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LEGION FOR SALE “YOU’RE FIGHTING SO MUCH JUST TO DO THINGS FOR THE BUILDING AND IT TAKES AWAY FROM OUR PROGRAMS AND OTHER THINGS WE COULD BE DOING MORE FOR OUR SENIORS AND OUR VETERANS.”

Sweet victory PETE SOK WINS ON CHOPPED CANADA

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

— LEGION PRESIDENT BEV HANES

Chef Pete Sok served up a win on Chopped Canada.

It was the combination of his three dishes — fruit chew candy marinated abalone salad, black bean flour pancake with goat crumble and mini pear pot pie with saffron sauce — that put him over the top in the kitchen.

In Bro-Down Showdown, Pete, 36, competed against his brother Dany Sok, 30, and two Ottawa brothers Bijou and Imrun Texeira. The episode aired on Sunday on the Food Network.

Pete will use the $10,000 in winnings to take his parents Chan Nan Sok and Soyi Vong on an all-inclusive vacation PETE SOK or a trip to their home country Cambodia.

“I knew I had a chance because I had great feedback from the judges but they looked at all three rounds,” said Pete, who owns Sophear Restaurant and Bar in Red Deer. “I learned anything is possible with hard work. Use your imagination and go with it and be true to yourself. Put out the food that you love and put out the best perfect dish to your ability.”

On the show, the competing chefs whipped up dishes using mystery items in a basket for three rounds — appetizer, entree and desert.

Photos by Mary-Ann Barr/Advocate staff

The Royal Canadian Legion building in Red Deer has been listed for sale at a price of $7.495,000. Legion members will have the ultimate say on the sale as they must approve any offer.

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Declining membership combined with a decrease in participation by those who remain has led the Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion executive to move towards selling its large building and property at 2810 Bremner Ave. The prime location 2.9-acre property, with over 30,000 sq. ft. of space in the building, has just been listed for $7,495,000 with Century 21 Realtor Keith Myrol. The Legion executive made the decision at a recent special meeting.

Legion members will have the ultimate say on the sale as they must approve any offer. As well, the sale must receive approval from the Legion’s Alberta NWT Command.

The plan is to relocate the Legion’s activities to a yet-to-be determined building, about half the size of the current one, Legion president Bev Hanes said Monday.

It was a very difficult decision, she said, but the building is too large for their 1,800 members, many who are not active, and operational deficits are occurring every year now. In its heyday, the Red Deer Legion at its present location, built 40 years ago, had 4,000 members.

Despite the deficits, the Legion does not have any debt because it sold an apartment building in 2007 and has been able to use those funds, Hanes said.

But it is time to look at other operations, she said.

The building is located across the street from Bower Place Shopping Centre. For some time now, the Legion has been leasing out about 25 per cent of the space. Last June a business had to leave midway through a lease agreement, Hanes said.

Elections Canada did lease space during last year’s federal election but they haven’t been able to rent that space since.

Legion members were being informed of the executive’s decision at a regular meeting on Monday evening, Hanes said.

“Most of our veterans are passing away or getting elderly. We’re not getting as many young people in.”

Many of the members, in the 80s and some in their 90s, are not able to volunteer like they used to when they were younger.

“You’re fighting so much just to do things for the building and it takes away from our programs and other things we could be doing more for our seniors and our veterans.”

Hanes, who has been a Legion member for 30 years, said she believes most people will think it’s a necessary move. Other Legions have run into similar problems and have moved to smaller locations.

“It’s time to look forward to what we can be in the future with the membership that we have, and still try to do all the programs that we do.”

Historically, Legion membership has been comprised of military and RCMP veterans and their families. The Legion offers various services to veterans and makes donations to community organizations, such as Meals on Wheels and the Red Deer Hospice Society.

The Legion has a canteen that offers meals and drinks, but it also runs Molly B’s Lounge, which is open to the public. barr@reddeeradvocate.com RED DEER WEATHER

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A former Ponoka resident has dropped his legal battle with the town over a medical marijuana operation.

Robert Koteles was seeking compensation for loss and medical distress after the town ordered in 2013 the removal of a sea container that he was using to grow medical marijuana from the driveway of a local home.

Koteles, who had a licence to produce medical marijuana for his own use, also alleged his Charter rights were breached by the town’s decision.

The town denied all of the allegations and says in its statement of claim the location and use of the sea container for medical marijuana violated the Land Use Bylaw.

Koteles said on Monday he decided to drop his claim after his lawyer advised him the legal bill could run in the tens of thousands. If he lost, he could also have been ordered to pay the town’s legal costs.

“I can’t afford to go forward for any more justice,” he said. “It’s never been about the money. It’s been about my right to grow and about other people’s demands for me to leave just because I’m growing a plant for my own health. I stood up for that.”

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Medicine River Wildlife Centre, hospital coordinator, Brittany Ginter works with a Golden Eagle that was caught in snare in Central Alberta. The adult male bird was caught in a snare with an adult female Golden Eagle and came into the wildlife Centre on February 21. The female bird died Tuesday Feb. 2. The male bird suffered damage to its wing and had to be euthanized.

Eagle caught in snare euthanized

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Any hope that a golden eagle would avoid the same eventual fate as its mate after both were caught in a trapper’s snares has come to an end.

Carol Kelly, executive director of the Medicine River Wildlife Centre, said Monday that the male eagle had to be euthanized over Easter weekend.

The male and female eagles had been brought to the wildlife rehabilitation centre after Fish and Wildlife officers rescued them in late February from trapping snares that had been set near Sundre.

The female eagle had been caught around its head. The male had been snared on one of its wings.

The female died soon after it was brought in to the wildlife centre but there had been hope that the male would recover.

It started gaining weight and looked not too bad but then part of its wing died, Kelly said. She thought

that while the eagle was going to lose part of its wing, he could become a captive bird.

But he started to lose weight again and, desipite their best efforts, he just continued to lose, she said.

“We were tube feeding. We were giving him treatments, so what that indicates is organ damage. It just took him longer to die than the other one.”

Kelly said that both eagles died from stress-related organ failure.

Using snares as a form of trapping has been criticized because they do not discriminate and can be inhumane. The snares that caught the eagles had been set to kill wolves.

As well as the eagles, snares in the same area caught 15 cougars, all of which died.

Brendan Cox, spokesperson for Fish and Wildlife enforcement from Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, said at the time that the snares were believed to have been legally set.

Local BRIEFS Help name new schools in Red Deer Red Deer Public Schools needs some help in naming its schools.

The district is taking suggestions to name the new Inglewood school, the Spanish Bilingual Program in Grandview, and a name for its downtown alternative school.

It is an opportunity to demonstrate your creativity, pay tribute to a particular individual, or highlight historical connections within each of the communities.

The deadline for submissions including background and rationale are due April 20.

Criteria that will be used to bring a recommendation to the Board of Trustees may include: ● The name of an individual, place or event of a local, provincial, national or international significance. ● An individual recognized as having made a significant contribution to society. ● A meaningful connection to Red Deer Public Schools, public school education and/or our commu-

nity. ● Reflection of history, cultures and identity of the region. ● An opportunity for connection or inspiration to students attending the school.

Submit to bruce.buruma@rdpsd.ab.ca with “school naming” as the subject line or call 403-3423708 for more information.

Bashaw RCMP looking for suspects in liquor store robbery RCMP Bashaw are looking for suspects in a liquor store robbery on March 26.

Police say a woman entered the Bashaw Liquor Store brandishing a knife and demanded money around 7:15 p.m. The suspect then fled the store with an undisclosed amount of cash.

There were no injuries.

The woman is described as being in her mid-forties, 1.6 metres (five-foot-four) tall, with dark hair.

Call the Bashaw RCMP at 780-372-3793 if you have any information on this crime.

To remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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Youth are on the run in Red Deer.

Police have sent out 26 missing youth alerts since July 2015. In several cases, the missing were repeat offenders.

All have been located save for Nikki Taylor Yargeau, a 16-year-old who was reported missing on Feb. 9.

Red Deer RCMP Cpl. Karyn Kay said chronic missing and AWOL (absent without official leave) is high on the police’s radar.

Police hope to contribute to safer youth, as out- CHRISTINA GRAHAM lined in its annual policing plan, with the help of Const. Christina Graham, an officer dedicated to working with vulnerable youth.

It’s a new initiative and police are still working out the kinks.

Soon the youth will be able to check in with phone calls, text or email if they fail to show up at home or are reported missing.

Graham said the goal is to develop relationships with the youth in order to figure out why they are AWOL or missing.

“All the youth we deal with are vulnerable,” said Kay. “They have things in their lives that are going on that makes them vulnerable. There are issues.

There are bullying issues. There is cyber bullying, grades, not doing well at school. The expectations of parents.”

Eventually Graham will be the police officer that the youth see in the community and feel comfortable connecting and reaching out to in the community.

“I just want them to know they are not in trouble,” said Graham.

“I want them to know I just need to know they are safe. We are just concerned with their safety.

Because they are vulnerable right? There’s so many different issues that they deal with. We want them to know the police is a safe place for them to come.”

Graham transferred to Red Deer from Surrey, B.C. in December.

She has a background working with youth in the schools.

Because Graham will be the go-to person for missing youth, the position will help free up the time of the general duty officers.

As soon as the police get a call that someone is missing or the caller feels they are missing, the wheels are put into motion to find the missing person.

There is no 24-hour rule. Several officers may work on one file.

The initiative will allow the Mounties to shift to a proactive approach from its existing reactive one.

“It will change the way what happens in Red Deer with our community, with our youth, the way they see the police,” said Kay. “We are always going to have vulnerable kids in need. I think it will be the missing piece of the puzzle.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Budget could add many more spaces in domestic violence shelters $89.9 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS PROMISED

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Tim and Bethani Webb were thrilled when they learned they were expecting a child shortly after getting married in northwestern Alberta last June. Since then they have discovered they are expecting identical quadruplet girls; a 1 in 67 million occurrence. An ultrasound of the quadruplets is shown in a handout photo.

Alberta couple expecting bundle of joy times four IDENTICAL QUADRUPLETS A 1 IN 67 MILLION OCCURRENCE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — In this case it may actually take a village to raise a child — four of them to be exact — in a northwestern Alberta community.

Tim and Bethani Webb of Hythe planned to have a family when they got married last June and were thrilled when they found out not long after that they were expecting.

The thrill is now tinged with a bit of panic since the couple has learned that Bethani is expecting four identical baby girls.

“I definitely did go through some panic attacks. I’m still in such shock that I’m having quads. I’m still waiting for it to sink in that I’m carrying four babies,” said Bethani, 22, who has been admitted to an Edmonton hospital until the girls can be safely delivered, probably in early May. No fertility drugs were involved in the conception.

“One of the nurses that works at the hospital said it was a one in 67 million occurrence,” Bethani said.

The village of Hythe, population 821 and 500 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, is rallying around the young couple.

A fundraiser is scheduled for April and a GoFundMe campaign is raising cash to help with what is going to be a busy time for the Webbs.

“I think we’re going to go through at least 48 diapers a day,” Bethani laughed.

The hospital in nearby Grande Prairie is holding a diaper drive to help with the stockpiling.

Tim Webb, 23, said he was almost overcome when he heard the news.

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The Webbs have been making busy planning for once the babies, who are to be delivered by C-section, are delivered.

“I realized that we didn’t have a vehicle that could support four babies,” Bethani said.

“We were only planning for one and we’d only bought one crib, and we were only planning on buying one car seat. And then, all of a sudden, it’s going from one to four, and having to find the car seats and find the vehicle and find the cribs and find the space.”

Tim said they will be giving up their one bedroom and move into a house with his mother, who is thrilled at having four grandbabies.

The SUV will also have to go to make room for four extra passengers.

Bethani is now trying to figure out how to tell four identical baby girls apart.

“I’m probably going to have to paint their nails or put a bracelet on them or different coloured ribbons.”

As for the dad-to-be: “I think of them as blessings really. I’ll probably be pulling my hair out a year from now, but now I’m excited.

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When the new women’s shelter in Melfort, Sask., is completed this spring, it will be the first shelter built in the province in more than 25 years and will meet a growing need for spaces for women escaping domestic violence.

Last week’s federal budget has raised hopes that more projects like Melfort will spring up in areas where demand outstrips supply, including in the North.

The federal budget promised $89.9 million over two years that would allow 3,000 spaces to be renovated or created.

Lise Martin of the Canadian Network of Women’s Shelters and Transition Houses said that if half the money went to new spaces, it would mean two new shelters for every province. Those facilities would address a shortfall in spaces that in just one day last year saw shelters turn away 302 women and 221 children because of a lack of resources, she said.

“The reality is yes, a lot of shelters are at capacity and the sad fact is, yes, there is a real need for greater creation of space,” Martin said.

The number could be higher if provinces decide to provide matching funds, but the budget says the money will flow even without such a requirement.

Shelter operators are now looking for a seat at the table as the federal government works out the details of the new spending program.

In an interview earlier this month with The Canadian Press, Status of Women Minister Patricia Hajdu said the government wanted to create new spaces in communities that didn’t have any domestic violence shelters, but was also looking to ensure there are more transitional spaces to help

bridge women between emergency shelters and permanent housing.

“We definitely want to get people out of toxic environments, dangerous environments quickly, but we also want to make sure they’re moving towards recovery with their families as quickly as possible,” said Hajdu, who ran Thunder Bay’s largest shelter before entering politics.

Statistics Canada’s most recent report on domestic violence shelters found there were 12,058 spaces in 2014, up about five per cent from the 11,461 available in 2010. The new federal spending would likely double that expansion rate in two years.

Many of those spaces were built in the late 1970s and 1980s, meaning they are not only in need of repairs, but also renovations to meet the demands of modern shelter users, including women with disabilities who are disproportionately affected by violence.

In London, Ont., Women’s Community House was designed for larger families of four or more, not single women or those with one child and has shared spaces that didn’t allow for privacy.

“We know the physical structures are not meeting their needs,” said Shelley Yeo, the shelter’s assistant executive director.

While the one-time capital funding is being welcomed, there remains a lingering need for operational cash.

Martin said more than half of shelters have reported turning to food banks to feed their clients as costs increase and government funding has stayed flat.

“We need shelters, but the money for the programming within the shelters and the cost of shelters — the provincial budgets have not budged in the last 10 years,” she said.

“Electricity has gone up, insurance has gone up, so all of the costs that we have within our individual households, well, it’s the same thing with shelters.”

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Age may gauge budget deficit comfort TIM HARPER OPINION

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hrough a combination of tragic happenstance, judicious use of a holiday weekend and a sporadic parliamentary schedule, Bill Morneau’s $29.4-billion gamble on economic growth is facing less immediate debate than any federal budget in recent memory.

But Thursday, the battle was engaged, even if it ran smack into an Easter weekend, then a two-week break, after debate was already shortened by the sudden death of Conservative MP Jim Hillyer.

A Commons intervention by Conservative Jason Kenney and his national petition to save us from structural deficits (complete with donation button) look suspiciously like an unofficial leadership kickoff for a potential front-runner energized by his budget opposition.

The question for Kenney is whether Canadians, including a good chunk of the Conservative base, will rise up with indignation at the Liberal spending spree, or whether this is seen as an overdue break from the incremental, boutique tax credit days of the Ste-

phen Harper government.

It isn’t just lack of Commons time that will make Kenney’s campaign tough.

It is the larger question of whether young Canadians — those who voted Liberal — are so used to rolling the dice on their own budgets, with hefty mortgages, heavy credit card debt and longer-term car loans as a route to their own financial growth that they merely shrug when their government does the same.

Perhaps those who rail against living beyond your means and demand fiscal accountability are part of the older demographic that is loyal to Conservatives. By echoing that base, Conservatives again risk shouting at the converted even as they are unheard by the demographic they must woo in order to grow.

In an interview with the Star in his Centre Block office Thursday, Morneau would not couch this divide in political terms.

“You should choose the right economic measures for the time that you’re in,” he said.

That might imply that, in the past, as the CEO of Morneau Shepell, he would have been a proponent of balanced budgets. He wouldn’t confirm that, but he is talking about balancing the books in five years if the economy grows as he expects, so, rather than structural deficits, we may simply be in a cycle

that requires spending now.

A study released Thursday by Abacus Data could give Kenney and his Conservatives pause.

While it came as no surprise that only 12 per cent of Liberals and 21 per cent of New Democrats oppose this fiscal plan, Abacus found 41 per cent of Conservative supporters “accepted or supported” the government’s fiscal plan.

However, when asked whether they would pass the budget if they had a vote, 70 per cent of Conservatives said no, and there is your ideological divide.

Overall, however, even though a substantial slice of this country did not like the move into deficit, about seven in 10 felt it was probably the right thing to do right now.

Another factor, not polled by Abacus, but stressed by Morneau, was that the Liberals did not surprise anyone.

Voters don’t like surprises and this budget was widely telegraphed.

Kenney has a sizable constituency and his words will carry more weight on this matter than anyone on the opposition bench and when he says Liberals have taken Canadians down a $119-billion deficit path “and counting” over the life of a mandate, Conservatives will listen.

Morneau is courting some risk, even though he has certainly built in enough cushion to balance within five

years.

Surprise-averse Canadians should again not be surprised if those deficit numbers come in smaller than projected Tuesday.

But it could constrain further spending and, even if it is needed, Liberals will not hike the GST. There is $7 billion in revenue available with every point increase in the tax, every year, within easy reach.

Is there a fiscal reason that this government does not need this revenue? Or is it a political decision? Liberals did not campaign on hiking the GST and provincial leaders who have hiked taxes shortly after being elected — without advertising this during the campaign — have faced harsh judgment from voters.

“First and foremost we promised Canadians we would reduce their taxes,” Morneau said. “We really believe we have laid out a plan for growth which is prudent.

“Canadians hired us to do something new.”

