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‘She was my everything’ RETIRED MOUNTIE LEFT OUT THE HANDGUN HIS WIFE USED TO COMMIT SUICIDE

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Tearful and guilt-ridden, a retired Mountie pleaded guilty to leaving a loaded handgun in his bedroom. The weapon was used by his wife to commit suicide.

Garth Anholt, 57, of Red Deer pleaded guilty to one count of improper storage of a firearm in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday.

His wife, Theresa Anholt, 57, used the firearm to commit suicide.

“She was my everything,” Anholt said in an interview on Tuesday. “It’s been a long year and a long process.”

Calgary Judge Les Grieve ordered a conditional discharge. If Anholt successfully completes nine months of probation, he will not have a criminal record.

Anholt spent his career in law enforcement in Hinton, Gleichen and Red Deer. He was also a civilian employee with the Red Deer RCMP, serving as a liaison between the detachment and the Red Deer Courthouse.

Defence counsel Will Willms said Anholt has lost

his employment as a result of the incident.

On June 26, 2014, he left a loaded .357 magnum in the couple’s bedroom. Reading in the facts of the incident, Crown prosecutor Emanuel Vomberg said the gun was not in a locked safe, nor did it have a trigger lock as is required for the proper storage of a firearm.

And safe storage requirement of keeping ammunition and the firearm separate was not complied with.

Garth found his wife, Theresa, after she committed suicide.

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Tent City residents mum about new homes

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by CRYSTAL RHYNO/Advocate staff

Shawn Moore, Trimmed-Line Tree Services owner, plays around with his Flintstones-inspired float outside his business on Tuesday. Alberta Transportation peace officer Vince Rodgers pretends to check his licence. Moore’s wife, Natalie, and children Jazdn, 10, and Ryker, 7, are also in the car.

The float was built using reclaimed wood. Look for it in the Westerner Days parade today. Please see related story on page A2

Most of the people who were living in a homeless camp dubbed Tent City have likely just moved on to new, isolated sites in wooded areas in and around Red Deer.

“As far as I know, ‘PEOPLE HAVE none of the people BEEN REALLY who were living there have been housed or STRATEGIC ABOUT have moved forward in MOVING AND NOT the process related to TELLING PEOPLE being sheltered,” said Jennifer VanderschaeWHERE THEY’RE ghe, executive direcMOVING.’ tor of Central Alberta AIDS Network Society — JENNIFER VANDERSCHAEGHE (CAANS).

CAANS Early in July, volunteers led by CAANS spent a few days cleaning up the site located between the northbound and southbound lanes of Hwy 2 just south of the city.

Since at least 2009, people have been living off and on in the treed area. About 10 were living there when Alberta Transportation recently led the effort to dismantle the site that posed safety concerns both for the homeless who lived near the busy highway and the high-speed motorists.

CAANS had been visiting the camp twice weekly since January providing outreach work.

Vanderschaeghe said violence and disagreements were problems there at times and she didn’t believe Tent City would be recreated elsewhere.

“People have been really strategic about moving and not telling people where they’re moving. The more people who know where your camp is, the more likely you’ll have to move it, the more problems you have with people just joining your camp.”

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New advertising sales manager sees opportunities to connect

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A community-oriented woman with a passion for all things local is the Advocate’s new advertising sales manager.

Wendy Moore, 46, takes over on Monday to replace Richard Smalley, who stepped down earlier this month.

Moore has been a sales representative at the Advocate for two years and previously spent 10 years at the Prince George Citizen.

“I have enjoyed helping local businesses grow,” said Moore. “I have enjoyed helping them succeed. It

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is important to have those local businesses to have a thriving community.”

Moore moved to Red Deer in 2012 with her partner, Jim Moore, who is the director of maintenance at Mustang Helicopters. She has two stepchildren, aged 13 and 18.

Born in Vancouver and raised in Prince George, Moore has worked in a variety of fields. Among her titles, she was the district manager Wendy Moore of circulation at the Prince

George Citizen, and worked in promotions and sales, and community policing at the City of Prince George.

Moore said she is looking forward to working with her fantastic team.

“It’s a fantastic group of people,” she said. “It’s a great publication. I see there are opportunities to connect more with the people.”

Moore said she is excited to get back to her roots in newspapers and her passions of “community engagement, marketing, promotions and media.”

“I think it’s time for new life and new energy in the department,” she said.

“I think we have a real opportunity to maximize our strengths.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Medicinal pot grow-op one step closer to reality Olds Town Council has approved the first step towards allowing a medical marijuana company to take root in the community.

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WESTERNER DAYS PARADE

A Yabba Dabba Doozy of a car FLINTSTONES-INSPIRED VEHICLE HIGHLIGHTS BEAUTY OF WOOD IN RED DEER

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Get ready to have a “Yabba dabba doo” time at the annual Westerner Days parade this morning.

A Flintstones-inspired car built from recycled trees may just be this year’s show stopper.

Shawn Moore of Trimmed Line Tree Services said he tossed around several ideas for a float. The intent was to create something that could be donated back to the community.

A Flintstones car using recycled wood was the clear winner.

But first Moore and his wife, Natalie, had to introduce their children Jazdn, 10, and Ryker, seven, to the cartoon classic about a working-class family living in Bedrock during the Stone Age. “It was mandatory viewing for a couple of months,” laughed Moore. “It was a lot of fun all around.”

Moore said they wanted to do something to highlight the beauty of the wood in Red Deer. Moore’s company has been recycling wood for several years.

“Saving it from the landfill is obviously something we could do and something the kids could enjoy,” he said. “We could maybe teach them about where lumber and cool things like this come from.”

Black poplar trees that were taken down on 19th Avenue for the water/sewer pipeline project were used to build the car’s frame and canopy.

The car’s dash was built from the maple trees and the steering wheel from green ash trees from the Asooahum Centre project on Riverside Drive.

The front seat was built from an elm tree in Mountview and the backseat was built from a birch tree from a high school yard in Bentley.

The car took a couple days to build, with help from local businesses who donated time and supplies.

Moore hopes to donate the wooden car to the city for use in one of the community centres.

“The wood we have in the city is just awesome stuff,” he said.

The Westerner Days Parade kicks off today at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Red Deer. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Shredding allowed to resume at the Alberta legislature after review EDMONTON — Shredding of documents can resume in most Alberta government departments after a review found proper policies are in place.

Premier Rachel Notley called an immediate halt to shredding in all departments in May because of reports that documents were being illegally destroyed during the transition to power.

Opposition parties cried foul when bags and bags

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Trevor Tully, left, and Eva Marie Dragos, right, of Sedona, Ariz., kiss a bust of Clyde Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Tuesday. American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto at the observatory in 1930. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft got humanity’s first up-close look at Pluto on Tuesday, sending word of its triumph across 3 billion miles to scientists waiting breathlessly back home. Confirmation of mission success came 13 hours after the actual flyby and, after a day of both jubilation and tension, allowed the New Horizons team to finally celebrate in full force. “This is a tremendous moment in human history,” John Grunsfeld, NASA’s science mission chief, said at a news conference.

Alix crash victim honoured at vigil

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Close to 150 people gathered at Pigeon Lake Regional School to honour a teacher, coach, father, husband and victim of a deadly crash near Alix.

Colin Axelsen, 37, and his 10-month-old daughter were killed on Sunday morning around 11 a.m. at the intersection of Hwy 21 and 601.

Within 10 hours of the crash, a large group of students, staff and friends gathered at the school where Axelsen taught, Pigeon Lake Regional School, a Grade 7 to 12 school.

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because of its nature, he had to be “of good character,” in his role as an RCMP member. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Stacey Carmichael, director of programs for Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing, said the number of people using city shelters is down a bit, which always happens in the summer when some people prefer to camp.

“There’s camps all over the community. (Tent City) was just big and visible. Year round, there are people living outside in Red Deer,” Carmichael said.

She said some people camp because of problems associated with addictions. Others may do it because shelters or affordable housing can’t accommodate their pets. It’s also hard for couples to find a place where they can stay together.

Roxana Nielsen Stewart, community development supervisor with the city, said community agencies have been aware of those who prefer to sleep outdoors for a while.

“They were always welcome into the resources and housing programs within the city,” Nielsen Stewart said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

She said some of the people in Red Deer who have been ‘sleeping rough’ have been doing so for years and change would require figuring out what kind of housing they want that would work for them.

“From our perspective, we’ve been really successful doing outreach to people where they’re living rather than always assuming people will come to us.

I would suspect that would be part of what a solution would look like. Really it’s about innovation and about being able to provide really good communitybased service to folks,” Vanderschaeghe said.

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of shredded documents were seen being hauled away from the legislature after the Progressive Conservatives lost their 44-year hold on government to Notley’s NDP. A memo recently sent to government staff says a review found that departments were using sound practices and shredding could be resumed.

Shredding still isn’t allowed in the Environment and Parks Department.

That ministry is being investigated by the public interest commissioner and the privacy commissioner, because an anonymous whistleblower claimed

FIREARM: Personal weapon HOMELESSNESS: Camps all over the community Although he was a retired RCMP member and worked with the force in a civilian capacity, the firearm was his personal weapon.

Willms said his client co-operated fully with the police investigation in the immediate aftermath of the incident.

After the incident, he sought counselling for suicide survivors, ministerial counsel and other forms of support. The judge said that it was a positive step to do before probation ordered counselling.

The Crown and defence jointly submitted a sentencing application of a conditional discharge with nine months of probation.

Grieve agreed to go along with the sentencing application, saying Anholt had long employment and

Terry Pearson, Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools superintendent, confirmed on Tuesday that there has been a large-scale vigil by the community, which is reeling from the tragedy.

“One hundred and 50 people showed up to the school Sunday night and they opened up the school and had a candle-light vigil,” said Pearson. “It’s an example of the impact he had on the community.

That many people within less than 10 hours of the incident came out during the summer to that kind of spontaneous event.”

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Medicinal pot grow-op one step closer to reality

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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Tapping into the long-standing agricultural history of Olds, a medical marijuana company has its eyes on growing in the Central Alberta town.

Olds Town Council approved a first step towards allowing a large medicinal marijuana grow operation to set up shop in the community. That could mean an estimated 200 jobs, according Shawn Ripley of Sundial Growers.

Mayor Judy Dahl said on Tuesday that Olds town council approved a direct control rezoning bylaw, giving council development authority over the land.

“With the work they’ve done to date, I’m sure they will come forth with the

development application,” said Dahl.

“Council is the best authority to hear this type of an application.”

During Monday’s town council meeting, several people who told council they were in favour of the rezoning. No one showed up to oppose it.

With the amendment, Sundial Growers will still have to submit a development application to the town. Because the land is zoned direct control, council deals with approval as opposed to the municipal planning commission.

With two 10-acre sites in the Olds area, Sundial Growers is eyeing a 230,000-square-foot greenhouse to grow medical marijuana in Olds.

Ripley, who works with Sundial

Growers quality assurance, said the proposed facility would not be that large at first but would grow in stages.

Sundial Growers is licensed by Health Canada as a medical marijuana producer under the federal Marijuana Medical Access Regulations.

“Mould can be an issue when growing medical marijuana,” said Ripley.

“In Alberta, the dry conditions are beneficial to the growing process.”

Also a factor in the decision to set up in Olds was the agricultural tradition of the community and the expertise available.

Ripley said he has had great discussions with the town council. He said council has been open and willing to be educated on the medical marijuana industry.

At its June 22 meeting, council approved first reading of a land-use by-

Lacombe abandons plan to silence train whistles

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Train whistles will continue to blow through Lacombe.

On Monday, Lacombe city council said no to a $19,145 whistle cessation study that would assess the rail safety at the city’s two rail crossings.

Mayor Steve Christie said it didn’t make sense to spend the money on a report on something they already know — that the project would cost millions of dollars.

“We know the rough figures without breaking a sweat — it would be somewhere around $4 million to meet the safety criteria even to start whistle cessation,” he said.

The train whistle issue landed on

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council’s plate recently after two opposing groups circulated petitions for either keeping the whistles in place or silencing them.

An anti-whistle community group presented an informal petition with 20 signatures to council in May calling for a stop to the whistles and a reduction to train speeds.

While council will not go ahead with the study, Christie does not expect this to be the last of the issue.

“We know it affects some people differently,” he said. “We will continue to see what can be done. We know a $4-million capital expenditure isn’t in the books right now. We run a pretty tight fiscal ship here and we continue to make safety of the upmost importance.”

Christie said the city will continue to ensure proper warning signals and

crossing arms and lights are required to ensure crossings are safe.

If the city pursued whistle cessation, there would be requirements for new fencing on the east side of the rail right-of-way along Hwy 2A, and liability insurance.

The municipality would also be held responsible for ongoing maintenance costs for any crossing upgrades.

Council will forward the issue to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). Christie is a member of the FCM’s rail safety committee.

In recent years, both Ponoka and Blackfalds have also tried to quiet the whistles with no success.

Lacombe looked at the issue in the past but a committee recommended not pursuing it. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

ing on a Greyhound bus have dropped their lawsuit against the company.

Kayli Shaw and Debra Tucker were on the bus in central Manitoba in July 2008 when another passenger — Vince Li — attacked his seatmate.

Passengers fled and police surrounded the vehicle as Li cut up and cannibalized Tim McLean’s body.

Shaw and Tucker accused the company of not providing adequate security and of leaving them with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.

Greyhound denied the accusation and said it could not be sued under

Manitoba’s system of no-fault vehicle insurance.

Shaw, who is from London, and Tucker, who is from Port Colborne, have discontinued their lawsuit; however, Tim McLean’s family is still pursuing similar legal action.

Li was found not criminally responsible for the beheading and sent to a psychiatric institution. He was initially kept in a locked ward but has been granted more freedom.

His doctors say he suffered from schizophrenia and heard voices telling him to attack McLean.

that’s going to bring a lot of memories back,” said Pearson.

Axelsen’s wife, 10-year-old son and four-year-old son were also in the vehicle at the time of the crash. They were taken to hospital by ground ambulance. The four-year-old boy remains in hospital with serious, but non-lifethreatening injuries. The mother and 10-year-old boy were treated and released from hospital.

Bashaw RCMP said the investigation is ongoing and charges may be pending.

In a Monday news release, police said the mini-van carrying the Axelsen family was southbound, while an SUV was westbound also carrying five people.

All of the SUV occupants were taken to hospital. A 31-year-old woman

from the SUV remains in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

A Facebook group made in Axelsen’s memory on Monday already has more than 700 members.

law to rezone the proposed operation to direct control. The proposed location of the greenhouses is in on 48th Avenue south of 60th Street in Olds.

By making it a direct control, council can control development with the unique legal requirements a medical marijuana operation.

The bylaw also adds medical marijuana and medical marijuana facility definitions to direct control uses.

Before the public hearing, notices were circulated and no concerns about the bylaw amendment were forwarded from the Olds RCMP, town departments or the fire chief. Additionally, no responses were received from the 13 landowners near the proposed site.

There are about 25 licensed producers and more than 30,000 licensed users in Canada. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Evacuees urged to hang tight

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Thousands of fire evacuees in Saskatchewan are anxious to return home, but officials are urging them to be patient and ignore rumours.

Information circulating on social media has been a challenge over the past two weeks, as wildfires and smoke forced about 13,000 people from their homes in the north, said Karri Kempf with the social services ministry.

She said Tuesday that word about an evacuation order being lifted for Montreal Lake is incorrect.

“People start out with the best of intentions,” Kempf said.

“They want to spread the word, they want to check on their family, they want to give people reassurance of their home community. And the struggle is many of the people providing information may be getting that second- or third-hand or they may not be professionals capable of assessing the situation.”

Evacuees from Grandmother’s Bay reserve were allowed home on the weekend and, after improved road conditions, people from a few other communities not under evacuation have gone back.

A trust fund has been established for the family through the Servus Credit Union. You can donate to the Axelsen Family Donation Account. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Born in Red Deer, Axelsen taught science and physical education at the junior high level and physical education at the high school level. He also served as head coach of the senior girls basketball team.

The basketball team coached by Axelsen made provincials for the first time in 21 years.

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Striking the colours CONSIGNING A TATTERED AMERICAN SYMBOL TO HISTORY Deadly recent racially-charged tragedies in America have been seen to be in the shadow of a both despised — and revered — symbol.

Flags of the Confederacy — relics of a bygone, shameful but not forgotten era from American history — have been flying in the winds of controversy, reviled as the colours of hatred and bigotry.

DAVID We are not NAGY without flag flaps in Canada.

Fifty years ago, our Maple Leaf flag was raised for the first time, but only after an outcry from those who supported the Canadian Red Ensign flag.

Actually we have two national flags in Canada. Each province has its own flag — one being Quebec’s fleur-delis, which some Quebecers think of as

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their national symbol.

We sometimes see Quebec’s flag in the breeze in Alberta but with the usual Canadian politeness, no one seems to mind.

Controversy over the Confederate flag flared in June after the slayings of nine black worshippers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. The Confederate flag is no longer flying over Fort Sumter, S.C., where Southerners fired the first shots of the Civil War. Every day the flag continues to fly, emotions on both sides of the issue run higher.

The Confederate flag was first raised in the South Carolina House of Representatives chambers in 1938, but it was not raised over the Statehouse until 1962. It was meant to commemorate the Civil War centennial but some also saw it as a show of defiance as the civil rights movement demanded an end to racial segregation.

