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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Loaves and Fishes will cease to operate in Red Deer come July 1 due to an ongoing funding shortfall and The Mustard Seed is moving in to replace the work of the faith-based charity.

Loaves and Fishes is transferring its assets and facilities, including the soup kitchen at 6002 54th Ave., to The Mustard Seed, a Christian charity that has operated in Calgary and Edmonton for over 30 years to help those living in poverty and the homeless.

Loaves and Fishes Benevolent Society has operated in Red Deer for more than 20 years to provide meals at its soup kitchen, a popular school lunch for students, and outreach and pastoral services for clients.

The basement of its building is rented by Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing where it runs People’s Place, a 35-bed overnight shelter for the homeless.

On May 19, Loaves and Fishes board of directors made the decision to shut down on June 30 after its annual $285,000 budget came up short again this year by $25,000 to $30,000.

The majority of its support comes from individuals, a few organizations and fundraisers.

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Pure Fitness CrossFit in Red Deer held their annual Riot on the River competition Saturday with athletes from across the province converging on the gym to test their fitness. The CrossFit-like competition featured an RX category where athletes competed in more demanding movements and heavier weight lifting movements and a scaled division where competitors lifted lighter weights and were tasked with slightly easier movements. Here Jack Barschel and his partner Kia Piche work to complete a clean and jerk ladder in the scaled division during one of the four events Saturday. A total of 46 co-ed teams of two took part in the days events.

Thieves target donation cans at Sunnybrook Farm Museum

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Sunnybrook Farm Museum has once again become a target for thieves.

At 7 a.m. on Friday morning, a male wearing a hoodie and riding a BMX bike removed a cash donation cream can at the entrance to the museum property. He hid it on the property and staff found it.

Museum executive director Ian Warwick said the thief likely hid the can because he didn’t have the tools to open the can and riding down the street with the can on his bike would have been too conspicuous.

“I think he was planning on coming back the next night with bolt cutters to get into it,” Warwick said on Monday.

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A suspect removed a cash donation cream can on Friday.

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Re-entry for some Fort McMurray evacuees delayed until September

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says concerns about environmental contamination will delay the return of up to 2,000 evacuees expecting to move back to their homes in fire-damaged Fort McMurray until as late as September.

Re-entering the scarred community is to proceed this week for most residents as previously announced. But Notley said Monday that more than 500 homes and about a dozen apartment complexes that escaped a wildfire earlier this month in three otherwise heavily damaged neighbourhoods are not safe to be lived in yet.

She said that conclusion was reached with health experts following

tests that found ash tainted with toxic heavy metals and carcinogens such dioxins and furans.

“It was determined that the volume of what we’ve just described was suf-

‘IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VOLUME OF (ASH TAINTED WITH TOXIC HEAVY METALS AND CARCINOGENS) WAS SUFFICIENT THAT THOSE INTACT HOMES WERE NOT SAFE UNTIL THAT KIND OF WASTE WAS REMOVED.’ — PREMIER RACHEL NOTLEY

ficient that those intact homes were not safe until that kind of waste was removed,” Notley said. “It means that people who live in those neigh-

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It was also significantly contaminated with metals, some of them toxic.

Arsenic, lead, antimony, copper, zinc and chromium were all found at levels exceeding Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.

As well, ash particles from urban-wildfire blazes tended to be smaller and more easily inhaled.

Both arsenic and hexavalent chromium — a form of the metal known to cause lung cancer — were more readily taken up by lung fluids than they were in water.

Arrangements will be made for people from the affected homes in Fort McMurray to make a one-time visit.

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Liz Battle is pushed along the pathway by Parker Vanderzwan at Bower Ponds during the beginning of the MS Walk in Red Deer on Sunday morning, The two were joined by Mary O’Donnell, right. The three were part of Team V. headed by Kelly Vanderzwan, who has MS. Kelly and her team have raised over $100,000 for MS research. The walk on the weekend is the MS Red Deer chapter’s biggest fundraising event and brings the community together for a united show of support in the fight to end MS. This year runners and walkers had the choice of running five or 10 km or walking 1.5 or 8 km. routes. years.

By 2038, the province estimates that about 10 per cent of Albertans over the age of 65, and nearly half over age 90, will be living with dementia.

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BRIEFS Sylvan Lake liquor store robbery nets jail time A man arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Sylvan Lake in the fall of 2014 is now serving time in a federal prison.

Peter Elvin Hofer, now 45, was arrested on Oct. 30, 2014 by police acting on a tip concerning an armed robbery three days earlier at the Plaza Liquor Store in Sylvan Lake.

Hofer was charged with armed robbery and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Originally set for trial in Red Deer provincial court in mid-December, Hofer instead pleaded guilty to the robbery, with the second charge withdrawn as a result.

He was sentenced on April 7 to serve 66 months, minus 11 months and 15 days of credit for time he spent in pre-trial custody.

Alberta expands dementia care service to Calgary and Edmonton regions

EDMONTON — Alberta lawmakers are to debate a government motion on medically assisted dying.

The motion introduced by the NDP says Albertans may exercise their right to get medical assistance in dying and there will be safeguards to protect vulnerable people.

It says the province will respect conscience rights and the right of patients to access the service.

Brandy Payne, associate minister of health, says the motion to be debated Tuesday will give opposition members the chance to state an opinion on the divisive issue.

The province will then move forward with a plan based on the Supreme Court of Canada decision and proposed federal legislation.

Payne says Alberta’s policy will be closely monitored and reviewed within one year.

“While the availability of medically assisted dying will provide relief from pain and suffering for many Albertans, it is a brand new area of practice and it is important that we ensure it is being practised safely,” Payne said in a release Monday.

Wildrose says member suspended from legislature could be back in days

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services says it is expanding a program to help people with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, in the Calgary and Edmonton regions.

People with the condition or their caregivers in these regions can now call a special 811 phone line for health advice.

Callers may also be referred to a special dementia nurse.

The 811 service has been available in areas outside of these regions since last year.

The province estimates about 40,000 Albertans are living with dementia, a syndrome that affects memory, thinking, orientation, judgment and the ability to carry out daily activities.

The government expects the number of dementia cases to more than double in Alberta in coming

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition Wildrose party says suspended finance critic Derek Fildebrandt could return to caucus within days.

But Wildrose leader Brian Jean says Fildebrandt first needs to make some changes to how he communicates on social media.

Fildebrandt was suspended late Friday night after he applauded a reader comment on his Facebook page that mocked the sexuality of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.

Wynne is openly gay.

A day earlier, Fildebrandt was criticized for lambasting Ontario’s high debt and spending while Wynne sat watching in the Alberta legislature gallery.

Jean says Fildebrandt’s suspension has nothing to do with his criticism of Wynne in the house.

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EDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP government says the discourteous treatment of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in the legislature raises concerns the Opposition Wildrose party is trying to scuttle the Energy East pipeline deal for partisan political gain.

Government House Leader Brian Mason said while the National Energy Board makes decisions on pipelines, building political bridges with other provinces is critical.

“Ultimately the decision (on the pipeline) will have to be made by the federal cabinet, and so the position of Ontario and other provinces is an important factor that the federal cabinet will have to weigh,” Mason said Monday.

“There’s absolutely no question in my mind that the government of Ontario and the premier of Ontario are key potential allies for our province in getting our product to tidewater.

“The fact the Wildrose can’t see that, and plays games to try and damage the government, means that they’re putting their partisan political advantage ahead of the interests of the province as a whole and that is a shame.”

The Energy East line would take Alberta crude across Canada, including Ontario, to pipelines and refineries in New Brunswick to get a better global price for a key Canadian resource.

Wynne has said she would support the line with conditions, including high environmental and safety standards.

Wynne came as a guest of the Alberta legislature Thursday. As she sat in the gallery, Wildrose finance critic Derek Fildebrandt labelled Ontario one of the worst debt and spending offenders in the world and urged Notley not to follow the lead of the Ontario government.

Fildebrandt also heckled Notley, demanding to know why she had invited Wynne and not Alberta’s next-door neighbour, Premier Brad Wall of Saskatchewan.

A day later, Wildrose house leader Nathan Cooper said the caucus regretted the tone of the questions, a point reiterated by Jean on Monday.

“The tone and some of the heckling was inappropriate given that Ms. Wynne was in the audience. We regret that tone and we’ve come clean to that and we’ve mentioned that and we’ve apologized to Ms. Wynne,” Jean said.

Jean was asked whether the Wildrose still supports Energy East.

“Absolutely,” he replied.

Cooper said Friday he didn’t believe the Wynne affair hurt Alberta’s ability to gain political support for Energy East.

Other legislature leaders said regardless of political stripe, all parties need to work in Albertans’ best interests.

“If they (the Wildrose) do want genuinely to build a pipeline east they’re not acting in a way that promotes that possibility,” said Liberal Leader David Swann.

“They just shot themselves and Alberta in the foot with these comments.”

Greg Clark said he doesn’t believe the Wildrose is working against the pipeline.

“Our friends in Wildrose tend to see the world in very political terms. As a result I can see why Brian Mason may think that,” said Clark.

“What I will say is the way they treated Kathleen Wynne on Thursday is not helpful.”

Progressive Conservative Leader Ric McIver said, “We are here solely to serve Albertans. If any of us can’t remember that, maybe we should be somewhere else.”

Also Monday, Jean announced that Fildebrandt could be back in the Wildrose caucus was early as the next few days but first needs to make some changes to how he communicates on social media.

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NDP squabble, Tories start recovery CHANTAL HÉBERT OPINION

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ittle could be more different than the post-election conventions the New Democrats and the Conservatives have held this spring.

The first featured the summary execution of leader Thomas Mulcair at the hands of party members and an unresolved divisive battle for the soul of the party. The New Democrats left Edmonton in early April in disarray and in poorer spirits than when they arrived.

The weekend’s Conservative convention had almost celebratory undertones. No one is ever happy about losing an election, and the delegates had plenty to say about the party’s last campaign. But they spent Stephen Harper’s decade in power under a cone of silence, and they were determined to make the most of what some called the party’s “glasnost.”

It was the most open Conservative convention in more than 10 years and, for the most part, its participants left

Vancouver feeling good about their party’s prospects.

A year-long leadership contest could still bring long-standing fault lines back to the surface, but for now at least, the Conservatives — even though they fell from a greater height in the last election — are on a faster track to recovery than the New Democrats.

Here are some reasons: The party that Harper is leaving behind is a different, more mature creature than the collection of fractious factions that came together under his leadership in 2003. A decade in power has made its members more inclined to pragmatism than to protest. Some of that was on evidence on the weekend as the Conservatives belatedly aligned party policy with Canadian legal reality on same-sex marriage and endorsed the partial decriminalization of marijuana.

The federal NDP has never experienced the transformative discipline of power. Its dominant opposition culture has long been at odds with that of the provincial New Democrats, who have spent time on the governing side of politics. Many federal activists see the role of permanent underdog as more virtuous than that of top dog. They were always suspicious of Jack Layton

and Mulcair’s efforts to make the party a more viable governing alternative.

Harper’s political career ended just as abruptly as Mulcair’s, but it was voters who wielded the knife. The election defeat spared the Conservatives the kind of behind-the-scenes regicide attempts that leave hard-to-heal divisions within a political family.

The issue of Mulcair’s leadership split the Edmonton convention right down the middle. The New Democrats left town after their convention with virtual blood on their hands. It was an unprecedented episode in the history of the federal party that will overshadow his succession.

The upcoming Conservative leadership campaign will feature ideological differences, but will not be a battle of ideologies. The party views itself as a government-in-waiting and is looking for a leader with a profile to match that overriding goal. This weekend, the Conservatives signalled they are willing to ditch parts of Harper’s legacy that could hold them back. They primarily want to fight the next election on the economic battlefield.

No consensus exists within New Democrat ranks as to what kind of leader the party needs going forward.

The leadership campaign is lining up to be a battle for proxy over the very

purpose of the federal NDP and its place in the political universe.

The Conservatives overwhelmingly share the notion that Justin Trudeau is taking Canada in the wrong direction. It is no accident that the party has raised more money than its rivals in the months since the election. The hope of driving the Liberals from office acts as powerful incentive on the party base.

So far, a majority of New Democrats are relatively happy with the Liberal rule. They neither hold a grudge against the prime minister who beat them last year, nor do they feel particularly threatened by his agenda. It is harder to keep the peace within a party tent absent a major threat outside it.

All that being said, many Conservatives know in their heart of hearts that most incumbents are re-elected for a second mandate. Anecdotal evidence at the Vancouver convention suggests too many of them continue to underestimate Trudeau’s skills. But for better or for worse, they are at least in general agreement as to what their party — post-Harper — is about. The opposite is true of the post-Mulcair NDP. Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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The Zika virus and the Rio de Janeiro Olympics GWYNNE DYER OPINION

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n the past, the only excuse for cancelling the Olympic Games has been a world war (Berlin 1916, Tokyo 1940, London 1944). But if this year’s Games had been scheduled for somewhere in West Africa two years ago, when the Ebola outbreak was nearing its peak, they would certainly have been called off. So should the Olympic Games scheduled to begin in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5 be cancelled, moved or postponed?

The health risk in Brazil’s case is the Zika virus, transmitted by mosquito bites, which appeared in the country two years ago. It causes only a mild fever, if any at all, but it has been linked to a huge increase in the number of cases of microcephaly, in which babies are born with small, underdeveloped brains. Some die; most survive, but with moderate to severe learning difficulties.

The 4,700 cases of microcephaly in Brazil since last October (vs. 150 in all of 2014) suggest that the country has a big public health problem, but the Zika virus hardly compares with RED DEER

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the Ebola virus, which kills half the people who become infected. Yet 152 health professionals from around the world have now signed an open letter demanding that the Brazil Olympics do not go ahead as scheduled.

The letter, addressed to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and published on Friday, was initiated

by Prof. Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa. “Sports fans who are wealthy enough to visit Rio’s Games choose Zika’s risks for themselves,” he said, “but when some of them return home infected, their fellow citizens bear the risk too.”

The WHO and the IOC immediately rejected his proposal, the former pointing out that the Olympic visitors, expected to number between 350,000 and 500,000, are only a small fraction of the six million visitors to Brazil each year — and that nine million Brazilians, potentially already carrying the Zika virus, travel abroad each year.

Why focus specifically on the Olympics?

Because, says Dr. Attaran, the Olympic athletes and tourists will include many people from countries whose citizens would not normally visit Rio. Some of those countries have poor public health services and warm climates, but are still Zika-free: “It cannot possibly help to send a half-million travellers into Rio from places that News News tips 403-314-4333 Sports line 403-343-2244 News fax 403-341-6560 Sports editor 403-314-4363 editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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would not normally have strong travel connections with Rio and therefore set up new dissemination channels.”

Ah, says WHO, but there should be relatively few mosquitoes in Rio in August, which is mid-winter in Brazil.

