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It was a party at the Ponds on Canada Day. The 46th an- LOOMING ELECTION nual July 1 cele- ALL THE TALK IN bration at Bower OTTAWA A5 Ponds, organized MORE PHOTOS C1

by Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society, was its customary crowdpleasing, multicultural festival with local dancers, music, and tasty food.

It was the first Canada Day gathering in Red Deer for Bernice Swanson, who wore a sparkly flag hat for the occasion.

Swanson and her husband moved to Red Deer in September from Turtle Lake, Sask. and have visited family in Red Deer over the years.

“We both kind of fell in love with Red Deer. This is where we’re going to call home now. It’s big enough and small enough,” said Swanson who is thinking about volunteering for the Canada Winter Games that Red Deer will host in 2019.

Another new Red Deer resident who spent her first Canada Day at Bower Ponds was Cayla Gilbert, a family medicine resident who moved from Edmonton last July.

“The entertainment has been good.

And the food and the multicultural aspect is really nice too,” said Gilbert who enjoyed some birthday cake with her daughter Aerlann Thompson, 3.

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From the left, Nerie Amistad, Ria Lumabi and Jonalyn Banados got into the Canada Day spirit at Bower Ponds.

Expansion on target for startup late next year

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The workforce is ramping up on Nova Chemicals’ $1-billion polyethylene plant expansion.

About 400 to 450 contract workers are on the project and more will be added over the summer until reaching a September peak of 800, a number that will hold steady for about six months.

Expansion of one of Nova’s two polyethylene plants is about 30 per cent complete and on target for startup in the last quarter of next year.

Joffre site leader Rick Van Hemmen said workers will be split between day and night shifts. A new entrance to the site was built on the west end to reduce traffic bottlenecks, although there has been some congestion at certain times.

The company has been working with Lacombe County and enforcement agencies to manage area intersections, as well as paying for additional police coverage to direct traffic when needed.

The peak-period workforce will be similar to that on site during large turnarounds, an almost annual event at Joffre, said Van Hemmen.

“It’s nothing unusual for the site to see those types of numbers for projects for a period of time. This will just be more prolonged period.

“I think we’ll be at the peak through the spring of next year, perhaps into the middle of next year.”

Nova is encouraging car pooling and promotes courteous driving as part of its Good Neighbour strategy.

The petrochemical giant is also in the midst of a $250-million project to

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refurbish five of 11 furnaces in one of its Joffre ethylene plants. The first has been completed and the other four are expected to follow more quickly now that much of the engineering work has been done.

Meanwhile, construction work on an expanded rail yard needed to boost shipment capacity for the plant expansion has been completed. An additional 13 km of track with room to store another 450 cars has been laid north of the plant site.

New cars will be arriving in coming months and stored in the rail yard until needed.

“They’ll pretty much just sit there for the time being until the (polyethylene) project fires up late next year,” said Van Hemmen.

Nova has committed to a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew — except in unusual situations — to keep the noise down, as well as other noise abatement measures and ongoing monitoring.

Nova sat down with Lacombe County, CN and neighbouring landowners to put together the noise reduction plan.

The company is also looking into building a new stormwater runoff retention pond at the southeast corner of the site. Once a site has been finalized, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development approval will be required.

An existing retention pond that has gradually filled with sediments will be restored and later re-used as a backup.

Some historic hydrocarbon contaminants, dating back to the 1970s, will also be cleaned up.

The ponds are used to contain rainwater and uncontaminated runoff from the site. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Family of seven takes possession of bi-level HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Moving into a Habitat for Humanity home is one more reason for a family of seven to celebrate life in Canada — especially in Red Deer.

This month Zaman Aumarakhan and his wife Mehrigul Yakubova will make a Habitat bi-level on 58th Avenue their home, along with their five daughters Neliufar, 13, Laila, 10, Latifa, 8, Fatima, 4, and Zeba, 2.

“It’s a big opportunity. It means a lot,” said Yakubova about Habitat’s home ownership program for low-income families.

They are the third family to take possession of the four-bedroom home, which was built in 2000.

“We started building homes in the Red Deer region in 1994. Since that time we’ve built 25 homes.

The average stay for a family once they’ve moved into a home is five to seven years,” said Brian Brake, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region.

A total of 47 families in the region have called a Habitat house their home.

Eligibility for home ownership include, but are not limited to — an annual family income of about $37,000 to $51,000; a current living situation that is either unsafe, unhealthy or overcrowded; the ability to accept and repay a Habitat mortgage; and contributing 500 hours of volunteer work to Habitat.

Brake said the housing program is all about giving working families a hand up.

Families do not require a down payment on the mortgage and pay no interest on the loan. When they move out they get a cheque based on the principal they paid.

“I never thought we’d be able to save money for a down payment and paying interest would be hard too,” said Yakubova, from Kyrgyzstan, who works at a day care.

The family moved to Red Deer in 2005 after 10 months in Halifax.

Aumarakhan, originally from Afghanistan, said Habitat does wonderful work for families.

“They are doing a very nice thing for us. We are very happy. Thank you so much,” said Aumarakhan, who has been employed in oilfield services.

Brake said the family was chosen from 160 who expressed an interest in a Habitat home.

So far this year five new families are living in Habitat homes.

The plan is to build 10 Habitat homes in the region in 2015, with two existing homes taken over by new families.

A triplex was completed earlier this year in Red Deer and the plan is to build a triplex in Delburne and duplexes in Lacombe.

Delburne has one Habitat home and there are none in Lacombe.

To fund construction, Habitat is looking for 60 individuals or companies to donate $5,000 each. Donors will be invited a formal Garden Party on Aug. 21 where Alberta’s Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell and her hus-

Victims of house fire on acreage near Olds identified Olds RCMP have released the names of two people who died in a house fire on an acreage southwest of Olds on Monday.

band Doug Mitchell will be the guests of honour.

The Garden Party at Parkland Nurseries and will feature a Top Chef Central Alberta competition as well as entertainment by St. James Gate, and Downtown, a Red Deer College music faculty group.

Anyone interested in attending can contact Brake at brian.brake@habitatreddeer.ca or calling 403-3096080. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com Autopsies were completed and the deceased were identified as the home owners Gery Fuchs, 62, and Lori Fuchs 59.

Autopsies also determined that the cause of death was not suspicious and fire investigators have determined that the cause of the fire was not suspicious.

Olds fire department was called to the fire, which destroyed the home, around 4 a.m. on Monday. really good crowd. Before the day is over, we’ll have at least 10,000 people,” Borg said.

She said the chance of rain didn’t scare many people away and everyone should really be impressed by the fireworks finale. Wei’s Western Wear, the major sponsor of the fireworks, wanted it to be extra special.

MP Earl Dreeshen, who spoke to the crowd, said Canada Day is an opportunity to come together as a nation to celebrate unity, diversity, and a shared culture.

It’s also a time for people to celebrate community, family, neighbours and friends, he said.

“Whether people are drawn here by our volunteerism, our unmatched entrepreneurial spirit, or for the amenities that support us while raising our

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CANADA DAY: ‘A really good crowd’ Carroll Borg, president of the Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society, estimated the Canada Day crowd reached about 1,500 by the 2 p.m. opening ceremony.

“If there’s absolutely no green space we know it’s a big crowd. There isn’t quite as many here at this time of day as we’ve had other years, but it’s still a

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Habitat for Humanity has a new family in Red Deer.

Zaman Aumarakhan (bottom left) and Mehrigul Yakubova (middle left) are excited to move into their new home with their daughters Neliufar (top), Fatima and Laila (middle left to right), Zeba and Latifa (bottom left to right).

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TORONTO — People around the world have pledged their love, expressed their frustrations and declared their pressing need for pizza in billions of tweets in the last two years, all using emojis.

The pictograms have become an integral part of online communication, according to the more than 10.1 billion tweets collected by website EmojiTracker since it launched on July 4, 2013.

“They fill in body language, tone of voice, that sense of emotional nuance that you lose when you have just text in formal communication,” said Gretchen McCulloch, a Montreal-based linguist and writer.

The standards for emojis and other computerized text are controlled by the non-profit Unicode Consortium. On June 17, the group issued its latest update to the Unicode standard and added a bottle with a popping cork, a turkey and the oft-requested taco to its lineup of symbols.

The taco emoji had been the subject of an online petition started by Taco Bell that grew to 32,000 signatures by the time the new symbol was released.

The absence of a taco symbol and the presence of multiple forms of rice cakes and sushi reflect the Japanese origins of emojis.

Originally developed by Japanese cellphone manufacturers, existing emojis became fully integrated into the wider standard for computer text in 2010.

Since then, the Emoji Subcommittee of the Unicode Consortium has taken submissions from consortium members and the public at large on new additions. The number of emojis has grown to 1,281.

The process has led to some idiosyncrasies. There are three distinct emojis for trains, but none for a high-five. Until this year, emojis representing faces and people were only available in a single colour.

And emojis are displayed differently on different operating systems, which can lead to confusion.

The dancer emoji, for instance, was proposed to the consortium as a symbol modelled on John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

Google’s Android software stays relatively close to the original intention, while on Apple phones Travolta becomes a salsa-dancing woman in a long skirt.

McCulloch said emojis can’t necessarily be used to replace existing language. She points to the opening sentence of Emoji Dick, a translation of Herman Melville’s classic Moby-Dick that spins an emoji take on “Call me Ishmael.”

“Something like telephone, man, sailboat, whale, okay symbol — I don’t know if that’s linguistically specific,” she said.

Instead, she said, what people seem to do is use emojis to emphasize or illustrate what they’re typing about, as someone would illustrate a tweet about shopping with shopping bags.

Neil Cohn is a post-doctoral fellow studying visual language at the University of California, San Diego.

He says teenagers using emojis are not all that different than early humans using cave paintings.

Those drawings weren’t just artistic expression, Cohn said, but were probably used to augment storytelling.

“Using images integrated with spoken language, in this case with text, is as old as human communication,” he said. “This is just an extension of that, siphoned through a technological tunnel.”

While the Canadian flag is represented as an emoji, McCulloch said she wishes Canadians had an emoji to call their own, beyond the Canadian flag.

“We could have a moose emoji,” she said. “That would be pretty cool.” families, Red Deer continues to draw people from across Canada and all over the world,” Dreeshen said.

Red Deer North MLA Kim Schreiner brought greetings on behalf of Premier Rachel Notley.

“As Canadians we’re committed to our democratic system of government, a government that ensures the will of the people is respected, at the same time providing safe guards for the most vulnerable among us. As you look around our city, our province, our country today, I think it’s safe to say this system has served us well. There is truly no better place in the world than our Canada,” said Schreiner, earning cheers and applause. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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World Heritage Committee wants to check effects of development on park EDMONTON — The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has asked Canada to invite a team to Alberta to study how the oilsands and other nearby projects will affect Wood Buffalo National Park.

The UN committee’s request follows a petition by the Mikisew Cree First Nation in December that asked for the park to be added to a list of world heritage sites in danger.

After asking Ottawa for responses to the First Nation’s concerns, the committee has made several recommendations.

It says it wants the government to invite a joint team from the World Heritage Centre and the International Union for Conservation of Nature to review the impact of the oilsands, a proposed open-pit mine and the proposed Site C Dam in B.C. on the park.

It also asks the government to conduct an environmental assessment that takes in the potential cumulative impacts of all developments on the value of the park.

Wood Buffalo has been a UNESCO World Heritage site for over 30 years and is noted for having the largest population of wild bison, as well as for being the natural nesting place of the whooping crane.

“We thank the World Heritage Committee for taking Mikisew’s concerns seriously in today’s decision,” Mikisew Chief Steve Courtoreille said Wednesday in a news release following the committee’s decision.

“We are deeply concerned about the existing impact of industrial activity and climate change on the Wood Buffalo National Park and the new threats posed by megaprojects upstream of the Peace-Athabasca Delta.”

WOOD BUFFALO ‘WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXISTING IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK AND NEW THREATS POSED MY MEGAPROJECTS UPSTREAM . . . .’

— STEVE COURTOREILLE MIKISEW CHIEF

Parks Canada responded in a letter earlier this year to the World Heritage Centre that the case for a danger listing was “overstated.”

George Green, vice-president of heritage conservation with Parks Canada, noted that the proposed Site C Dam on the Peace River was reviewed by an independent, joint federal-provincial panel and that it found there would be no impact on the Peace-Athabasca Delta.

Green said that at 45,000 square kilometres, the park’s size provides for “considerable potential resilience.”

He further noted that while a report last November from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature indicated some concerns with dam construction, industrial development and climate change, he said it didn’t conclude that Wood Buffalo was facing a critical situation.

“It is important to recognize that Canada has — at both the federal and provincial levels — robust environmental and assessment permitting processes,” Green wrote.

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Don’t get in my way: PM How badly does Stephen Harper want anti-union legislation — odious, punitive and almost certainly unconstitutional as it is — passed into law?

On an early summer Friday, while you were longing for your weekend, the Prime Minister’s Office choreographed another headlong behavioural plunge down the mine shaft for your Senate.

It won’t end TIM up with anyone HARPER in the prisoner’s docket, it didn’t involve wanton disregard for your tax money or involve sex, a teenager and a power imbalance.

But because this has to do with a law of the land, it was arguably more scandalous than any of the misconduct for which this Senate has become renowned.

This game featured nothing less than a Conservative majority seeking to break Senate rules, then rebuking the Speaker, the hapless PMO-appointed Leo Housakos, after he ruled they were breaking the rules.

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vative majority has bullied itself into a position to pass a law that allows Harper to campaign against those omnipresent “union bosses” and tell Canadians how a former Liberal Senate caucus went to the wall for those bosses on orders from Justin Trudeau.

Like much of what comes out of here in this fevered pre-election period, the narrative varies widely from the truth, but this much is true — it is a strange strategy to pick such a high-profile fight with the labour movement with New Democrat Tom Mulcair leading in the polls.

Bill C-377 would require unions to publicly disclose any spending of more than $5,000 — naming both the payer and payee — and the salaries of any members earning more than $100,000, all to be publicly posted on a website.

If you are a small business dealing with a labour union, the details of your transaction over $5,000 would be placed on a Canada Revenue Agency public site.

It has been rightly derided by critics as an invasion of privacy. It would tilt the balance in collective bargaining because it will give employers an advantage in determining the financial health of the union. It would tie up union leadership in paperwork. The CRA website would be overseen by public servants whose own salaries cannot be divulged under the Privacy Act.

It would scoop into its net medical associations, NHL players, who could find it more difficult to reach agreement on video-game and hockey-card licensing agreements, and police associations, which have expressed fear that the publication of names and salaries could endanger officers working on drug or organized crime duty.

This week, Alberta became the seventh province to oppose C-377 as an unconstitutional infringement on provincial jurisdiction over labour law.

The legislation will be challenged in court, the federal government will doubtless lose and we will watch public funds frittered away yet again on a fruitless bid to protect an unconstitutional law.

But Harper wanted this one. It was introduced as a private member’s bill in December 2011, by British Columbia Conservative backbencher Russ Hiebert, who long ago announced he is not running again. By one estimate, it had lingered 925 days in the Senate as of Friday.

Two years ago, Senate Conservatives, led by the departed Hugh Segal, showed backbone and gutted Hiebert’s bill with a series of amendments.

Harper prorogued Parliament before it could be returned to the Commons so it remained in the Senate in its unamended form.

With an election looming, there was no such backbone.

Government leader Claude Carignan knew, since this was a private member’s bill, not a government bill, he could not cut off an opposition attempt to filibuster and run out the clock on the legislation.

So he moved a motion to — poof — retroactively declare the legislation a government bill.

When Housakos gave him the red card on that trick, Carignan challenged him and used his majority to overturn the Speaker’s ruling, even though he had broken the rules.

“We all know the heavy hand of Mr. Harper is at work here,” said Opposition leader James Cowan. If the prime minister cannot get what he wants under the rules, he just changes the rules, Cowan said.

The Senate has shown it makes up its own spending rules and will change them midstream if needed.

Now it is making up its own rules to pass legislation.

Cowan lamented that every time the Senate acts as it did in this instance, it gives those who wish to abolish the place more ammunition. He couldn’t be more correct.

Harper was once going to reform the place, but it is merely home to his puppets who will do what it takes to fulfil the boss’s wishes.

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We are proud of our school and we pick up our garbage Re: Olga Nelson’s letter to the editor, June 23 We read your letter to the editor and felt bad. We are students from Mattie McCullough Elementary School. The City of Red Deer collects our playground garbage, not us. Sometimes the garbage cans are left full and wind blows out the garbage.

Unlike other schools, we don’t have to be asked to do a cleanup day — we just do it every day if it’s needed. We are not ashamed of Mattie McCullough.

We are proud of our school and we care about not just our school, but the environment around it.

We always learn about the environment and how dangerous garbage is to animals, too. So we care a lot!

We have this program, named PEAK, that helps us learn about environmental safety. We had speakers come from all sorts of places tell us about the safety of animals and the Earth.

We invite you to come visit our school and see what we are all about.

Jasmine, Brianna, Charlie and Gwen Proud Grade 5 Students from Mattie McCullough Red Deer

Every voice, every vote counts in deciding our path When did it become acceptable to be inconsequential? When did it become acceptable to be of no relevance except as a taxpayer? Why are we surprised when people do not vote? Why do we find it necessary to join an advocacy group to be heard?

It comes down to politics. We as individuals are inconsequential because as an individual we are but one vote. An advocacy group is more than one vote and thus is of more importance. But a group if deemed to be a supporter or a non-supporter regardless of actions or events, then they can also be seen as irrelevant.

A whole community, riding or electoral district can be deemed irrelevant if the voting outcome is as expected. If the elected representative is weak, lacks character strength or convictions, then naturally he or she will be ignored and everyone, including their own riding association, will be inconsequential.

Electoral districts that offer representation of cabinet quality will be more likely to be heard between elections, but swing ridings are most likely to be heeded during an election.

