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SYRIAN REFUGEE TRAGEDY HITS PAINFULLY CLOSE TO HOME FOR CANADIAN COUPLE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Like countless others around the world, Tima Kurdi and Rocco Logozzo had seen the horrifying image — that of a little boy, his body limp and lifeless, face down on a Turkish beach.

Their hearts sank.

The phone in the couple’s Coquitlam, B.C., home rang hours later to deliver the grim news: Kurdi’s sister-inlaw and her two little boys were dead, drowning as they tried to reach Europe after paying smugglers with the money Kurdi had personally sent to the family from Canada.

The dead boy on the beach was her three-year-old nephew, Alan. The harrowing photo has since become a heartbreaking symbol of the plight of Syrian refugees.

Kurdi, who came from Syria to Canada more than two decades ago, says she’d hoped to bring her brothers and their families here to escape the horrors of a vicious regime.

“The love of my life is gone and nobody in the world can bring them back,” Tima said, sobbing into her hands as she sat on her living-room couch on Thursday.

“My heart is bleeding right now.”

The boys’ father, Abdullah Kurdi, described the journey to The Associated Press.

He said the family piled into an overloaded boat in Bodrum, Turkey headed for the Greek island of Kos. The boat’s captain panicked due to high waves and jumped into the sea, Abdullah Kurdi said, leaving him in control of the small craft with his family and other migrants aboard.

“I took over and started steering.

The waves were so high and the boat

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ABOVE: Paramilitary police officers investigate the scene before carrying the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi, 3, near the Turkish resort of Bodrum early Wednesday.

INSET: Tima Kurdi is overcome with emotion as she looks at photos of her late nephews Alan and Ghalib, at her home in Coquitlam, B.C., on Thursday.

Alan, his older brother Ghalib and their mother Rehan died as they tried to reach Europe from Syria.

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The small boat was overloaded with 12 migrants and the Turkish captain,

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In Canada, his sister, Tima, burst into tears with her family and friends by her side as she scrolled through photographs of her nephews.

“I want to give my brother Abdullah’s message to the world,” said Tima.

“He said, ‘It has to be my kids so the world will wake up.”’

Abdullah is en route back to Syria to bury his wife and two children in the same city they attempted to escape, she added.

“He doesn’t care,” she said. “He said, ‘I have three coffins with me so if something happens to me they can bury me beside them and then we’ll be four.”’

The family’s agonizing ordeal dominated Canada’s election campaign on Thursday, especially when Rocco Logozzo, Kurdi’s husband, told The Canadian Press that the family had put in a private sponsorship request for the boys and their parents but was turned down in June.

He assailed Canada’s refugee system as ineffectual, adding his family had money and plenty of room to house the Kurdi boys and their parents in Coquitlam, B.C.

I want to give my brother Abdullah’s message to the world. ‘He said, ‘It has to be my kids so the world will wake up.’

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— Tima Kurdi Sister he added. It was only at sea for four minutes when the captain abandoned the craft, Kurdi said.

“My kids were the most beautiful children in the world, wonderful, they wake me up every morning to play with them. They are all gone now,” he said.

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A former Bentley-area woman accused of 15 years of sexual, physical and emotion abuse against her children was acquitted of all but one charge.

The now 63-year-old was found guilty of one count of assault causing bodily harm for a violent beating she gave to one of her sons, leaving him with two black eyes.

In his ruling Thursday in Red Deer provincial court, judge James Glass found her not guilty of 13 counts of assault, two counts of assault causing bodily harm and two counts of sexual assault.

The names of the four victims, two men now aged 40 and 36 and two women now aged 38 and 33, and their mother are protected by court-ordered publication bans. All four of the victims submitted sworn letters to Glass asking for the publication ban to be lifted.

Glass said he was unsure of the procedure and asked for defence counsel Dave Inglis and Crown Prosecutor Ed Ring to make submissions at the sentencing hearing.

The ruling comes after a three day trial that ran from June 22-24.

The incident the woman was found guilty of is one she admitted guilt to during the trial.

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Police chase ends with river rescue

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A man who sped through a residential neighbourhood in a stolen truck on Saturday, before abandoning it and jumping into the Red Deer River, faces both criminal and traffic charges.

Police said at about 11:30 a.m., Red Deer RCMP located a man driving a stolen truck near Welton Crescent in West Park. When the police cruiser’s emergency lights were activated, the driver sped through a playground zone on 57th Avenue. Police did not pursue the truck out of concern for public safety and the truck was found abandoned in Cronquist Business Park, off the road near the river.

Police said the driver and a female passenger ran to the river and tried to swim away. Meanwhile, officers and police dog services contained by sides of the river and under Taylor Drive bridge.

The woman was taken into custody when she exited the river, while the man stayed in the river until Red Deer Emergency Services dispatched a rescue boat with police onboard to pick him up.

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Man fined for harassing swimming deer off coast

OIL SPILL CLEANUP

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City of Red Deer emergency services, public works crews and the RCMP attended the scene of an oil spill in Red Deer Thursday morning. Emergency Services said as much as 1,000 litres of used motor oil was spilled outside the Minit Lube location at 55 Street and 49 Avenue when the person pumping the oil from a holding tank to a truck failed to make a proper connection to the vehicle.

The oil poured directly onto the roadway under the truck. Two lanes of traffic on 49th Street were closed while crews used hot water to wash the oil from the roadway. No oil made its way to the storm sewers, said emergency services, and the oil and water was vacuumed into the truck that was there to collect the used oil.

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REFUGEES: Desperation, difficulties Within hours, however, Citizenship and Immigration Canada said it received no refugee application from the father of the two drowned boys.

It did, however, receive an application for Abdullah Kurdi’s brother, Mohammed, but said it was incomplete and did not meet regulatory requirements for proof of refugee status recognition.

Tima Kurdi confirmed later in the day that her family had only made an official request for Mohammed Kurdi, explaining she and her husband could only afford to sponsor one brother. They planned to apply for Mohammed first and subsequently bring Abdullah and his family to Canada.

Her distraught recounting of her attempts to bring her family members to Canada underscored the desperation and difficulties that confront would-be refugee claimants and their families.

She said it was impossible to secure all the necessary documents for her brother, Mohammed, given the dire situation in Syria.

“How would you feel when people are running from the border and the Turkish border guards are shooting in the air? What would you do?” she said.

Because she suspected an application for Abdullah would have been rejected on similar grounds, Tima said she decided to send money to bring the family across the Mediterranean by boat.

“I’m not asking the government to spend money on them,” said Kurdi. “I sent him the money to cross the water.”

She added a B.C. politician personally delivered a letter to Chris Alexander, the citizenship and immigration minister, asking for help.

The NDP candidate, Fin Donnelly, said the letter to Alexander reflected the family’s attempts to bring both Abdullah and Mohammed Kurdi’s families to Canada. He said he delivered the letter to Alexander in March, but denied telling media organizations that the federal government had turned down the family’s sponsorship request.

Logozzo, meantime, said the Kurdis were desperate.

“When they heard (the refugee application) failed, they lost all hope, and in a desperate situation, you make all these wrong decisions,” Logozzo said as he explained why his relatives opted to get on the boat to try to get to Europe.

The Kurdi boys and their mother were among at least 12 migrants, including five children, who drowned Wednesday when two boats carrying them

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to the Greek island of Kos capsized.

Alexander, who suspended his campaign to return to Ottawa to deal with the crisis, said he was “deeply saddened” by the image of the drowned boy.

He added Prime Minister Stephen Harper has set a target for Canada to accept 23,000 Iraqis refugees and 11,300 Syrians.

“Of that number Canada has already resettled nearly 22,000 Iraqis and 2,300 Syrians,” Alexander said.

When asked about Kurdi’s letter, Alexander said that he passed it on to his department, where it was “treated expeditiously, and in the same way that any other correspondence and application would be treated.”

“Let’s be clear, the application was for Mohammed Kurdi and his family...it was not rejected or turned down, it was returned to the applicant with a request for additional documentation.”

Harper, for his part, was emotional in Surrey, B.C., when he recalled seeing the photo of Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body on a sunny seashore.

“The first thing that crossed our mind was remembering our own son Ben at that age running around,” Harper said, his voice breaking. “It brings tears to your eye.”

About 250,000 people have been killed and more than one million wounded in Syria since March 2011, according to UN officials. More than half the country’s population has been displaced, including more than four million who have fled Syria.

The route between the Turkish community of Bodrum and Kos — just a few kilometres — is one of the shortest from Turkey to the Greek islands, but remains dangerous. Hundreds of migrants a day attempt the perilous sea crossing despite the risks.

A UN panel reported Thursday that more than 2,000 Syrians have drowned in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe since 2011 and said there’s no end in sight to Syria’s civil war.

ASSAULT: Mother admitted punching son In his testimony the eldest son recalled coming to with his mother sitting on his chest repeatedly hitting him across the face. He said he had two black eyes, a split lip, multiple lacerations and bruises.

The youngest son corroborated the incident saying he saw his brother get punched in the head and knocked out. The mother then dragged the eldest son into the living room, sat on his chest and hit him in the head repeatedly.

In her testimony at the June trial, the mother admitted to punching the 40-year-old and giving him black eyes.

Numbers are unofficial.

TERRACE, B.C. — A Portuguese man has been fined $1 by a British Columbia court and ordered to donate $5,000 to a wildlife trust for hitting a swimming deer on the head off the province’s coast.

Rodolfo Lopes, previously misidentified in court documents as Martins-Lopes, pleaded guilty in Terrace provincial court on Wednesday to one count of harassing wildlife with a motor vehicle.

The Crown stayed a Criminal Code charge of causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal.

Judge Terence Wright ordered Lopes to donate the $5,000, money he paid in bail, to the Heritage Conservation Trust Fund and also prohibited him from approaching wildlife for the next two years.

The money will be allocated to conservation efforts in the Kitimat region.

Lopes did not return from Portugal for the hearing and was represented in court by Vancouver lawyer Don Sorochan.

Crown counsel Corinne Baerg said Lopes was a supervisor for one of the subcontractors working on the multibillion-dollar modernization of Rio Tinto’s smelter in Kitimat and he hired a fishing guide to celebrate the end of the project and his planned wedding.

After a day of fishing in May, Lopes and five others were on a boat returning to Kitimat, when they spotted a deer swimming in Douglas Channel, said Baerg.

The charter operator ran the boat along side the deer, and Baerg said that’s when Lopes hit the animal on the head with what was described as a jig or gaff in attempt to haul it on board.

“I felt so ashamed of myself for hitting my own boy,” she said at the trial. “I apologized to him many times about that.”

Glass cited two reasons to justify his not guilty findings, saying either the testimony from the victims — the woman’s four children — was unreliable, or the assault was disciplinary in nature. Because of when the incidents occurred, from 1983 to 1995, Glass had to rely upon an earlier definition of what constitutes use of force to correct a child’s behaviour. A ruling in 2004 changed the definition.

In most cases, Glass cited lack of corroboration of the victim’s testimony as a reason for his ruling.

Though he had heard details of grisly incidents, he said they were not corroborated by third parties and there was some inconsistencies within the siblings testimony around dates, times and the nature of the use of force.

The family did have a discipline plan that included spankings with a wooden spoon, however Glass found this would have been an appropriate discipline measure under the law at the time.

The investigation started in 2011 when the youngest son came forward to RCMP in B.C. after hearing that his friend’s children had been sexually abused by their grandfather. Police collected statements from all four siblings and laid charges in 2013.

The woman’s sentencing hearing will be held on Sept. 24 in Red Deer provincial court. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

CHASE: Suspect treated in hospital He was treated at hospital, after being in cold water for a prolonged period of time, before being released into police custody.

Rory Richard Forslund, 30, was charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000, operating a motor vehicle while being pursued by police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, obstructing/resisting a peace officer, driving a motor vehicle while uninsured, and driving while unauthorized.

Forslund is also wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for parole violation, and three other warrants including one for failing to appear in court.

Forslund was remanded in custody to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Friday.

Amanda Buckingham, 28, of Red Deer, is wanted on eight warrants out of Red Deer and Stettler, mostly for drug possession, failing to appear in court, and failing to comply with court-ordered conditions.

Buckingham is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Sept. 24 to speak to charges out of Stettler and is on trial Nov. 20 on Red Deer charges.

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Wildrose wins byelection CALGARY — The first stumble in the NDP’s unprecedented climb to power in Alberta was registered Thursday night with a byelection victory by the Opposition Wildrose in a Calgary constituency that had been held by the Conservatives since 1971.

With 57 of 66 polls reporting — and only the advance polls unaccounted for — Wildrose candidate Prasad Panda led with 35 per cent of the vote compared to 27 per cent for NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth, a former MLA and Calgary city councillor.

Tory candidate Blair Houston, a restaurant owner, was a close third with 24 per cent of the vote.

Less than 90 minutes after polls closed, the NDP had issued a concession through a news release from Finance Minister Joe Ceci congratulating Panda on the victory.

“We knew that it would be an uphill battle given the history of the riding and the economic challenges we face because of the collapse in oil prices,” said Ceci.

“We hear the concerns about oil prices loud and clear. And we are working hard to release an economic recovery plan in the coming weeks.”

The byelection in Calgary-Foothills was called after former Tory premier Jim Prentice won the riding on election night in March only to resign from politics the same night when his party was handed their walking papers by Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP. Some pollsters, including Janet Brown of Calgary, expected it to be a hotly contested race between the NDP and the Wildrose.

She suggested the NDP was eager to win to prove

their general election victory wasn’t a fluke, while are really worried about jobs and the economy,” he the Wildrose needed to prove it could win an urban said. riding.

Houston said despite Prentice’s abrupt deparNotley rejected the premise, saying the outcome ture on election night before all the votes were even of the byelection was not a “litmus test” for her gov- counted, he did not encounter residual anger at the ernment, which has a comfortable 53-seat majority in party, adding he himself was upset when Prentice the 87-seat legislature. stepped down.

Nevertheless, she paid multiple visits to the conIt was the third time in a little over 10 months that stituency during the month-long campaign.

Calgary-Foothills voters had gone to the ballot box.

The race was nasty at times.

In preparation for taking over the Alberta ConserThe Wildrose, which doesn’t hold a seat in Ed- vatives after the resignation of former premier Alimonton or Calgary, accused the NDP of trying to son Redford, Prentice had won the constituency in a scare voters by suggesting the Wildrose backs sweep- byelection in October 2014. ing and punishing civil service job cuts.

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Police see bleak future for people duped by bogus fortune tellers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Police are warning people not to be duped by fraudulent astrologers and psychic readers into believing they are cursed with black magic or witchcraft.

Investigators in Edmonton say there have been hundreds of victims in the city since April.

“These fraudsters are experienced and have stolen money from a lot of people,” Const. Harpreet Jhinjar said in a release Thursday.

“It’s important to report incidents to police immediately, so there is a higher chance of locating the suspects.”

Police say victims have paid between $2,000 and $15,000 to self-proclaimed fortune tellers. In one case, a family paid $85,000, but the fraudsters left the country and no arrests were made.

There have been similar frauds in other cities including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and Saskatoon.

Edmonton police say the suspects are from outside Canada, most recently from South Asia. They advertise through pamphlets that they put outside grocery stores, restaurants and on parked vehicles.

They usually set up their business in a rented house.

Police say many people who have been burned do not want to make an official complaint, but call with information to help prevent others from becoming fraud victims.

Investigators point to requests for up front money to carry out healing rituals, or expensive plans to perform prayers, as signs of fraud.

Some fraudsters claim to be able to remove black magic and witchcraft or make unrealistic promises to solve personal and financial problems.

It’s difficult to track the criminals, who often have visas and quickly disappear when they believe they could be caught.

Officers in Edmonton say the Canada Border Service Agency is involved in trying to find and remove the scammers from the country.

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BRIEFS Two men injured in Eckville shooting Two men are being treated for serious injuries after a shooting in Eckville on Wednesday.

Police are looking for the suspects.

Few details were released including the circumstances around the shooting.

RCMP K Division Cpl. Sharon Franks said the investigation is in its very early stages.

But Franks confirmed investigators believe it was an isolated incident.

She said there is no risk to the public.

Shortly after 9 p.m. Sylvan Lake RCMP responded to gunshots at a rental property on the east side of Hwy 766 in Eckville.

Police found two men with serious injuries. They were transported to hospital for treatment. STARS Air Ambulance transported one man to hospital in Edmonton.

The RCMP Serious Crimes Branch out of Calgary are assisting Sylvan Lake RCMP in the investigation.

Man on lam from jail for 5 months arrested in Quebec CALGARY — A man who was on the lam from an Alberta jail for nearly five months is back in custody.

Sylvain Martin escaped from the Bowden Institution on April 16.

He had been serving a 10-year sentence for fraud, obstruction and forgery.

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NDP big on promises, short on plans From a national child-care program to balanced budgets, the abolition of the Senate and the repeal of the Clarity Act, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair has been making some hefty promises on the way to a leading position in voting intentions.

But five weeks into the campaign, he has yet to demonstrate how a New Democrat government would walk its election talk on any of the above.

A national child-care program: The NDP is promising to create one million new child-care spaces over two CHANTAL mandates. The result would HÉBERT be a comprehensive $15-a-day program along the lines of the Quebec system.

But it will not get off the ground unless the provinces agree to pay 40 per cent of the tab. For its part, Ontario has signalled that it would want the money it already spends on child care to be considered part of its share of the bill.

Quebec, whose government has been trying to rein in its child-care costs, would similarly expect to be compensated for its efforts to date.

Looking at the lay of the land in Canada’s biggest provinces, getting to one million new spaces could either take more than eight years or call for significantly more federal dollars.

A balanced budget: When the Liberals, under Paul Martin, belatedly turned their minds to a national child-care initiative in 2004, the federal government was awash in money. Instead of overflowing coffers, an incoming NDP government would find bare cupboards.

The federal fiscal outlook has deteriorated along with Canada’s economy. Over their decade in power, the Conservatives have put billions of dollars of recurring tax cuts on the books and, in the process, curtailed the federal capacity to invest in new national programs.

The NDP is planning to maintain most of those cuts — notably a two-point decrease in the GST; income-splitting for seniors and the recently enhanced child benefit; as well as spend more on a variety of social programs.

The New Democrats will publish a fully costed platform before Sept. 17 — the day of the Globe and Mail-sponsored leaders debate on the economy. Expect skeptics to go through it with a fine-tooth comb.

The abolition of the Senate: Quebec and Ontario — among other provinces — oppose this signature NDP promise. Moreover, Quebec will insist on having its long-standing constitutional demands addressed before it entertains any other reforms.

Some New Democrats have mused about holding a national referendum to force the provinces’ hand on the issue. Good luck with that! Unless a majority votes yes to abolition in every province, the result

INSIGHT

Re: letter by Robert Gray in the Aug. 27 Advocate I think Crystal Rhyno and the Advocate did an excellent job telling the story of the mutual attraction and enduring love for each other, of two women who met in high school 16 years ago — and of charting our regrettably slow progress in recognizing, understanding and accepting the people in the LGBTQ community as equal in society and in law.

Yes, many couples get married every day, Mr. Gray, but this story wasn’t primarily about a wedding. Though the women did marry, it was about two women who courageously faced and overcame the fears and prejudices suffered by the LGBTQ people.

Kudos to the Advocate for the story and to the Golden Circle for holding the Rainbow Tea to celebrate diversity with a Pride Week event.

Colleen Graham Red Deer

Should we be proactive or reactive? That is the question Whether it is nobler to prepare for issues or pander for profit is the basis of governance. Shall we continue to seek quarterly profits or build foundations for growth of longer terms that is the ballot question?

Throughout history, we have pandered for profits, or tax revenues at the cost of long term stability and growth. Whether it is whale oil, cod stocks or nickel mines we ignored long term costs for short term profits.

Whales neared extinction, cod stocks were depleted and nickel mines destroyed lives and the environment, because rapid profits were paramount.

Are we still in that mode or have we learned from our past mistakes.

We cannot afford to clean up the environment after a mine closes, even if we had invested all the profits garnered from the mine.

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will lead only to the entrenchment of the opposition of some premiers.

Even if one were to assume that the arrival in power of the NDP would magically be followed by provincial agreement to both clear the Quebec’s constitutional slate and unanimously abolish the upper house, the amendments would still have to be voted in every legislature over a three-year period.

With zero representation in the Senate, how would an NDP government manage its legislative agenda over those years?

And then there is the promise — popular in Quebec but controversial in the rest of Canada — to repeal the Clarity Act and change the rules that would guide the federal government in the event of another referendum on Quebec’s future. An NDP government would negotiate the province’s secession on the basis of a simple pro-independence majority.

In the absence of Liberal or Conservative support,

Was it worth it? Fishing industries were decimated and the economic and social costs were huge.

Let us wander into infrastructure costs. What is a life worth? How many people will have to die when a bridge collapses, or dam bursts, or train derails because of cut backs in infrastructure spending, before we say enough is enough?

We can spend just shy of a billion dollars on a G8, G20 meeting in Toronto, we can spend three quarters of a billion dollars on self promoting advertising, but we dare ridicule anyone who suggests building bridges or roads or other vital infrastructure need. Hospitals, schools, clean water, stable electricity are nowhere near as important as Action Plan Ads, and billion dollar extended 11 week political campaigns.

I watched a professor from the University of Calgary, and the former budgetary officer Kevin Page explain quite eloquently the benefits of infrastructure and stimulus spending at a time of increasing unemployment, low interest rates and during the current recession.

The point of deficit spending to the tune of 10 billion for the next three years holds promise and intelligent thinking. Future generations will be paying for the infrastructure they will be using, and it makes sense if you think of it that way. The cost to build will be lower and the interest will be near record lows. It would be cheaper than building increasingly expensive toll roads for example, and future generations will be paying more for the same privilege of driving from point a to point b.

Deficit spending for increased advertising, or bigger staff for the PM or any cabinet ministry would be unacceptable. Is it better to spend on infrastructure and tackle crumbling roads and bridges and the growing infrastructure deficit which is growing at $2 billion a year or let future generations deal with our culture of neglect? Shall we work at offering more corporate tax cuts for companies sitting on cash reserves over $600 billion dollars?

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the New Democrats would have to lead a majority government to effect that change. But majority or not, expect that proposal to be dead on arrival in a non-NDP Senate.

Mulcair is not the first federal leader to vouch to pull policy rabbits out of a prime ministerial hat.

In 1993, Jean Chrétien promised to make the GST disappear, to finance a national child-care program out of thin fiscal air, and to renegotiate NAFTA, the free-trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. As in the case of the NDP today there were plenty of unanswered questions as to how a Liberal government would square the circle of its promises.

That did not prevent Chrétien from winning a majority victory and from jettisoning his cumbersome commitments at the first politically astute opportunity.

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

Is it unreasonable to ask the 84 Canadians who have wealth equal to the 11 million poorest Canadians to pay a little bit more?

Can we afford to pander to industry and repair the damage after they are done. Can we afford to continue to be reactive and do we have the courage to be proactive?

That is the question.

Garfield Marks Red Deer

Hug a first responder today Recently, our family had the misfortune of losing one of our young family members and having another one injured in a tragic motor vehicle accident.

It is everyone’s worst nightmare to get that phone call telling you that somebody dear to you has been killed or injured. There are no words to describe the feelings you go through when that happens.

The only things that made that experience so much easier to bear, were the words and actions of all the people who were involved, from the RCMP who were first called to the accident, the emergency personnel who looked after the victims, the Victims Services people, and the medical staff in the ER both in Rocky Mountain House and Red Deer.

I just want to thank everyone who helped us that awful night, and in the days that followed. The officers who managed the accident scene and the ones who had to notify our family of the situation all did their jobs well, and with compassion. I can’t imagine dealing with that sort of tragedy on a daily basis and being able to keep a positive attitude, and to focus on helping the people involved, but somehow they did.

The EMT staff also were so kind and calm, and took the time to speak with us and explain the situation so well.

The staff in both ERs were very patient and accommodating.

