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TAKING FLIGHT COURT

Chase ends in prison

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF The light at the end of the tunnel just got a little dimmer for a Red Deer man sentenced on more charges while already serving a 10-year sentence in a federal prison.

Daniel Edward Apetrea, 36, had been released on a recognizance in connection with other charges at about 1 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2014, when Red Deer City RCMP were called to reports of a suspicious vehicle sitting in a parking lot in the Highland Green area at the north side of the city.

The first officer at the scene discovered a stolen half ton with two people asleep inside — a man and a woman, Crown prosecutor Ed Ring said in presenting an agreed statement of facts during Apetrea’s sentencing hearing in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday.

The RCMP constable got out of the police car and approached the truck with his gun drawn.

As the police officer approached the driver’s side window, Apetrea threw the truck into gear and headed it straight for the parked police car, ramming it several times and then ramming another pickup truck in his efforts to get out of the parking lot, said Ring.

The fleeing Ford collided with a car that was travelling on Hermary Street and then veered onto a lawn and hit a tree.

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Karl Suello of Lacombe Christian School jumps his way to winning the grade eight long jump event at Legion Field in Red Deer Tuesday. Suello’s 5.03 metre jump was more than enough to soar past the competition.

Christian schools from across Central Alberta participated in the track and field event in Red Deer.

Fort McMurray residents brace for return to city after fire

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY — Henry Velasquez wants to return to the place where his home once stood — someday, but not yet.

Residents are being allowed to return in stages this week, a month after a voracious wildfire destroyed 10 per cent of Fort McMurray and forced the evacuation of the entire city.

But Velasquez, a chemical engineer, will be hanging back in Calgary with his wife, Olga, and son Tomas, 3.

He’s just not ready for the emotional punch of seeing what’s left of their

Full coverage of re-entry to Fort McMurray Page A6 townhouse in the Stone Creek neighbourhood at the north end of town.

In July or August, he’ll re-evaluate, he said.

“I just want to go there before they start the demolition of everything, because I just want to see where my house is, see if there is at least one memory that I could rescue from what we have,” he said through tears.

“The most simple, the most small thing that I could recover from that, it will be such a treasure for me and my

wife.”

In Ian Seggie’s apartment in the Timberlea neighbourhood, there’s still a bag of trash waiting to be taken out and a pot of soup ready to be heated on the stove.

“The eerie part for me is that everything is frozen in time,” he said from Calgary, where he’s been staying since May 3, when more than 80,000 people were ordered out of the city.

Roadblocks are to be lifted and government reception centres open for business at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

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Tips from public lead ALERT to cache of guns, drugs

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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ALERT seized four guns and arrested two people following a week-long investigation in downtown Red Deer on May 19.

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A small arsenal of weapons has been stripped from the hands of drug dealers.

ALERT’s Red Deer organized crime and gang team seized four guns and arrested two people following a weeklong investigation in downtown Red Deer on May 19.

ALERT Insp. Chad Coles said the team searched a home in the 4900-block of 54 Street following tips from the public.

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Coles said in this case it wasn’t a huge number of drugs seized but firearms associated with the seizure have been taken off the street.

“We are seeing that more and more — firearms involved with people involved in the drug trade having these type of weapons when they are authorized not to have them,” said Coles.

“It is a concern for public safety and police officer safety when you conduct the search warrant like this finding the people are in possession of firearms.”

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Residents wary of cost of civic complex

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Clearwater County’s proposal to build a $30-million civic complex is proving controversial.

Residents packed a community hall on Monday night to hear details of the two-phase project to construct a new administration building along with vehicle service and storage buildings, chemical storage building and enough space for five municipal departments.

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COUNCIL FOR A Marianne Cole, BIT OF A LOOP.’ of the Clearwater County Taxpayers — MARIANNE COLE Association, was CLEARWATER ONTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION among the many who voiced concerns about the cost of the project and the plan to tap provincial grants and county reserve funds for a large portion of the funding.

“The hall was packed. It was amazing,” said Cole, who estimated the crowd at about 350 people.

“I think it did throw council for a bit of a loop.”

The tone was respectful, but many residents stood up to voice their reservations about taking on such a big project during an economic slump. To others, the project’s financial risk was too high and the benefit to county ratepayers unclear, she said.

It is proposed that the $22-million first phase would include the first half of the two-storey administration building, storage buildings and the sand and gravel facility.

The second phase would complete the other half of the 43,000-square-foot administration building and cost around $8 million.

When asked to show their support or opposition in a show of hands, nine out of 10 came out against, she estimated.

County Reeve Pat Alexander acknowledged many residents came with concerns about the project, which was the first formal presentation of the county’s plans to the community.

“It’s a fairly long-term project, but certainly the building generated a lot of questions, for sure.”

Alexander said comments from the meeting will be gathered for council and another meeting is expected to be held in the next four to six weeks.

“There were some recommendations and we’ll be looking at that to see how some of that would work.”

Options to be considered include delaying the project or tackling it in smaller, less expensive phases.

The county also expects to meet soon with representatives from the oil and gas sector — who contribute a significant portion of county tax revenues — to discuss the economic slowdown and its expected impact.

Alexander said the county won’t go ahead if there is strong opposition.

“If there is not an appetite to go to tender at this time, we just won’t do it.”

Some have suggested a plebiscite be held to give ratepayers a direct say in whether the complex goes ahead.

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Salim Alaradi is shown in this family handout image after he was released. A Canadian acquitted of charges he faced in the United Arab Emirates has been released from prison and could leave the country as early as Wednesday, his family told The Canadian Press, calling the news “an amazing surprise.”

Tattoo event to raise money for Stollery Children’s Hospital

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

HUDSON HEART PROJECT

Hopes are high that round three of the Hudson Heart Project will continue to earn more cash for programs at the Stollery Children’s Hospital.

Red Deer toddler Hudson Ford was just 14 days old three years ago, when surgeons at the Edmonton hospital performed the first of three surgeries to correct a potentially fatal heart problem.

His mother, professional photographer Jayme Hudson, said the left side of Hudson’s heart was abnormally small, so surgeons performed the first of three surgeries that will eventually see all of his blood pumped through the right side of his heart.

The second surgery was performed a few months ago and the final operation will take place when he is four or five years old.

Grateful for the work they have done for their son, Jayme and her husband, Lucas, owner of a Red Deer tattoo shop, set up the Hudson Heart Project to provide ongoing support for the Stollery, selling tattoos created by local artists and by visiting artist from throughout Western Canada.

Round three rolls out this Sunday at Lucas’s Clas-

sic Tattoo shop on Little Gaetz, including live music and a display of vintage cars for people to enjoy while they wait their turns with one of the 25 or more tattoo artists expected to attend the event.

Doors open at 9 a.m. However, based on last year’s experience, Jayme and Lucas expect the first customers to start lining up at about 4 a.m. Some will be bartenders and servers who will come over right after they’ve finished their Saturday night shift, she said.

In support of the project, the Downtown Business Association has arranged to close the street in front of the store to accommodate the event, she said.

Tattoos will range in price from $100 to $300, with proceeds forwarded to the Stollery. Tattoo sales alone raised $35,000 last year, and the crew hopes to top that this year.

Jayme advises anyone interested in getting some skin art in support of a good cause to be on site by 7 a.m. Artists will work in shifts until every job is done. Last year, they kept at it until 2 a.m.

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ble to represent Stettler.

Gerlitz has been a trustee since October 2013 and was one of two trustees representing the town.

At the June 16 board meeting, Clearwater school board will discuss whether to hold a by-election or wait until the 2017 election to fill the vacancy.

The resignation leaves six trustees on the board.

A school board trustee representing Stettler with Clearwater Public Schools resigned from her position on Tuesday.

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Safe Harbour holding ninth annual Community Feast

ATB Downtown Market opens tonight Red Deer’s little market that grew is kicking off the season with its largest number of opening day vendors ever, manager Tyler Bowman said.

The ATB Downtown Market, entering its seventh year, averaged 20 vendors last season each Wednesday evening. Tonight there will be 24 vendors, some for the first time, he said.

A few vendors that are making their debut include Doef’s Greenhouses selling produce, Confetti Sweets, a gourmet cookie business, and awardwinning Sylvan Star Cheese. Field Stone Fruit Wines will be back after taking a break for a few years.

Many of the regular “friendors,” as Bowman calls them, are back including Innisfail Growers, Cutie Pies and The Jelly Barn.

The market runs from 4 to 7 p.m. every Wednesday until Thanksgiving on Little Gaetz Avenue downtown and is an officially designated farmers market because of its “make it, bake it or grow it” products.

Bowman, who is in his fourth year as market manager, said he does not have a good handle on the number of people who come to shop because there are not specific entrances to the market. But he said vendors have told him they do as well in many cases as they do at the larger public market on Saturdays.

The Red Deer Downtown Business Association founded the market in 2009. The DBA also arranges for performances on the Ross Street Patio on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tonight musician Trinity Bradshaw will be performing as the Downtown Market begins — with only a 30 per cent of showers forecast.

Bus tour to educate participants about river A bus tour to the lower headwaters of the Red Deer River is aimed at learning more about the river, life in and around it, and the challenges of flood mitigation.

Jeff Hangar, executive director of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance, said its the first time they have had the tour, which will tap into local knowledge of the river and the area southwest of Sundre.

The tour is open to the public and will include some local MLAs, municipal officials and members of the watershed alliance.

They will be looking at the different directions the river can take and some of the braiding that occurs.

The tour will take place later this month, at the time of year when high river flows occur. Much of the route of the tour was affected by the 2013 catastrophic flooding that hit Alberta.

“It will be high water when we get there, a good time to see what we need to see and assist in those conversations the Sundre council and Mountain View county council having about protecting the river and the banks … questions that the municipalities are facing all the time,” Hangar said.

The tour will leave from the Bowden Information Centre, then going to the Garrington Bridge, Sundre, the Red Deer River Ranches for lunch, and then along the Coal Camp Road to Mountain-Aire Lodge.

The Alberta Wilderness Association will make a presentation at the lodge.

The tour is June 23, from 7:50 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., departing from the Bowden Information Centre. The cost is $50 per person. Two buses will be used to transport up to 80 people.

To register contact Kelly at 403-3407379 or go online to www.rdrwa.ca.

Nothing says spring like the bounty of a feast.

The ninth annual Safe Harbour Society’s Community Feast will serve up a feel good time at Fort Normandeau on Saturday.

Tricia Haggarty-Roberts, Safe Harbour’s Director of Operations, said it is a time to acknowledge our grandmothers and grandfathers that have (died) and to acknowledge the struggles the people have in the community.

“But at the same time spring is about new births and new growth and fresh air,” she said. “We welcome the spring and each other.”

Rain or shine the community event will run from noon to 5 p.m.

A traditional ceremony with prayers will be part of the afternoon.

Maskwacis elder John Crier will conduct the pipe ceremony.

Cree Métis elder Corky Larsen Jonasson and Lyn Jonasson of Red Deer introduced the feast to the community after hearing the need for more cultural events and consulting with George Good Striker, their former spiritual leader.

“It is about bringing the community together and feeding each other and sitting with each other,” said Larsen Jonasson. “It’s that all important circle honouring our elders and honouring our ancestors. We are all still sitting here. We are all still going.”

Larsen Jonasson said everyone is invited to the feast and to bring a feast bag because the feast is “going green.”

“What we ask is if you have someone who has gone on, you want to have those prayers for them that you would bring a food item, their favourite dish,” she said.

More information is available on Safe Harbour’s website at www. safeharboursociety.org.

Budget Bus gives residents a chance to chime in on spending All aboard for city spending.

Red Deer’s Budget Bus will be rolling into neighbourhoods with its first stop at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre.

The open house on wheels is an opportunity for residents to say how they want the city to spend their tax dollars and provide their vision for the community.

The feedback received will help determine the city’s 2017 operating and capital budgets.

The bus will visit several locations throughout June. As well as information about city programs, there will be city staff on board to answer questions. Find out more information or fill out an online survey visit www. reddeer.ca The bus will parked at the Dawe Centre from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. today.

Other dates and locations include: ● Recreation Centre on June 6 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. ● Bower Place Shopping Centre on June 8 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. ● Alberta Sports Hall of Fame on June 14 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ● Bower Ponds on June 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. ● Olymel on June 23 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ● Public Market on June 25 from 8 a.m. to noon. ● Parkland Mall on June 28 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. ● Collicutt Centre on June 30 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

to happen in Benalto, whatever that might be,” said Wood on Tuesday.

The county wants to see the school and its property used to its best potential, he added.

School board trustees voted in April to close the doors at Benalto after this school year following a lengthy viability review.

A group of parents, with the support of the county, lobbied unsuccessfully to change the board’s mind.

Parents are now hoping to save the school by turning it into a charter school. Those are schools run by a nonprofit organization and are funded by Alberta Education and must follow the provincial curriculum.

Suspect caught breaking into garage facing nine charges A Red Deer man faces nine charges after he was caught breaking into a Riverside Meadows garage and attempting to flee in a stolen car on May 16.

Police say a suspect was surprised by homeowners in their garage shortly after 5 p.m. on May 16.

The suspect unsuccessfully attempted to convince the homeowners that he was in the wrong location. Then he told them he was a police officer.

The suspect unsuccessfully tried to flee a Toyota Avalon. The homeowner stopped him and the man grabbed several bags of stolen property and fled on foot.

Police tracked the suspect and they met another victim who had just observed the suspect stealing items from his van. The suspect was arrested a short time later.

The car had been reported stolen out of Red Deer on May 15. RCMP also recovered stolen credit cards, fuel cards and debit cards, cell phones and tools; many of these items were connected to a series of theft files from May 15 including theft from a vehicle, a garage break-in and a vehicle smash and grab.

A 30-year-old man was charged with nine breaking and entering/ robbery, possession of stolen property over $5,000, four counts of possession of stolen property under $5,000, impersonating a police officer, mischief and theft from motor vehicle.

He appears in Red Deer provincial court today.

Ross Street Patio parties back for 2016 Ross Street Patio parties are back for 2016.

Red Deerians are invited to celebrate at the official kick-off event on Friday.

Two performances are scheduled

for the kick-off, the first by singersongwriter Randi Boulton from noon to 1 p.m., followed by an evening show

by The Groove Machine from 4 to 6 p.m.

Concert-goers will also have the opportunity to make dreamcatchers from recycled materials with local artist Michael Huyzer.

Wendy Meeres, the city’s Culture Community Development co-ordinator said the City of Red Deer is proud to continue supporting free, live entertainment on the Ross Street Patio.

The relaxed atmosphere makes it a great place to start your weekend and enjoy the warm weather and great music throughout the summer, she said.

The city will host three more patio parties from 5 to 8 p.m. on July 8, Aug. 5 and Sept. 2.

For more information on Ross Street Patio entertainment, visit www. reddeer.ca/patioparties.

Power outage affects large swath of city A third of the city was without power for a few minutes on Tuesday.

An issue with the downtown Electric Light & Power substation, which powers about a third Red Deer, caused the outage around noon, said the city. The outage lasted about 10 minutes.

No further details were available.

The outage is currently under investigation.

Dr. Verna Yiu appointed president, CEO of Alberta Health Services for five years EDMONTON — Dr. Verna Yiu has been named president and CEO of the organization that delivers health services to Albertans.

Yiu was appointed to the top job at Alberta Health Services in December on an interim basis after former CEO Vicki Kaminski resigned.

Linda Hughes, chairwoman of the Alberta Health Services Board, says Yiu is an outstanding leader and will assume the full job on June 3.

Yiu’s appointment is for five years with an annual salary of $573,841.

Before her appointment as interim president and CEO, Yiu was the vice-president of quality and chief medical officer at AHS. Alberta Health Services has a budget this year of $14.3 billion.

Red Deer County wants voice in future of Benalto School Red Deer County has served official notice that it wants to be involved in the future of Benalto School.

Coun. Richard Lorenz, whose division includes the school, made a motion last week to inform Chinook’s Edge School Division that it is interested in the school site.

Mayor Jim Wood said by expressing an interest the county wants to ensure the school board includes the county in conversations about the future of the school and its site, which includes a popular playground.

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Making friends and influencing a nation JOHN STEWART OPINION

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have spent a great deal of time lately in the company of a large group of exceptional people.

These extraordinary Albertans were responsible for a celebration that has enriched my community immeasurably and allowed the entire province to bask in a national spotlight.

Crews are cleaning up after an 11day Red Deer tournament turned festival turned party that was the 2016 MasterCard Memorial Cup. But the impact of major junior hockey’s championship will reverberate here and elsewhere long after the brooms are put away.

The remarkable efforts of the Red Deer Rebels organization, an army of volunteers and an equally committed local business community helped shatter some preconceived — and decidedly ill-conceived — notions about who Albertans are and what our province stands for.

“The people have been amazing,” an admittedly astonished Toronto hockey official told me. He has attended several Memorial Cups across the

country and came here expecting an Alberta version of what he called “that Toronto attitude.”