Yes, but dengue fever, which is transmitted by the same mosquitoes, is up this year, says Attaran.

Federal troops are spraying for mosquitoes, and neighbourhood health inspectors have been tasked with eliminating standing bodies of water where they are known to breed, says the government. Do you really believe that the Brazilian government is capable of eradicating mosquitoes in Rio even temporarily? asks anyone who has ever had contact with Brazilian bureaucracy. So the argument goes, back and forth, and it’s getting ugly.

Prof. Attaran has even publicly accused the WHO of defending the IOC because the two organizations have officially been in partnership since 2010: “It is ignorant and arrogant for the WHO to march hand-in-hand with the IOC.” And there is a lot of money on the table.

The Brazilian government is spending $10 billion on the Olympics and there’s another $3 billion at risk in various media and service contracts, very little of which will be covered by insurance if the Games are cancelled.

So much of the insistence that all will

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be well is certainly driven by concern about the money that would be lost.

The risk of spreading the Zika virus to some countries that would probably not otherwise get it until much later is real and relevant, because work is underway on a vaccine and a year or two could make a big difference. But let’s be realistic: the Rio Olympics cannot be moved in the time that remains and will not be cancelled or postponed. So what should be done?

Dr. Lawrence Gostin, director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, has the answer: “What is urgently needed is for the international community, led by the WHO, to declare an all-out war on the mosquito population in Rio.” A concerted, well-funded effort under close international supervision could reduce that population to near zero, at least for the time that the Olympics last.

That has not yet happened, mainly because it would be humiliating for Brazil to admit that it cannot do it on its own. Given the internal political crisis raging in the country, it will be hard to find a senior politician in Brasilia with the guts to ask for that kind of help. But it’s time to go looking for one.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

CANADA: DAY 1

Seeing evidence of the old West in downtown Calgary was a heart-stopping experience for one immigrant to Alberta.

“I was horrified to see cowboys with guns strapped to their sides,” said the man who arrived to Canada from Germany in 1956.

He breathed easier when someone explained to him what the Calgary Stampede was all about.

These and other stories about the immigrant experience are related in Canada: Day 1, at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. The travelling exhibition from the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, is part museum display and part art display.

Questions about why newcomers came to this country, what they bring, and what they find are answered through direct quotations from Canadian immigrants, vintage photographs that go back a century, artifacts and art installations.

Canada’s ignoble immigration policies are touched on in the exhibit — including the head tax implemented to stem immigration from China early in the 1900s.

A quotation from a British immigrant who arrived on our shores during this period tells of cruel practices “that separated husbands from wives and children from parents.”

Those deemed unfit for entry were put back on boats and returned to their

by the beauty of the autumnal landscape. An African immigrant, initially alarmed by an ambulance with sirens blaring going by with a fire engine and a police car, later marvelled that such a force would be deployed to save one human life.

Kim Verrier, the Red Deer museum’s co-ordinator of visitor experience, hopes the display will give a tantalizing glimpse into various aspects of the immigration experience. For the many Central Albertans who relocated to this country, she believes it will be a poignant reminder of what it was like to start over.

“I think it’s a powerful exhibit … a stepping stone to discovering the many stories in our community.”

It continues to Aug. 14.

Some special events are planned around the display: On Tuesday students will learn about refugee camps through various activities from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; On July 17 a Welcome to Red Deer western-themed party will be held from 1-4 p.m. with games, crafts, food and music; From July 5-Aug. 20 Arts and Culture Tuesdays will be held with creative projects for kids.

Starting next week, a community tree will be ‘grown’ as part of the exhibit, with visitors welcome to add a branch.

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A long-time resident of Red Deer is facing criminal charges over a neighbourhood dispute.

Sunnybrook resident Robert Charlton, 78, has been charged with assault with a weapon and uttering threats in connection with an incident investigated by Red Deer City RCMP. Details of the incident have not been made public.

Charlton is scheduled to enter his plea on June 29 at the case management office of Red Deer provincial court.

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Monybany Minyang Dau, one of two Red Deer-based immigrants included in the exhibit, is a former child soldier from Sudan who resettled here after first being educated in Cuba.

Dau recalled in his video statement

how strange it felt to observe for the first time our quiet, reserved society, compared to boisterous, noisy Cuban culture.

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Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery program assistant Sophie Simard works in the gallery on Tuesday making notes on a new exhibit. Canada: Day One Immigration Experience is currently on display.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — With just one week to go, the federal government acknowledged publicly for the first time Monday that it may not be able to meet the Supreme Court’s June 6 deadline for passing a law to govern medically assisted death.

Health Minister Jane Philpott said the government now risks missing next week’s court-imposed deadline — the first time a Liberal cabinet minister has admitted what to many observers now seems patently obvious.

Members of Parliament voted later Monday on an array of amendments to the government’s controversial assisted-death bill, known as C-14, though all proposed changes were rejected.

The bill cleared report stage by a vote of 192 to 129 and its third and final reading in the Commons is expected on Tuesday.

“We are at risk of not meeting the June 6 deadline,” said Philpott, noting that the bill would establish a clear legislative framework for both patients and their health care providers.

“Having said that, it is my hope that we can see this piece of legislation put into effect at the very soonest possible date.”

On Monday, Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said any public consternation over physician-assisted dying ought not be attributed to a lack of awareness about the issue.

“The court initiated what was to be a process and Parliament has to play its role in that process,” McLachlin said during a question-and-answer session at the University of Calgary.

“That’s where we are now.”

In February 2015, the high court recognized the right of consenting adults enduring intolerable physical or mental suffering to end their lives with a doctor’s help.

The top court suspended its decision for a year to allow for Parliament and provincial legislatures to respond, if they chose, with a bill consistent with the constitutional parameters it set out.

In January, the court agreed to allow four additional months to the federal government to produce a new law, but with an exemption for anyone who wished to ask a judge to end his or her life earlier.

The result was C-14 — a bill that

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Judge denies bail to man accused of killing 2 seniors EDMONTON — An Alberta man accused of killing two seniors has been denied bail on new charges laid during his murder trial.

Travis Vader was arrested on May 10 and charged with break and enter, possession of stolen property and breaching conditions of his release on the murder charges.

Vader is currently on trial for firstdegree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, whose bodies were never found after they left for a camping trip in July of 2010.

Vader has pleaded not guilty to both counts.

Innocent verdict for Canadian held in U.A.E. The family of a Canadian imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates for nearly two years says the man has been acquitted of all charges in what human rights advocates have called an unjust case.

But Salim Alaradi’s family says the man has still not been released from custody, despite being declared innocent.

Alaradi had originally been on

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ASSISTED DYING 1. What will happen if there is no legislation in place?

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has said critically ill Canadians will have access to physician-assisted dying — even if there is no law passed by June 6 — and patients will no longer need to seek a court exemption. The group says physician-assisted dying will be regulated by the provincial and territorial health care laws as well as the standards of the medical profession, and that patients will be required to meet the criteria set out by the Supreme Court in its decision.

2. What are some of the federal government’s concerns about failing to meet the deadline?

On Monday, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said the government is committed to moving forward with Bill C-14.

“We are committed to having in place, it is our responsibility as parliamentarians, a legal framework in this country that ensures we find the right balance between personal autonomy, protection of the vulnerable and ensuring there is access in this country,” she told the Commons during question period.

3. What will be the role for regulatory bodies?

The Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in every province and one of three territories have issued guidelines that doctors must follow in providing medical assistance in dying.

With the exception of Quebec, all rely heavily on the eligibility criteria set out by the Supreme Court last year in a landmark ruling which concluded that the procedure should be available to clearly consenting adults with “grievous and irremediable” medical conditions who are enduring intolhas touched off a deafening chorus of disappointment from a multitude of constitutional experts, medical professionals and human-rights advocates, including the Canadian Bar Association.

According to the legislation, in order to be eligible for a medically assisted death, a person must be sometrial for terrorism charges which were abruptly dropped in March and replaced with two lesser offences.

His acquittal on Monday was on charges of allegedly providing supplies to groups in a foreign country without permission of the U.A.E. government and collecting donations without the government’s permission.

erable suffering. The provincial regulatory bodies have done a very good job given the circumstances, Philpott said.

“I’ve seen the pieces of regulations that they have put into effect — they’re very good,” she said. “Having said that, they are not consistent across the country, so that’s a challenging in and of itself.”

Organizations that provide legal advice to health care providers have noted they would not feel comfortable proceeding without legislation in place, she added.

4. What else are we hearing from the medical community?

The Canadian Medical Association has stressed the need for legislation to be in place by June 6. The organization fears that a lack of clear laws will create anxiety in the medical world.

The Canadian Pharmacists Association also backs the government’s bill.

“Bill C-14 strikes the appropriate balance between ensuring Canadians’ right to access to assisted dying while providing the necessary protections for health care professionals who choose to participate in assisted dying,” it said in a statement Monday.

5. What can be expected from the Senate at it looks to examine the bill?

Some senators have already indicated they will closely scrutinize the legislation in the upper chamber once it lands there later this week. Some members have already questioned the bill’s constitutionality, while others have proposed a number of amendments.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also cut ties with the Liberals in the Senate prior to the election, so those former Liberal senators won’t feel obliged to follow the government’s approach. There are also independent members in the chamber as well. one who is “suffering intolerably” and for whom a natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.”

They must also be a consenting adult, at least 18 years old, with a serious and incurable disease, illness or disability, and be in “an advanced state of irreversible decline.”

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“I apologize for the province’s silence in the face of abuses and deaths at residential schools,” Wynne said at the Ontario legislature as residential school survivors looked on.

“And I apologize for the fact that the residential schools are only one example of systemic, intergenerational injustices inflicted upon indigenous communities.”

The formal apology was part of Ontario’s response to the 2015 report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which found that thousands of children were physically and sexually abused at residential schools, and more than 300 died.

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OTTAWA — The federal government says it will seek the public’s support for whatever changes it ends up deciding to propose for Canada’s electoral system.

But the threshold for that support, and how it will be achieved, remained unclear Monday as the Opposition Conservatives continued to demand that the question of how best to improve the system be put to a referendum.

“We’re going to ensure the will of Canadians is behind whatever we put forward,” said MP Mark Holland, parliamentary secretary to Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef.

Holland encouraged opposition MPs during question period to get their constituents involved in the reform process. “Help us to change the status quo, improve our system, modernize our electoral system and bring us into the 21st century.”

Monsef told the Toronto Star newspaper during this past weekend’s Liberal policy convention in Winnipeg that the government won’t go ahead with any changes without broad buy-in from voters.

“Canadians can rest assured that unless we have their broad buy-in, we’re not moving forward with any changes,” Monsef was quoted as saying.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised during last year’s federal election that 2015 would be the last year a Canadian campaign is decided by the so-called first-past-the-post system, which has been in place since Confederation.

But the Liberals have been accused of trying to “stack the deck” for proposing that a committee dominated by Liberals would have the final say on any suggested changes to that system.

There have also been complaints that the reform process is taking too long. It could take years to adopt a new system and the next federal election is scheduled for 2019.

But time is needed to hear from Canadians about their preferences for a new system, Holland said.

“We want to make sure that Canadians’ voices are heard, that they’re given a proper opportunity to be involved in modernizing their system,” he said.

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CHARITY: Difficult to access grants Bill Mearns, Loaves and Fishes board chair, said for the last two or three years its been difficult to access grants. “We’re extremely disappointed. We’ve been fortunate to have a long run and it was developed to help the people who are most needy. We’ve done that and we’re encouraged to think that’s going to continue,�

Mearns said on Monday. “The Seed is in a very good position to improve and upgrade what we’ve been doing and they have a reputation that people understand and know.�

Mearns said Loaves and Fishes is continuing operations until the end of June to prevent any impact on the school lunch program which feeds 350 students each school day.

Stephen Wile, chief executive officer of The Mustard Seed, said the school lunch program will carry on. “Whether or not we partner with somebody to do this, we feel very strongly the lunch program is meeting a need that’s not being met any other way. We’re certainly going to continue that come September,�

Wile said.

Safe Harbour has been given notice to move People’s Place by June 30.

Wile, who is meeting with Safe Harbour on Tuesday, said Safe Harbour will be allowed to remain on site until a new location is found. “We certainly want to honour (Safe Harbour) and recognize that they’re doing essential service in Red Deer. We’re going to try to be really sensitive to them and their needs as we move forward, but I don’t want to guarantee that space is going to be available because we don’t know what the best use of that building is going to be in the future.�

Wile said Mustard Seed will do a needs assessment and will look to fill in gaps in services.

In Calgary, the organization runs an emergency homeless shelter for 370 people a night and has 300 supportive apartments units. In Edmonton. It has a drop-in centre that serves a hot supper to 325 people each night and 20 apartment units.

As advocates for the homeless, Mustard Seed staff work with people on the issues of employment, health and mental health and addictions support.

Wile said 60 per cent of operational funding for Mustard Seed comes from individual donors, about 30 per cent come from government contracts, and about 10 from rents or leases.

Loaves and Fishes currently serves lunch to about 200 people a day, three times a week, at its soup kitchen and also operates a housing program for about six people addressing addictions.

Mearns said the 14 staff members at Loaves and Fishes will be able to apply for jobs with Mustard Seed and he thanked the many volunteers who have helped through the years. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

WILDFIRE: Temporary return to inspect residences “We believe it will be possible to arrange for these residents to temporarily return to inspect their residences and retrieve their belongings,� Notley

Central Alberta’s Children’s Festival.

The fun-filled event is slated for Friday and Saturday at Rotary Recreation Park in Red Deer.

There will be more than 40 tents and activity stations including bubble wrap popping, Science World, Diversity Corner, face painting, fun physical activities and much more.

The festival runs on Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets are $6 for individuals; $20 for a family pass (family of four); $30 family anytime pass (family of four) and $5 for school classes per person and children under one are free.

Purchase tickets at the gate, or order in advance by calling 403-343-6400.

The Central Alberta Children’s Festival promotes the benefits and values of the performing arts not just by showing children and families the entertainment but also by getting them involved at the lowest cost possible, according to the festival website.

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Crews will attempt to stabilize the ash and remaining debris by spraying it with a non-toxic substance which Notley compared to papier mache.

Called a tackifier, the product is made from wood pulp and recycled paper.

Meanwhile, services are slowly being restored in preparation for residents who will return on schedule. Gas stations and grocery stores are being restocked. “They’re working very quickly with those key retail providers,� Notley said. “We are certainly encouraging people to bring up as much of their own stuff as they can.�

The Red Cross also announced Monday that it is releasing another $20 million from donations to everyone able to move back.

Returnees are to receive $300 for the first person in a household and $50 for each additional person.

The electronic transfer of cash is intended to help with immediate expenses such as buying cleaning supplies and replacing rotten food.

