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Total fire ban issued

Red Cross to give $50M to evacuees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer has issued a full city-wide fire ban in light of bone dry conditions and recent brush fires.

Fire marshal Dale Kelly said this is the first full fire ban in his 35 years at Red Deer Emergency Services.

That means no open fires in the city including backyard fire pits, fireworks and fires using charcoal, briquettes or wood in park areas. All existing open air fire permits are suspended.

Rule breakers may face a $610 response fee and a $210 ticket.

Kelly said the wind and the extremely dry conditions have sparked the ban.

“Now we are getting into the popular fuzz season so that burns very rapidly,” said Kelly. “We are certainly aware of the Fort McMurray situation and we are being proactive in ensuring we do not have any of the same issues here or reduce them.”

Certified portable propane or liquid fueled stoves, barbecues and fire pits designed for cooking or heating are permitted.

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EDMONTON — Carol Christian and her son fled the forest fire in Fort McMurray with little more than a suitcase, photo albums and their cat.

As it turns out, that’s all they have left. The fire destroyed their home.

Christian wept Wednesday when she heard the Red Cross is divvying up an immediate payment of $50 million to evacuees on top of emergency funds from the Alberta government.

Each adult is to receive $600 and each child $300. The money is to be electronically transferred within the next two days.

“The whole country has opened up their hearts to us,” Christian said from Ontario where she is staying with her mother. “It’s just amazing. Canadians have done themselves proud in lending that hand to us in our time of need.”

It’s the second time Christian has lost everything to a house fire. Her home was destroyed 28 years ago and the prospect of starting all over again is daunting.

The immediate cash transfer will help pay for toiletries, basic necessities and, perhaps, even a massage — a chance to briefly forget the panic of driving through flames and seeing pictures of their home reduced to rubble.

“It has been such a harrowing time,” Christian said. “It’s just (going to) help survive day to day.”

Jason Brooks of the City of Red Deer posts a sign at McKenzie Trail Recreation Area Wednesday afternoon. The City of Red Deer has enacted a fire ban in the city effective immediately in light of dry conditions and recent brush fires.

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Thirty-nine programs benefit from United Way funding

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF United Way of Central Alberta will be investing $1.03 million into 39 community programs in Central Alberta in 2016-17.

The 2015 community fundraising campaign raised a total of $2.3 million which includes money collected after the Touchdown Breakfast in January.

The $2.3 million, along with grants and other donations, allowed the United Way to invest $2,430,523 into community programs and services. The money goes towards the 211 information referral services, a new legacy fund, small grants to agencies, commu-

nity activities and the 39 programs.

Robert Mitchell, United Way executive director, said it’s been three years since the local United Way started providing three-year-funding which gives stability to the organizations and provides better outcomes.

“I would say it’s been very successful. I think that’s a testament to the great agencies we have in Central Alberta. We’re able to fund them three years at a time without any issues.

That shows the strengths of the organizations,” Mitchell said on Wednesday.

A total of $363,727 million will go to programming for youth and children, $374,603 to reduce poverty and $562,670 for wellness.

● Family Wellness and Bashaw Outof-School programs with Bashaw & District Support Services. ● In-School Mentoring with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lacombe. ● Mentoring program with Ponoka and Rimbey with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ponoka. ● Mentoring programs with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer & District. ● Camp Alexo and After School Kids Clubs with Boys & Girls Club of Red Deer. ● Butt Ugly Core program with Butt Ugly Anti Tobacco Program Society. ● Co-ordinator with Innisfail Fami-

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ly Centre. ● Big Brothers Big Sisters caseworker and Rainbow program at Heartland Youth Centre. ● Early Learning for young children and Work Readiness for youth with disabilities with kcs Association (formerly Sylvan Lake Kindercare). ● Think Social program and Summer Day Camp with Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta. ● Out-of-School program and Rimbey Boys and Girls Club at Ponoka Youth Centre Association. ● Out-of-School program, Summer Day Camps and Tween Scene with Rocky Youth Development Society.

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Overdose kits available without prescription

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Free take-home naloxone kits will be available without a prescription at 600 pharmacies across Alberta starting Friday.

Previously, naloxone kits used to reverse fentanyl and other opioid overdoses, required a prescription.

Several pharmacies in Red Deer and across Central Alberta have already been carrying the takehome kits. Some walk-in clinics have also made naloxone available.

Last summer, Turning Point, formerly known as Central Alberta AIDS Network, was one of only eight agencies in Alberta to prescribe naloxone, train people to use the free, take-home kits and distribute kits when the province first made them available in response to the rise in fentanyl overdoses.

Fentanyl is about 100 times stronger than morphine, heroin, or oxycodone. A very small amount can be deadly and fentanyl has been showing up unexpectedly in other street drugs.

Last year Alberta had 274 fentanyl deaths, up from 272 previously reported for 2015 by the office of the chief medical examiner. In Red Deer there were 15 deaths.

In the first three months of 2016, there were 69 deaths across the province, compared to 77 between January to March in 2015. Red Deer saw seven deaths in first three months of 2016.

Jennifer Vanderschaeghe, Turning Point executive director, said her staff just heard about a drug overdose death that occurred recently in rural Central Alberta.

“It was somebody who was really closeted about their drug use. Although they had a naloxone kit, their risk was quite high because there was really nobody in their world that they trusted to tell that they used drugs. We knew that person would con-

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BAN: In effect until conditions change Kelly said many fires are started by individuals throwing them out a window or discarding them in plants.

“Don’t put your cigarette out in your plant pot because it is going to start on fire,” he said. “We have had one so far this year. We had five or six last year.

So it is really important that you properly dispose of your smoking materials.”

He said tossing out on the side of the road into the dry grass can cause issues.

This ban will remain in effect until conditions change and further notice is given.

The province-wide fire ban was issued last week, which covers every area that is not identified as a municipality or a county. A temporary province-wide restriction on off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreational use on public lands remains in effect. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

UNITED WAY: Poverty reduction, wellness POVERTY REDUCTION ● Buffalo Housing First program and Red Deer Housing Team with Canadian Mental Health Association. ● Employment Support for Skilled Immigrants with Central Alberta Refugee Effort Committee. ● Julietta’s Place with Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society. ● Career Connections with Cosmos Group of Companies. ● ABC program with Family Services of Central Alberta.

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Fentanyl pills are shown in an undated police handout photo. tinue to use drugs by themselves,” Vanderschaeghe said.

She said the death is a reminder that people should not use drugs alone.

As of Wednesday, Turning Point has given out 394 naloxone kits since July 7, 2015 and clients have reported 103 saves or reversals.

She said another overdose save they just heard about Wednesday required four doses of naloxone and CPR. ● Client intake and liaison at John Howard Society of Red Deer. ● Aboriginal Community Resource Room project with Red Deer Native Friendship Centre Society.

WELLNESS

● Childhood abuse treatment and preventative education with the Association of Communities Against Abuse. ● Home support at Bashaw & District Support Services. ● Wrap for Life program at Canadian Mental Health Association. ● Individual and family counselling at Catholic Social Services. ● Harm Reduction and Rural program at Turning Point (formerly Central Alberta AIDS Network Society). ● Many Healing Blankets program at Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health & Housing. ● Client support services at CNIB. ● Co-ordinator for the Domestic Relationship Violence Initiative Committee. ● Client services with the Epilepsy Association. ● Counselling services at Family Services of Central Alberta. ● Outreach program at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. ● Meals program for Meals on Wheels Red Deer. ● Partnership education and family support programs with the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta. ● Counselling services with Shalom Counselling. ● Community development and systemic change, and rehabilitation support and service co-ordination with Spinal Cord Injury Association. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

CASH: Everybody has unique needs Red Cross CEO Conrad Sauve said the charity decided to give donations directly to evacuees since everybody has unique needs and individuals can decide how best to spend the money.

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Making naloxone available without a prescription at pharmacies has great value because some pharmacies are open 24 hours a day. But she urged people to call their pharmacy first to make sure they have kits, she said.

“Sometimes the pharmacies only have one or two in stock so you want to check before you go,” Vanderschaeghe said.

Each kit contains two units of naloxone, two syringes, two alcohol swabs, two latex gloves, a oneway breathing mask and instructions.

Naloxone is injected intramuscularly and keeps people breathing until paramedics arrive. It’s possible for a person to lapse into an overdose again once naloxone wears off so medical attention is required.

“Too many lives have been cut short by fentanyl and too many families have lost loved ones,” said Associate Minister of Health Brandy Payne who announced the new plan for pharmacies on Wednesday in Edmonton.

Kits are available to those at risk of overdosing and concerned friends and family.

“Our hope is that removing the prescription requirement will encourage more people to access these potentially life-saving kits.”

Payne said more than 2,000 naloxone kits have been given out since last year.

Vanderschaeghe said 1,772 of those 2,000 kits were given out by the eight original agencies to distribute naloxone.

Alberta Health is also providing $3 million to Alberta Health Services for a three-year project to expand access to opioid dependency treatment in several communities.

“By the end of the first year, an additional 240 Albertans are expected to be receiving opioid replacement treatment, an increase of 20 per cent from the number currently being treated at AHS clinics,” Payne said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com “This is the most important cash transfer we have done in our history and the fastest one,” he said Wednesday at a news conference with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. “(It’s) a combination of both the ability to raise money very fast in Canada and also use electronic means to transfer money directly into the hands of those affected.”

Sauve said a total of $67 million has been donated to the Red Cross so far and much of that will be matched by the provincial and federal governments.

“We know already that the damage resulting from the wildfire will be in the billions and it will take years to recover,” he said. “But we also know that the needs of those affected are immediate.”

Notley reminded people that the Alberta government is also providing immediate monetary assistance. Debit cards are being handed out at evacuee centres and other locations across the province.

Every adult evacuee is to receive $1,250 and each dependent $500.

“Our aim is to get help to the evacuees who need it the most as quickly as possible,” she said. “There will be long lineups, especially in the early days of distribution, so I am asking all evacuees if you don’t need emergency funding immediately, please let those in desperate need be first in line.”

The government anticipates the emergency funding will cost up to $100 million. The province is also matching donations made by Albertans to the Red Cross.

The move to provide cash directly to those affected by the evacuation was applauded by a group that had urged people to donate to local charities overshadowed by the Red Cross.

Kate Bahen, managing director of Charity Intelligence Canada, said the decision is unprecedented and welcome, and means the Red Cross won’t be sitting on the money several years later.

“These direct cash transfers are proven to be the most efficient and effective way to help people who need aid,” she said. “In a disaster, speed matters.”

Christian said she plans to return to the community and help it rebuild.

“Even though your home’s not there, it’s still your home.”

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Grain terminal project appealed LANDOWNERS CONCERNED ABOUT NOISE, TRAFFIC ISSUES

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

his wife in the appeal, which will be before the county subdivision and development appeal board on May 26.

Kobewka said his brother is concerned that the value of his home and five-acre property just south of the proposed site will be significantly reduced by the project. Having such a large-scale development close by will also mean noise and traffic problems, the Kobewkas argue in their appeal.

They want to the appeal board to impose additional conditions on Paterson GlobalFoods to reduce the impact on their property. Berms, road and access improvements, restricted operating hours are typical of the types of conditions appeal boards may impose.

Sid Kobewka said a longer term remedy would be to rezone his brother’s country residential property to commercial or something else more appropriate for a site so close to a major agricultural complex.

Rezoning is beyond the authority of the appeal board but is something the

Landowners have appealed Red Deer County’s approval of a proposed $25-million grain terminal near Bowden.

Winnipeg-based Paterson GlobalFoods Inc. plans to build an export terminal with 55,000 tonnes of capacity and a high-speed unloading system that can fill 150 rail cars in seven hours using a loop rail system.

The terminal will accept all of the area’s key crops, including wheat, canola, barley and soybeans. Those products will be transported to Paterson’s Alliance Grain Terminal in the Port of Vancouver to customers worldwide.

Leonard and Fern Kobewka live near the proposed facility to be built on 247 acres just north of Bowden.

Edmonton lawyer Sid Kobewka is representing his brother Leonard and

‘I THINK A GOOD SOLUTION WOULD BE FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND SAY LET’S TURN THIS LAND INTO USEFUL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.’ — SID KOBEWKA LAWYER

Kobewkas would like county council to consider.

“I think a good solution would be for working together and say let’s turn this land into useful commercial property,” he said.

Both sides presented their cases to the appeal board on May 4. However, it was adjourned for three weeks to allow Kobewka to review the grain company’s traffic impact assessment.

Shane Paterson, corporate develop-

ment officer for the family-owned Paterson GlobalFoods, said by email that the company has been pleased with local support for their project, which will provide a major benefit to local farmers.

“We feel that the site selected, where primary highway infrastructure with an overpass meets primary railway infrastructure, is appropriate for the proposed development,” he says.

Paterson points out that the Kobewkas’ property is already located close to the busy Hwy 587 and the grain complex traffic will be an “insubstantial addition” to those volumes. A wellused CP Rail line is also close to the couple’s property, he notes.

“Nonetheless, we have tried to work with this land owner to address this perceived disruption, without success.

We feel that this appeal is without merit.”

Paterson says the company respects the appeal process and its construction schedule remains on track.

Municipal Affairs reviewing Alix petitions

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

tax rates and tax burdens on residents.

“There was a question of where some of our money was going, things like that,” said Grimard on Wednesday.

“They’re just looking into a general inquiry into where our money was going, what it was being used for and the conduct of some of the councillors.”

She received notice on Monday from Municipal Affairs that the petitions had been received and were being reviewed.

A number of residents are expected to address council and air their concerns at its next meeting on May 18.

Members of council could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

This isn’t the first time the province has been asked to look into Alix’s affairs.

In 2007, demands for a review from residents led to a 22-page report from the province, which criticized the municipal leaders of the day for failing to consult residents and holding too many private meetings.

Municipal Affairs inspected village operations after receiving a petition from concerned citizens. Council had faced criticism about everything from the mayor’s pay to a decision to demolish the community hall.

A pair of petitions launched by frustrated Alix residents are under review by the province.

Concerns about the village’s finances and council’s oversight have been simmering for months in the small community of about 800 located 55 km northeast of Red Deer.

Petitions asking for an inquiry into the village’s administration and finances and a second petition to look into dissolution have been sent to the province.

Alberta Municipal Affairs staff are now verifying the petitions and have 30 days to report back to Minister Danielle Larivee.

“The minister will then make a decision on action, if any, that will be taken once she reviews the results of the petition,” says Municipal Affairs spokesman Jerry Ward in an email.

There are no time lines on a decision.

Local business and property owner Malonie Grimard said about 320 residents — around 80 per cent of electors — signed the petitions.

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We can all help heal Fort McMurray JOHN STEWART OPINION

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stonishing cataclysmic events happen around the world so regularly — but so far from our doorsteps — that Canadians often feel insulated and immune. Fort McMurray’s extraordinary disaster should change that.

In this case, the tragedy feels so personal — and cuts so deep — that it should demand that we all examine our specific reaction and weigh it against our broader commitment to social responsibility.

Certainly, Canadians are among the most generous of nationalities when disaster befalls those elsewhere in the world. We send money and our experts and supplies, and lend our knowledge in the wake of tragedy.

In general, we are a wealthy and fortunate nation, and we are willing to share from that base of social and material prosperity.

But no outpouring of support in the face of disaster has come close to the response of average Canadians to the Fort McMurray wildfire — $60 million

and counting, plus untold gestures of kindness and unaudited instances of donation. And that doesn’t include the massive government funding already underway.

But the donations are not nearly what they could be. We can, and should, always strive to be better as a society. If anything positive can come from such destruction and heartache, such trauma and uncertainty, it should be that our level of empathy is heightened like never before.

In instances like this, when 88,000 people have been displaced by a horrendous wildfire, and more than 2,400 buildings have been lost, the price of citizenship required of the rest of us seems easy to pay.

But the contract we all must make with humanity should be easy to honour all the time, not just when the devastation is on our doorstep, not just when those who are dislocated are our friends and neighbours.

Why is it not always so?

Certainly, there are many among us who react with great generosity when tragedy strikes. The examples are too plentiful, from Haiti to Nepal to New Orleans and beyond, year after year, decade after decade. The world often seems like a natural powder keg — at any moment, harbouring a cyclone, earthquake, mudslide, tornado, tsuna-

mi or blizzard.

And we have seen it before in Alberta, all too recently.

The floods of 2013 devastated Calgary, Canmore, High River and other communities. More than $9 million in donations poured in for the 100,000 people displaced in the region. Five people died as a result of the floods, which did more than $6 billion in damage. That damage is still being repaired, and the conversation about how to prevent a similar tragedy in the future continues today.

The Slave Lake wildfire displaced 7,000 people in 2011, and did $750 million in damage. It heightened our awareness of the sudden, indiscriminate power of fire to leap from forest to settlement in a random gust of wind.

In each instance, lives have been changed forever. These events are not just about loss of property, and the necessary effort to rebuild homes and businesses, and re-establish infrastructure.

They are also about rebuilding lives, restoring confidence and managing the lingering fears.

Which means we can and must reach out to the people of Fort McMurray in a variety of ways.

Certainly not every Albertan has a great deal of money to give on a moment’s notice, particularly now in the

midst of an economic cooling. Many Albertans are without work or fear the loss of a job at any time.

If you haven’t donated and you can, why haven’t you? Gestures large and small matter.

And if you can’t give money, give your time — it may be just as valuable as your money, and maybe more. Volunteer to help a fundraising effort, to cook meals or house a displaced family. Join an organization that does community outreach for those from Fort McMurray.

Talk to your children about giving and why it matters, and set a clear example through your own acts of generosity and caring.

It will be a long time before Fort McMurray and its citizens can settle back into the normal, secure rhythm of life. There is much work to be done to simply make the community safe to return. Then years of reconstruction will follow, for those willing to return.

For the community, and its people, the scars are deep and the healing will be long and arduous.

Each of us can and should play a significant role in helping that healing.

Troy Media columnist John Stewart is a born and bred Albertan who doesn’t drill for oil, ranch or drive a pickup truck – although all of those things have played a role in his past.

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Will Alberta fires tip the pipeline debate?

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fter a week of debate over the link, or lack thereof, between climate change and the Fort McMurray wildfires, another reality emerges.

When the economic cost of this tragedy is tallied, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is going to be under renewed pressure to approve a pipeline and get oil to market from a province staggering under the weight of historic economic troubles.

Oil production in Alberta is down a million barrels a day — this in a province already coping with jobless rates unseen in 20 years, which bled 21,000 jobs last month before the fires, and now must cope with oilpatch shutdowns and international investor nervousness.

Beyond Alberta, the fires are going to have a huge impact on the Canadian economy.

Instead of a tipping point on the climate change debate — which has been tepid and inconclusive in the face of such suffering — it could be an economic tipping point on the pipeline debate.

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Just days before the inferno, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley had made what she called her best case for approval of pipelines to Trudeau and his cabinet meeting in Alberta. She used statistics to stress the importance of Alberta to the national economy and she reminded the cabinet, in detail, of measures she is taking to reduce the province’s carbon footprint.

Tuesday, she was announcing that the oil industry will move as quickly as possible to getting the sector back to work, “rolling up their sleeves” and doing what they love. It’s a small step toward rebuilding the provincial economy and helping the Canadian economy.

It was left to her unlikely allies in the House of Commons, the Conservatives, to pivot and push on the pipeline question. But Trudeau gave no quarter.

“The only way to build pipelines in the 21st century is to demonstrate the community’s support, the partnerships with indigenous peoples, and the strong science that is going to demonstrate that we understand that environmental protection and economic development go hand in hand,” Trudeau said.

Frustration in Alberta has been palpable but Trudeau has maintained that pipelines were not built under the Stephen Harper Conservatives because they did not seek the buy-in his government is committed to.

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This week, though, they added another symbolic hurdle to resource development.