Instead, he discovered that “the people of Alberta are scary — they are so positive and friendly.” What was unspoken, but clearly implied, was that we are so positive and friendly in the face of hard times and growing national resentment.

It’s no secret this is not an easy time to be an Albertan.

Our economy is in tatters. Fort McMurray, a city that was one of the engines of our — as well as Canada’s — economy is, by horrendous coincidence, scorched and stunned.

Much of the nation looks askance at our once-treasured economic contribution, our resources, and our attempts to move our oil beyond our borders.

And, in general, many Canadians perceive us as pushy, entitled, isolationist, greedy and environmentally retrograde.

So when we get an opportunity to show the nation who we really are — how exceptional this place and its people truly can be — it’s important to make the most of it. And so the resounding appraisals of Red Deer’s Memorial Cup matter, on so many levels.

It has been 42 years between Memorial Cups for Alberta (the last, in 1974, was in Calgary), and much has changed in this province in those four decades,

and in the business of sports.

Now, hosting the Memorial Cup means an estimated $17-million-to-$19million direct economic impact for a city like Red Deer. It is so much more than a hockey tournament, with its concerts and displays, merchandising and socializing, activities and educational components.

It also means the community has a grand excuse to come together, either to experience the event, or to roll up their sleeves and help pull it off.

For everyone, even in the face of hard times, such a feat is invigorating. And when a community is as committed and unflaggingly enthusiastic as this community has been, the payoff is immense.

According to Volunteer Alberta, there are more than 20,000 organizations and 9,000 registered charities in Alberta. Those groups are supported by 2.5 million volunteers who give about 450 million hours a year to good causes. The stats are little old (2007) but the social trend is clear. It continues even in hard times. We like to pitch in, and we’re good at it.

Almost three-quarters of Alberta’s adults indicated in 2010-11 that they did at least one type of volunteer work, from helping a neighbour (56.4 per cent) to human services (28 per cent) to sports and recreation (23 per cent) to arts and culture (17 per cent) to youth

development (19 per cent) to libraries (5 per cent) and other areas, ranging from community associations to animal rescue.

Certainly, goodness is its own reward. And the countless selfless acts of kindness, from one Albertan to another as Fort McMurray evacuees fled south, is ample evidence of our inherent goodness.

But sometimes the ripples of good deeds spread much wider and are enduring, particularly when it comes from a small army of volunteers, many of whom committed months to pulling an event off.

Volunteers come in all ages. They are from all walks of life. What unifies them is a commitment to goodness.

Every gesture of welcome, every kind word, direction given, smile bestowed, preparation made and problem solved reflects well on us all. And it tells the recipient that they are welcome back here any time.

So every bit of the immense goodwill that was dispensed throughout this city and this province as the nation came to us for a celebration of junior hockey will have a payoff.

Winning friends and influencing Canadians, one incredible volunteer at a time, again and again.

Troy Media columnist John Stewart was a member of the 2016 MasterCard Memorial Cup host committee.

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Link between culture,health for indigenous people

BY JON MCGAVOCK SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Indigenous educator, activist, journalist and politician Wab Kinew has been telling scientists and health care professionals for years that culture is medicine. It’s a message that must be heard.

Epidemics of obesity, diabetes, infectious diseases and suicide that plague First Nation children across Canada are complex and multi-faceted. Yet government solutions often focus on simplistic biomedical approaches – when they address the crises at all. And they too often ignore the cultural strategies addressing indigenous relationships with language, tradition and land, proposed by indigenous leaders themselves.

Most non-indigenous people struggle with the concept that culture has healing potential but several lines of scientific evidence support it.

I am a non-indigenous scientist who works closely with indigenous communities. In the wake of the crises in Attawapiskat, it’s time to examine the science that supports more culturally-grounded approaches to improving health among Canada’s indigenous peoples.

The federal government lays claim to an evidence-based approach to policy-making, so here’s the evidence for integrating culture into these policies.

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When indigenous youth are asked to identify elements of health in their community, they consistently point to aspects of their culture, including land, language and ceremony, as factors that make them healthy. A randomized trial of indigenous adults at risk for Type 2 diabetes tested this theory and found that a six-month program of cultural teachings, including language and history, was more effective than conventional diet and exercise teachings for reducing the risk factors related to the metabolic disorder.

The most poignant example of the power of culture comes from a study of the 196 First Nations bands in British Columbia, where suicide rates were 140 times higher among communities with no cultural continuity, compared to those with the highest levels. Cultural continuity was defined as measures of self-governance over education, health, established cultural facilities and titles over land.

Policy-makers are finally starting to pay attention to the connection between culture and health — and how that may offer steps forward for addressing health crises among Canada’s indigenous peoples.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has recently funded some novel approaches to expand this area of research. Culture is being tested as an intervention for the treatment of addictions by a team of Canadian 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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The team is prioritizing the knowledge of elders and indigenous leaders over the knowledge of western scientists when designing the intervention, recognizing different kinds of expertise in their trial.

Preliminary findings from the team reveal that 74 per cent of published cases that used cultural interventions — such as land-based activities, traditional ceremonies and sharing circles — for the treatment of addiction were more effective at improving wellness and reducing or eliminating substance abuse than conventional treatment.

Using a similar approach, indigenous scholar Dr. Janet Smylie recently found that interventions designed in partnership with indigenous communities for health promotion concerning toddlers and infants were more effective than those that did not.

My own research team at the University of Manitoba is relying on indigenous teens to deliver a culturally-tailored approach developed by Lakota scholar Dr. Martin Brokenleg to prevent obesity and Type 2 diabetes in youth within their communities.

As a country, we need to embrace interventions that restore cultural practices, which provide more value than the too-common facile suggestions for moving entire communities to the city or assimilating youth into the Canadian mosaic.

There is one obvious place govern-

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ments can start if they want to improve health and reduce inequities among Canada’s indigenous peoples. It’s time to act on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action – and acknowledge the expertise of indigenous elders and leaders in developing relevant solutions.

A few bold leaders are already doing this within their communities.

Kathleen Kelson is a non-indigenous principal at Wapanohk Community School in Thompson, Man. She opens every school day with announcements in Cree, ensures smudging (purifying a room with the smoke of sacred herbs) is available for every student in her school and holds classes on the land.

Mary Jo Wabano and scientists from Laurentian University developed a land-based resilience-promoting program to support mental health among adolescents in Wikwemikong First Nation.

It’s time to bring indigenous leaders and experts into our policy solutions and put them at the helm. Perhaps then we can reduce the inequities that indigenous youth in this country live with every day.

Jon McGavock is an advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and an associate professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. He holds a CIHR Applied Health Chair in Resilience and Obesity.

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Notley to greet returnees

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Sheldon Penney has a nap outside a restroom at the roadblock outside of Fort McMurray on Tuesday. A limited number of residents will be allowed back into the city starting Wednesday.

Residents to return in stages

Government officials expect the return for most evacuees to be completed by June 15.

FORT MCMURRAY — A phased re-entry for fire evacuees from Fort McMurray and nearby communities is to begin Wednesday. People who lost their homes to the northern Alberta fire may want to inspect their property and salvage belongings. Those with houses still standing are advised to do a thorough cleaning and toss out rotting food. Here’s a list of who gets in when: Wednesday: People from Fort McMurray’s Lower Townsite, including the downtown, as well as from the nearby communities of Anzac, Fort McMurray 468 First Nation and Gregoire Lake Estates.

Thursday: People living on the north side of Fort McMurray in the neighbourhoods of Parsons Creek, Stone Creek, Timberlea, Eagle Ridge and Dickensfield.

Friday: Residents of north-central and south Fort McMurray in the neighbourhoods of Thickwood, Wood Buffalo, Gregoire, Prairie Creek and Saprae Creek Estates.

Saturday: There are different scenarios for residents of south-central Fort McMurray in some of the hardest-hit neighbourhoods.

People from Grayling Terrace and Draper are to return as scheduled. However, as many as 2,000 people with undamaged homes in Waterways, Abasand and Beacon Hill have been told it is unsafe for them to move back right away.

Not everything will be fully operating when Fort McMurray reopens

of. Because if we started doing that and then had to change our position over and over and over again, people would stop listening to us. And then when we had important information to communicate they may not be listening.”

At night, she said, the fire came home with her.

“It’d be hard not to (think about it), but I would think about it in a different context. I would think about it as a parent. I would talk about it with my kids.”

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FORT MCMURRAY — Officials have warned that residents of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta should not expect the fire-damaged city to be running normally when they begin to return on Wednesday.

Here is what they can anticipate: Health Care: The Northern Lights Regional Heath Centre, the city’s only hospital, is not expected to return to full operations until after June 21. Its emergency department is to be open this week and some limited services are to be available in the beginning days of the re-entry. A temporary urgent care centre has been set up outside the Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre.

Schools: Classes are to resume in September. Students can finish their school year in communities where they have been staying since the evacuation.

Waste disposal: Normal residential garbage collection is to resume June 16 and temporary transfer stations are to be available beginning June 2.

Airport: Commercial air service to Fort McMurray International Airport is tentatively scheduled to resume June 10.

Stores: Crews have been working to get critical businesses such as banks, grocery stores and pharmacies running again.

Supplies of some items may be limited in the beginning and the government says some things may need to be rationed.

What do returning residents need to bring?

FORT MCMURRAY — Wildfire evacuees will be allowed to start returning to Fort McMurray on Wednesday, about a month after a huge wildfire forced more than 80,000 residents to flee. Officials have warned it won’t be business as usual for a while. Here’s what returning residents have been advised to bring with them: ● Enough food, drinking water and prescription medication to last up to 14 days. A boil-water advisory continues to be in effect and stores are still being cleaned up and restocked. ● N-95 dust masks to reduce smoke exposure. The masks are available at hardware stores and one per household will be included in the Canadian Red Cross cleaning kits available at information centres. ● Appropriate clothing, including boots, long pants, a long-sleeved shirt and gloves. ● A camera to document any damage for insurance purposes. ● A flashlight, as some homes may not have power.

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Scenes of families in trucks and cars reduced to a crawl as they tried to escape through curtains of flame below a sky raining embers.

The day she went to the region and the wildfire literally chased her around.

The tour of destroyed neighbourhoods reduced to grey expanses of soot.

It was the small things that jumped out.

“I hadn’t realized … you go to a place where there was a house and what do you see on the ground? Nails.

Piles and piles of nails,” said Notley in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“Because that’s what’s left when everything burns to the ground. Just nails everywhere.”

It has been a month since a roaring wildfire raced through Fort McMurray and cut the city in two, forcing the entire population of more than 80,000 to flee.

Notley recalled the first day, May 3, was focused on getting people out and nothing more.

She said she was amazed to see families in cars inch their way past flames and not break down into mad panic.

“I remember talking to a friend of mine. I was just telling her about it and she started breaking into tears, imagining that she was there with a child trying to get out of town,” said Notley.

“It’s hard to imagine how frightening it must have been for these families to have your kids in the car and be driving down that road and to be told that you can’t go any faster than 25 kilometres an hour when you’re seeing flames coming at you.”

A day later, Notley flew to Fort McMurray to see what the province was up against and looked down on a city shrouded by “a mountain of smoke.”

She landed at the operations centre at the airport just as the fire forced staff there to head south to the hamlet of Anzac.

Notley flew to Anzac under a blue sky, met and chatted with people, and suddenly everyone was on the run again.

“There was this great big wall of black (smoke) coming toward Anzac.

That was the day where we had the biggest sense of the intensity, of the heat, and of the unpredictability of the fire.”

It was a disaster without a playbook: A fire that changed from hour to hour, the province needing to scramble in fire crews, get people out and find homes and money for evacuees — all while protecting the city and the nearby oilsands so critical to Alberta’s economy.

For more than two weeks straight, Notley’s attention was solely on the fire as she received briefings and then spoke to reporters at the operations centre in Edmonton.

The plan, in short, was constant updates.

All facts and no speculation. Those were the lessons learned in the fire that destroyed part of Slave Lake in 2011 and in extensive flooding that displaced thousands in southern Alberta in 2013.

Notley faced daily demands to update the number and location of homes lost and deliver a date to get evacuees back. Less was ultimately better than more, she said.

“We didn’t want to put out information that we weren’t 100 per cent sure

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Alberta makes public draft Fildebrandt rules governing assisted dying returns to

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta has made public its own draft regulations for physician-assisted death, but notes those rules will be superseded when the federal law is in place.

“The federal government has the primary responsibility for legislation in this area, and we intended for our regulations to fit within their legislative framework,” associate health minister Brandy Payne told reporters Tuesday.

“In the meantime, Alberta needs to be prepared.”

The issued is now being debated under a motion put forward in the legislature.

The Opposition Wildrose party said the government has not given enough time for debate.

“This shortened timeline imposed by the NDP government is simply unacceptable,” Drew Barnes, shadow health critic, said in a news release.

“Less than an hour is not nearly enough time for any Member to prepare for the constructive and helpful debate that we would like to see on

this motion, and that Albertans expect from their representatives.”

In the coming days, the regulations will go to Premier Rachel Notley’s cabinet for approval.

The federal legislation, Bill C-14, passed third reading in the House of Commons Tuesday and is now headed to the Senate.

All governments are now scrambling to meet the June 6 deadline set by the Supreme Court to have rules in place for those who wish to take their own lives.

The Alberta rules mandate that anyone who wants medical assistance to do so must be at least 18 years old and have a “grievous and irremediable medical condition.”

They must be mentally capable of making a decision on their own health, makes a voluntary request for the assistance, and give informed consent to have it carried out.

There is no mandated period of reflection between when a patient makes the request for assisted death and the procedure is carried out.

Any doctor who is asked by a patient to assist in the death may decline on reasons of religion or conscience

but must ensure that the patient has access to those at Alberta Health Services who can carry out the request.

The drug used to end a patient’s life must be approved by Alberta Health Services.

Physician-assisted death became a controversial issue after February 2015, when the Supreme Court recognized the right of consenting adults enduring intolerable physical or mental suffering to end their lives with a doctor’s help.

The federal government has already said it may not meet the deadline.

Bill C-14 has met with controversy, with concerns raised by constitutional experts, medical professionals and human rights advocates.

Under the bill, in order for someone to be eligible for a medically assisted death, a person must be someone who is “suffering intolerably” and for whom a natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.”

The person must 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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Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard speaks with Catherine McKenna, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change as they wait for a group photo. Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo, citing “addiction issues,” has resigned from the federal cabinet and is leaving the Liberal caucus.

Dominic LeBlanc, the government’s House leader, will assume Tootoo’s cabinet responsibilities. A statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says Tootoo is “taking time to seek treatment for addiction issues.”

Tootoo, the first northerner to take on the role of fisheries minister, issued a brief statement saying he was stepping down in order not to distract from the important work of his colleagues. Tootoo said he has “decided to seek treatment for addiction issues” and asked for “privacy at this time.” The nature of his addiction was not specified.

Alberta gives municipalities three years to devise plans for regional services EDMONTON — The Alberta government is giving municipalities three years to devise plans for regional services such as roads and law enforcement.

Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee says a key focus of the Modernized Municipal Government Act is to help communities work and grow together.

It will make collaboration between Alberta municipalities mandatory and expand the mandates of regional boards in both Edmonton and Calgary.

She says the 1995 act led municipalities to compete with one another.

Woman charged with murder in stabbing death LETHBRIDGE — A woman in southern Alberta has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of her partner last winter.

Lethbridge police say the two women were living together in an apartment and had been arguing.

“We are of the understanding that they were involved in an intimate partner relationship and had been for a period of time,” Staff Sgt. Scott Woods said Tuesday.

Officers called to the apartment on Feb. 7 found 56-year-old Frances Candice Little Light dead.

They recovered a weapon a short distance from the apartment complex.

Jillian Wendy Across the Mountain, 54, was arrested on Monday as she was released from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre on unrelated matters.

Across the Mountain has been remanded in custody until her next court appearance set for June 14.

“We are of the understandeing that they were involved in an intimate partner relationship and had been for a period of time.

Man accused in military stabbing ruled not fit to stand trial TORONTO — A judge ruled Tuesday that a man accused of stabbing soldiers at a military recruitment centre is unfit to stand trial — just hours after the RCMP laid terrorism charges against him.

The lawyer representing Ayanle Hassan Ali sent a statement saying the ruling was handed down following a two-month psychiatric evaluation.

Maureen Addie said her client was found to be “unfit to stand trial due to the ongoing psychotic symptoms of a major mental illness.”

Judge Riun Shandler of the Ontario Court of Justice has ordered Ali to undergo 60 days of treatment in a bid to improve his condition and leave him able to stand trial.

If so, Ali faces a raft of charges, including the terrorism counts laid against him on Tuesday.

The RCMP has charged him with

three counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault causing bodily harm, three counts of assault using a weapon and one count of carrying a weapon dangerous to the public, all for the benefit of a terrorist organization.

Similar charges were laid by Toronto police in March after the 27-year-old allegedly walked into a military recruitment centre and stabbed soldiers apparently at the behest of Allah.

Addie did not comment on the latest charges.

Wildrose caucus

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — An Alberta Wildrose legislature member suspended for an inappropriate comment on social media about Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is back in the fold.

