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Bully who terrorized neighbours fined $500 ROBERT CHARLTON CHARGED UNDER COMMUNITY STANDARDS BYLAW FOR BEHAVIOUR

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man described as a “terror” to his neighbourhood, and who has tied up enforcement resources and multiple City of Red Deer departments, has been convicted of bullying.

In a case that the Crown prosecutor admitted was very unique, Robert Charlton, a senior citizen who lives at 3 Scott St. in Sunnybrook, appeared alone in court this week to defend himself during a trial.

A group of about 20 other people who live in the neighbourhood also attended, hoping for a conviction and filling up most of one-half of the

small courtroom.

Charlton, a tall man who uses a large wooden cane to walk, was charged under the bullying section of the city’s Community Standards Bylaw on Nov. 23, 2015. On Monday he was fined $500 by justice of the peace Stafford Gorsalitz.

The case was held in Red Deer traffic court, which deals with numerous laws, including City of Red Deer bylaws.

The actual conviction was based on him “yelling and screaming” at two children riding bicycles in front of his house, but neighbours outlined many other concerns.

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Teacher resigns for humiliating students

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Lindsay Thurber teacher who scrawled reminders on students faces and forced them to stand on desks has resigned after pleading guilty to charges of unprofessional conduct.

French immersion teacher Louis-Georges Pelletier pleaded guilty to one count of failing to treat students with respect and dignity, and one count of failing to maintain the honour of the profession at an Alberta Teachers’ Association disciplinary hearing on Monday.

Pelletier, a long-time teacher, taught most of his career at the district. Few details were given about Pelletier’s career and tenure at this time at Red Deer Public Schools.

The district said complaints about Pelletier’s teaching methods surfaced in February 2015.

A month later, a professional conduct complaint was filed to the Alberta Teachers Association launching a formal investigation. No specific num-

bers were given on the volume of complaints. A hearing convened on Monday and is expected to wrap up today or tomorrow.

Through an agreed statement of facts, a professional committee in Edmonton heard that students dreaded going to Pelletier’s class because they were belittled and humiliated.

Students wrote in their statements that, “if they pronounced a French word incorrectly, Pelletier would make them read sentences over and over in front of the class until he was satisfied,” according to media reports.

Other students reported that one boy was made to stand on his desk because he was too short to be heard by Pelletier. Pelletier wrote the French word for Friday, “vendredi,” on his forehead in marker as a reminder of a deadline.

Complaints about his teaching methods, however, stemmed back to 1994, according to media reports.

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Theft, fraud charges stayed due to court delays

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A chronic shortage of court resources in Red Deer has come under fire after a stay of proceedings was granted for a Sylvan Lake accountant accused of embezzling his former employer.

“It’s an emergency situation, because you can’t just have criminal charges, especially the serious charges, just getting thrown out because of delays,” Calgary-based defence counsel Paul Gracia said after the proceedings against his client

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École Notre Dame High School Grade 12 student Nathan MacQuarrie makes short work of cutting through a piece of wood as Notre Dame teach Francois Piche hangs on tight. MacQuarrie let the saw dust fly as he cut through the 2x4 in 3.2 seconds during the lumberjack competition on Tuesday. Over the noon hour the French immersion students hosted a Cabane à Sucre event at the school which included live music from the student band Second to Spare, a tug-o-war event, and tire d’érable or maple taffy poured over ice.

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were stayed because it took so long to schedule his trial.

Sean Keith Brouillette, 45, was charged on Sept. 23, 2013 with theft and fraud. Sylvan Lake RCMP alleged that he stole roughly $71,000 from his former employer, Red Flame Industries. Brouillette was committed to stand trial on Oct. 29, 2014 and arraigned in the Court of Queen’s bench on Dec. 1 of the same year. His trial was set for April 11-15 of this year.

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Six people facing eviction SAFE HARBOUR SHORT $50K AFTER FUNDING REDUCED

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Less government funding for sober and supported, affordable housing means Safe Harbour Society will have to evict six people on July 1.

Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing says it’s short $50,000 after the city reduced provincial funding the society receives to help end homelessness. As a result, the society is being forced to close one of its four houses and reduce the number of tenants to 15 from 21.

Kath Hoffman, Safe Harbour’s executive director, said it’s not about how the city divided the provincial funding among community agencies, but the fact that more money is needed to end homelessness.

“We want to provide the service we’ve been providing successfully for the last 15 years. We want to keep doing what we’re doing. We have lots of people who need us to keep doing what we’re doing,” Hoffman said on Tuesday.

Instead of helping to end homelessness, Safe Harbour had to send out eviction notices, she said.

The society’s supported housing program provides a sober environment in affordable housing for people who aren’t quite strong enough.

“They don’t feel quite sturdy enough to be on their own. They want some accountability. They want the staff to support them and the facilitator in the house to help stabilize them,” Hoffman said.

The funding cut also means clients who move out on their own won’t have access to supported housing staff who have been available to them for up to a year in the community.

Tamara Oakes, shelter triage/Safe Harbour Society housing worker, said clients feel safe in the supported housing.

“They can stay as long as they want. They’re not given a time frame to leave. It’s when they want and when they’re ready. And they have that support after to help them transition into the community on their own,” Oakes said.

The longest a client has lived at a house is five years and the shortest is about one year.

Staff help clients with whatever they need like working on goal planning, developing life skills, accessing resources or detox. Developing a good relationship with staff is also important.

“It takes a lot for our guys to build up trust in us, to be able to depend on us, and trust us that we’re

Local BRIEFS Council expected to approve trash limit changes in two weeks A policy change that will see the waste limit reduced for residential homes passed its first hurdle.

City council gave first reading to a bylaw that reduces the weekly unit limit for residential waste collection to three from five on Monday. The second and third readings will be read in council in two weeks.

The policy change is in alignment with the city’s plan to reduce Red Deer’s per capita disposal rate to 500 kg per capita per year.

Survey data shows that the average number of waste units set out by households in Red Deer is 1.8 units per week with six per cent of residents consistently setting out four or more units on a weekly basis.

A unit of waste is defined as a bag or can with a 100 liter capacity.

Recent surveys show that 77 per cent of residents indicated that they would support the limit reduc-

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Safe Harbour Society employees Tamara Oakes, left, and Tina Scott speak with Ron McIsaac who is a client of the Safe Harbour Society and a housing facilitator. there to work with them,” said Tina Scott, housing support worker.

Scott said there’s been many success stories and feared for those who are evicted.

“Lots of our guys aren’t at a spot where big change is good. There’s a chance of relapse.”

And she worried about the clients who have moved out but still need contact with supported housing workers.

“It’s leaving them high and dry and setting them up for a fall,” Scott said.

Sarah Cockerill, the city’s director of community services, said providing housing to the longest term

shelter users and those sleeping outside is a new priority to help end homelessness in the city.

She said a review showed that focusing on those groups would have the most impact.

“Based on the new direction a number of agencies were unsuccessful in their RFP (request for proposal) process or saw changes to their funding that might change the way they do business. In the case of Safe Harbour, they’re an independent organization and certainly decisions to administer programs are their own,” Cockerill said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

tion following the recent recycling expansion to include all numbered plastics in the blue box program.

Residents will continue have the option of purchasing extra waste tags for $1 per tag, which can be affixed to a garbage bag. Extra units of waste set out without the extra waste tags are simply left behind and can be set out the following week, or taken to the Waste Management Facility.

The bylaw amendment must pass second and third reading before going forward. If approved, the three-unit limit would come into effect approximately two weeks after council’s final approval.

Lacombe County man sentenced to time served for two charges

County approves tender for reservoir, treatment plant for Spruce View Spruce View is getting some water help.

On Tuesday, Red Deer County council approved a $2.5-million tender for a 1,500-cubic-metre water reservoir and water treatment plant for the hamlet.

Adding engineering, consulting services and a contingency the total project cost is $3.2 million, about $351,600 below budget. The county plans to use the leftover money to reclaim the land used by the old water treatment plant.

The project is funded through a three-way split with the federal and provincial governments, which will provide $1.2 million each.

A 2012 infrastructure study showed that the existing 227-cubic-metre reservoir was insufficient for future growth. Having more water available will also provide better firefighting protection.

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A Lacombe County man held in custody since March 23 has been sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to lesser charges.

Taylor Curl was arrested by police who had raided a rural property in search of stolen equipment.

In Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday, Curl pleaded guilty to one count of breaching release conditions and one count of mischief for damaging a telephone at the Blackfalds RCMP detachment.

Judge John Holmes ruled that Curl’s sentence had been satisfied by the 26 days he had spent in remand following his arrest.

City collecting public input as it prepares 2017 budget The official Let’s Talk event may be over but residents still have time to provide input on city spending.

For the next three weeks, the city will be collecting input from residents as it prepares the 2017 budgets.

A budget open house is slated for April 26 at Festival Hall from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Residents will have the opportunity to learn about the services and programs and tell the city how they would spend their tax dollar.

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County to waive waiting period

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

An 18-month waiting period between development applications on the same land can be waived in certain situations Red Deer County council decided on Tuesday.

Mayor Jim Wood said the move gives council more flexibility to make development decisions.

But residents opposed to the change fear it will encourage rejected developers to try their luck at council again and again.

Dale Christian, of the Medicine Flat Aquifer Committee, did not hide her disappointment with council’s decision.

The group has lobbied the county tirelessly for years to do more to protect water supplies and the environment from gravel pit developments. The 18-month window between applications had been seen as an important measure to stop developers

from re-applying within months after a development application was rejected.

That scenario saw residents opposed forced to gather information and journey over and over again to Red Deer County Centre to voice their opposition.

Wood said under the changes council can waive the 18-month cooling off period only if substantial changes are made to an application.

Simply reducing the size of a proposed gravel pit or multi-lot subdivision application would not be enough.

Council was concerned that as the bylaw previously stood no development application — even one completely different than a previous proposal — could be entertained for 18 months on a property.

For Wood, it’s all about giving council the “ability to make the best decisions.”

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The family-fun event features pollinator activities with an ecological design expert, a short talk on pollinator gardens, workshops on green cleaning as well as Earth-friendly arts and crafts for the kids.

It runs from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Lauren Maris, Environmental Program Specialist, said this year they will focus on the importance of living in harmony with pollinators at our Earth Day celebrations.

“This is an important topic with the number of pollinators declining across the world,” she said.

“We want to encourage residents to not only understand the role that bees and other pollinators play in our ecosystem, but also how they can help them thrive in their own backyard.”

The most famous pollinator is the honeybee, but there are several native species of bees, wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds that are busy pollinating our flowers and vegetable gardens each year.

The city is working to preserve and enhance pollinator habitats in four city parks including City Hall Park, Snell Gardens, Maskepetoon Park and Bower Ponds. In these parks, changes have been made to make the parks more inviting for pollinators including leaving the grass a little longer, using ecologically sensitive methods to remove weeds and planting pollinator-friendly flowers.

Red Deer will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday; however, the official Earth Day takes place on April 22 and involves the participation of more than one billion people in over 170 countries.

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There are times when new information or a major change in a proposed use for a site merits a second look, he said.

Coun. Philip Massier said the change allows council to consider something different for a property, but it must be more than a “tweak” to a previous application.

While council can waive the 18-month waiting period, it is under no obligation to do that, pointed out Coun. Jean Bota.

Dr. Bill Young, who made a presentation to council, said it’s important that there is “transparency” in the process and consistency in the criteria council uses to consider waiving the waiting period.

While the change gives council more latitude in making development decisions it could be a twoedged sword when it comes to assessing application changes.

“Everybody will have a different idea as to what is significant or substantial,” he said.

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The NDP returns to the wilderness GREG NEIMAN OPINION

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ew Canadian governments get this kind of honeymoon gift from the opposition parties. Halfway into their first year of mandate, the Liberal cabinet and caucus — with its large complement of rookie members — can be confident they will not face any serious challenges to power for at least the next two years.

Unless they create one of their own, of course, which is always possible.

The official opposition Conservatives will spend the next year redefining their brand and looking for a leader. The NDP will be fronted by a lame duck who has less than half the support of the party for perhaps the next two years, while the party itself redefines its entire mission, never mind its public brand or finds a new leader.

Depending on how you read history, the Liberal Party spent perhaps seven years in the wilderness (under two different leaders) before sweeping the country in the last election with a newly-minted Justin Trudeau. But during

those years, Parliament at least had an effective opposition, led by Jack Layton and by Thomas Mulcair, who was ousted as leader at the NDP convention in Edmonton last weekend.

Since 2011, and until the last election, the NDP could have called itself a government-in-waiting. Not today.

Today, no party can say that, since government-in-waiting implies readiness to govern, and that requires a leader.

As for the NDP, government-in-waiting will be unavailable to them for a very long time. The party is once again a house divided.

I’m old enough to remember the Waffle. The NDP that good old Tommy Douglas built, bringing us universal health care, was split in the late 1960s by an energetic splinter group, which wanted to fast-track Canada into socialist nationalism.

The Waffle pushed a national debate on how Canada should grow into the future. For years after, high school debating clubs would enter contests wrangling over whether Canada should nationalize industries that had been taken over by American firms.

(Alternately, we debated the morality of the Vietnam War. Good years.)

The Waffle’s move away from centre-left effectively kept the party far distant from power in Ottawa, though

local conditions and popular leaders would gain them provincial governments.

As in Saskatchewan and B.C. historically. As in Alberta and Manitoba today.

As in no place, while the Leap Manifesto gains momentum.

Prophets always seem to come from the wilderness, and the centres of power seldom like what the prophets have to say. But what the supporters of the Leap Manifesto have to say, at least needs to be heard.

If our high school debating clubs are not already wrangling over how Canada should be facing a future affected by climate change, they should be. (That is, if high schools in Canada still have debating clubs.)

The Leap Manifesto brought to the NDP’s national convention in Edmonton proposes a fast-track to an energy future that does not use fossil fuels.

Like, at all. It proposes that no government should approve, much less put money into growth in infrastructure to develop and transport more bitumen, oil and natural gas to market. As for coal, well, those days are over.

Which puts the most recent and popular provincial NDP government, and its new star leader in a serious crimp.

High school debaters should be doing this, but no official in the Alberta government is going to seriously consider stranding our natural resources for the mere sake of saving the planet on Canada’s behalf. Not going to happen.

Proponents of Leap strive mightily to reinforce that their manifesto is just a discussion document, not a party platform. But calling it a manifesto implies future action. It does not wonder aloud what we should be doing or ask for your agreement. It proposes policy.

Thus, it’s totally non grata in a province that supplies (or could supply) energy self-sufficiency for the whole country. Premier Rachel Notley called the document naive and tone deaf.

One can excuse naiveté in a discussion paper. Tone deafness is death to a political party.

The NDP faces real challenges in Manitoba, which will have a provincial election April 19. The Leap Manifesto is, at the very least, trouble for the NDP government in Alberta.

The wilderness beckons the party once again. That’s where the prophets come from.

Good news, for now, for the Liberals in Ottawa.

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of trees was the newborn life in what was a larger forest, a thriving biosphere.

Baltimore Orioles, Robins and Ruffled Grouse called this area home.

Moose, Deer, and smaller animals called this biosphere theirs.

The aerial denizens would swoop and fly through the air and give life through their very existence. Their sounds resonated throughout the yards and field. Springtime is when birds claim trees and create nests for their coming young. This year, the robins claimed their territory. The Ruffled grouse, so rarely seen these days, were heard and seen.

This little piece of heaven, this road way, was more than a flat top for transportation of equipment and local inhabitants.

However, despite the best efforts of Manyluck, Range Road 282s peaceful status is no more.

Century old trees are now mulch, and the birds and animals which carried the ‘something’ that transformed this drive into a near mystical experience, are now homeless. The special neighbourhood has been irrevocably destroyed.

Policy has trumped people.

And it is a sad day.

Tim Lasiuta Red Deer

cil and various community agencies to address homelessness. I am very impressed with what I see as the City’s efforts to support all members of the community, including those who chose or by necessity walk or ride bicycles as a form of transportation.

It’s obvious that Mr. Greenwood does not like the Alberta NDP, does not support combatting climate change, and any increase in taxes.

With regards to where government debt has led to prosperity, I can think of a few historic examples: building the national railway to bring British Columbia into Confederation, building the Icefields Parkway during the Great Depression which provided employment and draws tourists from around the world, building tanks and ships and airplanes during the Second World War to win the war, building schools for children and hospitals for the sick. I would wager that all of these expenditures involved some financing and we are the better off for it.

I certainly don’t mind paying taxes if I can see the benefits to society as a whole.

Bill Franz Red Deer

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Policy trumps people in removal of trees There is a certain intangible in nature, that man cannot legislate, polificate, or define. This ‘something,’ or ‘nothing,’ is that which turns a blasé landscape, if one does indeed exist, into an explosion of life and colour.

And we, as observers, need to do nothing to watch the magical transformation. This undefinable characteristic is nothing we can predict, yet when it happens, it is the only thing we need cling to in our efforts to find meaning or pleasure.

Yes, there was a place like this, in Red Deer County.