This may all seem new and radical right now, but if the Liberals are set to balance the budget as they ask for another mandate, this will hardly be classed as a revolution. It’s going to be tough to get opponents to the ramparts.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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Judge got it right with the Ghomeshi acquittal RICK ZEMANEK OPINION The acquittal of Jian Ghomeshi on sexual assault charges highlights what’s right with our criminal justice system, contrary to some critics who want to hang him high.

Justice William Horkins’ decision in this high-profile trial of the former CBC celebrity was inevitable. That’s why Horkins, fully aware of a backlash, left no stones unturned in his 26-page decision, reading reason after reason why the three alleged victims could not be trusted.

The judge was blunt. He accused the three women as “playing chicken with the justice system,” being manipulative and even outright lying on the witness stand.

“At trial, each complainant recounted their experience with Mr. Ghomeshi and were then subjected to extensive and revealing cross-examination,” said Horkins. “The cross-examination dramatically demonstrated that each complainant was less than full, frank and forthcoming in information they provided to the media, to the police, to Crown counsel and this court.”

Under our justice system it takes a “reasonable doubt” in the eyes of a judge, or jury, to acquit an accused.

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tain as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

The anger and demonstrations by various groups, who convicted Ghomeshi in their own minds even before the trial started, was no big surprise. They grew desperate and began damning the justice system prematurely while it became more and more obvious there were more holes in the accusers’ testimonies than a block of Swiss cheese.

The Canadian Press, quoting lawyers and women’s groups last week, said the not-guilty verdict on several counts of sexual assault “starkly illustrates the various flaws in a legal system that rarely dispenses justice to victims.”

What flaws? Our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms says a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty. And that person must be afforded the benefit of the doubt. Trial by press and social media, which, for the most part, reached a guilty verdict from Day 1, shamefully ignored the presumption of innocence — the very foundation upon which our justice system is built.

But there exists a confused mindset out there that a person accused of a sexual assault must be guilty or else that person wouldn’t have been charged in the first place.

Horkins addressed that issue. “I have a firm understanding that the reasonableness of reactive human behaviour in the dynamics of a relationship can be variable and unpredictable,” the judge said. “However, the twists and turns of the complain-

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ants’ evidence in this trial, illustrated the need to be vigilant in avoiding the equally dangerous false assumption that sexual assault complaints are always truthful.”

National Post columnist Christie Blatchford added: “Having a pair of breasts, in other words, doesn’t entitle the owner to unquestioned belief.”

Hence the saying: “Justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done.”

Joining the outcry of women’s groups was University of Toronto law professor Brenda Cossman who admitted the witness testimony was highly damaging, to say the least. Yet Cossman came dangerously close in a CBC interview of bringing our justice system in a bad light, almost hinting the guy did it … but. “The outcome (of this case) isn’t surprising, but I think that the message being sent is pretty clear to potential future sexual assaults,” she said. “If there’s anything less than perfect in your behaviour before, during and after the sexual assault, don’t bother coming forward because your credibility will be decimated.”

Decimated? That’s a pretty harsh term in describing a competent lawyer’s cross-examination. Not to mention Crown witnesses are only as good as their credibility. One cannot satisfy the thirst of a court seeking evidence with a water bucket riddled with holes.

Nicole Pietsch of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres also cries “foul.” And like other women’s groups, appears to side with the “guilty until proven innocent concept” in sexual assault cases.

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“All things we heard from victims of sexual violence that said ‘these are the reasons why no one talks about it,’ that’s what we saw roll out in the court, in the cross-examination in particular, and then also in this verdict too,” she said.

The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund also questions the acquittal. In a statement it said “… conclusion that the evidence in this case raises a reasonable doubt is not the same as deciding in any positive way that these events never happened.”

On the other side of the coin, University of Ottawa law professor Carissima Mathen told CTV that while many disagree with the verdict, “within the confines of the criminal law, which has very strict rules, a very high standard of proof … this verdict is defensible.”

She continued: “If there’s information that comes forward that shows inconsistencies in their statements on the stand, that can be fatal.”

Asked by CTV if the law needs to be reformed in sexual assault cases, Mathen said no, the law is already “very progressive. I don’t think the problem is with the law,” she said.

“You can’t undo the presumption of innocence. You can’t force the accused to testify. Those are must non-starters in our system.”

The Crown has the option to appeal the decision. But that’s highly unlikely given the consistency of inconsistencies heard at the trial.

Rick Zemanek is a former Red Deer Advocate editor.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Rob Ford lay in repose Monday at the city hall he dominated for years as mourners filed past his casket to pay their respects, the subdued mood on a dreary day a far cry from the wilder scenes that characterized his scandal-plagued mayoralty.

Mayor John Tory, who gave permission for Ford to lie in repose, was first to pause quietly at his predecessor’s casket, then shake hands with relatives, among them Ford’s brother Doug, mother, wife and two children.

The mourners, some with children in tow, included former high school football players Ford once coached.

“Everything that the media put on him was always so bad that no one ever got to see the good that he did for us as football players, as students, as a mentor,” said Andre Laporte.

“He left all the political stuff at the office and focused on football when he came to the field.”

Some touched or kissed the casket, draped in the city’s blue-and-white flag emblazoned with a red Maple Leaf. Some quietly shed tears. Some crossed themselves.

Ford’s death last week earned international headlines in light of his admitted crack cocaine use, alcohol abuse, lewd comments and at times outrageous behaviour that transformed his office into an unprecedented political and celebrity spectacle.

The loved-or-loathed politician brazened through the often lurid headlines for reasons other than his purported taxpayer-friendly policies. But much of the mayhem seemed forgotten Monday.

Canada BRIEFS Manitoba boy who disappeared from family home drowned, autopsy shows AUSTIN, Man. — RCMP say an autopsy has confirmed that a Manitoba boy whose body was found in a creek Saturday drowned.

Chase Martens walked away from his family home near Austin last Tuesday, prompting an extensive search involving hundreds of people.

An autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the cause of death, police said Monday.

The two-year-old’s parents and other family members took part in a vigil Sunday evening on the shore of the creek where the body was found.

His grieving family said they have been overwhelmed by the support people have shown.

“The family of Chase Martens is completely devastated as they come to grips with the tragic loss of their little boy,” read a statement issued by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection on behalf of the boy’s family.

In its place was a dignified affair, as Ford was granted a rare honour not provided to a former mayor since Donald Summerville, 48, died of a heart attack in 1963 after a charity hockey game in which he played goalie against city hall’s press gallery.

Jack Layton, one-time federal NDP leader and longtime Toronto city councillor, also lay in repose at city hall in 2011.

A city spokeswoman said Ford’s family asked that his body be allowed to lie in repose and Tory gave his blessing.

Also on hand Monday was George Smitherman, the odds-on favourite to win the mayoralty in 2010 but who nevertheless was trounced by Ford.

Smitherman said he expected only tributes now for the former mayor.

“There will be a strong outpouring of love, which is appropriate for a politician who managed the rare feat of being open enough to generate genuine connection and love with constituents,” Smitherman said.

The sentiment was echoed by Vince Ross, who said Ford showed up at his wedding last year despite undergoing chemotherapy for the cancer that would eventually kill him last week. “(He) was really gracious, took pictures, talked to everybody and really kick-started the party,” Ross said.

Doug Ford, who jumped into the 2014 mayoral race after his brother was forced to withdraw, spent hours at the front of the line greeting visitors and posing for pictures with them, a favorite pastime of his late sibling.

Ford’s casket will remain at city hall until Tuesday to allow the public to say goodbye.

On Wednesday, a procession will The release said the family wants to express their heartfelt gratitude to RCMP, the provincial fire commissioner and community volunteers who took part in the search.

“At this time, Chase’s family is asking for privacy as they grieve with their young children.”

Community leagues want residential speed limit lowered to 40 km/hr EDMONTON — A new campaign brought to Edmonton city council’s transportation committee is asking for the speed limit to be reduced in residential zones.

The speed limit is currently 50 km/h in most Edmonton neighbourhoods.

The Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues is lobbying city council to vote on reducing it to 40 km/h.

Ward 6 city councillor Scott McKeen suggests if the speed reduction were to be implemented, it should be a provincewide initiative.

He says if there is too much variation from municipality to municipality, it could confuse drivers.

Provincial officials say the cities have the authority to change speed limits on their own, but the government is willing to consider options.

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Mourners kneel in front of the casket of Rob Ford as it lies in repose in Toronto’s city hall on Monday. head to nearby St. James cathedral for funeral services, followed by a private family ceremony. The funeral for Conservative finance minister Jim Flaherty, a friend of the Fords, was also held at St. James.

Ford served as mayor from 2010 to 2014 but his re-election bid was stymied by his cancer diagnosis. He dropped out of the race weeks before voting day but ran for his old city council seat instead, winning easily.

Retired Edmonton firefighter in coma in Thailand, family wants him home

“(Bill is) an excellent person, (who) gave back to the community throughout his career,” Holubowich says.

“I would hope Edmontonians would find a way to help Bill now in his time of need.”

EDMONTON — Former colleagues are rallying to bring home a retired Edmonton firefighter who contracted a rare virus and fell into a coma in Thailand in January.

His family says Bill Hughes was on vacation when he was hospitalized for a mosquito-borne infection known as Japanese encephalitis.

Since then, he’s remained unconscious and in-care overseas.

His daughter flew to Thailand to watch over him, but now the family is struggling to pay their way home.

Greg Holubowich, Hughes’ former co-worker and the current president of the Edmonton Firefighters’ Union, says it could cost as much as $200,000.

As of Monday morning, supporters had raised more than $30,000 in an online fundraiser, and the firefighters’ union says it is looking into launching additional fundraisers of its own.

Hughes’ family says they’ve already had to sell off some of their personal possessions to pay for travel and medical fees.

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Northern officials say Pauloosie Keeyootak left Iqaluit last Tuesday and was supposed to have arrived at his destination the following day.

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First responders transport the person believed to be the suspect in a shooting at the U.S. Capitol complex Monday, in Washington. Visitors and staff were shut in their offices and told to “shelter in place.” The shooting unfolded with Congress on recess and lawmakers back in their districts.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Police shot a man on Monday after he pulled a weapon at a U.S. Capitol checkpoint as spring tourists thronged Washington, authorities said. The suspect was previously known to police.

The suspect was taken to a local hospital, and a female bystander also sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Capitol Chief of Police Matthew R. Verderosa declined to confirm reports that the suspect was the same man who was arrested last October for disrupting House proceedings, yelling he was a “Prophet of God.” That man, 66-year-old Larry Dawson of Tennessee, was issued a “stay away order” by D.C. Superior Court in October, telling him to keep away from the Capitol grounds, court documents show. In a statement late Monday thanking police for their work, Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., said Dawson pulled a gun at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center and police responded once he drew his weapon.

The U.S. Capitol was on lockdown for about an hour Monday and the White House also was briefly locked down. As the capital teemed with spring tourists in town to view the cherry blossoms, staff members and visitors to the Capitol were rushed into offices and told to shelter in place.

“We do believe this is an act of a single person who has frequented the Capitol grounds before and there is no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act,” Verderosa told reporters.

He said it was unclear how many officers fired their guns. Initial reports had said an officer was injured but that proved wrong.

Verderosa said the suspect’s vehicle had been found on Capitol grounds and was being seized. On Monday evening, all roads had been reopened and the U.S. Capitol complex had returned to normal operations, officials said in a statement.

The police chief said the suspect was undergoing surgery but provided no information on his condition. Later Monday, a spokeswoman for MedStar

Washington Hospital Center said a person involved in the incident was taken to that hospital and is currently in critical condition. She would not identify the person or give any additional information.

George Washington University Hospital spokeswoman Susan Griffiths said it had treated one patient from the Capitol incident for minor injuries and planned to release the patient shortly, but she did not identify the person.

Monday’s event unfolded with Congress on recess and lawmakers back in their districts. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., issued a statement thanking Capitol Police, as did other congressional leaders.

“This evening our thoughts and prayers are with all those who faced danger today,” Ryan said.

The sprawling Capitol Visitors Center where the shooting occurred remained closed into the evening as the incident was being investigated, while the Capitol itself and nearby office buildings reopened.

Visitors were turned away from the Capitol in the immediate aftermath of the shooting as emergency vehicles flooded the street and the plaza on the building’s eastern side. Police, some carrying long guns, cordoned off the streets immediately around the building.

Cathryn Leff of Temecula, California, in town to lobby with the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, said she was going through security at the main entrance to the Capitol Visitors Center when police told people to leave immediately.

Outside, on the plaza just to the east of the Capitol, other officers told those there to “get down behind this wall,” she said.

“I heard what sounded like two shots off to my left.”

After a while, police told her and others to keep running. “I felt like I was in a movie. It didn’t feel real at all.”

From back home in their districts, many lawmakers got in touch with staff to ensure all were safe, and posted thanks on Twitter as it appeared they were.

Earlier in the day, officials conducted an unrelated shelter-in-place drill at the Capitol.

OTTAWA — The vast majority of the 26,000 Syrian refugees who arrived in Canada by the end of last month showed up healthy, newly published government data suggests.

But while the study by Public Health Agency of Canada staff said the newcomers posed no risk to public health, it noted it will take time for chronic medical and mental-health conditions to present and health-care professionals need to remain vigilant.

The Immigration Department has published data on some of the newly arrived Syrians, but the public health study is the first comprehensive look at the entire group.

The researchers focused on communicable diseases among those resettled in Canada as part of the Liberal program to bring 25,000 people here by the end of February.

All applicants had medical exams as part of the program, though how many were rejected for medical reasons is unknown. The review found of those accepted, two had potential cases of non-infectious tuberculosis.

None tested positive for syphilis or HIV. Ten were sent to hospital upon arrival for possible communicable diseases, though none ended up a concern to public health. Another 54 were hospitalized upon arrival for other urgent reasons.

“Large-scale refugee movements place pressure on health-care systems, both in their immediate response and as part of long-term resettlement efforts,” the study, published this month in the Canadian Communicable Disease Report, concluded.

“As Syrians integrate into Canada, meeting their longer-term, health-care needs will call for a seamless network of health-care providers, supported by community partners.”

The study observed refugees tend to under-report chronic health conditions for fear of being rejected and estimated about five per cent of the arriving Syrians have some kind ongoing health-care need.

Mental-health issues will also take time to surface, the report said.

It also found a number of children arrived with illnesses including cancers, seizures and developmental disorders. Malnutrition and children with intellectual disabilities were also observed.

The incidence of those appears to be higher than in the general Canadian population, said Dr. Anna Banerji, the pediatrician who screened Syrian children as they landed in Toronto.

She said it’s not unusual for government-assisted refugees to have complex health requirements — they are selected for resettlement on the basis of vulnerability and medical needs contribute to that status.

It’s also common for settlement agencies to have no inkling of incoming medical needs, but the Syrian program amplified the challenge with so many people arriving in such a short time.

In her day-to-day work with refugees, Banerji usually has time for a detailed physical exam, blood work, vaccinations and parasite checks. With the Syrians, she was just putting out fires because of the volume of arrivals.

Linking children up with the right health care was also more difficult because of housing shortages delaying getting them out of airport hotels and into permanent homes.

“Eventually they will settle through, but it wasn’t an easy time for many families,” Banerji said.

The report noted the most immediate need upon arrival was catching up on immunizations and dental care.

In Toronto, more than 500 dental emergencies were addressed. Patients of all ages had severe diseases in their mouth and weren’t able to sleep or eat because of the pain, said Dr. Hazel Stewart, the director of dental and oral health services at Toronto Public Health. The drive now is to connect everyone to ongoing dental care, as it’s not just a health issue, Stewart said.

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Members of a civil society group light candles during a vigil for the victims of Sunday’s suicide bombing, Monday, in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan’s prime minister on Monday vowed to eliminate perpetrators of terror attacks such as the massive suicide bombing that targeted Christians gathered for Easter the previous day in the eastern city of Lahore, killing tens of people.

As Pakistan mourns, PM vows to defeat militants willing, I will not sit idle until I bring smiles back on their faces.”

The attack underscored both the militants’ ability to stage large-scale attacks despite a government offensive and the precarious position of Pakistan’s minority Christians.

At the Vatican, Pope Francis decried what he called the vile and abominable bombing against Christians and urged Pakistani authorities to “make every effort to restore security and serenity” in the country, particularly for religious minorities.

In Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad, Islamic extremists protested for a second day outside Parliament and other key buildings, demanding that authorities impose Sharia law.

The army deployed paramilitary Rangers as well as about 800 additional soldiers from neighbouring Rawalpindi to Islamabad, to protect the centre, which houses main government buildings and diplomatic missions.

The leader of the protesters, Sarwat Ejaz Qadri told a local TV channel they would stay1 outside Parliament “until our demands are met.” Hundreds were hunkered down for a long stay, chanting prayers, occasionally raising anti-government slogans and brandishing long sticks.

They were protesting the hanging last month of policeman Mumtaz Qadri. He was convicted for the 2011 murder of Gov. Salman Taseer, who was defending a Christian woman jailed on blasphemy charges.

Taseer had also criticized Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws and campaigned against them. The woman, Aasia Bibi, is still in jail facing blasphemy charges.

In recent weeks, Pakistan’s Islamist parties have been threatening widespread demonstration to protest what they say is Sharif’s pro-Western stance.

They have also denounced draft legislation in Punjab province that outlaws violence against women.

Earlier this month, Sharif had officially recognized holidays celebrated

by Pakistan’s minority religions, including Easter and the Hindu festival of Holi.

LAHORE, Pakistan — In an emotional televised address, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Monday to hunt down and defeat the militants who have been carrying out attacks like the Easter bombing that targeted Christians and killed 72 people.

“We will not allow them to play with the lives of the people of Pakistan,” Sharif said. “This is our resolve. This is the resolve of the 200 million people of Pakistan.”

