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$100M project to create jobs, ease travel

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A new flyover at Hwy 2 and Gaetz Avenue is expected to create hundreds of jobs in the region.

The province will invest $100 million over three years to overhaul the south entrance into the city, as part of its plan to improve and expand Alberta’s highway network.

Premier Rachel Notley and Transportation Minister Brian Mason were in Red Deer on Tuesday to officially announce the project.

Notley said the section of the Hwy 2 that runs through Red Deer is one of the busiest in Alberta. She said this highway and Red Deer are vital to the provincial economy.

“There has been tremendous growth in industry and businesses along the corridor,” said Notley. “We have work to do to make sure this corridor continues to serve this region and all of Alberta today and into the future.”

It will separate high-speed highway traffic from low-speed local traffic.

With five new bridges and additional collector and highway access lanes, it will vastly improve ease of travel along this entire section of the highway, said Notley.

Notley said this is one of several projects on the Hwy 2 corridor including a comprehensive study on the current and future capacity as a transportation corridor. The process is expected to take another year.

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Regina Pats Chase Harrison checks Red Deer Rebel Michael Spacek during second-period action in Game 7 at the Centrium Tuesday night. Despite being outshot in the third period 15-4, the Rebels took a 2-1 lead with less than seven minutes in regulation in Game 7 of their Western Hockey League Eastern Conference semifinal against the Regina Pats. The Rebels now draw the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Eastern Conference Finals. Game 1 is scheduled for Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Game 2 is on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The series returns to Red Deer on April 26 and 27 for Games 3 and 4 at 7 p.m.

Air Spray ‘sideswiped’ by provincial budget cuts: vice-president

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

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Air Spray maintenance crew members prepare a Lockheed Electra tanker and a Turbo Commander bird-dog aircraft for deployment at the Red Deer Regional Airport on Tuesday.

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The provincial government should be trumpeting Air Spray — a company that provides aerial suppression of wildfires in Alberta — for its role in economic diversification, company vice-president Paul Lane, said Tuesday.

Instead, cuts contained in last week’s provincial budget have put the company in the difficult position of having to subsidize its Alberta operations this year, and also jeopardized long-term air tanker operations in Alberta.

“I barely slept a wink since I learned this news,” a disappointed and angry Lane said.

Air Spray employs 130 people in mostly high-paying jobs and many of these are located at their maintenance and operations facility at Red Deer Airport. It also has tanker contracts in a few other places, including the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and a facility in California.

Lane said that he was informed by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry after the budget that the contract period Air Spray has with the province was being reduced from 123 days to 93, four months to three.

“We were sideswiped. This has never happened before, not in the Klein era, anything like this. They never touched fire because they knew just how important it was.”

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City to study risks, impacts of historic dump sites

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Volunteer firefighters tackled two brush pile fires west of Lacombe and another in the Rimbey-area after winds whipped several old burn sites into new blazes on Monday.

Farmers warned to check old burn piles after blazes

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Farmers are being warned to check brush piles after winds whipped several old burn sites into new blazes on Monday.

Volunteer firefighters tackled two brush pile fires west of Lacombe and another in the Rimbey-area.

Stacks of burned wood and brush can smoulder unnoticed for months and even years before the conditions are right to stoke them back to life, say firefighters.

A grass fire crews were called to about 20 km northwest of Rimbey about 7 p.m. on Monday started underground, said Ponoka County West District Fire Chief John Weisgerber.

“These brush piles can smoulder underneath the pile and underneath ground for a couple of years.

Then, all of a sudden you get a wind like that and they come to life when the ash blows off the top of them and they start to burn again.”

The brush pile that caused the fire his volunteers

NEWS IN BRIEF

Blackfalds man serving life sentence for murder dies in jail A Blackfalds man serving a life sentence for second-degree murder has died in prison.

Troy David Ackerman, 44, was convicted in June of 1992 of second-degree murder for the shooting death on Aug. 2, 1991 of Ponoka resident Ray Allen

were at had last been burned two years ago, but had smouldered away below undetected.

In all about a dozen firefighters from Ponoka West and Ponoka responded. A bulldozer was even brought in to clear debris away from the ground so it could be doused with water.

Besides checking for hot spots, firefighters recommend landowners clear the tall grass around the piles so they are at less risk of spreading.

Lacombe Fire Chief Ed vanDelden said it’s not unusual for old brush pile fire sites to spark up again in the spring when the snow has melted, temperatures are rising and the wind has picked up.

“This year, seems to be especially bad for that,” said vanDelden. “I know there were a number of them going on throughout the county (Monday).”

The general dryness, both from thin snow cover and lack of spring rain, is likely contributing to the rash of recent fires.

VanDelden said any rural landowners who have burn piles should go and check them to make sure there are no hot spots.

Hughes, 23. Also wounded in the incident was Blackfalds resident Lori Friendship, who was 30 at the time and living with Ackerman.

Released on day parole in 2007, Ackerman was apprehended and returned to prison after disappearing from a halfway house in Calgary.

The Corrrectional Service of Canada reports that, on April 8, Ackerman was found unresponsive in his cell at the Mission Institution in Mission, B.C. Prison staff were unsuccessful in their attempts to revive him.

Services for Ackerman will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Fallen Timber Hall.

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Eight former sites used to dump garbage will undergo a second round of testing to determine environmental impacts.

Tim Ainscough, Environmental Services manager, said over time development has taken place around these former landfill sites. It is necessary for the city to understand the risks and impacts of developing near the historic dump sites.

Last year the city completed the initial stage by testing nine sites. Based on the results, the city learned more testing is required to understand the full impacts. One site proved not to be a landfill.

Ainscough said the city is being proactive with this project.

The second round of testing will determine if chemicals released during the breakdown of landfill debris are present in the groundwater or if any potentially harmful volatile compounds (soil gases) are present.

The testing is expected to begin this week.

The sites include former landfills at Great West Adventure Park, McKenzie Trails, Lindsay Thurber, Red Deer College, Red Deer Motors, Riverside Light Industrial, Riverside Heavy Industrial Park Dry and Montfort in Highland Green.

The city will initiate in-home air quality sample tests for the homes located directly adjacent to the former Montfort landfill site. It is recommended due to the proximity of the former landfill site to these properties.

Ainscough said at this time the city does not have conclusive test results that indicate people’s property are being directly impacted by the former landfill at Montfort.

“But we do know that in some cases landfill gases can migrate through soil and collect in confined spaces,” he said. “Therefore, we are offering inhome air quality testing for those properties located within 100 metres of the former landfill site.”

Testing on the seven other sites will involve groundwater and soil gas sampling of the sites. This could take up to 24 months because seasonal data is required.

Contact the landfill risk assessment phone line at 403-406-8716 or go online to www.reddeer.ca/landfillassessment, if you have questions about the testing.

Lindhout to speak at fundraiser Author and humanitarian Amanda Lindhout will be speaking on May 13 in Red Deer to raise money to bring four children home who were allegedly abducted by their father and taken to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

Sharvahn, 11, Rojevahn, 9, Dersim, 7, and Meitan, 3, went abroad with their father Dr. Saren Azer for vacation in August 2015 and he failed to return the children to their mother Alison Azer in British Columbia. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Saren Azer.

The fundraising event will raise money to cover expenses such as domestic and international legal costs, travel, and other costs involved in Canadian mother bringing her children home.

Lindhout will tell the story of her kidnapping and the role of mothers in the midst of tragedies that befall their children.

An Evening with Amanda Lindhout in Support of the Azer Kids will be held at Marquis Room at the Harvest Centre at Westerner Park. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the program to start at 7 p.m. The event runs until 9 p.m.

In addition Lindhout, Alison Azer will also speak.

Tickets are $53.60 each or a table of eight for $424.60. Tickets are available online at Eventbrite.

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Traffic through Hospitals’ Lottery home steady TICKETS 55% SOLD

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The 2016 Hospitals’ Lottery is more than halfway to a sell-out with 55 per cent of tickets sold.

Tickets went on sale in mid-March for the annual lottery in support of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre featuring a grand prize three-bedroom bungalow, located at 117 Lazaro Close.

Built by Sorento Custom Homes, the gorgeous house is valued at $799,000, and more than 450 additional prizes will be won.

Cynthia de Boer, project officer with Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, said ticket sales are down a little from last year, but there’s no reason to Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff be worried yet.

Workers with Paul Davis Restoration work on the scene of a house fire in Lacombe.

The vehicle and non “We probably should be closer to 60 per cent,” de attached garage fire spread to two homes at 5721 49 Avenue in Lacombe on Monday afternoon before Boer said on Tuesday.

But she said traffic through the house is steady being brought under control by Lacombe firefighters. and more people are buying tickets at the house than in previous years. Both young and old say the house would make a comfortable home for their family.

“We are hearing from people that they definitely want to move into this house. Very often people will say it’s lovely, but it’s not for me because I’m downsizing or it’s too fancy or whatever it may be. This

BY PAUL COWLEY house in particular seems to be really attracting all ADVOCATE STAFF kinds of people.”

Tickets are also being sold at a variety of commuunbelievable,” he said, adding pizza and drinks soon nity events around Central Alberta.

A Lacombe man who lost his motorhome and ga- appeared thanks to neighbours.

“We just finished the Ponoka Trade Fair which is rage to a fire that also damaged his house said it was “Nobody asked them to do it, and they just did it,” brand new for us. We think that people who bought scary how quickly the wind whipped up the flames. he said. He and his wife are staying with family for there probably were people who would not other“The way the wind was blowing, the fireman said wise have bought so we reached a new market. This that’s what made it so bad and so fast,” said Don now.

Lacombe volunteer firefighters had their hands coming weekend we’re in Innisfail for the Innisfail Hunt, who lives in the home near 57th Street and full in responding to the fire, which came less than Trade Fair so just kind of reaching out to the rural 49th Avenue with his wife Danita. an hour after two other brush fire calls outside town. community reminding them we’re here and that this “The wind was blowing hard, I bet you it was hitFirefighters were already tackling those fires hospital supports them as much as citizens of Red ting 30 to 35 km/h and it was just gusting,” he said of when they got what was at first described as a vehiDeer.” the Monday fire that started around 5:20 p.m. cle fire.

The Innisfail Trade Fair runs on Friday, from 5-9 “(The fire) just seemed to have a mind of its own,” It took firefighters about three hours to bring the p.m. and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Innis- he said on Tuesday. “I’ve never been involved in a blaze under control. The damage was estimated at fail Twin Arena, 5804 42nd Ave. fire, so being the first time and with the wind, it was $250,000.

Tickets will also be sold at Parkland Mall food scary.”

Lacombe Fire Chief Ed vanDelden said vinyl court on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 6 p.m.

Hunt was alerted by neighbours to the fire, which In the weeks to come, tickets will be available started in his 20-year-old motorhome parked out siding was melted on both homes and the curtains on various days in Red Deer at the Brick Tent Sale, back. It spread to the garage and both were de- inside one had caught fire from the ambient heat.

“The fire was limited to two rooms in the one Sobey’s South, Bower Place and Parkland Mall. stroyed. house and water and smoke damage in the other,” he She said beyond the wonderful prizes, people buy Firefighters managed to stop the flames from said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. tickets to support patient care at Red Deer hospital. spreading through the house, which was damaged Almost 30 Lacombe volunteer firefighters were Proceeds from the lottery go towards phase two but can be repaired. in action at the various blazes on Monday and volof the $700,000 cardiac enhancement project at Red As the flames spread, Hunt was concerned about unteers from Bentley and Blackfalds also provided Deer hospital for the purchase and installation of the neighbours’ home, which was also damaged. But help. new equipment. all eight inside, including three children, and all of Lacombe chief administrative officer Norma Mac“The incredible impact it’s going to have on the their pets, dogs, cats and fish got out safely.

Quarrie praised the volunteers for their skill in hospital and the ability for our caregivers to provide Hunt had nothing but praise for firefighters and limiting the damage, which is a “testament to their better, more efficient care to more people more also the neighbours who quickly came to help. commitment to public service and to the high level quickly is really the crux of the issue. We’re not do“The neighbours were wonderful. That’s what im- of training provided by the Lacombe Fire Departing this because we want to sell hospital lottery tick- pressed me the most. Victim Services in Lacombe — ment.” ets. We’re doing it because we want to raise funds for cardiac care in Central Alberta,” de Boer said. attracts danger — be it drug ripoffs, which can She said the equipment will allow more cardiac cause extreme danger to those kids,” Klassen said patients to stay in Red Deer instead of being transTuesday. ferred to Edmonton or Calgary.

Four of the five children belong to the couple.

Equipment will include 106 digital clocks in the The couple, whose names were being withheld to Emergency Department, Inpatient Cardiology/Teprotect the children’s identities, face drug-related lemetry and Cardiac Intensive Care for time-sensicharges and one count under provincial law of tive therapies such as medication. Four more hardcausing a child to be drug-endangered. wired beds will provide appropriate monitoring for Separate charges have also been laid from an more cardiac patients. Portable monitors will conApril 2 traffic stop in which cocaine was allegedly tinuously monitor patients during transportation to found in a vehicle. other locations for treatment or procedures. RenovaThe man was being held in custody while the tions will include updates to information technology, woman was released on a promise to appear in and fundamental infrastructure for future cardiac court. programs.

Lottery tickets are $35 each, three for $75, five for $100 or 15 for $250.

LETHBRIDGE — Five children, including an Hospitals’ Mega Bucks 50 tickets are $10 each, infant, have been relocated with a family member 10 for $25, and 25 for $50. About 65 per cent of Mega after a southern Alberta couple was arrested for A story published on Page A2 on Tuesday conBucks 50 tickets have already been sold. allegedly selling drugs from their home. tained misleading information about a defence lawThe lottery house is open to the public daily from A man and a woman, both 39, were taken into yer’s application for a cash remedy in connection 1-5 p.m. until April 30. From May 1 to June 19, the custody after a search of their Lethbridge home last with delays in receiving disclosure from the Crown. house is open 1-5 p.m. from Wednesday to Sunday. week.

Maurice Collard cited a different case in which deEarly bird cutoff is 11 p.m. May 15. Final ticket Staff-Sgt. Rod Klassen said officers seized fence sought $580,000 in punitive damages, but is not sales cutoff is 11 p.m. June 19. Final draws will be cocaine, marijuana and codeine pills. asking to have that amount included in the remedy made July 8.

“What we are concerned of is these people are he seeks.

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New courthouse in Red Deer overdue JOSH ALDRICH OPINION

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ith more than $51 billion of expenses in the recently released provincial budget it is ridiculous that the Rachel Notley government could not find any room to at least start the process of building a new courthouse in Red Deer.

This is not a vanity project, it is not a frivolous venture. It is a necessity.

Right now, justice is not being served anywhere near the level it should be in Central Alberta.

But this is nothing new, this has been an issue for a number of years with an old, cramped building with far too few courtrooms to handle the need of a rapidly growing region.

As tax payers with an increasingly larger burden to carry, we should be incensed.

Just last week charges against Sean

Keith Brouillette, 45, of Sylvan Lake for embezzlement were stayed because his rights to a fair trial had been breached. He had been waiting since Sept. 23, 2013 when he was charged for his day in court, almost 1,000 days. He wasn’t arraigned in court until Dec. 1, 2014 with a trail date set for more than 16 months down the road.

This is completely unacceptable for everyone involved. What makes it worse is his case is far from the only one in this situation. Due to the backlog of cases at the Red Deer Courthouse, Court of Queens Bench trials are routinely being set for 16-18 months into the future.

“Scheduling trial dates 18 months out … is too long and it’s unacceptable,” said Calgary-based defence counsel Paul Gracia, who represented Brouillette.

“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.”

In this case, because the charges were effectively dropped, the victims

of the alleged crime receive no justice.

Brouillette, meanwhile, had his life unjustly put on hold and placed in limbo for almost three years.

This case could also potentially lay the groundwork for future similar results.

The situation in family court is as dire, instead you have innocent children who get caught up in the process while the gears slowly churn.

It’s also a situation that is getting worse. In 2013-14 the average wait for a Court of Queens Bench trial was 44.6 weeks. By the end of 2015, that time had increased to 53 weeks.

Making it even more shameful is the fact that the city has land waiting for a new courthouse, the old downtown RCMP building. The city is now spending $77,000 annually since 2011 to maintain this building, should there be an extended delay in building a courthouse and they can find new tenants. This also means a prime slice of downtown real estate is being left vacant just in case.

In 2014, traffic court was moved out of the courthouse altogether to the

Red Deer Baymont Inn (formerly the Red Deer Lodge).

The old courthouse was built in the ’80s when Red Deer’s population was half of its current 100,000. The seven-room courthouse now serves a catchment area of 320,000, and that’s a number that is not going to shrink anytime soon.

The former Progressive Conservative government, with all of their foibles, even recognized this need and in 2014 spent $1 million on a study to recommend sites for courthouse expansion or construction. Those results, however, have never been released to the public.

It is an issue that goes beyond just brick and mortar as the province needs to assign more judges to Red Deer to handle the caseload.

It is a situation where there is no immediate fix, unfortunately, as a new courthouse would likely take several years to construct. However, the further that can is kicked down the road, the bigger a problem it will become. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Non-linear climate emergency on the horizon GWYNNE DYER OPINION If you spend a lot of time talking to scientists about climate change, there’s one word you’ll hear time and time again, and yet it’s hardly ever mentioned in the public discussion of climate change. The word is “non-linear.”

Most people think of global warming as an incremental thing. It may be inexorable, but it’s also predictable. Alas, most people are wrong.

The climate is a very complex system, and complex systems can change in non-linear ways.

In other words, you cannot count on the average global temperature rising steadily but slowly as we pump more and more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It may do that — but there may also be a sudden jump in the average global temperature that lands you in a world of hurt. That may be happening now.

“We are moving into uncharted territory with frightening speed,” said Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, last November. He was referring to the

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fact that the warming is now accelerating in an unprecedented way.

2014 was the hottest year ever — until 2015 beat it by a wide margin. 2016 may beat that record by an even wider margin. It was the hottest January ever — and then the average global temperature in February was a full fifth of a degree Celsius higher than January.

That was a huge jump, since the “average global temperature” is an average of all the temperatures over the seas and the land in both the summer hemisphere and the winter hemisphere. It is normally a very stable figure, changing no more than a few hundredths of a degree from year-to-year.

But March was not only hotter than February. It was hotter by an even wider margin than February was over January. Indeed, each of the past 11 months has beaten the highest previously recorded average temperature for that month.

Some people try to explain this all away by blaming it on El Niño, a periodical rise in the ocean surface temperature in the eastern Pacific that moves the rainfall patterns around worldwide, causing droughts here and floods there. But El Niño is a local rise in temperature, it does not normally affect the average global temperature much.