People would drive by the heavenly range road, 282, near HolmesHus Antiques, and slow down, in appreciation of the tree lined road straight out of a Robert Frost poem.

On either side, the centurion sentinels stood guard over a well kept secret.

This is a special place …

Yet, for all its solemnity and solitude, before there were roads, when remnants of the magnificent bison were still visible, this cathedral

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

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Recovering addict cleaning up downtown

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Being homeless for about 20 years hasn’t stopped Mike Peever from taking an active role in making his community a better place to live by picking up drug paraphernalia wherever he finds it.

Peever, who recently found housing through Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing, moved to Red Deer over a month ago. For many years he has cleaned up drug debris where he has lived.

He is now focused on collecting debris in downtown Red Deer, and carries a container in his backpack to safely collect syringes.

“I do it everyday. It takes me an about hour, two hours, maybe longer. Some days I branch right out and it takes me half a day,” said Peever, 43, on Tuesday.

He wants to keep children safe who might find a syringe and pick it up before an adult can stop them.

The recovering addict said he knows where people will go to inject drugs so he knows where to look.

He encourages people who inject drugs to pick up after themselves, and for the rest of the community to take an active role in keeping Red Deer clean.

“I don’t think it should stop at needles or drug paraphernalia. I think we should be just more aware and clean up after ourselves.”

So far Tuesday morning, he picked up four syringes. The most he has found in one day is about 50. He wears gloves for protection and warned drug debris is not limited to the downtown.

“If you’re going to pick up a syringe, pick it up from the right end. Be safe. Not all these syringes are capped,” Peever said.

Kath Hoffman, Safe Harbour’s executive director, said Peever is being a responsible citizen with community spirit.

“I could really see how excited and passionate Mike was about doing his part,” Hoffman said.

Peever said he will continue to clean up debris even though he now has a place to live and doesn’t have to walk around the city without a place to call home.

Without having to carry all his belongings, his backpack is the lightest it’s ever been, he said.

“I’ve been looking in windows most of my life.

Now I get to look out one.

It’s relaxing.”

Peever, who is a panhandler, said he wished more Red Deerians would acknowledge homeless people they see on the street even if they can’t spare any change.

He recalled how a downtown office worker went out of her way on St. Patrick’s Day to bring him a cupcake.

“I only made about $3.50 that day. When she brought me that she made me feel like a millionaire because she literally took the time and thought of me.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Adam Johnson, a Red Deer man, recently won $250,000 in a lottery.

While he was waiting for his pizza order, he stopped to check his LOTTO MAX ticket and buy a soft drink. That’s when he learned his ticket was worth $250,000 in the March 11 draw.

“I checked a couple of tickets before scanning the winning one,” he said. “I was so excited, I ran out of the store and forgot to get my drink. I couldn’t believe it!”

Johnson plans to buy a house with his winnings. He purchased the winning ticket at the Lottery Stop at Bower Place Shopping Centre.

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David Stephan, who is 32, and his wife Collet, who is 35, are charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life for their nearly 19-month-old son Ezekiel in March 2012.

Crown prosecutor Clayton Giles suggested that Ezekiel had never fully recovered from what his parents thought was croup despite the natural remedies he had received.

He questioned Stephan’s early testimony that his children were never “laid up” as a result of illness due to the healthy regimen they were following.

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Mountie loved life, prized family

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Alberta BRIEFS Hung jury brings mistrial in case of man accused of drowning wife KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A mistrial has been declared in the case of a former New Zealand politician accused of drowning his wife in a British Columbia lake.

The 12-person jury deciding Peter Beckett’s fate returned to court Tuesday evening saying they could not reach a unanimous verdict.

Beckett, 59, still stands accused of the first-degree murder of his wife, Laura Letts-Beckett, who drowned in Upper Arrow Lake near Revelstoke on Aug. 18, 2010.

The jury foreperson passed the court a note on Tuesday afternoon, saying the group was at an impasse, and B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ian Meiklem urged them to continue working, but by evening the mistrial was declared.

The trial spanned four months before jurors began deliberating on April 6.

Letts-Beckett’s death was initially believed to have been an accident, but Beckett was charged one year later.

Budget to include more than $500M for seniors housing EDMONTON — The Alberta government plans to invest more than $500 million in new funding for seniors housing in Thursday’s budget.

A source has told The Canadian Press that a small portion will be in grants, but the lion’s share will be taken from $4 billion in unallocated money from the capital fund.

Lori Sigurdson, the minister for seniors and housing, would not confirm the figure Tuesday, but said money is coming.

“I will say there’s a significant investment,” said Sigurdson.

She said there’s an estimated $1 billion in deferred maintenance on seniors housing, and that the seniors population is expected to double in less than a generation.

“We have about half a million seniors currently, so we’ll have a million seniors in 20 years. We need to make sure that we have the housing and the accommodation that they need,” she said.

Finance Minister Joe Ceci unveils the 2016-17 budget on Thursday.

Auditor general rips failed school construction EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general says the former Progressive Conservative government’s grand plan for 100 new schools was built on empty promises, administrative chaos, and almost no money.

Merwan Saher, in a report issued Tuesday, said Albertans during the era of former premiers Alison Redford and Jim Prentice were promised something that had little hope of

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A RCMP officer holds a stetson in honour of Const. Sarah Beckett during a regimental funeral service at the Q Centre arena in Colwood, B.C. on Tuesday,. Beckett died in a car crash last Tuesday when her RCMP cruiser was broadsided by a pickup truck.

Hayden. “I would still take this journey 1,000 times with you.”

Hayden said Beckett had an infectious laugh and her colleagues nicknamed her Backup Beckett after she backed into a fire truck with her cruiser.

Beckett served at Port McNeill for five years after finishing her training in 2005. She also served with an RCMP investigations unit in Victoria before transferring to the Westshore detachment in Langford, a suburban commusucceeding.

“I believe the lessons for ministers are don’t create false public expectations,” Saher told reporters after filing his report to the legislature.

Saher was asked last fall by Rachel Notley’s NDP government to investigate school construction under the previous two premiers after it announced there would be lengthy delays in 101 Tory-announced school projects.

In the decade prior to 2011 the province was building on average 18 schools a year, Saher said.

All changed under Redford’s government when it promised 50 new schools in 2012, but also introduced organizational changes that sowed confusion between the Education and Infrastructure departments with no clear hierarchy of authority, the auditor general said.

“No one was responsible for overall results,” Saher wrote.

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean urges debt cut in TV address EDMONTON — The NDP government’s plan to get Alberta out of the low-oil debt spiral is only going to make things worse, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said Tuesday in a televised, provincewide address.

Jean said the province can’t spend and borrow its way out of the current fiscal crisis.

“Interest payments will soon be the largest expense in government after health, education and social services,” said Jean in the short speech, which served as a rebuttal to last week’s kitchen-table TV address by Premier Rachel Notley.

“Credit rating agencies are taking notice. Large deficits have become the norm over the last decade and it’s just not sustainable.”

Jean’s comments come just days before Finance Minister Joe Ceci unveils the 2016-17 budget.

nity just west of Victoria.

She previously pumped gas, managed a Petro-Canada station and worked as a server, often amazed at the great tips she made because she “spilled so many drinks on customers,” said Hayden, who knew Beckett since she was born in Calgary.

Her parents and sister prized public service, Hayden told the mourners, which included Premier Christy Clark and NDP Leader John Horgan.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson

described Beckett as smart, strong and fun.

“She loved this job because it played to her strengths: her perceptiveness, her personal acumen, her confidence, her resolve,” he said.

“She was outraged by injustice and fought to make it right. She had no time for complacency and didn’t abide it. She had a knack for interviews and it followed a gift for engaging people.

She was, in short, the archetypal modern Mountie. We will miss her.”

Suicide crisis reverberates on Parliament Hill

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The misery and neglect at the root of a suicide crisis on a remote northern First Nation has “shocked the world,” an NDP MP said Tuesday as the cascading tragedy in Attiwapiskat reverberated on the floor of the House of Commons.

No one can understand “how a country as rich as Canada can leave so many young children and young people behind,” said Charlie Angus, whose sprawling northern Ontario riding includes the deeply troubled and isolated aboriginal community.

“Will this minister commit to a total overhaul to ensure that every child in this country has the mental health supports that they need to have hope and a positive future?

Health Minister Jane Philpott said the government must — and will — respond.

She pledged to ensure that mental health resources be applied to those who need them, describing the mental health of young people in particular in the troubled communities as “devastating.”

Earlier Tuesday, Commons Speaker Geoff Regan cleared the way for a rare emergency debate on the crisis, which has so overwhelmed local leaders that extra police officers have been called in from nearby communities.

On Monday, officials thwarted what

they called a suicide pact by 13 young aboriginal people, including a nineyear-old, after they were overheard making plans to kill themselves.

Attawapiskat’s chief and eight councillors declared a state of emergency on Saturday, citing 11 suicide attempts so far in the month of April and 28 recorded attempts in March.

“These nightmares and tragedies should serve as wake-up calls that there isn’t time to wait,” Angus said in a letter requesting the debate.

“An emergency debate is required in order to allow parliamentarians to address this crisis and show that as parliamentarians we are willing to work together because the days of shrugging off the tragedies or tinkering with Band-Aid solutions are over.”

Angus himself opened the emergency debate Tuesday evening by saying it wasn’t just about Attawapiskat, “this is about who we are as Canadians and our whole nation.”

He said what’s happening in the community isn’t new, and it’s time to do more than just apply Band-Aids and send in emergency flights.

“I think tonight might be the beginning of a change in our country and that’s what I’m asking us all to come together to do,” he said in the emergency debate.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said aboriginal communities need hope, and that should be the message from the debate.

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David Holmes was a resident at a home for people with developmental disabilities and had severe cognitive impairment with little or no verbal communication, requiring help from full-time caregivers for all activities of daily living.

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COLWOOD, B.C. — An RCMP officer who established herself as an investigator in a small town detachment was remembered Tuesday for the impact she had on everyone she met.

Const. Sarah Beckett, 32, who died on duty last week when her cruiser collided with a pickup truck in the Vancouver Island community of Langford, was also described as a loving wife and mother with a quirky sense of humour and a commitment to service.

The 11-year member of the force left behind a husband and two sons aged five and two.

“Goodbye, Sarah,” said former colleague Staff Sgt. Phil Lue in an emotional message at the packed Q Centre hockey arena in Colwood. “Your memory will always stay with us and you will be missed.”

Lue said when Beckett arrived at the Port McNeill detachment on the northeast end of Vancouver Island she quickly “established herself as the alpha dog.”

But even though her skills as a rookie officer were impressive, it was her sense of humour and larger-than-life personality that drew people to her, he said.

“She could sound exactly like a seagull,” said Lue, recalling how her calls always drew hordes of birds.

Lue said Beckett was “kind, generous, sweet, loyal and loving.”

Her godfather Jack Hayden said Beckett wanted to become a paleontologist — seeing the movie “Jurassic Park” 14 times — before deciding to follow her grandfather and become a Mountie.

“She lived for her family,” Hayden said, adding that besides her love for her two boys and their dog Maximus, Beckett prized her life with her husband Brad, who she met and married in Las Vegas.

“You warned me this day may come when we first met each other,” her husband said in a message read by

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City of Red Deer councillors Paul Harris and Ken Johnston were joined by their fellow councillors Tuesday afternoon as they picked up litter east of Gaetz Avenue on Red Deer’s north hill. The annual city-wide Green Deer spring cleanup program brings residents, groups and businesses together to take on the task of picking up litter and ensuring Red Deer is clean and green.

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CHARLTON: Used RCMP, bylaw officers to harass residents They accused him of tying up valuable enforcement agencies with his litany of complaints to the RCMP and City of Red Deer departments including bylaws, inspections and licensing, animal control, revenue and assessment, engineering, parks and environmental services.

One neighbour, Tad Ames, who lives at 5 Scott St., directly east of Charlton’s house, testified that between June and October 2015, he documented 23 visits he had from enforcement agencies. He never received a single ticket.

Keith Carriere, who lives at 9 Scott St., said he had problems with Charlton since he moved in 12 years ago. He called Charlton a“terror to our neighbourhood” and neighbours were tired of the non-stop abuse and bullying.

Carriere, said Charlton uses RCMP and city peace officers to bully the neighbourhood. “There are so many false allegations … it’s a tactic to create a hardship on our street.”

He said he was on his motorcycle one day and Charlton suddenly came out behind a parked car “and took a swipe at me.”

“I’ve seen him yelling at mothers and school children,” Carriere said.

Charlton, who has a carport, has placed a hand-made No Parking sign in front of his house yet he parks his own vehicle in front of his home, Carriere said.

Once time Charlton dropped cat feces on Carriere’s front steps. Charlton would tell court he was upset with cats using his flower beds.

Brandi-Lee Kulych-Webber, who lives at 5 Scott St. with Ames and their blended family of five children, said bylaw officers had been at her house so often it was getting to be a weekly or biweekly event.

They moved into the neighbourhood about a year ago and had been doing renovations to the home. Charlton complained about constant construction noise.

Kulych-Webber said her children “were very afraid of Mr. Charlton” and he had taken photos of the children and her, and of things such as vehicles on the street.

She said he had once entered her house without being invited. “I just want this to stop.”

Ames said when he moved into the neighbourhood, people forewarned him of Charlton. So he made a point of going over to meet the senior, and gave him his cell phone number to call anytime he had a concern.

Ames said when he was building a fence, Charlton called the city to complain it was too high. It was still under construction and the posts had not yet been topped off.

He said he asked Charlton why he would call a third party instead of him directly when he had a concern. “He refused to answer.”

City of Red Deer Peace Officer Danielle Everson testified that she attended a parking complaint on Nov. 23 from Charlton about a vehicle blocking his driveway. “There was no vehicle blocking the driveway.”

“He was using us as a medium to harass his neighbours.” She then gave him the bullying ticket.

Everson said peace officers had attended 14 complaints over two years, three of them recently, from Charlton.

“I’ve never seen people tell so many lies in my life,” Charlton testified.

He said he has lived in his house for 46 years and the street has gone downhill with new people moving in.

“I haven’t been bullying,” he said, and the two children were riding their bikes on his lawn between driveways.

“I don’t tell lies.”

When Charlton showed some photos he had taken of vehicles on his street to the court, Crown prosecutor Jason

Buttuls asked him if any showed his driveway being blocked. “Not directly, no,” Charlton said.

Buttuls said he had 21 separate statements from people in the neighbourhood about Charlton, and the Nov. 23 false report “is the one that put it over the top.”

“Is not the city part and parcel part of the problem?” justice of peace Gorsalitz said at one point.

“It’s clear there’s an issue between you and probably everyone in the neighbourhood,” he told Charlton, adding the numbers suggested he was the problem.

Gorsalitz said that given the allegations, Charlton could have been facing criminal charges including stunting, vandalism and trespassing.

He said that it was Charlton’s yelling at the children on their bikes that resulted in the bullying conviction.

When Charlton said maybe his problems would go away if he moved, Gorsalitz told him: “Your other option is you can try and get along with your neighbours.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

PELLETIER: 30 statements from students, parents Superintendent Stu Henry did not speak specifically to the decades old complaints or any former disciplinary actions against Pelletier.

According to Henry, generally when there are complaints there are action plans involving monitoring and follow ups with parents and students to fix the issue.

“So often in cases like this, where there were one-off issues raised over the years, the LOUIS-GEORGES schools would PELLETIER say they felt the issues were dealt with at the time and things had improved,” said Henry. “The difference in this last year was just the volume of the concerns that were raised all at the same time. It really brought some issues to light.”

The agreed statement of facts included 30 statements and documents from students and parents, and another seven statements from school district employees.

The district did not disclose how many complaints it had received about Pelletier but confirmed there were no complaints during this school year.

Support has been offered to students, parents and Pelletier.

“There isn’t a policy but there comes a point where you realize you are dealing with more than a one-off concern that you can deal with a conversation or small action place,” said Henry. “I think last year it became very evident to us it had become a bigger issue that needed to be dealt with with other supports.”

Board chair Bev Manning said this issue is a very unfortunate situation but she believes in the process and the system. She said the board is deeply concerned with ensuring all students affected have services provided to them.

Manning said she appreciates the work the ATA does to ensure its profession is accountable to students and the community.

Asked about the guilty plea, Manning said it speaks to the character of the teacher.

“We all walk through life and we all face different challenges and at some point you have to just step back and say this is what has occurred,” said Manning. “I appreciate it when a teacher will stand up and take responsibility and accountability for what they have done.”

Bruce Buruma, Director of Community Relations, said in many ways he was a well loved and respected teacher to some and others had some very deep concerns that brought them to where they are today.

“That’s one of the challenges you face in these situations,” said Buruma.

“People go into teaching for the love of teaching children. There are different perspectives that are on it.”

Henry said the school has been very instrumental in working with the parents and the students.

“This ATA hearing is not something apart from the work that we are doing,” he said. “We are very much supportive of it and we have been part of it. This is part of how we are trying to address it.”

