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Back from the brink SIX YEARS AFTER CULLING THEIR ENTIRE HERD DUE TO AN H1N1 OUTBREAK, ARNOLD AND ALITA VAN GINKEL HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY OLYMEL FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO RAISING HEALTHY ANIMALS

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Earlier this week, Olymel procurement manager Don Brookbank presented the Red Deer processing plant’s High Health Award to Arnold and Alita Van Ginkel, operators of the A&A Van Ginkel Pork Farm since 2003.

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A pair of Dutch farmers who chased their dream to the hill country northwest of Leslieville have reached an emotional peak after years of struggling through deep and treacherous valleys.

Earlier this week, Olymel procurement manager Don ‘QUITTING Brookbank presented the Red WAS NEVER Deer processing plant’s High Health Award to Arnold and AN OPTION.’ Alita Van Ginkel, operators — ARNOLD VAN GINKEL of the A&A Van Ginkel Pork FARMER Farm since 2003.

The award was part of Olymel’s annual Reach For The Top program, presented during Alberta Pork Congress and geared to encourage and recognize the best efforts of the 200 producers who regularly deliver their pigs to the Red Deer plant. The Van Ginkels were presented with a wall plaque and a cheque for $500 — which Arnold later said would nicely cover the cost of a vaccine against circo-virus.

Being awarded for their health status was an especially sweet moment for him and Alita, who forged through disaster after the spring of 2009, when some of the pigs in their barn caught H1N1 virus from a visiting contractor. Investigators eventually determined that the contractor, hired to do some construction inside the barn, had been infected during a vacation in Mexico at a time when the World Health Organization was ringing alarm bells about what it was calling a swine flu pandemic.

For weeks after the infection was discovered, Arnold and Alita hosted a steady stream of government inspectors and other officials in their barn and at the massive table in the kitchen of their modest farm house. News reporters — local, regional and national — crowded near the farm gate when the discovery was first made public and some were eventually invited in to talk about the infection and its impact on the farm.

As a precaution, the Van Ginkels were ordered to de-populate their entire herd of 240 sows plus the weaners, growers and finishers raised from those sows. Although compensated for the animals they lost, the Van Ginkels had to start over from scratch at a time when the entire industry was in a severe downturn that seemed to get worse with the passage of time. They started to rebuild their herd as soon as they could, shipping the first batch of hogs about a year after the infection was discovered.

“Quitting was never an option,” Arnold said after the awards banquet in Red Deer on Wednesday.

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Arnold and Alita Van Ginkel say little about how they have managed to raise seven children and keep their farm afloat through crisis upon crisis. ducers farmed their equity, borrowing money so they could keep the heat on and keep the feed coming in while they waited for the industry to turn around.

They learned to do more with less.

By the time prices had were starting to improve, the number of producers remaining in Alberta had dropped by 30 per cent, to the roughly 380 who are still selling pigs today.

Much like the pigs they deliver to Olymel, the farms are bigger and they run leaner.

Back in Leslieville, that has meant the Van Ginkels must now expand their barn, both to accommodate the larger market weights being demanded at the plant and to make room for the switch they will eventually make so their sows will have more space and more opportunities to socialize.

Arnold smiles, but says little about how he and Alita have managed to raise seven children and keep their farm afloat through crisis upon crisis.

He says only that he and Alita have stuck tightly to the recommended protocols in their efforts to raise clean, healthy pigs. These days, the herd has expanded slightly to 250 sows, producing two to three shipments per week for the plant in Red Deer.

And then he and Alita both laugh out loud.

“It’s because we’re stubborn. We’re Dutch.” bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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VAN GINKEL: Sticking tighly to protocols The virus that entered his and Alita’s farm in 2009 had hit at a time when producers across Canada were heading into a financial crisis that purged the industry of hundreds of producers.

Calgary-based producer Jim Haggins (now retired), who took over as chairman of Alberta Pork in 2010, said at the time that Alberta’s pork industry was in the midst of the worst crisis in 40 years.

Swine producers had felt the sting of low prices, high feed costs, labour shortages and non-tariff trade barriers including a high Canadian dollar and trade battles with the United States.

While Haggins felt there may be a light at the end of the tunnel, conditions actually got worse in the ensuing years, driving more producers out of the industry. Some were paid by the Canadian government to shut down their sow barns and keep them shut for at least three years.

Faced with production costs that exceeded their income, many hog pro-

Delays in provincial funding for a regional sewage line means Lacombe must spend $1.2 million on a makeshift treatment upgrade.

The treatment system in Lacombe has been upgraded regularly since 2007, but the introduction of more stringent federal regulations means effluent no longer meets acceptable standards to be discharged into rivers or streams.

Lacombe has federal approval to discharge treated effluent into Wolf Creek. However, last spring Environment Canada warned the city that its treated effluent failed to pass toxicity tests using trout fingerlings.

The city was given until next year to fix the problem and bring its effluent into compliance, said Matthew Goudy, city operations and planning director.

Lacombe and Blackfalds have been lobbying for a decade for a regional sewage line connecting to Red Deer’s treatment plant. With both communities’ treatment systems near capacity, a regional solution was required or face investing millions in municipal upgrades.

Last month, the province approved the regional sewage line project and provided$3.24 million for detailed design. Communities hope to begin con-

struction on the $60-million project next year for a late 2018 or early 2019 completion.

“While I’m pleased that the regional wastewater line is proceeding, the timing of the construction leaves us in a position where we have to take action in the interim to correct this serious issue,” says Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie in a statement.

Goudy said the province has identified the project as a high priority and it is hoped the bulk of the funding will be approved in time to stick to the proposed schedule.

Typically, the province picks up 90 per cent of the cost and municipalities cover the remaining 10 per cent.

The first phase would feature an eight-km link from Blackfalds to Red Deer along with a pumping station.

Phase 2 would create a 17-km link from Blackfalds to Lacombe with a pumping station at the north end.

An odour management facility in Red Deer and other measures to handle the smell at other points in the system are also envisioned.

In the meantime, to reduce ammonia levels in the city’s effluent, covers will be put on three sewage lagoon cells and part of a fourth. The covers will hold in heat in the lagoons, which promotes the breakdown of ammonia.

Lagoon covers are the cheapest of four options. The other three ranged in price from $6 million to $15 million.

Riverlands Project manager steps down to pursue fresh opportunity

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The City of Red Deer will soon be recruiting a new Riverlands Project manager.

Charity Dyke is leaving the city to take a communications position with the City of Edmonton. Her last day is June 30.

Dyke has held the position since September 2013. She worked previously the division strategist and downtown co-ordinator in the city’s Planning Services Division.

Tara Lodewyk, Director of Planning Services, said the new person will have big shoes to fill as Dyke built strong relationships.

“Charity is the front face and the coordinator, manager of all the little pieces,” said Lodewyk. “But over the last year we worked really hard to deploy resources from within to help with a lot of the sub projects. We know we have big shoes to fill but we’re very happy for her. It’s a great opportunity.

We’re hoping it won’t slow anything down.”

She said internal staff are stepping up to help out. They have also contracted someone to work with Dyke closely before her last day.

“I am getting more involved to help with that transition and that point of contact,” said Lodewyk.

Lodewyk said the position will be posted once she gets a handle on the necessary skills for the position in relation to the current project’s stage.

The position pay ranges from $102,124 to $127,743.

The next big step on the project are the proposed amendments to the area re-development plan and land use bylaws for the area. The amendments should be at council in August.

Riverlands is one of the districts being developed as part of the city’s Greater Downtown Action Plan. It is envisioned as a thriving urban core where people can live, work and interact. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Tourism in your own backyard ‘STAYCATIONS’ EXPECTED TO GROW IN POPULARITY AMONG CENTRAL ALBERTANS THIS YEAR

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Jack and Logan Gulmick react to the ups and downs of the ‘Sooper Jet’ roller coaster on the midway grounds at the Westerner Fair and Exposition.

Tourism Red Deer is also distributing the Insider’s Guide to Red Deer to every home in the city for the first time.

The guide is a good resource for local people to use to entertain visiting friends or families, or if they

Sylvan Lake RCMP officer reflects on Biebermania ‘(BIEBER) WAS VERY POLITE TO ALL OF THE OFFICERS. . . ..’

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Justin Bieber has a bit of a bad boy reputation.

But a pleasant “typical Canadian” was all Sylvan Lake RCMP Sgt. Jeff McBeth saw on Wednesday when the star made a surprise appearance in the area.

“He was very polite and very pleasant, essentially a happy young man,” said McBeth, who can be seen shaking the superstar singer’s hand in a short video posted online. “He was very polite to all of the officers we had in the area.”

McBeth’s chance meeting with pop royalty happened on Wednesday afternoon when police got wind that Bieber was staying at a home on the northwest side of the lake during a brief break during his tour.

Word had quickly leaked out, so police went to the area just to ensure that fans didn’t block neighbourhood roads and get in the way of other area residents trying to come and go from their homes.

Bieber’s tour bus was parked nearby and had drawn a small crowd. He was captured on video heading to the bus shirtless before emerging again in a T-shirt and heading back into the luxury home on the lake.

As he passes McBeth, he reaches out and shakes his hand.

— SGT. JEFF MCBETH SYLVAN LAKE RCMP

McBeth, who seems mildly amused by the attention given to his brush with Biebermania, said as the officer in charge of operations he went out to the house to speak with Bieber’s personal assistant just to find out what the star’s plans were. Told he was just stopping for a while on tour, police just kept an eye on traffic.

Within a day the star was gone again, and performed in Saskatoon on Thursday night.

Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre took to Twitter on hearing the star and his father Jeremy had dropped in: “I think it’s pretty cool @justinbieber & @JeremyBieber decided to visit #SylvanLake & #Banff today. Hope U had a great time in our community” McIntyre tweeted.

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There are signs that Central Albertans are going to be seeing more of themselves this summer than usual.

That could be due to the combined impact of the low 78-cent Canadian dollar compared with the U.S. dollar, and the slump in the Alberta economy.

Liz Taylor, executive director of Tourism Red Deer, said Friday that surveys are showing more Canadians are planning a “staycation” this year.

Visitors to the Visitor Information Centre located beside Hwy 2 near Heritage Ranch are up eight per cent between January and April over the same period last year. Visits to their website are also up eight per cent, she said.

More people are coming in looking for information, and looking for things to do.

“We’re not seeing the huge increases like the mountains are because people are going to flock to those first, but there’s certainly going to be a trickle down.”

While there’s been an increase in leisure travel, business travel still experiences challenges, Taylor said.

Red Deer hotels do really well with weekend leisure bookings such as by sports teams, but it doesn’t make up for the lack of week day business travel.

“Business is still very cautious,” she said.

But the hotel industry is seeing people booking earlier than typical, maybe because they are treating their local travel as their main holiday, Taylor said.

Doug Bos, owner of Discovery Wildlife Park in Innisfail, said while it’s been fairly slow this season so far, it’s hard to tell yet if it’s the economy or the weather.

“We haven’t had any rain but we haven’t had some great weather neither. Mother’s Day was cold and windy. … The long weekend was raining and cold.”

On a positive note, the animal park’s season pass sales are up by about 30 per cent although that could be because of a bigger focus on their online campaign. Bos said he is hoping that staycations will have an impact.

Meanwhile they are busy building a new campground that will open next year at the wildlife park.

It will have 65 RV and 10 tenting stalls, power, washrooms, showers and a pond for trout fishing, he said.

Tourism Red Deer is launching a new program on Monday.