Opponents of the flag have called for years for its removal from Statehouse grounds and South Carolina lawmakers have finally moved toward taking it down.

Alabama’s governor, meanwhile, has issued an executive order removing four Confederate banners from a monument to secessionist soldiers outside that state’s capitol. Both of Mississippi’s Republican U.S. senators say the state should remove the Confederate battle emblem from its flag.

The anti-flag flap has sparked a backlash with which flag suppliers are familiar: It has re-energized a business that had flat lined.

Similar to other valley toy and hobby stores, Toy Shack in Las Vegas offers few products related to the Southern battle flag that was flown during the Civil War. But what’s left of these trinkets have suddenly become hot sellers. A symbol of America’s past is trivialized, at the cost of nine innocent lives.

The Canadian Red Ensign is not a big seller in Canada.

Supporters of the Confederate flag had two options: either be chased from the annals of history in defeat, or lower the colours on their own … stand down with their own historical recognition.

They could have lowered the flag, presented it to the authorities, and then marched away into history.

But authorities, not wanting to allow them to have the final hurrah, retired the Confederate flag with an official ceremony.

With thousands of South Carolinans in attendance and an honour guard of Highway Patrolmen acting as bearers, the symbol of the state’s Confederate past was officially removed from the legislative grounds. Even the flagpole from which it flew was taken down.

Perhaps as an acknowledgement of the South’s repressive past, the folded flag was presented to a state representative by a black patrol officer. The price of freedom was handed over by a descendent of the bigotry for which a Civil War was fought. There was no mob burning of that flag.

Instead South Carolina legislators, including the governor, who herself is a descendant of the Civil War president of the Confederate States and a longtime supporter of the flag, paid respects to the state’s past with dignity.

And it is dignity which South Carolinans and Americans must confront their past and move into their future.

David Nagy is a retired Advocate editor.

B.C.’s apocalypse of ash

BY MIKE ROBINSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE “Last Sunday when the ash was raining down and the temperature was 30 degrees, it felt like I was in Beijing!”

My neighbour down the beach made this comment to me as we talked about his new job on the landbased shell fish aquaculture project being constructed by a group of Chinese investors.

It was the summative comment of the week for me; a week that saw a series of wildfires explode dry forest tinder in the Pemberton-Whistler area, and Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast.

After two months of record dryness and temperatures, the forests finally caught fire, sending huge plumes of smoke and fly ash into the sky. The local media says that the Sechelt Fire was started at an old mine site by someone target shooting; the Pemberton Fire appears to have been started by a lightning strike.

In the end it doesn’t really matter, because the woods are so dry, sunlight refracting through a discarded beer bottle could start a blaze.

I drove up to Skelhp on the Sunshine Coast from Vancouver, after a weekend in Toronto attending a family wedding.

Hog town was full of tourists, high on summer freedom, beautiful weather and the pleasures of the urban scene. It’s been cooler and wetter than average in Toronto, and people are looking forward to a sustained period of heat. Many were aware of the drought now enveloping the Pacific Northwest, but no one was particularly concerned. It all seemed far away.

Returning to ‘far away’ was an interesting experience. The WestJet cabin crew on the direct flight to Vancouver didn’t say a word about what we were about to breathe in: an air quality advisory covering the entire lower mainland from Hope to Vancouver, from Whistler down the Sea to Sky highway and up the entire length of the Sunshine Coast. When we arrived over Vancouver, all that was visible outside the aircraft was a pall of sun-streaked yellow smoke. The final approach to the airport revealed nothing until we were about 150 metres above the runway.

While the worst ash and smoke had billowed through on Sunday, by Monday Vancouver was still covered in familiar shades of grey, but none of them were due to fog, mist or rain.

It was all about smoke. A faint smell of campfire in the air registered as soon as you left the air conditioned confines of the airport. When I got to my car

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in the short-term parking lot, it was sprinkled with white ash. The North Shore mountains were barely visible.

Remarkably, as I drove downtown, cyclists and a few runners were out inhaling small particle pollution as if it didn’t exist. Life pedalled on and no one wore a face mask. Sitting in the car with the windows rolled up, I began to experience a tightness in my chest. Our Olympic Village rental apartment was left with the windows shut, and thankfully it provided a cool oasis from the outside world. But it wasn’t enough.

Outside was barely tolerable. I knew that I had to leave Vancouver soon for cleaner air.

People in the shops, friends and family were glad that ‘the worst had passed.’ A fellow in the Urban Fare food store line-up said that, “Sunday was like the apocalypse! The air quality is much better today.” Comparatively perhaps, but compared to a lifetime experience of what is normal, it was godawful.

It struck me how humans try ever so hard in adverse conditions to put a good spin on awful.

Everything is going to be alright, we think. I am not so sure. The whole drought and fire combination now unravelling before us is at a minimum a precursor for what a world of greater heat portends.

On Tuesday afternoon I packed up to return up coast.

The entire five hour trip was driven and ferried through smoke, especially close to Sechelt. It only finally began to dissipate as I reached my home. As always, I celebrated the return by walking along the ancient shoreline trail. And how ironic that I meet my first environmental refugee at Skelhp, the place I have chosen to receive my human ashes. He has chosen Canada as his new home because of our environment.

“They burn so much coal in China, the pollution is terrible,” he says as we look upwards at a slowly bluing sky.

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OTTAWA — A Conservative MP is backtracking on her claim that Canada’s spy agency knew there was a bomb on an Air India plane that exploded in flight, killing 329 people.

In a late June speech at a Vancouver church, Tory MP Wai Young said the laws at the time prevented the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from telling the RCMP about the explosive device in 1985.

Young told the service at Harvest City Church that, as a result, the Mounties could not remove the bomb from Air India Flight 182.

She said the government’s recently enacted Bill C-51 remedied the problem by allowing greater information-sharing between agencies.

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“misspoke with regards to the investigation of the Air India bombing” in her speech at the service.

Young says she regrets the error.

A federal commission of inquiry into the Air India bombing did not conclude in its June 2010 report that CSIS knew there was a bomb on the plane.

Rather, it said government agencies had significant pieces of information that, taken Wai Young together, would have led a competent analyst to conclude that Flight 182 was at high risk of being bombed by

known Sikh terrorists in June 1985.

But Young presented a different version of events to churchgoers.

“CSIS knew, or heard, that there was a bomb on board this plane,” Young said, adding “strict laws” prevented agencies from sharing information at the time.

“I don’t know if you guys know that. Because they couldn’t share that information with the RCMP, the RCMP could not act to take that bomb off that plane,” Young said.

In her June 30 speech, first reported by the leftist Press Progress blog, Young likened Bill C-51 and other criminal justice legislation to the way Jesus “served and acted to always do the right thing, not the most popular thing.”

CSIS had no immediate comment.

TERRORISM TRIAL NDP launches double-barrelled offensive Undercover cop defends against Harper’s Conservatives

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OTTAWA — The federal NDP is going on a preelection offensive aimed at demonstrating it’s the party best positioned to defeat Stephen Harper’s Conservatives in the looming Oct. 19 election.

It’s starting this week with the electoral equivalent of an aerial bombardment — two new, pugnacious online ads detailing what New Democrats dub the record of corruption and mismanagement under Harper.

The paid ads are being targeted through social media at voters in ridings in Ontario and across the West that the NDP believes it can wrest away from the Conservatives.

And the party intends to follow up with a ground assault next week, sending Leader Tom Mulcair on an eight-day tour of some of the most fertile of those ridings in the crucial battleground of Ontario.

The tour is expected to include ridings in the Greater Toronto Area, southwestern Ontario and the northern Ontario riding of Kenora, where former provincial NDP leader Howard Hampton is taking on Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford.

The double-barrelled offensive is aimed at building on the party’s breakthrough success in the 2011 election by targeting some of the 106 ridings where the NDP finished second to the Tories. And it’s designed to leave voters fed up with the Harper regime in no doubt about which opposition party, buoyed by momentum in the polls, is taking the fight directly to the Conservatives.

The online ads, one in English, the other in French, are the most negative produced by the NDP since Mulcair became leader and come just two weeks after Mulcair vowed to eschew personal at-

tacks.

While he deemed “robust debate” comparing policies and track records to be within bounds, Mulcair said earlier this month: “The personal stuff — that’s just not my cup of tea. I don’t go down that street.”

Some of the targets in the latest ads might beg to differ.

To a soundtrack of ominous music, the ads show the faces of a series of Conservatives who’ve been charged, convicted or investigated for various offences, including chief fundraiser Irving Gerstein, former Harper adviser Bruce Carson, disgraced senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau, former cabinet minister Peter Penashue, former Conservative candidate Saulie Zajdel and Conservative campaign worker Michael Sona, the only person convicted for orchestrating misleading robocalls during the last election.

Each of the mug shots is stamped with the alleged crime perpetrated by the individual: illegal lobbying (Carson), breach of trust (Brazeau), misleading voters (Sona and Gerstein), bribery (Zajdel), misuse of funds for housing (Duffy) and so on.

The ads wrap up with devastating video footage of Harper’s former principal secretary and chief firefighter on ethical issues, Dean Del Mastro, shuffling in leg irons and handcuffs into a police vehicle after being sentenced last month for cheating on his campaign expenses in the 2008 election.

“Have you had enough? It’s time for change in Ottawa,” the English ad concludes.

confrontational tactics

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The head of an undercover terrorism investigation says he was unaware that a target of the operation feared death for not following through on a mission to blow up the British Columbia legislature, but that information would have been important.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Vaz Kassam testified he doesn’t recall being briefed about John Nuttall telling his wife that they’d be risking their lives by disobeying orders they believed were coming from al-Qaidaaffiliated operatives.

“Obviously they’d feel that they would have no choice in doing this operation,” Kassam said Tuesday. “Otherwise, they’d be killed.”

Last month, a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Nuttall and Amanda Korody guilty of terrorism-related charges, and their lawyers are now arguing that police entrapped the vulnerable couple.

Kassam took over as leader of the police sting a week before Nuttall and Korody were arrested on Canada Day in 2013 for plotting to detonate homemade pressure-cooker bombs in downtown Victoria.

On Tuesday, Kassam defended the RCMP’s use of confrontation to gauge how serious the pair was about carrying out a terrorist plot.

He described the technique as a “stimulating tactic” and said it was effective in flushing out a suspect’s true intentions and risk to public safety.

The confrontational incident in question took place on June 29, 2013, two days before the couple’s arrest.

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Don’t bank on it BIG BANKS MAY NOT FOLLOW BANK OF CANADA IF CENTRAL BANK CUTS RATE

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OTTAWA — Canada’s big banks may resist the urge to pass on to borrowers the full benefit if the Bank of Canada decides to reduce its key interest rate on Wednesday, a reluctance that could anger borrowers.

CIBC analyst Robert Sedran suggested a 25-basis-point cut in the central bank’s overnight rate could be followed by only a 10-basis-point reduc-

tion in the prime rate by the big banks.

“Either way, we would not expect an overnight rate cut to be met with a full reduction in bank prime rates,” Sedran wrote in a report Tuesday on the eve of the Bank of Canada announcement that is hotly anticipated this time around amid concerns the economy is in a recession.

If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates, it will be an effort to jumpstart the economy by making it cheaper for consumers and companies to borrow money.

But a cut by the central bank won’t automatically trigger a similar cut in the prime rate at the country’s big banks.

That rate is currently standing at 2.85 per cent. Moves in the prime rate affect variable rate mortgages as well as home equity lines of credit and other variable-rate forms of borrowing.

When the Bank of Canada unexpectedly cut the rate in January by a quarter of a percentage point, the big banks cut their prime rates by 0.15 -- but only after a week of hand-wringing about what to do.

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Thermal eye reveals problems

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Commercial vehicles operators beware — if your heat signature is showing, you could be pulled off the road.

That’s what happened in Red Deer last week when two days of safety checks by Red Deer RCMP and a number of partners resulted in 39 per cent of 92 inspected vehicles being pulled out of service, most temporarily.

One of those partners was Alberta Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, which was positioned ahead of the check stop, using thermal technology to scan commercial vehicles as they passed by. This would register a heat signature and show if brakes, wheel bearings or other mechanical parts were running hot. That could be a sign of trouble, such as poor maintenance.

Red Deer RCMP Sgt. Al Nickolson, in charge of the city traffic unit, said on Tuesday that the “thermal eye” also revealed problems like one tire being hotter on a vehicle, showing that it was going flat. Fire departments use the same technology to locate hot spots.

Nickolson said the number of vehicles pulled out of service was higher than normal but that was because they were looking at vehicles that were already showing potential problems.

When they don’t have the technology, they usually see between 25 and 30 per cent of the checked vehicles pulled off the road. The majority of commercial vehicles are back on the road within hours, though, because many of the violations can be fixed right away, with a mechanic being sent out by the company, for example. Violations might include someone with out-of-date registration, brakes not working or out of adjustment, broken springs, cracked frames or tire issues.

“The tire shop was pretty busy.”

Some vehicles were towed away, Nickolson.

The checks were set up on Hwy 11A near the Taylor Drive intersection and on 19th Street at 40th Avenue.

Of the vehicles checked, 37 per cent passed inspection and 24 per cent required attention. There were a total of 259 violations, ranging from mechanical to regulatory to dangerous goods (i.e. a plaque not being displayed properly or a load not secured properly). In total, there were 35 violation tickets issued.

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ABOVE: A pumpjack seen at sunset near in Cremona INSET: The Energy East pipeline proposed route is pictured as TransCanada officials speak during a news conference in Calgary, on Aug. 1, 2013.

Notley hopeful Quebec will warm to Energy East BU THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is hopeful Quebec will get behind the Energy East oil pipeline, provided her province does its part to fight climate change and protect the environment.

Notley and her Quebec counterpart, Philippe Couillard, had their first face-to-face meeting in Quebec City on Tuesday ahead of the annual premiers’ meeting in St. John’s, N.L., later this week. The two discussed Energy East and climate change policy.

“I think it’s fair to say that he understands that energy continues to be a key driver of economic prosperity, not just in Alberta, but across Canada and he acknowledged as well that pipelines are ultimately the best way to

move that product and that we needed to look at ways to enhance market access,” Notley said in a teleconference call following the meeting.

However, she said climate change is top of mind for Couillard. Energy East would ship more than a million barrels a day of oilsands crude, which has been derided in many quarters for its big carbon footprint.

Alberta recently toughened up its rules for large industrial emitters and doubled the province’s carbon price to $30 a tonne in 2017 for those that exceed their limit. Meanwhile, an expert panel is examining Alberta’s broader climate change policy.

“What I heard from him is that if we’re able to move forward on that in a meaningful and convincing way, that there’s more likelihood of Quebec being able to come to terms with it.”

Couillard has also raised concerns that Quebec will just be a transit point for Alberta crude on its way to international markets and won’t benefit economically.

Notley said Couillard’s caveats are reasonable.

“Those are the same standards we would look for in Alberta. So we’re going to continue to work with him and continue the dialogue and certainly advocate on behalf of the pipeline and I’m hopeful that we’ll get some good results ultimately.”

Notley’s approach to pipelines differs from that of her Progressive Conservative predecessors, who aggressively stumped for all pipeline proposals.

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Loonie drop is a reflection of economy “Derek, why is the Canadian Dollar respective economy accordingly. In so much less than the US Dollar?”

Canada, our central bank is referred to Since we typically use Canadian dol- as the Bank of Canada. As our economy lars on a day-to-day basis the change in begins to cool, the Bank of Canada may value compared to other currencies decrease interest rates to encourage should matter all that much. Howev- spending and business development. er, with that in mind many The intent here is ultimateof us travel, own properly to produce jobs which in ty outside of Canada, run turn should boost the econa company, or partake in omy. online shopping and the So thinking back to this value of our dollar is imtime last year, the Canadian portant. Compared to this economy was doing well and time last year, our loonie the price of oil was hovering has declined roughly 16% around $100. Compared to when compared to the US today, oil is closer to $50 and greenback. So what’s causthere have been a notable ing this? slow-down in the energy secTo understand the movetor. The decline in the price ment of our loonie we need of oil has a direct impact to DEREK to understand that in very our economy.

FUCHS simplistic terms, the valThe Bank of Canada with ue of a country’s currency this information in mind is a gauge of the health of decided to reduce interthe economy. Said another est rates. This rate cut ocway, our Canadian dollar curred in January which is lower because our economy isn’t brought our already faltering loonie performing near as well as the US from around 84 cents to 80 cents in economy. a matter of days. In very basic terms It’s also important to understand this signalled that the Bank of Canada that central banks have the ability to was worried about our economy which change interest rates to guide their pushed the value of our currency low-

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All of this has brought our dollar trading at less than 80 cents. On one side of the coin, this is good for companies that sell their goods in US dollars. Their production and labour costs are still in Canadian dollars, but their product sells for US, thus giving them a 20 cent per dollar advantage that they didn’t have the year prior. That said companies which import goods in US dollars to sell to Canadian consumers have either had to increase prices, or decrease profits, or both.

