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Photos by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff This boisterous bunch of horn helmeted fans were making sure to bring some fun to the game Friday.

STARS OF THE DAY CHASE MARCHAND Jamie White Blair of Red Deer got the chance to meet with former Calgary Flames player Lanny MacDonald at Fan Fest Friday.

Huskies goalie Chase Marchand. Stopped 36 of 37 Rebels shots. Stood on his head. Made numerous timely saves throughout the game but especially late in the game when the Rebels penalty killers forechecked hard and created a few goal opportunities.

Allie, Traci and Gracie Urbinsky of Red Deer head into the Centrium Friday for the semi-final game with the Red Deer Rebels taking on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.

ADAM MUSIL Rebels centre Adam Musil. Didn’t get a point, but was the hardest working player all game for the Rebels. He was strong with the puck all game and near the end he teamed up Michael Spacek to create a few shorthanded chances with a hard forecheck.

MARTINS DZERKIALS Huskies right winger Martins Dzerkials. One goal.

He was a hard forechecker for the Huskies and on several shifts he was a key to keeping the Rebels hemmed in their own zone. His goal was the game winner, a backhander that fooled Rebels goalie Rylan Toth.

Prepared to help bring the roof down, Ian, and Devon Harknett, centre, and Steve Sands were Prepared to help bring the roof down during the semi-final game Friday with the Red Deer Rebels taking on the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.

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REBELS RUN OUT OF MAGIC

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD AD DVOCA ATE E STAFF

SCOREBOARD SCOUTING REPORT Rouyn-Norada Huskies vs.

London Knights What seems like a lengthy time off, isn’t too abnormal for the London Knights. During the regular season, they typically close out their weekend with a game and then don’t play again until Friday, about the same amount of time off they had in the MasterCard Memorial Cup … Statistically, the Knights have been on a remarkable run, winning 16 straight games, not having lost since April 1 … RW Mitchell Marner (2g, 11a), C Christian Dvorak (6g, 4a) and LW Matthew Tkachuk (3g, 3a) are one, two, five in team and tournament scoring. In sixth is D Olli Juolevi (0g, 6a) … The backbone of the team’s success in the Memorial Cup has been G Tyler Parsons, who has a goals against average of 1.79 and

a save percentage of 0.944 … Penalties could be an issue for the Knights, as they have allowed 20 man-advantages through the tournament … LW Timo Meier (5g, 2a) and LW Franci Perron (1g, 6a) lead the Huskies and are third and fourth in tournament scoring … Of the 60 teams in the Canadian Hockey League, the Huskies were consistently in the Top 10 and entered the Memorial Cup as the top-ranked team … G Chase Marchand bounced back from letting five goals in against the Knights to hold the Red Deer Rebels to just one goal on Friday. His 3.26 goals against average is third in the tournament and 0.907 save percentage is second.

Special teams: London Knights — power play 45 per cent, first; penalty kill 80 per cent, first. Rouyn-Noranda Huskies — power play 24 per cent, third; penalty kill 70.8 per cent, second.

SCHEDULE PLAYOFFS Tuesday’s game London 5 Rouyn-Noranda 2

Sunday, May 29 Championship London vs. Rouyn-Norada, 2:30 p.m.

Monday’s result London 9 Brandon 1

Friday’s game Semifinal Rouyn-Norada 3 Red Deer 1

Sunday’s result Red Deer 5 Rouyn-Noranda 2

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Saturday’s result Rouyn-Noranda 5 Brandon 3

Wednesday’s game Red Deer 2 Brandon 1

Last Friday’s result London 6 Red Deer 2

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Rouyn-Noranda HuskiePeter Abbandonato fends off Red Deer Rebel Colton Bobyk in front of Rebel goaltender Rylan Toth during second-period, semi-final MasterCard Memorial Cup action Friday.

“He stayed calm and competed,” said Marchand. “He never gave up in his crease. In every practice this year, he competed hard. That’s Chase Marchand.”

Down 2-0 after the first period, the Rebels applied pressure with reckless abandon for the game’s final 40 minutes. They outshot the Huskies 26-12 in the second and third periods.

A bitter pill to swallow, Rebels head coach Brent Sutter talked about how proud he was of his team in the post-game press conference.

“I don’t think anyone out there thought, with us being hosts and being beaten in the semifinals, that we could play against these top teams,” said Sutter. “We deserved to be in this game tonight and we played with this team, too.

“We made a couple of mistakes in the first period that put us behind.

But we didn’t quit. We had great opportunities and quality scoring chances. I thought their goalie was the best player on the ice tonight.”

Two of the Huskies goals came on the power play. Nikolas Brouillard had the insurance goal, tipping in a Francis Perron point shot, in the second while Josh Mahura was in the box for interference. Perron opened the scoring in the first on a one-time shot taking the pass from Timo Meier.

Martins Dzierkals had the Huskies eventual game winner, the game’s only even strength goal, by making a strong play on the puck.

“We’re happy with how we played against Red Deer,” said Bouchard.

“Red Deer’s big guys worked very

hard and we showed a lot of character today.”

The win puts the Huskies into the final on Sunday against the Knights.

The Knights won the round robin game against the Huskies 5-2. Puck drops on the Memorial Cup final at 2:30 p.m. at the Centrium.

Despite the loss, the fans at the Centrium acknowledged the hard work and determination the Rebels put in this season and in the tournament. They sent the Rebels into the summer with a standing ovation.

“It’s been a great tournament,” said Sutter. “We’re certainly very proud of hosting the Memorial Cup. It’s disappointing from a hockey perspective, but the teams who were here were top-notch teams.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

FINALISTS TO LAY IT ON THE LINE

STATS London (OHL) Red Deer (host) Rouyn-Nor.(QMJHL) Brandon (WHL)

Huskies 3 Rebels 1 Sometimes in hockey, no matter how hard a team tries, a hot goaltender can derail any momentum.

That’s what happened to the Red Deer Rebels Friday night at the Centrium.

The comeback Rebels, who gutted out victories when down 1-0 against the Brandon Wheat Kings and 2-0 against the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the round robin of the MasterCard Memorial Cup, couldn’t find that magic Friday night.

This time they fell down 3-0 to the Huskies in the second period.

They dug too deep a hole to climb out of against the Canadian Hockey League’s top ranked team.

It wasn’t as though they didn’t try, but at every turn Huskies goalie Chase Marchand was there with numerous key saves.

“We had the scoring chances and the shots on goal to comeback,” said Rebels defenceman Haydn Fleury.

“But the bounces weren’t going our way tonight.

“Hats off to (Marchand) tonight, he played unbelievable. Some of the saves he made in the third period gave their team confidence.”

Marchand, who stopped 36 of 37 Rebels shots, didn’t surrender his first goal until 13:34 of the second period when Luke Philp cut the Huskies’ lead to two. Standing at the side of the net, Fleury sent a shot at the net that Philp tipped past Marchand for his second goal of the tournament.

But the Philp goal was all they could get past Marchand. The Huskies rode their hot goaltender to a 3-1 win at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. The loss eliminates the Rebels from the tournament. The Huskies will play in the final on Sunday against the undefeated London Knights.

“I took the same preparation as before and tried to stick to the gameplan,” said Marchand. “When you have that good positive attitude in the room, it’s easy to play well and have the team play well too.”

Huskies head coach Gilles Bouchard said part of Marchand’s success came from challenging the puck carrier.

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George Wilson, left, and Ron Wilkin, right, of Red Deer joined Ron Ryman, of Kelowna, Cliff Weatherbee of Seatle, and Ken Ryman of Kelowna in the Molson Canadian Hockey House at Westerner Park prior to the semi-final game Friday.

It takes place in the west, but two eastern teams will compete for the MasterCard Memorial Cup as the Quebec Major Junior League Champion Rouyn-Noranda Hukies face off against the Ontario Hockey League champion London Knights.

When the puck drops on the final, it will have been five days since the Knights (3-0) last played hockey.

“You’re always waiting, but everybody has bumps and bruises so you get the chance to heal them up a bit,” said Knights head coach Dale Hunter. “Everybody is anxious to play and that’s the way it should be.”

That last game was a 5-2 win over the Huskies (1-2). The game was closer than the score would indicate, but some stellar goaltending from Knights’ Tyler Parsons held the Huskies to two goals.

The two teams will square off in a rematch on Sunday. The Huskies earned a spot in the final with a 3-1 win over the host Red Deer Rebels.

At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, the puck will drop on the Memorial Cup final between the Canadian Hockey League’s top-ranked Huskies and the red hot Knights.

It’s the classic unstoppable force vs. an unmovable object. The Knights have not lost a game since April 1, giving them 16 straight wins in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs and in the Memorial Cup. The Huskies lost four games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

playoffs, en route to their first ever league title.

For a Knights team that has been to four of the last five Memorial Cups, they lost in the tournament final in 2012 and didn’t make the final in 2013 and 2014.

The Huskies-Knights round-robin matchup featured a seemingly endless penalty parade as 22 infractions were called during the game.

Through the first two periods the longest stretch without a penalty was 3:25. With so many chances, all but one goal came with someone in the penalty box and that was an empty net goal.

Huskies goalie Chase Marchand noted the Knights high-flying power play as a challenge they will have to meet.

“We have to play disciplined and still keep working hard,” said Marchand. “If we use our speed and outskate them then we’ll be alright.”

Despite losing by three goals, the Huskies outshot the Knights 32-25 and had more goal chances in the third period of the round-robin game.

“We’re a fast team and we created chances against them,” said Francis Perron, Huskies left winger. “We’re pretty confident.”

Toronto Maple Leafs 2015 firstround draft pick Mitchell Marner leads the tournament in scoring with 2 goals and 11 assists.

“You watch the (semi-final) game, study their breakouts and everything else,” said Hunter.

Going undefeated during the round robin, Marner admitted there is some confidence as they face the

File photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

London Knight Max Jones, right, reacts as he is hit by Rouyn-Noranda Huskie Jeremy Lauzon during first period action of Game 5 of the MasterCard Memorial Cup in Red Deer Tuesday.

Huskies.

“We know the teams, what they bring and how they’re going to play,” said Marner. “We can’t look at it that way. If you go in like that then sometimes you get overwhelmed and bad things happen with the puck. We have to make sure we’re playing safe with the puck and making the right plays.”

“We still have one game to go and we want to lay it all on the line,” said Marner. “We have all summer now to rest the body, there’s just one game left.”

All tournament, Huskies head coach Gilles Bouchard has talked

about playing “the Huskies game.”

“Our identity is speed,” he said.

“We have a group of players who work very hard, compete hard. If we want to win Sunday we have to play with speed and compete in every battle.”

The last team to go undefeated in the round robin and lose the final was the 2014 Guelph Storm, who lost to the Edmonton Oil Kings that year.

Note: Knights forward Matthew Tkachuk did not practice on Friday and hasn’t since the Huskies-Knights game. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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THE FUTURE OF FOOD Livestock producers are growing more with less. The challenge is making sure the public hears the positive stories coming out of the industry.

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF The marketing fiasco in which a Canadian restaurant chain tried switching to Kansas beef was a lesson on many levels, says an Alberta swine producer.

The operators of Earl’s restaurants, which has a franchise in Red Deer, did a swift backtrack a few weeks ago after suffering a backlash from Canadians — ranchers and foodies alike — who were alarmed to learn that the company was sourcing its beef from a certified humane supplier in Kansas.

Earl’s operators explained that they had been unable to find a Canadian supplier capable of delivering beef that was certified to be humanely raised without use of antibiotics, steroids or growth hormones.

They felt consumers were more concerned about how the animals were raised than where.

They were wrong. Earl’s learned very quickly that, while its customers may be interested in humanely raised and antibiotic free beef, those con-

cerns were trumped by the desire for barley-fed beef from Western Canada as opposed to corn-fed cuts from Kansas.

“I think there are multiple lessons or important details here. The first one is with respect to selling attributes that really make no difference at all, to anybody, in terms of food safety, ” says livestock producer Frank Novak, chairman of Alberta Pork and managing director of Alberta Pig Company, based in Sherwood Park.

Novak addressed fellow producers and other members of the industry during a regional meeting of Alberta Pork in Red Deer on Wednesday.

“This whole notion that ‘(livestock) raised without antibiotic product’ is different or better than any other product is, we know scientifically, it doesn’t make any sense. With all the rules we have with respect to withdrawal of antibiotics, with all the testing we have in processing plants, essentially every piece of meat produced is antibiotic free.”

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Racing returning to Alberta Downs

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Horse racing is back at Lacombe’s Alberta Downs.

The starting bell fell silent at the track last season but a full schedule of Sunday thoroughbred racing is set to go June 5.

Alberta Downs manager of racing Christina Sturgeon said Horse Racing Alberta has approved 22 days of thoroughbred racing at the track just west of Lacombe next to Hwy 2. That will keep the action going until Oct. 30.

Primarily a harness racing facility previously, the introduction of a full schedule of thoroughbred racing will be exciting, said Sturgeon.

“The odd time that we did have a thoroughbred race it was very, very popular,” she said.

There are only so many horses to support all of the races, but the provincial horse racing body found a way to add Alberta Downs into the schedule.

“The way they’ve got it worked out is we’re going to race on days that Northlands (in Edmonton) isn’t racing,” she said.

At Calgary’s new Century Downs track, Sundays are used for harness racing.

Alberta Downs opened in 2010 and ran harness races, plus one thoroughbred race, for five seasons. But after the 2014 season, Horse Racing Alberta did not book any 2015 races for Alberta Downs and owner Bob Allen began lobbying to get racing back in Central Alberta.

Those who come out to Alberta Downs will see some changes. The grandstand and a 6,000-square-foot clubhouse and 16,000-square-foot covered outdoor seating area are completed as part of a $300,000 renovation.

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FOOD: Disconnect between producers, consumers Additionally, a whole new level of animal welfare is raised if producers are discouraged from treating acutely sick or injured animals.

A specific food additive, ractopamine, is banned from swine production in Canada, not because of any specific health risks but because it is banned in countries or regions that purchase large quantities of Canadian pork. Producers in the U.S. use the product to help their pigs grow faster and leaner.

In Canada, however, a tightly-enforced ractopamine-free status opens doors in markets where the product is banned, including the European Union and mainland China as well as Russia once trade embargoes there are lifted, said Darcy Fitzgerald, executive director of Alberta Pork.

In his presentation, Fitzgerald encouraged producers to report any incidence of ractopamine showing up in feeds, which is possible because it is allowed for other livestock, including beef.

“There’s nothing wrong with ractopamine. Some countries don’t want

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Tyler Redwood drives Mystic Sign towards the finish during the fifth race at the Alberta Downs Racetrack on a Saturday afternoon. Horse Racing Alberta has approved 22 days of thoroughbred racing at the track. That will keep the action going until Oct. 30.

A number of events are planned for the first day of racing, which has a 3:15 p.m. post time. There will a petting zoo, pony rides and face painting.

Other events planned this summer

include the Central Alberta Amateur

it, and that’s a trade issue. We have to order to produce food for nine billion follow their rules, so that’s all there is people without destroying the Earth in to it,” said Fitzgerald. the process.’”

Novak told producers that Canada’s Yet there is this grand disconnect swine industry has made impressive between those producers and a highimprovements in animal welfare, food ly urbanized customer base, whose safety and environmental stewardship members have no understanding of during the past 50 years. agriculture and are deeply suspicious However, they have failed to pass of that same technology, including adthat message on to the people they vancements in genetics that improve feed. crop and livestock production.

Technology has enabled pig farmNovak cited one study indicating ers to raise bigger, leaner, tastier and that one per cent of the population is healthier hogs on less land and with unaware that plants have genes. For less water and a much smaller envievery million peoronmental footple, that’s 10,000 ‘THE WHOLE BUNCH OF who don’t know print than 50 years ago, said Novak.

US IN THIS ROOM WILL that they’re eating And those imin every bite, BE JUDGED BY THE ONE DNA provements must he said. continue as the It’s not hard to PERSON WHO DOES THIS livestock industry understand then THE WORST.’ strives to provide how easy it has protein for a hu— FRANK NOVAK, been for people to man population exCHAIRMAN, ALBERTA PORK grow fearful of gepected to surpass netically modified nine billion by the foods, despite scimiddle of the century, he said. ence stating that those foods pose no Even the vice president of the health risk to the people who eat them.

World Wildlife Fund, at a recent conIn its simplest form, genetic modiference in Nashville, supported use fication through selective breeding is of all available technologies to help as old as agriculture itself, to the exlivestock producers in their continued tent that the meat, cereals, fruits and efforts to produce more with less, said vegetables sold in grocery stores today Novak. bear little if any resemblance to their “He actually stood up and said, wild ancestors.

‘This is my message: ‘Soon, there will Genetic modification in a test tube be nine billion people on this planet is a rapidly accelerated form of plant and the only way that we can feed breeding, with genetic information nine billion people is if you guys have transferred directly into new cultivars access to the technology you need in rather than the much slower process of

breeding for target characteristics.

That is something ordinary consumers need to understand when they’re being fed a bunch of conflicting and sometimes frightening messages about the food they eat, because it is the opinions of those consumers that determine whether farmers have the social licence to keep on farming, said Novak.

“There’s a lot of hypocrisy. We need to talk about all the good stuff and the good stories we’ve got, and work on protecting access to the technologies we actually need in order to feed the world.”

He called on fellow producers, including research farms at universities in Alberta and Saskatchewan, to put more emphasis on open barns where people can come and watch the work inside and see for themselves how animals are raised and the efforts being made to ensure that they are happy and comfortable.

“We do what’s right because it’s the right thing to do,” said Novak.

He cautioned producers, however, that they will continue to be judged on the failings of their poorest performers, pointing to an upcoming deadline after which farmers will be required to use painkillers for normal activities including tail docking and castration of piglets. Novak said he assumes that producers will have their pain mitigation systems in place by July 1, if they do not have them in place already.

“The whole bunch of us in this room will be judged by the one person who does this the worst,” he said.

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Payday loan rules lauded

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Provincial legislation that will reduce payday loan fees to help those trapped in poverty earned praise from the city and Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance.

Bill 15, the Act to End Predatory Lending, was passed in the Alberta Legislature on Wednesday and awaits royal assent.

The bill reduces borrowing fees from $23 to $15 per $100 loaned which will be the lowest rate in Canada; allows loans to be repaid in installments rather than all at once; and limits the marketing influence of lenders.

For the past two years the alliance has advocated for changes to legislation regarding payday lenders.

“This legislation is the start of the road back helping vulnerable people understand and build responsible credit and it stops predatory and exploitative practices on the part of industry,” said Danielle Klooster, community mobilizer with the alliance on Friday.

She said 15 per cent of Red Deer’s working population is experiencing poverty. A lot of people are struggling and the more they struggle, the more they rely on payday loans.

poor people as I did to affluent people. I can tell you character and poverty are not joined together,” Johnston said.

“The greatest triumph for me in this particular bill, as good and strong as it is, is now the possibility of a mainstream lending institution, like our credit unions, getting involved in a sector of the market that has been absolutely left behind.”

He said the prime interest rate is three per cent and the new payday fees are 15 per cent under the new legislation.

“We’re not exactly giving it away here. So we need to close that cost gap,” Johnston said.

City council previously adopted a resolution to partner with Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance, the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and the City of Calgary to address consumer protection.

“We’re pleased the provincial government has responded to Red Deer city council’s advocacy position in recognition of the fact that poverty reduction is identified among the top priorities of our social policy framework, and that we recognize that this is one significant component in providing consumer protection for the financially vulnerable,” said Mayor Tara Veer. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer City Coun. Ken Johnston, right, and Mayor Tara Veer talk about the importance of the new provincial legislation to reduce payday loan fees.

Local BRIEFS Police track down stolen tractor trailer hauling tires When the rubber hit the road and disappeared, police were up to the task.

Innisfail, Three Hills and Edmonton Police Service combined their efforts on Wednesday to locate a stolen tractor trailer loaded with about 800 new tires.

