Red Deer Advocate, May 25, 2016

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London Knights Fans make some noise and get excited for a television cameraman prior to their team’s game against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, TUESDAY NIGHT.

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STARS OF THE DAY Mitchell Marner Four assists. This tournament has been a big coming out party for the Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick. His vision and passing skills have his linemates ready to take a shot on net at any time.

From the left, Tom Rosol and his wife Kari of Michigan and Kim “Santa” Thomas of Calgary were celebrating in the Molson Canadian Hockey House at Westerner Park prior to game two of the MasterCard Memorial Cup Saturday between the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.

Graeson Kirsch, 11, and his father James Webb of Airdrie get a close look at the Stanley Cup on display at the Fan Fest prior to the second game of the MasterCard Memoria l Cup on Saturday.

Timo Meier Two goals. He was crashing and banging with the rest of his team as the Huskies tried to physically wear down the Knights. The physical play had better results than the score would indicate.

Max Jones One goal. A hard working forechecker, he created several opportunities for his team and his active stick while defending kept the Huskies attack stymied.

From the left, Amy, Jillyn, Dallas and Sue Rempel get into the spirit of the MasterCard Memorial Cup prior to the game Tuesday night where the London Knights and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies played game five of the tournament.

A Rouyn-Noranda Huskies fan celebrates after the Huskies scored their third, first period goal Saturday against the Brandon Wheat Kings.

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MEMORIAL CUP ALL ACCESS DAILY KNIGHTS EARN BYE INTO FINAL MARNER LEADS LONDON OVER ROUYN-NORADA TO FINISH ROUND ROBIN PLAY WITH PERFECT RECORD

SCOREBOARD SCOUTING REPORT Red Deer Rebels vs.

Brandon Wheat Kings If the Western Hockey League champions are going to show up at this year’s MasterCard Memorial Cup, they have only one more chance. The Brandon Wheat Kings have lost their first two games of the tournament and have only one chance left to stay alive, so they will be desperate … The two teams met in the WHL Eastern Conference Championship and the Wheat Kings won the series in five games: 4-3 (OT), 6-4, 2-6, 4-2 and 5-2 … C John Quenneville (1g, 1a) leads the Wheaties in scoring with D Ivan Provorov (0g, 2a) not far behind. LW Tyler Coulter and RW Reid Duke have one goal each … Papirny is the last ranked goalie in the tournament with a goals against average

of 7.28 and a save percentage of 0.782, the 9-1 loss to the London Knights had a significant impact … The Rebels are riding high after an emotional 5-2 win over the Canadian Hockey League’s top ranked Rouyn-Noranda Huskies … LW Adam Helewka (3g, 1a) and LW Jake DeBrusk (1g, 3a) lead the Rebels in scoring have been put on a line with C Luke Philp (1g, 1a) … Like Papirny, Rebels G Rylan Toth’s stats are skewed by a lop-sided loss to the Knights. Through two tournament games he has a goals against average of 4.00 and a saver percentage of 0.867.

Special teams: Brandon — power play: 9.1 per cent, fourth; penalty kill 61.5 per cent, fourth. Red Deer Rebels: power play 33.3 per cent, second; penalty kill 70 per cent, third.

SCHEDULE Tuesday’s game London 5 Rouyn-Noranda 2

Wednesday’s game Red Deer vs. Brandon, 6 p.m.

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Monday’s result London 9 Brandon 1

PLAYOFFS Thursday’s game Tiebreaker (if necessary) Third vs. Fourth Places, 6 p.m.

Friday’s game Semifinal Second vs. Third Places, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 29 Championship First Place vs. Semifinal Winner, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday’s result Red Deer 5 Rouyn-Noranda 2 Saturday’s result Rouyn-Noranda 5 Brandon 3 Friday’s result London 6 Red Deer 2

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD AD DVOCA ATE E ST TAFF Knights 5 Huskies 2 Parades usually have a bit of fanfare surrounding it.

But the parade to the penalty box Tuesday night didn’t have many fans at the Centrium happy.

A total of 22 penalties were called in the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, London Knights MasterCard Memorial Cup game. Eleven in the first period, six in the second and six more in the third.

With that many penalties, it was no surprise that all but one of the goals came from special teams.

Four of London’s came on the power play, but they managed a short handed marker for good measure.

They went 3-for-7 tonight, bringing their tournament total to 12-for-27.

Mitchell Marner led the way for the Knights once again with four assists while Matthew Tkachuk had two goals and one assist. Knights goalie Tyler Parsons turned in a stunning performance, stopping 30 of 32 Rouyn-Noranda shots.

Through three games in the tournament Marner has 13 points, two goals and 11 assists.

“My linemates have been awesome as well, the whole team played well tonight and throughout the tournament we’ve stayed as a unit and that’s helped me out a lot,” said Marner.

Timo Meir had both of the Huskies goals while Antoine Waked had two assists.

The Knights power play was the first to connect, on their second opportunity. J.J. Piccinich had the puck at the side of the net and attempted to send it through the crease to a positioned Tkachuk. But it hit a Husky defender in the leg and bounced through Huskies goalie Chase Marchand’s fivehole, giving London a 1-0 lead.

The 2-0 goal was a deflection in front by Tkachuk on a point shot from defenceman Olli Juolevi.

The shorthanded goal gave the Knights a 3-1 lead. Forward Max Jones created a turnover, with some good forechecking and a mishandled puck

by Marchand, Jones passed the puck to a trailing Marner. Marner skated to the left wing side with the puck and as Marchand got out of position, passed it back to Jones who put the puck into the open net.

It took the Huskies six, including a five minute major, tries with the extra man, but eventually they connected midway through the second period.

Waked passed the puck to Meier, who carried the puck from the half boards into the slot and fired a falling wrist shot that beat a screened Parsons.

Zachary Lauzon took a vicious hit from Chandler Yakimowicz from behind into the end boards behind his own net. Lauzon was down on the ice for a bit and the stretcher and spine board were

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2016 Memorial Cup Standings

Tuesday’s summary Knights 5, Huskies 2 First Period 1. London, Piccinich 2 (Dvorak,Marner) 6:06 (pp) 2. London, Tkachuk 2 (Marner, Juolevi) 17:43 (pp) Penalties — Waked RN (roughing) 0:09, Juolevi Ldn (holding) 2:52, Lauzon RN (roughing) 4:52, Yakimowicz Ldn (slashing) 7:24, Caron RN (cross-checking), M.Jones (diving) 11:07, Greer RN (slashing) 13:42, Tkachuk Ldn (hooking) 14:27, Greer RN (cross-checking) 16:25, MacDonald Ldn (slashing) 18:54, Meier RN (roughing) 19:15.

Second Period 3. Rouyn-Noranda, Meier 4 (Waked, Myers) 10:04 (pp) 4. London, M.Jones 2 (Marner) 17:28 (sh) Penalties — Yakimowicz Ldn (checking from behind major, game misconduct) 3:24, Piccinich Ldn (tripping) 9:23, Lauzon RN (elbowing) 11:00, Graves Ldn (slashing) 16:25.

Third Period 5. London, Dvorak 5 (Tkachuk, Mete) 6:20 (pp) 6. Rouyn-Noranda, Meier 5 (Waked, Myers) 7:59 (pp) 7. London, Tkachuk 3 (Marner) 18:29 (en)

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Penalties — Marner Ldn (cross-checking) 1:22, Mete Ldn (high-sticking) 3:30, Myers RN (hooking) 4:24, Martenet (high-sticking) 7:20, Waked RN (high-sticking) 8:12.

Shots on goal Rouyn-Noranda 9 12 11 — 32 London 9 7 9 — 25 Goal — Rouyn-Noranda: Marchand (L, 1-20) London: Parsons (W, 3-0-0).

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In a weird quirk, Waked was credit with an assist at 8:12, but was then sent to the box at 8:42. After the goal was reviewed the clock was set back to 8:12, but the penalty at 8:12 stood.

Tkachuk iced it with an empty net goal.

The Knights emerge from the round robin of the Memorial Cup undefeated. They have earned a berth in the tournament final scheduled for Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

The Huskies will await the outcome of the Brandon Wheat Kings and Red Deer Rebels game on Wednesday to see if they go to the semifinal or have to play a tiebreaker. The Wheaties and Rebels faceoff at 6 p.m. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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called, but he got to his feet and walked to the dressing room on his own power. Yakimowicz was given a five minute major penalty and a game misconduct.

Christian Dvorak put the Knights up 4-1 standing at the side of the net and picking up the rebound off of a Tkachuk point shot.

It took a little longer than the Huskies may have liked, but Meier was given credit for a shortside goal. The puck crossed the goalline, but squirted out the back of the net as it was an inch or two off the ice. Play continued and Waked was given a penalty for high sticking. As the penalty was called, the referees reviewed the goal. Both the goal and the penalty counted.

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London Knight Max Jones, right, reacts as he is hit by Rouyn-Noranda Huskie Jeremy Lauzon during first period action of game five of the MasterCard Memorial Cup in Red Deer, Tuesday.

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Second chances are hard to come by in hockey.

But on Wednesday, the Red Deer Rebels are in line for the rare second chance as they face off against the Brandon Wheat Kings.

The two met in the Western Hockey League Eastern Conference Final, and the Wheat Kings disposed of the Rebels in five games.

It was closer than a five-game series may seem, with one overtime game and two games punctuated with empty net goals in the dying seconds of regulation. But the Wheaties won all three of those games and put themselves in a comfortable position.

“Not too many teams get a second chance,” said Rebels forward Evan Polei. “This is a big one for us. We have to play a full 60 minutes.”

Polei has slid into a role on the wing on the Rebels’ second line. He chuckled as he called it a heavy line, which is pretty accurate. Polei leads in size at six-foot-one and 221 pounds, Adam Musil is the tallest at six-foot-three and 196 pounds and Conner Bleackley is hardly small either at six-footone and 196 pounds.

“Brent (Sutter, Rebels GM/head coach) has us pairing up against those top lines the other teams have,” said Polei. “It’s hard work and he’s only doing that because those lines are skilled. We’re more of a shutdown line and we just need to work hard against them all night.”

His emotional goal in the game against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies cued the Rebels’ comeback, but Polei heaped the praise on his teammates.

“It was good timing,” said Polei. “Hagel and Bleackley worked hard down low to get that puck and I got in the right area on the ice and Bleackley made a nice pass. It’s nice to capitalize.”

Polei’s linemate Bleackley said the Wheat Kings will be desperate.

“The pressure is on Brandon with the performances they’ve put forward so far,” he said. “We’re looking forward to the challenge and we kind of owe them one.

“They sent us home for three weeks before the tournament event started and we have the opportunity to do the same thing do them.”

The unit is one Sutter has assembled off and on, but injuries have impacted the consistency of the second line.

“It’s something Brent has wanted to put together for a long time,” said Bleackley. “With us three big bodies, crashing and banging, and playing against the other team’s top lines, that’s something we can do. As long as we keep it simple, that’s when all three of us are at our best.”

With two days off between games, Sutter said he liked having the day to help some of the guys rest up and get over some bumps and bruises.

“We certainly had a lot of positives in Game 2 and now, with a win, we can move on,” said Sutter.

“The games are intense.

“Things can turn the other way pretty quickly if you aren’t focused on the task at hand. We have to make sure we take care of our own business with preparation and playing well. We worked on some things we continue to get better at in practice and we’ll go from there.”

For the Wheat Kings, it truly is a do-or-die situation. The WHL Champions fell flat in their opening two games of the Memorial Cup. Head coach Kelly McCrimmon’s focus has now shifted to getting the team back to the championship form that knocked the Rebels out of the WHL playoffs.

“It’s more about how you’re playing now,” said McCrimmon. “Red Deer, I think, have played well in the tournament and our team hasn’t. We have work to do.

“We haven’t played anywhere near the best of our ability and when you’re playing against good teams that’s where you have to be.”

A darling in the WHL playoffs, centre Nolan Patrick was tied for the playoff scoring lead with

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Brandon Wheat King Macoy Erkamps takes a glove to the face as he and Red Deer Rebel Adam Musil collide during game four of the WHL Eastern Conference Final at the Centrium, April 27. teammate Jayce Hawryluk. They both had 30 points, but Patrick had 13 goals and 17 assists.

Among those goals was a hat trick in Game 5 against the Rebels, precipitating the Red Deer team’s exit from the post season.

Patrick has one assist through two games at the Memorial Cup. “We have the biggest game of our life tomorrow,” said Patrick. “It’s against a team we know and we’re excited to get it going.

“There’s an advantage when you play a playoff series against a team. You know their players and tendencies a lot more and we’re still a confident group and haven’t played anywhere near our best.”

Puck drops on the Wheat Kings vs. Rebels rematch at 6 p.m. at the Centrium. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A proposed gravel pit will provide no benefit to residents while saddling them with noise, dust and traffic problems, say Red Deer County property owners.

About 30 residents attended county council’s meeting on Tuesday to show their opposition to a proposal to build a gravel pit on a pair of quarter sections owned by the Pine Hill Hutterite Colony about five km west of Springbrook.

The first phase of the pit will be 12 acres and will be reclaimed as additional phases happen.

Council approved first reading of a Land Use Bylaw amendment to include the area in a gravel overlay district, a necessary step for the project to go ahead. A public hearing is set for July 5.

Vince Ohama lives along Burnt Lake Trail, which would be a gravel truck route if the pit is approved, and said dozens of residents are against the project.

Ohama said there has been an “overwhelmingly negative response” among property owners who will be affected by the gravel pit.

The value of their properties and their marketability will be affected.

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Paul Douville looks on as his son, Lucas, 10, casts his line into the Barry Mitchell Pond at Heritage Ranch Tuesday afternoon. The two rode their bikes down to the small lake to try their luck and were rewarded with several nibbles.

Cool weather, extra patrols brunt damage by weekend warriors

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A mix of bad weather and good policing sharply limited the level of damage typically seen in the West Country during the Victoria Day long weekend, says the head of the Rocky Mountain House RCMP. Police and forestry officials in Clearwater County had brought in extra patrols for the weekend, anticipating the annual invasion of weekend warriors who want only to rip up the environment with their quads and monster trucks while shattering the

peace for neighbouring campers and leaving a trail of trash in their wake.

This year, it wasn’t so bad, Staff Sgt. Mark Groves of the Rocky RCMP said on Tuesday.

Some of the usual suspects were deterred by a fire ban that remained in place until 4 p.m. on Thursday, when weather conditions changed dramatically, bringing high winds, rain and — by Sunday morning — 10 cm of snow.

A large number of people had already changed their plans because of the fire bans, while those who did come out found themselves coping with a nasty turn of weather. Some

RVs and motorhomes ended up stuck in their sites because of the rain and heavy snow, said Groves.

Having extra patrols on hand to keep the party animals under control meant there was an unusually high level of criminal enforcement as well, he said.

Police nabbed a number of people driving stolen vehicles and a suspect from a break-in near Cow Lake was tracked down and arrested on the Forestry Trunk Road, said Groves.

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Group backing liquefied natural gas project finds sympathetic ear

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

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Nicole Wapple and Jeff Malchow are helping to host a Rally for Resources event today. At about 9:15 a.m., a convoy will drive through Red Deer to the UFA at Gasoline Alley.

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A group of supporters of a $36-billion liquefied natural gas project in B.C. will pass through Red Deer on Wednesday morning hoping to garner support as they make their way to Ottawa by bus.

FSJ for LNG (Fort St. John for Liquefied Natural Gas) will be hosted by a local group that also hopes to make its way to Ottawa in the fall to raise awareness and promote the importance of the resource industry and pipelines in Canada.

Nicole Wapple, a Red Deer woman whose husband, father and grandfather have all worked in the oilpatch, said the group she is involved with,

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Rally for Resources (R4R), will be hosting the Fort St. John group, which left the Northern B.C. community on Monday.

Wapple said her group will meet up with the Fort St. John group this morning at 9:15 a.m. in the northeast parking lot at the Parkland Mall, and escort them through Red Deer to the UFA Card Lock on the east side of Gasoline Alley where there will be a quick meet and greet at 10 a.m.

FSJ for LNG is concerned that the Pacific Northwest LNG project near Prince Rupert has run into delay after delay for the LNG export terminal and associated pipelines.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta has put forward legislation to implement its multibillion-dollar carbon levy, with new estimates hiking the cost to families to as much as $443 next year.

Opponents, however, estimate it will be about double that.

Environment Minister Shannon Phillips introduced Bill 20 for first reading in the legislature Tuesday.

She said the levy will provide an incentive to go green and will be reduced as Alberta becomes more environmentally friendly.

Notley also noted with lower and middle-income Albertans getting rebates, there is a greater chance some of them will see a net monetary gain.

“The lowest income folks are the lowest users of energy,” Phillips told a news conference prior to introducing the bill in the legislature.

“They’re actually going to come out ahead.

“It (the rebate) will provide lower-income folks the wherewithal that they can make changes — whether it’s changing out a light bulb or other things — that they can do to keep even more of that cash in their pocket.”

Bill 20 implements some of the initiatives announced last November by Phillips and Premier Rachel Notley to reduce Alberta’s carbon footprint and to give it more environmental credibility when it pitches for oil and gas infrastructure like pipelines.

The bill sets out details of the carbon levy, which takes effect Jan 1 and will tax home and business heating bills along with gas at the pumps.

The government says low and middle-income earners, representing 60 per cent of Alberta households, will get a $360 rebate next year while another six per cent will get a partial rebate.

The rates and rebates will rise again in 2018.

In the April budget the government estimated the direct cost of the tax for a couple with two children to be $338 in 2017.