The ATA has the ability to reprimand, fine, suspend or recommend cancellation of a teaching certificate if a teacher is found guilty of unprofessional conduct. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

DELAYS: Breached Brouillette’s right to fair trial The trial opened on Monday before Edmonton-based Justice Donna Read, with Gracia seeking a judicial stay of proceedings because of the delay.

Read announced on Tuesday that she would grant the stay because the delay had breached Brouillette’s right to a fair trial, which is guaranteed under Section 11B of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Read laid the blame directly onto the chronic shortage of resources in Red Deer.

“Longstanding as these problems are, the limited resources available in Red Deer cannot affect the accused’s right to a trial within a reasonable period of time,” said Read.

“This finding begs the question of whether an earlier trial date for this five-day trial could have been found in Red Deer’s overcrowded docket. The delay in bringing this matter to trial has been long — too long.”

Outside the courtroom, Gracia said he anticipates that Read’s ruling will encourage other defence counsel to make similar applications. While his client waited 16 months from arraignment to trial, lengthier trials in Red Deer are now being scheduled 18 months out. In arraignments on April 4, a number of Queen’s Bench trials were set for the fall of 2017.

“Scheduling trial dates 18 months

out … is too long and it’s unacceptable,” said Gracia.

“The excuse of not having enough judges or courtrooms is not a good excuse. It’s an excuse that the Supreme Court of Canada has specifically considered and specifically rejected.”

He said an urgent message needs to pass through the Crown prosecutor’s office to the Minister of Justice and on to Premier Rachel Notley.

“They should expand this courthouse, or find some temporary space to hold their trials,” said Gracia.

Red Deer lawyer Chris Rickards, president of the Central Alberta Bar Association, said on Tuesday that his group has spent years lobbying the province for improved court facilities.

Mayor Tara Veer and City Council have joined the effort, with limited results so far.

Key to their push is a land-swap proposal, in which the City would assume control of courthouse property in exchange for the former RCMP building, located on 49th Street, across from the downtown library. A new courthouse could then be built on that site. The existing courthouse does not have enough foundation to support an expansion.

Expanding into temporary facilities would not be desirable, said Rickards.

There has been significant confusion since traffic court was moved to the Baymont Hotel, a few blocks south of the courthouse. That confusion would only increase if more facilities were opened at other locations, said Rickards.

Veer said on Tuesday that their efforts are still holding “at the one-yard line.”

A report commissioned under former Premier Jim Prentice has not been released, so the local group has no idea what sort of recommendations it contains or how high Red Deer sits in terms of priorities for courthouse expansion, said Veer.

The city and province were “very close” to signing off on a land swap when the election was called and there was a change in government, she said. Since then, Veer has had some meetings with the new Justice Minister, Kathleen Granley, and has found that she is familiar with the problems facing Red Deer.

The mayor has been invited to attend the province’s budget announcement on Thursday, and is hopeful that it will include some movement on courthouse expansion in Red Deer.

At the very least, she hopes that the province will finally commit to the land swap, which would lay the foundation for courthouse expansion.

A regional hub, Red Deer’s courthouse serves 350,000 people in Central Alberta, said Veer.

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BoC TO ASSESS IMPACT OF BUDGET

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is scheduled to deliver an eagerly awaited assessment Wednesday: its take on just how much of a lift it expects the economy to get from billions in federal government spending commitments.

The analysis will be released as part of the central bank’s quarterly update to its economic projections.

The report will also coincide with the bank’s latest announcement on its benchmark interest rate.

It will be the Bank of Canada’s first monetary policy report since the Liberal government tabled its March 22 budget, which contained billions of dollars worth of spending measures and tax relief.

To help fund the plan, the budget projected five-straight annual deficits totalling more than $110 billion, starting with a $29.4-billion shortfall in 2016-17.

The Finance Department estimated the Liberal budget, which includes measures to boost infrastructure investments and tax relief for middleand low-income households, will generate economic growth of 0.5 per cent

this year and one per cent in 2017-18.

The document also predicted the measures to create or maintain 143,000 jobs over the next two years.

But some experts, including the federal budget watchdog, have called those numbers a little optimistic.

A report last week by the parliamentary budget office said the measures are more likely to create or maintain 86,000 jobs over the next two years, while boosting growth by 0.5 per cent this year and 0.8 per cent in 201718.

The last time the Bank of Canada updated its economic forecasts was in January, when the economy appeared to be in weaker shape.

At the time, it downgraded its 2016 growth projection to 1.4 per cent from its fall forecast of two per cent and predicted the economy to expand by 2.4 per cent in 2017.

On that day, which also featured an interest rate announcement, governor Stephen Poloz said senior bank officials had considered making another cut to the already-low rate of 0.5 per cent to help the economy.

But Poloz said the eventual decision to stand pat came after they mulled over what he considered a key factor:

the Liberal vow to inject billions into infrastructure projects.

Since January, however, conditions have apparently already started to improved for the overall Canadian economy.

Wednesday’s assessment comes amid growing evidence that the economy, battered by the oil-price shock since late 2014, has been gathering strength — helped, in part, by the weakened dollar and low interest rates.

In recent weeks, indicators have shown unexpectedly robust numbers for areas such as economic growth, employment as well as retail and manufacturing sales.

As a result, many private-sector economists have increased their growth projections for 2016.

For example, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research is now predicting the Bank of Canada will raise its growth forecast for this year to two per cent and 2.8 per cent in 2017.

“Canada’s economy was battered and bruised in 2015, but already it seems to be exiting its slump briskly,” Bank of America economist Emanuella Enenajor wrote this week in a note to clients.

Mining sector eyes treetop needles, bark for help with hitting pay dirt

BRIEF Enerplus selling non-core assets in northwest Alberta for $95.5M in cash CALGARY — Enerplus Corp. (TSX:ERF) says it has an agreement to sell some non-core assets in northwest Alberta, including its Pouce Coupe asset, for about $95.5 million in cash.

The deal, subject to closing adjustments, is expected to be completed in the second quarter.

Enerplus says it is using its 2016 divestment proceeds, which will total $288.5 million upon the closing of this latest deal, to reduce outstanding debt, including repurchasing a portion of its senior unsecured notes. Enerplus says it is maintaining its 2016 production guidance range of 90,000 to 94,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day despite the divestment as a result of continued strong operational performance.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s trees could hold the key to unearthing the whereabouts of promising new mineral deposits hidden in remote and inaccessible regions of the province.

A provincial science group has released the results of an innovative pilot project that collects and studies samples from the tops of spruce trees for trace amounts of precious minerals in order to help mining companies hit pay dirt.

“It’s a bit of a holy grail,” said Bruce Madu, vice-president for minerals and mining with Geoscience BC, an independent public agency.

“Imagine if you can only sample the vegetation to learn about what’s in the soil, as opposed to actually having to dig holes.”

Conifers have long been known to absorb metals and other elements from the surrounding soil and concentrate them in their twigs, bark and needles.

Analyzing the tree elements over a large region and mapping them out could offer a glimpse into the types and abundance of commercially valuable materials deep beneath their roots, Madu said.

“We know that mineral deposits are getting harder to find. They’re lower grade and they’re more deeply buried,” Madu said.

“So we’re forced to try to find new techniques to see them, to discover them.”

Over six days last June, workers travelled by helicopter and collected samples from near the tops of 421 trees located about 1.5 kilometres apart and scattered across a 1,000-square-kilometre plateau region in central B.C. The samples were analyzed over several months to reveal trace concentrations of 52 elements, from gold and silver to thallium and molybdenum.

“This is a raw-data release, so the final judgment of the success of the program will be by the resource sector,” Madu said.

“We hope that this is actually another useful tool to help explorers find those more deeply hidden and maybe even lower-grade deposits that are currently a real challenge to discover.”

Concord Development confirms plans for newly purchased Molson lands VANCOUVER — Property developer Concord Pacific is the new owner of a prime piece of real estate on the south side of Vancouver’s False Creek, but its plans for the land may run into zoning trouble.

In a release, Concord Pacific senior vice-president Peter Webb confirms the purchase of the Molson Coors (TSX:TAP.A) brewery lands has been finalized, while media reports list the price as $185 million.

Webb says Molson will lease back the property while it builds a new brewery elsewhere in the Vancouver area. The release from Webb does not mention condo construction, but says Concord will use that time to work with the community, city and regional officials on plans for a mixed-use development on the three hectare parcel.

Concord, which also operates an IT company, local telecom company and a firm creating green power projects across Canada, says its long-term vision for the property is to attract knowledge-based local and global tech companies. The land is currently zoned for industrial use and Jag Sandhu, a spokesman for the City of Vancouver, says that zoning is not expected to change.

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A new study released by a B.C. science group shows that the tops of some trees contain trace amounts of precious minerals.

The new sampling method offers another way for mineral-exploration companies to quickly study regions that are otherwise difficult to access and is intended to supplement other techniques.

Traditional methods of prospecting include flyovers to detect aberrations in the magnetic field beneath the earth, or chemical analysis, which includes studying surrounding rocks, soil and streams.

The treetop method isn’t cheap because of helicopter costs, but its benefits include speed and relative ease.

The initiative is part of a $4-million Geoscience BC project designed to investigate the geology and mineral potential of a 24,000-square-kilometre area in the province’s Interior.

The agency aims to attract investment to the province and to inform resource decisions.

DavidsTea reports increase in net profit sales up 22.7% to $75.8M

Loblaw to open 50 new stores this year

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Loblaw said Tuesday it is planning to build 50 new stores and renovate 150 others this year in its latest effort to adapt to a rapidly evolving food retail sector.

The grocery and pharmacy giant said the $1.3 billion revamp and expansion project would cover stores of various banners.

It is not yet releasing information on where the new stores will be located.

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“These elevated growth rates suggest the (Bank of Canada’s) appetite for any further rate cuts has substantially diminished.”

Still, Robert Kavcic, senior economist with BMO Capital Markets, said this week that he doubts Poloz will want to sound too upbeat in its assessment of Canada’s economic performance and its near-term prospects, “for fear of launching a much stronger loonie and nipping export momentum in the bud.”

Analysts, meanwhile, are not expecting the bank to move the interest rate Wednesday.

But despite improvements in the data, other experts remain more skeptical that such a rebound in Canada is underway.

On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund dropped its growth projections for Canada and the world, citing slowing global oil exports, low crude prices and weak demand for non-oil commodities.

The IMF is now projecting Canada’s economy to grow 1.5 per cent this year and 1.9 per cent next year. In January, the IMF predicated the country’s growth would be 1.7 per cent in 2016 and 2.1 per cent in 2017.

The number of new stores announced is not unusual, said Edward Jones analyst Brittany Weissman, though Loblaw (TSX:L) plans to renovate slightly more outlets than before.

Loblaw made a similar announcement early last year, when it said it would build 50 new stores and improve more than 100 others.

Later, in July 2015, Loblaw said it was closing 52 locations across Canada that had fallen short of expectations — more than the 10 to 15 stores it would typically shut down.

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they open some new stores each year,” Weissman said.

Catherine Thomas, Loblaw’s director of external communications, said in an email that the expansion would add about 5,000 new store employees while creating roughly 15,000 construction jobs.

The new jobs would beef up Loblaw’s employee base by 2.6 per cent.

Loblaw employs about 192,000 fulland part-time workers, according to its most recent annual information form.

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MONTREAL — DavidsTea (Nasdaq:DTEA) says net income almost doubled to $14.8 million in its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter from $7.9 million in the comparable year-earlier period.

However, earnings per share slumped to 57 cents on a fully diluted basis from 64 cents in the 2014 period when there were fewer shares.

Adjusted net income,, which excludes IPO-related and other non-cash, one-time costs for the three months ended Jan. 30 was $11.8 million or 45 cents per share compared with $11.4 million or 46 cents in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014. The Montreal-based retailer of specialty tea and accessories reported after markets closed that sales increased 22.7 per cent to $75.8 million from $61.8 million in the prior-year quarter, while comparable store sales were up 6.6 per cent.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 134.42 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.70 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.70 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.15 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Positive sentiment continued to run high in Toronto and New York on Tuesday, where both the TSX and the Dow finished with healthy three-digit gains and the Canadian dollar bounced to levels not seen in nearly nine months.

The loonie advanced for a third consecutive trading day, climbing 0.85 of a U.S. cent to 78.38 cents US. The last time the loonie closed above this level was on July 14 when it finished at 78.49 cents US. John O’Connell, chairman and chief executive at Davis Rea Investment Counsel, said a weakened U.S. dollar coupled with higher commodity prices are the main reasons the currency — up more than two cents in the last three days — is enjoying its recent boost.

He said traders have been too bullish on the greenback and now that that it is declining amid burgeoning oil prices, the loonie is reaping the benefits.

“We actually think the Canadian dollar is getting a cyclical bounce here based on commodities,” said O’Connell. “(It’s) mildly overvalued here because Canada still has problems. But it’s a country that is viewed as a safe haven from a geopolitical perspective and so currencies when they move, they can move rather dramatically.”

The May contract for North American benchmark crude rose $1.81 to US$42.17 a barrel, ending the day at a level not seen since November.

Investors were encouraged

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The aim of the meeting is for a deal to be reached between the oil-producing countries to freeze production in hopes of boosting prices. Crude has fallen sharply since trading at more than US$100 a barrel in 2014.

O’Connell said the “shift in sentiment” on oil prices is helping drive up the Canadian dollar, but some factors need to change if positive energy prices are to be sustained.

Energy stocks were also credited with helping provide support to the S&P/TSX composite index in Toronto, as it rocketed 158.66 points to 13,581.42.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,581.42, up 158.66 points Dow — 17,721.25, up 164.84 points S&P 500 — 2,061.72, up 19.73 points Nasdaq — 4,872.09, up 38.69 points Currencies: Cdn — 78.38 cents US, up 0.85 of a cent Pound — C$1.8205, down 1.56 cents Euro — C$1.4534, down

Canada’s ‘Achilles heel’ is lagging productivity: Scotiabank CEO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s “Achilles heel” is the country’s lagging labour productivity, and while governments can help turn that around, it’s ultimately up to the private sector to boost it, Scotiabank CEO Brian Porter said Tuesday.

During the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Calgary, Porter said Canada’s ongoing slide in productivity behind its global peers is a major problem that needs to be addressed.

“In this role I talk to leading politicians and cabinet ministers, I talk to university presidents, and they are all keenly aware that we have a productivity issue in this country,” Porter said following the meeting.

“We have to be focused on innovation if companies are going to succeed, if we’re going to create good jobs for young Canadians here.”

His comments touch on a problem that has mystified policy-makers and the private sector alike for years.

Last month, Statistics Canada reported that the labour productivity rate growth contracted 0.2 per cent in 2015, by far its weakest result in three years.

The issue has captured the attention of Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who has set up an economic advisory council in an effort to find solutions.

Porter also highlighted what he perceives to be a “disconnect” between the skills that many graduates possess and those that employers look for.

“We see the effects of this at Scotiabank where we have a growing need for digitally savvy employees, such as specialized programmers, engineers and data scientists,” Porter said.

“More and more companies, regardless of the industry, are chasing this same talent pool.”

Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) has shifted its focus to developing the kind of talent it is looking for, including through partnerships with Western, Queen’s and St. Mary’s universities, Porter said. The company has also boosted its investment in technology to more than $2.4 billion and has been partnering with financial technology startups in an effort to meet clients’ changing needs, he added.

One example Porter cited is a partnership with Sensibill, a Toronto-based upstart that allows customers to digitize their receipts in an effort to simplify tax filing and record-keeping.

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Barley (Western): May ‘16 unchanged $172.00 July ‘16 unchanged $174.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $174.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $174.00 March ‘17 unchanged $174.00 May ‘17 unchanged $174.00 July ‘17 unchanged $174.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $174.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $174.00 March ‘18 unchanged $174.00 May ‘18 unchanged $174.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 432,080 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 432,080.

CALGARY — A new report says Calgary’s downtown offices got a bit emptier in the first three months of the year as vacancies rose 2.2 percentage points from last quarter.

The Barclay Street Real Estate Ltd. report says vacancies rose to 19.5 per cent as about 938,000 more square feet were on the market. It said by 2018 the vacancy rate could be close to 24 per cent.

The increased vacancies come as energy companies continue to announce layoffs and consolidate operations due to low oil prices.

According to the Barclay Street report, MEG Energy is trying to sublease more than 300,000 square feet, Shell Canada is offering more than 183,000 square feet and Penn West Energy has 73,000 square feet available.

It says vacancies are at historic

Quebec businesses told to do better job of promoting Energy East Pipeline TORONTO — Quebec businesses have not done a good enough job promoting the economic benefits the Energy East project would bring to the province, the president of Quebec Manufacturers and Exporters said Tuesday.

It’s up to Quebec’s business lobby to step up and make the pipeline happen in a province where it faces strong opposition, Eric Tetrault told a panel discussion in Toronto.

“Business gets it now and it’s going to step forward and make our government support those projects,” Tetrault said at an investment symposium hosted by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

The Energy East Pipeline, which would bring 1.1 million barrels of oil daily from Alberta through Quebec and into New Brunswick, has been criticized by many mayors and residents in Quebec.