The Wildrose announced Tuesday that Derek Fildebrandt has agreed to change his conduct on social media and is back effective immediately.

“There is a clear commitment from DerDEREK ek to address FILDEBRANDT caucus concerns to be accountable for his track record on social media and to take steps to fix it,” Wildrose leader Brian Jean said in a news release.

“Derek is an important member of our Wildrose team and we all expect him to have a bright future within our organization.”

Fildebrandt, in the same news release, said he looked forward to rejoining the caucus: “We should move forward together as a unified caucus and party behind the leadership of Brian Jean.”

Neither Jean nor Fildebrandt could be reached for an interview.

Premier Rachel Notley, speaking to reporters in Calgary, said Fildebrandt’s suspension stems from the Wildrose caucus decision last week to embarrass Wynne in the legislature while she was a there as an official guest.

“We see a party that is in a bit of disarray,” said Notley. She noted Alberta needs Ontario onside to get the Energy East pipeline to take Alberta crude to ports and refineries in New Brunswick.

Fildebrandt’s suspension was short but nevertheless roiled party ranks when it was announced just before midnight Friday.

Some riding presidents immediately demanded Fildebrandt be reinstated. Partisans demanded the same on social media.

Outrage spiralled amid reports from Wildrose sources Monday that along with social media changes, Fildebrandt had to give up his high-profile finance critic portfolio and take anger management counselling.

The Wildrose said Tuesday that reports of those other conditions were false.

The suspension itself was never really a suspension. The legislature office was not informed and Fildebrandt’s desk in the chamber was never moved out of the Wildrose benches.

Fildebrandt, 30, is a key player with the Wildrose, sitting on the front bench with Jean. He is famous for bombastic exchanges and hyperbolic statements in the house that successfully, at times, get under skin of Notley’s government.

Last Thursday, Fildebrandt did so again, excoriating Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Ontario government over its high spending and debt while Wynne sat in the gallery.

Fildebrandt heckled Notley as well, demanding that if she is going to invite Wynne, she must also invite Alberta’s next-door neighbour, right-of-centre Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.

Wildrose House Leader Nathan Cooper later publicly sent regrets to Wynne. Jean has said he approved of Fildebrandt’s questions, but not the tone or heckling.

The Wynne affair led to heated debate on social media last Friday, with some condemning the question and others saying Wynne needed to hear hard truths regardless of political niceties.

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Bernier calls for end to supply management

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s supply management system for poultry and dairy is unjust, inefficient and should be gradually abolished, Tory leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier said Tuesday.

The system should be phased out during a period of five to 10 years, said the Conservative MP, who is one of the early entrants in the race to replace Stephen Harper.

“Supply management maintains prices that are artificially high … by the control of production, the banning of imports and price-fixing by bureaucrats,” he said.

Bernier once supported supply management, but that was only out of loyalty to the Harper government, he explained, adding he is now free to speak his mind.

Canada’s agricultural firms should be able to innovate and compete around the world without hav-

ing their potential success impeded by the “powerful lobby” representing dairy and poultry farmers, he said.

“During free-trade agreements Canada has always focused on protecting the sectors covered by supply management as opposed to opening foreign markets for other agricultural products,” Bernier told reporters.

“We are limiting the development of thousands of agricultural companies across the country and curtailing the creation of thousands of jobs MAXIME BERNIER to satisfy a small — but powerful — lobby.”

Canada’s supply management laws protect eggs, dairy and poultry from foreign competition and guarantee certain farmers a

price and demand for their products.

A recent study by Quebec dairy co-operative Agropur said ending the supply management system would threaten up to 6,000 farms in the country and about 24,000 jobs.

Quebec, which is home to about 5,900 of the country’s 12,000 dairy farms, would be one of the provinces hardest hit by the proposed changes.

Bernier, who is from Quebec, was quickly criticized by others in the Quebec caucus of the Conservative party.

“I will never support a candidate who is against supply management,” Luc Berthold wrote on Twitter. “Period.”

Bernier said his party needs to hold a “real debate” on the issue, rather than “maintaining the taboo.”

“There is always a risk, once you take firm, principled positions, that there can be certain (problems) in the short term,” he said. “But in the long term it will be good for the Canadian economy as a whole.”

Conservative opposition slams Liberals as spendthrifts with tax dollars

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The new Liberal government is blowing too much money on pricey office renovations, including hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by the minister of infrastructure, Conservatives charged Tuesday.

Alberta Tory MP Blaine Calkins says the Liberals can’t seem to help themselves when it comes to spending.

“The show stopper is the minister of infrastructure and communities, who spent $835,000 on renovations and paintings,” Calkins said during question period.

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi says he essentially had to set up an entirely new department, with space for his staff, a deputy minister and public servants.

“Our commitments require a dedicated minister,

a dedicated ministry and a dedicated DM in order to deliver on the expectations of Canadians,” Sohi responded.

That meant a new office and new staff.

“That is where the expenditures have occurred.”

Outside the Commons, he said his ministry started out sharing space in another department, then moved to vacant space in another building.

“It’s a basic office, like any other office that you have for ministers and the staff,” he said.

“We had to follow Treasury Board guidelines,” added Kate Monfette, the minister’s director of communications. There are no paintings, however, she added.

Calkins said new ministers have been blowing money on other things, including $20,000 for furniture and TVs for Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and $27 for a towel rack for another minister.

Border service officials seize arms export bound for Iraq at Toronto airport

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Border officials say they’ve seized a cache of gun parts and police equipment at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport that was destined for Iraq.

The Canada Border Services Agency says the discovery of the arms stemmed from an incident in February, when officers at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls, Ont., identified a man who was the subject of “an intelligence lookout.”

During an interview with the man, officers discovered an airline waybill indicating an export of auto parts to Iraq.

The CBSA says further investigation revealed documentation and photos that caused officers to suspect gun parts were in fact involved in the export shipment, which was located at the Toronto airport’s cargo facility.

Officers at the Rainbow Bridge immediately contacted their counterparts at the Toronto airport, who tracked down the shipment at a cargo services warehouse.

A CBSA spokeswoman said the seizure was only announced Tuesday because the agency had to wait for confirmation from Global Affairs that the arms were in violation of United Nations Iraq Regulations.

Competition Bureau won’t oppose beer mergers OTTAWA — The Competition Bureau says it won’t oppose two proposed beer mergers involving Canada’s largest breweries.

In a ruling announced Tuesday, the federal agency said the proposed acquisition of SABMiller by Labatt parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev and related divestiture of Miller brands to Molson Coors will not lessen or prevent competition in Canada.

The US$107-billion global deal announced in November will see Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch acquiring Foster’s Lager and Castle Lager brands in Canada.

Free trade, high seas security hang over Chinese minister’s visit to Ottawa OTTAWA — High seas geopolitical tensions in Asia and free trade aspirations will hang over the arrival of China’s foreign minister in Ottawa today for talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to meet his Canadian counterpart, Stephane Dion, but will also pay a visit to Trudeau’s Parliament Hill office.

Visiting foreign ministers usually stick to talking to their counterparts, but Trudeau’s insertion into Wang’s itinerary shows the importance the government is placing on China at a pivotal time.

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CHASE: Suspects fled on foot Two suspects jumped out and fled on foot. A police service dog found a woman lying on the ground in a yard a few houses away, and shortly afterward found and detained a man lying on the ground in some woods behind the same property, said Ring.

Apetrea’s entire escape route covered a distance of only 150 metres, during which serious damage was inflicted and the safety of many people were put at risk, he said.

In a joint sentencing proposal drafted with defence counsel Brad Mulder, Ring cited Apetrea’s criminal record, including 121 previous convictions spanning a period of more than 20 years.

Mulder confirmed his client’s guilty plea to charges including assaulting a police officer, dangerous driving, failing to stop at a collision, obstructing or resisting police and possessing proceeds of crime.

Mulder said his client is a heroin addict who was coming down from a high and reacted in panic.

Holmes accepted their sentencing recommendation of two years minus 15 months for time served in pre-trial custody, to be served at the end of his earlier sentence. He also ordered a three-year driving prohibition to start immediately.

Outside the court, Ring said the driving prohibition may not seem to make much sense while Apetrea is in prison, but forms a necessary entry on his criminal record.

Mulder said his client had already been partially and immediately punished for his crimes, having suffered numerous puncture wounds during his encounter with the police service dog. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

GUNS: May be connected to other crimes Police seized an SKS semi-automatic carbine with collapsible stock; a .308-calibre semi-automatic rifle; a 7 mm rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun. Coles said police are coming across the SKS semi-automatic more frequently throughout the province.

“These people do not have the proper authorization to have the firearms,” said Coles. “When you put the firearms and the drugs together, it is a concerning trend.”

The weapons will be tested to determine whether they are connected to other crimes.

Police also seized various ammunition, body armour, nine grams of cocaine; 98 suspected codeine pills and $980 in cash.

The investigation is continuing.

A 22-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman have been jointly charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, four counts of careless storage of a firearm, four counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm and four counts of possession of a firearm for a dangerous purpose. Both were released from custody and are expected to appear in court on July 7.

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Fort McMurray evacuee Henry Velasquez lost his home to the wildfire and is pictured with his wife Olga and son Tomas in Calgary on Monday. serious and organized crime. Members of Alberta Sheriffs, Calgary Police Service, Edmonton Police Service, Lethbridge Police Service, Medicine Hat Police Service, and RCMP work in ALERT. Members of the public who suspect drug or gang activity in their community can call local police, or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

RE-ENTRY: Up to 15,000 people could show up Bob Couture, director of emergency management for the Wood Buffalo municipality, said it’s expected that between 14,000 and 15,000 people could show up.

The Red Cross is prepared to bus in as many as 2,000 residents who don’t have their own cars.

Returning residents are being warned that it won’t be business as usual. They’ve been advised to bring with them two weeks worth of food, water and prescription medication as crews continue to work to get basic services restored.

Seggie made arrangements with an Edmonton grocery store to have perishable food pre-frozen. He plans to pick it up on his way to Fort McMurray and load it into coolers.

He doesn’t know whether he’ll stay once he goes up on Thursday.

“If the air quality goes to crap, I’m not sticking around,” he said. “I need to get back and get my place dealt with, just to have a look and search things out. And if I stay, I stay.”

Kevin Lewis is anxious to get back into his apartment in Thickwood, a relatively undamaged neighbourhood that’s slated to reopen on Friday.

Lewis has been unable to run his transportation brokerage business since the evacuation and he figures he’s lost some $40,000 over the last month.

“I definitely need to get to work,” Lewis said from Lac La Biche, Alta., a small town about 2 ½ hours southeast of Fort McMurray that’s taken in thousands of evacuees.

Lewis knows it’s a possibility that smoke damage may have rendered his place uninhabitable.

“If it’s not really livable there yet, I could at least be able to grab my computers and I’ll be able to work.”

Jim Mandeville, senior project manager with Mississauga-based FirstOnSite Restoration, has been in Fort McMurray since May 8 to help critical businesses such as banks, grocery stores and pharmacies get running again.

Dozens of FirstOnSite workers have been working long days disposing of spoiled food, cleaning ventilation systems and removing smoky odours from upholstery and carpets.

Mandeville said provincial and municipal officials aren’t underplaying how challenging it will be for residents to return.

“When they say to bring 14 days worth of food and water, they mean it. And when they say people with respiratory conditions shouldn’t come up here, they mean it — and they have a really good reason why,” he said.

“It is not a clean, safe, normal environment that you’re walking into.”

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Growth slows in first quarter ECONOMY APPEARS TO BE LOSING STEAM

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian economy appears to be losing steam as it heads into the second quarter, which is expected to be a tough period made worse by the Alberta wildfires.

Statistics Canada said Tuesday the economy contracted by 0.2 per cent in March for a second consecutive negative month as real gross domestic product grew at a slower-than-expected pace in the first quarter.

David Watt, chief economist at HSBC Bank Canada, says the economy is struggling to maintain its

underlying momentum.

“The important takeaway from my perspective is that we had this weakness unfolding even before we start talking about the wildfires in Alberta, which is going to just disrupt economic data over the next couple of months,” he said.

“My concern is that we lack drivers of the economy heading into the second quarter and into the second half of the year.”

The economy grew at an annual rate of 2.4 per cent in the first quarter, Statistics Canada said. That was slower than the 2.9 per cent pace economists had expected, according to Thomson Reuters.

Overall, growth in the first quarter was helped by

exports, which were up 1.7 per cent following a drop of 0.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015. Investment in housing was also up in the first quarter, with business investment in residential structures up 2.7 per cent and household final consumption spending rising 0.6 per cent.

But Watt says weak business investment has raised concerns.

“Non-commodity manufacturers should be a sector that would benefit from a weaker Canadian dollar and U.S. demand and they’re cutting investment,” he said.

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Industry faces ‘deepest crisis in generation’ HIGH-TECH OILFIELD EMPLOYEES FEEL OIL PRICE PUNCHES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — In the high stakes world of hightech oilfield services, low oil and gas prices are hitting Calgary’s two largest publicly traded play-

ers, Pason Systems (TSX:PSI) and Computer Modelling Group (TSX:CMG), in vastly different ways.

Pason, which builds and rents sensitive instrumentation systems attached to most of the drilling rigs in North America, has eliminated 350 employees — or about 38 per cent of its staff — over the past 12 months to cope with severe cutbacks in drilling activity.

In contrast, Computer Modelling, a reservoir simulation software manufacturer, added three staff over the past year to take its Calgary total to 172. Its worldwide workforce climbed by seven employees to 212.

“The industry is in the deepest crisis in generations,” Pason CEO Marcel Kessler said during a recent conference call. “Despite the recent recovery in oil prices, we expect conditions to worsen for Pason in the next few quarters.”

The company’s revenue fell by 54 per cent in the first quarter of 2016 to $46 million. Pason also registered a net loss of $10.8 million compared to a gain of $14.2 million a year earlier.

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File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Drilling rigs dot the landscape near Calumet, Okla. In the high stakes world of high-technology oilfield services, low oil and gas prices are hitting Calgary’s two largest publicly traded players, Pason Systems (TSX:PSI) and Computer Modelling Group (TSX:CMG), in vastly different ways.

Luxury retailer to open store in Calgary in January 2018

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue plans to open its next Canadian store in Calgary in what it says amounts to a vote of confidence that the city’s economy will bounce back from its economic struggles.

“We’re in this for the long haul,” said president Marc Metrick in an interview Tuesday.

Calgary is the financial heart of the country’s oilpatch. As crude prices have fallen over the last two years, the city has been coping with mass layoffs and an unemployment rate of 8.3 per cent in April above the national rate of 7.1 per cent.

But Metrick said he believes the city’s woes are merely “a point in time.”

“When things come back around … we want to be ready,” he said. “We want to be there.”

The 115,000-square-foot Calgary store would be located in the city’s Chinook Centre. It is set to open in January 2018.

The company said it typically takes it between 1 ½

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and two years to design and build a store.

Saks announced in January 2014 that it planned to open its first two Canadian stores in Toronto. It opened its flagship location at the Eaton Centre in February 2016, followed by its Sherway Gardens location several days later.

Metrick said the flagship location is on track to becoming one of the company’s top performing stores. However, Saks has to make its clothes available to customers faster, as shoppers no longer want to wait months after a runway show to buy a designer label, he said in a speech at a Retail Council of Canada conference in Toronto.

“That’s a work in progress,” he said later.

The company has said it is considering opening up to seven shops in Canada, but Metrick said that wasn’t set in stone.

“I don’t have a number fixed in my head,” he said.

“I obviously want to have more than three.”

Hudson Bay Co., which purchased the Saks brand in mid-2013, will report its first-quarter earnings next week.

Scotiabank’s second-quarter profit down on restructuring, loan loss provisions

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Scotiabank saw its second-quarter profit fall 12 per cent as it set aside more money for bad loans and took a restructuring charge.

“The restructuring charge we took this quarter reflects a widespread series of initiatives across the bank to improve our efficiency and become low cost by design,” Scotiabank president and CEO Brian Porter said. “Many of these initiatives are anchored in our digital transformation.”

For example, more than 80 per cent of transactions are taking place outside of the branch network, said Porter. To respond to this shift, Scotiabank is

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revamping its branches to focus more on providing advice to customers rather than carrying out routine transactions that can be done online.

The bank is also planning to shrink its Canadian retail footprint — which currently consists of 1,006 branches — by about four or five per cent over the next two years.

“But I do want to be clear — branch transformation for us is about much more than just openings and consolidations,” said James O’Sullivan, Scotiabank’s group head of Canadian banking. “It’s about a new branch format, it’s about more technology and it’s about new and better roles for our employees that involve less paper.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — There are too many science, technology and risk-assessment gaps to green-light fracking in western Newfoundland, says a panel that studied the contentious oil-extraction process.

In a report released Tuesday, it recommends the province continue its freeze on fracking applications until major questions are answered.

“The science, the studies that have been done, have been somewhat limited — certainly limited compared to what we’d expect to have done in order to plan this kind of operation,” said Ray Gosine, an engineering professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland who led the government-appointed panel.

