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Derek Leavitt inspects his model Mosquito at the Central Alberta Radio Fun Flyers air show on Sunday.

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF It was just like a real air show, only mini.

The second annual Central Alberta Radio Fun Flyers air show saw remote control planes take to the skies while their pilots were safe and sound on the ground.

The scaled-down planes took to the skies on the east end of McKenzie

Road, southeast of Red Deer Sunday afternoon.

Jon Fromm said there are only two real-sized Mosquitoes left in flying action today.

“When there’s a Mosquito at a real air show they really play it up,” said Fromm.

The mosquito at the air show was built over four months by Derek Leavitt, of Rocky Mountain House, putting in about eight hours a day of work.

Leavitt admits to being a little ner-

vous when he’s piloting his Mosquito.

“The effort and the expense and the amount of time it takes to repair them,” said Leavitt.

Fromm piloted a Snowbird model plane, after the famous Canadian stunt fliers.

“You have to be way ahead of the airplane, because it is a real jet engine,” said Fromm. “It takes time to respond to throttle commands.

“With prop engines it is an instant response, with a jet engine you give it

a full throttle and count to five.”

On top of the Snowbird and the Mosquito there were biplanes, jets, prop driven, First and Second World War, gliders and even a flying witch.

It can take roughly 10 to 20 hours of dual instruction time — learning from an experienced flier — to learn how to fly a remote control airplane and start the hobby.

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Send in the clowns: Street performers pack downtown

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF In an effort to get some fun in before the rain came down, people packed into downtown Red Deer to take in the wonder of the 13th annual CentreFest.

Queen Schaerer, a Red Deer resident, came with a big group to the weekend festival, something she said she does every year.

“It’s awesome and they’re entertaining,” said Schaerer. “They each have their own personalities and it’s a lot of fun to watch.

Jennifer Mukunja and her son Ryan sat with Shaerer for the Jonathan Burns show, a contortionist. Ryan volunteered for part of the act, which involved him lying down on a blanket, having an apple in his mouth and waiting for Burns to drop a fork from above into the apple.

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“I didn’t know he was going to put an apple in my mouth,” Ryan said, nodding that he was scared when he saw just how big the fork falling towards his face was.

Burns covered Ryan’s eyes with a black sheet just before he dropped the fork. Only to slowly bend down and spear the apple with the barbecuesized fork for comedic effect.

Scharer’s daughter Stephanie echoed her mother’s sentiments about the festival, saying how she enjoyed the afternoon in downtown Red Deer.

The storm Saturday afternoon put an abrupt end to the day’s performances, but it resumed Sunday with an abundance of performances.

CentreFest is still looking for a title sponsor, which the board believes would help with the annual event.

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Brayden Williams high-fives one of the Carisa Hendrix Stilt Walkers during the 2015 CentreFest Street Performer Festival downtown this past weekend.

Stilt walkers, acro-rovers and magicians all roamed the downtown streets, entertaining children and adults alike with their acts.

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF The City of Red Deer is adding another cell to the landfill, extending its life for another six years.

The landfill’s construction is phased, with smaller cells being constructed every three to four years as capacity is used up.

Tom Marstaller, the city’s Environmental Planning Department superintendent, said Red Deer is a bustling community and along with that comes waste generation. He said the landfill is getting to the point where another cell is required.

The facility opened in 2001 and is expected to meet Red Deer’s waste disposal needs for the next 35 to 40 years.

In 2011, nearly 75,000 tonnes of waste from Red Deer was disposed at the Red Deer Waste Management Facility. That translates to 812 kg per capita. By comparison, the Canadian average is 777 kg per capita, and the Alberta average is 1,122 kg per capita.

“Phase 1 in total will be complete in 2021,” said Marstaller. “That’s assuming waste generation rates stay the same and we don’t suddenly invent a way to reduce all our waste down to nothing. It’s based on the assumptions we are making today.”

The estimated $2.7-million contract will be awarded in the coming weeks and construction is expected to start right away.

The project should be completed by Oct. 30.

Military says Canadian reservist died while training at base in Manitoba SHILO, Man. — A Canadian soldier in the reserves has died while training at a military base in Manitoba.

The military issued a news release saying that Pte. Kirby Tott died suddenly Saturday afternoon at Canadian Forces Base Shilo.

The release provides no details on the circumstances, but notes Tott was taking his basic reserve infantry training at Shilo with the 3rd Canadian Division Training Centre.

It says the death is under investigation and that an autopsy will be conducted.

The release says Tott joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a reservist with the Rocky Mountain Rangers in Prince George, B.C., in 2012.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement offering his condolences to Tott’s family.

Norwegians to refloat Amundsen ship sunk off Cambridge Bay CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut — The tough oaken vessel that took famed explorer Roald Amundsen on his second Arctic voyage is about to rise again.

After four years of negotiation and preparation, a Norwegian team expects to refloat the Maud this week, 85 years after she was scuttled in shallow waters off the coast of Nunavut.

“We’re quite confident,” said Jan Wanggaard, who’s heading the crew hoping to return the last ship of a Norwegian national hero to its homeland.

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CLUB: About 70 members “We have one airplane here that can get up to 250 miles per hour without breaking a sweat,” said Fromm. “The Snowbird can get up to about 100 miles per hour, but I don’t want to push it.”

Dan Hollington spent 1,500 hours assembling and detailing his Spirit of Edmonton, a biplane used as a training plane during the Second World War that was later donated to Edmonton, replica. He had three planes at the air show, but the Spirit of Edmonton had an interesting back story.

Assembled from a kit, Hollington spent his time carefully detailing it to look like its namesake. This included a trip to the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin, where the plane currently resides. He said he took close to 1,000 photos of the plane in an effort to get some detail together.

Fromm anticipated about 300 spectators to come

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Jacob O’lane walks across a ribbon, with the help of David Hartwell during the Art in the Park event at the Lacombe Memorial Centre on Saturday afternoon. Children could try their hand at a number of different games, crafts and building projects, while parents could browse a small arts marketplace. The event was part of the annual Lacombe Days festivities. on down and see the show. Half of the gate proceeds were donated to the Boys and Girls Club of Red Deer.

CARFF has about 70 members. They own a small tract of land east of Red Deer at the end of McKenzie Road. Members often come out to the small section to fly their planes at all hours of the day.

For more information on CARFF visit www.carff. ca. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

CENTREFEST: Work on next year’s festival starts now This year, Jan Penney, CentreFest board chair, said they haven’t had to aggressively fundraise in the past and the board suggested a little crowdfunding campaign to supplement their efforts.

“The City of Red Deer wouldn’t let this not happen,” said Penney. “They support us so well.

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“When they heard we were struggling a little bit, they had a meeting with us to say ‘what can we do?’”

Early into the Saturday performances, the streets were packed with people who wanted to see a little bit of the action.

Penney said some of the circle performers said the crowds are as deep this year while they are setting up as they have been during performances in other years.

“Because the crowds are a little bit bigger earlier, it makes it exciting, it moves people around faster,” said Penney. “They’re going from circle to circle quick. Usually when there is a circle show going on the centre (music stage and food vendors) seems empty, but this year the circles are full and there is still all these people.”

About 30 dedicated volunteers spent the weekend pitching in to help the show run smoothly.

Work on CentreFest 14 starts Monday with festival director Janice Shimek talking to vendors and artistic director Robert Palmer talking to performers and doing a post-mortem on how the event went from their perspectives. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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MacDonald a fearless feminist FORMER CONSERVATIVE CABINET MINISTER DIES AT 89

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Flora MacDonald, who served as a senior cabinet member in two Conservative federal governments and made a run for the party’s leadership in 1976, died Sunday. She was 89.

MacDonald’s long-time executive assistant Margit Herrman says MacDonald died in Ottawa — the cause of death was not immediately available.

MacDonald was the first woman to hold the foreign affairs portfolio, handling the job in Joe Clark’s short-lived government in 1979 and early 1980.

She headed the department during the Iranian hostage crisis when Canadian diplomats gave shelter to six Americans who escaped capture when their embassy was overrun by student demonstrators.

She was among the first to hear that Canada’s ambassador in Iran, Ken Taylor, was hiding the diplomats. MacDonald pulled Clark out of the House of Commons to brief him.

Over following weeks, she and Clark worked to manage the carefully guarded secret and handle the rising tensions at home while overseeing plans to spirit them out of Iran, which occurred 79 days later.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who was in office during the affair, mentioned MacDonald’s role in the affair during a 2012 speech at Queen’s University in Toronto.

Carter said he called Clark “and thanked him and Flora MacDonald for having orchestrated one of the most remarkable rescue operations in history.”

MacDonald was born in 1926 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

She first appeared on the Conservative Party scene in the 1950s as a secretary for one of John Diefenbaker’s party organizers. Her former colleagues, however, said her determination and ambition marked her as someone likely to rise much higher.

She was first elected to the House of Commons in 1972, after successfully running as the Progressive Conservative party candidate in the Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands. She held the riding until her defeat in 1988.

Hugh Segal, Brian Mulroney’s former Chief of Staff, describes MacDonald as an early feminist who was unafraid to take on the male-dominated world of politics despite her humble Cape Breton roots.

“She made it perfectly clear that women had an absolute right to participate as individuals who were not in any way diminished or limited by gender,” he said.

MacDonald also served in the government of Brian Mulroney, where she held the posts of Minister of Employ-

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RCMP investigating drowning of a 2-year-old MORINVILLE — Police near Edmonton say they are investigating a drowning of a two-year-old girl.

RCMP in Morinville say the girl was reported missing on Saturday morning after she had been playing at a park with siblings.

Police later found her unresponsive in a pond.

Efforts to revive her failed, and she was pronounced dead by emergency medical workers.

RCMP say the medical examiner’s office is part of the investigation.

One dead, four others taken to hospital after crash CALGARY — One person was killed and four others injured after a fourvehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Calgary on Friday afternoon.

RCMP say one car had four family members on board — a female passenger who was pronounced dead at the scene, a male driver who was not hurt, their two-month-old daughter and another male relative. Both the baby and the second male were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The driver of another vehicle and a man in one of the trucks were taken to Foothills Hospital in stable condition.

Several other patients from other vehicles were treated for their injuries at the scene.

“We had a total of six ambulances that were initially dispatched to this and we’re transporting all patients to Calgary area hospitals,” said Naomi

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Flora MacDonald is promoted as a companion in the Order of Canada by Governor General Romeo LeBlanc in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 14, 1999. MacDonald, who served as a senior cabinet member in two Conservative federal governments and made a run for the party’s leadership in 1976, has died. ment and Immigration and later Minister of Communications.

Reached by phone, Mulroney said MacDonald’s “incredible determination” allowed her to succeed with the “very sensitive” portfolios she held.

“She was disciplined and focused

Nevertheless, her former Progressive Conservative colleagues remember her candidacy as a turning point for the party.

“For a single woman from North Sydney to accomplish what she did in the highly competitive male-oriented

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I mourn the passing of Flora MacDonald, whose compassion, leadership & example changed lives across our country & around the world.

— Joe Clark and hard working, and she rose,” he said.

MacDonald ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party in 1976. Although she was thought to have a good chance of winning, Clark became leader.

world in those days is remarkable and she did it on her own,” Mulroney said.

“Hard work, determination, the capacity to understand the nature of politics and how one get ahead, and how one promotes ideas that benefit the country... Flora was extremely good at

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Ross Woolgar said he had just started his holidays and was on his way out of town when his fifth wheel was hit from behind.

“Don’t know what happened,” he said. “We were sitting at the light. We were the first ones at the light and we were just sitting there waiting for it to turn green and boom.”

“At this point the causes of the collision and what actually occurred here is under investigation,” said Cpl. Christopher Hrynyk of Strathmore RCMP.

Lacombe museum plans First World War exhibit

Teen killed in rollover west of Rocky A teen is dead and three other people were sent to hospital after a single vehicle rollover west of Rocky Mountain House.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP were called to the crash near Cow Lake Friday night at about 10:45 p.m.

The four people were traveling northeast on Hwy 752 when the 21-year-old male driver lost control, leaving the highway and striking an approach.

The vehicle rolled several times, coming to a rest on its roof.

Police said alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in the crash.

The driver was ejected from the vehicle, police said three of the vehicle’s occupants were not wearing seatbelts.

A 15-year-old female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver was transported by STARS Air Ambulance to Foothills Hospital and is in critical condition.

A 17-year-old female passenger was flown by STARS Air Ambulance to the University of Alberta Hospital where she is in stable but serious condition.

A 19-year-old male passenger was transported to local hospital by ground ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. He was later released.

Charges in the incident are pending.

For the next year, the Lacombe Flat Iron Museum will display an exhibit focusing on the First World War. Titled Lest We Forget: Our Brave Hearts 1914-1918, the exhibit is organized by the Lacombe and District Historical Society, with the assistance

that,” he said.

MacDonald retired from politics after her election defeat in 1988 and concentrated on humanitarian work.

She toured the developing world as a human rights observer, hosted a television series on Third World Development and made at least 12 visits to Afghanistan with the organization Future Generations.

She received the Order of Canada in 1992, where she was cited for her “distinguished leadership in federal politics” and her humanitarian work.

A number of politicians have expressed their condolences on Twitter, including Clark.

“I mourn the passing of Flora MacDonald, whose compassion, leadership & example changed lives across our country & around the world,” he wrote.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper also posted his condolences on Twitter as did former Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair also expressed their condolences.

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt saluted MacDonald as a trailblazing female politician and fellow Nova Scotian.

“Min. MacDonald demonstrated that any career was possible,” she tweeted.

“She cleared our path and I am grateful.”

of the Lacombe Legion Branch and a number of area museums and historical societies including Alix, Mirror and Blackfalds.

The exhibit presents the stories of the people from the Lacombe and Lacombe County Region who contributed to the First World War. It will be on display until July 2016 at the Lacombe Flatiron Museum, 5036 51st St. in Lacombe.

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Just a loose framework PREMIERS’ NEW ENERGY STRATEGY DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH On July 15, a state-of-the-art new pipeline near Fort McMurray ruptured, spilling five million litres of bitumen, sand and waste water over 16,000 square metres — one of the largest pipeline oil spills in Canadian history.

Two days later, a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota derailed in Montana, spilling 160,000 litres and forcing evacuation of nearby homes.

At the same time, while forest fires raged DAVID across large SUZUKI swathes of Western Canada — thanks to hotter, dryer conditions and longer fire seasons driven in part by climate change — Canadian premiers met in St. John’s to release their national energy strategy.

The premiers’ Canadian Energy Strategy focuses on energy conservation and efficiency, clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change.

But details are vague and there’s no sense of urgency. We need a response

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like the U.S. reaction to Pearl Harbor or the Soviet Sputnik launch!

The premiers seemingly want it both ways. Despite its call to “Build on the ongoing efforts of individuals, businesses, governments and others to improve energy efficiency, lower the carbon footprint, and improve understanding of energy in Canada,” the strategy promotes fossil fuel business as usual, including expanded pipeline, oil sands and liquefied natural gas development, including more fracking.

The premiers’ plan is a non-binding framework, described as a “flexible, living document that will further enable provinces and territories to move forward and collaborate on common energy-related interests according to their unique strengths, challenges and priorities.” It doesn’t include specifics on how to revamp our energy production and distribution systems, but buys time until the next elections roll around.

Although the language about climate change and clean energy is important, the strategy remains stuck in the fossil fuel era.

As Climate Action Network Canada executive director Louise Comeau said in a news release, “Governments discriminate against smoking and toxics in food and consumer products. What’s needed now is discriminatory policy against fossil fuels if we are going to

drastically reduce the carbon pollution putting our health and well-being at risk.”

Fossil fuel development has spurred economic development, created jobs and provided many other benefits, but the risks now outweigh those benefits.

The costs in dollars and lives of pollution, habitat and wildlife degradation, pipeline and railcar spills, and climate change — all getting worse as populations grow, energy needs increase and fossil fuel reserves become increasingly scarce and difficult to exploit — have become unsustainable.

Even job creation is no longer a reason to continue our mad rush to expand development and export of oil sands bitumen, fracked gas and coal.

Many fossil fuel reserves are now seen as stranded assets that will continue to decline in value as the world shifts to clean energy and the scramble to exploit resources gluts the market.

The Climate Action Network points out that Clean Energy Canada’s 2015 report on renewable energy trends showed that “global investors moved USD$295 billion in 2014 into renewable energy-generation projects — an increase of 17 percent over 2013.”

Yet, many of our leaders are still pinning their hopes on rapid oil sands expansion, massive increases in fracking for liquefied natural gas and new and expanded pipelines across the

country — with benefits flowing more to industry than citizens.

It’s refreshing to see provincial premiers at least recognizing the threat of climate change and the need to address it through conservation, efficiency and clean technology, but we need a far greater shift to keep the problems we’ve created from getting worse.

There are many benefits to doing so, including more and better jobs, a stronger economy, healthier citizens and reduced health-care costs, and greater preservation of our rich natural heritage.

The recent spate of pipeline and railcar oil spills, along with disasters like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, are the result of rapid expansion of fossil fuel development, as industry and governments race to get the dirty products to market before demand dries up.

Canada’s premiers should take these issues seriously and commit to a faster shift from fossil fuels as they continue to develop their energy strategy.

They must also stress the importance of having similar, stronger action from the federal government — and so should we all.

Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Medicine River Wildlife Centre needs financial help from public The Medicine River Wildlife Centre needs our help.

It is a non-profit organization that works tirelessly to rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife. Most of the injuries are the result of contact with humans.

It is currently closed to the public as the injured animals are now being housed and treated in the interpretive centre. As a result, thousands of visitors can no longer experience, in person, the tremendous work these dedicated volunteers are doing.

An article appeared in the Advocate a few weeks ago highlighting all the good this wildlife centre does for Red Deer and Central Alberta.

My family had the privilege of visiting the wildlife centre recently and we met with the executive director and Otis the Owl. Needless to say, it was an incredible learning experience.

Currently, there is a crowd funding campaign underway to facilitate the building of a new hospital for these animals.

Please consider donating to this worthwhile cause by visiting their website at Medicine River Wildlife Centre.

Maureen Hermary Red Deer

Advocate should promote Royals, young people of area Re: Advocate coverage of the Westerner Days parade and the Red Deer Royals.

Your coverage of the parade, with the lead photo on page A1 of your paper of the Calgary Stampede Showband and the lead photo on page C1 also of the Calgary Stampede Showband, while good photos, is totally flawed.

We have a band in the City of Red Deer called the Red Deer Royals Concert and Marching Showband, Red Deer Royals for short, that also performed in the parade.

Your paper can not or will not, for whatever reason, show a picture of 70-some 12-to-20-year-old young adults who give their time to promote Red Deer, not only in Red Deer but throughout Alberta and Canada, and around the world. These fine musicians are our ambassadors of music to the world and yet get no recognition from the Red Deer Advocate.

Going back to my concern of your coverage of the parade, nine photos in the paper, none of which showed the Red Deer Royals.

I have no association with the Red Deer Royals or connection with any members of the Royals. As a citizen I was very disappointed in the Advocate.

Perhaps the Advocate could start promoting our young citizens of Red Deer.

Patrick Hare Red Deer

Socialism’s history is littered with catastrophe I read with interest the political letter by Sam Denhaan published in the June 16 edition of the Advocate. Denhaan’s main points were: ● Taxes can be a good thing. ● The Fraser Institute is unbalanced in its report-

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I admire Denhaan for allowing his thoughts and political convictions to be published. For it takes real courage to expose to the public domain such personal beliefs. It invites readers to ponder, evaluate and even criticize another’s beliefs.

That being said, the freedom of thought and the freedom of expression are an absolute right in a true democracy. For more than a 100 years, newspapers have been the world’s best example of utilizing and defending such freedoms. (It astounds me to realize that informed readers would surrender their newspaper subscription because “I can get it on the Internet.” Sorry, that’s a topic for another day.)

Denhaan’s stated beliefs are those of a socialist, although he never used the word in his letter. My following comments are not intended to attack him personally, or even change his mind, but I do intend to attack the political system called socialism.

Socialism has a dark and violent history. I must admit that for many years, it has been a mystery to me how any clear-thinking individual could put his trust into such a political system. In spite of its last 100 years of catastrophic failures in the world of governments, socialism still remains popular, especially amongst elite thinkers such as teachers at colleges and universities. (This may explain why socialism will just not go away.)

Of course my letter here will not cause any socialist to become a capitalist, nor cause any leftist to become a right-winger. But I do want to mention

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one reason why socialism will always fail. If readers want more detailed reasons, then do a quick study on the history of the former Soviet Union.

The one reason is this: socialism is an atheistic political system. It views the state as the highest authority. As W.F. Hegal arrogantly put it, “The State is God walking on earth.” A reader might retort, “So what? That can’t be so bad!” Well, let’s examine that comment.

For hundreds of years, the western world has generally agreed on a biblical view of moral standards. After all, we are created by God Almighty, in his image. This means, at least, we have an instinctive sense of right and wrong, a conscience in other words.

But socialists know, it is easy to override our conscience, even if given to us by God, because there is no God but the State. This is a scary and foolish conclusion.

As God is the only source of true wisdom, and He gives generously to all who ask, that leaves those who believe in Darwin’s “warm pond” theory of creation out in the world of foolishness. As the Bible says, “The wisdom of men is as foolishness to God.” So it follows that political policy implemented by socialists becomes a bad joke. Greece is a huge example. Add to that, B.C. and Saskatchewan, both became have-not provinces under socialist governments. As I said, It’s a dark history.

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Banking on big bucks ANALYSIS SUGGESTS SPENDING FOR LONGER CAMPAIGN FAVOURS TORY CANDIDATES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a Stampede breakfast in Calgary, Alberta on Saturday, July 4, 2015. Elections Canada returns show which riding associations have the most money in the bank.

FEDERAL ELECTION accounts.

That means a party running a full slate of candidates is entitled to spend almost $25 million for a 37-day campaign, with every additional day worth an extra $675,000 to each party’s national spending limit and an extra $2,700 for each candidate who is entitled to spend an average of about $100,000.

So, if Harper fires the official starting gun in mid-August, as widely speculated, that would boost each party’s spending cap by a whopping $19.6 million and each candidate’s limit by $78,300.

At the national level, the Liberals

and NDP have upped their fundraising game considerably since the last election but they’re still behind the Conservatives, raising $15 million and $9.5 million respectively compared to $20.1 million for the Tories, based on Elections Canada financial returns for last year. Still, for their national campaigns, the New Democrats and Liberals can borrow money if necessary to spend the maximum, or close to it.

Smaller parties, like the Greens, will have more trouble keeping up and banks are less likely to help them.

At the riding level, however, very few opposition party associations have built up war chests that would help their candidates spend the maximum for a 37-day campaign, much less for a longer one.

Conservative associations dominate the top 20 richest associations in the country, with Harper’s association in Calgary Southwest on top with more than $444,000 in the bank. Only two oppositions MPs makes the top-20 list: Liberal MP Mauril Belanger in OttawaVanier, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May in Saanich-Gulf Islands.

Conservative associations also had more money at the end of 2014 than even some of the best-known incumbent New Democrats and Liberals, including in Ottawa Centre, where NDP Paul Dewar is running again and has the richest NDP association according to the data; and in Toronto-St. Paul’s where incumbent Liberals Carolyn Bennett lagged behind her Conservative counterpart by about $55,000.

Water shortage a wake-up call: expert VANCOUVER — On a sunny afternoon in Stanley Park, cricket players run on parched yellow grass. A majestic fountain in the middle of Lost Lagoon sits dormant. A little girl approaches an inactive splash pad, squealing when its user-activated geysers suddenly gush water.

Vancouver, often admired for its lush greenery and occasionally mocked for its torrential rain, has turned a dry, dusty brown as a savage drought sweeps Western Canada. And as residents adapt to the harshest water restrictions imposed in 12 years, experts and officials warn it’s time to get used to turning off the taps.

When asked how the province stacks up to other parts of the world in terms of water conservation, University of British Columbia watershed management professor Hans Schreier doesn’t mince words.

“We’re terrible,” he says. “We’re terrible, seriously. We are the second biggest water users. We have never worried about water. We have terrible regulations.”