However,the government has now estimated the indirect cost of the tax, representing the expected amount that business owners will pass on to customers.

Officials estimate that to be between $70 and $105 a year per family with two children, bringing the revised cost per family to as low as $408 and as high as $443 in 2017.

Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean suggested the government was low-balling the estimates, saying he believes the cost to a family will be closer to $1,000 a year.

“This tax will be damaging to everyday Alberta families at a time when they simply can’t afford it,” said Jean.

Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark questioned the rationale of a tax that is to be an incentive to reduce fossil fuel use while delivering a full rebate for six out of 10 households.

“This starts to look more like a wealth redistribution tax than a carbon tax,” said Clark.

Anyone earning more than $51,250 a year or a couple with two children making over $101,500 a year are not entitled to any rebate.

The legislation also reduces the small business tax rate to two per cent from three.

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Work is continuing as a crew from Downer Construction builds a rock structure along the south side of the Red Deer River from Great Chief Park to Heritage Ranch. The company has completed the road to just down stream of the pedestrian bridge across the Red Deer River and is now working their way back, piling rocks along the riverbank to prevent further erosion along the banks of the river.

Crown agrees mass murderer suffering mental disorder

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Crown agrees a young man was suffering from a mental disorder when he stabbed five people to death at a Calgary house party two years ago.

The two psychiatrists and psychologist who testified last week at Matthew de Grood’s trial did careful, thorough work and have vast experience dealing with such cases, prosecutor Neil Wiberg said during his closing arguments on Tuesday.

“As an officer of the court, I do not take issue with the reports that are provided by these three experts,” Wiberg told the packed courtroom.

MATTHEW DE GROOD “I agree that the accused was suffering psychosis, which qualifies as a disease of the mind, on a balance of probabilities. And I also agree that on a balance of probabilities, the accused was incapable of realizing his acts were morally wrong.”

The trial heard evidence that de Grood became withdrawn about a month before the attack on April 15, 2014 and started posting about the end of the world, religion, vampires and Darth Vader on Facebook.

He reported hearing voices telling him to kill and believed the end of the world was coming before he grabbed a knife from a kitchen in the northwest Calgary home and stabbed the victims to death.

Killed in the attack were Kaitlin Perras, 23 Lawrence Hong, 27 Josh Hunter, 23 Zackariah Rathwell, 21 and Jordan Segura, 22.

Defence lawyer Allan Fay said in his closing argument that his client believed he was defending himself from werewolves and vampires at the time.

“Some might question the manner in which he did it. The stabbings seem somewhat purposeful, but Mr. de Grood explained that in his delusions, he believed that the only real way to kill demons of this nature was to stab them in the heart,” Fay told the court.

“He was not trying to be cruel. He was trying to do this as best he could under the circumstances. He truly believed that his life would be forfeit if he did not.”

Wiberg said the experts weighed all possible alternatives — including that de Grood may have been feigning mental illness or intoxicated — before coming to the conclusion that de Grood, now 24, was suffering psychosis at the time of the killings.

“There was a rapid descent into that state where he committed these five murders,” said Wiberg.

“They were done with brutality and ruthless efficiency. The psychotic episode that affected his mind did not reduce his effectiveness as a killing machine.”

Alberta Justice Eric Macklin is to release his verdict on Wednesday.

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Security certificate for Firefighters Egyptian man set aside from U.S., South Africa to join fight JUDGE RULES GOVERNMENT’S DESIGNATION UNREASONABLE

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TORONTO — The Canadian government’s designation of an Egyptian man as a threat to national security is unreasonable, a federal court judge has ruled.

The decision in favour of Mahmoud Jaballah, a father of six, could see the end of an ordeal that first saw Canada brand him as a terrorist more than 16 years ago.

“I conclude that the security certificate filed by the minister is not reasonable and will be set aside,” Federal Court Judge Dolores Hansen said in her decision.

“Classified reasons will also be issued and will include MAHMOUD JABALLAH the information that cannot be disclosed for reasons of national security.”

The public reasons for Hansen’s decision were not immediately available Tuesday.

The government has long insisted that Jaballah, now 54, was a ranking member of the Vanguards of Conquest, an Egyptian group linked to al-Qaida.

His lawyers argued the government had failed to produce independent evidence that Jaballah ever committed, or would commit, terrorist acts. They also said Canada’s spy agency had made no attempts to investigate or verify information about him it was given by foreign intelligence services.

A beaming Jaballah, of Toronto, who came to Canada in 1995 and was initially granted refugee status, was not immediately able to comment on Hansen’s

ruling due to court-imposed conditions, but his lawyer, Marlys Edwardh, told The Canadian Press it had been a long and difficult ordeal.

“He has spent earlier on years in a maximum-security setting, part of it in solitary confinement… merely because of the allegations,” Edwardh said.

A spokesman for the minister of public safety said the ruling was under review and the government would have no immediate comment.

Jaballah was originally arrested in Canada in 1999 under a highly criticized national security certificate based largely on secret evidence he was not allowed to see. That certificate was quickly deemed unreasonable, but the government issued a second one in 2001, which was upheld in 2003 after the government argued it had new secret evidence against him.

In 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the national certificate process to be unfair because of the secrecy, and quashed the certificates but gave the government a year to rewrite the rules. As a result, Ottawa appointed special advocates — lawyers with top-level security clearance able to review the government’s secret evidence.

In 2008, the government issued the third certificate against Jaballah — the one Hansen has now found unreasonable.

“It is a long, deeply challenging road to have walked,” Edwardh said.

In previous years, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service admitted listening in on calls between Jaballah and his lawyers, and, in 2011, government lawyers mistakenly took files belonging to his defence.

Jaballah has said that he was jailed without charge and tortured on several occasions in Egypt.

He staved off deportation to Egypt on the basis he would likely be tortured there.

Down time for prime ministers travelling abroad has always been fraught

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau would take Wednesday off to celebrate their wedding anniversary during a visit to Japan, critics immediately jumped on the micro-vacation as another example of Liberal entitlement.

“I’ll see your hubbub about nannies and extra help and raise you an anniversary Trudeau in hot abroad. Bold,” Andrew Mac- seat over TPP, Dougall, a former communiSouth China Sea cations director for Stephen Page C1 Harper, quipped on Twitter.

Trudeau, whose office won’t say how many staff he has in tow, defended the prime ministerial down time during the four-day Japan trip, calling it an example of “the kind of work-life balance that I’ve often talked about as being essential in order to be able to be in service of the country with all one’s very best and that’s certainly something I’m going to continue to make sure we do.”

The couple were to spend the night at a traditional Japanese inn before Trudeau heads to the G7 sum-

NEWS IN BRIEF

Court told teen with diabetes weighed less than 37 pounds when he died CALGARY — The trial of a Calgary couple accused of first-degree murder in the death of their son has been told the 15-year-old weighed less than 37 pounds when he died in May 2013.

Emil Radita, 59, and Rodica Radita, 53, were arrested 10 months later.

An autopsy determined that Alexandru Radita died from complications due to untreated diabetes and starvation.

He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he

mit on Thursday in the country’s Ise-Shima region.

Trudeau said he’d personally pay for the night out to celebrate their anniversary — they were married in Montreal on May 28, 2005.

Whatever your take on the Trudeaus’ 11th anniversary hiatus, it calls to mind a different age when prime ministerial down days were a regular occurrence.

Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau often took one or more of his boys with him when he travelled abroad in the 1970s and early ’80s — leaving a legacy of news photos of the current office holder as a child with figures such as Cuban president Fidel Castro, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher or Pope John Paul II. Patrick Gossage, a former press secretary to Pierre Trudeau, recalls the prime minister disappearing for a three-day vacation after the 1978 Bonn summit.

“This was a memorable moment,” Gossage said in an interview Tuesday. “The press went crazy. … He did that from time to time.”

Trudeau once took the entire media contingent to Mogadishu, Somalia, to see a durbar horse race and on another occasion went “really strictly sight-seeing” to Saudi Arabia, said Gossage. “Believe me, that was tourism.” was three years old while the family lived in British Columbia.

In her opening address, Crown prosecutor Susan Pepper told court the family moved to Alberta and after that Alexandru never saw a doctor or attended school as he and his eight siblings were registered for home schooling.

Pepper suggested Alexandru’s parents confined him to his room and failed to provide him with insulin, food, or medical care until he died.

She also told court that in 2010, pharmacy records show a decline in the amount of diabetes medication purchased by the Radita family and that by 2013 they didn’t buy any, although all medication was covered under Alberta Health Services.

Court heard Alexandru was covered in sores and was wearing a diaper at the time of his death.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Fire crews from around the world will be joining the fight this week against a massive wildfire burning near Fort McMurray.

Senior wildlife manager Chad Morrison said up to 1,000 firefighters will be added to 1,200 already on the ground. About 200 from the United States, including Alaska, are to arrive Wednesday and 280 from South Africa on Sunday.

“Being a little bit cooler, we’re able to surge with more firefighters that we can put on the perimeter safely,” Morrison told reporters Tuesday.

There was a disappointing “touch of rain” in the area over the long weekend, he added, and the forecast is not calling for any in the coming days.

However, the fire was continuing to move northeast, further away from communities and oilsands facilities in northern Alberta.

Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee said work camps that were evacuated are being inspected for possible reopening, and oilsands companies are looking at when they can resume operations.

The blaze, which has grown to about 5,230 square kilometres — with 25 square kilometres in Saskatchewan — spread into Fort McMurray on May 3, sending more than 80,000 people fleeing for safety.

It destroyed about 2,400 buildings in the city.

Officials are gearing up for a phased re-entry of residents beginning June 1, if conditions are deemed safe.

Scott Long with the Alberta Emergency Management Agency said every home still standing will need to be cleaned, and a handbook with detailed instructions will be made available to residents.

It includes advice on washing walls with vinegar instead of bleach, how to avoid mould by tossing out stained carpets and curtains, throwing away all perishable food and disinfecting canned goods before opening them.

Larivee said some details of the re-entry process are still being worked out, but counsellors and other supports will be on hand for residents.

It will be “a long journey of many years” to get things back to normal, she added.

“The hope is that we can work with them to, in some ways, be even better than before this fire, to help them be a healthy community again,” Larivee said.

Fort McMurray International Airport announced Tuesday that commercial air service will hopefully resume on June 10.

The airport authority said the resumption of flights depends on a number of factors, including the airspace requirements for crews who are continuing to fight the fire, as well as whether the planned re-entry into Fort McMurray proceeds as planned.

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The ground-breaking ceremony for the high school campus of Mamawi Atosketan Native School (MANS), located north of Ponoka and just outside Maskwacis, happens today at 2:30 p.m.

Local BRIEFS Police seize stolen truck, sawed-off shotgun, ammo A man arrested in Red Deer in a stolen truck and with a sawedoff shotgun now faces over a dozen charges.

After receiving a report of suspicious activity, Red Deer RCMP arrested the man without incident at about 4 p.m. on Friday in the area of 71st Street and 50th Avenue.

Police seized the truck, shotgun and ammunition, and some tools that had been stolen in Red Deer earlier that day.

The 32-year-old man was scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday. Some of the charges include carrying a firearm while prohibited, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of stolen property over $5,000 and possession of ammunition in a motor vehicle.

Red Deer County approves development plan STORIES FROM PAGE A1

GRAVEL PIT: ‘This is not NIMBY’ Some owners could see the value of their properties drop by hundreds of thousands of dollars, he said.

“We feel that council should reject this application based on the multiple and cumulative combination of negative factors that exist in this (application),” he said outside council chambers.

Residents are concerned about safety on school bus routes when gravel trucks begin rumbling up and down Burnt Lake Trail and Range Road 28-4.

The proposed haul road isn’t suitable for the kind of heavy traffic a gravel pit would create and the intersection at Burnt Lake Road and Range Road 28-4 is already “horrendous,” he added.

The effect of dust on the health of livestock and people is a worry and some are concerned the gravel pit could disrupt the aquifer county residents rely on for their water.

Ohama said residents feel there’s a question of fairness at stake. Why should dozens of landowners be affected by a project that benefits only the applicant, they argue.

“This is not NIMBY (not in my backyard),” he said. “I’m not anti-development. I am anti-unfairness.”

Faced with dwindling supplies of industrial and commercial land, Red Deer County is planning for the future.

County council unanimously approved a major area structure plan to set a development path around the Hwys 2 and 42 intersection east of Penhold.

Lining up more developable land is needed because the Gasoline Alley area is approaching full build-out. The same is true in Burnt Lake, Belich and Blindman industrial parks, which also fall in the City of Red Deer’s future growth area.

The plan for the first major highway interchange to the south encompasses nearly 1,460 acres that will be earmarked for commercial and industrial development.

Mayor Jim Wood pointed to the success of Gasoline Alley as he voiced his support for the new plan.

“It’s a welcome addition.”

Trout pond receives approval to expand A trout pond west of Red Deer has landed the approval it needs to expand.

The Smoky Trout Farm located north of Hwy 11A off Range Road 28-3 was seeking to consolidate 8.7 acres of land to build a bigger pond. It will be used for holding more water during dry years and provide more space for growing fish stocks.

Founded in 1998, by father and son Dan and Max Menard, Smoky Trout Farm supplies rainbow trout to private Wayne and Donna Arrison once owned the land that is proposed for the gravel pit. It was their best farmland and say it should not be turned over to industrial development.

The Arrisons are also concerned how the project will affect groundwater and family members who still live on nearby properties.

Danny Scott, who is working with the Hutterite Colony on their application, said the project won’t proceed until the county is satisfied that it has met all requirements. Among the work that would be done is a traffic impact assessment to ensure the haul route is suitable.

The county will provide necessary dust control and bill it back to the pit operator. Water will not be a concern, he said, adding more than 60 test holes on the hillside site did not hit water.

“Everything has to be addressed before it’s approved,” said Scott. “This isn’t going to happen overnight. There are a lot of steps to go through.”

In a letter that went out to adjacent landowners, the county says besides dust control a noise impact assessment will be required because there is a residence withing 800 metres of the proposed pit boundary.

The pit would operate 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. six days per week, closed on Sundays and statutory holidays. Crushing and screening would be limited to 10 weeks per year.

A public hearing has been set for July 5 at Red Deer County Centre. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

fishing waters throughout the province. They also specialize in lake and pond water management, including custom aeration design, beneficial bacteria and nuisance animal deterrents.

Red Deer County’s municipal planning commission unanimously approved the consolidation application.

Coun. Christine Moore praised the business for its innovation.

Construction about to being on high school near Maskwacis Construction is set to begin on a new Seventh Day Adventist high school near Maskwacis that will celebrate Cree culture.

The ground-breaking for the high school campus of Mamawi Atosketan Native School (MANS), located north of Ponoka and just outside Maskwacis, happens today at 2:30 p.m.

Northern Cree, originally from Saddle Lake and winner of the best drum group title at North America’s biggest pow wow, the Gathering of Nations, will perform at the event, along with local traditional dancers.

The high school, to be built adjacent to the existing kindergarten to Grade 9 school that opened in 2003, will include a tournament-size gym, and a separate industrial arts centre.

The elementary/middle school started adding high school subjects one grade at a time in 2012-13 and graduated its first high school class in

LNG: Project needed as soon as possible In March a convoy of over 600 trucks drove the Alaska Highway, urging Ottawa to approve the project.

Fort St. John has one of the highest unemployment rates in Canada, said Alan Yu, who is with the group and driving the bus from their community to Ottawa. They expect to arrive there on June 1.

Yu, who was speaking from Edmonton on Tuesday and headed off in a convoy to the Alberta legislature, said they need the giant LNG project to go ahead as soon as possible.

The slowdown in the oilpatch has hit that community and the B.C. Peace Region hard as well, said Yu, adding many people have lost their homes and businesses have closed. About a year ago the unemployment rate in the area was insignificant and now it’s almost 10 per cent, he said.

They expect to also be in Calgary and Medicine Hat on Wednesday, and are aiming to hit Winnipeg during the Liberal Party of Canada’s biennial convention on May 26-28. In Ottawa they will meet up with their MP Bob Zimmer and attend question period, Yu said.

Wapple said her group connected with the Fort St. John group a few months ago and R4R had been organizing a convoy to Ottawa for this week but then the Fort McMurray fires

2015.

MANS principal Gail Wilton said the current national high school completion rate among First Nations youth is 39 per cent and MANS has graduated or retained 100 per cent of the students who began their Grade 12 year at the school.

Staff at MANS is 24 per cent First Nations.

MANS is underwritten by the Alberta Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and accredited by Alberta Education.

Assault, robbery charges laid after attack on cab driver RCMP have arrested and charged a man with aggravated assault and robbery after a Red Deer cabbie was attacked and his taxi stolen early on Victoria Day. The Alberta Gold Taxi cab driver is in hospital in stable condition with serious injuries.

Blackfalds RCMP Cpl. Jason McFarlane confirmed the incident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday morning at about 1 a.m.

“The injuries are substantial but the severity is unknown at this time,” McFarlane said Tuesday.

Daniel Trout, 32, is in custody and also faces a mischief charge. His first appearance in Red Deer provincial court is scheduled for today.

The taxi cab has since been recovered.

Police are not releasing any further information. happened. “Everybody got sidetracked helping out with that … and so it should be,” Wapple said.

They have postponed that trip to Ottawa until September now, after the House of Commons summer break. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

WEEKEND: Fatality reported While there were no major traffic collisions in the Rocky area, Sundre RCMP reported that a Blackfalds man was killed and a man from Red Deer was seriously injured when their quad went out of control near Birch Lake on Saturday. Their names have not been released.

