote at the end of last year.

At this juncture, Liberal support — at about 24 per cent — hovers around Stéphane Dion’s 2008 score. That was the party’s best result of the past three elections.

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Last year’s polls showed that the Liberals have room to go up; the results of the last campaign suggest they could just as easily slip further. Four years ago, Michael Ignatieff led the party to a 14 per cent finish in Quebec. Its losses ended up as gains in the NDP column.

It is a well-established pattern of Quebec political life that in the face of a serious sovereigntist threat, the federalist vote tends to coalesce behind the strongest alternative on offer. The Liberals long benefited from that trend.

But in 2011, the advantage shifted to the NDP, where it remains now that Mulcair is back in the lead.

To wit, more than half a dozen candidates are vying for the privilege of taking on Liberal MP Marc Garneau for the NDP in the federalist stronghold of Westmount-Ville-Marie.

The New Democrats look like they are in good shape in Quebec. They rank first with francophones.

They have more potential for growth than the Conservatives and they are the second choice of more voters than the Liberals.

But a more combative Bloc brings with it the necessity for the NDP to talk up positions such as the party’s contention that it would accept a simple majority vote for Quebec independence that are controversial in the rest of Canada.

Duceppe could end up doing more harm to the NDP outside Quebec than in his own province.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

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Ex-MP jailed for ‘cheating’ terms he will have to serve concurrently for the overspending, Cameron also imposed four months of house arPETERBOROUGH, Ont. — A for- rest, to start after he is released, for the false return he filed. mer member of Parliament He will also have to pay who spoke for Prime Min$10,000 to the Peterborough ister Stephen Harper when Electoral District Associait came to electoral-fraud tion, and will be on probaallegations was sentenced tion for 18 months.

Thursday to one month in Del Mastro, 44, has aljail and barred from runready filed an appeal of the ning for office for five years conviction and was to apply for “cheating” during an for bail at a hearing Friday. election campaign.

He was led away after the Dean Del Mastro delibersentencing in handcuffs and ately broke spending rules shackles before being taken then tried to cover up his to a jail in nearby Lindsay. crime, said Superior Court His wife was in tears.

Justice Lisa Cameron, who Dean Del Mastro Accountant Richard Mcruled that incarceration Carthy, 68, who was Del was appropriate for the Mastro’s agent, was given a two-month first-time offender.

“He was prepared not only to break conditional sentence plus one year of the rules but to be deceitful about it,” probation for his role. Cameron said McCarthy had acquiesced to the machCameron said.

“This type of cheating and lying will inations — or at least was “wilfully blind” to them — but was much less result in serious sanctions.”

Cameron convicted the former Con- culpable.

Once Harper’s point man defending servative MP for Peterborough last fall of violating the Canada Elections the Tories against allegations of elecAct during the 2008 federal election. toral fraud, Del Mastro has maintained She found he had knowingly exceed- his innocence and once called the vered spending limits, failed to report a dict the judge’s opinion. Going into the personal contribution of $21,000 to his day’s proceedings, he said he was not campaign, and submitted a falsified worried by the prospect of a jail term.

“I prefer to do whatever’s necessary document.

The offences were the very “antith- to stand for the truth,” he said.

In Ottawa, the Opposition New esis” of democracy and an “affront” to the principles of Canada’s democratic Democrats called Del Mastro the man Harper “handpicked” to be his party’s system, Cameron said.

“Custody is required to reflect the spokesman on ethics and noted other need for denunciation and deter- Tories have also been convicted for electoral fraud. rence.”

“Conservatives have now been conCameron refused a defence request to allow him to serve his jail time in- victed of cheating in every election they won,” the NDP said in a statetermittently.

In addition to two one-month jail ment.

Michael Sona, a former Conservative staffer, was convicted last year in the 2011 robocalls scandal. The Conservative Party pleaded guilty to exceeding election spending limits and submitting fraudulent election records

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Oldest active federal accessto-information requests stretch back to 2009 OTTAWA — It’s been said the wheels of justice turn slowly, and a new look at Canada’s creaky access-to-information system appears to bear that out.

According to data collected as part of a Liberal question in the House of Commons, Justice Canada is the federal department with the longest running, active access-to-information request — an unfulfilled inquiry that dates back more than six years.

Under the Access to Information Act passed

by Parliament, departments are supposed to respond to requests for government records within 30 days, although in practice long delays have become routine.

Liberal MP David McGuinty placed a question on the House of Commons order paper seeking a list of the five oldest access requests in each government department, agency and commission.

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So far this year, things appear to be getting better: The average wait time in April was about 10 minutes.

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OTTAWA — If at first you don’t succeed, change the rules of the game.

That’s the principle Conservatives have adopted in the Senate in a bid to force passage of a bill that would require labour unions to publicly disclose how they spend their money.

The bill has been stalled for days as Liberal senators conduct a filibuster they’re prepared to continue, if necessary, until Parliament is dissolved for this fall’s election.

But now the government’s deputy leader in the Senate, Yonah Martin, has given notice of a motion aimed at cutting off debate and forcing a final vote on the bill.

James Cowan, the Liberal leader in the Senate, says the rules allow the government to limit debate in the upper chamber only on government business, not on private member’s bills such as the union disclosure bill.

Liberals intend to argue that Martin’s motion is out of order.

Staff at restaurant help deliver baby girl SASKATOON — A restaurant manager in Saskatoon delivered more than just food after a customer went into labour.

Staff at Montana’s say a couple came into the eatery Wednesday night

to pick up a takeout order.

While they waited for their food the woman went into labour.

Despite a lot of commotion the manager on duty helped deliver a baby girl.

General manager Tanya Kalyn says the staff is only trained in first aid, so her manager waited for paramedics to arrive to cut the umbilical cord.

The couple says they are probably going to name the baby Montana.

Police are investigating some of the more than 800 Facebook comments.

While some sided with her, others were intimidating, said St-Hilaire, who asked people to avoid disrespectful and hateful remarks.

“I will not be bullied,” she wrote Thursday in response to the backlash.

“No one will shake my beliefs and certainly not my desire to serve my fellow citizens and protect the French language.”

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MONTREAL — The mayor of a predominantly francophone city near Montreal says she won’t be bullied after receiving threats over online comments she made about an opposition politician using English during council meetings.

Caroline St-Hilaire wrote in a Facebook posting Thursday she’s been subject to hateful insults and bullying related to a June 23 post on the same site complaining about the use of English during Longueuil council meetings.

In a post published Tuesday that was widely shared and commented on, the former Bloc Quebecois MP explained why she was “irritated” by Opposition Leader Robert Myles’ insistence on translating everything he said in French into English.

VICTORIA — A homeless man who turned in more than $2,000 he found on a suburban Victoria street wants thousands of dollars in donations collected for him across Canada to go towards helping others in need.

The mystery man in his 60s has never spoken publicly since bringing the money to the West Shore RCMP detachment two weeks ago, and police say the only wish he has is help in finding a job.

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VANCOUVER — The leader of a Mormon breakaway sect in southeastern British Columbia has lost a bid to derail the province’s recurrent attempts to convict him of polygamy.

This is the latest development in a decades-long narrative of investigations and failed efforts at prosecution connected to the isolated community of Bountiful, B.C., which has become synonymous with the practice of polygamy in Canada.

On Thursday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Austin Cullen dismissed a petition from Winston Blackmore to have this latest charge quashed.

Blackmore is formally accused of having 24 marriages, though the court heard after that indictment was filed against him that he married 25 women between 1975 and 2001.

In a petition to the court earlier this month, Blackmore’s lawyer Joe Arvay argued that the province acted inappropriately by appointing a series of special prosecutors beginning in 2007 until finding one who would recommend legal action against the fundamentalist leader.

Arvay had successfully used the same argument to convince the court to dismiss the province’s previous attempt at prosecuting Blackmore in 2009.

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Stewart Redsky weeps as he speaks and as children hold signs demanding a road in Shoal Lake 40 First Nation Thursday. The Winnipeg and Manitoba governments each committed to fund a third of a proposed road from Shoal Lake 40 to highway 1 in Shoal Lake so the community can have year round access. The federal government refused to commit.

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Vancouver’s top doctor is defending the city’s decision to ban edible pot products such as brownies and cookies, pointing to data that shows child poisonings have skyrocketed by 600 per cent in U.S. states where marijuana is legal.

Lawmakers south of the border have grappled with how to regulate the products. In Washington, nearly half of marijuana poisoning calls last year involved children, while Colorado only recently introduced stricter requirements for packaging, potency and contents.

Dr. Patricia Daly, Vancouver Coastal Health chief medical officer, said the city looked closely at the experiences of U.S. states before banning edible marijuana from stores.

“The concern is the marketing and retail sale of products that look exactly like candies and baked goods, and the poisonings that we know might occur in children,” she said. “This is a really early warning signal in the United States. We don’t want to see that happen here.”

Vancouver city council voted on Wednesday to impose regulations on medical marijuana dispensaries, institute a licence fee and enforce strict location requirements. Edible pot products will now be banned from stores, sparking criticism from advocates who say the move violates a recent Supreme Court decision.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — After weeks of setbacks, militants from the Islamic State group launched swift counteroffensives Thursday on predominantly Kurdish areas of northern Syria, killing and wounding dozens and setting off car bombs, activists and officials said.

The two-pronged attack on the northeastern city of Hassakeh and the border town of Kobani came two days after an Islamic State spokesman acknowledged that the group might lose some battles but would not be defeated. The spokesman, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, had urged militants to strike back at their foes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and “shake the ground beneath them.”

The early morning assault by IS captured part of Hassakeh, which has long been divided between Syrian Kurds and the military forces of President Bashar Assad.

The militants also hit Kobani, a northern town on Syria’s border with Turkey that had become a symbol of Kurdish resistance against the Islamic State extremists. The Kurdish forces, backed by a campaign of U.S.-led airstrikes, drove the militants from Kobani and surrounding villages in January.

Thursday’s fighting in Kobani killed 35 civilians and Kurdish fighters, and 14 extremists, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It was the first time in six months the militants, who set off three car bombs, had managed to enter the town, the group said.

The IS militants, wearing Syrian rebel uniforms and carrying flags of the mainstream Free Syrian Army to deceive the Kurdish defenders, launched their attack from areas to the south and west of Kobani, said Redur Khalil, a spokesman for the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG. Ghalia Nehme, a commander with the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units, told The Associated Press by telephone from Kobani that its fighters were defending a position in the town.

Another Kurdish official in Kobani, Idriss Naasan, said the fighting was intense in the morning but sporadic at midday.

“We hear cracks of gunfire every now and then,” Naasan said around noon, adding that he had heard explosions of unknown origin.

Kobani-based activist Mustafa Bali said in the evening that IS fighters were still in the city and held several buildings, but that YPG fighters were trying to surround them. He said some IS militants were using civilians as human shields.

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Twitter that four people were killed and 96 people had been wounded in Kobani.

A suicide bomber detonated his car near the border gate, according to two Turkish officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.

Surveillance video seen by the AP showed a fiery explosion around dawn.

pect who embraced the Confederate flag set a healing tone that has continued through a series of unity rallies, drawing thousands of people intent on leaving no room for racial hate.

“A hateful, disillusioned young man came into the church filled with hate ... and the reaction was love,” Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. said at the day’s second funeral, held for Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45. “He came in with symbols of division. The confederate battle flag is coming down off our state capitol.”

As the two victims were laid to rest, the debate over Confederate symbols and statues raged on. In Richmond, where the Davis statue was vandalized, a small group from the Southern heritage advocacy group Virginia Flaggers waved Confederate Flags next to the monument.

Barry Isenhour, a member of the group, said they were offering a $1,500 reward for tips that led to the conviction of those responsible for the spray painting.

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BRIEF Prison guard denies knowing of inmates’ escape plans PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A prison guard charged in connection with the escape of two killers admitted providing them with tools, paint, frozen hamburger and access to a catwalk electrical box, but claims he never knew they planned to bust out, authorities say.

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — A choir and band launched into a gospel tune and roused hundreds of mourners from their seats Thursday in a crescendo of music at the first funeral for victims of the massacre at a historic black church.

Police officers stood guard and checked bags as mourners filed in for the funeral, which was held as the debate over the rebel Confederate flag and other Old South symbols continued. A monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis had the phrase “Black Lives Matter” spray-painted on it Thursday in Richmond, Virginia, the latest of several monuments to the secessionist, pro-slavery Confederacy to be defaced.

Nine Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church members were killed when police say a gunman walked into a Bible study June 17 and opened fire in a racially motived attack.

People stood to clap, nod and sway — some closing their eyes under the exertion of the cathartic singing. Ushers walked through the aisles with boxes of tissues for people to dab their tears as an organ, drums and bass guitar played along.

The service was fitting for Ethel Lance, the 70-year-old Charleston native with “an infectious smile.” She served with vigour as an officer at Emanuel church, said the church’s interim leader, the Rev. Norvel Goff.

“When sister Lance praised the Lord, you had to strap on your spiritual seat belt,” Goff said.

Despite pleas to withhold debate until after the funerals, the South Carolina governor’s call to remove the Confederate flag from in front of the Statehouse in response to the killings was reverberating around the South. A growing number of leading politicians said Civil War symbols should be removed from places of honour, despite their integral role as elements of southern identity.

Some authorities have worried openly about a backlash as people take matters into their own hands.

“Black Lives Matter” was spray-painted on a monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday, only the latest statue to be defaced. On Tuesday and Wednesday, African-American churches in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Macon, Georgia were intentionally set afire.

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Getting closer to the goal REBELS FORWARD ADAM MUSIL IS IN MIAMI TO HEAR HIS NAME CALLED FOR NHL DRAFT

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Adam Musil has watched the draft process before.

Four years ago he was on hand as he nervously watched his brother, defenceman David Musil, get selected by the Edmonton Oilers with the first pick in the second round in Minnesota. This time, however, it’s Adam’s turn.

The Red Deer Rebels forward made the trip to Miami for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, as he attempts to become the latest member of his family to play in the sport’s top league.

“My goal is obviously to make it to the NHL just like my dad and my brother and my uncle, I want to follow those footsteps and this is one step closer to my goal,” said the Musil, 18.

Just where Musil is selected is anybody’s guess. Depending on the scouting service being referenced he is ranked as high as the 61st prospect (NHL Scouting, North American skaters) to as low as 104th (International Scouting Services Hockey). But he lands everywhere in between, TSN’s hockey insider Bob McKenzie has him as the 65th overall prospect as does Future Considerations, while Hockeyprospect.com pencils him in at 82. What this means is he’ll likely be taken anywhere from late second round to the fourth round. His brother was a perfect example of this with a similar ranking before the Oilers jumped up and took him 31st overall.

Musil is coming off his second full season with the Rebels after being selected sixth overall by the club in the 2012 Western Hockey League bantam draft, and this year scored 39 points (15 goals, 24 assists) in 66 games. He also picked up 71 penalty minutes and a minus-7 rating. In 129 WHL games, the six-foot-three, 195-pound forward has 68

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Red Deer Rebel Adam Musil controls the puck as Kamloops Blazer Deven Sideroff shadows deep in the Blazers end of the ice during action at the Centrium last season. Musil is predicted to go as high as the second round in the NHL entry draft tonight. points (26-42-68).

What may standout the most is his bloodlines. In addition to his brother making his NHL debut on the Oilers’ blue line this season, his dad Frantisek Musil had a 14-year NHL career with the Minnesota North Stars, Calgary Flames, Ottawa Senators and Edmonton Oilers, and his uncle is Bobby Holik who played 18 years in the

NHL for the Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers and Atlanta Thrashers and was considered one of the league’s top two-way forwards.

It is Holik that Musil models his game after.

“He’s my uncle and he was an awesome player in the NHL ... he was a leader on each team he was on,” said Musil.

“He was a winner and that’s what I want to be, too. I look up to him as much as I can and try to talk to him as much as I can because he has real good things to tell me.”

With deep NHL roots, he has had no shortage of advice as to how to handle this weekend, he’s just going in with an open mind after being interviewed by 24 teams as of

Thursday morning.

“You can’t really control the outcome, you’ve just got to enjoy yourself now and wait for whatever team picks you,” he said. “I’m excited, but I’m also a little nervous. It’s going to be a good time.”

Musil is not the only Rebel with the chance to be drafted this weekend. Though ranked further down the list, Red Deer teammates Austin Strand, Grayson Pawlenchuk and Evan Polei could all hear their names called, though Musil is the only one in Miami.

Lethbridge Hurricanes defenceman and Red Deer native Andrew Nielsen will almost assuredly be drafted, the six-foot-three, 207-pounder is ranked 52nd among North American skaters by NHL’s Central Scouting.

Musil has worked hard since the end of the season in preparation for the draft, to put himself in as good a position as possible. But he also has his eyes down the road at the end of next season with the Rebels hosting the Mastercard Memorial Cup in May. “Obviously our team and I have big expectations for ourselves, we’re going to work hard to meet those expectations,” said Musil. ● The Rebels had two players selected in the first round of the draft last year, defenceman Hayden Fleury (7th overall, Carolina) and Conner Bleackley (23rd overall, Colorado). Both of them have been invited to Hockey Canada’s Summer Showcase, a training camp for the national junior teams, July 29 to Aug. 6. Fleury and Bleackley will be trying to make the U20 team. Rebels defenceman Josh Mahura will be at the U18 camp and Rebels goaltending prospect and Red Deer native Dawson Weatherill will be at the U17 camp. The Showcase will be at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate. com

Rebels ship Feser to Swift Current for draft pick

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Scott Feser is the odd-man out.

The Red Deer Rebels traded the 20-year-old forward to the Swift Current Broncos on Thursday for a fourth round pick in the 2017 draft.

The Rebels went into the off-season with five 20 yearolds when they are allowed three.

They traded Connor Gay to the Saskatoon Blades during the WHL bantam draft to get to four, but took the last month

and a half to decide who gave them the best opportunity for next year.

After close consideration, owner, general manager and head coach Brent Sutter decided to keep forwards Preston Kopeck and Wyatt Johnson and defenceman Kayle Doetzel over Feser, a Red Deer product.

“We went through it in pretty heavy discussion with what fit best with our team for the coming season,” he said.

“Scotty is a real good player.

With Kopeck, Johnny and Doetz, they give us something just a little bit different. But

at no point did we look at the fact that we didn’t think Scotty could have been part of this. It was a tough decision when we got right down to it.”

Feser played parts of four seasons with the Rebels, scoring 77 points (32 goals, 44 assists) in 158 games with 92 penalty minutes. The five-foot-11, 179-pound winger was selected in the eighth round of the 2010 bantam draft by Red Deer after coming up through the Red Deer Minor Hockey Association system, including playing for the bantam AAA Rebels Black, the minor midget AAA IROC Chiefs and the midget

AAA Optimist Chiefs.

He also played parts of two seasons with the Camrose Kodiaks and Okotoks Oilers in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

“Scotty is a great young man and to me he’s always going to be a Red Deer Rebel,” said Sutter.

“I’m giving him an opportunity in his last year of junior hockey where he can playa prominent role, and in all likelihood a bigger role than he probably would have had here in Red Deer with us.”

With the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on Tues-

day, Sutter says they may also have some decisions to make yet on defenceman Mario Grman if they want to free up a spot to make a pick. On May 5 they sent a third round pick to the Everett Silvertips for 19-year-old forward Ivan Nikolishin.

“We have until Monday morning to decide that,” said Sutter.

“If we think there’s somebody there that might give us something that Mario doesn’t then we’ll seriously look at that.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate. com

Redblacks open CFL season with win over Alouettes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Redblacks 20 Alouettes 16 MONTREAL — Adding talent and experience in the offseason is already paying off for the Ottawa Redblacks.

Taking advantage of a Montreal squad that lost starting quarterback Jonathan Crompton and backup Dan LeFevour to injuries, the Redblacks dominated the second half enroute to a 20-16 comeback victory in the CFL season opener on Thursday night.

“This team’s always had belief, but we’ve got playmakers now,” said Ottawa quarterback Henry Burris. “It shows the will to win on this team.

“No one panicked. And it was big to see us go out there and close out the game and run the clock down.”

Jeremiah Johnson scored the game-winning points on a fourth quarter touchdown run for Ottawa, which won only two of 18 games as an expansion team in 2014. The Redblacks added veterans at several positions, especially in the receiving corps, and it showed as Burris went 23 for 36 for 263 yards.

Rookie Brandon Bridge of Mississauga, Ont., the first Canadian to play quarterback for Montreal since Gerry Dattilio in 1985, was forced into action midway through the third

quarter after LeFevour hurt his non-throwing shoulder on only his second play from scrimmage.

He was impressive in going 5 for 10 for 62 yards, but threw two interceptions.

“I thought I did alright,” said 23-year-old Bridge, who was drafted in the fourth round from South Alabama this year. “I wish I could take a couple of throws back, especially that one they scored on.”

Ernest Jackson caught a touchdown pass for Ottawa, which also had a Delbert Alvarado field goal, a safety and a two-point conversion by Burris.

Tyrell Sutton and JeanCristophe Beaulieu had TDs and rookie Boris Bede had a field goal for Montreal, which led 13-5 at halftime despite Crompton going only 5 for 17 for 51 yards.

Crompton left after the first half with a bruised throwing shoulder. Tom Higgins said both Crompton and LeFevour would be evaluated to see if they can play next week, when the Calgary Stampeders visit.

Sutton scored on the opening series as he carried 27 yards to set up his own fiveyard TD run. Bede missed the 32-yard convert.

Allan-Michael Cash picked off a pass in the second quarter, only to have Ottawa’s

Ottawa Redblacks’ Abdul Kanneh takes down Montreal Alouettes quarterback Dan LeFevour during CFL action against the Montreal Alouettes in Montreal, Thursday.

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Moton Hopkins intercept a Crompton pass on the next play. That set up Alvarado’s 40-yard field goal at 4:11.

The Redblacks picked up a safety, but Jonathan Hefney picked off a Burris pass and, six plays later, Crompton hit Beaulieu with a four-yard TD pass at 9:18.

Ottawa looked ready to an-

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swer back when Burris threw his third interception of the half to Billy Parker.

Burris made up for it on the opening drive of the second half, an 11-play drive kept alive by a fake punt and a fake field goal attempt. It ended with a 13-yard TD pass to Jackson and Burris made the twopoint convert to tie the game

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13-13.

“It felt great to deal with the frustrations and adversity of the first half,” said Burris.

“We just had to settle down.

“I had to settle down. Sometimes we had some growing pains and I got caught up in it and we didn’t make good decisions. We went back out there and everything was smooth.”

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T’wolves take Towns with first pick SASKATOON’S LYLES TAKEN WITH 12TH PICK BY UTAH JAZZ

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The Minnesota Timberwolves got their man in the middle.

The Lakers got a playmaking partner for Kobe Bryant.

Knicks fans just got mad — though not for long.

Minnesota selected Kentucky’s KarlAnthony Towns with the first pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night, the first of three straight freshmen chosen before New York chose Latvian forward Kristaps Porzingis, triggering loud, long boos from their fans inside Barclays Center.

They were cheering later in the first round when the Knicks acquired the rights to Notre Dame guard Jerian Grant from Atlanta for Tim Hardaway Jr. Before that, the Timberwolves went for a centre in their first time owning the No. 1 pick. They can add him to a young roster featuring Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins, who was picked first last year by Cleveland and later dealt to Minnesota in the Kevin Love trade. Towns’ selection wasn’t a surprise — though he said he didn’t know until it was announced.

“When Mr. Adam Silver came out, I saw him, and he said, ’with the No. 1 pick’, I was racing,” said Towns, who was sitting with Kentucky coach John Calipari.

“I told Coach Cal before when he first came out that I was trying to drink the water and I was shaking uncontrollably, and I told him, ’Coach, don’t give me the ball right now for the last-second shot. I wouldn’t make it.”’

The Los Angeles Lakers then took guard D’Angelo Russell of Ohio State, who was wearing a red jacket, bowtie and shoes that matched the Buckeyes’ school colours.

