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SHOCK AND DEVASTATION STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AS FIRES THREATEN FORT MCMURRAY

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY — Alberta declared a state of emergency Wednesday as crews frantically held back wind-whipped wildfires that have already torched 1,600 homes and other buildings in Fort McMurray, forcing all 80,000 residents to flee.

“The situation in Fort McMurray is Full coverage not stable. It of crisis on is unstable,” Scott Long of Pages B4-B5 Alberta Emergency Management told reporters in a Wednesday afternoon briefing.

“The downtown core is being held through some Herculean efforts of the structural firefighters in the area.”

Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee said the state of emergency allows the province to take full control of the situation, conscript people if necessary, and bulldoze structures as required.

“We are still in the throes of an intense crisis,” said Larivee.

Cecil Williams and his family moved back to Red Deer from Fort McMurray last September because of the oilpatch slowdown.

He posted a photo Crisis hits on Facebook home for on Wednesd a y o f t h e fire chief home h e Page A2 left behind and others on his former street completely engulfed in flames. He points out online his house was the one right behind the light pole, adding “god was on our shoulders.”

“It was just total shock and devastation,” said Williams, of his reaction on seeing the image of the house in flames.

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TOP: A wall of fire rages outside of Fort McMurray on Tuesday.

ABOVE: Evacuees watch the wildfire near Fort McMurray on Wednesday.

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Crisis hits home for fire chief

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer fire chief Brian Makey says watching the wildfires ravage Fort McMurray, hits home, and hits home hard.

Makey is a former fire chief for the municipality and worked in various roles for close to 30 years before coming to Red Deer in late 2014.

“It was rough last night,” said Makey. “I won’t lie. I was pret- BRIAN MAKEY ty emotional last night waiting for 12 hours for my family and friends to get out of there. We finally got a hold of my loved ones.”

Makey’s son works for the municipality and returned to Fort McMurray to help out. Many of his friends have lost homes and will be staying with Makey’s family for the time being.

“To date, there haven’t been any reports of injuries or death,” said Makey.

“When you think about the magnitude of evacuating 80,000 people and you think about how chaotic that could be, it is amazing and it is a miracle that could happen. That shows how people can get through something and shows

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

With the busy firefighting season underway, Air Spray employees work to get one of the company’s Lockheed Electra L-188 water tanker aircraft ready for deployment at the Red Deer Airport on Wednesday. really how people can handle the chaos and fear around them.”

Makey said it has been tough speaking to the staff in Fort McMurray, with whom he worked shoulder-to-shoulder over the years, including Darby Allen, the regional fire chief for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Red Deer Emergency Services volunteered to send 10 firefighters to Fort Mac to relieve the firefighters who have been battling the fire for the last 24 hours straight. A forestry truck, command unit and one-ton pickup to carry supplies were also part of the convoy on Wednesday afternoon.

They will reassess after 48 hours to determine if more help is needed, said Makey. The city is also sending eight

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emergency social services workers.

Up to seven Red Deer RCMP officers were to head north on Wednesday with another eight on standby.

Mountain View County sent out 13 structural firefighters from Olds, Didsbury and Cairstairs late Tuesday evening. They arrived in Fort McMurray about 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday.

Brian Powell, Olds deputy fire chief, said they had a short briefing before they were immediately thrown into structural fire fighting and wild-line interface fire fighting. Olds Fire Chief Lorne Thompson is on the ground in Fort McMurray.

“We are working on relief and on the general tactic of trying to stop anything else from catching fire,” said

Diana Hurley Hobbs won’t rest until her sister makes it safely to Blackfalds.

Hurley Hobbs’ sister Danna Philpott and her family have lived in Fort McMurray for about five years.

They had about 25 minutes to leave their house in Abasand, which reportedly burned to the ground on Tuesday.

She said they were on their way home from work and were told they only had minutes to pack.

“Last night was brutal,” said Hurley Hobbs.“Things can be replaced but how they have managed to get all the people evacuated is amazing.”

HurleyHobbs said all her family members who live in Fort McMurray have made it to a safe place. Her sister is a journeyman electrician. She and her husband have three teenage daughters. Her

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There were dangerous and dramatic developments on multiple fronts Wednesday in a story that has made headlines worldwide with stunning video footage of trucks and cars driving past sheer walls of flame.

There were haunting images of scorched trucks, charred homes and telephone poles, burned out from the bottom up, hanging in the wires like little wooden crosses.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley flew up to survey the situation first-hand, while officials in the evacuation centre had to bolt to the south of the city as flames edged closer.

Notley tweeted pictures of the fire from above. “The view from the air is heartbreaking,” she wrote.

“We saw areas where there was a tremendous amount of smoke,” she said later at a relief centre for evacuees in Anzac. “We were way up in a helicopter and the plumes of smoke were higher than we were.”

Notley said the state of emergency will also ensure that the federal government pays part of the costs of the wildfire.

The blaze effectively cut Fort McMurray in two late Tuesday, forcing about 10,000 north to the safety of oilsands work camps.

The other 70,000 were sent streaming south in a bumper-to-bumper snake line of cars and trucks that stretched beyond the horizon down Highway 63.

Facebook has been filled with offers of support for Fort McMurray residents fleeing the fire. People are opening their homes to people who need a place to stay, offering to take in pets and gathering donations.

Red Deer hotels are offering free rooms, and even vacant apartment suites have been offered.

Northlands Apartments manager Kip Perron has 20 suites available for evacuees at his building at 2935 50th Ave. Perron’s sister is working in the kitchens in a ConocoPhillips camp a few kilometres south of Fort McMurray. About 200 residents fleeing the fire have taken refuge in the camp, which is also providing food to another camp with 500 evacuees.

Perron said after talking with his sister he knew what he could do.

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nephew and his girlfriend are also heading to the town.

Her sister spent Tuesday night, north of Fort McMurray, at her husband’s jobsite because Hwy 63 south was closed.

The highway cleared up on Wednesday morning and they are making their way to Blackfalds. They were in Fort Saskatchewan at 4 p.m.

“They are dirty and tired,” said Hurley Hobbs. “They want a shower and I think they are still in shock.”

HurleyHobbs said they have their camper with them so food and shelter will not be an issue. Her mother is in Blackfalds and her father is in Red Deer. She said there has been an outpouring of support and those who want to help can donate cash, gift cards and summer clothing.

the messages and offers of support that have come pouring out of her town.

“It’s always incredibly humbling how giving Red Deerians are,” said Veer. “I am so proud of our citizens and proud to be a Red Deerian.

“Red Deer was so quick out of the gate to offer support at a community level.”

On an official level, Veer has already been in contact with Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake and pledged whatever support the city can provide.

The gesture was appreciated but all outside offers of help are being co-ordinated through provincial emergency operations.

It is likely Red Deer will also have a role to play in helping Fort McMurray rebuild when the danger has passed, said Veer.

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“I just can’t stand by and let (the suites) sit vacant when there are people out there who have lost absolutely everything.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

‘Last night was brutal’

REACTION: Family community “I mean a community like Fort McMurray, people just think it’s an oil and gas industry up there. But you know what? It’s a family community.”

So many of the 80,000 residents came from elsewhere that it bonded them and relationships were close.

Williams lived in the Wood Buffalo subdivision, one of several areas northwest of the downtown core hit hard by the wildfire.

His street was the kind of quiet neighbourhood were local kids could safely play street hockey all day. He admits to shedding a few tears on Wednesday as he thought about the plights of friends and neighbours.

Friends who own a pet bordering business had to pack up all of their animals and flee to Lac La Biche, he said.

Williams, who drives a truck delivering fracking sand, said more than a hundred other drivers were gathered in Grande Prairie and everybody it seemed had some sort of Fort McMurray connection.

“Everybody’s got somebody touched by this right now.”

Drivers were making donations by credit card or any way they could all day. “They’re really pulling together to help.”

Williams, who lives in Red Deer with his wife Allison and seven-yearold daughter, has offered his home, as have numerous others across Alberta, to anyone who needs a place to stay.

“It’s just good to see that everyone is pulling together, right.”

Mayor Tara Veer is not surprised by

Powell.

“There is no way we could have accomplished this without our neighbouring sister communities (such as) Sundre, Cremona and Torrington.

They pledged additional assistance to help us in the event of a fire.”

Powell said the crews have experience battling large fires including the Nordegg wildfires. They made a fourday commitment and have put together a standby crew drawing from members of Mountain View County that will replace the 13-member crew on Friday evening.

Air Spray dispersed two groups of airplanes — a bird dog and a water tanker — from its operations base at the Red Deer Airport to Fort McMurray on Tuesday.

Perry Dancause, Air Spray Ltd. director of flight operations, said by Wednesday afternoon they expected to have six out of its nine groups battling the fires.

“We are just coming out of our heavy maintenance winter season,” said Dancause. “The fire season is starting three weeks to a month ahead of time. We are just waiting for the rest of our airplanes to be finished and get them out the door and deployed. “(Wednesday) afternoon is going to be very interesting for Alberta. The whole province is tinder dry and they are expecting a low pressure system to move through with lightning. That could very easily translate to new starts.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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School districts facing tough budget year

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta school jurisdictions are making some tough budget decisions for 2016-17 with a zero-per cent funding increase from the province.

Wolf Creek Schools is cutting $2.6 million by focusing mostly on reductions in operations and staff at the district office and classroom support staff to bring in a $89-million budget.

Over the last couple of years Wolf Creek has relied on reserves to support operations and reserves will be down to $2 million.

Jayson Lovell, Wolf Creek acting superintendent, said job loss includes 29 education assistants, about four district office staff, three learning coaches that support literacy work of teachers and one social worker.

“Anytime we have reductions in our staff, people who are very dedicated and committed and have done wonderful work for us, that’s really the most difficult part of this budget,” Lovell said on Wednesday.

“It’s been a tough budget year, no question.”

The division will get less provincial funding with 38 fewer students anticipated in September despite growth in elementary grades in Blackfalds, Lacombe and Rimbey. Enrolment is expected to drop to about 7,300 students.

Lovell said enrolment had increased in the last two years.

The implementation of the new provincial carbon tax will also cost Wolf Creek between $75,000 and $100,000.

Other jurisdictions like Red Deer Public Schools are waiting for more information from the province to calculate their carbon levies.

“We hope the government will understand it’s just going from one pocket to another from a provincial point of view so perhaps there will be a carbon offset. That will be our best hope,” said Stu Henry, Red Deer Public superintendent.

Red Deer Public is working on a $117-million budget for 2016-17.

“It’s going to be really tight. We don’t have much by way of reserves that we can bring forward to help with any situation,” said Bev Manning, Red Deer

Public board chair.

The district has already put bus fees in place for some students and double routing but still struggles with a transportation deficit of about $200,000.

Enrolment could increase by 100 students at Red Deer Public. Enrolment is currently at about 10,718.

“People are nervous about how the economy will affect our student enrolment for September. I think we will certainly see some families moving back home, for lack of better words. But I also think we’ll see a migration into the urban areas from some of the rural areas of the province,” Henry said.

Manning said jurisdictions still don’t know if any pay raises to teachers will be funded by the province. Pay scale ‘grid creep’ for teachers is unfunded and not many teachers are retiring.

“It seems to me that people are kind of hanging on to their jobs. It’s a pretty rough economic time for folks. You don’t want to give up something that is secure,” Manning said.

Chinook’s Edge School Division superintendent Kurt Sacher said the latest issue to impact jurisdictions is the Fort McMurray wildfire.

“Our school division is already getting calls from families looking to register and you don’t get funding for those students that come in,” Sacher said.

Per pupil funding is based on September enrolment.

Chinook’s Edge is looking at a $120 to $125-million budget for 2016-17 for about 11,000 students.

“We’re optimistic we’ll be able to get through this year and pretty much keep things at status quo. But it’s based on the carbon tax not being a huge hit and it’s based on when (the province) settles with employee groups that there’s not an additional cost that comes with that.”

The division also runs a $700,000 deficit annually in rural transportation.

Like the other jurisdictions, Sacher said Chinook’s Edge recognized the province’s difficult economy.

“On the other side of the coin, we still have some significant challenges we’ve been dealing with for five years in a row. We just don’t want people to lose sight of that,” Sacher said.

Guy Pelletier, board chair with Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools, said details on their budget will

Alternative high school in Sylvan Lake hosting open house

Local BRIEFS Downtown Business Association seeking artists for annual night-time arts, culture festival The Red Deer Downtown Business Association is seeking local artists for Nuit Blanche on Sept. 17.

Nuit Blanche is an annual night-time arts and culture festival that celebrates the rapidly growing and diverse arts community in Central Alberta.

The family-friendly event features live art and music, an artisan vendors village, food trucks, craft beer gardens, kids zone, and an opportunity for visitors to experience and/or participate in live art installations.

Artists interested in creating installations for the event are asked to submit a proposal that describes the details of their project idea. Application forms are available at www.downtownreddeer.com/about/ nuit-blanche and are due May 20, 2016.

Tyler Bowman, the DBA’s event manager, said they are looking for people or groups to submit ideas for engaging installations suitable for an outdoor, night-time environment.

“Projects can include interactive components, and can be made of a variety of materials of the artists’ choice, though participants are reminded the event is temporary and time for setup and takedown is limited,” he said.

The first Nuit Blanche event was held in Paris in 2002.

There are more than 120 cities participating throughout the world, including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon. This year will mark Red Deer’s fourth Nuit Blanche event, and the first one hosted by the Downtown Business Association.

For more information on Nuit Blanche Red Deer, visit www.downtownreddeer.com/nuit-blanche or www.facebook.com/NuitBlancheRedDeer.

Sylvan Lake Career High School is hosting a public open house from 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday at its newly expanded facility.

The alternative high school is open to high school students and adults looking to upgrade their education.

Tours of the renovated facility, that is now about 40 per cent larger, will be available.

Principal Daryl Brown said the school has about 100 full-time students, with another 60 students picking up classes while attending regular high schools, and 11 adult students.

“You were almost elbow to elbow, so what we did was knock a wall out and expand,” Brown said on Wednesday.

“This will allow us, certainly, to take more students, but more importantly, it allows us a better space to make it more comfortable for students.”

The facility also has a separate room now for students to write exams or other activities.

Chinook’s Edge has five Career High Schools. Its other alternative high schools are in Gasoline Alley, Innisfail, Olds and Didsbury to provide a flexible approach to learning.

Brown said many people aren’t aware that the schools are open to adults regardless of if they can access government assistance. People can pay for the classes themselves.

Summer school runs at the facilities in Sylvan Lake, Innisfail and Olds.

Sylvan Lake Career High School is located at #6-1 Sylvan Dr. in the Mac’s Plaza at the corner of 50th Street and Sylvan Drive. Call 403-887-3239.

made available in June. But the division was pleased with education funding in the provincial budget.

“I don’t think we’ll see any drastic changes. We have to do some estimates based on growth in the region,” Pelletier said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Provincial government to match donations to Red Cross The Government of Alberta will match donations to the Red Cross for the people of Fort McMurray.

Donations can be made to the Red Cross at www. redcross.ca or by phoning 1-800-418-1111.

Premier Rachel Notley has talked to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about support for the wildfire and post-fire recovery operations. In addition to matching donations, the Government of Alberta will provide the Red Cross with $2 million in seed money to help kick-start operations.

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Fires bringing Alberta together JOSH ALDRICH OPINION

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e truly learn the depth of our character when it’s put to the toughest of tests.

This has been a year like no other in our history in terms of challenges. We have spent the last 24 months getting hammered by the economy through the evaporation of oil prices and jobs lost on a historic level. Now the last couple of days, our resolve is being tested like never before.

The fires that are razing Fort McMurray and the greater Wood Buffalo municipality right now, however, have given us reminder that there is still good left in this world.

As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 1,600 homes had already been destroyed with 88,000 people displaced and more than 24,000 acres of land consumed. By comparison, the 2011 wildfire that consumed Slave Lake, burned 12,000 acres, destroyed 433 buildings and displaced 7,000 people and left 732 homeless.

As pictures flood social media of

the devastation in the north, there has been a widespread outpouring of offers of help from across Alberta. People of all walks of life have offered spare rooms, fields for RVs and campers to park, even couches to crash on and warm meals. Its been a similar response from the business community with hotels offering free accommodations and other businesses providing free services to evacuees. This includes many people and businesses in Red Deer and Central Alberta opening their lives up to complete strangers.

This should not surprise anyone.

Time and time again we have stepped up when our neighbours are facing their worst nightmares.

While I would like to beat my chest and say it’s an Alberta thing, I know we do not hold a monopoly on this. It is something intrinsically Canadian to do this without second thought.

We have an ingrained desire to help each other out, even when it’s welcoming thousands of strangers to our land who are fleeing war and persecution.

Within our own borders we have always found ways to help each other. During the drought of 2002 there was the Hay West movement as farmers from as far away as Ontario, Quebec and P.E.I. shipped hay to Alberta farmers who were unable to do simple things like feed their cattle. With the

Alberta floods in 2013 there was an outpouring of support from across this country to help those who had lost everything.

It’s been reciprocated many times over the years whether it was sending resources to Southern Ontario during the ice storms in 2013 or sending firefighters to Northern Saskatchewan in 2015 as that province burned.

Once again, the rest of Canada is already stepping up to find ways to help out and send resources.

We have also been generous in sending people and resources to other areas of the world dealing with crisis, whether it is in rescue efforts in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina or even opening our airways and communities to planes full of people scrambling for a landing spot on Sept. 11, 2001.

Tragedies and disasters know no borders. They do not discriminate and they do not follow along political agendas. That’s something we all need to keep in mind.

As with the good, there is always a little bad out there. In this case the negative is coming from people saying Fort McMurray had this coming due to the environmental and climatic impact they have had, that this is Karma coming back at them.

As appalling as this ignorance is,

these voices are thankfully in the small minority.

This is not a time to point fingers, this is a time to lend a hand.

The fire has also brought perspective. It has caused some people to focus on what’s most important in this world. Despite the size and intensity of the fire, there were no fatalities as of Wednesday afternoon and the reaction of people from around the province and country has been encouraging, to say the least.

As Alberta Opposition Leader and Fort McMurray resident and MLA Brian Jean put it after finding out his house and all of his belongings had been burnt to the ground: “It’s just stuff.”

