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STEPS FOR LIFE WALK

MEMORIAL CUP

Tourney to start with a bang

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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As the Steps for Life Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy event gets underway last Saturday, the walkers pass by one of the memorial markers on the course. The Steps For Life 5-km walk took place at Bower Ponds after speeches from politicians, industry sponsors and family members of those affected by workplace tragedy.

The event is held each year across Canada to raise awareness to the problem of workplace fatality, life-altering injury, and occupational disease.

Police watchdog probes shooting at downtown apartment complex

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after a 28-year-old man was shot by local RCMP on Sunday.

Red Deer RCMP responded to a 911 call of an armed man, possibly sui-

cidal, at the River Valley Apartments (5017-49th Street) around 7:15 p.m. on Sunday.

The man told police he had a gun and suggested he was prepared to use it on himself or others, say police.

Three police officers entered the building and found the man on the sec-

ond floor. A confrontation occurred, which resulted in an officer discharging his weapon.

The man sustained a non-life threatening single gunshot wound.

Red Deer is ready to welcome hockey fans from across Canada when the MasterCard Memorial Cup tournament returns to Alberta after a 42-year hiatus.

In less than three weeks, the puck will drop in the opening game of the 10-day junior hockey tournament.

The tournament starts with a bang when the Memorial Cup is flown by military helicopter into the city on May 19.

The chopper will land at Central Middle School where it will be greeted by students. The Memorial Cup will be put into an armoured vehicle.

A parade, featuring a military band and veterans, will lead the cup to the Cenotaph on Ross Street from the school.

Ron Lariviere, Memorial Cup host committee co-chair, said the arrival ceremony will honour the veterans that served in the First World War. The event kicks off at 11:30 a.m.

A howitzer cannon will be parked in front of the old train station. When the cup arrives, a military band will play O Canada and the howitzer will fire off some blank rounds to announce the event, said Lariviere.

Entertainment fill follow a short ceremony at the Cenotaph stage before the cup is paraded away.

“We’re looking forward to it,” said Lariviere.

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Evacuation lifted for some residents in Fort McMurray

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY — About 500 residents have been allowed to return home in northern Alberta after a wildfire forced them out on the weekend.

Melissa Blake, mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, said Monday evening the mandatory evacuation order was lifted for residents in the Prairie Creek neighbourhoods just south of Fort McMurray.

However, Blake said residents must shelter in place and be ready to evacuate again if necessary. About 200 residents of the Centennial Trailer Park remain on mandatory evacuation and another 500 people in the Gregoire ar-

ea were told to be ready to leave.

Blake and the fire chief pleaded with people to take personal responsibility to prevent fires because conditions are extreme.

“People, I’m asking for your appreciation of the danger and hazards that exist and to respect any sensible means, so please don’t light your backyard fires this week, you can see how dry the conditions are,” she said to reporters.

She also urged people not use ATVs or off-highway vehicles on the backyard trails and to stop flicking cigarette butts out of vehicle windows.

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With smoke from wildfires several kilometres away, Sarah Naugle walks her horse, Lady, on the grounds of Greely Road School in the Gregoire subdivision near the southern boundary of Fort McMurray on Monday. Aircraft dropping fire retardant are working with crews on the ground to protect homes from an uncontrolled wildfire close to the city.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

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Jumpstart, KidSport seeing ‘demand like never before’

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Two local organizations that provide financial assistance to children so they can participate in organized sports and other activities are seeing dramatic increases in their numbers of applicants.

The culprit is the recession Alberta has suffered through as world oil plummeted to rock bottom prices and many people directly or indirectly have lost their jobs or faced reduced work hours.

In the first quarter of this year, Jumpstart helped 464 children in its Red Deer chapter, almost five times the number when compared with 94 in the same quarter last year. In the same comparative time period, a total of $34,218 was disbursed in 2016 and $17,927 last year.

KidSport, which helped a total of 192 local children in all of 2015, has provided money to over 50 children so far this year, a pace that represents about a three-fold increase in applications. Registration for spring sports activities hasn’t even started yet, said Ashley Ferguson, chair of the Red Deer chapter.

Rob Hatch, chairman of the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities chapters in Cochrane and Calgary, and Alberta spokesman, said demand is up right across Alberta. He is seeing “demand like never before.”

Jumpstart provides funds through a number of community partners to help a child with costs of registration, equipment and even transportation, to a maximum of $600 per year.

Hatch said they are seeing more families that typically wouldn’t have accessed a program likes Jumpstart in the past. “Without question it is a growing need out there.”

Families can access the program through Jumpstart community partners, which include Red Deer Youth and Volunteer Centre foundations, City of Red Deer Recreation Parks and Culture, Fox Run School and Central Alberta Refugee Effort.

“There’s help out there and it can be very discreet and our community partners are incredible at maintaining and developing these relationships with the families,” Hatch said.

He said that funding for Jumpstart is stable and includes, among other sources, regular funding from Canadian Tire stores and public donations.

Given the KidSport numbers so far this year, Ferguson said her organization became quite concerned, so at their last board meeting it was decided to reduce the annual amount of funding per child from $250 to $200.

“We are on pace to set a phenomenal record for Red Deer.”

She said that as soon as they feel comfortable that they will have sufficient resources, they hope to boost the amount of individual assistance back up to $250.

Their funding comes from donations from local organizations or businesses, partnerships, and fundraisers. The local Kinsmen are providing $30,000 over three years to KidSport.

“Sports are more than just play. They help our children grow and develop and they teach social skills and life skills and how to be responsible and work together — all those kinds of things that they’re going to need in their adult lives and the workforce.

It’s just so important,” Ferguson said.

More information on the two groups is available online at kidsportcanada.ca and jumpstart.canadiantire.ca barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer Food Bank volunteer Camille Larin look through food donations collected on Saturday during the Mormon Helping Hands Community Food Drive.

Volunteers collect almost 6,000 kg of food during drive

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF About 5,888 kilograms of food was unloaded at the Red Deer Food Bank on Monday morning after another successful Mormon Helping Hands Community Food Drive.

Volunteers collected bags of food from residents on the south side of the city.

Fred Scaife, food bank executive director, said the food arrived at the perfect time.

“The way the demand was going, our shelves would have been stripped clean by the end of June.

With this, it gives us some breathing room,” Scaife said on Monday.

“It’s going to help us tremendously.”

Last year the spring food drive collected 6,383 ki-

MLA Jason Nixon said the plan is all about keeping long-term care beds in Sundre and keeping the entire hospital open.

He said the Health Minister has agreed to work on the plan with the community and the meeting will give people the opportunity to voice their opinions.

“Basically we want to make sure we get feedback and make sure the Hospital Futures Committee got it right,” Nixon said.

Local BRIEFS Sundre residents can learn about longterm care plan at meeting Sundre and area residents have an opportunity on Thursday to learn about a community plan to keep long-term care beds in Sundre.

The plan will be presented at a meeting at 7 p.m. at Sundre Community Centre.

The Hospital Futures Committee, made up of community members and health professionals, drew up the plan after Alberta Health Services announced it was closing the 15 long-term care beds at Sundre Hospital and Care Centre against the community’s wishes.

AHS said the beds would be replaced with 40 level-four supportive-living beds — the highest care level in supportive living — at Mountain View Seniors’ Housing opening this summer. Sundre hospital was to remain open with its 15 acute-care beds.

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Since the beginning of the year, the food bank has been giving out an average of 800 food hampers per month to serve 1,250 adults and 725 children.

Scaife expects to see even more people in the future because those who got laid off eight months ago will soon see their employment insurance payments come to an end.

“I have a very bad feeling about the next couple of months. It could be really difficult.”

The next big fundraiser for the food bank is the barbecue competition — Grillstock — presented by S&M Diesel and Mechanical and Zed 98.9. Only 15 backyard chefs will battle for prizes and trophies in the Parkland Mall parking lot on June 25. For more information go to www.zed989.com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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B.C. man charged with impaired driving death after fatal motorcycle collision A 30-year-old B.C. man has been charged with impaired driving causing death in connection with a fatal motorcycle collision last Friday.

The motorcyclist, a 47-year-old Sundre man, was fatally injured when his motorcycle was hit by a car on Hwy 27 about 11:40 p.m.

He was transported by STARS air ambulance to a Calgary hospital,where he later died of his injuries.

His name has not been released by Sundre RCMP. Police allege an eastbound car crossed into the westbound lane, colliding with the motorcycle about 15 km east of Sundre.

Sean Terrance Letwin, of Beaverdell, B.C. also faces charges of operating a motor vehicle causing death with a blood alcohol level above 0.08 and unauthorized operation of a motor vehicle.

Letwin has been released on bail with conditions.

He is scheduled to appear in Didsbury provincial court on May 16.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Conservatives leaders wary of new right-of-centre party

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s two conservative political leaders are not impressed by a convention that voted to look at forming a third right-centre party.

Brian Jean, leader of the Opposition Wildrose, says another party would only further fracture the movement.

“We want to see the conservative family come back, and we think the only reasonable option to form government in the next election is obviously the Wildrose party,” Jean said Monday.

“We think the formation of a third party is not helpful at all. It’s more difficult to get to one from three than it is from two.”

Ric McIver, interim leader for the Progressive Conservatives, said he wants more information about the weekend vote in Red Deer by about 400 right-centre supporters at an event titled “Alberta Can’t Wait.”

They want to form an unincorporated corporation to provide a “united alternative” to Premier Rachel Notley and her NDP government.

McIver agreed that on first glance the math doesn’t add up.

“If I was going to unite the right, I’m not sure I would be doing it by creating more parties on the right,” he said.

Various parties have been urging for some kind of reconciliation between the Wildrose and the PCs following last May’s election, in which the NDP won a majority government for the first time in Alberta history.

The linchpin to the victory was an historic breakthrough in Calgary where the party won 15 seats, but in 14 of those constituencies the combined totals of the Wildrose and PC candidates outpolled the NDP. That sparked speculation that consolidation on the right could reap political gain.

Some conservative commentators have said a united right is the only way to stop what they term economy-killing NDP initiatives that included higher taxes, a higher minimum wage and a carbon tax.

McIver said he expects the unite-the-right issue will come up this weekend in Red Deer when the

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Three-vehicle collision proves fatal for woman, two children DRIFTPILE — RCMP say a woman and two children have been killed in a collision that involved three vehicles in northern Alberta.

Mounties say an SUV struck a car on a bridge

Local BRIEFS Canadians mark National Emergency Preparedness Week Plan, prepare and be aware is the theme of National Emergency Preparedness Week, which is marked across Canada this week.

The City of Red Deer encourages all residents and families to follow three easy steps to prepare for emergencies including knowing the risks in your community, making an emergency plan for yourself and your family and obtaining a 72-hour emergency kit.

“People who are prepared for emergencies can be less reliant on first responders and other government and non-profit services when disasters occur,” said Karen Mann, the city’s Emergency Management co-ordinator.

“Preparedness does not have to be costly or take a lot of time. It can be done as a family in ways that are both fun and effective.”

The theme this year also aims to get residents thinking about how they can access timely, accurate information before, during and after an emergency event.

Monitoring the weather, understanding severe weather watches and warnings and downloading the Alberta Emergency Alert (AEA) app are all great ways to stay informed.

“Somebody once told me that Emergency Preparedness is a team sport,” said Mann. “You cannot create a strong, resilient community with one person. It is something we are all a part of and every resident, business and organization can play an important part.”

More information is available at www.reddeer. ca/getprepared.

RCMP hunting for suspects in armed robbery at ESSO station Red Deer RCMP are looking for two men who robbed an Esso gas station at knifepoint on Friday night.

Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at the Esso Station at 4745 32nd St. shortly after 10:30 p.m. on April 29.

One of the two men had a knife and demanded cash from the staff.

Witnesses say the two men headed north.

One suspect is described as being in his early 20s, 1.73 metres (five-foot-eight) tall with a medium build and spoke with an accent. He was wearing a black Ecko brand zip-up hoodie with Ecko Unltd. in white

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City council providing $200K for down payments for affordable housing

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Alberta Wildrose Leader Brian Jean walks through the crowd after being declared the official opposition in Fort McMurray. Alberta’s two conservative political leaders are not impressed by a weekend convention that voted to look at forming a third right-centre party.

Tories hold their first annual general meeting since their May 5 election loss.

“There’s nothing on the agenda, but there is some time when our members will get to go to the microphone and speak about what they want to speak about,” he said.

“A lot of people, and I’m one of them, wouldn’t be surprised if some of our members raised the future direction of conservative politics in Alberta, which I think is very important.

“Anything can happen.” near the Driftpile First Nation on Sunday before also hitting a van, which caught fire.

The 36-year-old driver of the van, a 12-year-old boy and an 11-month-old girl were killed.

A bystander was able to pull out a four-year-old girl, who was transported to the Edmonton Children’s Hospital for treatment of a broken bone.

The SUV’s 57-year-old woman driver — and lone occupant — was airlifted to an Edmonton hospital where she remains in serious, but stable condition.

Two 17-year-olds in the car were treated on the scene for minor injuries. lettering on the left front and a red and white Ecko Untld. rhinoceros logo on the back, and a white bandana over his face.

The second suspect, slimmer than the first, was also in his early 20s but did not speak with an accent.

He was 1.73 metres (five-foot-eight) tall.

He was wearing a black zip-up hoodie with a logo on the side of the hood, and a white and black patterned bandana over his face.

RCMP continue to investigate. If you recognize this man or have information about any of these crimes, please contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403343-5575.

If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www. tipsubmit.com.

B.C. woman killed in collision near Penhold on Saturday A 17-year-old B.C. woman is dead and her passenger is in critical condition in hospital following a Saturday night vehicle collision just east of Penhold.

Innisfail RCMP said a tow truck hauling another vehicle was travelling northbound on Range Road 273 and was attempting to turn west when it collided with a small eastbound SUV at about 10:50 p.m.

The 17-year-old driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. Her 19-year-old passenger was airlifted by STARS to a Calgary hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

Both are from Cremona.

Two men in the tow truck were not injured.

Penhold Fire Chief Jim Pendergast said volunteer firefighters from both Penhold and Innisfail responded. Firefighters had to cut the two teens out of their vehicle, which had significant front-end damage.

The tow truck ended up in the ditch and the car it was towing wound up on the road, said Pendergast.

The collision shut down the highway for several hours.

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The City of Lacombe has made another investment in affordable housing.

Council recently came to an agreement with Browood Developments to provide nearly $200,000 in down payment assistance to qualified applicants.

The initiative was recommended by the community’s Affordable Housing Steering Committee and will see 14 new affordable homes built — a four-plex and 10 units in a larger condominium project.

Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie said affordable housing was reinforced in a needs assessment done last year. A pool of money was available through a provincial grant earmarked for affordable housing that the city received some time ago. A steering committee was set up to work with developers and organizations such as Habitat for Humanity to fill in some of the local housing gaps.

“This project fits in perfectly with the initiative of affordable housing,” said Christie.

Browood Developments, which will be working with Broder Homes, submitted 33 potential affordable home candidates for the steering committee’s assessment. The committee whittled those down to 14, which will be built in the next two years.

The latest funding help, which comes from a provincial grant for housing the city lined up years ago, is aimed at those who have the income to support mortgage payments but are struggling to bankroll the initial down payment.

Successful applicants must have a before-tax family income of $45,000 to $90,000 and net assets of less than $50,000. They must have a credit score above 625 and meet certain debt servicing thresholds.

Under the financial plan, the money will be held in trust until successful applicants close their home deals. Should the home be sold within five years, 100 per cent of the down payment must be returned so it can be used for other home buyers.

A pro-rated portion must be returned in later years depending on how long the house has been owned.

The city has been taking an active role in tackling affordable housing. Last month, Lacombe donated $480,000 to cover the cost of land and about one-third of construction costs for a pair of duplexes being built by Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region Society.

The three-bedroom, two-storey units are being built with Ridgestone Homes in the Shepherd Heights area and will be ready in the summer 2017.

Two other Habitat for Humanity duplexes are nearing completion in the MacKenzie Ranch area of Lacombe. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com Guardian Emergency Medical Services were also on scene.

Police continue to investigate with the assistance of RCMP Collision Reconstruction. Charges are expected.

Man charged with murder to stand trial in November 2017 Family and friends of a man killed in Red Deer on Christmas Day will wait more than a year and a half to see a suspect brought to trial.

The body of Thomas Patrick Braconnier, 46, was found in the entry of a downtown business early in the morning of Dec. 25, 2015.

Police revealed on Dec. 20 that an autopsy performed the previous day confirmed that Braconnier was the victim of a homicide and appealed to the public for help identifying a suspect.

Red Deer City RCMP announced on Jan. 6 that Chad Alexander Kulba, 34, had been charged with murder and committing an indignity to human remains. Police alleged that there had been a scuffle during the arrest and that Kulba had attempted to disarm one of the members involved.

Police said in a statement issued at the time of his arrest that Kulba and Braconnier did know each other and were residents of the same building.

Kulba made his first court appearance on Jan. 11, via video feed from the Red Deer Remand Centre.

Represented by Red Deer defence counsel Andrew Phypers in a later court appearance, Kulba elected to stand trial by judge and jury in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench without the benefit of a preliminary hearing.

His case was returned to court on Monday for arraignments, during which a date for his trial was set.

The trial opens on Nov. 27, 2017, with two days of pre-trial applications to be heard before a jury is struck. Jury selection is scheduled for Nov. 29, 2017 with the trial scheduled to last a total of three weeks.

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Alberta proud and Alberta angry JIM SUTHERLAND OPINION

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am proud to have called this great province of Alberta home for my entire life and I will be happy to call it home for the rest of my life. Alberta was built by hard-working people who were willing to take huge risks to build our agriculture and oil-based economy into part of Canada’s financial cornerstones.

The process has allowed Alberta to contribute billions of dollars into an equalization fund so other unproductive regions of Canada can keep their financial heads above water. These days the oil industry has been hamstrung by low oil prices driven even lower because of a lack of access to Eastern Canada, the United States, and an oil-thirsty Asian market.

Eastern Canada has chosen to oppose the Energy East pipeline and now joins a growing list of blockades to Alberta’s domestic and foreign oil

market access. The West Coast was declared off-limits to oil tanker traffic soon after we got our new Prime Minister and Keystone XL died a long, painful and inexplicable death at the hands of the Obama administration.

Meanwhile the East Coast is allowed to welcome foreign oil from countries with questionable human rights and environmental records to their ports.

Now we have an NDP government in Alberta wherein most of their key players and advisers displayed no love for the oil industry during their time in the wilderness of left wing opposition to pipelines. Rachel Notley is now forced to defend the interests of an industry to which she has a fundamental conflict of interest based upon her party of choice-the same party that supported a complete shutdown of the oil industry at their recent national convention.

Notley attempted to distance herself from the Leap Manifesto, but she is still part of an intrinsically left wing political party that is no friend to the oil industry. She will impose a carbon tax in 2017 that was never mentioned during her 2015 campaign and she still has three more years to disrupt our stable power grid in pursuit of an un-

reliable and heavily subsidized green energy program.

These days the oil industry in Alberta has been painted as a bad guy.

For example, Notley’s comment last September about Alberta as an “embarrassing cousin” when it comes to environmental issues (despite the most stringent regulations in the world) does not bode well for our future in this province while under her administration.

The highly guarded approach to new pipelines by Prime Minister Trudeau is eerily familiar to Obama’s position and may also not bode well for Alberta, particularly when his senior adviser is Gerald Butts, an environmental activist and Trudeau’s university buddy from their days as English majors at McGill.

These are indeed not good times for Alberta’s oil industry, despite their vital link to the economy of the entire country, given the current political leadership at the federal and provincial level. The other major industry in this province is agriculture and the decision by Earl’s Restaurants to purchase their beef products from a U.S. source is another case of perception vs reality.

Cattle producers in Alberta have been singled out by Earl’s as less ethical than their American counterparts, despite the high standards already in place in this province. The idea that an American producer does a better job than Alberta producers is a slap in the face to our farmers and ranchers.

Ultimately the livestock from either source end up on a consumer’s plate and there is little difference about how they got there, despite the best efforts of Earl’s to give our producers a lecture on this subject.

Throw in another lecture about farm safety with the imposition of WCB regulations from the Notley regime and we have people who do not truly understand this province and want Alberta to apologize for our major industries.

These are not good days for Alberta, but the people who built and truly understand this province have been through bad times before and will prevail in the long run. Albertans are proud, tough people who will never apologize for the very reasons that make Alberta great.

Jim Sutherland is a local freelance writer.

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Senate owes Duffy money and should pay up TIM HARPER OPINION

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f Mike Duffy returns to his Senate seat this week, his arrival will not be heralded with an open landau and rose petals.

But if he marks his arrival with a request for repayment of his salary while he was under suspension, his Senate colleagues have two choices.

They can do the right thing and pay him back.

Or they can embarrass themselves again.

Yes, many Canadians will find the prospect of Duffy asking for a big fat cheque odious. In the court of public opinion, he is still seen as the king of feathered beds and padded expenses, but this is not about the man, it is about a principle.

Our Senate has had any number of low points in recent memory, but the 2013 circus that led to the suspension of Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Pamela Wallin was a gully of historic proportion.

Before we rush to judgment over a

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case of rushing to judgment, it is worth noting that Duffy has not even confirmed he will take back his office this week, although it is a safe bet he will at some point.

He has not argued for a return of his pay, although his lawyer Donald Bayne has set the stage for such a case, saying he would definitely seek to recoup two years’ salary if he was in the senator’s shoes.

But we don’t know whether Duffy is content to have won in the court (if not necessarily the court of public opinion), or whether his health or spirit is up for another fight, because this could mean a return to court.

It’s not known whether he would seek to rejoin the Conservative caucus and it is likely it wouldn’t have him back. But on CTV’s Question Period Sunday, Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos, the chair of the internal economy committee, made it clear that there would be “no appetite” to revisit the suspension and contemplate reimbursement in the Senate.

Bayne has argued that political figures should be given due process and Duffy was given that due process when Judge Charles Vaillancourt dismissed 31 criminal charges against him.