More than $100 million has been donated to the Fort McMurray relief effort. Tuesday is the last day for individual donations to be matched by the federal and Alberta governments.

A provincial state of emergency that has been in effect in the Wood Buffalo municipality since shortly after the fire whipped through the city is to be extended until the end of June to co-ordinate cleanup and return of residents more easily, Notley said.

The fire is still burning and covers about 5,800 square kilometres, although it is not expected to

grow significantly in coming days due to cooler and wetter weather conditions. About 300 South African firefighters have arrived to help, which brings the number battling the blaze to 2,000.

Body of young man found in Sundre home Investigors continue to investigate after the body of a young man was found early Monday morning.

Sundre RCMP called to a home on 2nd Street SW at about 1:15 a.m. confirm that a man in his 20s was found deceased at the scene.

Investigations are still in preliminary stages and police have not yet determined whether there was any foul play involved in the man’s death, Cpl. Sharon Franks, media officer for the RCMP in Southern Alberta, said on Monday afternoon.

Further details will be released as they become available, said Franks.

THEFT: Disturbing trend started last year Then at 2 a.m. on Saturday, two people wearing hoodies who brought tools, took off with the other cream can on the property.

Warwick said the cans are emptied regularly so it’s likely that not much money was stolen, but it’s a disturbing trend that started last year. “The people are trying to steal donations from citizens of Red Deer. That’s what’s upsetting to us. “For 25 years we have operated with these donation bins on our site and they’ve never been touched.�

He said the museum reduced the number of donation cans on site and has had to spend more money on security. Every time a lock on a donation can is broken it costs $25 to replace it.

The thieves were caught on surveillance video that can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/sunnybrookfarmAB. Anyone with information can contact Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sliding down the ranks CANADA FALLS TO 10TH PLACE IN IMD RANKING, WORST IN YEARS

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OTTAWA — A plunge in commodity prices hurt Canada as it fell to 10th place in the latest rankings of business competitiveness by the IMD World Competitiveness Center, its worst position in several years.

The Swiss-based group, part of the IMD business school, ranked Canada in fifth place last year.

The drop came as the downturn in commodity prices hits the economy hard and dragged down its ranking in several key categories for economic growth.

“I think most of the major issues that originated the drop in the ranking are external to Canada, something that is out of the control of policy-makers at the moment,” said Jose Caballero, senior economist at the IMD World Competitiveness Center.

“It’s true, it’s a drop, it’s concerning, but fluctuations in the top 10 are expected.”

Canada wasn’t the only country to slip in its ranking.

The United States was knocked down from of its top ranking to third place as Hong Kong took over first spot and Switzerland finished second. Rounding out the top five were Singapore in fourth place and Sweden in fifth.

The rankings, which judge a country’s ability to create and maintain an environment that helps businesses remain competitive, are based on both statistical data as well as an executive opinion survey.

They use 342 criteria to judge competitiveness, with two thirds based on statistical data and one third based on the survey.

Canada’s overall economic performance ranking fell to 14th from 10th in 2015. Government efficiency slid to 10th from eighth, while business efficiency

dropped to 12th from third. The country’s infrastructure ranking fell to ninth from sixth.

Caballero noted that the drop in the government’s efficiency rating came in the wake of last fall’s election, which saw the Liberals oust the Conservatives.

“I think it is perhaps a bit of hesitation on the side of the executives that we surveyed,” he said, adding that it will be a measure to watch next year.

Earlier this year, the Liberals appointed an advisory council of 14 people with a range of backgrounds to help the government create a plan to boost long-term growth.

Daniel Lauzon, a spokesman for Finance Minister Bill Morneau, said the government believes Canada’s future success depends on how well it is prepared for the global economy of tomorrow.

“That’s why with its very first budget, our government is investing in innovation, in students, in post-secondary education and in basic science to ensure we put our best foot forward,” he said in an email.

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Rob Cunningham, senior policy advisor for the Canadian Cancer Society, holds up a proposed standardized cigarette package Friday in Ottawa.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government isn’t going to provided extended EI benefits to any more regions of the country, even those that are the on cusp of meeting government requirements for the extra help.

The federal gave extended EI benefits to 15 economic regions of the country, including three — Edmonton, southern Saskatchewan and B.C.’s southern interior — added May 13 after they met government requirements for the extra cash.

At least two more regions, Yellowknife and Thunder Bay, could meet the requirements next month provided their unemployment rates do not drop significantly.

Morneau told the Commons finance committee the government wasn’t going to add other regions to its budget bill and by extension the extra EI benefits. He said the regions the government chose to help were those that “had the most significant changes in unemployment.”

“We think these are the right measures to take at a time where we’re experiencing regional differences in our economic situation with some regions experiencing positive situations and some regions as a result largely, but not exclusively, of changes in the price of oil experiencing difficult situations,” Morneau said.

The federal budget banked $582 million over the next two years to add five weeks of regular benefits for workers in qualifying regions, effective in July but retroactive to January 2015.

Long-tenured workers in the 12 regions identified in the budget could also see an extra 20 weeks of benefits, to a maximum of 70 weeks — again, starting this July but retroactive to January of last year.

He said other budget measures, such as cutting wait times for EI payments to one week from two, extra money for training, tax changes and the introduction of a more lucrative monthly child benefit payment will help people in other hard-hit regions.

“Our view is we’ve made significant differences by taking these approaches and that the other things that we’re doing … will have a measurable impact on their ability to cope at this time,” Morneau said.

The Opposition Conservatives had raised concerns that the design of the new child benefit could lead to problems for divorced parents over how they calculate support payments.

Liberals moving ahead with tobacco packaging changes LEGAL BATTLE LOOMS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A legal showdown appears to be looming as the federal government moves ahead with plans for plain packaging of tobacco products.

Health Minister Jane Philpott is set to make an announcement Tuesday — World No Tobacco Day — on the proposal, which involves standardizing box sizes and prohibiting colours, logos and graphics on tobacco packages.

The proposal is sure to rekindle the industry’s frustrations in Canada, much as similar measures have done in other countries.

The government is exposing itself to a legal challenge, said Imperial Tobacco spokesperson Eric Gagnon.

“We believe, like any other industry, we have the right to have our brands on the products that adult consumers purchase so that’s why we are going to defend against such a measure,” Gagnon said.

“We’ll have to wait and see what the government proposes, but we will defend against excessive and ineffective regulation. We have in the past and like any other industry, we are still a legal product.”

The potential legal dust-up comes as no surprise to longtime anti-tobacco advocate Rob Cunningham, a lawyer and senior policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society.

Tobacco companies will fail if they take the legal route against the government, he said, pointing to unsuccessful challenges in countries including Australia, where the highest court ruled against the industry.

This does not discourage Gagnon, however, who stressed “different laws, different countries.”

“We are not going to take for granted that what

happened in other countries is going to be the same verdict in Canada,” Gagnon said.

“We do believe it is a fundamental right as a legal company to have those brands and sell our products.

That is the core of the discussion.”

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms could be used by the industry to fight back over plain packaging — namely Section 2, which deals with fundamental freedoms.

A 2007 decision from the Supreme Court of Canada could be very useful for the federal government’s fight in this regard, Cunningham said.

In its ruling, the court found federal provisions requiring health warnings to occupy at least 50 per cent of packages amounted to violations of the guarantee to free expression of tobacco manufacturers, but were justified under the reasonable limits clause of the charter.

“Parliament’s goal, notably to inform and remind potential purchasers of the product of the health hazards it entails, is pressing and substantial,” the court said.

“The benefits flowing from larger (health) warnings are clear, while the detriments to the manufacturers’ expressive interest in creative packaging are small.”

The government has a long history of winning against the tobacco industry in court and plain packaging is another installment in that battle, Cunningham said.

“The tobacco industry knows that plain packaging is a major threat to its sales and it is going to be opposed,” he said. “We simply have to respond.”

A Commons health committee recommended plain packaging for products 22 years ago but tobacco companies still question the evidence of its effectiveness.

Ottawa urged by scientists to reject B.C. liquefied natural gas project

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Dozens of international climate scientists are calling on the Canadian government to reject a proposed liquefied natural gas project in northwestern British Columbia, saying it would have dire environmental effects.

Ninety academics from Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom released an open letter Monday saying the Pacific NorthWest LNG project would be one of the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, and if built, would undermine Canada’s climate change commitments.

The $36-billion dollar plant backed by Malyasian state-owned energy giant Petronas is slated to be built south of Prince Rupert, B.C. Researchers sent an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and the

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They argue a draft environmental assessment for the project likely underestimated the amount of emissions that will be released.

Danny Harvey, a climate change scientist at the University of Toronto who signed the letter, says the report doesn’t address unknowns like the quantity of gasses that will escape into the atmosphere during the extraction process.

“The environmental assessment is superficial and incomplete,” he said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

Harvey said his opposition isn’t simply to this project, but to all LNG projects. He wants a moratorium on fracking until more research is done on the long-term effects.

“It’s reckless to proceed until we really know what’s going on. It’s reckless because we’re playing around with our own future,” he said.

Harvey said global emissions will have to drop to

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almost zero by the middle of the century if there’s any hope of limiting warming to two degrees, which countries agreed to at the Paris Climate Conference in December.

“You’re not going to go to zero if you’re expanding the fossil fuel infrastructure and making investments that are going to last 40, 50, 60 years. It’s completely contrary to that,” he said.

If we cut our fossil fuel usage, the supplies we currently have in place will meet our needs and there’ll be no need for new infrastructure, Harvey added.

The scientists’ open letter also disputes the notion that new LNG projects such as Pacific NorthWest will be better for the environment because supplying natural gas to Asian markets will help curb the use of coal. Instead LNG would likely reduce the amount of renewable energy being produced, the letter said.

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Amendment would allow sale of irradiated ground beef

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Health Canada will propose regulatory changes to Food and Drug Regulations next month that would allow the sale of irradiated ground beef in Canada.

A page on the department’s website states the proposed amendments would add fresh and frozen raw ground beef to a list of foods that are already permitted to undergo radiation treatment.

It says the purpose would be to allow, but not require, the beef industry to use irradiation to “improve the safety of their products.”

Health Canada spokeswoman Maryse Durette says the proposed regulations for ground beef will be announced in June in the Canada Gazette and that a public consultation period will follow.

Industry groups in Canada have sought irradiation for over a decade as a way to prevent the spread of E. coli and other dangerous bacteria, but negative public reaction to it has slowed progress.

Health Canada earlier proposed to permit the sale of irradiated ground beef in 2002, but according to the web page it was never finalized “due to mostly negative stakeholder reaction.”

“I think public perception has MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — There was little change in the Toronto stock market Monday amid low trading volumes and no guidance from U.S. markets, which were shut for the Memorial Day holiday.

The S&P/TSX composite index faded 18.56 points to 14,086.67, weighed down by declines in metals and energy stocks, with some offset by gains in the consumer staple and consumer discretionary sectors.

With Wall Street being closed for the U.S. holiday, traders turned to a mixed outlook on commodities for some direction.

In electronic trading, the July contract for benchmark North American crude oil was up 27 cents at US$49.60 a barrel.

Oil prices are expected to stay volatile as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meets Thursday in Vienna, although it’s not expected that an agreement on output will be reached, especially after Iran and Iraq have both suggested that they will continue to increase production.

“At the end of the day, my view is that we have a lot of supply. I don’t think we’re on a straight (price) path higher from here,” said Craig Fehr, a Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

“Markets and investors should really start pricing in that we could see a lot more volatility.

It could cause oil prices to pull back a little bit.”

Crude supply will continue to grow as more oilsands producers in Alberta resume operations after a massive wildfire in the Fort McMurray area forced them

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Packaged meat is seen at a grocery store in Montreal. Health Canada will propose regulatory changes to Food and Drug Regulations next month that would allow the sale of irradiated ground beef in Canada. changed,” says Mark Klassen, director of technical services with the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, based in Alberta.

“When we ask Canadians if they think they should be able to purchase irradiated beef, they’re accepting of it.”

Irradiation involves bombarding

to shut production.

In other commodities, July natural gas slipped a penny to US$2.16 per mmBtu. August gold shed $9.30 to US$1,207.40 a troy ounce and July copper was off two cents at US$2.10 a pound.

The Canadian dollar was also weaker, edging down 0.08 of a U.S. cent to 76.62 cents US. New York futures indexes moved higher amid greater optimism about the global economy and signs that the U.S. Federal Reserve Fed intends to keep raising interest rates as long as growth keeps improving.

The Dow Jones industrials futures were up 50 points at 17,899, while the broader S&P 500 headed 3.70 points higher to 2,101 and the Nasdaq futures gained 12 points to 4,522.

Last week, Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen indicated that the U.S. central bank is open to hiking rates as early as June at its next meeting, if economic conditions support such a move.

“I think it’s a pretty high probability that we get one (hike), to the extent that the data doesn’t turn back much weaker,” said Fehr.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,086.67, down 18.56 points The American markets were closed for Memorial Day. Currencies: Cdn — 76.62 cents US, down 0.08 of a cent Pound — C$1.9104, up 0.54

of a cent Euro — C$1.4539, up 0.50 of a cent Euro — US$1.1140, up 0.27 of a cent Oil futures: closed for Memorial Day Gold futures: closed for Memorial Day Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: closed for Memorial Day (Friday: $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 $0.70 lower $512.10 Nov. ‘16 $1.50 lower $516.80 Jan. ‘17 $1.40 lower $520.30 March ‘17 $1.40 lower $521.40 May ‘17 $1.20 lower $522.60 July ‘17 $0.70 lower $523.80 Nov. ‘17 $0.10 higher $508.70 Jan. ‘18 $0.10 higher $508.70 March ‘18 $0.10 higher $508.70 May ‘18 $0.10 higher $508.70 July ‘18 $0.10 higher $508.70.

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.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 79,240 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 79,240.

meat with radiant energy similar to X-rays. Critics claim it produces toxic compounds, like benzene, and reduces the nutritional value of food. They also say it changes the taste of meat.

The cattlemen’s association first launched an application to use irradiation for ground beef in 1998. Its updated application in 2013 to irradiate

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Quebec to spend $250M to diversify aerospace sector LONGUEUIL, Que. — Quebec will give $250 million in direct aid toward expanding and diversifying the province’s aerospace industry, Premier Philippe Couillard announced Monday.

Another $260 million will be offered in the form of loans and other financing, he said.

The premier expects the provincial cash to generate up to $2.8 billion in

all kinds of beef followed a tainted beef recall at what was then the XL Foods plant in southern Alberta.

In 2012, 18 people in British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador got sick from E. coli linked to beef from the facility, leading to the largest meat recall in Canadian history.

Monique Lacroix, a researcher at the Canadian Irradiation Centre and at INRS-Institute Armand Frappier in Laval, Que., says irradiation will not significantly affect food. Lacroix says benzene is a volatile compound normally present in stored meat, and that when irradiation is done at the low levels proposed for the meat industry it doesn’t increase benzene or free radicals in an amount to be of concern.