The jobs that these people do are very difficult, and yet they do them

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with grace and compassion. They deal with people at their worst, and at their neediest, yet they manage to keep going. They all made a huge positive difference to us, and I thank them.

So the next time you come across a person who is in law enforcement (even if they are giving you a ticket for something) or the emergency medical field, consider that they are the ones who are trying to keep you safe, and they will be there when you need them. Show them that you appreciate the work they do. They deserve our heartfelt thanks.

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Refugee crisis derails campaign

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The carefully scripted Canadian federal election campaigns were knocked off their axes Thursday by the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying dead in the surf of a Turkish beach.

Alan, his five-year-old brother Ghalib Kurdi and their mother, Rehanna, died in an unsuccessful attempt to reach Europe by boat. Images of the child lying face down in the surf and those of a Turkish police officer cradling his body, resonated across the globe. The father, Abdullah, survived.

A Canadian connection to the child rocked the campaign, forcing the Conservatives to cancel events and regroup, while largely overshadowing the campaigning of the NDP and Liberals.

Fin Donnelly, who is running for re-election in Port Moody-Coquitlam for the New Democrats, said he delivered a letter in March to Immigration Minister Chris Alexander on behalf of Abdullah’s sister, Tima Kurdi, who lives in the Vancouver area.

She held a tearful news conference to say she sought to bring another brother, Mohammed, to Canada and planned to bring Abdullah and his family here later.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada said it did not get a refugee application for Abdullah. It did, however, receive an application for Mohammed, but said it was incomplete and did not meet the requirements for proof of refugee status.

It was all enough to personalize the human suffering that has hammered the Middle East for four years, resulting in the epic, seaborne refugee exodus lapping at Europe’s shores.

Alexander was pulled off the campaign trail and returned to his Ottawa office to address the crisis. A news conference by his cabinet predecessor, Jason Kenney, was abruptly cancelled. And Stephen Harper himself decided it was not the right day to make an announcement on light rail in Surrey, B.C. The Conservative leader had tears in his eyes as recalled how he and his wife, Laureen, first saw the tragic photo on the Internet the previous evening and how it evoked images of their own son, Ben, frolicking at that age.

Harper quickly moved beyond the sentimental, saying the sad incident underscored the need to continue the military fight against the Islamic militants that are the root cause of the suffering in Syria and Iraq.

“We have to do everything. I think that is the reaction people should have. ... We had the same reaction, Laureen and I, as everybody else when we see the photo — it’s heart-wrenching, it brings you right

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Immigration Minister Chris Alexander talks to reporters after a television interview in Ottawa on Thursday, in the wake of images of a Syrian child found drowned on the shores of Turkey. to your own family,” the prime minister said in Surrey, B.C. Harper said the problem is bigger than one tragedy, saying he’s seen tens of thousands of people affected by the ongoing violence in refugee camps in Iraq and Jordan.

He said Canada will admit more refugees from the region, but must also continue to stand with its allies in the fight against the extremists who are forcing people to flee their homes. He said Canada must stay the course, both militarily and by providing humanitarian aid to those affected by the continuing violence.

“We need to help people who are actually there and can’t get away. And part of the way we need to help them is to stop the awful violence that is being

directed at them, displacing them and killing them.”

Canada has contributed six CF-18 fighter jets and 69 special forces soldiers training Kurdish fighters to the international coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The war planes are also bombing ISIL positions in Syria.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair followed through with announcing a major plan to help Canadians save for their retirements, promising to convene a first ministers’ meeting to come up with a plan and a timetable for expanding the Canada and Quebec pension plans.

That was overshadowed by his response to the drownings, the images of which he said reminded him of the iconic Vietnam war photo of a naked, nine-year-old girl fleeing a napalm attack in 1972.

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OTTAWA — Refugee and human rights advocates are urging the federal government to lift obstacles to speedy family reunification in order to help Syrian refugees with relatives in Canada.

The call to do more comes amid shock and outrage after two young Syrian boys and their mother — who apparently wanted to join family in Canada — drowned off the coast of Turkey.

The Canadian Council for Refugees and Amnesty International Canada called Thursday for Syrians with family in Canada to be allowed entry immediately to complete processing in safety.

The council wants flexible measures — such as temporary resident permits — to help expedite such cases.

It notes that because the boys had an aunt in Canada, they likely would have been able to get a Turkish exit permit if they wanted to leave to reunite with family.

The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers accused the Conservative government of turning its back on desperate people. “This Syrian refugee crisis is one of the worst humanitarian tragedies of the

past century and this government has utterly failed to respond in any meaningful way.”

The Conservatives say their approach balances humanitarian assistance with a military effort against radicals rampaging through Syria.

In January, the government promised 10,000 Syrian refugees a home in Canada over the next three years.

They say the latest numbers show that 1,074 people had resettled in Canada as part of that commitment. That’s in addition to 1,300 Syrians settled under a pledge made in 2013.

The council for refugees urges an immediate commitment to a minimum of 10,000 government-assisted resettlement places for Syrians, in addition to Canada’s regular resettlement numbers.

Current Canadian promises to take in Syrian refugees are made within existing commitments, so the numbers simply displace other refugees, the council said Thursday.

In past refugee crises Canada responded quickly and decisively, the council said. “In 1999 Canada took extraordinary measures to evacuate thousands of

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RCMP Cpl. Derek Westwick, left, of the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Team, guides a member of the team wearing a protective suit, the type worn when dismantling drug production facilities containing fentanyl, into a news conference at RCMP headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday. Mounties showed off equipment, pills, money and weapons seized from a counterfeit Oxycontin production facility in Burnaby earlier this year. Riley Goodwin, 26, of Vancouver, has been charged with production and possession for the purposes of trafficking.

Trade deficit narrowed in July OTTAWA — Growth in Canadian exports helped shrink the country’s trade deficit in July, boosting the case that the economy is on track for growth in the second half of the year.

Statistics Canada said Thursday that the trade deficit narrowed to $593 million in July from June’s revised deficit of $811 million. The June deficit had initially been reported at $476 million.

Economists had expected a deficit of $1.3 billion for July, according to Thomson Reuters.

“There’s no two ways about it, this is a solid report,” Bank of Montreal senior economist Benjamin Reitzes wrote in a report.

“It looks like better U.S. growth and the weaker Canadian dollar might finally be providing a boost to trade.”

The trade data follows a report earlier this week that the country slipped into a recession in the first half of the year as the economy contracted in the second quarter.

However, Statistics Canada noted the economy grew in June, raising hopes that the dip was shortlived and that the second half of the year would show growth.

The Bank of Canada, which is expected to make its next interest rate announcement next week, has predicted the economy will grow at an annual pace of 1.5 per cent in the third quarter before picking up to a 2.5 per cent pace in the last three months of the year.

CIBC economist Nick Exarhos said the July trade data suggests third-quarter economic growth could

come in above the central bank’s forecast.

“After a strong end to the second quarter with June’s 0.5 per cent gain in monthly GDP, the gain in non-energy exports and the advance in real volumes points to July following up with a healthy reading of its own,” he said.

“That should be enough to keep governor (Stephen) Poloz on the sidelines, with the fourth quarter being the key in charting the course of the economy — and monetary policy — heading into 2016.”

The Bank of Canada has cut its key interest rate twice this year in an effort to boost the economy, which has struggled with the sharp drop in oil prices.

Canadian exports in July rose 2.3 per cent to nearly $45.5 billion and were concentrated in non-energy products. Excluding energy products, exports rose 4.0 per cent.

Exports of motor vehicles and parts improved by 9.9 per cent to $7.6 billion in July, boosted by passenger cars and light trucks as scheduled shutdowns at several automotive plants were shorter than usual.

Consumer goods exports gained 7.3 per cent to $6.4 billion, while aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts rose 19.2 per cent to $2.4 billion.

Energy exports slipped 5.7 per cent to $7.3 billion.

Meanwhile, Canada’s imports were up 1.7 per cent at nearly $46.1 billion.

The increase came as energy imports advanced 12.8 per cent to $3.0 billion, while imports of aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts gained 22.9 per cent to $1.7 billion.

Imports of electronic and electrical equipment and parts increased 4.4 per cent to $5.5 billion.

Former MADD chapter president sentenced Defence lawyer David Hammond says the last decade of Griffin’s career was marred by a lawsuit that accused him of sexual harassment in the late 1990s.

The charges were eventually dismissed, but Hammond says the court battles that followed took a toll on Griffin and “led to his fall.”

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SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — A former deputy police chief in P.E.I. who once served as head of the local Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter has pleaded guilty to impaired driving.

David Griffin of SumSPECIAL merside was sentenced Thursday to five days in jail in Summerside provincial court.

A 39-year veteran of the Summerside police Breaded Alaskan Pollock force, Griffin was serving served on a grilled Ciabatta bun as president of the East with your choice of side.

Prince chapter of MADD when he was charged on July 31.

The court heard that when Summerside police stopped Griffin’s vehicle on June 5, his blood-alcohol level was double the legal limit.

Newfoundland councillors cite ’insults’ in response to mayor’s dissolution call ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A day after the mayor of a small Newfoundland town said his “dysfunctional” council should be dissolved, its six other members are suggesting the real problem is a resistance to change.

Sam Synard has been mayor of Marystown for 15 years but the council voted for him to resign this week over an alleged conflict of interest.

Synard denies any wrongdoing and has called for an early election — which the province says only happens in extreme cases of dysfunction.

In a news release today the six other councillors say they work well together but have been hampered by “negativity, insults and belittling” without naming anyone at the centre of their allegation.

They also suggest their efforts to improve “older, ineffective practices” can mean difficult adjustments.

Synard was acclaimed and five new members won four-years terms just two years ago.

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TORONTO — Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is asking a Canadian court to ease his bail conditions to allow him to fly to Toronto to visit his family, The Canadian Press has learned.

Among other things, Khadr also wants to be rid of his electronic monitoring bracelet, arguing it’s embarrassing and intrusive, and his curfew eased.

“My release and reintegration into the community have been going great,” Khadr says in a supporting affidavit.

“I have not gotten into any trouble of any kind with the authorities.”

An Alberta judge granted Khadr bail May 7 pending his appeal in the U.S. against his 2010 conviction for war crimes — including the murder of an American special forces soldier — by a widely discredited military commission at Guantanamo Bay. He transferred to Canada in 2012 and remained incarcerated until winning bail and tasting freedom for the first time since his capture as a 15-year-old in Afghanistan in July 2002.

However, bail came with stringent conditions — including that he live with his lawyer Dennis Edney in Edmonton and not leave Alberta — except to stay at Edney’s vacation home in B.C. He was also required to communicate with his family — some of whom expressed pro-al-Qaida views in the past — only in English and under the Edneys’ supervision.

“I am now an adult and I think independently,” Khadr, 29, says in the document.

“Even if the members of my family were to wish to influence my religious or other views, they would not be able to control or influence me in any negative manner.”

Khadr’s maternal grandparents live in Toronto.

He says his grandmother is ill and his grandfather barely speaks English. As a result, he says, he wants to be able to visit them and converse in another language without the Edneys present.

He also says he wants to see his mother, siblings, and other relatives during a two-week visit to Toronto either this month or next.

“None of my family members are involved in any illegal activity,” he states.

There was no immediate word on the government’s response to Khadr’s application to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, which is expected to hear the matter Sept. 11 in Edmonton, according to legal filings.

However, the Conservative government has frequently denounced any attempt by Khadr to “lessen his punishment” for what it called “heinous crimes.”

While Ottawa is appealing the fact he was granted bail, it has yet to request a date or file supporting documents.

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Standoff triggered near asylum camp

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“We don’t need food and water! Just let us go to Germany!” one man shouted. Children held up handwritten signs reading, “Let’s Go Germany.”

About 100 police kept watch on the train, barring media from the platform, but didn’t remove the migrants by force.

The head of police border control, Col. Laszlo Balazs, said 16 people voluntarily checked into the asylum centre, while about 500 others refused. He said officers were using loudspeakers to inform those who wouldn’t comply of “their legal obligations.”

“Nobody can avoid identity checks. Everyone must submit themselves to this measure, and the police are keeping this train in place until they do,” he said.

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Thousands of people the migrants want to avoid because they don’t want desperate to reach Western Europe rushed into a to pursue asylum claims in economically depressed Budapest train station Thursday after police ended Hungary. As the train platform filled with police a two-day blockade, setting off a wave of anger and came into view, those inside chanted their disapconfusion as hundreds shoved their way onto a wait- proval and their determination to reach Germany, ing train. But when it tried to drop them off at a Hun- their almost unanimous goal. garian camp for asylum seekers, a bitter showdown The crowd, angrily waving train tickets to Vienna began. and Munich, refused police orders to board buses to One man threw his wife and infant son onto the the asylum centre, pushing their way past police and tracks, screaming in Arabic, “We won’t move from back onto the train. A day-long standoff ensued in here!” Police surrounded the prone family, pulled which police and charity workers took turns handing the husband away and handcuffed him as he wailed. food and water to the passengers, only to have them His wife and diaper-clad boy — apparently unin- tossed out train windows in protest. jured despite their stumbling descent onto the tracks — were freed and allowed to rejoin other migrants.

The scene of desperation was just one of many that unfolded Thursday as tempers flared in Hungary’s war of wills with migrants trying to evade asylum checks and reach Western Europe, a showdown with consequences for the entire continent.

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People fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa rushed into the Keleti train terminal when police unexpectedly withdrew Thursday morning, ending a blockade designed to stop migrants from boarding trains to their desired destinations in Germany and Austria.

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His remarks, read aloud by a state TV anchorman, mark the first official comment on the deal since U.S. President Barack Obama secured enough support to prevent the Republican-led Congress from blocking it.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has yet to express a clear opinion on the deal clinched in July, which would curb Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for relief from crippling sanctions.

Khamenei said some U.S. officials have spoken of the “suspension” of sanctions, which he said is unacceptable.

“If the sanctions are going to be suspended, then we will also fulfil our obligations on the ground at the level of suspension and not in a fundamental way,” he said.

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Defiant clerk jailed for marriage views

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ASHLAND, Ky. — A defiant county clerk refused a judge’s compromise offer on gay marriage that could have kept her out of jail on Thursday, saying she can’t promise not to interfere as her deputy clerks follow the law.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning said he had no choice but to jail Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis for contempt after she insisted that her “conscience will not allow” her to follow federal court rulings on gay marriage.

“God’s moral law conflicts with my job duties,” Davis told the judge before a federal marshal escorted her out.

“You can’t be separated from something that’s in your heart and in your soul.”

The judge later sought a resolution to keep Davis out of jail after all. He overruled an objection from her lawyer, who argued that her six deputy clerks cannot act against her authority.

And he called each one before him to declare whether they intend to follow the law. All but the clerk’s son, Nathan Davis, promised to comply.

The judge said Nathan Davis’ position wouldn’t matter, and that his mother could go free as long as she promised not to interfere with issuing of marriage licenses to all couples. But Kim Davis rejected the offer, her attorneys later said.

With that, the hearing ended, and the saga was sure to continue Friday, as gay and lesbian couples vowed to return to the Rowan County clerk’s office yet again in hopes that the deputy clerks would keep their promises.

Bunning said it would set up a “slippery slope” to allow an individual’s ideas to supersede the courts’ authority.

“Her good faith belief is simply not

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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office’s refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky. a viable defence,” Bunning said. “I myself have genuinely held religious beliefs ... but I took an oath.”

“Mrs. Davis took an oath,” he added.

“Oaths mean things.”

Outside, hundreds of people chanted and screamed, “Love won! Love won!” as word of Davis’ jailing reached the dueling crowds.

Davis is being represented by the Liberty Counsel, an organization that advocates in court for religious free-

Guatemala swears in new president BESET BY CORRUPTION SCANDAL, PEREZ MOLINA RESIGNS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s newly sworn-in president demanded that all top government officials submit their resignations and promised an honest and inclusive administration following the surprise resignation earlier Thursday of President Otto Perez Molina amid a fraud investigation.

After President Alejandro Maldonado took office, a judge ordered Perez Molina held until Friday morning, when his corruption hearing was to reconvene. The former president was seen entering a military barracks where he will remain in custody.

Maldonado reached out to protesters who took to the streets against the country’s entrenched corruption, promising he would “leave a legacy of honesty” and restore faith in Guatemala’s democracy in his brief few months in office.

“You can’t consider your work done,” Maldonado said in remarks aimed at all those demanding change.

“In what is left of this year, there must be a positive response.”

The unprecedented political drama played out after a week in which Perez Molina was stripped of his immunity, deserted by key members of his Cabinet, and saw his jailed former vicepresident ordered to stand trial. All this just days before Sunday’s election to choose his successor.

Perez Molina, the first Guatemalan president to resign, appeared in court

Thursday accused of involvement in a scheme in which businesspeople paid bribes to avoid import duties through Guatemala’s customs agency.

Judge Miguel Angel Galvez ordered him held overnight, citing a need to “ensure the continuity of the hearing” and guarantee the former president’s personal safety.

Perez Molina, 64, reiterated his willingness to face the investigation headon.

“I have always said I will respect due process,” he said. “I do not have the slightest intention of leaving the country.”

Earlier in the day, the retired military general insisted upon his innocence during a break in the court proceedings, saying the process had been “very hard, very difficult.”

He said he could have derailed the investigation, but didn’t.

“I had things I could have done,” Perez Molina said. “I could have replaced the prosecutor, I could have dug in.”

Analysts say the resignation was a key blow to corruption in the country and a boost for the rule of law.

“In the midst of this political crisis there is interesting and good news,” said Eric Olson, a Central America expert at the Washington-based Wilson Center. “The attorney general resisted strong pressures and even asked for the president to be incarcerated ... that shows the institutions in Guatemala under the right circumstances can operate and be effective.”

doms. Before she was led away, Davis explained that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June that legalized gay marriage nationwide conflicts with the vows she made when she became a born-again Christian.

“I promised to love Him with all my heart, mind and soul because I wanted to make heaven my home,” Davis said.

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Pentagon says 6 peacekeepers injured in Sinai explosions WASHINGTON — The Defence Department says four U.S. soldiers and two Multinational Force and Observers’ peacekeepers have been injured by improvised explosive devices in the Northeast Sinai region of Egypt.

The Pentagon says the soldiers were airlifted Thursday to a medical facility and are being treated for non-lifethreatening injuries.

The mission of the Multinational Force and Observers is to support the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.

Man gets year in prison for fraud in marijuana deal ADRIAN, Mich. — A man who tried to sell a backpack of dirty socks as marijuana has been sentenced to at least one year in a Michigan prison.

Michael Suarez was sentenced Thursday for committing fraud through false pretenses. An unarmed robbery charge was dropped.

Police say Suarez was pursu-

for Kim Davis and has no desire to change the clerk’s personal beliefs, but wants to be treated equally in the community where she lives. One of the deputy clerks told her to apply in a different county, she said, but “that’s kind of like saying we don’t want gays or lesbians here. We don’t think you are valuable.”

The judge later produced promises of compliance from five of the clerks.

“I don’t really want to, but I will comply with the law,” said one, Melissa Thompson. “I’m a preacher’s daughter and this is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life,” she added. “I don’t hate anybody ... None of us do.”

Davis, an Apostolic Christian whose critics mock her for being on her fourth marriage, stopped issuing licenses to all couples after the Supreme Court ruling, and the courts consistently ruled against her since then. But many supporters have rallied around her, including Republican presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal.

“People are calling the office all the time asking to send money,” she testified. “I myself have not solicited any money.”

Davis said she hopes the Legislature will change Kentucky laws to find some way for her to keep her job while following her conscience. But unless the governor convenes a costly special session, they won’t meet until January. “Hopefully our legislature will get something taken care of,” she told the judge.

Until then, the judge said, he has no alternative but to keep her behind bars.

“The legislative and executive branches do have the ability to make changes,” Bunning said. “It’s not this court’s job to make changes. I don’t write law.” ing a marijuana deal in July when he showed up at a home in Lenawee County’s Raisin Township. But instead of carrying pot, he had a backpack stuffed with dirty socks.

Police say a purse with $2,800 was stolen from the home. Suarez and others were stopped after speeding through a stop sign.

Defence attorney John Glaser says the “false pretenses” were the dirty socks. Suarez will be eligible for parole after a year in prison. His maximum sentence is 7 ½ years.

Wealth declaration shows ‘austere’ living ABUJA, Nigeria — The wealth declaration of Nigeria’s new president shows he has been living “an austere and Spartan lifestyle,” with $150,000 in his personal account, contrary to what many might expect of a former head of state of Nigeria and one who has held a number of top government positions, an official said Thursday.

In the declaration, President Muhammadu Buhari stated that he had shares in Berger Paints, Union Bank and Skye Bank, said Garba Shehu, a senior special assistant in charge of media and publicity for the president in a statement. He did not reveal the value of the shares.

Buhari has vowed to stamp out corruption, which is endemic in Africa’s biggest economy. Buhari last month put the amount of money missing from state coffers at a $150 billion.

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B1 Raiders remain talented team

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 2015

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Lindsay Thurber Raiders graduated a long list of key players from their 2014 team — one of the strongest in recent school history — but coaches Jay Hetherington and Dean Pasiuk do not forecast a drastic drop-off this year.

In fact . . .

“We were a very talented team last year and what’s happened is that we appear to be relatively talented again,” said defensive line coach/special teams coordinator Hetherington, the Raiders former long-time head coach.

“I think we’re pretty solid along both lines, we have some good people back in the defensive backfield and our running backs look quite impressive to me.”

The off-season loss of quarterback Ben Pasiuk, who suffered an injury during the Football Canada Cup and will be lost to the Raiders for most of the season, will no doubt affect the team, but Hetherington feels there’s enough depth on the roster to ease the pain.

“Ben is a big loss, but we have other talented people in the breech,” said Hetherington.

TK Kunaka will start at quarterback when the Raiders open their regular season today at 4:30 p.m. at Great Chief Park against the Lacombe Rams. He’ll be aiming his passes at the likes of rookie Grade 10 receivers Kade Best and Max Arnold as well as veterans Dave Dunbar, Hunter Lustig, Jon Goulet Steven Pell and Tarren Romaniw, who will also line up as a defensive back.

Bradley Pope and fellow returnee Randy Murdoch will handle running backs duties this season.

“Murdoch will also used be used on special teams,” said Pasiuk, the Raiders offensive coordinator. “He’s a pretty special player. He’ll see the field a lot.”

Kunaka and his running backs will operate behind a line that should be an area of strength, said Pasiuk.

“Our offensive line is going to be a really good unit for us this year,” he said, referring to the likes of Brody Halverson, Kayden Price, Carter O’Donnell and Grade 10 Sewalt Jacob.

On the defensive side of the ball, Pasiuk has been impressed with the play of linebacker Keith Warren in camp. Warren will play behind a defensive line that features returnees Riley Ackerman, Bret Goller and Hunter Doerksen.

The Raiders’ defensive backfield will be led by

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Dawson McRae lines up Rhomark Visaya for a tackle as the Lindsay Thurber Raiders senior football team run through offensive plays during a practice on Thursday. three members of the 2015 midget Prairie Fire — Dawson McCrae, Alex Fletch and Colton Dulc.

Joining Ben Pasiuk on the injured list is inside slotback Logan Howard.

“He was having a great camp when he hurt his elbow,” said coach Pasiuk. “He’ll be out for awhile.”

The Raiders defeated the three-time league champion Hunting Hills Lightning twice in regular-season

play last year, then were thumped 44-13 by their Red Deer foes in the division final.

Hetherington sees the division as up for grabs this year.

“There should be a lot of parity in the league this season,” he said. “Lacombe has a strong team so it should be a good tilt Friday.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Lightning should still produce some electricity

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR After graduating 11 of 12 Central Alberta Football League all-star players, the defending City Division champion Hunting Hills Lightning might be expected to slide down the list of contenders in 2015.

But these are the Lightning, the three-time defending champs and winners of four of the last five titles.