“It ought to cause those who rushed to judgment, acted like a political herd in the Senate, to the great discredit

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of the Senate, (to) give real second thought in how they behaved in this,” he said.

The Senate will argue it is the master of its own house and it sets its own rules — though Vaillancourt often searched in vain for such rules and oversight.

It maintains it had the right to impose its own discipline and that expense abuse that falls short of criminality is expense abuse regardless.

Looking back to October 2013, the haste to rid itself of the trio was described this way in this column: “For three days, a chamber that bills itself as the home of sober second thought stumbled along like a drunk brandishing a knife, seemingly intent on a public execution that ignores every Canadian tradition of due process or rule of law.”

It was not unanimous. Former senator Hugh Segal argued the tougher the penalty, the greater the need for due process. “Due process is not a speech made under duress in a star chamber,” he said.

Conservative Sen. Don Plett said the move to suspend was political and he believed in due process.

This is not a bid to canonize Duffy.

The Senate has tightened its spending rules, everything from requirements that residency be proved annually to

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requiring receipts for cab fares under $30, but Duffy is no poster boy for reform.

He raised so many red flags, the Senate had no choice but to try to clean house and the government leader of the day, Marjorie LeBreton, referred the matter to auditor general Michael Ferguson who found more than $1 million in questionable expenses.

That was reduced under a review by retired Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie and, while every sitting senator has reimbursed the public purse, the Senate has gone to the courts to recover some $500,000 from retired senators.

Duffy returns to a more independent place. Some have come to that status by choice. Liberals were sent there by dictate from their leader.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed the first waves of so-called “independent” senators, including a government representative in Peter Harder.

The Senate would like to turn the page on this debacle.

But the book is not finished until the lack of due process is at least officially acknowledged, whether pay is reimbursed or not.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

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Holistic care for cancer patients coming to region

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Fire engulfs a Canadian National Railway bridge on the outskirts of Mayerthorpe in this image provide by the Town of Mayerthorpe. A firefighter who battled the flames that destroyed a railway trestle bridge northwest of Edmonton last week has now been charged with setting the fire, as well as others in and around his community.

Training, money, fame behind ‘firefighter arson’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Sometimes it’s for the thrill, sometimes it’s so they can be a hero.

There are several cases of firefighters who start fires, a phenomenon officially called “firefighter arson.”

Kevin Wedick, an Edmonton private fire investigator with the consulting firm Origin and Cause, says that of the cases he’s seen in Alberta, most involve volunteer firefighters from small, rural departments.

“Some of these fellows want the excitement,” Wedick says. “They want to roll out there with the sirens and go on a call.”

In addition to an adrenaline rush, they may also be motivated by financial gain, he says, since fighting a fire as a volunteer also means getting a paycheque.

A 2003 report by the United States Fire Administration calls firefighter arson a rare but serious problem.

“Their main reason for lighting the fire is so they can appear as a hero, either by being the first to spot the flames, or by rescuing people and saving property,” says the report.

Other reasons cited in the report were to earn extra money and practise their skills.

As an example, the report mentions a firefighter in North Carolina who would set fire to an occupied house, then return to the scene and rescue the family inside.

Last weekend, a volunteer firefighter in Mayerthorpe, Alta., was charged with 18 counts of arson following a recent rash of fires in the area northwest of Edmonton.

RCMP have said one of the fires included a blaze that engulfed a wooden train trestle and forced the evacuation of a high school and mobile home park.

Michael Schalm, 19, who joined the community’s fire department as a junior member when he was 15, is to appear in court on Wednesday. The allegations have not been proven and he has not yet entered a plea.

Central Albertans are taking the next step to develop a Wellspring support centre to provide free holistic care to cancer patients and their families.

On May 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., the public is invited to a lunch meeting at Bukwildz, at 4715 Lakeshore Dr. in Sylvan Lake, where the CEO of Wellspring, Christina Smith, will discuss an interim affiliation agreement with local organizers.

Last year Light Haven Wellness Retreat Society was formed to work towards becoming a Wellspring affiliate to provide services to help meet the social, emotional, physical and spiritual needs of people with any type of cancer and for any age.

“Through cancer patients and their families we have seen over and over again there is a need. There is a gap in services because we deal with the person, not with the disease,” said Debbie Oostindie, chair of Light Haven Wellness Retreat Society, on Monday.

Wellspring is a network of seven community-based support centres in Southern Ontario and Alberta. The non-profit centres give people the opportunity to talk with others who have been through cancer and access to experts to deal with issues like stress management, health restoration, fear and isolation and transitioning back into the workforce.

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Annual General Meeting May 17, 2016 at 7pm Guest Speaker,

‘Drug-fuelled grieving monster’ jailed eight years for crime spree

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF An Eckville man who describes himself as a “drug-fuelled grieving monster” has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for a string of crimes that ended in a dangerous takedown on Feb. 1.

Charged with 79 offences and facing up to 10 years in prison, Nelson Ryan Gomes, 29, accepted a judge’s recommendation and had duty counsel help him enter his guilty pleas in Red Deer provincial court on Monday.

Duty counsel Murray shack worked with Gomes and Crown prosecutor Ann MacDonald to pare down the list, leaving Gomes to enter guilty pleas on 29 of the charges, including those arising from a robbery and police chase through three counties last summer and finishing off with a one-day crime spree in Red Deer on Feb. 1 The first offence was a drug offence laid by police conducting a traffic stop in Red Deer on June 12, 2015. The investigating officer found 42 fentanyl tablets in Gomes’s pocket and 3.9 g of methamphetamine in the console of the truck he had been driv-

ing.

He was charged with simple possession of illegal drugs and later released. Gomes got into trouble again on June 23, when he gave a false name to Sylvan Lake police during a traffic stop.

Then, on Aug. 20, police raided his home in a rural area outside of Rocky Mountain House and seized a variety of stolen goods, including rifles, shotguns, a crossbow and a generator.

Gomes was granted bail on those charges and had not been out of jail for six days when he struck again. MacDonald said his next group of offences arose from a planned robbery at the GTI gas station at Alhambra Corner on Hwy 11, about 20 km east of Rocky Mountain House.

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Alberta BRIEFS RCMP changes ‘outdated’ recruitment process REGINA — The RCMP is changing how it recruits new members after being told that the process was “too long, inflexible and outdated.”

One of the changes will allow people with permanent resident status, who have lived in Canada for the last 10 years, to apply.

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CANCER: Centre could open in 2018 The Central Alberta centre, to be located in Red Deer, would offer services like yoga, meditation, dietary workshops, counselling, cancer information sessions and support groups.

A Wellspring chapter opened in Calgary in 2007 and an Edmonton centre will be opening in the fall.

Oostindie said the Central Alberta centre would likely open in 2018 in a rented facility to start.

The society will be working to raise $600,000 through fundraising, donations and sponsorship to cover operational costs for three years.

Currently Light Haven Wellness Retreat Society has about 15 to 20 members from Sylvan Lake, Red Deer, Red Deer County and Lacombe.

“Some are cancer patients and survivors of cancer. A lot have had cancer in their family,” said Oostindie, who is a cancer survivor.

Society meetings are held the first

Physical abilities will no longer be tested as part of the application process and that evaluation will now be assessed at the RCMP training academy in Regina.

Under the new rules, applicants from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba will also be able to select their home province for their first post after graduation.

The force says in a news release that the move will help it stay competitive and build a diverse workforce, but also that standards won’t be compromised.

The RCMP said it will not do interviews on the changes.

“We will not be providing any interviews on the modernization of the recruitment process,” Annie Delisle, media relations officer for the RCMP, said in an email.

“We invite you to submit questions

in writing if you need any details from the news release.”

Province to help parents with babies needing formula EDMONTON — The Alberta government is providing partial coverage to help parents pay for costly formula when their babies can’t tolerate breast milk or regular formula.

Neocate infant formula is designed for children with serious gastrointestinal and other medical conditions and costs an average of $690 a month.

Starting this month, the province will help cover the cost for families who apply and have a prescription for Neocate from a pediatrician, a neonatologist or a pediatric gastroenterologist.

Eligible families will pay a monthly

Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Sylvan Lake Royal Canadian Legion, 4916 50th Ave. She said the society is looking for more volunteers and also intend to hold some of their meetings in Red Deer in the future.

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arrest on Feb. 3 after a series of crimes that ended with his arrest following a police pursuit.

Gomes pleaded guilty to charges including possession of narcotics, robbery, illegal possession of stolen firearms, illegal possession of a stolen crossbow, unsafe storage of firearms, wearing a mask to commit an offence, flight from police, possession of stolen vehicles, obstructing police, theft and various breaches of release conditions.

MacDonald asked for a sentence of seven to 10 years. Shack said the recommendations was appropriate, but asked that the judge look at the lower range, with 305 days of credit for the time Gomes has spent in custody since his first arrest last summer.

Invited to address the court, Gomes read a statement written in block letters on lined note paper. He apologized to the court and his victims, saying he accepts full responsibility for his actions. Gomes then described how he had been a troubled teen who became a responsible adult and father of two small boys, until run off the rails by a family trauma.

“My little sister Jennifer died of a seizure and it sparked a piece of me I did not know existed,” said Gomes.

“The death of Jennifer turned me into a drug-fuelled, grieving monster looking for any excuse or means of ne-

GOMES: Arrested after police chase Wearing a mask over his face, Gomes waited until staff were preoccupied with shutting down for the night, and then took out a knife to cut the cords to the till. There was a commotion at the till and terrified staff yelled out as Gomes ran out the door and sped down Hwy 11 toward Red Deer, bearing the damaged till and nearly $1,400 in cash.

He was granted release again after a bail review on Dec. 17, but caught attention again when his ID was found inside a pickup truck that had been reported stolen and found abandoned.

The saga culminated with Gomes’s

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A co-payment of $25 a prescription will also be required.

Families must apply for the government’s non-group coverage to be eligible.

Calgary police recover ammunition lost by officer Calgary police say they have found a gun magazine and ammunition that fell from an officer’s belt.

They say the officer was working on Thursday in a district that includes all communities south of Fish Creek Park.

He noticed one of the magazine carriers on his belt was open and the loaded magazine had fallen out.

The magazine and ammunition was found at the district office on Monday. glecting my life as a whole to mask the pain I truly had no idea how to cope with.”

Gomes said he recognizes that he needs help and is willing to take counselling to get his life back in order.

Judge Jim Hunter described Gomes’s last night on the streets as a crime spree, stating that the robberies alone could net a sentence of life in prison.

“The sheer volume of offenses is almost staggering,” said Hunter, who also acknowledged Gomes’s guilty pleas and his willingness to take responsibility for his actions.

“For a number of years, you proved that you can be a productive member of society and I hope that you can get back to that.”

He passed a global sentence of eight years and two weeks, minus 305 days of credit for time already served, with a recommendation at Gomes’s request that the sentence be served at the Bowden Institution.

Hunter banned Gomes from possessing all firearms for 10 years and banned him for life from owning restricted or prohibited weapons. He also ordered that Gomes provide a sample of his DNA for the National DNA Databank. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Notley reflects on year since election victory

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Premier Rachel Notley and her NDP government blow out the candle this week on the oneyear anniversary of an historic election win followed by a year of change Alberta has not seen in a generation.

In 12 months, Notley has laid the foundation to fundamentally remake the economy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the identity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of her province at a time when it has been knocked to the canvas by low oil prices.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a blueprint of bold measures underwritten by mammoth debt.

Notley says the enormity of the plan hits her at times, perhaps when sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out for a run or is recounting the bullet points while vetting a speech. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I have just a teeny bit of downtime, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll think to myself, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is good. This is something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be proud of for the rest of my life.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good way to think about the work that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel very confident that it was the right decision. I really do.â&#x20AC;?

The plan is to come out the other side with a greener economy, higher oil prices via a pipeline to a coast, more knowledge-based industries, better care for seniors, better lives for those on minimum wage, improved health care and enough schools so that kids arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stacked up like cordwood in portables.

If it fails â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or gets cut off at the knees should the NDP lose the next election â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it becomes a quixotic lost cause smoldering in $58 billion worth of debt in a province that virtually owed nobody anything a decade ago.

The last year has been an exercise in running, limping, and sometimes falling headlong into a ditch for Notley and government members, most of whom are strong on politics and public service, but green on governing.

It has been a vertiginously steep learning curve for all Albertans.

The night of May 5, 2015, saw the first change of provincial government

TIMELINE Here are some key events for the NDP government in the year since the election: May 22: Member of the legislature Deborah Drever is suspended from caucus after social media posts surface containing violent sexual imagery and a homophobic slur. Drever is among a cast of students, newbies and young ambitious leaders who won seats for the NDP and who will bring change to the chamber.

May 24: Notley and her government are sworn in on the sun-dappled steps of the legislature to the cheers of thousands. Notley introduces a lean cabinet of 12 ministers. That number will grow to 19 within nine months.

June 15: The NDP begins remaking Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political and economic landscape in its first legislature sitting by increasing taxes on higher-income earners, raising the corporate tax and banning political donations by corporations and unions.

Sept 3: The honeymoon is over for the NDP in Calgary, where it made unprecedented breakthroughs in the general election. A Wildrose party candidate wins a byelection to replace Prentice. About six months later, in another Calgary byelection, another Tory wins to replace Conservative Manmeet Bhullar, who died in a car crash.

Oct 27: The NDP brings in its first budget as a prolonged slump in oil prices continues to hammer Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bottom line. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says infrastructure spending will be ramped up, despite the slump and a $6.1-billion deficit.

Nov 22: Notley and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips introduce a climate-change plan to erase Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation for â&#x20AC;&#x153;dirty oil.â&#x20AC;?

Dec 10: Despite vocal public backlash, the NDP passes a farm safety bill that gives compensation benefits to paid farm workers and puts them under health-and-safety rules. Oppo-

in almost 44 years. More than 50 NDPers were elected and premier Jim Prentice and his Progressive Conservatives fell to third-party status.

The NDP inherited a flatlining economy as oil prices hit rock bottom and sucked billions of dollars out of the bottom line.

Opponents urged Notley to go the route that Ralph Klein did in the 1990s: cut back on services, reduce the

nents fear the red tape will destroy the viability of farm operations and kill the family farm.

Jan 29, 2016: Notley announces that a royalty rate review has determined that what the government collects from oilsands operations is fair and will remain in place. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a surprising decision, since the NDP in opposition railed against the PC government for giving away its black gold resources at fire-sale prices. Notley says the industry has changed.

March 9: The spring legislature session opens to what the Opposition Wildrose calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;a gong show.â&#x20AC;? The NDP caucus pushes past pages to take part in what would have been an illegal vote. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one example of the NDP and new Speaker Bob Wanner learning the ropes.

NDP member Michael Connolly flips the middle finger to the Wildrose in debate, but denies it until caught red-handed. PC interim leader Ric McIver is tossed out of the house after accusing Wanner of prejudging a decision against him.

April 14: Finance Minister Joe Ceci announces a 2016-17 budget with a $10.4-billion deficit and forecasts another $10.1 billion deficit the year after. Total debt of almost $58 billion expected by 2019. There is no plan to balance the books before 2024. Notley says later that despite low oil prices, the province needs to move ahead to restructure, diversify and green the economy and get off the oil price roller-coaster.

April 24: Notley pitches the need for more pipelines to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet during a federal retreat in Kananaskis, Alta. Pipelines have become Notleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idee fixe. She has spent her first year stumping relentlessly on the need for a line to the coast to get better prices abroad. She says given Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s critical role in the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy, the province needs Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help.

red ink and wait for oil prices to recover.

Instead, the NDP ramped up infrastructure spending to $34 billion over five years, increased taxes on wealthier Albertans, boosted the corporate income tax and announced a plan to boost the minimum wage by almost a third to $15 an hour by 2018.

The centrepiece came in November: a climate-change plan that will

impose a broad-based carbon tax on heating and gasoline to pay for green initiatives as Alberta caps emissions on oilsands and phases out coal-fired electricity.

Meanwhile, the caucus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a mix of teachers, nurses, executives and twenty-somethings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; learned myriad mysteries of power.

It was a bumpy road at times.

The government raised fears it was trying to bust up traditional farm life when it botched the communications plan for new farm safety legislation.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a lot of anger and threats directed toward Notley and her cabinet members. Police laid charges when one caller phoned the office of Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and allegedly threatened to shoot everyone over the carbon tax.

The caucus had to figure out the house. In one instance, when it appeared the New Democrats were going to lose a minor but embarrassing vote, they illegally entered the chamber after voting began, forcing a rare do-over.

Debate in the house has been less about debate and more a call and response dirge of Armageddon.

Almost daily, Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean updates the number of oilpatch layoffs and condemns the NDP plan as an engraved invitation for investors to move out.

Notley in response labels the Wildrose plan as a clarion call for cuts that would lay cataclysmic waste to health care and education.

She said she follows the debate and the criticism, but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t internalize it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even before I ran as premier, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been of the view that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read your own press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ground yourself in what you think is the right thing to do, and the merits of your decision-making and your research and your analysis, and move forward on that basis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need to have the courage of your own convictions, not the courage of what other people are saying about you.â&#x20AC;?

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PQ leader pulls plug PIERRE KARL PELADEAU CHOSES FAMILY OVER POLITICS MONTREAL — Pierre Karl Peladeau, chosen by Quebec sovereigntists last year to lead them to independence, stunned the Canadian political class Monday by quitting — a move that leaves the Parti Quebecois looking for yet another leader.

Peladeau, 54, who was elected PQ leader last May 15, told a news conference he had chosen his family over politics.

“I am forced to make a choice, an agonizing choice, between my family and my political project, our political project, which is shared by so many people,” he said as he fought back tears.

“I have chosen my family.”

He offered no other details during the five-minute televised statement, which came one day after an immensely popular television talk show broadcast an interview with his ex-partner.

Peladeau and Julie Snyder — an

actress and television producer who rivals Peladeau’s high-profile status in the province — are in divorce mediation, just several months after their lavish wedding last August and their separation in January.

Snyder said their two children, aged seven and 10, are often told in public school not to fight, not to intimidate others and to “learn to negotiate.”

PIERRE KARL “I hope we PELADEAU can be a good example for our kids,” Snyder said.

Peladeau echoed those words during his resignation speech.

“I am making this decision for the well-being of my children,” he said. “I

Ambrose rules out running for Tory leadership

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Thanks, but no thanks — that’s interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose’s reaction to a nascent campaign seeking to allow her to run for permanent leadership of the party.

A small group of Tory MPs launched a drive last week to open the party’s constitution to change the rules that prevent interim leaders from seeking the top job, a move designed specifically to encourage Ambrose to RONA AMBROSE run.

But her spokesman said it’s not in the cards.

“Rona is obviously happy to be receiving support for the work she’s been doing as interim leader because it shows that the team is on the right track,” Mike Storeshaw said.

“But her decision on the permanent leadership was made a long time ago, and it hasn’t changed and won’t change. She’s not going to be a candidate for it.”

The party’s constitution prohibits an interim leader from becoming a candidate in the leadership process.

To change the rules requires 100 delegates from 100 ridings to sign a petition, and that’s just the first step.

From there, the issue would be dis-

cussed at the upcoming Conservative policy convention in Vancouver and if it made it out of a constitutional review, the broader convention would need to vote and approve the change.

Tory MP Scott Reid, who is among those leading the effort to draft Ambrose, said the group believes she is best placed to continue to oppose the Liberal government and to eventually take the reins of government altogether.

Ambrose wasn’t told about it so no one would question her motives when she sought interim leadership last fall, he said.

No one doubts that when she ran for that job she didn’t want the full-time position, but Reid said he and others believe she should change her mind.

“We have to convince her this is the right thing to do,” he said.

Reid’s office said the group will continue collecting signatures until they hear from Ambrose directly.

The campaign launch appeared to catch many Tory MPs off guard, including several considering their own run.

Quebec Tory MP Maxime Bernier, who has officially registered to run for the permanent leadership, said Ambrose has the support of caucus — as interim leader.

“The rules of the game are there and I don’t think it’s time to change it,” he said.

To date, only two people have formally registered in the race — Bernier and Ontario MP Kellie Leitch. MP Michael Chong is expected to declare his candidacy ahead of the May policy convention. Others thinking about a run include MPs Tony Clement, Jason Kenney and Lisa Raitt.

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Peladeau was elected last May with 57.6 per cent of the vote in the race to succeed Pauline Marois.

When Marois introduced Peladeau as a star candidate in the 2014 election the PQ would eventually lose, he famously raised his fist, declared his intent to create a country and then quickly witnessed the party drop in the polls.

He was criticized for coming out too strongly in favour of independence, a sensitive and divisive subject in the province.

Peladeau remained undeterred on the topic, however, and his first comment when he was announced as the new leader was that he would settle for nothing less than an independent Quebec.

Much of the leadership campaign and the past year focused on his steadfast refusal to sell his shares in Quebecor Inc. (TSX:QBR.B), the media and telecommunications conglomerate in which he remains the controlling

Canada BRIEFS Canada to join anti-torture protocol after years of delay OTTAWA — Canada is prepared to join a key United Nations anti-torture agreement more than a decade after it was first passed.

The UN’s optional protocol to the convention against torture allows for the establishment of national and international systems for inspecting detention centres where torture often takes place in secrecy.

It was first approved by the world body in 2002.

Although dozens of countries have signed on, Canada has not ratified the protocol. The Harper government twice promised to do so, but never did.

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Rival politicians took turns criticizing Peladeau’s decision to want to be premier while keeping his shares in a media company that owns much of the province’s cellphone and cable industry and controls a large amount of what Quebecers see on TV and online.

Quebecor released a statement shortly after Monday’s announcement, stating “we extend our friendship and support under the circumstances.”

Premier Philippe Couillard said he “understood completely what Mr. Peladeau is living. The well-being of our families, our children, is what we value most.”

The focus will now turn to Peladeau’s replacement at the helm of the party, with former cabinet ministers Alexandre Cloutier and Martine Ouellet likely to be among the candidates.

They finished second and third respectively in last year’s race.