On Wednesday, Innisfail RCMP received a request for assistance from Edmonton Police Service for help locating tractor trailer unit filled with new tires, and possibly travelling on Hwy 2. They subsequently located the unit and stopped it on Hwy 2 near the

The legislation also supports other sectors of the economy by allowing people to spend more of their money in the community, she said.

“When you think of the numbers of people who are going from one pay day lender to another, to another, and they are getting payday loans to pay off a payday loan. They are giving all their money to the payday lenders. They are literally having to rely on social services from the community which costs all of us, rather than being able to contribute to the local economy,” Klooster said.

Coun. Paul Harris said the wider

the gap between the rich and the poor, the more social problems.

“So when you think about issues like this one, where we’re trying to lift those people in poverty up, it’s actually not just about them. It’s about the whole community and reducing the social problems we have here,” Harris said.

Coun. Ken Johnston said the bill is a great start. But the greater opportunity right now is for mainstream lenders to design lending products for higher risk clients.

“I can tell you as a 40-year banker, I wrote off as many loans to so-called

Innisfail overpass, RCMP said in a release.

Investigation confirmed the unit was stolen and the driver was taken into custody without incident, however the trailer was empty.

The investigation led RCMP to a property near Three Hills that had a suspicious pile of tires visible from the road.

Police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle leaving the property and located some of the missing tires.

Three men were arrested. RCMP searched the rural property and recovered the remaining stolen tires.

Four men — one from Rumsey, one from Grande Prairie and two from Grande Cache — are now facing several charges charges ranging from stolen property to trafficking stolen property.

spent with local Scouts and Cadet groups will be sentenced in Red Deer provincial court in July.

On Friday, Crown prosecutor Dane Rolfe recommended two years probation — the longest probation allowed for youth.

He also proposed that the accused have no contact with children 16 and under without an approved adult in attendance, complete 200 hours of community service, receive a two-year weapons prohibition, provide a DNA sample, and write a letter of apology to the three victims.

Rolfe said the accused is reluctant to take responsibility according to the pre-sentence report and his parents need to help him with that so he can move forward and get the treatment he needs.

“He’s a very convincing person with a convincing personality. His ability to bend the truth is a strength of his,” Rolfe told the court.

Defence lawyer Kevin Schollie recommended 12 to 18 months probation and 30 to 40 hours of community service.

He said his client accepts the con-

Sexual assault sentencing delayed until July A Red Deer teen convicted of four sexual assaults connected to his time

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Correction The name of a Rebels fan in the Friday, May 27 Red Deer Advocate was spelled incorrectly in a photo caption in the Fan Photos of the Day section.

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Raffle runs afoul of regulator

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

CHASE THE ACE

A raffle designed to offer progressive jackpots to raise funds for a children’s spray park in Rocky Mountain House has run into the long arm of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission.

Carie Liebig, president of the Rocky Spray Park Council, said unlike Nova Scotia, the progressive aspect of their Chase the Ace raffle is forbidden in Alberta. Once the AGLC became aware of it, the Kinsmen Club, which holds the raffle licence, was told selling progressive raffle tickets is a no-no.

The council has partnered with the Kinsmen on the spray park project. Liebig said they are continuing with the raffle but the jackpot is a set sum now based on the number of tickets sold each draw day.

They did not realize when they went ahead with the raffle they couldn’t have a progressive jackpot, which puts more money into it until the ace is drawn from a deck of cards.

Chase the Ace has proven extremely popular on the East Coast with wins of several million dollars in some cases. As a result, the AGLC admits it has

heard a lot of interest from Albertans wanting to have the same type of lottery.

A disappointed Liebig said they had hoped they could use that method to raise the money they need much quicker. They have been slowly raising funds for a few years and need $600,000 for the spray park.

They only have about 10 per cent of that now.

She said the fact that they cannot have a progressive jackpot hurts all charities in Alberta. “It doesn’t give them the advantage of using this unique fundraiser to raise a lot of funds.”

They have revised the raffle now so the winning ticket holder gets 20 per cent of the pot in a given draw, and then another 60 per cent if they pick the ace. But there’s just not the same excitement now, she said.

Rocky Kinsmen president Walter Jones said he was contacted by the AGLC and informed the rules forbid progressive jackpots.

It’s viewed as competing against the big lotteries, he said.

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The energy regulator says it is appealing the decision because it could encourage more companies to enter receivership and bankruptcy to avoid obligations to clean up around oil and gas wells.

The lawsuit has been closely watched as a precedent-setting case as more bankruptcies loom in the oil and gas industry in the face of chronically low prices.

Hostage taker poses risk on release if not monitored: parole board VANCOUVER — The federal parole board says an Alberta man who took nine hostages in an Edmonton office building in 2009 is still a risk to society and should live in a halfway house when released.

Forty-five-year-old Patrick Clayton is scheduled for mandatory release on June 12, but the parole board indicates in its latest decision that the man still has a potential for violence.

Clayton was granted day parole last November after serving about four years of his sentence for storming a Workers’ Compensation Board office with a loaded rifle and holding hostages in a room for about 10 hours.

The decision says Clayton has used drugs while on parole and there is a connection between substance use and his earlier violent offences.

The board concluded the oversight Clayton has received so far is not sufficient, and that he would benefit from better access to supports where his dayto-day behaviours are watched.

Clayton must also abide by conditions including not consuming alcohol or drugs, following his treatment plan, reporting intimate relationships with women and not associating with people who misuse substances.

Southern Alberta man faces child porn, extortion charges involving 14-year-old LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A young man in southern Alberta faces child pornography charges over allegations he extorted nude photos from a 14-year-old girl.

Lethbridge police say the girl told investigators the 18-year-old man befriended her last year on social media.

Police say the man knows the girl but contacted her using false identities.

Investigators say once the girl sent the man some images he threatened to post the pictures publicly and send them to her family unless she sent him more.

The man is charged with child pornography, extortion, child luring and other offences.

Police say he is not being named to protect the identity of the girl.

“This case exemplifies the risks associated with online photo sharing,” Const. Jason Richmond, an investigator with Albert’s Integrated Child Exploitation Unit said in a release Friday.

“Once you hit send, you lose complete control over how that image is going to be used — or come back to haunt you.”

Police do not believe there are other victims.

Energy regulator to appeal ruling on oil and gas cleanup obligations CALGARY — The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will appeal a court ruling that would allow oil and gas companies to avoid cleanup costs if they enter bankruptcy protection.

The court case centres on bankrupt Redwater Energy Corp., whose trustees want to sell off its remaining producing wells.

But the energy regulator wants to use those wells to cover cleanup expenses the company is responsible for.

The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench said May 19 that provincial regulations are in conflict with the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and ruled in favour of creditors.

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CALGARY — Photos of a gaunt, frail-looking teen taken at his 15th birthday party — just months before he died — have been released to the media at the trial of the boy’s parents, who are charged with first-degree murder.

The trial has been told that Alexandru Radita weighed less than 37 pounds when he died in May 2013.

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

An autopsy determined that the teen died from complications due to untreated diabetes and starvation.

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

Pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Daniele Pacaud took the witness stand for the second day on Thursday, saying the boy’s death was “premature and preventable.”

The doctor testified that the memory on two electronic diabetic test meters found in the home showed they were only used about once a month, adding that diabetics normally use the metres about four times a day.

She said the family didn’t buy any insulin in the six months before the teen’s death, explaining he would have required several doses each day to manage his condition.

Pacaud described a number of bed sores that were found on Alexandru’s body as significant and said that they required antibiotics and that she would have recommended surgery in some cases.

The boy was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of three when the family was living in British Columbia.

Court was told it’s believed he did not see a doctor after the family moved to Alberta in 2009.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says Fort McMurray employers have received four out of every five contracts to rebuild the fire-damaged community.

Economic Development Minister Deron Bilous says of the 532 contracts signed by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes the city of Fort McMurray, about 80 per cent are with local employers.

Any business that is either locally owned or employs people in the Fort McMurray area is considered a local employer.

Bilous says businesses from outside the region are given contracts only if there are no local businesses to do the work.

He says these are usually for complex projects that require specific expertise not available locally.

The Fort McMurray Construction Association has complained that workers from the community are being overlooked for jobs, such as trucking supplies to the city.

“It’s frustrating to see misinformation out there about the great work being done by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo,” Bilous said in a news release.

“The contracting for recovery and cleanup is being led from Fort McMurray by residents of Fort McMurray, and they have done an excellent job of ensuring local employers are being used whenever possible.”

Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake also said local companies and employees are spearheading recovery efforts.

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It’s disheartening, and while there are other types of lotteries they could do to make bigger bucks, these are typically by organizations that have deep pockets to start with, Jones said.

He said they should change the rules and allow progressive raffles. “To raise $600,000 through conventional means takes a long time, especially with a down economy.”

“We have had a lot of interest in this,” AGLC spokesperson Sandra Froehlich, manager of licensing support, said Friday.

The rules vary from province to province. “What might be eligible or legal … in one province is not necessarily in another.”

In Alberta, raffle proceeds must go toward the prize, expenses and the charity involved. “There’s no allowance for setting aside part of that pot … to do a progressive.”

They have to be mindful of their agreements with the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, Froehlich said.

The AGLC is looking at its policies in regards to lotteries like Chase the Ace, but there is no time frame involved or commitment that anything would change, she said.

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THE ADVOCATE Saturday, May 28, 2016

Raptors sent packing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Cleveland 113 Toronto 87 TORONTO — It was a roller-coaster 20-game run that came a remarkable two games shy of the NBA finals.

And as the final couple of minutes ticked down on the Toronto Raptors’ historic post-season in a game that was already out of reach, the adoring fans in the Air Canada Centre stood on their feet and chanted: “Let’s go Raptors!”

Kyle Lowry scored 35 points, but his all-star performance wasn’t enough to lift the Raptors over Cleveland in a 113-87 Game 6 loss that left the point guard wanting more.

“Of course you’re going to look back at some point, but right now I’m disappointed, simple as that. I’m disappointed,” said Lowry, who fought back tears when he checked out of the game with 2:38 to play.

The longest post-season run the Raptors had ever travelled was also the most gruelling playoff schedule that the NBA could dole out, as the Raptors played every second day for the final 15 games.

“It’s hard work, man,” said DeRozan, who had 20 points on the night. “You sacrifice so much for moments like this, and when they get taken away from you, it’s hurtful. You work so hard to climb your way up to get knocked back down, and to understand you’ve got to start over again.

“But that’s a challenge we all accept, and we’re looking forward to it, but as of right now, it sucks.”

The Raptors’ 20 games was more than any other team, and coming into Friday, they had logged 927 playoffs minutes compared to 624 by Cleveland.

They’d survived elimination twice, beating both Indiana and Miami in seven games.

They also picked up a couple of key injuries along the way, including DeRozan’s sprained thumb that required wrapping with a shoelace during timeouts to reduce swelling, and an ankle injury that sidelined Jonas Valanciunas for eight games. Valanciunas had nine rebounds Friday.

“I’m so proud of our guys,” said coach Dwane Casey. “To go through what they’ve been through, two Game 7 series and a Game 6 series, and a day

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan, left, hugs teammate Kyle Lowry after the Eastern Conference final NBA playoff basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Toronto on Friday. off in between, they fought through it.

No excuses, but I think mental fatigue set in a little bit.

“But we put ourselves in the position of two hard-fought seven-game series, which I know we learned from.”

LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love combined for 86 points to propel Cleveland into the NBA finals,

in what will be a sixth consecutive appearance for James.

Two nights after an embarrassing 38-point rout in Cleveland that put underrated Toronto on the ropes, the Raptors battled hard, but couldn’t make shots against a Cavs team that seemingly couldn’t miss.

A 14-point deficit had grown to 21

points late in the third quarter, before Lowry scored the Raptors’ last 15 points of the quarter to inject some hope into the crowd and send the Raptors into the fourth trailing 86-74.

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Donaldson homers twice as Jays beat Red Sox

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson watches his two run home run leave the ballpark in the eighth inning of their American League MLB baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Toronto on Friday.

Toronto 7 Boston 5 TORONTO — Josh Donaldson was in MVP form Friday night.

The Blue Jays third baseman hit two home runs and drove in five runs as Toronto opened a six-game home stand with a 7-5 victory over the American League East-leading Boston Red Sox. After Ezequiel Carrera led off the eighth inning with a bunt single, Donaldson delivered a two-run homer off Koji Uehera — his 13th of the season — after the Blue Jays squandered a 5-2 lead in the sixth and seventh innings.

The 2015 American League most valuable player finished the game with four hits — falling just short of the cycle — after entering the game in a 1-for-13 slide.

“It feels nice. I’ve putting in a lot of work, and I’ve been feeling like I’ve been getting right where I’m about to get that feeling where I’m about to start producing,” said Donaldson. “Tonight was just a result of the process that’s going on.”

Toronto (25-25), which won its first home game at Rogers Centre in three weeks, returned to the .500 mark and

have now won six of its past eight games.

“We’ve put a couple good wins together, obviously our last road trip was huge for us,” said Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez. “You can see confidence in these guys when they get to the yard, so that’s a huge plus.”

Sanchez allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings. Joe Biagini (2-1) came on in relief and blew the lead, although earned the win after Donaldson’s home run put the Jays ahead.

Roberto Osuna earned his 11th save of the season with a perfect ninth.

Red Sox (29-19) right-hander Joe Kelly allowed five runs and nine hits over 4 2/3 innings. Uehara was tagged with the loss.

Donaldson opened the scoring with a solo shot in the first inning over the right-centre field wall.

Boston capitalized on Troy Tulowitzki’s seventh error of the season to leadoff the second inning and tie the game 1-1. Travis Shaw reached on the shortstop’s errant throw to first base, and eventually came around on a ground ball by Jackie Bradley Jr. Please see JAYS on Page A6

Kessel out, Matthews in as World Cup of Hockey rosters set

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Kessel won’t be representing the United States in the World Cup of Hockey, while 18-year-old Auston Matthews was among Team North America’s final selections Friday.

The Czech Republic couldn’t convince Jaromir Jagr to compete. And the NHL is questioning Russia for adding defenceman Slava Voynov in light of the domestic violence charges that ended his career with the Los Angeles Kings.

As for Canada, Joe Thornton earned his way back onto the national team after helping the San Jose Sharks make

their first Stanley Cup final appearance. The 36-year-old’s play on the wing gave him the edge over two-time Olympic gold-medal-winner Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks.

“He has been dominant,” Canadian general manager Doug Armstrong said by phone. “He was excellent against us in St. Louis here in the playoffs and he’s played like that for a while.”

There were several surprise additions and omissions when the eight teams revealed the final seven additions to their 23-player rosters for the tournament Sept. 17-Oct. 1 in Toronto.

The most notable came early in the day when Russia included Voynov, who remains suspended indefinitely by the NHL. Voynov pleaded

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no contest to a misdemeanour charge of domestic violence and voluntarily returned to Russia to play in the Kontinental Hockey League last summer.

“We will obviously have to review his status with the Players’ Association prior to the start of the tournament in September,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said. “It is not my current expectation that this player will be deemed eligible to play in the World Cup of Hockey.”

The NHLPA, which is co-hosting the World Cup with the NHL, said it will review Voynov’s status with the league.

Kessel is a two-time Olympian and 10-year NHL veteran, who was passed over despite enjoying a strong post-season in which he’s leading the

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Penguins with nine goals.

The John Tortorella-coached team filled the final four forward U.S. spots with Columbus’ Brandon Dubinsky, Toronto’s James van Riemsdyk, Tampa Bay’s Ryan Callahan and St. Louis captain David Backes. The remaining defence spots went to Colorado’s Erik Johnson, Columbus’ Jack Johnson and Washington’s Matt Niskanen.

Thornton and Sharks teammate, defenceman Brent Burns, were among the players added to Canada, with the most notable omissions being Perry and Montreal defenceman P.K. Subban.

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SCOREBOARD SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016

Local Sports Today

● 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.

Hockey 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) (Cleveland wins series 4-2) Wednesday’s result Cleveland 116 Toronto 78 Monday’s result Toronto 105 Cleveland 99 Friday’s game Cleveland 113 Toronto 87

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State (1) vs. Oklahoma City (3) (Oklahoma City leads series 3-2) Thursday’s result Golden State 120 Oklahoma City 111 Tuesday’s result Oklahoma City 118 Golden State 94 Saturday’s game Golden State at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

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

VOLVIK CHAMPIONSHIP At Travis Pointe CC Ann Arbor, Mich.

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PGA CHAMPIONS At Harbor Shores Benton Harbor, Mich.

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RAPTORS: Postseason great The Raptors were within 13 points on a Lowry three with 8:21 to play, but barely two minutes later, Irving hit a dagger three that had the Cavaliers up by 21, and finally sucked any last hope the Raptors and their fans had of forcing a Game 7.

Lowry’s exit was greeted with a rousing ovation from the fans, and a huge hug from Casey.

The love affair between Toronto fans and the Raptors left even James in awe.

“It’s an unbeliavable atmosphere,” said James, who had 33 points on the night. “These fans, they mean a lot to their team, and I think this team gave everything they could throughout this whole season. To go to a place they’ve never been before, to get to the Eastern Conference finals… (the fans) just showed their appreciation.”

James spoke with DeRozan and Lowry on their way off the court. He wouldn’t share what he said except to say what the two all-stars have done this season “is nothing short of amazing.”

“And these fans here, I know they know what they have.”

Eliminated in the first round of the playoffs the previous two years, the question all season was whether they

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Wednesday, June 1 San Jose at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 4 Pittsburgh at San Jose, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 6 Pittsburgh at San Jose, 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 9 San Jose at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 12 Pittsburgh at San Jose, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 15 San Jose at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh (M2) vs. Tampa Bay (A2) (Pittsburgh wins series 4-3) Thursday’s result Pittsburgh 2 Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday’s result Pittsburgh 5 Tampa Bay 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE St. Louis (C2) vs. San Jose (P3) (San Jose wins series 4-2) Wednesday’s result San Jose 5 St. Louis 2 Monday’s result San Jose 6 St. Louis 3

NHL PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS following Wednesday’s game: G A Logan Couture, SJ 8 16 Joe Pavelski, SJ 13 9 Brent Burns, SJ 6 14 Nikita Kucherov, TB 11 8

Fourth Round STANLEY CUP FINAL Pittsburgh (E2) vs. San Jose (W6)

Golf COLONIAL At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,166 Par: 70 Partial Second Round Webb Simpson 65-67—132 Jordan Spieth 67-66—133 Tony Finau 68-67—135 Jonas Blixt 67-69—136 Brandt Snedeker 68-68—136 Steven Bowditch 69-68—137 Bill Haas 67-70—137 Johnson Wagner 70-67—137 Chris Stroud 69-69—138 Scott Piercy 71-67—138 Ben Crane 70-69—139 Ricky Barnes 68-71—139 Charley Hoffman 71-69—140 Steve Stricker 72-68—140 Charl Schwartzel 71-69—140 Matt Kuchar 73-67—140 Daniel Summerhays 72-68—140 Tom Hoge 70-70—140 Chad Campbell 69-72—141 Derek Fathauer 69-72—141 Jon Curran 72-69—141 Hudson Swafford 71-70—141 Mark Hubbard 69-72—141 Brian Harman 71-70—141 Roberto Castro 73-68—141 William McGirt 69-72—141 Chez Reavie 69-73—142 Si Woo Kim 72-70—142 Lucas Glover 73-69—142 Kyle Stanley 72-70—142 George McNeill 72-70—142 Kevin Chappell 68-74—142 Jerry Kelly 71-71—142 Zac Blair 69-73—142 Boo Weekley 73-70—143 Sung Kang 71-72—143 Jim Furyk 75-68—143 Jeff Overton 69-74—143 Bryson DeChambeau 70-73—143 Will Wilcox 75-69—144 Keegan Bradley 72-72—144 Louis Oosthuizen 73-71—144 Bronson Burgoon 72-72—144 Franklin Corpening 75-69—144 Scott Stallings 74-71—145 Kevin Streelman 73-72—145 Chesson Hadley 73-72 Kramer Hickok 74-71—145 Peter Malnati 74-72—146 John Huh 71-75—146 Patton Kizzire 73-74—147 Brendon Todd 74-73—147 Stewart Cink 72-75—147 Angel Cabrera 73-75—148 Geoff Ogilvy 72-77—149 Jhonattan Vegas 76-73—149 Ian Poulter 73-77—150 Michael Kim 77-74—151 Keith Clearwater 77-76—153 Ken Duke 78-76—154

(Best-of-7)

2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs Third Round CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7)

Pts 24 22 20 19

Phil Kessel, Pgh Joe Thornton, SJ Tyler Johnson, TB Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Sidney Crosby, Pgh Jamie Benn, Dal Robby Fabbri, StL Nick Bonino, Pgh David Backes, StL Jaden Schwartz, StL Troy Brouwer, StL Alex Killorn, TB Colin Wilson, Nash Jason Spezza, Dal Jonathan Drouin, TB Victor Hedman, TB Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Paul Stastny, StL Carl Hagelin, Pgh Alex Ovechkin, Wash John Carlson, Wash Patrick Marleau, SJ

9 3 7 9 6 5 4 3 7 4 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 4

9 15 10 6 9 10 11 12 7 10 5 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 7 7 7 8

18 18 17 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12

Baseball Boston Baltimore Toronto New York Tampa Bay Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Seattle Texas Los Angeles Oakland Houston

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 29 19 .604 27 19 .587 25 25 .500 23 24 .489 21 25 .457 Central Division W L Pct 27 22 .551 25 21 .543 25 22 .532 24 23 .511 13 34 .277 West Division W L Pct 28 19 .596 27 21 .563 22 26 .458 20 29 .408 20 29 .408

GB — 1 5 5.5 7 GB — 1/2 1 2 13 GB — 1.5 6.5 9 9

Friday’s Games Toronto 7, Boston 5 Baltimore 6, Cleveland 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 1 Pittsburgh 9, Texas 1 Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 5 Detroit 4, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 7, Houston 2 Minnesota 7, Seattle 2 Today’s Games Boston (Porcello 7-2) at Toronto (Stroman 5-1), 11:07 a.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rodon 2-4) at Kansas City (Ventura 4-3), 12:15 p.m.