Groves said a task force involving RCMP, sheriffs, forestry officials and Clearwater County peace officers had been formed previously to protect the West Country wilderness from people who do not respect the environment or their fellow campers. Rocky RCMP had five to seven extra members on patrol at peak times during the weekend, he said.

The message to visitors is that they are welcome to come out and enjoy the West Country, but they can expect trouble if they cross the line.

“This is our back yard. Use it with respect,” said Groves. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Going the distance PENGUINS DOWN LIGHTNING TO FORCE GAME 7

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins 5 Lightning 2 TAMPA, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Penguins made good on Evgeni Malkin’s pledge to force Game 7 in the Eastern Conference final.

Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist, and Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, Bryan Rust and Nick Bonino also scored Tuesday night in a 5-2 victory that evened the best-of-seven series with the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-3.

Game 7 is Thursday night, with the Penguins hoping to reach the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2009 and the Lightning looking to advance to the Cup Final for the second straight year.

“I just told them to embrace the moment. It’s a great opportunity for us. These are the type of circumstances to where you have an opportunity to write your own story,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan.

“They had a certain mindset going into this tonight: ‘We’re going to leave it all out there and do everything we can to bring this back to Pittsburgh,”’ Sullivan added. “And, certainly that’s what they did.”

Malkin was the most demonstrative of the players expressing confidence the Penguins could take the series back to Pittsburgh, saying he believed in himself, his teammates and that they could return home for a seventh game “for sure.”

Crosby stepped up with his third game-winning goal of the series. The Penguins captain assisted on Kessel’s 5-on-3 power-play goal in the opening period and later skated around Tampa Bay defenceman Anton Stralman into the clear before sending a wrist shot between goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy’s legs for a 3-0 lead in the final minute of the second period.

“We know the circumstances. It makes you go out there with a mindset of playing desperate,” Crosby said.

“I think we had confidence in the whole group. I think everyone played great.

“Everyone contributed in their own

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Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Bryan Rust scores past Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy during the third period of Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals Tuesday, in Tampa, Fla. The Penguins won the game 5-2 to force Game 7 on Thursday. way. In a big game like this you, don’t do anything special, just do your job. I think that’s gotten us this far.”

Rookie goaltender Matt Murray returned to the lineup after being replaced as the starter for Game 5 by Marc-Andre Fleury, but his 10th playoff victory did not come without a bit of suspense.

Brian Boyle scored twice in the third period for Tampa Bay, with one of the goals bouncing off Kessel before getting past Murray, who finished with

28 saves. The second score drew the Lightning within one goal with 7:17 remaining.

Instead of flinching, the young goalie who turns 22 on Wednesday retained his composure down the stretch to help the Penguins avoid relinquishing a third-period lead for the second straight game.

“I just think it’s part of his DNA. He has a calming influence. He doesn’t get rattled if he lets a goal in. He continues to compete,” Sullivan said.

“That’s usually an attribute that takes years to acquire. And to have it at such a young age is impressive.

I think one of his biggest strengths is just his ability to stay in the moment.”

Rust’s breakaway goal at 17:52 of the third gave Pittsburgh breathing room, and Bonino added an empty-netter to finish it off.

“We had a great chance tonight and just tip-toed around a little bit,” Boyle said. “We were tentative and weren’t aggressive.”

Raptors’ coach predicts a different game in return to Cleveland I am, I can’t believe what I saw,” Smith said.

“I gotta be a man of my word and CLEVELAND — The Toronto Rap- just apologize to Canada, all Canaditors have found a way to beat Cleve- ans everywhere because I certainly land at home. thought that this was going back to Now they head back into the inhos- Cleveland, 3-1 … with the Cavs closing pitable Quicken Loans Arena with the this series out on Wednesday night so daunting task of stealing a game on the I wouldn’t have to go back to Canada road. and go through customs and all that The Raptors dropped the opening other nonsense.” two games of the Eastern Conference Smith called the Raptors winning final by a combined 50 points on the two straight “inexplicable.”

Cavaliers’ home court, before knotting “I can’t understand what’s hapthe series at 2-2 with a pair of thrilling pened to Cleveland right now,” Smith victories at home. said. “They don’t resemble the team Same city, but coach Dwane Casey that has won 10 straight playoff games is predicting a much prior to losing the different game this ‘WHEN YOU GO INTO ANOTHER last two.” time against the The key to a win backdrop of Cavs’ TEAM’S HOME TERRITORY, IT’S W e d n e s d a y , C a wine and gold. said, is limiting A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER. BUT sey “I will say this: the Cavaliers’ runs.

(THE TWO WINS) DOES GIVE Game 2 in CleveIt’s going to be a different animal back US MORE RHYTHM AND MORE land was tied late in in Cleveland, as it the second quarter is in every series,” CONFIDENCE GOING AGAINST but the Cavs closed Casey said Tues- THEM NOW THAT WE HAVE A out the half with a day. “When you go brisk 16-2 run. It was into another team’s LITTLE BIT BETTER FEEL OF a hole too deep for home territory, it’s Raptors to dig WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT the a little bit tougher. out of.

But (the two wins) “The games that DO AGAINST THIS TEAM.’ does give us more we lost there, there DWANE CASEY, TORONTO RAPTORS HEAD COACH w e r e p r o b a b l y rhythm and more confidence going three- or four-minagainst them now that we have a little ute segments, portions of the game that bit better feel of what we can and can- really did us in in both games,” Canot do against this team.” sey said. “If we can sustain our deThe Raptors opened the conference fence against their runs and not let finals two nights after dispatching Mi- them blow it open in those three- or ami in seven games in the semis, and four-minute segments… and we’ve got faced a Cavs team coming off nine days to respond offensively.” of rest.

Toronto’s all-star backcourt was suOver four games, they’ve become perb in Tuesday’s victory — Kyle Lowmore familiar with what the Cavs are ry had 35 points while DeMar DeRozan trying to do, Casey said, and they’ve added 32. become confident in their ability to Each has struggled at times these stop it. playoffs, but when they’re both firing “It gets into a little more of a chess on all cylinders, pity the opponent. match as the series goes on,” Casey “They’re always dangerous with said. “We’ve learned some things, and the guys they have who can get going I’m sure they have too.” at any time,” said Cleveland’s backThe Raptors are 8-2 at home and 2-6 up point guard Matthew Dellavedoon the road in the post-season, winning va. “Once they get it going, it’s hard to Game 3 in both Indiana and Miami. stop because they hit tough shots and The Raptors are proving everyone make plays. It’s up to us to try to take wrong after virtually no-one gave them them out of their rhythm and make it a chance of more than a token win in as hard as possible on them.” this series. Now Canada’s lone NBA Casey hopes to get Jonas Valancifranchise is two victories away from unas into Game 5, but it depends on the NBA finals, prompting ESPN host the Cavs’ lineup. Valanciunas, who Stephen A. Smith to apologize Tuesday sprained his ankle in Game 3 of the Minight to “all Canadians everywhere” ami series, rejoined the active roster for doubting the Raptors. ahead of Tuesday’s game, but didn’t “I can’t put into words how stunned play.

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New York Yankees’ Jacoby Ellsbury beats out the throw to Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Edwin Encarnacion on a ground ball hit to short during a baseball game Tuesday, in New York.

Eovaldi, Yankees shutout Blue Jays in series opener

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Yankees 6 Blue Jays 0 NEW YORK — Pushing their best hitters to the top of the batting order has not worked out yet for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Jose Bautista, Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion combined to go 1 for 10 in Tuesday night’s 6-0 loss to the New York Yankees, leaving them with a .224 batting average (13 for 58) and 11 RBIs in five games since manager John Gibbons shuffled his lineup.

“Well, the other strategy wasn’t working. It’s as simple as that,” Gibbons said before the game. “Get your top guys up there in the first inning.”

A resurgent Nathan Eovaldi (5-2) retired the side in order and allowed two hits in six innings to win his fifth straight decision. Three pitchers followed with hitless relief.

Last-place Toronto dropped to 2225, but Gibbons lasted until the end for just the third time in nine games. He was ejected from three and served a three-game suspension.

“These guys can’t win without me out there,” Gibbons said playfully.

“But the big problem is they can’t win with me, either.”

Toronto shortstop Troy Tulowitzki left early in this one, coming out in the bottom of the seventh with a right leg injury sustained when he stole second in the top of the inning.

“My quad tightened up a little bit and grabbed me,” he said. “I felt like

I needed to get out there. Otherwise, I could’ve done something I didn’t want to do, put myself in jeopardy.”

Making his 250th major league start, R.A. Dickey (2-6) dropped to 1-6 in nine appearances since winning his opener at Tampa Bay. He gave up four runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out seven and walking two.

“By my standards, I’ve been pitching pretty well this month,” he said.

“It just seems like weird things occur when guys get on base. A run here, a run there, and next thing you know your outing looks a lot worse than it really is.”

Dickey aggravated his surgically repaired right knee while falling as he covered first base on Dustin Ackley’s leadoff infield single in the seventh.

“My knee bent funny trying to get to that bag quick, and the knee that I had repaired in the off-season, I just felt something inside there,” he said.

Carlos Beltran drove in a first-inning run when he beat Tulowitzki’s relay throw from second on a grounder to avoid what would have been an inning-ending double play and allow Jacoby Ellsbury to sprint home from third. Ellsbury tripled leading off when Bautista made an attempt for a diving catch, allowing the ball to roll to the right-field scoreboard.

“Off the bat, I didn’t think I had a chance,” Bautista said. “Then I saw the flight of the ball and thought I did, and it was knuckling a little bit and it was going away from me. Took a chance, and it didn’t work out.”

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Today ● Memorial Cup: Red Deer Rebels vs.

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Okotoks Dawgs White, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Thursday ● Memorial Cup: Tiebreaker game (if necessary), 6 p.m., Centrium. ● Ladies Fastball: Rage U18 vs. Bandits, 7 p.m., Rage U18 vs. Badgers, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park, Stettler vs. U16 Rage, 7 p.m.

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Friday ● Memorial Cup: Semifinal game, 6 p.m., Centrium. ● Synchronized Swimming: Red Deer Synchronized Swimming Club year end water show, 6 p.m., Recreation Centre Pool. ● Lacrosse: St. Albert Crude at Red Deer

Saturday ● Midget baseball: Game 1: St. Albert Cardinals vs. Red Deer Braves, 12 p.m., Game 2: St. Albert Cardinals vs. Red Deer Braves, 3 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Rugby: Red Deer Titans womens vs. Rams, 12 p.m., Titan’s field ● Football: Central Alberta Buccaneers vs.

Grande Prairie Drillers, 6 p.m., M.E. Global Field Lacombe.

Sunday ● Midget baseball: St. Albert Cardinals vs.

Red Deer Braves, 11 a.m., Great Chief Park. ● Lacrosse: Medicine Hat Sun Devils vs.

Red Deer Renegades (Jr. B tier 2), 2 p.m., Sherwood Park Titans vs. Red Deer Rampage (Jr. B tier 1), 5 p.m., Kinex. ● Memorial Cup: Final game, 2:30 p.m., Centrium

Basketball 2016 NBA Playoffs Third Round CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland (1) vs. Toronto (2) (Series tied 2-2) Monday’s result Toronto 105 Cleveland 99 Saturday’s result Toronto 99 Cleveland 84 Wednesday’s game Toronto at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s game Cleveland at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 29 Toronto at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State (1) vs. Oklahoma City (3) (Oklahoma City leads series 3-1) Tuesday’s result Oklahoma City 118 Golden State 94 Sunday’s result Oklahoma City 133 Golden State 105 Thursday’s game Oklahoma City at Golden State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 28 Golden State at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 30 Oklahoma City at Golden State, 7 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS Russell Westbrook had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Golden State Warriors 118-94 on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals and put the defending NBA champions on the brink of elimination.

It was Westbrook’s first triple-double of the playoffs after posting 18 in the regular season. Kevin Durant added 26 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City.

Golden State, which won a league record 73 games in the regular season, lost consecutive games for the first time this season. The Warriors must win Game 5 on Thursday in Oakland to keep their season alive.

Klay Thompson led Golden State with 26 points.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Pittsburgh 14 12 8 — 34 Tampa Bay 4 7 19 — 30 Goal — Pittsburgh: Murray (W, 10-4-0). Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (L, 3-3-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Pittsburgh: 1-3 Tampa Bay: 0-1.

Monday, May 30 At Higher-seeded Team, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1 At Higher-seeded Team, 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 4 At Lower-seeded Team, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 6 At Lower-seeded Team, 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 9 At Higher-seeded Team, 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 12 At Lower-seeded Team, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 15 At Higher-seeded Team, 6 p.m.

2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs Third Round CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh (M2) vs. Tampa Bay (A2) (Series tied 3-3) Tuesday’s result Pittsburgh 5 Tampa Bay 2 Sunday’s result Tampa Bay 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Thursday’s game Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

NHL playoff scoring leaders following Monday’s game:

Tuesday’s summary Penguins 5, Lightning 2 First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Kessel 9 (Crosby, Malkin) 18:46 (pp).

Penalties — Malkin Pgh (slashing) 14:20 Stralman TB (interference) 17:09 Hedman TB (delay of game) 17:50.

Second Period 2. Pittsburgh, Letang 2 (Sheary, Bonino) 7:40.

3. Pittsburgh, Crosby 6 (Hornqvist) 19:34.

Penalties — Palat TB (slashing) 10:06.

Third Period 4. Tampa Bay, Boyle 4 (unassisted) 5:30.

5. Tampa Bay, Boyle 5 (Koekkoek, Drouin) 12:43.

6. Pittsburgh, Rust 3 (Kunitz, Maatta) 17:52.

7. Pittsburgh, Bonino 3 (Lovejoy) 19:06 (en).

WESTERN CONFERENCE St. Louis (C2) vs. San Jose (P3) (San Jose leads series 3-2) Monday’s result San Jose 6 St. Louis 3 Saturday’s result St. Louis 6 San Jose 3 Wednesday’s game St. Louis at San Jose, 7 p.m.

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

Fourth Round STANLEY CUP FINAL (Best-of-7)

Joe Pavelski, SJ Logan Couture, SJ Nikita Kucherov, TB Brent Burns, SJ Phil Kessel, Pgh Tyler Johnson, TB Joe Thornton, SJ Jamie Benn, Dal Robby Fabbri, StL David Backes, StL Jaden Schwartz, StL Troy Brouwer, StL Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Sidney Crosby, Pgh Alex Killorn, TB Colin Wilson, Nash Jason Spezza, Dal Victor Hedman, TB Nick Bonino, Pgh

G 12 7 11 6 8 7 3 5 4 7 4 8 7 5 5 5 5 4 2

A 9 14 8 13 9 10 14 10 11 7 10 5 6 8 8 8 8 9 11

Pts 21 21 19 19 17 17 17 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Boston 28 17 .622 Baltimore 26 17 .605 New York 22 22 .500 Tampa Bay 21 22 .488 Toronto 22 25 .468 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 27 20 .574 Cleveland 24 20 .545 Kansas City 24 21 .533 Detroit 23 22 .511 Minnesota 11 34 .244 West Division W L Pct Seattle 26 18 .591 Texas 26 20 .565 Los Angeles 21 25 .457 Oakland 20 26 .435 Houston 18 28 .391

GB — 1 1/2 2 3 15

Philadelphia (Nola 3-3) at Detroit (Sanchez 3-5), 11:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 3-2) at Texas (Lewis 3-0), 12:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-3), 12:10 p.m.

Toronto (Estrada 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 3-1), 5:05 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 4-2) at Boston (Wright 3-4), 5:10 p.m.

Miami (Nicolino 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-0), 5:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Wilson 2-2) at Houston (McHugh 4-4), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Neal 0-0) at Seattle (Iwakuma 2-4), 8:10 p.m.

GB — 1 6 7 9

Thursday’s Games Miami at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 3:05 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m.

GB — 1 5 1/2 6 7

Monday’s Games Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 6, 1st game Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4 Miami 7, Tampa Bay 6 L.A. Angels 2, Texas 0 Kansas City 10, Minnesota 4 Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 1, 2nd game Oakland 5, Seattle 0 Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Miami 3 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 0 Boston 8, Colorado 3 Detroit 3, Philadelphia 1 Texas 4, L.A. Angels 1 Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Houston 3, Baltimore 2, 13 innings Kansas City 7, Minnesota 4 Oakland at Seattle, late

Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Atlanta Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati

Wednesday’s Games Kansas City (Gee 1-1) at Minnesota (Duffey 1-3), 11:10 a.m.

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 28 18 .609 26 19 .578 25 21 .543 23 22 .511 12 32 .273 Central Division W L Pct 30 14 .682 25 19 .568 24 22 .522 19 26 .422 15 31 .326 West Division W L Pct 29 19 .604 24 23 .511 21 23 .477 21 26 .447 19 28 .404

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 6, Colorado 3 N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 1 Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4 Miami 7, Tampa Bay 6 St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 0 San Francisco 1, San Diego 0 Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Miami 3 Pittsburgh 12, Arizona 1 Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Boston 8, Colorado 3 Detroit 3, Philadelphia 1 Milwaukee 2, Atlanta 1 Chicago Cubs 12, St. Louis 3 L.A. Dodgers 8, Cincinnati 2 San Francisco 8, San Diego 2

GB — 5 7 11 1/2 16

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Matz 6-1) at Washington (Roark 3-3), 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 3-3) at Detroit (Sanchez 3-5), 11:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 8-0) at St. Louis (Martinez 4-4), 11:45 a.m.

San Diego (Shields 2-6) at San Francisco (Peavy 1-5), 1:45 p.m.