Red was the colour of choice in the green room, though Towns wore a grey jacket and Russell’s table later turned gold when his supporters donned Lakers hats.

He drew huge cheers when he was announced but his crowd was dwarfed

by Towns’. The New Jersey native said he had above 50 family and friends in attendance.

“This is home to me,” he said. “Been

Raptors select Utah guard Delon Wright at No. 20 TORONTO — In Delon Wright, Dwane Casey is getting a mature player who grew up around the NBA, and fits in well with the coach’s defensive mindset.

He also fills a sudden void at point guard.

The Raptors selected the Utah product with the No. 20 pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft, the pick announced just minutes after news broke that Toronto had traded backup guard Greivis Vasquez.

“He’s one of the top defensive point guards in the draft,” Casey said. “He defends, he can run the pick and roll very well. Great kid, good character, good team guy, and an excellent ball passer in the pick-and-roll game.”

The six-foot-five Wright is the younger brother — by six years — of

able to come here and have all my closest friends and love ones come out here. It’s the most special moments in my life.”

The 6-foot-11 Towns averaged 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in just 21 minutes per game, as Kentucky used a platoon system in winning its first 38 games and reaching the Final Four.

It was Kentucky’s third No. 1 pick in the last six years, joining Anthony Davis in 2012 and John Wall in 2010. The Wildcats were hoping to have a record seven players picked and were well on their way when Sacramento took centre Willie Cauley-Stein with the sixth pick, Utah grabbed Canadian Trey Lyles at No. 12 and guard Devin Booker followed one spot later to Phoenix.

Lyles was born in Saskatoon but moved to Indianapolis at a young age.

He is the first Saskatoon-born player to be drafted into the NBA. Booker, at 18 the youngest player in the draft, gave the Wildcats a recordtying four players among the top 14 selections. Duke in 1999 and North Carolina in 2005 also had four lottery picks.

“Just shows our team was special.

Unlike any other,” Lyles said. “Still got three other guys going to go tonight.”

It was the sixth straight year a freshman was the No. 1 pick.

For weeks, Towns and Duke’s Jahlil Okafor had been considered the top two selections. But the Lakers instead decided on backcourt help with a player who can step right in and play alongside Bryant in what could be the superstar’s final season.

“Kobe’s a great dude,” Russell said.

“Not knowing how much he has left in the tank is the scary thing. I’m really looking forward to him taking me under his wing if possible and feed me the most knowledge he can and use that as fire against my opponents.”

Okafor fell to the Philadelphia 76ers at No. 3, becoming the 19th lottery selection and 29th first-round pick — most in NCAA history — under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Those numbers increased when Miami drafted Justise Winslow 10th.

The Knicks ended the run of oneand-dones when they took Porzingis with the No. 4 pick. The 19-year-old forward had been surging up draft boards but Knicks fans, who haven’t forgotten

Portland Trail Blazers’ small forward Dorrell.

“He had a really big influence on me,” Delon said on a conference call, ducking out briefly from a draft party of 200 people organized by his brother.

“Obviously being his little brother and seeing him play in the NBA for 11 years really motivated me, and I see how hard work pays off.”

Casey said the exposure Wright has had to the league will mean a much smoother adjustment to basketball’s big stage.

“He wouldn’t be overwhelmed by the NBA,” Casey said. “He’s grown up around the NBA, he’s been to numerous NBA games, worked out with NBA players, so he’s not going to come in shellshocked to go against guys in practice.”

The 23-year-old from Los Angeles was a bit of a late-bloomer, playing at the City College of San Francisco for two years before transferring to Utah.

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Trey Lyles, from Saskatoon, poses for photos with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 12th overall by the Utah Jazz during the NBA draft, Thursday, in New York. the drafting of Frederic Weis and were underwhelmed by the acquisition of Andrea Bargnani, wanted no part of him, booing lustily after his name was called by Silver.

“Lot of fans weren’t happy they drafted me,” Porzingis said. “I have to do everything in my hands to turn those booing fans into clapping fans. I was happy about it. Want to be part of this organization, the fans are harsh sometimes, that’s how it is in New York and I’m ready for it.”

Another international player fol-

lowed, as Orlando took Croatian Mario Hezonja at No. 5, and Emmanuel Mudiay, born in Congo, raised in Texas and a professional last season in China, went seventh to Denver. Detroit took Arizona’s Stanley Johnson eighth before national player of the year Frank Kaminsky went to Charlotte at No. 9.

The Lakers later added Wyoming’s Larry Nance Jr. with the No. 27 pick, while Boston used its two first-round selections on Terry Rozier of Louisville (16th) and R.J. Hunter of Georgia State (28th).

He’s grown into a versatile player, ranking in the top 10 in the Pac-12 in scoring, assists and steals.

He was a second-team all-American in his senior season, and made the allPac-12 conference team in both his junior and senior years.

Moments after his name was announced, Wright received a call from Raptors captain and fellow L.A. native DeMar DeRozan.

“He was telling me I don’t have anything to worry about, he’s going to take care of me, make sure I’m doing my best, and we’re just going to get after it,” Wright said.

Casey is excited about what the guard can bring on the defensive end, comparing him Nate McMillan, who Casey coached in Seattle. He’s a long point guard who can guard multiple positions.

“It’s huge,” Casey said. “(Defence) was our issue. . . and where we’re going to start training camp is guys guarding the ball, and this young man

does an excellent job of that.”

Wright also played baseball and football growing up, and said the hand-eye co-ordination developed in baseball has paid dividends on the hardcourt.

He’ll join a team that will be minus Vasquez, who, according to numerous reports, was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for the No. 46 pick and a future first-round pick.

The Bucks drafted Norman Powell, a six-foot-four shooting guard from UCLA, with the 46th pick.

Dealing Vasquez frees up a significant amount of cash for this summer’s free agency period.

The 28-year-old from Venezuela was set to make US$6.6 million next season.

Vasquez averaged 9.5 points, 3.7 assists and 2.6 rebounds in 82 games this past season. He made 29 starts.

He shot 40.8 per cent from the field, and hit a career-best 37.9 per cent from three-point range.

Stamps set to begin defence of Grey Cup against Ticats CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders hope to start their Canadian Football League season the way they finished the 2015 campaign — with a victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Seven months after their 20-16 Grey Cup win over Hamilton at Vancouver’s BC Place, the Stamps will host the Ticats in their home opener at McMahon Stadium on Friday night.

“I’m excited,” said veteran Stamps defensive back Keon Raymond. “I know they’ve been waiting a long time for this game and so have we. All the celebration is over. It’s time to get back to the meat and potatoes of this thing.”

Fellow linebacker Juwan Simpson agreed, the Stamps are ready to put last year behind them and concentrate on this season.

“Last year was over when I went home,” Simpson said. “I was able to focus and start on this year and I know a lot of other guys were. We can talk about last year when we’re done playing football and old and grey, but now we’ve got to talk about the present.”

Fresh off his Grey Cup MVP performance, Stamps quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell said he can’t wait to play in front of fans in Calgary once again.

“I can’t really describe the feeling

right now as far as just anxiousness of wanting to get on the field with my guys,” Mitchell said.

The Stamps and Ticats won both their pre-season games and Mitchell knows he and the Calgary offence will face a tough task against Hamilton’s defence to kick off the regular season.

“They’re a very physical defence all around,” Mitchell said. “Watching their pre-season games, every single play they made, they’d get hyped. They want to bring that aura, that confidence that they’re bigger than you. . .

“You’ve got to do things that slow them down. You’ve got to do things that take the punch to them, make sure you show them that you can hit me in the mouth as many times as you want, but we’re going to get back up and bite right back.”

While Mitchell came into his own as Calgary’s starter last season, Zach Collaros also made a name for himself as Hamilton’s new No. 1.

“He’s a good player,” Simpson said of Collaros. “He’s the starting quarterback there. He can scramble and makes a lot of plays with his feet. He’s surrounded by good talent. That’s pretty much it. I’m not going to pump those guys up or toot anybody’s horn. We know what they have and they know what we have.”

Hamilton coach Kent Austin is look-

ing forward to seeing just how much more Collaros can progress this season.

“He’s going to get a lot better, I believe,” Austin said. “We’ll see, but he’s a very diligent guy. He cares a lot. He’s a football player and I think his best football’s still in front of him.”

Collaros would love nothing more than to help the Ticats erase the sting of losing in the Grey Cup final by guiding Hamilton to victory on Friday.

“Of course it would be a statement,” Collaros said. “It would be great to win the game. We’ll just go out there and execute our game plan and let the chips fall as they may. Guys are just anxious to get out there. The adrenalin’s going to be flowing.”

When asked about the task of facing the Stamps on the opening weekend of

the CFL season, Austin said that was just the way the schedule worked out.

“Great football team, they’re the best football team in the league,” Austin said. “They’re the Grey Cup champions for a reason. Our guys know it’s a great challenge in front of us.”

Calgary coach and general manager John Hufnagel likes the fact his Stamps will face the defending East Division champions right off the bat.

“It’s nice that the CFL season is having a Grey Cup rematch and it’s going to be a heck of a football game,” Hufnagel said.

“I believe it’s going to be a 60-minute football game like the most recent games we’ve had with Hamilton.

They’ve all been decided late in the game and I don’t see this game being any different.”

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Intrigue begins with third pick LOTS COULD HAPPEN AFTER TOP TWO GO OFF THE BOARD AT NHL DRAFT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel locked in as the top two picks in the NHL draft to the Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres, the Arizona Coyotes hold the keys to the madness that could ensue Friday night.

“The draft begins with our pick at 3, and that’s when the intrigue starts,” Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said. “Do we keep the pick? Do we trade the pick for a group of younger players plus a later pick? There’s all kinds of possibilities.”

The possibilities are endless not only for the Coyotes but the rest of the top 10. In what could be the best draft since 2003, there’s a feeling that bigimpact players go deep.

“It’s a great draft at the top,” Ottawa Senators assistant GM Pierre Dorion said. “Everyone knows about the No. 1 and 2 players, but then you’ve got a crop of 10, 15 guys that are going to be

really good players.”

In what order after generational talents McDavid and Eichel is anyone’s guess. Boston College defenceman Noah Hanifin is considered by some the next best prospect, but Erie Otters centre Dylan Strome, London Knights forward Mitchell Marner and Brandon Wheat Kings defenceman Ivan Provorov don’t make it easy.

Throw in Kingston Frontenacs/Canadian world junior winger Lawson Crouse and Finnish winger Mikko Rantanen and the top 10 could be topsy turvy.

“Very unpredictable,” said Ron Hextall, whose Philadelphia Flyers pick seventh. “I think they typically are, but it’s very unpredictable who’s going to go 4, 5, 6.”

One and two are no-doubters, and Hextall said “the hockey world probably has Hanifin as No. 3.” But if the Coyotes keep the third pick, they could sure use a centre like Strome for the long-term future.

“The team and the person picking

third are very, very excited about the opportunity to select that next player going there as well,” Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney said on a conference call last week. “So there will be plenty of surprises below those two players that have certainly garnered and deserve all the attention that they’re getting.”

Strome is at the top of that list. The Ontario Hockey League’s leading scorer has been keeping track of the Coyotes trade rumours and is well-aware he could end up going fourth to the Toronto Maple Leafs or fifth to the Carolina Hurricanes.

“It’s nerve-wracking,” Strome said Thursday. “It’s going to make for some good television, I guess. I’m going to be sweating like crazy tomorrow.”

The Mississauga, Ont., native shouldn’t be sweating too long as it’s hard to imagine him slipping even to the New Jersey Devils at No. 6.

Having the choice between Strome, Hanifin and the others is the luxury the Coyotes enjoy if they keep the third pick. Maloney believes they could get a

player who’s perhaps not as big a star as McDavid but not far off.

“We’re in the driver’s seat,” Maloney said. “Do we want one of those impact defencemen, do you want the big centreman, do you want the dynamic winger? There’s options for us there that are really, really attractive.”

A trade is also a really attractive option given that the Coyotes need to fill multiple holes on their roster and in their system. Maloney has said he has multiple legitimate offers on the table, ones that could give Arizona a better chance of being competitive within the next couple of seasons.

It’s a major decision that could make a gigantic impact on the franchise and on this draft.

“Are there two or three pieces that we say, ’You know what, this is a way to accelerate our development as a franchise?” Maloney said. “But keeping in mind that over the next four or five years we want to be where Tampa and Chicago are and really competing for a Cup.”

McDavid prepared for milestone moment

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Connor McDavid poses on the red carpet during the 2015 Much Music Video Awards in Toronto on June 21, 2015. For McDavid, this is only the beginning.

There’s no mystery, no drama about what will happen when the Edmonton Oilers choose first in Friday night’s NHL draft. It’s going to be McDavid’s moment.

Harper says Quebec City would be great spot for NHL expansion

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUEBEC — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Quebec City is the ideal place for an NHL expansion team.

“If you’re looking at markets, I would certainly say to the NHL, to anyone, there is no better place for an expansion team in the National Hockey League than this city, Quebec, which is a great hockey centre,” he said in the provincial capital Thursday after an unrelated news conference.

Harper spoke a day after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the league will begin a formal expansion process next month.

Shortly after Bettman’s comment, a Quebec group said it plans to apply for a franchise, looking to return the Nordiques to Quebec City.

Such a move would give the Montreal Canadiens a provincial rival. Harper was asked if he might be upsetting a group in Markham, Ontario, that reportedly is interested in a franchise.

“There are already two teams in Ontario,” the prime minister said. “We need two teams in Quebec.”

He then took a jab at the Toronto Maple Leafs, who finished next to last

in their division.

“I have to say that the last time I was in Toronto, people were saying they (also) needed a professional team,” he said to laughter.

“But maybe with... the new coach, Mr. (Mike) Babcock, one of my teams will greatly improve.”

Any parties interested in an expansion team must apply between July 6 and Aug. 10.

Bettman said the expansion fee will be at least $500 million.

The group Quebecor owns the new 18,259-capacity Videotron Arena in Quebec City. It is among several groups that have expressed interest in an expansion franchise, along with Las Vegas, Seattle and others. Bettman said he didn’t know if there was another group interested in bringing a team to Quebec.

Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the earliest any expansion would happen is the 2017-18 season.

There are 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and 14 in the West, which would seem to make Las Vegas and potentially Seattle or Portland, Ore., favourites for expansion. Bettman said geography is an issue, but not the determining factor.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A few days removed from a relaxing day on the beach in the South Florida heat, Connor McDavid looks cool and unfazed approaching a milestone moment in his hockey career.

On Friday night at the NHL draft, McDavid will put on an Edmonton Oilers sweater for the first time. It’s the realization of a lifelong dream that doesn’t seem too big a moment for the 18-year-old who’s considered a generational talent.

“It’s going to be a dream come true hearing your name called and going up on the stage,” McDavid said Thursday.

“I can’t really say how I’m going to be feeling. It’s going to be an emotional day and an exciting day and I’m just looking forward to celebrating it with my family and friends.”

McDavid to the Oilers has been a done deal since the lottery balls came up in their favour April 18. General manager Peter Chiarelli with his tongue firmly in his cheek talked about McDavid “if” the Oilers draft him, but with a wink and a nudge acknowledged the inevitable.

“I’m not going to make any proclamations let’s leave it at that,” Chiarelli told reporters in Edmonton this week.

“But I think you guys can figure it out.”

McDavid has played along with the charade all along, too, but the Erie Otters centre has also done his due diligence. He and his family visited Edmonton and got a tour of Rexall Place and the new Rogers Arena while meeting with Oilers brass last week.

Naturally, McDavid saw his name written over the “Connor Road” sign in town, and the humble superstar almost blushed at it.

“It’s very flattering,” McDavid said.

“If it is Edmonton, I appreciate it very much, the support and the welcoming.”

It’s more when than if, but McDavid doesn’t want to get ahead of himself. He doesn’t mind if others do that, though.

With hockey people comparing McDavid to Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby, it’s almost to the point where the expectations are too big too fast for him. The Newmarket, Ont., native brushes off the comparisons, but he won’t blame anyone for making them.

“It doesn’t matter how I feel about it,” McDavid said. “All I can do is do the best that I can and try and be the best player that I can be. Whether that meets expectations or not, that’s not up to me to decide.

“I’m Connor and that’s just how I play.”

The way McDavid plays is what made him the mortal-lock first-overall pick, ahead of Jack Eichel to the Buffalo Sabres. In what could be the best draft class since 2003, McDavid’s good friend and teammate Dylan Strome, Boston College defenceman Noah Hanifin and others will follow.

But the spotlight will be on McDavid Friday night, just as it will be as he embarks on his NHL career. With the expectations set to only rise with time, he’s ready.

“I think if you’re going to be good that’s the way it has to be: You have to have high expectations for yourself,” McDavid said. “But there’s a lot of pressure on me coming from the outside that I try not to put too much internal pressure on myself just because there’s already enough of that out there.”

Chiarelli beamed at the chance to announce McDavid’s name at BB&T Center in Sunrise and then adding him to Edmonton’s young core.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Chiarelli said.

“I’ve heard dimensional, generational all that stuff. (in town) He’s a humble kid but he’s driven.”

While McDavid is a given, the Oilers’ draft debate starts with the 16th pick, acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins in January for David Perron.

Chiarelli said he’d “instinctively” like to keep the pick because he believes the team can get a strong prospect, but with holes to fill at the NHL level he’s open to making a trade.

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Oilers hire McLellan assistants Woodcroft and Johnson for coaching staff

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Todd McLellan’s former San Jose Sharks assistants are joining him with the Edmonton Oilers.

The Oilers announced on Thursday they’ve hired McLellan’s longtime

right-hand man Jay Woodcroft along with Jim Johnson for his staff.

Woodcroft went from Detroit to San Jose with McLellan, worked under him since 2008, and assisted him for Canada at this year’s world championships.

Johnson spent the past three seasons working under McLellan with the Sharks after serving as an assistant coach for the Washington Capitals.

Woodcroft and Johnson replace Keith Action and Craig Ramsay, who were fired earlier this month.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015

Baseball

Today

● Junior B tier I lacrosse: Red Deer TBS Rampage at Sherwood Park Titans at 8:30 p.m. ● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers at St. Albert Tigers at 7:30 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Innisfail Indianst ar Red Deer Razorbacks at 7 p.m. at Great Chief.

Saturday

● Midget AAA baseball: Red Deer Carstar Braves at Okotoks Dawgs White at Okotoks at noon and 3 p.m. ● Bantam AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves at Great Chief Park at 3 and 6 p.m. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Red Deer

Braves at Sherwood Park Athletics at 1 and 4 p.m. ● Alberta Football League: Central Alberta Buccaneers at Edmonton Stallions at 7 p.m. ● Junior B tier II lacrosse: Lacoka Locos at Strathmore Venom at 6 p.m.

Sunday ● Bantam AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves at Great Chief Park at 10 a.m. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Spruce Grove White Sox at Red Deer Braves at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. ● Junior B tier I lacrosse: Edmonton Warriors at Red Deer TBS Rampage at Kinex at 5 p.m.

Football CFL East Division GP W L T Ottawa 1 1 0 0 Hamilton 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 Montreal 1 0 1 0 West Division GP W L T B.C. 0 0 0 0 Calgary 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 Saskatchewan 0 0 0 0 Winnipeg 0 0 0 0

B4

PF 20 0 0 16

PA 16 0 0 20

Pt 2 0 0 0

PF 0 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0 0

Pt 0 0 0 0 0

WEEK ONE Bye: B.C. Thursday’s result Ottawa 20 Montreal 16 Friday’s game Hamilton at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games Edmonton vs. Toronto (at Fort McMurray), 3 p.m.

Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 6 p.m.

WEEK TWO Bye: Edmonton Thursday, July 2 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 3 Calgary at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 4 Toronto at Saskatchewan, 1:30 p.m.

B.C. at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Thursday’s summary Redblacks 20, Alouettes 16 First Quarter Mtl — TD Sutton 5 run (Bede convert) 3:07 Second Quarter

Ott — FG Alvarado 40 3:55 Ott — Safety 5:31 Mtl — TD Beaulieu 4 pass from Crompton (Bede convert) 8:47 Third Quarter Ott — Jackson 13 pass from Burris (Burris run) 6:11 Mtl — FG Bede 37 13:06 Fourth Quarter Ott — TD Johnson 6 run (Alvarado convert) 4:14 Ottawa 0 5 8 7 — 20 Montreal 6 7 3 0 — 16 Attendance — 21,524 at Montreal.

TEAM STATISTICS Ottawa Montreal First downs 24 14 Yards rushing 114 84 Yards passing 263 113 Total offence 377 197 Passes made-tried 36-10 28-23 Returns yards 122 94 Interceptions-yards by 2-22 3-31 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-2 Sacks by 2 1 Punts-average 46-6 34-5 Penalties-Yards 100-11 88-12 Time of Possession 36:54 23:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Ottawa: Walker 16-52, Burris 6-35, Johnson 5-14, Alix 1-9, Demarco 1-4. Montreal: Sutton 11-70, Stamps 1-9, Crompton 1-3, LeFevour 1-2.

Receiving Ottawa: Jackson 7-74, Williams 4-67, Ellingson 4-44, Sinopoli 4-38, Walker 2-26, Washington 1-19, Price 1-9, Hinds 1-6, Johnson 1-5. Montreal: Lewis 4-46, Green 2-45, Stamps 2-12, Sutton 1-6, Beaulieu 1-4.

Passing Ottawa: Burris 23-36-263-1-3. Montreal: Bridge 5-10-62-0-1, Crompton 5-17-51-1-1.

Basketball NBA Draft Selections Thursday At Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. First Round 1. Minnesota, Karl-Anthony Towns, c, Kentucky.

2. L.A. Lakers, D’Angelo Russell, g, Ohio State.

3. Philadelphia, Jahlil Okafor, c, Duke.

4. New York, Kristaps Porzingis, f, Sevilla (Spain).

5. Orlando, Mario Hezonja, g, Barcelona (Spain).

6. Sacramento, Willie Cauley-Stein, c, Kentucky.

7. Denver, Emmanuel Mudiay, g, Guangdog (China).

8. Detroit, Stanley Johnson, f, Arizona.

9. Charlotte, Frank Kaminsky, f, Wisconsin.

10. Miami, Justise Winslow, g, Duke.

11. Indiana, Myles Turner, f, Texas.

12. Utah, Trey Lyles, f, Kentucky.

13. Phoenix, Devin Booker, g, Kentucky.

14. Oklahoma City, Cameron Payne, g, Murray State.

15. a-Atlanta (from Brooklyn), Kelly Oubre, f, Kansas.

16. Boston, Terry Rozier, g, Louisville.

17. Milwaukee, Rashad Vaughn, g, UNLV. 18. Houston (from New Orleans), Sam Dekker, f, Wisconsin.

19. a,b-Washington, Jerian Grant, g, Notre Dame.

20. Toronto, Delon Wright, g, Utah.

21. Dallas, Justin Anderson, g, Virginia.

22. Chicago, Bobby Portis, f, Arkansas.

23. Portland, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, f, Arizona.

24. c-Cleveland, Tyus Jones, g, Duke.

25. Memphis, Jarell Martin, f, LSU. 26. San Antonio, Nikola Milutinov, c, Partizan (Serbia).

27. L.A. Lakers (from Houston), Larry Nance Jr., f, Wyoming.

28. Boston (from L.A. Clippers), R.J. Hunter, g, Georgia State.

29. Brooklyn (from Atlanta), Chris McCullough, f, Syracuse.

30. Golden State, Kevon Looney, f, UCLA. Second Round 31. c-Minnesota, Cedi Osman, f, Anadolu Efes (Turkey).

32. Houston (from New York), Montrezl Harrell, f, Louisville.

33. Boston (from Philadelphia through Miami), Jordan Mickey, f, LSU. 34. L.A. Lakers, Anthony Brown, f, Stanford.

35. Philadelphia (from Orlando), Guillermo Hernangomez, f, Sevilla (Spain).

36. c-Minnesota (from Sacramento through Houston), Rakeem Christmas, f, Syracuse.