Detroit (Boyd 0-0) at Oakland (Hahn 1-2), 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Jimenez 2-5) at Cleveland (Salazar 4-3),

2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 2-5) at Tampa Bay (Moore 1-3), 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Nicasio 4-3) at Texas (Darvish 0-0), 5:15 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 2-6) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-3), 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Hughes 1-7) at Seattle (Miley 5-2), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 11:07a.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 12:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 1:35 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct New York 28 19 .596 Washington 29 20 .592 Philadelphia 26 22 .542 Miami 25 23 .521 Atlanta 13 34 .277 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 32 14 .696 Pittsburgh 28 19 .596 St. Louis 25 24 .510 Milwaukee 22 26 .458 Cincinnati 15 33 .313 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 30 20 .600 Los Angeles 25 24 .510 Colorado 23 24 .489

GB — — 2.5 3.5 15 GB — 4.5 8.5 11 18 GB — 4.5 5.5

Arizona San Diego

21 19

28 29

.429 .396

8.5 10

Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 6, Washington 2 N.Y. Mets 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 Atlanta 4, Miami 2 Pittsburgh 9, Texas 1 Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 5 Colorado 5, San Francisco 2 San Diego at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

Today’s Games Philadelphia (Eickhoff 2-6) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-4), 12:20 p.m.

Cincinnati (Simon 1-5) at Milwaukee (Anderson 2-6), 2:10 p.m.

Miami (Chen 3-2) at Atlanta (Blair 0-3), 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-2) at Colorado (Rusin 1-2), 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 5-2), 5:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Nicasio 4-3) at Texas (Darvish 0-0), 5:15 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 4-3) at Washington (Gonzalez 3-2), 5:15 p.m.

San Diego (Vargas 0-2) at Arizona (Greinke 5-3), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games St. Louis at Washington, 11:35 a.m.

Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 6:00 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL MLB — Announced the resignation of chief investment officer Jonathan Mariner, effective May 31.

American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Reinstated C Josh Phegley from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Matt McBride to Nashville (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Announced the suspension of 2B Rougned Odor was reduced from eight to seven games. Recalled INF Jurickson Profar from Round Rock (PCL). Placed RHP Shawn Tolleson on the family medical emergency list.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Designated INF Reid Brignac for assignment. Recalled 3B Adonis Garcia from Gwinnett (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Selected the contract of LHP Julio Urias from Oklahoma City (PCL).

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed C Michael Falsetti. Released INF Marquis Riley.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Released OF Ronnie Richardson.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed RHP Jimmer Kennedy.

Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed RHP Andrew Worth.

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released RHP Kyle Gelinas, OF Guillaume Ludec and RHP Deryk

Hooker.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed OF Max Peloquin.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed INF Brett Balkan and 1B Richard Seigel. Released 1B Zach Mathieu, INF Elvin Rodriguez and C Stephen Sunday.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed RHP Anthony Sequeria.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed LHP Jack Duffey. Released LHP Vin Roth.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Released 2B Jeremy Delgado. Signed INF Casey Rodrigue.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with LB Leonard Floyd on a four-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Derrick Kindred.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DB C.J. Wilson. Transferred WR Soloman Patton to the retired list.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed C Tomas Nosek to a two-year contract extension.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed D Yohann Auvitu to a one-year entry level contract.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Announced Jeff

Stipec was named chief operating officer of Canucks Sports and Entertainment.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Sporting Kansas City M Roger Espinoza one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for violent conduct that endangered the safety of an opponent during a May 21 match against Real Salt Lake. Fined Montreal M Johan Venegas an undisclosed amount fine for his role in instigating a violation of the Mass Confrontation Policy during a May 21 match against Orlando City SC. National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Called up M Theresa Diederich as an amateur player.

Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football CONCACAF — Named Philippe Moggio general secretary.

COLLEGE EMORY & HENRY — Named Juan Mascaro men’s assistant soccer coach.

MISSISSIPPI — Announced self-imposed scholarship reductions in football because of academic and recruiting misconduct involving the women’s basketball, football and track and field programs.

The penalties include losing 11 scholarships over four years starting with the most recent recruiting class.

UTEP — Named Jerry Wagner assistant Volleyball coach.

Raonic battles hip issue to advance to fourth round of French Open

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PARIS — Canadian Milos Raonic overcame a hip issue to advance to the fourth round of the French Open for the second time in three years.

The hard-serving No. 8 seed from Thornhill, Ont., converted his fifth match point to get past Andrej Martin of Slovakia 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3 on Friday.

Raonic needed treatment in the third set to loosen the muscles in his left hip area.

“The trainer was able to assure me that from what he could tell, there was nothing serious there,” Raonic said. “I’ll have tests done on it now and take it from there.”

Later in the day, John McEnroe said on the Eurosport show “The Commissioner” that he is going to be a consultant for Raonic at Wimbledon next month. Raonic is being coached in Paris by 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moya and Riccardo Piatti.

could win a series.

They did one better, knocking off both Indiana and Miami to become one of the last four NBA teams standing — earning their first conference finals appearance in the team’s 21-year history.

The record post-season run comes after a franchise record 56-win regular season that saw the Raptors clinch the No. 2 seed in the East.

JAYS: Donaldson on fire Donaldson answered in the third with an RBI double in the right-centre field gap that scored Carrera, who was batting leadoff for the suspended Jose Bautista.

After facing just one over the minimum in the first three innings, Sanchez ran into trouble in the fourth, when he allowed three one-out singles to Xander Bogaerts, Shaw and Hanley Ramirez, which tied the game 2-2. The 23-year-old avoided a much bigger inning after Marco Hernandez lined into a double play with the bases loaded, thanks to a great heads-up play by Donaldson and Devon Travis. “(Donaldson)’s a special player, he can beat you so many ways, with the bat, with the glove,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons. “He takes a lot of pride in that too, a lot of guys that are big hitters in the game, they may not be as talented as him defensively, but some of them just want to hit, hit, hit.

“He wants to be just as good defen-

McEnroe won three championships at the All England Club in the early 1980s. He is working as a TV analyst at the French Open.

Raonic suffered a small tear to his right adductor muscle at the Australian Open in January. He took February off but was still hampered by hip problems at the Indian Wells tournament in March.

“It was my opposite hip (on Friday) so I didn’t really think too much of it,” Raonic said.

“I just tried to fight through. I tried to manage the situation as much as I could and I’m happy with the fact that I was able to continue through with (some) efficiency.”

The 2014 French Open quarter-finalist compiled a 43-22 edge in winners. Raonic is the lone Canadian left in the singles draw after Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated Thursday.

Martin, the 133rd-ranked “lucky loser,” was trying to become the first Slovak to reach the fourth round in men’s singles at Roland Garros since Dominik Hrbaty reached the semifinals in 1999.

sively as he is offensively.”

Donaldson responded with a bases-loaded RBI single scoring Russell Martin in the fourth giving the Jays the 3-2 lead back. Edwin Encarnacion drove in Toronto’s fourth run later in the inning on a sacrifice fly.

Justin Smoak stretched the lead to three runs with a mammoth home run to the second deck in right field to lead off the fifth.

Sanchez ran into trouble once again in the seventh allowing a walk to Ramirez to start the inning, followed by a Bradley single. After Hernandez moved the runners over with a groundout, Boston’s Christian Vasquez delivered an RBI single up the middle, driving in Ramirez and Bradley and cutting the lead to one.

ROSTERS: Drouin had strong showing Canada went with left-handed defenceman Jake Muzzin of the Los Angeles Kings and righty Alex Pietrangelo of the Blues.

Muzzin and Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand were the biggest surprises.

“I love (Marchand’s) tenacity, his willingness to play in the hard areas, very good board player,” Armstrong said. “He certainly earned the right with his style of play, but also he’s just a heck of a hockey player.”

Matthews’ selection to Team North

America comes after he led the fourthplace finishing Americans with seven goals and 11 points at the world championships played in Russia this past month. From Scottsdale, Arizona, Matthews is ranked by NHL Central Scouting as the top-eligible draft prospect after spending last season playing professionally in Switzerland.

At the world championships, “he was a difference-maker,” North American GM Peter Chiarelli said by phone.

“We couldn’t ignore it.”

The North American team consists of American- and Canadian-born players 23 and younger. Players also making the final cut were Tampa Bay’s Jonathan Drouin, Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Flyers rookie defenceman Shayne Gostisbehere.

Like Matthews, Drouin needed a strong showing to earn a spot and did just that during the Lightning’s run to the Eastern Conference final.

Jagr’s omission didn’t come as a surprise. Jagr retired from the national team after last year’s world championship and was not included in the first 16 players for the Czech’s World Cup squad announced March 2.

But Czech Republic general manager Martin Rucinsky and coach Josef Jandac hoped the 44-year-old would change his mind after leading the Florida Panthers with 66 points (27 goals, 39 assists) in 79 games.

The most notable addition for the Czech Republic was Dallas Stars forward Ales Hemsky.

Including Voynov, Russia filled its final four forward spots with KHL players: Evgeny Dadonov, Vadim Shipachyov and Ivan Telegin.

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THE ADVOCATE SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016

From Verdi to pop/electronica, from Newfoundland to national acclaim

Photo contributed

Meg Warren and Repartee bring a classically-trained ear to a pop soul, when they visit Bo’s Bar and Grill June 7.

REPARTEE FINDING SUCCESS ON TOUR AND IN THE RECORDING STUDIO LANA MICHELIN ENTERTAINMENT Meg Warren trained as a classical opera singer in her native Newfoundland, a place better known for folk music traditions.

So how did she end up in the electro-pop band Repartee — which performs on Tuesday, June 7, at Bo’s Bar and Grill in Red Deer? Warren laughs, saying Newfoundland is much more musically diverse than people give it credit for: “There’s a lot of different music here, not only folk …”

Warren grew up listening to American groups The Plimsouls, Weezer and No Doubt, as well as Canadian singer Sarah Slean. Later she was drawn to electronica bands, such as Toronto group Dragonette.

But the native of Grand Falls, NL. had also been taking singing and piano lessons since she was a child. When she entered Memorial University’s music program, it was as a classical voice major. Warren admitted she was drawn to the dramatic performance aspect of opera.

Yet when she started writing her own songs with musical partner and fellow Memorial University alumnus Robbie Brett, their tunes were decidedly non-classical.

And by the time the two teamed up with drummer Nick Coultas-Clarke and keyboardist Josh Banfield, their group was officially a pop/electronica band.

Repartee has been racking up awards and accolades since starting to tour in 2011. The musicians, who have shared stages with Tegan and Sara, Dragonette, Arkells, and Lights, won five MusicNL Awards in 2012. A year later, Repartee was nominated for an East Coast Music Award for Rising Star Recording of the Year.

Repartee’s tunes have since been played on MTV

shows Awkward, Finding Carter and Becoming Us. And band members were excited to recently sign a contract with Toronto-based indie label Sleepless Records.

The group’s latest release All Lit Up, is full of ear-wormish hooks — including the first single, Dukes, which is getting radio play in Newfoundland.

Warren said the tune is about fighting for what you believe in. “Definitely, it comes out of personal experience … I tend to shy away from conflict, but sometimes conflict is necessary. You have to fight for what you want, including making a relationship work.”

Another new tune, Carelessly, Carelessly, came out of a story line she made up about unrequited love.

When Warren and Brett write songs, “it goes back and forth between us. Sometimes he comes to me with an idea, and sometimes I go to him.”

There’s a $10 cover charge for the 8 p.m. show. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Sure it’s art, but what does that mean?

LANA MICHELIN ENTERTAINMENT Whether it’s a controversial $470,000 “blue hole” sculpture, or portrait of ex-prime minister Paul Martin with a Brian Mulroney-like chin, no one can agree on what is good public art.

Central Alberta artist Michael Downs hopes to shed some light on the topic at a free noon-hour How to Judge Art discussion on Tuesday, July 5, in Room 2919 at Red Deer College during its Series summer art program.

“People are trying to understand (art installations), and they get upset” because they don’t understand them, said Downs.

The impressionistic realist painter from Innisfail, has sold works across North America and was also a runner-up in the competition to paint Martin.

He believes there’s a disconnect between what the public values as art and how art academics define art. “Here you get into the real divide,” said Downs.

Let’s start with the so-called blue hole.

The City of Calgary got into hot water with some taxpayers after paying big bucks for a public artwork called Travelling Light. The metal sculpture resembling a vertical, 17-metre, blue hula hoop was installed at an inauspicious

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stretch of 98 Ave. N.E. (Motorists can just glimpse it off Deerfoot Trail, amid traffic and a row of streetlights.)

The sculpture, created by the Swedish art co-operative Inges Idee in 2013, has been derided as “The Big Owe,” referring to taxpayers’ wallets. But it’s actually supposed to serve both as a portal into the landscape and as a frame.

“It forms a huge window… (giving) the 96th Ave. interchange a clear and unmistakable identity,” reads a city summary of the artists’ statement.

Downs said he has no theoretical problem with this kind of art installation — except for two things.

Firstly, he believes conceptual art is impossible for the public to understand without first reading a narrative about the artist’s thought process. And this generally isn’t provided.

Secondly, as a former art student at both Langara and Capilano Colleges in Vancouver, he knows conceptual art is often exclusively promoted by art faculties to students who were hoping to get a more basic, some would say classical, arts education.

On his first day at Langara, Downs said “My painting instructor said, ‘I’m not going to show you anything,’ in the belief it would obstruct our creative process. And I hardly saw him again for the rest of the semester …”

What painting skills Downs developed, he feels he owes to his personal study of the way Mas-

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JAYMAN BUILT MS WALK AND RUN SET FOR SUNDAY

THINGS HAPPENING TOMORROW

Jayman Built MS Walk and Run takes place on May 29 starting at Kiwanis Picnic Shelter in support of Multiple Sclerosis Society. Check in at 7:30 a.m. with walks beginning at 9 a.m. for two or 8.5, km, or runs of five or 10 km. For route maps or to register see www.mswalks.ca, contact calan.edgar@mssociety.ca, or call the Central Alberta chapter office at 403-346-0290.

The new official portrait of former prime minister Paul Martin, where some people see Brian Mulroney’s chin. ters like John Singer Sargent, German-American colourist Henry Hensche, and American portraitist Nelson Shanks portrayed their subjects.

Painting representationally requires a whole “visual language,” based on value, colour theory and learning how to see differently, he said. While some modernist-leaning art instructors feel representational art is passé and no longer needs to be taught, Downs doesn’t agree.

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Does art need to jump through hoops to be valid? A tall sculpture called Travelling Light in Calgary.

RED DEER GARDEN CLUB PLANT EXCHANGE Red Deer Garden Club Plant Exchange will be held at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on May 29. Donate plants only from 11 a.m. to noon.

Plant sale from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

Plants for donation must be potted and labelled beforehand. Invasive species will not be accepted. More information is available at facebook. com/RedDeerGardenClub

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TWO PURINA WALK FOR GUIDE DOGS READY TO ROLL Spruce View and District Lions Club Purina Walk for Dog Guides will be held on May 29 at Double Tree Village.

Registration at 10:30 a.m. with the walk at 11:30 a.m. Pledge forms are available from Lions Club members, Spruce View Coop, Innisfail Vet Clinic, and Olds Vet Clinic or by phoning 403728-0008 or 403-728-0138. Sylvan Lake’ walk will also go 10:30 a.m. at Sylvan Lake Dog Park.

FIND OUT WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN OUR EVENT CALENDAR AT WWW.REDDEERADVOCATE.COM/CALENDAR.

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS

First Friday offerings A treasure-trove of new artworks can be discovered during Red Deer’s First Friday gallery openings for June.

Bird-themed acrylic paintings by Red Deer artist Erika Schulz can be seen in the Marjorie Wood Gallery in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre until July 6. A First Friday reception for An Alberta Aviary exhibit will be held June 3 from 4-6 p.m.

Stone, Mountain and Lion, a ceramics exhibit by Red Deer’s Dawn Candy, is showing at the white gallery attached to Sunworks on Ross Street. A reception for the show, which goes to the end of August, will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday.

Upstairs at Sunworks is Imaginary Places: Reframing a Northern Image, a photography show by Kristine Thoreson. It’s on until June 18 at the Harris-Warke Gallery, with an opening reception held Friday from 6-8 p.m.

Mixed-media student art from Lindsay Thurber and Hunting Hills high schools is exhibited at the Kiwanis Gallery in the Red Deer Public Library.

The Hang Ups and Insights show is being held in the space operated by the Red Deer Arts Council until June 18. A reception will be held Friday from 6-8 p.m.

More mixed-media pieces, this time by Brent Korchinski and Amy Miller, are showing in the Piece of Our Soul exhibit at The Hub on Ross. There is a 4-6 p.m. Friday reception for the show that goes to the end of June.

Some installation art can be seen in Canada: Day 1, a travelling exhibit about immigration from Pier 1 in Halifax. It’s on until Aug. 14 at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. A First Friday reception will be held from 5:30-8 p.m.

A new art space has opened at the Arbor Valley Cabinet Gallery, 4806-Gaetz Ave. (Little Gaetz). Encaustic works by Dianna Sapara are showing to the end of June. A reception will be held 4-7 p.m. on Friday.

More art can be seen around Red Deer, including: drawings by Paul Boultbee at The Corridor Gallery, downstairs at the Recreation Centre; abstract paintings by Larry Reese at the Redstone Grill; and mixed media works by Susan Woolgar in the Coconut Room, upstairs at Sunworks.

Also, new prints, ceramics and wooden artworks by local artists Erin Boake, Robin Lambert, Brian

The Red Deer Royals will strike up some celebratory tunes in support of the Red Deer Rebels at Sunday’s Memorial Cup final.

Hockey fans and players will get a big musical welcome at the Centrium when the Royals play rousing parade selections from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m.