Canada as a whole, not just B.C., is the second-largest water consumer in the world after the United States. Each Canadian uses about 350 litres of wa-

ter a day, compared to a European who uses about 150 litres.

But British Columbians have long been overusing and under-valuing water, Schreier says. New legislation to replace the 1909 Water Act is finally set to take effect next year and will regulate groundwater for the first time.

“There are going to be more floods and more drought,” he warns. “We should start thinking about adapting to these conditions.”

This week, Metro Vancouver — a region that includes Vancouver, Surrey and Burnaby — issued Stage 3 water restrictions for the first time since 2003, requiring residents to quit watering their lawns or face a $250 fine.

Daily consumption dropped from 1.48 billion litres on Monday to 1.05 billion litres on Friday. Bylaw officers received a torrent of neighbour complaints about running sprinklers, and social media users even adopted a hashtag, grasshole, to shame offenders.

But Schreier says these restrictions should have been imposed earlier in the unusually hot, dry summer. Further, he says Metro Vancouver could be more innovative with water-saving technology and infrastructure.

For example, he says each resident should have a barrel to collect rain to water their gardens. He adds that low-flush toilets and so-called “purple

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VANCOUVER pipes” that recycle water from sinks, baths and washing machines should be added to all old houses, not just new ones.

Finally, he says all homes should have smart water meters that measure consumption. The City of Abbotsford already uses such a system, which allows it to easily identify and ticket residents who are violating water restrictions.

Metro Vancouver chair Greg Moore says the region has been monitoring water for a century and this week marks only the second time it has had to impose Stage 3 restrictions.

“We haven’t seen this type of drought and consumption of water in our history,” says Moore, who is also mayor of Port Coquitlam, a suburb east of Vancouver.

While Metro Vancouver has cut its per capita water consumption by 23 per cent over the past 20 years, the region’s population is also very rapidly growing, Moore adds.

Search continues for missing helicopter in Davis Strait IQALUIT, Nunavut — Search and rescue officials are still hopeful a helicopter missing near Baffin Island may be found, says a spokesman for Joint Task Force Atlantic.

“There is a lot of ice pans up North, so he may have been able to land there but didn’t have the power to communicate back to us,” said Derek Prescott, a search and rescue navigator. “So there is still a chance that we may find him.”

The small Robinson R22 two seater helicopter went missing Saturday afternoon over the Davis Strait while flying from Iqaluit to Nuuk, Greenland.

The pilot, who Prescott said is a Russian citizen, was flying solo.

“He had a GPS that was providing updates, and that’s how we knew that it seems there was an issue,” Prescott said. “There were no updates coming in.”

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OTTAWA — The imminent federal election campaign will see more money splashed around than ever before in Canada and the deep-pocketed Conservatives can claim a decided advantage — an edge that increases exponentially if Prime Minister Stephen Harper opts for a longer campaign than usual, new number-crunching shows.

While much as been made of the ruling party’s fundraising prowess at the national level, the biggest impact of an extended campaign will be felt by candidates in local riding contests.

An in-depth analysis by The Canadian Press of financing at the grassroots level shows that Conservative candidates’ riding-based war chests are flush with cash, dramatically outpacing their political rivals in efforts to raise and stash away money.

A review of the most recent financial statements filed by riding associations to Elections Canada this month show candidates for the NDP, Liberals, Greens, Bloc Quebecois and other smaller parties simply don’t have the money to compete on a level playing field with Conservative contenders, whose local war chests are overflowing.

Those 2014 financial reports in each of the country’s 338 constituencies shows that Conservative electoral district associations ended the year with net assets totalling more than $19 million — more than the riding associations of the Liberals, New Democrats, Greens and Bloc combined.

Liberal riding associations reported a total of about $8 million in net assets, NDP associations more than $4.4 million, the Greens at almost $1.2 million and the Bloc at about $410,000.

Under the 2007 fixed-date-election legislation introduced by Harper’s government, Canadians will go to the polls on Oct. 19. While the legislation specifies that the campaign must be a minimum of 37 days, it does not specify a maximum length.

That’s important because the new Fair Elections Act provides that for every day beyond the typical five-week campaign, spending limits for national parties and their candidates will increase by one-thirty-seventh, meaning extra days on the campaign trail would benefit parties with hefty bank

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MOHAMED FAHMY

Journalist detained in Egypt braces for verdict

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Mohamed Fahmy’s long-running legal battle is about to hit its climax.

A Cairo court is expected to deliver a verdict Thursday for the Canadian journalist being tried on widely denounced terror charges and as the day approaches, Fahmy is hoping for the best but bracing for the worst. “In order to survive I have to think positively,� he said. “But the uncertainty is just horrible.�

Fahmy was the Cairo bureau chief for Qatar-based Mohamed Fahmy satellite news broadcaster Al Jazeera English when he and two colleagues were arrested in December 2013.

They were charged with a slew of offences, including supporting the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, a banned organization affiliated with ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, and with fabricating footage to undermine the country’s national security.

The trio maintained their innocence, saying they were just doing their jobs, but after a trial which was internationally decried as a sham, they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms. A successful appeal resulted in a retrial which is set to end this week.

Fahmy, who was granted bail in February after more than a year in prison, is fervently hoping for a verdict that won’t send him back to prison, but notes that his case is complicated. “As much as we know we are completely innocent, we also know this trial is politicized and that factors other than evidence are going to be game changers,� he said. “ I am a pawn in Egypt and Qatar’s rift.�

Egypt and Qatar have had tense relations since 2013, when the Egyptian military ousted Morsi amid massive protests. Qatar is a strong backer of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and Cairo accuses the stateowned Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece for Morsi’s supporters — charges denied by the broadcaster.

Fahmy said there are a number of possible outcomes for him on Thursday — incarceration, a suspended sentence, a sentence that credits him for time already spent in prison, or a not-guilty finding, though he said “it would be naive� to expect one.

In his favour is the fact that a technical committee tasked with examining work by him and his colleagues found there had been no fabrication in their reporting. Fahmy also hopes his legal team convinced the judge that he and his colleagues had nothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood.

But evidence that Al Jazeera didn’t have the necessary licences for its journalists in Egypt — something which led Fahmy to launch a lawsuit against the broadcaster — is extremely worrisome, he said. “I explained to the judge that we had no clue,� Fahmy said. “I told the judge he should separate between the responsibilities of the journalists and the responsibilities of the network.�

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Former Conservative MP Eve Adams, left, is seen with rival Marco Mendicino as Liberals chose a candidate to represent them in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence on Sunday. Adams’ welcome into the party by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau angered some party members. She was handily beaten for the party’s nomination by Mendicino.

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Backroom official wins nomination to run in Peter Mackay’s riding ANTIGONISH, N.S. — A long-time Conservative party staffer has been nominated to run in the Nova Scotia riding that is held by Justice Minister Peter MacKay. Fred DeLorey, 36, won in what organizers in the riding of Central Nova called a hotly contested and close vote.

He has been the Conservative Party’s director of political operations.

MacKay announced earlier this year he wouldn’t seek re-election in Central Nova, which has been a long-time Tory stronghold under MacKay and his father Elmer MacKay. The Tories held votes for the nomination on Friday and Saturday in Antigonish, Smith Settlement and Stellarton.

The Liberals selected Sean Fraser on Sunday as their candidate for the riding.

Fraser is from Merigomish and currently serves as an associate research fellow with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.2

Body found near where two Canadians went missing in New Zealand July 6 QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand — Police in New Zealand announced Sunday that the body of an unidentified man has been found in the area where two young Canadian tourists went missing July 6.

A police detective in Queenstown — where Etienne Lemieux and Louis-Vincent Lessard were last seen — confirmed in an email to the Canadian Press on Sunday morning that helicopters found a body overnight on the Kepler track in the Fiordland National Park.

Detective Lisa Watt said it appeared the man was swept away by an avalanche.

Lemieux and Lessard, both 23 years old, were last seen July 6 in Queenstown. The two friends were supposed to return home to Montreal on Friday morning. Their relatives alerted authorities when the pair did not land as scheduled.

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It was a full-circle moment for Cimolino, now himself artistic director of Ontario’s premier classical theatre festival, and who credits Phillips with changing his life. “When I was a kid I watched his production of Love’s Labour’s Lost and ... I left everything to go into the theatre,� said Cimolino. “I basically went into the theatre because of the beauty and the quality of what he put on stage.

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B1 Jason Day wins Canadian Open

MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

CANADA’S DAVID HEARN COMES UP SHORT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

OAKVILLE, Ont. — David Hearn couldn’t beat 61 years of pressure, and he couldn’t beat Jason Day at the RBC Canadian Open.

Trying to be the first Canadian to win the event since Pat Fletcher in 1954, Hearn shot an even-par round and couldn’t keep up with the Aussie on Sunday. Day birdied the final three holes to win the Canadian Open at 17 under, as Hearn finished two shots back in third place.

“It was one focused mind-set the whole day today to do something really special and win the tournament,” Hearn said. “It hasn’t been done in a long time, and I felt like I had the ability to do it today.

“I gave it my all. I didn’t quite have my best game.”

Hearn missed a handful of birdie putts so close that had the masses of fans lining Glen Abbey Golf Club letting out exasperated groans. Had he made even one of them, it would have changed his entire outlook on the 18th hole and given him a good chance.

The Brantford, Ont., native blamed not picking up enough birdies for falling short. During a weekend in which his tee shots were errant, Hearn’s putting got him to the final round but couldn’t get him over the hump.

“There was so many putts that he hit that should’ve fell in,” said playing partner Bubba Watson, who finished second at 16 under. “I don’t know how they stayed out.”

Day, who shot 4-under 68 Sunday, won the tournament with clutch birdie putts on his final three holes. Making his final putt from 21 feet on the 18th hole forced Hearn and Watson to need eagles just to tie for a playoff.

Day yelled so loud before the ball went in that he thought he threw his throat out. After tying for fourth at the British Open, the Aussie was beaming after his fourth PGA Tour victory.

“This must feel like what Tiger did for so many times, and it feels good,” Day said. “I’m going to try to do as much as I can and keep it the same and try and win.”

Part of his joy was the reception he received from Canadian fans, despite not being the home-country favourite.

Jason Day celebrates sinking a birdie putt on the 18th during final round action at the Canadian Open in Oakville, Ont., on Sunday.

“I’ve never felt so much at home, and I’m not even from Canada,” Day said. “I’m looking forward to coming back and defending the title here next year because I know that when I get here next year it’s going to be the same. It’s great to feel like a Canadian for a week.”

As Hearn left his post-tournament news conference, he quipped that next year will be the 62nd for questions about Fletcher, whose place in Canadian Open history is as the symbol of the nation’s homegrown drought.

Like Mike Weir in 2004, Hearn led going into the final round, and like Weir he didn’t get it done.

Raving about the ovations he received all over the course, Hearn also conceded that the pressure was heavy on his shoulders.

“This one was pretty intense,” Hearn said.

“I think every Canadian wants to see it so bad and we want to do it so bad that it does make it hard.”

Hearn birdied his first two holes before faltering with bogeys on holes 3 and 7. Missing putts by mere centimetres on 8 and 9 didn’t help.

After another bogey on 12, Hearn got a stroke back with a birdie on 13 but couldn’t make up any more.

Meanwhile, Day found some of his best golf of the week on the back nine. Watson birdied five of his final six holes to make a charge but couldn’t eagle 18.

Hearn finished third because of those shots by Day and his own mistakes. Maybe he wasn’t aggressive enough, he wondered, but he insisted he’ll remember “only good things” from this Canadian Open.

Canada reaches Pan Am objectives WINS 217 MEDALS FOR MOST SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE TO DATE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — From Day 1 of the Pan American Games, Curt Harnett says he knew Canadian athletes “were in it to win it.”

By the final day, Canada’s chef de mission and his team of 717-strong were basking in the most successful Pan Am performance in Canadian history.

“One podium performance quickly followed another, en route to our Top 2 place in the medals table,” Harnett said Sunday at the Canadian team’s closing news conference. “Like a parent, I could not be more proud, with each and every athlete on Team Canada. You delivered.”

Canada set an ambitious goal of finishing second in the medal standings, and brought the team to do it. From swimmer Ryan Cochrane, to decathlete Damian Warner, to kayaker Adam van Koeverden, Canada fielded not only its largest ever team, but arguably strongest, for Toronto. It was a who’s who of athletes who will shine on sport’s biggest stage at next summer’s Rio Olympics. Canada’s women’s kayak team of Michelle Russell, Emilie Fournel, KC Fraser and Hannah Vaughan kicked off the record run with gold in the K-4 500 on the morning of Day 1, in the first event of the Games. And by the time the women’s baseball team capped Canada’s run to the podium with a silver medal, the host nation had amassed 217 medals, 78 gold, 69 silver, and 70 bronze.

The mighty Americans will take home 265 — 103 gold, 81 silver and 81 bronze. Brazil finished a distant third with 141 medals.

Not everyone brought their top athletes to Toronto. The Americans fielded squads of mainly B-team athletes. Jamaica was missing its best sprinters, like superstar Usain Bolt. Canada, meanwhile, topped its previous best of 197 medals when Winnipeg hosted

the Games in 1999. Canada passed that mark with two days to go.

Along the way, Canadian stars were born, such as Kia Nurse, the 19-year-old who led Canada’s women’s basketball team to its first ever gold medal. Nurse was chosen to carry Canada’s flag in to the closing ceremonies.

There was sprint phenom Andre De Grasse, won both the 100 and 200 me tres, shattering his own Canadian record in the 200. The 20-year-old would have captured a third gold had the 4x100-metre relay not been disqualified for a lane violation. Ellie Black leapt and tumbled to five medals in artistic gymnastics, as Canada’s most decorated athlete at the Games.

Whitney McClintock in water-skiing, Jasmin Glaesser in cycling, and swimmer Santo Condorelli each won four medals apiece.

Canada’s men’s softball team kept a firm grasp on gold, winning No. 8 in a row. No other country has ever won the tournament.

“At this Pan Am Games, top 2, I told you it was an ambitious objective, the way we like them. We like ambitious,” said Canadian Olympic Committee president Marcel Aubut.

“I told you also that I had incredible faith in this great, great Canadian team.”

Canada’s total gold medals collected four years ago in Guadalajara was 30. This Canadian team blew by that mark on just Day 5 here. Canada surpassed the 119 total medals from Guadalajara on Day 8.

Canada took a much smaller team to Mexico, mainly because the Games fell so late in the competitive season. And Canada wasn’t the home team.

Aubut said the COC doubled its funding for athletes and sports compared to previous Pan Ams.

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Teammates mob Canada’s pitcher Sara Groenewegen (second from right) after recording the last out to beat the United States in extra innings to win the gold medal in women’s softball at the Pan American Games in Ajax, Ont. on Sunday.

Monarchs too much for Buccaneers

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

ALBERTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Monarchs 33 Buccaneers 9 LACOMBE — The battle for second place in the Alberta Football League took a wrong turn for the Central Alberta Buccaneers shortly after the opening kickoff Saturday evening at MEGlobal Athletic Park.

The Fort McMurray Monarchs were on the receiving end of the kickoff and promptly put the ball in the end zone on a four-yard run by Kwami Osei. The touchdown, the first of four by the visitors in a 33-9 victory, was set up by a big-yardage play, which — with the odd exception — was a foreign concept to the Bucs.

“At the end of the day they’re a very talented team with probably the best skill group in the league,” said Bucs head coach Devon Hand, whose club dropped to 4-2 and into a third-place tie with the St. Albert Stars, while the Monarchs improved to 5-1.

“So if you have opportunities and don’t make them in the moment, they’re going to make you pay for it and that’s what it came down to. We had opportunities, we didn’t take advantage of them and that’s really the ball game right there in a nutshell.”

Trailing 26-3, the hosts got down to the Monarchs’ 12-yard stripe in the final minute of the third quarter when quarterback Pascal Plante hit Tanner Green for a 53-yard gainer. Plante was intercepted on the

first play of the final quarter, but Bucs defensive back Tylor Johanesson returned the favour in short order and returned the pick 60 yards to the end zone to account for Central Alberta’s lone touchdown of the game.

After the convert attempt was blocked, the Bucs got the ball back with a successful onside kick and worked down to the Fort McMurray 30-yard line, but Mike Asare picked off a pass by Jarrett Burzak— who replaced an injured Plante for a play — and ran it all the way back for the game’s final score.

Asare booted a 19-yard field goal and added a punt single to give Fort McMurray a 10-0 lead after one quarter, and the Monarchs got a major from Mo Abba on a 22-yard pass from quarterback Carson Williams and a conceded safety to pad their cushion to 19-0 in the second quarter. The Bucs finally got on the board when Johanesson capped a late drive with a 30-yard field goal with 36 seconds remaining in the half.

The visitors all but sealed the deal midway through the third quarter when Williams evaded some serious heat from the Buccaneers defence and ran 22 yards to paydirt.

Hand insisted his club wasn’t surprised by anything the Monarchs brought to the field.

“They have the best running back in the league with Melvin (Abankwah) and a dynamite receiver in

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Jordain (Alexis), so we were prepared for them personnel wise,” said the Bucs sideline boss.

“Again, when we had opportunities we didn’t take advantage of them. And with a team that good — they scored 173 points in their previous two games — you know they can put it up.”

Hand said the biggest positive he could take out of the contest is that his club can perform at a higher level.

“It’s a potential thing, but it’s a true tragedy when a team that has potential doesn’t actualize it. That’s the thing going on — we have to actualize the potential we have,” he stated. “We talked all the last two weeks about mental toughness and the ability to overcome adversity. It’s the culture of it all.”

The Buccaneers return to action in a clutch game Aug. 8 at home against the Stars, who hammered the 1-5 Lloydminster Vandals 72-0 Saturday. Central Alberta’s final regular-season game is a week later against the host Airdrie Irish, who possess a 1-5 slate.

“If we win out I feel confident we’ll host a playoff game and then anything can happen,” said Hand.

“We just need to show up and believe we can persevere when we play the big teams, the (7-0) Calgary Gators and the Monarchs.

“We flashed potential in both games against them.

We hung in there with the Gators in the second quarter and fell apart when they made big plays (in a 50-6 loss June 13 in Lacombe). We did the same tonight.

We just need to put it all together.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports

Tuesday

● Golf: Alberta senior men’s championship at Red Deer Golf and Country Club. ● Senior men’s baseball: Play it Again Sports Athletics at North Star Sports, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Sunburst Baseball League: Edmonton Confederation Park Cubs at Red Deer Riggers, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Wednesday

● Golf: Alberta senior men’s championship at Red Deer Golf and Country Club.

Thursday

● Golf: Alberta senior men’s championship at Red Deer Golf and Country Club. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place Padres at Lacombe Stone and Granite Orioles, Canadian Brewhouse Rays at Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks; 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Saturday

● Golf: Central Alberta Amateur Men’s, Red Deer Golf and Country Club.

Sunday

● Golf: Central Alberta Amateur Men’s, Red Deer Golf and Country Club.

Monday

● Golf: Central Alberta Amateur Men’s, Red Deer Golf and Country Club.

Formula One HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX At Hungaroring circuit Budapest, Hungary Lap length: 4.37 kilometres 1. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 69 laps, one hour, 46 minutes, 9.985 seconds, 170.811 km/h.

2. Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull, 69, 1:46:25.733.

3. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull, 69, 1:46:35.069.

4. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Toro Rosso, 69, 1:46:54.236.

5. Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren, 69, 1:46:59.064.

6. Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 69, 1:47:02.010.

7. Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 69, 1:47:08.563.

8. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 69, 1:47:08.861.

9. Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 69, 1:47:17.013.

10. Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sauber, 69, 1:47:19.115.

11. Felipe Nasr, Brazil, Sauber, 69, 1:47:23.443.

12. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 69, 1:47:24.263.

13. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 69, 1:47:30.213.

14. Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Lotus, 69, 1:47:35.127.

15. Roberto Merhi, Spain, Marussia, 67, +2 laps.

16. Will Stevens, England, Marussia, 65, +4 laps, Retired.

Not Classfied 17. Carlos Sainz Jr., Spain, Toro Rosso, 60, Retired.

18. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 55, Retired.

19. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 53, Retired.

20. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 41, Retired.

Drivers Standings (After 10 of 19 races) 1. Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 202 points.

2. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 181.

3. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 160.

4. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 77.

5. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 76.

6. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 74.

7. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull, 51.

8. Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull, 45.

9. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 24.

10. Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 23.

11. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Toro Rosso, 22.

12. Felipe Nasr, Brazil, Sauber, 16.

13. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 15.

14. Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Lotus, 12.

15. Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren, 11.

16. Carlos Sainz Jr., Spain, Toro Rosso, 9.

17. Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 6.

18. Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sauber, 6.

Constructors Standings 1. Mercedes, 383 points.

2. Ferrari, 236.

3. Williams, 151.

4. Red Bull, 96.

5. Force India, 39.

6. Lotus, 35.

7. Toro Rosso, 31.

8. Sauber, 22.

9. McLaren, 17.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Selected INF Jemile Weeks from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Noe Ramirez to Pawtucket.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated INF Emilio Bonifacio from the bereavement list. Optioned INF Leury Garcia to Charlotte (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Recalled LHP Kyle Ryan from Toledo (IL). Optioned INF Marc Krauss to Toledo.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Acquired RHP Johnny Cueto from Cincinnati for LHPs Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb and Cody Reed.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP Yimi Garcia from Oklahoma City (PCL). Activated RHP Zack Greinke from the paternity list.

American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released INF Brent Peterson and INF Frazier Hall.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released RHP AJ Quintero. Signed RHP Matt Solter.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed INF Brett Balkan.

FOOTBALL National Football League INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released OT Gosder Cherilus.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed K Blair Walsh to a contract extension. Placed LB Casey Matthews on injured reserve. Placed DB Josh Robinson on the PUP list. Placed WR DaVaris Daniels and DT Shamar Stephen on the active/non football injury list.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Signed F Paul Byron to a one-year contract.

MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 55 42 .567 50 50 .500 48 49 .495 49 51 .490 44 55 .444 Central Division W L Pct 59 38 .608 52 46 .531 48 50 .490 46 50 .479 45 52 .464 West Division W L Pct 55 43 .561 55 45 .550 47 50 .485 46 53 .465 44 56 .440

Monday

● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports at Breakaway ● Hotshot Nighthawks, Lacombe Stone and Granite Orioles at Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends; 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

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New York Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chicago Cleveland Los Angeles Houston Texas Seattle Oakland

GB — 6.5 7 7.5 12 GB — 7.5 11.5 12.5 14 GB — 1 7.5 9.5 12

Saturday’s Games Detroit 5, Boston 1 San Francisco 2, Oakland 1 Toronto 8, Seattle 6 Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 10, Cleveland 3 Kansas City 2, Houston 1, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 5 Texas 7, L.A. Angels 6 Sunday’s Games Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland 1 Kansas City 5, Houston 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 2 L.A. Angels 13, Texas 7 San Francisco 4, Oakland 3 Seattle 6, Toronto 5, 10 innings Boston 11, Detroit 1 Today’s Games Atlanta (A.Wood 7-6) at Baltimore (Gausman 1-2), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Danks 5-8) at Boston (J.Kelly

2-6), 5:10 p.m.

Detroit (An.Sanchez 10-7) at Tampa Bay (Karns 5-5), 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 9-5) at Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-1), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 2-3) at Texas (M.Harrison 1-1), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 3-5) at Seattle (Montgomery 4-4), 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Washington 52 45 .536 New York 51 48 .515 Atlanta 46 52 .469 Miami 41 58 .414 Philadelphia 37 63 .370 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 63 35 .643 Pittsburgh 57 41 .582 Chicago 51 46 .526 Cincinnati 43 53 .448 Milwaukee 43 56 .434 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 56 44 .560 San Francisco 54 44 .551 San Diego 47 52 .475 Arizona 46 51 .474 Colorado 42 54 .438

GB — 2 6.5 12 16.5 GB — 6 11.5 19 20.5 GB — 1 8.5 8.5 12

San Francisco 2, Oakland 1 Philadelphia 5, Chicago Cubs 0 Washington 9, Pittsburgh 3 N.Y. Mets 15, L.A. Dodgers 2 St. Louis 1, Atlanta 0 Cincinnati 5, Colorado 2 Arizona 2, Milwaukee 0 San Diego 3, Miami 1 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 10 innings Pittsburgh 3, Washington 1 Atlanta 3, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 11, Chicago Cubs 5 San Francisco 4, Oakland 3 Colorado 17, Cincinnati 7 San Diego 3, Miami 2 Arizona 3, Milwaukee 0 Today’s Games Atlanta (A.Wood 7-6) at Baltimore (Gausman 1-2), 5:05 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 4-5), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 1-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 7-5), 6:15 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 3-5) at Seattle (Montgomery 4-4), 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 5-11) at San Francisco (Heston 10-5), 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

SUNDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 001 Cleveland 000

Saturday’s Games

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8 6

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Rodon, Petricka (7), Duke (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and Flowers; Salazar, McAllister (7), Rzepczynski (9), B.Shaw (9) and R.Perez. W—Rodon 4-3.

