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EXPRESS CLYDESDALES ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS FROM WESTERNER DAYS PARADE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF From a puck-sized tarantula to towering Clydesdales, Westerner Days offered a wide choice to opening day visitors who wanted to see something out of the ordinary.

Viktor Zielke, of Red Deer, said it had been many years since he saw a Clydesdale up close and the size of the Express KICKING OFF THE PARTY C1 Clydesdales was impressive. He saw the six hitch headlining Westerner Days Parade and said they performed “like a well-oiled machine.”

“They are just massive, but they’re so gentle the way they’re trained and looked after,” said Zielke who had his picture taken with Brock the Express Clydesdale on Wednesday.

The Clydesdale’s shoulder was about 1.8 metres (six feet) from the ground and its hooves were the size of dinner plates.

Each horse weighs about 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds) and consumes about 5.4 kilograms (12 pounds) of feed, six kilograms (13 pounds) of hay and 136 litres (30 gallons) of water in a day.

Coach rides from a team of two Clydesdales were available at the fair only on Wednesday to help raise money for Kid Sport Red Deer, a program that provides financial assistance and sports equipment for disadvantaged youth.

As ambassadors for Express Employment Professionals, the rare black and white Clydesdales have been competing and touring around North America since 1999.

On July 6, one of the Express geldings named Danny won Best in Show in the heavy horse competition at the Calgary Stampede.

2015 Westerner Days marked the Express Clydesdales’ first trip to the Red Deer fair and it’s been many years since the breed has been in the local parade.

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ABOVE: The Calgary Stampede Showband help get the crowd going as they perform during the Westerner Days Parade early Wednesday morning. The showband was one of three bands that performed during the parade, including the Red Deer Royals and the Red Deer Regents.

RIGHT: The world champion Express Clydesdales pass through the Westerner Days Parade on Wednesday morning. The horses have appeared in many parades, and escorted Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge at the Calgary Stampede in 2011.

Tunnelling inmate pleads guilty to 17 charges

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A man who tried to tunnel his way out of the Red Deer Remand Centre will remain in jail for four and a half more years.

Jeremy Dean Keddy, 36, entered guilty pleas to various offences in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday.

Keddy was arrested in Dec. 20, 2014, in a stolen car, with a handgun in his waistband and two loaded sawed-off shotguns in a guitar case.

And while he was being held at the Red Deer Remand Centre, guards found the start of an escape tunnel in his cell.

Keddy faced more than 50 charges from several incidents between December 2014 and April 2015, starting with his arrest behind the Village Mall Shoppers’ Drug Mart.

On Wednesday, in Red Deer provincial court he pleaded guilty to 17 charges ranging from possession of loaded prohibited weapons to mischief, for his attempt to dig his way out of the remand centre.

Red Deer RCMP on patrol on Dec. 20, 2014, saw Keddy in a stolen vehicle behind the drug store, con-

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versing with two other people. They arrested Keddy on the stolen vehicle suspicion and searched the vehicle. They did not find keys for the vehicle, which was running.

Police did find a soft guitar case with two loaded sawed-off shotguns, an unloaded stolen handgun in Keddy’s waistband — Keddy admitted to knowing it was stolen — cocaine and marijuana.

Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard said police also found cash and a scale, but said the scale did not appear to be in use for trafficking drugs.

Keddy was arrested and held in custody at the remand centre.

On Jan. 7, guards at the remand centre broke up a fight at Keddy’s cell between Keddy and another inmate.

A subsequent search of Keddy’s cell revealed a hole in the wall about seven inches by nine inches in size and about three inches deep. The hole was hidden behind a picture.

Keddy was the only inmate living in the cell. He admitted to using a weight lifting bar to start a hole in the concrete.

Bail was granted to Keddy in March 2015, but on April 8 he skipped a scheduled court date.

Instead, he went to the Village Mall Canadian

Tire and walked out with several stolen tools. He was identified from surveillance video.

On April 22, Innisfail RCMP found a drunken Keddy in a vehicle near Penhold. The vehicle’s ignition was destroyed and several broken tools were found in the vehicle.

A duffle bag belonging to Keddy contained breakin instruments, live ammunition of varying calibre and a billiard ball in a sock. Collard said the ball in the sock constituted a dangerous weapon and Keddy pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Keddy offered his apologies to the court, saying he was a law-abiding citizen who donated to charities and did volunteer work before he became addicted to methamphetamine.

“Up until this time I was never involved with firearms,” he said. “Can’t believe how it was undone in a matter of months.”

Judge John Holmes sentenced Keddy to four years and six months jail.

He was given credit for nine months of pre-conviction custody and has 45 months left to serve. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Luke Knowles talks about Stretch, a coastal python, at the Little Tay’s Australia- Animals Down Under show in Adventure Alley at the 2015 Westerner Days Fair and Exposition Wednesday afternoon. Knowles brought a number of different Australian animals, including a tarantula and a baby kangaroo.

Storms, baby birds causing power outages

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A hat trick of power outages last weekend in Red Deer can largely to be blamed on normal summer occurrences — baby birds and summer storms.

Jim Jorgensen, Electric Light and Power Department manager for the City of Red Deer, said on Wednesday that there are a few times every year that several unrelated problems all occur about the same time, making it seem like there are more outages than normal.

But the city routinely sees a number of power outages occur almost like clockwork the last half of June, all of July and into the early part of August.

It’s the time when young birds are learning to fly and they end up getting into areas of the power system they shouldn’t, said Jorgensen.

“Young birds wreak havoc on power lines.

“We really see that this time of year, it’s consistent year over year, generally the younger ones trying to figure out what they should and shouldn’t do.”

If birds touch one wire, and then something that takes that current through them to the ground such as a bolt or another piece of metal, or reach across between two lines, they can create a path for the electricity to go through them instead of the wires.

Jorgensen said three unrelated events caused recent power outages. On Friday, two birds got into the lines downtown. On Sunday, a driver crashed into a power pole near the Lions Campground. Very early Monday morning, a storm came through, blowing around trees and resulting in a branch making contact with a power line.

As for power usage volumes, despite the spell of hot weather, there’s been no problem, he said.

Part of this is because residents and businesses have been stepping up conservation efforts, he be-

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Also helping is new power generation recently coming on line and improved power transmission lines that can handle the draw.

While winter is when peak usage of power occurs, they are seeing that the peaks in the summer are starting to creep up because more people are putting in air conditioning.

Most homes in new neighbourhoods have air conditioning and people in older neighbourhoods are adding it.

“It’s the reality of Red Deer in 2015.”

This year has been a good test of the improving provincial power system with the long stretch of warm weather, he said.

Watching power supply fairly closely lately, Jorgensen said he hasn’t seen it get into dangerous territory.

He strongly encourages the public to let the city know whenever there is a power outage. While the overall system does have the ability to locate problems, it doesn’t provide specific house detail, for example. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sovereign Medal to be new Canadian honour to recognize volunteers OTTAWA — A new official honour has been created to recognize Canadian volunteers.

The Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers will be awarded to those who have made a significant, sustained, unpaid contribution to their community.

The new honour incorporates and replaces the existing Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award, established in 1995 by then-governor general Romeo LeBlanc.

Governor General David Johnston announced the establishment of the new medal today, following its approval by Queen Elizabeth II. He says the medal will emphasize Canada’s commitment to giving.

The last federal budget gave the governor general an additional $2.8 million per year to update Canada’s existing honours system in a bid to bring it more into the modern era.

In addition to the new medal, the money is being spent on more proactive outreach around the other available honours, including the Order of Canada and Meritorious Service Decorations.

The Sovereign Medal itself will bear two intertwined hearts, symbolizing generosity and the action of caring, while its ribbon will incorporate the blue and gold colours of the prior governor general’s award while adding a deep red colour to represent the sovereign.

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“What I most enjoyed was the big eyes from the little kids and the older people, probably in their 70s and 80s, who haven’t seen a heavy horse like this in a very long time. They are world-class animals,” said Curtis Debogorski, owner of the Express Employment Professionals Red Deer franchise.

Elsewhere at Westerner Days, Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo, of Ottawa, was educating and entertaining people by introducing them to Fluffy the tarantula, Stretch the coastal carpet python, Luigi the dingo, and Austin the red kangaroo.

Many people took the opportunity to meet and pet Austin and Luigi.

Ryder Moberg, 9, said he had never even seen a photo of a dingo before and Luigi had very soft fur.

“In my opinion it kind of looks like a small dog,” said Moberg who learned dingos are a member of the wolf family and therefore hard to train.

Luke Knowles, outreach educator and zoo keeper, cradled the 11-month-old kangaroo in his arms while people were allowed to pet the kangaroo’s back.

He said people can’t resist Austin.

“He’s our cute little baby. Everyone absolutely loves him,” Knowles said.

“People do love our reptile shows. But we love to bring things for people who aren’t so much of a reptile fan.”

He said introducing people to animals from Australia is one way to teach them about animal conservation and protecting the environment.

“Australia has such a diverse ecosystem and it’s very fragile as well. It’s one we really need to take care of.”

Little Ray’s Australia show runs each day at Westerner Days at 2, 4 and 6:30 p.m. at Zed 98.9 & KG Country 95.5 Adventure Alley. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canyon in Banff National Park where boy was hit by tree opens BANFF — A popular Banff National Park tourist attraction where a boy was hit by a falling tree has reopened.

A Parks Canada spokeswoman says the Johnston Canyon Trail is ready for visitors after the removal of 20 trees that were identified as potential problems.

The trail was closed last week after a boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a falling tree.

He was flown by air ambulance to Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary. There’s been no update on his condition.

Man charged after transport spills oil believed to have coated ducks TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police say an Alberta man has been charged with careless driving after a transport rollover spilled thousands of litres of transformer oil into a Toronto creek. It’s believed the oil ended up coating dozens of ducks that had to be rescued by wildlife volunteers.

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Hot, dry weather has meant a busy wildfire season so far in Alberta but recent rains and more in the forecast are providing a welcome change for firefighters.

Geoffrey Driscoll, a wildfire information officers, says the cooler, wet weather has allowed firefighters to really dig in and try to contain and put out new fires as quickly as possible.

Driscoll says the number of out-of-control wildfires is now way down from where it was, thanks to the changing weather.

He says they are making real progress but adds there is still a long way to go in this fire season.

With the season just halfway over, he says there has already been 5,000 square kilometres of land burned across Alberta.

He says that’s definitely up from last year and is even higher than the five-year average.

“For the past couple of weeks almost all of our fires have been caused by lightning,” explains Driscoll.

“We really haven’t had any human caused wildfires recently but before that, certainly in the spring, it was all human caused wildfires.”

He adds that if we get more dry hot conditions, another fire ban could come into effect.

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Iran deal nuclear fallout The thing to bear in mind about Tuesday’s deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries (the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China) is that without it, Iran could get nuclear weapons whenever it wants in a short time.

It has the technologies for enriching uranium, it could make the actual bombs any time it likes (every major country knows how), and the sanctions against Iran could not get much worse than they are now.

If you don’t like the current deal, and you really believe that Iran is hell-bent on getting nuclear weapons, then your only remaining opGWYNNE tion is massive DYER air strikes on Iran. Not even the Republican Party stalwarts in the U.S. Congress are up for committing the U.S. Air Force to that folly, and Israel without American support simply couldn’t do it on its own.

Then what’s left?

Nothing but the deal. It doesn’t guarantee that Iran can never get nuclear weapons. It does guarantee that Iran could not break the agreement without giving everybody else at least a year to respond before the weapons are operational. Sanctions would snap back into place automatically, and anybody who thinks air strikes are a cool idea would have plenty of time to carry them out.

So the deal will survive. Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu can fulminate about how it is a “an historic mistake” that will give Tehran “a sure path to nuclear weapons,” but he cannot stop it.

Netanyahu is obsessive about Iran, but even his own intelligence services do not believe that Tehran has actually been working on nuclear weapons in the past decade. The Israeli prime minister has burned all his bridges with U.S. President Barack Obama, and his Republican allies in the U.S. Congress cannot stop the deal either.

John Boehner, the speaker of the House of Representatives, said that the deal will “hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear Iran,” and he can probably muster a majority in Congress against it. (Congress, as Washington insiders put it, is “Israeli-occupied territory.”) But he cannot muster the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override Obama’s inevitable veto.

There will be a 60-day delay while Congress debates the issue, but this deal will go through in the end. So far, so good — but this is not happening in a vacuum. What are the broader implications for Middle Eastern politics?

Ever since the victory of the Islamic revolution 36 years ago, Iran and the United States have been bitter enemies. They have not suddenly become

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allies, but they are already on good speaking terms. Since almost all of America’s allies in the Arab world see Iran as a huge strategic threat, they are appalled by the prospect of a U.S.-Iran rapprochement.

That is not a done deal yet. While Iran strongly supports Bashar al Assad’s beleaguered regime in Syria, Washington still advocates Assad’s overthrow and arms some of the “moderate” rebels. It even supports Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign against the Houthi rebels who now control most of Yemen, and publicly accepts the Saudi claim that the Houthis are mere pawns who are being armed and incited to revolt by Iran.

But nobody in the White House, the State Department or the Pentagon really believes that the civil war in Yemen is an Iranian plot. Very few believe any

longer that Assad can be overthrown in Syria without handing the country over to the Islamist fanatics who dominate the insurgency there. And the most powerful force among those fanatics is “Islamic State,” whose troops are already being bombed by the United States in both Syria and Iraq.

The highest U.S. priority in the Middle East now is to prevent Iraq and Syria from falling into the hands of Islamic State and its equally extreme rival, the Nusra Front. Iran is giving both the Syrian and the Iraqi governments military support that is essential to their survival, so there is obviously the potential for closer U.S.-Iranian co-operation here.

By contrast, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, currently America’s two most important allies in the region, are pouring money and weapons into the Nus-

ra Front in Syria, which is why it has been winning so many battles against the Assad regime in recent months.

The prospect of an Islamist regime in power in Damascus is acceptable to Riyadh and Ankara, but it is deeply unwelcome in Washington.

So yes, a grand realignment of American alliances in the Middle East is theoretically possible now that the long cold war between the US and Iran is over. In practice, however, it is most unlikely to happen.

The long-standing military and economic ties between Washington and its current allies will probably triumph over cold strategic logic, and American policy in the Middle East will continue to be the usual muddle.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Too many negatives on negative income tax

BY ROSLYN KUNIN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Income is, for many people, a sexier thing to talk about than sex.

Conversations and media are focused on who gets how much. That the rich have lots and are getting more rots our socks. Thomas Piketty in his book Capital in the Twenty-first Century advocates for a global wealth tax to distribute income more evenly.

It would not directly help the poor, he concedes, but it would get those fat cats at the top.

One way to help those at the bottom is to raise the wages of the lowest paid workers. Many jurisdictions have, or will be, raising the minimum wage. Alberta is on the road to $15 minimum wage, to be done in stages. In Seattle, the minimum wage is already $15.

In British Columbia, the minimum wage is $10.25 per hour, and this will rise to $10.45 in September.

An even bigger idea is the living wage. It is calculated as the hourly wage a full-time worker would need to provide a basic standard of living usually for a family of four.

The City of Vancouver is planning to implement such a living wage — $20.68 an hour, rising as the cost of living rose. Few city workers are paid below that rate, but the policy would also apply to contractors who provide things like food services and lawn

care to the city.

Raising wages is not an ideal way to help those with low income. It only helps those in low wage work, and it may not help all of them. Higher wages mean that employers, especially small businesses which are 90 per cent of employers, will hire fewer people for fewer hours.

Governments, of course, can just pass the added costs onto taxpayers. And raising wages does nothing for those who do not have work – except possibly crate more of them.

A more novel idea — under serious consideration

by Alberta’s new government — is that of a minimum income. Sometimes called a negative income tax, the idea was proposed by U.S. economist Milton Friedman. When your income is above the minimum, you pay taxes to the government; when your income is lower, the government pays you.

This system would be implemented through the current income tax system and thus lack the stigma and hassle of existing welfare payments. It would be efficient, replacing the many and variable public programs aimed at low income people.

It would cover everybody, not only those in work.

And, according to its proponents, it would remove the disincentives in our social assistance programs to get back into work.

At first glance, a minimum income program or negative income tax sounds good, but the numbers

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do not work. A viable policy would have to meet three criteria: ● The minimum income offered needs to be set at a level high enough for a person and young dependents to survive without additional support. Adult dependents would themselves be covered. If the level is set so low that we still need other income support programs, a main advantage of the negative income tax is lost. ● The tax back rate on an additional dollar earned must be low enough that people feel that it is worth their while to go out and work. At relatively low income levels, people should not be charged higher income tax rates than those who are making millions. That is only fair. Ideally, they would be taxed at the same rate as those who are paying the lowest rates of positive income tax. ● The income level at which the government’s negative income payment goes to zero cannot be significantly above the incomes of working Canadians and taxpayers who are not being subsidized.

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Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, addresses a news conference as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark Clement Chartier, president of Canada’s Métis National Council, New Brunswick Premier Brain Gallant and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis, left, to right, look on at a meeting of Canadian premiers and national aboriginal leaders in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador on Wednesday.

Premiers commit to TRC recommendations after meeting PREMIERS MEETING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Canada’s premiers support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations and will act on them with or without Ottawa’s help, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis said Wednesday.

“We will together, jointly, make this happen,” Davis told a news conference after hosting provincial and territorial leaders and the heads of five national native groups in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L. Davis said the provinces have not only pledged to act on the commission’s 94 recommendations but, in some cases, have already started.

“They’re important commitments that we need to follow up on.”

Otherwise, what Davis described as the commission’s important work could be wasted, he said.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s longstanding absence from first ministers’ meetings is a missed chance for collaboration, Davis said.

“We all believe that the federal government should be providing that leadership. In the absence of the federal government, instead of just letting it sit and wait, we’re going to take those steps.”

Davis said Manitoba will host a second national

roundtable on missing and murdered aboriginal women to follow up on last winter’s event in Ottawa.

The RCMP has reported that almost 1,200 aboriginal women have been murdered or have vanished since 1980. The 2011 National Household Survey suggests indigenous women make up 4.3 per cent of Canada’s female population. But police say they’re victims in 16 per cent of female homicides and account for 11 per cent of missing women.

The premiers made a united push last summer for a public inquiry into the issue but Ottawa has refused. Federal officials who attended the national roundtable in February said justice investments and a five-year, $25-million plan to reduce related violence are a better approach.

Dawn Lavell Harvard, president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, said she was pleased with such efforts despite what she called a lack of respect from Ottawa. Violence against indigenous women and girls is “a grave violation of human rights,” Lavell Harvard told the closing news conference. She lashed out at the federal government for not attending Wednesday’s meeting.

“It is an insult to the memories of those women and girls that they’re not here.”

Lavell Harvard called it “a slap in the face.”

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde said he was satisfied that the provinces are taking the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report released last month seriously.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall launched a vigorous defence of the energy industry Wednesday, saying he is growing concerned that oil and gas development is increasingly being viewed as a liability by the rest of the country.

Wall said he would be raising his concern Thursday at a meeting of premiers in Newfoundland, where a national energy strategy is expected to be discussed.

“We need to be more sustainable in development, but increasingly the dialogue in the country seems to be heading in the direction where somehow oil and gas is something we ought to be ashamed of,” Wall told reporters in Saskatchewan before he headed out for the meeting a day late because of forest fires burning in his province.

“I just categorically reject that.”

Wall, who heads the right-leaning Saskatchewan Party, took aim at the outcome of a meeting between Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley and her Quebec counterpart Philippe Couillard, a Liberal, earlier this week.

Notley emerged from the face-to-face to say she 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.

“We can do a better job of ensuring energy development is sustainable — that’s fair,” Wall said. “But I do not think any province in Confederation should be holding up approvals of a pipeline ... by saying: ’We don’t think you environmental policies are stringent enough’ or maybe: ’We don’t like how you price carbon.”’

He said the energy industry creates jobs and its success funds programs such as equalization, which transfers money from the federal government to lesswealthy provinces, including Quebec and Ontario, to fund equal levels of public services.