In removing the previous government’s objection to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, known by the unfortunate acronym UNDRIP, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett won a standing ovation at the UN. It removes Canada as the lone outlier on a declaration the Harper government had labelled “aspirational,” but it carries no legal weight in this country unless it is enshrined in legislation and the government has shown no such inclination.

Yet it does contain language that spooked the Harper government.

Article 32 of the declaration says states shall consult and co-operate in good faith with indigenous people “in order to obtain their free and informed consent” prior to the approval of any resource development which affects their lands or territories.

No one is interpreting this as a veto, says Bennett, and such rights exist already under our constitution and according to our courts.

If a First Nations “no” does not necessarily mean a “no,” that is a climbdown from the Liberal position during last year’s campaign.

Four days before the federal election, Trudeau was asked about a veto for First Nations at a virtual town hall with APTN.

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If First Nations communities say “no” to resource development in their territories, does “no mean no?” he was asked.

“Absolutely,” Trudeau said.

“We cannot have a government that decides where the pipelines go without having proper approval and support from the communities that are affected,” said Trudeau during that interview.

Since then, he has been much more circumspect in his comments, talking about nation-to-nation relations, respect for treaty rights and “meaningful consultation.” There was no hint of a veto.

As University of Ottawa law professor Amir Attaran puts it, First Nations already have stronger rights in this country than anything envisioned in a symbolic UN declaration.

“That’s what consultation does, it winnows the good project from the bad,” he says.

Industry applauded the Liberal action at the UN Tuesday. Signing on to the declaration may be largely symbolic, but it does add expectations and a moral obligation for the government, regardless of court decisions.

The expectations and moral suasion from Alberta will be even greater.

The pipeline-environmental-aboriginal axis on which Trudeau spins is about to get a lot more dizzying.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

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Region’s farmers markets preparing to kick off season A farmers’ market in Rocky Mountain House will be one of the first rural markets in Central Alberta out the gate this season when it opens today.

About a dozen other rural farmers’ markets are preparing to open across Central Alberta, allowing local producers to sell their food and other products close to home.

Sam Leavitt, manager of the Clearwater Farmers’ Market, said she is kicking off a week earlier this year. She decided to start earlier because they will end the season a little earlier on Oct. 6.

The market is entering its third season, Leavitt said. It averages about 24 vendors, and sees 300 to 400 shoppers. Later in the season when they run the Thursday market alongside the town’s public market — Marketplace on Main — vendors will see between

Alberta BRIEFS Transit pass prices going up $3 in June Monthly adult transit passes will increase by $3 starting in June.

The increase to $70 from $67 was approved by council during the 2016 Operating Budget deliberations.

The increase will be applied to June adult passes at the time of purchase, which is often in May. Adult monthly passes are loaded onto the new MyRide cards, which are available for purchase at Transit Customer Service in Sorenson Station Transit Terminal downtown, and City Hall, and reloaded at sales outlets that previously sold Transit passes.

Adult passes are transferable but can only be used by one person at a time and must remain in the possession of the passenger for their entire trip.

The City of Red Deer increases Transit rates annually in response to inflation and expenses, typically in the fall. There will be additional rate changes in other categories coming to Transit users this September, including cash fares. More information on these changes will be shared with riders this summer.

The Transit Customer Service Centre at Sorensen Station offers MyRide card sales and reloads, transit information and a lost and found service.

Ponoka RCMP hunting for suspect in armed robbery at farm Ponoka Mounties are asking the public for help tracking down suspects from an armed robbery early Monday morning at a farm on Hwy 815, southeast of town.

1,000 and 3,000 shoppers.

Homemade fudge, waffles, B.C. fruit and asparagus, jams, jellies, pickles and other preserves will be available at the location in the Brick parking lot from 5 to 8 p.m.

Most farmers’ markets in Central Alberta will begin to open next week around the May long weekend.

There are markets from Sundre to Sylvan Lake to Lacombe to Three Hills and points between.

Edgar Farms, a member of the Innisfail Growers co-op, sell their produce including their popular asparagus at many local markets, including the Red Deer Winter Market in Eastview, which just closed for the season in late April.

This year’s asparagus crop at their farm almost made the winter market, said Elna Edgar, who farms with her husband Doug.

They have been growing asparagus since 1986 and this is the earliest they have ever started picking.

They began on April 19. The earliest previously was

May 5. Usually they start about May 15 but have started as late as May 25, she said.

The warm winter and hot spring are likely the reason the asparagus is popping up so early.

They’ve seen good yields so far this year, Edgar said, but rain is needed. Like last year, they will not hold the annual Asparagus Festival in June because a 2014 hail storm killed a lot of their older plants.

It takes five years to get a patch established and they just weren’t sure what their supply would be, she said.

A new mobile app offering information about farmers’ markets was released by the Alberta Agriculture and Forestry last month. The app is called Alberta Approved Farmers’ Market and is available for iOS and Android mobile phones.

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RCMP were called at about 3:45 a.m. on Monday to reports that two men had arrived in a pickup truck and were rummaging through a parked vehicle.

Cpl. Jeff Sehn of the Ponoka RCMP reports in statement released on Wednesday that the vehicle’s owner confronted the two men, who got into their truck and then used it to take a run at their alleged victim. The driver then stopped the truck, got out and pointed a handgun at the victim before driving away, heading south on Hwy 815 toward Chigwell and Joffre.

The victim was not injured, but reported that a wallet and a small amount of cash were missing from the vehicle.

Police are now asking for information from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the suspects.

The truck they were using is described as a grey Ford half ton, XTR model with a quad cab and short box. The driver is a Caucasian male, about 1.75 meters tall (five-foot-nine), with a large build at about 108 kg (240 pounds), brown hair and a patchy brown beard. There is no description of the second

suspect.

Anyone with information that may aid the investigation is asked to call the Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers online at www.tipsubmit.com or by calling the toll-free tips line, 1-800-222-8477.

Draft horses to plant grain for distillery’s craft whiskey LONGVIEW — A spring planting event May 22 at Bar U Ranch National Historic Site will be the biggest working draft horse operation in Alberta in over half a century, promoters say.

More than 50 draft horses from across the province — representing key breeds including Suffolk Punches, Percherons and Belgians — will plow and seed 10 hectares of land.

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

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Ottawa puts all hands on deck for Fort McMurray in advance of Trudeau visit OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are putting all hands on deck with a special cabinet committee to co-ordinate Fort McMurray aid and reconstruction efforts in advance of the prime minister’s visit to the fire-ravaged region on Friday.

Justin Trudeau has received an appeal from Alberta Premier Rachel Notley for enhanced employment insurance benefits for the Edmonton area as a consequence of last week’s mass evacuation of more than 80,000 people.

But that’s just one thread of a multi-government effort that’s expected to go on for months or years.

No timeline has been placed on when Fort McMurray’s residents can begin returning to the northern Alberta oilsands hub, which lost about 10 per cent of its 25,000 buildings to the fire that’s covered some 2,300 square kilometres and continues to burn.

Major oil producers, however, are already planning an imminent return to business and some economic forecasters now predict the fire will have a negligible impact on national Gross Domestic Product numbers for 2016.

That’s good news for both the federal and Alberta governments, whose finances are being hammered by the drop in revenues that comes with a firerelated loss of more than a million barrels of oil a day.

Nine different ministries are involved in the federal ad hoc committee, which will be chaired

by Calgary MP Kent Hehr, who serves as veterans affairs minister and associate minister of defence.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said earlier this week that a dozen different departments and agencies of the federal government are already involved in the Fort McMurray response.

Ministers with responsibilities in public safety, natural resources, economic development, infrastructure, labour and employment insurance, status of women, health and defence have been named to the government steering group.

Care must be taken in restoring utilities to Fort McMurray: ATCO boss CALGARY — Crews are working around the clock to restore power and natural gas to the fire-ravaged city of Fort McMurray, but the chief operating officer of the utility that serves the area says it’s impossible to say how soon residents will be able to go home.

It’s slow and dangerous work.

“If you can imagine a charred power line pole that we don’t want to take out of service, but we want to reinforce — it’s something we obviously want to do with great care,” ATCO COO Siegfried Kiefer said

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Dogs lay in cages at the SPCA rescue centre in the Bold Center in Lac la Biche, Alberta.

Wednesday following the company’s annual meeting.

“Both of the products we deal with are invisible and both can kill you.”

More than 80,000 people were forced to flee when a ravenous wildfire attacked several neighbourhoods in the northern Alberta city last week.

The blaze destroyed about 2,400 structures, but about 90 per cent of the city was saved.

Kiefer said about 75 per cent of Fort McMurray’s buildings could have their power turned back on, but at this early stage it wouldn’t be safe.

“We won’t turn power on to many of the regions until inspections are complete,” he said.

“Obviously you don’t want to if there’s any residual gas or if there’s any kind of explosion potential.”

As for natural gas, ATCO cut off the supply to the city when the fire started as a safety precaution, Kiefer said, and turning it back on can’t occur until gas lines are checked.

Volunteers provide critter care for wildfire evacuees LAC LA BICHE — A petite woman strains to keep hold of the leash attached to a big, shaggy and very happy dog.

The rambunctious pooch drags her past Fort McMurray fire evacuees gathered at picnic tables outside the Bold Center sports complex in Lac La Biche, Alta.

Dog walker is a coveted volunteer gig here.

“We thought we might make it a rule where you have to actually clean at least a kennel before you get to walk a dog. We haven’t done that yet,” M.J. Siebold, with the Lac La Biche Regional Humane Society, said with a laugh.

Kennels and cages are arranged in a row in the middle of a large room in the upstairs of the Bold Center. Cats and dogs are kept separate. Big bags of food and other supplies are piled along the wall.

There’s a veterinary ward in the back.

The warehouse-like room echoes, so volunteers make an effort to keep it as quiet as possible, so as not to stress out the critters.

There are a lot of comings and goings, but at last count there were 10 dogs and 33 cats — plus “a couple of bunnies and a hedgehog,” said Siebold.

Seven volunteers are needed for a shift and there are four shifts a day.

“It’s mostly dirty work. It’s cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning,” said Siebold, an orange kitten playfully pawing a piece of fabric behind her.

“We have a lot of kennels that are donated that need to be sterilized before we can use them here or give them out to people who need them.”

For Siebold, overseeing pet-care at the Bold Center means putting in 15-hour days and riding an “emotional roller coaster” at times.

Some cats weren’t coping well because of the stress, and arrangements had to be made to move them to a calmer environment.

“They just shut down because of the noise and they won’t eat and they don’t respond to touch,” she said.

“We have some senior pets here and it’s really hard on them.”

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Blues blast-off on Stars in Game 7

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blues 6 Stars 1 DALLAS — The captain and the kid are going to the Western Conference finals with the St. Louis Blues.

St. Louis did more than survive Game 7 this time. The Blues routed the top-seeded Dallas Stars 6-1 on Wednesday night to advance to their first Western Conference finals since 2001.

Robby Fabbri, their 20-year-old rookie centre, became the youngest player in NHL history to score three points in a Game 7, with a goal and two assists, and captain David Backes added a goal and an assist.

“The way we feel here, we know we’ve got a good team and we know every time we’re challenged we’ve kind of risen up to it,” Paul Stastny said.

Blues linemates Fabbri, Stastny and Troy Brouwer each had a goal and two assists.

“Nice short plays, and we buried our opportunities,” Brouwer said. “We talked before the game that we wanted to be the difference in this game tonight, and I feel like we made a good impact.”

The Blues, in the playoffs for the 40th time and still in search of their first Stanley Cup, will have home-ice advantage in the Western Conference finals against Nashville or San Jose — and for the Stanley Cup as well if they advance. The Predators and Sharks play their deciding Game 7 on Thursday night.

Patrik Berglund and Vladimir Tarasenko also had goals to help the Blues win for the third time on the road in the. Tarasenko’ seventh goal of the playoffs was an empty-netter with 4:40 left.

Patrick Eaves had the lone goal for Dallas, which matched its most lopsided playoff loss. The Stars also lost 6-1 in Game 3 of the series.

“A huge disappointment. We had good energy, but it’s a tough way to end. It’s not our team,” coach Lindy Ruff said. “Even when we started pushing, we missed too many good opportunities to get back in it. But it’s not the ending you want, it’s a big disappointment.”

It was the fourth straight game in the series, and fifth overall, won by the visiting team, and a lopsided finish to a second-round series matching the

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St. Louis Blues right wing Troy Brouwer scores a goal against Dallas Stars goalie Antti Niemi during the second period of Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup Western Conference semifinals Wednesday, in Dallas.

Western Conference’s top two teams in the regular season.

Coach Ken Hitchcock’s Blues were only two points behind Dallas in the regular-season standings for the top seed.

St. Louis also went seven games to win its first-round series this post-season, beating the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Brouwer’s winning goal in the Game 7 clincher at home.

In this Game 7, the Blues were in firm control after the first period, even after having a goal taken off the board because of a replay challenge by Dallas.

Brian Elliott was back in goal for the Blues and had 31 saves. He had been pulled late in the first period of

Game 6 after giving up three goals in seven shots — and Dallas held on to win that 3-2 to set up their first Game 7 at home since 2000, and first in the American Airlines Center.

“I know in this dressing room there was no question who we were going to turn to, and he’s our guy,” Brouwer said.

“He was phenomenal for us, and we’re going to have to ride a couple more times throughout the course of these playoffs. But he’s a guy that we could rely on.”

The Blues were ahead to stay when Fabbri scored on a power play 5:23 into the game with a backhander after Kari Lehtonen was unable to control a loose puck in front.

Tarasenko took a shot from in front

RAPTORS’ BACKCOURT DELIVERS IN CRUCIAL WIN OVER HEAT

Bucs look to new QB for help on offence

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 99 Heat 91 TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan played with what felt “like a blowtorch” for a right hand. Kyle Lowry’s cut face looked like it had gone a few rounds in the ring.

But for the first time this post-season, they looked and played like themselves — on the same night. And now the Toronto Raptors are one victory away from the NBA Eastern Conference final.

DeRozan scored 34 points, while Lowry had 25 points and 10 rebounds to lift the Raptors 99-91 over the Heat on Wednesday. They head back to Miami with a 3-2 lead in their bestof-seven Eastern Conference semifinals.

“They’re our guys,” said coach Dwane Casey — as he’s been saying all playoffs. “We can disparage them all we want to and talk about how bad their shooting is, but you don’t forget how to score the basketball. We have faith in those guys, they carried us the entire season.”

A victory in Friday’s Game 6 and the Raptors will play in the Conference finals for the first time in the team’s 21-year history.

But in what’s turned into a series of attrition, the Raptors lost DeMarre Carroll late in the third quarter. Carroll, who’d been playing smothering defence on Dwyane Wade, fell hard on his left wrist, which bent on an angle wrists aren’t intended to bend. He left the game in considerable pain, and then was taken for an MRI. The Raptors are already without Jonas Valanciunas for the series (ankle), while the Heat are missing starting centre Hassan Whiteside (knee), and Luol Deng left Wednesday’s game with a wrist injury.

DeRozan jammed his thumb late in Game 1, and his shooting has been horrific since. But the all-star guard shot 11 for 22 from the field and a perfect 11 for 11 from the free-throw line.

He was aggressive all night there was zero tentativeness with the bad thumb.

“That was huge for us,” Ca-

of the left circle that somehow got behind Lehtonen into the net with about 2 minutes left in the first period that appeared to make it 2-0.

But replay showed that Tarasenko was just offside before the puck got in the zone, and officials wiped off the goal.

St. Louis responded with two goals in the final 1:38 of the period. Stastny scored first and then Berglund on a shot from just inside the blue line with only 3.4 seconds left before the intermission.

“The offside call gave us some life and we had a few opportunities to score,” Stars left wing Patrick Sharp said.

“The late one in the first was a tough one. It’s all tough.”

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry drives for the basket as Miami Heat’s Udonis Haslem defends during first-half NBA playoff action in Toronto on Wednesday. sey said.

“Usually you’re not sticking (the hand) in there as much, he did. His heart’s in the right place, giving his body up for the team and that’s how you win in this league. I told him he’ll rest this summer.”

Lowry and DeRozan’s solid shooting sparked an early 20-point Raptors lead, before the Heat cut it to 10 with a 16-2 run that straddled the second and third quarter.

The Raptors headed into the fourth up 75-62, but back-toback three-pointers from Josh Richardson cut the lead to seven points. DeRozan took a hard hit to his thumb, and made a beeline for the locker-room.

But he returned with four minutes to play, to a warm ovation, and promptly gave them reason to cheer.

Without Carroll’s defence

down the stretch, Wade scored Miami’s final eight points, and cut the Raptors’ lead to just one with two minutes to play.

But as they’d done throughout Toronto’s record-breaking regular season, DeRozan and Lowry closed with a vengeance. DeRozan was perfect on six free throws, and Lowry hit a three-point dagger with just under a minute to play, and followed it up with another long jumper that had the Air Canada Centre roaring.

“Knowing that that situation is at hand, me and DeMar, we are our closers, we’ve been our closers all year,” Lowry said.

“So if he had an opportunity to get a shot, I’m sure he would try to make it, and he would have taken it with confidence and we would have had confidence in it, and vice versa for me.”

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In year two of a rebuild, the Central Alberta Buccaneers have heard many times they have a solid defence and they just need to score a few points.

Head Coach Devon Hand may have found the guy who can get touchdowns for the Bucs in quarterback Brandon Leyh.

Recruited from the Mount Allison University Mounties, the six-foot-two, 230 pound New Westminster B.C. native threw for 1,470 yards and six touchdowns in his fourth season playing Canadian Interuniversity Sports football.

“He has 35 CIS starts, he’s been to Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp, a two-time all-star, he quarterbacked an 8-0 team, he’s the all-time passing leader for his team,” said Hand.

“He’s a guy we’re going to lean on a lot. He has great intangibles, he’s a great leader. Every league is a quarterback-drive league and now I feel we have a piece that can help us.

“We can compete with the bigger teams with a guy like that.”

Last season the Bucs made the semifinals on the heels of a 6-2 regular season, but lost to the Fort McMurray Monarchs. Hand said the top tier Calgary Gators and Monarchs dominate the league while the other six teams in the Alberta Football League are in the next tier.

“The Gators haven’t lost a regular season game in three years and the Monarchs have done a great job of recruiting and they have an excellent coach up there,” said Hand. “We’re the team that’s creeping up on those two guys.

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“Although we had a 6-2 record, we weren’t competitive in the big games against the two stronger teams.

We want to get to the level where we can compete with those guys. We’re nipping at the heels of the big dogs.”

Training camp has concluded for the Buccaneers and they are now working to get to the point where they can compete in games.

The Buccaneers season starts on May 28 at the M.E. Global field in Lacombe against the Grande Prairie Drillers. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.

“The team has gone from one that shows up and plays to a highly competitive team where the true focus is to win a championship,” said Hand. “We’re constantly evolving, constantly changing and our identity is still taking shape.”

The second year of the rebuild focused on strengthening the offence and improving the team’s mental toughness.

“We struggled a bit with the mental toughness side of the game,” said Hand.

“When we faced adversity, how we reacted wasn’t how a champion should react.

We’re working towards getting over the hump and it has a lot to do with mental toughness.”

Known as a blue-collar group of guys, the defence has carried the team through the first year of its rebuild.

“We’re tired of hearing ‘if the Bucs could score some points, they might have something there,’” said Hand. “We are going to lean on our strength, which is our ability to play aggressive and attacking defence that creates opportunities.

But we have new offensive pieces to help us get over the hump.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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GIANTS WALK-OFF JAYS IN EXTRAS JAYS’ STROMAN GOES FROM THE MOUND TO GRADUATION CEREMONY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Giants 5 Blue Jays 4 (13) SAN FRANCISCO — Given a choice, Marcus Stroman would have preferred to stay in school instead of signing a professional baseball contract following his junior year at Duke University in 2012.