“While we know that people are staying closer to home and lots of communities are doing the bea-tourist-in-your-own-backyard, we wanted to go the next step. … So we’re encouraging people from Red Deer to invite their friends and family from elsewhere in Canada to come visit Red Deer,” said Taylor.

The Be Our Guest program involves going online to VisitRedDeer.com/BeOurGuest where digital invitations can be sent out to family and friends. It includes a contest where the winner gets four Air Canada tickets to fly someone here from anywhere in Canada and show off Red Deer.

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Four Lacombe families receive keys to homes

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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Lacombe officially became a Habitat for Humanity community on Friday when four Lacombe families received keys to their brand new homes.

Construction on two duplexes on Ranchers Close began last October and were completed two months ahead of schedule.

Danita Grovet and her children Serena, 12, and Luke, 9, planned to move into their new three-bedroom duplex that afternoon.

“We’ve come a long way. It’s such a wonderful opportunity to be able to own a house,” said the Lacombe mother on Friday.

She said her family has been through some hard times.

“I always wanted to make sure I provided a good home for (my children). This is just over the top of whatever I could have dreamt. It’s perfect.

It’s a wonderful program.”

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that works with volunteers and partners to build affordable homes for low-income working families.

Habitat Humanity Red Deer Region now has 30 homes in five counties, including Red Deer, Lacombe, Stettler,

Ponoka and Clearwater.

Planning has already begun on two more Habitat duplexes in Shepherd Heights in Lacombe that should be ready for occupation next summer.

“Wherever I go I like to brag about Lacombe’s community volunteering spirit and it was alive and well on these projects,” said Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie.

A total of 223 volunteers put in about 4,000 hours to build the duplexes on Ranchers Close.

Brian Brake, executive director for Habitat Humanity Red Deer Region, said the demand for Habitat homes is growing in Central Alberta with 160 families on the waiting list.

Habitat families must have incomes in the $37,000 and $52,000 range, be without adequate housing already, and be willing to donate 500 hours of their time, either building their home or working with Habitat in some other capacity.

Eleven of the Habitat homes in the region have been assigned new families in the past 12 months, he said.

“Our goal is to raise our production,” Brake said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Danita Grovet, right, meets her new neighbours Aaron Roberts and his children Joey, 3, and Dhawson, 7, outside their new Habitat for Humanity homes in Lacombe on Friday. The two families moved into their duplexes after a ceremony in Lacombe Friday afternoon.

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Local BRIEFS Three men in custody after shots fired at police Three men are in custody after shots were fired at police in Maskwacis on Friday morning.

Maskwacis RCMP responded to a 911 call of an intoxicated male with a firearm at a residence around 3:30 a.m.

When police arrived on scene, shots were fired from the home in the direction of the police. The area was immediately contained.

Police had continuous contact with the suspect throughout the morning. At 9:15 a.m., the man left the residence with a loaded firearm and was immediately arrested. No one was injured.

Around 10:00 a.m., two other men were apprehended by police and taken into custody without injuries.

Police did not release any further details.

Charges are pending.

Mayor’s Garden Party slated for Wednesday The annual Mayor’s Garden Party is slated for Wednesday in City Hall Park.

It will run from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.

Senior citizens are invited to join Mayor Tara Veer for an afternoon of entertainment and refreshments, and features hosts and hostesses costumed in stylized Victorian garb.

The event will also feature visual artists painting in the midst of the garden party, and live musical entertainment by the Wild Rose Harmonizers.

Guests can also enjoy refreshments reminiscent of Victorian garden parties, including desserts, coffee, tea and lemonade.

Residents are advised that parking along Ross Street, between 48 Avenue and 49 Avenue, will be limited for the duration of the event.

In case of inclement weather, the Mayor’s Garden Party will re-locate to

34-year-old Red Deer woman also for fraud, identity theft, and identity fraud.

The RCMP would also like to remind the public not to leave important documents in unattended vehicles, and also to lock vehicles and report all thefts and suspicious occurrences.

If you have information on this incident, call the Airdrie RCMP at 403-945-7200. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or at www. tipsubmit.com.

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Levi Vance and Alyssa Tomblin kick back on their repurposed pallet sofa in their back yard in Red Deer. The couple took top spot in a recent contest offered by the Remix store in the Co-op Shopping Centre in downtown Red Deer and the Waskasoo Environmental Education Society. The two groups worked together to host the contest as a way to raise awareness of and promote upcycling and repurposing (keeping useful items out of the landfill) to Red Deerians.

The contest was launched on Earth Day, with submissions being accepted until June 3 during Environment Week.

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Festival Hall (4214 58 Street).

For more information, contact Culture Services at 403-309-4091.

Red Deer man killed in rollover near Ponoka A Red Deer man is dead following a single motor vehicle rollover near Ponoka on Hwy 2.

Police say a Ford F350 was travelling south bound when the driver lost control and hit the centre median causing the truck to roll around 4:51 p.m. on June 16.

The female driver from Red Deer, who was wearing a seat belt, was taken to hospital with minor injuries. A male passenger, also from Red Deer, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

A preliminary investigation has determined that he was not wearing a seat belt.

The collision is under investigation.

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A Red Deer man has been charged with identity theft involving suspicious bank transactions in Airdrie.

Police are searching for a second suspect.

Airdrie RCMP was contacted by a local Airdrie bank and advised of suspicious bank transactions on Dec. 8, 2015.

Investigators collected information relating to numerous loans taken through the branch. Irregularities involving Social Insurance Numbers and photo IDs were identified.

After the investigation involving multiple victims and witnesses a 37-year-old Red Deer man was arrested and charged with fraud, identity theft, and identity Fraud on June 9. He is being held at the Calgary Remand Centre on unrelated charges.

A warrant has been issued for a

The Waskasoo Environmental Society will celebrate its 30th year on Sunday with a party.

The society, which oversees the Kerry Wood Nature Centre and Fort Normandeau, was formed in 1986.

The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and will be held at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

There will be a hot dog barbecue, activities, musical play in the Kiwanis Harmony Gardens, tours of the new exhibit and walking tours in the Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary.

Red Deer man honoured for weight loss A Red Deer man was honoured recently by a non-profit weight-loss program after losing a lot of weight.

Dennies Vierboom lost 39 kgs (86 lbs) in 2015 through the Takes Off Pounds Sensibility (TOPS) program, a non-commercial support organization that helps people reach their weight goals. He was crowned the 2015 TOPS King and a woman from Calgary was crowned the Queen at an event in Jasper about two weeks ago.

Last year in Alberta 2,713 TOPS members lost a total of 14,546 pounds.

Its program is described as a lifestyle change, not a diet.

Vierboom said he was having serious health issues when he decided to make a change. He joined TOPS and the result was a big improvement in his health, including no longer having to take insulin for diabetes. And he’s able to ride his motorcycle again.

For more information and to find a local TOPS chapter, go to tops.org online, or call 1-800-932-8677.

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Police lay murder charge in fatal stabbing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Police charged a man with first-degree murder on Friday in the stabbing death of the owner of a Chinese wellness centre in Calgary.

Jin Huang, 42, is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

The man who died ran the Perpetual Wellness Chinese Medicine Centre and has been identified by police as 51-year-old Tiejun Huang.

Even though the two men share the same last name, police say it’s not believed that they’re related.

The accused allegedly brought a knife with him to the clinic on Thursday, Insp. Don Coleman of the Calgary police department’s major crimes unit told a news conference.

“It would appear that the accused wanted to confront the doctor in relation to his perception of some sort of relationship between the doctor and the accused’s wife,” he said.

“I believe he was quite agitated, attended the clinic, searched out the doctor and engaged in a verbal altercation, which ultimately led to the physical altercation and the stabbing of the victim.”

None of the allegations made by police has been proven in court.

Police know of one report of a “domestic incident” in the past between the accused and his wife, Coleman added. He said he believes the couple lived together and have children.

She’s been a patient at the clinic for a “substantial period of time,” he said.

On Thursday afternoon, police were called to a shopping centre north of downtown Calgary amid reports of multiple stabbings. The accused was treated for minor injuries on scene before he was arrested.

A woman who was a patient at the clinic — not the accused’s wife — sustained minor injuries and has been released from hospital, police said.

There were large drops of blood leading up to the door of the second-floor clinic on Thursday. Yellow police tape blocked off the section of mall while bystanders looked on.

Maggie Law, who runs a spa a few doors down, said she saw people from a nearby restaurant running over to help yelling “bring more towels, bring more towels! There’s a lot of blood.”

Coleman praised those who came to the clinic owner’s aid.

BRIEFS Man who died in boating accident was not wearing a life jacket A man who died in a boating mishap on Sylvan Lake on Wednesday was not wearing a life jacket, said police.

‘There was one available to him but he didn’t have it on,” said Staff Sgt. Gary Rhodes, detachment commander for Sylvan Lake RCMP. Police were called shortly before 6 p.m. on Wednesday they were called for assistance in locating a missing boater.

The 70-year-old man had rented a boat shortly before noon and was last seen on the lake by a rental company employee about 3:15 p.m. Just before 5 p.m., the boat was found abandoned at a spot on the north shore of the lake near Jarvis Bay Provincial Park.

Conditions were choppy at the time with high winds.

“There were 40 to 50 km/h winds probably starting around 3 p.m. and going to 7ish. It was quite windy.”

Rhodes said police found the body in the water about 400 metres west of where the boat was located. He was pulled from the lake and taken to a place where emergency medical responders tried unsuccessfully to revive him.

The body was taken to the Calgary medical examiner’s office for an autopsy but a cause of death has not been released. Police do not consider the death suspicious.

His name and hometown have not been released.

Motorists urged to exercise caution in construction zones The City of Red Deer is reminding motorists to exercise caution in construction zones to help ensure the safety of workers.

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Put the phone away — Alberta’s distracted driving law prohibits the use of cell phones and other handheld devices while driving, even while stopped at a red light or in a construction zone.

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Celebrate National Aboriginal Day at Heritage Square Park A day to recognize and celebrate the heritage, cultures and contributions of Aboriginal people will be marked in Red Deer today.

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Ottawa offers $300M for recovery EDMONTON — The federal government is cutting Alberta an initial cheque for about $300 million to help pay for firefighting costs and support to evacuees following the destructive wildfire in Fort McMurray.

Veterans Affairs Minister and Alberta MP Kent Hehr said the advance payment from the federal-provincial disaster assistance agreement will be in Alberta’s hands by early July.

“This is the quickest turnaround ever getting money out the door to support the rebuild of a community that has been affected in the way that Fort McMurray has,” Hehr said Friday after a meeting of federal and provincial ministers in Edmonton.

The money is just a first instalment, said Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larrivee.

“At this point, in terms of what is eligible, we expect (the total) will be in the range of $615 million. There likely will be some unexpected expenses along the way,” she said.

“I want to thank the federal government for their tremendously swift response and support and for their commitment today to expedite the advance payment.”

Hehr said the payment is based on a preliminary audit of damage caused by the fire. Alberta has already said that the cost of fighting the blaze and fixing the damage will run into the billions of dollars.

Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said many of Alberta’s costs will be 90 per cent covered by Ottawa. He added some expenses — such as the environmental cleanup of contaminated ash and debris — are still being tallied and the total assistance under the program could go higher.

“It will take some time to calculate the damages caused and then, under the formula, the way in which the costs are apportioned,” he said. “Whatever is required to be paid under the formula will in fact be paid.”

Nor will the assistance program be the province’s only source of federal funds, Goodale said.

“There are other government initiatives, in terms of what Services Canada will do, what the employment department will do, what infrastructure can

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do and so forth, all in addition. There will be a whole range of other government departments federally and provincially involved in this process to bring the maximum relief effort possible.”

