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about putting too much on the plates of volunteers over the next three years on top of the two national events already on the calendar.

Roughly 200 volunteers were needed for the cycling event in 2014.

Still, council did not close the door on hosting future events, something that Greg Neiman, a member of the 2013 and 2014 local organizing committees, said is good news.

The avid cyclist said the international cycling event helps grow interest in the sport.

He said the provincial tour gave Red Deerians exposure to a sport that many people in this part of the country would otherwise never have witnessed first-hand.

CALGARY — A fresh wave of layoffs is hitting Alberta’s energy sector, with two oil and gas companies announcing 900 job cuts on Tuesday, mostly in Calgary, and analysts saying they see more on the way.

Penn West Petroleum is reducing its workforce by 35 per cent for a loss of over 400 full-time employees and contractors.

And ConocoPhillips Canada plans to lay off 400 employees, or 15 per cent of its workforce, plus 100 contractors.

Penn West (TSX:PWT) said most of the job cuts announced Tuesday are effective immediately, while ConocoPhillips — which informed employees of its decision a day before making it public — said its workforce reduction will happen by mid-October.

The job cuts come as the industry continues to grapple with oil prices below US$50 a barrel, compared with more than US$100 a barrel last summer, with no big recovery in sight.

“We don’t see a lot of correction in the short term,” ConocoPhillips spokesman Rob Evans said Tuesday.

“It’s really kind of changing the way we work and that’s resulting in, unfortunately, some staff reductions.”

Evans said the ConocoPhillips cuts are part of a 10 per cent global reduction in staff by the major U.S. producer in the current low-price environment.

Penn West chief executive Dave Roberts said Tuesday on a conference call with analysts that he expects the current cycle to be “prolonged and increasingly volatile” and has been forced to make cuts to weather the storm.

To reduce spending Penn West has not only cut jobs, but also suspended its dividend, cut board compensation by 40 per cent and further reduced this year’s capital budget.

The company is now planning $500 million in capital spending this year, a 40 per cent reduction from its original plan for the year, and will further reduce spending next year by $140 million to $250 million from this year’s level.

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Aiden Beriau-Powell works on a small rug project at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery along with his stepmother, Michelle Lecompte, and his sister, Keira Deer, on Tuesday afternoon. The three joined a group of people taking part in a Cultural Creation Lab at the museum. Each Tuesday afternoon until Sept. 22, the Cultural Creation Lab, in conjunction with the Kids Celebrate exhibit in the gallery, hosts a hands-on event from 1 - 4 p.m. This week participants learned about prayer rugs and the Islamic celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr. The group looked at different examples of rugs from Islamic culture and using that as their inspiration they created their own small versions. The next Cultural Creation Labs are on Sept. 8th, 15th and 22nd and will celebrate Thanksgiving, Diwali and Halloween, respectively.

Cyclists hopeful Tour will return

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Professional cycling enthusiasts are disappointed but not surprised that the City of Red Deer took a pass on hosting the 2016 Tour of Alberta.

George Berry, chairman of the 2013 and 2014 local organizing committee, said there is a lot to look forward to next year in Red Deer.

He said the energy has shifted to excitement for next year’s Memorial Cup and the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

“I am certainly hoping it will come back,” said Berry. “The name of the race is Tour of Alberta. They will be moving it around. If Red Deer isn’t there in 2016, I don’t think that will disqualify us from looking at 2017 or

TOUR OF ALBERTA subsequent years as the race grows.”

Red Deer hosted the second finishing stage in 2014 and in the race’s inaugural year in 2013.

Last year, the city pitched in $100,000 in cash and $54,000 in kind for services. In 2013, the city allocated $77,000.

On Monday, city administration said the price tag this year for all associated costs would be about $350,000, of which most would come out of the city’s coffers.

The 2014 tour was expected to bring in an estimated $650,000 in economic spinoffs to Central Alberta.

But council expressed concern

Town weighing its options after grant applications rejected

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Town of Sylvan Lake will have to do some number crunching after $7.2 million worth of grants were turned down.

The town was hoping to get $5.8 million to go towards a new $6.5-million water reservoir through the federal and provincial governments’ Small Communities Fund. A second $1.4-million grant was sought to help pay for the ongoing redevelopment of Lakeshore Drive.

Last month, council got the bad news that the grants were not coming.

Dave Brand, Sylvan Lake director of public works, said it’s always disappointing not to get hoped-for money but it was a program that was in high demand provincewide.

“Certainly, I’m sure the projects the funding is going towards are very worthwhile and have their merits.”

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SYLVAN LAKE The town’s 10-year capital plan does not assume grant applications will succeed, he said.

“We do make accommodations to finance them accordingly without having to rely upon grant dollars. In that instance, while grant dollars would have been extremely helpful for us, it leaves us with our other options.”

Those include borrowing, dipping into reserves, and tapping other funding sources, such as provincial Municipal Sustainability Initiative or Federal Gas Tax grants.

Council has some time to do some number juggling. A decision was made earlier this summer to delay the fifth and sixth phases of the long-running redevelopment project because of a lack of tender interest.

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Traffic makes its way east and westbound between the round-a-bout and Lakeshore Drive in Sylvan Lake Tuesday afternoon. A project to build new sidewalks and landscape the area has been postponed.

Execution methods on trial A constitutional challenge to Montana’s execution methods could affect a Red Deer man on death row in the U.S. state.

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Candidates lack ‘political will’ to expand Canada Health Act

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Public Interest Alberta is waiting for federal election candidates to talk about the need to expand the Canada Health Act to cover seniors care and prescription drugs.

Noel Somerville, chairperson of Public Interest Alberta’s Seniors Task Force, said that right now nobody seems to have the “political will” to tackle the out-of-date federal legislation.

The act, passed in 1984, puts conditions in place that provinces and territories must meet in order to get federal funding for health care.

“I think the Canada Health Act should be extended. Right now, it covers doctors and services rendered in hospitals. It does not cover services rendered in seniors care facilities. I think it should be extended to do that.

“It does not cover prescription drugs. I think it should be extended to do that,” said Somerville, who spoke at a Central Alberta Council on Aging meeting on Tuesday morning at Golden Circle.

He said if a senior has a chronic disability, cognitive disability or becomes too frail to look after themselves, those are health conditions that should be covered by the act.

As a representative of the non-partisan organization focused on advocacy of public services, spaces and institutions, Somerville said he has introduced resolutions at a variety of NDP and Liberal meetings to amend the act.

“They really get twitchy as soon as you say that. I think they are afraid if they ever open it up, the Conservatives will use it to dismantle the Canada Health Act as it exists. I don’t think anybody has the political clout to do that any more. I think they need to get in there and make significant improvements.”

He said the free-trade agreement the federal Conservative government wants to ratify with the European Union poses another hurdle to lowering prescription drug costs for Canadians.

“In Canada, we pay way above the average price for prescription drugs. They say Canada is a relatively small country compared to the others. New Zealand is way smaller than Canada and New Zealand does not pay a fraction of what we pay for prescription drugs because New Zealand negotiates with individual companies for bulk purchasing of prescription drugs. That can really bring the price down.”

Somerville said discussion by federal parties has lacked substance so far this election campaign and the public has to start asking more of candidates.

Central Alberta Council on Aging and Golden Circle are co-hosting a federal election candidate forum on Oct. 6. at Golden Circle. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Finance minister meets with local leaders

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci was in Red Deer on Tuesday to open the dialogue with local business, municipal, non-profit and education leaders as the NDP gets ready to release its first budget in October.

Ceci met with members of Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Tara Veer and city manager Craig Curtis, Red Deer College representatives, and 120 people in the non-profit sector.

“All of them were informed groups of people. I think it was helpful to listen and understand what their issues are and how we can work together,” Ceci said on Tuesday. He has been meeting with similar groups across the province since August to talk about the provincial budget.

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Notre Dame Cougars special teams coach Dale Henderson speaks to the senior team during a practice Tuesday. The Cougars are preparing for their first game of the season on Friday. The Cougars will meet the Hunting Hills Lightning at Great Chief Park.

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JOBS: About 35,000 jobs lost this year The cuts are necessary as Penn West struggles with a high debt load, says FirstEnery Capital analyst Michael Hearn.

He said the company will need to sell assets to deal with its debt, but that mergers and acquisitions have been “sterilized” in the province with the new government and royalty review.

“As a board of directors how do you make a call on a significant investment when you don’t know what the royalties are going to end up being?” said Hearn.

He said could see more cuts coming as low prices persist.

“Certainly in this commodity environment, I don’t think it’s any surprise to anyone that there’ll be more cuts across the board.”

Alberta Jobs Minister Lori Sigurdson said in an interview that the province could feel the impact of more cuts since the economy is so focused on the energy sector.

“We have so much dependence on the oil and gas sector, so we’re so vulnerable, and so it may get worse,” said Sigurdson.

She said the government will announce a jobs plan along with the budget in the fall that will support other sectors like small businesses and alternative energy to diversify the economy.

“Our government wants a more stable economy, so we’re not so vulnerable to these highs and lows.”

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers estimates Alberta’s oil and gas sector has already lost 35,000 jobs this year.

TOUR: Watched by millions “In the U.S. and Eastern Canada, cities are familiar with bike racing,” said Neiman. “They know what it is and what it looks like. Out here in the West, it is very much an unknown. I think Red Deer gave this area a really good introduction to how exciting the sport can be.”

Red Deer was not officially asked to host the

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event but there was talk about hosting the prologue, which are time trials to determine starting positions for the actual race within the city.

Neiman said people would have seen more of the race because the entire stage would have been held here. He said it is more team oriented, which makes it more fun to watch how the teams work together.

“It is watched by millions of people around the world,” said Neiman. “More people watch professional cycle racing than watch professional football.

It really puts the city’s amenities on the map if we could put our best foot forward as hosts.”

Stage 1 of the 2015 Tour of Alberta starts today in Grande Prairie. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

SYLVAN LAKE: Time to pull together funding Only a single bid came in on both projects and council opted to re-tender both projects together next year in hopes of getting more competitive pricing.

Phase 5 would finish sidewalks and roadwork from 33rd Street east to the Hwy 20 roundabout.

Phase 6 does similar work from 52nd Street to Marina Bay. The bid was $2.1 million, which was $600,000 more than the town had budgeted. While the bid on Phase 6 was $1.6 million — far below the $2.6 million the town had budgeted — there was no guarantee the work could be done this year or that the price was competitive.

On the reservoir front, there is time to pull together the necessary funding because the reservoir was slated as a 2018 project. This fall, preliminary design and site selection work will be tendered.

Like most municipalities, Sylvan Lake’s water system is designed to pay for itself through rates charged to residents and other users. Rates were already projected to go up and the town will spread the project over a number of years to avoid big increases to the flat rate, which is used to pay for infrastructure.

Tapping other grants or reserves and borrowing are other options to be reviewed.

The total cost of the reservoir will be in the $10-million range as other phases are built well into the 2020s. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Execution methods on trial RED DEER MAN ON DEATH ROW AWAITS OUTCOME OF CHALLENGE

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Ronald Smith at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. A constitutional challenge to Montana’s execution methods could have a direct impact on a Canadian on death row in the U.S. state. Lawyers for two death-row inmates, including Ronald Smith of Red Deer, are in a Helena courtroom arguing that a sedative called for under Montana’s lethal injection protocols could lead to an “excruciating and terrifying” death. the credibility of the two principal witnesses and therefore he will do so and weigh out both sides before entering

Ottawa abandons fish habitat protection: analysis A statistical analysis of the Conservative government’s changes to environmental laws and procedures suggests Ottawa has “all but abandoned” attempts to protect Canada’s lakes and rivers.

“Over the last decade, what we’ve seen is a not-so-gradual abandonment of the fish habitat protection field,” said University of Calgary law Prof.

Martin Olszynski.

He has sifted through reams of data and dozens of development applications to conclude that federal protection for fisheries and waterways has been declining for more than a decade.

Olszynski found environmental oversight by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans dropped dramatically during the 2000s — a time when Canada saw huge spending in the resource industries.

And he concludes changes to environmental law in 2012 weren’t intended to cut red tape, as the government suggested, but to lower the environ-

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CECI: Confident On Monday in a first quarter update, the NDP told Albertans to expect a $5.9 to $6.5 billion deficit this year due to stunted oil prices.

The fully revised budget will be released after the legislature resumes sitting Oct. 26.

Ceci didn’t have much to say about the recent 8.8 per cent jump in crude oil prices that reached $49.20 US a barrel.

“I’m taking a longer view than today, or yesterday, or tomorrow. I have a good feeling about our gross domestic product improving in 2016. That’s what the forecast is so I’m feeling confident about our long-term future in Alberta.”

He said a lot of the local Chamber of Commerce members he met were connected to the energy sector, but not all of them, and people shared ideas

mental bar.

“What my data suggests is that the narrative provided doesn’t add up in terms of this unduly intrusive regulatory regime. It was never really about reducing red tape.”

In a paper for the Journal of Environmental Law and Practice, Olszynski shows the number of proposals to the department’s Central and Pacific regions fell to fewer than 4,000 by 2014 from more than 12,000 in 2001.

The drop came in two stages.

In 2004, the government decided to minimize oversight for projects deemed low-risk, which cut the number of projects it reviewed in half. The rest of the decrease came in 2012 after the government revamped environmental laws.

Over that same period, enforcement fell off a cliff.

Olszynski reports that environmental warnings and charges under the Fisheries Act fell to about 50 from about 300. Staff time allotted to enforcement dropped to 10,000 hours from 35,000. on how government can assist the economy by increasing transportation infrastructure, agri-business development, increasing access to capital to invest in businesses and keeping the tax environment competitive.

“They were trying to emphasize that now is a good time to put some real meat into diversification programs and to work co-operatively with them to make that happen.”

Ceci said he also heard about the importance of provincial grant programs like the Municipal Sustainability Initiative for the city’s development.

“We have a really focused minister in the Municipal Affairs area, and other parts of the cabinet, who understand the connection government has with municipalities is a critical one for the development of Alberta generally, but also Red Deer specifically.”

He said the provincial budget will focus on supporting infrastructure development to put Albertans to work, and job creation for young Albertans as well as providing businesses with the skilled labour force to succeed. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEF Investigation into child exploitation leads to arrests CALGARY — Eight Alberta men face child exploitation charges following a lengthy investigation that found images police say depicted extreme sexual abuse of children — some as young as six months.

The investigation by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) included help from the RCMP, as well as from police in Medicine Hat, Calgary and Lethbridge.

It focused on high-level targets who allegedly were sharing and distributing a vast collection of child sexual exploitation photos and videos.

Police say they seized 85 computers which included 100,000 pornographic images.

Investigators have no evidence that any of the children were from Alberta or that any sexual assaults took place in the province.

The suspects are between 27 and 60 years old and include six men from Calgary, one from Sherwood Park, Alta., and another from Chipman, Alta.

The face charges of possessing, accessing, and making available child pornography.

Groups want say as province looks to improve farm worker safety EDMONTON — Agriculture groups say they want to be at the table as Alberta moves to include farm and ranch workers under provincial occupational health and safety rules.

Alberta is the only province that excludes farm employees from workers’ compensation coverage and employment standards laws.

The farmer-elected agriculture groups include the Alberta barley, canola, pulse and wheat commissions.

Some groups met with government officials in late June, but want to ensure their views are included in coming months.

Rob Davies, general manager of Alberta Barley, says groups have heard some new rules are coming between next year and 2017, but some people believe the government wants to move more quickly.

Labour Minister Lori Sigurdson says the government wants to hear from farmers and will release more information about its plans this fall.

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CALGARY — A constitutional challenge to Montana’s execution methods could have a direct impact on a Canadian on death row in the U.S. state.

Lawyers for two condemned inmates, including Ronald Smith of Red Deer, are to be in a Helena courtroom Wednesday to argue that a sedative called for under Montana’s lethal injection protocols could lead to an “excruciating and terrifying” death.

Ron Waterman of the American Civil Liberties Union says the drug pentobarbital doesn’t adhere to a state law requiring an “ultra-fast-acting” barbiturate be used.

The hearing is to include testimony from medical experts who could shed light on pentobarbital’s effects.

Doctors have indicated that “ultrafast-acting” isn’t a common medical term, which makes it difficult to form a definitive opinion on its application.

Waterman isn’t expecting an immediate ruling on what he says is a complicated case.

“The judge knows that his opinion will be reviewed by the Montana Supreme Court regardless of how he rules, so he will take the time and be careful with his opinion,” Waterman said in an email.

“At this point, he needs to consider

is expected to reserve his decision.

Smith, who turns 57 next week, was convicted in 1983 for shooting Harvey Madman Jr. and Thomas Running Rabbit while he was high on drugs and alcohol near East Glacier, Mont.

He had been taking 30 to 40 hits of LSD and consuming between 12 and 18 beers a day at the time of the murders.

He refused a plea deal that would have seen him avoid death row and spend the rest of his life in prison.

Three weeks later, he pleaded guilty. He asked for and was given a death sentence. Smith later had a change of heart and has been fighting for his life ever since. He has had a number of execution dates set and overturned.

The civil liberties union filed a lawsuit in 2008 on behalf of Smith and another death-row inmate in Montana. It argued that lethal injections the state was using were cruel and unusual punishment and violated the right to human dignity.

Sherlock ruled in 2012 that the injections were unconstitutional. He also pointed to a lack of training for individuals who administer the drugs and to a discrepancy over whether two or three drugs should be used.

The judge ordered the current trial to determine whether new drugs would satisfy requirements.

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Campaign of fear hurting Tories Poor Finance Minister Joe Oliver! son Kenney jump in the fray of the ecoIs it any wonder that he had initially nomic war of words. booked himself to speak at two of ToIn what amounts to a remarkable ronto’s private clubs in the middle of a case of ministerial multi-tasking, it was busy election season? the national defence minister who was How else was he supdispatched to the media posed to reassure his corfront Sunday to talk down porate friends that he is the upcoming non-recession not just a nominal federal and the opposition’s views finance minister? on the issue.

As the economy took In a week when Liberal centre stage in the camLeader Justin Trudeau had paign last week Canadians dominated the coverage were reminded of Oliver’s with his embrace of defiexistence mostly because cits, Kenney seemed mostly he cancelled an appearpreoccupied with the NDP’s ance at Toronto’s men-only still unreleased economic Cambridge Club. Another plan. speech scheduled for this Thomas Mulcair has CHANTAL week at the Albany club has promised to finance his HÉBERT been postponed until after promises without running a the election. budget deficit. The ConserWith the markets in turvatives, like the Liberals, moil and amidst rampant are convinced that the NDP speculation that Canada is in reces- leader has a multi-billion-dollar hole sion, it would be totally understand- at the heart of his platform. able that the contribution of the fiIn the absence of the actual NDP nance minister to the election conver- numbers — due to be released before sation would be in such high demand mid-September — this is an argument that he would have little time left to that can only go around in circles. for exclusive briefings.

But the frontal attack on the NDP — Except that Oliver — having cleared as delivered by one of Harper’s most his speaking agenda — then went to political ministers — does mark a shift ground the better to let colleague Ja- in Conservative strategy. It is the big-

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gest signal to date that Harper and his brain trust no longer assume that New Democrat fortunes are, on balance, a positive development because they add up to a more divided non-conservative vote.

At the tail end of the 2011 campaign, the sheer prospect that the New Democrats might surf the Quebec orange wave to a minority victory nationally helped bring scores of centre-right voters to the Conservatives elsewhere in Canada.

In this campaign the NDP has led in almost every poll — sometimes by a significant margin — but there has been no attending scurry of spooked voters to Harper.

If anything, the opposite is happening with Trudeau’s party winning back some of the ground lost to the Conservatives on the Liberal right flank by Michael Ignatieff.

According to an Abacus poll published on Monday, the race has tightened and that is mostly because outside Quebec the Liberals have reversed their pre-campaign decline in support.

Trudeau may not be leading the pack — his polling numbers are in the same ballpark as Stéphane Dion’s election night results — but he is softening up the Conservatives for a possible kill

in some regions of the country.

In British Columbia, where the Conservatives won 45 per cent of the vote and 21 seats four years ago, they are fighting for first place with the NDP. Monday’s Abacus poll gave the Conservatives a one-point lead on the NDP in the province. But at 32 per cent, Harper’s party is 13 points off its 2011 election night score. The Liberals, meanwhile, are up seven points from four years ago.

Similarly, in Ontario, the Conservatives are 11 points below the level of support they achieved in the last election, while the Liberals are up by about as much.

Meanwhile, in Quebec, the NDP has built such a strong lead that Harper’s handful of incumbents could be in trouble. In Atlantic Canada, the Conservatives are running third across the region, far behind the first-place Liberals.

What a difference four years make.

In the last election, fear of a surging NDP helped the Conservatives win a majority. But the driving factor so far in this campaign is fear of the Conservatives and the vote splitting is happening on the right of the New Democrats.

Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star.

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Malaysian prime minister’s rule on shaky ground “There’s no more rule of law,” said Mahathir the 2013 election, which Najib’s party was in danger Mohamad, the 90-year-old grandee who was prime of losing. minister of Malaysia for 22 years. “The only way for In a normal democracy, accepting the better part the people to get back to the old system is for them to of a billion dollars from foreigners to win an election remove this prime minister.” would be just as serious a crime as stealing it from a Mahathir has been openly criticizing the cur- national investment fund, but Malaysia is not a norrent prime minister, Najib Razak, for the mal democracy. It has been effectively a past year although they both belong to single-party state since independence in the same political party, the United Ma1957, because the great majority of ethnic lays National Organization (UMNO). What Malays vote for UMNO and its allies in made it special this time was that he said order to retain their special privileges in it at a two-day mass demonstration in the the country. centre of Kuala Lumpur.