“We were pretty heavy with the Grade 12 all stars last year, but we usually are,” head coach Kyle Sedgwick said Thursday. “But we have a lot of guys who will step up this season, We’re young in the skill positions but we’re confident with the ability of our linemen, our running backs and our linebackers.

“We just have to stay healthy. That’s the key.”

The one 2014 all star who is returning is running back Brandt Burzuk, who projects as one of the league’s premier ground-gainers this year. Burzuk earned a spot with Team Alberta for the Football Canada Cup this summer.

“Brandt will carry the load for us this year. He had a great off-season. He trained really hard and made Team Alberta,” said Sedgwick. “He had a great Canada Cup, he learned a lot there.

He’s going to be counted on quite a bit this season.”

Joining Burzuk on Team Alberta were Lightning linebacker Edward Kim and two-way lineman Travis Derksen, who played on the O-line during the Canada Cup. “Kim made Team Alberta as a Grade 10 linebacker, which is a pretty impressive feat,” said Sedgwick.

“These three young men learned a lot and they brought that experience and

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Hunting Hills High School Lightning senior football coach Kyle Sedgewick works with players during a practice on Monday. The Lightning open their football season tonight at Great Chief Park against the Notre Dame Cougars. leadership back with them.”

Derksen will anchor the Lightning offensive and defensive lines this year, while Colton Maddock is also expected to be front and centre on the D-line and fellow veterans Cole Layden and Brandon Lundy will be go-to players at the linebacker position. The secondary will feature the likes of Zach Pilgrim and Kade Damant.

“Even though we had a big Grade 12 group last year and a lot of them were all stars, we have a good returning group that include quite a few starters,” said Sedgwick. “We’re a little young and inexperienced at quarter-

back and receiver, but we just have to make that work.

“We have a lot of Grade 10s. Our bantam team was fairly strong last year with a lot of skill guys, so we have a lot of skill coming at receiver and defensive back, it’s just going to take them some time to catch up to the speed of the senior game.

“I’ve been impressed with what I’ve seen of them so far.”

Eric Thomson, who was the backup to all star Brett Barrett in 2014, will start at quarterback when the Lightning take on the Notre Dame Cougars in the season-opener for both teams

tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Great Chief Park.

“He knows the system, he knows the footwork,” said Sedgwick. “We also have three Grade 10s who have come a long way and will be good quarterbacks, but they’re not there yet.”

Jordan Lenius and Josh Patterson are two rookie receivers of note, while veteran Kaden Hall will also be a prime target for Thomson.

“He’s just a very intelligent player,” Sedgwick said of Hall. “He’s one of those guys who will be a coach some day.”

Sedgwick and his coaching staff set their sights high every season and in recent years have not been disappointed.

“With the league structure we’re always going to be competitive,” said the head coach. “We’ve built a strong culture here and always have enough veteran players coming back. We preach habits and proper preparation, we try and treat it like post secondary.

“Some years we’ve won when maybe we didn’t have the best talent, but guys believe in the process.”

The head coach certainly does not feel that his team will steamroll to a title this year. On the contrary . . .

“This year I think all the teams in our division are going to be good,” said Sedgwick. “Lacombe and Notre Dame were young last year and they’re going to be very good.

“And Lindsay Thurber, even with (quarterback) Ben Pasiuk injured right now, they still have a very good group of players in Grade 11 and 12 who did very well when they were in bantam.

And of course they beat us twice last year before we were able to overcome them in the division final.

“All four teams should be very good this year. We’re just hoping to compete and eventually represent the zone in the tier 2 provincials.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Beck relieves Lulay to help Lions take down Alouettes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Lions 25 Alouettes 16 MONTREAL — Quarterback John Beck came on in relief and got the B.C. Lions a victory, but now he may have try his hand at being the starter.

Beck replaced the injured Travis Lulay midway through the first quarter and threw touchdown passes to Lavelle Hawkins and Austin Collie as the Lions downed the punchless Montreal Alouettes 25-16 on Thursday night.

Lulay suffered a suspected torn MCL ligament in his left knee. Further tests will determine how long he will be out of action.

“You never want to see Travis go down,” said 34-year-old Beck.

“We hope the news will be the least severe, but I’m glad to come out and do my job.

“The guys did a great job of rallying. We felt pretty comfortable out there.”

Beck, in his second season with the Lions, went 14 for 22 for 114 yards and two TDs, but also threw his first two CFL interceptions.

It helped that his Montreal counterpart Tanner

Marsh had a dreadful night, passing for only 103 yards while throwing five interceptions, fumbling the ball away once and not producing an offensive touchdown.

“For the defence to have that many turnovers, it shouldn’t be that close of a football game,” said Beck.

Eric Fraser scored on an interception return and Richie Leone had a field goal and a single on a missed 50-yard attempt for the Lions (4-5), who were coming off a 23-13 loss to Montreal two weeks ago in Vancouver.

Jonathan Hefney returned an interception for a TD and Boris Bede had three field goals for Montreal (4-6), which ended a two-game winning run.

General manager Jim Popp, 1-1 since taking over as head coach from Tom Higgins, took the blame on himself and his coaching staff for the poor outing

by Marsh, who started because Rakeem Cato was in Florida attending to a family emergency.

“I know we threw interceptions but we had a lot of protection problems,” said Popp. “We’ve got to give our guys a better chance than that.

“He had pressure in his face all night. We have to do a better job coaching.”

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He thought briefly about turning to Canadian backup Brandon Bridge, but opted to stick with Marsh.

“We discussed it, but unfortunately, Cato took reps for the first part of the week along with Tanner and Brandon had limited reps, so he didn’t have the same playbook. I know the coaches felt strongly about staying with Tanner.”

Jabar Westerman stripped the ball from Marsh and Michael Brooks recovered to set up a Leone 46-yard boot at 9:19. Then, Alex Hoffman-Ellis picked off a pass, leading to Beck’s 10-yard TD pass to Hawkins at the 15:00 mark. Hawkins scored in his first CFL game.

Montreal marched back thanks to a 47-yard Tyrell Sutton run for Bede’s 24-yard field goal to start the second quarter. The Lions gave up the ball on downs and Bede punched another through from 46 yards at 8:33.

The Lions picked up 51 yards on two Montreal penalties on the same play to put the ball on the 11, where Beck found Collie with the TD pass for a 17-6 half time lead.

Fraser grabbed a Marsh pass and romped 56 yards for the score 4:19 into the second half.

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Going out at the top of his game LOCAL MOUNTAIN BIKER RETIRES AT 19 TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION

DANNY RODE

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It’s not often you hear of someone retiring at age 19, but that’s exactly what’s happened with Carter Paschinski.

The Red Deer native, who was one of the top downhill mountain bike competitors in Canada, is calling it quits despite being at the top of his sport.

“I’m taking welding at Red Deer College this fall so this was my last year,” he said.

“It’s been good ... I’ve enjoyed the sport, although this last season I didn’t take it quite as seriously as I did before. I just found I wasn’t as dedicated as I have other things such as my

schooling.”

Paschinski played lacrosse as a youngster, but when he lost a bit of interest in the sport started looking for something else.

“I always enjoyed riding a bike and it was a good alternative to lacrosse,” he said. “I started riding competitively when I was 13 or 14 with a development team in Edmonton. When that shut down there was a parent of one of the other kids who wanted to put together a team of more serious athletes, who were into competing.”

He was selected to the AFD team when he was 14.

The team included three girls and three boys and is also in it’s final season. It was sponsored by AFD racing/ Santa Cruz Bikes/Spy Googles/Muscle Milk/ Royal Racing and competed mainly in the B.C. Cup, which included seven races. He also competed at the Canadian championships and in the U.S. “There really weren’t many races in Alberta, so it was mainly in B.C.,” he said. “There used to be one in Grande Prairie and we used to sponsor one but not for a couple of years.”

Downhill mountain biking is different than crosscountry.

“We take a ski lift to the top, then bike down the mountain,” explained Paschinski. “It’s one person at a time and you race against the clock.”

Paschinski competed for AFD for four years and enjoyed every minute.

“It was a lot of fun, very enjoyable,” he said.

He finished third at the Canadian nationals in the U17 expert class two years ago and was 0.5 seconds behind third in the junior championships last year.

He won the B.C. Cup last year and also attended the Nevada State championship, finishing second.

He also competed in the Red Bull Crankworks

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Local mountain biker Carter Paschinski takes a jump while competing at the Red Bull Crankworks competition in Whistler, B.C. The 19-year-old has decided to give up the sport despite being one of the best in the sport. event in Whistler B.C. for the last three years, finishing in the top 20.

“That was a tough event as you’re up against the top racers, who compete at the World Cup level,” said Paschinski.

“But it was a great learning experience to see those top riders.”

Although his downhill mountain biking career may be over there’s a lot he will take from the experience.

“You have to be very mentally strong as you sit in the starting gate and listen to the count-down,” he said.

“But you need that to be successful. And it’s also something that will help me later in life and being able to deal with everyday situations.”

It’s doubtful Paschinski will return to mountain biking, but that doesn’t mean he’s done competing.

His father, Paul, raced motocross and Carter has a dirt bike and can see himself taking up that sport one day.

“I can’t say for sure but there’s a chance, once I finish in college.”

He does comes from an athletic family as his sister, Sarah, played soccer at the University of Alberta. His mother, Sharlene, played a major role in his success.

“Without her, and my family, I wouldn’t have had a chance to compete. She drove me everywhere.”

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog

Donaldson passes Trout in AL MVP race

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — When Josh Donaldson steps to the plate at Rogers Centre and the strains of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” fade out, the crowd noise fills in with chants of “M-V-P! M-V-P!” Sometimes it’s just a few hundred fans, until the star Blue Jays slugger hits a home run and some 40,000 more join the call.

“I try not to listen to it too much, but it’s nice,” Donaldson said. “Obviously all year the fans have really supported me. So far this year it’s kind of worked out, and we’ll see how it goes.”

To say it has “worked out” is the understatement of the year from the third baseman, a front-runner to be the American League’s Most Valuable Player. Donaldson leads the league with a .589 slugging percentage, 111 runs batted in, 304 total bases and 104 runs scored.

He has passed and even lapped defending champion Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels by being at the forefront of the Blue Jays’ surge into first place.

“I don’t think we’re anywhere close to where we’re at without him,” start-

BASKETBALL

Canada wins second straight at FIBA Americas

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MEXICO CITY — Canada’s men’s basketball team is doing all it can to live up to expectations.

Nik Stauskas had a team-high 16 points as Canada earned its second straight victory at the FIBA Americas championship, downing Venezuela 8262 on Thursday.

“When we can stop teams like that, we hope to just keep running and pushing the ball up the floor,” said head coach Jay Triano.

“We have a target, people think we’re one of the better teams here and if we play well we could be.”

All five of Canada’s starters finished in double digits. Kelly Olynyk dropped 14 points, Andrew Wiggins had 13 while Cory Joseph and Anthony Bennett each had 10.

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Donaldson would be the first player in 31 years to win AL MVP honours after being traded prior to Opening Day. Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos pulled off the steal of the offseason by acquiring Donaldson from the Oakland Athletics for oft-injured third baseman Brett Lawrie.

The 29-year-old hit 29 home runs last season and 24 in 2013. Coming off an all-star appearance, expectations were that Donaldson would be an upgrade, but few could have predicted this.

“Two years in Oakland he had good years, but not this good,” Buehrle said.

“If somebody says they thought he was going to have this good of a year, I think they’re crazy.”

Donaldson, who hits second ahead of power righties Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion in baseball’s most feared and productive lineup, is batting a career-best .304 and already has 36 home runs with 29 games left.

Using the wins above replacement stat, which calculates value to a team if replaced by a bench player or minor-leaguer, Donaldson’s 7.64 trails only Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke and Washington Nationals Dwight Lewis led Venezuela (2-1) with a game-high 17 points and Nestor Colmenares chipped in with 16.

The Canadians (2-1), who are looking to finish in the top two in Mexico to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics, jumped out to a 25-15 advantage after the first quarter and increased it to 4728 by halftime.

Venezuela chipped into the lead, outscoring Canada 20-17 in the third, but couldn’t overcome a 16-point deficit to open the final quarter en route to its first loss of the tournament.

“I think we did better today, especially on the defensive end,” said Joseph, whose squad outrebounded its opponent 52-33. “I thought our defence started a lot for our offence.”

Canada already qualified for the second round with its victory over Cuba on Wednesday, and wraps up the first phase of round-robin action on Friday against Puerto Rico (1-2).

Earlier in the day, Toronto Raptors off-season acquisition Luis Scola had 11 points and eight rebounds as Argentina downed Cuba 96-64 to stay atop the Group B standings with a 3-0 record. Jasiel Rivero scored a game-high 28 points for Cuba, which fell to 0-4.

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outfielder Bryce Harper.

“He’s having a career year,” Toronto starter Marco Estrada said. “What he brings on the field is everything.

He’s been our best hitter, his defence is incredible and he brings a lot of energy to the clubhouse. I’m glad he’s on our side.”

Donaldson leads Trout in wins above replacement and has been much better since the all-star break. Trout’s Angels have also fallen 5 ½ games back of the second wild-card spot in the AL, while the Blue Jays lead the New York Yankees by 1 ½ games in the East Division.

“I know Trout’s cooled off a little bit,” Estrada said. “If (Donaldson) just keeps doing what he’s doing, he’s probably guaranteed to win it.”

Donaldson’s resume is unmatched, even by the 24-year-old Trout, who was the unanimous choice as 2014 AL MVP and is considered the best position player in baseball. While Trout as a centre-fielder plays a premium up-themiddle position, Donaldson has also excelled defensively on the tough turf at Rogers Centre.

While Donaldson has already driven in as many runs as Trout did last season, some of that is a product of the Blue Jays’ absurd lineup, which

SOCCER

Chile rises in top 10 of FIFA rankings led by Argentina ZURICH — Copa America winner Chile rises two places to No. 8 in the FIFA rankings still led by Argentina.

Chile’s swap with No. 10 England is the only top-10 movement after no elite teams played last month. Ranking changes reflect matches played since 2011 reducing in value.

Belgium edges World Cup winner Germany for the No. 2 slot. Colombia

has scored a major-league best 730.

Of course Donaldson has thrived in 149 plate appearances with runners in scoring position, hitting .385 to Trout’s .347.

Donaldson’s worst month was June, when he hit .269 with only three homers and 10 RBIs. Many hitters would beg for those numbers.

“I think he’s been consistent, he’s played great defence,” Blue Jays catcher Dioner Navarro said. “He’s doing it on a team that we’ve got two or three guys that could be doing the same. Eddie, Bau, when those guys were struggling, he’s been really consistent throughout the whole year.”

Even after replacing a homegrown Canadian star in Lawrie, Donaldson became a fan favourite almost right away. As his MVP-calibre season has gone by, he has only picked up more support.

“It’s been surreal,” Donaldson said Sunday at his first “Basebowl” charity event benefiting Jays Care and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto. “I feel since Day One everybody’s been open arms for me and just kind of excited for not just what I have to offer but the team has had to offer.

“We’ve really been playing well as of late. It’s exciting to be a part of this and Brazil remain in fourth and fifth.

Wales are ninth and above neighbour England.

Algeria leads African nations at No. 19.

Mexico is CONCACAF’s best at No. 26, two ahead of the United States.

Canada fell one spot to No. 102, 10th in CONCACAF. Canada is sandwiched between Niger and Ethiopia in the world rankings.

No. 40 Iran leads Asia.

The next rankings will take account of two rounds in European Championship qualifying matches and World Cup qualifiers in Asia and CONCACAF.

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Life after hockey an ‘abrupt reality check’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Daniel Carcillo watched helplessly as his friend and former teammate Steve Montador struggled to adapt to life after hockey. Concussions had left Montador with memory loss so severe that the longtime defenceman carried multiple keys for the same lock.

He tried becoming a radio analyst, but when that didn’t pan out, he seemed burdened by an uncertain future.

“He just didn’t know what he wanted to do next,” Carcillo said. “He was just searching for that. He was searching for a lot of things, as we’re all going to do when we move on.”

Last winter, Carcillo was in the Chicago Blackhawks players lounge when he got the devastating news. Montador, just 35, was found dead in his Mississauga, Ont., home.

The cause of death has never been made public.

An autopsy showed he had CTE, the progressively degenerative disease that has been linked to repeated blows to the head.

While Montador’s story is complicated and tragic, many former players also grapple to varying degrees with the reality of life after hockey. It’s a cycle that goes on every summer as contracts dry up, and in the coming weeks as training camps open, more players will be forced to hang up their skates for good.

In the wake of Montador’s death, Carcillo has launched the Chapter 5 Foundation to help hockey players and other athletes in the stressful transition to their next careers.

“It’s a very abrupt reality check when you get out of the game,” Carcillo said in a recent interview.

“You identify with being a hockey player and an athlete for so many years that you kind of not lose yourself but you forget who you are as a person and what your interests were in high school away from hockey and who your friends were.”

The NHL and NHL Players’ Association team up for the NHL Alumni’s BreakAway Program, which aids in that process by offering education and career strategy, counselling, entrepreneurial training, seminars and other assistance. But as several retired players know from experience, there’s no textbook on how to take that next step.

“No matter how much you prepare, you’re never quite ready for that moment,” said former enforcer Stu Grimson, who practised law in retirement before becoming a Nashville Predators TV analyst. “Anybody, I don’t care if you’re a welder, a teacher, an accountant, a lawyer, whoever — if you do something for 15, 20 or more years and you’re forced to turn and then go do something else, that’s a traumatic life adjustment for anybody.”

The transition from being a professional athlete to anything else actually begins while playing, financially and, perhaps more importantly, mentally.

Many hockey players don’t have the college education of athletes in other sports, a product of leaving home as teenagers to play at the junior level or elsewhere.

“We all had the one-track mind at one time like, all we wanted to do was play pro hockey and we’ll do anything in the world to do that,” said Rick Berry, a defenceman-turned-financial adviser. “You think at the time you’re just giving up maybe part of your youth and you’re sacrificing part of your teenage years, but little did you know that it’s a big catch-up period when you want to hit the stop button.”

Former centre Jeff Halpern hit that button last year when he couldn’t latch on for a 16th NHL season. He has a degree from Princeton University but pointed out: “It’s not like I’m drawing supply-and-demand curves every day and doing microeconomics.”

Practically, most players know hockey inside and out and little else.

“I was in the university of hockey for over 20 years,” former goaltender and current broadcaster Martin Biron said. “From the time I played juniors on, I went to the university of hockey, and I’ve stud-

Murray survives scare to advance at U.S. Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Before they stepped on court, there was nothing to suggest Andy Murray would have any trouble against Adrian Mannarino in the U.S. Open’s second round.

Murray, after all, is seeded No. 3, owns two major championships including at Flushing Meadows in 2012, and had reached at least the quarterfinals at the last 18 Grand Slam tournaments he’d entered.

Mannarino, meanwhile, is ranked 35th, has never won a tour-level title, and only three times in his career has even managed to win more than one match at a major.

So it certainly came as a surprise when, in Thursday’s opening game, Mannarino broke Murray. About an hour later, Mannarino grabbed the opening set.

And 45 minutes after that, the Frenchman took the second set, too.

“I just had to kind of tell myself that I would get there eventually,” Murray said. “I had time to get back into it.”

Despite a stuffy nose and scratchy throat, and generally looking as if he might be ready to wilt on another steamy day at Flushing Meadows — two more mid-match retirements, including by 28th-seeded Jack Sock of the United States, raised the total to 12 in the men’s draw so far — Murray put together his eighth career comeback from a two-set deficit and beat Mannarino 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.

“He was looking for his rhythm,” Mannarino said, “and then I think that finally he found it.”

Roger Federer had his rhythm from the start, compiling a 46-8 edge in winners while beating Steve Darcis of Belgium 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 at night, before 2014 runner-up Caroline Wozniacki was stunned by 149thranked Petra Cetkovska of the Czech Republic 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1) in the day’s last match, which ended after midnight.

Wozniacki held four match points but each was erased by a winner from Cetkovska.

Sock took the opening two sets against 107thranked Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium and was three games away from winning in the third, but his body seized up because of cramps, unable to deal with the heat that topped 90 degrees (32 Celsius).

In a scary scene early in the fourth set, less than two hours in, Sock froze in place, his legs locked. A trainer helped the 22-year-old American sit down near the baseline, and Sock appeared to have trouble even extending his arm when Bemelmans walked around the net and leaned over for a handshake.

“I didn’t have too much difficulty,” said Bemelmans, who will face French Open champion Stan Wawrinka next.

There are only two American men remaining of the 16 who were in the draw: No. 13 John Isner and unseeded Donald Young.

File Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Chicago Blackhawks’ Daniel Carcillo, left, works for the puck against Columbus Blue Jackets’ David Savard during an NHL game in Columbus, Ohio, last year. In the wake of former teammate Steve Montador’s death, Carcillo has launched the Chapter 5 Foundation to help hockey players and other athletes in the stressful transition to their next careers. ied it.”

The university of hockey has plenty of graduate students — players who remain in the game in scouting, player development, coaching, broadcasting or some combination of those. For those who can make that shift, hockey is a comforting small town where knowing people is often enough to stay in the game.

“When you’re playing, you’re in the player mode where you don’t notice anything that’s going on around you except playing,” said former defenceman Eric Weinrich, who has worked in scouting and coaching. “I think that’s why you see so many guys just stay in it because that’s all they know and that’s what their expertise is.”

Halpern is trying to stay in it now. He’s part owner of a fried chicken and donut shop in the Washington area and is trying to get into full-time coaching, but hasn’t found it easy.

“Not having that outlet of competing against other people has taken a toll on me just because I don’t have an outlet for that anymore,” said Halpern, who recently helped as an assistant coach for the U.S. women’s under-22 select team. “I listen to Howard Stern and ’Elliott in the Morning’ and when I get in my car it’s almost like that becomes my locker-room.

It’s a poor excuse for one, but you miss that checking in with people and that routine of kind of waking up and going to a group of where you belong.”

Hockey players are used to the structure of being at the rink every day. The free time can be unsettling.

“When you’re a player, there’s a schedule, there’s an itinerary, there’s, ’Show up and here’s what you have to do,” said former defenceman Sean O’Donnell, now a broadcaster with the Los Angeles Kings. “When you’re done, all of a sudden there’s no one to kind of guide you and you really have to figure out, ’OK what do I do? Who do I try and speak to?

What’s my next move?’ And I think a lot of guys have

a hard time with that.”

Former goaltender and goaltending coach Corey Hirsch thinks players should prepare for that during off-seasons. He’s all for players getting university education but considers summer internships and job shadowing more valuable.

“You should be doing something else to get a second interest going,” Hirsch said. “Guys have played hockey their whole careers — their whole lives — and all of a sudden someone says, ’You can’t play hockey for money ever again.”’

Understanding that “unless you’re a Hall of Fame guy, you can’t really dictate your terms,” O’Donnell did freelance scouting and had to figure out how to get to the press box in Tampa. Because there’s no “tryout” process for coaches, Halpern started working with bantam players to get some experience.

“You’re like a rookie again,” O’Donnell said.

Carcillo seems on the verge of his personal transition, saying last week he was very close to calling it quits. The free agent has spent the past few months trying to line up support for Chapter 5 and has met with Wendy McCreary of the BreakAway Program.

McCreary said the BreakAway program, which is financed by the NHL Emergency Assistance Fund that gets money from every player fine and suspension, helps over 100 former players and “would like to reach a larger stable of recently retired players and their families.”

Carcillo hopes to partner with that group and start the process while players are still young and enjoying their NHL careers.

“You have to kind of re-find yourself and then repurpose your life and kind of look inside you to what your second-best interest is other than hockey,” Carcillo said. “It’s just about preparing those guys and really just helping them and guiding them for when they make that realization that they want to move on.”