El Niño had not even begun when 2014 beat all the records for average global temperature. It was a power-

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ful influence on weather patterns for all of 2015, but climate scientists estimate that it was responsible for only 10 per cent of the record warming in that year. 2015 would still have been hotter than 2014 even if you subtracted the El Niño effect.

And it was far hotter than the last big El Niño year, 1997.

As for the frightening acceleration in the warming in the past three months, that has no precedent in any El Niño year, or indeed in any previous year. It could be some random short-term fluctuation in average global temperature, but coming on top of the record warming of 2014 and 2015 it feels a lot more like part of a trend.

Could this be non-linear change, an abrupt and irreversible change in the climate? Yes. And if it is, how far will it go before it stabilizes again at some higher average global temperature?

Nobody knows.

Last year the average global temperature reached one full degree Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average. That is halfway to the plus-two degree level which all the world’s governments have agreed we must never exceed, but at least we got to plus-one slowly, over a period of two centuries.

The plus-two threshold matters because at that point the warming we have already caused will trigger natural feedbacks that we cannot control: the loss of the Arctic sea-ice, the

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melting of the permafrost, and immense releases of carbon dioxide from the warming oceans. After plus-two, we will no longer be able to stop the warming by ending our own greenhouse gas emissions.

Even at the global climate summit in Paris last December, there was still hope that we might avoid triggering the feedbacks, because the historic rate of warming would still give us about 25 years to work on cutting our emissions before we reach plus-two.

But if the current non-linear surge in warming persists, we could have covered half the remaining distance and reached plus 1.5 degrees by the end of this year.

Obviously most scientists will not go this far in public, but they are very worried. As Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research told The Guardian recently: “We are in a kind of climate emergency now.”

I’m not a scientist, but 10 years ago I spent almost a year interviewing almost all the world’s leading climate scientists for a book I was writing. I learned that all our calculations for dealing with climate change could suddenly be swept aside by a non-linear event — and this could be it.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

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McIver back in house after ejection EDMONTON — Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Ric McIver returned to the legislature Tuesday without having to apologize for the insubordination that got him kicked out in the first place.

“Yesterday was a day I hope not to repeat any time soon,” McIver told Speaker Bob Wanner prior to question period.

“I became convinced, rightly or wrongly, that all was not in order.”

On Monday, McIver was escorted out of the house by the sergeant-at-arms when McIver refused to sit down after accusing Wanner of prejudging a decision against him.

Normally a politician has RIC MCIVER to apologize to the Speaker to be allowed back in, but this time Wanner invited McIver to return without it.

McIver then stood in the house and while not apologizing for his earlier accusations, acknowledged Wanner had the right to eject him.

“You were correctly discharging your duties and acting within the scope of your authority. I recognize that,” said McIver.

Wanner replied, “I think it’s time for us to move forward.”

It was the end of what had been a rare and dra-

matic event in Alberta’s legislature.

It began late Monday afternoon when McIver moved a private member’s motion — an effectively symbolic gesture — affirming the principle that parents have a say in where and how their children are educated.

Such motions are usually allowed to stand or receive friendly amendments.

But this time the NDP caucus decided to introduce an amendment saying that choice should be for instances where alternatives are not available in the public system.

McIver felt that was out of bounds, saying it undercut the intent of his original motion.

The two sides then argued over whether the motion should be allowed before Wanner read out his decision in favour of the NDP. However, the reasons for Wanner’s decision had already been printed almost word for word on a piece of paper before the debate had even begun.

That piece of paper was accidentally given to McIver. He then took to his feet to accuse Wanner of prejudging the debate in favour of the NDP caucus, of which Wanner is a member.

“This is not the way you run a legislature,” McIver said to Wanner.

When McIver refused to take his seat unless Wanner reversed his decision, Wanner ordered him out.

Earlier Tuesday, Wanner told the house that the piece of paper had come from the officials who sit at the table in front of him in the chamber.

He said to keep the business of the house flowing, the officials sometimes anticipate arguments and research an issue to get timely advice to him.

Wanner said the piece of paper was simply advice

and nothing more.

“I want to assure members that I had not seen the amendment before it was introduced in the assembly,” said Wanner.

Wanner fulfills a crucial role in the legislature.

While he is a member of the governing caucus, he is expected to act as an impartial referee in the legislature to respect the rights of all members.

Premier Rachel Notley and NDP house leader Brian Mason said their caucus respects the firewall that exists between it and Wanner in his role as Speaker and dismissed any suggestion of impropriety.

“We had no input to that whatsoever, and I want to make that perfectly clear,” said Mason.

Also Tuesday, the NDP caucus withdrew the amendment that caused the conflict in the first place.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Large swaths of red — meaning extreme risk — cover Alberta and Saskatchewan on the latest fire danger map from Natural Resources Canada.

Many other areas are considered high or very high risk in the two Prairie provinces, where there’s been below average snowfall and above normal temperatures in much of Western Canada.

Terry Anderson, a fire research officer with Natural Resources Canada, says that’s due to a weather pattern known as El Nino.

“So now here we are in April, those unusually warm temperatures have melted the snow away faster than normal and now we’ve got a relatively dry, tinder forest out there just waiting to burn,” Anderson said in a phone interview from Edmonton.

Anderson says it’s unusual to see the fire danger risk this high, this early.

He says it’s made for “a dangerous condition for grass fires.”

“Often we experience a large number of grass fires in the spring, usually in April and May, but because of the abnormally warm weather conditions we’re experiencing in now Alberta and Saskatchewan too, the threat for grass fires is quite high,” said Anderson.

Grass and brush fires forced people from their homes Tuesday in some small communities west of Edmonton.

Parkland County issued a mandatory evacuation alert for people who live in and around the hamlet of Duffield. A county spokesman said people from about 80 homes have registered at a community evacuation centre.

Residents of Clear Lake and some other subdivisions in the area have been told to be ready to leave on short notice.

The threat of flames and smoke also caused a precautionary evacuation of part of the Paul First Nation.

Anderson says grass fires can be very dangerous because they move so quickly and spark easily.

“They’re very thin, very flammable. They’re easily ignited and that’s what makes the spring fire season a bit of a threat in Canada. It doesn’t take too much,” he said.

“That brown grass will ignite so quickly.”

However, Anderson says that doesn’t mean there will be more forest fires later this summer.

Alberta also started its wildfire season a month early. The March 1 launch was aimed at ensuring crews were recruited, trained and positioned to respond quickly to any wildfires that break out in early spring and through the year.

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Tories win majority in Manitoba

win in Fort Rouge. The party was hoping for four seats to gain official party status.

The PCs swept the southern rural seats, their traditional base of support and won government by capturing a majority of seats in the traditional NDP stronghold of Winnipeg.

The NDP continued their dominance in the north.

Pallister, 61, rode to victory on a promise to build infrastructure, in-

crease trade and reverse a sales tax hike that many believe doomed Selinger and his NDP when they broke a promise and introduced it in 2013.

The decision prompted a number of Selinger’s cabinet ministers to revolt and forced a leadership contest last year that he barely survived.

During the campaign, Pallister hammered on the broken promise of the tax hike, which took the levy seven per cent to eight per cent.

Political scientist Karine Levasseur said the tax hike decision sent Selinger into a spiral from which there was no recovery.

“That decision has haunted Greg Selinger and has produced public opinion poll after poll where support has been declining, and with that declining support, that then sparked a very deep internal leadership crisis within the New Democratic Party,” said Levasseur with the University of Manitoba.

At the final leaders debate, Pallister suggested the province was being run by the Canadian Union of Public Employees and assured people that would change if his party took power.

Pallister has also promised to invest in infrastructure, but also reduce the provincial sales tax to seven per cent from eight. He has said the PCs will raise income tax brackets with inflation and join the New West Partnership trade agreement with other western province The election capped a five-week campaign that often seemed nasty and personal Last week, Selinger called Pallister “homophobic” for voting against a law in 2013 that requires schools to allow gay-straight alliances set up by students.

Pallister was also on the defensive over a vacation home in Costa Rica and the amount of time he has spent there.

The Tories and then-premier Gary Filmon lost power to Gary Doer and the NDP in 1999 and had been the official Opposition ever since.

The B.C. coroners service released four reports Tuesday that provide a timeline of events surrounding the 2015 deaths, which culminated in a fierce house fire in Chilliwack.

Police say Randy Janzen, 50, confessed to the killings in a Facebook post on May 7, 2015, that said he could no longer bear to see his teenage daughter suffer from severe migraines and that his wife and sister should not have to live with the shame he has caused.

The coroner’s reports used post-mortem findings and circumstantial evidence from Janzen’s social-media message to conclude that he killed his daughter Emily Janzen, 19, and wife Laurel Janzen, 56, on April 28 of last year. “(Emily) Janzen had a past medical history which was significant for

chronic migraines,” says one of the reports.

“These migraines were cited by her father as a potential source of significant psycho-social stress for both Ms. Janzen and her father.”

Janzen wrote on Facebook about the daily pain and depression Emily suffered as a result of her relentless headaches.

“Her migraines have escalated to excruciating again and I just could not see my little girl hurt for one more second,” the post read.

“I took a gun and shot her in the head and now she is migraine free and floating in the clouds on a sunny afternoon, her long beautiful brown hair flowing in the breeze, a true angel.”

The incident is still under investigation, said RCMP spokeswoman Stephanie Ashton.

Janzen killed himself 10 days after shooting his wife and daughter, concludes a separate coroner’s report.

His body was found in a bed with “the charred remains of a long-barrel gun resting between the legs,” the document says.

Janzen was not known to have harboured any homicidal or suicidal tendencies and wasn’t visiting a psychiatrist at the time of his death, the report adds.

Officers found Janzen’s sister dead in her own home in Langley on May 7, having been shot twice in the head.

“Over the last 10 days I have done some of the worst things I could have ever imagined a person doing,” said Janzen’s Facebook post.

“Now my family is pain free and in heaven. … So sorry to anyone I have hurt. Rest in peace my little family.”

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in Tuesday’s election to upend Premier Greg Selinger and 16 years of orange power.

The defeat is another blow to the NDP in Canada. The federal New Democrats were reduced to third-party status in the last federal election and Premier Rachel Notley is the last NDP premier in the country.

Pallister, a former Canadian Alliance MP, joins Premier Brad Wall of Saskatchewan as another voice of conservatism on the Prairies. Pallister won his seat in the Winnipeg constituency of Fort Whyte.

Selinger did win his St. Boniface seat, but the NDP lost a number of cabinet ministers, including Finance Minister Greg Dewar, Health Minister Sharon Blady and Agriculture’s Ron Kostyshyn.

Supporters at NDP headquarters in Winnipeg were subdued. Campaign director Jeremy Read said the party was “fighting a number of dynamics.”

“I think we were fighting a lot of (desire for) change,” he said. “We went into this campaign knowing that we were running from behind.”

Steven Fletcher, a former federal Conservative MP, won in Assiniboia and will be one of the new PC members of the legislature.

The Liberals doubled their seat count to two: incumbent Jon Gerrard and newcomer Cindy Lamoureux. Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari failed to

Canada BRIEFS Coroner finds B.C. man killed himself 10 days after shooting daughter, wife VANCOUVER — A British Columbia man who police believe confessed to killing his family in a Facebook post shot them 10 days before taking his own life, say new reports.

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Manitoba PC leader Brian Pallister and his wife Esther celebrate his party’s election victory with candidates and supporters in Winnipeg, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Pallister’s Progressive Conservatives routed Premier Greg Selinger and the NDP to put an end to 16 years of orange power.

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PM defends restrictive approach

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ASSISTED DYING

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is defending his government’s restrictive approach to legalizing medical assistance in dying, arguing that it’s a momentous change that needs to be implemented slowly and cautiously.

The prime minister made the argument Tuesday after some Liberal backbenchers expressed concern that the government’s proposed new law does not comply with the charter of rights and falls short of what the Supreme Court ordered in last year’s so-called Carter decision, when it struck down the ban on doctor-assisted death.

Trudeau acknowledged that critics have denounced the bill for failing to extend the right to an assisted death to mature minors or to individuals suffering solely from mental illnesses. Nor does it allow people diagnosed with

competence-eroding conditions like dementia to make advance requests for medical help to end their lives.

These “very, very weighty questions” will take time to reflect upon properly, he said, but time is something the government, facing a June 6 deadline from the top court, doesn’t have.

“This is the first step, it’s a big one.

Some people thought it should be bigger, I respect that,” Trudeau said.

Still, he said he hopes MPs and senators will recognize “how momentous this step is and take it one step at a time as we move forward in a responsible manner because this is one of those things you can’t undo.”

But one Liberal backbencher, who got an earful over the weekend, told The Canadian Press the bill is much

more restrictive than what her constituents want.

“Bottom line is I’d like to see some changes to suit my constituents’ needs and to respect the Carter (decision) as a benchmark,” Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi said in an interview.

“At the moment, they feel … that the bill has not met the benchmark. I don’t want people who are suffering to go to court and to (have to) challenge to get their rights.”

Ratansi, who represents Don Valley East, held a town hall meeting last weekend on the issue of assisted dying, conducted jointly with neighbouring Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, who co-chaired a special parliamentary committee that recommended a much more permissive approach than was adopted by the government in its new bill.

The Saturday meeting had been scheduled before the bill was intro-

duced on Thursday but Ratansi was amazed to find that the roughly 200 people who attended, predominantly well-to-do seniors, had already dissected the bill and had passionate views on it. Some 80 to 85 per cent found it wanting, she said.

One, a non-verbal disabled woman in a wheelchair, used a computerized board to express “how annoyed she was with the bill” because it wouldn’t allow her to make an advance request for an assisted death, Ratansi said.

“She said, ‘I want advance directive because I am competent at the moment … What happens if I am no longer able to communicate? What happens then?”’

Those who fear they may become incapacitated with dementia expressed similar concerns, Ratansi said. Others wanted the right to decide for themselves when a medical condition makes their lives intolerable.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Newly released data on youth voters suggests they were neither apathetic nor disengaged in the last election — and instead may be primed to become the most powerful voting bloc in the country.

A report commissioned by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations suggests just over half of Canadians aged 18 to 25 went to the polls in the last election, a sharp increase from the 39 per cent turnout in 2011.

The report suggests the Liberals have young voters — courted by the party and Justin Trudeau himself in the lead-up to and during the election campaign — to thank for their majority in the House of Commons.

“Young people came out and voted in record levels and actually helped choose the government,” Trudeau told a group of students at an afternoon event at the University of Ottawa.

“No political party in any future election is now going to be able to shrug and say, ‘Oh no, we don’t have to worry about what young people think because they never vote anyway.’

“You have demonstrated that you are an essential and fundamental part of our electoral system and need to be reached out to, valued, and involved just like any other community and to my mind, more than most because young people have an innate desire and capacity to think about what the world could be like and to challenge the status quo.”

But to keep those voters, the Liberals need to follow through on the ambitious agenda they promised. David Coletto of Abacus Research said the Liberals need that generation of voters to come out again in just over three years time to help the party in its re-election bid.

The opposition parties don’t necessarily need to find a young leader to steal young voters away from the Liberals, Coletto said.

The improbable run of Democrat hopeful Bernie Sanders for the White House has shown that it’s not youth that young people are looking for, but authenticity, Coletto said.

Canada BRIEFS Two pregnant women among seven B.C. residents who test positive for Zika virus VICTORIA — Two pregnant British Columbia women who have tested positive for the Zika virus face frightening days ahead, but most Canadians don’t need to worry about the virus transmitted by mosquitoes, health experts said Tuesday.

The pregnant women are among seven British Columbians with confirmed cases of Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects.

Officials at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and the provincial health office said the confirmed cases resulted from tests of 635 people who recently travelled to areas where the virus is spread by mosquitoes in South America, Latin America and the Caribbean.

“This number of seven people testing positive is just over one per cent of that number, so it indicates a pretty low level of exposure,” said Dr. David Patrick, an epidemiologist at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

Five of the seven confirmed cases are women, he said. The two pregnant women are being monitored regularly by their family doctors and are being checked by experts at the B.C.

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Protest ‘necessary’ despite promise, activist

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

POT LEGALIZATION

VANCOUVER — Optimism mixed with thick clouds of pot smoke in downtown Vancouver last year as tens of thousands of people gathered for the annual “4-20” marijuana legalization rally under a massive banner featuring Justin Trudeau’s face on a rolling paper.

But this year, the event’s chief organizer, Jodie Emery, says “inaction” by the newly elected federal Liberals makes the protest “more necessary than ever.”

“Last summer I was joking I’m going to be out of work as an activist because we don’t have debates anymore, there’s no one fighting to keep it illegal,” said Emery, who is the wife of “Prince of Pot” Marc Emery. “But fast forward to today and the mood is different.”

Trudeau has pledged to legalize pot and struck a task force to hammer out legislation, but Emery said change

could be months or years away.

Vancouver, meanwhile, is preparing to shutter over 100 marijuana dispensaries by end of month as it regulates the sale of pot.

But while Emery worries about progress, other proponents of legalization argue Emery and her allies are sabotaging their cause.

“They’re doing themselves a disservice,” said Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical officer with Vancouver Coastal Health.

“They are not just protesting in favour of legalization. They are actually selling the product in a very unregulated way and it’s exactly those activities that make us advocate for a strong regulatory approach.”

Preparation was underway Tuesday on the eve of this year’s event, which has been moved to a beach after mostly being held outside Vancouver’s art

Women’s Hospital in Vancouver.

“At this point, nobody’s been hospitalized and we have not heard of any pregnancy complications associated with these women,” said Patrick. “It’s the minority of Zikaaffected pregnancies that end with an unfortunate outcome. We can be hopeful for these women.”

woman confronted her, the statement says.

Rusnell was repeatedly and fatally stabbed and left in her apartment, which appeared to have been ransacked, it says.

Baksh returned to her home, where her boyfriend had just arrived, and told him she had killed their neighbour. He then called police.

“There was no history of animosity between the two women,” Superior Court Judge Bruce Glass wrote in his decision, noting that Rusnell had allowed Baksh to use her phone earlier in the day.

Woman who killed elderly neighbour sentenced to 12 years in prison An Ontario woman who stabbed her elderly neighbour at least 149 times in an attempt to get money for drugs has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars.

Sharon Baksh, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 89-yearold Aletta Rusnell, will receive credit for the time spent in custody before trial, leaving her with seven years, eight months and 13 days to serve.

An agreed statement of facts says Baksh and her boyfriend were both crack cocaine addicts and lived across the hall from Rusnell in Oshawa, east of Toronto.

It says Baksh had consumed a lot of the drug, as well as alcohol, Zoloft and hydromorphone — a narcotic painkiller — in the days leading up to the June 2013 attack.