“When you use the barbecue, you produce billions of free radicals. You also produce toxic compounds because you burn the fatty acids,” she says.

Lacroix also notes irradiation will not significantly alter the taste, nor will it reduce nutrients at the radiation doses that would be used for meat, a conclusion she notes was confirmed by a joint committee of the World Health Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. investment.

The strategy is fourfold: support the existing aerospace industry spur growth encourage the small- and-medium-sized business that supply the industry and intensify research and development.

Couillard said the government money will also help small- and medium-sized companies with foreign acquisitions.

Quebec is looking for the federal government to play a role, and Couillard didn’t hesitate to note the province is still waiting for Ottawa’s decision on a request to help a big player in the industry, Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B).

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Penguins top Sharks in Cup opener

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Penguins 3 Sharks 2 PITTSBURGH — Nick Bonino scored the winner at 17:27 of the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Monday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final.

Bonino deposited a Kris Letang’s feed from the corner after Letang managed to elude the defence of Brent Burns, who lost his stick moments earlier.

Bryan Rust and Conor Sheary gave the Penguins at 2-0 lead in the first.

“I think that we just did a really good job of not trying to feel the game out, especially early,” said Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby. “Two teams who haven’t seen each other in a while, it’s Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, I think that there’s always nerves there. I thought we did a good job of playing and trying to get to our game.

“It gave us a big boost to get that kind of start.”

Tomas Hertl and Patrick Marleau found the back of the net for the Sharks.

Matt Murray stopped 24-of-26 shots for Pittsburgh while Martin Jones made 38 saves.

Pittsburgh hosts Game 2 on Wednesday night at Consol Energy Center.

It was all Pittsburgh in the early-going. Playing their first Stanley Cup final game since 2009, the Penguins got the first good chance of the game in front of a home crowd clad in bright yellow shirts and waving towels of the same colour.

Patric Hornqvist nearly banged in an attempt thrown to the front of the net from the corner of the Sharks zone while charging towards the goal.

It was the just the start of the Penguins onslaught in the first, one that saw them outshoot San Jose 15-4 with loads of speed while landing a pair of goals in quick succession.

Rust, who scored twice in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final, was the first to beat Jones, racing into the Sharks zone before finding teammate Justin Schultz trailing on the play.

Schultz’s shot attempt from high in the slot bounced off the left glove of San Jose defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic with Rust pouncing on the puck as he crashed the net.

It was the sixth goal of the playoffs for the rookie winger.

Sheary joined Rust on the scoresheet 62 seconds later after taking a

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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Ben Lovejoy and Carl Hagelin swarm Nick Bonino after his game-winning goal against the San Jose Sharks during the third period in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final series Monday, in Pittsburgh. The Penguins won 3-2. pass from Crosby, who raced deep into the left corner for a free puck.

The Penguins captain then flung a hard backhand pass across the ice to Sheary, who beat Jones high into the far corner.

The Sharks, playing in their franchise’s first ever Stanley Cup final, looked nervous and tentative throughout the opening 20 minutes. They generated next to nothing offensively, turned pucks over constantly and lost seemingly every battle and race to the puck.

If not for Jones, who made a key stop on Bonino shortly after Sheary’s goal, San Jose’s deficit may well have been three goals after the first.

“They’re the best in the East for a reason,” said Sharks forward Joe Thornton. “We’ve just got a play a little better next game.

“They started with the momentum, then we took it back and then obvious-

ly with that third goal they grabbed it.”

A different road team emerged in the second, firing eight of the first nine shots and scoring three minutes into the period. The goal came courtesy of a San Jose power-play which led all teams in the post-season entering the final.

Hertl, stationed just above the goalline to the left of Murray, stepped towards the goal as he guided a shot between the pads of the Penguins goalie.

The Sharks continued their push before evening the score at 2-2 with less than two minutes to go in the second.

Burns got the play started in the offensive zone. Eventually, after Logan Couture won a battle for the puck in the corner, Burns got it back on his tape and fired from the point. Marleau grabbed hold of the rebound, zipping it around the net with a backhand into the goal, just ahead of Murray sliding

from left to right.

It was the fifth goal of the playoffs for Marleau, drafted second overall by the Sharks in 1997. Marleau played in 165 post-season games before reaching his first Cup final, the most of any player.

The goal capped the Sharks comeback from a deep early hole.

Effective for much of the playoffs, the Pittsburgh power-play was held in check by San Jose’s penalty kill, empty in three opportunities.

The Penguins got their third power-play of the game when Rust was hit unsuspectingly in the head by Marleau, who drew a penalty. Pittsburgh failed to muster even a single shot though.

Rust, meanwhile, played one shift after the hit and did not return. Pittsburgh head coach Mike Sullivan said post-game that Rust is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Estrada goes distance in Jays win over Yankees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 4 Yankees 2 TORONTO — John Gibbons needed to give his relievers the night off. Fortunately, Marco Estrada was ready to put in some work for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Gibbons stressed on Monday afternoon that Toronto’s bullpen was “strapped” and “desperate” for some help after a road trip of close games forced him to lean heavily on his relief pitchers. The Blue Jays even called up struggling right-hander Ryan Tepera from triple-A Buffalo earlier in the day for an extra arm.

But Estrada pitched eight scoreless innings, giving up three hits and striking out six with just three walks, as Toronto held off the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night.

“Really the exact outing we had to have, or close to it,” said Gibbons after the victory. “But to be honest, I’ve seen him do that many a time, so I can’t say he had one of his best outings, he does that a lot. He stepped up.”

Estrada, who wore ice bags on his elbow and shoulder in the clubhouse after throwing 108 pitches, said he

wanted to go for a complete game but that Gibbons and pitching coach Pete Walker wouldn’t let him go into the ninth.

“I wanted to finish the game, but they didn’t want me to get up to 120 or so,” said Estrada (3-2), who hasn’t recorded a complete game in his nineyear major league career.

“They said that was it. But I’d like to finish one of these games one of these days. I’m glad I was able to give them eight innings and rest the bullpen a little bit.”

The Blue Jays had to rest closer Roberto Osuna, relievers Gavin Floyd, Joe Biagini and Jesse Chavez, who all had heavy workloads over the past week.

Even with Estrada pitching eight innings of shutout ball, Toronto had to call on Aaron Loup and Drew Storen to close out the ninth.

Loup started the ninth, but gave up a two-run homer, with Storen coming on to earn the save.

Shortstop Ryan Goins had a double and a home run for Toronto (27-26), while Edwin Encarnacion had a double and two runs batted in.

“For him to come out and do what he did today, it’s awesome to see,”

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New York Yankees’ Jacoby Ellsbury safely steals second base beating the tag by Toronto Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins during the third inning of their American League MLB game in Toronto, Monday. said Estrada of Goins, who entered the night hitting .151 on the season. “I’m very happy for him. I know he can keep doing it every day. It’s great to have

him out there because his defence is so good and then he puts together some great at bats and obviously he came through big today.”

Dickenson impressed with competition as Stamps camp opens CFL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Dave Dickenson doesn’t want to make any rash decisions.

Calling the shots during his first training camp as head coach of the Calgary Stampeders, Dickenson was impressed with the level of competition among players at all positions.

“The juices were flowing,” said Dickenson, who spent the past five years as Calgary’s offensive coordinator before taking over the coaching reigns from John Hufnagel this off-season. “It was a great morning. There was a lot of good to see there.”

Following the first of two practices on the opening day of main camp at McMahon Stadium on Sunday, Dickenson said he’s looking forward to seeing a healthy level of competition for roster spots before he and his coaching staff even think about making any cuts.

“The main thing I think is don’t

make decisions off of one day,” he said. “You’ve got to give them multiple, multiple reps and then see where the consistency is, see who can keep mentally focused, because as camp goes on, it’s very easy to get tired and lose your focus.”

Fifth-year Stamps quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell also liked what he saw on the field from rookies and players with Canadian Football League experience alike.

“It’s good to see guys going out and competing and making plays,” said Mitchell, while adding that player turnover happens every year. “People ask are you scared and all this. No, it’s exciting. We’ve done what we’ve done for the past decade for a reason. It’s not because we’ve had the same guys in the locker-room. It’s because our talent scouts and our coaches are so good at what they do at bringing guys in.

“It’s always so exciting for me. I love getting out to rookie camp and watching guys. I was one of those guys. It’s fun watching and saying, ‘Man that guy right there, he’s a good player. Give him a year and he could be a good

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Newcomers will have plenty of opportunities to earn roster spots with Calgary as a result of off-season departures from running back Jon Cornish, receivers Eric Rogers and Jeff Fuller, defensive linemen Freddie Bishop III and Corey Mace, linebacker Juwan Simpson and defensive back Keon Raymond.

“I like our roster,” said Dickenson.

“I had to definitely keep my name card out so I knew who everyone was.

I think we’ve got good size and one of our faster teams, so those two combinations are very enticing and some things that you’re excited about.”

Running back Jerome Messam said he’s looking forward to taking part in his first training camp with the Stampeders after being acquired from the Saskatchewan Roughriders at the 2015 CFL trade deadline.

“It’s going to be good to be able to get a full training camp under my belt and be in a position to make plays,” said Messam. “We’re always going to compete. It’s training camp. We’re going to make each other better. I’m here fighting for my job just like anybody

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else and that’s the way I’m going to perform.”

Linebacker Deron Mayo, who’s entering his fifth season with Calgary, agreed with Messam’s assessment.

“I always want to be surrounded by other talent so I can push myself,” said Mayo. “When you’re playing against other good players, you know you have to step your game up and bring your A game every time you hit that field. It’s awesome to have that competition.”

After losing 45-31 in the CFL West final to the eventual Grey Cup champion Edmonton Eskimos last November, the Stamps are motivated to show they can get back to the championship form they showed in 2014.

“We’ve got a lot of new guys and everybody’s eager to see how we’re going to pan out this year, so we all know we’ve got expectations to meet,” said veteran defensive lineman Charleston Hughes.

“We’ve got to rely on our leadership and our older players to bring everybody up to speed to where we left off last year. Even last year we’ve got to improve upon too, so we’ve just got to find a way to get better.”

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Rocky cowboy cashing in early They’ve already started handing out the cash on the rodeo trail, and a central Alberta cowboy has been lining up regularly for his share.

Jim Berry is one of the most consistent saddle bronc riders in the rodeo world today. He’s been to the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton eight times.

And the 34-year-old has already made a good start towards qualifying for this November’s event, with $3500 already in the bank.

It all started for the Rocky Mountain House cowboy when he dusted off his saddle and managed to win the very first pro rodeo of the year, in Medicine Hat in March. He did that despite being injured.

“I hurt a knee practicing, so I wasn’t a hundred per cent. The horse got a lot of the points,” said Berry.

You could say the horse owed him anyway, since he and Berry had been matched up the year before, and the horse had bucked him off.

It took several more rodeos this spring before Berry had a true test of his knee, finding, to his relief, it was healed and back in prime working shape.

He placed next in both Drayton Valley and Stavely before heading west on the long weekend. There, he tied for second place in Falkland. But it was the next stop that netted him his biggest individual payday ever.

Berry was one of the cowboys invited to Cloverdale, which is now an invitational rodeo instead of being part of the Canadian pro circuit. The lineup only features barrel racing and the riding events.

Berry, and his traveling partner Lane Cust of Bluffton, both managed to put together two good rides in their pool, to qualify for the Finals. There Berry had to nod his head on a relatively unknown horse owned by the Flying 5 Rodeo company, called Spring Tunes.

“It sucked being the first guy out,” admitted Berry. “I had to sit and watch everybody else.”

Despite his 87.5 point mark, given the caliber of the cowboys and the horses following him, Berry was just hoping he’d still wind up with a decent cheque.

But rodeo isn’t always predictable, and as rider after rider fell off, Berry’s earning hopes kept climbing. When champions Dustin Flundra and Cody DeMoss both hit the ground early, the deal was sealed, and Berry won his first Cloverdale championship.

DIANNE FINSTAD RODEO “Those are a couple of tough guys who don’t buck off very much.”

“That meant only three of us rode, so that meant Lane was getting a good cheque, and I was getting a really good cheque, and a set of spurs I’d wanted for a long time,” smiled Berry.

While the ceremonial cheque showed $20,000 for first, organizers also paid ground money, so his total take-home pay from Cloverdale was closer to $26,000. It marked the veteran’s biggest single rodeo weekend, outside of the Calgary Stampede and the CFR. While Cloverdale doesn’t count towards his Canadian standings, it will spend well, and Berry has it earmarked for business, rodeo and a little fun.

Then this past weekend, the journey was north to Grande Prairie, where Berry placed yet again, to keep him in the top end of the bronc riding race, where he’s keeping company with the likes of Flundra and Sam Kelts.

“It’s good to see us old guys still being able to win good cheques in Canada,” he chuckled. “Because there’s a bunch of young wolves coming from Canada, and within a couple of years there will be no more (money) for us! Pretty soon they’re going to start having the lion’s share of it.”

As Berry’s own two youngsters get busy with their mutton busting careers, he knows the time will come when his priorities change.

“I really enjoy rodeo. It’s my kind of getaway. I’ll rodeo as long as I can, and am competitive, and having fun.”

The only glitch in this rosy picture right now is the fact Berry won’t be able to ride in front of his hometown crowd. The Rocky Pro Rodeo, which usually runs this weekend, has been cancelled this year.

“It was a tough decision, and we talked about it and we talked about it,” explained Rocky Rodeo Chair Lance Strom. “But when it looked like we couldn’t make it go, we had to make a decision. It’s

no one’s fault. It’s just the way it is.”

Alberta’s stressed oil economy is evident in a resource dependent community like Rocky, and the level of business sponsorship to support the rodeo just couldn’t be found this year. The encouraging news is the pony chuckwagon races, parade and midway activities are all still going ahead.

“I was disappointed,” said Berry. “But it might be really good for the community to see what the rodeo did bring in, and maybe some of the smaller businesses will (get involved). Maybe we should rally around this thing and support it.”

That’s exactly the message from Strom.

“We’ve cancelled the rodeo just for his year,” he insisted. “How can people help? Come out and support what is happening this year.”

The pony chuckwagon races start Wednesday night at 6:30. That’s also the running time Thursday, then they start at 6:00 pm Friday and Saturday, with the finals Sunday at 4:00 pm. Entertainment runs nightly, with the midway opening Friday, and the parade Saturday morning. The local drill team and mutton bustin are part of the program.

But the Rocky committee, which has overcome plenty of challenges in the past with its rodeo event and facilities, still has an eye to the future. It’s putting a hundred percent of the admissions from Wednesday and Thursday nights towards its Raise the Roof fund, a campaign that hopes to earn enough to eventually cover the Rocky grandstand.

Also on the calendar this week, the Innisfail Bucking Stock Sale has been revived by Kyle Daines.