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Prince Harry greets a girl outside Queen’s Park in Toronto, Monday, during his visit to promote the 2017 Invictus Games.

Prince launches countdown to 2017 games in Toronto

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TORONTO — Prince Harry launched the official countdown to the 2017 Invictus Games on Monday, promising that the Toronto edition of the Olympic-style sporting event honouring wounded, injured and sick troops would be its biggest yet.

About 600 participants from 16 nations are expected to compete in the event, which is the 31-year-old royal’s brainchild.

“This city will become the focal point for hundreds of men and women who use the pull of Invictus glory to motivate their recovery from physical and mental injuries,” Harry told a gathering of servicemen at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel.

“And Toronto will take on responsibility for a competition that has the power to inspire millions of people around the world and to remind us all of the amazing contribution that our servicemen, women and veterans make.”

Harry said the desire to found the games took root in 2008 while he was serving as an officer in Afghanistan.

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lines after his presence in the war-torn region was leaked to the media, potentially endangering the soldiers serving alongside him, he said.

As he was flying home, burdened by a sense of guilt for abandoning his fellow troops, Harry said he had an experience that reminded him that battles were not always confined to the war zone.

“Once in the air, I stuck my head through the curtain to see three British soldiers, really young lads, younger than me at the time, laid out on stretchers in induced comas. All three wrapped in plastic, missing limbs, with tubes coming out of them everywhere,” he said.

“This visceral image was something I’d never prepared myself for and only heard of. It struck me that this flight was just one of many carrying home men and women whose lives would be changed forever.”

Harry said sport is a valuable outlet for soldiers trying to recover from their injuries. Smaller competitions playing out in front of meagre audi-

ences inspired him to create a global platform for troops to showcase their athletic accomplishments, and for spectators to be inspired by their achievements, he said.

Harry was also joined at the event by a number of dignitaries including Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Showing a picture of his grandfather who served during the Second World War, Trudeau said Canada was committed to honouring soldiers during their time on and off the battlefield.

“These individuals, as the name Invictus suggests, are unconquerable,” he said. “And this event shines a spotlight on their unwavering strength of character.”

Later in the day, Prince Harry and Trudeau traded their formal suits into more relaxed attire when they attended a sledge hockey exhibition game at Ryerson University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre. While there, the royal explained why the sport will be part of the games for the first time next year.

“This is Canada, everything happens on ice, doesn’t it?” Harry quipped, drawing laughter and applause from the crowd.

Court reverses refusal to delay trial in Todd case

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A Dutch trial has been pushed back again for a man charged with child pornography and extortion involving 39 people and who is implicated in the suicide of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd.

The court had pledged to forge ahead on Friday, saying any further delays would be difficult on the alleged victims.

Instead, Aydin Coban’s case will go to trial in the Netherlands sometime after the summer, said Elsbeth Kleibeuker, a spokeswoman for the National Prosecutor’s Service.

Coban’s current counsel, Robert Malewicz, quit on Friday when the Amsterdam court refused to grant him additional time to ready his defence.

The court recanted that decision on

Monday.

“If you give a lawyer one month to prepare himself for this whole case, which includes 25,000 pages (of documents), what would you expect?” said Coban’s previous lawyer, Christian van Dijk, who still follows the proceedings closely.

“Coban has the right to have AMANDA TODD a fair trial and you cannot have a fair trial without a lawyer.”

None of the allegations against him have been proven in court.

Coban also faces extradition to Canada on five charges connected to Todd, who killed herself in October 2012 after being bullied over nude photos posted through social media by an online harasser.

It’s uncertain how the delay will affect timing of the extradition hearing, which is scheduled to begin June 14.

But Justice Department spokesman Andrew Gowing said in an email that an extradition order, if granted, would not be executed before the criminal trial in the Netherlands concluded.

Canada’s interests are being represented by the Dutch government, as per the countries’ extradition treaty, he added.

“The time it takes to complete the extradition process varies greatly depending on the details of each case,” Gowing said.

OTTAWA — The first person to obtain a legally sanctioned, medically assisted death in Canada, outside Quebec, still didn’t get her wish to die peacefully at home.

Even though she had a judge’s approval, Hanne Schafer could not find a doctor in her hometown of Calgary to help her die.

Consequently, her husband, Daniel Laurin, says they had to fly to Vancouver, where two doctors agreed to help Schafer end her suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which had robbed her of mobility, speech and the ability to do anything for herself, including eat.

Moreover, Laurin says the lethal drug combination injected into Schafer had to be ordered from Switzerland because a local pharmacist could not be found who would provide the drugs.

Schafer’s experience underscores the difficulty in ensuring that Canadians who are legally eligible for medical assistance in dying will actually be able to get it.

The federal government has proposed a new law governing assisted dying which does not compel medical practitioners to participate the government intends to work with the provinces to set up a network of those who are willing to help people die. “(Hanne) shouldn’t have had to go through all that stuff,” Laurin said Monday. “She wanted to die here in her own house … She was comfortable here. She was happy here.”

The Supreme Court struck down the ban on medically assisted dying last year but gave the federal government a year — later extended to June 6 — to craft a new law that recognizes the right to assisted death for clearly consenting adults with “grievous and irremediable” medical conditions who are enduring physical or mental suffering that they find intolerable.

Until a new law is in place, the top court decided in January to allow court-ordered exemptions for people who met its criteria.

Schafer, a 56-year-old psychologist, died in early March after receiving the first exemption outside Quebec, the only province with its own law on assisted dying.

The federal government last month introduced a bill that takes a more restrictive approach than the Supreme Court. It would require a person to be a consenting adult, at least 18 years of age, in “an advanced stage of irreversible decline” from a serious and incurable disease, illness or disability and for whom a natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.”

Laurin said he’s not sure whether his wife would have qualified for an assisted death under the proposed law since it was not clear how close she was to death. Her doctors thought she had six months but she could have lived another five years, he said.

Gary Bauslaugh, author of a book on 42 Canadians who’ve sought the right to a medically assisted death since 1941, has analysed the circumstances of each of those individual’s medical condition. Of the 35 for whom he had enough information to make a realistic assessment, Bauslaugh said he believes 28 of them — 80 per cent — would not have been eligible for an assisted death under the new law.

In his opinion, that includes ALS sufferer Sue Rodriguez, who unsuccessfully took her fight for an assisted death all the way to the Supreme Court in 1993.

“Her death wasn’t imminent,” Bauslaugh said in an interview. “She was just about to be paralysed and trapped in her body.”

Vancouver bylaws close 22 pot shops, but many owners vow to fight rules

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Vancouver’s crackdown on unlicensed medical marijuana dispensaries has begun, with bylaw inspectors issuing 44 tickets to date and confirming that 22 stores have already closed.

But many owners are refusing to shut their doors and are mulling legal action, while others are refocusing their business efforts on cities without regulations including Toronto.

“It’s absurd that these businesses that have laid the groundwork for access and legalization are being punished and shut down when they do no harm,” said cannabis activist Jodie Emery.

“A lot of Vancouver dispensary owners in the last year have set up plans to move to other jurisdictions like Toronto because the regulations here are too restrictive.”

Vancouver became the first city in Canada to develop regulations for medical marijuana businesses last year. Dozens of stores have opened in Toronto in the past few months alone.

But Vancouver refused to grant licences to 140 stores that violated certain rules including being too close to

schools. Seven businesses have been issued permits and 13 applications are under review.

Bylaw inspectors began heavily enforcing the rules on Saturday. Twenty-three stores were ticketed over the weekend, bringing the total number of tickets issued so far to 44.

Andreea Toma, the city’s chief licensing inspector, said in an interview on Monday that stores that continue to operate without a licence will face a $250 fine for every day they stay open.

Staff will continue enforcement this week while compiling the necessary information to take legal action against locations that flout city rules, she said.

The city’s legal options include bylaw prosecutions that can result in a $10,000 fine or seeking court injunctions to order dispensaries to close, Toma said.

“These are the tools that we have.

We’re not coming up with anything new,” she said. “We’re being fair and consistent. This is what we do with all other businesses.”

Some dispensary operators are considering lawsuits to challenge what they say are overly restrictive and unfair regulations.

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A board showing different products for sale at The Dispensary, a medical marijuana dispensary, is shown in Vancouver. Vancouver’s crackdown on unlicensed medical marijuana dispensaries has begun, with bylaw inspectors issuing 44 tickets to date and confirming that 22 stores have already closed.

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Duffy back on Parliament Hill

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — For the first time in more than two years, Sen. Mike Duffy returned to Parliament Hill on Monday after the end of his long-running legal odyssey.

Much as he has done since his trial began last year, Duffy stayed mum as he passed through the Senate doors to the Centre Block, adding to the suspense for Tuesday’s Senate sitting when he can take his seat in the upper chamber — and say whatever he wants under the blanket of parliamentary privilege.

Duffy’s return to the Hill comes less than two weeks after his marathon trial ended in a sensational acquittal on all 31 fraud, breach of trust and bribery charges he’d been facing.

Duffy was suspended from the Senate over his expense troubles, but the suspension was lifted when Parliament was dissolved last summer in anticipation of the 2015 federal election.

His case marks the first time that a senator has been charged, tried and acquitted, paving the way for questions about whether the Senate jumped the gun on stripping Duffy of his salary before due process had been allowed to run its course Duffy lost out on more than $250,000 in salary during his suspension — money that his lawyer has argued Duffy should be paid after his acquittal.

His former Conservative colleague Sen. Linda Frum disagreed Monday.

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Senator Mike Duffy returns to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday.

“The Senate made a decision about his salary it was part of a sanctions process against Sen. Duffy, and that sanctions process took place, and that’s the end of that story,” said Frum, who was one of those who voted in support of the suspension.

Nonetheless, he has “every right to be here,” she said, adding, “I hope

he’ll devote himself to his job with a kind of integrity that perhaps was missing in the past.”

Duffy getting his salary or pension back would require a motion to the Senate, which could be moved by any senator, himself included. The Senate as a whole would have to vote on the motion, just as it did on the vote to

Crown opens case seeking ‘high-risk’ designation for dad who killed kids

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The Crown will argue that a mentally ill British Columbia man who killed his three children has a decades-long history of violence, a court has heard.

Prosecutors opened their case Monday in B.C. Supreme Court seeking a “high-risk accused” designation for Allan Schoenborn, 48, who was found not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder for the April 2008 slayings.

It is the most high-profile case of its kind in Canada involving the designation created by the former Conservative government. Former prime minister Stephen Harper announced the change with the family of Schoenborn’s victims in February 2013, but mental health experts said its treatment approach isn’t based on science and doesn’t increase public safety.

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Schoenborn stabbed his 10-year-old daughter Kaitlynne and smothered his two sons Max and Cordon, eight and five, at their Merritt, B.C., mobile home.

Lawyer Wendy Dawson told a judge Monday that the killings were so brutal that they indicate Schoenborn presents a serious risk of physical and psychological harm to others.

“We also intend to prove there is a substantial likelihood that Allan Schoenborn will use violence that could endanger the life or safety of another person because he has been a violent person in excess of 30 years,” Dawson said.

Schoenborn has received “fairly extensive” treatment while he has lived at the secure Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in suburban Vancouver, but his anger management problems have persisted, she told the court.

Dawson plans to submit records of at least 85 acts of aggression, including

about four episodes of physical aggression against other patients and staff.

“Schoenborn has shown that he is unable to control his aggression and violent tendencies.”

The new high-risk accused designation in the Criminal Code includes provisions that can stop almost all of a person’s absences from a psychiatric hospital and has the potential to extend annual review hearings to once every three years.

The label could only be reversed by a new court order.

The trial is expected to last three weeks and will review much of the evidence heard during Schoenborn’s original trial in 2009. It comes just ahead of his annual B.C. Review Board hearing in late May, where an independent tribunal will assess his risk to the community and make any necessary changes to his treatment plan.

rescue performed a thorough search of the area.

An autopsy conducted by the Medical Examiner’s office in Calgary confirmed the remains are human but additional testing is required to determine the age, gender and identity of the deceased.

First Nations leader known as ‘The General’ dies at 76

Human remains found on farm near Brooks

Authorities in Nepal arrested Canadian man over ‘provocative’ tweets

BROOKS — Members of the Brooks RCMP detachment have launched an investigation after a local rancher made a grisly discovery on his property.

On the evening of April 28, officers responded to the farm, located approximately 10 kilometres west of Brooks city limits, after the rancher found human remains while tending to his cattle.

The RCMP forensic unit and police dog services processed the scene and members of Medicine Hat search and

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Canadian man has been arrested in Nepal for his alleged provocative posts on Twitter against social harmony.

The Kathmandu Post online edition reported Monday that a team of Nepal police arrested Robert Penner in the southern district of Lalitpur on the request of Immigration Department.

Lalitpur district police chief Pitambar Adhikari said Penner was arrested after complaints were filed that he posted tweets that would incite social discord.

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open up after the second intermission. Live bands such as Brett Kissel, St. James Gate, 9 Second Ride and comedian Kelly Taylor and the Mud Men will take the stage every night. A cover charge applies to see Bradley Abel Band and Clayton Bellany Band on May 26 and See Alice and Finger Eleven on May 28. There will also be a mechanical bull in the beer gardens.

Sutter said they are encouraging businesses to dress up their storefronts for the Memorial Cup. Tickets will be available for pick up this week for season ticket members and those who bought the event package. Sutter said they are on track for a sell out for the tournament.

For more information including ticket information, visit www.mastercardmemorialcup.ca crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

CUP: Weather is the wild card “The only thing that is the wild card is the weather. Hopefully we will have nice weather for it … We are getting excited. All our planning and hard work over the last year has come into play. It is finally going to happen.”

Merrick Sutter, Memorial Cup host committee co-chair, said everything has come together and now they are waiting for the teams to be finalized.

He said the host committee got ahead of the planning early and now it is just a matter of fine tuning all the logistics.

“People will start noticing some street banners in the downtown area,” said Sutter. “Obviously Westerner Park will have a whole new look. It’s coming … Soon people will begin to see a lot of jerseys.”

Fan Fest (Parkland Pavilion) and Molson Hockey House (Prairie Pavilion) will open four hours before the games daily. It is free to the public.

Fan Fest will have everything from merchandise to the Hockey Hall of Fame, interactive hockey games, photo opportunities and sponsored booths, said Sutter.

Molson Hockey House will close during the first and second period and

SHOOTING: Man in stable condition He was provided with emergency medical attention and transported to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre where he was admitted and remains in stable condition.

No other injuries were reported.

Police stayed on scene throughout the night and on Monday.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) investigates in-

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — First Nations on Vancouver Island are mourning the loss of a man who led them through treaty negotiations for more than a decade.

The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council said in a release that Nelson Keitlah passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday morning at the age of 76.

Keitlah was one of the original leaders of the West Coast District Council, which later became the Nuu-chahnulth Tribal Council, representing 14 First Nations along western Vancouver Island.

“He was a strong, compassionate leader, and a loving and supportive family man,” Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council president Deb Foxcroft said.

“His wisdom and knowledge about Nuu-chah-nulth history and modern NTC politics will be greatly missed.”

Keitlah was known as “The General” because of how he led the group through treaty negotiations. cidents involving the police that have resulted in serious injury or death to any person and police misconduct allegations. ASIRT is investigating the discharge of the firearm.

No other details are expected until ASIRT wraps up its investigation.

EVACUATION: People must stay away from fires Darby Allen, regional fire chief for the Wood Buffalo municipality, said people must stay away from the fires, not only for their own safety, but because firefighters can’t do their jobs if people get in the way.

“Today, we had a report from one of the water bombers that was flying over that there was a Jeep right alongside where the fire was burning. Someone’s driven in on the trail, which is, by the way, completely crazy.

“It impacts our ability to continue. We can’t carry on dumping water when we know people are down there because that’s dangerous from that height.”

Bernie Schmitte, forestry manager in Fort McMurray, said the wildfire was just 1.5 kilometres from the nearest residence and was 1.2 square kilometres in size.

Allen said no structures have been

suspend.

The Senate has already allowed Sen. Pamela Wallin, also suspended over her own expense controversy, to start accruing time needed to qualify for a pension — a clock that remains stopped for Duffy and Sen. Patrick Brazeau until the Senate decides otherwise.

NDP MP Charlie Angus told reporters he doesn’t see a reason to give Duffy back the salary he lost.

“What we’re seeing is a real disconnect between the Ottawa political bubble and ordinary Canadians who work hard and play by the rules,” Angus said.

“Now we’re supposed to be all feeling bad for a senator who’s going to go back and demand all his back pay for all the time that he was in court?”

In dismissing the charges, Ontario Court Justice Charles Vaillancourt said while Duffy’s expenses for travel, housing and contracts may raise eyebrows, they did not amount to criminal behaviour. Nor did the Crown prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Duffy was guilty.

Instead, Vaillancourt set his gaze on the Senate’s vague spending rules and Stephen Harper’s Prime Minister’s Office, delivering a scathing critique of how it tried to manage Duffy’s politically problematic expense claims.

The judgment showed the Conservative government deserved “some blame” for what happened, in particular the “people who were in charge” at the time, Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier said Monday.

Liberals hope letter will end class-action lawsuit by Afghan veterans

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is drafting a letter of assurance it hopes will end a class-action lawsuit by Afghan veterans angry about a 10-year-old overhaul of their benefits and entitlements.

The legal challenge, which became a lightning rod under the Conservative government, was put in abeyance over a year ago in the B.C. Supreme Court, where it was filed on behalf of six complainants.

The legal time-out was intended, at the time, to give the Harper government an opportunity to introduce a series of improvements to the socalled New Veterans Charter, which — among other things — replaced lifetime pensions for serious injuries with lump-sum awards and a patchwork of stipends.

Don Sorochan, the lawyer for the soldiers, says those changes — along with new measures introduced in the Liberal budget and the promise of a return to the lifetime pension — may be enough for them to drop the case.

He says a meeting earlier this month involving the minister, senior Veterans Affairs officials and lawyers for the Department of Justice, brought them close to a settlement, but the ex-soldiers want to see the federal government acknowledge its commitments in writing.

“We told the minister that we didn’t need another Rotary Club meeting where he goes around and shakes hands and says how nice everybody is,” Sorochan told The Canadian Press.

“We wanted to get a firm commitment from them about what their intentions are to implement the (minister’s) mandate letter.”

After being sworn in last November, Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr was ordered, in writing, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to implement the Liberals’ campaign promises and Sorochan says the measures outlined in the mandate letter satisfy the grievances of his clients. lost and there have been no injuries.

The fire broke out over the weekend and spread quickly due to tinder-dry conditions and high temperatures, which are forecast to continue Tuesday.

A fleet of air-tankers and helicopters dropped fire retardant and water on the flames as crews fought the fire on the ground.

The province said it will send more firefighters to the area and a heavy helicopter capable of dumping large volumes of water was en route.

“They have called in extra resources and we are absolutely grateful for the firefighters coming from other places to due battle for us here,” Blake said.

Crews kept the fire just over a kilometre away from Highway 63, the major road link south to Edmonton.

Another blaze on the northern edge of the city called the Diamond Stone Ridge fire was being held.

There were no reports of injuries, but air quality was a concern because of the smoke.

Other areas reporting extreme wildfire hazards include the Slave Lake and Whitecourt regions northwest of Edmonton.

In May 2011 a sudden and quick-moving wildfire swept through the town of Slave Lake, destroying about one-third of homes and buildings and forcing thousands of people to flee the community.

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Real estate sales plunge

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The first-quarter real estate sales numbers for Central Alberta are reminiscent of the dark days of the last oil slump.

Sales of all types of property plummeted 17 per cent — 697 sales — for the first three months of the year.

Going back two years, sales are off by 30 per cent compared with the first three months of 2014 and 27 per cent from 2013, according to the multiple listing service statistics provided by the Central Alberta Realtors Association.

The number of sales hasn’t been this low since the last big oilpatch bust in 2008-09. This year’s first-quarter sales are up slightly — 2.3 per cent — over the first three months of 2009.

March proved a tough month to move homes, with sales down 21.6 per cent — 297 properties — compared with a year ago.

Given the economy, the numbers aren’t a big surprise agrees Sandi Gouchie, president of the Central Alberta Realtors Association.

“Everybody is just hanging in here,” said Gouchie, a realtor with Lacombe’s Royal LePage Lifestyles Realty.

“We’ve got buyers out there looking but they’re a little bit hesitant, waiting to make sure their situation is stable too,” she said.

“We kind of always think that right now the oil industry is the only one being hit but there is a trickle-down effect.”

While all of the April numbers aren’t in, it looks to be a similar story based on Red Deer sales of single-family detached houses, which were down to 100 from 120 for the same month last year.

The downturn is also starting to be felt in home prices. The average home price of $288,995 in March was down 9.4 per cent from a year ago. Taken over three months, the change is less dramatic. The average price of $298,551 is down 4.6 per cent.

A Royal LePage house price survey for Red Deer alone shows a 3.5-percent drop in average house prices to $349,767 for the first three months of the year.

Interestingly, the decline varies significantly across property types.

Bungalows were down 7.2 per cent to $327,632, but two-storey home values were up 4.9 per cent to $427,840 compared with the first quarter of 2015.

Condominium prices are down 12.4 per cent to $217,779 for the same period.

Gouchie said realtors have been watching to see when the downturn would start to show up in house prices.

While there’s been some correction there aren’t fire sale prices out there.

Many property owners are content to wait out the market.

Photo by PAUL COWLEY/Advocate staff

Central Alberta home sales for the first three months of the year were down 17 per cent from the same period last year, a reflection of Alberta’s tough economic times.

“They’re not looking to take great losses,” she said.

“Some that thought they might want to make the move now, they’re holding back and saying: you know, if I can get what I want for my property, (then) I’ll sell.”

When compared nationally, the impact of the Alberta downturn is apparent. Canada-wide house prices were up 7.9 per cent to $512,621, led by strong Toronto and Vancouver markets.

Condensate prices hurting oilpatch STRONG BITUMEN BLENDING PRICES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — High prices for condensate, a diluent that allows sticky oilsands bitumen to flow in a pipeline, are expected to remain a thorn in the side of producers already reeling from low prices.