37. Philadelphia (from Denver through Houston, Portland and Minnesota), Richaun Holmes, f, Bowling Green.

38. Detroit, Darrun Hilliard, g, Villanova.

39. Charlotte, Juan Pablo Vaulet, g, Bahia Basket (Argentina).

40. Miami, Josh Richardson, g, Tennessee.

41. Brooklyn, Pat Connaughton, g, Notre Dame.

42. Utah, Olivier Hanlan, g, Boston College.

43. Indiana, Joseph Young, g, Oregon.

44. Phoenix, Andrew Harrison, g, Kentucky.

45. Boston, Marcus Thornton, g, William & Mary.

46. e-Milwaukee, Norman Powell, g, UCLA. 47. Philadelphia (from New Orleans through Washington and L.A. Clippers), Arturas Gudaitis, c, BC Zalgiris (Lithuania).

48. Oklahoma City, Dakari Johnson, c, Kentucky.

49. Washington, Aaron White, f, Iowa.

50. Atlanta (from Toronto), Marcus Eriksson, g, FC Barcelona (Spain).

51. Orlando (from Chicago), Tyler Harvey, g, Eastern Washington.

52. Dallas, Satnam Singh Bhamara, c, IMG Academy (India).

53. Cleveland (from Portland through Chicago and Denver), Sir’Dominic Pointer, f, St. John’s.

54. Utah (from Cleveland), Daniel Diez, g, Gipuzkoa BC San Sebastian.

55. San Antonio, Cady Lalanne, c, UMass.

56. New Orleans (from Memphis), Brandon Dawson, f, Michigan State.

57. Denver (from L.A. Clippers), Nikola Radicevic, g, Sevilla (Spain).

58. Philadelphia (from Houston), J.P. Tokoto, f, North Carolina.

59. Atlanta, Dimitrios Agravanis, f, Olympiakos (Greece).

60. Philadelphia (from Golden State through Indiana), Luka Mitrovic, f, Mega Crvena Zvezda (Serbia).

Trades a-Atlanta traded the rights to the No. 15 selection to Washington for the rights to the No. 19 selection and two future second-round picks. b-Atlanta traded the rights to the No. 19 selection to New York for G Tim Hardaway Jr. c-Cleveland traded the rights to the No. 24 selection to Minnesota for the rights to the No. 31 and 36 selections.

Soccer 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Standings SECOND ROUND Round-of-16 Tuesday’s result At Vancouver Japan 2 Netherlands 1 Monday’s results At Ottawa England 2 Norway 1 At Edmonton U.S. 2 Colombia 0 Sunday’s results At Vancouver Canada 1 Switzerland 0 At Moncton, N.B. Australia 1 Brazil 0 At Montreal France 3 South Korea 0 Saturday’s results At Ottawa Germany 4 Sweden 1 At Edmonton China 1 Cameroon 0 QUARTER-FINALS Friday’s games At Montreal Germany vs. France, 2 p.m.

At Ottawa China vs. U.S., 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 27 At Edmonton Australia vs. Japan, 2 p.m.

At Vancouver Canada vs. England, 5:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS Tuesday, June 30 At Montreal Ottawa winner vs. Montreal winner, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, July 1 At Edmonton Edmonton winner vs. Vancouver winner, 5 p.m.

THIRD PLACE Saturday, July 4 At Edmonton Semifinal losers, 2 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 5 At Vancouver Semifinal winners, 5 p.m.

MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF D.C. 19 10 5 4 23 New England 18 6 6 6 24 Orlando 17 6 6 5 22 Toronto 14 7 6 1 22 Columbus 16 5 6 5 23 New York 15 5 5 5 19 Philadelphia 18 5 10 3 20 Montreal 13 5 6 2 17 New York City 16 4 7 5 17 Chicago 15 4 9 2 17

GA 17 24 21 19 23 19 30 21 19 23

Pt 34 24 23 22 20 20 18 17 17 14

Western Conference GP W L T GF 17 9 6 2 23 17 9 6 2 20 19 7 5 7 26 17 7 6 4 17 15 6 3 6 23 16 6 5 5 19 15 6 5 4 16 17 5 6 6 15 16 5 6 5 21 16 2 5 9 12

GA 14 16 20 19 17 23 15 20 21 15

Pt 29 29 28 25 24 23 22 21 20 15

Seattle Vancouver Los Angeles Portland Kansas City Dallas San Jose Salt Lake Houston Colorado

Wednesday’s results Philadelphia 1 Seattle 0 Orlando 2 Colorado 0 New York 1 Salt Lake 0 Columbus 2 New England 1 Toronto 3 Montreal 1 Chicago 0 D.C. 1 Los Angeles 5 Portland 0 Friday’s games Houston at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games D.C. at Toronto, 3 p.m.

Montreal at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

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

Colorado at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games New York at New York City, 3 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 5 p.m.

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Tampa Bay 41 33 .554 New York 39 34 .534 Baltimore 38 34 .528 Toronto 39 35 .527 Boston 32 42 .432

GB — 1 1/2 2 2 9

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 41 28 .594 39 33 .542 37 36 .507 33 38 .465 32 40 .444

GB — 3 1/2 6 9 10 1/2

Houston Los Angeles Texas Oakland Seattle

West Division W L Pct 43 32 .573 37 36 .507 37 36 .507 34 41 .453 33 40 .452

GB — 5 5 9 9

Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 8, Detroit 2 Toronto 1, Tampa Bay 0, 12 innings N.Y. Yankees 10, Philadelphia 2 Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 1 L.A. Angels 2, Houston 1, 13 innings Boston 5, Baltimore 1 Oakland 8, Texas 2 Kansas City 8, Seattle 2 Thursday’s Games Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit 7, 10 innings Baltimore 8, Boston 6 Oakland 6, Texas 3 Houston 4, N.Y. Yankees 0 Friday’s Games Cleveland (Kluber 3-9) at Baltimore (W.Chen 3-4), 5:05 p.m.

Texas (N.Martinez 5-3) at Toronto (Buehrle 7-4), 5:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-7) at Detroit (An. Sanchez 6-7), 5:08 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 4-8) at Tampa Bay (Colome 3-3), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (May 4-5) at Milwaukee (Lohse 3-9), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-2) at Houston (Velasquez 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 7-4) at Oakland (Hahn 5-5), 8:05 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 5-6) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-5), 8:05 p.m.

Colorado 6, Arizona 4 San Francisco 13, San Diego 8 Washington 7, Atlanta 0 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, late St. Louis 5, Miami 1

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

Cleveland at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 1:35 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Kipnis Cle 70 280 49 99 .354 MiCabrera Det 71 256 42 89 .348 Fielder Tex 71 276 36 95 .344 JIglesias Det 62 206 15 68 .330 Moustakas KC 65 253 37 83 .328 Vogt Oak 70 221 37 68 .308 Pedroia Bos 69 281 34 86 .306 Cespedes Det 73 279 43 85 .305 MMachado Bal 72 280 48 85 .304 NCruz Sea 71 267 36 81 .303 Home Runs Pujols, Los Angeles, 23; NCruz, Seattle, 19; Valbuena, Houston, 19; JMartinez, Detroit, 18; Teixeira, New York, 18; Trout, Los Angeles, 18; Donaldson, Toronto, 17.

Runs Batted In Vogt, Oakland, 53; MiCabrera, Detroit, 52; Teixeira, New York, 51; Bautista, Toronto, 50; Fielder, Texas, 47; Pujols, Los Angeles, 47; Donaldson, Toronto, 46.

Pitching FHernandez, Seattle, 10-4; Keuchel, Houston, 9-3; Gray, Oakland, 9-3; Archer, Tampa Bay, 9-4; Carrasco, Cleveland, 9-6; McHugh, Houston, 8-3; Pineda, New York, 8-4.

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 40 33 .548 37 37 .500 35 38 .479 30 44 .405 26 48 .351

GB — 3 1/2 5 10 1/2 14 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 48 24 .667 40 31 .563 39 32 .549 33 37 .471 27 47 .365

GB — 7 1/2 8 1/2 14 22

West Division W L Pct 41 33 .554 40 34 .541 35 37 .486 35 40 .467 32 40 .444

GB — 1 5 6 1/2 8

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

Saturday’s Games Texas at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 2:08 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 5:15 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 10, Philadelphia 2 Washington 2, Atlanta 1, 11 innings Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 6, Miami 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago Cubs 2 Milwaukee 4, N.Y. Mets 1 Arizona 8, Colorado 7 San Francisco 6, San Diego 0

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

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets 2, Milwaukee 0 L.A. Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 0

Friday’s Games Atlanta (W.Perez 4-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 4-6), 5:05 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 8-5) at Philadelphia (Harang 4-9), 5:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 4-4) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-4), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 3-4) at Miami (Nicolino 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (May 4-5) at Milwaukee (Lohse 3-9), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 7-5) at St. Louis (Lackey 6-4), 6:15 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 2-2) at San Diego (T.Ross 4-7), 8:10 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 3-2) at San Francisco (T.Hudson 5-6), 8:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Minnesota at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 2:10 p.m.

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

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

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

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Goldschmidt Ari 72 257 53 91 .354 DGordon Mia 70 305 38 107 .351 Harper Was 69 235 53 80 .340 YEscobar Was 66 258 36 83 .322 Aoki SF 67 262 33 83 .317 LeMahieu Col 69 258 37 81 .314 Tulowitzki Col 65 239 37 75 .314 Rizzo ChC 71 263 42 82 .312 Panik SF 71 268 38 83 .310 Pollock Ari 71 277 47 85 .307 Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 27; Harper, Washington, 24; Frazier, Cincinnati, 23; Arenado, Colorado, 20; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 20; Pederson, Los Angeles, 19; Rizzo, Chicago, 15.

Runs Batted In Stanton, Miami, 67; Arenado, Colorado, 60; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 60; Harper, Washington, 58; Frazier, Cincinnati, 49; Posey, San Francisco, 48; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 46.

Pitching GCole, Pittsburgh, 11-3; Wacha, St. Louis, 9-3; BColon, New York, 9-6; CMartinez, St. Louis, 8-3; Scherzer, Washington, 8-5; Heston, San Francisco, 8-5; deGrom, New York, 8-5.

Hockey NHL Draft SUNRISE, Fla. — Current order of selection for the first round of the National Hockey League’s 2015 entry draft to be held Friday night in Sunrise, Fla. (subject to change): 1. Edmonton Oilers; 2. Buffalo Sabres; 3. Arizona Coyotes; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Carolina Hurricanes; 6. New Jersey Devils; 7. Philadelphia Flyers; 8. Columbus Blue Jackets; 9. San Jose Sharks; 10.

Colorado Avalanche; 11. Florida Panthers; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. Los Angeles Kings; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Calgary Flames; 16. Edmonton Oilers (from Pittsburgh); 17. Winnipeg Jets; 18. Ottawa Senators; 19. Detroit Red Wings; 20. Minnesota Wild; 21.

Buffalo Sabres (from N.Y. Islanders); 22. Washington Capitals; 23. Vancouver Canucks; 24. Toronto Maple Leafs (from Nashville); 25. Winnipeg Jets (from St. Louis via Buffalo); 26. Montreal Canadiens; 27. Anaheim Ducks; 28. Tampa Bay Lightning (from N.Y. Rangers); 29. Philadelphia Flyers (from Tampa Bay); 30. Arizona (from Chicago).

Final rankings from the Central Scouting Bureau for the National Hockey League’s entry draft NORTH AMERICAN SKATERS 1. Connor McDavid, C, Erie (OHL); 2. Jack Eichel, C, Boston Univ. (H-EAST). 3. Noah Hanifin, D, Boston Colll. (H-EAST); 4. Dylan Strome, C, Erie (OHL); 5. Lawson Crouse, LW, Kingston (OHL); 6. Mitchell Marner, C, London (OHL); 7.Ivan Provorov, D, Brandon (WHL); 8. Pavel Zacha, C, Sarnia (OHL); 9. Zachary Werenski, D, Univ. of Michigan (Big 10); 10. Timo Meier, RW, Halifax (QMJHL).

11. Matthew Barzal, C, Seattle (WHL); 12. Jakub Zboril, D, Saint John (QMJHL); 13. Kyle Connor, LW, Youngstown (USHL);14. Travis Konecny, C, Ottawa (OHL); 15. Jansen Harkins, C, Prince George (WHL); 16. Thomas Chabot, Saint John (QMJHL); 17. Evgeny Svechnikov, LW, Cape Breton (QMJHL); 18. Filip Chlapik, C, Charlottetown (QMJHL); 19 Jake DeBrusk, LW, Swift Current (WHL); 20. Daniel Sprong, RW, Charlottetown (QMJHL).

21. Jeremy Roy, D, Sherbrooke (QMJHL); 22. Noah Juulsen, D, Everett (WHL); 23. Nicholas Merkley, RW, Kelowna (WHL); 24. Ryan Pilon, D, Brandon (WHL); 25. Brandon Carlo, D, TriCity (WHL); 26.Paul Bittner, LW, Portland (WHL); 27. Brock Boeser, RW, Waterloo (USHL); 28. Thomas Novak, C, Waterloo (USHL); 29. Colin White, C, U.S. U-18 (USHL); 30. Dennis Yan, LW, Shawinigan (QMJHL).

31. Karlsson Forsbacka, C, Omaha (USHL); 32.

Vince Dunn, D, Niagara (OHL); 33. Anthony Beauvillier, LW, Shawinigan (QMJHL); 34. Mitchell Vande Sompel, D, Oshawa (OHL); 35. Austin Wagner, LW, Regina (WHL); 36. Gabriel Gagne, RW, Victoriaville (QMJHL); 37. Christian Fischer, RW, U.S. U-18 (USHL); 38. Zachary Senyshyn, RW, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL); 39. John Roslovic, C, U.S. U-18 (USHL); 40. Nicolas Meloche, D. Baie-Comeau (QMJHL).

41. Guillaume Brisebois, D, Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL); 42. Jeremy Lauzon, D. Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL); 43. Parker Wotherspoon, D, Tri-City (WHL); 44. Kyle Capobianco, D, Sudbury (OHL); 45. Nicolas Roy, C, Chicoutimi (QMJHL); 46. Travis Dermott, D, Erie (OHL); 47. Jordan Greenway, LW, US. U-18 (USHL); 48. Yakov Trenin, C, Gatineau (QMJHL); 49. Blake Speers, C, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL); 50. Nikita Korostelev, RW, Sarnia (OHL).

NORTH AMERICAN GOALTENDERS 1. Mackenzie Blackwood, Barrie (OHL); 2. Callum Booth, Quebec (QMJHL); 3. Samuel Montembeault, Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL); 4. Adin Hill, Portland

(WHL); 5. Matej Tomek. Topeka (NAHL); 6. Ryan Larkin, Cedar Rapids (USHL); 7. Nick McBride, Prince Albert (WHL); 8. Mike Robinson, Laurence Academy (HS — Mass.); 9. Nick Schneider, Medicine Hat (WHL)’ 10. Joel Daccord, Cushing Academy (HS — Mass.).

11. Liam Herbst, Ottawa (OHL); 12. Luke Opilka, U.S. U-18 (USHL); 13. Michael Lackey, U.S. U-18 (USHL); 14. Rylan Toth, Red Deer (WHL); 15.

Cale Morris, Waterloo (USHL); 16. Adam Huska, Green Bay (USHL); 17. Rylan Parenteau, Prince Albert (WHL); 18. Christopher Birdsall, Youngstown (USHL); 19. Connor Ingram, Kamloops (WHL); 20.

Connor Hicks, Belleville (OHL).

21. Michael McNiven, Owen Sound (OHL); 22. Ryan Bednard, Johnstown (NAHL); 23. Evan Smith, Austin (NAHL); 24. Austin Shaw, Wichita Falls (NAHL); 25. Jack Flinn, Owen Sound (OHL); 26. Lucas Peressini, Kingston (OHL); 27. Logan Halladay, Bloomington (USHL); 28. Jordan Papirny, Brandon (WHL); 29. Kristian Oldham, Omaha (USHL); 30.Landon Bow, Swift Current (WHL).

INTERNATIONAL SKATERS 1. Mikko Rantanen, RW, TPS (Finland); 2. Gabriel Carlsson, D, Linkoping Jr (Sweden); 3. Jacob Larsson, D, Frolunda Jr. (Sweden); 4. Joel Eriksson Ek, C, Farjestad (Sweden); 5. Michael Spacek, RW, Pardubice (Czech. Rep.); 6. Oliver Kylington, D, Farjestad (Sweden); 7. Denis Gurianov, RW, Togliatti 2 (Russia); 8. Robin Kovacs, RW, AIK (Sweden); 9. Filip Ahl, LW, HV71 Jr. (Sweden); 10.

Jens Looke, RW, Brynas (Sweden).

11. David Kase, RW, Chumutov (Czech. Rep.); 12.

Jonas Siegenthaler, D, Zurich (Switzerland); 13.

Sebastian Aho, D, Skelleftea (Sweden); 14. Roope Hintz, LW, Ilves (Finland); 15. Julius Nattinen, C, JYP2 (Finland); 16. Erik Cernak, D, Kosice (Slovakia); 17. Alexander Dergachyov, C, St. Petersburg 2 (Russia); 18. Sebastian Aho, RW, Karpat (Finland); 19. Jesper Lindgren, D, Modo Jr. (Sweden); 20.

Denis Malgin, C, Zurich (Switzerland).

INTERNATIONAL GOALTENDERS 1. Ilya Samsonov, Magnitogorsk (Russia); 2. Daniel Vladar, Kladno (Czech Rep.); 3. Felix Sandstrom, Brynas Jr. (Sweden); 4. Ales Stezka, Liberec Jr. (Czech Rep.); 5. Joren van Pottelberghe, Linkoping U18 (Sweden); 6. Veini Vehvilainen, JYP2 (Finland); 7. Denis Godla, Bratislava (Russia); 8. Adam Werner, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden); 9. George Sorensen, Herning (Denmark); 10. Alexander Georgiyev, TPS Jrs. (Finland).

First Overall NHL Draft Picks First overall selections at the National Hockey League’s entry draft (with year, player, position, team and previous club with league or country in parentheses): 2014 — Aaron Ekblad, D, Flordia, Barrie (OHL) 2013 — Nathan MacKinnon, C, Colorado, Halifax (QMJHL) 2012 — Nail Yakupov, RW, Edmonton, Sarnia (OHL) 2011 — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C, Edmonton, Red Deer (WHL) 2010 — Taylor Hall, LW, Edmonton, Windsor (OHL) 2009 — John Tavares, C, N.Y. Islanders, London (OHL) 2008 — Steven Stamkos, C, Tampa Bay, Sarnia (OHL) 2007 — Patrick Kane, RW, Chicago, London (OHL) 2006 — Erik Johnson, D, St. Louis, National U-18 (U.S.) 2005 — Sidney Crosby, C, Pittsburgh, Rimouski

(QMJHL) 2004 — Alexander Ovechkin, LW, Washington, Dynamo (Russia) 2003 — Marc-Andre Fleury, G, Pittsburgh, Cape Breton (QMJHL) 2002 — Rick Nash, LW, Columbus, London (OHL) 2001 — Ilya Kovalchuk, C, Atlanta, Spartak (Russia) 2000 — Rick DiPietro, G, N.Y. Islanders, Boston Univ. (NCAA) 1999 — Patrik Stefan, C, Atlanta, Long Beach (IHL) 1998 — Vincent Lecavalier, C, Tampa Bay, Rimouski (QMJHL) 1997 — Joe Thornton, C, Boston, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 1996 — Chris Phillips, D, Ottawa, Prince Albert (WHL) 1995 — Bryan Berard, D, Ottawa, Detroit (OHL) 1994 — Ed Jovanovski, D, Florida, Windsor (OHL) 1993 — Alexandre Daigle, C, Ottawa, Victoriaville (QMJHL) 1992 — Roman Hamrlik, D, Tampa Bay, ZPS Zin (Czech Rep.) 1991 — Eric Lindros, C, Quebec, Oshawa (OHL) 1990 — Owen Nolan, RW, Quebec, Cornwall (OHL) 1989 — Mats Sundin, RW, Quebec, Nacka (Sweden) 1988 — Mike Modano, C, Minnesota, Prince Albert (WHL) 1987 — Pierre Turgeon, C, Buffalo, Granby (QMJHL) 1986 — Joe Murphy, C, Detroit, Michigan St. (NCAA) 1985 — Wendel Clark, LW/D, Toronto, Saskatoon (WHL) 1984 — Mario Lemieux, C, Pittsburgh, Laval (QMJHL) 1983 — Brian Lawton, C, Minnesota, Mount St. Charles (U.S. HS) 1982 — Gord Kluzak, D, Boston, Billings (WHL) 1981 — Dale Hawerchuk, C, Winnipeg, Cornwall (QMJHL) 1980 — Doug Wickenheiser, C, Montreal, Regina (WHL) 1979 — Rob Ramage, D, Colorado, London (OHL) 1978 — Bobby Smith, C, Minnesota, Ottawa (OHL) 1977 — Dale McCourt, C, Detroit, St. Catharines (OHL) 1976 — Rick Green, D, Washington, London (OHL) 1975 — Mel Bridgman, C, Philadelphia, Victoria (WHL) 1974 — Greg Joly, D, Washington, Regina (WHL) 1973 — Denis Potvin, D, N.Y. Islanders, Ottawa (OHL) 1972 — Bill Harris, RW, N.Y. Islanders, Toronto (OHL) 1971 — Guy Lafleur, RW, Montreal, Quebec (QMJHL) 1970 — Gilbert Perreault, C, Buffalo, Montreal (OHA) 1969 — Rejean Houle, LW, Montreal, Montreal (OHA) 1968 — Michel Plasse, G, Montreal, Drummondville (QMJHL) 1967 — Rick Pagnutti, D, Los Angeles, Garson (Northern Ont.) 1966 — Barry Gibbs, D, Boston, Estevan (SJHL) 1965 — Andre Veilleux, RW, N.Y. Rangers, Montreal Ranger (Jr.B) 1964 — Claude Gauthier, Detroit, NA, Rosemont (Que.) 1963 — Garry Monahan, LW, Montreal, St. Michael’s Juveniles

Golf Travelers Championship Thursday At TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn.

Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 6,841; Par 70 (35-35) First Round a-denotes amateur Bubba Watson 31-31 Seung-Yul Noh 31-33 Keegan Bradley 33-31 Brian Stuard 31-33 Harris English 34-30 Jason Gore 31-33 Scott Langley 32-33 Chris Stroud 33-32 Robert Garrigus 31-34 Carl Pettersson 34-31 Tom Gillis 34-31 Scott Brown 32-33 Zach Johnson 35-30 Will MacKenzie 31-34 Brice Garnett 32-34 Nicholas Thompson 36-30 Bryce Molder 33-33 Danny Lee 33-33 Gary Woodland 33-33 Mark Wilson 34-32 Brian Harman 32-34 Ernie Els 34-32 Jhonattan Vegas 33-33 Alexandre Rocha 33-33 Jason Bohn 34-32 Padraig Harrington 36-30

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USGA-U.S. Senior Open Thursday At Del Paso Country Club Sacramento, Calif.