The award-winning marching band has been working with Westerner Park and the Rebels to find a time to play for a home town crowd since its Marching Showband Classic had been cancelled in May for the first time in 21 years to accommodate the Rebels playoff schedule.

Band members are thrilled to support the Rebels, said director of bands, Michael Mann. They’re “looking forward to welcoming fans, visitors and our local community … to what will be a great hockey game.”

Lisa Perkins, president of the band society, said the young musicians “are proud musical ambassadors for Red Deer,” having represented the city at band competitions around the world.

Besides playing parade tunes on Sunday, the Royals will also perform excerpts from their latest field show, Magic, for the Memorial Cup crowds. Red Deer residents can see their full field show on July 6 at the Sounds of Summer concert at the local Legion Field.

The Royals plan to compete internationally in the Netherlands in 2017.

Vat Without Mercy Vancouver headbangers Without Mercy will crank up the volume at Red Deer’s The Vat on Friday, June 3.

The metal group founded in 2004 “unleashed” its third studio album in 2014, just before the group lost a couple of members. The Reborn EP, which had brought back “organic metal,” was more recently re-recorded as the new Mouichido release by the regrouped band — which now including new vocalist Alex Friis and new bassist and Tristan Martin.

They are thrilled to share live tracks from this EP with their Red Deer fans.

For more information about the show, please call 403-346-5636.

ART: You don’t need to like a piece, just try to understand it “It’s a different way of thinking,” he added. “Just like music, or literature there are still compositions to hear, I am sure the last novel has not been written.”

Representational art is also still most valued by members of the public.

“It’s what sells,” maintains the artist and instructor, whose landscape, sky and people paintings hang in the Fairmont Hotels in Banff and Jasper and The Front Gallery in Edmonton.

This brings us to the strong-chinned Paul Martin portrait, unveiled this month in Ottawa.

Although some critics Photo courtesy Michael Downs say the Parliament Hill The artist at work. Central Alberta artist Michael Downs loves both to create art painting by Ontario artist and talk about how art can be appreciated. He will present a discussion event Paul Wyse looks more Mulroneyesque than like titled How to Judge Art, July 5 at Red Deer College.

Martin, there’s none of the He believes objective observation and the goal same balking over money of conveying “truthfulness” is required to pull off a ill spent. good likeness. “What I call visual art requires (artDowns believes this is because people clearly ists) to see relationships. It teaches you to see and to understand the painting — even if they don’t necessarily like it. think and to process information differently …

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Sonic Escape does Celtic With a Twist

McArthur, and Andrew Glazebrook can be seen at the Viewpoint Gallery in the City of Red Deer Culture Services Centre, 3827-39th St. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Rebels getting Royals support

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She’s performed as the dancing fiddler in Riverdance.

He’s been seen rollerblading and dancing across stages while playing Ireland’s most beloved jigs and reels.

Together, Maria Millar and Shawn Wyckoff are the classical/Celtic duo known as Sonic Escape! And the New York City-based couple have been winning rave reviews across North America. (The Washington Post described the duo as: “wonderfully imaginative … with a wide-ranging, anything-goes sense of fun.”)

All ages are welcome at their Red Deer show, Celtic With a Twist, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 5, in Studio B of the Red Deer College Arts Centre.

Edmonton-born fiddler Millar went to NYC to study music at Juilliard, where she met flutist Wyckoff. Since 2009, their group Sonic Escape! has been blending “hyper-instrumentals,” stories and original compositions into a unique act that draws on diverse influences — and a joyful sense of humour.

Tickets to the show are $20 ($10 for youths, age 18 and under) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. For more information, please call 403-342-7092.

Cornerstone presents Treasure Island Bring on the buccaneers and buried treasure — Robert Louis Stevenson’s high-seas adventure story Treasure Island will play out on a Red Deer stage.

The Cornerstone Youth Theatre production opens on Friday, June 3, and runs to June 11 at New Life Fellowship Church, 20 Kelloway Cres.

More than 65 children and youths will bring to life this exciting story of pirates, treasure maps, and mutiny. Families are invited to follow young Jim Hawkins on his voyage of a lifetime with treacherous captain, Long John Silver.

As Stevenson, himself, once stated, “If this (story) don’t fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day …”

Performances are at 7 p.m. on June 3, 4, 10 and 11, and also at 3 p.m. on June 4 and 11.

Tickets are from $10-$12 if ordered in advance from www.CornerstoneYouthTheatre.org or by calling 403-986-2981. All tickets are $14 at the door (except for a $10 discount matinee on June 4).

“It is very much like a scientific method,” said Downs. “The greater your skill in seeing and rendering objectively the more truth comes out of the nature of the subject you are portraying.

“That’s a definite skill that should be taught in school …”

If there’s a bright side to the debate over conceptual and realist art, it’s that both can still stir passionate public debate.

“What is art today? Unfortunately, it’s two different worlds,” said Downs.

He will teach The Painter’s Language at Series July 4-8, and also runs private art classes in Red Deer and Calgary.

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Daughter’s boyfriend wants a second chance HARLAN COHEN HELP ME HARLAN Dear Harlan; My teenage daughter recently broke up with her boyfriend.

He wants another chance.

She is considering it. He says he’s changed. What are your thoughts about second chances? — Second Chances Dear Second Chances; Words, words, words - they don’t mean a thing without actions.

If he wants a second chance, he needs to take action and make real changes - talking about change isn’t changing anything.

Did he get help? Did he work on himself to change? What has he done?

Other than being lonely, there needs to be a real effort. This can’t happen overnight. I suggest taking some time to make the decision.

If in a month or two she’s still interested, then she can consider giving him another chance.

If he’s worked to show her that something will be different, perhaps it will be. The time will give her space to stand on her own two feet again, connect with friends and focus on what she wants.

And if she does want him back, it will give her time to see if he’s talking about change or really making the effort to change.

Dear Harlan; I have a close friend who took the blame for something I did. I don’t know if I should take the blame or let it go away.

What’s the right thing to do when your friend throws himself under the bus for you and takes the blame for something you did? — Not Under the Bus Dear Not Under; Pick up the bus, tell him to move over and get under it.

Unless there are special circumstances that I don’t know about, I don’t understand how you can let him do this for you.

Do you know what an enabler does?

Here’s the Merriam; Webster Dictionary definition: “One who enables another to achieve an end; especially one who enables another to persist in self-destructive behavior (as substance abuse) by providing excuses or by making it possible to avoid the consequences of such behavior.”

Your friend is an enabler. Whatever you did, it’s something you need to own up to. To allow someone else to take ownership for your behavior or actions is self-destructive.

Again, I don’t know the consequences or the people involved, but it seems unfair to let him take the blame. Talk to the people you trust and respect to advise you.

Put together a plan so you can be supported and helped when you expose the truth, and take full responsibility for your own actions.

Dear Harlan; I made plans to room with someone, and now I regret it.

I don’t want to ruin the relationship or hurt his feelings, but I know I’m having second thoughts. Should I just go with it, or make a change while I can?

— Regretting Roommate Dear Regretting; Don’t wait. Once you move in it’s a lot harder to move out.

You have to undo the damage.

There’s stuff to move, resentment to share, hurt feelings and expenses. Get out before you move in.

Blame your change of heart on your unwavering friendship. Make it about YOU being difficult, unreasonable and worried you’re going to be a problem.

You are the roommate from hell. In fact, you’re SUCH a good friend that you couldn’t keep your feelings a secret.

If you’re in a situation where you already have signed a lease or there isn’t time to get someone else, help him find a new roommate. Just don’t decide to live with a mutual friend instead - that would be wrong.

Dear Harlan; I spent my freshman year at two different colleges each semester.

My first semester I attended a smaller technology school close to home where I thrived academically, but the school wasn’t what I wanted at all socially.

I wound up transferring for the spring semester to a big-time university. My second semester was definitely better socially, but the school I attended was halfway across the country and much more challenging academically.

I am the type of person who is homegrown and loves coming home to see my whole family and my friends.

Being halfway across the country, I never get the opportunity to see everyone. I know people always preach that the grass isn’t greener, and just because you go somewhere else doesn’t mean it always gets better.

The three most important factors for me are social opportunities, academics and distance.

The perfect situation would be somewhere right in the middle of the two schools I’ve attended. I know people say to tough it out and don’t quit, but after seeing two completely different schools in one school year, I feel I have finally narrowed down exactly what I want.

I am just curious to see what your thoughts are on this, because I personally do not know how good of an idea it would be to transfer colleges twice. — Transferring Again Dear Transferring Again; I can guarantee with 100 percent certainty there will be problems at your next school.

Before you commit to a new school, make sure your expectations are not the problem. Sometimes it’s less about the school and more about the student’s expectations and actions. Just to make sure, talk to people living the life you want to live.

If social and academic issues are the most important to you, talk to people in the places on campus where

you’ll live your life in the future. Identify these people and ask them the folllowing questions: What do you love most about this place? What do you like least? Why did you choose this school? What other schools were you thinking about? What was your most uncomfortable experience on campus?

How long did it take to get over it? Any advice for someone thinking of going here? Can I can stay in touch with you if I have more questions?

The more you talk to people living the life you want to live, the easier it will be to make sure the life you want to live on campus possible. You may be surprised to realize that the experience you seek is at one of the two schools.

Harlan is author of “Getting Naked: Five Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed and Totally Sober)” (St. Martin’s Press). Write Harlan at harlan(at)helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author.

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Tories poisoned own well in B.C. CHANTAL HÉBERT OPINION

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he federal Conservatives are gathering in Vancouver this weekend to praise Stephen Harper and — if they are smart — to start burying some of his signature policies over the rest of their national convention.

It will be the first time Harper addresses his party and — by the same token — Canadians since his election-night defeat. It will also be the last time he speaks to the Conservatives as an elected politician. By the time the party picks his successor a year from now, the former prime minister will be long gone.

More so than Harper’s parting words, his departure — expected at the end of the spring session of Parliament in just a few weeks — should clear the way for a post-mortem the Conservatives can ill afford to avoid.

Last October, a mismanaged election campaign only compounded the decade-long mismanagement of some core policies. Few of those are more closely identified with Harper’s leadership than the party’s dismissive approach to climate change. On his watch, it became part of the Conservative brand and an albatross around the party’s neck.

If the post-Harper Conservatives need strategic reasons to now make their peace with the top-of-mind environmental issue of the era and end their war on carbon pricing, the foundering of their full-speed-ahead pipeline agenda should provide it.

By focusing single-mindedly on getting more bitumen oil to tidewater to the exclusion of climate change mitigation, the Conservatives did not just set back the pipeline projects they were purporting to promote; they also poisoned their own well.

Last October, Harper’s approach paid few dividends in the parts of Atlantic Canada where projects such as TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline otherwise enjoy widespread support.

His candidates were beaten across the region.

It failed even more spectacularly in British Columbia. Going into the last campaign, B.C. was a long-standing pillar of Conservative support. On the scale of the party’s past presence in the province, Canada’s Conservatives are paying a visit to a field of ruins this weekend. Here are some numbers: The Conservatives came out of the last election holding only 10 of 42 B.C. seats — seven fewer than the Liberals and four fewer than the NDP. It was the worst Conservative showing in at least three decades.

The year Stockwell Day lost to Jean Chrétien and the last time a divided conservative movement took on the Liberals in 2000, the Canadian Alli-

ance won a majority of B.C. seats (27) and almost 50 per cent of the province’s popular vote.

Between 2011 and 2015, the Conservative share of the vote went from 45 per cent to 30 per cent. Over Harper’s majority mandate, the party lost almost 150,000 B.C. supporters.

More than one ingredient went into the mix of the Conservative debacle. In B.C., as everywhere else, voters were fatigued with the 10-year-old government and its leader. The retirement of high-profile minister James Moore highlighted a weaker provincial team.

Not since John Turner ran for a Vancouver seat in 1984 and 1988 had the Liberals had a leader who could — as

Justin Trudeau did — boast a personal connection with the province.

But British Columbia was then and is now the ground zero of the pipeline debate, with not one but two high-profile projects — Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan — on the radar. Its Liberal government pioneered a carbon tax in 2008. If there was a place in Canada where the federal Conservatives’ quasi-daily rants against such a tax stood to come across as little more than gross fear-mongering, B.C. was it.

Those rants, combined with constant pipeline cheerleading, did much to advance the notion that a Harper-led government could not be an honest broker in the search for a bal-

ance between environmental protection and energy development.

An Abacus poll published this week found that about 30 per cent of British Columbians are outright supporters of the pipelines. That matches the proportion that voted for Harper last fall.

But another 30 per cent say they could come onside under certain conditions related to the protection of environmental and indigenous interests. It is that sizable middle-of-the-road constituency that the Conservatives drove to Trudeau over the course of Harper’s watch.

Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

How well do we really know our kids?

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uesday evening dinner was chaotic, with folks coming and going constantly, but the dining hall remained full to capacity for a solid hour and a half. Although we had anticipated a crowd, the size of this one just blew us away. You see, the increase of clients — for many and varied reasons — has been 25 to about 50 per cent above normal.

There are many new faces, and we know and have spoken with several who have been displaced by the Fort McMurray fires. Some of these have lost everything, so they in essence have to start all over from the beginning.

A minor verbal dispute took place about halfway through, but the fellow left in a huff while the female combatant remained, muttering curses and threats for a minute or two. As she was leaving, she approached me and apologized for the loud exchange and the cursing, and then out the door she went. She offered some vague reason for the dispute, but as with most of RED DEER

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these situations, the amount we are told barely scratches the surface.

Not five minutes later, we heard someone shouting out for a request to call the RCMP because of a fight outside; then the call quickly expanded to a request for an ambulance as the lady in question was on the ground and not getting up. Talk about a mass exodus from the dining room! It turns out that the fellow who had argued with this young woman continued the verbal exchange outside, then suddenly turned and sucker punched her in the jaw which I believe is now broken.

Young people from the Penhold School were serving that meal. I have to hand it to these students serving for their first time; they remained calm but were intently observing what was going on at the same time. When they were informed that this does not happen often, and that it most often involves drugs and an associated lifestyle, they were very curious and asked several questions.

When answering some of these questions, you begin to realize just how much like an iceberg both life is and we are. Think about it. In trying to explain conditions surrounding this fight, not only do we not know very many of the particulars, but we also do not know the background of the students we were trying to explain to.

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To the casual observer, which most of us are, we see only that which is materially manifested, like the way people dress, act and live wherever they are. So then, by the way that they dress and the way that they act, we pass judgement or just dismiss them from our thoughts. What we often do not take into account is the lifetime of individuals that developed what these folks now present to public scrutiny.

In regard to the aforementioned combatants, what we do not know — just assume — is that an entire lifestyle of drugs and associated mental issues is part of what led to today’s battle. That the female in question has been trying to play the Queen Bee of the street, and the male is a violent, drug pushing, petty thief; that there should be conflict between the two is in my mind inevitable.

Over the last many years, having heard a multitude of stories of the backgrounds of many of these folks, I have become very appreciative of the fact that we see and hear only up to 10 per cent of what brought them to the point they are at now.

As a society we have to stop and ask ourselves, “What part have we played or not played in the development of these children?” In truth, do we not just hand them a cellphone and let them out the door? Safety first you

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know, they have to stay in contact! Really?

On the surface we see a pretty young girl waking down the street interacting with her cellphone. Is she actually staying in contact? With whom?

Hindsight is very revealing — like seeing the bottom 90 per cent of an iceberg — but it is also sickening.

How old was Amanda Todd when she first got a cellphone, or unrestricted computer access? Although the pain for her mother is devastating, why did she not know that her daughter was struggling? From the news reports surrounding this case, it should have been obvious.

Although I feel for this mother in her loss, a child’s life is so much more than a stupid cellphone or unrestricted access to online chat rooms.

We only see about 10 per cent of a person’s life, so as a parent it is up to us to dive down to study the remaining 90 per cent. If we don’t make that attempt with our children, society will continue to function with only the knowledge of the 10 per cent showing and as a result, we will continue to mourn the losses that we were too indifferent to invest our time into.

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his country’s highest court ultimately gave Parliamentarians 16 months to craft legislation on assisted dying. That apparently wasn’t enough.

Missing the court-imposed June 6 deadline will not plunge this nation into some type of chaotic constitutional abyss, but the past 16 months leading to that deadline have taught us a lot about our political system and the men and women who represent us. It tells us a lot about the perils of fixed election dates, a move to remove partisanship from the Senate, the management of the legislative agenda by a rookie government — but most of all it tells us a lot about the timidity of our elected representatives.

When the court released its decision Feb. 6, 2015, the justice minister of the day, Peter MacKay, set the tone with a promise to look at the decision “carefully, thoughtfully.”

In fact, MacKay was engaging in poli-speak for inaction. A Parliament that had already fallen well behind public opinion on assisted dying was

now handed a historic court ruling and didn’t want to touch it in an election year.

It fell to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, then at the helm of the third party, to call for an all-party committee to begin work on the issue.

Trudeau, prophetically, said a year did not seem adequate to write legislation when Quebec took more than four years, but warned, “if we do nothing, … Canada will find itself without any laws governing physician-assisted death. That kind of legislative vacuum serves no one — not people who are suffering, not their anxious family members, not the compassionate physicians who offer them care.” But the Stephen Harper Conservatives, with an eye to that autumn’s election, believed national debate held no upside and did essentially nothing for five months before MacKay appointed a three-member panel.

The panel was put in place to punt the issue and its work ended a couple of weeks later when the election was called.

The Trudeau Liberals inherited the file and a deadline of barely 90 days (including a Christmas break) when the cabinet was formally installed in November. It asked the court for a sixmonth extension, but was given four months.

But the work of a joint Commons-Senate committee was done in

warp speed, its work was largely ignored and the Liberal push to meet the deadline meant a parliamentary committee unwilling to accept substantial amendments. A bill that comes down the middle on the question, without fully responding to the court decision, led to parliamentary skirmishes over time limits on debate, opposition obstruction, a physical skirmish in the House and a deadline drifting away.

But this saga actually goes back to January 2014, when Trudeau expelled all Liberal senators from the party caucus and declared them independent, a first step in changing the rules of the Upper Chamber.

The Senate is a much more independent place under a process started

by Trudeau, but also more unpredictable. The days of a majority government handing over its legislation for a rubber stamp by a majority in the Senate are over.

This Senate has already sent a report back to the Commons, saying the Liberal bill should be amended to allow advance directives from those who wish assistance in dying and are still able to let their wishes be known.

When the bill comes back to the Senate, independent Liberal James Cowan will push for an amendment broadening restrictions on eligibility.

So what happens on June 6?

The Supreme Court has laid out criteria allowing assisted death for

competent adults who provide clear consent, are enduring “intolerable suffering” and have a “grievous or irremediable” medical condition.

There will be no rush by doctors to help assist the death of patients after June 6. Without a federal law, most would probably be hesitant to act with legislation looming.

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says every provincial medical regulator has issued “detailed, comprehensive” guidelines for doctors under the high court ruling. Doctors’ conscientious objection rights are protected and, under provincial guidelines, two doctors are required to confirm the patient’s eligibility and consent.

The real danger may lie in future court challenges — if assisted deaths are allowed under the Supreme Court wording that would be denied under the federal legislation, the government will have a problem.

We shouldn’t be here after 16 months. Canadians deserved better.

They deserve a better law.

Don’t blame the courts. Blame our representatives who acted like lazy university students kicking the homework down the road under the Conservatives, then crammed during an all-nighter under the Liberals.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

Islamist goals for attacking the West ISLAMIC STATE, AL-QAEDA IN COMPETITION FOR RECRUITS GWYNNE DYER WORLD POLITICS

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ecause most people think of Islamic State, al-Qaeda and their ilk as being crazies motivated solely by hatred, they are not puzzled by recent terrorist attacks on the West like those in Paris, Brussels and Los Angeles. Like the villains in comic books, the terrorists are simply evil, and no further explanation is needed.

But in the real world, being violent and fanatical does not make you stupid.