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Rebels run over by Pats

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Pats 6 Rebels 3 Turns out the Regina Pats can score at even strength.

After going two games with only power play goals, it wasn’t until halfway through the second the Pats scored their first even strength goal of the Western Hockey League Eastern Conference semifinal against the Red Deer Rebels.

In game 3 on Tuesday, the Pats scored three at even strength, two on the power play and one short-handed.

The Rebels mustered three goals all game and lost 6-3. The Rebels lead in the best-of-seven was cut in half to 2-1.

Rebels assistance coach Steve O’Rourke pointed to a lack of discipline, which he said hurt the team Tuesday night.

“It wasn’t good enough tonight,” said O’Rourke. “We managed (our discipline) through the Calgary series, but we gave the Pats seven power plays tonight. It’s just unacceptable. The penalties are not good penalties, they’re 200 feet away from our net.

“We clean that up we can slow them down a little bit with momentum, just by not putting them on the power play.”

Though the score was tied halfway through the third period, the Pats had several opportunities and had hemmed the Rebels in their own zone.

The Pats peppered Rebels goalie Trevor Martin with 40 shots, 18 coming in the second and 14 in the third.

Two goals in 12 seconds in the third period iced the game for the Pats. Connor Hobbs point shot on the power play gave the Pats the lead and then Rykr Cole tipped in a point shot from Zborovsky to give the Pats the 5-3 lead.

Hobbs’ goal was the game winner.

“In the third period they had the push and we didn’t,” said O’Rourke.

“We got away from our game and they pushed the pace and dictated it that way. We didn’t respond.”

The offensive outburst from the Pats overshadowed an effective game from Michael Spacek, a Winnipeg Jets draft pick, who had a hand in every Rebels goal. He scored the second goal

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Regina Pats Riley Woods celebrates a Pats goal against the Red Deer Rebels in WHL playoff action at the Brandt Centre in Regina on Tuesday. and assisted on the first and third.

Spacek’s goal came early int he second period when a generous bounce off the end boards from a Brandon Hagel landed right on his stick. With Pats goalie Tyler Brown out of position, Spacek buried the puck in the wide open cage to give the Rebels a 2-1 lead.

“It’s his first time playing North American playoff hockey and it’s taken him a little longer to see what it takes to play here,” said O’Rourke. “Here, our sports are all based on playoffs.

Here you’re measured by your playoff success and he’s starting to under-

stand it and how much it takes to play every night. Tonight he was our best forward.”

For the Pats Austin Wagner and Jake Leschyshyn both had a goal and an assist while Chase Harrison and Sergey Zborovskiy both had two assists.

Game 4 of the series goes Wednesday night at the Brandt Centre in Regina. Puck drops at 7 p.m. and can be heard on the Drive. The loss means the Rebels will have at least another home game this series as game 5 is scheduled for Friday at the Centrium.

Notes: Despite a postseason best power play (31.3 per cent), the Pats penalty kill is the worst of the teams left at 73.7 per cent. Similarly the Red Deer Rebels power play is third at 25 per cent while their penalty kill is 13th at 75.8 per cent … NHL Central Scouting released its final rankings. Jeff De Wit was the highest ranked Red Deer Rebel North American skater at 80th, Brandon Hagel was ranked 104th and Colton Bobyk was tanked 204th. Rylan Toth was ranked 16th among North American goaltenders. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Yankees edge Blue Jays in series opener

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar is force out at second as New York Yankees’ Starlin Castro makes an errant throw to first trying to turn the double play during action in Toronto, Tuesday.

Yankees 3 Blue Jays 2 TORONTO — A look at the Toronto Blue Jays’ stat sheet offers some revealing numbers.

Troy Tulowitzki is batting .107 on the season. Chris Colabello is hitting at a .067 clip and Russell Martin isn’t much better at .087.

The bullpen has also been suspect at times. Brett Cecil was the latest reliever to turn in a mediocre performance, giving up the go-ahead run in a 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Cecil came on in the seventh inning in relief of starter Aaron Sanchez. He gave up a lead-off hit to Chase Headley, who later scored on a Jacoby Ellsbury single.

The New York bullpen took care of the rest in the opener of the threegame series at Rogers Centre.

“He’s going to be fine,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of the lefty reliever. “I thought he looked pretty good in spring training to be honest with you.

“But I mean he’s off right now.

There’s no secret about that.”

This is mid-April baseball and many players still don’t quite have their timing down.

But the Toronto bullpen has contributed to four losses already this season while the Blue Jays have dropped five of six overall.

New York’s relievers, meanwhile,

gave up just two walks after starter Masahiro Tanaka wrapped up his five-inning effort.

Dellin Betances fanned Jose Bautista with a runner on second base to end the seventh inning and he added two more strikeouts in the eighth. Andrew Miller worked a perfect ninth inning for his second save.

Toronto managed just three hits on the night. Bautista drove in both runs with a double in the third inning.

“We’re not too far off,” said Martin. “I think we believe that we have a great team offensively. Overall I feel like we have a great team. The hits are going to come.

“We’ll start loosening up a little bit and we’ll start playing like we know how we can play.”

Brian McCann hit a solo homer in the sixth inning for New York and reliever Johnny Barbato (1-0) worked an inning of relief for his first career win.

Cecil (0-2) shouldered the loss. One of the team’s strongest relievers last season, his earned-run average currently sits at 10.13.

“It was kind of the same scenario last year,” Martin said. “He was a little bit slower to start and then he picked up as the season went along. I’m probably expecting the same thing from him this year.”

The two starters had similar lines.

Tanaka allowed three hits, two earned runs and gave up four walks while striking out six. Sanchez gave up three hits, two runs (one earned), three walks and struck out five.

Pottinger says returning players will have to fight for roster spot RDC BASKETBALL

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE If need be Clayton Pottinger could have most of his roster set for next season.

The RDC Kings basketball head coach could have nine players returning if everything works out.

“We have a lot of potential for returning guys, which is always a good thing, but we’re not going to be complacent,” he said.

“The guys coming back are going to have to fight for a spot. It will truly be an open tryout. We’ll see who’s out there and who we can get. That coupled with some of the recruiting we’ve already done and there will be a fight for spots.”

Pottinger will lose outstanding

guards Matt Johnson and JP LeBlanc as well as all-star forward Anthony Ottley.

“There are a couple others still up in the air, but those three are gone for sure,” said Pottinger, who could have an outstanding inside game with six-foot-six Matt Matear, six-foot-nine Shayne Stumpf and six-foot-eight Dallas Hancox returning. Matear, an allstar, was the top rebounder in the division last year while Hancox led the league in blocked shots. Stumpf came at Christmas and admitted it took him most of the second half to fit in and is anxious for next season to start.

Pottinger has also received a commitment from six-foot-six Dillan Sutherland out of Memorial Comp in Stony Plain and six-foot-five Jabin Binnedyk could also be back up front.

The Kings could have two import slots filled if guards Rodney Teal and Kelvin Omojola both return, although Pottinger will head to the States in early May to run at least two camps.

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tan and Spencer Klassen could also all be back, while guard Cody White out of Notre Dame has also committed for next season.

Pottinger held a high school ID camp on the weekend and has also offered a spot to six-foot-four Tyrell Lindgren out of provincial 4A champion Calgary Notre Dame.

“We’ve made some offers to a few other kids, but we’ll know more in the next few weeks,” he said.

“The recruiting window in basketball is long. In an ideal world we’d be finished in June, but I expect once again it will take until July before we know for sure.”

What Pottinger would love to have is to add the top kids out of Central Alberta. He already has White and is looking seriously at TK Kunaka of Lindsay Thurber and six-foot-four Kevin Szymanek of David Thompson.

“Kevin played with our club program last year and we like his desire and work ethic. We would love to have him here if he wants.

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“It would be exciting to have those three local kids along with Dallas, Spencer and Shayne and we’d have six kids from here who will be around during the summer and could work out together.”

Over the years Pottinger, along with several other Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference teams, have recruited heavily out of Ontario.

That may change, said Pottinger.

“Recently the Ontario provincial government basically said that any household that kids come from that makes $50,000 of less would receive basically a free education. If that’s a fact it would change the recruiting landscape for a lot of institutions. There won’t be the pipeline as before if the students have to stay in Ontario.

“But really there’s a lot of good local talent in Alberta and we’ll just have to find new ways to recruit.”

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

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Raptors slam Sixers in final home game

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 122 76ers 98 TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors still have one game left in the regular season, a meaningless contest in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. For all intents and purposes, the playoffs started for the Raptors on Tuesday evening.

The Raptors took care of business in their final home game of the regular season, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 122-98. More importantly, with Indiana winning in New York against the Knicks and the Pistons losing at home to Miami, the Raptors are now guaranteed to play the Pacers in the first round, which kicks off on the weekend.

In both of the last two seasons, the identity of the their first-round opponent was a mystery until the final day of the season. Now, the Raptors get a head start on the scouting process.

“We can start preparing for it.

We’ve got a team coming in in the playoffs that’s really good,” Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said after the game. “Paul George is unbelievable. Monta Ellis is unbelievable. George Hill is unbelievable. They’ve got some good bigs.

We’ve got to start preparing for them.

We’ve got one more game, and then we’ve really got to lock in.”

Added coach Dwane Casey: “They’re a good team, a team that’s been there before. Paul George is one of the elite players in the league.”

The Raptors won three out of the four regular season meetings between the two teams, including both games at Air Canada Centre. Most encouragingly, DeMarre Carroll looks ready to

contribute in the playoffs, even if it is at a lower level than the Raptors anticipated when they signed him in July.

Carroll played in his third game since missing 42 straight because of arthroscopic knee surgery. His 21 minutes Tuesday were the most he has played since his return, including several in the third quarter that had him as the team’s de facto power forward alongside the Raptors’ other four starters. From the time he entered the game in that frame, the Raptors went on a 25-6 run, turning a close game into a blowout.

Carroll ended with eight points and finished with a game-high plus-minus of 30 — Carroll’s favourite statistic, he said. Carroll felt so good that he asked the Raptors’ management to play in Brooklyn all Wednesday. He said he was turned down.

“I’ve got to respect what they say,” Carroll said. “Sometimes as an athlete you really don’t think. I guess I wasn’t thinking, they said.

“It just felt good to be able to get out there, especially with some of the guys who start, get my feet wet.”

The series against the Pacers will necessitate Carroll’s health. In George, the Pacers have one of the most dynamic wing players in the league. He is averaging 23.2 points per game. In four games against the Raptors this year, Paul averaged only 16.3 points per game on 30.8 per cent shooting from the field.

“Love it,” Carroll said of the matchup against the Pacers. “Playing against Paul George, one of the top players in the league, it’s not my first rodeo against him. I played against him in Atlanta. It’s going to be great to go out

Bentley rolls to big win in Allan Cup opener

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Bentley 8 Stoney Creek 2 STEINBACH, Man. — A natural hat trick from Matt Stefanishion led the Bentley Generals to an 8-2 victory over the Stoney Creek Generals in their opening game at the Allan Cup tournament.

Stefanishion’s three goals all came in the third period started at the 1 minute mark and finishing 11:30 into the frame.

Bentley jumped to an early 1-0 lead at 8:27 of the first period when Adam Huxley connected on a pass from Alex MacLeod. Once Bentley got the lead they never looked back. Carrying a 1-0

lead into the first intermission and a 4-2 lead into the second, a four goal explosion in the third period sealed the win.

Jesse Todd’s two goals book-ended a back and forth second period while Curtis Austring contributed with two assists and Kyle Bailey chipped in with a goal and an assist.

Goalie Thomas Heemskerk made 24 saves for the win.

For Stoney Creek, Matt Smith had two power play goals in the second period.

The win vaults Bentley into a tie in the second division with the Ile-desChenes North Stars. Bentley plays the North Stars on Wednesday in round robin play.

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Toronto Raptors centre Jonas Valanciunas (17) moves the ball past Philadelphia 76ers forward Christian Wood (35) and 76ers forward Robert Covington (33) during first half NBA action in Toronto on Tuesday. there and compete and play at a high level. It’s a great feeling.

“Back in training camp, this is what you practice for every day. It’s a great opportunity for us, and we just have to be ready to take advantage of it.”

Norman Powell scored 18 points to lead the Raptors against the 76ers. Cory Joseph and Patrick Patterson did not play, as Casey opted to rest them.

Lowry and DeMar DeRozan were limited to 26 and 22 minutes, respectively.

ROAD HOCKEY

April 30 at the Innisfail Arena, 5804 42nd St., but the deadline to register a team is April 24. All proceeds from the tournament go into the Helping Hand Fund. The fund supports underprivileged kids in sports in Central Alberta.

It costs $300 per team, each team is guaranteed three games and each team can have a maximum of 10 players. There must be both male and female players playing at any given time.

Each game is 20 minutes long.

For more information visit www. deanturnquist.ca.

21st Dean Turquist Spring Fever tournament scheduled for April 30 Now in its 21st incarnation, the Dean Turnquist Spring Fever Road Hockey Tournament has provided more than $100,000 to underprivileged children in sports.

The tournament is scheduled for

Eskimos hire Maxie, Walch to round out coaching staff ahead of season

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos have finalized their coaching staff for the upcoming season, adding Demetrious Maxie as linebackers coach and Carson Walch as receivers coach on Tuesday.

Maxie had a 13 year CFL career as a defensive lineman for the Baltimore Stallions, Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders. He was a member of three consecutive Grey Cup championship teams (1995-97) and won a fourth Grey Cup in 2008 with Calgary, where he was assistant director of player personnel.

Maxie later transitioned into coaching as a defensive line and linebackers coach at his alma mater, the University of Texas El Paso, in 2010. From 2012 through 2015, Maxie was the defensive line and strength and conditioning

Ottawa fires head coach Cameron and staff Pierre Dorion wasted no time making his first move as general manager of the Ottawa Senators. Head coach Dave Cameron and assistants Andre Tourigny, Jason Smith and Rick Wams-

coach at Desert Ridge High School in Mesa, Ariz.

Walch was an All-American, all-region and all-conference running back, receiver and return specialist for Winona State University from 1996 to 1999.

He spent three seasons coaching at his alma mater as a student coach, wide receivers coach and passing game co-ordinator.

Walch worked as the offensive co-ordinator at Dakota State University from 2003 to 2005, and served the following season as special teams co-ordinator and running backs coach at the University of St. Thomas.

He joined the Montreal Alouettes as an offensive assistant in 2010 and won a Grey Cup championship. He was named the Alouettes’ wide receivers coach after two seasons.

Walch also worked with the Chicago Bears from 2013 to 2014 as an offensive quality control coach.

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ley were all fired Tuesday, just two days after Dorion took over as GM from Bryan Murray. Smith was offered another position within the organization. Ottawa missed the NHL playoffs after posting a disappointing 38-35-9 record. Cameron completed his first full season as Ottawa’s head coach, posting a 70-50-17 overall record.

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in Florida this season. The Panthers top line of Aleksander Barkov, Jaromir Jagr and Jonathan Huberdeau will be the main draw this spring, but after that the player to watch might just be Smith, a Toronto native who was among those dealt from Dallas to Boston in the famed Tyler Seguin trade of 2013.

CANADIANS TO WATCH IN NHL PLAYOFFS

With no Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs, commissioner Gary Bettman has said he hoped viewers in this country would still tune in to the post-season to watch talented Canadian players on American teams.

With that in mind, here’s one Canadian to watch from each playoff team:

New York Rangers Kevin Klein Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh likely won’t be available to start the club’s first round series against Pittsburgh meaning more will be expected from the 31-year-old Klein. Formerly of the Nashville Predators and hailing from Kitchener, Ont., Klein chews up big minutes on the New York defence, even more so if McDonagh remains out versus the Penguins.

Pittsburgh - Kris Letang Superstar Sidney Crosby will draw a lot of attention, but Letang deserves consideration. The Montreal native missed the 2015 post-season with an injury, but he’s back and healthy for the Penguins this spring.

He’s also coming off the best season of his career, a definite Norris Trophy contender with career-highs in goals (16), assists (51) and points (67). Drawing close to 27 minutes per night and perhaps more in the post-season, Letang will be hard to miss.

Washington Justin Williams Williams always makes himself noticed in the playoffs, only this time he’ll do so as a member of the Capitals.

Now 34, the Cobourg, Ont. native remains a productive part for the Eastern Conference favourites. Williams finished the regular season with 22 goals and 52 points.

Detroit - Mike Green It’s still odd to see Green in a Red Wings sweater after a career spent in the U.S. capital, but the Calgary native is indeed an important part for Detroit. He isn’t the same star who scored 31 goals in 200809, but Green can still skate like few others on the backend and remains a helpful power-play piece for the Red Wings.

Los Angeles - Jake Muzzin Muzzin will never attract the same spotlight as teammate Drew Doughty, but he plays a huge role for the Kings. Only Doughty played more minutes for Los Angeles this season than the Woodstock, Ont. defenceman, who quietly posted 40 points and terrific puck possession numbers in another effective regular season.