Purse: TBA ($3.35 million in 2014) Yardage: 6,994; Par: 70 (36-34) (a-amateur) First Round Tom Watson 32-34-66

BMW International Open Thursday At Munich Eichenried Golf Club Munich Purse: $2.27 million Yardage: 7,181; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Lasse Jensen, Denmark 33-32 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain 34-31 Daniel Gaunt, England 33-32 Andrew Johnston, England 33-33 Victor Riu, France 34-33 Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand 35-32 James Morrison, England 32-35 Tommy Fleetwood, England 33-34 Henrik Stenson, Sweden 31-36

kler. Optioned INF Nick Franklin to Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned OF Michael Choice to Round Rock (PCL). Recalled RHP Spencer Patton from Round Rock. Agreed to terms with 3B Jonathan Meyer on a minor league contract. Sent OF Josh Hamilton to Round Rock (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent RHP Archie Bradley to Reno (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with OFs Donnie Cimino, Daniel Spingola, Alex Bautista, Darryl Wilson and Donnie Dewees; RHPs Kyle Miller, Matt Rose and M.T. Minacci; LHPs Kyle Twomey and

Tyler Peitzmeier; Cs Tyler Payne and Ian Rice; and 2B Sutton Whiting on minor league contracts.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Alexis Diaz, Ian Kahaloa and Antonio Santillan on minor league contracts. Activated LHP Aroldis Chapman from the paternity list. Optioned INF-OF Kristopher Negronto to Louisville (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Signed RHP Peter Lambert to a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP Vin Mazzaro for assignment. Reinstated RHP Jarred Cosart from the 15-day DL. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with C Zach Taylor on a minor league contract.

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Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Acquired F Carl Soderberg from Boston for a 2016 sixth-round draft pick.

EDMONTON OILERS — Named Todd McLellan assistant coach.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Agreed to terms with Fs Mark Stone on a three-year contract and Mika Zibanejad on a two-year contract.

BASEBALL American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Mychal Givens to Bowie (EL). Reinstated RHP Miguel Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Juan Taveras on a minor league contract.

BOSTON RED SOX — Placed 2B Dustin Pedroia on the 15-day DL. Designated C Erik Kratz for assignment. Optioned RHP Joe Kelly to Pawtucket (IL). Selected the contracts of SS Deven Marrero and RHP Jonathan Aro from Pawtucket. Recalled OF Jackie Bradley Jr. from Pawtucket. Signed RHP Daniel Zandona, OF Kyri Washington and RHP Max Watt to minor league contracts.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Buck Farmer to Toledo (IL). Activated RHP Bruce Rondon from

the 15-day DL. HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with SS Alex Bregman on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with OF Lean Marrero on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHPs Branden Pinder and Diego Moreno to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reinstated INF Stephen Drew from paternity leave. Recalled INF Gregorio Petit from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with OF Ricky Eusebio on a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Acquired 1B/OF Marc Krauss from the Los Angeles Angels RHP Kyle Win-

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Big day for Bubba at Travelers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CROMWELL, Conn. — Bubba Watson made himself right at home in the Travelers Championship — again.

Watson shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the event he won in 2010 for his first PGA Tour title. He has finished in the top 20 five times in eight previous starts at TPC River Highlands.

It was the two-time Masters champion’s lowest round in the event.

“It’s special,” Watson said about the tournament.

“It was my first win and it’s the same time that I announced to the world that my dad was passing with cancer. So, special in different ways.”

New England native Keegan Bradley was tied for second with Jason Gore, Seung-Yul Noh, Brian Stuard and Harris English, who shot a 30 on the back nine. Eight players shot 65, and 12 more opened at 66. Ninety-three players were under par in the first round.

“Coming off a U.S. Open, this golf course seems like it’s gettable, and we all feel that way,” Watson said. “So the guys that played in the U.S. Open maybe feel better about their game when they get here.”

Watson, playing late in the day, had four birdies on his final five holes. The two-time Masters champion just missed an eagle on the par-4 18th hole, hitting a 139-yard second shot that bounced into the flagstick and rolled 4 inches past the cup.

His only glitch during that stretch was bogey on the par-3 16th, where he overshot the green, and chipped his second shot past the hole and into the fringe.

He is trying to become the fifth golfer to win this tournament since 2000 after leading or being tied for the lead going into the second round.

“I just kept grinding it out,” he said.“ ”Whatever shot was called for, I tried to hit it and somehow today, I hit it good.“ Bradley, put up an early 64, shooting a 31 on his front nine. The 29-year-old, who was born in Vermont, is playing his fifth Travelers Championship,

which he considers a home tournament. His best finish has been 18th.

“I put a lot of pressure on myself in every tournament, but this one especially just because I’ve got a lot of people here. I know a lot of the fans are rooting for me. I can feel it.”

English, who did not play in the U.S. Open, had just 22 putts.

“You can hit a lot of good wedge shots to 8, 10, 12 feet,” he said. “If you don’t make them, it kind of hurts, it stops the momentum. But I feel like I made some of those and kept it going.”

Ernie Els is making his first appearance in Connecticut since 2002 and was among those at 66. He said he normally heads to Europe after the U.S. Open to prepare for the British Open, but decided to try to pick up a few more FedEx points this year.

“This is quite close to Europe,” he said. “It’s only 5 ½ hours away.”

Argentina’s Andres Romero won a Rolex watch during his round of 69 when he aced the 177-yard par-3 16th hole. Romero said he grabbed his 7-iron and decided to go for the pin after his caddie translated a sign about the hole-in-one prize next to the tee box.

“I got the shot off and when it headed toward the hole and disappeared, I couldn’t believe it,” he said through a translator.

It was the third hole-in-one of the Romero’s career, and he said now owns seven Rolex’s.

Martin Laird may have had the shot of the round when he holed out from 140 yards for an eagle on the par-4 17th hole, watching as ball cleared the water and the pin before rolling back into the cup.

As many as nine spots for the British Open are available this week.

The leading five players, not already exempt, from the top 20 in the FedEx Cup will be part of the field at St. Andrews next month.

In addition, the leading four players who finish in the top 12 at TPC River Highlands also will get spots.

The Travelers is the first of three PGA Tour events where top finishers can get into St. Andrews. There are four spots available at The Greenbrier Classic, and one at the John Deere Classic.

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Bubba Watson chips to the ninth green during the first round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament, Thursday, in Cromwell, Conn. Watson made a birdie on the hole.

Watson holds lead after opening round at Senior U.S. Open SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tom Watson has accomplished more in golf than most players ever will. The 65-year-old nearly pulled off a feat Thursday even he had never done: shoot his age in a major championship.

So what if it’s the senior tour?

Watson took advantage of cooler morning conditions to shoot a 4-under 66, grabbing a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the sun-banked U.S. Senior Open.

All that prevented Watson from matching his age on the scorecard was a 35-foot putt on his final hole.

“Man, did I want to make that putt. I was grinding on that putt more than any putt in a long time,” Watson said.

“Shoot my age in a U.S. Open championship? That would have been pretty special.”

Instead, the putt stopped short and he settled for par — about the only thing that didn’t work out well for Watson over his final nine holes.

With the temperature soaring over 100 degrees in the afternoon, Watson worked through Del Paso Country Club before the scorching heat in California’s capital city intensified.

The eight-time major champion overcame an early double bogey and had four birdies in a six-hole stretch after the turn.

Well-rested Park returns to action at NW Arkansas Championship LPGA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROGERS, Ark. — Inbee Park used a well-timed week away from golf two years ago to set up a run of three straight victories on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships.

The freshly anointed top-ranked women’s player hopes a similar approach pays off again this week at the NW Arkansas Championship.

Coming off her third straight Women’s PGA Championship victory two weeks ago in New York, Park returns to action this week at Pinnacle Country Club — where she won in 2013.That victory also came after the then-LPGA Championship, and it served as the prelude to a win at the U.S. Women’s Open a week later. It’s exactly the type of trifecta the South Korean star wants to repeat this time around, a large reason why she stayed away from the game last week.

“I had this streak when in 2013 when I won the LPGA Championship and this week and then the U.S. Open,” said Park, set to begin play Friday. “...

Another repeat of 2013 would be really nice.”

Park also was ranked No. 1 in 2013, and she returned to the top spot with her victory two weeks ago.

The win was her sixth major championship, her fifth in the last 12 over the past three years, and she matched Annika Sorenstam (2003-05) in winning the event in three straight years. All in all, this year — in which Park has won three times and finished no lower than 18th in any tournament — has served as a more than just a reminder about how great she can be when all of her game is on point.

“It’s just coming along together really well, and yeah, (I) just feel a lot more comfortable and a lot more confidence after looking at a lot of good shots,” Park said.

While Park reigns at the top of the LPGA Tour these days, she’s expected to face stiff competition from a former No. 1 this week.

Defending champion Stacy Lewis hasn’t won since her victory at Pinnacle last year, but the former Arkansas player returns to her adopted home state to once again enjoy perhaps the most unique homecourse advantage on the LPGA Tour.

Lewis, ranked third, finally broke through her self-imposed pressure to win the NW Arkansas Championship last year, doing so by sinking a 7-foot birdie putt on the final hole. It was Lewis’ 11th victory overall, not counting her rain-shortened unofficial win at Pinnacle as an amateur in 2007.

Lewis has finished second three times this year, but has struggled with her takeaway and accuracy — something she spent last week working on with hopes of returning to top form.

Whether that’s enough to win this week, or eventually challenge Park again for the top ranking, remains to be seen. What is sure is the support Lewis will hear across Pinnacle Country Club this week.

“It shows these great old champs are great old champs for a reason,” said Michael Allen, among a group of players who shot 67.

Allen was joined by Lee Janzen, Jeff Hart, Jim Carter, P.H. Horgan and Woody Austin.

Defending champion Colin Montgomerie and Champions Tour stalwart Bernhard Langer, who have won six of the last seven senior majors, teed off in the afternoon heat — and also had to deal with firmer and faster greens.

Tournament officials said the highest-recorded temperature was 101.5 degrees.

Montgomerie shot 68, and Langer 71.

“Right in there where I’ve got to be,” Montgomerie said.

But the opening round belonged to one of the most decorated players in golf history, one whose storied career is about to make a major shift.

Watson will play in his final British Open next month at St. Andrews. He’s the only man to claim the claret jug on five courses (but never St. Andrews).

While one chapter of his career is closing, another seems just fine.

Watson is one of the biggest draws on the Champions Tour — when he plays, that is — along with 1992 Masters champion Fred Couples, who withdrew earlier this week with a back injury.

Watson has won 14 times on the Champions Tour, which is reserved for those 50 and older. His last vic-

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tory came at the 2011 Senior PGA Championship at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky.

Now he’s in position to end that drought.

The lone hiccup on Watson’s opening round came when he plugged his approach on the 16th hole in the gnarly rough along the bank of the lake and finished with a double bogey. Watson recovered with four birdies on his back nine — including a 50-foot putt on the second — to surge to the top of the leaderboard.

As the sun skied over the Central Valley late in Watson’s round, spectators crowded in the shade along the rough instead of the ropes around the green. Some gathered around cooling stations, and others brought umbrellas and tiny electric fans to try to keep cool.

Many players walked out of their way on the rough to stay in what little shade Del Paso provided. Watson, meanwhile, scribbled notes on his yardage book to prepare for his afternoon tee time Friday, when the temperature is expected to rise above 100 again.

“Usually, you have your diagram on your book that says all right, here’s the bunker, here’s the green like this,” Watson said, pointing.

“Now you have a diagram, here’s the shade over here, the shade over here, there’s a shade behind the tee over there. That’s what you’re looking for right now.”

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Williams quietly making bid for Grand Slam WIMBLEDON PREVIEW

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Serena Williams heads to Wimbledon halfway to a Grand Slam.

If it were up to her, no one would notice.

Williams prefers to downplay her chances of becoming the first tennis player in more than a quarter-century to win all four major tournaments — Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open — in the same season.

“I haven’t done well at Wimbledon recently, so that’s the only one that’s kind of eluding me,” Williams said, managing to keep a straight face and perhaps hoping to convince herself as much as anyone who might be listening. “So I’m trying to get to that one, at least make it deep in the second week of that tournament.”

When play begins at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament Monday, Williams will be ranked No. 1, and seeded No. 1, and there is zero doubt that she is far and away the best tennis player on the planet at the moment. Indeed, she might very well be the best in history, a debate that can never be settled on a court, of course.

Already the Year of the Triple Crown in horse racing, 2015 could wind up being the Year of the Grand Slam in tennis and golf, with Jordan Spieth halfway to a 4-for-4 calendar year at his sport’s major championships.

In tennis, only two men and three women have ever done it.

The last man was Rod Laver in 1969. The last woman was Steffi Graf in 1988.

“Why not?” said Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. “That’s probably the most difficult thing to do in tennis. But it’s possible.”

There are others who could win Wimbledon, of course, challengers such as 2004 champion Maria Sharapova, two-time winner Petra Kvitova or 2013 runner-up Sabine Lisicki.

But as 18-time major champion and ESPN analyst Chris Evert put it when discussing Williams: “I mean, it’s all up to her. When she is at her best, she is better than anybody else.”

With a versatile and dangerous serve, and powerful groundstrokes, Williams’ game translates quite well to the slick surface at the All England Club, where she has won the championship five times: 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010 and 2012. She also was the runner-up twice.

And yet, here is what Williams had to say shortly after winning the French Open for her 20th Grand Slam trophy and third in a row: “To be perfectly honest, I’ve never really liked grass, and I just don’t know how I’ve done so well on it.”

On her past two trips to Wimbledon, Williams

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In this June 28, 2014 photo, Serena Williams gestures during a women’s singles match against Alize Cornet of France at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London. A five-time champion and twotime runner-up at Wimbledon, Serena Williams hasn’t been past the fourth round either of the last two years at the All England Club. Willimas will also be looking to continue her run at tennis’ Grand Slam. bowed out in the fourth round in 2013, and the third round in 2014.

“The monkey’s on my back. ... I just consistently do terrible there,” Williams insisted, in just a bit of hyperbole.

“Now that it’s a slower surface,” Williams said, “it’ll help me out a little bit.”

Seems safe to say, actually, the speed doesn’t matter.

Nor does the opponent.

What’s really important when it comes to the 33-year-old Williams is how she’s playing and if she is motivated to win.

As she showed during her comeback-filled run at Roland Garros, she can summon the skill and the will to turn any match in her favour, even on her worst days.

“Serena has seemed late in her career ... to be mentally tougher than she’s ever been,” said John McEnroe, a seven-time major champion who will be analyzing Wimbledon matches for ESPN. A year ago at the All England Club, Williams departed under odd circumstances. She lost in the

third round of singles to 25th-seeded Alize Cornet, then pulled out three games into a doubles match after appearing disoriented. Williams later blamed an illness.

She has not lost at a Grand Slam tournament since.

That’s a 21-match winning streak, from New York last September, to Melbourne in January, to Paris this month. Williams is the first woman to win three consecutive majors since — big surprise here — she took four in a row for a self-styled “Serena Slam” in 2002-03.

As for the possibility of completing a true Grand Slam or eventually surpassing Graf’s total of 22 majors, Williams is not all that keen about contemplating such milestones.

“I’m still playing, and when you’re still playing, you’re not thinking, ’Well, I’m here in the history books, and soon I’ll be there.’ Because then you’ve become really satisfied,” she said. “And seeing that I’m the kind of person that I want to continue to play well, and I want to continue to win matches, I don’t want to be satisfied. I want to keep going.”

New format, changes coming for Brier and Scotties

BY CURLING CANADA The fields for both the Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts will expand in 2018 in a pilot project and curlers of all ages across Canada will now be eligible to compete in them, it was announced this morning by Curling Canada.

Those, along with a new residency rule for elite teams, were the highlighted outcomes of Curling Canada’s Annual General Meeting, which concluded Friday afternoon at Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood, Ont. The change in format for the Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties, which will feature champions from all 14 Member Associations with the potential of adding other teams with pre-qualified status, will remove the pre-qualifying round at the 2018 Canadian men’s and women’s championships, and will be assessed immediately afterward. The new format will be put together in consultation between Curling Canada and its various stakeholders and partners.

The current pre-qualifying system for the Tim

Hortons Brier and Scotties, which was introduced this past season, will be retained for the 2016 and 2017 championships to remain consistent during the Olympic quadrennial. The new format will be introduced following the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.

“As always, we listened to the input of our Member Associations and stakeholders and I think this is a format worth trying out,” said Hugh Avery, who was re-elected for a one-year term with the Curling Canada Board of Governors, and also elected as board Chair for the 2015-16 season. “After the 2018 events, we will consult again with Member Associations, players and other stakeholders to see where we go with this.”

Meanwhile, junior-eligible players will now be able to enter the playdowns leading to the Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties, bringing Curling Canada in line with World Curling Federation and Olympic rules.

Also, a new residency policy was adopted by Curling Canada that will allow teams to have one nonresident outside of the Member Association they

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choose to represent, but the other three players will be subject to stricter proof-of-residency rules that will be enforced by Curling Canada with the co-operation of the players.

“We’re ready to do our part for the integrity of the game,” said Mike McEwen, skip of the Canadian Team Ranking System 2014-15 top-ranked team. “We understand the thought process that went into this decision, and we know it wasn’t an easy decision, but we believe it was the right one and we will do what we can to help Curling Canada and the Member Associations make it work.”

In addition to the rule/format changes, Curling Canada also concluded its season-long chase for the MA Cup, presented by TSN, and the Governor’s Cup. The MA Cup, presented by TSN, goes to the Member Association that has the best average finish at each of the eight Curling Canada national championships. The Governor’s Cup, meanwhile is awarded to the MA with the best average improvement from the 2013-14 season.

Saskatchewan claimed the MA Cup, presented by TSN, while Quebec was the winner of the Governor’s Cup. Besides Avery, four other new Governors were elected to the board: Winnipeg’s Resby Coutts and former Curling Canada Board Chair Maureen Miller of Yellowknife were elected to four-year terms; Cathy Hughes of Montreal was elected to a threeyear term, and Ron Hutton of Saint John, N.B. — like Avery and Miller a former Board Chair — was elected to a two-year term.

Peter Inch of London, Ont., was elected as Board Vice-Chair.

“This was an extremely productive week for Curling Canada, starting with our second Curling Summit and wrapping up with two positive days of meetings between the Board and our Member Associations,” said Greg Stremlaw, Chief Executive Officer of Curling Canada. “It was another reminder that our sport is in wonderful hands, and the future possibilities are truly exciting.”

Calgary’s Evans, Edmonton’s Matthews up for NLL MVP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW YORK — Shawn Evans of the Calgary Roughnecks, Mark Matthews of the Edmonton Rush, and the Buffalo Bandits’ Ryan Benesch are finalists for the National Lacrosse League’s most valuable player.

Evans set the NLL single-season scoring record with a 130 points, tied the league record with 83 assists, and also had 47 goals. The 10-year veteran led the league in short-handed goals (five) and power play assists (31) while his 96 loose balls ranked third among forwards. The 29-year-old from Peterborough, Ont., the 2013 NLL MVP, scored at least two goals in 15-of-18 games played, including nine hat tricks.

Matthews recorded 115 points — second in the league this season and third-most all-time — while his 53 goals ranked him second.

The 25-year-old from Oshawa, Ont., added 62 assists and 64 loose balls in 18 games played. He led the Rush to the Champion’s Cup, and earned MVP honours in the final.

Matthews, the 2013 NLL rookie of the year, scored two or more goals and four-plus points in every game, including 10 hat tricks.

Benesch won the NLL goal scoring title with 55 goals and finished third in the scoring race with 113 points including 58 assists. The Kitchener, Ont., native tied for the league lead with four game-winning goals and scored at least one goal in all 18 games played, including 11 hat tricks.

The awards are determined by a vote of the league’s Board of Governors, general managers and head coaches at the end of the regular season.

They’ll be presented at a ceremony Sept. 29 in Toronto.

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Women’s NHL headed to Vegas, but that’s just the start soccer must even field

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — While attendance and TV ratings for the Women’s World Cup are encouraging in North America, the world governing body of soccer is looking to even the playing field for women.

More female administrators, coaches and leagues are needed. As is more funding for the women’s game.

FIFA says its 2014 Women’s Football Survey, which drew responses from 177 of 209 member associations, showed that 30 million women play soccer worldwide.

“We are really happy about this number but this is not enough . . . We know we have to work much harder to find more girls that want to play football and to provide them the opportunity,” Mayi Cruz-Blanco, FIFA senior women’s football development manager, told a news conference Thursday.

FIFA’s goal is have 45 million women playing soccer by 2019 when France hosts the next Women’s World Cup. “We want to see that every woman and girl that wants to play football has the opportunity to do so and we want to have more women involved in football and decision-making levels,” said Cruz-Blanco. “And we want to build sustainable competition.

“This is one of the biggest challenges that we have. We need to have more leagues, well-structured leagues at all levels.”

Cruz-Blanco said the challenge is not FIFA’s alone. Member organizations have to carry the torch as well.

FIFA does not have a current number for male players. But it’s socalled Big Count survey in 2006 cited 265 million male and female players worldwide.

FIFA has launched nine women’s football development programs, including a scholarship initiative that assists Blicensed female coaches to gain access to higher coaching education. Another plan, the Female Leadership Development Program, brings together 35 “promising female leaders” from around the world for three workshops, with the first set to start July 4 in Vancouver.

Women represent only eight per cent of executive committee members at association level.

FIFA’s 2014 study showed just 10 per cent of its member associations’ staff was dedicated to women’s football.

In contrast, some 20 per cent of the staff on the Canadian and U.S. associations are dedicated to the women’s game.

The numbers for female coaches were also skewed in North America (21 per cent) compared to worldwide (seven per cent).

Female referees are also much better represented in Canada and the U.S. (28 per cent) than the world figure (10 per cent).

When it comes to registered female players, 91 per cent are attached to the top 20 member associations in the FIFA rankings, with the U.S. and Canada leading the way. The FIFA survey showed that the 177 member associations that took part invest US$156 million in total annually in women’s football. However, it also indicated that only a few member associations made significant investments.

The member associations in the top 20 of FIFA’s rankings invest on average of $5.4 million per year in women’s soccer.

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will travel where the NBA wasn’t willing to go. The rest, though: it can’t land until the 2017-18 season, and that will be the mystery.

In Quebec City, Quebecor will submit a bid, which might only be slightly hampered by the fact that the man who still owns Quebecor is currently the leader of the Parti Quebecois, and an explicit and enthusiastic separatist. The party’s in ruins, of course, but the prospect of separation, led by a very rich man who has been described by many former high-ranking employees as . . . well, unpredictable? . . . may not be the most appetizing landing spot, even if league pal Marcel Aubut plays midwife. It would be lucrative, though.

In Seattle, the hockey money there still doesn’t control the arena process, because local billionaire Chris Hansen is still waiting for an NBA team. Maybe later.

And in Toronto, the crew that tried and failed to sucker Markham into an arena deal will try again, led by Graeme Roustan, but since they’d need a billion dollars and a building — the billion is an estimate, but if Vegas goes for half a mil, Toronto’s a bargain at double that — so they’d better come heavy. Other Toronto money will almost certainly line up, too. The Toronto Titans. I will accept royalties.

“We’ll see what turns up in the next few weeks, if there is genuine interest and where it is,” said Bettman, in response to the Toronto question.

Anyone else, have a building and a plan and half a billion bucks, and you might get in the door. Yes, the Arizona Coyotes are burning, but even if they can’t get downtown, the NHL has claimed they lost $150 million on that quicksand mess. Yes, other franchises aren’t healthy, either.

But this is the big-money play; take the cash, and hope you don’t wind up stranded in the desert afterwards. Vegas, baby. And maybe more.

Bruce Arthur is a sports columnist for the Toronto Star.

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Lawyer wants off case TIME RUNNING OUT BEFORE HEARING ON DRUG CHARGES FOR ALLEGED GANG MEMBER

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF An alleged member of a notorious B.C. Lower Mainland area gang will have only a few months to find a lawyer ahead of his preliminary inquiry.

Cory James Lesperance, 60, had been represented by defence counsel Brad Mulder. But after a meeting held ahead of the pre-trial conference, Mulder has asked to be removed as counsel of record.

Lesperance and Robin Joseph Stewart, 53, of Red Deer are co-accused on a major drug bust at a Balmoral Heights residence, an Airdrie residence and a

Calgary-area storage locker.

The two were arrested at the residence east of Red Deer on July 23, 2014.

Both face numerous charges, including five counts of trafficking, possession of stolen property over $5,000, possession of a prohibited weapon and breach of a recognizance or undertaking. Lesperance also faces two charges of possession of a firearm without a licence.