“I think there is a growing sense of frustration here because our economies in the West have been creating significant opportunities for all Canadians,” Wall said.

“Maybe we need to have equalization payments start flowing through a pipeline to finally get one approved through Central Canada.”

TransCanada’s (TSX:TRP) $12-billion Energy East line would ship more than a million barrels a day of oilsands crude, which has been derided in many quarters for its big carbon footprint.

Notley’s approach to pipelines differs from that of her Progressive Conservative predecessors, who aggressively stumped for all proposals and pushed back against other provinces trying to impose conditions on their approval.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Months of informal discussions among climate negotiators from more than 20 countries suggest there’s a significant international deal to be had on climate change later this year in Paris.

That’s the conclusion of two veteran negotiators who helped facilitate the talks that included representatives of Brazil, China, Russia, the United States, Germany, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

“We have the makings of a good deal in Paris,” Valli Moosa of South Africa said Wednesday in a conference call with reporters.

“The broad outlines of the deal are becoming quite clear,” added Norwegian Harald Dovland, who co-authored with Moosa a report on the talks.

Their report, released by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, says the emerging climate treaty appears to respect each country’s different starting point but would commit every signatory to cutting emissions and tracking their efforts through common reporting requirements.

Canadian officials were not invited to participate in the eight rounds of informal discussions hosted by the centre between March 2014 and May of this year, but that doesn’t mean Canada wasn’t discussed.

“The Canadian example is often cited as an illustration that a binding obligation to achieve a target does not necessarily mean that that target is achieved,” said Elliot Diringer, a former White House spokesman who serves as the executive vice-president of the Virginia-based climate centre.

The informal negotiations suggest binding emissions targets won’t be part of a Paris deal next December, but rather the agreement will aim for the broadest possible participation and transparency in measuring emissions cuts.

The goal, said Moosa, appears to be reaching an agreement that has “the maximum positive impact on the problem.”

He and Dovland both noted the serious and “constructive spirit” of the informal talks.

“I’ve been involved in all kinds of negotiations for many, many years and you can tell when people are trying to find a solution and you can tell when people are trying to highlight and stimulate disagreement,” said Moosa.

Countries representing more than 55 per cent of global emissions have already submitted their greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, known as INDCs, to the United Nations-based Paris conference organizers.

Canada, which formally backed out of the original 1998 Kyoto Protocol in 2011, announced in May that it aims to cut emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 — even though the country is not on track to meet its current 2020 goal of a 17 per cent reduction, set at Copenhagen in 2009.

The Harper government has not released any detailed plan of new measures it will take to achieve the 2030 target, and appears to be relying heavily upon provincial actions.

Provincial and territorial leaders are about to start two days of meetings in St. John’s with climate change and a national energy strategy on the agenda.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has always insisted all major international emitters must be included in any global climate treaty.

Moosa said the bilateral climate deal announced between the United States and China last November “should not be under-estimated” and has helped create what he called a “unique scenario” that did not exist prior to the Kyoto and Copenhagen climate conferences.

The informal talks also suggest that global economic challenges may not necessarily derail national ambitions on climate, said Moosa, although international financing plans for climate mitigation may suffer.

More fundamentally, said Moosa, a boom in global energy innovation is leading countries to recognize that energy efficiency, low carbon technologies and eliminating energy-intensive industrial processes and buildings actually reduce economic costs.

“That’s a big realization,” he said.

“That’s the biggest thing globally that’s driving the move toward decarbonization.”

Cuban coach says four members of rowing team defect from Pan Am Games

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST.CATHARINES, Ont. — Four Cuban rowers have defected from the Pan American Games and travelled to the United States, their coach said Wednesday.

Juan Carlos Reyes said Liosmel Ramos and Wilber Turro dropped out before the regatta began on Saturday, while Manuel Suarez and Orlando Sotolongo competed in earlier races and then withdrew.

The four have been in touch with teammates through Facebook, Reyes said.

The Games rowing venue in St. Catharines, Ont., is only a few kilometres from the U.S. border.

Games officials said Wednesday morning that they weren’t aware of the defections.

“I’m not aware of the specific point but we have a protocol that we would follow. This is something that is dealt with through our integrated security unit and if necessary, through the relevant national Olympic committee,” CEO Saad Rafi said.

Canadian immigration officials said they couldn’t comment on asylum claims south of the border, while U.S. Customs and Border Protection said they couldn’t release information on specific cases due to privacy concerns.

“We continue to seek to promote safe, legal and orderly migration from Cuba under our migration accords and deter dangerous unlawful migration from Cuba,” the department said in a statement.

“Generally, if a Cuban national arriving at a CBP port of entry or between ports expresses fear of return to Cuba and/or their country of last residence, he or she is inspected and paroled. CBP officers and agents will verify whether the individual has any

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Cassandra Clarke, her husband, Edmund, and 10-year-old daughter Caitlyn have been staying with family since having to leave La Ronge more than two weeks ago.

Now they’ve welcomed Annie Flora

criminal or existing U.S. immigration history,” it said.

Cuban refugees can apply for permanent residence a year after being inspected and paroled, the department said.

Dozens of athletes, many of them from Cuba, have defected during international sports events over the years — some to flee persecution, others to bolster their careers.

Eight members of the Cuban delegation defected when Canada last hosted the Pan Am Games in 1999. Cuban officials at the time alleged that Canadian media were encouraging athletes to jump ship.

When Winnipeg first staged the Games in 1967, a Cuban boxer defected shortly after winning a gold medal.

Two players from the Cuban women’s soccer team defected in 2011 after facing off with the Canadian team in Vancouver in an Olympic qualifying match. They crossed into the U.S., where they were reunited with relatives.

And three Cuban soccer players fled to the U.S. the night before a World Cup qualifying match in Toronto in the fall of 2012. They now play for a lowertier professional league in Charleston, S.C. Though Cuba’s relationship with the U.S. has thawed, some experts have said that at this time, it’s unlikely the change will reduce the incentive for Cuban athletes to defect while playing abroad.

Before leaving their team, two of the rowers had won silver medals at these Games. Sotolongo, 18, placed second in the men’s quadruple sculls, while Suarez, 25, did in the men’s coxless fours.

Turro, Ramos and Suarez also won gold together in the men’s lightweight coxless four at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Lee Clarke to their world.

The Clarkes had just finished watching a movie in Prince Albert on Tuesday night when Cassandra’s water broke.

Three hours later, she gave birth to Annie.

The Clarkes had to leave most of their baby supplies behind during the evacuation, but have been helped out by family and community members.

“We were prepared at home and then we left everything there,” Cassandra Clarke said. “We were staying in Birch Hills at my friend’s place for the first 12 days. The community got together and donated some stuff.

“My husband’s brother had a bunch of donations as well. We’ve been helped quite a bit already.”

But while there are enough supplies, the family is anxious to get home.

“It’s lonely,” Clarke said.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers voted overwhelmingly early Thursday to approve a harsh austerity bill demanded by bailout creditors, despite significant dissent from members of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ own left-wing party.

The bill, which imposes sweeping tax hikes and spending cuts, fueled anger in the governing Syriza party and led to a revolt against Tsipras, who has insisted the deal forged after a marathon weekend eurozone summit was the best he could do to prevent Greece from catastrophically crashing out of the euro, Europe’s joint currency.

The legislation was approved with 229 votes in favour, 64 against and six abstentions — and won the support of three pro-European opposition parties.

Among Syriza’s 38 dissenters were prominent party members, including Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who many blame for exacerbating tensions with Greece’s creditors with

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FLAT GAP, Ky. — As the Johnson family dug through the wreckage where their trailers once stood, they found a mudsoaked box of family photos, cherished heirlooms and a tiny porcelain statue of Jesus, but not what they were looking for.

Scott Johnson, 34, was swept away two days ago, trying to save his grandmother as a flash flood Monday ravaged this rural eastern Kentucky community.

He is still missing.

Three others are confirmed dead, and the fate of four more remains uncertain. Families reported them missing, but they could be stranded in their homes, without power or phone service.

Rescue teams are slogging through kneedeep mud, door-to-door, across the rugged Appalachian terrain, painting orange “X”s on each structure they search.

Desperate families roam the banks of the swollen creek, looking for their lost loved ones.

Kevin Johnson last saw his son Scott wading through rushing floodwater with his 74-yearold grandmother on his back.

Scott Johnson had already guided his father, uncle and sister from the raging flood that inundated their cluster of trailers. He turned back one last time to save his grandmother, called Nana, and a 13-year-old family friend.

“We told him, ’You can’t make it,”’ his father recalled. “He said, ’I’m going to get her out of that trailer.”

Standing in a cemetery on a hill overlooking the creek that had swallowed his son, Kevin Johnson was so overcome with grief he sometimes struggled to speak.

He had watched his son push the boy to safety in the branches of a catalpa tree and hoist his Nana onto his back, only to be swept away.

“Scott wouldn’t turn her loose, that’s why he died,” said Veronica Marcum, Scott Johnson’s sister.

The grandmother, Willa Mae Pennington, was found dead Tuesday among debris from the family’s shattered mobile homes, Johnson County Coroner J.R. Frisby confirmed.

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CANADA ECLIPSES GOLD-MEDAL COUNT FROM 2011 IN JUST FIVE DAYS AT 2015 PAN AM GAMES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — It took just five days of competition at the 2015 Pan American Games for Canada to eclipse its goldmedal total from four years ago.

Canadian athletes won eight more gold medals on Wednesday, giving the host nation 33 overall.

Canada won 30 gold medals total over 16 days at the 2011 Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The United States took the lead in the overall medal standings with 85 medals to Canada’s 83, which includes a disputed swimming silver in the men’s 4x200 relay.

Canada still leads in the gold-medal race, five ahead of the U.S. Brazil was third in the medal standings with 54, while Cuba and Colombia were third in the gold-medal standings at 16 apiece.

Halifax gymnast Ellie Black and Canada’s rowing and swimming teams contributed multiple gold medals Wednesday, while Calgary shooter Lynda Kiejko won her second gold of the Games.

Black won gold in the women’s balance-beam competition and the floor exercise, giving her five medals in five events.

Black nailed her balance-beam routine with a score of 15.050 at the highest difficulty level. After her floor exercise routine that got her a score of 14.400, she blew kisses to the crowd at Ricoh Coliseum as fans roared and waved Canadian flags.

Earlier in the Games, the 19-yearold won gold in the all-around, bronze in the vault and helped Canada earn silver in the team event.

“This was more than I expected, this has been incredible,” Black said. “The support here has been amazing. I was so proud of our team coming in silver, and individually in my finals I was not expecting half of this. So thank you to everyone.”

Kevin Lytwyn of Stoney Creek, Ont., won silver in the men’s horizontal bar with a score of 15.475 and Victoria Woo of Brossard, Que., won bronze on the women’s balance beam at 13.650.

Canada earned a medal in four-offive races, including three gold, on the final day of rowing competition at the Royal Canadian Henley course in St. Catharines, Ont. The men’s lightweight

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Dominique Bouchard, left, and teammate Hilary Caldwell celebrate after the women’s 200-metre backstroke final swimming event at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto on Wednesday. Caldwell won the event and Bouchard came in second place. coxless fours, the men’s eight and the women’s quadruple sculls all topped the podium, while Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont., added a silver in men’s single sculls.

The men’s eights led from start to finish, finishing three seconds ahead of Argentina with a time of six minutes 7.01 seconds. The eights crew included all four members of the gold-medalwinning men’s coxless four from earlier in the meet.

“We all agreed there’s no way we could stand on that podium and listen to any other anthem with our fans, family and friends there,” said Conlin McCabe of Brockville, Ont. “The whole

regatta was going to be a failure to us if we didn’t win the eights, even though we had won the fours and quad already.”

McCabe, Victoria’s Mike Evans, Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C., Julien Bahain of Sherbrooke, Que., Martin Barakso of Nanaimo, B.C., Tim Schrijver of Thedford, Ont., Kai Langerfeld of Parksville, B.C., Will Crothers of Kingston, and coxswain Jacob Koudys from nearby Fenwick, Ont., got the eights win for Canada.

Kate Goodfellow of Perth, Ont., Kerry Shaffer of nearby Welland, Ont., Carling Zeeman of Cambridge, Ont., and Antje Von Seydlitz of Smithers,

B.C., won the quad sculls in 7:07.63, more than eight seconds ahead of the U.S., which won silver in 7:16.26.

“The wind was pretty strong today so the start and first half of the race was pretty rough and I think it just came down to who handled it the best,” said Goodfellow.

Maxwell Lattimer and Brendan Hodge, both from South Delta, B.C., Nicolas Pratt of Kingston, and Eric Woelfl from St. Catharines, Ont., won the men’s lightweight coxless fours.

“This is our boat for the whole summer so it’s another stepping stone in how we’re forming as a crew,” said Pratt.

Spieth looks to make Roughriders head coach history at home of golf Corey Chamblin faces his critics head on

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — With a chance to match history at the home of golf, Jordan Spieth is trying to make the British Open feel like just another event.

And that might be as tough as any challenge at St. Andrews.

The press room was at capacity and spilled out the door when he spoke to the media Wednesday for the first time this week, creating an atmosphere normally reserved for Tiger Woods or Rory McIlroy. Fans gathered around a board that listed the practice round schedule, scanning up and down until they found Spieth.

“Please hold the cameras until after the shot,” caddie Michael Greller told the gallery. The sound of shutters began at the top of his swing, and Spieth could only laugh when he launched his tee shot. “It’s like this on every hole,” he said.

The 21-year-old Texan does not have the aura of Woods. He does not have the accomplishments of McIlroy.

He still is the main attraction at this British Open, and would be even if McIlroy — the defending champion and No. 1 in the world — were not out with an ankle injury.

Folks know their history at St. Andrews. Ben Hogan in 1953 is the only other player to capture the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. Only three players since then — Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Woods — have ever come to Scotland with hopes of a Grand Slam.

Spieth knows history, too, as much as he’d rather not think about it until he has no choice.

“I like to study the history of golf, and it’s extremely special what this year has brought to our team,” he said.

“And to have a chance to do what only one other person in the history of golf has done ... I’m sure embracing that opportunity.

“But by the time I start on Thursday, it won’t be in my head. It’ll be about how can I bring this Open Championship down to just another event, get out there and try and get myself into contention.”

He set out for his final practice round on a cool morning with an overcast sky, occasional rain, and not much wind. There is plenty of talk about how ready Spieth will be for his shot at history. He played two full rounds and 10 holes leading up to the start Thursday.

He played the Old Course four years

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Jordan Spieth smiles during a practice round at the British Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, Wednesday. ago on his way to the Walker Cup. Then again, St. Andrews has rarely been this green, this slow, because of recent rain. That takes some of the roll out of the fairway, and with it the unpredictable nature of links golf.

Spieth is the betting favourite, and it didn’t hurt that he won the John Deere Classic on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour title of the year. Whatever he lost in study by not coming over early, he might have gained in confidence that not much has changed since the U.S. Open.

“Coming over earlier certainly could have helped,” he said. “I just liked the fact that I could go somewhere I could play hard, and possibly win a PGA Tour event in preparation.

But certainly, more time on this golf course couldn’t ever hurt anybody.”

The jet lag hasn’t been a problem.

Besides, Spieth won the Australian Open in late November, flew straight to Dallas, went to Florida the next day for the Hero World Challenge, and beat an 18-man field of top 50 players by 10 shots.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CFL PICKS

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the CFL’s lone winless team but head coach Corey Chamblin has a message for the club’s rabid fans — relax.

“The only thing that’s been truly lost in this season is the ability right now to go 16-2 for the regular season,” Chamblin told reporters earlier this week. “We haven’t lost the Grey Cup, we haven’t lost first place, we haven’t lost home-field advantage, we haven’t lost anything so no matter how you paint the picture at some point I knew we’d lose at least three games during the damn season.”

Chamblin guided the Riders to a Grey Cup title in 2013, a championship delivered on home soil no less.

But Saskatchewan is 0-3 heading into a rematch at Mosaic Stadium against the B.C. LIons (1-1), who rallied for a 35-32 win last weekend at B.C. Place Stadium.

In fact, the Riders have held fourthquarter leads in all three of their losses, prompting some Saskatchewan fans to ask for Chamblin’s head.

“There’s two podiums waiting at the end of the year — a championship podium or a cross,” Chamblin said. “I’m prepared for either one of them.

“If the fans want a new coach, they can get that. At the end of the day, I’ll still work and I’ll still be a great coach whether it’s here in Saskatchewan this year or somewhere else the next couple of years. So to be honest, I don’t give a damn about that.”

After winning the Grey Cup, Saskatchewan stormed out to an 8-2 record through its first 10 games in 2014 before losing starter Darian Durant to a season-ending elbow injury. The Riders finished the year dropping seven of their final nine contests, including an 18-10 decision to Edmonton in the West Division semifinal.

Optimism was high in Regina this year with Durant’s healthy return but the veteran quarterback suffered a season-ending Achilles injury in the season opener. And although veteran Kevin Glenn has been solid as Durant’s replacement — completing 56-of69 passes for 748 yards with four TDs and two interceptions over his last two starts — it hasn’t translated into wins.

Chamblin isn’t fazed by the harsh criticism he’s facing.

“They (upset fans) can come and stand here and boo me every day,” he said. “At the end of the day I get a paycheque and I am doing my job.

“But the one thing about it is my body of work since I’ve been here has been commendable and that’s what they have to stand on. If they’re looking for more, they’re looking for different, hey, do what you’ve got to do.”

Pick — Saskatchewan.

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats versus Montreal Alouettes, Thursday night Hamilton (1-1) not only comes off the bye week but with a win in its last game, a 52-26 decision over Winnipeg on July 2. Brandon Banks has returned punts for TDs in each of the Ticats’ first two contests. Montreal (1-2) lost 2523 to Winnipeg. Rookie Rakeem Cato was 22-of-31 passing for 317 yards with two interceptions but found veteran receiver S.J. Green six times for 180 yards.

Pick — Hamilton Edmonton Eskimos at Ottawa Redblacks, Friday night Edmonton (1-1) looks to sweep the home-and-home series after downing Ottawa 46-17 in Alberta last week. The loss was the first of the season for the Redblacks (2-1) as starter Henry Burris was 20-of-36 passing for just 162 yards and an interception. Matt Nichols, replacing the injured Mike Reilly, completed 12-of-21 passes for 212 yards and three TDs for the Eskimos, who led 3611 at halftime.

Pick — Edmonton Winnipeg Blue Bombers versus Calgary Stampeders, Saturday night Calgary (2-1) comes off a 25-20 home win over the Toronto Argonauts on Monday night as Grey Cup MVP Bo Levi Mitchell completed 25-of-34 passes for 303 yards and two TDs. But the Stampeders lost offensive tackles Edwin Harrison (broken ankle) and Dan Federkeil (broken fibula) to injury.

Winnipeg (2-1) beat Montreal 25-23 last weekend as Drew Willy was 20-of-29 passing for 251 yards.

Pick — Calgary Last week: 2-2 Overall record: 4-8

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Als want to spread ball around

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Rakeem Cato says he doesn’t intentionally throw to S.J. Green a lot, it just works out that way.

The Montreal Alouettes rookie quarterback, who will make his third CFL start Thursday night against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Percival Molson Stadium, went to Green often and with great success in a 25-23 loss in Winnipeg last week. Green picked up 180 yards to take the league lead with 285 receiving yards.

“I love all the guys,” Cato said this week. “We’re trying to become family.

“As far as me having picks (favourites), I think all the receivers are great. It’s not a special relationship.

The only thing is we’re both from Florida and we understand each other that way. But as far as football, S.J. does a great job of understanding the game and he’s a great wideout.”

Green has more yards than the next two Montreal (1-2) receivers combined, Nik Lewis (138) and Fred Stamps (62).

“Cato’s taught to throw the ball to the open man,” said Green. “My mentality is to get open as often as I can.”

The 23-year-old Cato, who inherited the job when starter Jonathan Crompton and backup Dan Lefevour were both injured in the opening game of the regular season, is confident things will even out as he gets used to the CFL game and settles in as a starter.