Arizona (De La Rosa 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 2-3), 5:05 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 4-2) at Boston (Wright 3-4), 5:10 p.m.

Miami (Nicolino 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-0), 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Guerra 3-0) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 1-2), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Straily 2-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 3-3), 8:10 p.m.

GB — 4 1/2 6 7 1/2 9 1/2

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

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

St. Louis at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

GB — 1 1/2 3 4 1/2 15

Williams cruises to easy win at French Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Even before Serena Williams quickly and easily seized control of her first-round match Tuesday, things were shaping up rather well for her at the French Open.

Williams’ bid for her 22nd Grand Slam title, which would equal Steffi Graf’s Open-era record, began with a nothing-to-see-here 6-2, 6-0 victory over 77th-ranked Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia in all of 42 minutes.

Not that she wished it had been more of a workout.

“It was a little short for me, but I think in my career, if I don’t have it by now, I need to look into something different. So I’m OK — I’m OK with that,” said the top-seeded Williams, who took the last 10 games after a so-so start.

What happened earlier on Day 3 was more surprising — and perhaps just as significant for the defending champion: Two of the top five seeded women exited the clay-court tournament.

No. 3 Angelique Kerber, who upset Williams in the Australian Open final in January, lost to 58th-ranked Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

And No. 5 Victoria Azarenka, one of the only other two women who defeated Williams this season, bowed out in the first round, too, stopping because of an injured right knee while trailing 4-0 in the third set against 118thranked Karen Knapp of Italy.

Williams could have faced Azarenka in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and Kerber in the semifinals.

But Azarenka’s knee buckled in the sixth game of the second set, and she started grimacing and limping. After the first point of the next game, she went to the sideline and requested medical attention, which Knapp didn’t

think was fair.

“I don’t want to say anything bad about her,” Knapp said, “but we all know how she is.”

Azarenka managed to pull out the second set, but she eventually decided not to continue.

“I started to feel a sharp pain in my knee. I’ve had an injury there before, a while ago, but it hasn’t been a problem until today,” Azarenka said, explaining: “It got worse as the match went on.”

Kerber, a lefty, got treatment for her left shoulder, which has been bothering her lately.

“That was, for sure, not my best tennis,” she said.

In the six major tournaments before this one, Williams went 39-2, with the only losses coming against Kerber and No. 7 Roberta Vinci, who ended the American’s try for a calendar-year Grand Slam at the 2015 U.S. Open but is done in Paris after losing Monday.

The rain that played havoc with the schedule over the first two days was nowhere to be found Tuesday, although the chill remained, and Williams wore leggings under her skirt and a zipped-up, long-sleeved top to shield her from temperatures that hovered around 60 degrees (15 Celsius).

“I don’t like playing in cold weather,” said Williams, who compiled 25 winners and five unforced errors, “but everything felt pretty good.”

Her older sister, No. 9 Venus, also won in straight sets, avoiding a second consecutive first-round Grand Slam loss — and a second consecutive firstround French Open loss. She spent a lot more time on court, needing nearly two hours to get past 82nd-ranked Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

The top-seeded man, Novak Djokovic, was not tested at all, defeating 95thranked Yen-hsun Lu 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. And

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Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard returns in her first round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Germany’s Laura Siegemund at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday. Bouchard won the match 6-2, 6-2.

Rafael Nadal was so at ease in a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory over 100th-ranked Sam Groth that the nine-time French Open champion allowed himself a smile after a dazzling, back-to-the-net, throughthe-legs passing shot winner.

No. 2 Andy Murray was never that at peace during his struggle of a match, which was suspended because of darkness Monday night in the fourth set.

Murray lost the opening two sets against 37-year-old Radek Stepanek, a qualifier from the Czech Republic who was the oldest man in the field, then twice was two points from losing

while serving down 5-4 in the fifth on Tuesday.

“Today was pretty, you know, stressful,” said Murray, who engaged in his usual mix of gesticulating and grousing.

Stepanek, meanwhile, was having the time of his life, mixing confounding drop shots with net rushes, and motioning to the crowd for more support.

In the end, though, Murray eked out a 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 win. He’ll be scheduled to play for a third consecutive day on Wednesday.

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Tragic diagnosis GORD DOWNIE READY TO ‘BLOW PEOPLE’S MINDS’ ON TOUR IN WAKE OF CANCER REVELATION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie is determined to “blow people’s minds” with a raucous Canadian tour in the wake of learning he has an incurable brain cancer, his managers said Tuesday as fans tried to digest the shocking announcement about the singer’s illness.

Band managers Patrick Sambrook and Bernie Breen said doctors have cleared the 52-year-old father of four to hit the road following surgery and treatment for glioblastoma — the most common and aggressive type of tumour to start in the brain.

The details of the tour are set to be announced Wednesday.

“The will to do the tour, that was easy,” Sambrook said at a press conference also attended by Downie’s neuro-oncologist, Dr. James Perry.

“The (question was): ‘Can we do this?’ and ‘Can we do it to the level that (we want)?’ It’s a pro band, Gord absolutely doesn’t want to go out there unless he can really do his thing and so I mean, their head space, his head space is: ‘We want to blow people’s minds.”’

Perry, head of neurology at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, said it was “too early” to offer a prognosis but added Downie’s case is especially receptive to treatment, suggesting “a significantly higher chance of longer-term survival.”

But the physician also said Downie’s tumour, found in his front left temporal lobe, is impossible to completely remove by surgery and frequently recurs.

“Unfortunately, one day it will come back,” said Perry, dismissing the possibility of a complete recovery.

Downie was diagnosed in December after suffering a seizure. Surgery removed the bulk of the tumour, while six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy — completed about a month and a half ago — have reduced it even further.

“He has returned to his physical, emotional, mental strength well enough now to be able to get back doing what he loves doing,” Perry said of the charismatic frontman, known for powerful live performances and poetic lyrics.

Perry didn’t anticipate any medical issues in the short term, but said “medical contingencies” will be in place

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Gord Downie in Toronto. The Tragically Hip said its lead singer, Downie, has terminal brain cancer. He found out about the illness in December, according to a statement on the band’s website. throughout the tour. He emphasized that Downie will need to avoid fatigue while on stage.

“We all know he doesn’t sit down in a rocking chair and play banjo, so I think we have to be cautious about things like hydration,” Perry said.

Neither Downie nor his bandmates attended the press conference. The Kingston, Ont., band broke the news

online and by press release Tuesday morning.

“This feels like the right thing to do now, for Gord, and for all of us,” said the Hip, whose cerebral smashes include Blow at High Dough and New Orleans Is Sinking, in announcing the tour.

“What we in the Hip receive, each time we play together, is a connection

Here are some key facts about Gord Downie: Birthday: Feb. 6, 1964.

Birthplace: Amherstview, Ont., suburb of Kingston.

The Tragically Hip: He and four friends formed the band while attending high school in 1984. They played local bars in the Kingston area before being signed to MCA and releasing an eponymous EP in 1987 and a fulllength album in 1989 that instantly put them on the Canadian musical map.

Solo projects: Downie released his first solo album, Coke Machine Glow, in 2001 with a companion book of poetry with the same title. He went onto release 2003’s Battle of the Nudes and 2010’s The Grand Bounce, credited to Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles.

Notable collaborations: Downie has worked with other Canadian musical acts including Dallas Green of City and Colour, Buck 65 and Toronto band The Sadies. He also made cameos for the Trailer Park Boys movie and television show.

Environmentalism: Downie has been a vocal opponent of oil pipelines and has actively spoken out against projects that endanger the welfare of Canadian waterways. He served as a board member of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper.

Personal life: Downie is married to Laura Leigh Usher and has four children.

Quote: “They inspire everything.

Everything I do, everything I eat, everything I don’t eat. You settle into the fact that you let these kids affect you in their great and positive ways, and that can only affect your work in great and positive ways.” Downie on his children during an interview with The Canadian Press in 2010. with each other with music and its magic and during the shows, a special connection with all of you, our incredible fans. So, we’re going to dig deep, and try to make this our best tour yet.”

The Tragically Hip’s 14th studio album, Man Machine Poem, is set for release on June 17. The album was largely completed prior to Downie learning about the tumour, his manager said.

Brain tumour a type of common, aggressive cancer

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Gord Downie, lead singer and lyricist for cherished Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, has been diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer.

Here are five things to know about the glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumour: WHAT IS GLIOBLASTOMA? It’s the most common and most aggressive cancerous primary brain tumour (a tumour that starts in the brain). Glioblastomas are made up of different cell types and are usually highly cancerous because the cells reproduce quickly and have a large network of blood vessels supporting them. Most of these tumours occur in the cerebral

hemispheres but can develop in other parts of the brain such as the corpus callosum, brain stem or spinal cord.

Like many brain tumour types, the exact cause is not known, but increasingly research is pointing toward genetic mutations.

PREVALENCE OF GLIOBLASTOMA: The rate of glioblastoma is about two to three per 100,000 people in Canada, the United States and Europe.

Sunnybrook says it treats around 250 patients with glioblastoma each year.

This type of tumour is more common in older individuals and more common in men than women. Each case is unique, but average survival, even with aggressive treatment, is less than one year.

SYMPTOMS: A patient’s symptoms depend on the location of his/her tu-

mour. Some common symptoms include headache, weakness, nausea, seizure, memory difficulties, personality changes and vomiting. Sometimes the tumour starts producing symptoms quickly, but on occasion there are no symptoms until it reaches a larger size.

TYPES OF GLIOBLASTOMA: The American Brain Tumor Association cites two types of glioblastomas. These include primary, or “de novo,” and secondary. Primary tumours tend to form and make their presence known quickly.

This is the most common form of glioblastoma it is very aggressive. Secondary tumours have a longer, somewhat slower growth history, but still are very aggressive. They may begin as lower-grade tumours, which eventually become higher grade. They tend to be

found in people 45 and younger, and represent about 10 per cent of glioblastomas.

TREATMENT: The first treatment step is surgery to remove as much tumour as possible. Surgery is almost always followed by radiation. Glioblastoma’s capacity to wildly invade and infiltrate normal surrounding brain tissue makes complete resection impossible.

After surgery, radiation therapy is used to kill leftover tumour cells and in attempts to prevent recurrence.

Chemotherapy is often given at the same time as radiation and may be used to delay radiation in young children.

Source: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada American Brain Tumor Association.

Juno Award-winning singer to perform at Memorial Cup celebrations

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Juno Award-winning singer Clayton Bellamy and his band will rock the stage Thursday night at Red Deer Memorial Cup celebrations.

Bellamy will perform at 10:30 p.m. at Molson Hockey House, in the Prairie Pavilion. (Tickets are available at Fan Fest in the Parkland Pavilion.)

The country-rock singer/songwriter from Bonnyville now lives in Nashville. While he’s taken the stage at the Grand Ole Opry and performed for former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, he

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has also taken on important community causes, such as playing at a Red Deer fundraiser for suicide prevention in 2013.

Bellamy, who released his Five Crow Silver album also in 2013, has won a Juno Award for Best Country Recording, is a four-time Canadian Country Music Award winner, and recipient of the SOCAN Songwriter of the Year award. As one of the three members of The Road Hammers, he’s released four studio albums, in addition to charting four singles in Canada and one in the United States.

Earlier in the evening, the Bradley Abel Band will play Molson Hockey

HIKERS TO SET OUT TO RIVERBEND THIS WEEK

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Red Deer Area Hikers go for a weekly hike each Thursday, meeting at the west side parking lot at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre at 8:45 a.m. Riverbend Course loop is the destination for the this week. Be prepared to car-pool to various locations, and bring lunch.

Hikes will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Phone Mavis at 403-3430091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497.

House during 4 and 9:30 p.m. shows.

The versatile Red Deer cover band specializes in folk rock and alternative tunes. There’s no cover charge.

Molson Hockey House is a meeting place for fans headed to the evening game at the Enmax Centrium, and the central watering hole (beer garden) for all the action after the game.

Molson Hockey House will open four hours before each game and has free entry, unless otherwise indicated.

The venue will temporarily close at puck drop, re-opening at the end of the second intermission. It’s open postgame only to those 18 years of age and older.

SCOTT WOODS TO PLAY SUNNYBROOK UNITED CHURCH

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Enjoy an uplifting live show celebrating the magic of fiddle music with Scott Woods in concert, Thursday at Sunnybrook United Church at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are available for $25 for adults, $10 for children ages five to 12 years, and free for children under five years. Call the church at 403-347-6073 for tickets and information.

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SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS The Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre is celebrating 30 years of service on Thursday with the launch of their text/web chat service and volunteer appreciation at from 4-6 p.m. at the Red Deer College Cenovus Centre (100 College Blvd., second floor). For more information call 403-340-1124 or go to www.casasc.ca.

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Cosby to stand trial

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NORRISTOWN, Pa. — She called him “Mr. Cosby� and considered him a trusted friend and mentor.

But 20 minutes after Bill Cosby offered her three blue pills and told her to take them with the wine he had set out, Andrea Constand’s legs began to wobble “like jelly,� her eyes went blurry and her head began to throb.

Cosby helped her to a couch in his living room, where she later realized he violated her as she lay helplessly in a stupor, she told police in 2005.

On Tuesday, a judge ordered the 78-year-old Cosby to stand trial on sexual assault charges on the strength of Constand’s decade-old police statement, sparing the former Temple University employee the need to testify at the preliminary hearing.

Cosby could get 10 years in prison if convicted in the case, the only criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the barrage of allegations that he drugged and molested dozens of women over five decades. He is free on $1 million bail.

A trial date was not immediately set.

Cosby, looking less frail than he did when he was arrested five months ago, seemed unfazed by District Judge Elizabeth McHugh’s decision. “Mr. Cosby is not guilty of any crime, and not one single fact presented by the commonwealth rebuts this truth,� his lawyers said in a statement afterward.

The hearing was not the face-to-face confrontation between accuser and accused that some had anticipated: Constand, who is now a massage therapist in Toronto, was not in the courtroom, and the judge ruled that she did not have to testify at this stage. Instead, prosecutors had portions of her 2005 police statement read into the record.

While authorities in recent months have paraphrased her account and quoted fragments, this was apparently

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Bill Cosby, left, departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby was ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report. the first time that large sections of her statement — or Cosby’s, for that matter — were made public.

Constand told police that the comedian penetrated her with his fingers and fondled her at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004 after giving her what he said was herbal medication. After taking the pills, she said, “everything was blurry and dizzy.� “I told him, ‘I can’t even talk, Mr.

Cosby.’ I started to panic,� she told police.

She said she awoke with her bra askew and did not remember undoing it.

Cosby’s lawyers argued unsuccessfully that having a police officer read Constand’s statement instead of putting her on the stand would be thirdhand testimony and would deprive him of his right to confront his accuser.

Cato Fong, a manservant whose job was to attack Clouseau when he least expected it.

Other film appearances included Norman Jewison’s sci-fi thriller Rollerball and Steven Spielberg’s Second World War drama Empire of the Sun and the 1980s British Second World War TV series Tenko.

Michael Jace, who is accused of shooting and killing his wife April two years ago in their Los Angeles home.

He surrendered to police after telling a 911 dispatcher that he had killed his wife.

His attorneys have said his state of mind will be a key element of his defence.

A prosecutor has said Jace shot his wife in the back and then again while their young children looked on.

Jace also had bit roles in the movies Boogie Nights and Forrest Gump.

Star Wars actor Mayhew to meet Chewbacca Mom Veteran of the Pink Panther movies dies at 85 LONDON — Burt Kwouk, an actor who played martial arts expert Cato in the comic Pink Panther films, has died.

He was 85.

Kwouk’s agent, Jean Diamond, said in a statement that he “passed peacefully� on Tuesday. She didn’t give a cause of death.

Born in northwest England in 1930 and raised in Shanghai, Kwouk had his first major film role in 1958’s The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, starring Ingrid Bergman.

Kwouk appeared in the James Bond films Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice as well as the 1967 Bond spoof Casino Royale, and had roles in popular 1960s TV series Secret Agent, The Avengers and The Saint.

In 1964, Blake Edwards cast him in A Shot in the Dark, a comedy centred on Peter Sellers’ bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Kwouk appeared in half a dozen more Pink Panther movies as

LOS ANGELES — Late night host James Corden has surprised Chewbacca mom Candace Payne with the chance to meet the actor behind the Star Wars creature.

Payne’s wildly popular video of her hysterically laughing while wearing a toy Chewbacca mask has gained more than 140 million views on Facebook since she posted it last week.

On Monday’s Late Late Show, Corden read a message to Payne from Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew, who says he has carved out time to meet her during an upcoming visit to her home state of Texas.

Jury selected in murder case against actor LOS ANGELES — A jury has been selected and opening statements are set to begin in the murder trial of an actor who played a police officer on the TV series The Shield.

The panel of six men and six women was seated Tuesday in the case against

Stephen King among writers signing Trump protest letter NEW YORK — Some of the country’s top writers are protesting Donald Trump’s way with words.

Stephen King, Junot Diaz and Jennifer Egan are among more than 400 authors who added their names this week to an online letter that condemns the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for his “appeals to the basest and most violent elements in society.�

The petition “unequivocally� opposes Trump’s election. Others supporting it include Amy Tan, Cheryl Strayed, Michael Chabon and Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler.

Jeanne Parr, TV correspondent and Chris Noth’s mom, dies

But reading a police statement into the record is common practice at preliminary hearings in Pennsylvania.

The defence also argued that Constand was having a relationship with a married man and that they had engaged in “petting� during her two or three earlier visits to his home.