SCOREBOARD Baseball

B4

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 2015

Local Sports

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Toronto 76 57 .571 New York 74 58 .561 Tampa Bay 66 67 .496 Baltimore 64 69 .481 Boston 61 72 .459

GB — 1 1/2 10 12 15

Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit

Central Division W L Pct 82 51 .617 69 64 .519 64 68 .485 62 70 .470 61 72 .459

GB — 13 17 1/2 19 1/2 21

Houston Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 73 61 .545 70 62 .530 67 66 .504 63 71 .470 58 76 .433

GB — 2 5 1/2 10 15

Wednesday’s Games L.A. Angels 9, Oakland 4 N.Y. Yankees 13, Boston 8 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 6, 11 innings Toronto 5, Cleveland 1 Minnesota 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Kansas City 12, Detroit 1 Seattle 8, Houston 3 Texas 4, San Diego 3, 10 innings

LCain KC 118 461 86 145 .315 Hosmer KC 130 493 83 154 .312 NCruz Sea 131 509 77 158 .310 Kinsler Det 131 526 85 161 .306 Home Runs NCruz, Seattle, 39; CDavis, Baltimore, 38; Donaldson, Toronto, 36; Pujols, Los Angeles, 35; JMartinez, Detroit, 34; Trout, Los Angeles, 33; Bautista, Toronto, 31; Teixeira, New York, 31.

Runs Batted In Donaldson, Toronto, 111; KMorales, Kansas City, 98; CDavis, Baltimore, 97; Encarnacion, Toronto, 92; Bautista, Toronto, 89; JMartinez, Detroit, 87; NCruz, Seattle, 82; BMcCann, New York, 82.

Pitching Keuchel, Houston, 16-6; FHernandez, Seattle, 15-8; Eovaldi, New York, 14-2; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-6; McHugh, Houston, 14-7; Lewis, Texas, 14-7; Hutchison, Toronto, 13-2.

New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 74 59 .556 68 65 .511 55 79 .410 54 80 .403 53 81 .396

GB — 6 19 1/2 20 1/2 21 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati

Central Division W L Pct 86 47 .647 79 53 .598 75 57 .568 58 75 .436 55 77 .417

GB — 6 1/2 10 1/2 28 30 1/2

West Division W L Pct 75 57 .568 69 65 .515 65 69 .485 64 69 .481 55 78 .414

GB — 7 11 11 1/2 20 1/2

Thursday’s Games Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 15, Detroit 7 Friday’s Games Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Severino 2-2), 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-9) at Toronto (Hutchison 13-2), 5:07 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 8-13) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-5), 5:08 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morgan 5-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 8-6), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-12) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-0), 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-8) at Houston (McHugh 14-7), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Olmos 1-0) at Oakland (Brooks 1-1), 8:05 p.m.

Texas (M.Perez 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Richards 1210), 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 7:05 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

H 126 148 159 158 147 163

Wednesday’s Games Miami 7, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 4 Washington 4, St. Louis 3 Colorado 9, Arizona 4 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Francisco 1 Texas 4, San Diego 3, 10 innings

Pct. .361 .321 .319 .317 .317 .315

Today

Sunday’s Games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 11:35 a.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 6:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Harper Was 126 426 96 141 .331 DGordon Mia 117 500 66 164 .328 Posey SF 125 466 63 151 .324 Goldschmidt Ari 132 478 85 154 .322 Pollock Ari 129 504 93 162 .321 LeMahieu Col 128 480 74 154 .321 Votto Cin 130 453 81 143 .316 YEscobar Was 116 445 59 139 .312 Panik SF 97 375 56 116 .309 DPeralta Ari 125 388 50 119 .307 Home Runs CaGonzalez, Colorado, 35; Arenado, Colorado, 34; Harper, Washington, 31; Frazier, Cincinnati, 30; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 27; Rizzo, Chicago, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Votto, Cincinnati, 27.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 102; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 97; Kemp, San Diego, 85; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 85; Bryant, Chicago, 84; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 84; Posey, San Francisco, 80.

Pitching Arrieta, Chicago, 17-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 16-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 15-3; Wacha, St. Louis, 15-4; GCole, Pittsburgh, 15-8; CMartinez, St. Louis, 13-6; RDe La Rosa, Arizona, 12-6.

Thursday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 100 101 300 — 6 10 1 Minnesota 004 000 000 — 4 7 0 Samardzija, Da.Jennings (7), N.Jones (7), Dav. Robertson (9) and Soto; Gibson, Fien (7), Cotts (7), Boyer (8), Duensing (8) and Herrmann, Fryer. W— Samardzija 9-11. L—Fien 4-6. Sv—Dav.Robertson (28). HRs—Minnesota, E.Rosario (9).

Detroit 303 000 100 — 7 14 0 Kan. City 240 201 60x — 15 20 1 Boyd, K.Ryan (2), Alburquerque (6), Gorzelanny (7), VerHagen (8) and J.McCann; Volquez, C.Young (4), Hochevar (6), W.Davis (8), M.Almonte (9) and S.Perez, Butera. W—C.Young 10-6. L—K.Ryan 1-3.

HRs—Detroit, Gose (5). Kansas City, L.Cain (14), Orlando (6).

Thursday’s Games Washington 15, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 11, San Francisco 3 L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, late Friday’s Games Arizona (Godley 4-0) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-10), 12:20 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Washington (Roark 4-4), 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 6-14) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morgan 5-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 8-6), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Happ 3-1) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 13-6), 6:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 11-8) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 8-6), 6:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 5-3) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 12:10 a.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 12:10 a.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 1:35 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R MiCabrera Det 96 349 56 Brantley Cle 119 461 61 Bogaerts Bos 128 498 60 Fielder Tex 128 498 61 Kipnis Cle 116 464 76 Altuve Hou 126 517 67

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

San Francisco at Colorado, 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 6:40 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta 010 000 000 — 1 2 0 Wash.

253 022 01x — 15 18 0 Wisler, Marimon (2), McKirahan (3), R.Kelly (3), Detwiler (5), Burawa (6), Moylan (7), Marksberry (8) and Pierzynski, Lavarnway; Zimmermann, Solis (7), Ra.Martin (9) and W.Ramos. W—Zimmermann 128. L—Wisler 5-6. HRs—Washington, Espinosa (13).

Pittsburgh 000 010 200 — 3 8 0 Milwaukee 000 112 01x — 5 10 0 Liriano, Bastardo (6), Liz (7) and Cervelli; Jungmann, W.Smith (7), Thornburg (7), Jeffress (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Lucroy. W—Jungmann 9-5.

L—Liriano 9-7. Sv—Fr.Rodriguez (33). HRs—Milwaukee, Do.Santana (4).

San Fran. 002 001 000 — 3 6 2 Colorado 401 400 02x — 11 19 0 Vogelsong, Kontos (4), T.Hudson (5), Hall (7), Broadway (8) and H.Sanchez, Susac; Rusin and Hundley. W—Rusin 5-7. L—Vogelsong 9-11.

HRs—San Francisco, Vogelsong (1). Colorado, Ca.Gonzalez 2 (35), Arenado (34).

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 11:10 a.m.

Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 2:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 2:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Football Hamilton Toronto Ottawa Montreal

CFL East Division GP W L T 9 6 3 0 9 6 3 0 9 5 4 0 10 4 6 0

PF 315 238 193 207

PA 182 245 241 196

Pt 12 12 10 8

Calgary Edmonton B.C. Winnipeg Saskatchewan

GP 9 9 9 9 9

West Division W L T 7 2 0 6 3 0 4 5 0 3 6 0 0 9 0

PF 255 238 204 168 218

PA 190 165 250 273 294

Pt 14 12 8 6 0

WEEK 11 (Bye: Ottawa) Thursday’s results B.C. 25 Montreal 16 Sunday’s games Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

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

Edmonton at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

WEEK 12 (Bye: Montreal) Friday, Sept. 11 Hamilton at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12 Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13 Ottawa at B.C., 2 p.m.

Thursday’s summary Lions 25, Alouettes 16 First Quarter B.C. — FG Leone 46 9:19 B.C. — TD Hawkins 10 pass from Beck (Leone convert) 15:00 Second Quarter Mtl — FG Bede 24 3:33 Mtl — FG Bede 46 8:33 B.C. — TD Collie 11 pass from Beck (Leone convert) 11:01 Third Quarter B.C. — TD Fraser 56 interception return (Leone convert) 4:19 Mtl — TD Hefney 20 interception return (Bede convert) 9:51 Fourth Quarter Mtl — FG Bede 52 5:47

B.C. — Single Leone 63 9:23 B.C. 10 7 7 1 — Montreal 0 6 7 3 — Attendance — 21,885 at Montreal.

Pittsburgh

TEAM STATISTICS B.C. Mtl First downs 15 11 Yards rushing 91 123 Yards passing 131 103 Total offence 222 226 Team losses 6 10 Net offence 216 216 Passes made-tried 16-26 16-30 Total return yards 120 269 Interceptions-yards by 5-88 2-32 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1 Sacks by 3 1 Punts-average 9-48.9 7-44.9 Penalties-yards 10-92 10-115 Time of possession 33:59 26:01 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — B.C.: Harris 21-65, Rainey 1-14, Gore 1-5, Lulay 1-4, Beck 1-3, Hawkins 1-0, Jennings 1-0; Mtl: Sutton 7-88, Marsh 3-17, Giguere 1-11, Charette 1-8, Rutley 3-6, Beaulieu 1-0, Logan 1-minus-7.

Receiving — B.C.: Burnham 4-37, Collie 3-27, Gore 2-18, Hawkins 2-18, Arceneaux 2-15, Harris 2-13, Lumbala 1-3; Mtl: Lewis 5-33, Stamps 3-22, Charette 4-18, Sutton 2-16, Green 1-11, Giguere 1-3.

Passing— B.C.: Lulay 2-4, 17 yards, 0 TDs, 0 ints, Beck 14-22-114-2-2; Mtl: Marsh 16-30-103-0-5.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Jets 3 1 0 .750 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 New England 2 2 0 .500 Miami 1 3 0 .250

1

4

W 4 3 2 1

West L 0 1 2 2

25 16

PF 85 88 63 70

PA 81 71 74 89

Houston Jacksonville Tennessee Indianapolis

W 2 2 2 1

South L 2 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .250

PF 74 69 85 51

PA 58 81 96 82

Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland

W 3 1 1

North L 1 3 3

T 0 0 0

Pct .750 .250 .250

PF 64 79 58

PA 51 118 62

Kansas City Denver San Diego Oakland

0

.200

73

122

T Pct PF 0 1.000 106 0 .750 75 0 .500 66 0 .333 53

PA 59 64 56 53

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Philadelphia 3 1 0 .750 Washington 3 1 0 .750 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 Dallas 1 3 0 .250

PF 133 88 62 48

PA 77 64 72 82

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 3 2 2 0

South L 1 2 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .500 .000

PF 95 82 70 74

PA 77 86 85 121

Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay

W 4 3 3 2

North L 1 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF .800 105 .750 84 .750 79 .500 105

PA 69 42 51 84

Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

W 2 2 1 0

West L 2 2 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .333 .000

PA 99 60 51 93

PF 90 59 49 48

Thursday’s Games Green Bay 38, New Orleans 10 Atlanta 20, Baltimore 19 Cincinnati 9, Indianapolis 6 N.Y. Jets 24, Philadelphia 18 Tampa Bay 22, Miami 17 Jacksonville 17, Washington 16 Carolina 23, Pittsburgh 6 Detroit 17, Buffalo 10 N.Y. Giants 12, New England 9 Tennessee 24, Minnesota 17 Chicago 24, Cleveland 0 Dallas 21, Houston 14 Kansas City 24, St. Louis 17 Arizona 22, Denver 20 San Francisco 14, San Diego 12 Oakland at Seattle, late

● High school volleyball: Senior/junior boys and girls tournament at RDC. ● 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. ● High school volleyball: Senior/junior boys and girls tournament at RDC.

Saturday

● High school volleyball: Senior/junior boys and girls tournament at RDC. ● 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.

Hockey Saturday’s games Portland at Tri-City, 12:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Calgary, 2 p.m.

Victoria at Seattle, 4 p.m.

Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Regina, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7:30 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

2015-16 Western Hockey League Schedule Pre-season Tuesday’s result Moose Jaw 5 Swift Current 4 Thursday’s games Calgary at Regina, NA Friday’s games Seattle at Tri-City, 12:30 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Calgary, 3 p.m.

Spokane at Portland, 4 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s games Victoria at Tri-City, 12:30 p.m.

Spokane at Seattle, 4 p.m.

Saskatoon at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Portland at Everett, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 8 Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T D.C. 28 13 10 5 New York 25 12 7 6 Columbus 27 11 8 8 Toronto 25 11 10 4 New England 26 10 9 7 Orlando 27 7 12 8 Montreal 23 8 11 4 New York City 27 7 13 7 Chicago 26 7 13 6 Philadelphia 27 7 14 6

Los Angeles Vancouver Dallas Kansas City

GF 35 43 45 44 35 33 30 38 31 33

Western Conference GP W L T GF 28 13 8 7 49 27 14 10 3 38 25 12 8 5 35 25 11 7 7 40

GA 34 28 44 42 36 47 34 46 38 44

Pt 44 42 41 37 37 29 28 28 27 27

Portland Seattle San Jose Houston Colorado Salt Lake

27 27 26 27 26 27

11 12 11 9 8 8

9 13 10 10 9 11

7 2 5 8 9 8

29 32 32 35 25 29

32 30 29 34 27 40

40 38 38 35 33 32

Saturday’s games Orlando at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Dallas at Columbus, 5 p.m.

GA 33 28 30 35

Pt 46 45 41 40

Wednesday, September 9 Colorado at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Kansas City at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Basketball Mexico 68 Brazil 58

FIBA Americas Men’s 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W L Mexico 3 3 0 Dominican Rep. 4 2 2 Brazil 3 1 2 Uruguay 3 1 2 Panama 3 1 2

Pt 6 6 4 4 4

Group B GP W L Argentina 3 3 0 Canada 3 2 1 Venezuela 3 2 1 Puerto Rico 3 1 2 Cuba 4 0 4 Note: Two points for a win, one for a loss.

Pt 6 5 5 4 4

Wednesday’s results Canada 101 Cuba 59 Dominican Republic 83 Panama 66 Venezuela 74 Puerto Rico 63

Thursday’s results Canada 82 Venezuela 62 Dominican Republic 90 Uruguay 70 Argentina 96 Cuba 64 Mexico 82 Panama 68 Friday’s games Venezuela vs. Argentina, 11 a.m.

Brazil vs. Panama, 1:30 p.m.

Puerto Rico vs. Canada, 5 p.m.

Mexico vs. Uruguay, 7:30 p.m.

End of Preliminary Round SECOND ROUND Sunday’s games Teams TBD, 11 a.m., 1:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 7 Teams TBD, 11 a.m., 1:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 8 Teams TBD, 11 a.m., 1:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 9 Teams TBD, 11 a.m., 1:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETOIRT TIGERS — Activated LHP Kyle Lobstein from the 60-day DL. Assigned RHP Josh Zeid outright to Toledo (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Assigned INF Cole Figueroa outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled RHP David Hale from Albuquerque (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned LHP Caleb Thielbar outright to El Paso (PCL) and LHP Chris Rearick outright to San Antonio (Texas). Recalled LHP Frank Garces from El Paso.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated 1B/OF Tyler Moore from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP A.J. Cole from Syracuse (IL).

American Association GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Released INF Jamodrick McGruder.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Exercised their 2016 option on RHPs Aaron Baker, Kyle Devore, Robert Doran, Drew Gay, Fernando Hernandez, Jared Messer and Jeremy Strawn; LHPs Evan Deluca, Kris Regas and Josh Tols; Cs Brian Erie and Alex Marquez; INFs Jake Blackwood, Vladamir Frias, Jacob Hayes, Sergio Leon, Brent Peterson, Starlin Rodriguez and Nate Tenbrink and OFs Robby Kuzdale and Kyle Robinson.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Exercised their 2016 option on LHPs Dylan Badura, Kevin McGovern,

Conor Spink and Moises Melendez; RHPs Casey Collins, Chase Cunningham, Ryan Fennell, Makenzie King, Shairon Martis, Marshall Schuler, Jesse Smith, Zach Varce and Zach Westcott; Cs Juan Medina and Ryan Wiggins; INFs Max Ayoub, Mike Gilmartin, Jeremy Hamilton, Aaron Payne and Curt Smith and OF Tucker White.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Sold the contract of INF Luis Hernandez to the Los Angeles Angels.

FOOTBALL National Football League DENVER BRONCOS — Suspended S T.J. Ward for the opening game against Baltimore.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Agreed to terms with CB Tim Jennings.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Acquired OL Brian Simmons from Hamilton for a conditional 2017 draft pick.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Nick Merkley to a three-year, entry level contract.

American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK— Signed F Travis Oleksuk.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with F Jefferson Dahl.

READING ROYALS — Signed Fs Peter Angelopoulos, Tyler Gjurich, and Stephen Tellier; D Clinton Atkinson and G Louie George to tryout agreements.

JUNIOR GOLF

Tennis U.S. Open Results Thursday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Thomaz Bellucci (30), Brazil, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4.

Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def. Chung Hyeon, South Korea, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6).

Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, def. Jack Sock (28), United States, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 2-1, retired.

Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 7-6 (10), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Dominic Thiem (20), Austria, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-4, 6-4, 1-0 (15-0), retired.

John Isner (13), United States, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Donald Young, United States, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Ivo Karlovic (21), Croatia, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (31), Spain, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1.

Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, def. Austin Krajicek, United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.

Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-3.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (29), Germany, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.

Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Bernard Tomic (24), Australia, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5.

Women Second Round Sam Stosur (22), Australia, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-1, 6-1.

Victoria Azarenka (20), Belarus, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 7-5, 6-4.

Sara Errani (16), Italy, def. Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, 0-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (7), 6-2.

Andrea Petkovic (18), Germany, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Garbine Muguruza (9), Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-2.

Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4.

Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 7-5, 6-2.

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Wang Qiang, China, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-4, 6-4.

Sabine Lisicki (24), Germany, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-4, 6-0.

Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, def. Nicole Gibbs, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-1, 6-4.

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (32), Slovakia, def.

Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1).

Doubles Men First Round Philipp Oswald, Austria, and Adil Shamasdin, Canada, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (10), Brazil, 6-3, 6-3.

Tommy Haas, Germany, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (13), Spain, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky, United States, def.

Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Max Mirnyi (16), Belarus, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Colin Fleming, Britain, and Treat Huey, Philippines, def. Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini (5), Italy, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6).

Marco Cecchinato and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def.

Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Marcus Daniell, New Zealand, and Jonathan Marray, Britain, def. Taylor Harry Fritz and Reilly Opelka, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Lucas Pouille, France, and Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Sergey Betov, Belarus, and Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Leander Paes, India, and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Florian Mayer and Frank Moser, Germany, 6-2, 6-3.

Women First Round Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (6), United States, def. Maya Jansen, United States, and Erin Routliffe, Canada, 6-2, 6-1.

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, and Laura Robson, Britain, def. Madison Keys and Lisa Raymond, United States, 6-2, 6-4.

Dominika Cibulkova and Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, and Liang Chen, China, 6-1, 7-5.

Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (3), France, def. Andreea Mitu, Romania, and Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-1, 7-6 (2).

Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (12), Russia, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2.

Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, and Chuang Chia-jung, Taiwan, def. Melanie Oudin and Jessica Pegula, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Anastasia Rodionova (10), Australia, def. Eva Hrdinova, Czech Republic, and Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3.

Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (16), Poland, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 7-5.

Margarita Gasparyan and Alexandra Panova, Russia, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.

Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci (17), Italy, def.

Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, and Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-1, 6-0.

Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, and Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Madison Brengle, United States, and Tatjana Maria, Germany, 7-5, 6-2.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Sam Stosur, Australia, 6-3, 6-4.

Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria, United States, 6-1, 6-2.

Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Andreja Klepac (15), Slovenia, def. Alize Cornet, France, and Magda Linette, Poland, 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5).

Mixed First Round Daria Gavrilova and John Peers, Australia, def.

Alexandra Dulgheru and Florin Mergea, Romania, 6-2, 6-2.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey, United States, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, and Marcin Matkowski (3), Poland, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.

Lisa Raymond, United States, and Jamie Murray, Britain, def. Abigail Spears and Scott Lipsky, United States, 5-7, 6-2, 10-8.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, and Juan Sebastian Cabal (6), Colombia, def. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Robert Farah, Colombia, 6-2, 6-2.

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Henri Kontinen, Finland, def. Lauren Davis and Eric Butorac, United States, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 10-5.

Simona Halep and Horia Tecau, Romania, def.

Arantxa Parra Santonja and David Marrero, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.

Julia Goerges, Germany, and Nenad Zimonjic (8), Serbia, def. Victoria Duval and Christian Harrison, United States, 6-1, 6-1.

Taylor Townsend and Donald Young, United States, def. Jennifer Brady and Mitchell Krueger, United States, 6-2, 6-1.

Sachia Vickery and Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Michaella Krajicek and Jean-Julien Rojer (5), Netherlands, 5-7, 6-3, 10-8.

Grant Numrich of Red Deer carded a second-round 75 and finished tied for eighth in the junior boys division of a Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour event at Surrey, B.C. Numrich, who shot an opening-round 84, won the junior boys ‘comback award’ for his second-round score. He finished with a 36-hole total of 159.

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Canadian men look to dispatch Belize WC qualifying TORONTO — Superstitious Canadian soccer fans may not be happy to know that Belize is home to the world’s largest sinkhole.

Located 100 kilometres from the mainland, “the Great Blue Hole” is 300 metres wide and 125 metres deep.

Canadian coach Benito Floro will be looking to avoid blundering into a Belize-made hole as his team opens a home-andaway World Cup qualifying series Friday at Toronto’s BMO Field.

On the surface, it should be smooth sailing. British bookmaker William Hill has Belize as a 12-1 underdog. Canada is ranked 102nd in the world while Belize — whose population is around 350,000 — is No. 128. The Canadian men dispatched the Jaguars 8-0 on aggregate when they met in a qualifying tie in 2004.

Belize has just three players who play outside their country, which is bordered to the north by Mexico, the south and west by Guatemala and the east by the Caribbean Sea. One plays in Guatemala while two are in Honduras. The rest play semi-pro in the Belize league which is filled with colourfully named teams.

Talk about a derby when Police United meets the Belpoman Bandits or the Belize Defence Force faces the Paradise Freedom Fighters. Belize’s character cannot be faulted. In 2013, CONCACAF praised Belize internationals Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair for notifying it about attempts to bribe them ahead of a Gold Cup match against the United States. Belize, appearing in its first Gold Cup, lost 6-1 to the Americans.

After Friday’s opener, Canada heads for Belize for Tuesday’s rematch in the capital of Belpoman.

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Johnson has tough rematch in title bout UFC 191

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Although Demetrious Johnson’s reign as the UFC’s flyweight champion is approaching historic lengths, he gets only a fraction of the attention lavished on the world’s other top mixed martial artists.

The 5-foot-3, 125-pounder realizes that’s partly because he’s only a fraction of their size.

The technical brilliance of the champion known as Mighty Mouse has been too much for every contender during eight consecutive wins and a threeyear title reign. Johnson (21-2-1) has little interest left in justifying his achievements to anybody who discounts them because of his weight class.

“It’s only the fans and uneducated fools out there who say, ’Oh, you’re boring,”’ Johnson said. “OK, if you say so. But you just don’t understand what I’m doing. You don’t understand the process and the technique that I bring to the table.”

At UFC 191 on Saturday night, Johnson will give a second chance to an opponent who feels he nearly ended the champ’s run.

John Dodson knocked down Johnson in their first bout in January 2013, but the champion rallied for a decision victory that fairly begged for a rematch.

Their mutual dislike has grown in recent months, with Dodson claiming Johnson’s bland personality is responsible for the flyweight division’s relative unpopularity. Johnson has responded with bemusement, claiming he’ll “kick the Chihuahua back to its porch” in their fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on the UFC’s Labor Day weekend show.

Verbal pyrotechnics aside, it’s clear the first loss has festered with Dodson (18-6), the upbeat, eccentric trash-talker who hosted birthday parties at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in his native Albuquerque before getting into MMA. “I missed the opportunity (for) knocking his head off,” Dodson said. “I messed up with a few shots that I missed on, but I dropped him and I should have capitalized on it. ... I had way too much respect for him in that fight, and in the one coming up, I want to make sure that I see Demetrious as just another fighter, and not as the champion.”