In first-quarter results last week, both Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE) and MEG Energy Corp. (TSX:MEG) complained their losses were magnified by the high cost of condensate.

For every 10 barrels of raw bitumen, about three barrels of condensate are required.

While bitumen prices tumbled briefly to below US$10 a barrel in the early part of 2016, condensate prices in Canada were at or near the much higher price of West Texas Intermediate crude in New York.

“Oilsands growth into 2019-20, with its heavy weighting towards non-upgraded bitumen, remains the driving force behind rising condensate demand in Alberta,” said RBC Dominion Securities in a research report released Monday.

“Although the North American condensate market appears in equilibrium with adequate pipeline import capacity for now, we envision a wider supply gap emerging in Western Canada over time bridged by mounting U.S. rail imports.”

RBC forecasts that oilsands production, driven by projects including Suncor Energy Inc.’s Fort Hills mine, will grow by 760,000 barrels a day to about 3.1 million bpd by 2020 before stabilizing.

Raw bitumen is expected to account

for 600,000 bpd of the growth, thereby driving condensate demand growth from 451,000 bpd in 2015 to 631,000 bpd in 2020.

Meanwhile, according to RBC, growth in condensate production in Western Canada is slowing as companies cut back on drilling liquids-rich natural gas wells — the source of the condensate — due to low prices for the other products in the gas stream. It said growth will moderate to about six per cent per year.

Canadian condensate production was 226,000 bpd in 2015. Condensate imports averaged 225,000 bbl/d in 2015 and are set to reach 335,000 bbl/d in 2020, RBC said.

High diluent prices further complicate oilsands marketing strategies.

Bitumen doesn’t need to be diluted to be transported in a rail car but rail transportation tends to be much more expensive than pipeline.

Both Cenovus and MEG have access to crude-by-rail loading operations in the Edmonton area, although the bitumen must be diluted at their northern Alberta operations to be piped to the railheads.

MEG has regulatory approval to build a $75-million diluent recovery unit to strip out the condensate before it’s loaded in railcars.

“We like the strategic advantages and economics,” said MEG spokesman Brian Bellows. “With capital constraints in the current low price environment, construction has been postponed, but we are continuing to advance engineering.”

Cenovus CEO Brian Ferguson said last week his company is also considering a project, noting it could save the

FILE Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

An oil worker holds raw oilsands near Fort McMurray. High prices for condensate, a diluent that allows oilsands bitumen to flow in a pipeline, are expected to remain a thorn in the side of producers. company $2 to $4 a barrel in certain market conditions RBC said it expects two key condensate import pipelines, Enbridge’s Southern Lights and Kinder Morgan’s

Debt-laden Lightstream given 90 days to pay down debt

65 per cent of its midstream assets near Lloydminster, Alta., for $1.7 billion. Oil and gas companies have been looking to sell off assets to strengthen balance sheets as low oil prices hit profits.

Former Sino-Forest executives didn’t deceive: lawyer tells hearing Freehold Royalties paying $165 million for Husky oil and gas royalty assets CALGARY — Freehold Royalties Ltd. is buying a portfolio of oil and gas royalty assets from Husky Energy Inc. for $165 million.

The deal will see Freehold gain the equivalent of about 1,700 barrels of oil production and add $11.6 million to annual operating income.

The company says it will also increase its total royalty land holdings by 74 per cent to 2.39 million hectares with the addition of properties in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta’s Deep Basin.

Freehold says it will pay for the deal through a $165-million equity financing plus a $20-million private placement.

The Freehold announcement comes a week after Husky said it was selling

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TORONTO — A lawyer for four former Sino-Forest executives says his clients did not deceive anyone or avoid responsibility for their actions while they worked for the now-defunct forestry company.

Markus Koehnen — the lawyer representing Albert Ip, Alfred Hung, George Ho and Simon Yeung — began his closing arguments today in the Ontario Securities Commission case against five former Sino-Forest executives accused of perpetrating fraud before the firm collapsed in 2012.

Along with Koehnen’s four clients, former CEO Allen Chan has also been accused of perpetrating fraud. The OSC claims the executives misled investors by issuing false financial statements in every quarter from 2007 to 2010.

Established in 1994, Sino-Forest was the largest foreign-owned forestry company in China. Most of the company’s business was conducted in China, but its headquarters were in Ontario and its shares were traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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Cochin, with a combined capacity of 275,000 bpd, will run fuller into 2018, opening the door for more transport by rail into Canada.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Shares in Lightstream Resources Ltd. (TSX:LTS) fell by nearly a third Monday after announcing that lenders had slashed its borrowing base to a level $121 million less than what it owes, starting the clock on a 90day timeline to default.

The Calgary-based intermediate oil and gas producer said its 16-lender syndicate had chopped its base to $250 million from $550 million, the second reduction in six months.

It owes $371 million and said it will continue to negotiate while seeking other loans and trying to sell assets to “cure” the shortfall.

Failure could allow the lenders to place the company in receivership.

“One of the things we would do is an asset sale,” said president and CEO John Wright in an interview.

“But that would have to be sizable enough and profitable enough for us … that it would allow us to pay out the banks, reinvest the excess proceeds in our other properties and probably put a new bank line in place.”

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The stock, which traded for more than $30 in 2009, closed down 29 per cent to 23 cents Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange after going as low as 21 cents.

Analyst Michael Harvey of RBC Dominion Securities said in a morning note the action by lenders is negative for the company.

Lightstream was built through a string of acquisitions starting in 2009.

It boasts a strong base of light oil production in Alberta and Saskatchewan but its debt totalled $1.6 billion at the end of 2015.

Lightstream launched a sales process for its core Bakken light oil producing assets in Saskatchewan in late 2014 but has been unable to find a suitable buyer in a down market, Wright said.

The company’s annual average production in 2015 fell 22 per cent to 31,392 barrels of oil equivalent a day due to asset sales and lower investment in new wells.

It reported a net loss of $946 million, including a non-cash writedown of $661 million to account for lower anticipated future commodity prices.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 107.81 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.17 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.64 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.84 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . 1.940 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.62 Cdn. National Railway . . 77.14 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 182.39 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.52 Capital Power Corp . . . . 17.91 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.49 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.65 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 51.76 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.40 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.47 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.75 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.82 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.33 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 47.64 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.83 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.84 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.60 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 52.25 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 139.07 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.18 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.39

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — May began with a whimper for Canada’s biggest stock market, which ended trading Monday in negative territory as oil prices headed lower amid concerns over crude production levels.

The S&P/TSX composite index in Toronto slid 85.82 points to 13,865.63, with energy and mining stocks leading the way lower.

The June contract for North American benchmark crude faded $1.14 to US$44.78 a barrel amid a report that crude production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries climbed in April.

“There’s just a lot of uncertainty in the commodities market and that is stemming not just from the supply side of oil,” said Craig Fehr, a Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

Fehr noted that the global economic environment continues to drive a lot of uncertainty over demand as growth itself continues to proceed in “fits and starts.”

Despite the dip in oil, the Canadian dollar still managed to strengthen, with the loonie gaining 0.08 of a U.S. cent to 79.77 cents US. It briefly hit 80 cents US on Friday but has not closed above that level since June 30.

Elsewhere in commodities, the June contract for natural gas plunged 14 cents to US$2.04 per mmBtu, while June gold added $5.30 to US$1,295.80 a troy ounce.

July copper shed two cents to US$2.27 a pound.

Some of the losses on the commodity heavy index were offset by the telecom sector, which advanced 3.9 per cent — the most on the TSX — after BCE Inc. announced it was buying Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. for $3.9 billion.

Shares in Montreal-based

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.39 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 26.77 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.85 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.59 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 21.49 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 23.69 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.47 First Quantum Minerals . 10.64 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 24.47 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.07 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 7.07 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.21 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.88 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.960 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.23 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 20.84 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.22 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 47.40 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.04 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 25.73 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.66 Canyon Services Group. . 4.74 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 19.28 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1550 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 9.30

BCE (TSX:BCE) were down 0.34 per cent or 20 cents to $58.64, but stock in Manitoba Telecom (TSX:MBT) surged 15 per cent or $5.01 to $37.85.

New York markets, meanwhile, were solidly ahead, supported by an encouraging manufacturing report.

The Institute for Supply Management reported that manufacturing in the United States expanded in April for the second consecutive month, suggesting that American factories are adapting to a strong dollar and economic weakness overseas.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 117.52 points to 17,891.16, while the broader S&P 500 added 16.13 points to 2,081.43 and the Nasdaq rose 42.23 points to 4,817.59.

Fehr said investors should prepare for an unpredictable equities market throughout May, known for the old adage, “Sell in May and Go Away.” The saying encourages investors to cash out to avoid the historically underpeforming six-month period between May to October.

“May could be not only volatile but we could see some short-term weakness in equity markets,” he said.

“So investors should use the big rebound we’ve seen in equity prices as an opportunity to rebalance.”

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,865.63, down 85.82 points Dow — 17,891.16, up 117.52 points S&P 500 — 2,081.43, up 16.13 points Nasdaq — 4,817.59, up

Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.670 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.13 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.05 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.83 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.19 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.49 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 1.980 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.300 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.29 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.58 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.700 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.30 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 41.81 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2300 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 81.66 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.17 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.49 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.45 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 37.01 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 39.13 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.75 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.37 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.52 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.250 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 77.71 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.02 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.71

42.23 points Currencies: Cdn — 79.77 cents US, up 0.08 of a cent Pound — C$1.8390, up 0.55 of a cent Euro — C$1.4439, up 0.71 of a cent Euro — US$1.1518, up 0.68 of a cent Oil futures: US$44.78 per barrel, down $1.14 (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,295.80 per oz., up $5.30 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.174 oz., down 27.9 cents $745.04 kg., down $8.97 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ‘16 $0.50 lower $498.70 July ‘16 $1.30 lower $499.70 Nov. ‘16 $1.50 higher $496.00 Jan. ‘17 $1.80 higher $499.60 March ‘17 $1.00 higher $500.40 May ‘17 $1.00 higher $500.30 July ‘17 $1.00 higher $499.80 Nov. ‘17 $1.00 higher $491.30 Jan. ‘18 $1.00 higher $491.30 March ‘18 $1.00 higher $491.30 May ‘18 $1.00 higher $491.30.

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.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 380,860 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 380,860.

Bitcoin’s creator unmasked?

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The mystery creator of the digital currency bitcoin has finally stepped forward. Or has he?

Australian inventor Craig Steven Wright announced Monday that he is “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the elusive, pseudonymous bitcoin founder.

In interviews with the Economist, BBC, GQ and a few bitcoin insiders, bolstered by a technical demonstration intended to prove that he and Nakamoto are one and the same, Wright tried to lay to rest one of the biggest mysteries in the tech world.

But Wright, who first emerged as a leading Nakamoto contender last December , may not have closed the case.

While some bitcoin experts accept his demonstration as evidence that Wright is indeed Nakamoto, others argue that his supposed proof — a series of complex mathematical operations listed in a blog post — doesn’t prove anything.

Bitcoin allows people a way to make payments without using banks or national currencies such as the dollar or the euro. Because bitcoin transactions are unregulated and anonymous, the currency has proved popular among libertarians, tech enthusiasts, speculators and criminals. Nakamoto, who founded the currency in 2009, dropped out of sight in 2010, but bitcoin has mostly chugged along without him.

Knowing who actually founded bitcoin wouldn’t have any immediate effect on the digital currency.

But the founder might have standing to weigh in on a bitter technical dispute that threatens to hamper bitcoin’s growth. And the real Nakamoto would be rich and able to disrupt bitcoin just by selling chunks of his holdings. Nakamoto possesses around

1 million bitcoins worth some $440 million those coins have never been touched.

Wright’s announcement is the latest twist in the long search for the real Nakamoto, a pursuit that’s become a cottage industry for journalists and online sleuths.

In 2011, The New Yorker focused speculation on cryptography researcher Michael Clear, who denied it. Newsweek fingered Japanese-American engineer Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto more than a year ago, though this Nakamoto quickly insisted in an AP interview that it was a clumsy case of mistaken identity.

So is Wright actually Nakamoto?

Gavin Andresen, an early bitcoin developer who had extensive dealings with Nakamoto before he vanished, says yes. Andresen said he met with Wright in London and was “convinced beyond a reasonable doubt” that Wright is the bitcoin founder. Andresen said Wright demonstrated that he holds the key associated with some of the earliest bitcoins created.

Others are dubious, largely because Wright’s public “proof” of his identify was totally different — and, to them, far less convincing — than his private demonstration to Andresen.

“To me, he proved absolutely nothing,” said Emin Gun Sirer, a computer science professor at Cornell University. Sirer and others said Wright’s blog post mainly amounts to a little sleight of hand using publicly available data.

“He is just giving you cut-and-pasted pieces from old Satoshi-signed messages,” Sirer said.

Jerry Brito, executive director of the Washington-based cryptocurrency think-tank Coin Center, questioned why Wright provided the supposed proof only in private exchanges with Andresen and a few others.

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In this file photo, various brands of beer are seen on display inside a store in Drummondville, Que. Beer lovers from New Brunswick are taking advantage of a judge’s ruling that threw out charges based on the amount of alcohol a person can import from other provinces.

New Brunswick court ruling on cross-border beer imports boosts sales in Quebec

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FREDERICTON — There was a run on beer in southeastern Quebec this weekend, as New Brunswickers took advantage of a court ruling throwing out limits on cross-border alcohol imports.

Many New Brunswick customers bought five or six cases of beer each to take home, store employees said.

“My normal customers were buying more than they normally buy,” said Margaret Boyd at Mom Duty Free in Listuguj, Que., not far from Campbellton, N.B. “They said ‘the courts made the decision and now we’re buying some while we can’,” Boyd said.

Beer near the border in Quebec is about half the price charged in New Brunswick.

On Friday, a judge tossed out all charges against Gerard Comeau, who was charged with illegally importing 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor from a Quebec border town in 2012.

Comeau’s lawyer described the ruling as “groundbreaking,” and said it will have a national impact far beyond saving Maritimers on the cost of their beer.

Business BRIEFS Enbridge rethinks U.S. natural gas business as Q1 revenue plunges HOUSTON — Enbridge Energy Partners LP is looking at a possible sale of its main natural gas business in the United States, which has experienced a 51 per cent decline in first-quarter revenue and a higher

Arnold Schwisberg said the ruling could have the power to shift a host of laws across the country governing everything from selling chickens to how engineers and other professionals work across provincial lines.

A government spokeswoman said the Department of Public Safety, which enforces the province’s Liquor Control Act, is reviewing the court decision.

In Quebec, local brewers sell directly to convenience stores without a government mark-up.

During the trial last year, Richard Smith, senior vice-president of the New Brunswick Liquor Corp., said in New Brunswick where the sale of liquor must be through NB Liquor outlets, the corporation adds a mark-up of as much as 89.8 per cent to the price it pays the breweries.

Smith said the Crown corporation makes about $165 million in profits each year for the provincial government.

On Monday, a spokesman for NB Liquor declined comment on the court decision.

“As the matter is still within the appeal period, it would be inappropriate … to comment any further at this time,” Mark Barbour wrote in an email. operating loss compared with last year.

The Enbridge-run limited partnership, which is primarily involved in transporting oil from Western Canada and North Dakota, says it is reviewing its holdings in Midcoast Energy Partners and Midcoast Operating LP — its main natural gas holdings.

Enbridge Energy Partners also announced a 43 per cent decline in net income and a 26 per cent decline in overall revenue in the first quarter, mainly attributed to weakness in natural gas.

Total revenue was US$1.06 billion, including $431.9 million from natural gas. That’s down from US$1.43 billion, including US$873.5 million from natural gas, in the first quarter of 2015.

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Rebels lie in wait for Mem Cup opponents

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF After six weeks of playoff action across the Canadian Hockey League, the Red Deer Rebels now lie in wait to see who will be their Memorial Cup opponents.

In the Ontario Hockey League, the London Knights and Niagara Ice Dogs start their final series on Thursday. In the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the series between the Shawinigan Cataractes and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies starts on Wednesday.

And in the Western Hockey League, the Seattle Thunderbirds and Brandon Wheat Kings start their series on Friday.

The Rebels lost in five games to the Wheat Kings in the WHL Eastern Conference Final.

Red Deer Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter made good on his promise to have two practices each day in the lead up to the Memorial Cup. The team needs to stay in game shape while they wait for the tournament to start.

“It’s two-a-days now, getting in shape and getting prepared,” said Rebels forward Evan Polei. “There’s lots of stuff in practice we need to work on.

“We said at the beginning of the year the Memorial Cup is a long ways away, but now it’s only three weeks away.”

Hosted by Red Deer, the Memorial Cup will be held from May 19 to 29 with the league champions from the WHL, OHL and QMJHL squaring off with the Rebels in a tournament.

Defenceman Haydn Fleury said the team should be a confident group heading into the Memorial Cup, adding they think they can beat whoever comes out of the WHL final.

Despite losing in five games to the Wheat Kings, Fleury believes the Rebels can compete with them or the Seattle Thunderbirds. “(The Wheat Kings) mindset was different from ours, I think,” said Fleury. “They wanted that series over early, they didn’t want a long series and they were pressing early. We didn’t have that push right from Game 1. We played well at times, we played well enough to win Games 1 and 2 but bounces went their way.

“We came back on home ice and played a good game, but we let our foot off the pedal in Game 4 and we couldn’t get back into it.”

But there are several lessons to take out of the Eastern Conference Final loss to the Wheat Kings, who outplayed the Rebels at crunch time.

“We have to play an entire 60 minutes, we can’t take a shift off,” said Polei. “We’ve proved we can beat (Brandon Wheat Kings) in Game 3 at home, they’re definitely a beatable team. If we turn over pucks and give them opportunities, they’re going to bury us.”

Notably, Wheat Kings forward Nolan Patrick had three goals and two assists in Game 5, a 5-2 loss for the Rebels.

As good as the Wheat Kings were, the Rebels believe their mistakes — giveaways and coverage breakdowns — also played a role. Those mistakes can be worked on over the next three weeks.

“It was managing our mistakes and almost making the right mistake instead of the wrong one, but we made too many that cost us in games and they made us pay,” said Fleury.

Fleury characterized the Calgary Hitmen series as a physical affair, the Regina Pats series as a speedy and skilled series and the Brandon team was an amalgamation of the two.

The first game of the Memorial Cup is on May 20 at 6 p.m. at the Centrium. It will feature the Rebels playing the winner of the OHL. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Tom Kuhnhackl gets scores a goal on Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby during Game 3 in a Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinal game in Pittsburgh, Monday.

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Rebel Evan Polei is hooked by Calgary Hitmen Radel Fazleev during first-period action at the Centrium during a game in early March. Polei scored 69 points in 171 games for the Rebels over three seasons but during their recent playoff run the forward found an extra gear and racked up 12 points in 17 games, including two game winners.

Polei plays part of unlikely hero during Rebels playoff run

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Part of the mythology of North American playoff hockey is the idea heroes emerge from unlikely places.

Despite an unceremonious exit from the Western Hockey League playoffs in the Eastern Conference Final, Evan Polei emerged for the Red Deer Rebels as that unlikely hero.

In three WHL seasons, playing all but two games with the Red Deer Rebels, Polei wasn’t known as a goal scorer. His best season, 2015-16, he had 16 goals and 14 assists in 58 games. Over the three seasons, he has played in 171 games, scored 39 goals and 30 assists.

But he found that extra gear in the playoffs. In 17 playoff games he scored eight goals and four assists.

Two of those goals were game winners. For perspective, during the regular season he averaged a goal about every four games. In the playoffs he statistically had a goal almost every other game.

“I thought I played the way I needed to play. I was physical, I moved my feet, I got pucks low.” said Polei.

The six-foot-two tall forward conceded that he wasn’t perfect, including a turnover in Game 4 in the Eastern Conference Final to the Brandon Wheat Kings that cost the team, but thought he adapted to the playoff grind well.

“Other than that I thought I played really well.

I was happy with how I played,” said Polei. “I just wish our team would have had a better result than we did.”

The game winners included one in the Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 1, when the Rebels beat the Regina Pats 3-2, and in Game 3 against the Calgary Hitmen — he had two goals in that game.

He also assisted Adam Musils’ game winning goals in Games 2 and 7 against the Pats. In all, Polei had a hand in four game winning goals for a Rebels team that won nine games in the post-season.

“I think Musil and I gel really well together,” Polei said about his linemate. “We played very well for the team, but as Brent Sutter (Rebels GM/head coach) said we can’t have 30 per cent of the guys show up for playoffs when we need everybody to show up.

“That’s what we’re going to work towards here for the Memorial Cup.” The 20-year-old from Wetaskiwin, a Detroit Red Wings prospect at the 2015 NHL Prospect Tournament, has earned a reputation as a physical player who does not back down. According to www.hockeyfights.com Polei had six fights this season and 22 in his WHL career.

The Rebels were eliminated from the WHL playoffs last Friday in Brandon following a 5-2 loss to the Wheat Kings. As hosts of the Memorial Cup, they have a spot in the tournament and will practice constantly until it starts on May 20 when the Rebels play the Ontario Hockey League champion. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Murray backstops Penguins to win over Caps

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Penguins 2 Capitals 1 PITTSBURGH — The post-game scene in the Pittsburgh Penguins dressing room perfectly encapsulated their Game 3 victory.

Matt Murray, the 21-year-old star of the 3-2 Monday night win, stood waiting for control of his dressing room stall as reporters peppered Kris Letang with questions next door.

Letang’s elbow to the head of Washington Capitals winger Marcus Johansson, and the potential supplementary discipline it may carry, overshadowed Murray’s 47-save starring performance.

Any absence by the 29-year-old Letang, who played nearly 28 minutes and had an assist in the Monday win, would be crushing to the Penguins, who played without Olli Maatta in Game 3 because of an upper-body injury.

Maatta was drilled in Game 2 by Washington defenceman Brooks Orpik for which Orpik was dealt a three-game suspension.