It goes tomorrow (May 31st) with the animals to be bucked at the Daines Rodeo Grounds starting at 1:00 pm. There’s a dinner at 5:30, followed by the sale.

Other local winners from the weekend’s Grande Prairie Stompede included: Ponoka’s Luke Butterfield, who won the saddle bronc riding ($2989) with an 85.5; Cody Cassidy of Donalda in the steer wrestling ($2826) in 3.4 seconds; and Lacombe’s Cranna Roberts in the barrel racing ($3448) in 16.026 seconds.

This weekend is the Wildwood Bronc Bustin, the Leduc Blackgold Rodeo, and the 100th edition of the Hand Hills Lake Stampede.

Dianne Finstad is a local freelance writer that cover rodeo for the Advocate.

Curry carries Warriors back into NBA Finals

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Warriors 96 Thunder 88 OAKLAND, Calif. — MVP Stephen Curry knocked down yet another 3-pointer in the waning moments, pulled his jersey up into his mouth and yelled to the rafters in triumph once more.

A special, record-setting season saved for the defending champs, with a memorable comeback added to the long list of accomplishments.

Splash Brothers Curry and Klay Thompson carried the 73-win Warriors right back to the NBA Finals, as Golden State rallied from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 96-88 on Monday night in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.

Now, Curry and Co. are playing for another NBA title — just as they planned since Day 1 of training camp in late September.

Bring on LeBron James once more.

“We survived by the skin of our teeth,” coach Steve Kerr said. “We were able to pull it out, and we’re moving on.”

Curry scored 36 points with seven 3-pointers to finish with an NBA-record 32 in a seven-game series, while Thompson added 21 points and six 3s, two days after his record 11 3-pointers led a Game 6 comeback that sent the series home to raucous Oracle Arena for one more.

The Warriors became the 10th team to rally from a 3-1 deficit and win a post-season series. They return to the NBA Finals for a rematch with James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who lost the 2015 title in six games as Golden State captured its first championship in 40 years.

Game 1 is Thursday night in Oakland.

His signature mouthpiece dangling out and the game ball cradled in his left hand, Curry pumped his right arm as yellow confetti fell through Oracle Arena once the final buzzer sounded.

“This is who he is. Having a clutch performance in a Game 7, that’s Steph Curry,” Kerr said.

The Thunder trailing 90-86, Serge Ibaka fouled Curry on a 3-point try with 1:18 to go and the shot clock running out. Curry made all three free throws, then a 3-pointer to seal it.

And Golden State’s beloved

“Strength In Numbers” catchphrase coined by Coach of the Year Kerr was needed in every way on this night to do it.

“It took a lot of resiliency,” Thompson said. “We’ve been doing it all year.”

Andre Iguodala joined the starting lineup for just the second time all season and the 2015 NBA Finals MVP hung tough against Kevin Durant, who scored 27 points on 10-for-19 shooting.

Shaun Livingston’s driving, one-handed dunk late in the third provided a big lift off the Warriors bench.

Oklahoma City won Game 1 108-102 at deafening Oracle Arena, so Golden State never envisioned this one coming easily. Russell Westbrook had 19 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds for the Thunder.

“It hurts losing, especially being up 3 games to 1,” Durant said.

It took a quarter and a half for Thompson to warm up after his 41-point performance in a 108-101 win Saturday at Oklahoma City that sent the series to a decisive seventh game back home in the East Bay. He missed his initial seven shots before hitting a 3 6:02 before halftime, energizing the Warriors in their first Game 7 at home in 40 years.

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Thompson and Iguodala pulled the Warriors within 54-51 with 7:57 left in the third.

They tied it on Curry’s 3 at 7:21 and he followed with another 3 to give his team the lead.

Curry and Thompson each topped the previous record for 3s in a seven-game series, 28 by Dennis Scott and Ray Allen. Curry hit one over 7-foot Steven Adams in the third, and Thompson wound up with 30.

Iguodala replaced Harrison Barnes in the starting lineup and what a move

by Kerr and his staff, who did the same thing last year in crunch time. Iguodala made a pretty bounce pass through the paint to Draymond Green for Golden State’s first basket of the game, and his smothering defence on Durant kept the Thunder star without a shot until his 3 at the 5:45 mark in the first. Durant had just nine points on five shots in the first half.

But Oklahoma City dictated the tempo with snappy passes and the hard, aggressive rebounding that had been such a part of its success this season.

The Thunder couldn’t sustain it.

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry shoots against Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams during the second half of Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference finals in Oakland, Calif., Monday.

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Raptors GM says bringing back DeRozan a priority Toronto’s Game 6 loss to Cleveland, the 26-year-old from Compton, Calif., spoke lovingly of the only NBA team he’s ever played for, and the city in his which he’s raising his daughter Diar.

Those words hit home with Ujiri.

“Our guys have said they want to be here,” he said. “It’s put on my table and the guys in the front office to figure it out. We’ll try to figure it out.”

The Raptors also stand to lose Bismack Biyombo, the Congolese centre who came up big when Jonas Valanciunas went out with a sprained ankle.

His 26 rebounds against Cleveland in Game 3 was a post-season franchise record. Reports have him commanding as much as US$17 million.

Ujiri said bringing both Biyombo and DeRozan back might not be possible, “but honestly, it’s our jobs. We have to figure it out.”

The GM said he was proud of his team’s fight in the post-season, and the growth they showed with each game. He mentioned Valanciunas, who missed eight games with his ankle injury and returned to play the last two versus Cleveland, despite being far from 100 per cent.

“Honestly Jonas’s ankle was still like this when he played,” Ujiri said, holding his hands wide. “So to fight to come back and want to play for the team and even sacrifice a little bit more to me says a lot.”

The Raptors’ banner year also saw them host the first NBA all-star game held outside the United States. Their D-League franchise, Raptors 905, played its inaugural season. And they moved into their new $65-million state of the art practice facility, BioSteel Centre.

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Toronto Raptors’ General Manager Masai Ujiri attends a season-end news conference in Toronto on Monday. negotiating a new contact with coach Dwane Casey, who is entering the team option year of his current deal.

“Coach Casey’s our coach for the future,” Ujiri said. “That’s very easy for us to figure out. That will be done in our sleep, I think.”

Casey’s deal is a no-brainer. The coach led the Raptors to a franchise record 56-win season, and a spot in the final four for the first time in the team’s 21-year history.

Now, as the team tries to build on its groundbreaking 2015-16 season, Ujiri would only say the Raptors have taken “baby steps” toward becoming a

contender.

“I go home, my wife says ‘You should be proud of the season,’ and I say ‘thank you’ to be a good husband,” Ujiri said. “There’s 29 teams that have lost, there’s 29 disappointed teams in the NBA at the end of the season, and we’re one of them. I’m one of them.

“You have that disappointment in you, and that urge that you want to go and do better.”

DeRozan is coming off his best statistical season with the Raptors, averaging 23.5 points per game and earning all-star honours for the second time in his career. The morning after

Bettman stakes clear position on NHL participation at Olympics, updates expansion PITTSBURGH — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said NHL participation in the next Olympics would likely hinge on money.

In his annual state of the union address at the Stanley Cup final, Bettman said the league and NHL Players’ Association might have to reconsider their participation in the Olympics if the International Olympic Committee went ahead with its threat of not paying out-of-pocket expenses for NHL players.

“Among the various things that have to be covered, whether it’s transportation or insurance or accommodation, it’s many, many, many millions of dollars,” Bettman said of the expenses. “This is no small-ticket item.”

IIHF president Rene Fasel recently revealed that the IOC and their president Thomas Bach aren’t interested in paying costs — transportation and insurance chiefly — that have been covered for the past five Olympics.

Bach took over the IOC’s presidency shortly before the 2014 Olympics and evidently doesn’t believe, according to Bettman, in “special subsidies” for any sports, even the NHL, which interrupts its season for participation in the Olympics.

Bettman said that resolution of the expense issue would “have a significant impact on our decision,” which is expected sometime after the September World Cup, likely in December or January, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said.

“I’m pretty sure that our teams are not really interested in paying for the privilege of disrupt-

ing our season,” Bettman said. “But we’ll have to see what they ultimately decide to do.”

The 2018 Olympics will be held in South Korea.

Bettman also noted that expenses wouldn’t be the sole issue of debate in discussions between the NHL and NHLPA as it relates to Olympic participation, but said that if the IOC and IIHF aren’t going to cover what they’ve previously paid, “that almost becomes an easy showstopper and you don’t even have to get into the other discussion.”

“Everybody understands what distinguishes us from any other professional sports league or professional sport that participates in the Olympics, this comes right in the middle of the season and there are hard costs to that participation,” Bettman said.

“We’re sending roughly 150 players to the Olympics if we go and there are real, logistical, costly elements to doing that.”

Bettman offered a more definitive timetable on a decision for expansion. He said the NHL’s Board of Governors would meet in Las Vegas prior to June 22 NHL awards with a decision on expansion, which could include Las Vegas and Quebec City.

The three possibilities, he said, were no expansion, deferred expansion or expansion to one or perhaps both markets.

“I am not going to handicap what’s going to happen,” Bettman said.

Daly said the NHL and NHLPA discussed what the parameters of a potential expansion draft would look like.

No-trade clauses, Daly noted, would not prevent a player from being exposed to expansion.

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“A trade is a trade, and if you have a notrade clause it doesn’t mean you can’t be exposed in the expansion draft,” Daly said.

The earliest any expansion team could start playing is the 2017-18 season with deferral also a possibility on the docket.

As for the upcoming World Cup and one roster question mark, Bettman stressed that suspended defenceman Slava Voynov would not be eligible to play for Russia despite being named to its final 23-man roster.

He said this has been made clear to the Russian Federation.

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Rossi’s winnings included a $50,000 bonus from Sunoco for being the top rookie in the race. The overall purse for the 33 drivers was $13,273,253.

Rossi stretched his fuel mileage for the final 90 miles to score an upset victory. The American is the first rookie to win since Helio Castroneves and the first American-born rookie to win since Louis Meyer in 1928.

Carlos Munoz was runner-up for the second time in four years and earned $788,743.

Third-place finisher Josef Newgarden earned $574,243. Defending race winner Juan Pablo Montoya finished last, but pocketed $339,493.

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TORONTO — When Masai Ujiri met with DeMar DeRozan on Sunday, the pain of a season that ended just a little bit too soon was still written on DeRozan’s face. It was the look of unfinished business.

The Raptors’ all-star guard has made it clear he wants to stay in Toronto. Ujiri returned the sentiments on Monday.

“Our No. 1 goal is to bring DeMar back here,” the team’s president and GM said. “We feel great that he wants to come back to our organization. I spoke to him (Sunday), and his eyes were still red. You could tell. He said he felt empty the next day, which was telling.

“Speaking to him and Kyle (Lowry), they almost felt like we had a game to play still, and that game is not there.

There’s that hunger, and you like that, and then now, it’s my part to figure it out.”

Figuring it out means paying DeRozan top dollar. The team’s leading scorer will test free agency in a few weeks, and is expected to fetch maximum money on the open market.

But Ujiri, who speaks regularly about building a culture of winning and professionalism in Toronto, said DeRozan fits well within that vision.

His approach to the team’s culture has been “phenomenal,” Ujiri said.

Talking to reporters three days after Toronto was eliminated in six games from the Eastern Conference final, Ujiri said his other immediate tasks will be the June 23 draft — Toronto has the ninth overall pick — and

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2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs Fourth Round STANLEY CUP FINAL (Best-of-7)

1981-82 — New York Islanders 1980-81 — New York Islanders 1979-80 — New York Islanders 2016 World Cup of Hockey Final Rosters to be held Sept. 17-Oct. 1 in Toronto:

Pittsburgh (E2) vs. San Jose (W6) (Pittsburgh leads series 1-0) Monday’s result Pittsburgh 3 San Jose 2 Wednesday’s game 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.

Monday’s summary Penguins 3, Sharks 2 First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Rust 6 (Schultz, Kunitz) 12:46.

2. Pittsburgh, Sheary 3 (Crosby, Maatta) 13:48.

Penalties — Zubrus SJ (high-sticking) 8:54.

Second Period 3. San Jose, Hertl 6 (Donskoi, Burns) 3:02 (pp).

4. San Jose, Marleau 5 (Burns, Couture) 18:12.

Penalties — Cole Pgh (hooking) 1:14 Thornton SJ (roughing) 18:52 Malkin Pgh (slashing) 18:52 Pavelski SJ (tripping) 18:52.

Third Period 5. Pittsburgh, Bonino 4 (Letang, Hagelin) 17:27.

Penalties — Marleau SJ (illegal check to head minor) 4:47 Lovejoy Pgh (hooking) 17:51.

Shots on goal San Jose 4 13 9 — 26 Pittsburgh 15 8 18 — 41 Goal — San Jose: Jones (L, 12-7-0). Pittsburgh: Murray (W, 12-4-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — San Jose: 1-2 Pittsburgh: 0-3.

NHL Stanley Cup Champions x — Strike-shortened regular season. y — Series between Montreal and Seattle cancelled due to influenza epidemic.

2014-15 — Chicago Blackhawks 2013-14 — Los Angeles Kings 2012-13 — x-Chicago Blackhawks 2011-12 — Los Angeles Kings 2010-11 — Boston Bruins 2009-10 — Chicago Blackhawks 2008-09 — Pittsburgh Penguins 2007-08 — Detroit Red Wings 2006-07 — Anaheim Ducks 2005-06 — Carolina Hurricanes 2004-05 — No winner (lockout).

2003-04 — Tampa Bay Lightning 2002-03 — New Jersey Devils 2001-02 — Detroit Red Wings 2000-01 — Colorado Avalanche 1999-00 — New Jersey Devils 1998-99 — Dallas Stars 1997-98 — Detroit Red Wings 1996-97 — Detroit Red Wings 1995-96 — Colorado Avalanche 1994-95 — x-New Jersey Devils 1993-94 — New York Rangers 1992-93 — Montreal Canadiens 1991-92 — Pittsburgh Penguins 1990-91 — Pittsburgh Penguins 1989-90 — Edmonton Oilers 1988-89 — Calgary Flames 1987-88 — Edmonton Oilers 1986-87 — Edmonton Oilers 1985-86 — Montreal Canadiens 1984-85 — Edmonton Oilers 1983-84 — Edmonton Oilers 1982-83 — New York Islanders

CANADA Goaltenders Corey Crawford, Chicago Braden Holtby, Washington Carey Price, Montreal.

Defencemen Brent Burns, San Jose Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Duncan Keith, Chicago Jake Muzzin, Los Angeles Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Marc-Edouard Vlasic, San Jose Shea Weber, Nashville.