The federal government is also providing $90 million to match relief donations made to the Red Cross in May. Alberta is spending $30 million to match donations made in the province.

The two governments are now working together with the Red Cross to figure out the best use for those matched funds.

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OTTAWA — Canadians suffering intolerably from non-terminal medical conditions can no longer seek medical assistance to end their lives, thanks to a restrictive new federal law enacted Friday shortly after appointed senators bowed to the will of the elected government.

Bill C-14 was given royal assent less than two hours after senators voted 4428 to accept the controversial legislation, which limits the right to assisted dying to those whose natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.”

The Senate had amended the bill to include those who aren’t terminally ill, but the Commons voted Thursday to reject the change.

Rather than kill the bill outright or insist on the amendment and bounce it back to the Commons once again, a majority of senators gave up Friday and accepted the government’s version of the bill.

“I am convinced the government is making a serious and cruel mistake by taking away the right to medically assisted dying from a group of patients, those who are not terminally ill and yet suffering terribly,” said newly appointed independent Sen. Andre Pratte.

“But the government will answer to the people for that error and hopefully in the not too distant future the courts will remedy that mistake … I believe we have worked well and done all that we could to warn the government of its error.”

Some other senators, who are morally opposed to assisted dying and would have preferred an even more restrictive law, also voted for the bill in the belief that a law governing assisted death is better than no law at all.

Non-terminally ill Canadians have had the right to an assisted death since February, when the Supreme Court gave the government an additional four months to craft a new law in response to its landmark Carter decision a year earlier that struck down the ban

on assisted dying. In the interim, the court allowed those who met the eligibility criteria laid out in Carter to seek judicial approval for medical help in ending their lives.

In Carter, the Supreme Court directed that medical assistance in dying should be available to clearly consenting, competent adults with “grievous and irremediable” medical conditions that are causing enduring suffering that they find intolerable.

The Trudeau government has taken a much more restrictive approach in C-14, which allows assisted dying only for consenting adults “in an advanced stage of irreversible decline” from a serious and “incurable” disease, illness or disability and for whom natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.”

People facing years of excruciating suffering “won the right to assistance in dying in the Carter decision,” said Josh Paterson, executive director the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, a plaintiff in the Carter case.

“The government’s bill will trap patients in intolerable suffering and takes away their hard-won charter right to choose assistance in dying.”

Independent Liberal Sen. Serge Joyal, who authored the amendment to delete the near-death proviso, tried one last time Friday to remedy what he sees as a fatal flaw that will eventually lead to the legislation being struck down as unconstitutional.

He moved an amendment that would have seen the bill enacted — except for the reasonably foreseeable death provision, which would have been suspended until such time as the Supreme Court ruled on its constitutionality. That amendment was defeated by a vote of 42-28.

Nevertheless, numerous senators continued to urge the government to refer the bill to the top court, to test whether its restrictive eligibility criteria complies with the charter of rights and the Carter decision.

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More than 80,000 people had to leave their homes as the flames cut through several neighbourhoods. About onetenth of the city’s buildings were destroyed.

Residents started returning earlier this month. Many found their homes still standing, but others were faced with a wasteland of ash and toxic debris.

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The first baby has been born at the local hospital since 90,000 people were evacuated from the region due to a wildfire on May 3.

Eli Danny Roy Mercer was born to Melissa Taylor and Steven Mercer at 5:02 a.m. on Friday morning, weighing in at six pounds and seven ounces.

David Matear of the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre says staff are thrilled to see things returning to normal.

He says both staff and contracted personnel have “been working incredibly hard” to return the hospital and other health facilities back to full service.

Taylor says she’s grateful to have been able to deliver her second child home in her community.

“It was the deciding factor for us to come home, knowing that the hospital was back up and running,” she says. “I didn’t want to have my baby anywhere else.”

The hospital’s emergency room, lab and diagnostic imaging services returned on June 1 while other core services started up again on June 13.

It is expected to be back to full service by next Tuesday, and long-term care patients will begin returning on Thursday.

While almost everyone else is being told they can return to the city, Alberta Health Services is still recommending people requiring dialysis, receiving cancer treatment or experiencing pregnancy complications wait until next week.

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Cheers greet guilty verdicts

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BOSMA MURDER TRIAL

HAMILTON — Grieving relatives of an Ontario man killed after taking two strangers on a test drive three years ago broke into smiles and tears of relief Friday as the two men were found guilty of first-degree murder, setting off a wave of celebration that rippled through the courthouse and out onto the street.

Gasps rang out in the Hamilton courtroom as the jury announced the convictions of Dellen Millard, 30, of Toronto, and Mark Smich, 28, of Oakville, both of whom had pleaded not guilty to the murder charges.

Cheers erupted moments later as Bosma’s family members, including his widow, Sharlene Bosma, walked out of the courtroom to a crowd of supporters. “We won!” one supporter said, a sentiment that was echoed by several others.

The family later gathered outside to a raucous crowd of friends, strangers and a deluge of media as Sharlene Bosma described the ordeal that began with her husband’s disappearance.

“For over three years we have waited for justice for Tim,” she said.

“For three years we have been in and out of this courthouse to look at and breathe in the same space with the utter depths of depravity in our society.

We have had to endure being near the two men that walked down my driveway that took away the bright life that is Tim.” While the verdict comes as a relief, nothing can bring back the beloved husband and father whose life was unfairly cut short, she said, adding the family has only begun to rebuild.

The jury deliberated for five days before coming to a decision Friday afternoon.

The conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years, which means Millard and Smich won’t be eligible for parole before 2038 after being credited for time already spent in custody.

Both are barred from owning weapons or communicating with the Bosma family and have been ordered to submit a DNA sample for the national databank.

The two men declined to comment when given the

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chance to speak to the court, but Smich’s lawyer said his client would seek an appeal.

In sentencing the pair, Justice Andrew Goodman said their “despicable and callous actions” had led to the death of an “innocent, decent, hard-working and beloved family man.”

What happened to Bosma is “incomprehensible and unimaginable,” he said. “To the Bosma family, I am sorry for your loss.”

Bosma’s disappearance on May 6, 2013 made headlines across Canada and sparked a massive week-long search that saw more than 100 police officers scouring Millard’s properties in Waterloo Region.

Millard, the heir to an aviation empire, was arrested before Bosma’s charred remains were found.

Smich was arrested more than a week later, just hours before a memorial service that saw hundreds pay tribute to the Hamilton man.

The two men are also charged with first-degree murder in the death of Laura Babcock, a 23-year-old Toronto woman who vanished in the summer of 2012.

Police say Babcock, whose body was never found, was romantically involved with Millard. The trial into her slaying is expected to begin early next year.

Veterans claim a victory in benefits battle

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A flight museum in Langley, B.C., unveiled a replica of a First World War fighter plane on Friday June 17, 2016, with plans for it to soar over Vimy Ridge on the infamous battle’s 100th anniversary. outline that resembles crime-scene chalk.

Victoria Police said Friday the tiger hide that was a traditional fixture at the South-Asian-themed lounge was snatched sometime this week.

Police, who are reviewing hotel surveillance tapes, said they believe the tiger skin was taken last Tuesday sometime between 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. No arrests have been made.

Police said the tiger skin has hung in the lounge, now called the Bengal Room, since the 1990s.

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VANCOUVER — A group of severely wounded military veterans claimed a victory in its years-long battle for better benefits from the Canadian government, which they accuse of treating them differently than soldiers from earlier wars.

Justice Harvey Groberman of British Columbia Appeal Court said on Friday the court will consider whether to take into account contradictions between the government’s current legal position and the stand the federal Liberals took during the election.

In court documents the government says it does not owe an “extraordinary obligation” to modern-day veterans, but Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr reaffirmed in a news release on Friday the government’s electoral promise to uphold Canada’s “sacred obligation.” The Trudeau government’s position in court was initially held by the Conservative government before the Tories changed their stance in December 2014 after a public backlash.

Don Sorochan, the lawyer representing the veterans, told the court the federal government shouldn’t be allowed to adopt a position it previously abandoned, especially after passing a unanimous resolution last year affirming Canada’s “moral, social, legal and fiduciary” duty to its injured and disabled military members.

The federal government’s move to revert back to its 2014 stance amounts to an abuse of process in the courts, he said.

“You can’t have politicians going around making promises and then saying they don’t mean it” when it comes to constitutional obligations around Canada’s “sacred covenant” with soldiers, Sorochan said.

He described the sacred, or social, covenant as the long-standing obligation the country has to citizens who fought on its behalf and contributed to “the independent and free Canada we now enjoy.”

The initial legal action was launched in B.C. Supreme Court in 2012 by six severely disabled veterans over changes made to their compensation.

Health Canada begins consultation on plan to allow irradiation of ground beef OTTAWA — Health Canada is starting a 75-day consultation over a proposal to allow the irradiation of fresh and frozen ground beef as a food safety measure.

Industry groups have sought irradiation for more than a decade as a way to prevent the spread of E. coli, salmonella and other dangerous bacteria, but the measure has run into negative public reaction.

Health Canada says it has done a thorough safety review and says irradiated beef is safe to eat and maintains its food value, taste, texture and appearance.

Irradiation is already approved in Canada to treat potatoes, onions, wheat, flour, whole or ground spices and dehydrated seasoning preparations irradiated products are also required to be labelled as such.

The 75-day consultation period will seek comment from the public and stakeholders.

Health Canada says irradiation is an optional tool meant to complement, not replace, existing food safety processing standards and practices, such as appropriate handling, sanitation and storage.

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‘Big Three’ struggle at Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKMONT, Pa. — Golf’s “Big Three” might be in big trouble at the U.S. Open.

Jason Day, the top-ranked player in the world, needs to grind if he wants to make the cut, let alone get in the mix at rapidly drying out Oakmont. Jordan Spieth, the defending champion, spent a significant portion of his unexpected afternoon off trying to get his balky putter back on track. And Rory McIlroy’s bid for a second Open title to go with the one he captured so easily five years ago may have ended before it really began.

While the leaderboard features a mix of familiar (Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and Jim Furyk) and not so familiar names (hello, Andrew Landry) the twenty-somethings who have helped fill the vacuum left by Tiger Woods’ decline are nowhere to be found.

Spieth wrapped up his water-logged first round early Friday morning, carding a 2-over 72 that included five bogeys, two birdies and a handful of exasperated looks after watching putt after putt burn the edge. Following one approach shot he held out his hands, turned and sighed “Oh my God” while flipping his club in frustration.

“You just have to really stay present, not get negative. I did a bit today,” Spieth said. “(My caddie) was sure to knock me back into shape. I’ll do a better job the next 54.”

When Spieth arrives at Oakmont on Saturday morning faced with the prospect of playing 36 holes in a day, at least he’ll do it in relatively good position. McIlroy not so much. His slow start Thursday only accelerated after the rain stopped. He slogged his way to a 7-over 77 thanks to a 40 on the back nine, finishing up a miserable 24 hours with three straight bogeys.

“Honestly, I’ve been struggling with my swing, even the practice rounds a little bit,” McIlroy said. “I mean, I know what I’m doing, but it’s hard to change it out there.”

Particularly when the conditions are morphing too.

Thursday’s gloom gave way to a clear sky and a steady breeze Friday morning, which was then replaced with in the afternoon with more benign conditions but also included greens double-rolled by the USGA during the hour break between the first and second rounds.