As the country began three days of mourning after Sunday’ suicide bombing in the eastern city of Lahore in a park crowded with families, Sharif said the army would forge ahead with a military operation on extremist hideouts and police will go after what he called the “cowards” who carried out the attack.

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a breakaway Taliban faction that supports the Islamic State group, claimed responsibility and said it specifically targeted Christians.

But most of those killed were Muslims who also had been in the popular park for the holiday.

Many women and children were among the victims, and dozens of families held tearful funerals Monday for their slain relatives. At least 300 people were wounded.

Sharif, who cancelled a visit to the United States to attend a nuclear summit, also warned extremists against using Islam to justify their violence in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation.

Pakistan has suffered a series of attacks in recent months, and Sharif said militants are hitting “soft targets” like playgrounds and schools because military and police operations are putting pressure on their operations.

Sharif met with security officials earlier in the day, and raids and dozens of arrests were carried out in eastern Punjab province, where several militant organizations are headquartered.

The prime minister also visited hospitals in Lahore where many of the injured were being treated.

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Firefighters have to rescue twin boy and girl after they drift away on ice floe CHARLOTTETOWN — Nine-yearold twins are back on dry land after being rescued from an ice floe that drifted away from shore as they played with friends.

Sgt. Walter Vessey of the Charlottetown police says the girl and boy had been jumping on cakes of ice on the edge of the Hillsborough River when one started moving out at around 3 p.m. Sunday.

Two of their friends were also on the floe, but managed to jump off and wade back to shore before rescuers arrived.

Fire officials used an inflatable rescue boat to go about 40 metres offshore to retrieve the pair, who were given life-jackets to wear as they were brought back to shore.

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REGINA — Anyone in Ottawa who thinks the outcome of next week’s Saskatchewan election could rid the country of a premier who opposes a carbon tax should think again.

Current Premier Brad Wall — one of the loudest voices against a national carbon tax — is riding high in the polls heading into Monday’s election.

But Opposition NDP Leader Cam Broten doesn’t like the idea either, so opposition to the tax wouldn’t be likely to change if he were to pull off a surprise win next Monday.

“I don’t support an economy-wide carbon tax. It’s not the right approach for Saskatchewan,” Broten said at a recent campaign stop in Regina.

Wall has repeatedly said that a national carbon tax would “kneecap” an already struggling Canadian economy.

He has suggested Canada should focus on technological solutions, such as carbon capture and storage, which is being used at a coal-fired power plant in southern Saskatchewan.

Both Wall and Broten back the idea of a carbon levy on heavy emitters, with any money collected going to a fund for clean technology.

The Sask. Party has passed such legislation, but it’s never been brought into force.

Broten said a green technology fund would ensure that any dollars raised would stay in the province and “we’re not siphoning dollars off going to Ottawa.”

“That would allow proper innovation, proper steps here in Saskatchewan to make sure that we are doing the innovations and the transitions are in fact needed and required.”

Even the Saskatchewan Green party

says it wouldn’t impose a carbon tax if elected. Leader Victor Lau said there are better ways to curb greenhouse gas emissions and a carbon tax “would hurt people already struggling in the current economic climate,” as well as those who live in rural and remote areas.

Environmentalists are upset that their cause hasn’t played much of a role in the three-week-old campaign.

Allyson Brady, executive director with the Saskatchewan Environmental Society, appreciates that the environment is mentioned in the parties’ election platforms, but suggests that “we’re probably not hearing enough about what needs to be done in Saskatchewan.”

“For example, in climate change, Saskatchewan has one of the highest greenhouse gas emissions per capita in Canada, so we need to take some fairly drastic steps soon. I don’t think that the leaders are really talking about that serious issue,” Brady said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“They have been talking a little bit about renewable energy, which is very positive to hear about. However, what we need to start to see are things like a carbon tax, which right now we’re hearing some resistance from.”

In a province where a large portion of the power comes from burning coal, the Saskatchewan Party has already announced a goal to have 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030.

The NDP says in its platform that it would aim for 60 per cent renewable power by 2030, with a legislated target of at least 50 per cent by that date.

“I think we need to be far farther than that by 2030,” said Gideon Forman, a climate change policy analyst with the David Suzuki Foundation.

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Tattoo artist Auberon Wolf stands for a photograph in Vancouver, B.C. People who have attempted suicide and been the victims of physical assault are finding a psychological healing by having their scars incorporated into tattoos. During busy weeks, Vancouver tattoo artist Auberon Wolf will collaborate with upwards of 10 clients on their designs.

Tattoo artist transforms scars of trauma survivors into empowering masterpieces

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It’s not uncommon for artists to be asked to mask scars, such as from mastectomies. And in Brazil, a woman tattooer receives funding to paint domestic violence survivors from an NGO called the Municipal Secretariat of Policies for Women.

Wolf was drawn to trauma survivors after multiple personal incidents, including sexual assaults, car and bicycle accidents, and being on campus during the 2006 Dawson College shooting in Montreal. Wolf said tattooing other trauma survivors is a calling that gives life purpose. A design on Wolf’s left arm fuses scars from self-injury during mental health struggles as a teen.

“Receiving tattoos was an immense vehicle for personal empowerment,” said Wolf, who identifies as genderqueer, or someone who doesn’t see themselves as exclusively masculine or feminine. “To heal over and over again as my skin healed.”

Cleanliness is paramount at the studio, said Wolf, who requires every client to sign an exhaustive consent form.

Laura Wallace, 42, said getting tattooed by Wolf stopped her from killing herself.

VANCOUVER — Clients with scars from traumatic surgeries, suicide attempts and abuse are turning to a Vancouver tattoo artist for healing inside and out.m Auberon Wolf designs tattoos around cut lines from self-injury, burn welts and traces of physical violence, painting them into symbols of empowerment.

“You just can’t help but think, what can you put there to help the person feel more comfortable in their own skin,” said Wolf. “What can I bring to that with love and care, that’s more than just art?”

The process, which may take weeks or months, can be more therapeutic than the finished artwork, said Wolf, 29. During busy weeks, as many as 10 clients visit Wolf’s vibrant studio to collaborate, paying with cash or traded skills. Wolf’s “most intense” work has coloured over wounded flesh up to a finger’s-width thick, while the artist hopes in the future to ornament burn scars featuring more ripple and texture. One of Wolf’s favourite pieces is a watercolour fractal sunflower on the arm of a friend who cut herself as a street kid, helping the woman let go of her past identity. Another features a pattern of morning glories creeping around a Daisy has a perky little woman’s ribs, which Wolf personality to match her pretty said sent her into spasms little face. She’s outgoing and as the process evoked an- inquisitive, lively and playful. She sure doesn’t like her cage and guishing memories of a loves to come out for exercise miscarriage. and socialization. That’s her “There’s something favorite part of the day. She’s inherently radical about kind of a unique bunny because people carrying trauma of the condition of her eye. She investing in themselves, has a nuclear cataract in her left even if it’s going to take eye. Her near vision and detail them to a painful or trig- vision are reduced as a result. However, her overall vision is still good. gering place,” said Wolf. Nuclear cataracts tend not to progress, so that’s good news! Even if “We can rewrite that mo- her vision is hampered, if the cataract progresses, rabbits can function very well with vision in one eye, so surgery may not be required. Her eye ment.”

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Robert Koteles is dropping his lawsuit with the town on Ponoka. Koteles was seeking compensation for loss and medical distress after the town ordered the removal of a container that he was using to grow medical marijuana from the driveway of a local home.

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The younger Sok was chopped after his entree dish — goat caper patty with peppermint patty sauce — failed to please the judges’ taste buds. Dany said his goal was to make it pass the appetizer round.

“It was a big relief that I was able to go to the second round,” said Dany, who owns Bamboo Hut in Sylvan Lake.

“I am pretty competitive. I don’t like to lose but sometimes to win, you have to lose. It can make yourself better by challenging yourself more.”

There was more brotherly love than sibling rivalry. Pete noticed his brother was struggling and he was tempted to lend a helping hand.

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Dany said his brother deserves the win considering everything he has put into his career.

“It’s a great feeling. I think he deserves it with all his hard work and his dedication,” said Dany. “I feel good that he won. If we both lost I wouldn’t feel that good.”

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Koteles said his lawyer and the town’s counsel agreed on the withdrawal of the claim. Also, complicating the issue for him from a legal standpoint was that he no longer lives on the property where the sea container had been located.

Meanwhile, Koteles, who uses marijuana for relief from severe osteoarthritis, is awaiting new regulations on medical marijuana production from the federal government.

In February, Federal Court Judge Michael Phelan found that the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations Act violated charter rights by requiring patients to buy from licensed producers.

In a written decision, the judge suspended the decision to strike down the law for six months. That gives the government a window to create new medical marijuana regulations.

Koteles is awaiting the regulations to begin growing marijuana again. He was licensed to grow 44 plants, which he juices to provide pain relief and improved sleep.

John Conroy, the Abbotsford, B.C. lawyer, who took on the federal government on the marijuana issue plans to be back in court next month to ensure the previous ruling extends to all patients approved for medical marijuana.-

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Top oil exec has Red Deer roots

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta Oil magazine’s 2016 CEO of the year Lorenzo Donadeo may be driven but he hasn’t forgotten life’s simple things.

An Italian phrase the Red Deerraised Vermilion Energy founder inherited from his parents and holds dear is “La dolce de fare niente.”

It translates as “the sweetness of doing nothing.”

To Donadeo, that means travels abroad with his extended family and gatherings at his Sylvan Lake cottage that regularly bring 20 to 30 relatives together.

Make no mistake though, hard work runs through the Donadeo family like the coal seams his father, Antonio, chipped away at in Mercoal, Alta. when he and his wife Vittoria first immigrated to Canada from Italy in 1952.

“It was a really difficult and a terrible job. It wasn’t very safe. They persevered because they didn’t have a lot of options and made the best of the situation,” recalls Lorenzo, who lives in Calgary.

His father toiled in Mercoal (now a ghost town located about 70 km southeast of Hinton) until around 1958. The mine closed and the family, including a two-year-old Lorenzo, moved to Red Deer.

Here, Vic Walls, a local paving pioneer and owner of Border Paving, hired Antonio as a rake man.

“Vic is a great guy. He gave my dad a golden opportunity,” says Lorenzo, 60, adding his father spent 30 years with Border before retiring.

Lorenzo’s mother, Vittoria, worked as a cleaning lady at Michener Centre. But for the residents there, she was much more.

“She was very dedicated to her job and she cared LORENZO DONADEO immensely for the kids. I think she was really respected and admired by everyone there.”

Both parents still live in Red Deer’s Eastview neighbourhood. His wife Donna, one of 10 children of Ewen and Anne Wright, was raised here and most of her family still live here. Both sides of the family routinely gather at their Sylvan Lake cottages.

Lorenzo grew up with three sisters in a two-bedroom, 800-square-foot home in north Red Deer and attended Montfort, St. Thomas Aquinas and Camille J. Lerouge Schools.

“Red Deer was a great place to grow up. We used to do a lot of fishing by Prairie Creek (near Rocky Mountain House).”

His first job was as a Red Deer Ad-

vocate paperboy. “It was a great job for a young kid.” Jobs at Woolco in the shoe department and in concrete work followed.

After graduating from high school, he took a year off and worked for the railways and in Fort McMurray for a year before taking welding engineering technology at SAIT. He did well and was encouraged enough to pursue an engineering degree.

He left university with his freshly minted degree at a good time.

The oil and gas business was peaking in 1981 and the young engineer had his pick of nine job offers. He rose through the ranks in Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas, Dome Petroleum and later Amoco before starting Calgary-based Vermilion Energy in 1994.

In choosing its top CEO for 2016, Alberta Oil was impressed by Donadeo’s coolness under pressure and ability to grow production at a time when the province’s oil and gas industry is struggling. Two major deals, which saw the oil and gas intermediate establish a presence into Croatia and northwestern Germany, were highlighted in the magazine’s glowing profile of the executive.

Alberta and Saskatchewan are still a key part of its operations, but Vermilion’s European assets, also include a presence in France, the Netherlands and Ireland’s offshore gas resources.

Europe is all about positioning the company for future growth, he told Alberta Oil.

For Donadeo, that future will be managed as Chairman of the Board, after he stepped down as Vermilion CEO last month, a move he admits wasn’t easy.

“But it’s been a really successful run. We provided about 30 per cent compound annual return,” he says, adding the company also won many workplace awards for its enviable work culture.

He may be giving up his “dream job” but he’s already looking forward to spending more time on another family business, Casadona Group, where he joins two of his three sons, Franco and Tony. The youngest son, Marco, works there in summers while in university getting his business degree.

Casadona has commercial real estate assets and run a bond and equity fund. Casadona is an abbreviated version of the Italian for house of Donadeo a nod to its place as a “family” firm.

Family is at the root of everything his parents told him.

“Family comes first.

“They also taught us that hard work is very important. They taught us about perseverance. Sometimes you have to overcome obstacles but you just keep working at them until you overcome them.

“And they taught us to enjoy our life as a family. Those are the key things I still hold on to and try to teach my kids.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Business groups to urge government to end fracking moratorium

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Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks at an event in Ottawa on Wednesday.

Morneau prepares to refocus on CPP expansion

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — With his first budget behind him, rookie Finance Minister Bill Morneau seems comfortable in his new surroundings — he’s even quick to highlight the symbolism of the boardroom artwork at his department’s headquarters.

Morneau points to a series of framed pictures featuring etchings of $1 coins. The artist, he explains, flipped each of the loonies repeatedly to identify which might be considered the luckiest of the bunch.

That coin, now encased, also hangs from the wall.

“So, that’s the lucky loonie,” Morneau told The Canadian Press before a recent roundtable interview.

“We thought that was an appropriate piece of art for the Finance Department.”

Just days after tabling his maiden budget, good fortune seemed to be on the former Toronto businessman’s mind as he explained what his private-sector expertise brings to one of his next big tasks: enhancing the Canada Pension Plan.

One’s ability to retire in dignity is often driven “partially by luck,” said Morneau, who has advised Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on pensions. There’s a role for government when someone in a private, defined-contribution plan — and who hasn’t saved enough — happens to retire at a time when the stock market’s down, he continued.

The Liberals repeated their support for strengthening the CPP in last week’s budget, which noted the dangers of things like failing private-sector pension plans and the risk that healthier Canadians could outlive their savings.

Until last fall, Morneau was executive chairman of the human re-

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He said he understands the financial challenges seniors face and that any CPP enhancement should be fully funded by those who will actually use it to avoid an “intergenerational wealth transfer.”

Morneau said he hopes to eventually get some consensus on enhancing the CPP, a goal outlined in the Liberal government’s election platform. Doing so would require the support of seven of the 10 provinces representing two-thirds of the country’s population.

The provinces and territories are scheduled to reconvene in June to continue talks that began in December on the polarizing subject of CPP reform. The aim is to reach a collective decision by the end of the year.

But it’s still unclear how much support the Liberals will garner, even though the provinces agreed in December to continue discussing the subject. Wynne, for one, supports CPP expansion and plans to proceed with the first phase of mandatory contributions starting in 2018, for the new Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. That plan essentially mirrors the CPP for anyone who doesn’t already have a workplace pension.

Other big provinces like Quebec and British Columbia remain unconvinced. Quebec already has a public pension plan and B.C. has expressed concerns about the country’s fragile economy. Saskatchewan has opposed CPP enhancement over worries about the negative consequences of the oil-price slide on the provincial economy. But Morneau said he remains “cautiously optimistic” about the next round of CPP talks — an issue he’s unwilling to leave up to a simple toss of a coin.

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FREDERICTON — A collection of business groups is calling on the New Brunswick government to lift its fracking moratorium, but opponents say it’s a last ditch effort to save a failing industry.

The business groups have called a news conference for Tuesday in Fredericton to make their case.

“When you look at the unemployment levels being as high as they are — almost 10 per cent unemployment in New Brunswick — certainly there are a lot of families in New Brunswick who could use the jobs at a time when our economy is really in a significant slump,” said Joel Richardson, vice-president of the New Brunswick division of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters.

Others in the group calling for an end to the moratorium are The True Growth Natural Gas Working Group, Atlantica Centre for Energy, the New Brunswick Responsible Energy Development Alliance and the New Brunswick Petroleum Alliance.

“We are encouraging the province to move forward so that we can attract investment and we can create jobs in New Brunswick, but the only way we’re going to be able to do that is if there is no moratorium,” Richardson said.

He said exploration companies won’t invest in the province as long as the moratorium is in place.

Energy Minister Donald Arseneault could not be reached for comment Monday.

Just two weeks ago, SWN Resources announced it was closing its office in New Brunswick amid uncertainty about the timetable for developing the shale gas industry in the province.

New Brunswick’s Liberal government imposed the moratorium in December 2014 to allow for time to address public concerns.

The biggest public issue is the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or frack-

BRIEFS Documents allege Amaya CEO David Baazov was ‘main source’ of privileged info MONTREAL — Quebec’s securities watchdog alleges friends and associates of Amaya’s CEO and his brother pocketed nearly $1.5 million in profits from insider information they received about acquisitions, including the deal almost two years ago that transformed the Montreal firm into the world’s largest online poker company.

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ing. It’s a process where fluids or gas and chemicals are pumped underground at high pressure to fracture layers of shale rock to release trapped pockets of shale gas. Environmental groups say the process threatens groundwater supplies.

Jim Emberger, spokesman for the New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance, said the latest effort to lift the moratorium is an act of desperation for an industry beset by rising environmental concerns and falling commodity prices.

“The market for this product is disappearing at the same time that its price has cratered,” he said Monday.

“Last week, Canada and the United States signed an agreement to reduce methane emissions from gas and oil production by 40 per cent, which is going to add more expenses to the industry. The reason they did this is because they found out that methane emissions have grown by leaps and bounds, much more than anyone anticipated.”

But Richardson said natural gas development has been without incident in New Brunswick since the early 1990s.