L—Salazar 8-6. Sv—Dav.Robertson (21). HRs— Chicago, C.Sanchez (2).

Baltimore 300 T. Bay 000

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W.Chen, Tom.Hunter (6), Brach (7), O’Day (8), Britton (9) and Joseph; M.Moore, Colome (6), B.Gomes (9) and Casali, Rivera. W—W.Chen 5-6. L—M. Moore 1-2. Sv—Britton (25). HRs—Baltimore, Joseph (7). Tampa Bay, Longoria (10), Forsythe (11).

Houston K. City

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Keuchel, J.Fields (7), Velasquez (8) and J.Castro; Ventura, F.Morales (8), Hochevar (9) and Butera.

W—Ventura 5-7. L—Keuchel 12-5. HRs—Kansas City, L.Cain (11).

New York 000 Minnesota 001

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Eovaldi, Ju.Wilson (9), Betances (9) and B.McCann; Gibson, O’Rourke (6), Graham (8) and K.Suzuki.

W—Eovaldi 10-2. L—Gibson 8-8. HRs—New York, Headley (9), Drew (13).

Toronto Seattle

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5 9 1 613 1

(10 innings) Buehrle, Schultz (6), Aa.Sanchez (8), Tepera (9), Loup (10) and Ru.Martin; T.Walker, D.Rollins (7), Lowe (8), Beimel (10) and Zunino. W—Beimel 2-1.

L—Loup 2-5. HRs—Toronto, Donaldson (24), Carrera (3). Seattle, A.Jackson (5), N.Cruz (25), Gutierrez (3).

Pan Am Games 2015 PAN AM MEDAL STANDINGS TORONTO — Final medal standings at the 2015 Pan Am Games (ranked by total gold medals won): Nation G S B Total U.S. 103 81 81 265 Canada 78 69 70 217 Brazil 41 40 60 141 Cuba 36 27 34 97 Colombia 27 14 31 72 Mexico 22 30 43 95 Argentina 15 29 31 75 Venezuela 8 22 20 50 Ecuador 7 9 16 32 Guatemala 6 1 3 10 Chile 5 6 18 29 Peru 4 4 6 14 Dominican Rep. 3 11 10 24 Jamaica 3 4 2 9 Trinidad&Tobago 3 3 2 8 Bahamas 2 2 2 6 Puerto Rico 1 1 13 15 Uruguay 1 1 3 5 St. Lucia 1 0 0 1 Barbados 0 1 2 3 Bolivia 0 1 2 3 El Salvador 0 1 2 3 Paraguay 0 1 2 3 Panama 0 1 1 2 Antigua & Barbuda 0 1 0 1 Grenada 0 1 0 1 Honduras 0 1 0 1 Bermuda 0 0 1 1 Costa Rica 0 0 1 1 St. Kitts & Nevis 0 0 1 1 St. V. & G. 0 0 1 2 What Canada Did on the weekend at the Pan Am Games TORONTO — What Canada Did on the final weekend of competition at the Pan American Games (distances in metres unless specified): SUNDAY ATHLETICS Men’s 50-kilometre walk — Creighton Connelly, Vancouver, did not finish after a disqualification for incurring three red cards.

BASEBALL Women — Canada (4-2) lost 11-3 in the final against the United States to gain a silver medal.

SOFTBALL

Women — Erika Polidori, Brantford, Ont., went three-for-four with a run batted in as Canada (62) doubled the United States 4-2 to win the gold medal — Canada’s only losses came against the Americans.

VOLLEYBALL Men — Canada (4-1) earned the bronze medal with a 3-1 (25-11, 25-12, 23-25, 25-18) win over Puerto Rico.

CLOSING CEREMONIES Kia Nurse, Hamilton, the leading scorer of the women’s gold medal-winning basketball team was chosen to carry the Canadian flag into the closing ceremonies.

OVERALL Canada won 217 medals (78 gold, 69 silver and 70 bronze), surpassing the previous records of 196 total and 64 gold from the 1999 Winnipeg games.

This team also clinched berths in seven sports for next summr’s Olympic summer games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (women’s three-metre springboard diving; duet synchronized swimming; the women’s K1 in canoe/kayak slalom; equestrian team jumping; women’s modern pentathlon; women’s 10-metre air pistol and trap in shooting; and men’s field hockey).

SATURDAY ATHLETICS Men’s 4x100 relay — Canada (Aaron Brown, Toronto; Andre De Grasse, Markham, Ont.; Dontae Richards-Kwok, Toronto; Brendon Rodney, Brampton, Ont.; Gavin Smellie, Brampton, Ont.), originally won the gold medal but was later disqualified for an exchange violation and lost the medal.

Men’s marathon — Rob Watson, London, Ont., finished eighth in the final in two hours, 23 minutes, 43 seconds. Kip Kangogo, Lethbridge, Alta., finished ninth in 2:24:02.

Men’s high jump — Derek Drouin, Corunna, Ont., won the gold medal with a jump of 2.37 metres. Mike Mason, Nanoose Bay, B.C., won the silver medal with 2.31.

Men’s 5,000 — Cameron Levins, Black Creek, B.C., finished fifth in the final in 13:48.03. Lucas Bruchet, Vancouver, finished eighth in 13:56.09.

Women’s 1,500 — Nicole Sifuentes, Winnipeg, won the silver medal in 4:09.13. Sasha Gollish, Toronto, won the bronze medal in 4:10.11.

Women’s 4x100 relay — Canada (Khamica Bingham, Brampton, Ont.; Crystal Emmanuel, Toronto; Phylicia George, Markham, Ont.; Shaina

Harrison, Aurora, Ont.; Kimberly Hyacinthe, Terrebonne, Que.), won the bronze medal in 43.00.

Women’s 4x400 relay — Canada (Audrey JeanBaptiste, Montreal; Taylor Sharpe, Pickering, Ont.; Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Humboldt, Sask.; Sage Watson, Medicine Hat, Alta.; Sarah Wells, Toronto), won the bronze medal in 3:27.74.

BASEBALL Women — Canada (4-1) defeated Venezuela 6-1 in the semifinal. The Canadians will play the U.S. for the gold medal on Sunday.

BASKETBALL Men — Canada (4-1) earned the silver medal after losing 86-71 to Brazil in the final.

BOWLING Men — Dan MacLelland, Kitchener, Ont., earned a bronze medal in a semifinal loss to Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 187-178. Francois Lavoie, Quebec City, finished sixth in the round robin and was eliminated with an eight-game average score of 546.1 and pin total of 4,389.

BOXING Women’s flyweight (48-51kg) — Mandy Bujold, Kitchener, Ont., defeated Marlen Esparza, U.S., 2-1 for the gold medal.

Women’s lightweight (57-60kg) — Caroline Veyre, Montreal, defeated Dayana Sanchez, Argentina, 2-0 for the gold medal.

CYCLING (ROAD) Women’s road race — Jasmin Glaesser, Vancouver, won the gold medal in two hours, seven minutes, 17 seconds. Allison Beveridge, Calgary, won the bronze in 2:07:51. Kirsti Lay, Medicine Hat, Alta., finished 29th in 2:07:57.

Men’s road race — Guillaume Boivin, Longueuil, Que., won the bronze medal in 3:46:26. Hugo Houle, Ste-Perpetue, Que., finished 18th in 3:46:36.

Neither Remi Pelletier-Roy, Longueuil, Que.; and Sean MacKinnon, Hamilton, Ont., finished the race.

EQUESTRIAN Individual jumping — Ian Millar, Perth Ont. (on Dixson), finished tied for 15th in the final. Yann Candele, Caledon, Ont. (on Showgirl), finished tied for 18th.

FENCING Women’s team foil — Canada (Alanna Goldie, Calgary; Eleanor Harvey, Hamilton, Ont.; Kelleigh Ryan, Ottawa), defeated the U.S. 38-37 for the gold medal. The Canadians also defeated Argentina in the quarter-finals and Mexico in the semifinals.

Men’s team foil — Canada (Anthony Prymack, Calgary; Eli Schenkel, Jamaica, N.Y.; Maximilien Van Haaster, Montreal), lost 45-42 to Venezuela in the quarter-finals. The Canadians then defeated Colombia 45-21 in the fifth-place match.

FIELD HOCKEY Men — Canada (5-1) earned the silver medal after losing 3-0 to Argentina in the final.

HANDBALL Men — Canada (2-3) defeated the Dominican Rep. 27-23 in the seventh-place match.

KARATE Women’s +68kg — Camelie Boisvenue, Gatineau, Que., earned the silver medal after losing to Valeria Echever, Ecuador, 3-2 in the final.

Women’s 68kg — Jasmine Landry, Ottawa, lost to Omaira Molina, Venezuela, 2-0 in qualifying and was eliminated.

Men’s 84kg — Sarmen Sinani, Toronto, lost to Cesar Herrera, Venezuela, 6-5 in qualifying and was eliminated.

Men’s +84kg — Chris de Sousa, Toronto, lost to Franklin Mina, Ecuador, 12-4 in qualifying and was eliminated.

RAQUETBALL Men’s team — Canada (Coby Iwaasa, Lethbridge, Alta.; Mike Green, Hamilton, Ont.; Tim Landeryou, Saskatoon; Vincent Gagnon, St-Hubert, Que.), earned a bronze medal in a 2-1 semifinal loss to the U.S. Women’s team — Canada (Frederique Lambert, Montreal, and Jennifer Saunders, Winnipeg), earned a bronze medal in a 2-0 semifinal loss to the U.S. SOFTBALL Women — Canada (5-2) defeated Puerto Rico 7-4 in the semifinal. The Canadians will play the U.S. for the gold medal on Sunday.

TABLE TENNIS Men’s singles — Eugene Wang, Ottawa, earned a bronze medal in a 4-3 semifinal loss to Hugo Calderano, Brazil. Pierre-Luc Theriault, St-Fabien, Que., lost to Gustavo Tsuboi, Brazil, 4-1 in the quarter-finals.

Women’s singles — Mo Zhang, Chilliwack, B.C., lost to Caroline Kumahara, Brazil, 4-1 in the quarterfinals. Anqi Luo, Mississauga, Ont., lost to Lin Gui, Brazil, 4-2 in the quarter-finals.

Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 11 13:37 Second Quarter Edm — FG Shaw 35 14:56 Third Quarter Edm — TD Lynch 3 run (Shaw convert) 8:12 Edm — TD Bowman 25 pass from Franklin (Shaw convert) 12:49 Fourth Quarter Edm — TD Stafford 15 pass from Franklin (Shaw convert) 6:17 Edm — TD Bowman 12 pass from Franklin (Shaw convert) 10:10 Winnipeg 3 0 0 0 — 3 Edmonton 1 3 14 14 — 32

convert) 8:58

Football GP 4 5 4 4

CFL East Division W L T PF 3 1 0 118 3 2 0 105 2 2 0 119 2 2 0 85

PA 103 127 88 69

Pt 6 6 4 4

GP Edmonton 4 Calgary 5 B.C. 4 Winnipeg 5 Saskatchewan 5

West Division W L T PF 3 1 0 112 3 2 0 112 2 2 0 105 2 3 0 109 0 5 0 143

PA 58 126 113 159 165

Pt 6 6 4 4 0

Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal

Edmonton 32 Winnipeg 3 Friday’s results Ottawa 29 Calgary 26 (OT) Toronto 30 B.C. 27 WEEK SIX Bye: Ottawa Thursday, July 30 B.C. at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 31 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1 Montreal at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 3 Toronto at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Attendance — 27,895 at Edmonton.

WEEK FIVE Bye: Montreal Sunday’s results Hamilton 31 Saskatchewan 21 Saturday’s results

SUMMARIES Tiger-Cats 31, Roughriders 21 First Quarter Sask — FG McCallum 29 7:17 Ham — TD Collins 42 pass from Collaros (Medlock

Eskimos 32, Blue Bombers 3 First Quarter Edm — Single Shaw 46 9:39

Second Quarter Ham — FG Medlock 43 0:44 Sask — FG McCallum 41 5:40 Ham — Single Medlock 39 9:49 Ham — FG Medlock 22 13:40 Sask — TD Bagg 19 pass from Glenn (two-point convert: Bagg 3 pass from Glenn) 14:47 Third Quarter Sask — TD B.Smith 1 run (McCallum convert) 3:44 Ham — FG Medlock 49 7:24 Fourth Quarter Ham — FG Medlock 49 0:59 Ham — TD Mathews 1 run (two-point convert: Grant 3 pass from Collaros) 7:52 Ham — FG Medlock 39 13:19 Hamilton 7 7 3 14 — 31 Saskatchewan 3 11 7 0 — 21 Attendance — 31,683 at Regina.

Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF D.C. United 11 7 5 38 27 Columbus 8 7 7 31 34 New York 8 6 5 29 29 Toronto FC 8 7 4 28 31 New England 7 9 7 28 29 Montreal 7 8 3 24 25 N.Y.C. FC 6 9 6 24 29 Orlando City 6 9 6 24 26 Philadelphia 6 12 4 22 28 Chicago 5 11 4 19 22 WESTERN CONFERENCE

W FC Dallas 11 Vancouver 11 Los Angeles 9 S.K.C. 9 Seattle 10 Portland 9 Real Salt Lake 7 Houston 7 San Jose 7 Colorado 5

GA 22 33 23 31 35 27 31 31 37 30

L 5 8 7 4 10 8 7 8 9 6

T 5 3 7 6 2 5 8 6 4 9

Pts 38 36 34 33 32 32 29 27 25 24

GF 32 27 36 29 25 24 23 27 22 18

GA 25 22 28 20 21 28 27 26 27 19

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday’s Games Columbus 3, Toronto FC 3, tie Montreal 1, Seattle 0 Chicago 2, New England 2, tie Houston 3, Los Angeles 0 FC Dallas 4, Portland 1 Sunday’s Games New York City FC 5, Orlando City 3 D.C. United 3, Philadelphia 2 Vancouver 3, San Jose 1 Wednesday, July 29 Tottenham Hotspur at MLS All-Stars, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1

Montreal at New York City FC, 12 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 5 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Toronto FC at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Orlando City, 5:30 p.m.

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

Los Angeles at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 2 Portland at San Jose, 3 p.m.

FC Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Golf CANADIAN OPEN At Glen Abbey Golf Club Oakville, Ontario Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,273; Par: 72 Final Jason Day, $1,044,00068-66-69-68 — Bubba Watson, $626,40068-67-68-69 — David Hearn, $394,40069-64-68-72 — Jim Furyk, $278,40068-69-68-69 — Stewart Cink, $220,40068-73-68-66 — Tom Hoge, $220,40070-70-69-66 — Austin Cook, $174,72568-70-69-69 — Adam Hadwin, $174,72574-67-67-68 — Charley Hoffman, $174,72571-66-69-70— Matt Kuchar, $174,72569-69-69-69 — Ricky Barnes, $115,17168-70-68-71 — Chad Campbell, $115,17167-63-75-72 — Erik Compton, $115,17166-69-71-71 — James Hahn, $115,17171-68-69-69 — Rory Sabbatini, $115,17172-69-69-67 — Daniel Summerhays, $115,17173-69-68-67 277 Michael Putnam, $115,17171-65-68-73— Brooks Koepka, $78,30068-68-68-74 — Cameron Percy, $78,30072-67-69-70 — Pat Perez, $78,300 69-69-69-71 — Johnson Wagner, $78,30067-66-72-73 — Tony Finau, $46,20771-70-73-65 — Andres Gonzales, $46,20770-67-74-68 — Jim Herman, $46,20767-75-69-68 — Scott Langley, $46,20769-71-69-70 — Sam Saunders, $46,20770-69-71-69 — Brian Stuard, $46,20769-72-70-68 — Tim Wilkinson, $46,20772-70-69-68 — Mark Wilson, $46,20770-68-72-69 — Jonas Blixt, $46,20769-69-69-72 — Emiliano Grillo, $46,20764-72-69-74 — Ollie Schniederjans, $46,20771-69-66-73— Camilo Villegas, $46,20769-69-67-74 — William McGirt, $28,66967-69-75-69 — Brian Harman, $28,66965-67-76-72 — Justin Leonard, $28,66972-66-73-69 — Andres Romero, $28,66968-73-70-69 — Adam Svensson, $28,66969-73-67-71— Tyrone Van Aswegen, $28,66966-75-68-71 280 Nick Watney, $28,66973-66-70-71 — Alex Cejka, $20,30072-70-70-69 — Chad Collins, $20,30070-70-69-72 — J.J. Henry, $20,300 72-67-71-71 — Ryan Palmer, $20,30071-71-72-67 — Chez Reavie, $20,30069-67-76-69 — J.J. Spaun, $20,30067-72-73-69 — Vaughn Taylor, $20,30065-71-74-71 — Roberto Castro, $14,28369-72-67-74 — Ben Crane, $14,28373-67-70-72 — Derek Fathauer, $14,28372-70-67-73 — Colt Knost, $14,283 68-69-75-70 —

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Jeff Overton, $14,28372-68-69-73 — Alex Prugh, $14,28367-70-69-76 — Jhonattan Vegas, $14,28371-70-68-73 — Scott Verplank, $14,28372-70-72-68 — D.A. Points, $13,16669-72-71-71 — Nick Taylor, $13,16670-72-71-70 — Eric Axley, $12,760 67-68-75-74 — Brian Davis, $12,76069-73-67-75 — Scott Pinckney, $12,76068-68-73-75 — Andrew Svoboda, $12,76072-70-69-73 — Steve Wheatcroft, $12,76066-72-75-71 — Angel Cabrera, $12,06473-69-72-71 — Tim Clark, $12,064 72-67-72-74 — Martin Flores, $12,06468-74-70-73 — Hunter Mahan, $12,06468-72-70-75 — Carlos Ortiz, $12,06471-69-72-73 — Andrew Putnam, $12,06469-71-73-72 — Steve Stricker, $12,06469-72-71-73 — Zac Blair, $11,542 69-70-71-76 — Tom Gillis, $11,542 73-68-73-72 — Chesson Hadley, $11,31067-74-73-73 — Hudson Swafford, $11,31071-68-69-79 — Luke Donald, $11,07872-70-72-74 — Heath Slocum, $11,07868-74-70-76 — K.J. Choi, $10,788 69-72-73-75 — Brendon de Jonge, $10,78871-66-76-76— Retief Goosen, $10,78869-71-74-75 —

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LPGA CLASSIC At Blythefield Country Club Belmont, Mich.

Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,414; Par: 71 Final Lexi Thompson, $300,00069-64-68-65 — Gerina Piller, $156,09669-65-69-64 — Lizette Salas, $156,09664-69-64-70 — So Yeon Ryu, $91,63170-68-65-66 — Kris Tamulis, $91,63166-68-67-68 — Brittany Lang, $66,86669-69-66-66 — Brittany Lincicome, $55,97070-68-65-69— Amy Anderson, $42,59668-70-69-66 — Xi Yu Lin, $42,596 71-70-66-66 — Hee Young Park, $42,59670-69-65-69 — Alison Lee, $42,596 67-66-70-70 — Jaye Marie Green, $32,55765-69-73-67— Ilhee Lee, $32,557 66-71-70-67 — Q Baek, $32,557 66-68-70-70 — Juli Inkster, $28,72769-71-70-65 — Sarah Jane Smith, $24,30368-70-71-67— Cristie Kerr, $24,30373-65-70-68 — Sun Young Yoo, $24,30373-66-69-68 — Julieta Granada, $24,30371-68-68-69 — Wei-Ling Hsu, $24,30365-69-71-71 — Caroline Masson, $24,30369-69-65-73 — Chella Choi, $19,67471-69-70-67 — Eun-Hee Ji, $19,67470-69-68-70 — Dori Carter, $19,67464-73-69-71 — Morgan Pressel, $19,67471-66-69-71 —

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Pernilla Lindberg, $19,67470-66-69-72 — Haru Nomura, $15,89972-70-69-67 — Alena Sharp, $15,89968-70-72-68 — Lee-Anne Pace, $15,89971-69-69-69 — Azahara Munoz, $15,89970-69-69-70 — Jane Rah, $15,899 66-72-69-71 — Katie Burnett, $15,89969-68-66-75 — Ji Young Oh, $11,29368-74-70-67 — Jeong Eun Lee, $11,29371-68-72-68 — Jodi Ewart Shadoff, $11,29370-68-72-69— Anna Nordqvist, $11,29372-69-69-69 — Brooke Pancake, $11,29368-71-71-69 — Jee Young Lee, $11,29369-71-69-70 — Sydnee Michaels, $11,29371-70-68-70 — Min Lee, $11,293 70-71-67-71 — Becky Morgan, $11,29371-68-69-71 — Danah Bordner, $11,29370-68-69-72 — Kim Kaufman, $11,29368-67-71-73 — Sandra Gal, $8,420 73-69-70-68 — Austin Ernst, $8,42070-70-68-72 — Inbee Park, $8,420 70-68-66-76 — P.K. Kongkraphan, $6,80273-69-70-69 — Jane Park, $6,802 71-71-69-70 — Katy Harris, $6,802 68-68-74-71 — Pat Hurst, $6,802 68-71-70-72 — Karine Icher, $6,80270-71-68-72 — SooBin Kim, $6,802 70-72-67-72 — Sakura Yokomine, $6,80272-69-68-72 — Ju Young Park, $6,80272-68-67-74 — Lisa Ferrero, $6,80270-66-70-75 — Beatriz Recari, $5,26773-68-72-69 — Mariajo Uribe, $5,26772-69-71-70 — Ha Na Jang, $5,26771-68-72-71 — Min Seo Kwak, $5,26773-65-73-71 — Belen Mozo, $5,26768-74-69-71 — Mi Hyang Lee, $5,26769-71-69-73 — Amelia Lewis, $4,45873-69-73-68 — Nannette Hill, $4,45870-70-73-70 — Meena Lee, $4,458 72-70-71-70 — Demi Runas, $4,45870-70-72-71 — Danielle Kang, $4,45870-72-68-73 — Christina Kim, $4,45872-70-67-74 — Katherine Kirk, $4,45864-73-72-74 — Minjee Lee, $4,012 70-68-75-73 — Sadena A Parks, $4,01273-67-73-73 — Tiffany Joh, $3,838 75-67-73-72 — Jennifer Rosales, $3,83870-72-73-72 — Caroline Westrup, $3,83869-72-74-72 — Sarah Kemp, $3,83867-71-74-75 — Natalie Gulbis, $3,71975-67-72-74 — Laetitia Beck, $3,64868-73-73-75 — Giulia Sergas, $3,64870-71-71-77 — Laura Diaz, $3,533 73-68-77-72 — Simin Feng, $3,533 72-70-72-76 — Joanna Klatten, $3,53370-71-71-78 — Jenny Gleason, $3,44370-72-77-78 — SENIOR BRITISH OPEN At Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course) Berkshire, England

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Purse: $2.1 million Yardage: 6,618; Par: 70 Final Marco Dawson 65-67-68-64 Bernhard Langer 65-68-68-64 Colin Montgomerie 67-67-66-67 Miguel Angel Jimenez65-69-68-67 Woody Austin 69-67-70-66 Fred Couples 68-66-69-69 Jeff Maggert 71-67-66-69 Philip Walton 71-67-65-70 Esteban Toledo 73-68-68-65 Jeff Sluman 65-69-70-70 Peter Fowler 69-65-68-72 Peter Senior 69-67-70-69 Barry Lane 68-70-68-69 Bart Bryant 65-70-70-70 Zhang Lianwei 65-71-72-68 Duffy Waldorf 69-68-69-70 Brian Henninger 66-73-67-70 Tom Watson 67-72-66-71 Scott Dunlap 70-72-68-67 Kevin Sutherland 72-69-66-70 Billy Andrade 67-73-67-70 Tom Lehman 69-69-70-70 Miguel Angel Martin 70-70-68-70 Stephen Ames 69-67-69-73 Other Americans Scott McCarron Mark Brooks Michael Allen 72 Kirk Triplett Russ Cochran Paul Goydos Joe Durant Fred Funk Fran Quinn Rocco Mediate Gary Rusnak Jay Don Blake Lee Janzen Jeff Hart Steve Jones Tom Pernice Jnr. Wes Short Jr. Mark Calcavecchia Lance Tenbroeck Gene Sauers Greg Bruckner Jerry Pate Mark Wiebe Jerry Smith Dick Mast Tim Thelen Olin Browne

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Blue Jays blow lead to fall to Mariners

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mariner 6 Blue Jays 5 SEATTLE — A baserunning blunder that resulted in a triple play came back to haunt the Toronto Blue Jays, who let another opportunity slip away on the road.