“There are a number of gaps and deficiencies that are significant,” he said in an interview. “These must be addressed before we feel that conditions could reasonably exist that would allow hydraulic fracturing operations to proceed responsibly.”

Natural Resources Minister Siobhan Coady said in a statement that the province is studying the findings.

“In the meantime, the current policy to not accept applications for hydraulic fracturing will not be changing. Any future decisions regarding the hydraulic fracturing industry will be based on scientific evidence, and most importantly, on a social license from the Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who may be affected.”

It’s believed Newfoundland’s west coast has deep shale formations that hold oil, unlike more shallow coal bed gas deposits in parts of the U.S. and western Canada.

The province has not approved hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — for oil and gas by pumping water, nitrogen, sand and chemical additives at high pressure to split shale rock formations. It’s a process supporters say has been safely used for decades.

Critics blame fracking for groundwater contamination, air pollution and increased earthquakes.

Newfoundland and Labrador blocked any related applications in 2013, pending a review, after a proposal to frack for oil near Gros Morne National Park touched off intense public debate.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

MARKETS

Clearwater County stands to lose about $2M in tax revenue if company fails

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 118.35 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.16 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.45 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.54 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.97 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.02 Cdn. National Railway . . 77.75 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 169.72 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.25 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.29 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.70 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.36 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.28 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.09 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.02 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.28 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.19 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.69 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 52.81 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.39 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.57 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.30 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 54.34 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 143.20 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.60 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.55 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market chalked up a small loss Tuesday amid declines in real estate and financial stocks, along with a retreat in oil prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index pulled back 20.89 points to 14,065.78 as the July contract for North American benchmark crude fell 23 cents to US$49.10 a barrel.

Crude prices have enjoyed a rally in recent weeks with global production slowing for various reasons, including the massive wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alta.

After settling as low as US$26.21 a barrel in February, West Texas Intermediate crude now is flirting with the US$50-abarrel mark.

“It seems to be a psychological hurdle for it to get over $50,” Ian Riach, a portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton Investments, said of Tuesday’s pullback.

“I think if oil does get over $50 and a couple of dollars more, and then does stay around there, as opposed to seeing some of the violent swings we did see earlier this year… that would be a much better pricing environment for the exploration and production companies in North America.”

Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar, which closely follows oil prices, was down for a third consecutive session. The loonie dipped 0.34 of a U.S. cent to 76.28 cents US. Elsewhere in commodities, July natural gas shot up 12 cents to US$2.29 per mmBtu, while August gold was up 80 cents at US$1,217.50 a troy ounce. July copper gave back two cents to US$2.10 a pound.

In New York, indexes were mixed despite positive reports on

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.07 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 29.45 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.99 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.78 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.54 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.92 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.28 First Quantum Minerals . . 8.60 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.05 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.08 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.62 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.80 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.40 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.750 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 12.61 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 21.57 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.98 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 46.38 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.29 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 26.27 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.97 Canyon Services Group. . 5.30 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 19.77 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1500 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.41 consumer spending and housing as traders returned following the U.S. Memorial Day holiday.

The Dow Jones industrials was down 86.02 points at 17,787.20, while the broader S&P 500 shed 2.10 points to 2,096.96. The tech-heavy Nasdaq enjoyed a modest increase, up 14.54 points at 4,948.05.

In economic news, the Commerce Department said U.S. consumer spending rose one per cent in April, the biggest increase in six years, while wages and salaries, the most important component of incomes, gained 0.5 per cent.

Meanwhile, Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index rose 5.4 per cent in March, keeping pace with February’s increase, although very few homes were on the market.

Although the report points to signs of moderate growth, Riach doesn’t think the data is strong enough to prompt the U.S. Federal Reserve into hike interest rates sooner rather than later.

“There is still a tug of war going on about what is good and bad,” he said.

The Fed raised its key policy rate for the first time in nearly a decade in December, pushing the rate from a record low near zero to a range of 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,065.78, down 20.89 points Dow — 17,787.20, down 86.02 points S&P 500 — 2,096.96, down 2.10 points Nasdaq — 4,948.05, up 14.54 points

Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.580 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.02 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.18 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.10 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.14 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 41.79 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.27 Penn West Energy . . . . . 0.860 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.17 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.22 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.750 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.36 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 43.39 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1800 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 82.30 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.14 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.75 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.81 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.34 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.40 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 91.70 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.52 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.52 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.290 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 78.83 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 45.42 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.11 Currencies: Cdn — 76.28 cents US, down 0.34 of a cent Pound — C$1.8989, down 1.15 cents Euro — C$1.4586, up 0.47 of a cent Euro — US$1.1126, down 0.14 of a cent Oil futures: US$49.10 per barrel, down 23 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,217.50 per oz., up 80 cents (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.826 oz., down 31.2 cents $701.71 kg., down $10.03 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $1.70 lower $510.40 Nov. ‘16 $0.20 higher $517.00 Jan. ‘17 unchanged $520.30 March ‘17 $0.10 higher $521.50 May ‘17 $0.10 higher $522.70 July ‘17 unchanged $523.80 Nov. ‘17 $0.20 higher $508.90 Jan. ‘18 $0.20 higher $508.90 March ‘18 $0.20 higher $508.90 May ‘18 $0.20 higher $508.90 July ‘18 $0.20 higher $508.90.

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

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 587,140 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 587,140.

Churches weigh options to remain financially stable

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — When parishioners of The Meeting House gather for Sunday service each week, they don’t sit in pews in some grand historic church.

Instead, their place of worship is an auditorium with a big screen, arcade games and popcorn.

Jared Taylor said holding church service in a movie theatre makes sense for the 30-year-old parish because it has allow it to remain flexible while serving a growing congregation.

Instead of paying rent or building a new structure, it has been able to show worshippers that a church can be anywhere.

“Our motto has been ‘Church for people who aren’t into church,”’ said Taylor, communications pastor with the Oakville, Ont.,-based group.

“We like having a neutral space that doesn’t feel like a church. It can be less threatening for some people.”

Three decades later, The Meeting House has grown from the 78 parishioners who attended the group’s first service to more than 5,000 who now gather at 18 locations across Ontario each week.

Although its headquarters eventually found a home in a renovated former auto parts factory, its satellite locations still mostly operate out of movie theatres, schools, community centres and even people’s homes.

Declining congregations and climbing maintenance costs have added to the financial troubles some churches have had to deal with over the past few years. It’s led some to come up with creative alternative uses to keep their churches financially sound.

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The success or failure of a Calgary-based oil and gas company’s financial restructuring could have a big impact on Clearwater County.

Last month, the company, which has not been named by the county, announced it may be in default of its financial obligations at the end of the second quarter and that the company’s survival is not certain.

If the company fails, Clearwater County stands to lose about $2 million in tax revenue. Another $1 million in provincial school taxes would also disappear.

The company is trying to keep afloat by amending financial covenants, selling off assets and looking to investors, says a report that went to council last week.

“Staff are unable to predict whether

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GROWTH: Could bounce back Going forward, Watt said the trade figures for May will likely be weak due to the wildfires. But he said they should bounce back in June and July as the oilsands restart operations.

The Bank of Canada said last week that the fires that devastated parts of Fort McMurray, Alta., and forced the shutdown of several oilsands operations would shave 1.25 percentage points off real GDP growth in the second quarter.

The prediction implies the economy will contract in the second three months of the year based on the central bank’s prediction of growth at a pace of 1.0 per cent.

The Bank of Canada is expected to update its full outlook for the economy and inflation in its next monetary policy report on July 13, when it also makes its next rate announcement.

TD Bank senior economist Leslie Preston said the GDP report is further evidence of the central bank’s message that the adjustment to lower oil prices has been uneven.

“The underlying fragility of Canada’s economy beneath this see-saw growth pattern will necessitate monetary policy to remain stimulative for quite some time,” Preston said.

“We don’t expect the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates until 2018 at the earliest, with any further stimulus for the economy to come from fiscal policy.”

In addition to the reports for March and the first quarter, Statistics Canada lowered its estimate for January growth to 0.5 per cent compared with an earlier estimate of 0.6 per cent. It also cut its estimates for growth in the last three quarters of 2015.

Based on the revisions, Statistics Canada now estimates that growth for last year came in at 1.1 per cent compared with its earlier reading of 1.2 per cent.

HIGH-TECH: Top performers At CMG, revenue slipped to $19 million from $20.4 million in the quarter ended March 31, and it registered smaller but still positive net income of $3.9 million, down from $7.9 million a year earlier.

CMG CEO Kenneth Dedeluk did not respond to a request for comment but the company indicated in its most recent news release that it’s actually

these actions will be successful …” the report continues.

Reeve Pat Alexander said the company in question is one of the bigger oil and gas players and he is not expecting other majors to face the same trouble.

“There will probably be some more junior, smaller companies that, certainly, are going to have financial difficulty.

“But this is one of the larger ones and I don’t foresee many of the larger ones having that problem. They have enough backing that they will work their way through it.

“It depends on how long the downturn lasts. That’s going to be a big factor.”

Linear taxes, which are those collected for pipelines, power lines and other similar infrastructure, contribute the lion’s share of the county’s tax revenue. doing more business because of low commodity prices.

“The corporation’s clients are oil and gas companies and it might, therefore, be assumed that its financial results are significantly impacted by commodity prices,” it stated.

“The corporation has, in fact, experienced growth in software license revenues during depressed oil price markets which confirms its belief that software licence sales are influenced more by the utility of the software as opposed to the prevailing commodity price.”

Mike Mazar, an analyst for BMO Capital Markets who covers both companies, said both are considered top performers in the realm of oilfield services technology.

“The difference really is that Pason is directly related to drilling activity, there are no contracts for its services.

So, if the rig goes down, Pason stops getting paid that day,” he said.

“CMG is not like that. They have long-term contracts on about 80 per cent of their revenue so if, to pick a name, Crescent Point (TSX:CPG), decides to stop drilling tomorrow, they still pay Computer Modelling, regardless. Pason is a great company, too, but CMG’s revenue model is different.”

CMG has become more valuable to oil and gas explorers as commodity prices tumbled over the past two years, Mazar said, because its software allows companies through 3-D animation to visualize the underground resource and plan the best exploitation method before drilling actually starts. Drilling and completing a single oil or natural gas well can cost millions of dollars.

“You may actually ramp up your modelling efforts in a low-price environment because there’s less room for error,” he said. “It’s the last thing you want to cut back on.”

Mazar said Pason’s unique technology has allowed it to capture about 75 per cent of industry market share in North America. The company puts it differently, noting its electronic drilling recorders are installed on 99 per cent of all active drilling rigs in Canada and 54 per cent in the United States.

Unfortunately, the active rig count in Canada is 43, down from 98 a year ago, while in the United States it’s 404, down from 875, according to recently released Baker Hughes figures.

Schlumberger, the Paris-based oilfield services giant, is the only significant global competitor for CMG, Mazar said. CMG licenses its software to more than 500 oil and gas companies, consulting firms and research institutions in 60 countries and has offices in Houston, London, Dubai, Bogota and Kuala Lumpur. It also offers training and consulting services.

Both Pason and CMG have lost investor favour as oil and gas prices have fallen over the past two years.

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More than defensive specialists PILLAR, BARNEY USE GLOVES AND BATS TO LEAD BLUE JAYS PAST YANKEES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 4 Yankees 1 TORONTO — Darwin Barney and Kevin Pillar are proving they’re more than just defensive specialists.

Pillar followed up a spectacular catch in the outfield with a tiebreaking single and Barney drove in two before making his own highlight-reel play in the field to lead the Toronto Blue Jays past the New York Yankees 4-1 on Tuesday night.

“You hit your way to the big leagues,” said Barney, who is playing at shortstop after regular starter Troy Tulowitzki was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday with a strained right quadriceps. “I was always a guy that could swing the bat and I had a couple of down years and you get kind of dubbed as a defence-first player and I went to work trying to get back to who I was.”

Justin Smoak had a home run in the fourth inning for the Blue Jays (28-26), who have back-to-back wins and have been victorious in six of their last seven.

J.A. Happ (6-2) earned a no-decision after giving up a run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts. Joe Biagini and Jesse Chavez pitched a scoreless inning each before closer Roberto Osuna came on to earn his 12th save of the season. Biagini (3-1) earned the win as the pitcher of record when Pillar hit his RBI single.

Pillar, who improved to .246 with the single, is hitting well below his .278 average from last season. He believes that in the first few months of this season he’s been putting too much pressure on himself to perform at the plate.

“For me, that hit today was big,” said Pillar. “I kind of felt like my at-bats today were leading up to something good. I was being selective, I was seeing

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar makes a diving catch against the New York Yankees during the fourth inning of MLB action in Toronto, Tuesday. pitches, I was in the zone. That was a big moment for me.”

C.C. Sabathia (3-4) took the loss after giving up two runs on four hits and five strikeouts over six innings for New York (24-27). Dellin Betances and Kirby Yates came out of the bullpen for the Yankees.

Aaron Hicks got New York on the board in the second inning, grounding into a fielder’s choice that brought home Chase Headley.

Pillar brought the 33,419 in attendance to their feet with his highlight-reel diving catch in centre field to end the fourth inning. The standing ovation continued as Pillar trotted off the field and into the Toronto dugout. When he got there, starting pitcher

Marcus Stroman made a show of dusting off his uniform.

“A ball like that that’s hit in the gap is a safer bet to go after, knowing there’s a guy behind you,” said Pillar. “It’s the one that’s hit right at me that I’ve got to be a little cautious in that type of game but knowing (right-fielder Jose) Bautista was back there it was easy for me to go out there and go get it.”

Smoak tied the game in the fourth inning with a solo shot to left-centre field, his fifth of the season.

Pillar again brought the crowd to its feet, driving Edwin Encarnacion in from second with a two-out single off Betances in the seventh inning for Toronto’s first lead of the game.

Crosby sticks to routine ahead of Game 2

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Red Deer Rigger pitcher Tyler Vavra throws to the St. Albert Tigers in the fourth inning at Great Chief Park, Tuesday.

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Vavra has strong debut for Riggers

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Riggers 9 Tigers 5 It’s a long way from squaring off against Bryce Harper, but Tyler Vavra was solid in his debut for the Red Deer Riggers.

The right-hander started and went five innings in his first outing. After three innings of shutout ball he gave up one run in the fourth before striking out three straight.

He was pulled in the fifth during a four run inning for the St. Albert Tigers, but then the Riggers bullpen took over and held on for a 9-6 win.

“The first three were good, just got a little tired there in the fifth,” said Vavra. “It was my first time going above 75 pitches this year, but had a great time with the guys. This is a great group of guys who can really swing it.”

Vavra struck out four and walked one. After the fifth inning, Riggers pitchers Joel Peterman, Davin Gulbranson, Chad Price and Drew Boyer surrendered only one run.

The bulk of the Riggers runs came in the second inning when singles from designated hitter Derek Chapman, centre fielder Shayne Court (who went 2-for-3 with two singles) and first baseman Josh Edwards scored the first run. Second baseman Denver Wilk, right fielder Joel Mazurkewich and left fielder Kevin Curran drove in three runs with Wilk hitting a double.

“The bats came out early, Tyler pitched great for us and our bullpen came in and shut the door,” said Chatwood. “We scored a couple of runs when we needed to near the end. It was a tough game and we had a solid effort from everybody. You’re going to have those games where you have to stay patient and grind it out.”

The Riggers tacked on two runs in the third inning and then one run in each of the fourth, sixth and eighth to edge ahead of the Tigers.

Vavra played junior college ball at the College of Southern Idaho. During his time there he faced off against Harper, a Washington Nationals right fielder, who at the time played for Southern Nevada.

After junior college, Vavra went to Eastern Michigan. But Tommy John surgery in his junior year set his game back.

“This is a great place to come, it’s a pretty decent league and the guys can still hit if you leave a pitch over the plate,” said Vavra.

The Riggers have now won their first three games of the season, losing two road games to rainouts over the weekend. They are a game up on the second place Sherwood Park Athletics.

The Riggers next game is on the road against the Sherwood Park Athletics on June 8 and then they have a league tournament, playing four games over the June 11th and 12th weekend.

They next play at home on June 14 against the Confederation Cubs. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. at Great Chief Park. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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PITTSBURGH — The probable scratches at a sparsely attended Pittsburgh Penguins practice were joined by arguably the best hockey player in the world.

Hours after a dominant performance in the Penguins’ 3-2 win over San Jose to open the Stanley Cup final, Sidney Crosby toiled alongside those that likely would not play in Game 2.

Crosby took to the ice at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex about 15 minutes before the scheduled 12:15 p.m. workout. He lingered after the session, working on his shot in the slot and sharpening his skills in the faceoff circle.

It was an example of the leadership the Penguins speak about glowingly.

“I don’t think he’s as good as he is by accident,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “As long as I’ve been associated with this league I don’t know that I’ve been around a player that has the same work ethic as Sid does as far as that insatiable appetite to try to just get better and be the best. And I think that’s why he’s as good as he is.”

