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Debt limit cut

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF City council has put a cap on how far the city can go into the red.

On Monday, council voted 6-1 to reduce the city’s allowable debt limit to 75 per cent from 90 per cent.

Coun. Tanya Handley brought the motion to council after hearing concerns from residents about the city’s debt.

By reducing the limit, Handley said, it gives the city debt room to respond if there is a natural disaster or an emergency.

Handley said this ensures council takes a very close look at spending and when the city uses debt to finance projects.

“It really comes down to showing the community that we are concerned about debt and we are concerned about financial leadership,” said Handley.

The province limits the amount of debt that a municipality can hold. The city has roughly $222 million in longterm debt with a debt ceiling of $501 million.

Most councillors echoed Handley’s sentiments about having the ability to respond to unforeseen circumstances.

Coun. Lynne Mulder, however, said she could not support the motion at this time. Mulder said the motion felt like something pulled out of the air and that it should be discussed around budget time in context with reserves.

“It just doesn’t fit for me right now,” she said. “That’s my reservation. I won’t be able to support it right now.”

Mayor Tara Veer said the change is consistent with the city’s other financial tools including its new capital savings plan.

Please see COUNCIL on Page A2

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

City of Red Deer Emergency Services personnel were called to the Red Deer City RCMP detachment Monday afternoon to deal with a hazardous materials issue. During the process the building was evacuated and firemedics in full Hazmat suits entered the building through the main doors and removed the materials. After containing the problem the two in orange were showered and scrubbed down repeatedly to remove any potential contaminants. Please see related story on page A2.

Yields shrivelling in the heat

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

CROP REPORT

“PDQ” is how Alberta Agriculture crop specialist Harry Brook sums up how soon Central Alberta farmers need some decent rainfall.

Pretty darn quick is what it stands for and for many producers, some moisture can’t come quick enough.

“Today would be good for rain, tomorrow not as good. The further along we go the worst it’s going to get.”

Continuing hot temperatures with little significant rainfall will likely take a big bite out of yields, if the recent trend doesn’t change.

“We’re approaching the most water consumptive part of the growth cycle,” said Brook from Alberta Agriculture’s Ag Info Centre in Stettler.

Plants use five to eight ml of moisture a day, he said. With half an inch of

rain coming in around 12 ml — about what Stettler got in the last few days — it doesn’t go very far, he said.

Central Alberta’s dry conditions are reflected pretty much everywhere else in the province.

Alberta Agriculture’s latest crop report says crop conditions and soil moisture ratings continued to deteriorate at the end of June.

Only 30 per cent of the province’s crops were rated good or excellent, down eight per cent from the previous report.

“These ratings are the lowest experienced since 2009 by a wide margin,” says the report, which covers conditions up to June 29.

Only 21 per cent of the surface soil moisture was rated good or excellent,

down eight per cent. The amount rated poor increased 13 per cent, up to 43 per cent.

First-cut haying is underway in all regions except the Peace Country, but early yields and quality are considered poor.

In Central Alberta, 60 per cent of hay pastures are rated poor and surface soil moisture was 44 per cent rated poor.

The lack of good hay has also driven up prices. Hay is going for 12 to 15 cents a pound, compared with three to four cents a pound last winter.

“There’s no way anybody can afford that.”

Brook said many farmers are already looking at taking their crops off early to use as silage because of the poor quality.

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Winners hope to donate some money from sale of home to hospital

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The 2015 Hospitals’ Lottery Dream Home winners John and Glenda Van Gaal want to give back after receiving so much.

The Red Deer couple had the winning ticket drawn on Monday for the $799,000 grand prize dream home.

They couldn’t believe their good fortune when they were notified by phone shortly after 1 p.m.

Walking up the driveway of the twostorey, three-bedroom home at 86 Lazaro Close a short time later, they were still reeling from their big win.

“This is not a dream. It’s really happening,” said John Van Gaal, 58, when they arrived to tour their gorgeous new home for the first time.

Built by Sorento Custom Homes, the home with over 3,000 square feet of finished space is a beauty. It has interior maple wood beams, quartz countertops, a double-sided brick fireplace and many other stunning features.

It was the top prize in the Red Deer

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Regional Health Foundation lottery.

“You buy tickets for years and years and years and you sure don’t expect it,” said Glenda Van Gaal, 66.

Her husband said it was only a week ago that she told him that she wished their name was on the winning dream home ticket.

“She did say it. I heard her say it.”

Coincidently, they received the call about their win right after Glenda had driven a neighbour to the Red Deer hospital for tests.

“We can’t be too long because I have to pick her up again,” Glenda said with a smile before going on a tour of the home.

The couple moved into Red Deer three years ago from Bentley.

“We just downsized into a townhouse development where they look after our lawn and shovel our snow because I’m on disability,” he said.

They said it was doubtful that they would keep the dream home, and intend to donate some money from its sale back to the hospital.

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John and Glenda Van Gaal tour the Red Deer Hospital Foundation Lottery home the have won shortly after being informed they were the grand prize winners on Monday. It was the first time the couple had seen the home. The house, built by Sorento Custom Homes is located at 86 Lazaro Close in Red Deer.

Man says he doesn’t regret balloon stunt Exhilarating. That’s how a Calgary man describes flying over the city in a lawn chair attached to helium balloons.

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EVIL SPIRITS BEGONE

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A Ukrainian couple jump over a fire during a traditional Midsummer Night celebration near Kiev, Ukraine, late Monday. The age-old pagan Slav festival is still celebrated in Ukraine and many people believe that jumping over the fire cleanses them of evil spirits. who they say should not be approached if anyone in the public spots them.

The van is a silver 2007 Toyota Sienna with Alberta licence number 89H783.

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Charges pending after girl allegedly abducted and taken to Ontario

Two teens on lam after alleged attack on staffer at group home DIDSBURY — A teenage girl is in custody and police are looking for two other teens after an alleged assault on a staff member at a southern Alberta group home.

RCMP say the staffer suffered minor injuries when the attack allegedly occurred Saturday evening at a facility in Didsbury.

They say the trio confined the worker and took a van belonging to the home.

One of the suspects later turned herself in to Calgary police.

Mounties are looking for two girls, age 15 and 16,

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COUNCIL: Tax penalty bylaw in the works She said the capital savings plan positions debt as one tool of many to finance infrastructure projects.

“From my view it was perfectly reasonable to reduce the debt cap from 90 per cent to 75 per cent,” said Veer. “I think it is highly responsive to the changes we have in our economy and what we hear from our citizenry.”

In other council news: ● Residents who do not pay their taxes on time may now be hit with penalties twice annually.

Council gave first reading to a tax penalty bylaw that would restructure the tax penalty dates to apply twice per year. Under the proposed scheme, residents would be charged on July 1 and September 1. Tax arrears would begin as of January 1 of the following year.

Mayor Tara Veer said the previous plan was highly bureaucratic and the penalties were applied every couple of months. Veer said this change is the first of many to come to find administrative efficiencies.

“It also gives citizens more time to plan and to meet those tax requirements and tax penalty requirements,” said Veer.

The 12 per cent annual penalty rate would not change. Property taxes collected on June 30 are used to fund services from January 1 to Dec. 31.

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EDMONTON — Two people have been arrested in northern Ontario after the alleged abduction of a 11-year-old girl from Edmonton.

Police in the Alberta capital say they got word early Saturday morning that the child had not returned from visiting her father the previous day.

They say the father and daughter were not around when the mother went to pick her up on Friday evening.

Ontario Provincial Police arrested a 33-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman Sunday afternoon at a Kenora restaurant after someone spotted the suspects with the child.

Officials say the girl was not harmed.

Over the last two years, 97 per cent of property owners in Red Deer paid taxes owing by June 30 or were enrolled in the tax instalment plan.

The 2015 budgeted penalty revenue is $575,000.

Second and third reading will be before council on July 20. The bylaw will take effect Jan. 1, 2016. ● Coun. Paul Harris read a notice of motion asking the city team up with Red Deer College to call on the province to change the status of RDC to a Polytechnic University. His motion will be debated at council on July 20.

Councillors Dianne Wyntjes and Lawrence Lee were absent on Monday. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

CROPS: Pasture land mostly brown Red Deer County councillor and cattleman Philip Massier said neighbours in the Delburne area are expecting a bad year.

“For a number, less than 50 per cent yield this year from where we stand today,” said Massier. “One guy, he doesn’t want to put any more money into the wheat because, what you can do, it’s not even going to make his crop insurance in value.”

Another local farmer is getting less than two bales of hay an acre from four or 4 ½ bales normally.

Massier said his own pasture land is mostly brown and growing little.

Brook said it’s too early to make yield predictions for the entire central region. Some crops look pretty good, largely because of good soil moisture to start.

Numbers are unofficial.

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Olds, Sundre: today, 30% showers. High 21. Low 6.

Rocky, Nordegg: today, 30% showers.

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Banff: today, 30% showers. High 21.

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Jasper: today, 30% showers. High 26.

But those results vary depending on soil type.

But generally more rain is needed everywhere to allow crops to finish before harvest.

“I guess we’ll see, but I’m expecting well below average yields for the province.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

LOTTERY: Failed to sell out Only 85 per cent of lottery tickets were sold as of June 21 so sales were extended an extra week.

In the end, just over 93,000 lottery tickets were sold, or a little more than 90 per cent of tickets.

“We didn’t do a sellout this year, which we’re sad about, but nonetheless we’re calling a success.

Normally there are 105,000 tickets in the bin,” said Cynthia De Boer, project officer with the health foundation.

She said the lottery raised about $800,000 through lottery ticket sales, and the Mega Bucks Jackpot 5050 raffle that pulled in $450,000.

Susanna Hilz of Red Deer won the $225,000 Mega Bucks raffle.

A total of 450 lottery prizes, including vehicles, vacations and electronics, were awarded.

Money raised by the lottery will be put towards cardiac enhancements in four departments at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre — emergency, cardiac intensive care, inpatient cardiology and telemetry, and inpatient acute stroke units.

“This is one of major fundraisers and very important to us, very important to the hospital and certainly to all Central Albertans,” De Boer said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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The Red Deer RCMP downtown detachment was evacuated on Monday afternoon after hemlock was dropped off in the building’s lobby.

Red Deer Emergency Services responded to the scene after 2:30 p.m. with a pumper, truck and trailer and an ambulance.

Platoon Chief Gord Klootwyk said the hazardous waste was dropped off without malicious intent and the building was evacuated as a precaution.

Hemlock is a highly poisonous flower native Hemlock to Europe and North Africa.

A police news release said a citizen brought in hemlock for destruction, but no harm was intended.

The Red Deer RCMP was closed as a result but reopened by 4:30 p.m.

Emergency services personnel dressed in hazardous material gear before going inside the building. A large mat was laid down in front of the building and a fire hose was connected and set up in front of the detachment’s entrance. Police officers were outside of the building.

Police said the attendance by Red Deer Emergency Services was a precautionary measure to ensure safety of all staff and RCMP members in the building.

The hemlock was disposed of safely.

Police would like to remind people if they have a known or potentially hazardous material that they are encouraged to contact poison control for direction of how to handle or dispose of safely. For the Alberta Poison and Drug Information Service, call 1-800-332-1414.

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Notley, Harper talk pipelines, climate change at meeting

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Man has no regrets about ‘exhilarating’ balloon ride

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Exhilarating.

That’s how a Calgary man describes flying over the city in a lawn chair attached to helium balloons and then parachuting to safety.

Police have charged Daniel Boria, who is 26, with mischief and say more charges could be on the way.

Boria told Calgary radio station CFFR he’s surprised the police charged him.

“We didn’t think it would be pursued this aggressively and we didn’t think the outcome would be this negative, but at the same time it was the most exhilarating experience I could ever imagine, so no we definitely don’t regret it,” he said Monday.

He’s worried about other potential charges following the publicity stunt for his cleaning services company.

“It is a little bit of a worry, I’m not going to lie,” Boria said. “It is the first thing I’ve ever done wrong, but the police were extremely nice to me.”

“Maybe we did make a few bad judgment calls, but all in all, everyone was really accommodating and I think most people understood why we did it and they thought it was just fantastic, all the feedback we’re getting is fantastic.”

Calgary police don’t see it that way.

“Everybody sort of laughs and thinks about some guy in a lawn chair floating over the city, but when you sit back and you think about it, it’s just very irresponsible,” Insp. Kyle Grant said.

“He’s flying over a city of 1.2 million, heading towards the Stampede grounds, hundreds of thousands of people, the last thing we want to see is anybody injured, whether it’s himself the pilot or a member of the public.”

Boria said he and his team planned so that the only person’s safety at risk would be his own.

“That’s something you never want to live with, we don’t believe it was a dangerous stunt, we’re the ones who put it together, it was a five-pound lawn chair, the balloons popped one by one and it would come down very slow,” he said.

On Sunday, a person was spotted floating over the Stampede grounds in the chair, which was attached to more than 100 helium balloons. He was then seen gliding to the ground outside of Stampede area using a parachute.

“He sat in the chair and began floating over Calgary. It’s my understanding that he didn’t have any sort of device to steer the craft and got to a point so high at cloud level that he became a little worried and decided to jump from the chair,” Grant said.

“He deployed the parachute and ended up landing in a green space and rolled his ankle, causing minor injury.

He was looked at by EMS, then taken into custody and eventually charged.”

The stunt brings to mind the 2009 animated movie “Up” in which an elderly widower ties thousands of balloons to his home and takes off on an adventure.

Grant said no one was hurt, but it could have ended up differently.

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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, left, meets with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Calgary on Monday. sCanada’s long-delayed cross-border Keystone XL proposal and Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, B.C. More than two years after floods hit much of southern Alberta, the two also delved into disaster relief and ways to mitigate similar events.

The money now available is “not a very large pot” at $200 million and the province has put in requests for $600 million, said Notley.

“So we know that there’s some fairly major pressures for the flood mitigation projects here in Calgary and we also know that at the end of the day we save money by putting those mitigation efforts in place.”

An emailed summary from the Prime Minister’s Office said Harper and Notley “committed to working to-

gether on matters of interest to Albertans and all Canadians, with a focus on jobs, the economy, and long-term prosperity.”

“They discussed the importance of maintaining a strong and growing energy sector and the respective roles of the federal government and the provinces on meeting Canada’s 2030 climate targets. Prime Minister Harper also highlighted the importance of the Canadian resource sector to the economy and the government’s ongoing commitment to responsible development, market diversification, trade expansion and skills training.”

Earlier Monday, Notley had her first turn as head pancake flipper at the annual premier’s Stampede breakfast in downtown Calgary.

Oilsands cleanup may not be adequately funded: auditor general

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general says the province may not be requiring oilsands companies to save enough money to ensure their gigantic mines are cleaned up at the end of their life.

“If there isn’t an adequate program in place to ensure that financial security is provided by mine operators ... mine sites may either not be reclaimed as intended or Albertans could be forced to pay the reclamation costs,” says a report released Monday by Merwan Saher.

Saher says current rules could allow companies to overestimate the value of their resources. That allows them to delay increases to the amount of money they sock away to fund cleanup.

As well, Saher says the government hasn’t met its own targets when it comes to ensuring each operator is assessed a large enough amount to pay for reclamation. Only about one-quarter of the audits promised in 2011 have been completed.

“The level of verification activity has been insufficient,” says the report.

Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said the government agreed with Saher’s concerns and accepts his recommendations.

The Mine Financial Security Program was instituted in 2011 and holds security deposits from eight oilsands mines and 19 coal mines. The fund holds $1.6 billion to cover about $21 billion in eventual liabilities.

The program allows companies to keep remediation funds low until the mine has less than 15 years of life left, or until the company has less than three times as many assets as liabilities.

But current rules can help companies inflate the asset side of that equation. Saher also noted the rules don’t take into account long-term price swings such as the current downturn.

“The department has accepted the risk of not protecting against the risk of a broad based and rapid structural decline in the oilsands sector,” the report says.

Saher told reporters any risk to Al-

berta taxpayers is long-term.

“We’re not concerned at this moment,” he said. “We just want to be sure that down the road, Albertans aren’t exposed to having to fork out sums that could have been identified by better calculations along the way.”

Saher also says there aren’t enough checks on how the base security deposit companies must put up is set.

Current rules allow companies to calculate their own cleanup liabilities, subject to government audit. Saher points out that while Alberta had promised eight such top-level audits by this time, only two have been conducted.

“There is presently no evidence that the level of audit activity is commensurate with the risks that exist,” the report says.

Phillips agreed the program needs a review.

“We need to analyze whether the asset calculation needs to be changed.

We need to update this security program and conduct that detailed risk analysis.”

She promised the review would be conducted with the energy industry’s current low-price environment in

mind.

Greg Stringham with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said there are three ways that mining companies, including oilsands, are held to account.

Companies must pay a deposit, and that number grows as the mine nears the end of its life; the government signs off on each company’s reclamation plan and monitors it; and if a company is unable to meet its obligation, then the resource falls back to the government, he said.

“All three work in concert to ensure Albertans will not be liable for ongoing reclamation from at least the oilsands mines,” Stringham said.

Saher’s report also criticizes the government’s handling of Crown grazing leases, which it says allows ranchers to collect compensation payments from industry for damage to land they don’t own.

Examining about 10 per cent of the province’s leases showed leaseholders had received about $2.7 million more in compensation from energy companies than they had paid to lease the land. Saher also points out those lease rates haven’t changed since 1994.

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A Calgary man got more than he bargained for when he flew over the city in a lawn chair attached to helium balloons and then had to parachute to safety. Police have charged the man with mischief and say more charges could be on the way.

CALGARY — Climate change, pipelines and flood mitigation were on the agenda Monday as Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Stephen Harper had their first formal meeting.

If there was tension between the NDP premier and the Conservative prime minister, neither let on. In a photo opportunity before the meeting, Notley asked Harper about how his Stampede had been so far and the two tipped their cowboy hats for the cameras.

After the meeting, Notley said it wasn’t her impression that recent Alberta efforts to toughen the rules for large carbon emitters were a “huge irritant” for Harper.

“I think it’s fair to say he acknowledged that some of the numbers that we put out had been floating around within the oil and gas boardrooms for a while,” she said.

Last month, the Alberta government said it would require facilities that emit more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 to reduce their carbon intensity by 20 per cent in 2017, versus 12 per cent currently.

For emissions that go above that threshold, the price of carbon is doubling to $30 a tonne in 2017. The province has also appointed University of Alberta economist Andrew Leach to lead a panel that will help develop a broader climate change strategy.

Notley said they also talked about TransCanada Corp.’s (TSX:TRP) Energy East pipeline to the East Coast and Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion to the Vancouver area — two proposals she supports.

On Trans Mountain, she said there was some discussion about what Ottawa can do to boost spill recovery efforts in the Lower Mainland.

Notley has been less keen on Tran-

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Waiting for a miracle?

WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO SAVE GREECE FROM DEBT PURGATORY In theory, it could still work. It only requires three miracles.

Maybe the resounding “No” to the eurozone’s terms for a third bailout in Sunday’s referendum in Greece (61 per cent against) will force the euro currency’s real managers, Germany and France, GWYNNE to reconsider.

DYER French President Francois Hollande is already advocating a return to negotiations with Greece.

Maybe the International Monetary Fund will publicly urge the eurozone’s leaders to cancel more of Greece’s crushing load of debt. Last Thursday the IMF released a report saying that Greece needed an extra 50 billion euros over three years to roll over existing debt, and should be allowed a 20-year grace period before making any debt repayments. Even then, it said, Greece’s debt was “unsustainable.”

And maybe Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tripras will accept the terms he asked Greek voters to reject in the referendum if he can also get a com-

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mitment to a big chunk of debt relief — say around 100 billion euros, about a third of Greece’s total debt — from the eurozone authorities and the IMF. It’s all theoretically possible. It even makes good sense. But it will require radically different behaviour from all the parties involved.

Tsipras has already made one big gesture: on the morning after the referendum victory, he ditched his flamboyant finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis. The hyper-combative Varoufakis had needlessly alienated every other eurozone finance minister with his scattergun abuse, and it was hard to imagine him sitting down with his opposite numbers again after calling them all “terrorists” during the referendum campaign.

The IMF’s gesture was even bigger, if much belated. It knew the eurozone’s strategy was wrong from the time of the first bailout in 2010, and it is finally getting ready to admit it.

Normally, when the IMF bails out a country that is over its head in debt, it insists on four things. There is always fiscal consolidation (cutting spending, collecting all the taxes, balancing the budget) and “structural reform” (making labour markets more flexible, ending subsidies, etc.). All the current Greece-eurozone negotiations have been about these issues. But the usual IMF package also includes devaluation and debt relief.

There was no debt relief at all in the 2010 bailout, and only private-sector

creditors were forced to take a haircut (around 30 per cent) in the second bailout in 2012. Most of Greece’s debt was owed to German and French banks, and that wasn’t touched. Indeed, 90 per cent of the eurozone loans Greece has received go straight into repaying European banks.

Greece’s debt is not decreased by these transactions: it is just switched to European official bodies including the European Central Bank So the Greeks are getting no real help worth talking about, and European taxpayers are getting screwed to save European banks.

Why didn’t the IMF blow the whistle on this long ago?