St. Louis Jaden Schwartz Schwartz comes from the tiny Saskatchewan town of Wilcox, but the 23-year-old can be a real, big difference-maker for the Blues this post-season. Schwartz missed most of the year with an ankle

injury, but returned to score eight goals in only 26 games.

He’s got good speed and could add a helpful boost in yet another post-season with high expectations for St. Louis.

New York Islanders Matt Martin Martin will make sure you notice him this spring.

The Windsor, Ont., winger has led the league in hits for five years running, an always-bruising presence on the Islanders fourth line. Martin can add the odd goal, too. He had 10 this season for New York.

Minnesota - Jared Spurgeon The NHL’s smallest regular defenceman (five-footnine, 176 pounds), Spurgeon is nonetheless a huge piece for the Wild. From Edmonton, Spurgeon plays huge minutes

on the Wild top pair (nearly 23 per game), chips in offensively (11 goals), blocks a ton of shots (Minnesota’s team leader), and garners ice-time in every situation. He’s not big in terms of physical stature, but he’ll make an impression this spring.

Chicago - Andrew Ladd The long-time Jets captain ended up back in Chicago after a mid-season trade from Winnipeg. He won a Cup with the Blackhawks in 2010 and could be an influential presence in them doing so again this spring. You’ll see Ladd alongside Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa on the Blackhawks top line.

Dallas - Cody Eakin If Tyler Seguin isn’t ready to start the post-season because of an Achilles injury, it could be Eakin dishing pucks to Dallas captain Jamie Benn.

A Washington Capitals thirdround pick and Winnipeg native, Eakin is a feisty competitor who’s scored at least 16 goals in each of the past three seasons. His energetic game and bright red hair will make him hard to miss this spring.

Philadelphia Wayne Simmonds Scoring a career-high 32 goals for the Flyers this sea-

Florida - Reilly Smith Coming over to the Panthers in a summer trade from Boston, Smith scored 25 goals

Anaheim - Jamie McGinn Hailing from the small Ontario town of Fergus, McGinn was a trade deadline pickup for the Ducks who could provide some pop this spring. An imposing 205-pound presence, McGinn scored eight goals in 21 games after the trade from Buffalo. He currently owns a spot alongside Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry on Anaheim’s top line.

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Tampa - Jonathan Drouin The Lightning won’t have injured captain Steven Stamkos this spring. They’re hoping Drouin, a skillful winger from Saint-Agathes-des-Monts, Que., can offer some kind of offensive boost in his place.

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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Kris Letang shoots the puck during a practice session for the NHL playoffs against the New York Rangers, Monday, at their practice facility in Cranberry, Pa. With no Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs, commissioner Gary Bettman has said he hoped viewers in this country would still tune in to the post-season to watch talented Canadian players on American teams.

San Jose - Logan Couture Joe Thornton should draw Hart Trophy consideration for his 82-point season as a 36-year-old, but if the Sharks are to somehow overcome the Kings in the first round a huge contribution from Couture will likely be necessary.

Hurt for much of the regular season, the Sharks second line centre from Birr, Ont., has 14 goals and 32 points in his last 41 playoff games.

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Local Sports Today ● Men’s senior hockey Allan Cup: Round robin game 1 Bentley Generals vs. Ile-des-Chenes North Stars, 3 p.m., Steinbach, Man. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Regina Pats, game 4, 7 p.m., The Drive

Thursday ● Central Alberta Men’s Basketball: Division 3 best-of-three game 3 (if

Hockey

necessary) Triple A Batteries vs. Johns Manville, 7:15 p.m. and Division 1 bestof-three game 3 (if necessary) Grandview All Stars vs. Washed Up Warriors, 8:30 p.m. Lindsay Thurber

Friday ● WHL: Regina Pats at Red Deer Rebels, game 5, 7 p.m., Centrium ● Calgary and Area Midget Football: Calgary Broncos at Prairie Fire, 7:30 p.m., ME Global, Lacombe

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Cleveland 57 24 .704 — y-Toronto 55 26 .679 2 x-Miami 48 33 .593 9 x-Atlanta 48 33 .593 9 x-Boston 47 34 .580 10 x-Charlotte 47 34 .580 10 x-Indiana 44 37 .543 13 x-Detroit 43 38 .531 14 Chicago 41 40 .506 16 Washington 40 41 .494 17 Orlando 35 46 .432 22 Milwaukee 33 48 .407 24 New York 32 50 .390 25 1/2 Brooklyn 21 60 .259 36 Philadelphia 10 71 .123 47 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Golden State 72 9 .889 — y-San Antonio 66 15 .815 6 y-Oklahoma City 55 27 .671 17 1/2 x-L.A. Clippers 52 28 .650 19 1/2 x-Portland 43 38 .531 29 x-Memphis 42 38 .525 29 1/2 x-Dallas 42 39 .519 30 Houston 40 41 .494 32 Utah 40 41 .494 32 Sacramento 33 48 .407 39 Denver 33 48 .407 39 New Orleans 30 51 .370 42 Minnesota 28 53 .346 44 Phoenix 22 59 .272 50 L.A. Lakers 16 65 .198 56 x-clinched playoff spot

EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division Brandon (1) vs. Moose Jaw (3) (Brandon leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result Moose Jaw 7 Brandon 1 Saturday’s result Brandon 5 Moose Jaw 2 Wednesday’s game Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Friday’s game Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 17 x-Brandon at Moose Jaw, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 19 x-Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Central Division Red Deer (2) vs. Regina (WC1) (Red Deer leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result Regina 6 Red Deer 3 Sunday’s result Red Deer 4 Regina 3 Wednesday’s game Red Deer at Regina, 7 p.m.

Friday’s game Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 17 x-Red Deer at Regina, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 19 x-Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

y-clinched division z-clinched conference Monday’s Games Cleveland 109, Atlanta 94 Orlando 107, Milwaukee 98 Washington 120, Brooklyn 111 Charlotte 114, Boston 100 Houston 129, Minnesota 105 Chicago 121, New Orleans 116 Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Lakers 79 Dallas 101, Utah 92 Sacramento 105, Phoenix 101

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia at Chicago, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Miami at Boston, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

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

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

L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Valley, Ariz. to be known as the Northern Arizona Suns.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Washington RB Silas Redd has been suspended indefinitely for violating the league’s policy for substances of abuse.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed LB Lorenzo Alexander and S Colt Anderson.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed RB LeGarrette Blount.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Jerrel Jernigan.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned G Anton Khudobin, C Michael Sgarbossa and RWs Stefan Noesen and Corey Tropp to San Diego (AHL).

ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned Fs Laurent Dauphin and Eric Selleck, D Alex Grant and G Marek Langhamer to Springfield (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS — Fired coach Dave Cameron and assistant coaches Andre Tourigny, Rick Wamsley and Jason Smith.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed D Matt Spencer to a three-year, entry-level contract.

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Bridgeport D Matt Carkner one game.

ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Recalled D Matt Prapavessis from Elmira (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Released D Derik Johnson from a professional tryout agreement.

MMA fighter dies after KO in Dublin bout

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBLIN — A mixed martial arts fighter from Portugal died Tuesday, three days after being hospitalized with injuries from a fight.

Total Extreme Fighting announced the death of Joao Carvalho. It didn’t disclose the nature of Carvalho’s injuries, and said formal hospital medical reports and procedures are still being carried out.

The 28-year-old Carvalho was knocked out in the third round of a welterweight fight against Charlie Ward at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday. TEF said Carvalho was assessed by doctors and medical staff at the onsite medical office “as per normal procedure,” before being taken to the hospital.

“We extend our most sincere condolences to the family of Joao Carvalho and his teammates in Team Nobrega,” said Cesar Silva, CEO of TEF. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them.”

Silva said his organizing body has been in contact with Carvalho’s family.

On Sunday, Silva said in a statement that three doctors and paramedic staff were at the fight, which “ensured that the seriousness of Joao’s condition was recognized and swift action taken.”

“The promotion and fighters followed (the) best regulatory practices,” he said.

Ward is a member of Team SBG Ireland, the same camp as Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor McGregor.

John Kavanagh, Ward’s coach, said on Twitter it was “with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of Portuguese fighter Joao Carvalho.”

Kavanagh said the Irish Amateur Pankration Association, which represents mixed martial arts fighters, “is working diligently with TEF to gather and evaluate all relevant facts and event processes and will participate in any investigation.”

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Florida (1) vs. N.Y. Islanders (WC1) Thursday’s game N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 6 p.m.

Friday’s game N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 20 Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

St. Louis (2) vs. Chicago (3) Wednesday’s game Chicago at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s game Chicago at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s game St. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 19 St. Louis at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Pacific Division Anaheim (1) vs. Nashville (WC1) Friday’s game Nashville at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Nashville at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 19 Anaheim at Nashville, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Apr. 21 Anaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m.

ALLAN CUP Canadian Men’s Senior AAA Championship At Steinbach, Man. ROUND ROBIN Division A Team GP Windsor 1 South East 2 Shellbrook 1

Tampa Bay (2) vs. Detroit (3) Wednesday’s game Detroit at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Friday’s game Detroit at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 17 Tampa Bay at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 19 Tampa Bay at Detroit, 5 p.m.

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L 0 1 1

T GF GA Pt 0 4 3 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 0

Team GP W L T GF GA Pt Bentley 1 1 0 0 8 2 2 Ile-des-Chenes 1 1 0 0 8 3 2 Stoney Creek 2 0 2 0 5 16 0 Tuesday’s games Grand Falls-Windsor 4 South East 3 Ile-des-Chenes 8 Stoney Creek 3 South East 3 Shellbrook 0

U.S. Division Seattle (1) vs. Everett (2) (Series tied 1-1) Sunday’s result Seattle 3 Everett 1 Friday’s result Everett 3 Seattle 0 Wednesday’s game Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s game Seattle at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 16 Everett at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 18 x-Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 19 x-Everett at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. x — played only if necessary.

Metropolitan Division Washington (1) vs. Philadelphia (WC2) Thursday’s game Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s game Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 18 Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 20 Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh (2) vs. N.Y. Rangers (3) Wednesday’s game N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s game N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 19 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

PLAYOFFS Thursday’s games Quarter-finals Second A vs. Third B, 3 p.m.

Second B vs. Third A, 7 p.m.

Friday’s games Semifinals First A vs. Quarter-final Winner, 5 p.m.

First B vs. Quarter-final Winner, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s summary Pats 6, Rebels 3 First Period 1. Red Deer, DeBrusk 4 (Philp, Spacek) 16:08 (pp).

2. Regina, Leschyshyn 1 (Woods) 18:15 (pp).

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas (1) vs. Minnesota (WC2) Thursday’s game Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Teams: Bentley Generals (Pacific), Shellbrook Elks (Saskatchewan), Ile-des-Chenes North Stars (Manitoba), Stoney Creek Generals (Central), Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts (Atlantic), South East Prairie Thunder (Host).

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

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

Detroit 8, Pittsburgh 2 Arizona 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Washington 2, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 3, San Diego 0 Miami 2, N.Y. Mets 1 San Francisco 7, Colorado 2

Wednesday’s games Bentley vs. Ile-des-Chenes, 3 p.m.

Grand Falls-Windsor vs. Shellbrook, 7 p.m.

End of Round Robin

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 7 0 1.000 New York 4 2 .667 Boston 3 4 .429 Tampa Bay 3 4 .429 Toronto 3 5 .375 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 5 2 .714 Kansas City 5 2 .714 Detroit 4 2 .667 Cleveland 2 3 .400 Minnesota 0 7 .000 West Division W L Pct Texas 5 4 .556 Los Angeles 4 4 .500 Oakland 4 5 .444 Houston 3 5 .375 Seattle 2 6 .250

GB — 2 1/2 4 4 4 1/2 GB — — 1/2 2 5 GB — 1/2 1 1 1/2 2 1/2

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 7, Detroit 4 Baltimore 9, Boston 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 1 Houston 8, Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 1 Texas 7, Seattle 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. White Hou 8 25 3 13 .520 BMcCann NYY 5 18 10 9 .500 Trumbo Bal 7 28 6 13 .464 JMartinez Det 6 25 3 11 .440 Eaton CWS 6 24 2 10 .417 Machado Bal 7 29 8 12 .414 SCastro NYY 6 23 3 9 .391 HRamirez Bos 7 29 3 11 .379 Mauer Min 7 24 3 9 .375 Kinsler Det 6 27 8 10 .370 Home Runs Cano, Seattle, 4 Donaldson, Toronto, 4 9 tied at 3.

Runs Batted In Fielder, Texas, 10 White, Houston, 10 SCastro, New York, 9 Donaldson, Toronto, 9 Ortiz, Boston, 9 Beltre, Texas, 8 BHolt, Boston, 8.

Pitching Sale, Chicago, 2-0 AnSanchez, Detroit, 2-0 Hamels, Texas, 2-0 Brach, Baltimore, 2-0 MBarnes, Boston, 1-0 Lewis, Texas, 1-0 Gallardo, Baltimore, 1-0.

Washington Miami Philadelphia New York Atlanta

Tuesday’s Games Detroit 8, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 2 Baltimore 9, Boston 5 Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 1 Kansas City 3, Houston 2 L.A. Angels 5, Oakland 4 Texas 8, Seattle 0 Wednesday’s Games L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 0-1) at Oakland (Surkamp 0-0), 1:35 p.m.

Texas (Griffin 1-0) at Seattle (T.Walker 0-0), 1:40 p.m.

Detroit (Greene 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Vogelsong 1-0), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-0) at Toronto (Happ 0-0), 5:07 p.m.

Baltimore (Jimenez 1-0) at Boston (Kelly 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Carrasco 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 0-1), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rodon 0-1) at Minnesota (Hughes 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Ventura 0-0) at Houston (Feldman 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Detroit at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m.

Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

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Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 7, Detroit 4 San Diego 4, Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 10, Milwaukee 1 Washington 6, Atlanta 4 Miami 10, N.Y. Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 3 Tuesday’s Games

Chartier, Rockets edge Royals in Game 3 of playoff series KELOWNA, B.C. — Rourke Chartier scored one goal and assisted on the others as the Kelowna Rockets edged the Victoria Royals 3-2 in Game 3 of their Western Hockey League playoff series on Tuesday.

Tomas Soustal, with the eventual winner midway through the third period, and Dillon Dube had the other goals for the Rockets, who trail the best-of-seven, second-round series 2-1.

Matthew Phillips and Alex Forsberg scored for Victoria.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Hazelbaker StL 7 19 5 10 .526 DMurphy Was 6 20 3 10 .500 LeMahieu Col 7 26 7 12 .462 Fowler ChC 7 22 7 10 .455 Gennett Mil 7 22 5 9 .409 AGonzalez LAD 8 32 6 13 .406 Cervelli Pit 7 25 4 10 .400 Prado Mia 6 20 2 8 .400 Posey SF 7 23 3 9 .391 Segura Ari 8 31 6 12 .387 Home Runs Story, Colorado, 7 Suarez, Cincinnati, 4 Brown, San Francisco, 3 Carter, Milwaukee, 3 Gennett, Milwaukee, 3 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 3 CGonzalez, Colorado, 3 Kemp, San Diego, 3 Segura, Arizona, 3.

Runs Batted In Story, Colorado, 12 Kemp, San Diego, 10 Rizzo, Chicago, 10 Bruce, Cincinnati, 9 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 9 Suarez, Cincinnati, 9 Pence, San Francisco, 8 Spangenberg, San Diego, 8.

Pitching Phelps, Miami, 2-0 Ohlendorf, Cincinnati, 2-0 Arrieta, Chicago, 2-0 Cueto, San Francisco, 2-0 Treinen, Washington, 2-0 Clippard, Arizona, 2-0 Lester, Chicago, 1-0.

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San Diego at Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 11:45 a.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 2:05 p.m.

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Wednesday’s Games Miami (Conley 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Verrett 0-0), 11:10 a.m.

Atlanta (Wisler 0-0) at Washington (Strasburg 1-0), 5:05 p.m.

Detroit (Greene 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Vogelsong 1-0), 5:05 p.m.

San Diego (Rea 0-0) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 0-1), 5:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Simon 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Ch.Anderson 1-0) at St. Louis (Leake 0-1), 6:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 0-0) at Colorado (Lyles 0-1), 6:40 p.m.

Arizona (R.De La Rosa 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

Kelowna goaltender Michael Herrington stopped 30 shots. Coleman Vollrath made 35 saves in the Royals’ net.

WARRIORS 7 WHEAT KINGS 1 MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Jayden Halbgewachs scored three goals and assisted on two more to power the Warriors over Brandon in Game 3 for their first win of the series.

Tanner Jeannot had a goal and three helpers for Moose Jaw, which trails the best-of-seven series 2-1. Nikita Popugaev scored once and tacked on two assists and Brayden Point and Brett Howden rounded out the attack.

Tim McGauley had the lone goal for the Wheat Kings.