Lesperance and Stewart have a preliminary inquiry scheduled for several days in early to mid-September.

Police investigators allege Lesperance is a member of the Red Scorpions gang, which originated out of the

B.C. Lower Mainland. The other three people accused in the drug bust allegedly have connections with the gang as well.

The gang has ties to the Bacon brothers and to the killing of six people at a condominium in Surrey.

Nicholas David James White, 22, and Amber MacLeod, 26, were also arrested and charged. MacLeod is due back in Red Deer provincial court on Sept. 2. White pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of breach of a probation order. He was sentenced to six months in custody.

Lesperance is in Bowden Institution, serving two years after pleading

guilty to a separate drug bust in 2013.

He was arrested on Nov. 12, 2013, and charged with trafficking, possession of a firearm and possession of crimeobtained property.

Lesperance was unable to attend court Thursday. Judge Gordon Deck said he could not get Mulder off the record as counsel without his client present in the courtroom. The motion was adjourned to July 2 in Red Deer provincial court.

Because he is co-accused on the charges, Stewart is also scheduled to return on the same day.

Deck said the preliminary inquiry will go ahead starting on Sept. 2. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Lancaster activity centre sought by school district

ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTION

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Work is well underway north east of Clearview Market Square on a new intersection. Construction of the roundabout and surrounding roadways is expected to continue until August 2016. This year’s work includes installation of underground utilities, roadway construction and construction of the roundabout.

By the end of this year’s construction season the city expects to have the south, north and east legs of the roundabout open, allowing traffic to flow north, east and south through the roundabout. During this time the existing 67 Street/ 30 Avenue intersection will remain open.

Chain Lakes water quality alarm raised, county help sought

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe County is considering a request to lobby the province to do something about declining water quality in the Chain Lakes.

Joanne McMillan, of the Friends of the Chain Lakes, said recent studies showed that riparian areas — the fringes around water bodies containing aquatic and land vegetation — connected with the lakes are healthy.

“The area is basically remarkably intact and healthy as a riparian area,” McMillan told county council in a presentation on Thursday.

However, despite the good news

on the riparian front, water quality in the lakes is getting worse and the group wants the province to do more work to find out why and what can be done to reverse the trend.

McMillan said the first of the three lakes just southeast of Ponoka is almost dead, the second is also in danger, and the third is in poor shape but better than the other two.

Among the warning signs is the presence of high levels of phosphorous, which is not naturally occurring in the water.

There are also unhealthily high levels of other pollutants in the lakes.

When levels of dissolved oxygen reach too low a level, fish species such as trout can’t survive.

Alberta Lake Management Society results of water quality analysis for the three lakes shows there is room for concern.

A key indicator of lake health, such as phosphorous loads, have tripled from levels recorded in the Lower Lake in 2001 to levels recorded in the Upper Lake in 2011. Other chemical markers, such as nitrogen and ammonia, have also shown significant increases.

The Chain Lakes group made a similar request for lobbying help to Ponoka County, which has agreed to send a representative to join residents in a meeting with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools wants to turn the Lancaster Green Community Activity Centre into a permanent classroom for its middle students.

While nine classrooms will be added to St. Francis of Assisi Middle School later this year, Ken Jaeger, supervisor of school district support services, said the school still needs the space for its existing and future students.

Under its existing agreement with the City of Red Deer, the school has use of the activity centre during the day and it is open for public bookings in the evenings.

But the Deer Park/Lancaster Community Association, which managed the bookings, formally dissolved in January 2014, opening up a new opportunity.

Jaeger said this allowed the school to take over the activity centre on a full-time basis. It has used the centre on an off during the day for various programs over the last 12 years.

This year, the school started using the facility full-time for special education programs during the day.

An open house outlining the proposed changes at the school drew few residents on Wednesday but the city has received some feedback from residents concerned about the loss of community space.

Pauline Mousseau, the city’s community development co-ordinator, said the outdoor rink will still be available for public use.

The space is roughly 113 square metres and features an open area with skate changing benches, as well as two washrooms and a small kitchen.

It is heavily used in the winter months as a place for residents to change into their skates.

“It is definitely a loss for the community,” she said. “All parts of the school in theory are rentable. The Collicutt Centre, for example, is close by for getting together for small gatherings.”

There are at least 22 rinks in Red Deer that do not have an activity centre on site.

The activity centre opened in 2003 as part of the construction of the school.

For the first five years, the activity space was well used. But by 2008, bookings began to dwindle. Between 2008 and 2010, there were on average three bookings each month. In 2014, there were no bookings of the space.

The school was built with capacity for 485 students and there are currently 560 students at the school. A nine-classroom addition is expected to be constructed later this year. It will bring the capacity to 700 students.

Plans are in the works for a gathering in the fall to discuss what is needed in the community, including the possibility of a new community association.

City council will decide the fate of the activity centre on July 20.

Information packages about the proposed changes are available at the Collicutt Centre or by contacting Mousseau at 403-309-8413 or email pauline.mousseau@reddeer.ca. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Family avoids rental scam, warns others Two separate scams operating in Red Deer are targeting taxpayers and people trying to rent houses.

In the first case, a Red Deer man told the Advocate that he had posted an ad on an online website, looking for a home to rent for him, his wife and two children.

James Alexander was contacted by someone last week who said he was from the Yukon Territory, with a Yukon phone number, and he had a house to rent in Red Deer and one in Calgary.

The caller said he had to rent out the properties because he had to move to the Yukon to be closer to his parents.

He provided pictures of the properties and sent an application form by email.

Alexander said he grew suspicious

when he reviewed the application and saw that it only asked for the bare minimum of information. In his experience, rental applications are much more comprehensive.

The Yukon caller also asked right away for a deposit, the first month rent (almost $2,000) to be sent by email transfer, and then he would send the lease agreement and keys in the mail.

Alexander found the actual owners of the properties and learned from them that this was an attempt to scam him.

Alexander contacted Red Deer RCMP, who told him no actual fraud had taken place but he should call the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre to make them aware of the scam.

He has done that and wanted other people to be aware of it so they don’t

become victims. He has also provided all the information he had on the Yukon caller to the owners of the Red Deer and Calgary properties.

In the other case, a local tax preparer was told by one of her clients that she had been contacted by telephone by someone claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency, although they were not.

The CRA has just issued a warning about the scam, which can result in identity and financial theft.

People are told by the fictitious CRA caller that they owe taxes, and are threatened with aggressive and forceful language, trying to scare them into paying the fictitious debt.

The caller requests immediate payment by credit card or convinces the victims to purchase a prepaid cred-

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

it card and to call back immediately with the information. The CRA warning states that the taxpayer is often threatened with court charges, jail or deportation.

Taxpayers are advised to hang up and call the anti-fraud centre. The CRA has established procedures to protect personal information.

Anyone who wants to confirm the authenticity of a CRA phone number can use the numbers on its telephone numbers page. Businesses can call 1-800-959-5525 and individuals can call 1-800-959-8281.

Among other things, the CRA never requests prepaid credit cards.

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre can be contacted online at www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca or toll free at 1-888-495-8501.

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BRIEFS Catholic school upgrades, construction being planned The Red Deer Regional Catholic School District has updated several school construction or upgrades planned for Central Alberta, including a new high school in Red Deer.

The St. Joseph’s High School, which will be built near the intersection of 67th Street and 30th Avenue, received a development permit with conditions to advertise for the proposed development. The school board has also submitted an application for grading and foundation work.

The Catholic high school will be one of three secondary schools on the site when all are built. Space has been set aside for schools from the Red Deer Public School District and a Francophone school.

The proposed St. Gregory the Great Catholic School in Blackfalds is awaiting funding approval from the new provincial government to begin construction. An addition to the St. Francis of Assisi Middle School is awaiting final approval from Alberta Infrastructure before heading to tender.

St. Marguerte Bourgeoys School in Innisfail is undergoing a modernization. The second phase will go out to tender in July, with construction expected to start on Sept. 1.

Modular additions at St. Teresa of Avila School were awarded to Shunda Construction and work will start in early July and wrap up by Aug. 18.

Father Henri Voisin School’s modular addition of two units is managed by the ABC Schools Partnership out of Calgary.

The Holy Trinity Catholic School in Olds addition of modular classrooms has been approved. Construction will begin in early July and is scheduled for completion by Aug. 25.

Red Deer man faces charges related to prescription drugs A 56-year-old Red Deer man faces drug-related charges after 10,000 prescription drugs and more than $15,000 in cash were seized during a search warrant at his home on June 17.

The Priority Crimes Task Force opened a drug trafficking investigation in early June after receiving tips about suspicious activity at the residence.

Red Deer GIS members arrested the suspect during a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Port O’Call Mall in downtown Red Deer at noon on June 17. The search warrant was executed at a home on Wells Street, the garage and two vehicles.

Allie Gader, 56, of Red Deer, faces four counts of possession and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

Gader appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday morning by closed circuit television from the Red Deer Remand Centre. He had his head down, keeping his eyes away from the camera and sniffled during the proceedings.

Represented by defence counsel Walter Kubanek, Gader reserved his election and consented to remain in custody until a bail hearing. That hearing is scheduled for July 8 in Red Deer provincial court.

Federal Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis handed over disclosure of the allegations to Kubanek.

The regional Priority Crimes Task Force is made up of police officers from Red Deer RCMP General Investigative Section (GIS), Sylvan Lake, Innisfail and Blackfalds RCMP detachments and is supported by Lacombe Police Service. The task force is committed to increased inter-agency communication, shared criminal intelligence and a strategic focus on prolific offenders, in keeping with the K Division emphasis on crime reduction strategies.

Photo by SCOTTY AITKEN/freelance

Students at Rimbey Elementary School give a backpack-flinging salute to vice-principal Kathleen Terry (left) as they leave school for the last time this term on Thursday. And no doubt their joy has something to do with a summer full of fun that awaits them.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes raises more than $50,000 The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser on June 5 has topped $50,000.

Close to 200 men strapped on stilettos and collected pledges to help raise over $50,000 for the fourth annual event. The march against domestic violence raises funds for projects at the Women’s Outreach in Red Deer.

Canadian Tire are presenting a drivein theatre showing of the Ninja Turtles on Saturday at 10:30 p.m. in the Canadian Tire parking lot.

The event is free, although donations will be accepted for the JumpStart program. There will also be a barbecue, with proceeds going to JumpStart. JumpStart helps children from families in financial need take part in sports.

A Red Deer Advocate story on Thursday on Page C4 contained incorrect information. Clearwater County is undertaking the initiative to develop new commercial and industrial land at Caroline. Mountain View County has a request for proposals for a proposed ag shop.

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Rural beautification tour ticket sales begin on July 6 Ticket Sales for Red Deer County’s 2015 rural beautification tour begin on Monday, July 6, at the Red Deer County Centre.

Doors will open at 8:30 a.m., but tickets are limited, so all interested participants should arrive early. Tickets are only $30 each. There will be no pre-registering, and only cash or cheque will be accepted. A limit of six tickets per person will be in place.

For over 30 years, the county has hosted a beautification tour. This year, the tour is on Wednesday, July 29, in Division 3 (the area south of Red Deer including Springbrook, north of Innisfail, and surrounding Penhold).

For more information, visit www. rdcounty.ca.

Drive-in theatre in Sylvan of Ninja Turtles Saturday

by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

Dental Health on a Budget - What To Do? Dear Dr. D:

I'm the stereotypical starving student. I've gone back to school, and for the next couple of years my household budget is pared to the bone. My teeth are just 'OK', and I'm worried that even a simple dental emergency is going to blow my living budget out the window. What are the simplest things I can do to get through this period?

I suggest you brush after anything except water has passed your A: lips. We have turned into a nation of 'grazers' who munch on food at our desks, while we drive, and even shop. The gunk that comes out of some people's automobiles could feed a third world village for a week. Ditto for computer keyboards. Besides being a source of untold amounts of bacteria, the food crumbs simply gum up the works. Think about that the next time you use a public keyboard to check your Facebook at an airport, a coffee shop, or the library.

I say brush after anything, because much of the liquid we drink has sugars in it. The energy drinks are probably the worst, and I see those in cup holders in vehicles everywhere. We see patients coming into the 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 making a herculean effort the morning of the checkup. When gums bleed to the touch of our instruments it is a sure fire guarantee flossing isn't routine. The role of the floss is to disturb the bacteria so it doesn't turn into plaque and decay. Some patients have very tight nooks and crannies in their mouth that the regular brush won't clean on its own – hence flossing is mandatory. Your dentist or hygienist isn't scolding you if you miss this step, but they do know about it in 2 seconds flat.

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Deer River development moves ahead

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

LACOMBE COUNTY

A major golf and residential development near Joffre continues to move ahead.

Lacombe County council unanimously approved a concept plan and rezoning for Deer River, a project overlooking the Red Deer River that could see about 500 homes built around an 18-hole golf course.

The green light was also given to county planning staff to finalize a development agreement with developers.

Ryan Vold, part of the development group behind Deer River, said Thursday’s approvals clear the way for the next stages of the project, pursuing investors, doing pre-sales and working with builders.

“A lot of this stuff we couldn’t do until we had this

all put to bed,” said Vold outside council chambers.

“Now we can figure out how much lots are going to cost to build.”

Vold is known in Central Alberta for developing Wolf Creek Golf Resort and its nearby housing development. He is working as a consultant for the Winnipeg-based Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren, which owns the 937 acres that Deer River will sit on the east side of the river a few kilometres south of Joffre.

There is much that remains to be done before shovels go in the ground.

The project will be built in phases. It has already been nine years in the planning and the process is

long from over, said Vold.

“The economy affects it, too. Right, now, the economy is not where it was so that affects what you do.

“What the timelines are going to be, I can’t say right now.”

The first of 11 proposed phases will be about 50 lots. Lot sizes will range from 0.3 to two acres.

Council raised some questions about plans for fire protection.

The development will have its own firefighting volunteers but will count on Clive fire department for any serious incidents.

The developer will also be responsible for building a new road into the development. After about 60 per cent build-out, a second road connecting to Hwy 11 will be required. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Employees with Shepps Enterprises and Kleinfelder environmental consulting of Calgary work on a former service station site at the corner of Ross Street and 40th Avenue Thursday. For the next two months crews will be cleaning up the site removing any contaminated earth on the property and preparing it for sale.

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Shell Canada, Capital Power welcome stronger carbon emissions rules

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — At least two big carbon emitters have given the thumbs-up to Alberta’s plan to strengthen its greenhouse gas rules over the next 18 months. Capital Power (TSX:CPX) CEO Brian Vaasjo cheered the changes at a news conference alongside Environment Minister Shannon Phillips on Thursday, saying more green energy investment is likely to result.

“Not only is it the right thing to do, it’s the right time to do it,” said Vaasjo, whose Edmonton-based company generates power from coal, natural gas and renewables. The basic structure of the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation is staying intact for now, but the reduction targets and carbon price are being hiked starting next year. The 103 facilities that emit more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 a year must now aim to Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS reduce their carbon intensity by 20 per cent in 2017, Lorraine Mitchelmore, president of Shell Canada, versus 12 per cent currently. Emitters have the opsays her company recognizes economic growth tion of improving their facilities, buying Albertademands environmental leadership more than ever based offsets or paying into a technology fund.

For emissions that go above that threshold, the before. Mitchelmore, right, speaks with fellow price of carbon is doubling to $30 a tonne in 2017. Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance member When a facility’s total carbon emissions are taken inand Suncor CEO Steve Williams at the organization’s to account, the new carbon price works out to about update conference in Calgary on November 25, 2014. $6 a tonne, more than triple the current level.

University of Alberta economist Andrew Leach With oil prices continuing to hover in the US$60 a will lead a panel on the province’s broader energy policy, with the goal of having a report in time for barrel range, it’s not a good time to be raising costs the climate talks in Paris in December. That will be for oilsands players, said Jackie Forrest, vice-presiheld in tandem with an oil and gas royalty review to dent at ARC Financial.

“Although this may only equate to less than a be announced shortly, said Phillips.

The president of Shell Canada, a major oilsands dollar of extra cost for a company when it is fully miner, said the government’s announcement “is a ramped up, that is actually quite material today beclear signal that Alberta is committed to doing its cause there’s not very much free cash flow coming from these operations.” part to address climate change.”

Analysts at Desjardins Capital Markets said they “At Shell Canada, we recognize that economic expect the tweaks growth demands ento be “very managevironmental leader‘AT SHELL CANADA, WE RECOGNIZE able,” but they’ll ship more than ever THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH DEMANDS serve as “another before,” said Lorraine Mitchelmore.

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP MORE THAN overhang on the sector,” along with low The Canadian EVER BEFORE.’ oil prices and the Association of Peroyalty review. The troleum Producers, — LORRAINE MITCHELMORE Desjardins report the main industry predicts Thursday’s lobby group, said it’s announcement is pleased the changes will be phased in gradually and that money raised just the first phase of a major overhaul. A regime similar to British Columbia’s $30-a-tonne broadwill continue to fund technology.

But it said with a corporate tax hike to 12 per cent based carbon tax would not be “unmanageable,” the from 10 per cent and the higher carbon levy, the in- analysts wrote.

“The big question, however, is what happens to dustry could face nearly $800 million in additional royalties with the rollout of a carbon tax. Perhaps costs over the next two years.

“We will continue to work with the Alberta gov- the NDP government will determine that reducing ernment to protect jobs and investment to keep the greenhouse gas emissions is a priority and royalties industry healthy for all Albertans,” said CAPP presi- will actually be decreased to ensure ongoing investment in the lifeblood of the Alberta economy.” dent Tim McMillan.

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Parkland Fuel Corporation (TSX: PKI) has announced the closing of its acquisition of the assets of Pioneer Energy.

The acquisition was completed on Thursday for the purchase price of $377 million. Consideration paid at closing included $258 million in cash, $119 million in common shares of Parkland and the assumption of standard operating liabilities.

“I am excited to officially welcome Pioneer, its people and its partners to the Parkland family. Our new stronger company reflects the hard work and contributions of many employees from both organizations,” said Bob Espey, president and chief executive officer of Parkland. “The acquisition is a significant achievement for Parkland and demonstrates our disciplined approach to growth. We look forward to pursuing other accretive acquisition opportunities of this quality.”

Parkland has appointed Ian White to lead the operations of Pioneer upon closing. White joins Parkland from Dollar Financial Group, where he was the head of its Canadian subsidiary, National Money Mart Company. Prior to this, White was responsible for the operating oversight of Canadian Tire’s national portfolio of 285 retail gasoline locations and served as the divisional vice-president of operations and business development in the petroleum division.

White also held oversight of other business units while at Canadian Tire.

Parkland also announced the appointment of Tim Hogarth to its board of directors on Thursday. Hogarth most recently served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Pioneer.

A one day conference on business innovation offers attendees a wide range of training and work through several presentations.

Highlighting the conference is a presentation from a “dragon.” Though they did not disclose which dragon from CBC’s Next Gen Den — Dragon Den, the online version of the TV show, one will appear at the conference scheduled for Oct. 22.

The online version is under development and is designed to be shorter and formatted for mobile and Internet viewing.

The event features sessions focused on innovative training and development, business technology, sales and marketing and leadership and management.

The event is aimed at entrepreneurs, municipal politicians, chamber of commerce members, municipal administrators, economic developers, business managers and supervisors, human resource managers, tourism operators, agri-business owners and managers, non-profit organizations and business owners.

The event costs $99 per person plus GST. Doors open at 8 a.m. and opening remarks are scheduled for 9 a.m. It takes place at the Lou Soppit Community Centre in Rocky Mountain House, at 4733 54th Ave. The Central Alberta Regional Innovation Network is a partner in the event. Details on how to register are not yet available.

Environment legal group challenges Kinder Morgan pipeline conditions VICTORIA — British Columbia’s five conditions for approval of the proposed $5.4 billion Kinder Morgan pipeline won’t be addressed if the province isn’t involved in the process, says a lawyer representing an environmental group.

Ecojustice lawyer Karen Campbell said Thursday that the conditions set out by Premier Christy Clark are invisible during the ongoing National Energy Board process that is considering environmental approval of the pipeline.

Ecojustice, on behalf of Living Oceans Society, filed a motion with the NEB requesting B.C. answer questions relating to the five conditions and the Kinder Morgan project. The province elected earlier not to file any evidence with the NEB. “We don’t know what position the B.C. government is planning to take and we don’t know what concerns they have because they’re not putting any evidence into the (NEB) panel,” said Campbell.

“What are the risks? What are the benefits? What are you doing to make sure that the interests of British Columbians are going to be addressed adequately?”

She said it appears the NEB is not expressly considering the five conditions the provincial government determined must be met for the province to support the Kinder Morgan pipeline project.

B.C. decided to harmonize its environmental approval process with the federal government process five years ago to reduce duplication and save time and money. But critics have said it resulted in the province giving up powers to conduct its own reviews and reject projects.

In 2012, Clark outlined five conditions that the pipeline company must meet before B.C. will agree to the Trans Mountain project.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 135.83 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.97 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.38 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.42 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market turned lower Thursday, ending a three-day winning streak that saw Canada’s main index advance almost 300 points.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 50.01 points at 14,897.50, held back by energy issues among others as oil once again fell below US$60 a barrel.

In addition to lower prices, traders in Canada were also focusing on moves announced Thursday by Alberta’s new NDP government to toughen standards on lager carbon emitters.

“Energy stocks are down today pretty much across the board,” observed Colum McKinley, Canadian equities manager for CIBC Asset Management.

McKinley noted that in addition to increased carbon emission reduction targets and financial penalties on those who fail to met them, Alberta’s oilpatch is also facing a further review on climate policies over the coming months.

“And we still have to go through the royalty review,” he added. “So until we get through some of these key decisions, it imposes uncertainty on the CEOs of energy companies and (is) an added challenge in managing their businesses in a tough environment. So I think that is affecting energy stocks as well.”

On commodity markets, the August crude oil contract lost 57 cents to US$59.70 a barrel, while August gold gave back $1.10 to US$1,171.80 an ounce.

The loonie was up half a U.S. cent at 81.15 cents.

U.S. markets steadied somewhat early in the session after a big drop Wednesday that saw the Dow Jones industrial average plunge 178 points amid concern over Greek debt woes and fears of interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Traders initially appeared en-

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But after trading largely flattened at mid-afternoon, New York markets began fading and were sharply lower at the close.

The Dow finished down 75.71 points at 17,890.36, while the Nasdaq was 10.22 points lower at 5,112.19 and the S&P 500 lost 6.27 points to 2,102.31.

“I think we’re just taking a pause after some strong movements in stocks in the near term and digesting some of the nearterm noise,” the CIBC’s McKinley said.

U.S. markets like those elsewhere are going to react to international news flow over the near term, “but over the long term I think it is something for fundamental investors to look through,” he said.

McKinley says he always suggests that investors focus on the fundamentals and think about a business from a longterm perspective.

“Use this volatility that you’re seeing in the near term ... (see) the opportunities that it’s creating and use it to accumulate positions in well-managed companies,” he said.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,897.50, down 50.01 points Dow — 17,890.36, down 75.71 points S&P 500 — 2,102.31, down 6.27 points Nasdaq — 5,112.19, down 10.22 points

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Currencies: Cdn — 81.15 cents US, up half-a-cent Pound — C$1.9393, down 0.71 of a cent Euro — C$1.3809, down 0.74 of a cent Euro — US$1.1206, up 0.10 of a cent Oil futures: US$59.70 per barrel, down 57 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,171.80 per oz., down $1.10 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.438 oz., unchanged $657.08 kg., unchanged ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’15 $4.30 higher $516.20; Nov ’15 $7.30 higher $525.60; Jan. ’16 $9.10 higher $523.50; March ’16 $9.20 higher $520.10; May ’16 $8.80 higher $516.00; July ’16 $8.40 higher $511.10; Nov. ’16 $9.80 higher $467.90; Jan. ’17 $9.80 higher $469.00; March ’17 $9.80 higher $470.70; May ’17 $9.80 higher $470.70; July ’17 $9.80 higher $470.70.