“When I went to Duke University, I chose to graduate from there,” Stroman said. “You don’t choose a place like Duke to leave early. I was honestly upset when I had to leave. Obviously I couldn’t turn down what was being offered, but I was upset because I didn’t finish my degree.”

Following the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4, 13-inning loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, Stroman left the team to join a graduation ceremony at Duke this weekend, where he will receive his degree in sociology.

He earned the diploma while rehabbing a torn ACL that limited his 2015 season to a handful of games in September.

“I never thought I’d be thankful for tearing my ACL, but I am because I grew so much as an individual.” Stroman said.

“I was able to get my degree and I got stronger mentally and physically through it all.”

Stroman delivered another solid outing against the Giants. He gave up four runs — two earned — on eight hits in his six innings. Stroman walked two and struck out five.

He’d been out of the game for a couple hours before Buster Posey walked with the bases loaded in the 13th inning and the Giants salvaged one win in a three-game series with the Blue Jays.

“It’s good to win any way you can at the point,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “I’ll take the walk.”

Brandon Belt was hit by a pitch to open the inning and Denard Span’s bunt attempt was mishandled at second. Following a wild pitch, Joe Panik was walked intentionally.

Matt Duffy lined out to first base before Posey saw four straight balls from Ryan Tepera (0-1).

Albert Suarez (1-0) pitched an inning for his first major-league victory.

“We missed some opportunities but our guys battled to even come back and tie it,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “It was just one of those games. You burn through everybody to get to that point. And yeah you never want to lose a game on a walk but that’s over with. The guys played a good

Quinn back behind bench for Midget AAA Chiefs

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A familiar face will be behind the bench of the Red Deer Optimist Midget Chiefs next season as Doug Quinn returns to coach a team he led to two straight national titles.

Red Deer Minor Hockey general manager Dallas Gaume said Quinn was approached a few weeks ago about returning to coach the Midget Chiefs.

“He took his time and did his due dilligence, talked to his staff, and we’re excited to say they’ll all be returning,” said Gaume.

Quinn stepped down from coaching the Midget Chiefs after the 2013-14. He coached the team for five seasons, leading the Midget Chiefs to five straight Alberta Midget Hockey League and provincial titles.

What capped the success off was back-to-back Telus Cup national crowns in 2012 and 2013.

Gaume pointed to the staff Quinn is bringing with him, calling them a “more than qualified” group of assistant coaches. The staff includes Mike Moller, Al Parada, Rob Hamill and Peter Freistadt. All four were a part of the Chiefs national titles.

“Doug’s had a good track record as a coach since he started coaching atom hockey really,” said Gaume. “He’s done very well at every level he’s coached.

“Plain and simply put, Doug is an excellent coach.

He communicates and relates very well to young players. He’s good at building a team and getting the most out of his team.”

Quinn, himself a former Chiefs captain in the 1980s, played in the Western Hockey League and was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in 1983, fifth round 90th overall. A car crash ended his promising NHL career, but he played at the University of Calgary and went to work with Quinn Pumps, started by his father Jim. Last season, the Midget Chiefs finished with a 19-11-4 record with 42 points. They had the same amount of points as the Calgary Midget Flames and the Foothills CFR Bisons, but placed third on tiebreakers. They lost in the division semifinal to the Bisons 3-1. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Belt, right, comes in to score the Giants’ game-winning run as Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Ryan Tepera, left, walks off the field in the 13th inning of their baseball game Wednesday, in San Francisco. San Francisco won the game 5-4. game out there.”

Michael Saunders, who entered the game as a pinch hitter in the seventh, led off the ninth with a home run to straightaway centre.

“Your whole goal is to try to win series, on the road especially,” Saunders said. “All season long, you win the first two and you try to get greedy, get the third one. It just didn’t go our way.”

Josh Donaldson collected four hits, walked and scored a pair of runs for the Blue Jays, who had won five of seven. Edwin Encarnacion, Russell Martin and Justin Smoak also drove in runs.

The Blue Jays scored a pair of runs in the eighth

Finland takes top spot in group at worlds

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Finland took the top spot in the world hockey championship Group B Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Hungary, on a day which also saw two Slovakian players taken to hospital.

Even though Hungary has no NHL players and last won a top-level world championship game 78 years ago, it put up fierce resistance, with goaltender Adam Vay making 38 saves in the first two periods to restrict the Finns to a one-goal lead.

Finland’s first goal came when Atte Ohtamaa beat Vay with a wrist shot near the end of the second. Hungary’s defiance ebbed in the third as Mattu Koivu and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Finns.

Canada can retake the top spot from Finland if it beats Germany on Thursday.

Earlier, Slovakia lost one player to a broken leg and another to a chest injury in its team’s 4-2 loss to Belarus.

Defenceman Michal Sersen was stretchered off in the third period when his left leg collapsed under him as he played the puck.

Coach Zdeno Ciger said Sersen had broken his leg, while forward Andrej Stastny was also hospitalized with an apparent injury to a chest muscle, which will end his tournament.

Slovakia had previously lost forward Tomas Hrnka with a shoulder injury in Tuesday’s 5-1 loss to Germany.

“Yesterday we lost one forward, he already went home, and tonight we lost another two players,” Ciger said. “It’s very hard.”

The injuries came a day after a Danish player, Jesper Jensen, suffered concussion and had to spend the night in hospital. Jensen is ruled out of the rest of the tournament.

The win over Slovakia was the first for Belarus at the championship following heavy losses to Finland, the U.S. and Canada.

Russia calls up Ovechkin to worlds after playoff loss ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The Russian Hockey Federation says it is calling up forward Alex Ovechkin and Washington Capitals teammates Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov for the world championships.

The Capitals lost in six games to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the NHL playoffs on Tuesday.

Ovechkin, in his 12th career world championship, joins a Russian team which has struggled at times on home ice with an opening loss to the Czech Republic. Russia then beat Kazakhstan and Latvia.

Russia’s next game is against Denmark on Thursday in Moscow.

Trailing 2-0 heading into the final period, Belarus got a goal and assist from Kirill Gotovets. Artur Gavrus, Andrei Stepanov and Charles Linglet also scored.

Belarus, which had allowed 20 goals in its first three games in Group B, is seventh, while Slovakia is third despite its second straight loss.

Gustav Nyquist scored a hat-trick as Sweden routed Kazakhstan 7-3 to go second in Group A behind the Czech Republic. Nyquist is the tournament’s leading scorer with five from four games.

Alexander Wennberg also finished with one goal and three assists.

In Moscow, Switzerland earned its second win in two days, beating Latvia 5-4 despite wasting a 3-0 lead.

Nino Niederreiter finished with two goals for Switzerland, while Sven Andrighietto had a goal and two assists. Switzerland is third in Group A, with Latvia eighth and in danger of relegation.

WHO SAYS PITCHERS CAN’T HIT

UFC

Former champion Silva out of fight against Hall in Brazil

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO — Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has withdrawn from his scheduled fight against Uriah Hall of Jamaica on Saturday in the city of Curitiba in southern Brazil.

Organizers of the event did not provide details for the 41-year-old’s decision, and said Hall will not face a different opponen.

The main fight of the card will be between heavyweight champion and home crowd favourite Fabricio Werdum and American Stipe Miocic.

Silva, who is considered the greatest mixed martial artist in the young sport’s history, has recently faced a series of problems.

Since 2015 the Brazilian has struggled with injuries and tested positive for banned drugs.

against Cory Gearrin on Martin’s sacrifice fly and Smoak’s pinch hit single.

TRAINER’S ROOM: Blue Jays: LHP Aaron Loup (left elbow) threw an inning, about 10 pitches, during an extended spring training game on Tuesday. If he comes out of it OK he will start a rehab assignment on Saturday. … OF Michael Saunders was not in the starting lineup as a routine day off.

UP NEXT: Blue Jays: RHP R.A. Dickey (1-4, 5.18 ERA) makes the start for Toronto on Friday in Texas, the opener of a three-game set.

Noah Syndergaard watches his three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Wednesday. Syndergaard became the second pitcher in Mets history to hit two home runs in a game on giving New York a 4-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Syndergaard hit a three-run shot off Kenta Maeda in the fifth inning after tagging the Dodgers starter for a solo homer in the third.

Syndergaard had been 0 for 8 this season.

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SPORTS

Thursday, May 12, 2016

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Spieth ready to move forward after Masters PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Four weeks away from golf, Jordan Spieth feels like he is starting a brand new season.

It’s everyone else who is looking behind.

The Players Championship is Spieth’s first tournament since he lost a five-shot lead on the back nine at the Masters, most of that on the par-3 12th where he put two shots into the water and made a quadruple-bogey 7.

He received text messages from people who didn’t even have his phone number, reaching out to remind him that sports can be cruel and it happens to the best. He analyzed what went wrong with coach Cameron McCormick, not just on the 12th hole at Augusta National but all week with his swing. He spent a week in the Bahamas with three players who are close friends. There were commercial shoots with corporate sponsors, time in the gym, a practice round at Oakmont and then work on the range.

When he sat down Wednesday for his press conference, 10 of the 15 questions were about the Masters.

“I think people have moved on already — at least I thought so until I came in here today,” Spieth said with a smile.

Perhaps it will take another tournament to move on from the Masters, and this one should get his attention. The Players Championship is the strongest and deepest field of the year, with the richest purse ($10.5 million) in golf on a TPC Sawgrass course that historically favours no one.

“One of the tougher tracks of the year,” Spieth said.

“I enjoy that.”

Then again, anything is more enjoyable than his last three hours at Augusta National, right up until the time that Spieth — as defending Masters champion — had to slip the green jacket at Danny Willett.

He attributes his collapse to one bad swing at the wrong time, that he had been missing his shots short and right most of the final round, and paid dearly for that on the 12th hole. That part he can fix, along with a swing that

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Golfers Branden Grace and Bernd Wiesberger putt on the 17th island green during a practice round for The Players Championship golf tournament Wednesday, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. he says has not been the same since late last summer.

In his month away from golf, what has irritated him nearly as much as his own mistakes was the narrative from Augusta, that he lost the Masters more than Willett won.

“It really bugs me when people are trying to take that away from him or shoot it down, and the questions have been asked to him, ‘Do you think this will go down as you winning or him losing? And that’s absolute bull,” Spieth said. “Because he won, and he earned it.”

If Spieth is having to deal with Masters hangover, so is Willett.

Asked what he has done in the last month because of the green jacket in his possession, the 28-year-old from England smiled and said, “Drunk more.”

Willett had played one round of golf in four weeks since his Masters victory, and he was hopeful to work out some kinks in the two days of practice leading up to Thursday’s opening round.

Spieth starts a busy summer stretch in which he plays the next four weeks, followed by a one-week break before the U.S. Open. He has two more majors, the Olympics, a World Golf Championship and the FedEx Cup playoffs on his very full plate.

If the Masters stung that badly, he could have added another tournament just to get back onto a golf course. The temptation was never that strong.

Rory McIlroy knows the feeling.

He had a four-shot lead in 2011 at the Masters until he closed with an 80, a debacle that included a tee shot nearly off the property and a four-putt double bogey. McIlroy bounced back

two months later and shattered U.S. Open scoring records for his first major.

“I think it was smart of him to take those four weeks off and sort of decompress and get a few things out of his system and just chill out for a few weeks, and then come back fresh for this,” McIlroy said.

“I think Jordan will be just fine with everything. I think it makes it a little bit easier that he already has a Masters under his belt. I don’t think we’ll see any long-term problems for him because of it.”

Maybe the best way for Spieth to put the Masters entirely behind him is to hoist another trophy. He shared the 54-hole lead at Sawgrass two years ago with Martin Kaymer before fading, so at least he knows he can score on the Stadium Course.

Johnston returns to PGA head not concerned over Winterhawks as coach and GM players skipping Olympics WHL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. — Less than two years ago, Mike Johnston thought he had closed the book on his days as head coach and general manager of the Western Hockey League’s Portland Winterhawks.

On a summer day in 2014, Johnston sat on the podium in the media room of the Moda Center as the newly hired coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins and helped introduce his hand-picked Win- Mike Johnson terhawks successor, longtime NHL assistant Jamie Kompon.

Johnston sat at that same podium on Wednesday to take his Portland job back, adding the new title of vice president to his business card. It was a messy two seasons apart for Johnston and the Winterhawks, and a reconciliation seemed inevitable as time revealed that both sides were better off together.

“You take twists and turns and you never know where it’s going to go,” Johnston said at his re-introductory press conference. “You never script it. Being a head coach again is attractive, and it being in Portland where we have so many friends and great relationships with the staff, that was the kicker.”

Johnston won more than twice as many games as he lost during his initial six-year run in Portland, and he oversaw an operation that reached the league final four straight years from 2011 to 2014.

The Winterhawks won the WHL title just once, though, and it came during a season (2012-13) in which he was suspended for providing player benefits that were against league rules. Johnston’s assistant Travis Green coached the Winterhawks to the Memorial Cup

that season, and it’s Green who’s now a hot NHL coaching candidate.

The timing for Johnston’s return had to be right. He was run out of Pittsburgh in December, replaced by Mike Sullivan 28 games into his second season with the Penguins. Though he didn’t have a bad record with the Pens (58-37-15), he struggled to get production out of Sidney Crosby and the team’s other stars.

Six months after his ouster, the Penguins are headed to the Eastern Conference final and Johnston could still end up with his name etched on the Stanley Cup. Johnston spent the last six months laying low at his house in Blaine, Wash., a small town on the U.S.-Canada border. While he weighed his future, he occasionally showed up in Portland to watch his old team.

He spoke highly of his time in Portland in interviews, but there were then no indications that the Winterhawks were prepared to part ways with Kompon, Johnston’s friend and former colleague with the Los Angeles Kings.

However, the Winterhawks — with a billionaire owner in Bill Gallacher, who’s not willing to watch the team slip competitively — chose to cut Kompon loose in early April after a listless four-game first-round playoff exit.

Johnston and Gallacher met soon after, but Johnston took a month to mull over the reunion because he “wanted to make sure” it was right.

When Johnston first arrived in 2008 shortly after Gallacher purchased the team, the Winterhawks were coming off an 11-win season and were in shambles as an organization. For saving a franchise with a proud history, Johnston has become a folk hero among fans in Portland.

To the rest of the league, Johnston’s a villain for his role in a benefits scandal that rocked the league. In addition to the suspension, the team was fined $200,000 and docked first-round draft picks for five years.

Many around the league still see the Winterhawks’ success as bought rather than earned, but those in Portland still view the sanctions as heavy-handed, selective and unfair.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem doesn’t believe that five players skipping the Olympics will hurt golf’s chances for staying on the program beyond 2020.

Golf returns to the Olympics this year in Rio for the first time since 1904. While it is set for 2020 in Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee will vote in 2017 whether the sport stays on the program beyond that.

Adam Scott and Marc Leishman of Australia, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and Vijay Singh of Fiji have said they will not compete, mostly citing a busy summer schedule of major events. Leishman was concerned about the Zika virus because his wife, who nearly died last year from toxic shock syndrome, has a susceptible immune system.

“If you look at the broader things that the IOC looks at from a sport … the reason they like golf is it’s growing around the globe, it’s bringing young people to the game,” Finchem said

Tuesday. “It’s one of the few sports that’s actively very popular on every continent — just to different levels, but reasonably popular on every continent. So it’s truly a global sport, and it’s a sport that works well with sponsorship, and they’re in that business.

“I don’t think any of those variables are going to change after this year,” he said. “I think we’ll be in good shape.”

Finchem said it would have helped golf’s chances had the IOC voted for this year’s games to be held in Chicago instead of Brazil because “Rio is not a golf country.” Without a suitable golf course in Brazil, architect Gil Hanse designed one for the Olympics that was behind schedule because of legal fights over property ownership and environmental concerns.

Finchem, who is on the International Golf Federation board, said the tour has talked to all five players who have opted not to play and said it was a combination of issues, starting with a tight golf season. To clear room for the Olympics, the PGA Championship has moved to the end of July, meaning two majors will be held in the month before the competition starts in Rio.

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Hockey

Local Sports 3. St. Louis, Berglund 4 (Lehtera, Backes) 19:56.

Penalties — Goligoski Dal (hooking) 4:31 Lehtera StL (cross-checking) 9:38 Faksa Dal (cross-checking) 14:59.

Second Period 4. St. Louis, Backes 6 (Berglund, Parayko) 3:50.

5. St. Louis, Brouwer 5 (Fabbri, Stastny) 15:06.

Penalties — Ott StL (interference) 9:55 Schwartz StL (hooking) 16:11.

Third Period 6. Dallas, Eaves 3 (Goligoski, Oduya) 5:15.

7. St. Louis, Tarasenko 7 (Schwartz, Shattenkirk) 15:20 (en).

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal St. Louis 8 9 2 — 19 Dallas 7 18 7 — 32 Goal — St. Louis: Elliott (W, 8-6-0). Dallas: Lehtonen (L, 6-3-0), Niemi (00:00 second period, 10 shots, 8 saves).

Power plays (goals-chances) — St. Louis: 1-2 Dallas: 0-3.

WHL 2016 Playoffs Fourth Round ED CHYNOWETH CUP League Championship (Best-of-7) Brandon (E1) vs. Seattle (US1) (Brandon leads series 3-1) Wednesday’s result Seattle 6 Brandon 1 Tuesday’s result Brandon 3 Seattle 2 (OT) Friday’s game Brandon at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Sunday’s game Seattle at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 16 Seattle at Brandon, 7 p.m.

PREVIOUS RESULTS Game One — Friday, May 6 Brandon 3 Seattle 2 (OT) Game Two — Saturday, May 7 Brandon 3 Seattle 2 (OT) 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round DIVISION FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Tampa Bay (2) vs. N.Y. Islanders (WC1) (Tampa Bay wins series 4-1) Sunday’s result Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Islanders 0 Metropolitan Division Washington (1) vs. Pittsburgh (2) (Pittsburgh wins series 4-2) Tuesday’s result Pittsburgh 4 Washington 3 (OT) WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas (1) vs. St. Louis (2) (St. Louis wins series 4-3) Wednesday’s result St. Louis 6 Dallas 1 Monday’s result Dallas 3 St. Louis 2 Pacific Division San Jose (3) vs. Nashville (WC1) (Series tied 3-3) Monday’s result Nashville 4 San Jose 3 (OT) Thursday’s game Nashville at San Jose, 7 p.m.

NHL Playoff Scoring Leaders following Tuesday’s game: G Jamie Benn, Dal 5 Brent Burns, SJ 4 Logan Couture, SJ 6 Colin Wilson, Nash 5 Jason Spezza, Dal 5 Tyler Johnson, TB 4 Nikita Kucherov, TB 9 Joe Pavelski, SJ 8 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 6 Alex Ovechkin, Wash 5 John Carlson, Wash 5 Phil Kessel, Pgh 5 John Tavares, NYI 6 Nicklas Backstrom, Wash 2 T.J. Oshie, Wash 6 David Backes, StL 5 Jaden Schwartz, StL 3 Sidney Crosby, Pgh 3 Robby Fabbri, StL 2 Nick Bonino, Pgh 2 Victor Hedman, TB 4 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 3 Alex Killorn, TB 3 Kevin Shattenkirk, StL 2 Joe Thornton, SJ 2 Roman Josi, Nash 1 Jonathan Drouin, TB 1

A 10 11 8 8 8 9 3 4 6 7 7 7 5 9 4 5 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 7 8 8

Pt 15 15 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship At Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia

Third Round CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh (M2) vs. Tampa Bay (A2) Friday’s game Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Remainder of Schedule TBA

PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W OTW OTL L GF Czech Rep. 3 2 1 0 0 11 Sweden 4 2 1 0 1 16 Switzerland 4 1 1 2 0 13 Russia 3 2 0 0 1 10 Norway 3 1 1 0 1 8 Denmark 3 1 0 1 1 7 Kazakhstan 4 0 1 0 3 12 Latvia 4 0 0 2 2 8

Wednesday’s summary Blues 6, Stars 1 First Period 1. St. Louis, Fabbri 3 (Brouwer, Stastny) 5:23 (pp).