The six-foot 180-pound Cato has been impressive in his first two games, completing 42 of 56 passes (75 per cent) for 558 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.

Throwing to Green, one of the league’s top receivers the last seven years, is only natural. But Green has also become a mentor off the field, helping his fellow Floridan adjust to a new league and a new city that Cato compared to Miami because it is

“fast.”

“Miami is a very fast city,” said Green.

“It is different, and Montreal’s also different and diverse, so there are similarities there, too.

“We do spend time together outside of football and we do talk a lot. Being from the state of Florida, we have a lot of similarities in our upbringing and how we view life, so we can relate to each other and we can communicate. It helps him become more comfortable.”

Cato will face a major test in the Tiger-Cats (1-1), who like to bring big pressure on opposing quarterbacks.

Hamilton is coming off a bye week after a 52-26 romp over the Blue Bombers in Winnipeg on July 4.

The Ticats’ Emanuel Davis and Brandon Stewart each returned an interception for a touchdown.

Last week, Cato was picked off twice, including one that was run back for a TD. That and a blocked punt that

went for a touchdown was the difference in a game in which Montreal had the advantage on both sides of the ball.

The Montreal special teams will also have their hands full with Brandon Banks, who has returned a punt for a TD in each of Hamilton’s first two games.

“Someone asked me how we’re going to handle the punt returner and I said ’we’re just not going to punt the football,’ ” said coach Tom Higgins.

“That’s the choice.

“The reality is you average seven to nine punts a game and you can’t punt them all out of bounds. Covering punts is going to be big.”

The Alouettes will try to take some pressure off Cato by running the ball, which they have done successfully this season. Tyrell Sutton leads the league with 50 carries for 278 yards and he will have Brandon Rutley as a backup.

The Ticats have surrendered the fewest rushing yards per game at 74.5.

Andrew Harris back in form for B.C. Lions AFTER 2014 CUT SHORT BY INJURY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SURREY, B.C. — Andrew Harris could feel his team needed a jolt.

The B.C. Lions were lagging badly midway through the fourth quarter against the Saskatchewan Roughriders last week, so the Canadian running back spoke up and pointed out a few things he saw on the field.

Whatever that was, it worked.

Harris had a combined 58 yards on two catches and two runs on the Lions’ first touchdown drive to get things going in what would turn out to be a dramatic 35-32 overtime victory.

“I went over to coach and just told him some different things I had in mind and we went to them,” said Harris. “It was just about getting that momentum. I felt like we were flat and I felt like I could bring that to the table.

“You’ve just got to be ready to make impact plays whenever you can.”

Harris finished with 70 yards rushing and 74 yards receiving in B.C.’s first victory of the season after a so-so outing in a loss to the Ottawa Redblacks in the club’s opener.

“He did create a spark, there’s no doubt about that,” said Lions head coach Jeff Tedford. “Andrew played with a lot of passion and it was nice to see. We need that every game from him.”

The 28-year-old from Winnipeg is coming off a 2014 season that was cut short by a dislocated ankle that required surgery. Harris didn’t feel quite right against Ottawa, but added his vision and the speed of the game were back to normal against Saskatchewan.

“I feel when I do get the ball consistently I’m definitely stimulated and into the game more,” he said. “As a running back I think you definitely need to be involved.”

Lions quarterback Travis Lulay said Harris’ versatility is what makes him so difficult for opposing defences.

“He’s going to be a key to whatever we’re doing, whether it’s run game or

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B.C. Lions’ Andrew Harris, right, gets away from Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Terrell Maze as he carries the ball during the a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on July 10, 2015. pass game,” said Lulay. “He’s our feature tailback for a reason. It’s because he’s good with the ball in his hands and he’s good in space.”

Saskatchewan, the CFL’s only winless team at 0-3, will get a second crack at Harris and the Lions in Week 4, but the game is also important to B.C. because another victory would mean taking the season series and creating even more distance between the clubs in the standings.

“We know what kind of effort we’re going to get from these guys being in an 0-3 hole, being team that very easily

could be 3-0 if a handful of plays had happened differently in each game,” said Lulay. “This is a chance for us to get a good early season jump on one of our divisional rivals. We need to recognize that and try to seize that opportunity.”

Harris said there has been talk of winning the season series — the teams play once more in October — and that chatter will only get louder as Friday approaches.

“It definitely is on a lot of guys’ minds,” said Harris. “We could put the nail in the coffin for these guys and re-

ally put them behind the 8-ball. That’s something we need to do and something that needs to get harped on.”

Notes: The Lions added defensive back Eric Fraser this week. The 28-year-old spent last season with Ottawa before getting cut this spring. ...

Lions slotback Cam Morrah suffered a suspected MCL and ACL tear on a low hit in the victory over the Roughriders and is likely done for the season. ... Lulay was named the CFL’s player of the week after completing 34 of 44 passes for 404 yards and three touchdowns against the Roughriders.

Ducks ink Kesler to $41.25 million extension

Weather holds off completion of first round at chuckwagons The weatherman wore the black hat Wednesday at the Westerner track, halting the first go-round of the North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship after seven heats due to a downpour.

The skies opened just as the first half of the opening-day performance was complete, and following a one-hour delay the second half was called off due to a muddy track.

While organizers were unsure of how the rest of the performance would be played out, the general consensus was that the last 28 wagons would roll this morning, giving the horses and drivers time to rest before tonight’s 6:30 p.m. show.

For the record, Chis Arcand and his CMR Fabrications rig out of Sylvan Lake posted the best time Wednesday, racing home in a time of one minute, 19.68 seconds.

Rounding out the top five through the first half of the opening performance were Miles McNarland on the Baseline Pressure Testers rig out of Rocky Mountain House in 1:19.92; Jim Lang, aboard the Little John’s rig from Red Deer with a clocking of 1:20.05; Malcolm Apsassin on the Red Deer Southpointe Dental wagon in 1:20.18; and Jake Van Ringen aboard the Ol MacDonald’s Resort wagon from Erskine with a time of 1:20.46.

The North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship runs through Sunday with the final performance set for 2:30 p.m.

NHL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANAHEIM, Calif. — Centre Ryan Kesler got comfortable quickly with the Anaheim Ducks, and the club let him know the feeling is definitely mutual.

The veteran centre agreed to a sixyear, $41.25 million contract extension with the Ducks on Wednesday, cementing a long-term commitment after just one season together.

“I definitely feel a part of the core group now,” Kesler said. “They wanted me, and I wanted to stay.”

Kesler had 20 goals, 27 assists and 75 penalty minutes last year in Anaheim after spending his first nine NHL seasons with the Vancouver Canucks. The hard-nosed U.S. Olympian filled a key role as the Ducks’ second-line centre while matching up defensively against many teams’ top scorers.

Kesler also had seven goals and six assists in a standout playoff effort as the three-time Pacific Division champion Ducks fell one game short of the Stanley Cup Final, losing to Chicago in the Western Conference finals.

“That dressing room is so close,

“Working Together To Keep You Coming Back”

and we hold ourselves to the highest standard,” Kesler said. “That group is not satisfied until we win a Stanley Cup. When we do win that Stanley Cup, I don’t think we’ll be satisfied then, either.

“We’re going to want another one.

We have the group to do it. We have all the pieces. We just need to put them together. We were one game away from going to the final, and that experience will help us next year.”

Kesler has one year left on his current contract.

His new deal has an average annual value of $6.875 million and extends through the 2021-22 season, when he will be 37 years old — not that he’s counting.

“This isn’t my last contract,” Kesler said.

“I want another one after this.

Right now, I’m sitting here saying I won’t be done (in 2022). My family supports that, and they know.”

The deal still provides extraordinary long-term security for a player in his 30s, but the Ducks are banking on Kesler being a key part of their near future as they attempt to breach the final barriers to the franchise’s second championship. Anaheim was on the brink last season, but lost the last two games of the conference finals to the eventual champion Blackhawks.

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That’s not going to happen again, I’ll tell you that.”

Kesler is eager to resume his connection with Kevin Bieksa, his former roommate and the longtime Canucks defenceman acquired by the Ducks last month.

Bieksa is the biggest off-season addition to the Ducks, who shuffled their lineup significantly despite their success. Anaheim also acquired forwards Carl Hagelin, Shawn Horcoff and Chris Stewart, while defenceman Francois Beauchemin and forwards Matt Beleskey, Emerson Etem and Kyle Palmieri all departed.

Kesler’s long-term deal secures a key component of the Ducks’ future, but general manager Bob Murray has more work to do with the Ducks’ restricted free agents.

Restricted free agent forward Jakob Silfverberg, Kesler’s once-andfuture linemate, is negotiating a long-term contract. Goalie Frederik Andersen, centre Rickard Rakell and defencemen Hampus Lindholm, Sami Vatanen and Simon Despres all could be restricted free agents next summer.

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Team Sky helps Froome hold lead TOUR DE FRANCE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAUTERETS, France — Tour de France leader Chris Froome understands those who harbour doubts about his dominant performances in a sport long marred by doping. Maybe, he says, it’s time to bring in an independent specialist to test his body and help prove that he’s riding clean.

The 30-year-old Briton cruised through a second day in the Pyrenees mountains on Wednesday, finishing more than five minutes behind Stage 11 winner Rafal Majka of Poland but keeping his main rivals in check.

The bumpy, grueling ride under a hot sun came a day after Froome blew away the pack, prompting new suspicions about doping. Ironically, it came as Lance Armstrong — who was stripped of seven consecutive Tour titles — was to return to French roads nearby, even though he’s persona non grata at the Tour de France.

Armstrong was to take part in charity rides Thursday and Friday to raise money to fight leukemia, taking the same route that Tour riders will cover a day later.

Froome brushed off Armstrong’s visit as a “non-event”, noting that “he’s not on the start line with us.”

However, Armstrong’s presence is a reminder that any Tour leader can expect to come under at least some suspicion. To deal with that, Froome is willing to take testing even further.

“I’m open-minded to potentially doing some physiological testing at some point after the Tour, or at whatever point suits,” the Briton said. “Obviously, there would be some interesting things that come out of it, and maybe as a team we might even learn something from it.”

Speaking to French TV, Froome said he does “sympathize” with people who have their doubts about him, adding: “It’s a normal question to ask” given the sport’s history. But he emphasized his hard work — sometimes from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. — and decried a “lack of respect” shown by some.

Arriving in France on Wednesday, Armstrong acknowledged to British broadcaster Sky News that he bore some responsibility for the spotlight now being trained on the Briton.

“I know what it’s like for a guy like Chris to be in the middle of a Tour

NHL SIGNINGS

Oilers settle before arbitration with Schultz on another one-year deal EDMONTON — Justin Schultz and the Edmonton Oilers have settled before arbitration on a US$3.9 million, one-year contract.

Schultz got a second-straight oneyear deal after signing one as a restricted free agent last summer. The 25-year-old defenceman earned a raise after making $3.675 million this past season.

Schultz has been considered a big piece of the Oilers’ future, and the pressure remains for him to grow into a top-four mainstay. The six-foot-two native of Kelowna, B.C., has 25 goals and 66 assists 203 games into his NHL career. Offence isn’t a problem for Schultz but rather the defensive end of the ice, where he still needs to develop.

Oduya signs two-year deal with Stars DALLAS — Johnny Oduya watch is over.

The veteran defenceman has signed a US$7.5-million, two-year contract with the Dallas Stars.

Oduya will count $3.75 million against the salary cap through the 2016-17 season.

The two-time Stanley Cup-winner with the Chicago Blackhawks was considered among the best free agents available.

The 33-year-old Swede replaces Trevor Daley on the Stars’ blue line that also includes Alex Goligoski, John Klingberg and Jason Demers.

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A spectator encourages Australia’s Richie Porte, wearing the best climber’s dotted jersey, during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 188 kilometers with start in Pau and finish in Cauterets, France, Wednesday. to deal with the constant questions, which of course he is. And to be fair and to be honest to him, a lot of that is my fault,” Armstrong said.

However, Froome and his team are ready to take on the skeptics.

“Best moment of my day was stopping to have a chat to a guy calling me a doper on the way way back to the bus,” tweeted Sky’s Richie Porte, a key mountain guide for Froome in the race, after Wednesday’s stage. The Australian went on to use an expletive suggesting that he had scared off the critic.

The day’s glory meanwhile went to Majka, a 25-year-old Pole whose solo breakaway left behind a small group of rivals. The victory was the first for his strong Tinkoff Saxo Bank team and offered some redemption for the squad

whose leader, two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador, has been struggling in this year’s race.

Majka presented little threat to Froome. He had begun the 188-kilometre (117-mile) stage from Pau to Cauterets more than 44 ½ minutes behind.

Majka, who last year won the polka dot jersey awarded to the race’s best climber, burst out of a breakaway bunch on the way up the Tourmalet pass — the highest and most frequently visited Tour peak in the Pyrenees — and was the first over it.

The results had little impact on the overall standings. Froome leads Tejay van Garderen of the United States, who is second, by 2 minutes, 52 seconds while Nairo Quintana of Colombia is third, 3:09 back. Contador is sixth, 4:04 off the Briton’s pace.

Defending Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali trailed more than six minutes behind Majka, again losing time to Froome.

Many seasoned race observers say it will take nearly a miracle for Froome’s main rivals to topple him before the race ends on Paris’ Champs-Elysees on July 26.

Appropriately enough, Stage 11 took the pack into the Roman Catholic shrine town of Lourdes, made famous because of a peasant girl’s visions of the Virgin Mary over 150 years ago.

Livestock on the sun-baked, grassy mountainsides offered their own hazards for the speeding racers. France’s Warren Barguil had to gingerly veer to the edge of the road on the fast downhill route from the Tourmalet as a pair of cows meandered across the road.

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ing forward to having them on the ice in Calgary.”

crosse series with the St. Albert Crude Friday at 9 p.m. at the Kinex.

The second game is Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Kinex and the third and possibly fourth games will be played the following weekend at St. Albert.

BRIEFS

Hill finishes second in Wetaskiwin

Pair of Red Deer invited to national women’s under-18 hockey selection camp Red Deer products Miread Bast and Abagael Thiessen are among five Alberta players and 43 overall who will attend the Canadian national women’s under-18 hockey team selection camp Aug. 6-16 at Calgary.

The 17-year-old defencemen were key components of the 2015 Canadian major midget girls silver medalist Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs.

The camp — part of Hockey Canada’s national teams’ summer showcase — will be held at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park, and will see the invitees vying for spots on the 23-player squad that will travel to Lake Placid, N.Y., for a three-game series against the United States’ women’s under-18 select team Aug. 20-23.

The 43 players attending the Canadian U18 camp will be split into two teams, Red and White, which will participate in several practices and intrasquad games, as well as off-ice dryland training, fitness testing and high performance classroom sessions.

Intrasquad games are free and open to the public.

“As the talent base continues to grow at the youngest levels, it means tough choices not only to make the team, but to earn an invite to camp,” said Hockey Canada’s general manager of national women’s team programs Melody Davidson.

“These players are the next generation of Team Canada, and we’re look-

WETASKIWIN — Logan Hill of Red Deer came up two strokes short in his bid to win a McLennan Ross Sun Junior Tour event Wednesday at Montgomery Glen Golf Club.

Hill carded a 75 to finish runner-up to Justin Berget of Stony Plain, who won the boys division with a one-over 73.

Jordan Williamson of Balmoral finished fifth with a 77 and Chase Broderson of Lacombe shot a 79 and tied for sixth.

Other Central Alberta golfers competing in the boys division included Brady McKinlay (84) and Brendan Grabo (94) of Lacombe, Sam Hamelin of Pheasantback (86) and Cole Bergheim of Red Deer, who checked in with a 96. ● Clare McMahon of Balmoral topped the girls divison with an 81.

Nikki Norlin of Innisfail tied for sixth with a 96.

Silverbacks finish regular season with perfect record The Blackfalds Silverbacks posted a perfect 12-0 regular-season record for the first time ever and will host the Vermilion Rage for the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League senior C men’s championship this weekend.

The first game of the best-of-three series goes Saturday at 5 p.m., with the second game set for Sunday at 1 p.m.

If the series is tied after two games, a 10-minute mini contest, starting at 3:10 p.m. Sunday, will be played to decide the league champion. ● The Red Deer TBS Rampage will open a best-of-five junior B tier 1 la-

Pair of Calgary ladies lead provincial ladies amateur championship CALGARY — Calgary Country Hills clubmates Jennifer Ha and Sabrine Garrison each fired a 66 Wednesday and were one shot apart at the top of the leaderboard heading into today’s second round of the 36-hole Alberta Ladies Amateur Championship at the Lynx Ridge Golf Club.

Ha had a 36-hole total of 138, one stroke better than Garrison, while Sydney MacDonald of Calgary Fox Hollow held down third spot at 144 (69-75).

Daria Leidenius of Wolf Creek carded an 83 and following Tuesday’s 82 possessed a 36-hole total of 165.

Shaye Leidenius of Wolf Creek withdrew after shooting a 93 Tuesday.

Wolf Creek’s Locke loses out in playoff at PGA of Alberta Tour event Garett Jenkinson of Calgary prevailed in a three-way playoff that included Eric Locke of Wolf Creek and took top honours in a 36-hole Professional Golfers’ Association of Alberta Players’ Tour event at Goose Hummock.

Jenkinson carded a 68 during Wednesday’s second and final round to finish at 139, along with Locke (7069) and Jamie Kureluk of Calgary (7465). The winner garnered a cheque for $2,000 and each of the runners-up earned $1,142.

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Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct New York 48 40 .545 Tampa Bay 46 45 .505 Baltimore 44 44 .500 Toronto 45 46 .495 Boston 42 47 .472

GB — 3 1/2 4 4 1/2 6 1/2

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

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

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

Tuesday’s Games AL All-Stars 6, NL All-Stars 3

Trout LAA 88 324 68 101 .312 NCruz Sea 87 328 44 101 .308 Pedroia Bos 69 281 34 86 .306 Bogaerts Bos 85 316 39 96 .304 Burns Oak 63 271 38 82 .303 Home Runs Pujols, Los Angeles, 26; Trout, Los Angeles, 26; JMartinez, Detroit, 25; Teixeira, New York, 22; NCruz, Seattle, 21; Donaldson, Toronto, 21; 5 tied at 19.

Runs Batted In Teixeira, New York, 62; KMorales, Kansas City, 61; Bautista, Toronto, 60; Donaldson, Toronto, 60; JMartinez, Detroit, 59; Pujols, Los Angeles, 56; Vogt, Oakland, 56.

Pitching Keuchel, Houston, 11-4; FHernandez, Seattle, 11-5; Gray, Oakland, 10-3; Buehrle, Toronto, 10-5; Carrasco, Cleveland, 10-7; Price, Detroit, 9-2; Eovaldi, New York, 9-2.

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

Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Thursday’s Games No games scheduled AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R MiCabrera Det 77 277 43 Fielder Tex 86 336 42 Kipnis Cle 87 347 59 LCain KC 76 291 54 JIglesias Det 77 255 19

B4

H 97 114 112 92 80

Pct. .350 .339 .323 .316 .314

Los Angeles San Francisco

West Division W L Pct 51 39 .567 46 43 .517

GB — 4 1/2

Arizona San Diego Colorado

42 41 39

45 49 49

.483 .456 .443

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 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Goldschmidt Ari 87 315 60 107 .340 Harper Was 81 277 59 94 .339 DGordon Mia 84 361 46 122 .338 YEscobar Was 78 302 41 97 .321 Aoki SF 67 262 33 83 .317 Posey SF 83 303 46 95 .314 Tulowitzki Col 79 294 44 92 .313 LeMahieu Col 84 315 45 98 .311 GParra Mil 87 278 41 86 .309 Panik SF 85 328 47 101 .308 Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 27; Harper, Washington, 26; Frazier, Cincinnati, 25; Arenado, Colorado, 24; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21; Pederson, Los Angeles, 20; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 18.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 70; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 70; Stanton, Miami, 67; Harper, Washington, 61; Posey, San Francisco, 58; Frazier, Cincinnati, 57; Braun, Milwaukee, 56; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 56.