Letang could only say afterward that the play happened fast.

“Whatever the case may be, we’re going to try and play our best game,” Penguins defenceman Ian Cole said of Letang’s potential absence for Game 4. “But he’s a guy that’s very very tough, if not impossible, to replace.”

Letang, who has seven points in the playoffs thus far and was third among all NHL defenders in points

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(67) during the regular season, is the overwhelming anchor of the Pittsburgh defence.

Murray, though, was the sole reason the Penguins escaped with victory in Game 3 and now hold a 2-1 series lead.

The 21-year-old Murray, filling in for injured No. 1 Marc-Andre Fleury, was spectacular in keeping the Penguins in front as a 3-0 lead nearly fell apart entirely.

Washington outshot Pittsburgh 49-23 overall, especially during a dominant third period comeback where the Capitals scored twice and outshot the Penguins 21-9.

“Without Murray, there’s no way we win this game,” said Penguins winger Patric Hornqvist.

Murray improved to 6-1 with a .944 save percentage in the playoffs and is 12-1 in 13 starts dating back to the regular season. He was in control with one steady save after another, even in a first period that saw his team race out in front.

“I thought he was terrific. And the disparity in shots was because they had the puck all night and we didn’t,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.

Sullivan thought his team was beaten to loose pucks all night but capitalized on a few quality scoring chances, including Hornqvist’s fourth of the playoffs.

That goal opened the scoring in front of a raucous crowd at Consol Energy Centre.

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Blue Jays nipped by Rangers in ALDS rematch

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Toronto Blue Jays Michael Saunders, right, is tagged out at home plate by Texas Rangers catcher Brett Nicholas for an inning-ending double play during eighth inning American League baseball action in Toronto on Monday.

“But we can all sit up here and say it’s going to turn and until it does there’s no guarantee. Everybody’s going to have to put in the work that they know they need to do in order to turn the page.”

Gibbons echoed his pitcher’s sentiment, though much more curtly.

“That’s old news,” he said. “We keep belabouring the point. That’ll get better.”

Mazara sent an 87 mile-per-hour cutter from Toronto reliever Gavin Floyd over the centre-field wall in the top of the eighth to snap a 1-1 tie that had been in place for five innings.

Brett Nicholas also hit a solo homer for the Rangers (15-11), Tony Barnette (1-1) earned the win and Shawn Tolleson got the save.

Saunders drove in the lone run for the Blue Jays (12-15) while Kevin Pillar was 3 for 4. Floyd (0-2) shouldered the loss.

Ryan Goins and Tulowitzki flashed their defen-

Raptors quickly switch focus to Heat after hardfought win over Pacers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors had little time to celebrate their playoff win over the Indiana Pacers. They left the Air Canada Centre with homework on the Miami Heat.

Toronto coach Dwane Casey told the players they had until midnight Sunday to savour the hard-fought seven-game series win over the Pacers. Given the game ended just after 10:30 p.m., it was an abridged celebration before switching focus to Miami.

“We’ve got to go from exhaling to 100 hundred miles an hour real quick,” said Casey, who pronounced himself “happy for a minute” after finally beating Indiana.

The message appears to have got through.

“As soon as I got back to my apartment, I started looking over the scouting report and the playbooks for them,” said Raptors rookie Norman Powell.

“I started reading the book last night,” said guard Kyle Lowry.

The turnaround was almost as quick for the Heat, who dispatched the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday afternoon and flew north the next day.

The Raptors weren’t much interested in an Indiana post-mortem Monday.

“It’s something that we did, it’s over with.

We’ve got to prepare for Round 2,” said Lowry.

“I’m focused on the Heat,” he added several times.

The all-star guard did share his thoughts on facing Miami star Dwyane Wade after playing Pacers marquee man Paul George.

“Paul shot the ball well. He shoots jumpshots a lot, he takes threes, he’s physical. But D-Wade is just shifty.

He’s Dwyane Wade, he’s a Hall of Famer,” Lowry said with a chuckle. “PG might get there. I think he will one day … he has the talent to get there.

But D-Wade is a Hall of Famer. It’s a different challenge.”

The 34-year-old Wade has played in 159 post-season games, more than three times that of the Toronto franchise

(18-31 in the post-season).

Growing up, Powell says he modelled his game on Wade. “I’ve been watching him all my life so I’m looking forward for the challenge,” he said.

Powell played just four minutes 38 seconds against the Heat this season but was quickly noticed by Wade.

“As soon as I checked in, he looked at me and looked at coach (Erik) Spoelstra and they ran a post-up for him,” said Powell. “So I know he’s going to see me as a rookie and (think) that he can take advantage.

So I’m just going to try and make it as difficult as possible for him.”

Powell is literally living the dream, watching his role expand in the playoffs thanks to some gritty defence and timely offence.

“But I know there’s still much more for me to accomplish, much more for me to prove. I still have a big chip on my shoulder in proving a lot of people wrong,” said the second-round draft pick who was taken 46th overall. “And that’s what driving me.”

Casey likes what he sees in Powell.

“I’m proud of him, the way he’s played, produced. He’s met the challenge. The moment hasn’t been too big for him … it’s a big leap from UCLA to the NBA playoffs,” he said.

The Heat series marks Toronto’s first trip to the Eastern Conference semifinals since 2001 when it lost in seven to Philadelphia.

Toronto (56-26) is the second seed in the East while Miami (48-34) is No. 3.

Miami remains without 11-time all-star — and former Raptor — Chris Bosh, who missed the final 29 games of the regular season after a blood clot was found in his left calf.

Bosh, who averaged 19.1 points a game this season, was not on the Miami team flight but could still be in Toronto to cheer on the team Tuesday.

Without Bosh, Miami is smaller and quicker — more efficient offensively but still excellent defensively, according to Casey.

Miami — and Bosh —

once owned the Raptors.

Prior to a 102-92 loss in Toronto on March 13, 2015, the Heat had won 16 straight against the Raptors. Toronto’s last victory before that was Jan. 27, 2010, when Bosh played for the Raptors and DeMar DeRozan was a rookie.

sive prowess in the third when they turned a highlight-reel double play. Goins made a running catch on a grounder from Mazara, then spun and threw to second while still in the air. Tulowitzki then sent a laser-like throw to first base to get Mazara and end the inning.

That seemed to spark the offence slightly as Pillar led off the bottom of the third with a double and came around to score on Saunders’ base hit to tie the game.

Bad base-running cost the Rangers a run in the seventh. Floyd, with the bases loaded, got a fly-ball out from Rougned Odor and Delino DeShields tried to advance to second on the play. He was tagged out as Mitch Moreland trotted home from third base.

The run initially counted but a Blue Jays challenge showed DeShields had been called out before Moreland crossed the plate. The double play ended the inning.

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Rangers 2 Blue Jays 1 TORONTO — Sam Dyson against Jose Bautista with the game on the line: the perfect stage for a repeat of October’s decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series.

It just wasn’t meant to be this time.

Nomar Mazara broke a tie with a solo home run and Dyson came up big in the bottom of the eighth as the Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Monday in a rematch of last year’s ALDS. It was the first time the teams had met since the Blue Jays beat Texas last October in an emotionally-charged Game 5 at Rogers Centre.

“I was hoping for (a repeat),” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “It set up just right, too. It really did. But (Dyson’s) good.

“He’s an old Blue Jay farmhand. I don’t know how the hell he got away, but he did. And he did his job.”

The crowd of 25,323, significantly less than last October’s marquee Game 5, was also much quieter — until the eighth inning when Dyson, who allowed the towering, bat-flip inducing homer to Bautista in the post-season, came in to pitch.

Chants of “DY-SON, DY-SON,” rained down from the stands along with thunderous applause when the Rangers pitcher walked lead-off batter Michael Saunders. He then gave up a single to Josh Donaldson to set the table for Bautista, who anticlimactically flied out to right field.

“I’d like to face him every time. It’s all about the competition,” Dyson said. “He’s going to win some times, I’m going to win some times. … I just didn’t want to be the goat, you know?”

Dyson followed Bautista’s fly ball with a walk to Edwin Encarnacion, but escaped the inning with a 9-2 double play as Troy Tulowitzki flied out to Mazara and the Rangers right-fielder nailed Saunders at the plate.

“I’ve got no problem with that,” Gibbons said of Saunders taking a chance with two out. “He’s trying to make something happen. … Plus two-out hits are hard to come by.”

More troubling for the Blue Jays was the number of strikeouts — 10 in all, including nine from Texas starter A.J. Griffin — as they dropped their fourth straight home game.

R.A. Dickey, who pitched 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball in the no-decision, expects the hitters to come around soon.

“You’re dealing with a lot of professionals in here and it’s very unlikely that this trend is going to continue,” Dickey said. “Rarely do you have four or five guys in the lineup not going at the same time.

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The evolution of hockey sticks NO LONGER ONE SIZE FITS ALL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GLENDALE, Ariz. — Hockey sticks used to come one size fits all. If players wanted a better fit, it required lots of do it yourself, cutting, sanding, heating and bending the stick into a shape and size that fit them.

That changed with the introduction of one-piece composite sticks. Now players get their sticks already custom fit, with precise specifications on everything from the curve of the blade to the shape of the shaft, ready to go right out of the box.

“They really don’t have to do a whole lot when their sticks arrive,” said Jason Rudee, an assistant equipment manager for the Arizona Coyotes for 15 years. “Sticks have changed so much.”

In the early days of hockey (around the mid-1800s), sticks were made of wood, first from a single chunk, later with many layers of wood glued together to add flexibility.

By the 1950s, manufacturers began wrapping sticks with fiberglass for reinforcement. Players then started heating the synthetic materials on the stick and bent it, often by wedging it under a door. The sticks — known as banana blades — became so unpredictable and dangerous that the NHL quickly put a limit on the amount of curve a stick could have.

By the 1970s, fiberglass was used throughout the stick blades and shafts, making them lighter and more durable than ever before. After a stint of aluminum shafts in the late 1980s/ early 1990s, composite shafts were introduced, offering the flexibility and stability of a wooden shaft with less weight.

The stick game changed forever with the introduction of the one-piece composite in the early 2000s. The onepiece composites are lighter, have stiffer blades and shafts that taper toward the blade, lowering the kick point.

With more whip, less weight and extra bounce off the blade, players hit shots harder than before and the game has sped up to keep up with the technology.

“The older you get, the more flex you want,” Coyotes 39-year-old captain Shane Doan said. “My elbows and wrists get sore when you get too stiff of a stick. It’s kind of like golf: The older you get, the more whippy of a shaft you need.”

Nearly every NHL player uses a one-piece composite and a few goalies, who tend to prefer wooden sticks, have turned to composites.

And there is a dizzying array of variables to consider when picking out a stick.

There’s length, amount of grip on the shaft, type of tape on the handle, flex, kick point, shaft shape (rounded or square), a knob at the end or not,

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ABOVE; Patrick Marleau shapes the blade of his hockey stick in San Jose, Calif. Hockey sticks used to come one size fits all. If a player wanted a stick to have a better fit, it required lots of do it yourself, cutting, heating and bending it into a shape and size that fit. That changed with the introduction of composite sticks. Now players get their sticks already custom fit, with precise specifications on everything from the curve of the blade to the shape of the shape of the shaft ready to go right out of the box.

LEFT; In this Oct. 24, 1935 photo, Chicago Blackhawks’ Tommy Cook is shown in a posed action as he gets trim for the NHL hockey season in Chicago.

lie and curve of the blade. There also numerous stick manufacturers, so if a player doesn’t like one stick, he can try one from another stick maker.

The stick’s lie is much like that of a golf club: The angle of the blade out of the shaft can be adjusted flatter or more upright depending on a player’s height, stance and preference.

The curve is the most complicated aspect of the stick and most often the most important to players.

Though the amount of curve is lim-

ited by NHL rules, the twist-and-tilt combinations within it are never-ending. Some players like flatter sticks for hitting hard slap shots, others want more curve for better control. A player’s curve is like a fingerprint, though some will borrow if they find something they like.

“I saw Erik Karlsson using it and it worked pretty good for him, so I decided to try it out and I really like this curve,” Coyotes defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson said.

Getting a glimpse behind the scenes of the NHL draft lottery

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Pitched on a blue stand in the middle of a grey room deep inside the CBC building in downtown Toronto is the lottery machine that will soon determine the top of the 2016 NHL draft.

The results of the lottery, which sees the Toronto Maple Leafs land the No. 1 overall pick for the first time in 31 years, will become known to the 30 or so people inside this room more than an hour before the result is revealed on a live television broadcast.

This room will be shut off from the outside world until that time.

A look behind the scenes of the NHL draft lottery reveals a thorough, well-rehearsed process led each and every step of the way by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.

Unlike even the 2015 draft lottery from one year earlier, no general managers or team presidents are present to witness these proceedings. They will find out like everyone else.

There are instead representatives from each of the 14 lottery teams, mostly leaders of each club’s media relations.

Thus the growing smile of Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan following the revelation of Toronto’s lottery win was genuine. The sneer of Calgary Flames president Brian Burke likewise. Both were sequestered in another room of the CBC while the lottery was performed, soon to learn the results in heart-pulling fashion on live TV. “I think it sort of caught us all a little bit by surprise the way they did it this year,” Shanahan said afterward.

“They made us all sweat a little bit.”

Bettman steers every inch of the process. He and the lottery machine are the two centres of attention inside the bunker-like room, which is dark and filled with TV monitors, couches, an assortment of food and all the pertinent equipment and personnel for the

lottery.

Just before the process is due to begin, cell phones of every person in the room are placed and sealed into yellow envelopes. Use of electronic devices are prohibited. The phones are held until 8:20 p.m. when the sequester will end.

Only one person keeps his phone: Bettman.

The lottery process begins with the commissioner in front of a camera.

He’s holding up a copy of the Saturday Toronto Star newspaper to demonstrate the realness of the events for the record. With help from representatives from Ernst & Young as well as Bortz and Company, one black briefcase locked by red clasps is cut open to

The machine spits out a No. 6 ball to start with. It’s shown to the camera for verification. The numbers eight, five and finally 13 are pulled after that as everyone in the room scrambles to the five-page NHL-provided booklet which lists every possible combination and to which teams it’s randomly attributed.

Officials from Ernst & Young are responsible for confirming the winner, which Bettman announces to the room at 7:11 p.m.: the Maple Leafs, with the combination of 5-6-8-13, have won the first draft lottery.

Toronto’s rep in the room and director of media relations, Steve Keogh, keeps his response mostly muted.

A later look reveals that the Edmonton Oilers were one number off from their fifth No. 1 overall pick in seven years. They held the combination of 5-6-8-14.

For the first time this year, the NHL performs additional lotteries for the second and third overall picks, selections that will soon be won by the Jets (5-10-7-14) and Columbus Blue Jackets — BRENDAN SHANAHAN (5-7-3-4) as announced by TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS PRESIDENT Bettman.

But none of this known, not yet at least, to reveal the 14 lottery balls. anyone beyond this room. It’s 7:16 p.m.

Each ping-pong ball, numbered and the lottery is done, but nearly evfrom one to 14, is shown to the camera eryone in attendance, excluding Betbefore being inserted, one at a time, tman who departs a little while after into the machine by the lottery techni- the work is done, is sequestered for cian. another hour and four minutes.

The lottery process is then exWith the results in, the group gets to plained to those in attendance. One work on assembling the placards that thousand and one four-number combi- NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly nations are possible. A TV screen lists will soon reveal on the TV broadcast. the varying number of winning combos The placards are labelled one to 14, for each lottery team: from 200 for the each one requiring a sticker of each Leafs to 75 for the Winnipeg Jets to NHL club to match the lottery order. just 10 for the Boston Bruins.

Again it’s Bettman who steers even A drawing of 11-12-13-14 will signal this process. The NHL commissioner a redraw, Dean Matsuzaki, senior VP lines up each and every sticker with of events for the NHL, explains. the help of an L-shaped tool, pressing The first lottery for the No. 1 overall it down on the individual placards, pick begins at precisely 7:04 p.m. The one by one. lottery technician is responsible for The group runs through the 14 placpulling one ball at a time from the ma- ards, ensuring the correct order for chine every 15 seconds as announced the much-anticipated reveal, one that

by Matsuzaki, who is close by with a will soon please fans from Toronto and stopwatch.

Winnipeg.

‘I THINK IT SORT OF CAUGHT US ALL A LITTLE BIT BY SURPRISE THE WAY THEY DID IT THIS YEAR. THEY MADE US ALL SWEAT A LITTLE BIT.’

“It feels like it (the puck) comes off pretty quick.”

Hockey players also treat their sticks like baseball players with gloves or golfers with putters and drivers some tinker constantly, others just grab what works and go.

“There are some guys who use the same one, they’ve used the same one for years,” Rudee said. “They may try something else, but if it’s working for them, they stick with it. There are other players who may change with technology the latest and greatest that comes out, they try it and like it better, move on to that one.”

BRIEF McDavid, Gostisbehere and Panarin named Calder finalists Edmonton forward Connor McDavid, Philadelphia defenceman Shayne Gostisbehere and Chicago forward Artemi Panarin were named the Calder Trophy finalists on Monday.

The Calder Trophy is awarded to the NHL’s best rookie player.

McDavid, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, ranked fourth among rookies with 16 goals and 32 assists despite appearing in only 45 games for the Oilers due to injury.

His average of 1.07 points per game led all rookies and ranked third in the entire NHL. Gostisbehere led rookie defencemen in goals (17), assists (29), points (46), power-play goals (8), power-play points (22) and game-winning goals (5) while playing in 64 games for the Flyers.

Panarin, who signed with the Blackhawks in May 2015, led all rookies in goals (30), assists (47), points (77), power-play goals (8), power-play points (24) and game-winning goals (7) while skating in 80 games.

The winner will be announced June 22 at the 2016 NHL Awards in Las Vegas.

Windsor to host Memorial Cup in May 2017 The Windsor Spitfires will serve as host of the 2017 MasterCard Memorial Cup. The tournament will be held May 18-28, 2017 at the WFCU Centre.

“The city of Windsor and Essex County is home to some of the most passionate fans in the entire Canadian Hockey League,” said OHL commissioner David Branch.

“It is only fitting that an event of this magnitude be hosted in a worldclass facility like the WFCU Centre in a community that embodies dedication and over 40 years of rich history in junior hockey.”

Windsor last hosted the event in 1981. The 2016 event will be played May 19-29 in Red Deer.

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SCOREBOARD TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Local Sports

Hockey

Thursday

Sunday

● WHL: Bantam Draft, 8:30 a.m., Calgary

● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Jr. B Tier II: Calgary Wranglers at Red Deer Renegades, 2:30 p.m., Kinex arena ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Jr. B Tier II: Sylvan Lake Yettis at Lacoka Locos, 3:30 p.m., G.H. Dawe Centre ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Jr. B Tier I: Calgary Shamrocks at Red Deer Rampage, 5 p.m., Kinex Arena

Saturday ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Jr. B Tier I: Edmonton Warriors at Red Deer Rampage, 2:30 p.m., Kinex Arena

Basketball NBA Playoffs (Best-of-7) FIRST ROUND EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, Detroit 0 Sunday, April 17: Cleveland 106, Detroit 101 Wednesday, April 20: Cleveland 107, Detroit 90 Friday, April 22: Cleveland 101, Detroit 91 Sunday, April 24: Cleveland 100, Detroit 98 Toronto 4, Indiana 3 Saturday, April 16: Indiana 100, Toronto 90 Monday, April 18: Toronto 98, Indiana 87 Thursday, April 21: Toronto 101, Indiana 85 Saturday, April 23: Indiana 100, Toronto 83 Tuesday, April 26: Toronto 102, Indiana 99 Friday, April 29: Indiana 101, Toronto 83 Sunday, May 1: Toronto 89, Indiana 84 Miami 4 Charlotte 3 Sunday, April 17: Miami 123, Charlotte 91 Wednesday, April 20: Miami 115, Charlotte 103 Saturday, April 23: Charlotte 96, Miami 80 Monday, April 25: Charlotte 89, Miami 85 Wednesday, April 27: Charlotte 90, Miami 88 Friday, April 29: Miami 97, Charlotte 90 Sunday, May 1: Miami 106, Charlotte 73 Atlanta 4, Boston 2 Saturday, April 16: Atlanta 102, Boston 101 Tuesday, April 19: Atlanta 89, Boston 72 Friday, April 22: Boston 111, Atlanta 103 Sunday, April 24: Boston 104, Atlanta 95, OT Tuesday, April 26: Atlanta 110, Boston 83 Thursday, April 28: Atlanta 104, Boston 92 WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State 4, Houston 1 Saturday, April 16: Golden State 104, Houston 78 Monday, April 18: Golden State 115, Houston 106 Thursday, April 21: Houston 97, Golden State 96 Sunday, April 24: Golden State 121, Houston 94 Wednesday, April 27: Golden State 114, Houston 81 San Antonio 4, Memphis 0 Sunday, April 17: San Antonio 106, Memphis 74 Tuesday, April 19: San Antonio 94, Memphis 68 Friday, April 22: San Antonio 96, Memphis 87 Sunday, April 24: San Antonio 116, Memphis 95

Oklahoma City 4, Dallas 1 Saturday, April 16: Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 70 Monday, April 18: Dallas 85, Oklahoma City 84 Thursday, April 21: Oklahoma City 131, Dallas 102 Saturday, April 23: Oklahoma City 119, Dallas 108 Monday, April 25: Oklahoma City 118, Dallas 104 Portland 4, L.A. Clippers 2 Sunday, April 17: L.A. Clippers 115, Portland 95 Wednesday, April 20: L.A. Clippers 102, Portland 81 Saturday, April 23: Portland 96, L.A. Clippers 88 Monday, April 25: Portland 98, L.A. Clippers 84 Wednesday, April 27: Portland 108, L.A. Clippers 98 Friday, April 29: Portland 106, L.A. Clippers 103 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 1, Atlanta 0 Monday, May 2: Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93 Wednesday, May 4: Atlanta at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Friday, May 6: Cleveland at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 8: Cleveland at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10: Atlanta at Cleveland, TBA Toronto vs. Miami Tuesday, May 3: Miami at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 5: Miami at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 7: Toronto at Miami, 3 p.m.