UFC 191’s pay-per-view card also features former heavyweight champion Frank Mir against the revitalized Andrei Arlovski, Dodson’s training partner.

Light heavyweight contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson takes on Jimi Manuwa.

A victory would be Johnson’s seventh consecutive title defence over the past three years since the UFC

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John Dodson, left, fights Demetrious Johnson during the UFC flyweight championship at United Center in Chicago on Jan. 26, 2013. Johnson is on a dominant three-year run as the UFC’s flyweight champion, but Dodson severely tested the champion known as Mighty Mouse when they met in January 2013. The challenger aims to do even better in their rematch at UFC 191 in Las Vegas on Saturday. added its 125-pound division. Only three fighters in UFC history have held their belts longer: Jon Jones, Georges St. Pierre and Anderson Silva, whose 10 straight defences are the record.

Dodson has remarkable punching power for his size, even stopping current UFC 135-pound champion T.J. Dillashaw when they competed on “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show nearly four years ago.

Johnson’s all-around game is less flashy, but more confounding.

“He has power, and I could get knocked out, but I’m going to do everything to beat you,” Johnson said. “Whatever you’re doing as a fighter, you have to make your opponents feel everything they’re doing

in this sport is wrong. Whatever choice you make in this sport, I’m going to make sure you pay for it.”

Dodson briefly left Las Vegas on Monday for the birth of his first child, but returned in time to continue his campaign for public support in the rematch, attempting to paint himself as the people’s champion before he even wears the belt.

“Everyone likes my face anyway,” Dodson said.

“They already say I’m the greatest of all time, so why not? They already forgot about DJ. ... Everyone wants to sit there and cheer for a character. We’re in the business of entertaining, not just being a good fighter. There are a million good fighters out there, but they just don’t make it to this level.”

Veteran fighter Sam Stout says he won’t risk health for money

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kins, just 37, died of an unexpected heart attack.

Stout had been on a roll at the time, sandwiching wins over (Handsome) Matt Wiman, Joe Lauzon, Paul Taylor and Yves Edwards around a split decision loss to Jeremy (Lil’ Heathen) Stephens.

Stout won four performance bonuses totalling US$255,000 from the UFC during that run from April 2009 to June 2011.

“I just felt I was on top of the world at that stage of my life,” said Stout.

After Tompkins’ death, Stout lost six of his last nine fights.

In the near future, Stout plans to help fighters at the London gym he co-owns but says he won’t make training a career.

“I always said I love MMA but I don’t want it to be my entire identity,” he said. “I want to branch out, I want to do other things.”

TORONTO — Fighting was very good to Sam (Hands of Stone) Stout.

The 31-year-old lightweight from London, Ont., recalls asking his bank for $20,000 in cash when he wanted to buy a Dodge Avenger after one of his better UFC paydays. The bank demurred and Stout had to write a cheque.

For someone who used to drive a 1995 Chrysler Cirrus, a hand-me-down from his grandmother, it was a good day. As good as when he used another bonus cheque to pay for a new concrete driveway for Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS his parents among other home improvements.

Veteran MMA fighter Sam (Hands of Stone) Stout But more recently, those paydays have come at a cost. is retiring after not wanting to risk his health any Once known for having an iron chin, Stout (20-12-1) further. was knocked out in his last three fights. While fine in the gym, Stout realized he was suddenly vulnerable in the cage.

“It’s kind of a tough thing to wrap your brain around,” Stout said Thursday, one day after announcing his retirement. “Physically you feel like you can still do it but that punch lands and it’s night, night.”

“I used to walk through those punches and not even flinch,” he added. “All of a sudden I couldn’t do that any more.”

Stout’s nine previous losses came via decision (six) or submission (three). He went almost 11 years as a pro before he was stopped by punch.

Then — bang, bang, bang — it happened at the hands of K.J. Noons (in 30 seconds), Ross (The Real Deal) Pearson (six minutes 33 seconds) and, most recently, Frankie Perez (54 seconds).

Stout, who has not had any concussion issues, says he was healthy and motivated for those last three fights.

“All the training in the world’s not going to make your chin better,” he said.

“Really what it comes down to is I just don’t want to risk my health,” he addedd. “I have a daughter (Logan) to think about now and I want to have a good quality of life in the future and I’m not going to risk my health for a paycheque.”

Stout fought 20 times in the UFC, second only to former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (21) among Canadians.

Stout collected seven fight bonuses from the organization, six for fight of the night and one for knockout of the night.

He debuted in the UFC in March 2006 when he won a split decision over Spencer (The King) Fisher.

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Brady’s suspension gets quashed JUDGE NIXES FOUR-GAME ‘DEFLATEGATE’ SUSPENSION; NFL QUICKLY APPEALS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Tom Brady learned Thursday he will start the season on the field after a judge lifted the league’s four-game suspension of the star quarterback for a scandal over deflated footballs, saying he was treated unfairly by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The league quickly appealed.

U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman criticized Goodell for dispensing “his own brand of industrial justice” as he found multiple reasons to reject the suspension one week before New England’s Sept. 10 opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Super Bowl MVP has insisted he played no role in a conspiracy to deflate footballs below the allowable limit at last season’s AFC championship game, a 45-7 rout of the Indianapolis Colts.

The judge cited “several significant legal deficiencies” in the league’s handling of the controversy, including no advance notice of potential penalties, a refusal to produce a key witness and the apparent first-ever discipline of a player based on a finding of “general awareness” of someone else’s wrongdoing.

“Because there was no notice of a four-game suspension in the circumstances presented here, Commissioner Goodell may be said to have ’dispensed his own brand of industrial justice,”’ Berman wrote, partially citing wording from a previous case.

He said a player’s right to know what constitutes violations and what penalties are was “at the heart” of the collective bargaining agreement “and, for that matter, of our criminal and civil justice systems.”

“The court finds that Brady had no notice that he could receive a fourgame suspension for general awareness of ball deflation by others,” the judge wrote.

Goodell said it was necessary to appeal “to uphold the collectively bargained responsibility to protect the integrity of the game.”

He called the need to secure the game’s competitive fairness “a paramount principle.”

Hours after Goodell issued his statement, the league appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan with a one-page notice from NFL attorney Daniel Nash.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league would not seek an emergency stay, freeing Brady to play while the case is appealed. It could be months before the court considers the case, since the league would have to show it would suffer irreparable harm to speed up the timetable.

Goodell will also skip the SteelersPatriots opener next week, opting instead to watch the game on TV and attend another opener over the weekend, McCarthy said. McCarthy said Goodell wants the focus to be on the game itself and New England’s celebration of its Super Bowl win.

Brady was not in uniform for the Patriots’ preseason finale at home Thursday night against the Giants.

The union’s executive director, DeMaurice Smith, said in a statement the ruling proves the contract with the NFL doesn’t grant Goodell “the authority to be unfair, arbitrary and misleading.”

Patriots owner Robert Kraft called Brady a “classy person of the highest integrity” and the penalty against him “unwarranted and unprecedent-

Star sprinter Andre De Grasse forgoing endorsement dollars to return to USC

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Star Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse has decided to return to college for his senior year, passing up a chance to immediately cash in on his breakout performance at last month’s world track and field championships.

The 20-year-old from Markham, Ont., plans to race for the University of Southern California in the upcoming season, an Athletics Canada spokesman told The Canadian Press on Thursday.

After winning a surprise bronze medal in the 100 metres at the IAAF championship in Beijing, De Grasse was asked whether he would skip his final year at college and turn pro, a move that experts say could be worth more than a million dollars in endorsement deals.

While De Grasse didn’t directly answer the questions in China, he did say his mother wanted him to return to school to get his degree.

NCAA athletes must maintain their amateur status and are not allowed to

collect prize money beyond “necessary expenses,” be represented by an agent, or earn income from endorsement deals, among other things.

Returning to USC could cost De Grasse, whose star power is at a high after an unexpected 2015 season that saw him win two NCAA titles, two Pan Am gold medals and two world championship bronze medals. An injury or a disappointing showing in the NCAA could diminish his immediate earning potential.

A source told The Canadian Press back in June — well before De Grasse had fully exploded on the world track scene — that he was offered a sevenfigure shoe deal.

According to track agent Kris Mychasiw, who works with former Canadian sprint star Bruny Surin, “everyone” was trying to sign De Grasse to a management deal after his bronzewinning race.

He also estimated that De Grasse could have earned as much as C$700,000 in endorsement deals in 2016, and could have inked a shoe contract worth an additional $700,000 a year.

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leaves Federal court in New York.

Brady can suit up for his team’s season opener after a judge erased his fourgame suspension for “Deflategate.” ed discipline.” He said the ruling was thoughtful.

Berman said the league was wrong to discipline Brady as if a deflating ball accusation was equal to using performance enhancing drugs.

Brady was also denied equal access to investigative files, including witness interview notes, and wasn’t permitted to question one of two lead investigators, the judge said.

The Patriots, who were fined $1 million and stripped of two draft picks, posted a celebratory photo on Twitter of Brady pumping his fist and scream-

ing at the Super Bowl last season.

The ruling was a surprise to some legal experts who believed Berman was merely pressuring the league to settle at two hearings when he criticized its handling of the investigation over the last eight months.

The league brought the case to court within minutes of Goodell upholding Brady’s suspension, blasting the quarterback for arranging the destruction of his cellphone and its nearly 10,000 messages just before he was interviewed for the NFL probe. The union countersued.

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Australian Michael Matthews has returned to the winners list, sprinting to a narrow victory in Stage 2 of the 2015 Tour of Alberta on Thursday.

The Canadian stage race marks a return to racing for Matthews, who completed his Tour de France debut in July with broken ribs.

The 24-year-old benefited from the heavy effort of his ORICA-GreenEDGE teammates in the closing stages of the 171-kilometre race to shut down a late breakaway attempt and final lead out.

After yesterday’s narrow defeat in the team time trial, bonus seconds from Thursday’s victory moves Matthews into the overall lead by 10 sec-

onds over Marco Coledan of Trek Factory Racing.

Giant Alpecin’s Nikias Arndt was a narrow second place while Alexey Tsatevoch (Team Katusha) rounded out the podium.

In cold and wet conditions, the first breakaway of the Tour of Alberta formed 20 km into the second stage.

Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Argon18), Phil O’Donnell (Axeon), Ben Perry (Silber) and Thomas Vaubourzeix (Lupus) rode off the front of the peloton but were never dangerous as the bunch kept them at three minutes advantage.

The Tour of Alberta continues Friday with a lumpy Stage 3 to Jasper National Park west of Edmonton.

The six-day, 900-kilometre event includes 120 riders from 15 teams.

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Tebow strong in bid to make Eagles roster NFL PRESEASON ROUNDUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JETS 24, EAGLES 18 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Tim Tebow threw two touchdown passes and an interception in his final opportunity to make Philadelphia’s roster.

Tebow, competing with Matt Barkley for the No. 3 quarterback job, flashed some of the playmaking and inconsistency that have made him so polarizing. He finished 11 of 17 for 189 yards, and added 32 yards on four rushes.

Barkley was 4 of 9 for 45 yards and an interception for the Eagles.

Matt Flynn started for the Jets and was 10 of 14 for 136 yards with two TDs and an interception.

Both teams rested most of their regular starters, although linebacker Kiko Alonso made his debut for the Eagles and played one series.

GIANTS 12 PATRIOTS 9 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Chris Boswell kicked four field goals and the New York Giants finished off the preseason with a 12-9 victory Thursday over the New England Patriots, who had already won a much larger victory earlier in the day.

A federal judge vacated the NFL’s four-game suspension of Tom Brady, clearing the Patriots star quarterback for the season opener and beyond.

Brady’s whereabouts were unknown Thursday.

He didn’t play and was not among the players in uniform, but was well represented in the stands. During one early stoppage, The Who’s “I’m Free” blared from the PA system as fans wearing Free Brady Tshirts cheered.

The Patriots left the offence in the hands of thirdstringer Ryan Lindley, who completed 22 of 45 for 253 yards with one interception and a late fumble.

Giants backup quarterback Ryan Nassib played all but the final few minutes for New York and was 16 for 32 for 193 yards and no interceptions.

COLTS 9, BENGALS 6 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Obarski made a 28-yard field goal with 2:49 left and the Bengals kept Indianapolis out of the end zone.

Cincinnati won for the third time in four weeks, while the Colts, at 1-3, finished with their 12th consecutive non-winning preseason.

The game was marred by a fan who was injured at halftime. Colts chief operating officer Pete Ward said a woman was hit by falling debris when the retractable roof opened. Ward said she walked to a nearby first-aid station.

With both teams’ biggest stars sitting out, the game was devoid of excitement.

The Bengals took a 6-0 halftime lead on two Mike Nugent field goals.

Indy got inside the Cincinnati 10-yard line three times in the second half, but got only two field goals from Adam Vinatieri — before Obarski won it.

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Washington Redskins running back Mack Brown leaps over Jacksonville Jaguars free safety Josh Evans and past linebacker Todd Thomas (44) during the second half of an NFL preseason game in Landover, Md., Thursday.

Pittsburgh ended an extended exhibition season just 1-4 and has a week to prepare for defending Super Bowl champion New England and quarterback Tom Brady, whose four-game suspension for his role in “Deflategate” was overturned by a judge on Thursday.

LIONS 17, BILLS 10 DETROIT (AP) — Rookie Zach Zenner, fighting for a roster spot, ran for a go-ahead 3-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter.

The Lions went ahead for a second time after Buffalo stopped them on a fourth down only to have the play negated by Ikemefuna Enemkpali’s penalty.

Buffalo signed the linebacker last month a day after he was cut by the New York Jets because he punched quarterback Geno Smith and broke his jaw.

Buffalo’s fourth-string quarterback, Matt Simms, played the entire game and had the ball at his team’s 36 with just under two minutes left, but turned the ball over on downs.

TITANS 24, VIKINGS 17 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marcus Mariota threw a 59-yard touchdown pass to Harry Douglas to cap his only series. Mariota, the No. 2 overall pick out of Oregon, played only four snaps for the Titans. The rookie proved very efficient as he was 2 of 3 for 74 yards, and he concluded the preseason 21 of 30 for 326 yards with one interception and a 102.9 passer rating.

The Vikings lost for the first time in nine preseason games under coach Mike Zimmer. Minnesota went with No. 3 quarterback Taylor Heinicke, giving both Teddy Bridgewater and Shaun Hill the night off along with most of their starters. Running back Adrian Peterson dressed and warmed up but finished the preseason without taking a snap.

BEARS 24, BROWNS 0 CHICAGO (AP) — David Fales made his case to be Chicago’s third-string quarterback, throwing two

FALCONS 20, RAVENS 19 ATLANTA (AP) — Sean Renfree threw a touchdown pass and led another scoring drive to overshadow the preseason debut of Rex Grossman. Renfree made the most of his final bid to open the season as Matt Ryan’s backup. He completed 10 of 15 passes for 75 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown pass to Carlton Mitchell.

The 35-year-old Grossman, who signed with Atlanta last week, was 4 of 9 for 41 yards.

Daniel Brown blocked Matt Bosher’s punt with 50 seconds remaining to give the Ravens the ball at the Atlanta 10. Bryn Renner’s 10-yard scoring pass to Brown cut Atlanta’s lead to one point. Renner’s 2-point pass intended for fullback Kiero Small was incomplete.

BUCCANEERS 22, DOLPHINS 17 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins receiver DeVante Parker, their top pick in this year’s draft, made his preseason debut. Almost all of the Dolphins’ starters sat out, and they didn’t play either of their top two quarterbacks, Ryan Tannehill or Matt Moore. Parker played briefly, was targeted three times and caught one pass for 11 yards for Miami.

Some Bucs starters played a bit, but No. 1 overall draft pick Winston took the night off after warming up. The Bucs lost three linemen to injuries. Starting guard Garrett Gilkey (left knee) was carted off in the second quarter, and backup defensive end Larry English (left knee) was carted away in the third quarter with a left knee injury. Backup DE T.J. Fatinikun (shoulder) left in the first quarter.

Winston’s backup, Mike Glennon, played the first half and went 11 for 20 for 141 yards, with one touchdown and two interceptions. Dolphins reserve cornerback Will Davis, who had been in danger of not making the team, twice intercepted Glennon.

JAGUARS 17, REDSKINS 16 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Jason Myers kicked a 47-yard field goal with 3:32 left in his debut as Jacksonville’s starter. Myers replaced Josh Scobee, who was traded to Pittsburgh on Monday. Myers — a former Arena League player who has never kicked in an NFL game — also missed a 56-yarder.

Redskins backup quarterback Colt McCoy threw for 208 yards and a touchdown, but the Redskins fell short in their bid to finish the preseason unbeaten for the second time in three years.

Kirk Cousins has been named the starter for Washington in the Sept. 13 opener against Miami. He got the job over injured Robert Griffin III, who has not yet been cleared to play.

McCoy went the distance in this one, playing alongside and against a variety of players trying to move up the depth chart or earn a spot on the roster. The sixth-year quarterback completed 22 of 33 passes.

PANTHERS 23, STEELERS 6 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordan Todman ran for a long touchdown and Carolina’s defence shut down the Pittsburgh backups.

Todman had a 49-yard sprint in the second quarter and Joe Webb found tight end Marcus Lucas for a 23-yard score just before the half as the Panthers rolled. Carolina finished a 3-1 preseason by outgaining the Steelers 454-191.

touchdown passes. The Bears head into their first season under coach John Fox with some big holes and a long list of injuries, particularly at receiver.

Fales completed 14 of 18 passes for 131 yards with Jay Cutler getting the night off and backup Jimmy Clausen recovering from a concussion.

The defence had seven sacks and three takeaways, helping Chicago prevail on a night when both teams held out almost all their top players.

COWBOYS 21, TEXANS 14 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ben Malena ran 5 yards for the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter and the Cowboys avoided their second straight winless exhibition season.

Texans third-string quarterback Tom Savage hurt his shoulder on the previous series, so backup Ryan Mallett was forced into the game. He handed off twice to third-string back Kenny Hilliard. But then the Texans tried to throw twice with Mallett, a pair of incompletions, and Dallas ran out the clock.

Savage threw a pair of touchdown passes, but gave up Corey White’s 3-yard interception return for a touchdown and had a fumble that led to another quick score for Dallas.

49ERs 14 CHARGERS 12 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Bruce Ellington showed he appears back to full strength, while former Australian rugby league star Jarryd Hayne made his case for a spot on the 53-man roster as San Francisco beat San Diego 14-12 Thursday night to conclude the preseason.

The 49ers go into the regular season with significant questions about their offence after Colin Kaepernick and the first team failed to score a touchdown on eight preseason possessions, and they didn’t play in this one. Their next test will be in the season opener Sept. 14 against Minnesota.

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C1 A little blood can go a long way

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 2015

DONATIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO HELP CHILDREN WITH CANCER

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Blood donors are needed to help children like four-year-old Brielle Robichaud fight cancer.

In January, Brielle was diagnosed with a tumour in the middle of her brain. Surgery was too dangerous due to the location of the tumour. She was too young for radiation. The only treatment option was chemotherapy.

Trish Robichaud said chemotherapy is killing her daughter’s tumour, but also killing her red blood cells, hemoglobin and platelets.

“Without blood transfusions to bring her counts back up, we couldn’t treat the tumour with chemo. Without blood donors, we can’t treat childhood cancer. It’s absolutely necessary,” said Trish at the local Canadian Blood Services blood donor clinic on Thursday.

Trish and her daughter were at the clinic to recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and encourage new blood donors to step forward in September.

The Red Deer family was told Brielle would need 18 months of chemotherapy and many more blood transfusions along the way.

Trish said the cancer has responded better than expected to treatment.

“She’s had four different surgeries, chemotherapy, sometimes even weekly since January, and she’s doing great. The tumour has already shrunk by more than 60 per cent so we’re very happy.

“Look at you. You are amazing.

You’re a little miracle,” said Trish who smiled at Brielle as she held her in her arms.

Jhoanna Del Rosario, Canadian Blood Services territory manager, said the average childhood cancer patient requires five units of blood per treatment. For leukemia, the most common cancer for children, eight units of blood a week are needed.

“That’s eight donors needed to save a patient’s life. That’s why we’re calling on the people of Red Deer to rally their friends and family to donate

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

In honour of childhood cancer awareness month, Brielle Robichaud and her mother Trish of Red Deer paid a visit to the Canadian Blood Services location in Red Deer Thursday. On January 22, Brielle was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour and associated fluid in her brain. Since then Brielle has received five units of blood and two units of platelets in four separate transfusions. blood in honour of all the childhood cancer survivors and those who passed away,” Del Rosario said.

“We are looking to fill 775 appointments for the month of September in the Red Deer clinic in order for us to meet the demand at the hospital.”

Inventories for negative O, negative A, and negative B blood types are currently low.

Trish said she only donated blood

Rimbey senior home takes another step forward

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A long-awaited Rimbey seniors complex has cleared another hurdle — but not without some controversy.

Town council approved bylaw changes last week to allow Rimoka Housing Foundation, which will build the 80-unit complex, to subdivide the site it will sit on and donate 2.7 acres containing a wetland back to the town.

That leaves about five acres for the almost-$17-million seniors building.

It was an option recommended by town planners.

But some residents questioned the deal because the wetland will also serve as part of the storm water runoff plan for land owned by developer Stan Cummings, of SJC Development Corp., nearby.

Former Rimoka Housing Authority chairman Joe Anglin says the agreement amounts to a subsidy for the developer. Ponoka County, which bought the land and donated it to Rimoka for the project, should have only purchased the five acres or so it needed rather than buy eight and donate 2.7 acres, he argues.

Ponoka County chief administrative officer Charlie Cutforth said taxpayers were not left short. The county agreed to pay for the wetland, some form of which was required for the project anyway, and in exchange the developer would pick up a bigger share of the costs of an access road.

As well, Rimoka, which gets 75 per cent of its funding from the county, will also not be asked to contribute to future road construction nearby.

“We thought we had brokered a heck of a deal,” said Cutforth. The developer is building the road sooner than needed, which is a benefit to the project, he added The cost of the wetland construction won’t be more than would have been paid anyway, he said.

Cutforth said the county and residents want to see the project done as soon as possible.

“It’s badly needed and so we’re prepared to step up and help where we can to make that happen.”

Ponoka County Reeve and foundation chairman Paul McLauchlin credited Cummings with helping them save money by taking on a larger share of road paving, including paving that will be required later on as the area builds out next to the complex.

The town has also agreed to oversee and maintain the wet pond once it’s built.

“We’ve eliminated the need for us at the Rimoka Foundation to take any funds away from the project proper,” he said.

The pond will be a great feature for the complex, he said.

In May 2014, the province announced $13.3 million for the project, which has been held up partly because of the time it took to nail down an adequate site. The foundation also plans to borrow $3.5 million.

It was initially hoped the complex would be open in spring 2017 but will more likely be ready in late 2017 or early 2018.

The existing 63-unit Parkland Manor will remain but may be renovated for a different use. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

No site for warming centre set but city to have one up for Nov.

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF City staff are optimistic a spot for a temporary warming centre will be secured well before the temperatures begin to drop.

Two weeks ago council nixed a former city parks building at 4934-54th Street in the soon-to-be re-developed Railyards District.

Council reasoned it was not the ideal location after heating it would be too costly to fix up and concerns from the business community about the city’s long-term vision for the area.

Now it is back to the drawing board, said Tara Lodewyk, director of planning services.

“We are still working through trying to put forward some alternative locations,” she said. “We hope to come back to council as soon as possible. We are trying to work quickly.”

The city will revisit some of the undisclosed sites that it had originally considered and additional ones.

The warming centre would ideally open on Nov.1 to service the homeless population.

Last year the city and community agencies set up the temporary warming place out of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in the downtown for the homeless population following the closure of the Berachah Place.