“It also sets a standard for our team when your captain and your top player brings a work ethic to the rink every day like he does,” Sullivan added. “He certainly makes my job as the head coach a lot easier as far as demanding the type of standard that we need to be successful.”

Crosby was all over the ice in nearly 21 minutes on Monday night. He set up the Penguins second goal with a rifled backhand pass that zipped across the ice to Conor Sheary, adding four shots and a 57 per cent success mark on the draw.

His line, which included Sheary and Swedish winger Patric Hornqvist, generated plenty of chances in the victory, with sustained time in the offensive zone. Crosby said getting back on the ice after the in was in keeping with routine.

“It was nice to have the opportunity to go out there today because you work on a lot of stuff,” he said.

Eric Fehr was the only other player who suited up in Game 1 to join Crosby at the practice.

“He’s got the ‘C’ on his chest for a reason,” Sheary said of Crosby. “When you see him doing things like that it makes you think you’re not working hard enough.”

Not on the ice Tuesday was Bryan Rust, injured in Game 1. Rust scored the Penguins first goal on Monday and was hit in the head by the Sharks Patrick Marleau.

Rust played one shift before exiting the game for good and was deemed to be day-to-day.

Marleau was not suspended for the play.

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Ko commits to Canadian Open WORLD WOMEN’S NO. 1 GOLFER JAMS EVENT INTO HECTIC OLYMPIC SUMMER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The opening round of this summer’s Canadian Women’s Open tees off just five days after the Olympic women’s golf tournament concludes in Rio. Despite the tight turnaround, Lydia Ko will try to defend her title at the Aug. 25-28 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. She hopes to bring an Olympic gold medal with her.

The world No. 1 is in Calgary this week doing her homework at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club.

The debut of women’s golf at the Summer Games means a compressed and hectic summer ahead for the 19-year-old star, but the Canadian stop on the LPGA Tour holds a special place her heart. Her first and second Tour wins were at the Canadian Women’s Open in 2012 and 2013.

At 15 years four months, Ko became the youngest player to win an LPGA event when she prevailed at Vancouver Golf Club four years ago. The New Zealand teen defended her title a year later at Edmonton’s Royal Mayfair.

Another victory last year in Vancouver was her third in four years, which tied a tournament record in wins. Ko vows that Rio won’t get in the way of competing in Calgary for the first time in her career.

“Olympics is Olympics. The Canadian Open is the Canadian Open,” Ko said Tuesday aboard the historic Royal Canadian Pacific train. “If I am fortunate enough to be holding a medal at the end of the Olympics, I think it will be a very high moment in my career, but I’ll be also super-excited to come back here and play.”

The Canadian Women’s Open returns to Priddis, southwest of Calgary, after a stop there in 2009.

A lucrative prize purse of US$2.25 million — $337,500 to the winner — is expected to lure the game’s stars out of any post-Rio fatigue.

“The medallists will probably be playing the Canadian Open too, so there will be a lot of excitement around it,” Ko said.

Homegrown teen Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., will also boost the post-Olympic buzz in Calgary, particularly if she stands on the podium in Rio. The 18-year-old rose to No. 4 in the world rankings this week after tying for third in the Volvik Championship.

Tour veteran Lorie Kane of Charlottetown will join Henderson in the host-country contingent after her induction into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame earlier that week.

The 51-year-old was alongside Ko at Canadian Pacific headquarters to promote the tournament.

“The golf course suits your game,” Kane told Ko. “Mine too.”

Canada was an option when Ko’s family emigrated from South Korea when she was 12. She says her sister was going to school in Toronto at the time.

“Our family was planning on moving to Canada, but we had some issues in the middle, so we ended up going to New Zealand,” Ko said. “Maybe that connection of me almost living in Canada might have been the little spark.

“Whenever I come to Canada, it feels a lot like home. Even just driving here this morning, I see these houses and it feels like a neighbourhood in New Zealand.”

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Lydia Ko holds the trophy after winning the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open in Edmonton in 2013. Just two days after the Olympic women’s golf tournament concludes in Rio, world No. 1 Ko of New Zealand intends to be in Calgary defending her title Aug. 25-28 at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

Top women struggle in wet conditions RADWANSKA, HALEP TAKE ISSUE WITH BEING FORCED TO PLAY IN RAIN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Yes, they actually managed to complete a match on this wettest of weeks at the French Open. Two, even. And both involved surprises: Two of the top half-dozen seeded women lost within minutes of each other, No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 6 Simona Halep.

After their fourth-round exits Tuesday, both Radwanska and Halep complained firmly about tournament organizers’ decision to make them play through drizzles — or worse — that made courts slippery and clay-caked tennis balls heavy.

“I mean, it’s not a (low-tier) tournament. It’s a Grand Slam. How can you allow players to play in the rain?” said Radwanska, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up.

“I don’t think they really care what we think. I think they care about other things,” Radwanska added, saying her racket-wielding right hand gave her problems because she had surgery on it years ago.

Halep sounded a similar tone, noting it was “impossible to play,” and saying: “No one cares about the players, in my opinion. I don’t care that I lost the match today, but I was close to (getting) injured.”

Radwanska dropped 10 consecutive games while being beaten 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 by 102nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. Shortly before that, Halep lost 7-6 (0), 6-3 to No. 21 Sam Stosur in a contest between two past finalists at Roland Garros.

Alas, of the 12 singles matches on Tuesday’s schedule, those were the only two that finished. Four men’s fourth-rounders — including No. 1 Novak Djokovic against No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut — were suspended in progress. Four women’s fourth-rounders — including two involving the Wil-

liams sisters — never started at all, nor did two men’s quarterfinals.

Halep wondered aloud whether those in charge of the French Open insisted on going forward with matches in the rain because they “are scared” about completing the tournament on time. All play was washed out Monday, the first full day lost in 16 years.

“Not their fault,” she said. “But the decisions were not, I think, the best.”

Radwanska vs. Pironkova originally began Sunday, and Radwanska was three games from victory at 3-0 in the second set when play was suspended.

They didn’t make it back on court until Tuesday, began more than an hour late because of more rain, played for about a half-hour, then were halted by a 2 ½-hour delay.

There were stretches when action proceeded despite drops falling, and — perhaps not surprisingly, given that she won — Pironkova was OK with that.

“Well, it happened before, of course. We have played in all sorts of conditions. Usually if the court is not fit for play, like if it’s slippery, they would cancel the match right away,” said Pironkova, who reached her first French Open quarterfinal. “But today the court was still hanging in. It was OK. We could have played, and so we did.”

The Stosur-Halep match was suspended Sunday during the first set.

And 2011 U.S. Open champion Stosur — wearing a green long-sleeved shirt against the chill of temperatures in the 50s (about 15 degrees Celsius) — was better throughout Tuesday.

“It’s not good out there,” Stosur said, “but it was fine for us.”

She is into the quarterfinals in Paris for the fourth time.

“It was really tough, obviously, with the start-stop and having a day off and everything,” Stosur said. “Once you’re out there and it’s raining, it’s not so nice, but that’s the way it is.”

Four of the top 11 players remain in the women’s tournament: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 4 Garbine Muguruza, No.

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Djokovic split the first two sets with Bautista Agut as they went on and off court, able to get a total of only 2 hours

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Ray feeling no pain at Argos camp

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GUELPH, Ont. — Toronto Argonauts head coach Scott Milanovich is sleeping pretty soundly these days.

That’s because veteran quarterback Ricky Ray continues to throw pain-free at the team’s training camp. Ray missed most of last season recovering from off-season shoulder surgery.

The 36-year-old Californian went under the knife after playing with pain in the joint for two years. But roughly a week after reporting to the Argos — Ray joined the club’s rookies last week before camp officially opened on the weekend — the three-time Grey Cup champion is experiencing no shoulder discomfort, which is great news for Milanovich.

“His arm looks better than it has in two years to me,” Milanovich said Tuesday following the third day of training camp. “It’s back to the way it was when he first got here (in 2012).

“The only concern now is if it’s able to stay strong throughout the season. Usually the third day (of camp) is the hardest day and he looked great. It’s making it easier to sleep at night, there’s no doubt.”

Ray did return to the lineup late in the season, making two starts — including the Argos’ 25-22 East Division semifinal loss to Hamilton. He finished 47 of 65 passing for 423 yards with two TDs and one interception.

“It just feels good to be out here participating,” Ray said. “Last year was a lot of rehab and watching and just really not knowing how or when my shoulder was going to be back or if I was ever going to be able to do anything.

“It’s just nice to be involved and not have to worry about that this year. My arm is getting a little tired like it normally does but no pain and no real soreness so I’m very pleased.”

The surgery hasn’t noticeably increased Ray’s arm strength, which has never been Ray’s forte over his 13 CFL seasons. But the former Sacramento State star is throwing a much tighter spiral, which could be beneficial in breezy conditions as those passes tend to cut through wind more easily.

The six-foot-three 210-pound Ray is the most accurate passer in CFL history with a completion average of 67.7 per cent.

Veteran slotback Andre Durie, who’s also coming back from two injury-plagued seasons, likes what he’s seen from Ray so far.

“He’s looking good, man, looking really good,” Durie said. “He’s been looking like the Ricky of old, only improved.”

A healthy Ray is crucial for Toronto as backup Trevor Harris — who led the squad to a 9-7 record with Ray sidelined — is now with the Ottawa Red-

Tom Lysiak, 3-time NHL All-Star, dies of leukemia at age 63

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former NHL All-Star Tom Lysiak has died of leukemia at the age of 63.

Lysiak’s daughter, Jessie Lysiak Braun, confirmed on Twitter that he died Monday.

He played 13 NHL seasons with the Atlanta Flames and Chicago Blackhawks, putting up 292 goals and 551 assists in 919 career games. Lysiak made the All-Star Game in 1975, 1976 and 1977.

In the process, Lysiak also made a fan for life out of Ed Olczyk, who idolized the centre from High Prairie, Alberta, while growing up in Chicago. Olczyk’s friend sent a letter to Lysiak when they were 14 saying the aspiring pro hockey player wanted to be his teammate someday, and Lysiak responded with a signed picture.

“On that picture it says: ‘To Eddie, hope someday we can play together. Best wishes, Tommy Lysiak,”’ Olczyk said Tuesday. “I thought that was like the greatest thing ever. I still have that picture on my mantle at home. There’s not a day that I don’t see it.”

Olczyk went on to play two seasons as a teammate of Lysiak’s with the Blackhawks and showed him, his wife and daughter that photo a few years ago.

San Jose Shark Justin Braun, who is married to Lysiak’s daughter, is expected to leave the team temporarily after Game 2 in Pittsburgh on Wednesday to attend his father-in-law’s funeral.

“It’s a tough situation. To Justin’s credit, he was business as usual,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer told reporters in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. “You feel for him. He went out there, he battled for us under tough circumstances.”

On the ice, Lysiak was the runner up for rookie of the year in 1973-74, and after being dealt to Chicago was the Blackhawks’ leading scorer in 1980-81 with 76 points. Lysiak was given a 20-game suspension, one of the longest in NHL history, for tripping linesman Ron Foyt during a 1983 game against the Hartford Whalers.

During his junior career, Lysiak starred for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canadian Hockey League, recording 297 points in 144 games and winning scoring titles in 1972 and 1973. He helped the Tigers to a WCHL title and an appearance at the Memorial Cup in the 1972-73 season.

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Toronto Argonauts’ Ricky Ray looks for the pass during CFL action against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, in Toronto, on Nov. 6, 2015. Ray continues to throw pain-free at the team’s training camp. blacks. The Argos have three other quarterbacks in camp — veterans Adrian McPherson and Logan Kilgore and rookie Cody Fajardo.

While Ray is pain-free, the Argos are being careful with their star quarterback.

“He’s not taking as many reps in the second practice,” Milanovich said. “Hopefully he understands any time it gets sore or tired out of the norm, which is going to happen to some degree in training camp, he needs to come to us and give us an opportunity to get the guys who are going to be our backups ready to play with the (starters).

“But guys are competitors and want to be out there so I’m not sure if he’ll do that or not.”

Ray, entering his fifth season in Toronto, worked

this off-season with Tom House, a former major-league pitcher who now tutors NFL quarterbacks. Ray now goes through a thorough warmup prior to each practice to ensure his shoulder is ready to handle the workload.

“Back in my younger days I could just pick up a ball and make some throws and get warm,” Ray said with a chuckle. “I’m just doing a better job of taking care of my arm with some of the things I learned this off-season.

“I haven’t really been sore this camp yet so hopefully it’s been because of the warmup I’ve been going through.”

Ray said the absence of shoulder pain is allowing him to concentrate solely on football.

Hitchcock to come back for one more year with Blues

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — Ken Hitchcock has another one-year deal to coach the St. Louis Blues. The 64-year-old Hitchcock says this one will be his last.

Hitchcock said plans to retire from coaching after this season because he’s not willing to put in the off-season preparation necessary.

“This is it, so I’m done,” Hitchcock said Tuesday, then joked, “I might move over to the media, we’ll see.”

Hitchcock will be entering his sixth season with the Blues and 20th season as a head coach. During that time, he has guided the franchise to four of its top five regular season point totals. The Blues are coming off their first appearance in the Western Conference finals since 2001, ending a string of three consecutive first-round playoff exits.

“Ken did a fabulous job in my opinion,” said general manager Doug Armstrong, seated at a table next to Hitchcock. “We had a lot of adversity that we haven’t had in the past. We got a lot of miles out of a lot of players that we weren’t expecting.”

Hitchcock said committing to just one more season could allow him to be more “unguarded” in his views. He added he wanted no part of a farewell tour, but he was clearly excited about coming back one more time.

“I just feel like I’ve got this really good year in me,” Hitchcock said. “This season has invigorated me like no season before.”

He added: “When you break through the ceiling,

the potential is unlimited. I think we have another gear in us and I want to be part of that.”

One assistant, Brad Shaw, declined an offer to return for the final season. Armstrong said another assistant, Kirk Muller, could be a contender to succeed Hitchcock. Muller was head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes from 2011-14.

But that speculation is for later. Armstrong emphasized Hitchcock was not returning to “caddy” and was “still going to hit the shots.”

“Since the day he walked through this door, we win two out of every three games,” Armstrong said.

“Digest this for a second.”

The Blues piled up 107 points last season, then eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks and the Central Division champion Dallas Stars in the playoffs. They lost to San Jose in six games in the conference finals, a step slow to the speedy Sharks.

Under Hitchcock, St. Louis has finished first or second in the Central every season. He’s fourth in NHL history with 757 regular-season wins.

Armstrong said the top off-season priority will be signing restricted free agent forward Jaden Schwartz to a long-term extension. If that doesn’t happen and Schwartz gets a one-year deal, it could open payroll that would allow them to retain captain David Backes and/or fellow forward Troy Brouwer, both unrestricted free agents. Brouwer is 30 and Backes, who has been with the team a decade, is 32.

Armstrong, while acknowledging Backes’ value, pointed out the age and added that the league overall has gotten faster.

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Veteran skip Glenn Howard is adding some youth to his team for the upcoming curling season.

David Mathers will join the rink at the second position and Richard Hart will move into the vice-skip role. Longtime teammate Wayne Middaugh will not return as he was unable to commit to a full campaign after suffering a serious leg injury last winter.

Mathers, 25, previously played with Scott Howard — Glenn’s son and the team lead — at the junior level and on John Epping’s rink a few years ago. They also reached the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier together with skip Mark Kean before Scott joined his father’s rink this past season. Mathers, meanwhile, moved to Adam Casey’s team and they made it to the 2016 Brier as Team Prince Edward Island.

“He’s going to be terrific on the front end with my son,” Howard said Tuesday from Midland, Ont. “Easy to get along with, a terrific sweeper and a great shotmaker.”

Middaugh, who served as coach for the Howard team at the Brier last March in Ottawa, remains out indefinitely. He needed surgery to repair a broken left leg after crashing on the ski slopes last January.

Adam Spencer filled in while Middaugh was out and helped Howard return to the national championship for a 16th time.

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Local Sports Today

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

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.

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

Hockey 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

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● 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 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

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.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Named Ulf Samuelsson coach of Charlotte (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed LW Dylan Sadowy to a three-year, entry-level contract.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Signed coach Ken Hitchcock to a one-year contract.

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed C Caleb Joseph on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Francisco Pena from Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Placed OF Jackie Bradley Jr. on paternity leave. Optioned RHP Heath Hembree to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled OF Rusney Castillo from Pawtucket. Reinstated LHP Eduardo Rodriguez from the 15-day DL. HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned 3B Colin Moran to Fresno (PCL). Reinstated OF Carlos Gomez from the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled INF Jefry Marte from Salt Lake City (PCL). Optioned INF Kaleb Cowart to Salt Lake City.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled OF Byron Buxton from Rochester (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Zach Neal to Nashville (PCL). Recalled LHP Eric Surkamp from Nashville.