It’s times like these where we need to come together and hope and pray that this unity lasts more than a couple of weeks before we become divided again.

People will look to label this tragedy somehow, and #FortMcMurrayStrong is already trending on social media. The key will be not to define this by a cliché or hashtag, and the effects become easily forgotten, but by the people who stepped up once again. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Cut the overregulation for both taxis and Uber MICHAEL TAUBE OPINION

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or Canadians who use Uber and believe ride-sharing is a sign of a healthy free market, this will be a huge week.

Toronto city councillors are holding a big vote on the regulation of Uber and taxis. Some see it as a means of levelling the playing field. Some feel it’s the only way to save taxis from eventual extinction. Still others believe it’s an irresponsible attack on Uber’s growing influence and popularity.

Here’s an additional wild card.

Ian Black, Uber Canada’s general manager, told the Toronto Sun’s editorial board that if city hall passes the licensing and standards committee’s recommendations, they’ll close up shop. “It’s not something we would happily do or want to force,” he said, “but that’s what we would feel is being forced upon us.”

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Some claim this is nothing more than an idle threat. Since Uber left Calgary for similar reasons, however, a precedent has been set. Meanwhile, the company can’t set up operations in Edmonton and Vancouver, and its status in Montreal is rather shaky, too.

When it comes to matter of The State v. Uber, who is making the more valid argument?

It’s easy to understand why taxi companies feel threatened. They’ve lost fares to Uber, which has led to a significant decrease in profit margins.

Taxi drivers believe their livelihood is being lost to Uber drivers who pay no fees, follow virtually no regulations, and offer lower prices than standard fares.

Many of these complaints are questionable.

Canadian taxis have long operated in a semi-monopolistic fashion. Competition existed between taxi companies, but no outside individuals or companies were legally allowed to compete against the industry. There have been some smaller ride-sharing companies, but they weren’t as well organized as Uber.

When a monopoly, or something similar to a monopoly, breaks down,

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the free market naturally expands to include successful new entities. Consumers are afforded greater personal choice, and spend their money accordingly.

Hence, taxi companies’ profit margins went down when Uber, a competitor, successfully acquired a significant percentage of the consumer base.

That’s the way the free market works.

What about the fact that taxis and Uber serve the same purpose? If one is heavily regulated, and the other avoids regulation, doesn’t that create an unfair imbalance?

In theory, yes. There’s one big difference: Taxis and Uber aren’t the same, and don’t serve the same purpose.

While taxi companies are privately owned, the industry is heavily regulated. Some of the regulations that relate to safety and insurance are acceptable, but many fees and restrictions are above and beyond basic free market thinking. Uber, on the other hand, is free from state interference.

Uber also did something clever several years ago. It diversified the company, and branched out in different directions. In Canada, this includes UberEATS (food delivery) and uber-

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POOL (carpooling). Other parts of the world have expanded the Uber brand to include boats, package delivery and even garage services.

Hence, Uber is not a taxi service — in the proper definition of the phrase — and is much more than mere ride-sharing.

There’s no question Uber can’t have as free a ride any longer. The company seems to accept that a limited amount of regulation for driver and customer protection must exist. Yet they feel the current regulations on taxis in cities like Toronto are too onerous, and they don’t wish to operate under this business model.

They’re right.

A limited number of Uber fees and regulations should be established.

Taxi fees and regulations should be massively reduced. And, to create a level playing field, Uber and taxi fees and regulations should be the same.

It’s a much better solution for consumers than gradually forcing Uber Canada out of the marketplace.

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More staff to help process Syrian refugees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Talks with the military to provide assistance in bringing thousands more Syrian refugees to Canada are under way as the Liberal government appears to be spooling up efforts to make good on a promise to private sponsorship groups.

Existing and retired staff from the Immigration Department are set to head overseas this month to

Local BRIEFS Man accused of assaulting police officer to be sentenced on Friday Sentencing will be heard on Friday for a man accused of ramming several vehicles and assaulting a police officer during a violent incident in Red Deer on Aug. 18, 2014.

Daniel Edward Apetrea, 33, had originally asked to stand trial in the Court of Queen’s Bench on charges laid in connection with his arrest in the Highland Green neighbourhood on charges including assaulting a police officer with a weapon, fleeing police, possessing stolen property, dangerous driving, leaving a collision scene and breaching release conditions.

He had been ordered to stand trial after a preliminary hearing in Red Deer provincial court on Feb. 3, 2015 and was arraigned in the Court of Queen’s bench a month later, when a trial was scheduled for April 5-7 of this year.

However, Apetrea changed his plea and election and asked to return to provincial court to resolve the charges against him.

His hearing is set for Friday afternoon, represented by defence counsel Brad Mulder.

begin working through hundreds of applications submitted by private groups across the country, Immigration Minister John McCallum said Wednesday.

“We’re doing everything we can to honour our commitment to deliver the refugees who had been applied for by March 30,” McCallum said.

McCallum committed to private groups to bring as many as 10,000 Syrians by the end of this year or early next, a response to the outcry that erupted when the government’s massive Syrian refugee resettle-

ment program ended and the processing of applications returned to a far slower pace.

Hundreds of groups protested, saying they’d raising thousands of dollars, rented apartments and lined up other supports for Syrians under the assumption that while the large-scale airlifts might be over, helping Syrians would remain a top priority for government.

The fact it was now going to take more than a year to bring people over left many groups frustrated.

connection with the death of Alan Beach, 31, in Red Deer on Nov. 18, 2015.

Police have charged suspect Daniel Boyd Sawyer, 31, with second-degree murder. Sawyer has asked that his matter be heard in the Court of Queen’s Bench with a preliminary hearing set for Aug. 29-31.

Held in provincial court, preliminary hearings are optional and may be requested to test the strength of the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial.

Chapin made his appearance on Wednesday by video feed from the Calgary Remand Centre, represented by duty counsel Mark Daoust.

He is to return to court on May 11 to enter his plea.

received verbal reports from staff at the Red Deer Remand Centre that her client had experienced a number of psychological episodes.

She advised the court that she would like to have a psychiatric assessment performed for her client to determine if he has a condition which may affect whether or not he can be held criminally responsible for the alleged offences.

While Coombs is scheduled to stand trial in October on the robbery charges, he and his lawyer are to return to court on May 25 to address the psychiatric assessment.

He is also scheduled for arraignment in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on June 6 in connection with the older charges.

Psychiatric assessment possible for armed robbery suspect A psychiatric assessment may be ordered for a man accused of two armed robberies in Red Deer earlier this year.

Tyler Alexander Coombs, 32, was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant when he was arrested charged in March with armed robberies at two Red Deer convenience stores as well as stealing a bottle of whiskey from a liquor store.

Coombs was arrested on March 17 in connection with armed robberies at the North Hill Store on March 13 and an Express 24 the following day, as well as theft from a liquor store on March 16.

Red Deer City RCMP allege that Coombs was at large on older offences, stemming from a home invasion in Red Deer in 2013.

In Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday, defence counsel Patty MacNaughton said she had

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American who wanted sex with girl, 13, Trudeau says ‘Three Amigos’ summit faces up to 50 years jail with U.S., Mexico to take place June 29

Canada BRIEFS Anti-ISIL ministers preach Iraqi political reconciliation

TORONTO — An American man who travelled to Canada to have sex with a 13-year-old girl who had sent him nude videos could be jailed for up to 50 years, according to his written plea agreement.

Authorities in Santa Ana, Calif., said Paul Binh Do, 29, was taken into federal custody this week after signing a plea deal involving two charges: travelling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and being in receipt of child pornography.

Court documents show Do — who was then 26 — began communicating with M.F., 13, of Calgary, in September 2013 when she posted online that she wanted to meet guys. The two pursued their contact via social media and text messaging, and he asked her to be his girlfriend.

They also exchanged nude and sexually explicit photos and videos, and he persuaded her to engage in “prohibited sexual conduct,” according to the agreed statement of facts in the plea agreement.

Despite knowing her age, Do flew to Calgary in May 2014 to have sex with M.F. on what would have been her 14th birthday, but was arrested on arrival

by Canadian authorities

OTTAWA — Defence ministers from countries fighting Middle East militants, including Canada’s Harjit Sajjan, are driving home a message of political reconciliation to Iraq’s fractured leadership as plans take shape to liberate the country’s largest city.

Western nations fear Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will be unable to keep sectarian rivals and Kurdish nationalists from turning on each other once Mosul is free from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Sajjan, attending meetings in Stuttgart, Germany, said ethnic and political divisions in Iraq are top of mind not only for western leaders, but for troops on the ground — including Canadian special forces operators advising Iraqi fighters.

“We’re working very closely right down to the lowest level to make sure the political situation is not heated up,” Sajjan said during a conference call Wednesday.

Almost all of the armed groups in Iraq have sponsors in one form or another, including the Iran-backed Shiite militia Sunni local defence forces trained by Turkey and Kurdish fighters whom Americans and Canadians are backing.

U.S. Secretary of Defence Ash Carter was more blunt in a statement released shortly after Wednesday’s meeting.

“We called on all of Iraq’s political leaders to commit themselves to the legal and peaceful reconciliation of political differences in order to confront the nation’s challenges and to remain united against the common enemy of ISIL/Daesh,” he

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the so-called Three Amigos summit will take place in Canada on June 29.

Trudeau announced the date for the summit, which draws together the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico, during a news conference to celebrate his government’s accomplishments during its first six months.

Canada was supposed to host a Three Amigos summit last year, but the meeting did not materialize — partly because then-prime minister Stephen Harper was at odds with Mexico over a visa requirement for Mexican visitors to Canada, and partly because the U.S. had resisted approving the Keystone XL pipeline.

The Mexican visa issue is still outstanding, but Trudeau has promised to resolve it.

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to address Parliament right after the summit, while Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will likely do an official visit to a couple of cities in Canada before the broader meeting.

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Two men jailed for attack on bus driver MONTREAL — Two men have been sentenced to five years in jail for attacking a Montreal bus driver.

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On the edge of elimination PENGUINS DOWN CAPITALS IN OVERTIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF SERIES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Penguins 3 Capitals 2 (OT) PITTSBURGH — Matt Murray might’ve been bothered when he was younger by the Jay Beagle shot that beat him less than three minutes into Game 4, a harmless backhand far-side over the left shoulder.

This version of Murray, still only 21 and playing as well as any goalie this spring, has learned to shake off moments like that and move forward.

The Penguins goaltender continued to shine on Wednesday night, turning away 34-of-36 Washington shots in Pittsburgh’s 3-2 overtime victory.

Murray is now 6-1 in his first career NHL post-season with a .944 save percentage. He’s 13-1 in his last 14 starts dating back to the regular season and is currently outdueling Vezina trophy candidate Braden Holtby.

“I definitely think I feel more and more comfortable and better and better the more that I play,” said Murray, moments after Patric Hornqvist’s Game 4 overtime winner, which handed the Penguins a 3-1 series lead.

Murray continues to present an unnaturally calm front. On and off the ice he oozes a poise that seems to betray his youth. That’s evidently by design. Murray has learned in his brief experience, which included a month-long AHL shutout streak last season, that the best way to handle stressful situations is to stay in the moment and not jump too far ahead.

The electricity of a yellow towel-waving crowd in Pittsburgh did little to shake that calm.

“You’ve almost got to take a step back sometimes and just relax and take a deep breath and just kind of say ‘Here I am. I’m in the moment. Don’t worry about all the noise around it and just try to have fun out there’,” Murray said. “And that’s what I’ve been trying to do.”

It wasn’t always that way for Murray, who continues to keep long-time Penguins No. 1 Marc-Andre Fleury on the bench. A Thunder Bay, Ont. native, Murray says he used to get frustrated or tense when he gave up a goal.

“I would get too tense mentally and that turns into being too tense physically and that’s when pucks start to go by you I guess,” he said. “It’s important to just take a step back sometimes and just take a deep breath and just say ‘What do you have to lose? Just go out and play and have fun’.”

After the early goal to Beagle, Murray composed himself and stood toe to toe with Holtby.

Shortly after Matt Cullen gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead Murray stopped a quality chance by Capitals winger Justin Williams. Williams snatched a Taylor Chorney point shot off the endboards, but not quick enough to beat the former third-round pick in Pittsburgh’s goal.

Later there was a turndown of Alex Ovechkin that provoked some chirping from the Capitals captain.

A left pad stop of Evgeny Kuznetsov held the Penguins in front before John Carlson eventually tied

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Washington Capitals’ Justin Williams can’t get his stick on the puck in front of Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Matt Murray with Ian Cole (28) and Carl Hagelin (62) defending during the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinals in Pittsburgh, Wednesday. The Penguins won in overtime 3-2. the game at two late in the second period.

That was it though against Murray. He stopped all nine Washington shots in the third and two more shots in overtime. He’s given up two goals or less in five of seven playoff starts.

Asked before the game why he continues to start the rookie goaltender even with Fleury available to play after a two-month concussion-related absence, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said the reason was obvious.

“With as well as Matt is playing, common sense would suggest that we should probably stay with him,” Sullivan said Wednesday morning.

After Wednesday’s win Sullivan said that Pittsburgh would continue to take it one game at a time with respect to its goaltending decisions.

The Penguins won Game 4 despite playing without top defenceman Kris Letang, who was serving a onegame suspension for his hit on Marcus Johansson in Game 3.

Martin delivers in ninth to push Jays past Rangers take the way it finished,” he said.

Texas starter Colby Lewis also lasted seven innings. He allowed three earned runs, Blue Jays 4 Rangers 3 five hits and struck out seven with one walk.

TORONTO — Blue Jays catcher Russell In the ninth, Encarnacion led off with a Martin entered Wednesday’s game against single and Ezequiel Carrera came on as a the Texas Rangers mired in an offensive pinch-runner. Smoak and Kevin Pillar drew slump. walks to set the stage for Martin, who is now His bat came to life at the perfect time. hitting .169 on the season.

Martin gave Toronto its second straight “It’s tough luck,” Barnette said. “I lost a walkoff win by belting a bases-loaded drive little bit of control. I’ve got to be able to keep off the wall in right field to give the Blue the team in it and give them a chance. I didn’t Jays a 4-3 victory. do that tonight.”

“He needed that,” said Toronto manager It was the second straight victory for the John Gibbons.

Blue Jays (14-15) and the first time they have “We needed that more as a team. But posted back-to-back walkoff wins since Aug. he’s always hit, he’s going to hit. But that 9-10, 2014 against the Detroit Tigers. can do wonders for you, I don’t care who Texas (15-13) has dropped six of seven on you are.” the road. Announced attendance was 25,229 The Toronto native entered play with and the game took two hours 32 minutes to just two hits in his last six games. Martin play.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS managed to squeak a single through the Notes: It was the first time Sanchez had infield in the seventh before getting the Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Michael Saunders (21) sides safe at started against the Rangers. He appeared in barrel of the bat on the ball in the ninth home plate past Texas Rangers catcher Bobby Wilson, right, during AL all five ALDS games against Texas last year against Tony Barnette (1-2). as a reliever. … The teams will close out the baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday.

“For me it’s never been about statistics,” four-game series Thursday night. Toronto’s he said. “As long as the team wins, I’m hapJ.A. Happ (3-0, 2.76 earned-run average) will sition to three earned runs or less in 15 of his 17 capy. We’ve won two big games and hopefully we can start against fellow left-hander Derek Holland (3-1, reer starts. keep it going.”

2.48). … Smoak moved up a spot to fifth in the Toron“They’ve got a good hitting team, they came out to batting order while Troy Tulowitzki, who is hitting Justin Smoak hit a game-winning homer in the 10th inning a night earlier to give Toronto a 3-1 win. and they were on him early,” Gibbons said. “He just .160, dropped down to the No. 6 spot. … The The Blue Jays used the long ball again Wednesday could have imploded but he didn’t. That’s a big step Los Angeles Dodgers will visit Rogers Centre this with Edwin Encarnacion hitting a no-doubt two-run in the right direction.” weekend in interleague play. The Dodgers adjusted Drew Storen and Roberto Osuna (1-0) worked a their rotation plans Wednesday, moving ace Clayton shot in the sixth to tie the game at three.

Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez settled down after scoreless inning apiece. Sanchez allowed seven hits Kershaw to a Saturday start and Ross Stripling to giving up three runs over the first two innings. He while walking a pair and striking out five.

Sunday. Kenta Maeda will start the series opener pitched seven frames in all and has held the oppo“Not the way I wanted it to start but I’ll definitely Friday.

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Upshall watches from afar as hometown Fort McMurray burns

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS St. Louis Blues winger Scottie Upshall saw images of the wildfire spreading across his hometown of Fort McMurray, Alta., and likened them to a disaster movie.

“A movie that I don’t really want to watch,” he told reporters Wednesday.

“I saw the freeway that I used to drive in from the airport and both sides of the roads were 100-foot flames. I saw a couple of restaurants that I used to eat at and those were gone. You know, I’m thankful for all the supporters there who are doing their thing and everyone who’s still there or trying to get out or looking for places to stay, we hope everyone has a helping hand.

“We’ll be able to support them and do what we can from here and I’m sure we’ll all get together nationally and help them out.”

The 32-year-old Upshall grew up in the Alberta city and played for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey Leauge before moving on to the Western Hockey League’s Kamloops Blaz-

ers.

He said his nieces were among those evacuated, although his brother and fiancee, who also live in Fort McMurray, were in St. Louis to watch Tuesday’s game — a 6-1 Blues victory that gave them a 2-1 lead over the Dallas Stars in their Western Conference semifinal series.

“I got a lot of texts yesterday (that said) ‘Go out and win the game for the city,’ so that was pretty special,” Upshall said.

The wildfire has torched entire neighbourhoods and forced more than 80,000 to flee the city. The flames roared into the southwest corner of the Fort McMurray on Tuesday afternoon. It engulfed homes in three subdivisions and destroyed vehicles, gas stations and a motel.

Blues coach Ken Hitchcock is from Edmonton.

He interrupted his post-game news conference after Tuesday night’s 6-1 victory by issuing condolences to those affected by the fire. Rookie defenceman Colton Parayko played two seasons in the minors at Fort McMurray.

Stars coach Lindy Ruff is from Warburg, Alta.