It was run by the Safe Harbour Society. crhyno@redeeradvocate.com

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once before Brielle’s diagnosis.

“I thought, you know, this is really inconvenient. It kind of hurts. I don’t want to do it.”

Now the mother knows the importance of donating blood.

“I just remember sitting in the chair at the clinic and watching somebody’s A positive blood in a bag and it was flowing down that tube into my daughter and I just think, ‘who took the time

to just help revive my little girl?’”

Trish said.

“Thank you, thank you so much.

Keep donating. I know it’s inconvenient but little people like this really benefit from it. It means the world to us.”

People can book an appointment online at www.blood.ca to donate or call 1-888-236-6283. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

FIRST THURSDAY

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer mezzo-soprano Sharon Braun sings while accompanied by pianist Cheryl Cooney during a performance at the Snell Auditorium at the Downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library On Thursday.

On the first Thursday of each month a free lunch time concert goes from 12:15 to 1 p.m.

A chance to look at Red Deer’s heritage CITY HOSTING DOORS OPEN EVENT FOR LOOK AT SELDOM VISITED PLACES

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Want to get an insider’s look at Red Deer’s famous “Green Onion” or a behind-the-scenes look at what happens at a water treatment plant?

The City of Red Deer is opening the doors to places that most people have never gone before in its first Doors Open event on Sept. 27.

The event celebrates the history, architecture and culture city by showcasing 12 buildings and heritage sites that are typically not open to the public.

Admission is free.

Janet Pennington, the city’s heritage community development co-ordinator, said organizers tried to pick sites that would appeal to variety of people in the community.

“It could be a building in the community that has heritage or architectural significance,” she said. “Ideally, we would have a mix of heritage homes.”

This inaugural event will not feature any heritage homes. Pennington said a couple home owners have already confirmed their participation in next year’s event.

The Horton Spheroid water tower, also known as the Green Onion, that overlooks the downtown may be a popular stop on the tour.

Pennington said people can go in

but cannot climb up the tower.

Residents will also get a look at the old and new water treatment plant. A one-time-only tour of the old plant will be held at 3 p.m.

Every half hour, the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery will give a behindthe-scenes look at its collection. The Red Deer Archives will also be open.

People will be able to walk through Cronquist House, including the top floor.

Others sites participating in the event include Sunnybrook Farm, Red Deer Firestation 1 and Fort Normandeau. Two buildings will be open on Heritage Square: the Norwegian Laft Hus and the Crossing School replica.

There will be demonstrations of traditional Norwegian crafts.

A booth will be set up outside each site with information about the tour and venues.

Similar events are held all over the world. The first was held in Glasgow, Scotland in 1990. Toronto was the first Canadian city to host the event in 2000.

Red Deer’s event is from noon to 4 p.m. Roughly 35 volunteers are needed for the event. Pennington said volunteers are needed to man the information booths, answer questions and handle other duties.

For more information, visit www. reddeer.ca. To volunteer, contact Pennington at 403-309-6270. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Tour brings ‘ambassadog’ to Red Deer MILLION ACTS OF KINDNESS TOUR SPREADS MESSAGE TO STUDENTS AND ADULTS

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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The Million Acts of Kindness Tour was in Red Deer, Thursday attend a community clean-up at Bower Ponds before a Free Family Movie in the Park. The tour visits communities to teach kindness, acceptance and respect.

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BRIEFS Escaped prisoner caught in Quebec Quebec police have apprehended a prisoner who had escaped from Bowden Institution’s minimum security unit in April.

Sylvain Martin, 50, was apprehended at about 11:37 p.m. by the Surete du Quebec de Drummondville on Wednesday.

On April 16, Martin’s absence was noticed at 10:30 p.m., when staff were accounting for prisoners and discovered Martin was missing.

He was serving a nine-year and 11-month sentence for fraud, obstructing police, possession of an illegal substance, forgery and other charges.

Correctional Service Canada is con-

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SOUTH HILL COMMUNITY BUILDING DEMOLITION

Man gets conditional sentence for break in at Prairie Bible Institute A man who broke into the Prairie Bible Institute dormitories in Three Hills has received an 18-month conditional sentence.

Renie Gall, 33, of Three Hills pleaded guilty to one count of break and enter in Drumheller provincial court Wednesday.

Six counts of sexual assault and one count of theft under $5,000 were withdrawn.

On Aug. 17, 2014, Gall broke into the school’s dormitories and then exited the building, fleeing on a bicycle. Gall was arrested by Three Hills RCMP on Aug. 19, 2014.

In court on Wednesday, Gall received an 18-month conditional sentence, to be served in the community, and a $200 fine.

Brewster to spend $26 million retrofitting upper terminal of Banff Gondola

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Brewster Travel Canada says it will start a $26 million redevelopment of the upper terminal of the Banff Gondola cable car this fall.

The retrofitted building at Banff National Park, west of Calgary, will include a 40-seat cinema, expanded outdoor viewing areas, a 150-person event space, new food and beverage options, and improved washrooms.

Brewster has partnered with PCL Construction and sister-company Glob-

Who better to teach about the importance of kindness than a big, lovable dog.

Toby, a three-year-old Chesapeake Bay retriever, is on a Million Acts of Kindness Tour for the next six weeks to teach kindness, acceptance and respect.

Charmaine Hammond, of North Vancouver, who is taking Toby on the 15,000 km RV trip around Canada and the northern United States, calls her dog an ‘ambassadog’ of kindness.

“He is love and fun on four legs.

He’s great. His passion in life is being with people and making people happy.

He is just so unconditionally accepting, whether it’s in a dog park or in a school,” said Hammond on Thursday where the pair were going to attend a community clean-up at Bower Ponds before a Free Family Movie in the Park.

This is Hammond’s second tour with Toby.

Hammond, a former correctional officer and mediator, is a team building and communication speaker known for her book, Chicken Soup for the Soul - What I learned from the dog, and a series of children’s books.

The pair also did a corporate presentation while in Red Deer on Thursday.

“Kindness is so important not on-

ly in schools, but in workplaces. The number of students, and adults in the workplace, that are experiencing bullying, harassment, or just a sense of disrespect, is pretty significant.”

Her first dog, Toby Sr., who was trained as a therapy dog and visited schools and hospitals, inspired her books. Now Toby Jr. is continuing the tradition by participating in Hammond’s presentations.

She said a dog brings an unique element to her talks and evokes a strong response from students.

“What we were hearing from teachers, students and parents, was that the presentation we provided around kindness, acceptance and respect with Toby left a very long-lasting impression on students.”

Million Acts of Kindness Tour started Aug. 30 and is visiting 100 communities to issue a kindness challenge to people.

“Every community we go to we have people stopping to share their stories. We’ve learned through these tours that’s part of what inspires more kindness to happen. Kindness makes people feel good, whether they’re on the giving or receiving end. And when people talk about kindness, they’re more inspired to be kind.”

Major tour sponsored are Fraserway RV and Petland Canada.

For more information visit www. charmainehammond.com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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8, closing the upper terminal, while the gondola itself will remain open until Oct. 25 when it will close for the year.

The company plans to reopen the terminal on a limited basis on May 1 next year, and anticipates the project will be complete by August 2016.

The construction has been timed to minimize impact on the surrounding wildlife, and the footprint of the building will remain the same.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Work is almost complete on the demolition of the South Hill Community Hall on 34 Street. Built in 1954 and originally located on the site of the St. Leonards on the Hill Church and used as a Sunday School building. It moved to its location on 34 Street in 1964 becoming a community centre on the site. The building had fallen into infrequent use and disrepair in the past few years hence the reason for its demolition.

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Seeing downtown as an opportunity 300-400 EXHIBITORS SET TO ATTEND OIL AND GAS EXPO

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Plunging world oil prices have been felt at industry trade shows all year.

But the companies that are coming out are as focused as ever, said Red Deer Oil and Gas Expo organizer Dwayne McArthur.

“It absolutely has affected things, there’s no doubt about it.”

Even perennial sell-out Global Petroleum Show in Calgary this summer had spaces left this year, McArthur

said.

Despite the economic downturn, Red Deer’s show running Sept. 17-19 at Westerner Park expects to have 300 to 400 exhibitors, putting it on par with its inaugural 2013 event.

“The people who are coming are very serious about marketing at this economic time,” he said.

Plenty of companies are using the downturn as an opportunity.

“We have actually had businesses pull out because they don’t have enough staff or equipment to bring to the show — that’s how busy they are.

“We call them true Albertans.

They’ve learned how to do this before,” he said with a laugh.

The expo has been extended to three days this year and more indoor and outdoor space has been lined up.

A Thursday-Saturday format was based on feedback from the first show and makes it easier for out-of-towners to attend.

The Stockmen’s and Prairie Pavilions will be home to the indoor booths and the parking lot out front has been reserved for other exhibitors. The show is aimed at the industry and is

not recommended for children under 16.

Among new events this year is a meet and greet at the Red Deer College on Wednesday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. that will include tours of the college’s Applied Research and Innovation wing.

The Expo runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

For more information go to www. reddeeroilandgasexpo.ca pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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CANADIAN RETAIL WORKERS FACE VOLATILITY OF ON-CALL SHIFTS

Tervita cuts 15 per cent of corporate staff

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The rise of so-called precarious employment in Canada — mainly work in the services and retail sectors — has brought with it some questionable employer practices that have employees stressed out and labour activists fuming.

They’re calling for the elimination of “on-call” shifts, a practice where management schedules shifts for parttime employees each week, but then requires them to call in ahead of their start time to find out if they’re actually working.

“It’s really quite troubling from a ’good jobs’ perspective because it sometimes forces people into financial turmoil,” said Andrew Langille, a labour lawyer based in Toronto.

“This is a growing problem for young workers in their 20s and 30s who make up a significant chunk of retail and service workers. I’ve seen pretty high rates of mental health issues among this group of workers. It also drives stress and anxiety to a pretty high degree.”

In recent months, lawmakers in the United States have taken notice of a growing discontent with volatile workplace schedules.

In April, New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman sent a letter to a group of large retailers asking for more details on how they operate “oncall” shifts. He also questioned whether forcing employees to adhere to “oncall” scheduling was legal.

Schneiderman’s symbolic gesture sent ripples through the industry and pressured several large U.S. retailers to change how they book their staff hours.

Both Abercrombie & Fitch and Victoria’s Secret announced plans to discontinue “on-call” shifts shortly after the letter was sent. Gap. Inc. joined the group last month by saying it would phase out “on-call” shifts across all of its North American stores by the end of September.

In Canada, similar changes for

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A part-time shift worker at a grocery store, who wishes to remain anonymous, is pictured in Toronto. The rise of so-called precarious employment in Canada — mainly work in the services and retail sectors — has brought with it some questionable employer practices that have employees stressed out and labour activists fuming. worker rights are harder to come by, though there have been some inroads in recent months.

This summer, Unifor, the union representing Metro employees at stores in the Greater Toronto Area reached an agreement with management to give staff more predictable schedules. The deal also guarantees part-timers a minimum of 15 hours of work after working for one year. Changes have also been made at some Loblaw stores in Ontario as well. The supermarket chain reached an agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers for a pilot project at its 60 Great Food and Superstores locations in the province.

Under the plan, some employees will get more reliable weekly hours and everyone more advanced schedule notice. But the new standards at Loblaws don’t cover all staff members, and that has left some employees frustrated.

One staff member from Ontario, who

asked to withhold her name over concerns that she may be fired for speaking out, said Loblaw has shifted pressure to its newer employees and that has taken a toll on her family.

“You put everything else in your life on hold in the hope that you will get lots of hours,” she said, noting that her Loblaw store isn’t part of the new pilot project.

Under the current structure, the woman said managers require she keep Friday to Sunday clear, just in case they need her to work. Usually, though, they will only put her on the schedule for as little as four hours over the weekend stretch, she said.

“You can’t find another part-time job because what kind of availability are you going to give them?” she said.

The volatile scheduling practices have affected her personal life as well, leaving both her husband and 10-yearold son at the mercy of her employer.

Canada gets a C on innovation report card

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s record on innovation is improving, but experts say governments can do more to support new and emerging businesses.

The Conference Board of Canada, an Ottawa-based think-tank, has given the country a C on its latest innovation report card.

That’s an improvement from a D rating in the previous report, yet Canada still ranks only ninth among 16 peer countries, while corporate spending on research has fallen to the bottom of the list.

Conference Board CEO Daniel Muzyka said Canada’s improvement in the ranking is due to better numbers on venture capital investment and entrepreneurial ambition, a new measure that takes account of the number of working-age Canadians reporting entrepreneurial activity such as setting up a new business.

“While Canada’s overall ranking is slightly better, it masks downward trends in some key innovation drivers and highlights the need for the private and public sectors to improve their innovation game in a much more competitive environment,” said Muzyka.

Public spending on research declined from 0.89 per cent of GDP in 2009 to 0.81 per cent in 2013, according to the report.

In the same period, private spending on research and development has fallen from 1.02 per cent of GDP to 0.82 per cent, half of the 16-country average.

University of Waterloo professor Margaret Dalziel said Canada’s poor

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showing comes from its reliance on natural resources, where research spending is low relative to revenues, and the dominance of well-established, large corporations that look for incremental upgrades rather than disruptive change.

Dalziel, who teaches at the school’s centre for entrepreneurship, said federal and provincial government have made the mistake of using broad programs such as tax credits to stimulate innovation and could do more to encourage the private sector.

“If you have a big, general program that’s open to all, you’re not just going to be funding what’s emerging,” she said. “You’re going to be funding what’s routine.”

Transformative ideas, she said, are unlikely to come from the kind of focused research that goes on at older companies with set ways of doing business, regardless of their size.

Rather, she said, governments should stimulate new and emerging businesses, but by having focused programs and not just throwing money at them.

“If we just gave children a bunch of money instead of sending them to school, it would be a disaster,” she said.

Dalziel said the idea is to have programs that build networks between entrepreneurs, provide mentorship and education opportunities and make connections with researchers and policy-makers in the public sphere.

Similar programs already exist, but governments are reluctant to pursue them to a greater degree because of the relative complexity when compared with a tax measure, she said.

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Calgary-based environmental services company Tervita says it has cut 15 per cent of its corporate staff due to the economic downturn.

The privately held company, which is heavily involved in the oil and gas industry, did not disclose additional details in its announcement late Wednesday, including how many jobs the cut represents.

“These actions are in response to the prolonged downturn in the energy markets and the resulting decreased activity levels of our customers,” said company spokesman Cam Hantiuk “This difficult yet necessary measure ensures our cost structure aligns with the size of our market.”

The latest cuts come on the heels of announcements earlier in the week by ConocoPhillips Canada that it plans to lay off 500 employees and contractors, and by Penn West Petroleum that it is cutting about 400 employees and contractors.

Enbridge agrees not to ship heavy crude oil through Great Lakes pipeline MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — A company that ships oil through the Great Lakes pledged Thursday to keep heavy crude out of a pipeline in northern Michigan.

Enbridge Energy already doesn’t transport heavy crude in the Straits of Mackinac. The deal signed with state officials preserves the status quo and requires a 180-day notice if changes are proposed.

“Although Enbridge does not and has not used Line 5 for heavy crude, I am pleased with the additional layer of protection this agreement provides to prevent an environmental and economic catastrophe in the Straits,” said Dan Wyant, director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

The Straits separate Michigan’s two peninsulas where lakes Huron and Michigan converge.

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A portable and waterproof TV screen is displayed at the stand of Panasonic during the press day of the IFA 2015 tech fair in Berlin, Germany, Thursday.

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 133.37 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.61 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.85 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.86 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.20 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.48 Cdn. National Railway . . 72.00 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 186.05 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 34.92 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.47 Cervus Equipment Corp 13.46 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 42.83 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 53.83 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.34 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.04 General Motors Co. . . . . 29.11 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.88 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.93 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 38.80 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 29.67 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.16 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.21 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 44.35 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 123.62 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.60 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.42 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets were mixed as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of Friday’s highly anticipated U.S. jobs data.

The S&P/TSX composite index rose for a second consecutive session Thursday, climbing 51.16 points to 13,596.41 on top of a 63-point gain Wednesday.

The increase came as Statistics Canada reported that growth in exports helped shrink the country’s trade deficit in July, indicating the economy is on track for growth in the second half of the year.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.44 of a U.S. cent to 75.79 cents US. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average soared 293 points after the European Central Bank said it stands ready to give the eurozone a bigger dose of stimulus should inflation across the 19-country bloc fail to pick up.

However, the widely watched index gave back most of the gain to finished the day up 23.38 points at 16,374.76, while the broader S&P 500 added 2.27 points to 1,951.13 and the Nasdaq gave back 16.48 points to 4,733.50.

“People are sitting on their hands and not wanting to do anything ahead of non-farm payrolls,” said Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at CMC Markets Canada.

On Friday, the U.S. Labor Department will release the latest non-farm payrolls report, which will show how many jobs the American economy gained or lost in August.

Consensus estimates call for American employers to have created 220,000 jobs last month, with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.2 per cent.

“The markets are on hold here waiting for the big numbers,” Cieszynski said. “People are just kind of catching their breath here and waiting to see

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 21.93 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.60 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.86 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.74 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 8.53 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.16 First Quantum Minerals . . 6.62 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 17.58 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.11 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.18 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.73 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 34.09 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.06 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 9.00 Energy Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 20.03 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 54.82 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.89 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 20.01 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 28.33 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 6.46 Canyon Services Group. . 5.48 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.97 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1900 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 9.20 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.770 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 73.79 what tomorrow brings.”

The data could indicate which way the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to move on interest rates.

Its next policy rate meeting is Sept. 16-17.

Chances of a September interest rate hike have diminished amid reports of an economic slowdown in China and recent volatility on global equity markets. However, Fed officials have refused to completely rule out a hike in rates that have been at historic lows since the Great Recession, citing continuing strength in the U.S. economy.

Canadian jobs data for August will also be released Friday.

On the commodity markets, the benchmark October crude oil contract rose 50 cents to US$46.75 a barrel, while October natural gas gained 7.7 cents to US$2.725 per thousand cubic feet.

December copper was up 5.5 cents at US$2.3845 a pound while December gold retreated $9.10 to US$1,124.50 an ounce.

Earlier in the day, European markets soared after ECB president Mario Draghi commented on the bank’s stimulus plans at a news conference. Germany’s DAX closed up 2.7 per cent, France’s CAC-40 up 2.2 per cent and Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 1.8 per cent.

Along with lower interest rates, the ECB is already pumping 60 billion euros a month into the economy through purchases of government and corporate bonds. The program is slated to run at least through September 2016.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,596.41, up 51.16 points Dow — 16,374.76, up 23.38 points S&P 500 — 1,951.13, up 2.27 points

NEWS IN BRIEF

Former Centerra Gold CEO to remain under house arrest in Bulgaria A Canadian man accused of corruption while he was head of Centerra Gold will stay under house arrest in Bulgaria pending the outcome of his next extradition hearing in about two weeks. A Bulgarian judge said Thurs-

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.08 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.71 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 22.40 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.66 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.62 Penn West Energy . . . . . 0.870 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.08 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.95 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.68 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.75 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 43.57 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2150 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 69.28 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.05 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.92 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 23.28 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.90 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.46 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.35 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.61 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 42.84 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 71.95 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.52 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.79

Nasdaq — 4,733.50, down 16.48 points Currencies: Cdn — 75.79 cents US, up 0.44 of a cent Pound — C$2.0126, down 1.81 cents Euro — C$1.4679, down 2.20 cents Euro — US$1.1126, down 1.01 cents Oil futures: US$46.75 per barrel, up 50 cents (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,124.50 per oz., down $9.10 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.272 oz., up 19.9 cents $651.74 kg., up $6.39 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov ’15 $8.40 lower $457.40; Jan. ’16 $8.20 lower $463.40; March ’16 $8.30 lower $467.60; May ’16 $8.30 lower $468.10; July ’16 $8.40 lower $468.70; Nov. ’16 $6.00 lower $452.90; Jan. ’17 $6.00 lower $454.10; March ’17 $6.00 lower $455.80; May ’17 $6.00 lower $455.80; July ’17 $6.00 lower $455.80; Nov. ’17 $6.00 lower $455.80.

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

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 695,040 tonnes of canola; 1,300 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 696,340.

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Kit and Ace co-founder and head of brand JJ Wilson is seen in this undated handout photo.

Kit and Ace expands, brews up change with in-store coffee brand

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

SORRY COFFEE CO

TORONTO — Kit and Ace has plans for significant expansion in the coming months, but the retailer is already brewing up big change with the introduction of in-store coffee shops.

The Canadian apparel brand will launch Sorry Coffee Co., in select cities including Toronto, at its new 3,300-square-foot flagship location slated to open on Sept. 17, said Kit and Ace co-founder JJ Wilson, the son of Lululemon founder Chip Wilson.

The coffee shop moniker was an attempt to poke fun at Canadians — a winking nod to the quick-to-apologize stereotype, Wilson said.

“When I look at how the world is changing in retail and experiential retail, and how people want to shop and what they’re looking for, they’re looking for more than just a clothing store,” Wilson said of the decision to offer coffee and clothing together.

Keeping in step with the company’s desire to integrate community artists and contractors into its shops, everything from Sorry Coffee Co.’s food to fixtures will be locally sourced and coffee cups will be adorned with local

artwork.

“We wanted to make sure every shop had unique elements, felt different, and really had its own voice depending on what location, market or community it was opening up in,” said Wilson.

In a grim retail landscape that has seen many Canadian and foreign chains close up shop, Kit and Ace is bucking the trend.

The company is launching new storefronts both at home and abroad, including in the U.S. and U.K, along with e-commerce platforms.

Kit and Ace will have close to 50 shops open by early 2016, Wilson said.

Kit and Ace sells a wide swath of products for men and women, including button-up shirts, blouses, sweaters, skirts, pants, dresses, outerwear and accessories.

In key markets, Wilson said stores will also include tailor shops where emerging designers will have the chance to create designs that could potentially be incorporated into future collections.

day that Leonard Homeniuk must remain in a rented apartment in the capital Sofia until the Sept. 16 hearing on whether to send him to Kyrgyzstan to face corruption allegations, which he denies. Homeniuk, 68, was arrested

by Bulgarian authorities on an international arrest warrant from Kyrgyzstan in late July while on a family cruise on the Danube River. Toronto-based Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) runs the massive Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan and has been embroiled in contentious negotiations with the government over their revenue-splitting deal.

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Study calculates 3 trillion trees now on Earth

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — More than 3 trillion trees now grow on Earth, seven times more than scientists previously thought. But it’s also trillions fewer than there used to be, a new study concludes.

A United Nations-affiliated youth group had a goal of planting one billion trees and Yale forestry researcher Thomas Crowther was asked if planting that many trees would do anything to help combat human-made climate change. Trees capture and store heat-trapping carbon dioxide.

Crowther said first he had to figure out how many trees are on Earth and that number was far more than anyone expected: 3.04 trillion trees, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The previous estimate was 400 billion trees and that rough count was based on satellite images peering down from space. Crowther and colleagues used 429,775 ground-based measurements along with satellite measurements and computer models to get a more accurate figure.

“These things really dominate our planet,” Crowther said. “They are the most prominent organisms on our planet and there are 3 trillion of them.”

But Earth used to be covered with far more trees.

Using computer models, Crowther and colleagues estimated that before human civilization Earth had about 5.6 trillion trees. So the number of trees on Earth has been chopped nearly in half.

Crowther mostly blames people. His study found that 15 billion trees are cut down each year by people, with another 5 billion trees replanted. That’s a net loss of 10 billion trees a year. At that rate, all of Earth’s trees will be gone in about 300 years.

“Humans are diminishing that huge population on such a global scale,” Crowther said.

Nearly 1.4 trillion of Earth’s trees are in tropical and subtropical forests, but that’s also where the rate of forest loss is the highest, the study found.

So if there are so many trees on the planet, the planting of a billion trees wouldn’t do too much to fight climate change on its own, Crowther conceded.