Forwards Jamie Benn, Dallas Patrice Bergeron, Boston Jeff Carter, Los Angeles Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Matt Duchene, Colorado Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Brad Marchand, Boston Tyler Seguin, Dallas Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay. John Tavares, N.Y. Islanders Joe Thornton, San Jose Jonathan Toews, Chicago.

CZECH REPUBLIC Goaltenders Petr Mrazek, Detroit Michal Neuvirth, Philadelphia Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg.

Defencemen Radko Gudas, Philadelphia Michal Jordan, Carolina Michal Kempny, Chicago Zbynek Michalek, Arizona Jakub Nakladal, Calgary Roman Polak, San Jose Andrej Sustr, Tampa Bay. Forwards Radek Faksa, Dallas Michael Frolik, Calgary Martin Hanzal, Arizona Ales Hemsky, Dallas Tomas Hertl, San Jose Dmitrij Jaskin, St. Louis David Krejci, Boston Milan Michalek, Toronto Ondrej Palat, Tampa Bay David Pastrnak, Boston Tomas Plekanec, Montreal Vladimir Sobotka, Avangard Omsk (KHL) Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia.

FINLAND Goaltenders Mikko Koskinen, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) Tuukka Rask, Boston Pekka Rinne, Nashville.

Defencemen Jyrki Jokipakka, Calgary Sami Lepisto, Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) Esa Lindell, Dallas Olli Maatta, Pittsburgh Ville Pokka, Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Rasmus Ristolainen, Buffalo Sami Vatanen, Anaheim.

Forwards Sebastian Aho, Karpat Oulu (Liiga) Aleksander Barkov, Florida Joonas Donskoi, San Jose Valtteri Filppula, Tampa Bay Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Erik Haula, Minnesota Jussi Jokinen, Florida Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Leo Komarov, Toronto Lauri Korpikoski, Edmonton Patrik Laine, Tappara Tampere (Liiga) Jori Lehtera, St. Louis Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago.

RUSSIA Goaltenders Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay. Defencemen Alexei Emelin, Montreal Dmitry Kulikov, Florida Alexey Marchenko, Detroit Andrei Markov, Montreal Dmitry Orlov, Washington Slava Voynov, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) Nikita Zaitsev, Toronto.

Forwards Artem Anisimov, Chicago Evgenii Dadonov, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Nikolay Kulemin, N.Y. Islanders Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Vladislav Namestnikov, Tampa Bay Alex Ovechkin, Washington Artemi Panarin, Chicago.

Vadim Shipachev, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Ivan Telegin, CSKA Moscow (KHL).

SWEDEN

Goaltenders Robin Lehner, Buffalo Henrik Lundqvist, N.Y. Rangers Jacob Markstrom, Vancouver.

Defencemen Mattias Ekholm, Nashville Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Niklas Hjalmarsson, Chicago Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Niklas Kronwall, Detroit Anton Stralman, Tampa Bay. Forwards Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Loui Eriksson, Boston Filip Forsberg, Nashville Carl Hagelin, Pittsburgh Patric Hornqvist, Pittsburgh Marcus Kruger, Chicago Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Jakob Silfverberg, Anaheim Carl Soderberg, Colorado Alexander Steen, St. Louis Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit.

UNITED STATES Goaltenders Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Cory Schneider, New Jersey.

Defencemen Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg John Carlson, Washington Erik Johnson, Colorado Jack Johnson, Columbus Ryan McDonagh, N.Y. Rangers Matt Niskanen, Washington Ryan Suter, Minnesota.

Forwards Justin Abdelkader, Detroit David Backes, St. Louis Ryan Callahan, Tampa Bay Brandon Dubinsky, Columbus Patrick Kane, Chicago Ryan Kesler, Anaheim T.J. Oshie, Washington Max Pacioretty, Montreal Zach Parise, Minnesota Joe Pavelski, San Jose Derek Stepan, N.Y. Rangers James van Riemsdyk, Toronto Blake Wheeler, Winnipeg.

EUROPE (Country in parentheses) Goaltenders Frederik Andersen, Anaheim (Denmark) Thomas Greiss, N.Y. Islanders (Germany) Jaroslav Halak, N.Y. Islanders (Slovakia).

Defencemen Zdeno Chara, Boston (Slovakia) Christian Ehrhoff, Chicago (Germany) Roman Josi, Nashville (Switzerland) Luca Sbisa, Vancouver (Switzerland) Dennis Seidenberg, Boston (Germany) Andrej Sekera, Edmonton (Slovakia) Mark Streit, Philadelphia (Switzerland).

Forwards Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Philadelphia (France) Mikkel Boedker, Colorado (Denmark) Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton (Germany) Marian Gaborik, Los Angeles (Slovakia) Jannik Hansen, Vancouver (Denmark) Marian Hossa, Chicago (Slovakia) Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles (Slovenia) Nino Niederreiter, Minnesota (Switzerland) Frans Nielsen, N.Y. Islanders (Denmark) Tobias Rieder, Arizona (Germany) Tomas Tatar, Detroit (Slovakia) Thomas Vanek, Minnesota (Austria) Mats Zuccarello, N.Y. Rangers (Norway) NORTH AMERICA (Country in parentheses note: all players 23 years old or younger) Goaltenders John Gibson, Anaheim (U.S.) Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg (U.S.) Matt Murray, Pittsburgh (Canada).

Defencemen Aaron Ekblad, Florida (Canada) Shayne Gostisbehere, Philadelphia (U.S.) Seth Jones, Columbus (U.S.) Ryan Murray, Columbus (Canada) Colton Parayko, St. Louis (Canada) Morgan Rielly, Toronto (Canada) Jacob Trouba, Winnipeg (U.S.).

Forwards Sean Couturier, Philadelphia (Canada) Jonathan Drouin, Tampa Bay (Canada) Jack Eichel, Buffalo (U.S.) Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary (U.S.) Dylan Larkin, Detroit (U.S.) Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado (Canada) Auston Matthews, Zurich SC Lions (Switzerland) (U.S.) Connor McDavid, Edmonton (Canada) J.T. Miller, N.Y. Rangers (U.S.) Sean Monahan, Calgary (Canada) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton (Canada) Brandon Saad, Columbus (U.S.) Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg (Canada).

Team Canada’s goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe makes a save during a practice session in Edmonton.

Labbe is one of the last few left in the crease for Canada after a pair of teammates have fallen with injuries ahead of the Rio Olympics Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Another Canadian women’s soccer goalie goes down ahead of Rio Olympics

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Canadian women’s soccer team has been hit with another injury at goalkeeper in advance of the Olympics.

Sabrina D’Angelo, who figured to be Stephanie Labbe’s backup in Rio, fractured her left wrist last week with the Western New York Flash of the NWSL. Canada lost No. 1 ‘keeper Erin McLeod in March when she injured her anterior cruciate ligament playing for her Swedish club team.

Coach John Herdman has Labbe and 20-year-old Kailen Sheridan available for a pair of upcoming friendlies against Brazil in Toronto and Ottawa.

Labbe is an experienced ‘keeper who has won 28 caps since making her national team debut in 2008. With McLeod and the now-retired Karina LeBlanc ahead of her, the 29-year-old from Stony Plain, Alta., has had to wait her turn to be No. 1.

With McLeod out longterm, Herdman is building around Labbe at the back but the concern now is for who steps in if she goes down.

The 23-year-old D’Angelo has two caps while Sheridan, who plays for Clemson University, has one with the senior squad. For last summer’s

World Cup, Herdman had a wealth of experience in goal with McLeod and LeBlanc having more than 200 caps between them.

“We’re in a different place,” Herdman said of his goalkeeping situation.

“While we’re not blessed at the minute with experience, I think we’re blessed with that youthfulness and the courage and energy of someone that really has nothing to fear and wants to take an opportunity,” he added.

Labbe, who was also at the World Cup, took over from an injured McLeod in the final of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in Houston earlier this year. And she helped Canada to victory at the Algarve Cup. Labbe is also tied for the NWSL lead in shutouts this season with four in six games for the Washington Spirit.

There was no immediate word Monday on when D’Angelo may be fit to play. While injured, she is still on the Canadian roster.

Asked if he had reached out to LeBlanc out of retirement, Herdman conceded “We have gone through those thought processes.”

“Karina’s going on a completely different plain now, which is fantastic,” he said of LeBlanc, who has turned to

the media and TV since returning after the World Cup. He also said he did not think D’Angelo’s injury was severe enough that he would have to resort to retired players.

“Maybe these young kids are just ready to be given their shot,” Herdman told a media conference call Monday. “I think we’ll look forward rather before we look back as a philosophy.”

Canada, ranked 10th in the world, hosts No. 8 Brazil at Toronto’s BMO Field on Saturday and Ottawa’s TD Place on June 7.

Captain Christine Sinclair is one of five players over 30 on the 20-woman squad, which looks to be the template Herdman will work on in choosing his Olympic roster. The others are defenders Rhian Wilkinson and Josee Belanger, midfielder Diana Matheson, and forward Melissa Tancredi.

The 32-year-old Sinclair has been dealing with left Achilles tendinitis and a calf issue, something both Canada and her club side in Portland are managing. Sinclair played 45 minutes in Portland’s 0-0 tie with Seattle on Sunday.

The Canadian roster has 11 players 23 and younger including teenagers Jessie Fleming (18), Deanne Rose (17), and Gabrielle Carle (17).

Today

Friday

● Ladies Fastball: Badgers vs. Stettler and Bandits vs. Panthers, 7 p.m., Panthers vs. U18 Rage, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park ● Sunburst Baseball League: St. Albert Tigers at Red Deer Riggers, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park

● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Junior B Fort Saskatchewan Rebels at Red Deer Rampage, 8:30 p.m., Kinex

Wednesday ● High School Sports: Grade 9 track and field meet, Lindsay Thurber, 10 a.m.

Saturday ● Rugby: Irish women’s team vs. Red Deer Titans, 1:30 p.m., Titan’s rugby field ● Bantam Baseball: South Jasper Place Jays vs. Red Deer Braves, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Great Chief Park

Sunday

Thursday ● Ladies Fastball: U16 Rage vs. U18 Rage, 7 p.m., and Bandits vs. U16 Rage, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park and Badgers vs. Stettler, 7 p.m., Stettler ● Midget Baseball: Okotoks Dawgs Red vs. Red Deer Midget Braves, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park

● Bantam Baseball: South Jasper Place Jays vs. Red Deer Braves, 11 a.m., Great Chief Park ● Midget Baseball: Calgary Rockies vs. Red Deer Braves, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Senior ladies Sherwood Park Titans vs. Red Deer Rage, 2:30 p.m. and Junior B Sherwood Park Titans vs. Red Deer Rampage, 5 p.m., Kinex

Basketball Fourth Round THE FINALS (Best-of-7) Golden State (W1) vs. Cleveland (E1) Thursday’s game Cleveland at Golden State, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 5 Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 8 Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 10 Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 13 Cleveland at Golden State, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 16 Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 19 Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m.

2016 NBA Playoffs Third Round CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland (1) vs. Toronto (2) (Cleveland wins series 4-2) Friday’s result Cleveland 113 Toronto 87 WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State (1) vs. Oklahoma City (3) (Golden State wins series 4-3) Monday’s result Golden State 96 Oklahoma City 88 Saturday’s result Golden State 108 Oklahoma City 101

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Boston 31 20 .608 Baltimore 28 21 .571 Toronto 27 26 .509 New York 24 26 .480 Tampa Bay 22 27 .449 Central Division W L Pct Kansas City 28 22 .560 Cleveland 26 23 .531 Chicago 27 25 .519 Detroit 24 26 .480 Minnesota 15 35 .300 West Division W L Pct Texas 30 21 .588 Seattle 29 21 .580 Los Angeles 23 28 .451 Oakland 23 29 .442 Houston 23 29 .442

GB — 2 5 6 1/2 8

Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Atlanta

GB — 1 1/2 2 4 13

Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati

GB — 1/2 7 7 1/2 7 1/2

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 31 21 .596 29 21 .580 26 25 .510 26 25 .510 15 35 .300 Central Division W L Pct 35 14 .714 29 21 .580 27 25 .519 23 28 .451 17 34 .333 West Division W L Pct 32 21 .604 27 25 .519 23 27 .460 23 30 .434 20 32 .385

GB — 1 4 1/2 4 1/2 15 GB — 6 1/2 9 1/2 13 19 GB — 4 1/2 7 1/2 9 11 1/2

Sunday’s Games Boston 5, Toronto 3, 11 innings Baltimore 6, Cleveland 4 N.Y. Yankees 2, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Texas 6, Pittsburgh 2 Houston 8, L.A. Angels 6, 13 innings Oakland 4, Detroit 2 Minnesota 5, Seattle 4

Sunday’s Games Washington 10, St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 4 Chicago Cubs 7, Philadelphia 2 Texas 6, Pittsburgh 2 Arizona 6, San Diego 3 San Francisco 8, Colorado 3 Miami 7, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, N.Y. Mets 2

Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 1, Chicago White Sox 0 Boston 7, Baltimore 2 Oakland 3, Minnesota 2 Houston 8, Arizona 3 Seattle 9, San Diego 3 Texas 9, Cleveland 2 Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 2 L.A. Angels 5, Detroit 1

Monday’s Games Atlanta 5, San Francisco 3 N.Y. Mets 1, Chicago White Sox 0 St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 0 Cincinnati 11, Colorado 8 Houston 8, Arizona 3 Seattle 9, San Diego 3 Chicago Cubs 2, L.A. Dodgers 0 Washington 4, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 10, Miami 0

Tuesday’s Games Houston (McCullers 1-1) at Arizona (Corbin 2-4), 1:40 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 2-6) at Seattle (Iwakuma 3-4), 1:40 p.m.

Texas (Lewis 4-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 4-5), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (Rodriguez 0-0) at Baltimore (Gausman 0-2), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-3) at Toronto (Happ 6-2), 5:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Latos 6-1) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 7-1), 5:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Smyly 2-6) at Kansas City (Gee 1-2), 6:15 p.m.

Detroit (Sanchez 3-6) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 3-3), 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Duffey 2-3) at Oakland (Surkamp 0-3), 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Houston (McCullers 1-1) at Arizona (Corbin 2-4), 1:40 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 2-6) at Seattle (Iwakuma 3-4), 1:40 p.m.

Washington (Ross 4-4) at Philadelphia (Nola 4-3), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Latos 6-1) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 7-1), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 5-3) at Miami (Fernandez 7-2), 5:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 1-5) at Atlanta (Wisler 2-4), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 4-3) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 9-0), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Leake 3-4) at Milwaukee (Peralta 3-5), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Moscot 0-2) at Colorado (Gray 2-2), 6:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Minnesota at Oakland, 1:35 p.m.