Malays, who are almost all Muslims, There’s certainly good reason to dewere the original population in most of mand Najib Razak’s resignation as prime the country and still account for 60 perminister. In July the Wall Street Journal cent of its people. However, large-scale published a report that $700 million had immigration by Chinese and Indians in been transferred into his personal bank the 19th century shifted the balance: Chiaccounts in 2013 by the deeply indebted nese Malaysians now account for about a 1MDB state investment fund, which he quarter of the population, and people of GWYNNE created in 2009 shortly after becoming Indian descent for around one-tenth.

DYER prime minister. He remains chairman of Moreover, it is the Chinese who domthe fund’s board of advisers even today. inate the country economically, a fact At first Najib just denied it all. He that led to the bloody race riots of 1969. fired his deputy prime minister, MuhyidSince then, Malays have enjoyed cheaper din Yassin, for criticizing his handing of the affair, housing, priority in government jobs and business and also the attorney general, Abdul Gani Patail, licenses, and in practice (though no longer in theory) who was leading the investigation into the scandal. better access to university courses, in order to help Then, when it became impossible to deny that the them catch up economically with the Chinese and money had appeared in his accounts, his advisers Indian populations. began claiming that it had come not from 1MDB but The policy has had some success: average houseas a “political donation” from unnamed Middle East- hold incomes have converged, with Malay families ern sources. going from about 40 per cent of Chinese family earnWhether it was really looted from the 1MDB in- ings in 1970 to around 70 per cent in 2009. Most Mavestment fund or just given to Najib by a “wealthy lays nevertheless feel this institutionalized favouArab family”, its purpose was clear. It was not to en- ritism is still necessary, and vote UMNO to protect rich Najib personally. It was to swing the outcome of it — while a majority of Chinese and Indian Malay-

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sians undoubtedly feel that half a century of extra privileges for Malays is enough.

That’s why the great majority of protesters at last weekend’s demonstration in Kuala Lumpur were ethnically Chinese or Indian. Najib’s financial misdeeds provided a justification for the protest, and even many Malays want to see the back of Najib, but the Malays stayed away because they detect a deeper agenda in the protest movement.

Matters are further complicated by the fact that all Malays are Muslims whereas practically nobody else is. Mahathir was exploiting the demo in order to further his campaign to unseat Najib in an internal conflict within UMNO, but he certainly does not want to end the Malay-Muslim domination of the country’s politics or dismantle Malay privileges.

“What is 20,000 (demonstrators)? We can gather hundreds of thousands,” said Najib after the demonstration. “The rest of the Malaysian population is with the government.” Or at least most Malays are, especially in rural areas, and that’s probably enough for him to ride out this crisis unless Malaysia’s economic situation worsens.

The Malaysian economy has slowed down dramatically since Chinese demand for imports and the price of oil both began to collapse. Malaysia’s currency, the ringgit, is in free-fall. If it gets bad enough, Najib will have to go.

Whatever the injustices involved, it’s probably better for everybody that the ethnic can of worms stays firmly closed for a while yet, so UMNO should be thinking hard about a successor who will be acceptable to everybody.

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London. His latest book, Crawling from the Wreckage, was published recently in Canada by Random House.

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Torture charges laid in Arar case

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Maher Arar listens to a question at a press conference in Ottawa. The RCMP is laying a torture charge against a former Syrian military intelligence officer for alleged involvement in the brutal treatment of Ottawa telecommunications engineer Arar. move.

Mazigh read a statement from her husband welcoming the criminal

Harper searches for silver lining in bad economic data

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — It was either a few weak months or a lost decade.

That distinction was carved into the federal election campaign trail on Tuesday after Statistics Canada reported the economy met the technical definition of a recession at the end of June.

The agency said the economy contracted at an annual pace of 0.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2015 — a second straight quarter of contraction — and it laid down a key marker for the leaders of the three main federal parties.

“We’ve had a few weak months,” shrugged Stephen Harper, who immediately dove into one of the silver linings in the report. The agency found that the economy began to bounce back in June as GDP grew by 0.5 per cent after shrinking over five straight months.

“Elsewhere there’s growth and today one of the greatest monthly growths occurred in June, so it’s clear that the Canadian economy is growing,” the prime minister said in Burlington, Ont. where he pledged new support for Canadian manufacturers hit hard by the downturn.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said the new numbers were a clear indicator that the Conservative economic policies simply were not working. “Mr. Harper’s plan has failed. That’s an objective fact,” Mulcair told supporters in Kelowna, B.C. Added Andrew Thomson, a former Saskatchewan finance minister the

NDP is touting as a star candidate: “Under Stephen Harper, this has been Canada’s lost decade.”

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau allowed that the size of the recession might be marginal. But he said the bigger picture is that Canadians are struggling in an economy hampered by low growth.

Trudeau said Canadians have been living with the reality of a weak economy for months now and don’t need official numbers to confirm what they already know.

“What they would have needed is that politicians, rather than getting hung up on definitions, invest in their future and in their jobs,” Trudeau said in Gatineau, Que. One of Trudeau’s top economic team members, his trade critic Chrystia Freeland, didn’t mince words: “It’s crystal clear, there’s no debate.

We’ve had two consecutive quarters of shrinking GDP. That’s a recession. We don’t know yet if it will be a shallow recession, but we are in recession.”

Economists were far less equivocal.

Some saw the depth of the recession as relatively mild, while others warned of a rough road ahead if the price of oil continues to drop.

Harper has largely blamed international factors beyond Canada’s control for the downturn, particularly the economic slowdown in China.

He said the Conservative plan of a balanced budget, low taxes and affordable investments was the best course for the country in the face of greater global problems.

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big blow to economic growth: Natural resources, including mining, quarrying oil and gas extraction, contracted by 4.5 per cent in the second quarter — for the second straight quarter.

Exports creep up: Exports edged upwards in the second quarter by 0.1 per cent after two quarters of contraction.

Goods exports gained by 0.2 per cent, reversing a 0.5 per cent decline in the first quarter. The export of motor vehicles and parts rose by 4.7 per cent, while crude oil and crude bitumen climbed by 3.3 per cent.

Business investment continued to struggle: Business investment in machinery and equipment fell 4.6 per cent in the second quarter, while non-residential structures tumbled 2.3 per cent for a third consecutive quarterly decline.

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Dear Dr. D: I feel like I've been blindsided by a dentist. I used to be a very regular visitor at my dental office in Ontario, and have been here for about 4 years now in the real estate business. Now I have some grief with my teeth, and this dentist I have been seeing is quoting me more to fix my teeth than I paid for my boat. Where does he get off on this? It sounds like a rip off to me.

A: I wish I knew more. Firstly, I have no idea what your dentition looks like, nor do I know what was treatment planned. You didn't indicate your age, or your medical condition. Every one of these has a distinctively different and potential significant influence on the treatment you have been presented.

You're in the real estate biz. A friend just sold a house in Vancouver and paid a realtor commission of $40,000 – the house sold in one day. It wasn't even advertised. He took the sale, and didn't bother telling anyone he was 'ripped off' even though the sum total of that 'work' the realtor did was to put the house out on MLS. His attitude – 'it is what it is'. I would suggest that you give your new dentist the benefit of the doubt regarding your treatment. We've seen cases that range from $300 to well into 6 figures for various rehabilitations.

The dentists performing this advanced work have invested heavily into constant continuing education, spending tens of thousands annually on their education. Many also foot the bill for their teams as well, to ensure they can deliver the very best professional care for you – the patient – as possible. Let's say you're on blood pressure medication. It may well contribute to severe plaque buildup, decay, and root damage. This may occur in a surprisingly short period of time depending on circumstances. Your dentist had no part in any of that – he or she was simply presented with a health situation that they gave you a treatment diagnosis to correct. You weren't ripped off at all. You can choose to let whatever is going on in your mouth to take its natural course, and end up with dentures. You sound like you have 'sticker shock' at the bill, but there may be a myriad of contributing factors, none of which entitle you to term your diagnosis a 'rip-off'. My friend paid one of your colleagues 40 grand for one day's work. He didn't term that a rip-off. You haven't had any work done, nor have you shared the pertinent details and you're already calling it the same thing.

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OTTAWA — Here are five things to know about the numbers.

An economic rebound could be underway: The economy grew 0.5 per cent in June, the final month of the quarter. The June increase was the first one-month spurt in real gross domestic product to hit 0.5 per cent since it rose 0.63 per cent in July 2013.

A large chunk of second-quarter gains came on the backs of households: The data shows that household consumption climbed 0.6 per cent at a time when interest rates remained low. As a result, household savings dipped to 4.0 per cent from 5.2 per cent in the first quarter. Transport purchases — with help from 2.9 per cent growth in vehicle purchases — were the biggest component with a 1.5 per cent increase.

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OTTAWA — The RCMP is laying a torture charge against a former Syrian military intelligence officer for alleged involvement in the brutal treatment of Ottawa telecommunications engineer Maher Arar.

An RCMP document filed in court Tuesday charges Col. George Salloum with torture under the Criminal Code.

While the colonel’s whereabouts are unknown, the development represents the culmination of a lengthy RCMP investigation.

Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, was detained in New York in September 2002 and soon after deported by U.S. authorities — winding up in a gravelike cell in Damascus.

Under torture, Arar gave false confessions to Syrian military intelligence officers about supposed collaboration with Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.

A federal commission of inquiry led

by Justice Dennis O’Connor concluded that faulty information the RCMP passed to the United States very likely led to Arar’s year-long ordeal.

Arar’s lawyer Paul Champ, his wife Monia Mazigh, and Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada, appeared at a news conference Tuesday to announce the RCMP’s

Champ said Arar provided “lengthy and candid” interviews to the RCMP, responded to many requests for information, reviewed photos, suggested contacts and handed over documentation.

Neve said the charge — the first Canadian one for torture abroad — sends a strong message that those who commit “their terrible abuses in faraway prison cells” may find themselves judged in court.

It is unclear whether Salloum, now believed to be in his mid-fifties, can be located. And since Syria is beset by warring factions, there are doubts about the prospect of a trial any time soon.

It marks the second time in recent months the RCMP have laid charges against someone in a far-flung country for a crime committed many years ago.

In June, almost seven years after the overseas hostage-taking of former journalist Amanda Lindhout, the RCMP arrested and charged a Somalian man.

Lindhout and photographer Nigel Brennan were seized by young gunmen near strife-torn Mogadishu, Somalia, in August 2008. Both were released on Nov. 25, 2009.

Ali Omar Ader, a Somalian national, faces a charge of hostage-taking for his purported role as a negotiator.

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Canada falls into technical recession

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OTTAWA — Canada’s economy hit reverse for the second straight quarter of 2015 — knocking the country backwards into its first technical recession in six years, fresh Statistics Canada data revealed Tuesday.

But the data suggests the recessionary dip could, perhaps, already be something of the past.

The federal agency said real gross domestic product contracted at an annual pace of 0.5 per cent in the AprilJune quarter, which followed a revised decline of 0.8 per cent in the first three months of 2015 from its original estimate of a 0.6 per cent drop.

However, there were positives tucked in the highly anticipated figures that almost immediately echoed on the campaign trail.

The second-quarter drop was only

half as steep as a consensus of economists had predicted and there was evidence that the decline had finally bottomed out.

Canada’s GDP climbed in the month of June by 0.5 per cent after shrinking over the first five months. The last time the economy experienced a one-month gain of at least 0.5 per cent was July 2013 when it grew by 0.63 per cent.

That June increase was led by a 3.1 per cent boost in natural resources extraction — the category’s first gain following seven consecutive months of decline.

“There’s nothing to cheer about in the Canadian GDP numbers, but there’s no reason for any more booing than we’ve already had,” CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said Tuesday.

“The economy is contracting through the first half of the year, but the solid gain in June suggests that we’ll at least get a breather with a return to growth in the third quarter.”

The new batch of data added fuel to the heated, ongoing political debate over how best to respond to the weakened economy as parties battle for support ahead of the Oct. 19 federal election.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose Conservative party has pinned its re-election hopes on its economic record, tried to highlight the positives in the new data.

“The Canadian economy as a whole is now growing, according to the June figures,” Harper told reporters.

“That is the reality of the situation — it is good news.”

He also reiterated his stay-thecourse mantra, insisting the country must ride out external economic and market turbulence whipped up in plac-

es like China.

The Tory leader has frequently cited forecasts that predict the economy will rebound in the second half of the year, including a projection by the Bank of Canada.

The central bank, however, has downgraded its growth forecast for 2015 and cut its trendsetting interest rate twice this year to cushion the blow of low crude prices.

The hobbled economy has so far shaped up to be the primary issue of the campaign — and Harper’s opponents have used his record as a bull’seye for their attacks.

The last time the economy contracted over two consecutive quarters was in 2009 during the Great Recession, when GDP pulled back by 8.7 per cent in the first quarter and 3.6 per cent in the second.

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WORRIES ABOUT CHINA, CONFUSION ABOUT SUPPLY CAUSE VOLATILITY

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An oil pump works at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. The price of oil plunged 8 per cent on Tuesday, following a three-day ascent of 27 per cent.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Commodity markets are renowned for their booms and busts but the last four days in the crude oil market have even experienced traders wide-eyed.

The price of oil plunged 8 per cent on Tuesday, following a three-day ascent of 27 per cent, the biggest such jump in 25 years.

“It’s wild!” said Phil Flynn, energy analyst at the Price Futures Group.

“Buckle up.”

The stock market has been volatile too, but nothing like oil. The S&P 500 has moved up or down by 6 per cent or more only once since 2008. Oil has moved by at least 6 per cent each of the last four trading days.

Big moves — mostly down — have been a hallmark of the oil market over the past year. Starting last summer oil began to fall, sliding from near $100 to under $45 in March. U.S. oil production was booming, OPEC nations kept oil flowing and even rising demand wasn’t enough to absorb the flood of oil.

Then oil’s moves became more sud-

den in the spring and summer. Oil rose 25 per cent in April. It fell 21 per cent in July. It sunk to a low of $38.24 last Monday, the lowest price since the depths of the recession in 2009.

The big decline in price was easy to explain. Against a backdrop of rising global supplies came mounting evidence from around the world that demand for oil would be far less than expected. The plummeting stock markets in China and the government’s decision to devalue its currency led to fears that economic growth there was slowing sharply. Japan, the world’s third largest oil consumer, revealed that its economy contracted in the second quarter. And economic growth in Europe appeared to be in peril as the Greek debt crisis worsened.

At the same time, the U.S. and Iran reached an agreement that could lift sanctions against the OPEC nation, paving the way for more Iranian oil to return to the market, adding to already high supplies.

But the market was clearly uncomfortable with oil under $40, traders say. And at any sign that perhaps supply and demand weren’t quite so out of

whack, they were ready to buy.

China’s stock market soared last week, a possible signal that the worst was over. On Monday the U.S. Energy Department changed how it estimates domestic oil production and revised its numbers significantly lower. A bulletin from OPEC suggested the cartel might be ready to work with other nations to restrict production.

Traders bought, and bought, and bought, leading to the nearly 30 per cent jump in prices over the span of a few days.

Stiil, some traders weren’t impressed. Citibank’s Ed Morse wrote on Monday that the surge was a “false start” brought on by trading technicalities, a “gross misrepresentation” of OPEC’s intentions and confusion about the Energy Department’s new methodologies. He predicted oil would head lower.

That call looked prescient Tuesday when oil plunged $3.79 a barrel, or 7.7 per cent, to close at $45.41 as weak manufacturing data out of China raised concerns — again — about economic growth there.

CALGARY — Nexen Energy is shutting down its Long Lake oilsands operations as it complies with a pipeline suspension order from the Alberta Energy Regulator.

The company, a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned CNOOC Ltd., says it will take up to two weeks to complete the shutdown of the complex steamassisted gravity drainage operation.

On Aug. 28 the regulator ordered that the company cease operation of 95 pipelines in the province after determining that it was not complying with pipeline maintenance and monitoring regulations.

Nexen said in a release it had voluntarily disclosed the non-compliances to the regulator on Aug. 25 after an internal audit of its pipeline integrity management system.

Jim Ellis, president and CEO of the AER, has said the regulator will not lift the suspension until Nexen can demonstrate that the lines can be operated safely and within all regulatory requirements.

The pipeline suspensions come as the regulator continues to investigate a pipeline spill July 15 at Nexen’s Long Lake operation that leaked about five million litres of a mixture of bitumen, produced water and sand into muskeg.

Increase in truck sales more than offset lower car sales in August TORONTO — An increase in light truck sales more than offset a drop in the number of new cars bought by Canadians, pushing sales of new vehicles in August higher than in the same month a year ago.

According to industry sales numbers compiled by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, new vehicle sales totalled 175,512 for the month, up 2.2 per cent from 171,703 a year ago.

Light truck sales totalled 110,890 for August, up 10 per cent from 100,764 in August 2014, while car sales slipped to 64,622, down 8.0 per cent form 70,939 a year ago.Based on the DesRosiers results, FCA edged out Ford for the top spot as its sales amounted to 26,928 vehicles for the month, up slightly from 26,825 a year ago.

TheScore bets on NFL debut of fantasy app for stock rebound FANTASY SPORTS

BY GERRIT DE VYNCK SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE TORONTO — TheScore Inc. is betting a new fantasy app the Canadian sports news provider will unveil during the National Football League season will rejuvenate a stock that has lost half its value since April.

“It’s grossly undervalued,’’ Chief Executive Officer John Levy said in a phone interview Aug. 27. The app, originally called Swoopt, will be renamed and launched early in the NFL season, which starts Sept. 10, Levy said. It will focus on daily results, tempting users to check in multiple times a day. “I know what we’re building, I know what the future holds.’’

Fifty-seven million people play fantasy sports games in North America, up almost 40 percent from last year, according to a study released in June by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. Most of those are playing season-long games, while only 2 million to 3 million play daily games like the one TheScore is set to offer, according

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to Levy. That means the market is primed for growth, he said.

Instead of spending a huge sum on advertising to win new users like rivals including U.S. firms FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc., TheScore, based in Toronto, already has a pool of millions of sports fans using its core news app that could be courted for the new product, Levy said.

“We don’t have to spend all these humongous dollars in marketing, we know people who love sports, they’ve got our app,’’ he said.

The app will include cash prizes, charge a fee to play and will focus on small groups of friends or co-workers who want to compete against each other to predict which players and teams will win across all major sports.

TheScore’s original news app is known for giving users the ability to customize their news feeds to choose exactly which players, leagues and teams they want to follow. The company plans to make it easy to transfer those preferences into the fantasy app, Levy said.

TheScore’s stock has slumped about 50 percent since April to 43 Canadian cents for a market value of C$127 million ($96 million) as user growth slowed and small-cap stocks sold off.

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to 10.5 million in the company’s fiscal third quarter ended May 31, down from growth of 33 percent the year before.

When TheScore bought the app last year, the stock jumped 19 percent.

Unveiling a revamped version of the fantasy app and laying out a plan for how it will make money could be the news investors are waiting for, Vahan Ajamian, a Toronto-based analyst with Beacon Securities, said in a phone interview.

“Depending on how they rebrand, and how it’s received in the market the rebranding itself could be a catalyst,’’ Ajamian, who rates the stock a buy, said in a phone interview.

Still, TheScore needs to keep adding to its roster of products, which also includes an app focused on competitive video gaming, to keep increasing the number of users it can offer to advertisers, Ajamian said.

“You’re in a situation where the user growth is slowing,’’ Ajamian said.

Competition is also intensifying as

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Yahoo Inc., CBS and Canadian online gambling company Amaya Inc. are all stepping up their presence in daily fantasy sports games, Nikhil Thadani, an analyst with Mackie Research Capital Corp. in Toronto, said by phone.

The company’s product will be unique enough to set it apart from the growing field of competitors, Levy said, who is the biggest shareholder with a 19 percent stake, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Rogers Communications Inc. bought TheScore’s TV channel in 2012 and spun out the digital properties into a new public company.

Levy also said he’s not concerned with the slow down in growth of the company’s user base.

“Are we going to see continued serious growth from the app itself and from all the other avenues and platforms that we have?” he said. “The answer is yes.”

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The point being that the value of an investment will change, sometimes drastically in either direction, but the focus should remain on your future goal instead of the present number.

After all, if you’re years from your goal, the daily market changes may be irrelevant. Perhaps it is time to review that goal to confirm if you’re on track.

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value are inevitable.

In times of market stress it is important to understand what you’re actually invested in and determine if your income needs will continue to be met.

Most retirees will have a steady income stream available in their portfolio through fixed income investment or dividends. The benefit is that an investor can wait for market conditions to improve while still collecting their income. A conversation with your advisor is key here.

While it’s easy to get caught up in the headlines and big red numbers I often recommend that investors take a hard look at what they are actually invested in before making any rash decisions.

While values will decrease in the short-term I try to consider where things will be three to five years out. Specifically, if you’ve invested in a stock, try to understand what risk that individual company faces given the market conditions and understand whether they will still be around three years from now. If their future is uncertain, perhaps it’s time to make an educated decision.

If it’s clear that the company will get through this period, then selling at a low level today is counterproductive.

Some of the best investors will hold these positions, collect a dividend, and wait for the price to come back.

Some investors are eager to buy at times like these. While often true that the market is “on sale” money can’t be thrown around blindly.

What I suggest is that investors again look three to five years out to decide whether their chosen investment has the sincere ability to recover.

For example, there are some oil and gas companies who many not recover from this decline, while

others will thrive and grow. Choosing the right name requires an educated strategy. So while you may have the urge to buy, be sure to do your homework.