Pitching GCole, Pittsburgh, 13-3; CMartinez, St. Louis, 103; Wacha, St. Louis, 10-3; Arrieta, Chicago, 10-5; Scherzer, Washington, 10-7; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 9-5; Heston, San Francisco, 9-5.

What Canada Did at the Pan Am Games TORONTO — What Canada Did on Wednesday at the Pan American Games (distances in metres unless specified): ARCHERY Women’s individual — In the round-of-16, Kateri Vrakking, Toronto, lost 6-5 to K.Lorig of the U.S., while Georcy-Stephanie Thiffault Picard, Montreal, was beaten 6-0 by A.Roman, Mexico; Virginie Chenier of Laval, Que., lost 6-5 to Thiffault Picard in the elimination round.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL Men — Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter, both Richmond Hill, Ont. (2-0), defeated Guatemala, 2-0.

Women — Taylor Pischke, Winnipeg, and Melissa Humana-Paredes (3-0), Toronto, downed Uruguay, 2-0.

FIELD HOCKEY Women — Argentina won a preliminary-round game 5-0 over Canada (1-1).

GYMNASTICS (ARTISTIC) Women’s beam — Ellie Black, Halifax, won the gold medal (15.050), and Victoria-Kayen Woo, Brossard, Que., took bronze (13.650), Women’s floor exercise — Ellie Black won the gold medal (14.400).

Men’s horizontal bar — Kevin Lytwyn, Stoney Creek, Ont., won the silver medal (15.475).

Men’s vault — Scott Morgan, North Vancouver, B.C., finished sixth in the final (14.575).

ROWING Men’s single sculls — Rob Gibson, Kingston, Ont., won the silver medal (7:57.94).

Men’s lightweight fours— Canada (Maxwell Lattimer, Delta, B.C.; Brendan Hodge, South Delta,

B.C.; Nicolas Pratt, Kingston, Ont.; Eric Woelfl, St. Catharines, Ont.) won the gold medal (6:42.40).

Women’s lightweight single sculls — Liz Fenje, Victoria, placed fifth in the final (9:11.22).

Women’s quad sculls — Canada (Kate Goodfellow, Perth, Ont.; Kerry Maher-Shaffer, Welland, Ont.; Antje von Seydlitz, Smithers, B.C.; Carling Zeeman, Cambridge, Ont.) won the gold medal (7:07.63).

Men’s eights — Canada (Mike Evans, Victoria; Will Dean, Kelowna, B.C.; Julien Bahain, Sherbrooke, Que.; Martin Barakso, Nanaimo, B.C.; Tim Schrijver, Thedford, Ont.; Conlin McCabe, Brockville, Ont.; Kai Langerfeld, Parksville, B.C.; Will Crothers, Kingston, Ont.; Jacob Koudys, Fonthill, Ont.) won the gold medal (6:07.01).

SAILING Women’s Laser Radial — Brenda Bowskill, Toronto, finished eighth, sixth and 11th in today’s races (ranked seventh overall after seven races).

Men’s Laser — Lee Parkhill, Oakville, Ont., placed first, third and second (second overall after seven races).

Women’s RS:X — Nikola Girke, West Vancouver, B.C., were sixth, fourth and fifth (sixth overall).

Men’s RS:X — Zac Plavsic, West Vancouver, B.C., finished seventh with two fifth places (fifth overall).

Women’s 49er FX — Danielle Boyd, Kingston, Ont., and Erin Rafuse, Halifax — sixth in all three races (sixth overall) Open Sunfish — Luke Ramsay, Vancouver, was seventh, third and eighth (third overall).

Open Hobie 16 — Daniel Borg, Mississauga, Ont., and Liana Giovando, Toronto, fourth, sixth and first (fifth overall).

Open J24 — Canada (Donald (Sandy) Andrews, David Jarvis, Terry McLaughlin, David Ogden — all Toronto), were fourth and fifth (second overall).

Open Snipe — Alexandra Damley-Strnad, Mississauga, Ont., and Evert McLaughlin, Toronto, fourth and eighth (fifth).

Mixed Lighting — Canada (Jamie Allen and Chantal Leger, Montreal; Jay Deakin, Pointe-Claire, Que.) placed fifth and seventh (fifth).

SHOOTING Men’s 25-metre rapid fire pistol — Metodi Igorov, Montreal, ranked ninth following second qualifying stage and did not make the final.

Women’s 25-metre pistol — Lynda Kiejko, Calgary, won the gold medal with a 7-3 win over S.Uptagrafft of the U.S.; Lea Wachowich, Redwater, Alta., lost the bronze-medal match 7-3 to M.Nava of Mexico.

SOCCER Women — Canada (1-1) were blanked 2-0 by Costa Rica in a preliminary-round match.

SOFTBALL Men — Canada (4-0) won their round-robin game 7-2 over the Dominican Republic.

SQUASH Men’s Team — Canada (Shawn Delierre, Montreal;

Andrew and Graeme Schnell, Calgary) improved to 2-0 in the classification round after winning 3-0 over Ecuador, then downing Colombia 2-1.

Women’s team — Canada (Samantha Cornett, Ottawa; Nikole Todd, Regina; Hollie Naughton, Mississauga, Ont.) improved to 3-0 in their classification bracket with 3-0 victories over Argentina and Brazil.

SWIMMING Women’s 200 freestyle — Emily Overholt, West Vancouver, B.C., won the silver medal (1:57:55); Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que., placed fourth (1:58.70).

Women’s 200 backstroke — Hilary Caldwell, White Rock, B.C. (2:08.22, Pan Am record) and Dominique Bouchard, North Bay, Ont. (2:09.74), won the gold and silver medals.

Women’s 200 breaststroke — Kierra Smith of Kelowna, B.C., won the gold medal (Pan Am record, 2:24.38), while Martha McCabe, Toronto, was 0.13 seconds behind for the silver.

Men’s 200 backstroke — Russell Wood, Calgary, placed fifth in the final (1:59.91); Markus Thormeyer, Markham, Ont., finished seventh in qualifying heat (2:08.93), did not advance.

Men’s 200 breaststroke — Richard Funk, Edmonton, won silver medal (2:11.51); James Dergousoff, Christina Lake, B.C., was third in the B-final (2:15.31).

Men’s 200 freestyle — Jeremy Bagshaw, Victoria, finished seventh in the final (1:47.92); Alec Page of Cortes Island, B.C., won the B-final (1:49.86) to rank ninth overall.

Men’s 4x200 freestyle relay — Canada (Stefan Milosevic, Burnaby, B.C.; Yuri Kisil, Calgary; Ryan Cochrane, Victoria; Coleman Allen, Vancouver) won the silver medal (7:17.33).

TENNIS Mixed doubles — Gabriella Dabrowski, Ottawa, and Philip Bester, Burnaby, B.C., won the silver medal after losing (6-3, 6-0) against Irigoyen and Andreozzi of Argentina.

Women’s doubles — Dabrowski and Carol Zhao, Richmond Hill, Ont., will play for the gold medal after a straight set (6-2, 6-1) victory over Irigoyen and Ormaechea of Argentina.

WATER POLO Men — John Conway, Calgary, scored four goals as Canada won the bronze medal with a 16-8 decision over Argentina.

WEIGHTLIFTING Men’s +105 Kg — George Kobaladze, Montreal, won the silver medal with a combined two-element total of 376 kilograms.

WRESTLING Men’s Greco-Roman 59 Kg — Dylan Williams of Mississauga, Ont., finished fifth overall after losing 3-0 in a bronze repechage to C.Torres of Chile.

Final nine set at World Series of Poker CHASING $7.7M IN NOVEMBER

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — Six-time bracelet winner and poker pro Daniel Negreanu seemed headed for a fairy tale ending at the World Series of Poker, but the dream was crushed by the queen of hearts sending him to the sidelines in the chase for the $7.7 million top prize.

Instead, nine other competitors will finish poker’s richest tournament in November, including a 72-year-old former Hasbro executive and a 27-year-old poker pro who won his $10,000 buy-in for the no-limit Texas Hold ’em main event by playing daily fantasy sports.

Eight players are chasing Joe McKeehen, a 24-year-old Pennsylvanian who will go into the final table with a dominant chip lead after bouncing several players on Tuesday and early Wednesday.

Toronto’s Negreanu wagered the last of his chips after an ace in his hand paired the board. McKeehen called with several draws, the odds of winning the hand against him but plenty of chips to absorb a loss. He won when the queen delivered a straight on the final community card.

“I killed the room. I know that,” McKeehen said of the knockout. “I know I may be a villain for a little while.”

The 40-year-old Negreanu had plenty of fans cheering him at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino as he sought his biggest score in his hallof-fame career, obliging them with photos, banter and even 30 push-ups as they counted out loud. Though he’s won six smaller tournaments at the series and amassed more than $15 million in World Series of Poker earnings since 1998, the fun-loving pro nicknamed “Kid Poker” has never reached the final table of poker’s marquee event.

He won nearly $527,000 for 11th place, matching his 11th place finish in the 2001 main event, when only 613 players entered and he won less than $64,000.

Negreanu appeared to take his loss in stride, though he tumbled backward onstage with his head in his hands when the final queen was dealt.

“I hurt my head a little bit on the fall,” he said, rubbing the back of his head.

McKeehen finished the seventh card session surprised at his position after also eliminating German Alex Turyansky in 10th place ($756,897) and Justin Schwartz in 14th ($411,453), with more than double the chips of any of his competitors.

● 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.

tournament at Great Chief Park. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: St. Albert Crude at Red Deer TBS Rampage, second game of best-of-five Rocky Mountain League series, 5 p.m., Kinex. ● Senior C lacrosse: Vermilion Rage at Blackfalds Silverbacks, first game of best-of-three Rocky Mountain League final, 5 p.m. ● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner track.

Sunday

Friday

● Pony chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner track. ● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers tournament at Great Chief Park. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: St. Albert Crude at Red Deer TBS Rampage, first game of best-of-five Rocky Mountain League series, 9 p.m., Kinex.

Saturday

● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers

● Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers tournament at Great Chief Park. ● Senior C lacrosse: Vermilion Rage at Blackfalds Silverbacks, second game of best-of-three Rocky Mountain League final, 1 p.m.; third game, if necessary, will follow at 3:10 p.m. (10-minute mini game). ● 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

Pan Am Games 2015 Pan Am Medal Standings TORONTO — Medal standings at the 2015 Pan Am Games (ranked by total gold medals won): Nation G S B Tot Canada 33 30 19 82 United States 28 27 30 85 Cuba 16 12 18 46 Colombia 16 7 13 36 Brazil 15 14 25 54 Mexico 9 8 21 38 Argentina 7 14 11 32 Chile 4 2 5 11 Venezuela 3 8 2 13 Ecuador 3 7 9 19 Peru 1 2 3 6 Dominican Rep. 1 1 4 6 Guatemala 1 0 1 2 Panama 0 1 0 1 Bahamas 0 0 1 1 Bermuda 0 0 1 1 El Salvador 0 0 1 1 Paraguay 0 0 1 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1

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While the position gives McKeehen a clear advantage, there’s still plenty of work ahead to secure a win. Chips have no monetary value at the tournament; players must lose all their chips to be eliminated or win all the chips in play to win as minimum bets rise every two hours.

The final nine players will each be paid $1 million in ninth place money before returning for the final table Nov. 8 and 9. They’ll be paid the rest based on their finish.

Neil Blumenfield, 61, of San Francisco, never expected to make a deep run after resigning from his tech software job the day before the tournament began. He cancelled a flight over the weekend because he was still pursuing the championship, and is already planning on working less and playing more poker.

“It’s time in my life,” he said, saying he plans to relax in France before returning to Las Vegas for the finale.

Blumenfield and 72-yearold Belgian Pierre Neuville are but two signs of a unique final table for a tournament that typically attracts young men who play poker online.

Even the fashion has been different this year, as Blumenfield wore a fedora and scarf and another finalist, 27-yearold Max Steinberg, donned a suit and tie in a tournaments that’s usually a showcase of hoodies and dark sunglasses.

Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal

CFL East Division GP W L T 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0

PF 88 64 75 68

PA 76 78 50 56

Pt 4 4 2 2

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

GF 23 28 27 26 23 26 25 23 24 19

GA 18 29 23 27 24 33 32 25 27 25

GP Calgary 3 Winnipeg 3 Edmonton 2 B.C. 2 Saskatchewan 3

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

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts D.C. United 10 6 5 35 Columbus 7 7 6 27 New York 7 6 5 26 Toronto FC 7 7 3 24 Orlando City 6 7 6 24 New England 6 9 6 24 Philadelphia 6 10 4 22 Montreal 6 7 3 21 New York City FC 5 8 6 21 Chicago 5 10 3 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 10 8 2 32 25 19 Vancouver 10 8 2 32 23 20 FC Dallas 9 5 5 32 26 23 Portland 9 7 4 31 22 23 Los Angeles 8 6 7 31 31 23 Sporting Kansas City8 3 6 30 26 17 San Jose 7 7 4 25 19 19 Houston 6 7 6 24 24 24 Real Salt Lake 5 7 8 23 19 26 Colorado 4 6 9 21 17 19 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s Games Columbus 1, Chicago 0 Friday’s Games San Jose at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 2 p.m.

New York at Orlando City, 5:30 p.m.

New York City FC at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Sporting Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

D.C. United at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.

Houston at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Chicago at Columbus, 3 p.m.

GOLD CUP GROUP STAGE GROUP A GP W D L GF ak-United States 3 2 1 0 4 ak-Haiti 3 1 1 1 2 ak-Panama 3 0 3 0 3 Honduras 3 0 1 2 2

GA Pts 2 7 2 4 3 3 4 1

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

ak-Jamaica ak-Costa Rica El Salvador Canada

GP 3 3 3 3

GROUP B W D 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 2

L GF 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 0

GA Pts 2 7 3 3 2 2 1 2

L GF 0 9 0 10 2 1 2 1

GA Pts 5 7 4 5 8 3 4 1

Thursday, July 9 Carson, California Costa Rica 2, Jamaica 2 Carson, California El Salvador 0, Canada 0 Saturday, July 11 Houston Jamaica 1, Canada 0 Costa Rica 1, El Salvador 1 Tuesday, July 14 Toronto Jamaica 1, El Salvador 0 Canada 0, Costa Rica 0 GROUP C GP W D ak-Trinidad 3 2 1 ak-Mexico 3 1 2 ak-Cuba 3 1 0 Guatemala 3 0 1 ak-Advanced to knockout stage

Thursday, July 9 Chicago Trinidad and Tobago 3, Guatemala 1 Mexico 6, Cuba 0 Sunday, July 12 Glendale, Arizona Trinidad and Tobago 2, Cuba 0 Guatemala 0, Mexico 0 Wednesday, July 15 Charlotte, North Carolina Cuba 1, Guatemala 0 Mexico 4, Trinidad and Tobago 4

Ladies Fastball Red Deer Ladies Softball League GP W L T Pts. 20 13 7 0 26 19 12 6 1 25 19 10 7 2 22 18 9 8 1 19 19 8 10 1 17 19 2 16 1 5

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UFC FIGHT NIGHT American Alan Jouban won a unanimous decision over Canadian Matt Dwyer on Wednesday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 71.

The judges scored the welterweight bout 29-27, 29-27, 29-27 — despite Jouban being deducted a point in the first round for an illegal knee.

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Dwyer (8-3), from New Westminster, B.C., landed a serious blow in the first round with his right hand only to have Jouban (12-3) bounce back up to his feet.

Jouban started to gain control near the end of the round and connected with a knee to Dwyer’s face when he was down — costing himself a point deduction because Dwyer’s left knee was on the mat.

PGA Tour returns to Alabama with many stars across the pond

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OPELIKA, Ala. — David Toms figures some of the younger guys on the PGA Tour have a strong chance at the Barbasol Championship.

The biggest names are at the British Open this week, giving an up-and-comer a better chance for a breakthrough performance at the inaugural event that starts Thursday at Grand National’s Lake Course.

The 7,302-yard, par-71 course is part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

“For some of those guys, it’s a week for them to position themselves, whether it’s trying to get a tour card for next year or securing a spot, whatever it might be,” said Toms, whose 13 wins include the 2001 PGA Championship. “It’s very important for some of the younger players.”

He’s one of five major champions competing in Alabama, along with Lucas Glover, Trevor Immelman, Shaun Micheel and Mike Weir.

The highest-ranked player in the world at Grand National is Emiliano Grillo at No. 98.

It’s the first PGA Tour event in Alabama since the 1990 PGA Championship at Shoal Creek in Birmingham.

Two players who will compete in Opelika played in that tournament. Billy Mayfair tied for fifth and Robert Gamez tied for 49th. Arnold Palmer missed the cut 25 years ago, but grandson Sam Saunders will try to do better at Grand National.

The field also includes some players with local ties, including three current or former standouts for neighbouring Auburn University. Fort-

mer Auburn player Patton Kizzire is coming off a 7-under 64 in the final round of the Boise Open and lead the Web. com Tour money list.

This is a homecoming for the Montgomery native.

“I’m excited to have my family, people from my home state and friends from college and from all around the state that can watch me play pretty close to home,” Kizzire said.

“It’s going to be really exciting, there’s going to be a lot of cheering. Hopefully I can give them something to cheer for.”

Rookie Blayne Barber also

played for Auburn, and Ben Schlottman is currently a sophomore.

Robby Shelton and Michael Thompson are former Alabama players while Heath Slocum went to South Alabama. Zach Sucher and Will Wilcox are UAB products.

“It’s just great to play at a place you’re comfortable and somewhere you’ve been a lot,” said Barber, who has three top-10 finishes this year. “My wife and I live 10 minutes from here in Auburn so it’s nice to stay in my own bed this week and play some golf.”

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Houston cashes in with Chiefs deal NFL

BIG DEALS GET DONE BEFORE FRANCHISE TAG DEADLINE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Kansas City Chiefs ended up with a big bargain the last time they signed Justin Houston. This time, it’s the star linebacker who’s cashing in.

Houston became the highest-paid linebacker in NFL history Wednesday when he agreed to a six-year, $101 million contract, over half of which is guaranteed, hours before the Wednesday deadline for players who had franchise tags to sign long-term deals.

“I want to be known as one of the best to ever play the game, that’s my motivation, I just want to be great at what I do,” Houston said after signing a contract that was more than 30 times the value of his rookie contract.

Star receivers Dez Bryant and the Dallas Cowboys and Demaryius Thomas of the Denver Broncos both agreed to a five-year, $70 million contracts just before the deadline.

Patriots kicker Stephen Gostowksi’s agent also was working on a last-minute deal that would replace his $4.56 million franchise tag.

The New York Giants, however, did not pursue a long-term deal with Jason Pierre-Paul after the star defensive end injured his right hand in a July 4 fireworks accident. A person close to the situation told The Associated Press, however, that the Giants have not rescinded their $14.8 million franchise tag offer to Pierre-Paul.

Houston has made three consecutive Pro Bowls and was the key to Kansas City’s front-seven dominance last year when he broke Derrick Thomas’s franchise record with 22 sacks and came within a-half sack of Michael Strahan’s NFL single-season record.

Houston was considered one of the top linebackers in the draft coming out of Georgia, but a failed test for marijuana at the scouting combine caused his stock to slide. The Chiefs wound up

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In this Dec. 28, 2014 photo, Kansas City Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston (50) celebrates a sack on San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers with Chiefs nose tackle Dontari Poe (92) looking on during an NFL game in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs and All-Pro linebacker Justin Houston have agreed to a six-year, $101 million contract that includes $52.5 million in guarantees. taking him in the third round, in retrospect a massive bargain.

He has made roughly $3 million over the course of his rookie contract.

For that small price, Kansas City got 200 tackles, 48 ½ sacks and five fumble recoveries.

His reward is the richest contract in franchise history.

“Once you get paid, it’s not like you won the lottery,” Houston insisted.