Because it was not taking the lead in these negotiations, and after it took part in the 2010 bailout anyway it was deeply embarrassed. It had broken its own rules, and found it hard to admit it. It was also aware that devaluation, usually a key part of IMF bailouts, is impossible for Greece unless it actually leaves the euro (which Greeks desperately don’t want to do).

So the usual post-bailout economic recovery didn’t happen. Over five years, Greece’s debt has increased by half, its economy has shrunk by a quarter, and unemployment has risen to 25 per cent (50 per cent for young people).

The referendum question was deliberately obscure and misleading, but most Greeks know that the current approach simply isn’t working.

That’s why they voted “No” in the

referendum. It was a valid choice.

If the eurozone authorities know that much of Greece’s debt can never be repaid (which they do), why don’t they just give Greece the debt relief it needs? Partly because Chancellor Angela Merkel knows that her own German voters will be angry at more “charity” funded by their taxes, whereas they stay fairly quiet so long as the debt is still on the books. And partly because other eurozone countries would see it as special treatment for Greece.

Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland have also been through harrowing bailout programs, and are still making proportionally bigger interest payments on their debts than Greece. Some other countries using the euro — Estonia, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia — have about the same GDP per capita as Greece, and Latvia is even poorer.

They don’t see why they should pay for Greece’s folly in running up such huge debts.

So it really isn’t possible to predict whether Tsipras and Greece will be offered a better deal or not.

It’s equally impossible to say what will happen to the euro single currency if there is no deal and Greece crashes out of the euro in the next couple of weeks, although the eurozone authorities insist that they could weather the storm.

We do live in interesting times.

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Facebook’s Meanwhile in Red Deer delivers disturbing message I am writing to inform you of a disturbing Facebook page, titled Meanwhile in Red Deer, Alberta — it is an embarrassment to the city, to Alberta and to Canada.

The other day, there was a very insensitive image posted. The responses from people were, quite frankly, horrific.

The image promotes rape culture and sexual harassment against women.

Commenters (individuals listed as living in Red Deer) were openly and publicly celebrating this image and its message.

To have Red Deer and Canada attached to the name of this image is a disgrace.

I want to bring attention to these ideas and beliefs that are incredibly harmful to others — and how widespread these ideas are (evidently amongst the Red Deer population).

I hope that Red Deer will shine a light on this disturbing Facebook page, and hopefully educate its citizens on these topics.

Please don’t simply ignore this. People need to be educated on sexual harassment.

Barbara Katic Calgary

Radical Supreme Court shows disrespect for society I wrote to the Advocate on March 1, regarding the lack of good sense on the part of the Supreme Court of Canada on their recent rulings. Now they have done it again!

They ruled that marijuana can be prescribed to sick people in other forms that just “smokin’ it,” namely food such as cookies.

Suddenly the court has now become doctors and scientists. Considering that Health Canada has not yet investigated and ruled on the safety and effectiveness of medical marijuana, why would the Supreme Court intentionally preempt Health Canada?

Blind arrogance!

In another case, they ruled that particular Christian prayers spoken prior to public meetings, such as city-council meetings, violated the neutrality of the state and contravene the religious freedom of an atheist (an atheist man has challenged the prayers in Saguenay, Que.).

It appears that radicalism and political activism are the new normal for our Supreme Court. More and more, they seem to be displaying a concerted disrespect for a moral and common-sense society.

Are they teaching us a better way to live or are they dangerously promoting a lifestyle that will lead to self-destruction of our society?

Jim Swan Red Deer

North Red Deer deserves much more, or should secede On Jan. 1 1948, the village of North Red Deer became a part of the City of Red Deer.

Is it time for North Red Deer to secede from the City of Red Deer? Have time and events made North Red Deer and Red Deer divided, separate and unequal partners?

Prior to amalgamation, wars, fires and loss of commerce ravaged the tax base of North Red Deer.

Today, that is no longer the case — the growth of industrial parks would supply more than enough of a commercial tax base to eliminate that concern.

The trend of encouraging commerce and industry to move to North Red Deer, and encouraging culture, recreation and entertainment to stay on the south side of the river is a double-edged sword. While building industry, they also demolished schools less than 20 years after merging and were sending the children to a school on 39th Street south of the river.

In 67 years since amalgamation, they have never built a high school in North Red Deer. They talked about it, but when the time came to build one, they built in the south. There are no plans now for a high school in North Red Deer. The population is expected to hit over 50,000 in North Red Deer with the upcoming development of lands north of 11A. North Red Deer would be the ninth or 10th largest city in Alberta, equal to Grande Prairie. A city with a population of 50,000 people without a high school, and only one swimming pool, does that make sense?

There will thousands of acres available for commerce and industry, possibly a thousand acres to build homes for the workers but no high school.

Red Deer south has, is building or plans for six high schools.

Thousands of acres of land and there are no recommended plans to build a new pool. North Red Deer will have just one pool while Red Deer South

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will have three pools with talks of expanding one.

There is talk of a concert hall in Red Deer South.

Nearly $200 million will be spent on the Riverlands, in South Red Deer, moving and building the public yards, upgrading the infrastructure, burying wires, etc. There are also plans for a new arena south of the river, but no high school or pool for North Red Deer.

Our taxes will pay for these projects, and a major portion will come from taxes collected in North Red Deer.

Should North Red Deer secede from this amalgamation? Maybe, but I do not think it has been done in Alberta before. It would be a precedent-setting action, starting with a referendum.

Another option to consider is a North Red Deer municipal association, something like the Downtown Business Association that appears to be quite influential at City Hall. It could monitor and influence the growth of North Red Deer, ensuring equality for all. Establish a board with chairs, secretaries, directors including representatives of business, schools and a city councillor.

Those are just two of many options, if the will is there.

Is it time to consider rewriting the rules, change plans, and make it a partnership of equals?

Or perhaps it would be best to just put up a sign saying: Welcome to North Red Deer Industrial Parks.

Work here then go home.

I think it would be better to renegotiate the term of amalgamation, get a high school, a new pool and a new sense of equal partnership. North Red Deer deserves that much.

Garfield Marks Red Deer

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Military to attack fire, offer support FIRES FORCE 9,000 PEOPLE FROM HOMES

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SASKATCHEWAN

Soldiers started rolling into Saskatchewan on Monday to double firefighting efforts in the north, where about 9,000 people have been forced out of their homes — many for more than a week.

Colin King, with Saskatchewan’s Emergency Management department, said 1,000 military personnel were arriving from bases in Shilo, Man., and Edmonton.

About 600 are to receive basic wildfire training and will likely be on the ground Wednesday alongside another 600 firefighters.

The remaining soldiers are to work in support roles such as helping with equipment and getting food and water to fire crews.

King described the fire situation as “critical” and said people evacuated from more than 50 communities wouldn’t be returning soon.

“The threat has not been reduced in any of those communities. We are advising all community leadership to remain out until it is safe,” he said.

As of Monday morning, the most significant of 112 fires burning in the province was about three kilometres north of La Ronge, one of the largest communities in north.

Residents were evacuated on the weekend from the town, as well as neighbouring Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.

Fires and thick smoke forced others in the north to start leaving their homes 11 days earlier.

Flames have destroyed about a dozen homes, remote cabins and other

buildings in Montreal Lake, Weyakwin and Wadin Bay. One building also burned north of La Ronge.

About 300 square kilometres are burning in what officials are calling high-priority fire zones, about 10 times the yearly average.

Scott Wasylenchuk with the Provincial Fire Centre had some good news, however. An area near La Ronge burned in an old forest fire is acting as a natural barrier and wind was expected to shift flames away from the town.

“Which means some of the fire lines closest to the community won’t be as hot and we’ll be able to get on them and make good progress,” he said.

Premier Brad Wall, who visited La Ronge last week, said he’s glad soldiers are on hand to help and he’s not worried fire will spread into the town.

“Right now we’re in a pretty good spot ... We’re feeling cautiously optimistic after a difficult weekend.”

Nearly 700 evacuees from La Ronge were being housed in Cold Lake, Alta.

The Alberta government had said it was preparing to receive up to 5,000 after centres in Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert and North Battleford were filling up.

“We always have problems with fires here and there but never in my lifetime can I remember it being this bad,” Darlene Studer told radio station CJME, after convincing her 90-year-old father to leave his home in La Ronge.

Karri Kempf with Saskatchewan’s Social Services Ministry said slightly more than 7,000 have registered as

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Smoke from wildfires in the interior of British Columbia blanket the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, B.C. Sunday.

Smoke-filled air envelopes southern B.C. VANCOUVER — Dozens of wildfires prompted by scorching temperatures in British Columbia have forced residents from their homes, prompted extraordinary health advisories and lead to the death of one man.

There have been almost 900 wildfires across the province since the season started April 1, and 184 of those are still burning, said Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek.

Smoke has created a heavy blanket of stagnant grey haze over the province’s south coast, setting off unusual air quality advisories across southern Vancouver Island,

evacuees and she estimates another 2,000 others are staying with friends and family.

Fires are also burning in other Western provinces.

In Alberta, 200 people remain out

Top bank survey suggests Prairie businesses expect sales to slow

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — There is a divide in business confidence across the country as low oil prices weigh on the outlook for some regions more than others, according to the latest reading from the Bank of Canada.

The summer edition of the central bank’s business outlook survey suggests businesses on the Prairies expect sales to slow over the next 12 months as the oil price shock spreads across other sectors.

However, the Bank of Canada says the story isn’t the same across the country.

“On the other hand, domestic demand is strengthening in regions that are less exposed to the energy sector,” the report said.

Overall, the survey said more firms reported sales growth accelerated over the last 12 months than those that saw growth slow, but the margin shrank compared with earlier surveys.

As well, the balance of opinion among companies that expect sales growth to accelerate over the next 12 months improved modestly.

The results of the survey of senior management at about 100 companies between May 15 and June 10 were released Monday, ahead of the Bank of Canada’s interest rate announcement next week. The central bank is widely expected to cut its expectations for growth in the second quarter after a pullback by the economy in April, but its plan for interest rates is less clear.

“With rate cut speculation heating up ahead of next week’s policy announcement, the modest improvement and the upbeat tone for Central Canada and manufacturing slightly lower

‘CANADIAN FORECASTERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY UNDERESTIMATED THE IMPACT OF THE SHARP DECLINE IN OIL PRICES ON THE CANADIAN ECONOMY.’ — RANDALL BARTLETT TD SENIOR ECONOMIST

the odds of a move,” BMO senior economist Benjamin Reitzes said of the outlook survey.

“Recall that governor (Stephen) Poloz pays particular attention to this type of survey and the positives coming from non-energy sectors could stay his hand for now.”

For its part, TD Bank said Monday the economy was likely in a recession through the first half of the year and predicted the Bank of Canada would cut its key interest rate.

“Canadian forecasters have consistently underestimated the impact of the sharp decline in oil prices on the Canadian economy,” TD senior economist Randall Bartlett wrote.

In terms of spending on machinery and equipment, the central bank survey points to a moderate increase in investment spending over the next year.

However, there are distinct regional differences, with plans to increase spending more prevalent in Central Canada and the manufacturing sector. Energy-related regions and sectors expect to continue to see a decrease in spending.

A lower dollar is also affecting investment decisions as some businesses suggest they plan to restrain spending as a result of higher costs for import-

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The outlook compared with a survey

by Statistics Canada on Monday that suggested capital spending this year on non-residential construction and machinery and equipment is expected to slip 4.9 per cent to $251.8 billion compared with 2014.

Spending by the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector is expected to fall 18.7 per cent to $67.9 billion.

Meanwhile, the Bank of Canada report also found plans to hire staff have improved in areas less affected by energy prices with the overall balance of opinion on hiring over the next 12 months improving.

The number of companies reporting labour shortages that are hurting their ability to meet demand remains low and labour shortages are generally less intense than a year ago.

The Bank of Canada’s Senior Loan Officer Survey, which was also released Monday, suggests that overall business-lending conditions were broadly unchanged in the second quarter with a tightening in the oil and gas sector.

along the mainland coast, Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Roger Quan, director of air quality for Metro Vancouver, said conditions worsened Monday as the smell of smoke permeated some parts of the region.

“This is more widespread than anything we’ve seen in the past,” he said.

“The wind is blowing smoke from, we believe, the Sunshine Coast and the Sea-to-Sky area. There are three large fires in that area and that seems to be impacting us most heavily. But there are also fires in the B.C. Interior so we’re receiving smoke from both ends.”

People with heart or lung problems or medical conditions such as diabetes, as well as the elderly and the very young, are urged to remain indoors and limit strenuous activity. of their homes on the North Tallcree First Nation.

Environment Canada issued special air quality statements for much of Saskatchewan and parts of Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia.

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Quebec Labour Minister Sam Hamad said his federal counterpart agreed to talks aimed at easing frustration from some businesses that the program was excessively burdensome.

The program has been a source of tension between Quebec and Ottawa since the federal government changed the rules in 2014 to make it harder to hire foreign workers after reports businesses were abusing the system.

Hamad said federal Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre was “very open” to changing the rules.

He added Quebec’s immigration minister is to meet Tuesday with Poilievre to “discuss and to understand ... to take into account the particularities of Quebec.”

But Poilievre, who was also in Quebec City on Monday, denied the federal government had any intention of changing the program.

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Bombing suspect at centre of nasty divorce

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Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac-Megantic, Que., on July 6, 2013.

A church bell rang 47 times in Lac-Megantic today in honour of the victims of a rail disaster two years ago that forever changed the Quebec town.

Lac-Megantic residents mark anniversary of rail disaster with moment of silence

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — Church bells rang 47 times in Lac-Megantic on Monday as locals gathered to honour the victims of a rail disaster two years ago that forever changed the Quebec town.

Forty-seven people were killed and a large swath of downtown was destroyed on July 6, 2013, when an unmanned 72-car train jumped the track, spilling and igniting some six million litres of volatile crude oil.

At noon, people gathered outside Lac-Megantic’s St-Agnes Church for a moment of silence and a ringing of the bells. Ongoing decontamination work was also halted briefly to mark the tragedy.

A low-key mass was held Sunday night.

Politicians of all stripes marked the anniversary, vowing to continue to sup-

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Ottawa poised to defend rights record at UN OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Commission has told a United Nations panel that the plight of Canada’s aboriginal people is one of the country’s most urgent civil rights issues.

The commission made that submission to the UN Human Rights Committee, which opened its review of Canada’s compliance to the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights on Monday.

There was broad criticism of the Harper government’s policies on murdered or missing aboriginal women as well as Canada’s approach to terrorism, including the recent passage of the anti-terrorism act.

It’s the first time Canada has been examined by the panel since 2005, which makes this the first such examination of the Conservatives’ rights record.

The Conservatives are no fans of UN oversight mechanisms, and have had some high-profile clashes with special rapporteurs on issues including relating to torture and aboriginal women.

The government will formally respond Tuesday to a variety of complaints at what is a regularly scheduled examination of Canada’s record.

The review is taking place 100 days before the federal election, and could provide fodder for the government’s domestic political opponents.

In its submission, the Canadian Human Rights Commission says the plight of aboriginal people is “one of the most pressing human rights issues fac-

OTTAWA — The federal government has abandoned its high-profile appeal to the Supreme Court on overseas spying by CSIS. The court agreed last February to take the case after federal lawyers argued for guidance on whether CSIS needed a warrant to seek allied help in spying on Canadians abroad.

They said the spy service was left in the dark as to when a judge’s approval was required to monitor suspected Canadian extremists in other countries.

But in a recent letter to the Supreme Court, federal lawyer Robert Frater noted Parliament had since enacted changes to the judicial warrant scheme governing CSIS. “Given the significance of the legislative changes, and CSIS’s pressing need to seek warrants under the new regime in fulfilling its statutory mandate, our priority will be to focus on the new system now in place,” Frater said in the June 19 letter.

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port the community.

Premier Philippe Couillard hailed the resolve of locals and said in a statement the province would keep helping the town of 6,000.

“Our thoughts are with the families and relatives of the victims and to all citizens of Lac-Megantic,” Couillard said. “The Meganticois are a good example of solidarity and resilience for all of Quebec.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper also praised residents as the town rebuilds and heals.

“It takes people of extraordinary strength to overcome such a disaster, and I was privileged to witness firsthand during my visits to Lac-Megantic the remarkable resilience, pride and spirit of those in the community,” Harper said.

He added that those found guilty of breaking the law will be held to account.

In late June, several people and the

defunct rail company at the heart of the disaster were hit with new federal charges. Among the accused were Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the insolvent company’s former president, and train driver Thomas Harding.

All those charged will appear in court in Lac-Megantic on Nov. 12.

Previously, Harding, two fellow railway employees and the company were charged by the Crown in Quebec with 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death. A trial date is expected to be set Sept. 8.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau also marked the anniversary and both said not enough has been done.

“Every possible precaution must be taken to ensure such an incident is never repeated,” Trudeau said. “Unfortunately, two years have passed and too little has been done by this government to bring about the necessary changes.”

ing Canada today.”

It said that aboriginal people “continue to be significantly disadvantaged in terms of education, employment and access to basic needs such as water, food and housing.”

The commission also said aboriginal women do not get equal access to justice in Canada.

“Indigenous women, in particular, bear a disproportionate burden of violence.”

victed of terrorism, treason or spying offences.

But other participants said while they agreed people convicted of such offences should be punished, they were alarmed by the potential longerterm implications of the measures.

“For participants from places where dual citizenship is permitted, such as India or the Philippines, there were clear concerns that dual citizens as a whole were being stigmatized and singled out,” says a newly-published report on the Citizenship and Immigration department sessions. “...It also left many wondering whether they should still consider retaining dual citizenship with their original home country out of fear that their Canadian citizenship could be revoked more easily by virtue of the fact that they are dual citizens or out of fear that with time, the criteria for revoking citizenship for a dual citizen is expanded.”

The ability to revoke a dual national’s Canadian citizenship was contained in a law passed last year that overhauled many elements of the Canadian citizenship program.

Some ethnic groups tell government they’re fearful of stigmatization OTTAWA — A new law allowing the government to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens convicted of certain serious crimes is prompting fears among some ethnic communities that they’ll be unfairly stigmatized.

Those from countries that don’t allow dual citizenship told government focus groups last year they had no issue with the law stripping of Canadian citizenship from dual citizens con-

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WINNIPEG — Court documents show a man accused of sending letter bombs to Winnipeg lawyers and his ex-wife has been in a decade-long battle with his former spouse that includes accusations of theft, impersonation and a wedding ring being flushed down a toilet.

Police allege Guido Amsel, 49, became so enraged over perceived mistreatment at the hands of his former wife and lawyers who had been involved in the dispute, he sent explosive devices to their Guido Amsel offices though Canada Post.

According to a sworn statement from police, an explosive compound was hidden in “a small grey voice recorder”.

A lawyer was seriously injured when a bomb blew up at a firm on Friday. Police detonated two more devices over the weekend and warned justice officials that more could be found in the next day or so.

Guido Amsel was being held in custody on charges including attempted murder pending a court date Tuesday. Police said they were continuing to search a business and a residence linked to the suspect.

The situation has unnerved many city residents and prompted dozens of reports of suspicious packages. City hall and a nearby Canada Post office were briefly evacuated Monday.

Court documents show Guido Amsel and his wife, Iris Amsel, separated in 2004. They have a son, who was nine at the time.

Documents from the divorce proceedings show no unusual acrimony at first. Guido Amsel and his wife owned a numbered company involved in automotive repair. The couple initially split shares in the company — Guido Amsel later bought out his ex-wife — and he was ordered to pay $500 a month in child support.

The divorce became bitter in 2010.

Guido Amsel accused his ex-wife of siphoning more than $3 million from the company into hidden bank accounts prior to the divorce being finalized.

“It is my belief at the present time that during our cohabitation, the respondent secreted money to these accounts,” reads an affidavit from Guido Amsel dated July 9, 2010.

“I am fearful that the respondent will transfer funds from these and any other accounts she may have to Germany and thereafter relocate there with the intention of keeping our son there as well.”

Guido Amsel also accused his exwife in the affidavit of flushing his wedding ring down a toilet and trying to break up his second marriage by calling and pretending to be a boyfriend of the new wife.

Iris Amsel has denied all the accusations.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON — After 10 sets of tennis, a pair of marathon rallies from two sets down and a spirited rant against an opponent, Vasek Pospisil is looking forward to a day off.

The Vancouver player was on the court for almost six hours Monday as he continued his impressive run at Wimbledon.

Hours after coming back from two sets down to beat Viktor Troicki in the fourth round of the men’s singles, Pospisil and doubles teammate Jack Sock staged another two-set comeback before ultimately falling to Australia’s John Peers and Britain’s Jamie Murray.

“It was a long day, for sure,” Pospisil offered as an understatement to kick off his press conference after the doubles loss. “Pretty tired right now, but I have a day off tomorrow, so that’s good.”

He will need all the rest he can get, as his quarter-final opponent on Wednesday is No. 3 seed and 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.

The Scotsman is bound to have a loud cheering section at the All England Club.

“Obviously I played a lot of tennis, but one day recovery is a lot,” Pospisil said. “So I can sleep well tonight. Just have a full day of rest tomorrow. Do a lot of recovery ... then come out strong on Wednesday and take it to him.”