“We’re hopeful that with the proper environmental regulation and oversight in place that people will accept that it is a viable option and that the risk can be mitigated,” he said.

The government imposed five conditions when it imposed the moratorium, including a plan for regulations, waste-water disposal, a process to consult First Nations, a royalty structure and a so-called social licence.

Last month, a government-appointed commission called on the government to be more diligent in consulting aboriginal communities and set up a plan to deal with fracking wastewater.

It also called for an independent regulatory body as a first step in rebuilding lost public trust in oversight of the industry. being “the main source” of privileged information.

Baazov was charged last week with five counts, including influencing or attempting to influence the market price of the securities of Amaya. Two other people and three companies face 18 additional charges stemming from the AMF investigation.

Baazov, 35, has said the allegations are false and he is confident he will be found innocent of all charges. While details about the case haven’t been disclosed, the documents outline alleged insider trading activity relating to seven transactions since 2011 involving 13 other people, including Baazov’s brother Josh. Profits from individual investor transactions ranged between $200 to $155,839, according to two reports of the investigations released by an independent administrative tribunal associated with the AMF. More than $800,000 was allegedly made from trades related to Amaya’s US$4.9B purchase in 2014 of the Oldford Group, parent company of PokerStars and Full Tilt poker.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market capped a quiet trading session little changed Monday as it looked for but found little direction from usually volatile commodity markets.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 32.08 points to 13,390.19 in the first day back from the Easter long weekend.

Canada’s main market, with a heavy weighting in resource stocks, got support from the utilities and financial sectors, but was pulled down slightly by base and precious metal miners.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.34 of a U.S. cent at 75.87 cents US. Commodities were mixed, as April gold fell to its lowest level in more than a month, with bullion retreating $1.50 to US$1,220.10 a troy ounce.

The May contract for North American benchmark crude oil was flat, down seven cents at US$39.39 a barrel, while May natural gas was up five cents at US$1.94 per mmBTU. May copper added two cents to US$2.25 a pound.

“Commodities are keeping the TSX tame today,” said Craig Fehr, a Canadian markets strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, Mo. “In the absence of data that provides conviction both to the upside or downside, we’re just going to see flat days like this. Investors are sitting back, taking stock of the volatility we’ve seen so far (this year). But I don’t think we’re going to see these calm markets continue. I think volatility is going to return. It’s going to be on the back of some data that really incites that volatility.”

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 17.97 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.68 First Quantum Minerals . . 6.79 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.79 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 4.96 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.99 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.65 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.70 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.810 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 9.76 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.68 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 21.93 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 43.87 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.52 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 20.34 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 35.12 Canyon Services Group. . 3.51 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.01 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1500 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 7.64 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.660 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 84.22 There was positive economic news out of the U.S., but the data was not enough to push New York indexes much higher.

Wall Street stayed muted, as the Dow Jones industrial average gained 19.66 points to 17,535.39, while the broader S&P 500 added 1.11 points to 2,037.05. The Nasdaq pulled back 6.72 points to 4,766.79.

The Commerce Department said U.S. consumer spending grew for a third consecutive month in February, but only by a meagre 0.1 per cent and matching similar lacklustre growth in the previous two months.

Consumer spending is one of the indicators the U.S. Federal Reserve is watching closely to help it decide when it will hike interest rates. At its meeting this month, the central bank decided to leave a key rate unchanged while signalling that it now expected to boost rates only two times this year, down from previous expectations of four rate hikes. Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen will discuss her views on the economy in a highly anticipated speech Tuesday before the Economic Club of New York.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,390.19, up 32.08 points Dow — 17,535.39, up 19.66 points S&P 500 — 2,037.05, up 1.11 points Nasdaq — 4,766.79, down 6.72 points Currencies: Cdn — 75.87 cents US, up

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TransCanada bought 13 hydroelectric dams on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers from USGen New England in 2005.

The Valley News reports the Wilder, Bellows Falls and Vernon, Vermont, dams are among

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Barley (Western): May ‘16 unchanged $176.00 July ‘16 unchanged $178.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $178.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $178.00 March ‘17 unchanged $178.00 May ‘17 unchanged $178.00 July ‘17 unchanged $178.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $178.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $178.00 March ‘18 unchanged $178.00 May ‘18 unchanged $178.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 269,900 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 269,900.

the assets TransCanada plans to sell.

TransCanada also plans to sell its Kibby wind development in Maine its generation plants in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and New York and its power marketing business TransCanada, which had proposed the Keystone XL oil pipeline, has challenged the U.S. government’s rejection of the project.

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A pothole is seen on St. Paul street in Montreal. An annoying sign of spring , the dreaded pothole is testing the patience of Canadian drivers this year while also creating a financial bonanza for auto repair shops.

Pothole menace angers motorists, creates business for repair shops

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — An annoying sign of spring — the dreaded pothole — is testing the patience of Canadian drivers this year while also creating a financial bonanza for auto repair shops. Extreme fluctuations in early spring temperatures along with lots of rain have unearthed a high number of potholes that are exposing motorists to hefty repair bills.

“It’s probably the worst year I’ve seen in the last 10 to 15 years,” Ben Lalonde, president of My AutoPro service centres in Ottawa, said in a recent interview.

Business is up as customers are showing up with bent wheels, punctured tires, misalignments and wrecked suspensions. Repair bills can range between $200 and $500 depending on the force of impact and the type of damage, Lalonde said.

Spring is a lucrative period for repair shops, says Jack Bayramian, owner of Montreal’s Decarie Garage, who adds that repairs stemming from pothole damage makes up about 30 per cent of his year’s revenues.

There’s no tally for the cost of dealing with the aftermath of potholes in Canada, but a poll of U.S. motorists by the American Automobile Association suggests they spend an average of US$3 billion a year dealing with pothole repairs. The Canadian Automobile Association is in the process of conducting its own poll.

While repair shops welcome the

extra business, they also say it can cause customers to pare back spending on preventative maintenance.

“I know having bad roads is good for business but I think it’s (temporary) … because a lot of people end up neglecting their cars, and at the end it could be a safety concern,” James Bastien, manager of an OK Tire in the nation’s capital.

Most motorists tend to pay for repairs out-of-pocket unless damage is well above insurance claim deductibles, or they can beat the odds and win a claim from a municipality.

Several large Canadian municipalities are struggling this year to keep up with the menace that is consistently among the top sources of angry complaints from residents.

“This year has been fairly bad,” says Bryden Denyes, area manager of core roads for the City of Ottawa.

The city has filled 51,000 potholes so far this year, up substantially from 20,200 at the same time in 2015, but down slightly from two years ago.

Compared to last year’s almost relentless bone-chilling cold, Ottawa has faced 28 freeze-and-thaw cycles versus just 11 a year ago.

The capital spends $5.4 million a year filling potholes and repairing roads, compared to the nearly $7 million to fix major and arterial roads in Montreal. Toronto spent $6 million in 2014 to fix 360,000 potholes.

Lionel Perez, a councillor responsible for Montreal’s infrastructure, said it’s a constant struggle to plug the holes, especially because of decades of under-investment.

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Ducks fly past Oilers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Ducks 2 Oilers 1 EDMONTON — The Anaheim Ducks are looking forward to heading home.

Corey Perry scored his 31st goal of the season and John Gibson made 27 saves as the Ducks capped off a fivegame road trip with their second win in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Monday.

“I thought we were resilient, but we were pretty sloppy tonight and we looked a little tired,” said Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau, whose team now returns home for four straight games.

“It was a good win for us to have at the end of a long road trip, allowing only one goal. But they missed some opportunities, but (Gibson) was the difference in the game.”

Brandon Pirri also scored for the Ducks (42-23-10), who moved one point back of the Kings for first in the Pacific Division. L.A. could regain ground with a win over San Jose later Monday.

“I think we wanted to carry off from last game and I think it’s more about playing the right way now and not just for the end of the trip, but heading into playoffs,” Gibson said.

Nail Yakupov replied for the Oilers (30-41-7), who have lost two straight.

“I thought we played a solid game, just a couple of mental breaks, but I thought we played hard,” said former Duck turned Oiler Patrick Maroon. “If we play like this every night this is going to be a good team moving forward.

We’re on the right path.”

The Ducks started the scoring four minutes into the game on their first shot, as Perry cleanly beat Oilers goalie Cam Talbot with a slap shot from the top of the face-off circle.

Anaheim went ahead 2-0 with seven minutes left in the second period as Oiler defender Adam Clendening coughed up the puck, leading to a Pirri spin-o-rama shot into the net for his 13th of the year.

The two teams had 18 shots apiece through 40 minutes. Edmonton’s best chance was a late second-period shot

by Taylor Hall that Gibson directed off the post.

Edmonton got back into the game

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Anaheim Ducks’ Josh Manson (42) chases Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) during second period NHL action in Edmonton on Monday. The Ducks downed the Oilers 2-1. with eight minutes to play when Hall set up a goal by Yakupov, who is in the midst of rumours that he has asked for a trade from the Oilers.

“I think the day affected him,” said Edmonton head coach Todd McLellan.

“I think the response from the fans affected him. Once he got into the game he played a little better as the night went on.”

The Oilers were unable to get the equalizer with Talbot on the bench for

the extra attacker.

The Calgary Flames are the next opponent for both teams, as the Ducks return home to face them on Wednesday, and the Oilers are off before playing Calgary on Saturday in their second-last game at Rexall Place before occupying a new downtown arena next season.

Notes: It was the fifth and final game between the two teams this season, with the Ducks sporting a 4-0-1 re-

cord… Out injured for the Oilers were Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (concussion), Oscar Klefbom (foot), Andrew Ference (hip), Brandon Davidson (knee), Benoit Pouliot (shoulder), Eric Gryba (knee) and Adam Pardy (hand)… Sami Vatanen (upper body) and Ryan Kesler (personal) were both back in the lineup for the Ducks, who were without the services of Kevin Bieksa (upper body), Simon Despres (undisclosed) and David Perron (shoulder).

Thunder crash Raptors’ party Flames fry up Coyotes EXTEND WIN STREAK TO EIGHT GAMES, MAKE RAPTORS WAIT FOR 50TH VICTORY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Thunder 119 Raptors 100 TORONTO — Even when he misses, Russell Westbrook is worth watching.

The Oklahoma City star guard clanged a free throw off the rim and then gathered in the rebound with one hand before guiding the ball into the hoop.

Chalk up another rebound and two more points en route to Westbrook’s 16th triple-double of the season in an emphatic 119-100 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.

“That was unreal,” said Thunder teammate Kevin Durant, who clutched his head in disbelief at the play. “You’ve got to time that right and you’ve just got to be as athletic as hell.

I don’t know if there’s anybody in the league that can do that. You’ve got to make the free throw but I’ll take the two points and the acrobatic play instead. He’s a freak of nature, man.”

Westbrook collected 26 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds. His triple-double tally is the most since Magic Johnson’s 17 in 1988-89. And it was his seventh triple-double in March, the most in a single month since Michael Jordan in April 1989.

Good company to be in.

“I like to win the game and make sure my teammates feel good about themselves,” said Westbrook.

Durant showed off his own skills with 34 points — along with eight assists and eight rebounds— as he scored 20-plus points for the 59th straight game.

Oklahoma City (52-22) extended its winning streak to eight games — its best stretch since a 10-game run from Jan. 16-31, 2014. It has outscored the opposition by an average of 17.1 points during the current streak.

Toronto (49-24), the only NBA franchise without a 50-win season on the books, was hoping to become the fifth team this season to hit 50 victories — joining Golden State, San Antonio, Cleveland and Oklahoma City. The Raptors, who have lost three of the last four, will look to hit the plateau Wednesday when Atlanta visits.

DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 19 points. Rookie Norman Powell had 18 and Kyle Lowry 14 for the Raptors, who led just once in the game.

Lowry had his right elbow drained after the game in a bid to relieve inflammation.

“I’m not going to make any excuses but it’s definitely something I don’t want to play with and I don’t like playing with. But it is what it is,” said Lowry.

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Toronto Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan (10) drives to the net against Oklahoma City Thunder’s Steven Adams (12) as Serge Ibaka (9), Russell Westbrook (0) and Andre Roberson (21) looks on during NBA action in Toronto on Monday.

Trailing 97-74 after three quarters, Toronto cut the lead to 14 in the fourth.

But the night belonged to Oklahoma City.

The Thunder outscored Toronto 2114 in second-chance points and 27-11 on the fast break.

Asked beforehand if the game was a litmus test, Toronto coach Dwane Casey replied: “Well I don’t know if it’s a litmus test. It’s a hell of a test, I know that, against OKC?” Toronto failed the exam when it came to matching the Thunder’s physicality, according to Casey.

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“Tonight is a learning experience,” he said.

“It tells us how hard we have to compete with force on both ends of the floor, for longer periods of time.”

Powell, meanwhile, was handed the thankless job of guarding Westbrook before an Air Canada Centre crowd of 19,800, the Raptors’ 76th straight sellout.

“That’s an elite team and I thought he competed as well as you could ask a rookie to do against one of the top point guards in the league,” said Casey.

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Flames 5 Coyotes 2 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Sam Bennett scored twice, Sean Monahan had a goal and two assists and the Calgary Flames avoid a season sweep by the Arizona Coyotes with a 5-2 win Monday night.

T.J. Brodie and Joe Colborne also scored for Calgary, and Micheal Ferland had two assists. The Flames went 2 for 3 on the power play while stopping a three-game losing streak.

Calgary had lost all four previous meetings this season to Arizona.

Anthony Duclair scored twice for the Coyotes, who had won three in a row. Louis Domingue stopped 16 shots.

Both of Duclair’s goals came on power plays in the second period, giving him 19 on the season. He is tied with Trevor Letowski in 1999-2000 for second on the single-season scoring list for a Coyotes rookie.

Duclair’s second goal gave the Coyotes a 2-1 lead. He collected a deflection off Martin Hanzal after Alex Tanguay sent a pass into the crease and put in the rebound.

The Coyotes played without captain Shane Doan, who missed the game while undergoing concussion protocol.

Bennett scored Calgary’s first goal less than two minutes into the game.

Ferland stole the puck from Arizona’s Nicklas Grossm an and centred to Bennett, who didn’t get a clean shot but got enough on the puck to put it past Domingue.

The Coyotes appeared to tie it at 1 on a power-play goal from Oliver Ekman-Larsson just a few seconds into the second period, but Hanzal was called for interference when he fell over goaltender Joni Ortio on the shot.

After Duclair’s goal put Arizona in front, Bennett tied it with his second goal at 16:41 of the second. He shot the puck off Domingue’s pads and put in the rebound.

Monahan scored on a power play late in the second when Dougie Hamilton’s shot was deflected out to him for a wrist shot that got by Domingue.

NOTES: Ortio had 22 stops. … Calgary F Michael Frolik left with a lower-body injury. … Flames F Johnny Gaudreau was scratched with an upper-body injury, and D Jyrki Jokipakka was also held out with an injury.

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Jays name Sanchez fifth starter, top Phillies

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUNEDIN, Fla. — Philadelphia right-hander Vince Velasquez was named the Phillies’ fifth starter on Monday morning, then made his bosses look good in the afternoon by shutting out the Toronto Blue Jays for six innings in a 2-1 loss.

“Velasquez was outstanding today,” manager Pete Mackanin said.

Velasquez held Toronto to two hits and three walks. He struck out eight of the 21 batters he faced.

“It wasn’t easy,” he said. “I just try to go out and pitch, keep that mentality of staying strong through everything.”

The 23-year-old, acquired from Houston in the December trade that sent Ken Giles to the Astros, entered camp in competition with left-handers Adam Morgan and Brett Oberholtzer for a spot in the rotation. Morgan was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Monday and Oberholtzer is expected to open the season in the Phillies’ bullpen.

The Blue Jays also finalized their rotation before the game, announcing that right-handed swingman Aaron Sanchez will be their fifth starter.

“I’m excited for him,” said righthander Marcus Stroman, Toronto’s opening day starter, who struck out three and walked none in four shutout innings on Monday. “We’ve been talking about this for a long time, being in the rotation together. It’s finally coming to fruition.”

Darin Ruf provided the Phillies with their only offence, hitting a solo home run off Randy Choate in the seventh inning. The homer was Ruf’s fourth of the spring.

The Blue Jays erased the deficit and took the lead with one swing. Outfielder Darrell Ceciliani hit a two-run homer off Philadelphia right-hander Dalier Hinojosa with two outs in the eighth inning.

STARTING TIME Phillies: Velasquez found out he won the fifth starter’s job first from a mobile notification on his phone and then from a teammate who had been sent to minor league camp. “I was taking a little snooze before the game,” he said. “I was unaware at the time. They didn’t tell me anything.” Velasquez went on to pitch his best game of the spring. He’ll make his first start of the regular season against the New York Mets at Citi Field during the April 8-10 series.

Blue Jays: Stroman tuned up for his first opening day start — and first opening day, period — by holding the Phillies to three hits while striking out three and not walking a batter in four innings. He’ll start on Sunday in the season opener in Tampa against the Rays. “I’m excited for opening day and everything that goes along with it,” he said. “It’s unfortunate I wasn’t able to join my brothers last year for opening day I’m just looking to soak every single minute of this opening day in.”

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Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Cesar Hernandez, left, tags out Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar who was trying to steal second during the first inning of a spring training baseball game Monday, in Dunedin, Fla.

Gibbons says sky is the limit for Sanchez DUNEDIN, Fla. — John Gibbons has settled on righthander Aaron Sanchez being in the Toronto Blue Jays’ starting rotation.

Sanchez’s role — be it in the starting rotation or bullpen — was one of the most contentious issues in spring training for Toronto. But Gibbons settled the debate Monday.

“It’s exciting for us all,” Gibbons said of Sanchez, who beat out Gavin Floyd and Drew Hutchison for the starting job. “We think the sky is the limit for him.