The small group of Arab Islamists who started fighting the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 were by 2014 the rulers of a new country of some five million people that they call Islamic State, which suggests that they are clever people who pursue rational strategies. And yet they go on backing terrorist attacks in the West, which no longer seems like a rational strategy.

It was a perfectly sensible strategy once. By the year 2000 the Islamist revolutionaries of the Arab world were close to despair. They had been trying to overthrow the dictators and kings who ruled the Arab countries for a quarter-century, and there was blood all over the walls — around 300,000 Arabs were killed in the struggles between the Islamists and the regimes in 1975-2000 — but they had not managed to overthrow a single regime.

Their main strategy was always terrorism, simply because they lacked the resources for anything more ambitious. In theory their terrorist attacks should have driven the regimes into extreme repression, which (again in theory) should have alienated the population and driven them into the arms of the revolutionaries. Then the people, led by the Islamists and united in their wrath, would rise up and drive

the oppressors from power.

The Islamists had a few early successes — the seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979, the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in 1981 — but their strategy did not work. The Arab regimes did indeed become more oppressive, but the revolutionaries did not get mass support. Their doctrines were too weird, and their behaviour too extreme. So by the late 1990s the Islamists were looking for a different strategy.

It was Osama bin Laden, the founder of Al-Qaeda, who came up with a new strategy: attack the West. The ultimate goal was still to come to power in the Arab world, but rather than revolution in the streets the Islamists would now win power by leading a successful guerilla resistance movement against an invasion by infidel foreign-

ers.

Bin Laden had hit on this strategy because he had fought in Afghanistan as a volunteer, and that was exactly how the game played out there. The Russians invaded in 1979; Islamist extremists took over the resistance movement; after a long and bloody war the Russians went home in 1989; and the Afghan Islamists (the Taliban) then took power because they were the heroes who had driven the infidel foreigners out.

To relive this triumph required getting some other infidel army to invade a Muslim country, and the obvious choice was the United States.

Al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington in 2001 gave Americans the necessary motivation, and two U.S. invasions followed in rapid succession, in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The mass-casualty terrorist attacks against Western targets continued for a long time (Madrid, Bali, London, etc.), presumably in order to give Western countries a reason to keep their troops in the Middle East. But the attacks gradually diminished as Al-Qaeda’s fighters in Iraq came closer to their goal of creating their own state: That would clearly be easier to do if most of the Western troops had already gone home.

The creation of Islamic State and the proclamation of the “Caliphate” in 2014 was the culmination of this long struggle, and it should have ended Islamist terror attacks on the West. Now they have a real state, they are seeking to expand in Syria and Iraq by military force, and the last thing they need is Western troops around to make matters more difficult. So why didn’t the attacks on Western countries stop?

The only plausible explanation is the great split in the Islamist movement in 2014, when Islamic State broke away from Al-Qaeda. Since then there has been a ferocious competition between them both for recruits, and for the loyalty of Islamist organizations across the Muslim world. (The main Islamist organizations in both Egypt and Nigeria have switched their allegiance from Al-Qaeda to Islamic State in the past two years).

In this competition, the best and cheapest way of showing that your organization is tougher, more dedicated, more efficient than the other lot is to kill Westerners in spectacular terrorist attacks. So, for example, Al-Qaeda sponsored the “Charlie Hebdo” attack in Paris in February, 2015, and Islamic State replied with the much bigger attack in Paris last November.

There is no strategic cost in these attacks, since Western and Russian forces are already bombing both Islamic State and Al-Qaeda’s local franchise in Syria, the Nusra Front. The material cost of the attacks is negligible: neither organization is devoting even one per cent of its resources to them. So they will continue for a while, and the West will just have to deal with them as they occur.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent Canadian journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

What is the true value of a free lunch?

HARLEY HAY HAY’S DAZE

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t’s time claustrophobia came out of the closet. Who among us hasn’t experienced that stifling, gnawing, mounting panic of being stuck in a small space, like, say, being stuffed in a locker in high school or being accidentally trapped in a public washroom? I know I have.

“Claustro” from the Latin: “Get me;” and “phobia” — “the heck out of here.”

There are many, many types of phobias of course, most of which I’ve had at one time or another, but claustro has to be one of the phobias that many people have a phobia about. I have a family member who shall remain nameless (Heather) who would rather trudge up any given number of flights of stairs than take an elevator. And forget airplanes. You can’t get out of those things when you want to! Also, the air gets sucked out of those places when you’re claustrophobic and suffocation, as we all know, can be a real bummer. And therein lies the rub, if you get my drift.

I recall one fine summer when the Better Half and I spent the afternoon with Lady Diana and Prince Chuck.

Well, we four and about 50,000 other

people. It was the World University Games in Edmonton and the Royals were special guests and as we sat in the stands at the stadium I could clearly see Lady Di’s hat through my binoculars. It was a moving magical moment in which we formed a special bond.

But what wasn’t so moving was the ride back to the parking area on the LRT train after the event. The trains were so packed that helpful train people had to push and shove and lean into patrons physically so that the doors of the passenger cars would close. And we were smack in the middle of the mass of humanity.

My poor B.H., who is a tad smaller than the average person, was completely stuck — wedged between a large man’s armpit and the side of my backpack, and also, I don’t think her feet were actually touching the floor for the whole 20-minute ride. Even for a person who doesn’t usually get claustrophobia, it was supremely lacking in fun. For me, one who is patently phobic, it was the seven hubs of hell, and then some.

Still, the years do go by and phobias come and go I suppose, and we learn how to fight or flee. And it’s usually flee. But what happens when you really can’t flee. Like getting accidentally locked inside a public washroom, for example.

In point of fact, it was just last week that I found out the answer to that question. The B.H. and I were meeting our good friends Dave and Lesley for

lunch at a nice little bistro downtown that we like to go to occasionally. The two of us were there early, which is a miracle in itself, and after ordering a nice soup and sandwich I retired to the can to “wash my hands.”

It should be noted that the one male/female washroom in this old building is down a small hall, mostly in plain view of the restaurant. It should also be noted that the big thick painted door on the “small room” had a loose and clunky doorknob. Which I didn’t notice going in, but certainly noticed trying to come back out.

Said doorknob, in fact, was broken.

So there I am, duly trapped, frantically fiddling with the doorknob lock thingy and loudly clearing my throat as a secret signal to my Better Half that I was imprisoned in the bathroom. My first thought was to phone her on my cell phone until I realized I left my phone sitting on the café table right beside her. My second thought was: ‘I might be in here for a while and I wonder if there’s one of those bathroom reader books in here. …” My third thought was: CLAUSTROPHOBIA! So trying to remember to breathe occasionally, I’m battling the flight response and I’m rattling louder and frantic-er and I even try a little tap on the door, and a meek “Excuse me?”

“Um, hello?” My very next plan was full-on screaming and kicking at the door, when I hear the café lady’s voice.

“Is there something wrong?”

I bit my tongue and rattled loud-

er and mumbled louder and the lady eventually tried to shove a screwdriver under the two millimeter crack at the bottom of the door. By this time the B.H. was at the door, giving quiet encouragement and false hope and then finally our friends arrived and I knew I was OK, on account of Dave can fix anything.

In the end, the café lady slid a knife under the door, and between me digging away on the inside of the latch and the B.H. digging away on the outside of the latch with a credit card — Voila! The door popped open and Dave didn’t have to bring in his chain saw.

The good news? For my troubles, the mortified café lady gave me a gift certificate for another lunch. Also, I was too busy rattling around the door lock with a kitchen knife and worrying about my lunch getting cold to let the claws of claustrophobia get a fullblown panic attack grip on me.

And besides, as far as public washrooms go, it was actually quite nice in there. For a while. So I didn’t really mind being a tiny bit of claustrophobia. As long as it came with a free lunch.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

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FASHION SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016

Not your grandfather’s kilt HALIFAX DESIGNER IS BRINGING THE TARTAN BACK INTO A FORM YOU CAN WEAR EVERY DAY

BY ALY THOMSON THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — A rainbow of Scottish tartans are piled floor-to-ceiling on a shelf in the corner of Veronica MacIsaac’s tiny Halifax studio, a chaotic space cluttered with fabric scraps, scribbled notes and an empty wine bottle.

The designer is busy preparing for her latest fashion show, set for next Saturday at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax.

MacIsaac designs tartan clothing with a modern twist, filling a void she noticed growing up in a family that makes kilts for a living.

“Men have kilts, but women don’t have the equivalent. There’s midcalve-length pleated skirts and the sash across the shoulder, but it’s all pretty hokey,” said MacIsaac, her boisterously curly dark hair draped over a Cape Breton tartan shirt.

“I had been telling my mother for years to do a women’s line, that she should make tartan clothes for women.

Finally one day she said, ‘Why don’t you do it?’ And it was like one of those Oprah, come-to-Jesus moments. It had never crossed my mind that it’s something that I should do.”

MacIsaac has carved out a niche in the fashion world that women with Scottish heritage and tartan lovers had been longing for — all from her tiny studio in Halifax.

Since starting Veronica MacIsaac Apparel eight years ago, MacIsaac’s work has appeared on runways in Canada and the U.S. and in internationPhoto by THE CANADIAN PRESS al publications such as British Vogue Tartan designer Veronica MacIsaac is seen in her studio in Halifax on Friday, May 20. MacIsaac combines tradition with and Vogue Italia.

She sells her pieces to people all creativity to craft her artistic designs. over the world, including Australia, parents, and he had died suddenly. They didn’t have floor-length gown in a deep red with maple leaf tarChina and across Europe and North any kids so it’s not like there was a son to pass the tan accents and sexy cutouts at the waist.

America.

“I got into this so that people could wear their kilt down to. But he loved this kilt and wore it all the “I’m actually using a lot of non-tartan this time. own family tartan, but just in a way that they would time,” said MacIsaac.

But this is not my descent into non-tartan clothing “I made her a little fitted and then flared out skirt normally wear it,” said MacIsaac, adding that some customers do not have Scottish ties, but simply like and a short-sleeved 40s-style jacket and she loved it, or anything,” said MacIsaac with a hardy laugh. “I and it was emotional for me. I take great pride in do- just thought I’d include a few pieces that are a little her designs.

MacIsaac makes an array of clothing for the mod- ing that. I take great pride is taking something with different.” ern young woman, from mini skirts to wrap tops, all these memories attached to it and giving it new MacIsaac said she’s also pared down her ideas for dresses and blazers. She’s even dabbled in mens life.”

In MacIsaac’s bright living room, a dozen pieces this collection, which will feature roughly 25 designs, wear, having made tartan vests and bow ties.

But one of the most rewarding parts of her work is slated for the runway in her upcoming fashion show about five to 10 less than what she usually includes transforming a family kilt into a wearable piece, she hang from a rack next to a mannequin wearing one in her shows. of her latest creations. said.

“One woman, her husband had a kilt made by my It’s a show-stopping

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CHURCH SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016

From an interfaith marriage, two daughters choose different paths

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BY SUSAN SOMMERCAMP SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Although neither girl attempted to persuade the other . . . nor did they denouce the other religion’s actual teachings, at times things got uncomfortable. It was their need to feel protective of their identity related to their own faith.

When my ex-husband and I married 22 years ago, our plan was to raise our children with aspects of both his Christianity and my Judaism. We wanted to share our faiths and heritages with our children, who we thought could be “both.”

Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned. In more ways than one.

When our girls were 4 and 8, we divorced. And that was the beginning of the unraveling of our plan.

Prior to our split, our “two-religion household” arrangement had worked well. Our girls’ world had included menorahs, Christmas trees, Santa’s lap, Easter eggs, Passover and Purim.

We were a blended faith family. Despite protests from my dad that the girls needed a single identity and anything else would confuse them, my husband and I told our girls they were “both” religions — Jewish and Christian.

In truth my heart was rooted in my own Jewish identity, and I remember it Photo courtesy the Sommercamp family being difficult for me not to be able to Shelley Sommercamp on a Christian mission trip to Mexico; right, Amy blanket the girls solely in my religion.

Sommercamp at her bat mitzvah.

For the Jewish portion of their upbringing, I took the girls to “Tot Shabbat” — kids’ Sabbath services — and Sunday social life. They both felt passion for their respective how my ex-husband and I would navigate this school at our local synagogue. affiliations which, unfortunately, did not overlap. faith-related challenge. Over the following few years, For my ex-husband’s part, while he felt strongly During spring break her junior year of high however, we opted to co-parent, rather than have a Presbyterian, he wasn’t particularly interested in school, in 2013, my older daughter ventured to Mex- contentious, tribal power struggle. We continued to the organized religion part, Jewish, Christian or oth- ico with her church on a mission trip. They prayed support both girls in their religious journeys. erwise. He said his childhood memories of attending together and bonded over their mutual faith. I was I’m happy to say things have improved between church weren’t so great. thrilled for her to be a part of something so mean- my daughters. Even though we never expected our Looking back now I can see how our initial plan ingful to who she was and she came home feeling she girls to select different faiths, it seems to be evolving for our girls had at least one fatal flaw: their parents had contributed in a fantastic way. well. weren’t totally sold on it. And we weren’t able to Two years later, my younger daughter, at 15, flew In the past year or so, their once-adamant idencommunicate well about it. to Costa Rica with a Jewish organization for a dif- tity stances both seem to have softened. Both girls Shortly after we divorced, my ex-husband began ferent kind of trip. Unlike my older daughter’s trip again celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas. When my going to church. On weekends, the girls would go to Mexico, this trip was not intended to explicitly extended family celebrates Passover, both girls will with him to services. This was bigger than Santa and spread the word of the religion. My ex-husband, willingly participate. And the same is the case for definitely new territory for me. who has a love of travel, enthusiastically helped our Easter with their Dad’s family.

My initial response was surprise and some dis- daughter prepare for the trip.

And, much to my delight, they have circled back appointment. He had always been critical of the But the trips failed to pique the other sister’s in- to being closer. I cannot predict what their futures institutional part of his faith. Even though I was terest. The lack of excitement from one another for hold. What I do know is that I learned a lot about perplexed, eventually I became amenable to it. Our her sister hurt me more than I could have imagined. myself and my marriage by watching the girls’ girls were spending their time with him in a positive Their relationship had become more like roommates mixed-religion relationship. I think we are all more environment. Regardless of affiliation, only good can than sisters. tolerant and understanding because of our messy come from attending any kind of spiritual gathering, I took pause. Given our own past, I wasn’t sure interfaith family.

I felt. Part of the new normal of our post-divorce lives became church with Dad, synagogue with Mom. As the years went on, our two homes fell into a routine of separately celebrating “our” respective holidays. Every Christmas Eve and Christmas day, the girls would be with him. For the eight nights of Hanukkah, they would be with me. Our girls’ identities remained that of being both Jewish and Christian, neither girl had a preference to either religion.

These traditions were all they knew and they enjoyed experiencing so many different holidays and gatherings to share with extended family. My ex and I supported one another in this pattern. Our girls adored one another and were close. It was working.

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ADVICE SATURDAY, May. 28, 2016

Neglect has nothing to do with homophobia KATHY MITHCELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: In the past five years, I have attended 14 weddings (several were expensive destination weddings), hosted seven baby showers, four bridal luncheons, six wedding showers and purchased 36 presents for various friends and relatives.

My son is gay. Thankfully, he and his wonderful partner of 11 years were finally able to legally marry last year. The exact number of gifts and cards they received from my family and friends? Six. Even if you are homophobic, can you not celebrate another human being’s joy at finding love and happiness? I did for their children. Why can’t they do the same for mine? — Ticked Off Dear Ticked Off: You are assuming your son and his husband did not receive gifts or cards because people object to their same-sex union. That may be true in some cases, but we suspect the real reason

is that people are forgetful and lazy. And if there was no invitation to a wedding, some folks feel no obligation to send anything to the newlyweds. This is not an excuse to be negligent, mind you, only an observation that their neglect has nothing to do with homophobia.

You don’t say whether your son had a wedding reception or any other festivities where guests were invited. So, if you want people to celebrate with you, we recommend hosting a party in honor of your son’s recent marriage. You can then invite all of the people you were so happy for in years past, and let them express the same level of happiness for your son and his husband. We hope they will.

Dear Annie: I read your request that readers consider April 2 to be Reconciliation Day and use it to mend estrangements with friends and relatives.

I have a quote that is perfect for this. I’ve heard this quote ascribed to several sources, but one is the Buddha: “Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.�

Along the same lines, Nelson Mandela said, “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.� — G. Dear G.: Actually, that quote has been ascribed

Musicians to play benefit concert to help people affected by Fort McMurray fire EDMONTON — Nickelback and other Canadian musicians will be taking to the stage to raise money for people affected by the Fort McMurray wildfire.

Some of the other artists who are to play the June 29 Fire Aid benefit concert in Edmonton include Blue Rodeo, Corb Lund and Ian Tyson.

Organizers say all proceeds raised from the event at Commonwealth Stadium will benefit the Fort McMurray United Way to support the city’s efforts to rebuild.

More than 80,000 people were forced from their homes on May 3 by the wildfire that ripped through the oilsands city.

Residents are to be allowed to return starting on June 1 if officials determine that conditions are safe.

Volunteer organizers of the concert include officials from the Oilers Entertainment Group and the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club. “We had bands reaching out to us before we’d even had our first meeting,� said Harvey Cohen of Live Nation, one of the promoters. “We already had bands reaching out to us saying, ‘Hey are you planning on doing anything? We know you did a big flood concert in 2013, are you planning something as well for this?’ and so we got right to it.�

Another fundraiser for Fort McMurray is set for June 5 in Toronto. Comedians Pat Thornton and Ryan Belleville are producing and hosting a 12-hour telethon at the Rivoli with proceeds going to the Red Cross. Some of the lineup confirmed so far include Colin Mochrie, Sean Cullen, Mark Forward and the cast of CBC’s Baroness Von Sketch show.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Saturday, May 28 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Marco Rubio, 45; Kylie Minogue, 48; Carey Mulligan, 31 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The stars favour being creative in practical ways.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You have an impatient streak that can get you into trouble. 2016 is the year to pursue exciting projects both at home and within your local community.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get mundane tasks out of the way early on Rams because you’ll feel increasingly restless as the day progresses. So find an exciting project you can channel your fiery energy into.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it comes to a personal project or a close relationship, it’s one step forwards and two steps back. The best way to handle the situation is with patience, perseverance and good humour.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): With the Sun and Venus visiting your sign, a little bit of Gemini charm goes a long way.

You’re focused on having fun, but make sure you’re doing your share of domestic chores as well.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Make it a priority to nurture yourself today, via some physical pampering or the luxury of spending quality time with a very special person — you. Solitude is soul food for you at the moment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The current planetary patterns increase your stubborn streak. But clever Cats will try a more relaxed and free-flowing approach, as you tune into the subtleties in a complicated situation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t wind down and relax too much today Virgo. Your work zone is activated so get a jump start by planning the coming week well in advance. The early bird catches the worm!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you are having problems, don’t assume others will come running to the rescue today.

It’s time to be an independent Libran, as Uranus encourages you to stand on your own two feet.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let the fear of not having enough resources stop you from doing something you really want to do. A disciplined approach helps transform the financial picture — but it will take plenty of patience.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you are organized and focused, then you can move mountains and catch up on unfinished business. If not, then you’ll just daydream the hours away. So keep it real Sagittarius!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A child, teenager or friend will test your limited patience today. Resist the urge to blurt out the first thing on your mind — it won’t help the situation. Instead, think before you speak.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll feel restless today, as the Aquarian Moon links up with your patron planet Uranus. Resist the urge to scatter your energy all over the place.

Focus on what’s really important.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Have you been procrastinating Pisces? Are the bills piling up and is your email inbox overflowing? It’s a good day to catch up on communication and clear up financial paperwork.