But he said that didn’t stop the tree planters group; they just upped their goal.

achievement in Chile’s Atacama Desert region to harvesting water from the frequent Camanchaca fogs that trundles in from the Pacific Ocean on a seasonal basis. Physicist Carlos Espinosa developed the system, based on ancient expertise, in the 1950s.

Now the research has been carried on by Professor Pilar Cereceda with a modern, readily available, and cost effective material; polyolefin plastic sheeting.

Addressing our burgeoning population, and the starvation endured by those affected thru drought, war, or remoteness; Soylent™ may be the food supplement of the future.

Made from algae, their first version, Soylent 1.5, is currently available for sale in the U.S. and Canada.

The ultimate goal is to develop Soylent 3.0, a meal replacement in which a warehouse of a mere 9,290 square metres could feed four million people.

On the fenestration front, SolarWindow Technologies™ has come up with a photovoltaic film that can be attached to the inside of your windows.

It can be tinted in a number of colours, is sensitive enough to lay claim to gathering energy from artificial and lunar light.

Inexpensive, it will provide an economical source of solar power that has a calculated return on investment of approximately one year. Its purported ability to collect electrical power in low light

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Road Closure Announcement Labour Day BBQ Monday, September 7th The following roads will be closed this Saturday to accommodate the staging of the Labour Day BBQ. 51 Street between 49-50 Avenue Road closures will be in effect Monday, September 7th from 10:00am until 3:00pm.

Please watch for detour signs and use alternative routes as indicated. For further information please contact Public Works at 403-342-8238.

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Development Officer Approvals On September 1, 2015, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use Anders South 1. J. Braganza – a 0.6 m variance to the minimum rear yard to an existing deck, located at 7 Alton Street.

Gaetz Avenue North 2. Petroff Partnership Architects – a partial site redevelopment and approval of use for a Commercial Service Facility (fitness centre), to be located within a regional shopping centre at 6359 50 Avenue.

Grandview 3. T. & K. Cadman – an area redevelopment for a single-family dwelling with an attached garage with a 1.7 m variance to the minimum front yard, to be located at 4222 43A Avenue.

Sunnybrook 5. Bowood Inc. - an area redevelopment for a single-family dwelling with an attached garage, to be located at 7 Savoy Crescent.

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West Park 6. Lime Green Realty Inc. – a 0.56 m variance to the minimum front yard to an existing verandah, and a 0.13 m variance to the minimum rear yard of an existing detached garage, located at 5506 37 Street.

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Discretionary Use Normandeau 8. T. Crichton – a 17.84 m2 accessory building for storage, to be located at 176, 5344 76 Street.

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RED DEER TRANSIT Transit service will run on Holiday hours for September 7.

First departure from the City Centre Terminal will be at 8:45 am.

Last departure from the City Centre Terminal will be at 6:45 pm.

NO SERVICE on Routes 6, 12/12A, and 100/101 (BOLT) Transit Administration Offices and Transit Customer Service will be closed.

Transit information is available on-line at www. reddeer.ca/transit Red Deer Transit Action Bus phone lines will be closed and limited Action Bus service will be provided.

Laredo 4. True-Line Contracting Ltd. – a 1.76 m variance to the minimum front yard, to a proposed singlefamily dwelling with an attached garage, to be located at 146 Lalor Drive.

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conditions makes it suitable for all sides of a large skyscraper or office tower.

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is working on a project to rid cities of smog. The prototype using buried copper coils ionizes the particles and pulls them from the air. Beijing, one of China’s most polluted cities, has indicated its deep interest and is assisting with the development for large scale.

A German researcher has taken solar concentrators to a new apex. Magnifying light by a factor of 10,000, his design allows for the increased production of electricity, or thermal energy, by concentrating sunlight and with its enhanced magnification, even moonlight.

This crystal ball shaped concentrator is computer controlled for both azimuth and elevation to maximize output, and has a small enough footprint for a roof top.

With ingenuity and inventiveness, we are taking basic precepts and turning them into solutions for some of the world’s most serious problems.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate.

Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

RECREATION FACILITIES Collicutt Centre Monday, September 7 – OPEN 11:00 am to 5:00 pm GH Dawe Community Centre Monday, September 7 – OPEN 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Michener Aquatic Centre Saturday, September 7, 2015 CLOSED Michener Aquatic Centre has been closed since August 16th for their annual maintenance and will open on Tuesday, September 8th at 8:00 am Recreation Centre Monday, September 7 – OPEN 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Riverbend Golf and Recreation Area Monday, September 7 – OPEN 7:30 am to 9:00 pm

Municipal Planning Commission Decisions On August 26, 2015, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decisions for development permit applications.

Permitted & Discretionary Use Approvals: Timberlands North Developments 2 Timberlands Inc. – site development of Timberlands Market including three Discretionary Use Free Standing Signs, with a height of 12m (a 33.3% variance) and a Sign Area of 18.5m2(a 54.2% variance). Approval includes the Permitted Use for merchandise sales for a food store and liquor store, and two Restaurants without drive throughs; one four storey mixed use building with main floor commercial use and 36 residential units above the main floor; and the Discretionary Use for the sale of fuel and Accessory Use of a car wash.

Timberlands North Developments 2 Timberlands Inc. – site development of Timberlands Market, including the Discretionary Use of a Commercial Service Facility (fitness centre) and two Free Standing Signs, one with a height of 12m (a 33.3% variance) and a Sign Area of 18.5m2 (a 54.2% variance), to be located at 500 Timberlands Drive (Site B).

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Rosedale Estates 10. 2nd Edition Hair Replacement – an approval of use for a home-based hair replacement business, to be located at 85 Rutherford Drive.

Riverside Meadows IMC Construction Ltd. – site re-development of a three storey, 8 unit Multiple Family Building, with 11 parking stalls (a 15.4% variance), to be located at 5913 – 54 Avenue.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on September 18, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on September 18, 2015. You may not appeal a permitted use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

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The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-18M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday. The Russian rocket carries Kazakhstan’s cosmonaut Aydyn Aimbetov, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Denmark’s astronaut Andreas Mogensen.

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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, a Dane and a Kazakh blasted off on Wednesday for a two-day trip to the International Space Station.

The rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a Russian launch facility in Kazakhstan, on schedule at 10:37 a.m. (0437 GMT), with “everything going flawlessly,” according to a commentator on NASA television.

It was the 500th launch of both manned and unmanned spacecraft from the launch pad used in 1961 by Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, the commentator said.

Andreas Mogensen is the first Dane in space. Russia’s Sergei Volkov is following in the footsteps of his father, who 24 years ago launched into space with the first astronaut from Kazakhstan.

The Kazakh on the current mission, Aidyn Aimbetov, got his seat when British singer Sarah Brightman pulled

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Iowa fossils show giant sea scorpion was dominant predator WASHINGTON — Earth’s first big predatory monster was a weird water bug as big as Tom Cruise, newly found fossils show.

Almost half a billion years ago, way before the dinosaurs roamed, Earth’s dominant large predator was a sea scorpion that grew to 1.7 metres, with a dozen claw arms sprouting from its head and a spike tail, according to a new study.

Scientists found signs of these new monsters of the prehistoric deep in Iowa, of all places.

Geologists at the Iowa Geological Survey found 150 pieces of fossils about 18 metres under the Upper Iowa River, part of which had to be temporarily dammed to allow them to collect the specimens. Then scientists at Yale University determined they were a new species from about 460 million years ago, when Iowa was under an ocean Then, all the action was in the sea and it was pretty small scale, said James Lamsdell of Yale, lead author of the study published Monday in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology.

“This is the first real big predator,” Lamsdell said. “I wouldn’t have wanted to be swimming with it. There’s something about bugs. When they’re a certain size, they shouldn’t be allowed to get bigger.”

Technically, this creature — named Pentecopterus decorahensis, after an ancient Greek warship — is not a bug by science definitions, Lamsdell said. It’s part of the eurypterid family, which are basically sea scorpions.

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The new three-man crew will arrive at the orbiting outpost on Friday after a two-day flight through space.

For the past two years, the crews have taken a more direct, six-hour flight, but the Russian Federal Space Agency decided last week to revert to the traditional route, citing security concerns after the International Space Station had to adjust its orbit to dodge space junk.

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announcements Obituaries LAWRENCE The Honourable Judge Nigel Patrick Lawrence (retired) Feb.17, 1935 to Aug. 26, 2015 Patrick Lawrence of Red Deer, Alberta died peacefully surrounded by his family and at a time of his own choosing in Basel, Switzerland. With him were his survivors: his loving wife of fifty five years, Stephanie; his adoring daughters, Gillian Lawrence and her husband Keith McCandlish of Calgary, Jennifer Lawrence of Hong Kong, and Pamela Lawrence and her husband Daniel Agapi of Calgary. He is also survived by his two brothers, Michael and his wife Sandra of Hudson, Quebec and Timothy and his wife Dorothy of Red Deer as well as two nieces and three nephews. He was predeceased by his son-in-law Michael Shannon, and his parents Gwendolyn and Nigel Lawrence.

Patrick was born in Calgary and received his early education in Winnipeg and Red Deer. He studied engineering at the University of Alberta and political science and economics at the University of British Columbia where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1959. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1962 and was admitted to the bar the following year. He practised law in Red Deer for twenty five years and during this time was active in the Central Alberta Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society. He was appointed Queens Counsel in 1976 and in the same year appeared with success before the Supreme Court of Canada. On September 1, 1987 Patrick was appointed a Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta where he served until retirement in 2011. Before becoming a judge he served his community through membership in the Kinsmen and Rotary Clubs. His interest in health care and medical science saw him undertake two elected terms on the Red Deer Hospital Board, serve as a Commissioner of the Alberta Hospital Services Commission and following the disbanding of that body, as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Minister of Hospitals and Health Care. In 1980 he accepted an appointment as one of nine trustees to the newly formed Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, serving for eight years. Pat was devoted to his community, his profession and, most of all, his family. He was on occasion outspoken and irreverent, but at all times fastidious, courteous, perceptive and compassionate. Pat travelled to many places, took some good photographs, read many books, and grew gorgeous lilies in his backyard.

Friends are invited for remembrances and refreshments at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club on Thursday, October 15th from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Anyone wishing to make a memorial donation is encouraged to consider Dying with Dignity Canada at 55 Eglinton Ave. E., Toronto, Ontario M4P 1G8 (dyingwithdignity.ca) or the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation at 3942-50A Ave., Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4E7 (rdrhfoundation.com).

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.highways-byways-missions.org.uk.

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Obituaries BEISEL Ronald Wayne June 21, 1942 - Sept. 1, 2015 Ron’s family sadly said their farewell on Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Ron worked for Suncor, Union Carbide and Red Deer Transit. Ron is survived by his two loving daughters, Heather (Peter) Haseltine and Kathryn (Wayne) Scholer, his four adored grandchildren, Austin and Arden Haseltine; Myles and Maxwell Scholer; his surviving siblings, Doris, Murray and Sharon, and many nieces and nephews and friends. He was predeceased by his beloved son, Ryan, his Mom and Dad, three sisters and two brothers. A small private intimate burial is planned. He was a beloved father, the much loved Opa and a huge Blue Jays fan. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

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CRESSMAN Mr. Marvin A. Cressman, lifelong resident of Caroline, Alberta passed away peacefully surrounded by his family after a brief illness at the Peter Lougheed Hospital on Sunday, August 30, 2015 at the age of 67 years.

Marvin was born June 6, 1948, the third child of eight of Lyle and Evelyn Cressman.

He spent his life in Caroline which was always in his heart. He worked on the rigs of Alberta for 20 years but was always eager to be back home in Caroline with his horses.

He was an enthusiastic outdoorsman and horseman and spent his life sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm to anyone who was interested. He was a passionate, very direct and honest man. He loved everyone of his large extended family, numerous nieces and nephews, and their further generations. He touched the hearts of all those who knew him through his stories and non stop teasing. He was always generous and would give the shirt off his back to anyone in need. He is predeceased by his parents Lyle Melvin Cressman and Evelyn Edna Marie Cressman (nee Kerik) and numerous aunts and uncles.

Marvin will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his surviving siblings; Bertrice Maxwell, Melvin Cressman, Roma Swain, Velda (Jim) McQuiston, Cindy Busfield (Reg Nieberball), Emery (Lorraine) Cressman and Sandra (Greg) Hoffman; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, great great nieces and nephews, aunt Patsy Kerik, uncle Jim Cressman and many many friends. Funeral services will be held at the Caroline Church Of The Nazarene on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Caroline Food Bank.

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TANGERMAN Shay Clark 1987 - 2015 Shay Clark Tangerman of Red Deer passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 29th, 2015 at the unfair age of 27 years. Shay is survived by his loving parents Daryl and Shauna Tangerman, beloved sisters Shelby Tangerman and Angela Linnell, treasured son Kolby Tangerman, his cherished grandma Norma Tangermann, brother-in-law Steve Bola and his loyal dog Mitzu. He will be greatly missed but always remembered by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and a nephew and countless friends and members of the community.

Shay had a wonderfully bright personality full of passion, charisma and the ability to make everyone laugh and smile. Shay was compassionate and volunteered his time with the Canadian Ski Patrol-Red Deer Division, the SPCA, the Festival of Trees, and other community events. Shay was always active and loved biking, rollerblading, snowboarding, swimming, mountain climbing, hiking, yoga and of course played hockey at the outdoor rinks.

Shay will be remembered for his witty humour, his passion for animals and the outdoors, his active lifestyle and his green thumb. Shay is predeceased by grandparents Lawrence Tangermann, George and Marion Clark, and his Uncles; Wally Jones, Dwayne and Gary Gillies. For those wanting to say goodbye to this amazing son, brother, father, nephew and friend please join us at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67A Street (Taylor Drive) Red Deer, on Saturday, September 5th at 1:00 p.m. for a Celebration of his Life.

In lieu of flowers, donations are welcomed for his son Kolby Tangerman’s trust fund at the Royal Bank of Canada, Pines location. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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SPENCE RICHARDSON Georgia Karen Daniel Charlie Nov. 29, 1938 - Aug. 31, 2015 Born: January 1, 1934 in Georgia Spence passed Lancer SK away peacefully at the Red Passed away: August 31, Deer Hospice on Monday, 2015 in Red Deer, AB August 31, 2015 at the age Dan grew up in Burmis, AB of 76 years. She was born in son of Robert (Burt) and Hanna, Alberta and raised in Rose Richardson. He was the Sunnynook District. Her the youngest of seven children. travels lead her to her In 1955 he married Jessie beloved acreage in Alix, Alberta Eleanor Hogg and for a where she resided for almost period of time lived in 50 years. One of her favorite Calgary. In 1963 Dan, Jay activities was taking her and the family moved to coffee out on her deck in the Elnora to take over the family morning to watch the humming- farm upon the passing of birds and to scare off the James Hogg. Dan and Jay deer from her apple tree. She resided there until worked tirelessly at grooming September of 2014 when the yard and looked forward they moved to the Autumn to the visits from many Glen Lodge in Innisfail. Dan special friends and family. will be lovingly missed by his Georgia worked as the wife Jay and family; Bonnie Administration Assistant for (Carman) Watts, Diane the Mirror School and drove (Larry) Danberger, Jim (Lil) school bus for 30 years. She Richardson and Danny was well respected by the (Karen) Richardson. Grandchildren; staff, students and parents. Christina (Nathan) Freeman, Georgia was a competitive Ryan Jeffers, Robyn (Jarrod) sports enthusiast. She played Kennedy, David (April) ball, curled, golfed and Richardson, Craig Richardson, cultivated many friends Karisa Richardson, Asher through her activities. Curling Watts, Ian Watts, Austin was a strength. She won Richardson. Great Grandchildren; many bonspiels and competed Autumn, Aria, and Lochlan He was at the provincial level. She Richardson. was also a great fan of sport predeceased by his parents; Bob, Helen, and her favorite Saskatchewan siblings Harold, Jean, Roughriders and Calgary Kathleen, Flames were at the center of Herb, and Roy and by his many good natured rivalries. brother-in-law Everett Peterson.

It was a sad day when Memorial Services will be Georgia left her acreage in held on Tuesday, September 2012, but she quickly adapted 8, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the to her new Red Deer home Elnora Community Center, and made many new friends. Elnora, AB with Pat Dyson Mom taught us many life officiating.

Donations in lessons including the value of Dan’s memory may be made hard work and most of all to to the Elnora Cemetery treasure the gift of having Society or the Elnora Museum. fabulous friends and family.

KNEEHILL FUNERAL She will be sadly missed by SERVICES, TROCHU, her children: Bryan (Carol), entrusted with arrangements.

403-442-2123 Karen (Ivan) Simon, Bill, and Neil (Bonnie). Also left to mourn are seven grandchildren: Amanda, Joel, Jordan, Funeral Directors Danica Todd, Greg and & Services Tracy; sisters: Elsie Munro, Barbara Cheney (Ralph) and Virginia Collins; numerous nieces and nephews; and many close friends. Georgia was sadly predeceased by her parents; two sisters: Jean and Gwen; one brother, David; and three brothers-inlaw. As per her wishes, no funeral service will be held.

Memorial donations may be made to Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6. (403) 309-4344.

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Sylvan Lake GIGANTIC yard sale, 2 miles west of Sylvan Lake, RR 21, Gate #38551, Fri. Sept. 4, 2-7, Sat. and Sun, 10-6. Antiques and more.

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Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

AFFORDABLE

2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

1760

COLLECTION of over 1,000 old buttons, $100.

403-885-5020 GENERATOR Dyna 6000 , 11 hp. Briggs & Stratton motor, 220v & 110v asking $175. Call 403-728-3485

Norman Rockwell collector plates, 17 in total. All still in original packaging, with Certificates of Authenticity. $5 each or $60 for all 17 plates. Call (403) 342-7908.

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR 1 & 2 bdrm., Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

PATIO set, black, 2 chairs w/arms and table $25 403-986-6321

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

SHEETS, towels, dishes, large box. All for $25.

403-314-9603

SYLVAN: 4 fully furn. units avail. OCT 1. $1200 to $1400. 403-880-0210.

TEAPOT with creamer & sugar, salt & pepper in Cottage house design.

7 pieces. Avon collectible.

NEW $25. 403-347-5846

THE NORDIC

VINTAGE Royal Doulton Beswick horse, brown shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high $40; Merrell Ortholite shoes, air cushioned, size 6 1/2, like new $25.

403-352-8811

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

VANIER WOODS NOW OPEN

Brand new rental community.

Reserve now for your choice of suite!

1&2 BDRMs from $1170.

In-suite laundry. Dishwasher.

Office Balcony. Pet friendly.

Supplies Elevator. Parking avail.

Gym. Community garden.

COMPUTER DESK, $25; Non-smoking. On-site mgmt. can deliver in Red Deer 39 Van Slyke Way, Red Deer area. 403-304-4672 403.392.6751 SkylineLiving.ca

1800 1830

Cats

2 Siamese, 1 Balinese, 1 Burman kittens $50/ea; 403-887-3649

Sporting Goods

1860

Roommates Wanted

Household Furnishings

1720

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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rentals

QUIET home for working M/F, utils. wifi incl. N/S, $475/mo. 403-506-1907

Rooms For Rent

Industrial

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

1/2 DUPLEX, 2 bdrm. c/w stove/fridge, no pets, n/’s, 40+, $800 rent + utils., $800 s.d., 403-348-0241

3140

HOUSE in Sylvan partly furn., rent $1800 + DD and utils. 403-887-4610 WESTLAKE house, 4 bdrms, n/s, $1850/mo. + utils, (approx. $250) pet friendly, avail.

Sept.

403-505-2288 (text)

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Sept. 15 or Oct. 1. 403-304-5337

STARS FOUNDATION

ACROSS from park, Oriole Park, 3 bdrm.

4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls.

Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. Oct. 1 403-304-5337

FACE-TO-FACE FUNDRAISERS REQUIRED 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 Contact: 1.877.778.8288 or calendar@stars.ca or bdickson@stars.ca

3050

Mobile Lot

3190

NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717 SYLVAN LAKE, 2 bdrm.

4-plex, 4 appl., rent/$980, dd/$980, adults with ref., n/s, no pets. 403-358-8586

EXCLUSIVE LISTING ON MICHENER HILL.

Fully dev. raised bungalow w/3 bdrs, 2 full baths, hardwood, recently painted, single garage, 6 appls, $282,900 Call Dale Stuart 403-302-3107 Coldwell Banker OnTrack Realty.

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

RISER HOMES

ACT NOW! Blackfalds Bungalow walkout backing onto valley view. A must see.

This 2 bdrm. 2 bath has many upgrades. This weekend only $405.000.

GST, legal fees and 4 appl. package included.

LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

4020

“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES

Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

Open House Sept.5, noon-2. Mountain and city view, 2 storey split, 3 bdrms, 3 family rooms, 3 bath, huge deck, balcony off master, paved drive front/back, att. 28 x 30 garage, fully fenced. Margaret Comeau RE/MAX 403.391.3399 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

RISER HOMES

GREAT STARTER HOME. BLACKFALDS 1200 sq. ft. bi-level walkout 3 bdrm. 2 bath, open floor plan, a must see! $349,900 Legal fees, GST, sod, tree and appls. incld. LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

★

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309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

5040

SUV's

1989 SUZUKI Sidekick 173,000 kms. C/W front winch and tow bar for motorhome. 403-877-1352 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

PUBLIC NOTICES

6010

Public Notices

NOTICE OF ACTION TO: ROSS HETHERINGTON Last known to be of Red Deer, Alberta Tim Patrick Moen has filed an Amended Statement of Claim (Action No. 1410 01003) in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta in Red Deer, the action originally filed on August 27, 2014. The Plaintiff claims rescission of the contract or damages of $300,000.00, interest, and costs of the action. The grounds alleged are stated in the Amended Statement of Claim, a copy of which will be mailed to you upon request to the Plaintiff’s solicitor, Christopher E. Forgues, at C.E. Forgues & Co., #103, 4610 - 49 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 6M5, Telephone: (403) 342-7044.

AND IT HAS BEEN ORDERED that service of the Amended Statement of Claim and the Order for Substitutional Service be effected upon you by this advertisement. Should you wish to oppose the Amended Statement of Claim or seek other relief, you must promptly file a Statement of Defence or a Demand of Notice or instruct your solicitor to do so. If within 30 days of the date of publication of this Notice of Action you fail to file a Statement of Defence or Demand of Notice with the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench, Court House, Red Deer, Alberta, the Plaintiff may proceed according to the practice of the Court to note you in default or to enter Judgment in default of defence, and you will not be entitled to notice of any further proceedings and the relief sought by the Plaintiff may be given in your absence.

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services CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

Accounting

Moving & Storage

1300

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS MOVING? Boxes? Appls.

Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. removal. 403-986-1315 with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals Personal Services RW Smith, 346-9351

1315

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Handyman Services

1200

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

BODY BALANCING, Hot Stone. 403-352-8269

FANTASY SPA

INTERESTED in host/hosting an e-cigarette sales party? Call Doug 587-272-2543

Roofing

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445 $154,000 Investment Misc. or 1st BUYER

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777 DUMP RUNS, ODD JOBS, METAL P/U 403 550 2502

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Stucco & Cement

1382

STUCCO, garages, sheds, pargings, repairs.

Joshua Tree Ventures 403-348-3919 stuccobyjtventures@gmail.com

Window

Elite Retreat, Finest Cleaning in VIP Treatment.

Next to new! All new appls., flooring, paint.

2 bdrm. 1 bath, condo fee $230. New windows and shingles recently, Margaret Comeau RE/MAX 403.391.3399

4050

wheels

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Houses For Sale

SIERRAS OF MICHENER SPACIOUS, MODERN, LIKE NEW, ONE BEDROOM, APPROXIMATE 776 sq. ft.

CONDOMINIUM ON 2nd FLOOR WITH: -airconditioning -large walk-in wardrobe closet in bedroom, -modern bathroom -well appointed kitchen and dining area spacious utility room off of hallway -roomy coat closet hallway, -comfortable livingroom area, -external deck off of living room -Easy Access near main entrance-Parking -Storage Amenities Special Features PHONE 403.783.