Panic in markets is generally caused by a herd mentality and worry about the future. The least successful investors buy into market euphoria and sell when markets fall. Running away from something fearful is a natural reaction. Generally, our fears are unfounded and do not materialize but that doesn’t stop us from wanting to follow the rest of the crowd that is fleeing. I find selling into market panic to be damaging in the long-run, but also poses a dilemma of when to get back in.

Since the future is never clear that money tends to sit on the sidelines for far too long, often missing the inevitable rebound and compounding the problem.

Take the time to remove your emotions and fears and focus on your long-term goal.

The reality is that no one knows for sure what will happen in the markets at any given time. Investments will rise and fall, prices need to change, otherwise there would be no point in making an investment in the first place. The best advice is to review what you’re invested in, consider your long-term goals, reconfirm your strategy, and move forward. If you’re feeling uneasy, be sure to talk to your advisor prior to making any final decisions.

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

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — The Halifax-based charter airline CanJet suspended its flight operations Tuesday, saying it is redoubling its efforts to find a profitable business plan.

Company president Stephen Rowe said the company isn’t shutting down, but he confirmed that its remaining 15 pilots and about 40 flight attendants were laid off.

“We just haven’t found that business model that we’re comfortable with,” Rowe said in an interview.

“We’re going to keep looking. We’re not closing. ...

We haven’t given up yet.”

The airline was operating only one passenger jet under contract for tour operator Air Transat when the decision to suspend operations was made. However, the company is maintaining a total of four Boeing 737 passenger jets through leases that expire in May 2016.

The airline, a division of IMP Group Ltd. of Halifax, has been focused on charter flights since ending its scheduled airline service in 2006.

Starting late last year, CanJet had offered its own vacation packages to the Caribbean through CanJet Vacations, and it was offering charter services in Europe last year, but Rowe said those businesses weren’t successful.

The airline could return to offering scheduled flights, but Rowe said competing with Air Canada and WestJet would be a risky venture.

“We’ve been there and done that a couple times,”

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RECESSION: Reached beyond natural resources Drilling deeper into the second-quarter data, the numbers showed the decline in the economy reached beyond natural resources extraction, which contracted by 4.5 per cent.

Business investment in machinery and equipment dropped 4.6 per cent while non-residential structures fell 2.3 per cent, the third straight quarterly decline.

On the growth side, a considerable amount of the gain in the quarter came from household consumption — rising by 0.6 per cent — at a time when interest rates remained low.

As a result, the household savings rate declined.

Exports also crept up in the second quarter by 0.1 per cent after contracting for two consecutive quarters.

Meanwhile, positives in the June data suggest the expected turnaround forecasters have been banking on could be underway.

On a monthly basis, Statistics Canada said wholesale trade rose by one per cent in June after a 1.1-per-cent decrease in May and a 1.6-per-cent in April.

Manufacturing output rose by 0.4 per cent after contracting by 1.6 per cent in May.

he said. “It’s a tough business.”

When the airline stopped its scheduled service in 2006 it blamed tough competition from Air Canada and WestJet. The Canadian Union of Public Employees issued a statement saying the sudden shutdown was devastating news. “(We) found out only this morning that CanJet has ceased flying operations immediately,” said union spokeswoman Lesley Swann. “Our focus is on assisting our members any way we can during this difficult time.”

Swann said the union was seeking information about severance pay while examining “legal avenues.”

Dan Adamus, president of the Canadian wing of the Air Line Pilots Association, said CanJet had as many as 130 pilots in recent years.

“It’s sad because it’s a great operation,” Adamus said in an interview. “The majority (of workers) are from the East Coast and are very loyal to the airline.”

Adamus said the airline has had to shut down operations before as it struggled to attain profitability.

“They’ve been able to pull rabbits out of hats in the past,” he said.

In April 2014, Air Transat cut costs by not to renewing a contract it had with CanJet since 2009.

Under that five-year deal, Air Transat used CanJet aircraft to serve more than 20 Canadian cities and about 20 vacation spots. Earlier this year, CanJet laid off almost half of its 100 pilots and dozens of permanent and seasonal flight attendants.

The finance and insurance sector grew by 0.7 per cent in June and the arts and entertainment industry rose by 6.4 per cent, thanks in large part to Canada’s role as host of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. “While a technical recession was confirmed, its amplitude is relatively mild and there is every suggestion that it has already ended,” Jimmy Jean, an economist with Desjardins Capital Markets wrote in a note to clients.

Shenfeld said, however, while the early signposts are positive, the further retreat in oil prices recently could lead to continued pullback in capital spending in the energy sector.

“It’s not like we’re out of the woods yet,” Shenfeld said.

The quarterly reading Tuesday is also expected to intensify the economic debate over the term technical recession.

Harper has side-stepped campaign-trail questions about whether Canada was in recession this year.

He also declined to define a recession when asked about it earlier this week, saying he thought it was more important to “describe the reality of the situation rather than to have labels.”

Shenfeld said it’s one thing to call it a “technical” recession, but he noted that any recession he’s ever seen in historical data has also had a decline in employment.

“We haven’t yet seen a net decline in employment that would characterize every recession that Canada has ever had,” he said.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Google is refining its famous logo as it prepares to become a part of a new holding company called Alphabet.

The revised design unveiled Tuesday features the same mix of blue, red, yellow and green that Google has been using throughout its nearly 17-year history, though the hues are slightly different shades.

Google also invented a new typeface called “Product Sans” that is meant to resemble the simple printing in a grade-school book. It will replace a serif typeface that Google has been using in its logo for more than 16 years. The “e” in the company’s name will remain slightly tilted to reflect Google’s sometimes off-kilter thinking.

Although this will be the sixth time that Google has changed its logo since Larry Page and Sergey Brin formed the company, this marks the most noticeable redesign since it dropped an exclamation point that appeared after its name until May 1999 Google is donning the different look as it embarks on a new era.

The Mountain View, California, company is pouring so much money into so many far-flung projects that have little or no connection to its main business of online search and advertising that it’s getting ready to place everything under the Alphabet umbrella.

Under this setup, Google will retain search, YouTube and most of the biggest divisions while smaller operations such as Nest home appliances, life sciences, drone deliveries and venture capital investments will operate as individual companies. All will be overseen by Alphabet, whose CEO will be the Google co-founder Page.

Alphabet hasn’t revealed what its logo will be yet, but the holding company isn’t expected to be officially operating for a few more months.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 122.32 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.80 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 68.97 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange fell by triple digits on Tuesday as markets around the world dipped and new data confirmed Canada fell into recession in the first six months of the year.

The S&P/TSX composite index ended the day down 377.22 points or more than 2.7 per cent at 13,481.90. All sectors were lower, including the important energy sector as the October crude contract plunged $3.79 or 5.75 per cent to US$45.41 a barrel.

Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar fell 0.38 of a U.S. cent to 75.63 cents US. Statistics Canada data released Tuesday that showed Canada’s economy went into reverse in the first six months of 2015, the technical definition of a recession and the first time that has happened in six years.

Yet there was some good news as the second-quarter drop was only half as steep as economists had predicted and there was evidence that the decline bottomed out in May as the economy actually grew in June, the final month of the second quarter after five monthly declines.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 469.68 points or 2.8 per cent at 16,058.35, while the broader S&P 500 index dropped 58.33 points or nearly three per cent to 1,913.85. The Nasdaq fell by 140.40 points or 2.9 per cent to 4,636.11.

In Europe, major markets in London and Paris were down about three per cent at the end of their trading day. Earlier the Shanghai index, China’s largest, fell 1.2 per cent while Hong Kong stock markets and Japan’s Nikkei also closed lower.

Investors have been roiled by volatility in the Chinese markets, which kicked off a worldwide stock slump last month.

The markets rebounded in the latter half of the week, but

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Ian Riach, senior vice-president at Franklin Templeton Investments, said the market has been dropping as forecasts for growth shrink all around the world.

“China’s getting the brunt of the blame for this, but I think it’s a little more dynamic than that,” he said.

Low interest rates have made investing in the stock market more attractive than other investments, he said, and may have led to improper valuations that are now being corrected.

Riach said the news from China has had a disproportionate effect on world markets, given the limited size of the country’s stock markets.

The bigger impact, he said, would be from falling demand for resources if the stock volatility reflects a real slowdown in the country’s economy.

“The expectation of decreasing demand from China is not going to be good for the Canadian economy given our reliance on resources,” he said.

Elsewhere in commodities, the December gold contract rose $7.30 to US$1,139.80 an ounce, while the December contract for copper fell 3.6 cents to US$2.305 a pound and the October contract for natural gas was up by 1.3 cents to US$2.702 per thousand cubic feet.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,481.90, down 377.22 points Dow — 16,058.35, down 469.68 points S&P 500 — 1,913.85, down 58.33 points Nasdaq — 4,636.11, down 140.40 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 72.08 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 37.95 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.75 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 22.23 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.61 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.65 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 0.84 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.23 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.05 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.74 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.61 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 44.22 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2300 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 68.74 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 58.24 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.51 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 23.73 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.03 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.49 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 90.51 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.33 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 42.29 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.49 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 71.33 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.72 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.22

Currencies: Cdn — 75.63 cents US, down 0.38 of a cent Pound — C$2.0234, up 0.45 of a cent Euro — C$1.4941, up 1.78 cents Euro — US$1.1300, up 0.79 of a cent Oil futures: US$45.41 per barrel, down $3.79 (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,139.80 per oz., up $7.30 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.019 oz., down 22.5 cents $643.61 kg., down $7.23 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov ’15 $7.70 lower $467.10; Jan. ’16 $7.10 lower $472.70; March ’16 $7.20 lower $477.10; May ’16 $7.10 lower $477.50; July ’16 $7.10 lower $477.70; Nov. ’16 $5.70 lower $460.10; Jan. ’17 $5.70 lower $461.30; March ’17 $5.70 lower $463.00; May ’17 $5.70 lower $463.00; July ’17 $5.70 lower $463.00; Nov. ’17 $5.70 lower $463.00.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’15 $7.90 lower $184.00; Dec. ’15 $7.90 lower $184.00; March ’16 $7.90 lower $186.00; May ’16 $7.90 lower $187.00; July ’16 $7.90 lower $187.00; Oct. ’16 $7.90 lower $187.00; Dec. ’16 $7.90 lower $187.00; March ’17 $7.90 lower $187.00; May ’17 $7.90 lower $187.00; July ’17 $7.90 lower $187.00; Oct. ’17 $7.90 lower $187.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 405,440 tonnes of canola; 2500 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 407,940.

Saskatoon distillery attaches label to booze promoting moderation

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON — A Saskatoon microdistillery is taking an extra step to inform its customers about the benefits of drinking alcohol in moderation.

Lucky Bastard Distillers has created a label that informs consumers of Canada’s Low Risk Drinking Guidelines and communicates the number of standard drinks in each bottle.

“Honestly, I think our customers are no good to us if they are dead or in jail,” said LB Distillers owner Michael Goldney.

In a previous career, Goldney was a family physician who witnessed firsthand how over-indulgence can lead otherwise intelligent people to make poor decisions and end up requiring medical care.

“I think the industry has done a terrible job in promoting a culture of moderation,” said Goldney.

“There has been great progress in changing public attitudes about drinking and driving and we really should be proud of that. However, that really is just a part of responsible drinking and if we are serious about protecting the health and well-being of our customers we could easily do more.”

The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute says LB Distillers is the first in Canada to voluntarily put the national drinking guidelines on one of its products, Haskap Gin.

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Goldney got the idea from a workshop hosted by the institute that focused on moving toward promoting consumption of spirits in moderation.

The institute says the guidelines help customers make informed decisions about standard drink sizes. When people follow them, they can reduce short- and long-term health risks.

The drinking guidelines also lay out recommendations for maximum weekly drink amounts for men, women, and young people. Goldney said there are all kinds of reasons why the alcohol industry hasn’t embraced standard drink labels.

“There is resistance about educating people that beer, wine and spirits all have similar alcohol quantities in standard drinks because they are taxed at different rates,” said Goldney.

“This may lead some to ask why they are taxed differently and obviously some producers don’t want that. Additionally, some producers know that a good percentage of their sales come from a small percentage of problem drinkers and worry about adversely impacting sales.”

Rita Notarandrea co-chaired the National Alcohol Strategy Advisory Committee, which developed the evidence-based guidelines.

“We encourage more alcohol manufacturers to provide consumer education on standard drinks and to add this information to their labels,” said Notarandrea.

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The Lululemon pant wall shows a variety of styles.

Lululemon to expand ‘fit’ options

BY SARAH HALZACK SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Lululemon customers will soon face a potentially awkward question when choosing workout pants: Do you want to feel “hugged” or merely “held-in”?

The retailer, which helped make workout clothes an acceptable everyday outfit, rolled out a revamp of its women’s workout bottoms Tuesday.

All bottoms will now be categorized by “engineered sensations,” or how much they squeeze the body (known as “compression” in Lululemon’s lingo). The loosest pants are designed with lounging and yoga in mind; the tightest are meant for runners.

The update to its signature item, yoga pants, is yet another effort by the Vancouver-based retailer to beat back rising competition and reconnect with customers still wary after the company’s 2013 recall of see-through pants.

The new pants categories have whimsical names — relaxed, naked, held-in, hugged and tight — and are accompanied by some lofty promises.

In media materials, the held-in pants are said to have “strategically-placed zoning (that) keeps you feeling secure through your abs, hips, bum and thighs.” The traditional Lululemon fit is now called hugged and “engineered to feel like a comfortable embrace” — perhaps a dramatic description for garments that are destined to end up drenched in sweat.

Antonia Iamartino, Lululemon’s design director of future concepts, said that the refresh was designed to solve a problem that she noticed when spending time with customers in stores.

“They would take (leggings) into the changing room and they would come out, and I’d look at it and say, ‘Actually, this is a little big for you. It’s kind

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Transcontinental doubles packaging business with deal for N.Y. firm MONTREAL — Transcontinental expects to double its packaging division’s revenues after agreeing to buy a company in Brooklyn, N.Y., that will expand the reach of its U.S. business.

The Montreal-based printer and publisher says it will pay US$80 million cash, plus additional funds if performance targets are met, to acquire Ultra Flex Packaging, which employs nearly 300 people.

Ultra Flex has about US$72 million in annual revenues, which will grow Transcontinental’s packaging division to about US$150 million in annual revenue.

Transcontinental (TSX:TCL.A) has identified packaging as a growth opportunity that will partly offset declines in its core businesses related to a widespread shift to electronic publishing.

of baggy in the knees, the waistband isn’t fitting the way it should.

You actually probably want to go down a size.’ And the guest would say, ‘I just don’t want something that feels this tight.’ “ In the new lineup, getting looser pants shouldn’t require going up to a larger size, it should mean finding pants in the same size that simply are constructed differently.

To achieve this new range of compression, the retailer said it is introducing a new type of fabric it calls Nulu, which allows for a looser fit.

This comes as the retailer is still trying to shake the bad publicity from the 2013 recall. It has also struggled to update its supply chain and quickly get new items into stores to better compete with a fresh crop of “athleisure” retailers that are churning out trendy pieces on a tight schedule.

And Lululemon’s new strategy, of course, could backfire. The retailer risks confusing shoppers with all of its new pants offerings, said Liz Dunn, chief executive of retail consultancy Talmage Advisors.

“I understand what they’re trying to do. I get what the goal is. But it does seem to add a layer of confusion,” Talmage said. “And to me, it suggests they’re still experiencing a bit of pushback about people’s perception of the quality of their pants.”

But Lululemon says it is ready to explain “sensations” and the difference between being tight and simply hugged.

“We’ve done a great amount of training with our educators, and they’re all ready and up to speed to be able to have these conversations around feeling — which, it is a new conversation, and we are shifting that,” Iamartino said.

Chief executive Francois Olivier said the Utra Flex deal builds on last year’s acquisition of Capri Packaging in Clinton, Mo., which makes plastic packaging for food products such as cheese and fresh pasta.

Ultra Flex specializes in packaging for dairy products such as cheese and yogurt.

“They package other items such as coffee and chocolate with their process (of) ... aluminum onto plastic,” he said in an interview. “It’s a new opportunity for us.”

Olivier added that Ultra Flex has a national sales force across the United States, which was lacking with Capri.

He said Transcontinental hopes to quickly buy other food packaging companies if the price and other conditions are right.

Ultra Flex’s three co-owners will remain with the company to support its growth.

Transcontinental is Canada’s largest printer, with operations in print and digital media, publishing and flexible packaging and more than $2 billion of annual revenue.

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B4 Musil heading into a ‘big year’

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 2015

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Adam Musil doesn’t have to be told that he’s heading into a crucial Western Hockey League season.

Not only are the Red Deer Rebels hosting the 2016 Memorial Cup tournament next May, but the big forward is hoping to secure a big-league contract at some point during the season after being selected by the St. Louis Blues early in the fourth round of the NHL entry draft in June.

“It’s a big year for myself and for our team,” the six-foot-three, 205-pound centre said Tuesday, following a training camp scrimmage at the Centrium. “We have a goal that we want to accomplish and there’s going to be lots of pressure on us. But I think we’ll be ready for it and I’m excited for what’s ahead.”

Musil experienced an uneven 2014-15 WHL season and finished with 39 points, including 15 goals, in 66 games. He suffered a lower-body injury in the Rebels’ final regular-season game and didn’t dress for any of the club’s five playoff contests.

Due to his inconsistent play, Musil’s NHL draft stock slipped somewhat, and yet the Blues weren’t going to let him slip past No. 94.

“For sure, that was exciting,” he said of hearing his name called at the entry draft in Miami. “But getting drafted is just one step. Signing (a contract) and making that next step is much tougher.

“I have to get to that next level and I’m going to have to work much harder to get there.”

So far, so good. Musil has been impressive in training camp while skating on a line with fellow Czech Republic native Michael Spacek, a Winnipeg Jets prospect who was selected by the Rebels in this year’s CHL import draft.

Musil, who has dual Canadian/Czech citizenship, had a busy summer, heading back to his homeland to train and visit family, then traveling to Florida for the NHL draft, visiting S. Louis a week later for a prospects camp and even training in Red Deer for a short spell.

“I feel good,” he insisted. “It’s nice to be back around the boys. I’m excited to be back.”

Musil has been Spacek’s English language translator through training camp and has ties to the talented Czech forward that date back roughly eight years.

“I used to play with him (in the Czech Republic) when I was much younger, like 10 or something,” said Musil, who later played bantam and midget hockey in Vancouver. “It’s nice to be playing together again and creating some chemistry out there.

“Hopefully we’ll do well during the season.”

Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter is anticipating a rebound season for Musil and sees him playing an expanded role.

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Red Deer Rebel Adam Musil of Delta, B.C. moves the puck up ice during a main camp scrimmage Tuesday.

The big forward knows it is a crucial year for him if he hopes to secure and NHL contract after being drafted by the St. Louis Blues.

“Absolutely, it’s a big year for him,” said Sutter.

“He didn’t have a great second half last season and he has to be ready to go this fall. He’s a year older and there will be more expectations placed on him.”

The Rebels boss suggested that Musil and Spacek,

along with Grayson Pawlenchuk, who has been one of the more noticeable forwards in camp, could be regular linemates this season.

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Goins goes long to lift Jays over Indians

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ryan Goins can barely remember the biggest moment of his career.

Goins hit a two-run home run in the 10th inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.

“It’s unbelievable. Can’t even put it into words.

Best feeling of my career so far,” said Goins. “I’d be lying if I didn’t say I blacked out. I don’t even know what happened, honestly.

“It was an unbelievable feeling.”

Edwin Encarnacion had an RBI sacrifice fly in the first inning for Toronto (75-57), but was held hitless for the rest of the game to end his 26-game hitting streak.

Encarnacion’s streak was the second longest in Blue Jays history, behind Shawn Green’s 28-game roll in 1999.

Marco Estrada (11-8) pitched seven innings, striking out two but only allowing five hits. He was relieved by Aaron Sanchez, Roberto Osuna, Brett Cecil and Mark Lowe.

Osuna blew a save opportunity in the ninth inning, letting Cleveland tie the game 3-3. Lowe was the pitcher of record when Goins hit his home run, earning the win after picking up one out in the top of the 10th inning.

Catcher Dioner Navarro led off the 10th inning with a single to right field. After Kevin Pillar flied out to centre field, Goins came to the plate.

Goins put a 1-0 breaking ball from Cleveland reliever Brian Shaw over the right-field wall and was mobbed by his teammates at home plate while the crowd loudly cheered. Goins had shaving cream rubbed in his face and Gatorade dumped on his head after the home run. He said in the clubhouse his throat was stinging from his jersey being ripped off by an over-enthusiastic teammate.

When asked by reporters what he was thinking during the at bat, Goins laughed and said “I’ll tell you what’s not on my mind, is a walk-off homer.”

Estrada was in the clubhouse getting post-game treatment on his throwing arm when he heard the celebratory horns and eruption of the crowd.

“It was incredible to see,” said Estrada, who caught the replay on TV. “I wish I would’ve seen it live but I was still doing my shoulder stuff.

“He had a heckuva day today. Obviously the last swing he took was incredible, but the defensive plays he made behind me helped me out a lot.”

Yan Gomes had a pair of home runs as Cleveland (64-67) had its six-game win streak snapped. Michael Brantley had a homer of his own in the fourth inning.

Cody Anderson (2-3) gave up two runs and three hits, with two strikeouts over six innings. Ryan Webb allowed a go-ahead run in the seventh and Jeff Manship retired three straight batters in the eighth.

Shaw allowed Goins’s homer after an inning and a third of work.

Toronto got to Anderson in the first inning, as Encarnacion’s sacrifice fly to deep centre field gave Josh Donaldson enough time to run home from third base for a 1-0 lead.

Another sacrifice fly put the Blue Jays up 2-0. Jose Bautista’s popout to left field sent Goins home in the third inning.