Sunday, May 29 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Annette Bening, 58; Noel Gallagher, 49; Rupert Everett, 57 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Strive to be adaptable rather than just restless.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You don’t shy away from confrontation. Over the next 12 months, learn to differentiate between the issues you can influence, and those you can’t.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You want everything done your way and you want it done now! If you slow down and are more observant about people, situations and finances, it will save you time and money in the long run.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The more stubborn you are, the more challenging things will be. If you are a flexible Bull - and keep your mind open to new ideas - then you’ll have a delightful day, full of love and learning.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Close relationships are taking up a lot of your time at the moment Twins. Keep the lines of

to dozens of people, and there is no evidence that credit belongs to anyone in particular. The quotation from the Buddha is supposedly about grasping a hot coal in order to harm another and you are the one who gets burned. But apparently, the Buddha didn’t say that, either, although there is some proof that a similar phrase may have been used by Buddhaghosa, the 5th-century commentator.

We, in fact, printed a version of that same quote back in 2011 and mistakenly credited actress Carrie Fisher, who said she’d heard it from someone in AA. And she wasn’t the only one.

That quote or a variation of it has also been credited to Nelson Mandela, Allan Brandt, Malachy McCourt and Emmet Fox, and then repeated and credited to these same people by others.

It is, however, still a terrific quote and the point is a good one.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/ AskAnnies.

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These pelicans were seen back on the Red Deer River after flying south for the winter. During the breeding season, adult pelicans grow an unusual projection or horn on the upper mandible near the tip of the bill.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19): Family members will be communication open especially with loved ones ù and resist the temptation to skip over important details. unpredictable today, so keep your adaptability muscles well CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have you been neglecting flexed. It’s the perfect time to socialize with work colleagues, your health and fitness Crabs? Saturn is asking you to take as you catch up on news that’s not job-related. your wellbeing seriously and to nurture your body with nutriAQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18): Have some of your dreams tious food and plenty of regular exercise. been put on hold? Retrograde Saturn is asking you to take a LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Can you figure out a problem that long hard look at your aspirations for the future, and then rehas others stymied? They’re expecting you to come up with vise them to better suit your current circumstances. the goods so get creative! With Venus in your peer group PISCES (Feb.19-March 20): When it comes to a comzone, friendship could turn to love. plicated work issue, it’s two steps forward and three steps VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll find networking and cre- back! The more creative and collaborative your approach to ative thinking will take you far, as you put your Virgo versatility colleagues, the better the final outcome will be. to good use. When it comes to posting comments on social Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated media, take your time and don’t rush. astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Group activities are favoured, Advocate. as you contribute your talents to an organization or commu!

SED nity venture. When it comes I A R to solving a problem, get the ,00 0 1 balance right between intellect R$ and intuition.

OVE SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Money matters are on your mind. Don’t be slap-dash in your approach to joint finances. The more research you do, and the more up-todate you are, the more benefits you’ll reap.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Calgary Hitmen Junkies would like to thank Tony Roma’s in Dec. 21): Networking with Red Deer, along with all of the community supporters people from far and wide will open doors and send lucky opand fans of the CHL in helping raise over $10,000 towards portunities your way. But think KidSport Red Deer at their Memorial Cup Breakfast twice before you pass on conheld on Sunday May 22, 2016 fidential secrets and unsubstantiated gossip.

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Ottawa posts deficit for 2015-16

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Liberals say the latest figures from the Finance Department — which show a small deficit in the last fiscal year — confirm that the Tories left the books in the red when they lost the election last fall.

However, the Conservatives place blame for the deficit squarely on the Liberals — continuing a war of words over the state of the government’s finances.

The Finance Department said Friday there was a $2-billion deficit for fiscal 2015-16, based on preliminary estimates. The result comes before any year-end adjustments as well as a $3.7-billion commitment to benefits for veterans.

Final figures are expected to be released in the fall, but the Finance Department said the overall outcome was “broadly in line” with the $5.4-billion deficit for 2015-16 that was projected in the spring

budget.

“The Conservatives have always talked a big game when it comes to balancing the budget, but their legacy amounts to them leaving behind tens of billions in additional debt with little more than a slowing economy to show for it,” said Daniel Lauzon, a spokesman for Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

Conservative finance critic Lisa Raitt swiftly pointed a finger at the Liberals.

“They made significant moves, they made changes to the Income Tax Act which has affected revenues, they have made changes in terms of departmental spending, that is completely within their control,” said Raitt, who was in Vancouver to attend her party’s convention.

In Winnipeg for the Liberal convention, Morneau allowed that moves the Liberals made in the last fiscal year contributed to the deficit. But he added: “When we take out the measures that we’ve put in, we’re still in a deficit position. So it’s quite clear

that we were starting off with a deficit.”

The competing views reignited a long-running — and often heated — debate about whether the Conservatives left the Canadian fiscal house in order, a point of pride for a party that preached the virtues of balanced books.

There is enough ambiguity in the figures for each party to make an argument in its favour, said Craig Alexander, vice-president of economic analysis at the C.D. Howe Institute.

“It’s very difficult to break down the numbers and know to what extent would the budgetary numbers come in differently under a Conservative government than under the Liberal government,” Alexander said Friday.

“You can’t parse the numbers and have a definitive answer to that.”

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Automakers recall over 12M vehicles for air bags

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — Eight automakers are recalling more than 12 million vehicles in the U.S. to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.

Documents detailing recalls by Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Subaru, Ferrari and Mitsubishi were posted Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

They’re part of a massive expansion of Takata air bag recalls announced earlier this month. Seventeen automakers are adding 35 million-to-40 million inflators to what already was the largest auto recall in U.S. history.

In addition, the Japanese transport ministry on Friday announced 7 million more Takata-related recalls covering air bag inflators without a chemical drying agent.

Friday’s U.S. recalls include passenger air bags in older models in areas along the Gulf Coast with high heat and humidity. But other areas of the country are also affected depending on the age of vehicles.

Takata uses the chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion that inflates air bags in a crash. But the chemical can deteriorate over time when exposed to high heat and humidity and burn faster than designed. That can blow apart a metal canister, spewing hot shrapnel into vehicles.

The inflators are responsible for 11 deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide. Two more deaths are under investigation in Malaysia.

The recalls are among the first unveiled by automakers since Takata agreed May 4 to the recall expansion, and more will be announced in the coming week. The recalls are being phased in by the government due to a lack of available replacement parts.

Models from 2011 or older in high heat and humidity areas will get first priority, followed by 2008 and older models in Southern-tier states, then 2004 and older models in the rest of the country.

Research has shown that it takes at least six years for the ammonium nitrate to deteriorate. That’s the reason older models get priority.

Honda had the biggest recall total on Friday with more than 4.5 million inflators, while Fiat Chrysler reported 4.3 million. The Honda total includes about 2,700 Gold Wing motorcycles with optional front air bags.

Honda says the latest recall covers only about 2.2 million additional Honda and Acura vehicles. The other 2.3 million vehicles were recalled previously for Takata problems. Honda expects the recalls to start in late summer for automobiles and in late fall for the motorcycles.

Fiat Chrysler said it’s not aware of any crashes or injuries involving its vehicles that are part of the recall.

The latest recalls cover mainly front passenger inflators without the chemical drying agent. The jury is still out on whether Takata will have to recall millions more inflators with the drying agent.

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Workers unload pipes for the proposed Dakota Access oil pipeline that would stretch from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota to Illinois. The discovery of a possible American Indian burial site in northwest Iowa may require relocation of a crude oil pipeline route which would further delay the beginning of construction in Iowa, the only one of four states where work hasn’t yet begun.

The Dakota Access pipeline passes through the Big Sioux Wildlife Management area in Lyon County where an American Indian tribe said it has a burial site.

Canadian class-action launched over baby powder

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Canadian class-action lawsuit has been filed against Johnson & Johnson over an alleged link between its baby powder products and ovarian cancer in adult women who used the product for long periods of time.

The suit’s plaintiffs include seven women and family members living in Ontario and Quebec, and the estate of a Montreal woman who died of ovarian cancer in March at age 66.

Toronto law firms Rochon Genova LLP and Will Davidson LLP are handling the class-action against the Canadian subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

The suit alleges Johnson & Johnson was “negligent in the development, testing, design, manufacturing, licensing, distribution, marketing and sale of Johnson’s Baby Powder.”

The accusations in the class-action statement of claim have not been proven in court. Johnson & Johnson Canada said that it sympathized with the women and their families, but defended its baby powder.

“The talc in our baby powder has a long history of

safe and gentle use,” the company said in an emailed statement.

“After 30 years of studies by medical experts around the world, science, research and clinical evidence continues to support the safety of cosmetic talc …. We continue to believe in the safety of Johson’s baby powder containing talc.”

Johnson & Johnson also faces litigation in the United States.

The class-action suit follows a jury decision in Missouri that awarded US$72 million to the family of a woman who died of ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson feminine hygiene products for years that contained its talcum powder.

Earlier this month, Johnson & Johnson was ordered by another U.S. jury to pay US$55 million in damages to a woman who claimed her ovarian cancer was caused by long-term use of Johnson’s baby powder.

The Canadian plaintiffs allege that Johnson’s baby powder “is defective and inherently dangerous in that it causes, materially contributes to, and materially increases the risks of ovarian cancer in females who apply it (or who have it applied) to their perineal area.”

Employment rules require employers to pay employees monthly CHARLES STRACHEY WORKING WISE

Dear Working Wise: My friend picked up a part-time job working at a local restaurant just to make a little extra money.

He hasn’t been paid for more than a month and he didn’t receive a pay stub with his first paycheck. He thinks his employer took too much off his cheque, but he can’t confirm it without the pay stub. How long can employers wait to pay their staff and do they have to give you a pay stub? Signed Curious and Concerned Dear Curious: Alberta’s Employment Standards Code requires employers to pay employees at least once per month.

Wages, overtime pay and general holiday pay must be paid within 10 consecutive days after the end of each pay period.

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And employers must provide employees with a statement of earnings at the end of each pay period that includes the following: ● regular and overtime hours of work; ● wage rate and overtime rate; ● earnings paid that show each component separately; ● deductions from earnings and the reason for each deduction; ● time off in lieu of payment of overtime; and ● statement period.

The statement of earnings, or pay stub as it is often known, may be provided electronically to employees as long as employees have reasonable access to view and print the electronic version.

Employees may be paid in cash, by cheque or money order or by direct deposit, into an account of the employee’s choice, in any recognized financial institution.

The Code allows certain legal deductions to be made from an employee’s earnings. These include deductions for Income Tax, Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance as well as deductions resulting from a judgment or order of a court.

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tion pay or termination pay, the employee must be notified before the start of the pay period in which the reduction is to take effect. However, these rates must always be at least the minimum required by the legislated standards.

Your friend should speak to his employer about getting his overdue paycheck and statement of earnings so he can review it to ensure that it is accurate.

If his employer refuses to provide either, I recommend he call the toll-free Employment Standards Contact Centre for help at 1 877 427 3731. He may want to consider submitting an Employment Standards complaint to recover the unpaid money.

Once he receives his pay stub, he can check the deductions against the list of permissible deductions.

A list of permissible paycheck deductions is available on the Employment Standards website at http:// work.alberta.ca/es under Payment of Earnings.

Good luck!

Do you have a work-related question? Send your questions to Working Wise, at charles.strachey@gov.ab. ca. Charles Strachey is a manager with Alberta Human Services. This column is provided for general information.

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

Friday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 118.88 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.99 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.48 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.44 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.54 Cdn. National Railway . . 78.22 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 169.83 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.23 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.05 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.17 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.18 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.78 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.54 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.96 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.39 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.36 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.63 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 52.62 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.24 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.57 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.39 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 54.52 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 144.39 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.70 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.65 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.29 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets were moderately higher Friday after U.S. Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen hinted at a potential interest rate hike in the coming months.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index gained 56.03 points to 14,105.23, helped by a big jump in the shares of health-care giant Valeant Pharmaceuticals (TSX:VRX).

The health-care sector was the leading gainer on the TSX, up 2.05 per cent as shares of Valeant shot up 6.28 per cent, or $2.19, to $37.08.

The move came after the Wall Street Journal reported that Japanese drug company Takeda and private equity firm TPG Capital approached Valeant earlier this year to discuss a potential takeover. The report said Valeant, whose stock has dropped almost 90 per cent since mid-September amid investigations over its drug-pricing regime, rejected the offer.

Meanwhile, the heavily weighted financials sector was up 0.58 per cent following better than expected earnings results from most of the big five Canadian banks this week. Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) reports on Tuesday.

“Overall the banks had a very good earnings season,” said Laura Lau, a senior portfolio manager at Brompton Funds.

That’s despite the fact that many of them boosted their loan loss provisions as they brace for more bad news from the oilpatch.

“I think this will probably be the worst of it and it’s probably not as bad as everybody expected,” said Lau. “I think the markets breathed a sigh of relief.”

Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar fell 0.40 of a U.S. cent to 76.70 cents US after a solid gain of slightly more than one cent

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 29.58 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.99 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.75 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.18 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.67 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.26 First Quantum Minerals . . 8.92 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 21.65 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.15 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.52 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.54 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.59 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.730 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 12.43 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 21.57 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.16 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 46.04 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.35 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 26.67 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.90 Canyon Services Group. . 5.25 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.17 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1500 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 9.96 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.560 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 90.01 over the previous two sessions.

South of the border, markets were up also up heading into the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 44.93 points at 17,873.22, while the broader S&P 500 rose 8.96 points to 2,099.06 and the Nasdaq added 31.74 points to 4,933.51.

“I think the Fed is priming the market for another rate increase,” said Lau, referring to Yellen’s comments that a rate hike may be coming in a matter of months, as the economy and the labour market are expected to continue improving.

“It looks like they’re saying maybe June, although I think that July probably makes more sense, because June 23 you’ll know which way the Brexit vote goes,” said Lau, referring to the referendum in Britain on possibly leaving the European Union.

In commodities, benchmark North American crude oil was down 15 cents at US$49.33 a barrel, its second consecutive small decline in a week that saw it pop above US$50 a barrel in intraday trading.

July natural gas rose two cents to US$2.17 per mmBtu, while August gold slid $6 to US$1,216.70 a troy ounce and July copper rose a penny to US$2.11 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,105.23, up 56.03 points Dow — 17,873.22, up 44.93 points S&P 500 — 2,099.06, up 8.96 points Nasdaq — 4,933.51, up 31.74 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.70 cents US, down 0.40 of a cent Pound — C$1.9050, up 0.31

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.58 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.18 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.22 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.26 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.28 Penn West Energy . . . . . 0.900 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.79 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.90 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.670 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.30 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 43.11 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1350 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 83.44 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.00 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.19 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.90 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.83 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.03 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.10 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.51 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.03 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.250 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.55 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 45.75 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.67

of a cent Euro — C$1.4489, down 0.22 of a cent Euro — US$1.1113, down 0.55 of a cent Oil futures: US$49.33 per barrel, down 15 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,216.70 per oz., down $6.00 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.138 oz., up 6.6 cents $711.74 kg., up $2.13 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $2.80 lower $512.80 Nov. ‘16 $3.10 higher $518.30 Jan. ‘17 $3.60 higher $521.70 March ‘17 $3.70 higher $522.80 May ‘17 $3.60 higher $523.80 July ‘17 $3.30 higher $524.50 Nov. ‘17 $0.90 higher $508.60 Jan. ‘18 $0.90 higher $508.60 March ‘18 $0.90 higher $508.60 May ‘18 $0.90 higher $508.60 July ‘18 $0.90 higher $508.60.

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.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 824,220 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 824,220.

Gas bars for sale: Loblaw looking for prospective buyers of 212 filling stations BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Co. says it’s taking steps to sell its network of 212 gasoline filling stations.

In a statement from its head office in Brampton, Ont., Loblaw (TSX:L) said the gas bars continue to deliver strong, stable cash flows.

But the company best known for its grocery business said it believes the right strategic partner would “elevate” the fuel business.

The company says it will “engage potential buyers,” but didn’t provide an estimated price tag for the business or other details of its plan.

Loblaw said about 20 per cent of stores under its various banners, including No Frills, Your Independent Grocer and Real Canadian Superstore, have a gas bar adjacent to them.

They are located in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Yukon.

New Brunswick to appeal ruling that tossed out limits on booze imports FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government will appeal a court ruling in April that effectively threw out limits on cross-border alcohol imports.

Judge Ronald LeBlanc tossed out all charges against Gerard Comeau,

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DEFICIT: ‘A political spat’ In the end, the answer is not very important to the average Canadian anyway, Alexander said.

“It really is a political spat,” he said. “If there was a deficit, it wasn’t of a meaningful size. So from a purely economic point of view, it really doesn’t matter. And it’s now in the rearview mirror, and the Liberal government has told us that they will be running deficits for the next several years.”

Morneau said the Liberal goal is to make investments that boost economic growth.

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who was charged with illegally importing 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor from a Quebec border town in 2012.

Beer near the border in Quebec is about half the price charged in New Brunswick, but the Liquor Control Act prohibits anyone in New Brunswick from having more than 12 pints of beer that wasn’t purchased through a liquor store in the province.

The judge cited the words of Canada’s founders, saying they never intended that laws should blatantly block the free flow of goods within the new country.

“I find the speeches and orations from the Fathers of Confederation prior to the enactment of the British North America Act, 1867, conclusively point to their desire to implement free trade as opposed to the elimination of customs duties as between the provinces,” he wrote.

At the time, Comeau’s lawyer described the ruling as “groundbreaking.”

Low oil prices force ATB to make $388-million provision for bad loans CALGARY — ATB Financial has reported a two-thirds drop in net income for the fiscal year ended in March, mainly due to provisions for possible loan losses because of the deteriorating Alberta economy.

ATB reported net income of $108 million, down from a record profit of $329 million last year.

The Alberta government-owned lender said the main reason for the drop was an increase in provisions on its balance sheet for loan losses to $388 million from $73 million the previous year.

That number is in the same ballpark as the $460 million reported by the Royal Bank (TSX:RY) and $324 million reported by CIBC (TSX:CM) earlier this week, although both federally regulated banks are much larger than ATB. In their spring budget, the Liberals announced plans for a $29.4-billion deficit for the 2016-17 fiscal year with billions being spent to help boost economic growth.

For March, the government posted a $9.4-billion deficit compared with a deficit of $3 billion in the same month last year.

The shortfall came as revenue fell $5 billion to $24.1 billion. Personal income-tax revenue fell by $1.1 billion or 9.4 per cent and corporate income-tax revenue fell by $2.1 billion or 37.3 per cent. Excise taxes and duties gained $500 million or 15 per cent.

Program spending increased by $1.3 billion to $31.5 billion, while public debt charges increased $100 million.

For the full year, government revenue totalled $289.6 billion, up $10.6 billion from a year ago, while program spending was $266 billion, up $16.6 billion.

Public debt charges for the year were down $1.1 billion at $25.5 billion.

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Living with heirlooms

BY KATHERINE ROTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this age of minimalism and decluttering, the common response to an offer of a family heirloom or antique might be, “I don’t have space,” “It’s not my taste,” or simply “No thanks.”

Well, “pull yourself out of that as fast as you can and start saying yes,” urges Susan Sully of Charleston, South Carolina, author of Past Present: Living with Heirlooms and Antiques (The Monacelli Press, 2016).

Unless you find a piece really ugly, she says, just take it.

“What’s so bad about temporarily having too much stuff?” asks Sully.

“The worst is saying no and having lost the precious tangible objects that tell the story of your family.”

Antiques dealer Karen DiSaia, describes heirlooms and antiques as “the connective tissue of life, offering a feeling of depth and history.”

The trick to blending old and new in your home’s decor is careful curating — and keeping an open mind, says Sully.

Her book is packed with photos and descriptions of 20 homes around the country, from a converted fire station to farmhouses to elegant city dwellings. She offers tips on displaying odd collections, setting inviting tables, arranging tabletop compositions, and bringing together objects from different styles and periods.

“Start by dropping all your preconceptions about what goes with what.

Just put things together and see what happens,” she advises. “Then rearrange them a few different ways and look at it all again. You might have two pairs of completely different chairs, but put them together and you might be surprised.”

Create what Sully calls an “anchor lineup” and then have fun curating the

small stuff: “Start with an uncluttered, interesting foundation, with one or two interesting, eye-catching pieces in each room that are there to stay. Then you can start a rotating exhibit of vases and lamps and oddments.”