Furthermore, and where it is noticeable for many of us, that trip to Disneyland is now 16% more expensive as are all those goods we buy online and ship north to Canada. To a certain extent, this is also why the price at the pump is higher too. Generally speaking Canada buys all its fuel in US dollars, which in turn means lofty rates at the gas station. Looking ahead, I don’t expect this trend to change. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Canadian dollar decline to $0.75 or lower within the next 12-months. The US economy will likely continue to strengthen while our economy works through the issues with the price of oil among other challenges. In fact, another rate decrease may

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be right around the corner which won’t help the loonie.

With this knowledge in hand, if you have a trip upcoming you may consider buying US dollars sooner than later.

Otherwise you could postpone that trip south of the border and travel across Canada instead; there are many wonderful destinations within our borders and currency won’t be an issue.

From an investment standpoint, it may be prudent to hold more US dollars, although this would require a discussion in terms of your risk tolerance and investment goals.

While it’s difficult to predict the movement in currency a weakening economy tends to create downward pressure. With all this in mind, none of us have any control over how currency will move and as such the best we can do is plan accordingly.

Happy investing, Wealth Watch is written by Derek Fuchs, a wealth advisor with ScotiaMcLeod in Red Deer. It is provided for informational purposes only and any opinions contained in it are his own. Readers are urged to consult a wealth advisor for help with their personal investment circumstances. Fuchs can be contacted at derek. fuchs@scotiamcleod.com.

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PlentyOfFish reeled in by Match Group

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Users of online dating service PlentyOfFish won’t see much change despite the company’s sale to the New York-based Match Group, says PlentyOfFish founder Markus Frind.

The Match Group, owner of Match. com, OkCupid and Tinder, announced on Tuesday that it bought the Vancouver-based dating website for US$575 million in cash.

Frind said there was no individual reason he decided to sell the company, but the time seemed right.

“The company is growing extremely quickly; we’re at the top of the market,” he said in an interview. “I also have a daughter that’s now 10 months old. You start measuring your time in different increments.”

Frind said users of PlentyOfFish’s free matchmaking service will see little difference, though he will ap-

ply what the Match Group has learned over the past decade to the user experience on his own website.

“We’ll have access to more data and knowledge within the greater group,” he said.

In a news release, Sam Yagan, CEO of Match Group, says the company was attracted to PlentyOfFish’s consistent growth and added it plans to integrate the Canadian company’s mobile app into its existing family of digital and online dating services.

PlentyOfFish has steadily lured in people seeking everything from nostrings-attached hookups to marriage since Frind launched the company from his Vancouver apartment in 2003.

Frind, the sole owner of PlentyOfFish, says he’ll stay on as CEO and plans to concentrate on expanding the company’s mobile audience. Eighty per cent of PlentyOfFish’s traffic now comes from mobile devices.

In March of this year, PlentyOfFish

surpassed 100 million users, and the company employs more than 70 people at its downtown Vancouver office.

The Match brands and PlentyOfFish both generate revenue through a combination of advertising and paid subscription options.

PlentyOfFish, however, offers a free service that allows users to access features such as messaging and advanced search options that other sites put behind a paywall. The company generates most of its revenue through advertising.

The Match Group offers dating products through nearly 50 brands in 40 languages around the world, and says it has seven million new users per month.

IAC, the parent company of Match Group, owns a variety of media and Internet properties including the Princeton Review, Investopedia, Vimeo and the Daily Beast.

The Match Group says the deal is

subject to approval from the federal industry minister and is expected to close in the fall.

Statistics Canada says there are more than 14 million single Canadian adults, a huge market for online matchmakers. In 2011, a Leger Marketing survey found that 36 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 18 and 34 say they’ve participated in online dating.

Mark Berber, a psychiatrist and relationship expert who teaches at the University of Toronto, said that online dating has become an accepted part of modern-day romance.

But Berber cautions that the smorgasbord of options presented by online dating can lead to trouble.

“It’s like going into a candy store,” he said.

“Because we’ve got so much choice, there’s a risk you won’t give individual relationships the time to develop and blossom.”

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National Energy Board slaps Spectra safety order over gas plant issues The National Energy Board has issued a safety order against Spectra Energy in response to a variety of issues at the company’s natural gas processing plants. Between April 2014 and June 26 of this year, board inspectors found 27 instances of Spectra not following the rules at facilities in Alberta and British Columbia. NEB spokesman Darin Barter says the problems ranged from venting gas to product spills, but one of the biggest issues was Spectra not having the right trained staff on site. The order requires Spectra to file a report by the end of September outlining the root causes of what went wrong with its management system, among other things. In addition to the safety order, the NEB has also slapped Spectra with a total of more than $122,000 in penalties this year in relation to three different incidents.

Spectra spokesman Jesse Semko says the company will do what’s needed to meet the NEB’s requirements.

“This includes providing the NEB with the information it has requested and demonstrating that a systematic approach to management systems has been implemented,” Semko said in an emailed statement. “These steps will build on an ongoing commitment to improve all safety and environmental protection-related practices and to continue our progress towards moving to a zero incident workplace culture.”

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CUT: Wrath of Angry borrowers Mortgage broker Frank Napolitano said if the banks don’t pass on the full amount in the event that the Bank of Canada once again opts to cut its key interest rate, they will face the wrath of angry borrowers.

“With the pressure that was put on them in January, they have to give back the quarter point, they have to follow suit,” said Napolitano, managing partner at Mortgage Brokers Ottawa.

“I don’t know that there is going to be as much leniency this time around from consumers.”

Sedran noted the banks are trying to protect their margins by not passing on the full cut to their customers.

“A partial move would protect the sector’s current level of profitability, which is not the same as saying that the banks are taking advantage to protect a benefit they now have,” he said.

The central bank is expected to cut its outlook for economic growth this year from its April forecast of 1.9 per cent. But investors and economists are split on what the central bank has in store for its key interest rate.

The C.D. Howe’s monetary policy council recommended the Bank of Canada keep rates on hold, but the think-tank’s group of economists was

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Surveyor Bob Coady works in the middle of a tour of politicians at the construction site of the hydroelectric facility at Muskrat Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador on Tuesday. The project includes the construction of an 824 megawatt hydroelectric dam on the lower Churchill River in Labrador. not unanimous, with four of the 11 voting for a rate cut.

When the central bank cut the rate in January, it explained it was buying “insurance” for the economy in the face of falling oil prices.

The damage done by the drop in oil has been more punishing than many expected, and the economy contracted in each of the first four months of the year.

That’s spurred speculation that the country may have slipped into recession in the first half of the year.

However, most economists predict the economy will rebound in the second half the year, adding clout to arguments that the Bank of Canada should keep rates on hold.

“A dovish bias has merit, but it is likely premature to give up on the rebound story and court the substantial risks associated with further rate cuts,” Scotiabank economist Derek Holt wrote.

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The commercial vehicle inspections are done in the city twice a year with safety being the main focus.

“If we’re not out there checking who knows what you’ll see out there.

With Westerner Days starting today, more of the traffic safety unit’s resources will be focusing on impaired drivers, always their No. 1 target because that’s where they often see death and injury, Nickolson said. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

NOTLEY: Won’t lobby While Notley is in favour of Energy East and Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion to the Vancouver area, she has said her government won’t

lobby for the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States or Enbridge’s Northern Gateway proposal across northern British Columbia.

Greenpeace campaigner Patrick Bonin said Notley and Couillard are “in denial” if they think they can protect the climate while giving the goahead to oilsands pipelines.

“The premiers should be thinking about more ways to keep the oilsands in the ground and speed the transition to renewable energy sources rather than how to dig ourselves a deeper problem.”

If it proceeds, TransCanada’s (TSX:TRP) $12-billion Energy East pipeline would carry Alberta crude as far as Saint John, N.B., with the goal of feeding Canadian refineries as well as overseas customers.

A planned export terminal in Cacouna, Que., has been scrapped due to concerns over beluga whale habitat.

TransCanada is now examining alternatives.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 134.67 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.60 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.19 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.13 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.98 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.15 Cdn. National Railway . . 74.67 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 199.48 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.89 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.65 Cervus Equipment Corp 15.91 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.04 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 58.20 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.01 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.36 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.77 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 24.50 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.56 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 44.01 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 37.50 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.35 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 9.56 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 50.67 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 132.37 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.25 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.70 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.05 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets continued their recent advance Tuesday on the strength of positive news from abroad, but at a more measured pace than the previous two sessions.

The S&P/TSX composite index rose 66.18 points to 14,599.40 after a more than 250-point surge over the prior two trading days as markets cheered a deal between cashstrapped Greece and its creditors.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 75.90 points at 18,053.58 after having soared more than 425 points over the same period. The Nasdaq jumped 33.38 points to 5,104.89, while the S&P 500 advanced 9.35 points to 2,108.95.

On commodity markets, the August crude contract recovered from early losses to rise 84 cents to US$53.04 a barrel despite a deal with Iran over its nuclear program. The deal could eventually result in oil from the big Middle East producer flooding onto an already saturated market.

Norman Raschkowan, senior partner at Sage Road Advisory, said the lack of a dampening effect on oil prices was likely due in part to the fact that it will take time for Iranian oil to affect markets. “But I think perhaps the initial response was also that with that (the nuclear agreement) getting resolved and with China perhaps stabilizing, maybe the outlook for global growth is a little better than people were expecting last week,� he said.

Elsewhere in commodities, August natural gas fell more than two cents to US$2.84 per thousand cubic feet, while August gold gave back $1.90 to

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.93 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.83 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.79 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.63 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 12.59 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.65 First Quantum Minerals . 16.02 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.64 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.08 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.64 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.97 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.21 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.77 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 12.03 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 21.55 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.78 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 61.13 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.50 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 28.44 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.38 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.96 Canyon Services Group. . 5.56 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.61 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2400 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 12.74 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.15 US$1,153.5 an ounce.

Besides the deal with Iran, traders were also continuing to keep an eye on the situation in Greece where the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras introduced legislation in parliament containing austerity measures that are expected to face spirited opposition. “I think people have assumed, and the markets if you look at their response, are certainly assuming, that he is going to be successful,� Raschkowan said. “There is certainly no guarantee of that and the risk would be that he faces a revolt and is forced to call an election or something like that and the whole process gets bogged down again.�

In other economic news, the loonie was unchanged at 78.49 U.S. cents in advance of Wednesday’s interest rate announcement by the Bank of Canada. There has been widespread speculation the central bank will lower its trend-setting policy rate as a result of a continuing slowdown in the economy.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,599.40, up 66.18 points Dow — 18,053.58, up 75.90 points S&P 500 — 2,108.95, up 9.35 points Nasdaq — 5,104.89, up 33.38 points Currencies: Cdn — 78.49 cents US, unchanged Pound — C$1.9920, up 1.88 cent

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 83.11 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.56 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.77 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 23.37 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 47.15 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.86 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.07 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.72 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.05 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.23 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 3.91 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 49.30 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2550 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 74.39 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.79 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.09 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 26.39 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.80 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 40.27 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 91.96 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.30 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.46 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.90 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.90 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.35 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.16 File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Euro — C$1.4020, up 0.09 of a cent Euro — US$1.1005, up 0.07 of a cent Oil futures: US$53.04 per barrel, up 84 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,153.50 per oz., down $1.90 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.384 oz., down 10.5 cents $655.35 kg., down $3.37 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’15 $8.20 lower $531.80; Nov ’15 $6.30 lower $525.70; Jan. ’16 $6.30 lower $525.60; March ’16 $6.40 lower $522.60; May ’16 $6.40 lower $517.60; July ’16 $6.40 lower $511.60; Nov. ’16 $6.20 lower $471.80; Jan. ’17 $6.20 lower $472.90; March ’17 $6.20 lower $474.60; May ’17 $6.20 lower $474.60; July ’17 $6.20 lower $474.60.

Barley (Western): July ’15 unchanged $218.40; Oct. ’15 unchanged $218.40; Dec. ’15 unchanged $220.40; March ’16 unchanged $222.40; May ’16 unchanged $223.40; July ’16 unchanged $223.40; Oct. ’16 unchanged $223.40; Dec. ’16 unchanged $223.40; March ’17 unchanged $223.40; May ’17 unchanged $223.40; July ’17 unchanged $223.40.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 292,280 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 292,280.

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Telus selling Blacks.ca online photo finishing business to Montreal-based company MONTREAL — Telus Corp. (TSX:T) has agreed to sell the Blacks.ca website and related app business to a Montreal-based company that sells photo prints, calendars, posters and similar products. Telus said customers would be able to continue to use the website and app without interruption.

As well, prepaid Blacks print cards will be honoured and a small number of Blacks employees would be transferred to the buyer, Les Pros de la Pho-

A worker pulls a trolley with peppers at the central fresh fruit and vegetable market in Athens earlier this month. The country’s economy is on its knees after weeks of political brinkmanship, uncertainty and bank closures battered companies and brought everyday business to a standstill. And new economic measures meant to secure the bailout are forecast to put the country, which has just emerged from six years of economic crisis, back into recession.

Telus didn’t disclosed the terms of sale, but said the deal is set to close Aug. 4.

The company announced in June that the unprofitable Blacks retail operation would close all 59 stores by early August. “We look forward to seeing the business grow under the new ownership,�

Telus said Tuesday in a brief emailed statement. “Although we would have preferred to sell the entire business, we’re nonetheless pleased that the 85 year-old brand will live on and continue to operate under Blacks.ca name.

The Vancouver-based telecom company has owned the formerly independent photo and camera retailer since September 2009, when it paid $28 million for Blacks.

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Toronto, Vancouver see big housing sales growth

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Figures from Royal LePage suggest that Toronto had the hottest real estate market in the country during the second quarter, with double-digit increases in all types of housing. The Vancouver market was also strong with double-digit price increases for two-storey homes and detached bungalows, although condo prices were up a more moderate six per cent. But prices were down for some types of residential property in Montreal, Calgary and Winnipeg.

Royal LePage says other major markets across the country saw moderate increases or flat prices for most types of housing during the quarter, including Halifax, Fredericton, Ottawa and Edmonton. The national average price of a bungalow was up 7.5 per cent from last year at $438,938, the average price for two-storey detached houses rose 6.8 per cent to $471,002 and the average condo price was $268,583, up 3.9 per cent. Royal LePage released its quarterly report a day before the Bank of Canada’s latest interest rate announcement and an updated outlook for eco-

Couche-Tard has best quarterly performance in U.S. since 2008

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard capped the 2015 fiscal year with the strongest performance by its large U.S. operations since the 2008 financial crisis.

The owner of Mac’s and CoucheTard convenience stores in Canada and Circle K stores throughout the United States says its quarterly dividend will rise by 22 per cent to 5.5 cents Canadian starting with the Aug. 6 payment to shareholders.

It also reported Tuesday that its core profit for the fourth quarter ended April 26, excluding one-time items and currency fluctuations, increased 15 per cent over the comparable period last year.

The Quebec-based multinational — which reports its results in U.S. currency — said its adjusted profit was

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nomic growth. There has been some speculation that Canada’s central bank could lower its trend-setting short-term rate to stimulate the economy, as it did unexpectedly in January to offset the impact from a decline in oil prices that accelerated in November. However, Royal LePage said a further decline in lending rates wasn’t needed to boost the real estate market. “With most Canadian real estate markets across the country advancing modestly, and some rapidly, Royal LePage advises that a further interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada could over-stimulate markets such as greater Toronto and Vancouver.�

It also said a decline in prices for some types of properties in some local markets has increased buyer interest.

Dominic St-Pierre, director for Royal LePage’s Quebec region, said “the market has become more favourable for buyers and has seen a boost in sales volumes, supported by more competitive prices.�

Ted Zaharko, a Royal LePage broker in Calgary, said local prices have moderated only slightly despite the oil shock and election of a new provincial government.

$142 million or 25 cents per share for the 12-week period.

That was one cent shy of analyst forecasts but up from $123 million or 22 cents per share in last year’s fourth quarter. “Our performance in the fourth quarter was a great way to end what we believe was an exceptional fiscal year,� CEO Brian Hannasch said in a conference call.

For the full year, Couche-Tard’s net profit increased 15 per cent to $933.5 million or $1.64 per diluted share. Adjusted profits were up 33.4 per cent to $1.02 billion or $1.80 per share. Revenues decreased nine per cent to $34.5 billion.

Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD.B) says lower gas prices drove an increase in fuel sales across its network while an enhanced food offering and growth in its own brand of products drove customers into stores, especially in the U.S.

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American League advantage TROUT LEADS AL TO ALL STAR WIN OVER NL FOR HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE IN WORLD SERIES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS American League 6 National League 3 CINCINNATI — Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball’s new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats walked off the field.

Trout became the first player in 38 years to homer leading off an All-Star Game, then became the first player to take home the Midsummer Classic’s MVP award two years in row.

A new-look All-Star Game finished with the same old result. The AL beat the NL 6-3 Tuesday night and will open the World Series at home for the 10th time in 13 years.

“It’s obviously a humbling honour with the MVPs,” Trout said in his usual understated, aw-shucks manner.

After Trout completed a career AllStar cycle in just his fifth big league season, Prince Fielder delivered. He drove in two runs, sending Trout blazing home ahead of Joc Pederson’s throw with the run off Clayton Kershaw that put the AL ahead for good.

In an age of dominant pitching, Felix Hernandez, winner David Price, Zach Britton, Dellin Betances and Wade Davis took scoreless turns in the AL’s third win a row.

Playing on the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels, Trout could add an even bigger honour this fall — his first World Series ring.