2. St. Louis, Stastny 3 (Brouwer, Fabbri) 18:22.

Finland Canada Slovakia

GP 4 3 4

Group B W OTW OTL 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0

L 0 0 2

GA 5 10 13 7 8 8 19 15

Pt 8 8 7 6 5 4 2 2

GF GA 17 5 20 2 12 11

Pt 12 9 6

France 3 1 1 0 1 10 9 5 Germany 3 1 0 1 1 8 9 4 U.S. 3 1 0 0 2 9 11 3 Belarus 4 1 0 0 3 9 22 3 Hungary 4 0 0 0 3 4 20 0 Note: Three points awarded for a win in regulation, two for an overtime/shootout victory & one for an overtime/shootout loss.

Wednesday’s results At Moscow Switzerland 5 Latvia 4 Sweden 7 Kazakhstan 3 At St. Petersburg, Russia Belarus 4 Slovakia 2 Finland 3 Hungary 0 Tuesday’s results At Moscow Norway 4 Kazakhstan 2 Switzerland 3 Denmark 2 (OT) At St. Petersburg, Russia France 6 Hungary 2 Germany 5 Slovakia 1 Thursday’s games At Moscow Czech Republic vs. Norway, 7:15 a.m.

Russia vs. Denmark, 11:15 a.m.

At St. Petersburg, Russia United States vs. France, 7:15 a.m.

Canada vs. Germany, 11:15 a.m.

Friday’s games At Moscow Czech Republic vs. Kazakhstan, 7:15 a.m.

Denmark vs. Latvia, 11:15 a.m.

At St. Petersburg, Russia United States vs. Hungary, 7:15 a.m.

Germany vs. Belarus, 11:15 a.m.

Saturday’s games At Moscow Norway vs. Sweden, 3:15 a.m.

Russia vs. Switzerland, 7:15 a.m.

Kazakhstan vs. Latvia, 11:15 a.m.

At St. Petersburg, Russia France vs. Finland, 3:15 a.m.

Hungary vs. Belarus, 7:15 a.m.

Canada vs. Slovakia, 11:15 a.m.

World Hockey Championship Scoring Leaders G A Pts Patrik Laine, Fin 4 7 7 Mikael Granlund, Fin 2 5 7 Gustav Nyquist, Swe 5 1 6 Nigel Dawes, Kaz 2 4 6 Alexander Wennberg, Swe 1 5 6 Raphael Diaz, Sui 0 6 6 Mikko Koivu. Fin 3 2 5 Nino Niederreiter, Sui 3 2 5 Mikelis Redlihs, Lat 3 2 5 Derick Brassard, Cda 2 3 5 Matt Duchene, Cda 2 3 5 Tomas Jurco, Svk 2 3 5 Leo Kamarov, Fin 2 3 5 Vadim Shipachyov, Rus 1 4 5 Jussi Jokinen, Fin 0 5 5 Linus Omark, Swe 0 5 5 Michal Birner, Cze 3 1 4 Taylor Hall, Cda 3 1 4 Mikael Backlund, Swe 3 1 4 Andrej Sekera, Svk 3 1 4

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 20 12 .625 Boston 21 13 .617 Toronto 18 18 .500 Tampa Bay 15 17 .469 New York 13 19 .406 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 23 12 .657 Cleveland 16 15 .516 Kansas City 16 17 .485 Detroit 15 18 .455 Minnesota 8 25 .242 West Division W L Pct Seattle 21 13 .618 Texas 20 15 .571 Oakland 14 21 .407 Los Angeles 13 19 .406 Houston 14 21 .400

GB — — 4 5 7 GB — 5 6 7 14 GB — 1 1/2 7 7 7 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Detroit 5, Washington 4 N.Y. Yankees 10, Kansas City 7 Boston 13, Oakland 5 Texas 13, Chicago White Sox 11 Baltimore 5, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 4, Houston 0 St. Louis 8, L.A. Angels 1 Seattle 6, Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 4, San Francisco 0 Wednesday’s Games Baltimore 9, Minnesota 2 Texas 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Houston 5, Cleveland 3, 16 innings Seattle 6, Tampa Bay 5, 11 innings San Francisco 5, Toronto 4, 13 innings Kansas City 7, N.Y. Yankees 3 Washington 3, Detroit 2 Oakland 3, Boston 13 St. Louis at L.A. Angels, late Thursday’s Games Detroit (Pelfrey 0-4) at Baltimore (Jimenez 2-3), 5:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Kennedy 4-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 2-2), 5:05 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 2-4) at Boston (Price 4-1), 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-1), 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS

G AB R H Pct. Castellanos Det 31 111 15 43 .378 Machado Bal 32 131 26 47 .359 VMartinez Det 33 112 17 39 .348 Bogaerts, Bos 33 137 27 45 .328 Hosmer KC 33 125 17 41 .328 Reddick Oak 33 123 14 40 .325 Shaw Bos 34 115 20 40 .323 Bradley Bos 33 113 16 35 .322 Ortiz, Bos 31 115 18 37 .322 Altuve Hou 35 137 31 44 .321 Home Runs Cano, Seattle, 12 Trumbo, Baltimore, 11 Frazier, Chicago, 10 Machado, Baltimore, 10 Altuve, Houston, 9 Donaldson, Toronto, 9 Ortiz, Boston, 9 CDavis, Baltimore, 8 Semien, Oakland, 8 Souza, Tampa Bay, 8.

Runs Batted In Cano, Seattle, 33 Frazier, Chicago, 31 Ortiz, Boston, 29 Bradley, Boston 28 Castellanos, Detroit, 28 CRasmus, Houston, 28 Encarnacion, Toronto, 27 Trumbo, Baltimore, 27 Beltre, Texas, 25 CDavis, Baltimore, 23 Machado, Baltimore, 23 Shaw, Boston, 23 Trout, Los Angeles, 23.

Pitching Sale, Chicago, 7-0 ERamirez, Tampa Bay, 6-1 Happ, Toronto, 5-0 Latos, Chicago, 5-0 Porcello, Boston, 5-1 Quintana, Chicago, 5-1 Tomlin, Cleveland, 5-0 Zimmermann, Detroit, 5-1 Seven tied with 4.

New York Washington Philadelphia Miami Atlanta Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona Colorado San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 20 12 .625 21 13 .618 19 15 .559 18 15 .545 8 24 .250 Central Division W L Pct 25 8 .765 18 15 .545 17 16 .515 14 20 .412 14 20 .412 West Division W L Pct 17 16 .515 18 18 .500 17 19 .472 16 18 .471 15 20 .427

Tuesday’s Games Detroit 5, Washington 4 Milwaukee 10, Miami 2 Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ppd.

Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego 7 Arizona 5, Colorado 1 St. Louis 8, L.A. Angels 1 L.A. Dodgers 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Toronto 4, San Francisco 0 Wednesday’s Games San Diego 7, Chicago Cubs 4

GB — — 2 2 1/2 12 GB — 7 8 11 1/2 11 1/2 GB — 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 3

Colorado 8, Arizona 7 San Francisco 5, Toronto 4, 13 innings Washington 3, Detroit 2 Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 1 Miami 3, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 4 San Diego 7, Chicago Cubs 4 St. Louis at L.A. Angels, late N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, late Thursday’s Games Philadelphia (Velasquez 4-1) at Atlanta (Blair 0-2), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 1-5) at Milwaukee (Nelson 4-2), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Cueto 4-1) at Arizona (Greinke 3-2), 7:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-1), 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Colon 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 4-1), 8:10 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. DMurphy Was 33 127 22 52 .409 ADiaz StL 30 99 23 39 .394 Prado Mia 29 114 11 44 .386 Braun Mil 32 121 20 46 .380 Fowler ChC 31 110 25 38 .345 Segura Ari 33 145 18 50 .345 SMarte Pit 33 131 19 44 .336 Yelich Mia 33 114 20 37 .325 Arenado Col 34 134 28 43 .321 Molina StL 32 113 11 36 .319 Home Runs Arenado, Colorado, 12 Cespedes, New York, 11 Story, Colorado, 11 Carter, Milwaukee, 10 Harper, Washington, 10 Rizzo, Chicago, 10 Stanton, Miami, 10 NWalker, New York, 9 Kemp, San Diego, 8 Six tied with 7.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 31 Cespedes, New York, 31 Rizzo, Chicago, 29 Zobrist, Chicago, 28 Braun, Milwaukee, 27 Harper, Washington, 27 Story, Colorado, 27 Pence, San Francisco, 26 Kemp, San Diego, 25 Stanton, Miami, 24.

Pitching Arrieta, Chicago, 6-0 Matz, New York, 5-1 Strasburg, Washington, 5-0 Bumgarner, 4-2 Chatwood, Colorado, 4-3 Cueto, San Francisco, 4-1 Del La Rosa, Arizona, 4-4 Fernandez, Miami, 4-2 Hammel, Chicago, 4-0 Kershaw, Los Angeles, 4-1 Lackey, Chicago, 4-1 Lester, Chicago, 4-1 CMartinez, St. Louis, 4-2 Nelson, Milwaukee, 4-2 Samardzija, San Francisco, 4-2 Scherzer, Washington, 4-2 Siegrist, St Louis, 4-0 Velasquez, Philadelphia, 4-1.

Yurkiw retires from downhill racing after career-best season

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Ski racing does not reward self-preservation, so Canadian downhiller Larisa Yurkiw has decided to retire despite having the best season of her career.

The 28-year-old from Owen Sound, Ont., says the price her surgically repaired knees would pay to get to Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018 would be too high.

“I’ve had more and more results, but I’ve had less and less skiing,” Yurkiw told The Canadian Press on Wednesday. “My preparation periods have become more and more slim. It started to feel like a squeeze.

“This past year, there are moments when I watch my races, that I did a safe thing. I didn’t do the winning thing. I did the safe thing because I’d like to be a mom and I’d like to run with my kids one day.”

Yurkiw won a pair of silver medals and a bronze in World Cup races in 2015-16. She ranked third in the women’s World Cup downhill standings at season’s end behind leader Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. and Fabienne Suter of Switzerland.

Yurkiw underwent a fifth surgery for patellar tendinitis in her “good” left knee this spring.

Catastrophic injuries to her right knee sustained in a 2009 crash kept Yurkiw from racing at the 2010 Winter Games and for almost two years after that.

“This surgery was one of many, but they do add up,” Yurkiw said. “What became more prominent was the juggle between both knees.

“I would never sign up for a Games if I wasn’t planning to win Pyeongchang. In order to maintain a medal-contention position and make it happen, which I’m too stubborn to not,

I’m going to have to really think about what that looks like.

“I know more than ever coming off this season what it took to be third. To close that gap from first to third is a bigger budget, a bigger team of support staff, better health, more mileage, more commitment.”

Yurkiw was dropped from the women’s alpine ski team prior to the 201314 season because Alpine Canada deemed her results the previous winter weren’t good enough to remain on the team.

So Yurkiw pounded the pavement to raise her own money. Racing independently for Canada, she achieved the pair of top-10 World Cup results required to race for her country for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Racing on a knee that was still sub-par, she finished 20th in downhill.

Having achieved the best results of her career on her own, and having proved to herself she could raise approximately $240,000 annually to race a full World Cup season, Yurkiw chose to compete outside Alpine Canada’s umbrella her last two seasons.

She was the only Canadian woman racing World Cup downhills full-time this past winter.

Her three medals made her the first Canadian female downhiller to win multiple medals in a single season since Emily Brydon in 2009-10.

The experience of managing the business side of her sport has given Yurkiw a head start on her post-racing career.

“I’ve been applying to get my MBA on-line and taking a lot of speaking engagements on,” Yurkiw said. “I think the last few years have taught me a lot about a passion I might have in business. I didn’t know about that before, so I’m pretty grateful to channel some of that experience pretty quickly into another avenue.”

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Friday ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Senior Ladies Calgary Cougars at Red

Saturday ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Junior B tier 2 Lethbridge Barracudas at Red Deer Renegades, 5 p.m., Kinex ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Junior B tier 1 Rockyview Silvertips at Red Deer Rampage, 7:30 p.m., Kinex

Basketball WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State (1) vs. Portland (5) (Golden State leads series 3-1) Wednesday’s result Portland at Golden State, late Monday’s result Golden State 132 Portland 125 Friday’s game Golden State at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, May 16 Portland at Golden State, 7 p.m.

2016 NBA Playoffs Second Round CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland (1) vs. Atlanta (4) (Cleveland wins series 4-0) Sunday’s result Cleveland 100 Atlanta 99 Toronto (2) vs. Miami (3) (Toronto leads series 3-2) Wednesday’s result Toronto 99 Miami 91 Monday’s result Miami 94 Toronto 87 (OT) Friday’s game Toronto at Miami, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s game Miami at Toronto, 1:30 p.m.

San Antonio (2) vs. Oklahoma City (3) (Oklahoma City leads series 3-2) Tuesday’s result Oklahoma City 95 San Antonio 91 Sunday’s result Oklahoma City 111 San Antonio 97 Thursday’s game San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Oklahoma City at San Antonio, TBA

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Suspended Washington OF Bryce Harper one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions following his ninth inning ejection of a May 9 game against Detroit.

American League DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned OF Tyler Collins to Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Daniel Norris from Toledo.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP David Carpenter on a minor league contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned LHP Daniel Coulombe to Nashville (PCL). Placed 2B Jed Lowrie on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Selected the contract of RHP Zach Neal from Nashville.

Recalled LHP Eric Surkamp from Nashville. Transferred 2B Eric Sogard to the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled LHP Andrew Faulkner from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Anthony Ranaudo to Round Rock.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled RHP Evan Marshall from Reno (PCL).

ATLANTA BRAVES — Traded RHP Jhoulys Chacin to the L.A. Angels for LHP Adam McCreery. Recalled RHP Williams Perez from Gwinnett (IL).

CHICAGO CUBS — Sent C Miguel Montero to Iowa (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Recalled RHP Carl Edwards Jr. from Iowa.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent RHP Jason Motte to Albuquerque (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent OF Alex Guerrero to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Claimed C Hector Sanchez off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. Transferred LHP Robbie Erlin from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Added LHP Keith Hessler to the active roster as the 26th player for Wednesday’s doubleheader.

American Association JOPLIN BLASTERS — Released RHP Marshall Schuler.

LAREDO LEMURS — Released OF Denny Almonte.

TEXAS AIRHOGS — Released RHP Andre Del Rosque.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Claimed C Tanner Murphy off waivers from Lincoln.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released INF Mitch Morales.

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released LHP McKenzie Acker and OFs Will Walsh and Yunieski Gourriel.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed RHP Tyler Thompson. Released 3B Victor Barron, LHP Ryan Gibson, C Jonathan Haught and RHP Clint Manzo.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed LHP Sasha Kuebel. Released RHP Ross Spurgeon.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed INF Carter Bell, INF Jake Gronsky and INF Alfredo Rodriguez to contract extensions. Signed RHP Brandon Poulson.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed 1B William Beckwith.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Released RHP Ben Allison, C Chris Power, RHP Anthony Tzamtis and

LHP Billy Waltrip.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed OF John Cruz. Released INF Kody Britton, RHP Scott Harkin, INF Joel Hutter, INF Michael Orefice, INF Mike Schulze and C Jared Welch. Placed RHP Kenny Knudsen on the 7-day injured list.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Released RHP Justin Hertzmann, RHP Carl Jameson and OF John Williams.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Released INF Matt Peters and RHP Steve Sarcone.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Released LHP Evan Crower, LHP Cody Mincey, OF Ryan Tufts and INF Nico Zych.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Assessed a technical foul to Miami G Goran Dragic and fined him $2,000 for swinging at Toronto G Cory Joseph under the basket late in the fourth quarter of a May 9 game.

Women’s National Basketball Association DALLAS WINGS — Traded C Amanda Zahui B and a 2017 second-round draft pick to New York for a 2017 first-round draft pick.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Kevon Seymour.

CHICAGO BEARS — Promoted Mark Sadowski to director of college scouting, Francis Saint Paul to national scout, David Williams to West Coast scout, Jeff King to pro scout and Chris White to pro scouting co-ordinator.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed OT Aaron Epps.

Waived OT Darryl Baldwin.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed DL Bjoern Werner. Released CB Chance Casey.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released LB Tony Steward.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed CB Matt Smalley.

Waived-injured LB Uani ‘Unga.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed De Greg Townsend Jr. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Announced the retirement of WR Ricardo Lockette.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with G Sebastian Tretola.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Promoted Rob Ralph to director of Canadian scouting.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with D Gustav Forsling on a three-year contract.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Named Marc Crawford associate coach.

MOTORSPORTS NASCAR — Suspended Kyle Busch’s crew chief Adam Stevens and front tire changer Josh Leslie, one race apiece, for violating the lug nut policy during the team’s win at Kansas on May 7. Fined Stevens $20,000 and placed him and Leslie on probation through the end of the year.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Orlando City coach Adrian Heath one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for entering the field of play during a May 6 match against New York.

D.C. UNITED — Signed F Alhaji Kamara.

TENNIS

Bouchard advances, Raonic falls at Italian Open

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ROME — Eugenie Bouchard reached the third round of the Italian Open with an upset of second seed Angelique Kerber on Wednesday, while fellow Canadian Milos Raonic was ousted by recent nemesis Nick Kyrgios.

Bouchard, once ranked as high as fourth in the world before a disastrous 2015 season derailed her rise to stardom, defeated Kerber 6-1, 5-7, 7-5.

Kerber committed four of her five double faults in the first set, and Bouchard took advantage of the German’s early sloppy play by taking a quick lead.

Kerber rallied in the second set, converting three of five break point opportunities, but Bouchard claimed the match by coming out on top in a hard-fought third set.

Bouchard, who has reached two finals so far in a resurgent 2016 season, next faces Barbora Strycova.

Raonic, meanwhile, fell 7-6 (5), 6-3 to Kyrgios, who has won three straight matches against the Canadian.

Kyrgios had six aces to Raonic’s three, and broke 10th seed on three of 10 opportunities.

Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., did not reach the quarter-final stage at a tournament for the first time this season.

Also Wednesday, Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil and American partner Jack Sock reached the men’s doubles third round with a 7-6 (6), 6-4 win over Treat Huey of the Philippines’ Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi of Belarus.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER Knights 4 Rams 0 The Central Alberta Christian High School Knights held the Lacombe Composite Rams scoreless in Tuesday’s Central Alberta High School Soccer League, winning 4-0.

Nicholas Van Doesburg led the boys team with two goals while Trevor Luymes and Shelby Goedhart had one goal each.

Cougars 9 Lightning 0 A five goal performance from Natalie Frenette led the Notre Dame Cougars to a 9-0 victory over the Hunting Hills Lightning on Tuesday.

Frenette had help from Emily Downey, who had two goals.

Spartans 10 Blazers 1 Six different goals scorers lifted the Olds Spartans over the Bowden Blazer 10-1 Tuesday evening.

Jacbo Moffat, Anthony Focker, Will Radford and Ibrahim Gumati each scored twice for the Spartans while Cartern Carlson and Matt Alves had a goal apiece.

Brandon Rude scored the Blazers’ lone goal.

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Senators urged to amend bill

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Senators heard an emotional appeal Wednesday to reject the federal government’s restrictive approach to medical assistance in dying from the wife of an acclaimed doctor who starved himself to death to end his suffering from brain cancer.

Maureen Taylor told senators they’re the last hope of people who are suffering intolerably but won’t qualify for an assisted death under the proposed new law, which would require a person’s natural death to be “reasonably foreseeable.”