Barley (Western): July ’15 unchanged $203.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $198.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $203.00; March ’16 unchanged $203.00; May ’16 unchanged $203.00; July ’16 unchanged $203.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $203.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $203.00; March ’17 unchanged $203.00; May ’17 unchanged $203.00; July ’17 unchanged $203.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 460,300 tonnes of canola; 200 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 460,500.

Shaw ditches IPTV project for Comcast’s social platform

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Shaw Communications Inc. is racing to keep pace with changing TV viewer habits as it scraps longtime plans for an Internet-based platform in favour of a different approach that feels like Netflix on steroids.

The Calgary-based telecom company said Thursday it will begin a “technical trial” for the cloud-based X1 service, developed by U.S. cable giant Comcast last year, to give its customers a more seamless and connected TV experience. The technology makes content a lot more accessible. Subscribers can watch all of their channels on any screen — from TVs to tablets to phones — when they’re connected to their home Internet. On the road, viewers are able to remotely stream programs recorded on their PVR through any Internet connection.

“It’s what Netflix is socializing people to do — one app, any device, any time,” said Kaan Yigit, a technology analyst at Solutions Research Group.

For Shaw, that’s “a real benefit they could market.”

Executives at the company seem to agree the X1 is a sales coup and took a $55-million writedown in the third quarter to scrap an Internet protocol (IPTV) platform that had been in development for nearly two years before it was suspended in late 2014.

Phone companies like Telus (TSX:T) and Bell (TSX:BCE) use IPTV to deliver channel lineups through landlines. Both companies have invested heavily in the technology to compete with cable operators, launching Telus Optik and Bell Fibe.

Yigit said both Bell and Telus have undercut cable companies on price, but selling the benefits of IPTV has been a bit more challenging. While IPTV

offers better high-definition picture quality, most viewers probably don’t notice a huge difference and the ability to see it as a cutting-edge consumer service is limited, he said.

But with Comcast’s X1, the marketable features are aplenty on every platform. Users are greeted with a highly-organized menu that displays their PVR content in a categorized format akin to Netflix, while other video-ondemand programs and in-house apps provide other avenues of entertainment. The X1 service also lets viewers upload their own photos and videos to the platform so they can watch them on their TV or share them with a friend who’s also an X1 user.

“The Internet is changing the way we live, communicate, work, and share,” chief executive Brad Shaw said in a statement.

“In this new world, scale is important and Shaw is committed to building global partnerships that deliver best in class, customer experiences.”

Public sector jobs increased more than private over decade FRASER INSTITUTE STUDY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A new report shows job growth in Canada’s public sector far outpaced that of the private sector over a 10-year period.

The study, released Thursday by the Fraser Institute, found employment in the public sector increased by 22.6 per cent between 2003 and 2013, the latest year for which data is available.

That’s compared with a 10.7 per cent increase in the private sector.

The difference is particularly stark in Ontario, where public sector jobs grew by 27.6 per cent over the study period versus 5.6 per cent in the private sector.

“Ontario’s had a very slow 21st century in terms of its economic growth,” the study’s author, Livio Di Matteo, said in an interview.

He said that the struggling manufacturing sector, which has been hit by a higher Canadian dollar as well as increased taxes and energy prices, was a significant factor in holding back private sector growth.

The climb in public sector jobs also followed a long period of austerity in Ontario in the 1990s that saw significant public sector job cuts.

Meanwhile provinces with resourcebased economies saw the strongest increases in private sector job growth.

Alberta had the smallest gap, with a 31.9 per cent rise in public sector employment and a 29.3 per cent increase in the private sector.

Newfoundland was the only province to see more growth in private sector jobs, which rose by 14 per cent compared with 11.8 per cent in the public sector.

The study defines public employees as anyone working for any level of

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Tim Hortons serves up more than smiley faces with new emoji keyboard OAKVILLE, Ont. — Canadians who have longed to express themselves with a Tim Hortons coffee cup emoji will find a new sense of freedom this week.

Tim Hortons has unveiled a downloadable keyboard that includes its trademark beverage, along with 11 other Canuck-centric, conversationstarters including a tuque and Muskoka chair.

Emojis are small images or icons that have widely replaced the use of emoticons in text conversations.

Cheekily named the “Eh Moji Keyboard,” Tim Hortons says it wanted to tap into national pride ahead of Canada Day. The bilingual keyboard was developed by New York-based marketing company Snaps, which also recently created a themed keyboard for music channel VH1 in the United States.

Apple iPhone users can already download the promotional item for free on the App Store, while Android users get access to a comparable version on Monday.

Tim Hortons says it’s also asking Canadians to submit their own ideas for emojis through social media, and the most popular choices will be added

government, for a government service or agency, a Crown corporation or a government-funded organization such as a school or hospital.

And it is in the local government and indirect jobs where much of the public sector job growth has happened, according to Di Matteo, who teaches economics at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont. While not part of the study, Di Matteo said he has since found that across Canada municipal government jobs — police officers, firefighters, and anyone else employed by cities — saw 73 per cent growth between 2000 and 2012.

He also found significant increases in areas like health and social services with 25 per cent growth, and school boards with 36 per cent growth.

Meanwhile direct government employees at the provincial level only grew by three per cent across Canada in the same period.

“So the growth hasn’t been at the provincial level in terms of civil servants,” said Di Matteo.

At the federal level, the number of civil servants climbed steadily through the 2000s, but has been dropping in recent years, from 282,980 in 2010 to 257,138 in 2014 according to the Treasury Board.

Overall public sector workers made up 26.1 per cent of the total workforce in 1992. That number dropped to 22.3 per cent in 2003 and then climbed to 24.4 per cent in 2010 before retreating slightly in recent years.

“It’s basically stabilized since 2010,” said Di Matteo.

“If private sector employment picks up then it (the public sector percentage) will start to go down. So it may be that the trend is arrested.” next month.

Dollarama analyst expects discount chain will buy Latin American partner MONTREAL — A Dollarama analyst expects the discount chain will eventually expand in Latin America as its Canadian growth winds down.

Peter Sklar of BMO Capital Markets says it is increasingly likely that the Montreal-based company will exercise its option to acquire majority ownership in Dollar City in February 2019.

Dollarama (TSX:DOL) is attempting to determine if its business model is suitable for Latin America. Instead of investing money, it has been guiding Dollar City for the last three years by providing advice and access to Dollarama sales items. Dollar City has about 25 stores in El Salvador and two in Guatemala. Dollarama told shareholders at its annual meeting earlier this month that a decision on exercising the option will only be made closer to the 2019 deadline. Sklar said the positive signs from the small initial markets increase the likelihood that the success will be replicated in larger cities and prompt Dollarama to seek an ownership stake.

“If Dollarama were to exercise its option and roll out its model throughout Columbia and Peru, it could offer years of future growth in Latin America,” he wrote in a report.

Expansion to a new market would come just before its Canadian expansion is expected to run its course. Dollarama has 972 stores across Canada, selling goods at prices up to $3.

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Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/P-2015 Timber Ridge Area Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to designate a portion of the Timber Ridge area from A1 – Future Urban Development District to PS – Public Service (Institutional or Government) District to facilitate subdivision and development of the area in keeping with the Timer Ridge Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan

Municipal Planning Commission Decisions On June 17, 2015, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decisions for development permit applications: Permitted Use Approvals: Sunnybrook Cameron & Louise Berry – site redevelopment for a 77.4m2 addition to an existing detached dwelling, with a 2.0 metre rear year, a 5.5 metre (73.3%) relaxation, to be located at 1 Stanley Crescent.

Eastview Sorento Custom Homes – site redevelopment for a semi-detached dwelling building (two) units, to be located at 3913 46 Street.

Discretionary Use Approvals: Downtown Core Along Ross Street McKinley Burkart Architects Inc. - development of a 507m2 Drinking Establishment (adult entertainment prohibited), with a 48m2 patio, with a relaxation to the separation distance of an existing Drinking Establishment (a 102 metre (68%) relaxation), to be located at 100, 4900 – 50 Street.

You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on July 10, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8132.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, July 20, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services

by Friday, July 10, 2015. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Sealed Tenders clearly marked “Area Replacement and Maintenance Program – 2015, July 14, 2015”, delivered or mailed to: The City of Red Deer Professional Building Suite 600 4808 50th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5 Attention: Financial Services Reception Desk and received before 2:00:59 p.m. (Alberta Time) on “July 14, 2015” will be opened in public immediately thereafter. Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Bidder(s) without consideration. Faxed Tender Documents or Tender Amendments will not be accepted.

Mandatory site visit to the projects sites has been arranged for Bidders on July 7, 2015 @ 1:30 pm. We will be starting at the Red Deer District Museum front entrance, 4525-47A Avenue, Red Deer, AB. The Work is comprised of the following sites

INVITATION TO TENDER THE CITY OF RED DEER Sealed Tenders clearly marked “Waste Management Facility – Landfill Cell 6 Development, 16 July 2015 at 2:00:59 Alberta Time”, delivered or mailed to: The City of Red Deer Professional Building Suite 600 4808 50th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5 Attention: Financial Services Reception Desk and received before 2:00:59 p.m. (Alberta Time) on “16 July 2015” will be opened in public immediately thereafter. Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Bidder(s) without consideration. Faxed Tender Documents or Tender Amendments will not be accepted.

• Excavation and stockpiling of approximately 100,000 m3 of topsoil, subsoil and native materials; • Placement of 24,000 m3 of common fill in perimeter berms; • Grading and preparation of native grade to achieve design elevations;

On June 23, 2015, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Anders South 1. Burton Manufacturing– a 1.4 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard, to proposed stairs to an existing deck, to be located at 33 Austin Drive.

Deer Park Estates 2. Compass Geomatics Ltd. – a 1.4 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard, to existing steps to an existing deck, located at 58 Dunning Crescent.

Highland Green 3. B. Baldwin – a 1.33 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to an existing deck, located at 15 Howarth Street.

Ironstone 4. S. Bigras – 0.76 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the doors, of an existing detached garage, located at 99 Imbeau Close.

Laredo 5. Larkaun Developments Ltd. – 0.75 metre relaxation to the minimum lot frontage, for a proposed single-family dwelling, to be located at 54 Lowden Close.

Timberlands 6. B. Madjidov – 21.48 m2 relaxation to the maximum lot coverage, for a proposed covered deck for an existing single-family dwelling, to be located at 118 Turner Crescent.

West Park 8. C. & A. Stefan – a 25.38 m2 proposed side yard addition to an existing single-family dwelling, to be located at 33 Wiltshire Boulevard.

• Supply and installation of a leachate collection chamber complete with pump complete with 350 m of forcemain;

Discretionary Use

• Supply and installation of a groundwater interception system including collection sump and pump; • Supply and installation of 370 m of litter control fence;

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• Construction of final cap over select areas of landfill at final waste grades including 12,000 m3 of barrier layer soil, 7,000 m3 of subsoil and 4,000 m3 of topsoil; • 25,000 m2 of hydraulic seeding on disturbed surfaces.

5681 – 70 Street Edmonton, AB T6B 3P6 780-436-2152

#4, 5551 – 45th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1L2 403-343-8566

140 Quarry Park Blvd. SE Calgary, AB T2C 3G3 403-248-4331

Contractors may view the Tender Documents at the Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer Construction Association offices.

Inquiries regarding this Project shall be directed to: Email: purchasing@reddeer.ca

Contractors may view the Tender Documents at the Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer Construction Association offices.

Inquiries regarding this Project shall be directed to: Email: purchasing@reddeer.ca

Development Officer Approvals

• Supply and installation of leachate collection system consisting of 10,700 m3 of drainage rock, 1,000 m of collection pipes and 75,000 m2 of non-woven geotextiles;

The work includes, but is not limited to:

Tender Documents Inquires / Pick-up regarding this Project shall be directed to: Petra Kitteringham Williams Engineering Canada Bay 26, 7875 – 48 Avenue Red Deer, AB T4P 2K1 Phone: 403.755.4063 Fax: 403.755.4049 Email: pkitteringham@williamsengineering.com

The electors may submit a petition calling for a vote of the electors to determine whether the proposed bylaw should be passed. The petition must meet the formal requirements of Sections 221-226 of the Municipal Government Act and be filed with the Manager, Legislative Services within 15 days after the last date the proposed bylaw is advertised. The last date of advertisement for this bylaw is Friday, July 3, 2015. Any petition will be public information. The bylaw will be considered by Red Deer City Council at the Monday, August 17, 2015 Council Meeting.

If you have any questions regarding the petition process or the use of the petition please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

• Supply and installation of a 37,000 m2 of 1.5 mm thick HDPE geomembrane;

• Placement of 24,100 m3 of native clay to construct a 650 mm thick compacted clay liner;

Tender Documents may be obtained from Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure at the locations listed below on or after “29 June 2015” for a $50 non-refundable fee. The City of Red Deer Contract Specifications most recent Edition may be obtained from the Engineering Services Department for a $40 non-refundable fee, or may be viewed on The City of Red Deer website @ www.reddeer.ca.

Tender Documents may be obtained from Williams Engineering Canada, 26, 7875 48 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4P 2K1 on or after “June 26, 2015” for a $0.00 non-refundable fee. The City of Red Deer Contract Specifications most recent Edition may be obtained from the Engineering Services Department for a $40 non-refundable fee, or may be viewed on The City of Red Deer website @ www.reddeer.ca.

Bylaw Amendment 3400/A-2015 proposes to amend Bylaw 3400/2007 which authorizes The City of Red Deer to change the interest rate for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals loan. A copy of the proposed bylaw may be inspected by the public at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor of City Hall, during regular office hours.

Vanier Woods East 7. Compass Geomatics Ltd. – 1.43 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the doors, of a proposed detached garage, and a 0.6 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard, for a proposed single-family dwelling, to be located at 122 Vancouver Crescent.

• Relocation of 2,000 m3 of existing waste material;

1. Golden Circle located at 4620 – 47 Avenue, Red Deer, AB 2. Red Deer Museum located at 4525-47A Avenue, Red Deer, AB 3. Heritage Ranch Main Building located at 6300 Cronquist Drive, Red Deer, AB 4. Kinsmen Arena located at 5 McIntosh Avenue, Red Deer, AB 5. Parks Amenities Building located at B 4725 43 Street, Red Deer, AB 6. Recreation Center located at 4501 – 47A Avenue, Red Deer, AB 7. Kerry Wood Nature Centre located at 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB 8. Collicutt Center located at 3031 30 Avenue, Red Deer, AB Removal and replacement of areas of wet insulation, general maintenance, minor repairs and cleaning of drains and gutters.

Bylaw Authorizing Amendment to Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Loan

Permitted Use

The Work is comprised of:

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Clearview Ridge 9. Bella Rosa Developments Ltd. – a two-bedroom secondary suite, within a proposed single-family dwelling, to be located at 122 Carrington Drive.

Downtown 10. Fountain of Life Apostolic House Global Ministries – an approval of use for a place of worship, to be located at C1, 5580 45 Street.

Devonshire 11. C. Evans – an approval of use for a home based business for massage therapy, to be located at 13 Darling Crescent.

Johnstone Crossing 12. Reflexology by Jolene Joy – an approval of use for a home based business for reflexology, to be located at 212 Jenner Crescent.

Northeast High Schools 13. Chandos Construction Ltd. – an 11-parking stall relaxation for a proposed high school, to be located at 100, 2700 67 Street.

Waskasoo 14. Waskasoo Community Association – an approval of use for a community garden, to be located at 4409 58 Street.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on July 10, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

C6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, June 26, 2015 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

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LUANN June 26 2001 — Ray Bourque (Colorado Avalanche) announces his retirement just 17 days after winning his first Stanley Cup. Bourque retired after 22 years and held the NHL record for highest-scoring defenceman.

1979 —Muhammad Ali, at 37 years old, announces that he is retiring as world heavyweight boxing champion.

1976 — The CN (Canadian National) Tower

in Toronto is opened.

1959 — Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the 318-km-long St. Lawrence Seaway with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1945 — Canada joins 50 other nations in World Security Charter establishing the United Nations; successor to League of Nations.

1925 — E.S. (Ted) Rogers Sr. invents the alternating-current tube, which allows plug-in batteryless radios.

1873 — Imperial Order-in-Council admits Prince Edward Island into Canada; effective July 1.

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History lovers get a different look at former Soviet Union

Author’s final book is another wonderful tale Our Souls At Night

By Kent Haruf $28 Knopf Canada

Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Stalina

By Rosemary Sullivan HarperCollins

If by good luck or good management you have read other novels by Kent Haruf — Benediction, Eventide and Plainsong, among others — you will know that a treat is in store in this his last novel.

Haruf has a way of taking ordinary people like you and me and kindly telling the stories of our lives, in a tender compassionate way.

PEGGY This story is about widFREEMAN owed Addie Moore, who at the age of 71 is desperately lonely and decides to do something about it. One house over from her, in the small town of Holt, Colo., is a widower of a similar age named Louis Waters.

Addie Moore walks over two houses and makes a proposal to Louis. They’ve both been alone for sometime, and what she most misses about her marriage is “lying warm and companionably in bed.” Addie is looking for some warm pillow talk. Will Louis come and sleep with her at her house and talk?

She’s not much interested in sex, but she believes her suggested arrangement would help cure the loneliness they both admit to having.

Louis agrees and Addie says he must walk up the front street and not sneak because they are old and can do as they like.

Svetlana was born on Feb. 28, 1926, to Joseph Stalin and Nadya Alliuyeua. She is the youngest child and the only daughter of Stalin.

When she was born, the Russian Revolution was only nine years old. She grew up KIRSTEN in the Kremlin (the citadel of LOWE the Tsars) along with all the other revolutionists and their families.

She was born into a crowded home; there were her parents, her older brother Vasili, her half-brother Yakov Djugashvili (son from Stalin’s first marriage). He was 19 years older than Svetlana, but he would become her “champion,” What most people do not know is that there was another sibling — Artyom Sergeev. He became Joseph and Nayda’s adopted son when his father was killed in 1921. He and Vasili would soon become “bosom buddies.”

Nadya was known to keep her feelings and secrets hidden, and gave off a cool presence to her daughter.

But Svetlana believed that her mother showed her love by her dedication to the children’s education, making sure life in the Kremlin became routine, run by governesses and tutors. She was extremely protective over Yakov, who Stalin would always torment and put down.

Nadya’s parents, Olga and Sergei, would always be a dominant presence in Svetlana’s life, especially after Nadya’s ‘suicide.’

Despite his stone cold reputation, the relationship between Svetlana and her father when she was child was a typical father-daughter relationship. She was the only person who could soften Stalin; she was the favourite, Daddy’s “little sparrow.” And it was in Stalin that Svetlana found the emotional affection she craved so much. They exchanged letters when Stalin was travelling and when he was home, they would watch Charlie Chaplin films together.

What would it be like to be the daughter of one of the world’s most famous dictators, who was responsible for mass terror, purges and the notorious Gulags? This is a very intriguing biography. Stalin was a “man of steel” and ruthless leader. Yet his daughter is described as shy, kind-hearted girl.

Rosemary Sullivan has done an excellent job in writing a biography of Stalin’s only daughter. Readers will begin from Svetlana’s earlier years in the Kremlin and grow with her through her teens and transformation into a woman with a love of Russian literature.

We learn how most of her family and friends simply “disappeared” under her father’s reign and how tragedies continued to follow her after her father’s death in 1953; the death of her brothers, having to deal with Nikita Khrushchev’s Secret Speech that denounced Stalin and, in the end, her decision to defect.

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Kirsten Lowe is a local freelance book reviewer and Red Deer College student.

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So Louis comes up the street each evening with his pajamas and his toothbrush in a paper sack and this new relationship begins.

So they talk about their marriages and their children. They talk about what they perceive as their failures, and all the things that could have been. Addie has known tragedy, Louis relates his mistakes.

The past is clearer from this distance.

Holt is no different than any other small town and such activities will not be secret for long. News is sparse in Holt and pointed remarks come to Louis when he joins the other old guys for coffee. The grocery clerk makes sure Addie knows what some folks are saying.

Addie and Louis don’t care. They both have grown children who might have an opinion but they are living far away.

But that world intrudes. Addie’s son Gene and his wife Beverly can’t get along, and he asks Addie to care for Jamie, their six-year-old son, for the summer, until things get straightened out.

Jamie is a troubled boy. He has heard too many arguments and fights, but this part of the novel is wonderfully nostalgic. Louis knows the things small boys like to do, like throwing a ball, lighting a campfire and loving a dog.

In a beautifully wrought twist, the activities of the elders are judged by their children. Louis’ daughter Holly, a trail breaker herself, makes a token effort at judgment but moves on. Addie’s son, Gene, holds all the cards, Jamie is Addie’s only grandson.

Kent Haruf has set all his books in the town of Holt. We will miss this author and his wonderful tales. This is highly recommended.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

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The four wings move independently, and they can rotate their wings forward and back on an axis.

Friday, June 26 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Chris O’Donnell, 45; Paul Thomas, Anderson 31; Sean Hayes, 45 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Channel your energy into creative or spiritual pursuits.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 2015 is the year to be more open to the views of others. November and DecemJOANNE ber are the best months to start a MADELEINE romance, propose, MOORE’ get married or renew your wedding vows.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may feel motivated to tackle a big DIY project, as mighty Mars charges through your domestic zone. But resist the urge to be bossy at home. Take house mates views into consideration.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you a bashful Bull looking for love? Make a list of

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the all the practical qualities you are looking for in a partner, and then send your wishes out into the world via the power of creative visualization.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you’re having problems with a close relationship, try a radical new approach — then you’ll really make headway. Are you sick of being single?

Love could be as close as the boy or girl next door.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re keen to make changes at home or work — just make sure you include others in the planning, and take them along for the ride. Your fertile imagination is firing so put it to good use.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you doing a lot of work behind the scenes but you’re getting no feedback from those involved? Cool down Cats — others appreciate your efforts, even though they’re not showing it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s a great time to join a group, club or organization as the Sun and Mars boost your social side, and increase your confidence in crowds. You have a variety of Virgo talents to contribute.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s the perfect day to work out the future direction of a marriage, romantic relationship or close friendship. If you’re not sure which way to go, let your intuition be your guide.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your moody, mysterious and sensitive Scorpio nature is emphasized today. So make sure

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lead to a satisfying and successful outcome.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Dynamic Mars is activating your wellbeing zone so take a close look at your health and fitness, as you review your diet and exercise routine. Perhaps it’s time for some bold new changes?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s a fortunate day to play sport, formulate creative ideas, get together with friends or set goals for the future. And perhaps it’s time to extend your peer group to include a few fresh faces?

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ANNIE ANNIE Dear Annie: I live in a retirement community.

You would think a great many residents would have either spent time in the service or know someone who has.

It is so difficult for me to drive through the streets and see only a few homes with flags out on Memorial Day or Flag Day. You can buy flags at the dollar store, for heaven’s sake.

When I think of all the young women and men who have sacrificed so much for our country, it is hard to understand.

I hope people get this message, and when July Fourth comes around, we will see flags at every home. Thank you. — J. Dear J.: What an excellent idea.

Homes used to come with flag holders attached near a door or window so people could hang large flags on poles for these occasions.

But it is certainly easy enough to pick up a small flag on a stick and put it on your lawn or by the curb. It doesn’t matter if you are “red state” or “blue state.”

We all love our country and appreciate our freedoms. If you don’t own a flag, please get one. And if you have one, please display it properly on these national holidays.

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Dear Annie: My fatherin-law “Ron” is having an affair.

At first I was not sure, but now I have proof, and my husband has seen his father with this woman, as well.

Even my in-laws have told us that they only coexist with one another.

I am not sure if my husband’s mother knows of the affair. She might.

Since we saw my father-in-law with this woman, things have not been the same between him and my husband. My mother-in-law is not the same, either. One minute she is fine and the next she is not.

We will be leaving soon for a joint family vacation and I am not sure I want to be there.