The book includes the dining room of a Federal Revival home in Birmingham, Alabama, where a wall lined with gilded, leather-bound books and two sleek contemporary glass vases adds a warm yet airy backdrop for a heavy, dark-stained English library table. It’s surrounded by light-colored Hepplewhite-style dining chairs beneath an ornate Italian chandelier.

The parlour area in an 1880 home in San Antonio, Texas, features high Victorian detail and white furniture juxtaposed with strong colours in a series of Josef Albers lithographs. They share a corner with a small pile of painted wooden cubes found in an antique shop.

“I’ve always been interested in having at least one modern piece of furniture or contemporary painting in each room, so the house doesn’t look like a museum,” said the homeowner, banker and art collector Carl Groos.

Even for space-challenged apartment dwellers, antiques hold an important place.

After downsizing from a large home to a much smaller condominium, Atlanta antique collectors Stephanie and Bill Reeves grouped together portraits that had been displayed throughout their house.

“We displayed the portraits as if they were in a bigger room,” Bill Reeves explains. “As a result, the space looks bigger.”

And don’t treat heirlooms like stuffy museum pieces, Sully advises. Instead, “take what’s old and give it life again by actually using it. … Allow heirlooms to relate to the rest of the room. These are beautiful things with stories to tell and history to share.”

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This undated photo provided by The Monacelli Press shows a photograph of one of the rooms in a house featured in the book ‘Past Present: Living With Heirlooms and Antiques,’ by Susan Sully.

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Gardening is a taste worth cultivating As I was growing up in the suburbs of Toronto in the 1970s, the municipal government in charge of my home town did something brilliant. Or so it seemed.

They bought a 100 acre farm just outside town, they divided about 10 acres into vegetable gardening plots, then offered these at reasonable rental rates to townspeople. Town workers cultivated the soil with municipal equipment and even provided unlimited water for irrigation.

All folks had to do was drive a few pleasant miles down a country road, then start to work rich, clean, soft, fertile soil. Even as a teenager this seemed like a great idea to me. The sad part was what happened.

Despite the town doing the hard work of preparing the soil, the garden plot concept failed for lack of interest. The town discontinued the program because too few people wanted to grow vegetables.

The town-owned farm is now a leisure park. There are benches, cool drinks for sale, shade and not a hand-grown tomato in sight. The exact spot where the garden plots used to be is a paved parking lot.

Even where I live now, deep in rural Canada, fewer than one household in 25 bothers with any sort of a vegetable garden. There’s good soil all around us, yet most people eat California vegetables yearround. Why is this?

I’m convinced it’s because fewer and fewer people are discovering a hidden truth about life, the truth that the right kind of physical work becomes the best kind of leisure.

The first step towards discovering the joy of gardening labour is to understand that there are two kinds of tiredness in life. There’s tiredness that comes from dealing with too many sit-down tasks in a mentally draining indoor work environment. I call

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Trouble is, real tiredness is hardly ever experienced these days.

When you come home at the end of the day with a bad case of office tired, the temptation is to relax in front of the internet, TV news, social media or some other passive Photo by STEVE MAXWELL screen experience. More than ever, Organic lettuce from a raised-bed patch is better than store bought, but what we need is a taste for wholesome, vigorous, physical work that it takes people who’ve learned to love manual labour. gets you dirty and tired. When you ing towards the joy of gaining food from the dirty, come to feel the sense that the best part of your day is what you accomplish with your sweaty, and rejuvenating relationship with soil. Listen to my suggestions to her for turning a lawn into a hands outdoors as the sun goes down, you’ve arrived.

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Be bold with a mix of patterns, using a base colour to connect all the elements.

Designer makes a room tell a story DEBBIE TRAVIS HOUSE TO HOME

As Kit Kemp says, every room tells a story. She sees making use of interesting creatures, textiles, art and objects, and using them in a creative way as part of her job.

Her impressive career as one of the U.K.’s most unique designers for her upscale boutique Firmdale hotels and fabulous homes in the U.K. and U.S. demonstrates how Kemp’s daring and inquisitive character never rests. It’s an exciting ride to visit rooms that Kemp has designed. I venture to say that you will have seen nothing like these spaces that combine bold and whimsical fabrics with quirky elements and colour and pattern mixes.

In Kit Kemp’s magnificent book, Every Room Tells a Story, with stunning photography by Simon Brown, published by Hardie Grant, the author shares her secrets and introduces us to many of the talented artisans whose work she reveres.

There is always something that draws you in and keeps your eye moving. A series of unique lamps made from old plastic bottles with woven raffia shades hang in a hotel bar. Large marbles decorate a wrought iron balustrade in a foyer. Two benches, one sitting on top of the other, becomes a bookcase.

A picture meant to hang on a wall is transformed into a tabletop.

Kemp says that “anything can be a feature if framed properly”, and she illustrates this point repeatedly as everything from art to fabric to bowling shoes takes center stage.

Transparent plastic Perspex box frames are a favourite, but any material from ornately carved antiques to distressed wood frames decorated with sea shells, buttons or iron hinges has been employed.

Kemp has also used old mobile phone cases, printing press letters, belts and buckles. The list goes on, and Kemp concludes that the stranger the artwork (or object to be framed) the more inventive the frame.

Kemp has modernized the British look for comfort in traditional homes by making them bright and cheerful with an eclectic mix of fabrics.

Comfort is a priority for Kemp, and you will see that her sofas and chairs are plump and inviting.

Whatever the upholstery fabric, it must be soft and pleasing to the touch. There should never be a “hands off” feeling to anything in a room that is meant to be lived in and enjoyed.

A riot of patterns proliferates in the drawing room shown here, but rather than fight each other, they each add a special note to the overall picture.

Blue is the base colour, while pink makes the colours pop. I counted 12 individual patterns throughout the drawing room and adjoining master bedroom, textiles designed by Kemp, who admonishes us all to be brave and let our spirits soar.

Folk art is a vibrant theme that runs through Kemp’s work. She explains that folk art “covers a multitude of skills from painted ceramics and decorated travel chests to intricately woven bed linens and pictures. They have all been made with gentle hands and big caring hearts. They have soul.”

Kemp has designed a collection of furniture and wallpaper for lifestyle and fashion retailer Anthropologie.

Her favourite piece is the Winged White Rhino armchair with flying monkeys dancing around the bright orange base and contrast piping in bright blue.

The white rhino, an endangered species, has wings to save it from its enemies. In the sitting room shown here these delightful chairs are surrounded by richly textured woven rugs, some used as throws, and above the mantel, a custom frame with hinge detail.

Kit Kemp’s thoughtful, playful and bold style is

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Creative ideas for dining in DAVID FERGUSON CREATIVE SPACE

To best illustrate ways to create great dining spaces in a space that really has no place for a dining table, I chose to download the floor plan of an urban downtown studio condominium.

The space is comparable with most studio apartments in terms of its size, layout and style.

Measuring less than 42 square metres (about 450 square feet), the builders describe the unit as a ‘perfect pied-a-terre,’ real estate jargon meaning ‘really, really small.’

In fairness, though, it features an unusually spacious bathroom and two large closets, as well as a spacious balcony.

Where it appears to lack space is in the main, open area where one portion is designated as the bedroom and the other, in a space slightly larger than a room-size area rug, is designated as the Living/Dining.

The reality is, once you have installed even the most basic living room furniture, there is very little room left for anything that can be described as “dining.”

The challenge I gave myself was to see how many options I could envision here to give the residents a practical, full dining experience.

While researching, I came across many questionable design options, like the bicycle stand/dining table combo; the table as wall art (the legs fold to form the frame for the picture on the table underside); and the table that rises to the ceiling, upside-down on a pulley system, where it’s used to store things. Which, of course, begs the question: Where do these things go when you need the table?

A surprisingly hot trend these days is a return to using TV trays. And these ain’t your Grandma’s TV trays. Using state-of-the-art techniques to create truly beautiful pieces of mini-furniture, designers have outdone themselves in the form-follows-function department.

Websites like etsy.com have many wonderful, one-of-a-kind and hand-

made designs youíd be proud to share with your dinner guests.

Incorporating any furniture that collapses, expands or extends always makes good sense in a limited-space environment.

A gate-leg or drop-leaf table is a tried-and-true space saver. Some versions of these

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tables are as narrow as 23 cm.

(9-inches) when closed, and will expand easily to seat six people comfortably.

Here, the challenge will be finding a space big enough to set up the open table with enough space around it for chairs, and easy movement.

You’ll also need a place to store folding or stacking chairs, or choose chairs, stools or benches that work double-duty in your home.

Having limited space does not have to mean changing the way we want to dine. It’s true that dinner gatherings look different today as we opt for more relaxed settings instead of formal dining rooms. In the classic, contemporary living room setting I’ve drawn here, the big space-saving design idea is a coffee table on height-adjustable legs.

Day to day, the inconspicuous coffee table sits a standard height of 40 to 45 cm. (about 16 to 18-inches).

When needed as a dining surface, the telescoping legs easily adjust so that the table top is at its new height of 30-inches (ideally, the distance between the dining seat and the table top should be 26 cm. or 10-inches).

There are many adjustable-height

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Not a lot of room to work with? You can still create an appealing space for a small dinner arrangement. Shown here are a floor plan and two different options for making it work.

tables on the market, and depending on your budget, can range from inexpensive, peg-in-hole designs, to moderately priced hydraulic pump mechanisms, to costly and sophisticated electronic devices.

I have seen one table which, at first glance, appeared to be a beautiful, but ordinary piece that was selling for more than $100,000 because of the intricate circuitry and delicate manufacturing technique needed to build it.

A dining table and a desk can be one-in-the-same, provided the necessary elements of each are not compromised.

Both table tops should be roughly 75 to 76 cm. (29 to 30-inches) from the floor. To accommodate at least four people, all four sides of a rectangular table should be open to allow a seated

individual slide their knees in and out.

Like the one illustrated here, the desk drawers are in a self-contained unit that could act as a trolley during dining.

In the example I’ve drawn, I’ve created a full wall of shelves that nicely adapt to either an office or dining setting. When the guests have gone, the desk tucks back against the wall, two chairs form a reading area and two others fold away.

A peninsula or island are only any good as a dining space if that space is comfortable to sit at and can form an attractive setting. A shelf protruding from an opening is more reminiscent of Woolworth’s than Wolfgang Puck’s.

In my example on the plan, I have added a base cabinet (additional storage is always welcome) and a large half-circle counter top that easily accommodates three people, but can do four in a pinch.

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Rocky Support Services Society

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Rocky Support Services is seeking an individual who is looking for an opportunity to use their experience Personals in business to expand relationships with local employers and identify emALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 ployment opportunities for adults with developmental Looking for a new pet? disabilities.

Check out Classifieds to The Employment Manager has the responsibility to find the purrfect pet. develop relationships with COCAINE ANONYMOUS local businesses and iden403-396-8298 tify employment opportunities for adults with disabilities TOO MUCH STUFF? that would add value to the Let Classifieds business and match the help you sell it. career interests of the individual. This is a leadership You can sell your guitar position that will capitalize for a song... on your business experior put it in CLASSIFIEDS ence and successful track and we’ll sell it for you! record working with teams Central Alberta’s Largest to maximize successful employment placements Car Lot in Classifieds for clients and business.

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Rocky Support Services Society is an accredited agency and registered under the Alberta Societies Act. Qualifications: ~ Post-secondary education in business and at CLASSIFICATIONS least five (5) years’ experience 700-920 ~ Strong leadership and organizational skills ~ Valid drivers license Rocky Support Services Clerical Society offers a benefit package and employee friendly policies.

REGISTRY OFFICE in Closing Date: June 13, Red Deer looking for 2016 qualified individual(s) Please Mail, Fax or Email for Part-time/Full-time a resume and cover letter to: employment. Previous Registry experience is re- Linda Bozman, Director of quired. Reply to Box 1119, Administrative Services Rocky Support Services c/o Red Deer Advocate, Society 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 PO Box 1120 Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1A8 Phone: 403-8445-4080 x 102 Fax: 403-845-6951 Oilfield Email: lbozman@ rockysupportservices.ca SEASONAL OILFIELD NDT, UT helper opening.

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Send a brief resume to Hotel S.K.E.I. 5225 51 St. Lacombe JJAM Management (1987) T4L 1H7 Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: CLASSIFIEDS Sell it Best! To 5111 22 St. place your ad phone 1-87737444 HWY 2 S 223-3311 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.

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BELL Betty Ann Betty Ann Bell (Hilliker) passed away peacefully on May 24, 2016 at her home in Villa Marie, Red Deer. Betty Ann is survived by her husband Ralph of 67 years; six children, Doug (Linda) Bell, Dick (Cindy) Bell, Debbie (Dave) Odowichuk, Sandy (Bill) Houser, Ralph (Sherry) Bell Jr., and Linda King; 22 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her only sister Wilda Anderson (Hilton).

Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Hwy 2A, Lacombe, AB. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society would be greatly appreciated. Condolences may be made by v i s i t i n g www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca We love you, Mom and will miss you.

Be at peace with Christ.

WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families” For 40 years

FITCH Edith Edith Fitch of Lacombe passed away on May 25, 2016 at the age of 83 years. A Service to celebrate her life will be held in August. Details and a complete obituary will follow at a later date.

Arrangements Entrusted To PONOKA FUNERAL HOME www.womboldfuneralhomes.com

HOLLAND Coral Ada June 8, 1935 - May 25, 2016 Coral Ada Holland passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the age of 80 years. Coral is lovingly remembered by her legacy children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Coral was predeceased by her husband, Scott Holland. A Private Family Service will be held at a later date.

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PENNOCK Edna Bernice Bernice passed away at the Olds Health Center on May 23, 2016 at the age of 92.

Bernice was born on the farm east of Huxley, AB on July 10, 1923, joining her older brothers and a sister who was born in 1927. Bernice’s mother, Tommie, died when Bernice was only nine years old. Bernice married Maurice Pennock on December 1, 1941. They lived in Lethbridge until the end of the war while Maurice was stationed with the RCAF. They moved back to the farm in Elnora for a few years, then moved again to Namao, Edmonton where Maurice was again with the RCAF. They finally returned to Elnora in 1959 to raise their family of four children.

Bernice was very active in the community belonging to many local organizations and the United Church. She loved to curl, golf, dance, and she especially loved her garden and flowers. Family and community were important to Bernice. She is survived by her children: Joyce Howell, Bruce, and Barry (Sheila) Pennock; one brother, Lee Painter; 12 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Maurice, daughter Marilyn, son-in-law Ed Howell, and daughter-in-law Jackie Pennock. A celebration of life will be held on Monday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elnora Community Hall, Elnora, Alberta. Donations may be made to the Elnora Legion Br 42 of the Elnora Cemetery.

KNEEHILL FUNERAL SERVICES LTD. THREE HILLS/TROCHU entrusted with arrangements.

403-443-5111 Condolences may be sent via the Kneehill Funeral Services Facebook Page.

SAUNDERS Mary Veronica Nov. 11, 1919 - May 19, 2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our dear mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother, Mary Saunders.

Mary was born in Summerville, Nfld., and moved to Montreal at a young age. She was predeceased by her husband (Albert) in 1972. Mary will be lovingly remembered by her daughter Susan Wilson (Barrie), her son Peter (Jean); grandchildren, Kristy (Anthony), Kelly (Scott), Julie (Bart), Amanda, Rob, Rick (Vanessa), Tim (Karine); brother, Bernie, and many nieces and nephews. She also leaves behind twelve great-grandchildren. A funeral mass will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Red Deer on Tuesday, May 31 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

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WEISGERBER Edward 1932 - 2016 Mr. Edward Joseph ‘Ed’ Weisgerber of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at the age of 84 years.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. Interment will be held at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta.

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.

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MAKEPEACE Ronnie, Melissa and Kaden Makepeace are pleased to announce the arrival of their precious little girl Karlee Michael born April 28, 2016 weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz.

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REMIN In loving memory Edwin D. Oct. 17, 1932 - May 27, 2001 A part of my heart he took with him, but his love he left me to keep So we will never really be parted, that bond between us is too deep Fondly loved and deeply mourned, heart of my heart, I miss you so.

Often my darling, my tears flow, dimming your picture before my eyes but never the one in my heart that lies.

The stars seem dim as I whisper low, my darling husband, I miss you so.

With love, Hon, Erna, son Dan and Family, step-son Joe and family, step-son Robert, and relatives and friends.

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Clint and Theresa Saunders are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Maureen, to Jason, son of George and Heidi McDonald of Prince George, BC. Wedding to take place in September.

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Anders on the Lake HUGE multi-family garage sale, Atkins Cl. Furniture, sports equip., tools, baby items, toys, clothes, household items, misc.

May 26 to 28, Thur. 4 - 8 p.m., Fri. 1 - 8 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Davenport 47 DURAND CRES May 27 to 29, 2016 Fri. 4 to 8 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., in back alley. Fishing boat with Briggs and Stratton 5 hp engaging motor, reverse gears, $2,000, no trailer, household, and misc. Rain or shine.

Normandeau 32 NEWLANDS AVE MULTI-FAMILY garage/yard sale, tools, camping, household motorcycle, wind surfer, kids clothes Sale in back alley.

May 27 to 29, 2016 Fri., 3 to 8 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

66 NICHOLS CRESCENT, Sat., Sun., and Mon., May 27, 28 and 29, 9 - 5. Big garage sale. Good stuff, even Harley Davidson stuff.

Rosedale 116 ROWELL CLOSE May 27 & 28, Fri. 5-8, Sat. 10-3.

Deck furniture, lawn mower, lamps, jewelry, ladies new winter boots, shoes, handbags, planter pots, big variety.

53 ROWELL CLOSE May 27 and 28, 2016 Fri. 2 to 6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Garden ornaments 40% off. Huge garage sale.

Sunnybrook Multi-Table Garage Sale at Sunnybrook Farm Museum 4701 - 30 St, Red Deer Fri., May 27: noon - 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 28 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Donations of gently used items gratefully accepted weekdays 9 a.m. -3 p.m.

No furniture please.

Information: (403) 340-3511

Out of Town MOOSE LODGE ANNUAL GARAGE SALE Thurs. May 26, 5-8, Fri. & Sat. May 27 & 28, 8-8, Sun. May 29, 8-3. On corner of Willow St. & Petrolia Dr. 4 blocks S. of Westerner Grounds. 403-347-1505

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For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Tammy at 403-314-4306

CARRIERS NEEDED For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA STETTLER Call Sandra at 403- 314-4303

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED INNISFAIL 6 DAYS A WEEK BY 6:30 AM Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

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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

OILFIELD TICKETS

COPPER clad aluminum #2, booster cables $40.

403-343-6044 DAYTON heavy duty industrial heater, 220 power, new cond., $60. 403-877-0825

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June 4 & 5

Sat. 10-5:00, Sun. 10-4:00 Garrison Curling Rink 2288 47 Ave. S.W. Carswell’s 403-343-1614

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EquipmentHeavy

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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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

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TEAK dining room table, 4 chairs and 2 extension leafs, seats 8. $200.

403-986-6878

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ANTIQUE Railroad Train Set, 65 yrs. old. Complete set of 40 pieces & book volumes. Like New $800.

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BESWICK English porcelain horse, pinto pony model 1373. $175.

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As a proprietor you will provide ongoing training and support in addition to daily structure in a positive supportive home environment. The individual (s) that may reside in your home may require monitoring due to their disabilities, health or mental health.

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1495/mo. in Red Deer.

403-782-7156 403-357-7465 CLEARVIEW 4 bdrm. duplex, 2 bath, fenced yard, n/s, no pets, no parties, $1200/mo., $1000/dd.