TEXAS RANGERS — Sent C Robinson Chirinos to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Acquired RHP Jason

Grilli plus cash considerations from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for RHP Sean Ratcliffe.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled LHP Edwin Escobar from Reno (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — sent SS Jose Reyes to Albuquerque (PCL) on a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP Frankie Montas to Oklahoma City (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Designated INF/OF Alex Guerrero for assignment. Placed LHP Alex Wood on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Julio Urias from Oklahoma City (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Designated INF Colin Walsh for assignment. Claimed RHP Neil Ramirez off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. Sent RHP Matt Garza to Wisconsin (MWL) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Optioned INF Eric Campbell to Las Vegas (PCL). Activated 1B James Loney.

Designated RHP Jeff Walters for assignment.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed LB Jamari Lattimore.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Promoted Ken Kovash to vice-president of player personnel, Kevin Meers to director of research and strategy, Chisom Opara to director of player personnel and Mike Cetta, Dan Saganey and Bobby Vega to directors of scouting.

Named Glenn Cook assistant director of scouting.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed QB Dak Prescott and DE Charles Tapper.

DETROIT LIONS — Placed TE Tim Wright on injured reserve.

San Jose at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

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

NHL playoff scoring leaders Logan Couture, SJ Joe Pavelski, SJ Brent Burns, SJ Nikita Kucherov, TB Phil Kessel, Pgh Joe Thornton, SJ Tyler Johnson, TB Sidney Crosby, Pgh Nick Bonino, Pgh Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Jamie Benn, Dal Robby Fabbri, StL Evgeni Malkin, Pgh David Backes, StL Jonathan Drouin, TB Jaden Schwartz, StL

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

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A 17 9 16 8 9 15 10 10 12 6 10 11 11 7 9 10

Pts 25 22 22 19 18 18 17 16 16 15 15 15 15 14 14 14

Victor Hedman, TB Troy Brouwer, StL Patrick Marleau, SJ Carl Hagelin, Pgh Alex Killorn, TB Colin Wilson, Nash Jason Spezza, Dal Paul Stastny, StL Alex Ovechkin, Wash John Carlson, Wash Patric Hornqvist, Pgh Tomas Hertl, SJ Joel Ward, SJ John Tavares, NYI Chris Kunitz, Pgh Kevin Shattenkirk, StL Kris Letang, Pgh Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJ

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10 5 8 8 8 8 8 10 7 7 4 5 5 5 7 9 9 9 10

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Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Boston 32 20 .615 Baltimore 28 22 .560 Toronto 28 26 .519 New York 24 27 .471 Tampa Bay 22 28 .440 Central Division W L Pct Kansas City 29 22 .569 Chicago 28 25 .528 Cleveland 26 24 .520 Detroit 24 26 .480 Minnesota 15 35 .300 West Division W L Pct Texas 31 21 .596 Seattle 30 21 .588 Houston 24 29 .453 Los Angeles 23 28 .451 Oakland 23 29 .442

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 5:40 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

GB — 3 5 7 1/2 9

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Bogaerts Bos 51 217 42 76 .350 VMartinez Det 49 174 20 60 .345 Nunez Min 41 154 21 52 .338 Ortiz Bos 46 176 26 59 .335 Bradley Jr. Bos 50 178 28 59 .331 Hosmer KC 51 197 30 65 .330 Altuve Hou 53 211 41 69 .327 Reddick Oak 41 146 21 47 .322 Castellanos Det 48 178 24 57 .320 Machado Bal 50 202 38 64 .317 Home Runs Frazier, Chicago, 16 Cano, Seattle, 15 Trumbo, Baltimore, 15 KDavis, Oakland, 14 Ortiz, Boston, 14 Machado, Baltimore, 13 Donaldson, Toronto, 13 Springer, Houston, 12 Beltran, New York, 12 Betts, Boston, 12.

Runs Batted In Ortiz, Boston, 47 Cano, Seattle, 45 Betts, Boston, 40 Encarnacion, Toronto, 40 Trout, Los Angeles, 37 Frazier, Chicago, 37 Bradley Jr., Boston, 37 Trumbo, Baltimore, 37 Bautista, Toronto, 37 2 tied at 36.

Pitching Sale, Chicago, 9-1 Hill, Oakland, 8-3 Tillman, Baltimore, 7-1 Price, Boston, 7-1 Tomlin, Cleveland, 7-1 Porcello, Boston, 7-2 Zimmermann, Detroit, 7-2 Latos, Chicago, 6-1 3 tied at 6-2.

GB — 2 2 1/2 4 1/2 13 1/2 GB — 1/2 7 1/2 7 1/2 8

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 Tuesday’s Games Houston 8, Arizona 5 Seattle 16, San Diego 4 Texas 7, Cleveland 3 Boston 6, Baltimore 2 Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Chicago White Sox 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Kansas City 10, Tampa Bay 5 Detroit at L.A. Angels, late Minnesota at Oakland, late

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta

Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-1), 11:10 a.m.

Minnesota (Dean 1-1) at Oakland (Manaea 1-3), 1:35 p.m.

Texas (Hamels 5-1) at Cleveland (Bauer 3-2), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (Kelly 2-0) at Baltimore (Wright 2-3), 5:05 p.m.

Detroit (Fulmer 4-1) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-5), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 3-0) at Toronto (Sanchez 4-1), 5:07 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Houston (Fiers 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 3-6) at Kansas City (Duffy 0-0), 6:15 p.m.

Seattle (Hernandez 4-4) at San Diego (Friedrich 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Arizona at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

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

Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 32 21 .604 29 22 .569 27 25 .519 26 26 .500 15 36 .294 Central Division W L Pct 35 15 .700 29 22 .569 28 25 .528 23 29 .442 17 35 .327 West Division W L Pct 33 21 .611 28 25 .528 24 27 .471 23 31 .426 20 33 .377

GB — 2 4 1/2 5 1/2 16 GB — 6 1/2 8 1/2 13 19 GB — 4 1/2 7 1/2 10 12 1/2

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

Seattle 16, San Diego 4 Washington 5, Philadelphia 1 Chicago White Sox 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Miami 3, Pittsburgh 1 San Francisco 4, Atlanta 0 L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago Cubs 0 St. Louis 10, Milwaukee 3 Colorado 17, Cincinnati 4 Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-1), 11:10 a.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 4-4) at Milwaukee (Davies 2-3), 11:40 a.m.

Washington (Scherzer 5-4) at Philadelphia (Morgan 1-3), 5:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Niese 5-2) at Miami (Conley 3-3), 5:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Suarez 1-1) at Atlanta (Perez 2-1), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 5-3), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Houston (Fiers 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lamb 0-3) at Colorado (Chatwood 6-3), 6:40 p.m.

Seattle (Hernandez 4-4) at San Diego (Friedrich 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games San Francisco at Atlanta, 10:10 a.m.

Arizona at Houston, 12:10 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 a.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Murphy Was 51 194 29 77 .397 Braun Mil 42 155 23 54 .348 Zobrist ChC 48 174 37 60 .345 Ozuna Mia 51 195 34 65 .333 ADiaz StL 50 176 36 58 .330 Harrison Pit 47 170 21 56 .329 Marte Pit 48 194 27 63 .325 Piscotty StL 50 195 34 63 .323 Herrera Phi 51 185 28 59 .319 Prado Mia 48 188 16 60 .319 Home Runs Arenado, Colorado, 16 Cespedes, New York, 15 Story, Colorado, 14 Harper, Washington, 13 Walker, New York, 13 Kemp, San Diego, 13 Carter, Milwaukee, 13 Duvall, Cincinnati, 13 Stanton, Miami, 12 2 tied at 11.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 43 Cespedes, New York, 37 Bryant, Chicago, 37 Rizzo, Chicago, 37 Story, Colorado, 36 Pence, San Francisco, 36 Polanco, Pittsburgh, 36 Carpenter, St. Louis, 35 Zobrist, Chicago, 35 2 tied at 34.

Pitching Arrieta, Chicago, 9-0 Strasburg, Washington, 9-0 Cueto, San Francisco, 8-1 Fernandez, Miami, 8-2 Kershaw, Los Angeles, 7-1 Matz, New York, 7-1 Samardzija, San Francisco, 7-3 Hammel. Chicago, 6-1 Bumgarner, San Francisco, 6-2 2 tied at 6-3.

Tuesday’s Games Houston 8, Arizona 5

Lombardi wants U.S. to win like it’s 1996

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When Dean Lombardi put together the United States roster for the return of the World Cup of Hockey, one model that attracted his attention was a team from 20 years ago.

That U.S. team led by Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Mike Modano and Mike Richter beat Canada to win the tournament, a title the general manager of the Los Angeles Kings hopes to duplicate this fall. Lombardi and USA Hockey finalized the 23-man roster Friday, and the result was a gritty bunch that will very much fit coach John Tortorella’s personality.

Instead of taking pure skill in the form of forwards Phil Kessel and Paul Stastny and defencemen Cam Fowler and Kevin Shattenkirk, the U.S. went with grinders Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky up front and twoway players Jack Johnson and Erik Johnson on the blue line. Lombardi said the goal was the “type of the team that you think can beat Canada,” and one that will coalesce quickly without much time to prepare.

“It made it essential that you do all your research in terms of not only the

WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY quality of the player and his ability but their history of being a good teammate and things like that,” Lombardi said Tuesday in a phone interview. “There was a lot to choose from, don’t forget.

There are a lot of good players and you could easily argue that this guy should be here and everything else, and you wouldn’t be wrong.”

The 1996 team had high-end skill in the form of Hull, Modano, Jeremy Roenick and Tony Amonte, who scored the World Cup-winning goal that Lombardi considers the biggest in U.S. hockey history — more significant than Mike Eruzione’s from the “Miracle on Ice” against the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics.

Lombardi was quick to point to the Chicago Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane, Minnesota Wild’s Zach Parise and San Jose Sharks’ Joe Pavelski as the offensive talent that should mesh with the toughness of Dubinsky, Callahan, St. Louis Blues captain David Backes and Anaheim Ducks centre Ryan Kesler.

No Kessel came as a surprise given

that he tied for the scoring lead at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and is leading the Pittsburgh Penguins in points in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Lombardi said the U.S. had plenty of skilled wingers and was looking to fill specific roles with its final few players.

“He’s a top player, but so are these other guys,” Lombardi said of Kessel.

“It’s a good problem to have, but you can’t have all skill just like you can’t have all grit. You’re building a team, not an All-Star team.”

Lombardi and fellow USA Hockey management members Paul Holmgren and Brian Burke like a certain amount of size and toughness on their teams, so they knew this team would have a certain MO. Hiring Tortorella cemented that, and the final roster meetings in Colorado included a lot of the coach’s input.

But Lombardi also talked to 1996 World Cup-winning players like Keith Tkachuk, Bill Guerin and Derian Hatcher as well as some who got a silver medal at the 2010 Olympics and

lost the bronze-medal game in Sochi.

He wanted to know what went right, what went wrong and how to fix it, going so far as to watch the 1996 tournament again in the process.

That group was together in dorm rooms for a month in Providence, Rhode Island. The 2016 team will have some time at training camp in Columbus, Ohio, but that’s so little preparation that Lombardi and Co. wanted to define jobs in advance.

“If you’re going to pull it together quickly, it’s very clear what your roles are,” Lombardi said. “You don’t have time for players to figure that out.

That’s what a player wants. He wants to know his role, then he’ll fit into your team concept.”

With a focus on NHL-sized ice and Canada as the target, Lombardi hopes he put together the right mix to win it all in Toronto.

Canada is “the benchmark and that’s what you’ve got to look at if you’re going to win this thing,” Lombardi said. “If they can come together like (the 1996) group and learn from maybe some of the mistakes they made as a group in the past and a lot of them have been together, they can beat Canada. No doubt about it.”

Blue Jays acquire former closer Grilli from Braves MLB TRADE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired former closer Jason Grilli from the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday for a pitching prospect.

A 39-year-old right-hander, Grilli is 1-2 with a 5.29 ERA and two saves in his comeback from a career-threatening injury. Grilli’s 2015 season ended when tore his left Achilles tendon on July 11. He had 24 saves and a 2.94 ERA in 36 games before the injury.

Hard-throwing Arodys Vizcaino has

six saves and a 1.66 ERA in his emergence as the Braves’ new closer.

Atlanta, 15-35 entering Tuesday and tied with Minnesota for the major leagues’ worst record, is rebuilding.

General manager John Coppolella said the trade helps open a spot for another young arm.

“We wanted to go with young pitching,” Coppolella said. “What we’ve tried to do in a year like this is to try to find out what we have with the arms we have here.”

The Braves expect to have righthander Jim Johnson (right groin strain) come off the 15-day disabled list on Friday. Coppolella said righthander Shae Simmons, recovering from Tommy John surgery, also should

soon join Atlanta’s roster.

Toronto also gets $2,175,000 from Atlanta, offsetting much of the $2,371,585 remaining after Tuesday of Grilli’s $3.5 million salary this year. His deal includes a $3 million team option for 2017 with a $250,000 buyout.

Atlanta obtained right-hander Sean Ratclilffe, an 18th-round pick in 2013 who was 2-2 with a 3.60 ERA in 22 games with Class A Vancouver last year. The Braves recalled right-hander Ryan Weber from Triple-A Gwinnett to fill Grilli’s spot on the active roster.

Ratcliffe, 21, was in the Blue Jays’ extended spring training and will report to the Braves’ extended spring program.

“We had seen him two weeks back

and our scouts who saw him thought he could help the Braves organization,” Coppolella said. “We’d like to see him throw for us first and then go from there and see where he can help us.”

As rumours of the impending trade spread on Tuesday, Grilli went through his normal pregame routine, including shagging fly balls in the outfield during batting practice. The trade became official about 30 minutes before the Braves’ game against the San Francisco Giants.

Grilli has 76 saves, including 33 with Pittsburgh in 2013.

He made his debut in the majors with Florida in 2001 and has also pitched for the White Sox, Detroit, Colorado, Texas and the Angels.

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THE ADVOCATE Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Preparing for an emergency Alberta has been going through rough times in the past few years. In June 2013, we had floods in Calgary, which destroyed homes, washed away parts of Trans-Canada highway, and displaced several families. Emergency preparedness was the hot topic for a few weeks.

A fortnight ago, wild fires broke out in Fort McMurray, destroying homes, shutting down our oil production, and forcing 80,000 inhabitants to evacuate their homes. Unfortunately, the majority of families had only few minutes to pack their bags, and in their rush forgot to save their passports, important papers, medications etc. Once again, we realize how poorly prepared we are for an emergency.

Are you and your family ready to face an emergency? Do you have an emergency plan?

We can get prepared to face any emergency in just three simple steps, according to Government of Alberta emergency preparedness guide.

The first step is to be familiar with the natural disasters specific to your region. Tornados, wildfires, and heavy rain and snow can strike Alberta and cause significant damage to lives and property. An outbreak of infectious disease, extreme weather conditions, blackout, fire, and hazards because of proximity to major industrial areas are other examples of emergency situations we have to anticipate.

The second step is to develop an emergency preparedness plan. Ideally every household should have an emergency plan and more importantly every family member should be aware

PADMAJA GENESH AGING of the plan. This is because when an emergency strikes, the family members might be in different places. So there should be a plan about where to meet or how to contact each other in an emergency situation.

As part of the emergency preparedness plan, identify emergency exits from each room of your home, in case a fire breaks out. If you live in an apartment, plan an escape route which does not require the use of an elevator. In case you need some assistance, contact your landlord or the property management personnel to help you identify escape routes from the apartment. In case you are asked to evacuate, identify an escape route from your neighbourhood.

It is also important to identify safe places near your home and outside your neighbourhood where the entire family can meet.

Remember to make copies of all important documents such as birth certificates, marriage certificate, passports, licenses, wills, and insurance and keep them in a safety deposit box. This way when an emergency strikes, you will have one less thing to worry about.

Seniors with special health care needs should have a personal support network of friends, relatives, healthcare providers, and neighbours who

are aware of your special needs. It is a good idea to note down details of your medical conditions, list of medications, allergies, emergency contacts, medical documents, and prescriptions and keep them in an emergency grab bag along with two weeks supply of medications, medical supplies (insulin needles, test strips etc). This way you can make sure that you have medications even if you are unable to access your pharmacy.

If you have pets, you may not be able to take them to a public shelter, or to a hotel, since some hotels do not allow pets. So you need to plan to leave them with friends or relatives who would be willing to take them.

Keep a list of all emergency contacts, such as fire, police, ambulance, family doctor, other family members, and out-of-town contacts, insurance company and keep copies of the list in your car, near your phone where other family members can find it, and in the emergency grab bag.

The third step is to prepare an emergency kit containing basic supplies you will need to survive for 72 hours. A backpack, or a suitcase with wheels, or a duffel bag will make an ideal emergency kit which is easy to carry. Keep it in an easily accessible place such as the front room closet and ensure that all family members are aware of its location.