“I feel like you’re our last chance to get this part right,” Taylor told the Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee.

“If you do nothing else, please, I’m begging you to get rid of that wording of the naturally foreseeable death and the word incurable.”

Taylor’s appeal to unelected senators was echoed by Toronto Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, who co-chaired a special joint parliamentary committee on assisted dying that recommended a much more permissive approach to the issue.

Oliphant disclosed Wednesday that he won’t support the bill, which he predicted will easily pass the House of Commons with no substantive amendments.

“I’m hoping the Senate is daring enough to really do their constitutional job, respect the House of Commons but offer some amendments that didn’t come up (from MPs),” Oliphant said.

ASSISTED DYING Taylor’s husband was Dr. Donald Low, a microbiologist credited with steering Toronto through the SARS crisis in 2003. Eight days before his death in September 2013, Low videotaped an appeal for Canada to legalize medically assisted dying, in which he vented his frustration at not being able to choose for himself when he’d had enough.

Taylor said her husband chose to stop eating and drinking but was sedated into a coma to avoid further pain — all of which only prolonged his suffering.

While she believes Low would have been eligible for an assisted death under the proposed law, Taylor said it

would condemn others suffering from a host of grave conditions — multiple sclerosis, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, spinal stenosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease — to years of intolerable suffering.

“Denying these patients the option of an assisted death simply because some groups classify them as vulnerable populations insults their capacity to make their own medical decisions,” she told the committee.

Noting that patients hooked up to ventilators in order to breathe can legally ask to be disconnected, Taylor asked: “If we accept these decisions as rational, why the double standard?”

Taylor co-chaired the provincial and territorial advisory group which also recommended a more permissive approach to assisted dying.

National daycare proposal to be ready by summer, says minister

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The broad strokes of a national child care agreement, to be used as the basis for individual funding agreements between Ottawa and the provinces, will be available by summer, says the provincial minister in charge of the file.

P.E.I. Education Minister Doug Currie says every province is keen to create quality, affordable child-care spaces accessible to families that want them.

He says the bilateral agreements with each province would outline the areas of federal investment in early learning and child care based on principles adopted by each province.

The money tied to each provincial deal would likely top up a base amount of per capita funding to each province, much like the way social program money is doled out.

Currie says larger provinces with larger populations may need federal help to build new day care centres.

Smaller provinces like his may be more interested in using the money to expand existing centres.

The Liberals promised a national program in their campaign platform, but didn’t tie it to any specific targets.

Instead, the party agreed to work with provinces to come up with a system that would create affordable spaces accessible to all families.

The federal government promised to give $400 million next year to provinces and territories for child care.

That was conditional on the provinces and federal government agreeing on a national child-care framework that would establish ground rules for federal involvement in what is an area of provincial jurisdiction.

“We have limited resources, as you know, and that’s the same thing for provinces and territories,” federal Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said.

“We want to find ways to invest these limited resources in the most efficient manner and the most inclusive manner and that’s why we have to talk very closely and very seriously with provinces and territories.”

Negotiations on the framework started in February, when Duclos met his provincial and territorial counterparts.

Child-care advocates are closely watching the outcome of the talks, hoping to land a long-discussed national program that seemed a certainty in 2005, when the Paul Martin government came to agreements with prov-

inces.

The federal Liberals have said they want to create a program that takes into account the work provinces have done in the last 10 years.

New research suggests most provinces were selective in the evidence they used in creating policies around early childhood education, specifically all-day kindergarten. A paper in the journal Canadian Public Administration says provinces outside Quebec looked at day care and kindergarten isolated from a broader family-based policy that experts say is needed for an integrated early childhood care and education system.

Any federal child-care framework would have to invest in buildings, wage enhancements for early childhood educators, operating grants to day care centres and subsidies to either put fees on a sliding scale based on income, or eliminate them altogether, said Linda White, interim director of the school of public policy and governance at the University of Toronto.

“If you want to get to accessible, inclusive, affordable and high quality (child care), it requires quite a massive infusion of cash into both the funding and the delivery of programs,” White says.

Opposition critical of committee composition

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ELECTORAL REFORM

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government was accused Wednesday of stacking the deck in the Liberal party’s favour as it finally made good on a promise to create a special parliamentary committee on electoral reform.

Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef insisted the government remains open to considering any and all alternatives to the existing first-past-the-post voting system.

But with the committee to be dominated by Liberals, opposition parties suspect it’s geared to propose a ranked ballot system — an alternative favoured by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and which critics maintain would primarily benefit the Liberals.

“The Liberals have chosen to maintain their false majority on the com-

mittee, stack the decks,” said NDP democratic reform critic Nathan Cullen.

Cullen had proposed that the governing party surrender its usual committee majority for this particular committee, instead allotting membership in proportion to the share of the popular vote won by each party with a seat in the House of Commons.

With that rejected, Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose said it’s more important than ever that the government agree to hold a referendum to give Canadians the final say on any new voting system.

“The question is, who gets to make that change to our basic democracy, to our fundamental democracy? It is not one government and one political par-

ty that has a majority. That’s not right,” she said.

Monsef did not categorically rule out a referendum, but said such talk is “putting the cart before the horse.”

The government’s immediate priority, she said, is using other tools to engage and consult Canadians on the kind of voting system they’d prefer.

Among other things, the committee is to invite all 338 MPs to hold townhalls to hear the views of their constituents and report back on the results by Oct. 1.

The 10-member committee is to consist of six Liberal MPs, three Conservatives and one New Democrat. One member of the Bloc Quebecois and the Green party’s lone MP, Leader Elizabeth May, will be also be members but without the right to vote or move motions.

Ottawa gives $5M to global Zika fight OTTAWA — The federal government is contributing almost $5 million to the global fight against the Zika virus.

Health Minister Jane Philpott has announced an investment of $4.95 million for research into the mosquitoborne virus and for humanitarian aid to countries hardest hit by the epidemic.

Zika has been shown to cause a neurological birth defect called microcephaly in babies born to women infected during pregnancy.

The virus has also been linked to cases of a sometimes paralyzing neurological disorder called GuillainBarre syndrome in some infected children and adults.

Contentious comic Dieudonne will not perform in Montreal MONTREAL — The first scheduled Montreal show of contentious French comic Dieudonne was cancelled Wednesday after he was prevented from entering the country and from performing through video conference.

Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, known as Dieudonne, landed in Montreal from France on Tuesday in advance of a series of sold-out shows. He was never let through customs and returned to Europe.

Dieudonne has been convicted of hate speech multiple times in Europe, most recently in France just a few hours before he touched down at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.

He had announced on his Facebook book page he would still perform his Wednesday evening show through video conference, telling his fans the venue would change from an art gallery to a hotel in the city’s downtown.

Hours later, however, the comic’s tour promoter, Gino Ste-Marie, said the video conference event had also been cancelled.

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Ghomeshi apology ‘clearest path to the truth’: victim

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Fallen CBC radio star Jian Ghomeshi apologized publicly Wednesday to a former colleague who had accused him of sexually assaulting her at work, but the woman savaged what he did to her and the broadcaster for enabling his lewd and offensive behaviour.

Speaking out for the first time since the scandal erupted in 2014, Ghomeshi cleared his throat and read what a judge said was not an admission of guilt in tones that once earned him international accolades.

“I’ve had to come to terms with my own deep regret and embarrassment,” Ghomeshi, 48, said in his two-minute statement to the court.

“I regret my behaviour at work with all of my heart and I hope that I can find forgiveness from those for whom my actions took such a toll.”

The former host of the acclaimed CBC show “Q” described his behaviour toward the complainant, Kathryn Borel, as thoughtless, sexually inappropriate, demeaning, and an abuse of his power as a famous star.

He said he now realizes he had failed to understand just how much his behaviour had hurt her.

After Ghomeshi signed a year-long peace bond, the prosecutor withdrew the single charge of sexual assault for which he had been due to stand trial next month.

Outside court, Borel, 36, who asked the court to lift a publication ban on her identity, pulled no punches in her assessment of Ghomeshi or the public broadcaster.

“Everyday, over a three-year period, Mr. Ghomeshi made it clear to me that he could do what he wanted to me and my body,” Borel said.

“He made it clear that he could humiliate me repeatedly and walk away with impunity.”

At least three documented incidents of inappropriate touching occurred, she said, including the one for which he was criminally charged. In that 2008 incident, Ghomeshi came up behind her, put his hands on her hips and “rammed his pelvis against my backside over and over, simulating sexual intercourse,” she said.

In his statement, Ghomeshi did not give details of the incident.

Borel reserved some of her harshest words for the public broadcaster, which would fire him years later, for failing to act on her complaints.

“When I went to the CBC for help, what I received was a directive that yes, he could do this, and yes, it was my job to let him,” Borel said, pausing to collect herself.

“The relentless message to me frommy celebrity boss and the national institution we worked for were that his whims were more important than my humanity and my dignity.”

In a note to all staff, CBC president Hubert Lacroix expressed regret that “this kind of behaviour ever happened” at the broadcaster.

“We also feel it’s important to not lose sight of the progress we’ve made to help build a safer and more respectful workplace.”

Borel, who left the CBC because of the abuse and now works in California, said she accepted Ghomeshi’s apology as the “clearest path to the truth” because a trial would have allowed him to continue denying guilt.

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Complainant Kathryn Borel, a former colleague of Jian Ghomeshi who accused him of sexually assaulting her, speaks to the media after she agreed to a peace bond for Ghomeshi in Toronto.

KATHRYN BOREL’S STATEMENT Hi everyone. Thanks for coming out and listening. My name is Kathryn Borel.

In December of 2014, I pressed sexual assault charges against Jian Ghomeshi. As you know, Mr. Ghomeshi initially denied all the charges that were brought against him. But today, as you just heard, Jian Ghomeshi admitted wrongdoing and apologized to me.

It’s unfortunate, but maybe not surprising, that he chose not to say much about what exactly he was apologizing for. I’m going to provide those details for you now.

Every day, over the course of a threeyear period, Mr. Ghomeshi made it clear to me that he could do what he wanted to me and my body.

He made it clear that he could humiliate me repeatedly and walk away with impunity. There are at least three documented incidents of physical touching.

This includes the one charge he just apologized for, when he came up behind me while I was standing near my desk, put his hands on my hips, and rammed his pelvis against my backside over and over, simulating sexual intercourse. Throughout the time that I worked with him, he framed his actions with near daily verbal assaults and emotional manipulations. These inferences felt like threats, or declarations like I deserved to have happening to me what was happening to me. It became very difficult for me to trust what I was feeling.

Up until recently, I didn’t even internalize that what he was doing to my body was sexual assault. Because when I went to the CBC for help, what I received in return was a directive that yes, he could do this, and yes, it was my job to let him. The relentless message to me, from my celebrity boss and the national institution we worked for were that his whims were more important than my humanity or my dignity.

So I came to accept this. I came to believe it was his right. But when I spoke to the police at the end of 2014, and detailed my experiences with Mr. Ghomeshi, they confirmed to me that what he did to me was,

Ivan Daines pens song about Fort McMurray wildfire

A lineup of Central Alberta musicians will perform another benefit concert for the people of Fort McMurray this weekend.

The non-profit Blackfalds coffee shop After the Grind, which is run by a

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staff of volunteers, will host a musical fundraiser Saturday from 3 to 9 p.m. at 4911 Broadway Ave. Many musicians are donating their time and talents for the event, including Mark Bretherton, Trevor Howlett, Jo-Jo O’ & the Woods, Kristy Lawrence Ross, Shiv Shanks, Ross Stafford, and Don J. Swift.

A barbecue will be held from 4:306:30 p.m. and is available to anyone making a minimum $5 donation.

All proceeds will go to the Red Cross to assist those affected by the Fort McMurray wildfires.

For more information, please call 403-885-2560.

Central Alberta musicians to perform benefit concern for Fort McMurray

Central Alberta songwriter Ivan Daines was moved to write a song about the havoc wrought by the Fort McMurray fire.

Daine’s country tune, Fort McMurray

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Willow Canyon Drive-In Movie will be offered at the former Donalda ski hill on May 13 at dusk — approximately 9:30 p.m. — featuring the James Cameron film Avatar on a 20 by 40 foot outdoor movie screen. Cost is $10 per person or $25 per carload.

Gates and full concession open at 7 p.m. Phone 403-883-2943.

in fact, sexual assault.

That’s what Jian Ghomeshi just apologized for: the crime of sexual assault.

This is a story of a man who had immense power over me and my livelihood, admitting that he chronically abused his power and violated me in ways that violate the law. Mr. Ghomeshi’s constant workplace abuse of me and my many colleagues and friends has since been corroborated by multiple sources, a CBC “Fifth Estate” documentary, and a third-party investigation.

In a perfect world, people who commit sexual assault would be convicted for their crimes. Jian Ghomeshi is guilty of having done the things that I’ve outlined today.

So when it was presented to me that the defence would be offering us an apology, I was prepared to forgo the trial. It seemed like the clearest path to the truth.

A trial would have maintained his lie, the lie that he was not guilty, and it would have further subjected me to the very same pattern of abuse that I am currently trying to stop.

Jian Ghomeshi has apologized, but only to me. There are 20 other women who have come forward to the media and made serious allegations about his violent behaviour. Women who have come forward to say he punched, and choked, and smothered and silenced them. There is no way I would have come forward if it weren’t for their courage. And yet Mr. Ghomeshi hasn’t met any of their allegations head on, as he vowed to do in his Facebook post of 2014. He hasn’t taken the stand on any charge. All he’s said about his other accusers is that they’re all lying and that he’s not guilty. And remember: that’s what he said about me.

I think we all want this to be over. But it won’t be until he admits to everything he’s done. Thank you.

Wildfire, is up on YouTube, where it received more nearly 1,000 hits over the last few days.

The Innisfail songwriter and former rodeo bronc rider, next intends to put the song that extolls the courage of firefighters and police and the resilence of evacuated residents on iTunes as a fundraiser.

In the meantime, Daines encourages anyone who likes the tune — which starts with: “The oil capital of Canada is burning, Fort McMurray is smokefilled and hurting” — to make a direct donation to the Red Cross.

A Better World benefit concert at Fratters Speakeasy A Say Her Name benefit concert will be held at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer on Sunday, May 15.

An evening of great music is being held in support of A Better World Canada’s, She Has A Name project in Thailand. The goal is to raise $15,000 to

AN EVENING WITH AMANDA LINDHOUT An Evening with Amanda Lindhout in Support of the Azer Kids will be held at Marquis Room at the Harvest Centre, Westerner Park on May 13.

Support Alison Azer, mother of four children who were abducted by their father in August 2015 and taken into the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the program at 7 p.m.

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MINNEAPOLIS — If Prince was seeking help for a problem with prescription drugs, it would make sense for him to turn to a California addiction specialist known for new ideas on treatment. Less clear is why he sought care from a local family care physician with an unassuming resume who met with Prince twice in the weeks before his death and prescribed him unknown medications.

The day Prince died, he was scheduled to meet with the son of Dr. Howard Kornfeld, the California specialist in addiction treatment and pain management. But in the weeks before Prince’s April 21 death, he met twice with Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg, who worked at a Minnetonka clinic a few miles from Prince’s Paisley Park studio and home, according to search warrant documents released Tuesday.

Prince’s cause of death is still unknown, as the autopsy results haven’t been released. But a law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that investigators are looking into whether he died from an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death.

Investigators interviewed Schulenberg the day Prince died and searched a suburban Minneapolis hospital that employed him. The warrant documents didn’t specify what medications were prescribed or whether Prince took them.

It remains unclear why Prince, a world-famous musician worth millions, would seek the help of an experienced but seemingly ordinary local physician.

Fox modeling show based on famed gossip page

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The New York Post is bringing its “Page Six” gossip page to television in a program that will be tested on some Fox stations in July.

Page Six TV will be modeled after the column, delivering news on entertainment, the media, finance and politics. Starting on July 18, the daily show will air on some Fox-owned stations, including in New York and Los Angeles, with a decision about whether to make it a regular series being made after that.

Post publisher Jesse Angelo said it would reflect the newspaper and its city by being smart, funny, biting and entertaining. No hosts have been announced, although Fox said the newspaper’s editorial team will make appearances.

Fox has used summer months as a testing ground since Wendy Williams’ talk show. provide food for a year to a home that supports young women who want to leave the sex trade.

This includes victims of sex traffickers, as well as those who entered the sex trade because of poverty.

There will be performances by jazz trombonist Andrew Ludtke, Edmonton group, Mosaic, Magdiel and Julie Thompson. The host is Darcy Stingel of Speakeasy MC Services and Sunny 94.

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Feminists weigh in on Beyoncé

BY CAITLIN GIBSON ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES If a pop culture icon flaunts her beauty and sexuality, does that make her an empowered feminist — or an unwitting agent of the patriarchy?

The icon in question, in this case, is Beyoncé. For as long as she’s been famous, feminists have debated Queen Bey’s feminism: Is she pushing for progress? Marketing her brand? Both?

(Beyoncé herself first resisted the “feminist” label, then claimed it, in blazing white lights during her performance at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.)

Following the recent release of Beyoncé’s acclaimed visual album, Lemonade — hailed as a potent portrait of black womanhood, infidelity and redemption — feminist activists bell hooks and Janet Mock offered conflicting views about its portrayal of women in the hour-long video.

Hooks — an eminent scholar who once declared Beyoncé a “terrorist” after she posed in lingerie on the cover of Time — published a nuanced essay Monday that found some reasons to praise the star singer’s latest effort: “It is the broad scope of Lemonade’s visual landscape that makes it so distinctive — the construction of a powerfully symbolic black female sisterhood that resists invisibility, that refuses to be silent,” hooks wrote. “This in and of itself is no small feat — it shifts the gaze of white mainstream culture. It challenges us all to look anew, to radically revision how we see the black female body.”

Yet it wasn’t exactly a rave review.

Hooks also noted the “utterly aestheticized” presentation of the female form in Beyoncé’s project, and questioned whether the album does anything to resolve the challenges faced by black women: “Simply showcasing beautiful black bodies does not create a just culture of optimal well being where black females can become fully self-actualized and be truly respected,” hooks wrote.

Hooks’ critique drew a swift response from author and transgender advocate Mock, who took the opportunity to address a key underlying issue: the perception of “femme” women — those who, like Beyoncé, present themselves as traditionally feminine — in the black feminist movement.

“Let’s move beyond the clickbaity soundbiteness of ‘bell vs. Beyoncé’ and discuss the dismissal of black femme feminists,” Mock wrote on Twitter and her Facebook page.

Mock argued that hooks’ descriptions of the women in Lemonade —

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Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ visual album debuted April 23. their “big hair,” their “fashion-plate fantasy” looks — are phrases that “reek of judgment of glamour, femininity & femme presentations,” Mock wrote. “It echoes dismissal of femmes as less serious, colluding with patriarchy, merely using our bodies rather than our brains to sell, be seen, survive. We gotta stop this. All of us.”

In other words: Bey shouldn’t get side-eye just because she chooses to embrace her conventional beauty.

“Our “dressed up” bodies and “big hair” do not make us any less serious,” Mock wrote. “Our presentations are not measurements of our credibility. These hierarchies of respectability that generations of feminists have internalized will not save us from patriarchy.”

Hooks and Mock are friends, Mock noted, but they’ve publicly sparred before. In 2014, both participated in a panel discussion at the New School about the portrayal of women of col-

or in media, a debate that prompted hooks to describe Beyoncé as a “terrorist.”

The remark was in response to Beyoncé’s controversial May 2014 Time cover: Beside a headline proclaiming her one of the magazine’s 100 most influential people, Beyoncé posed in a white bra and panties, her lips parted, her gaze sultry. Hooks did not approve.

Mock argued that Beyoncé had ultimate control over her public persona and the image chosen for the cover, and her authority should be respected: “I don’t want to strip Beyoncé of her agency, of choosing that image — of being her own manager,” Mock said.