“He can do anything that anybody can do on a baseball field,” AL manager Ned Yost said. “He can hit with power. He can run. He can drive the gap. He’s a great defender. He’s just special. When you look at Mike, you don’t look at a 23-year-old. You look at a guy that is one of the best baseball players on this planet.”

A season after the retirement of Derek Jeter dropped the curtain on the turn-of-century greats, Trout was among six starting position players under 25 — the most since 1965. At last year’s game in Minneapolis, he hit a tiebreaking triple and later a go-ahead double.

This time Trout sent Zack Greinke’s fourth pitch, a 94 mph fastball on the outer half of the plate, over the wall in right next to the visiting bullpen for an opposite-field homer.

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American League’s Mike Trout, of the Los Angeles Angels, hits a home run during the first inning of the MLB All-Star baseball game, Tuesday, in Cincinnati.

Winner of his first season AL MVP award in 2014, the centre fielder joined Willie Mays, Steve Garvey, Gary Carter and Cal Ripken, Jr. as the only twotime All-Star MVPs. Stars old and young gathered in one of baseball’s most traditional towns.

The Reds became baseball’s first professional team in 1869, and players wore caps with horizontal stripes in an attempt at a 19th century feel.

Pete Rose, Cincinnati’s hometown hero and baseball’s banned career hits leader, was given an 80-second ovation when he walked onto the field before the game to join Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Barry Larkin, elected by fans as the Reds’ greatest players.

Wearing a red jacket and tie and walking stiffly, the now 74-year-old Charlie Hustle was applauded as soon as his image appeared on the video boards, even before he emerged from the AL dugout.

And in the first All-Star Game at Great American Ballpark, which opened in 2003, fans got to see some

great ballplayers.

Bench, changed into a blue jacket, returned with Hank Aaron, Mays and Sandy Koufax, voted baseball’s great living players by fans as part of the promotion. In a sentimental yet stunning reminder of generational change, Aaron, 81, and Morgan, 71, needed canes to reach the infield, and Mays, 84, was aided on and off the field by an assistant.

“Growing up, I didn’t get to see them play that much,” Trout said. “But looking up, seeing highlights of all the Hall of Famers, it’s something I really look forward to looking at and I’m learning more about them, just how great they played in every respect of the game.”

Above the field, new Commissioner Rob Manfred watched from a luxury suite, the first All-Star Game not presided over by Bud Selig since 1992.

Many players of the new generation love bling in a manner that puzzles the old guard: Posey wore a gold-colored helmet behind the plate, looking a bit like the Great Gazoo or a Praetorian

Guard, accessorizing with a chest protector, shin guards and cleats all with gold-colored trim. Baltimore’s Adam Jones was shod in bright orange cleats, and Kansas City’s Lorenzo Cain and Washington’s Bryce Harper donned golden spikes.

Trout, a Generation Y star with a baby boomer work ethic, completed a unique cycle on a clear evening that followed a heavy afternoon downpour.

He singled in his All-Star debut in 2012, doubled to open 2013 game and tripled in the first inning last year.

He was just the ninth player to hit for an All-Star cycle in his entire career, joining an illustrious list that includes Hall of Famers Ted Williams, Roberto Clemente, Ernie Banks, George Brett, Mike Schmidt and Mays. Fielder later became the 10th.

No one had homered leading off an All-Star Game since 1977 at old Yankee Stadium, when Morgan connected off Jim Palmer. Greinke, coming off five scoreless outings, had not allowed a run since June 13.

Graves leads Riggers over Tigers

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Riggers 9 Tigers 3 Aaron Graves looked like he’d never been away.

After playing a pair of recent road games with the Red Deer Riggers following a four-year absence from the Sunburst Baseball League team, Graves made his 2015 home-field debut Tuesday night at Great Chief Park and did so in grand fashion.

The Lacombe native went three-forfour at the plate with a solo homer and two singles and made a diving catch in right field to seal the final out in a 9-3 Riggers victory over the St. Albert Tigers. And so what kept Graves busy during his rather lengthy hiatus?

“Being a dad,” he replied. “I’ve retired a few times over the years and I think you come back a little hungrier each time. This is a good team and I’m just glad to be a part of it and help out wherever I can, in whatever role.

“It’s been a long four years but it feels pretty good.”

Graves was attending a recent golf

event with a handful of Riggers players when it was mentioned that the team was in need of another body.

“I jokingly said that I feel pretty good and it translated into a practice the next day and now a few games,” he said. “My wife’s not overly excited about the whole thing, but you know what, you should do it while you can because you miss it when it’s gone.

“This might be my last hurrah and this is a great group of guys.”

The Riggers trailed 3-2 when catcher Curtis Mazurkewich approached the plate in the sixth inning and cracked a two-run shot over the right-field fence.

From there, the hosts exploded for five runs in the seventh frame, with Jason Louis contributing an RBI single, Kerry Boon smashing a three-run homer to left field and Graves singling home Mazurkewich.

Jaret Chatwood doubled and scored Red Deer’s first run in the fourth inning and Graves hit a solo shot in the fifth.

The Riggers improved to 9-7 with the win and moved into a tie for first place with the Sherwood Park Athletics. St. Albert fell to 8-8.

“This is a big win,” said Graves. “We needed this because the league is tight.

This is a change to when I used to play in that the league means a lot more now in terms of provincial weighting.

Everyone came to play tonight, it was good to see.”

Josh Edwards worked the first six innings on the Riggers’ mound, giving up three runs on six hits — including a solo homer by Taylor Wiebe — while recording nine strikeouts. Dustin Northcott blanked the Tigers over the final three frames, surrendering just a single hit.

St. Albert starting pitcher Craig

Tomas was chased in the seventh inning and reliever Brad Macuch gave up a single run before being replaced

by Wiebe, who worked the eighth. Wiebe gave up a double to Chatwood in a scoreless inning.

Northcott surrendered a lead-off single to open the ninth frame, but then fanned the next two batters and watched as Graves went full out for the final out.

“Might as well wrap it up proper,” said Graves, in reference to his defensive play. “It was a fun game to be a part of. I’m just glad to be back.” ● The Riggers kick off their own tournament Friday with a 7:30 p.m. contest against the Tigers.

The Edmonton Confederation Park Cubs meet Sherwood Park at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday and the Calgary Cardinals and Tigers follow at noon. From there, the Athletics and Calgary Wolfpack clash at 2:30 p.m., the Cubs and Wolfpack battle at 5 p.m. and the Riggers and Cardinals meet at 7:30 p.m.

The semifinals are set for noon and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, to be followed by the championship game at 5 p.m. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Canadians win eight medals in the water at Pan Am Games

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A large contingent of family and friends braved the rain to watch local rower Carling Zeeman dominate the competition.

Zeeman won the women’s single sculls race at the Pan American Games on Tuesday, finishing more than seven seconds ahead of her closest competitor.

“It’s kind of a special moment for me,” she said. “And it really touches me that everyone is coming out to watch. It is a rainy day but it’s certainly not dampening any spirits at the finish line. The momentum they have going down there is just, it’s unbelievable. I love it. It just adds to the fun of racing.”

That win set the stage for another huge day for Canadian rowers at the Royal Henley course in St. Catharines,

Ont. Canada won three rowing gold medals to increase its total to seven — five golds and two bronze — with one more day of racing to go.

It was also another multi-medal day for Canada’s paddlers competing a few kilometres down the highway at the Welland Flatwater Centre.

The host country’s canoeists and kayakers won five medals Tuesday, including two gold, giving them 10 overall in sprint events.

Zeeman, from nearby Cambridge, Ont., kicked things off for the rowers, winning the women’s sculls in seven minutes 30.86 seconds, easily outdistancing Katherine McFetridge of the United States.

“It was my plan to go out hard and stay out in front,” she said.

That victory was followed with a gold medal in the women’s lightweight double sculls by Victoria’s Liz Fenje and Katherine Sauks of Owen Sound,

Ont. Fenje and Sauks won with a time of 6:57.23.

The held off a late charge from the Cubans, who took silver in 7:00.36.

“We actually didn’t have the greatest first couple of strokes in our race, but suddenly we just locked into it and felt ourselves pulling away,” said Sauks.

Canada finished the day of racing by winning the men’s quad sculls.

Matthew Buie of Duntroon, Ont., Julien Bahain of Sherbrooke, Que., Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C. and Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont., also led the race and won with a time of 5:42.22 seconds.

“Going out right off the start we wanted to get a solid lead because we knew once we came down here (the midway at Henley Island) it could get pretty rough and it’s really hard to come back from behind in this rough water,” Buie said.

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In Welland, Mark de Jonge of Halifax and Laurence Vincent Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Que., led the medal rush with golds.

De Jonge captured gold in the K-1 200 metres, and has his sights set on the top of the medal podium at next year’s Rio Olympics.

“We were training pretty hard last week and didn’t have that taper going into this as much as we would for worlds,” de Jonge said. “But you just have to deal with it, the long-term goal is qualifying for the Olympics, and ultimately win a gold medal at the Olympics.”

Vincent Lapointe dominated the women’s C-1 200 in the event’s Pan Am Games debut, roaring to gold by a margin of more than two seconds.

“I was tired at the end, but I said to myself, ’This is the Pan Am (Games), I can’t give up,” she said. “I gave my all for Canada.”

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SCOREBOARD Baseball

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

GB — 4 1/2 9 11 11

Los Angeles Houston Texas Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 48 40 .545 49 42 .538 42 46 .477 41 48 .461 41 50 .451

GB — 1/2 6 7 1/2 8 1/2

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 48 39 .552 47 42 .528 42 47 .472 38 51 .427 29 62 .319

GB — 2 7 11 21

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 56 33 .629 53 35 .602 47 40 .540 39 47 .453 38 52 .422

GB — 2 1/2 8 15 1/2 18 1/2

West Division W L Pct 51 39 .567 46 43 .517 42 45 .483 41 49 .456 39 49 .443

GB — 4 1/2 7 1/2 10 11

Tuesday’s Games AL All-Stars 6, NL All-Stars 3 Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Thursday’s Games No games scheduled

HOME RUNS Pujols, LAA Trout, LAA J. Martinez, DET Teixeira, NYY Donaldson, TOR Cruz, SEA Dozier, MIN Machado, BAL Valbuena, HOU H. Ramirez, BOS Davis, BAL

26 26 25 22 21 21 19 19 19 19 19

RUNS BATTED IN Teixeira, NYY K. Morales, K-C Donaldson, TOR Bautista, TOR J. Martinez, DET Vogt, OAK Pujols, LAA Trout, LAA McCann, NYY Gattis, HOU Fielder, TEX Encarnacion, TOR Cabrera, DET

62 61 60 60 59 56 56 55 55 54 54 54 54

STOLEN BASES Altuve, HOU Cain, K-C Burns, OAK Gardner, NYY Springer, HOU Gose, DET DeShields, TEX Davis, DET Reyes, TOR Ellsbury, NYY

25 17 17 15 14 14 14 14 14 14

H 97 114 112 92 80 101 101 86 96 82

BA .350 .339 .323 .316 .314 .312 .308 .306 .304 .303

McCutchen, PIT Gonzalez, LAD Crawford, S-F Lind, MIL

56 55 52 52

DOUBLES Kipnis, CLE Cespedes, DET Dozier, MIN Brantley, CLE K. Morales, K-C Cano, SEA Betts, BOS Donaldson, TOR Plouffe, MIN Gardner, NYY

27 27 26 24 23 23 22 22 22 22

STOLEN BASES Hamilton, CIN Gordon, MIA Blackmon, COL Revere, PHL Pollock, ARI Polanco, PIT Upton, S-D Goldschmidt, ARI Marte, PIT Maybin, ATL

44 33 23 21 19 17 17 16 16 15

TRIPLES Kiermaier, T-B Eaton, CHW Davis, DET Kipnis, CLE Betts, BOS De Aza, BOS DeShields, TEX D. Santana, MIN Orlando, K-C Burns, OAK

9 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5

WON-LOST Keuchel, HOU Hernandez, SEA Gray, OAK Buehrle, TOR Carrasco, CLE Price, DET Eovaldi, NYY McHugh, HOU Pineda, NYY Richards, LAA Archer, T-B

11-4 11-5 10-3 10-5 10-7 9-2 9-2 9-5 9-5 9-6 9-6

SAVES Perkins, MIN Street, LAA Boxberger, T-B Britton, BAL Uehara, BOS Soria, DET Allen, CLE Robertson, CHW Holland, K-C Miller, NYY Gregerson, HOU

28 24 23 23 22 20 19 19 19 18 18

STRIKEOUTS Sale, CHW Kluber, CLE Archer, T-B Carrasco, CLE Salazar, CLE Price, DET Keuchel, HOU Hernandez, SEA Pineda, NYY Gray, OAK

157 154 147 122 116 115 114 112 111 108

COMPLETE GAMES Buehrle, TOR Keuchel, HOU Price, DET Hernandez, SEA Montgomery, SEA 20 tied

4 3 3 2 2 1

SHUTOUTS Hernandez, SEA Montgomery, SEA Keuchel, HOU Weaver, LAA Samardzija, CHW Gonzalez, TEX Gray, OAK Hutchison, TOR Hahn, OAK Danks, CHW Sanchez, DET Buehrle, TOR Price, DET

2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

National League Leaders BATTING G AB Goldschmidt, ARI 87 315 Harper, WAS 81 277 Gordon, MIA 84 361 Escobar, WAS 78 302 Aoki, S-F 67 262 Posey, S-F 83 303 Tulowitzki, COL 79 294 LeMahieu, COL 84 315 Parra, MIL 87 278 Panik, S-F 85 328 HOME RUNS Stanton, MIA Harper, WAS Frazier, CIN Arenado, COL Goldschmidt, ARI Pederson, LAD Gonzalez, LAD Braun, MIL Rizzo, CHC Howard, PHL Lind, MIL Votto, CIN

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE Cabrera, DET .456 Trout, LAA .405 Fielder, TEX .403 Kipnis, CLE .401 Gordon, K-C .394 Rodriguez, NYY .382 Bautista, TOR .381 Holt, BOS .379 Gardner, NYY .377 Vogt, OAK .374 BASES ON BALLS Bautista, TOR Santana, CLE Cabrera, DET Rodriguez, NYY Teixeira, NYY Carter, HOU Trout, LAA

43 42 42

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE Harper, WAS .464 Goldschmidt, ARI .455 Rizzo, CHC .413 McCutchen, PIT .392 Votto, CIN .392 Aoki, S-F .383 Posey, S-F .381 Markakis, ATL .381 Bryant, CHC .376 Lind, MIL .375

EARNED RUN AVERAGE Gray, OAK 2.04 Keuchel, HOU 2.23 Santiago, LAA 2.33 Price, DET 2.38 Kazmir, OAK 2.49 Gallardo, TEX 2.62 Sale, CHW 2.72 Archer, T-B 2.74 Chen, BAL 2.78 Jimenez, BAL 2.81

Monday’s Games No games scheduled

R 43 42 59 54 19 68 44 34 39 38

Ortiz, BOS Springer, HOU Kipnis, CLE

RUNS BATTED IN Goldschmidt, ARI Arenado, COL Stanton, MIA Harper, WAS Posey, S-F Frazier, CIN Braun, MIL

66 58 53 46 46 44 44

BASES ON BALLS Goldschmidt, ARI 68 Harper, WAS 63 Pederson, LAD 58 Votto, CIN 57 Carpenter, STL 49 McCutchen, PIT 46 Bryant, CHC 46 Markakis, ATL 45 Granderson, NYM 45 Rizzo, CHC 45 DOUBLES Frazier, CIN Rizzo, CHC McCutchen, PIT Belt, S-F Gonzalez, LAD Duda, NYM Arenado, COL Walker, PIT Harper, WAS Carpenter, STL Parra, MIL Panik, S-F

26 24 24 24 23 22 22 21 21 21 21 21

TRIPLES Grichuk, STL Revere, PHL Blackmon, COL Lagares, NYM Fowler, CHC Duffy, S-F Crawford, S-F Peralta, ARI Ethier, LAD Realmuto, MIA Bryant, CHC Gordon, MIA

6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

EARNED RUN AVERAGE Greinke, LAD 1.39 Burnett, PIT 2.11 Scherzer, WAS 2.11 deGrom, NYM 2.14 Cole, PIT 2.30 Miller, ATL 2.38 Martinez, STL 2.52 Arrieta, CHC 2.66 Cueto, CIN 2.73 Kershaw, LAD 2.85 WON-LOST Cole, PIT 13-3 Martinez, STL 10-3 Wacha, STL 10-3 Arrieta, CHC 10-5 Scherzer, WAS 10-7 Bumgarner, S-F 9-5 Heston, S-F 9-5 deGrom, NYM 9-6 Colon, NYM 9-7 Greinke, LAD 8-2 Zimmermann, WAS8-5 Harvey, NYM 8-6

R 60 59 46 41 33 46 44 45 41 47

H 107 94 122 97 83 95 92 98 86 101

27 26 25 24 21 20 18 16 16 15 15 15 70 70 67 61 58 57 56

BA .340 .339 .338 .321 .317 .314 .313 .311 .309 .308

SAVES Melancon, PIT Storen, WAS Familia, NYM Rosenthal, STL Grilli, ATL Casilla, S-F Kimbrel, S-D Rodriguez, MIL Chapman, CIN Jansen, LAD Axford, COL

29 27 27 26 24 23 23 19 18 16 16

STRIKEOUTS Kershaw, LAD Scherzer, WAS Shields, S-D Liriano, PIT Hamels, PHL Arrieta, CHC Bumgarner, S-F Ross, S-D Cole, PIT Cueto, CIN Martinez, STL

160 150 131 125 123 123 121 118 116 113 113

COMPLETE GAMES Scherzer, WAS 3 Arrieta, CHC 2 Miller, ATL 2 Heston, S-F 2 12 tied 1 SHUTOUTS Miller, ATL Scherzer, WAS Hendricks, CHC Collmenter, ARI Heston, S-F Kershaw, LAD Cueto, CIN Arrieta, CHC

2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

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GP 3 3 3 3

GOLD CUP GROUP STAGE GROUP A W D L GF 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 2

GA 2 2 3 4

Pts 7 4 3 1

Tuesday, July 7 Frisco, Texas Panama 1, Haiti 1 Wednesday, July 8 Frisco, Texas United States 2, Honduras 1 Friday, July 10 Foxborough, Massachusetts Honduras 1, Panama 1 Saturday, July 11 Foxborough, Massachusetts United States 1, Haiti 0 Monday, July 13 Kansas City, Kansas Haiti 1, Honduras 0 Tuesday, July 14 Kansas City, Kansas Panama 1, United States 1

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GP 3 3 3 3

W 2 0 0 0

GROUP B D L GF 1 0 4 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 0

GA 2 3 2 1

Pts 7 3 2 2

Thursday, July 9 Carson, California Costa Rica 2, Jamaica 2

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● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner track. ● Parkland baseball: Rocky Mountain House Red Dogs at Innisfail Indians, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at Printing Place Padres, Lacombe Stone and Granite at Canadian Brewhouse Rays, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Friday

● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors

● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers tournament at Great Chief Park. ● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner track.