Franklin Gutierrez homered with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday to give the Seattle Mariners a 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays, who have not won consecutive road games since June 14.

“It’s disappointing,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of the 3-3 record on the West Coast road trip.

“We’re not in a position to do this.

Time’s not on our side. We’re chasing some pretty good teams. Frustrating, tough game.”

Gutierrez jumped on an 0-2 pitch from Aaron Loup (2-5) and drove it over the wall in left-centre for his third homer as the Mariners overcame a 5-3 deficit.

“I had two strikes at that moment and obviously you have to try to put the ball in play. I was ready for anything,” said Gutierrez, who missed all of last season with an arthritic condition in his back. “He threw a fastball right there, put a good swing on it and it went out.”

Nelson Cruz brought the Mariners even at 5-5 in the seventh with his 25th home run, a two-run shot to left off Bo Schultz.

Joe Beimel (2-1), who struck out one in one relief inning, picked up the win for the Mariners.

With Toronto leading 4-3, the Mariners turned a triple play in the fourth inning. Ezequiel Carrera drew a leadoff walk and moved to third on Kevin Pillar’s single. Ryan Goings bounced out to first and Pillar was hung up between first and second, and Carrera was stuck between third and home.

Both runners ended up at third base and each was tagged out by catcher Mike Zunino.

“There’s no excuses. I think we’ve all played this game long enough, we know what to do in that situa-

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Seattle Mariners’ Brad Miller, left, slides safely across home as Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin reaches for the tag in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday in Seattle. tion,” Pillar said. “We just didn’t execute. Whether he made it clear or not, there’s no need for either of us to leave the base there. In that situation, we’re better off standing there and making him force one of us off the base.”

Zunino said he wasn’t sure why Carrera came off the bag.

“In that situation, you’re told to just tag both guys and let the umpire tell you who’s out, even though Carrera should have been there, and he just sort of stumbled off the bag and I tried to hold the tag on to him,” Zunino said.

Carrera and Josh Donaldson each had a solo homer for the Blue Jays, while Austin Jackson hit a solo shot for the Mariners.

The Blue Jays pieced together three runs in the second for a 4-1 lead against Mariners starter Taijuan Walker. Seattle cut the lead to 4-3 in the third, but managed just two runs despite five hits and a walk.

Carrera opened the seventh with his third home run to extend the lead to 5-3.

Donaldson staked Toronto to a 1-0 lead in the first, ripping a 2-1 pitch over the left-field wall for his 24th home run. Jackson countered for the Mariners, leading off the bottom half with his fifth homer.

Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle, who had not allowed more than two earned runs in his previous nine starts, was tagged for three runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings. Buehrle also walked Gutierrez with two outs in the third inning, his first walk since June 26 vs. Texas.

He had faced 127 consecutive batters without issuing a walk.

“We’ve got to go out there and play every day,” Buehrle said. “The Yankees, they’re not giving up. We’ve got to obviously just play our game and hopefully win games when they start losing games. I don’t think they’re going to go on the roll that they are right now, but it could get to the point where it’s too late. We’ve got to keep our heads up and keep on playing. We ran into some good teams and some good pitching.

Just the way it goes.”

NO BASE FOR BAUTISTA: Toronto’s Juan Batista went 0-for-5, snapping his 36-game on-base streak against the Mariners. During that stretch, dating to July 2009, he is hitting .329 (42-for-124) with eight homers, nine doubles, 22 RBI and 26 walks, with 31 runs scored.

It also snapped his 16-game hitting streak at Safeco Field.

BUEHRLE PICK OFFS: Buehrle picked Seager off first base in the first inning, his 101st career pick off. He trails only Andy Pettitte, who had 103.

UP NEXT: Blue Jays: LHP Robbie Ray (3-5, 2.72 ERA) has just one victory in six starts since June 15. He is coming off his shortest start of the season, when he allowed five runs - four earned - and five hits in 4 2/3 innings in a 5-3 loss to Miami.

Mariners: Rookie LHP Mike Montgomery (4-4, 3.25 ERA) is looking to regain the form that resulted in 20 consecutive scoreless innings, including back-to-back shutouts in June. He is 0-2 in his last three starts.

Bantam AAA Braves finish weekend on a high note TAKE TWO OUT THREE GAMES AGAINST FORT MCMURRAY

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves plated four runs in the bottom of the first inning and cruised to a fiveinning, 10-0 win over the visiting Fort McMurray Oil Giants in bantam AAA baseball action Sunday.

Riley Seward was the winning pitcher, giving up three hits while fanning three batters and walking three, while Hunter Leslie was three-for-four at the plate with a double, Matt Kohle was three-for-three, Aidan Schafer stroked a triple and Adam Junck and Cooper Jones each doubled.

On Saturday, the Braves fell behind 5-2 after three and one-third of an opening game of a doubleheader that resumed Sunday morning and finished with a 9-2 setback.

Ben LeBlanc started on the Red Deer mound and gave up five runs while striking out five batters and walking two as the losing pitcher. Brett

Porter came on in relief Sunday morning and gave up four runs in three and two-thirds innings while recording one strikeout and issuing three walks, and Ty Moline, with two singles, and Seward, with a double, led the Braves at the plate.

Red Deer won 6-2 in the second game of the scheduled twinbill, getting a complete-game outing from pitcher Branden Woods, who gave up five hits, fanned six batters and walked one.

Tied at 2-2, the game went to an international tie-breaker that was decided when the Braves scored four runs in the top of the eighth frame. Zach Baker ignited the Red Deer charge with a lead-off single and Kohle followed with a two-run double.

Cooper Jones was three-for-three at the plate with a double and Baker and Haley Lalor each had two hits for the Braves, who are in Okotoks this weekend for the provincial championship tournament.

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Ty Moline of the Servus Credit Union Braves makes a hit during Bantam AAA baseball action at Great Chief Park against the Fort McMurray Oil Giants on Sunday morning. The Braves prevailed 10-0 in five innings after losing 9-2 and winning 6-2 during a Saturday doubleheader.

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Silverbacks earn three-peat The Blackfalds Silverbacks pulled off a three-peat Sunday, downing the visiting Airdrie Mohawks 3-1 in a 10-minute mini-game to capture the Alberta senior C men’s lacrosse title for the third year in succession and fourth time in team history.

Tyler McRobbie scored twice and Geordin Flett also tallied for the ‘Backs in the mini-game that was necessitated due to the Mohawks’ win in Game 2 of the provincial finals earlier Sunday.

Blackfalds won the series opener 7-6 Saturday and fell 4-3 in Sunday’s second game of the best-of-three series.

“We were playing a team we hadn’t played at all this season,” said Silverbacks manager Chris Davis. “We played them last year and they weren’t bad, although they had some commitment

issues. This year they won their last six games to get into the playoffs and picked up some extra players at the deadline.”

Myle Nadon and Luke Flett each tallied twice for the ‘Backs in the series opener. McRobbie, Justin Kinnear and Kevin Brown also connected for Blackfalds, which battled back from a 6-3 deficit in the final 10 minutes.

The series-opening triumph displayed the team’s character and a level of player depth.

“This year’s team is really quite comparable to past teams we’ve had,” said Davis. “We’ve always been able to keep a lot of the core group of guys from the previous year. If one guy had work issues we were able to fit in another piece.”

McRobbie, Nadon and Shandi Werenka each netted a goal for Blackfalds in the Game 2 setback.

BANTAM AA BASEBALL Levi Elliott stroked a two-run triple for the Red Deer bantam AA Baker Hughes Braves in an 8-6 loss to Lac La Biche in the final of the provincial championship tournament at Sylvan Lake during the weekend.

Will Cebuliak and Trevor Baron, who took over in the sixth, handled the Red Deer mound duties, while Luke Wattenbarger cracked an RBI double, Reid Howell and Baron each drove in a run and Braiden Michnik contributed a double.

The Braves opened with a 17-1 rout of the hosts as Elliott drove in two runs with a single and double, Howell knocked in a pair and Michnik, Baron, Matthew Wik and Eric Moore each drove in a run. Cebuliak was the win-

ning pitcher.

Red Deer followed with a 9-6 victory over Stettler, getting a solo homer from Michnik and run-scoring hits from Baron, Wik, Howell and Jon Snydal. Howell and Craig Bradley shared mound duties for the winners.

The Braves advanced to the championship contest with a 6-5 win over Drayton Valley, Cebuliak stroking a single to plate the eventual winning run in the sixth inning.

Bradley started on the Red Deer mound and threw 89 pitches before being relieved by Baron in the seventh inning. Michnik stroked a two-run double, Baron had a RBI two-bagger and Moore and Elliott each knocked in a run.

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junior B tier 1 playoff series. Scoring for the Rampage, who advanced to the provincials this weekend in St. Albert, were Dustin Bell, Dawson Reykdal, Ryan Beatson, Jordan Waddell and Logan Elliot. Bell also picked up two assists.

The Rampage will take on the Manitoba Blizzard in their opening game of the provincials Friday at 6 p.m.

Harnett, who pedalled to three Olympic medals for Canada, said his time as chef de mission is his favourite sports experience.

“There are many individual stories, but we have done one thing very well, and that’s inspired Canada in such a significant way, and Canadians have inspired our athletes in such a significant way, that we know that the road to Rio for many of these athletes will bring great things,” he said.

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Dillashaw defends bantamweight title UFC CHICAGO

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — A kick sending T.J. Dillashaw to the mat changed his perception of Renan Barao.

Dillashaw rallied quickly and successfully defended the UFC bantamweight title, stopping Barao by technical knockout in the fourth round at UFC Chicago on Saturday night.

Dillashaw (13-2), solidified himself as one of the best pound-for-pound for fighters in UFC with the convincing victory over a Barao in the rematch fight.

Dillashaw finished Barao with a series of punches 35 seconds into the fourth.

Dillashaw wasn’t convinced that Barao would be ready for the fight, but that changed in the opening minutes. In the first round, Barao knocked down Dillashaw with a right kick, which sparked the champ.

Later in the round, Dillashaw delivered a combination of jabs to the face of Barao, which started to change the momentum of the fight.

“I thought he was beat before the fight until he started,” Dillashaw said. “He came out to win. He came out aggressive, he threw some big bombs. That first 30 seconds — ’All right he means business.’ — but as the fight kept going I kept getting stronger and he kept getting weaker, I thought,” Barao had a couple of quick takedowns in the second round, while Dillashaw was more effective landing punches. Dillashaw landed a right uppercut, and a quick combination at the end of the third round.

The momentum carried over to the fourth round when Dillashaw had Barao pinned against the octagon where he landed a series of blows to the face of Barao before Herb Dean called the fight.

Dillashaw shocked the MMA world by taking the title away from Barao (35-3) at UFC 173 with a fifthround victory in Las Vegas.

But it appeared that Barao was never the same fighter after that match.

The rematch was supposed to happen last Aug. 30 in Sacramento, but Barao was removed from the rematch after falling ill during his weight cut on the day before the fight. Dillashaw then had to fight Joe Soto, who was bumped up from an undercard fight.

He beat Soto in the fifth round.

Many were questioning if Barao was going to be prepared for the fight after his weight cutting issues.

“I had some questions about Renan Barao coming into this fight. I didn’t think he looked great in his last fight, but he looked great tonight,” said UFC president Dana White. “There are situations when a guy loses a certain fight a certain way and he is never the same.”

Barao’s last fight came in December, a threeround win against Mitch Gagnon. There was another attempt at a rematch in March, but that fight was postponed after Dillashaw broke his rib during

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TJ Dillashaw, right, lands a punch to the head of Renan Barao during their bantamweight mixed martial arts title bout during UFC Chicago on Saturday, in Chicago. Dillashaw won in the fourth round. training.

In the co-main event, Miesha Tate won in a unanimous decision over Jessica Eye in the bantamweight fight. Tate had her work cut out for her. Eye controlled the first round by landing a combination of punches. Late in the round, Tate landed a right hand knocking Eye to the ground and keeping her there until the end of the round. Tate controlled rounds two and three with multiple takedowns.

Barring a major upset next week, Tate will most likely face Ronda Rousey for a third time. Rousey is scheduled to fight Bethe Correia for the bantamweight championship at UFC 190 in Brazil on Aug. 1.

Tate is relishing another opportunity to fight Rousey.

“I’m always ready. I love punching Ronda in the face,” Tate said.

Earlier in the evening, Tate was in the corner boyfriend Bryan Caraway for his bantamweight fight between Eddie Wineland. Caraway (20-9) set the tone

for Tate with a three-round unanimous decision over Wineland (21-11-1).

“I was prepared to put it behind me either way,” Tate said. “So once he won it was great, but I knew no matter what happens I was going to separate my fight from his fight, emotionally.”

On the main card, Joe Lauzon (25-11) didn’t waste any time taking care of former Pride champion Takanori Gomi (35-11) in a lightweight fight. Lauzon dropped Gomi to the ground and then dropped punches to the head of Gomi before referee Dean called it midway through the first round.

In the second fight on the main card, Edson Barboza (16-3) won in a unanimous decision over Paul Felder (10-1). Felder scored on multiple kicks to Felder’s body. In the first round, Barboza’s spinning right kick caught Felder in the groin area, sending him to his knees. The referee gave Felder a few moments to gather himself before resuming the fight.

Marco Dawson claims Senior British Open title

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUNNINGDALE, England — American Marco Dawson held off the twin challenge of super stars Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie over the final nine holes to claim victory in a thrilling climax to the Senior British Open Championship on Sunday.

Dawson finished with a 16-under par total of 264 to claim his second title on the Senior Tour this year after more than 12 years without a victory.

“This is unbelievable,” said Florida-based Dawson, who played over 400 events on the PGA Tour without a win.

“Can’t tell you how many hours I’ve put in on the range. I’ve had two back surgeries to prove it and I know it has come later than most of the guys. But it came true.”

In a see-saw struggle, played out for the main part in intermittent rain and a fresh breeze, Dawson hit the front for the first time when he claimed his second eagle of the round at the long 14th, then sank a birdie putt from 25ft at the final hole to dash Langer’s hopes, the German being half that distance away with a chance to draw level.

The reigning champion holed his birdie putt to match Dawson’s closing 64, but it left him a shot shy of his sixth senior major.

“The three-wood I hit in the mist and rain at the 14th was probably one of the best I have ever hit and set up the eagle,” said Dawson.

“Marco played phenomenally,” said Langer.

“Things went for him, he holed a bunker shot and had two eagles and leap-frogged both Monty and I. Then he made an amazing putt on 18 and I couldn’t tie him.”

Leading on ten under after completing the last

nine holes of their third round in the morning, Montgomerie and Dawson and Langer, who was a stroke back, teed off in the afternoon for what turned out to be an epic contest.

All three parred the 15th, 16th and 17th, then when Dawson’s drive split the fairway at the final hole and he hit the green with his second and holed the putt, he clinched the title to add to his Tucson Open win back in March.

Among the rewards for Dawson is a place at Royal Troon in the Open Championship next year.

“Isn’t that nice. So I’ll be here for two weeks next year,” said Dawson. “It’s a lot of fun playing golf over here.”

Miguel Angel Jimenez finished alone in fourth place on 11-under 269 after a closing 67, bagging three birdies and an eagle at the long 14th when his second shot hit the pin and stopped just inches away.

Thompson rallies with a 6-under 65 to win Meijer LPGA Classic ‘I ACTUALLY SAID WHEN I WAS ON 10 THAT MY GOAL WAS TO GET TO 20-UNDER. I DIDN’T GET IT UP TO THAT, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO FOCUS ON MY OWN GAME, FOCUS ON MY PRE-SHOT ROUTINE AND HAVING FUN IN BETWEEN SHOTS. I THINK THAT’S WHAT HELPED ME’ — LEXI THOMPSON

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELMONT, Mich. — Lexi Thompson made sure she didn’t beat herself — and ended up defeating everyone else.

“I was just trying to be patient,” Thompson said after rallying from four shots back to win the Meijer LPGA Classic by a stroke Sunday. “Really, the whole day I was just trying to play my own game,” The 20-year-old Florida player closed with a 6-under 65 at Blythefield Country Club for her fifth LPGA Tour victory. She won for the first time since the then-Kraft Nabisco Championship last year.

Thompson finished at 18-under 266 and earned $300,000.

“I actually said when I was on 10 that my goal was to get to 20-under,” Thompson said.

“I didn’t get it up to that, but I was just trying to focus on my own game, focus on my pre-shot routine and having fun in between shots. I think that’s what helped me.”

Lizette Salas, four strokes ahead after the third round, tied for second with Gerina Piller. Salas finished with a 70, and Piller had a 64.

Thompson birdied Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 7 to catch Salas.

Piller made five birdies on the front nine, with her birdie at No. 8 briefly tying her for the lead with Thompson and Salas.

But Thompson, ranked seventh on the tour in average driving distance and greens in regulation, kept bombing drives, spinning wedge shots and making putts.

A 6-footer for birdie off a wedge to the back pin on the 400-yard, par-4 16th put her three shots in front.

Thompson created some drama when she missed the green at No. 17 and rimmed a 4-foot par putt.

She caught a good bounce off a tree down the right side of No. 18 on her tee shot, ripped a shot from the rough to the middle of the green and two-putted for a winning par.

“I called my caddie over and I told him to give me something to think about to get my mind off it,” she said about the first putt on 18.

“He just said something so random, like, food.

And I’m like, of course. But it kept me relaxed and got me laughing and it helped me go into that putt

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Lexi Thompson drives on the 16th hole during the third round of the Meijer LPGA Classic golf tournament at Blythefield Country Club, Saturday, in Belmont, Mich. confident.”

Thompson worked in the off-season with John Denney, a Jupiter, Florida, performance coach who specializes in the mental side of golf.

“That has helped me tremendously just to relax and have fun instead of just grinding 24-7 on the golf course,” she said.

Piller had hit all 15 greens and was 7 under for the round when she missed the green at No. 16 with tree troubles on the left side of the par 4. She made bogey for the first time.

A 7-footer for birdie at No. 18 left her one shot behind.

“I knew it was going to take a great day and I gave it a run,” said Piller, whose husband, Web.com Tour player Martin Piller, was in the gallery.

“I just kind of stumbled with the tee shot (at No. 16) at the end. I couldn’t afford one mistake, and I made one.”

Salas had three birdies and three bogeys through 16 holes, and stayed in it with a 20-foot birdie putt at No. 17. But she could manage only par at No. 18.

“I knew there would be some birdies out there and I knew I was capable of getting them,” she said.

“I just hit some errant tee shots that caused some bogeys, but I didn’t give up. And, obviously, I can’t control what Lexi does, and she played an amazing day of golf.”

Hamilton’s Alena Sharp was the top Canadian and finished the tournament tied for 27th.

She shot a 3-under 68 in her final round to finish the tournament at 6-under.

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Ti-Cats hand Roughriders fifth straight loss

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Tiger-Cats 31 Roughriders 21 REGINA — The injuries and the losses continue to mount for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats erased a fourth-quarter deficit and pulled off another win on the road — a 31-21 triumph on Sunday at Mosaic Stadium — to keep the Riders winless to start the 2015 CFL season.

The Riders dropped to 0-5 with the loss, their fourth straight on home field, and when they look ahead to Week 6 they may very well be without quarterback Kevin Glenn, who replaced starter Darian Durant after a season-ending injury in Week 1.

“The only thing we can do is continue to work hard,” said Riders receiver Rob Bagg. “We want to win more than anybody who is critiquing and looking in from the outside. We’re not trying to lose intentionally.

“We have put in a lot of time and effort and it’s frustrating to not get the results you want. You can either quit or you can keep working.”

An 0-4 start to the season looked to be behind the Riders as they held a lead to open the fourth quarter. That’s when their fortunes took another turn for the worse.

Jeff Mathews’ one-yard touchdown plunge put the Tiger-Cats ahead for good, and when the Riders looked to their offence to give them a come-frombehind victory, they saw their starting quarterback nursing an injury.

With rookie quarterback Brett Smith filling in for Glenn, Saskatch-

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats C.J. Gable picks up yards against the Saskatchewan Roughriders during second half CFL action in Regina on Sunday. ewan couldn’t create any momentum, let alone a comeback to snap their losing skid.

Kicker Justin Medlock booted his fifth field goal of the game to give the Tiger-Cats an insurance score late and help the team improve to 2-2.

“We brought Kevin in here because

we knew that if anything happened to Darian (Durant we would have a true starting quarterback, a winning starting quarterback and Grey Cup starting quarterback,” head coach Corey Chamblin explained. “So to have that happen it’s always a blow, especially when you have a chance to win a game.”

The Riders broke a 14-14 halftime tie when Smith, the Riders’ quarterback in short-yardage situations, scored on a one-yard run on the team’s opening possession of the second half.

But it was all Hamilton from there.

Medlock kicked a pair of field goals to bring the visitors to within a point before Mathews scored to put his team ahead for good.

“Any time you can get a win, especially on the road, it’s a great feeling,” said Hamilton quarterback Zach Collaros, who completed 19-of-28 passes for 284 yards and one touchdown. “Saskatchewan is a good football team, but we did just enough today to get a win.”

It appeared Glenn injured himself late in the third quarter after he was intercepted by Rico Murray. Glenn was in on the tackle of Murray and was spotted on the sideline grimacing when he tried to move his right shoulder.

“I don’t think it’s snake bit,” Smith said. “Football is a rough sport. Quarterbacks bodies aren’t really meant to tackle guys sometimes. Kevin is a hard worker and he’s a great teammate. He’s going to do what he can to prevent a touchdown and help the team.”

The Riders opened the scoring in the first quarter when Paul McCallum kicked a 29-yard field goal on the team’s first possession. Hamilton then outscored the Riders 14-3 until Glenn found Bagg for a 20-yard touchdown reception with 13 seconds to go in the first half. Bagg snagged the two-point convert to tie the score at 14-14.

Hamilton running back C.J. Gable rushed for a game-high 135 yards on 20 carries. Jasper Collins Jr., had 73 receiving yards and one touchdown.

Backup QB Franklin leads Esks past Bombers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Eskimos 32 Blue Bombers 3 EDMONTON — Cue the quarterback controversy in Edmonton.

Backup QB James Franklin came in to toss a trio of touchdown passes, including two to Adarius Bowman, as the Eskimos won their third game in a row with a 32-3 drubbing of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on a rainy Saturday night.

Franklin replaced starter Matt Nichols in the third quarter after Nichols was only able to give his team a 4-3 lead at the half.

“It felt really good,” Franklin said.

“Any time you can come in and help your teammates out in a situation like that, it feels really good. I was thankful to have the opportunity.”

Edmonton head coach Chris Jones wouldn’t take the bait when it came to comparing QBs. “We just decided as a staff that it

was time (to make a change),” he said.

“It wasn’t really anything Matt did or Franklin did. We’re not going to expand on anything about that. They both played well and we got a team win.”