“Who knows how good his career turns out? On one end of it, it’s exciting to tell him and on the other side, it’s tough telling the other guys.”

Sanchez, 23, has had a solid spring, posting a 1.35 earned-run average over 20 innings. But how long Sanchez remains in the starting rotation remains to be seen as Gibbons would only say Sanchez will open the season there, adding his workload will be monitored and he could return to the bullpen sometime during the year.

TRAINER’S ROOM Phillies: OF/INF Cody Asche (right oblique) will start the season on the disabled list. Asche suffered the injury during a live batting practice session in the first week of full squad workouts and has not played in a Grapefruit League game all spring.

Blue Jays: DH/1B Edwin Encarnacion was tentatively scheduled to participate in a minor league game on Monday. Encarnacion has yet to play in a game this spring after suffering an abscessed tooth earlier in camp and a strained oblique muscle more

Sanchez started 11 games last season but did make 30 appearances as a reliever. He threw 92 1/3 innings during the regular season, then 7 1/3 innings in the playoffs.

Marcus Stroman will be Toronto’s opening-day starter Sunday at Tampa Bay. With Sanchez earning a starting role, Floyd will pitch out of the bullpen while Hutchinson, last year’s opening day starter, was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo.

In other moves Monday, the Jays claimed catcher/ first baseman Jesus Montero from the Seattle Mariners.

To clear a roster spot, Toronto designated catcher A.J. Jimenez for assignment.

Montero, 26 appeared in 38 games with Seattle last season, hitting .223 with five home runs and 19 runs-batted in.

On Sunday, Hutchison escaped injury in Toronto’s 7-3 exhibition win over Tampa Bay. He was struck in the back of the head by Jimenez’s throw to second base on an attempted stolen base.

Hutchison left the game as a precaution but told reporters afterwards he was fine. He allowed a run and one hit over four-plus innings.

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the Blue Jays.

ROSTER MOVES Phillies: Philadelphia optioned LHP Morgan and Elvis Araujo, RHP Luis Garcia and OF Darnell Sweeney to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. It re-assigned C Logan Moore, IF Angelus Nina, LHP Bobby LaFromboise and RHPs Reinier Roibal and Chris Leroux to minor league camp.

Blue Jays: Toronto optioned RHP Drew Hutchinson to Triple-A Buffalo.

Hutchinson went 13-5 with a 5.57 ERA in 30 games (28 starts) last season with

UP NEXT Phillies: Philadelphia will host the New York Yankees in Clearwater on Tuesday. Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka is scheduled to start opposite Oberholtzer.

Blue Jays: Toronto has split-squad games against Detroit and Tampa on Tuesday. Blue Jays RHP Joe Biagini is scheduled to pitch opposite Tigers LHP Matt Boyd in Lakeland, while Blue Jays RHP Arnold Leon faces Rays RHP Matt Andriese in Dunedin.

Wickenheiser returns for 13th world championship

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Three of Hayley Wickenheiser’s Canadian teammates weren’t born when she won her first women’s world hockey championship in 1994.

Defenceman Halli Krzyzaniak was 12 years old when she first saw Wickenheiser play in the 2007 world championship final in Winnipeg. When Krzyzaniak scored her first career goal for Canada in an exhibition game Saturday against Sweden, her childhood idol provided an assist.

“That was just surreal for me to say she was in on my first goal because I never thought that would have happened,” Krzyzaniak said.

“For my generation, she was someone we really looked up to and kind of idolized and wanted to be, but I never thought I would be playing with her.”

A few surgeons also thought Wickenheiser wouldn’t be around to play with Krzyzaniak, but the 37-year-old from Shaunavon, Sask., is playing in her 13th women’s world hockey championship this week in Kamloops with eight screws and a metal plate in the navicular bone of her left foot.

Wickenheiser chose a more optimistic surgeon when she underwent foot surgery in February, 2015.

“There’s a lot of hardware in there,” Wickenheiser said. “I didn’t know if I’d play again. A lot of doctors said I could never play again. One guy said I could and I went with that guy.”

Canada’s all-time leading scorer in goals (168), assists (210) and games played (271) is also the all-time points leader in world championships with 85, including 37 goals.

She and Finland’s Karoliina Rantamaki are tied

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Three of Hayley Wickenheiser’s Canadian teammates weren’t yet born when she won her first women’s world hockey championship in 1994. for the most world championship appearances. Wickenheiser did not play in 2001 because of knee injury nor last year in Malmo, Sweden, because of her foot surgery.

She’s not the oldest player in Kamloops this year. Riikka Valila, 42, plays forward for Finland. An eighth career world championship gold medal would put Wickenheiser second all-time behind former teammate Danielle Goyette with nine.

Wickenheiser has worn the Maple

Leaf in international hockey for over two decades now. The five-foot-10, 162-pound forward intends to wear it in a sixth Winter Olympic Games in 2018 and pursue a fifth gold medal.

“If you ask any player that plays a long time, there obviously has to be a passion for the game,” Wickenheiser said. “I love to come to the rink and the grind of training and the day-in and day-out things that go into playing is what I enjoy the most.”

Wickenheiser took a slapshot off her foot during a Four Nations Cup practice in 2012. What she thought was a bone bruise didn’t heal. Another half dozen shots off that bone made it worse.

Wickenheiser soldiered through the 2014 Winter Olympics with a broken bone in her foot. Surgery later that year didn’t remedy the problem, so Wickenheiser pulled the plug early on her 2014-15 season to undergo the more extensive procedure.

She couldn’t put weight on her foot for four months post-surgery, so Wickenheiser did one-legged windsprints using a scooter and wrapped her cast in a garbage bag so she could swim laps.

“I did a lot of crazy things. I was training 12 days out of surgery,” she said. “You find different ways how to be successful when something like that happens. That would not be the way I would like to end my career.

“It’s a long road back for me. Personally, it’s pretty sweet.”

Her role on the Canadian team has changed. She’s no longer the goalscoring star, but Wickenheiser’s creativity and smarts with the puck, big shot and sheer toughness make her still effective.

Wickenheiser wore the captain’s ‘C’ from 2007 to 2013, but Hockey Canada is now grooming others to wear letters.

Marie-Philip Poulin, 25, was named Canada’s captain for second straight year Monday.

Wickenheiser considers herself a player-mentor to Poulin, Natalie Spooner, Laura Fortino and Brianne Jenner, whom Hockey Canada has tabbed as future leaders.

From attending a Philadelphia Flyers rookie camp to stints in men’s pro leagues in Finland and Sweden to her more than 20 years playing international women’s hockey, Wickenheiser owns experience no other woman in hockey has.

She wants to share it before she’s done playing.

“Part of my role in the evolution of the team is to still lead, but lead in a different way than I have in the past,” Wickenheiser said.

“It’s kind of an exciting different challenge for me, which I enjoy — trying to help the young players who will be leading the team into the future when I’m not playing anymore.”

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Canadiens not going to quit HOPE TO KEEP WINNING DESPITE MISSING PLAYOFFS FOR SECOND TIME IN 9 YEARS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BROSSARD, Que. — The playoff position that looked like a lock in November vanished on Saturday night when the Montreal Canadiens were beaten 5-2 by the New York Rangers.

That officially put the Canadiens out of the post-season for only the second time in nine years.

The only positive will be a high draft pick, but centre Tomas Plekanec said Monday it was important to keep gunning for victories in the few games remaining in the regular season, starting Tuesday night against Detroit.

“I’m sure we’ll have plenty of time to talk about what went wrong here but we still have six games to play and we have to focus on playing our best and winning as many games as possible,” Plekanec said.

“We’re still trying to win the games, play the right way, don’t make turnovers, put pucks on the net. We don’t have any Stanley Cup winners on our team, so we have to learn how to play the right way for the whole season.”

The Canadiens and their fans are still in shock from the collapse that followed their 19-4-3 start to the season.

A lower body injury to star goalie Carey Price on Nov. 25 played a big part in it, but it was not the only reason a team that finished second overall in the 30-team NHL last season

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Montreal Canadiens goaltender Mike Condon looks down after being scored on

by New York Rangers’ Chris Kreider during NHL hockey in Montreal, March 26.

The playoff position that looked like a lock in November vanished on Saturday night when the Montreal Canadiens were beaten 5-2 by the New York Rangers. failed to win more than 15 games since Dec. 1.

Defenceman Tom Gilbert, who is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury and who can be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, told Montreal La Presse the team showed a lack of maturity and looked for excuses rather than answers when times got tough.

Captain Max Pacioretty said he talk-

ed to Gilbert about the story.

“Sometimes things come out differently than we intend,” said Pacioretty.

“But we know in this room we have to hold each other accountable.

“Everyone in the room has to look in the mirror and realize they have to be better, first and foremost on the ice and then dealing with some of the adversity we’ve dealt with.”

The Canadiens were flying high ear-

ly on. Price was 10-2-0 with a .934 save percentage and they were getting goals from all their lines. Even when Price was injured for an eight-game stretch in early November, they kept on winning with rookie Mike Condon in goal.

But without Price in December, they outplayed many opponents and still lost. Then more injuries came and they went into a downward spiral.

“It hasn’t been fun around here for a while,” said forward Lars Eller. “It’s never fun losing.”

He said teams thrive when “everyone knows exactly what the guy next to him is doing.

“I think that’s what we had going into December. Somewhere along the way, we lost that a bit, even before all the injuries started hitting us.

“It was weird because, the year before, we were outshot, out-chanced so many times and we found ways to win games 1-0 or 2-1. A lot of shootout wins. In December this year, we were out-possessing teams, out-chancing teams, and we just couldn’t find ways to win.”

The Canadiens have 11 injured players, including top defenceman P.K. Subban who practised Monday but will miss a ninth game with a sore neck.

Forward Dan Carr, who also skated, is close to returning.

When asked if Price will play before the end of the season, head coach Michel Therrien said: “He’s working hard. I hope so.”

Condon, who is 18-23-6 in 50 games, is Montreal’s nominee for the Masterton Trophy, awarded to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey.

Plus/minus waning in popularity with NHL players

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Boston Bruins defenceman Torey Krug hates the plus/minus rating.

The statistic can be frustrating for its randomness: players receive a plus when they’re on the ice for an even-strength or short-handed goal for and a minus when they’re on the ice for an even-strength or short-handed goal by their opponent.

A player may receive credit despite contributing little to a goal or be penalized with a “dash” even if he wasn’t responsible for his team giving up a goal.

And yet, players, coaches and managers still rely on it to measure effectiveness.

“I get upset about it because I know that everyone else uses it as a gauge,” said Krug, who has a plus-11 mark this season. “And being an offensive defenceman people are like ‘Well he’s plus-5, but everyone else on his team is plus-25, he obviously can’t play defence’. So that just bothers me.”

Consider his recent minus-3 performance against Florida, during which Krug was dinged once for a short-handed goal against and again later for an empty-netter. Neither play, in his mind, deserved any kind of statistical penalty.

“Personally I hate it,” Krug said of the plus/minus rating. “I pay attention to it because people use it as a gauge for how many goals you’re on for and against, (but) I think it’s misleading to show how many goals you’re out there contributing to your team.”

The 24-year-old thinks he’s been hit with a minus on at least seven empty-net goals. Many players feel such a penalty should, at the very least, be adjusted in the plus/minus rating.

“Those are devastating to your plus/minus,” Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri said, “especially when you’re falling behind in games like we were early on in the year.”

Kadri has been on the ice for eight of the 11 empty-net goals Toronto has allowed this season, which skews his ugly-looking minus-14 rating entering Monday’s play. Even if it’s misleading, Kadri knows the statistic is used by coaches and acknowledges that goal differential is “huge” in terms of trusting players and knowing who to put on the ice.

Kadri can at least take comfort in the fact that Leafs head coach Mike Babcock subtracts empty-net goals from his plus/minus tally.

“Because sometimes you get screwed for being a good player,” Babcock said. “So I take it right out of the mix and then I add up and I see where they’re at.”

Babcock analyzes five-game reports on who’s plus and who’s not. He also looks at points, penalty minutes and reports from the Leafs analytics staff for further assessment. A tally of scoring chances for and against is a better nightly measurement of which players played well and which didn’t, Babcock says.

Even while acknowledging the randomness of the stat, Babcock seems to value it as one spice in the larger recipe of evaluation.

The former Detroit Red Wings head coach points to Nicklas Lidstrom, who ranks 10th all-time with a plus-450 career rating. That mark is not by accident, according to Babcock.

While easily one of the best defencemen ever, Lidstrom also played for some terrific teams in Detroit, a factor that affects the plus/minus rating. Players on better teams are likely to score more goals

New Queens Basketball Club program hosting tryouts April 2 The first season of the Central Alberta Queens Basketball Club, gets started on April 2 with tryouts.

The club will run girls teams at the U16, U17 and U18 levels. Tryouts are scheduled for two days, April 2 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and April 3 from 10 a.m to 12 p.m.

Potential players only have to come to one of the two days be considered for the teams.

Coached by Red Deer College coaches, athletes and alumni, they will run provided a minimum of eight players.

Tryouts cost $5 per person, or a donation to the food bank. The club is a non-profit group and costs per player will depend on fund raising by individual teams and how many tournaments they attend. The tryout fee will be donated.

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‘I PAY ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE PEOPLE USE IT AS A GAUGE FOR HOW MANY GOALS YOU’RE ON FOR AND AGAINST, (BUT) I THINK IT’S MISLEADING TO SHOW HOW MANY GOALS YOU’RE OUT THERE CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR TEAM.’ —TORY KRUG,BOSTON BRUINS DEFENCEMAN

than their opponents and thus boast more pluses.

“So how come some guys are on a good team and got 100 points and are minus?” Babcock said.

“One single person can’t affect it,” Anaheim Ducks defenceman Hampus Lindholm said.

Boasting an even rating this season, Lindholm basically ignores his nightly plus/minus when evaluating his own play, pointing out that the statistic heavily depends on random events outside one player’s control, such as matchups and the performance of teammates.

It’s difficult to pinpoint what the rating actually demonstrates. Penguins winger Chris Kunitz, for instance, has a substantially better rating (plus-31)

than Sidney Crosby (plus-16), whose worth to Pittsburgh obviously far outweighs that of his elder teammate.

Indicative of its randomness, the rating tends to fluctuate year to year even for some of the game’s elite. Among the NHL leaders in plus/minus this season, Kings centre Anze Kopitar held a minus-2 mark last year.

Players know it carries weight with coaches and managers, to the point that those in the minors are known to stay on the ice just a tad longer if they smell a goal and subsequent plus coming.

The rating systems seems likely to lose more value as deeper evaluation through analytics becomes an even larger part of the game, much as batting average lost worth in baseball with the rise of on-base percentage. Puck possession, which measures many more events throughout a game, is viewed as an infinitely better indicator of ability.

“I think we’re kind of creeping that way because there’s so many more analytics that are kind of creeping their way in,” Krug said. “I don’t even know what any of the crap is, Corsi or stuff like that…(but) I think eventually it’s going to overtake just a simple plus/minus, if you’re on the ice, if you’re not.”

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Hockey WHL 2016 Playoffs First Round DIVISION SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division Brandon (1) vs. Edmonton (WC2) (Edmonton leads series 2-0) Friday’s result Edmonton 2 Brandon 1 Thursday’s result Edmonton 4 Brandon 2 Wednesday’s game Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s game Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 3 x-Brandon at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Prince Albert (2) vs. Moose Jaw (3) (Moose Jaw leads series 2-1) Monday’s result Prince Albert 7 Moose Jaw 3 Saturday’s result Moose Jaw 4 Prince Albert 2 Tuesday’s game Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Friday’s game Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Central Division Lethbridge (1) vs. Regina (WC1) (Series tied 1-1) Saturday’s result Regina 3 Lethbridge 0 Friday’s result Lethbridge 6 Regina 3 Tuesday’s game Lethbridge at Regina, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Lethbridge at Regina, 7 p.m.

Friday’s game Regina at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Red Deer (2) vs. Calgary (3) (Red Deer leads series 2-1) Sunday’s result Red Deer 4 Calgary 3 Saturday’s result Calgary 5 Red Deer 2 Friday’s game Red Deer at Calgary (Stampede Corral), 7 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 2 Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 4 x-Red Deer at Calgary (Stampede Corral), 7 p.m Wednesday, Apr. 6 x-Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division Victoria (1) vs. Spokane (WC2) (Victoria leads series 2-0) Saturday’s result Victoria 4 Spokane 3 Friday’s result Victoria 5 Spokane 3 Tuesday’s game Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s game x-Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Kelowna (2) vs. Kamloops (3) (Series tied 1-1) Saturday’s result Kamloops 5 Kelowna 4 Friday’s result Kelowna 3 Kamloops 2 Tuesday’s game Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Friday’s game Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

U.S. Division Seattle (1) vs. Prince George (WC1) (Seattle leads series 2-0) Saturday’s result Seattle 4 Prince George 1 Friday’s result Seattle 3 Prince George 2 (OT) Tuesday’s game

Local Sports Ottawa at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Seattle at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Friday’s game x-Prince George at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Everett (2) vs. Portland (3) (Everett leads series 2-0) Saturday’s result Everett 3 Portland 1 Friday’s result Everett 3 Portland 0 Tuesday’s game Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s game Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Friday’s game x-Portland at Everett, 8:35 p.m. x — played only if necessary.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Florida 75 42 24 9 93 Tampa Bay 76 44 27 5 93 Boston 76 40 28 8 88 Detroit 76 38 27 11 87 Ottawa 76 34 33 9 77 Montreal 76 34 36 6 74 Buffalo 76 31 35 10 72 Toronto 75 27 37 11 65

GF 216 214 222 195 217 201 181 181

GA 184 182 207 208 234 221 205 220

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts z-Washington 75 54 16 5 113 N.Y. Rangers 76 43 24 9 95 Pittsburgh 75 42 25 8 92 N.Y. Islanders 74 40 25 9 89 Philadelphia 75 37 25 13 87 Carolina 76 33 28 15 81 New Jersey 76 36 32 8 80 Columbus 76 30 38 8 68

GF 236 219 214 208 196 186 171 195

GA 175 199 186 192 199 206 193 237

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts x-Dallas 76 45 22 9 99 x-St. Louis 76 45 22 9 99 x-Chicago 76 44 25 7 95 Nashville 76 39 24 13 91 Minnesota 76 37 28 11 85 Colorado 76 39 33 4 82 Winnipeg 76 31 38 7 69

GF 247 203 212 213 206 204 194

GA 218 185 188 194 189 215 223

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Los Ang. 76 45 26 5 95 208 180 x-Anaheim 75 42 23 10 94 196 178 San Jose 76 42 28 6 90 224 198 Arizona 76 34 35 7 75 199 226 Calgary 76 32 38 6 70 210 240 Vancouver 75 27 35 13 67 171 217 Edmonton 79 30 42 7 67 194 234 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Sunday’s Games Carolina 3, New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Chicago 3, Vancouver 2 Monday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Washington 4, Columbus 1 Detroit 3, Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0 Colorado 4, Nashville 3 Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1 Calgary 5, Arizona 2 San Jose 5, Los Angeles 2 Tuesday’s Games Boston at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Today

Monday’s summaries Ducks 2, Oilers 1 First Period 1. Anaheim, Perry 31 (McGinn, Rakell) 4:02.