In his own 2005 statement to police, excerpts of which were also read in court, Cosby said Constand never said “no� as he put his hand down her pants. He told police the pills were over-the-counter Benadryl that he takes to help him sleep.

Cosby attorney Brian McMonagle also questioned why Constand continued to see the comedian and even returned to the house to meet with him after the alleged assault.

In addition, the defence seized on discrepancies in the three police statements Constand gave, including her shifting memory of precisely when the encounter occurred.

Cosby settled with Constand for an undisclosed sum in 2006 after testifying behind closed doors about his extramarital affairs, his use of quaaludes to seduce women and his efforts to hide payments to former lovers from his wife.

But prosecutors reopened the criminal case last year after dozens of women levelled similar allegations and after Cosby’s sealed testimony in Constand’s lawsuit was made public.

Cosby’s lawyers are trying to get the case thrown out, arguing that a previous prosecutor made a binding promise a decade ago that the comic would never be charged.

He is also fighting defamation lawsuits across the country for allegedly branding his accusers liars and is trying to get his homeowner insurance to pay his legal bills.

The Associated Press does not normally identify people who say they were victims of sex crimes unless they agree to be named publicly, which Constand has done.

NEW YORK — Jeanne L. Parr, a former television correspondent in New York and mother of actor Chris Noth, has died. She was 92.

Parr died Friday in Hawaii, where she lived after retirement, Noth’s publicist said on Tuesday. Parr worked in television news in Wisconsin and Connecticut and appeared on the game show What’s My Line, catching the attention of a producer for CBS in New York. She came to New York to work as a weather correspondent for the local CBS affiliate, eventually becoming a news correspondent there.

She wrote a book, The Superwives, about the spouses of athletes, and produced documentaries.

Everybody ‘nose’ these stars set for ‘Red Nose Day’ NEW YORK — Celine Dion, Tyler Perry, Bono and Julia Roberts are a few of some 65 big names scheduled to appear on the second annual Red Nose Day Special this Thursday.

The music-and-comedy extravaganza will also feature Elton John, Blake Shelton, Margot Robbie and Chris “Ludacris� Bridges, plus stars from The Walking Dead.

Additional stars announced by NBC include Ellen DeGeneres, Jack Black, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Sarah Silverman, Key & Peele, Will Ferrell, Blake Shelton and Kobe Bryant.

Money raised by Red Nose Day will help support projects in some of the neediest communities in the U.S. and some of the poorest communities in the world.

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Water for weight loss DRS. ROIZEN AND OZ YOU DOCS Toast this news with a cool glass of H20! In a recent University of Illinois study, people who drank one, two or three extra glasses of water a day took in between 68 and 208 fewer calories — enough to lose nearly a half-pound a week.

For the study, scientists looked at the drinking habits of 18,311 volunteers. Those who bumped up their plain-water intake not only dialed down calories, but they also consumed up to a tablespoon less sugar daily.

That’s very good news. Sodium intake was dialed back, a potential help for lowering high blood pressure, and they cut sat-fat intake, easing inflammation.

Only plain water had this effect, not coffee, tea, soda, juice or milk. The researchers suspect that the water-lovers may have cut back on sugary drinks and no longer mistook feeling thirsty for hunger, a common confusion that

leads to overeating.

Two recent Virginia Tech studies found more benefits of upping your H20 consumption: Drinking water before meals cut calorie intake by 13 percent in one, and in another helped midlife women and men lose more weight than those who didn’t have H20 as an appetizer.

The easiest way to get the water you need: Obey your thirst. Drink when your body tells you that you need water. Don’t delay. By the time you’re thirsty, you’ve lost 1 to 2 percent of body water.

You’re drinking enough if your urine in the toilet bowl is pale yellow; if it’s darker than that, you need to drink more water. That’s especially important for older adults, whose sense of thirst may be diminished.

Here’s how to harness the power of water for healthy weight loss: Carry a water bottle. Take advantage of all those new water bottle filling stations turning up on public drinking fountains by toting your own bottle.

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Sip, don’t gulp. Make the most of every swallow by sipping water slowly. A University of Toronto study found that people who downed a seven-ounce glassful in 15 minutes eliminated most of it the next time they hit the bathroom. Those who slowly sipped held on to much more.

Munch, crunch and spoon up water-rich foods, too. In addition to several glasses of plain water every day, fit in plenty of fruit, veggies and low-fat or fat-free dairy products or dairy alternatives.

Turns out the world’s healthiest foods are also a great source of additional fluids, providing about 20 percent of your daily water needs. Foods that help satisfy your total daily water needs include apples (84 percent water), broccoli (91 percent), carrots (87 percent), grapefruit (91 percent), yogurt (85 percent) and watermelon (92 percent).

Start lunch or dinner with a brothbased vegetable soup. You get a double dose of water that fills you up so

much that you’ll eat less at your next meal, according to a string of brilliant studies from Pennsylvania State University.

The veggies and soup satisfy you three ways: A bowlful looks like a lot of food, so you don’t feel deprived; you’ll spend a lot of time chewing and swallowing, which tells your brain you’re eating something substantial; and the fluid, fiber and sheer volume of your soupy meal-starter linger in your stomach, so you feel full longer.

Deal with personal leaks. If you’re coping with incontinence, you may be tempted to cut back on fluids to avoid embarrassment. We understand that, but we want you to understand that this could leave you dehydrated, mentally fuzzy and at high risk for painful urinary tract infections. Talk to your doc about incontinence; ask about a referral to a specialist who can help with pelvic-floor muscle training and provide other remedies.

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Obesity surgery should be routine for diabetes DIABETES CARE GUIDELINES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — New guidelines say weight-loss surgery should become a more routine treatment option for diabetes, even for some patients who are mildly obese.

Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are a deadly pair, and numerous studies show stomach-shrinking operations can dramatically improve diabetes.

But Tuesday’s guidelines mark the first time the surgery is recommended specifically as a diabetes treatment rather than as obesity treatment with a side benefit, and expand the eligible candidates.

The recommendations were endorsed by the American Diabetes Association, the International Diabetes Federation and 43 other health groups, and published in the journal Diabetes Care.

“We do not claim that surgery should be the first-line therapy,” cautioned Dr. David E. Cummings, an endocrinologist at the University of Washington and senior author of the guidelines. But as standard care often isn’t enough, “it’s time for something new.”

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An overweight person is seen in New York. International diabetes organizations are calling for weight-loss surgery to become a more routine treatment option for diabetes, even for some patients who are only mildly obese. Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are a deadly pair, and numerous studies show stomach-shrinking operations can dramatically improve diabetes.

WHO WOULD QUALIFY? It’s recommended for patients whose BMI, or body mass index , is at least 40, regardless of their overall blood sugar, and for patients with a BMI of at least 35 whose diabetes is inadequately controlled despite lifestyle changes and medication.

Also, the guidelines say surgery can be considered with a BMI as low as 30 for patients with poor control despite usual care.

IT’S NOT THE POUNDS THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE While weight loss itself can help Type 2 diabetes, operations such as gastric bypass, the most common kind, and other types of bariatric surgery are thought to help in a different way — by affecting hormones, gut bacteria and other substances that affect how the body handles insulin and blood sugar. The guidelines take no position on which operation is best.

IS IT SAFE? Bariatric surgery — called metabolic surgery when performed for di-

DIABESITY IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM About 26 million Americans have diabetes, mostly the Type 2 form where the body gradually loses the ability to produce or use insulin to turn food into energy. Many Type 2 diabetics, although not all, are overweight or obese. Many can control the disease with diet, exercise, medication or insulin — but years of poorly controlled diabetes can lead to heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, amputations or blindness.

DOES OBESITY SURGERY REALLY HELP WITH DIABETES? Studies have long shown that most obese diabetics who undergo bariatric surgery see their blood sugar control dramatically improve. Some even reach normal levels despite quitting their regular medicine. The surgery is not considered a cure, because some people relapse. But others have remained in remission for years.

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Such operations can cost $20,000 to $25,000. Insurance coverage has become more common over the past decade but remains spotty, and many insurers limit coverage to severely obese patients. Clare Krusing, a spokeswoman for the trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans, said insurers will review the diabetes guidelines but that evaluating them will take time.

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Self-limiting beliefs sabotage efforts MURRAY FUHRER EXTREME ESTEEM

What’s Your Story?

“It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head.

That story makes you what you are.

We build ourselves out of that story.”

– Patrick Rothfuss, American fantasy author “Excuse me, gentlemen,” he said.

“Might I have a few minutes of your time?”

My son Kyle and I were making our way through a crowded street in downtown Nashville when we got approached by a homeless man. His clothes were tattered and dirty, and he was painfully gaunt. It was early evening, and country bands were performing in nearly every venue. It was difficult to hear over the din – a cacophony of twang and crying vocals.

“I must say y’all both have awfully nice shirts and hats.”

I looked at my son who looked back at me and shrugged.

“Let me tell you my story,” he began. “I was in the military. I know that might be hard to believe looking at me now, but I was an officer and saw some awful front-line action. I lost a lot of good men, and I still suffer greatly from that loss. I have PTSD now, if y’all know what that is.”

Kyle and I both nodded.

“I come back here and there ain’t no work. I look for a long time, and I start to lose faith. I got addicted – I will confess that – and now my family, they

don’t want nothin’ to do with me. I am a homeless person. All I have is what I’m wearin’ right now.” He gestured with his hands.

True or not, it was a compelling story. Kyle passed the man a few coins while I reached in my pocket for a dollar bill. He slowly and deliberately (and with great effort) stuffed the dollar into his pocket and when he tried to do the same with the coins, they fell from his uncooperative fingers and bounced and rolled down the sidewalk.

We all have stories that we tell and beliefs that we have cultivated over time. If we’re deeply invested in our stories, they can have a tremendous effect on our choices and decisions – our actions and reactions. To a greater or lesser extent, we become the stories we tell ourselves – many of which are inaccurate, incomplete, misinterpretations of events or simply untrue.

Every day – and especially in my clinical work – I listen to people offer up excuses for poor choices and behaviours and, with few exceptions, most are based on negative, self-limiting beliefs and uninvestigated thinking around what they can or can’t do, say, think or feel.

Over the years, I’ve seen a pattern emerge: people with self-limiting beliefs rein themselves in, sabotage their own best efforts and live lives with less passion, purpose and hope than their empowered counterparts. The people with expansive, empowering beliefs about themselves and their place in the world continue to evolve, grow ever more self-aware and hopeful while building a successful life upon a solid foundation of love and healthy self-esteem.

There are so many stories that we

Creating memories one pitch at a time TREENA MIELKE FAMILY

Moments, memories and multi tasking The garden needed to be planted.

Supper needed to be cooked.

There was one load of laundry left in the washing machine that was, unfortunately, drying itself.

Not good.

I arrived home, all work weary and adult like, trying to figure out how I could juggle all of the above and still watch one episode of The Musketeers on Netflix, practice my piano and get myself to bed before I turned into a pumpkin or something else less than human.

But as John Lennon pointed out so many years ago, ‘life is what happens when you make other plans.’

As it turns out, Lennon was absolutely one hundred per cent correct.

In this instance, life happened to be a nine-year-old girl and a ball game.

My husband and I arrived at the ball diamond, somewhat breathless and slightly late, but nevertheless, we were there.

We were there when our granddaughter threw her first pitch, dead centre, straight across home plate.

And we were there when her pitches went a little wild and she couldn’t seem to find home plate.

And we were there when she made that hit that got her to first base and eventually to third and we were there when the game ended and she was, unfortunately, stuck on third.

We cheered and hugged her and told her she was awesome and she did good.

And then we went home.

And I noticed that when I took my sunglasses off it wasn’t really dark, so I could probably still plant at least some of those tiny seeds I had bought two days ago with optimism and Interac in

mind.

There were two messages on the phone when I got home. Both were from one of my sisters.

“I really need to talk,” she said.

“What?” I said to myself in exasperation. “Now!” A serious illness has rendered my dearly beloved sibling unable to get about without the aid of a walker or a wheelchair. In the last few months, her youngest daughter died.

Really, if she needed to talk, I knew, in my heart, my garden could wait.

And so we talked.

Actually I talked.

I told her about memories. I told her how I remembered how she used to water-ski, how she used to make a great rooster tail of water behind her, dropping one ski and gliding in and out of the wake, all effortlessly and gracefully.

And, along the walk down memory lane, I talked about long ago summers when we used to laugh and sing and the sun would shimmer on the water and we would both be ridiculously happy, just hanging out, sisters, but more importantly, friends.

And I told her how lucky we were that we had those days of summer, and if we just allowed it to happen, we could go there again in our mind, to a time and a place when the sun was warm on our faces and life was simple and good.

And, even as I talked, I thought about a nine-year-old girl with curly dark hair and eyes so blue you can swim in them. A girl on the pitcher’s mound, leaning back, making the pitch, a girl racing to first base and finally, being stuck on third when the game ended.

And I suddenly realized, just by being there, at the game, we had made a memory.

As I said before, the garden can wait!

Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.

tell ourselves. Some are bound to a path of pain (such as the gentleman we encountered on the street) while others are outright lies that over time evolve into self-fulfilling prophecies – such as that we’re too old to change, that there isn’t enough time left to make a difference, or that we’re not worthy or deserving of happiness.

Take some time now to think about the stories you tell yourself and the ones you share with others. Ask yourself, does your story serve you or enslave you? Has it come to be an excuse for not putting yourself out there? For not getting yourself out of an unacceptable situation? For not living a life that is in keeping with your potential and your own best interests?

Here’s a simple process to get you started. Once identified, trying turning the story around in your mind. Instead of, “I’m too old to change,” try saying, “I can change, and I will because I choose to change – right here and right now.” Instead of, “There’s just not enough time left to make a difference,” try instead, “As long as there is life in my body, there is time enough to make a difference.” And instead of saying, “I’m not worthy or deserving of happiness,” choose instead to say, “I am a good and worthwhile person deserving of all good things.”

Now, off the hop, these statements may seem to run contrary to reality, but say them anyway. Here’s something to consider: studies have shown that our unconscious mind does not have the ability to discern between reality and fantasy. It’s one of reasons hypnotherapy is such a powerful tool for personal change. If you imagine success (or any positive outcome), you free your mind to move in that direction. As you imagine, so shall it be-

come true.

With some effort, you’ll be able to catch yourself when you’re about to be hooked by a story. When you feel yourself drifting into an old narrative, stop, take a deep breath and focus on your breathing. While your body can only exist at the moment, your mind spends little time there. Focusing on your breathing and the sensations within your body will help anchor you in the moment.

Take note of the story you’re about to tell yourself or others and the feelings the story elicits. Are they feelings of sadness, depression or anxiety?

Consider the benefits derived from telling the story and yes, there are always benefits to any persistent practice. In other words, there’s a reason you keep telling the story because it serves you in some way.

Edmund Spenser, the renowned English poet, wrote, “It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.”

As with the homeless man on the street, certain aspects of your story may likely be true. Consider your interpretation of events and remember, the impact of the story you tell and the hold it has on you are solely within your control. We are all storytellers, and we all like a good story. Let us vow right now to tell a good and empowering story filled with possibility and hope.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His most recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca

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BY RICK YOUNG GOLF CANADA Augusta National is the carrot. The Masters Tournament, United States Golf Association (USGA) and PGA of America dangle it like a winning lottery ticket, like a sweepstakes for junior-aged golfers and their families.

Can you blame them? Having Augusta as the centrepiece of America’s Drive, Chip & Putt initiative helps make it the junior golf development windfall it has become. That and Golf Channel providing tour-level coverage, players in the Masters field and Augusta National members handing out medals, and finalists invited to stay over for Monday’s Masters practice round.

Let’s not kid ourselves (apologies for the pun): This is a juggernaut. As a grassroots development platform, the Drive, Chip & Putt profile has no equal. It’s unparalleled.

But it wasn’t the first. From a curriculum standpoint it might not even be best.

Five years before Drive, Chip & Putt, there was the Junior Skills Challenge. Ever heard of it? CN sponsors the program. Golf Canada administers it. The PGA of Canada and provincial golf associations deliver it.

The Canadian version actually uses a fourth category — iron play — to join putting, chipping and driving as the skills pillars. Regional qualifiers are held across the country with winners converging at Glen Abbey GC the Saturday prior to the start of the RBC Canadian Open for the finals. Up to $500 in travel subsidies are available. Did I mention Acushnet Canada provides qualifiers with more than $300 worth of prizing? Not bad, right?

“The national finals during RBC Canadian Open week is a wonderful stage for these talented kids,” says Scott Simmons, Golf Canada’s CEO. “It’s an inspirational and exciting atmosphere for them and their families.”

Wait, there’s more. On Sunday, kids participate in a nine-hole Golf Canada Junior Open tournament after the

skills finals. They also get an opportunity to walk with a PGA Tour pro during the Wednesday pro-am and attend junior clinics. The clinics are hosted by Team Canada Young Pro squad members during RBC Canadian Open practice round days.

“This program is community-based.

Families do not need to invest significant money to travel to regional qualifiers and PGA of Canada professionals represent the front-line delivery for these quality golf experiences. What separates our Skills Challenge is the depth and quality of the CN Future Links program in its entirety. It really is an exciting platform to motivate Canada’s junior golfers,” adds Simmons.

Look, I’m not here to apologize for being a proponent of Drive, Chip & Putt. It’s an amazing program. Canadians sign up and a few have even gone on to compete at Augusta. Simmons says discussions are ongoing about CN Future Links Junior Skills Challenge one day becoming a qualifier for it.

“They (USGA & PGA of America) certainly recognize the quality of our program up here,” he says. “I think there is strong potential to somehow align Junior Skills Challenge with Drive, Chip & Putt in the near future.”