“You still have work to do. You can still get better each and every day, so that’s my goal.”

In some ways, Houston just hit the jackpot.

His new deal includes $52.5 million

Canadians to play big role on Myanmar MMA card FIGHTER AND PROMOTER BRINGING ONE CHAMPIONSHIP TO NINTH COUNTRY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Mixed martial arts is coming to Myanmar with a Canadian-based fighter in the main event and another Canadian running the show.

Bibiano (The Flash) Fernandes, a Brazilian who is married to a Canadian and fights out of Vancouver, defends his One Championship bantamweight title against Finnish challenger Toni Tauru on the “Kingdom of Warriors” card Saturday at Thuwanna Stadium in Yangon.

Fernandes (17-3) has won nine straight. Tauru (101-1) has won 10 in a row.

The Singapore-based fight promotion is run by Edmonton-born CEO Victor Cui (pronounced Kwee).

Myanmar, formerly Burma, is the ninth country to host a One Championship event, joining Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates.

It means near constant travel for Cui, who estimates he goes through a Canadian passport every four to five months.

“It’s pretty crazy,” he said by phone as he waited to board a flight to Kazakhstan.

Cui says Myanmar has proved to be fertile ground for MMA, with a sellout expected at the 10,000-seat arena.

“Myanmar just opened up their borders,” he said.

“For a lot of people outside of Asia, they would think ’Wow, that’s crazy if they’re going there.’ But when you look at Myanmar as a country, every single business in the world is trying to get in those doors ... because there’s just exponential growth there.”

The country also has a rich tradition of martial arts with its own discipline called Lethwei, a form of Muay Thai.

Cui says he has the support of the government and has got terrific response from local media and sponsors.

Saturday’s card also includes Myanmar lightweight and featherweight tournaments, which Cui says it’s a good way of evaluating local talent for future events.

One Championship held a similar tournament in its debut in Cambodia last year, unearthing bantamweight Chan Rothana who went on to win abroad for the promotion.

“When he came back, he was a superstar,” said Cui. “When a country gets a chance to build an Asian star like we’re doing, it’s really something that galvanizes a nation,” he added. “And what One Championship is doing is we are discovering for the world who the next Bruce Lees are in every country.”

Born in Edmonton, Cui’s family left for west Africa when he was five. He came back to the Alberta capital when he was 13. His father, of Chinese-Filipino descent, was an engineer by trade and also worked in the diplomatic corps. His mother’s roots are in the Philippines.

Cui graduated from the University of Alberta and, after post-graduate studies in Vancouver, worked in marketing at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia and 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

He spent five years with the Royal Canadian Golf Association and also worked on the world track and field championships in Edmonton. In Singapore, he worked for ESPN Star Sports before striking out into MMA.

guaranteed, a person familiar with the terms told The AP. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because terms were not disclosed by the team.

Had he not reached an agreement on a long-term deal, Houston still would have more than quadrupled his career earnings, playing on a one-year deal worth about $13.1 million.

Thomas signed the richest contract in Broncos history, which includes $43.5 million guaranteed. Bryant’s deal included $45 million guaranteed.

Although Thomas had said he’d play on the $12.8 million franchise tag if he had to “and then I’d just go try to win the Super Bowl,” Bryant had threat-

ened to skip training camp and regular-season games without a long-term contract.

His deal ended the contract-related drama that filled the off-season for the Cowboys. First they decided not to match Philadelphia’s offer on running back DeMarco Murray in free agency, and let the NFL rushing leader go to one of their division rivals.

So, they couldn’t afford not to have Bryant, who has more catches (381), yards (5,424) and touchdowns (56) through five years than any receiver in franchise history — a list that includes Hall of Famers Michael Irvin and Bob Hayes.

Lang honoured for soccer career cut short by injury

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Kara Lang was always ahead of her time so perhaps entering Canada’s Soccer Hall of Fame at 28 is just par for the course.

It is an honour that undoubtedly she would have rather deferred if her body had let her.

Lang was just 15 when she debuted for Canada on March 1, 2002. Two days later, she and Christine Sinclair each scored twice in a 4-0 romp over Wales at the Algarve Cup. Lang went on to win 92 caps and score 35 goals in a stellar soccer career that was cut short by serious knee injuries.

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On Wednesday, Lang, Jim Brennan, and Pat Onstad were announced as the player inductees in Canada’s Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2015.

“I have to say I was definitely a little bit surprised, maybe just because in my mind my career was cut short,” Lang said. “But nonetheless to be recognized for what I did while I was able to play is, of course, a huge honour.

“And very humbling too at the same time when you look at the names that are in that Hall of Fame, players that I looked up to my whole career and that I became quite close to as teammates like Andrea Neil and Charmaine Hooper. I definitely have always held them in a very special light so to be honoured alongside them is pretty special to me.”

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In defence of the wrongfully accused UNJUSTLY MALIGNED FOR DESTROYING OYING TREES, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS PLAYY A VITAL ROLE IN MAINTAINING FOREST BIODIVERSITY ODIVERSITY Since first learning about these fascinating birds in one of my university ornithology classes, I have felt it my mission to speak up for the unjustly maligned sapsucker.

Sapsuckers belong to a specialized group of woodpeckers that have mastered the ability to access tree sap.

Because of their dependence on sap, sapsuckers migrate south for the winter. Their return northward is timed to coincide with the running of the sap.

Sapsuckers create sapwell “orchards,” usually in MYRNA native aspen, saskatoon and PEARMAN birch trees, by tapping out several groups of small shallow holes from which sap oozes. The sap, comprised of sucrose and amino acids, is eagerly lapped up (not sucked, as their name suggests) by the birds using specialized tongues that have backward-pointing barbs arranged in brush-like rows. The birds will also dine on the insects that are attracted to the sapwells.

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lied sapsuckers (red-naped in the Yellow-bellied foothills) are not evil destroyers of trees. Rather, ystone species that play a vital role they are a keystone g forest biodiversity. Species rangin maintaining ing from mothss and butterflies, to bats and over 30 bird species — including nuthatches, kinglets, warkadees — benefit from the workings blers and chickadees of sapsuckers.

Ironically, the birds that benefit most from sapuby-throated hummingbirds. These suckers are ruby-throated hummingbirdss time their northward migration he sapsuckers because the sapwell with that of the vide their only food source before orchards provide nectar-producing flowers start to bloom. The distribution of hummers in Alberta coincides almost exactly with that of the sapsuckers. Without sapsuckers we would not have these beloved hummingbirds!

In the wild, sapsuckers drill test wells in a number of trees. Trees that are stressed or dying produce sap containing high concentrations of sugars.

It’s these trees the sapsuckers relish. Healthy trees are ignored because they produce less-delicious sap. This selection process is yet another example of the marvelous complexity of natural ecosystems—even dying trees offer essential sustenance to a variety of forest wildlife.

There’s also are several non-native/ornamen-

tal tree species that sapsuckers relish, such as Scots pine and laurel leaf willow. Landowners with an irrational hatred for sapsuckers can save themselves selfinduced stress by not planting these species.

While it’s true sapsucker holes can provide access points for fungus/insect/mammal damage, trees are not often directly killed by their workings. Winnie (founder of Ellis Bird Farm) proudly pointed out an old birch tree by her kitchen window that had nourished the sapsuckers in her yard for over 40 years!

A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune to spend some time marveling at the activity around a sapsucker orchard created on water birch trees. The orchard was abuzz with the comings and goings of the sapsuckers as well as insects, hummingbirds and cedar waxwings.

Do the earth (and your hummingbirds) a favour by leaving a tree or two to the sapsuckers!

Myrna Pearman is the biologist/site services manager at Ellis Bird Farm. She can be reached at mpearman@ellisbirdfarm.ca.

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CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Westerner Days Fair and Exposition continues to July 19. See complete fair details including entertainment, pancake breakfasts, and all off site events at westernerdays.ca Ponoka Legion weekly suppers continue at 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Fridays. Cost is $14 per person. Phone 403-783-4076.

Danish Canadian National Museum now open for summer 2015 season seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. until Sept. 7. Located at RR 31, 700 m south of four-way stop at Dickson. Phone 403-7280019.

Red Deer Legion presents Triple Nickel — Boots and Beer with chili and a bun on July 17 from 8 p.m. to midnight for their weekend dance. Next dances Sept.

4 and with Dew Carver in Molly B’s Lounge, and Sept.

5 with Dew Carver in the Club Room. Phone 403-3420035. Legion members are required to show their valid membership card. Non-members cover charge is $5.

The Bard on Bower presents Twelfth Night featuring music by the Beach Boys tribute band on July 17, 18, 22, 26, 30 at 7 p.m. and July 25, and Aug. 1 at 2 p.m. at the outdoor stage in Bower Ponds. King Lear is offered July 23, 24, 25, 29, 31 and Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. and July 26 and Aug. 2 at 2 p.m. The plays are performed by members of Prime Stock Theatre. Treehouse Theatre will have two special performances of student work on July 26 and Aug. 2 at 1:30 p.m. See www.primestocktheatre.com. Free but donations encouraged.

Frolic at Fratters on July 20, 21, 28 and Aug. 7 for $20.

Saturday Red Deer Legion Garage Sale will be offered on July 18 starting at 8 a.m. with a pancake breakfast at 9 to 10:30 a.m. Donations of used goods are welcome before sale day. Exceptions are clothing, furniture, broken or soiled items.

Town and Country Farmer’s Market will be held every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lower level of Rocky Mountain House Museum (Visitors Centre Building). Exceptions will be when other special markets are scheduled. Contact Iris at 403-845-3629.

Bioblitz will be featured on July 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Ellis Bird Farm. Learn about tracking wild animals and small mammal populations through owl pellet analysis from biologists Larry Roy and Dr. Tim Showalter. Sponsored by Dow Canada. Free of charge. See www.ellisbirdfarm.ca or call 403-885-4477.

Sunday Ellis Bird Farm Medicinal Plant Walk with herbalist Abrah Arneson will be held on July 19 from 10 a.m. to noon. Find out how to use plants for first aid and much

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS, ORGANIZATIONS Weber Physio Harvest Run will be held on Sept. 13 featuring three km walk/run, and eight km along Maskepetoon trails. See www.harvestrun2015.eventbrite.ca Red Deer Public Schools Community Programs has openings in upcoming courses in Summer Review and Improvement Program for students who experience difficulty in Language Arts and Math on Aug. 4 to 14, mornings. For costs and registration phone 403-342-1059 online at rdpsd. augusoft.net Sylvan Lake and District Victim Services in partnership with Sylvan Lake RCMP Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Aug. 5 at Sylvan Lake Golf and Country Club. Registration at 9 to 10:45 a.m., followed by shot gun start at 11 a.m.

Registration is $125 payable to the Golf and Country Club by July 31. Phone 403-887-3030. Highlights include raffles, silent auction, 50/50 draw and a steak dinner.

Loaves and Fishes is Raising the Roof for repairs.

Individuals and businesses sought to contribute shingles or labour, or help in any way. Contact Halina at 403-347-1844.

United Kids Camp 2015 — Call, Care, Share — will run Aug. 10 to 14, 9 a.m. to noon for children ages five to 11 years at Sunnybrook United Church which will co-sponsor the camp with Gaetz Memorial United Church. Participants are asked to arrive by 8:50 a.m. to sign in, and wear suitable clothing and footwear for indoor and outdoor activities. Parent and youth volunteers welcome. Call 403-347-2244, or 403-347-6073, see Facebook.

Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for Business of the Year Awards.

Nominations may be made online at www.reddeerchamber. com/nominate or by picking up a nomination form from the Chamber office on Gaetz Ave. Deadline is July 31 at 4:30 p.m. Business of the Year Awards will be held on Oct. 21 at Red Deer College Arts Centre.

Safe Harbour Annual General Meeting and Barbecue goes Sept. 17, 4:30 to 6:30 at Fort Normandeau. Save the date and please RSVP to 403-347-0181 or office@safeharboursociety.org. Membership cards will be available for $2.

Hivernant Metis Cultural Society presents Hivernant Rendezvous 2015 at Big Valley on July 31, Aug. 1 and 2.

Discover Metis culture and history, trappers camp, voyageur

more. Cost is $20. Please preregister at 403-885-4477.

Seasonal Sundays at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery presents Kids Celebrate! Summer on July 19.

Monday Double Tree Village Museum is located 10 km west of Spruce View, on Hwy 54 then turn north on RR 41 and follow the signs. The museum is open by chance or phone 403-728-3875 or 403-396-3545 year round.

Take a wagon or sleigh ride pulled by Belgian Draft horses and enjoy the Danish historic homestead. The museum is a village with 25 homes and businesses of the past, with a picnic area and fire pit available to the public. Miniature horses and heritage chickens are also ready to view. Winner or Red Deer County Beautification Award, Red Deer County Heritage Award.

School classes, bus tours, families, groups welcome.

Visit www.doubletreevillage.com or email dbltreevillagegem@telus.net.

Innisfail Library Learning Centre hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 403-227-4407.

Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre offers many programs throughout the summer. Mondays — Canasta at 1 p.m., Tuesdays — Cribbage, Mahjong and Singles Travel meeting, all at 1 p.m., Wednesdays — Sit and Be Fit, 10:45 a.m. and Singles Bridge at 1 p.m., Thursdays — Move and Grove for 50 plus at 10 a.m., and Fridays — Scrabble and Euchre at 1 p.m. Drop in fees are either $1or $2. For more information call Diane at 403-343-6074.

Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre, next July 21. Phone Pamela at 403-782-5061 or email pamela.d.neumann@gmail.com.

Rocky Mountain House Air Show goes on July 21 and 22 with performances by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, the F-18 Jet Demonstration Team, the Skyhawks parachute team and many more. Also take in ground and cockpit tours, static displays and a chance to register for a ride in a B-17 with flights available from $425. To register, call 587-338-8817.

Red Deer Legion Branch #35 offers karaoke at Molly B’s Pub on Thursdays at 7 p.m., and wing night on Thursdays from 5 to 10 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

Wednesday Red Deer Legion Old Time Dance with Allsorts is on July 22 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

Thursday

Central Alberta Stroke Survivor’s Annual Walk, Talk, and Roll will be held at CrossRoads Church starting at noon on July 21 for a one km walk. A barbecue and entertainment will be held following the walk. Donation envelopes can be picked up at the Heart and Stroke Foundation Office. Contact Hugh at 403-3434894 for more information.

Teen Summer Reading Club — mezz edition — meets at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library on Tuesdays starting at 3 p.m. Screen Play with the movie Jupiter Ascending goes on July 21.

Cultural Creation Labs are offered Tuesdays at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery from 1 to 4 p.m. On July 21, find out about Chinese New Years: Ink Art and Zodiac Animals. Overeaters Anonymous meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church, 51 Alford Ave. This 12-step program of recovery is for individuals experiencing difficulty with overeating. No dues or fees. See www.oa.org, or phone Phyl at 403347-4188.

Lacombe and District Garden Club meets the third

Teen Summer Reading Club — Play! and Let the Games Begin — meets at the Dawe Branch of the Red Deer Public Library on Thursdays at 2 p.m. for youth ages 12 years and up. Play Critterbots goes on July 23.

Thrilling Thursday will be offered on July 23 at the Dickson Store Museum from 1:30 to 4 p.m. rain or shine. Everyone is welcome to take in this afternoon of fun with crafts, games, and more. No registration necessary. Phone 403-728-3355.

Innisfail Farmers Market is held at the Innisfail Twin Arena from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday until Sept.

17. The market is all indoor with live entertainment, and a coffee area to sit and visit. Lots of fresh vegetables when in season, baking, pottery, crafts, bedding plants, etc. Contact Christine at 403-896-5451. Vendors who make, bake, or grow items and produce are welcome.

SMART Recovery meets on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Safe Harbour Detox Centre. Learn about and get support for addictive behaviours. See www.smartrecovery.org, or phone 403-348-3499.

Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on July 23 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at #301 5008 Ross St. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer.

This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access basic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430-314-9129 or go to www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@communitylegalclinic.net.

Red Deer Area Hikers meet on July 23 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for an eight km hike at Bower Ponds/Maskepetoon Loop. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable.

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

games, beading, jigging lessons, music and traditional crafts.

Supper and dance, Aug. 1, 5:30 p.m. at Big Valley Drop In Centre for costs of $12 per person or $5 for youth under 10 years. See www.hivernantmetisculturesociety.net, or contact Marlene at 403-815-6720, 1-800-267-5844 or email mlanz@ shaw.ca for more information including talent contest entries.

United Way’s 2015 Kick Off Luncheon will take place Sept. 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel. Tickets are $50 each, or $400 for a corporate table of eight. Be sure to wear red to show your support. Order tickets online at www.caunitedway.ca or call at 403-343-3900.

Friends Over 45 is a group for women who like to meet new friends and meets four times per month for coffees and

meals at various restaurants in Central Alberta. Members may be new to the area, have recently had a lifestyle change, or just want to meet new friends. For further information contact Pat at 403-341-9606, or Heidi at 403-346-1718.

Bentley School Staff Reunion will be held on Aug. 6 to coincide with Bentley’s 100th anniversary. Any former school staff members are asked to contact Arnie MacAskill at 403782-7183, or amacaskill@telus.net.

Central Alberta Singles Club is sponsoring a dance on July 25 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Randy Hillman. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Non-singles and everyone welcome. For information, call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403-304-7440.

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Sister-in-law wants to spill beans on brother Dear Annie: My husband and I have who told her to pack up and remove been together for 12 years. We have herself and the kids from the home bethree children. His mother is still liv- cause of James’s behaviour. ing, and he has one younger brother.

Eventually, she sent her son to live My issue is with this with his father. Then she and brother, “James.”

James got married.

A few years ago, James During the few holiday cheated on his then-girlgatherings I have with my friend, “Sheila,” with husband’s family, I tolerate whom he has a daughter.

James, but otherwise, I have Sheila also has a son from no interaction with him or his a previous relationship wife. that James never cared I wasn’t invited to their for. wedding, although my husIn the midst of their band attended. troubles, she would call I only recently revealed to my husband and me and him what James wrote about vent about the way James me in that text. I could see it MITCHELL treated her and her son, upset him, but all he said was, & SUGAR saying he was emotion“I didn’t realize.” ally abusive. Sheila once Lately, my mother-in-law showed me one of James’ has been making comments text messages referring to about how she doesn’t underme as his brother’s “scumstand why “people” don’t talk bag wife” and other nasty things, all to each other. I’m sure she’s referring because I spoke to Sheila when she to me. was hurting.

I know James is a master manipulaSheila took her son to a counsellor tor and has probably told her all kinds

ANNIE ANNIE

HOROSCOPES Thursday, July 16 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Will Ferrell, 48; AnnaLynne McCord, 28; Corin Redgrave, 76 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Resist the urge to blurt out inappropriate comments.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You have a romantic and passionate nature. The next 12 months is the time to be more organized at work and more creative at play.

JOANNE ARIES (March 21-April 19): If people upset you, especially family memMADELEINE bers — then you’ll come out fighting as MOORE the stars amp up your assertive Aries side. Cool down Rams, or you’ll end up exhausted by the end of the day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re keen to communicate and chat. So expect a busy day, as you converse with colleagues and catch up with family and friends.

Don’t expect to like everything you hear though!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Close friendships are complicated at the moment, as different mates demand your time and attention in differing ways. Resist the urge to blurt out something rash that you later regret.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re likely to feel extremely unsettled today, as trivial matters irritate you and more important issues get your blood boiling. So calm down Crabs, before you blow a fuse!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lions will feel stressed, as the stars stir up your physical and mental wellbeing zones. If you put aside time to relax with family and friends, it will help calm your nerves and soothe your soul.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your emotions will be more intense than usual, so don’t bottle things up. Make sure you talk about how you are feeling. But a child, teenager or friend may test your limited patience.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Laid back Libra — if you are too laid back today, then others will just barge in and make decisions for you. Have the courage to articulate your needs and stand up for your beliefs.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Power struggles and disagreements are likely today, unless you can keep your Scorpio need to be in control under control. Let others make their own decisions and their own mistakes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Fiery Sagittarius — resist the temptation to fly off the handle today. You’ve got a lot on your plate at the moment but, if you pace yourself, there’s less chance of upsets and arguments.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In your desire to get ahead, you’re likely to arouse opposition in others today. Avoid the temptation to boss others around, as it will only make matters worse.