6756 FOR VIEWING APPOINTMENT, Asking $239,000

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Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

4040

$640,000 Springvale

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Condos/ Townhouses

Acreages

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GLENDALE

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $1075. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. Oct. 1 403-304-5337

60+ style of living

Open House Sept. 5, 3-5 Like new $419,900, 3 bdrm. bungalow, huge great room w/wood burning fireplace, wheel chair friendly, all newly reno’d, one blk. from the lake, parking for 3.

Margaret Comeau RE/MAX 403.391.3399

RIVERSIDE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL 2400 sq. ft. large 55 x 85 compound 403-350-1777

3 BDRM. PADS $450/mo. house, recently reno’d, fin. bsmt., 4 appls., no pets. Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 403-848-4618 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

GRANDVIEW 4 bdrm., 2 Down payment $4000. Call up 2 down, 3 bath 5 appls. at anytime. 403-588-8820 large yard, N/S $1400./mo + util. 403-350-4230

3 BDRM., no pets, $1000 mo. 403-343-6609

Help Save Lives... Be a STARS Fundraiser

3130

Warehouse FOR RENT • 3000-3200 Space WANTED • 3250-3390 FOR LEASE

6 Plexes

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

3090

YOU need a shop bay to rent?18 Schenk Industrial Rd.,Sylvan Lake 16’ x 50’ bay, 12 x 16 elec. doors, wash bay, one large office, restrooms, coffee room, lots of yard space, 2 watch dogs, room for car/truck hoist. Don’s cell 493-350-5199, Office 403-887-5210

CLASSIFICATIONS

3030

880

3080

AIR HOCKEY by Sportscraft was $900 new, exc. $450 MO/D.D. incl. everycond, $195. 403-352-8811 thing. 403-342-1834 or 587-877-1883 after 2:30 RAFT, rubber, NEW 78 x 48, $40. Propane ROOM in quiet home. heater, used 1 lb bottle., N/S, no drinking, working $20 ; Coleman coolers F. Avail. Aug 10. $480 + (2) $5. and $20; dartboard $300 d.d. 403-309-4155 in wooden case, $15.

S.E. House, working M. 403-341-3099 $475./mo. 403-341-4664

Travel Packages

4020

Houses For Sale

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

MOVING must sell all furniture, appls, and misc. items, taking offers 403-346-2192

2 BROWN wooden end tables $100.; tall standing Condos/ wicker lamp $20 Townhouses 403-346-7825 COUCH with matching SEIBEL PROPERTY chair $100; good condition. 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 Can deliver in Red Deer bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, area. SOLD Gov’t of Alberta Funding starting at $1100. For more may be available. info 403-347-7545 or LAMPS (2) $25; kitchen 403-340-1930 403-304-7576 table with 4 chairs $125; www.academicexpress.ca oversized living room SOUTHWOOD PARK chair, $25. All items F/T LABORER req., exp.

3110-47TH Avenue, good condition. with hydro-vac, backhoe, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, Can deliver in Red Deer and direct drill preferred. generously sized, 1 1/2 area. 403-304-4672 Must have valid dr. licence baths, fenced yards, and ref. e-mail resume attn: LARGE TV stand 2’ x 4’ x full bsmts. 403-347-7473, jason@ttlocates@gmail.com 18” w/doors and shelves Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca $20. 403-346-2192 ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 LAZY Boy recliner, very Please leave a message good cond, green fabric, 4 Plexes/ or call 403-350-1520. $200 403-346-3086

Misc.

Help

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or Oct. 1 $900/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337

Homestead Firewood EASTVIEW

Spruce, Pine - Split. Avail.

7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 FREE POPLAR logs. You pick up. Very close to Red Deer. 403-392-8385.

7137121H31-I11

Along with daily, weekly, monthly and yearly training, you will enjoy an extensive group benefit plan, allowable holidays in the summer months, and an aggressive pay structure featuring an above industry commission plan, bonus program and multiple incentive programs.

880

1660

2 BDRM. bsmt suite avail. immed. $850 + 1/3 utils.

403-872-3400

AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

500 VHS MOVIES, $200.

403-352-8218

1540

Misc.

Help

1730

3060

Suites

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/remote, used little $75, also black glass tv stand, bought at Sims $125.

403-352-8811

100 VHS movies, $75.

403-885-5020

800

Experience in sales would be an asset but not required.

If you are a fit for our team, have the right attitude and follow our core values, we would like to give you the opportunity to grow with us!

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

stuff

760

710

WANTED

Misc. for Sale

860

56

1720

LOVESEAT, exc. cond. $200. obo.

Call or text 403-348-3107

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1950 MILITARY Uniform, post war battle dress, w/Korean ribbons.

Very good cond. $45.

403-314-9603 Truckers/ Looking for a place to live?

Drivers CHESTERFIELD & chair, Take a tour through the French Provincial, beige CLASSIFIEDS satin brocade, $350.; BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company Electrolux, 3 brush floor Lost looking for Class 1 Drivers polisher, extra brushes Hair and/or Lease Operators. plus vacuum cleaner, new Stylists We offer lots of home time, bags, $175. 403-309-3045 LOST in Central School benefits and a bonus area F. black spayed tattooed cat, w/white paws SYLVAN LAKE BARBER program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not req’s P/T Stylist/Barber, & chin, crooked tail Bicycles Drop resume off or contact necessary. If you have a FOUND clean commercial drivers Sherry at 403-887-4022 MOUTAIN Bike, 12 speed abstract and would like to Classifieds...costs so little $75. 403-341-3099 start making good money.

Saves you so much! fax or email resume and Found comm. abstract to Children's 403-337-3758 or TOOL bag with tools found Items dtl@telus.net Oilfield on road in front of London Drugs. Call to identify MELISSA & Doug wooden 403-309-7751 tray with lots of play money. $10.

You can sell your guitar 403-314-9603 for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

PROFESSIONAL COLTER ENERGY LP Truck Driver Position Clothing IS NOW HIRING Available www.ads-pipe.com LADIES Rieker, size 37 WELL TESTING: Personals Advanced Drainage white sling leather upper Supervisors Systems, Inc., the world’s shoes, antistress, Dora Night Operators largest and most innova- style, worn once. Reg. $129, ALCOHOLICS Operators tive manufacturer of HDPE asking $85. 403-227-2976 ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 • Have current Safety drainage products is COCAINE ANONYMOUS MENS leather look jacket, certificates including H2S expanding and we are 403-396-8298 size L $15; coveralls size • Be prepared to work in currently accepting remote locations for applications for a certified 44 $10 403-347-5316 Classifieds extended periods of time Class 1 Driver, with a NURSES’ uniforms, Your place to SELL • Must be physically fit minimum of two (2) years pants & tops. med. to Your place to BUY • Competitive wages, benefits experience. large size. $5 each. and RRSP offered ADS Drivers are required (approx. 30) good shape.

Please email resume with to safely operate company 403-347-2526 current driver’s abstract to: equipment and provide a jbecker@colterenergy.ca high level of customer Equipmentservice, delivering our Buying or Selling products within Alberta.

Heavy your home?

ADS Drivers are required Check out Homes for Sale to be drug free and TRAILERS for sale or rent in Classifieds maintain legal transportaJob site, office, well site or CLASSIFICATIONS tion paperwork and driving storage. Skidded or practices. This position wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Restaurant/ 700-920 requires a valid Class 1 Hotel License; with previous off road forklift and shipping Caregivers/ Tools JJAM Management (1987) /receiving experience a Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Aides definite asset. We offer Requires to work at these quarterly safety bonuses JIG SAW, $25, and Red Deer, AB locations: as well as a comprehensive CHILD caregiver needed router with bits, $90.

5111 22 St. medical plan. for 2 children in Red 403-782-3847 37444 HWY 2 S Benefits include: Deer.$11/hr. willing to do MITRE Saw, Delta, $60; 37543 HWY 2N * Company provided split shifts,days and nights 700 3020 22 St. Canadian Benefits Package BENCH saw, Delta motorrotation 44 hrs/wk. high ized, $125. 403-341-3099 Manager/Food Services * Voluntary Dental Plan school graduate,1-2 yrs Permanent P/T, F/T shift. * Life Insurance Option Plan exp. in child care. apply at SKIL saw with lazer guide, Wknd, day, night & eves. * Short-term/Long-term frh1951@outlook.com $50, and table saw $150.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

Disability Policy 403-782-3847 EXPERIENCED Elderly 40 hrs/week, + benefits , * Retirement Savings Plan VARIETY of miscellaneous Caregiver needed to start 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., (RSP) and Deferred Profit tools, $20. 403-885-5020 work immediately for criminal record check req’d.

Sharing Plan (DPSP) diabetic grandma. from Req’d education some * Paid Vacation Monday through Friday secondary. Apply in Farmers' * Quarterly Safety Bonus 5 hrs. daily. $18/hr. all person or fax resume to: Market applicants should email 403-314-1303 For full job All applicants are subject directly at description visit www. to a pre-employment NIXON HONEY FARM natysandler92@gmail.com timhortons.com physical and MVR check.

FINAL WEEKS Interested Applicants may FRESH LIQUID submit a resume, along Sales & UNPASTURIZED RAW with a current drivers HONEY - $3.00/LB. Distributors abstract to: Bring your own containers.

Advanced Drainage 403-227-2719 or 227-0092 Systems Of Canada Inc. INNISFAIL To book 4316 Gerdts Ave. your appointment.

Blindman Ind. Park Look for us at Red Deer Red Deer County, AB. Farmers Market Wed & Sat T4S-2A8 & Innisfail Market Thurs!

Fax: (403) 346-5806 Recreation Vehicle Sales Associate Also look in local grocer.

E-mail ken.mccutcheon CASH ONLY PLEASE @ads-pipe.com We are looking to compliment our sales floor with an Position closing date: ambitious, energetic team player.

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Household Furnishings

LAZYBOY power recliner w/heat & massage controls. Like new. was $1600. $500. obo SOLD

SAFETY

278950A5

720

Clerical

1420

RESIDENTIAL. Free Quotes. 403-506-4822

Yard Care

1430

FALL cleanup. Tree/junk removal. Snow removal contracts welcome 403-358-1614

FOOD

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 2015

One versatile veggie Carrots are one of those curious, superbly versatile vegetables. To prove our point, here are two recipes that make use of carrots in completely different ways.

Soup and carrots are a match made in heaven. If you’re only familiar with stew-style chunks of forktender carrot, this Coriander Carrot Soup’s smooth pureed texture will be a revelation.

Combining both sweet and savoury in a single side dish, our Carrots Glazed with Balsamic Vinegar cuts time and effort by using pre-peeled baby carrots. The sweet and sour punch of the balsamic mingles with the caramel notes of brown sugar, both of which pair perfectly with the natural sweetness of the cooked carrots.

CORIANDER CARROT SOUP 2 tbsp (25 mL) butter 4 cups (1 L) sliced carrots 2 cups (500 mL) diced peeled russet potatoes 1 cup (250 mL) chopped onion 1 ½ tsp (7 mL) ground coriander ¼ tsp (1 mL) ground ginger ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt 5 cups (1.25 L) canned chicken broth ¼ cup (50 mL) chopped fresh cilantro Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat.

Add carrots, potatoes and onion; saute for 5 minutes. Add coriander, ginger and salt; cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in broth. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20 - 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Puree mixture in batches in a blender, filling blender no more than half full for each batch. May be prepared to this point and refrigerated for up to 24 hours. Reheat over low heat. Stir in cilantro.

Serves 8 as a starter.

CARROTS GLAZED WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR ¼ cup (50 mL) butter 1 bag (2 lb/1 kg) peeled baby carrots 1/3 cup (75 mL) balsamic vinegar 1/3 cup (75 mL) packed golden brown sugar ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt ¼ tsp (1 mL) freshly ground pepper ¼ cup (50 mL) thinly sliced green onion

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Coriander Carrot Soup’s smooth pureed texture is a delight.

Melt butter in a heavy frypan over medium heat.

Add carrots and saute for 2 minutes. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until carrots are tender crisp, about 7 - 10 minutes. Stir in vinegar, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Uncover and cook, stirring frequently, until carrots are tender and glazed, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with onion. Serves 8 - 10.

ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen’s column on healthy eating for busy families runs Fridays in the Red Deer Advocate. For tips on energy safety, food or household matters, call 1-877-420-9090 toll-free, email bfkanswerline@atcogas.com or live chat with us online at atcoblueflamekitchen.com. Connect with us on Twitter at @ ATCOBlueFlame, on YouTube at youtube.com/TheBlueFlameKitchen and on Pinterest at pinterest.com/ATCOBlueFlame.

World’s fare: apples and honeycomb ice cream

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

APPLES AND HONEYCOMB ICE CREAM Start to finish: 5 hours (1 hour active), plus freezing Servings: 6 For the custard: 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk 2 tablespoons skim milk powder 2/3 cup sugar, divided 6 large egg yolks ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt For the honeycomb candy: ¾ cup sugar ¼ cup water 1 ½ tablespoons raw honey 2 tablespoons corn syrPowered by up 2 teaspoons baking soda For the apples: 3 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced into ½-inch cubes ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar ¼ cup raw honey Splash of bourbon (optional) Pinch of salt

back of a spoon (about 170 F). Remove from the heat, stir in vanilla and salt, then strain into a heat-safe container. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. To make the honeycomb candy, line a large baking sheet with kitchen parchment.

In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, water, honey and corn syrup. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to maintain an enthusiastic simmer and cook until the mixture registers 296 F on a candy thermometer. Remove the pan from the heat and gently sprinkle in the baking soda. It will start to double and triple in volume.

Don’t be alarmed! Pour onto the prepared baking sheet and allow to cool at room temperature for 30 to 40 minutes.

Break the candy into Powered Powe ered by pieces, then put them in a large zip-close plastic bag.

Bash the candy with a rolling pin until you get small pieces, about the size of

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granola. Store in the freezer. To make the honeyed apples, in a small saucepan over medium-high, bring the apples, sugar and honey to a boil. Cook the apples until softened but not mushy, about 10 minutes.

Add the bourbon, if using, and salt. Remove from the heat and allow to cool to room temperature. To churn the ice cream, set up your ice cream maker and follow the manufacturer’s instructions to churn the custard. Spoon the ice cream into a container.

Fold in half of the honeycomb candy and the apples until evenly distributed. Spoon into bowls or cups, then offer remaining candy to sprinkle over the tops.

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These days, the ubiquitous honey bear may not cause us to stop and give thanks.

Sure, it may sweeten our tea or Greek yogurt, but that pales in comparison to the reaction the golden nectar may have inspired in the hearts of ancient peoples when sweetness of this magnitude was incredibly rare. Imagine how wide their eyes opened at just one drop of the intense syrup on their tongues, especially after risking the stingers of angry bees protecting their hives!

Perhaps the best indication of honey’s lofty position in the ancient world is its significance in religion. Hindus consider it an elixir of immortality.

Buddha is said to have been fed honey by a monkey on one of his forest retreats. And the god of the Bible describes the promised land to Moses as one of freeflowing milk and honey, a symbol of both abundance and completion. It is for this reason that at this time of year, Jews commemorate the new year (by the Jewish calendar) by nibbling on apples dipped in honey.

While the honey contained in that little plastic bear is perfectly fine for your morning cup of tea, might I suggest you seek out some good old fashioned raw honey for this Rosh Hashanah-themed ice cream? The former is an amalgam of myriad nectars that are boiled down to a uniform flavour and sweetness. But raw honey tells a story of what one particular colony of bees may have feasted on, from orange blossoms to cactus flowers, buckwheat to clover.

These dynamic honeys are complex in flavour, perfect when making something as simple as a honeycomb candy ice cream. They have the power to transport us back to the days when squeezing a dollop of honey on your tongue was an act of pure luxury and gratitude.

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1949 — The longest pro tennis match in history was played when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets.

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Bisexual past should not be issue Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship for five Dear Winnie: What is it that you want from this years with a guy who has been very enjoyable com- relationship? pany.

Whatever is in this man’s past does not need to However, in the past 18 months, rumors have sur- affect your future. Someone who is bisexual is atfaced about him being bisexual. He tracted to both men and women. never told me about this part of his If this were a sexual relationship, we might past. Finally, I confronted him, and understand your concerns. But you aren’t havhe admitted this was just a whim at ing sex with him and have no plans to do so. a time in his life when he was alone.

You don’t have to marry him. You find him He’s been divorced for 43 years and to be very enjoyable company. We don’t see claims he never knew why his wife a problem. If you want to continue spending divorced him. time with him, go right ahead.

He now feels that, since he is with Dear Annie: I have to reply to “What Hapme and the past desires are no lonpened?” the distraught wife whose husband is ger there, I should just forget about preoccupied with celebrities. my disgusted feelings and go on as if You said this isn’t uncommon and to ask nothing was ever said. him to spend 15 minutes a day looking into His friends were the ones who kept each other’s eyes and listening to one another.

MITCHELL dropping these hints to me, but of Your advice was a bit too soft for this guy. His & SUGAR course, I ignored them until now. obsession is one of the shallowest things I’ve I don’t know if I should continue heard in a long time. He sounds like someone this relationship. He is 85 and I am 79. who needs to get a life, which should include We don’t have sex, since he has erechis wife. tile dysfunction and his desires have diminished. — This behavior needs to be stopped cold turkey, Worrying Winnie not enabled. It’s like an addiction. And it makes a

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poor substitute for the real things in life. Devoting so much of his time to something as empty as celebrity gossip is a sign that something’s missing.

This man may need help to focus on the special someone who cares who he is — his wife. — Regular Person in Phoenix Dear Phoenix: We agree that a fixation on celebrities is ridiculously shallow, but have you looked at your TV, computer and newspaper lately? We are bombarded daily with celebrity news, celebrity updates, celebrity babies, celebrity divorces, celebrity clothes — there’s no escape from it unless you live in a cave.

This is a mild addiction (and we suspect most women whose husbands are addicted to golf or fishing would swap in a heartbeat).

If her husband can spend at least 15 minutes a day really connecting with his wife, it will help enormously. If he cannot do that much, counseling is always useful, but he must be willing to go.

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Friday, September 4 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Wes Bentley, 37; Beyonce, 33; Khandi Alexander, 58 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Stern Saturn stymies displays of affection today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Attached Virgos — Resist the urge to expect too much from your partner, and then criticise them when they fall short. Singles - love is in the air in February and March.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re keen to get to the bottom of a problem or mystery, as you research a topic or dig up information from the past. A family member may be able to assist you with your

investigation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Home’s a busy place to be at the moment. The stars favour socializing with family and friends, plus spending plenty of time outdoors. Strive to accommodate differing points of view.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Expect a few crossed wires with a loved one, as they keep their ideas and feelings hidden. You’ll have to be sensitive and understanding if you want to know what’s really on their mind.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Crabs are capricious creatures and mood swings are likely today, as the Moon opposes Saturn and you feel insecure. Trust your instincts, plus keep mentally busy and physically active.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Loved ones won’t be singing your praises today Lions! They are more likely to load you up with work and then criticise your efforts. Keep your head down and don’t take it personally.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t box yourself into a corner, and think there’s only one way to do things. The buzz word today is communication, as you let others know what a versatile Virgo you can be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you having financial hassles Libra? You’re feeling extravagant and self-indulgent but it’s time to plug the cash flow drain, as you budget and save rather than shop and spend.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Under the influence of reserved Saturn, Scorpios are in secretive mode. But the more you try to manipulate others from behind the scenes, the less they will understand where you are coming from.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarians can be boisterous, blunt and bossy. Today’s stars urge you to be unusually restrained in your approach, as you handle people and situations in a more subtle and steady way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Moon and Saturn focus on your hopes and dreams for the future. Perhaps it’s time to review your goals and re-jig your dreams, so that they better reflect an older and wiser you?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Others are taking notice of what you’re doing, as the Moon and Saturn shine a spotlight on your work. If you’re going for a job interview, make sure

Shearer says lost Australian sheep yields 42 kilos of fleece CANBERRA, Australia — An overgrown sheep found lost in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 42 kilograms (93 pounds) of wool, the shearer said.

The woolly coat dwarfs that of New Zealand’s hermit ram dubbed Shrek who took six years to grow his massive fleece that weighed 27 kilograms when it was clipped in 2004. Shrek was often described as a record.

Champion shearer Ian Elkins said the bulky Australian merino sheep, dubbed Chris, appeared to be in good condition after being separated from his huge fleece under anesthetic.

“We’ve smashed Shrek’s record of 27 kilos, no dramas,” Elkins told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

“I don’t reckon he’s been shorn before and I reckon he’d be five or six years old,” he said.

Chris was found near Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary outside Canberra by bushwalkers who

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A military band performs prior to the start of a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender during the Second World War held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday. China has launched a major military parade through Beijing to commemorate Japan’s Second World War defeat while underlining President Xi Jinping’s determination to make his country Asia’s pre-eminent power. It features more than 12,000 troops, 500 pieces of military hardware and 200 aircraft of various types, representing what military officials say is the Chinese military’s most cutting-edge technology. you do all the research required.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avoid being vague and confusing in the way you communicate today. Saturn demands precise instructions and lots of hard work, so stop procrastinating Pisces and get on with things!

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate. feared he would not survive the approaching southern summer. He was found several kilometres from the nearest sheep farm. A bushwalker named him Chris after the sheep in the Father Ted television comedy series.

The castrated ram was rescued by the RSPCA and taken to Canberra where he was shorn under anesthetic because of he was stressed by human company and because of the potential pain from the heavy fleece tearing skin as it fell away.

Tammy Ven Dange, the Canberra RSPCA chief executive, said Chris would be found a new home after vets gave him an all-clear.

Elkins said the fleece had suffered from the harsh woodland environment.

“I wouldn’t say its high quality, but you wouldn’t expect it to be running around in the bush that long unshorn,” he said.

Australian merinos are breed for wool and are shorn annually, with fleeces averaging about 5 kilograms.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Tiny bubbles float to the surface of a tank as Stephanie Brown blows an underwater kiss, her red hair rippling in the water like seaweed as she flips her metallic yellow and orange tail and swims away.

Brown is the co-founder of Halifax Mermaids, a company that provides educational and entertainment experiences with mermaid performers across the Maritimes.

Brown, also known as Raina the Mermaid, has a background in child and youth development and a bachelor of education. She said her company is cashing in on the mermaid trend while teaching children about the environment.

“We work on the assumption that children learn the best through play, so we create these play envrionments where they get to utilize their imagination and also learn something about the environment and the ocean,” said Brown during a recent in-costume interview at the Aquatron Laboratory tank, a research facility at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

“We try to combine the entertainment aspect of seeing a mermaid, seeing them swim in the beautiful costumes, but also learning about the ocean and empowering people towards change.”

Brown said the roughly five mermaids she employs teach children File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS about everything from microplastic pollution and tidal pool creatures to Mermaid Iona (Kathryn Chaffin), top, Mermaid Raina (Stephanie Brown), middle, and Mermaid Mutiny (Krista Hill), bottom, the ocean food chain and the impor- of the Halifax Mermaids, swim underwater at the Aquatron in Halifax. tance of recycling.

The mermaids wear realistic tails Brown’s $3,000 mermaid tail is made kick, she said. mermaid tails, which have been growand shell hairpieces at a range of with medical grade silicone and fitted Brown said her company also offers ing in popularity in Canada and have events, from birthday parties to sand- with a monofin, which free divers and safety workshops for children, parents prompted some local pools to ban the castle festivals and workshops at the Olympians use to train for the dolphin and lifeguards on the proper use of swimming accessory.

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Halifax Mermaids, which is a division of Canadian Mermaids Inc., recently won a $10,000 small business grant in a contest that was run by ADP Canada Co. to ex** pand their fast-growing, year-old business, and it couldn’t have come at a better time, said company TH BER 30 M E T co-owner Sean Norman.

P E S S END Norman said they are having a difficult time keeping up with demand, and the extra funding will allow them to hire more mermaids and book more events.

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