The unseeded Canadian advanced to the men’s quarter-finals after a 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win over Troicki, the No. 22 seed from Serbia. The match took two hours 39 minutes, and that wasn’t even his longest of the day.

“It was tough. I didn’t have the start I wanted to have, and then ... I got unlucky a little bit in the (second set) tiebreaker there,” Pospisil said.

“I made a couple of good adjustments on my return games. And even being down two sets, it didn’t faze me. I feel I’m pretty tough that way. Even if I’m down, I’m always finding ways to come back.”

Murray has beaten Pospisil in hardsurface tournaments at Rotterdam and Indian Wells this season, but said he is expecting a tougher challenge from Pospisil on grass.

Murray said he hopes Pospisil’s fatigue comes into play.

“After today maybe he’s a bit tired.

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Vasek Pospisil returns a ball to Viktor Troicki of Serbia during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday. form two sets down and feeling good about his game,” said Murray, a 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 winner over Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic. “He has a game which suits grass and he likes to come to the net.”

Pospisil, the world No. 56, had never previously been past the second round in singles play at the All England Club.

His previous best singles showing at a Grand Slam event was a third-round appearance at the Australian Open (2014, 2015).

He’s hoping to become just the third Canadian to reach the men’s singles semifinals at Wimbledon. The others are Robert Powell (1908) and Milos Raonic (2014).

It’s almost the reverse story for Pospisil in doubles. The Canadian partnered with Sock to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title last year, but the duo was ousted in the third round 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7(5), 3-6, 8-6 by Peers

and Jamie Murray in a match that lasted three hours 19 minutes.

Pospisil and Sock appeared to lack energy early in the match, but were energized by a controversial call that went against them in the third set.

With the tiebreaker tied 1-1, a Pospisil volley appeared to go off Peers’ racket and out of play. But the umpire ruled that Pospisil hit the ball out of bounds.

Pospisil and Sock argued with the referee before turning their ire toward Peers.

“You want to take the point? Keep your mouth shut,” Pospisil said to Peers before adding an expletive.

When a heckler yelled at the duo to get back to playing tennis, the pair had words with the crowd.

“Yeah, it fired us up. But the ball hit the racket of Peers, and it’s not that he didn’t say anything, but he said he

wasn’t sure if he hit it,” Pospisil said.

“He said he didn’t feel it, but it was clearly not the case. So that got us really fired up.”

Pospisil, who reached a career-high No. 25 in the singles rankings last year, turned pro in 2007 and is still looking for his first ATP title. He made it to the final at last year’s Citi Open in Washington before falling to Raonic.

Earlier Monday, the 11th-seeded duo of Daniel Nestor of Toronto and India’s Leander Paes dropped a 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2 third-round decision to eighth-seeded Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil.

Nestor is also playing in the mixed doubles competition with Kristina Mladenovic of France. The eighthseeded team received a first-round bye and will take on Ken Skupski and Johanna Konta of Britain in the second round.

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Chicago White Sox’s Jose Abreu, left, slides into home plate safely on a Melky Cabrera RBI double as Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin tries to apply the tag during a baseball game Monday, in Chicago. Chicago won 4-2.

Sale K’s streak stopped as White Sox edge Blue Jays, Buehrle

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS White Sox 4 Blue Jays 2 CHICAGO — Winning and losing usually determines whether a player enjoys a particular game or not. Despite a loss, Mark Buehrle couldn’t stop smiling about the Toronto Blue Jays’ 4-2 defeat to the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

His matchup with former teammate and pupil Chris Sale was that special.

“It was a blast,” Buehrle said.

“Hopefully, we gave the fans what they came for.”

Sale’s bid for a record strikeout streak ended, but he pitched a sixhitter to lead the White Sox in the fastest major league game in almost four years. Sale (7-4) had struck out at least 10 batters in eight straight starts, matching the major league mark set by Pedro Martinez in 1999.

The White Sox ace fanned six in a complete game, outpitching Buehrle (9-5), who also went the distance.

“With the stuff he has, he should dominate guys. If I had that, I feel like I’d strike out 20 every game,” Buehrle said of Sale with a laugh. “No, he’s outstanding. Everybody knew coming into it knew it was going to be a low-scoring game.”

There were no walks in a game that took only 1 hour, 54 minutes. It was the speediest big league game since Tampa Bay and Kansas City took 1:53

on Aug. 9, 2011, STATS said.

All of Chicago’s runs were unearned. An error by shortstop Jose Reyes leading off the eighth helped the White Sox score three times and overcome a 2-1 deficit.

“I need to make that play,” Reyes said. “The ball didn’t do anything. It was right to me. That have to be out right there. That’s why we lost the game.”

Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello hit solo home runs for Toronto.

Sale began the game pitching more like Buehrle, getting five outs on groundballs in the first two innings.

In fact, Sale allowed a homer — a solo shot to Colabello leading off the third inning — before recording his first strikeout when he got Devon Travis looking for the second out in the third.

The Blue Jays, the top-scoring team in the majors, were aggressive at the plate and didn’t work many deep counts, opting to put the ball in play before getting two strikes.

Chicago tied the score at 1 in the fourth inning with an assist from the Toronto defence. Melky Cabrera singled with one out and advanced to third base when Avisail Garcia followed with another single.

Right fielder Jose Bautista decided to throw to first base behind Garcia, who didn’t take a particularly wide turn around the bag. The ball bounced away from Colabello and rolled far enough away to allow Cabrera to score on Bautista’s first error of the season.

There’s no doubt in head coach Mike O’Shea’s mind who his starting quarterback will be Friday night.

O’Shea told reporters Monday he expects incumbent Drew Willy under centre when the Bombers host the Montreal Alouettes. Willy took a helmet-to-helmet hit that forced him out of Winnipeg’s 52-26 home-opening loss the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday night.

Willy practised with the starting offence Monday and said afterwards he experienced no lingering effects from the injury.

“We don’t usually set our roster until Day 3 anyway but I’d say he’s playing,” O’Shea said.

Willy, in his second season as Winnipeg’s starter, can’t see any reason why he won’t play against Montreal.

“I don’t think so,” he said. “I feel good.

“I had a pretty clean day out there . . . I processed everything fast out there.

I look forward to looking at the practice film and keep working this week.”

Willy was hit late in the opening quarter by Hamilton defensive lineman Adrian Tracy. He remained down for several minutes but walked off on his own. There was no penalty on the play, however the CFL is expected to review the incident. While Willy was motionless initially, he said he remembers everything about the hit.

“I was just trying to make a play, he (Tracy) came and obviously made a hit on me,” Willy said. “It doesn’t look good or anything but that’s football.

“I know what I signed up for.”

Willy watched the remainder of the first half from the tunnel before retreating to Winnipeg’s locker-room in the second half. The former Buffalo star said he felt well enough to return and expressed that sentiment to the Bombers, who opted against allowing him back in.

Quarterbacks have been hard hit by injuries already this season. Toronto’s Ricky Ray (shoulder) opened the season on the six-game injured list while Montreal’s Jonathan Crompton (shoulder), Edmonton’s Mike Reilly (knee) and Saskatchewan’s Darian Durant (Achilles) were all hurt in their clubs’ season openers.

Reilly is out 10-to-12 weeks while Durant’s injury ended his season.

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just two weeks, the Ottawa Redblacks are poised to enter unchartered territory.

Ottawa has opened the 2015 campaign with consecutive victories, matching the number of wins they had last year in their inaugural season. The Redblacks visit the Edmonton Eskimos (0-1) on Thursday.

Quarterback Henry Burris was 23of-29 passing for 296 yards and three TDs in leading Ottawa past the B.C. Lions 27-16 in its home opener Saturday.

Running back Chevon Walker ran for 103 yards while former Stamp Brad Sinopoli added nine catches for 99 yards and a touchdown.

The Redblacks opened their season with a 20-16 win over Montreal, their first-ever road victory.

EAST DOMINANCE — East Division teams are getting the best of their Western counterparts early this season. East clubs are 5-1 in head-to-head matches after going 4-0 last weekend.

The Toronto Argonauts have recorded consecutive road wins over Edmonton and Saskatchewan to lead the way.

The West’s lone win was Calgary’s season-opening 24-23 home decision over Hamilton in a rematch of last year’s Grey Cup game. The Stampeders needed Rene Paredes’ 50-yard field goal with no time remaining to earn the victory.

Three more East-West matchups are on tap in Week 3 as Ottawa visits Edmonton on Thursday, Winnipeg hosts Montreal on Friday before Toronto heads to Calgary on Monday.

SPEEDY START — Hamilton’s Brandon Banks is off to an impressive start.

Banks has returned eight punts for 178 yards over Hamilton’s opening two games for a gaudy 22.3-yard average.

Banks has also registered return TDs in each game and leads the CFL with 326 all-purpose yards.

Banks showed last year how dangerous he can be. He had two punt return TDs — and another disallowed due to penalty — in Hamilton’s 40-24 East Division final win over Montreal, then took another back 90 yards for a score that was nullified by a flag with 35 seconds remaining in the Ticats’ 2016 Grey Cup loss to Calgary.

Banks has certainly thrived following the CFL’s off-season rule change on punts. Now, the five interior linemen must wait for the ball to be kicked before heading downfield, thus creating more room for speedy returners like Banks to operate.

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Earnhardt Jr. drives to Daytona win BUT LAST-LAP CRASH STEALS HEADLINES IN RAIN DELAYED RACE

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Austin Dillon (3) goes airborne and hits the catch fence as he was involved in a multi-car crash on the final lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Monday, in Daytona Beach, Fla. The accident was similar to a 2013 crash in the Xfinity Series when Kyle Larson’s car sailed into the fence, sending debris into the stands that injured 28 fans. Larson’s car was destroyed as it ricocheted back onto the track.

Jimmie Johnson, who finished second to Hendrick Motorsports teammate Earnhardt, said Dillon’s wreck was one of the worst he’s ever seen.

“I’m shocked that Austin Dillon is even alive,” said Johnson. “I expected the worst when I came back around.”

The accident overshadowed Earnhardt’s second win of the season — his first was in May at Talladega — and his first in this race since 2001. It was his fourth Sprint Cup Series win at Daytona.

The wreck was also the main focus at the end of a day that began early Sunday but quickly fell off schedule because of weather.

The race began at 11:42 p.m., a delay of 3 hours, 34 minutes for rain. Drivers spent the time doing an array of different activities: Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano went into the stands to thank fans for sticking around, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. used social media to prove he can do a headstand.

They also stopped by the NBC studio to help the network fill air time in its first race broadcasting NASCAR since 2006.

Froome takes yellow jersey in crash-marred third stage

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HUY, Belgium — British rider Chris Froome took the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey after finishing second behind Spanish veteran Joacquim Rodriguez in Monday’s crash-marred third stage, as a second straight day of chaos caused around 20 riders to fall and several to quit.

The 2013 Tour winner Froome almost caught Rodriguez near the top of the day’s final climb, but the Spaniard held on for his second career Tour stage win five years after his first.

“I didn’t expect to be in yellow this early on. Couldn’t be a better feeling,” said Froome, whose title defence ended when he crashed early in last year’s race. “I may look calm on the outside but I assure you I’m not. A huge thank you to my teammates, they turned themselves inside out to keep me at the front.”

He now leads German rider Tony Martin — who is not a threat for overall victory — by just one second and is 13 seconds ahead of American rider Tejay Van Garderen, who is shaping up as a dangerous outsider.

More importantly, Froome’s touted main rivals are lagging.

Froome is now 36 seconds clear of two-time champion Alberto Contador of Spain, 1:38 ahead of defending champion Vincenzo Nibali of Italy and 1:56 ahead of Nairo Quintana of Colombia, the Tour runner-up two years ago.

“I’d rather be in this position that I’m in now rather than having to make

up time,” said Froome, who took the race leader’s jersey from Swiss veteran Fabian Cancellara. “I just hope to get through these next few days without any major issues.”

Froome’s relief was understandable, given how heavy the crash behind him was. It happened with a little under 60 kilometres (37 miles) remaining, forcing the stage to be neutralized and then stopped altogether shortly after — for nearly 20 minutes.

With the race moving from neighbouring Netherlands into Belgium, stage three was 159.5 kilometres (99 miles) from Antwerp to Huy. It featured four short and sharp climbs but the crash took place shortly before climb No. 1 when Frenchman William Bonnet’s wobbling bike slid forward and down.

Racing at tremendous speed, it was impossible for those behind to either slow down or get out of the way, and one after the other they went up, down, or sideways in a bewildering flash of colours, bobbing helmets and spinning wheels.

The end result was a tangled mess of bikes, spewed in all directions. Some riders lay on their backs in the grass and others were curled up in agony on the hot tarmac.

Cancellara was one of the last to go down, leaping into the air with his bike attached to him, then landing with a thud: the grass landing saving him from being more seriously hurt.

Bonnet was taken off on a stretcher with a brace around his neck. Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin — competing for the best young rider’s white jersey — Australian veteran Simon Gerrans, and Russian Dmitry Kozontchuk also withdrew from the stage and race. the whole child approach

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Young swam to victory in each of the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke and the 200 individual medley, in which he established a new provincial record for 14-year-old boys with a time of 2:12.13. Young also placed second in the 200m and 1,500m freestyle and was third in the 400m free.

Rebecca Smith finished first in the 50m, 200m, and 400m free events and was runner-up in the 100m backstroke

BANTAM AAA BASEBALL Riley Seward pitched a completegame five-hitter to lead the Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves to a 1-0 win over the East Central Bulls in bantam AAA baseball action Sunday.

Seward recorded nine strikeouts over seven innings and Cooper Jones stroked a double and single and scored the Braves’ lone run.

The Braves dropped both ends of a doubleheader versus the Bulls Saturday, falling 6-5 and 10-0.

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and third in the 50m butterfly and 50m back, while Madalyn Smith was third in the 50m breast.

The girls 15 and over 200m free relay squad of Rebecca Smith, Halle Loyek, Madalyn Smith and Kristen Trepanier placed third, as did the girls 15 and over 400m medley relay team of Trepanier, Rebecca and Madalyn Smith and Lainie Wareham.

Meanwhile, Madisson Young achieved her first-ever A time in the 400m free with a clocking of 5:15.13.

Catalina swimmers will compete in the Canadian age group championships in three weeks at Quebec City. uted a single and double and Aiden Schafer had two singles in the 6-5 setback. The Braves used two pitchers, with loser Zach Baker allowing four runs over three innings — fanning four batters and walking two in the process — and Matt Kohle working four hitless and scoreless innings while recording three strikeouts and walking three batters.

Ben LeBlanc took the loss in the second contest, allowing two runs over three innings while fanning five batters and walking six, while Brett Porter had four strikeouts and issued four walks in three innings of relief. Jones stroked a double in a losing cause.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Riding bumper-to-bumper at nearly 200 mph, Austin Dillon was smack in the middle of a pack of cars headed to the checkered flag when he was suddenly sent on the ride of his life.

A wreck that began three rows ahead of him sent cars spinning all over the track. When one turned into him, the force of the hit flipped his car up and over two others. Dillon sailed nearly upside down into the Daytona International Speedway catchfence with such a hard hit that it nearly brought his 3,500-pound car to a sudden stop.

The fence acted like a slingshot, sending the sheared race car back onto the track, where it landed on its roof and was hit again while the engine block smouldered nearby. Left behind were a handful of fans who received only minor injuries from the debris, and a gaping hole in the fence, the mesh torn away.

And Dillon? Nearly everyone in NASCAR feared the worst looking at

what remained of his car. Instead, he was helped out by rival crews and he gave the “I’m OK” two-handed wave used by late bullrider Lane Frost to the stunned crowd.

“It happened so quick,” said Dillon, the grandson of car owner Richard Childress and the first driver entrusted to drive the famed No. 3 that had been out of use since Dale Earnhardt’s fatal 2001 crash at Daytona.

“You’re just holding on and praying that you get through it, get to race again,” he said. “I had just got done stopping and I had crew members everywhere. I thought that was really special and cool. It comforted me pretty quick. And then I just wanted to get out of there and let the fans know that I was OK, let my parents and grandparents know that I was all right.”

That Dillon walked away with only a sore arm and tailbone, and only five fans suffered minor injuries, was a testament to NASCAR’s evolving safety improvements. Kyle Larson walked away from a similar accident in a 2013 race at Daytona. The fence also was shredded, and the debris field injured 28 fans. Daytona has since reinforced its fencing, and part of the track’s ongoing $400 million renovation project has moved seating back a bit from the fence.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A horrific last-lap accident that left drivers fearing for Austin Dillon’s safety muted Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s victory in the rain-delayed race at Daytona International Speedway.

Earnhardt crossed the finish line at 2:41 am Monday morning filled with dread after Dillon’s car sailed upside down into the fence then shot back onto the track. The car was on its roof and mangled when it was hit hard by Brad Keselowski.

The car tore down a section of fencing, debris scattered into the grandstands, and crew members from several teams raced to check on Dillon.

A stunned Earnhardt seemed speechless as he crossed the finish line.

“Oh My God. That looked awful,” Earnhardt yelled into his radio. He followed with a string of expletives as he tried to comprehend the frightening accident.

Crew chief Greg Ives immediately radioed his team to not pull Dillon from the car.

“Whoever is in that window, if he’s OK, do not touch him. Tell him to stay in there,” Ives said.

Earnhardt continued to inquire about Dillon, who earned his first career win at Daytona in Friday night’s Xfinity Series race and has been close with the Earnhardt family his entire life. The late Dale Earnhardt won 34 races at Daytona and Dillon was present for many of them as he grew up watching The Intimidator drive for his grandfather, Richard Childress.

Earnhardt was killed in a 2001 crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.

Earnhardt Jr. said after the race he had no idea who was in the car — it was torn nearly in half, its engine ripped from under the hood — but admitted to being genuinely scared after the wreck.

“You are just on the verge of tears,” Earnhardt said. “I saw everything in the mirror pretty clearly ... I just was very scared for whoever that car was.

I didn’t care about anything except figuring out who was OK. “The racing doesn’t matter anymore.”

The outcome was never in doubt as Earnhardt dominated the entire race.

But as the pack of cars chased him on a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish, contact in the train sent Dillon’s car sailing upside down into the fence.

Daytona President Joie Chitwood said 13 fans were attended to in the grandstands. Eight declined treatment, four were seen at the track and one was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

Dillon was seen and released in Daytona’s infield care centre and said he had a bruised forearm and tailbone.

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Building on the World Cup success THE CHALLENGE NOW IS TO GROW WOMEN’S GAME

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Karina LeBlanc remembers playing in front of empty stands, so the well-attended stadium love-ins that embraced the Canadian team at the Women’s World Cup were something special.

“When I first started, it used to be I could count on my hand how many people were are the game and it was usually friends and family,” the veteran goalkeeper recalled. “Now to have screaming kids — just the other day I had a 40-year-old man walk up to me and he was in tears. He said ’You guys just make me so proud to be Canadian.”’

With the World Cup over, the job now is to build on the success of the tournament and grow women’s soccer.

Dan Levy, a North Carolina-based player agent with Wasserman Media Group, had high hopes for this World Cup. As he expected, the U.S. rallied behind its team while Canada embraced the home side. But he said the depth of interest in the entire tournament took him by surprise.

He believes the Canadian competition, from its fine play to good sportsmanship, won over many people.

“I do think that the level of play, sophistication in tactics, obviously their technical abilities, is stronger than ever. And that bodes well for the future, it really does.”

Matthew Buck, director of player management for the Professional Footballers’ Association that represents the English team collectively and about half the World Cup roster individually, said England’s trip deep into the tournament was reflected back home by the increase in media requests for female pros who weren’t part of the England team.

And with the Olympics only a year away, women’s soccer can look forward to another high-profile tournament around the corner.

“Big events do provide a unique platform that others can’t ... Fans gravitate towards great games, great players. They want to be inspired,” said Levy, whose company has deep soccer roots.

South of the border, Fox smashed records with its coverage of the U.S.-Japan final (25.4 million viewers), erasing the previous U.S. soccer mark of 18.22 million for the U.S.-Portugal matchup at last year’s men’s World Cup. And the Fox numbers were positive across the board.

“They’re really pleased with how things have gone and I think that’s a testament to people caring about the event,” said Levy. “I think it’s still hard, whether it’s this country or abroad, to sustain it week in and week out, certainly at the level we’re used to on the men’s side.

“But it does show that countries and fans will rally round big events. And that’s exciting because that hasn’t always been the case for the women.”

The women’s game has a lot going for it.

Simulation, which is a plague on the men’s side, is far less prevalent among the women who just seem to get on with the game.

And fans love them.

Levy points to the ground-breaking 1999 World Cup in the U.S. The victorious American team, whose starstudded roster included Mia Hamm,

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Canada’s goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc makes a save during a practice session in Edmonton, on June 5, 2015. Veteran goalkeeper LeBlanc remembers playing in front of empty stands so the well-attended love-ins that embraced her Canadian team at the Women’s World Cup were something special. With a successful tournament now over, the job is to build on the success of the competition and promote women’s soccer.

Christie Rampone, Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, Michelle Akers, and Brandi Chastain to name a few, understood the importance of being role models and to inspire young kids.

“They set a great example and many many women have followed in their footsteps, not just Americans,” he said.

Certainly the outpouring of affection from spectators for all the teams at the World Cup was remarkable.