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Jordan Spieth hits out of the bunker on the seventh hole during the rain delayed first round of the U.S. Open golf championship at Oakmont Country Club on Friday in Oakmont, Pa. Day avoided the stop-start nature of Spieth and McIlroy’s opening 18 holes, trading it instead for 12 hours on Friday battling his driver and searching for anything resembling a spark. He arrived at Oakmont as the hottest player on the planet, having won seven times since his ninth-place finish at Chambers Bay a year ago.

Yet he could do little during a shaky 76, starting his bid for a second major title to add to his romp in the PGA

Championship at Whistling Straits last summer with a whimper. He bogeyed the first, double-bogeyed the seventh and struggled to take advantage of the few breathers Oakmont provides thanks to an inability to put himself in good position off the tee consistently.

Day hit 17 of 26 fairways and 20 of 33 greens before play was suspended to darkness with him at 5 over and three holes left in his second round. With Oakmont expected to tough up as the

course continues to dry out, Day has a chance to stick around for the rest of the weekend.

Simply making the cut isn’t what Day had in mind when he arrived in western Pennsylvania earlier in the week. His string of four straight top 10s at the Open is in serious jeopardy following a draining day that left some of the world’s best players frazzled, scrambling or both.

Saunders sets career high as Jays blow past Orioles

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Michael Saunders, center, is congratulated after hitting a three-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, in Baltimore.

Toronto 13 Baltimore 3 BALTIMORE — One slugger goes down, another steps in. There is seemingly no limit to the depth of the Toronto Blue Jays’ lineup — or the damage it can inflict.

Michael Saunders set career highs with three homers and eight RBIs, and the Blue Jays blew past the Baltimore Orioles 13-3 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.

Hours after Toronto put outfielder Jose Bautista on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left big toe, Saunders carried an offence that has been bludgeoning the baseball over the past week.

Saunders connected with two on against Mike Wright (3-4) in the first inning, added another three-run drive off Wright in the fourth and went deep against Ubaldo Jimenez with a man on in the sixth.

“I think my hitting is all about getting a good pitch to hit and putting a good swing on it,” Saunders said. “I thought that’s what I did tonight.”

Batting in the eighth inning against T.J. McFarland and with the chance

to tie the major league record of four homers in a game, Saunders bounced into a bases-loaded double play.

“He did a good job throwing sinkers under my hands,” he said.

That did little to ruin Saunders’ finest game in the big leagues since he debuted with Seattle in 2009. He raised his home run total for the season to 15, second-most in his career behind the 19 he hit for the Mariners in 2012.

“Michael’s in an excellent groove,” manager John Gibbons said. “He’s had a great year for us, showing good power. He’s using the whole field too. He’s not just hitting home runs pull-side.

He’s driving some balls out there the other way, Great effort by him.”

Both of Saunders’ home runs off Wright were opposite-field pokes to left. In eight games against Baltimore this season, Saunders is 18 for 33 with five home runs and 12 RBIs. “He’s doing a lot of good things for them,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “He’s handling left-handed pitching, too. He gives them some real protection for those guys.”

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Reigniting the Calgary Flames falls to Gulutzan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The word “connected” was in heavy rotation during the introduction of Glen Gulutzan as the Calgary Flames head coach.

Gulutzan and Brad Treliving, the general manager who hired him, employed the term several times during Friday’s news conference at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Gulutzan’s task is to re-connect the Flames to the spirited, confident 201415 edition of themselves, when Calgary was a surprise second-round playoff team.

“When I say connected, we want to be connected in fives in all three zones,” Gulutzan told assembled media. “We want to defend fast, we are going to defend fast, we’re going to utilize the assets we have here.

“For me, it’s a team that’s on the cusp. It’s a team that’s exciting.”

The 44-year-old from Hudson Bay, Sask., replaces Bob Hartley, who was fired May 3 less than a year after he won the NHL award for coach of the year.

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The Flames backslid 20 points in 2015-16 despite the scoring talents of Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan and blue-line strength of captain Mark Giordano, T.J. Brodie and Doug Hamilton.

Gulutzan is Treliving’s first head-coaching hire, as Hartley pre-dated Treliving’s arrival as Calgary GM. Gulutzan spent the last three seasons as an assistant with the Vancouver Canucks following two seasons as a head coach with the Dallas Stars.

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Gulutzan’s success cultivating players in the minors, as well as a young Jamie Benn in Dallas, was a check mark for Treliving.

“The biggest asset that I see with Glen … his ability to connect to players,” Treliving said. “He’s a communicator. In today’s game, he answers the questions of why and how. Those are important questions in today’s game.

“I think he can connect with all types of players. It came loud and clear in the research we did, the word that kept coming up is ‘trust.”’

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Bronc riders score big opening night DIANNE FINSTAD RODEO Bareback riding stole the show in the opening performance of the 56th Annual Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo.

There were five rides over 80 points as riders tangled with the powerful pen of Kesler horses. At the top of the heap was a cowboy who traveled all the way from Tremonton, Utah for eight seconds with a horse called Imperial Beach.

“I’d seen this horse quite a bit actually at the rodeos, and I’d always wanted this one,” said Caleb Bennett.

“He’s one of those horses that jumps out there and gives you a chance to win first as long as you match him.”

That’s exactly what Bennett did, to the tune of 87.5 points for the lead.

“He’s kind of got a little bit to him, and likes to show off and be as wild as a bareback rider likes to. So he kind of fits my style,” grinned the 28-year-old.

“There was quite a bit going on, it

felt like. I felt like I handled it, for the most part, until right at the end, when he maybe got away from me a little bit. But I guess it must have looked all right, because the judges liked it, so it worked out.”

It’s been a few years since Bennett has visited the Daines Ranch, just the way his rodeo calendar worked.

“This year I dang sure made sure I fit it in my schedule.”

Bennett has his sights set on being back in Edmonton in November. He won the average last year, and finished in the runner up position for the season.

“I want to try and win a Canadian title and beat that dang Jake Vold,” he joked about the Ponoka-raised cowboy who’s claimed the championship buckle the last two years. “Me and him battled it out for six rounds straight last year. It’s awesome. I like riding against Jake because he nods his head and goes for first every time. There’s nothing that lights a fire under me more than watching a guy ride that’s going to go for it.”

Bennett is sitting tenth in Canada, hoping to add to that tally with a cheque from Innisfail. He’s also fifth in the world race, where Manitoba’s

Orin Larsen is sitting number one. He was also on the lineup at the Daines Ranch Friday night, and he was right on Bennett’s heels, with an 86 point ride on Copper Cat. “This is my first time here,” commented Larsen. “I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Daines Ranch and I wasn’t disappointed.”

“It’s really neat to see them keep the tradition going. It’s cool to see.”

Even though Larsen doesn’t get to Innisfail much, he had his own fan club there. His grandparents live just west of Innisfail, and love cheering on he and his two brothers, who also rodeo.

“They come to every rodeo they can to watch us, so we really appreciate their support.”

The steer wrestling lead at Innisfail changed hands, but stayed in central Alberta. Jeremy Harden of Castor speeded up the pace set by Cody Cassidy, when he rolled his steer over in 4.8 seconds.

“My Dad says when the weather gets hot, you get hot,” laughed Harden. “I should just stay home until it gets hot out.”

Whether it was the pleasant evening temperature or the right steer, Harden

Raonic cruises into Queen’s Club semifinal over sixth-seeded Spaniard

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe is helping ninth-ranked Milos Raonic prepare for the Grand Slam tournament and the Canadian already wants to see their partnership continue beyond the grass-court season.

“It’s really nice, he’s probably the most energetic 57-year-old I know,” said Raonic, a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014.

“We laugh. We also share a lot in common off court. He loves art as well, and he has a lot more experience in it than I do. We discuss that quite a bit.”

It also appears to be working on court. Raonic, the third seed at Queen’s Club, cruised into the semifinals Friday with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over sixth-seeded Spaniard Roberto Baustista Agut. Raonic will play Australian Bernard Tomic in the semis.

Raonic already has a huge serve in his arsenal — he fired 19 aces past Baustista Agut on Friday. But coach McEnroe is urging 25-year-old Raonic to be more aggressive in other areas.

“Most of the time (the talk) is about positioning on the volleys, where to be, especially when you see a guy maybe sort of off-balance or which angles to cover,” Raonic said. “We have also worked a lot on being quick to realize opportunities to move forward or be aggressive earlier in points.”

With the partnership working on grass, Raonic wants to try it out on other surfaces.

“When I brought John on and asked him if he would like to be a part of this project, there was never an intention

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capitalized with his run.

“I felt like I got a really good start.

That steer was real straight, and then he kind of peeled my way, but it ended up being perfect.”

Ironically, Harden did ride the same horse as Cassidy. Tank is owned

by Dusty Walker, but was raised by Harden.

Justin Meston of Tees turned in the best saddle bronc ride of the evening, with an 81 on a horse called Willowbrook. The fast time in the tie-down roping is still the 8.4 seconds from Utah’s Rhen Richard, but the team roping speeded up when Logan Spady of Alliance and Quentin Branden of Barrhead caught their steer in 6.1 seconds. There were some speedy barrel racing times, with Nicole Pana of Wood Mountain, SK best of the bunch at 16.033 seconds. There were no qualified bull rides in the performance.

Leading the novice bareback is Bailey Plaisier of Manitoba with a 77, while Chase Zweifel of Saskatchewan is on top in the novice saddle bronc with a 75. Grady Smeltzer of Claresholm has the high mark in steer riding at a 71.

There are two performances today at the Daines Ranch, with the pro rodeo starting at 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm.

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Canada’s Milos Raonic celebrates winning the match against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut, at the end of the quarterfinal match of the 2016 tennis Championships at The Queen’s Club, London, Friday. of I want to just be better on grass,” said Raonic.

“That was far from it. It was I wanted to take this time to improve considerably and it’s the same things that I can incorporate and use on grass now, but I can incorporate and keep using it on hard courts as well.”

Whether the American, a seven-time major title winner, will be

able to commit the time is another matter, but Raonic is not giving up.

“He’s got a pretty full plate, that’s for sure,” Raonic said. “He could be the most beneficial for me leading up to tournaments and then sort of helping me throughout tournaments, whether that be from close or from afar.”

against the Orioles.

Orioles: Yovani Gallardo (1-1, 7.00) comes off the DL to make his first start since being sidelined in late April with right shoulder biceps tendinitis.

Texas Stars to the helm of the parent club in Dallas. The Stars went 64-57-9 under Gulutzan in 2009-10 and 2010-11 and missed the playoffs both seasons.

While he considers Dallas important job experience, Gulutzan indicated Friday he may have missed a step in his coaching progression.

During the last three seasons in Vancouver, Gulutzan says he didn’t submit his resume to any other NHL team.

“When you look back on it, you go ‘I probably could have used a couple years as an assistant in the league’ and that’s what I set out to do when I went to Vancouver,” he said.

Gulutzan led ECHL’s Las Vegas Wranglers to a 254-124-55 record from 2003 to 2009 as coach and general manager. The Wranglers were affiliated with the Flames at that time.

Current Flames defenceman Deryk Engelland played for Gulutzan in Las Vegas.

Gulutzan is a former WHL and University of Saskatchewan centre who played six seasons for Fresno in the WCHL, which is a league that Treliving co-founded.

Treliving says he’s followed Gulutzan’s career since they met 15 years ago in Las Vegas.

JAYS: Ready to slug GULUTZAN: it out Believes coach-player relationship key

Josh Donaldson and Justin Smoak also homered for the surging Blue Jays, who have won seven of eight to move within a game of first-place Baltimore in the AL East.

Gulutzan (pronounced GULL-it-sen) The Blue Jays have outscored the believes the coach-player relationship opposition 65-32 in their last seven is the foundation of a winning team. games.