Penalties — Garbutt Ana (roughing) 6:54.

Second Period 2. Anaheim, Pirri 13 (unassisted) 12:48.

Penalties — Silfverberg Ana (hooking) 9:12 Cracknell Edm (roughing) 17:56.

Third Period 3. Edmonton, Yakupov 7 (Hall, Draisaitl) 11:40.

Penalties — Perry Ana (slashing) 4:04 McDavid Edm (holding) 7:56 Lander Edm (delay of game) 8:43 Maroon Edm (boarding) 15:50.

Shots on goal Anaheim 9 9 7 — 25 Edmonton 10 9 9 — 28 Goal — Anaheim: Gibson (W, 18-11-3). Edmonton: Talbot (L, 20-26-4).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Anaheim: 0-4 Edmonton: 0-3.

Flames 5, Coyotes 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Bennett 16 (Ferland, Nakladal) 1:53.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Arizona, Duclair 18 (Hanzal, Domi) 6:08 (pp).

3. Arizona, Duclair 19 (Hanzal, Tanguay) 13:42 (pp).

4. Calgary, Bennett 17 (Colborne, Ferland) 16:41.

5. Calgary, Monahan 27 (Hamilton, Giordano) 19:31 (pp).

Penalties — Poirier Cgy (tripping) :04 Frolik Cgy (hooking) 5:42 Stajan Cgy (tripping) 13:08 Connauton Ariz (stick holding) 19:19.

Third Period 6. Calgary, Brodie 5 (Monahan, Shinkaruk) 11:13 (pp).

7. Calgary, Colborne 17 (Monahan, Grant) 18:18 (en).

Penalties — Murphy Ariz (interference) 6:03 Domi Ariz (hooking) 9:57 Colborne Cgy (cross-checking) 16:11 Engelland Cgy, Stajan Cgy, Sekac Ariz, Bouma Cgy (misconduct) 19:29.

Shots on goal Calgary 6 5 10 — 21 Arizona 5 11 8 — 24 Goal — Calgary: Ortio (W, 5-8-4). Arizona: Domingue (L, 15-17-5).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 2-3 Arizona: 2-4.

2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship At Kamloops, B.C. PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Finland 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 3 United States 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 Russia 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 Canada 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Switzerland 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 3 Sweden 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 Czech Republic 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 Japan 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win, one for an overtime/shootout loss.

Monday’s results United States 3 Canada 1 Finland 5 Russia 3 Switzerland 4 Japan 2 Sweden 3 Czech Republic 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Washington 17 4 .810 Arizona 20 6 .769 Philadelphia 14 10 .583 Colorado 13 10 .565 Milwaukee 12 11 .522 Los Angeles 12 12 .500 Cincinnati 12 15 .444 Miami 9 12 .429 St. Louis 9 13 .409 San Francisco 11 17 .393 New York 7 14 .333 Chicago 8 17 .320 San Diego 8 19 .296 Pittsburgh 7 19 .269 Atlanta 6 18 .250 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings

Tuesday’s games Czech Republic vs. Switzerland, 2 p.m.

United States vs. Finland, 4:30 p.m.

Sweden vs. Japan, 6 p.m.

Russia vs. Canada, 8:30 p.m.

United States 3 Canada 1 KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The United States opened defence of their women’s world hockey championship with a 3-1 win over Canada on Monday.

Brianna Decker scored the game-winner with a power-play goal at 13:55 of the third period. Hilary Knight also scored even strength and into an empty net for the Americans.

Canada led 1-0 early in the third on a power-play goal from defenceman Laura Fortino.

American goalie Alex Rigsby earned the 22-save win. Canada’s Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 36 shots in the loss.

In other games, Finland downed Russia 5-3, Switzerland doubled Japan 4-2 and Sweden edged the Czech Republic 3-2.

Sunday ● Junior B Provincials: Bronze medal game, 10:30 a.m. and gold medal game, 2 p.m. games at Red Deer Arena

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Toronto 49 24 .671 — Boston 43 30 .589 6 New York 30 45 .400 20 Brooklyn 21 52 .288 28 Philadelphia 9 65 .122 40 1/2

Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington Orlando

Southeast Division W L Pct 45 30 .600 43 30 .589 42 31 .575 36 37 .493 30 43 .411

y-Cleveland Indiana Detroit Chicago Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 52 21 .712 39 34 .534 39 35 .527 36 37 .493 30 44 .405

y-Oklahoma City Portland Utah Denver Minnesota

Thursday’s games Japan vs. Czech Republic, 2 p.m.

Russia vs. United States, 4:30 p.m.

Switzerland vs. Sweden, 6 p.m.

Finland vs. Canada, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday ● Junior B Provincials: Wetaskiwin Icemen vs. Wainwright Bisons, 9:30 a.m..; Calgary Royals-Gold vs. Mountainview Colts, 12:30 p.m. and semi-final — 1st place pool B vs. 2nd place pool A, 8:30 p.m., games at Kinex arena. North Edmonton Red Wings vs. North Peace Navigators, 9 a.m; Killam Wheat Kings vs.

Red Deer Vipers, 12 p.m. and semi-final 1st place pool A vs. 2nd place pool B, games at Red Deer Arena ● WHL: Calgary Hitmen at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Centrium

Friday ● Junior B Provincials: Calgary RoyalsGold vs. Wetaskiwin Icemen, 10 a.m.; North Peace Navigators vs. Killam Wheat Kings, 1 p.m.; Red Deer Vipers

Northwest Division W L Pct 52 22 .703 38 36 .514 37 37 .500 31 44 .413 25 49 .338

Wednesday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Pacific Division W L Pct

GB — 1 2 8 14 GB — 13 13 1/2 16 22 1/2

GB — 14 15 21 1/2 27 GB

y-Golden State 66 x-L.A. Clippers 45 Sacramento 29 Phoenix 20 L.A. Lakers 15 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

7 27 44 54 59

.904 .625 .397 .270 .203

— 20 1/2 37 46 1/2 51 1/2

Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers 105, Denver 90 Sacramento 133, Dallas 111 Indiana 104, Houston 101 Golden State 117, Philadelphia 105 Washington 101, L.A. Lakers 88 Monday’s Games Oklahoma City 119, Toronto 100 Miami 110, Brooklyn 99 Atlanta 102, Chicago 100 Minnesota 121, Phoenix 116 New Orleans 99, New York 91 San Antonio 101, Memphis 87 Dallas 97, Denver 88 Utah 123, L.A. Lakers 75 Sacramento at Portland, late Boston at L.A. Clippers, late Tuesday’s Games Chicago at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State at Utah, 7 p.m.

Washington at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled D Alex Grant from Springfield (AHL).

CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled Fs Derek Grant, Emile Poirier and Hunter Shinkaruk and D Brett Kulak from Stockton (AHL). Assigned Fs Freddie Hamilton and Garnet Hathaway to Stockton.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed G Cory Schneider on injured reserve, retroactive to March 4, and assigned him to Albany (AHL) for conditioning.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with F Cristoval Nieves on an entry-level contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed G Adam Carlson to a two-year, entry-level contract.

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Rockford LW Pierre-Cedric Labrie one game.

ALBANY DEVILS — Released D Mathieu Brodeur and F Gunnar Hughes from professional tryout agreement.

HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Recalled D Kodie Curran from Greenville (ECHL).

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassgined G Spencer Martin to Fort Wayne (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Recalled D Daniel New from Florida (ECHL).

ECHL ATLANTA GLADIATORS — Agreed to terms with D Josh Atkinson.

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Odrisa-

games against non-major league teams do not.

Sunday’s Games Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 3 Miami 4, St. Louis 2 Minnesota 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Washington (ss) 7, Atlanta 2 Boston 5, Philadelphia 1 Houston 8, Detroit 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Washington (ss) 4, tie San Diego 21, Houston 6 Cleveland 10, Milwaukee 3 Seattle 12, Chicago Cubs 9 Chicago White Sox 13, San Francisco 9 Texas 5, Arizona (ss) 4 Oakland 10, Kansas City 1 Cincinnati 7, L.A. Dodgers 6 Colorado 8, Arizona (ss) 6, 10 innings L.A. Angels 11, San Diego 2 Baltimore 5, Pittsburgh 3 Monday’s Games Baltimore 5, Boston 3 Minnesota 6, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., ccd., Rain Toronto 2, Philadelphia 1 Kansas City (ss) 11, San Diego 3 Cleveland 6, Oakland 4 L.A. Angels 8, Chicago Cubs 8, tie Chicago White Sox 11, Colorado 7 Seattle 6, Kansas City (ss) 4 Houston 12, Atlanta 9 N.Y. Yankees 3, Detroit 2 Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers, late Milwaukee vs. Cincinnati, late Arizona vs. San Francisco, late

Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. St. Louis, 11:05 a.m.

Toronto (ss) vs. Detroit, 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Toronto (ss), 11:07 a.m.

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

Cleveland (ss) vs. L.A. Angels, 1:10 p.m.

Oakland vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

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

Colorado vs. Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Cleveland (ss), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Kansas City, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Washington vs. N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Atlanta, 11:05 a.m.

Boston (ss) vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m.

Houston vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

Boston (ss) vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

Arizona vs. Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Texas, 1:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Seattle, 1:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. L.A. Dodgers, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Colorado (ss), 2:10 p.m.

Detroit vs. Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY Canada faces Russia and the U.S. takes on Finland on Tuesday for their second game in as many days to open the championship.

Both countries went with their younger, less experienced goaltenders in the opener.

Maschmeyer, 21, was given the nod over Charline Labonte for Maschmeyer’s third career start against the Americans.

Rigsby, 24, started for the U.S. ahead of Jessie Vetter.

Decker banged in a rebound from the high slot after Maschmeyer’s initial save on a Monique Lamoureux blast from the point.

Knight pulled the U.S. even at 10:52 with a wrist shot that deflected off Canadian defenceman Halli Krzyzaniak’s stick and beat Maschmeyer low glove side.

mer Despaigne to Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned INF Deven Marrero to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned INF Josh Rutledge, 1B/OF Allen Craig, OF Brennan Boesch, Cs Dan Butler and Sandy Leon and RH Anthony Varvaro to their minor league camp. Released RHP Carlos Marmol.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned LHP Kyle Crockett to Columbus (IL). Released OF David Murphy, LHP Joe Thatcher and OF Will Venable.

Placed OF Lonnie Chisenhall on the 15-day DL. DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Bruce Rondon to Toledo (IL). Granted RHP Bobby Parnell and INF Casey McGehee their unconditional release. Reassigned C Raffy Lopez and OF John Mayberry Jr. to their minor league camp.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Released LHP Brian Duensing and RHP Peter Moyland and INF Clint Barmes.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Reassigned LHP Dan Runzler, C Juan Centeno, INF James Beresford and OFs Darin Mastroianni and Carlos Quentin to their minor league camp.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned INF Shawn O’Malley, RHP Joe Wieland, LHP James Paxton, INF Chris Taylor and OF Stefen Romero to Tacoma (PCL). Selected the contract of 1B Dae-Ho Lee from Tacoma. Reassigned RHPs Casey Coleman and Justin De Fratus to their minor league camp.

TEXAS RANGERS — Released RHP Jeremy Guthrie.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed C-1B Jesus Montero from Seattle. Designated C A.J. Jimenez for assignment.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

U.S downs Canada in worlds opener

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Thursday ● Junior B Provincials: Wainwright Bisons vs. Calgary Royals-Gold, 1 p.m.; Killam Wheat Kings vs. North Edmonton Red Wings, 4 p.m. and North Peace Navigators at Red Deer Vipers, 8 p.m., Red Deer Arena. Mountainview Colts vs. Wetaskiwin Icemen, 4:15 p.m., Kinex arena. ● Men’s Basketball: Silver Spurs vs.

Btown Maple Jordans and Carstar vs.

Washed Up Warriors at 7:15 p.m., Rusty Chuckers vs. Alken Basin Drillers at 8:30 p.m., all games at Lindsay Thurber

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 62 12 .838 — Memphis 41 33 .554 21 Houston 36 38 .486 26 Dallas 36 38 .486 26 New Orleans 27 46 .370 34 1/2

Baseball Major League Baseball Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Toronto 17 5 .773 Houston 17 9 .654 Los Angeles 15 8 .652 Minnesota 16 10 .615 Texas 16 11 .593 Detroit 15 11 .577 Seattle 15 12 .556 Chicago 14 12 .538 Cleveland 13 12 .520 Tampa Bay 11 11 .500 New York 11 13 .458 Oakland 11 13 .458 Boston 12 15 .444 Kansas City 13 18 .419 Baltimore 10 14 .417

● Men’s Basketball: D Leaguers vs.

Vikings and Subaru Kingsmen vs.

Monstars at 7:15 p.m. and Lacombe All Sports Cresting vs. Henrys Eavestroughing at 8:30 p.m., all games at Lindsay Thurber

vs. North Edmonton Red Wings, 4 p.m. and Mountainview Colts vs. Wainwright Bisons, 7 p.m.; all games at Red Deer Arena ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Calgary Hitmen, 7 p.m., the Drive ● Midget Football: Mavericks at Prairie Fire, 7:15 p.m., M.E. Global field Lacombe

After a scoreless two periods and the U.S. holding a 2413 edge in shots, Fortino beat Rigsby high stick side from the high slot 14 seconds into the third in front of a full house at the 5,400-seat Sandman Centre.

The U.S. power play was 44 per cent successful at last year’s world championship in Malmo, Sweden, where they scored three power-play goals in the final en route to a 7-5 win over Canada.

The Canadians posted a pair of key kills in the game before giving up the winner in the third.

Canada stopped the Americans on a two-man advantage early in the first period.

Overlapping penalties to start the second had Canada shorthanded for almost four minutes.

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D Leaguers 89 Bulldog Scrap Metal 76 The D Leaguers brought their A game in an 89-76 win over Bulldog Scrap Metal in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball action.

Jesse Liske had 29 points and Ben Cripps had 18 for the D Leaguers in the win. Liske was named player of the game.

For Bulldog Scrap metal Byron Morin and Gage both had 15 points, with Morin being named player of the game.

Subaru Kingsmen 87 All Sport Cresting 67 A 25-point performance from Kyle Fairbarin lifted the Subaru Kingsmen over All Sport Cresting 87-67.

Enrique Vizcarra was second in team scoring for the Kingsmen on Sunday with 17 points.

Leading All Sport Cresting was Jeremy Purviance with 21 points while Matt Edwards had 13 for the losing side.

Carstar 74 Monstars 70 A close game ended with Carstar topping the Monstars 74-70 on Sunday.

Darryl Hemstreet had 13 points and Jeremy Smith had 12 for Carstar. Cameron Kusiek was named player of the game for Carstar.

Eric Dortman had 20 points for the Monstars and was named player of the agme, while Adam Glover had 17 points in the losing effort.

Triple A Batteries 76 B Town Maple Jordans 52 Larry Sampson had 22 points to lead the Triple A Battries over the B Town Maple Jordans 76-52 on Sunday.

Sampson was named player of the game for the batteries while Brent Higgins put in 16 points to help the winning side.

Dean Sanders led the Maple Jordans with 21 points and was named player of the game for his side. Michael Plamendon had 10 points in a supporting role

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IS THERE MORE SHADOW BABIES IN STORE FOR THE NEXT SEASON?

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES THE CHARACTER — Melisandre (Carice Van Houten) is a clairvoyant priestess to the Lord of Light and longtime ally of Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane).

She hasn’t exactly endeared herself to fans. First of all, she’s a sinister puppetmaster whose string-pulling rivals Lord Baelish’s scheming. But she’s also part of a cult, whose practices include a pretty capricious approach to ritual sacrifice.

That was especially clear last season, when she convinced Stannis to burn his own little girl — the plucky, beloved Shireen — at the stake.

Melisandre is perhaps best known, however, for her ability to conceive and give birth to killer shadow babies.

Because once you see a ghostly creature crawl out of a woman’s womb, you can never unsee it.

Given that claim to fame, actress Van Houten could guess what the response would be when she announced she was expecting a child with fellow actor Guy Pearce. And boy was she right.

Last time we saw her she was ... Arriving at Castle Black at a most opportune moment, just before Jon Snow’s murder.

After it was clear that Stannis and his army (or what was left of it) were about to get trampled, Melisandre gave up on Operation: Winterfell and fled.