Sunday ● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers tournament at Great Chief Park. ● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 2:30 p.m., Westerner track. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer Razorbacks at Lacombe Dodgers, 7 p.m.

Football Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal

GP 3 3 2 3

CFL East Division W L T 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0

PF 88 64 75 68

PA 76 78 50 56

Pt 4 4 2 2

Calgary Winnipeg Edmonton B.C. Saskatchewan

GP 3 3 2 2 3

West Division W L T 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0

PF 60 81 57 51 98

PA 72 101 43 59 107

Pt 4 4 2 2 0

WEEK FOUR Bye: Toronto Thursday’s game Hamilton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Friday’s games Edmonton at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

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

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

WEEK FIVE Bye: Montreal Friday, July 24 Calgary at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

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

Saturday, July 25

Winnipeg at Edmonton, 5 p.m.

Sunday, July 26 Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders x—scored two-point convert TD C FG S Pt B.Bede, Mtl 0 4 7 1 26 J.Medlock, Ham 0 7 5 3 25 R.Leone, BC 0 1 7 1 23 x-C.Marshall, Wpg 3 4 0 0 22 D.Alvarado, Ott 0 4 6 0 22 L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 4 5 2 21 T.Gurley, Tor 3 0 0 0 18 T.Sutton, Mtl 3 0 0 0 18 R.Pfeffer, Tor 0 5 4 1 18 P.McCallum, Sask 0 4 4 0 16 G.Shaw, Edm 0 4 3 2 15 x-A.Collie, BC 2 2 0 0 14 x-J.Cornish, Cgy 2 2 0 0 14 x-W.Dressler, Sask 2 2 0 0 14 R.Paredes, Cgy 0 2 4 0 14 B.Banks, Ham 2 0 0 0 12 P.Cotton, Wpg 2 0 0 0 12 K.Elliott, Tor 2 0 0 0 12 E.Jackson, Ott 2 0 0 0 12 K.Lawrence, Edm 2 0 0 0 12 E.Rogers, Cgy 2 0 0 0 12 B.Smith, Sask 2 0 0 0 12 R.Smith, Sask 2 0 0 0 12 B.Whitaker, Tor 2 0 0 0 12 x-C.Getzlaf, Sask 1 2 0 0 8

MARLINS SWIM CLUB Red Deer Marlins Swim Club members won 16 medals, including nine gold, in the Killam meet during the weekend.

Winning gold were Rhett Becher (boys seven/eight), Hayden Bettenson (girls seven/eight), Sean Ravio (boys nine/10), Chloe Becher (girls nine/10), Lauren Bettenson and Emma Wrench (girls 11-12), Cale Kooyman and Dylan MacDermaid (boys 13-14) and Matthew Purdy (boys 15 to 17).

Silver medals were snared by Kolby Orriss (girls six and under), Madison Kohut (girls 11/12), Erik Sveinson (boys 13-14) and Keelan Armstrong (boys 15 to 17), while Kayden Schiller (boys 11/12) and Amy Cookson and Jane Gosling (girls 15 to 17) earned bronze medals.

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Carson, California El Salvador 0, Canada 0 Saturday, July 11 Houston Jamaica 1, Canada 0 Sunday, July 12 Houston Costa Rica 1, El Salvador 1 Tuesday, July 14 Toronto Jamaica 1, El Salvador 0 Wednesday, July 15 Toronto Canada 0, Costa Rica 0 GROUP C GP W D L GF GA ak-Trinidad 2 2 0 0 5 1 Mexico 2 1 1 0 6 0 Guatemala 2 0 1 1 1 3 Cuba 2 0 0 2 0 8 ak-Advanced to knockout stage Thursday, July 9 Chicago Trinidad and Tobago 3, Guatemala 1 Friday, July 10 Chicago Mexico 6, Cuba 0 Sunday, July 12 Glendale, Arizona Trinidad and Tobago 2, Cuba 0 Monday, July 13 Glendale, Arizona Guatemala 0, Mexico 0 Wednesday, July 15 Charlotte, North Carolina Cuba vs. Guatemala, 2200 GMT Mexico vs. Trinidad and Tobago, 0030 GMT

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Pts 6 4 1 0

Bearspaw were tied for second after each opened with a 72. Jocelyn Alford of Calgary Earl Grey, formerly of Red Deer, checked in with a 73 and was tied for fifth.

Shaye Leidenius of Wolf Creek shot a 93.

Daria Leidenius shoots 82 in second round at Alberta Ladies Am

Rietze gets win at Whitetail Crossing

CALGARY — Daria Leidenius of Wolf Creek carded an 11-over 82 Tuesday and was 13 strokes behind leader Sydney MacDonald of Calgary Fox Hollow heading into today’s second round of the Alberta Ladies Amateur Championship at Lynx Ridge Golf Club.

Jennifer Ha of Calgary Country Hills and Meaghan LeBlanc of Calgary

MUNDARE — After two narrow runner-up placings last week at Innisfail and his home track at Lacombe, Jeremy Rietze took top honours in a McLennan Ross Sun Junior Tour event Tuesday at Whitetail Crossing Golf Club.

Rietze carded a 75 to edge Justin Pasitney of St. Paul and Brandon Murphy of Mighty Peace by a single stroke.

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Central Division W L Pct 52 34 .605 49 40 .551 44 44 .500 42 46 .477 41 45 .477

American League Leaders BATTING G AB Cabrera, DET 77 277 Fielder, TEX 86 336 Kipnis, CLE 87 347 Cain, K-C 76 291 Iglesias, DET 77 255 Trout, LAA 88 324 Cruz, SEA 87 328 Pedroia, BOS 69 281 Bogaerts, BOS 85 316 Burns, OAK 63 271

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What is your handicap? es; its origins generally relate to odds making (and yes that usually means wagering) in several sports, but none so deeply as horse racing and golf.

First, let’s look at the two terms.

Then, we’ll define them and explain their meanings to clear up any misconceptions and confusion. A Handicap Factor is Golf Canada’s service mark that indicates a measurement of a player’s potential ability on a course of standard playing difficulty. It is expressed as a number taken to one decimal place (e.g. 19.4); this number is then used for conversion to a Course Handicap. There are a couple of items worth exploring here: ● Potential scoring ability in a Handicap Factor calculation, we only use a certain number of LOW scores, and for most avid handicappers, it’s the better half of your most recent 20 scores. Many assume it’s an average of all your scores, but that’s not true. ● The conversion to a Course Handicap. A Course Handicap is Golf

BY CRAIG LOUGHRY GOLF CANADA When asked for my ‘Handicap’, how should I answer? Have you ever been asked on the golf course: “what’s your handicap?” Responses vary. Some say: “a bad 8,” or “a happy 14,” or joke, “my whole game.” My personal favourite is the following reply: “I’m a 22.9 and willing to engage in any friendly wager”!

Golf certainly lacks clarity in some of its definitions. You don’t have to look far: how about club or golf club, do you mean the club I belong to and where I play my golf, or the weapons I use to damage and advance the ball with?

Handicap is another term that has multiple meanings in golf. It can refer to a Course Handicap or it can refer to a Handicap Factor (in the United States, this is known as Index). The term handicap has been around for ag-

Canada’s mark that indicates the number of handicap strokes a player receives from a specific set of tees at the course being played to adjust the player’s scoring ability to the level of scratch golfer or 0-handicap golf. A Course Handicap is determined by applying the player’s Handicap Factor to a Course Handicap Table or Course Handicap Formula. Check out Golf Canada’s App that does this for you automatically: www.golfcanada.ca/mobile; this is the conversion process.

Herein lies the beauty of the Golf Canada Handicap System. From course to course, even tee to tee, your Handicap Factor “travels” with you and the system allows you to still have a fair and equitable match/ game NO MATTER the ability of the players involved. The higher the slope rating the more strokes the higher handicapped player simply receives.

One final thought. I know some leagues love to cook up their own version, and believe they’ve created the

perfect Handicap system—even making claims to have eliminated sandbagging. I’m not picking on any of them, but it would take a small dissertation to explain why alternative methods aren’t better than tracking and using a Golf Canada Handicap Factor. Unfortunately, there just isn’t enough space here.

Any club, group or league properly administering the Golf Canada Handicap System experiences its benefits; all other versions are simply pretenders.

I hope this clears up any confusion and that you can educate some of your playing partners on the difference between Handicap Factor (transportable number) and Course Handicap that which you are awarded that day for that course and tee. The next time someone asks you “what’s your Handicap” you can provide a detailed answer.

Craig Loughry writes for Golf Canada magazine

Woods eyes lift from good St. Andrews memories BRITISH OPEN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Winless in nearly two years, Tiger Woods at least has experience on his side at St. Andrews.

It has been 20 years since he first played the Old Course as a 19-year-old amateur and heard the secret was to hit it hard and hit it left. After playing the British Open four times at St. Andrews, and winning twice, he realized that wasn’t the case. There are bunkers to avoid and angles to create, and it can change with the slightest shift in direction of the notorious wind.

Whether that’s enough to carry him this week depends more on his golf, which he says is not as hopeless as it might appear.

“I’m still young. I’m not 40 yet,” said Woods, who has five months left in his 30s.

“I know some of you guys think I’m buried and done, but I’m still right here in front of you. Yeah, I love playing. I love competing, and I love playing these events.”

He just doesn’t win them — his last major was the 2008 U.S. Open — and it’s rare he even contends since he chose last year to change his swing about the same time he was trying to recover from another round of injuries.

Hope comes from more than just his affection for St. Andrews. Woods said the way he struck the ball in his last tournament round — a 67 at The Greenbrier Classic to tie for 32nd — was as good as he has in two years.

“That was awfully nice to be able to do coming into this week,” he said.

“I’ve hit the ball just as well in my practice rounds.”

If that’s the case, that would make this an important week because it would be the first time since his last victory — August 2013 at Firestone — that he goes into a major with good health and a reasonable idea what to expect.

Consider his last four majors: —He was out three months because of back surgery, missed the cut in his return at Congressional, and then had his worst 72-hole finish in a major at the British Open.

—He withdrew in the final round at

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Tiger Woods from the U.S. tees off the 6th hole during a practice round at St. Andrews Golf Club prior to the start of the British Open Golf Championship, in St. Andrews, Scotland, Monday.

Firestone after jarring his lower back, showed up late for the PGA Championship and missed the cut.

—He took two months off to fix a short game in disarray and returned at the Masters, where he tied for 17th.

Woods said he “had a chance to win” at Augusta National, but he was 10 shots behind going into the final round and ended up 13 shots behind Jordan Spieth —He shot the worst score of his career (85) at the Memorial, and then posted his highest 36-hole score (156) to miss the cut at the U.S. Open.

“Obviously, the previous majors were a little bit more difficult,” Woods said.

“Last year, coming off surgery on my back and trying to get back and trying to get my feels back, meanwhile trying to making a swing change all at the same time was very difficult. I had some pretty apparent flaws in my technique.”

He called The Greenbrier, where he finished six shots out of the lead, a “very, very good sign.”

Experience should not be dismissed at the home of golf. Tony Lema in 1964 was the last player to win a British Open at St. Andrews without ever having competed on the Old Course. Louis Oosthuizen (2010 winner) and John Daly (1995) previously played the Dunhill Cup. That’s one obstacle facing Spieth, who is trying to become the first player to capture the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. He did play a practice round on his way to the Walker Cup in 2011. And he played 18 holes upon his arrival Monday from his playoff win at the John Deere Classic.

Still, the betting favourite is a 21-year-old Old Course rookie.

“You need to learn it. The course changes so much with different wind directions,” said Justin Rose, who won the St. Andrews Links Trophy as an amateur and is a regular at the Dunhill Links on the European Tour. “You get a better idea of where the better angles are, where the better layups are with certain winds, and the pin placement can change so much when you

have greens that are 60 to 100 yards wide or long.”

Woods didn’t hit into a single bunker when he won by eight shots in 2000 to complete the career Grand Slam, and he led over the final 63 holes in 2005 when he won by five. In his most recent Open at St. Andrews, he got caught on the wrong side of the draw and finished 13 shots behind Oosthuizen.

And while he knows and loves the Old Course, he’s not used to seeing it this way — green from rain, with intervals of rain expected during the week.

“You can’t quite chase it like you normally do,” Woods said.

For Spieth, experience comes from winning four times this year, including two majors.

“It’s a golf course where you can have four, five, six different wind directions,” Oosthuizen said. “I think you need to know where the dangers are with certain types of wind. But you know, the form that he’s on now, I think he’s still the guy that everyone will be chasing.”

15 Canadian confirmed to play in 2015 RBC Canadian Open nament exemption to Web.com Tour player Brad Fritsch of Manotick, Ont. who will make his eighth appearance in Canada’s National Open Championship.

Additional tournament exemptions were given to Team Canada Young Pro Squad members Corey Connors of Listowel, Ont., Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., as well as National Amateur Squad members Austin Connelly of Austin, Texas and Blair Hamilton of Burlington, Ont. Garrett Rank of Elmira, Ont., won the 2014 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur title to earn his exemption into the 2015 RBC Canadian Open. Leading into tournament week, Rank and Connelly are representing Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Games golf competition, this week at Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, Ont. PGA of Canada professional Billy Walsh of Markham, Ont., earned his way into the 2015 RBC Canadian Open field as the No. 1-ranked player on the PGA of Canada Player Rankings pre-

BY GOLF CANADA Golf Canada and RBC are proud to announce the first 15 Canadians, including 10 tournament exemptions, confirmed for the 2015 RBC Canadian Open taking place at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont., from July 20-26.

Leading the Canadian contingent at Glen Abbey will be Weyburn, Sask., native Graham DeLaet, fresh off a fourthplace finish at the Travelers Championship. The finish moved DeLaet to No. 78 on the World Golf Ranking and secured his spot in the field for The Open Championship at St. Andrews.

Joining DeLaet will be fellow Canadian PGA TOUR players David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., Abbottsford, B.C., natives Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor; Roger Sloan of Merritt, B.C. and Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., who will be making his 25th appearance in Canada’s National Men’s Open Championship.

Golf Canada has also granted a tour-

sented by RBC. Earlier this week, former Team Canada member Richard Jung of Toronto shot a course-record, 10-under 62 at Rattlesnake Pointe Golf Club to top the 144-player field to earn an exemption through the RBC Canadian Open Ontario Regional Qualifier.

“This is OUR Open and we’re proud to have these 15 deserving Canadians compete in the 106th playing of Canada’s National Men’s Open Champion-

ship,” said RBC Canadian Open Tournament Director Brent McLaughlin.

“The depth of talent in Canadian golf has never been stronger and I’m sure each of them will feel the tremendous wave of Canadian pride and support from golf fans across the country.”

The 15 Canadian players announced today will look to become the first Canadian to capture the national title since Pat Fletcher claimed victory in 1954.

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ABOVE: Reading College participants Kylie Mills, Sadie Lee and Hailey Calliou look at a 3D printed card with Red Deer College student Tyler Drozdowski.

RIGHT: Harrison Grant gets a little relief from the heat courtesy of his cousin Elisa Meloche as they take part in the All Sport Day Camp at the college. The All Sport Camp is just that, with participants learning the basics and trying out all types of indoor and outdoor sports, including basketball, volleyball, squash, pickle ball, dodge ball, wrestling and other activities.