I don’t even want to bring my children to their home to visit.

My father-in-law has cheated before. I think my mother-in-law should divorce him and my husband agrees. He said his parents never seemed compatible when he was growing up. It seemed as though they were forced to be together because of his sister and him.

I want to tell my mother-in-law and give her my evidence. My husband says to leave it alone. He says he needs time. But I feel his mother needs to know now, the sooner the better.

I don’t want to be the one who knew all about his affair and did nothing. — I am Hurting, Too Dear Hurting: This is truly not your business, and forcing your mother-in-law to confront her husband’s behavior (of which she is undoubtedly aware) may not be in her best interest.

Sometimes, a spouse chooses to ignore evidence in order to maintain the status quo. It is not up to you to decide whether a divorce is better for her.

What you can do, however, is tell your fatherin-law what you know.

Anyone who cheats is exposing a spouse to sexually transmitted diseases, and this is something the spouse should know.

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Susan Barker’s watercolour entitled Navigation System .

GOIN’ TO SUSAN BARKER’S LATEST EXHIBIT IS INSPIRED BY MOTORCYCLE TRIPS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS

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There’s freedom in riding a bike.

It’s a whole different lifestyle. . . .

Sometimes it’s so hot your lips explode in sun blisters.

— Susan Barker Artist

Whether crossing paths with a gunhappy Kentucky miner or young foosball players in Seattle, Susan Barker’s art exhibit Goin’ to California: My Motorcycle Diaries proves that road trips are about journeys rather than destinations.

Barker’s crisply rendered watercolour paintings at the Kiwanis Gallery in the Red Deer Public Library, were completed over the past year. But the photos that inspired them were taken over the last 15 years, Susan Barker as the artist and her husband, John, travelled across North America on motorcycles.

Barker unofficially joined the biker brigade in 2000 after encouraging John to buy a Harley-Davidson. The Red Deer couple’s three kids had grown up and left home, and she thought it would be a novel way to see the continent.

“There’s freedom in riding a bike.

It’s a whole different lifestyle,” said the artist, who purchased a smaller Harley to join John on the road to Maine, Utah or Vancouver Island.

The couple are always battling the elements on their journeys; “Sometimes it’s so hot your lips explode in sun blisters,” said Barker. At other times, she’s worn a wetsuit and electric vest under her leather gear to keep warm and dry.

Either way, she brings a small notebook and camera.

Barker records various encounters and sensory experiences in her diary — the smell of the ocean, scent of ripening canola, clover or lavender fields, the pungent stink of manure. The camera is used to record images of “things I’d see that were beautiful,” said the 59-year-old.

Barker turned 27 of her road trip photos into paintings, which are accompanied by text from her journal.

Since “snippets” of life are of most interest to Barker, her compositions hone in on details — a yellow post-it note with directions stuck to the inside of her husband’s windshield, the reflection in his goggles, a boat mirrored on water in California Reflections.

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Samantha (Amanda Seyfried), John (Mark Wahlberg) and Ted (voice of Seth MacFarlane) prepare for Ted’s case in Ted 2.

Overstuffed sequel wears thin SETH MACFARLANE PROVES HE HAS ZERO PROFICIENCY IN CINEMATIC STAGING, PACE Ted 2 One star (out of four) Rated: R

BY ANN HORNADAY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES As a rude, crude, slapdash one-liner, the boy-and-his-toy comedy Ted was the surprise hit of 2012, earning more than half a billion dollars, most of it abroad, and proving that all a movie needs is a vulgar talking Teddy bear, weed jokes and some naughty sight gags to teach the world to laugh, if not

sing, in perfect harmony.

With Ted 2, director and co-writer Seth MacFarlane — who also voices the Boston-accented, profanity-spewing plushie of the title — tries to rebottle that lightning, making a halfhearted bid for humanistic respectability in the bargain.

As Ted 2 opens, Ted is marrying his sweetie from the first film, Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth). One year later, they’re bickering about bills and throwing epithets at each other. Advised that a baby would cure all their marital woes, Ted and Tami-Lynn decide to expand their family, an adventure that stops short when they’re informed that, in

the eyes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ted is not legally a person, but property.

As with the first movie, the novelty of Ted 2 lies in the hostile, puerile, graphically gross verbiage that spews out of the mouth of the otherwise cuddly protagonist, as well as the copious amounts of dope that flow into it. And, as in the first movie, those novelties fade quickly.

What are clearly manufactured to be the movie’s most memorable set pieces — a scene at a sperm bank where Ted and his human friend John (Mark Wahlberg) run gloppily amok; a random rendition of the Law & Order

theme song they sing together while doing bong hits on John’s couch; and a sequence where a stoned Ted drives a car into a barn on a pot farm — are executed with more of a sense of duty than genuine, antic inspiration. As he proved with his misbegotten A Million Ways to Die in the West, MacFarlane is essentially a guy who’s gotten appallingly lucky on television. He exhibits zero proficiency in cinematic staging and no sense of pace.

The coarseness and monotony of politically incorrect jokes wear the viewer down.

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Dissecting True Detective’s sudden fall from grace

BY EMILY YAHR ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Though any critically adored show with a strong debut faces astronomical expectations for its second season, HBO’s True Detective — which premiered its second season on Sunday night — has experienced an unusual amount of backlash.

The crime noir anthology, which last year starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as troubled cops trying to capture a serial killer in Louisiana, was hailed as groundbreaking.

McConaughey and Harrelson knocked it out of the park; the direction was enthralling; and creator Nic Pizzolatto’s slow, existential writing was strangely captivating. #TrueDetectiveSeason2 was a popular hashtag for casting ideas even after the season ended. It landed a Best Drama nomination at the Emmys. Sure, the show had its fair share of problems and criticism, but it was widely heralded as excellent.

That’s what makes the decidedly lukewarm reception for the second

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BARKER: Interesting characters along the way A solitary seaside bench in Nova Scotia is shown in Hirtle Beach, while young foosball players from Washington State are shown in Rockin’ the Tornado.

Barker captured the white crosses of a roadside graveyard in the Crowsnest Pass, the vintage appeal of

season so surprising — it’s rare that a prestige drama falls so fast. Though the premiere garnered some positive reviews, there are also plenty of headlines like True Detective’ Season 2 is a grim, ridiculous misfire and True Detective’ gets off to a slow, stumbling start.

More urgently, the show is missing the buzz that would usually storm back with a highly anticipated show.

Why the lack of excitement? Here are five reasons why “True Detective,” which now stars Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Colin Farell and Taylor Kitsch, lost its edge so quickly. ● The creator didn’t fix a lot of the problems.

Amid praise, quite a few critics also had some problems with the show, from its terrible treatment of women; dialogue that went from fascinating to utterly ridiculous; to its extreme selfimportance. But with only eight episodes in the first season, there wasn’t enough time for those things to grate too much on people’s nerves.

Please see TRUE DETECTIVE on Page D3 an abandoned ’60s-era Volkswagen van, and other bits of “real life” she’s travelled by.

Some interesting characters have turned up along the way — one of them was Gene Wickers, a retired coal miner from Kentucky. Barker depicted his tattooed forearm and hand gun in one of her paintings. Wickers revealed that he’d like to travel to Canada someday, but was cautioned about bringing his loaded Luger and 32-calibre guns, which were hidden in his boot holsters, across the border.

“We told him they will confiscate them. ... He had no idea. He knew nothing about Canada ...” recalled Barker, with a laugh.

The artist said she was always creating pictures while growing up in Novas

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Scotia and her native Alberta, but put painting aside after marrying and having children. In 2000, she took an eightweek evening course in watercolour painting with Red Deer artist Susan Woolgar and art again “took over” her life. She’s since won awards at juried art shows.

While Barker sold her motorcycle last year after having a premonition she’d used up her “little bag of luck” and should quit while ahead, she

hasn’t given up road trips. She continues to travel on the back of her husband’s bike — which makes it easier for her to focus on the world passing by.

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The dark side of America’s national religion

BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES America may not have an established church, but that doesn’t mean that religion isn’t important to plenty of the country’s citizens. And with Christianity’s schisms leading some observers to declare an identity crisis, it sometimes seems as though the closest thing we have to a collective form of worship is professional sports.

This year’s Super Bowl drew a record 114.5 million viewers. The National Basketball Association finals ratings are somewhat lower, but this year’s series hit highs not seen since Michael Jordan’s last shot at the championship with the Chicago Bulls.

Sports command so much loyalty and so much economic power that ESPN costs four times as much for cable providers to license as the next-most valuable channel.

But all faiths face crises, and sports have plenty of their own. The National Football League has struggled to figure out how to address domestic violence and is in existential crisis over the concussions that seem to be an inevitable part of the game. The racial divide between the mostly white team owners in the NBA and the black players they employ took explosive form last year when a taped conversation revealed former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist remarks.

For both these reasons, professional sports have become a hot subject for television networks, eager to lure audiences who care both about sports and the drama that surrounds them. ABC is developing a series about an NBA player and the non-sports fan who is hired to be his translator. Last fall, Starz premiered Survivor’s Remorse, a terrific and inexplicably underrated comedy about an NBA player who has just signed his first big-money contract and the family who moves to Atlanta with him. And last Sunday, HBO debuted Ballers, which follows former NFL star Spencer Strassmore (Dwayne Johnson) as he tries to adjust to life off the field, working for a financial management firm that has essentially hired him to turn his friends into clients.

Of these three, Ballers is, at the moment, the series most in touch with the crises in its sport of choice.

It’s also, through the four episodes made available to critics, a confounding show. “Ballers isn’t especially bad, but nor is it especially good,” wrote my friend, the critic Alan Sepinwall. “It’s a show that’s neither fish nor fowl.” And Time’s television critic, James Poniewozik, noted a disjuncture between party scenes and a player’s new McLaren, scenes that make the show look “like the love child created if Entourage hooked up with First and Ten and each

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HBO’s Ballers follows former NFL star Spencer Strassmore (Dwayne Johnson, right) as he tries to adjust to life off the field, working for a financial management firm that has essentially hired him to turn his friends into clients. assumed the other was using protection” and grimmer sequences that suggest “that there are warning lights on the expensive dashboard, sharks circling in the hot tub.”

And indeed, I was struck watching the first four episodes of Ballers how un-fun all of the excess seems. We see the McLaren through Spencer’s eyes, not from the perspective of the young men who leased it; he sees extravagance and foolishness and short-term thinking, not speed and girls and envy.

The most enthusiastic partier on the show isn’t Spencer or any of his friends, but Joe, a mortally dorky financial manager played by Rob Corddry, who tells Spencer bluntly “I hired you for access.”

Survivor’s Remorse is lighter than Ballers; if it’s not only funny, it’s certainly much more interested in fitting a lot of jokes into each episode.

To a certain extent, this makes sense. Concussions cast an air of gloom over Ballers. Spencer, broke and worried about his headaches and gaps in his memory, has unsettling dreams of a hard hit he leveled on a quarterback and hustles to sign up current players for the financial management firm where he works ● The plot is needlessly convoluted.

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The whole flashback/flash forward thing worked well in Season 1, but now it’s just confusing.

“True Detective jumps around and is sadistically unhelpful to the casual viewer who would prefer to know what’s happening as it happens,” Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever writes.

TRUE DETECTIVE: ‘Sounds ridiculously pretentious and false’

● Watching miserable characters? Not so fun.

Now, many critics are disappointed that not only did the creator ignore the criticism, many issues are back in full force — as if he zeroed in on the weakest aspects. “It feels like creator Nic Pizzolatto has taken every criticism leveled against True Detective’s first season and built a new show out of it,” The Week explains. That includes the women problem (Vanity Fair: “In the series’s view, women are vessels that bad men fill with their pain and moral rot.”) to the dialogue that simply grows tiresome (USA Today: “It too often sounds ridiculously pretentious and false.”) ● The show lost momentum after the plagiarism accusations and lack of awards.

It’s no secret that the TV audience has anti-hero fatigue, and True Detective really goes for the whole “troubled protagonist” theme.

Every character in True Detective Season 2 is miserable all the time, and after awhile, that’s just really draining.

REVIEW: Disarming sweetness sneaks through At one point Ted goes to an improv comedy club to yell out such tasteless prompts as “9/11,” “Robin Williams” and “Charlie Hebdo.”

Yet moments of disarming sweetness sneak through. Ted 2 begins with a smashing opening musical number that recalls Busby Berkeley, and Amanda Seyfried — who plays a young attorney helping Ted in his quest for justice — sings a lovely original song MacFarlane wrote for the film, during which creatures from the animal kingdom harken to her voice in Disney-fied adoration.

As ever, Wahlberg nails his portrayal of a manchild who’s still devoted to his best “thunder buddy,” and the throwaway lines he delivers with utter sincerity — about everything from Tom Brady’s manhood to Beetlejuice — are among the film’s funniest.

(Brady, by the way, delivers one of several cameos in Ted 2, which reaches Entourage proportions. One scene in particular, set in the store where Ted and Tami-Lynn work, is a mini-showcase of deadpan lunacy.)

Between wordy courtroom fights and a climactic donnybrook at the New York Comic Con, great swaths of Ted 2 sag into a punchy, sluggishly overlong assemblage of stunts and calculated provocation.

In setting Ted on a quest for recognition of his rights and his love for Tami-Lynn, MacFarlane clearly means to address America’s freighted history with slavery, as well as the issue of marriage equality.

Despite this dubious bid for respectability, the

Months after True Detective wrapped up, a blog accused Pizzolatto of lifting the script’s dialogue from author Thomas Ligotti. (Pizzolatto said he was inspired by Ligotti, but the blog said he didn’t give the author nearly enough credit.) The story blew up so much that HBO was forced to release a statement calling the charges ridiculous, and Pizzolatto also denied it in the strongest terms. That happened around August, or right around the time the TV Academy started its Emmy voting, and a ton of negative headlines flowed into the pop culture-sphere.

HBO also decided to submit the show to the Emmy Awards as a drama instead of a miniseries, leading to tougher competition in a much more prestigious category. The show got 10 nominations, including best drama; best writing; best directing; and lead actor nods for McConaughey and Harrelson. However, Breaking Bad mostly crushed the competition, and True Detective only landed a major win for directing.

The show and lead acting duo was also nominated at all the big shows (Golden Globes, SAG Awards), but mostly went home empty handed. McConaughey finally got the prize at the Critics’ Choice Awards and TCA Awards. ● Viewers really hated the ending of Season 1.

Many were disappointed by the ending, which was a lot of build-up for a letdown of a conclusion, which led some viewers to look back and question the whole series. As Vox put it, the finale “closed a sprawling, conspiracy-laden case with a fairly basic ‘catch the bad guy’ chase scene” and “proved to be an ‘emperor has no clothes’ moment for a lot of people.”

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It takes a particularly glib, entitled form of chutzpah to invoke Dred Scott, the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation on behalf of a character beloved for spewing dim-witted epithets.

Whether his intentions are innocent or ham-handedly cynical, MacFarlane — the man who gave us the song We Saw Your Boobs at the 2013 Oscars, and who lards his film with running jokes about gay sex and the physical endowment of African-American men — has made Ted 2 less a spirited defence of tolerance and equality than a facile, only fitfully funny burlesque.

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Rising star Cam Calloway (Jessie Usher) is free to worry about the moral consequences of his rise to stardom and his lingering ties to Boston without also having to be overwhelmingly concerned that he’s losing brain function and shortening his lifespan in the process.

If Ballers is a lot less fun to watch than Survivor’s Remorse, it’s because it’s the far more radical of the two shows, one that suggests that if sports are our national religion, reform is not enough. Everyone in Ballers is a predator or prey, where Survivor’s Remorse suggests that it might be possible to work the system, for a player to be his boss’ partner, even if not on completely equitable terms.

Even a subplot in Ballers about a talented but personally profligate player (John David Washington) getting hazed by his new teammates has a nasty edge to it: All these men are competing with each other to stay in a system that will extract as much as possible from their bodies and then be done with them.

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JOHNSON Vivian Anne Vivian Anne Johnson of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Monday, June 1, 2015.

Vivian was born in Arcola, Saskatchewan. She was only in Saskatchewan for a short time before moving to Alberta with her parents. They moved all over the prairies and she moved from school to school until she eventually moved back to Saskatchewan.

While in school there she helped on her uncles farm with chores and milking cows. After school she moved back to Alberta from Fort McMurray to Red Deer until settling in Provost with her daughter and new husband. She lived there close to 15 years and made friends that were more like family. Vivian made her final move to Red Deer in 2008 so she could be closer to her mother and daughter. Vivian worked in the customer service industry her entire life (restaurants, hotels, pubs, etc.). She loved meeting new people and putting a smile on her customers faces. She always had a vibrant smile, easy going attitude and was up for anything. Vivian is survived by her daughter Cassandra (Josh) Stegman of Edmonton; parents Beatrice (John) Merkowsky and Wayne (Janet) Lynch; a brother D’Arcy (Kristal) Lynch and their children Austin and Dante; two step brothers and their families; best friends (like sisters to her) Patty Gorety and Kathy LeBlanc as well as numerous other family members and friends.

A Celebration of Vivian’s life will be held at the River Bend Golf Course, (north on 30th Avenue), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. The family would like to invite guests to add color to their wardrobe with a suggested color of purple as it was her favourite. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 - Arnot Ave., Red Deer AB T4R 3S6. Condolences to Vivian’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

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BORODEY Paul Jan.12, 1938 - June 23, 2015 It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Paul Borodey at the age of 77 years. Paul is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Marilyn; children: Brenda Munsters (companion John), Dana (Al) Friestadt, Wanda Borodey, and Darren (Gail) Borodey; five grandchildren: Bobby-Joe, Nicole (Kirby), Brandon, Ajay, and Jared, and nephew, Nick (Hazel) Borodey. He was predeceased by his parents and four brothers. Paul was employed with the Red Deer Advocate as a pressman for over 40 years. His happiest times were spent fishing, camping, golfing, and vacations with his family. At Paul’s request, there will be no service. Rest in Peace. Forever loved and cherished. Gone but not forgotten. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

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O’Coin Albert Charles Nov. 10, 1933 - June 23, 2015 Albert Charles O’Coin of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at the age of 81 years. Albert will be lovingly remembered by his loving wife, Georgina, four sons; Kevin (Debbie), Dwayne (Connie), Gary (Rina), and Allan (Rhonda), fifteen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and numerous extended family and friends.

He was predeceased by his parents; David Charles and Elizabeth (nee Campbell), sisters; Adeline Taylor and Emily Mabbott, and nephew, David Mabbott. A Funeral Service will be held at the First Church of the Nazarene, 2 McVicar Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. For those who wish to pay their final respects to Albert, visitations will be held prior to the service starting at 1:00 p.m. Interment will take place at the Caroline Cemetery on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. A Remembrance Tea will follow at the Nazarene Church, 4803 50 Street, Caroline, Alberta, at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Food Bank Society, 12-7429 49 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 1N2.

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BIRSE Willow Lara Oct. 5, 1976 - June 21, 2015 On the first day of summer - a beautiful sunlit evening - Willow graduated from this life and returned home to her loving heavenly Father. Willow lived her 38 years with faith filled determination. A life threatening illness at the age of one month took away some abilities but, contrary to the predictions of many, she persevered through the many challenges and accomplished much. Willow graduated from Grade 12 and spent the next 20 years studying many topics, growing in her faith and giving to her community as a volunteer. Her greatest desire was to help others with disabilities and to advocate on their behalf. She faced this last challenge of ovarian cancer with courage, strength, great faith and acceptance. She would want us to say a huge thank you to the staff at both the Red Deer Regional Hospital and the Lois Hole Hospital for Women in Edmonton for their excellent and compassionate care. Thank you to all our friends and family and the other professionals who helped Willow and us through this challenging time. A very special thank you to the Melnychuk family who loved her like their own. Willow was predeceased by her Dad, Bill; her Grandpa, Archie; and Grandparents, Ada and Al. She is survived by her Mom, Sandee and Step-dad, Ted; her Brother, Ryan (Tara), niece, Tyler and nephew, Matthew; Grandma, Betty; Aunt Peggy; cousins Christopher, Kevin and Colin and their families; Uncle Ian (Laura). Also saddened by her loss is her new family of step-sisters and brothers, Rod and Janey, Rod and Julaine, Brendan and Marie and their children. She will be sadly missed by a huge circle of friends both young and old. Willow loved you all so very much. A Celebration of Willow’s Life will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on McKenzie Road, Red Deer County (just behind Leon’s Furniture off Hwy 2) on Friday, July 17th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Willow would be greatly appreciated to one of the following or a charity of your choice: Aspire Special Needs Resource Center for Children 4826-47 Street, Red Deer, Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation, designate funds to Palliative Care Unit, or to the Red Deer Seventh Day Adventist Church - designate funds to Missions. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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2nd to 4th year apprentice would be an asset. *Both positions are immediate* will consider resumes, applications are necesary for both posititon.

Can apply by email.

Must be willing to work with ladies. Helper’s position suitable for single parent. Specialization in a specific particular area would benefit yourself. starting wage $15. if no experience. Wages negotiable dependant on experience. If selected for interview remuneration for travel will be considered.

Setting in a smaller family town. Applications must be in by June 29, 5 pm.

Contact Chris 306-733-0001 Connoisseur Woodcrafts Inc. Welwyn, Sask.

100,000 Potential Buyers???

TRY Central Alberta LIFE SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 309-3300

Truckers/ Drivers

860

Misc.

Help

880

F/T TOW TRUCK drivers F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. req’d. Minimum Class 5 Knowledge of Red Deer with air and clean abstract. and area is essential.

Exp. preferred. In person Verbal and written to Key Towing 4083-78 St. communication skills are Cres. Red Deer. req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position Available www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is expanding and we are currently accepting applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years experience.

ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within Alberta.

ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License; with previous off road forklift and shipping /receiving experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

Benefits include: * Company provided Canadian Benefits Package * Voluntary Dental Plan * Life Insurance Option Plan * Short-term/Long-term Disability Policy * Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) * Paid Vacation * Quarterly Safety Bonus All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers abstract to: Advanced Drainage Systems Of Canada Inc. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon @ads-pipe.com Position closing date: July 3, 2015

880

Misc.

Help

GAETZ SOUTH F/T MEAT CUTTER. Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer IMMED. POSITION for F/T owner/operator Courier for local delivery company.

Successful candidate must have reliable vehicle incl. commercial insurance.

Individual must have excellent customer relations. Forward resume to denw70@hotmail.com Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Now Hiring In-Home Caregiver $11/hr 40 hrs/wk Care of a 7 yr. boy. Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is not a condition of employment.

Email resume: delmundot4r@gmail.com Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINTS F/T Customer Service employee req’d.

Tasks: Keyholder Early evening and weekend shifts avail. Must be reliable and trustworthy.

Send resumes to: sw8903@sherwin.com or in person at 3301 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer.

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

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

1630

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Tools

1640

CRAFTSMAN 3” belt sander $20; Craftsman 5/8 reversible electric drill $20; Stanley mitre box saw $15.

403-346-6539 SKILL SAW, Craftsman 7.25, $50. 403-314-0804 VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. 403-885-5020

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine - Split. Avail.

7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 AFFORDABLE

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Homestead Firewood

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1580

Children's Items

BENCH/SEAT CHILD’S toy, wood with black. $40.

403-986-2108 EARLY set of LEGO by Samsonite 717 $50 403-347-3849 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 CHOPPED POPLAR - free, you pick up. Very close to Red Deer. 403-392-8385.

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

is now hiring energetic, punctual, hard working food enthusiasts for the following departments:

1680

Garden Supplies

RIMBEY TREES SPECIAL: 3’ - 4’ Potted White Spruce $8/ft, min. 20 trees. Wide variety of basketed trees.

Planting avail. Call Walter 403-748-3611 or leave msg

Household Furnishings

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/remote, used little $75, also black glass tv stand, bought at Sims $125.