“That’s tragic, close to home for me,” Ruff said.

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“Makes losing the game irrelevant. It’s heartbreaking.”

After Tuesday night’s game, Hitchcock said he and Upshall were both able to make contact with friends and acquaintances in the city. Hitchcock said he probably knows about 100 people in the city.

The Beacon Hill suburb in the south end of Fort McMurray has seen the worst damage with about 80 per cent of homes destroyed.

Senators defenceman Chris Phillips, who grew up Beacon Hill, told Ottawa’s CFRA radio Wednesday morning that he’s been following the wildfire closely and has been in contact with family members in the area, including his sister, brother-in-law and their three young children.

“It was not an enjoyable (phone) conversation, hearing (the children) in the background and their panicked voices and crying,” Phillips told CFRA. “Really, just the unknown. Luckily, they were able to get out of town.”

Phillips said he heard from his family at about 2 a.m. after they arrived in Edmonton.

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Hunt wins player of the year WHL AWARDS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Moose Jaw Warriors winger Dryden Hunt was named the Western Hockey League’s player of the year on Wednesday.

Hunt, who led the WHL with 58 goals and 58 assists in 72 regular-season games, accepted the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy at the WHL awards ceremony in front of former NHLers Joe Sakic, Bobby Clarke and Lanny McDonald.

“I’m honoured to have those guys here,” said the 20-year-old Hunt. “I think it’s great for us young guys to see those guys come in and I think they enjoyed this experience as much as we did. It’s great to see those guys and to win this award in front of them … it’s a pretty special way to end off my WHL career.”

Hunt also had seven goals and nine assists in 10 playoff games.

As part of the WHL’s 50th season celebrations, Sakic and Clarke were recognized as the league’s top two players while McDonald accepted this year’s WHL governors award.

Hunt said he battled nerves on his way up to the stage to accept the award in front of Sakic and Clarke, both previous winners of the Trophy.

“Just walking up there in front of those guys and having to speak not only in front of the room but in front of three Hall of Famers, it’s a pretty cool experience,” said Hunt, who signed an entry level contract with the Florida Panthers in early March. “Obviously there’s so many great players in this league.

You take a look at the list of past players who’ve won it and it’s kind of surreal.

“Honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it.”

Former Tri-City Americans goalie Carey Price finished third in fan voting for the WHL’s top 50 players, but was unable to attend the awards ceremony because he’s with his wife Angela as the couple is expecting their first child any day.

Also up for the WHL player of the year award was Victoria Royals defenceman Joe Hicketts, who recorded eight goals and 53 assists in 59 games during the regular season with the Victoria Royals before scoring once and setting up six others in six playoff games.

Hicketts also finished as runner up behind Ivan

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Moose Jaw Warrior Dryden Hunt capped his WHL career off by winning the league’s Four Broncos Memorial Trophy for player of the year. The winger led the league in goals (58).

Provorov of the Brandon Wheat Kings for the WHL defenceman of the year award.

Provorov finished with 21 goals and 52 assists in 62 games in his second season with the Wheat Kings, who will face the Seattle Thunderbirds in the bestof-seven WHL finals.

“There’s a lot of great defencemen in the league this year,” said Provorov. “It’s an honour to receive this award. Also, there’s a lot of great defencemen to receive this award in the past and to be included in this group, it’s pretty special.”

Victoria bench boss Dave Lowry was named WHL coach of the year while two of his players — Matthew Phillips, rookie of the year award, and Tyler Soy, most sportsmanlike player — also came away with awards.

“It means a lot,” said Phillips. “You look on the award and there’s some really good players who have gone on to have not only good WHL careers, but

good NHL careers. This year alone there was some extremely talented rookies nominated and looked at for the award, so it’s definitely a big honour to be recognized.”

A pair of Lethbridge Hurricanes also won awards.

Tyler Wong was chosen as humanitarian of the year, while general manager Peter Anholt was named as executive of the year.

Other awards went to: Adam Brooks of the Regina Pats, top scorer Carter Hart of the Everett Silvertips, goaltender of the year Rylan Parenteau of the Prince Albert Raiders, hardest working player and Tanner Kaspick of the Wheat Kings, scholastic player of the year.

The Spokane Chiefs were named the scholastic team of the year, Brandon won the WHL marketing/ business award, and Chris Schlenker was chosen as the top official of the year.

Hartley blindsided by Flames’ philosophical change Bob Hartley says he was surprised to hear that there were differences in philosophy within the Calgary Flames.

The club fired Hartley as its head coach on Tuesday after missing the playoffs for the third time in four years under his watch.

Calgary general manager Brad Treliving said that Hartley had brought the team “as far as I feel he can take it.”

Speaking on a conference call with reporters 24 hours after his dismissal, Hartley said he never got a sense that management had issues with his coaching style.

“That was news to me,” said Hartley. “I felt like Brad and I always talked and I always thought that we were on the same page.”

Casey hopes Raptors will ‘take offence’ to being written off

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — One game into the Toronto Raptors’ playoff series against Miami, LeBron James and some news outlets are already looking ahead to a Cavaliers-Heat Eastern Conference final.

Raptors coach Dwane Casey was less than ‘IT’S SOMETHING pleased, but not surprised.

WE FACE EVERY “I saw that. Like I’ve SINGLE DAY AND said, nobody respects us, everybody has written us SOMETHING THAT off, and that’s fine,” Casey WE’RE OK WITH said. “The people in this BECAUSE AT THE building right now, and END OF THE DAY in that locker-room over IT’S US IN THE there, are the most imLOCKER-ROOM portant people to believe that. Hopefully our guys VERSUS THE take that heart, and take WORLD.’ offence to it. They’re the ones who can do some— PATRICK PATTERSON thing about it.”

The Raptors lost 102-96 to the Heat in Tuesday’s series opener. Game 2 is Thursday in Toronto. The Raptors are the favourites on paper, winners of five of their six last regular-season games against Miami.

James, whose Cavs topped Atlanta 104-93 in their opener, told reporters Wednesday morning he’d love to face the Heat in the next round.

“Naturally, of course,” James said. “That’s since I’ve came back. It’d be great to play against those guys in the post-season.

“Throughout my whole career, I’ve always wanted to go against (Dwyane) Wade in a playoff series.

We’ve always talked about it even before we became teammates in ‘10. It’s not been heavy on my mind, but it’s crossed my mind throughout my whole career.”

Wade, meanwhile, isn’t looking past Toronto.

“You talk to me if we get four wins in this series, and I’ll answer that question,” the Heat guard said after Wednesday’s practice.

The Raptors say they’re used to being overlooked and written off.

“I’m sure we are looked at as the underdog, but we are the No. 2 seed,” Kyle Lowry said. “We still have the confidence to win four games. But everybody has their own opinion, everyone has their own thoughts. Let ESPN talk about it. That’s what they do, they have their opinions. We have our opinions, you guys have y’all opinions, it’s opinions. They still have to beat us three more times.”

Patrick Patterson said the lack of love for the Raptors around the league has been a constant in his three seasons in Toronto.

“It’s something we face every single day and something that we’re OK with because at the end of the day it’s us in the locker-room versus the world,” Patterson said. “We have no problem with that at all.”

The 55-year-old led the Flames to the playoffs for the first time in six seasons in 2014-15, earning the Jack Adams Trophy as coach of the year.

But the club’s penchant for comeback wins — Calgary earned a quarter of its points when trailing after two periods — proved unsustainable.

The Flames compiled a 35-40-7 record in 2015-16, 20 points fewer than the previous season that saw the club advance to the second round of the playoffs.

Special teams and sub-par goaltending plagued Calgary for much of Hartley’s final campaign, but he said he was proud of how young players like forwards Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan and Sam Bennett had developed, as well as the continued emergence of defencemen Marc Giordano and T.J. Brodie.

“I just feel very sad that I didn’t get the opportunity to keep working as a group, to keep working as an organization for better days,” said Hartley. “There’s

no doubt in my mind this team is one or two years away from being an excellent hockey club and making a push real deep in the playoffs.

“It’s going to be for somebody else. I fully understand the risk of our business and I accept the responsibilities.”

Hartley said he wants to keep coaching — “it’s in my blood” — and has no plans to retire from the game.

There are a couple of NHL jobs open, but the Hawkesbury, Ont., native declined to be drawn into any speculation about his immediate future.

“The coaching carousel is spinning out of control,” he said.

“It’s the time of year — there’s lots of jobs, there’s lots of names. There’s going to be lots of speculation, but I will not get involved in this.

“There’s a process going on for every job open. I’ll be very respectful to that process.”

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WHL 2016 Playoffs ED CHYNOWETH CUP League Championship (Best-of-7) Brandon (E1) vs. Seattle (US1) 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 John Quenneville, Bdn 13 Nolan Patrick, Bdn 10 Adam Brooks, Reg 7 Tim McGauley, Bdn 8 Reid Duke, Bdn 6 Jayce Hawryluk, Bdn 2 Mathew Barzal, Sea 5 Adam Helewka, RD 9 Jake DeBrusk, RD 8 Jack Walker, Vic 8 Dryden Hunt, MJ 7 Cole Sanford, Reg 7 Brayden Point, MJ 6 Sam Steel, Reg 6 Justin Kirkland, Kel 11 Jayden Halbgewachs, MJ 9 Tanner Jeannot, MJ 6 Ethan Bear, Sea 6 Brett Howden, MJ 4 Kale Clague, Bdn 6

St. Louis at Dallas, 11 a.m.

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

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

Pacific Division (San Jose leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result Nashville 4 San Jose 1 Sunday’s result San Jose 3 Nashville 2 Thursday’s game San Jose at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s game Nashville at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Monday, May 9 San Jose at Nashville, TBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Tampa Bay (2) vs. N.Y. Islanders (WC1) (Tampa Bay leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result Tampa Bay 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 (OT) Saturday’s result Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Islanders 1 Friday’s game Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s game N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

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

A 11 14 16 13 14 18 14 9 9 8 9 9 10 10 4 6 9 9 11 8

Pts 24 24 23 21 20 20 19 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas (1) vs. St. Louis (2) (St. Louis leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s result St. Louis 6 Dallas 1 Sunday’s result St. Louis 4 Dallas 3 (OT) Thursday’s game Dallas at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s game

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Boston 16 11 .593 Baltimore 15 11 .577 Toronto 14 15 .483 Tampa Bay 12 14 .462 New York 9 16 .360 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 19 9 .679 Detroit 14 12 .538 Kansas City 14 13 .519 Cleveland 12 12 .500 Minnesota 8 20 .286 West Division W L Pct Seattle 16 11 .593 Texas 15 13 .536 Los Angeles 13 15 .464 Oakland 13 16 .448 Houston 10 18 .357

GB — 1/2 3 3 1/2 6 GB — 4 4 1/2 5 11 GB — 1 1/2 3 1/2 4 6 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 7, Detroit 3 Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 3, Texas 1, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 10, Tampa Bay 5 Chicago White Sox 4, Boston 1 Houston 6, Minnesota 4 Milwaukee 5, L.A. Angels 4 Kansas City 7, Washington 6 Seattle 8, Oakland 2

G AB R H Pct. Castellanos Det 25 90 11 34 .378 Machado Bal 26 107 20 38 .355 VMartinez Det 26 88 14 30 .341 Hosmer KC 27 102 11 34 .333 Trumbo Bal 26 102 15 34 .333 Mazara Tex 21 80 12 26 .325 Pedroia Bos 25 112 19 36 .321 Trout LA 28 104 16 33 .317 Mauer Min 27 95 10 30 .316 Lowrie Oak 28 99 9 31 .313 Home Runs Cano, Seattle, 9 Donaldson, Toronto, 9 Trumbo, Baltimore, 8 Altuve, Houston, 7 CDavis, Baltimore, 7 Frazier, Chicago, 7 Machado, Baltimore, 7 Moustakas, Kansas City, 7 Park, Minnesota, 7 ColRasmus, Houston, 7 Semien, Oakland, 7 Trout, Los Angeles, 7.

Runs Batted In Cano, Seattle, 26 Ortiz, Boston, 22 Trout, Los Angeles, 22 Trumbo, Baltimore, 22 Donaldson, Toronto, 21 ColRasmus, Houston, 20 Abreu, Chicago, 19 Bautista, Toronto, 19 Castellanos, Detroit, 19 Encarnacion, Toronto, 18: Frazier, Chicago, 18 VMartinez, Detroit, 18 Seager, Seattle, 18.

Pitching Sale, Chicago, 6-0 Porcello, Boston, 5-0 ERamirez, Tampa Bay, 5-1 Zimmermann, Detroit, 5-0 Latos, Chicago, 4-0 Price, Boston, 4-0 Quintana, Chicago, 4-1 Stroman, Toronto, 4-0 Tomlin, Cleveland, 4-0

Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati

Thursday’s Games Detroit (Fulmer 1-0) at Cleveland (Bauer 1-0), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 1-0) at Baltimore (Gausman 0-1), 5:05 p.m.

Texas (Holland 3-1) at Toronto (Happ 3-0), 5:07 p.m.

Boston (Owens 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Johnson 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Miley 2-2) at Houston (Devenski 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Oakland at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Texas at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS

● 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) CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 2, Atlanta 0 Monday, May 2: Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93 Wednesday, May 4: Cleveland 123, Atlanta 98 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 Thursday, May 12: Cleveland at Atlanta, TBA Sunday, May 15: Atlanta at Cleveland, TBA Miami 1, Toronto 0 Tuesday, May 3: Miami 102, Toronto 96, OT 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 Friday, May 13: Toronto at Miami, TBA Sunday, May 15: Miami at Toronto, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE

Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Atlanta

Wednesday’s Games L.A. Angels 7, Milwaukee 3 Washington 13, Kansas City 2 Seattle 9, Oakland 8 Cleveland 4, Detroit 0 N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 0 Toronto 4, Texas 3 Tampa Bay 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 Boston 5, Chicago White Sox 2 Houston 16, Minnesota 4

Sunday ● 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

Wednesday’s summary Penguins 3, Capitals 2 (1st OT) First Period 1. Washington, Beagle 3 (Wilson, Chorney) 2:58.

2. Pittsburgh, Daley 1 (Hornqvist, Crosby) 9:16.

Penalties — Hagelin Pgh (interference) 15:30 Niskanen Wash (hooking) 17:43 Hornqvist Pgh (tripping) 18:52 Chimera Wash (tripping) 19:36.

Second Period 3. Pittsburgh, Cullen 3 (Kuhnhackl, Dumoulin) 3:07.

4. Washington, Carlson 4 (Williams) 16:19.

Penalties — Lovejoy Pgh (hooking) 8:31 Oshie Wash (cross-checking) 9:47 Wilson Wash, Cole Pgh (roughing) 18:45.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Alzner Wash (high-sticking) 16:22.

First Overtime 5. Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 5 (Sheary, Dumoulin) 2:34.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Washington 16 9 9 2 — 36 Pittsburgh 12 12 7 2 — 33 Goal — Washington: Holtby (L, 5-5-0). Pittsburgh: Murray (W, 6-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Washington: 0-2 Pittsburgh: 0-4.

Metropolitan Division Washington (1) vs. Pittsburgh (2) (Pittsburgh leads series 3-1) Wednesday’s result Pittsburgh 3 Washington 2 (OT) Monday’s result Pittsburgh 3 Washington 2 Saturday’s game Pittsburgh at Washington, 5:15 p.m.

Monday, May 10 Washington at Pittsburgh, TBA

Today ● WHL: Bantam Draft, 8:30 a.m., Calgary Ladies Fastball: Rage U16 vs. Badgers, 7 p.m., and Rage U16 vs Bandits, 8:46 p.m., Great Chief Park

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 19 8 .704 17 9 .654 16 12 .571 14 12 .538 7 20 .259 Central Division W L Pct 20 6 .769 15 13 .536 14 14 .500 11 16 .407 11 17 .393 West Division W L Pct 15 14 .517 14 14 .500 13 14 .481 12 17 .414 11 17 .393

GB — 1 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 12 GB — 6 7 9 1/2 10 GB — 1/2 1 3 3 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Miami 7, Arizona 4 San Francisco 3, Cincinnati 1 L.A. Dodgers 10, Tampa Bay 5 Milwaukee 5, L.A. Angels 4 Kansas City 7, Washington 6 Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 0 San Diego 6, Colorado 3 Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 4 N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 0

RHYTHMIC REGIONALS

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 City, TBA Sunday, May 15: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, TBA Golden State 2, Portland 0 Sunday, May 1: Golden State 118, Portland 106 Tuesday, May 3: Golden State 110, Portland 99 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 Friday, May 13: Golden State at Portland, TBA Monday, May 16: Portland at Golden State, 7 p.m.

Transactions

L.A. Angels 7, Milwaukee 3 Washington 13, Kansas City 2 Colorado 2, San Diego 0 Miami 4, Arizona 3 Tampa Bay 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4 Thursday’s Games Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-3) at St. Louis (Garcia 1-2), 11:45 a.m.

Arizona (Ray 1-1) at Miami (Conley 1-1), 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Anderson 1-3) at Cincinnati (Simon 0-3), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Ross 3-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-0) at San Diego (Rea 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Colorado (Rusin 1-0) at San Francisco (Cain 0-3), 8:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Washington at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Arizona at Atlanta, 5:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

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

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. DMurphy Was 26 98 17 39 .398 ADiaz StL 25 80 20 31 .388 Prado Mia 22 87 8 33 .379 Braun Mil 25 91 15 34 .374 Fowler ChC 25 92 22 32 .348 Segura Ari 26 112 12 38 .339 Molina Stl 26 93 9 31 .333 Yelich Mia 26 90 15 30 .333 Realmuto Mia 22 85 12 28 .329 CGonzalez Col 26 107 17 35 .327 Home Runs Arenado, Colorado, 11 Harper, Washington, 10 Story, Colorado, 10 Carter, Milwaukee, 9 Rizzo, Chicago, 9 Stanton, Miami, 9 NWalker, New York, 9 Cespedes, New York, 8 Kemp, San Diego, 8 Castillo, Arizona, 7 Duda, New York, 7 Howard, Philadelphia, 7.