The Eskimos moved into a tie for first place in the CFL’s West Division at 3-1, holding a game in hand over coleading Calgary.

Franklin may have taken the spotlight, but the Edmonton defence deserved huge kudos for holding the Bombers to just three points.

“We’re feeling really good about it,” said defensive back Aaron Grymes.

“We’ll live it up tonight. We feel really good with how prepared we are right now.”

The Bombers (2-3) have lost two games in a row.

Winnipeg head coach Mike O’Shea said things just sort of steamrolled out of control for his team.

“I think things got bad after we got down by 15,” he said. “That’s where I’m looking at where things got bad. I think

there was some frustration the crept in and there was a lack of discipline when we went down and that’s what’s frustrating. We have to work on cleaning that up.”

The game got off to an exceedingly slow start.

After the Eskimos started the scoring with a punt single, Winnipeg came back with a 10-yard field goal to make it 3-1.

The game continued to limp along into the second quarter when Grant Shaw kicked a 34-yarder to put Edmonton up 4-3, a score that surprisingly held up to the half.

The Blue Bombers suffered a big loss midway through the third as Edmonton’s Eddie Steele hit quarterback Drew Willy down low on a combined tackle with Marcus Howard. Willy was helped off the field with an apparent injury to his right knee and was replaced by backup QB Brian Brohm.

Edmonton finally got the game’s first major score on its next possession

as a 51-yard punt return by Kendial Lawrence set up a three-yard scamper into the end zone by Eskimos thirdstring QB Jordan Lynch.

Franklin came in to replace Esks starter Matt Nicholls on the next series after an Aaron Grymes interception and put together a solid drive, capped off by a 25-yard TD pass to Bowman to make it 18-3 with two minutes to play in the third.

Edmonton got another big pick five minutes into the fourth as a pass bounced out of the hands of Winnipeg’s Tim Cronk and straight to Eskimo J.C. Sherritt, quickly leading to a 17-yard TD pass from Franklin to Kenny Stafford.

The Esks just kept coming as a 69-yard run by rookie Shakir Bell set up an 11-yard TD pass from Franklin to Bowman.

The Bombers next play host to the B.C. Lions on Thursday, while Edmonton remains home to face Saskatchewan on Friday.

Royals acquire RHP Cueto from Reds

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals are hoping Johnny Cueto can help them win one more playoff game than they did a year ago.

The Royals acquired Cueto in a trade with Cincinnati on Sunday, sending three prospects to the Reds for a legitimate ace for the front of their beleaguered rotation.

Kansas City has the best record in the American League after it lost to San Francisco in Game 7 of the World Series last October.

But Yordano Ventura has underperformed this year and Jason Vargas will miss the rest of the season after he injured his elbow last week — increasing the need for pitching help.

Cueto, who is eligible for free agency after the season, had spent his entire career with Cincinnati.

But the fourth-place Reds are looking to the future and could trade several more significant pieces before Friday’s non-waiver deadline, including right-hander Mike Leake and All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman.

Cincinnati got minor league lefthanders Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb and Cody Reed in the trade for Cueto, who was one of the top starters on the market.

Finnegan was selected by the Royals in the first round of last year’s draft.

He made seven playoff appearances in 2014, but has split time between Triple-A Omaha and Kansas City this year.

The 25-year-old Lamb, a fifth-round pick in 2008, is 9-1 with a 2.67 ERA in 17 starts for Omaha.

Cueto won 20 games last season and is 7-6 with a 2.62 ERA in 19 starts this year.

He pitched eight scoreless innings in Cincinnati’s 5-2 victory at Colorado on Saturday night.

The right-hander made his major league debut with Cincinnati in 2008 and is 92-63 with a 3.21 ERA in eight seasons.

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Philadelphia Phillies starter Cole Hamels gets doused after pitching a no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs in a baseball game in Chicago, Saturday. The Phillies won 5-0. Hamel dominated Saturday afternoon, striking out 13 in the 13th no-hitter in franchise history for the Phillies.

The 31-year-old left-hander has been mentioned prominently in trade talks ahead of Friday’s non-waiver deadline. Hamels said Sunday he was feeling good, despite throwing 129 pitches. He said “Everything felt more in sync than it had.”

The Red Deer Lock and Safe Braves fell 5-4 to the Edmonton Angels in the championship game of the provincial mosquito tier 4 baseball provincials Sunday at Great Chief Park.

The Braves advanced to the final with three consecutive round-robin victories — 10-1 over the Sherwood Park Greys, and 7-4 over the St. Albert Blues and Angels.

● Also at Great Chief during the weekend, the Red Deer Baker Hughes Braves battled back with four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning but fell 8-7 to Camrose in the final of the mosquito tier 4 provincials.

Carter Pisko was named Red Deer’s most valuable player in the championship contest.

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Froome wins his second Tour de France

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — All for one, one for all, and all bathed in yellow.

Arms over each other’s shoulders, linked together in a long line of happiness, Tour de France winner Chris Froome and his teammates pedaled slowly over the finish line, soaking up the applause Sunday on the ChampsElysees.

Three weeks of furious racing, of beating back both a tenacious Colombian, Nairo Quintana, and doping suspicions that are Lance Armstrong’s poisonous legacy to cycling, were over.

Time for the winner’s speech.

“The Maillot Jaune is special, very special,” Froome said, using the yellow jersey’s French name.

“I understand its history, good and bad,” he said. “I will always respect it.”

The Tour is still French. But British riders have won three of the last four: Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and now two for Froome, following his first win in 2013. That puts Britain equal with the United States, with three from Greg LeMond — and minus seven stripped from Armstrong.

Under suitably British weather, on rain-slickened roads, Froome took it easy on the last Stage 21, his work done having grimly resisted Quintana’s late assault on his hard-won Tour lead the previous day on the final Alpine ascent.

The tired 160 riders — of 198 who started — didn’t bother racing for much of the largely flat 110-kilometre (68-mile) ramble from Sevres, in the French capital’s southwest.

To minimize risk of crashes, Tour organizers stopped the clock early, on the first of 10 laps up and down the Champs-Elysees’ cobblestones.

That locked in Froome’s lead to guarantee victory. He smiled broadly as he pedaled past flag-waving spectators. He still had to ride the laps to complete the full race distance of 3,354 kilometres (2,084 miles).

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Race winner Britain’s Chris Froome celebrates as he stands on the podium at the end of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday.

But knowing the title was his, he didn’t have to panic when a paper bag got stuck in his back wheel. He simply stopped and changed bikes. He also had time to raise a glass of Champagne in the saddle and stop to put on a raincoat under the iconic yellow jersey.

While sprinters dashed ahead for the stage win — snatched by Andre Greipel, his fourth and Germany’s sixth at this Tour — Froome and his teammates, wearing yellow stripes on their shorts and helmets, linked together for their slow-motion, chorus-line finish.

“This is your yellow jersey as much as it is mine,” Froome said.

Their powerful riding, chasing rivals in the mountains and protecting Froome on flats, was vital. So, too, was the meticulous planning of Dave Brailsford, the organizational brains at Froome’s Team Sky, which has far

surpassed its goal in 2009 of nurturing Britain’s first Tour winner within five years.

In a repeat of 2013, Quintana was again runner-up. But the margin was much smaller this time: 1 minute, 12 seconds, the tightest win since 2008.

Third-placed Alejandro Valverde, Quintana’s Movistar teammate from Spain, made the podium for the first time, moving up from fourth last year.

For all the pre-Tour talk of a possible four-way battle between Froome, Quintana, 2014 champion Vincenzo Nibali and two-time winner Alberto Contador, only the 25-year-old Colombian — who again won the Tour’s white jersey as best young rider — gave the yellow jersey a run for his 450,000 euros ($494,000) in prize money.

“He’s a great rival,” Quintana said.

“He suffered a lot to win.”

With more experience and more smarts in the first week when he lost too much time, Quintana would have posed a bigger threat and perhaps come closer to becoming the first Colombian winner.

This Tour was mountain-heavy, suiting Quintana’s climbing strengths. Future Tours could have more time trials, which Froome excels at. Their developing rivalry, with youth on Quintana’s side against the 30-year-old Froome, could help the sport win back fans disgusted by the systematic deceit of Armstrong’s era.

“I have lots of years ahead of me,” Quintana said.

Totalled up, Quintana took more time off Froome on the Tour’s high mountain climbs than the other way around.

Yet the Colombian didn’t have to contend with the scrutiny, doubt and thinly-veiled suggestions of doping that Froome was forced to respond to on an almost daily basis, mostly with patience but also with bristle as the race wore on.

Such was his strength, it’s no longer a stretch to imagine Froome soon joining the elite group of seven riders who won three Tours or more. The record of five wins — achieved by Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain — is still far off.

Froome says he would like to keep competing “as long as my body will allow me.” His aim is at least another six years.

“I love the sacrifices, the training, the hard work. That’s what gets me out of bed in the mornings. I’m not trying to do it for a specific amount of Tour titles or fame,” he said after sealing his win in the Alps. “I love riding my bike. I love pushing my body to the limit. I love the freedom that cycling gives you.”

Victoria’s Ryder Hesjedal finished 40th overall, two hours four minutes 37 seconds behind Froome. Svein Tuft of Langley, B.C., was 159th, 4:48:08 off the pace. Tuft was 127th in Sunday’s stage, with Hesjedal 128th.

Hall of Fame doors swing open for Johnson, Martinez, Smoltz and Biggio

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Kyle Busch grabs elusive Brickyard 400 victory

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — There was no celebratory burnout — Kyle Busch has done plenty of those the last few weeks — just another big, fat kiss at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Busch’s triumphant return following a horrible crash the day before the season-opening Daytona 500 continued Sunday with one of the biggest wins of his career.

He grabbed an elusive victory at Indy, where Busch won the Brickyard 400 for a weekend sweep at the historic track.

Busch missed the first 11 races of the season with a broken right leg and broken left foot. He returned in late May and has won three consecutive Sprint Cup Series races and four of the last five.

His latest win was celebrated with the traditional kissing of the Yard of Bricks, where he was accompanied by his wife and son, who was born in May. “Being away for 11 weeks, it was tough. It was pretty hard times,” Busch said. “It was tough to fight through all those things that I had to go through, Samantha had to go through while she was pregnant. She was helping me. All the steps that we went through to get back into the race car were quite challenging.

“But once we’ve been back, I felt like I just continued right on my stride.

This has been a phenomenal return. I won’t say phenomenal year because it was a dismal year to start, but I guess I’ll take that 11-week vacation any year if it’s going to look like this.”

Now he has a prestigious Brickyard victory to give him one of NASCAR’s elusive crown jewels. His Indianapolis victory ranks alongside his Southern 500 win at Darlington Raceway as the biggest of his career.

“Maybe I found my happy place,” Busch said in victory lane when asked if he has found a new perspective since he was injured in a crash the day before the season-opening Daytona. 500.

Busch, who also won the secondtier Xfinity Series race Saturday at Indianapolis, moved 23 points away from cracking the top 30 in the standings. NASCAR granted him a waiver that will make him eligible for the Chase for the Sprint Cup champion-

ship should he be ranked inside the top 30 in points.

“We’re a championship contending team, we just need to be championship eligible,” Busch said.

The win for Joe Gibbs Racing was the first Sprint Cup Series victory at Indianapolis for Toyota, which has now won at all 23 active tracks.

Toyota has won the last six national series races dating back to Busch’s win at Kentucky, and JGR has won four consecutive poles and four consecutive races.

Chevrolet had entered the race on a 12-year winning streak and had won 16 of the 21 Brickyards. The manufacturer also won the Indianapolis 500 in May with Roger Penske driver Juan Pablo Montoya.

But Penske was denied his first Brickyard 400 win when Joey Logano finished second to Busch on Sunday in a Ford.

“Geez, I guess Kyle’s back,” Daytona 500 winner Logano said. “It’s just so frustrating running second at the Brickyard. Second hurts.”

Busch knows that all too well. He finished second in two of the previous three Brickyards.

Kevin Harvick was third in a Chevrolet, followed by Martin Truex Jr., Busch teammate Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer. Matt Kenseth, another Gibbs driver, was seventh, followed by Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson.

Penske driver Brad Keselowski rounded out the top 10.

Jeff Gordon’s final Brickyard 400 was a huge bust as an early spin caused considerable damage that eventually sent him to the garage for repairs. Gordon, who has a record five victories at Indianapolis, finished 42nd. He’s retiring at the end of the year.

“It was disappointing,” Gordon said.

“I have had an amazing career here in Indy. The fans have been spectacular. I am not going to let a couple races overthrow the races that have gone well.”

Two-time Brickyard winner Tony Stewart was strong early but strategy backfired on the Indiana native and he finished 28th.

NASCAR used a track-specific rules package Sunday that was designed to improve the racing on a track that has proven to be incredibly hard to pass at since the heavy stock cars began racing on the Brickyard.

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Kyle Busch (18) takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Three pitchers who became dominant after trades and a rock-solid catcher-turnedsecond baseman entered the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.

Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio basked in the moment, with at least 40,000 fans cheering them one more time.

Many waved Dominican flags for one of their own. Martinez joined former Giants great Juan Marichal as the only Hall of Famers from the Caribbean nation.

“We waited 32 years another Dominican,” Martinez said. “I hope all Dominicans remember this.”

Playing through an era tainted by steroids and ruled by offence — compliments of bulked-up sluggers, a smaller strike zone and smaller ballparks — Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz proved indomitable. They combined for 735 wins, 11,113 strikeouts and nine Cy Young Awards.

Biggio, who played four positions in his 20-year career, all with the Houston Astros, was indefatigable, becoming an All-Star at second base and behind the plate.

“We changed the culture in Houston by making it a baseball city,” said Biggio, who grew up on New York’s Long Island. “To the Astros fans, you guys are the greatest fans in the world.”

Martinez, 219-100 for his career, was the first Red Sox pitcher inducted.

He grew up with five brothers and sisters in a one-room home on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. He credits brother Ramon, a starter with the Dodgers during Pedro’s rookie season in Los Angeles, as a key to his career.

“I have a second dad,” said Martinez, whose blue jacket had emblems on each arm from his country’s flag.

“Ramon, you are my second dad. I followed in his footsteps and it led me to

where I am today.”

Remarkably, all three pitchers didn’t stick around with their first clubs very long. Drafted by Montreal, Johnson made the Expos roster in 1988 and midway through the 1989 season was traded to the Seattle Mariners.

Smoltz, signed by his hometown Detroit Tigers after being selected on the 22nd round of the 1985 amateur draft, was dealt to Atlanta for veteran Doyle Alexander in August 1987. And the Dodgers traded Martinez to Montreal after the hard-throwing right-hander with the pinpoint control had a solid rookie season in the bullpen.

On this day, that was ancient history.

Johnson, at 6-foot-10 the tallest player elected to the Hall of Fame, gave special thanks to his parents. His father died in 1992. His mother, Carol, was watching from the front row.

“Thank you, mom. You’re the Hall of Famer,” Johnson said.

Johnson became a 20-game winner in 1997 and won four consecutive Cy Young awards with the Arizona Diamondbacks, leading them to the World Series championship in 2001. He finished with 303 victories in 22 seasons.

Smoltz won the 1996 Cy Young award and reached the playoffs 14 times with Atlanta. The Braves won five pennants and the 1995 World Series with Smoltz on the roster.

He’s the first pitcher to win more than 200 games and save at least 150 games. He’s also the first player inducted with Tommy John surgery on his resume.

Smoltz understood his debt to John.

“I’m a miracle. I’m a medical miracle,” Smoltz said. “I never took one day for granted.”

Biggio became the only player in major league history with at least 3,000 hits, 600 doubles, 400 stolen bases and 250 home runs while being asked to play four positions in his 20-year career, all with the Astros.

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Romeo Spence poses for the camera as he crashes down the giant slip-and-slide on Centennial Street in Sylvan Lake on Saturday during the Slide the City event.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY ASHLI BARRETT/ADVOCATE STAFF A little bit of cloud cover and cooler temperatures wasn’t enough to keep Central Albertans away from 305 metres of slick vinyl stretching down Sylvan Lake’s Centennial Street on Saturday.

Slide the City brought the world’s longest slip-and-slide to the town, giving the mostly dreary day a little bit of colour. It was Sylvan Lakers — and visitors to the town — however, that transformed the hill into a wet-and-wild water party that left everyone smiling.

More than 1,100 sliders crashed down the triple-lane slide over the course of the event, with many racing back to the top to try it again. Single-slide, multi-slide and family-slide passes were available, with multi-slide riders given a free inflatable tube.

Local hip-hop artist Shifty Eyes performed throughout the day , providing tunes for the sliders. Food trucks were on site as well for those who wanted to take a break between slides.

Slide the City, which has previously visited Edmonton, will be in Calgary over the August long weekend, but if you’re thinking about travelling south to get in on the fun, you’re out of luck — the event is sold out.

ABOVE: Rhea Paguntalan crashes down one of the waterslide lanes atop an inflatable whale during the Slide the City event in Sylvan Lake on Saturday. A few came prepared with their own, unique flotation devices.

RIGHT Sylvan Lake hip-hop artist Shifty Eyes performs during the Slide the City event in Sylvan Lake on Saturday.

BELOW: A slider armed with Spider-Man floaties starts his slide down the 305metre track on the Centennial St. hill.

ABOVE: Sliders splash down a slower part of the track on Saturday.

BELOW: Slide the City brought out over 1,000 Sylvan Lakers and visitors to the town, all eager to make their slide down the 305metre track.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A black tank-like truck cruises downtown Toronto, prompting stunned pedestrians to whip out their smartphones to provide proof of what they’ve seen.

What they’ve seen is the Conquest Knight XV. It is a rare beast. There are only 17 in the world, sold to the likes of Middle Eastern royalty and a basketball star.

The vehicle starts at $629,000, but most go for several hundred thousand dollars more. It weighs twice as a much as a Hummer and it can stop a bullet from an AK-47.

And it’s made in Toronto. By hand.

It takes about six months to build a Knight XV, and Conquest Vehicles actually machine their own parts out of stainless steel and aluminum.

The opulent armoured Knight XV (which stands for “extreme vehicle”) is a magnet for attention everywhere it rolls. The Canadian Press saw proof on a recent ride through downtown Toronto.

One man, overcome with excitement, drives beside the truck screaming “that is the best f--king truck I’ve ever f--king seen!” as he pumps his fist out the window.

“I thought it was the new Batmobile,” another onlooker, Sean Culham, says as the truck sits outside a posh downtown hotel.

That’s the reaction William Maizlin was hoping for when he dreamed up the idea.

Maizlin, the company’s former president, went to a friend (a silent partner, he says) with the idea of building a military-style truck for the consumer market back in 2006. He spent nearly two decades in the military industry, focusing much of his efforts on armour.

They built the first one in King City, north of Toronto, and brought it to a car show in Las Vegas in 2008. That sparked interest, and Conquest Vehicles was born.

The Knight XV is gargantuan, weighing in at 6,400 kilograms. Each ballistic steel door weighs 160 kilograms, or about the size of two small men.

This truck doesn’t guzzle gas. It inhales it — about 34 litres per 100 kilometres, according to the company.

But the last thing on the minds of Knight XV’s owners is the cost of fuel. The most blinged-out version costs about the same as the average price of a Toronto home.

“The interior is fully customizable,” says Tim Chapman, the president of Conquest Vehicles, on a tour of the warehouse in north Toronto in late June.

There are four trucks in the warehouse at the moment, including a nearly completed redesigned model that is about a half-metre longer and 20 centimetres wider than the original.

The only one owned in Canada is the company demo truck — most are overseas.

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A Conquest Knight XV parks in downtown Toronto, Friday, July 24, 2015. The vehicle starts at $629,000, but most go for several hundred thousand dollars more. It weighs twice as a much as a Hummer and it can stop a bullet from an AK-47. And it’s made in Toronto. By hand.

“There is no market in Canada for armoured vehicles,” Maizlin says on the phone. “And thank God, because Canada is a very safe country, but there are other hot zones in the world where there is a big need for security.”

As Chapman points to the various security measures of the truck — “the tires can get shot and still run for 80 miles” — he talks about the Knight XV that went rogue in Ukraine.

That truck was taken by anti-government protesters. It was later found in the garage of Viktor Yanukovych Jr., son of the former Ukrainian president of the same name, who fled for Russia last year.

Chapman says they sold the truck to a man in Ukraine who may have acted as a broker with the Yanukovych family or simply resold it to them. The truck has been repainted in camouflage colours and is being used in the conflict.

He knows this because those who took it have called Conquest Vehicles asking for parts. He referred them to Ford because the truck is built on an F-550 chassis.

Despite all the truck’s security features, Chapman and Maizlin both say its appeal to many of its drivers is the sheer audacity of its appearance.

Basketball star Dwight Howard bought one, as did the prince of the United Arab Emirates. They’ve

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even made a few non-armoured versions — called the Evade — for clients in countries that don’t allow armoured cars.

Neither Chapman nor Maizlin will name other names because of confidentiality agreements, “which is ironic because they’re buying it for the attention,” Maizlin says.

Both said the clients are all of a similar ilk: rich, flashy and, in some cases, concerned with their own safety.

“They are collectors,” Chapman says. “They want to make an impression, to have something different, and some are worried about their safety.”

That’s why the windows are 3.2 centimetres thick — enough to stop a bullet from an AK-47. And they roll down, apparently a rarity for bulletproof windows. Chapman is, in many ways, the opposite of the truck he builds. He is slight, soft-spoken and drives a BMW M6 sports car. He gets into into the back seat of one of the trucks, and eases into the soft Muirhead leather. Despite the massive room, there are only two seats in the back. There is a television, and an iPad controls everything. One swipe and the electrostatic windows blacken. Conquest is owned by Elgner Group Investments Ltd., a private company made up of entrepreneurs. Chapman says they have big plans for the future.

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BRIEF B.C. finance minister heads to Malaysia to discuss Petronas LNG deal

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A pump jack sits in the middle of a blooming canola field west of Bowden on Thursday afternoon.

Blooming canola fields have become a common sight across the province recently. The crop is usually harvested in August and September. More than 13 million tonnes of canola are produced in the country annually.

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s finance minister is travelling to Malaysia to discuss a $36 billion liquefied natural gas project in the province’s northwest.

Michael de Jong will meet with officials over the next six days to discuss the ratification of a project agreement with Pacific Northwest LNG, a consortium led by Malaysia energy giant Petronas.

The province passed legislation this week that allowed it to enter into an agreement with the consortium to build an LNG export terminal near Prince Rupert.

The Opposition New Democrats voted against the legislation, which protects Pacific Northwest LNG from targeted tax increases for 25 years.

The project would be the largest private investment in B.C. history, creating 4,500 construction jobs and generating $8.6 billion in taxes and revenues by 2030.

The B.C. government estimates that travel and accommodation for the minister and his chief of staff will cost about $7,900.

“Now that the province has met its obligations, we are an important step closer to the company’s final investment decision and the start of an LNG industry in B.C.,” says de Jong in a statement.

“We will keep moving forward to make this incredible opportunity a reality so we can build our economic portfolio, and create jobs and opportunities for British Columbians now and in the future.”

Canadians are confused about TFSAs Although the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) has been around since 2009 many Canadians still don’t understand it and know the many applications it can have.

A recent test of people’s knowledge of the TFSA for Mackenzie Investments shows many Canadians still are not familiar with the basic elements of the account and are at risk of not maximizing the opportunity they provide to build tax-free wealth over time.

In the five years since Mackenzie’s last survey on the topic, many people still don’t TALBOT realize you can hold a TFSA BOGGS outside of a bank and the accounts can hold a broad range of investments such as bonds, stocks and mutual funds.

Only 53 per cent of those surveyed knew that TFSA contributions are not deducted from taxable income like contributions to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and only 49 per cent understood that if you don’t contribute the full $10,000 allowed each year you do not lose the remaining contribution room.

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In Mackenzie’s first test in 2009 Canadians in the18 to 24 age group scored the worst but the 2015 test results show that younger people are not falling any more behind in their understanding of TFSAs than other age groups in the country.