Ref. req. 403-343-0306

SYLVAN: fully furn. rentals incld’s all utils. & cable. $550 - $1300. By the week or month. 403-880-0210

2 BDRM. townhouse/ condo, 5 appls., 2 blocks from Collicutt Centre. $1225/mo. + utils., inclds. condo fees. 403-616-3181 LACOMBE, secure, quiet adult bldg. 45 yr.+, clean bdrm. condo, furn.(new), in-suite laundry, a/c, storage, assigned cover parking & plugin, good sized balcony (East), you will feel spoiled in this unit.

N/S, no pets, no parties.

Avail. now. $1250 rent/dd, tenant pays power.

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340-1579 8 am - 8 pm.

NICE and clean 2 bdrm. condo on ground floor, secure adult bldg, N/S, no pets, no partiers, in suite laundry, avail. immed, north end, $1100 + power, SD $1100 403-340-6807 ( 8 am - 8 pm)

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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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2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $925. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. now or June 1.

403-304-5337

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Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

The Rimoka Housing Foundation provides housing in the Town of Ponoka and the Town of Rimbey for seniors and families. Our housing consists of over 320 units including lodge rooms, senior apartments, family housing units and a life lease project.

The CAO reports to the Board and is responsible for the administration of the operations and programs for the Foundation. Rimoka is seeking an individual who is dedicated, motivated and dynamic to join our team.

Qualifications would include: • experience in working with a non-profit board, • government experience both municipal and provincial, seniors, housing and/or service industry, • financial management, • project management, • and personnel administration.

The candidate should also possess excellent communication and leadership skills and preferred post secondary education in a related field.

Interested individuals are asked to submit their resumes in confidence to Paul McLauchlin, Board Chair at rimoka@telus.net or by mail to 5608 57 Ave Ponoka, Alberta T4J 1P2 by May 30th, 2016. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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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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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

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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

DAMON INTERIORS

Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176

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Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

1180

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For help on your home projects such as bathroom, main floor, and bsmt. renovations. Also painting and flooring.

Call James 403-341-0617

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Dr. Lyla May Yip

Alternative & Complementary Health Care Provider Dr. of TCM & Reg. Acup. (house calls available) 403-597-4828

June 9, 2016 – Edmonton, Alberta

Massage Therapy

Register to attend at 780-498-8616 or dina.dasilva@wcb.ab.ca by June 3, 2016 or join our live webcast at www.wcb.ab.ca.

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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

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Suites

1 BDRM apt. above Weis Western Wear. Quiet single person preferred. no pets, $750 rent/dd. 403-347-3149 1 BDRM. suite across from

SEIBEL PROPERTY hospital. Own washer & dryer, N/S. No pets. $900 ONE MONTH utils. incl’d. Avail. immed.

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Catholic Social Services @ 403-347-8844 ext. 2917

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6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, HOUSE in Lacombe, 2 Highland Green, Riverside bdrm., 2 bath, $995/mo. Meadows. Rent starting at 403-782-7156 / 403-357-7465 $1000. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 LARGE 1/2 duplex, newly SOUTHWOOD PARK reno’d, downtown area, 3110-47TH Avenue, across from park, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, responsible family generously sized, 1 1/2 preferred, $1,200/mo., baths, fenced yards, dd same, 403-347-3149 full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets.

LICENCED for group www.greatapartments.ca home in Lacombe, 8 bdrm., 3 bath, 2 fireplaces, dbl. garage, $2,995/mo.

4 Plexes/ 403-782-7156 403-357-7465 MOUNTVIEW, across from school, 4 bdrm., dbl. garage,, lrg. lot backs onto park, fully dev., 2 full baths, new reno’s, 5 appls., $1549 + utils. July 1.

Call Alex 403-519-2944

Part of the hiring process demands proof of a current Criminal Record check as well as a Child Welfare check prior to starting the position. Catholic Social Services will facilitate an orientation session to the Approved Home Program and on-going monthly training is offered as well.

Interested applicants please contact

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Houses/ Duplexes

Condos/ Townhouses

6 Plexes

The individual (s) would benefit from a mature proprietor living within the City of Red Deer.

The successful candidate (s) must demonstrate creative approaches for ensuring routines are maintained. The home can have no children, but pets are fine.

Oilfield

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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Catholic Social Services is looking for someone who is able to open their home and become a Specialized Approved Home Proprietor.

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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

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24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Sporting Goods

Collectors' Items

COFFEE Maker, under counter, $30.

403-343-6044

TRAINING CENTRE

Cats

Travel Packages

KITTENS, 1 Siamese and 1 Burman, $50 each, and 1 grey and white kitten for free. 403-887-3649

WATER HOSE REEL, $35. 403-885-5020

SAFETY

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

Employment Training

1760

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020

to work as part of our service team in the dairy to work as part of our industry. The ideal service team in the dairy candidate must have a industry. The ideal valid driver’s licence, and candidate must have a be able to perform work in valid driver’s licence along a safe and efficient manner with the following abilities: to established industry troubleshooting, standards. If you are a programming and repairing team player who is circuit boards and controls, comfortable working perform work in a safe and around livestock and are efficient manner to able to use power tools, established industry please send resume to standards, with the ability curtis@prolineinc.ca. to interact with customers, self-motivated and able to work alone. If you are comfortable with heights, working around livestock, and willing to take some on-call work, please send your resume to curtis@prolineinc.ca

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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2 BDRM. bsmt. suite, 6 appl., like new, att. sing. gar., close to bus stop, N/S, no pets. $1000/mo. + util.

403-347-8397 or 587-876-8919.

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or MAY 1. $900/mo., S.D. $650.

403-304-5337 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $800. rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $850/mo., D.D. $850, N/S, no pets, no partiers.

403-346-1458 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

LIMITED TIME OFFER:

One free year of Telus internet & cable AND one month’s rent FREE on 2 bedrooms! Renovated suites in central location.

Cat friendly. leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)482-1711

MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy.

403-596-6000

THE NORDIC

TWO - 2 bdrm. suites downtown area, above store, at 5115 Gaetz Ave. Quiet person preferred $950/mo., $950 d.d. partial utils. paid., high security 347-3149

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

MIKE’S Refresh Painting Exterior/Interior, Prompt & Courteous Service 403-302-8027 TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434

Roofing

1370

Rooms For Rent

3090

Offices

3110

Mobile Lot

1430

3180

PASTURE

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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Realtors & Services

4010

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

TREE /YARD CARE,

YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

4400-4430

Money To Loan

4430

HAVE you exhausted your efforts at the banks?

Is your company in need of financing? Call 403-969-9884

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Cars

5030

1989 CHRYSLER LeBaron convertible, 2.5L turbo, auto., new windshield, tires, battery, 184,000 km.

First $2,200 takes it.

403-877-0825

Motorcycles

5080

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC No shortage of power ALL the Bells & Whistles!!

44,600 kms.

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Trudeau optimistic about G7 outcome SHIMA, Japan — Justin Trudeau says he’s encouraged by the pledges made Friday by his fellow Group of Seven leaders in Japan, on both their renewed vow to stop paying ransoms for hostages and their approach to boosting the global economy.

However, the ransom promise closely resembled a G7 pledge from three years ago, something experts say member countries didn’t live up to.

And on lifting the world’s feeble economic growth, the G7 essentially pledged to continue with their own individual strategies.

Heading into the summit, Trudeau had urged some of his more fiscally prudent counterparts to invest more government cash to generate growth.

Still, while speaking to reporters in Shima, Japan, the prime minister said he felt the group moved forward significantly on a number of files during his

first G7 summit.

On the economy, he said there was a broad understanding that monetary and fiscal policy, as well as structural reforms, are all important for enhancing global growth.

Each country will map out its own path, Trudeau noted.

“Understanding that we do need to create a broad suite of measures to offset the challenges faced by low global growth is something that we are very much in agreement on,” Trudeau said.

“The concerted approach is to use the levers available to each of our economies in as fulsome a way as possible to create growth.”

The leaders vowed to use a more-balanced response to lift growth and agreed that monetary policy — such as benchmark interest rates — cannot alone create stronger, sustainable growth.

The 32-page declaration did commit to fight protectionism and called the potential United King-

Wildrose says it ‘regrets’ insulting Wynne to her face

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s opposition Wildrose party says it doesn’t regret calling Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s province a needy fiscal basket case, but does regret saying it to her face.

“The questions that we asked were fair, but certainly a more appropriate time could have been found, particularly when a visiting dignitary was not in the gallery,” Wildrose house leader Nathan Cooper said in an interview Friday.

“We didn’t have a respectful tone yesterday. We express regret for how things unfolded.

“The intention was never to embarrass the (Alberta) premier or the premier of Ontario.”

Wynne was visiting the legislature Thursday and met with her Alberta counterpart, Rachel Notley, to discuss, among other issues, broad climate change plans being pursued by both provinces.

Wynne then sat through the opening of question period as a guest of the legislature.

Cooper said the plan, signed off by Wildrose Leader Brian Jean, was to pose questions criticizing Ontario and Wynne’s government, but with the expectation that Wynne would not be there.

But he said when Wynne appeared in the gallery, the questions and comments posed by finance critic Derek Fildebrandt were locked in.

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on the fly,” said Cooper.

Fildebrandt’s question and comments came more than half an hour after Wynne had been seated in the gallery.

As Wynne looked on, Fildebrandt mocked her province as a failed, debt-bloated enterprise, urging Notley not to follow suit.

“Will the premier stop following the example set by (Wynne’s) Ontario Liberals, put a cap on borrowing and get control of our out-of-control spending?” said Fildebrandt “Ontario has the largest subnational sovereign debt on the planet. They’re now even receiving equalization payments.”

Fildebrandt also chastised Notley for inviting Wynne before she had invited Premier Brad Wall of Saskatchewan, and as Notley tried to answer his question, he shouted across the aisle “Invite Premier Wall here! Invite Premier Wall!”

On Friday, Wynne was in Calgary meeting with Mayor Naheed Nenshi and local business leaders.

She said opposition parties have a role to criticize, but that guests in her building are always treated with respect.

“Visiting dignitaries from anywhere across the country or otherwise, when they come to Ontario, they are received by all parties with grace,” Wynne told reporters.

“I’m quite sure if I were to go again to the (Alberta) legislature, it would be different.” ensure that lawful protest and advocacy could not be considered terrorism.

They also pledged to require that the government review all appeals by Canadians on the no-fly list, to limit CSE’s powers by requiring a warrant to engage in the surveillance of Canadians and to require a statutory review of the Anti-Terrorism Act after three years.

“You can have deep and reliable and pervasive respect for people’s charter rights but you can also have the appropriate security tools and agencies to keep the country safe,” LeBlanc said.

“We’ve never accepted it’s an either-or proposition.”

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, who is working with Goodale on the review of anti-terrorism legislation, said the government will release “in the very near future” a paper that will be used as “a guide that invites Canadians into the discussion around national security.”

WINNIPEG — The Liberals will deliver soon on its promise to set up a parliamentary oversight committee for Canada’s national security agencies.

And it will follow that with a public review of anti-terrorism legislation, government House leader Dominic LeBlanc told delegates at the Liberal party’s first convention since winning power last fall.

LeBlanc said legislation to create the committee will be introduced before Parliament breaks for the summer. He hopes it will pass quickly in the fall.

The committee would include MPs and senators from both the governing and opposition parties and would monitor the operations of 19 different agencies that have responsibility for national security — including the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the secretive Communications Security Establishment.

LeBlanc said Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale will also “in the coming days” launch a public review of anti-terrorism legislation passed by the previous Conservative government.

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OTTAWA — The federal government was tightlipped Friday after Canada’s ambassador to Ireland raised eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic when he “pulled a Chretien” by grappling with an Irish protester at a politically sensitive commemoration in Dublin.

Global Affairs Canada did not respond to questions about breaches of diplomatic and security protocol in the wake of Kevin Vickers’s angry interception of the republican protester at a military cemetery on Thursday, where invited guests — including protester Brian Murphy — were marking the death of British soldiers killed in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brushed off a question about the incident before departing for Canada from a G7 summit in Japan and Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion flatly refused comment at a Liberal party convention in Winnipeg.

Vickers became a national hero in October 2014 for his part in shooting dead an armed assailant inside the Parliament buildings, where he served as sergeant-at-arms for the House of Commons.

The ambassador’s televised take-down of Murphy at the Grangegorman Military Cemetery was greeted with widespread cheers on Canadian social media.

But experts in security and diplomacy say Vickers’ decision to take matters into his own hands raises serious questions of judgment.

“From what I can see of all this, it was certainly an over-reaction on the part of the ambassador, at a minimum,” said Gar Pardy, a former Canadian diplomat and director general of consular affairs.

Video of the altercation appears to show Vickers briefly chasing Murphy before forcibly wrestling him along a walkway past a stone-faced guard of honour.

Pardy said the incident may quickly blow over unless the Irish government chooses to raise a formal diplomatic complaint, which he doubts it will do.

Vickers may have been acting on instinct and training after spending 29 years in the RCMP, Veronica Kitchen, a political scientist who specializes in international security at the University of Waterloo, said in an interview.

“Protecting his own safety is OK,” said Kitchen.

“But given that he was at an event about commemorating British soldiers who were killed in the Easter Rising . . . it was probably not a great time for him to be using force against a protester.”

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Overall, the document touches on a range of subjects, including refugees, health, terrorism, security, climate, trade and the global economy.

The content of the G7 stance against paying ransoms did not appear to go much further than the leaders’ position on the same issue at a summit three years ago.

In the document, the leaders said they “unequivocally reiterate” their resolve not to pay ransoms to terrorists.

“It doesn’t seem like a firm commitment does it?” said David Welch, CIGI chair of global security at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

“This was a Canadian push, that much is clear.

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World BRIEFS Egypt says search for crashed EgyptAir plane narrows CAIRO — The search for the EgyptAir plane which crashed last week killing all 66 people on board has narrowed to a 5-kilometre-wide area in the Mediterranean Sea, based on signals from the craft’s emergency beacon, Egypt’s chief investigator said.

The chief investigator, Ayman al-Moqadem, said late Thursday that Airbus had given Egyptian authorities information on the Emergency Locator Transmitter, or ELT, from the doomed aircraft.

An official from the Egyptian investigation team on Friday clarified that the beacon information was from the day of the crash, May 19, and that no new signal had been found. An Airbus official said he was unaware of any ELT received or given to the Egyptians.

Both officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.

The ELT’s signal is too weak to transmit information from underwater, unlike the locator pings emitted by the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, known as the black box. Al-Moqadem stressed that the black boxes have not been found, which he said requires highly sophisticated technology. But he said the search was now being conducted in a 5-kilometre area. He did not clarify how long the search has been narrowed to that area.

A French naval oceanographic research ship, Laplace, carrying a long-range acoustic system able to detect signals from the black box is headed to the crash site, France’s air accident investigation agency, the BEA, said in a statement. The ship left Corsica on Thursday and was due to reach the crash area on Monday or Sunday, it said.

Savchenko: I could run for president if Ukrainians want it MOSCOW — Nadiya Savchenko, a pilot who returned to a hero’s welcome in Ukraine after two years in Russian custody, declared Friday she would run for president if that’s what Ukrainians wanted.

Her comments are sure to send a thunderbolt through Ukraine’s political system, which is already in turmoil due to a devastating war with separatists in the east, failing efforts to combat government corruption and a collapsing economy.

Savchenko was captured in eastern Ukraine by Russian-backed separatists in June 2014 when she was serving in a volunteer Ukrainian battalion.

She resurfaced in Russian custody — she says she was kidnapped and spirited across the border, Russians say she came in illegally. In March, she was convicted of acting as a spotter for mortar fire that killed two Russian journalists and sentenced to 22 years in a Russian prison.

Savchenko was released Wednesday after being pardoned on humanitarian grounds by Russian President Vladimir Putin — he says at the urging of the journalists’ relatives — and traded for two Russian military men convicted in Ukraine. She received a rapturous welcome in Kyiv, lauded for her flinty defiance of the harsh Russian justice system.

At her first news conference upon her return, the 35-year-old told reporters Friday in Kyiv that what she would like best is to return to her job as a military pilot. But she said she is willing to launch a political career if this could help Ukraine deal with the separatist war and snap out of political and economic turmoil.

When asked if she was willing to run for president, she replied: “Ukrainians, if you want me to become president, I will become president.”

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U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor and a creator of the memorial for American Second World War POWs killed in Hiroshima, during a ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, bringing global attention both to survivors and to his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons. thousands still seared by memories of that day.

Ninety-one-year-old Sunao Tsuboi, the head of a survivors group, energetically engaged the president in conversation, telling Obama he would be remembered as someone who listened to the voice of a few survivors. He urged him to come back and meet more.

“He was holding my hands until the end,” Tsuboi said. “I was almost about to ask him to stop holding my hands, but he wouldn’t.”

Obama stepped over to meet historian Shigeaki Mori. Just 8 when the bomb hit, Mori had to hold

UNHCR concerned about conditions of evacuees from Idomeni GENEVA — The UN refugee agency is expressing concerns that migrants and refugees who have been moved to several sites with “sub-standard conditions” after being evacuated from a makeshift camp near Greece’s border town of Idomeni.

UNHCR says some evacuees were taken to “derelict warehouses and factories” with “insufficient” supplies of food, water, toilets, showers and electricity.

At a briefing in Geneva on Friday, UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming called on Greek authorities, with financial support from the European Union, to find “better alternatives quickly” for some of those moved out from Idomeni, which is near the Macedonian border.

The agency said in a statement Friday that it was concerned that some families are being separated during their transfer from Idomeni, but noted that the evacuations took place “without the use of force.”

Brazil police identify 4 of 30-plus men wanted in gang rape RIO DE JANEIRO — Police said Friday that they have identified and are searching for four of the more than 30 men suspected in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, a case that has rocked Latin America’s largest nation and highlighted its endemic problem of violence against women.

The announcement came as acting President Michel Temer called an emergency meeting of the security ministers for each of Brazil’s states to consider gender-related crimes.

back tears at the emotion of the moment.

Obama patted him on the back and wrapped him in a warm embrace. From there, Obama and Abe walked along a tree-lined path toward a river that flows by the iconic A-bomb dome, the skeletal remains of an exhibition hall that stands as silent testimony to the awful power of the bomb blast 71 years ago and as a symbol for international peace.

Abe welcomed the president’s message and offered his own determination “to realize a world free of nuclear weapons, no matter how long or how difficult the road will be.”

“It’s absurd that in the 21st century we have to live with barbarous crimes like this,” Temer said in a statement. He promised to create a federal police force unit tasked with tackling crimes against women.

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HIROSHIMA, Japan — With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima on Friday and declared it a fitting place to summon people everywhere to embrace the vision of a world without nuclear weapons.

As the first American president to visit the city where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb, Obama came to acknowledge — but not apologize for — an act many Americans see as a justified end to a brutal war that Japan started with a sneak attack at Pearl Harbor.

Some 140,000 people died after a U.S. warplane targeted wartime Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and 70,000 more perished in Nagasaki, where a second bomb was dropped three days later. Japan soon surrendered.

“Their souls speak to us,” Obama said of the dead.

“They ask us to look inward, to take stock of who we are and who we might become.”

With a lofty speech and a warm embrace for an elderly survivor, Obama renewed the call for a nuclear-free future that he had first laid out in a 2009 speech in Prague.

This time, Obama spoke as a far more experienced president than the one who had employed his upbeat “Yes, we can” campaign slogan on the first go-round.

The president, who has made uneven progress on his nuclear agenda over the past seven years, spoke of “the courage to escape the logic of fear” as he held out hope for diligent, incremental steps to reduce nuclear stockpiles.

“We may not realize this goal in my lifetime, but persistent effort can roll back the possibility of catastrophe,” he said.

Obama spent less than two hours in Hiroshima but seemed to accomplish what he came for. It was a choreographed performance meant to close old wounds without inflaming new passions on a subject still fraught after all these years.

In a solemn ceremony on a sunwashed afternoon, Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe placed wreaths before the cenotaph, a simple arched stone monument at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park. Only the clicking of camera shutters intruded on the moment as Obama closed his eyes and briefly bowed his head.

Then, after each leader gave brief remark, Obama approached two aging survivors of the bombing who were seated in the front row, standing in for the