“When you build trust and you build “We’re built to hit, just like them,” relationships, you get something that’s Gibbons said. “Pitching wins it, but long-lasting and you create an emoyou’ve got to slug it out in this division. tional bank account with players,” he We play in those small ballparks, and explained. if you can’t score you’re not going to “When you need to make a withwin. That’s just a fact. But we’ve been draw from that account, and you’ve got on a nice little roll.” a good bank account, you can withdraw Saunders led the charge in this one. from that account.

His first homer gave Toronto the lead “Whatever it is you’re going to do for good, and his second of the night with those players, if you have a good was the key blow in a seven-run fourth base, if you have trust, you can push inning that made it 11-2. them a long way and they will play Aaron Sanchez (7-1) allowed two better.” runs and seven hits over six innings to Gulutzan was just 39 when he was earn his second win over the Orioles in fast-tracked from coach of the AHL’s a six-day span.

Wright surrendered eight runs in 3 2/3 innings and Jimenez yielded five in 2 1/3 innings.

“I threw some good pitches, threw some bad pitches,” Wright said.

“They hit them both.”

Ryan Flaherty homered for Baltimore in the ninth.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: SS Troy Tulowitzki (right quad) is close to coming off the DL. “You might see him in the next couple days,” Gibbons said.

Orioles: SS J.J. Hardy (fractured left foot) will come off the DL on Saturday, Showalter said.

UP NEXT Blue Jays: Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (4-7, 4.16 ERA) starts on Saturday GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WHEN in the second game of the series. He’s 2-6 lifetime

OTTAWA — Valerie (Trouble) Letourneau doesn’t mince words in recalling her battle to make 115 pounds for a title bout with UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk last November.

“I thought I was going to die that day,” said the five-foot-seven Letourneau, who normally walks around at 140. “My body was shutting down. I could barely walk.”

“You feel like it’s the worst day of your life,” added the Montreal native who lost a five-round decision to Jedrzejczyk. “But every fighter goes through this.”

The UFC, with the co-operation of regional fight commissions, is trying to change that.

Following the example of UFC 199 in Los Angeles earlier this month, fighters on Saturday’s UFC card in Ottawa were allowed to make weight Friday morning at their hotel rather than at a public weigh-in scheduled for 5 p.m.

The timing allows the fighters more time to rehydrate and recover, rather than endure a grim, seemingly endless day without eating or drinking much of anything before stepping on the scale in front of a crowd. The fighters are also usually at their lowest weight when they wake up.

They’ll name an assistant for Gulutzan in the coming days. Gulutzan wants someone with special teams expertise.

Calgary has retained assistant coach Martin Gelinas, goaltending coach Jordan Sigalet and video coach Jamie Pringle.

Gulutzan’s name began circulating as a candidate for Calgary shortly after Hartley’s dismissal. Flames assistant general manager Craig Conroy flew to Vancouver in mid-May to meet with Gulutzan.

Gulutzan says part of the interview process was chugging up Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain, also known as “Mother Nature’s Stairmaster,” with Conroy. But Conroy said the gruelling trek, known as the “Grouse Grind,” was Gulutzan’s idea.

Gulutzan stepping behind Calgary’s bench became a solid bet when other job-seeking coaches Bruce Boudreau (Minnesota) and Mike Yeo (St. Louis) landed in those markets.

Friday’s announcement “confirmed Calgary’s worst-kept secret over the last couple of days,” Treliving said.

Gulutzan’s wife Nicole went to high school and university in Calgary. The couple have four children.

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Russian athletes out of Rio Games

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA — Russia’s track and field athletes will be banned from competing for their country at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after a landmark decision Friday that punished the sports powerhouse for a systematic doping system that operated “from the top down” and tainted the entire team.

In an unprecedented ruling loaded with geopolitical ramifications, the IAAF upheld its ban on Russia’s track and field federation, saying the country had made some progress in cleaning up but failed to meet the requirements for reinstatement and would be barred from sending its athletes to the Rio Games that begin in 50 days.

“Russian athletes could not credibly return to international competition without undermining the confidence of their competitors and the public,” IAAF President Sebastian Coe said.

President Vladimir Putin condemned the decision as “unfair,” telling a meeting of leaders of major international news agencies in St. Petersburg that athletes who compete without doping “shouldn’t suffer.”

Russia does not accept “collective punishment” for all athletes, he said, comparing the ban for the entire team to a prison sentence that “an entire family” could get if one of its relatives has committed a crime.

“I hope we will find some solution here, but it does not mean that we will get offended and stop battling doping.

On the contrary, we will intensify our fight on doping,” Putin added.

Russia’s Sports Ministry also said Rio Games will be “diminished” by the absence of its athletes, and the Russian track federation said it was considering an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport — the sports world’s highest court.

The IAAF, track’s world governing body, left open a “tiny crack” that would allow any individual Russian athletes who have been untainted by doping and have been subjected to effective testing outside Russia to apply to compete in the games.

However, the IAAF said those athletes would be few and would be eligible to compete only as “individuals.”

Local BRIEFS Wandler takes over as coach of Queens volleyball team A coaching change for the Red Deer College Queens volleyball team has the school turning to a Notre Dame High School teacher and the nowformer head coach of the Olds College team.

Chris Wandler was announced as the Queens new head coach by RDC in a Friday release. He will take over as head coach starting on July 1.

Due to a medical leave of absence, Talbot Walton is taking a leave of absence from coaching.

“I was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a bile duct disease, in 2000. Due to the progressive nature of my condition, I need to step away from coaching to better take care of my healt,” he said in a statement.

Walton will remain a faculty member in the Kinesiology and Sports Studies department and a full-time

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B.C. Lions quarterback Jonathon Jennings, centre, carries the ball for a first down against the Calgary Stampeders during the first half of a pre-season CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday. The Stampeders beat the Lions 31-21.

Ten players to watch this CFL season

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

B.C. Harris has been a consistent performer carrying and catching the ball.

last season and finished second in the CFL with 1,503 yards from scrimmage.

With the CFL regular season set to kick off Thursday, The Canadian Press looks at 10 players to watch in 2016.

Trevor Harris The Ottawa Redblacks turned some heads when they signed the former Toronto Argonauts quarterback in free agency, mainly because the club already had the league’s reigning most outstanding player under centre.

Chad Owens Following six seasons with the Argonauts, the 34-year-old receiver/ returner inked a deal with the rival Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Where exactly Owens fits in the offence remains to be seen but he should provide a veteran presence for either Jeremiah Masoli or Jeff Mathews in the huddle.

John Bowman The veteran defensive end for the Montreal Alouettes doesn’t appear to be slowing down after leading the CFL with a career-high 19 sacks last season. The 33-year-old, who owns the franchise record for sacks with 102, set another personal milestone with 46 defensive tackles in 2015.

Solomon Elimimian The league’s most outstanding player in 2014, the B.C. Lions linebacker ruptured his Achilles tendon last August and was lost for the season. Elimimian worked hard in rehab and was ready to go for the first day of training camp, but it will be interesting to see if the 29-year-old can recapture the form that saw him accumulate 143 defensive tackles and 151 total tackles, both CFL records, to go along with five sacks just two seasons ago.

Andrew Harris The 29-year-old running back from Winnipeg bolted the Lions in free agency this winter for his hometown Blue Bombers after six seasons with employee of RDC. “There are few people I’d trust with the RDC Queens,” said Walton.

“Chris’ history of excellence in Central Alberta volleyball will undoubtedly keep the Queens amongst the premier programs in the Canadian College Athletic Association.”

On top of his experience with the Olds team, Wandler has coached Team Alberta at the Canada and Western Canada Games. He was also an assistant coach of the Queens team for many years under Walton.

Olds Grizzlys 2016-17 schedule released It won’t be long before the Olds Grizzlys return to the ice, as the Alberta Junior Hockey League has announced its 2016-17 season.

The Grizzlys start with five exhibition games, two at home in September. They play the Drayton Valley Thunder on Sept 9 at 7 p.m. and the Calgary Mustangs on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. Home games are at the Olds Sportsplex.

They open the regular season with a home-and-home series against the Calgary Canucks. It starts in Calgary on Sept. 16 and the next night, Sept. 17, the Grizzlys host the Canucks in their home opener at 7 p.m.

The regular season wraps up for

Jonathon Jennings An unknown rookie quarterback at this time last year, Jennings will lead the Lions into 2016. The 23-year-old took over under centre last September after starter Travis Lulay and backup John Beck were felled by injuries, finishing with a 3-3 record in six regular-season starts.

Shawn Lemon The Saskatchewan Roughriders have a lot of new faces after a dismal 2015, including on the defensive line.

The 27-year-old Lemon joined Ottawa partway through last season following a stint in the NFL, grabbing six sacks in nine games.

Jerome Messam The Calgary Stampeders are hoping the 31-year-old from Toronto can fill the running back void left by the retirement of Jon Cornish. Messam was acquired in a trade with Saskatchewan the Grizzlys on March 4, 2017 at 7 p.m. against the Drumheller Dragons in Olds.

Other AJHL 2016-17 season highlights include: ● The 10th annual AJHL Showcase is scheduled for Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 in Camrose. ● The World Junior A Challenge, a showcase of Canadian and International Junior A talent, returns to Alberta as the Bonnyville Pontiacs host the event from Dec. 11 to 17. ● Jan. 10, 2017 is the national Junior Trade Deadline. ● The 2017 AJHL Gas Drive Playoffs start on March 9, 2017. ● The 2017 Western Canada Cup will be held in Penticton, B.C. from April 28 to May 7, 2017. ● The 2017 Royal Bank Cup (National Junior A Championship) will be held in Coburg, Ont. from May 13 to 21.

Ricky Ray The 36-year-old Toronto Argonauts quarterback missed most of 2015 after undergoing shoulder surgery in the off-season. Ray is throwing without pain for the first time in two years, and the Argonauts must be confident that will continue after releasing Adrian McPherson in training camp, leaving Toronto with an untested Logan Kilgore as its backup.

Mike Reilly The MVP of the Edmonton Eskimos’ Grey Cup victory in November will need to be at his best again in 2016. A number of players and assistants followed former head coach Chris Jones to Saskatchewan, and there could be an adjustment period with first-year man Jason Maas.

Lakers best Braves in Mosquito baseball Lakers 19 Braves 12 A high-scoring affair between the Red Deer Mosquito AA2 Lock N Safe Braves and the Sylvan Lake Lakers ended with the Lakers on top 19-12.

The two squared off in a Thursday evening game in Red Deer.

Owen Dixon, Raymond Bottin, Addison Giesbrecht and Daven Comfort combined to pitch the game, striking out five Lakers’ batters.

Luke Schmitt led the Braves offenisvely with three RBIs, while Avery Bettesworth, Kieran Peterson and Avery Coumont drove in two runs each.

Carter Krause, Elijah Cadieux and Giesbrecht each had one RBI.

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

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GB — 1 1 5½ 6½ GB — ½ 2½ 3½ 16½ GB — 6½ 11 13 15

Friday’s Games Toronto 13, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2 San Francisco 5, Tampa Bay 1 Seattle 8, Boston 4 Cincinnati 4, Houston 2, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 10, Detroit 3 Texas 1, St. Louis 0 L.A. Angels at Oakland, 7:35 p.m.

Today’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 3-7) at Minnesota (Nolasco 3-4), 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Lincecum 0-0) at Oakland (Neal 0-1), 2:05 p.m.

Seattle (Miley 6-3) at Boston (Porcello 7-2), 2:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 4-7) at Baltimore (Gallardo 1-1), 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Reed 0-0) at Houston (Keuchel 3-9), 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 3-6) at Tampa Bay (Moore 3-4), 2:10 p.m.