Runs Batted In Rizzo, Chicago, 27 Harper, Washington, 26 Arenado, Colorado, 25 Cespedes, New York, 25 Pence, San Francisco, 23 Braun, Milwaukee, 22 Kemp, San Diego, 22 Stanton, Miami, 22 Carter, Milwaukee, 21 Story, Colorado, 21 Belt, Atlanta, 20 Markakis, Atlanta, 20.

Pitching Arrieta, Chicago, 6-0; Strasburg, Washington, 5-0; Chatwood, Colorado, 4-2; Cueto, San Francisco, 4-1; Hammel, Chicago, 4-0; CMartinez, St. Louis, 4-1; Matz, New York, 4-1; Nelson, Milwaukee, 4-2; Samardzija, San Francisco, 4-1; Siegrist, St Louis, 4-0

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned OF Terrance Gore to Northwest Arkansas (TL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Alex Meyer to Rochester (IL). Recalled RHP J.R. Graham from Rochester.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed DH Alex Rodriguez on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP James Pazos from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Traded C Chris Gimenez to Cleveland for cash considerations. Activated C Bobby Wilson. Optioned C Brett Nicholas to Round Rock (PCL).

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released OF Adam Taylor.

LAREDO LEMURS — Signed RHP Kyle Devore.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Released RHP Josh Martinez.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Released OF Edwin Dexler, INF Kyle Forsythe, C Derek Hasenbeck, LHP Dillon Haviland, OF Brandon Landanger, RHP Donny Murray and LHP Jason Ziegler.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Released OF Marcus Bradley, C Corey Caswell, INF Josh Kennedy and OF Brian Ruiz.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed RHP Matt Chavaria and LHP Billy Waltrip.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Released RHP Jordan DePonte and OF Connor Savage.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Announced the resignation of security chief Jeffrey Miller after the May owners’ meetings and a training session. Named Mike Kensil vice-president of international game operations.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released C Valerian Ume-Ezeoke, CB Kevin White, CB Joel Wilkinson and S Tyrequek Zimmerman.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with S Keanu Neal.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to terms with C Ryan Kelly.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agree to terms with RB Wendell Smallwood, Ss Blake Countess and Jalen Mills, DE Alex McCalister and LB Joe Walker

on four-year contracts.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Re-signed LB Michael Wilhoite to a one-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released C Drew Nowak, RB Cameron Marshall, TE Ronnie Shields, DE Josh Shirley and WR Tyler Slavin.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended D.C. United F Chris Rolfe one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his serious foul play that endangered the safety of an opponent during an April 28 game against Chicago.

Suspended Vancouver F Kekuta Manneh one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for a serious foul play that endangered the safety of an opponent during an April 28 game against New York City FC. Found the LA Galaxy in violation of the mass confrontation policy following an incident during a May 1 game against Sporting Kansas City and fined Galaxy D Jelle van Damme and F Giovani dos Santos undisclosed amounts for escalating the incident.

COLUMBUS CREW SC — Acquired a 2017 second-round Superdraft pick from Chicago for the Discovery Priority on M Khaly Lyane Thiam.

North American Soccer League TAMPA BAY ROWDIES — Signed M Joe Cole.

United Soccer League USL — Suspended Orlando City’s Devron Garcia and fined him an undisclosed amount for receiving a straight red card during a May 1 game against FC Montreal. Suspended Harrisburg City’s James Thomas and Seattle’s Oniel Fisher one game each after the were issued two yellow cards apiece during their respective matches last week.

COLLEGE ARIZONA STATE — Announced the addition of men’s tennis as a varisty sport.

FLORIDA — Announced sophomore basketball G Brandone Francis-Ramirez has decided to transfer.

MEMPHIS — Named Danielle O’Banion women’s associate head basketball coach.

MICHIGAN — Named Billy Donlon and Saddi Washington men’s assistant basketball coaches.

NEBRASKA — Named Michael Lewis men’s assistant basketball coach.

NORTH CAROLINA — Announced junior F Kennedy Meeks will withdraw from the NBA Draft.

OKLAHOMA— Named Carlin Hartman men’s assistant basketball coach.

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Albertans lending a hand to Albertans PEOPLE RUSH TO AID FIRE EVACUEES

WestJet planes used to fly hospital patients EDMONTON — Nurse Sherrie Whiffen says staff at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray practice evacuating

Wildfires have forced tens of thou-sands of people from their homes in n Fort McMurray. Some have lost alll their belongings in the massive blaze.

Here are some of the ways to help p those affected: RED CROSS: The Canadian Red d Cross is accepting monetary dona-tions through their website (redcross. ca). A $5 donation can also be made e by texting REDCROSS to 30333.

SALVATION ARMY: The Salva-tion Army is collecting monetary do-nations online. It says it will provide e food, clothing and shelter, among itss emergency services.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — When Char Kaye saw fire ravaging Fort McMurray on the news — from the safety and comfort of her home near Edmonton, she told herself she had to do something to help.

She bought deodorant and toothbrushes, packed up toys and blankets, then took to social media and offered up her home to strangers.

“The hand that feeds us is the oil industry and I know Fort McMurray plays a gigantic part in the economy,” Kaye said Wednesday from her house in Spruce Grove.

“They need everything they can get and watching it literally go up in flames is just devastating.”

People have been opening their homes, cupboards and wallets for fire evacuees from Fort McMurray since the city’s 80,000 residents were told to flee Tuesday.

Social media is rife with offers of free meals, tire repairs, pet food and even graduation gowns for high school students who have lost theirs in the fire.

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SAMARITAN’S PURSE: The Sa-maritan’s Purse says it is assembling g a team that will head to Fort McMur-ray to provide physical and emotionall help once the evacuation order on the e city is lifted. It is accepting monetaryy donations through its website (http:/// samaritanspurse.ca)

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Char Kaye packs care packages for evacuees of the wildfires in and around Fort McMurray from her home in Spruce Grove on Wednesday. donate 69,000 cans of drinking water, and has 131,000 more at the ready if needed.

The Red Cross says it’s ramping up its call centre to deal with a flood of monetary donations, which includes money from companies such as Shaw Communications, Canadian National and Manulife.

On Wednesday, the government of Alberta announced it will match donations to the Red Cross in support of

the people of Fort McMurray, as well as provide $2 million in seed money to kickstart operations.

“We know Albertans are stepping up to help the people of Fort McMurray that’s what Albertans do when people are in need,” said Premier Rachel Notley.

“The most effective thing people can do right now is make donations to the Red Cross, knowing our government will match those funds.”

the hospital every year, but she never had to do the real thing until Tuesday night.

Whiffen said she had to remain calm in order to reassure patients and their families. They started with the long-term care patients on the fourth floor and worked their way down. All staff pulled together to get everyone into ambulances or on to city buses.

But then there was a moment that shook her.

“I did look up to the hill, up to the left, and there was flames and fire right there,” Whiffen recalled Wednesday morning, shortly after arriving at the evacuation centre in Edmonton. “When you see those bright orange flames burning, yeah, it’s scary.”

Whiffen composed herself.

“I said, ‘Just give me a moment, turned around, and I was OK. I kept it together. It’s crazy, looking back” Dr. Verna Yu, interim president and CEO of Alberta Health Services, said all 105 patients at the hospital were moved to three different reception areas outside Fort McMurray on Tuesday night and were moved to Edmonton by Wednesday morning.

Yu said some of the patients, including nine babies in the neonatal unit and their mothers, were flown on WestJet planes to Edmonton.

Military choppers, planes joining wildfire fight OTTAWA — The Canadian military has deployed helicopters and transport planes in response to the raging wildfire — with more support to come as needed.

Four CH-146 Griffon helicopters are en route to perform evacuations in surroundings communities under threat from the raging blaze.

Additionally, a C-130J Hercules has been moved to the nearby military airfield in Cold Lake, with a C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift transport on standby to aid in the movement of firefighters and equipment.

Brig.-Gen. Wayne Eyre, who is in charge of the 3rd Canadian Division and the military commander for Western Canada, calls it a “dynamic” situation and planners are looking ahead at what kind of requests could come next.

He says the Alberta government is expected to formally ask other provinces and northern U.S. states for help in fighting the fire and the air force could play a role in getting crews to where they are needed.

Eyre says the Hercules is suited for landing on remote roads and could be employed getting firefighters into isolated locations.

WOOD BUFFALO FOOD BANK:: The Wood Buffalo Food Bank, which h serves the regional municipality thatt includes Fort McMurray, is taking g PayPal donations through its website. (woodbuffalofoodbank.com).

AIRBNB: Airbnb has activated itss Disaster Response Tool, encouraging g itts host community around Edmonton n to help displaced residents with free e housing. The tool, on offer until Mayy 21, allows existing hosts and locall residents with extra space to hostt people through Airbnb for free.

FORT MCMURRAY SPCA: The e Fort McMurray SPCA is working with h partners and local authorities to re-unite displaced residents with petss they were forced to leave behind. It iss accepting monetary donations online e (http://fortmcmurrayspca.ca).

BY THE NUMBERS Flames from a wildfire eating itss way through the bone-dry forests sur-rounding Fort McMurray continued d to lick at the northern Alberta city on n Wednesday. Some numbers associ-ated with the fire: SIZE: 75 square kilometres. Ex-pected to be 100 square kilometress by end of the day.

STRUCTURES BURNED: 1,600 0 (as of Wednesday afternoon).

TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE E DISPLACED: More than 80,000.

EVACUEES: 10,000 in oilsandss camps to the north of the city. An-other th 70,000 70 000 south th tto Anzac, A Lac L La La Biche, Edmonton and Calgary.

RCMP OFFICERS DEPLOYED:: 300.

RESOURCES ON SCENE: 250 0 firefighters, 12 helicopters, 12 piecess of heavy equipment, 16 air tankers, 22 tanker trucks.

WEATHER: 31 C. Winds gusting g to 39 km to km/h /h.

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The home of Alberta Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean is shown burned to the ground in Fort McMurray on Wednesday.

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IN THEIR WORDS VICTOR HOWALD, A HEAVY Y E QUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH H SUNCOR: “It was a ghost town. And d it was just raining ashes and you u can’t see. Like, I was walking out-side and there was no visibility. You u couldn’t see anything. There was onlyy police cars and sirens going around d trying to clear people out.

“I didn’t have enough fuel to go o anywhere and all of the gas stationss were obviously closed, so I started d walking down one of the main stripss in Fort McMurray and eventuallyy somebody pulled over and picked d me up and dropped me at Wandering g River.

“On the way there, it was just cra-zy. There were people pulled over in n ditches, thousands of pickups with-out fuel, or minimum fuel, to get any-where where there is fuel.

“It felt like the apocalypse,” How-ald recalled, sitting at a picnic table e outside an evacuation centre in Ed-monton on Wednesday. ★★★ Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

A family of evacuees camp out in their van at a beach south of Fort McMurray on Wednesday. A wildfire has already torched 1,600 structures in Fort McMurray and is ready to renew its attack in another day of scorching heat and high winds.

Fire crews fight to prevent spread of embers as winds move in

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Jamie Coutts’ harrowing experiences in Alberta five years ago are serving him well as he helps battle wildfires that have devastated entire neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray.

The fire chief from Slave Lake, about 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, fought so-called “wildland-urban interface” blazes as they ravaged his community in 2011.

They start in the bush before spreading into populated areas, requiring a particular approach if they are to be extinguished.

Coutts’ 10-person fire crew spent much of Wednesday protecting homes, buildings and other critical infrastructure in Fort McMurray by clearing grass and trees away from houses adjacent to the devastation zone.

He said it’s critical to douse charred homes and structures, known as “hot spots,” in order to ensure embers don’t get pushed by the wind into houses initially saved from the flames.

“We came in (Tuesday) before the fire blew out of control,” Coutts said Wednesday during a short break from battling the blaze.

“We brought a sprinkler trailer from (Slave Lake) and we just happened to be here when things got tough, so they asked us to stay.”

As wildfires move from isolated forests into communities, everything changes.

In the forest, a fire is fed by trees, grass and undergrowth. When the flames reach an urban centre they are instead fuelled by cars, homes, decks and fences, which are far more toxic and catch fire more quickly.

Rick Swan, director for wildlands

firefighting at the International Association of Firefighters, said one leading cause of urban fires spreading out of control is that one structure often provides the spark for another to go up in flames — a process that is then repeated over and over.

“There is a lot more heat and energy available in a small (urban) square foot (than in the forest) and you have to put out a lot of embers and that’s going to cause you the most problems,” he said.

As wildfires move through urban centres, firefighters need to conduct what he said were “mop-and-patrol” operations to ensure burned-out homes don’t destroy “safe” structures.

“The embers sit and seep and you can come back a couple of hours later and three houses that were safe on a block are now up in flames,” Swan said.

Shell also employed its landing strip to fly employees and their families to Calgary or Edmonton and has provided two teams to support firefighting efforts in the area.

of all their expenses.

“Insurers are mobilized and will answer questions,” said IBC spokesman Steve Kee.

Trudeau offers full federal assistance

Wildfire forces heart of Canada’s oilsands to scale back production CALGARY — The wildfire raging through the heart of Canada’s oilsands capital dealt a blow Wednesday to crude operations, with companies curtailing production or stopping it altogether.

Shell Canada shut down output at its Albian Sands oilsands mining operations, which have the capacity to produce 255,000 barrels of oil per day. The site is located about 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.

The company said it made the decision to focus on getting employees and their families out of the region while also freeing up room at its 2,000-person work camp for some of the 80,000 people who were ordered evacuated Tuesday from Fort McMurray.

“Right now, our priority is providing support for our people, their loved ones and others in the area,” Shell spokesman Cameron Yost said in an email.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will provide all possible assistance to Alberta as wildfires ravage Fort McMurray.

That help ranges from satellite intelligence to help track to the fire to long-term financial help aimed at recovery.

Canada is a country of people who help each other in challenging times, Trudeau told his caucus Wednesday.

“I’ve been dealing with offers of support and calls from the Atlantic provinces, all the way out to B.C., as people are looking for how they can support their friends and neighbours as people go through this difficult time.”

Insurers prepare to assess damage TORONTO — Insurance providers are already preparing to assess the damage from a massive fire still burning in Fort McMurray, that has charred homes, cars and other treasured possessions.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada is urging the more than 80,000 residents who have been forced to evacuate the city to contact their insurance providers and keep track

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

A burned-out truck in the Beacon Hill area of Fort McMurray is shown on Wednesday.

Atlantic Canadians watching wildfires with growing horror FREDERICTON — The Fort McMurray, Alta., wildfire feels like a local disaster for Atlantic Canadians, who have spent anxious hours waiting for word on family and friends.

Much of the Fort Mac workforce comes from the east coast, and there are few Atlantic Canadians who aren’t close to someone who lives there, or have lived there themselves.

“It’s just devastating. My stomach is just in knots even thinking about it out there,” said Jeremy Douthwright, who worked in Fort McMurray for three years before returning to New Brunswick a year ago to run an auto repair shop.

“I talked to my old roommates that I lived with just about a year ago in Beacon Hill and that house is gone.

All of Beacon Hill is gone,” he said.

Social media on the East Coast is buzzing with comments from people shocked by the pictures, videos and stories coming out of Alberta as the flames continued to burn.

Others were making contact with loved ones affected by the fire.

“My family there have lost everything. My heart is breaking for everyone there,” wrote one woman from Dartmouth, N.S. It has been said that Fort McMurray is Newfoundland and Labrador’s second-largest city, and one columnist suggested Wednesday you could say the same about Cape Breton.

STEVE ANDREJIW: Andrejiw w was about to head into work for an n a fternoon shift Tuesday when he e realized the fire that had previouslyy posed little threat was now raging outt of control.

He had earlier fuelled up the truckk with gas and packed up some im-portant possessions, but could nott leave until accounting for his wife and d daughters, ages eight and three.

His wife collected one child and d a family friend picked up the otherr from a daycare. The daycare was de-stroyed by fire about 30 minutes later.

Once home, his wife rounded up p the girls and tried to leave town, onlyy to find herself metres from a wall off flame emitting so much heat that the e girls were crying.

Eventually she drove into the lane e of oncoming traffic and used it to gett herself out of the area.

Andrejiw stayed behind to try and d secure the house, but soon realized d his efforts may be fruitless.

“I feel like I’m looking at someone e else’s town. This is Slave Lake. Thiss is some place in California. This isn’tt Ft. McMurray. it’s not sinking in.” ★★★ DUSTIN SHILLOLO: Shillolo o linked up with a group of friends and d rode out of town in a truck on Tues-day.

“We were stuck on the highwayy and we could see the flames of the e f orest fire coming toward us. I’m m thinking to myself, ‘Well, here we are e in a back of a truck going nowhere e fast.”’

Shillolo said he saw terrified d people trying to bike away from the e scene. He said his group made itt about 10 kilometres south of town n before running out of gas.

On Wednesday morning, he wass stuck at a staging area waiting to re-fuel. He said the highway nearby had d all four lanes going southbound.

“I must have stayed up till 3, 4 o’clock in the morning last night justt standing there watching the head-lights, and it didn’t stop. For hours, itt didn’t stop.” ★★★ JAY TELEGDI: Telegdi said he e a nd his roommate were watching g smoke from the fire from an over-look on a ridge in the Abasand area a of Fort McMurray on Tuesday when n they first realized how serious the e threat was.

“We saw the flames jump up p over the ridge to the other side,” said d Telegdi. “We saw the fire creeping g down the hill, so it was, OK time to o go.”

He said smoke started rolling into o the neighbourhood as they packed up p their two cars to leave the area area.

As Telegdi drove he said he nonot iced clusters of people dragging what possessions they could along the side of the road until some were e picked up by passing vehicles.

“You just started seeing aban-d oned suitcases as people justt dropped what they had and hopped into a car or a truck,” he said. “Hon-estly it seemed like the beginning off Dawn of the Dead — sirens, smoke,, p op pe ple run unni ning ng g all ove verr th the e pl p ac ace e.”

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THE ADVOCATE Thursday, May 5, 2016

Tyson’s wit as Cumming gold as irreverent as ever consultant THE GOOD WIFE

COUNTRY LEGEND PERFORMS FIRST CONCERT AFTER SURGERY

BY EMILY YAHR ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Ian Tyson told nearly 700 Red Deer fans he has new appreciation for Alberta beef after getting a heart valve transplant from a young heifer.