The emergency kit should contain the following items: ● Water- at least 2 litres of water per person per day. Small bottles of water are ideal ● Non-perishable food such as

canned food, energy bars, and dried foods ● Manual can-opener ● Battery-powered flashlight and extra batteries ● Battery-powered radio and extra batteries ● First-aid kit ● Prescription medications, prescriptions, medical supplies ● Cash, and traveller’s cheques ● Extra keys ( Car & house) ● Candles & matches or lighter ● Blanket- one blanker per person ● Emergency contact numbers Additional items such as sleeping bags, toilet paper, change of clothing can also be included in the emergency kit. It is an excellent idea to have a small kit containing all the above items in your car as well. The car kit can also have a road map, small shovel, scraper, snow brush, fire extinguisher, ant-freeze, windshield washer fluid, and a tow-rope. Remember to change the water and food items in your emergency kit once a year.

You can find more information at www.getprepared.ca.

Let us not wait for another disaster to jolt us into action. Let’s get serious about emergency preparedness now.

Padmaja Genesh, who holds a bachelor degree in medicine and surgery as well as a bachelor degree in Gerontology, has spent several years teaching and working with health care agencies. A past resident of Red Deer, and a past board member of Red Deer Golden Circle, she is now a Learning Specialist at the Alzheimer Society of Calgary. Please send your comments to padmajaganeshy@yahoo.ca.

Eating disorder not a surprise EXPERT IN SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY SAYS STAR TENNIS PLAYER HELD TO DIFFERENT STANDARD THAN MALE COUNTERPARTS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Eugenie Bouchard’s admission that she battled an eating disorder during her precipitous fall in the women’s tennis rankings came as no surprise to one former Olympian who now works as a sports psychology consultant to some of Canada’s top athletes.

Former elite runner Penny Werthner says female athletes are held to a much different standard than their male counterparts.

“The women athletes are criticized for what they wear, what they look like, whether they’re fat or not,” said Werthner, also dean of the faculty of kinesiology at the University of Calgary.

“When was the last time someone commented on what (Novak) Djokovic looked like? Or (pointed out that Rafael) Nadal is short?”

Bouchard revealed earlier this week that she suffered from an eating disorder brought on by “a lot of pressure” following her 2014 breakthrough, when she finished the year ranked seventh in the world.

The career-high came after her loss to Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon final and semifinal appearances at the French Open and Australian Open.

The success that season quickly launched her to tennis superstardom, drawing cameras, media and fans wherever she went.

But the streak didn’t last. Her first match after the Wimbledon final was the Rogers Cup in Montreal, where the hometown favourite disappointed with a 6-0, 2-6, 6-0 loss to 113th-ranked qualifier Shelby Rogers.

It didn’t get much better as the year wore on — her ranking plummeted to 48th at the end of 2015.

Bouchard now says last year also featured a private battle to keep food down and maintain her weight.

“Starting 2015, I definitely felt a lot of pressure and expectations from the outside world and myself,” Bouchard said.

“I just felt so nervous, it was hard to eat before matches and sometimes at other meals, just hard to keep it down.

I didn’t try to lose weight, but it definitely happened. It was definitely a cause of the stress. I’ve learned a lot

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Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard returns in a match of the French Open tennis tournament against Germany’s Laura Siegemund at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, May 24. Bouchard admitted at the tournament that she suffered an eating disorder brought on by ‘a lot of pressure’ after her breakout season in 2014.

‘THERE ARE A LOT, A LOT OF CANADIANS WHO ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE BECAUSE THERE’S STILL A LOT OF SHAME AND STIGMA THAT’S ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND ESPECIALLY WITH EATING DISORDERS. TYPICALLY PEOPLE THINK EATING DISORDERS ONLY STRIKE A CERTAIN TYPE OF PERSON BUT EATING DISORDERS AFFECT PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, ALL AGES, ALL GENDERS, AND ALL SIZES.’ — MARBELLA CARLOS NATIONAL EATING DISORDER INFORMATION CENTRE

from it, and I know I just have to force food down my throat even if I feel sick because I am burning so many calories.”

Werthner says the push to succeed is especially hard in tennis because it’s a solitary sport and comes with the added pressures of courting sponsors and endorsement deals.

And in general, she said, it can be especially hard for women to rebound from a loss because they tend to take failures personally, while men will sometimes place the blame elsewhere.

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“You lose a match and then you lose a little bit of confidence and then maybe an eating disorder comes out of that or maybe it comes out of something else in her life that’s not directly related to competitive sport,” said Werthner, who has worked as a sports psychology consultant for the Canadian Olympic team since 1985.

Bouchard, currently ranked 47th, was eliminated from the French Open on Thursday after a second-round loss to Timea Bacsinszky.

Marbella Carlos of the National Eat-

BABY STORYTIME AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Join other parents on Thursday morning from 10-10:30 a.m. at thedowntown branch of the Red Deer Public Library for baby storytime. For ages Birth to 19 months and their parent or caregiver. Runs all year.

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ing Disorder Information Centre in Toronto says eating disorders are a coping mechanism and usually point to greater issues behind the scenes.

And they can be especially common in “aesthetic sports” like dance and gymnastics. She said tennis players also battle social stigmas that have nothing to do with their abilities.

“Even though they’re elite athletes and do these incredible things with their bodies they’re still looked at through a sexualized gaze, that definitely could have contributed as well,” she said.

Carlos hopes that Bouchard’s comments can help other people struggling with food issues.

“There are a lot, a lot of Canadians who are suffering in silence because there’s still a lot of shame and stigma that’s associated with mental illness and especially with eating disorders,” she said.

“Typically people think eating disorders only strike a certain type of person but eating disorders affect people from all backgrounds, all ages, all genders, and all sizes.”

JENIE THAI WITH GUEST JUSTINE VANDERGRIFT AT FRATTERS Born in Chiang Mai Thailand and raised outside of Edmonton, Jenie Thai is building a musical presence throughout the country through the electric energy she displays on stage and the old soul that’s conveyed through her songwriting.

On Thursday she is at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer for an 8:30 p.m. show with a $5 cover.

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $15/hr. Floor skills would be an asset. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 or e-mail: lobb-black-valerie @aramark.ca. Attn: Val Black

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Help

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We are hiring a

General Labourer

to work as part of our service team in the dairy industry. The ideal candidate must have a valid driver’s licence, and be able to perform work in a safe and efficient manner to established industry standards. If you are a team player who is comfortable working around livestock and are able to use power tools, please send resume to curtis@prolineinc.ca.

We are hiring an

INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN

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1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Tools

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METRIC Socket, plus tool box. $100.

403-343-6044

Firewood

1660

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Health & Beauty

1700

POWER Wheel Chair, 3 yrs. old. Barely used. $2500. 403-845-3292

Household Furnishings

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TEAK dining room table, 4 chairs and 2 extension leafs, seats 8. $200.

403-986-6878

to work as part of our service team in the dairy WANTED industry. The ideal Antiques, furniture and candidate must have a estates. 342-2514 valid driver’s licence along with the following abilities: Misc. for troubleshooting, Restaurant/ programming and repairing Sale Hotel circuit boards and controls, perform work in a safe and 100 VHS movies, $75 JJAM Management (1987) efficient manner to for all. 403-885-5020 Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s established industry 2 electric lamps, $20.

Requires to work at these standards, with the ability 403-885-5020 Red Deer, AB locations: to interact with customers, Lost 5111 22 St. 5TH WHEEL tail gate, self-motivated and able to 37444 HWY 2 S $257; Dodge truck box, work alone. If you are 37543 HWY 2N 8’ with tail lights and gate, comfortable with heights, REWARD OFFERED 700 3020 22 St. working around livestock, $1500 obo; outdoor cooker VIDEO CAMCORDER, Food Service Supervisor 2 burner camp stove, $75; and willing to take some Samsun HD, LOST from Req’d permanent shift tie down bar for Dodge on-call work, please send the Lions Camp Ground weekend day and evening Dakota, $50; aluminum tool your resume to May 30. Call both full and part time. box, $200. 403-358-6579. curtis@prolineinc.ca 226-919-7364 if found.

10 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + Apt. size humidifier, $20; medical, dental, life and 2 picnic coolers, $25 for vision benefits. Start both; vegetable steamer, Personals ASAP. Job description $20; and 2 Mexican www.timhortons.com blankets, $20 for both.

Experience 1 yr. to less ALCOHOLICS 403-309-5494 than 2 yrs.

ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 CAMPING dishes, Education not req’d. unbreakable, Durawere Apply in person or fax COCAINE ANONYMOUS $35. resume to: 403-314-1303 403-396-8298 CLASSIFICATIONS ColemanSet. Propane lantern, 1500-1990 $50. Coleman Propane Camp Stove, $100.

403-343-6044 Children's COFFEE Maker, Items under counter, $30.

403-343-6044 HOODIE, LACOSTE, blue COPPER clad aluminum child’s size 12, very good TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 #2, booster cables $40. condition. $10.

403-343-6044 403-314-9603 Red Deer DAYTON heavy duty Deer Park Start your career!

ADVOCATE industrial heater, See Help Wanted 220 power, new cond., 4 DREVER Close, huge $60. 403-877-0825 CLASSIFIEDS 3 family garage sale, SUITCASE, Child’s Thurs. & Fri., June 2 & 3, WATER HOSE REEL, Ladybug, by Samsonite, 403-309-3300 1 - 8. Toys, clothes, house$35. 403-885-5020 $15. 403-314-9603 wares, tools and much more.

CALL NOW NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE RED DEER FISH & GAME ASSOCIATION to be held Mon. June 20 at the Red Deer Legion Start time 7 pm.

Current by law changes to be discussed.

For more information see website.

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Accounting

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 COUNTERTOP replacement.

Kitchen reno’s.

Wes 403-302-1648

Special Day

720

Clerical

Janitorial

Are you new to the neighbourhood?

Expecting a Baby?

Planning a Wedding?

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SHOP HELP AND/OR APPRENTICE MECHANIC REQ’D IMMED. Truck exp. preferred.

8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of Blackfalds. Steady f/t year round employment w/benefits. Fax: 403-784-2330 Phone: 403-784-3811

OFFICE person/laborer req’d for trucking company E. of Blackfalds. Knowledge of trucking industry/ mechanical knowledge of maintenance an asset but willing to train. Exc. wages/benefits. Fax resume to 403-784-2330 call 403-784-3811

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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. Hap was born and raised at Pincher Creek, Alberta; where he received his education and also met his beloved wife, Agnes Mary Fitzpatrick. The couple was married on July 6, 1950. Hap had a long standing career with the Alberta Forestry Service; first as a Park Warden and then as a Forest Ranger. His career spanned thirty years with the Forestry Service and took the family to many different communities, and then to Red Deer, where they lived for twenty years. Hap was an active member the Knights of Columbus with both St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart Catholic Churches of Red Deer. Hap will be lovingly remembered by his children; Lois (Dennis) Maciborsky of Alder Flats, Alberta, Vince (Louise) Schauerte of Edmonton, Alberta, Karen (Roger) Bartek of Drayton Valley, Alberta, Brian (Susan) Schauerte of Medicine Hat, Alberta and Wayne (Tammy) Schauerte of Red Deer, Alberta; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He will also be sadly missed by two brothers; as well as numerous other relatives and dear friends. Hap was predeceased by his wife, Agnes Schauerte, a granddaughter, Jocelyn Maciborsky, four brothers, and a sister. 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 a t www.catholicsocialservices.ab.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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Trades

DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

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Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For help on your home projects such as bathroom, main floor, and bsmt. renovations. Also painting and flooring.

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777

Moving & Storage

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MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Painters/ Decorators

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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 MIKE’S Refresh Painting Exterior/Interior, Prompt & Courteous Service 403-302-8027

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Paintinglife, FREE estimates, residential commercial, 403-877-0658.

10 - 2am Private back entry

TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434 Start your career!

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DAMON INTERIORS Elite Retreat, Finest Drywall, tape, texture, in VIP Treatment.

Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176

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Services

403-341-4445

Roofing

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PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Yard Care

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TREE /YARD CARE, JUNK Removal, Garage Door Service. 403-358-1614 YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

Misc. for Sale

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GOLF cart, large wheeled, used 2 times, $50; and Singer sewing machine in 3 drawer desk, $70.

403-346-4462 SOCCER BOOKS, (3) plus box of player cards. $35. 403-314-9603

Sporting Goods

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TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

INVERSION Table, $200.

403-343-6044

Collectors' Items

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ANTIQUE Railroad Train Set, 65 yrs. old. Complete set of 40 pieces & book volumes. Like New $800.

403-845-3292, 895-2337

Travel Packages

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1495/mo. in Red Deer.

403-782-7156 403-357-7465 GRANDVIEW 4 bdrm.,, 3 bath 5 appls. , fenced, N/S, $1250./mo. + util.

403-350-4230 HOUSE in Lacombe, 2 bdrm., 2 bath, $995/mo.

403-782-7156 / 403-357-7465 LARGE 1/2 duplex, newly reno’d, downtown area, across from park, responsible family preferred, $1,200/mo., dd same, 403-347-3149 LICENCED for group home in Lacombe, 8 bdrm., 3 bath, 2 fireplaces, dbl. garage, $2,995/mo.

403-782-7156 403-357-7465 SYLVAN: fully furn. rentals incld’s all utils. & cable. $550 - $1300. By the week or month. 403-880-0210

Condos/ Townhouses

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2 BDRM. townhouse/ condo, 5 appls., 2 blocks from Collicutt Centre. $1225/mo. + utils., inclds. condo fees. 403-616-3181

SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1000. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or May 1. 403-304-5337

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2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $925. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. now or June 1.

403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or May 1st.

403-304-5337 TWO WEEKS FREE CLEARVIEW, 4 plex 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), 1 1/2 baths, $975.mo. n/s, no pets, . 403-391-1780

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Tammy at 403-314-4306

CARRIERS NEEDED For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA STETTLER Call Sandra at 403- 314-4303

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED INNISFAIL 6 DAYS A WEEK BY 6:30 AM Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

Downtown OfÀce

WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or May 1 403-304-5337

Large waiting room, 2 ofÀces & storage room, 403-346-5885

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Suites

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Offices

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Pasture

PASTURE

1 BDRM apt. above Weis Western Wear. Quiet single person preferred. no pets, $750 rent/dd. 403-347-3149

North Red Deer. 10 cow/calf pairs, no bulls, no yearlings. 403-346-5885

2 BDRM. bsmt. suite, 6 appl., like new, att. sing. gar., close to bus stop, N/S, no pets. $1000/mo. + util.

403-347-8397 or 587-876-8919.

Mobile Lot

CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 CALL NOW

GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $850/mo., D.D. $850, N/S, no pets, no partiers.

403-346-1458

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Motorcycles

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., bldg, free laundry, very 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. clean, quiet, Avail. now or Down payment $4000. Call MAY 1. $900/mo., S.D. $650. at anytime. 403-588-8820 403-304-5337 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $800. rent/d.d.

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44,600 kms.

MINT CONDITION Never laid down.

$7600. o.b.o.

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Motorhomes

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One free year of Telus internet & cable AND one month’s rent FREE on 2 bedrooms! Renovated suites in central location.

Cat friendly. leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)482-1711

Realtors & Services

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MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

FULL size camper van 18 ft. 1987 Dodge 3/4 ton Ram 250, 318 auto.

150,000 mi. many extras, new parts, sale price $4350. 403-877-6726

Holiday Trailers

NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy.

403-596-6000

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HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

Income Property

NOW RENTING SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. starting at $795/mo.

2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

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RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780

Industrial Property

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QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK New industrial bay, 2000 sq. ft. footprint, $359,000. or for Rent. 403-391-1780

Opposite Hospital 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885

2011 SPRINGDALE by Keystone 31’ travel trailer in mint cond., 3’ x 14’ slide, electric awning, jacks and hitch lift, rotating tv - to view in living room or bedroom, 2 - 30 lb. propane tanks, equalizer hitch, $19,000 obo. lwschroh@hotmail.com or 403-347-9067

Boats & Marine

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

FINANCIAL 4400-4430

Money To Loan

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HAVE you exhausted your efforts at the banks?

Is your company in need of Ànancing? Call 403-969-9884

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OVER 200 CHANNELS, TV SUPPLIED, MUST LOVE DOGS, MUST BE WORKING M., RENT $500., N/S, 587-272-1952

Rooms For Rent

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TWO - 2 bdrm. suites downtown area, above store, at 5115 Gaetz Ave. Quiet person preferred $950/mo., $950 d.d. partial utils. paid., high security 347-3149

Roommates Wanted

NEW YORK — More than a dozen big checks flowed out of New York last week, bound for veterans’ charities from Donald Trump. On Tuesday, he announced he had made good on his promise of last January to give the groups millions of dollars from a highly publicized fundraiser.

The announcement by the presumptive Republican presidential candidate came in the midst of a 40-minute rant against “dishonest” and “sleazy” reporters who have been pressing the issue.

The largest donation, a $1 million check dated May 24 and drawn from Donald J. Trump’s personal account, was addressed to a small Tuckahoe, New York, group that provides scholarships to the children of fallen Marines.

Trump had been interviewed that same day

by The Washington Post, which for weeks had been raising questions about where the promised money was, urging him to disclose recipients of the millions raised during a splashy telethon-style fundraiser he held in Iowa in January in place of a Fox debate he was boycotting.