Politics is an expensive game so it helps if you can raise funds, but only if the funding support was contingent on being of some influence. This is often shown by the power of the wealthy energy lobby over the weaker albeit poorer environment lobby or wealthier neighbourhoods over poorer neighbourhoods. One cannot opine about an environmental issue without being condemned as being a tree hugger and derided for driving a car, as if one precludes the other. It often appears that some more well-to-do areas will get new facilities, schools and improvements before other poorer areas get their needs addressed.

Politics is changing. The old guard with the smug sense of entitlement is feeling the heat. Incumbency is not the safeguard it once was. The bigger war chest does assure victory anymore. The Alberta election of 2015 is proof. Third party status did not keep the NDP from destroying a 44 year PC dynasty. The money and the incumbency of ministers failed to compensate for the feeling of entitlement, and the PCs went down to defeat.

Will politicians of all levels from trustees to the prime minister learn from the Alberta election? Will the voters learn from it? One seat in Calgary was won by 24 votes, so voting does matter. A trustee or a councillor may win the last spot by one vote. Your voice, your vote but more importantly you are not inconsequential.

One voice can awaken a giant. One person can expose an issue, an injustice or sense of community. A small pebble can start an avalanche of support. People are often surprised that they are not alone, that they are not the only one concerned about events unfolding around them, and are unaware of the effects of their voice.

The next opportunity for our voices to be heard will be the federal election on Oct. 19, and by all accounts it should be interesting. Thirty additional seats, 50 incumbents not seeking re-election including many cabinet ministers will assure change in of itself. Polls show a three-way race and a strong desire for change. A change in governing style, a change in the distribution of power and even a change in election procedures is being demanded.

Generational change is being considered in the run up to this election.

I may be inconsequential, I may be irrelevant and I may be categorized as anti-status quo but I cannot accept those words passively. If all I accomplish is the desire of the elected to strive for relevance then perhaps my voice is gaining on relevance. If all I become is the supporter of another voice then again I may be gaining on relevance.

My pen is my sword or more apt; my laptop is my armored vehicle and with it I will offer my voice in the war against irrelevancy. It is rewarding when someone mentions my words that have joined the dust bins of past efforts and memories, to know that

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Looming election the talk of Canada Day

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s federal leaders were waving the flag and priming their political messages Wednesday on a Canada Day that landed smack in the build-up to this year’s election campaign.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered the traditional midday remarks from Parliament Hill’s main stage, but also borrowed a line from his 2011 stump speech.

“In times of never-ending economic and political turmoil in the world, our Canada is an island of stability,” Harper told the crowd that police estimated at about 34,000 — thinner than usual because of rainy weather.

Harper also referred to the Oct. 22 attack on Parliament Hill, which claimed the life of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, and to the deployment of Canadian troops in Iraq and Kuwait.

The Conservatives recently criticized Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s failure to support the mission against the Islamic State in a political ad.

“As we saw right here in our Parliament, this threat is everywhere today,” said Harper, who took in the festivities with his wife Laureen and two children.

“But we have faced great threats many times before, and we have overcome them. And we shall over-

come them once more. So, let’s hear it for the brave men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces.”

Security around Parliament Hill was much heavier than usual. Some police officers were seen walking around with semi-automatic weapons. Many visitors were unable to make their way up on to the Parliament Hill lawns once the prime minister and governor general had arrived, and the perimeter was made bigger than in past years.

The wet weather meant there was no air show this year featuring the Snowbirds. The onstage entertainment included pop artists including Kiesza and Magic, as well as a tribute to Sir John A. Macdonald, 2015 marking the 200th anniversary of his birth.

If Harper didn’t have to be in Ottawa on Canada Day, he might have done exactly what Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair did — hopscotch around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and southwestern Ontario.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair issued a Canada Day statement that explicitly pointed to the election on the horizon. His schedule included five different stops, featuring NDP candidates, in Toronto.

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sons to be proud to be Canadian, but much work remains to be done,” Mulcair said.

“The NDP has a clear vision to build a more sustainable society. Canadians can count on the NDP to bring concrete proposals to Ottawa to make life more affordable for families and make Canada a fairer country.”

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau issued a holiday statement that lauded Canada as “a place of fairness and of opportunity; a place where people from every imaginable country and culture, who speak every language, live and work, and build and thrive together.”

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Thick smoke from BRIEFS wildfires helps, Police finish search of jet hinders firefighters diverted to city REGINA — The number of people forced from their homes by Saskatchewan wildfire smoke continues to climb, but a provincial official says the smoke is now so thick that it’s actually helping control the fires.

Steve Roberts with Saskatchewan’s environment ministry says the layer of smoke that covers the northern part of the province has blocked out direct sunlight.

Roberts says that’s lowered temperatures and boosted humidity, which means the fires are less volatile.

Officials say they don’t have an estimate of the total number of evacuees, but say they’re currently housing over 4,000 people in hotels and other evacuation centres in North Battleford, Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina.

There were 110 active fires in Saskatchewan on Wednesday, and of them, only about 10 were contained.

The smoke hampered the operations of firefighting aircraft on Tuesday, and Roberts says air tankers are on standby if smoke clears and visibility is safe for them to fly.

“As much as it’s not good for people, because the cloud layer filled with smoke and is so thick, our temperatures are roughly 10 degrees cooler and our humidity is 10 to 15 per cent higher. That combination means the fire activity drops significantly,” Roberts explained.

“It’s helped us secure, especially, those fires that are close to communities by putting people on the ground and getting some hose lines in place.”

Roberts said conditions in Saskatchewan are so susceptible to fires due to an unusually dry winter followed by an early spring. He said evacuations could continue for days to come.

Close to 600 firefighters, 40 helicopters and 19 planes are involved in fighting the fires. Other provinces have contributed firefighters and equipment, and Roberts said a crew from South Dakota was on its way to Saskatchewan on Wednesday.

Karri Kempf, manager of emergency services with social services, said officials are rotating the destinations where evacuees are being sent. She said that allows staff to have time to increase capacity and set up extra facilities before more evacuees arrive.

On Wednesday, Kempf said Prince Albert was full and that Regina was the current destination.

“For the most part, people are quite anxious and nervous of the situation back home but their spirits seem to be good under the circumstances,” Kempf said.

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An explosives team has completed its search of the jet and determined that there was no explosive device on board.

The plane was travelling from Toronto to Saskatoon on Tuesday evening and landed safely.

The 113 passengers and five crew members were forced to disembark on the tarmac.

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Eleven years after 50 purebred plains bison were re-introduced to a rolling patch of prairie grass and sagebrush in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan, the herd is thriving.

In 2003, the shaggy beasts were trucked in from Elk Island National Park in Alberta to the Old Man on His Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area, a 5,300-hectare parcel of grassland south of Swift Current.

There are now 70 females and four bulls in the herd. The success has meant that the program can essentially pay it forward by sending calves to other areas that need a fresh infusion of purebred animals and to producers.

“They really look at home when you seem them out there grazing,” says Natalie Nikiforuk, the natural areas manager for the Nature Conservancy of Canada, which owns the land along with the Saskatchewan government.

“We actually find quite a few bison bones out in the pasture and so it’s kind of neat to see over 100 years ago that they were roaming here.”

It’s estimated that there were once about 60 million bison in North America, but the animals were almost wiped out about a century ago when they were hunted for nothing more than their tongues or their horns.

At the turn of the last century, the last large herd of wild bison on the Montana plains was bought by the Canadian government and moved to what would become the Elk Island park.

In recent years, bison have been shipped from Elk Island around North America in an effort to restore the animals to the landscape.

What makes this herd special, Nikiforuk says, is that it is genetically pure. Hair and blood samples were sent to Texas A&M University in 2007 and there was no trace of any beef DNA in the animals.

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Canada can’t hold off Americans

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF U.S.A. 36 Canada 28 Apparently the Americans didn’t get the memo, Canada’s supposed to win on Canada Day. For the first 20 minutes a perfect Canada Day script was being written in the second leg of the Women’s Rugby Super Series at Titans Park, but then the American roared back from two scores down to win 36-28 in front of 1,425 maple leaf waving fans.

“It was a tough one, not the result we wanted,” said Team Canada captain Laura Russell.

“To lose any game is tough, but to day was a bit special, We’re just looking to regroup and focus on Sunday.”

Andrea Burk had one try and two converts for Team Canada while Latoya Blackwood, Lisa Gauthier and Julianne Zussman added one try each. Alex Tessier added two converts and Zussman one.

Jessica Wooden had two tries for the Americans while Jane Paar, Joanna Kitlinski and Lauren Rhode had one each. Kimber Rozier had one penalty kick and was good on four of five converts.

“Canada are a great rival and also a great friend, we’re kind of like the neighbours that get to play, but with that rivalry it’s always great to win.

But what we’re most proud of is our performance,” said U.S.A. head coach Pete Steinberg. “We have such a young team ... and to see them grow over the last week is really, really great.”

Canada came out strong, feeding off the raucous crowd and Blackwood scored in the first minute of the game on the opening possession, finishing off a nice passing play.

The U.S. answered back five minutes later with Rozier’s penalty kick from just outside the 22-metre mark to make it 7-3.

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Team Canada’s Cindy Nelles tries to break through a Team USA defence during first half action at Titans Field on Wednesday. Team Canada fell to the Americans during the 2015 Women’s Rugby Super Series event in Red Deer Wednesday. back down the field on their next possession with Gauthier finishing off the drive and the converted try to go up 14-3, 10 minutes into the contest. Again the Americans answered right back with Paar scoring an unconverted try to close the gap to 14-8.

At the 20-minute mark Burk broke free from mid-field and scored, finishing off the run with a stiff arm to an American defender, to make the score 21-8.

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control and scoring at will.

The problem was, they couldn’t stop their arch rivals, who scored twice more to go up 22-21 at the half.

The final 45 minutes were much more controlled.

Canada appeared to open the scoring 20-minutes into the half with what would have been Gauthier’s second try, but she was called for a knock on, negating the score and giving the ball to the U.S. Wooden broke free with the ball, chipping it ahead and

collecting it on the fly to go the length of the field to put U.S.A. up 29-21, and they never looked back. Wooden scored once more in the 75th minute to seal the game and Zussman scored once more for Canada in the 87th minute.

“For us to show that character and to come back when Canada was up says a lot, we’re really excited about this group,” said Steinberg.

“We knew we had to change, we had a good core group that went to the 2014 World Cup

but we really needed a different level of athleticism and that’s what we went out and got.”

Wooden was one of those new players who made the jump up from their development program.

This series is a rare opportunity for Canada to play the top teams in the world at home and they appeared to take advantage of that partisan crowd early on Wednesday.

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Lait gets late surprise at Canadian teams major players on first Ponoka Rodeo showdown day of free agency

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Free-agency day felt like trade-deadline day, with all seven Canadian teams getting in on the action.

The Toronto Maple Leafs made by far the biggest splash Wednesday, dealing Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a six-player, three-pick blockbuster. That came on the heels of the Penguins missing out on Pittsburgh native Brandon Saad, whom the Chicago Blackhawks traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.

“Every move in the league shakes loose something that somehow affects your team, and that’s what happened today,” Leafs assistant general manager Kyle Dubas said.

Penguins GM Jim Rutherford called Kessel his “top target,” but Saad going to Columbus may have been the final domino to fall. For the past several days the free-agent and trade markets intersected, leading to plenty of Canada fireworks.

Beyond Kessel to the Penguins, the Montreal Canadiens traded Brandon Prust to the Vancouver Canucks for Zack Kassian, and the Boston Bruins got Jimmy Hayes from the Florida Panthers for Reilly Smith and the contract of injured forward Marc Savard.

The Edmonton Oilers signed the biggest July 1 contract, giving defenceman Andrej Sekera US$33 million over six years. After already trading Griffin Reinhart at the draft, the Oilers made a drastic improvement to their blue line in the wake of drafting Connor McDavid.

“He’s a really versatile D, very strong he can play on our top pair if need be,” Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli said. “(We have) a lot of options with him.”

The Calgary Flames kept the Battle of Alberta arms race going by bringing back goaltender Karri Ramo on a oneyear deal and signing winger Michael Frolik away from the Winnipeg Jets for five years and $21.5 million.

“He’s able to do a lot of different things that are very valuable,” Flames general manager Brad Treliving said of Frolik. “He probably is not going to be a guy that scores you 30 goals, but he’s going to do a lot of the heavy lifting in some of the areas that aren’t so sexy that help you win games.”

The Jets were smarting after losing Frolik but brought back forward

Expect the unexpected in the world the Showdown Round, Jake Vold still of rodeo. leaves Ponoka with $7797 in his pockPonoka Stampede fans had their ets. hopes pinned on local favorite Jake Coleman Kohorst was so excited Vold to take top honors in the about making a 4.4 second bareback riding at the showrun in the steer wrestling, down round of the 79th annual he exited the arena beevent. fore realizing he needed The Canadian champion to stick around and colhad a spectacular 88 point lect the spoils of winning ride in the afternoon Finals the Ponoka Stampede to lead the way among the top championship. four vying for the title. Then Kohorst had the best he was matched up with the time on three steers Calgary Stampede horse Speat 19.1 seconds, which cial Delivery in the sudden had already given him death showdown. a healthy $6519 payout.

The horse had a powerWhile the slate is wiped DIANNE ful lunge out of the chute, clean in the Showdown, FINSTAD and both Vold’s spurs got on Kohorst did have the adone side of the horse. He just vantage of being last man couldn’t get back on track, and to nod his head. was bucked off.

“It’s the first time I’ve Back on the chutes was Matt Lait, ever had any luck here,” stated the who had just turned in an 83 on Vold’s Okotoks bulldogger, who added the True Grit. Suddenly he found himself $7500 bonus to his haul. “It’s pretty having to run out to accept the trophy special to win it.” buckle and jacket.

“But I don’t know who was more He was just as surprised as anyone nervous, me or my ol’ man. He’s been to win the event. pacing for the last two hours. Either “I bobbled myself. It was one of one of us was pretty nervous. My sister those rides where right out of the drove up from Calgary when she heard chute, I spurred over the neck and I was in the final four. It’s been a prethad to play catch up. I got off and was ty exciting night.” thinking ‘you just blew your shot’,” “It was my luxury to be last (out). said Lait.

With how it went in the steer wrestling, Unlike Vold, Lait had managed to I just knew I had to be safe on the barrecover and spur out the eight seconds rier, go catch him, and throw him down of his ride. to win first.”

“In all honesty, he let me catch back “I’ve never won 14 grand before in up. You kind of get your mean face on, one day, so this is a pretty good feeland get back to business.” ing.”

“Obviously, it’s like any sport, as The team roping at Ponoka went much as you try to predict it on paper, to 21-year-old Kolton Schmidt of Baryou can’t, until it actually happens. rhead, who won the heading honors at I feel I got really lucky today. I’m re- the College National Finals Rodeo in ally happy,” smiled the 2013 Canadian Wyoming just two weeks previous. He Champion. brought up Dustin Searcy from Okla“I came in today in tenth from the homa to be his new heeling partner long round, and I was hoping just to in Canada and it paid off as the duo move up in the average. It was one of earned over $8000 apiece, after winthose days when someone was looking ning the Showdown with a time of 6.0 out for me.” seconds.

Lait earned a whopping $11,608 from Oklahoma’s Ryan Jarrett won his his time at the Ponoka Stampede. first Ponoka Stampede tie-down roping “I was behind on my rodeos this sea- title, but it was a close race. Idaho’s son. I got sick and then went on a trip Matt Shiozawa roped a calf in 7.7 secto Europe. Playing catch-up was maybe onds, but Jarrett shaved a valuable what I needed, to light a fire under my tenth off his turn, making a 7.6 secbutt!” ond run turn his Ponoka earnings into Lait had nothing but admiration for $13,384. the horse that Vold tangled with, and The biggest money winner of the Special Delivery was named best bare- Stampede was Louisiana’s Cody DeMback horse of the Ponoka Stampede. oss, who made an impressive 88.25 “That horse today looked like his point ride on Lunatic Party. He cashed daddy, Grated Coconut, as much as I’ve in for $17,500 at Ponoka, and also won ever seen. He deserved horse of the Airdrie, for a $21,500 trip to Canada.

Stampede, for sure.”

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded star winger Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins during a busy day to open NHL free agency, Wednesday.

Alexander Burmistrov from the KHL on a two-year deal and signed defenceman Adam Pardy and forward Matt Halischuk to one-year contracts. Those were steps forward after re-signing winger Drew Stafford Tuesday night to an $8.7-million, two-year deal.

Beyond the Kessel trade that got them prospects Kasperi Kapanen and Scott Harrington, winger Nick Spaling and two draft picks, the Leafs were active in free agency. They brought back winger Daniel Winnik for two years, signed winger Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau and centre Mark Arcobello for one each and defenceman Matt Hunwick for two.

Parenteau is the most intriguing one-year signing at $1.5 million after the Canadiens bought him out of the final year of his previous contract.

“P.A. Parenteau is coming here on a one-year deal with a lot to prove,” Leafs president Brendan Shanahan said. “He’s a motivated guy. I think that he’s excited about coming here.”

Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver made a handful of smaller moves, too.

Most notably the Canucks re-signed defenceman Yannick Weber after trading Kevin Bieksa to the Anaheim Ducks.

After Sekera and Frolik, the biggest deals of the day were the San Jose Sharks getting ex-Penguins defenceman Paul Martin for $19.4 million over four years and the Bruins signing winger Matt Beleskey for $19 million over five years.

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Flames add Frolik at start of free agency GIVE FORMER JET 5-YEAR DEAL, RE-SIGN RAMO TO ONE-YEAR DEAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Calgary Flames signed “utility tool” Michael Frolik to a five-year contract and brought goaltender Karri Ramo back for another season when unrestricted free agency opened Wednesday.

Frolik’s deal is worth US$4.3 million annually. Ramo will earn $3.8 million on a one-year deal.

Those moves came a day after Calgary announced newly acquired defenceman Dougie Hamilton signed on for six years and $34.5 million.

Frolik, 27, is coming off back-to-back 42-point seasons with the Winnipeg Jets. The right-winger played all 82 games this past season for 19 goals and 23 assists. His plus-minus was plus-8.

The six-foot-one, 200-pound Czech was held pointless in four playoff games.

Flames general manager Brad Treliving compared Frolik to a “Swiss Army Knife.”