Some financial experts have suggested some of the confusion about TFSAs may revolve around the use of the word “savings” in the name and a better choice might have been a Tax Free Investment Account. ““There is so much discussion surrounding TFSAs but when it comes to understanding them Canadians are still bewildered,” says Carol Bezaire, vice president of tax and estate and strategic planning with Mackenzie Investments.

“People think of them as savings accounts but are not always aware that you can grow and invest that money in dividend paying stocks and mutual funds and get compounding growth.

We often hear people say that they already have a savings account and don’t need another and there’s no recognition of a TFSA season like there is an RRSP season. The fact of the matter is there are a lot of other uses of a TFSA that most people are not aware of.”

For example, it can be used for cash flow sharing.

A higher income spouse could gift money to a lower income spouse who could contribute the money to their TFSA and grow that money over time tax free.

You could use a TFSA to save and grow money and then take it out and use it to contribute to a registered charity (and receive a charitable donation tax credit) or to supplement savings in a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) for your children’s education.

Because you can withdraw contributions and then put them back into the account in the following year TFSAs can be used like a revolving line of credit and a way to save and grow money and then use it to pay down debt.

The survey also asked Canadians about their attitudes toward the TFSA and found that among those who do not have one 64 per cent said it was because they don’t have enough money to invest and 26 per cent said they don’t know enough about them.

“Canadians aren’t motivated to know all the details of the TFSA program and that’s where the help of a financial adviser can be invaluable to ensure people are truly maximizing the opportunity to invest and grow their savings,” Bezaire says. “Advisers can help explain how TFSAs work and also provide strategies to maximize investments.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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A variety of the cannabis oil available to customers is shown at the Cannabis Buyers Club, in Victoria, B.C., on June 11, 2015. Canadians who have been prescribed medical marijuana could one day see their insurance company footing the bill, experts predict, following the introduction of new Health Canada rules that allow for the sale of cannabis oils.

Insurance for medical marijuana on the horizon

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadians who have been prescribed medical marijuana could one day see their insurance company footing the bill, experts predict, following the introduction of new Health Canada rules that allow for the sale of cannabis oils.

Health Canada announced revamped medical marijuana regulations earlier this month after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that users of the drug should be permitted to consume it in other forms, such as oils and edibles, rather than having to smoke dried buds.

“You’re going to see insurance companies slowly start to creep into the sector,” says Khurram Malik, an analyst at Jacob Securities Inc., noting that the new regulations will allow medical marijuana producers to sell gel caps similar to those made from cod liver oil.

That will allow for more precise dosing, Malik says.

“When you’re trying to smoke a plant you have no idea how much you’re consuming, so that makes doctors a little nervous,” he said.

Experts say the changes are a major step towards legitimizing the drug in the eyes of doctors and insurers.

“When something doesn’t look different than other medicines, it becomes much easier for people to get comfortable with the idea that this is, in fact, a possible treatment option for patients,” says Bruce Linton, the chief executive of Smiths Falls, Ont.-based Tweed Marijuana Inc. (CVE:TWD).

However, medical marijuana producers still have one major hurdle to overcome before insurers begin routinely funding the drug — cannabis currently doesn’t have a drug identification number, known as a DIN. “If it was issued a DIN by Health Canada, it’s quite likely that the insurance companies would cover it,” says Wendy Hope, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc. “To obtain a DIN, the new form of

medical marijuana would need to go through the full Health Canada approval process like any new drug.”

As it stands, most insurance companies don’t routinely cover medical marijuana. But some insurers, including Manulife, say they will consider making an exception if the employer has specifically requested it for one of its employees.

“It’s up to the employer to ask if they want to have it covered,” says Hope.

Earlier this year, Sun Life agreed to pay for a University of Waterloo’s medical marijuana prescription through his student health plan after the student union went to bat for him. Jonathan Zaid, 22, uses the drug to combat a syndrome called new daily persistent headache.

Some health insurance companies may pay for medical marijuana through a health spending account, says Hope. But, she adds, “my understanding is it doesn’t happen often.”

Malik says the primary reason why medical marijuana doesn’t have a DIN is a lack of rigorous, clinical research on its efficacy.

“The evidence is very circumstantial — not your typical 10-year, doubleblind study that doctors and big pharmaceutical companies like to see,” Malik said.

He suspects that’s about to change.

“You’re going to see a lot of Canadian companies partnering up with universities overseas that are a little more progressive than the ones we have here, at least in this space, to drive this research forward and legitimize it in the eyes of doctors and get DIN numbers on these things,” Malik said.

Malik says there is a financial incentive for insurers to pay for medical marijuana, rather than shelling out for pricier chronic pain drugs such as opiates.

“From a dollars and cents standpoint, if marijuana is the same thing as a narcotic opiate, they would much rather cover marijuana because they’re in the business to make money,” Malik said.

Five things to watch for business this coming week

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A slew of Canadian companies report their second-quarter earnings this week. Here are five sectors to watch: Oil and gas: A number of oilpatch companies that have been battered by the slump in crude prices are out with their results this week. They include Imperial Oil, Suncor, Cenovus, Enbridge and TransCanada. The price of oil has slumped below the US$50 mark in recent days, grim news for Canada’s oil companies, not to mention the Canadian dollar.

Food: Restaurant Brands International, the owner of Tim Hortons and Burger King, reports its secondquarter results on Monday, one of several Canadian food/restaurant giants reporting over the week. Maple Leaf Foods, the country’s largest food producer, and baked-goods giant George Weston are also out with their results on Thursday and Friday respectively.

Maple Leaf reported a profit in the first quarter as it neared the completion of a long-term plan to replace old

meat-processing plants with modern facilities.

Media: Torstar is out with results on Wednesday, followed by Quebecor a day later. Quebecor recently announced its intention to make a bid for an NHL expansion team and return the Nordiques to Quebec City.

Gold: Some big Canadian gold miners report this week with the price of the precious metal in its worst slump in years.

On Wednesday, Agnico-Eagle Mines is out with results, as are Detour Gold and Kinross Gold. Goldcorp Inc. will have its results on Thursday.

Jets: One flies them, the other builds them. WestJet is out with its Q2 results on Tuesday as the airline’s pilots currently vote on whether to unionize, while struggling Bombardier reports on Thursday.

The Montreal aircraft-maker’s widely traded Class B shares have been in a dismal slump, falling to their lowest level in two decades last week as global demand for business aircraft wanes.

WestJet, however, a Bombardier customer, has publicly thrown its support behind the company.

Greek bailout talks format still being negotiated

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece — Greece and rescue lenders are still working out the format of upcoming talks, the labour minister said Sunday, confirming a delay in the negotiations for a third international bailout.

Giorgos Katrougalos told private Skai television Sunday that pre-negotiation discussions were still ongoing.

“The way the negotiations will take place is still being discussed within the government,” Katrougalos said.

Bailout negotiators from the European Commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund had been due to start arriving in Athens last Friday to start talks for the new rescue package worth an expected 85 billion euros ($93 billion).

But late Saturday, a government official said talks at a “technical level” were now set to start on Tuesday. The official asked not to be named because the negotiations were ongoing.

Katrougalos said Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and other Cabinet

colleagues were likely to meet directly with the inspectors — a move that had been previously ruled out by the country’s left-wing government.

“At the point we have reached, we are obliged to negotiate ... Faced with the prospect of financial collapse, we were forced to compromise,” he said.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, elected six months ago on an anti-bailout platform, had promised to end austerity measures and stop direct talks in Athens between ministers and debt inspectors.

But the government was forced to reach a compromise after banks and the stock market were closed late last month, as deposits ran dangerously low.

Banks have since reopened but strict limits on money withdrawal and other transactions remain in effect.

Tsipras’ government has already begun imposing new austerity measures demanded in return for the new bailout — but had relied on support from opposition parties after nearly a quarter of lawmakers in the ruling Syriza party opposed him.

Oliver overstepped by wading into BoC domain: expert FINANCE MINISTER SHARED OPINION ON MONETARY POLICY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal finance minister raised eyebrows last week by publicly sharing his opinion on monetary policy — not necessarily because of his view on the matter, but because some believe he ventured too far onto the Bank of Canada’s turf.

In response to a reporter’s question, Joe Oliver said the policy measure known as quantitative easing was “not on the table” as a response to Canada’s ongoing economic Joe Oliver downturn.

The comment has prompted questions about whether the territorial line between the Conservative government and the central bank has been blurred.

Technically, it’s Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz’s call whether to implement quantitative easing, where central banks buy government assets and other securities to boost the supply of money.

“I thought that Minister Oliver overstepped when ruling out (quantitative easing) because it’s not his decision,” said Ian Lee, an economics professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business.

“You may think that, you may privately say that, but that’s not the sort of thing I think the minister of finance should be saying. You know, just respect the sensibilities of the two positions.”

Lee, however, noted that while the Bank of Canada is supposed to be free to make its own decisions without the government’s input, the governor likely feels pressure to follow the finance minister’s lead.

The finance minister, after all, is the governor’s boss, he noted.

A clash of opinions that leads the finance minister to overrule the central bank governor can have big consequences.

“The governor of the Bank of Canada has two choices: either he resigns or he bows down to the government because they are elected and they have the electoral legitimacy which of course an appointee does not have,” Lee said.

“But generally the monetary side tries to keep its distance from the finance side and vice versa just because it can really roil markets and roil your currency markets.”

Conflicting views between a Bank of Canada governor and the government are not unprecedented — and have even led to a high-profile resignation.

‘WHEN YOU START MUCKING ABOUT WITH MONETARY POLICY TOO OVERTLY, IT CAN BLOW BACK ON YOU AND CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE.’ — IAN LEE ECONOMICS PROFESSOR AT CARLETON UNIVERSITY’S SPROTT SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Former governor James Coyne was forced to step down in 1961 after refusing to adopt the Diefenbaker government’s expansionist monetary policies. The controversy, known as the Coyne Affair, is recognized as a key event that made the helped make the bank more independent and transparent.

The dispute also inflicted political wounds on Diefenbaker’s Tories, Lee said.

“When you start mucking about with monetary policy too overtly, it can blow back on you and cause great damage,” he said.

Oliver is not the only Harper finance minister to wade into the debate on the controversial measure of quantitative easing.

In October 2013, then-finance minister Jim Flaherty told reporters he never supported quantitative easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve, even though he appeared to back the move in 2010.

At the time, Flaherty’s strong stance on the issue appeared to reveal a disagreement with Poloz.

Testifying before the House of Commons that same month, Poloz admitted any decision on quantitative easing would be a “team” effort between the central bank and the finance minister.

Stephen Gordon, an economics professor at Laval University in Quebec City, said comments from finance ministers on matters of monetary policy are “worrisome.”

“You start hearing this point more than once and from more than one finance minister, you start to wonder,” Gordon said.

“If the Bank of Canada decides that it is a good idea, does that mean (the finance minister) is going to bring down the hammer and say, ’No, that’s it, you’re fired’?”

CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said the Bank of Canada governor has less independence than the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, who cannot be forced to quit over policy decisions.

Federal Reserve chairs are sometimes openly criticized by the president, he added, while in Canada the government and governor are supposed to be on the same page, at least in public.

But Shenfeld said Bank of Canada governors

maintain some freedom because any government move to replace them would be a “rare, shocking event.”

“They would take flak for that,” Shenfeld said, referring to the public response.

“There’s obviously political consequences for having a public disagreement with the central bank governor.”

As for Oliver’s remarks on quantitative easing last week in Toronto, Shenfeld said the Bank of Canada’s economic forecast isn’t dire enough to make a case for the measure anyway.

Oliver’s office did not immediately respond Sunday to a request for comment.

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Exercise good for those with Alzheimer’s

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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This photo provided by the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center shows Michael Gendy of King, N.C. Gendy continues to exercise after participating in a Wake Forest School of Medicine study that found aerobic activity may lower a risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s. their heart rate deliberately low while doing simple stretch classes that allowed them to socialize.

MRI scans showed the exercisers experienced increased blood flow in brain regions important for memory and thought processing — while cognitive tests showed a corresponding improvement in their attention, planning and organizing abilities, what scientists call the brain’s “executive function,” Baker reported.

Most intriguing, tests of spinal fluid also showed a reduction in levels of that worrisome tau protein in exercisers over age 70.

“This is really exciting,” said Dr. Laurie Ryan of the National Institute on Aging. “It’s too soon to say that lowers risk” of worsening memory, she cautioned, saying longer studies must test if sticking with exercise makes a lasting difference.

Later this year, Baker will begin a national study that will test 18 months of exercise in people with mild cognitive impairment.

—Danish researchers reported vigorous exercise prevented neuropsychiatric symptoms — aggression, irritability, delusions — in older adults with mild Alzheimer’s. Scientists at the University of Copenhagen studied 200 older adults for four months, and didn’t find overall memory improvements, although the fraction that exercised the most intensely did see some improvement in their mental speed and attention. But improving quality of life is important because those neuropsychiatric symptoms can complicate care dramatically and are one reason that dementia patients end up in nursing homes, said NIA’s Ryan.

—At the University of British Columbia, researchers studied 60 seniors with a different kind of mild memory impairment — caused by clogged arteries — and found six months of mostly treadmill exercise triggered improvements on cognitive tests.

Back in North Carolina, a participant in Baker’s study said that learning to regularly exercise was challenging

Health Canada to review prescription status of drug that counters opioid ODs

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Health Canada has agreed to review the prescription-only status of an antidote used to treat heroin and other opioid overdoses.

A number of provinces have called for naloxone to be easier to access, so people who might one day need it can keep it on hand.

The idea would be to treat naloxone like EpiPens and insulin, the department suggested in a press release, which was issued without fanfare on Friday.

“In the event Health Canada’s initial assessment finds that the benefits of expanding access appear to outweigh potential risks, the next step would be a public consultation,” the department said in the release.

It suggested the full process could be completed in about 18 months.

In April 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an easy-to-use device that injects naloxone, which is also known by the brand name Narcan.

The device is meant to be used as a first step in response to an overdose — the drug can be administered to try to keep the person alive until an ambulance arrives.

Normally, a manufacturer is the party that applies to have a drug’s prescription status reviewed.

But Health Canada can also initiate the process, if it believes there is a health and safety benefit to allowing easier access to a drug.

A number of provinces and cities have already started programs in which they give out “rescue” kits containing naloxone and syringes to opioid users or their families and friends. For instance, Edmonton and Toronto have programs which arm volunteers with kits and training on how to use them.

Earlier this week, the Alberta government announced it would pay for 1,000 naloxone kits to be distributed in a variety of centres in the province. Funding was also promised for another 2,250 kits, if they are

but he’s glad he did. Michael Gendy, 62, said he’d never noticed memory problems before but now says he doesn’t get tired as easily while climbing stairs, sleeps better and occasionally notices a little speedier memory.

“They helped me gear my mind toward how important it is,” he said of continuing to keep active.

Baker said sedentary seniors can learn to exercise safely but they have to work up to it gradually, starting 10 minutes at a time.

“We baby these people,” she said.

“They’re afraid of gyms. They don’t have confidence in their own ability.

We give them intensive one-on-one attention.”

Gendy is trying to stick with his newfound exercise habits, taking a brisk evening walk or a bike ride despite the summer heat and signing up for occasional classes at the local YMCA. “I’m going to keep on as long as I can, as long as my bones and my muscles and my brain can withstand all this,” he said.

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Health Canada is reviewing the prescription-only status of an antidote used to treat drug overdoses. The contents of a drug overdose rescue kit is seen at a training session in Buffalo, N.Y., on how to administer naloxone, which reverses the effects of heroin and prescription painkillers. needed.

Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said the move was a response to the growing number of fentanyl-related deaths across Alberta.

Health Canada said that as a first step in its risk assessment, it has asked provinces and cities to share the data

they have on naloxone use.

“While naloxone has been used safely in Canadian hospitals for more than 40 years, Health Canada’s risk assessment would examine all elements, including the risks of use in the initial absence of a health professional,” the statement said.

LONDON — The European Medicines Agency has recommended approving what would be the world’s first licensed malaria vaccine, even though it’s only about 30 per cent effective and its protection fades over time.

In a statement Friday, the agency endorsed the vaccine’s use outside Europe, a regulatory process that helps speed new medicines to the market.

The recommendation to license the vaccine, known as Mosquirix and made

by GlaxoSmithKline, must still be approved by the European Commission.

The World Health Organization will next consider the evidence and recommend how the shot be used.

It’s unlikely donors would pay for the vaccine without WHO’s guidance, especially since it only protects about one-third of the children vaccinated.

“This is not the big game-changer that we were hoping for,” said Dr. Martin De Smet, a malaria expert at Doctors Without Borders.

“The vaccine itself remains disappointing but this is an important step forward.”

Still, De Smet said the vaccine could help reduce the huge burden of malaria, which sees 200 million new cases and more than 500,000 deaths every year, mostly in African children.

“In countries where children get four to six episodes of malaria a year, this will make a big difference,” he said, adding that people should still keep using bed nets to protect against mosquitoes.

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WASHINGTON — Exercise may do more than keep a healthy brain fit: New research suggests working up a good sweat may also offer some help once memory starts to slide— and even improve life for people with Alzheimer’s.

The effects were modest, but a series of studies reported Thursday found vigorous workouts by people with mild memory impairment decreased levels of a warped protein linked to risk of later Alzheimer’s — and improved quality of life for people who already were in early stages of the disease.

“Regular aerobic exercise could be a fountain of youth for the brain,” said cognitive neuroscientist Laura Baker of Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina, who reported some of the research at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

Doctors have long advised that people keep active as they get older. Exercise is good for the heart, which in turn is good for the brain.

Lots of research shows physical activity can improve cognition in healthy older people, potentially lowering their risk of developing dementia.

With no medications yet available that can slow Alzheimer’s creeping brain destruction, the new findings point to lifestyle changes that might make a difference after memory impairment begins as well.

The caveat: Check with a doctor to determine what’s safe for a person’s overall medical condition, especially if they already have Alzheimer’s.

“It’s important for caregivers especially to think how to keep loved ones as engaged as possible. The last thing they should do is keep their loved one at home watching TV,” said Alzheimer’s Association chief science officer Maria Carrillo. How much exercise? In studies from North Carolina, Denmark and Canada, people got 45 minutes to an hour of aerobic exercise three or four times a week, compared to seniors who stuck with their usual schedule.

“You’re panting and sweating,” said Baker, whose research is getting particular attention because it’s one of the first to find exercise can affect tau, an Alzheimer’s hallmark that causes tangles in brain cells.

Baker studied 71 previously sedentary older adults who have hard-to-spot memory changes called mild cognitive impairment that can increase risk of developing Alzheimer’s.

They wore monitors to be sure the exercisers raised their heart rate enough and that the control group kept

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‘I started too high’ ROSEANNE BARR REFLECTS ON THE SONG THAT CHANGED HER LIFE 25 YEARS AGO

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES You hear her voice first. “Tell me when I can start? Right now?”

Roseanne’s hair is chopped. She’s wearing a baggy, untucked white shirt.

From the start, she’s racing and slipping out of tune. When she gets to “ramparts,” we hear the first screech.

There is a nervous chuckle. Fingers in her ears. Boos rain down.

It is 25 years later and still, the night Roseanne Barr sang The Star-Spangled Banner at a Padres game remains the stuff of legend. The shrieking. The crotch grab. The president of the United States calling her out. Barr’s National Anthem attempt just might be the most viral moment of the pre-viral age.

And the incident is still raw. But after considerable e-nudging this week, she agreed to answer questions about the moment, explaining — perhaps more clearly than ever — how she found herself in the center of Jack Murphy Stadium screeching her way to infamy.

“I was singing in my act at the time — and I am a good singer — I was flattered and fully intended to sing a good version of the song,” she writes.

Just days before the doubleheader, Barr appeared on The Tonight Show.

Johnny Carson, the king of late night, offered a nugget of advice to Barr, the “domestic queen” of America’s highest-rated television show.

“Whatever you do, don’t start too high,’” she remembers Johnny telling her. “Robert Goulet started too high and it was a disaster.”

So what happened?

“I started too high. I knew about six notes in that I couldn’t hit the big note.

So I just tried to get through it, but I couldn’t hear anything with 50,000 drunk a— booing, screaming ‘you fat

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Rosanne Barr’s National Anthem attempt at a Padres game just might be the most viral moment of the pre-viral age. (expletive),’ giving me the finger and throwing bottles at me during the song they ‘respect’ so much.”

Quick reminder: At the time, Barr’s deadpan delivery and fresh take made her an icon for working-class mothers everywhere. Her recent marriage to small-time comic Tom Arnold, though, seemed worrisome.

How exactly Barr got in front of thousands of Padres fans that day remains foggy. For years, people have pinned it on then-team owner Tom Werner, whose company produced Roseanne and The Cosby Show.

But Werner, now part owner of the Boston Red Sox, informed me this week that the idea came from Andy Strasberg, then the team’s vice-president of marketing. Strasberg, when I reached him, wiggled like a Phil Niekro knuckler. He spent more than a half hour trying to avoid confirming, denying or explaining Werner’s account.

Strasberg did say that he had his concerns. He first pitched that Barr

perform Take Me Out to the Ballgame.

That rejected, he suggested Barr prerecord the anthem. That, too, was rebuffed. By who? Strasberg, naturally, won’t say.

“To me, the focus should be on what transpired on the field,” says Strasberg.

Fair enough.

“I watch that tape a lot,” says Barr’s son, Jake Pentland, who was 12 at the time and standing in the Padres dugout. “Mostly because I know my mother and I know how embarrassed she was.

I can see the panic in her face about two or three notes in. This one little frame of terror. I laugh so hard because I think a lot of people, at the moment, would just stop and try to do it again. But she sang every note.”

She did. Other, more experienced singers, have struggled more. But what Barr delivered at the end of her performance, after a particularly drawn out, screeching “FREEEEEEE,” is what likely put POTUS on the case.

She grabs her crotch, spits to her right and walks off with arms raised, as if drawing power from the boo-birds.

Was she mocking the flag? Was she taunting the fans? No, she says.

Barr had a plan. This was the era of The Naked Gun and Major League, when mocking ballplayers for their nasty habits became comedy gold. She says that some of the Padres suggested, preperformance, that she punctuate her anthem with the grab. They thought it would be hilarious. Instead, in the aftermath, two Padres veterans in particular — future Hall-of-Famer Tony Gwynn and pitcher Eric Show — slammed her act as insulting.

Reds reliever Rob Dibble was in the other dugout. He says he always got the joke.

“When I saw Roseanne Barr, I knew she would try to do something funny. If Amy Schumer were to sing the National Anthem today, she would put her own comedic twist on it,” he says.

Barr concedes that her comedy timing was thrown off by her vocal meltdown.

“Had it gone better, I would have taken a longer beat between singing and the ‘tribute’ to baseball players,” she writes. “But at that point, I just wanted to get out of there.”

With good reason. Calvin Schiraldi, the Padres game two starter, looked out from the dugout and saw the normally sedate San Diego fans fuming.

“They were like fire ants,” he says.

I asked Barr if she regretted showing up that day.

“Actually, no, I don’t regret any of it,” she continued, noting that it helped her re-connect with Judaism and find her way out of her marriage with Arnold. She has also performed the National Anthem since then, without any issues.

“I’m glad that I still love to sing.”

What we lose when movie theaters aren’t safe COMMENT

A week after James Holmes, who killed 12 people and wounded 70 at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, in 2012, was convicted of murder, gunshots ripped through a movie theater again. This time, a shooter opened fire at the Grand Theater 16 in Lafayette, Louisiana, during a screening of Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow’s romantic comedy Trainwreck, killing two people and wounding nine others before committing suicide.

It may be that the killer chose Trainwreck for a reason in the same way that Holmes styled himself after the Batman villain the Joker. But whatever his reasoning, it’s worth pausing for a moment to consider our specific losses as another arena of public life begins to feel unsafe.

These mass shootings aren’t the first time that movie theaters have seemed like dangerous places. As William J. Mann wrote in Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood, a 1920 panic at the New Catherine theater in New York resulted in a stampede: six children, many of them immigrants, were crushed to death.

Ellen O’Grady, the city’s first policewoman and the official “in charge of the city’s public welfare laws as they related to motion picture theaters,” used the tragedy to advocate for an NYPD crackdown on theater owners, including plans to arrest anyone who admitted a child without the protective presence of an adult.