Monday, May 9: Toronto at Miami, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11: Miami at Toronto, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 1, Oklahoma City 1 Saturday, April 30: San Antonio 124, Oklahoma City 92 Monday, May 2: Oklahoma City 98, San Antonio 97 Friday, May 6: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 8: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, TBA Thursday, May 12: San Antonio at Oklahoma Golden State 1, Portland 0 Sunday, May 1: Golden State 118, Portland 106 Tuesday, May 3: Portland at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 7: Golden State at Portland, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, May 9: Golden State at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11: Portland at Golden State, TBA

Gymnastics Results from the Mountain Magic Invitational gymnastics meet in Okotoks on April 29 to May 1.

Top five results for the Exelta Gymnastics Club.

Vault — third: Adalia Hansen JO level 2 junior, second: Presley Zinger JO level 6 2004-2008, tiedthird: Paige Zinger JO level 4 and third: Carys Baird JO level 1.

Bars — fourth: Adalia Hansen JO level 2 junior, third: Abby Heppner JO level 3 senior and fifth:

Paige Zinger JO level 4.

Beam — second: Presley Zinger JO level 6 20042008 and third: Jessie Logan JO level 1.

Floor — fifth: Andie Velichko JO level 3 junior A, third: Stephanie Hopins JO level 6, fourth: Paige Zinger JO level 4 and third: Carys Baird.

All Around — fifth: Adalia Hansen JO level 2 junior, fourth: JO level 6 2004-2008 and fifth: Carys Baird JO level 1.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Josh Ravin 80 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent RHP Joe Wieland outright to Tacoma (PCL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Recalled RHP Mike Foltynewicz from Gwinnett (IL). Selected the contracts of INF-OF Chase d’Arnaud, OF Matt Tuiasosopo and INF Reid Brignac from Gwinnett. Optioned RHP John Gant and INF-OF Jace Peterson to Gwinnett.

Designated OF Drew Stubbs for assignment.

CINCINNATI REDS — Placed C Devin Mesoraco on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 28.

Recalled C Ramon Cabrera from Louisville (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled INF-OF Alex Dickerson from El Paso (PCL). Designated LHP Michael Kirkman for assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled OF Mac Williamson from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned LHP Steven Okert to Sacramento.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with RB Jared Baker, WR Jeff Beathard, CB Eli Bouka, LS Kameron Canaday, WR Amir Carlisle, QB Jake Coker, OT Clay Debord, LS Daniel Dillon, S Matthias Farley, CB Trevon Hartfield, WR Chris King, LB Lamar Louis, OT Givens Price, P Garrett Swanson, TE Hakeem Valles and CB Ronald Zamort.

BUFFALO BILLS — Agreed to terms with LB Bryson Albright, WR Davonte Allen, WR Gary Chambers, LS Reid Ferguson, FB Glenn Gronkowski, C Robert Kugler, G Jamison Lalk, DE Claudell Louis, OT Marquis Lucas, OT Keith Lumpkin, PK Marshall Morgan, LB Eric Striker, DB Julian Whigham and DT Justin Zimmer. Released CB Merrill Noel, C Ronald Patrick and DE Jarius Wynn.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Terminated the contract of LB Scott Solomon. Waived WR Saalim Hakim.

DETROIT LIONS — Exercised the fifth-year option on the contract of DE Ezekiel Ansah. Signed LB Zaviar Gooden.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to terms with WRS Danny Anthrop, Marcus Leak, MeKale McKay, Chester Rogers and Tevaun Smith DEs Sterling Bailey and Delvon Simmons OL Isiah Cage,

Davante Harris and Adam Redmond TEs Darion Griswold and Mike Miller DBs Daniel Davie, Stefan McClure, Christopher Milton, Darius White and Andrew Williamson and LBs Curt Maggitt, Andrew Sarao and Ronald Thompson. Waived TE Cameron Clear, LS Forrest Hill, C-G Khaled Holmes and OT Mitchell Van Dyk. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Exercised their fifth-year option on OT Eric Fisher.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Exercised the fifth-year options on DT Sharrif Floyd and CB Xavier Rhodes.

Signed WR Moritz Boehringer. Agreed to terms with CB Keith Baxter, TE Kyle Carter, DE Theiren Cockran, LB Jake Ganus, WR Marken Michel, DE Denzell Perine, RB Jhurell Pressley, CB Eric Rawls, RB Brandon Ross and QB Joel Stave.

NEW YORK JETS — Exercised their fifth-year option on DL Sheldon Richardson.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DB Rashaan Melvin and LB James Vaughters.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Re-signed QB Bruce Gradkowski to a one-year contract.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Agreed to terms with QB Mike Bercovici, CB Terrell Chestnut, RB Kenneth Farrow, G Sebastian Johannson, OT Tyler Johnstone, WR Jamaal Jones, LB Christopher Landrum, LB Tyler Marcodes, D Adrian McDonald, G-OT Mike McQueen, LB Shaq Petteway, C Spencer Pulley, OT Zeth Ramsey, WR Deandre Reaves, CB Larry Scott, FB Christopher Swain, TE Matt Weiser, WR Dominique Williams, CB Trevor Williams and DT Carlos Wray.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Exercised the fifthyear option on S Eric Reid.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Released CB Chris Culliver, DL Christo Bilukidi, LB Desmond Bishop and WR LaRon Byrd. Waived DL Anthony Johnson, DL Kamal Johnson, CB Al Louis-Jean and LB Derrick Mathews.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed OL Joel Figueroa. Acquired the rights of two negotiation list players for OL Thaddeus Coleman.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with D Parker Wotherspoon on a three-year contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with G Antti Raanta.

American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Released D Joshua Jacobs from this amateur tryout agreement.

SAN DIEGO GULLS — Recalled G Ryan Faragher from Utah (ECHL).

FENCING Red Deer fencers parried and thrust their way onto the podium at the Alberta championships in Blackfalds.

Leading the way with two medals was C.J. Wilson who won bronze medals in both the men’s open epee and the U20 men’s epee.

Other medalists include: Nathaniel Johnson took the silver in the open men’s epee, Karren Lyver won bronze in the open women’s epee, Kameron Lamont won bronze in the U17 women’s epee, Kai Moore won silver in the U15 men’s epee and Alexander Lischewski won bronze in the U15 men’s epee.

More than 120 fencers from Alberta and B.C. attended and competed at the championship.

STORY FROM B1: Penguins The play started when a Sidney Crosby scoring chance was blocked in the slot, the puck floating high in the air before it was retrieved by rookie winger Conor Sheary. Sheary dished to Trevor Daley at the point, the veteran defender winding up for a blast that Hornqvist got a stick on.

Pittsburgh scored again exactly one minute later when rookie Tom Kuhnhackl redirected a Matt Cullen passing attempt.

The animosity between the clubs heightened late in the opening period after Letang drilled Johansson. The Penguins defenceman caught Johansson with an elbow to the head area just after the Capitals winger released a pass as he entered the offensive zone.

Johansson, who has seven points in the playoffs, lay facedown on the ice with little movement before the play was eventually whistled down. He was helped off the ice by a team trainer, returning for the start of the second period after passing concussion tests in Washington’s locker-room. Letang was called for interference on the play.

It wasn’t done there for the Capitals though.

Washington winger Daniel Winnik pursued Letang with a hit and slash a few moments later, while Tom Wilson had a few choice words of his own. Johansson noted some issues with his neck after the game.

WHL 2016 Playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7)

Justin Kirkland, Kel Jayden Halbgewachs, MJ Tanner Jeannot, MJ Ethan Bear, Sea Brett Howden, MJ Kale Clague, Bdn

EASTERN CONFERENCE Brandon (E1) vs. Red Deer (C2) (Brandon wins series 4-1) Friday’s result Brandon 5 Red Deer 2

15 15 15 15 15 14

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Tampa Bay (2) vs. N.Y. Islanders (WC1) (Series tied 1-1) Saturday’s result Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Islanders 1 Wednesday’s result N.Y. Islanders 5 Tampa Bay 3 Tuesday’s game Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Friday’s game Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 8 N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, TBA Tuesday, May 10 Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, TBA

ED CHYNOWETH CUP League Championship Brandon (E1) vs. Seattle (US1) (Best-of-7) Friday, May 6 Seattle at Brandon, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 7 Seattle at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10 Brandon at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11 Brandon at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, May 13 x-Brandon at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Sunday, May 15 x-Seattle at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 16 x-Seattle at Brandon, 7 p.m. x — played only if necessary.

2016 WHL playoff scoring leaders G 13 10 7 8 6 2 5 9 8 8 7 7 6 6

4 6 9 9 11 8

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE Seattle (US1) vs. Kelowna (BC2) (Seattle wins series 4-0)

John Quenneville, Bdn Nolan Patrick, Bdn Adam Brooks, Reg Tim McGauley, Bdn Reid Duke, Bdn Jayce Hawryluk, Bdn Mathew Barzal, Sea Adam Helewka, RD Jake DeBrusk, RD Jack Walker, Vic Dryden Hunt, MJ Cole Sanford, Reg Brayden Point, MJ Sam Steel, Reg

11 9 6 6 4 6

A 11 14 16 13 14 18 14 9 9 8 9 9 10 10

Pts 24 24 23 21 20 20 19 18 17 16 16 16 16 16

Metropolitan Division Washington (1) vs. Pittsburgh (2) (Pittsburgh leads series 2-1) Monday’s game Pittsburgh 3 Washington 2 Saturday’s result Pittsburgh 2 Washington 1 Wednesday’s game Washington at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 7 Pittsburgh at Washington, TBA Monday, May 10 Washington at Pittsburgh, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas (1) vs. St. Louis (2) (Series tied 1-1) Sunday’s result St. Louis 4 Dallas 3 (OT) Friday’s result

Dallas 2 St. Louis 1 Tuesday’s game Dallas at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Thursday’s game Dallas at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 7 St. Louis at Dallas, TBA Monday, May 9 Dallas at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Pacific Division (San Jose leads series 2-0) Sunday’s result San Jose 3 Nashville 2 Friday’s result San Jose 5 Nashville 2 Tuesday’s game San Jose at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s game San Jose at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 7 Nashville at San Jose, TBA Monday, May 9 San Jose at Nashville, TBA Monday’s Summary Penguins 3, Capitals 2 First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 4 (Daley, Sheary) 6:37.

2. Pittsburgh, Kuhnhackl 2 (Cullen, Letang) 7:37.

Penalties — Williams Wash (interference) 8:35 Pouliot Pgh (hooking) 10:08 Letang Pgh (interference) 15:41 Winnik Wash (slashing) 18:09 Kessel Pgh (slashing) 19:22.

Second Period 3. Pittsburgh, Hagelin 3 (Bonino, Kessel) 15:03.

Penalties — Williams Wash (tripping) 6:30.

Third Period 4. Washington, Ovechkin 4 (Niskanen, Backstrom) 8:02.

5. Washington, Williams 1 (Ovechkin, Carlson) 19:04.

Penalties — Hagelin Pgh (tripping) 13:19.

Shots on goal Washington 14 14 21 — 49 Pittsburgh 8 6 9 — 23 Goal — Washington: Holtby (L, 5-4-0). Pittsburgh: Murray (W, 5-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Washington: 0-4 Pittsburgh: 0-3.

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Boston 15 10 .600 Baltimore 14 10 .583 Tampa Bay 11 13 .458 Toronto 12 15 .444 New York 8 15 .348 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 18 8 .692 Detroit 14 10 .583 Kansas City 13 12 .520 Cleveland 10 12 .455 Minnesota 8 18 .308 West Division W L Pct Texas 15 11 .577 Seattle 13 11 .542 Oakland 13 13 .500 Los Angeles 12 14 .462 Houston 8 18 .308

GB — 1/2 3 1/2 4 6 GB — 3 4 1/2 6 10 GB — 1 2 3 7

L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Moore 1-2), 5:10 p.m.

Boston (Wright 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-1), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-0) at Milwaukee (Guerra 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Meyer 0-0) at Houston (McHugh 2-3), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Roark 2-2) at Kansas City (Young 1-4), 6:15 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 0-3) at Oakland (Gray 3-2), 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games L.A. Angels at Milwaukee, 11:40 a.m.

Washington at Kansas City, 12:15 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 1:35 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

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

Texas at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Boston at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Baltimore 1 Detroit 6, Minnesota 5 Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 1 L.A. Angels 9, Texas 6 Houston 2, Oakland 1 Kansas City 4, Seattle 1 Boston 8, N.Y. Yankees 7

National League East Division

Monday’s Games Texas 2, Toronto 1 Milwaukee 8, L.A. Angels 5 Minnesota 6, Houston 2 Washington 2, Kansas City 0 Seattle at Oakland, late

Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati

Tuesday’s Games Detroit (Verlander 2-2) at Cleveland (Tomlin 3-0), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Severino 0-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 2-1), 5:05 p.m.

Texas (Perez 1-2) at Toronto (Estrada 1-2), 5:07 p.m.

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Atlanta

W L Pct 18 7 .720 16 8 .667 15 11 .577 12 12 .500 6 19 .240 Central Division W L Pct 18 6 .750 15 11 .577 13 13 .500 10 15 .400 10 16 .385 West Division W L Pct 14 13 .519 13 13 .500 12 12 .500 12 15 .444 9 16 .360

GB — 1 1/2 3 1/2 5 1/2 12 GB — 4 6 8 1/2 9 GB — 1/2 1/2 2 4

Sunday’s Games

San Francisco 6, N.Y. Mets 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5, 11 innings Milwaukee 14, Miami 5 Washington 6, St. Louis 1 Atlanta 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 10 innings Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 1 Colorado 6, Arizona 3 L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 1 San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 6 Milwaukee 8, L.A. Angels 5 St. Louis 10, Philadelphia 3 Washington 2, Kansas City 0 Colorado at San Diego, late Tuesday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-0) at Pittsburgh (Niese 3-0), 5:05 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 1-3) at Miami (Nicolino 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Wisler 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 2-3), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Moore 1-2), 5:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Samardzija 3-1) at Cincinnati (Moscot 0-2), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-0) at Milwaukee (Guerra 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 1-2) at St. Louis (Wacha 2-1), 6:15 p.m.

Washington (Roark 2-2) at Kansas City (Young 1-4), 6:15 p.m.

Colorado (Butler 0-0) at San Diego (Cashner 1-2), 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m.

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 10:35 a.m.

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

L.A. Angels at Milwaukee, 11:40 a.m.

Washington at Kansas City, 12:15 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 1:40 p.m.

Arizona at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

CFL prospect Buckley, Olympic swimmer Masse win BLG Awards

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Andrew Buckley and Kylie Masse are having a big 2016.

In addition to winning the BLG Awards as the top athletes in Canadian Interuniversity Sport on Monday, Masse will swim in the Olympic Games and Buckley will take a shot at becoming a CFL quarterback this summer.

“That just tells you the calibre of athlete coming out of the CIS,” Buckley said. “It’s an incredibly talented league and I think very under-rated.”

Buckley capped five years quarterbacking the University of Calgary Dinos by setting a single-season CIS passing record of 3,162 yards. The Dinos went 8-0 in the regular season.

The University of Toronto’s Masse (pronounced MOSS) swept three backstroke finals and finished top two in all seven of her races at the CIS swimming championship.

Buckley won the Hec Crighton Trophy that goes to the most valuable player in CIS football a second straight year. The 22-year-old Calgarian will attend the Calgary Stampeders camp later this month.

“I’ll be the lone CIS quarterback trying to make the CFL this year,” Buckley said.

“I do feel like I’m representing the CIS and sure hope I do a good job.”

Masse, a 20-year-old from Lasalle, Ont., won four gold medals and three silver at the CIS championship.

The second-year kinesiology student twice broke the Canadian record in the 100-metre backstroke at April’s Olympic trials to punch a ticket to Rio. She said the momentum and confidence gained from her performance at the university championship helped propel her onto the Olympic team.

“Going into trials with that kind of mindset and having come off that championship I think helped a lot my races at trials,” Masse said. “Obviously CIS is doing an amazing job and it’s a great foundation and support system and competition environment to be able to succeed in.”

Her goal is to make the final in Rio.

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Andrew Buckley, a quarterback from the University of Calgary, accepts the CIS Male Athlete of the Year award at the BLG Awards in Calgary, Monday.

Buckley and Masse each received $10,000 post-graduate scholarships, a watch and a gold ring at Monday’s ceremony in Calgary.

Masse earned the Jim Thompson Trophy that goes to the female winner, while Buckley was given the Doug Mitchell Trophy as the top male athlete.

According to the CIS, there are 12,000 student-athletes competing annually for 56 universities.

The other male finalists were McMaster volleyball player Stephen Maar and hockey players Jordan Murray out of the University of New Brunswick and Guillaume Asselin from the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres.

McGill hockey player Melodie Daoust, Acadia basketball player Paloma Anderson and Thompson Rivers University volleyball player Iuliia Pakhomenko were the other female finalists.

Student-athletes must compete in CIS sport a minimum of two years to be eligible and can’t be a previous recipient of a BLG Award.

CFL football player and Olympic bobsledder Jesse Lumsden, Olympic women’s hockey team goaltender Kim St. Pierre and Olympic heptathlete Jessica Zelinka are among previous recipients of the awards, which are sponsored by the law firm Borden

Ladner Gervais.

The Canadian Athletic Foundation that chooses the winners consists of 19 business people from five Canadian cities. Lawyer Doug Mitchell, a former CFL player, executive and commissioner, is chairman of that board.

The public was also invited to vote online on the CIS, BLG and Sportsnet websites.

Among the friends, family and coaches Buckley had in the audience Monday were Stampeder coach Dave Dickenson and general manager John Hufnagel.

Buckley participated in the Stampeders’ training camp in 2015. He got reps in a pair of CFL pre-season games before returning to the Dinos for his final year of eligibility.

In addition to the CIS passing record, the six-foot QB set a Canada West record in completion percentage (72). The Stampeders re-signed Buckley this year, so he will postpone medical school to pursue a pro football career.

“Right now, the little boy in me wants to pursue the pro football career and see how long I can take that because it’s such a rare opportunity,” Buckley said. “Med school is something that’s definitely going to be down the line.”

The University of Calgary leads all schools in BLG winners with eight since the inaugural awards in 1993.

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An improbable championship LEICESTER WINS ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE FOR FIRST TIME IN ITS 132 YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Leicester City completed one of the greatest-ever sporting achievements Monday when the 5,000-1 underdogs won the Premier League for the first time.

Leicester players were crowded around a television inside top-scorer Jamie Vardy’s house as they were handed the title by closest challenger Tottenham being held to a 2-2 draw by deposed champion Chelsea.

With an insurmountable seven-point lead over Tottenham with two games remaining, Leicester is champion of England for the first time in its 132-year history.

“Championes! Championes! Ole! Ole! Ole!” the jubilant Leicester players sang as they jumped up and down with their arms on each other’s shoulders inside Vardy’s house.

“Nobody believed we could do it, but here we are — Premier League champions and deservedly so,” Leicester captain Wes Morgan said.

“I’ve never known a spirit like the one between these boys, we’re like brothers.”

Just two years ago, Vardy and many of his teammates were playing in the second tier and then came close to instantly dropping out of the Premier League. They started this season as among the favourites to be relegated again.

But on Monday night fans who never dreamed their modest club in city with a population of 330,000 would conquer wealthier rivals descended on Leicester’s King Power Stadium to party into the night.

“People saw it last season when everyone expected us to be relegated, but we fought back to prove people wrong,” Morgan said. “This season’s been a continuation of that. We’ve built on the momentum, but I don’t think anyone believed it would come

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Leicester City fans celebrate in the Market Tavern in Leicester after seeing their side crowned English Premier League soccer champions following Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-2 draw against Chelsea. The match resulted in Leicester City winning the Premier League, Monday. to this.”

Leicester, which will collect the trophy on Saturday when it hosts Everton at home, had not even finished higher than second since 1929.

English soccer has not had a firsttime champion of the top flight since Nottingham Forest in 1978. And for the last 20 years the Premier League trophy has never left London or Manchester, with Arsenal, Chelsea, United and City sharing the trophy between them.

Unlike that title-winning quartet or 1995 champion Blackburn, Leicester has achieved its success without lavish spending on its squad.

Chelsea’s draw also ensured Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri became a league title winner for the first time in his career, 12 years after the 64-year-

old Italian was fired by the Blues.

“Let’s do it for Ranieri,” read one Chelsea fan’s banner during Monday’s game at Stamford Bridge where the trophy was presented to Chelsea last May. “It’s the greatest achievement in the history of English football and it was led by an Italian,” Matteo Renzi, the Italian Prime Minister, tweeted.

Leicester missed a chance to seal the title on Sunday when it was held to a draw by Manchester United but Chelsea ensured the party wasn’t de-

day in exchange for two players from the team’s negotiation list.

Coleman played in one game last season for the Eskimos. He made two appearances in 2014 and played in 18 games in 2013.

The six-foot-eight 320-pound native of Waukegan, Ill., won his first career Grey Cup last season.

Later Monday, the Eskimos signed offensive lineman Joel Figueroa. He made 26 starts for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats over the last three seasons.

layed any longer.

Tottenham had to win at Chelsea to keep its bid for a first title since 1961 alive and led 2-0 thanks to goals from striker Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, before Chelsea staged a second-half fight back to draw in a fiery London derby where tempers frayed and tackles flew in from everywhere.

“What a game,” Leicester defender Robert Huth tweeted. “Makes me look like an angel! CHAMPIONS!!!”

Center half Gary Cahill pulled a goal back for Chelsea early in the second half, and with Tottenham clinging on, the equalizing goal was scored by Eden Hazard.

Hazard’s goal was almost a year to the day since his strike won the title for Chelsea, which is 29 points behind Leicester. Chelsea’s collapse has been as astonishing as Leicester’s surge to the top of the standings it was bottom of last April.