Until then, however, I need to pay better attention to my own backyard.

Truth is, CN Future Links Junior Skills Challenge has, rather quietly, been quite a success story in this country. Last year 3,400 kids signed up at cnfuturelinks.com to try qualifying at 168 regional events, a year-over-year increase of 28 more sites from 2014.

Of those 3,400 juniors involved, 40 per cent were ages nine to 11. That’s a key target demographic Golf Canada is trying to engage. It’s promising and it bodes well for the game’s future.

For kids who participate in the CN Future Links Junior Skills Challenge there’s plenty of motivation and reasons to take part.

No, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Glen Abbey is not Augusta and the RBC Canadian Open will never be confused with the Masters. But that’s okay.

They’re still great carrots.

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We’re being facetious, of course, but there is a hidden cost as Peter Kirkpatrick, Golf Canada’s Managing Director of Brand and Marketing Services, points out.

While no money changes hands, joining the new membership initiative comes with a price. That “price,” he says, is the time it takes you to sign up and make use of the array of utilities and benefits. “Just because there may not be a payment involved in becoming a Bronze member, we realize that time and attention are valuable commodities for everyone these days. We have tried to ensure that there is enough value there for golfers to make that investment,” Kirkpatrick says. Much

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The sad mystery of missing beavers RICK ZEMANEK OPINION

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he sounds of beaver tails slapping against the surface of the Ellis Bird Farm beaver pond will be silent this year. Without explanation, the entire colony of two adults and their young have disappeared without a trace — except for two bodies belonging to the younger members of the family which bobbed to the surface this spring. There’s been no trace of the others.

What was once a thriving community of rambunctious beavers, the question of how or why they suddenly vanished from their home is a mystery that’s left all those closely involved with the sanctuary’s beaver-pond project with sadness. Adults June and Ward, named after the parents in the 1960s TV sitcom Leave It To Beaver, and their kits born last year, and another family the year before, were among the many assets at the bird farm used to educate thousands of visitors annually on the unique aspects of Mom Nature at her finest.

On a recent tour of the pond with biologist and site manager Myrna Pearman, we both fell silent while glancing around the mirror-like calm waters.

We later exchanged fond memories of the beaver gang.

I share Myrna’s grief, having volunteered for a number of years as

the “Godfather of the pond,” feeding, observing and filming these large rodents for hundreds of hours. I had established a bond and at times mom June would leave the safe confines of the pond, clamber up the bank and greet me as I hauled in fresh-cut aspens for their feeding station.

June and Ward first showed up at the Ellis Bird Farm in the fall of 2010 and tirelessly constructed a large dam blocking off Jones Creek which flowed through the bird farm property during spring thaw. How they found their way there is anybody’s guess.

Beavers, noted for their voracious appetite of tree bark, and Mom Nature’s “lumberjacks” when in comes to felling trees, caused a great deal of concern when the two adults arrived.

How could the farm, a small site with a small creek and valued trees, possibly accommodate these giant rodents?

One of the mandates of the Ellis Bird Farm is to demonstrate the co-existence between people and wildlife.

The beaver-pond project was prime to reinforce that philosophy. Wire mesh was wrapped around vital trees; a method lowering the water level when the beaver dam started backing up too much water was initiated; and a “feeding station” on the south bank, replenished with fresh-cut aspens, kept June and Ward’s appetites satisfied and away from neighbouring trees.

As the pond grew in size, something magical happened. A unique ecosystem evolved around its banks, providing habitat for countless numbers of birds, including the very-rare appearance of a belted kingfisher which

plummeted like a rocket into the water to retrieve meals of tasty minnows.

Over the years kits (baby beavers) were born, and the pond soon became home to massive beaver lodges along its edges.

While beavers may be a curse in the eyes of some land-locked humans by building dams and flooding properties, this buck-toothed critter plays a vital role in the natural scheme of things. During spring run-off, beaver dams harness that flow which creates wetlands vital in filtering and replenishing precious ground water supplies.

(On a side note, ground water, not surface water, satisfies the thirsts and needs of the majority of Canadians.

Yet little attention has been paid to our diminishing ground-water supplies.)

Above ground, ironically, while cursed for their abilities to cause flooding, beavers in fact control massive flooding with their dams by holding back spring run-offs in their natural retention ponds which slowly re-introduce the stored waters to river basins.

The role they play was clearly illustrated in two much-applauded documentaries in which June and Ward were featured. The Nature of Things documentary, The Beaver Whisperers, was nominated for a National award.

And the PBS Nature Channel’s documentary Leave It To The Beavers, won high praise. Film footage of June and Ward at the EBF beaver pond was used prominently in both documentaries.

It’s often said “nature can be cru-

el.” On the contrary, nature is merely following a path set down by eons of evolution where each intricate species in the wild, from a tiny slimy critter in the bottom of a slough, to a magnificent ungulate being dragged down by wolves, plays a role.

Perhaps nature played a role in the EBF beavers’ disappearance. The colony was last witnessed alive late last fall. By then its members had en massed a large, winter storage pantry — so obviously nobody intended to leave. The colony’s sudden no-show was suspected just prior to the pond freezing when its feeding station went untouched. No activity was detected over the winter. Then the two bodies bobbed up this spring. A small camera was subsequently inserted into the cavities of all lodges. They were vacant. So how could two adults and at least four kits and two yearlings disappear?

Among the theories tossed around include disease or illegal trapping. If it was trapping, then somebody knows something. Another theory was the adults may have fell victim to cougars, which have been sighted in the Prentiss area by some landowners. Whatever it was, it happened suddenly.

While those at the Ellis Bird Farm catch their breath over the sudden demise of the beaver colony, there are no immediate plans to replace the adults with live-trapped beavers.

On our recent tour of the pond, Pearman shrugged her shoulders and sighed: “I guess things change.”

Rick Zemanek is a former Red Deer Advocate editor

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ooking back on the debacle that attended the latest episode in the assisted-death debate in the House of Commons this week, it is easy to forget that Justin Trudeau’s government had a parliamentary consensus within its grasp when it set out to draft its now-contentious bill.

A committee of MPs and senators charted a road map this year that had the dual merit of meeting the constitutional threshold set by the Supreme Court and of enjoying multi-party support in both houses of Parliament.

Its members did not expect the government to accept all their recommendations. They did not think their proposal to give access to assisted death to mature minors would make it into the bill. But few imagined that the cabinet would take a sledgehammer to the foundation they had laid out.

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That decision cost the government a crucial handful of credible advocates in both houses. Many of the parliamentarians who spent the most time working on the assisted-death file have come to the conclusion that having no law would be better than Bill C-14.

The government may yet win the final vote on its assisted-death legislation in the Commons but it has lost the debate over its merits. At least one court has already signalled that the federal legislation may not survive a legal challenge.

That decisive Commons vote will take place under procedural duress.

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All the above is a mild preview of what is in store for the Liberal bid to change the voting system in time for the 2019 election. That project is no less time-sensitive than the assisted-death issue — and even more adversarial.

Indeed, the two files contaminated each other this week, with toxic results for the climate in the Commons.

For here, too, the Trudeau government has shown a knack for turning allies into opponents.

By putting forward a process that gives the Liberal majority control over the outcome of the consultations, the government had succeeded in uniting against it opposition parties that otherwise bring opposite views to the debate.

The Conservatives were always going to fight electoral reform every inch of the way. They will use all means at their disposal to force the government to bring its plan to a national vote. The argument that fundamental changes to the voting system should not be left to the sole discretion of a government majority already resonates well beyond their ranks.

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another race against the parliamentary clock, if they are to have a realistic hope of securing Senate and public opinion support for the introduction in 2019 of a different voting system in the face of a Conservative pro-referendum crusade, they need to bring some of the other opposition parties under the tent. So far they have been doing the opposite.

The New Democrats and the Greens have historically been shortchanged by the first-past-the-poll system. From their perspective, this debate is a once-in-a-political-lifetime opportunity. If it ends on an impasse, the Liberals will drop the file for the foreseeable future.

The smaller parties have more incentives to make concessions to avoid a complete failure than the government itself.

Relinquishing control over the process by giving the opposition parity on the electoral reform committee would buy the Liberals much needed political cover from the Conservatives — at a relatively low cost.

After all, it is not as if the non-collegial template used for the assisted-death debate had brought the government anything but grief.

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‘Good neighbour’ seeks compensation KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: I am 71 years old, and I have taken care of my neighbor, “Martha,” for 15 years.

I did everything for Martha, including shopping, taking her to doctor appointments and fixing anything that needed repairs.

She passed away last year and had no will.

Martha has one daughter who lives in another state.

The daughter left with her stepdad when she was a teenager. She and Martha went 30 years without speaking to each other.

After the stepdad died, the daughter got her foot back in the door.

Martha was worth around $100,000.

My question is, can I get anything from her estate for taking care of her? I put my life on hold to do it.

Martha always said that she was going to make it up to me, but I guess she never got around to it. — Good Neighbor Dear Neighbor: We hope you didn’t take care of Martha solely to get money out of her estate.

Because if she didn’t put it in writing, then you are not likely to get a dime unless her daughter chooses to compensate you.

If you bought things for Martha and you kept receipts, or you have documentation about taking her to doctor’s appointments and fixing things, you may be able to be reimbursed from the estate.

You sound like a caring person who made a neighbor feel comforted and cared for.

Please let that be your reward.

Dear Annie: I’d like to respond to the letter from “Befuddled Grandma,” whose young granddaughter, “Harper,” has a serious tree nut allergy.

She and Harper’s mother are not doing the girl any favors by making her cousin, “Cyndi,” eat only things that are nut-free.

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Wednesday, May 25 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Ian McKellen, Mike Myers, Anne Heche THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Resist the temptation to sweat the small stuff today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Others are drawn to your bold and idealistic nature, but sometimes you need to be more sensitive to the feelings of others. June is the best month for love and romance.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re keen to convey your point of view with plenty of passion, energy and enthusiasm but, if you come on too strong, you’ll just drive others away. So try to keep a sense of perspective.

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They are setting up these girls for a lifetime of conflict.

I have lived with a peanut allergy for nearly 50 years.

My parents were honest about what would happen to me if I ate or touched peanuts.

As a result, I wasn’t tempted by what my sister or cousins ate.

I always got my own treat — something I liked and wanted.

At home, I was always served first to avoid cross-contamination.

We had strict rules about cleaning up and touching things.

In 50 years, I’ve had only two reactions from situations involving my family.

I’m not downplaying the danger. I have landed in the ER more than 30 times and the causes were mainly labels that didn’t list peanut oil, restaurants that were not required to tell the truth about food content and skin contact from contaminated surfaces.

The last is now a bigger problem because, these days, people are constantly eating in public.

Many snack foods have peanuts and people touch everything.

Please tell “Grandma” and her overprotective daughter that both Harper and Cyndi should be able to eat whatever they want as long as they don’t exchange bites and Cyndi doesn’t touch nuts and then touch her cousin.

— It Can Be Done Dear It: Your parents taught you how to protect yourself at an early age.

Apparently, Harper’s parents haven’t done so, which makes her more vulnerable to cross-contamination.

At some point, Harper will have to learn to manage her allergy without Mom running interference.

We hope that happens soon.

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the urge to splurge is hard to control at the moment. Just remember — what catches your eye today may not interest you tomorrow.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Aim for clear and careful communication with loved ones and colleagues today Twins. If you are too hasty and shoot from the lip, you could end up with a misunderstanding on your hands.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The focus is on relationships today, as you get serious about spending quality time with loved ones. But resist the urge to get drawn into dramatic discussions or pointless power plays.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re keen to make your mark on the world as you initiate changes at work or make a difference in your local community. But the more you criticize others, the more you will push them away.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are you hiding your numerous talents? With Venus visiting your creativity zone, confidence is the buzz word of the moment. So you make sure you are shining for the whole world to see!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): No matter how busy you are at work or school, home is where the heart is today as you cook, clean, de-clutter, redecorate or just re-arrange. Then you’ll breathe easy after a job well done.

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Oilsands bring back project staff WILDFIRE RISK RECEDES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta oilsands workers forced to flee the ferocious Fort McMurray wildfire are returning to begin the tricky process of restarting their projects in northern Alberta, reassured by colder weather and a forecast of rain.

In a Tuesday morning update, provincial emergency officials said the Fort McMurray wildfire had grown to 523,000 hectares, almost the size of Prince Edward Island, and was still out of control but moving farther east and northeast away from the city and industrial operations.

A similar move to repopulate the projects a week ago was stymied when the fire suddenly changed direction to again threaten industry and force about 8,000 workers to flee work camps.

Syncrude Canada spokesman Will Gibson said Tuesday that his company has adopted a comprehensive evacuation plan in case that happens again.

“We’re making significant progress on our safe return to operations plan and details of when we’ll resume production will be available at a later date,” he said.

Analysts estimate more than one million barrels per day of oilsands production — nearly half their capacity of 2.5 million bpd — were offline at times

over the past three weeks as the wildfire forced staff evacuations and the precautionary shutdown of inbound and outbound pipelines. None of the projects has reported substantial damage.

Athabasca Oil (TSX:ATH) said Tuesday that it has resumed operations at its Hangingstone project, which produces bitumen from wells using steam to melt the thick oil. It said the facility did not suffer any damage from wildfires that crept to within a few kilometres, forcing staff to scramble to safety three weeks ago.

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Trudeau in hot seat over TPP, South China Sea

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upped the pressure Tuesday on Justin Trudeau by publicly suggesting his Canadian counterpart’s positions had budged on a pair of prickly international files.

Following a bilateral meeting with the visiting Canadian prime minister in Tokyo, Abe read a statement to reporters saying the two leaders shared “serious concern” about the territorial dispute that involved the “building of outposts” in the South China Sea. Abe also said, through an interpreter, that Japan would continue to make efforts to seek early ratification of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty — “together with Canada.”

But Canada’s interpretation of the meeting was somewhat different on those two issues.

Trudeau initially made no mention of the contentious South China Sea dispute in remarks Tuesday that followed Abe’s. As for the TPP, the government has made clear it is taking its time to review the 12-country Pacific Rim trade agreement before deciding to ratify.

Japan is embroiled in an ongoing territorial dispute with China in the East China Sea and South China Sea. China has been constructing islands despite the concerns of several Asian countries with territorial claims in the area.

Last winter, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida issued a statement confirming their commitment to maintaining a rules-based order in international maritime law.

Without naming China, they also said they opposed the use of intimidation, force or unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo in the Asia-Pacific.

Late Tuesday, Trudeau spokeswoman Kate Purchase said in an email that “there is no change in our position on the South China Sea.” She reiterated Canada’s position, saying: “As we have said consistently, we believe in the rule of law and discourage any unilateral actions.”

Keio University law professor Masayuki Tadokoro said Abe may have been trying to “extract” extra support from Trudeau on an issue that represents a real security threat for the Japanese.

“Abe may have exaggerated the level of support he got out of the bilateral meeting for domestic consumption,” said Tadokoro.

Trudeau may have been trying to steer clear of the issue “in the fear of undermining its relations with Chinese,” he added.

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Tadokoro said while there’s no way to know what Abe and Trudeau actually said to each other, “it is not uncommon in diplomacy that things are deliberately left for convenient interpretations of both sides.”

Kenjiro Monji, Japan’s ambassador to Canada, said in recent interview that on security issues Canada has long kept its attention toward Europe and the south because it is an Atlantic state.

Monji said Canada is also a Pacific nation, but Canadians’ renewed focus on Asia has primarily been through “economic lenses.”

He added that Japan has put a lot of importance on TPP and hopes to ratify it as soon as possible.

Trudeau repeated his government’s long-held position Tuesday that the TPP was still subject to a thorough, cross-country review.

The TPP was negotiated by the former Conservative government and the Liberals have yet to signal whether they will ratify it.

But the future of the TPP is in doubt. U.S. presidential hopefuls from both major parties have said they would reject the deal if elected.

On Tuesday, Trudeau focused on boosting Canada’s economic ties to Japan. He personally invited Japanese auto executives to invest more in Canada.

But it appeared his efforts in Tokyo wouldn’t immediately secure concrete commitments from the auto industry.

Trudeau met with parts manufacturers and the presidents of three auto companies: Honda, Toyota and Subaru.

The CEO of Fuji Heavy Industries, the firm that makes Subaru, told Trudeau he doesn’t have any plans to expand capacity in the near term, though he might in the future, the prime minister’s press secretary Cameron Ahmad said after the meeting.

There were no announcements of imminent deals with the others, either.

“I am very much in the relationship-building mode,” Trudeau told a news conference in Tokyo when asked whether the meetings would yield firm results.

“There are of course many positive conversations being had, not just by me but by our Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, by Canadians working around the world to highlight the extraordinary opportunities to invest in our country.”

As part of his pitch, the prime minister also told Yoshinaga that Canadians are innovative and focused on quality.

He later described the meetings as “successful.”

85 real estate firms not compliant with anti-money laundering rules

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — At least 85 real estate companies have not implemented a plan showing how they are trying to detect money laundering and other suspicious transactions, nearly 15 years after they were required to do so, according to data obtained by The Canadian Press.

The federal anti-money laundering agency received 337 compliance reports from roughly 1,000 companies in the real estate sector it surveyed — including brokers, sales representatives and developers — between Jan. 1, 2013, and Feb. 8, 2016.

The data, which was obtained through an access-to-information request, represents only a small sampling of the real estate industry. There are about 20,000 companies in the real estate sector that are required to report to Fintrac.