The document says Baksh, who was 34 at the time, stabbed her boyfriend in the arms when he refused to give her money for drugs.

When he left their apartment, she then broke into Rusnell’s home, cutting a hole in the screen with a knife so she could steal valuables.

Baksh had expected her neighbour to be having a bath, but instead the

Leitch campaign manager charged with drunk driving OTTAWA — Ontario MP Kellie Leitch’s bid for the leadership of the Conservative party has suffered its first setback with the arrest of her campaign manager on impaired driving charges.

Nick Kouvalis had been working for weeks on ramping up Leitch’s campaign, but resigned after a car crash near Windsor, Ont., that led to him being charged with impaired driving and having a blood alcohol level over the legal limit.

The longtime political strategist, who also worked on campaigns for Toronto mayors Rob Ford and John Tory, acknowledged Monday on Twitter that he’s been grappling with alcohol addiction since 2011.

“I was hopeful that after a stint in rehab and regular attendance at AA meetings that I had it under control.

It has become apparent I do not,” Kouvalis wrote.

No one was injured in the early morning crash Sunday, which police

gallery since 1995.

More than 100 people — the youngest aged 15 — went to hospital last year complaining of symptoms ranging from upset stomachs to acute anxiety and psychosis, Daly said. Sixty-three people were treated, and 75 per cent of them had consumed edible marijuana products, she said, noting pot in food presents the greatest risks.

The city issued a statement saying the protest is unsanctioned and unlicensed, but it recognizes the public’s right to peaceful assembly and lawful protest.

More than $92,000 was spent by the city last year managing safety and cleanup, including $52,000 on additional police officers.

Organizers agreed this year to move about two kilometres away to the beach, where vendors will sell exotic strains of pot, paraphernalia and edible marijuana products.

City staff, police, fire and rescue, and the Park Board have worked with organizers on a public safety plan. described as Kouvalis driving his grey Lexus off the road and into a concrete culvert. He is expected in court May 4.

“I am grateful I have received this timely wake up call and look forward to starting my journey to permanent sobriety,” he said.

Man who shot two wolves in Whitehorse subdivision a threat to residents: Crown WHITEHORSE — A Yukon man who illegally killed two wolves in a residential area of Whitehorse has been fined $6,500.

Clayton Thomas, 35, was also handed a two-year hunting ban by a territorial court judge.

Minutes before being sentenced, Thomas told the judge he was protecting his family when he shot the animals in 2013.

The Tahltan First Nation member argued at trial that he had inherent aboriginal rights to hunt and harvest wolves in the Whitehorse area.

Judge Donald Luther ruled last December that Thomas had not proven such a right. He convicted him of hunting wolves in an area where he wasn’t permitted to do so, careless use of a firearm and trafficking in wildlife.

Thomas plans to appeal the decision.

Crown lawyer Lee Kirkpatrick had asked for a fine of up to $10,000.

She told a sentencing hearing Monday that Thomas did not contact conservation officers before he shot the wolves, which she said were not threatening him directly.

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Wednesday, April. 20 2016

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Tragedy mounts in Ecuador

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador — Despite the grief roiling this earthquake-stricken town, Pablo Cordova has something to be thankful for: He can return the coffin his wife had obtained for his funeral.

The 51-year-old hotel administrator was one of a trickle of survivors pulled from the rubble after Ecuador’s strongest earthquake in decades flattened towns along the coast and killed more than 500 people.

Cordova’s wife had given up on ever seeing him again after the five-story Gato de Portoviejo hotel collapsed on him Saturday night, pancaked by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake like the rest of downtown. She asked his boss to buy his casket.

But Cordova held out for 36 hours beneath the rubble, drinking his own urine and praying service would be restored before his cellphone battery died. He was finally able to call his wife on Monday afternoon, and was pulled from the wreckage soon after by a team of rescuers from Colombia.

“They were organizing the funeral, but I’ve been reborn,” Cordova said, grinning from beneath his bushy moustache in a provincial hospital. “I will have to give that coffin back because I still have a long way to go before I die.”

On Tuesday, teams from all over the world fanned out across the country’s Pacific coastline to look for the dozens of people still missing. Residents joined in with their bare hands, increasingly desperate as the clock for finding survivors runs down.

“Since Saturday, when this country started shaking, I’ve slept only two hours and haven’t stopped working,” said Juan Carranza, one of the firefighters leading the rescue effort in Portoviejo.

In the port city of Manta, a group of about 50 rescuers working with trained dogs, hydraulic jacks and a drill managed to free eight people trapped for more than 32 hours in the rubble of a shopping centre that was flattened by Saturday night’s quake.

While the country cheered videos of such rescues, tragedy continued to mount.

At the same shopping centre, authorities were working to free a woman they had found buried alive with a heavy concrete slab pinning her legs

Four Canadians now confirmed dead

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A dog rescue unit searches for survivors in the rubble of an earthquake collapsed building in Pedernales, Ecuador, Tuesday. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. when an aftershock forced them to suspend the effort. When they returned the debris pile had moved and the woman was dead, said Angel Moreira, a firefighter co-ordinating the effort.

The official death toll was raised to 507 in the evening, but there was confusion about the number of missing.

Deputy Interior Minister Diego Fuentes said 2,000 people had been reported as missing to a government registry created to track casualties.

But it was not clear if all of those people remain unaccounted for. Earlier, Ecuador’s Defence Ministry said 231 people were missing.

Whichever number was correct, it raised the likelihood that more dead would be found and the toll could surpass casualties from earthquakes in Chile and Peru in the past decade.

Among the dead were at least nine foreigners, including an American and two Canadians.

OTTAWA — Canada has dispatched an assessment team to Ecuador to help determine what can be done to help in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 400 — including four Canadians.

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau confirmed Tuesday that two more Canadians died in the weekend quake, but she offered no other details, citing privacy concerns.

Jennifer Mawn and her son, Arthur Laflamme, were reportedly killed when the roof of their residence caved in as the 7.8-magnitude quake struck Saturday night.

While the assessment team is typically sent as a precursor to Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team, no decision has yet been made on whether to deploy the DART, Bibeau said.

“We are really waiting on the recommendation of the team to make any decisions,” Bibeau said.

Earlier, Bibeau’s spokesman Bernard Boutin said in an email that Canada had received a request for assistance from the Ecuadorian government.

The DART was last deployed to Nepal last May after a devastating earthquake that killed more than 3,200 people. The team’s disaster response capabilities include a field hospital, engineering help and water purification.

Bibeau said Canada would co-ordinate its response with international humanitarian agencies.

“It will be health. It will be feeding people, providing shelters,” she said.

The aid agency Oxfam was already on the ground Tuesday with a seven-person team that was providing help with basic hygiene and clean drinking water.

Oxfam planned to send its first two-ton load of supplies on Wednesday as well.

Aftershocks rattle Japan as deaths from quakes rise to 45

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINAMIASO, Japan — Japan’s southern quake-hit area was rattled by a strong aftershock Tuesday and searchers found a woman’s body buried under landslide rubble, raising the death toll from the twin earthquakes to 45.

More than 100,000 evacuees, some sleeping in their cars and others in gymnasiums or community centres, were bracing for another chilly night.

Many people are afraid to stay in their homes as aftershocks continued to shake the area on the southern island of Kyushu, including a 5.5-magnitude temblor Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities were advising people

staying in cars and shelters to move about to avoid developing deep-vein thrombosis, or blood clots that develop after being immobile for a long time. Japanese media reported that a 51-year-old woman from Kumamoto had died Monday from the condition.

At least 23 people have developed symptoms, Kyodo News service said.

Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital said

Tuesday it had diagnosed 10 cases, including two people in critical condition.

The area around Kumamoto was hit by two quakes just 28 hours apart late Thursday and early Saturday, triggering landslides that have blocked roads.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said nearly 1,200 houses had been destroyed.

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LEFT: A computer-generated model of interchange at Hwy 2 and Gaetz Avenue.

RIGHT: Premier Rachel Notley and Transportation Minister Brian Mason were in Red Deer on Tuesday.

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FLYOVER: Congested “We are looking at the entire corridor,” said Mason. “There are some serious congestion points along the corridor. The main ones are at Leduc, Red Deer and Airdrie. We will be looking at whether or not there needs to be widening or there are other alternative solutions in order to make decisions going forward on the future of the road as a whole” Mason said the department looks at a number of factors when giving the green light on a project including the potential of economic impact, highway safety and construction jobs.

Veer said this is the fulfillment of a long-standing critical infrastructure in the Red Deer region. Veer said this interchange is about public safety, economic development and access to Red Deer.

“Obviously the (Canada Winter) Games have served as a catalyst for this funding in this budget,” said Veer.

“This will not only enhance public safety for Red Deerians and for all

Albertans and it will serve as an economic diversification project for Red Deer by improving market access to Alberta’s third largest city.”

The project includes removing three bridge structures and construction of five new bridge structures, reconfiguration of ramps and intersections, realignment of the highway, expansion to six lanes and collector-distribution roads.

It will be completed in time for the Canada Winter Games in 2019. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

CONTRACT: Save $5.1 million The net effect is there will be no air tankers on fixed contract with the province after Aug. 16, Lane said.

Renato Gandia, press secretary for Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier, said that when it comes to spending on wildfires, the province will spend what needs to, to make sure communities and forests are protected.

The adjustment to the air tanker budget is a savings of $5.1 million and covers the three busiest wildfire months. But if the tankers are needed, the contracts will be extended, Gandia

said.

“We are going to monitor the situation. …We will make that decision as soon as we have indication that we do need to extend those contracts,” he said.

Air Spray has had a long-term relationship of almost 50 years with the province’s forestry department. Over that time, contract lengths have actually been extended because as the province grew, the protected area got bigger with more people living in wilderness areas, and infrastructure growth such as power transmission lines, and oil and gas pipelines and related facilities.

The company has always based its quotes on a 123-day basis, taking into account costs like staffing, maintenance, insurance, and piloting costs. It does not make the 25 per cent margins the cut implies, Lake said.

“We are essentially going to operate all our Alberta contracts at a loss this year.”

There is a clause in the contract allowing the province to reduce contract length but it has never been used before, and Lake said it was always understood this was only in case the province ran into a problem with the company, such as poor maintenance or safety issues.

The reduction hurts every other aspect of the company, Lake said.

“We do a lot more than air tankers,”

he said, adding that plans for two projects this summer in Red Deer, which would have employed 11 people, have now been shelved. The company is also involved in the aerospace industry, making aircraft wings and parts.

Air Spray has three air tanker groups available to fight wildfires, each comprised of a tanker and a bird dog aircraft. Right now, with wildfire breaking out during a very dry Alberta spring, the company had one group already out, another going out on Tuesday and the potential for another one to be called out.

In 2015 on Aug. 19, seven of eight air tanker groups — three being Air Spray’s — contracted by Alberta were on the highest alert that day, which means there were fires burning, Lake said. In late August of 2014, five air tanker groups were on high alert.

The province believes it “can casually call us up on contract at the end of the 93-day term, but what we have to do is go solicit work.” It could result in there being no air tankers available in Alberta, Lake said.

“The only appeal process I have is the common sense of Albertans,” he said, adding he has been receiving calls from rural mayors and reeves concerned about the reduction in the contract lengths. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Turo launches in three provinces PEER-TO-PEER CAR RENTAL COMPANY LAUNCHES IN ALBERTA, ONTARIO AND QUEBEC

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A company that has taken the Airbnb model and adapted it to car rentals launched Tuesday in three provinces, its first foray outside the U.S., though it wrestles with the same insurance headaches that other startups in the so-called sharing economy have faced.

Turo, which debuted as RelayRides in 2009 and now operates in more than 2,500 cities, facilitates vehicle rentals between car owners and anyone needing a ride.

People in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec hoping to make money from their cars register them online to rent them to other Turo members.

Turo determines the rental cost of available vehicles each day based on data like the car’s market value, location and time of year. The company pockets 25 per cent of the rental fee, which includes a charge for the owner’s insurance coverage during the rental.

But provincially regulated insurance rules have made a seamless transition north of the border difficult.

The limited launch Tuesday “was the most expedient way for Turo to bring peer-to-peer sharing to Canada,” said Cedric Mathieu, Turo’s director of Canada, in an emailed statement.

Turo has partnered with Intact Financial Corp. and Belairdirect to provide insurance for Canadian clients, a move that will make the service more attractive to customers, said CEO Andre Haddad.

Anyone living in or visiting Alberta, Ontario and Quebec — and approved

by Turo’s verification system, which takes into account driving history — can rent a vehicle. They can choose to opt out of insurance, or add basic or premium coverage when renting — at 15 or 40 per cent of the trip’s price.

Any claims that arise from a Turo car rental have no impact on the owner’s personal insurance, said Stephanie Sorensen, director of external communications and corporate social responsibility for Intact.

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Traffic crawls during morning rush hour in Toronto. A company that has taken the Airbnb model and adapted it to car rentals launched Tuesday in three provinces, its first foray outside the U.S., though it wrestles with the same insurance headaches that other startups in the so-called sharing economy have faced. Turo, which debuted as RelayRides in 2009 and now operates in more than 2,500 cities, facilitates vehicle rentals between car owners and anyone needing a ride.

But it’s not so simple for people looking to rent out their cars, as insurance companies grapple with how to provide coverage.

Only car owners insured by Intact Insurance and Belairdirect who live in those three provinces can list their vehicles on Turo. The insurers have modified their offerings to allow their customers to rent out their vehicles, said Mathieu.

“Moving forward, we are working with other leading Canadian insurers to modify their terms and conditions to enable their customers to also par-

ticipate in peer-to-peer car sharing,” he said.

The company also plans to move to other provinces and is “working with each province’s unique insurance laws and regulatory framework to make this happen,” said Mathieu.

The insurance issue is one that has consistently cropped up for companies that have aimed to disrupt more traditional business models.

Ride-hailing service Uber recently temporarily suspended operations in Edmonton and Calgary after the Alberta government announced it would not

make insurance available to drivers until the summer and require them to hold a commercial licence.

Airbnb, which allows people to rent a portion or all of their home to travellers, hit a stumbling block when some homeowners complained their places were trashed.

One Calgary family, for example, were left with $75,000 in damage following a raging house party.

Airbnb, which offers up to $1 million for property damage in certain situations, said it would pay for the repairs.

Canada’s clean tech revenue growth stalls in 2014 amid fierce global competition Deficits not

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Revenues from Canada’s multibillion-dollar clean technology industry contracted slightly in 2014 after six consecutive years of growth that outpaced the rest of the economy, says a new report.

But the study by Analytica Advisors still determined that almost 800 clean tech companies directly employed more than 55,000 people in 2014, an increase of 11 per cent over the previous year.

The numbers point to a sector facing intense international competition from a flourishing global industry.

Nationally, clean tech revenues were pegged at $11.63 billion in 2014, down marginally from $11.7 billion in 2013 — after climbing by eight per cent in each of the previous two years.

The clean technology sector ranges from solar power companies and wind turbine makers to wastewater purification systems, agricultural breakthroughs, industrial processes and nuclear fusion. The report includes only companies with proprietary technology or know-how.

Analytica president Celine Bak says Canada has lost 41 per cent of its global clean tech market share since 2005 as other countries have moved aggressively into the growing field.

“There are worrying signs that Canada’s in real danger of repeating the mistake of the past,” Bak said at a news conference, where she was flanked by federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna.

“This year’s report makes sobering reading regarding the opportunities that have been lost and that could be

lost in the future.”

The report includes seven recommendations for action, including putting a “significant and rising” price on carbon and creating some sort of government backstop for private lenders to assist in financing clean tech companies as they scale up operations.

McKenna said the Liberal government has placed an emphasis on fostering homegrown clean tech growth and the report is a welcome addition to the debate.

“What’s great is the timing of this, because it fits in very well with our working group process,” said McKenna, referring to four federal-provincial groups established last month at a first ministers’ meeting on climate policy in Vancouver.

Those groups are to recommend policy measures to the prime minister and premiers in the fall.

“World economies are shifting toward cleaner, more sustainable growth and Canada must keep up to stay competitive on the world stage,” said McKenna.

Bak convinced 107 public and private companies in 2015 to open their books to Analytica Advisors in order to benchmark themselves against others in the clean tech industry.

The unique access provides research that’s attracted the attention of government.

Canada’s clean tech companies invested $1.2 billion in research and development in 2014, a bigger share of R and D against revenues than the aerospace industry.

For the first time in 2014, more than half the industry revenues — $6.6 billion, or 57 per cent — came from exports.

The average clean tech company in Canada has 68 employees and 21 per cent of workers across the industry are under age 30. A fifth are engineers.

The Canadian industry’s top concern in financing.

The heavy innovation spending has come at the expense of growth and companies are having difficulty borrowing.

Bak noted that 70 per cent of clean tech firms are based in cities, yet municipalities find it difficult to buy from innovators because new start-ups don’t have deep enough balance sheets to provide long-term warranties.

Private companies may be even more risk-averse to buying their wares.

The clean tech industry should get a boost later this week when 147 countries convene at the United Nations in New York to sign the Paris climate accord, signalling a global intention to decarbonize.

Coupled with the Liberal government’s budget emphasis on green infrastructure, it’s a clean tech opportunity that needs to be carefully considered, Bak said in an interview.

“If we do business as usual, investment in infrastructure will not necessarily be a tide which (lifts) all boats,” she said.

Bak suggests the public sector act as a guarantor for private-sector lending, as is done with home mortgages, to encourage more aggressive financing and growth.

“We need to work on that and do so quickly, because the investments that are being made in infrastructure are important in the next few years and these should be opportunities for us to renew our economy and build some new companies.”

Competition Bureau completes Google investigation

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Competition Bureau says Google Inc. has agreed not to reintroduce clauses in some of its agreements with advertisers that the regulator says are anti-competitive.

The bureau opened a probe into Google in 2013 after it received complaints about the technology giant.

It said it found evidence to support allegations that the company used anti-competitive clauses in certain types of contracts that hurt advertisers.

The bureau noted that Google made changes in 2013 in response to similar

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The federal regulator, which completed its investigation into the company Tuesday, said there was insufficient evidence to support other allegations of anti-competitive behaviour.

Google said it was pleased that the bureau had decided to end its inquiry.

“We work hard in a competitive landscape to create a great experience for our users and help them quickly and easily find what they need from Google,” said Kent Walker, senior vice-president and general counsel at Google.

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Meanwhile, the bureau said it will continue to follow developments with respect to Google’s ongoing conduct, including the results from other investigations around the world.

“We will continue to monitor firms in the digital economy to ensure they do not engage in anti-competitive conduct,” Competition Commission John Pecman said in a statement.