Brantley put Cleveland on the board with a solo shot over the right-field wall in the fourth inning. It was Brantley’s 20th of the season.

Gomes tied it 2-2 for the Indians with a home run to right-centre field in the seventh inning.

Dalton Pompey, from Mississauga, Ont., gave Toronto a 3-2 lead with some smart base running in the seventh. First baseman Justin Smoak led the inning off with a walk and was replaced with Pompey as a pinch runner.

Pompey, who had been called up from triple-A Buffalo earlier Tuesday, stole second during the next at bat and stole third in the at bat after that. He then scored on Pillar’s sacrifice fly to centre field to a rousing ovation from the 41,356 in attendance.

“I thought it was great that I could help the team in some way today,” said Pompey. “Credit goes to KP. Driving the ball to the outfield, giving me a chance to score, because if he doesn’t do that then I’m still stuck at third base.”

Osuna came in for the save in the ninth and induced a groundout for the first out of the inning. But Gomes hit his second home run of the night to tie the game 3-3. Abraham Almonte followed that with a triple, but Osuna escaped without allowing any more runs, setting the stage for Goins’s extra-inning heroics.

Riders’ president says changes were needed for struggling team

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Bob Dyce won’t have a grace period as the new head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Dyce was named the Riders’ interim head coach after Corey Chamblin was fired Monday night, along with general manager and vice-president of football operations Brendan Taman.

The moves came a day after Saskatchewan lost a humiliating 35-13 road decision in Ottawa to drop to 0-9 on the season.

Dyce, 49, doesn’t have the luxury of time to get settled into his new gig as Saskatchewan hosts the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday. And new Riders president and CEO Craig Reynolds said the organization has high expectations for this weekend’s contest.

“Certainly we expect a win Sunday and to get back into the (West Division playoff) race,” Reynolds told reporters at a news conference Tuesday. “This club should be competing for first and second year in and year out.

“We have the resources to do that, we have every opportunity to be successful here and that’s the goal.

Obviously a win Sunday is the first and foremost goal, we need to build something towards the end of this year, get back into the mix of the playoffs and again build towards sustained success.”

Dyce immediately named Brett Smith his starting

quarterback after the rookie was benched in the first half against Ottawa. Dyce added he’s not planning to make further changes to the Riders’ coaching staff.

“What I’m looking forward to is the opportunity ahead of me,” said Dyce, who has spent over a decade coaching in the CFL. “We have a great opportunity right now to change the fortunes of this season and that’s what I’m focused on.”

Dyce said Greg Quick will remain the defensive co-ordinator. Quick joined the Riders in that role this season but it was Chamblin who essentially ran the Riders’ defence.

Dyce, who began the season as Saskatchewan’s special-teams coach, is in his sixth year with the CFL club. He also spent seven campaigns as a coach and player-personnel director with Winnipeg.

“The last couple of years on special teams have really helped me prepare for this role,” he said.

“The thing you do as a special-teams co-ordinator is address the whole team.

“I’ve been in Saskatchewan here for a while since 2010 so I know the veteran players and I know the new guys.”

Dyce, a Winnipeg native, becomes the CFL’s second active Canadian-born head coach. Winnipeg’s Mike O’Shea hails from North Bay, Ont. Jeremy O’Day, a former Roughriders’ offensive lineman who had been the club’s assistant general manager, takes over for Taman on an interim basis.

“I hold responsibility in where we’re at right now . . . it’s never one guy,” O’Day said. “Every one of us

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who is here holds a responsibility in what’s happened on the field.

“I have a great opportunity in front of me to show I am ready. I hope my actions are going to speak louder than my words are and I think I’m prepared and ready to go.”

Taman and Chamblin brought a Grey Cup title to Saskatchewan in 2013 as the Riders beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45-23 at Mosaic Stadium. And the squad looked poised to defend the crown, winning eight of its first 10 games in 2014.

But the Riders are 2-16 since. Six of their losses this year have been by four points or less, but Saskatchewan was outscored 21-3 in the second half Sunday against Ottawa.

Chamblin benched Smith after he was intercepted in the end zone and Tino Sunseri took the remainder of snaps. That drew the ire of many Roughriders fans, but Reynolds said it wasn’t the reason why the franchise made the changes it did.

On Tuesday, the Riders released Sunseri.

“We had belief that we were going to turn this around and we had belief in Corey and we wanted to give him the opportunity to turn it around,” Reynolds said. “But after Sunday’s game I would just suggest the belief wasn’t there anymore and we needed to move in a different direction for the future.”

Reynolds met with Taman on Monday and said the two agreed on the need to make a coaching change, but Reynolds felt the organization needed to go further.

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Murray wins much-hyped opening match

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Nick Kyrgios does what he wants and says what he wants on a tennis court, seemingly no matter the ramifications, and amid all the near-napping, cursing and racket smashing, he troubled Andy Murray for moments at the U.S. Open.

Only for brief moments, though.

In the tournament’s most-anticipated first-round matchup, the No. 3-seeded Murray hit 18 aces, saved 11 of 14 break points and, perhaps most importantly, stayed steady in the face of Kyrgios’ various distractions, putting together a 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 victory Tuesday night.

This was Kyrgios’ first match since he was essentially put on probation by the ATP, with the threat of a 28day suspension and $25,000 fine if he misbehaves at one of the tour’s sanctioned events over the next six months.

Those parameters don’t apply at the U.S. Open, however, because Grand Slam tournaments are sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation.

That stemmed from some trash-talking last month against Stan Wawrinka in Montreal, where a courtside microphone picked up Kyrgios saying that his pal, Australian pro Thanasi Kokkinakis, had been with Wawrinka’s girlfriend. Kyrgios was fined a total of $12,500 the next day by the ATP. Nothing of that sort happened Tuesday, but Kyrgios was not exactly concerned with containing himself.

Oddly, he leaned all the way back in his changeover chair during breaks, closing his eyes and resting against his towel or clutching it like a kid’s blanket, looking as if about to doze off for a nap. He spiked his racket against the court and later whacked it against a wall behind the baseline. He was given a warning by chair umpire Carlos Ramos for swearing too loudly. He

complained to Ramos that spectators were being allowed to wander to their seats during a game. He won a point with the help of a shot between his legs. He whiffed on a leaping overhead attempt.

Boris Becker, a six-time major champion as a player and now No. 1 Novak Djokovic’s coach, sat courtside during the match. In an on-air interview during ESPN’s broadcast, Becker said Kyrgios could stand to talk a little less and “should be famous for his oncourt performance and not his antics.”

The whole Montreal episode has been the talk of tennis over the past few weeks, and Murray was asked to weigh in before facing Kyrgios, a 20-year-old Australian who is ranked 37th and is talented enough to have stunned Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon last year and beaten Roger Federer this year.

“He’s a young guy, and we all make mistakes, and everyone here when they were 19, 20, would have done some bad things and made some mistakes, and for him, it’s unfortunate that’s its happening in front of millions of millions of people,” said Murray, the 2012 U.S. Open champion. “And I think it’s wrong, a lot of the things that he’s done, but I also think that he’s still young, and everyone’s different. People mature and grow up at different rates.”

Asked Tuesday about the tour’s handling of the matter, Wawrinka, a twotime major champion who could face Murray in the U.S. Open quarterfinals, said: “I don’t care much about that anymore.”

Kokkinakis, similarly, had this to say when asked about what happened in Montreal: “We talked. It’s sorted.

It’s not really an issue for me, anyway, at the moment. I’ve known (Kyrgios) for ages. One little thing isn’t going to change too much. That’s not ideal what happened, but I’ve talked to him. I’ve

Andy Murray returns a shot to Nick Kyrgios during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Tuesday.

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talked to everyone in the incident. I’ve moved past it and I’m sure they will, too.”

Moments later, Kokkinakis told reporters: “I’ve moved past it. I’m sure you guys will at some point, too.”

Kokkinakis spoke after stopping because of cramps against 12th-seeded Richard Gasquet, one of a record 12 mid-match retirements in the first round at Flushing Meadows, where the temperature has topped 90 degrees

and the humidity has been heavy.

The previous mark for most players quitting because of injury or illness during any round of any Grand Slam tournament in the professional era, which dates to 1968, was nine in the first round of the 2011 U.S. Open.

Ten men and two women have dropped out so far, including five Tuesday: Kokkinakis, Marcos Baghdatis, Ernests Gulbis, Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Marina Erakovic.

McDavid feels ‘strong as ever’ as camp looms TORONTO — As Connor McDavid was going through his draft year, agent and Hall of Famer Bobby Orr knew his client had to get stronger to play at the NHL level.

After a summer of training McDavid feels like he has done that, and now he’s ready to showcase his skills at the Edmonton Oilers’ training camp later this month.

“I feel as good as ever and as strong as ever,” McDavid said Tuesday at the NHL Players’ Association rookie showcase.

McDavid took the ice with 38 fellow prospects at Mattamy Athletic Centre at the old Maple Leaf Gardens as he

continued his journey toward his first NHL season. He’ll soon have a rookie card, be at rookie camp and then the games can begin.

As long as he’s healthy, McDavid should make his NHL debut Oct. 8 at the St. Louis Blues. But the 18-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., said he isn’t thinking far enough ahead to worry about the home opener, or his first game against the likes of highly touted Sabres rookie Jack Eichel or Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby.

“My main focus is getting there for training camp and have a good training camp,” McDavid said. “I’ll worry about that stuff as it comes up. Just trying to take it one step at a time and right now it’s training camp.”

McDavid’s first step is rookie camp

as the Oilers will face the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets at a tournament in Penticton, B.C., Sept. 11-14. McDavid already stood out at Edmonton’s summer development camp, and the rookie tournament is just another showcase.

The Oilers’ full camp will be McDavid’s first real test, skating alongside Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jordan Eberle and the rest of the Oilers’ young core. It’ll be the first camp for new coach Todd McLellan, and McDavid has set his goal as making an impression on the staff.

“Hopefully my future teammates (see) the kind of person, the kind of player I am, (that) I’m willing to compete and I work hard,” he said.

McDavid has talked to Orr and

others and knows very well that the biggest adjustment from the Ontario Hockey League to the NHL is the size and speed.

The expectations remain high for the first overall pick who has drawn comparisons to Crosby. But McDavid isn’t ready to project how many points he’d need to put up to have a successful rookie year.

“It’s not a numbers game for me,” McDavid said. “I think it’s just doing the best that you can, playing the best you can do and contributing to the team and trying to help the team win games. I think a winning Oiler season would be a great success.”

The Oilers haven’t made the playoffs since going to the Stanley Cup final in 2006.

Carolina Hurricanes’ Eric Staal and Cam Ward aren’t worrying now about their uncertain futures with the Carolina Hurricanes. The only remaining players from the club’s lone Stanley Cup championship team a decade ago are entering the final season of their lengthy contracts.

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goes.

“You have one career, you have one chance at being an NHL hockey player and for me, I want to continue to get better, and I feel like I have a lot of great hockey left,” he continued. “And I want to help this team get back to the playoffs and have another chance at a Stanley Cup.” The Hurricanes sure hoped playoff appearances would become the norm several years ago when they invested a total of roughly $94 million in their then-young stars.

They gave Staal his $57 million contract a month before the start of a season that ended with a run to the Eastern Conference final and included two Game 7 wins in 2009.

Ward’s $37 million deal came that September, and at the time he said the pressure was on him to play like an elite goalie “now that I’m being paid like one.”

They haven’t been back to the playoffs since, missing six straight postseasons — the longest active streak among Eastern Conference teams.

Carolina will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Cup victory this season and Ward says his main goal is helping the Hurricanes reach that level again.

“It definitely has been a long road — it seesm like so long ago that that took place, but it definitely brings you back to those great memories that you had,” Ward said. “I would love nothing more than to get back and do that all over again, and not only do it again, do it here. I’d love to see us get off to a good start and push to make the playoffs and see the city rally the way they did 10 years ago.

“I don’t know if there was any better place to play hockey” than Raleigh in 2006, he added, “and that’s what we’re trying to strive for.”

RALEIGH, N.C. — Eric Staal and Cam Ward aren’t worrying now about their uncertain futures with the Carolina Hurricanes.

The only remaining players from the club’s lone Stanley Cup championship team a decade ago are entering the final season of their lengthy contracts.

Both players said Tuesday that they’re keeping their focus on the things they can control on the ice.

Staal says that if there’s no resolution before the season, he’s “sure I’ll get those questions” throughout the year and added, “how many different answers can you give?”

Coach Bill Peters called his veterans’ contract uncertainty a “nonissue.”

“They give people something to talk about,” Peters said, “but I think everybody’s pretty comfortable going into the year the way they are.”

Staal will make $9.5 million in the last year of a seven-year deal he signed in September 2008.

The Hurricanes will pay Ward $6.8 million in 2015-16 in the final year of the six-year contract he signed a year later.

“I’m just going to try to take care of what I can control, and that’s just preparing the best that I can to be great this year, and I feel when the time is right that will all take care of itself,” Ward said.

“My focus is on the team and trying to get off to a good start, and I’ll keep it that way.”

There’s no question that Staal and Ward have been two of the franchise’s most visible faces during the past decade.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels training camp at the Centrium — Team Black pre-game skate 8:30-9:15 a.m.; Team White pregame skate 9:30-10:15 a.m.; Black vs.

White game, 7 p.m.

Friday

● High school football: Lacombe Rams at Lindsay Thurber Raiders, 4:30 p.m., Great Chief Park; Hunting Hills Lightning at Notre Dame Cougars, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.

● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Optimist Chiefs tryouts, 5-6:30 p.m., Arena.

Saturday ● WHL exhibition: Red Deer Rebels at Edmonton Oil Kings, 7 p.m., St. Albert Servus Credit Union Place.

Sunday ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Optimist Chiefs tryouts, 2:45-6:15 p.m., Arena.

Football CFL East Division W L T 6 3 0 6 3 0 5 4 0 4 5 0

PF 315 238 193 191

PA 182 245 241 171

Pt 12 12 10 8

West Division GP W L T Calgary 9 7 2 0 Edmonton 9 6 3 0 Winnipeg 8 3 6 0 B.C. 8 3 5 0 Saskatchewan 9 0 9 0

PF 255 238 166 179 218

PA 188 165 273 234 294

Pt 14 12 6 6 0

Hamilton Toronto Ottawa Montreal

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WEEK 10 Bye: B.C. Friday’s result Edmonton 38 Toronto 15 Thursday’s result Montreal 26 Hamilton 23 Saturday’s game Calgary 36 Winnipeg 6 Sunday’s game Ottawa 35 Saskatchewan 13 WEEK 11 Bye: Ottawa Thursday, Sept. 3 B.C. at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 6 Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 7 Toronto at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

2015 Canadian Football League Performers of the Week/Month Performers of the week/month for the 2015 season as announced by the Canadian Football League: PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK Week One 1. Trevor Harris, QB, Toronto Argonauts; 2. Jeff Fuller, WR, Calgary Stampeders; 3. Drew Willy, QB, Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Week Two 1. Trevor Harris, QB, Toronto Argonauts; 2. Rakeem Cato, QB, Montreal Alouettes; 3. Ryan Smith, WR, Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Week Three 1. Travis Lulay, B.C. Lions; 2. S.J. Green, SB, Montreal Alouettes; 3. Weston Dressler, WR, Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Week Four 1. Shakir Bell, RB, Edmonton Eskimos; 2. Jon Cornish, RB, Calgary Stampeders; 3. Marcus Howard, DE, Edmonton Eskimos.

Week Five 1. Henry Burris, QB, Ottawa RedBlacks; 2. Aston Whiteside, DL, Ottawa RedBlacks; 3. Chris Williams, WR, Ottawa RedBlacks.

Week Six 1. Drew Willy, QB, Winnipeg Blue Bombers; 2. Patrick Watkins, DB, Edmonton Eskimos; 3. Marquay McDaniel, SB, Calgary Stampeders.

Week Seven 1. Emanuel Davis, DB, Hamilton Tiger-Cats; 2. Andrew Harris, RB, B.C. Lions; 3. Keith Shologan, DL, Ottawa RedBlacks.

Week Eight 1. Bo Levi Mitchell, QB, Calgary Stampeders; 2.

Zach Collaros, QB, Hamilton Tiger-Cats; 3. Eric Norwood, DE, Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Week Nine 1. Mike Daly, DB, Hamilton Tiger-Cats; 2. Zach Collaros, QB, Hamilton Tiger-Cats; 3. Terrell Sinkfield, Jr., WR, Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Week 10 1. James Franklin, QB, Edmonton Eskimos; 2.

Kendial Lawrence, SB, Edmonton Eskimos; Derel Walker, WR, Edmonton Eskimos.

PERFORMERS OF THE MONTH July 1. Trevor Harris, QB, Toronto Argonauts; 2. Marcus Howard, DE, Edmonton Eskimos; 3. Rakeem Cato, QB, Montreal Alouettes.

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders TD C FG S Pt J.Medlock, Ham 0 33 19 4 94 G.Shaw, Edm 0 19 21 8 90 B.Bede, Mtl 0 11 22 6 83

R. Paredesm Cgy R.Leone, BC L. Hajrullahu, Wpg P.McCallum, Sask R.Pfeffer, Tor x-E.Rogers, Cgy D.Alvarado, Ott T.Gurley, Tor A.Harris, BC x-Je.Johnson, Ott B.Banks, Ham V.Hazelton, Tor Ke.Lawrence, Edm K.Stafford, Edm x-C.Marshall, Wpg x-A.Collie, BC x-K.Elliott, Tor

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18 15 16 16 12 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 New England 2 1 0 .667 N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 Miami 1 2 0 .333 South W L T Pct Houston 2 1 0 .667 Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 Tennessee 1 2 0 .333 North W L T Pct Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 Baltimore 1 2 0 .333 Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 West W L T Pct Denver 3 0 0 1.000 Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 San Diego 2 1 0 .667 Oakland 1 2 0 .333

70 63 62 59 49 46 37 36 36 32 30 30 30 30 28 26 26

PF 78 54 61 53

PA 54 62 63 67

PF 60 45 52 61

PA 37 73 65 79

PF 55 60 58 67

PA 45 98 38 99

PF 55 82 54 53

PA 42 42 42 53

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 3 0 0 1.000 115 Washington 3 0 0 1.000 72 N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 50 Dallas 0 3 0 .000 27 South W L T Pct PF Carolina 2 1 0 .667 72 Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 62 Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 48 New Orleans 0 3 0 .000 64 North W L T Pct PF Minnesota 4 0 0 1.000 88 Chicago 2 1 0 .667 60 Detroit 2 1 0 .667 62 Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 67 West W L T Pct PF San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 45 Seattle 1 2 0 .333 49 Arizona 1 2 0 .333 68 St. Louis 0 3 0 .000 31 Sunday’s Games Houston 27, New Orleans 13 Arizona 30, Oakland 23 Thursday, Sep. 3 New Orleans at Green Bay, 5 p.m.

Baltimore at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 5 p.m.

Jacksonville at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Kansas City at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Denver, 7 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 8 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 8 p.m.

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REBELS: Good fit “Musil and Spacek communicated well together and the way Pawly is playing he might be a good fit on that line,” said Sutter. “That could be a good 18-year-old line for us.” ● Team White edged Team Black 5-4 in Tuesday’s final main camp scrimmage preceding tonight’s 7 p.m. Black and White intrasquad game.

Scoring for the winners were Pawlenchuk, Conner Bleackley, Jeff de Wit, Austin Pratt and Wyatt Johnson (penalty shot). D-Jay Jerome, a Lethbridge product promoted from rookie camp, Haydn Fleury, Ivan Nikolishin and Lane Pederson (penalty shot) responded in a losing cause.

The majority of the players who skated in the scrimmage will play in tonight’s Black and White game, the exceptions being Fleury, fellow defenceman Colton Bobyk and 16-year-old for-

Future of defence looks good as Rebels rookie camp closes The Red Deer Rebels’ blueline will look much different in the 2016-17 season, with at least three defencemen slated to move on to the professional and possibly university ranks next year.

But, based on their performance in this year’s main and rookie camps at the Centrium, there are several candidates who could potentially step in and fill those spots as early as next fall.

“We have some really good young kids coming, kids who will fit in nicely on our blueline,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said Tuesday at the conclusion of rookie camp.

One of the prospective future rearguards, 16-year-old Ethan Sakowich, participated in main camp this year, as did 1999-born forwards Austin Pratt, who is expected to crack the 2015-16 lineup, Akash Bains and Tanner Sidaway, and goaltender Dawson Weatherill.

Even with the five 16-year-old prospects in main camp, the rookie sessions featured plenty of talent, noted Sutter.

PA 53 47 63 68 PA 71 67 68 83 PA 45 42 41 74 PA 48 51 79 69

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Toronto 75 57 .568 New York 73 58 .557 Tampa Bay 66 66 .500 Baltimore 63 69 .477 Boston 61 71 .462

GB — 1 1/2 9 12 14

Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit

Central Division W L Pct 80 51 .611 68 63 .519 64 67 .489 61 69 .469 61 70 .466

GB — 12 16 18 1/2 19

Houston Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 73 60 .549 68 62 .523 65 66 .496 62 71 .466 58 74 .439

GB — 3 1/2 7 11 14 1/2

Monday’s Games Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 4, Toronto 2 Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Houston 8, Seattle 3 Oakland 11, L.A. Angels 5 San Diego 7, Texas 0 Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay 11, Baltimore 2 Toronto 5, Cleveland 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1 Minnesota 8, Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit 6, Kansas City 5 Seattle 7, Houston 5 L.A. Angels at Oakland, late Texas at San Diego, late

L.A. Angels (Heaney 5-2) at Oakland (S.Gray 12-6), 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 10-6) at Boston (Owens 2-1), 2:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 10-5) at Baltimore (Gausman 2-6), 5:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Bauer 10-10) at Toronto (Dickey 9-10), 5:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rodon 6-5) at Minnesota (Milone 6-4), 6:10 p.m.