“He’s able to do a lot of different things that are very valuable,” Treliving said. “He probably is not going to be a guy that scores you 30 goals, but he’s going to do a lot of the heavy lifting in some of the areas that aren’t so sexy that help you win games.”

Frolik was paid $3.3 million in 201415.

“Calgary has a lot of talent. I had a good feeling about them,” Frolik told The Canadian Press from Florida. “I talked to (Flames forward) Jiri Hudler too and he said the city is great and the organization is perfect too.

“They did the right steps last year and I think they’ve got a bright future in front of them and that’s why I chose Calgary. I’m looking for success there.”

Frolik won a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013, when he

had three goals and seven assists in 23 playoff games. He’s compiled 95 goals and 140 assists in 512 career games with Florida, Chicago and Winnipeg.

The Flames also signed centre Derek Grant, who played last season in the American Hockey League for the Binghamton Senators, to a one-year contract. Calgary dealt minor-league forward Max Reinhart to Nashville Predators for a conditional fourthround draft pick.

Ramo, who turned 29 on Wednesday, posted a 15-9-3 record, a 2.60 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage in his second season in Calgary.

The Finn replaced Jonas Hiller during Calgary’s second-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks.

Ramo raised his stock for free agency averaging 2.86 goals against per game and a save percentage of .906 in seven post-season appearances.

Instead of testing the open market, the six-foot-two, 206-pound goalie opted to return to Calgary for a raise on his $2.75 million salary last season.

“The only thing this team is going to do is get better, so I wanted to come back,” Ramo said. “Obviously it’s a one-year deal . . . you have to try to fit in somewhere and I felt really comfortable signing a one-year contract.”

The market for free agent goaltenders altered when seven goalies changed hands at last weekend’s NHL entry draft in Florida. Jhonas Enroth signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday to back up Jonathan Quick.

Hiller has a year remaining on his contract. Minor-leaguer Joni Ortio has expressed a desire to compete for Calgary’s starting job at training camp in September. Ortio, 24, went 4-1 in a mid-season call-up when Ramo was

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Calgary Flames goaltender Karri Ramo talks to reporters at the Saddledome in Calgary, May 12, 2015. The Flames are bringing back Ramo on a one-year deal.

Ramo will reportedly earn US$3.8 million, a raise from last year. injured.

“What we feel with bringing Karri back is we’ve strengthened the position, we’ve stabilized the position again,” Treliving said. “We’ve got three capable goaltenders to go out and win us games.

“I don’t envision a situation (that) we’re going to go the next 10 months just carrying three goaltenders. It gives us options. We have those players and the capital of those players.”

Hiller went 26-19-4 starting the majority of games, with a goals-against

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average of 2.36 and a save percentage of .918.

The 33-year-old Swiss netminder was Calgary’s starter in the first round of playoffs Vancouver, but was on the bench the last four games of the second round against Anaheim.

Ramo made 44 saves in Calgary’s final game of the season — a 3-2 overtime loss to the Ducks.

“I feel I have way more to give,” Ramo said. “That’s what I need to show now. The way the year ended, I’m really looking forward to next season.”

Jays clobber Red Sox on Canada Day

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Connor McDavid, the teen phenom forecast to be hockey’s next great superstar, officially hit the ice Wednesday with the Edmonton Oilers.

And the 18-year-old made it clear he’s all in on the Oil Drop.

McDavid underwent medical and fitness tests before hitting the ice along with other prospects for power skating drills on the first day of the Oilers orientation camp.

“The fitness testing wasn’t a whole lot of fun, but (it was) really cool to throw on the Oilers gear, the gear I want to play the rest of my life wearing,” said McDavid.

He said he still doesn’t feel like an Oiler.

“It’s going to take a little while for it to sink in.

“It still feels surreal. It’s hard to picture being part of an NHL organization let alone the Edmonton Oilers, who have such a storied background.”

The man from Newmarket, Ont., joined other recent top Oiler draft picks, including defenceman Darnell Nurse and centre Leon Draisaitl for workouts at Rexall Place.

Draisaitl said McDavid is making a good first impression.

“He seems like a very nice, very humble guy. And obviously everybody knows what he’s capable of on the ice,” said Draisaitl.

“He’s a special guy and I think the whole organization should be very, very excited about him.”

Fans will be allowed in starting Friday to watch the workouts. Large crowds are expected given the euphoria that has gripped Alberta’s capital since McDavid’s name was called by the Oilers as the NHL’s top overall draft pick at last week’s draft.

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RUGBY: Absolutely amazing “It was absolutely amazing to hear them cheering you,” said Russell. “It gives you a little extra oomph, it makes a difference and it definitely makes you feel at home. We don’t very often get to play at home, so it makes it feel so special to us.”

Canada was their own worst enemy in the game.

They struggled to wrap up in their tackling and their passing was off for most of the game, not by much but enough to slow drives and allow their opposition to swarm.

However, this was just their second game since falling to England in the final of the World Cup on Aug. 17, 2014.

They lost their first game as well, 40-22 on Sunday to New Zealand.

“The momentum switched for us when we were missing our tackles, tackling is 50 per cent of the game in the skills,” said Canadian head coach Francois Ratier. “We have tried to work on it the last two days, but tackling technique is not something you can fix in two days.”

The Canadians now face England on Sunday in Edmonton to wrap up the Super Series while U.S.A. takes

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Connor McDavid smiles as he attends the Edmonton Oilers Orientation Camp at Edmonton’s Rexall Place on Wednesday. McDavid, the teen phenom forecast to be hockey’s next great superstar, officially hit the ice Wednesday with the Edmonton Oilers. sign to welcome McDavid.

It’s a fan base parched for even moderate success.

The Oilers, once the NHL’s signal franchise, have been mediocre for a decade, with multiple coaching changes, public apologies, and no playoff appearances.

McDavid’s selection is the high profile component of a recent organizational retrofit that includes new general manager Peter Chiarelli and head coach Todd McLellan.

Chiarelli has been working feverishly in recent days overhauling a ros-

ter considered average up front but woefully weak on defence and in goal.

Earlier Wednesday, the Oilers agreed to terms with free agent defenceman Andrej Sekera from the Los Angeles Kings and centre Mark Letestu from Columbus.

Recent trades have also harvested goalie Cam Talbot from the New York Rangers, defenceman Griffin Reinhart from the New York Islanders, defenceman Eric Gryba from the Ottawa Senators, and winger Lauri Korpikoski from Arizona.

on the New Zealand Black Ferns. New Zealand beat England 26-7 in the early game at Titans Park in Red Deer on Wednesday.

Ultimately, this series is to lay the foundation for Canada’s next World Cup push in Ireland in 2017.

“This is to give some new players a chance to play for Canada and to make sure if we call them back in one or two years that they know what we’re talking about,” said Ratier.

“They can go back home with some homework to do in their passing, tackling and contact.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

The Tommy Dorchester $50,000 Dash for Cash winner was Kirk Sutherland with his Emco Corporation tarp while Neil Salmond won the Dash for the pony chuckagwagons. Over 77,000 fans took in this year’s Ponoka Stampede.

RODEO: Sights set on making CFR Texan Taylor Jacob has her sights set on making a Canadian Finals appearance in the barrel racing, and she can pretty much count on that after she won $11,684 for first at Ponoka, after making a 17.379 second trip around the barrels.

Saskatchewan bullrider Dakota Buttar stuck to a bull called Up Tight for eight seconds and 88.25 points. He was the only one of the Final Four round to make the whistle, and earned a total of $13,113.

Cochrane’s Tanner Milan won the High Point Award, while Montana’s Luke Gee was the All Around winner.

NHL: Another dimension Mike Green got the biggest cap hit at $6 million over three years from the Detroit Red Wings.

“In Mike (we get) a top-four defenceman that can run a power play and provide offence,” Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said on a conference call.

“Certainly, today was a great day to add a defenceman who can provide offence, join the rush, shoots right and give our team another dimension.”

The best player to change teams Wednesday was Kessel, who gives the Penguins another dimension without giving up too much from the current roster that features centres Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, defenceman Kris Letang and goaltender MarcAndre Fleury. Even costing some picks and prospects seemed well worth it to Rutherford.

“We got the best player in the trade,” he said in Pittsburgh. “It usually works out for the team that got the best player.”

Blue Jays 11 Red Sox 2 TORONTO — Justin Smoak loves being a part of the Toronto Blue Jays’ offence, no matter what his role.

Smoak hit two home runs with three runs batted in and Toronto cruised to an 11-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.

“It’s awesome. Best offence in the game,” said Smoak, who was drafted by the Rangers in 2008. “I feel like in 2010 when I was with Texas, being in that offence, it was really good but this one’s a lot better than that one.”

The Rangers scored 787 runs in 2010, fourth best in the American League that season, on the way to an AL championship. Toronto has 435 runs so far this year, by far the most in Major League Baseball.

Smoak’s role has changed from his time in Texas to now, going from being an every day player to only occasionally starting.

“It’s new to me. It’s not easy,” said Smoak.

“There’s a lot of work behind the scenes and getting ready during the game and ready for any situation. It’s something I’m trying to adjust to.”

Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson also hit home runs for Toronto (42-38), ending a small twogame skid. Jose Reyes had four hits and three runs batting leadoff for the Blue Jays.

Mark Buehrle (9-4) pitched seven innings, giving up one run on four hits.

The left-hander struck out seven with 106 pitches. Aaron Loup and Brett Cecil came in in relief.

“I can’t complain, I’ve had a fair amount of runs scored for me this year which makes it a lot easier to pitch,” said Buehrle. “I just try to go out there and throw up zeroes and hold them down as much as you can, give our offence a chance.”

Mookie Betts had a late home run for Boston (36-44), while Hanley Ramirez had a triple and scored. The Red Sox had a three-game win streak come to an end.

Rick Porcello (4-9) had a tough afternoon, giving up seven runs on seven hits including three homers in just two innings of work. Robbie Ross Jr. and Jonathan Aro came out of the bullpen for the Red Sox. Ross allowed a run, while Aro gave up three.

Encarnacion got the Blue Jays started with his 17th home run of the season, a three-run shot to deep left field that drove in Reyes and Donaldson for a 3-0 Toronto lead.

Smoak made it 5-0 two at-bats later, driving in Canadian catcher Russell Martin with a home run just inside the right-field foul pole.

It was Toronto’s eighth multi home run inning of the season and the Blue Jays’ Major League-leading 30th inning with four or more runs.

Bautista snapped an 0-for-25 hitless skid in the second inning when his 16th homer of the season cashed in Reyes and gave Toronto a 7-0 lead.

“I don’t feel lost. I know what’s going on,” said Porcello. “I’m throwing a lot of fat pitches.”

Smoak hit his second homer of the day in the third, taking Ross in to the box seats on the fourth deck over left field. A switch hitter, Smoak’s home runs came from both sides of the plate.

Reyes got his third run of the game in the sixth inning, scoring on Bautista’s sacrifice fly to deep right for a 9-0 Blue Jays lead.

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Bombers look to tame Ticats in home opener

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Maurice Leggett is known for being a good communicator.

The big smile he sported after Wednesday’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers practice clearly showed he’s happy to be back in the lineup for Thursday’s home-opener against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The team’s defensive player of the year last season missed last week’s season-opening 30-26 win over Saskatchewan and Winnipeg’s exhibition loss against Hamilton because of an undisclosed injury.

“I’m excited, I know that,” Leggett said with a chuckle.

“It’s been a long time coming, just sitting here watching my teammates go through battle without me. I just wanted to be back helping the defence excel.”

His teammates are equally glad he’s back.

“I think we’ve been getting better each game, but with him coming back it’ll just add another level to our intensity and us paying attention to it and communicating well,” linebacker Chris Randle said.

Winnipeg lost its exhibition game at home 26-15 to the Ticats, with quarterback Zach Collaros guiding Hamilton’s offence to a 20-7 lead before head coach Kent Austin pulled him with about six minutes left in the first half.

But Collaros and the offence didn’t have the most productive outing in a 24-23 loss to Calgary last week. The Ticats only scored touchdowns from a punt return and interception, while Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes booted a 50-yard field goal as time expired for the win.

“Call it motivation, call it whatever you want to call it, but you want to score touchdowns every week,” said Collaros, who was 27-of-38 for 281 yards against the Stamps.

The team had good practices while

staying in Calgary before flying to Winnipeg so he’s excited to regroup against the Bombers, he said.

Austin ticked off 15 penalties on offence, some that stopped drives, as one of the reasons they lost to Calgary.

“Had a couple of errors that we put in the disaster category,” Austin said.

“With a snap over our punter’s head and the pick down in scoring territory.”

But there were chances to win the game and he takes that silver lining into the match against Winnipeg.

“We’re going to have to play well and mistake-free to have an opportunity to beat them,” Austin said.

The Bombers are coming off their first win in Regina in 11 years, yet head coach Mike O’Shea also used the words “mistake-free” in describing how his defence will have to play against Hamilton and didn’t versus the Riders.

Saskatchewan rushed for 212 yards against Winnipeg, but Hamilton is expected to key on its passing game

rather than rookie running back Ray Holley.

That might be good news, but Leggett said Collaros can be lethal.

“He’ll lull you to sleep with the quick plays and then actually make the big plays by extending them,” Leggett said.

Unlike Collaros, Bombers quarterback Drew Willy is coming off the game in Regina with a hot hand.

He completed 22-of-25 pass attempts for 325 yards and three TDs, an 88 per cent completion rate that set a new Bombers’ single-game record.

“Sometimes you get hot out there and it doesn’t really matter what the defence does, it’s just as an offence everyone is playing to their highest level,” Willy said.

Continuing where they left off would be nice against Hamilton, but he knows its defence is tough.

“They’re a good bunch. There’s a reason they’ve been to two straight Grey Cups,” Willy said.

Roughriders sign veteran kicker McCallum, bring back Sunseri

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Paul McCallum will be back for a 23rd season after all.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Wednesday that they have signed the veteran kicker after he was released by the B.C. Lions during training camp.

The 45-year-old Vancouver native made 38 of 42 field goal attempts for a league high 90.5 per cent completion rate in 18 regular season games with the Lions. He was named a 2014 West Division all-star.

McCallum said on Twitter that the Lions asked him to retire in training camp as 23-year-olds Richie Leone and Anthony Fera competed for the job in training camp. McCallum asked for his release instead.

McCallum has the second most points in CFL history (3,022), behind former Lions kicker Lui Passaglia. He also has played in the sixth most games

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in league history.

This will be the two-time Grey Cup champion’s second tour of duty with Saskatchewan. He previously played with the Riders for 12 seasons (19942005).

Earlier, the Roughriders have brought back quarterback Tino Sun-

seri to back up Kevin Glenn.

The Roughriders announced Wednesday that Sunseri has agreed to terms on a contract.

Glenn was thrust into the starter’s role when Darian Durant was lost for the season with a torn Achilles tendon suffered in Saskatchewan’s season

opener.

Sunseri started four games last year when Durant went down with a seasonending elbow injury midway through the season. Overall, Sunseri completed 73 of 123 pass attempts last season for 973 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions.

Redblacks look to match last season’s win total

Raonic edges Haas in second round

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LONDON — Milos Raonic rode his blistering serve to the third round of Wimbledon on Wednesday, firing 29 aces to hold off veteran Tommy Haas 6-0, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4).

The seventh-seeded Canadian, who hit the thirdfastest serve in tournament history at 233 km/h, appeared to be cruising to victory early on as Haas managed to win just six points in the 17-minute first set. But the experienced German found his game in the third set, winning the tibreaker to make Raonic work for the victory. Raonic said he was never concerned, despite Haas’s comeback.

“I was serving pretty well,” he added. “That’s always going to make my job a little bit easier.”

Raonic will meet Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in a rematch of their 2014 quarter-final, a match Raonic won 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Just two weeks into the CFL season, Henry Burris and the Ottawa Redblacks are already closing on a franchise record.

On Friday night, the Redblacks (1-0) host the B.C. Lions in their home opener looking for a second straight victory. What makes that noteworthy is Ottawa won just two games all of last year in their inaugural season.

Ottawa opened its 2015 season with a 20-16 win over the Montreal Alouettes, the club’s first-ever road victory. It was a rather ordinary opener for Burris, who completed 23-of-36 passes for 263 yards and a TD but also three interceptions.

The Redblacks secured the win on Jeremiah Johnson’s six-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. It was set up by Jovon Johnson’s interception of Montreal rookie quarterback Brandon Bridge, a native of Mississauga, Ont., who was playing after both starter Jonathan Crompton and backup Dan LeFevour suffered shoulder injuries.

Crompton is listed day-to-day with a shoulder bruise but LeFevour will miss the remainder of the season.

Ottawa’s defence allowed just 113 passing yards and 84 yards rushing versus Montreal while also recording two interceptions.

Last year, Ottawa ended Lions’ quarterback Travis Lulay’s season. Lulay made his 2014 debut against the Redblacks following

off-season shoulder surgery but quickly reinjured the joint and missed the remainder of the campaign.

Lulay and Co. will play their season opener in Ottawa to mark Lions’ head coach Jeff Tedford’s CFL debut. The former long-time coach at University of California, Berkeley replaces Mike Benevides, who was fired following B.C.’s one-sided 5017 East Division semifinal loss to Montreal.

The Lions have talent on their roster, including linebackers Solomon Elimimian and Adam Bighill. Elimimian was the league’s top player and defensive performer last year after recording a CFL-record 143 tackles while Bighill remains one of the league’s top defenders.

Offensively, Winnipeg native Andrew Harris provides much versatility at tailback while receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux remains a big-play threat.

American rookie Richie Leone handles kicking-punting duties after veteran Canadian Paul McCallum was granted his release upon deciding against the club’s request he retire.