“Should new evidence come to light of anti-competitive conduct that may affect the Canadian marketplace, by Google or any other market participant, I won’t hesitate to take appropriate action.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s budget watchdog released fiscal predictions Tuesday that suggest the federal government has been overly prudent in its projections.

A new report by the parliamentary budget office said the federal books are on track to add a total of $90.8 billion to the public debt over the next half-decade — lower than the federal government’s projection of $113.2 billion over the same period.

The analysis also challenges the Liberal government’s estimate of a shortfall for 2015-16, saying Ottawa will instead have a $700-million surplus in 2015-16, rather than the projected $5.4-billion deficit.

Critics say the Liberals have deliberately lowered their fiscal outlook by including larger-than-usual risk adjustments of $6 billion per year in order to help the government beat expectations down the road.

Earlier this month, the parliamentary budget office called the Liberals’ adjustment “excessive” and said it eroded the independence of government’s traditional practice of basing its projections on an average of private-sector economic forecasts.

On Tuesday, the PBO again questioned the need for the government to use such a big cushion in its predictions.

“PBO’s forecast of the budgetary balance is $4.5 billion higher than budget 2016, on average, over the outlook,” the document said.

“The average difference is roughly in line with the budget 2016 planning adjustment.”

For example, the budget office is expecting Ottawa to show a $20.5-billion deficit this year, $8.9 billion smaller than the Liberal government’s $29.4-billion prediction.

Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose crowed about the report during question period, citing it as evidence that Liberal claims of an inherited Conservative deficit are little more than political fiction.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 134.40 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.39 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.91 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.51

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — A big bounce in energy prices and strength in metals sent the Canadian dollar soaring Tuesday to its highest level since last summer, while the Toronto stock market saw a triple-digit gain.

The loonie rose 0.85 of a U.S. cent to 78.99 cents US — the highest it has been since July 6, 2015.

“It’s hard to see it continuing because our economy is in much worse shape than the American economy,” said John Stephenson, president and CEO of Stephenson & Co. Capital Management.

Stephenson said the loonie’s dramatic recovery — helped by rising oil and metals prices as well as better economic data out of China and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to slow its pace of rate hikes — has led to the currency becoming somewhat overvalued.

“It might stay up around this level for a little while, but it’s unlikely to continue to be this strong for long,” Stephenson said. “I don’t think you’re going to see much more upside. I think we’re more likely to see downside from here.”

The S&P/TSX composite index rose 147.46 points to 13,867.28, with metals and mining stocks leading the way with an 8.75 per cent gain.

The energy segment of the TSX rose 3.26 per cent as the June contract for benchmark North American crude rose US$1.28 to US$42.47 a barrel.

The jump in oil prices came amid a strike by oil works in Kuwait to protest government cutbacks. The work stoppage has temporarily suspended production in that country.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 26.83 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.81 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.77 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.13 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 20.70 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.30 First Quantum Minerals . . 8.83 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.00 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.35 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.82 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.91 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.72 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.900 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 13.34 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 19.13 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.05 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 46.50 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.75 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 24.18 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.08 Canyon Services Group. . 4.63 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.97 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 8.97 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.650 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 86.21

Elsewhere in commodities, June natural gas shot up 14 cents to US$2.19 per mmBtu, May copper rose six cents to US$2.22 a pound and June gold advanced US$19.30 to US$1,254.30 a troy ounce.

In New York, markets were mixed, held back by a slide in technology companies that saw the Nasdaq composite shed 19.69 points to 4,940.33. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 49.44 points at 18,053.60, while the S&P 500 added 6.46 points to 2,100.80.

Among the losers was IBM (NYSE:IBM) which fell more than six per cent after the company delivered improved first-quarter earnings thanks to a big tax refund, but lower revenue amid weaker software sales.

Meanwhile, genetic testing tools maker Illumina (Nasdaq:ILMN) sank US$42.49 or almost 24 per cent US$135.65 after it forecast that sales in the first quarter will be far lower than analysts expected.

And Netflix (Nasdaq:NFLX) fell US$12.49 or 11.5 per cent to US$95.91 a day after the streaming video company’s latest subscriber forecast disappointed investors, while first-quarter revenue also fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,867.28, up 147.46 points Dow — 18,053.60, up 49.44 points S&P 500 — 2,100.80, up 6.46 points Nasdaq — 4,940.33, down 19.69 points

Business BRIEFS Vancouver asks feds for broader scope in pipeline environmental assessment VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver is urging the federal government to take a broader look at greenhouse gas emissions when considering

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 40.04 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.85 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 17.42 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 41.03 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 1.700 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.330 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.21 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.14 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.650 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.26 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 38.19 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2000 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 81.65 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.33 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.77 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.53 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.88 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 39.25 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.49 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.61 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.14 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.190 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 78.34 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.89 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.91

Currencies: Cdn — 78.99 cents US, up 0.85 of a cent Pound — C$1.8227, down 0.40 of a cent Euro — C$1.4386, down 0.84 of a cent Euro — US$1.1363, up 0.56 of a cent Oil futures: US$42.47 per barrel, up $1.28 (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,254.30 per oz., up $19.30 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.558 oz., up 69.1 cents $725.24 kg., up $22.22 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ‘16 $5.80 higher $484.60 July ‘16 $4.70 higher $488.00 Nov. ‘16 $4.90 higher $488.40 Jan. ‘17 $5.30 higher $493.80 March ‘17 $5.20 higher $494.70 May ‘17 $5.20 higher $494.40 July ‘17 $5.20 higher $494.40 Nov. ‘17 $5.20 higher $485.90 Jan. ‘18 $5.20 higher $485.90 March ‘18 $5.20 higher $485.90 May ‘18 $5.20 higher $485.90.

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: 854,660 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 854,660.

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An oil sands facility seen from a helicopter near Fort McMurray, in 2012.

Oil sector market will determine if Canada’s GHGs fall in 2016, says McKenna

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Market conditions in the oil patch will largely determine whether Canada’s emissions of greenhouse gases decline this year, says federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to sign the Paris climate agreement later this week at the United Nations in New York, after making the fight against climate change a central theme of his new Liberal government.

But Trudeau carries with him to New York the latest official government inventory of Canadian carbon emissions, which shows a slow but steady increase from 2009 through 2014 — with no specified end date in sight.

While Canada contributes only about 1.6 per cent of global emissions, according to Environment Canada, it is among the highest per capita emitters on the planet.

“You’re absolutely right, emissions are going up and they need to go down,” McKenna told reporters following a two-hour appearance Tuesday at the Commons environment committee.

She could provide no assurances that the trajectory will change in the Liberals’ first frenetic year in office.

“A lot of that will depend actually this year on the market,” said McKenna.

The McKenna-led Canadian delegation is widely credited with helping the international Paris conference find consensus last December on a goal to limit average global warming to less than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. She’s now part of a government that’s desperately trying to find a policy path to back up its aspirations.

Four federal-provincial working groups are examining policy areas and

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will report back next fall, after which provincial and territorial leaders will convene again with Trudeau to hammer out a pan-Canadian plan.

McKenna’s two-hour grilling by opposition MPs at committee Tuesday was heavily larded with references to consultations with the provinces and only a few specifics.

The minister cited the recent agreement between Canada and the United States to cut methane emissions by 40 to 45 per cent over the next decade as “a big deal,” the equivalent of taking all Ontario and Quebec cars off the road for a year.

On Thursday, the government will launch a new web portal where Canadians can make suggestions about how to combat climate change and McKenna is promising that all the responses will be viewable in full on the site.

That could turn the exercise into a national version of the vitriolic flame wars that typify the comment boards below stories on news sites.

McKenna may have received a taste of what’s to come when Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu asked one of those pointed questions that are impossible to answer: “What tangible temperature decrease do we expect to see from the billions of dollars being spent on climate change?”

Conservative Ed Fast wanted McKenna to explain how the Liberals will protect Canadian businesses from unfair foreign competition under McKenna’s preferred option of carbon pricing.

New Democrat Nathan Cullen wanted to know why the first Liberal budget failed to address fossil fuel subsidies. It’s complicated and the government’s looking at it, McKenna replied to both. Outside the committee room, Cullen accused the Liberals of going to Paris and making commitments with no plan to back them up.

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REBELS BOUNCE PATS FROM PLAYOFFS WITH GAME 7 WIN

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 2 Pats 1 Some of the most important goals are not the prettiest.

On Tuesday night, it wasn’t a pretty goal that put the Red Deer Rebels into the Eastern Conference Finals. But it was the most important goal, a Game 7 winner.

Despite being outshot in the third period 15-4, the Rebels took a 2-1 lead with less than seven minutes in regulation in Game 7 of their Western Hockey League Eastern Conference semifinal against the Regina Pats.

Evan Polei, coming in on the right wing, skated hard towards the net and got a shot off, Pats’ goalie Tyler Brown couldn’t squeeze the puck. With the puck loose in the crease, Adam Musil was there on the doorstep to bang home the loose puck.

“Look at the type of goal that happens to get the game winner,” said GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

“It’s not a pretty goal by any means, but it’s just the way it works. We were fortunate and I’m happy and relieved we were the ones that got it.”

The goal came on one of only four shots the Rebels got in the third period. The Pats came out flying and controlled the action for much of the third frame.

“We didn’t come out hard enough in the third,” said Musil. “They had a little more jump than us and we just had to regroup. The goal helped us quite a bit. A great team effort by everyone, Rylan Toth stood in there.”

Polei blocked several shots in the third period, keeping the Pats furious onslaught at bay.

“It’s been seven games of hard fought hockey,” said Sutter. “Full marks to Regina, they played hard and did a lot of good things. They’re a young team and they have nothing but great upside there.

“Our group, outside of Game 6, I thought we played well too. Game 7 was a hard fought, with battle after battle.”

It was Rebels goalie Toth, making just his third start in the post-season, who shut the door in the third period. A key save came halfway through the third when he kicked out his leg to stop a Sam Steel shot into what he thought was a wide open cage. He had earlier stopped Wagner on a breakaway with a quick blocker save.

“Two of the last three games, Tother was exceptional,” said Sutter. “Tonight he was solid. Overall I’m proud of the whole group, we rebounded like we needed to.”

Musil called it the toughest playoff game of his life, noting he hadn’t played in too many series yet.

First blood didn’t come until late in the second

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Red Deer Rebel Adam Musil takes a shot as Regina Pats Colby Williams defends in front of Pats goaltender Tyler Brown during second period, Game 7 action at the Centrium in Red Deer, Tuesday. The Rebels edged the Pats 2-1 to win the series and will now take on the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Eastern Conference finals. period when the Rebels, on the PP, started cycling the puck in the attacking zone. Michael Spacek and Jake DeBrusk got the assists, but it was Helewka who wired home the one-timer that caught Brown on the far side of the crease, giving the Rebels a 1-0 lead.

Pats’ forward Adam Brooks, WHL playoff point leader with 23, sniped his seventh goal of the post-season. He beat Toth five-hole to tie the game with 12.6 seconds left in the second period.

Pats coach John Paddock said Brooks’ goal took a lot of pressure of his club.

“The pressure of being the so-called favourite was on (the Rebels),” said Paddock. “I think that helped us take the play to them.

“Cole Sanford, can’t say enough about his play and leadership, and Coby Williams has been basically playing with one hand.”

The Cinderella Pats made the playoffs as a wildcard and upset the Lethbridge Hurricanes in five

games in the first round before pushing the Rebels to the full seven.

“This 12 games of playoff experience is going to bode well for us,” said Paddock. “We have lots of guys coming back, but you don’t win anything on paper.”

Aaron Macklin was sent off on a minor penalty for a knee-on-knee collision with Josh Mahura with about three minutes to go in the first period. Mahura, who was out for 70 games this year with a knee injury was on the ice in pain. With some help from the trainer he made it back to the bench, but stayed in the game.

The Rebels now draw the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Eastern Conference Finals. Game 1 is scheduled for Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Game 2 is on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The series returns to Red Deer on April 26 and 27 for Games 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Cullen’s late goal lifts Penguins Blue jays hold over Rangers for series lead off Orioles to win fourth straight

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Penguins 3 Rangers 1 NEW YORK — The Pittsburgh Penguins got back to playing the style that made them one of the NHL’s best teams after Christmas.

They played defence. They got goals from their stars, a game-winner from 39-year-old Matt Cullen and a solid effort from rookie goaltender Matt Murray.

They also got the benefit of a video review on an offside call that saved them a goal in a 3-1 win in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series with the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

Even the return of Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh could not slow down the Penguins or prevent them from taking a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

“We understand if you want to win games, that’s how you’re going to have to win them this time of year,” said Penguins star Sidney Crosby, whose power-play goal late in the second period tied the game at 1-all.

“Our mindset is playing the right way, doing the things that have got us here, The past is the past. Right now we want to make sure we are better every game.

I think we took a good step here tonight.”

Game 4 is Thursday night in New York. The Rangers have lost four consecutive playoff games at Madison Square Garden going back to last season’s Eastern Conference final against Tampa Bay The Penguins dominated this one, limiting the Rangers to 17 shots. Most were not very good and Rangers did little after Rick Nash scored short-handed early in the second period.

“We kept saying it, we kept telling ourselves, we had to lay it in and shoot it,” said McDonagh, who missed the first two games of the series with a upper-body (hand) injury. “I’m sure we’ll look at some things when we watch the game and wish we had put more pucks on the net especially because it was his (Murray’s) first

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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Trevor Daley (6) and Matt Murray defend the goal as New York Rangers’ Derek Stepan fights for position during the third period of Game 3 of a first-round NHL playoff hockey series Tuesday, in New York. The Penguins won 3-1. game in a while.”

Murray was barely tested in playing for the first time in the series. He was hurt in the final weekend of the regular season and Jeff Zatkoff started the first two games with Marc-Andre Fleury out with a concussion.

“The nerves were definitely going at the start of the game. That’s understandable,” Murray said. “It was my first playoff game, at MSG no less. I was able to control it and that was all I could ask for.”

The Penguins made all the big plays after Nash scored. Crosby gave the team a lift scoring late in the second period and Cullen made the big play early in the third, beating Henrik Lundqvist (28 saves) on a semi-breakaway after beating two defencemen at 4:16.

Cullen’s game-winner was as much a good play by him and a bad one by defencemen Keith

Yandle and Dan Boyle.

Cullen took a pass and entered the Rangers zone. Yandle and Boyle converged on him and ran into each other.

“It was kind of a tough puck,” Cullen said. “It was bouncing a lot tonight. That one just went to a perfect spot. I was in the right spot and was able to poke it by. I was just happy to see it go in.”

Kris Letang added an empty-net goal to ice the game.

The Rangers seemed to lose momentum after a first-period goal by Chris Kreider was nullified because of an offside call after a challenge. Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said it was the right call.

Nash still gave New York the lead early in the second period, but the Penguins took control when Crosby tied the game and Cullen scored early in the third to give them the lead.

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Blue Jays 4 Orioles 3 BALTIMORE — The Blue Jays figure it’s only a matter of time before their sluggers drive a whole lot of baseballs over the fence.

Until that happens, Toronto will be content to use shorter hits to win.

Marcus Stroman allowed three runs in seven innings, Troy Tulowitzki doubled in two runs and the Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Jose Bautista had two hits and an RBI for the Blue Jays, who have won three straight to move over .500 (8-7) for the first time since April 5.

Toronto came in with only 14 homers, including just two apiece from Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. It was more of the same in this game, as the Blue Jays made the most of five singles and three doubles.

“We’re still waiting for our offence to erupt. But it will,” manager John Gibbons said.

Manny Machado and Matt Wieters homered for the Orioles, now 5-1 at home. Baltimore has lost four of five following a 7-0 start.

“You’re not going to shut down that offence,” Gibbons said. “Their offence is like ours. They’re clicking a little bit more than we are right now.”

But Stroman (3-0) worked his way around those two home runs to earn his eighth straight win dating to 2014. He gave up six hits, struck out three and walked one.

“One of the best lineups in all of baseball, up and down, 1 through 9,” the right-hander said of the Orioles. “You’ve really got to execute. I felt like I executed for the most part pretty well.”

Asked about his 3-0 start, Stroman said: “It’s huge for me, it’s huge for the team. I don’t think we’re playing anywhere near the capability that we can play at. We’re still just getting comfortable, getting our feet wet.”

Roberto Osuna got four straight outs for his fifth save.

Orioles starter Mike Wright (1-1) gave up three runs over six innings. Half of his six career losses have come against Toronto.

Baltimore played the last three innings without centre fielder Adam Jones, who left with a stomach virus, according to the team. He was sidelined earlier this month with soreness in his ribs.

The Blue Jays used a run-scoring grounder by Ryan Goins to go up 1-0 in the second inning.

With two outs in the third, Tulowitzki hit a liner to left that eluded a diving Joey Rickard for a two-run double. Tulowitzki, a key acquisition last year for the AL East champions, entered the game batting .140.

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Bolts put Red Wings on the brink

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lightning 3 Red Wings 2 DETROIT — Jonathan Drouin rewarded the faith and patience of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Drouin’s third assist set up Ondrej Palat for the game-winning goal with 2:59 left in the third period, lifting the Lightning to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night and a 3-1 lead in the firstround series.

Not long ago, Drouin’s future with the franchise was as clear as mud.

“I’m not really thinking about what happened before,” he said. “I’m past that point, I’m just playing hockey. Definitely feels really good. I don’t think it’s surreal. I’m happy to be back here helping the team.”

After a solid rookie season last year, Drouin failed to report to his second demotion to the minors and was suspended by the team in January until March. Tampa Bay general manager Steve Yzerman gave his No. 3 overall pick in 2013 a second chance, calling him up to the NHL less than two weeks ago and he played in the last two games of the regular season.

“The one thing that gets missed in all of this, we never ever gave up on Jonathan,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. “He’s a young kid and he’s finding his way in pro hockey.”

If Detroit doesn’t find a way to solve its lingering problems on the power play and now while killing penalties, its 25th straight post-season appearance will likely end very soon.

Game 5 is Thursday night at Tampa Bay. “Either you win or you go home and the season’s over,” Detroit defenceman Niklas Kronwall said.

Palat was in a perfect position — right in front of the net — to make the most of Drouin’s slick centring pass.

“I was looking for a stick,” Drouin said.

Drouin played a part in Nikita Kucherov scoring power-play goals in the first and second periods to give Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead late in the second. Detroit’s Darren Helm and Gustav Nyquist scored late in the second period to tie the game.

The Lightning struck first by scoring at 5:41 of the first on a power play and scored again midway through the second period with an extra skater, a ra-

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Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop stops a shot by Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk during the first period of Game 4 in a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff series, Tuesday, in Detroit. re sight earlier in the series.