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An analysis of the data contained in those reports found that roughly a quarter of the 337 respondents admitted they had not yet fully implemented a compliance regime, which has been required by federal anti-money laundering laws since 2001.

Thirty-eight of the companies said they had only partially implemented a compliance regime, while the other 47 said they had not even begun to do so.

The names of the companies were not included in the documents.

Fintrac spokesman Darren Gibb says some of the reports weren’t sent back because the companies no longer exist, while others simply failed to respond.

Fintrac routinely sends out compliance reports to various sectors to gather information about the companies it regulates, says Gibb.

Those reports can sometimes lead to further enforcement actions such as on-site examinations, he says.

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“Or conversely, if we don’t get an assessment report coming back, that’s potentially an even bigger flag.”

If violations are discovered during an examination, that could lead to fines of up to $100,000 per violation for individuals and up to $500,000 per violation for companies, depending on severity.

Gibb was unable to specify how many of the 85 companies that did not have a compliance plan were fined, noting that the reports are only one factor that the agency considers when deciding whether to investigate a particular firm.

“It is only one small piece of the puzzle,” says Gibb.

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On Bay Street, the S&P/TSX composite index climbed 33.27 points to 13,952.85, lifted by the financials and consumer staples sectors.

The Big Five Canadian banks are reporting their latest financial results this week, with the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) up first on Wednesday. TD Bank (TSX:TD), CIBC (TSX:CM) and Royal Bank (TSX:RY) will report Thursday , while Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) is set to release its earnings next week.

The rally joined a global uptick in bank stocks, with American bank issues rising as the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury notes rose to 1.86 per cent from 1.84 per cent. When interest rates go up, as they have been recently, banks can make more money from lending.

The positive sentiment helped stock markets in New York, which rebounded strongly from a small pullback Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 213.12 points to 17,706.05, while the broader S&P 500 rose 28.02 points to 2,076.06.

The Nasdaq composite added 95.28 points to 4,861.06, encouraged by gains in big name tech stocks like Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL), Google parent Alphabet (Nasdaq:GOOGL) and Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT).

Markets were also buoyed by data from the U.S. Commerce Department that said sales of new homes reached their highest level in eight years in April.

The report helped spur speculation that indications are strong

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At first, Wall Street saw a potential rate hike as a negative because low interest rates have been credited with fuelling the rally in stock markets since the Great Recession. But now, some see a hike as a sign that the economy is faring well in terms of employment and consumer spending, which will help corporate balance sheets sooner rather than later.

“The market has gone from expecting the Fed not to hike to … realizing the Fed was closer to hiking than what had been expected,” said Scott Vali, vice-president of equities at CIBC Asset Management.

“It (interest rate considerations) will continue to add volatility in the summer as we move forward,” Vali said.

The upside in equities has weighed on gold prices, with June gold down US$22.30 at US$1,229.20 a troy ounce.

In other commodities, the July contract for benchmark North American crude rose 54 cents to US$48.62 a barrel, while July natural gas fell five cents to US$2.15 per mmBtu. July copper added a penny to US$2.07 a pound.

Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar was down 0.13 of a U.S. cent at 76.07 cents U.S., adding to last week’s four-day slide heading into the Victoria Day holiday weekend.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,952.85, up 33.27 points Dow — 17,706.05, up 213.12 points S&P 500 — 2,076.06, up

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Barley (Western): July ‘16 unchanged $171.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $171.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $171.00 March ‘17 unchanged $173.00 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 July ‘18 unchanged $174.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 389,360 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 389,360.

maintenance turnaround in its upgrader when the fire broke out. That work will have to be completed before the upgrader output returns to normal.

Suncor’s Firebag and Mackay River thermal operations, which were also closed, have combined capacity of about 235,000 bpd.

Syncrude, owned by a consortium that includes Suncor, has capacity of 350,000 bpd at its upgrader and Mildred Lake and Aurora mines.

Spokesman Rob Evans of ConocoPhillips said workers began arriving at its Surmont thermal project site on Tuesday.

Prior to shutdown, the thermal project commissioned last year had ramped up to 9,000 barrels per day on the way to output capacity of 12,000 bpd. Athabasca said it expects its underground reservoir to recover to normal operating levels over the next several D weeks.

I Meanwhile, Suncor L Energy (TSX:SU) conB E tinued to bring workers R back to its oilsands minT ing and thermal projects north of Fort McMurray after emergency officials lifted evacuation orders on the weekend.

A CIBC (TSX:CM) report published Tuesday morning estimated the cash flow impact of lost Suncor production will be about $760 million, while cautioning that number could be reduced by insurance coverage.

“We expect the mining operations will be up to turnaround levels later this week and in situ operations back to mid-turnaround levels next week,” CIBC analyst Arthur Grayfer said in a note to investors.

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“Assuming there is no additional fire risk, we estimate the downtime from the fire and ramp to turnaround capacity to be three to four weeks, with an additional week to get production back up to full capacity with the completion of the turnaround.”

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CRTC launches public hearing into skinny cable TV THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canada’s broadcast regulator said Tuesday that it is launching a public hearing to evaluate the implementation of so-called skinny cable services, its latest shot across the bow at the TV industry.

As of March 1, the CRTC mandated that cable and satellite TV service providers offer basic cable packages capped at $25 monthly and let consumers either add channels to their subscriptions in an a-la-carte manner or through pre-packaged bundles. The companies are required to offer both options in De-

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The CRTC is taking their compliance with these regulations into account as part of the licence renewal process for many companies. It has already renewed the licences of some providers until November and said it plans to extend them until the end of August 2017 unless any issues arise during the hearing.

CRTC chairman and CEO Jean-Pierre Blais has previously hinted at the possibility of not renewing licences as an enforcement tool.

The CRTC introduced skinny cable measures so Canadians could better match their TV services with their needs, he said. Since March,

nearly 100,000 people have opted to subscribe to the basic cable package, according to the CRTC. “Concerns have been raised, however, about how some television service providers have been implementing these new options,” he said in a statement. The CRTC has fielded 1,800 calls, including complaints, about skinny TV packages.

One of the concerns is that the packages can be more expensive than $25 after adding in installation and equipment fees, and critics have warned that, as a result, skinny packages may actually result in higher TV bills for consumers.

Uber offers concessions to taxi industry THE CANADIAN PRESS Q U E B E C — Ride-hailing giant Uber is willing to temporarily suspend operations in Quebec in order to find common ground with the province and is prepared to offer various concessions, a company representative said Tuesday.

Jean-Nicolas Guillemette, general manager of Uber Montreal, said the U.S.-based firm would charge clients taxes on every ride — at the source — which he said would provide state coffers with about $3 million a year.

His comments came on the first day of hearings into Bill 100, which would force Uber driv-

ers to conform to the same laws as cabbies with regard to regulations such as permits and taxes.

Uber says the bill, if enacted as is, would mean the end of the company’s operations in Quebec.

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by Lowe’s will see a gradual evolution at the Canadian home retail chain with appliances and an enhanced e-commerce offerings being introduced early next year, its Canadian CEO said Tuesday.

“It’s not something that will happen overnight,” Sylvain Prud’homme said during a news conference just days after closing the $3.2-billion transaction that created a chain with 539 stores, more than $6 billion in annual revenues and 28,000 employees.

Lowe’s has several teams studying various facets of the enlarged network and will also evaluate Rona’s decision to launch a pilot project in the coming weeks to sell appliances at a location or locations that have yet to be identified. “(Consumers) will see some changes in the early stages but I think it’s probably going to come to a point where early 2017 is probably going to be where you are going to see some major changes,” Prud’homme told reporters at Lowe’s new Canadian headquarters on the south shore of Montreal.

Only two Rona executives have departed with the sale — former CEO Robert Sawyer and chief financial officer Dominique Boies.

Appliances and e-commerce will be the initial early changes. Like its main rival, Home-Depot, Lowe’s is a big seller of appliances, including washers and dryers, stoves and refrigerators. It also operates a successful omni-channel offering that sells more than 100,000 items online, compared with 40,000 in store. Rona’s e-commerce site has about 45,000 items for sale.

Lowe’s has set aside capital required to upgrade Rona’s less mature e-commerce network, Prud’homme said.

And while the company is only just beginning to see under the hood at Rona, he said there have been no surprises that would cause Lowe’s to alter its strategy to become the leading home renovation retailer in Canada through a network that includes different formats and banners.

“We’ve been pretty clear the Rona brand will survive and will be a strong play for us. There’s a lot of power in that brand,” he said.

Site C dam a test for Trudeau Liberals

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Royal Society of Canada is joining some 250 academics in calling on the Liberal government to stop development on British Columbia’s Site C hydroelectric project.

The massive dam on the Peace River is considered a signature project for B.C. Premier Christy Clark and construction has already begun after an expedited federal-provincial environmental review.

However scientists argue that its environment impacts, coupled with the lack of First Nations consultation and approval, make the dam a “bellwether” of the Trudeau government’s commitment to develop resources in a more science-based, sustainable and socially responsible way.

Gordon Christie, a law professor at the University of British Columbia, says the outstanding treaty claims alone on the region to be flooded by Site C mean the project must be paused.

And Karen Bakker, Canada research chair in water governance at UBC, says this single hydroelectric dam accounts for more than 40 per cent of all the environment effects ever cited during environmental assessments dating back to 1990 — all for a project Bakker says is of questionable utility.

Clark acknowledged last week that her province is in three-way negotiations with Ottawa and the Alberta government to sell Site C power to Alberta.

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Caleche driver Nathalie Matte gives a carrot to horse Marilyn during a demonstration in front of City Hall Tuesday in Montreal. Horse-drawn carriages will disappear from the cobblestone streets of Old Montreal for 12 months while the city re-evaluates the rules governing the industry.

Video-enabled Mounties told to record use of force under interim policy

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Mounties wearing tiny video cameras must hit the record button when there is “a high likelihood” they’ll use force against someone, says an interim RCMP policy on use of the devices.

In general, officers have discretion as to when to turn on the cameras that clip on a uniform, or may be embedded in glasses or a helmet.

But RCMP members should not record every public encounter or conversation, according to the interim policy. And when “tactically feasible,” officers are supposed to inform citizens when they are being recorded.

The national police force recently published a summary of the policy, which was provided to a small number of RCMP officers who were involved in a video camera feasibility study last year.

If the body-worn video program is adopted forcewide, the policy will be finalized and a full version released publicly, said Sgt. Harold Pfleiderer, an RCMP spokesman.

RCMP detachments in Wood Buffalo, Alta., and Windsor and Indian Head, N.S., took part in the 2015 tests. In addition, the Mounties have advised the federal privacy commissioner of ad-hoc evaluations of the technology.

“For example, they have used the cameras at protests in New Brunswick and in Burnaby, B.C.,” said Tobi Cohen, a spokeswoman for the privacy commissioner.

Evaluations of the cameras were also carried out at the RCMP training facility in Regina, involving

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Members of the RCMP march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary. Mounties wearing tiny video cameras must hit the record button when there is “a high likelihood” they’ll use force against someone, says an interim RCMP policy on use of the devices. scenarios ranging from everyday interactions to use of lethal force.

The RCMP continues to assess the video technology, but no additional field trials are taking place and no cameras have been approved for operational use, Pfleiderer said.

It is too early to speculate on future use of the cameras due to the complex privacy, legal and policy issues that “must be carefully considered before moving forward,” he added.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — Body parts recovered from the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 showed signs of burns and were so small that they suggested the jet was brought down by an explosion, a member of the team examining the remains said Tuesday. But the idea of a blast was promptly dismissed by the head of Egypt’s forensic agency as “baseless” speculation.

The cause of Thursday’s crash of the EgyptAir jet flying from Paris to Cairo that killed all 66 people aboard still has not been determined. Ships and planes from Egypt, Greece, France, the United States and other nations are searching the Mediterranean Sea north of the Egyptian port of Alexandria for the jet’s voice and flight data recorders, as well as more bodies and parts of the aircraft.

Egypt’s civil aviation minister has said he believes terrorism is a more likely explanation than equipment failure or some other catastrophic event. But no hard evidence has emerged on the cause, and no militant group has claimed to have downed the jet. Leaked flight data indicated a sensor detected smoke in a lavatory and a fault in two of the plane’s cockpit windows in the final moments of the flight.

An Egyptian forensic team was examining the remains of the victims for any traces of explosives, according to a team member and a second official, both speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.

The team member said the fact that all 80 body parts recovered so far were very small and that some showed signs of burns suggested an explosion.

“There isn’t even a whole body part, like an arm or a head,” said the forensic official, who examined the remains.

He said at least one part of an arm has signs of burns — an indication it might have “belonged to a passenger sitting next to the explosion.”

“The logical explanation is that an explosion brought it down,” he said, adding that if there was a blast, the cause was not known.

But Hisham Abdel-Hamid, head of the Egyptian government’s forensic agency, dismissed the suggestion, telling the state-run MENA news agency: “Whatever has been published is baseless and mere assumptions.”

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This file still image taken from video posted on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesman shows some personal belongings and other wreckage from EgyptAir flight 804 in Egypt. Human remains retrieved from the crash site of EgyptAir Flight 804 suggest there was an explosion on board that may have brought down the aircraft in the east Mediterranean, a senior Egyptian forensics official said on Tuesday. gation agency would not comment on anything involving the bodies or say whether any information has surfaced to indicate an explosion.

Other experts were divided on whether the state of the remains necessarily suggested an explosion.

Philip Butterworth-Hayes, an aviation systems expert, said such damage was unlikely if the plane was intact when it hit the water.

“Normally an impact is not going to do that to a human body in a seat belt,” he said, adding that in some aircraft hit the water, bodies are found relatively intact.

“Normally the human frame can withstand quite severe deceleration, which is what happens when a plane hits the water,” Butterworth-Hayes said.

But David Learmount, a consulting editor at the aviation news website Flightglobal, said a water impact could have such a devastating effect on those in the plane.

“Hitting water after a fall from that height is like hitting a cliff face,” he said.

There also have been contradictory reports over the last moments of Flight 804.

Greece’s defence minister said radar showed the aircraft turned 90

degrees left, then a full 360 degrees to the right, plummeting from 38,000 feet (11,582 metres) to 15,000 feet (4,572 metres) before disappearing at about 10,000 feet (3,048 metres).

But the head of Egypt’s state-run provider of air navigation services denied that, saying the plane did not swerve or lose altitude and disappeared from radar while at its normal altitude of 37,000 feet.

A Greek military official insisted that all radar data available to Greek authorities showed the plane swerving and losing altitude. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

Egypt’s investigative team said 18 batches of wreckage have been brought to Cairo’s criminal investigation units for examination.

It added that priority was to locate the flight data and cockpit voice recorders — the so-called “black boxes” — and to retrieve more bodies.

A French patrol boat is carrying a doctor to help with the search for remains. Anything it finds would first be reported to Egyptian authorities and French justice officials, the French Navy said.

Relatives of the victims were giving DNA samples to the forensic team in Cairo to help identify the remains.

A surprise family reunion ended in tragedy when a Canadian man who had flown out to join the festivities was later killed in the mysterious EgyptAir crash.

Medhat Tanious of Toronto was one of two Canadians to die when Flight 804 plunged into the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday en route from Paris to Cairo.

His daughter Merna said her father had flown to France to surprise his youngest sis- MEDHAT TANIOUS ter, who lived in Australia and who was meeting other family members in Paris. He was en route to Cairo to visit his in-laws at the time of the crash, she added.

Merna Tanious said she, her mother Gehan Erian and sisters Marina and Mariem are seeking solace for his death by remembering his impact on others.

“He had a heart of a child,” Merna Tanious said in a telephone interview from Toronto. “He loved unconditionally, and he had an unbelievable ability to forgive all people that did him wrong.”

Medhat lived much of his life in Egypt, his daughter said. He married Erian in 1988 and the couple began raising their three girls there before deciding to immigrate to Canada in 2004.

“He brought us here to try and give us the best life possible, and that’s what he did every single day,” Merna Tanious said.

She declined to discuss what her father did for a living, but said he became quite active in Toronto’s Coptic Orthodox Christian community.

Upon learning of his death, she said hundreds of mourners filled a cathedral north of Toronto on Monday to offer prayers and share memories of a man who they felt had a gift for connecting with people.

“He would cheer everyone around him.

He fit into every single generation from the seniors to the teenagers,” Merna Tanious said. “He can sit with anybody and make them laugh.”

Medhat Tanious’s trip to France, undertaken less than a month after his 54th birthday, was an impromptu affair meant to surprise one of his two siblings who currently live on the other side of the world.

Military action in Libya not inevitable, says top Canadian general

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in Libya.

“At this stage right now, I’m not convinced that there’s an inevitable western intervention,” Vance told reporters after a speech in Ottawa.

Vance said much will depend on the performance of Libya’s new, United Nations-brokered government and what assistance it may ask for.

“I think there are options depending on what the government of national accord would like to see done and how the analysis goes as to how best we could help,” the general explained.

“Just throwing military at it, of course, won’t help anything at all.”

The foothold gained by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya’s port city of Sirte remains a serious impediment to stabilizing the situation, he said.

“The country is coming to grips with the new government,” Vance said, and it has a long way to go to “form government institutions, not to mention an armed forces that represents the country at large.”

VIENNA — The right-wing candidate who narrowly lost to a left leaning rival in the Austrian presidential election urged his supporters Tuesday to respect the result and show tolerance to those with different political views.

With only a little more than 30,000 votes determining who won, however, his Freedom Party held open the option of asking for a recount.