“Thank you for all the cards and letters you sent while I was in hospital — and all the porn videos…” joked the legendary artist.

While his voice is raspier and his memory prone to occasional lapses, his first post-surgical concert at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre Tuesday revealed Tyson’s wit is as irreverent as ever.

And his story songs continue to soar, thanks to their poetic, timeless lyrics and Tyson’s seasoned musicianship. The artist was flanked by guitarist Lee Worden and bassist Gord Maxwell, who lent gentle vocal harmonizing while sitting on either side of Tyson on stools.

The trio’s laid-back attitude created an easy and playful vibe.

Tyson, introduced as Canada’s national treasure, is now 82 and, thanks to that heifer, is still kicking.

His voice, injured by medical equipment during heart surgery, now matches the care-worn quality of his songs, which have always been about regret, longing and loneliness.

His concert persona is much funnier.

The feisty Longview rancher drew a big laugh from the crowd after sarcastically describing his tune Charles Goodnight’s Grave, about a wind-swept burial site in the middle of the Texas prairie as “a huge radio hit.” (It might have been if it fit country radio play lists.)

He scored more hilarity by depricatingly referring to the new song The Flood, he wrote with actor/poet Kris Demeanor of Calgary, as “another smash hit. You don’t want to miss that…”

Tyson mixed references to Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders into This is My Sky. And he spoke about the ersatz cowboy behind the song Will James.

James was a Western author he was a devoted to as a boy. Like Grey Owl, the writer and artist created a false history for himself. Instead of being a cowboy from Nevada, James had actually been christened Joseph Dufault in his hometown in Quebec.

“His actual life was way more interesting than the bulls—t he made up,” said Tyson, to more chuckles from the crowd.

Homage was paid to another Western hero with Tyson’s performance of The Gift, about artist Charles Russell.

The singer called Springtime in Alberta “an oxymoron,” contrasting this year’s summer-like temperatures with the snow of past springs. After forgetting some lines (“It’s the first time I’ve ever screwed it up the lyrics…”) Tyson looked to the audience for help. “Any-

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Ian Tyson took the stage with Lee Worden on lead guitar and Gord Maxwell on the bass Tuesday to perform for an almost capacity crowd at the Memorial Centre in Red Deer. body want to volunteer (some of the words)?”

Brahmas and Mustangs was performed, along with Land of Shining Mountains and Little High Plains Town, written for Bassano, Alta. and a small town straddling Oregon and Nevada.

After the audience chimed in on Navajo Rug, Tyson sang I’m Leaving Cheyenne, MC Horses and beloved older classics, including his own favourite song, Summer Wages, and Someday Soon, which goes back to his Ian & Sylvia days.

A palpable feeling of nostalgia settled in over the Memorial Centre — not just for Tyson’s rosy recollections of the lost cowboy West, but for spent youth. A good number of Tyson’s fans are also approaching their senior years, having first learned his songs as children.

Some panic set in about Tyson possibly not performing the one certifiable smash hit many had come to hear.

“Four Strong Winds!” shouted out a persistent female fan.

“What was that?… Say again?” re-

sponded a glib Tyson, playing dumb.

He delivered Song in a Dream as an encore, before finally appeasing fans with Four Strong Winds. It wasn’t a particularly sentimental performance, so maybe it was his stage of life that made the line “I’ll look for you, if I ever pass this way…” particularly poignant.

When Tyson finally raised his white cowboy hat and waved to fans, it was to an enthusiastic, well-earned standing ovation.

Multi-instrumentalist Jake Peters opened the show with his inventive talents on a banjo and ukulele he made at his luthiery shop in Didsbury. The award-winning musician blew many preconceptions away.

Peters made the the banjo sound Middle Eastern, while the ukulele sounded Bolivian. And he wrapped up his entertaining set at the Central Music Festival presentation with a medley of Over the Rainbow and Yesterday — as well as Louis Armstrong’s crowd-pleasing What a Wonderful World. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Foster one of the most ‘real’ stars in Hollywood

BY ANN HORNADAY ADVOCATE STAFF Jodie Foster is on point. Mere minutes into conversation and she’s talking politics, specifically as they pertain to Money Monster, a timely thriller she’s directed that takes place within the vortex of economic insecurity now decimating the middle class.

It’s impossible to watch Money Monster, which stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts and opens May 13, and not be reminded of the indeterminate rage of the Trump phenomenon.

But, Foster is quick to point out, “we have somebody for every voter. Bernie Sanders is in there, too!”

The last time Foster did press for a movie was five years ago, when she directed Mel Gibson in the quirky emotional drama The Beaver and serenely navigated a media maelstrom brought on by the actor’s latest notorious outburst. Now 53, she hasn’t visibly aged

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in half a decade, her hair showing just a few strands of gray and her face betraying no signs of Hollywood-mandated “work.”

She still speaks quietly, just above a whisper. Famously private, Foster is nonetheless direct and surprisingly forthcoming about even the most intimate subjects, whether they have to do with JODIE FOSTER her mother, the movie industry, political activism or her own public persona.

All of those relationships are complicated for Foster — but also, somehow, blazingly simple. It’s difficult for most people to wrap their heads

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around the profound strangeness of growing up in the public eye — Foster has been in the entertainment business since she was a toddler — as the client of one of show business’s most well-known “momagers” and the flash point for some of America’s most violent collisions of politics and pop culture.

The adjectives that leap to mind to describe Jodie Foster — genuine, down-to-earth — would be unremarkable were it not for how fiercely she’s fought to establish and protect those qualities, against forces that have militated against them all her life.

One need only consider an exceptionally painful chapter to appreciate Foster’s struggle during her freshman year at Yale — when she was supposed to be enjoying a hard-won period of young adulthood in relative anonymity.

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Political consultant and crisis manager Eli Gold wasn’t supposed to stick around very long on The Good Wife.

Creators Robert and Michelle King hired Scottish actor Alan Cumming for the part after Nathan Lane turned them down. They told Cumming the character would stay for an episode in the first season, maybe a couple more.

Seven years later, Eli is not only one of the integral players on the critically acclaimed CBS drama (which airs its series finale on Sunday night), but he’s arguably the best. Cumming has been nominated for an Emmy three ALAN CUMMING times for the role, and in a series known for a deep bench of stellar actors, Cumming regularly steals the show.

While the writers are due a lot of credit, Cumming takes the part to the next level. Eli is a shifty political operative, manipulative and brilliant, and will stop at nothing to clean up a candidate’s mess or destroy an opponent’s life. As Paste magazine wrote, “Eli represents the passionate, slightly psychotic person inside of us all.”

The character started off loosely based on Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama’s chief of staff-turned-Chicago mayor. Cumming told NPR he studied Emanuel’s characteristics before he signed on, particularly the “coiled-spring nature” of him and his famous temper.

“When he loses it, it’s passion, it’s not mean — well, it is kind of mean,” Cumming said. “But it’s about this absolute, inexorable need to just vent about the fact that he hasn’t been able to do his job properly.”

Cumming adapted those characteristics to Eli. Yet while Eli is a ruthless fixer, Cumming has infused the character with a surprising amount of warmth over the years. When viewers first meet Eli, he’s been hired by the lawyer of disgraced state’s attorney Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), husband of the titular Good Wife Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies). The lawyer convinces Peter that he needs Eli to run his re-election campaign.

“Eli Gold is a thug,” Peter complains. True, but a thug who gets the job done. A few scenes later, Eli coldly drops trou in front of Peter’s image consultant, who is getting on everyone’s nerves.

“What are you doing?” the startled consultant asks. “Lowering my pants so you can kiss my ass,” Eli responds.

Eli keeps these characteristics in the first season, wielding his power and shameless political tactics to help restore Peter’s reputation. Yet as nasty as Eli could be, he calmed down when he was around Alicia and the two begrudgingly bonded. Eli also evolved as he ran into unexpected obstacles, such as Peter’s son’s girlfriend, Becca (Dreama Walker), who set up an anonymous Twitter account spilling Florrick family secrets.

Let’s not forget his most impressive feat: Eli is also hilarious. The Good Wife can get dark, but Cumming always brings a shot of comic relief with his deadpan delivery. “Peter and Alicia are inviting me over because, as you know, I have no life!” he says matter-of-factly to a donor when he forces the Florricks to throw an impromptu dinner party. As Vulture puts it, “Eli Gold Reacting to Stuff” is a glorious category on its own, whether he’s choking after hearing bad news or dancing after hearing good news: Eli recently had his first major setbacks this season when Peter unceremoniously dumped him from his presidential campaign. Eventually, they all made up — because who wants a Good Wife where no one’s speaking to Eli Gold? He’s not only the best character, but he makes all the other characters in The Good Wife universe far more interesting, as well.

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Thursday, May 5, 2016 His movie credits include Ted and its sequel and A Million Ways to Die in the West.

MacFarlane has gotten serious about space before, as producer of Fox’s documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. An air date and other casting for the new show weren’t announced.

Disney child star charged in B.C. bank robbery involving suspect wearing wig Seth MacFarlane to produce, star in Fox TV sci-fi series LOS ANGELES — Seth MacFarlane is going to star in and produce a sci-fi TV series set 300 years in the future.

Fox said Wednesday that the series, described as a comedic drama, is intended for the network’s 201718 season.

The untitled show will follow a motley crew of a spaceship from Earth on an exploratory mission. Fox says it has ordered 13 hourlong episodes.

MacFarlane’s TV career has focused on animation, as producer and voice actor for series including Fox’s Family Guy and TBS’ American Dad!

SECHELT, B.C. — A man who starred as a child in Disney’s 1986 adventure flick Flight of the Navigator is back in the spotlight after a bank robbery in Sechelt, B.C. RCMP arrested 42-year-old Deleriyes Joe Cramer of Gibsons on Sunday after a man dressed in a disguise escaped a bank with an undisclosed amount of money.

Investigators say the suspect in the April 28 heist wore a wig with scraggly hair, a bandanna, sunglasses and a dark jacket.

Const. Harrison Mohr says the man also known as Joey Cramer has been charged with robbery, disguise with intent to commit an indict able offence, failing to stop for a peace officer and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

He says Cramer drove off when he was approached by police in the community northwest of Vancouver, but was taken into custody.

Cramer was 12 when he played a boy who has an

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adventure with an alien spaceship in the Disney movie and was also featured in the 1984 flick Runaway with Tom Selleck and the 1987 film Stone Fox.

Toronto rapper Drake to host and perform on SNL on May 14 TORONTO — Live from New York, it’s Drake — again.

The Toronto hip-hop sensation will return as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live on May 14.

Drake previously took on double duty on the long-running sketch comedy series in January 2014.

But the rapper’s presence has still been felt on the Big Apple set, with his viral video for Hotline Bling spoofed on SNL last fall.

The clip featured presumptive Republican nominee DRAKE Donald Trump and Canadian comic legend Martin Short as his alter ego Ed Grimley mimicking Drake’s signature moves.

Drake’s latest album Views is on track to debut at No. 1 on the May 21-dated Billboard 200 chart.

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FOSTER: Favoured smart, layered, edgy scripts That’s when a man who had been stalking her attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.

That’s just the most anguishing example of an existence defined by a private life that Foster has guarded with single-minded determination and a public version of herself she still has trouble comfortably inhabiting.

“I see George and Julia and I’m like, Oh my God they’re really good at that,” Foster says of the glad-handing, glib small talk and feigned intimacies of the fame game. “And I’m getting worse and worse!”

That’s not entirely true. She’s eager to talk about Money Monster, in which Clooney plays Lee Gates, the swaggering, superficial star of a cable financial show who’s taken hostage by a young man, played by Jack O’Connell, whose savings have been wiped out by one of Gates’s stock tips. Roberts plays Gates’s director, Patty, whom Foster calls the host’s “Jiminy Cricket” and “the hero he can’t be.” In addition to being a Speed-like thriller, complete with guns, SWAT teams and a ticking time bomb, Money Monster is about a specific, now increasingly common form of male shame, at its most wounding and unspoken.

“I’m not sure everyone realized that when they made the movie, (but) I did,” Foster says. “It’s really about men … who have a poor opinion of themselves and are looking for value, looking for meaning. …

Most of it is about failure in the reflection of the women they love, the strong women they want to be (of value to).

“It is gender-specific and yet, weirdo that I am, I feel like I had that relationship with my mother,” she continues, referring to O’Connell’s character.

“I had to be the guy that was valuable. I needed to see that reflected back in her eyes. And any times that I didn’t measure up somehow, I felt like I was a failure. … And yet I’m also Patty, the one who’s a caretaker who multi-tasks in order to produce somebody’s survival. And (I’m) Lee, the performer who’s caught up in his own persona, doesn’t know who he is, and is completely lost and self-absorbed.”

Foster credits her mother, Evelyn, with instilling the impeccable standards she displayed when choosing material, even at a young age. She consistently turned down chances to join the Brat Pack, or to be the ingenue or love interest in generic rom-coms, in favour of scripts that were smart, layered and edgy — preferably with an A-list director attached.

So Foster did Taxi Driver and Freaky Friday. The Accused, not Pretty in Pink. The Silence of the Lambs, not Sleepless in Seattle.

“Meaningless, meaningful?” Foster recalls, describing the question she would ask of every project that came her way. Usually the answer was the former. “I had to keep going, ‘No, no, no, I don’t want to be that, I don’t want to be that, I don’t want to be that.’ I kept choosing a meaningful life.”

For Foster, that meant aspiring to substantive work and a semblance of normalcy, despite the coddling, manipulation and exploitation — her word — that she endured. “I was a child actress, so I had to fight to be real,” she says now. “I had to say, ‘No, I want to take the subway,’ or ‘I want to go to a food store’ or ‘I’m going to make my own dinner.’ I wanted to be independent. I wanted my life to feel real, because otherwise I would feel like I was dead.”

To her own consternation, Foster has only grown more uneasy with the rituals of celebrity as she’s grown older. Money Monster will have its world premiere at Cannes on May 12, a prospect that might otherwise delight an honorary French citizen who’s fluent in the language and gave up her Paris apartment only a few years ago. Instead, she sighs resignedly when the subject of “getting dressed (up) and making people feel comfortable” comes up.

“I’ve done it since I was a child, so it’s not like I

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Jack O’Connell and Jodie Foster on the set of “Money Monster.” don’t understand,” she says. “But it does take a toll.

I’m sure it takes a toll to be Obama and to say, ‘God bless America’ 450,000 times, to the point where by the end of it you’re like: ‘Do I really bless America? I don’t know! Am I fake? Am I real?’”

Foster grappled with that same ambivalence three years ago, when she accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. The speech was equal parts candid and cryptic, and breathtakingly emotional. Most movingly, Foster paid homage to the filmmakers, crews and professionals who helped raise her; the mother who, suffering from dementia, often no longer knew her; and E S A G R E AT M A KT H E R ’ S D A Y the ex-partner with whom she had brought up two MO young sons. Although Foster had long since come out GIFT as a lesbian within her immediate circle, it was the first time she acknowledged that part of her identity so publicly.

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“I didn’t want them to know me that way when they were young,” she explains. “I didn’t want them to have an idea of me as anything but their mom.”

Meaningless, meaningful? Fake, real? Public Jodie, private Jodie? Or the third version, who emerges with that singuis proud to announce lar combination of transparency and unknowability when the camera is on?

“I’m really looking forhas joined the team as has joined their ward to the movies I make Service Writer Sales Team as an actor when I’m in my 60s and 70s,” Foster says, her eyes crinkling into a smile behind her heavy eyeglass frames. “Because I think that’s a really interesting time. And I may be the only actress (left) who looks like a 70-yearold person.”

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TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Spring cleaning for your devices FOUR ‘CYBER HYGIENE’ TIPS TO STAY SAFE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Spring cleaning isn’t just about tossing old furniture and torn clothing: It’s a great time to clear out your digital clutter and make sure you’re protected against hackers.

That means evaluating all your passwords — and changing them if you haven’t in a while. You’ll also want to update your software and take stock of your personal information on devices and online.

A little “cyber hygiene” can go a long way in guarding yourself from identity theft or other Internet attacks. Earlier, we shared some tips on securing your smartphone and protecting yourself against phishing attacks . Now, you can keep the rest of your digital life clean.

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There’s a growing threat of ransomware, where a hacker locks down a computer and threatens to wipe the data if the owner doesn’t pay up. The attacks often stem from malicious software, which can result from clicking on a link in a phishing email or fake online ads.

Because you have little recourse when this happen, it’s more important than ever to back up your data.

You can automate this. Services such as Carbonite let you continuously back up your files to the Internet for a monthly fee. Mac and Windows PCs come with tools for backing up to external drives. It’s called Time Machine on Macs. On Windows 10, look under “Update & security” in the settings. On Windows 7, try “System and Security” or “System and Maintenance.” Make sure you unplug the drive after each backup, so that malware doesn’t creep into those copies as well.

KEEP YOUR SOFTWARE UP TO DATE

Whether it’s a new iPhone or an ancient PC, software updates are critical, as they fix flaws that could otherwise give hackers a way into your device. This applies not just to operating systems but to common apps like browsers and media players. Better yet, turn on the auto-updating feature that most software now comes with. Dump software that you no longer use or that’s no longer updated. That includes Apple’s QuickTime player for Windows, as Apple no longer supports it.

Don’t forget about your wireless router and your assorted “Internet of things” devices such as smart TVs and thermostats. While some devices may automatically do this or let you do so through a phone app, consult your manufacturer’s website for older

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Spring is a great time to clear out your digital clutter and make sure that you’re adequately protected against hackers. A personal cybersecurity clean up should involve evaluating all your passwords, updating your software and taking stock of exactly where all your personal information is stored. devices.

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As mentioned before, personal tidbits can help hackers crack easy passwords. They also can be used to answer supposedly personal questions to reset passwords for many services.

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Obvious and default passwords such as “Password123” are also bad, though experts say it’s surprising how often they get used.

Regardless of how tough your password is to crack, it’s important to change it at least every few months. And don’t be tempted to recycle an old one.

The longer a password sits around, the more likely it is to fall into the wrong hands. You should also avoid using the same password for multiple sites, so that a break of your school’s PTA site wouldn’t lead hackers to your online banking account.