And, it was a beautifully setup goal.

Brian Boyle won a faceoff, sending the puck back to Victor Hedman and skating toward the front of the net. Hedman carried the puck from left to right and passed it back to where he was standing to Drouin, who pushed the puck through the left circle to Tyler Johnson, whose diagonal pass back to the right dot perfectly set up Kucherov for a one-timer nine sec-

onds into the power play.

Tampa Bay took advantage of another power play when Jonathan Ericsson failed to clear the puck, keeping the puck in his team’s end and it ended up in the back of the net on Kucherov’s shot from the slot off a centring pass from Drouin.

In a game filled with established stars, Drouin seemed to be the most dynamic player in Game 4.

“He’s as gifted as I’ve seen,” Cooper said.

Blues battle to big win over Blackhawks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blues 4 Blackhawks 3 CHICAGO — Vladimir Tarasenko scored on a pair of impressive wrist shots, Brian Elliott made 39 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday night to open a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Jaden Schwartz scored a tiebreaking power-play goal in the third period for the second straight game as St. Louis moved to the brink of its first appearance in the Western Conference semifinals since 2012. The Blues were eliminated in the opening round in each of the past three years.

Game 5 is Thursday night in St. Louis.

Duncan Keith had two goals for Chicago, which dropped consecutive home playoff games for the first time since 2012.

Andrew Shaw had a goal and two assists, and Corey Crawford finished with 16 saves after getting into a fight with Blues rookie Robby Fabbri during a wild second period.

With Keith in the box for holding Alexander Steen, Schwartz intercepted a clearing attempt by Blackhawks defenceman Trevor van Riemsdyk and beat Crawford low on his stick side at 1:36. Schwartz also had the game-winning goal in St. Louis’ 3-2 victory in Game 3 on Sunday.

Steen then picked off a passing attempt by van Riemsdyk and went in all alone on Crawford for his first goal of the series at 4:46, stunning the sellout crowd of 22,212.

A fortunate bounce for Keith off Tarasenko’s stick and over Elliott gave the Blackhawks some hope,

but Elliott shut the door from there. He jumped on a loose puck during a Chicago rush with 4:10 remaining, and Shaw was penalized for interference with 2:04 left.

Before Schwartz and Steen broke through, it was the Tarasenko show once again for St. Louis. The dynamic winger has three goals and two assists in the series and 13 goals in 17 career playoff games.

The Blackhawks had a 2-1 lead and momentum before Andrew Ladd was whistled for interference at 17:09 of the second. Just 22 seconds later, Tarasenko whistled a shot under Crawford’s glove for the tying score.

Tarasenko’s goal capped a frenetic second period that included a fight between Crawford and Fabbri after the forward was pushed into the goaltender on a rush to the net. Crawford skated into the corner and shoved Fabbri before the two wrestled on the ice.

The crowd responded with chants of “Co-rey! Corey!” and the resulting fracas between the teams somehow generated a power play for the Black-

hawks. Fabbri (interference), Alex Pietrangelo (roughing) and Kevin Shattenkirk (roughing) were sent off for St. Louis, and Crawford (roughing) and Ladd (roughing) were penalized for Chicago.

There was another big fight between the teams right after the final horn.

During the power play after the Crawford-Fabbri dispute, Keith scored on a rebound to give the defending Stanley Cup champions a 2-1 lead at 13:09.

The defenceman has three goals in the series after winning the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP a year ago.

Chicago got off to a fast start, but St. Louis kept most of the action away from Elliott in the first period. The Blues also caught a break when Artem Anisimov’s shot stopped right on the goal line and Elliott knocked it out of the way before the Blackhawks could get to it.

St. Louis managed just five shots on goal in the first, but one of them was a laser from Tarasenko that made it 1-0 at 14:02. Jori Lehtera made a nice pass from behind the net to set up the play.

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The Ducks have not lost three straight to open a postseason series since the 2006 Western Conference finals, and they didn’t come close to dropping a third straight this year.

Andersen, who started in net after John Gibson took the first two losses in Anaheim, posted his second postseason shutout despite taking Shea Weber’s slap shot off his head. He has 15 postseason wins since 2014.

Chris Stewart had a goal and an assist, and Jamie McGinn and Rickard Rakell each scored their first goals of the series.

Game 4 is Thursday night in Nashville.

The Predators returned home with their first 2-0 lead in the postseason. The Predators lost center Craig Smith to a lower-body injury after he played only 65 seconds over two shifts, leaving coach Peter Laviolette mixing up his lines.

Coach Bruce Boudreau called out his Ducks after a 3-2 loss in Game 2 for taking too many penalties and talking too much to the officials. Boudreau also switched back to Andersen and played Shawn Horcoff for the first time in this series looking for a spark.

Even though the Ducks took five penalties, they still showed much more discipline once the whistle blew. They also took very good care of the puck with no turnovers in the first 20 minutes, and the combination helped them lead at the end of a period for the first time in this series.

McGinn scored on a wrister from the right circle off a pass from Horcoff after he skated up the slot midway through the first.

A sold-out crowd tried to give the Predators a boost, but some sloppy play with too many turnovers and missed opportunities on the man advantage led to a smattering of boos late in the second.

When Filip Forsberg helped kill off a big chunk of an Anaheim power play, fans gave him a standing ovation.

Rakell, who returned for this series after a ruptured appendix, finally got his first goal of the series at 11:33 of the second. He redirected a shot from Sami Vatanen to give Anaheim its biggest lead in this series.

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Tom Watson coming to Calgary GOLF LEGEND TO PLAY IN THIS YEAR’S SHAW CHARITY CLASSIC FOR FIRST TIME

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — After playing in The Masters for a 43rd and final time, Tom Watson will play a PGA Tour Champions tournament in Calgary for the first time.

The 66-year-old golf star confirmed Tuesday he’s in the Shaw Charity Classic field Sept. 2-4 at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club. The tournament, now in its fourth year, has a prize purse of US$2.35 million.

“I’ve heard nothing but good things about the tournament, especially the fan support,” Watson said Tuesday on a conference call. “We players love to play in front of a lot of people and that’s what I understand happens up there.

“I know Fred Couples was very complementary on the condition of the golf course. You’ve had three great champions in Rocco Mediate, Freddie Couples and Jeff Maggert, so it’s proved itself that the best players seem to win there.

“I’m looking forward to coming up and putting my old bones to the test up there at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club.”

Two of Watson’s eight major wins came at Augusta National in 1977 and 1981. He played his final Masters round April 8. Watson received a standing ovation on the eighteenth hole, where he tapped in for par and missed the cut by two strokes.

“I can’t play that golf course simply because I can’t carry the ball far enough anymore off the tee,” Watson said. “I can’t get the ball in position where I can land it on the greens from my approach shots and hold the greens.

“That’s a course I just can’t play any more and that’s the reason I retired from competing there.”

The PGA Tour Champions, formerly known as the Senior PGA Tour, is for competitive players aged 50 and over.

Winner of a career 14 Champions events, Watson picks and chooses his tournaments. He hasn’t played in more than eight per year from 2012 to 2015.

He finished 4-under-par Sunday and seven strokes back of eventual playoff winner Woody Austin at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic at TPC Sugarloaf in Atlanta.

“In the old days, when there was no Champions or

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Tom Watson walks off the 18th hole after playing his last round at the Masters golf tournament, April 8, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. Shortly after playing in the The Masters for a 43rd and final time, Watson says he’ll play in Calgary’s Shaw Charity Classic for the first time.

Senior Tour and you were done on the regular PGA Tour, there was no place to compete and therefore you lost that competitive edge,” Watson said. “You lost that edge very quickly. With the Champions Tour, it remains there.”

He says he’ll continue to compete as he feels he has a chance to win.

“I enjoy playing competitive golf and when I’m competitive and have a chance to win, that fills me

Valanciunas has emerged Raptors’ hero early in playoffs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Jonas Valanciunas is celebrating a dunk, his arms flexed, muscles bulging, eyes wild, mouth open in a primal scream. He looks like a Spartan warrior from the movie “300.”

The image tells the story of Game 2, of how the 23-year-old Lithuanian carried the Toronto Raptors to a desperately needed victory over the Indiana Pacers.

Two days after early foul trouble “limited” him to 12 points and 19 rebounds, Valanciunas exploded for 23 points and 15 boards Monday, prompting Pacers star Paul George to say “He’s been huge. Literally. He’s the one that’s causing us problems right now.”

Heading into Tuesday’s playoff action, Valanciunas was the league leader in rebounds, and his solid performances marked the first time he’d grabbed 15-plus rebounds in back-to-back games in his career.

The Raptors drafted the little-known Valanciunas fifth overall in 2011, but then kept him in Lithuania for another year to mature. It also normally takes big men longer to adapt to the NBA, and in the moments after the biggest game of his career, Dwane Casey — the only NBA head coach Valanciunas has ever played for — grinned like a proud father.

“Everybody wanted that kid to be a superstar when he first got here. He wasn’t ready. But again, nobody comes to this league and sets it on fire,” Casey said.

“He’s grown, he’s developed, he’s worked his butt off. I’m really proud of him. It makes me feel good to see him develop like that, play the game. It makes him feel good to not be worried about Valanciunas, about his own security, about his team’s history of post-season defeat, about all the winds that have blown around this team to get to this playoff place.

“He’s not a finished product,” Casey added. “He’s going to get better. Sky’s the limit for that young man.”

Valanciunas has done extra work with different coaches in past off-seasons. He spent time two summers ago working on his running with coach Jim Radcliffe at the University of Oregon. He’s also worked at length with Seattle SuperSonics legend Jack Sikma on his face-up game.

“I just want to win, and I’m doing everything to win the game,” Valanciunas said. “I don’t judge myself by: I’m playing good, I’m playing bad. The last play is the last play, you’ve gotta go there and do your job, you’ve got to give everything.”

As the Raptors met at Biosteel Centre on Tuesday, part of the message was to get Valanciunas ready for the next game. The Pacers will look to make adjustments for Thursday’s Game 3 in Indianapolis. They’ll be gunning to throw Valanciunas off his game.

“That’s one thing we talked to JV about understanding: now they’re going to come after you and get the ball out of your hands and you’ve got to make plays for

up,” Watson said. “That’s why I do it.”

The Shaw Charity Classic’s prize money, a day trip to Banff and the opportunity to do some fishing in Western Canada also attracted Watson to the Calgary tournament.

It follows the LPGA’s Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at Priddis Greens southwest of the city Aug. 22-28.

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Toronto Raptors’ Jonas Valanciunas (17) shoots under pressure from Indiana Pacers’ Ian Mahinmi during game two of NBA playoff action at the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto on Monday. Valanciunas exploded for 23 points and 15 boards Monday, prompting Pacers star Paul George to say “He’s been huge. Literally. He’s the one that’s causing us problems right now.” everybody else to get easy buckets,” DeMar DeRozan said. “That’s what it’s all about, every game is completely different, they’re going to adjust to whoever’s hot, whoever’s got it going and that’s where we pick and choose our spots to take advantage of it.”

DeRozan said Valanciunas is a great example of Toronto’s depth this season. While he and fellow all-star Kyle Lowry have been woeful shooting in two games, others have stepped up to fill the void.

“That’s what it’s all about, honestly,” DeRozan said.

“That’s the beauty of our team, anybody can get hot… you see what JV’s been doing these first two games. That’s the beauty of the depth we have on this team, guys step up whether it’s scoring or on the defensive end, or whatever it may be.”

The Raptors’ 98-87 victory ended a seven-game post-season los-

ing streak for Toronto, and eased the angst felt by fans still stinging from their four-game sweep at the hands of the Washington Wizards in the opening round last season.

The Raptors are set to fly to Indiana and into enemy territory on Wednesday, and Casey said it’s no time to rest easy. His main message Tuesday was: “We can’t exhale.

“My whole thing today… when you win one game and the situation of losing seven in a row, the first thing you want to do is exhale. We can’t exhale, we can’t relax. We won the game, but we can do better.”

Game 4 is Saturday at Indiana, then the series returns to Toronto for Game 5 on Tuesday.

The Raptors, who finished No. 2 in the East, are gunning for only their second playoff series win in franchise history. They beat the New York Knicks in five games in the opening round in 2001.

Conor McGregor is officially out of UFC 200. His fighting future remained unclear.

McGregor, one of the biggest draws in UFC, created a stir Tuesday when he tweeted that retirement was on the horizon and the UFC later tweeted that McGregor had been pulled from its marquee show on July 9.

The 27-year-old McGregor tweeted, “I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese.

Catch ya’s later.”

But is it truly exit cage left for the Irish star?

McGregor was scheduled for a rematch against Nate Diaz in Conor McGregor the main event of UFC 200. UFC President Dana White told ESPN that he pulled McGregor from the card after he decided not to attend pre-fight promotional appearances in Las Vegas.

“Is Conor McGregor retiring? Only he can answer that question,” White told ESPN. “I don’t know. But he will not be a part of UFC 200.”

White added he was working on a new main event and could keep Diaz on the card. The stacked card already included an interim featherweight championship bout between Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar and Miesha Tate defends her bantamweight title against Amanda Nunes.

Diaz beat McGregor by submission in the second round of a welterweight bout March 5 at UFC 196, ending one of the most lucrative pay-per-view shows in mixed martial arts history with a remarkable upset.

McGregor’s 15-fight winning streak ended in the bout, which was fought 25 pounds above his usual 145-pound fighting weight. The rematch was set to be contested at 170 pounds, the UFC said.

The loss punctured the intimidating aura gathered by McGregor, the loquacious Irish star who sits alongside Ronda Rousey as the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view stars. McGregor had stopped his previous five opponents, and he landed numerous big shots on Diaz before tiring and losing the fight on the ground to Diaz’s superior jiu-jitsu.

Although McGregor said immediately after the loss that he would probably return to featherweight, he decided instead to take a rematch with Diaz, the entertaining veteran. Diaz accepted the first fight less than two weeks beforehand after lightweight champ Rafael Dos Anjos dropped out with an injury.

McGregor is still the UFC’s featherweight champion, but Aldo and Edgar will meet for the interim belt.

The winner was scheduled to get the first shot at a unification fight against McGregor.

All of those dream bouts are suddenly uncertain.

Diaz playfully replied to McGregor’s tweet with his own “retirement” announcement. He tweeted, “I guess my work here is done I’m retiring too.”

McGregor’s coach, John Kavanagh, added fuel to the retirement speculation with his own tweet that said, “Well was fun while it lasted.”

Kavanagh later posted an Instagram photo of WWE Hall of Fame manager Jimmy Hart with the caption, “New job uniform.” It could be a playful photo — or a cryptic hint — that McGregor could follow former UFC star Brock Lesnar from the octagon to the WWE squared circle.

Other UFC fighters later joked on Twitter that they also would retire.

McGregor would stun the MMA world if he retired in the prime of his career — and surrendered a seven-figure payday for what’s sure to be the biggest box office card in UFC history. Odds are, McGregor could just want more money and stir retirement speculation as an MMA version of a contract holdout.

McGregor’s showmanship has earned him both huge attention — he was a Sports Illustrated cover boy — and revenue, and fans and cameras flock to the fighter.

THE ADVOCATE B4

SCOREBOARD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

Hockey

Local Sports

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

Ana (interference) 18:17.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Silfverberg Ana (slashing) :29 Anaheim bench (too many men, served by Stewart) 4:26 Jarnkrok Nash (slashing) 11:34.

Shots on goal Anaheim 8 10 3 — 21 Nashville 6 8 13 — 27 Goal — Anaheim: Andersen (W, 1-0-0). Nashville: Rinne (L, 2-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Anaheim: 0-2 Nashville: 0-5.

Tampa Bay (2) vs. Detroit (3) (Tampa Bay leads series 3-1) Tuesday’s result Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 2 Sunday’s result Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 0 Thursday’s game Detroit at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 24 x-Tampa Bay at Detroit, TBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division Brandon (1) vs. Moose Jaw (3) (Brandon wins series 4-1) Central Division Red Deer (2) vs. Regina (WC1) (Red Deer wins series 4-3) Tuesday’s result Red Deer 2 Regina 1 Sunday’s result Regina 5 Red Deer 1

Metropolitan Division Washington (1) vs. Philadelphia (WC2) (Washington leads series 3-0) Monday’s result Washington 6 Philadelphia 1 Saturday’s result Washington 4 Philadelphia 1 Wednesday’s game Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Friday’s game x-Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division Victoria (1) vs. Kelowna (2) (Kelowna wins series 4-3) Tuesday’s result Kelowna 3 Victoria 2 (OT) Sunday’s result Victoria 3 Kelowna 2

Blues 4, Blackhawks 3 First Period 1. St. Louis, Tarasenko 2 (Lehtera, Schwartz) 14:02.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Chicago, Shaw 2 (Hossa, Gustafsson) 9:12.

3. Chicago, Keith 2 (Shaw, Kane) 13:09 (pp).

4. St. Louis, Tarasenko 3 (Steen, Shattenkirk) 17:31 (pp).

Penalties — Panik Chi (hooking) :39 Edmundson StL (holding) 7:05 Pietrangelo StL, Shattenkirk StL, Ladd Chi, Crawford Chi (roughing) 11:54 Fabbri StL (goaltender interference) 11:54 Panarin Chi (roughing) 12:15 Steen StL (slashing) 12:15 Ladd Chi (interference) 17:09.

Third Period 5. St. Louis, Schwartz 2 (Shattenkirk, Tarasenko) 1:36 (pp).

6. St. Louis, Steen 1 (unassisted) 4:46.

7. Chicago, Keith 3 (Panarin, Shaw) 14:40.

Penalties — Keith Chi (holding) 1:01 Shaw Chi (interference) 17:56 Shaw Chi (roughing) 20:00.

Shots on goal St. Louis 5 10 5 — 20 Chicago 14 14 14 — 42 Goal — St. Louis: Elliott (W, 3-1-0). Chicago: Crawford (L, 1-3-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — St. Louis: 2-4 Chicago: 1-2.

Pittsburgh (2) vs. N.Y. Rangers (3) (Pittsburgh leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result Pittsburgh 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 Saturday’s result N.Y. Rangers 4 Pittsburgh 2 Thursday’s game Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 23 N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBA

U.S. Division Seattle (1) vs. Everett (2) (Seattle wins series 4-1) Third Round CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Brandon (E1) vs. Red Deer (C2) Friday’s game Red Deer at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game Red Deer at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 26 Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 27 Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Friday, Apr. 29 x-Red Deer at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 1 x-Brandon at Red Deer, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3 x-Red Deer at Brandon, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas (1) vs. Minnesota (WC2) (Dallas leads series 2-1) Monday’s result Minnesota 5 Dallas 3 Saturday’s result Dallas 2 Minnesota 1 Wednesday’s game Dallas at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s game Minnesota at Dallas, TBA

Lightning 3, Red Wings 2 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 4 (Johnson, Drouin) 5:41 (pp).