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Saturday’s game Minnesota at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 18 Dallas at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 20 Dallas at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles (2) vs. San Jose (3) Thursday’s game San Jose at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game San Jose at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 18 Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 20 Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round DIVISION SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7)

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division Victoria (1) vs. Kelowna (2) (Victoria leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result Kelowna 3 Victoria 2 Saturday’s result Victoria 3 Kelowna2 Thursday’s game Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

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

Sunday, Apr. 17 x-Victoria at Kelowna, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 19 x-Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Indiana 102, New York 90 Toronto 122, Philadelphia 98 Miami 99, Detroit 93 San Antonio 102, Oklahoma City 98, OT Memphis at L.A. Clippers, late

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Atlanta RHP Alger Hodgson (Dominican League Braves) 72 games and San Francisco RHP David Graybill (AZL Giants) 50 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League DETOIT TIGERS — Placed C James McCann on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C Bobby Wilson from Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned 3B Matt Duffy to Fresno (PCL). Reinstated C Evan Gattis from the 15-day DL. Sent RHP Lance McCullers to Corpus Christi (TL) for a rehab assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned RHP Kyle Drabek outright to Reno (PCL).

ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Joel De La Cruz to Gwinnett (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Jhoulys Chacin from Gwinnett (IL). Transferred LHP Andrew McKirahan from the 15- to the 60-day DL. CHICAGO CUBS — Sent SS Javier Baez to Iowa (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed INF/OF Scott Van Slyke on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 10.

Reinstated C Yasmani Grandal and INF Howie Kendrick from the 15-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Released RHP John Holdzkom.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT — Signed F Dorell Wright.

PHOENIX SUNS — Purchased the Bakersfield Jam (NBADL) and are relocating the team to Prescott

Penalties — Smith Reg (checking from behind) 2:48 Hagel RD (cross-checking) 9:16 Hobbs Reg (delay of game) 14:44 Helewka RD (interference) 16:31 DeBrusk RD (cross-checking) 19:39.

Second Period 3. Red Deer, Spacek 2 (Hagel) 2:02.

4. Regina, Steel 6 (Zborovskiy, Harrison) 9:10.

5. Regina, Zablocki 3 (Wagner, Harrison) 9:47.

6. Red Deer, Nogier 1 (Spacek) 14:53.

Penalties — Nogier RD (tripping) 4:39 Rattie RD (cross-checking), Smith Reg (slashing), 13:46.

Third Period 7. Regina, Hobbs 2 (Williams, Sanford) 10:26 (pp).

8. Regina, Cole 2 (Zborovskiy, Leschyshyn) 10:38.

9. Regina, Wagner 3 (Brooks) 14:43 (sh).

Penalties — Fleury RD, Brooks Reg (roughing) 5:40 de Wit RD (goaltender interference) 9:18 Steel Reg (slashing) 13:58 DeBrusk RD (cross-checking), Hagel RD (double roughing), Brooks Reg (roughing) 16:39.

Shots on goal Red Deer 10 10 8 — 28 Regina 8 18 14 — 40 Goal — Red Deer: Martin (L, 6-2) Regina: Brown (W, 5-3).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Red Deer: 1-3 Regina: 2-7.

WHL 2016 Playoffs Second Round DIVISION FINALS (Best-of-7)

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Send in the clones TATIANA MASLANY ON THE CHALLENGES OF HER ‘ORPHAN BLACK’ CHARACTERS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — There are a few things Orphan Black fans can expect when the clone saga returns Thursday — imminent peril for its street-smart heroine Sarah Manning, an increased sense of paranoia for her band of identical “sestras,” and even more clones.

Online teasers have already introduced spoiler-hungry fans to a brandnew clone character who goes by the name of M.K., as well as the return (via flashback) of demised cop Beth Childs.

The show’s co-creators, Graeme Manson and John Fawcett, say the fourth season takes a few steps backward in order to move ahead — all the way back to that moment on the train platform when Sarah saw her doppelganger Beth leap to her death in the first season.

In alluding only indirectly to M.K., the spoiler-averse duo also admit they couldn’t help but add to star Tatiana Maslany’s ever-growing character list.

“Every year we sort of get together with Tat at the beginning and rub our hands together a little bit and go, ‘What do we need? What are we looking for, who do you got?’ And we start thinking of new clones,” Manson says.

“We’re a clone show — we love our clones.”

“And,” Fawcett interjects, “expanding the mythology of the show and deepening the characters that we already have and bringing new elements of the mystery in.

“And often that is about discovering new clones — whether naive or selfaware.”

So far, none of it has fazed the chameleon-like Maslany, whose ever-growing list of Orphan Black roles includes tightly wound soccer mom Alison, former assassin Helena, terminally ill science geek Cosima, and the villainous Rachel.

She says Manson and Fawcett have been generous in letting her help determine character traits of new lookalikes, noting her fan-favourite blond alter-ego Krystal started with an impromptu on-set impression.

“They’re pretty great about pitching some sort of core of the character and then are really open to my suggestions or my kind of collaborative input,” says Maslany, also careful not to spill the beans on new episodes.

“But I love being surprised by what they bring to me because it’s never what I expect and it’s never what I would have wanted for myself. It’s casting me in a part that I never would have gotten to play otherwise.”

When last we saw Sarah, she was hiding out in Iceland with her daughter Kira and foster mom Mrs. S, who was newly revealed to be the daughter of the original clone, Kendall Malone.

But familial bliss does not last long — Maslany notes they will soon be on the run again as dark forces gather.

All the clones, in fact, have big challenges ahead.

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Tatiana Maslany appears in a scene from ‘Orphan Black.’

“They’re all on a big shifting stage — Alison is juggling everything under the sun and now has a pregnant Helena staying with her,” Maslany says, rattling off a roll call of her various cloned characters.

“Helena’s pregnant and so her world is shifting in a very different way for her. Cosima has lost (girlfriend) Delphine and so we get to see her going through that and sort of throwing herself head first into her work and the mystery of where Delphine is. And Rachel is in a place of extreme vulnerability, not being in on what’s happening around her, which is very counter to how she was raised — always in the know, always the one with the information. And Sarah is back in familiar places with new questions.”

Jordan Gavaris, who plays younger foster brother Felix, assures that it’s all geared towards getting closer to who the sisters are and why they exist.

“We’re back on the A train heading

toward the end of the tunnel,” he says.

There will be big ramifications for his character, too, he adds. Sent reeling by news that Sarah and Mrs. S are blood-related, Felix goes on the hunt for tidbits about his own roots.

“I can’t say what those things are, (but) I can say that it’s a major character point for him this year, that investigation. And I don’t think audiences will be disappointed. I know I wasn’t,” teases Gavaris.

As for the show’s star, Manson and Fawcett freely admit they have no qualms about loading Maslany with an ever-increasing acting workload.

“The great thing about Tatiana is that she loves a challenge and she is always up to try new things. And so whenever we can give her really twisted complex acting challenges it inevitably pays off in spades,” says Fawcett.

“The more we can give her, honestly, the better our show is.”

Orphan Black returns Thursday to Space.

4DX will be the most expensive ticket on its menu, which means it will run upwards of $24.

The company plans to open its first completely redesigned 4DX theatre at Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas and VIP in downtown Toronto.

Sketch-comedy series ‘MADtv’ returning to TV, satire intact

NEW DELHI — Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who has won global acclaim for her role as FBI agent Alex Parrish on ABC’s Quantico, received a prestigious award from India’s president on Tuesday for her contribution to the Indian cinema.

Dressed in a lime-green sari, Chopra received India’s fourth-highest civilian honour from President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi.

The former Miss World ventured into Hindi cinema in 2003 with the film The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and Andaaz, and also has a singing career.

Chopra, 33, who flew to India from her Baywatch shoot in Los Angeles to receive the award, said it was “the best award I have ever received.”

In her role on Quantico, she plays an Indian-American whose fledgling FBI career and freedom are in jeopardy after a New York terrorist attack.

Despite her role in the U.S., she says has no intention of abandoning her film career back home.

TORONTO — Lights! Fog! Action!

Those are just a few of the promises so-called 4D technology will bring to Canadian cinemas this summer when movie exhibitor Cineplex opens its first 4DX auditorium.

Designed to make high-octane blockbusters even more appealing, the new theatre replaces traditional seats with motion chairs. Other devices in the theatre recreate environmental effects, like wind, snow and bubbles.

It’s the latest cutting-edge technology being adopted by Hollywood in hopes of keeping moviegoers buying tickets — but the experience comes at a richer price.

While Cineplex hasn’t decided how much it will charge customers, it says

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THINGS HAPPENING TOMORROW

Copyright case cleared for trial

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Quantico star wins prestigious India award Movies with impact: Cineplex plans its first 4DX immersive movie theatre

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Independent Achievers is hosting Marsha Jeffers on “Getting Out of Your Own Way!” speaking to women in business. Luncheon costs $25 for guests/$20 for IA members includes time to network before and after and fabulous speaker at West Point Place Conference Centre, in Red Deer on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pre-register at www. independentachievers.com

LOS ANGELES — The sketch comedy series MADtv is making a comeback.

The CW network said it will air eight new one-hour episodes.

The show’s format will include its signature pop-culture parodies and “politically incorrect humour,” the network said Monday.

Cast members were not announced, but CW said the reincarnated MADtv will star up-and-coming comedy voices.

The show’s hosts will be cast members from the original late-night series, which aired on Fox from 1995 to 2009.

Episodes from that 14-season run are available to stream on CW Seed, the CW’s digital network. Among the many celebrities who appeared on the show: Jack Black, Halle Berry, George Carlin and Jay Z. A premiere date for the new MADtv was not announced.

Gilmore Girls producer sues for fees on Netflix episodes LOS ANGELES — A producer of the Gilmore Girls is suing over plans to revive the series for a short run on the streaming service Netflix.

Producer Gavin Polone filed

CARE TO DISPEL MYTHS ABOUT REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS Central Alberta Refugee Effort presents Dispel Myths About Refugees and Immigrants on Thursday from 6-8:30 p.m. at 202, 5000 Gaetz Ave. This workshop is suitable for managers, supervisors, teachers, and front line service providers. See immigrant-centre.ca, or to register, contact jan.underwood@care2centre.ca, 403-346-8818.

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LOS ANGELES — A trial is needed to determine if Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven copies its opening notes from a song performed by the rock band Spirit, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S District Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled Friday that lawyers for the trustee of late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe had shown enough evidence to support a case that Stairway to Heaven copies music from the Spirit song Taurus.

Taurus was written by Wolfe in either 1966 or 1967, years before Led Zeppelin released Stairway to Heaven in 1971. Klausner wrote that while the songs have some differences, lawyers for Wolfe’s trustee may be able to prove they are substantially similar.

Led Zeppelin and Spirit performed at some concerts and festivals around the same time, but not on the same stage. Klausner wrote that the evidence presented so far represented a circumstantial case that Led Zeppelin may have heard Taurus performed before Stairway to Heaven was created.

After-hours phone and email messages sent to Helene M. Freeman, Led Zeppelin’s attorney, were not immediately returned. Experts hired by the band contend both Stairway to Heaven and Taurus use notes that have been used in music for centuries.

Francis Alexander Malofiy, attorney for Wolfe’s trustee Michael Skidmore, praised the ruling. He said while many copyright cases are an uphill battle, Klausner’s ruling brings his client one step closer to getting Wolfe credit for helping create one of the most recognizable song introductions in rock history.

Skidmore was able to overcome statute-of-limitations hurdles to sue over Stairway to Heaven because the song was remastered and re-released in 2014.

A jury trial is scheduled for May 10 in Los Angeles. Klausner’s ruling removed Zeppelin band member John Paul Jones from the case. Bandmates Robert Plant and Jimmy Page remain defendants in the case.

A trial would represent the third time in recent months that a Los Angeles federal jury has heard a copyright-infringement case involving a hit song. In March 2015, a jury found that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams had copied a Marvin Gaye song to create their 2013 hit, Blurred Lines and awarded Gaye’s children $7.4 million.

A judge trimmed the award, and the verdict is under appeal.

Later in the year, another jury was empaneled to determine whether the Jay-Z hit Big Pimpin’ copied the work of an Egyptian composer, but a judge ruled in the rapper’s favour. a lawsuit against Warner Bros.

Television Production Inc. on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging he is owed nearly $200,000 for the upcoming four-episode run.

Polone was one of the producers on the original series, which aired on the WB and CW networks before ending its 153-episode run in 2007.

Netflix is reviving the series with several of the original actors, including Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel.

An after-hours message sent to Warner Bros. seeking comment was not immediately returned Monday.

Manuscripts among rare Hemingway items shown at JFK library BOSTON — Ernest Hemingway and John F. Kennedy never met, but the author’s most extensive personal collection is housed at JFK’s presidential library and is now on public display.

The exhibition opening this week in Boston includes original manuscripts of some of his most famous literary works letters to other major literary figures of his time photographs and other personal mementos.

Billed as the most extensive museum exhibition devoted to the Nobel Prize winner’s life and work, Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars, enjoyed a three-month run at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum last year.

ALBERTA MUSIC INDUSTRY INFORMATION NIGHT AT FRATTERS SPEAKEASY Alberta Music is inviting local emerging and professional musicians to to an industry information night at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer on Thursday from 6:30-10:30 p.m. It’s an opportunity to find out the latest industry news and to shmooze with others in the local music community.

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JOHNSTON It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to Sharon Irene Johnston (nee Kanten) of Rimbey, Alberta. Sharon passed away in the early hours of Friday, April 8, 2016 at the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre at the age of 71 years, after a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. She spent her final days in the excellent care provided by the staff of the Rimbey Hospital, for which we are all grateful. Sharon was born in Edmonton, but lived in Halkirk, Alberta for her preschool years. She then moved to Sylvan Lake where she attended school at what is now H.J. Cody School, and then high school at Lindsay Thurber in Red Deer. After high school, Sharon took nursing courses in Calgary, and later worked at the Holy Cross Hospital and the Calgary General, as well as the Red Deer Regional Hospital. The last 21 years of her career were spent taking care of those less fortunate at Michener Centre in Red Deer. The retirement years found Sharon on a hobby farm, where she enjoyed working with cattle and horses. She enjoyed outdoor activities and traveling. “Sharon will always be remembered by the friends she has made during her time with us.” Sharon will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her husband of 37 years, Ron Armstrong of Rimbey; and three children: her son, Darrell (Chris) Johnston of Lacombe and their family, Cassandra and Haley; her daughter, Teresa (Perry) Ronca of Winfield and their family, Hayden and Jared; and her son, Jason (BettyAnn) Johnston of Victoria, B.C. and their family, Madison and Ashley. She will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by two sisters: Susan (Wally) Penner of Lethbridge and their family, Kelly and Allison; and Coreen (David) Frey of Spruce Grove and their family, Josh, Andrew and Amy; and one brother, Randy (Gloria) Kanten of Blackfalds and their son, Chris; in addition to other close relatives, and many cherished friends. Sharon was predeceased by her parents, Adolph and Verona Kanten.

With respect for Sharon’s wishes, no formal Funeral Service will be held. Cremation took place at the Central Alberta Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Sharon’s Memory may be made directly to the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre - Administration, Box 440, Rimbey, Alberta T0C 2J0. Condolences to the Johnston Family may also be expressed by e-mail to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Cremation Arrangements for the Late Sharon Irene Johnston (nee Kanten) entrusted to the care of OBERHAMMER FUNERAL CHAPELS LTD. 1-403-843-4445

DONALD Terry David Donald of Rimbey, Alberta passed away at the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at the age of 49 years. Terry will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his parents, Ruth and Dan Donald of Rimbey; and his wife, Tara and their two children, Joseph and Evelyn, all of Sylvan Lake.

He will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his two brothers, Tim (Colleen) Donald of Innisfail; and Todd (Amy) Donald of Calgary; his three nieces: Avery, Kaylyn, and Sadie; his nephew, Joshua; as well as numerous other relatives and many close friends.

Terry was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, David and Gida Donald; and his maternal grandparents, Roy and Audrey Carruthers. A Public Memorial Service in Celebration of Terry’s Life will be held at the Rimbey United Church, Rimbey on Friday, April 15, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. with the Reverend Deborah Laing officiating. Cremation took place at the Central Alberta Crematorium, Red Deer.

If friends desire, memorial tributes in Terry’s Memory may be made directly to the Trust Funds for Terry’s Children, Joseph and Evelyn Donald, c/o Investors Group, Attention: Ryan Metzger, #200, 4909 - 49 Street, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 1V1; or to the Canadian Cancer Society, #101, 6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4K8 (www.cancer.ca).

Condolences to the Donald Family may also be expressed by e-mail to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Service and Cremation Arrangements for the Late Terry David Donald entrusted to the care of OBERHAMMER FUNERAL CHAPELS LTD. 1-403-843-4445

BARG Ada 1930 - 2016 Mrs. Ada Elizabeth Barg (nee Burkholder) of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at Harmony Care Home, Red Deer on Monday, April 11, 2016 at the age of 85 years.

Ada was born on June 20, 1930 at Markham, Ontario, the daughter of Amos and Fanny Burkholder. She moved out west; and taught school in Northern Alberta. After marrying her husband, Philip, she moved to British Columbia where they farmed at Chilliwack and also at Vanderhoof.