Ranieri called Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink to thank him for Chelsea’s part in delivering the title to Leicester, which is owned by Thai retail giant King Power. “(Ranieri said) five times ‘Thanks’, because of the emotion,” Hiddink said.

“I didn’t see any tears because it was not a Facetime conversation, but his voice was trembling a bit.”

One bookmaker, Sky Bet, said it paid out 4.6 million pounds ($6.8 million) to punters who backed Leicester to win the title, with 128 putting money on the team at 5,000-1.

No sports team has defied such odds to triumph and Leicester’s improbable success has provided a feelgood story for a country divided as it prepares to vote on whether to remain in the European Union.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — James Taylor has Canada in his mind.

The five-time Grammy Award winner will embark on an extensive 15-show run through many of the country’s biggest cities over the next month in support of his 17th studio album “Before This World.”

Taylor begins the trek in Ottawa on Friday before rolling into Hamilton, London, Ont., Kingston, Ont., Montreal and Saint John, N.B. over the next few weeks. Additional tour dates are booked for late May in Summerside, P.E.I., Halifax and St. John’s, N.L., as well as Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria and Vancouver in June.

The 68-year-old How Sweet It Is and Carolina in My Mind singer spoke to The Canadian Press about life on the road, what he loves about Canadians, overcoming a heroin addiction, and the complexities of working alongside his wife.

CP: You’re embarking on a pretty exhaustive touring schedule for someone who’s nearly 70. How do you keep it up?

Taylor: I think it all comes down to luck and genetics. The music I play doesn’t tear up my voice. There’s some people who you just know are going to have a tough time when they get to be older because it’s hard to scream your head off. For instance, Steven Tyler still does it really well. I can’t imagine that kind of vocal production at my age, so total hats off to him.

CP: Have you received any memorable advice about performing at this age?

Taylor: It was Tony (Bennett) who told me that you’ve got to use your voice every day. At least four days a week I do an hour of singing — and hard singing too — that really taxes my instrument and makes it tired. That’s essential. You’ve got to use it or lose it.

CP: It’s surprising how many Canadian dates you have on this tour, especially considering most U.S. musicians make one or two stops here. Why the strong focus on Canada?

Taylor: We’ve done it before too — in 2008, we did nine dates across the country. The simple answer is I’ve got a Canadian manager in Vancouver named Sam Feldman who’s been (with) me since 2006 or 2007, so he’s Canada-centric. That’s in his mind and he’s familiar with the territory.

CP: Are there differences in playing Canada?

Taylor: There’s a directness I find from Canadians. There’s a self-doubt that comes with feeling somewhat provincial, as if the neighbours to the south are the main event and Canada has been used to feeling — as a nation — sort of overshadowed. Self-doubt is one of my favourite conditions in other

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Singer James Taylor performs for President Barack Obama and the First Family during the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting on the Ellipse in Washington.

Taylor has Canada in his mind.The five-time Grammy Award winner will embark on an extensive 15-show run through many of the country’s biggest cities over the next month in support of his 17th studio album “Before This World.” people. People who are blindly self-assured, I just don’t get ‘em and I don’t like ‘em.

CP: You’ve overcome some major obstacles, in particular both heroin addiction and alcohol abuse. Do you reflect on that time in your life?

Taylor: In the beginning I had weights tied around my ankles. I was drug addicted, I was paying no attention to my health. I managed to survive 20 years of active addiction. There were five times when I should’ve never gotten up, but I did. I transferred addictions from substance — mostly opiates — to exercise. It was the only way I could feel comfortable in my own body. In a way, I overdid that too — I wore out my knees — but it put my heart and lungs in great shape and I’m seeing the benefits of that now.

CP: You met your wife Kim when she was director of marketing at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and since marrying in 2001 she oversees much of your business and also performs with you sometimes. What’s the appeal of such a close working relationship?

Taylor: The partnership me and my wife have is we kind of share every-

thing. There really at this point is only “we.” We exist as a couple and not really as individuals. Trying not to be an individual is the hardest thing we do (as people). I never consider doing anything myself in which I don’t assume her participation and vice versa.

I don’t know if all marriages are like that or not.

CP: I don’t think they are, particularly in music where touring can get in the way of balance. Musician couples are often scrutinized for their partnerships — Paul and Linda McCartney, for example. How do you manage the outsider presumptions?

Taylor: The French have an expression that marriage is a covered dish.

What it means is, you really don’t know what goes on inside a marriage. The nature of that intimate connection … that’s such a private thing. (Paul) McCartney saw me and Kim working together and he (said), “Don’t ever let anyone tell you that’s inappropriate — anything you can do that keeps you together. This life on the road has a tendency to tear couples apart, so don’t hesitate to work together whenever you can.”

Charges dropped against actor Smith

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A misdemeanour domestic battery charge has been dropped against Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith a month after his arrest in Los Angeles.

Smith, who plays the character Bubbles on the Canadian cult comedy, was arrested on April 1 after an incident at a Hollywood hotel involving a woman.

He was released on bail hours later, after being booked on suspicion of misdemeanour domestic battery, and had been set to appear in a L.A. court last Friday.

The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office said Monday that Smith’s charge had been dropped.

Spokesman Frank Mateljan said the office decided not to pursue the charge “due to lack of sufficient evidence.”

Smith had denied any wrongdoing in a written statement issued shortly after his arrest, saying the woman involved in the incident was a friend of his with whom he had a “loud and heated dispute.”

“At no time did I assault her. I am not guilty of the misdemeanour charged against me,” he said at the time.

In the same statement, which was issued by the Trailer Park Boys, a woman who was described as the alleged victim in the incident also denied the police allegations.

“At no point did I feel I was in danger, otherwise I would’ve called the

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Actor Mike Smith arrives in character as Bubbles for the Canadian premiere of the film ‘Trailer Park Boys Countdown to Liquor Day’ in Toronto. A misdemeanour domestic battery charge has been dropped against the actor a month after his arrest in Los Angeles. police myself, which I did not,” the woman was quoted as saying. “The police were called by others not present in the room who mistakenly perceived the argument to be something other than what it was.”

The statement also said other members of the Trailer Park Boys and all staff “stand behind” Smith.

Not long after news of Smith’s arrest surfaced, however, his then Trailer Park Boys co-star Lucy DeCoutere

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DeCoutere took to Twitter at the time to say: “If I find out that somebody is abusive, I cut them out of my life.” She then tweeted that she was resigning.

DeCoutere later insisted she remained friends with the cast and crew of the Trailer Park Boys despite saying her departure was linked to Smith’s arrest.

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TORONTO — An adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s totalitarian gender study The Handmaid’s Tale will star Mad Men actress Elisabeth Moss.

The Golden Globe-winner will play the lead role of Offred in a series being produced by U.S. streaming service Hulu and MGM Television.

Atwood will be consulting producer on the show while ELISABETH MOSS its executive producers include Warren Littlefield, who helped bring Fargo to the small screen.

The Handmaid’s Tale is set in a dystopian future in which women are property of the state.

After being torn from her daughter and enslaved by her male owner, Offred struggles to survive in the male-dominated society while searching for ways to reunite with her family.

The Handmaid’s Tale was considered a breakthrough novel when it was published in 1985, winning the Governor General’s Award for English fiction and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

“The Handmaid’s Tale is more relevant now than when it was written, and I am sure the series will be watched with great interest,” Atwood said in a statement.

“I have read the first two scripts and they are excellent. I can hardly wait to see the finished episodes.”

Hulu says the series will begin production later this year for a scheduled premiere in 2017 on its streaming platform, which is only available in the U.S.

Prince siblings in court for first hearing on estate

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHASKA, Minn. — Five of Prince’s six surviving siblings appeared in court Monday for the first hearing to start sorting out an estate certain to be worth millions, a task complicated because the star musician isn’t known to have left a will.

In a hearing that lasted a little over 12 minutes, Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide formalized his appointment last week of Bremer Trust to handle matters involving the estate of Prince, who died suddenly last month at age 57.

Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, requested the appointment so that the company can manage Prince’s estate until an executor is named. Eide asked the packed courtroom whether anyone knew of a will, and the courtroom was silent. Lawyers for Bremer Trust said they hadn’t found one but would keep looking.

“The court is not finding that there is no will, but that no will has yet been found,” the judge said.

The hearing didn’t address how long the estate may take to settle or how much it is worth. His property holdings alone in Minnesota, including his Paisely Park studios in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, were worth about $27 million, but music industry experts say his earnings after death are likely to be far more.

Tyka Nelson is Prince’s only full sibling. Four half-siblings — Alfred Jackson, Norrine Nelson, Sharon Nelson and Omarr Baker — were present.

A fifth, John Nelson, didn’t attend.

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Ringling Bros. elephants take last dance

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The curtain fell a final time for elephants performing at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as the circus ended a practice that enthralled audiences for two centuries but became caught between animal rights activists’ concerns and Americans’ shifting views.

Six Asian elephants danced, balanced on each others’ backs and sat on their hind legs during their last show in Providence, Rhode Island on Sunday.

“This is a very emotional time for us,” Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson told the crowd as the performance came to an end.

He called elephants beloved members of the circus family and thanked the animals for more than 100 years of service.

“We love our girls. Thank you so much for so many years of joy,” he said as the elephants left the ring for a final time. “That’s history tonight there, ladies and gentlemen, true American icons.”

Elephants have been used in the circus in America for more than 200 years. In the early 1800s, Hackaliah Bailey added the elephant “Old Bet” to his circus. P.T. Barnum added the African elephant he named “Jumbo” to “The Greatest Show on Earth” in 1882.

“We came to say farewell to the elephants,” said Sheila Oliver, of East Providence, who brought her 4-yearold daughter, Lilliana. “This is her first circus and, unfortunately, it’s their last one.”

Five elephants also performed ear-

lier Sunday in a Ringling Bros. show in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

The Providence show opened with the national anthem. An elephant carried a performer holding an American flag then stood at attention as the song ended. A few minutes later, six elephants entered the ring, each holding the tail of the one in front of her.

After Sunday’s performance, the animals will live at Ringling’s 200-acre Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida, said Alana Feld, executive vice-president of Feld Entertainment, which owns the circus. Its herd of 40 Asian elephants, the largest in North America, will continue a breeding program and be used in a pediatric cancer research project.

The Humane Society says more than a dozen circuses in the United States continue to use elephants. But none tour as widely or are as well-known as Ringling Bros.

It’s also getting more difficult for circuses to tour with elephants. Dozens of cities have banned the use of bullhooks — used to train elephants — and some states are considering such legislation.

Before Sunday’s show, around half a dozen protesters stood outside, including one wearing a lion costume, to protest Ringling’s use of animals.

Just as in the Disney movie Dumbo, elephants in the past have been dressed up as people and trained to do a range of tricks: play baseball, ride bicycles, play musical instruments, wear wedding dresses or dress in mourning clothes, said Ronald B. Tobias, author of the 2013 book Behemoth: The History of the Elephant in America. developing a yet-to-be-announced new CBC show.

Susan Marjetti, executive director of radio and audio at CBC English Services, says they “wanted to go out on a high” and adds “it was time for a change.”

DNTO debuted on Sept. 10, 1994, delivering personal stories from a wide variety of Canadians.

LGBT inclusion in films static, diversity drops: study CBC Radio One’s DNTO ending its run on May 14 TORONTO — CBC Radio One’s longrunning Saturday afternoon program DNTO (Definitely Not The Opera) is about to take its final bow.

The public broadcaster says the show will end its 22-year run on May 14.

Sook-Yin Lee, who’s been hosting DNTO since September 2002, will be taking on a new project with the CBC. Meanwhile, a statement says the show’s Winnipeg-based producers are

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood films remained static in their inclusiveness of LGBT characters in 2015, but the racial diversity of those characters fell dramatically, according to the findings of GLAAD’s annual study.

In a survey released Monday by the advocacy group, 17.5 per cent of last year’s films from the seven major studios contained characters who were lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Though unchanged in total percentage from last year, the racial diversity of the LGBT characters has plummeted. Last year, 32.1 per cent of the LGBT characters portrayed in the 126 films

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An Asian elephant performs during the national anthem for the final elephant performance during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sunday in Providence, R.I. The circus closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has entertained audiences since circuses began in America two centuries ago. The animals will live at the Ringling Bros. 200-acre Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida. were people of colour. This year, it’s down to 25.5 per cent.

The revelation comes at a time of increased scrutiny around the inclusion of people of colour in Hollywood films, following a second year of all-white Oscar nominees in the acting categories and a damning USC report about the “whitewashed” industry.

Many times, too, the LGBT characters are used solely as a punchline targets, said GLAAD’s President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.

“Hollywood’s films lag far behind any other form of media when it comes to portrayals of LGBT characters,” Ellis said. “The film industry must embrace new and inclusive stories if it wants to remain competitive and

relevant.”

While television continues to make strides with shows like Orange is the New Black and Transparent, films are also missing the mark in their representation of transgendered characters.

Only one major studio film featured a transgender character — the critically derided Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara buddy comedy Hot Pursuit. Even worse, it’s an increase from last year.

Notable 2015 films like the lesbian romance Carol and the transgender sex worker drama Tangerine were acknowledge in the report, but not included in overall percentages because they were from specialty and independent distributors and studios.

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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 Start your career!

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CLASSIFICATIONS

850

Trades

740

Dental

BUSY dealership now hiring.

Pike Wheaton Chevrolet

is currently seeking an exp. licensed automotive technician. GM Dealership exp. would be considered an asset. This position REG. DENTAL Hygienist Must be flexible with hours. offers a competitive wage with a bonus system. Pls. Apply to Healthy Smiles apply in person with Fax resumes attn: resume to the Service Corinne or Chrissy Manager.

No phone call pls.

(403) 347-2133 or email: healthysmiles4life@ Looking for a place hotmail.com to live?

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770

Janitorial

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $15/hr. Floor skills would be an asset. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

880

Misc.

Help

LIKE to camp? Canyon Creek Golf & Camping, 14 km northeast of Rocky, is looking for a mature, responsible Campground Host. Pls. phone 1-403-845-5001 for details.

RECYCLE SORTERS F/T, required Immed. in Red Deer & Olds offices.

Email resume with a min. of 2 references. to: canpak1212@gmail.com

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5240

880

Misc.

Help

NEW WEST GEOMATICS is seeking a field survey assistant or junior party chief to join our central Alberta team. Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license and preferably have current safety certification. If you are a motivated individual interested in developing a career in the survey industry, please send your resume to careers@ newwestgeomatics.com today.

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1580

Children's Items

EXERCISE SAUCER, toys all the way around, pets and smoke free home. $25. 403-346-5423

Electronics

1605

Wii 2 with 5 games, $70; SONY DVD surround system, $50; and VCR and DVD combo player, $30.

403-782-3847

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Tools

1640

METRIC Socket, plus tool box. $100.

403-343-6044

Firewood

1660

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FREE TRUCK LOADS OF BLACK POPLAR LOGS. You pick up. Very close to Red Deer. 403-392-8385.

Garden Supplies

1680

2 LAWNMOWERS, tuned up and ready to go. $75 and $95. 403-347-5873 or 403-350-1077

Garden Supplies

1680

FREE GARDEN SPACE available, in exchange for you planting my flowers & rhubarb. 403-346-4090

Household Furnishings

1720

BEDSIDE stand, solid wood, 3 drawer, good solid table, 18x20x30. $30. 403-346-5423

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

200 CHANNEL VHF Pro2045 Scanner. $140.

403-346-6539

Misc. for Sale

1760

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 electric lamps, $20.

403-885-5020 30 Peacock feathers, $1/ea,, and assorted cookie cans to give away.

403-346-2231 AIR CONDITION, DANBY (new in box) 8000 BTU, with remote, 3 spd. fan. $200. 403-358-5568 CAMPING dishes, Set $35; Air Conditioner, $100.

403-343-6044 COPPER clad aluminum #2, booster cables $40.

403-343-6044 COVERALLS, new size 42, $20; Blankets (4) $10. ea.; Flannelette Sheets (2) sets, dble., $10 pr.; cushions, (3) $10. ea., portable singer sewing machine $50; electric adding machine, new in box, $20; Willow baskets, (4) $10. ea.; gallon pails, with lids, (4), $1. ea.; peanut butter jars (5), .75 ea. 403-309-5494 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.

GREAT MOTHER’S GIFT! Makeup, from New York, red hot crocodile bag, 12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss.

NEW!!

Valued at $195.

Asking $75 .587-876-2914 UNIQUE black metal bathroom mirror, towel bar, towel ring, and 2 hangers look like “gazelles”. All for $65. 403 309-3475

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Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 KORELL Garry and Maria

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

“Love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

On the 10th anniversary of their passing, friends of Garry and Maria Korell are invited to join their children in sharing memories and the laying of flowers in their honour. We will meet at noon on May 4th at the end of Mackenzie Trail (at the canoe launch and picnic area). We’ve also planned a picnic lunch - weather permitting. “

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Acupuncture

1020

Traditional Chinese Acupuncture & Therapeutic Massage ~ Acute or chronic pain, stress, surgery problems. 4606 - 48 Ave., Red Deer. Walk-ins.

Call or txt 403-350-8883

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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A Birth Announcement lets all your friends know he’s arrived...

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CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

DAMON INTERIORS

Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Contractors

1100

Repair or Renovate No job too small, full service. Free Estimates Seniors Discount.

Call 587-377-0977 R.D.

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

1180

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For help on your home projects such as bathroom, main floor, and bsmt. renovations. Also painting and flooring.

Call James 403-341-0617

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Painters/ Decorators

1310

MIKE’S Refresh Painting Exterior/Interior, Prompt & Courteous Service 403-302-8027

Roofing

1370

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 Tired of Standing?

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Yard Care

1430

SPRING cleanups, summer mowing. Irish Green Yard Care, experienced family business. 403 341 6620

Looking for a new pet?

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. Check out Classifieds to 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. find the purrfect pet.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

SPRING LAWN CLEANUP 403-896-4869 Call Ken 403-304-0678 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s THE ROTOTILLER GUY Roofing. Re-roofing Rototilling Services & specialist. Fully insured.

Yard Prep. 403-597-3957 Insurance claims welcome.

YARD CARE 10 yr. warranty on all work.

Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459 403-350-7602

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 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

CARRIERS NEEDED For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA STETTLER Call Sandra at 403- 314-4303

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Misc. for Sale

1760

GRILL, Charcoal 180 sq. in. of cooking surface, temp. gauge on lid, used twice, like new.

Replacement $259.

Asking $110.

403-346-2859 SHOES, ladies size 37, summer Áat slingback, Rieker, anti-stress. Off white leather. Sides are open weave, worn once.

Regular $185. Asking $85.

587-876-2914 WATER HOSE REEL, $35. 403-885-5020

1840

Dogs

3060

Suites

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

403-304-5337 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $800. rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 3 BDRM. 1,000 sq. ft. apt. for rent in Sylvan Lake.

Ref. req. No pets. $1,100/mo. Viewings avail.

Apt. avail. June 1.

403-307-5505

1860

INVERSION Table, $200.

403-343-6044

Collectors' Items

1870

2001 WINDSTAR, lady driven 184,000 kms. Exc. cond. $3000. ~SOLD~

Motorcycles

5080

CITY VIEW APTS.

2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building.

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679

WANTED: Small dog (Bijon/Shitzu) cross for elderly LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only couple. Dog found. n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

Sporting Goods

5070

Vans Buses

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

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC ALL the bells & whistles!!

44,600 kms.

Excellent Condition Never laid down.

$7600. o.b.o.

(403)318-4653

5100 5120

Cheering Cubans greet first cruise ship from U.S. in decades

Motorhomes IRONSTONE China Ewer, has embossed Áowers and ferns. Very Old. 1976 DODGE motor home, $20. new tires and brakes, Rental incentives avail. ************* sleeps 4, good cond., 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg.

Imari Plates (2), mounted 85,000 km, $25,000 obo. only, N/S, No pets. in a tier holder.

403-782-4504 403-596-2444 $15. ************* NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 Emerald “Dream Dove Holiday bdrm. apartments, rent Brand” measuring cup, $750, last month of lease Trailers $15. free, immed. occupancy. ************** 403-596-6000 Emeral Footed Cake Plate, PENHOLD 1 bdrm. 4 $20. appls, inclds. heat & water, *************** no pets $760/mo., avail.

Amber Carnival Glass June 1. 348-6594 Candy Dish, $15.

MORRISROE MANOR

THE NORDIC

403-342-7460

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Wedding Supplies

1910

VINTAGE Wedding Dress XS, (approx. size 2), Ivory embossed, satin broquet, Full length. $200.

587-876-2914

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

Mobile Lot

CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BDRM., main Ár. no pets, no kids, no drugs, mature, quiet adult, fully employed preferred. $650 rent/dd, 1/2 util. *** RENTED***

Condos/ Townhouses

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SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1000. SD $500. 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

Manufactured Homes

3040

WELL-MAINT. 2 bdrm. mobile home close to Joffre $810 inclds. water, 5 appl.

403-348-6594

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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Realtors & Services

4010

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

3050

3 BDRM., no pets, $975. mo. 403-343-6609 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 CLEARVIEW, 4 plex 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), 1 1/2 baths, $975.mo. n/s, no pets, Avail. May 10 and June 1. 403-391-1780

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Boat Slips Available For Sale or Rent Sylvan Lake, AB 403.318.2442 info@watersedgesylvan.com www.watersedgesylvan.com

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Acreages

4050

FOUR acres, 10 min. from Red Deer, 1,450 sq. ft. home with 3 car garage, 40’ x 60’ heated shop, exc. water, very well kept yard.