BELOW: D.J. Derek Allen works the turntables in the Margaret Parsons Theatre as Teen Film Camp participants take in the workshop. The Teen Film Camp provides the opportunity to jump into the world of film

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JEFF STOKOE/ADVOCATE STAFF You might think that with the college students gone for the summer, the halls, classrooms, stages, studios and sports facilities at Red Deer College would be empty.

But in fact the opposite is true.

Red Deer College offers a wide range of classes for children, teens and adults through their summer day camps, stay camps and Series programs.

The schedule runs from All Sport day camps for young children to stay camps that include music, film making, game design and visual arts.

Day camps also include science, sports, trades, music and dance options for all ages.

Spaces are still available for many programs and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as easy as visiting rdc.ab.ca/summercamps, calling 403-356-4900 or logging on to continuingeducation@rdc.ab.ca to get all the information you will need to sign up this summer and get busy.

ABOVE: Jack Markey edits a movie he and partners made in on of the editing suites during the Teen Film Camp.

BELOW: McKenzie Gilles surprises her teacher Krystle Bond with a 3D printed skull in the 3D printing lab.

Young participants in the Reading College program got the chance to tour the lab, learning what 3D printing is all about. After their introduction to the technology, the seven- and eight-year-old students in the program used an iPad to design their own creations, which were put into the 3D printers, giving each student the opportunity to take home their creations.

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ABOVE: McKenzie Gillis, Layla Bui, Sadie Lee, Xnox Kushniruk and Kira Tremblay look over some examples of 3D printed objects in the 3D lab at the college.

BELOW: From the left, Jessica Ward, Nolan Jung and Colten Leippi look over some examples of 3D printed objects in the 3D lab at the college. The three students along with 59 others are taking part in Reading College, a program for children seven and eight years of age going into Grade 3 in September.

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Pregnancy care centre on target for opening

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Renovations are about 50 per cent complete on the first phase of Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre’s housing project for young, single pregnant women.

Earlier this year, the non-profit agency began gutting the top floor of the Central Alberta Trade and Labour Society building, at 5116 47th St. The first phase of the project will create living space for four women and onsite staff.

“We’re on schedule to celebrate our grand opening at our fall banquet on Oct. 22,” said executive director Anne Waddell on Thursday.

The housing program will help women, age 17 to 25, carry their pregnancy to term and equip them with life and parenting skills.

Mothers will be able to stay until

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their baby reaches the age of two to give the women an opportunity to prepare for the future and provide a stable environment during a critical time in a child’s development.

“Most people know what we’re doing and ask us when we’re going to be ready. There’s a great need for it,” Waddell said.

The plan is to construct a new building by 2017 for the second phase. It will be attached to the first phase and include seven small suites on the second

HEALTH CARE and third floors. The care centre, currently located at 4610 48th Ave., will move its offices onto the main floor of the facility located between 51st and 52nd Avenues.

Edie Hiebert, housing project manager, said electricians are on site at the building under renovation. A deck is being built. More windows were added and old windows were also replaced.

“It already looks really different with the windows in,” Hiebert said.

The capital cost for the entire housing project is about $5 million and about 30 per cent has been raised so far.

In March, the Easter production That Towering Cross raised close to $90,000 for the project. Another musical production will be scheduled next spring.

Upcoming fundraising events include the First Annual Coldwell Banker Ontrack Realty Westerner Days Pancake Breakfast on Thursday from 8 to 10 a.m. at 2085 50th Ave. Breakfast is $3.

A benefit concert Strumming Home featuring Trevor Howlett, Soap Box Duo, Luke Deutekom and Levi Cuss will be held on July 25 at the Scott Block. Tickets are $10 at the door. The show starts at 7 p.m.

We Care We Ride, a motorcycle ride from Red Deer to Rocky Mountain House, happens on Sept. 12.

A Central Alberta Pregnancy Care team is being put together for the Oct. 3 Ride for Refuge.

Hiebert said Central Albertans have responded to the project with donations and there are more ways people can help.

For information, visit pregnancycare.ca or call 403-343-1611. zielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS No suspicious circumstances in death of man: report The death of a man whose body was found in downtown Red Deer is not suspicious.

An autopsy was performed on Monday by the Calgary Medical Examiner’s office. It was determined that the circumstances of the death were not suspicious or criminal in nature.

Red Deer City RCMP were called to the 4300 block of 49th Avenue on Saturday after receiving a report of an adult male on the ground.

Police found the 53-year-old man and EMS personnel confirmed that he was deceased. RCMP Major Crimes Unit — South was called in to help with the investigation.

Police have identified the man and his next of kin have been notified. No other information is being released.

A Westerner Days charity pancake breakfast in support of a Red Deer cancer patient will be held on Wednesday.

Red Boar Smokery Pancake Breakfast for Jase Nibourg will run from 8 to 10 a.m. at 104 4916 50th St., by Ross St. Patio.

Hosted by Red Boar Smokery, proceeds will go towards the Jase Nibourg Go Fund Me campaign. Nibourg, 33, was recently diagnosed with cancer.

Hotdogs will be on the grill at the Canadian Diabetes Association Westerner Days Charity BBQ on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 5015 48th St. Proceeds go to the Canadian Diabetes Association to raise community awareness and support those living with diabetes.

Sylvan passes 14,000 with new census results Almost 1,300 more people call Sylvan Lake home since 2013.

According to the unofficial 2015 census results, Sylvan Lake’s population as of June 30 stands at 14,310, up from 13,015 at the time of the last municipal census in 2013.

The growth is on par with the town’s annual population projection growth of five per cent.

The final report to the province must be submitted by Sept. 1 for formal population adoption.

Town staff will have access to a closer look at census comparables in September.

Barbecue on Saturday raises funds for SPCA Red Deer and District SPCA is celebrating Westerner Days with an SPCA Hoedown BBQ and open house on Saturday.

The Westerner Days charity barbecue will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at

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Noah Weigel shows off his contact juggling skills at Bower Ponds as part of a flow arts workshop. Flow arts is an emerging movement-based art form that integrates dance and creative exploration of movement or, as Weigel describes it, “active meditation.” Fans, poi and the use of a dragon staff and other props were also worked with. the SPCA located at 4505 77th St. Adoptable animals are ready and waiting to meet people looking for pets.

Leashed dogs are welcome and there will be lots for children to see and do.

Sponsored by Mr. Mikes Steakhouse, the barbecue will raise money for Red Deer and District SPCA.

New family exhibit opens at MAG on Saturday Children and their families are invited to learn about different cultural and religious celebrations shared by Canadians by visiting the new museum exhibit Kids Celebrate!

The new travelling exhibition by the Canadian Museum of History will be at Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery from Saturday to Sept. 27.

Geared to children age five to 12, they will learn through hands-on activities, discovering new games and making crafts.

The exhibit is divided into four zones and each zone evokes a different season, family and community setting.

Kids Celebrate! will provide museum visitors with a sense of connection to other Canadian families and communities as they identify differences and similarities among traditions and come to understand the global nature of celebrating.

of a motor vehicle on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court.

Two charges of impaired driving causing bodily harm and two charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm were withdrawn by the Crown.

Lacombe Police were called to a crash on Hwy 2A near 47th Avenue on June 14, 2014. They said a northbound pickup truck with seven occupants collided with a westbound truck.

The driver of the northbound truck was flown by STARS Air Ambulance to Foothills Hospital and a passenger was flown by STARS to the University of Alberta Hospital.

Two passengers were transported to hospital by ground ambulance and three more were treated on scene for minor injuries.

Anderson was sentenced by Judge James Glass to an 18-month driving prohibition and fined $3,000 for the incident.

Teen sentenced to probation in Blackfalds robberies A Blackfalds teen who was the look-

out for a string of armed robberies last winter was sentenced to probation.

The 17-year-old, who can’t be named because of provisions in the Canada Youth Justice Act, previously pleaded guilty to robbery on June 18 in Red Deer youth court.

On Tuesday in Red Deer youth court, he was sentenced to 18 months probation and ancillary orders including a two-year firearm prohibition, 35-hours of community service and an order to provide a sample of his DNA were also made by judge Jim Hunter.

The 17-year-old and two other youths discussed committing a robbery in Blackfalds on Nov. 17, 2014 at the 17-year-old’s house.

The 17-year-old acted as the lookout while another youth entered the Pony Express Liquor Store armed with an airsoft pellet gun and demanded money.

Immediately after, the same youth went to the Pizza King not far from the Pony Express Liquor Store.

It was at that point, the 17-year-old acting as lookout left the scene.

The robber stole more than $1,000 from the two stores that evening, and the 17-year-old was given $60 for his role in the incident.

Man loses licence after crash injures seven A Lacombe man won’t be driving for the next 18 months after pleading guilty to being responsible for a crash that left four people in hospital and three more needing EMS treatment.

Trevor Anderson, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous operation

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Stand-up comic is true to his life in new sitcom

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — On Jim Gaffigan’s new comedy series, The Jim Gaffigan Show, the popular standup comic plays a comic named Jim Gaffigan.

Like the real Jim Gaffigan, he’s married to Jeannie, an attractive woman he readily admits is out of his league (played by the attractive Ashley Williams). They plus their five children are squeezed into a two-bedroom walkup on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

On the show (which premieres Wednesday, Jeannie is cool, capable and kooky, which makes her perfect for Jim, who reigns as a serial Jim Gaffigan bumbler with a food fixation.

All autobiographical?

Check, check, check, says Gaffigan.

“I DON’T know what I’m doing! I’m NOT pretending!” he declares, his voice taking flight into his trademark squawk for emphasis. “I’m not in a fat suit and pretending to be lazy — I AM fat and lazy, and you know what? I wish I could be fatter and lazier.

“And I AM married to a hot woman,” he adds, noting the real-life Jeannie by his side. “This is not some network-formula show! This is reality!”

With his droll summation, Gaffigan has dipped into his stand-up act, which explores his version of the Freudian Id (which, left to its own devices, he argues, “would have us lying in bed eating bacon all day”).

But in person Gaffigan, 49, is not what you would call oversize, nor, considering his multiple duties on his new show, could anyone accuse him of sloth.

Even so, as Jim and Jeannie join a reporter at a neighbourhood cafe (where all enjoy a snack of crispy artichoke hearts recommended by Jim), the Gaffigans validate the authenticity of their funny new show. No wonder. They conceived, wrote and produced the show together — and made sure it captures their uniquely dizzy world and comic vision.

Things were different 15 years ago with Gaffigan’s first series, a CBS comedy named Welcome To New York. Jeannie, whom Jim had started dating a few months earlier and who had experience in theatre education, agreed to be his acting coach. But he had minimal input in shaping his character.

“I couldn’t even pitch lines,” he recalls. “The executive producers would tell me, ‘I don’t know if your character would say that,’ even though I was playing someone named Jim Gaffigan!”

Welcome to New York had a swift demise, but the partnership between Jim and Jeannie only deepened as they went on to co-produce his TV standup specials, and wed in 2003.

His acting career also flourished, with appearances on Ed, That ’70s Show and My Boys, but such supporting roles tied him down with little screen time to show for it — and scant creative freedom.

“There’s nothing that compares to the control of stand up,” he says. “Working for an hour-and-a-half a night, you get rather spoiled, especially with a growing family. I could eat dinner with our kids and then go to work.”

But network interest in an autobiographical sitcom led Jim and Jeannie to reconsider series TV. It just might work: A self-portrait of their family, steeped in New York’s chaos as they scrambled to stay true to their Midwestern values — including their Catholic faith.

“It’s an important element in our lives,” says Jeannie. And it provides more grist for the comic mill, as in the episode when Jim by chance is photographed clutching a Bible, which he fears will jeopardize his comedy cred.

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Former Red Deer College student Alecia Aichelle and her band perform at Fratters Speakeasy on Saturday as part of Westerner Days.

Country artist Alecia Aichelle to perform at Fratters Speakeasy

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta-based singer-songwriter Alecia Aichelle brings her country band to Fratters Speakeasy on Saturday for a Westerner Days performance.

The former Red Deer College student has four singles on iTunes and plans to record a full album in Nashville this fall.

She performs locally with her band as well as spends time in Nashville songwriting and performing at venues including the legendary Bluebird Café.

Aichelle will be on stage at Fratters from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Aichelle was born and raised in Kelowna, where she started singing and playing the piano at a very young age. As a teenager, she began songwriting and learned to play guitar. After graduating high school, she attended the Red Deer College music program and received her music diploma in voice and piano

performance.

Shortly before attending RDC, a large tumour was found on her thyroid gland. Fearing that it was cancerous, doctors determined that the only option was surgery to remove the tumour. During surgery ,a nerve was severed, which resulted in what the doctors said “permanent paralysis of Alecia’s right vocal cord.”

She was told by a throat specialist that she would never speak normally, let alone sing again. She says now that her strong faith in God carried her through and her voice has been fully restored.

Since college, she has been building her music career performing throughout Central Alberta and spending some time in Nashville.

Alecia has performed benefit concerts for organizations such as the MS Society, SPCA and the Red Deer Hospice.

She also teaches music part-time.

Learn more about Aichelle at www.aleciamusic. com or on YouTube.

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Coroner finds no evidence blues legend B.B. King was poisoned

Ford, Abrams shed light on The Force Awakens

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — The cast and filmmakers of Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted a new behind-the-scenes reel and teased some new information at Comic-Con about the highly secretive film to a rapturous Hall H audience.

Filmmaker J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy were eventually joined on stage Friday

by Star Wars veterans and Force Awakens stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Ford, making his first public appearance since his plane crash in March left him hospitalized and injured, assured the audience and host Chris Hardwick that he was fine.

The already excitable crowd exploded when Ford, the last to be introduced, walked out.

Seated next to Hamill, the gruff Ford was not hesitant to talk about his reluctance to revisit the world of “Star Wars” and the character of Han Solo.

“It should have felt ridiculous, it was 30 years ago,” Ford said. “I sort of grew up.”

He never thought that he’d do another film after the original trilogy.

“I was very gratified when I read the script because I read something that I thought was really remarkable, really well-written and with some very intriguing developments,” Ford said.

“I was delighted to be involved and I was very happy to be part of the story and the cast again.”

The Force Awakens, which hits theatres on Dec. 18, picks up about 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. Before fans were treated to the Star Wars veterans, they were introduced to the newcomers on the light side of the force and, for the first time, those on the dark side.

Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie and Domhnall Gleeson were on hand representing the bad guys. As the mysterious three-pronged lightsaberwielding Kylo Ren, Driver tried to skirt any questions about his character.

When pressed, he talked vaguely about the philosophy of evil.

“We didn’t really have a lot of conversations about bad or evil when we were shooting it,” said Driver. “It was more the difference between being bad and being right.”

Gleeson, whose character’s name was revealed to be General Hux, didn’t hesitate to say that he was evil.

While talking about getting the role, Gleeson accidentally “spoiled” the name of his command station, much to the dismay of Abrams.

It’s “Starkiller Base.”

Christie, who plays the chrome stormtrooper Captain Phasma, talked

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Harrison Ford attends Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel on day 2 of Comic-Con International in San Diego, Calif. about how neat it was to be playing a character in full costume who is “not about the way she looks in the flesh.”

Representing the light side of the force were Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac, who had spoken previously about their roles at the annual Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim.

Though not much else was gleaned about Ridley’s scavenger Rey, Boyega’s stormtrooper Finn or Isaac’s X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron, all offered anecdotes about their time on set.

To prepare for his role, Isaac asked Ford for some advice about piloting in Star Wars.

Ford just said, “It’s fake.”

There was no new footage to be seen. Abrams is currently editing the film and has a cut, but wants to keep tweaking to make it the film “it wants to be.” He also said another trailer will come out in the fall.

But Abrams did debut a behind-thescenes reel that was made available online shortly after the panel concluded.

In addition to interviews with Hamill, Ridley and others, it focused on the practical effects used in the film — a recurring theme in all of Abrams’ comments about the film, which hopes to re-create the esthetic of the original trilogy.

“Everything’s changed but nothing’s changed,” said Hamill in the clip.

“That’s the way you want it to be.”

Not to be outdone, Abrams and Kennedy, who had already treated the ravenous Hall H fans to coffee and doughnuts before the panel started, announced that there was one more surprise: An imminent Star Wars concert at an adjacent stage.

All 6,500 Hall H attendees were invited.

And their escorts?

Stormtroopers, of course.

LAS VEGAS — Medical examiners found no evidence to prove the allegation that blues legend B.B. King was poisoned before he died of natural causes in May, according to autopsy findings made public Monday.

Tests conducted after two of the musical icon’s 11 adult children said their father had been murdered showed the cause of death was Alzheimer’s disease, plus physical conditions including coronary disease, heart failure and the effects of Type 2 diabetes, Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg told The Associated Press.

Daughters Karen Williams and Patty King had said through their attorney, Larissa Drohobyczer, that King’s business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, hastened their father’s death. Drohobyczer didn’t immediately respond to messages Monday.

Brent Bryson, a lawyer for King’s estate, called the claims against Toney and Johnson defamatory and libelous.

“Ms. Toney and Mr. Johnson are very happy that these false and fictional allegations that were made against them by certain of Mr. King’s children have been dispelled,” Bryson said.

“Hopefully we can now focus on the body of musical work that B.B. King left the world, and he can finally rest in peace.”

Police were awaiting the coroner’s findings, which Fudenberg said close official investigations of King’s death.