Take a chill pill Capricorn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It will be hard to think straight as intense feelings cloud your judgement, and you react to most things in an over- emotional way. So leave important decisions for another time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avoid discussing money matters — especially with a tearaway teenager or a fractious friend.

If you do, then expect some heated words as common sense flies out the window today.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

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of untrue things about me. I haven’t wanted to upset her by giving her the lowdown on James, but should I? — Hurt and Fed up Dear Hurt: Please don’t. It wouldn’t help your relationship and might push James to go after you with more venom.

Your husband knows the truth, and that’s the most important thing. Make sure he is supportive of you if James or his mother says anything unkind. Beyond that, you are handling this as well as can be expected.

Dear Annie: It was with great interest I read the letter from “Devastated in Ohio,” the kind writer who is grieving the loss of a friend who tripped and fell while recuperating from brain tumor surgery at a cabin retreat.

I had a brain tumor and can tell “Ohio” not to feel guilty. Balance and tripping issues continue to plague me even six years after my surgery.

“Ohio” was so kind to bring the man somewhere to recuperate, and falling down and hitting his head could have happened anywhere at any time. That

cabin retreat was probably just what the guy needed, and his death was no one’s fault.

I was so moved to read how heartbroken this friend is, but I wanted to say that there are support groups all over where people listen to stories like this all the time. It helps relinquish any guilt. — J. Dear J.: Thank you for your kind words.

We received dozens of letters expressing sympathy and understanding.

Several readers also pointed out that hospice offers grief counseling whether or not the patient was in hospice.

We appreciate all of the expressions of concern and know that “Ohio” will, too.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook. com/AskAnnies.

Guests asked to put electronics away at ‘unplugged weddings’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Here comes the bride — and out come the smartphones.

Wedding guests are often keen to capture all the special moments during a couple’s big day.

But the flashing glare from cameras, phones and even tablets can prove disruptive during the ceremony — so much so that some couples are asking their guests to power off their devices.

Photographer Lainie Hanlon recalled asking a camera-toting wedding guest who was obstructing her view to take a seat — and she refused.

“She apparently takes photos on the side as a part-time hobby and I was a very bitter photographer after that because she basically ruined every single ceremony photo that I had,” recalled Hanlon, owner of Lainie Hird Photography in Ingersoll, Ont. Hanlon said gadget use during ceremonies has worsened in recent years, with guests not only taking smartphone photos but videotaping the entire ceremony.

She broaches the subject of “unplugged” ceremonies as an option for clients tying the knot.

“I give them an example: If I’m standing at the altar with the groom and I’m looking down, all I see are cellphones, is that something that you’re going to want to see in your photo? Ninety-five per cent of them now say: ’Yeah, you’re right, this isn’t something that we want.’ ... You can’t redo a ceremony.”

Stephanie Fusco recalled attending a wedding where a woman was jostling for position with the photographer during key moments of the ceremony. She knew she didn’t want to face a similar issue for her own recent nuptials to Michael D’Amico.

Both of their families and Fusco’s close friends were aware of her concerns. She also expressed her wishes and reasons behind an unplugged ceremony in a post

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A guest is seen capturing an image on her cellphone at a wedding photographed by Lainie Hird Photography. on her lifestyle and beauty blog, Leopard is a Neutral.

Guests wound up taking photos anyway during the ceremony held at a Catholic church in Toronto. But rather than being upset, Fusco said she was “really grateful” for the additional images.

“I think what I was most concerned about ... was just being distracted by people and people having a bad experience because of people trying to get photos,” said Fusco, 26, a social media professional who works in public relations and communications.

“I think we’ve all been that guest at a wedding or at an event where you feel like you’re watching the whole thing through somebody else’s smartphone. And on the day of, I honestly didn’t notice.”

Tracey Manailescu, co-founder of The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada, said couples can inform guests in advance that they’ve opted for an unplugged ceremony. With many couples launching websites as part of their big day, that might be a good place to send a message to guests.

“Put a note on the program about it as well (stating): ’We would really like you to be in the moment with us and seeing our exchange of love. Please put the cameras away at this time and we promise a lot of photos together afterward,”’ said Manailescu.

Ottawa-based officiants Keith and Lynne Langille have started encouraging couples to opt for unplugged ceremonies, which Keith said now account for about 90 per cent of their weddings.

Langille said he announces the plans to guests just before the event gets underway, but he does allow them to capture a few quick snaps.

“We give them 20 seconds at the beginning of the ceremony to go nuts with their cameras, to act like the paparazzi. And in fact, I would say guests get more pictures taken during those 20 seconds than they would had they been popping up throughout the ceremony. The photographers love it because, of course, now they don’t have to deal with the problems that they have with guests jumping up and down and getting in their way and flashes going off at the same time.”

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Story and photos by Ashli Barrett/Advocate staff Don your cowboy hat and pull on your cowboy boots — the 2015 Westerner Days Fair and Exposition officially kicked off with the annual parade on Wednesday morning.

The parade is one of the most anticipated events of the action-packed week.

Thousands of Red Deerians began lining the streets downtown over an hour before it began. The wait was worth it — the 2015 version of the parade was easily one of the more colourful and interesting ones in the last several of years.

Headlining the parade was the world champion Express Clydesdales. The rare black-and-white horses were just six of many horses in the parade. A few riding groups rode through the parade route, while others pulled carriages.

The Red Deer Royals — always a highlight of the parade — had some competition in the Calgary Stampede Showband. Both bands dazzled parade-goers with upbeat tunes, choreographed moves and colour guard dance routines.

Dignitaries, local sports teams and clubs, classic cars, mini-vehicles, as well as an increased number of floats from previous years, were also part of the parade and kickoff festivities.

Two pancake breakfasts were held just off the parade route, at the Primary Care Network and the Eventide Funeral Chapel and Crematorium.

Westerner Days runs until Sunday, and the fair grounds are open from noon to midnight Thursday through Saturday, and from noon to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday.

More information on all Westerner Days events and activities can be found at westernerdays.ca.

ABOVE; The Calgary Stampede Show Band dazzles Red Deerians as they perform during the Westerner Days Parade early Wednesday morning. The show band was one of three bands that performed during the parade, including the Red Deer Royals and the Red Deer Regents.

BELOW RIGHT; The Camrose Mirror Lake Express train chugged its way through the heart of downtown during the 2015 Westerner Days Parade.

BELOW RIGHT 2; A child-sized livestock truck makes its way through the 2015 Westerner Days Parade route.

BELOW LEFT; One of the sweeter looking floats in the Westerner Parade was the Lime Green Realty float, which featured popsicles, gumdrops and lollipops.

LEFT; A rider in the Riding group waves to the crowd as she passes by in the Westerner Days Parade. Red Deerians were out in full force, crowding the sidewalks over an hour in advance to watch the parade.

RIGHT; Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshan waves to the crowd during the Westerner Days Parade. A number of political dignitaries were in the parade, including Red Deer City Council and Red Deer-North and South MLA’s Kim Schreiner and Barb Miller.

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Shiner the Shine F.M. mascot high-fives kids during the Westerner Days Parade early Wednesday morning.

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Lacombe looks at ideas to add to 2016 budget LACOMBE — Lacombe city council will cost out nine ideas from the public for the 2016 budget.

The Citizen Submission Program was created in 2014 so council could better engage with the public. They received 20 ideas in eight submissions during June, when the submission process was open.

“We are pleased with the response to the program thus far, and we will continue to encourage an open, ongoing dialogue with residents on issues facing our city,” said Mayor Steve Christie, in a press release.

High-level costing for the proposed ideas will be prepared for the Aug. 24 council meeting, at which time they will be reviewed and council will make recommendations as to which ideas will proceed to the fall budget workshop.

The nine ideas included: ● A crosswalk light at 54th Avenue and 58th Street. ● An observation deck/wharf/boardwalk/canoe launch at the northeast Corner of Cranna Lake to allow for wild life observation/canoe launch/ seating for skates in winter. ● A water slide at the swimming pool. ● Increased maintenance of the elm trees at 54th Avenue and 58th Street in summer months to allow for better visibility.

New children’s exhibit at Red Deer Museum 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.

Lacombe emphasizes strengths with new taglines Lacombe wants to get the word out to the region that it’s a creative, beautiful place to live where heritage is important.

City council approved two new taglines earlier this week. They will be used in official City of Lacombe advertising.

The taglines are “Live a beautiful life” and “Strong roots, fresh perspective.”

Community and Economic Development Department manager Guy Lapointe said the focus of the city’s next advertising campaign will be more regional, and will include the taglines.

“Our belief is that the people of Central Alberta are our target market; especially Red Deer residents and businesses who yearn for a smaller, connected and well-resourced community.”

The new taglines were developed by the in-house marketing team.

Good taglines can help unify the

community and bring about a greater sense of collective identity, Mayor Steve Christie said.

The beautiful life tagline is intended to emphasis “connectivity, recreation, cultural expression, and connections to the family” The tag line strong roots is seen as paying homage to heritage and tradition, and also innovation.

Lacombe mural defaced by graffiti vandals The Lacombe Police Service is looking for information regarding the defacing of one of the community’s historic downtown murals.

The mural was hit in recent days by a graffiti artist.

Under the Criminal Code of Canada, the crime carrying serious consequences. If convicted, offenders can receive significant fines and/or imprisonment of up to six months.

Graffiti vandalism is also an offence under the City of Lacombe’s Community Standards Bylaw and offenders can face fines ranging from $2,500 to $7,500.

“What is most disturbing about this particular act of vandalism is that a true artist would never deface the work of another. This is not only illegal, it is completely disrespectful” said Lacombe Police Chief Steve Murray.

Anyone with information on the person(s) responsible for defacing the mural is asked to contact the Lacombe Police Service or Crime Stoppers.

Attempted murder suspect granted more time by court A final adjournment has been granted to a Red Deer woman facing an attempted murder charge on Wednesday.

Meghan Claire Dion, 34, is expected to enter a plea at her next court appearance.

Dion and her counsel Norman Clair were given until Aug. 26 to enter pleas on several charges stemming from a stabbing at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on March 6.

Dion did plead guilty to three charges that were waived to Red Deer

provincial court from Whitecourt, including operating a motor vehicle while disqualified, failing to attend court and obstructing a peace officer.

Sentencing was adjourned to Aug. 26 as well.

Clair told provincial court Judge John Holmes that he needed more time on the substantive charges of attempted murder, assault and possession of stolen property to review disclosure.

Holmes was reluctant to grant the adjournment but agreed.

Former Red Deer Mountie faces four assault charges A Mountie previously stationed in Red Deer faces a fourth assault charge in relation to an on-duty incident.

Eric Pomerleau, 30, is now on administrative duties with a different RCMP detachment in Alberta. He already faces assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and assault charges from an August 2012 incident.

An RCMP news release on Wednesday said the man faces an assault charge that stems from a Nov. 7, 2012, incident. It is alleged the incident occurred while he was on duty and involved a civilian being held in police custody at the Red Deer RCMP detachment.

The charge was laid after a complaint was filed in November 2014.

Pomerleau will appear in Red Deer provincial court on Aug. 18.

He appeared on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court on the three other assault-related charges. Those charges were laid because of an incident on Aug. 19, 2012. The alleged weapon used was pepper spray.

He is expected in Red Deer provincial court on Aug. 31 for the latter three charges.

Correction: wild horse story A story in Tuesday’s Advocate on Page A1 had some incorrect information.

Mischief charges were laid against a group of protesters arrested near a wild horse cull in Alberta last year but were later dropped.

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People can unleash their creativity at Art in the Park in Lacombe on July 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The arts and culture celebration to promote and support the arts is a family-friendly event sponsored by the City of Lacombe and Lacombe County.

It is being held during Lacombe Days Festival.

Admission to Art in the Park is free and gives people the opportunity to try their hand at some art and craft projects. They can take a watercolour class, enjoy face painting, henna art, and more. Teens can also try dumpster painting.

Art will also be available for sale.

Art in the Park is held in the South Memorial Hall and on the south lawn at Lacombe Memorial Centre at 5214 50th Ave.

● A right-hand turning lane by the new Husky at Woodland Drive and Hwy 2A. ● A boardwalk trail from the southwest corner of Elizabeth Lake across the narrow waterway between Lake Ann and Elizabeth Lake (about 270 metres). ● Drainage control from Fairway Drive and 58th Street. ● New pavement for the crosswalk at 54th Avenue and 58th Street. ● A permanent solution for waste water treatment, and not a temporary short-term fix for ammonia treatment and lagoon de-sludging (this project is underway).

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Griffin Sealock, Pat Brown, and Craig Kanngiesser cook up some pancakes for the fourth annual pancake breakfast put on by Eventide Funeral Chapel and Crematorium as part of the Westerner Days festivities on Wednesday morning. Attendance for the pancake breakfast, which is one of 10 that will be held throughout Westerner Days, doubled from last year.

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Found sleeping in the stairwell at a Potter’s Hands building with a knife and cocaine, a Red Deer man battling homelessness pleaded guilty to a series of court order breaches.

Marlo Tyrell Thomas, 20, faced several charges of breaching his release conditions and failing to attend court as well as possession of cocaine.

Security found Thomas in a stairwell on Nov. 23, 2014, with a knife tucked into the waistband of his pants.

He was also found with a small bag of cocaine and a bottle of beer. At the time, he was released from custody on a recognizance with conditions to not have weapons, alcohol or drugs.

Thomas was arrested on an aggravated assault charge as well as possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose on Aug. 26, 2014.

That charge was laid after an assault that left a man injured on the pedestrian bridge across the Red Deer River, the former Canadian Pacific Railway bridge.

Thomas pleaded guilty to five court order breaches and one count of possession of a controlled substance in Red Deer provincial court before Judge James Glass on Tuesday.

He was sentenced to time served.

He has been held in custody on other charges but was given credit for 18 days of pre-conviction custody. He was also ordered to pay about $700 fines.

He will appear in Red Deer provincial court on Nov. 16 for a preliminary inquiry on the aggravated assault and possession of a weapon charges.

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Kanye West to perform at closing ceremony PAN AM GAMES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The buzz for the Pan Am Games just grew considerably stronger: Kanye West will perform at the closing ceremony.

The organizing committee confirmed Wednesday that the critically lauded Chicago rap legend will play the Rogers Centre — known during the Games as the “Pan Am Ceremonies Venue” — on July 26.

“If this just doesn’t get you excited and if you don’t think there’s going to be a party in Toronto on the 26th of July, then we have nothing left for you,” Pan Am CEO Saad Rafi said during a press conference Wednesday. “This is remarkable.”

West will be joined in the show by Miami pop-rapper Pitbull and six-time Juno winning howler Serena Ryder, but of course there’s no doubt which artist is the headliner.

A sold-out crowd of roughly 45,000 took in the Pan Am’s opening ceremony — curated by Cirque du Soleil — and West’s presence could provide perhaps an even more robust draw.

As of early Wednesday afternoon, tickets were still available, with seats ranging from $50 to $205. A spokesperson for the Games said there were about 15,000 tickets remaining prior to the announcement of West’s headlining gig.

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BRIEF Neil Young removing music from streaming services because of sound quality TORONTO — Neil Young says he’s removing his music from all streaming services because his songs are being “devalued by the worst quality in the history of broadcasting.”

In two Facebook posts, the Torontoborn 69-year-old denigrates streaming and notes his preference for the formats of yesteryear, including analog cassettes, eight tracks and AM radio.

He also pointed out that the amount of money artists are making from streaming services has been “dramatically reduced by bad deals made without (his) consent,” though he said his decision was “not because of the money.”

Young has long been vocal about the need to prioritize sound quality.

That explains why he developed the portable digital media player and download service Pono, which boasts higher-quality audio than its peers.

It’s not yet clear when Young’s music will vanish from streaming services. He did leave open the possibility

Meanwhile, eager entrepreneurs swiftly raised prices on resale sites in the hours following the news, with only a handful left under $200 and some hopeful peddlers asking as much as $1,400.

West has been doling out live dates sparingly of late, as he prepares his followup to 2013’s platinum Yeezus.

He headlined Glastonbury in June and Ottawa Bluesfest this past weekend. Otherwise, his live schedule is clear but for September’s Summer Ends Music Festival in Tempe, Ariz.

Mild controversy preceded his gig at the reliably rap-phobic Glastonbury, but a petition failed to cancel his 30-song set.

A similar backlash followed Wednesday’s announcement, right down to the petition element.

Toronto Mayor John Tory made headlines by wishing aloud that organizers had chosen a Canadian for West’s slot — but only after he was forced to concede that, until now, he’d somehow believed West to be Canadian.

In his defence, Tory pointed out: “You can’t know everything.”

Well, West’s name has certainly been prominent on the Canadian chart lately.

Recently, he had a Top 5 single with the Rihanna-Paul McCartney collaboration FourFiveSeconds, while also wresting radio play with Only One and the emphatic All Day. All three songs could be included on his upcoming seventh solo record, which he claims will be called Swish. that his mind could change down the road.

“Streaming has ended for me. I hope this is ok for my fans,” he wrote.

“It’s about sound quality.... I don’t feel right allowing this to be sold to my fans. It’s bad for my music. For me, it’s about making and distributing music people can really hear and feel. I stand for that.

“When the quality is back, I’ll give it another look. Never say never.”

Dean Brody, Gord Bamford have leading six CCMA nominations apiece TORONTO — Dean Brody and Gord Bamford have reeled in a leading six nominations each for this year’s Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Both men will vie for male artist of the year, fans’ choice, single of the year, songwriter of the year and video of the year. Brody also earned consideration for album of the year, the category he won last year. Brett Kissel of Flat Lake, Alta., and Dallas Smith of Langley, B.C., were close behind with four nominations apiece, including mutual nods for male artist and single of the year.

Three nominations each were doled out to Tim Hicks, High Valley and last year’s female artist of the year winner Jess Moskaluke. They will all compete for album of the year alongside Brody

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Kanye West performs on the main Pyramid stage during the Glastonbury music festival on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, England. West will perform at the closing ceremony for the Pan American Games in Toronto.

The 38-year-old last played in Toronto on back-to-back nights in December 2013.

He drew more than 31,000 fans to the Air Canada Centre during a vicious ice storm and his performance featured cameos from Drake and Justin Bieber.

That tour was in support of the confrontational, wilfully abrasive Yeezus,

but Pan Am attendees can likely expect a more broadly accessible set from the visionary 21-time Grammy winner, whose deep catalogue of hits includes Gold Digger, Stronger, Heartless and Runaway.

Of course, it’s never been particularly wise to expect Kanye to follow a script — which only elevates the intrigue.

and Smith. Jason Blaine also earned a trio of nominations. The CCMAs will be broadcast from Halifax on CBC-TV on Sept. 13.

to sing outlaw country. I like to hunt, fish, ride around on my farm, build a big bonfire and drink some beers— and that’s what I sing about. It’s what I know. I don’t know about laying in the gutter, strung out on drugs.”

He posted on Twitter the next day that he never meant to disparage other artists.

“It’s not my style,” he wrote. “I consider Willie, Waylon and Merle musical heroes.”

Bryan said on Tuesday that he wasn’t clear when talking about the wide variety of musicians within the genre.

“You have to take things and learn from them, but at the end of the day, I was really speaking from where I draw my fuel and inspiration for music,” Bryan said.

“It just got weirdly associated with Willie and Waylon and Merle. And I may have done a better job if I said, ’a modern form of outlaw country.’ When I originally stated them in the interview, it was an earlier part, but then I moved on and it got all put together.”

Luke Bryan says he misspoke about outlaw country musicians strung out on drugs NASHVILLE — Country star Luke Bryan said he misspoke when he differentiated himself from outlaw country musicians like Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings by saying he doesn’t do drugs. Bryan, the reigning Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music entertainer of the year, apologized for how the comments appeared in an article on the online magazine, HITS Daily Double.