Norbert Hofer was ahead after polls closed Sunday. But a count of more than 700,000 absentee ballots completed Monday swung the result and the final count showed Alexander Van der Bellen as the winner with 50.3 per cent, compared to 49.7 per cent for Hofer.

Hofer’s party had not ruled out calling for a recount of the absentee votes going into a meeting Tuesday.

Speaking afterward, Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache said the party had received substantial “diverse information” on possible irregularities.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s top general says military intervention in Libya is not inevitable, but he’s actively assessing options so he can advise the government on a possible way forward.

Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of the defence staff, stressed Tuesday he is not advocating one way or another for Canada to join a possible western military coalition in Libya.

Speculation has been JONATHAN VANCE rife that a new military intervention will be needed to deal with Islamic militants

As he explained during his earlier speech to a Canadian Club luncheon in Ottawa, there are no clear-cut military victories to be had in the 21st century battles against terrorist threats such as ISIL and al-Qaida.

That’s the rationale behind Canada’s enhanced training mission in northern Iraq, which is helping Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take the ground war to ISIL. ISIL also spread into Libya after it exploited the country’s 2014 civil war.

Libya has been engulfed in chaos since 2011, when Canadian warplanes were part of the NATO-led coalition that bombed the country under a UN-mandate to protect civilians from then-president Moammar Gadhafi, who was later killed by militants.

The lack of a western post-Gadhafi reconstruction plan propelled Libya into a downward spiral. Various factions raided Gadhafi’s weapons caches, leaving the country awash in arms.

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BOYD James Russell May 22, 1935 - May 17, 2016 Jim Boyd of Bashaw passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at the Red Deer Hospice at the age of 80 years.

Jim is lovingly remembered by his family, son, Mark; daughter, Debbie (Todd); four grandchildren, Wendy (Graham) Arnett, Tracy (Kris) McArthur, Sabrina Maki and Bryce Maki; four great grandchildren, Hunter, Gavin, Izzy and Jia McArthur; as well as special friend, Irene Grant. Jim is predeceased by Elsie Broom who was his aunt and caregiver while he was growing up, and his wife, Betty. A Celebration of Jim’s Life will be held at the Bashaw Agricultural Society, 4750 - 45 Avenue, Bashaw, AB on Friday, May 27, 2016 at 1:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim’s memory to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

DZURILLA Lubomir Dec. 3, 1945 - May 22, 2016 It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Lubomir of Sylvan Lake, AB who passed away peacefully in his Marina Bay home, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Lubomir was born on December 3, 1945 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Lubo was predeceased by his parents Jozef and Anna Dzurilla and his brother Vladimir. Lubo will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his wife Jean, of 24 years; his sister Viera; his children: Danny (Jennifer), Lubo, Jody, Michelle, Jeanett (Darryl), and Joe. Grandpa will also be missed by his grandchildren: Karlee, Micheal, Adrian, Terry, Lucas, Kyle, Ryan, Matthew, Madison, and Alexandra. As well his great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, family members, and many treasured friends. A Funeral Service will be held at the Chapel of the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home, 5019 47A Avenue, Sylvan Lake, AB on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. A Celebration of Life will follow at the Marina Bay Yacht Club. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations can be made to the Cancer Society and/or Spina Bifida Association of Southern Alberta (SBAHSA). Cremation entrusted to Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, AB. Condolences may be forwarded to www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca.

SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements.

403-887-2151.

Obituaries

HUT Ronald Kenneth 1949 - 2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Ronald Kenneth ‘Ron’ Hut of Red Deer, Alberta, after a hard fought battle with leukemia, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the age of 66 years. Ron worked as a Field Mechanic for thirty years and also had a successful trucking company. He was well respected and loved by all who knew him. Ron was a soft spoken man and always a gentleman. His passions were his family, and he loved gardening. Ron will be lovingly remembered by his best friend and dearest love, Pat Green of Red Deer, Alberta; Pat’s children, Scott Green of Red Deer and Jackie Gerow of Houston, British Columbia; grandchildren, Cory, Megan, Kelsey and Matthew; and greatgrandchildren, Lilly, Duncan, Riley, Ryker and Miller. A Funeral Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Ron’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

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KERKLAAN Paul J. May 23, 1960 - May 17, 2016 Paul Kerklaan, beloved husband to Tracy and loving father to Colin, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 enjoying one of his life’s passions. Tracy and Colin invite family and friends to join them in a celebration of Paul’s life at the Red Deer Legion, 2810 Bremner Avenue. Red Deer, on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, Tracy and Colin invite people to make a donation in Paul’s name to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta and NWT, Unit 1, 5550-45 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1L1.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

LEEB Donald July 11, 1951 - May 23, 2016 Donald Arthur Leeb, beloved husband of Kathy Lalor of Innisfail, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday, May 23, 2016 at the age of 64 years. He was the loving father of Greg (Krystalyn) Leeb and Brad (Emily) Leeb, and loving step-father of Jason (Heather) Chatwood and Jaret Chatwood, and will also be dearly missed by his six grandchildren, his mother, Margaret Leeb, seven sisters, two brothers, and their families. Don was predeceased by his wife of 28 years, Carol Leeb (neeHodgson) and his father, Arthur Leeb. A Prayer Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 48A Avenue, Red Deer on Friday, May 27, 2016 at 1:00 p.m.

See the full obituary on the website. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

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Restaurant/ Hotel Obituaries NEWTON Dianne Marie Oct. 31, 1953 - Innisfail, AB May 21, 2016 - Calgary, AB It is with great sadness that the family of Dianne Newton announce her passing after an incredibly brave and admirable fight against brain cancer. Dianne’s greatest passions were spending time with family and friends, giving back to the community and staying active through curling, skiing, and travel. Any one need a hand or friendly ear?

Dianne was the woman for the job! She will be so lovingly remembered by her husband and best friend Russ; her children Ky (Maryan), Daina (Paul), and Brea (Jesse); her stepdaughters Ashley and Suzanne; her grandsons Beck, Jack, Tayden, and Lukas; her brother Danny (Kathie), and her mother Marie. Dianne was predeceased by her father Dick.

Dianne will also be fondly remembered by her extended family, and her large network of friends. All of those lucky enough to cross paths with Dianne will miss her beautiful smile, love for life, and kind spirit. A Celebration of Dianne’s Life will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Park Memorial, 5008 Elbow Drive S.W. Calgary, AB) on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

For those who wish, donations in memory of Dianne can be made to the Alberta Cancer Foundation, www.albertacancer.ca/memorial.

Dianne’s family would like to extend their sincerest thanks to the staff and volunteers at FMC, Tom Baker, and Sarcee Hospice for their amazing care and dedication.

In living memory of Dianne Newton, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY Crowfoot 82 Crowfoot Circle N.W., Calgary, AB T3G 2T3 Phone: 403-241-0044 Fax: 403-241-0414 cf@mhfh.com

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Personals

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

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Trades

SHOP HELP AND/OR APPRENTICE MECHANIC REQ’D IMMED. Truck exp. preferred.

8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of Blackfalds. Steady f/t year round employment w/benefits. Fax: 403-784-2330 Phone: 403-784-3811

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Caregivers/ Aides

710

LOOKING for a Caregiver to supervise and care for infant (3-11 months) and a toddler (3 1/2 years old).

Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment. Prepare for naptime, bath and feedings, assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents.

This position is located in Red Deer AB, full time (44 hrs/wk) wage is $11.25/hr.

Must have great communication skills. Medical benefits. Please email resume to gail_abad84@yahoo.com

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THOMPSON Mae B. On the evening of May 19, 2016 Mae Belle Thompson passed away peacefully at the age of 79 years. Mae is survived by her three children: her daughter Sandra (Joe) Dahm, of Duffield AB, their five children, Caitlin (BJ Ballas), Wyatt, Carmen (Matt and daughter Emma) Buchanan, Dawson, and Bryden; her son Steven (Penny) Thompson of Lacombe, their two children, Brett and Brooklyn; and her son Micheil (Kim) Thompson also of Lacombe, and their 2 children, Cole and Abby.

Mae is also survived by many loving family and friends. She will be missed by all! Funeral services will be held at St. Andrew’s United Church, 5226 - 51 Ave., Lacombe, AB on Thursday, May 26, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Lacombe Palliative Society, #409, 4425 Heritage Way, Lacombe, AB. T4L 2P4.

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.

403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families” For 40 years

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Coming Events

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time 40 to 44 hours/week.

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

Education not req’d.

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

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OFFICE person/laborer req’d for trucking company E. of Blackfalds. Knowledge of trucking industry/ mechanical knowledge of maintenance an asset but willing to train. Exc. wages/benefits. Fax resume to 403-784-2330 call 403-784-3811 REGISTRY OFFICE in Red Deer looking for qualified individual(s) for Part-time/Full-time employment. Previous Registry experience is required. Reply to Box 1119, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

Oilfield

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SEASONAL OILFIELD NDT, UT helper opening.

Computer skills needed.

Send a brief resume to S.K.E.I. 5225 51 St. Lacombe T4L 1H7 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S F/T or P/T GRILL COOK

Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave.

Children's Items

1580

ERNIE from Sesame Street, hand puppet, $10; baby doll with sleep eyes, rooted hair, and extra clothes, $15; and Helly Hansen rain jacket with detachable hood, like new, size 10-12, $20.

403-314-9603 SAMSONITE 500 piece LEGO in original box, early 60`s, $25. 403-347-3849

EquipmentHeavy

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1640

Tools

METRIC Socket, plus tool box. $100.

403-343-6044

Firewood

1660

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Health & Beauty

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POWER Wheel Chair, 3 yrs. old. Barely used. $2500. 403-845-3292

Household Furnishings

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CHAIR, beige leather, firm in exc. cond., $50. obo.

403-347-1017 TEAK dining room table, 4 chairs and 2 extension leafs, seats 8. $200.

403-986-6878

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

1760

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 electric lamps, $20.

403-885-5020 CAMPING dishes, unbreakable, Durawere Set. $35.

Coleman Propane lantern, $50. Coleman Propane Camp Stove, $100.

403-343-6044 COFFEE Maker, under counter, $30.

403-343-6044

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ROSEDALE neighborhood Multi-Table Garage Sale at Garage Sales. Several Sunnybrook Farm Museum homes in Rosedale will 4701 - 30 St, Red Deer have individual garage/yard Fri., May 27: noon - 8 p.m. sales. Fri., May 27, 5 - 8 Saturday, May 28 p.m., and Sat. May 28, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Watch for Donations of gently used balloons and signs. items gratefully accepted weekdays 9 a.m. -3 p.m.

No furniture please.

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Misc. for Sale

Misc. for Sale

COPPER clad aluminum #2, booster cables $40.

403-343-6044

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WATER HOSE REEL, $35. 403-885-5020 WHITE duvet / down quilt, fits double or queen bed, comes with blue cover.

Like new. $75. 403-347-3849

DAYTON heavy duty industrial heater, 220 power, new cond., $60. 403-877-0825 MOVING ~ NEW dining room server, 52” l x 18” w x 3’ h, $275; 2 bar chairs, $40 each; 8 piece setting of dishes, $50; large mirror, gold frame, 46” h x 37” w, $75; 3 sets of stainless steel dinnerware, $15 per set; fireplace set with stand, $30; box of double lace, $20; and La-Z-Boy chair, 30. 403-309-5494

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Collectors' Items

INVERSION Table, $200.

403-343-6044

Travel Packages

1949 SINGER SEWING MACHINE, portable electric, good working cond. $120. ~SOLD~ Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

ANTIQUE Railroad Train Set, 65 yrs. old. Complete set of 40 pieces & book volumes. Like New $800.

403-845-3292, 895-2337

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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

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

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Health Care

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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Dr. Lyla May Yip

Alternative & Complementary Health Care Provider Dr. of TCM & Reg. Acup. (house calls available) 403-597-4828

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Massage Therapy

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 COUNTERTOP replacement.

Kitchen reno’s.

Wes 403-302-1648 DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

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FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

DAMON INTERIORS 10 - 2am Private back entry Drywall, tape, texture, 403-341-4445 Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176

Misc.

Services

1160

Entertainment

Condos/ Townhouses

1310

TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434

Roofing

1370

SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

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

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

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Painters/ Decorators

1180

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

THE ROTOTILLER GUY Rototilling Services & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957 TREE /YARD CARE, JUNK Removal, Garage Door Service. 403-358-1614

NEED FLOORING DONE? MIKE’S Refresh Painting Don’t pay the shops more.

Exterior/Interior, Over 20 yrs. exp.

Prompt & Courteous Service YARD CARE Call Jon 403-848-0393 403-302-8027 Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

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

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

GLENDALE

NOW RENTING SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. starting at $795/mo.

2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

Opposite Hospital

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $925. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. now or June 1.

403-304-5337

2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885

Rooms For Rent

Mobile Lot

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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

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

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homes 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC No shortage of power ALL the Bells & Whistles!!

44,600 kms.

MINT CONDITION

BLACKFALDS, $500, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

Never laid down.

$7600. o.b.o.

FULLY furn. bdrm. for rent, $500/mth - $250 DD. Call 403-396-2468 ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712 ROOM, all utils. and cable incl’d, $450/mo. Call or text 403-598-6386 TWO fully furn. rooms, all util. incl., Deer Park, AND Rosedale, 403-877-1294

Offices

3110

Downtown Office

Large waiting room, 2 offices & storage room, 403-346-5885 Buying or Selling your home?

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Pasture

3180

PASTURE

North Red Deer. 10 cow/calf pairs, no bulls, no yearlings. 403-346-5885 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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CLASSIFICATIONS

3090

(403)318-4653 Red Deer

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

Income Property

2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON Dyna Super Glide, 10,800 kms. Mint Condition, $11,000. 403-896-1620.

4100

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780

Industrial Property

Motorhomes

5100

4120

QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK New industrial bay, 2000 sq. ft. footprint, $359,000. or for Rent. 403-391-1780 FULL size camper van 18 ft. 1987 Dodge 3/4 ton Ram 250, 318 auto.

Businesses 150,000 mi. many extras, new parts, sale price For Sale $4350. 403-877-6726 SMALL OIL and gas mfg./representative Holiday company for sale. Solid Trailers and honest reputation, tons of contacts, function as is or easily expanded.

If interested contact kplace06@telus.net

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5120

repair and cable slicing business for sale. All tools and test gear ready for startup business. 403-505-5111

Open House Directory

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

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TELEPHONE CO.

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

1430

Yard Care

3030

Avail. July 1st, 2016 Red Deer - Deer Park Townhouse Rent: $1275.

Same DD Plus Util.

Included: Fridge, Stove, washer, dryer, dishwasher 2 bdrms., 2.5 Baths.

To view: call or text (403) 596-2231.

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

Seniors’ Services

OFFER:

2 BDRM. townhouse/ condo, 5 appls., 2 blocks from Collicutt Centre. $1225/mo. + utils., inclds. condo fees. 403-616-3181

Property clean up 505-4777

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

1290

3060

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

Duplexes 403-304-5337 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets.

PARTLY furnished house $800. rent/d.d. in Sylvan Lake avail. for 403-346-1458 rent at $1800. Call 403-887-4610 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SYLVAN: fully furn. rentals SUITES. 25+, adults only incld’s all utils. & cable. n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 $550 - $1300. By the week or month. 403-880-0210 LIMITED TIME

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3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or May 1st.

403-304-5337 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

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 Suites WANTED • 3250-3390

Painters/ Decorators

3050

ORIOLE PARK

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Accounting

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

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Handyman Services

1870

BESWICK English porcelain horse, pinto pony model 1373. $175.

403-352-8811

1870

Collectors' Items

1830

KITTENS, 1 Siamese and 1 Burman, $50 each, and 1 grey and white kitten for free. 403-887-3649

1860

Sporting Goods

2014 19.6 NOMAD trailer, SUV towable, sleeps 4, Gently used. REDUCED $12,500. SOLD

5160

Boats & Marine FINANCIAL

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Out Of Red Deer

4310

Out Of Red Deer

ASPEN Shores Estates Area Structure Plan Development Proposal at Pine Lake. Open house Sunday, May 29, 2 - 4 p.m. at The Pine Lake Hub.

4310

OPEN HOUSE SERGE’S HOMES May 26 & 27, 2 - 5 May 28 & 29 , 1 - 5 6325 61 AVE RED DEER

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Sol 1971 CORVETTE, 454 big block. $16,500.

403-598-4131

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DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

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2001 WINDSTAR, lady driven 184,000 kms. Exc. cond. $3000.

2005 CROWN Vic, loaded, 94,000 kms. $6000. obo.

2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide, 10,800 kms, mint cond. $11,000.

Call 403-896-1620.

2008 SUZUKI COOL DOWN IN STYLE C109, 1800cc. All the bells and whistles. 44,600 kms.

Exc. cond., never laid down. $7600. o.b.o. 403-318-4653.

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2006 CHRYSLER 300, LTD, low kms., sun roof, leather, new winter tires. $8000. obo

Sol DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2009 Grand Caravan, exc. cond, extra set winter tires, DVD, extras $12,500 obo 403-505-5789

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2004 LEXUS RX330, 155,000 mi., exc. cond. $7500.

2013 HONDA PCX 150CC scooter, 1,700 km, $2,000.

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Sol 1995 TRAVELAIRE, 25.5’, very good,cond., sleeps 6, new awning, full size fridge, 3 burner stove/oven, micro., queen bed, x-long couch, $7000.

403-350-6695

2011 DODGE CALIBER, only 56,000 km, exc. cond., $8,900.

403-406-7600

Sol DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 YAMAHA 30,003 km V-star 1100, Silverado new tires, exc. cond. $5500.

403-318-4725

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