She was greeted at the Wall by Ser

Davos (Liam Cunningham) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington), who wanted details about the fates of Stannis and Shireen. Melisandre didn’t go into specifics, probably because Davos would have killed her on the spot if he knew what she did to the little girl. But her morose expression conveyed that the news wasn’t good.

So now what? “The great victory I saw in the flames, all of it was a lie,” Melisandre says to Davos during the trailer for Season 6.

It looks like these two longtime enemies, who were bonded only by their allegiance to Stannis, may become allies without him. Jon Snow fans have high hopes for what will happen next.

The two will team up to bring the Lord Commander back from the dead. After all, there’s been too much foreshadowing to ignore, considering Melisandre’s meeting with Thoros of Myr when he astonished her with tales of resurrecting Beric Dondarrion.

Maybe their plot has something to do with Davos’s final words in the trailer, when he appears to be threatening a couple of Night’s Watch men.

But what else could be in store? Apparently something big.

“Yes, there’s a surprise. Not what you think it is, it’s something else!”

Van Houten told Australian news site news.com.au.

“I knew it was coming at some point.

People had talked about it before to me, but I wasn’t sure when it was going to happen. Urgh, this is really vague.

As it should be.”

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Carice van Houten as Melisandre.

An unmistakable superhero malaise

Disney has parlayed so brilliantly with its Marvel-based Avengers series.

Boasting some adroit, ingenious filmmakers (Joss Whedon, Anthony and Joe Russo) and some truly inspired casting (Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth), the Avengers movies have defined the gold standard of spinning individual properties into intra-universe gold.

Warner was so successful with the Chris Nolan-era “Batman” movies that setting up the Caped Crusader for similar cross-pollination was a vertically integrated no-brainer. But even before Batman v Superman had started, they’d boxed themselves into a corner even he couldn’t fly out of. Nolan and his star, Christian Bale, were widely credited with lending soul and gravitas to the brooding, broken Bruce Wayne, who presided over a billion-dollar company by day and turned grim-faced vigilante by night.

By the time of the final installment of the Nolan trilogy, though, the self-seriousness was starting to wear thin. The Dark Knight Rises earned a

more-than-respectable $1 billion at the box office, but less of that came from American viewers than with its predecessor. Two years later, the big comic-book-based hit wasn’t a downbeat meditation on grief and the burdens of unchecked power, but “Guardians of the Galaxy,” a gleefully irreverent riff on superhero tropes.

This year’s version of the “Guardians” zag is Deadpool, a similarly cheeky, if far more cynical, exercise in self-referential japery. When Batman v Superman lurched into theaters with its unsmiling stars, paranoid vibe, weak-tea color scheme and bythe-numbers action scenes, audiences could be forgiven for experiencing cultural whiplash: Weren’t we just laughing at Ryan Reynolds profanely taking the mickey out of all of this stuff?

In counting on Snyder to usher in a new era of shared-universe glory, Warner Bros. might have made a fatal error: At a time when everything is “execution dependent” - a term that was once reserved for quirky one-off comedies and sophisticated dramas

with no built-in audiences - the person behind the camera needs to have unerring instincts for fan service plus an impeccable sense of story, aesthetics, tone and performance.

J.J. Abrams skillfully threaded that very needle with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, nicely teeing up that threadbare franchise for the brilliant director Rian Johnson to send it into genuinely novel and reinvigorating territory. In the right hands, Affleck and Henry Cavill could still make convincing caped confreres, and Eisenberg might even be able to dial his performance back to a recognizably human level of malevolence.

The question raised by the success of such movies as Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool is whether they prove what many of us have been saying for years, which is the typical, monotonously glum genre that Hollywood has worked over like the bones of so much carrion is, finally, exhausted beyond resuscitation - at least in America.

Although foreign markets are still eager to accept comic book spectacles into their spanking new theaters, here at home, an unmistakable malaise has set in when it comes to tightlipped men in tights, marshalling their Y-chromosomal angst to once more do what a man’s gotta do.

Which explains a bona fide phenomenon that Batman v Superman might be credited with creating: According to a Fandango poll, most of the viewers who were excited to see the film this past weekend were most hyped about one character - the same one who received the only spontaneous outburst of applause at a preview screening a few days before. It should come as no surprise that the person best equipped to save superheroes for Hollywood is none other than Wonder Woman.

Ann Hornaday is The Washington Post’s chief film critic.

Atlantic, Harrison’s publisher, said that Harrison died Saturday at his home in Patagonia, Arizona. Seager did not know the cause of death. Harrison’s wife of more than 50 years, Linda King Harrison, died last fall.

The versatile and prolific author completed more than 30 books, most recently the novella collection The Ancient Minstrel, and was admired worldwide. Sometimes likened to Ernest Hemingway for the range and kinds of his interests, he was a hunter and fisherman who savored his time in a cabin near his Michigan hometown, a drink-

er and Hollywood scriptwriter who was close friends with Jack Nicholson and came to know Sean Connery, Orson Welles and Warren Beatty. He was a sports writer and a man of extraordinary appetite who once polished off a 37-course lunch, a traveller and teller of tales, famously Legends of the Fall.

“His voice came from the American heartland and his deep and abiding love of the American landscape runs through his extraordinary body of work,” Grove Atlantic publisher and CEO Morgan Entrekin said.

Published in 1979, Legends of the Fall

was a collection of three novellas that featured the title story about Montana rancher Col. William Ludlow and his three sons of sharply contrasting personalities and values, the narrative extending from before World War I to the mid-20th century, from San Francisco to Singapore.

The book was a bestseller, and Harrison worked on the script for an Oscar-nominated 1994 film of the same name starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. Harrison’s screenplay credits also included Revenge, starring Kevin Costner, and the Nicholson film Wolf.

COMMENT

BY ANNE HORNADAY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Before Warner Bros. gets too carried away with the record-breaking box office take of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice over the weekend, the studio might want to take a breath.

The grim, galumphing behemoth has earned an admittedly impressive $424 million since Thursday, $254 million of it in overseas markets. But many observers estimate that Batman v Superman, which had a combined production and marketing budget of about $400 million, will need to earn at least $1 billion in order to break even, after theaters take their cut. Over the weekend, Batman v Superman earned an okay-not-great B CinemaScore based on audience polls - the gentleman’s C of the movie world. (The much-reviled Green Lantern and the quickly forgotten Catwoman earned similar marks.)

Even if word of mouth on the movie isn’t quite as damning as its poor reviews, chances are that business will drop off precipitously this week, making it hard to go too far past that magic $1 billion number.

For those keeping score at home, Batman v Superman was announced with great fanfare by its director, Zack Snyder, at ComicCon a few years ago, bringing DC Comics fans to near-fainting levels of anticipation. But what Snyder didn’t predict - and apparently wasn’t nimble enough to respond to - was how much the superhero gestalt would change while he was fitting Ben Affleck into a brand new Batsuit and encouraging Jesse Eisenberg take his manically giddy Lex Luthor even broader. Batman v Superman was nominally Warner Bros.’ chance to get into the comic-book franchise game, which

‘Legends of the Fall’ author Jim Harrison dead at 78

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Jim Harrison, the fiction writer, poet, outdoorsman and reveler who wrote with gruff affection for the country’s landscape and rural life and enjoyed mainstream success in middle age with his historical saga Legends of the Fall, has died at age 78.

Spokeswoman Deb Seager of Grove

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Ben Affleck, left, as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman in ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.’

HARPDOG BROWN & THE TRAVELIN’ BLUES SHOW

THINGS HAPPENING TOMORROW

Two-time Maple Blues Award winner Harpdog Brown will be making another stop at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. They are in the process of finishing up their latest recording session completed down in San Jose, Caif., and will be back to play old school, down home blues with true grit and honesty. Cover is $15.

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SYLVAN LAKE OPEN HOUSE: PAY-FORPARKING PLAN Residents and business owners are encouraged to join the Town of Sylvan Lake in discussing proposal to institute a visitor-only pay-for-parking plan along the Lakshore. The open house will take place from 2-7 p.m. at the Sylvan Lake Municipal Government Building.

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wegot DAHL Frances Anita The family of Frances Dahl are sad to announce that after a life of almost 100 years, Frances passed away at Extendicare Michener Center, Red Deer, on Thursday, March 24, 2016.

Frances was born on April 20, 1916 at Vera, SK, to Claude and Jennie Phillips, the middle child of a family of seven. She attended Normal School in Saskatoon. Teaching jobs were rare as it was the time of the depression of the 1930s but Frances found a job teaching at Trafford Park school, and one year later, was invited to teach at Hilldale School. This was where she met Harold Dahl.

Harold and Frances were married in July 1939. They took over a country store at Court Saskatchewan and this is where the family of two girls and three boys grew up.

They later had moved to Red Deer, then back to Court, then to Major, Sask., finally retiring in Red Deer in 1974.

Frances is survived by sons; Duane (Beryl), Ralph (Donna), and Ray (Delores), daughters; Linda (Tom) Dixon, and Darlene Dickson, seven grandchildren and their spouses, eighteen greatgrandchildren, seven greatgreat-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, Harold, her parents, sisters; Lois and Ruth, brothers; Leon, Wayne, Howard, and Archie, all her brothers and sisters-in-law, son-in-law, Dennis Dickson, grandsons; Rob Dixon, Bradley and Barry Dickson.

An interment will be held at Alto Reste Cemetery, HWY 11 East, Red Deer County, on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. A Memorial Service will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Blvd., Red Deer, on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. The family would like to thank the staff at Extendicare Units 2600 and 3400 for the excellent care of Frances during her last years. In lieu of flowers, donation to a charity of your choice would be appreciated.

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

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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As a proprietor you will provide ongoing training and support in addition to daily structure in a positive supportive home environment. The individual (s) that may reside in your home may require monitoring due to their disabilities, health or mental health.

Part of the hiring process demands proof of a current Criminal Record check as well as a Child Welfare check prior to starting the position. Catholic Social Services will facilitate an orientation session to the Approved Home Program and on-going monthly training is offered as well.

Monthly remuneration is paid to the proprietor as well as room and board.

Interested applicants please contact Catholic Social Services @ 403-347-8844 ext. 2917

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Call Jon 403-848-0393 Kitchen reno’s.

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COSBY ELECTRIC LTD. All Electrical Services.

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Pressure washing, complete hotmix asphalt services, crack sealing, complete concrete services. Call ConAsph reception 403-341-6900

Plumbing & Heating D - HANDYMAN Painting, Reno’s Repairs & Junk Removal Call Derek 403-848-3266

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PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

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403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

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MEDIUM dark wood rectangular table, $50, with 3 matching chairs, $10 each; and wicker patio chair, $50. 403-347-8697 Vintage (circa 1960’s) dresser. Solidly built. 45” tall x 32” wide x 19.25” deep. Five drawers, original pulls and “beehive” style legs. $125.

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403-885-5020 BLOW OUT SALE, die cast models, cars, trucks, and motorcycles, biker gifts, replica guns, tin signs, framed pictures, clocks, fairies, and dragons.

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HOUSE FOR SALE 4 bdrm, 3 full baths, S.E. Red Deer 1344 sq.ft.

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SYLVAN LAKE SMALL OFFICE 1,050 sq. ft. ofÀce for lease, center of downtown, one block from the beach, parking on site, already partitioned, excellent rate of $8 sq. ft. plus triple net, bhibbert@shaw.ca

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2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or April 1. $900/mo., S.D. $650.

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U.S. Justice Department cracks iPhone withdraws legal action

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The FBI said Monday it successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple Inc.’s help to hack into the iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting in California, effectively ending a pitched court battle between the Obama administration and one of the world’s leading technology companies.

The government asked a federal judge to vacate a disputed order forcing Apple to help the FBI break into the iPhone, saying it was no longer necessary. The court filing in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California provided no details about how the FBI did it or who showed it how. The FBI is reviewing the information on the iPhone, the Justice Department said in a statement.

Apple did not immediately comment on the development.

The brief court notice left important questions unanswered: Who showed the FBI how to break into iPhones? How did the government bypass the security features that Apple has invested millions of dollars to build into its flagship product? Are newer iPhones vulnerable to the same hacking technique? Will the FBI share its information with scores of state and local police agencies that said they also need to break into the iPhones of criminal suspects? Will the FBI reveal to Apple how it broke its security? Did the FBI find anything useful on the iPhone?

The surprise development also punctured the temporary perception that Apple’s security might have been good enough to keep consumers’ personal information safe even from the U.S. government — with the tremendous resources it can expend when it wants to uncover something.

The FBI used the technique to access data on an iPhone used by gunman Syed Farook, who died with his wife in a gun battle with police after they killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December. The iPhone was found in a vehicle the day after the shooting two personal phones were found destroyed so completely that the FBI couldn’t recover information from them.

U.S. magistrate Sheri Pym of California last month ordered Apple to provide the FBI with software to help it hack into Farook’s work-issued iPhone. The order touched off a debate pitting digital privacy rights against national security concerns.

Apple was headed for a courtroom showdown with the government last week, until federal prosecutors abruptly asked for a postponement so they could test a potential solution brought to them by a party outside of the U.S. government last Sunday.

Technical experts had said there might be a few ways an outsider could gain access to the phone, but the FBI insisted repeatedly until then that only Apple had the ability to override the iPhone’s security. FBI Director James Comey said the bureau even went to the National Security Agency,

WORLD BRIEFS Arctic sea ice reaches new record low mark for wintertime WASHINGTON — The growth of Arctic sea ice this winter peaked at the lowest maximum level on record, thanks to extraordinarily warm temperatures, federal scientists said Monday.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center says ice covered a maximum of 14.52 million square kilometres of the Arctic Ocean in 2016. That’s12,950 square kilometres less than the old record set in 2015 — a difference slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut.

It’s also some 1.1 million square kilometres less than the 30-year average.

That difference is the size of Texas and California combined.

Records go back to 1979 when satellites started measuring sea ice, which forms when Arctic Ocean water freezes.

This year’s ice didn’t break the record by much, but it’s “an exclamation point” on a longer-term trend, said NASA scientist Walt Meier, who helped calculate the data.

The sub-par showing doesn’t necessarily mean that the minimum extent this summer will also break a record, scientists said.

The summer minimum is more important for affecting Earth’s climate and weather.

Data centre scientist Julienne Stroeve says winter temperatures over the North Pole were 16 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal, while other parts of the Arctic ran 4 to 11 degrees F warmer than normal.

4-year-old boy killed by stray bullet in Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO — The family of a 4-year-old boy said Monday that he was struck and killed by stray bullet while playing outside in Rio de Janeiro.

Rian Gabriel was hit in the chest on Easter Sunday outside his grandparents’ home in the Madureira neigh-

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An Apple iPhone 6s Plus smartphone is displayed at the Apple store at The Grove in Los Angeles. The FBI said Monday, it successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple Inc.’s help to hack into the iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting in California, effectively ending a pitched court battle between the Obama administration and one of the world’s leading technology companies. which did not have the ability to get into the phone.

A law enforcement official said the FBI was successful in unlocking the iPhone over the weekend. The official spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to publicly comment. The official said federal law enforcement would continue to aid its local and state partners with gaining evidence in cases — implying that the method would be shared with them.

First in line is likely, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who told a U.S. House panel earlier this month that he has 205 iPhones his investigators can’t access data from in criminal investigations. Apple is also opposing requests to help extract information from 14 Apple devices in California, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York.

The case drew international attention and highlighted a growing friction between governments and the tech industry. Apple and other tech companies have said they feel increasing need to protect their customers’ data from hackers and unfriendly intruders, while police and other govern-

ment authorities have warned that encryption and other data-protection measures are making it more difficult for investigators to track criminals and dangerous extremists.

Apple CEO Tim Cook had argued that helping the FBI hack the iPhone would set a dangerous precedent, making all iPhone users vulnerable, if Apple complied with the court order and said that Congress should take up the issue.

The withdrawal of the court process also takes away Apple’s ability to legally request details on the method the FBI used in this case. Apple attorneys said last week that they hoped the government would share that information with them if it proved successful.

The encrypted phone was protected by a passcode that included security protocols: a time delay and self-destruct feature that erased the phone’s data after 10 tries. The two features made it impossible for the government to repeatedly and continuously test passcodes in what’s known as a bruteforce attack. Comey said with those features removed, the FBI could break into the phone in 26 minutes.

bourhood. The boy was taken to a hospital, but his family told television crews that he died.

Police said in a statement that they didn’t conduct operations in that area Sunday because of a firefight.

Shootouts are common in the neighbourhood, where rival drug gangs are fighting for control.

negotiate with powerful street gangs following an anonymous offer to stop crime-related bloodshed afflicting this Central American country, the head of national police said Monday.

“There is no negotiation of any kind with any criminal structure,” police commissioner Howard Cotto said at a news conference. “Our job is to prevent and combat crime, that is what we do and that is what we are going to continue doing.”

Cotto’s comments came in response to a video circulated over the weekend in which three masked men saying they represented the country’s three major gangs said they had ordered a stop to killings. They asked the government in exchange not to institute measures being considered to combat them.

“We have ordered all of our people … to halt all types of homicides nationwide to demonstrate to the public, the government and international agencies in our country that there is no need to implement measures that only violate our constitution,” one of the masked men said.

Presidential spokesman Eugenio Chicas said Sunday through his Twitter account that the government would not let up in its pursuit of the gangs.

“This administration will not grant any truce in the fight against criminals, and will apply the necessary measures to protect the population,” Chicas said.

Fire breaks out at United Arab Emirates skyscraper DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A fire raced up a high-rise tower in the United Arab Emirates city of Ajman late Monday, the latest in a series of skyscraper blazes in the Gulf nation that is home to the world’s tallest building.

Images shared on social media showed bright yellow flames spreading up the side of the building as chunks of burning material tumbled to the ground.

The Emirati interior minister, Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, rushed to Ajman to help co-ordinate the response to the blaze, Ajman police said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Ajman is home to many commuters who work in the Gulf commercial hub of Dubai, further to the south. Like Dubai, it is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE federation.