Pick — B.C. Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Thursday night At Winnipeg, the Bombers (1-0) are home following a 30-26 season-opening road win over Saskatchewan. Quarterback Drew Willy had 325 passing yards and three TDs while Paris Cotton ran for 108 yards. The defence, however, allowed over 200 yards rushing. Hamilton opened with a heartbreaking 24-23 road loss to the Calgary Stampeders in a Grey Cup rematch. Zach Collaros threw for 281 yards while the Ti-

cats (0-1) intercepted Grey Cup MVP Bo Levi Mitchell three times. Brandon Banks had a 67-yard punt return TD. Pick — Hamilton Calgary Stampeders vs. Montreal Alouettes, Friday night At Montreal, Calgary (1-0) needed Rene Paredes’ 50-yard field goal on the final play of the game to edge Hamilton and was also buoyed by Keon Raymond’s 97-yard interception return TD. Despite throwing three interceptions, Mitchell found Jeff Fuller nine times for 148 yards, earning Fuller player-of-the-week honours. Cornish, the CFL’s top rusher last year, had 70 yards on 13 carries. With Crompton ailing Bridge could make his first CFL start for Montreal (0-1) but doing so against the defending CFL champion makes it an even more daunting task.

Pick — Calgary Toronto Argonauts vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders, Sunday afternoon At Regina, veteran Kevin Glenn starts for the Riders (0-1) with incumbent Darian Durant (Achilles injury) out. Linebacker Shea Emry (neck) also likely won’t play but receiver Weston Dressler and safety Tyron Brackenridge are both expected back. Last week, Toronto’s Trevor Harris threw for 347 yards and three TDs versus an Edmonton defence that allowed 300 passing yards just once last year. But the Argos (1-0) will be minus kicker/punter Swayze Waters (hip flexor), the CFL’s top special-teams player last year.

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National Hockey League free agent signings Players who signed contracts Wednesday on the opening day of the National Hockey League’s free agency period: Washington signs F Justin Williams to a twoyear,$6.5 million contract.

Arizona signs F Antoine Vermette to a two-year contract.

Arizona re-signs D Dylan Reese. Terms not disclosed.

Buffalo signs F Jason Akeson. Terms not disclosed.

Buffalo signs F Cal O’Reilly to a two-year, $1.4 million contract.

Philadelphia signs D Davis Drewiskie a one-year, two-way contract.

Philadelphia signs F Chris Connor to a two-year, two-way contract.

Toronto signs F Daniel Winnik to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.

Boston signs F Matt Beleskey to a five-year, $19 million contract.

Chicago signs F Viktor Tikhonov to a one-year, $1.04 million contract.

Montreal signs D Mark Barberio to a one-year, twoway contract.

Columbus signs F Gregory Campbell to a two-year, $3 million contract.

Tampa Bay signs D Matt Taormina. Terms not disclosed.

Anaheim signs G Matt Hackett to a two-year contract.

Anaheim signs F Chris Mueller to a one-year contract.

Anaheim signs D Joe Piskula to a one-year contract.

Washington signs F Carter Camper to a one-year, two-way contract.

Washington signs F Sean Collins to a one-year, two-way contract.

Washington re-signs D Mike Moore to a one-year, two-way contract.

Washington signs D Aaron Ness to a one-year, twoway contract.

Detroit signs F Brad Richards to a one-year, $3 million contract.

Minnesota re-signs F Ruslan Fedotenko to a oneyear, two-way contract.

Minnesota signs F Zac Dalpe to a one-year, twoway contract.

Toronto signs F PA Parenteau to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.

Toronto signs F Mark Arcobello to a one-year, $1.1 million contract.

Toronto signs D Matt Hunwick to a two-year contract.

Arizona signs F Steve Downie to a one-year, $1.75 million contract.

Detroit signs D Mike Green to a three-year, $18 million contract.

New Jersey signs D John Moore to a thre-year, $4.8 million contract.

Tampa Bay signs F Erik Condra to a three-year, $3.75 million contract.

NY Rangers sign F Brian Gibbons. Terms not disclosed.

Nashville signs F Cody Hodgson to a one-year, $1 million contract.

Toronto re-signs F Richard Panik to a one-year, $975,000 contract.

St. Louis re-signs D Chris Butler. Terms not disclosed.

NY Rangers signs F Viktor Stalberg to a one-year, $1.1 million contract.

Nashville signs D Barret Jackman to a two-year, $4 million contract.

Vancouver signs D Taylor Fedun to a one-year contract.

San Jose signs D Paul Martin to a four-year, $19.4 million contract.

Calgary signs F Michael Frolik to a five-year, $21.5 million contract.

Calgary re-signs G Karri Ramo to a one-year, $3.8 million contract.

Arizona signs G Anders Lindback to a one-year, $875,000 contract.

Ottawa signs F Eric O’Dell to a one-year, two-way contract.

Minnesota re-signs F Ryan Carter to a one-year contract.

NY Rangers sign F Matt Lindblad. Terms not disclosed.

NY Rangers sign F Jayson Megna. Terms not disclosed.

Washington signs D Taylor Chorney to a one-year, $700,000 contract.

NY Rangers sign D Raphael Diaz. Terms not disclosed.

Vancouver signs G Richard Bachman to a two-year

contract.

Dallas re-signs F Patrick Eaves to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.

Los Angeles signs G Jhonas Enroth to a one-year, $1.25 million contract.

Florida signs G Mike McKenna to a two-year, twoway contract.

Arizona signs D Zbynek Michalek to a two-year, $6.4 million contract.

Edmonton signs F Mark Letestu to a three-year, $5.4 million contract.

Edmonton signs D Andrej Sekera to a six-year, $33 million contract.

Carolina re-signs F Riley Nash to a one-year contract.

Carolina re-signs D Rasmus Rissanen to a oneyear, two-way contract.

Arizona signs F Brad Richardson to a three-year, $6.24 million contract.

Philadelphia signs G Michal Neuvirth to a two-year, $3.25 million contract.

Vancouver signs D Matt Bartkowski to a one-year. $1.75 million contract.

Colorado signs D Francois Beauchemin to a threeyear, $13.5 million contract.

Colorado signs F Blake Comeau to a three-year, $7.2 million contract.

Minnesota re-signs D Nate Prosser to a two-year contract.

Winnipeg re-signs F Matt Halischuk to a one-year, $750,000 contract.

Winnipeg signs F Alex Burmistrov to a two-year, $3.1 million contract.

NY Islanders re-signs D Thomas Hickey to a threeyear, $2.2 million contract.

Winnipeg re-signs D Adam Pardy to a one-year, $1 million contract.

NY Islanders sign G Thomas Greiss to a two-year, $3 million contract.

Vancouver re-signs D Yannick Weber to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.

Washington re-signs F Stanislav Galiev to a twoyear, $1.15 million contract.

Nashville re-signs F Mike Ribeiro to a two-year, $7 million contract.

Chicago signs F Artem Anisimov to a five-year, $22.75 million contract.

Minnesota re-signs F Mikael Granlund to a twoyear, $6 million contract.

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 42 36 .538 New York 42 37 .532 Tampa Bay 42 38 .525 Toronto 42 38 .525 Boston 36 44 .450

B4

GB — 1/2 1 1 7

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 44 31 .587 41 37 .526 39 38 .506 36 41 .468 33 42 .440

GB — 4 1/2 6 9 11

Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 47 34 .580 41 38 .519 40 39 .506 36 42 .462 36 45 .444

GB — 5 6 9 1/2 11

Tuesday’s Games Texas 8, Baltimore 6 Boston 4, Toronto 3 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 4, 14 innings Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 8, Cincinnati 5 Houston 4, Kansas City 0 Chicago White Sox 2, St. Louis 1, 11 innings Colorado 2, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Seattle 5, San Diego 0 Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati 2, Minnesota 1 Toronto 11, Boston 2 Oakland 4, Colorado 1 Seattle 7, San Diego 0 N.Y. Yankees 3, L.A. Angels 1 Baltimore 4, Texas 2 Pittsburgh 9, Detroit 3 Cleveland 8, Tampa Bay 1 Houston 6, Kansas City 5 Chicago White Sox at St. Louis, late

Thursday’s Games Cleveland (Kluber 3-9) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 0-0), 10:10 a.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 4-6) at Detroit (K.Ryan 1-1), 11:08 a.m.

Texas (Gallardo 7-6) at Baltimore (Gausman 1-0), 5:05 p.m.

Boston (Miley 7-7) at Toronto (Boyd 0-1), 5:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 5-6) at Kansas City (C.Young 7-3), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Elias 4-5) at Oakland (Kazmir 4-5), 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

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

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

Seattle at Oakland, 7:05 p.m.

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 43 35 .551 40 39 .506 37 41 .474 33 46 .418 27 53 .338

GB — 3 1/2 6 10 1/2 17

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 51 25 .671 44 33 .571 41 35 .539 36 41 .468 32 48 .400

GB — 7 1/2 10 15 1/2 21

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

West Division W L Pct 45 35 .563 42 37 .532 37 41 .474 37 43 .463 34 44 .436

GB — 2 7 8 10

Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee 4, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 4, 14 innings Chicago Cubs 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Minnesota 8, Cincinnati 5 Miami 5, San Francisco 3 Washington 6, Atlanta 1 Chicago White Sox 2, St. Louis 1, 11 innings L.A. Dodgers 6, Arizona 4, 10 innings Colorado 2, Oakland 1 Seattle 5, San Diego 0 Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati 2, Minnesota 1 Oakland 4, Colorado 1 Seattle 7, San Diego 0 Milwaukee 9, Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 9, Detroit 3 Chicago Cubs 2, N.Y. Mets 0, 11 innings Miami 6, San Francisco 5 Atlanta 4, Washington 1 Chicago White Sox at St. Louis, late L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 3 Thursday’s Games San Francisco (M.Cain 0-0) at Miami (Fernandez 0-0), 10:10 a.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 4-6) at Detroit (K.Ryan 1-1), 11:08 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 7-5) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-5), 11:10 a.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 4-10) at Philadelphia (Billingsley 0-2), 4:35 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 9-5) at Atlanta (Banuelos 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 5-7) at St. Louis (Cooney 0-0), 5:15 p.m.

Colorado (Rusin 3-2) at Arizona (Hellickson 5-5), 7:40 p.m.

Friday’s Games Miami at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 a.m.

San Francisco at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:35 p.m.

San Diego at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Love stays, Chandler moves and dollars fly in a busy start to NBA’s free agency

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kevin Love has unfinished business in Cleveland and Tyson Chandler will be conducting his in Phoenix.

The first full day of NBA free agency featured skyrocketing salaries and a flurry of moves, though no decision yet from LaMarcus Aldridge. Players and teams agreed to more than $1 billion worth of deals.

Love made his choice quickly, opting to stay with the Cavaliers on a five-year deal that could be worth more than $110 million. He revealed his decision in a piece in The Players’ Tribune.

“We have unfinished business and now it’s time to get back to work,” Love wrote.

Jimmy Butler and Mike Dunleavy also stayed put in Chicago for around $115 million combined, Goran Dragic is remaining in Miami and Paul Millsap will stick with Atlanta.

But Paul Pierce and plenty other players were on the move with salaries soaring ahead of next year’s new TV contracts that might make Wednesday’s action seem tame next summer.

“I LUV that the players are bank rolling, capitalize and seize the moment,” Hall of Fame guard and TNT analyst Reggie Miller wrote on Twitter. “Trust me the owners and the league are making money, so should you.”

Chandler will get his in

Shakeup in Rangers’ front office, Sather steps down as GM GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Glen Sather didn’t get a chance to raise the Stanley Cup as general manager of the New York Rangers, so he’ll just have to settle for making them a lot better in his 15 seasons in charge.

Sather on Wednesday announced that he was stepping down as the Rangers general manager and being replaced by longtime assistant Jeff Gor-

Phoenix, taking $52 million over four years to leave Dallas, while Atlanta’s DeMarre Carroll agreed to a deal with Toronto for $60 million over four years. Pierce then left Washington to reunite with former Boston coach Doc Rivers with the Los Angeles Clippers on a $10 million contract.

Terms of all the deals were confirmed to The Associated Press by people with knowledge of the details. They were granted anonymity because contracts can only be agreed to during the first week of free agency. They can’t be signed until July 9, after next season’s salary cap is set.

Millsap was rewarded for his strong play in Atlanta with a three-year deal worth about $59 million, as the Hawks made sure not to lose both starting forwards after Carroll’s departure.

Aldridge was busy meeting with teams for a second straight day while he decides whether to leave Portland.

His representatives wrote on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon that he had made no decisions, even following reports that the Lakers had been eliminated.

The Spurs were among the teams hoping to land him and were making moves to entice him. They dealt Tiago Splitter to Atlanta to clear cap space and re-signed guard Danny Green, who got $45 million for four years.

Aldridge was among the top big men available when the

market opened early Wednesday morning, considered by many the best one who might consider moving. The Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan was another top big man on that list.

There had been speculation Love might bolt after one season in Cleveland, though he had said repeatedly he planned to stay. He said he had been in contact recently with management and his teammates, alluding to spending time poolside with LeBron James.

“Yeah, of course I’ve heard the free agency rumours,” Love wrote. “But at the end of the day, and after meeting with my teammates (it turns out pools are great meeting places) and with the front office, it was clear Cleveland was the place for me. We’re all on the same page and we’re all in.”

In a market filled with big men, the little guys were also getting theirs. That includes around $90 million for Dragic in Miami and $70 million for Brandon Knight in Phoenix — where he took over the ballhandling duties that Dragic handled before he was dealt to the Heat.

Khris Middleton also received $70 million to remain in Milwaukee following his strong season.

He and Carroll were two of the top wing players available and the Raptors paid well to get the latter, though they also lost forward Amir Johnson to Boston.

ton.

The past four years have been the best part of the run, with the Rangers making the Eastern Conference finals three times and playing for the Stanley Cup in 2014 against the Los Angeles Kings.

New York had the NHL’s best regular-season record this past season, but lost the conference finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games.

The 71-year-old Sather, who will remain as the team’s president, said he has been thinking about leaving the GM post for two or three years af-

ter spending more than three decades as a player, coach and front office executive with the Edmonton Oilers and Rangers.

“Last year we had the run at the Stanley Cup and this year we thought we would have another shot at it,” Sather said.

“I think you would like to retire as a champ but it didn’t happen.

“We gave it a good shot but there were a lot of things in our way, and it just didn’t happen. I felt at the end of the season with the people we have here, it’s a good time to do it for me. I have been doing this a long time.”

Today

● Ladies fastball: TNT Athletics at Topco Oilsite Panthers at Great Chief 1 at 7 p.m.; N. Jensen Bandits at Collins Barrow Rage at Great Chief 2 at 7 p.m.; Snell & Oslund Badgers at Stettler at 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Lacombe Stone and Granite at Play it Again Sports Athletics at Great Chief 1 at 7 p.m.; Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at North Star Sports at Great Chief 2 at 7 p.m.

Saturday

● Pro rodeo: Coronation Pro Rodeo, 1 p.m.; Benalto Stampede, 7 p.m. ● Bantam AAA baseball: East Central Bulls at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, 1 and 4 p.m., Edgar Athletic Park. ● Major women’s soccer: Edmonton Northwest United at Red Deer Renegades, 2 p.m., Edgar Athletic Park. ● Premier men’s soccer: Edmonton FC at Red Deer Renegades, 2 p.m., Edgar Athletic Park.

Friday

● Pro rodeo: Coronation Pro Rodeo, 6 p.m.; Benalto Stampede, 7 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Lacombe Dodgers at Red Deer Razorbacks, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park; Innisfail Indians at Rocky Mountain House Red Dogs, 7 p.m. ● Premier men’s soccer: Edmonton FC at Red Deer Renegades, 7:30 p.m., Edgar Athletic Park.

Sunday

● Bantam AAA baseball: East Central Bulls at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, 11 a.m., Edgar Athletic Park. ● Pro rodeo: Benalto Stampede, 1 p.m. ● Junior B tier II lacrosse: Medicine Hat Sun Devils at Red Deer Renegades, 2:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Junior B tier I lacrosse: Rockyview Silvertips at Red Deer TBS Rampage, 5 p.m., Kinex.

Football CFL East Division GP W L T 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

PF 26 20 23 16

PA 11 16 24 20

Pt 2 2 0 0

West Division GP W L T Winnipeg 1 1 0 0 Calgary 1 1 0 0 B.C. 0 0 0 0 Saskatchewan 1 0 1 0 Edmonton 1 0 1 0

PF 30 24 0 26 11

PA 26 23 0 30 26

Pt 2 2 0 0 0

Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal

WEEK TWO Bye: Edmonton

Thursday’s game Hamilton at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s game Calgary at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games Toronto at Saskatchewan, 1:30 p.m.

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

WEEK THREE Bye: Hamilton Thursday, July 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 10 Montreal at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Saskatchewan at B.C., 8 p.m.

Monday, July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Soccer 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup At Sites In Canada

New York City FC Chicago

SEMIFINALS Tuesday’s result At Montreal United States 2 Germany 0 Wednesday’s game At Edmonton Japan 2 England 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 10 6 2 32 22 17 Seattle 9 7 2 29 24 18 Portland 8 6 4 28 21 20 Los Angeles 7 6 7 28 27 23 Sporting KC 7 3 6 27 25 17 FC Dallas 7 5 5 26 21 23 San Jose 7 5 4 25 19 16 Real Salt Lake 5 6 7 22 17 22 Houston 5 7 5 20 21 23 Colorado 2 6 9 15 12 17 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

THIRD PLACE Saturday, July 4 At Edmonton Germany vs. England, 2 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 5 At Vancouver United States vs, Japan, 5 p.m.

Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF D.C. United 10 5 5 35 23 New England 6 7 6 24 25 Toronto FC 7 6 2 23 22 New York 6 5 5 23 22 Orlando City 6 6 5 23 22 Columbus 5 6 6 21 25 Philadelphia 5 10 4 19 22 Montreal 5 6 3 18 19

4 4

8 9

5 2

17 14

18 17

22 23

Friday’s Games Chicago at Houston, 7 p.m.

D.C. United at Seattle, 9 p.m.

GA 17 26 19 20 21 25 32 23

Saturday’s Games New York at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

New York City FC at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 7 p.m.

New England at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.

Orlando City at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Jose at Portland, 3 p.m.

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated OF Delmon Young for assignment. Recalled RHP Tyler Wilson from Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with RHPs Kory Groves and Steven Klimek and LHPs Xavier Borde and Will Shepley on minor league contracts.