“I think the players feel more real to them, they’re more approachable,” Levy said. “When was the last time you saw players from the EPL (English Premier League) sign autographs after a game?”

Women still don’t get rich playing soccer. Canadians do better than most, however.

The lucky ones got carding money from Sport Canada, a contract from the Canadian Soccer Association to play in the National Women’s Soccer League and undisclosed World Cup compensation from their national governing body.

The federal government said 50 women soccer athletes shared $645,790.11 in 2014—15 through its Athletes Assistance Program. In terms of the World Cup team, that ranged from $3,600 for Allysha Chapman to $24,000 for Emily Zurrer.

The even luckier ones, like captain Christine Sinclair (who got $18,000 from Sport Canada), can also draw on endorsements.

Like their U.S. and Mexican counterparts, Canadian players whose pay is provided by their national federations do not count against the NWSL’s US$265,000 salary cap per team and there is no maximum on such pay.

“They do OK in comparison to some of the other players,” said Canadian

coach John Herdman.

“But we know we’ve got some highly talented highly educated women here.

That if they chose a career, they could be earning double, triple what they’re earning now.

“But we know this group are in it for something completely different.

And they’re prepared to sacrifice because of the love of what they do, and this team and playing for their country surpasses any of those (other) motivations.”

For the rest of the NWSL, the minimum salary this year is US$6,842, with the maximum at $37,800.

NWSL clubs also have a separate budget, a so-called Permitted Team Assistance program that allows them to help players with housing. cars and moving. They are also allowed four international spots on each roster that are not allocated national team players from Canada and Mexico.

Buck said pay for English female pros has been improving in recent years.

England World Cup midfielder Fara Williams, now 30, admitted she was homeless for six years earlier in her career.

Today an English international gets a central contract with England’s Football Association that averages around 25,000 pounds (C$49,395), with an additional league contract ranging from 20,000 to 25,000 pounds (C$39,500 to C$49,395).

Still Buck said that remains “a million miles away” from top American pros like Alex Morgan.

“It’s just overall participation, interest, commercialization, those kind of factors that are just not the same in England at the moment in the women’s game,” he said.

The NWSL, which saw 53 of its current players figure at the tournament, currently has nine American teams.

Herdman says adding a Canadian franchise is a “key step.”

The CSA held talks after the success of the national team at the 2012 Olympics about a Canadian franchise, with Herdman saying there was a definitely appetite. The success of the World Cup should help further although Herdman acknowledges “it’s going to take a couple of philanthropists and work to make this happen.”

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, for one, says it has yet to consider a women’s franchise.

“Given that TFC is relatively young, the focus has been on building that club up,” an MLSE spokesman said.

“In due time, once the club has proven that it can win at all levels, there might be an opportunity to explore expanding into the women’s game.”

So far the NWSL’s success is limited to the local level, said Levy.

“Hopefully that changes. But it’s difficult, there aren’t many truly national or global sports properties. I think the NWSL is headed in the right direction.”

During the tournament, Fox announced plans to continue airing the NWSL with a modest package this season that includes televising three regular-season and all three playoff matches plus four regular-season games streamed online.

Herdman said the World Cup has already served one major purpose by inspiring a new generation of potential Sinclairs.

“This group of women has talked about the legacy they want to leave in this country. They’re clear about it,” Herdman said of his team.

World’s top golfer McIlroy injures ankle playing soccer

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Rory McIlroy was on crutches Monday with an ankle injury from playing soccer, leaving in doubt the prospects of golf’s No. 1 player defending his British Open title next week at St. Andrews.

Just as excitement was building toward a potential clash at the Old Course between McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, McIlroy posted a jarring photo on Instagram showing him on crutches with a walking boot on this left ankle.

The 26-year-old from Northern Ireland said it was a “total rupture” of an ankle ligament that happened while he was playing soccer with friends.

Sean O’Flaherty, his chief spokesman, said McIlroy has withdrawn from the Scottish Open this week at Gullane.

O’Flaherty said they would not know until later in the week the extent of the injury and whether McIlroy would be able to tee it up July 16 at St. Andrews.

Ben Hogan in 1954 was the last British Open champion who did not play the following year.

McIlroy had been the joint favourite along with Spieth. They have won the last four majors — the first time in nearly a century that two players in

their 20s have shared four successive majors — and Spieth is headed to St. Andrews as only the fourth player with a chance at the Grand Slam.

Players were shocked to hear the news.

“Unlucky, obviously,” Luke Donald said. “I would never say, ‘Don’t play football or don’t do these thing.’ You don’t want to live in a bubble. It’s just unlucky timing, especially this time of the year. Golf is exciting with Rory and Jordan. It’s a shame if Rory were to miss the Open, which it looks like he might.”

Sergio Garcia, a runner-up to McIlroy at Royal Liverpool last year, tweeted, “So sad to hear about Rory McIlroy injury on his ankle. We will all miss you TheOpen next week my friend.

Fast and healthy recovery.”

McIlroy referred to his ATFL, which is the anterior talofibular ligament and the one most commonly sprained.

The left ankle is crucial in a golf swing as weight transfers to that side of the body (for right-handers) in generating power.

“That’s a big blow to the Open if he misses it,” former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance said from Wimbledon.

McIlroy won the Open last year at Royal Liverpool by going wire-to-wire

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The injury brought to mind Woods

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Woods knew about the injury a month before the U.S. Open and was determined to play, mainly because he was a six-time winner at Torrey Pines.

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Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct New York 44 38 .537 Baltimore 43 40 .518 Tampa Bay 43 41 .512 Toronto 43 42 .506 Boston 39 45 .464

GB — 1 1/2 2 2 1/2 6

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 46 33 .582 44 39 .530 41 40 .506 38 44 .463 37 43 .463

GB — 4 6 9 1/2 9 1/2

Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 49 36 .576 44 38 .537 41 42 .494 38 44 .463 38 47 .447

GB — 3 1/2 7 9 1/2 11

Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 10, Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 3 Boston 5, Houston 4 Baltimore 9, Chicago White Sox 1 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 2 Seattle 2, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 12, Texas 6 Monday’s Games Houston 9, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay at Kansas City, ppd., rain Detroit at Seattle, late Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay (M.Moore 0-0) at Kansas City (C.Young 7-4), 12:10 p.m., 1st game Oakland (Gray 9-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 8-2), 5:05 p.m.

Houston (Velasquez 0-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 3-9),

5:10 p.m.

Miami (Haren 6-5) at Boston (Miley 8-7), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Texas (Gallardo 7-6), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 1-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 6-6), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-2) at Kansas City (Volquez 8-4), 6:10 p.m., 2nd game Toronto (Undecided) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 4-7), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-0) at Colorado (Bettis 4-3), 6:40 p.m.

Detroit (K.Ryan 1-2) at Seattle (T.Walker 7-6), 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Baltimore at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.

Detroit at Seattle, 1:40 p.m.

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

Houston at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Miami at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Arizona at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

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

L.A. Angels at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 46 37 .554 43 41 .512 41 42 .494 35 48 .422 28 56 .333

GB — 3 1/2 5 11 18 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 54 28 .659 48 34 .585 44 37 .543 37 44 .457 36 49 .424

GB — 6 9 1/2 16 1/2 19 1/2

West Division W L Pct 46 37 .554 42 42 .500 40 42 .488 39 46 .459 35 47 .427

GB — 4 1/2 5 1/2 8 10 1/2

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

Sunday’s Games Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 0, 10 innings St. Louis 3, San Diego 1 Chicago Cubs 2, Miami 0 Colorado 6, Arizona 4 N.Y. Mets 8, L.A. Dodgers 0 Washington 3, San Francisco 1 Monday’s Games Cincinnati 3, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 2, San Diego 1 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 3 Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, late N.Y. Mets 3, San Francisco 0 Tuesday’s Games St. Louis (Cooney 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 8-5), 11:20 a.m., 1st game Cincinnati (Cueto 5-5) at Washington (Scherzer 9-6), 5:05 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 5-7) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 5-6), 5:05 p.m.

Miami (Haren 6-5) at Boston (Miley 8-7), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Texas (Gallardo 7-6), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Lyons 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Undecided), 6:05 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta (Banuelos 0-0) at Milwaukee (Cravy 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-0) at Colorado (Bettis 4-3), 6:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Billingsley 0-2) at L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 5-4), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-6) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-1), 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m.

Cincinnati at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

Miami at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Arizona at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

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

● Junior golf: McLennan Ross Sun Junior Tour event at Innisfail. ● Men’s golf: Alberta Mid Amateur at Coyote Creek. ● Midget AAA baseball: Spruce Grove White Sox at Red Deer Carstar Braves, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Women’s fastball: TNT Athletics at N. Jensen’s Bandits, Stettler at Topco Oilsite Panthers, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Senior men’s baseball: Play it Again Sports Athletics at Canadian Brewhouse Rays, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2.

Wednesday ● Junior golf: McLennan Ross Sun Junior Tour event at Lacombe. ● Men’s golf: Alberta Mid Amateur at Coyote Creek. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer Razorbacks at Innisfail Indians, 7 p.m. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Okotoks Dawgs at Red Deer Dairy Queen Braves, 7 p.m., West Park.

7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; N. Jensen’s Bandits at Stettler, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place Padres at Play it Again Sports Athletics, Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at Lacombe Stone and Granite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Friday

● Parkland baseball: Acme Pirates at Red Deer Razorbacks, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Saturday

● Junior B tier 3 lacrosse: Lethbridge Barricudas at Olds Mavericks, 2:30 p.m.; Crowsnest Pass Ravens at Olds Stingers, 5:30 p.m. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Calgary Jr. Mounties at Red Deer Rampage, 5:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Alberta Football League: Lloydminster Vandals at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 6 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● Division 2 rugby: Calgary Saints at Red Deer Titans, noon, Titans Park. ● Women’s division 2 rugby: Calgary Saints at Red Deer Titans, noon, Titans Park.

Thursday

Sunday

● Men’s golf: Alberta Mid Amateur at Coyote Creek. ● Women’s fastball: Topco Oilsite Panthers at Snell and Oslund Badgers,

● Major women’s soccer: Lethbridge FC at Red Deer Renegades, noon, Edgar Park.

Football

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed OF Nolan Reimould on paternity leave. Recalled INF Ryan Flaherty from Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with OF Ryan McKenna on a minor league contract.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent RHP Josh Tomlin to the AZL Indians for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Claimed 1B/OF Marc Krauss off waivers from Tampa Bay. Recalled LHP Ian Krol from Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed 3B Mike Moustakas on the bereavement/family medical emergency list. Designated RHP Jason Frasor for assignment. Recalled INF Cheslor Cuthbert and OF Paulo Orlando from Omaha (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Ryan Pressly on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Reinstated OF Shane Robinson from the family emergency list.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned OF James Jones to Tacoma (PCL). Reinstated RHP Hisashi Iwakuma from the 15-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned RHP Todd Redmond outright to Buffalo (IL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Traded RHP Aaron Kurcz to Oakland for international bonus pool slot No. 113.

Today

CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Josh Smith to Pensacola (SL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned LHP Daniel Coulombe to Oklahoma City (PCL). Selected the contract of LHP Eric Surkamp from Oklahoma City.

Transferred LHP Paco Rodriguez to the 60-day DL. Sent OF Carl Crawford to Oklahoma City (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with RHP Breck Kline on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK METS — Optioned OF Darrell Ceciliani to Las Vegas (PCL). Selected the contract of OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis from Las Vegas.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent RHP Jerome Williams to Reading (EL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed INF Josh Harrison on the 15-day DL. Sent SS Justin Sellers to the GCL Pirates for a rehab assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with 2B Tyler Brown and LHPs Andrew Suarez and Grant Watson on minor league contracts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed RHP David Carpenter on paternity leave. Recalled LHP Sammy Solis from Harrisburg (EL).

American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released RHP Michael Noteware, C Mike Schultz and INF Anthony Renz.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Released RHP Ty’Relle Harris.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed LHP Josue Montanez.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released INF Ron Bourquin.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Claimed RHP Brad Mincey off waivers from Wichita.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed C Dylan Strome to a three-year entry-level contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Traded G Anders Nilsson to Edmonton for F Liam Coughlin.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed C Evgeny Kuznetsov to a two-year contract.

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Re-signed LW Jeff Hoggan to a one-year contract and D Nathan Paetsch to a two-year contract. Signed LW Triston Grant to a one-year contract.

ECHL MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Named Richard Seeley coach.

SOCCER Major League Soccer LOS ANGELES GALAXY — Granted M Stefan Ishizaki his release.

NEW YORK CITY FC — Signed M Andrea Pirlo.

Reserves announced for MLB All-Star game ROOKIES BRYANT, PEDERSON MAKE ALLSTAR TEAM, PUJOLS AND MCCUTCHEN TO START, A-ROD LEFT OUT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Less than three months after making his major league debut, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is an All-Star, one of two rookies selected along with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson.

But there was no room on the roster for Alex Rodriguez, enjoying a renaissance in his return to the New York Yankees following a seasonlong drug suspension.

Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal also was a first-time selection Monday for the July 14 game in Cincinnati. Grandal became the third All-Star this year who served a drug-related suspension for conduct connected to the Biogenesis of America clinic. Seattle slugger Nelson Cruz and St. Louis shortstop Jhonny Peralta were elected by fans to start.

Albert Pujols of the Angels will start at first base for the AL in place of Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera, who injured a calf muscle Friday. Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen will start in the NL outfield instead of Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, who broke his hand on June 26.

The 23-year-old Bryant made his big league debut April 17 and began Monday with a .279 average, 12 homers and 49 RBIs. “Obviously, I’ve been at some All-Star Games, but I don’t think anything can compare to making the major league All-Star team,” he said. “It is kind of weird right now. We have a game in an hour, so I’m trying not to get too excited and whatnot, but obviously it’s pretty cool.”

He’s open to participating in the Home Run Derby.

“It’s all happened so quick. I’ve just been having so much fun with this, my baseball career,” Bryant said. “Right now, it’s a pretty special feeling for me.”

Pederson, who also expects to be in the derby, had 20 homers but was hitting just .234. He was especially pleased fellow players elected him.

“They respect the way I play the game,” he said.

A record six Royals were picked for the game, with players electing pitcher Wade Davis, and AL manager Ned Yost of Kansas City selecting reliever Kelvin Herrera. They join Royals outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, catcher Salvador Perez and shortstop Alcides Escobar, who were elected on Sunday as starters.

“The one thing that Kelvin did that a lot of these guys didn’t do was pitch in Game 7 of the World Series last year,” Yost said. “That was kind of the deciding factor for me.”

Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas is among the five players on the AL fan ballot for the 34th and final roster spot. Rodriguez is not.

The three-time MVP, who turns 40 on July 27, has 16 home runs and 47 RBIs for the Yankees after missing last year because of a drug suspension “We spent a lot of time debating his name,” said Yost, who preferred the versatility of an

Blue Jays’ Russell Martin, Jose Bautista joining Donaldson at MLB all-star game Canadian Russell Martin and Jose Bautista will represent the Toronto Blue Jays as reserves at the MLB all-star game on July 14.

The league announced pitchers and reserves that will represent both the American and National Leagues on Monday.

Martin, a Montreal native, was selected by AL manager Ned Yost as one of two reserve catchers on the AL roster. It’s his fourth allstar appearance.

Since signing with the Blue Jays in the off-season, Martin has enjoyed success in his first season in Toronto. In 71 games, Martin has 12 home runs, 39 runs-batted in and a .256 average.

Bautista was voted in through a player ballot — a combination of votes from players, managers and coaches — to the roster. It will be his sixth all-star appearance. He has 17 home runs and 57 RBIs in 77 games so far this season.

In the initial fan voting, Martin was second in voting for catchers with 7,521,557. Bautista was fourth in AL outfielders with 9,050,339.

Bautista and Martin join teammate Josh Donaldson at the all-star game in Cincinnati. Donaldson was named the AL’s starting third baseman on Sunday and set a new alltime single season all-star voting record with 14,090,188 total votes. extra infielder or outfielder. “We felt we were covered in the DH. ... We wanted to get Alex Rodriguez on there and couldn’t.”

The league that wins the All-Star Game gets home-field advantage in the World Series.

Rodriguez is hitting .284 during a season in which he passed Willie Mays for fourth on the career home run list and topped 3,000 hits.

But Texas’ Prince Fielder, who was elected by players, joined Cruz as the only DHs on the AL roster.

“As I’ve said all season, my number one goal is helping the Yankees win a championship. I’m excited that we’re in a good position to get there,” Rodriguez said in a statement.

“Of course it would have been an honour to represent the American League next week, but I’ll have fun cheering on the guys who were put on the team and watching them protect home field.”

Yankees reliever Dellin Betances was elected by players, and first baseman Mark Teixeira was picked to fill Cabrera’s roster spot. But this will be the first All-Star Game with no Yankees starters since 1999.

St. Louis tops the NL with five players. Peralta was elected to start along with outfielder Matt Holliday, who isn’t sure when he’ll be activated from the disabled list. Catcher Yadier Molina and reliever Trevor Rosenthal were elected by players, and NL manager Bruce Bochy of San Francisco picked pitcher Michael Wacha.

Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman was elected by players and is the second member of the hometown Reds on the NL roster. Third baseman Todd Frazier was elected to start.

Pittsburgh pitcher A.J. Burnett, in his 17th and what he says will be his final season, became an All-Star for the first time.

At 38, he’s the oldest player headed to the game.

CFL East Division GP W L T Toronto 2 2 0 0 Ottawa 2 2 0 0 Hamilton 2 1 1 0 Montreal 2 1 1 0 West Division GP W L T Calgary 2 1 1 0 Winnipeg 2 1 1 0 B.C. 1 0 1 0 Edmonton 1 0 1 0 Saskatchewan 2 0 2 0

Toronto at Calgary, 7 p.m.

PF 68 47 75 45

PA 51 32 50 31

Pt 4 4 2 2

PF 35 56 16 11 66

PA 52 78 27 26 72

Pt 2 2 0 0 0

GF 23 27 23 25 22 23 20 22 20 18

GA 18 26 22 29 23 22 23 32 25 24

Pt 35 24 24 24 23 23 20 19 18 15

Western Conference GP W L T GF 19 10 7 2 25 19 10 7 2 23 19 9 6 4 22 21 8 6 7 31 18 8 5 5 24 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 6 4 19 19 5 6 8 18 18 5 7 6 22 18 3 6 9 14

GA 18 19 20 23 23 17 17 23 24 18

Pt 32 32 31 31 29 27 25 23 21 18

WEEK TWO Bye: Edmonton Sunday’s results Toronto 42 Saskatchewan 40 (OT) Saturday’s results Ottawa 27 B.C. 16 Friday’s results Montreal 29 Calgary 11 Thursday’s results Hamilton 52 Winnipeg 26 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

WEEK FOUR Bye: Toronto Thursday, July 16 Hamilton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, July 17 Edmonton at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

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

Saturday, July 18 Winnipeg at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders Unofficial 2015 CFL scoring leaders through Week Two (x—scored two-point convert): TD C FG S Pt J.Medlock, Ham 0 7 5 3 25 x-C.Marshall, Wpg 3 4 0 0 22 B.Bede, Mtl 0 2 4 1 15 D.Alvarado, Ott 0 4 3 0 13 B.Banks, Ham 2 0 0 0 12 P.Cotton, Wpg 2 0 0 0 12 T.Gurley, Tor 2 0 0 0 12 E.Jackson, Ott 2 0 0 0 12 R.Smith, Sask 2 0 0 0 12 B.Whitaker, Tor 2 0 0 0 12 R.Pfeffer, Tor 0 3 2 1 10 P.McCallum, Sask 0 1 3 0 10 R.Paredes, Cgy 0 1 3 0 10 x-J.Cornish, Cgy 1 2 0 0 8 x-C.Getzlaf, Sask 1 2 0 0 8 x-J.Messam, Sask 1 2 0 0 8 x-C.Owens, Tor 1 2 0 0 8 L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 3 1 2 8

Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T D.C. 21 10 6 5 Columbus 18 6 6 6 Orlando 18 6 6 6 New England 20 6 8 6 Toronto 16 7 7 2 New York 17 6 6 5 New York City 18 5 8 5 Philadelphia 19 5 10 4 Montreal 15 5 7 3 Chicago 16 4 9 3

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

Sunday’s results Portland 1 San Jose 0

Friday, July 10 Houston at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 11 Portland at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

New England at New York, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Orlando, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Salt Lake at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 12 Toronto at New York City, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup THIRD PLACE Saturday’s result At Edmonton England 1 Germany 0 (extra time) CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday’s result At Vancouver U.S. 5 Japan 2

JUNIOR B LACROSSE Kane Weik sniped three goals in a losing cause and Marshall Smyth netted a pair as the Red Deer Renegades fell 15-9 to the visiting Medicine Hat Sun Devils in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League junior B tier 2 action Sunday.

Also scoring for the Renegades were Andrew Keller, Tyler Schumacher, Ryan Mar-

getts and Aiden Wilson.

On Saturday, the Renegades travelled to Okotoks and slipped past the Ice 11-10. Carson Stuve paced the winners with three goals, while Weik and Nick Scott each netted a pair and Schumacher, Travis Mears, Carter Copeland-Blair and Colton Levie also connected.