But if the New Catherine theater was a mass tragedy with no one in particular to blame, the attacks in Aurora and Lafayette are something far worse.

As American Film Institute president and Chief Executive Bob Gazzale said in a statement, “Going to a summer movie is a celebration of the American creative spirit and one of our nation’s most beloved pastimes.” And that beloved pastime, while not necessarily a moral act, is a deeply vulnerable one.

When you go to a movie theater, you are deciding to sit for two hours in the dark with dozens, even hundreds of people, you don’t know. Unlike on a plane, or even in a live theater or concert performance, to name other captive experiences that put us in close proximity with strangers, there often aren’t paid staff in the theater with

Ant-Man inches past Pixels by to take first place at box office

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Ant-Man crept past new opener Pixels to claim the top spot at the box office this weekend by an ant-sized margin. The Disney and Marvel superhero pic brought in $24.8 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to $106.1 million according to Rentrak estimates Sunday.

Pixels, meanwhile, just barely missed first place with a $24 million debut. While studios always hope for the bragging rights of a No. 1 debut, the real issue here is whether or not the Adam Sandler end of the world comedy will make up its $88 million production budget.

“It’s been a little competitive in the marketplace when you consider the extent of the performance of Jurassic and Inside Out,” said Sony’s President of Worldwide Distribution Rory Bruer.

“To get to where we opened to was quite good.”

Critics were not fond of Pixels, which shows 1980s video arcade game characters attacking Earth, but younger audiences still turned out to theatres — an estimated 62 per cent were under the age of 25.

Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s senior media analyst, said Sandler can still attract an audience, but the expensive film has a lot of ground to make up.

“They’re really going to have to count on the international component.

That’s going to be key,” he said.

Overall, the box office is down 3 per cent from the same weekend last year, when Lucy opened particularly strong.

Dergarabedian said that though some are attempting to link last week’s theatre shootings to any dip in the box office this weekend, “the numbers just don’t bear it out.”

Holdovers Minions and Trainwreck took the third and fourth spots with $22.1 million and $17.3 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, the R-rated boxing drama Southpaw surpassed expectations and landed a place in the top five with its $16.5 million opening.

Dergarabedian said that its performance is likely due to star Jake Gyllenhaal’s enthusiastic promotion of the film and also the fact that it provides an alternative to the standard summer blockbuster fare.

“Southpaw felt like a really good fall movie,” he said.

Paper Towns, an adaptation of John Green’s coming-of-age novel, opened in sixth place with $12.5 million. The Fox film only cost $12 million to produce, but considering Green’s fan base and last year’s massive $48 million debut of The Fault in Our Stars, which Green also wrote, it’s a bit disappointing.

A straight comparison isn’t entirely fair, though. The Fault in Our Stars had a much bigger following and transcended age and gender groups with its story of two teens dying of cancer and falling in love.

you, watching for disruptions or quietly managing other people’s behavior.

Often, if you’re polite, and if you want to give yourself fully over to the experience unfolding on the screen, you’ve turned off your phone, putting another step between yourself and calling for help if it should suddenly prove necessary.

Once the lights go down and the previews (and pre-previews, sadly) come up, we’re giving ourselves over not just to the conditions of the movie theater, but to the story on screen. This is what makes film so powerful, and what in the past has made it seem so threatening to decency crusaders who decried the medium’s impact on children and immigrants.

Whatever divides us before we take our plushly cushioned stadium seats or our places in community theater chairs worn thin by decades of showings, we’ve been drawn together by the same story. And that story will continue to unite us, at least for a little while, as we spill back into the bright heat of summer daylight, or the cool of the evening, and talk about what we’ve just seen.

This isn’t to say that the movies automatically produce some kind of mindless consensus: we bring our differences into the theater with us, and

they inform the sometimes radically divergent things we take away from the same images projected on hundreds of similar screens. The movies, though, can help define the parameters of our conversations.

We may not want the same results out of a fantasy of American power projection such as The Avengers franchise, the glimpse into a president’s inner life on his most difficult days we get in Lincoln, or a brutal journey into the realities of slavery and the precarious nature of black freedom in 12 Years a Slave. But there’s something powerful in finding ourselves attracted to the same basic narratives and the same big, American ideas.

We don’t think of movie theaters as sacrosanct spaces, the way we assume that schools or churches — the sites of other recent horrific mass shootings — will be. But the act of attending a film requires a similar, perhaps even greater, trust that a group of complete strangers can come together in fleeting community; that we can briefly stop sizing one another up and simply surrender to an experience together, in safety and shared wonder.

Alyssa Rosenberg writes The Post’s Act Four blog.

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DURWARD Alice Christina Mary 1910 - 2015 Alice Christina Mary Durward of Evarts, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Lacombe Extended Care Facility on July 17, 2015 at the age of 105.

Alice was born on June 17, 1910 in Elgin, Scotland, the third child of Peter and Maggie Cameron. The Cameron family immigrated to Canada in 1912 and initially settled in the farming community of Ferintosh, near Camrose, Alberta. Shortly thereafter, the Cameron family moved to a farm in the Marianne District, and it was here that Alice attended the Marianne school for her first eight years. The Camerons relocated to the Evarts District in 1924 where Alice completed her education. Alice met her future husband, Harry Durward, who had emigrated from Scotland to the Winterburn area before he moved to the Marianne district in 1929. In 1939 Alice joined Harry in Kamloops, where they were married. The Durwards continued to live in Kamloops before moving to Vancouver in 1942 when Harry gained employment in a steel works company. In 1944 their son, Wilson was born and in 1946 Harry and Alice returned to the Evarts district to take up farming on the PN Cameron home quarter where Alice had grown up. Alice continued to live on the “farm” until 2005 when she moved to the Sylvan Lake Seniors Lodge where she resided until 2013 when a series of health episodes necessitated her move to a long care facility in Lacombe. By her own admission, Alice was a “farmer”... proud of her farming heritage and intent on being actively involved in its continued stewardship until the end.

Alice believed in community participation. She was an energetic member of both the Evarts Ladies Aid and the Evarts Community Club. Alice also had a long association with the Benalto Agricultural Society - first as a child exhibitor during the Fair’s formative days, latterly as a dedicated Director and finally as a proud recipient of a Life Membership in the “Ag Society”. Alice’s community activity was not limited to the purely secular. She was a regular member of the Evarts Presbyterian Church until it closed, and subsequently of the Sylvan Lake Memorial Presbyterian Church where she was a faithful member of the Senior Choir for many years.

Alice was predeceased by her husband Harry in 1982. She is survived by her son Wilson of Burnaby, British Columbia as well as five nephews and nieces: Robert (Muriel) Bramall and Dennis (Ardis) Bramall of Evarts, Fraser (Phyllis) Bramall of Gaetz, Peter (Barbara) Bramall of Tokorora, New Zealand, and Allison Storey of Courtenay, BC as well as many grand, great-grand, and great-great-grand nephews and nieces. A memorial service will be held in the Sylvan Lake Memorial Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 2:00 pm after cremation has taken place with the Reverend Joanne Lee officiating. In lieu of floral tributes, friends may wish to donate memorial tributes in Alice’s name to the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, or to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

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Oilfield

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Bar W Petroleum & Electric Dispatcher/Service Coordinator Assistant Fast paced Service Company is currently looking for a Service Coordinator Assistant.

Duties include: Answering multi-line phone system, coordinating and managing service calls, create, schedule and manage/ track work orders and purchase orders, data entry, ensure all supporting documents are received.

Candidates must be organized, thorough and have good time management skills, good communication skills and proficient at typing with a high rate of accuracy and attention to detail, proficient in Word and Excel, demonstrate the ability to respond to rapidly changing situations and make critical decisions in a timely fashion.

BEARSPAW is a moderately sized oil and gas company operating primarily in the Stettler and Drumheller areas. We are currently accepting applications for a

JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR

COLTER ENERGY LP IS NOW HIRING

WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators

• Have current Safety certificates including H2S in our Stettler Field.

• Be prepared to work in Applicants need to be remote locations for mechanically inclined, extended periods of time motivated to work hard • Must be physically fit and learn quickly.

• Competitive wages, benefits Associated industry and RRSP offered experience eg. instrumenPlease email resume with tation or facilities current driver’s abstract to: construction experience jbecker@colterenergy.ca would be an asset but is not necessarily required.

This position offers a diverse and challenging work environment with competitive pay, attractive SERVICE RIG benefits and the ability to Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd grow within the organizais seeking a tion. Applicants must live FLOORHAND or be willing to relocate to Locally based, home every within a 20 minute night! Qualified applicants commute of the work must have all necessary place location (Stettler).

Please Submit Resume’s valid tickets for the position Please fax resumes to: being applied for.

Attention Human 403-347-9310 or email Bearspaw offers a Resources administration @ very competitive salary Email: payroll@ barwpetroleum.com and benefits package bearspawpet.com along with a steady Fax: (403) 252-9719 Classifieds...costs so little Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th work schedule.

Saves you so much!

Please submit resumes: Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3K 0S3 Attn: Human Resources Email: to add payroll@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or A Picture of Your Loved One Mail to: Suite 5309, With Your Announcement 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

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Restaurant/ Hotel

810

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS LTD Become an Optician?

jobs CLASSIFICATIONS

REQUIREMENTS -Grade 12, GED, or assessed equivalent -Must be a Canadian citizen Enrollment starts May 1 - Aug. 15, 2015 Course cost $3000/yr.

Employer will payroll deduction for assistance, if req’d.

EARN WHILE YOU LEARN Full time employment 40/hrs/wk Training & Practicum hours proved to successful candidate.

Mon. - Fri. 10-7 Sat. 9-6 Medical/Dental Benefits To arrange for an interview, please call 403-347-7889

700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

800

Oilfield

Would you like to become an Optician?

Earn your Diploma in Optical Sciences at NAIT’S 2 yr. program

710

60 YR Old lady with MS seeking F/T live-in nurse maid in country. Drivers licence would be an asset.

Wages $15.75/hr. per 44 hr. week. 403-722-2182 or email: wayneleorasmith@gmail.com FULL-TIME caregiver needed for senior lady recovering from stroke in Sylvan home. 403-887-2993

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TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive salary and job bonuses. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

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hether it happened Yesterday or Today, Whatever you want to say, To celebrate your special day...

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5240

Oilfield

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

JOHNSON Allen 1957 -2015 Allen passed away suddenly at the RDRH on July 16, 2015 at the age of 57. He will be sadly missed by commonlaw wife Louella Liebig; children Quentin Liebig, Theresa (Sam) Webster; and grand-children Micheal, Samantha, William and Elizabeth.

Per Allen’s request, there will be no service.

Monday, July 27, 2015

Now Hiring NORTH HILL (6889 50 AVE) LOCATION FULL TIME

SUPERVISORS • Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities • Medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

LOOKING for line cooks.

Must have some cooking experience and work well in a team atmosphere. chillabongs@hotmail.com Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY Buying or Selling your home?

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First steps, first words, first birthday.

CELEBRATIONS everyday

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Accounting

1010

Contractors

1100

RMD RENOVATIONS INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals WOOD fences starting at RW Smith, 346-9351 $18/ft. 403-352-4034

Cleaning

1070

GET your floors professionally refinished to high gloss 403-392-7847

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Handyman Services

1200

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Massage Therapy

1280

Roofing

1370

FANTASY SPA

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

10 - 2am Private back entry

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

403-341-4445

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Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, July 27, 2015 Restaurant/ Hotel

820

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 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 Service Supervisor Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

4 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

860

Truckers/ Drivers

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

880

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PAT’S Off-Road Transport is currently hiring

experienced managers

for our Canadian Division.

We are proud to offer our employees on the job skill development training to enable their career growth and an opportunity to advance within our company.

Position description: Managers are accountable for the welfare and operational excellence of their crew. They are responsible to promote teamwork, ensure their team complies with all Company Health, Safety & Environment policies and regulations, improve JJAM Management (1987) performance and seek out Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s new opportunities, along Requires to work at these with ensuring all paperRed Deer, AB locations: work is completed in a 5111 22 St. timely manner. Managers 37444 HWY 2 S must do direct sales with 37543 HWY 2N clients and potential clients.

700 3020 22 St. Manager/Food Services Position responsibilities: Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

- Effectively communicate Wknd, day, night & eves. with upper management, Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

Crew and our Clients in 40 hrs/week, + benefits , the planning coordination 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., and execution of our criminal record check req’d. services Req’d education some - Review all functions and secondary. Apply in ensure they are error free person or fax resume to: and within the capacity of 403-314-1303 For full job the crew and equipment description visit www.

- Plan and coordinate timhortons.com - Ensure all equipment is JJAM Management (1987) inspected and properly Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s configured to meet Requires to work at these treatment requirements Red Deer, AB locations: - Complete and submit all 5111 22 St. paperwork including 37444 HWY 2 S invoices, logbooks, 37543 HWY 2N pre-trip and post-trip 700 3020 22 St. inspections, etc. to meet FOOD ATTENDANT specified deadlines Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening Position qualifications: both full and part time.

- Team leadership 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + - Must be willing to relocate benefits. Start ASAP. - Fit for work Job description - Extensive heavy truck www.timhortons.com driving experience and Education and experience clean Driver’s Abstract not req’d.

- First Aid / CPR Apply in person or fax - H2S Alive resume to: 403-314-1303 To apply: Please attach your resume including a Tired of Standing? list of your current certificaFind something to sit on tions and current Driver’s in Classifieds Abstract, and email it to patsoffroad@thehat.ca or The Tap House Pub & Grill fax to 403-504-1711 req’s full and part time COOKS AND DISHWASHERS. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

1640

Tools

850

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 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

JOURNEYMAN Welder required: Is capable of performing a variety of welding functions. The individual should be familiar with and capable of using various types of welding equipment. Please submit resumes to calvin@ decoking.com. Thank you for your interest

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Sale

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100 VHS movies, $75.

403-885-5020 3 DIAMOND Willow walking sticks $20; silk plant CLASSIFICATIONS 5 1/2’ $30; long handled car wash brush, like new FOR RENT • 3000-3200 $20; peanut butter jars WANTED • 3250-3390 $1/ea, blown glass water pitcher w/6 glasses $30; set of 3 porcelain song Houses/ birds $35. 403-309-5494 Duplexes CORN FLOWER plate, 14” diameter, good cond., $5, 3 BDRM, 3 flr, 3 bath, still available; and herb finished basement w bath, planter, beautiful beige and 5 appl., deck, 3 car parking white ceramic, 7 cups for on site, newly painted and herbs, like new cond., carpeted, clean house at SOLD. 403-314-9603 7316 - 59 Ave. for August 1.

Rent/DD $1700 to over 35 yr old working tenant famiAdvocate ly. Ph:403-341-4627 Opportunities for questions.

rentals

3020

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

JACK MACAULEY

1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

2 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

CAR booster seat with two cup holders, good cond., $5. 403-314-9603

ANDERS AREA

1630

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

ONE bdrm. bsmt., avail. immed. $750 plus1/3 utils.

Call Bob 403-872-3400 PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. immed. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441

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Rooms For Rent

BLACKFALDS, $600, all inclusive. 403-358-1614 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

3190

Mobile Lot

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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PADS $450/mo.

2 BDRM. bsmt suite. Rent Brand new park in Lacombe. $950 DD same avail. Aug. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 1 403-348-1304 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult Down payment $4000. Call bldg, free laundry, very at anytime. 403-588-8820 clean, quiet, Avail. Sept.1 $900/mo., S.D. $650.

403-304-5337 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d. 1 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d. 403-346-1458 2x2 BDRM apts, one with CLASSIFICATIONS balcony, no pets, free laundry, fairly new carpet and 4000-4190 paint, large, to over 35 year old, quiet living working tenants. 5910 - 55 Ave., Realtors Ph: 403-341-4627. Rent & Services $1150 and $1100 with D.D., the same.

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 FEMALE TENANT wanted, A.I.S.H. welcome, incld’s furnished bdrm., kitchen facilities, washer/dryer & utils. $500. rent & S.D. Phone Dalyse after 6 pm.

HERE TO HELP weekdays 403-896-3722 & HERE TO SERVE or Mike 403-346-8581 Call GORD ING at GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

RE/MAX real estate apartments, avail. immed, central alberta 403-341-9995 rent $875 403-596-6000 gord.ing@remax.net

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homes

MORRISROE AREA

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307 ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat.

Pidherney’s requires the following for work based out of the Blackfalds Office We require experienced

VANIER AREA

Heavy Civil Construction Equipment Operators Pidherney’s offers: • Top wages paid on experience • Benefit package • Career Advancement Opportunities First Aid and Ground Disturbance certificates required.

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TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308 at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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GROW WITH US

3 ACRES in Sundance Hills 20 minutes outside of Red Deer Lovely Bungalow with a view Huge 32’ X 36’ Shop $669,000 Call Today to View!

Jack Macauley (403) 357-4156 Sutton Landmark Realty

2009 DURAMAX GMC 3/4 ton 120,000 kms, full load, 403-227-6794 403-05-4193

2007 Ford Ranger Level II 6 cyl auto 4x4 loaded.

Clean.. Priced to Buy Call 403-318 3040

“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050 SUNNYBROOK 1500 sq. ft bungalow for sale by owner. 4 bedrooms up. 2.5 baths. Large double detached garage. Upgrades.

403-505-1663

Motorcycles

5080

2008 YAMAHA Royal Star 10,000 kms $8500 403-350-9893

5120

Holiday Trailers

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

WHISPERING Pines golf course lots on 2nd fairway, facing west.

Phase 4, lots #38 & #39.

Fully serviced. Listed at $88,888 each. “ MAKE ME AN OFFER FOR BOTH “ Call Nes : Royal LePage Benchmark (403) 601-2760 Cell (403) 990-5122

GRAND VILLA SALEM, 3 slides, $34,000 obo.

Contact Rennie Green, 587-225-7070

5160

Boats & Marine

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

4160

Lots For Sale

Residential Building Lots in a Gated, Maintenance Free Golf & Lake Bedroom community, 25 minutes from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact Mike at 1-403-588-0218 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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WatersEdge Marina Full Title Boat Slips Starting at $58,000 Located in Brand New Marina, Downtown Sylvan Lake, AB www.watersedgeslyvan.com 2006 SEADOO RXT, 66 hrs., Ezload trailer, tarp, new battery, mint cond., $6,900. 403-357-4770

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CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

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ANTIQUE cars. Exc. running cond. Call for details. 403-396-2396

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Advocate Opportunities ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA

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

Flyer carriers needed for afternoon delivery 2 days/week Wed. & Fri. on Weddell Cres. & William Cl.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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Trucks

ALSO

WESTPARK

Vanier Drive Victor Close ************************

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., CLEAN.. Priced to buy Call 403-318 3040

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

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Sagewood Close/Sawyer Close

EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

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Houses For Sale

Antique & Classic Autos To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

SOUTHBROOK AREA

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Beatty Cres/Barrett Drive Baile Close/Boyce St. Bunn Cres/Baird St.

Sherwood Cres.

Stirling Close Scott St.

Pidherney’s

THE NORDIC

CARRIERS REQUIRED

SUNNYBROOK AREA

(403) 896-3244 Father/daughter team Sutton Landmark Realty suttonrd@shaw.ca

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

BOWER AREA

Marion Cres/Mackenzie Cres.

Metcalf Ave/Mayberry McKinnon/Munro Cres.

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Suites

2015 TOYOTA 4Runner Limited, remote start, lots of extras, 490 km, $53,000 obo. 403-392-5446

AND JACQUI FLETCHER

Advocate Opportunities

Archibald Cres.

WOODEN toy helicopter, good cond., $5; and wooden food sets by Melissa and Doug, large variety, complete sets, very good cond., $75 for all sets.

403-314-9603

CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 Plex, 2+1 bdrms., 1.5 baths, $1100, N/S, no pets. 403-391-1780 NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

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SUV's

(403) 357-4156

4010

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

1500-1990

Please forward resumes to: hr@pidherneys.com or fax: 403-845-5370 Attention: Dave McLaughlin, in confidence.

1 & 2 bdrm., Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

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1900

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MORRISROE MANOR

3050

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Realtors & Services

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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CLASSIFICATIONS

EquipmentHeavy

3 BDRM. house in Rimbey $1200 +/mo.

403-704-6397 3 BDRM. main floor, approx 1000 sq.ft. Shared Laundry. $950 + utils. 403-660-7094

Condos/ Townhouses

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Suites

1830

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

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3020

Houses/ Duplexes

For Rent - 2 bedroom apt with in suite laundry, A/C, elevator & underground parking. $1475/month, does not include utilities.

No Smoking, No Pets.

3430 49 Ave Red Deer.

Call 403-350-0989 SEIBEL PROPERTY 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, starting at $1150. For more info 403-347-7545 or 403-304-7576 SOUTHWOOD PARK Goods 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, Household AIR HOCKEY by Sportsgenerously sized, 1 1/2 Furnishings craft was $900 new, exc. baths, fenced yards, cond, $195. 403-352-8811 full bsmts. 403-347-7473, TWO dining room chairs, Sorry no pets. upholstered seat and back, GOLF clubs and misc. www.greatapartments.ca beige, frame and legs dark clubs and bag $20 and wood, from SEARS. Paid up. 403-314-0804 $300. Asking $125 obo for 4 Plexes/ the pair. 403-342-2537 T-BAR back roll sports 6 Plexes equipment, hardly used, WANTED asking $100 obo Call 3 BDRM., no pets, Antiques, furniture and 403-346-4263 $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 estates. 342-2514 ACROSS from park, Travel Oriole Park, 3 bdrm.

Stereos 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls.

Packages TV's, VCRs Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or Aug. 1.

TRAVEL ALBERTA SONY Trinitron tv 26” 403-304-5337 Alberta offers w/remote, used little $75, SOMETHING also black glass tv stand, CLEARVIEW for everyone. bought at Sims $125.

3 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls., Make your travel 403-352-8811 1 1/2 baths, Rent $1075. plans now. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail.

Misc. for Aug. 1. 403-304-5337

stuff

Children's Items

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OLDER Rockwell table OVER 100 LP records, (45 saw, asking $150 obo & 78). $100. 403-885-5020 403-342-1934 PS4 Playstation brand SKILL SAW, Craftsman new, retail $450, 7.25, $50. 403-314-0804 sell $300 cash VARIETY of miscellaneous 403-728-3336 403-350-0959 tools, $20. 403-885-5020 VINTAGE Royal Doulton Beswick horse, brown shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high Firewood $40; Merrell Ortholite shoes, air cushioned, size 6 1/2, like new $25. Lazy AFFORDABLE recliner, tall style, Homestead Firewood Boy, Spruce, Pine - Split. Avail. beige, $95. 403-352-8811 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. Cats PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 LOGS 1 BALINESE kitten, Semi loads of pine, spruce, 1 Siamese $60/ea; tamarack, poplar.

403-887-3649 Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging Sporting 403-318-4346

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Misc. for Sale

DOWNTOWN / WOODLEA 55 St. and 47A Ave. area $95.84/mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

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MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

South Dakota revisits Keystone

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PIERRE, S.D. — State regulators this week will consider whether to approve for the second time in just over five years construction through South Dakota of the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, but it’s unlikely a decision will come immediately.

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission hearing process is set to begin Monday and is scheduled to stretch until Aug. 4. The state initially authorized TransCanada Corp.’s project in 2010, but permits must be revisited if construction doesn’t start within four years. The commission is now considering the firm’s guarantee that it can complete the project while meeting the conditions of the 2010 approval.

Native American tribes, some land-

SOMALIA

owners and environmental groups are opposing the pipeline because critics fear it could contaminate groundwater and contribute to pollution. Many state and local officials in Republican-dominated South Dakota argue pipelines are safer for transporting oil than trains and tout potential economic benefits to the state such as jobs and tax revenue.

Public Utilities Commission Chairman Chris Nelson said it’s unlikely the panel will come to a final decision at the hearing. TransCanada will present its case first, and then opponents will offer their arguments and evidence, he said.

The panel’s final decision can be appealed to the courts. Robin Martinez, an attorney with opposition group Dakota Rural Action, said the side that loses out “will certainly” file an appeal. He said the political realities in

South Dakota lead him to think that the commission will allow the project to move forward.