Penalties — Abdelkader Det (holding) 5:32 Kronwall Det (hooking) 14:20 Paquette TB (slashing) 16:28 Johnson TB (delay of game) 19:14.

Second Period 2. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 5 (Drouin, Garrison) 10:31 (pp).

3. Detroit, Helm 1 (Glendening, Smith) 14:53.

4. Detroit, Nyquist 1 (Sheahan) 19:50.

Penalties — Paquette TB, Andersson Det (roughing) 5:10 Sheahan Det (slashing) 9:07 Paquette TB (tripping) 12:42 Nyquist Det (goaltender interference) 17:30.

Third Period 5. Tampa Bay, Palat 1 (Drouin, Kucherov) 17:01 (pp).

Penalties — Garrison TB (hooking) 11:44 Ericsson Det (cross-checking) 15:18.

Shots on goal Tampa Bay 14 11 8 — 33 Detroit 10 8 10 — 28 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 3-1-0). Detroit: Mrazek (L, 1-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Tampa Bay: 3-5 Detroit: 0-4.

St. Louis (2) vs. Chicago (3) (St. Louis leads series 3-1) Tuesday’s result St. Louis 4 Chicago 3 Sunday’s result St. Louis 3 Chicago 2 Thursday’s game Chicago at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 23 x-St. Louis at Chicago, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE Seattle (U1) vs. Kelowna (B2) Schedule TBA Tuesday’s summary Rebels 2, Pats 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Regina bench (too many men) 0:37 Macklin Reg (kneeing) 17:40.

Second Period 1. Red Deer, Helewka 8 (DeBrusk, Spacek) 14:59 (pp).

2. Regina, Brooks 7 (Zablocki, Williams) 19:47.

Penalties — Helewka RD (goaltender interference) 8:17 Doetzel RD (holding) 10:39 Cole Reg (slashing) 13:23.

Third Period 3. Red Deer, Musil 3 (Polei, de Wit) 12:46.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Regina 7 11 15 — 33 Red Deer 12 10 4 — 26 Goal — Regina: Brown (L, 7-5) Red Deer: Toth (W, 2-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Regina: 0-2 Red Deer: 1-3.

2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round DIVISION SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Florida (1) vs. N.Y. Islanders (WC1) (N.Y. Islanders lead series 2-1) Sunday’s result N.Y. Islanders 4 Florida 3 (OT) Friday’s result Florida 3 N.Y. Islanders 1 Wednesday’s game Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Friday’s game N.Y. Islanders at Florida, TBA

Pacific Division Anaheim (1) vs. Nashville (WC1) (Nashville leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result Anaheim 3 Nashville 0 Sunday’s result Nashville 3 Anaheim 2 Thursday’s game Anaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 23 Nashville at Anaheim, TBA Los Angeles (2) vs. San Jose (3) (San Jose leads series 2-1) Monday’s result Los Angeles 2 San Jose 1 (OT) Saturday’s result San Jose 2 Los Angeles 1 Wednesday’s game Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

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

Sunday, Apr. 24 x-Los Angeles at San Jose, TBA x — played only if necessary.

Tuesday’s summaries Ducks 3, Predators 0 First Period 1. Anaheim, McGinn 1 (Horcoff, Stewart) 10:05.

Penalties — Neal Nash (high-sticking) 11:46 Despres Ana (interference) 19:18.

Second Period 2. Anaheim, Rakell 1 (Vatanen, Perry) 11:33.

3. Anaheim, Stewart 1 (Getzlaf, Lindholm) 17:06.

Penalties — McGinn Ana (tripping) 7:56 Fowler

Penguins 3, Rangers 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Staal NYR (tripping) 10:42 Sheary Pgh (double high-sticking) 12:10 Hayes NYR, Letang Pgh, Stalberg NYR, Kunitz Pgh (roughing) 16:58.

Second Period 1. NY Rangers, Nash 1 (Klein, Staal) :39 (sh).

2. Pittsburgh, Crosby 2 (Kessel, Malkin) 19:18 (pp).

Penalties — Kreider NYR (boarding) :22 Daley Pgh (roughing) 3:18 Malkin Pgh (tripping) 8:04 Staal NYR (hooking) 19:00.

Third Period 3. Pittsburgh, Cullen 1 (Kuhnhackl, Cole) 4:16.

4. Pittsburgh, Letang 1 (unassisted) 19:47.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Pittsburgh 9 10 12 — 31 New York 6 7 4 — 17 Goal — Pittsburgh: Murray (W, 1-0-0). NY Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 1-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Pittsburgh: 1-3 NY Rangers: 0-4.

GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2 3 GB — 1/2 1 1/2 2 5 1/2 GB — 1 2 2 1/2 3

Monday’s Games Toronto 4, Boston 3 L.A. Angels 7, Chicago White Sox 0 Minnesota 7, Milwaukee 4, 6 innings

0-1), 5:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 1-2) at Baltimore (Jimenez 1-1), 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 0-3) at Boston (Porcello 2-0), 5:10 p.m.

Detroit (Zimmermann 2-0) at Kansas City (Kennedy 2-0), 5:15 p.m.

Houston (Fister 1-1) at Texas (Hamels 2-0), 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Milone 0-1) at Milwaukee (Nelson 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Seattle at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 11:40 a.m.

L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 5:15 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Atlanta

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

Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee

Wednesday’s Games L.A. Angels (Richards 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 3-0), 12:10 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 0-0) at Cleveland (Salazar 2-0), 4:10 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi

Colorado Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 10 3 .769 7 6 .538 6 9 .400 4 8 .333 4 9 .308 Central Division W L Pct 11 3 .786 7 6 .538 7 7 .500 7 7 .500 6 8 .429 West Division W L Pct 8 6 .571 8 6 .571 7 7 .500 6 8 .429 4 9 .308

GB — 3 5 5 1/2 6 GB — 3 1/2 4 4 5 GB — — 1 2 3 1/2

Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 2 Colorado 5, Cincinnati 1 Miami 6, Washington 1 Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 0 Minnesota 7, Milwaukee 4, 6 innings Arizona 9, San Francisco 7, 11 innings Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee 6, Minnesota 5 N.Y. Mets 11, Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 4, Colorado 3 Atlanta 8, L.A. Dodgers 1 Washington 7, Miami 0 Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Colorado (Bettis 2-0) at Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 1-1), 10:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 1-1) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 2-0), 11:45 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 1-1) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 1-1), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 0-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 0-2), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (J.Ross 2-0) at Miami (Chen 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Milone 0-1) at Milwaukee (Nelson 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1) at San Diego (Pomeranz 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

Arizona (Greinke 0-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 1-1), 8:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 10:10 a.m.

Washington at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 11:40 a.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Montreal 6 4 2 0 10 Philadelphia 6 3 3 0 8 Orlando 6 2 1 3 11 Toronto 6 2 2 2 6 New England 7 1 1 5 8 New York City 6 1 2 3 9 Chicago 6 1 2 3 6 D.C. 7 1 3 3 7 Columbus 6 1 3 2 6 New York 7 1 6 0 5

● Esso Cup: Express du Richelieu vs. Rocky Mountain Raiders, 3:30 p.m., Weyburn

● Esso Cup: Weyburn Gold Wings bs. Rocky Mountain Raiders, 7 p.m., Weyburn

Saturday ● Rugby: Red Deer Titans at Drayton Valley Riggers, 2 p.m., Frank Maddock High School

Thursday

Basketball Atlanta at Boston, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s game Atlanta at Boston, 4 p.m.

2016 NBA Playoffs First Round Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-7)

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State (1) vs. Houston (8) (Golden State leads series 2-0) Monday’s result Golden State 115 Houston 106 Saturday’s result Golden State 104 Houston 78 Thursday’s game Golden State at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Golden State at Houston, 1:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland (1) vs. Detroit (8) (Cleveland leads series 1-0) Sunday’s result Cleveland 106 Detroit 101 Wednesday’s game Detroit at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Friday’s game Cleveland at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s game Cleveland at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio (2) vs. Memphis (7) (San Antonio leads series 2-0) Tuesday’s result San Antonio 94 Memphis 68 Sunday’s result San Antonio 106 Memphis 74 Friday’s game San Antonio at Memphis, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game San Antonio at Memphis, 11 a.m.

Toronto (2) vs. Indiana (7) (Series tied 1-1) Monday’s result Toronto 98 Indiana 87 Saturday’s result Indiana 100 Toronto 90 Thursday’s game Toronto at Indiana, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game Toronto at Indiana, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 26 Indiana at Toronto, TBA Friday, Apr. 29 x-Toronto at Indiana, TBA Sunday, May 1 x-Indiana at Toronto, TBA

Oklahoma City (3) vs. Dallas (6) (Series tied 1-1) Monday’s result Dallas 85 Oklahoma City 84 Saturday’s result Oklahoma City 108 Dallas 70 Thursday’s game Oklahoma City at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s game Oklahoma City at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Miami (3) vs. Charlotte (6) (Miami leads series 1-0) Sunday’s result Miami 123 Charlotte 91 Wednesday’s game Charlotte at Miami, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s game Miami at Charlotte, 3:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers (4) vs. Portland (5) (L.A. Clippers lead series 1-0) Sunday’s result L.A. Clippers 115 Portland 95 Wednesday’s game Portland at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game L.A. Clippers at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 25 L.A. Clippers at Portland, 8:30 p.m. x — played only if necessary.

Atlanta (4) vs. Boston (5) (Atlanta leads series 2-0) Tuesday’s result Atlanta 89 Boston 72 Saturday’s result Atlanta 102 Boston 101 Friday’s game

Lacrosse National Lacrosse League East Division GP W L Pct GF x-Buffalo 16 11 5 .688 224 x-New England 15 9 6 .600 193 Georgia 16 7 9 .438 213 Rochester 15 6 9 .400 168 Toronto 16 5 11 .313 168

GA GB 194 — 179 1.5 213 4 179 4.5 196 6

West Division GP W L Pct GF GA GB y-Sask.16 12 4.750 208 167 — x-Colorado 16 10 6 .625 182 187 2 Calgary 17 7 10 .412 198 199 5.5 Vancouver 15 4 11 .267 168 208 7.5 x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.

Saturday’s games Georgia at New England, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Rochester, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Saskatchewan at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

WEEK 18 Friday, Apr. 29 Vancouver at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 30 Vancouver at Georgia, 5:05 p.m.

New England at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.

Saskatchewan at Rochester, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 1 Rochester at New England, 4 p.m.

End of 2016 NLL Regular Season

WEEK 17

Transactions

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 8 4 .667 Toronto 8 7 .533 Boston 6 7 .462 Tampa Bay 6 7 .462 New York 5 7 .417 Central Division W L Pct Kansas City 9 4 .692 Chicago 9 5 .643 Detroit 7 5 .583 Cleveland 6 5 .545 Minnesota 4 10 .286 West Division W L Pct Texas 8 6 .571 Oakland 7 7 .500 Los Angeles 6 8 .429 Seattle 5 8 .385 Houston 5 9 .357

Today

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Traded OF Alfredo Marte to Philadelphia for a player to be named.

BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Noe Ramirez to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHP Heath Hembree from Pawtucket.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned OF J.B. Shuck to Charlotte (IL). Recalled RHP Erik Johnson from Charlotte.

DETROIT TIGERS — Designated RHP Logan Kensing for assignment. Reinstated LHP Blaine Hardy from the 15-day DL. Sent RHP Jeff Ferrell to Lakeland (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned OF Reymond Fuentes to Omaha (PCL). Placed RHP Dillon Gee on paternity leave. Reinstated OF Jarrod Dyson from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Miguel Almonte from Omaha.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed INF Trevor Plouffe on the 15-day, retroactive to April 18. Optioned LHP Taylor Rogers to Rochester (IL). Reinstated LHP Fernando Abad from the bereavement list. Recalled INF Jorge Polanco from Rochester.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONBACKS — Optioned OF Socrates Brito to Reno (PCL). Recalled C Tyler Wagner from Reno.

CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Jumbo Diaz to Louisville (IL). Recalled RHP Robert Stephenson from Louisville.

MIAMI MARLINS — Placed RHP Edwin Jackson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 18. Recalled RHP Nick Wittgren from New Orleans (PCL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned OF Cedric Hunter to Lehigh Valley (IL). Selected the contract of OF David Lough from Lehigh Valley.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent 3B Jung Ho Kang to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP George Kontos on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 18.

Optioned RHP Chris Heston to Sacramento (PCL).

Recalled RHP Mike Broadway and LHP Steven Okert from Sacramento.

American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Traded RHP Shane Street to Sioux Falls and LHP Will Mathis to Fargo-Moorhead for cash.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed LHP Misael Siverio. Traded OF Jay Austin to Sussex County (Can-Am) for cash and a player to be named.

Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed RHP Calvin Rayburn.

SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Traded LHP Derek Loera to Joplin (AA) to complete an earlier trade.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHOENIX SUNS — Removed the interim tag from coach Earl Watson.

Women’s National Basketball Association NEW YORK LIBERTY — Promoted assistant coach Katie Smith to associate head coach. Named Rosemary Ragle trainer.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Released LB Tony Steward.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Released QB Brian Hoyer.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed TE Larry Donnell.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed QB Dan LeFevour.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Julian Talley.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Philadelphia F Pierre-Edouard Bellemare one game for an illegal check from behind to Washington D Dmitry Orlov during an April 18 game.

ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed an agreement to purchase the Springfield Falcons (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Assigned D Guillaume Gelinas from Iowa (AHL) to Quad City (ECHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Bridgeport LW Ross Johnston three games.

ALBANY DEVILS — Signed F Blake Speers and D Colton White to amateur tryout agreements.

BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Recalled G Parker Milner from Missouri (ECHL).

CHICAGO WOLVES — Returned F Zack Torquato to Wheeling (ECHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS — Signed M Victor Ulloa and D Ryan Hollingshead to multiyear contract extensions.

CENTRAL ALBERTA KINGS VOLLEYBALL GA 6 7 8 5 10 10 7 10 9 15

Pt 12 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 5 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Pt Dallas 8 5 1 2 15 10 17 Salt Lake 6 4 0 2 10 6 14 Colorado 7 4 2 1 7 5 13 Kansas City 7 4 3 0 9 7 12 Los Angeles 6 3 1 2 12 5 11 San Jose 7 3 2 2 10 10 11 Seattle 6 2 3 1 6 7 9 Portland 7 2 3 2 11 14 8 Vancouver 7 2 4 1 6 11 7 Houston 6 1 3 2 13 13 5 Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie.

Sunday’s results New England 2 Orlando 2 Dallas 2 Kansas City 1 Saturday, Apr. 23 New York City at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 2 p.m.

Newcastle 1, Manchester City 1

New England at D.C., 3:30 p.m.

Houston at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 20 West Ham vs. Watford, 1845 GMT Liverpool vs. Everton, 1900 GMT Manchester United vs. Crystal Palace, 1900 GMT

Sunday, Apr. 24 Kansas City at San Jose, 1:30 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 5:30 p.m.

English Premier League GP W D L GF Leicester City 34 21 10 3 59 Tottenham 34 19 11 4 64 Man. City 34 18 7 9 62 Arsenal 33 17 9 7 56 Man United 33 16 8 9 40 West Ham 33 13 14 6 54 Southampton 34 14 9 11 45 Liverpool 32 14 9 9 52 Stoke 34 13 8 13 37 Chelsea 33 11 11 11 49 Everton 33 9 14 10 53 Watford 33 11 8 14 32 Bournemouth 34 11 8 15 41 West Brom 33 10 10 13 31 Swansea 34 10 10 14 34 Crystal Palace 34 10 9 15 36 Norwich 34 8 7 19 35 Sunderland 33 7 9 17 39 Newcastle 34 7 8 19 36 r-Aston Villa 34 3 7 24 23 r-Relegated

Thursday, April 21 Arsenal vs. West Brom, 1845 GMT GA Pts 33 73 25 68 34 61 34 60 30 56 42 53 35 51 43 51 47 47 45 44 44 41 37 41 57 41 40 40 45 40 43 39 60 31 57 30 62 29 65 16

Sunday, April 24 Sunderland vs. Arsenal, 1305 GMT Leicester City vs. Swansea, 1515 GMT England FA Cup QUARTERFINAL Wednesday, April 13 West Ham 1, Manchester United 2 SEMIFINAL Saturday, April 23 Everton vs. Manchester United in London, 1615 GMT Sunday, April 24 Crystal Palace vs. Watford in London, 1500 GMT

Tuesday, April 19

U18 WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS Canada’s under-18 hockey team went into their final preliminary game of the u-18 world championship with a goal in mind.

After beating Finland 3-1 on Tuesday to wrap up top spot in Group B, they accomplished it.

Pascal Laberge and David Quenneville scored first-period goals as Canada capped round-robin play with an undefeated 4-0 record.

“We wanted to make sure that we were ready to play our game from the beginning, and

Saturday, April 23 Manchester City vs. Stoke, 1145 GMT Aston Villa vs. Southampton, 1400 GMT Bournemouth vs. Chelsea, 1400 GMT Crystal Palace vs. Everton, 1400 GMT, Ppd. Liverpool vs. Newcastle, 1400 GMT Norwich vs. Watford, 1400 GMT, Ppd. West Ham vs. Manchester United, 1400 GMT, Ppd.

to me, that was the best start we’ve had in the tournament,” said Canada’s head coach Shaun Clouston. “Credit to the guys — they were very focused heading into the game.

“You have to give Finland and their coaching staff and players credit, they just kept battling. They played hard and play with a lot of structure, and they found a way to really make it close at the end.

You eventually have to beat everybody but we wanted to make sure that if we could, we had the opportunity to win our

pool and now we’ll just get a day of rest and go from there.”

Tyson Jost had the other goal for Canada, which will face Switzerland in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Evan Fitzpatrick was solid in Canada’s goal, stopping 26 of 27 shots he faced.

“Our coaching staff and us as a team, we really sat down and focused on (Finland’s) strengths and what we needed to do to win,” said defenceman Dante Fabbro.

“We didn’t focus too much on them, but we needed to focus on the team aspect in the locker-room and I thought we went out there and executed the game plan.”

EDMONTON — Down by 11 points in the semi-finals at provincials, the Central Alberta Kings Volleyball U13 boys team rallied back to win the match and then won at provincials.

At provincials at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton over the weekend, the Kings played the Edmonton Nooks in the final. Losing in the first set, the Kings dug deep and pulled off two straight wins including a hard fought 17-15 win in the third game to win the match.