Detroit (Wolf 0-2) at Kansas City (Ventura 9-7), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 10-7) at Houston (Kazmir 7-9), 6:10 p.m.

Texas (Hamels 2-1) at San Diego (Kennedy 8-12), 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Arizona 6, Colorado 4, 1st game Miami 7, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 14, N.Y. Mets 8 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 8, Washington 5 Arizona 5, Colorado 3, 2nd game San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, late Texas at San Diego, late

Thursday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.

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

New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 73 59 .553 66 65 .504 54 78 .409 54 79 .406 53 80 .398

GB — 6 1/2 19 19 1/2 20 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati

Central Division W L Pct 86 46 .652 79 51 .608 75 56 .573 56 75 .427 54 77 .412

GB — 6 10 1/2 29 1/2 31 1/2

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

Wednesday’s Games

Monday’s Games Miami 4, Atlanta 0 N.Y. Mets 3, Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 13, Chicago Cubs 6 St. Louis 8, Washington 5 Colorado 5, Arizona 4 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 4, 14 innings San Diego 7, Texas 0

West Division W L Pct 73 57 .562 69 62 .527 65 68 .489 64 67 .489 53 78 .405

GB — 4 9 9 20

Wednesday’s Games Miami (Conley 2-1) at Atlanta (W.Perez 4-5), 10:10 a.m.

Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 3-6) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-6), 12:20 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 5-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 11-7), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 7-8) at Milwaukee (Z.Davies 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 11-11) at St. Louis (Wacha 15-4), 6:15 p.m.

Arizona (Ch.Anderson 6-5) at Colorado (J.Gray 0-0), 6:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Leake 9-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-6), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (Hamels 2-1) at San Diego (Kennedy 8-12), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:20 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

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Tennis U.S. Open Results Tuesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men First Round Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1.

Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

Ivo Karlovic (21), Croatia, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5.

John Isner (13), United States, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.

Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Bjorn Fratangelo, United States, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-2.

Donald Young, United States, def. Gilles Simon (11), France, 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Austin Krajicek, United States, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (1).

Thomaz Bellucci (30), Brazil, def. James Ward, Britain, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3.

Aljaz Bedene, Britain, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 3-6, 6-4, 3-0, retired.

Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. John-Patrick Smith, Australia, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (4).

Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 2-0, retired.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Kazakhstan, 6-0, 7-6 (2), 1-0, retired.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (29), Germany, def. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 6-7 (0), 6-2, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4.

Dominic Thiem (20), Austria, def. Daniel GimenoTraver, Spain, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5.

Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Benjamin Becker,

Germany, 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.

Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, def. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3.

Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 7-6 (7), 6-0, 7-6 (4).

Jack Sock (28), United States, def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

Chung Hyeon, South Korea, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2.

Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, def. Frances Tiafoe, United States, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3.

Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 7-5, 7-6 (6), 7-5.

Steve Darcis, Belgium, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2, 3-1, retired.

Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def. Albert RamosVinolas, Spain, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (31), Spain, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Bernard Tomic (24), Australia, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3.

Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Konstantin Kravchuk, Russia, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-1.

Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-1.

Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

Women First Round Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-2, 3-0, retired.

Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Louisa Chirico, United States, 6-3, 6-0.

Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, 6-3, 6-1.

Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Lucie Safarova (6), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1.

Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-1, 6-1.

Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Timea Bacsinszky (14), Switzerland, 7-5, 6-0.

Wang Qiang, China, def. Maria Sakkari, Greece, 7-5, 6-2.

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Irina-Camelia Begu (28), Romania, 6-1, 0-6, 7-6 (3).

Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-4.

Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, def. Jamie Loeb, United States, 6-2, 6-0.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Laura Robson, Britain, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-3.

Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.

Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-0, 6-3.

Victoria Azarenka (20), Belarus, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2.

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Garbine Muguruza (9), Spain, def. Carina Witthoeft, Germany, 6-2, 6-4.

Andrea Petkovic (18), Germany, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (32), Slovakia, def.

Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-3, 6-4.

Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-3, 6-1.

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Christina McHale, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Sabine Lisicki (24), Germany, def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-1, 6-4.

Nicole Gibbs, United States, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Sara Errani (16), Italy, def. Mayo Hibi, Japan, 6-0, 6-1.

Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, def. Tereza Mrdeza, Croatia, 6-2, 6-2.

Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.

Sam Stosur (22), Australia, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-3, 6-4.

Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Sachia Vickery, United States, 6-2, 6-2.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3.

Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Alize Cornet (27), France, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-1, 6-1.

Corey Lewis from the practice roster.

LB Sean Porter on the PUP list. Waived-injured WR Onterio McCalebb.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Terminated the contract of DT Phil Taylor. Waived DL Ishmaa’ily Kitchen, FB Luke Lundy and PK Carey Spear. Placed QB Connor Shaw and OL Michael Bowie on injured reserve and DB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, TE Randall Telfer and RB Glenn Winston on the reserve/non-football injury list.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed OL Chaz Green on the PUP list, Mark Nzeocha on the reserve/non-football injury list, and CB Orlando Scandrick on injured reserve. Waived-injured DE Kenneth Boatright, OT R.J. Dill and RB Michael Hill.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Re-signed G Jeff Malcolm.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with F Andre Bouvet-Morrissette. Acquired the rights to D James Martin from Fort Wayne for the rights to F Alex Belzile.

FOOTBALL Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released OL

ward Parker Saretsky, who returned to his Wainwright home Tuesday night.

Fleury, a first-round pick of Carolina in the 2014 NHL draft, is off to Raleigh, N.C., today to begin early preparations for the Hurricanes camp, while Bobyk, who’s looked comfortable in camp despite undergoing off-season surgery for a dislocated kneecap, will be held out of tonight’s game but will dress for the Rebels’ preseason opener Saturday versus the Edmonton Oil Kings at St. Albert.

Saretsky, who will be listed by the Rebels, was sent home to start preparing for the upcoming midget AAA season.

Also promoted from rookie to main camp for Tuesday’s final scrimmage were defencemen Boo Grist, Jacob Herauf, Jace Foskey, Carson Sass and Spencer McHardy, and forwards Jerome, Tanner Sidaway, Eli Zummack, Brayden Labant, Brandon Cutler, Chase Lowry, Brendan Budy and Jack Langenhahn, all of whom will play tonight. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com “The reality is rookie camp would have looked different with those five players. We had five pretty good 16-year-olds who weren’t in rookie camp and that changes the look of your rookie camp to some degree.”

While Pratt will almost certainly be with the Rebels this season, the other four ‘99s attending main camp are a year or more away.

“They’ll definitely have a chance to make our team next year,” said Sutter.

The Rebels boss was impressed with the overall potential shown in rookie camp, citing the performance of all nine of the club’s 2015 bantam draft picks — defencemen Jacob Herauf, the team’s first-round selection, Jacob Thomson, Jace Foskey and Spencer McHardy, and forwards Eli Zummack, Chase Lowry, Brendan Budy, Brandon Cutler and Jake Mulder. All but Thomson and Mulder were promoted to main camp for tonight’s 7 p.m. Black and White Game.

“There were some other 16’s who looked really good — (defenceman Carson) Sass is one — and our draft picks from this year were all good,” said Sutter. “We’re happy with where we’re at with our younger players.

They have speed and size and we also have some really good smaller players like Zummack and Budy.”

National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Waived OT Rob Crisp.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived-injured G Peter Konz.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Waived WR Jarrett Boykin, S Robert Lester, DT Kenny Horsley and WR De’Andre Presley. Waived-injured DT Micanor Regis, OT Davonte Wallace and CB Melvin White.

Placed WR Kelvin Benjamin on injured reserve.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed OT Cedric Ogbuehi on the reserve/non-football injury list. Placed

OLYMPIC QUALIFYING BASKETBALL Luis Scola gave Canada’s talented but inexperienced basketball team a lesson on just how hard it is to qualify for the Olympic Games.

The veteran power forward scored 35 points and added a game-high 13 rebounds to lead Argentina to a 94-87 win over Canada on Tuesday at the 2015 FIBA Americas basketball championship. Point guard Nicolas Laprovittola added 20 points and four assists for Argentina, which opened with a 91-86 win

PGA OF ALBERTA EDMONTON — Wolf Creek’s Eric Locke carded a second-round 71 Tuesday and finished in a tie for fifth in the Professional Golfers’ Association of Alberta Tour Championship at Royal Mayfair.

Locke, who toured the course in 73 strokes Monday, finished with a 144 total and earned a cheque for $1,353.

over Puerto Rico on Monday.

Minnesota Timberwolves teammates Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett led Canada with 13 points each, with Boston centre Kelly Olynyk adding 10 rebounds and Raptors point guard Cory Joseph dishing out seven assists.

Canada (0-1) will try to get back on track to qualify for the 2016 Olympics when it faces Cuba on Wednesday. The top two teams in Mexico City qualify for the Rio Games.

Mike Belbin of the host club captured his third consecutive PGA of Alberta title in the last four years with a 36-hole total of 141 (67-74). He pocketed a cheque for $4,100.

Scott Borsa and Jordan Krulicki of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club finished with respective totals of 153 (78-75) and 156 (78-78) and both came away with $285. Dale Tomlinson of Red Deer River Bend had a 157 total (80-77) and also earned $285.

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Loaves and Fishes is about to get a new roof after three local businesses stepped up to lend a hand.

After reading about the society’s leaky circumstances in the Advocate, Goodmen Roofing Ltd. and Taco Bell/ KFC came to the rescue by donating $15,000 in supplies and labour to fix the roof.

Work began on Monday, and it is expected to take about three days to repair the 5,000 square-foot roof area.

Halina Jarvis, Loaves and Fishes executive director, said the roof is falling apart and the shingles are curling.

Ice buildup from last winter melted and came through the top offices and downstairs to the pastor’s offices, said Jarvis.

“The roof was all wrecked,” she said. “When I had the guy come to fix the ice damage, (he) told me the shingles were shot. We got an estimate of between $15,000 and $20,000. My heart just sank.”

Jarvis said the society began canvassing and the companies stepped up right away. The staff cried after they learned of the donation, she said.

“It is huge. It is a $15,000 donation or more. ... You get good people like that coming in and what can you say, besides thank you. It’s amazing.”

Jarvis said this helps the society keep its programs running for another year.

Loaves and Fishes formed in 1991.

It has called the building at 6002 54th Ave. home since 1998.

Jarvis said the next order of business is to repair a cooler. crhyno@reddeeradvoate.com

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Goodmen Roofing Ltd. workers Denis Savard (front) and Ben Moreaux began fixing up the Loaves and Fishes roof on Monday. Crews are expected to have the work completed this week.

Drugs and weapons Red Deer County trial gets delayed adds pair of plants to list of noxious weeds

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

A trial for a Red Deer man facing drugs and weapons charges has been delayed.

Richard Bradley Krepps, 30, faces numerous charges, including unauthorized possession of a weapon, a prohibited weapon, possession of a stolen weapon and possession of prohibited substances for the purpose of trafficking. The charges were laid in October 2013.

Red Deer RCMP investigated a suspicious vehicle in Johnstone Park.

They found a “large amount” of drugs and weapons. A later search of a home in the same neighbourhood found more drugs, including methamphetamine, and more firearms.

In Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday, Krepps was scheduled to start his three-day trial before Justice Kirk Sisson.

However, defence counsel Andrew Phypers applied for an adjournment.

Phypers cited the short time he has had on the file and his need for information from a potential witness involved in the testing of the samples of the drugs that police seized as main reasons for his application.

Crown Prosecutor John Lee only

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said the Crown was ready to proceed to trial Tuesday.

Sisson said that much of the delay was caused by Krepps’ own actions after he vanished before a trial date could be set in 2014.

Krepps waived his preliminary inquiry on June 24, 2014, and chose to proceed directly to trial before a judge alone.

After his first appearance in arraignment court, he did not appear and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was arrested in January in Vernon, B.C. and found guilty there of possession of stolen property over $5,000, break and enter and flight from a police officer. He was sentenced to 151 days in custody and two years of probation.

On May 29, his sentence in B.C. concluded and he was sent to the Red Deer to resume proceedings on the October 2013 charges. Phypers was retained as counsel. In June, the trial was set for Sept. 1 to 3 in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Sisson granted the adjournment, noting it was unfortunate they were not using the trial time.

The charges were adjourned to Oct. 5 for arraignment and the lawyers said they would endeavour to set dates prior to arraignment. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Fire hazard raised to high for Rocky area heading into long weekend The fire hazard in the Rocky wildfire management area has been raised to high ahead of the Labour Day weekend.

Warm temperatures and the seasonal fall drying of the forest has conspired to create dangerous forest fire conditions.

Since April 1, there have been 123 wildfires that have burned a total of 67.45 hectares in the Rocky Wildfire Management Area. Of those fires, 50 were caused by humans, 36 were caused by lightning and 37 are under investigation.

There are 40 wildfires burning in

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Weeds are the bane of every farmer.

Red Deer County watches closely for the latest unwanted interlopers and is taking action on a pair of wellknown nuisances.

On Tuesday, council approved adding absinthe wormwood and caraway to the list of noxious weeds, following approval by the Agriculture and Forestry minister.

The county has been battling absinthe wormwood for almost six years.

It has moved in from the county’s eastern border as far as Springvale Heights, just east of Red Deer.

Absinthe wormwood is very aggressive and was elevated to noxious weed status by the County of Stettler five years ago as it spread across that municipality.

A report to Red Deer County council from its agricultural services staff says the losses of pasture and hay land can hit more than 50 per cent in affected fields.

To limit the damage, the county has adopted a strategy of early detection the province.

One is being held, 35 are under control and four have been turned over to the responsible party.

Fire permits are required for any type of burning, except campfires, in the forest protection area.

To request a free fire permit, call your local Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Office: Rocky Mountain House at 403-8458581; Drayton Valley at 780.542.6616; and Sundre at 403-638-3805.

55 Street opened after construction work completed Motorists can take back 55th Street.

The street is open between 48 Avenue and 42A Avenue after another summer of road work.

and rapid response.

By declaring it a noxious weed, the county can take action on private lands if necessary under the province’s Weed Control Act. Caraway is a similar blight. The county has been controlling the weed on its lands but caraway has now advanced more than 40 km from the northwest border, where it first crossed into the county.

Clearwater County approved noxious weed status for caraway in 1998.

Red Deer County also considered it a noxious weed from 2006 to 2010, prior to the province adopting the new act in 2010.

The county has managed to control the weed on its roadsides but landowners have struggled to control it in lowlying areas and creeks.

County Mayor Jim Wood said he has found wormwood on his farm near Elnora and it’s a tough weed to get rid of.

“I believe we’re going the right way on this.”

Elevating the weeds to noxious status will give the county an opportunity to educate landowners about the stakes at risk. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com While the majority of work is complete on the 55 Street Improvement Project, some minor asphalt sealing will happen over the next couple of weeks that will require occasional lane closures.

This summer contractors upgraded underground utility services, including water and sanitary sewer.

They also rebuilt 55 Street from 48 Avenue to 42A Avenue, which was identified for maintenance and repairs through the city’s Roads in Need program.

Sidewalks and a multi-use pathway were also added along this stretch of the road to improve movement for all users.

Last year, crews upgraded underground utilities from 50 Avenue to 48 Avenue.

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Debate grows over smartphones in classrooms

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS As children get set to return to classrooms for the new school year, teachers and parents are grappling with the growing role of smartphones and social media in education.

Although provincial ministries of education have written digital literacy into their curricula, the decisions on when and how students use digital devices to support learning during the school day fall under the jurisdiction of each district school board.

“The Internet for a long time has been like the Wild West, where there were no rules, and through digital citizenship we’re trying to shift that attitude and that culture,” said Karen Pegler, a learning specialist in educational technologies for the Calgary Board of Education.

“It’s something that we’re working on.”

As some school boards have not yet developed their own policies, it comes down to individual teachers to decide how they choose to use — or ban — mobile devices and social media in their classrooms.

“I think this is a broader discussion that needs to be addressed in terms of all of our educational facilities: how we use technology in the classroom and what the policies are,” said Sam Kemp-Jackson, a parenting blogger and mother of four based in Toronto.

“I think if you go to one school you’ll find something completely different from the school down the street.”

Kemp-Jackson, who blogs at http://www.MultipleMayhemMamma.com, and many educators agree that there are benefits to using social media as an educational tool.

Pegler points to one Calgary-based teacher who used Twitter to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The online account was written from the perspective of the ship’s captain and tweets recreated the events on the doomed ship in real time. That Twitter account gave students the opportunity to understand the urgency on board the ship as it sank.

The key for teachers is making sure that all social media interactions are as positive as that one.

The Peel District School Board, just west of Toronto, already has a robust social media policy in place that outlines the responsibilities of teachers in setting an example for students in how to be responsible digital citizens.

The Toronto District School Board, Canada’s largest, is going to follow its neighbour’s example and is

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A man, holds his iPhone displaying his Twitter account. Teachers and parents are grappling with the growing role of smartphones and social media in education. working on a city-wide policy to help teachers and parents.

“There is a movement to develop a policy,” said Joseph Romano, a teacher in TDSB who works as a teaching and learning coach with the school board.

“I’ve heard a lot of talk about a policy for bringyour-own-device being developed within the board.

“I think in terms of looking at it through a teacher’s lens, having something like that where it lays out fundamental ideas or what the core practices could look like, I think that would be beneficial.”

Although the educational benefits of social media are still being evaluated, cyber bullying and other negative online behaviour already fall under general behaviour and discipline guidelines across Canada.

Educators are trying to be proactive and encour-

age students to be responsible online — just as they would in face-to-face situations — to head off trouble before it begins. That means creating a partnership with parents and opening the lines of communications between adults and children.

“I would encourage parents to communicate ... the importance of privacy, the importance of protecting their personal information, their names, where they go to school, how to be contacted,” said Pegler. “Also, we talk about students creating a positive digital footprint.

“When that student is Googled, what is going to come up? Is it something that will make the student proud, their parents proud, their school proud, their community proud? Or is it something that they’ll be embarrassed about?”

Are ‘WiFi allergies’ a real thing?

ELECTRONOMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME

BY CAITLIN DEWEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Science is nowhere near convinced that “WiFi allergies” are legit. But the French legal system is apparently far more credulous: Last week, it ruled that a 39-year-old woman is eligible for nearly $900/ month in disability benefits because of her struggles with so-called “electromagnetic hypersensitivity.”

It’s one of the first times a court of law has recognized EHS, or “electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome” — which is incredible, given that actual, hard evidence linking adverse health affects and WiFi signals is pretty negligible. Below, a quick review of what we do and don’t know about the world’s most mysterious “allergy,” with advice for those of you on the verge of chucking your router entirely.

What is EHS? EHS is, essentially, a grab-bag of physical symptoms with no known cause. Sufferers of EHS, estimated as “several” per million people, tend to experience some combination of physical symptoms like nausea, headaches, palpitations, fatigue and rashes/ other dermatological problems, often at the same

time. (Less commonly, they may also complain of confusion, memory loss, panic attacks and the like.)

Researchers and public health officials have documented these symptoms: They’re definitely real, and patients aren’t making them up. EHS, to be clear, is a real syndrome, and the international health community has recognized it as such.

The problem with EHS is that “E” bit: multiple double-blind studies have suggested that, despite anecdotal reports, EHS has no relation to electromagnetic or radio-frequency signals. In fact, the World Health Organization has concluded that there’s no known “medical, psychiatric or psychological” cause for the syndrome, at all. At the conclusion of a ground-breaking, global workshop on the science of EHS in 2004, WHO suggested renaming EHS to “idiopathic environmental intolerance with attribution to EMF,” or electromagnetic fields” — a mouthful that makes it clear that the symptoms’ relationship to EMF is unclear.

How do we not know what causes it?

We don’t know its causes because its symptoms are so fantastically common. In medical terms, these are called “nonspecific symptoms”: symptoms that can indicate a ton of different problems. A headache

can indicate, for instance, that you drank too much coffee this morning; it’s also a sign of meningitis, carbon monoxide poisoning and the literal plague.

(Nonspecific symptoms are basically the reason that using WebMD can be very scary.)

EHS poses that problem several times over: A lot of things could cause each of these symptoms, and different sufferers manifest (or don’t) the symptoms differently.

What are the leading theories?

There are two primary schools of thought here: The first, that environmental conditions that are not Wifi could trigger EHS; and the second, that it represents a sort of reverse-placebo effect.

WHO has compiled a whole laundry list of environmental factors that could cause EHS symptoms, including the “flicker” of fluorescent lights and the glare from screens, and recommended that sufferers engage the services of someone who can evaluate their work environment for issues like indoor air pollution and excessive noise.

They also recommend that patients see a psychologist or psychiatrist — a proposal in which they’re not alone. Writing in the Guardian earlier this year, James Rubin and Simon Wessely of King’s College London call EHS an instance of the “nocebo effect,” in which people tend to feel sick because they believe they’ve been exposed to something that will sicken them.

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Fermenting is another way to preserve, whether it’s pickles, sauerkraut or sourdough bread. Nelson also makes cider, beer, fruit wines and kombucha, a slightly fizzy, cider-like tea.

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TORONTO — Raising quail on a balcony, rabbits in a condo, or eating insects might not be among the habits of the average person in this country.

But Michelle Catherine Nelson believes supporting and growing sustainable food may be the most important contribution to our ecosystem that anyone can make.

And she says even those who live in a small space or a high-rise apartment can practise Earth-wise consumption.

Most people who shop in grocery stores are unaware of the food’s source, who has handled it and how it’s been processed.

Urban homesteading “puts the power back into people’s hands,” Nelson says from her Bowen Island, B.C., home.