EDMONTON OILERS

NHL games with the New York Islanders. He played in the Kontinental Hockey League last season.

Nilsson was traded from New York to Chicago last October in the deal that sent defenceman Nick Leddy to the Islanders.

The Blackhawks obtained forward Liam Coughlin in Monday’s deal with the Oilers.

The 20-year-old Coughlin was a fifth-round pick in last year’s draft.

Oilers acquire G Anders Nilsson in trade with Chicago Blackhawks The Edmonton Oilers have acquired goaltender Anders Nilsson in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.

The 25-year-old Nilsson has a 9-9 record and a 3.05 goalsagainst average in 23 career

CALGARY STAMPEDE Canadian Tanner Byrne finished first in the Pool A bull riding standings at the Calgary Stampede on Monday.

Byrne, of Prince Albert, Sask., scored an 88.50 and tied with Brazil’s Fabiano Vieira for Monday’s best scores.

Byrne, Mike Lee of the United States, Aaron Roy of Yellow Grass, Sask., and Dakota Buttar of Kindersley, Sask., all advance.

Roy was the only other rider to finish the fourth performance — scoring an 86.50.

Tanner Milan of Cochrane, Alta., was the top Pool A steer wrestler. He had the third best score on Monday at 4.2, but success in his previous three performances has him at the top of the standings.

Clint Laye of Cadogan, Alta., struggled in his final bareback performance, but was good enough to finish first in the Pool A standings. Laye had a 73.00, much less than Regina’s Ty Taypotat, who scored an 84.00 in the fourth performance.

Laye, Taypotat, Kyle Bowers of Brooks, Alta., and Luke Creasy of Brownfield, Alta., all advanced.

American Blair Burk captured the tie down roping, with a 7.7 in his fourth performance while Mary Walker, of the U.S., was first in the ladies barrel racing.

U.S. rider Rusty Wright won the saddle bronc after an 89.00 in his fourth performance.

BUSINESS

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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015

Alberta beef prices hit new high THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Don’t expect to be paying less for your burgers and steaks any time soon, according to industry experts who cite record-high slaughter prices along with ongoing climate and other challenges faced by ranchers.

“There’s always lags in the system and for prices in stores,” said Rich Smith, executive director of the Alberta Beef Producers.

According to Statistics Canada data released Monday, the price at slaughter for 100 pounds of Alberta beef rose to $192.80 in May. That’s a 36 per cent jump from May 2014 and now stand as the highest price on record.

Smith said that he had expected Canadian producers to start increasing herd sizes this year to help meet demand, but continuing drought conditions in Canada’s cattle heartland have made that impossible.

“Everybody’s very nervous,” said Smith. “These dry conditions are certainly not going to encourage people to expand their cow herds when they’re already short of grass.”

Roughly 80 per cent of the Prairies is experiencing drought, according to Trevor Hadwen, an agroclimate specialist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, with some areas in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan receiving less than 40 per cent of their usual rainfall.

He said some areas around Saskatoon and Regina are actually the driest on record.

“A lot of people are comparing this year to 1961, which was a very large drought year,” said Hadwen.

The dry conditions have meant that grass pasture and hay stocks haven’t grown enough and producers are scrambling to find ways to feed their cattle.

“Livestock producers are in terrible shape,” said Norm Hall, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan.

“The west half of the province is dry, and the east half, where there was that moisture, got hit really hard by the frost in mid-May, and there just really isn’t much of a hay crop out there, or pasture.”

Hall said farmers are having to feed their other crops to cattle, or dip into winter grain stores.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Calves at a cattle branding on a ranch near Cremona, Tuesday, June 15. According to Statistics Canada data released Monday, the price at slaughter for 100 pounds of Alberta beef rose to $192.80 in May “Guys are going to be scrambling for winter feed,” said Hall.

The demand for feed has also driven hay prices significantly higher according to Dallas Rodger, a market analyst at livestock analysis firm Canfax.

“A lot of guys are saying hay prices are double what they were last year,” said Rodger.

He said that the lack of crop growth and affordable feed is causing some producers to sell off parts of their herd early.

Starbucks Canada plans to raise some drink prices by 10 to 20 cents

Importers of Greek food stockpiling products

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Even with the price of coffee beans falling, a cup of joe at your neighbourhood Starbucks could be a little more expensive starting Tuesday.

The Seattle-based coffee chain says its Canadian stores are raising prices by 10 to 20 cents on select drinks.

Overall, about 10 per cent of the beverage menu will see a change, though whether it affects you will depend on what you order and where you live, the company said Monday.

“Ninety per cent of Canadian Starbucks beverages are not changing, including some of our most popular options and sizes,” said company spokeswoman Carly Suppa in an email.

A coffee in a Venti cup — the largest size at Canadian stores — will go up by 10 cents in some provinces, she said. Lattes in a Grande or Venti cup will be 20 cents more, depending on the province.

Prices haven’t changed on the drinks that are covered by the hike for a year and a half to three years, Suppa said.

Starbucks has about 1,345 company-operated and licensed stores across Canada.

Higher prices at Starbucks come even though some other U.S. coffee sellers are cutting their prices.

Last week, The J.M. Smucker Co. said it would drop what it charges for most of its coffee products because of declines in future prices for unroasted coffee beans.

But Starbucks said more than just coffee bean prices are factored into what customers pay.

“Coffee commodity costs are only part of our value equation, historically comprising between eight to 10 per cent of our overall store operating and occupancy expenses,” Suppa said.

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BRIEF Carbon Tracker Initiative report casts doubt on Canada’s LNG ambitions CALGARY — A new report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative is throwing some cold water on Canada’s liquefied natural gas ambitions.

It identifies $283 billion in possible projects worldwide that may not be needed, including $82 billion in Canada over the next decade in a low-demand scenario. The Carbon Tracking Initiative is a London-based, not-for-profit think tank that’s funded by more than a dozen organizations, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

The report factors in a so-called carbon budget that would keep global warming within the two-degree Celsius United Nations target.

While natural gas is often seen as a cleaner burning transition fuel, Carbon Tracker says the emissions from LNG plants — and the shale gas fracking that would feed B.C. projects — have a bigger carbon footprint when gases escape.

Mark Fulton, one of the report’s co-authors, says investors should be warned that the LNG bonanza might not come to pass.

“As far as we can see, from our demand scenario the LNG market is pretty fully built out in terms of supply for the next seven years at least,” he said in an interview from New York. “It wouldn’t be a great bet in our view ... to expand further at this time.”

LNG is natural gas that has been chilled into a liquid state so that it can be transported by tanker overseas.

There are 19 projects currently in the works for

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“With limited supply of grass available, guys are having to pull cattle off earlier...to preserve or maintain what grass is there,” said Rodger.

Smith said he hasn’t yet seen an increase in cattle sales because of the drought, but if conditions continue it could certainly go up, which won’t help prices going forward.

“If you’re selling your cows then you’re not raising calves, so over the longer term that reduces the supply of beef that will be available.”

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

In this July 11, 2013 file photo, a man drinks a Starbucks coffee in New York. Starbucks Canada will raise prices on some of its beverage sizes by 10 to 20 cents starting Tuesday.

Other costs included in its food items are rent, labour, marketing, equipment, materials, distribution and other commodities associated with the business, she added.

In the United States, Starbucks also announced separate price changes to some of its drinks.

The company says small and large coffees will each go up by 10 cents U.S. in most areas of the country.

Canada’s West Coast, but most observers don’t expect more than a few of those to go ahead.

Malaysia’s Petronas aims to invest some $36 billion to develop shale gas in northeastern British Columbia, ship it to the coast by pipeline, liquefy it and ship it across the Pacific.

Last month, a consortium led by Petronas called Pacific North West LNG recently decided it makes economic sense to build its LNG terminal near Prince Rupert, estimated to cost around $11 billion.

The move makes it the first Canadian LNG player to make an official go-ahead decision, though it hinges on an agreement with the B.C. government passing in the provincial legislature and Ottawa issuing an environmental approval.

Fortis sells hotel assets for $365M; follows $430M sale of commercial properties ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS) says it has signed a deal to sell the hotel assets of subsidiary Fortis Properties Corp. to a private investor group for $365 million as the company moves to focus on its core utilities business.

The transaction, involving 22 hotels in seven Canadian provinces, is expected to close in the fall.

The private investor group was not identified in a Fortis release issued after markets closed on Monday. The sale of Fortis Properties’ commercial real estate portfolio for $430 million was completed last week.

“The disposition of these hotel and real estate assets is consistent with the corporation’s focus on its core utility business,” said president and CEO Barry Perry. “Post closing of the hotel transaction, virtually all of the corporation’s assets will be comprised of regulated utilities and long-term contracted energy infrastructure.”

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TORONTO — Major Canadian importers of olive oil, sea salt, preserved vegetables and other delicacies from Greece say they’ve been stockpiling goods in their warehouses in anticipation that the economic turmoil overseas will get worse.

The Canadian companies say the economic crisis in Greece won’t keep products off store shelves here for a while, but recent events make their preparations seem wise.

A referendum held on Sunday saw Greek citizens reject the idea of adopting more austerity measures in exchange for financial aid from the European Union.

The debt-ridden country has shut banks for six working days and imposed strict limits on cash withdrawals.

Greece’s precarious financial situation may force it to abandon the euro and begin issuing its own currency.

Canadian businesses are keeping a close eye on the economic situation, but don’t immediately seem to feel their bottom lines will require much extra scrutiny.

“Business as usual for us,” said Miltiadis Antypas, President of Pilaros International Trading Inc. “The companies we’re dealing with, most of them are multinational. They don’t pay us, we pay them, so the situation is not changing for us.”

The food products that companies such as Pilaros import to Canadian shores represent a significant piece of the Greek-Canadian trading relationship.

According to 2014 figures posted on the country’s Greek embassy website, Canada imported nearly $57 million in food products from Greece, more than double the second-largest import of base metal products.

That figure represents a paltry sum for a country whose 2014 imports totalled $524.2 billion, but companies say Greek food products are highly popular with consumers.

In order to meet the demand, Antypas said his company’s warehouses are currently filled with at least a five-month supply of goods such as olives and olive oil, sea salt and other products with a long shelf life.

Alex Alexakis, vice-president of Canadian operations at Krinos Foods, said his firm too has been stockpiling supplies.

“We’re OK for a couple of months at least,” Alexakis said, while stressing that the situation could deteriorate if Greek and EU officials don’t find a resolution to the economic crisis soon.

Besieged by a prolonged recession, high unemployment and banks dangerously low on capital, Greece defaulted on repaying a loan to the International Monetary Fund last week, becoming the first developed nation to do so.

Now some analysts wonder if Greece is so starved of cash that it could be forced to start issuing its own currency and become the first country to leave the 19-member eurozone, established in 1999.

Greece and its creditors, who will meet again Tuesday to discuss how to keep the country in the euro, remain far apart on key issues, particularly the notion of debt relief.

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OF LOCAL INTEREST Monday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 134.55 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.22 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.39 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 63.74 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market weakened Monday as a steep drop in oil prices and fallout from the resounding “no” vote in the Greek debt referendum pulled most major sectors lower.

The S&P/TSX ended the session down 88.82 points to 14,593.57.

Oil prices closed at their lowest level in about three months with the August crude contract dropping $4.40 to US$52.53 a barrel.

Although Greek voters rejected a potential bailout deal with the country’s creditors, one of the biggest drags on the TSX was a further decline in oil prices, said Kevin Headland, director of the portfolio advisory group at Manulife Asset Management.

“I don’t think we’re that tied to the Greece issue,” he said.

“If there are further issues in Europe it could hurt some of our exports, perhaps oil, but ultimately Europe has not traditionally been a large trading partner with Canada.”

Headland said oil prices could fall even more because of tepid forecasts for global economic growth as well as changes that could develop from negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.

If a nuclear agreement is reached, Western sanctions would be lifted and that could open the floodgates of supply from the oil-rich nation. Without sanctions on Iran the already overabundant supply of oil from other countries could drive international prices down further.

“There’s more downside to global growth expectations than upside, and global growth is directly tied to demand for energy and oil,” he said.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 46.53 points at 17,683.58, while the

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The Canadian dollar ended down 0.58 of a U.S. cent to 79.04 cents US, its fifth consecutive day of decline.

The loonie has been under renewed pressure since speculation began heating up last week over a possible interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada amid fears the country is in a recession — defined as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.

The August gold contract rose $9.70 to US$1,173.20 an ounce, with the TSX gold sector was one of the biggest gainers of the day, rising 1.8 per cent.

Gold is considered a relative safe haven in times of economic turmoil and fears over possible fallout from the Greek debt crisis have prompted investors to move into less riskier assets.

In economic news, the Bank of Canada reported a slight overall improvement in optimism among Canadian business in its summer outlook survey.

But as in other recent surveys, pessimism in oil-producing provinces was a counterweight to the improved outlook in non-oil producing regions, including the manufacturing centres of Central Canada.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,593.57, down 88.82 points Dow — 17,683.58, down 46.53 points S&P 500 — 2,068.76, down 8.02 points Nasdaq — 4,991.94, down 17.27 points Currencies:

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Cdn — 79.04 cents US, down 0.58 of a cent Pound — C$1.9741, up 1.66 cent Euro — C$1.3984, up 0.34 of a cent Euro — US$1.1053, down 0.54 of a cent Oil futures: US$52.53 per barrel, down $4.40 (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,173.20 per oz., up $9.70 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.67 oz., up 23.2 cents $664.54 kg., up $7.46 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’15 $4.10 higher $542.50; Nov ’15 $0.80 higher $534.30; Jan. ’16 $0.70 lower $534.70; March ’16 $1.10 higher $534.10; May ’16 $1.10 higher $530.40; July ’16 $1.20 higher $524.80; Nov. ’16 $5.20 higher $483.10; Jan. ’17 $5.20 higher $484.20; March ’17 $5.20 higher $485.90; May ’17 $5.20 higher $485.90; July ’17 $5.20 higher $485.90.

Barley (Western): July ’15 $3.00 higher $212.40; Oct. ’15 $3.00 higher $207.40; Dec. ’15 $3.00 higher $212.40; March ’16 $3.00 higher $214.40; May ’16 $3.00 higher $215.40; July ’16 $3.00 higher $215.40; Oct. ’16 $3.00 higher $215.40; Dec. ’16 $3.00 higher $215.40; March ’17 $3.00 higher $215.40; May ’17 $3.00 higher $215.40; July ’17 $3.00 higher $215.40.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 300,980 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 300,980.

Stingray Digital piles into streaming music business

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — While music fans have been walloped with an endless array of streaming options that deliver instant access to their favourite Justin Bieber and Elton John tracks, Stingray Digital says all of those services fall short of expectations.

Just a few weeks after Apple Music launched in Canada, the Montrealbased company plans to unveil its latest play for the consumer music market, a commercial-free mobile phone app called Stingray Vibes.

The service, which starts in late July, will connect listeners to more than 1,500 channels of non-stop music from seemingly every genre.

Unlike on-demand music services, users can’t pick the specific tracks they want to hear, but Stingray chief executive Eric Boyko says that’s actually a selling point for people used to traditional radio.

The company has a staff of curators who scour the depths of catalogues for hits and hidden gems and then deliver them in a steady flow of music catered to specific tastes.

“We are for 90 per cent of the population that wants non-interactive music that’s very passive,” Boyko said in an interview. “The other 10 per cent of people who are music aficionados can go to a service that’s on-demand.”

Even though Boyko is aiming for the mainstream market, Stingray will have to make a lot of noise to get noticed.

The number of subscription streaming services has spiked in Canada over the past few years as listeners expect to assert more control over what they hear.

Spotify and Tidal are the most recent arrivals to the group, which al-

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ready included Google Play Music, Songza, Rdio and Deezer.

Stingray hopes to squeeze into the market by pairing its streaming service with telecom companies who will sell the subscription as part of a bundle of wireless add-ons for $9.99 per month.

What makes Stingray Vibes different from many of its competitors is how listeners can dive into a distinct music style, even if they don’t know exactly what they want to hear.

In a recent demo, Stingray’s app allowed a listener to narrow their customized station to a specific genre by applying layers of up to five different filters from a list of options.

For example, listeners can start with a broad theme like “Hanging out at a coffee shop” before filtering down to even more specific sub-genres like “indie vibes” or “trip-hop cafe.”

Stingray Vibe is a side project for the media company which has built its business primarily on supplying moodsetting music to retailers across the globe, like Aldo, Canadian Tire and McDonald’s. The company also beams music to Canadian cable TV subscribers through Stingray Music, a broad list of channels formerly known as Galaxie Music before the company bought them from CBC/Radio-Canada.

Last month, Stingray Digital Group (TSX:RAY.A) went public in hopes of raising enough capital to acquire more of its small international competitors.

The company’s stock has jumped nearly 18 per cent since listing on June 3, closing Friday at $7.36 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Boyko is focused on sneaking the sounds of Stingray into every nook and cranny of the day until the company’s music is providing a soundtrack to your life.

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A section of forest is harvested by loggers near Youbou, B.C. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015.

Canada, Japan at odds over B.C. timber in TPP trade talks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — One of Canada’s most protected industries — British Columbia timber — has been targeted

by Japan in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, The Canadian Press has learned. Japan is pushing Canada to eliminate or modify the controls it imposes on B.C. log exports — a practice that is heavily restricted by the federal and provincial governments, and which drives up their cost to foreign buyers. Details of the forestry impasse with Japan are contained in documents from Canada’s Foreign Affairs department that are marked “secret” and that have been obtained

by The Canad an Press.

The revelation comes as Canada continues to face pressure from another TPP country — the United States — which has taken aim at the coveted supply management system that protects the country’s dairy and poultry farmers. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that Canada would protect its supply management system while pushing ahead with the TPP because he sees that has vital of the country’s future economic health.

With the October election looming, the trade impasses have implications for Harper.

He has invested much political capital in various free trade talks — none bigger than the TPP — as he positions himself as the most reliable steward of the Canadian economy. But Canada has another fight on its hands with Japan over B.C. forestry, as it tries to break down trade barriers in that sector in Asia.

“Canada is pursuing full tariff elimination for the forestry sector — as you know, tariffs in Malaysia are as high as 40 per cent, as high as 31 per cent in

Vietnam and as high as 10 per cent in Japan,” says the April briefing note, prepared for a meeting of senior federal trade officials in Ottawa and their provincial counterparts in B.C. The memo says talks with Malaysia and Vietnam are progressing well. Not so with Japan, Canada’s largest Asian trading partner.

“Discussions with Japan are ongoing but have been difficult. Japan has very clearly linked the elimination of forestry tariffs to B.C. eliminating or significantly modifying log export controls,” the memo says.

“Our efforts to delink the two continue but are becoming increasingly difficult.”

B.C. exports a small percentage of its logs to foreign markets, including Japan, but must satisfy some strict provincial and federal requirements.

According to one study last year by the Fraser Institute, the result of that protection scheme is that in 2011, logs sold for $74 per cubic metre on the Vancouver Log Market, while the average price for exports hovered around $108.

“Although free trade in logs in not the preferred policy from a B.C. perspective, it certainly is from a global perspective,” says the institute’s June 2014 report on B.C. log policy.

“Canada is currently in talks to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which includes Japan,” the report adds.

“It is possible that removing all restrictions on log exports as part of a trade agreement could leverage concessions of a similar size that would benefit British Columbia and Canada.”

The report proved prescient, given what is contained in the government’s own April memo, which makes clear there’s serious negotiating taking place between Japan and Canada on forestry issues.

SNC-Lavalin says Ottawa not going far enough in changes to anti-corruption rules

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — SNC-Lavalin says the federal government’s softening of anti-corruption rules doesn’t go far enough and raises new legal questions.

The embattled engineering firm said Monday that Ottawa has addressed some issues by potentially reducing the penalties for companies that have been convicted of offences and are seeking government work.

But SNC-Lavalin spokesman LouisAntoine Paquin said the changes still don’t give prosecutors the flexibility to settle with companies that face charges.

Under the new procurement rules announced Friday, companies are still barred from government contracts for 10 years if they have been convicted of

bribery, money laundering or other offences in the past three years.

But that ban can be cut in half if the company co-operates with authorities and takes remedial action.

Suppliers will also no longer be automatically ineligible for government work because of the conduct of affiliates unless it can be demonstrated that the supplier had control over the convicted affiliate.

However, the government can now suspend a supplier for up to 18 months if it has been charged or admitted guilt to a listed offence. SNC-Lavalin, which along with two of its subsidiaries face one count of fraud and one of corruption over its dealings in Libya, said that measure is troubling.

“This raises, among others, issues relating to the presumption of innocence,” Paquin said in an email.

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Cyclist seriously injured, man charged

RIVER BEND REPAIRS

Red Deer RCMP have charged a driver after a cyclist was hit and injured early Saturday.

A 25-year-old Red Deer man faces a number of charges following a serious collision with a cyclist.

At approximately 3 a.m., RCMP were called to the intersection of 32nd Street and Mitchell Avenue.

Several passersby provided first aid to the 17-yearold male victim until EMS arrived. The victim was taken to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre in critical condition and was airlifted by STARS to Edmonton shortly afterward. He remains in hospital in serious but stable condition.