Multi-factor identification — which asks users to enter a second form of identification, such as a code texted to their phone — will provide additional protections at services that offer it.

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SCIENCE THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Trio of planets prime spots for life

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers searching for life beyond our solar system may need to look no farther than a little, feeble nearby star.

A Belgian-led team reported Monday that it’s discovered three Earthsized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star less than 40 light-years away. It’s the first time planets have been found around this type of star — and it opens up new, rich territory in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Because this star is so close and so faint, astronomers can study the atmospheres of these three temperate exoplanets and, eventually, hunt for signs of possible life. They’re already making atmospheric observations, in fact, using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope will join in next week.

Altogether, it’s a “winning combination” for seeking chemical traces of life outside our solar system, said Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Julien de Wit, a co-author of the study, released by the journal Nature.

The star in question — named Trappist-1 after the Belgian telescope in Chile that made the discovery — is barely the size of Jupiter and located in the constellation Aquarius.

Other exoplanet searches have targeted bigger, brighter stars more like our sun, but the starlight in these cases can be so bright that it washes out the signatures of planets. By comparison, cool dwarf stars that emit infrared light, like Trappist-1, make it easier to spot potential worlds.

University of Liege astronomers in Belgium — lead study authors Michael Gillon and Emmanuel Jehin — built the Trappist telescope to observe 60 of the nearest ultra-cool dwarf stars. The risky effort paid off, de Wit noted in an email.

“Systems around these tiny stars are the only places where we can detect life on an Earth-sized exoplanet

with our current technology,” Gillon said in a statement. “So if we want to find life elsewhere in the universe, this is where we should start to look.”

The two inner exoplanets take between 1.5 and 2.4 days to orbit the Trappist-1 star. The precise orbit time of the third planet is not known, but it falls somewhere between 4.5 days and 73 days. That puts the planets 20 times to 100 times closer to their star than Earth is to our sun, Gillon noted. The setup is more similar in scale to Jupiter’s moons than to our solar system, he added.

Although the two innermost planets are very close to the star, it showers them with only a few times the amount of energy that Earth receives from our own sun. The third exoplanet farther out may receive significantly less of such radiation than Earth does.

The astronomers speculate the two inner exoplanets may have pockets where life may exist, while the third exoplanet actually might fall within the habitable zone — real estate located at just the right distance from a star in order to harbour water and, possibly, life.

Spitzer and Hubble should answer whether the exoplanets have large and clear atmospheres, according to de Wit. They also might be able to detect water and methane, if molecules are present.

Future observatories, including NASA’s James Web Space Telescope set to launch in 2018, should unearth even more details.

Gillon and his colleagues identified the three exoplanets by observing regular dips in the infrared signals emanating from the Trappist-1 star, some 36 light-years away. A single light-year represents about 6 trillion miles.

The astronomers conducted the survey last year using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, or Trappist. It’s considered a prototype for a more expansive European project that will widen the search for potentially habitable worlds to 500 ultra-cool stars. This up-

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The artist’s impression provided by European Southern Observatory on May 2, shows an imagined view from the surface one of the three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from earth that were discovered using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. coming project is dubbed Speculoos — short for Search for Habitable Planets Eclipsing Ultra-Cool Stars.

Online: Nature: http://www.nature. com/nature/index.html

Divest from damage and invest in a healthier future DAVID SUZUKI SCIENCE MATTERS If people keep rapidly extracting and burning fossil fuels, there’s no hope of meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement climate change commitments. To ensure a healthy, hopeful future for humanity, governments must stick to their pledge to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2 C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Many experts agree that to meet that goal, up to 80 per cent of oil, coal and gas reserves must stay in the ground. That makes fossil fuels a bad investment — what analysts call “stranded assets”.

Putting money toward things that benefit humanity, whether investing in clean energy portfolios or implementing energy-saving measures in your home or business, is better for the planet and the bottom line than sinking it into outdated industries that endanger humanity.

Because we still live in a fossil-fuelled world, avoiding investments in dirty fuels and infrastructure is difficult. For individuals who use mutual funds, finding viable plans with no fossil fuel holdings is challenging, but not impossible, especially as demand increases. But while individual investment choices coupled with growing demand for fossil-fuel-free options make a difference, the real momentum is in institutional investments. Even there, public pressure and campaigns have a huge impact.

Many banks and investment advisers are warning clients about the dangers of fossil-fuel-related portfolios, noting that climate agreements, government regulations, reduced demand and market volatility make them risky. Some, such as HSBC, suggest divestment as one route, but note some investors may just want to pull their

money from the riskiest sectors, such as coal and oil, or keep investments so they can influence company decisions.

McGill University’s board of governors touted the latter as one reason for rejecting a widespread call to withdraw about $70 million in fossil fuel money from its $1.3-billion endowment fund. But the university appears blind to the problem. In a report to the board, the McGill Committee to Advise on Matters of Social Responsibility wrote, “The Committee is persuaded that the beneficial impact of fossil fuel companies offsets or outweighs injurious impact at this time.” In response, many McGill alumni, including David Suzuki Foundation Quebec and Atlantic Canada director-general Karel Mayrand, returned their degrees.

The inability of students, faculty, staff and the public to convince boards at McGill, the University of British Columbia, Concordia University, Dalhousie University and the University of Calgary to divest shows how entrenched the fossil fuel industry is when it comes to large investors. But it also shows that individuals play a major role in getting institutional money out of the industry. Although these campaigns haven’t convince those boards to divest — yet — they’ve raised awareness about fossil fuel investments.

The divestment campaign has also won numerous successes. A growing number of universities, banks, pension funds, unions, churches, cities, insurance companies, individuals and even the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper have pulled funds — which makes fossil fuel investments even shakier. The David Suzuki Foundation works with Genus Capital to ensure that none of its endowment fund is invested in fossil fuel-related funds, and to develop strategies for ethical investing — which hasn’t harmed returns. In fact, Genus reports, “fossil fuel free investing is proving more profitable than conventional investing.”

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May Day or Mayday? nothing but flies, much to the disgust of bystanding bait drowners and hardware mongers. In fact, this gent confesses to having become “headshy,” of jumping fish after a big hooked rainbow slapped him in the face while he was wading thigh deep. Nobody shouts Mayday! when those missiles launch.

I remember a May first many years ago, watching as an angler balancing on a log jam just downstream of the lower bridge on the Tay River tried to hold a brute of a bull trout tucked under his arm. The bull wound up to a near circle, then slapped angler aside the ear hole, and released itself and him both into the early season ice water.

I tried a tentative Mayday! column about a possible early attack of morels.

The result was a Top Secret brown envelope full of the black Morchella elatas at my door from a true believer who, never before in all his years hunting them, had found a morel in April. My earliest ever was May 3rd.

The result was May Day omelets with our own garlic, shallots, chives, and bought fresh oregano …. ….Done, of course, without guilt, in olive oil and butter. Eggs and butter have endured an almost endless con job of questionable, shoddy, science: Mayday! heart - health alerts, all false alarms. I am old enough to remember when, as a result of the dairy lobby, margarine, looking like a pasty blob of window putty, could only be sold with a glob of orange dye to color it.

My wise mom soon went back to butter. I did too, but only four years ago when I read the long list of chemicals on a tub of tasteless oleo – marge and thinking something similar to what a food scientist recently said of the chemical list: “it is just one molecule short of plastic.”

First eggs and now butter have been granted full parole and deemed by independent studies to be not only fit, but fine for human consumption, and tasty, to boot, especially when combined with gifts of the gods like morels.

Early or not, I didn’t even bother with my annual trip west to gaze upon the heartbreaking lime green on the emerging young quaking aspen leaves because it is now more heartbreaking to see my two favorite aspen – lined country lanes now cleared, wid-

BOB SCAMMELL OUTDOORS May Day and Mayday! have their fascinations. On May Day, May 1st, many, mostly European countries celebrate the coming of spring, showing off of military might, etc.; it seems to have fallen off somewhat. Mayday! Is the universal aeronautic disaster signal, which we all hope would fall off forever.

Back in the not so distant past when there were no closed trout seasons, May 1st was as good a day to start as any, with the aspens coming into lime green leaf, the waters warming up, and the annual sequential appearances of aquatic insect hatches getting started.

But this year is an outlier, if not already the beginning of an outright fishing disaster. Other than from Alberta’s top trout stream, the North Raven River, with its assured underground cold water supply, the low water worries have already started regarding our other rivers and streams.

The highly motivated North Raven Maniacs are worried that they may have missed the Green Drake hatch since the marsh marigolds which usually bloom with the hatch have been out for at least two weeks. In some years the marigolds are still blooming even when the North Raven’s later brown drake hatch starts. Interesting, but I suspect both the big mayfly species will come when the water temperature is right for them for a number of days, rather than when the flowers, half in the cold water and half out in the extra warm air say it is hatch time.

There seems to be no word on stocked lakes and ponds from central Alberta on north, always worrying because of winterkill possibilities and perch infestation problems. Actually, the best fishing news comes from stocked lakes and ponds to the far east and south of us, right from ice – out: Acadia Valley Reservoir, Blood Indian, Bullshead, Police Outpost, Spruce Coulee, Reesor….

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In some years the marsh marigolds are still blooming when the North Raven’s great brown drake hatch starts. ened, chipped, mulched and fenced by Clearwater County.

I’ve often grumbled that somebody has too much money to be doing at great expense what few people who live along these roads want. Turns out I was right. Another PC fiscal fiasco is that counties get the industrial taxes on pipelines, refineries, rigs, factories,

plants, etc., while the towns and cities that have to provide services to the workers get zip. In 2014, out of a total of $1.9 billion, $1.8 billion went to the counties. The NDP vow they will right this wrong. Mayday!

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Time to do the outdoor chores nitrogen fertilizer will help the lawn green up quickly. A thin layer of soil, or top dressing will also supply nutrients and improve the quality of grass Once the ground dries, flowerbed can be cleaned. Remove all old top growth at the soil level. Take time to pull weeds. Identify plants before they are removed as it could be a volunteer that is worth keeping.

For those people that put in vegetable gardens, work the soil as soon as it is dry and plant everything with the exception of seeds from the squash family. These seeds tend to mold in cold soil.

Other seeds such as peas, beets, lettuce etc. can be planted in the fall and will successfully overwinter in cold soil.

Be sure to keep the seeds moist during dry spells. Once the seeds have come in contact with moisture there needs to be enough moisture to keep them growing.

Now is the time to plant flower seeds. Poppies, Cornflowers, Goditia, Cosmos, Sweet peas, Sunflowers are just a few of the plants that come quickly from seeds. For those that want a variety, look for the mixed annuals. Wait a few weeks when planting Nasturtium as they like squash do not like cold soil.

Ignore all the packages of Wildflower mixes. These differ from native flower mixes and are not likely native to this area.

Most native plants need specific conditions to germinate that are not

LINDA TOMLINSON GARDENING Spring is early. The deciduous trees are turning green early due to the warm day time temperatures. Night time temperatures still dip below freezing and will continue to do so for a few weeks. What does this mean for the garden?

It is time to do the outside yard chores. Gardening chores are suggestions that are performed by some or ignored by others. Look at the list of chores, and reasons for or for not doing them. Make informed decisions.

Lawns can be rakes, aerated, fertilized or top dressed at this time of year.

Raking with a machine will remove thatch and debris while a hand rake removes mostly debris. Thatch does break down slowly providing nutrients for the existing lawn but if it gets too thick it will hinder the growth of the lawn. Long thatch in the spring will slow the greening process. Aerating is best done in the spring or after a rain when the ground is soft. Plugs can either be left on the lawn to break down or swept into a compost pile. Lawns need to be aerated when the ground is compacted.

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Pansies and Primroses can be placed out now. Other annuals, or perennials that were gown indoors will need a gradual transition to the climate.

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the greenhouse for a few more weeks.

If by chance it snows, shake the trees before they accumulate a heavy load. Shaking limbs with a broom or rake, sweeping shrubs will dislodge the snow and keep the plants intact.

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New eggplant hybrid seeks a place on meatless menus

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eggplant hasn’t been a favourite of American home gardeners, but a new hybrid that’s billed as an alternative to meat could be changing that.

The hybrid dubbed “Meatball” has powered its way into the home-garden market this spring. Sales rival those of tomatoes and peppers, among the most popular items in the W. Atlee Burpee & Co. seed catalogue, said the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, George Ball.

“This new one is not like any eggplant we’ve ever bred or found or seen,” he said.

The Meatball contains more water, which resists oil in the frying pan, Ball said.

“That makes for a more refreshing and less oily product,” he said. “It also is seedless, giving it two important genetic virtues.”

Kitchen trials were held with friends, family and focus groups using the Meatball as a hamburger or steaklike primary ingredient, Ball said. “It won hands-down when compared to both veggie burgers and meat” in taste tests, he said.

Maturity dates for the new eggplant range from 55 to 78 days, depending on location.

Eggplants are native to India, much of China and Southeast Asia, so most species thrive in high heat. Many of the later European versions were white or

yellow, resembling chicken or goose eggs hence the name eggplant.

Their earliest use was believed to be more medicinal than culinary. Eggplants’ fruit, roots and leaves were used for treating abscesses and intestinal problems.

Thomas Jefferson often has been credited with importing eggplants into American gardens in the late 1700s, but they were slow to gain popularity as a cooking staple, a trend that continues today.

“I took some of my surplus eggplant to a local food bank last year and they said it was the first time they’d ever gotten it,” said Marianne Ophardt, Benton County director for Washington State University Extension.

“Recipes are limited for making it more flavourful, which may account for some of its slow acceptance,” she said. “It generally doesn’t have the same crispness or flavour as tomatoes.

A lot of people harvest it when it’s over-mature, which makes it taste bitter and seedy.”

Eggplants are easy to grow, however, and are tougher in the garden than peppers, Ophardt said.

“I grow mine in a half wine barrel,” she said. “I learned the hard way not to put too many (plants) in. They can grow fairly large and take up containers.”

Eggplants have few pest problems, she said: “Some aphids, maybe, but even without treating them they’ll go away.”

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This photo taken in a hobby greenhouse near Langley, Wash., shows eggplant seedlings being planted in containers. Sales of these new “Meatball” hybrids, developed to supplant meat in the family diet, are rivaling those of tomatoes and peppers for W. Atlee Burpee & Co. And the vegetable has changed over time.

“Colours vary now from bright purple to oranges, whites and striped,” said Ophardt. “Some are a little different flavoured. I use them a lot when

cooking Thai food.”

There is a lot of eggplant diversity in the garden market, including heirlooms, Ophardt said. “That includes some that are more ornamental than anything else.”

How vulnerable is Canada to cyberattacks?

ENERGY AND ECOLOGY “[Keith Alexander, former director of the U.S. National Security Agency] knows that a truly functional, top-to-bottom cybersecurity system for the electric power industry is not likely to happen until after a major, debilitating attack on the grid has occurred.”

Ted Koppel, author of Lights Out How do you define “debilitating”?

In my previous column (see the “miscellaneous” tab on my website), I noted that a U.S. congressional commission (in Koppel’s words) estimated that “…only one in ten of us would survive a year into a nationwide blackout…”.

To get some idea of the scope and vulnerability involved, Koppel gives the analogy of a balloon stretching from northern B.C. down to the Mexican border (that’s the size of the electricity grid that Red Deer gets its power from). Imagine that the balloon has a thousand valves sticking out of it. Some valves suck in air (analogous to power plants producing electricity), and some valves blow air out (analogous to the transmission lines that eventually connect to the plug-ins in our walls).

There is a constant in-rush and out-rush of air (ie, electricity) through the various valves, but the balloon’s size has to remain exactly the same throughout. If it pops, we’re screwed. Most of the damaged LPT’s (large power transformers) would have to be replaced, and most of them are manufactured in Asia. And in terms of weight and bulk, they’re on par with a lot of the equipment up

by Fort McMurray.

They are custom-built items that each weigh half a million pounds, and they need special rail cars to be transported. For road transport, they each need trailers that have 190 wheels. It would take months, if not years to get everything back up and running.

And the duty to keep all of this finely balanced equipment running day after day falls

upon hard-working technicians and truly having some sort of plan. The plan might ancient computer codes that are extremely be ill-conceived (Britons never had to use vulnerable to hackers. the gas-masks that they carried around for How vulnerable? months on end, for example), but a plan Ray Boisvert, who was formerly the assis- at least entails communication about the tant director at Canada’s spy agency (CSIS), things that are most important to us. And calls Canada’s efforts “mainly process, with right now, we are all far too captivated by little action” (from an interview with IT far-away trivia like sports scores and the World Canada).

Kardashians.

And although Canada’s Public Safety MinAs Koppel notes in the last part of the ister, Ralph Goodale will be starting a re- book, “For the most part, public reaction to view of our susceptibility to such threats, the possibility of a massive cyberattack has the Canadian Advanced Technology Alli- not even risen to the level of apathy.” ance (CATA) warns that a mere review will Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. be woefully inadequate. What we need is a Direct comments, questions and suggestions to multi-sectoral commission with some real wyddfa23@telus.net. Visit the Energy and Ecolpower behind it. ogy website at www.evanbedford.com.

This would be similar to what the U.S. set up just a few weeks ago, with commission members ranging from Keith Alexander (quoted up top), to various experts from business and academia.

But even if we followed the U.S. lead on this, there are no guarantees that terrorists or a rogue state won’t launch a successful attack (or, as Perry wrote in to remind me, we could see the same results with a catastrophic solar flare like the 1859 “Carrington Event”). And so Koppel also looked at what could be done in the aftermath.

What he found was somewhat surprising, but not totally so. As you might have guessed, the best organization on the planet for surviving a total catastrophe is the Mormon Church (recall that each member needs to have a minimum three month supply of food packed away). And their organizational capabilities are so refined that journalist Stephanie Mencimer (for Mother Jones magazine) found that their community-wide efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina put FEMA (the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) to shame.

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Earls reverses beef decision

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The Earls restaurant chain says it will start serving Canadian beef again following a recent uproar over its decision to switch to meat without added hormones from the United States.

The Vancouver-based company, which has 26 of its 66 locations in Alberta, said last week that it would serve only beef with the U.S.-based Certified Humane designation, raised without the use of antibiotics, steroids or added hormones.