Hooks retorted that this only meant Beyoncé was complicit in her own exploitation.

“Then you are saying, from my deconstructive point of view, that she is colluding in the construction of herself as a slave,” hooks said. “I see a part of Beyoncé that is in fact anti-feminist,

that is assaulting, that is a terrorist, especially in terms of the impact on young girls.”

At the time, other feminists of color strongly disagreed — including Brittney Cooper, a professor at Rutgers University and co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective blog.

“She trots out the ‘what about the children argument’ as a way to police how Beyoncé styles and presents her body,” Cooper said of hooks, according to Fusion. “Black women should be able to be publicly grown and sexy without suffering the accusation that our sexuality is harmful, especially to children.”

Mock echoed that sentiment Monday, arguing that Beyoncé — and any woman — should be taken seriously no matter how she presents herself.

‘Femmephobia,’ she said, “must be abolished in our spaces, our theories and our critiques of one another and one another’s work.”

Handler embraces a more relaxed atmosphere on Netflix

BY BETHONIE BUTLER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Comedian Chelsea Handler’s Netflix talk show debuted early Wednesday morning, and the first person we saw was … Chris Martin? The Coldplay singer performed Everglow as a tribute to Handler, who he said would be taking the show’s stage for the last time.

When Handler appeared a few minutes later, she cleared things up for anyone who may have been confused.

“This is actually the first show.

It’s not the last show. So, it’s CHELSEA HANDLER supposed to be like a hello song.” (Maybe she should have called Adele instead.)

“I’m finally getting to do the exact kind of show that I’ve always wanted to do, so thank you, Netflix,” the host told an in-studio audience before admitting that she didn’t exactly know what kind of show she wants to do. The gist — as Handler has said in press releases and a trailer for her show — is that she’s treating her Netflix gig “as the college education I never got.”

“I believe that we should never stop learning and I recognize the irony of me saying that since I accidentally missed a few days of high school and then all of college,” she said.

Chelsea airs Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on Netflix, with episodes posting to the streaming site at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time. Here’s what else we learned from Handler’s Chelsea debut. ● There will be no monologues.

Handler’s comments about her education (or lack thereof) sure sounded

like a monologue. Here’s an excerpt: “I’ve also managed to raise two healthy and happy dogs as a single white female. Do you have any idea how many obstacles I’ve had to overcome? I’ve avoided getting pregnant — most times. I’ve purchased cars for people that I felt sorry for. I bought my old makeup artist a horse and then I fired her. The point is, I’m amazing.

Thank you. I’ve done a lot. I’ve learned a lot and I’m ready to learn more.”

But then she added: “I’ve learned that I don’t want to do a monologue anymore and that’s why I’m going to go sit down. I know this seems like a monologue, but this is not a monologue. This is an explanation.

And if you don’t know the difference then you can log out or log off or f— off or whatever.” ● She’ll say whatever she wants.

Handler delighted in being able to tell potential viewers to “f— off,” something she couldn’t have done on her previous show (at least not without a bleeping effect). In the trailer for Chelsea, she happily reassures a woman who says, “I don’t know if I can say that on air,” in response to a question about Donald Trump. “Oh, you can say anything,” Handler tells her interviewee. “It’s Netflix.” ● There will be celebrity guests …

In addition to Barrymore, who brought along bottles of rosé from her wine label and talked candidly about her divorce from Will Kopelman, Handler chatted with rapper Pitbull about his passion for education and the Miami charter school he founded. Pitbull was also recruited to help Handler fine-tune her rap skills, which she has apparently been showcasing on Snapchat. ● … and non-traditional talk show interviewees as well.

U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. gave Handler a quiz to assess her level of knowledge, despite her lack of a college education. Handler got most of the questions — which

ranged from sports to history — correct, but the Uganda Be Kidding Me author very noticeably forgot to name

Africa during a question about the seven continents.

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OUTDOORS THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

Learning from wildfires BOB SCAMMELL OUTDOORS One thing that makes my inability to go fishing at least tolerable is remembering the ways wildfires and I seemed to follow each other around in my last years of heavy fishing and travelling.

On a trip to the Bull River in the East Kootenays to show son John where his grandfather worked – and fished – in the logging camps when he came to Canada from London, Eng. in 1921. The smoke got thicker, the sun redder and the cutthroats bigger the further upriver we went from a wildfire raging over the ridge. It was the only time I have ever caught sun - loving cutts in the dark. Eventually it was quit or expire of smoke inhalation. We hacked and spat smoked oysters till Christmas.

We had quit going to Montana after the wildfires of 1988 incinerated Yellowstone Park where we loved to fish. Twenty years later we went back – a nostalgic return to see Yellowstone was healing nicely, whenever we could see anything at all through the smoke from wildfires in neighbouring states.

In Alberta in 2003, the Lost Creek fire added a new dimension, seriously threatening, but not quite getting to Blairmore and other Crowsnest Pass communities.

Eight years later the threat was more than fully borne out when the town of Slave Lake, on the shore of that great lake, surrounded on three sides by water and boreal forest on the other, was seriously damaged by a wildfire.

Now, just five years later, as we all know, an out of control wildfire has seriously damaged Fort McMurray, a city on the shores of two rivers, the Athabasca and the Clearwater, and forced the evacuation of its entire population of 80,000.

Before we get into what we should have learned from all this, let me express my anguish, grief and support for the people of Fort Mac and my utter contempt for the stupid social media twits and tweets who are expressing their view that this is karma, fate, even the wrath of the Almighty, implying

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Slave Lake fire five years ago. that the Fort Mac fire is just retribution for something, likely making a living, or destroying the environment.

That sort of fanatical fantasy does nothing to dispel my early suspicions, based solely on sudden onset and diabolical location, that this fire was set deliberately.

It is statistically likely that this fire was started by humans, accidentally, on purpose, carelessly or stupidly: 57 percent of Canada`s wildfires are human–caused and 47 percent are ignited by lightning, but there has been virtually no lightning anywhere in Alberta this storm-free spring.

Fire has always been an important part of natural forest management and regrowth. The fires are becoming more frequent because of old growth forest build–up and hot, dry, windy weather, whatever the cause.

It is fair to ask what we have learned from recent fires about how we can live with the blazing beast and how we might safely build towns and cities with a boreal forest incendiary bomb lurking on the immediate out-

skirts.

One thing you do not do, after a non–winter like we had and a dry spring, is slash the firefighting budget to shreds like the NDippys did in their first budget.

That meant we were not quite ready for a major fire so early in the year.

A report released after the Slave Lake fire contained 21 recommendations intended to help deal with similar “urban” wildfires in the future. So far emotions are running too strongly for anyone to dare comment on how many of the report’s 21 suggestions have been accepted and applied. Certainly we have not lengthened the official fire season at the front end so we could be ready earlier and able to get outside help sooner, if needed, We have, according to Dr. Mike Flannigan, Alberta’s wildland fire expert, been moving away from total fire suppression toward making increasing use of controlled fires to renew old growth forests, recognizing that fire is a natural part of the boreal forest ecosystem.

“Letting them burn” is also a recognized way of increasing wildlife habitat.

Dr. Flannigan said other steps, such as removing all coniferous trees from within a two-kilometre radius of a community, may also have to be seriously considered in the aftermath of the Fort McMurray fire.

Now there’s an idea that appeals to me. Surely if we can invite in the woodchuck and chipmunks, not to say the Mickey Mice of Alberta’s logging industry to clear cut and destroy our watersheds, we could ask them instead to create those two–K fireguards around our forest communities.

But maybe not. Perhaps we need to rejuvenate Alberta’s old–time hand-logging industry to take out the coniferous fire bombs and leave some deciduous trees and other scenery, sort of a fire–safe park for the greater glory of the community and its citizens.

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

Stay fire smart this summer In the wake of the Slave Lake fire in 2011 the Alberta Government, through the department of Environmental Sustainable Resources and Development have spent many hours mentoring Albertans about being FireSmart. Initial concentration has been in area that are surrounded by forest.

The FireSmart website states that methods can reduce the likeliood of a large uncontrollable forest fire. It also recognizes the benefit of controlled burns to rid than area of old, dying and dry forest.

FireSmart will come into different neighborhoods, advice and help the area become FireSmart. Nordegg chose to do the FireSmart program after a fire became close to the town a few years ago.

Neighborhoods or individuals that are interested should visit the website http://wildfire.alberta.ca/fire-smart/ documents/FireSmart-HomeownersAssessment-Jun2015.pdf The website has a number of different assessments available to help people determine how safe their buildings are in case of a fire. Information is also available at ESRD offices.

Becoming FireSmart need not be an expensive or work intense experience.

Start by surveying the buildings.

Different points are awarded according to the combustibility of the building material, and landscape. After doing the assessment it is up to each individual as to what changes they want to make.

Ideally, fire departments would like a 10 m clear zone around the house.

Ideally from the fire prospective, greenery in this area would consist of a mowed, green lawn, perennials and annuals as they are not combustible.

Adding deciduous trees increases the danger but not as much as evergreens.

Taller plants are more of a problem as

LINDA TOMLINSON GARDENING they can become a wick to take the fire onto the roof. Leaving the space between buildings and woody provides natural firebreak and allows a fire department easy access to all parts of the building.

From an aesthetic point of view, unless the house has decorative features, lack of plants can look bare.

The next priority zone is from 10 to 30 meters from the house. For urban dwellers, part of this area is in the neighbor’s yard which makes it irrelevant. It is recommended that rural landscapes have trees spaced to allow 3 – 6 meters between the tops of the trees. The large distance between trees will insure that fire cannot jump from one tree to another.

Mowing and watering time will increase with a large expanse of lawn especially as individual trees take more time to care for than ones grouped together. The lawn must be kept green to be effective. A brown lawn burns.

FireSmart suggests that all bottom growth be removed up to the height of two meters.

This stops a ground fire from climbing a tree. Bottom pruning makes mowing easier but is not usually esthetically pleasing. It allows wind to whip across a yard. A compromise is to remove some bottom branches if the trees lead directly to a building or to make sure that the grass surrounding the trees is mowed and green.

The third level is the area outside the 30 meters. Ideally to be FireSmart it should be thinned, with all dead ma-

terial removed. Thinning will allow for regeneration of the forest while removing combustible material. Removing all dead material takes away potential tinder and wildlife habitat.

There are simple, practical things that can be done to make the buildings more fire resistant. Start by moving all fire wood away from buildings. Then clean the eves. Dry leaves and evergreen needles burn quickly.

Enclosing the area under decks and balconies will slow down the fire giving the fire department more time to contain and put the fire out.

The use of non-combustibles such as rock, cement, metal or treated wood for hard landscaping helps prevent a fire from spreading. People that are

building or doing renovations might want to think about combustibility before making final decisions.

When landscaping, choose plants that are fire-resistant. Hardy annuals, perennials and deciduous plants as opposed to evergreens.

Choose plants with interesting shapes or winter bark for fall and winter interest. Dogwood, Amurcherry, Mountain Ash, roses are just a few to choose from.

Make informed choices about the landscape.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist and educator living in Rocky Mountain House. You can contact her at your_garden@hotmail.com.

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Expanding coding in the classrooms NOVA SCOTIA SENDING ROBOTS INTO CLASSROOMS THIS FALL AS CODING TRAINING EXPANDS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — In a corner of the Nova Scotia legislature, Grade 6 students Bridget Daly and Hannah Harley ponder how to program small, yellow-andblack robots shaped like bumble bees.

The 11-year-olds from Rockingham Elementary School in Halifax are setting direction and speed for a race between two “beebots” at Province House — an example of what’s coming to all elementary schools this fall as the government expands computer coding in the curriculum.

The girls said learning computer code is a welcome challenge, and hands-on technology like the beebots will be a help in solving math and science problems.

“Instead of having to visualize it and thinking about it you can use it without having any problems,” said Hannah.

Education Minister Karen Casey used Thursday’s demonstration to promote $1 million in funding included in the spring budget for computer coding.

The money will give students from kindergarten to Grade 6 access to technical devices such as iPads, tech invention kits, and wireless probes and software.

“Some of the skills that they will be getting through the use of technology are things like teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving and creativity,” said Casey.

She said coding will be applied across a range of subjects to help students prepare for post-secondary opportunities and an increasingly technical workforce.

The funding will also be used to train teachers through a professional development program running this month and next, and also at an IT summer camp.

Casey said Nova Scotia is a national leader in incorporating coding in its curriculum, having introduced basic

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Grade 6 students Hannah Harely, top, and Bridget Daly prepare to race floor robots that will be used to help teach computer coding to elementary school students in Nova Scotia beginning this fall, at an event in Halifax on Friday. coding for students from kindergarten to Grade 3 last September.

“What we’ve been told is unique is that we have taken our (education) action plan and directly connected it to our strategy for coding and then went on … to have the resources there and the professional development for teachers,” she said.

She said the Education Department’s goal is to have computer coding fully integrated through every Grade

6 classroom within three years, and through junior and senior high schools within five years.

In January, British Columbia responded to a call from its growing tech sector and announced plans for coding in schools there.

Premier Christy Clark said beginning in September schools would receive a new curriculum with a coding program to be phased in over three years.

The goal is to incorporate coding basics for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 within the next decade.

Coding is also on the agenda for New Brunswick’s education system, and has been a mandatory part of the school curriculum in the United Kingdom since 2014.

Schools in New York City and Chicago will also be required to offer computer science to all students.

IBM and eight universities join fight against cyber crime

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FREDERICTON — IBM wants its Watson computer system to learn how to fight cybercrime and it’s asking eight leading universities, including three in Canada, for help.

Watson — IBM’s question answering computer system — was originally designed to compete (and win) on the television quiz show Jeopardy, but the technology has since been used on other problem-solving projects.

Now IBM is launching Watson for Cyber Security — a cloud-based version of their cognitive technology — that will be trained over the next year to examine threats of cybercrime.

Caleb Barlow, vice-president of IBM Security, said it is becoming in-

creasingly difficult for security staff to deal with the growing number of cyber threats.

“Your average enterprise is dealing with 200,000 incidents a day that they’ve got to dig through. Human beings simply cannot look at all of that data,” he said.

“Combine that with the fact we have a major skill shortage in the security industry — around 1.5 million jobs by 2020 — and even if we could fill all those jobs we still can’t get through the data as it continues to grow.”

Barlow said experts are doing a good job to examine cyber threats, but their work often ends up in various forms such as reports, blogs and presentations and in numbers too large for others to read and remember.

That’s where Watson comes in. Stu-

dents at the eight universities, including the University of New Brunswick, University of Ottawa and the University of Waterloo, will put the information in a form the computer can understand and help train the system to use that information to examine cyber threats.

“The more information that Watson has, the better reasoning it can provide and therefore in some cases the better prediction it can provide,” said Ali Ghorbani, dean of the faculty of computer science at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.

The students will input about 15,000 security documents per month during the year-long project, starting this fall.

“Our students are getting involved in a real-world cyber security project with a global company. Not only will they increase their knowledge, but al-

so create a relationship with IBM for future collaborations — either jobs for our students or more research and development projects with IBM,” Ghorbani said.

He said IBM is hoping that not only will Watson be able to provide early warnings of potential attacks, it will also do it fast. Barlow said IBM opened its entire threat intelligence database to the world a year ago, and invited people to develop applications to work with their QRadar software. That software was developed by Q1 Labs, developed in turn at the University of New Brunswick, and purchased more than four years ago by IBM. He said by getting information out to security staff around the world, cyber crime may become less lucrative for organized crime.

Big banks respond to fintech challenge by cutting fees and offering new options

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Technology firms have turned several industries on their head. The way people buy books, hail a ride home from the bar or find a room for the night while on vacation have all changed.

And now financial technology or fintech firms are turning their sights on the banking industry, but Canada’s big banks aren’t going to give up their dominant position without a fight.

Joanna Rotenberg, head of personal wealth management at BMO Financial Group, says the needs of customers are shifting and clients are seeking out digital tools to access and manage their money.

In response, earlier this year the Bank of Montreal launched its Smart-

Folio investment service, which offers a professionally managed portfolio online for a low fee.

“It’s for clients who want support from human professionals,” Rotenberg said. “It’s not a robot behind the scenes, but people who want to be able to access that digitally versus needing the hand-holding and face-to-face support.”

The BMO offering comes as companies like Wealthsimple, Nest Wealth and ModernAdvisor look to take a bite out of the big players by making easyto-open accounts online and cheaper by using exchange-traded funds.

Rotenberg says it has been more than just digital-savvy millennials opening accounts with the new BMO service, adding that it has attracted the attention of a wide range of clients in both age and amount of savings they

have to invest.

And it isn’t just investing where the big banks are fighting off new competitors.

Retail banking, long the bedrock of the big banks, is seeing new challengers offering basic banking services to Canadians who have long complained about the fees they pay.

Online banks like EQ Bank, which is backed by Equitable Bank, and Zag Bank, which is supported by Desjardins Group, have launched with promises of lower fees and high interest rates on deposits as well as apps to help people manage their money.

Among the big banks, Scotiabank

and its Tangerine brand is the largest player in the online banking business.

The former ING Bank of Canada operations, which Scotiabank acquired in 2012, was one of the first online banks in the country.

The Royal Bank has started offering unlimited free Interac e-transfer payments for personal chequing accounts, while CIBC is offering an account with a flexible fee that varies depending on how many transactions customers make.

TD Bank has launched a real-time money management app to track spending habits from eligible TD accounts and credit cards.

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Ain’t nothing like the real thing BUT VIRTUAL REALITY COMES CLOSE DAVID SUZUKI SCIENCE MATTERS The digital revolution is breaking new ground every day. Technology has a way of doing that. I remember when Hewlett-Packard introduced its first “laptop” computer, which stored a page and a half of writing. It revolutionized my life as a newspaper columnist, allowing me to write on planes or in a tent and submit articles through a phone. I never imagined the steady advances that would lead to today’s powerful laptops, tablets and handheld computers.

Once while filming in a remote B.C. forest, I wanted to pan from the roots of a cedar tree along the trunk to the top in a single shot. After spending hours rigging wires and pulleys and struggling to keep the heavy camera from swaying as it rose, our crew gave up in frustration. Recently, we used a light GoPro camera mounted under a drone to get a spectacular high-definition shot in a few minutes!

The first time I opened YouTube, I was looking for a video of the astounding phenomenon of mucous secretion by a hagfish, a primitive marine animal. To my surprise, I found several postings, and as I chose one, a list of several others that might be of interest popped up. Two hours later, I realized I’d been sucked in by an incredible range of films.

When I first heard about virtual reality, I was invited to put on the goggles and experience it. Crude as those first images were compared to what’s available now, I was immersed in the scenes. It was impressive and exciting, but I suggested that people should be wary of unintended consequences, because virtual reality could eventually appear better than reality.

With virtual reality, people could race a car and experience all the heart-thumping adrenalin of the real thing, then crash and walk away unharmed. We could have a showdown with a gunslinger, lose and fight again. We could indulge in the kinkiest sex without exposure to sexually transmitted infection or other consequences. Why go for the real experience when a virtual one would be risk-free?

During a recent visit to Montreal, I had the opportunity to watch the latest iteration of the digital revolution: images in 3D, HD and 360o wrap-around.

It was mindboggling. I swam with whales and zoomed through a forest, listening to actual sounds, along with music and narration. As I watched a spectacular mountain forest, a train suddenly appeared, splashing across a lake and then coming straight at me. As my body responded to the all-too-realistic locomotive, it reached me and exploded into a thousand birds that took off in a glorious cloud. Computer graphics

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Alison Weber, left, instructs Peijun Guo on using the Oculus Rift VR headset at the Oculus booth at CES International in Las Vegas. After delaying orders because of component shortages and angering wannabe early adopters, VR company Oculus is confronting another headache as it seeks to technologically and culturally establish the immersive medium. It’s now possible to play titles that were intended to only be used with the Oculus Rift system on an entirely different VR headset. melded seamlessly with actual footage that generated scenes far exceeding reality.