Eric William Petty faces charges of refusal to provide a breath sample; dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing bodily harm; and criminal negligence causing bodily harm. Petty is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on July 21.

If you have information about this incident, call the RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Health fraud trial set for late 2016

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Work is underway again near River Bend Golf and Recreation Area. Workers first installed a barrier in the river along the shoreline to limit sediment and debris from entering the flow of the river. Contractor Dakota Reclamators will be working to restore, stabilize and armour the river bank area at the pedestrian bridge near Discovery Canyon. The work is being done to repair damage caused during the 2013 spring flooding on the Red Deer River. The pedestrian bridge across the river at the site is expected to remain open but may close on short notice if pedestrian traffic becomes unmanageable around the worksite.

A Red Deer woman accused of involvement in an elaborate scheme will stand trial late next year on charges of fraud and using a forged document.

Noralyn Zadrozny, 43, pleaded not guilty to the charges on June 17 in Red Deer provincial court.

She will stand trial from Nov. 7 to 18, 2016, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, represented by defence counsel Lorne Goddard.

Zadrozny is accused of having an involvement in a scheme involving employees at Olymel and a local massage therapist to defraud Alberta Blue Cross.

The allegation is that employees received false receipts from a massage therapist and filed claims for a cash payout included in their benefits.

An employee at Olymel and the local massage therapist then split 60 per cent of the payout, while the employee filing the claim received the remaining 40 per cent.

Donna Nast, 41, of Red Deer pleaded guilty to one count of fraud over $5,000 for her role in the scheme.

A local massage therapist, she admitted to creating false receipts for the scheme.

Nast admitted to culpability in 35 claims totalling $17,500, but Alberta Blue Cross’s internal audit indicated as many as 139 employees may have made false claims. Nast is scheduled for sentencing on July 17 in Red Deer provincial court.

Family members get bail money back

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Family members will get to keep the combined $8,500 they posted for a Red Deer man’s bail after he missed a court date late last year.

Chance Aaron Shaw, 23, was convicted on Feb. 2 of fraud, forgery and theft. He was sentenced to 31 months in jail and taking into account his pretrial custody, he has 17 months left to serve.

Shaw was in Red Deer Court of

Queen’s Bench on Monday before Justice Patrick Sullivan. Monday was the monthly scheduled day for arraignment, setting trial dates and estreatment, the revocation of bail and forfeiture of any money posted or provided in a surety if bail conditions have been breached.

Crown prosecutor Ed Ring said due to technological issues, he did not have the files and background to proceed with a large number of bail estreatment applications.

Several of Shaw’s family members were in court on Monday to contest the

estreatment application filed against Shaw.

Three people posted a combined $8,500 in cash and a $3,000 surety for Shaw’s release. They were in court asking for their money back.

Ring said their estreatment application was on the basis that Shaw missed his arraignment date originally scheduled for Nov. 3, 2014, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

A Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest.

Shaw said at the time he was in B.C. and when he realized he had missed

his court date, he turned himself in to the Dawson Creek RCMP. He said he spent 11 days in Dawson Creek city cells before being driven to the Alberta-B.C. border. There, he was transferred to a Grande Prairie RCMP vehicle and taken to the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment. After a few days, he was taken to Edmonton and eventually returned to the Red Deer Remand Centre.

Sullivan denied the Crown’s estreatment and ordered the money be returned to the family members. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Museum gets funds to deal with artifacts The Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery isn’t getting a bigger new building, but is getting federal funding for a new storage system for cramped artifacts.

Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen announced on Monday that the local museum is receiving nearly $65,000 from the federal Heritage Department.

Of that amount, $50,000 will go towards designing a compact storage system so historic artifacts can be better organized and accessed by staff.

The new planning management system will include ways to inventory the collection, pack it and update artifact records.

Some parts of the collection will eventually have to be temporarily moved out while the new storage system is put into place.

Museum director Lorna Johnson said staff had been “grappling with what to do” about overflowing artifacts, “and this was the best solution, since a grant for a new building is not on the horizon.”

The other $15,000 will help the museum host and design children’s programs around a new installation, Kids

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Celebrate!

Opening on Friday, the touring exhibit from the Canadian Museum of History will take a youth-focused look at community celebrations across Canada, including the Indian tradition of Diwali, the Jewish Hanukkah holiday, Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr, the Christian Christmas and Easter traditions, and Japanese custom of HinaMatsuri.

The official opening of the exhibit, which will include a number of artifacts from the Red Deer museum’s collection, will be held on Heritage Day, Aug. 1.

Johnson called Dreeshen “a tireless advocate” for the museum and its programs.

She added the federal grant will be put to good use in sharing an “exciting” new exhibit with the community, and also providing more efficient collection storage.

The $50,000 is just the first step, allowing for the system’s design and development.

Dreeshen said the federal government recognizes the importance of

museums in preserving heritage. As a former teacher, he added he’s also pleased to “help showcase the great

work done by the Red Deer museum” through the presentation of Kids Celebrate!

Alberta, the Blackfalds Abbey Centre is on the short list of Canada’s great public spaces 2015.

The Abbey Centre, which opened in 2014, is a nominee in the Canadian Institute of Planners Great Places in Canada Contest. One of seven in the

Great Public Space 2015 category, it currently sits in second place to baseball grounds in London, Ont. Hoping for more votes to catch up to London, people can vote once per day until Sept. 24 at www.greatplacesincanada.ca/contestants/abbey-centre.

The winner of the contest will be announced on Nov. 4 and the winning community is eligible for up to $2,500 in prizes.

The $15-million centre features a gym, fitness centre, running and walking tracks and indoor play space.

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Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery executive director Lorna Johnson tours the storage area at the museum with Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen on Monday.

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BRIEFS Maskwacis police probe suspicious death of woman RCMP are investigating the suspicious death of a 53-year-old woman on the Ermineskin First Nations Reserve.

Maskwacis RCMP said emergency medical services was dispatched to a home on the reserve 20 km north of Ponoka on Saturday morning and found the woman dead.

Police were called to the scene and determined the death was suspicious.

RCMP from Maskwacis, its crime reduction unit, general investigative sections from Wetaskiwin and Red Deer and the Red Deer major crimes unit continue to investigate.

An autopsy has been scheduled in Edmonton for Tuesday morning.

Rocky Airshow tickets now on sale for July 22 Alberta’s largest airshow will once again thrill audiences over the Rocky Mountain House skies on July 22.

Tickets are now on sale for the eighth biannual Rocky Mountain House Airshow.

The lineup features the Canadian Forces Snowbirds 431 demo squad, the F-18 Performance Jet Demonstration Team, the Skyhawks Parachute Team and civilian performers such as Super Dave Mathieson, of which many were featured on the Discovery Channel’s Airshow.

This year’s theme pays tribute to the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The show is the only one north of Calgary that features the CF-18 demo teams.

For ticket information and the lineup, visit www.rockymtnhouseairshow.com or Rocky Mountain House Airshow on Facebook.

Apart from the show, the Arizona Commemorative Air Force and its restored B-17 and B-25 bombers will be on the ground for tours during the airshow and on July 23.

Flights are available on the B-25 bomber. Call 780-263-1425 for more information. Flights begin at $395.

Know your noise level, get tested at cruise night The City of Red Deer hopes to crack down on noisy vehicles with a new public awareness campaign.

A decibel reading event kicks off the campaign at the Red Deer Cruise Night Show and Shine at the CrossRoads Church parking lot (just west of Hwy 2 on over the 32nd Street overpass) on Thursday.

It runs from 6 to 9 p.m.

City staff and RCMP will be on site at the event to test sound emission levels from all types of vehicles. The city aims to provide participants with a better understanding where their vehicle noise rates.

Jennifer Garnett, community and program facilitator, said the city wants to provide drivers with a sense of where they rate and at what point their noise becomes a nuisance.

“The campaign is about knowing your noise and encouraging respect for all, especially when driving in and around residential areas,” she said.

“A little neighbourly courtesy can go a long way in making the summer an enjoyable, conflict-free time for everyone.”

The event is free and motorists are encouraged to bring their car, truck or motorcycle out and rev their engines for testing.

Installing aftermarket components to your vehicle may cause it to be in violation of the Alberta Traffic Safety Act or The City of Red Deer Community Standards Bylaw.

There will be an amnesty period given to those whose vehicles are in violation of existing noise regulations.

Man faces several charges after stolen truck hits cars A man faces charges after a stolen truck struck three parked vehicles while its driver tried to escape police in Lacombe.

Lacombe Police Service say in a

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With summer temperatures persisting, the boat action on Central Alberta lakes is also heating up. Here a boat heading out for some tubing leaves from the marina at Parkland Beach at Gull Lake. news release that they received a complaint of a white Ford truck driving erratically in the area of Parkland Acres on Sunday. A short time later, police spotted the vehicle near Hwy 12 and Hwy 2A. As police attempted to stop the vehicle, it accelerated rapidly through the intersection. The driver lost control as it swerved through the intersection, colliding with three parked vehicles.

The driver then fled on foot but was caught by police.

The truck had been stolen in Stettler.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with several offences, including dangerous driving, impaired driving, flight from police, possession of stolen property and breaching a court order.

He is being held in custody and is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court today.

Knowles awaits trial dates on variety of charges Several trials will be set later this month for a Red Deer man who was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest earlier this year.

John Timothy Knowles, 32, appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Monday before Judge Gordon Deck.

Knowles faces 16 charges from several incidents, including seven counts of breaching probation, two counts of possession of a weapon contrary to a court order, two counts of disobeying a court order and one count each of uttering threats to cause death of bodily harm, assault causing bodily harm, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and identity fraud to avoid arrest or prosecution.

Knowles has been in custody since his Feb. 23 arrest. The warrant for his arrest was issued on Feb. 5.

His counsel, Arnold Piragoff, sought another adjournment on these charges saying he had attempted to get in touch with Crown on issues of the investigation into the aggravated assault charge.

Piragoff said he needed more information on the aggravated assault allegation so he could properly conduct a bail hearing for his client.

Deck said pleas could be entered regardless of a bail hearing and ordered Piragoff to enter elections and pleas.

Two of the probation breach charg-

es will be heard in Red Deer provincial court in a one-hour trial.

On the rest of the charges, Piragoff elected trial by a Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench judge alone and requested a preliminary inquiry. Inquiries are held to test the strength of the Crown’s case before heading to trial.

However, because Piragoff did not have the necessary paperwork with him to act as counsel during the inquiry, the elections were entered but dates was not set. It was adjourned to July 22 in Red Deer provincial court.

Fire advisory issued for all of Red Deer County Red Deer County Fire Services has issued an immediate fire advisory due to continued dry, windy conditions and warming temperatures in the forecast.

The county will not be authorizing any new fire permits until further notice. Existing permits for open fires will not be granted extensions while the advisory is in effect. The advisory will remain in place until there is adequate rainfall.

Fire permits already issued, any burn barrels (with screens), and cooking or warming fires in approved fire pits will be still be allowed. However, citizens are urged to use with extreme caution.

The county urges everyone to use extreme caution while using fire pits, burn barrels and conducting any open burning. An under control fire can change in a matter of seconds or minutes. Those who are burning are asked to be aware of the weather conditions at all times and to always extinguish your fire if the change in weather increases the hazard of your fire.

For more information, visit https:// albertafirebans.ca/.

Murder trial set for 2016 over death on Jan. 1, 2013 Charged as a youth, a 19-year-old will have to wait until late 2016 for his

trial on a first-degree murder charge.

The male youth, who was 17 at the time of the alleged offence, pleaded not guilty to the charge and elected to be tried by a Court of Queen’s Bench judge and jury.

Lloyd Sarson, 25, was found dead in a car in an alley near Ross Street and 37th Avenue in Red Deer on New Year’s Day 2013.

The youth was arrested on March 13, 2014, after a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest.

A preliminary inquiry wrapped up on June 18 and he was ordered to stand trial.

A 15-day trial is scheduled for Nov. 21 to Dec. 9, 2016, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

The Crown has applied to seek an adult sentence if the man is convicted.

Jury selection for the trial will start on Nov. 21 at 10 a.m.

Stolen weapons, drug case gets earlier trial date A man accused of trafficking drugs and having stolen weapons will stand trial very shortly.

Richard Bradley Krepps, 31, of Red Deer pleaded not guilty to charges including trafficking controlled substances, possession of stolen property, possession of stolen weapons and possession of prohibited weapons.

A warrant was issued for his arrest on Sept. 8, 2014, after he missed his arraignment appearance.

Represented by Andrew Phypers, Krepps appeared in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench before Justice Patrick Sullivan on Monday.

Phypers and federal Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis had originally agreed on a three-day trial starting on Nov. 8, 2016.

However, Sullivan said that was too far away and ordered Krepps to stand trial on Sept. 1 to 3, 2015, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Sullivan noted a 16-month stay at the Red Deer Remand Centre was not appropriate for a man who has not been convicted.

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Helping a sick kid Family worried about feel better a huge task tween’s self-image The sound of Ariel’s singing soars boldly out of our living room television. Her voice is angelic and I can see why Sophie is constantly attempting to mimic those sweet lyrical sounds.

Not today, however. Today, she is lying lethargically on the couch and just listening to her beloved undersea princess.

My darling daughter is sick and it makes me sad. This particular bug has been a bit stubborn — it is sticking around with persistence. One day, she will be feeling OK; the next, however, she is down for the count. We are having a down day.

It is quite the undertaking to have a sick child. Especially when juggling extracurricular activities, play dates and other various motherly duties. Talk about no rest for the weary. It doesn’t help that I’ve also completely and utterly fell out of the routine of having sick kids around. The children and I managed to endure the entire winter without so much as a runny nose — well, perhaps a few sniffles, but overall it was a pretty bug-free season for the Browns.

So now, with this last week of high fevers and restless nights, I am feeling a tad overwhelmed.

As you may remember, Jamie has recently installed new floors in our living room and like any obsessive compulsive mother, I’ve been a bit over protective of them. We have yet to purchase an area rug for the space so I’ve been going as far as making the kids lay down a blanket to play with their toys on so as not to scratch my new flooring.

I’m sure this anal retentive behaviour will wear off eventually, but that day is not today. Nor was it the day we first discovered Soph may be coming down with something.

I am in the kitchen making dinner when I hear a gut wrenching sound.

It’s like one of those sounds you know you’ve heard before but cannot quite put your finger on.

Lars decides to assist in refreshing my memory when he begins squealing in a high pitched voice, “OH MY GOD SOPHIE IS PUKING ALL OVER MOM’S FLOOR!” (You see this is how

much I’ve drilled the importance of the floor into my poor children’s heads.)

I make my way towards the sound to assess the damage and find a sad, sad story waiting for me. There is Sophie attemptLINDSAY ing to cup the BROWN vomit in her tiny hands in fear ME PLUS THREE I will get angry (once again) about, you guessed it, the floor. Crocodile tears stream down her face. Meanwhile, a myriad of half digested lunch is strewn across the medium dark laminate and half of my striped loveseat.

I push down the panic that is quickly rising from the pit of my stomach.

“It’s just a floor, it’s just a floor.” This is the aphorism I am repeating to myself over and over again. Because really, it is just a floor.

I grab Sophie and carry her to the bathroom where I run a bath, all the while thinking about the tiny cracks between the floorboards that will harbour miniscule pieces of puke until the end of days. I make sure she is feeling OK and relaxing nicely in the bath before going back into the danger zone.

Upon arrival, I remember how long it actually has been since I’ve cleaned up this particular bodily excrete as I begin gagging violently. I end up holding my breath to remove the entirety of it from the floor and couch. The cushions were due for a wash anyway, I tell myself.

I debate using a toothpick to dig out any remnants that may have got caught between those blasted cracks but feel that attempt number one has done a sufficient job … that is, until the thought of stewing morsels of miniature muck begin to eat away at me so badly that I am forced to go back in with a small pointed object.

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Q: My daughter is entering the tween years, and I’m concerned about her self-image. The other girls in her peer group are so focused on being thin and wearing the right clothes. But my mom always told me, “Pretty is as pretty does.” How can I get that same message across?

Jim: Without question, our culture tends to define women by their appearance. Some of the worst offenders include popular music and movies. And ironically, magazines aimed at women and girls often send the message that a woman must be physically beautiful in order to have worth. Even relatively conservative publications airbrush the images on their covers.

In this toxic environment, it’s up to parents to counter these damaging messages. It’s all about finding a healthy balance between affirming your daughter’s physical appearance and nurturing her character. According to author Vicki Courtney, little girls naturally want to be told they’re pretty. If we don’t tell them at all, they could end up having an unhealthy craving for male attention later on. But we don’t want to go overboard and send the message that their worth is based on what they look like, either.

As daughters get older, parents need to emphasize virtue and character over appearance. “Pretty is as pretty does,” indeed! When girls are exposed to negative stereotypes, we need to help them realize that images of models and celebrities who appear to have found the fountain of youth are not real. Most have been prepped by hair and makeup artists, Botox, plastic surgery — and then airbrushed after the photos are taken.

Having a tween girl isn’t easy. As you noted, many of your daughter’s peers have already bought into the lie that appearance is all that matters. But with a little guidance and a lot of love, parents can defuse our culture’s negative messages about femininity, and help their daughters develop a healthy self-image.

Q: My son just lost his job. While they get back on their feet, he and his family will be moving in with us starting next month. We’re excited to have them around for a while — but also

a bit apprehensive. How can we maintain good relationships during this time?

Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Ministries: I’m sorry to hear about your son’s situation; I know that can be hard on JIM everybody. The DALY biggest area for potential problems centers on unclear expectations by both parties — you and your spouse on one hand; your son and his wife on the other. So you should try to be as clear as possible going into the situation.

First, you and your spouse need to be unified and agree on any house rules prior to having your guests move in. Decide if there will be any rent involved, a tentative timeframe for the arrangement, and how to handle cleaning, chores, buying food, cooking, babysitting, etc. You also need to be sensitive to the fact that as parents, your son and his wife have the right to make decisions regarding their children (your grandkids). You must respect their parental authority and support it, even if they don’t do things the way you would.

Then, sit down with your son and daughter-in-law in a relaxed setting to talk about these issues. Discuss their expectations. Discuss your expectations. Come to a consensus on the house rules, especially involving your grandkids, and how to handle disagreements or broken rules.

Finally, and for the benefit of all concerned, put something into writing — a sort of mini-contract that defines all of these parameters.

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

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Stop assuming insincerity and accept more compliments “A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.”

— Eleanor Hamilton, associate dean, Lancaster University Management School “I don’t give out compliments,” she said, “and I don’t like to receive them either.”

I had just started a new job and was going through an orientation with the sales manager. I was taken aback by the comment but she was right. The entire time I worked for the business, she never once complimented me. In fact, it was quite the opposite with an endless string of criticisms. She needn’t have worried about receiving compliments from me. I could find absolutely nothing to praise her about either.

Suffice it to say, I didn’t stay at the job for long.

What do you do when someone compliments you? Do you accept it, say thank you and move on? Do you shrug it off or even reject it outright? Perhaps you believe most compliments are hollow flattery and secretly wonder, “What does this person want from me?”

I was in a workshop once where participants were asked to look into a mirror and write down a sincere compliment they could give themselves. One woman became so upset, she ran out of the room. I could only imagine how negative her internal self-talk must have been.

Some people cannot accept a compliment. I’ve seen it happen often. They have some need to deflect it, downgrade it or transfer the credit

to someone else. This may be owing to a lack of self-esteem (“I’m not worthy or deserving”) or it may come from a kind of false modesty. Either way, it’s uncomfortable for the one MURRAY giving and FUHRER the one receiving the compliment.

Have you ever been around children when they receive a compliment?

Typically, they say thank you, then proceed to tell you what other amazing things they can do. There is a lesson to be learned there. Why is it as adults most of us shy away or engage in selfsabotage?

As adults, we are often so critical of ourselves that we’re thrown off-balance when someone gives us a compliment. I knew a beautiful young woman who had tremendous difficulty accepting compliments. You could almost see her squirm when someone offered a gracious acknowledgement of her loveliness.

I discovered in conversation that she had been overweight as a child and teased mercilessly. That image of an overweight child was still firmly

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established in her mind. Whenever someone complimented her, she saw an image of herself as that child and invariably replayed the cruel words and actions of her classmates all those years prior.

If you want to feel comfortable accepting compliments, you’ll need to stop doing few things.

Stop putting yourself down. You deserve to be recognized occasionally.

Instead of listing all the reasons you don’t deserve the acknowledgement, consider your achievements and allow yourself to feel worthy and deserving.

Let each compliment build your selfconfidence.

Stop assuming the other person is being insincere. Perhaps they are, but just as likely, they mean it and only want to share something positive. Not everyone has an ulterior motive. There is a vast difference between a sincere compliment and a statement meant to patronize or flatter. With a little practice, you’ll be able to easily discern the difference. However, if you disregard every compliment, you’ll never receive the praise or the deeper understand-

ing.

Stop deflecting praise for your contribution. If you did a great job, than accept the accolades. Sure, if praise is misdirected, be upfront and honest. If you receive a compliment on a job well done and didn’t do it alone, make sure to give credit to those who helped.

Stop claiming it was all luck or downplaying your achievement. Avoid saying things like, “Oh, it was nothing, really.” You are not immodest by accepting a compliment. Putting yourself down isn’t necessary. If you insist on downplaying, consider your motivation. Are you hoping people will persist in convincing you that you’re worthy? That might be a case of false modesty.