403-352-8811

Misc. for Sale

1760

100 VHS movies, $75.

403-885-5020 BROWN CHINA cabinet $50; apartment size kitchen oak table w/2 chairs $50; electric Toro gas trimmer $25; ox-acet Victor regulator set $45 403-358-5568 LAMPS, (2) small 15”, blue shade, marble type base, $20; 403-986-2108 LOVESEAT, willow for out doors. $60. 403-309-5494 NEW apartment size Danby 5000 btu air conditioner $50 403-358-5568 NEW apartment size electric fireplace $150 403-358-5568 OVER 100 LP records, (45 & 78). $100. 403-885-5020 PAINTINGS pencil (2) framed Male and Female Elk, plus Cougar. $40.

403-986-2108 PICINIC table, 39” round with 4 heavy chairs and pads, umbrella (never used). $135. 403-309-5494 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Advocate Opportunities

Advocate Opportunities

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

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

DEER PARK AREA

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

ALSO

PT/FT Meat Clerks PT/FT Bakers PT/FT Cake Decorators Previous experience is an asset.

Forward resumes to: Rob.Gustafson@ sobeys.com fax: (403)347-4588

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

CARRIERS REQUIRED

DOWNTOWN / WOODLEA

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

To deliver the 1 day a week in: 55 St. and 47A Ave. area $95.84/mo

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

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

GROW WITH US Excellent Salary with Benefits

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303 CARRIERS NEEDED

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

CARPET CLEANING TECHNICIAN

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

2 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

Become a sought-after professional in the art and science of carpet & upholstery and all-surface cleaning! Work Monday to Friday during the day, with some evenings and Saturdays.

We’re looking for someone with: • A commitment to excellence • Good communication skills • Good physical fitness • Mechanical aptitude • Good hand/eye coordination

ORIOLE PARK

Abel Close Addington Drive Allan Close Andrewes Close Archibald Cres.

Overdown Drive ALSO Owens and Osmond Close

INGLEWOOD

Learn under the personal direction of one of North America’s experts in restorative cleaning!

Salary and Benefits based on skill set and experience

PINES

All Areas

Pallo Close and Piper Dr. ALSO Payne and Parsons Close

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres.

Stanhope Ave. Scott St.

WESTPARK

SOUTHBROOK AREA Sorensen Close/Sisson Ave. Sutherland Cres.

Shaw Close

Webster Drive and Wyndman Cres.

ALSO 41 Street and Westpark Cres.

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Drop off or mail resume + driver’s abstract to MancusoCleaning #8-7428-49 Ave Red Deer, T4P 1M2 www.mancusocleaning.com

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BLONDE veneer wall unit with glass doors, approximately 32” wide x 72” high. $100 obo, and blonde 60” long dresser with mirror and one matching nightstand, $75 obo.

403-348-5544 or 403-990-9223 CURIO CABINET, walnut wood, $150., 3 pce. floor and table lamp set, cream fabric shades, $50.

403-755-7570 FLOOR LAMP, antique, dark wood with dome shade; $75; Occasional chair & matching ottoman, cream microfibre & ebony Tilt/rotate; $75.

403-755-7570 LARGE oval maple western style coffee table, w/bronze glass accents $75.; table lamps, (2) brass with dome shades, $50 403-755-7570 LAZY BOY 3 seater, recliners on each end, $200 obo. 403-348-5544 or 403-990-9223

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

SOBEYS VILLAGE MALL

F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk.

Apply in person w/resume: Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

EquipmentHeavy

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

SAFETY

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

880

Misc.

Help

900

Employment Training

278950A5

Restaurant/ Hotel

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

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

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

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TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Aspen Ridge 2 ASSINGER AVE., Thursday & Friday, June 25 & 26, 5-8 p.m., misc.; something for everyone. Rain or shine.

Bower 127 BARRETT DR. (alley) Huge moving sale. Everything must go. Exceptional prices, no junk. Fri. June 26, 27 & 28. 10-6.

Deer Park 18 DALE CLOSE June 26, Fri. 1 - 7 June 27, Sat. 8 - 2 MOVING: household misc., sofa, loveseat, oak kitchen set, dresser, dining set w/china cabinet.

43 DIETZ CL. HUGE garage sale. Fri. Jun 26, 4-8 & Sat. June 27, 10-3.

Antique desk, grandfather clock, hairdressing chair/sink GINORMOUS Estate sale!

92 Duston St. Tools, jewellry, household, stroller, June 26, noon-8, June 27, 9-5.

Eastview 4109-38 AVE. Fri. June 26, to Sun. June 28, noon-6.

Antiques, yard, household, books, dressers, linens, scrapbook and more.

Eastview Estates 12 ELWELL AVE. June 26 & 27 Fri. 4 - 7 & Sat. 11-7 Baby items, x-large dog kennel, household misc.

Inglewood 184 INGLEWOOD DR. June 27, Sat. 9 -5 LARGE YARD SALE household, lots of children’s, lawn mower, small rototiller.

Everything must go!

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

Morrisroe 11 MOSELEY CLOSE June 6, Fri. 10 - 8:30June 27, Sat. 10 - 4 Toys, games, books, clothes, household etc.

45 MAH CRES. June 26 & 27 Fri. 3 - 7 & Sat. 10 - 2 Everything from A to Z Electronics, toilet etc...

70 MARTIN CLOSE back alley Fri. June 26, 10-5 Sat. 9-1

Mountview 3418 - 43 AVE. June 26, Fri. 9 - 4 June 27, Sat. 9 - 5 Telescope (new), household misc.

Oriole Park

1000-1430

West Park

MULTI FAMILY yard/garage sale. #16, 24 and 25 Ohio Close. June 25, noon-8, June 26, 9-8.

Tools, household, toys, bikes and parts. Something for everyone!

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

38 WISHART ST.

Riverside Meadows 5823-57 Ave. Lots of jewelry, Princess Diana memorabilia, clothes, books, etc. Fri. June 26, noon-8, Sat. 9-5.

Rosedale 939 RAMAGE CRES. Unit 35.

June 26 & 27, 9-6.

Large collection of fabric $2/meter.

ROSEDALE GARDEN’S COMMUNITY COMPLEX 939 RAMAGE CRES. June 25, 26 & 27 Thurs. 12-8, Fri. & Sat 9-6

Waskasoo MISC. items, tools, lots of everything.

4301-58 St. June 26, 27 & 28, 10:30-5:30

Oriole Park

West Lake

56 OAKFIELD CLOSE Thurs. & Fri. June 25 & 26, 1-8 pm, & Sat. June 27, 9 am-7pm. Camping gear, golf clubs, king foam topper, home decor, clothes, jewelry & beauty items.

314 WEBSTER Dr. Multi family. No early birds please. Fri. June 26, 4:30-8, Sat. June 27, 9:30-3. Household items, tools, toys, bikes, home decor, etc.

JUNE 26, 27 & 28 11-6 MULTI FAMILY SALE Household, tools, garden equipment, sporting goods, ladders, weed eaters, etc...

Accounting

1010

Contractors

1100

Massage Therapy

1280

SIDING, soffit, fascia, INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS decks, insulation Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp.

403-588-2740 with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals Elite Retreat, Finest 45 WILKINS Green. Fri. RW Smith, 346-9351 in VIP Treatment.

Eavestroughing June 26, 1-4. Sat. 9-4.

10 - 2am Private back entry Electronics, household, 403-341-4445 garden tools, BBQ, LP’s, GUTTERS CLEANED & VHS, books and more.

REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 Caregivers Start your career!

Classifieds...costs so little See Help Wanted Saves you so much!

SUMMER CARE for Out of Town children ages one to six in VII MASSAGE my home. 403-350-0726 6.2 KMS. South on Handyman #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. HWY 781 from Hwy 11, Pampering at its Services Sylvan Lake.

BEST! June 26, Fri. 2 - 7 Cleaning 403-986-6686 BEAT THE RUSH! Book June 27, Sat. 8 - 7 now for your home projects.

Come in and see Reno’s, flooring, painting, Tired of Standing?

CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE why we are the talk small concrete/rock work, Avail. to start cleaning houses Find something to sit on of the town. landscaping, small tree on July 2. Call: Sharla at in Classifieds cutting, fencing & decking.

403-357-7801 leave msg Call James 403-341-0617 Misc.

TWO FAMILY SALE, Fri, Services HANDYMAN Available.

June 26, 4-8, Sat. June 27, Call Derek 403-848-3266 10-8 & Sun. June 28, 10-6, Contractors straight north on Gaetz, 5* JUNK REMOVAL one mile past Hwy 11 and Property clean up 505-4777 turn left; across from Evraz Pipe. BLACK CAT CONCRETE Landscaping Garage/Patios/RV pads DUMP RUNS, metal, Sidewalks/Driveways battery p/u. 403-550-2502 WASKASOO ESTATES GROUND Up Bobcat & Dean 403-505-2542 Bike, books, lamps, linens, Landscaping Ltd. For free pictures, misc. household, BRIDGER CONST. LTD. Moving & quote call 403-848-0153 etc. All clean & useful. Fri. We do it all! 403-302-8550 Storage SAWYER Trucking, June 26, noon-5, Sat. & Home Reno’s Skid Steer and Track Hoe Sun. June 27 & 28, 9-5. DALE’S service.

37543 England Way, Free estimates for all your MOVING? Boxes? Appls.

PH. 403 391-6430 Space 132 (1st. left turn in) reno needs. 403-506-4301 removal. 403-986-1315

1130

FANTASY SPA

1060

1070

1100

1200

1290

1240

1300

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Window Cleaning

1420

RESIDENTIAL Window & Eavestrough Cleaning.

Free Est.. 403-506-4822

Yard Care

1430

SECOND 2 NONE #1 in res. yard care. Grass, clean-up, hedges, eaves, sod & rock 403-302-7778

STORAGE shed, tent style, 6’ x 4’ x 6’, full front door roll-up, spare roof and wall cover, set up to view. $55. o.b.o. NEW was $109. 403-346-2192 VINTAGE Royal Doulton Beswick horse, brown shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high $50; Merrell Ortholite shoes, air cushioned, size 6 1/2, like new $35. Lazy Boy, recliner, tall style, beige, $95. 403-352-8811

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Cats

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

Sporting Goods

1860

AIR HOCKEY by Sportscraft was $900 new, exc. cond, $200 403-352-8811 VARIOUS golf clubs, with bag, $20. 403-314-0804

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

ACROSS from park, Oriole Park, 3 bdrm.

4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls.

Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or July 1.

403-304-5337 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 Plex, 2+1 bdrms., 1.5 baths, $1100 avail. July 1 N/S, no pets. 403-391-1780 NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

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

SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelproperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 Starting at $1195 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

~ Westpark ~ 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.

1 BDRM. lower level legal suite, all utils, Opik tv, wiÀ incld, off street parking $1150/mo. + DD 403-392-4535 1 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park.

403-986-6889 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 I bdrm,balcony,free laundry, heat and water on 3rd Áoor for quiet over 35 yr old working tenant for $850 rent/D.D. 2 bdrm,one with balcony one without, free laundry,heat and water to over 35 working tenants for $1150/rent/D.D. No pets and good references. 5910-55 Ave. , 12 suiter. Ph: 403-341-4627.

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 LIMITED TIME OFFER: First Month’s Rent FREE! 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. 86 Bell Street, Red Deer leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888)679-8031

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

GLENDALE 2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

July 1. 403-304-5337

COZY Furnished room, n/s, $575. 403-466-7979 ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712 To SHARE 2 bdrm. apt. in Timberstone, $640 inclusive. 403-348-1809

3190

Mobile Lot

5050

2002 DODGE RAM, good shape, $3,300.

403-598-4131

5080

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

4020

Houses For Sale

2 BDRM. townhouse.

Open House Sat. June 27, 2-4. 4315-46A Ave. (Parkvale) 403-396-0629

Computer Personnel

Saddle bags, windshield, cruise (manual), running lights, back rest, 44,500 kms.

MINT CONDITION! $7990. o.b.o.

403-318-4653 Red Deer

5100

“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

MICHENER Hill condos Phase 3 Red Deer New 4th Ár. corner suite, 1096 Sq. ft., 2 bdrm, 2 bath, a/c, all appls, underground parking w/storage, recreational amenities, extended care center attached, deck 403-227-6554 to 4 pm. weekdays or 588-8623 anytime. Pics avail. on kijji

Lots For Sale

4160

Residential Building Lots in a Gated, Maintenance Free Golf & Lake Bedroom community, 25 minutes from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact Mike at 1-403-588-0218

1995 34’ Winnebago diesel pusher $19,900 obo 403-872-3010

Holiday Trailers

5120

WINEGARD portable satellite dish, 18”W x 18”D x 12”H. Finds the satellite by itself. Good for RVs, campers or south facing apartments and condos.

Paid $960 in Jan. Now $500. For Shaw only.

403-252-2054 or 403-701-2054.

Boats & Marine

5160

WatersEdge Marina Full Title Boat Slips Starting at $58,000 Located in Brand New Marina, Downtown Sylvan Lake, AB www.watersedgeslyvan.com

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

CATAMARAN Hobie, 13’ Wave, c/w jib, no trailer, $3800. obo. 403-389-6161

4400-4430

Money To Loan

4430

CONSOLIDATE All loans with rates from 2.1% business or personal loan bankruptcy or bad credit ok. Call 778-654-1408

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

TONNEAU Cover for Dodge Ram, Àts 2004 2009 S/B Àberglass. $300.

403-309-9233, 350-6759 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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PUBLIC NOTICES

5000-5300

Cars

5030

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4240

2008 SUZUKI Boulevard C109RT, LOADED

Motorhomes

Directory City Centre

Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 CALL NOW

Public Notices

BRIEFS

U.S. calls Cuba, Iran serial rights abusers

U.S. top court upholds key part of Obamacare

Myanmar parliament maintains ban on Suu Kyi becoming president

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Lawrence Stephen Dorey who died on May 18, 2015 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by August 3, 2015. with Keith R. Lamb at Johnston Ming Manning LLP Barristers and Solicitors 4th Floor, 4943 – 50 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1 and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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Open House

Clerical

Professionals

4010

2006 VW JETTA, gas, 2.0 PADS $450/mo. turbo, leather, sunroof, Brand new park in Lacombe.

189,000 km, $7,900.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 403-318-1010 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call 2002 CHEV Cavalier, 2 dr., at anytime. 403-588-8820 96,000 kms. 403-318-3040

Employment

Legal

Trucks

Motorcycles

3090

Rooms For Rent

3050

3 BDRM. 4 plex, Innisfail, heat included, $795 w/laundry connection 403-357-7817 3 BDRM., no pets, $1000 mo. 403-343-6609

4000-4190

3060

Suites

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

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

2001 BMW Z3 Convertible 5 spd, 120,000 miles, $11,000 obo 403-200-1307

CLASSIFICATIONS Realtors & Services

5030

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

MORRISROE MANOR

3030

homes

ORIOLE PARK

2 BDRM Duplex overlooking Kin Canyon, 5 appls. 1.5 bath, NO PETS. $1150 incl. water, garbage & sewer, d.d. $1000. avail. Aug.1.

403-346-3179 3 BDRM. house in Anders w/garage, 3 appls, no pets or smokers, $1600/mo. + utils. avail. July 16, 403-342-5249 1 & 2 bdrm., FOR LEASE, Executive Adult bldg. only, N/S, style 1/2 duplex in No pets. 403-596-2444 Lacombe on large lot.

4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740 House for Rent 4 bdrm 3 bath 5 appl 4 level split NOW RENTING near park in Eastview Es1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. tate (RD). hardwood Ár n/s th no pets. $1750 + util. Avail. 2936 50 AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry Aug 1st 780-742-9399 w/onsite manager, NICELY Ànished, higher 3 appls., incl. heat & hot end 2 bdrm., lower unit water, washer/dryer bi-level duplex. UnderÁoor hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., heating, 5 appls, 2 car car plug ins & balconies. cement parking pad, coded Call 403-343-7955 locking door, N/S, no pets, ONE bdrm. apt. avail. prefer quiet tenant. Avail. immed. $850 plus power. immed. $1200. rent/dd, Call Bob 403-872-3400 + utilities. Call Don 403-742-9615

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, June 26, 2015 D7 Obama greeted news of the health care decision by declaring the law is no longer about politics but the benefits millions of people are receiving. “This is no longer about a law,” he said at the White House. “This is health care in America.”

Declining to concede, top Republican congressman John Boehner said members of his party, who have voted more than 50 times to undo the law, will “continue our efforts to repeal WASHINGTON — The Obama the law and replace it with patientadministration on Thursday tagged centred solutions that meet the needs Iran and Cuba as serial human rights of seniors, small business owners, and abusers even as it accelerates atmiddle-class families.” tempts to improve relations with both countries.

Just days before the resumption of high-level nuclear talks with Tehran and weeks before the expected reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana, the State Department CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Attorneys criticized Iran and Cuba, along with for Colorado theatre shooter James many other nations, as violators of Holmes began presenting their case basic freedoms in 2014 in its annual Thursday by calling a psychiatrist human rights reports. who said Holmes was so psychotic Last week, the administration also that he could not tell right from wrong criticized Iran for its “undiminished” when he killed 12 people during a support for terrorism in 2014. Cuba packed movie premiere. was identified as a “state sponsor of Dr. Jonathan Woodcock interterrorism” in 2014, although it was reviewed Holmes in jail for two hours moved from that list earlier this year. on July 24, 2012, four days after he Administration officials have deopened fire on the theatre. His testifended their outreach to Cuba as an mony Thursday drew a flurry of queseffort to improve the human rights tions from prosecutors that doubted situation in the country after decades his conclusion that Holmes was seriof isolating the communist nation ously delusional around the time of through an embargo and strict sancthe attack. tions.

Under cross-examination by DisOn Iran, officials have said the trict Attorney George Brauchler, nuclear negotiations, resuming this Woodcock acknowledged that his weekend in Vienna against a June 30 independent recollection of the indeadline for a deal, are not intended terview was vague, his notes were to address other issues the U.S. has sometimes spotty and he did not press with Tehran, including its support for Holmes on some key points. terrorism and its record on human The doctor said he found Holmes rights. However, they have said that a suffering from severe mental illnuclear deal could open the door to ness that made him “tremendously a broader rapprochement that might emotionally flat,” which may have include those elements of concern. masked the extent of his problems from classmates and friends. Holmes believed that if he told people about his plans to kill strangers, he would be required to carry out the action, Woodcock said.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Su“One of his delusions was that if he preme Court sent a clear message said he wanted to do something, he Thursday that President Barack would have to do it,” he testified.

Obama’s health care overhaul is here Woodcock was among the first witto stay, rejecting a major challenge nesses called by the defence in an that would have imperiled the landeffort to show Holmes was legally mark law and health insurance for insane at the time of the shooting, millions of Americans. which also wounded 70 people.

The president’s signature domestic reform, known as Obamacare is, as the president himself put it, “reality.”

The law, which was passed in 2010 without a single Republican vote, prevents insurance companies from denying coverage because of “pre-existing” health conditions. It requires YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s almost everyone in the U.S. to be inparliament voted against several sured and provides financial help to constitutional amendments Thursconsumers who otherwise would not day, ensuring that the military’s veto be able to afford it. The United States power remains intact and that opposiis the only major world economy that tion leader Aung San Suu Kyi cannot does not have a comprehensive state become president in an election this health care system. year.

The 6-3 ruling, which upheld fiThe legislature ended a 3-day denancial aid to millions of low- and bate on proposed changes to the 2008 middle-income Americans to help cover insurance costs regardless of lo- constitution, which bars Suu Kyi, a cal regulations in their states, was the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, from seeking the presidency and gives the second major victory in three years military an effective veto over constifor Obama in politically charged Sututional amendments. preme Court tests of the law.

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Staving off extinction

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BRIEF On top of warming, some places getting more weather patterns that bring heat WASHINGTON — Daily weather patterns have changed in recent decades, making eastern North America, Europe and western Asia more prone to nastier summer heatwaves that go beyond global warming, a new U.S. study finds.

A team of climate scientists at Stanford University in California looked at weather patterns since 1979 and found changes in frequency and strength in parts of the world, according to a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday. These are the types of weather patterns with stationary high and low pressure systems that you see on weather forecasts, which is different than gradual warming from man-made climate change.

The team studied the kind of upper air patterns that “sort of amplifies the warming trend,” said study lead author Daniel Horton.

The study doesn’t attempt to explain why these changes are happening. But in general they fit a theory that has gained momentum in climate science that says melting sea ice in the Arctic has sometimes altered the way the jet stream flows, contributing to extreme weather such as deadly storms and hurricanes, outside experts said.

In many cases, including the eastern U.S. and western Asia in summer, some of these changes have become even more noticeable since 1990, the same period in which Arctic sea ice has gone through a rapid decline, the study found.

“There are more of them each summer and on average they are lasting longer and the longest are lasting longer,” Horton said.

That pattern shift is even stronger in the summer in Europe and western Asia, Horton and co-author Noah Diffenbaugh found. The patterns Horton and Diffenbaugh studied are different from the one responsible for the current southeastern U.S. heatwave, Horton said. But the weather patterns were the type responsible for heatwaves that killed more than 50,000 people in western Russia in 2010 and more than 70,000 people Europe in 2003, the study said. In winter, weather pattern shifts have occurred that made extremely cold snaps in central Asia even worse, Horton said. But the study also found an increase in the weather patterns associated with weaker extreme cold snaps in western Asian winters.

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The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, begin to flare up with green, yellow and pink hues near the Vedauwoo Recreation Area late Monday night between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyo. The Northern Lights are created as a result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth’s atmosphere and charged particles released by the sun, according to the Northern Lights Space and Science Centre in Canada. Variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding.

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At a rudimentary perspective, I do not consider myself a proponent of any kind of apocalypse.

From a logical point of view, geological colleagues and I have deliberated the last five mass extinctions that have taken place over the past 540 million years.

There is no denying, these events have happened.

Now, scientists around the world believe that we are on the cusp of another mass extinction, one that has uncanny similarities to previous occurrences and not the now familiar, dinosaur killing, asteroid impact, or a major volcanic eruption.

The causes of this event are more immediate, and more certain than any objects from space.

About 359 million years ago in the Devonian period, geological evidence indicates LORNE that invasive species ate most OJA of the food leaving all others to die of starvation. With seven billion people currently inhabiting the world and more on the way, humanity is virtually eating itself out of house and home.

At 540 million years ago, the climate in the Ordovician extinction event was set off by a dramatic temperature increase caused by a massive increase in greenhouse gases.

At 200 million years ago, the Triassic extinction wiped out 80 per cent of the earths’ species, particularly in the world’s oceans. This is attributed to the acidification of the seas and the effect it had on shellfish, and corals and the animals that depended on them.

Can technology save us? The answer is known only to the future, assuredly; but I think we are not going to go out without a fight.

Currently India has designed the world’s first thorium reactor, and plans to have a 300 MW prototype on line by 2016.

Why thorium? Thorium is more abundant than uranium, Canada is estimated to have some 172,000 tonnes and India itself, has 846,000 tonnes. It is safer, as it has does not produce as much nuclear waste as uranium, it has “superior physical and nuclear fuel properties” and cannot be weaponized as easily.

We have enough thorium fuel available to provide a low carbon bridge for a 1,000-plus years while we develop other alternatives to fossil fuels and its inherent carbon producing handicap.

On the wind front, researchers in Boston have developed the Vortex bladeless turbine. Although not touted as more efficient than current blade type wind turbines, their design addresses cost of production, has very few moving parts, a small footprint, and is “more cost effective to maintain.” It looks similar to a tapered tube balanced on end, in 22 days it exceeded its funding target for the first prototype with a campaign on Indiegogo.

Synthetic diesel from carbon dioxide and water was Audi’s first accomplishment; to that they have added the production of a new ecofriendly, low emission fuel called “e-benzene.” This “fuel” replaces hydrocarbon gasoline and is produced from biomass sugars like corn derived glucose.

If we work together, and keep our collective ingenuity working at the grindstone of advancement, we may well stave off the mass extinction of our species.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

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