“They just need to find out about it, get a little bit educated and then they can make choices that are better for their own health. The food is better and also better for the environment.”

It’s also rewarding, she says.

“Going and collecting your own food in your local area and then preparing and eating it is one of the most satisfying things that I’ve done.”

Nelson and her partner forage wild urban edibles, eat invasive species, grow vegetables and herbs in pots, preserve fruits, vegetables and meats, and keep small livestock like chickens, rabbits, bees and crickets.

They purchase a few items from grocery stores, local producers and farmers’ markets but collect and raise as much as they can.

She has documented her trials and tribulations in The Urban Homesteading Cookbook: Forage, Farm, Ferment and Feast for a Better World (Douglas & McIntyre, 2015), which includes more than 80 recipes designed to inspire readers to start their own journey.

She started urban homesteading five years ago in her one-bedroom East Vancouver apartment. When she was growing up, Nelson’s grandmother fostered in her a love of cooking from scratch and preserving during summers spent on her sunshine coast hobby farm. Nelson went on to earn a PhD in agroecology and conservation biology.

One of the more involved and complicated ways to homestead is to raise your own protein,

says Nelson, 35. She describes how to humanely slaughter an animal.

If you don’t have a backyard to raise chickens — where municipal bylaws permit — Nelson suggests keeping quail or growing edible plants on an apartment patio or balcony.

“Or you can eat bugs, which seems really weird, but it’s something that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is talking about as being one of the most sustainable proteins and it’s not always easy to raise your own protein or to get sustainable protein locally.”

Westerners are some of the only people in the world who don’t eat bugs.

“We just think it’s gross because we don’t eat them. We just need to get over that,” says Nelson.

For those who enjoy plants, Nelson suggests foraging.

Many weeds and native plants found in urban settings are edible, including invasive species.

“It’s sort of killing two birds with one stone where you get free food that’s very nutritious and you also help in conservation by removing the invasive.”

Invasive purple loosestrife resembles spinach.

Japanese knotweed is closely related to rhubarb, though not as strong-tasting.

“When foraging native species make sure you’re not taking too much. You have to keep in mind sustainability and conservation,” Nelson says.

Stick to species that don’t have toxic lookalikes.

Amateurs can take community classes or visit online forums for advice.

This is a perfect time of year to preserve the harvest by canning, drying or freezing local fruits and vegetables to enjoy over the winter. Meat, stock, soup, pesto and jam can be frozen.

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Manitoba seizes a newborn a day: child advocate WINNIPEG — The children’s advocate for Manitoba’s First Nations says social workers are seizing an average of one newborn baby a day and “shoving them anywhere.”

Cora Morgan told The Canadian Press that she was with a mother in hospital on Monday when Child and Family Services took the woman’s three-day-old son. The only reason given was that the mother had been a ward of family services until she was 18, Morgan said.

“It was heart-wrenching,” she said.

“It just seemed so utterly heartless.”

Manitoba is seizing a record number of newborns — as many as 40 a month from one downtown hospital — rather than supporting parents, Morgan said.

The infants are being taken into care without any assessment of the parents or their ability to care for the child, she said.

“The taps of apprehension are on high and the bathtub was full five years ago, so they have kids spilling out all over the place. They’re prepared to shove them anywhere.”

Manitoba has one of the highest apprehension rates in Canada, said Morgan, who added the seizures are as damaging as Indian residential schools. The longer a child is in care, the more complex the child’s needs become, she said.

“In this system, you are guilty until you can prove you’re innocent. They’re not going in and investigating to see if there is another side of the story.

They’re not going in there to say, ’How can we help you?’ ... They just take the kids.”

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It was a coping mechanism that would eventually take her life.

Tanya Olivares, 42, told a B.C. Supreme Court hearing considering compensation for Ivan Henry — who spent almost three decades behind bars — that her sister, Kari Rietze, died of an overdose earlier this year.

“She really was tortured by (Henry’s) loss on a daily basis,” said Olivares, stifling sobs as she spoke about her sister’s recent death in testimony on Tuesday.

Henry, 69, is suing for damages after he was wrongfully convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault in 1983. The B.C. Court of Appeal acquitted him in 2010 following protracted efforts on the part of his two daughters to have his case reviewed.

Olivares described her father as a caring and supportive man, but said everything changed in 1982.

Dalhousie student alleged to have made threats to kill up to 20 people HALIFAX — A Dalhousie University medical student who was facing expulsion told a psychiatrist he would obtain a gun and kill up to 20 people and himself, court documents allege.

The search warrant documents filed with Halifax provincial court allege that 30-year-old Stephen Gregory Tynes met with psychiatrist Dr. Terry Chisholm on Aug. 20 and told her he would stab Evelyn Sutton, the associate dean of undergraduate medical education, and her daughter Ellen MacDonald, who was also his classmate.

In the document, police say they later went to an apartment in Halifax and seized 1,834 rounds of ammunition for rifles, a Russian SKS rifle, a Henry Golden Boy .22-calibre rifle, a banana clip for a rifle, a baggie with three spring clips and bore cleaner, two ammunition boxes, a firearms acquisition card and a gun club card.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Chris Hansen, a spokeswoman for Nova Scotia’s public prosecution service, said Tynes was arrested on the same day as his meeting with Chisholm and was later charged with two counts of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and one count of engaging in threatening conduct directed at a person or any member of their family.

The warrant gives a detailed account of the meeting with the psychiatrist that led to the student’s arrest.

It says that the psychiatrist warned Tynes she would contact police after he made the alleged threats during their afternoon appointment, “at which point he left her office in an agitated state.”

them with non-aboriginal families — a practice known as the ’60s Scoop.

“They’re still taking children. How can they not want to address what they’re doing right now?”

Manitoba has more than 10,000 children in care. The system has been under scrutiny for years following several high-profile deaths and assaults.

Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross earlier this year promised to stop using hotels to house young wards after a girl was seriously assaulted.

Both the victim and the youth charged were in government care at a downtown Winnipeg hotel.

Child welfare came under intense pressure a year ago when 15-year-old Tina Fontaine was killed after running away from a hotel where she was in government care. The teen’s body was found wrapped in a bag in the Red River.

Premier Greg Selinger said the province is shifting towards prevention programs and, in some First Nations communities, they appear to be working. Caseloads this year have been virtually stagnant while the province looks at how to funnel more funding toward prevention, he said.

The aim is to keep kids out of care.

If babies are apprehended, workers try to “get them back home as quickly as possible,” the premier said.

Ian Wishart, a critic with the Opposition Conservatives, said it has become Manitoba’s policy to apprehend babies first and ask questions about the parents’ fitness later.

“Once a child is apprehended, it’s at least three months until you get it back. It can be as long as six, even if you are in a position of strength,” he said.

“That’s a critical time for the attachment between a child and the mother.

You are interfering with that attachment.”

Federal lawyers maintain PM made no decision to not fill Senate vacancies OTTAWA — Stephen Harper may be surprised to learn that he has not made a decision to let vacancies in the scandal-plagued Senate go unfilled.

There are now 22 empty seats in the 105-seat chamber and Harper has signalled he has no intention of filling them — or any others that arise — in the foreseeable future. He has not appointed a senator since March 2013.

In July, the prime minister formalized his practice of refusing to fill Senate vacancies, announcing a moratorium on appointments. Yet, the federal government is in court arguing that the prime minister has made no decision to leave Senate seats unfilled.

The court case was filed by Vancouver lawyer Aniz Alani who believes it’s unconstitutional to allow Senate vacancies to pile up indefinitely.

RCMP say forensic tests to identify human remains found outside Yellowknife YELLOWKNIFE — RCMP say a hiker has found human remains and some personal items in the woods off an old highway outside of Yellowknife.

Const. Elenore Sturko said Tuesday that forensic tests will be required to confirm an identity.

A Japanese tourist was last seen Oct. 22, 2014 walking along a highway north of the city and hotel staff reported her missing after she failed to check out of her room at the Explorer Hotel.

A few weeks later, RCMP said Atsumi Yoshikubo, who was 45, planned to disappear into the wilderness and took steps to avoid being found.

Mounties stopped searching and turned the file over to the coroner’s office.

Sturko said police have a number of open missing-persons cases and won’t speculate on the identity of the remains.

“There was a lot of media attention with the missing tourist. People are following this story with great interest.

It is very important for us to be able to confirm accurately the identity of these remains,” Sturko said Tuesday.

Sturko declined to give details on the personal items found Monday night near an area called the Ingraham Trail. She said the items would help investigators identify the remains.

Still no power for 3,500 BC Hydro customers after record-breaking outage VANCOUVER — BC Hydro says a windstorm that knocked out power in thousands of homes and businesses is believed to be the largest such outage ever for the utility.

Winds gusting up to 80 kilometres an hour at the height of Saturday’s storm in southwestern British Columbia toppled trees that damaged transmission lines and crushed cars.

BC Hydro estimates half of its 1.4-million customers on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland lost power.

It says the peak number of customers without electricity was 400,000 on Saturday, compared to 240,000 during an outage in December 2006.

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J.J. ABRAMS ON KEEPING ‘STAR WARS’ GROUNDED

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Imagine for a moment the peculiar experience of finding yourself in the Arabian desert, telling C3PO what to do.

Such was the case for J.J. Abrams, who — despite his own trepidation — stepped into George Lucas’ space opera with the monumental task of meeting the Death Starsized expectations that await Star Wars: The J.J. Abrams Force Awakens.

For the 49-yearold Abrams, who grew up a Star Wars fan, part of the challenge was coming face to face with a fantasy world he knew and loved.

“That was a constant in the production of the movie: moments where we would all look around and realize what we were doing and gasp a little bit and then dive back in,” Abrams said before ducking back into editing. “When you’re on the set of the Millennium Falcon or staring into the eyes of C3PO giving direction, it’s pretty easy to have that fanatic part of you bubble up. But our job was to be there to tell this story, not to be a fanboy.”

Thanks to those fanboys and girls (many of whom are now men and women), there’s no more anticipated movie this fall than The Force Awakens (due out Dec. 18). The rollout began months ago, whetting the rabid appetites of Star Wars fans with an IV drip of footage, still pictures and trailers.

Enthusiasm, which might have waned after the disappointment of the last trilogy, is again reaching lightspeed, thanks to promising new elements (like the rolling droid BB-8), the return of original cast members and Abrams, himself, already the trusted hero of another galaxy: Star Trek.

Abrams is the New Hope of a franchise (now a Walt Disney Co. property) already preparing to fire out a meteor storm of sequels and spinoffs. Billions are at stake, but the Force, they say, is strong. Star Wars Episode Seven is expected to surpass $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend alone.

It almost wasn’t to be. Intending to focus on original material, Abrams initially balked at inheriting Star Wars, but was persuaded by producer Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.

“She and I were talking about what this world would be, this universe, nearly 40 years after Episode Six and the idea that these characters would have lived on. And yet there would have been this new generation that may not know at all who these characters were, or had heard of them but not necessarily believed that they were real,” says Abrams. “It felt like such

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Daisey Ridley as Rey, left, and John Boyega as Finn, in a scene from the new film, ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ directed

by J.J. Abrams. The movie releases in the U.S. on Dec. 18, 2015. fertile ground.”

That means a mix of familiar, if now older, faces (Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca) and new ones (among them Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Max von Sydow) that will tether The Force Awakens to the original films.

It was made with extreme secrecy, always under the threat of leaks, and under the watchful eyes of Star Wars devotees. Fans have dissected every frame, analyzing everything from the physics of a briefly glimpsed lightsaber to the interior design of a TIE fighter.

Working in the midst of that extreme passion, Abrams says, was more incentive than pressure cooker.

“It is on the one hand incredibly and understandably stressful because you’ve got the anticipation and expectation that comes with this world that George created,” he says. “And on the other hand, it’s something that I would never complain about or look at as a negative because it is excitement and anticipation and passion for this world that got me excited not just to be involved with this movie but be involved with moviemaking.”

The Force is a mystical, invisible

power, but the stuff of Star Wars — the matter of its galaxy — is tactile: the melancholy horizon of Tatooine; the lush forest of the Ewok planet Endor; the spilled innards of a Tauntuan.

These are the tangible qualities that lent Lucas’ films an exotic, hand-crafted realism.

Realizing this, Abrams endeavoured to marry modern CGI tools with oldschool effects and real sets. That strategy, he says, paid off in capturing the spirit of Star Wars.

“I can’t think of something that we did that doesn’t look and feel more authentic that I wish we had done differently,” says Abrams. “Wherever possible, whenever possible, we tried to do things as much in camera as we could. And that meant that a lot of artists on that side of things were building things not with pixels but with wood and paint and foam and actually constructing sets that we could have done in post. It gave the actors the actual location, the actual sunlight or stage light something to bounce off of, and the movie a feeling of being in an actual location and not an artificial one.”

Though that meant some hot days in the Abu Dhabi sun and the occasion-

al studio set difficulties (production was shut down when a hydraulic door fell on Ford, fracturing his leg), it was worth it to Abrams.

“It was really nice to not have to also worry about: Will that ship look good on camera? Because we actually had it. We were actually filming it,” he says.

Such an approach was a way to keep the fantasy grounded, and it typifies the entire production: a melding of new and old, fantastical and authentic.

Yet as much as Abrams tried to keep his inner fanboy at bay, he did grant one “marvel”: seeing Fisher, Hamill and Ford slide back into their iconic characters.

“What was incredible from my point of view was how apparently easily they flipped back into these roles,” says Abrams. “I knew for a fact, for example, that Harrison Ford was going to be in this movie, but I couldn’t be certain that Han Solo would be. Meaning, I hadn’t seen Han Solo return after nearly 40 years, either. And it wasn’t until we got on set that I got my answer. It was a remarkable thing to see how effortlessly Harrison Ford became Han Solo again.”

Martin proud of Tea Party’s global presence TORONTO — After a quarter-century helming the Tea Party, it would seem that Jeff Martin has tossed any measure of false humility overboard.

Though he’s chatting over the phone from his adopted home of Australia, the shaman of multi-platinum mysticism projects a certain twinkle in his voice as he reflects on his band’s ongoing career with barbed candour.

For instance, as the conversation turns to the Tea Party’s place in the Can-rock hierarchy — after four double-platinum albums and another two certified gold — he doesn’t conceal his pride.

“I’ve been travelling the world ... and going to places unknown, like Lebanon, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt,” he says.

“No one knows who the Tragically Hip is in Istanbul. They know damn well who the (expletive) Tea Party is.

“And what an accomplishment.”

In more ways than one, Martin isn’t finished.

His band’s legacy ballooned largely on the strength of 1995’s The Edges of

Twilight, by a narrow margin the band’s most popular release and the album that the band will celebrate on a crossCanadian tour beginning in their native Windsor, Ont., on Friday.

And if Martin comes off brash now — well, that was the mindset that likely made the adventurous, 20-year-old album possible in the first place.

Martin, bassist Stuart Chatwood and drummer Jeff Burrows had noodled around in bands during high school before assembling more formally in 1990.

After self-releasing a recording in 1991, they signed to EMI and issued their major-label debut, Splendor Solis, in 1993. Produced by an inexperienced 23-year-old Martin, the album was minted platinum.

For the followup, both expectations and the band’s budget sprouted skywards.

“We had never seen five-digit paycheques in our lives,” Martin says. “We just reinvested. Because we were just three kids out of Windsor.”

As they recorded The Edges of Twilight in Los Angeles, “every single day there was a courier showing up with instruments,” Martin recalls.

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Members of The Tea Party (left to right) Stuart Chatwood, Jeff Martin and Jeff Burrows.

Increasingly fascinated with Indian and Middle Eastern instrumentation, the record included santoor, sarod, sitar, tampura, hurdy-gurdy, harp guitar, harmonium, goblet drums and 12-string guitar.

When lead single Fire in the Head — inspired by Tom Cowan’s book of the same name and Martin’s love affair with an Australian Wiccan — seethed

a path to No. 26 on the Canadian chart, it became clear the investment was worthwhile.

“Have you heard of the sophomore jinx?” Martin asks rhetorically. “Usually, maybe six times out of 10, the second record is a bit of a letdown.

“What The Edges of Twilight became,” he continues, “was a very, very staunch statement.”

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announcements Obituaries MATTHEW Anna Doreen Matthew (Dode) passed away with family on July 9th with no pain or discomfort after a courageous two year battle with liver cancer. Mom was born in Kelvington Saskatchewan to Sam and Myrtle Hall on June 29th, 1928.

She attended school in Kelvington until continuing her education at the University of Saskatchewan in the field of Medical Laboratory Technology.

She moved to Calgary in 1951 and worked in the Laboratory at the Colonel Belcher and Holy Cross Hospital. Mom met the love of her life Alfred Clive Matthew and they were married in 1955. They moved to Red Deer in 1958 and Mom worked for two years at the Red Deer Regional Hospital before retiring in 1960 to raise a family. In 1976 she went back to work part time with Dr Kasper and Associates until retiring in 1993. Mom and Dad enjoyed living on Sylvan Lake and travelling the world with many dear friends. They had a rich life and a wonderful retirement.

Predeceased by her parents Sam and Myrtle Hall, Bothers Ken and Merv Hall and her loving and dear husband Clive (2008). She is survived by her three children Jill (Kevin), Doug (Pam), Glen (Angie) and her grandchildren Jesse (Keitha), Janine (Andrew), Janessa (Matt), Julia (Tallin), Kallie and Kyler. On July 4th weekend most of the family was able to gather at Mom’s residence for a surprise 87th birthday celebration and then a reenactment of the wedding that she was unable to attend of her first grandchild to marry.

It was an amazing weekend. Mom was dressed to the nine, beaming, and able to pose for pictures. As a family nothing was left unsaid. We, as well as close friends, are thankful for the time shared visiting her by phone or in person and feel it helped us find peace and closure before her passing. There will be a celebration of Mom’s life on September 12th from 2:00pm to 5:00pm at her residence(183Birchcliff Road, Birchcliff). In lieu of flowers donations to Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Special thanks to Red Deer Exhaust and Automotive Parts DIstributors for the flexibility to allow family to care for Mom as required. Many hugs of appreciation to staff, doctors and nurses at the Red Deer Regional Hospital, the Villa Marie Covenant Care, Retire at Home, and the Sylvan Family Health Centre. Mom enjoyed golf and was especially proud of her two hole in ones. She enjoyed entertaining with friends and loved having her family near. Mom was sharp and quick witted to the end and loved to tease and be teased in a playful loving matter. Mom shared many truths about life through reciting of poems, quips and popular sayings...they became known as Doreenisms. Mom’s fight is now over. She is back with Dad. We are thankful to all who shared their time. Mom remains in our hearts and memories and is with us in spirit.

I AM WITH YOU STILL I give you this one thought to keep I am with you still...do not weep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn’s rain When you awaken in the morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not think of me as gone....

I am with you still...in each new dawn.

MACKENZIE Rev. George MacDonald Oct. 23rd, 1931 - Aug. 29th, 2015 Surrounded by family, George went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Saturday, August 29th, 2015 at the age of 83 years. He leaves his wife of 57 years, Mary, four children; Grace (Brian), John (Harriette), Andy (Rosie), and Anna (Ryon), seven grandchildren; David, Heidi, Mark, Iain, Jenna, Aksel, and Haakon, as well as six great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by his sister, Esther (Walter) of Kylesku, Scotland, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. George was born in Lairg, Scotland to Murdo and Elizabeth Mackenzie. At the age of 18, he was conscripted into HM Royal Air Force, serving as an engine mechanic for his two-year term. Upon returning home, he began work as a postman for HM Royal Mail. In his leisure time, he played football (soccer) for Lairg Rovers. His life changed irrevocably on July 16th, 1955 when he committed his life to Jesus Christ, and it became his life’s mission to minister the love of Christ to others.

George married Mary Megahy on March 14th, 1958, and continued in the postal service until 1966, when he entered the Bible Training Institute of Glasgow, Scotland. After graduating, he and Mary ministered as missionary / pastors to three small churches in Caithness, Scotland, until June of 1975 when the family immigrated to Canada, settling in the Blackfalds area in 1979. George served in, and was instrumental in planting, several churches in Western Canada. Pastor George will be remembered for his unconditional love of others, his commitment to serve others as best as he could to demonstrate the love of Christ, and his ability to encourage people, no matter how difficult the circumstances in which they found themselves. He was known to many as the “Mercy Man”, and will be sorely missed. The family would like to express heartfelt thanks to Dr. McKibbin and the staff of the Long Term Care unit at Lacombe Hospital for their care of our beloved husband, dad, and granda over the last 2 years. For those who wish to pay their final respects to Reverend George Mackenzie, visitations will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Friday, September 4th, 2015 between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. A Celebration of George’s Life will take place at Lacombe Pentecostal Church, 40331 Range Road 27-1, Lacombe, on Saturday, September 5th, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent directly to: Highways-Byways-Centre, 59 Clonmakate Road, Portadown, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, BT62 1T2 or www.highwaysbyways.missions.org.uk.

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HOLLEBEKE Maurits Cyriel Maurits Cyriel Hollebeke passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, August 29, 2015. He was born on July 21, 1932 in Vlamertinge, Belgium and immigrated to Canada in 1953. He worked his whole life in the construction industry, always figuring and fixing. He is survived by his brothers, Luc (Georgina), Andre (Mavis), and Marcel; sister-in-law, Margriete of Vlamertinge, Belgium as well as many nieces and nephews whom he adored.

Maurits was predeceased by his parents, as well as his brothers, Cyriel and Raphael.

As per his wishes there will be no funeral service. His remains will be placed with his parents in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan.