Here are a couple things you can start doing to become skilled at accepting compliments.

Immediately acknowledge a compliment by saying thank you. Smile at the person who gave you the compliment and make eye contact to show your appreciation.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Emilie Boyer doesn’t have a dog, but spending time with cocker spaniel Ralph more than makes up for it — and the boost to her bank account doesn’t hurt.

Since last October, Boyer has been registered as a pet sitter with Pawshake. The online service connects pet owners with animal-loving pet sitters, dog walkers, day care and home boarding solutions in their communities.

“I grew up with dogs. I love dogs, (but) I’m not too sure (about) getting a dog on my own. Sometimes it can be tricky,” said Boyer, who moved to Toronto from Paris about six years ago.

“Honestly, pet sitting is the best compromise I’ve found to be around dogs.”

Rates start at $15 per night and are inclusive of complimentary insurance, 24/7 customer support and daily photo updates. Pawshake retains a 19 per cent contribution from sitters, said cofounder Tanguy Peers.

Would-be clients can comb through online profiles of sitters and are encouraged to meet them ahead of time.

“All of these websites are based on trust. It’s really important that we have the right people on the platform,” said Peers. “There is some vetting done when the people sign up, and there is ongoing vetting being done once people have registered.”

Peers co-founded Pawshake with Dries Coucke, with whom he worked at eBay and Kijiji. Coucke developed their company’s concept under tragic circumstances.

His father was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 and the family sorely needed help to care for Ibeau, his parents’ Labrador.

Coucke had previously founded pets.be, a not-for-profit website to find homes for rescue pets. He solicited help on the site’s Facebook page and “the community immediately responded,” recalled Peers.

Pawshake now operates in 15 countries, and has about 1,000 sitters in Canada.

“There are more and more of these websites being developed focusing on one category,” said Peers.

“Think about travel with Airbnb, cars with Uber. We thought having a website where you could book pet care would actually be very helpful.”

Billed as the world’s largest educational association for professional pet sitters, more than 260 Canadian business owners are active members of Pet Sitters International, said marketing and communications manager Beth Stultz. There is an initial US$135 membership fee for Canadians and US$125

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Emilie Boyer, a pet sitter, spends time with a cocker spaniel named Ralph in Toronto. in subsequent years, which includes benefits like pet-sitter insurance and a listing on PSI’s Pet Sitter Locator.

McMaster University professor Nick Bontis said the ease with which potential buyers and sellers can connect — boosted by the use of mobile technology — is key to driving growth of crowd-sourced services.

“That’s what peer-to-peer is all about is having people find each other without the manufacturer or the retailer in the middle,” said Bontis, professor of strategy in the DeGroote School of Business.

“That’s what happened with Uber and that’s what’s happening with these pet vacation stays.”

DogVacay.com clients can access potential sitters on a desktop or mobile app, said Nicole Ellis, product manager, resident dog trainer and expert for the online service.

The company has 25,000 approved hosts across North America. They must participate in a five-step vetting process which includes a call to discuss their pet care background, their home environment and experience in medical and emergency situations, said Ellis.

The company takes a 15 per cent contribution, and hosts determine their own pricing. The average for a flat overnight fee is $25.

Despite its pooch-centric moniker,

DogVacay has launched CatVacay and also offered care for hedgehogs, birds, parrots, pigs and horses, said Ellis.

“Some of our hosts are people who perhaps travel too much to have a dog of their own, but then when they’re watching DogVacay dogs, they’re so excited. They’re out there taking hikes and going to the beach and totally loving the dog.

“The biggest difference is having your dog in a loving environment,” added Ellis. “If you want your dog to sleep on the bed, he can continue to sleep on the bed. You keep your routine.

“Your dog’s in a home — not in a kennel.”

French court grants surrogate children legal recognition SURROGACY STILL BANNED IN FRANCE, DESPITE RULING PARIS — France’s highest court has granted legal recognition to surrogate children, in a major turnaround that will make their daily lives easier and could lead to greater acceptance of new forms of families.

The Cour de cassation ruled Friday that, while surrogacy will remain banned in France, children born abroad through this practice will now be legally tied to their parents and will be granted birth certificates and immediate means to prove their French citizenship.

“This means no less than the recognition of our child, of these children’s French citizenship and of the rights that go with it,” said Dominique Boren, 51, father of a 4-year-old boy born in Russia from a surrogate mother, with his husband beside him.

Surrogacy can involve a woman carrying an embryo created by in vitro fertilization using another woman’s egg.

In some cases the surrogate mother is also the genetic mother of the child.

The procedures are used by heterosexual couples unable to conceive, gay couples, as well as single parents.

Until now, surrogate children were deprived of any legal connection to their parents, or any civil status in France. They were considered as children born from unknown legal parents, since their foreign birth certificates weren’t recognized. One lawyer has described them as “ghosts of the republic.”

Unlike other children born abroad to a French parent, these children couldn’t get automatic ID cards or passports, or register for state health care or other services.

This exposed them to frequent problems, because many basic tasks are impossible in France without an ID or

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FUHRER: Give compliments with sincerity

thing. My compliments were not insincere but my motivation was wrong. I just wanted to avoid conflict by having everyone to like me.

American musician and songwriter Dean Wareham once declared, “You have to love yourself or you’ll never be able to accept compliments from anyone.” I think Wareham’s statement speaks directly to a lack of selfesteem. If you have a poor self-image, you’ll never feel worthy or deserving of praise. Use accepting compliments as a way to gauge your self-esteem growth.

A compliment can be a powerful tool when used appropriately. When genuine, it demonstrates respect, ad-

authorization from a legal parent.

In addition to potential psychological troubles due to their incomplete identities, the children were also deprived of eventual inheritance, and faced major imbroglios in case of a divorce or the death of one parent.

Many hope that Friday’s ruling will increase the options for infertile and same-sex couples in France. For-profit sperm banks are forbidden, as is surrogate parenthood, seen by many as turning the womb into a commodity.

Europe’s top human rights court last year ordered the country to change the law on surrogate children, saying France’s refusal to recognize them was “an attack on the child’s identity, for which descent is an essential component.”

In Friday’s ruling, the top judges had to take into account the European decision. They found that their previous case law was contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights,

and so decided to allow the transcription of the foreign birth certificates into the French civil status.

“This is undoubtedly setting a legal precedent considering the court’s previous rulings,” Boren’s lawyer, Mathieu Stoclet, told reporters in front of the Cour de cassation courtroom.

The new ruling came in response to Boren’s case and a separate case involving a single man who had gone to Russia to have babies through surrogate mothers.

The Cour de cassation said that the French birth certificates will have to mention as parents those who are named in the original foreign birth certificate, even if they are not the biological parents. The only condition set by the judges is to check that the original certificate is not “falsified” and “is corresponding to reality.”

The overwhelming majority of the French parents using surrogacy abroad are heterosexual couples.

miration and approval. Accepting a compliment graciously can provide you with a sense of gratitude, appreciation and hope. One of the most encouraging and nurturing things you can do is to give someone a true and meaningful compliment. Begin by genuinely complimenting the next person you meet and accepting the next compliment you receive.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

of children

You may also want to add a general phrase like, “That is very kind of you,” or something similar.

Tell the person giving you the compliment a little bit about your success.

You might say something like, “I had to spend a few late nights, but I’m glad it turned out well.” It shows that you acknowledge the compliment and are thankful your hard work was noticed.

When it comes to giving out compliments, remember to keep it real.

Find something genuine to comment on and choose an appropriate time. If a colleague did a great job on a project, acknowledge it. If a competitor gets the promotion you’ve been seeking, send a note of congratulations. A person with healthy self-esteem is never threatened by the success of others.

Be aware of over-complimenting. Being a recovering people-pleaser, DR. ALLISON FOX (R.AUD.) DR. SUSAN HOPF (R.AUD.) there was a time when I went around complimentwww.strategichearingsolutions.com ing everyone on every-

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BRIEF Tony winner Idina Menzel launches tour like a pop star NEW YORK — Idina Menzel, who has crossed over from the Broadway stage to the Billboard charts, is still surprised that she’s able to sell concert tickets like a proper pop star.

“It’s hard to cross over like that and that’s what this whole last year has been about for me,” Menzel said “So

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Red Deer actor Aaron Krogman embarks on his third and final season as the Christian Son of God starting on Friday in Drumheller.

passionate portrayal of Jesus has openly disagreed with his approach, he believes some people who think of Christ as a peace-lover surrounded by lambs and children might be surprised by how intensely he comes across in various scenes.

He believes this is inherent in the Gospel of John, which is “a bit aggressive” — although Jesus’s softer side is I’m trying to take it in and be proud of that.”

Menzel, 44, will kick off a North American tour Tuesday in Richmond, Virginia. She’ll play nearly 40 shows, including stops in Philadelphia, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The tour will wrap up Oct. 3 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

“It’s amazing to go into new territories and have people buy tickets to your show that you never knew in a million years would know your name,” Menzel said, smiling.

The tour will feature music from her career, including songs from Broadway shows like Wicked and If/ Then, and the animated hit Frozen, which includes the Oscar- and Grammy-winning song Let It Go.

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Krogman feels one of his biggest challenges is making his acting proportional to the enormous outdoor amphitheatre where the passion play is staged. But he’s gotten used to making big gestures, and plans to make this season his best.

For the record, he has not, so far, experienced the bad luck that’s report-

edly befallen some other actors who have taken on the role of Jesus. “I’ve had no more than the usual bad things happening, like stubbing my toe. ...”

Krogman attended Christian schools in Red Deer and Lacombe and studied at the Rosebud School of the Arts. He’s played many roles over the years, including the part of Jason in the original play She Has a Name, by local playwright Andrew Kooman.

The actor is hoping to get more opportunities to do his own writing through his master’s program. “I’d like to transition more into more behindthe-scenes work.”

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Red Deer actor Aaron Krogman is left with more unanswered questions than ever after playing Jesus for two seasons in the outdoor spectacle known as the Canadian Badlands Passion Play.

Krogman, who embarks on his third and final season as the Christian Son of God starting on Friday in Drumheller, has spent a total of 15 months rehearsing and performing a script taken from the Gospel of John.

And he still doesn’t understand why Jesus says some of the things ascribed to him.

For instance, after miraculously feeding 5,000 people with five loaves of bread, Jesus tells those around him: “You are happy to be eating bread.

Don’t you understand it is my flesh?”

Krogman feels transubstantiation is a hard enough concept to understand at a time when Christians accept Christ’s divinity, never mind back when he was considered only a preacher. “He gets the kind of reaction you’d expect. People say, ‘Is this cannibalism?’ ‘Are you crazy?’ ” Krogman, who was raised in a religious family, understudied the role of Jesus of Nazareth for two years before taking over the part in 2013. His final season runs to July 26, since Krogman is moving to Vancouver next month to study for a master’s degree in theology and the arts at Regent College.

He said it’s “bittersweet” to leave the three-hour passion play, since its cast and crew have become like a family over the last five years. (Krogman started playing blind Enosh in 2011.)

Stepping into the Saviour’s role has made him more open-minded about various interpretations of the Bible, added Krogman — especially after pouring over the text and conversing about it with various people, from the very devout to non-Christians crew members who are only working on the passion play because it’s a “great gig.”

“I probably have more questions now than I did at the beginning of it. ...

“The Bible seems to be about letting go of preconceived notions for new ideas ... there’s no easy answers, but that’s what I love about it. ...”

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MCPEEK William 1929 - 2015 Mr. William Morris ‘Bud’ McPeek peacefully went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, June 15, 2015 at the age of 86 years.

Left to cherish his memories; his wife of sixty-four years, Thelma McPeek (nee Torgerson); son, Doug (Netty) McPeek of Saskatoon; son, Dallas (Sherry) McPeek of Red Deer; daughter, Glenda (Bob) Stewart of West Kelowna; grandchildren: Todd (Krystal) McPeek of Red Deer, Stacey McPeek of Saskatoon, Chris (Kim) Stewart of Grand Forks, BC, and Graydon Stewart of West Kelowna; great grandchildren: Brooke McPeek, Cole McPeek of Red Deer, Alex Stewart and Skyla Stewart of Grand Forks, BC. Bud also leaves a loving family of brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.

He will be deeply missed by all of us. Please visit our website to view complete obituary and express messages of sympathy.

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

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SPENCER Edward Theodore 1945 - 2015 Edward was born October 16, 1945 and passed away peacefully on July 4, 2015.

Edward is survived by his loving wife Grace Spencer.

He is also survived by one sister Florence (Norman) Huseby; his three daughters Donna (Darren) Priske, Evelyn (Victor) Breault and Elaine Spencer; his step children Deanne (Ryan), William, Donna (Dale), Kim (Paul) and brother in law Brian (Debbie); 17 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents Grace and Harold Spencer, sisters Edith and Dorothy and daughter Heather. Funeral Services will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe on Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 at 2:00 PM. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Lacombe. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Lung Association in Ed’s memory.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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Found PASTOR Carlos T. Nov. 4, 1924 - June 7, 2015 Carlos Pastor passed away at Adventist Hospital Philippines surrounded by his loving family.

He was predeceased by his wife Epifania April 25, 2012, infant son Daniel, parents, parentsin law, and daughter-on-law.

He was survived by his children; Lolinda (Gilbert) Pagulaya, Reynante (Mody) Pastor, Jeremias Pastor; foster son Ramon (Mila) Baniqued from the Philippines, Amy (Philip) Sergeant, Alex (Vangie) Pastor, Susan (Larry) Bombase, Cynthia (Sandy) Darao; eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Our dad was hard working, generous, kind and he taught us so many things in life and it will remain in our hearts and minds. He came to this country at a later age to join some of his children and met many people who became his friends. Our dad had a wonderful life especially when he was able to affiliate with the Red Deer Masonic Temple and got the chance to travel and reconnect with his former colleague. The family wish our appreciation and thank you to all the staff at Highland Green Walk In Clinic especially Dr. Ford, Adventist staff and Dr. Sanidad. To everyone who has devoted their time as your gift of love, prayers and kindness, thank you and may God bless.

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. Corporate 37444 HWY 2 S Commercial 37543 HWY 2N Legal Assistant 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Minimum three(3) years Req’d permanent shift experience. weekend day and evening Firm is prepared to train both full and part time. a candidate who has 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + experience in some but not benefits. Start ASAP. all aspects of the position.

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

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JEWELL Delbert Nov 16, 1955 - July 4, 2015 The family of Delbert Roy Jewell are sad to announce his passing at the Lacombe hospital on July 4, 2015 after a short battle with cancer.

Delbert was born in Three Hills and lived in many areas around Alberta. He married Marlene Kinley in 1978, and they later moved to the farm outside Mirror. There he enjoyed the outdoors to the fullest. He is survived by his wife Marlene, daughter Erin (Justin) and son Gavin (Gwen). Delbert is also survived by his mother Ellen Jewell of Trochu and Motherin-Law Fern Kinley of Lacombe along with three brothers- Bill (Lorrie), Jim (Corine) and Ken (Brenda) all of Alberta and brother-in-law Larry (Lynda) Kinley of Ont. Also left to mourn are numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, neighbours and friends, many with tall tales to tell of the adventures of hunting and fishing with Delbert.

Delbert was predeceased by his father William (Bud) Jewell, nephew Jerry Jewell, grandparents Ella and Alton Jewell and Cecil and Mercy Padgham, as well as fatherin-law Ray Kinley. Delbert spent the majority of his working life with Lacombe County on the road construction and snow plowing crews. He enjoyed the satisfaction of going from start to finish on the roads of Lacombe County and took great pride in a job well done.

He was good at mechanical things and was called upon by friends and family on a regular basis to help get some piece of machinery running again. Del always enjoyed hunting and fishing first with his father and grandfather then with friends and finally his children.

Many a holiday week were spent at Nipisi Lake with friends and family chasing moose and leisurely fishing for supper. Del enjoyed a wonderful Fathers Day this year as he, Erin and Gavin enjoyed a day of fishing at Tees Pond although the fish won the day as none were caught. Funeral is to be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe, AB. on Thursday, July 9th, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers family and friends are asked to donate to the Canadian Cancer Society or other charity of their choice.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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After ‘no’ vote, Greece tries to reopen bailout talks to get deal before banks collapse ATHENS, Greece — Greece and its membership in Europe’s joint currency faced an uncertain future Monday, with the country under pressure to restart bailout talks with creditors as soon as possible after Greeks resoundingly rejected the notion of more austerity in exchange for aid.

With Greek banks running out of cash and facing the danger of collapse within days without new aid, the government in Athens is racing against the clock.

In an effort to facilitate negotiations on a new aid program, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who had clashed with European officials in the bailout talks, announced his resignation Monday.

But Greece and its creditors, who will meet again Tuesday to discuss how to keep the country in the euro, remain far apart on key issues, particularly the notion of debt relief.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on the phone Monday ahead of the Tuesday summit, though no details were disclosed of what they discussed.

New negotiations will be complicated for the European creditors by Tsipras’ triumph in Sunday’s referendum. More than 61 per cent of Greeks backed his call to vote “no” to budget cuts the creditors had proposed in return for rescue loans the country needs — even though those proposals were no longer on the table.

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The country’s banks remained shut on Monday for a sixth working day and the government kept tight limits on cash withdrawals at ATMs and money transfers to limit the drain on deposits.

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Analysts expect the ECB to not provide more emergency assistance on Monday.

Extremist attacks on mosques, church, restaurant across Nigeria leave more than 60 people dead JOS, Nigeria — A day of extremist violence against both Muslims and Christians in Nigeria killed more than 60 people, including worshippers in a mosque who came to hear a cleric known for preaching peaceful coexistence of all faiths.

Militants from Boko Haram were blamed for the bombings Sunday night at a crowded mosque and a posh Muslim restaurant in the central city of Jos; a suicide bombing earlier at an evangelical Christian church in the northeastern city of Potiskum, and attacks in several northeastern villages where dozens of churches and about 300 homes were torched.

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BRADENTON, Fla. — A man convicted of having sex on a Florida beach in front of families was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday.

Jose Caballero, 40, and Elissa Alvarez, 21, were convicted in May of two counts of lewd and lascivious behaviour in a case that drew international attention for the couple’s brazen act.

They were videotaped having sex on a Manatee County beach last summer in broad daylight. Witnesses testified that a 3-year-old girl saw them.

Caballero told jurors that he and Alvarez were not having sex and that witnesses were mistaken. Jurors listened to graphic testimony from witnesses and saw a video of Alvarez moving on top of Caballero in a sexual manner in the middle of the day while others watched.

“We are grateful that the state has offered 2 ½ years,” said Ronald Kurpiers, defence attorney for Caballero.

He said Caballero planned to appeal his case. Alvarez, who was recently sentenced to time served, filed an appeal in her case in June.

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Iraqi fighter jet accidently drops bomb over Baghdad neighbourhood, kills 12 people BAGHDAD — An Iraqi fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighbourhood on Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said.

The plane — one of several Russianmade Sukhois used by Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State group — was returning to base when the accident happened.

Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan Ibrahim told The Associated Press that a technical failure caused the Sukhoi jet to drop the bomb, which hit a number of houses in the Iraqi capital’s eastern neighbourhood of New Baghdad.

Three children and two women were among the 12 killed, a police officer at the scene and a medical official at a nearby hospital said. At least 25 people were wounded, the two officials added.

AP footage showed rescue teams in orange jumpsuits and blue helmets searching through the rubble for victims. At least one victim was seen wrapped with a blanket and being rushed to an ambulance.

Iraq is going through its worst crisis since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops. The Islamic State group controls large swaths of the country’s north and west following a blitz last year when the militants captured Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul and the majority of the western Anbar province.

Also Monday, separate attacks in and around Baghdad killed at least seven people.

The deadliest took place in Baghdad’s southern suburb of Arab Jabour when a booby-trapped house exploded, killing three members of security forces and wounding nine, a police officer said.

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This dusky restaurantwithin-a-restaurant is the city’s toughest reservation and its premiere Thai tour, led by Bangkok native Akkapong “Earl” Ninsom. His evolving tasting menu recently stopped in Chiang Mai for scallops, galangal and coconut cream in a tiny crispyrice cup and fiery lamb tartare with mint.

The vibe is so relaxed that when you call to say you’re running late, you hear, “Oh, we don’t care.” Yet every taste — agnolotti floating with spring peas and porcinis in chicken broth, golden sand dabs with shaved asparagus — reveals a stickler’s attention. The care taken by chef Kevin Gibson extends to the wine service.

Photo by ADVOCATE news services

On a warm summer evening, outdoor tables draw diners and drinkers in Portland, Oregon, a city whose world-class ingredients attract chefs and keep them there.

SCENE: Finedining spots are few SHOPPING The city’s businesses can fulfill almost every food whim, be it a shop specializing in salt, chocolate and bitters (the Meadow); a grocery store that combines basic goods with designer labels at fair prices (New Seasons); or farmers markets that help set the gold standard in the country (see: the Saturday model on the campus at Portland State University). In the planning stages: the James Beard Public Market, an homage to Portland’s most famous cook, on the Willamette waterfront.

Designs call for market halls, more than 100 vendor stalls and a teaching kitchen. U-pick farms and orchards abound.