BOSTON RED SOX — Sent OF Shane Victorino to Portland (EL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Junior Guerra to Charlotte (IL). Reinstated LHP Dan Jennings from the 15-day DL. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Triston McKenzie on a minor league contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with SS Austin Simcox on a minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with OF Daz Cameron and RHP Thomas Eshelman on minor league contracts.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Announced the resignation of Jerry DiPoto general manager. Named Bill Stoneman interim general manager. Optioned RHP Cam Bedrosian to Salt Lake (PCL). Reinstated RHP Mike Morin from the 15-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned INF Kennys Vargas to Chattanooga (SL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Assigned RHP Esmil Rogers outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Selected the contract of OF Taylor Dugas from Trenton (EL). Agreed to terms with OF Joseph Falcone on a minor league contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned 1B Max Muncy to Nashville (PCL). Agreed to terms with SS Richie Martin on a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Kirby Yates to Durham (IL). Designated RHP Ronald Belisario and 2B Steve Tolleson for assignment. Recalled RHP Preston Guilmet and LHP C.J. Riefenhauser from Durham. Sent 1B James Loney and RHPs Andrew Bellatti and Jake Odorizzi to Charlotte (FSL) for rehab assignments.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Tyler Phillips on a minor league contract. Sent LHP Matt Harrison to Round Rock (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated 2B Steve Tolleson for assignment.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Sent RHP Raisel Iglesias to Louisville (IL) for a rehab assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Christian Bergman on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday.

Recalled RHP Justin Miller and LHP Yohan Flande from Albuquerque (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent OF Carl Crawford to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHPs Nolan Long and Imani Abdullah on minor league contracts.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned LHP Justin Nicolino to New Orleans (PCL). Reinstated RHP Bryan Morris from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with C Matthew Foley and RHP Ryan Hafner on minor league contracts.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent OF Khris Davis to Wisconsin (MWL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned OF Jose Tabata outright to Indianapolis (IL). Sent 1B Corey Hart to Indianapolis for a rehab assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Sent LHP Cory Luebke to El Paso (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent RHP Aaron Barrett to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with SS Max Schrock and 2B Jake Jefferies and Melvin Rodriguez on minor league contracts.

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Signed RHP Bryan Grieg. Released INF Danny Steinstra.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Signed RHP Dakota Watts.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed C Chris Robinson. Traded INF Tony Delmonico to Sioux City for cash.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed LHP J.C. Romero. Announced RHP Mickey Jannis has been signed by the N.Y. Mets, who assigned him to Port St. Lucie (FSL).

SUGAR LAND SKEETERS — Signed OF Joe Benson.

Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed RHP Laetten Galbraith. Released OF Francisco Sosa. Traded LHP Dan Meyer to Quebec for future considerations.

ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed RHP TJ Hunt.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed C Dane Phillips.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Byron Minnich. Released LHP Jordan Sechler.

ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Signed C Joshua Davis and LHP Cory LaPeze.

BASKETBALL Premier Basketball League ROCHESTER RAZORSHARKS — Named Chris Daleo coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed OT Wayne Hunter.

Canadian Football League TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Signed K Ronnie Pfeffer.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Agreed to terms with D Kevin Bieksa on a two-year contract extension.

ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Brad Richardson and D Dakota Mermis to three-year contracts, D Zbynek Michalek, C Antoine Vermette and F Dustin Jeffrey to two-year contracts, G Anders Lindback and F Steve Downie to one-year contracts and D Dylan Reese to a one-year, two-way contract.

BOSTON BRUINS — Signed F Matt Beleskey to a five-year contract.

BUFFALO SABRES — Signed C Jack Eichel.

CALGARY FLAMES — Signed RW Michael Frolik to a five-year contract and G Karri Ramo to a oneyear contract.

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Bought out the contract of F Alexander Semin. Agreed to terms with D Rasmus Rissanen on a one-year, two-way contract and D Jaccob Slavin on a three-year, entry-level contract. Signed RW T.J. Hensick to a one-year, two-way contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with F Artem Anisimov on a five-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season and C Viktor Tikhonov on a one-year contract.

COLORADO AVALANCHE — Signed D Francois Beauchemin to a three-year contract.

DALLAS STARS — Signed F Patrick Eaves to a one-year contract and LW Curtis McKenzie to a two-year contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Re-signed C Andy Miele and G Tom McCollum to one-year contracts. Signed D Mike Green to a three-year contract and C Brad Richards to a one-year contract.

EDMONTON OILERS — Signed D Andrej Sekera to a six-year contract and C Mark Letestu to a threeyear contract.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Bought out the contract of RW Brad Boyes. Signed G Mike McKenna to a two-year, two-way contract and F Shane Harper and D Sena Acolatse to one-year, two-way contracts.

Acquired F Reilly Smith and the contract of F Marc Savard from Boston for F Jimmy Hayes.

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed G Jhonas Enroth to a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD — Signed C Mikael Granlund and D Mike Reilly to two-year contracts.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Traded LW Brandon Prust to Vancouver for RW Zack Kassian and a 2016 fifth-round draft pick.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Mike Ribeiro to a two-year contract. Acquired F Max Reinhart from Calgary for a conditional 2016 fourthround entry draft.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed F Blake Coleman to a two-year, entry-level contract; D John Moore to a three-year contract; F Paul Thompson to a two-year, two-way contract; and F Jim O’Brien to a one-year, two-way contract.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Signed D Thomas Hickey to a three-year contract, G Thomas Greiss to a two-year contract and F Kirill Petrov to a one-year, entry-level contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Acquired G Magnus Hellberg from the Nashville Predators for a sixthround pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Signed D Raphael Diaz and Fs Jayson Megna and Matt Lindblad. Agreed to terms with F Viktor Stalberg and F Brian Gibbons. Named Jeff Gorton general manager and Jim Schoenfeld senior vice-president/ assistant general manager and general manager of Hartford (AHL).

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed G Michal Neuvirth to a multiyear contract.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Signed F Jori Lehtera to a three-year contract extension, D Chris Butler to a one-year contract and F Cody Beach to a one-year, two-way contract.

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed D Paul Martin to a four-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed RW Erik Condra to a three-year contract and D Matt Taormina to a one-year, two-way contract.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Traded RW Phil Kessel to Pittsburgh for Fs Nick Spaling and Tyler Biggs, D Scott Harrington and Tim Erixon, RW Kasperi Kapanen and undisclosed conditional draft picks. Signed D Matt Hunwick to a two-year contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed RW Stanislav Galiev to a two-year contract. Signed D Taylor Chorney to a one-year contract and Fs Carter Camper and Sean Collins and D Mike Moore and Aaron Ness to one-year, two-way contracts.

WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with F Matt Halischuk on a one-year, two-way contract; D Adam Pardy on a one-year contract; and F Alexander Burmistrov on a two-year contract.

COLLEGE ALBANY (N.Y.) — Named Nick Bochette women’s associate head soccer coach.

AUSTIN PEAY — Named Jay Bowen men’s assistant basketball coach.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015

Fax 403-341-6560 editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Donalda Klondike Nites Reunion will be held on July 3 and 4 at the Community Hall. Entertainment events, catered meals, parade, dance, prizes for costumes and much more will be offered. Contact Pat at 403-3230412 or Judy at 403-883-2555 for more information. ● First Friday’s lineup on July 3 includes: Goin’ to California: My Motorcycle Diaries by Susan Barker at Kiwanis Gallery at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library from 6 to 8 p.m. ● Coffee Break @ the Timberlands Branch of Red Deer Public Library for adults is offered Fridays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Enjoy a hot beverage and a comfy chair and a good read. ● Benalto Fair will be held July 3 to 5.

Entries are being accepted in handiwork, baking, crafts, school work, adult and children classes. Books available at Benalto Store, Forhans Pharmacy, Eckville, Downtown Drug Mart, Sylvan Lake, or call 403-358-8111.

Saturday ● Good Sam Travelling Club breakfast is held on the first Saturday of every month at Albert’s Family Restaurant and Lounge in Co-op mall downtown Red Deer at 8:45 a.m.

Those interested in having fun and camping are invited to call Roy at 403-346-8546, or Roberta at 403-391-6557 and join the fun. ● Elvis — A Tribute the King — featuring Bruce Andrew Stewart will be featured at Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion #35 on July 4 for a show and dance. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m. There will be door prizes, cash bar and ‘50s, ‘60s music.

Tickets cost $l5 in advance or at the door. For tickets and information, call 403-342-0035.

See www.rocKINGwithElvis.com ● Art at the Lake show and sale by Central Alberta artists goes on July 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Best Western Hotel.

Free admission. Call 403-748-2557 for more information. ● Volkssport Walks will be taking place in Red Deer on July 4. The morning walk starts with registration at 9:30 a.m. and walk at 10 a.m., and the afternoon will take registration at 1 p.m. and walk at 1:30 p.m. Both walks start at the Red Deer Lodge Parking lot. Each walk will be 5 or 10 km. See www. walkalberta.ca.

Sunday ● Free the Children charity events will be organized by Sarah Wojcik, finalist in Miss Teenage Canada. On July 5, a charity car wash will be held at Dons Tire and Auto parking lot from noon to 5 p.m. Watch for a visit from a NASCAR championship racer. On July 6 take in a Zumba class for all ages, at Dance Magic north studio, from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.

Monday ● French Summer Reading Club for elementary school aged children is offered on Mondays, 1:30 p.m. at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library.

This program features stories, activities and crafts to encourage French reading and comprehension. Call 403-346-4576 for more information. ● Red Deer Pickleball Club welcomes players of all skill levels to drop-in play on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at West Park Community Shelter pickleball courts. Also, join in Ladder Play on Mondays from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Super 17 on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and Round Robin Play on Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon. Yearly membership costs $25.

Contact reddeerpickleballclub@gmail.com. ● Spruce View Country Market is held Mondays, 4 to 7 p.m. at the Spruce View Community Hall. Explore the specialty foods, produce, flowers, meat, clothing and more offered by over 45 vendors. for more information, call Rhona at 403-728-3709. ● Red Deer County’s Rural Beautification Tour ticket sales are available July 6 at the Red Deer County Centre. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are limited and cost $30 each. Please arrive early. No pre-registrations. Cash or cheque only. Limit of six tickets per person. Contact Sylvia at 403-350-2150 or sbolkowy@rdcounty.ca. The Rural Beautification Tour is on July 29 in Division 3, the area south of Red Deer including Springbrook, north of Innisfail and surrounding Penhold.

Tuesday ● TD Summer Reading Club for three to 11 year olds will be offered at all branches of Red Deer Public Library. Check times for each age group. Participate, read, and win prizes. The program is held on Tuesdays at the Downtown Branch, Wednesdays at the Dawe Branch, and on Thursdays at the Timberland Branch. Programs repeat at each branch so pick the nearest location. ● Teen Summer Reading Club — mezz edition — meets at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library on Tuesdays starting at 3 p.m. On July 7, meet in the Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room for Intro to Cosplay with guest host, cosplayer, mastermind behind locally-based Stealthy Cosplay — Felicia McComb. Start planning a summer character and create props in preparation for a library-con photo shoot. ● Heartland Cowboy Church will be held the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Stettler Agriplex. Cowboy church will be held July 7 and July 21. Phone 403742-4273.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

The Lettering Arts Guild of Red Deer has an exhibition in the Corridor Gallery including this piece by Sally Towers-Sybblis in the basement of the Recreation Centre Building. Several of the members have taken part in the exhibit, which showcases example of their work. The Lettering Arts Guild of Red Deer has been in existence since 1985 to promote the art of calligraphy and provide education and information to people interested in learning about the skills and techniques it involves. ● Writers’ Ink — Red Deer and District Writers’ group for authors of all genres 18 years and older — meets every Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., year round at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. First three visits free. Small membership and drop in fees apply. Call Carol at 403-350-7480 and email to studio2@telus.net for more information. ● Central Alberta Refugee Effort (C.A.R.E.) offers intercultural workshops for adults. Certificated program begins with Intercultural training level 1, on July 7, followed by level 2 on July 9 and 14. For more information call Jan at 403-346-8818.

Wednesday ● Bentley United Church holds sppring/ summer services on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

Coffee and fellowship are offered at 6:30 p.m.

Call Rev. Brenda Kersell at 403-885-4780, or Gail at 403-748-2935. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Rural Roots is on July 8 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m.

Phone 403-342-0035. ● Boomtown Trail Cowboy Church meets the second and last Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Elnora Drop In Centre. Cowboy boots and hats welcome.

Next dates are July 8 and 29. For more information, call 403-749-3361. ● Sunset Yoga at Crimson Lake Beach will be offered July 8, 15 and 22 from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. No previous experience req1uired.

Bring a towel, sarong, or mat. Cost is $10 carpool/walk; $15 individual, $20 per family. No pre-registration required. Meet at the beach. For information, call or text Tracy King at 403-846-8414. ● Tea, luncheon and tour will be hosted by the ladies of Sunnybrook Farm Museum on July 8 from noon to 3 p.m. Relax in the 1889 log house and enjoy a lunch, homemade pie and musical entertainment. Then take a seat on the guided tour wagon and learn about the history of the farm museum.

Cost is $10. Large groups please call ahead.

For more information call 403-340-3511. ● Morning with the Martins, an open house at Ellis Bird farm, will be held on July 8 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., weather permitting.

Several staff members, including Myrna Pearman and Jim Boyd, will be on hand as you watch and learn about the martins, followed by a talk at 9:30. Coffee and muffins will be available. Admission by donation. For more information call 403-885-4477.

Thursday ● Teen Summer Reading Club — Play! and Let the Games Begin — meets at the Dawe Branch of the Red Deer Public Library on Thursdays at 2 p.m. for youth ages 12 years and up. Play Minecraft goes on July 9. ● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on July 9 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for an 8 km hike at Heritage Ranch and Bower Ponds loop.

Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable.

Phone Mavis at 403-343-0091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Teddy Bear Picnic will be held at the Dickson Store Museum on Aug. 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Enjoy crafts, games, music, lemonade making, picnic, and a bear hunt.

Contact 403-728-3355, dicksonstoremuseum@gmail.com, or see www.dicksonstoremuseum.com to register. ● Lego building teens needed to volunteer at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. Volunteers must be 12 years of age, detail oriented, and enjoy Lego at 1 p.m. on Mondays, July 6, 13, 20, 27, Aug. 10, 17, 24 and 31. Teens will proof build Lego kits that will be loaned out in the fall. Committed volunteers will receive a Mastermind Toys certificate and use volunteer hours for school credit. Contact 403-341-3822, ttilly@rdpl.org. ● Adult Literacy Program is available at Red Deer Public Library. Volunteers are recruited and trained to work one-on-one with adults seeking help with basic literacy, math or English as a Second Language. For details, contact 403-346-2533 or adultlit@ rdpl.org. ● TD Summer Reading Club seeking teen volunteers who are at least 12 years of age to help with the children’s program offered at all branches of Red Deer Public Library. Volunteer experience looks great on a resume. Application forms at all branches.

Contact Kaylene or Kevin at 403-755-1137, src@rdpl.org. ● Family Sleepover at the Fort invites families to Historic Fort Normandeau from July 4 at 5 p.m. to July 5 at 10 a.m. Enjoy a tent spot or sleep in a teepee, take in on site activities, potluck supper and a continental breakfast. Tents only. No alcohol. The cost is $45 plus GST for family of five. Pre-registration deadline is July 2 at 7:30 p.m. Call 403-346-2010, ext. 111, or see www.waskasoopark.ca. Another family sleepover will be offered in Aug. ● Rhubarb Renaissance takes place at Historic Fort Normandeau on July 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. Look at the history of rhubarb, including its use in homemade jam, make some jam, and take it home for $10 plus GST for Friends of Kerry Wood Nature Centre members or $12 plus GST for non-members. Register at 403-347-7550. ● Soap and Sustainability Workshop goes July 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. Learn to make soap from scratch and other handy DIY skills for a more sustainable lifestyle. Pre-registration required by 7:30 p.m. on July 9. The fee is $15 plus GST. Please bring one or two old towels.

Most materials provided. Please wear clothes that can get dirty. Register at www.waskasoopark.ca or call 403-346-2010 ext. 111. ● Lacombe Free Reformed Church is offering Miracles of Jesus Vacation Bible School on July 13 to 17 form 9:30 to 11;30 a.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre. Chil-

dren ages four to 12 years invited. Contact lfrcvbs@gmail.com or Andrea at 587-8761110 to register by July 6. See www.lfrc. webs.com. ● Martha Kostuch Scholarship for high school graduates deadline is Aug. 1. Open to grads living in the Parkland Airshed Management Zone who wish to pursue post-secondary education in a discipline in understanding, protecting, improving the environment in land, or air, or water, or wildlife, or biodiversity.

Visit www.pamz.org, or contact Sue Arrison at 403-342-5816, sue@pamz.org. ● Whisker Rescue Society Annual Garage Sale Fundraiser will be held at #26, 6380 50 Ave. in Village Mall on July 30, 31 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations will be accepted July 6 to 25, Mondays to Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clothes, shoes, televisions, computers, electronics, mattresses, or large appliances or furniture will not be accepted. For more information, see www.whiskerrescue@live.com, or phone Diane at 403-318-9448. Proceeds will provide medical care for rescue cats. ● Women’s Outreach Centre Charity Golf Tournament will take place July 9 at Alberta Springs Golf Resort. Funds raised will go towards supporting programs and services offered by the centre. Participate, sponsor, or donate an item or cash. Registration fee is $150 per individual. Space is limited. Registration starts at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m., barbecue at 3 p.m., prizes and auction at 4 p.m. To register or donate, please contact Darcy 403-347-2480 or darcy@womensoutreach.ca. ● Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Batting Against Breast Cancer Slo-Pitch Tournament will be held on July 11 at Edgar Ball Diamonds, Red Deer. Teams comprising a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 15 (three must be female) are encouraged to register. All teams must raise a minimum of $1,500 to participate. Awards will be handed out to both the top team and top individual fundraisers. For more information, call Laura Reynolds at 1-844-302-2223. ● Slide the City will take place in Sylvan Lake on July 25. Participants can register to slide on the 305 metre slip and slide on Centennial Street. Riders can purchase a three ride pass, or an all day pass. Visit www. slidethecity.com ● Comfortec Duathon run-bike-run race event will take place at CrossRoads Church in Red Deer County on July 11. Various categories include Standard, Sprint, and Do-ADu for 14 and 15 year athletes. Sponsored by Red Deer Tri-Umph Red Deer Triathlon Club.