Earls president Mo Jessa said Wednesday the company “made a mistake” when it moved away from local beef. But to meet its supply needs while keeping its ethical standards, the chain will have to serve both Canadian and U.S. meat, he said.

“This is not going to be easy. There’s a supply issue for the criteria that we need. We’re going to have to work very hard to find more local ranchers,” he said in an interview. “We’re prepared to go back and address it, because it’s important to Canadians and our consumers. It’s important to Albertans and it’s important to us.”

The chain began buying Certified Humane beef from an Alberta supplier about two years ago for select locations. But when it decided to serve only Certified Humane beef in all its restaurants, it couldn’t find a Canadian supplier able to meet the high demand, Jessa said.

Earls switched to a Kansas supplier because it’s simpler to buy from a single source, but Jessa said the chain will start buying from multiple suppliers.

He said he couldn’t confirm a timeline for when Earls will begin serving Alberta beef, but the chain plans to

work quickly to source as much meat from Canada as possible. It isn’t planning to differentiate between U.S. and Canadian beef on menus, he said.

The chain has not reneged on its deal with the Kansas supplier and will not remove marketing materials from restaurants promoting the switch to Certified Humane, he added.

He said Earls was still committed to meeting the criteria of the Certified Humane program, run by Virginia-based organization Humane Farm Animal Care. The criteria, enforced through annual inspections, include feeding cattle without animal by-products and ensuring access to clean, fresh drinking water, among many others.

But Jessa said Earls would not require Canadian producers to have the Certified Humane trademark if they meet the same standards though another program that includes third-party audits.

“Alberta has high standards for raising their cattle ethically and humanely, but we do need certification,” he said. “We will look at equivalent programs.”

The decision last week prompted a backlash from cattle farmers and incited anger on social media, with politicians including Premier Rachel Notley jumping into the fray to defend Alberta producers. Scores of Twitter users threatened to boycott the chain.

The melee also drew attention to competing certification programs for ethical beef. British Columbia’s SPCA offers a program called SPCA Certified that has many of the same criteria as Certified Humane.

Industry advocates say Canadian codes of practice for beef cattle are also similar to the Certified Humane requirements. However, the codes of practice are guidelines that are not en-

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

An Earls restaurant is pictured in North Vancouver, Thursday. A decision by Earls Restaurants to ditch Alberta beef has been reversed by the company. forced through inspections.

Rob McNabb of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association said the industry will soon launch a program called Verified Beef Production Plus that could meet the same standards as Certified Humane and include inspections. The program will not include a requirement to have no added hormones, but such criteria could be added for individual farms, he said.

But he said he’s confident that Alberta ranchers are treating their animals humanely, regardless of whether they have a stamp that says so.

“If they aren’t, they wouldn’t be in business,” he said. “The name Certified Humane can be inferred by people, who don’t know what the alternatives are, that everybody else isn’t treating their animals humanely. That doesn’t wash.”

Canadian trade returns to earth ‘with a thud’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The country’s trade deficit expanded in March to reach its widest gap on record amid a slowdown in exports to the United States, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

The figures show Canada’s trade deficit with the world grew to $3.4 billion. Closer to home, the trade surplus with the U.S. narrowed 6.3 per cent to hit its lowest level since December 1993.

The March data, which saw exports fall faster than imports, cast doubts on economic growth heading into the second quarter.

“Canada’s trade performance has come back to earth with a thud after the huge strength seen around the turn of the year,” BMO senior economist Benjamin Reitzes wrote in a note to clients.

“The details were absolutely terrible, consistent with the headline, as exports dove 4.8 per cent, with every category lower except aerospace.”

Reitzes underlined “chunky de-

clines” in several export categories: motor vehicles and parts dropped six per cent, metal and non-metallic mineral products slid 5.4 per cent and consumer goods fell 4.6 per cent.

Overall, economists had expected a deficit of $1.4 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.

Statistics Canada also revised the trade deficit for February, bumping the shortfall higher to $2.5 billion compared with the initial reading of $1.9 billion.

The downgraded February number and the record deficit for March are expected to dampen first-quarter economic growth.

Economists also predict the data will contribute to a weaker handoff to the second quarter.

“It’s tough to find a silver lining in the March trade data,” said TD senior economist Leslie Preston, who still expected Canada to generate a “robust” real GDP number between 2.5 and three per cent for the first three months of 2016.

“That vigorous pace of growth is unlikely to be sustained in (the second

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quarter).”

But, in her note to clients, Preston said the recent weakness in the trade picture should be put into perspective as a “breather after a period of inordinate strength.”

She predicted exports to remain an important source of strength over the medium term with the U.S. economy on solid footing and the Canadian dollar expected to remain below 80 cents US over the next couple of years.

Statistics Canada said March exports fell 4.8 per cent to $41.0 billion due to declines in 10 of 11 sectors, while imports sank 2.4 per cent to $44.4 billion.

The trade surplus with the U.S. tightened to $1.5 billion from $2.1 billion in February. Exports to the U.S. slid 6.3 per cent to $30.4 billion in March and imports slipped 4.8 per cent to $28.9 billion, the report said.

Excluding the U.S., the data showed Canada’s trade deficit with the rest of the world increased to $4.9 billion in March compared with $4.6 billion in February.

Shopify reports first-quarter loss but tops expectations OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Shopify Inc. (SHOP) on Wednesday reported a loss of $8.9 million in its first quarter.

On a per-share basis, the Ottawa, Ontario-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense, were 6 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 9 cents per share.

The cloud-based commerce company posted revenue of $72.7 million in the period, which also topped Street forecasts.

Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $67.1 million.

For the current quarter ending in July, Shopify said it expects revenue in the range of $79 million to $81 million.

The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $337 million to $347 million.

Loblaw forecasts grocery prices will fall

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BRAMPTON, Ont. — Rising food prices led to more shoppers looking for discounts on their grocery bills in the last quarter, but the head of Canada’s largest grocery retailer forecasts prices will be coming back down sooner, rather than later.

“We see inflation slowing down as the Canadian dollar continues to increase,” said Loblaw’s executive chairman and president Galen G. Weston on an analyst call Wednesday.

“We see consumer prices coming down in certain markets and certain categories.”

Weston would not specify where he thinks consumers will see the most savings on their grocery bills but said sustained rising food costs has resulted in more people shopping for discounts in the company’s last quarter.

“We were a bit disappointed by food sales,” he said, adding that the company saw “consumer resistance” to higher food costs.

RBC Dominion Securities analyst Irene Nattel wrote that about 60 per cent of Loblaw food revenue comes from its discount banners, and should have been able to benefit from a consumer shift to lower-priced options in the first quarter — but pulled back on promotional spending just as competitors were ramping it up.

“Over the balance of 2016 Loblaw will adjust its promotional intensity in discount and simultaneously invest a bit in pricing/promo in conventional

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Despite the competition, Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) still saw samestore food retail sales grow by 2.6 per cent in the first quarter, after excluding gasoline sales.

A year earlier, the comparable growth was 4.0 per cent. In contrast, same-store sales growth picked up in the drug segment — to 6.3 per cent from 3.1 per cent.

Overall, including the Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy business, PC Financial and Choice Properties as well as its food business, Loblaw reported double-digit increases to its profit and adjusted earnings for the three-month period ended March 26.

Loblaw earned $193 million of net income for the quarter, up $47 million or 32.2 per cent from a year earlier.

Adjusted net earnings were $338 million, up $37 million or 12 per cent — helped by increased cost savings.

Revenue was $10.4 billion, up $333 million or 3.3 per cent from the first quarter, with the bulk of it coming from the grocery and pharmacy retail businesses.Loblaw’s profit amounted to 47 cents per share of net income and 82 cents of adjusted net earnings per common share, up from 35 cents of net income and 72 cents of adjusted earnings per common share.

Its common share dividend will rise to 26 cents per quarter, payable July 1, up four per cent from 25 cents per share.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 110.91 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.48 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.10 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.69 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . 2.000 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.60 Cdn. National Railway . . 75.93 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 181.49 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.64 Capital Power Corp . . . . 17.72 Cervus Equipment Corp 10.96 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.39 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 50.95 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.65 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.61 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.59 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 24.09 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 45.34 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.74 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.66 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.35 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 51.54 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 139.55 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.96 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.30 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Weak commodity prices continued to put pressure on the Canadian dollar Wednesday, as the loonie fell for a second day in a row, dropping almost a penny against the U.S. dollar.

The loonie lost 0.96 of a U.S. cent to close at 77.70 cents US, adding to a decline of 1.11 cents on Tuesday.

“Currencies tend to overshoot and undershoot,” said Laura Lau, a senior portfolio manager at Brompton Group.

The Canadian dollar dropped below 69 cents US in January and has topped 80 cents US in recent trading.

Lau said the volatility in the loonie has been a difficult factor for investors and companies to navigate, and will only stabilize once oil prices become more predictable.

“For instance, you really want a lower dollar to entice manufacturing capacity to come back to Canada, but anybody who tries to build a plant, they can’t build it on these fluctuations,” she said.

“You need time and a more stable currency.”

Lau noted that production shutdowns in the Alberta oilsands due to the wildfire in Fort McMurray have not affected overall oil prices for now because investors still view the moves as temporary.

Commodity prices were mixed Wednesday with the June contract for North American benchmark crude oil ahead for the first time in four days, adding 13 cents at US$43.73 per barrel.

Crude has fallen sharply since trading at more than US$100 a barrel in 2014.

“In general, if there is any one commodity that you would link to global growth, it would be oil,” Lau said. “People tend to

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.28 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 28.03 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.88 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.19 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 19.96 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 22.48 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.35 First Quantum Minerals . . 9.29 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 23.75 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.20 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 6.54 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.32 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.43 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.890 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 13.75 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 20.64 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 22.18 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 44.49 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.76 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 24.65 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 35.94 Canyon Services Group. . 4.46 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.88 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1650 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 8.11 use that as a barometer for global growth. If the oil prices are doing well, sentiment is better and they think the economy is doing better.”

Sentiment is at a low because of the latest manufacturing figures released from China this week, which showed another contraction and spurred concerns over global growth.

In other commodities, June natural gas was up five cents at US$2.14 per mmBTU, while the June gold contract fell $17.40 to US$1,274.40 an ounce. July copper contracts were down three cents to US$2.19 a pound.

Gold, materials and mining stocks weighed on the S&P/ TSX index, which pulled back 75.68 points at 13,632. The losses were partially offset by gains in the consumer staples, utilities and real estate sectors.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 99.65 points at 17,651.26, while the broader S&P 500 lost 12.25 points at 2,051.12. The Nasdaq composite declined 37.58 points to 4,725.64.

Payroll processor ADP reported Wednesday that U.S. businesses added jobs at the weakest pace in three years last month.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,632.00, down 75.68 points Dow — 17,651.26, down 99.65 points S&P 500 — 2,051.12, down 12.25 points Nasdaq — 4,725.64, down 37.58 points Currencies: Cdn — 77.70 cents US, down 0.96 of a cent

Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.640 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.94 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 39.86 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.59 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.44 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.37 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 1.820 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.220 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.62 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.18 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.550 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.13 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 41.58 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1900 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 81.06 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.61 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.95 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 24.81 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.60 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.76 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 87.82 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.07 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 42.53 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.170 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.68 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.29 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.77 Pound — C$1.8658, up 1.76 cents Euro — C$1.4790, up 1.62 cents Euro — US$1.1492, down 0.14 of a cent Oil futures: US$43.78 per barrel, up 13 cents (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,274.40 per oz., down $17.40 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.161 oz., up 30.4 cents $744.63 kg., up $9.78 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ‘16 $1.90 lower $495.70 July ‘16 $2.10 lower $501.50 Nov. ‘16 $1.70 higher $500.50 Jan. ‘17 $2.00 higher $504.00 March ‘17 $1.50 higher $504.30 May ‘17 $1.20 higher $502.90 July ‘17 $1.20 higher $502.40 Nov. ‘17 $1.20 higher $493.90 Jan. ‘18 $1.20 higher $493.90 March ‘18 $1.20 higher $493.90 May ‘18 $1.20 higher $493.90.

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

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 707,540 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 707,540.

Air Canada partners with Brazilian carrier to ease travel

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Air Canada has a new arrangement with Avianca Brasil that could ease travel to the South American country ahead of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Starting on Monday, Air Canada passengers from across Canada will be able to check in only once and have their bags sent to the final destination in Brazil — regardless of which of the two airlines completes the journey.

Efforts are also under way to allow Avianca Brasil to put its code on Air Canada flights.

Air Canada (TSX:AC) serves Brazil from its hub in Toronto, flying three times a week to Rio and daily to Sao Paulo.

The codeshare agreement was announced Wednesday, just days after Air Canada said its service to South

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America continued to feel the impact of weaker conditions in the first quarter, especially in Brazil.

However, the Montreal-based airline said it expects the Olympics will drive traffic to Brazil.

Brazilian destinations covered by the codeshare agreement are: Brasilia, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro’s Antonio Carlos Jobim-Galeao airport, Salvador and Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport.

Spokeswoman Isabelle Arthur said in an email that the agreement with the Brazilian airline “really fits our international growth strategy by allowing us to expand our reach.

She added that the federal government has identified Brazil — Canada’s 13th largest global trading partner — a priority market with some 500 Canadian companies active in the country.

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A model displays a large diamond at Sotheby’s in New York, Wednesday. The auction house plans to offer the Lesedi la Rona diamond in London on June 29.

Large diamond found in Canadian-owned mine could fetch C$90M

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A three-billion-year-old diamond the size of a tennis ball could fetch more than C$90 million when the Canadian mining company that unearthed it puts the rock up for auction this summer.

But the first person to lay eyes on the whopping gem barely gave it a glance, the CEO of Vancouver-based Lucara Diamond Corp. recalled Wednesday, as the eye-popping estimate for the precious stone was issued by auctioneer Sotheby’s.

“He’d only been working for us for two weeks, so he sees the thousand carats and goes ‘oh, this must be normal,”’ William Lamb told The Canadian Press. “He didn’t tell anybody.

It was only when the chief saw it that there was this huge commotion on site.”

The diamond was unearthed in November, at the Karowe mine in Botswana that’s owned by Lucara (TSX:LUC).

After being closely examined, it was found to measure 1,109 carats, making it the second-largest gem-quality rough diamond ever discovered.

The only bigger diamond found to date was the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond, unearthed in South Africa in 1905.

It was cut into nine pieces that form part of the U.K. Crown Jewels.

The Cullinan diamond, however, was found when a mine worker noticed something glinting in the side of a pit, grabbed a ladder and started chipping around it with a pen knife, said Lamb.

The diamond found at the Lucara

mine, in contrast, managed to survive a modern mining process which included drilling, blasting, excavation, crushing and mechanized sorting, he said.

“Our stone actually went through an entire processing facility before it was recovered,” Lamb explained. “We were very lucky.”

The diamond has been named Lesedi la Rona, meaning “our light” in the local Tswana language.

The name came from a local contest which drew some 11,000 entries, Lamb said, and carries a special meaning for Botswana, whose economy has benefited greatly from diamond mining.

The Lesedi la Rona is currently on a world tour ahead of an auction in London this summer.

It has already been displayed in Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai, and will be shown in New York this weekend before heading to locations in Europe, said Lamb.

“We’re trying to get access to people who may want it as a collector’s item,” he said.

“We’re looking at people who have the financial resources, but also see the uniqueness, the rarity and the beauty in the stone.”

Auctioneer Sotheby’s has estimated the diamond could sell for more than C$90 million, but Lamb said just how much the rock will ultimately go for is hard to say.

“This is historic,” he said. “It is the only plus thousand carat stone in existence.”

Whoever acquires the diamond will have to decide whether to cut and polish the stone, possibly splitting it into smaller pieces, or keep it in its rough form.

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OLSON Dorise 1926 - 2016 Dorise Irene ‘Dode’ Olson of Red Deer, Alberta, while surrounded by her loved ones, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the age of 89 years.

Dorise will be lovingly remembered by Arvid ‘Harvey’ Strand, her dancing partner, life partner and partner in crime; her loving children; Richard (Leisa) Olson of Red Deer, Alberta, Rae Pidhirney of Edmonton, Alberta, and Cindy (Len) Krause of Kelowna, British Columbia; her grandchildren, Tammy (Tim) Johnson, Adrian (Krystle) Pidhirney, Taryn (Rod) Olson, Alayne Olson, and Nicholas (Kelsey) Krause; three beautiful great grandchildren; Kellie Beth Pidhirney, Locklyn Pidhirney and Cole Pidhirney; and four step-grandchildren; Bronwyn (Joe) Stephan, Catherine (Bob) Fraser, Melanie Wozencroft, and Elizabeth (Brian) Walker. She will also be sadly missed by her three sisters; Dorothy (Nick) Wyporowich, Ruth Balser, and Betty Malcolm; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and many dear friends. A Celebration of Dorise’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Dorise’s honor may be made directly to the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre at www.goldencircle.ca or The Golden Circle, 4620 47A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 6C3.

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

403.340.4040.

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PRATT (nee Bryanton) Edna M. Pratt (nee Bryanton) was in her 101st year and passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of January 9, 2016 at Malaspina Gardens, Nanaimo , BC. Edna and her twin sister Mabel were born in Bowden on May 8, 1915 to Herbert and Florence Bryanton. Edna is survived by her brother Carl Bryanton of Calgary, son Wesley Pratt of Nanaimo, grandsons Jordan Pratt of Medicine Hat, and Dr. James Pratt of Toronto, great grandson Dax Stephenson-Pratt of Medicine Hat, and many nieces, great nieces, nephews, great nephews, and cousins of the extended Pratt and Bryanton families.

Edna, a World War II veteran, was one of the original 150 women recruited into the Royal Canadian Air Force. Post war she worked as a Field Officer with the United Nations helping to relocate the displaced persons in Europe. Upon her return to Canada, Edna worked with the Federal Government until her retirement. She was a longstanding member and supporter of the RCAF Association and Air Cadets, the Royal Canadian Legion, the Eastern Star, and The Red Hats, and the Anglican Church. She will be returning to Rimbey for her final rest beside her beloved husband of 54 years William (Bill) Pratt. Internment for close and immediate family only will be presided over by Rev. David Holmes at the family plot in Mount Auburn Cemetery - Rimbey at 11:30 AM on Saturday May 14, 2016. The family wishes to extend an invitation to all Edna’s friends, neighbours and acquaintances to join us in “A Celebration of Edna’s Life” to be held at the Rimbey Senior’s Drop in Centre, 5110 53 Ave., at 1:00 PM, May 14, 2016.