“I’m not an outlaw country singer,” he said in a July 9 article. “I don’t do cocaine and run around. So I’m not going

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BoC cuts key rate to 0.5%

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate on Wednesday, slashed its outlook for the economy and predicted a contraction in the second quarter due lower oil prices and slumping exports — but the central bank governor wouldn’t describe the country’s economic woes as a recession.

The bank cut its target for the overnight rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent, sending the Canadian dollar tumbling to its lowest levels in years.

The central bank also explained that its lower outlook for economic growth — from 1.9 per cent earlier this year to 1.1 per cent — is due to Canadian oil producers cutting their investment plans by close to 40 per cent this year, compared with an earlier estimate of about 30 per cent.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS Slowing growth in China and non-resource exports faltering — a trend the bank described as “a Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz leaves a puzzle that merits further study” — have also played news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday. a part in Canada’s economic difficulties.

Nonetheless, Bank of Canada governor Stephen close, but had been even lower earlier in the day.

TD Canada Trust was the first of Canada’s big Poloz said exports are expected to fuel growth in the banks to respond, though it only passed on part of second half of the year.

“The U.S. economy does appear to be gathering the rate cut as it reduced its prime rate by a tenth of more momentum and so we are quite confident that a percentage point to 2.75 per cent. The Royal Bank the export side will resume its growth track which later announced it was decreasing its prime rate by 15 basis points to we saw in the latter 2.70 per cent. half of 2014,” Poloz ‘THERE’S NO DOUBT WE HAVE WORKED Moves in the told a news conferOUR WAY THROUGH A MILD CONTRACTION.’ prime rate directly ence. affect the amount “Along with the — STEPHEN POLOZ action that we’ve BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR charged on loans such as variable taken today, (that) rate mortgages and makes us quite confifloating rate lines of dent as we look into credit. the second half of the year.”

Economists had been split in their predictions An economic contraction in the second quarter would mean the country slipped into a recession in about what the Bank of Canada would do, with most, the first half of the year, but Poloz wouldn’t use the but not all, calling for a rate cut.

“It’s not a true recession, since an employment r-word.

“I’m not going to engage in a debate about what decline hasn’t joined in with the tumble in output we call this,” Poloz said. “There’s no doubt we have measures, but the GDP decline opened a window for a further ease by a dovishly inclined Bank of Canada worked our way through a mild contraction.”

The rate cut marked the second time this year governor,” CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld that the Bank of Canada has reduced its target for said following the bank’s announcement.

In its monetary policy report, the Bank of Canada the overnight rate. By slashing it, the central bank is hoping to jump-start the economy by making it forecast the economy contracted at an annual pace cheaper for consumers and companies to borrow of 0.5 per cent in the second quarter compared with money. In response, the Canadian dollar plunged its April forecast for growth at a pace of 1.8 per cent.

However, the central bank predicted growth at to a post-recession low. The loonie was down more than a full U.S. cent Wednesday afternoon to levels an annual pace of 1.5 per cent in the third quarter, not seen since March 2009, when Canada was in the followed by 2.5 per cent in the last three months of the year. That compared with its earlier forecast for midst of a deep recession.

At one point, Canada’s dollar was worth about growth of 2.8 per cent and 2.5 per cent for the third 77.29 cents US, down 1.2 cents from the previous and fourth quarters respectively.

The pros and cons of the Bank of Canada’s 25-basis point interest rate cut TORONTO — In slashing its key interest rate to 0.5 per cent, the Bank of Canada is aiming to boost both consumer spending and business investment by providing cheaper access to capital. But the rate cut could also pose some risks to the country’s economy.

Here is a look at some of the positive and negative implications that could stem from the central bank’s announcement Wednesday: TOURISM: Rate cuts tend to make a country’s economy seem less attractive to foreign investors, which typically drives the currency lower.

Canadians looking to vacation abroad may have to dig a little deeper into their pockets, as a slide in the value of the loonie reduces their purchasing power. On the plus side, a cheaper loonie could lure more Americans north of the border, a boon to the Canadian tourism sector.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz offers the following travel advice.

“Try to get yourself a room somewhere in P.E.I. this summer,” Poloz said after announcing the rate cut. “It’s going to be a good year.”

MORTGAGE DEBT: Variable-rate mortgage holders could get some relief as Canada’s big banks move their prime rates lower. TD Bank (TSX:TD) was the first out of the gate to announce a reduction in its prime rate — which is used to determine variable-rate mortgages, home equity lines of credit and other kinds of variable-rate borrowing. But the lender only passed on 10 basis points of savings to borrowers, rather than the full 25 basis point cut.

The Royal Bank later decreased its prime lending rate by 15 basis points to 2.70 per cent. Reduced mortgage rates could cause house prices to soar higher in red-hot markets like Toronto and Vancouver, says Phil Soper, CEO of Royal LePage. That could leave some Canadians struggling to service their debts once interest rates begin to rise.

But Soper says the second consecutive rate cut could also reduce consumer confidence and temper home sales to some extent, thus reducing the impact on consumer borrowing.

INVESTMENTS: People stashing their money in high-interest savings accounts and market-linked GICs — instruments that are both tied to the prime rate — could see lower returns, according to Penelope Graham of RateSupermarket.ca.

“This is really discouraging for savers, because they’re saving their money and they’re getting less of a return back,” says Graham, who recommends exploring alternative avenues such as fixed-rate GICs. Soami Kohly, fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management, says the stock market could see a bit

of a boost, as the weaker loonie will likely serve as some stimulus for Canadian exports.

IN

BRIEF N.W.T. in preliminary talks with firms about potential Arctic oil pipeline CALGARY — Canada’s provincial Northwest Territories government has been talking to pipeline companies about shipping crude oil through the Arctic, according to the territory’s minister in charge of resource development.

David Ramsay, the territory’s minister of industry, and N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod, have been touting the concept of an “Arctic Gateway” pipeline, which could see Alberta crude moved north for shipment from a port on the Beaufort Sea coast.

Ramsay said earlier this week that it’s one alternative to shipping Alberta crude to the west, east and south amid opposition and regulatory delays for two other pipelines.

TransCanada’s Keystone XL oil pipeline, which is designed to go from Canada through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, has been mired in the U.S. regulatory process for nearly seven years. The Energy East pipeline to Atlantic Canada has been delayed two years. Enbridge has a federal permit to start building its Northern Gateway pipeline through British Columbia, but hasn’t decided to build it.

Delays in approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline have caused friction between the U.S. and Canada, the latter of which needs infrastructure in place to export its growing oil production. Canada relies on the U.S. for 97 per cent of its energy exports.

“We’ll see where it all goes, but right now you don’t see too much happening in the way of Keystone or Energy East or Northern Gateway,” said Ramsay.

“The North may, in fact, at some point be a viable option.”

Canada needs LNG export options to avoid decline in natural gas production: CAPP CALGARY — Canada’s natural gas production will decline by about 10 per cent from current levels unless new export routes to Asia are opened, according to a report from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

The oil and gas industry’s leading association says Canada needs options for exporting a liquefied form of natural gas by ship if the country is to avoid a decline in production over the coming years.

The report finds that abundant U.S. natural gas supplies are pushing out Canadian gas in the traditional markets of Central Canada, the U.S. Midwest and U.S. Northeast, heightening the need for new markets.

CAPP’s latest outlook estimates natural gas production would decline by about 1.5 billion cubic feet per day over the next decade to a low of 13 billion cubic feet per day, and then remain flat until the end of the report’s forecast period in 2030.

If LNG export routes open up, however, CAPP says Canadian production could recover to current levels of 14.5 billion cubic feet per day by the end of the decade and then continue to climb to 17 billion cubic feet per day by 2030.

CAPP president Tim McMillan said Canada’s proposed LNG projects need timely political and regulatory decisions to compete in a fiercely competitive global LNG market.

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Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Alex Tilley poses in this undated handout photo. Tilley Endurables, the Canadian manufacturer and retailer behind the iconic Tilley hat, has been sold to a subsidiary of U.K.-based private equity firm known for its investments in distressed companies.

Company behind iconic Tilley hat sold to U.K. company

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Tilley Endurables, the Toronto company behind the iconic Tilley hat, now has a British overlord but its signature line is still as Canadian as maple syrup, says president and CEO Mary Coleen Shanahan.

Tilley announced Wednesday it had been sold in late April to a subsidiary of U.K.-based private equity firm Hilco Capital, known for its investments in distressed companies.

“It was between private companies so nothing was said at the time, but there have been some inquiries so they decided to do a press release,” Shanahan said.

Financial and other details of the sale to Re:Capital, the Canadian arm of Hilco Capital, were not disclosed.

Tilley Endurables, also known for its wide variety of travel wear and accessories, was founded in 1980 by entrepreneur Alex Tilley, who long insisted that virtually all Tilley-branded products be made in Canada. (An exception is socks, which are manufactured in the United States).

The made-in-Canada distinction was preserved in the deal.

“Part of the attraction to Tilley for (Hilco) was that it was a well-known brand and they saw the value of it being made in Canada,” Shanahan said.

“Their plan is to continue making everything in Canada and all of the factories are going full steam ahead.”

The company employs 75 people at its lead factory in Toronto, while contractors in Nova Scotia, Quebec and British Columbia employ an additional 150 to 175 people making hats and clothing.

Another 75 employees work at Tilley’s four retail

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outlets: one in Toronto, two in Montreal and one in Victoria. So far no jobs have been lost, the company said.

Besides preserving Canadian manufacturing, Tilley, who at 77 years of age wanted to retire, was also looking for a buyer able to take the company to the next level, Shanahan said.

“Re:Capital fit that bill,” she said. “They have manufacturing, wholesale and distribution expertise as well as financial expertise.”

Tilley has good distribution in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, but it has managed to penetrate only a few stores in many of the 15 other countries where the company’s line is sold, she added.

“There is much more that could be done,” she said.

“There are many more heads outside of Canada than there are in Canada.”

Re:Capital’s past Canadian acquisitions have included HMV Canada in 2011 and the Kraus Group, a flooring manufacturer and distributor, in 2012.

In acquiring Tilley Endurables, it takes on a company whose famously durable hats enjoy a fiercely loyal following, having graced the heads of Prince Philip, famed explorer Sir Edmund Hillary and Canadian soldiers during the Gulf War, who sometimes dyed the light coloured hat with coffee to make it more camouflaged. The company itself often bragged of the hats having emerged unscathed from the jaws of a lion and passing through the digestive system of an elephant three times. The idea behind the hat was born from Alex Tilley’s failed search for a sailing hat that wouldn’t blow off his head nor sink if it fell overboard. Within months, an early concept for the Tilley hat was created. The hat debuted on the North American boat show circuit selling for $15.50 a pop, which meant Tilley barely turned a profit at first.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 133.25 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.42 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.85 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 67.06

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Canadian dollar fell to its lowest level in more than six years on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate and lowered its forecast for the economy.

The loonie ended the day at 77.40 cents US, down 1.09 cents from the previous day’s close, a level not seen since March 2009 when Canada was in the midst of a deep recession.

Stephen Carline, managing director and head of equities at CIBC Asset Management, said the move wasn’t entirely unexpected, although some market watchers had expected rates to remain flat.

The dollar’s slide, he said, mirrored the one following January’s rate cut.

“The reaction of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar is not a big surprise,” he said.

The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent on Wednesday, slashed its outlook for the economy and predicted a contraction in the second quarter due to lower oil prices and slumping exports.

In a speech in Washington, Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen said that the American central bank is likely to raise its own benchmark interest rates this year if the U.S. economy continues to improve.

Carline said the two central banks’ divergence on interest rates is likely to maintain the spread between the two currencies, as the American dollar remains more attractive to investors looking to make a return.

“There’s more demand for U.S. dollars than Canadian dollars,” he said.

Despite the fall in the Cana-

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.95 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.15 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.65 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.42 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 12.47 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.59 First Quantum Minerals . 15.62 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.44 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.76 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.60 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.63 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.62 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.75 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 11.97 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 21.20 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.85 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 59.50 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.35 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 28.56 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.99 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.66 Canyon Services Group. . 5.40 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.48 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2400 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 12.48 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.12

dian dollar, the S&P/TSX composite index ended the day up 62.88 points at 14,662.88.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 3.41 points at 18,050.17, the Nasdaq index fell 5.95 points to 5,098.94, and the S&P 500 dropped 1.55 points to 2,107.40.

The August crude contract was down $1.63 to US$51.41 a barrel.

Carline said the cheap Canadian dollar could be a boon for the country’s oil exporters, who pay their costs in Canadian currency and sell crude in U.S. dollars.

He said the biggest issue for the price of oil, which has fallen by more than half since July 2014, is oversupply. And with a deal on Iran’s nuclear program poised to add that country’s crude to the world supply, he said the problem isn’t going away any time soon.

“The problem with oil is a supply issue. Demand has actually been pretty good,” he said. “But we haven’t seen much in the way of reduced supply.”

On the commodity markets, the August gold contract fell $6.10 to US$1,147.40 an ounce while the August contract for natural gas rose 7.8 cents to US$2.92 per thousand cubic feet.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,662.28, up 62.88 points Dow — 18,050.17, down 3.41 points S&P 500 — 2,107.40, down 1.55 points Nasdaq — 5,098.94, down 5.95 points

NEWS IN BRIEF

Allow me to reintroduce myself, Montreal-based Le Chateau tells customers Le Chateau hopes to reverse years of financial losses by introducing a more mature line to customers who were loyal in their rebellious youth but are now seeking fashionable office attire.

“We were young and rebellious when we started in the ’60s and that whole era of society has changed so we’re now having to offer our product in the right way for today’s culture,” founder Herschel Segal said in an interview after Wednesday’s annual meeting.

The Montreal-based retailer has been looking for ways to stem four years of losses amid declining sales.

While Segal said the company has moved slowly to reposition itself, it is

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 82.76 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 41.07 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.77 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 23.21 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 47.11 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.78 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.88 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.37 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.16 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.05 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 3.71 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 48.13 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2550 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.10 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.12 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.52 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.51 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 37.05 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 39.91 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 91.82 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.54 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.74 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.91 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 77.25 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.83 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.71

Currencies: Cdn — 77.40 cents US, down 1.09 cents Pound — C$2.0209, up 2.89 cents Euro — C$1.4153, up 1.33 cents Euro — US$1.0954, down 0.51 of a cent Oil futures: US$51.41 per barrel, down $1.63 (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,147.40 per oz., down $6.10 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.299 oz., down 8.5 cents $652.61 kg., down $2.74 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ’15 unchanged $531.80; Nov ’15 $1.10 lower $524.60; Jan. ’16 $2.00 lower $523.60; March ’16 $2.60 lower $520.00; May ’16 $2.60 lower $515.00; July ’16 $2.60 lower $509.00; Nov. ’16 $1.90 lower $469.90; Jan. ’17 $1.90 lower $471.00; March ’17 $1.90 lower $472.70; May ’17 $1.90 lower $472.70; July ’17 $1.90 lower $472.70.

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.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 404,660 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 404,660.

regaining its footing and making the right moves. That includes going more upscale by targeting working men and women in their 20s to mid-30s.

Executive vice-president Franco Rocchi said the targeted customer can also be older and include those who fondly remember shopping at Le Chateau before they had jobs, got married or had children.

“We were a rite of passage and a lot of the market remembers us as that and we want to let them know that our product today has now grown up.”

With the help of ad agency Sid Lee, Le Chateau plans to promote its more mature styling in an ad campaign next month as it prepares to introduce a loyalty card in 2016 and expand its online wedding boutique launched last spring. Le Chateau has been developing the change over the past few years, including the rollout of a new store concept that features better lighting, more comfortable fitting rooms and grouping clothing displays by use, such as daywear, career and special occasion.

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Amazon’s one-day sale “Prime Day”: Christmas in July or a lump of coal?

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE — Amazon aimed for Christmas in July with its much-hyped “Prime Day” sale. But some shoppers found a lump of coal instead.

The online retailer said Prime Day would offer bigger sales than those during the winter holiday shopping season. The goal was to boost $99 annual Prime loyalty program memberships during the sluggish summer months.

The sale gained so much attention, other retailers, including Wal-Mart, Target, Macy’s and Best Buy, had sales of their own. But some Amazon customers were disappointed by Prime Day. Some thought the discounts weren’t deep enough. Others didn’t like that the deals were only available for a limited time and in limited quantities.

And still other Amazon customers criticized the types of products that were marked down. By midday Wednesday, Amazon was offering a Kindle Fire marked down to $79 from $139, a GoPro camera bundle marked down from $691 to $500 and a Blu-Ray “Lord of the Rings” trilogy set marked down from $120 to $28. But there also were markdowns on more mundane household items like detergent and baby wipes, causing some shoppers to compare Prime Day to a garage sale.

“The biggest disappointment is that Prime Day seems to focus more on quantity over quality,” said Emily Wienberg, 24, from Boston, who was looking for a Bluetooth speaker or printer on sale.

Doug Messer, 21, from Westchester, New York, was disappointed in the sale too.

“I was frustrated to see that only a certain amount of users could claim each deal,” he said. “We found a TV we wanted and when we went to claim it, we were added to a waitlist. Not really a deal if only a certain percentage of visitors can take advantage of it.”

The promotional day highlights the risk marketers face when they try to hype promotional deals and sales and don’t deliver. Larry Chiagouris, marketing professor at Pace University, said if people get disillusioned with Amazon’s sales announcements they won’t trust future sales. “They haven’t damaged the trust people have in the overall Amazon brand, but they have done major damage to the credibility of sales announcements going forward,” he said.

“People are going to get numb to sale announcements and they’ll no longer provide the traffic kick start they’re designed to.”

Allen Adamson, managing director of branding firm Landor Associates, said that customers won’t completely lose trust in the Amazon brand, but he questions the overall strategy of the sale.

“If you’re going to offer this, then you have to really do it right,” said Allen Adamson, managing director of branding firm Landor Associates. “The Amazon business model is everyday value.

Jumping on the bandwagon to try to create Black Friday in muggy July really feels off-brand for Amazon.”

Early data showed the promotion boosted sales, though. ChannelAdvisor, which tracks sales of third-party sellers on Amazon, said sales jumped 80 per cent compared with the same day a year ago in the U.S. and 40 per cent in Europe.

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EAST 40TH PUB THURSDAY NIGHT’S BBQ NIGHT 6-9 p.m.

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MISSING from 73 Grand Ave. Norglenwold, AB. orange Coleman canoe and paddles. If you have seen a stray canoe in your area or have any info 403-887-5893

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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PIMM Grace Hazel Jean 1926-2015 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Grace Pimm of Red Deer, on July 13, 2015 at the age of 88.

Grace was born November 26, 1926 in Red Deer were she remained and lived her life raising her five children with her husband Archie Pimm. Grace lived an active life working at Eaton’s men wears until retirement and volunteering for many organizations including The Royal Purple, Red Deer Legion, Knox Presbyterian Church, The Christmas Bureau, and the Golden Circle. Grace was an avid sport fan rarely missing a Rustler’s or later on the Rebels hockey games, and spent hours at rinks and ball diamonds watching her children and grandchildren play. Camping, gardening, traveling were her interests, her friends, brothers and sisters, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were her life.

Grace was predeceased by her loving husband of 57 years Archie Pimm. She is survived by her children Dianne (Jack) Quartly, Darlene (Ron) Mah, Rod (Donna) Pimm, Chuck (Carla) Pimm, Bev (Daryld) Bachelder. Grace was a devoted Grandmother and leaves behind 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. A Celebration of Grace Pimm’s life will be held at 1:00 pm at The Knox Presbyterian Church, Red Deer, Alberta.

Interment will follow in the Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Society, Unit 1, 5550-45 St. Red Deer, AB. T4N 1L1. Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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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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YELLOW and black Joe Rocket motorcycle jacket lost between Dickson Dam and Spruce View on Wed., July 8. 403-877-9329

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HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

Training provided. Flexible hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. Call Dave at 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave @homesreddeer.com Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Restaurant/ Hotel

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 8 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $13/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible.