Find out more, and register at www.reddeertriathlonclub.com. A portion of the funds will aid the charity Assist Canada.

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‘Britain’s Schindler’ dies at age 106 NICHOLAS WINTON SAVED HUNDREDS OF JEWISH CHILDREN FROM PRAGUE

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FROM PAGE B5 ● Calf Skit Family Friendly Show presents Three Billy Goats Gruff by Against The Wall Theatre on July 24 at Lacombe Memorial Centre. Children ages two to five years with parents and guardians are invited from 11 to 11:45 a.m. followed by lunch foe all ages from 11:45 to 12:45 p.m. Children ages six years and up with parents and guardians are invited from 1 to 2 p.m. Admission by loonie or toonie for Family and Community Support Services PASS program. Phone 403-7826637. ● Loaves and Fishes is Raising the Roof for repairs. Individuals and businesses sought to contribute shingles or labour, or help in any way. Contact Halina at 403-3471844. ● Otis’ Extreme Home Makeover at Medicine River Wildlife Centre crowdfunding campaign is now on at Indiegogo to rebuild the wildlife hospital. See www.medicineriverwildlifecentre.ca or contact Carol at 403-728-3467. ● Alberta Sports hall of Fame and Museum has two upcoming events. Pan Am Games Day Camp offers mini games, sports, crafts, and a motivational speaker for children ages seven to nine years on July 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The deadline is July 8 and the cost is $35 per child. On Aug. 6, the Annual Golf Tournament will be held at Innisfail Golf Club. Breakfast and registration start at 7 a.m.

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Nicholas Winton, centre, who organized the Winton Train rescue of children 70 years ago, at Liverpool Street station in London, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. stead to Czechoslovakia.

Alarmed by the influx of refugees from the Sudetenland region recently annexed by Germany, Winton and his friend feared — correctly — that Czechoslovakia soon would be invaded by the Nazis and that its Jewish residents would be sent to concentration camps.

While some in Britain were working to get Jewish intellectuals and communists out of Czechoslovakia, no one was trying to save the children — so Winton took that task upon himself.

Returning to Britain, Winton persuaded British officials to accept children, as long as foster homes were found and a 50-pound guarantee was paid for each one to ensure they had enough money to return home later.

At the time, their stays were only expected to be temporary.

Setting himself up as the one-man children’s section of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Winton set about finding homes and guarantors, drawing up lists of about 6,000 children, publishing pictures to encourage British families to

agree to take them.

The first 20 children arrived by plane, but once the German army reached Prague in March 1939, they could only be brought out by train.

So, in the months before the outbreak of Second World War eight trains carried children from Czechoslovakia through Germany to Britain.

In all, Winton got 669 children out.

The largest evacuation was scheduled for Sept. 3, 1939 — the day that Britain declared war on Germany.

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The country was in danger and no one was saving its Jewish children.

Winton would almost single-handedly save more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust, earning himself the label “Britain’s Schindler.” He died Wednesday at age 106 in a hospital near Maidenhead, his hometown west of London, his family said.

Winton arranged trains to carry children from Nazi-occupied Prague to Britain, battling bureaucracy at both ends and saving them from almost certain death. To top it all off, he then kept quiet about his exploits for a halfcentury.

His daughter, Barbara, said she hoped her father would be remembered for his wicked sense of humour and charity work as well as his wartime heroism. And she hoped his legacy would be inspiring people to believe that even difficult things were possible.

“He believed that if there was something that needed to be done you should do it,” she said. “Let’s not spend too long agonizing about stuff.

Let’s get it done.”

British Prime Minister David Cameron said “the world has lost a great man.” Jonathan Sacks, Britain’s former chief rabbi, said Winton “was a giant of moral courage and determination, and he will be mourned by Jewish people around the world.”

Born in London on May 19, 1909 to parents of German Jewish descent, Winton himself was raised as a Christian.

Late in 1938, a friend contacted him and told him to cancel the skiing holiday they had planned and travel in-

That train never left, and almost none of the 250 children trying to flee on it survived the war.

The children from Prague were among some 10,000 mostly Jewish children who made it to Britain on what were known as the Kindertransports (children’s transports). Few of them would see their parents again.

Although many more Jewish children were saved from Berlin and Vienna, those operations were better organized and better financed. Winton’s operation was unique because he worked almost alone.

“Maybe a lot more could have been done. But much more time would have been needed, much more help would have been needed from other countries, much more money would have been needed, much more organization,” Winton later said.

He also acknowledged that not all the children who made it to Britain were well-treated in their foster homes — sometimes they were used as cheap domestic servants.

“I wouldn’t claim that it was 100 per cent successful. But I would claim that everybody who came over was alive at the end of the war,” he was quoted as saying in the book about the Kindertransports Into the Arms of Strangers.

Several of the children he saved grew up to have prominent careers, including filmmaker Karel Reisz, British politician Alf Dubs and Canadian journalist Joe Schlesinger.

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Cancer specialist Arthur Porter dies in Panama hospital, biographer says Arthur Porter — a cancer specialist who was facing fraud charges related to a $1.3-billion hospital project in Montreal — has died, his biographer says.

Jeff Todd, who helped Porter write “The Man Behind the Bow Tie,” said Porter died early Wednesday at a hospital in Panama. He was 59.

Todd says he was informed of the death by Porter’s friend and physician Dr. Karol Sikora. Porter had been battling lung cancer.

“I knew he was in hospital and I would hear little things here and there about what was going on with him,” Todd said Wednesday.

“I guess I had a feeling this was going to happen.

But it was almost a superhuman quality that (he developed) through this because he did fight it for so long.”

Sikora said in a statement that Porter’s death was sudden, and that doctors thought the oncologist would live for another two or three weeks. He died alone.

Todd said Porter — who had been battling the disease since December 2012 — was released from detention in the Central American country six weeks ago to undergo treatment.

He was the former head of the McGill University Health Centre and was once appointed by the prime minister to head the Security Intelligence Review Committee, a CSIS watchdog group.

Two arrested after annual Cannabis Day protest in Vancouver turns violent

Woman sexually assaulted by brother of serial killer Pickton awarded $45K VANCOUVER — A woman who was sexually assaulted by the brother of serial killer Robert Pickton has been awarded $45,000 in civil court.

A B.C. Supreme Court jury has ruled that David Pickton inflicted psychological trauma on a woman after assaulting her more than two decades ago.

The total award includes $20,000 in punitive damages, which the woman’s lawyer says is intended as a deterrent.

Pickton was fined $1,000 and sentenced to one year of probation after being convicted of sexual assault in 1992.

The woman testified that Pickton cornered her inside a trailer, pressed her up against a wall and groped her genitals over her jeans before threatening to rape and kill her.

Her lawyer says she is pleased with the result and is looking forward to moving on with her life.

Groups seek court order to ease new voter ID rules for fall federal election OTTAWA — A left-leaning advocacy organization and a national student group will be in Ontario Superior Court on Thursday and Friday hoping to relax voter identification rules for the looming federal election.

The court factum prepared by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Federation of Students argues that tens of thousands or more of eligible voters will be denied a ballot this October due to changes enacted last year by the Conservative government.

The groups want the court to issue an interim injunction allowing Elections Canada to recognize as valid ID the voter identification cards that are mailed to everyone on the voters’ list.

Some 400,000 Canadians used the voter identification cards in the 2011 election as part of a pilot project that Elections Canada wanted to expand to the whole country.

Instead, the Harper government — citing fear of voter fraud — passed a new law that increases the ID requirements of would-be electors while ruling out

VANCOUVER — A Cannabis Day event in Vancouver has been marred by scuffles with police and a couple of arrests.

Bystanders say they witnessed officers descend on the gathering of about 100 people outside the Vancouver Art Gallery around noon before leading at least one man away in handcuffs.

Angry crowds followed the officers around the street corner where the man was loaded into a police van.

Vancouver police released a statement saying the man was overtly selling marijuana to young people and that he failed to stop after repeated warnings.

Police say officers were immediately confronted and swarmed and had to use pepper spray to complete the arrest.

They say one man faces a possible trafficking charge while the other faces a charge of obstruction.

Both men are in police custody.

Cannabis Day has taken place peacefully in downtown Vancouver for the past 20 years.

Longtime organizer and marijuana activist GREAT THINGS Jodie Emery says this is the first year the event has experienced any

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Critics of the changes, including past and present chief electoral officers from across the country, say the strict ID rules will primarily impact the young, the elderly in care, students who move often, the homeless and natives on reserves — groups that might be less inclined to vote for the governing Conservatives.

“Public confidence in the electoral process is clearly at the greatest risk when actions are taken to suppress or otherwise interfere with the right to vote,” the factum argues, “not when the CEO (chief electoral officer), an officer of Parliament, takes steps to enable or facilitate the exercise of that right.”

The Council of Canadians and the student federation also have launched a constitutional challenge of the legislation, dubbed the Fair Elections Act, saying it infringes the charter-protected right to vote.

Quebec animal welfare advocates hope province is open to ditching no-pet clause MONTREAL — Quebec shelters are bracing for the annual influx of animals left behind during the province’s “moving day,” although advocates are hopeful the government will eventually consider ditching a no-pet clause invoked by landlords.

Every year, thousands of Quebecers switch addresses on July 1, the date most apartment leases expire.

Mass moves coupled with the legal right of landlords to insert no-pet clauses in leases result in a dearth of animal-friendly rental accommodations and leave many pets in shelters or on the street.

“It’s really sad to be seeing families torn apart like this,” said Anita Kapuscinska, spokeswoman for the Montreal branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

“The majority of people that are affected are those with limited incomes because their choice of residence is limited as well.”

Quebec introduced a bill earlier this year that, if passed, would see the status of animals upgraded from “movable property” to “sentient beings.”

Kapuscinska said advocates will recommend an amendment to that bill during consultations later this year to end the no-pet clause, which they call discriminatory.

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LOS ANGELES — Thousands went back in time as one of the largest movie audiences ever in one place gathered to watch Back to the Future at the Hollywood Bowl in a celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary.

The Bowl was just shy of its 17,000-person capacity for the Tuesday night event marking the 1985 release of the Michael J. Fox time-travel blockbuster.

As the film played on the Bowl’s various screens, composer Alan Silvestri’s score was performed live by the

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The network is confirming that reruns of the 1980s action comedy, with its Confederate flag imagery, have been pulled from the schedule.

This marks the latest effort to banish the racially charged Stars and Bars from pop culture after various states began debating whether to remove the flag.

Warner Bros., which produced the series, last week halted production of toy replicas of the so-called General Lee, the 1969 Dodge Charger stock car driven by rambunctious Southern cousins Luke and Bo. The car famously features a replica of the Confederate flag on its roof.

Retailers including Walmart and eBay have stopped selling merchandise bearing reproductions of the flag.

The Dukes of Hazzard originally aired on CBS from 1979 to 1985.

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Dwayne Johnson, left, and Rob Corddry appear in a scene from the series ‘Ballers,’ airing Sundays on HBO. a conversation several years ago between Levinson and a professional football player at a South Beach hotel.

While developing the show, writers pulled material from real athletes and others involved in professional sports.

“We spoke to a lot of professional athletes, both current and retired, and got a lot of their stories and a lot of their points of view,” Reilly said.

“Same goes for agents and people in the front office or (with) professional teams — people who live and work in this world.”

The show’s creators decided to set the show in South Florida because of its draw for athletes from all over the country.

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a hotbed for professional athletes in the off-season and after retirement,” Reilly said.

The setting also worked out logistically for the show’s star. Johnson owns a home in South Florida, and while he never played in the NFL like his character, he was a backup defensive tackle on the 1991 University of Miami national championship team.

“It’s great for him to be able to do movies most of the year, do all the things that he does with WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), and then be able to go home for three months or so and work on the show,” Evans said.

“It’s not something he gets to do too often, so hopefully he’ll get to do it for a few more years.”

30th anniversary of Back to the Future celebrated

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Back to the Future opened in North America on July 3, 1985, and went on to become the top-grossing release of that year, amassing close to $400 million worldwide.

Among those from the movie in attendance Tuesday night were Lea Thompson and Christopher Lloyd, whose scientist Doc Brown sends teenager Marty McFly (Fox) back 30 years to 1955. There, he meets his future parents in high school and accidentally becomes a romantic interest of his own mother (Thompson).

“It really is an amazing event,”

Thompson said backstage before the screening. “It’s very lovely that people still want to celebrate our work and this movie.”

Fox, who is based on the East Coast and has long battled Parkinson’s disease, did not attend the event.

TORONTO — CBC journalist Susan Marjetti is taking over from one of two senior managers implicated in the Jian Ghomeshi scandal.

The public broadcaster says Marjetti has been appointed executive director of radio and audio, and will transition into the role over the summer.

She takes over from former radio executive Chris Boyce, who was placed on leave in January along with Todd Spencer, the head of human resources and industrial relations for English services.

CBC severed ties with Boyce and Spencer in April when a damning report excoriated managers for failing to address allegations Ghomeshi was routinely abusive to staff.

The former Q host was fired in October 2014 after executives saw what they described as graphic evidence that he had physically injured a woman.

Ghomeshi faces five sexual assault charges and one charge of overcoming resistance by choking. He is slated to stand trial next year.

The one-time radio star has admitted to engaging in rough sex but said it was consensual. His lawyer, Marie Henein, has said he will plead not guilty to all charges.

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MIAMI — Omar Benson Miller spent three seasons on CSI: Miami, but only this past year did he get a chance to film a television show in South Florida.

“It was Miami at the best time to be in Miami: In the winter, which is just the mildest climate,” Miller said.

“They can sign me up for another 10 years of that.”

Miller appears on Ballers, HBO’s new series that airs on Sundays. It stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a retired football star trying to start a second career as a financial manager, goaded by his boss — played by Rob Corddry — to “monetize” his friendships. The show was created by Stephen Levinson, whose previous credits include HBO’s Entourage.

Miller plays a reluctantly retired NFL lineman who’s trying to adjust to life after the game as a car salesman.

“He’s very into his wife and into family,” Miller said. “He was really into football, but now he’s trying to transition into being a normal member of society.”

During his time on CSI: Miami, Miller was shooting scenes in Long Beach, California rather than South Beach. His fancy crime lab was built on a sound stage, and the building that served as its exterior was actually a federal credit union. But the cast and crew of Ballers didn’t use sets when they filmed around Miami last year.

“Every place that we shot was an actual location,” Miller said. “It really did a lot to keep it authentic.”

The show features an ensemble of actors playing current and former players, focusing on their personal and professional struggles. Miller said being on HBO lets them explore adult themes that enhance both the comedy and the drama.

“It’s a wild ride, but if you’re open to some fun, you’re going to have a good time with it,” Miller said.

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Spending on summer fun NEARLY HALF OF CANADIANS EXPECT TO BLOW THEIR BUDGETS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE SUMMER WEATHER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A new poll from CIBC says nearly half of Canadians will need to dip into their savings or take on debt in the coming months as they look to make the most of the warm summer weather.

Of those surveyed, 40 per cent said summer is the most expensive season, while 36 per cent said they spend the most in winter.

Another 17 per cent singled out spring as the costliest season, while only six per cent said their household spending spikes in autumn.

The poll says the average amount that Canadians plan to spend on summer fun — which includes everything from travel and recreational activities to goods such as sporting equipment and barbecues — is $1,766.

Households in Atlantic Canada say they plan to spend the most on average — $2,694 — while Quebec households were the most frugal, planning to spend an average of only $1,288.

The online survey of 1,503 Canadians was conducted by Angus Reid between June 17 and 18. The polling industry’s professional body, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population.

The poll says nearly half — 45 per cent — of respondents have tried to save for summer festivities but expect they’ll have to put extra costs on their credit cards.

Another 29 per cent said they tend to stick to their budgets over the summer, while seven per cent said their budgets go out the window during the warm weather months and 19 per cent said they have no household budget.

Christina Kramer, executive vice-president of retail and business banking at CIBC, says many Canadians tend to underestimate how much they will spend on holidays and other seasonal events.

“Expense creep,” which occurs when you spend a little more than planned over a period of time, can

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Two women use an umbrella to shield themselves from the sun while walking along Jericho Beach in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday. A new poll from CIBC says nearly half of Canadians are spending a significant amount of money in the summer. leave consumers with massive credit card bills at the end of the summer, says Kramer.

“Having a budget and sticking to it is the best way to enjoy the holidays worry free,” Kramer said in a

Business innovation has continued to fade

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Spending billions of public dollars over two decades has done little to reverse Canada’s long decline in the key economic category of business innovation, the federal government acknowledges in a newly released document.

The self-assessment, contained in a “secret” memorandum to Finance Minister Joe Oliver, underlines how chronically sluggish business innovation remains “of great concern” for Canadian productivity.

“Canada’s productivity performance, a key determinant of economic growth, continues to lag significantly behind that of the United States, eroding our relative standard of living,” says the October memo, signed by deputy finance minister Paul Rochon.

“The innovation performance of Canadian firms has continued to fall relative to the previous two decades, despite considerable federal efforts in recent years.”

That push included more than $11 billion spent by the Harper government between 2006 and 2014 on new resources to support research and innovation, the document says.

On top of that, the note said the government also pumped $10.9 billion into science, technology and innovation activities and provided another $3.3 billion in tax relief for scientific research. In 2014, the memo said $1.6 billion was dedicated over five years to promote research and innovation.

The reluctance of Canadian companies to allocate more resources into innovation, thereby helping to improve efficiency and create new products, has been a long-running challenge federal and provincial governments.

With the economy set to become a central issue in the fall election campaign, federal parties have already begun hammering innovation-related planks into their platforms.

The NDP has promised to introduce a tax credit to encourage manufacturers to boost R&D through investments in machinery, equipment and property.