But it wouldn’t have been possible if not for a comeback in the semi-finals. Down 19-8, the Kings rallied back to win the set.

Meanwhile, the U14 boys had a strong showing all weekend.

After a solid round robin, they played well in the playoffs and won their semi-final match.

In the finals, they fell to the Wolves Red out of Grande Prairie, taking the silver medal.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk wins KHL title, beating CSKA Moscow MOSCOW — Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the Kontinental Hockey League’s Gagarin Cup for the second time Tuesday, beating CSKA Moscow 3-1 in game seven of the finals series.

Evgeny Timkin finished with two goals for Metallurg, one of them the empty-netter which secured the win after some desperate defensive play to keep out CSKA, which recorded 37 shots to 16 for Metallurg.

Canadian Chris Lee, who has never played in the NHL but has built a career as a leading defenceman in Europe, scored Metallurg’s second goal from inside the blue line in the second period, shortly after Maxim Mamin had scored for CSKA. Metallurg’s previous win came in 2014, while CSKA was KHL regular season champion for the second year in a row but last won a league title in 1989.

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Durant close to return for Riders

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Darian Durant has some good news for Saskatchewan Roughriders fans.

The veteran quarterback said Tuesday he’s 95 per cent recovered from the season-ending Achilles tendon injury he suffered in Saskatchewan’s first game last year. Durant added he had no leg problems during Saskatchewan’s mini-camp in Florida last week.

“I’m almost there,” said Durant, in town to do some promotional shoots for the upcoming CFL season. “I had a great off-season in Atlanta working with some great trainers and physical therapists.

“It’s about building volume in the leg, being able to withstand high intensity for three, three-and-a-half hours of a football game.”

The Achilles injury was Durant’s second major setback in as many years. He missed Saskatchewan’s final eight regular-season games in 2014 with an elbow injury after starting 83of-90 games the previous five seasons.

He had a career-best 31 TDs in 16 regular-season starts in 2013, finishing that season leading Saskatchewan to Grey Cup title at Mosaic Stadium.

But after suffering consecutive season-ending injuries, Durant, 33, admitted he had some doubts regarding his football future.

“You go from being a guy who’s known to be very durable and then you have two crazy injuries happen and you think about life after football,” he said.

“You don’t like to think that when you feel you’re in the prime of your career but being on the shelf and sitting down and not being able to move for months is tough on you personally.

“But I’ve had a great support system with my family and everyone in the or-

ganization has been good to me. They keep my spirits up whenever I maybe feel down and it’s given me that drive and motivation to be even better.”

Durant said he’ll have no lingering doubts about his health when he does step on to the field for real.

“When I look at my elbow injury, I don’t care if you’re 10 or 50, if a guy hits you with your arm going forward with that much momentum, something’s liable to give,” he said. “As far as the Achilles, I look at it as a freak injury.

“I’m just trying to make sure I train a little bit better because coming into last year it was all about my elbow … and other parts of my body weren’t able to benefit from that. Now it’s about training your core, training your legs and making sure everything is strong. I’ve had a great off-season so I’m not really worried about it.”

Durant will be Saskatchewan’s starter under new coach/GM Chris Jones. After finishing last season with a league-worst 3-15 record, the Riders fired GM Brendan Taman and head coach Corey Chamblin and hired Jones, who led the Edmonton Eskimos to the 2015 Grey Cup as their head coach.

But the changes didn’t stop there.

Such proven veterans as safety Tyron Brackenridge, defensive lineman John Chick and receivers Weston Dresser and Chris Getzlaf, were either released or left as free agents. Receivers John Chiles and Shamawd Chambers (Grey Cup game’s top Canadian), defensive lineman Justin Capiccotti and linebacker Greg Jones were among those signed in free agency.

Durant also didn’t emerge unscathed, having to take a pay cut this year. He’ll reportedly earn $450,000 in the final year of his CFL contract instead of the roughly $500,000 he was scheduled to make.

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Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant (4) hands off to running back Anthony Allen during pre-season CFL action in 2015. Durant has some good news for Saskatchewan Roughriders fans. The veteran quarterback says he’s 95 per cent recovered from the Achilles injury that forced him to miss most of last season.

“It was (difficult) but I totally understand why,” Durant said. “In order to get some of these guys we brought in we needed to free up some space.

“I understand the business and I’m all about getting better.”

The five-foot-11, 214-pound Durant said while he’s looking forward to playing for Jones — who has won four Grey Cups as a defensive coach/ head coach — he feels badly last year’s struggles cost both Taman and Chamblin their jobs.

“I hated to see what happened to Brendan and coach Chamblin,” he said. “I wish I could’ve been there to

help as much as I could but unfortunately I couldn’t.

“At the same time I know how the business goes and I’m looking forward to working with coach Jones. I’m excited about the guys we’ve brought in. I think we have a real legitimate shot at making a run at this thing.”

However, Durant said he’ll have to get used to not seeing Dressler or Getzlaf in the Riders’ huddle this year.

Dressler will play for Winnipeg in 2015 while Getzlaf is now with Edmonton.

“We all started together (in Saskatchewan) so it’s going to be different,” he said.

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Doris Roberts, the spunky actress who played the sharp-tongued, endlessly meddling mother on CBS’ ‘Everybody Loves Raymond,’ received an outpouring of praise on Monday following news of her death.

Praise pours in for spunky actress

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Everybody loved Doris Roberts.

The spunky actress who played the sharp-tongued, endlessly meddling mother on CBS’ Everybody Loves Raymond received an outpouring of praise on Monday following news of her death.

Phil Rosenthal, the sitcom’s creator, called her “a wonderful, funny, indelible actress and friend” on Twitter.

CBS said in a statement that Roberts “will be remembered for lighting up every room she walked into with an unparalleled combination of energy, humour, warmth and even a little bit of grit.”

Roberts died overnight in her sleep, spokeswoman Janet Daily said. She was told of the death by Roberts’ son, Michael Cannata. Roberts was 90.

The cause of death was not immedi-

ately known. Roberts had been healthy and active, Daily said.

Last month, Roberts appeared at an actors’ union event that focused on the scarcity of female directors in entertainment. The outspoken critic of age discrimination asked the panel why there were so few roles for elder actors.

Roberts won four Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Marie Barone on CBS’ Everybody Loves Raymond, receiving a total of seven nominations as best supporting actress for the sitcom.

The 1996-05 sitcom about an affectionate but bickering extended family also starred Ray Romano, Brad Garrett and Patricia Heaton. Peter Boyle, who played husband Frank Barone opposite Roberts, died in 2006.

“She was funny and tough and loved life, living it to the fullest,” Heaton tweeted. She recalled Roberts as a “consummate professional.”

Comedian Denis Leary tweeted that

Roberts “made me laugh so hard so many times.”

Roberts also was known for her role in the 1980s TV detective series Remington Steele. She appeared on stage and in a variety of movies, including The Rose, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Madea’s Witness Protection.

But it was the hugely successful Everybody Loves Raymond that “put my career over the top,” Roberts told The Associated Press as the show wrapped its run.

Roberts, then 79, fretted openly about what she would do next. “Who knows after this? Nobody writes for older people,” she said.

Yet her list of TV and movie credits continued to grow, with projects from 2015, including the TV movie Merry Kissmas, and others slated to be released this year.

Roberts was born Nov. 4, 1925, in St. Louis and grew up in New York, Daily said.

MONTREAL — Two Canadian movies have been selected to be part of the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival next month.

They are Two Lovers and a Bear by Montrealer Kim Nguyen and Mean Dreams by Toronto’s Nathan Morlando.

Nguyen’s film deals with two young tormented souls in a small town near the North Pole who fall in love and decide to strike out to find inner peace.

Mean Dreams is a thriller about a 15-year-old boy who steals a bag of drug money and runs away with the girl he loves while her corrupt cop father hunts them down.

Quebec director Xavier Dolan’s Juste la fin du monde (It’s Only the End of the World) was selected last week as one of the 49 films in the running for the prestigious Palme d’Or award at the official competition at Cannes.

The festival will take place May 1122.

Empire strikes back: William, Harry visit Star Wars set LONDON — Prince William and Prince Harry have battled with lightsabers and hugged a Wookie on the set of the next Star Wars movie.

The royals were given a tour of the Pinewood Studios set by British actress Daisy Ridley, who plays heroine Rey in the sci-fi reboot.

The brothers met Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, tried out lightsabers, saw roly-poly robot BB-8 and met cast and characters including Chewbacca, who gave the princes a furry hug.

Kensington Palace said Tuesday’s visit was to salute the British creative talent involved in the Star Wars films, which have used British studios, actors, craftspeople and technicians since the 1970s.

The seventh instalment Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released last year, and the eighth movie is due for release in 2017.

The Jungle Book a joyful celebration of childhood independence

BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES In 2008, the writer Lenore Skenazy let her nine-year-old son make his own way home from Bloomingdale’s on New York public transportation and sparked a national debate about how independent children should be.

The controversy didn’t resolve itself quickly. Last year, Skenazy wrote an essay for The Washington Post about parents who have been jailed or investigated by child protective services for letting their children play outside, or watch their younger siblings or walk home from the park, begging them to stand firm in the face of these examples: “Instead of imagining the worst, send your kids out to do something you did at their age. You can even have them wait in the car a few minutes.”

And while the savannas and forests of India may not have much in common with the concrete jungle that is New York, one of the pleasures of watching Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book was watching Mowgli (a terrific Neel Sethi) have the sorts of adventures that would give Skenazy’s critics aneurysms.

Mowgli may have been orphaned as a baby when Shere Khan (Idris Elba in his second strong voice performance of the year) killed his father. But The Jungle Book isn’t a story about an abandoned child who raises himself: the Indian wolves Akela (Giancarlo Esposito) and Raksha (Lupita Nyong’o) raise him as part of their pack, teaching him their values and survival skills, and the panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) acts as his tutor and mentor, trying to find a solution when Shere Khan’s en-

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Mowgli (Neel Sethi) and Bagheera (voiced by Ben Kingsley) in ‘The Jungle Book.’ mity makes Mowgli’s presence in the wolf pack untenable.

Instead, The Jungle Book is a story about how Mowgli applies the lessons that Akela, Raksha and Bagheera have instilled in him once he’s no longer living with the wolves and after he and Bagheera become separated on the way to the human settlement where Bagheera wants Mowgli to live.

The movie is an argument that a wellraised child, helped by decent adults, can make his way in the world even in the absence of a hovering parental presence.

Over the course of his journey, Mowgli faces the sorts of physical and

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moral perils that would send plenty of contemporary parents into helicopter mode. He gets bad scratches and a raft of bee stings while helping Baloo (Bill Murray) steal honeycombs off a cliff. He is almost fatally distracted by the python Kaa (Scarlett Johansson, in a genius bit of voice casting), and his time with Baloo shades into a certain indolence. Mowgli is threatened by the orangutan King Louie (Christopher Walken) and must confront the murderous Shere Khan in the movie’s climax, saving himself with a combination of inventiveness and wolf-pack values.

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though. Mowgli puts honey on his bee stings as a remedy and washes himself off when he gets dirty. He recognizes King Louie’s request for fire as a dangerous bid for power that could transform the jungle where Mowgli grew up.

While Mowgli absorbs many of Akela, Raksha and Bagheera’s lessons, he also makes up his own mind about what’s right, using the tools they disdain to gather honey, save a baby elephant who has fallen into a pit and ultimately lure Shere Khan to his death.

When Mowgli does do something selfish and destructive, accidentally setting the forest on fire in his rush to confront Shere Khan, he’s able to recognize the harm that he has caused and to gutter his stolen torch before it’s too late to extinguish the blaze.

The Jungle Book can be a frightening movie; Shere Khan is a physically intimidating antagonist, and his attacks on Akela and Bagheera have more real menace than any of the scenes of citywide destruction that dominate action flicks aimed at teenagers and grown-ups. But those moments of anxiety are punctuated by the pure joy that is Mowgli running through the forest or acting on a flash of inspiration. We might be afraid for him, but his pleasure in his freedom, his cleverness and his moral good sense are stronger than our fear.

It’s one thing to acknowledge the world’s dangers and to recognize that even a small chance of the worst could still be devastating. But Favreau’s timely adaptation of this timeless story is a powerful testament that sometimes the best way to protect children is to give them the skills and sense to venture out into the world by themselves.

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PHILLPOT Norman George Dec. 12, 1938 - Apr. 09, 2016 Norm skipped into the next dimension peacefully and unexpectedly at home. He leaves his wife and partner, Beulah, daughters Aimee (John Hawkins) and Darha (Rob Lok), five cherished grandchildren (Lucas, Kate, Jill, and Annika Hawkins and Marley Lok), a large extended family and many friends.

Norm was a devoted and beloved husband, father, grandfather and gathered many friends both where he lived and where he traveled: around the world; on all seven continents; from Canada’s arctic to Cape Horn; and beyond. Norm’s request for a wake will be held at a later date.

ROSE Lavina 1930 - 2016 Mrs. Lavina Viola ‘Viney’ Rose of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the age of 85 years.

Viney was born at Winnipeg, Manitoba and was raised on the family farm near Fleming, Saskatchewan. She met and married Gordon Rose and the couple resided at Manson, Manitoba. Next, they moved to Moosomin, Saskatchewan, where they raised their family. In 1973, they moved out to Alberta, and finally settled at Red Deer in 1976. Viney loved baseball and was an avid ‘Riggers Fan’; and as well she enjoyed curling and camping.

Her favorite Canadian holiday was an annual trip to the Okanagan.

Viney will be lovingly remembered by her children, Ron (Rita) Rose and Richard (Debbie) Rose, all of Red Deer, Brian (Val) Rose and Sherry (Eric) Shire, all of Moosomin, Saskatchewan; ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She will also be sadly missed by her sister, Audrey Mills of Shoal Lake, Manitoba; her sistersin-law, Eileen Asselstine of Edmonton, Alberta, Marion Ferri of Rockport, Texas, Kay Logan of Virden, Manitoba and Maizie Rose of Killarney, Manitoba; and one brotherin-law, Al Leinweber of Stettler, Alberta. Viney was predeceased by her husband, Gordon in 2013 and two brothers, Elwyn and Ken. A Celebration of Viney’s Life will be held at the Springfield Crossing Clubhouse, 11 Jenkins Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

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REUM Carolyn Rene 1956 - 2016 She split the week in half at noon on Wednesday April 13, 2016, Carolyn Rene Reum (nee Jamieson) returned her energy to Mother Earth, the endless pool energy from which we all draw. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Carolyn grew up in Salmon Arm, British Columbia where she developed a great passion for playing sports, especially basketball. Throughout her life she would continue to coach many teams and pass on her passion for sports.

Shortly after beginning her career as a teacher in Rocky Mountain House, Carolyn met Charles Reum, her future husband and loving companion. They met while coaching opposing School Teams in a badminton tournament. Carolyn developed a career as a community minded educator, focusing on Physical Education. After taking some time away from the profession to raise her four children, she returned as a Kindergarten Teacher. Her devotion to childhood education and compassion for young students touched many in the community.

Throughout her life, she always maintained a sense of adventure, an enduring appreciation for nature and an enjoyment of travel.

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

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Yard Care

1430

Little R & R Yard Care 20 yrs. in business.

Handyman Spring yard clean-ups, free estimates.

Services JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER Exc. @ Reno’s, Plumb Pro Phone Randy 403-341-3780 Geary 403-588-2619 BOOK NOW! SECOND 2 NONE aerate, For help on your home dethatch, clean-up, eaves, projects such as bathroom, cut grass. Free estimates. main floor, and bsmt.

Now booking 403-302-7778 Roofing renovations. Also painting and flooring.

SPRING LAWN CLEANUP Call James 403-341-0617 PRECISE ROOFING LTD. Call Ken 403-304-0678 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

THE ROTOTILLER GUY WCB covered, fully Central Alberta’s Largest Rototilling Services & Licensed & Insured.

Car Lot in Classifieds Yard Prep. 403-597-3957 403-896-4869

1200

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

Classified Memorials: helping to remember

710

Caregivers/ Aides

56

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CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Tammy at 403-314-4306

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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 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

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

850

Trades

Misc. for Sale

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Clothing

1590

NURSES’ uniforms, pants & tops. med. to X large size. $5 each. (approx. 30) good shape.

403-347-2526

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1640

Tools

METRIC Socket, plus tool box. $100.

403-343-6044

Firewood

1660

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Appliances

1710

MICROWAVE, Kenmore over the counter, black, clean, works perfectly. $100. 403 309-3475

Household Operator 2 Position Furnishings Plant operations/ Sanitation

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd, a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for 1 full time Operator 2 position in the area of operations and sanitation. The ideal candidate should have experience in sanitation/operations, shift work and have excellent communication skills to interface with the operations, maintenance and management team.

This position will report to the Operator 1.

1720

DINING TABLE, Rectangular, glass top 42x72, with 2 beige faux stone pedestals, used in show home, $200. obo 403-346-6317, 597-2508 GENUINE LA-Z-BOY rocker recliner, beige, $80.

403-877-0825 MEDIUM dark wood rectangular table, $50, and wicker patio chair, $50. 403-347-8697

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Application Closing Sale

1760

Date: April 22, 2016. 10’ x 12’ GAZEBO, material Applicants must apply in writing to: Human Resources Department Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd.

Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0 FAX: (403) 747-2660 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Truckers/ Drivers

860

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CONTRACT DRIVERS

in AB. Super B exp. req’d.

Home the odd night. Weekends off. 403-586-4558

covered, good cond., $120. 403-782-5206 100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 electric lamps, $20.

403-885-5020 AIR CONDITION, DANBY (new in box) 8000 BTU, with remote, 3 spd. fan. $200. 403-358-5568 BROTHER electric typewriter, 3 yrs. old, $50.

403-347-8697 CAMPING dishes, Set $35; Air Conditioner, $100.

Tire - Step, $23.

403-343-6044 CONSTRUCTION heater, 220 power required, $50. ~ SOLD ~ COPPER clad aluminum #2, booster cables $40.

403-343-6044 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.

ELECTRIC heater, $15.

403-885-5020 SOFA & chair, very clean. $25. 2 matching table lamps, $5 for set, water cooler, $15. Sony 32” TV with stand, works well FREE. 403-346-6303

1760

Suites

3060

UNIQUE black metal 2 BDRM. bsmt suite. bathroom mirror, towel bar, $850/mo. 403-348-1304 towel ring, and 2 hangers 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult look like “gazelles”. All for bldg, free laundry, very $65. 403 309-3475 clean, quiet, Avail. now or MAY 1. $900/mo., S.D. $650.

403-304-5337 Sporting 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets.