No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. or Call 403-848-2356

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S F/T or P/T GRILL COOK Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave.

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these ALCOHOLICS Red Deer, AB locations: ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 5111 22 St. COCAINE ANONYMOUS 37444 HWY 2 S 403-396-8298 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

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Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

40 hrs/week, + benefits , 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., criminal record check req’d.

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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 COLTER ENERGY LP weekend day and evening IS NOW HIRING both full and part time.

WELL TESTING: 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + Supervisors benefits. Start ASAP. Job description Night Operators www.timhortons.com Operators • Have current Safety Education and experience not req’d. certificates including H2S Apply in person or fax • Be prepared to work in remote locations for resume to: 403-314-1303 extended periods of time The Tap House Pub & Grill • Must be physically fit req’s full and part time • Competitive wages, benefits COOKS AND and RRSP offered DISHWASHERS. Please email resume with Apply with resume at current driver’s abstract to: 1927 Gaetz Avenue jbecker@colterenergy.ca between 2-5 pm.

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FIREPLACE SALES PERSON Top salary, commission & benefits. Call or email John, 1-780-993-2040 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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Trades

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

Truckers/ Drivers

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

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm. abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! HEAVY duty truck mechanic needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

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

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CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

403-586-4558 DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 Buying or Selling your home?

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F/T TOW TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract.

Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

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F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

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Mountview 350 PCS. of Medalta and Medicine Hat pottery, and collectibles. Fri. July 17, 4-8, Sat. 9-5. 4412-33 St. (back garage)

Rosedale 9 RUTHERFORD PLACE July 16, Thurs. 12 - 6 July 17, Fri. 9 - 6 MOVING! - small appls., lamps, shelving, misc. etc.

Out of Town BIG farm/yard sale at 39064 C & E Trail North!

Everything from old lumber to porceline dolls. Fri. July 17, starting at noon and Sat. July 18, 9-5.

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TRICAN is a global well service company with operations in Canada, USA, Russia, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Australia, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and Norway.

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• Comply with our Target Zero program as a mimimum standard unless regulations or legislation is more stringent in any area • Operate various large duty trucks over outdoor terrain and through all weather conditions • Perform pre and post trip inspections and accurately ¿ll out all required forms • Perform rig-in and rig out of all equipment, for travel • Operate all equipment in a safe and responsible manner • Attend pre-job safety meeting on location • Perform maintenance on units and auxiliary equipment • Complete required paperwork • Establish and maintain effective communication with colleagues • Consult with supervisor and crew regarding any operational de¿ciencies

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• Valid Class 1 Driver’s Licence is required • Pressure pumping experience is preferred • High school diploma is an asset • Safe driving skills, driver’s abstract will be requested • Heavy lifting required, must be physically ¿t • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

WHAT MAKES US ATTRACTIVE: • Values-driven organization • Full coverage bene¿ts program, Health Spending Account, RRSP matching program • Global technical leader within our industry • Focus on Safety, training and development

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has a special package just for you & your little one!

For more information, Call Lori, 403-348-5556

In loving memory of Brenda Gail Beechin 1970-1982 Loving daughter of Art and Shirley Beechin and sister Cindi Allaby.

Missed dearly.

• 15 days on / 6 days off • On call 24-hours per day during days on • Willing to live near base of employment • Pre-employment medical testing required • Working in all weather conditions

Please forward your resume and a copy of a current driver’s abstract (in confidence) Fax: (403) 314-3332, Online: https://trican.hgcareers.com Please visit our website at www.trican.ca for additional information about our company.

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted

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Now Hiring In-Home Caregiver $11/hr 40 hrs/wk Care of a 7 yr. boy. Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is not a condition of employment.

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Health & Beauty

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

Electronics

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

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

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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

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AIRLESS PAINTING machine, Gryco in good cond. $300; Ceiling stipple machine, complete. $300.

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DVD’S all in cases 9/$20 403-314-9603 OVER 100 LP records, (45 & 78). $100. 403-885-5020 QUAD cargo bag (never used) $25; 3 man tent, $35; one folding camp cot, $10. 403-342-7460

SASKATOON BERRIES, east of 30th Ave on Hwy 11.

Open Tues. & Thurs. 4-8 Wed. & Fri. 1-8 Sat. & Sun. 9-8. 4L U-pick $13. We pick $25 403-318-2074

2 days per week, no weekends

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Cats

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

Dogs

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PITBULL/TIMBER/GREY/ GIANT ALASKAN MALAMUTE/WOLF cross puppies. Born Apr. 28.

Large breed, Good home req’d. $400. 403-742-7872

Sporting Goods

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LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location. AIR HOCKEY by SportsLil Mule Logging craft was $900 new, exc.

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Open House 22 Coachill St. Blackfalds July 16, 17, & 18 Hours: 1 - 5

OLDER 2 STOREY, 4 bdrm. house on acreage, close to Innisfail, n/s, no drinking, ref’s.

250-804-3264.

Condos/ Townhouses

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SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelproperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 Starting at $1195 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates ~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. or July 1 References required.

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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46 people charged in scheme to smuggle drugs on flights from Texas DALLAS — Dozens of people are facing charges related to smuggling drugs into several U.S. cities on commercial flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Dallas released a statement saying most of the 46 defendants are from northern Texas and would appear in court beginning Wednesday. Charges include intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamines, conspiracy and money laundering.

Undercover agents gave some suspects packages, purporting they contained drugs, that were then carried onto flights for payments of up to $9,000, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Prosecutors said the drugs were flown to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Chicago and San Francisco, as well as Newark, New Jersey, and Wichita, Kansas.

It wasn’t immediately clear how many of the defendants were in custody Wednesday. The U.S. attorney’s office declined comment beyond its press release.

Airport spokeswoman Cynthia Vega said airport officials were aware of the FBI sting investigation, and that none of the indicted individuals works for the airport, which has about 1,800 employees.

Searchers reach wreckage of small plane, recover bodies of teen survivor’s step-grandparents SEATTLE — Search crews have recovered two bodies from the wreckage of a small airplane that crashed into a Washington state mountainside over the weekend.

A teenager survived the impact Saturday and hiked off the rugged slope.

Authorities say when deputies and volunteers reached the crash area Wednesday, the wreckage was still smouldering.

The two victims haven’t been formally identified, but 16-year-old survivor Autumn Veatch has said her step-grandparents, Leland and Sharon Bowman of Marion, Montana, didn’t survive.

The plane piloted by Leland Bowman was bringing Veatch home from a Montana visit.

The teen was released from the hospital Tuesday.

Nissan recalls 270K vehicles worldwide; start buttons can stick and suddenly shut down engines

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The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Wednesday are near 130 mph (215 kph) with some additional strengthening forecast during the next day.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, July 16, 2015 D3

Acknowledging Cowboy Welfare Now well into its 49th year, this because it not only uses a term only weekly column has celebrated some I have previously used in print in Alred letter days over the berta, but also vindicates years, mostly related to sucmuch of what I have written cessful advocacy campaigns about the sticky-sweet deal for or against various govof Alberta public land grazernment outdoors-related ing leases for at least the policies or programs. last three decades.

For example, I am proud In August last year, I fiof the role the column nally concluded that the Alplayed in the ending of useberta Wilderness Associaless mandatory barbless tion, for reasons best kept hooks for angling in Alberta; to itself, was never going in legalizing Sunday hunting to refer the matter of Cowin most of Alberta; in ending boy Welfare to the auditor the stupidly harmful rule to general as I had urged and the fishery of allowing the encouraged them to do, so BOB killing of two brown trout I went it alone, on this isper day after June 16, in sue, once again, and did it SCAMMELL the North and South Raven myself.

Rivers, provided they were Generally I am delighted more than 16 inches long. with Auditor General MerA really prime day was when a fea- wan Saher’s July 6 report, except to ture article of several years ago, Tro- say that his estimate of the annual cost phy rules = stunted mules, won a nation- of Cowboy Welfare to Albertans is low al journalism award and also changed at $25 million; my estimate is over $100 the way we have managed mule deer million, but who knows? The report in Alberta ever since. confirms my long conviction that even But the events of July 7 top them the government has no idea what this all: in the mail were the plaques and boondoggle costs us annually. cheques for two first-place journalism Key findings of the report: “Certain awards, and in the Calgary Herald of leaseholders receive surface access that date was a story headlined: ‘Cow- compensation fees in excess of the acboy Welfare’ costing Alberta taxpayers tual rent they pay to the province for millions. grazing livestock on public land and The column and I will probably the costs incurred from allowing inpack the plaques away, but prominent- dustrial access to their leased land.” ly display a framed copy of that story, “The department does not know:

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how many grazing leases have oil, gas or other industrial sites on them; the amount of money leaseholders receive in surface access fees; the value of leases when they are sold or transferred.

“The province charges less for rent for grazing leases than private landowners charge.” (A 2012 government report found $30 per head per grazing season on private land vs. $2.79, tops, on a public land grazing lease.)

The AG surprised even himself by finding 1999 Alberta legislation that was passed but, inexplicably (heavy lobbying is usually what usually leaves legislation in limbo) never proclaimed, which would effectively have ended Cowboy Welfare and had the big bucks go to the people of Alberta where they belong. The AG confesses to be flabbergasted, because the unproclaimed law would have dealt with what he considers to be a fundamental principle for all Albertans: that personal financial benefit should not derive from public assets.

As it happens, my dithering delay in referring this matter to the AG is probably a good thing. Had the same AG’s report come out with the pitiful PCs still in power, it would now be as unheeded and forgotten as that 1999 corrective legislation that was passed but never proclaimed.

Timing being what it is, Shannon Phillips, new minister of Environment, Parks, Sustainable Resource Develop-

ment, has already accepted the AG’s report and notes that the new government must act quickly to correct a mess that has flouted the public interest in public land for far too long. I suspect that unproclaimed 1999 PC legislation could provide a basic blueprint. Touch it up, cover all the bases, take back the land and the money, pass it and proclaim it this time.

The lobbying, the piteous bawling of the herd bulls, of Cowboy Welfare has already started. Already Drew Barnes, new Wildrose MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat, rancher and recipient of surface disturbance payments, cautions us against major changes to a lease system that has served rural communities well.

Funny, what I have found for 30 years in those rural communities is loathing, and people fearful of going on the record with who and how much they know about Cowboy Welfare If any of Barnes’s payments come from public land grazing leases, he should consider the concept of conflict of interest, personally, and with regard to his parroting of the standard heifer-dust argument that grazing leaseholders are the best stewards of public land: some are, but most are in it for the money, and the more of your lease you let industry destroy, the more money you make.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Know when to pick your vegetables and full of juice. Old corn becomes starchy.

Cucumbers are best picked as soon as the fruit is filled out. If the fruit is allowed to grow too large, it is likely to be seedy. Cucumbers that are allowed to turn yellow are often bitter.

For continuous harvest of kale or chard, remove the outer leaves, leaving about five of the inner leaves in place. As the plant grows, continue to harvest the outer leaves.

Leaf lettuce can be picked and it will regrow.

With head lettuce, pick the complete head, removing the roots. Too much sun and heat makes many varieties of lettuce bitter.

Tasting it before making the salad is a good idea.

Onions can be pulled and eaten any time.

Eat any that appear to be developing a flower.

In the fall, allow the tops to fall over naturally. At that point, they can be harvested and placed in a warm area until the tops all dry.

Parsnips should be thinned and left in the garden until after a killer frost.

They can be overwintered in the ground and eaten if dug in the spring before they start to grow.

Peas need to be harvested as the shells start to swell.

If allowed to get too large, the seeds become starchy. The size of the pea depends on the variety.

Early varieties tend to get starchy before later ones.

Once the plants start producing, they should be picked at least every other day for best flavour.

Spinach can either be cut just above the roots when the plants reach five to six inches (12-15 cm) tall or leaves can be harvested upwards as the plat grows.

For those who do not have a garden, visit a local farmers’ market or market garden.

Look for fresh, clean, firm produce.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House.

She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com.

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Beets can be thinned and eaten as baby beets and greens when they are approximately one inch (two cm) in diameter. Harvest the rest when they grow larger.

Harvest broccoli during a cool part of the day. The heads should be tight without any sign of yellow flowers.

Bush beans and stringless varieties taste best when they have just started to form seeds.

Once they get fat, they start to get tough. Picking every other day is necessary as the more the plants are picked, the more they produce.

Carrots can be harvested as soon as they are big enough to eat. As with any root vegetables, they need to be spaced far enough apart for the roots to be able to develop.

Cauliflower are harvested when the head is tight.

Corn can be ignored until the tassels on the cobs dry and turn brown. Then check the maturity of the kernels.

They should be harvested and eaten when the kernels are a light yellow

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As Canadians we like to complain about the weather. Summer is either too wet and cold or too hot and dry.

This year it is the latter.

If plants are getting enough moisture, they are responding by flowering early and for a short period.

Plants that are dry will be slow growing.

For longlasting flowers, and the best tasting fruit and vegetables, pick them in LINDA the early mornTOMLINSON ing when they are full of sugars and moisture.

Pick leafy plants during the heat and they will make a wilted salad.

Soaking them in cold water will revive

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1981—UNESCO names Yoho National Park’s Burgess Shale deposit Canada’s fifth World Heritage Site.

1969 — Apollo 11 blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., and begins the first manned mission to land on the moon.

1950 — The largest crowd in sporting history, 199,854 people, watches Uruguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1924 — Saskatchewan repeals prohibition of liquor, in place since 1916, and brings in government control of sales.

1880 — Dr. Emily Howard Stowe becomes the first woman licensed to practise medicine in Canada. She had been practising since 1867, when she graduated from the New York Medical College, because no Canadian medical college would accept a female.

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Buck this dangerous sunscreen habit Still using that gunky old bottle of sunscreen from last summer or the summer before that? A whopping 60 per cent of women and 85 per cent of men skimp on sun protection, according to a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

We’ve got a better idea: Get with the new stuff (micronized zinc oxide is one great choice), and plan on using up several fresh bottles this summer. Here’s why and how: A generous slathering of sunscreen keeps skin looking younger and slashes your risk for skin cancer. One in five adults are likely to develop some form of skin cancer (an important reason to check your skin regularly for weird moles and sores that don’t heal). A well-designed Australian study from an area with the highest rates of skin cancer in the world has found that regular sunscreen use slashes risk for melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, by 50 per cent. It helps protect against squamous-cell and basal-cell carcinomas, too.

The sun’s ultraviolet rays are responsible for 90 per cent of the wrinkles, sagging, rough patches and spots on aging skin. Once again, it’s sunscreen to the rescue. Australian researchers have also found that wearing it regularly reduced skin aging by 24 per cent over just four years. Think of what that could mean if you do it for the next 20 years. What fun at your 50th high-school reunion!

Get there by bucking a trend uncovered by the CDC survey: that most people don’t bother with sunscreen, even when heading outdoors for more than an hour. We want you to do the opposite: Slather it on any exposed skin whenever you’ll be outside for more than even a few minutes. In addition, wear an SPF-15 sunscreen daily on your face. Then take these

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN easy steps for the safest, most effective protection: Don’t use expired sunscreens or those that contain the following: chemical sun-filtering ingredients like oxybenzone (a potential hormone disruptor that, in animal studies, acts like estrogen in the body); avobenzone (it’s safer than oxybenzone but may cause allergic reactions); or the anti-aging ingredient retinyl palmitate (in lab studies, it spurred tumor growth).

Opt for sunscreen with micronized zinc oxide.

Finely crushed zinc oxide particles are good at reflecting both UV-A rays, which harm cells deep in the skin, and UV-B rays, which cause sunburn. The tiny particles protect even better than the bigger bits in the gloppy, white, old-fashioned zinc oxide that lifeguards and surfers wore on their noses. Once you apply new sunscreens with zinc oxide, they become

sheer and seem to have more staying power than chemical sunscreen ingredients. We think they look better than products containing another safe, mineral ingredient, titanium dioxide, which may leave you looking a little gray. However, some products contain both.

Go for an SPF-30 product. It will deflect 97 per cent of the sun’s UV-B radiation; paying extra for SPF-50 only increases protection by one per cent.

Apply generously — you need about a shot glass (one ounce) to fully cover all the skin exposed when you’re wearing a bathing suit. Then reapply in two hours, sooner if you’ve been swimming or sweating heavily. Pay special attention to your back, the No. 1 spot people missed in one recent survey. Don’t be shy — ask someone else to slap some on the hard-toreach spots!

Cover up for additional protection. Don’t rely on just a white T-shirt or beach umbrella; research shows that neither effectively shields you from UV rays. If you burn easily or want more protection, consider investing in sun-guard clothing with a “UPF” (Ultraviolet Protection Factor) of 25-50, which can block 96 to 98 per cent of UV rays. Kids are perfect candidates for UPF clothing, especially at the beach.

UPF clothes can be found in just about every large sporting-goods store and online.

So grab the sunscreen, some big sunglasses, a broad-brimmed hat, light and airy UPF garb, and look good while you stay healthy and enjoy your summer.

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But would an actual human being with medical training have done any better?

The researchers said that it’s hard to tell, since the same cases were not presented to medical professionals, making direct comparisons impossible.

With nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults using the Internet for health information, according to a recent Pew Internet Project survey, the accuracy of such services is becoming increasingly important. Last year the Food and Drug Administration said that it would exercise “enforcement discretion” for mobile apps “that use a checklist of common signs and symptoms to provide a list of possible medical conditions and advice on when to consult a health care provider.” That means while creators of such tech don’t need to apply for approval before commercialization, the FDA retains the option to take action if there are concerns.

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cases, 26 described common diagnoses while 19 described uncommon diagnoses.

The top scores were awarded when a site listed the correct diagnosis first.

This rarely occurred. Less desirable but still potentially useful for patients was when a site listed the correct diagnosis within the first three possibilities. Two sites returned a large number of diagnoses — as many as 99 — when particular symptoms were entered, a response that the researchers said was “unlikely to be useful for patients.”

The researchers also looked at the accuracy of triage advice — whether a person should seek care from a professional or should be able to treat themselves at home. They found that appropriate advice was given 57 percent of the time and that sites were better at sounding the alarm when patients were experiencing an emergency than when they weren’t. Four sites — iTriage, Symcat, Symtomate and Isabel — always suggested that users seek care.

The researchers pointed out that

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Ever asked the Internet what your symptoms mean and gotten a response that seemed wacky or totally off base?

It’s not your imagination.

In an audit that is believed to be the first of its kind, Harvard Medical School researchers have tested 23 online “symptom checkers” — run by brand names such as the Mayo Clinic, the American Academy of Pediatrics and WebMD, as well as lesser-knowns such as Symptomate — and found that, though the programs varied widely in accuracy of diagnoses and triage advice, as a whole they were astonishingly inaccurate. Symptom checkers provided the correct diagnosis first in only 34 percent of cases, and within the first three diagnoses 51 percent of the time.

“Our results imply that in many cases symptom checkers can give the user a sense of possible diagnoses but also provide a note of caution, as the tools are frequently wrong and the triage advice overly cautious,” Hannah Semigran and Ateev Mehrota, researchers in health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School, and their co-

authors wrote in the study.

Symptom checkers are interactive programs that allow users to type in the aches, pains and irritations they are experiencing and that may follow up with a series of questions designed to hone in on a disease or condition.

Most provide lists of possible diagnoses, usually ranked in order of how likely their algorithm believes they match up to the information provided, rather than a single answer. Early versions of programs that came out a few years ago did little more than search for key words, but many of today’s symptom checkers are based on sophisticated algorithms that use branching or Bayesian inference — a way of assigning probabilities to hypotheses — that are theoretically supposed to do a better job.

The researchers’ evaluation, which was published in June in BMJ, the former British Medical Journal, consisted of running 45 patient scenarios (or as many as made sense on specialty sites focused on certain types of conditions or demographics) on each of the symptom checkers. Fifteen of the cases required emergency care, 15 required non-emergency care, and 15 may have required self care but did not necessarily require a medical visit. Of the 45

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