At a news conference Tuesday, Trump released a list of 41 groups he said had received $5.6 million.

“Most of the money went out quite a while ago,” Trump said. “Some of it went out more recently. But all of this has gone out.”

Throughout Tuesday’s confrontational event, Trump repeatedly slammed the media as “unbelievably dishonest” for its treatment of the issue and dismissed an ABC reporter as “a sleaze.”

He said many times that he didn’t want credit for the fundraising but seemed peeved that he wasn’t thanked for it.

“Instead of being like, ‘Thank you very much, Mr. Trump,’ or ‘Trump did a good job,’ everyone’s saying, ‘Who got it? Who got it? Who got it?’ And you make me look very bad,” Trump

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BUG deÁector, $100.

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BLACKFALDS, $500, all inclusive. 403-358-1614 ROOM, all utils. and cable incl’d, $450/mo. Call or text 403-598-6386 TWO fully furn. rooms, all util. incl., Deer Park, AND Rosedale, 403-877-1294

complained, taking on reporters in the room. “I have never received such bad publicity for doing such a good job.”

The Associated Press spoke or left messages with each of the organizations Trump named. Of the 30 groups that responded by Tuesday, about half said they had received checks from Trump just last week.

Several said the checks were dated May 24 — the same date as Trump’s interview with The Post, and shipped out overnight express.

Among them was the big check from Trump himself, written to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. Trump’s campaign had previously told the newspaper that his promised $1 million personal donation had already been distributed.

Though the foundation had received a $100,000 check from Trump’s charity in March, last week’s $1 million donation came as something of a surprise.

“It is obviously a wonderful donation,” said Sue Boulhosa, the group’s executive director and sole employee. She said the group had “an inkling” that more might come but the amount was a happy surprise.

Trump has a longstanding relationship with the group, which Boulhosa said typically raises a total of between $2 million and $3 million a year. The foundation had presented Trump with an award at its 2015 gala held at a New York hotel.

Appearing on CNN Tuesday, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said she was glad that Trump had given out the promised money.

“The problem here is the difference between what Donald Trump says and what Donald Trump does,” Clinton said. “He’s bragged for months about raising $6 million for vets and donating $1 million himself, but it took a reporter to shame him into actually making the contribution.”

CAMP TARIQ, Iraq — As Iraqi forces pressed an offensive Tuesday to dislodge Islamic State militants from Fallujah, conditions are worsening for tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the city.

IS fighters launched a fierce counterattack, slowing the progress of the elite Iraqi counterterrorism troops, and the militants reportedly corralled civilians into a single neighbourhood for use as human shields.

With an estimated 50,000 civilians still inside Fallujah, humanitarian groups renewed calls on both sides to open safe corridors for noncombatants to flee — an action that seems unlikely because it would require negotiations between IS and the Iraqi forces to agree on a cessation of hostilities.

Iraqi forces repelled the four-hour counterattack a day after entering the southern part of Fallujah with the help of U.S.-led airstrikes.

The dawn attack unfolded in the Nuaimiya area, most of which was captured by Iraqi troops on Monday.

IS militants used tunnels and snipers, and targeted Iraqi forces with six explosives-laden cars that were destroyed before they reached their targets, the officers said. Iraqi forces suf-

fered casualties, but no details were given.

The clashes subsided by Tuesday afternoon, but the officers said progress was slowed by roadside bombs the militants left behind. The troops also paused to destroy tunnels in the area. Since Monday, 106 militants have been killed, the officers said.

The push into Nuaimiya, a sprawling agricultural area, was the first attempt by Iraqi forces to enter Fallujah, which fell to IS in 2014. In recent days, Iraqi forces had focused on expelling the militants from outlying areas to tighten a siege on the city, which is 65 kilometres west of Baghdad.

The Sunni majority city was the first in Iraq to fall to IS and is the last major urban area controlled by the extremist group in western Iraq.

The Sunni-led militants still control the country’s second-largest city, Mosul, in the north.

The U.S.-led coalition and Iranian-backed Shiite militia forces are helping the Iraqi army in the offensive. But the fight is expected to be protracted because the militants have had more than two years to dig in, hidden bombs are believed to be strewn throughout the city, and the presence of trapped civilians will limit the use of supporting airstrikes.

“A human catastrophe is unfolding in Fallujah,” said Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

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Sol 1971 CORVETTE, 454 big block. $16,500.

403-598-4131

d Sol 1976 DODGE new tires & brakes, sleeps 4, good cond., 85,000 kms, $2500 obo

1995 TRAVELAIRE, 25.5’, very good,cond., sleeps 6, new awning, full size fridge, 3 burner stove/oven, micro., queen bed, x-long couch, $7000.

403-350-6695

2005 CROWN Vic, loaded, 94,000 kms. $6000. obo.

2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide, 10,800 kms, mint cond. $11,000.

Call 403-896-1620.

2009 Grand Caravan, exc. cond, extra set winter tires, DVD, extras $12,500 obo 403-505-5789

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DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

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2006 CHRYSLER 300, LTD, low kms., sun roof, leather, new winter tires. $8000. obo

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DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

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2001 WINDSTAR, lady driven 184,000 kms. Exc. cond. $3000.

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2013 HONDA PCX 150CC scooter, 1,700 km, $2,000.

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Sol FULL size camper van 18 ft. 1987 Dodge 3/4 ton Ram 250, 318 auto., 150,000 mi., extras, new parts, $4350. 403-877-6726

2011 SPRINGDALE by Keystone 31’ travel trailer in mint cond., slide, $19,000 obo. lwschroh@hotmail.com or 403-347-9067

Sol DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 YAMAHA 30,003 km V-star 1100, Silverado new tires, exc. cond. $5500.

403-318-4725

2011 DODGE CALIBER, only 56,000 km, exc. cond., $8,900.

403-406-7600

2014 19.6’ NOMAD SUV towable, sleeps 4, Gently used.

REDUCED to $14,500.

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June 1 2009 — Canadians entering the U.S. from this date must show a valid passport before crossing the border.

1986 — Canada loses to Mexico 2-0, in the country’s first and only World Cup soccer appearance.

1981 — Statistics Canada reports that Canada’s population has reached 24,343,181.

1968 — Queen Elizabeth II proclaims Alberta’s provincial flag.

1938 — Toronto-born cartoonist Joe Shuster teams up with Jerry Siegel to create Superman, making his First appearance in DC Comics’ Action Comics Series issue #1; the cost is 10 cents (collectors will pay over $100,000 today).

1933 — RCMP move their offices into town from the old fort site. Fort Macleod site abandoned.

1911 — Red Deer Police Chief George Bell is shot by transient Arthur Kelly.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ontario’s attorney general says she’s prepared to try and find out why so many Tragically Hip fans couldn’t buy tickets for their summer concerts — unless they wanted to pay many times face value on resale sites.

Fans across the country complained the tickets were sold out almost instantly when they went on presale Monday.

Many rushed to social media to complain about exorbitant prices on secondary resale sites that climbed into the thousands of dollars.

The Tragically Hip announced last week that lead singer Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer and would embark on a brief summer tour in parts of Canada.

Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur says she sympathizes with fans who would have to pay such tremendous prices to see the band.

She says the ministry needs to look at what is happening now with the resale prices and insists she wants to fix the situation.

Meilleur denies the province is to blame for scrapping a law that prevented primary sellers like Ticketmaster from owning resale sites like StubHub. “The intent was to prevent this from happening,” Meilleur told reporters.

“And I’m very sorry for the (fans) of this group that they have to pay a great price to go to the concert.”

While the public sale of Tragically Hip tickets doesn’t begin until Friday, eager buyers already snapped up limited tickets offered during pre-sale events Monday and Tuesday, but far more fans were left disappointed.

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

The Hip will play 15 shows across parts of the country during a monthlong stretch from late July to August.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Paul Simon, “Stranger to Stranger” (Concord)

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Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip performs as one of the opening acts to the Rolling Stones concert in Moncton, N.B.

WHY ARE HIP TICKETS SO HARD TO GET? SIMPLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND There are only so many seats to go around and far more Tragically Hip fans to fill them. The band has built up one of the country’s most loyal followings, so it was inevitable that the tour would be in high demand from concertgoers who either haven’t seen the Hip in years or never witnessed one of their shows at all. And given Downie’s health, many assume this could be their last chance to see the band live.

THEY’RE ONLY TOURING PART OF CANADA The Hip plans to stay within the borders of Western and Central Canada which leaves fans in Quebec and the Maritimes without any local shows to attend.

Many have said they will trek to the nearest city to see the band, which means shows in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton and Kingston, Ont., will be particularly hot tickets.

PRESALES ARE INTENSE Further complicating matters are the various stages of ticket presales, which began on Monday with the Hip’s fan club members. Select batches of tickets were only available online with a special code to

Tuesday convicted an actor who played a police officer on TV of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife that was partially witnessed by their two young sons.

The verdict in the trial of Michael Jace, who appeared on the FX series The Shield, came after a weeklong trial in which Los Angeles jurors were told the actor shot his wife, April, in the back and then twice in the legs with a revolver that belonged to her father.

Jace, 53, did not testify in his own defence. He told detectives soon after the attack that he had retrieved the gun to kill himself but couldn’t do it.

Instead, he planned to shoot his wife, an avid runner, in the leg so she would feel pain, Jace said in a recorded interview.

complete the purchase, but the tickets still sold out within minutes. A second wave of fan club tickets and an allotment reserved for American Express credit card holders seemed to sell out just as fast on Tuesday.

SCALPERS AND RESELLERS Scalpers were no doubt in on the action as presale tickets sold out and were quickly listed on secondary resale sites like StubHub and classified ad sites like Kijiji for significantly higher prices. Two first-row tickets for the band’s final stop in Kingston were — perhaps optimistically — being offered for $5,999 on ATB Tickets on Tuesday. Online resale sites have made it easy for anyone to flip their tickets for a big profit. Even diehard Hip fans might be tempted to sell for the right price.

TECHNOLOGICAL GLITCHES Even fans who got tickets into their online shopping cart were ultimately denied.

Some fans say they were prevented from buying tickets on Tuesday when Ticketmaster’s website began to glitch. “Errored out on me after hitting ‘accept’ for row 25 on the floor for .TragicallyHip in YYC. Now nothing,’ tweeted disappointed user Curt Robinson.

Lawyers say Johnny Depp’s wife gave statement to police LOS ANGELES — Johnny Depp’s estranged wife has given Los Angeles police a statement to support her account of an alleged domestic violence incident involving the actor, her lawyers said Tuesday.

Attorneys Samantha Spector and Joseph P. Koenig wrote in a statement that model-actress Amber Heard had spoken to Los Angeles police.

The statement did not indicate when Heard gave the statement, and the Los Angeles Police Department says it has no information about Heard speaking with officers.

No ’60s folkie has written more great music for dancing than Paul Simon, and at 74 he still wants us to feel the beat. Stranger to Stranger showcases Rhymin’ Paul’s polyrhythms in new, exotic combinations by employing custom-made instruments with microtonal tunings created by 20th century composer and theorist Harry Partch.

It sounds better than that sounds.

Along with Partch’s instruments, Simon uses doorbells, clapping, Italian EDM, Flamenco and African percussion and a tuba to push the songs along. The album runs a brisk 37 minutes, and such tunes as Wristband, In a Parade, The Riverbank and Cool Papa Bell create grooves worthy of Graceland. But the pulse is often unpredictable — even the one-minute instrumental The Clock skips a beat at the end.

The captivating rhythms provide the foundation for an elaborate sonic canvas. One key contributor is co-producer Roy Halee, whose relationship with Simon goes back to Mrs. Robinson.

Simon’s voice makes no concession to age, and he sings with the same boyish, earnest precision as always, as if every word is important, which it is. There’s not an ounce of flab in lyrics full of surprising twists, such as the couplet pairing “street angel” with “Seroquel.”

Simon sings of faith, death, community, ritual, patriotism and music for healing — and that’s just in The Riverbank. Elsewhere he muses about social upheaval (Wristband) the end of the rainbow (The Werewolf) and The Negro League’s version of Joe DiMaggio (Cool Papa Bell).

There are multiple references to melody, although the set is less tuneful than Simon’s most recent album, 2011’s So Beautiful or So What.

“With her statement Amber hopes to give the LAPD the opportunity to conduct an accurate and complete investigation into the events of that evening and before,” Heard’s lawyers wrote. “If that occurs, and the truth is revealed, there is no doubt that Amber’s claims will be substantiated beyond any doubt, and hopefully Johnny will get the help that he so desperately needs.”

Heard obtained a temporary restraining order against Depp on Friday, alleging the actor threw her cellphone at her face, striking her below the right eye during a fight on May 21.

Los Angeles police have said they responded to the incident but found no evidence of a crime.

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Wednesday June 1 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Morgan Freeman, 79; Heidi Klum, 43; Alanis Morissette, 42 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Relationships will be tricky, but plenty of patience will get you through.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 2016 is the year to celebrate your strengths, and get the balance right between your professional and private lives. Plus work on securing a financial nest egg for the future.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you blurt out the first thing on your mind, you’ll just upset others and end up arguing. Use your intuition to guide you, as you look beneath the surface to see what’s really going on.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll be able to power through projects at a steady and controlled pace today Bulls. Business matters and professional activities are favoured, but make sure you adapt to changing circumstances.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gung-ho Gemini - you’re impatient to make changes but don’t charge in with guns blazing, especially in close relationships. Use your communication skills to motivate others, rather than alienate them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Resist the tendency to resort to power games when dealing with others today — especially at home and work. Strive to state your needs openly and honestly, without being moody or manipulative.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Use today’s planetary patterns to think creatively and act compassionately. Networking and friendships are favoured, as you pursue and develop your expanding international connections.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your emotions are somewhat erratic today Virgo, as you make mountains out of molehills.

Don’t commit yourself to any big changes, as you’re likely to feel quite differently tomorrow.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today’s star patterns increase your tendency to be too dependent on the opinions of others. If you don’t make an important decision soon, then someone else will step in and make it for you!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Others are in the mood to tell it like it is, so don’t take offense if you hear a few home truths today. With Saturn reversing through your money zone, avoid buying things on credit.

Stick to cash.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today’s star patterns encourage experimenting and communicating in creative and cutting-edge ways. Feelings are likely to fluctuate though, as Uranus and Pluto unsettle fiery emotions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid the temptation to put professional success before love; and work before family. As birthday great Marilyn Monroe observed ‘A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.’

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Communicating with others will be challenging today — unless you can be super cooperative. And avoid making impulsive financial decisions, as you’re not seeing the current picture clearly.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There’s no room for Piscean procrastination - the more organized and proactive you are, the better the day will be. Cash-strapped Fish — you need to find innovative ways to increase your cash flow.

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Partner always gets invited to wedding despite feelings about relationship Dear Annie: I am planning my wedding, which will take place next year.

I have a younger sister who will be a bridesmaid. This sister has been in an on-again, off-again long-distance relationship with a guy for five years now.

She lives on one coast, and he lives on the other.

Here’s the problem: My sister wants her boyfriend to attend my wedding. I have expressed to her that he isn’t my favorite person to begin with, and I’m not crazy that she’s in a relationship with him. I do not have the guts to tell her that I do not see a future for them because their careers keep them on separate coasts.

So, Annie, should invite him because she wants him there? Or do I not invite him because my fiance and I don’t like him. — Sister Dear Sister: Here’s the way it generally works - if someone is in a committed relationship (married, living together, engaged), the partner always gets invited.

If someone has been in a long-term relationship (dating exclusively for six months or more), even if there is no commitment in place, the partner gets invited. They are considered a package deal.

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don’t have to invite him. But we think your relationship with your sister is more important that your personal preference in this instance. Even on your big day, family counts, and not inviting this boyfriend could alienate your sister. It’s not worth it. You can be polite when you see him, and still manage to avoid him by concentrating on your new husband and your other guests, as all brides should. Think of it as a gift to your sister. (And if you’re lucky, they’ll be off-again before the invitations go out.)

Dear Annie: Thank you for your response to “Widow Who Knows What Her Husband Would Do,” pointing out why her husband’s children have no contact with her after being left out of Dad’s will.

My wife died by suicide six years ago when our son was 19. Her death was tragic and we continue to deal with it and try to understand. My wife was an identical twin. My son adored his aunt. My mother-in-law’s trust di-

vided things equally, but shortly after my wife died, my mother-in-law changed her will, leaving everything to my wife’s sister and her children, and nothing whatsoever to my son, her only grandson. We only found this out recently when my mother-in-law passed away.

This has been so hurtful to my son, knowing that his grandmother ignored him, but provided for his cousins. It was my sister-in-law’s influence, and she has since dropped all contact with us. These people were our family.

My son loved his grandmother and she adored him. But this is his last memory of her and it changes how he feels, because it tells him exactly how much he was loved. Not enough. — Hurting for My Son Dear Hurting: How sad that your son will not be able to think of his grandmother or aunt without remembering this betrayal. Our deepest condolences.

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

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