Police sealed off a major road near the tower snarling traffic. Hundreds of evacuated residents and onlookers crowded nearby to watch the building go up in flames.

The Dubai-based Gulf News newspaper quoted Ajman Civil Defence director Brig. Saleh Saeed al-Matroushi as saying firefighters were at the scene working to put out the fire. A civil defence official reached by The Asscoiated Press confirmed that firefighting efforts were ongoing late into the night but had no further details.

The blaze comes less than three months after a massive fire raced up the exterior of the 63-story The Address Downtown Dubai, one of Dubai’s most prominent hotels. It is situated next to Dubai’s biggest mall and the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper.

El Salvador police chief rejects apparent gang offer SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s government will not

Chile to countersue Bolivia at UN court over water dispute SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Monday that her government is ready to countersue Bolivia over a water dispute at the International Court of Justice.

Bolivian President Evo Morales said Saturday that his country would sue Chile in the Netherlands-based court seeking to force Chile to pay compensation for using the Silala river in a border region.

Bachelet said that Bolivia is claiming ownership over shared water resources and that the Silala flows into Chile by the simple law of gravity. She said Bolivia has recognized the Silala as an international river for more than 100 years.

Landlocked Bolivia asked the international court in 2013 to order Chile to negotiate over Bolivia’s claim for access to the Pacific. The case is being heard by the court, whose rulings are final and binding.

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1985 — Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist.

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FAMILY TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016

Trek to school not a simple task LINDSAY BROWN ME PLUS THREE The trek to school is a lot longer since we have moved into the new house.

Before it was quick jaunt down the back alley behind our home—a minute and a half tops. This was nice because if necessary we could leave two minutes before the bell was to ring and still make it there on time. Of course that very rarely happened due to my obsessive compulsive need to be early for every event I’ve ever been involved in throughout the history of my entire life.

Typically, even with the convenience of our close living accommodation, my children were the first to arrive at school almost every single day.

Now however, it takes us about ten minutes to walk to their new school and there are some obstacles we must overcome while doing so.

The first time we hiked it, we hadn’t yet discovered the short cut. The treacherous journey took us nearly twenty minutes. We had to walk beside

an increasingly busy roadway which did not do well for my nerves as Sophie continued to absentmindedly wander annoyingly close to the racing by vehicles.

I must admit that I have done an awful job so far in preparing my children for the “real world”. For example, when I go grocery shopping, instead of bringing them along and teaching them something about food costs and preparation, I do my best to ditch the babes at home with Jamie or wait until they are in school.

This is probably why seemingly normal aspects of urban life tend to astonish them.

Which brings me to my next point.

Once we found the shortcut to the school, life got a bit easier. I wasn’t as paranoid that they were going to fatefully walk out in front of one of those speeding city buses. Not to mention it cut down our walking time by half!

Plus there is only one busy junction we must conquer on this route which makes things a lot easier. Or that is what I originally thought.

Apparently, the crossing button, is officially the coolest thing in the entire universe. Ever since having to explain that we mustn’t ever step out on the street without pressing the button Lars and Sophie have become infatuated

with it.

As we approached the dreaded button this morning, Lars began running full bore towards the thing. My heart stopped momentarily because I envisioned the kid not being able to stop in time and haplessly running out into oncoming traffic. Will that lurking paranoia ever end? You know, the imaginings of horrible and awful things. Maybe it’s just a parent’s lot in life.

Anyways he was able to stop and before I could tell him to let his sister share in the pressing of their beloved he had already made contact. The BEEP-BOOP sound pitched high above us and we moved to cross the street.

Well, at least Lars and I did.

Sophie had plopped herself on the sidewalk and was crying to the Gods above asking why oh why she was never granted the gift of pressing that God forsaken button herself. (Even though she had pushed it not even twenty-four hours before).

“Sophie what are you doing?!” I said halfway across the street. Lars was already on the other side and the anxiety was beginning to build inside of me. Three cars were now lined up awaiting our crossing. One kid on either side of the street and me stuck in the middle.

Sophie wasn’t moving and Lars wasn’t listening to me as I stridently screamed at him to come back to the other side. I had to make a decision where to go because I surely couldn’t stay in the middle of the street. The look of the motorists faces were that of pure loathing. They hated me and my current awkward predicament.

I ran back to grab the girl child as I figured she had the highest flight risk.

“Okay there, you can press the button.” I say as I pull her off of the ground, all the while keeping a firm eye on my seven year old who was halfway down the block by this point.

Sophie immediately turned off the waterworks and gaily hopped towards the crossing switch. She pushed it with a dainty finger and waited for her que to move across the street.

I was still quaking with nerves and I had to wonder if our morning exercise was worth the years I was losing in mere stress over the event.

We caught up with Lars and he nonchalantly asked what had kept us so long. I didn’t answer but instead told them that from now on, I think I will do the button pressing when it comes to crossing the street.

Lindsay Brown is a mother of two and a freelance writer from Alberta.

The pros and cons of excessive niceness MURRAY FUHRER EXTREME ESTEEM “Being too nice might not gain you enemies, but it will surely gain you users and abusers.”

— Author unknown “We’ve got a problem with our hiring policy and it’s going to bite us in the butt.”

This conversation sounded a lot more interesting than the one I’d been absent-mindedly overhearing: a young lady planning her wedding reception where the emcee would communicate with guests via text messaging. I had been waiting for a couple friends in my favourite coffee shop when the two gentlemen sat down in the booth behind me. Obviously, the hiring comment was a continuation of an existing conversation.

“We have a lot of overly nice people working for us,” said the one, “and that’s not good.”

“What’s wrong with nice?” replied the other. “It’s better than the alternative, isn’t it?”

I was hooked. Most of my life I had been accused of being too nice. In fact, I had spent a great deal of time trying to curb my “nice guy” tendency with only moderate success.

“Nice people are fine,” declared the one. “Overly nice people are a problem.”

People-pleasing, ever-deferring, self-effacing employees who constantly seek validation and over-commit to the point of martyrdom are another story. There’s a subtle yet meaningful distinction between being nice and being kind. Being kind is a successful interpersonal style while being overly nice is often laced with unhealthy undertones. Overly nice people are often mistreated and taken advantage of in the workplace.

There was a time when I found it

crushing to have someone disappointed with me so I often took on more work and responsibility than was necessary or healthy. I became overly focused on doing things for others, to the detriment of my own projects. I desperately wanted to be appreciated so was always putting my hand up to volunteer when volunteering was the last thing I wanted to do. Looking back, it was my poor self-esteem that prompted my behaviour.

People who are overly nice tend to be overly accommodating. Unlike many nice folk, people with healthy self-esteem are not looking to please others nor garner acceptance or validation from every corner. Feeling confident and comfortable in their own skin, they’re able to express kindness and compassion from a place of power. Overly nice people may be suffering from poor self-esteem and trying desperately to avoid conflict, pleasing others in order to feel worthy and deserving – two states-of-being that come naturally to the high self-esteemer.

Looking back, I seldom asked for what I wanted yet, oddly enough, I would often ask for allowances on behalf of others. I remember one manager taking me aside and telling me that my need for approval was making me appear weak in the eyes of my colleagues. I often felt disrespected, exploited and even bullied by colleagues and managers. One incident in particular comes to mind. It was decades ago but I can still remember a rather plainspoken mother of two young sons telling me that she hoped her boys “didn’t grow up to be anything like me.” It was my first job and I was trying so hard to please everyone that I had become a virtual doormat.

Kind and confident people expect to be treated with respect at work.

They assert themselves when necessary and pick their battles carefully.

Healthy self-esteemers know how to set healthy and appropriate boundaries. Many overly nice people unconsciously create stress and unhappiness for themselves. Their great need

for approval sets them up for failure.

Think about it: where is your power when you place the fulfillment of a need in the hands of another?

A sure-fire way to break the niceness cycle is to build your self-esteem.

The better you feel about yourself, the better able you’ll be to shift your thinking and behaviour, more able to be kind, rather than nice. That said, here are some strategies that may help with the process.

Think about why you’re being so nice. Whether at work or at home, being overly nice may be just another mask you’re wearing to hide your true self from the world. If you’re living in a place of fear, you may think that revealing “the real you” will only lead to rejection.

Stop agreeing with everyone on everything. I’m not suggesting you become disagreeable, but that you take time to honour your opinions and preferences. Not everyone will agree with you and that is as it should be. A difference of opinion will often lead to greater understanding.

Curb your people-pleasing tendencies. You don’t need to accommodate everyone. When you do, you leave yourself out of the equation. If you’re a pleaser, you probably like to help others. That’s OK but remember, it’s healthy and appropriate to meet your own needs and goals too.

Learn to set healthy boundaries.

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When asked to do something you’d rather not do, it’s OK to say no. Sure, we like to be available to our friends and assist where needed but you simply can’t say yes to everyone and everything. No one has the energy for that.

Learning to set boundaries can be challenging but is vital. Keep in mind, there are manipulative people in the world who will take advantage of your giving nature. Stand up for yourself.

You’re not a doormat.

Remember, you don’t need anyone else to be happy. Stop basing your worth on the opinions and comments of others. Base your worth on your own heartfelt actions and efforts. Remember, not everyone is going to like you and not everyone is going to accept you. That’s life and that’s fine. A big part of happiness is self-respect, which comes from healthy self-esteem.

I remember my mother telling me, “When you say yes to others, make sure you’re not saying no to yourself.”

I was never quite sure what that meant until recently. If I’m overly nice to you out of fear of rejection, then I’m saying no to my potential for happiness and fulfillment.

Empathy, compassion and kindness spring forth from a well-grounded sense of self. Whether at work or at home, try practising kindness instead of niceness and watch what happens.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator.

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FAMILY Who really is the boss of the house?

The child is not yet two and his verbal communication skills are limited, but everyone knows that he is the boss of the family.

His two older brothers know it. His mom knows it. His dad knows it. His grandpa knows it and I, his grandma, know it now, if I ever had any doubts before.

I had received an SOS call to babysit, so after juggling this, that and a weekend work schedule, I arrived right on time at my destination, somewhat bleary eyed and confused, but otherwise alert and ready.

“Bye, mom,” said my daughter, the teacher, who headed out the door as soon as arrived with one eye on the clock, cell phone, lunch and purse in hand.

Her oldest child, a slightly bigger blonde, blue eyed version of his brothers, lagged behind her, appearing to be in about the same early morning trance as his grandma.

The two little pajama clad boys left at home were super happy to see me and I them, so at the beginning we simply did lots of hugging, quite enjoying our mutual admiration society consisting of each other.

As always, stepping out of my world into their world was like breathing in a breath of fresh air all mixed up with wild flowers growing in reckless abandon and puppies with imploring brown eyes and floppy ears who lick people’s faces furiously.

My two-year-old boss took my hand

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and pointed to the downstairs.

I followed without question, only pausing to grab my coffee cup.

We played with the trains and the trucks. We danced to rock ‘n roll tunes that were not old fashioned, but still catchy. We ran around with these foam pool-floating devices pretending we were some kind of super heroes. (I must admit I took a quick coffee break at that time being all worn out from the dancing).

That was when the two-year-old boss took my hand and pulled me into the family’s theatre room. His blue eyes were solemn and his little mouth had a look of authority about it.

I obeyed the look.

He grabbed his favorite stuffy, a soft blanket and sank his little self into a miniature leather armchair, looking for all the world like the man of the house. His older brother curled up on the couch. They were ready.

What they were ready for was quite obvious. They wanted me to turn on the huge television that took up half the wall so they could watch some kind of kids show that they expected me to magically make appear.

They waited.

I took the remote and pressed several buttons hopefully. Nothing.

“You have to point it at that thing,” said the older child pointing to a big black box in the corner of the room.”

His brother said nothing, simply waited.

I pointed and pushed as directed.

The screen lit up, but only with a whole bunch of little icons that meant nothing to me.

“Why don’t you call my dad?” the older boy said patiently.

“Okay,” I said humbly.

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Children draw all the attention KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My husband and I have chosen not to have children. His family asks repeatedly if we’ve ”changed our minds” about it, so obviously they do not approve of our choice.

My husband recently gave me a 30th birthday party, and invited his extremely child-oriented family. The entire duration of the party, I noticed his siblings and parents fussing with the very young children (about ages 4 and up), not paying attention to anyone but the kids. I found this rude, and thought they could at least pretend to be interested in my birthday celebration.

When I asked one of my sisters-in-law if she saw me open her gift, she retorted, “Sorry, watching my daughter was a little more important than a 30-yearold opening presents.”

My husband and I are extremely generous with all of their children. Am I wrong to think that their behavior was rude?

They seemed to believe simply showing up was good enough. My family and friends with children seem perfectly capable of tending to their kids while still being able to interact with other adults. How should I handle this? — Not-So-Happy-Birthday Dear Birthday Girl: This depends on the kids.

Children, especially the very young ones, require constant supervision. Surely you are grateful that the parents watched to be sure their kids didn’t crash into your glass table, empty the tissue box into the toilet or whine loudly about the food.

We think you were kind to invite these little children to your birthday party. But if you have kids around, you cannot expect to have the parents’ undivided attention. You are assuming it was somehow a subtle criticism of your not having children, but we don’t think it was intentionally rude.

Had those kids been running wild, you would have written us to complain about the parents’ inadequate supervision. (We get plenty of those letters.)

If you want an adult party next time, it’s perfectly OK to exclude the children. Otherwise, this is how it’s going to be for the next several years. Please don’t let it bother you so much.

Dear Annie: A friend recently lost his home in a fire, and said the reason was two 9-volt batteries that were loose in a drawer.

The fire occurred while they weren’t home. Some-

thing similar occurred at my husband’s office, but it was only a small spark and they were able to get it under control quickly.

Please tell your readers to be sure to store their batteries in their original containers and to make sure that the contact posts aren’t touching. I always place a piece of tape over the contacts before I throw them away. If we can save even one life (or home), it will have been worth it. — M. Dear M.: According to the National Fire Prevention Association, the odds of 9-volt batteries starting a house fire are slim.

Nonetheless, batteries should not be stored loose where they can come into contact with metal (keys, pocket change, aluminum foil, paper clips), glue or other materials that could cause them to spark. Cover the posts and store all batteries upright in their original packaging.

It is best not to dispose of them in the trash. Check with your local authorities to find out where to take them for proper disposal or recycling.

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

You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/ AskAnnies.

Bison herd heading home

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS, Mont. — Descendants of a bison herd captured and sent to Canada more than 140 years ago will be relocated to a Montana American Indian reservation next month, in what tribal leaders bill as a homecoming for a species emblematic of their traditions.

The shipment of animals from Alberta’s Elk Island National Park to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation follows a 2014 treaty among tribes in the United States and Canada. That agreement aims to restore bison to areas of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains where millions once roamed.

“For thousands of years the Blackfeet lived among the buffalo here.

The buffalo sustained our way of life, provided our food, clothing, shelter,” Blackfeet Chairman Harry Barnes

said. “It became part of our spiritual being. We want to return the buffalo.”

The 89 plains bison, also known as buffalo, will form the nucleus of a herd that tribal leaders envision will soon roam freely across a vast landscape: the Blackfeet reservation, nearby Glacier National Park and the Badger-Two Medicine wilderness — more than 4,000 square miles combined.

Bison were hunted to near-extinction in the late 1800s as European settlers advanced across the once-open American West. Most of the animals that survive today are in commercial herds, raised for their meat and typically interbred with cattle.

The lineage of Elk Island’s bison, which experts say are free of cattle genes, traces back to a small group of animals captured by several American Indians on Blackfeet land just south of Canada.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Tuesday March 29 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Christopher Lambert, 59; Lucy Lawless, 47; Elle Macpherson, 51 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Rushing around will only increase stress levels so pace yourself.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 2016 is the year to get the balance right between your personal and professional lives. Plus spend time re-connecting with the playful and creative child within.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get set to sparkle and shine Rams! It’s a day when you can really dream big dreams and aspire to fabulously ambitious schemes for the future — followed by lots of hard work and elbow grease.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Have you been procrastinating? Get off your beautiful bovine behind and start making things happen today Taurus. Take the time to think things through carefully — and then charge like a Bull at a gate!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There’s a tendency to jump in and say things you don’t really mean, especially with loved ones. Think before you speak, otherwise you’ll just end up offending others — and upsetting yourself.

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In this undated photo provided by Parks Canada a plains bison herd roam in a section of the Elk Island National Park, Canada. Descendants of a bison herd captured and sent to Canada more than 140 years ago will be relocated to a Montana American Indian reservation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you have health problems, there’s nothing to be gained by sweeping them under the carpet and ignoring them. Be responsible and proactive. It’s also important to find an exercise routine that works for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Much of your precious time and attention is taken up by a delicate situation involving a child, teenager or close friend. In order to resolve it you need to be proactive, sensitive and persistent.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’re in your Virgo comfort zone when you approach projects in a controlled and careful way. With six planets in speedy fire signs today, it’s time to be more spontaneous and pick up the pace.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Single Librans — love is a firm possibility as the planets spark and rev up your relationship zone. If you are already attached, don’t let the relationship become boring and oh-so predictable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When it comes to complicated matters at work or home, avoid making hasty half-baked moves. Today’s stars encourage you to look at issues in an intelligent, intuitive and imaginative way.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): With Mars and the Moon both in Sagittarius you’re feeling bold and beautiful.

Think carefully before you speak and act though — otherwise you may say or do something that you later regret.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have a productive day, as long as you can get the balance right between professional projects and domestic duties. Single Capricorns — love is likely with someone from your local neighbourhood.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The more creative you are

at home, work and play, the better the day will be. Communicating — in person and via social media — sees you get your message out to the world loud and clear.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Creativity, sensitivity and spiritual inspiration are high today. You’re in the mood for some escapist daydreams, and you’ll also feel great sympathy and compassion for someone who is in need.

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