Homicide Lt. Dan McGrath said there is no active police investigation.

The allegations drew intense interest while the daughters led a group of several of King’s surviving adult children and grandchildren in an unsuccessful bid to wrest guardianship and oversight of the King estate from Toney.

Williams, Patty King and daughters Rita Washington and Barbara Winfree had Drohobyczer contest their father’s will. They enlisted prominent national attorneys Benjamin Crump and Jose Baez to investigate whether B.B. King was properly cared for before he died.

Crump and Baez didn’t immediately respond Monday to messages.

B.B. King died in hospice care at home in Las Vegas at age 89. No family members were present.

King’s physician, Dr. Darin Brimhall, and the coroner attributed

‘HOPEFULLY WE CAN NOW FOCUS ON THE BODY OF MUSICAL WORK THAT B.B. KING LEFT THE WORLD, AND HE CAN FINALLY REST IN PEACE ’ — BRENT BRYSON LAWYER FOR KING’S ESTATE

his death at that time to natural causes — a series of small strokes caused by atherosclerotic vascular disease as a consequence of a long battle with blood sugar fluctuations and type 2 diabetes. The medical term was multiinfarct dementia.

Fudenberg said Monday that the autopsy found evidence of cerebrovascular disease and mini-strokes similar to those described earlier. “Considering the information available to any clinical physician at the time, multi-infarct dementia was a reasonable conclusion to reach,” he said Tests didn’t detect any substances that might have hastened King’s death, Fudenberg said.

The autopsy to collect tissue samples was conducted May 24 — 10 days after King died, two days after a public viewing in Las Vegas drew more than 1,000 fans and mourner, and one day after a family-and-friends memorial drew 350 people to a downtown Las Vegas funeral chapel.

A Beale Street procession and memorial took place May 27 in Memphis, Tennessee, followed by burial May 30 in King’s hometown of Indianola, Mississippi.

Bryson told a probate judge in Las Vegas last month that Brimhall and two other doctors determined that King received appropriate medical and hospice care, and that Toney was fulfilling King’s will and wishes.

Toney worked for King for 39 years and had power-of-attorney over his business affairs. She is named in King’s will, filed in January 2007, as executor and beneficiary.

The value of the estate that hasn’t been publicly disclosed.

Bryson has said it wasn’t expected to amount to the tens of millions of dollars suggested during a guardianship fight before King’s death.

Drohobyczer has said she thinks the estate is worth between $5 million and $10 million.

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BLAIR Gerald William 1936 - 2015 Jerry passed away Monday, July 13, 2015 surrounded by the love of his close-knit family, the ones he so dearly loved and made him so very, very proud. Jerry’s love was returned to him two-fold every day by every member of his family, including wife, Shirley; daughters, Linda Shipowick and Shelley Swan; sons, Tal (Chris) and Kelly; granddaughters, Shanna (Tyler) and Kortney (Zakk).

Along with his family, he leaves to mourn many good friends who are going to miss Jerry’s hugs. Jerry is also survived by a sister, Audrey; and brothers, Mansel (Anita) and Noel (Della), and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his parents, John and Alice; sisters, Velma and Norma; and sonin-law, Sheldon. As per Jerry’s wishes, there will be no Funeral, but there will be a Come and Go Tea to celebrate his life at The Radisson Hotel, 6500 -67 Street, Red Deer, AB (east of Deermart) on Saturday, July 18, 2015 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm. Memorial donations can be made in Jerry’s memory to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnott Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6, or as Jerry suggested, “Take a friend to dinner.” Many thanks to the staff at the Red Deer Hospice for their excellent care and support.

We will miss you so much, Dad, “You are the wind beneath our wings.”

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

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CHAMBERS Aurea Aurea passed away July 11, 2015 following a long and happy life filled with family, laughter, faith and love.

Aurea brought sunshine and happiness when she entered this world on March 21, 1939 to her parents, Edward and Anne Wheeler. The baby in a family of ten children, she grew up with the values and principles her own children still emulate. As a young girl, Aurea’s independence and humour drew in the attention of a young boy who would eventually become her beloved husband, Terry.

Together, they laughed through the sadness and loved through the difficulties.

With a large family to raise, Aurea was fiercely independent and amazingly organized.

Erin (Faith), Koren (Michael), Kareena (Rob), Shannon (Chris) and little Aurea (Jim) remain steadfast carriers of the values and traditions which Aurea held dear. Her most precious possession was her 13 grandchildren and 6 greatgrandchildren.

They will forever remember their ‘Mama’.

The love and happiness they brought to her life was only equal to the joy she brought into theirs.

Aurea will be lovingly remembered in the hearts and minds of her children; grandchildren; sister, Donelda; brother-in-law, Staley; nieces, nephews and countless friends. Aurea has been met at the Gates of Heaven in the loving arms of her departed husband, Terry.

Now reunited, their love will be the sunshine which ends the darkness, the rainbows which remind us the beauty of the rain and the butterflies that show us the strength and value of growth. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer with Reverend Father Les Drewicki presiding. Memorial donations in Aurea’s memory may be made directly to STARS Air Ambulance or the Red Deer Hospice Society.

Many thanks to the staff of RDRH Unit 32 and the Red Deer Hospice for their excellent care and support.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

ST. LOUIS Alfred 1930 - 2015 Mr. Alfred Joseph Alexander St. Louis of Red Deer, Alberta, left this world to be with our Lord on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at the age of 84 years. Alfred was born on October 4, 1930 at Westlock, Alberta to Alexandre and Rose (LaMarche) St. Louis.

Alfred was a very generous man who gave of himself to family and friends, and tirelessly to the Knights of Columbus. After retiring from a welding career with CGTX, he kept active enjoying golfing and maintaining the Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Red Deer for the Knights of Columbus; where he will rest in peace. Alfred leaves to mourn his beloved wife, Clara (Bichel) St. Louis, with whom he was blessed to share fifty-eight and a half years of marriage; his son, Keith (Donna) St. Louis and their son, Alexander; daughter, Karen (Charles) Corbier and their son, Toran and daughter, Geralyn St. Louis. He will also be sadly missed by numerous other relatives and many dear and loving friends. Alfred was predeceased by his parents, Alexandre and Rose St. Louis. All are welcome to pay their respects at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.; Prayers will be held at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. with The Reverend Father Les Drewicki celebrant. Interment will be held at the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Alfred’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com or to Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis at www.canadianpulmonaryfibrosis.ca.

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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HANKINS Betty Jean Hankins 1931 - 2015 On Saturday, June 27, 2015, Betty passed away suddenly at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital, Dawson Creek, BC. Betty was born in Stettler, AB and was raised in the area. Soon after marriage, the family moved to West Arrow Park, BC. In 1967 they experimented with a three year stint on the Queen Charlotte Islands only to move back to the West Kootenays to resume farming in Edgewood and Burton before retiring to Dawson Creek, BC in 1992 where Betty resided until her passing.

Betty was predeceased by her husband Robert (Bob) Charles Hankins in 2010. She is survived by her loving family: children Jim (Monica), Judy, Allan (Cheri); grandchildren Tabitha (Phillip), Madeline (Marvin), Joel, TK (Katrina), Adrianna and Alicia, great grandchildren Sam, Alison, Elsa, Adeline and Scout. She will be missed beyond words by her loving family and many dear friends. Join us for a celebration of Betty’s life Monday, July 20, 2015 at 4:00pm at Bergeron Funeral Chapel, 10200-17 Street, Dawson Creek, BC. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Betty may be made by donation to the “Dawson Creek Hospital Foundation” 11100-13 Street, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 3W8 or the “Diabetes Association”, 103-490 Quebec Street, Prince George, BC V2L 5N5. Photos, tributes and more information can be found at www.bergeronfunerals.com Interment of Betty’s urn will take place at the graveside in the Woodland Cemetery, Botha, Alberta on Monday, August 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm.

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 8 vacancies at each REWARD FOR location for FOOD SAFE RETURN. Lost Pure White Male Cat COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $13/hr. + in Eastview on Friday July benefits. F/T & P/T 10. Phone 403 346 4098. positions. Permanent shift REWARD work, weekends, days, NOKIAN STUDDED nights, evenings. Start Directional tire 275/45/20, date as soon as possible. lost in commute from 48th No experience or St. to 40 Ave. & Hwy. 42 education req’d. Job on June 30. Please Call description avail. at 403-588-5277 if found. www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Buying or Selling Orr Drive. Red Deer, your home?

6017 Parkwood Road, Check out Homes for Sale Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. in Classifieds Lacombe. or Call 403-848-2356 SUNGLASSES, prescription, lost around EAST 40TH PUB North SaveOn Foods, REQ’S F/T or P/T garden area. Please call 403-358-5515 if found.

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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. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

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

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WARKE (Klepper) Teresa 1957 - 1996 We often think of bygone days when we were all together.

The family chain is broken now, But memories will live forever.

To us, she has not gone away.

Nor has she travelled far, just entered God’s eternal home And left the door ajar.

Forever loved by your family Angela, Kyle, Christopher, Paula and Mom

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In Loving Memory of Marc McRae May 29, 1955 - July 15, 2014 Sharing the good times, Bearing the hard times, Trusting in love To show us the way, Laughing and living, Trusting, forgiving, Together as partners, Side by side, Day by day, You’re everything That means the most to me...

And I simply can’t imagine a life better Than the one I had with you.

Missing you everyday Love, Forever and Always, Marlayne

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IS hiring for the upcoming season JOURNEYMAN/ APPRENTICE: PIPEFITTERS WELDERS BOILERMAKERS RIGGERS SCAFFOLDERS INSULATORS ALSO: QUALITY CONTROL TOWERS SKILLED MECHANICAL LABOURERS WELDER HELPERS SAFETY WATCH/BOTTLE WATCH NCSO’S Email resumes, trade tickets & safety tickets to: resumes@ newcartcontracting.com OR FAX (403) 729-2396 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

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DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

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

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

DRILL Press, King Canada H.D. w/some drill bits and lazer guide system. $125.

VICE, Tech Tool 5”, new H.D. w/regular & pipe grip jaws, $75. 403-342-0587, 391-9058 SKILL SAW, $20; drill $25; Hand tools w/box $100; 403-342-0587, 391-9058

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, July 15, 2015 D3 Swells generated by Dolores were affecting parts of the southwestern Mexican coast and were expected to affect the southern coast of Baja California later Tuesday.

The hurricane centre said the swells could cause life-threatening surf and rip currents.

Another system, Tropical Storm Enrique, strengthened a little but stayed far out in the Pacific, about (2,195 kilometres west of the southern tip of Baja California.

Enrique had maximum sustained winds of 85 kph and was moving CARACAS, Venezuela — One of west-northwest near 15 kph It was Venezuela’s most prominent opexpected to weaken in the next day position leaders says she’s been or two. barred from holding public office In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm as a critical election looms.

Claudette was expected to weakFormer lawmaker Maria Corina en further overnight and dissipate Machado posted a notice on TwitWednesday. ter Tuesday saying the comptrolClaudette’s maximum sustained ler’s office had prohibited her from winds were 75 kph holding office for a year. She did Claudette was centred about 385 not say why she was barred, but it kilometres south of Halifax, Nova appears she has the option to apScotia, and moving northeast near peal the decision.

21 mph (33 kph).

The comptroller’s office could not be reached for comment.

Machado is among hardline leaders who called for President Nicolas Maduro to resign last year and helped lead sometimes bloody street protests demanding the end of the country’s socialist administration. The ruling party stripped her of her congressional seat amid A UN envoy says Congolese the protests. troops supported by U.N. peaceVenezuela is scheduled to hold keepers have neutralized about 25 parliamentary elections in Deper cent of a rebel group in northcember. Polls say the opposition is east Congo — but joint operations leading strongly. against the larger FDLR military group remain at a standstill.

Martin Kobler told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that the success of the joint operation against the Ituri Patriotic Resistance Force, also known as FRPI, has shown what can be achieved when the Congolese army and the U.N. force work together.

RICHMOND, Va. — A judge in He said the ongoing operations Virginia has refused to suppress against FRPI are the most effecstatements by a Russian man tive since the M23 rebel group was charged with leading a Taliban attoppled in 2013. tack against U.S. forces in AfghaniThe UN had hoped to be part of stan. a joint operation against the FDLR Irek Hamidullin is scheduled for but ended its support after two Contrial July 27 on 15 terrorism-related golese generals linked to human charges. U.S. officials say Hamidulrights violations were picked to lin is a Russian veteran of the Sovilead the government operation. et war in Afghanistan who stayed in the country and joined the Taliban.

He was captured in 2009 after an attack on Afghan border police and U.S. soldiers.

U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson ruled Tuesday that Hamidullin did not clearly ask to speak to his lawyer or invoke his right to remain silent during interrogation. He also SALT LAKE CITY — A death rejected Hamidullin’s claim that he row inmate appealing his sentence cannot be prosecuted on charges of death by firing squad says the related to his alleged use of an asexecution method Utah recently sault rifle that has been either lost approved as a backup to lethal or destroyed. injection is cruel and unusual punishment.

Ron Lafferty argues in new court documents that the firing squad will cause a lingering, unnecessarily painful death. His attorneys say Lafferty wasn’t legally competent when he chose the method at his sentencing 30 years ago.

Kent Hart with the Utah AssociaMIAMI — Hurricane Dolores tion of Criminal Defence Lawyers was beginning to develop an eye as said Tuesday that Laffety’s case it strengthened off Mexico’s southcould test whether the firing squad west coast Tuesday evening. is constitutional after Utah became The hurricane’s maximum susthe only state to allow it when tained winds increased slightly lethal injection drugs aren’t availto near 85 mph (140 kph). The U.S. able.

National Hurricane Center said Lafferty was convicted of killing Dolores was expected to become a his sister-in-law, Brenda Lafferty, major hurricane Wednesday. and her baby. He claimed the killThe storm was centred about 405 ings were directed by God because kilometres southwest of Cabo Corof the victim’s resistance to his belief in polygamy. rientes, Mexico, and moving westnorthwest near 7 mph (11 kph).

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Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she’s been barred from holding office

UN reports progress in ongoing UN-Congolese military action against rebel group

Judge refuses to suppress statements by Russian man charged with leading Taliban attack on U.S.

Utah death row inmate Ron Lafferty says in appeal that firing squad is unconstitutional

Hurricane Dolores starts developing eye, expected to get stronger off Mexico’s Pacific coast

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WEDNESDAY. JULY 15

Nuclear deal praised

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA — Iran, the United States and other world powers struck a historic deal Tuesday to curb Iranian nuclear programs and ease fears of a nuclear-armed Iran threatening the volatile Middle East. In exchange, Iran will get billions of dollars in relief from crushing international sanctions.

The accord, reached after long, fractious negotiations, marks a dramatic break from decades of animosity between the United States and Iran, countries that have labeled each other the “leading state sponsor of terrorism” and “the Great Satan.”

“This deal offers an opportunity to move in a new direction,” President Barack Obama declared at the White House in remarks that were carried live on Iranian state television. “We should seize it.”

In Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said “a new chapter” had begun in his nation’s relations with the world. He maintained that Iran had never sought to build a bomb, an assertion the U.S. and its partners have long disputed.

Beyond the hopeful proclamations from the U.S., Iran and other parties to the talks, there is deep skepticism of the deal among U.S. lawmakers and Iranian hardliners. Obama’s most pressing task will be holding off efforts

by Congress to levy new sanctions on Iran or block his ability to suspend existing ones.

House Speaker John Boehner, ROhio, predicted the deal would embolden Iran and fuel a nuclear arms race around the world. It will be difficult for congressional Republicans to stop Obama, however, because of his power to veto legislation.

Israel, which sees Iran as a threat to its existence, strongly opposes leaving the Islamic republic with its nuclear infrastructure in place. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has furiously lobbied against a deal, called the agreement a “stunning historic mistake.”

In a phone call Tuesday, Obama sought to reassure Netanyahu that the agreement doesn’t diminish U.S. concern about Iran’s threats toward Israel and its support for terrorism, the White House said. Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister told Obama the deal will allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons as well as more money to use in menacing Israel.

Economic effects could be substantial for both Iran and the world.

In trading Tuesday, benchmark U.S. crude oil prices were volatile, falling quickly then rising. Iran is an OPEC member, but its oil production has been affected for years by sanctions over its nuclear program. Any easing of the sanctions could see Iran sell more oil, which could bring down crude prices. That doesn’t automatically mean lower gasoline prices, however.

Iran also stands to receive more than $100 billion in assets that have been frozen overseas and an end to various financial restrictions on Iranian banks.

The nearly 100-page accord announced Tuesday aims to keep Iran from producing enough material for an

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, 2nd right, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, left, talk to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as the wait for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, not pictured, for a group picture at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday. After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal Tuesday to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. atomic weapon for at least 10 years and imposes new provisions for inspections of Iranian facilities, including military sites.

With Obama’s final term ending in January 2017, the long-term agreement is sure to be a hot topic for the many candidates vying to take his place.

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton praised the deal and declared herself ready to enforce it “vigorously, relentlessly” as president. Republican Jeb Bush issued a denunciation, saying the deal only delays the danger and “over time it paves Iran’s path to a bomb.”

The deal was finalized after more than two weeks of furious diplomacy in Vienna. Negotiators blew through three self-imposed deadlines, with top American and Iranian diplomats both threatening at points to walk away from the talks.