I’ve been intrigued by the possibility that this technology could enable people to have such incredible experiences with whales, fish and other animals that we would no longer feel the need to imprison animals in aquaria and zoos. People wouldn’t even need to journey to exotic places to see wildlife in their habitats.

I have no doubt virtual reality is going to have a huge impact. We’re just beginning to recognize its potential. But as with all new technology, there will be unintended repercussions, the greatest of which will be further estrangement from nature. Studies show that because people evolved out of nature, we need that connection with the natural world for mental and physical well-being.

Author Richard Louv categorizes a suite of childhood problems — including bullying, attention defi-

cit disorder and hyperactivity — as “nature deficit disorder”, induced or worsened by too little physical exposure to nature. The average Canadian kid today spends more than six hours a day glued to a screen — mobile phones, computers, televisions — and less than eight minutes a day outside! That’s one reason why the David Suzuki Foundation is encouraging people to get outside for 30 minutes a day in May with its 30x30 Nature Challenge.

Some proponents claim virtual reality will stimulate children to spend more time outside. But why bother when the virtual world seems better than the real one? I’m sure innovation and creativity will continue to drive the technology to new frontiers. I’m just as sure there will be enormous unexpected and damaging consequences if we aren’t careful.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

Discoveries in the world of energy storage LORNE OJA ENERGY No one can argue that energy storage is a crucial component for society to move from fossil driven energy production to alternate sources. Northern jurisdictions like Canada face more challenges in this “energy conversion” process as we not only get well below freezing temperature in the depths of winter but our available sunlight hours diminish as well.

Although the challenge to convert from fossil fuels is daunting, it is not immune to the age old efforts of talent over time, supported by funding. Back to the initial sentence of the article, energy storage is critical if we are to continue on our tack into the winds of “energy conversion”. In this light, in the field of storage, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNNL) have made a significant inroad into finding low cost alternatives to the much touted lithium battery.

Zinc – magnesium batteries have been worked on since the 1990’s due to the cost effectiveness of abundance, of the two elements. A major breakthrough came when they discovered how to prevent the magnesium from coating the electrode and preventing recharge. Investigation into the problem using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Transmission Electron Microscopy, and X-Ray Diffraction found the reaction was of a chemical conversion nature as opposed to the “shuttling of ions” as in the lithium battery.

Their new prototype was cycled over 5000 times and preserved 92% of its initial storage capacity making it a viable alternative to the lithium or lead acid systems currently in use for large scale storage.

Wetsus, the European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology in conjunction with Wageningen University have made an extraordinarily unanticipated first, by combining “microbial processes” namely microbial fuel cells and microbial

electrosynthesis, to make a battery from very common agricultural waste. Microbial electrosynthesis is the process where carbon dioxide and hydrogen is naturally converted into organic compounds. When a microbial fuel cell is fed these compounds it converts them into electricity. Testing shows this “microbial battery” can be charged and discharged over a period of time.

The main ingredient is cow manure.

Speaking of manure; most people cringe when finger nails are scrapped against a blackboard, it is equally irritating when the uniformed insist on make oblivious statements such as claiming Fort Mac deserved to burn due to some type of “karmic” intervention. The fact is, currently, without oil Canadians would be desperately short of food if our farmers did not have the fuel to plant and harvest the amounts

of produce they are famous for. Truckers would not be able to deliver said goods; maybe a moot point as without hydrocarbon most would freeze in their beds come the good old Canadian winter.

Making unfounded and ignorant statements helps no one, is counterproductive and is distracting. If you feel strongly about the environment a little research will lead you to any number of industrious efforts, from installing solar panels to recycling, or upgrading your furnace or lighting. Do the world a favor, make an effort.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

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NASA’s official exoplanet count more than doubles

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Milky Way just got a lot more crowded — with planets.

NASA on Tuesday announced 1,284 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, called exoplanets. That’s on top of the approximately 1,000 previously authenticated exoplanets detected by the Kepler Space Telescope since its launch in 2009.

Scientists taking part in the news conference were ecstatic — it’s the biggest planetary collection ever verified in a single swoop.

“One of the great questions of all time, and one of NASA’s science objectives in our journey to the solar system and beyond, is whether we are alone in the universe,” said Paul Hertz, director of astrophysics for NASA. “The first step in answering this question is to detect and understand the population of planets around other stars.”

According to NASA, more than 3,200 exoplanets have now been confirmed, out of nearly 5,000 candiPhoto by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS dates discovered to date from all sources, including ground observatories. Kepler has accounted for the The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower left, as it transits across the face of the sun Monday, May 9, 2016. The last time it happened was 2006. vast majority.

The old process for confirming planets among the Kepler-identified candidates involved slow and laborious follow-up observations by ground telescopes.

This new batch of planets comes from a statistical analysis led by Princeton University researcher Timothy Morton.

And there are sure to be †† more — possibly as many as 1,327 more from among the Kepler-detected candidates listed in the telescope catalogue as of last July.

“This is the most exoplanets that have ever been announced at one time,” Morton told reporters. The research was published Tuesday by Astrophysical Journal.

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Brewers in cider competition

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — This year’s third annual craft cider week in Ontario will include the grand opening of a bar that pays homage to the fruit-based alcoholic beverage by offering more than 80 different types of cider.

This ode to the fermented fruit drink — already popular in the U.K. — shows cider is clearly having its moment in the spotlight in Canada.

Cider started gaining momentum with Canadian drinkers several years ago and the growing taste for the beer alternative has prompted craft brewers and established beer giants to fight for a share of the profits.

“Similar to the way craft beer has carved out a niche for itself, I think craft cider has just as much if not more potential,” said Joshua Mott, the son of craft cider brewers who will open an establishment called Her Father’s Cider Bar + Kitchen in Toronto in late May. Thomas Wilson, who grew up on his family’s apple orchard and co-founded the Spirit Tree Estate Cidery in Caledon, Ont., in 2009, said he and his wife wanted to continue growing apples and turned to cider to add value and allow the business to run yearround.

In the years leading up to the launch, he studied the potential for selling the drink in Canada.

“We saw the beginning of the uptick in cider,” said Thomas, chairman of the Ontario Craft Cider Association, a relatively new organization that now has 20 members as more people get into the business.

“The market is very hot right now,” Wilson said.

“It’s open to anyone that’s there first.”

The Ontario Craft Cider Association considers any locally owned, independent cider producer that brews up to 2.5 million litres annually for domestic consumption qualifies for the craft designation.

As the number of cider-makers grows, so do the variations they concoct. The taste ranges from dry to sweet, and ciders tend to fall between four and eight per cent alcohol content.

This year’s Great Lakes International Craft and Perry Competition in Grand Rapids, Mich., judged nearly 800 entrants in its commercial division — more than double the 300 competitors in 2013.

Sales started to spike in 2013, according to Euromonitor International’s report on cider trends in Canada.

Overal cider sales jumped 20 per cent to $61 million at stores operated by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario between 2014 and 2015, with sales of craft cider up 93 per cent.

Mike Lachelt, co-owner of Salt Spring Wild Cider

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Joshua Mott, owner of Her Father’s Cider Bar + Kitchen, is pictured on the site of his soon-to-be opened establishment in Toronto on Thursday. on B.C.’s Salt Spring Island, said people choose to buy craft ciders partly because of increased interest in local products and because they may trust these companies more than bigger brands.

But it’s not just small, craft cideries entering the competition. Major beer manufacturers are also launching cider brands as they search for ways to offset sagging beer sales, according to Euromonitor.

Molson Coors Canada, for example, sells three ciders in Canada — Strongbow apple cider, Molson Canadian cider and the recently launched Wanderoot craft cider. They are only available in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.

Wanderoot is Molson’s answer to the rising consumer taste for craft cider and is targeted at older, more discerning drinkers who love craft products, said Kristi Knowles, vice-president of insights, innovation and portfolio strategy.

The company has been eyeing cider’s potential for some time. Four years ago, it decided to work try to become the national market leader and, according to internal data, its ciders now account for about 23 per cent of market share, she said.

Molson Coors Canada wants to grow that to more than 40 per cent over the next six years. Knowles said part of that strategy is getting more of its cider on draft in restaurants and bars, experimenting with new flavours and selling variety packs.

“We have our eyes open to what gaps we have in our portfolio going forward and how we might fill them,” said Knowles, suggesting the company may launch more innovative products or purchase an existing product. But Knowles said the company believes its three current offerings cover a broad segment of consumer tastes and will continue to invest in them heavily.

Canadian Solar raises 2016 revenue estimate

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadian Solar Inc.’s battered stock got a boost Wednesday after its first-quarter results beat analyst estimates and senior executives raised their revenue outlook for the full year by US$100 million — with room to grow even further.

“We see more megawatt shipments in the second half (of 2016) than the first half,” Canadian Solar’s chairman and chief executive, Shawn Qu, told analysts on a conference call Wednesday.

The company, based in Guelph, Ont., announced

that its 2016 annual revenue estimate has been raised to a range of US$3 billion to US$3.2 billion as a result.

Most of that revenue would be from the sale of modules used to turn sunlight into electricity and from power sales.

Qu said a further $200 million to $400 million could be added to 2016 revenue if the company (Nasdaq:CSIQ) decides to sell some of its generating capacity — one of several options under consideration.

“We believe that our solar power plant assets, in low-risk OECD countries, are valuable and very liquid (sellable),” Qu said.

Which come first, passion or strategy?

JOHN MACKENZIE BUSINESS BASICS

The forest fire disaster in Fort McMurray over the past week has been the focus of everyone’s attention. The city was evacuated with just minutes to spare. The actual destruction and long term impact are just now becoming clear. Many of us have family and friends that will have to rebuild their homes and re-evaluate their jobs, whether back in the community or elsewhere.

Albertans and Canadians in general, plus all levels of government, have passionately responded. Everyday people have stepped up to help meet the immediate needs, others have offered their specialized training to help assess the damage and estimate the work that needs to happen so citizens can to return to the area.

No politics, just a passion for helping.

The immediate response to the crisis was, and continues to be, a genuine passion to make a difference in people’s lives. Passion is behind the many creative efforts and thoughtful decisions to lend support. It isn’t an accident that all the parties involved work well together. In many cases, it is the execution of specific pre-planned strategies already in place.

This catastrophic event is an extreme example, but it does bring the question to mind. Which comes first, passion or strategy?

Having 15 grandchildren, I have attended a number of high school graduations in the past decade.

Many commencement speakers tell graduates, to “follow their passion” as they enter into adulthood and employment. Although the phrase is a nice slogan, it does not provide much guidance.

The pursuit of “passion” assumes that it will become obvious at some point and the individual will immediately recognize it. Ultimately, the search becomes a passive effort. It’s just not that simple.

Writer and Georgetown University professor, Cal Newport, takes a contrary view on this popular career advice.

Newport states that feeling passion in life is a great goal, but using passion as a goal and then trying

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to match it to a job is not very realistic. A more successful approach is to envision a preferred lifestyle, then build a skill set and leverage your value in a particular job or business venture. Apparently, decades of research on motivation in the workplace back this up.

For the majority of us, passion is built on interest and satisfaction in our individual pursuits. Passion is just one of many very important elements that produces extraordinary results.

There are individuals that have recognized a passion early on that eventually lead them to make specific choices and career decisions. Those that realize long term success would be the first to admit that research, planning and the implementation of strategies played a big part along the way.

Most of the business owners I work with have a strong belief in the products and services they offer.

However, they are well aware that passion alone does not equal business success.

What happens if you hire a manager or staff or that don’t share the intense feelings for your business that you have? What kind of response would you get from a lender when you need financing and articulate how passionate you are and nothing else? How do you react when the ups and downs in business cycles demand calm responses?

Passion is not a strategy that can be adopted. It is emotion-based which, more times than not, leads to a wide range of negative rather than positive behaviors. Passion is an ingredient of how someone chooses to apply a strategy. It is not even a requirement for running a successful business. Passion can fuel enthusiasm, but it is not a substitute for knowledge and experience.

Passion is not required to operate a successful business. But don’t get me wrong, passion can energize customers, staff, and investors. I truly enjoy working with passionate owners that follow a solid business model, have developed mature leadership skills and created a positive team culture. They recognize that these ingredients, plus passion, are necessary to achieve success.

So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, by Cal Newport.

John MacKenzie is a certified business coach and authorized partner/facilitator for Everything DiSC and Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team, Wiley Brands. He can be reached at john@thebusinesstraininghub.com.

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B.C. conference hears First Nations consultation a must for LNG proponents VANCOUVER — A company that has partnered with a Vancouver Island First Nation to develop a liquefied natural gas facility says aboriginal consultation must be the top priority for project proponents in Canada.

Steelhead LNG president Victor Ojeda and Malahat Nation CEO Renee Racette spoke to the Canada LNG Export conference about minimizing the risk of costly delays through consultation.

Ojeda says the British Columbia-based company began consulting with the Malahat well before entering the regulatory process or advanced design phase of the project.

The company struck a deal with the Malahat last summer to develop a floating liquefaction facility in Saanich Inlet off Bamberton, about 40 kilometres north of Victoria.

Racette says the Malahat’s purchase of the 5.25-square kilometre Bamberton site was one of the largest aboriginal land buys in Canadian history and that LNG is a key opportunity to grow the First Nation’s economy.

Silver Standard Resources posts 1st-quarter profit of $2.3 million VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Silver Standard Resources Inc. (SSRI) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $2.3 million.

The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had net income of 3 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 11 cents per share. The precious metals mining company posted revenue of $101.5 million in the period.

Silver Standard Resources shares have risen 69 per cent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $8.77, a rise of 60 per cent in the last 12 months.

SNC-Lavalin signs $500-million IT outsourcing deal with CGI Group MONTREAL — SNC-Lavalin has signed a $500-million information technology outsourcing deal with CGI Group.

The 12-year agreement will see the engineering and construction company outsource most of its technology management and application needs and take advantage of CGI’s global scale and experience.

SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) will retain responsibility for IT strategy and cybersecurity was well as the development of applications linked to its core business. Under the deal, 400 IT employees working for SNC in more than 25 countries will join Montreal-based CGI (TSX:GIB.A).

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 111.35 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.31 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.59 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.61 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . 2.030 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.56 Cdn. National Railway . . 76.49 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 177.00 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.53 Capital Power Corp . . . . 18.02 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.14 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.25 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 51.25 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.95 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.64 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.08 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.75 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.18 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 51.52 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.08 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.62 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.99 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 51.78 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 139.06 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.93 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.41

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The price of crude rallied to its highest level so far this year as investors were pleasantly surprised by the latest figures on oil stockpiles in the United States.

The June contract for benchmark North American oil surged $1.57 to US$46.23 a barrel as the U.S. reported crude stockpiles declined by 3.4 million barrels last week versus an increase predicted by analysts. U.S. oil production also fell and is down six per cent compared with a year ago.

Some of the drop can be attributed to the curtailment of more than a million barrels a day of production in the Canadian oilsands region due to the wildfire in the Fort McMurray area of Alberta.

The gain in oil helped lift energy companies on the S&P/TSX composite index, but the Toronto market ended the day little changed, up 13.02 points at 13,788.21. It was a bit of a breather from a more than 200-point gain the previous session.

Meanwhile, the oil-sensitive Canadian dollar was solidly ahead, rising 0.39 of a U.S. cent to 77.81 cents US. Elsewhere in commodities, June gold rose $10.70 to US$1,275.50 a troy ounce while June natural gas was up two cents at US$2.17 per mmBtu. July copper added a penny to US$2.10 a pound.

In New York, retail stocks weighed heavily on the U.S. markets as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 217.23 points to 17,711.12, nearly erasing its 222 point gain on Tuesday.

The broader S&P 500 composite index declined 19.93 points to 2,064.46 while the Nasdaq composite fell 49.19 points to 4,760.69.

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Macy’s posted disappointing revenue and slashed its profit forecast as it reported a drop in sales with international tourists shopping less and customers overall spending less. Its shares (NYSE:M) closed down 15.18 per cent or $5.62 at US$31.38.

Roland Chalupka, chief investment officer at Fiduciary Trust Canada, said investors may be reading declines in retail earnings reports as a gauge of poor consumer appetite.

“The overriding concern is that the consumer isn’t quite as healthy as some may have predicted,” he said.

“If you think about it, there have been job gains in the U.S. quarter after quarter for years now (and) the unemployment rate is very low. …

Those are all good things, but for some reason the U.S. consumer has not pulled out the chequebook like they have in previous cycles.”

Chalupka said markets are still looking for a solid reason to take another leg up.

“Right now, with declining sales revenue in the U.S., with economies generally struggling to accelerate, it’s very much a mixed picture,” he said. “We would expect over the coming months a mildly positive skew to the market but really, we need to see something provide a catalyst for it to go meaningfully higher.”

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,788.21, up 13.02 points Dow — 17,711.12, down 217.23 points S&P 500 — 2,064.46, down 19.93 points

Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.580 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.81 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 39.54 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.81 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.12 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.50 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 2.080 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.080 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.45 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.47 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.720 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.28 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 41.94 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2300 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 81.50 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.79 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.53 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.04 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.22 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.14 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.52 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.30 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 41.73 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.250 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.62 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.14 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.05

Nasdaq — 4,760.69, down 49.19 points Currencies: Cdn — 77.81 cents US, up 0.39 of a cent Pound — C$1.8559, down 0.94 of a cent Euro — C$1.4680, down 0.05 of a cent Euro — US$1.1423, up 0.53 of a cent Oil futures: US$46.23 per barrel, up $1.57 (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,275.50 per oz., up $10.70 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.437 oz., up 37.5 cents $753.50 kg., up $12.06 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ‘16 $15.10 lower $511.80 July ‘16 $15.10 lower $517.20 Nov. ‘16 $5.80 lower $515.90 Jan. ‘17 $3.40 lower $520.20 March ‘17 $2.80 lower $520.70 May ‘17 $2.80 lower $518.90 July ‘17 $2.60 lower $518.60 Nov. ‘17 $4.10 lower $508.60 Jan. ‘18 $4.10 lower $508.60 March ‘18 $4.10 lower $508.60 May ‘18 $4.10 lower $508.60.

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: 946,780 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 946,780.

Vancouver millennials risk debt while pursuing home ownership dreams: report

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in Vancouver may need to reconsider home ownership as the first and best way to create wealth and adds that lack of rental housing in the region is also a problem.

Yearly costs for an average home purchased in Metro Vancouver in 2016 are $44,354, and the report says that millennials would have to give up the dream of a single-family home in order to ease the budget crunch.

VANCOUVER — A new report says soaring property prices and lower incomes in Vancouver are leaving many young homeowners in debt compared to millennials in 10 other Canadian cities. Vancity Credit Union finds that a typical couple aged 25 to 34, with a combined annual income of about $72,000, faces a monthly debt of $2,745 after property costs and other essentials such as taxes, food, utilities and transportation.

The report says the lack of purchasing power is greatest in Vancouver, but that so-called millennials in Toronto are close behind with just over $3,300 remaining after housing and other basic costs are paid.

That compares with home-owning millennials in Edmonton, who hang onto more than $47,000 in discretionary funds, the highest in Canada.

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The report says that when childcare is added, a Vancouver family with one youngster in full-time care faces a debt of more than $17,000 per year.

Income and household spending costs in the report are based on Statistics Canada data while housing figures based on Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants. prices for March 2016 are from real estate boards across the country. Vancity warns that millennials

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Christine and Murray Chalaturnyk of Cake It in Innisfail spin the icing onto “Cake Pops” at Parkland Party and Equipment Rentals in Red Deer Tuesday night. To show off their newly renovated showroom Parkland Party and Equipment Rentals hosted a networking event, bringing together several vendors in the event and wedding planning and hosting industry to help promote Red Deer as a strong centre for events and weddings.