VARIETY On the liquid front, Portland brims with premium coffee roasters, brew pubs, tea sources and spirits makers

(notably eaux de vie and other liqueurs produced by Clear Creek Distillery). Regarding restaurants, examples of distinguished Thai and Vietnamese cooking are especially impressive. Other parts of the world — say, Latin America and China — enjoy less representation, and despite a population with considerable Native American and Scandinavian roots, those ties aren’t much in evidence menu-wise.

Fine-dining spots are also few. As Michael Russell, the restaurant critic for the Oregonian, says, “Portlanders prefer places where they feel comfortable in their hiking boots and fleece.”

SERVICE If you’ve watched Portlandia, you know the drill. Expect smiles — along with sincerity that borders on the precious.

PORTLAND: Wild West of food In France, onetime New York chef Vitaly Paley was cooking at the two-star Mi-

chelin restaurant Au Moulin de la Gorce near Limoges when he noticed the origin of the sumptuous morels his employer was using: Oregon.

So impressed was Paley by the promise of such edible gems that when he returned to the States, he ended up settling in Portland instead of Manhattan, where he had cooked at such hits as Union Square Cafe, Remi and Chanterelle.

Paley’s Place opened to wide acclaim in 1995. Ten years later, its headliner received a James Beard award for Best Chef Northwest. (A Portland chef has won that honour over one from Washington state in three of the past five years.)

Along with Greg Higgins of Higgins restaurant, Schreiber and Paley “set the table” for the area by establishing a grower-connected network and forming strong relationships with farmers, foragers and fishermen, says Brooks, also the author of the captivating The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland.

The bench deepened a decade or so ago, when another wave of talent emerged, including Naomi Pomeroy — best known for her supperclubby Beast and later appearance on Bravo TV’s Top Chef Masters — and a slew of proteges who went on to open restaurants that lured food

critics onto planes to taste them. Witness Tommy Habetz (Bunk Sandwiches), Troy MacLarty (Bollywood Theater), Gabriel Rucker (the nose-totail Le Pigeon, followed by Little Bird).

World-class ingredients draw chefs to the area and keep them there. So do low rents, cheap liquor licenses and loose regulations, says Marc Hinton, author of A History of Pacific Northwest Cuisine: Mastodons to Molecular Gastronomy. The Portlandbased blogger says, “You can be really small and make a whole lot of noise across the country.”

Or simply across the dining room, as at Pok Pok, where my cab driver at PDX dropped me off for a reunion with smoky, succulent game hen and funky, fiery ground duck liver — Thai food by enthusiast Andy Ricker that’s every bit as exciting as I remember it from my first meal at the outsize shack five years ago. (Like its residents, restaurant interiors here tend not to be flashy. The spotlight is reserved for the food.)

Jose Chesa, the Barcelona native behind two-year-old Ataula, one of the best Spanish kitchens on the West Coast, says he was drawn to Portland from Puerto Rico by a “small-town feeling” where “everyone takes care of every-

one” and his profession is “all about the farmers, the ingredients.” Greg Denton met his wife and co-chef, Gabrielle, while the two were cooking at the destination Terra in Napa Valley. The couple moved on to Hawaii but traded island life for the Pacific Northwest, where they opened the Argentine-inspired Ox in 2012.

“We’ve never felt as settled as we do in Portland,” Denton says. Unlike their previous locales, says the chef, Portland seemed like a blank canvas: “There are no real restrictions, no cuisine you need to stick by.” (By way of example, the commonplace pad Thai is intentionally absent from the list at Pok Pok.) “We’re the Wild West of food,” says Brooks. “People here channel the traditions they love, often European or Asian, and make them their own.” Enter Bollywood Theater, a celebration of Indian street food; Langbaan, a speak-easy of a restaurant whose tasting menu transports diners to Thailand; and Nodoguru, a pop-up turned permanent Japanese feast — in a grocery store.

“The pioneering spirit is still alive and well,” says Paley, whose empire has grown to three places to eat plus a once-a-month Russian pop-up.

Sietsema is The Washington Post’s food critic.

RECIPES Screen Door Breakfast Hush Puppies MAKES: 4 to 5 servings (makes about 20 pieces) This dish is one of the many reasons diners stand in line at Screen Door in Portland, Oregon. Crack open the hush puppies, and you’ll find smoked cheddar and bacon in the fluffy centers.

They’re drizzled with a spicy syrup. The recipe calls for Steen’s cane syrup, a Lousiana specialty, which can be ordered via Amazon. Lyle’s Golden Syrup, available at Giant, Safeway, Harris Teeter and Wegmans stores, may be substituted. You’ll need a thermometer for monitoring the oil.

PREPARATION: The bacon can be cooked and refrigerated a day or two in advance. The batter can be refrigerated up to a day in advance.

INGREDIENTS For the hush puppies About 8 ounces bacon 1 extra-large or jumbo egg, lightly beaten 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons regular or low-fat buttermilk 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons cornmeal 3/4 cup plus 1 rounded tablespoon flour 1/2 teaspoon sugar Scant 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda Scant 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 1/2 cup 1/2-inch cubes smoked cheddar cheese 2 quarts canola oil, for frying For the glaze 3/4 cup Steen’s 100 percent Pure Cane Syrup (see headnote) 1 tablespoon honey Small pinch ground cayenne pepper Small pinch freshly ground black pepper Photo by ADVOCATE news services

Coffee Daiquiri. The robust coffee culture in Portland, Oregon, inspired this smooth cocktail.

STEPS For the hush puppies: Line a plate with paper towels.

Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium-low heat, allowing the fat to render completely, until crisped and browned.

Transfer to the paper-towel-lined plate to drain and cool. Cut into 1/4-inch slices to yield 1/2 packed cup.

Meanwhile, whisk together the egg and buttermilk in a mixing bowl. Combine the cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and the black and cayenne peppers in a medium bowl. Gradually stir

the cornmeal mixture into the buttermilk mixture to form a thick batter. Fold in the bacon and cheddar until evenly distributed.

(At this point, the batter can be covered with plastic wrap directly on the surface and refrigerated for up to 1 day in advance.)

Line a rimmed baking sheet with paper towels, then place an ovenproof wire cooling rack on top. Place on the middle oven rack; preheat to 350 degrees. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat, to 350 degrees.

Drop rounded, generous tablespoon-size scoops of batter into the oil, 4 or 5 at a time. Fry for 4 to 6 minutes, until crisp, brown and cooked through. Use a slotted spoon to transfer them to the oven to keep warm. Repeat to use all the batter.

For the glaze: Stir together the syrup, the honey and the cayenne and black peppers in a medium bowl until well incorporated.

Serve the hush puppies while they are hot, drizzled with glaze.

Coffee Daiquiri MAKES: 1 serving Portland’s robust coffee culture inspired this smooth cocktail, which is a recent addition to the menu at Clyde Common, a popular tavern in the Oregon city.

PREPARATION: To make brown sugar syrup, combine 1 cup packed light brown sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Reduce the heat to medium-low; cook for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat. Cool thoroughly before serving or storing in an airtight container (for up to several months).

INGREDIENTS Ice cubes 1 1/2 ounces Appleton Estate V/X Jamaica Rum 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice 3/4 ounce Tia Maria (coffee-flavored liqueur) 1/2 ounce brown sugar syrup (see NOTE) Lime wheel, for garnish STEPS Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add the rum, lime juice, Tia Maria and brown sugar syrup; seal and shake until well chilled.

Strain into a cocktail (martini) glass. Garnish with the lime wheel.

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1975 — Edward ‘Ed’ Broadbent is chosen leader of New Democratic Party on the fourth ballot; He replaces David Lewis. He received 984 votes, to Rosemary Brown’s 658.

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1964 — Opening of traffic on Great Slave Lake Railway, operated by Canadian National, from Roma Junction.

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LIFESTYLE Screaming teens causing frustration for neighbours Dear Annie: How do I tell my neighbors that it’s annoying and frustrating to listen to their teenaged daughters shrieking and screaming as they’re having fun outside?

Often, I want to go out and play with my dog, but I can’t because these girls are behaving like 5-yearolds, screaming their heads off. There are things I need to do outside, but the noise makes it impossible. And it’s horrible to have to listen to it inside as well.

The mother says she doesn’t like to interfere with the girls when they’re having a good time. Well, they MITCHELL may be enjoying themselves, & SUGAR but the rest of the neighborhood is not. People are just too polite to say anything.

I don’t want to be offensive, rude or hurt my neighbors’ feelings. These parents and their girls are sweet, good-hearted people, but it seems that the discipline and consideration for others is simply not there. I don’t want the girls to stop having fun. I’d just like them to keep other people in mind, too. But trying to tell someone else how to discipline their kids is a very delicate subject.

This has been going on since the weather has warmed up. I can’t even entertain outside because of the shrieking. Please help, Annie. — A Frustrated Neighbor Dear Frustrated: You say your neighbors are sweet and good-hearted. Surely they would not want people to think their children are so annoying and disruptive. There is nothing rude or hurtful about saying to your neighbors, “We’re happy the girls are having such a great time outside, but we would deeply appreciate it if they could tone it down a bit. I’m sure they don’t realize how loud they are.”

Unless they are breaking some local noise ordinances, there isn’t much more you can do. But you can repeat to yourself that “this, too, shall pass.”

Soon enough, those shrieking teenagers will be off to college (or adulthood) and this will no longer be a problem. Until then, you might want to invest in some noise-blocking headphones and a fan.

Dear Annie: Two of us work with a woman in our office who sleeps propped up at her desk. She snores lightly and wakes herself up numerous times.

We have spoken to her about this, to no avail. We don’t want to tell the boss and get her into trouble.

But as you can imagine, it is both irritating and distracting. How should we handle it? — Very Frustrated Dear Frustrated: Your co-worker is not getting enough restful sleep at night. She may be burning the candle at both ends, or she may have a sleep disorder. Suggest to her that she see a doctor immediately because you are worried about her. And please don’t feel guilty about reporting her to the boss. She is sleeping on the job, which affects your ability to work and your boss’ bottom line. But more importantly, she may have a serious health issue that should be addressed, and that is how you should approach it — with genuine concern.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Stooped with age but still smiling and joking, three Colorado veterans who were taken prisoner by the German military in World War II got their medals Thursday, more than 70 years after they were liberated.

“It’s overwhelming to me, to see this turnout,” 89-year-old John Pederson said after a ceremony in suburban Denver before dozens of relatives, veterans and military personnel.

Pederson, 92-year-old Clayton Nattier and 89-yearold Keith Hereford each got eight medals, badges or pins for their service.

Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., helped arrange the decorations. The men were too busy in civilian life to pursue them sooner, he said.

“They just wanted to go home and get on with their lives,” Perlmutter said.

Each received the Prisoner of War Medal. Pederson also received the Bronze Star, and Nattier and Hereford received the Purple Heart and Air Medal.

A brief look at the veterans’ lives: KEITH HEREFORD Hereford was a 19-year-old staff sergeant and a gunner on a B-17 bomber when the crew had to bail out of the crippled plane over Holland on Nov. 26, 1944.

“Scared to death, yeah,” he recalled.

It was his ninth combat mission.

He was interrogated in Frankfurt, Germany, then placed in a railroad boxcar with 60 other men and shipped to a POW camp. They spent two days inside the car with no food.

In February 1945, the German military forced Hereford and other POWs on the “Black March” westward, ahead of the advancing Russian army. He 22): Getting the ratio right between your public and private lives, and between home and work, continues to be challenging. But, if anyone can juggle commitments, ‘tís a well-balanced Libran!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The stars boost your magnetism — and your controlling side. The more you try to manipulate others, the more difficult the day will be. If you’re JOANNE smart, you’ll choose the path MADELEINE of least resistance.

MOORE SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): There may be some stress involving money, as the stars stir up your finance zones. Be extra careful with cash and credit today Sagittarius — and think twice before lending money to others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Conflict with an authority figure is likely, especially if you are being

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was liberated by British forces on May 2, 1945.

Hereford, a native of Fort Scott, Kansas, worked as a plumber after the war.

Asked about how he felt to finally get his medals, he shrugged and smiled. “I don’t go for this kind of thing,” he said.

CLAYTON NATTIER Nattier was piloting a B-17 bomber when he and his crew had to parachute out of their damaged plane over Germany on Sept. 13, 1944. Then 21 years old, Nattier was a first lieutenant on his 16th combat mission.

He suffered burns, hurt his back and had other injuries.

Other Allied prisoners nursed him back to health in a POW camp hospital.

German soldiers abandoned the camp on April 30, 1945, as the war wound down. Nattier peered out a barracks window the morning of May 1 and saw another POW waving from a guard tower.

“That was a welcome sight,” he said.

After the war, Nattier worked in the petroleum industry. He is a native of Concordia, Kansas.

JOHN PEDERSON Pederson was a rifleman and infantryman fighting in the battle of Sessenheim, France, when he was captured on Jan. 18, 1945. He was 19 and held the rank of corporal.

He spent three months in German POW camps before he was liberated by the British military. The POWS were euphoric at first, but then had to scramble for food because the British didn’t have enough rations and no one was in charge.

After the war, Pederson worked as petroleum engineer, taught at Colorado School of Mines and worked for the U.S. Geological Survey and the federal Bureau of Land Management.

He is a native of West Salem, Wisconsin. difficult and demanding. Plus — when it comes to a close relationship — if you push too hard, youíll just push them away.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There may be some difficulties communicating with others today, as your Aquarian aloofness kicks in and you try to avoid issues by burying your head in the sand. But is that wise?

PISCES (Feb. 19-Marh 20): Expect friendships and group activities to be complicated, as everyone is intensely passionate about their point of view. If you’re having financial problems, a relative may offer to help.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Tuesday, July 7 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Shelley Duvall, 66; Ringo Starr, 75; Julianna Guill, 28 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Clear communication will solve a lot of your problems today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Don’t isolate yourself from others. December is the best month to join an online dating site, fall in love, propose, get married or renew your wedding vows.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today’s stars highlight your ambitious Aries side, but they also boosts your selfish, bossy streak. Take the time to really listen to what others have to say — especially at home and work.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The tempestuous stars highlight your inclination to jealous, possessive behaviour. You must loosen your tenacious grip on loved ones Taurus — otherwise youíll just drive them away.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Things will be in a state of flux — especially at work — as the stars activate your career zone.

Calm down Twins! The day will progress better if you are more proactive, and less reactive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The stars complicate relationships with others today. So don’t feel slighted if loved ones come on too strong and are demanding or petulant. Resist the urge to engage in pointless power plays.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lions are eager for exciting experiences. The stars favour study, travel, conversation and positive thinking. But don’t let demanding behaviour disturb a potentially productive day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Relations with a child or friend may be strained.

The more you try to organise them, the worse things will be. Instead, focus on the numerous opportunities that are around you at work.

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A baby snow leopard and his mother are presented to the public in Servion, Switzerland, recently.

Two baby snow leopards where born on May 20, in the zoo.

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CLYDE COMMON 1014 SW Stark St., 503228-3333 www.clydecommon.com This downtown tavern — “the living room of the city,” says critic Karen Brooks — hosts the most international happy hour.

Knock back the $4 beers and $6 wines and cocktails with grilled duck hearts, saganaki and lumpia. Spring for the refreshing Spelling Bee: tequila, agave, absinthe and grapefruit peel.

sketch comedy: “Everything you see on Portlandia? It’s kind of true.”

He was right. ★★★

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BOLLYWOOD THEATRE 2039 NE Alberta St., 971-200-4711 3010 SE Division St., 503-477-6699 www.bollywoodtheaterpdx.com A stage set of a self-serve restaurant that evokes the colors and flavors of Mumbai. Snack on julienned fried okra hit with chilies, samosas crammed with lamb and spiced potatoes, and roasted beets tossed with curry leaves and coconut milk.

WHAT MAKES THE SCENE CREATIVITY Can you say Pok Pok? Hams from around the globe — and craft cocktails to match — are featured at the new Hamlet in the Pearl District, while the freshly minted Chizu serves cheese as if it were sushi at an intimate 11-seat bar. The city’s myriad food carts and pop-ups also underscore Portland’s entrepreneurial spirit. Novelty has its limits, best demonstrated by the “food cart” flavors scooped up at Salt & Straw: kimchi and ice cream? No, thanks.

ATAULA 1818 NW 23rd Pl., 503-894-8904 ataulapdx.com A rare taste of Spain in Stumptown, from Barcelona native Jose Chesa. He’s the skill behind braised veal on house-baked brioche, salt cod fritters and white gazpacho — sparkling with pineapple granita — and the smile that lights up the wood-beamed dining room. (Ataula is a Catalan phrase Chesa’s parents used back home; it means “To the table.”)

COMMUNITY Host to the popular Feast, a fall food and wine celebration that includes panels and cooking demos, the net proceeds of which contribute to ending childhood hunger.

TRADITION Unlike other major markets, Portland celebrates its bounty more or less out of hand rather than in the form of a signature dish. Recipes tend to be ingredient-driven.

“In a state with no regional cuisine, no defining dishes, no take-to-the-grave secrets, the cult of ingredients has always reigned,” writes Portland critic Karen Brooks in “The Mighty Gastropolis: A Journey Through the Center of America’s Food Revolution.”

INGREDIENTS This slice of the Pacific Northwest seduces with Chinook (king) salmon, Dungeness crab, a rainbow of berries, a forest of mushrooms and world-class pinot noir.

Seek out the local marionberries, dubbed “the cabernet of blackberries” for their richness.

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BY TOM SIETSEMA ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Imagine a city where no one honks their horn and drivers pause mid-block to assure pedestrians safe passage from one sidewalk to another.

Picture an urban landscape painted in rivers, forests and mountains — Frontierland as if created by Alice Waters.

Envision a part of the world where waiters write “Albion” before “strawberries” on a chalkboard menu to flag a local treat, taxi drivers tag the restaurant you’re going to when you simply say the address (“Pok Pok!”), breakfast and brunch are practically civic duties, an entire bookstore is devoted to matters of home and garden, and some of the Thai cooking rivals Chiang Mai’s raciest.

Welcome to Portland, as in Oregon, the land of milk and honey — also coffee, tea, beer, wine, game, berries, crab, salmon, ice cream in flavours lifted from food trucks and olive oil that chefs compare favourably to Italy’s liquid gold.

Dubbed Stumptown, a nickname acquired in the mid-19th century when logging outpaced the full clearing of trees, Portland is the fourth stop on my exploration of America’s best food cities, which has taken me to Charleston, S.C., San Francisco and Chicago and will continue to six more mar-

CASTAGNA 1752 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 503-231-7373 castagnarestaurant. com Some of the most sophisticated food in town, from chef Justin Woodward.

His summer tasting menu is informed by his time at the late WD-50 in New York. Highlights: Oregon shrimp with toasted jalapeño, green strawberries and kohlrabi; brined, smoked pork with blood orange-tinted hollandaise; French meringue, frozen in liquid nitrogen and served with goat milk ice cream.

Where quirk and comfort combine kets. In December, I’ll rank my destinations based on such factors as creativity, tradition and community.

Setting the stage for five days of eating my way around Portland in June, a friend and resident forecast a satirical

Describing the bounty of his native Oregon in his 1964 memoir Delights & Prejudices, James Beard, the dean of American cooking, wrote, “No place on earth, with the exception of Paris, has done so much to influence my professional life.” Although the land and water made for an exceptional pantry for cooks — cue Hood strawberries so juicy and fragile they rarely leave the state fresh, and more than 300 types of truffles — the restaurant scene before the early 1990s was “quiet,” says a diplomatic Janie Hibler, the author of five cookbooks about the region. Gourmet magazine almost turned her down when she pitched a restaurant find more than two decades ago; her editor didn’t think Portland worthy of ink.

Karen Brooks, the influential food editor and critic of Portland Monthly, sums up the period this way: “We didn’t have the menus, but we had this treasure chest open and waiting for us.”

To understand the food scene that was, and the food capital Portland has become, it helps to be familiar with Zefiro, the restaurant introduced 24 years ago by a trio of talents with ties to San Francisco: chef Chris Israel, maitre d’ Bruce Carey and food scout Monique Siu. Radicals and rich alike thronged to the amber-lit venue for cooking that looked to Italy for inspiration, but also to the great outdoors. “Everything about its mood and menu signifies a turning point in local culinary aesthetics,” raved the Oregonian in 1991.

Soon, other artists followed, eager to return to their roots or plant themselves in a more relaxed environment. Chef Cory Schreiber, a veteran of the restaurant scenes in San Francisco, Chicago and Boston, returned to his native Oregon, where his family owned an oyster bar dating to 1907, in part to reacquaint himself with the prime ingredients of his youth. “I had amnesia for 12 years!” he says now of his work before Wildwood, the proudly Pacific Northwestern restaurant he opened in 1994 with two wood-fired ovens.

(The establishment closed last year after a 20-year run.)

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FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Customers wait in line for Egyptian food at a cart in Portland; A customer at Sweedeedee takes a smartphone photo of his breakfast, a meal that Portlanders take seriously; Portland, Oregon, is the land of milk and honey — also coffee, tea, beer, wine, game, berries, crab, salmon, and ice cream. Here, a chicken curry thali meal at Portland’s Bollywood Theater, a celebration of Indian street food.