A light luncheon provided by the Epiphany Anglican Church Women will be available following.”

HATFIELD Sinclair (Bud) Bud passed peacefully into the arms of our Lord after a long and courageous battle with prostate cancer. Bud was predeceased in April 2012 by his wife of 59 years Rose Hatfield, and in 2010 by a son Ernest Hatfield and a great grandson Alexander Wieler. He is survived by four children, Laura (Joe) Moran, Karren (Mike) Heslop, Corinne (Dave) Guse, Clinton (Jentsa) Hatfield, twenty grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. He is also survived by a brother Nelson (Joyce) Hatfield, Sutton West, sister Leora (Leonard) Tingley, Digby, sister Helen (Avard) Lee, Newmarket and many wonderful nieces and nephews. We will miss him dearly for all the many gifts of wisdom and all the carpentry projects he took such pride in and gave to everyone who asked. Bud joined the P.P.C.L.I. in 1952 and served in the Korean War. He was released from the army in 1955 and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1956 serving aboard various ships until his release in 1966. Bud was very proud to have served Canada in both his army and navy roles. Bud moved his family of seven to Alberta in December 1965 and returned to visit his place of birth, Argyle Head, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia many times during his lifetime. A Celebration of his life will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday May 6, 2016 the Legion Branch 042, 4th Avenue, Elnora, Alberta. Bud will be interred at Edenbrook Cemetary in Calgary at a later date.

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Allan and Emma AKERSTROM of Red Deer celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary on May 5th, 2016. They were married at Central Lutheran Church in Edmonton in 1956, and have lived in Red Deer for most of the past 55 years.

Their long marriage is a testament to their love and commitment to one another, and in recognition of this milestone, they have received congratulatory messages from Queen Elizabeth II and the Governor-General of Canada.

Congratulations, and best wishes, Allan and Emma!

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EVERGREEN GREENHOUSES Is holding it’s Annual OPEN HOUSE, Sat. Only May 7, from 8 am - 4 pm

CELEBRATING 37 YEARS A great selection of plants!

We look forward to seeing everyone out again this year. 2 miles east on 39th Street from 30th Ave. R.D.

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REG. DENTAL Hygienist Must be flexible with hours.

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

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

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DUNCAN John John Hamilton Duncan passed away peacefully on May 2, 2016 at the Apollo House of the Ponoka Centennial Center, only 15 days short of his 90th birthday. During the past few years, John had suffered from Dementia. He spent time at Sunset Manor, Innisfail Hospital, the Northcott Care Centre and the Centennial Center in Ponoka.

John was born in Innisfail in 1926. He was the oldest son of Thomas and Catherine Duncan, who farmed in the Little Red Deer District, west of Innisfail. John lived and farmed all his life in the Little Red Deer District. He attended The Little Red Deer School up to Grade 11. John and Anne met through mutual friends and married on Nov. 11, 1961. They moved onto the family land to farm and quickly became an integral part of the Little Red Deer District. John and Anne were happily married just short of 53 years. Together they enjoyed downhill skiing, golfing and curling. John was a very avid curler and curled in many bonspiels. For many years John curled on a team with John Thompson, Jack Scott and the late John Edgar. He once curled an eight ender - a very rare accomplishment. The two of them were always actively involved in the Spruceview Square Dance Club and Circle Chase in Innisfail. They square danced all over Alberta, even going as far as Phoenix AZ to dance. John and Anne loved to travel. They toured Europe, England, China (where they walked the Great Wall), Australia and New Zealand. They went on an amazing Alaskan Cruise and finally an unforgettable bus tour to the Maritime Provinces. John farmed all his life with his brother, Don, until he retired in 1996. John then rented his land to his nephew and great nephew, Gary and Scott Anderson. John is survived by a sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Anderson, a brother, Gordon Duncan, three sister-in-laws; Grace Koss, Shirley Duncan, and Mary Duncan, along with numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. John was predeceased by his wife Anne Duncan, his parents, Thomas and Catherine Duncan, brothers, Donald and Leslie Duncan, his brothersin-law, Harold Anderson, Ed Koss, and Matt Wight. In memory of John and in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Innisfail United Church or the Centennial Hospital, Apollo Unit at Ponoka. Funeral services for John Duncan will be held in the Innisfail United Church on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 1:00 pm. A private family interment will follow at the Innisfail Cemetery.

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

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

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

Trades

850

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 offers a competitive wage with a bonus system. Pls. apply in person with resume to the Service Manager. No phone call pls.

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Trump targets Clinton, NAFTA AMERICA’S NEIGHBOURS, BRACE THYSELVES: YOU’LL BE DRAGGED INTO BITTER U.S. ELECTION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE

WASHINGTON — The very first words out of Donald Trump’s mouth in the unofficial commencement of hostilities in the 2016 U.S. general election included a salvo pointed at a trade deal involving Canada.

It’s on.

The presumptive Republican nominee had just dispatched his primary opponents, then pivoted toward his likely rival Hillary Clinton, and immediately linked her to NAFTA. “She will be a poor president. She doesn’t understand trade,” Trump told a victory rally Tuesday.

“Her husband signed, perhaps in the history of the world, the single worst trade deal ever done. It’s called NAFTA. And I was witness to the carnage (while campaigning).”

Brace thyselves, America’s neighbours.

You are about to be dragged into a six-month referendum about what’s responsible for the plight of America’s middle class — and Mexico, especially, will feel the tug.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking Wednesday at a news conference in Ottawa, sounded nonplussed. Protectionist language is common in elections, and tends to dissipate after, he said.

So far, it’s been the centrepiece of Trump’s campaign.

Trump has made clear his diagnosis for what ails the modern economy: It’s foreigners taking American jobs. Feckless politicians signing bad trade deals. And special interests funding those politicians, then shipping jobs off to places like Mexico.

There’s a debate right now among ideological right-wingers — to support or not support a candidate whose diagnosis of the economy some find as abhorrent as his bedside manner.

It’s not very conservative to threaten a 35-percent import tax on companies that outsource jobs, as Trump proposes. He’s also been wishy-washy on abortion, and has not only donated to Clinton’s campaigns but invited her to his latest wedding — although he’s now calling for her arrest over her use of emails.

In this race, the former wedding guest is heavily favoured over the groom.

Trump loses in about nine out of every 10 polls against Clinton, and numerous Republicans are predicting a massacre: “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham.

“And we will deserve it.”

A new CNN survey shows him 13 points behind Clinton.

His comeback strategy hinges on those NAFTA references.

Trump’s next campaign stop illustrates it he’ll be in coal country Thursday. He used his victory speech to promise that coal miners in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania would get their jobs back.

Never mind that it’s cheaper, lower-emitting natural gas, combined with climate-change regulations, that have slashed U.S. coal jobs by a whopping onethird in the last couple of years.

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403-782-3847 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Tools

FREE GARDEN SPACE available, in exchange for you planting my Áowers & rhubarb. 403-346-4090 NEW Honda rototiller, $700, and new Honda trimmer, $475. Never been used. 403-350-0024

Household Furnishings

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WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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VCR, $20; DVD surround sound system, $40.

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100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 278950A5

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

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200 CHANNEL VHF Pro2045 Scanner. $140.

403-346-6539

TRAINING CENTRE

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK

Garden Supplies

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METRIC Socket, plus tool box. $100.

403-343-6044

2 electric lamps, $20.

403-885-5020 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

Sporting Goods

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INVERSION Table, $200.

403-343-6044

Collectors' Items

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IRONSTONE China Ewer, has embossed Áowers and ferns. Very Old. $20. ************* Imari Plates (2), mounted in a tier holder. $15. ************* Emerald “Dream Dove Brand” measuring cup, $15. ************** Emeral Footed Cake Plate, $20. *************** Amber Carnival Glass Candy Dish, $15.

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

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VINTAGE Wedding Dress XS, (approx. size 2), Ivory embossed, satin broquet, Full length. $200.

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SYLVAN: fully furn. rentals incld’s all utils. & cable. $550 - $1300. By the week or month. 403-880-0210

Condos/ Townhouses

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ANDERS UNIQUE black metal BOWER bathroom mirror, towel bar, AVAIL. May 1, 3 & 4 bdrm. towel ring, and 2 hangers townhouse, 4 appl., HIGHLAND GREEN Firewood look like “gazelles”. All for hardwood, 2 parking stalls, $65.

403 309-3475 INGLEWOOD close to shopping & B.C. Birch, Aspen, schools.$975 - $1100 + Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

WATER HOSE REEL, JOHNSTONE util. + d.d. 403-506-0054 PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 $35. 403-885-5020 KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 WEST LAKE WEST PARK

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Clearview Ridge

Call Tammy at 403-314-4306

17 CARIBOU CRES. May 5,6 & 7 - MOVING Thurs. & Fri. 4-8, Sat. 9-12 Patio umbrella, household misc.

CARRIERS NEEDED

Deer Park 87 DUNCAN CRESCENT May 5, 6 & 7 Thurs & Fri, 4-8, Sat. 10-1 Ladies shoes/handbags, clothing, misc. household.

Some large items, tv, toolboxes, etc.

For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA STETTLER

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Downtown The 4800 Block Merchants Alta Boutique, ... Comforts the Sole, Great Strides & Rob Rae WELCOMES YOU TO OUR GARAGE SALE May 5 - 7 Thurs. Fri. & Sat.10 - 5 Reduced prices on designer footwear, clothing, Blundstones and more!

Eastview Estates

Riverside Meadows

15 ERICKSON DRIVE, Thurs., Fri. and Sat., May 5, 6 and 7, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Corner shower, ceiling fan, lots of items.

Highland Green 36 HUNTER Close, Moving out of province sale, Fri., May 6, 4 - 7 p.m. and Sat., May 7, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Variety of items.

Lancaster Meadows 71 LAWRENCE CRES HUGE FAMILY SALE May 5, 6 & 7 - Thurs. 12-7, Fri. 10-7 Sat. 9-5 Crystal, Royal Albert china, and a whole lot of misc.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Riverside Meadows Yard Sale & Mini Market 5862 58 A ST. May 5, 6 & 7 Thurs. & Fri. 2-7, Sat. 10-4 Cash & credit accepted

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Mobile Lot

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

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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

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Out of Town ESTATE SALE May 5, 6 & 7 Thurs. & Fri. 9 - 8, Sat. 9-3 Hwy. 11 East Approx. 10 kms. turn right onto 808, then left into Meadow Ridge #27.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Realtors & Services

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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

Motorcycles

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ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or May 1st.

403-304-5337 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or May 1 403-304-5337

Suites

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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

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 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

Cottage/ Seasonal

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SYLVAN: Weekly Vacation Rentals. 403-880-0210

ALL the Bells & Whistles!!

44,600 kms.

MINT CONDITION Never laid down.

$7600. o.b.o.

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Motorhomes

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5000-5300

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Cars HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

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Houses For Sale

1976 DODGE motor home, new tires and brakes, sleeps 4, good cond., 85,000 kms, $2500. obo.

403-782-4504 2011 TOYOTA Avalon, 110,000 kms. $17,500. fully loaded, A Must See! 403-986-1443

Boats & Marine

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5070

Vans Buses GORGEOUS 2 storey, all newly reno’d, total of 3,009 sq. ft., 4 bdrm., 4 bath, triple garage, newly fenced and landscaped, new deck, priced at $435,000.

163 Barrett Drive.

Margaret Comeau RE/MAX 403.391.3399

4050

Acreages

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

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Income Property

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780

WatersEdge Marina

2001 WINDSTAR, lady driven 184,000 kms. Exc. cond. $3000. ~SOLD~

Boat Slips Available For Sale or Rent Sylvan Lake, AB 403.318.2442 info@watersedgesylvan.com www.watersedgesylvan.com

CALL CLASSIFIEDS

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TO ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY HERE!

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Contractors

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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent DAMON INTERIORS $750, last month of lease Drywall, tape, texture, free, immed. occupancy.

Fully licensed & insured.

403-596-6000 Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176 PENHOLD 1 bdrm. 4 appls, inclds. heat & water, Repair or Renovate no pets $760/mo., avail.

No job too small, full June 1. 348-6594 service. Free Estimates Seniors Discount.

Call 587-377-0977 R.D.

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He’s promising to turn back the clock to better times. His campaign slogan, after all, is “Make America Great Again.”

Clinton’s message is more complicated.

She proposes a $30-billion plan to retrain miners.

She angered some when she told a recent event that, “We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” She said later she’d stated it inartfully.

This coal debate is a snapshot of a broader election issue. It’s how to deal with a painful, long-term trend. Working-class Americans have suffered. Mortality rates are up, driven by suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and heart disease.

People with only a high-school diploma have, according to Pew Research, seen their share of the national income plummet 22 per cent since 1971.

Clinton’s proposed solution: tax hikes on the wealthy and more government programs — like retraining, tuition assistance, and a parental leave program like other countries have.

Trump is telling voters they can have more.

He promises tax cuts. And more military spending. And protected social programs like old-age pensions. He’d even pay down the national debt, he says.

More than one observer has noted that achieving all of this would require bending the laws of the natural universe.

So take some of the campaign talk with a grain of salt.

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ADVICE THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Woman feels trapped living with parents KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My mother has always been a strong presence in my life.

Growing up, I couldn’t do anything right. She took things away from me and redid them, or stood over me and directed.

Three years ago, my husband suggested we move my parents in with us because their neighborhood had become drug and gang infested and we feared for their safety. Dad has Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, which have greatly slowed his movements, but he is still able to feed, bathe and dress himself. However, living with my mom is a nightmare. She pokes her head into our bedroom many times a day and stands over me in the kitchen, often getting between me and whatever I’m doing. I have tried talking to her about it, but it doesn’t help.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Thursday, May 5 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Chris Brown, 27; Adele, 28; Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill, 33 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Expect the unexpected today, as the Moon hooks up with Uranus.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You love to bring other people around to your way of thinking, via a convincing argument. The next 12 months is the time to be more sensitive towards the feelings of some loved ones.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Rams are feeling irritable and impatient today, as unpredictable Uranus stirs up your restless side. Take particular care when driving — and avoid blurting out things that will just upset others.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Bulls love their dependable routines. But, if you’re stuck in a comfortable rut then you’ll be jolted out of it today, as dramatic disruptions and general shenanigans upset your perfectly planned day.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Delusion or even deception are a danger, especially at work or school. Are you viewing a professional situation through increasingly rose-coloured glasses?

Food for thought today Twins.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expect some surprises or disruptions today, as the stars stir things up. With Mars and Saturn both reversing through your work zone, professional projects aren’t progressing as quickly as you’d like.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re likely to feel restless today, so make sure you channel your

We recently bought a house in another city.

I would love to get my parents set up in their own place now, but Mom has repeatedly said she can’t take care of my father by herself. I feel so trapped and guilty. What do I do? — Wilting in the South Dear Wilting: There are ways to help your mother care for Dad without sacrificing your happiness and independence.

Look into assisted-living facilities close enough for you to visit often.

Check out home health care options, including the Visiting Nurse Association (vnaa.org). Call the Eldercare Locator (eldercare.gov) at 1-800-677-1116 and ask for help. Mom may not like it, but you have to take care of your mental health.

Dear Annie: I would be grateful if you pass along to your readers some helpful hints when leaving a voicemail message, especially on a cellphone.

I’m a Realtor and receive several such messages every day.

Many people leave long, rambling messages and then say their phone energy into productive projects. When it comes to a child, teenager or friend, you may feel as if you are going over old ground.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t let negative self-talk hold you back Virgo. You have to be your Number One fan. If you don’t believe in yourself, why should anyone else? A personal project shows great promise.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Librans are normally such peace-loving souls. But you could find yourself having a heated argument with someone today, as you’re feeling much more fiery, feisty and unpredictable than usual.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you been having relationship hassles? With Venus visiting your partnership zone — until May 24 — perhaps it’s time to swallow your Scorpio pride and hold out the olive branch of peace?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Attached Archers — how long has it been since you told your partner how much you care? Some singles will be attracted to a colleague, customer or client. Who said that work and romance don’t mix?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): With retro Mercury and retro Saturn in your privacy zone, solitude is soul food for you at the moment. So solo pursuits — like meditating, reading and writing — will help settle your irritability.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Moon/ Uranus connection increases your impulsive side today, and makes you more accident-prone than usual. So avoid rushing around Aquarius. Calm down, relax and pace yourself!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): With Mars and Saturn both retrograding through your career zone, don’t take anything for granted. If you want to minimize problems, then you’ll have to check and double-check everything.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

number so quickly I can’t get it the first time. I then have to go back and listen to the whole message again.

Please tell your readers when leaving a voicemail to keep it short, say your phone number slowly and then repeat the number. It would be greatly appreciated by those of us who rely on our cellphones for a living. — Realtor in Orange Park, Florida Dear Realtor: This goes for any voicemail, whether cellphone or landline answering machine. Sometimes the connection is scratchy. Repeating the number slowly would help. Please, readers, keep this in mind. It could explain why some of your phone messages haven’t been returned.

Dear Annie: Thank you for the support you’ve shown in regard to organ, tissue and eye donation.

The laws about organ donation vary from state to state, but in many states, a person’s documented donation wish now takes priority over the family’s preference. It works similarly to a legal will — if your wish to become an organ and tissue donor is legally documented, your family cannot change it.

However, it is still important to share your wishes with your family so they are not surprised. Their cooperation and support make the process go much more smoothly.

To find out how to sign up as an organ and tissue donor in your state, please visit Donate Life America (www.donatelife.net). Readers in Canada should contact their local organ recovery organization to learn how to sign up in their province. On behalf of the more than 100,000 Americans awaiting a lifesaving organ transplant, thank you. — Jennifer Tislerics, Gift of Life Michigan Dear Jennifer Tislerics: We appreciate the clarification. Any readers interested in making a lifesaving donation should check your website.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.

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