Secretary of State John Kerry, who did most of the bargaining with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, said persistence paid off.

“Believe me, had we been willing to settle for a lesser deal we would have finished this negotiation a long time ago,” he told reporters.

In a statement from Ottawa, Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson said Canada appreciates efforts to reach the agreement, but said that Iran “continues to be a significant threat to international peace and security” and that Canada will judge Iran by its actions not its words.

“We will examine this deal further before taking any specific Canadian action,” said the statement.

Deal a ‘stunning historic mistake’: Netanyahu

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — The U.S.-led nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday dealt a heavy personal blow to Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, leaving him at odds with the international community and with few options for scuttling an agreement he has spent years trying to prevent.

Netanyahu condemned the deal as a “stunning historic mistake,” saying it would not prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons capability. It also did nothing to address the Islamic Republic’s support for hostile militant groups, he said.

Addressing reporters in English, a grim-faced Netanyahu said he was not bound by the deal, which eases sanctions in exchange for curbs on the suspect Iranian nuclear program, and strongly hinted that military action remains an option.

“Israel is not bound by this deal with Iran because Iran continues to seek our destruction,” he said. “We will always defend ourselves.”

While Netanyahu’s opposition to the deal was shared by his political

rivals, translating that sentiment into action won’t be easy. A planned lobbying blitz in the U.S. Congress appears to have slim odds of success, and the military option would carry grave risks and plunge Israel into deep isolation.

For Netanyahu, the deal represented perhaps one of the greatest defeats of his three-decade-long political career. Netanyahu has spent years lecturing audiences about the dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran, often describing his battle against Iran as the mission of his lifetime.

He has railed against Iran in highprofile speeches at the United Nations, and last March, voiced his opposition to the emerging deal in a speech to the U.S. Congress that enraged the White House.

The White House announced late Tuesday that President Barack Obama had spoken to Netanyahu and told him the deal won’t lessen U.S. concerns about Iran’s support for militant groups and its threats toward Israel. Obama said a planned visit to Israel next week by U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter reflects the high level of security cooperation between the two allies.

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CALGARY — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley downplayed concerns Tuesday that a lifting of Iranian sanctions would harm the province’s energy sector, though experts warned the Islamic republic’s nuclear agreement could result in an increase in global oil supply, thereby pushing back any recovery.

The historic deal reached between Iran and six world powers has opened the possibility that Iranian oil could again be flowing freely on world markets after increased sanctions in 2012 cut a million barrels a day from the country’s exports.

Notley said it’s possible the lifting of sanctions for Iran could have “a bit of a suppressing effect on oil prices for a period of time.”

“Like many Albertans, we talk about oil prices much like we talk about weather. And in both cases, we’re used to change,” she said in a teleconference call from Quebec City, where she met earlier with Premier Philippe Couillard.

“Alberta’s a province that has been built on dynamic commodity prices and we’ve seen oil go up, we’ve seen oil go down and throughout it all, we’ve seen the resilience of our economic infrastructure.”

But Laura Lau, senior portfolio manager at Brompton Funds, said the deal could cause oil companies to scale back investment plans.

“It’s definitely not good,” said Lau.

“I think it’s difficult for any North American (oil producer), whether it be Canadian or U.S., and I think they’re going to have to rethink their capital spending programs and their production growth.”

Lau said she doesn’t expect a significant drop in oil prices because the Iran deal had already been priced into the market, and Iranian oil won’t hit global markets until at least early next year. But she said with Iran holding millions of barrels of oil ready to be shipped, and upwards of 500,000 barrels a day of production ready to start up, projections are already showing slower oil price increases.

Iran, which holds the world’s fourthlargest proven oil reserves and second-largest proven gas reserves, could also ramp up production further with increased capital investments, Lau added. Aston Hill Financial portfolio manager John Kim said the short-term effects of potential Iranian oil exports weren’t a great threat to the Alberta oilpatch.

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Rough play blamed for soccer concussions STUDY SHOWS COLLISIONS CAUSE MORE CONCUSSIONS THAN HEADING THE BALL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Heading takes the heat in youth soccer, but limiting rough play might be a better way to prevent concussions and other injuries, a nine-year study of U.S. high school games suggests.

More than one in four concussions studied occurred when players used their heads to hit the ball.

But more than half of these heading-related concussions were caused by collisions with another player rather than with the ball.

These collisions included head-to-head, elbowto-head and shoulder-to-head contact, said Dawn Comstock, a University of Colorado public health researcher who led the study.

There have been recent calls to ban or limit heading in youth soccer, particular among players younger than 14, because of concerns about long-term effects of concussions and repeated brain trauma.

Women’s soccer stars including 1999 World Cup star Brandi Chastain are among supporters of a ban in kids’ soccer.

But says Comstock: “If the rules of soccer were simply enforced better, we would actually be more successful in reducing concussion rates.”

Rough play has become more common at all levels of soccer, but it violates rules that prohibit most player-to-player contact on the field, she said.

Five things to know about the study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics:

THE SCOOP The researchers looked at 2005-14 nationwide sports-injury data from a nationally representative sample of 100 public and private high schools. The study included older teens and some middle-school aged kids younger than 14 who played at the high school level.

More than 1,000 concussions occurred in boys and girls during soccer games and practices in the study years. Concussions in girls were more common, with a rate of almost 5 per 10,000 games and practices, versus almost 3 per 10,000 for boys.

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THE PLAYS Heading was the most common activity during which concussions occurred, followed by defending, general play, goaltending and chasing loose balls. Player contact caused almost 70 per cent of boys’ concussions and just over half of those injuries among girls.

Close to 30 per cent of girls’ concussions were caused by heading, versus almost 17 per cent for boys.

THE TRENDS Concussion rates increased during most study years among girls and boys. Rates of concussions resulting from heading increased among girls but not boys.

The researchers note that soccer has long been considered safer than other youth sports and has increased in popularity since 1969, when only boys played at the high school level.

A youth soccer team practises. A study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics of U.S. high school games found that over one in four concussions occurred when players used their head to hit the ball. But more than half of these heading-related concussions were caused by collisions with another player rather than with the ball.

THE KICKER Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, noted that a degenerative brain disease linked with repeated head blows and more often associated with football has recently been found in autopsies of professional soccer players.

The new study adds to concerns that have been raised about rough play, he said.

The Boston-based institute is a non-profit education and advocacy group that funds research on preventing and treating concussions and other brain trauma. It also advises the National Football League and groups involving other contact sports including rugby and lacrosse.

“It’s important that we take a close look at how we

can make the game of soccer safer,” Nowinski said.

THE REACTION Bob Colgate, sports medicine director for the National Federation of State High School Associations, said the study highlights why soccer rules need to be enforced.

He said caution against fighting and reckless play will be highlighted by the group’s soccer rules committee for the upcoming season. “Players, coaches, game officials and spectators must work together to model and demonstrate sportsmanship and fair play, to minimize risk and maximize participation,” Colgate said.

Cancer in moms an accidental finding in some prenatal test THE TESTS

CHICAGO — For pregnant women, abnormal results from certain prenatal tests may signal that something is wrong — with the moms-to-be, not the fetus, a preliminary study suggests.

Very rarely, these results may indicate cancer in the women when follow-up testing shows the fetus is healthy.

The noninvasive tests are increasingly being used to detect fetal chromosome abnormalities, including Down syndrome. They test pregnant women’s blood, which contain small amounts of fetal DNA. But cancer is among conditions that can cause results that mistakenly indicate an abnormality in the fetus, the researchers say.

The results are not definitive, although smaller studies have had similar findings.

Some highlights from the research, published online Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Noninvasive prenatal tests for fetal chromosome abnormalities are increasingly being recommended for women at high risk of having a child with Down syndrome; about 2 million tests have been performed worldwide, said lead author Dr. Diana Bianchi.

False-positive results are rare; they occur in just 0.2 per cent of tests at the lab involved in the study, said Bianchi, executive director of Tufts Medical Center’s Mother Infant Research Institute.

False-positives can occur for several reasons, including a twin pregnancy when one twin dies, and when the mother has a transplanted organ from a male donor. Cancer cells shed DNA that the tests can detect.

THE DETAILS The study involved blood tests from more than 100,000 women, processed over nearly three years by a Redwood City, California, laboratory.

Nearly 4,000 women, or about 3 per cent, had results suggesting fetal chromosome abnormalities.

In 10 cases, the babies turned out to be healthy but the women were later diagnosed with cancer, including lymphoma, leukemia and colon cancer.

The study focused on eight of these women, who were diagnosed within weeks to several months of the test.

Most had prenatal tests suggesting more than one chromosome abnormality in the baby.

In three women, cancer was diagnosed during a medical work-up prompted by the prenatal test results. Other cancers were discovered after women developed symptoms.

Two women had advanced cases.

It’s a rare cause of false-positives but Bianchi said more definitive data are needed to determine the incidence.

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“We don’t know how many people are walking around with silent cancers this test is accidentally uncovering,” Bianchi said. Women should be aware of the possibility when they seek the prenatal tests, and when results suggest a fetal problem, follow-up testing including amniocentesis is recommended.

But Bianchi said it would be premature to recommend cancer testing for all women whose tests have false-positive results.

A JAMA editorial says more rigorous research is needed to help doctors determine how to counsel these women.

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Senior ridiculed at company event Dear Annie: The real estate agent who sold me my home nine years ago periodically phones my house, asking whether I plan on selling, and offering his assistance. We have a courteous, professional relationship.

I never had a problem with him or his company.

MITCHELL Recently, I & SUGAR was a guest at a large customer appreciation event sponsored by this real estate company. I sat quietly by myself. One of the company’s main employees ridiculed me loudly, making a spectacle of me, pointing me out to others, making fun of my looks and my hair.

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I am a neat, clean, conservative senior citizen. She even walked past me and laughed loudly in my face.

I had never met this woman before.

I was so horrified that I said nothing and left.

I do plan on selling my home. However, after my horrific treatment at the “customer appreciation” event, I will not be using that real estate company.

If my former real estate agent asks me why I have listed my home with another company, what should I tell him?

No number of promotional events will ever bring back a customer who has been so terribly mistreated by an employee. — Ridiculed in Rapid City Dear Ridiculed: We cannot imagine any company allowing an employee to behave like this in front of potential clients. Was she drunk? Are you certain she worked there? Did others notice?

Please don’t wait until the real estate agent contacts you. Call him or his company and report this incident.

Explain exactly what happened and

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give as many details as possible. They need to know that this woman is out of control and is costing them business.

Dear Annie: A few months ago, my niece announced her wedding date for next summer.

She selected the wedding dress and the venue and put down deposits.

The couple recently decided they cannot live apart and had a small civil ceremony with only their parents present.

They have announced that they will still have the full wedding next year for the rest of their family and friends.

While we have not seen any invitations yet (it’s early), we are not sure how to handle a gift for a wedding that is a year after the actual ceremony.

I would prefer to send the couple a gift now to help them start their married life together, but I wouldn’t then send a second gift in a year.

I’m also not sure I will attend the second wedding, since it’s so long after the fact. It seems inappropriate.

Tell me, Annie, is this how weddings

are done these days? — Confused Family Member Dear Confused: No. Most weddings are still done in a more traditional fashion, although, we admit, there seem to be many more variations these days.

Nonetheless, if invited, you are obligated only for one wedding gift, whether you send it now or later. (Either is fine.)

And please don’t judge the couple so harshly by not attending the second wedding.

Think of it instead as a big party to celebrate their marital bliss and enjoy yourself.

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was an edible mushroom,” said co-author Dr. Corey Stein, an internal medicine resident who helped treat the woman at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. But suspecting the mushrooms might have caused her symptoms, the woman brought samples of the fungus with her to the hospital.

“When she initially presented, we knew the danger of mushroom toxicity, but it wasn’t until the next morning that we had them analyzed by the lab and found out it was a very poisonous kind,” he said in an interview. By that point, “her liver was already inflamed and starting to fail.”

Analysis showed the mushrooms were a toxic species known as Amanita bisporigera. The Amanita genus includes more than 600 species, which are the cause of most deaths due to mushroom poisoning.

“Distinguishing safe from harmful mushrooms is a challenge even for mycologists,” writes Dr. Adina Weinerman, a Sunnybrook internal medicine specialist who co-authored the report.

People poisoned by toxic mushrooms typically go through a number of phases. Six to 24 hours after ingesting the fungi, the person develops intestinal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

BRIEF Beware foraged wild mushrooms as they may be poisonous, doctors say TORONTO — Doctors are warning people who forage for wild mushrooms to educate themselves about edible species after a woman who ingested a highly poisonous variety needed a lifesaving liver transplant.

In a case report published in Monday’s edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, doctors say the 52-year-old immigrant of Asian descent visited a Toronto hospital emergency department last summer after developing severe abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting overnight.

The evening before, the woman had eaten a variety of wild mushroom found in a local park with her husband, who had foraging experience in his native country.

“Presumably they thought that it

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HOROSCOPES Wednesday, July 15 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Forest Whitaker, 54; Diane Kruger, 39; Lana Parrilla, 1977 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The New Moon is the time to approach tasks with renewed vigor.

H A P P Y BIRTHDAY: The next 12 months is a fabulous time to launch an entrepreneurial venture. With a dynamic and steady approach, you’ll make good progress.

A R I E S JOANNE (March 21-April 19): Avoid being MADELEINE bossy, and strive MOORE to be assertive rather than aggressive today Rams. When dealing with a family issue, resist the urge to judge others and jump to hasty conclusions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There are some new faces in your neighbourhood that are waiting to meet you. So get out and about in your local community, as you contribute your Taurean talents in creative ways.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The New Moon shines a spotlight on money matters.

If your finances are in a mess, then you need to develop some fiscal skills ASAP - hopefully with the guidance of an experienced professional.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expect power-plays in close relationships today. If you try to do too much, then you’ll just end up feeling super stressed. So pace yourself Crabs, and take things one step at a time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The New Moon stimulates your soul sector, so slow down and contemplate your life and where you’re

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going. Activities like music, meditation, contemplation, yoga and tai chi are favoured.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Now’s the time to re-formulate your goals and dreams for the future, as the New Moon activates your hopes and wishes zone.

But expect frustrations with a child, teenager or friend.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today someone may make you feel guilty about how you are juggling work responsibilities and domestic duties.

Don’t worry Libra. Just keep going along at your own preferred pace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The New Moon boosts your brain power so it’s time to read, research or study something new.

But if you try to control or manipulate others, then you’ll just have a long and exhausting day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A fresh start is indicated involving loot or lust, as the New Moon activates your joint finances and intimacy zone. It’s also a fabulous time to research a subject that has always fascinated you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The more you try to assert your authority — especially with loved ones — the more dismal the day will be. Just remember — you can’t be the boss all the time. Strive to be more democratic!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Get creative Aquarius! Boredom is a big no-no today as you search out unusual people, places and activities. You’ll favour excitement and novel ideas over your usual daily routine.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Romance is in the air! Attached Fish — find fresh ways to add pizazz to your partnership.

Single Pisceans — don’t sit around waiting for love to land in your lap. You need to be proactive.

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Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

‘I Think I’ve Just Been Had’ Dear Dr. D: – Several months ago, I had a severe toothache. It was on a Saturday and few dentists were open. I went to a dentist (new to me) and he said it required a root canal. It was on my back molar, and he claimed he couldn't do it. He gave me painkillers and referred me to an endodontist. I questioned the pricing, and didn't get much of an answer.

Well, this specialist charged me almost $2000, and sent me back to the first guy for a crown that he charged $1400. I asked initially if the tooth was shot, and whether an implant might make more sense. Both these doctors swore by the root canal. Now, the root canal has failed and had to be yanked. I have two holes, one in my wallet and the other in my mouth.

Why didn't they know this at the outset and just proceed with an implant?

A: I wish I knew! Firstly, if a tooth can be saved that is always a responsible dentist's first choice. You had what they considered a compromised tooth, not a 'hopeless' one so they opted for that treatment.

A root canal is usually a one visit treatment. Usually a crown is added later, to protect it. I've done all treatment, and none of us have a crystal ball unfortunately. There are patients walking around town with root canals I performed 15 years ago with no difficulties. Although dental implants have the highest ratio of success for any dental treatment available today – they are not immune to individual failure either. If it goes bad, it can lead to multiple appointments. Most of the time when I encounter that it is with a patient who opted for a bargain basement implant in some tropical country on vacation. Some of those can never be repaired.

Another big issue here (and one reason we can't prescribe dental or medical in writing or online) is that everyone's health is individual. As much as a knee jerk answer would be to so these doctors performed a procedure that may have been incorrect – you haven't mentioned other mitigating factors. Are you a smoker? This can have a significant influence on the success of failure of an implant. A female patient with low estrogen levels can encounter more failures with dental implants.

Either of these conditions would have some dentists not recommending implants. The doctor you were referred to had an additional 2 years of dental training for root canal therapy, so I am reluctant to second guess his work. He is the expert in that specific field. There is a phrase in dentistry that 'guarantees are for washing machines'. When it comes to your body accepting or rejecting specific treatment, it is actually illegal for anyone to guarantee anything. I don't believe you were intentionally taken advantage of, but I also don't have the luxury of reviewing your entire file and all the X rays. I can't say I would have done anything any differently.

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