In the April budget, the Conservatives earmarked $119 million over two years for research and development activities.

The memo to Oliver also warned how tougher competition in the knowledge-based global economy could leave Canada behind. Boosting innovation, it said, is key to helping Canadian companies create “high-quality, value-added jobs.”

The note, titled “Canadian Business Innovation Landscape,” was obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. On the positive side, the document said Canadian

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HP said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the new company called Hewlett Packard Enterprise will include units of the old HP that sold computer hardware, software and tech services for large organizations.

The papers show those units had $25.6 billion in sales over the last two quarters, with net earnings of $852 million.

CEO Meg Whitman, who will lead the new enterprise company, said in a statement that the split remains on track to occur in the fall, likely by November.

‘CANADA’S PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE, A KEY DETERMINANT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, CONTINUES TO LAG SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THAT OF THE UNITED STATES, ERODING OUR RELATIVE STANDARD OF LIVING.’ — PAUL ROCHON DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER

businesses perform well at the international level when it comes to primary research, but they trail their global counterparts in R&D despite “some of the most generous government incentives by world standards.”

The memo explores the possible reasons why Canadian firms appear to have shunned innovation.

Among the potential explanations, it pointed to findings in a 2013 report by the Council of Canadian Academies: overdependence on high commodity prices and over-reliance on the North American market, which encourages firms to save cash by acquiring innovation from the U.S. The memo also lists other possibilities, such as the absence of tough competition in Canada, the smaller market here and the higher risk aversion of Canadians. In general, the document said Canadian companies rely more on “imitation than on innovation” and are less likely to collaborate in R&D with public institutions than firms in other G7 countries. Several organizations have noted Canada’s weak performance in business innovation. The Conference Board of Canada, an Ottawa-based economic research group that has carefully studied the issue, has released an innovation report card every few years for the last two decades.

The reports have compared Canada’s performance with 16 “peer” countries on innovation-related indicators.

“Canada’s been a ’D’ performer basically since the time we started doing this thing,” said Daniel Munro, the board’s principal research associate for public policy. “We’re just about the bottom of the barrel ... our performance since about 2001 has gone in the complete opposite direction of the 16 peer countries that we look at as well as the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) overall.”

One of the biggest changes, Munro said, has been the decline of Canada’s manufacturing industry, which has historically invested significantly in R&D. The void was largely filled by oil, gas and mining sectors, known to spend less on research, he added.

HP, meanwhile, said one of its senior executives, Bill Veghte, resigned this week to pursue an unspecified new opportunity.

Macy’s will phase out its Donald Trump menswear line after Mexican immigrant comments NEW YORK — Macy’s is the latest company to end its relationship with Donald Trump as the fallout from the real estate mogul’s remarks about Mexican immigrants continues.

Companies have been cutting ties with Trump left and right after his presidential campaign kickoff speech last week in which he declared that some Mexican immigrants bring drugs and crime to the U.S. and are rapists.

NBC, Spanish-language station Univision, TV company Ora TV and Mexican TV network Televisa have cut ties with Trump.

The developer is suing Univision for $500 million for breach of contract for dropping the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which are a joint venture between NBC and Trump.

Macy’s said in a statement that the retailer is “disappointed and distressed” by Trump’s remarks and

statement.

“Canadians should treat these expenses the same as all others and make them part of your overall annual financial plan.”

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Government presses on with vote on austerity

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece — The Greek government vowed Wednesday to go ahead with plans to have the people decide whether they want more austerity measures in exchange for a rescue deal. Greece offered more concessions to its creditors, but was rebuffed — Eurozone finance ministers refused to negotiate any more aid until the referendum clears up what the country wants.

The moves came on a fast-paced day of zigs-andzags that saw the Greek prime minister back off his earlier refusal to consider creditors’ belt-tightening demands, yet hold firm on putting the measures to a popular vote. The strategy was met with a cool response. Following a late-night teleconference, the 19 eurozone finance ministers announced they were putting any further talks on hold.

“Given the political situation, the rejection of the previous proposals, the referendum which will take place on Sunday, and the recommendation by the Greek government to vote ’No,’ we see no grounds for further talks at this point,” said Dutch Foreign Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who heads the eurozone finance ministers’ body known as the eurogroup.

“There will be no talks in the coming days, either at eurogroup level or between the Greek authorities and the institutions on proposals or financial arrangements,” Dijsselbloem said, Earlier Wednesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was defiant, saying the referendum would go ahead as planned Sunday and again urging citizens to vote “No.” In a televised address to the nation, he said a “No” result would not mean that Greece would have to leave the euro, as many European officials have argued.

Rather, Tsipras insisted, it would give the government a stronger negotiating position with creditors.

Greece is in financial limbo after its bailout program expired at midnight Tuesday, cutting it off from vital financing and pushing it one step closer to leaving the euro. It also became the first developed country to fail to repay a debt to the International Monetary Fund on time. The last country to miss an IMF payment was Zimbabwe in 2001.

Still, there was some good news: Amid more chaotic scenes outside closed banks in Athens and elsewhere, the terms of its emergency $100 billion cash support were left unchanged. will end its relationship with him.

Macy’s has carried a Donald Trump menswear line since 2004, including $70 button down-shirts and $65 striped ties.

Most items were heavily discounted on Macy’s website on Wednesday.

“We have no tolerance for discrimination in any form,” the company said in a statement.

“We welcome all customers, and respect for the dignity of all people is a cornerstone of our culture.”

The move comes after an outcry on social media, including online petitions, for Macy’s to drop the line.

The Miss USA pageant, set to take place July 12 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, lost both its co-hosts Tuesday, with “Dancing with the Stars” Cheryl Burke and MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts bowing out.

The Miss USA pageant had no specifics on who might host in their place but said the proceedings would be live-streamed on its website.

Last week, the hosts of the Univision simulcast, Roselyn Sanchez and Cristian de la Fuente, said they wouldn’t take part in the Spanish-language telecast.

Elsewhere on Tuesday, the Ricky Martin Foundation announced it would withdraw a golf tournament from a Trump-owned property.

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N.S. ‘virtually non-existent’ among some business people GOVERNMENT REPORT

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Broten said Nova Scotia has many exportable products that are marketed on a global scale, such as seafood, but international businesses don’t always know that the product came from Nova Scotia.

The business development agency is trying to boost awareness of the province by talking to those businesses and site selectors directly, she said.

While Nova Scotia doesn’t pass the paper evaluation used by site selectors, Broten said her team tries to highlight the region’s other advantages, such as Halifax’s international shipping port, the high quality of life and collaboration among key business leaders in the small province.

“We have to work hard to make sure we get on the radar screen of decision makers,” said Broten.

“When we get a chance to talk to them about everything that we have and some of the facts and figures about what businesses have set up in Nova Scotia ... it’s the type of effort that has secured investments in the past.”

She pointed to the Royal Bank of Canada’s decision earlier this year to open a financial services centre in Halifax, which will create up to 500 new jobs over 10 years. Nova Scotia Business Inc. is giving RBC up to $22 million in payroll rebates to open the centre.

Broten said the report, which cost $36,800, helped form the agency’s business plan for 2015, which includes a focus on exports.

“That’s how we will drive our economy,” Broten said of exporting. “We’re seeking to sell to the world products and services that have a competitive advantage, a uniqueness to them, so that they are globally competitive.”

The importance of boosting exports is echoed in a major economic development report accepted by the provincial government last year.

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HALIFAX — A report commissioned by the Nova Scotia government says awareness of the province among some global business people is “virtually non-existent.”

It says many business people found that their interactions with global business partners almost always necessitated an explanation of where Nova Scotia is and why they were doing business in the province.

Quoting an interviewee, the report says: “I think the overwhelming phrase is ’Where is it?’ and ’What are they doing up there other than fishing?’ ” The report was commissioned by Communications Nova Scotia for Nova Scotia Business Inc. and obtained by The Canadian Press through access to information legislation.

It says the province often does not pass an initial “on paper” evaluation, especially for site selectors, that includes factors like market size, infrastructure and taxes.

But the report also says business people believe Nova Scotia has great potential, with an almost unwavering belief in the success of the businesses that have found their way to the province.

Laurel Broten, president and CEO of the arms-length Crown corporation Nova Scotia Business Inc., said the report’s findings were not surprising.

“Is it tough to understand and accept some of the findings where it shows how much work we have ahead of us to put Nova Scotia on a global map? Of course it is,” Broten said in a recent interview.

“But it motivates us to drive the successes that we have.”

China scrambles to reassure traders after market plunge BEIJING — Chinese authorities are scrambling to reassure jittery investors after soaring stock markets plunged, threatening to set back economic reform plans. The market benchmark soared 150 per cent from the start of the boom late last year in one of the world’s fastest runups. It hit a peak June 12 and then reversed course and plunged 28 per cent. It rebounded temporarily Tuesday before losing 5.2 per cent on Wednesday.

A prolonged slump could disrupt Communist Party plans to use stock markets to make China’s state-dominated economy more productive. The party wants state companies to raise money through stock sales to reduce debt and hopes they will compete harder if they answer to outside shareholders. It hopes stock investing will give an aging populace more options to save for retirement to ease demand for social spending.

“The government must pay great attention to the stability of the capital market for the sake of the health of the overall economy,” said Liu Yanchun, an economist at Renmin University in Beijing.

Chinese leaders have responded

with a rapid-fire series of measures to shore up investor confidence.

On Saturday, Beijing announced its fourth interest rate cut since November. That was followed Monday by an editorial in the state-run China Securities Journal that declared the market was in the midst of a “30-year golden era.”

Also Monday, the government announced its 3 trillion yuan ($500 billion) pension fund for public employees will start investing in stocks — a huge infusion of money, though that process is expected to be gradual.

China’s stock market has little direct connection to its economy. Since trading began in 1990, the mainland’s two exchanges in Shanghai and the southern city of Shenzhen have been used mostly to raise money for state companies, not entrepreneurs who create jobs and wealth. Investors react to changes in regulation and availability of credit to finance speculation rather than economic fundamentals.

And although it is among the world’s biggest, China keeps its market sealed off from most global capital flows.

The latest boom took off after the state press last summer declared stocks underpriced. Millions of novice investors piled in, assuming Beijing would prop up prices if needed.

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CLANCY Val and Thelma It’s with heavy hearts we have to announce the passing of our wonderful Mother and Father. Mom left on her journey June 21 and not to be left behind Val followed on June 23. Val and Thelma had a great love for each other.

They were married for 64 short years. When Val had his stroke 11 years ago, Thelma dedicated all her time to looking after Val until this past April when she got sick and could no longer do it. There will be a private memorial for Val and Thelma at a later date.

Thelma Clancy May 7,1931 - June 21, 2015 Thelma leaves to mourn her daughter Marg (Rob); son Russ (Patty); son Lyle (Linda); daughter Val ( Mike); son Darcy (Julie); and best friend Trudie. Thelma had numerous great grandchildren and grandchildren that she openly adored.

Thelma had many nieces and nephews that truly loved her.

She was also survived by her sister Vivian (Ian); sister Shirley (Don); and brother David. Thelma was predeceased by her parents; brother Teddy and sister-in-law Shirley; and three wonderful dogs (best friends): Lady, Tara, and Teddy.

Thelma had some very special friends in Sicamous. Her neighbours Doug and Wendy were very special to her. They made sure she was looked after all the time and Thelma loved them dearly. The whole family never worried about Thelma because Doug and Wendy were always there. There was also two very special ladies who loved Thelma so much.

Leslie and Shelley met Thelma being dad’s caregivers, and ended up being Thelma’s caregiver, which both of them stated they didn’t sign up for. Thelma loved her life and family very much. She enjoyed her house, yard, garden,and fish pond. She enjoyed all her children, relatives, and friends coming to visit. Thelma was the best cook ever. She will be sorely missed, life will never be the same for those she left behind. Anyone wishing, donations to the SPCA would be just what Thelma would have wanted.

Valentine Jewell Clancy May 7, 1922 - June 23, 2015 Val leaves to mourn his daughter Marg (Rob); son Russ (Patty); son Lyle (Linda); daughter Val ( Mike); and son Darcy (Julie). Val had many great grandchildren, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews that loved him unconditionally. Val was predeceased by brothers Cecil, Lawrence, Norman, Bill, and Jake; and two half brothers Bruce and Charles; sisters Lillian, Eva, Myrtle, Kathleen, and Alice; three wonderful dogs (best friends) Wiesel, Tara, and Teddy. Doug, Wendy, Leslie,and Shelley cared very deeply for Val and enjoyed visiting with him very much. After Val was finished in the army he went logging with brother Jake until he bought a block plant in Red Deer, AB. Then he went to Manitoba and managed a block plant till 1963. He moved the family to Lacombe and farmed until he bought the Eckville Hotel (HOME OF THE LARGE 12 OUNCER) on October 1, 1974. Val absolutely loved the Eckville Hotel. It was his baby until he finally decided it was time to take Thelma to BC and retire in 1995. Unfortunately Val had a stroke in 2004 which he never did fully recover from. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. Val, like Thelma, had a soft spot for animals. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the SPCA would make dad happy too.

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DENTON Lesa Christine Dec. 4, 1973 - June 22, 2015 Lesa Christine Denton passed away peacefully at the Grace Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Monday, June 22, 2015.

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UN report positive on Iran compliance with preliminary nuclear accord VIENNA — Iran has met a key commitment under a preliminary nuclear deal setting up the current talks on a final agreement, leaving it with several tons less of the material it could use to make weapons, according to a UN report issued Wednesday.

Obtained by The Associated Press, the confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report said more than four tons of the enriched uranium had been fed into a pipeline that ends with conversion of it into oxide, which is much less likely to be used to make nuclear arms.

The report indicated that only several hundred pounds of the oxide that is the end product had been made. But a U.S. official told the AP the rest of the enriched uranium in the pipeline has been transformed into another form of the oxide that would be even more difficult to reconvert into enriched uranium, which can be turned into the fissile core of nuclear arms.

The official said that technical problems by Iran had slowed the process but the United States was satisfied that Iran had met its commitments to reduce the amount of enriched uranium it has stored.

He demanded anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the confidential review process.

Iran’s meeting conditions of the preliminary deal is an important benchmark as the talks go into the final stage of talks on an agreement meant to put longterm caps on Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief of economic penalties.

Militants launch attacks on Egyptian army checkpoints in Sinai EL-ARISH, Egypt — Islamic militants on Wednesday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 50 soldiers, security and military officials said.

The co-ordinated morning assaults in Sinai came a day after Egypt’s president pledged to step up the battle against Islamic militants and two days after the country’s state prosecutor was assassinated in

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MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberian officials confirmed a second Ebola case Wednesday in the same town where the disease was detected days earlier on the corpse of a teenager, seven weeks after the country was declared Ebola-free.

The infected person was moved to Monrovia, said Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah.

More than 100 Ebola centre workers stormed the Ministry of Health in eastern Monrovia on Wednesday demanding hazard pay that they said they haven’t received since the country was declared Ebola-free May 9 by the World Health Organization.

Health Minister Bernice Dahn said Liberia has paid hazard benefits to “99 per cent” of people who worked in the Ebola treatment units in addition to their regular salaries. She said if there are people who feel they have not been paid, “they should come forward” and make their case with the ministry.

Also Wednesday, workers exhumed the body of the 17-year-old male student whose infection, detected after his death, sparked fears of the return of Ebola to Liberia. The country was the hardest hit in the region, with 4,800 deaths, before it contained transmission.

Obama: Opening of U.S. embassy in Cuba marks ‘new chapter’ in ties WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba will reopen their embassies in Havana and Washington, heralding a “new chapter” in relations after a halfcentury of hostility.

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UN: At least 1,466 Iraqis killed in June due to armed conflict BAGHDAD — At least 1,466 Iraqis were killed by armed conflict in June, up more than 40 per cent from the previous month as security forces suffered mounting casualties battling the Islamic State group, according to UN figures released Wednesday.

The monthly death toll was the highest since last September, and the rise from last month appeared to be almost entirely due to higher casualties among security forces. Some 800 Iraqi security forces and pro-government militiamen were killed in June, more than twice the 366 killed in May, according to the UN The UN mission said those killed in June include at least 665 civilians. It put the total number of wounded at 1,687. Baghdad was the worst-affected province, with 324 civilians killed and 650 wounded.

In May at least 1,031 people were killed across the country, including 665 civilians. The latest casualty count was the highest since last September, when 1,420 Iraqis were killed.

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gible step toward normalizing relations since the surprise announcement in December that the two countries were restarting diplomatic ties. The posts in Washington and Havana are scheduled to open July 20, Cuba’s Foreign Ministry said.

“We don’t have to be imprisoned by the past,” Obama said at the White House. “Americans and Cubans alike are ready to move forward.”

Cuban television broadcast Obama’s statement live, underscoring the new spirit.

Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Cuba for the opening of the U.S. Embassy.

For Obama, ending the U.S. freeze with Cuba is central to his foreign policy legacy as he nears the end of his presidency. Obama has long touted the value of direct engagement with global foes and has argued that the U.S. economic embargo on the communist island just 90 miles (145 kilometres) south of Florida was ineffective.

The president on Wednesday reiterated his call for Congress to lift the embargo, which he said has failed to bring political change in Cuba. However, he faces stiff resistance from Republicans, as well as some Democrats, who say he is prematurely rewarding a government that engages in serious human rights abuses.

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the capital, Cairo. The attacks set off fierce fighting between the army and the militants that continued into Wednesday afternoon — the fiercest clashes in decades in the peninsula.

The scope and intensity of the attacks underscored the resilience and advanced planning by the militants who have for years battled Egyptian security forces in northern Sinai but intensified their insurgency over the past two years just as the government threw more resources into the drawn-out fight.

An Islamic State affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attacks, saying its fighters targeted a total of 15 army and police positions and staged three suicide bombings, two of which targeted checkpoints and one that hit an officers’ club in the nearby city of el-Arish.

The authenticity of the claim could not be immediately verified but it was posted on a Facebook page associated with the group.

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LUANN July 2 1992 — John Crosbie orders $700M northern cod fishery shut down for two years to conserve stocks; Fisheries Minister puts 19,000 fishermen and plant workers out of work.