Memorial donations may be made directly to the Lending Cupboard, 5406C - 43 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1C9. Many thanks to the staff of the dialysis unit at the Red Deer Hospital for their care over the years. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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STEELE Mary 1930 - 2015 Mary Steele passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 30, 2015 at the age of 85 years. Mary was born to Grace and Carl Johanson on January 26, 1930. She was raised in the Shady Nook District and attended school there. Mom later moved to Red Deer, working as a Nanny, as well as at the dry cleaners and at Eatons Groceteria as a produce manager until her marriage to her soul mate, Norman Steele, eldest son of Lola and Norman Steele of the Willowdale District. Mary and Norman were married on June 13, 1951 and farmed together in the Willowdale District until 1991. They then subdivided out acreage on the home site and lived there until 2005, at which time they sold and moved to Red Deer.

Mom and Dad took several trips overseas as well as two cruises to Alaska. They also enjoyed several dance weekends around Central Alberta and for several years they travelled to Minot, North Dakota with friends for a dance festival. Mom enjoyed gardening and had beautiful flower beds around the house and yard. She always planted a large vegetable garden with enough food to feed her family and then some. Mom was active for many years with the ladies church group in Willowdale and canvassed for the Cancer Society for several years. Mary is survived by her beloved husband, Norman, daughter, Gloria Thomas of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, sons; David Steele and Brian (Barb) Steele, son in law, Max Hiscock, daughters; June (Neil) Nakoneczny and Shelly (Dave) Rowe, all of Red Deer, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her daughter, April Hiscock and her eldest grandson, Rodney Thomas. A Celebrations of Mary’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67A Street (Taylor Drive) Red Deer, on Friday, September 4, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Mary’s honor may be made directly to Covenant Care - Villa Marie, 10 Carrington Drive, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 0S3, the Canadian Cancer Society, www.cancer.ca or the Cerebral Palsy Association, www.cpalberta.com.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Sonya Henderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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WYNTJES Wilhelmus (Bill) Johannes 1927 - 2015 Bill Wyntjes passed away peacefully at Harmony Care Homes in Red Deer on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 at the age of 87 years.

Bill was born in Amersfoort, Holland on September 20, 1927 as the third of ten children born to Petrus and Christina Wyntjes. In 1953, he married Betty Roest and shortly thereafter, they immigrated to Canada to build a future. Bill leaves to cherish his memory: his wife, Betty; his children, Peter (Brenda), Henry (Dianne), Bill (Pam), Allan (Dianne), his son-in-law Lane Francis, Chris (Sandra), Angela Bell (Dan), Tom (Brenda) and Nancy Junck (Cameron); twenty-nine grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his daughter, Elizabeth Francis and his grandson, Bretton Bell. Bill spent his childhood working on the family farm in Holland.

During WWII, the family endured many physical and spiritual hardships. Following the war in Europe, the world conflict continued in Southeast Asia. Young Dutch soldiers were sent to protect the colonies. Bill served three years with the Dutch Army in Indonesia. When he met his wife, Betty in 1951, the new couple were anxious to leave war-torn Holland and begin a new life in the country that had liberated them. He secured employment as a labourer for a farmer in White Fox, Saskatchewan, and later for a farmer in Red Deer. He purchased his first farm in North Red Deer and began homesteading. Two years later, Bill and Betty purchased their current farm south-east of Red Deer. The family farm has been operating for 54 years.

Together with his wife and family working by his side, Bill built a thriving farm operation. In recent years, his favourite past times included enjoying his cattle, checking on his crops and visiting at the auction market and the UFA. A remembrance and celebration of Bill’s life will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society (#101, 6751 - 52 Ave., Red Deer, AB. T4N 4K8) in memory of his beloved daughter, Elizabeth Francis.

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Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers abstract to: Advanced Drainage Systems Of Canada Inc. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon @ads-pipe.com Position closing date: Sept.7, 2015

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

Bicycles

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

Clothing

1590

LADIES Rieker, size 37 white sling leather upper shoes, antistress, Dora style, worn once. Reg. $129, asking $85. 403-227-2976 MENS leather look jacket, size L $15; coveralls size 44 $10 403-347-5316

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 Please leave a message or call 403-350-1520.

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ED HARDY shirts, 3 long sleeve, 1 short sleeve, Child’s size L and XL. $20 for all 4. 403-314-9603

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

F/T LABORER req., exp. with hydro-vac, backhoe, and direct drill preferred.

Must have valid dr. licence and ref. e-mail resume attn: jason@ttlocates@gmail.com

Tools

MOUTAIN Bike, 12 speed $75. 403-341-3099

Children's Items

NURSES’ uniforms, pants & tops. med. to large size. $5 each. (approx. 30) good shape.

403-347-2526

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FACE-TO-FACE FUNDRAISERS REQUIRED

Contact: 1.877.778.8288 or calendar@stars.ca or bdickson@stars.ca

Firewood

1660

Household Furnishings

1720

LAMPS (2) $25; kitchen table with 4 chairs $125; oversized living room chair, $25. All items good condition.

Can deliver in Red Deer area. 403-304-4672 LARGE TV stand 2’ x 4’ x 18” w/doors and shelves $40 403-346-2192 LAZY Boy recliner, very good cond, green fabric, $200 403-346-3086 LOVESEAT, exc. cond. $200. obo.

Call or text 403-348-3107

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

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AFFORDABLE

100 VHS movies, $75.

403-885-5020 Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine - Split. Avail.

BBQ grill on wheels 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 Electric Patio Caddy brand B.C. Birch, Aspen, 30” high. Like New. $60.

Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

403-340-8199 PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 COLLECTION of over FREE POPLAR logs. You 1,000 old buttons, $100. pick up. Very close to Red 403-885-5020 Deer. 403-392-8385.

MOVING must sell all furniture, appls, and misc.

Garden items, taking offers 403-346-2192 Supplies

1680

CRAFTSMAN lawnmower Kohler 7.0 HP rear bagger, like new $125 403-347-5873 403-350-1077

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DANBY apartment size dishwasher, 19”Wx36”H on wheels, connects to standard kitchen faucet $200. 403-342-4774

STARS FOUNDATION

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

1640

JIG SAW, $25, and router with bits, $90.

403-782-3847 MITRE Saw, Delta, $60; BENCH saw, Delta motorized, $125. 403-341-3099 SKIL saw with lazer guide, $50, and table saw $150.

403-782-3847 VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. 403-885-5020

Household Appliances

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

You have the chance to impact those in your community.... You can make a difference with STARS Calendar sales!

This position is for those who have a huge heart, articulate, goal oriented, and love meeting new people.

Sell calendars D2D (door to door) in your community with the annual STARS Air Ambulance Calendar Campaign. $14/hour plus bonus Flexible Hours • Local Territory

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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GED Preparation

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EquipmentHeavy

CLASSIFICATIONS

FALL START

PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position

Available www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is expanding and we are currently accepting applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years experience.

ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within Alberta.

ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportaTruckers/ tion paperwork and driving Drivers practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 BUSY Central Alberta License; with previous off Grain Trucking Company road forklift and shipping looking for Class 1 Drivers /receiving experience a and/or Lease Operators. definite asset. We offer We offer lots of home time, quarterly safety bonuses benefits and a bonus as well as a comprehensive program. Grain and super medical plan.

B exp. an asset but not Benefits include: necessary. If you have a * Company provided clean commercial drivers Canadian Benefits Package abstract and would like to * Voluntary Dental Plan start making good money. * Life Insurance Option Plan fax or email resume and * Short-term/Long-term comm. abstract to Disability Policy 403-337-3758 or * Retirement Savings Plan dtl@telus.net (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) * Paid Vacation * Quarterly Safety Bonus

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Household Furnishings

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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2 BROWN wooden end tables $100.; tall standing wicker lamp $20 403-346-7825 COUCH with matching chair $100; good condition.

Can deliver in Red Deer area. 403-304-4672 LAZYBOY power recliner w/heat & massage controls. Like new. was $1600. $500. obo SOLD

PATIO set, black, 2 chairs w/arms and table $25 403-986-6321 TEAPOT with creamer & sugar, salt & pepper in Cottage house design.

7 pieces. Avon collectible.

NEW $25. 403-347-5846

Office Supplies

1800

COMPUTER DESK, $25; can deliver in Red Deer area. 403-304-4672

Cats

1830

2 Siamese, 1 Balinese, 1 Burman kittens $50/ea; 403-887-3649 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS Looking for a new pet?

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ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

1995 TRAVELAIRE, 25.5’, very good,cond., sleeps 6, new awning, full size fridge, 3 burner stove/oven, micro., queen bed, x-long couch, $7000.

403-347-1997

SELLING CHEAP! $1900 for 2001 Ford Escape 4x4, 5 spd, std, 293, 453 kms, dependable 403-887-0373

2004 CORSAIR 26.5’,

5th whl., large slide, exc. cond.

403-227-6794, 505-4193

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., CLEAN.. Priced to buy Call 403-318 3040

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2012 ZINGER trailer, Thor built, 27’ , hard wall, large slide, air, elec. awning, $17,900 obo 403-896-8860

Sold 2001 INTREPID SE $2000 firm 403-357-9459

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

ALBERTA LIFE

2 FREE SALE SIGNS AND TIP SHEET

2013 HONDA PCX 150 scooter, 1,400 km, $2,200.

403-346-9274

2008 LINCOLN Navigator 4x4 exc. shape, tan

2011 COLORADO, Z71 4x4, loaded for comfort, 45,000 kms., 1 owner, $27,500.

403-341-0603

2015 TOYOTA 4Runner Limited, remote start, lots of extras, 490 km, $53,000 obo.

403-392-5446

2008 SUZUKI Boulevard C109RT, loaded w/saddle bags, windshield,

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

GRAND VILLA SALEM, 3 slides, $34,000 obo.

Contact Rennie Green, 587-225-7070

2007 Ford Ranger Level II 6 cyl auto 4x4 loaded.

Clean.. Priced to Buy Call 340-318 3040

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2003 Pontiac Montana EXT 69,000 kms., good shape, reasonable price.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

Please contact 403-392-5733 to view.

6 DAYS IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE 1 FRIDAY FORWARD 2 CENTRAL

2009 VENZA AWD, fully loaded, 39,000 kms. $18,999.

2006 CHEVY Silverado, well-maintained, 200,000 km, $7,800 obo 403-352-3160

IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN’T SELL THE FIRST WEEK, THE 2ND WEEK IS HALF PRICE!

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cruise, running lights, back rest 403-318-4653

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CALL AND ONE OF OUR SALES SPECIALISTS CAN PUT YOU ON THE FAST TRACK TO SELL YOUR VEHICLE.

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1996 26’ PHOENIX 147,000 kms, sleeps 6, new tires, good working order $9100 403-704-3094

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 D3

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2 MAN tent in a bag, Sears $30; classic Coleman stove w/stand, 2 burner, windblock, well used, $50 ; Coleman single burner SOLD 403-227-2976

Suites

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3060

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

RAFT, rubber, NEW 1 & 2 bdrm., 78 x 48, $40. Propane Adult bldg. only, N/S, Houses/ heater, used 1 lb bottle., No pets. 403-596-2444 Duplexes $20 ; Coleman coolers (2) $5. and $20; dartboard EASTVIEW 3 BDRM. in wooden case, $15. house, recently reno’d, Àn.

403-341-3099 bsmt., 4 appls., no pets.

403-848-4618 NOW RENTING Collectors' GRANDVIEW 4 bdrm., 2 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. Items up 2 down, 3 bath 5 appls. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer large yard, N/S $1400./mo Newer bldg. secure entry KISS Collectibles, includes + util. 403-350-4230 w/onsite manager, special order watch, play3 appls., incl. heat & hot ing cards, pictures, Archie water, washer/dryer Condos/ Kiss Book. All for $45. hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., Townhouses 403-314-9603 car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955 SEIBEL PROPERTY Travel 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 Opposite Hospital bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, Packages 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, starting at $1100. For more adults only, no pets info 403-347-7545 or TRAVEL ALBERTA heat/water incld. $875.

403-304-7576 Alberta offers 403-346-5885 SOMETHING SOUTHWOOD PARK SYLVAN: 4 fully furn. units for everyone.

3110-47TH Avenue, avail. OCT 1. $1200 to Make your travel 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, $1400. 403-880-0210. plans now. generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

4 Plexes/ 403-596-2444

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Mobile Lot

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Acreages

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 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

FOUR acres, 10 min. from Red Deer, 1,450 sq. ft. home with 3 car garage, 40’ x 60’ heated shop, exc. water, very well kept yard.

403-357-7635

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CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

Money To Loan

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4430

CONSOLIDATE All loans with rates from 2.1% business or personal loan bankruptcy or bad credit ok. Call 438-992-5916

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THE NORDIC

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

TO ORDER 5000-5300 Call GORD ING at HOME RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 Tires, Parts DELIVERY OF 6 Plexes gord.ing@remax.net Acces.

THE Roommates 3 BDRM., no pets, Houses TIRES, Michelin, 235/65R ADVOCATE $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 Wanted 16”, 2 tires for $75.

For Sale ACROSS from park, 403-314-9603 CALL OUR QUIET home for working 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, M/F, utils. wiÀ incl. N/S, “COMING SOON” BY CIRCULATION 4 appls. Rent $975/mo. $475/mo. 403-506-1907 Red Deer SERGE’S HOMES $650. Avail. Sept. 15 ADVOCATE DEPARTMENT d.d.

Duplex in Red Deer Close or Oct. 1. 403-304-5337 to Schools and Recreation Rooms ACROSS from park, CLASSIFIEDS 403-314-4300 Center. For More Info

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Oriole Park, 3 bdrm.

For Rent Call Bob 403-505-8050 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls.

Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650.

EXCLUSIVE $450 MO/D.D. incl. everyAvail. Oct. 1 403-304-5337 thing. 403-342-1834 or LISTING ON 587-877-1883 after 2:30 NORMANDEAU MICHENER HILL. 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 Fully dev. raised bungalow Avail Immed: 1 Lrg fully appls. $1100. No pets, N/S w/3 bdrs, 2 full baths, hardfurn bdrm c/w gas ÀreQuiet adults. 403-350-1717 wood, recently painted, place - $300 dd $600/mth. single garage, 6 appls, SYLVAN LAKE, 2 bdrm.

Call 403-396-2468 $282,900 Call Dale Stuart 4-plex, 4 appl., rent/$980, Looking for a place 403-302-3107 Coldwell dd/$980, adults with ref., to live?

Banker OnTrack Realty. n/s, no pets. 403-358-8586 Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A Suites COZY Furnished room, n/s, $575. 403-466-7979 WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult S.E. House, working M. bldg, free laundry, very $475./mo. 403-341-4664 CLEARVIEW clean, quiet, Avail. now or Oct. 1 $900/mo., S.D. TIMBERSTONE $650. 403-304-5337 Warehouse LANCASTER AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 Space bdrm. in clean quiet adult VANIER building, near downtown FOR LEASE WOODLEA/ Co-Op, no pets, RIVERSIDE LIGHT 403-348-7445 WASKASOO INDUSTRIAL GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

2400 sq. ft.

DEER PARK apartments, avail. immed, large 55 x 85 compound GRANDVIEW rent $875 403-596-6000 403-350-1777 EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTAINVIEW ROSEDALE

3060

3140

Find the right fit.

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK

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PUBLIC NOTICES

6010

Online Auction Conducted By AB Storage Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (NORTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

KYLE LANGELIER ELLA MCALLISTER MICHAEL J. TWILLEY

AMBRE BODNARIUK CASSANDRA PANDER NAVAN DOKE

The sale will be on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 via an online auction thru iBid4Storage.com, http://www.ibid4storage.com.

The goods may be viewed commencing on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015. All bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Winning bidder will be contacted via iBid4Storage.com for payment arrangement.

Online Auction

Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

Conducted By AB Storage Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (SOUTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

SCOTT R. WILDE PAUL J. DOLECKI KARA HAULTAIN SEAN L. MCCULLOCH

NICK CAPPOLA COLLEEN Y. ADCOCK JENNA SMALLBOY CHRISTINA TIFFIN-TAYLOR

The sale will be on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 via an online auction thru iBid4Storage.com, http://www.ibid4storage.com.

The goods may be viewed commencing on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015. All bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Winning bidder will be contacted via iBid4Storage.com for payment arrangement.

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Public Notices

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CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

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BRIEFS

Man accused of helping college student get ISIS training to remain in custody PHOENIX — An Arizona man accused of helping a New York college student join the Islamic State in Syria will remain in federal custody.

At a detention hearing Tuesday in Phoenix, a federal judge ruled Ahmed Mohammed el Gammal is a flight risk, and he’ll remain in custody pending any further review by the Southern District of New York.

His trial date hasn’t been set yet.

Gammal was indicted last week in Manhattan federal court, where the case is being prosecuted.

He allegedly helped a 24-year-old student travel to Syria and receive military and religious-style training earlier this year.

The 42-year-old Gammal was arrested on a criminal complaint unsealed Aug. 26 in New York.

Gammal’s attorney didn’t answer questions about the case after Tuesday’s hearing.

Bahamas unveils national park to protect endangered Atlantic Coast birds NASSAU, Bahamas — The Bahamas unveiled a new national park to help protect the winter homes of endangered Atlantic Coast shorebirds, officials said Tuesday.

The Joulter Cays National Park covers nearly 114,000 acres (46,140 hectares) of uninhabited islands and sand flats northwest of Nassau, according to a statement from the National Audubon Society, which worked on the park’s proposal along with the Bahamas National Trust.

Officials said the designation will prohibit sand mining and protect traditional recreational and commercial uses in the Joulter Cays, a popular winter destination for 13 bird species including piping plovers and red knots. The national park hosts the largest congregation of piping plovers outside the U.S., according to Audubon.

“This is a great victory for heroic birds that don’t know borders,” said David Yarnold, Audubon’s CEO and president.

More than 50 per cent of bird species in the Bahamas migrate from the U.S. and Canada.

The national park is one of several new ones created as the Bahamas aims to protect 6.18 million acres (2.5 million hectares) of land.

The announcement comes as officials also recognized a new hummingbird species on Bahamas’ Great Inagua island called the Inagua Woodstar.

Police in northern Illinois hunt for three suspects after officer shot dead FOX LAKE, Ill. — Police with helicopters, dogs and armed with rifles were conducting a massive manhunt in northern Illinois Tuesday after an officer was shot and killed while pursuing a group of suspicious men.

The officer, who has not been identified publicly, radioed in to tell dispatchers he was chasing three men on foot in the city of Fox Lake, 55 miles north of Chicago. Communication with him was lost soon after, said Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Christopher Covelli.

“His backup arrived shortly thereafter and found him injured with a gunshot wound,” Covelli said. “The officer has succumbed to his injuries and passed away.”

Undersheriff Raymond Rose told the Chicago Tribune that the officer had also been stripped of his gun and other equipment.

Police and other law enforcement, some of them in military-style camouflage, were seen taking up positions on rooftops and along railroad tracks, scanning the terrain with rifle scopes and binoculars. Others leaned out of helicopters with weapons at the ready.

Nearby Grant Community High School was placed on hard lockdown with children and staff instructed to say hidden and away from windows.

“Grant continues to remain in a lockdown situation at the direction of the Fox Lake Police Department,” the school said in an update on its website.

It said all students and staff were safe, with administrators going from room to room.

Authorities in Fox Lake have notified a number of other law enforcement agencies to ask for assistance, including the FBI, which is sending agents to help in the investigation. Cara Smith, chief strategist for the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, said two bloodhounds from the department were taken to the heavily wooded county to assist in the search.

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Accounting

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilÀeld service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA CallDebbie at 403- 314-4307

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WORLD

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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Handyman Services

1200

Moving & Storage

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Roofing

1370

BEAT THE RUSH! Book MOVING? Boxes? Appls.

QUALITY work at an now for your home projects. removal. 403-986-1315 affordable price. Joe’s Reno’s, Áooring, painting, RooÀng. Re-rooÀng small concrete/rock work, Central Alberta’s Largest specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome. landscaping, small tree Car Lot in Classifieds cutting, fencing & decking.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

Call James 403-341-0617 403-350-7602

Massage Therapy

1280

BODY BALANCING, Hot Stone. 403-352-8269

FANTASY SPA

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Seniors’ Services

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Personal Services

1315

party? Call Doug 587-272-2543

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777 DUMP RUNS, ODD JOBS, METAL P/U 403 550 2502

Roofing

1370

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Elite Retreat, Finest INTERESTED in host/host- Window Cleaning ing an e-cigarette sales in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

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Central Alberta’s career site of choice.

1420

RESIDENTIAL. Free Quotes. 403-506-4822

Yard Care

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

1430

FALL cleanup. Tree/junk removal. Snow removal contracts welcome 403-358-1614

SALES REPRESENTATIVE in Blackfalds, AB for our new community The Willows!

NewRock Developments, a leading developer in attainable homeownership across Saskatchewan, Alberta and into British Columbia, is looking for an energetic, responsible, and hardworking sales representative.

We are looking for a professional with a great attitude and enjoys working with people. Sales experience is preferred but not mandatory. Evening and weekends are required. Salary and commission structure will be based on experience.

If you would like any additional information or to apply for this position visit:

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Hungary cracks down CHAOS ERUPTS AT TRAIN STATION AS MIGRANTS TRY TO BOARD WEST-BOUND TRAINS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIGRANT CRISIS

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Chanting “Freedom! Freedom!,” angry migrants demanded to be let aboard trains bound for Austria and Germany after Hungary temporarily suspended all rail traffic Tuesday from its main Budapest terminal and brawny police forced hundreds of migrants out of the train station.

Chaos enveloped the city’s Keleti station. Forced into the midday sun, scores of migrants protested for hours, waving newly purchased train tickets angrily in the air. The official U-turn surprised observers, given that Hungary over the weekend had started to allow migrants to travel by train to the west without going through asylum procedures.