Texas (Martinez 1-1) at St. Louis (Martinez 7-5), 2:15 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rodon 2-6) at Cleveland (Salazar 7-3), 4:10 p.m.

Detroit (Boyd 0-1) at Kansas City (Volquez 6-6), 6:15 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Seattle at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Cincinnati at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 12:15 p.m.

Texas at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 42 25 .627 36 30 .545 35 32 .522 30 38 .441 21 46 .313 Central Division

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

W L 45 20 35 31 33 34 31 36 27 41 West Division W L 42 26 35 33 32 34 30 39 27 41

Pct .692 .530 .493 .463 .397

GB — 10½ 13 15 19½

Pct .618 .515 .485 .435 .397

GB — 7 9 12½ 15

Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 0 Arizona 10, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami 5, Colorado 1 San Francisco 5, Tampa Bay 1 Cincinnati 4, Houston 2, 11 innings Texas 1, St. Louis 0 Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Washington at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

Today’s Games Arizona (Greinke 9-3) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 4-8), 1:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Reed 0-0) at Houston (Keuchel 3-9), 2:10 p.m.

Colorado (Chatwood 8-4) at Miami (Chen 4-2), 2:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 3-6) at Tampa Bay (Moore 3-4), 2:10 p.m.

Texas (Martinez 1-1) at St. Louis (Martinez 7-5), 2:15 p.m.

Atlanta (Blair 0-4) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 7-3), 8:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Niese 6-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-3), 6:15 p.m.

Milwaukee (Anderson 4-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 1-4), 8:10 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 8-4) at San Diego (Rea 3-3), 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Colorado at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

Cincinnati at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Texas at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

Washington at San Diego, 2:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 6:08 p.m.

New York 403 100000—8 14 1 Minnesota 010 000001—2 9 0 Tanaka, Goody (9) and Au.Romine; Dean, N.Ramirez (3), Rogers (5), Jepsen (7), Boshers (8), Tonkin (9) and K.Suzuki. W—Tanaka 4-2. L—Dean 1-3. HRs—New York, Beltran (17). Minnesota, Escobar (1).

Detroit 000 000 003— 3 10 0 K. City 000 00145x—10 14 2 Fulmer, Greene (6), Lowe (7), Hardy (8) and McCann; Ventura, K.Herrera (7), Gee (9) and Perez, Butera. W—Ventura 6-4. L—Fulmer 7-2. HRs—Detroit, Cabrera (14), Upton (5). Kansas City, Perez (12), Morales (8).

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200 200100—5 7 0 T. Bay 000 000001—1 4 1 Samardzija and Posey; Archer, Romero (7), Geltz (9) and Casali. W—Samardzija 8-4. L—Archer 4-9.

HRs—San Francisco, Belt (9). Tampa Bay, Miller (7).

Texas 000 010000—1 6 0 St. Louis 000 000000—0 3 0 Hamels, Bush (8), S.Dyson (9) and Wilson; Wacha, Oh (8), Siegrist (9) and Molina. W—Hamels 7-1.

L—Wacha 2-7. Sv—S.Dyson (12). HRs—Texas, Odor (13).

Cincinnati 000 010 10002—4 11 1 Houston 000 001 01000—2 8 0 (11 innings) Jo.Lamb, J..Ramirez (6), B.Wood (8), Hoover (9), Cingrani (11) and R.Cabrera; McCullers, Feliz (7), Harris (9), Giles (10), Neshek (11) and J.Castro.

W—Hoover 1-1. L—Neshek 2-1. Sv—Cingrani (8).

HRs—Houston, Correa (9).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 000 000000—0 3 0 Chicago 200 00310x—6 9 0 Liriano, Luebke (6), Caminero (6), Scahill (8) and Stewart; Arrieta, Cahill (7), T.Wood (8), Grimm (9) and Montero, Contreras. W—Arrieta 11-1. L—Liriano 4-7. HRs—Chicago, Szczur (3).

FRIDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 001 000001—2 7 0 Cleveland 100 000011—3 8 0 Quintana, N.Jones (8) and Avila; Bauer, B.Shaw (8), Allen (9) and Gimenez, Gomes. W—Allen 2-3.

L—N.Jones 2-2. HRs—Cleveland, Santana (14).

GB — 5½ 7 12½ 21

Hembree (5), Layne (8) and Leon. W—Iwakuma 6-5. L—Elias 0-1. Sv—Cishek (16). HRs—Seattle, Gutierrez 2 (7), Cano (19). Boston, Ortiz (18).

Toronto 301 702000—13 13 0 Baltimore 101 000 001— 3 8 0 Sanchez, Storen (7), Girodo (8), Osuna (9) and R.Martin, Thole; Wright, Jimenez (4), McFarland (7), Duensing (9) and Pena. W—Sanchez 7-1. L— Wright 3-4. HRs—Toronto, Saunders 3 (15), Donaldson (17), Smoak (7). Baltimore, Flaherty (2).

Seattle 201 400100—8 10 1 Boston 000 200200—4 11 0 Iwakuma, Rollins (8), Cishek (9) and Iannetta; Elias,

Colorado 000 001000—1 1 0 Miami 000 00230x—5 9 0 Gray, Germen (7), Qualls (7), J.Miller (8) and Hundley; Conley, Wittgren (6), Barraclough (7), Phelps (8), McGowan (9) and Realmuto. W—Wittgren 2-1.

L—Gray 4-3. HRs—Miami, Yelich (6).

Arizona 020 140210—10 16 0 Philadelphia200 000 000— 2 7 3 Ray, Chafin (7), Godley (8), Delgado (9) and Castillo; Morgan, S.Gonzalez (5), Araujo (7), Neris (9) and Rupp. W—Ray 4-5. L—Morgan 1-6. HRs— Arizona, O’Brien 2 (3), Castillo (8), Tomas 2 (9), Goldschmidt (13).

Atlanta 002 110010—5 11 0 New York 100 000000—1 6 1 Gant, Withrow (7), Cervenka (7), J.Johnson (8), Vizcaino (9) and Pierzynski; Harvey, Bastardo (7), E.Goeddel (8), Blevins (8), Robles (9) and Plawecki.

W—Gant 1-1. L—Harvey 4-9.

Football CFL PRE-SEASON East Division W L T PF Toronto 1 1 0 40 Ottawa 1 1 0 43 Hamilton 1 1 0 58 Montreal 1 1 0 35 West Division GP W L T PF Edmonton 1 1 0 0 23 B.C. 2 1 1 0 49 Winnipeg 2 1 1 0 50 Calgary 2 1 1 0 44 Saskatchewan 1 0 1 0 16 GP 2 2 2 2

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WEEK TWO Friday’s results Hamilton 42 Ottawa 25 Montreal 22 Toronto 15 Calgary 31 B.C. 21 Today’s game Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 2 p.m.

End of CFL Pre-season FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Alouettes 22, Argonauts 15 First Quarter Tor — FG Hajrullahu 42 4:39 Mtl — Single Bede 48 6:49 Second Quarter Mtl — TD Carter 78 pass from Glenn (Bede convert) 7:57

Mtl — TD Boyd 1 run (Bede convert) 13:10 Third Quarter Tor — TD Mitchell 46 fumble return (convert failed) 11:31 Fourth Quarter Wpg — TD Cunningham 16 pass from Adams (Bede convert) 0:18 Tor — TD Baker 3 run (convert failed) 6:42 Toronto 3 0 6 6 — 15 Montreal 1 14 0 7 — 22 Attendance — 14,882 at Montreal.

Tiger-Cats 42, RedBlacks 25 First Quarter Ham — TD Gable 11 run (Mandell convert) 3:58 Ott — FG Milo 25 11:48 Ham — TD Owens 15 pass from Masoli (Mandell convert) 13:20 Second Quarter Ham — TD Pointer 52 run (convert failed) 3:58 Ham — Single Mandell 49 2:53 Ham — Single Mandell 69 9:00 Ham — TD Wolfe 27 fumble return (convert failed) 11:34 Ott — FG Milo 43 14:23 Third Quarter Ott — TD Greene 1 run (Two-point convert: Hill 3 pass from Jensen) 6:40 Ham — FG Maher 47 12:19 Fourth Quarter Ham — TD Scheuerman 1 run (Mandell convert) 0:20 Ott — TD O’Brian 13 run (Two-point convert: Hill 3

pass from Jensen) 5:59 Ham — FG Maher 44 14:53 Ham — Single Maher 12:03 Ott — FG Milo 26 14:01 Ottawa 3 3 8 11 — 25 Hamilton 14 14 3 11 — 42 Attendance — NA at Hamilton, Ont. Stampeders 31, Lions 21 First Quarter B.C. — TD Burnham 21 pass from Jennings (twopoint convert: Arceneaux 3 pass from Jennings) 3:04 Cgy — TD Messam 11 pass from Mitchell (two-point convert: McDaniel 8 pass from Mitchell) 9:05 Second Quarter Cgy — FG Paredes 52 8:43 B.C. — FG Leone 32 15:00 Third Quarter Cgy — FG Paredes 26 5:37 B.C. — TD Allen 2 run (Leone convert) 9:07 Cgy — TD Grant 8 pass from Tate (Paredes convert) 15:00 Fourth Quarter B.C. — FG Leone 20 3:26 Cgy — FG Paredes 36 9:52 Cgy — TD Seastrunk 15 run (Paredes convert) 13:13 Calgary 8 3 10 10 — 31 B.C. 8 3 7 3 — 21 Attendance — 17,630 at Vancouver.

Golf U.S. OPEN At Oakmont Country Club Oakmont, Pa. Purse: TBA ($10 million in 2015) Yardage: 7,254; Par: 70 (35-35) Partial Second Round (a-amateur) Dustin Johnson 67-69—136 Scott Piercy 68-70—138 Sergio Garcia 68-70—138 Daniel Summerhays 74-65—139 Andy Sullivan 71-68—139 Lee Slattery 72-68—140 Jason Kokrak 71-70—141 Brendan Steele 71-71—142 Justin Thomas 73-69—142 Graeme McDowell 72-71—143 Brooks Koepka 75-69—144 Spencer Levin 73-72—145 Bill Haas 76-69—145 Chris Wood 75-70—145 Tim Wilkinson 71-75—146 Cameron Smith 71-75—146 Ryan Moore 74-72—146 Charley Hoffman 72-74—146 Billy Horschel 72-74—146 Tony Finau 72-75—147 Gary Stal 71-76—147 Kevin Tway 74-73—147 Geoff Ogilvy 71-76—147 Sebastian Soderberg 75-73—148 Jamie Donaldson 74-74—148 Soren Kjeldsen 73-76—149 William McGirt 75-74—149 Kent Bulle 76-74—150 Anirban Lahiri 73-78—151 Brandt Snedeker 80-71—151 Webb Simpson 77-74—151 Thitiphun Chuayprakong 73-79—152 J.J. Henry 77-75—152 Alex Noren 74-78—152 Carlos Ortiz 76-76—152 Hideki Matsuyama 74-78—152 Billy Hurley III 78-75—153 Jaco Van Zyl 75-78—153 Smylie Kaufman 77-76—153 Miguel Tabuena 74-80—154 Jeev Milkha Singh 76-79—155 Max Kieffer 77-78—155 Derek Bard (a) 77-78—155 Jim Herman 76-79—155 Toru Taniguchi 78-78—156 Steven Bowditch 84-73—157 Zach Edmondson 89-77—166 Leaderboard at time of suspended play Score Dustin Johnson -4 Andrew Landry -4 Lee Westwood -3 Scott Piercy -2 Sergio Garcia -2 Shane Lowry -2 Daniel Summerhays -1 Andy Sullivan -1 Jim Furyk -1 Scottie Scheffler -1 Kevin Streelman -1 Bubba Watson -1 Danny Lee -1 MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC At Blythefield Country Club Belmont, Mich.

Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,451; Par: 71 (a-amateur) Second Round Lexi Thompson 65-67—132 Alena Sharp 66-67—133 Q Baek 66-67—133 In Gee Chun 66-67—133 So Yeon Ryu 66-67—133 Amy Yang 67-67—134 Minjee Lee 67-67—134 Haru Nomura 67-67—134 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 66-68—134 Amelia Lewis 66-68—134 Carlota Ciganda 65-69—134 Sei Young Kim 65-69—134 Nontaya Srisawang 70-65—135 Xi Yu Lin 68-67—135 Belen Mozo 67-68—135 Lydia Ko 67-68—135 Brooke M. Henderson 67-68—135 Paula Reto 65-70—135 Paula Creamer 70-66—136 Lizette Salas 68-68—136 Azahara Munoz 68-68—136 Ilhee Lee 68-68—136 Ashleigh Simon 68-68—136 Shanshan Feng 68-68—136 P.K. Kongkraphan 70-67—137

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NASHVILLE GOLF OPEN At Nashville Golf and Athletic Club Nashville, Tenn.

Purse: $500,000 Yardage: 7,563; Par: 72 Second Round James Driscoll 65-68—133 Mark Anderson 70-66—136 Zack Sucher 70-67—137 Julian Etulain 68-70—138 Peter Tomasulo 70-68—138 Michael Hebert 70-68—138 Chris Baker 69-69—138 Tyler Duncan 68-70—138 Joel Dahmen 67-71—138 Steven Alker 69-69—138 Steve LeBrun 69-69—138 Brian Campbell 66-72—138 Sebastian Cappelen 68-70—138 Reid Edstrom 67-72—139 Stephan Jaeger 69-70—139 Matt Fast 71-68—139 Grayson Murray 68-71—139 Wesley Bryan 63-76—139 Zack Fischer 69-70—139 Ted Potter, Jr. 67-72—139 Ryan Armour 69-70—139 Seamus Power 72-67—139 Ryan Yip 71-68—139 Adam Mitchell 71-68—139 Miguel Angel Carballo 70-70—140 Andrew Putnam 71-69—140 Jorge Fernandez-Valdes 70-70—140 Byron Smith 71-69—140 Jonathan Randolph 68-72—140 Jack Newman 71-69—140 Rodolfo Cazaubon 69-71—140 Chris Thompson 66-74—140 Brad Elder 71-70—141 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 71-70—141 Kyle Scott 71-70—141 Xander Schauffele 69-72—141 Abraham Ancer 71-70—141 Taylor Pendrith 68-73—141 Dan Woltman 72-69—141 Ryan Blaum 70-72—142 Travis Bertoni 70-72—142 Richy Werenski 72-70—142 Matt Atkins 71-71—142 Jhared Hack 71-71—142 Nate Lashley 72-70—142 Mark Silvers 69-73—142 Anders Albertson 69-73—142 Hunter Hamrick 74-68—142 Adam Svensson 73-69—142 Bill Lunde 70-72—142 Ryan Brehm 71-71—142 Dominic Bozzelli 73-69—142 Tom Gillis 69-73—142 Kelly Kraft 70-72—142 Kyle Jones 72-70—142 Roger Sloan 72-70—142 Jared Wolfe 77-65—142 Chris Naegel 71-71—142 Brett Drewitt 70-72—142 Brandon Hagy 70-72—142 Ryan Spears 73-70—143 Ollie Schniederjans 72-71—143 Roberto Diaz 73-70—143 Jimmy Gunn 69-74—143 Jack Maguire 71-72—143 Tom Lovelady 72-71—143 Greg Eason 70-73—143 Eric Axley 71-72—143 Andrew Yun 72-71—143 Todd Baek 74-69—143 Peter Lonard 74-69—143 Alex Prugh 73-70—143 Timothy Madigan 71-72—143 Curtis Thompson 70-73—143 Scott Harrington 70-73—143 Rafael Campos 70-73—143 Russell Surber 70-73—143

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Today ● Alberta Major Soccer League: Edmonton Northwest United at Red Deer Renegades, 2 p.m., Edgar Park ● Fighting: Superfights 24, Muay Thai and Kickboxing, 6 p.m., Red Deer Sheraton.

Sunday ● Alberta Major Soccer League: Calgary Rapids FC at Red Deer Renegades, 12 p.m., Edgar Park ● Sunburst Baseball League: Doubleheader — Confederation Cubs at Red Deer Riggers, 3:30 p.m., Great Chief Park, second game to follow first.

Basketball 2016 NBA Playoffs Fourth Round THE FINALS (Best-of-7) Golden State (W1) vs. Cleveland (E1) (Series tied 3-3) Thursday’s result Cleveland 115 Golden State 101 Sunday’s game Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m.

Game One — Thursday, June 2 Golden State 104 Cleveland 89 Game Two — Sunday, June 5 Golden State 110 Cleveland 77 Game Three — Wednesday, June 8 Cleveland 120 Golden State 90 Game Four — Friday, June 10 Golden State 108 Cleveland 97 Game Five — Monday, June 13 Cleveland 112 Golden State 97 Thursday’s summary Golden State 11 32 28 30—101 Cleveland 31 28 21 35—115

GOLDEN STATE (101) Barnes 0-8 0-0 0, Iguodala 2-5 0-2 5, Green 3-7 2-2 8, Curry 8-20 8-9 30, K.Thompson 9-21 4-7 25, McAdoo 1-1 0-0 2, Ezeli 2-5 0-0 4, Varejao 0-0 0-0 0, Speights 2-2 0-0 6, Livingston 1-6 1-2 3, Barbosa 4-6 4-5 14, Clark 1-1 0-0 3, Rush 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 33-82 20-29 101.

CLEVELAND (115) James 16-27 6-8 41, Love 1-3 4-6 7, T.Thompson 6-6 3-4 15, Irving 7-18 7-7 23, Smith 5-11 0-0 14, Jefferson 1-3 1-2 3, J.Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Mozgov 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 2-2 0-0 4, Dellavedova 1-2 1-2 3, D.Jones 1-1 3-3 5, Shumpert 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 4077 25-32 115.

3-Point Goals—Golden State 15-39 (Curry 6-13, K.Thompson 3-10, Speights 2-2, Barbosa 2-3, Clark 1-1, Iguodala 1-3, Green 0-2, Barnes 0-5), Cleveland 10-27 (Smith 4-10, James 3-6, Irving 2-5, Love 1-2, Jefferson 0-1, J.Jones 0-1, Shumpert 0-2).

Fouled Out—Curry. Rebounds—Golden State 35 (Green 10), Cleveland 45 (T.Thompson 16).

Assists—Golden State 19 (Green 6), Cleveland 24 (James 11). Total Fouls—Golden State 25, Cleveland 25. Technicals—Curry.

Soccer UEFA Euro 2016 Group A W L T GF GA Pt x-France 2 0 0 4 1 6 Switzerland 1 0 1 2 1 4 Romania 0 1 1 2 3 1 Albania 0 2 0 0 3 0 Group B MP W L T GF GA Pt England 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 Wales 2 1 1 0 3 3 3 Slovakia 2 1 1 0 3 3 3 Russia 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Group C MP W L T GF GA Pt Germany 2 1 0 1 2 0 4 Poland 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 N. Ireland 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 Ukraine 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 Group D MP W L T GF GA Pt x-Spain 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 Croatia 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 C. Republic 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Turkey 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 Group E MP W L T GF GA Pt x-Italy 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 R. Ireland 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Sweden 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Belgium 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 Group F MP W L T GF GA Pt Hungary 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Iceland 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Portugal 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Austria 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 x — clinched berth in second round Note: Three points awarded for a win, one for a tie.

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Friday’s matches Group D At Saint-Etienne, France Czech Republic 2 Croatia 2 At Nice, France Spain 3 Turkey 0 Group E At Bordeaux, France Italy 1 Sweden 0 Thursday’s results Group B At Lens, France England 2 Wales 1 Group C At Lyon, France Northern Ireland 2 Ukraine 0 At Saint-Denis, France Germany 0 Poland 0 Today’s matches Group E At Bordeaux, France Belgium vs. Ireland, 7 a.m.

Group F At Marseille, France Iceland vs. Hungary, 10 a.m.

At Paris Portugal vs. Austria, 1 p.m.

Sunday’s matches Group A At Lille, France Switzerland at France, 1 p.m.

At Lyon, France Romania vs. Albania, 1 p.m.

Monday, June 20 Group B

At Saint-Etienne, France Slovakia vs. England, 1 p.m.

At Toulouse, France Russia vs. Wales, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21 Group C At Paris Northern Ireland vs. Germany, 10 a.m.

At Marseille, France Ukraine vs. Poland, 10 a.m.

Group D At Bordeaux, France Croatia vs. Spain, 3 p.m.

At Lens, France Czech Republic vs. Turkey, 3 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22 Group E At Nice, France Sweden vs. Belgium, 1 p.m.

At Lille, France Italy vs. Ireland, 1 p.m.

Group F At Lyon, France Hungary vs. Portugal, 10 a.m.

At Saint-Denis, France Iceland vs. Austria, 10 a.m.

Conclusion of Group Stage PREVIOUS RESULTS Friday, June 10 Group A At Saint-Denis, France France 2 Romania 1 Saturday, June 11 Group A At Lens Aggio, France Switzerland 1 Albania 0 Group B At Bordeaux, France Wales 2 Slovakia 1 At Marseille, France England 1 Russia 1 Sunday, June 12 Group C At Nice, France Poland 1 Northern Ireland 0 At Lille Metropole, France Germany 2 Ukraine 0 Group D At Paris Croatia 1 Turkey 0 Monday, June 13 Group D At Toulouse, France Spain 1 Czech Republic 0 Group E At Saint-Denis, France Republic of Ireland 1 Sweden 1 At Lyon, France Italy 2 Belgium 0 Tuesday, June 14 Group F At Bordeaux, France Hungary 2 Austria 0 At Saint-Etienne, France Portugal 1 Iceland 1 Wednesday’s results Group A At Paris Romania 1 Switzerland 1 At Marseille, France France 2 Albania 0 Group B At Lille, France Slovakia 2 Russia 1

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Cody Sedlock on a minor league contract.

BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled LHP Roenis Elias from Pawtucket (IL). Placed INF Josh Rutledge on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 15.

Agreed to terms with OFs Ryan Scott and Matt McLean C Nick Sciortino and SS Nick Lovullo on minor league contracts.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with 1B-OF Will Benson, C Logan Ice, RHP Aaron Civale and INF Samad Taylor on minor league contracts.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with OF Ronnie Dawson on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated OF Daniel Nava from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Al Alburquerque to Salt Lake (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated OF Danny Santana from the 15-day DL. Designated OF Oswaldo Arcia for release or assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled RHP Jonathan Aro and LHP David Rollins from Tacoma (PCL). Placed LHP Wade Miley placed on the 15day DL, retroactive to June 13. Designated RHP Steve Johnson for assignment. Agreed to terms with 3B Joe Rizzo, SS Bryson Brigman, LHP Thomas Burrows, C Jason Goldstein, RHP Reggie McClain, RHP Kyle Davis, OF Dimas Ojeda, RHP Jack Anderson and RHP Paul Covelle on minor league contracts.