South Dakota is one of several fronts where TransCanada is stalled in getting approval for the pipeline, which would go from Canada through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day to refineries along the Gulf Coast. It could also transport some crude from the Bakken oil field.

The pipeline proposed in 2008 has not received the required approval from President Barack Obama and is also delayed by a Nebraska court case from landowners who oppose it.

The project is routed through John Harter’s property in Tripp County.

Harter said there’s no reason to risk water supplies to transport oil.

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Suicide truck bomb rams hotel

Alleged cocaine, prostitute binge trips up member of House of Lords LONDON — The deputy speaker of the House of Lords has resigned his position after publication of photos and a video allegedly showing him using cocaine with prostitutes.

Lords Speaker Baroness D’Souza Sunday called John Sewel’s alleged behaviour “shocking and unacceptable” and said she is calling in police to investigate on an urgent basis.

She said Sewel has stepped down from his special position in Britain’s upper house. He remains a member of the House of Lords.

The Sun on Sunday newspaper published photographs of him naked and appearing to snort cocaine along with snippets of his conversations with women said to be prostitutes.

As deputy speaker, one of his roles was enforcing standards in the House of Lords. He was an ally of former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber rammed a truck rigged with explosives into the blast walls around one of Mogadishu’s most secure hotels, severely damaging the building and killing nine people including a Chinese diplomat, Somalia’s foreign minister said Sunday.

Abdisalam Omer told The Associated Press by phone from Djibouti that a Kenyan diplomat was also wounded.

The attack was claimed by the alQaida-linked Al-Shabab group and also wounded some 20 people. The walled, luxury Jazeera Hotel is considered the most secure in Somalia’s capital and is frequented by diplomats, foreigners and visiting heads of state.

“This is really scary — destroying the Jazeera hotel like this means no blast walls can make anyone safe,” said bystander Yusuf Mohammed. The use of huge truck bombs is a relatively new phenomenon and throws into doubt whether any place in the capital is now adequately protected.

While blast destroyed at least eight rooms and stunned the residents of the Somali capital, it wasn’t as bad as it might have been because the truck, which contained a ton of explosives, was stopped at the blast walls outside the hotel.

“The damage is big but a lot less because the truck bomb couldn’t go beyond the walls that lay a few meters from the hotel’s perimeter walls,” said Mohammed Abdi, a police officer.

Nervous soldiers fired in the air to disperse a crowd who surged toward the hotel after the blast as medical workers transported wounded victims into awaiting ambulances.

The attack comes as Somali forces backed by troops from the African Union have launched an offensive, dubbed Operation Jubba Corridor, to push al-Shabab out of its last strongholds. The coalition already has driven the group out of the capital.

In a statement, Al-Shabab said the attack was in retaliation for the deaths of dozens of civilians at the hands of Ethiopian forces, which are part of the AU force, and that the hotel was targeted because it hosts “Western” embassies co-ordinating the offensive.

The attack came as President Barack Obama was leaving neighbouring Kenya for Ethiopia. The president’s visit has included discussions about how to deal with the threat of al-Shabab.

“I worked all my life for what I’ve got, and it ain’t a lot,” Harter said. “All I’ve got is my land to make a living. I don’t appreciate my family being endangered for the profits of some greedy oil pipeline company.”

Corey Goulet, TransCanada’s president of Keystone Pipeline Projects, said the project will create construction jobs and spur about $20 million a year in tax revenue in South Dakota.

Sam Mickelson, whose Meade County land is part of the pipeline’s proposed route, said he’d rather get energy from Canada than from a country that’s not friendly toward the U.S. “I’m in the farming business, so I know you can’t build everything positively, 100 per cent foolproof, but as long as they’re doing the things to make it the safest pipeline, that shows me they’re dealing in good faith,” he said.

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U.S President Barack Obama, left, walks with Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn, right, after his arrival at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday. Obama is traveling on a two-nation African tour where he will become the the first sitting U.S. president to visit Kenya and Ethiopia.

App tracking Prince William flights poses terror risk: paper

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — A British newspaper said it has uncovered a major royal security breach by using an inexpensive app to track Prince William’s air rescue ambulance while it is in the air.

The Mail on Sunday said the 2.99 pound ($4.65) app allowed it to keep close track of William as he flew in his capacity as a private pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance in eastern England.

It said the app allowed its journalists to pinpoint where William was planning to land the air ambulance helicopter.

It published photos appearing to show William’s helicopter landing and of the prince himself talking to colleagues on the ground.

For a small extra fee, the Mail on Sunday said, users can receive a text alert every time the helicopter William uses takes off on a mission.

Air safety expert Christopher Yates told The Associated Press it would be

relatively easy to modify software so that a helicopter William was using couldn’t be tracked, but he said such a change may not be warranted even though William is thought to fly without a protection officer.

“Most of the time when an air ambulance is called it appears on the scene, scoops someone up and disappears,” he said. “If there were someone monitoring, the chance of them being there at the scene when he arrives is quite remote. And we don’t know from one day to the next if he’s going to be on board. So I don’t see a problem.”

William’s press office refused to comment, calling it a security matter.

The Metropolitan Police also refused to comment.

The prince returned to work several weeks ago after paternity leave following the birth of Princess Charlotte.

He previously made similar rescues while serving at a Royal Air Force base on an island off the coast of Wales.

Those were military flights not believed to be easily tracked by commonly available apps.

Five-day humanitarian cease-fire begins in Yemen SANAA, Yemen — Saudi-led coalition airstrikes came to a halt in Yemen early Monday after a five-day humanitarian truce went into effect, witnesses and security officials said.

However, ground fighting broke out almost immediately in the restive city of Taiz following random shelling by Shiite Houthi rebels in three neighbourhoods, they said.

Security officials said ground fighting has also erupted in Marib province and in the area surrounding the strategic al-Anad military base in Lahj province.

Fighting in the southern port city of Aden has quieted, residents said, with an occasional volley of gunfire heard in the area immediately after the ceasefire took effect.

The Saudi-led and U.S.-backed coalition of mainly Gulf Arab countries has been waging an air campaign since March against the Iran-supported rebels, who control most of northern Yemen and the capital, Sanaa.

The coalition made the unexpected announcement about the humanitarian pause on Saturday. The statement, carried on Saudi state media, said the coalition will cease military operations, but that it will respond should Houthi rebels or their allies conduct any military actions or movements.

The rebels, known as Houthis, have expressed doubt over the truce. One Houthi official said it will likely mark “the beginning of a new war.”

Two previous humanitarian truces in Yemen did not hold.

Gunman in movie theatre shooting had long history of terrifying relatives

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAFAYETTE, La. — John Russell Houser terrified his own family and ranted in online forums about AfricanAmericans, Jews and gays, long before he opened fire in a Louisiana movie theatre killing two women and injuring nine people last week, Houser, a mentally ill 59-year-old, had lost his wife and his house and left behind a paper trail documenting a long history of seeking vengeance.

In Houser’s hometown of Columbus, Georgia, some former neighbours say his life was a decades-long collision course with disaster.

“He’s been known as a lunatic and a fool around this neck of the woods for years,” said Patrick Williams, an antiques dealer who once filed a police report alleging Houser sold him a stolen iron fence at a flea market. “ I wasn’t a bit surprised when I saw his picture on TV. And no one else that knew him was surprised either.”

Neighbours said Houser flew a Confederate flag, passed doomsday fliers around his neighbourhood, pounded

out angry online missives about corruption and injustice and spouted admiration for Adolf Hitler.

He fit the familiar mould of mass shooters, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University, author and prominent expert on massacres. Houser was paranoid, blamed everyone but himself, alienated his family and survived in a world of selfimposed isolation.

“If you gave me a list of names, I would have picked his out as the one that done it,” said Vince Woodward, who was then active in local Republican politics in Columbus.

As early as 1989, Houser imagined himself as a crusader for righteousness. Then 34, he tried to pay a man $100 to burn down the office of a lawyer who represented a pornographic movie theatre to “save the world, bring law and order,” The Advocate newspaper reported, citing a court transcript.

But his intended arsonist turned out to be a police informant, and Houser was hauled into court.

A judge ordered Houser be evaluated at the psychiatric unit, but the case was later dropped.

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LUANN July 27 1996 — Canada’s Donovan Bailey wins Olympic gold, running the 100-metre sprint in 9.84, setting a new world record. The competition in Atlanta is held beneath flags at halfmast to honour the one person killed and 100 injured by a pipe bomb. At Lake Lanier, Canadian rowers Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle also win gold in the double sculls, becoming Canada’s first and only three-time

Olympic gold medalists. Both Silken Laumann and Derek Porter row to silver in their single sculls.

1921 — Frederick Banting first isolates insulin from the pancreatic duct of a dog. In January 1922, they administer insulin to 14-year-old Leonard Thompson, and prove it an effective lifesaving treatment for diabetes in humans.

1991 — In Penticton, B.C., 2,000 youths riot after a concert by rap star MC Hammer. They smash and loot downtown stores, and wreck tourist establishments along the beach. In all, 90 are jailed and 60 treated for injuries.

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Friendship maintenance a complicated issue Dear Annie: How do you cope with a friendship where the person stays connected just enough to continually remind you of how unimportant you are?

I have a friend with whom I was once quite close. We exercised and ran errands together, and when she was seriously ill, I spent countless MITCHELL hours visiting, & SUGAR reading to her and just being there. I donated to her charities, sang in her choir, and we always had fun together.

But after I was diagnosed with the same illness (now recovered), she visited me only twice and now seems too

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busy to get together. That would be bad enough. But the real problem is that she texts me often to say how much she misses me or to ask for a favor, but apparently never wants to see me. It’s a sad reminder of how little she is willing to do to maintain the friendship.

We live in a small town and I can’t cut her off without repercussions. Is my only option to simply live with the disappointment? — Friend in Need Dear Friend: You have another option: Talk to her about it. Not everyone is good about friendship maintenance.

Some people become so busy that they neglect people who are otherwise important to them, and don’t recognize that this behavior is hurtful. For them, texting becomes a convenient substitute for face-to-face interactions that require scheduling and organization.

You won’t know whether this is the case unless you ask your friend directly.

We hope she will be completely honest about the reasons for her dismissive attitude.

At the very least, you will be able to determine how much she cares by how sincerely apologetic she is and whether she does anything to remedy the situation. After all, what do you have to lose?

Dear Annie: My granddaughter just hosted a birthday party for her year-old baby with 100 people in attendance.

The child was lavished with beautiful, expensive gifts. When I asked my granddaughter if she had written thank-you notes for the lovely presents, she informed me that “this isn’t done for birthdays” and the subject was closed.

I am livid over this pompous act of entitlement by my usually kind and thoughtful grandchild. But this is a pattern I have seen with lots of children who were never taught how to express gratitude well, and this lack of training is passing to the next generation.

I have come up with a solution that I can live with.

I am having “Thank You” notes

printed with my grandchildren’s names, adding Forever stamps and handing them out at Christmas. —R.J. Dear R.J.: We hope this works for you, but we aren’t optimistic.

Nonetheless, your granddaughter isn’t entirely wrong.

Birthday gifts that are opened in front of the givers with appropriate verbal thanks offered at the time do not require a written thank-you note afterward, although that is always a nice touch and makes a good impression.

What we find tacky is the lavish birthday party for a year-old baby that includes 100 guests.

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.

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Roger Walls, Val Moore, and Don Stirling (right to left) take part in Revolutions for Red Deer fundraising event Friday morning at 360 Fitness. Clients and staff biked for 12 hours to raise $5,000 for Julietta’s Place, a housing facility for women and children fleeing domestic violence. The event was one of two held in conjunction with the gym’s client appreciation days. The second fitness fundraiser saw teams of two compete for the Reps for Red Deer champion title on Saturday.

Monday, July 27 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Taylor Schilling, 30; Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 38; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, 45 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Sagittarian Moon favours travel, study and socializing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The next 12 months is the time to be more adventurous with your hopes and dreams for the future. Foreign shores are beckoning so start planning your itinerary now!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Rams can be selfish souls but it’s not all about you today! The stars encourage you to JOANNE reach out and help MADELEINE others, especially MOORE those who are less fortunate. Travel and study are also highlighted.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you are having money problems, think of ways you can create more clarity, and less confusion. Some lucky Bulls will be thrown a financial life-line by a generous family member.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re keen to communicate Gemini, as you catch up on the latest news within your local community. But resist the temptation to gossip about a family member or work colleague.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Sun, Mercury and Jupiter are all in your finance zone, which is fortunate for money matters. But if you don’t explain yourself clearly today Crabs — there could be some financial confusion.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lions are on fire as the planets boost your Cat charisma.

But, when it comes to a child or teenager, make sure you are clear and concise with instructions otherwise there will be confusion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Expect a familyfocused day as you work from home, or leave your job early to attend to a domestic matter. The Sagittarian Moon helps you juggle jobs and multitask like a versatile Virgo pro.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Group activities are favoured, and you can expect an easy flow of feelings between you and loved ones today.

Looking for love?

With Venus retrograde until September 6, you’ll have to be patient.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you holding onto a grudge Scorpio? Today’s aspects encourage you to forgive and forget. “There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” Bryant McGill SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Nurturing loved ones and helping a confused family member will lead to long-term benefits.

Plus it’s time to broaden your international contacts — who knows where they may lead?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid getting stuck in a routine rut. The stars encourage you to liven things up as you inject new people and updated information into your daily schedule.

There’s always more to learn!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t waste time worrying about relationships today.

Things should run smoothly and, if there are problems, clear communication will help you sail through any temporary turbulence.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When it comes to a personal problem or work matter, avoid getting lost in a mass of confusing possibilities and overwhelmed by options. Keep your feet on the ground and keep it real Pisces!

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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BRIEF Idaho wildfire blamed on cyclist who set toilet paper on fire to dispose of it BOISE, Idaho — Authorities say a cyclist started a 73-acre wildfire in southwest Idaho by lighting his toilet paper on fire after taking a comfort break.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials say the cyclist stopped to defecate in a ravine in the Boise foothills on Wednesday afternoon. The man then lit the toilet paper on fire but lost control of the embers in the dry grass while trying to extinguishing the waste.

Firefighters contained the flames several hours later.

Investigators say the man contacted them Thursday morning and his story matched the evidence found at the scene.

The BLM did not release the name

of the cyclist. However, officials say he will be fined for causing the fire.

Fisherman catches bright orange lobster; his 2nd rarity since catching albino lobster RAYMOND, Maine — A lobsterman has caught a rare bright orange lobster, the second time he’s pulled an odd-colored crustacean from state waters.

Bill Coppersmith, of Maine, tells the Portland Press Herald (http://bit. ly/1MJXgxp ) he was out on the Gulf of Maine on Wednesday when he caught the orange lobster.

Robert Bayer, executive director of The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, says the odds of catching an orange lobster are one in several million. Coppersmith caught a white lobster in 1997; a one-in-100 million catch.

Coppersmith has named the orange lobster “Captain Eli,” after his 4-yearold grandson. It will be kept at the Fishermens Catch, a restaurant and seafood market in Raymond, for about a month and then released.

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The new Chuck Taylors will actually be comfortable

BY THAD MOORE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The classic Chuck Taylor sneaker has been a lot of things in its nearly 100-year run: Basketball shoe. Rebellious teen uniform. Cultural icon.

One thing it hasn’t been: Comfortable.

That could be changing, as Converse says it plans to release a new version of the old classic. The Chuck II will have more support and be lighter, using technology from parent company Nike.

The new version, which arrives in stores next week, will sport Nike’s lightweight Lunarlon foam and, yes, arch support, the company says. Hightops will retail for $75, compared to $55 for the original model.

The traditional, and cheaper, Chuck Taylors aren’t going away, but the redesign represents a risky bet by a brand that made its name by being unchanging.

Die-hard fans have balked at even minor tweaks to the original, and observers say Chuck Taylor purists are likely to scoff at an overhauled shoe.

The company is also dipping its feet back into the competitive athletic shoe business that has swelled since Converse reigned supreme.

Change can be fraught territory for Converse. Just ask E.C. Frederick, its research and development chief in the ‘90s.

When the company switched factories, looking to make a more comfortable shoe with fewer inconsistencies, its die-hard fans — “Chuckheads,” he calls them — revolted. They missed the imperfections in the rubber tape that lines the base of the shoe.

So the company found a way to put them back in, and Frederick says he learned not to fiddle with the shoes’ famous exterior.

“That’s the thing with a fashion icon is, it’s supposed to be exactly like it always was,” said Frederick, who now runs Exeter Research, a shoe design

consulting firm in New Hampshire.

“You better not screw with the construction or the profile, at least externally.”

But changes underneath the surface? Converse is betting that could help the shoe catch on with people who like the style but want more support, even if purists balk at them.

The current design dates to the early days of sneakers. Before they were Chucks — the stuff of teenage rebellion and rock ‘n’ roll — they were just Converse’s All Stars, basketball shoes introduced in 1917 by a company that had mostly been making galoshes.

In 1934, the autograph of Chuck Taylor, then a Converse salesman who put on basketball clinics around the country, was inked on the side, and eventually his sneakers supplanted his basketball career in America’s collective memory, a celebrity endorsement of sorts that spawned its own celebrity.

“Basically, he was Converse at the time,” Abe Aamidor, author of “Chuck Taylor, All Star,” said in an email.

Chucks ebbed in and out of style as generations of young people rediscovered them, but hardly changed as the shoe business transformed around them: Footwear became more supportive and styles more elaborate.

Chucks remained popular even as its parent company lost money and went bankrupt in 2001 thanks to a series of botched business deals, including a failed clothing line for Magic Johnson, Aamidor said.

The shoes still sell well. Converse’s sales jumped 18 percent to $2 billion in its latest fiscal year, which ended in May. That pushed it to $517 million in pre-tax profits, according to Nike, which bought Converse in 2003.

“The brand is very much on top of their game right now,” said Matt Powell, an NPD Group analyst who writes the blog “Sneakernomics” for Forbes.

That’s why Powell thinks it makes sense for Converse to give a revamped Chuck Taylor a try.

It’s not desperate to pump up profits, but it could get a boost if people

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The new Converse Chuck II sneaker. who thought the shoes were too uncomfortable before give them a second chance.

Frederick remembers wearing them to play basketball in the ‘60s; they were more comfortable than the competitors then, he said, and pros such as Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain wore them.

“There are famous basketball players that played in Chuck Taylors — that even kids have heard of,” said Ben Osborne, editor of Slam Magazine, who curated the book “Slam Kicks: Basketball Sneakers That Changed the Game.”

Today, that amazes Alex Kor, a podiatrist at Johns Hopkins Bayview in Baltimore.

The old-school Chucks are “really, really bad,” he said, so playing a full season in them without getting hurt is almost unfathomable.

Other doctors such as podiatrist Farah Siddiqui, of George Washington Medical Faculty Associates, steer

patients with foot troubles away, saying they’re essentially “just a fashion statement,” not a supportive shoe. Siddiqui says Chucks come up a few times a week, mostly with younger patients, “especially when they’re entering the workforce and are on their feet a lot more.”

That speaks to their staying power, as the shoes transformed from a symbol of childhood after World War II to one of mid-century athletic prowess to one of anti-establishment authenticity among musicians and rebellious teens in the ‘70s and ‘80s, said Elizabeth Semmelhack, senior curator at Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum.

But Chucks today lack a single meaning, Semmelhack says.

“Now, the Chuck Taylor can be embraced for multiple reasons,” Semmelhack said.

“Nostalgia. Authenticity. Some are anti-fashion and anti-establishment. I mean, it depends on how they’re worn and who’s wearing them.”

Lessons from Men’s Fashion Week: Don’t worry, fellows, this won’t hurt a bit NEW YORK — Perry Ellis is not a brand that makes men nervous or causes them to titter. Even if a worka-day guy doesn’t wear Perry Ellis clothes, he probably recognizes the name from those times he has wandered through a department store looking to stock up on dress shirts. Perry Ellis is not niche; it is mass. And its creative director, Michael Maccari designed a spring 2016 collection that was welcoming to a wide swath of men.

Board shorts, crewneck sweaters, lean — but not tight — suits. Rich colors but nothing too psychedelic.

Much of what Maccari put on the runway might actually have been better appreciated in a more intimate setting where audience members are able to put their hands on the fabric, see the details up close. But putting Perry Ellis on the runway during the inaugural season of New York Fashion Week: Men’s, served a larger purpose. It sent a message: This, too, is fashion. And there’s nothing to fear.

Perry Ellis lends a helping hand by showing a guy just how to wear one of those sheer shirts that designers are putting on the runway, with a man’s pecs on full display. He should wear it with the easy élan of a T-shirt: casually, understated. With shorts.

Men’s fashion has moved out of the realm of the obscure, the twee or dandy. It is the segment of the fashion business that has been steadily ticking upwards in sales.

And this week has underscored the reality that there are a host of young menswear brands that have a strong point of view, a wellspring of creative energy and a desire to build real businesses, not just vanity ones.

So Perry Ellis serves as friendly warning to those men who are having a difficult time reconciling themselves to the idea that fashion has invaded their world.

It is there. Unavoidable. They do not have to wear it, but they will have to make a conscious decision not to do so. They will have to step around it.

Avert their eyes.

They will have to choose. And the temptations will be great: delicious colors, luxurious fabrics, fun shapes, cool shoes.

But don’t worry. Chiffon, satin and organza are not in Every Man’s future.

Not yet.

But in the same way that guys will turn to sports as a universal topic of small talk, no small number of athletes are pleased to talk up fashion.

While the Council of Fashion Designers of America, which organized the menswear shows, have signed up athletes Victor Cruz and Dwayne Wade to offer up a charm offensive and help lead their brethren into the realm of leggings and dropped crotch trousers, other athletes attend shows because they really like fashion.

“The look of the clothes is something I like. I put on the clothes and they made me feel happy,” explains

Patty Mills, a guard for the San Antonio Spurs who was backstage waiting for the start of the Asaf Ganot show.

Dressed in a pale blue leather jacket with a finely woven, ivory knit pullover, both created by Ganot, the NBA champion notes that for a lot of athletes, fashion is a way to flesh out their public identity. “People see us on the basketball court sweating,” Mills says.

“Off the court, fashion lets people see us in a different way.” It’s a chance to be seen as polished, sophisticated and dynamic. A future businessman, perhaps.

Ganot, who grew up in northern New Jersey, actually played professional basketball in Brazil. “I never thought I’d be a designer, but I wanted to combine sports and fashion,” Ganot says. “I’m always testing fabrics and thinking about comfort and discipline and balance.”

Ganot showed his spring collection, inspired by Brazil, on models with an athletic build. No frail Peter Pans on his runway. In fact, most of what designers here have been showing is well within the context of what all but the most stubborn Dockers-addicted men would wear.

Designers such as Tim Coppens, Ariel and Shimon Ovadia and Rochambeau’s Laurence Chandler and Joshua Cooper are playing with street style and cleaning it up.

Alexandre Plokhov pulls from more far-flung source material. This season he was inspired by The Mongoliad trilogy of historical fiction, which features monastic orders and military regimes.

His collection is filled with slim trousers and pieced jackets that recall armor.

And everything was presented in a series of monochromatic groupings: black, flaming red, sage, sulfur and white. He orchestrated a high concept and dramatic presentation — but filled it with approachable clothes.

And Jefrrey Rüdes, who was one of the leaders in the explosion of highend denim with his J Brand, has moved on to a new venture. It is an eponymous luxury sportswear company focused on blazers — to be worn with two styles of jeans, skinny and narrow. For spring 2016, Rüdes has added slim trousers, knitwear and shoes. It is California casual, meaning it is go anywhere, ageless style.

In an interview, the designer Michael Kors noted that “a 20-year-old guy today is super sophisticated. And a 50-year-old is plugged in and youthful.”

And the rules for both of them have changed — for the better. Millennials wear their jeans with suit jackets and ties.

No matter one’s age, sneakers go with nearly everything. And even Ralph Lauren is advocating utility pants with a classic blazer and a performance nylon overcoat as a city uniform.

It took a long time coming. “You couldn’t have gotten here without that ugly Casual Friday,” Kors says.

But finally men’s fashion has arrived.

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