Texas at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 11:40 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Tommy Kahnle to Charlotte (IL). Recalled OF J.B. Shuck from Charlotte.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated RHP Huston Street from 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Mike Morin to Salt Lake City (PCL). Designated RHP Deolis Guerra for assignment. Recalled LHP Chris Jones from Salt Lake City.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed INF/OF Dustin Ackley on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Rob Refsnyder from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reinstated RHP Luis Severino from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed OF Danny Santana on the 15-day DL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed RHP Ryan Webb on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 27. Activated RHP Brad Boxberger feom the 15-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled RHP Ryan Tepera from Buffalo (IL). Designated UTL Jimmy Paredes for assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned OF Peter O’Brien to Reno (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent LHP Will Smith to Biloxi (SL) for a rehab assignment.

American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released INF Cory Morales.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed LHP Jake Eaton.

LAREDO LEMURS — Claimed RHP Jason Zgardowski off waivers from Joplin.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed C Maxx Garrett.

Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed 1B Alexander Malleta and INF Donal Duarte.

SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed RHP Josh Wood. Released OFs Connor Hoffman and Joe Dunigan.

Frontier League JOLIET SLAMMERS — Released RHP Quinn Pippin.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed RHP Eddie Cody.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed RHP Reese Gregory. Released LHP Jack Duffey.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Released INF Matt Burns and OF Wes Wallace FOOTBALL Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Lestar Jean. Transferred DL Cameron Henderson to the retired list.

COLLEGE ALABAMA — Announced the resignation of baseball coach Mitch Gaspard.

BAYLOR — Announced the resignation of athletic director Ian McCaw. Named Jim Grobe football coach.

TEXAS — Announced the resignation of baseball coach Augie Garrido, who will remain as special assistant to the athletic director.

VANDERBILT — Named Aimee Neff women’s assistant golf coach.

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Hip fans hit ticket woes PRICES HIKED ON STUBHUB

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Tickets for the Tragically Hip’s summer tour are already causing tension — and they haven’t even gone on sale to the public yet.

Within moments of a fan club presale being launched on Monday morning many Hip fans found tickets were no longer available.

And it didn’t take long before the highly sought after tickets began popping up on secondary resale sites and classified ad sites for significantly marked up prices.

Some fans questioned how the tickets — which required buyers to use a code to complete a purchase — could turn up for resale within minutes. Others lamented that concerts that were raising money for charity were being exploited by scalpers.

“Did ANYONE get ‘DID Tragically ANYONE GET Hip presale tickets? Were TRAGICALLY there like, 10 released???” HIP PRESALE asked TwitTICKETS? ter user DonWERE THERE na D. shortly after tickets LIKE, 10 disappeared.

“This is in- RELEASED??? sane. ScalpTHIS IS ers win, fans INSANE. LOSE.” SCALPERS Another user named WIN, FANS Mad Mac LOSE.’ t w e e t e d about scoring — DONNA D. two seats but still wasn’t impressed with how many tickets made their way to the popular website StubHub. “Makes no sense how StubHub can clean out tix like that & charge outrageous prices!”

A representative for the company did not immediately respond to requests for comment but a statement was posted online after Hip fans complained about the quick sell-out.

“Over the years, StubHub has donated nearly $2 million in support of charitable benefit events like this one and in support of the artists and the charitable intent of this event, we are pleased to make a donation to the Sunnybrook Foundation as well,” StubHub said in the statement.

“As a free and open marketplace, StubHub is committed to ensuring fans have access to buy and sell tickets to the events they want to see.”

Frustrated fans also noted that StubHub was offering what some suspected to be fake tickets for the Winnipeg show.

Seats were being sold on the company’s website for sections behind the stage at the MTS Centre, which according to Ticketmaster is not open for the concert.

The pre-sale complications are likely a sign of frustrations to come as Hip fans pursue one of the hottest concert tickets of the summer.

The seminal Canadian band, which announced last week that lead singer Gord Downie is facing incurable brain cancer, will play 15 shows across parts of the country during a month-long stretch from late July to August.

The Tragically Hip made an effort to meet some of the intense demand by adding another four dates to their summer tour on Monday, in cities where they already have scheduled concerts.

The additional dates will be in Vancouver (July 26), Edmonton (July 30), Calgary (Aug. 3) and Toronto (Aug. 14).

The newly added dates will go on pre-sale to fan club members on Tuesday morning.

Tickets for all shows are on sale to the public on Friday through Ticketmaster and its partners.

The tour is in support of the Hip’s upcoming album “Man Machine Poem,” due for release on June 17.

Downie’s doctor told reporters last week that the 52-year-old performer has been cleared for the shows, but will be closely monitored to avoid exhaustion and other health issues that could emerge on the road.

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The pace of ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ is surprisingly slow for a movie with so much action. And if there is a weakest link, it sits with the title villain. Apocalypse, whose appearance in an “X-Men” film has been highly anticipated by fans for years, is the least compelling element of this movie.

Apocalypse just good enough to keep franchise going SIX TAKEAWAYS (FIVE OF THEM POSITIVE) FROM THE LATEST X-MEN INSTALLMENT

BY DAVID BETANCOURT ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES THE GOOD NEWS: X-Men: Apocalypse, despite the early negative word, will not bring about the fall of the X-Men movie franchise.

In recent months, we’ve seen Batman v Superman disappoint audiences and Captain America: Civil War wow them. Now, the middling X-Men: Apocalypse is just good enough to keep things going for this Fox franchise.

That’s right: there needn’t be any calls for Marvel Studios to ride in to rescue the X-Men, as Marvel did with Sony’s cinematic Spider-Man. Part of the problem here, in fact, is that the massive critical and commercial success of Marvel Studios over the past eight years has warped our expectations of what a successful superhero movie needs to achieve.

Truth is, Marvel movies can still exist outside the storytelling grasp of Marvel Studios, despite its reputation for the sure-handed imprint of authenticity. Deadpool proved that in February. Now, given that Apocalypse isn’t the end of the world creatively, Deadpool doesn’t have to “save” the future of 20th Century Fox’s mutant-superhero movies.

That’s not to say Apocalypse is without some key flaws. The pace is surprisingly slow for a movie with so much action. And if there is a weakest link, it sits with the title villain. Apocalypse, whose appearance in an X-Men film has been highly anticipated by fans for years, is the least compelling element of this movie. If a name is in the title, that name should help power the movie. He doesn’t.

The grand scale of this character — who’s a dominant force in the comics — just doesn’t pop off the screen. Perhaps Apocalypse would have been better served by being entirely rendered in CGI — a la Ultron in the Avengers franchise. Apocalypse has a few moments, but you keep waiting for him to be spectacular; instead, he’s just there.

Meanwhile, we are introduced to a

Kinky Boots nabs 10 Dora Mavor Moore nominations TORONTO — The cast of Toronto’s Kinky Boots can kick up their heels: the smash musical has nabbed a leading 10 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations.

The recently wrapped Mirvish production, which featured music by pop star Cyndi Lauper, earned nods for production, direction, choreography and ensemble performance, and was

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The Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery will be featuring Van Gogh’s Starry Night on Wednesday morning from 9:30-11 a.m. as kids will get their chance to do their version of the masterpiece with fingerpaints.

Artmaking is designed for kids 5 and under and costs $2 a child for families with memberships and $3 without a membership.

1. The kids are going to be all right.

I was skeptical about this film going with such a young cast for such major characters as Cyclops, Jean Grey and Storm. Fortunately, the youth movement mostly passes muster. Minus the overdevelopment of Jean Grey’s character (for obvious reasons that we’ll get to in a second), each character does okay in the brief moments they’re given.

2. Jean Grey provides hope for future days.

I initially doubted the casting of Sophie Turner. Perhaps her Game of Thrones/Sansa Stark-ish-ness would disrupt the illusion of her being Jean Grey. I was wrong. Turner is believable as a character who has the potential to be the world’s most powerful mutant who contains hints of a darker destiny. It is no secret that the Dark Phoenix Saga is back on the table for forthcoming X-Men films. Turner steps up when it’s Jean Grey’s time to shine — so much so that the Dark Phoenix route seems the best next step for the X-Men. 3. Oscar Isaac is tangled up in blue.

Apocalypse just doesn’t deliver in this film, let alone captivate. Oscar Isaac’s natural charisma is buried beneath a wall of blue makeup. (The Apocalypse from the ’90s X-Men Saturday morning cartoon remains the best take on this character.) Ultron was a convincing and menacing villain as complete CGI creation in Avengers: Age also recognized in acting categories with nominations for AJ Bridel, Graham Scott Fleming and Alan Mingo Jr. The awards will be handed out on June 27 at Harbourfront Centre’s Concert Stage.

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welcome youth movement within the mutants: Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey and Nightcrawler don’t disappoint.

Because of the less-than-stellar reviews, I kept expecting this movie to disappoint me. But it didn’t. Aside from the dullness of Apocalypse himself, this movie provides the type of ride we’ve come to expect from Bryan Singer’s X-movies. Concerns assuaged, I’d welcome Singer’s next X-Men outing.

Here are six takeaways (five of them positive) from X-Men: Apocalypse:

City, CTV reveal new shows TORONTO — Canadian TV will be replete with reboots this fall and winter.

On Monday, both City and CTV announced some titles in their upcoming prime-time lineups.

City said it has acquired a series reboot of the film franchise Lethal

TRAVEL MEMORIES FEATURES THE KLONDIKE Experience the exploration of Northern B.C. to Whitehorse as Travel Memories takes you on a Klondike adventure through an expansive slideshow on Wednesday at the Red Deer Public Library’s Snell Auditorium. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information contact Donna Stewart or Priscilla at 403-346-2100.

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of Ultron; perhaps Singer should have gone that route with Apocalypse.

4. The Jim Lee visual experience comes to the fore.

Parts of Apocalypse looked like a Jim Lee-rendered comic come to life.

That’s a good thing if you remember the early ’90s X-Men comics that Lee illustrated — the one that had such an impact on the industry. This franchise is finally getting away from the all-black look. X-Men: First Class gave us the classic ’60s, blue-and-yellow style from the comics. This time, with Apocalypse set in the ’80s, we get some X-Men threads with a lot more colour.

That represents a smart and fun move, ahead of this franchise possibly moving into the ’90s if another sequel is made.

And the most Jim Lee-esque character? Olivia Munn’s Psylocke, who delivers the kind of lethal sexiness for which her character is known. Munn delivers the action with stylish fun.

And if Psylocke makes it to a sequel, let’s hope she’ll get more to say.

5. This franchise can survive without J-Law. Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique is presented as a hero to all young mutants, after her efforts in X-Men: Days of Future Past. If this movie proves to be her X-Men swan song, the franchise will go on just fine. It could be for the best, actually, that Lawrence moves on, so we can see more development of Cyclops, Jean Grey and Storm. Here’s hoping the now-bald Professor Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) stick around, though.

6. Quicksilver strikes back strong.

Evan Peters’s Quicksilver returns in fine form. This character comes bundled with great fun, and Singer continues to give the character some true highlights. Quicksilver survived the fan outrage over his look in Days of Future Past and delivered that movie’s top moment. In Apocalypse, he’s given another chance to shine. Gratefully, Quicksilver tops his Future Past debut.

Weapon as well as remakes of 24: Legacy and Prison Break.

City will announce additional new titles on June 6.

Meanwhile, CTV’s lineup includes Training Day, a reimagining of the 2001 film, and a psychological thriller based on the 1973 classic horror The Exorcist.

Also in CTV’s lineup is the political conspiracy thriller Designated Survivor, the comedy American Housewife and the love story This is Us. Other titles headed to CTV include the legal drama Conviction, the criminal law/media-focused Notorious, and the time-travelling Time After Time.

DELBURNE FARMERS MARKET OPENS Delburne Farmers Market runs Wednesdays — starting on June 1 — from 4 to 7 p.m. until Sept 28, 2016 at the Delburne Community Hall.

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SCHAUERTE Otto 1926 - 2016 Mr. Otto John ‘Hap’ Schauerte of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away surrounded by his family, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, May 29, 2016 at the age of 89 years. Prayers will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, June 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Len Cadieux celebrant. Interment will take place at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Hap’s honor may be made to Catholic Social Services of Red Deer at www.catholicsocialservices.a b.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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DOOL Sheldon The loss of Sheldon will be felt by his dad William Dool, mom Lynn (Ron) Wilson, brother John (Brenda) It is with great sadness, that we the family announce the passing of Sheldon Dool on May 26, 2016. Dool, sister Leslie Dool, nephews Shaun, Garrett, and Everett, grandmother Laura Pedersen, nieces Sandra and Sara, wife Karen Marten Dool, uncles, aunts, cousins, extended family and close friends.

Sheldon was predeceased by his paternal grandfather John Dool, uncle Don Dool, aunt Viola Langmandel, maternal grandfather Shirley Monts, grandmother Willa Andrews and aunt Audrey Abbott. Sheldon was born in Peace River Alberta on May 18, 1969 and moved to Medicine Hat as a youngster, then moved to Grande Prairie in 1977 and stayed until his work as a Journeyman Scaffolder took him to Edmonton, Calgary, and then Red Deer. Sheldon loved his dogs, always little Chihuahuas that would fit in his coat; he would take them with him everywhere. Sheldon was the kindest of souls who was there for others always ready to help with any hard work or heavy lifting. Family would like to thank Dr. Jim and wonderful nurses Shelley, Brittney, and Amy in the Red Deer Hospital ICU Unit for making our final time with Sheldon so much easier.

Services will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel on Thursday June 02, 2016 at 2:00pm with a lunch to follow at the Lacombe Legion. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Safe Harbour Society (5246 - 53 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 5K2 or online at http://www.safeharboursociet y.org/you-can-help).

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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REICKER Rick (Bliss) Oct. 11, 1930 - May 19, 2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Rick Reicker who passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on May 19, 2016 at the age of 85. He will be lovingly missed by his wife Barb, his two daughters Brenda and Lisa; his brothers Holly (Louise) and Ceylon; his sisters Betty, Dorothy (Alvin), Ruthie (George), Allison and Debbie (Ernie), and Cathy (Richard) Upshall; and his brother-in-law Phil Farrell.

He will also be greatly missed by numerous nieces, nephews and his many, many, dear friends. He was predeceased by his mother Ruth and father Arnold, his brother Don, sisters Audrey and Rowena, his brothers-inlaw Albert, Francis and Harry, and his sisters-in-law Marion Reicker, and Betty Knockelby. The Funeral for the late Rick Reicker will be held at the Chapel of the Rocky Funeral Home on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. followed by lunch at the Royal Canadian Legion. Cremation will follow at the Rocky Mountain Crematorium.

As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations in memory of Rick may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Red Deer Regional Hospital Intensive Care Unit.

Condolences may be forwarded to www.rockyfuneralhome.ca ROCKY AND SYLVAN LAKE FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements.