After finally moving to Red Deer in 1999, Ada kept busy volunteering at the Golden Circle, Potter’s Hands, the Red Deer Food Bank and sewing baby blankets for Ronald McDonald House. Ada will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Katherine Barg and her favorite son-in-law, Jeff Pennington. She will also be sadly missed by her sisters-in-law, Edna Barg, Anna Barg, and Evelyn Burkholder; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Ada was predeceased by her beloved husband, Philip in 1997. A Celebration of Ada’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, April 15, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations in Ada’s honor may be made directly to the Potter’s Hands Ministry at PO Box 27093, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 6X8 or to the Red Deer Food Bank Society at 7429 - 49 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 1N2.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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ALLISON Lois Katherine Sept. 11, 1939 - Mar. 26, 2016 Lois passed away early March 26, 2016, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital after her final battle with lifelong diabetes. Lois was born in Bentley, Alberta, to Ernie and May Koski.

She attended school in Nordegg, AB, and Red Deer at Lindsay Thurber High School where she met her high school sweetheart, Gary, who became her husband May 16, 1959. Lois is survived by her husband, Gary, of 57 years, daughter, Susan (Jim), son, Joe (Juanita), granddaughters; Lindsay (Jason), Lauren (Robert) and Danielle (Peter), and grandson, Darcy. She will also be sorely missed by her sister, Linda (Frank), sisters-in-law; Diane (Albert) and Linda (Robert), good friends; Arlene and Gerrit Visser and Marylynn Foote and Paul Kane, and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews. She recently was made a most proud greatgrandmother with the arrival of Danielle’s (and Peter’s) son, Jackson. Lois was always working at some project-she was a fine knitter and would perfectly sew anything you could want.

She was a great cook and baker and her Christmas recipes shall live on through her children.

Always “if something is worth doing it’s worth doing right” was her motto, whether crafting, cooking or bookkeeping-her final profession before retirement. We will miss her.

The family would like to thank Dr. Johan Viljoen and Dr. Kim Jim and the staff on Unit 31, as well as many neighbors for their kind acts and compassionate care. At Lois’ request no formal service will be held. Family and friends are invited to join us for a memorial tea on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at the Radisson Hotel on 67th Street, Red Deer, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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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HERDER Judy Anne (nee Parker) Aug. 2, 1944 - Apr. 6, 2016 Judy passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, after a very courageous battle with cancer. Judy was born to Albert & Ruby Parker in High River, AB. She moved to Red Deer and met the love of her life, her handsome prince, Robert W. Herder, and married in January of 1963.

Together they raised Jim (Lisa) Herder and Kim Reno (Craig), welcomed Danielle (Kevin) Silo. Grandchildren followed; Joel Reno, Rayelle (Mike) Byzitter, Colby, Grayson, Teryn Herder, Ryan and Ben Silo, and two very precious great-grandchildren; Mason and Ariel Byzitter.

Survived by sisters-in-law; Betty Tisdale, June Hedemark, brother-in-law, Charlie Herder, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. She lived a very active life. She sang in the Red Deer Musical Theatre, sang in the Sylvan Lake Sympathy Band, along with weddings, funerals, lodges, and nursing homes. She often sang “Oh Canada” at Rodeos with her grandchildren in tow. She was a lifetime board member of the Red Deer Westerner and was the entertainment Director of the exposition.

She was a founding member of the Sylvan Lake Food Bank and the Care & Share.

Judy was also the Sylvan Lake Welcome Wagon hostess for many years as well as hosting the welcome wagon bridal and baby showers. She was the hostess and Director for the Shaw Cable’s Sylvan Showcase.

She received numerous awards including Sylvan Lake’s Citizen of the year twice, Farm Family of the year, KG & CKRD Country Citizen of the Day. Judy was also a member of the Kinnettes and the Red Hat Ladies. The door was always open for anyone. Special thanks to Dr. Bahlis at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Unit 32 Nurses and Doctors at the Red Deer Regional hospital. A Celebration of Judy’s Life will be held at the Harvest Centre, Westerner Park, Red Deer, on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

Donations in Judy’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society, 101-6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4K8.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

MOORE Brian Kenneth It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our father, Brian Kenneth Moore, on April 5, 2016 at the age of 67 years.

Brian was predeceased by his parents; Arnold and Gertrude Moore of Red Deer, and brother, Darcy Moore.

He leave behind four children; Nicole (Matt) Wyntjes, Christie (Andrew Mardell) Moore, Robert (Tawnee) Moore, and Justin Moore, as well as six grandchildren. A Graveside Service will be held at Alto Reste Cemetery, Hwy 11 East, Red Deer County, on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

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Found

SET of three keys with a brass tag found in Anders area. One key is for a Ford vehicle, and other 2 keys are for locks. Call to identify. 403-347-8207.

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Personals

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

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jobs

Caregivers/ Aides

710

EXPERIENCED Caregiver needed for a Diabetic Mother, $18/hr. Mon. Friday). Please apply to robert_seeliger@ hotmail.com

In Memoriam

Dental

740

REG. DENTAL Hygienist Must be flexible with hours.

Apply to Healthy Smiles Fax resumes attn: Corinne or Chrissy (403) 347-2133 or email: healthysmiles4life@ hotmail.com

Restaurant/ Hotel DONNA RUSSELL 1940 - 2011 Still With Us Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow; I am a diamond glint on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awake in the morning hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft star shine at night.

Do not stand by my grave and cry.

I am not there... I DID NOT DIE. Love from your family

309-3300

LIEBIG - ROY Aug. 1, 1945 - Apr. 13, 2011 In loving memory of Roy Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather who passed away five years ago today.

We sadly miss you along life’s way, You are quietly remembered everyday.

Even though you are not in our lives to share, You are in our hearts and always there.

We treasure the past With memories that will always last.

Deeply missed and loved forever, your family

820

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $11.20/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

10 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

Sales & Distributors

Anniversaries

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Call or visit us online!

1-844-299-2466 welcomewagon.ca

700-920

Tell Everyone with a Classified Announcement

elebrating her 80th Birthday is BARBARA Swinton Her family is gathering from Western Canada to celebrate at Sherwood Park in May. In the picture she is holding her good friend Dr. IAN Younger marking the 70th anniversary of his graduating M.D with honors from the University of Alberta.

Are you new to the neighbourhood?

Expecting a Baby?

Planning a Wedding?

CLASSIFICATIONS

BARBARIAN CELEBRATIONS

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

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Coming Events

830

WIRELESS World Solutions at 107-4747 67 ST, RED DEER, AB, requires a F/T, Perm.

Assistant Manager-Retail with min. 1-2 yrs of related sales exp., ASAP. Duties: Plan, direct and evaluate the operations, Manage staff and assign duties, Resolve customer complaints etc. Wages $26.50/Hr. Email Resume - retailjobs@ mywirelessworld.ca

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Bicycles

1540

SEKINE ladies 5 spd bike, exc. cond. new tires, tubes, brakes & lines plus spokes. $185.

403-358-8765

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, April 13, 2016 B7

1580

Children's Items

Misc. for Sale

BABY Basinette, solid wood, brown w/ matress, easy to move, exc. clean cond. $25. 403-346-5423

Electronics

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020

1605

WIRELESS 360 degree M6 mode speaker from Veho. Connect with any electronic device, 1800 ma, rechargeable battery, built-in microphone with auto music interrupt.

BRAND NEW Won in Lottery. $95. 403-352-8811

EquipmentHeavy

1760

AUTHENTIC Ray-Ban men’s sunglasses, green lenses, exc. cond., asking $125. 403-505-0819 BLOW OUT SALE, die cast models, cars, trucks, and motorcycles, biker gifts, replica guns, tin signs, framed pictures, clocks, fairies, and dragons.

Two stores to serve you better, Man Cave and Gold Eagle, entrance 2, Parkland Mall.

BROTHER electric typewriter, 3 yrs. old, $50.

403-347-8697

1630

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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

403-304-5337

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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $800. rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

GARBAGE Cans (2), heavy duty, from 1940’s, 3 BDRM. house, Eastview, good for decorative use. avail. May 1, $1350. rent.

TRAILERS for sale or rent $20. each. 403-358-8765 Call 587-877-5281 Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or LAWN chairs, 2 sets, pad- 3 BDRM., main flr. no pets, wheeled. Call 347-7721. ded seats and backs, $25. no kids, no drugs, mature, quiet adult, fully employed per set. 403-358-8765 Start your career! preferred. $650 rent/dd, See Help Wanted RUG, off white with blue 1/2 util. 403-348-0530 after 3 border, 5’x7’, exc. clean 4 BDRM. house on cond. no pets, N/S, reg.

Kingston Drive, $1400/mo. price $600. will sell for $30.

Firewood Ron @ 403-304-2255 403-346-5423 4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, B.C. Birch, Aspen, $1695/mo. in Red Deer.

Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. Sporting 403-782-7156 PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 Goods 403-357-7465 FREE firewood.

LADIES set of RAM FX PARTLY furnished house Bring your own chainsaw. golf clubs, 403-341-5141. in Sylvan Lake avail. for 403-346-4307 rent at $1800. Call 403-887-4610 RED DEER GUN SHOW SYLVAN: 2 fully furn.

April 30, 10 am - 5 pm Household rentals, incld’s all utils., May 1, 10 am - 3 pm Furnishings $550 - $1300. 403-880-0210 Westerner Agri Centre West Admission $ 5 MEDIUM dark wood Condos/ rectangular table, $50, and wicker patio chair, Townhouses Collectors' $50. 403-347-8697 Items 3 BDRM. townhouse in STURDY oak dining table Lacombe, 1 1baths, single 44 in. sq. w/1 leaf. Hard(100), 45 RECORDS, in car garage, $1495/mo., wood & ceramic tile good shape, $1. each.

403-782-7156 / 403-357-7465 panels. 6 matching chairs.

403-885-5720 AVAIL. May 1, 3 & 4 bdrm. $300. 403 342-2245 BESWICK English townhouse, 4 appl., porcelain horse, pinto pony hardwood, 2 parking stalls, WANTED model 1373. $175.

Antiques, furniture and close to shopping & 403-352-8811 estates. 342-2514 schools.$975 - $1100 + util. + d.d. 403-506-0054

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1860

1720

3030

1870

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

3060

Suites

Suites

3060

LIMITED TIME OFFER: One free year of Telus internet & cable AND 50% off first month’s rent! 2 Bedroom suites available.

Renovated suites in central location. Cat friendly. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 784-9274 NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy.

403-596-6000

CITY VIEW APTS.

2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building.

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679

NOW RENTING SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. LARGE bsmt. suite, starting at $795/mo. shared kitchen & laundry 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer facilities, Michener area.

Newer bldg. secure entry 403-358-2955 w/onsite manager, LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. 3 appls., incl. heat & hot SUITES. 25+, adults only water, washer/dryer n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

MORRISROE MANOR

Opposite Hospital

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885

3060

Suites

PENHOLD 1 bdrm. 4 appls, inclds. heat & water, no pets $760/mo., avail.

May 1. 348-6594

THE NORDIC

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

3090

Rooms For Rent

2 BDRM main floor in Grandview, all utils. incl., shared kitchen & laundry.

403 358-2995 BLACKFALDS, $600, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

3110

Offices

Downtown Office

Large waiting room, 2 offices & storage room, 403-346-5885

3180

Pasture

North Red Deer.

10 cow/calves, no yearlings. 403-346-5885

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

Now Hiring

GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME

SUPERVISORS

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or May 1. 403-304-5337

GLENDALE

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities • Medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

May 1 403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820 7554137D13-26

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or May 1st.

403-304-5337 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or May 1 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

2 BDRM. bsmt suite. $850/mo. 403-348-1304

5000-5300

5040

SUV's

2014 CHEV Traverse 2LT, 19,500 km, awd, tt, loaded, $32,500. 403-352-1007

5060

Heavy Trucks

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2010 DURASTAR 3 ton box truck, 24’ box, ext. cab. auto. trans.

403-347-1255, 350-8018

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

4010

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

2000 INTERNATIONAL tandem dump, 82 yr. old owner/operator must sell.

320 hp, new floor in box, 217,000 kms, 10 sp. spicer, will have fresh April sticker, $25,000 ready to work 403-252-2054 cell 403-701-2054

Motorcycles

5080

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services

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

Eavestroughing

1130

Plumbing & Heating

1330

Income Property

companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Acupuncture

1020

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES Traditional Chinese Acupuncture 587-679-8606 & Therapeutic Massage ~ Acute or chronic pain, stress, surgery problems. 4606 - 48 Handyman Ave., Red Deer. Walk-ins. Services Call or txt 403-350-8883 Wholistic Health Care for stress, BOOK NOW! anxiety, pain, insomnia: DrLyla.ca For help on your home Acupuncture, TCM, TuiNa projects such as bathroom, Massage, QiGong Exercises main floor, and bsmt. for appts. or house calls contact renovations. Also painting 403-597-4828/ docyip@me.com and flooring.

Call James 403-341-0617

1200

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

DAMON INTERIORS

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Roofing

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

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

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

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

in VIP Treatment.

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Yard Care Elite Retreat, Finest 10 - 2am Private back entry

1370

1430

All grass & Aerating services. 587-876-7983 CASPER’S small engine repair and tune-up. Repair of lawn mowers, rototillers, weedeaters, generators.

Colin @ 403-597-1672

5* JUNK REMOVAL SECOND 2 NONE aerate,

Property clean up 505-4777 Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured.

PARKING LOT, Free Estimates. Call anytime Street Sweeping, Dave, 403-396-4176 Pressure washing, QUALITY taping, drywall complete hotmix asphalt and reno’s. 403-350-6737 services, crack sealing, RMD RENOVATIONS complete concrete Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc. services. Call ConAsph Call Roger 403-348-1060 reception 403-341-6900

dethatch, clean-up, eaves, cut grass. Free estimates.

Now booking 403-302-7778 SPRING LAWN CLEANUP Call Ken 403-304-0678 THE ROTOTILLER GUY Rototilling Services & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957

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RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

SEIBEL PROPERTY INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS VELOX EAVESTROUGH JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER Commercial $500 OFF Exc. @ Reno’s, Plumb Pro Property Cleaning & Repairs.

Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp.

Geary 403-588-2619 Reasonable rates. 340-9368 1ST MONTH’S RENT with oilfield service 6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 11/2 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1100. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

CLASSIFICATIONS

3190

Mobile Lot

Realtors & Services

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wheels

PASTURE

ALL the bells & whistles!!

44,600 kms.

Excellent Condition Never laid down.

$7600. o.b.o.

(403)318-4653

5160

Boats & Marine

4110

SYLVAN LAKE SMALL OFFICE 1,050 sq. ft. office 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 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Industrial Property

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC

4120

QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK New industrial bay, 2000 sq. ft. footprint, $360,000.

403-391-1780

WatersEdge Marina

Boat Slips Available For Sale or Rent Sylvan Lake, AB 403.318.2442 info@watersedgesylvan.com www.watersedgesylvan.com

Central Alberta LIFE & Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

Open House Directory

Tour These Fine Homes Out Of Red Deer

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OPEN HOUSE SERGE’S HOMES

April 14 & Apr. 15, 2 - 5 Apr. 16 , 1 - 5 6325 61 AVE RED DEER

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Sol DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 LEXUS RX330, 155,000 mi., exc. cond. $7500.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., CLEAN. Priced to buy Call 403-318 3040

2009 Grand Caravan, exc. cond, extra set winter tires, DVD, extras $12,500 obo 403-505-5789

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Sol 2002 DURANGO, RT, AWD, Hi + low range 4x4. 7 pass.

124,000 kms.. $5000. obo 780-916-0221

2005 CROWN Vic, loaded, 94,000 kms. $6000. obo.

2011 DODGE CALIBER, only 56,000 km, exc. cond., $8,900.

403-406-7600

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Sol 2006 JEEP Commander full load, 4.7.

Best Offer ASAP 403-342-7798

2007 YAMAHA 30,003 km V-star 1100, Silverado new tires, exc. cond. $5500.

403-318-4725

2010 FORD FUSION SEL, 2.5L, IV engine, 6 spd., loaded.

81,000 kms. $11,800. 403-350-1608

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800cc. All the bells and whistles. 44,600 kms.

Exc. cond., never laid down. $7600. o.b.o.

(403)318-4653.

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2013 HONDA PCX 150CC scooter, 1,700 km, $2,000.

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Sol 2004 FREESTAR Limited Edition $5600.

587-377-3547

2006 CHRYSLER 300, LTD, low kms., sun roof, leather, new winter tires. $8000. obo

2013 HYUNDAI Tucson 35700 Kms. 2.0 L engine A/C, PW, PL, AM, FM, MP3, CD & more. 14,900.

We Take Payments l 403-358-1698 rewardlease.com Amvic Licensed

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FAMILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016

Allowing yourself to make mistakes MURRAY FUHRER EXTREME ESTEEM

“We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.”