403-357-7635

Income Property

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, $359,000. or for Rent. 403-391-1780

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

May 1 403-304-5337

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 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or May 1 403-304-5337

5160

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

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rentals

3190

2014 19.6 NOMAD trailer, SUV towable, sleeps 4, Gently used. Asking $14,500. 403-347-5953

Boats & Marine

2011 TOYOTA Avalon, 110,000 kms. $17,500. fully loaded, A Must See! 403-986-1443 Buying or Selling your home?

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Public Notices

6010

NOTICE T0 CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

MARY ELLEN HUNT late of the City of Red Deer, Alberta, who died on April 15, 2016 If you have a claim against this estate, you must Àle your claim by June 6, 2016 and provide details of your claim with ALVIN F. GANSER Barrister & Solicitor at Box 4040 Olds, Alberta T4H 1P7 If you do not Àle 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 JON WOLFGANG PAUDLER who died on March 2, 2016 If you have a claim against this estate, you must Àle your claim

by May 30, 2016 and provide details of your claim with ERNIE SCHAFER P.O. Box 149 4819 49 St. Mirror, AB Email: bige@cciwireless.ca If you do not Àle by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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People waving Cuban flags greet passengers on Carnival’s Adonia cruise ship as they arrive from Miami in Havana, Cuba, Monday. The Adonia’s arrival is the first step toward a future in which thousands of ships a year could cross the Florida Straits, long closed to most U.S.-Cuba traffic due to tensions that once brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA — Greeted with rum drinks and salsa dancers, the first passengers to cruise from the U.S. to Cuba in nearly 40 years streamed Monday into a crowd cheering the rebirth of commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility.

Many watching the festive arrival praised a Cuban government decision to drop a longstanding ban on Cuban-born people returning to their homeland by sea, a step that allowed 16 Cuban-Americans to make the journey from Miami.

“This is history,” said Mercedes Lopez, a 54-year-old nurse who waited for hours to see Carnival Cruise Line’s 704-passenger Adonia pull up to Havana’s two-berth cruise terminal. “We Cubans must unite, all of us. This is a step forward, a little step toward normalization, peace, family unification.”

The passengers of the Adonia were welcomed by live music and dancing inside Havana’s single state-run cruise terminal. Outside, police carved a single lane into the crowd of hundreds of Cubans waiting in Old Havana’s Plaza San Francisco for passengers taking walking tours of the restored colonial centre. The group included dozens of plainclothes security agents and hawkers promoting restaurants and souvenir shops, as well as many trying to witness history.

Cruise ships stopped crossing the Florida Straits from the U.S. after a brief window in the late 1970s when President Jimmy Carter allowed virtually all U.S. travel to Cuba. U.S. cruises to Cuba once again become possible after Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro declared detente on Dec. 17, 2014.

Both sides hope it is the first step toward a future in which thousands of ships a year could cross the Florida Straits, long closed to most U.S.-Cuba traffic due to tensions that once

brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

“I feel hopeful for the people of Cuba and for Cuba, hopeful that Cuba can realize its full potential,” said North Miami Beach City Manager Ana Garcia, who left the island nation in 1968 when she was 6.

Setting sail from Miami shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday, the Adonia took nearly 17 hours to cross the Florida Straits, steaming through a waterway blockaded by the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Tens of thousands of Cubans have fled to Florida on homemade rafts in recent decades, with untold thousands dying in the process.

The number of Cubans trying to cross the straits is at its highest point in eight years, and cruises and merchant ships regularly rescue rafters from the straits.

U.S. cruises are expected to bring Cuba tens of millions of dollars in badly needed foreign hard currency if traffic increases as expected. More than a dozen lines have announced plans to run U.S.-Cuba cruises, and if all actually begin operations, Cuba could earn more than $80 million a year, the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council said in a report.

The Adonia will take eight days to circumnavigate Cuba and return to Miami. Part of the Fathom brand, the Adonia is one of Carnival’s smaller ships, roughly half the size of some larger European vessels that already dock in Havana.

Environmental scientists fear that if they’re joined by dozens more ships, there will be serious damage to an island that boasts the Caribbean’s healthiest marine life in large part due to decades without large-scale development.

“An influx of supersized ships in coastal waters of Cuba presents real risks to fragile coral reef ecosystems,” said Dan Whittle, head of the Environmental Defence Fund’s Cuba program. “Discharge of sewage into near pristine waters may degrade water quality and harm coral reefs and marine

life.”

Before the 1959 Cuban revolution, cruise ships regularly travelled from the U.S. to Cuba, with elegant Caribbean excursions departing from New York and $42 overnight weekend jaunts leaving twice a week from Miami, said California-based cruise ship historian Michael L. Grace.

New York cruises featured dressy dinners, movies, dancing and betting on “horse races” in which stewards dragged wooden horses around a ballroom track according to rolls of dice that determined how many feet each could move per turn.

Cruises dwindled in the years leading up to the revolution and ended entirely after Castro overthrew the U.S.backed government.

After Carter dropped limits on Cuba travel, 400 passengers, including musical legend Dizzy Gillespie sailed from New Orleans to Cuba on a 1977 “Jazz Cruise” aboard the MS Daphne.

Like the Adonia, it sailed despite dockside demonstrations

by Cuban exiles, and continued protests and bomb threats forced Carras Cruises to cancel additional sailings, Grace said.

The following year, however, Daphne made a several cruises from New Orleans to Cuba and other destinations in the Caribbean.

Cuba cut back on all cruise tourism in 2005 after Fidel Castro blasted cruise ships during a 4 ½-hour speech on state television.

“Floating hotels come, floating restaurants, floating theatres, floating diversions visit countries to leave their trash, their empty cans and papers for a few miserable cents,” Castro said.

Today, the Cuban government sees cruises as an easy source of revenue that can bring thousands more American travellers without placing additional demand on the country’s maxed-out food supplies and overbooked hotels.

Cruise traffic is key to the government’s reengineering of the industrial Port of Havana as a tourist attraction.

U.S. military tests unmanned ship designed to cross oceans

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — The military is launching tests on the world’s largest unmanned surface vessel — a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board.

The so-called “Sea Hunter” has the potential to revolutionize not only the military’s maritime service but commercial shipping — marking the first step toward sending unmanned cargo vessels between countries, according to military officials, who showed off the ship in San Diego on Monday before it was put in the water.

The Pentagon’s research arm, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, developed the ship along with Virginia-based Leidos. DARPA will test it in conjunction with the Navy over the next two years off California’s coast.

The tests will largely focus on its ability to react on its own to avoid collisions with seafaring traffic.

During the testing phase, the ship will have human operators as a safety net, but once it proves to be reliable, the autonomous surface vessel will manoeuvr itself — able to go

out at sea for months at a time.

Program manager Scott Littlefield said there will be no “remote-controlled driving of the vessel,” instead it will be given its mission-level commands telling it where to go and what to accomplish and then software will enable it to drive itself safely.

The military initially built the diesel-powered ship to detect stealthy electric submarines, but developers say they believe it has the capability to go beyond that, including doing mine sweeps. There are no plans at this point to arm it.

“There are a lot of advantages that we’re still trying to learn about,” Littlefield said.

Among them is the possibility that the full-size prototype could pave the way to developing crewless cargo vessels for the commercial shipping industry someday, he added.

Countries from Europe to Asia have been looking into developing fleets of unmanned ships to cut down on operating costs but the idea has sparked debate over whether it’s possible to make robotic boats safe enough to run on their own far from land.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation, the union representing more than half of the world’s more than 1 million seafarers, has said it does not

believe technology will ever be able to replace the ability of humans to foresee and react to the various dangers at sea.

The “Sea Hunter” was built off the Oregon coast, and moved on a barge to San Diego’s coastline to begin testing.

The prototype can travel at a speed of up to 27 knots per hour, and is equipped with a variety of sensors and an advanced optical system to detect other ships, Littlefield said.

The program to develop the ship cost $120 million, though Littlefield said the vessels can now be produced for about $20 million.

During the collision tests, the ship will be programed to follow international traffic rules for boats of its size, Littlefield said. There are no standards for unmanned ships yet, but he believes that could change if vessels like this one make it out of the experimental stage.

The Navy over the years has experimented with a number of unmanned systems — from drone helicopters to small, remotely controlled boats launched from ships. The Pentagon’s budget over the next five years calls for investing in more high-end Naval ships, including $600 million to be invested in unmanned undersea vehicles.

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FAMILY TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Being a victim of a victim EXTREME ESTEEM

“I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.”– Nina Bawden, English novelist and children’s writer “They did their best,” she said, “but they too were victims of victims.”

I was speaking with an acquaintance about the abusive, dysfunctional nature of her upbringing. She explained that the abuse she and her siblings experienced was generational. Her grandfather had been abusive, and her father carried on the family tradition. Her mother too had grown up in an abusive family and married a man who was equally as abusive as her father.

“An abusive father and a downtrodden mother don’t make the best role models.”

Fortunately, she was determined to transcend the negative impact of this early programming and was working hard to recognize and break many disempowering patterns in her life.

Awareness is always the first step toward initiating change, and she was becoming more aware of just how her understanding of “normal” family life was skewed. Her negative early programming had dramatically impacted her ability to build and maintain healthy self-esteem.

Within families, patterns of abuse are often cyclical, meaning they occur and reoccur in an established cycle. Abuse can be cyclical in two ways: generational, as with my client, or episodic. Episodic abuse occurs at irregular intervals and is thus much

Working through changing times LINDSAY BROWN ME PLUS THREE Change is great. Change is healthy.

Change is good.

These are the things I keep telling myself because if I don’t I will spiral into a pool of self-pity and sorrow.

Okay perhaps I’m being a bit dramatic, although, our writer-reader relationship has probably evolved to a point where that doesn’t surprise you.

The Brown household has been feeling the pressure of change in these last few weeks and despite my valiant attempts at embracing it all, I find myself withering fast.

Jamie and I are having to work double time at the shop hoping to have it ready for production by early May. However, even that seems to be a long shot now as there continues to be issues popping up left, right and centre.

This in turn leaves the poor children dangling helplessly over the precipice of neglect and abandonment.

Again, with the dramatics.

We’ve enrolled them in an afterschool program which I am positive they will love, however, it hasn’t started yet. So we’ve been doing what so many Ma and Pop shops have done since the dawn of Ma and Pop shops.

We haul our small humans to the Panini factory and they hang out there until we are done our work. Lars definitely has it better as he is in full days of class so it is rare that we need to bring him, but Soph is still in kindergarten which means only half days. Every morning Jamie and I load her and approximately 700 teddy bears into the car to make the journey across town to work.

We then toil away with whatever is on the chopping block that day while Sophie interrupts us every five minutes. She is very good about keeping us in the know when it comes to her hun-

abuse. This incomplete picture and limiting perspective make finding peace and resolution difficult if not impossible.

Confronting the pain of abuse is the only way to gain mastery over it. One technique I recommend is to take a piece of paper and write down your earliest painful memory. Write it in the first person (use “I”) and present tense as though it were happening right now. If you were five when it happened, write from the viewpoint of a five-year-old. Write down everything you can remember and in as much detail as possible. Ask yourself, how did I feel about the perpetrator(s)? How did it make me feel about myself? Whom did I blame? What beliefs were formed as a result of the experience?

Once you’ve written yourself out, set the paper aside for a day or two.

Return to the piece privately or with a supportive friend. Now, review the event from the vantage point of an adult.

This action can be insightful. Ask yourself what life lessons can be learned. If you like, in a few days discard the original version and write the story out again entirely from an adult point of view. You can use this process to work through a variety of traumatic memories.

“Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you,” writes American author Cody Kennedy.

You can break the cycle of victimization. Awareness is always the first step. You don’t need to carry forward the tradition of victims victimizing victims. You deserve so much better.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

The thrill of a hole in one is contagious

ger or her boredom or when something smells slightly strange in her general vicinity. Occasionally her left toe is bugging her and when it’s not any of that you can be sure that some other peculiar five year old woe has hammered down upon her.

It pains me to say it but we can see the agitation in her everyday life. She is ornery and short tempered. She continues to try haggling with me for mere sport.

“Mom, I will clean my room if you give Sleepy Bear a birthday party tonight. With cake. And presents.”

“Umm first of all that bear has had like ten birthdays already this year and secondly you will clean your room so it doesn’t develop an army of bug creatures from all of the filthy clothes that are peppered around the place.”

This is just one example of our bartering conversations.

Oh and the tantrums. How could I forget the tantrums?

There we were in the parking lot of the school while she was screaming louder than I’ve ever heard any human being scream. Her little face was nearing purple while tears streamed down her cheeks.

She was perturbed that her brother had gotten into the car before her.

As the child stomped her feet on the pavement I reimagined the song Hello,

by Adele.

Hello, can you hear me?

I’ve been patiently dreaming about who we used to be.

When you were younger and I was free I’ve forgotten how it felt before you flung down at my feet.

Hello from the other side I’ve counted three a thousand times…

As the lyrics swept through my skull I started to think. I knew that these temper tantrums were stemming from somewhere. Sophie wasn’t inherently angry like this—no kid is.

Other Moms were walking past the spectacle side-eyeing my dilemma.

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TREENA MIELKE FAMILY My golf season has started off surprising well! I experienced the thrill of a hole in one!

Unfortunately, it was a second hand thrill. The shot was not made by me, but by my 80-something year-old brother in law, who also happens to be my good friend and true partner in crime.

It was on the fifth hole that it happened, the miracle hole in one shot every golfer dreams about, but few ever

accomplish.

My brother-in-law, bless his unsuspecting heart, was wandering around eyeballing the trees beyond the green, all the while muttering to himself about lost balls and how he must have overshot.

“Did you look in the hole?” I questioned, daring to voice the remote possibility that the lost ball was actually nestled in the cup, all safe, secure and not really lost at all!

“No,” he said, derisively. “I must have overshot it. I will just drop another one.”

Against all odds, I decided to take a look, anyway.

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selves susceptible to further abuse.

Emotionally “disconnected” parents – damaged by their own childhood neglect – will seldom meet the needs of their children.

Abuse has a tremendous impact on self-esteem. It may help to think of self-esteem as your emotional immune system. In the same way, a compromised physical immune system leaves you vulnerable to disease; poor self-esteem leaves us susceptible to fear, failure and despair.

If you have healthy self-esteem, you will – for the most part – feel worthy and deserving of success, happiness, and love. You’ll also rebound more quickly from physical and emotional setbacks. This sense of control and potentiality is often referred to as self-efficacy – the capability or power of an individual to produce a positive and desired result. Victims of abuse frequently have a difficult time setting realistic goals and moving through life successfully and hopefully.

In my self-esteem practice, I’ve worked with many people suffering from poor self-esteem resulting from physical and emotional abuse. Often, these clients carry feelings of shame, weakness and incompetence. Many blame themselves for the abuse and, even if they haven’t brought forward the abuse and inflicted it on others, commit a form of self-abuse. For such damaged individuals, internal self-talk is negative, depression and anxiety are common, and self-sabotage – the unconscious limiting of possibilities for positive outcomes – is the norm.

Memories of abuse are painful; we tend to avoid thinking about them too deeply. We may try to bury them in the dark recesses of our mind. Often, recalled from the standpoint of a child, the recollections are incomplete, focusing only on certain aspects of the

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For example, a son who is repeatedly abused either physically or emotionally (or both) by his father may successively treat his own children in the same damaging, dysfunctional manner. A daughter who sees her mother always belittled and criticized by her father may unconsciously choose a spouse who does the same to her.

Conversely, if her mother is overbearing and tyrannical, the daughter may choose a passive mate that she can abuse in the same manner.

A cycle of abuse is often characterized by three distinct aspects or stages.

It begins with a triggering event and subsequent outburst, followed by a period of remorse, which is typically followed by a period of normalcy. Eventually, tension and irritability begin to build, ultimately leading to another episode of verbal, physical or emotional abuse, and the cycle begins anew.

Children who have been emotionally and physically abused or neglected can have tremendous difficulty coping in adult life.

With their self-esteem in tatters and any sense of appropriate boundaries and behaviours badly distorted, life becomes tremendously challenging, frustrating and confusing. The insights needed to form healthy intimate relationships and to provide physical and emotional care and nourishment are typically underdeveloped and can lead to poor parenting skills. Such individuals may form quick and inappropriate attachments with others, leaving them-

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Daughter fears for mother’s safety KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: In three years, I will be away at college. I am concerned because Mom has a boyfriend with a major anger problem, and he throws tantrums and gets abusive.

Mom has been in this relationship for a few years, and I’m afraid when I leave he will do some serious damage and I won’t be there to protect her. She has been going to therapy, but it doesn’t seem to be helping.

How can I convince her to get away from this man? — Concerned Dear Concerned: It is very difficult for some women to get out of an abusive relationship, and the longer they are involved, the more they believe they deserve to be treated poorly. It’s good that Mom is getting therapy. She obviously needs it, and we hope it will help her find a way out. We know you are worried about her, but you are not responsible for her choices. If you witness this man being physically abusive or if he should come after you, call the police immediately. You also can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPE Tuesday, May 3 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Chris Mulkey, 68; Eric Church, 39; Christina Rene Hendricks, 41 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Make the most of today’s enthusiastic and optimistic stars.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You enjoy your own company but don’t isolate yourself from others too much. The next 12 months is the time to socialize and circulate; mix and mingle.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s a fabulous day for business and financial matters — as long as you take your time and don’t rush. If a lucky opportunity comes your way, make sure you are ready, willing and able to grab it!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Be generous about sharing your aspirations for the future with children, teenagers or friends today Bulls.

Some creative brainstorming will get you all off in an exciting new direction.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There’s no

Dear Annie: Something unacceptable is happening with two casual friends. The man’s wife is in a nursing home with dementia. The woman’s husband is in a nursing home after a debilitating stroke. They are “dating.”

The man has no children and is fairly low-key with his activities. The woman, however, is like a lovesick puppy. Her children are teenagers, and they seem uncomfortable with the situation. I know she is lonely, and I feel sorry for her, but frankly, I am embarrassed to be her friend.

Another friend tried to talk to her about this, but she is too “in love” to listen to reason. I know I should MMOB, and I am, but what is your opinion? — Momma Do-Rite Dear Momma: As long as husbands and wives are taking care of their nursing-home spouses and visiting often, we have no objection to their spending an evening out with a friend.

We concur, however, that it is inappropriate for this couple to flaunt a love affair, especially since there are children involved. However, you are a “casual friend,” so you need to keep out of it.

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. room for negative self-talk today Twins. Mercury might be retrograde, but you can still have fun and get a lot done — as long as you are patient. Family functions are also favoured.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s a great day to improve communication with family and friends. Encourage warm displays of affection — both giving and receiving — and make sure you listen to the needs and concerns of others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re very focused on professional or volunteer projects at the moment but don’t put all your eggs in the one basket. Diversify your interests; expand your contacts; and keep your options wide open.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Exciting new experiences are opening up on the work front, but you’ll have to be patient. Don’t be shy Virgo — the more you network with international contacts, the better your progress will be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s a wonderful day to get lost in some delicious daydreams, as you use creative visualization to help you set goals and plan for the future. Don’t dream small — make sure you go for gold!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s a great day to meditate, contemplate, do something creative — or catch up with female friends and overseas connections. Plus Jupiter helps you

ing that you can’t put on a score card, but very much exists after a hole in one shot trailed along with us as we finished the game.

“I thought I’d overshot,” he said about a zillion times.

And, about a zillion times I replied, “but you didn’t. It was an awesome shot.”

And then we both smiled and carried on to the next hole and it was good. It is true. Happiness is contagious!

Finally, we finished the game and headed back to the clubhouse.

“Can I buy you a beverage?” I asked.

He said he guessed so, and went to put his clubs away.

Meanwhile, I sashayed up the clubhouse like I owned the joint.

“My partner,” I said, proudly, almost like it was me, “just shot a hole in one.”

My words seemed to get the girl behind the counter all excited, too.

“He gets a jacket and some other stuff and his name on a plaque and ‘wow’ that is really great,” she said.

She, too, seemed as pleased as punch.

And so there was more picture taking and, finally, we had our drink and phoned a few people and relived the moment once again and then we went our separate ways and ate our supper and watched a little TV and that was that.

It’s over now.

The hole in one excitement has dwindled down to another one of those ‘remember when’ moments when the world as you know suddenly stops and something good, unexpected and really cool happens.

And, when such a moment happens, it is good.

And when it happens to someone who belongs to your sometimes weird, and slightly wacky, but mostly wonderful family tree, it is even better than good.

It’s awesome!

Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review.

She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.

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BROWN: Change is great In that moment I felt like the worst parent to have ever walked those school grounds. Although, I’m sure that most of them just looked at me with a sad pitying kind of stare. Let`s face it, we’ve all been there.

It didn’t take much to realize what the problem was. My daughter was simply missing me. She has never had to share me with a full-time job and that is a big challenge for our little family. So instead of threatening her with no ice cream after dinner, or pulling out that notorious whisper-demon voice and telling her to get into the car, I wrapped my arms around my little girl and I hugged her hard.

I did say something into her ear as I embraced her, and that was that I loved her. It took a few seconds but she relaxed, melted into my hug and eventually told me she loved me back.

Change is great and change is healthy and it is good too but we must remember that change can only be all of these things if we take the time to help escort the people we love most through the difficult times.

Lindsay Brown is an Alberta mother of two and freelance columnist.

MIELKE: Hole in one And there it was!

“It’s in the hole,” I screamed, jumping up and down like a crazy person.

“Is it a Titleist?” he said, calmly.

“It is!” I yelled. “It’s a Titleist.

He finally allowed himself to smile.

It was a slow smile that stretched from ear to ear and rivaled the sun.

A hole in one kinda smile!

I took his picture there on the green then with my phone. I was quite pleased with myself, being that I belong to a generation that continues to be amazed at such technology.

The light kind of floating on air feeldeal with a stubborn relationship problem.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Many Sagittarians will be in a buoyant mood as your ruling planet Jupiter lifts your spirits and boosts your confidence. It’s also the perfect day to socialize with your favourite work colleagues.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t be too organized and conscientious today Capricorn. The planets encourage you to shake up your daily routine, as you relax and do something spontaneously unexpected — for a change!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): With the Moon and Neptune visiting your $$$ zone, aim to be creative — rather than delusional — about money mat-

ters. If your finances are in a major mess, take practical steps to sort things out.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mercury’s currently in retrograde mode, which can be confusing. Jupiter temporarily improves all types of communication today, as you have fun fraternizing with family and close friends.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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