Bell to abide by federal ruling on high-speed internet infrastructure

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Bell Canada says it will comply with a federal cabinet decision that supports a CRTC ruling forcing big Internet service providers to sell space on their high-speed infrastructure to smaller rivals at wholesale prices.

The company had asked the Liberal government to overrule a decision in July 2015 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that requires it and other telecom giants to give independent Internet providers access to their advanced networks at a reduced cost.

The rates have not yet been determined. The CRTC will set the prices based partly on cost studies provided by the major telecoms, commission spokeswoman Patricia Valladao said.

In its appeal to the federal government, Bell said the regulation would discourage investments in broadband infrastructure, thereby stalling innovation and resulting in high-speed Internet reaching fewer rural communities.

But the minister responsible for the telecom industry, Navdeep Bains, disagreed with Bell’s argument.

He said Wednesday that middle-class and low-income families need access to affordable, high-speed Internet and the CRTC decision helps fulfil that goal by enabling stronger competition.

“The decision strikes the right balance between the private sector having incentive to invest and consumers having a competitive choice,” he said in a statement.

Bell (TSX:BCE) said Wednesday that it accepts the federal decision.

“We’ll abide by the rules and move forward,”

spokeswoman Jacqueline Michelis said in an email.

Access to affordable, high-speed Internet is a concern to many living in rural communities, according to a recent report commissioned by the CRTC. The report, which polled a representative panel sample as well as the general public through a link on the CRTC’s website and through social media channels, said rural residents were twice as likely to express dissatisfaction with Internet speeds and more likely to feel the same way about price.

Bell did not answer questions about how the decision would impact any planned future investments in its fibre optic network.

Since 2010, the company has spent $2.5 billion to build its fibre-to-thehome networks, according to its petition to the government. It plans to spend another $1 billion this year, according to its most recent quarterly earnings report filed last month.

Telus (TSX:T), which announced in April that it plans to invest $4.5 billion over the next several years to expand its fibre-optic network in Canada, was one of dozens of companies, organizations or individuals to submit comments on Bell’s appeal to the Clerk of the Privy Council.

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HAMILTON Barbara May 12, 1918 - Aug 25, 2015 A Celebration of Life will be held at the Willowdale Community Center on Saturday May 14, 2016.

Come for coffee and cake from 3:00 - 4:00 pm, followed by a pot luck supper at 5:00.

JESPERSEN Edna Bell With great sadness we wish to announce the passing of Edna Jespersen on May 9 2016. Edna was a mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend to many. Edna is survived by her son Lorne Jespersen (Donna); grandchildren, Stephannie Schapiro, Mark Jespersen, Kristina Evans (Sean), Michael Jespersen (Kelley); and five great grandchildren, Ori, Tomer and Adam Schapiro, Jonathan, Bradley and Hannah Jespersen and Madelyn and Olivia Evans.

She was predeceased by her husband Martin Jespersen, daughter Ella Thomas, son Robert Jespersen, and brother Glenn Bozarth. Edna and Martin farmed for many years in the Tees area. In 1979 they retired to an acreage near Morningside. In 1991 they moved to Lacombe.

Edna enjoyed gardening, but her passion was volunteer work at the Lacombe Hospital.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday May 14 @ 11:00 AM, at Wilsons Funeral Chapel and Crematorium, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe, Alberta. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Nursing Home Auxilliary or the Palliative Care Unit at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre. 5430-47 Ave, Lacombe. T4L1G8.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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MARSHALL James Keith James Keith Marshall was born in Castor, Alberta on April 21, 1929 to parents Susanne and Francis Marshall. On July 26, 1953 Keith married Karolina Regina Hintz, in a small ceremony in Castor; to this union two children were born.

Keith passed away peacefully in Stettler, Alberta on May 8, 2016 at the age of 87 years.

Keith was predeceased by his siblings who died in a farmhouse fire, his parents, and his older sister Doris (Stan). He is survived by his wife Regina, son Martin (Juanita), daughter Elaine (Tony), three granddaughters Genevieve, Sarah Jane, and Natashia, as well as his brother Allan (Jeannette) and sister Virginia (Doug), along with many nieces, nephews and cousins. He is also survived by his brother-in-law, Christ Hintz, who was a large part of his life, especially for these last years in Stettler. A funeral service for the late Keith Marshall will be held at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Stettler, Alberta on Friday, May 13, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers donations in memory of Keith are gratefully accepted to S.T.A.R.S. c/o STETTLER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM Box 1780, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0 - 403-742-3422 who have been entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements.

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PAYNE Andrew Kevin It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Andrew Kevin Payne of Red Deer, Alberta on April 13, 2016. Andy was born on May 2, 1967 to William (Bill) and Daphne Payne. He grew up on the family farm in the Clive/Alix area along with his three brothers and sister. He enjoyed spending time on the farm until moving into Red Deer to go to school in 1973 coming home on weekends.

As part of the Parkland C.L.A.S.S program, Andy led a full and eventful life participating in events such as Special Olympics and working at COSMO’s. Andy loved coming home on holidays and spending time with his brothers and their families out in Clive. Besides coffee, Andy’s greatest joy was sports. He was an avid fan of all kinds of sports but LOVED hockey the most. He has the hockey cards, Jerseys, memorabilia and hats to prove it. Andy’s infectious smile and love of life will live on forever in the hearts of his family and friends. Andy is survived by his parents, William (Bill) and Daphne Payne of Lacombe, his siblings William Vaughn Payne (Barb) of Blackfalds, Veronica Grover of Lacombe, George Payne (Gail) of Clive, Chester Payne (Marie) of Clive, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends Neil and Otto and many loving staff. He was predeceased by his brother in law Jeffrey Grover or “Jeffie” as Andy affectionately called him. A small service will be held at the Fairview Cemetery in Lacombe on May 14th at 2:00 pm. Lunch will be held at the Parkside Alliance Church Lacombe following.

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DENEIKO Laurie Dawne Feb. 11, 1963 - May 6, 2016 Laurie passed away at Rosedale Hospice in Calgary May 6, 2016. She leaves to mourn her long-time partner, Al Butt of Calgary; sons, Michael Deneiko of Red Deer and Trey Butt of Calgary; father, Walter Deneiko of Calgary, mother, Sherry Deneiko of Red Deer; aunt Jayce Giltner of Red Deer, and many friends and relatives. Laurie lived in Red Deer for the past ten years before moving to Calgary recently. Many will remember her from her work at Safeway. At Laurie’s request no funeral was held. A memorial tree is to be planted in her memory in Red Deer.

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THURSDAY MAY 12 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.”

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Houses/ Duplexes

3020

CLEARVIEW 4 bdrm. duplex, 2 bath, fenced yard, n/s, no pets, no parties, $1275/mo., $1000/dd.

Ref. req. 403-343-0306 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1000. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Manufactured Homes

3040

AVAIL. immed. in Benalto, 3 bdrm. older mobile plus addition, lrg. fenced yard, $750/mo. plus util., $800/dd. 403-843-4379 WELL-MAINT. 2 bdrm. mobile home close to Joffre $810 inclds. water, 5 appl.

403-348-6594

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or May 1. 403-304-5337

GLENDALE

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

May 1 403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or May 1st.

403-304-5337

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

TWO WEEKS FREE CLEARVIEW, 4 plex 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), 1 1/2 baths, $975.mo. n/s, no pets, . 403-391-1780 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or May 1 403-304-5337 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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

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

MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy.

403-596-6000

THE NORDIC

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Anders Park 76 ANQUETEL ST. May 12,13 & 14 Thurs. Fri. 4-8, Sat. 9-5 MULTI FAMILY - wedding supplies, misc. etc

Aspen Ridge

Fairview - Upper

Morrisroe

11 & 12 FOREST CLOSE May 12, 13 & 14 Thur. 1-7, Fri. 10-7, Sat. 9-3 LARGE MULTI FAMILY Lots of perennials, etc....

4 MARTIN CLOSE, Thurs.

May 12, 3 - 7 p.m., Fri. and Sat., May 13 & 14, 9 a.m. 7 p.m., Lots of baby items, and something for everyone.

Inglewood

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

99 ISHERWOOD CLOSE May 13, Fri. noon - 6 May 14, Sat. 9 - 4 MULTI FAMILY All ages, collectibles, etc...

Kentwood Estates CAR BOOTIE SALE

23 ASHTON CLOSE ACCESS FROM THE BACK LANE ONLY Sat., May 14, 10-4 p.m.

Sun. May 15, 10-4 p.m.

Numerous household items, pet items, children’s items, Christmas decor, jewelry and more.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday Deer Park and Friday 178 DORAN CRES. ONLY 2 DAYS A Wed. to Sat., May 11 - 14, 2016 ,10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

WEEK Something for everybody.

ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Tammy at 403-314-4306

Downsizing.

Rooms For Rent

48 OLYMPIC GREEN Back Alley -May 12 & 13 Thurs. & Fri. 2 -7 Garage is Full!

Come and check it out

ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712

Mobile Lot #35 Lakeview Cres.

Sylvan Lake

Waskasoo

WEATHER PERMITTING May 13, Fri. 10 - 5 May 14, Sat. noon - 5 Barn fresh Mantiques, truck accessories, small freezer, 2 stainless range hoods (new), Whurlitzer organ, hand tools, power tools, garden tools, garden ornaments/yard art.

134 & 144, 37543 ENGLAND WAY May 13 & 14 - Fri. 10 - 8, Sat. 10 - 4 - Antiques, handy man specials, household....

35 FIRDALE ROAD May 12 & 14 (no Friday) Thurs. 10 - 2 & Sat. 8 - 2 Golf, R.V., VHS, books on tape, small appls. etc....

VISTA CLOSE, MultiFamily Garage Sale, Fri., May 13, 4-8 p.m. and Sat., May 14, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Bell Satellite Receiver, Stihl gas weed eater, 2 lawn movers, ladies golf set, and lots more.

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

Contractors

1100

Repair or Renovate No job too small, full service. Free Estimates Seniors Discount.

Call 587-377-0977 R.D.

1160

Entertainment

1180

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

Massage Therapy

1290

Painters/ Decorators

CONCRETE???

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

MIKE’S Refresh Painting Exterior/Interior, Prompt & Courteous Service 403-302-8027

DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

DAMON INTERIORS

Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For help on your home projects such as bathroom, main floor, and bsmt. renovations. Also painting and flooring.

Call James 403-341-0617

Roofing

1310 1370

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

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

1370

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

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

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wheels

CLASSIFICATIONS

CLASSIFICATIONS

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

5000-5300

Motorcycles

5080

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

Houses For Sale

4020

SPACIOUS 1,150 ft. duplex condo in Michener Place, one bdrm with ensuite, walk-in closet, den, basement 60 % finished with bdrm., full bath, rec room, rear deck with awning, 2 car garage, only 459,900.

Call 403-505-8625.

No agents pls.

Income Property

4100

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC No shortage of power ALL the Bells & Whistles!!

44,600 kms.

MINT CONDITION Never laid down.

$7600. o.b.o.

(403)318-4653 Red Deer

2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON Dyna Super Glide, 10,800 kms. Mint Condition, $13,000. 403-896-1620.

5110

Fifth Wheels

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780

Industrial Property

4120

Lots For Sale

4160

1995 TRAVELAIRE, 25.5’, very good, clean cond., QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK sleeps 6, new awning, full New industrial bay, 2000 propane tanks, full size sq. ft. footprint, $359,000. fridge, 4 burner stove/ or for Rent. 403-391-1780 oven, microwave, queen bed, x-long couch, makes Celebrate your life into bed, N/S, no pets. with a Classified $7000. obo. 403-350-6695 ANNOUNCEMENT

Lots Available in Lacombe, Blackfalds, Springbrook Custom build your dream home on your lot or ours.

For more info. call Office - 403-343-6360 Bob - 403-505-8050

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A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300 Boats & Marine

5160

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

Money To Loan

4430

HAVE you exhausted your efforts at the banks?

Is your company in need of financing? Call 403-969-9884 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Boat Slips Available For Sale or Rent Sylvan Lake, AB 403.318.2442 info@watersedgesylvan.com www.watersedgesylvan.com

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

TIRES, summer (4) Continental, 225/55/R17 Low mileage. $150. all 4.

403-986-6878

Welcome H ome!

Celebrating the birth of your child?

Share your happy news with family & friends with a special announcement in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds “Announcement” section.

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

5* JUNK REMOVAL

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

Roofing

Property clean up 505-4777

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

3090

BLACKFALDS, $500, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Contractors

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Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Sylvan Lake

1000-1430

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA STETTLER

114 LANDRY BEND May 13 & 14 Fri. 3 - 8 & Sat. 8 - 3 Great quality baby & kid items, furniture, etc....

BOWER area home, room for rent, shared main floor & laundry, $550./mo. incld’s all utils. except internet. $300 dd. Ref’s req’d.

403-309-4464 after 6 p.m.

Oriole Park

Vanier Woods

3080

to support local charities.

Father Lacombe Catholic School, in the gym, 5114 - 54 Ave., Sat., May 14, 8 a.m. -3 p.m.

CLASSIFICATIONS

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week

Lonsdale

Roommates Knights of Columbus Wanted

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Accounting

CARRIERS NEEDED

Kentwood Alliance Church 4 KENNEDY DR. Southside Parking Lot May 14, Sat. 9:30 - 12:30 10+ Vendors so far....

New Vendors Welcome No trailers or large furniture. Call Kat 403-307-0726 for additional information

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

Lacombe

Garage Sale & BBQ

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homes

3060

Suites

PENHOLD 1 bdrm. 4 appls, inclds. heat & water, no pets $760/mo., avail.

June 1. 348-6594

Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

Call Sandra at 403- 314-4303

1830

Cats

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

POLICE Bike Auction

278950A5

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

NEW Honda rototiller, $700, and new Honda trimmer, $475. Never been used. 403-350-0024

1500-1990

“Low Cost” Quality Training

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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TRAINING CENTRE

1680

Garden Supplies

Yard Care

1430

ACE LAWNCARE 403-596-5917 SECOND 2 NONE, reg. and res. grass cutting/yard clean-up/trim hedges, brush/ rock and sod jobs/eaves.

Free est. 403-302-7778

309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS

TREE /YARD CARE, JUNK Removal, Garage Door Service. 403-358-1614 YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

Earn Extra Money

¯ ROUTES AVAILABLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

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call: 403-314-4394 or email:

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For that new computer, a dream vacation or a new car

THE ADVOCATE D6

ADVICE THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

Sister hurting dad through lawsuits KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: After my mother died 10 years ago, Dad asked his four daughters what to do with the small cabin he owned upstate. Three of us told him to sell it.

My oldest sister, “Charlene,” however, asked if she could use it as a vacation home.

She said she would help pay the property taxes and make sure it was taken care of, in exchange for exclusive use and enjoyment of the property. Dad agreed.

Well, Charlene rarely paid the taxes and did not take care of the property at all. Dad retired three years ago, and told Charlene he needed to sell the place. In response, she placed two mechanics liens against it, stating that she’d put thousands of dollars of

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES

Thursday May 12, 2016 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Catherine Tate, 48; Emily VanCamp, 30; Stephen Baldwin, 51 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: There’s a fine line today between being spontaneous and being reckless.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Over the next 12 months, avoid getting involved in complicated financial partnerships, as it could all end in tears. Single Bulls — love comes calling in August.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may feel rushed, restless or agitated today. Cool down and calm down Rams! Aim to do plenty of physical activity, so you can channel your fiery energy in pleasant and productive ways.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Is your domestic space feeling neglected and unloved? It’s the perfect day to get stuck into tasks you’ve been putting off around the house ñ like cooking, cleaning, de-cluttering or gardening.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re keen to get your message out today Twins but proceed with plenty of cau-

“work” into the cabin and that Dad had promised her the deed. Neither of these things is true and she has no documentation to support her claims.

When we finally gained access to the house, there were holes in the floor and the roof was falling off. We took pictures of the damage.

There was a hearing and a dismissal, then an appeal and more liens and more hearings and more appeals.

We thought it was over last year, but we just received another summons to appear before a different judge. Meanwhile, we cannot sell the cabin until this is resolved.

My father is a fair man who had planned to split his estate equally between his daughters. Since this lawsuit started, he has disowned Charlene and now lives in near poverty due to all of the legal fees.

This is so hurtful. Dad supported Charlene, paid for her college education and two weddings. Now she is killing him one lawsuit at a time, all because she is so greedy. How can we

protect him? — Sisters Dear Sisters: As long as Charlene keeps filing new lawsuits, your father is stuck. She, too, is incurring legal fees, but may believe Dad will give up first.

If the cabin is worth substantially more than the liens, it might be possible for Dad to get a clean title and sell it, as long as money is left in escrow to pay for litigation. (Talk to Dad’s attorney.)

But we hope you will report Charlene for elder abuse, because forcing Dad into poverty fits the bill. Contact Adult Protective Services in Dad’s area, or call the Eldercare Locator at 1-800-677-1116.

Dear Annie: I am responding to “Fed Up Sister,” whose younger brother only contacts her to brag about how much money he has, how great his kids are, etc. She’s ready to cut off ties.

I grew up with a friend like that. He alienated everyone with his bragging, and as the years progressed, I became one of the very few he could still call

tion, and take the time to think things through. Otherwise there’ll be communication mix-ups and mayhem!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The stars shake up your finance zone — which puts you in the mood for a spending spree. But is that really such a good idea? It’s time for canny Crabs to show some financial restraint.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Moon’s moving through your sign which gives you a much-needed confidence boost, as you move ahead in leaps and bounds. Just remember - you’re only limited by the size and scope of your dreams.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There’s a tendency to obsess over family problems and domestic matters today. But, rather than looking for faults, it’s time to put on your thinking cap, as you search for smart long-term solutions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When it comes to hopes and dreams, close friendships and group activities, aim to be proactive and productive today.

Others will get annoyed if you are all pretty talk and no productive action!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Good fortune comes via your involvement with a group, club or organisation as your peer group expands and your social connections widen. So make sure you use it to your advantage Scorpio.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll get bored easily today Sagittarius so make sure your timetable is crammed full of entertaining things to do. Plus share a fun outdoor activity with a child, teenager, close friend or favourite pet.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Conscientious Capricorns love to present a professional image. The harder you work on expanding your social networks and international connections, the more you’ll reap the rewards in the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Chances are you’ll feel restless and dissatisfied today. So it’s a suitable time to take a long hard look at your goals and aspirations for the future.

Perhaps your plans require some serious tweaking?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be careful what you say to a relative or neighbour, as there’s a tendency to blurt out the first thing on your mind — and spend the rest of the day apologizing. Be careful what you post on social media too.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

a friend.

It takes great effort to listen to a person who is so insecure, but it is extremely generous to continue. I know my friend isn’t likely to change. He may mellow for brief periods, but his lack of confidence will take over eventually.

Please tell “Fed Up” not to try to force her brother to be someone else.

She should take him in the smallest doses she can, and chuckle to herself later about his insecurities. — S. Dear S.: We agree that she should try to take him in “small doses,” and maintain the relationship in a way that doesn’t make her resentful. Thanks.

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.

30-year-old Siamese cat is world’s oldest living cat MANSFIELD, Texas — A Siamese cat born during President Ronald Reagan’s administration has been named

by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living cat.

Guinness says Scooter celebrated his 30th birthday on March 26. He lives in Mansfield, Texas.

Owner Gail Floyd attributes Scooter’s longevity to staying active. She tells Guinness he keeps busy by travelling and has visited 45 of the 50 states.

Some of his favourite activities include getting blow-dried after baths and snacking on chicken every other day.

Scooter isn’t Guinness’ oldest cat of all time, though. That mark belongs to a fellow Texas cat, which lived to be 38.

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