1974 — Ralph Steinhauer sworn in as Alberta’s first native Lieutenant Governor.

1969 — University of Saskatchewan opens first college of veterinary medicine in Western Canada.

1962 — Volunteer doctors in Saskatchewan provide emergency services in the province when most doctors go on strike to protest the NDP government’s compulsory medical plan.

1947 — An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft.

1941 — RCAF authorized to enlist women; followed by army, navy.

1924 — Edmonton’s temperature reached 36.7C; highest on record in over 100 years.

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A cutt above the rest Outdoors people have polite names for days like its tendency to mate with rainbow trout. To counter we’ve been having far too many of lately, too hot, too that threat, starting in 1955, we planted west slope bright, too dry: “Bluebird Days” and “Cutthroat Days. eggs from Cranbrook in the North and South Ram Duck hunters hate Bluebird Days because Rivers where there were no fish above the birds don’t fly then. But anglers love impassable falls, which would also keep Cutthroat Days,” because our only signifithe Ram cuts pure and safe from rainbow cant native trout species, the west slope swains from below. cutthroat (the threatened bull trout is a The purest strain west slope cutthroats char and the also threatened Athabasca left in Alberta today are probably those rainbow trout is rare and tiny) is alone in the Ram system; the irony is they come among our trout in feeding heavily in hot, from B.C. The tendency of some cutbright sunshine. throats to travel great distances gave me For that reason alone we should be far a surprise second 21-incher several years more protective than we are of our major ago from Prairie Creek, a brown trout threatened trout species. In the hot, bright stream. This one had come over those “Dog Days” to come, both non-native rainRam falls, down to the North Saskatchbow, and particularly brown trout will ewan River and up the Clearwater River, become nocturnal, while the west slope then up Prairie Creek. cutthroat, a creature of the coldest waIn all my high country cutthroat fishBOB ter and air-conditioned high country, will ing, I can recall catching lots of cutts on SCAMMELL feed happily in bright sunshine. only two days that that were not Cutthroat I learned much of that 65 years ago Days, but probably really were … with an when I attended the official opening of the asterisk. One bright, broiling September Highwood Pass section of what is now Hwy. 40, still, day we were fishing the South Ram below its juncat 7200 feet, the highest piece of paved road in Can- tion with Hummingbird Creek when, without our noada. Even at 12 or 13 I never went anywhere without tice, suddenly the equinoctial storm blew in. my fishing rig, in case of attack. Just below the road, The cutts increased their feeding frenzy, as though under bright sunshine, was a series of beaver dams. fattening up for a hard winter. We quit when icy Standing on one of them and casting a silver Gibbs hands could no longer wrangle worm onto hook, and “Tempter” spoon with my solid glass rod and Bron- got out of there just ahead of being snowed in. son Fleetwing level-wind, allegedly anti-backlash A decade or so ago I took son John on a nostalgic reel, I was suddenly attacked. trip to B.C.’s Bull River which his grandfather fished Something large and long rose from the dark when he first came to Canada from London, England, depths, followed the wobbling spoon, and then ate it. as a teenager in the 1920s. It was hot and glaring and After an epic battle during which I got soaked jump- the many cutts we caught got larger the further uping in to throw my fish up on the dam, I had my first river we fished. west slope cutthroat, 21 inches long, and my personal Unfortunately, the smoke and heat from a forest best for many years. fire the next range over got worse the closer we got to In the next several summers my dad and I fished the headwaters. It was surreal: catching big cutts like the North Fork of the Belly River where one in ten mad in a darkness lit only by a ruby red sun. Those of our catch of mostly 14-inch bull trout would be trout knew that, behind the pall of smoke, it really achingly beautiful football-shaped cutts occasionally was a Cutthroat Day. Before we expired of smoke hitting 16 inches. inhalation, or got pressed into firefighting, John and Back in those innocent days we never dreamed I retreated to fish the fine cutts of the Elk River and we’d ever let big energy and forestry destroy head- Michel Creek. We coughed wood smoke for weeks. waters spawning streams for our native cutthroat On a very hot, bright day on the North Ram River and bull trout. But we were officially worried about in late summer of 1999, I cast my fly, into the glare of our pure west slope cutthroat disappearing owing to the setting sun and lost sight of it. I tightened into a

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Landing an Elk River Cutt on a perfect day. battle that tested the upper limits my cardiologist had set for the heart rate monitor he insisted I wear as a condition of letting me go on fishing and hunting.

That was the best-ever west slope cutthroat of my lifetime, 25 inches long, but I am reliably assured by Ram regulars that there are still larger being caught in both rivers … on Cutthroat Days.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Keep your garden free of fungus, pests and disease Insects and diseases can destroy a garden, but Once it reaches this stage, it will crack and spores usually they are just annoying. Knowing what to will fall out, infecting other plants. expect and dealing with the problem The only cure is to remove all diseased quickly can minimize damage. wood. Alberta Agriculture recommends A few spittlebugs in the garden are a that all infected branches be removed six common site in June. to eight inches (15 to 20 cm) below the knot.

The insects overwinter on dead Always cut back to another branch or main leaves of old plants and hatch about the trunk. Leaving stumps is unsightly and time the plant begins to flower. those stumps are entry places for diseases, Most often the first sign of the insect viruses and rot. is a frothy liquid surrounding a stem In the case of an infection in the main that looks like someone spat on it. trunk, cut out all diseased wood, going at The wet bubble material protects the least a half-inch (one cm) beyond the disinsects as they suck nutrients from the eased wood. stems. Large stems might become misAll diseased wood must be disposed shapen and thinner ones will collapse. of immediately. It can be burned, double Spittlebugs can be controlled by eibagged and sent to the landfill or buried. ther hand picking, squishing or by blastMaterials that are left can and will give off LINDA ing the foam with a strong spray. When more spores, infecting more plants. For TOMLINSON left alone, they do minimal damage. more information go to: http://www1.agBlack knot fungus is much more seriric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/ ous as it is spreading rapidly, destroyfaq7622?opendocument ing a large number of shade and specimen trees Ever turn over a tomato and see the centre of the throughout Alberta. fruit sunken and black? With squash, the fruit starts Host plants are trees and shrubs in that bear to grow but rots from the blossom back towards the stone fruit in the prunus family, including mayday, stem. plums, cherries, apricots and flowering almonds.

Both of these problems are called blossom end rot At first, infected areas swell and turn an olive and are the result of the fruit being short of calcium. green. It takes the growth two or three years to maFruit that starts to rot needs to be discarded but ture to the rough black mass that is easier to detect. this doesn’t mean that all fruit will be affected. Care

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needs to be taken to make sure that the plant has enough moisture to absorb calcium and transfer it throughout the plant.

The stronger and larger the plants roots, the more calcium can and will absorb from the soil.

To encourage roots to reach out into surrounding soil, water away from the base of the plant, encouraging the roots to grow outwards.

Allowing the soil to dry between watering when the plants are just set out will also encourage more root growth.

After the first few weeks, keep the soil uniformly moist, making it easier for the plants to absorb calcium and transfer it to the developing fruit.

A common mistake it to over fertilize the plants.

If in doubt about the nutrient level, have the soil tested.

When fertilizing, apply as liquid and follow the instructions on the package. Do not over fertilize as high levels of nitrogen can interfere with the uptake of calcium.

There has been some success with squash by hand-picking dead blossoms before they can rot.

A few changes in how plants are watered and fertilized can make a big difference in the fruits produced.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com

How to stay focused during a setback Setbacks. Everyone has them from time to time, but only some are able to push through them and keep going with their workout and nutrition goals.

What makes those people special?

How can they overcome the setback while others simply feel demotivated and toss in the towel — often for good?

There are a few key strategies that these people tend to use to help them stay focused during a setback that ensure they don’t let it take them completely away from their program.

Let’s go over what they are CABEL so that you can implement MCELDERRY them yourself.

They realize it’s only temporary

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The first common trait you’ll notice about these individual is the fact that they are able to realize that the setback is only temporary.

This isn’t something they are going to face forever, it’s just something they are going through in the now.

Realizing this helps it feel less overwhelming and encourages you to seek that light at the end of the tunnel.

They focus on the lesson learned Second, those who aren’t thrown off by a setback are also able to better look at the lesson they’ve learned from the situation.

What has it taught them? How can they improve themselves from it — ensuring it doesn’t happen again?

This is important as if you don’t learn the lesson, the chances you keep repeating that set-back will be incredibly high.

Focus on this lesson and you’ll be focusing less on your own shortcoming.

They look at the positive It’s also important that you do consider the positive accomplishments you’ve had as well. Don’t just focus on your setback.

Chances are you’ve had many successes along the way as well, so think about those. They will help get

you through.

It’s easy to completely overlook all the good you do and only focus on the bad situations.

If you do this, you’ll constantly feel that all you are doing is failing, which isn’t going to ever keep you feeling motivated.

They have support Finally, those who are able to push through a setback and stay focused also tend to have good support systems in place.

If you don’t have this in your own life, it’s time to get it in place.

Whether it’s your significant other, friends, family, a trainer, or someone else, make sure that you have someone to lean on when the going gets rough.

This will ensure that you are supported and encouraged to keep going.

Sometimes you may feel like it’s a permanent problem, but your support system can remind you it’s only temporary.

So there you have a few key tops for how to stay focused during a setback.

What strategies do you tend to use?

Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx.com.

Keeping your cool with kava?

A natural root called kava (or kava kava) has been prepared as a tea and used for centuries in the South Pacific islands as a ceremonial drink.

It is most known for its effects to relieve anxiety, restlessness and stress (some even report a feeling similar to that of being high after a small dose of as little as a teaspoon in a cup of water or tea). Some even use it as a sleep aid.

The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that $7.9 billion was “the ecoKRISTIN nomic cost of mental illness FRASER in Canada for the health care system” in 1998.

And it’s getting younger and younger with over 3.2 million 12-to-19-year-olds in Canada at risk for developing depression.

Stress, anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, and panic disorder are all overly prevalent in our society and in desperate need of alterna-

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tive support therapies or our youth and much of our adult population may be susceptible to over medication or excess drug use.

But is kava just another drug?

In the last decade kava went from being an anxiety antidote, commonly recommended to be banned in the U.K., France, Germany and even Canada due to some reports finding it to cause liver damage.

This was then found possibly to only be in the cases where the whole plant was used, instead of just the root.

Although back on the shelves in some countries, including Canada, it’s something to talk to your natural health care provider about prior to use.

With undetermined clinical findings, it is difficult to recommend, although those who live in the Pacific Islands drinking kava ritualistically and have shown little to no harm in comparison to those taking in the capsulated version in the rest of the world.

Perhaps the high of the kava can be replaced by just finding our own ceremonious meditative, calming rituals to maintain a sense of peace.

A hot bath, meditation CD, good visits amongst friends, some time in nature, yoga and swapping the alcohol for a cup of tea out on the back porch can speak volumes to emotional and mental well-being.

Be mindful of the sugar intake and take some time to reflect on the good in your life — whatever small or great amount it may be.

Sometimes the simplest of acts are the most powerful. Writing a letter to a friend, or an apology letter to a loved one, are all known to be powerful tools in managing stress.

We need daily reminders of what would help.

From a nutritional standpoint, it’s important to get tested for deficiencies and ensure you are getting some superior nutrition and regular exercise.

Watching documentaries like Food Matters can help kickstart some better food choices to help support your physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

Remember, any mental health disorders you or anyone you know may be struggling with should be discussed with a professional before taking any regiment of supplementation.

Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer. Her column appears every second Thursday. She can be reached at kristin@somethingtochewon.ca.

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No-worry tips to keep exercise safe SAFETY FEARS ARE OFTEN OVERBLOWN cardiac arrest — and that many times people experienced warning signs like pain or unusual fatigue in the preceding week.

The take-home for safe exercise: Pay attention to your body.

Know your limits.

Keep moving.

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Goldberg’s tragic death due to a Fear No. 4: “Bad things just happen.” treadmill fall in May. We’ve all read sad stories about the But whatever your concerns, you’re apparently super-healthy marathon missing out on a lot of fun and good runner who dies during a race or the health benefits. person whose heart suddenly stops Fortunately, exercise-related during a pickup basketball game. injuries are rare.

Don’t let that stop you.

Turns out treadmill mishaps sent One new study determined that 24,400 people to American emergency sudden cardiac arrest among midlife Scan this #100, 4918 - 46 Street, Red Deer rooms in 2014 — about half of one exercisers is relatively rare — around thedenturecentre.net dentalimplantsreddeer.net 2926F29-H28 per cent of the nearly 500,000 people five per cent of all cases of sudden who walk and run on treadmills in the U.S., according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

And every year New York City has around 4,000 reported bicyclist injuries — while around 200,000 people a day ride bikes in the city.

Regardless of these low numbers, you don’t want to be part of those injury statistics.

Let’s look at some common exercise fears and how to overcome them so that you can enjoy all the health and happiness benefits of daily physical activity.

Fear No. 1: “I’ll have a treadmill accident.”

Unlike bikes, elliptical trainers and rowing machines, a treadmill can keep on moving when you stop, causing trips, tumbles, cuts and abrasions.

To maximize treadmill safety: Clip the auto-stop cord to your clothes; it will automatically shut the machine off if you fall.

Always speed up and slow down gradually so you keep your balance.

Look straight ahead; gazing down or to the side could be dizzying.

If there’s a code for starting up the treadmill, use it.

This will help keep kids safe.

Fear No. 2: “Exercise will make my health worse.”

If you’ve got a condition like diabetes, asthma or heart disease, you might worry that overdoing it will mess with your blood sugar, breathing or heart function.

In one University of Colorado survey of 1,848 people, those with diabetes were 47 per cent more likely to skip exercise due to injury fears.

And in a new Canadian study, stroke survivors were leery * about exercising at a rehab centre due to heart fears.

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Fear No. 3: “It’s too dangerous out there alone.”

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Brother-in-law acting inappropriately

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inhibition can indicate a medical problem, including a small stroke or early signs of dementia. In all the years you have known him, your brother-in-law has never behaved this way toward you.

Please talk to your sister. Say that you’ve noticed some disturbing changes in your brother-in-law’s recent behavior and that you worry he may have some physical or neurological problems. You will have to tell her what you mean, but do so with concern and caring, instead of accusations and condemnation. Suggest to her that she get him to a doctor for a complete work-up and evaluation.

Dear Annie: This is for “Had Enough, Thanks,” the 68-year-old woman whose husband still wants to have sex, but she isn’t interested. I have the opposite problem.

My husband is in his late 60s, and I am 10 years younger. We have only been married for five years, and he has had no interest in sex or any other type of physical intimacy. He even told me that he has no need for this anymore and could easily live the rest of his life without it. This has caused extreme problems, as I still have a strong need and desire for marital intimacy.

Though I truly love him, it is almost more than I can bear to face the rest of my life with virtually no human touch.

—Married, Living Alone Dear Married: We’re certain a lot of women will tell you that in a few years, you may feel the same way your husband does, but that’s not necessarily true. And in the meantime, you are miserable. Is your husband willing to discuss this with his doctor or a counselor? If not, counseling might help you make some decisions.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook. com/AskAnnies.

Thursday, July, 2 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Owain Yeoman, 37; Lindsay Lohan, 29; Ron Silver, 69 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Focus your attention on work issues and personal responsibilities.

H A P P Y BIRTHDAY: You have the power to influence others with JOANNE your imaginative MADELEINE ideas, but you MOORE need to work on SUN SIGNS building up your self-confidence.

Love is in the air in December/January.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Apply the brakes and think before you speak today Rams.

Otherwise you could easily say the wrong thing and unintentionally upset others.

The Full Moon charges up your career zone.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Full Moon fires up your communication and learning zones.

So it’s a terrific time to exercise your Bullish brain as you talk, text, tweet, read, research and converse as creatively as possible.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Full Moon highlights joint financial agreements, so make sure you fully understand your responsibilities and fulfil your commitments.

Singles are in the mood to party and play.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): For some lucky Crabs, Venus and Jupiter boost your bank balance or send a sexy suitor in your direction.

If you are attached, expect some Full Moon intensity over the next 24 hours.

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Reminiscing is fine, but don’t get bogged down with old grievances. Clear the decks and move on!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): With the Full Moon energizing your entertainment zone, stop working so hard and worrying so much — and have some good old-fashioned fun instead.

You might just enjoy it!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Domestic drama is likely, as the Full Moon and Pluto fire up an already tense situation.

By all means utilise your Libran diplomatic skills — but don’t get caught in the crossfire!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A close relationship becomes intense, so be careful you don’t dredge up old issues that are better left alone.

Clear communication is the key to a drama-free day for smart Scorpios.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): With four planets — including the Full Moon — stimulating your money zones, your selfcontrol is at an all-time low.

So do all you can to avoid online shopping and spontaneous spending sprees.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Full Moon shines the spotlight on communication problems within a close relationship. You both need to compromise, otherwise the emotional tug-of-war will just continue.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll feel restless and rebellious as the Full Moon unsettles you, but it’s nothing you can’t handle. Find interesting and stimulating activities to do, so you don’t end up getting bored.

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Last weekend, we attended my niece’s graduation, and much to my horror, my brother-in-law rubbed his MITCHELL hand across my & SUGAR butt. Worse, I then had to get into the same car with him. I was shocked and said nothing, even though I was terribly upset. I avoided him the rest of the weekend, but things haven’t been quite right since.

A year ago, I moved to another state and spend vacations with my sister and her family, either in her home or mine.

Now I’m not sure I should continue.

I do not understand why he did this or what to do.

Was it an act of power or hate or some kind of midlife crisis?

This is my sister’s husband, whom I have respected through the years. I now doubt everything about him, including his fidelity to my sister, his morals and whether he has touched other females in the family.

I am close to my sister and don’t want to hurt her.

We are not young anymore and don’t have a tremendous amount of time left to be near each other.

But I am not comfortable with the idea of staying in the same house with him. How do I explain that to my sister without causing more harm?—Confused and Angry Dear Confused: There is another possibility. Sometimes, sudden and peculiar changes in behavior or a loss of

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