Goods $800. rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 INVERSION Table, $200.

403-343-6044 CITY VIEW APTS. 2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, RED DEER GUN SHOW newly reno’d adult building.

April 30, 10 am - 5 pm Rent $900 S.D. $700.

May 1, 10 am - 3 pm Avail. immed.

Near hospiWesterner Agri Centre West tal. No pets. 403-318-3679 Admission $ 5 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only Travel n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

1860

Packages

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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3 BDRM., main flr. no pets, no kids, no drugs, mature, quiet adult, fully employed preferred. $650 rent/dd, 1/2 util. 403-348-0530 after 3 4 BDRM. house on Kingston Drive, $1400/mo. ~ RENTED ~ PARTLY furnished house in Sylvan Lake avail. for rent at $1800. Call 403-887-4610 SYLVAN: 2 fully furn. rentals, incld’s all utils., $550 - $1300. 403-880-0210

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

AVAIL. May 1, 3 & 4 bdrm. townhouse, 4 appl., hardwood, 2 parking stalls, close to shopping & schools.$975 - $1100 + util. + d.d. 403-506-0054

Opposite Hospital 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885

THE NORDIC

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

SEIBEL PROPERTY $500 OFF 1ST MONTH’S RENT Rooms 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

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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

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

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

May 1 403-304-5337

For Rent

3090

$425. MO/D.D. incld’s everything. 403-342-1834 or 587-877-1883 after 2:30 BLACKFALDS, $500, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

Offices

3110

Downtown Office

Large waiting room, 2 offices & storage room, 403-346-5885

WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or May 1 403-304-5337

wheels

5160

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Jean Lamora Bickford who died on November 10, 2015

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

5040

SUV's

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WatersEdge Marina

Boat Slips Available For Sale or Rent Sylvan Lake, AB 403.318.2442 info@watersedgesylvan.com www.watersedgesylvan.com

Realtors & Services

4010

2011 DODGE Caliber, only 56,000 km, exc. con., $8,900. 403-406-7600

5060

Heavy Trucks

2010 DURASTAR 3 ton box truck, 24’ box, ext. cab. auto. trans.

403-347-1255, 350-8018

5070

Vans Buses

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Condos/ Townhouses

Income Property

Motorcycles

5080

4040

40 Living! Two bedroom condo, huge master bedroom, gas fireplace, brand new flooring throughout, new kitchen appliances, shows like new! Underground parking too! Only $249,900 in Red Deer.

Amenities include hot tub, swimming pool, exercise facilities, roof top terraces.

Call Kim Argent RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-357-4525

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Faye Irene Stephenson who died on August 20, 2015

with Andrew J. Luft at

Johnston Ming Manning LLP Barristers and Solicitors 4th Floor, 4943 - 50 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1

and provide details of your claim.

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC ALL the bells & whistles!!

44,600 kms.

Excellent Condition

(403)318-4653

with Keith R. Lamb at

Johnston Ming Manning LLP Barristers and Solicitors 4th Floor, 4943 - 50 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

NOTICE TO

CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

LEONARD JOHN VENNARD who died on January 12, 2016

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim with the undersigned by May 20, 2016 and provide details of your claim to: Schnell Hardy Jones LLP Barristers and Solicitors Attention: Trista D. Carey at #504, 4909-49 Street Red Deer, AB. T4N 1V1

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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Never laid down.

$7600. o.b.o.

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by May 27, 2016

and provide details of your claim.

6010

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by May 27, 2016 2001 WINDSTAR, lady driven 184,000 kms. Exc. cond. $3000. 403-598-1906

6010

Public Notices

4100

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780

Industrial Property

4120

QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK New industrial bay, 2000 sq. ft. footprint, $360,000.

403-391-1780 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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ORIOLE PARK

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or May 1st.

403-304-5337

Boats & Marine

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444 NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy.

403-596-6000

NOW RENTING SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. starting at $795/mo.

2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

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Houses/ Duplexes

PASTURE

North Red Deer. 10 cow/calf pairs, no bulls, no yearlings. 403-346-5885

LIMITED TIME OFFER:

One free year of Telus internet & cable AND one month’s rent FREE on 2 bedrooms! Renovated suites in central location.

Cat friendly. leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)482-1711

3180

Pasture

Out Of Red Deer

4310

OPEN HOUSE SERGE’S HOMES

April 21 & Apr. 22, 2 - 5 Apr. 23 , 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 FREESTAR Limited Edition $5600.

587-377-3547

2006 CHRYSLER 300, LTD, low kms., sun roof, leather, new winter tires. $8000. obo

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 2001 WINDSTAR, lady driven 184,000 kms. Exc. cond. $3000.

403-598-1906

2004 LEXUS RX330, 155,000 mi., exc. cond. $7500.

2011 DODGE CALIBER, only 56,000 km, exc. cond., $8,900.

403-406-7600

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Sol DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

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 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.

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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HEALTH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

CHILLING OUT IS THE NEW HUSTLE SOMETHING TO CHEW ON Over 1 in 4 workers in Canada report being highly stressed.

That equates to around 3. 7 million people.

Work, financial concerns, family stresses, not feeling like there is enough time in the day, isolation, responsibilities and general anxiety and worry were listed as the common sources of stress according to statistics Canada.

Is our basic requirements of living killing us?

Stress is the underlying cause in virtually every chronic illness, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and our obesity pandemic.

Despite the outer circumstances, if we want change, it’s our inner circumstances that need to be tended to and reprioritized.

When things like work, kids, obligations and running around the rat race become predominant in our

Study backs pancreas cell transplants for severe diabetes WASHINGTON — Transplants of insulin-producing pancreas cells are a long hoped-for treatment for diabetes — and a new study shows they can protect the most seriously ill patients from a life-threatening complication of the disease, an important step toward U.S. approval.

These transplants are used in some countries, but in the U.S. they’re available only through research studies. Armed with Monday’s findings, researchers hope to license them for use in a small number of people with Type 1 diabetes who are most at risk for drops in blood sugar so severe they can lead to seizures, even death.

Islet cell transplantation was pioneered by researchers at the University of Alberta in the late 1990s — a procedure subsequently dubbed the Edmonton Protocol — as a method of treating Type 1 diabetics, specifically those prone to what’s known as hypoglycemic unawareness.

“Cell-based diabetes therapy is real and works and offers tremendous potential for the right patient,” said study lead author Dr. Bernhard Hering of the University of Minnesota, whose team plans to seek a Food and Drug Administration license for the therapy.

In Type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys the pancreatic cells responsible for making insulin, a hormone crucial to converting blood sugar into energy.

About 1 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes and depend on regular insulin shots to survive but still can experience complications due to swings in their blood sugar.

Diabetics who get kidney transplants sometimes also receive pancreas transplants at the same time, essentially curing their diabetes.

But it’s an uncommon and gruelling operation, so scientists for years have worked on a minimally invasive alternative: Infusing patients with just islet cells, the insulin factories inside the pancreas.

The questions: How best to obtain those islet cells from deceased donors, and who benefits most from transplants?

When glucose levels drop too low, most people with Type 1 diabetes experience early warning signs — slurred speech, tremors, sweating, heart palpitations — so they know to eat or drink something for a quick sugar boost.

But even with optimal care, about 30 per cent eventually quit experiencing those symptoms, a condition called hypoglycemia unawareness.

They can be in grave danger if their blood sugar plummets when no one else is around to help.

Continuous glucose monitors can counteract that problem, but even those don’t help everyone.

The National Institutes of Health targeted that fraction of highest-risk patients, funding a study that gave 48 people at eight medical centres at least one islet cell transplant.

A year later, 88 per cent were free of severe hypoglycemia events, had their awareness of blood sugar dips restored, and harboured glucose levels in near-normal ranges. Two years later, 71 per cent of participants still were faring that well, concluded the study published by the journal Diabetes Care.

The goal wasn’t insulin independence, which requires more functioning islet cells than merely restoring blood sugar awareness. But some patients — 52 per cent after one year — no longer needed insulin shots and others used lower doses.

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Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer. She can be reached at kristin@somethingtochewon.ca

The affects of nutrition on children’s sleep

BY REGAN L. FORSYTH EAT PLAY SLEEP FAMILY WELLNESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

swings, anxiety, depression and feeling wired.

Give yourself a 7 day cutoff plan where you focus each day on mindfully avoiding sugar. Remember, dessert spelt backwards is stressed.

4. Re-evaluate your week. What can you take off the list? What can you delegate to someone else?

Slow down. C hilling out is the new hustle. Let that be your mantra. Give yourself permission to relax.

5. Listen to meditations before bed. Go on youtube and search “meditations to unwind.” Listen to in the bath or in a comfortable position.

Allow yourself to reflect on your lifestyle. The choices you are making and the results you are getting. Self inquiry is the first step to any change. The solution to a more peaceful, less stressed life is in your hands.

You just have to set your intentions and allow yourself to slow down.

“If you are able to find even the smallest feeling of relief in a deliberately chosen thought, the gentle path toward your solution will begin.” – Abraham Hicks

While working with families to have the best nutrition and sleep habits possible, I have had the opportunity to research and witness first hand, the affect that a child’s diet can have on their sleep. Diet affects all of our lives, but because the digestive systems of very young children are so immature, they are more susceptible to being troubled. Most parents know that there are foods that can prevent sleep, especially if consumed close to bedtime, but there are also many foods than can induce sleep!

Research has indicated that neurotransmitters play a very important role in how well we sleep, and that well fed children have a healthier balance of neurotransmitters, likely resulting in better sleep.

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that play a crucial role in everyday life, function and seemingly, sleep. They have the potential to calm the nervous system, and can also excite it, so a proper balance is best.

One simple way to help achieve this balance is by ensuring that anti-sleep foods are limited, and that calming foods are plentiful in the diet.

Anti-sleep foods are usually foods that hinder the digestive process and should be avoided late in the day. Keep in mind that some anti-sleep foods are also high in nutritional value, so I don’t suggest eliminating them - just avoiding them close to bedtime.

Some foods that are considered to be a”anti-sleep”: Ice cream: Fat content slows digestion.

Junk/Sugary foods: The swing in hormones and blood sugar levels may impair sleep.

Citrus drinks: Can irritate the esophagus by stimulating and irritating sensory nerves, causing inflammation.

Mashed potatoes: Depending on how they are prepared, mashed potatoes can cause discomfort for people who limit their lactose intake normally.

Spicy foods: Can cause excessive gastric acidity and discomfort.

Legumes: Can use excess gas and inflammation, especially upsetting for babies new to solids, when trying to sleep.

Chocolate: Can result in acid reflux.

Protein only meals: Protein rich foods contain the amino acid, tyrosine, which can “awaken” the brain.

Raw onions: While they have amazing antibacterial and antiseptic properties, they can cause stomach upset in children.

Fried foods: High in fat and oil, these foods can aid in stomach upset.

Broccoli, cabbage and leafy greens: These are very gassy foods.

Popcorn: Can produce gas and inflammation in the intestines.

Foods that have a calming affect or contain sleep-inducing tryptophan are a better choice for supper or later in the day. Tryptophan (think post-turkey nap) is an amino acid that, amongst other things, is sleep-inducing.

Some foods considered to be “pro-sleep”, calming, and/or helpful for sleep: Fish high in Omega-3 fatty acids: Promote the secretion of melatonin, a hormone considered to be the body’s sleep signal and high in tryptophan.

Foods high in niacin such as beets, peanut butter, and poultry: Niacin or Vitamin B3 can make for a more restful sleep, with longer REM periods and less waking.

Bananas and eggs: High in tryptophan.

Oats: Rich in melatonin.

Carbohydrates: High carb foods, when eaten with tryptophan containing foods, will make the amino acid more available to the brain.

Milk, milk products such as yogurt and cheese: High in tryptophan.

Cherries: Another natural source of melatonin.

Remember that with any food - aside from breastmilk, formula or warm milk - it is best to feed your little ones a little prior to bedtime, even if they are sleep inducing foods. You want to give them time to digest.

In addition to helping balance neurotransmitters by avoiding anti-sleep foods, children need plenty of natural light exposure, and of course we all need regular exercise! Live Well!

Regan L. Forsyth Maternity & Pediatric Sleep Coach www.eatplaysleep.ca - Tel. 587.349.3772 www.facebook.com/eatplaysleeprd

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lives, self care becomes diminished, leading to more and more stress.

If you have feelings of overwhelm, here’s your new action plan.

1. Assess your exercise regime. Exercise is the most underutilized stress buster and acts as an antidepressant, releasing endorphins and improving your mood.

If you can’t seem to get exercising, get yourself a personal trainer or a buddy to start running with.

Give yourself a one week grace period to allow yourself to go through the motions of feeling tired as you begin.

But you have to kick up the workout plan. Even starting your day with a 10 minute walk is a great start.

2. One of the most powerful foods to combat stress is fermented vegetables. As stress depletes the body of critical nutrients, including Vitamin B, which can start to lead to low energy and even depression it is critical to get the gut flora in tip top shape. Start eating some organic kraut with your lunch or supper. It may seem like a stretch, but watch what happens in just 30 days.

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Brother conning father for cash KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: Do you have any suggestions for dealing with a con artist sibling who swoops into town only to beg, borrow and steal from our dying, incapacitated father?

My brother makes more than anyone else in the family, yet feels entitled to squeeze all he can out of Dad. He constantly asks for business loans, cars and college tuitions for his children, mortgage payments on a multimillion-dollar home, money for his family to travel, etc. In addition to suffering multiple physical illnesses, my father is losing his cognitive abilities.

He is being scammed and bamboozled in every conversation he has with my brother and his wife. The rest of the

family knows they are both manipulators.

I realize that it’s Dad’s money to do with as he pleases, but he has made it perfectly clear that he wants everything divided equally between all of his children, as stated in his will. And I think my brother is already taking all of the heirloom items from the family home whenever he drops into town.

All of my other siblings are retired and live out of state. As the only local child, I provide Dad’s care while working full-time. All of the siblings share power of attorney. We previously shared estate executorship, but my brother escorted Dad to his attorney and had it changed, making himself sole executor.

My brother does not know that Dad showed me a copy of an IOU for a large loan for a startup business. Dad wanted us to know that it needs to be paid back to the estate, but he expects the siblings to collect. This will create a

lot more anger and resentment. Should I contact my dad’s attorney now, wait until after Dad’s death, or cut all ties with the thieves? — Flabbergasted Sibling Dear Flabbergasted: Taking advantage of a parent financially is called elder abuse. Talk to Dad’s lawyer now.

Find out if the power of attorney gives you any leverage. Discuss with your other siblings the idea of removing valuable items from Dad’s home. You can report your brother to Adult Protective Services, and you also can get more information through the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (preventelderabuse.org).

Dear Annie: This is for “Thigh High in Confusion,” whose new boyfriend likes to wear women’s thigh-high stockings. Actually, this is for her boyfriend: Dude, you are presenting this all wrong. Instead of saying you wear them because you enjoy them (that’s your business) you should be saying

that you wear them because they are cheaper and more comfortable than compression socks, and you are being proactive to avoid getting varicose veins and other circulatory issues. Then, no one would think you were kinky. They would think you were clever. And your girlfriend (probably) wouldn’t get uptight about it — although that horse has already left the barn. — Wears Compression Socks Dear Compression: He probably could have gotten away with that excuse — until he decided he wanted to wear a push-up bra. That would be a bit harder to explain.

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.

NORTHERN SHOVELERS

BRIEF With this rigatoni, I thee wed: The first Pastafarian wedding

Photo by RICK TALLAS/freelance

Perhaps the most outwardly distinctive of the dabbling ducks, the Northern Shoveler inhabits wetlands across much of North America. Its elongated, spoon-shaped bill has comblike projections along its edges, which filter out food from the water. This photo was taken at a prairie pothole just Southeast of town Wednesday, April 20 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Ryan O’Neal, 75; Jessica Lange, 67; Miranda Kerr, 33 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The buzz words today are consultation and cooperation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Inspirational and exciting, you love to tell others what’s on your mind. The next 12 months is the time to argue less plus relax and listen a lot more.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Communication is favoured today — but make sure you really concentrate on what people are saying.

If you assume things without listening closely, then you could put your foot in it!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Business and financial matters are favoured — as long as you focus on the figures and don’t take any shortcuts. Intense research and investigation now will pay off further down the track.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s a good time to approach group projects with extra energy and commitment, as the Sun and Venus shine a spotlight on your true passions.

But don’t assume others know what you are thinking.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re channelling a lot of energy into a challenging assignment or professional project. But is a loved one feeling lonely and neglected? With the Moon in Libra, strive to get the balance right.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The stars boost confidence levels today Lions, so make sure you show others what you are really capable of. If you want things to change at work, it’s up to you to think faster and smarter.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): With Saturn and retrograde Mars both visiting your home zone, your domestic life is up and down at the moment. A family member may need your help so find the time to give it gladly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your natural Libran grace and diplomatic demeanour will help smooth over any problems that crop up today. When it comes to social media, make sure you check twice before you post!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): With Mars now reversing through your money zone, your financial situation may not be as rosy as you think it is Scorpio. So take practical measures to cut spending and boost cash flow.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have the ability to influence a group project, but don’t spoil the opportunity to make a difference by speaking out of turn. If you rush

your responses, that’s when problem will occur.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s a good time to incorporate a spiritual discipline — like yoga or meditation — into your daily routine. Otherwise your work load and stress levels could impact on your health and general well-being.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A relationship with a close friend or work colleague may feel as if it’s going backwards. Tap into

AKAROA, New Zealand — The wedding rings were made of pasta, the ceremony was held on a pirate boat, and when it came time for the kiss, the bride and groom slurped up either end of a noodle until their lips met.

New Zealand on Saturday hosted the world’s first Pastafarian wedding, conducted by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The group, which began in the U.S. as a protest against religion encroaching into public schools, has gained legitimacy in New Zealand, where authorities recently decided it can officiate weddings.

Saturday’s ceremony was all about having fun.

The guests came dressed as pirates and shouted plenty of hearty “Aaarrrhs.”

The groom, Toby Ricketts, vowed to always add salt before boiling his pasta, while bride Marianna Fenn donned a colander on her head.

The church claims that global warming is caused by pirates vanishing from the high seas, and that there is a beer volcano in heaven.

“The Flying Spaghetti Monster created the world. We know that,” said marriage celebrant Karen Martyn, aka the Ministeroni.

“We weren’t around then and we didn’t see it, but no other religion was around to see it either, and our deity is as plausible as any other.” your intuition to figure out where they are coming from. Then you’ll know what to do next.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The way you communicate with colleagues, customers or clients is vital at the moment Pisces. If you take the time to think things through, there’s less chance of mistakes happening.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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