Janos Lazar, chief of staff to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, told lawmakers that Hungary disagreed with Germany’s openness to taking refugees from

war-torn Syria. He blamed Germany and what he called other “left-wing governments” in Europe for encouraging the rush of migrants that has staggered Hungary both on its borders at in its capital city.

“The defence of our borders is important, not opening the borders,” he said.

But human rights watchdogs called Hungary’s actions incoherent and indefensible. They said Hungary’s open residential centres for asylum seekers already were too overcrowded to cope, and blocking migrants from using cross-border public transport forces them to cross the border dangerously hidden in smugglers’ vehicles.

Hungary rail shutdown came less than a week after Austrian police found 71 migrants dead in a smuggler’s abandoned truck, the apparent victims of suffocation.

“If you deny them — although they have a paid ticket — and you don’t let them get on board, you push them right into the hands of smugglers,” William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration, told The Associated Press. “So they get into vans and into trucks and they die.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected Hungary’s criticism of German asylum policy, saying her country was offering the same welcome to people fleeing war in Syria that all members of the 28-nation EU, including Hungary, should provide.

Speaking in Berlin, Merkel said Germany shouldn’t be expected to take the lion’s share of Syrian refugees and appealed to EU partners to volunteer to take more. Germany expects to take in 800,000 asylum seekers this year, compared to under 3,000 for fellow EU member Spain.

Merkel said Germany typically did give refugee protection to Syrian citizens fleeing the country’s 4-year-old

war. “That should come as no surprise.

Actually, it should be the same in every European country,” she said.

European nations say more than 332,000 migrants have arrived already this year. The front-line border nations of Greece, Italy and Hungary as well as non-EU members Serbia and Macedonia have been overwhelmed by the thousands surging across their border. More than 2,600 migrants have also drowned this year as they cross the Mediterranean in smugglers’ oftenunseaworthy boats.

Scuffles broke out Tuesday morning at Budapest’s Keleti station as hundreds of migrants pushed toward the metal gates where a train was scheduled to leave for Vienna and Munich, only to be blocked by police.

Authorities announced over loudspeakers that all trains would be stopped indefinitely from leaving. Migrants’ papers were checked, and those with train tickets but no EU visas were ushered out of the station.

Obama demands action on climate change

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEWARD, Alaska — President Barack Obama turned Tuesday to a dramatic symptom of climate change — a melting Alaska glacier — to highlight the dangers of global warming.

As he mounts his most aggressive campaign yet on climate change, Obama donned hiking shoes for a trek up Alaska’s famed Exit Glacier with photographers in tow, a powerful visual designed to make an impact in ways his speeches and ominous warnings have not. The president also was to board a U.S. Coast Guard vessel to tour Kenai Fjords National Park, where swaths of an immense ice field are melting at alarming rates.

Obama’s first glimpse of a glacier on the trip came as Marine One whisked him about 45 minutes south of Anchorage to tiny Seward. As he flew past snow-capped peaks and sprawling forests, a sheet of blue-and-white ice could be seen snaking its way through mountains toward a teal-tinged lake.

Obama is counting on Alaska’s exquisite but deteriorating landscape to add urgency to his message on climate change, the focus of his three-day tour of the state. He opened the trip Monday night by painting a doomsday scenario for the world if steps aren’t taken to cut emissions: entire nations submerged underwater, cities abandoned and refugees fleeing in droves as conflict breaks out across the globe.

“We will condemn our children to a planet beyond their capacity to repair,” Obama said in a speech. Alluding to the threat of rising seas, he castigated leaders who deny climate change as “increasingly alone — on their own shrinking island.”

Some 700 square miles (1,800 sq. kilometres) in the Kenai Mountains are blanketed by glacier, remnants of the Ice Age.

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A Lebanese anti-government protester shouts slogans outside the Environment Ministry in support of activists staging a sit-in inside the ministry, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday. Lebanese security forces dragged a number of activists out of the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut, where they were staging an hours-long sit-in on Tuesday demanding the minister’s resignation over a trash crisis that has ignited mass protests.

Trash protesters take over ministry

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Lebanese security forces and protesters engaged in a drawn-out standoff outside a ministry that was briefly taken over by activists Tuesday, reflecting both reluctance by authorities to decisively crack down and a lack of focus by protesters — who are determined but lacking a clear path to success.

The unexpected takeover of the ministry by a number of activists demanding the resignation of the environment minister over the country’s trash crisis left some Lebanese bewildered, wondering whether it was the right path to take. It opened the possibility of protracted instability in a fragile country already facing multiple crises.

Angry protests that suddenly erupted last month over the government’s failure to deal with the garbage crisis have evolved into the most serious anti-government demonstrations in Lebanon in years. The protesters seek to challenge a political class that has dominated Lebanon and undermined its growth since its civil war ended in 1990.

Their goal is shared by most Lebanese. But differences over the tactics used are already emerging.

“There is no coherent message coming out from the protesters,” said Salwan Issa, a 39-year-old sales manager who stayed away from Tuesday’s protest. “We all want the same things but nobody wants chaos,” he said.

Others also questioned the ability of the protesters to channel their griev-

ances into a fruitful process.

“I understand the urge to do something different and to convey the message that people are fed up, but they (protesters) are basically ramming themselves and the government, I think, into a corner,” said Maha Yahya, a senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center.

Following three huge protests over the past two weeks, the main group behind the protests known as “You Stink” gave the government a Tuesday deadline to begin responding to its demands, starting with the resignation of the environment minister. He refused, resigning instead from a government committee assigned to resolve the trash crisis.

Men accused of threatening Pokémon DOES YOUR SMILE FEEL AS YOUNG AS YOU DO? championships denied bail BOSTON — Two Iowa men accused of making online threats of violence against a Pokémon competition in Boston were ordered held without bail Tuesday after a judge rejected arguments by their lawyers that their comments amounted to idle online bravado.

Judge Thomas Horgan ordered Kevin Norton, 18, of Ames, and James Stumbo, 27, of Boone, held for at least four months as they await trial.

Prosecutors say the men made social media threats against last month’s World Pokémon Championships and had a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15 rifle and nearly 300 rounds of ammunition in their car when they tried to register for the event Aug. 20.

During a dangerousness hearing in Boston Municipal Court, Boston police Detective James Simpson said Stumbo posted a photo of Norton’s car, with two guns crossed on the trunk,

with the message, “Kevin Norton and I are ready for worlds Boston here we come!!!”

Simpson also described chatroom conversations Stumbo participated in with others in which references were made to the Boston Massacre of 1770, the Boston Marathon bombings and the Columbine massacre.

Stumbo’s lawyer, Steven Goldwyn, said it was mere speculation that the “vague bravado talk” by Stumbo means a shooting would have been carried out.

“This is just the way they all spoke to each other,” he said.

But the judge noted that the men brought guns and a large amount of ammunition with them from Iowa.

“This wasn’t just kid talk on the computer,” he said.

Simpson said Norton posted a threatening remark after an online moderator banned him from a forum for ridiculing another participant.

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Quebec MDs get euthanasia guide IN PREPARATION FOR LEGALIZED ASSISTED DEATH IN DECEMBER

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Research finds waistlines matter in risk of Alzheimer’s

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — One more reason to watch the waistline: New research says people’s weight in middle age may influence not just whether they go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but when.

Obesity in midlife has long been suspected of increasing the risk of Alzheimer’s. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health took a closer look and reported Tuesday that being overweight or obese at age 50 may affect the age, years later, when Alzheimer’s strikes. Among those who eventually got sick, more midlife pounds meant an earlier onset of disease.

It will take larger studies to prove if the flip side is true — that keeping trim during middle age might stall later-in-life Alzheimer’s. But it probably won’t hurt.

“Maintaining a healthy BMI at midlife is likely to have long-lasting protective effects,” said Dr. Madhav Thambisetty of NIH’s National Institute on Aging, who led the study reported in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

About 5 million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s, a number expected to more than double by 2050, barring a medical breakthrough, as the population ages.

Alzheimer’s starts quietly ravaging the brain more than a decade before symptoms appear. With a cure so far elusive, researchers are hunting ways to at least delay the disease, and lifestyle changes are among the possible options.

To explore obesity’s effects, Thambisetty’s team turned to the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, one of the longest-running projects to track what happens to healthy people as they get older. They checked the records of nearly 1,400 participants who had undergone regular cognitive testing every year or two for about 14 years; 142 of them developed Alzheimer’s.

The researchers checked how much those Alzheimer’s patients weighed when they were 50 and still cognitively healthy. They tracked BMI, or body mass index, a measure of weight to height. Every step up on the BMI chart predicted that when Alzheimer’s eventually struck, it would be 6 ½ months sooner.

In other words, among this group of Alzheimer’s patients, someone who had been obese — a BMI of 30 — during middle age on average had their dementia strike about a year earlier than someone whose midlife BMI was 28, in the overweight range, Thambisetty explained.

The threshold for being overweight is a BMI of 25.

The Alzheimer’s study didn’t track whether the patients’ BMI fluctuated before or after age 50.

There’s no way to know if losing pounds after that age made a difference in dementia risk, although a healthy weight is recommended for many other reasons.

Some of the Baltimore Longitudinal study participants underwent brain scans during life and autopsies at death. Those tests found people with higher midlife BMIs also had more of the brain-clogging hallmarks of Alzheimer’s years later, even if they didn’t develop dementia.

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Lee Carter and her husband Hollis Johnson hug outside The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Feb. 6, 2015. The Supreme Court unanimously struck down the ban on providing a doctor-assisted death to mentally competent but suffering and “irremediable” patients. Now Quebec doctors are getting guides for assisted death which goes into effect in December. it stayed its decision for a year to allow the Harper government time to craft and pass replacement legislation. But the federal election campaign has put any efforts in that direction on hold until after Canadians go to the polls Oct. 19.

The CMA has said it will offer training to doctors who choose to participate in assisted death and it’s calling for national standards to prevent a hodgepodge of regulations due to provinces and territories going their own way, based on how each interprets the high court ruling.

“It’s going to be necessary at some point for physicians to be following the best practices and have clinical guidelines,” said Forbes. “So I think when the time comes, as long as we have those standards, that’s going to be the most important thing.

“Obviously Quebec has looked at this and is mov-

ing ahead in this manner, but there needs to be a unified approach across the country.”

Robert said the guidelines were developed after the college reviewed processes used by the Netherlands and other countries where doctor-assisted death is legal. The document will be posted on a secure part of the college’s website in French on Sept.

10, followed by an English version about a month later.

Doctors in Quebec will also be provided with training to provide the life-ending procedure, which could involve nurses and other practitioners. However, only a physician can administer the actual injection, he said.

“We insist on the fact that this is a medical act.

Others may help, but the law authorizes only physicians to do the procedure.”

Report suggests 3 in 4 U.S. adults have hearts older than their actual age

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Your heart might be older than you are. A new government report suggests age is just a number — and perhaps not a very telling one when it comes to your risk of heart attack or stroke.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report takes a new approach to try to spur more Americans to take steps to prevent cardiovascular disease. CDC scientists estimated the average “heart age” of men and women in every state, based on risk factors like high blood pressure, obesity, and whether they smoke or have diabetes. Then it compared the numbers to average actual ages.

The results? Nearly three out of four U.S. adults have a heart that’s older than the rest of their body, according to CDC calculations.

For U.S. men on average, the predicted heart age was nearly eight years greater than their real age.

For U.S. women, it was about five-and-a-half years.

“This is alarming. Heart disease is the nation’s number one killer,” said the report’s lead author, CDC scientists Quanhe Yang.

“But the bottom line is you can do some very simple things” to become younger at heart, he said.

Each year, one in four U.S. deaths is due to heart disease. Many are heart attacks and strokes. The average age of first heart attack is about 64 ½ for men and 72 for women, according to the American Heart Association.

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The nation’s heart disease death rate has been falling thanks to advances in prevention and treatment, including drugs to control blood pressure and lower cholesterol. But heart disease remains America’s leading cause of death and health officials have been pushing to get more people to control their weight, quit smoking and take other steps to help their heart and blood vessels.

The CDC is leading a “Million Hearts” campaign, launched in 2012 to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. CDC scientists were intrigued by a heart age calculation developed by other researchers conducting a large study in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Some research has indicated that Framingham heart age calculations have resonated more with patients than more conventional medical advice and warnings, so CDC researchers used the Framingham model — and CDC national survey data — to produce the first report on heart age across the nation.

CDC officials released the report Tuesday.

“It gives a stark, simple picture of your future risk of having — or dying from — heart attack or stroke,” said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden.

The estimates were specific to adults 30 to 74 who have not had a heart attack or stroke.

Mississippi has the highest proportion of adults with advanced heart age, followed by West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana and Alabama. Those states also have higher rates of smoking, obesity, and other heart disease risk factors.

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TORONTO — The college that regulates Quebec doctors will soon provide practitioners with detailed guidelines — including what drugs to use — for euthanizing terminally ill patients who seek help to end their lives.

But it’s unclear whether other provinces and territories will adopt a similar practice when doctor-assisted death becomes legal across the country early next year.

With the passage of Bill 52 in June 2014, Quebec became the first jurisdiction in Canada to legalize medical aid in dying for mentally competent patients who meet a strict set of criteria. The law goes into effect in December, allowing physicians to begin helping patients with an incurable condition and intolerable physical or psychological suffering to die.

In February, doctors across the country will also be able to provide aid in dying to patients, following the Supreme Court of Canada’s groundbreaking decision earlier this year that overturned the legislative ban on the practice.

Dr. Yves Robert, secretary of the College des medecins du Quebec, said the regulatory body has developed a guide that shows doctors how to end a patient’s life with sequential injections of three medications: a sedative such as a benzodiazepine to relieve anxiety, a barbiturate or similar drug to induce a coma, and finally a neuromuscular block, which stops the heart and respiration.

The step-by-step instructions also tell doctors what dosages of the medications to use, where to inject the drugs and what to do should complications such as vomiting or an allergic reaction occur.

Robert said euthanasia kits will be prepared by pharmacists based on the physician’s prescription.

Each kit will contain enough drugs and injection equipment for two euthanasia procedures, in the event a backup set is needed. Doctors must return any unused medication to the pharmacy.

Dr. Cindy Forbes, president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), said it’s too early to say whether regulatory colleges in other provinces and territories would follow Quebec’s lead in creating similar guidelines for lethal injection.

“The major issue right now is one of timing and the fact that there’s no provincial legislation or regulations in place,” Forbes said Tuesday. “Each province and all the colleges are looking at what role they will play as well, and I don’t think it’s really clear right now.”

When the Supreme Court threw out the law that criminalized physician-aided death last February,

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Within weeks, Ron changed his tune about Fran.

He decided she was “cool,” and he, too, wanted a life that included drugs and random sex.

He and Fran began to text and call each other daily, often right in front of me.

Ron began to find fault with everything I said or did, and criticized me to others. He even assaulted me physically and then stopped speaking to me for months.

Finally, he left and moved in with Fran.

Annie, I did everything for Ron. I helped support us with my full-time job while doing all the cooking and cleaning. Our sex life was great. I kept myself slim and attractive.

Nearly a year after Ron left, he begged me for forgiveness, and I agreed to let him come home provided he got into anger management counseling.

I also told him if he ever assaulted me verbally or physically again, I would terminate the marriage.

Website allowing people to rent out their bikes makes inroads in Canada

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TORONTO — Years after Bixi and its competitors set up shop in Canada, another bike-sharing system that some describe as the AirBnB of cycling is making inroads in the country.

Spinlister allows people to list their unused bicycles and search for available ones in a specific area.

The bikes can be rented by the hour, day or week through a website or app, and users can search by type, frame size and rider height.

The California-based company launched in 2012 and branched out to other countries, including Canada, the following year — but a spokesman says the number and type of bikes available in any given location depend entirely on the users.

A few dozen bikes, from sturdy cargo bikes to sleek racing models, are listed in Toronto and Vancouver and spokesman Andrew Batey says demand for bicycles outstrips the supply.

He says 70 per cent of people who rent through the site do it while travelling, while others book bikes for charity events or to test drive expensive models before investing in one of their own.

And many of those who rent out their bikes are cycling enthusiasts with more than one in their arsenal.

Each bicycle is insured for $10,000 and those who list theirs aren’t liable if a renter is injured. No bicycle has ever been stolen by a renter, Batey said, largely because renters have to enter a credit card and go through other verification procedures.

“It’s so much easier to walk down the street and find the bike I want and steal it than it is to try and go through this whole hassle,” he said.

Bikes in Toronto go for $15 to $100 a day, depending on the model, and the company takes a 17.5 per cent cut of

the rental fee.

Meg Siegel, 28, signed up early on as a way to make extra cash from her spare bikes.

“It’s so hard to find a decent bike when you go to a different city, you always end up with the tourist clunker bikes, so I wanted to put a decent bike up for people to rent while they’re visiting here so that I could also do the same thing when I go to other cities,” the Toronto resident said.

Only one of her five bikes is currently available for rent and so far, Siegel said only one person has rented it: a man visiting from San Francisco for work last summer. “(The site is) obviously much bigger...where it started, there’s tons of bikes there,” she said.

There are much fewer in Toronto, “and it’s a little bit tricky because some people want a mountain bike, some people want a road bike, it needs to be your size, so the chances of getting a fit for you is pretty small right now.”

Siegel said she faced similar hurdles trying to book bikes for a trip to Barcelona, but ended up getting help from members who put her in touch with local cyclists not on the site.

Spinlister acknowledges that finding a bike may be more difficult in some areas where the site isn’t wellknown. “I can see someone searching, not seeing what they need... and then we have no option for them so they don’t rent a bike,” Batey said.

The company targets certain cities for expansion if there appears to be enough community interest, he said, and Vancouver is on the short list.

HOROSCOPES Wednesday, September 2 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You currently CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: require more independence within your perMark Harmon, 63 ; Keanu Reeves, 50; Salma sonal relationships, but have you discussed Hayek, 48 it with loved ones? Mars helps you be more THOUGHT OF THE DAY: A assertive about explaining what bright and breezy attitude brings you want. benefits today.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The next When you’re communicating 12 months is the time to work with others, avoid being secrethrough problems with loved tive or sulky today Crabs. The ones. If you have strong family more open you are and the more foundations, then you can climb straight-forward your approach any mountain and sail through the better the day will be. any storm.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): ReARIES (March 21-April 19): sist the urge to be a bossy Lion You’ll feel physically and mentoday. You’re in the mood for tally restless today Rams, so you a grand adventure but avoid JOANNE need to get out and about. Do saying the first thing that pops MADELEINE activities that stretch your mind into your mind. Just remember MOORE and body as you explore new some things are best left unsaid. ideas, friendships and places.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Jump out of a boring rut today Being super possessive about a and shake up your usual rouperson or possession will only lead to a whole tine. Adventure and excitement beckon, as lot of trouble and drama today Taurus. So you tap into the spontaneous side, it’s hiding strive to be less precious about what you own there somewhere Virgo! and whom you love!

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When my sister died a few years ago, we didn’t know this was an option.

Her son took the urn back to his home state.

He didn’t do this selfishly, of course, but all of us who loved her would have been so grateful to have had that remembrance.

Please tell “Heartbroken” that he was indeed thoughtful and kind. —Louisville, Ky Dear Louisville: Several readers suggested the sisters may have had religious reasons to reject the cremains, but we think a brother-in-law of 60 years would know whether this was the case.

We hope their relationship has been repaired.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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This is probably the most common hawk in North America. If you’ve got sharp eyes, you’ll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. Red-tailed Hawks soar above open fields, slowly turning circles on their broad, rounded wings. Other times you’ll see them atop telephone poles, eyes fixed on the ground to catch the movements of a vole or a rabbit, or simply waiting out cold weather before climbing a thermal updraft into the sky. brans — it’s the perfect day to inject some spontaneity and adventure into the relationship. Singles — don’t play it too safe. Look for someone who is smart, sexy and spontaneous.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you set goals for the rest of the year? Don’t make them too safe and sensible Scorpio! With Jupiter in your hopes and wishes zone, strive to be adventurous and passionately proactive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re at your spontaneous Sagittarian best today, as you inspire others with your high spirits and contagious enthusiasm. You’re also in a generous mood, as you help out someone in need.

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keen to talk about a current problem Capricorn, but you could face some resistance from loved ones. If you are willing to be flexible, then you’ll reach a satisfactory solution.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t expect everyone to support you at work. They don’t care how smart you are, or how creative you can be. They just want to know you can get the job done competently and on time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are delightful company, when you’re in the mood.

With jovial Jupiter in your relationship zone, it’s time to charm others with your convivial conversation and adventurous approach.

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With counseling, Ron became a different man, loving and supportive, and very apologetic.

But to this day, he has been unable to tell me what he found so provocative about Fran, a woman he now says he abhors.

Why would a man leave a loving relationship for one that is so destructive If any of the men in your reading audience have done this, could they tell me why? And were they happy? —Waiting for Answers Dear Waiting: We don’t believe Fran was the attraction.

We think it was the promise of her lifestyle that he found fascinating, exciting and freeing.

But it turned out to be something much less appealing in practice.

We are glad Ron has become a better husband, and if our readers have more to say, we’ll be happy to print it.

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Dear Annie: After 14 years of marriage, my husband, “Ron,” left me for another woman.

Here’s how it happened: For several years, friends had dinner with us once a week.

One day, they brought along “Fran,” a recently widowed woman they took under their wing.

MITCHELL Ron initial& SUGAR ly told me he found her vulgar, overweight, unattractive and heavily tattooed.

Fran talked nonstop about herself, bragging about her time in a biker club where she enjoyed “getting wasted on drugs and having random sex,” a lifestyle she wanted to get back into.