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POTTER William “Lyle” William Lyle Potter was born on June 4, 1928 in Stettler, Alberta to parents Maisie and Albert Potter. Lyle passed away peacefully on Monday, May 23, 2016 in Stettler, Alberta. Lyle is survived by his loving family: wife Joyce Potter of Stettler; children: Ron (Marilyn) Potter of Stettler, Glen (Nancy) Potter of Nelson, Roxie (Terry) Bazian of Devon, Lori Potter of Stettler and Donna (Jody) McLellan of Stettler; thirteen grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; brother Max (Lorraine) Potter of Gadsby; numerous other family members and many dear friends. In honouring Lyle’s wishes no formal funeral service will be held. Lyle was laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery, Lacombe, Alberta.

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Zoo director defends killing gorilla

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo’s director on Monday defended the decision to kill a gorilla to protect a 4-year-old boy who entered its exhibit, noting it’s easy to second-guess after the child was recovered safely.

The male western lowland gorilla named Harambe was killed Saturday by a special zoo response team that feared for the boy’s safety. Video taken by zoo visitors showed the gorilla at times appeared to be protective of the boy but also dragged him through the shallow moat.

Director Thane Maynard said the gorilla was agitated and disoriented by the commotion during the 10 minutes after the boy fell. He said the gorilla could crush a coconut in one hand and there was no doubt that the boy’s life was in danger.

“We stand by our decision,” he said Monday, reiterating that using a tranquilizer on the 420-pound gorilla could have further threatened the boy because it wouldn’t have taken effect immediately.

Maynard said an investigation indicates the boy climbed over a 3-foot-tall railing, then walked through an area of bushes about 4 feet deep before plunging some 15 feet into the moat. The boy was treated at a hospital and released that same day.

The director said the zoo remains safe for its some 1.6 million annual visitors, but a review is underway for possible improvements.

Kim O’Connor, who witnessed the boy’s fall, told WLWT-TV that she

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heard the youngster say he wanted to get in the water with the gorillas. She said the boy’s mother was with several other young children and told him no.

Anthony Seta, an animal rights activist in Cincinnati, helped organize a vigil Monday just outside the zoo gates.

He said the gathering wasn’t meant to assess blame but rather to honour Harambe, who turned 17 the day before he was shot.

“People can shout at the parents and people can shout at the zoo,” Seta

said. “The fact is that a gorilla that just celebrated his birthday has been killed.”

In the days since, people have taken to social media to voice their outrage about the killing of a member of an endangered species. A Facebook page called “Justice for Harambe” was created along with online petitions and another page calling for a June 5 protest at the zoo.

Maynard said the zoo had received messages of support and condolences

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Investigators said her attacker used a cigarette lighter to set Di Pietrantonio’s face on fire after dousing her with alcohol.

“I can say that in 25 years in this work I have never seen something so atrocious,” said Luigi Silipo, the lead police official in the investigation.

Paduano was being held for investigation of premeditated murder, Monteleone said.

five men who were identified by a 43-year-old captain who survived the weekend attack off the coast of neighbouring Suriname.

Police Commander Ian Amsterdam told The Associated Press that pirates attacked the Guyanese crew with machetes, threw them overboard and seized their engine, equipment and fish.

on salt licks, a method now regularly used by poachers to kill elephants in Zimbabwe.

She says poachers killed four other elephants in the same area in February.

Poachers in Zimbabwe use cyanide to kill 5 elephants

Iraqi forces started pushing into the city of Fallujah on Monday as a wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad and near the Iraqi capital killed at least 24 people.

The advance is part of an offensive to rout militants from Fallujah and recapture the city west of Baghdad, which has been held by the Islamic State for over two years. The offensive on Fallujah, backed by paramilitary troops and aerial support from the U.S.-led coalition, was first launched about a week ago.

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A Rome university student was burned alive by her ex-boyfriend after she left him, authorities said Monday — a slaying one investigator called the most atrocious crime he has seen in his career.

Sara Di Pietrantonio, 22, died before dawn Sunday after Vincenzo Paduano, 27, set her car afire, prosecutor Maria Monteleone told reporters. He then chased her after she ran out of

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Gladys Porter Zoo facilities director Jerry Stones speaks to members of the media about his memory of Harambe, Monday, in Brownsville, Texas. Harambe was a 17-year old gorilla that was killed by a special zoo response team on May 28, after a child slipped into an exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

Zimbabwean officials say poachers killed five elephants by poisoning them with cyanide.

Rangers discovered the carcasses of the elephants with their tusks removed in a western forest last week, Violet Makoto, spokeswoman for Zimbabwe’s forestry commission, said Monday. No arrests have been made, she said.

Makoto said the poison was laced

Authorities in Guyana say one fisherman has been killed and three others are missing following a pirate attack in waters near the South American country.

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A spokesman for Jane Goodall, the famed primatologist, said she had “a private conversation” with Maynard, who said she expressed her sympathy.

Maynard said zoo visitors have been leaving flowers at the exhibit and asking how they could support gorilla conservation.

“This is very emotional and people have expressed different feelings,” Maynard said by email. “Not everyone shares the same opinion and that’s OK. But we all share the love for animals.”

The Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, where Harambe spent most of his life, said Monday that its staff was deeply saddened by the gorilla’s death.

Harambe was sent to Cincinnati less than two years ago in hopes he would eventually breed with females there. Maynard said the zoo has some of Harambe’s sperm saved for research and possible future reproductive use.

Many social media commenters have criticized the boy’s parents and said they should be held accountable.

A Cincinnati police spokesman said no charges were being considered. A spokeswoman for the family said Monday they had no plans to comment.

“I do think there’s a degree of responsibility they have to be held to,” said Kate Villanueva, a mother of two children from Erlanger, Kentucky, who started the “Justice for Harambe” page and attended Monday’s vigil.

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FAMILY TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2016

Small things can make a big difference MURRAY FUHRER EXTREME ESTEEM

“You don’t need to change the world; you need to change yourself.� – Don Miguel Ruiz, Mexican author and Toltec spiritualist There’s a story about starfish that has been told and retold countless times in countless manners.

Research suggests that all the tales evolved from an original story by an American anthropologist, educator, and philosopher, Loren Eiseley. The story is called The Star Thrower.

Though a far cry from the original text, this is the most common rendition.

Once, there was an old man — a writer — who lived near the ocean. Each morning, before sitting down at his typewriter, he would go for a stroll along the beach. One morning, he found the beach strewn with starfish — thousands of them — victims of a violent storm the night prior.

As he walked, he noticed a figure in the distance.

As the figure grew closer, he recognized it as that of a small boy. Every so often, the boy would stop, bend down to pick up something and then toss it out into the ocean. As the two drew closer, the old man realized the boy was stopping to pick up starfish and then tossing them back into the ocean. “Good morning,� said the man. “And what might you be doing?�

The boy paused, looked up and studied the man for a moment. “I am throwing these here starfish

back into the ocean,� he replied. “The tide seems to have washed them onto the shore,� noted the man. “Yes,� said the boy. “And when the sun comes out, they are all going to die.� “There must be thousands of starfish on this beach,� said the man, surveying the scene. “Your effort is admirable, but I am afraid it is not going to make much of a difference.�

With that, the boy knelt down, picked up a starfish and held it out to the man. “Makes a difference to this one,� he said and tossed it back into the ocean.

Each day we have the opportunity to make a difference in the world and each day we often find ourselves thinking, “What’s the use? How much difference can I actually make?�

Sometimes, if we focus too much on the big picture, we find ourselves easily overwhelmed by it. If we look at hunger, poverty or disease, we find ourselves dwarfed by the size of the task.

Similarly, one of the reasons we back away from our goals and ambitions is that the challenge seems too great and the potential for success too small.

We may feel we simply don’t have the time or the energy to commit to the project, or we may believe that we lack the ability to initiate and complete the task. We may ask ourselves, “Who am I to tackle this problem?�

While it’s true that we might not be able to change the world, we can certainly change our small part of it. When big challenges are broken into small pieces, things come back into perspective. One starfish at a time. One small success building toward one great accomplishment in the end.

The same questions come into play when we express a desire for awareness and self-improvement.

It can seem as if we are constantly striving for advancement yet reaping little reward. Moreover, when

we backslide or find ourselves hooked by an old pattern or disempowering thought, it can be tremendously discouraging.

Ceaseless striving can lead to exhaustion and eventually to the abandonment of our goals. Over time, I have learned that it is important to pause occasionally to rest, regroup and reassess my strategy and adjust my expectations.

I have also learned about the concept of tipping points. In his acclaimed bestseller, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, American author Malcolm Gladwell defines a tipping point as “the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point.�

Though Gladwell’s book is about sociological changes, the concept also holds true for self-esteem building. To quote Gladwell, “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate.�

When we strive for positive, personal change and we persist — despite setbacks — change does occur.

We too eventually reach a tipping point. I am sure we’ve all had the experience of striving to understand a concept or policy and suddenly — almost inexplicably — having it make total sense. Think of riding a bicycle or learning to play a musical instrument. The experience is the same. Eventually, everything falls into place. Everything finally comes into focus for us.

Little things do matter. Small steps add up.

Whether helping others or helping yourself, every act makes a difference — to yourself and to the world. Personal change may seem overwhelming but can be accomplished one starfish at a time.

Planting begins with seeds of hope band’s mom rising to great heights of saintliness in my mind.

The timer rang, interrupting my visualization and I came quickly back to the present and my own fragrant kitchen.

I pulled a rhubarb cake out of the oven; carefully slicing it up, and spooning vanilla ice cream over the hot pieces, watching the ice cream melt into a gooey pile of sweet delight. “We never had much of a garden,� I said. “I think we used the garden spot in our back yard for a running broad jump pit.�

I felt kind of embarrassed mentioning such an unconventional use for a garden spot, but then I remembered our rhubarb patch. “It was the best in town,� I said proudly.

And I remember how my brother and I used to steal peas from the neighbour’s garden, except I think the neighbour actually knew, so it wasn’t really stealing.

Regardless, stolen peas taste the best as far as I’m concerned, even though Mark Twain insisted it was stolen watermelon.

It’s all relative, I guess.

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I put the dishes in the dishwasher and go out to plant my very own miniature garden.

It is so small. When I told a friend about it, he said I should be able to keep it pristine and completely weed free as it was no bigger than a postage

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I laughed.

But then I remembered my husband’s mom and how she apparently planted half her back yard into garden and kept it completely weed free.

And I’m filled with new respect not only for my husband’s mom, but for gardeners everywhere.

And I’m buoyed by the words ‘you reap what you sow.’ Ahhh! We shall see, we shall see!

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ADVICE TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2016

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Dear Annie: When my wife and I took a trip to Canada, my granddaughter and her live-in boyfriend at the time called to ask for permission to spend a week in our house, which is near a beach.

My wife said OK. This upset me for two reasons: We had $100,000 in precious metals in the house and I was concerned about theft. I had never met this boyfriend. Also, to have someone stay in our house for a week without us there seemed like an invasion of privacy. I was not happy about my wife’s decision, but went along with it to prevent bad feelings.

This granddaughter later married the boyfriend and they had a child. It turned out he was an alcoholic and when drunk, he threatened to kill her and the baby.

She brought the baby and our son-in-law (her father), and stayed in our house for a few days, again when we weren’t home.

They didn’t ask permission this time. My son-inlaw has a key. We knew she was escaping the poten-

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Tuesday, May 31 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Clint Eastwood, 86; Brooke Shields, 51; Colin Farrell, 40 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Talking about things isn’t the same as doing them, so don’t promise more than you can realistically deliver.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are capable and adaptable, and others enjoy being in your company. 2016 is the year to balance creativity with self-discipline ñ then you’ll really start to go places.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Avoid passing on unsubstantiated information or jumping to hasty conclusions Rams. Clear, careful communication will help improve relations with others, as you get your message out loud and clear.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re in a quiet and contemplative mood today. If life gets too busy and demanding then make rest and relaxation a major priority, as you enjoy a spot of splendid solitude somewhere special.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): With the Sun and Venus both in Gemini, the world will get a

tial abuse, so we said nothing.

Last Christmas, I brought up the subject of people staying in my house when I’m not there. Now, neither our granddaughter nor her parents are speaking to us. We’ve called them several times, but they don’t pick up and never return our calls.

My daughter is bipolar and has been hostile toward me for many years, mainly because I did not divorce her mother, whom she hated.

When her mother died 25 years ago, she transferred that hatred to me, even though my current wife and I always have been friendly and kind to my daughter and her family.

So here’s my question: Am I justified, according to social behavior, in objecting to relatives staying in our home when we are not there?

I would never stay in anyone’s home without their permission. — Joe in California Dear Joe: Having people in your house when you aren’t home is a personal choice. Your wife gave permission the first time, which means your complaint should have been directed at her, not your grandchild. (It might also be a good idea to put highly valuable items in a bank safety deposit box.)

And while we agree that no one should stay in your house without permission, running away from an abusive spouse is a pretty good reason to show up unexpectedly in a safe place to which you have a key.

Your daughter and her family are not responding

double-dose of your quick-witted quips today.

Just make sure your playful chatter doesn’t denigrate into gratuitous gossip.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s not all about you at the moment Crabs! Companionship, cooperation and collaboration are the buzz words as you snuggle up close with your partner. Singles ñ love and friendship are linked.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A wonderful work opportunity is hiding around the corner for some Cats ñ but you’ll have to be smart and grab it when it appears or it will pass you by.

So stop over-thinking things and start doing!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll be concerned with serious issues today as you read, write or research. It’s also a terrific time to delve into a mystery, solve a problem or be a detective and find something that’s been missing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re in the mood for adventure, as the Sun and Venus stimulate your desire to explore and savour the beauty of the great outdoors. Make sure you take a loved one or work mate along for the ride.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Attached Scorpios Ö don’t take the lead. Give your partner room to move and let them decide how the day should develop. Singles, look for love with a tender Taurus or a passionate Piscean.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Venus is now visiting your relationship zone,

kindly or rationally, but you also don’t seem to be dealing with them in a productive way.

Ask your daughter whether she would be willing to go with you for counseling to resolve this and work on having a better relationship in the future. It seems worth a try.

Dear Annie: I have a different response to “Waking Up,” whose friend talks too much.

I have a friend who does this. She is a stay-athome mom and needs to talk to an adult. The rest of her friends work outside the home and have social lives.

So when I know I have an hour to spare, I will phone her and just let her talk.

This is called “being a friend.” And eventually, she gets around to asking me about my life. — M 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. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

so it’s time to connect and cooperate with your spouse. Single Sagittarians ñ look for a partner with similar interests, who you really enjoy being with.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Combine work and leisure in enjoyable ways. But don’t accept a problem at face-value. The situation is more complex than it appears so take the time to get to the bottom of what’s really going on.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The current planetary patterns encourage you to patch up a lingering problem with a loved

one. Clear communication, constant connection and shared interests are the keys to satisfying relationships.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The focus is on family matters as the Sun and Venus highlight your home zone. But it will be very easy to misconstrue what a loved one says.

So make sure you tread carefully and ask for some clarification.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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