– Cicero, Roman statesman, and orator “How?” he asked. “How could I have worked so hard yet have failed so utterly?”

I was speaking with a client about building self-esteem. I knew he had worked hard over the years to overcome a number of personal issues and to resurrect his badly damaged self-esteem. As of late, he had fallen into a deep depression and had grown increasingly despondent.

“What is it that you fear?” I asked, “more than anything else in the world?”

He looked at me for a few moments.

“Mistakes. I fear to make mistakes.”

“And how do you feel when you make mistakes? Does it upset you?”

“Upset me?” he replied and laughed. “It kills me. It destroys me.”

“When you make a mistake,” I began, leaning nearer, “do you learn something from it or do you feel, instead, that it’s a confirmation of your inadequacies – your lack of personal value?”

The greatest fear of most people with low self-esteem is making a mistake. That’s because fear and anxiety are the main beams that support a poor self-image. It was certainly the case with me and not surprisingly is for most people who come to see me for self-esteem coaching.

Based upon our early childhood experiences, we develop a sense of how and where we fit in the scheme of things. It is typically during our formative years that we decide whether we are competent, worthy and lovable, or incompetent, unworthy and unlovable.

If we buy into the negative view, then we move through life constantly on guard, prepared for disappointment.

Like many people growing up in my generation, it was undesirable and unwise to disappoint my parents, my father in particular. Though a forthright and honourable man, he could be a harsh taskmaster. Explanations were brief and punishment for mistakes were at times crushing. This was not

Trying out this kindness thing LINDSAY BROWN ME PLUS THREE It was painting day at the Panini shop. As of right now I seem to be bathing in a slew of Panini’s so you will have to deal with yet another sandwich-store related rambling. We had decided to scrimp a bit in the paint department since our bay has outlandishly high ceilings. We didn’t want to be spending a small fortune on paint, so we chose the cheapest orange (The Hot Wire’s logo colour) paint we could find.

I was pumped and I just knew it was going to be spectacular!

However after the fourth application of paint I began to get a little perturbed. By perturbed I mean sobbing hopelessly on the ground asking the thin air in front of me why I could still see every damn brush stroke and flaw that this stupid wall had to offer.

I asked Jamie to go ask the paint shop people across the street what we could possibly be doing wrong. I would have gone myself but lately I’ve been trying this “kindness” thing on for size and let’s just say I wasn’t in a particularly kind mood at that moment.

It turns out orange is one of the most difficult paints to apply. Right from the beginning this detail in combination with our super insanely cheap paint was a cocktail for the perfect disaster.

These were the “expert’s” exact words to Jamie when he explained our painting plight.

Would have been nice to know when we were in there yesterday buying all of this contemptible orange paint—but okay, thanks for the tip Tips.

Things started looking up however after applying the fifth and final coat to the walls. I was feeling good until I looked at the time to find that I had about seven minutes to get to the kids’ school to pick them up. Now if you know me, you know that this would have sent my emotions reeling. I had to get across the city in seven minutes or else I was going to be late. Me? Late? NEVER! As I spotted my car I

contemplated doing the whole jump and slide over the hood spectacle but envisioned myself simply body slamming into the side of it as a feeble alternative. I’d probably dent it up pretty bad and end up smearing the still wet paint from my clothes all over its white exterior too. It would be a mess. So I just walked around to the driver’s side instead.

I was making good time until that sweet little elderly woman cut me off.

“Be calm Lindsay, it’s just a little further. Stay calm.” The ninety year old was topping her motor vehicle out at a whopping 30 kilometers an hour. I had what was adding up to be a damned convoy behind me of angry motorists some of who were even flipping me the bird.

I was about to throw down some pretty creative language myself when I remembered my “Quest for Kindness”.

Earlier that day my friend Janelle and I were talking about how we wanted to actively bring more kindness into our lives and the lives of others. I’ve said that before, but I actually meant it this time—I swear. So I curled down my middle finger and gently put my hand back on the wheel.

Eventually I got to school. I wasn’t even late…by that much. It actually killed me a little inside.

On our way home the kids asked to stop at the park. As much as I just wanted to get home and wash the remnants of that dastardly orange paint off of my skin I agreed because I’d rather them blow off steam in the open fields of the park than in the small confines of our car.

Moments after sitting down I noticed a few of the surrounding parents staring at me.

Some of them were having full out conversations and I seemed to be their subject matter.

If I were in a bad 90’s movie I would have said something catty like, “take a picture it lasts longer.”

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always the case but often enough that I became frightened of making mistakes and developed a controlling, perfectionistic approach to life, especially in the workplace.

For years, I viewed mistakes as a confirmation of my own ineptitude and lack of personal worth and value, proof that I was a failure. It took me years to retrain my brain to look at mistakes as a growth opportunity and a natural consequence of living, learning and evolving.

Fear has a way of permeating every aspect of our life. When we’re frightened of a potential outcome, it’s difficult to make good decisions, to remain open, hopeful and positive, and to deliver the best possible results for our efforts. It also makes it tremendously difficult to bounce back from disappointments and perceived failures or to expect anything better in the future.

Now I should point out that some fear of mistakes is a good thing – it helps us to improve our performance.

Most of us want to do well in our endeavours and that’s a reasonable and admirable expectation. Our employers certainly hope the number of mistakes we make are few and far between.

We hope the surgeon or airline pilot

doesn’t make a mistake. We would hope the bookkeeper doesn’t make a mistake and shortchange us on our paycheque. It is only when we become obsessively and irrationally focused on avoiding mistakes that it becomes an issue.

In my own self-work and from the time I’ve spent working with others, I’ve isolated four common fears that plague those of us who fear making mistakes resulting from low self-esteem.

The fear of doing something wrong and thus confirming our own insufficiency.

The fear of being perceived as inadequate and thus a failure in the eyes of others.

The fear of re-experiencing humiliation, disappointment, devastation or despair.

The fear of disappointing others and being faced with rejection or disapproval.

The good news is, through perseverance and a genuine commitment to building self-esteem, many of these fears will gradually disappear or be reduced to more manageable levels.

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Memories of the corner store TREENA MIELKE FAMILY “Let’s go to the corner.”

Although it was long ago and I was but a child, not yet old enough to drive a car, but old enough to ride my bike using no hands all the way there, I hear the words in my mind.

All the way there was probably not much more than a few city blocks, but it was a gravel road and to get to the corner you had to cross a highway, which even in those days, if memory serves me correctly, was busy.

I think of those words, “let’s go to the corner,” every time I drive by that old corner store, which I do quite often as it is in route to my daughter’s house.

The store is falling down, sticking out like a poor wounded appendage on the prairie landscape, a desolate eyesore, interrupting the fresh face of spring as it slowly springs to life, nodding and quivering and shaking itself free of winter’s clutches.

Some of its windows are gaping holes, others are boarded up and the whole place cries of desolation and loneliness.

But, it wasn’t always like that.

And every time I drive by, I see, in the camera lens of my mind, the flash of a memory and the way it was.

It was a busy store, thriving and always full of customers. It seems to me that the door had a bell that jingled when you walked in and I think there were stools around a short counter.

They must have sold newspapers there, because I remember the storeowner saying my brother could tear a newspaper apart like nobody he ever knew, reading it from cover to cover.

I remember thinking, “is that a good thing? Should I be proud or embarrassed?”

The store also had a meat counter with a glass case, which, for some rea-

son, I found quite fascinating.

In those days you could buy a bottle of pop and a chocolate bar for less than a quarter if you were lucky enough, of course, to have a quarter.

The corner store was part of the small town I grew up in. The town should probably be referred to a hamlet as it had not much more than one street and pretty much all of us lived on that one street.

To me, at least, the hamlet boasted some, if not all of the necessities of life.

It had a school. The school, when I was growing up, only went to Grade 6 and then, all kids, even those of us who were less than brave and did not want to, had to go to this great big high school.

The great big school housed all the kids from all the little one-street towns nearby as well as all the farm kids who lived in-between.

They called it amalgamation.

I didn’t like it. I liked coming home for lunch and playing catch with my dad or my brother in my front yard, which, with a little imagination, could easily be turned into a ball field.

The town also had two grain elevators, at least it did until one of them burned down, and then, a few years later, the second one disappeared too, along with the railroad tracks and the station house.

The general stores were probably the last to go. But in my mind’s eye, I see it all again. The way we were.

The store, alive and full of customers, my brother, sitting inside, the pages of a newspaper scattered in front of him, and me, riding my bike, no hands, down a gravel road on my way to the corner. And then the image is gone, and I’m back to the present.

But I remember. And I can only hope I will always remember.

The way we were!

Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.

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Woman irked by boyfriend’s constant parental care Dear Annie: I am a young lady in my 20s, and I think I’ve found the man I want to spend the rest of my life with.

I want to start a family and build a life with him, but I don’t know how that’s going to happen.

“Jonathan” takes care of his mother and father.

They are on disability, even though they aren’t truly disabled.

They don’t drive, but can do anything other people do. It’s just hard for them.

His parents are wonderful people and I love them to death, but Jonathan drops everything to tend to them, whether it’s going to the grocery store or lending them money.

It’s hard for me to think we could have a family of our own when he already has one, and it’s a big responsibility.

Jonathan works hard every day and can never say no to his parents, and his father would give him plenty of attitude if he did. I would do anything for my parents, but when is it too much? — The Young Lady

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Wednesday, April 13 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Ricky Schroder, 46; Ron Perlman, 66, Al Green, 70 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Do your best to be compassionate, caring and creative.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You have a strong need to succeed, and work very well in leadership roles.

But you must find ways to relieve your stress levels. July and August are lucky months for love and romance.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Although you’re desperate for a heavenly holiday, a new job cycle has started that requires hard work and involves extra responsibilities. Stay the course and you’ll travel in style later on!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Many creative Taureans are in the mood for some delicious daydreaming, as you escape into your own private fantasy world — invitation only! Solitude is definitely soul food for you at the moment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Optimism is high and there is the potential to do very well. But don’t spoil success by being slap-

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Dear Lady: Most people on disability have a reason, so when you say his parents are not “truly disabled,” you could be wrong.

The things that are hard for them, along with their inability to drive, could make their lives more difficult than you realize.

And a man who takes such good care of his parents might make an excellent husband and father.

However, if you think his parents are somehow scamming the system and taking advantage of their son, you might want to back away from this relationship.

Jonathan is unlikely to curtail his level of responsibility and would resent you if you forced the issue.

We hope you will have a serious talk

dash and careless with others.

Take the time to absorb important details along the way today Twins.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): With the Moon visiting your sign today, it’s time to indulge your senses through good food and wine plus art, music and convivial company.

And single Crabs are ready for some fabulous flirting.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today’s star patterns increase your desire to party in person, plus boost your social networking profile. But don’t languish on the sofa for too long Lions — some vigorous physical activity is a must.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Attached Virgos — find ways you can add some extra romance and pizzazz to the partnership. Singles — give philanderers the flick.

Look for love with someone who is creative, kind and compassionate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Close relationships are complicated at the moment but Venus encourages you to swallow your pride, slap on a happy smile, and hold out the olive branch of peace.

Feel the love Libra!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are patient today, you’ll muddle through. But avoid getting drawn into petty power plays.

Single Scorpios — you need a partner who you can have a decent conversation with.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re a popular person, as the planets fire up your social zones and you’re keen to con-

with Jonathan about this, so you can see where his priorities are, and how deeply they conflict with yours.

Dear Annie: “A Frustrated South Dakotan,” says he has epilepsy with “very minor seizures,” and is unhappy that his mother restricts his activities.

Your recommendation of the Epilepsy Foundation website is excellent.

There are a couple of specific points I would like to address: 1. States have regulations against people driving when they may have a sudden loss of consciousness for any reason (seizures, narcolepsy, low blood sugar).

This is for the protection of everyone on the road and sidewalk. If a person who knowingly has uncontrolled seizures causes an accident, he may be at risk for criminal charges. At the very least, his insurance rates will go up.

2. Seizures often occur without warning, making some activities dangerous, including bathing or swimming without a close observer, being the only adult in charge of small children,

etc. One goal of seizure treatment is to be able to do what others do, and this goal can be achieved with proper planning and modifications. “Frustrated” should work with a neurologist to get the seizures under control.

3. If “Frustrated” had a seizure and fell, he could get frostbite in the winter or heatstroke in the summer. Nonetheless, he could walk alone by agreeing on a route and calling home when he reaches his destination.

I suggest that “Frustrated” and his mom explore the EFA website, then draw up a contract they can both live with — one that will keep him safe and reduce Mom’s anxiety. — Dr. B.B., Neurologist

verse and chat; mix and mingle.

But make sure you think things through before you talk, text and tweet.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A creative and compassionate approach works well with a confused child, teenager or close friend.

Don’t assume you know what the problem is though. Listen carefully to what they have to say.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The potential is there to make some beneficial new connections today — both in person and online.

So use your natural entrepreneurial skills

to search out new opportunities before they actually happen.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You may have to let go of a relationship that’s no longer working, which will give you the freedom to move forward.

Single Fish — love is likely with someone from another country or culture.

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.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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FUHRER: Fear Overcoming a fear – such as making mistakes– involves dissecting our belief system. Sure, some mistakes have dire consequences, but most are minor and the outcome negligible. How often have you concluded that making a mistake will lead to dreadful consequences that can’t be undone like being fired, or that making a mistake will result in ridicule? Think about it – how often has the outcome of a mistake been far less than you imagined?

When you expect the worst and react emotionally to that expectation, you create stress and anxiety for yourself.

Here’s a little exercise I’ve used to calm myself down and bring things back into perspective. When I become fixated on a potentially negative outcome, I grab a pen and piece of paper and write down the fearful thought.

Sometimes, when I see the thought on paper, it becomes apparent just how negative and distorted it is, and how unlikely. Then I begin to write down alternative outcomes – the more likely ones – and I look for the lesson and the learning. This breaks my tendency to assume that everything I think is fact when (in fact), it’s just a thought.

Keep in mind that anytime you explore new territory or try something new, you’re going to make mistakes.

If you’re not making mistakes, you’re likely not taking enough risks. And if you’re not taking risks, you’re most surely stalling your progress and your evolution.

Perhaps American writer and philosopher Elbert Hubbard expressed it best when he wrote, “The greatest mis-

take you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”

Give yourself permission to make the occasional mistake and, when you do, instead of projecting a fearful outcome or becoming overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, consider it an opportunity to learn, grow and succeed – tuition paid to the learning institution called life.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His most recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca

BROWN: Jabs I was worn down from a wretched day. Sodden in sweat stained clothes and crappy orange paint. My hair was whipping about wildly as I had lost my tie somewhere in the midst of it all. I probably looked homeless. No wonder these jerks wanted to style a few verbal jabs in my direction. I gave them a friendly/awkward smile and a wave. They looked shocked that I had acknowledged them and that made me feel a little warm and fuzzy inside.

Perhaps that’s why I then yelled in the grimiest of voices, “Come’n kids!

Uncle Toenail gets out on parole today and it’s our turn to pick him up!”

And it occurred to me that sometimes kindness can be as simple as giving the judgmental strangers on the next bench over something interesting to talk about.

Lindsay Brown is an Alberta mother of two and freelance columnist.

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Dear Dr. D: In another city last week, the tap water tasted like a chlorinated swimming pool. I called down to the front desk and was told that the city uses fluoride in their drinking water. This seems to be something that we dealt with years ago in central Alberta. What is the truth about fluoridation in the drinking water? Does it help anything or is that old news too?

A: This is the 'hot potato' of topics. It is as divisive as the Pro Life movement, in fact. If you got a room full of dentists and debated this issue there would be bloody noses! In many municipalities – fluoride is added to drinking water as directed the Alberta Environment and Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality. Water quality is measured and evaluated regularly, and the level of water treatment varies with conditions. Natural water is never totally 'pure'. There is agricultural run-off, vegetation, minerals, silt, fertilizers and other contaminants. You mention taste. That, as well as the colour of water (or turbidity) are usually the things people notice first. I recall visiting Vancouver a couple of years ago during the spring run-off, and the water looked like mud coming out of the tap. The authorities claimed that it was perfectly safe, but I confess the thought of drinking something that looked like tadpoles were afraid to swim in it turned me off. Bottled water became my choice for that week. The original intent to fluoridate water was based on a dental decision and many people stand behind it. I know from a family dentist perspective – most practices will state that when their municipality began to fluoridate water the incidence of dental decay diminished.

If the American Dental Society had their way, 100% of all drinking water would be fluoridated. Like many things (such as mercury amalgam fillings), there are alternate schools of thought. There are those who believe fluoride is a poison, and does not decrease tooth decay. They even go as far as avoiding fruit juice made from concentrate to avoid fluoride. Generally I state that the correct amount of fluoride assists developing teeth, but too much causes fluorosis. Once teeth are mature, fluoride is less important. Good brushing and flossing habits are most important. One proponent of this thought is an author named Christopher Bryson who details the evils of fluoride and how it is used in the manufacture of everything from the atomic bomb to Teflon to fertilizer. It is a very good read entitled 'The Fluoride Deception'.

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