TEXAS RANGERS — Announced RHP Tom Wilhelmsen refused his outright assignment to Round Rock (PCL) and elected free agency. Agreed to terms with C Sam Huff.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed OF Jose Bautista on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Darrell Ceciliani from Buffalo (IL). Agreed to terms with RHPs TJ Zeuch, Andy Ravel, Kyle Weatherly, Nick Hartman, Travis Hosterman, Christopher Hall, Angel Alicea, Mitch McKown, Connor Eller, Mike Ellenbest, Andrew Deramo, Brayden Bouchey and Jared Carkuff OFs JB Woodman, Joshua Palacios and OF DJ Daniels SS Bo Bichette, 2B Cavan Biggio, Cs Rdige Smith and Ryan Gold 3B Bradley Jones LHPs Jake Fishman and LHP Luke Gillingham and 1B David Jacob on minor league contracts.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled C Willson Contreras from Iowa (PCL). Designated C Tim Federowicz for assignment.

CINCINNATI REDS — Reinstated CF Billy Hamilton from the 7-day concussion disabled list.

Optioned OF Steve Selsky to Louisville (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled OF Brandon Barnes from Albuquerque (PCL). Placed OF Gerardo Parra on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 15. Agreed to terms with RHPs Riley Pint, Robert Tyler, Justin Calomeni, Bryan Baker, Brandon Gold, Matt Dennis, Justin Valdespina, Mike Bunal, Jared Gesell, John Hammer, Heath Holder, Austin Moore, George Thanopoulos, Ryan Luna, Josh Shelley, Rico Garcia and Kenny Oakley LHPs Ben Bowden, Ty Culbreth and Kyle Cedotal 3B Colton Welker Cs Brian Serven and Will Haynie OFs Vince Fernandez, Tyler Bugner and Steven Linkous SSs Taylor Snyder, Garrett Hampson and Tyler Orris and 1B Jacob Bosiokovic to minor league contracts.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with SS Gavin Lux, RHP Mitchell White, OF Donald Peters, OF Lucas Raley, RHP Anthony Gonsolin, OF Brayan Morales, OF Saige Jenco, RHP Chandler Eden, LHP Austin French and RHP Jacob Perkins onminor league contracts.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHP Travis MacGregor, INF Stphen Alemais, RHP Matt Anderson, C Arden Pabst, RHP Matt Frawley, RHP John Pomeroy, RHP Adam Oller, OF Garrett Brown, RHP Geoff Hartlieb and OF Hunter Owen on minor league contracts.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled 2B Kolten Wong from Memphis (PCL). Optioned OF Jeremy Hazelbaker to Memphis. Agreed to terms with SS Delvin Perez on a minor league contract.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP Santiago Casilla on the paternity list. Recalled LHP

Steven Okert from Sacramento (PCL).

American Association JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed RHP Nate Carter. Released RHP Evan Bell.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released OF Christian Torres.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Released RHP Kevin Osaki.

Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed INF Michael Mastroberti.

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released OF Guillaume Leduc.

Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed INF Josh Bunselmeyer. Released 1B Vincent Guglietti.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Released RHP Luke Crumley and RHP Anthony Sequeria.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed 1B Scott Carcaise. Released LHP Michael Gomez.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed LHP Vince Apicella.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Sold the contract of INF Josh Gardnier to the New York (AL).

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed 1B Vincent Guglietti.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Golden State G Stephen Curry $25,000 for throwing his mouthpiece into the spectator stands and Goldedn State coach Steve Kerr $25,000 for public criticism of the officiating during his press conference on June 16.

CHICAGO BULLS — Acquired G Spencer Dinwiddie from Detroit for F-C Cameron Bairstow.

DETROIT PISTONS — Acquired F Cameron Bairstow from Chicago Bulls for G Spencer Dinwiddie.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Announced the resignation of CEO Rob Moor.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed OT Justin Renfrow.

Waived-injured S Phillip Thomas.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed OT Michael Oher to a three-year contract extension through the 2019 season.

DETROIT LIONS — Waived WR Corey Washington from reserve/injured.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DT Kenny Clark.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed WR Kyle William.

Waived WR Quenton Bundrage.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Shilique Calhoun.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released LB Frank Renaud, LB John Rush, DL Rupert Butcher, WR Alex Vitt and P Billy Pavlopoulos.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Craig Cunningham to a one-year contract.

CALGARY FLAMES — Named Glen Gulutzan coach.

American HOCKEY LEAGUE BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Announced F Tyler Pitlick by Edmonton (NHL) to a one-year contract.

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed coach Jesse Marsch to a contract extension.

COLLEGE BARTON — Named William Bailey softball coach.

DOANE — Named Seth Harris as men’s and women’s tennis coach and Ed Hubbs director of tennis.

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Named Jose Rebimbas women’s assistant basketball coach.

FARMINGDALE — Named Tom Azzara director of athletics for compliance and operations.

RANDOLPH-MACON — Named Chris Haas women’s golf coach.

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June 18 1980 — Secretary of State Francis Fox presents a bill, similar to previously presented bills on “O Canada”, that “O Canada” be proclaimed as Canada’s national anthem as soon as possible in this year of the centenary of the first rendition. The bill is unanimously accepted by the House of Commons and the Senate on June 27, 1980; Royal assent is given the same day.

1959 — Ernest Manning’s Social Credit Party wins a seventh consecutive majority in Alberta.

1899 — Opening of CPR line from Lethbridge through Crows Nest Pass to Kootenay Landing; subsidized by 1897 Crows Nest Pass Agreement, which also set fixed freight rates on Prairie grain traffic.

1603 — Samuel de Champlain leaves Québec with Pont-Gravé to go on an exploring trip up the ‘River of Canada’ - the St. Lawrence; finds Algonkians have taken over from the Iroquois as the dominant tribe since the arrival of Jacques Cartier 80 years earlier.

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THE ADVOCATE Saturday, June 18, 2016

Annual inflation rate cools

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A rise in the Canadian dollar that helped keep food prices in check and a drop in fuel prices compared with a year ago helped cool the annual inflation rate last month.

Statistics Canada said Friday that the consumer price index for May was up 1.5 per cent from a year ago compared with a 1.7 per cent year-over-year increase in April.

Economists had expected an increase of 1.6 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said the loonie’s rebound helped dampen food inflation in particular, as the rise in grocery prices was relatively tame compared with increases earlier this year.

“Just as an example of how quick the turn has been, fresh veggies have gone from increases of

more than 18 per cent early this year to less than two per cent now,” Porter wrote in a note to clients.

The Canadian dollar dropped below 70 cents U.S. in January, but has gained ground since then.

Food prices saw their smallest year-over-year gain last month since March 2014. Food climbed 1.8 per cent compared with a gain of 3.2 per cent in April. The increase in prices of fresh vegetables and fruits saw considerable deceleration with a gain of 4.9 per cent compared with 11 per cent in April.

The price tag on apples, however, climbed 17.8 per cent last month compared with a year ago. Over the same period, alcohol and tobacco products were up 3.2 per cent.

Meanwhile, gasoline prices were down 7.1 per cent last month compared with May 2015. Excluding gasoline, last month’s inflation rate was 1.9 per cent.

The annual core inflation rate, which excludes some of the most volatile items such as gasoline prices and some food, was 2.1 per cent last month after a

2.2 per cent reading in April.

CIBC economist Nick Exarhos noted that core inflation has been resilient despite the higher dollar.

“We’re seeing a bit more strength than we’d expect given that the pass through from the Canadian dollar which has been lifting that more selective measure should be fading slowly,” he said.

“So it suggests that underlying inflation pressures in Canada are a bit stronger than we would have expected given that the economy has slowed.”

Exarhos said heading into the end of the year, higher oil prices could mean a pickup in inflation.

“As we head into 2017 we think that there’s scope for gasoline prices to be a lift to overall inflation, especially since we expect crude oil to end the year a little bit higher than we are right now,” he said.

Inflation was lower in eight provinces in May compared with the previous month. Only Manitoba saw a higher rate while Alberta’s inflation rate was unchanged.

Analysts dash oilfield optimism

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A flurry of stock sale financings by oil and gas producers in Canada has sparked optimism among investors that the stalled drilling industry will soon go back to work.

But analysts warn that’s not likely to happen this year, dashing faint hopes of thousands of Western Canadian oilfield workers who have been laid off since benchmark oil prices peaked at over US$107 US per barrel two years ago in June 2014.

Since January, nearly $2 billion has been raised

by Canadian non-oilsands producers on equity markets, but most of it has been geared to paying down debt or funding acquisitions, not for drilling new wells, according to a recent report from AltaCorp Capital.

Analyst Aaron MacNeil said he wrote the report to temper expectations of investors who are watching the recent rise in oilfield service companies’ share prices.

Prices for Canada’s two largest drillers, Precision Drilling (TSX:PD) and Ensign Energy Services (TSX:ESI), for example, have risen by more than 30 per cent since March 1.

“You’re at a seasonal trough in Canada right now but I think, in terms of sentiment, you’re probably at a trough, too,” said MacNeil.

“Pricing is obviously still a really tough, tough part of the business for drillers.”

In April, natural gas producer Tourmaline Oil Corp. (TSX:TOU) raised $282 million by selling shares. The producer announced it would use the funds to pay down debt — including $183 million racked up earlier in the year to buy assets near its northwestern Alberta production base.

Despite the new opportunities provided by the purchase, however, the Calgary-based intermediate said last month it had reduced its development spending budget for the first half of 2016 from $350 million to $310 million, preferring to avoid spending in view of low natural gas price forecasts.

On Wednesday, it said it would cap the wells it drills over this summer and fall until at least the fourth quarter to avoid selling initial flush natural gas production into a down price market.

John Bayko, vice-president of communications for the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors, said only 68 rigs were working in Canada last week, down from about 125 at the same time in 2015 and 280 two years ago.

That indicates there are roughly 29,000 fewer jobs now than two years ago, Bayko said, using the CAODC formula of 20 direct jobs and 115 indirect jobs created per active rig.

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Karen Mayberry, from Harley-Davidson Canada, polishes a motorcycle displayed at the new café. The brand is opening on Ossington Ave, in Toronto.

Harley-Davidson rides into the latte business

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Harley-Davidson Motorcyles, a brand often associated with tough leatherclad bikers, is revving into the future by getting into the latte business.

The company, founded more than a century ago in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is opening its first shop in downtown Toronto — selling coffee.

The head of Harley-Davidson Canada says the idea of running a motorcycle-themed cafe was a natural one because coffee and motorcycles have a history dating back to the 1960s when manufacturers made lightweight two-wheelers called cafe racers.

“These were stripped-down, raw city bikes that allowed people to go from cafe to cafe and enjoy the city riding experience,” said Anoop Prakash. “Coffee and motorcycles go hand in hand.”

The coffee shop, which opens Friday for the summer riding season until it closes in September, is located in a trendy west-end Toronto neighbourhood and its neighbours include a brewery, a tattoo shop and some of the city’s hottest restaurants.

Prakash said being in a hip area in the downtown core will help the brand appeal to the millennial rider, and was a major factor when the company was scouting for possible locations for its first coffee shop in Canada.

The company is known for its massive showroom dealerships in the suburbs, which has long helped

them cater to the more experienced Baby Boomer rider.

But as the company tries to expand its customer base, it has switched gears to offer more options to everyone from the diehard rider in their 50s and 60s to the budding hobbyists in their 20s and 30s.

That’s resulted in new bike designs that are priced starting at $8,000. Five years ago, the most affordable Harley model began at $12,000.

Female riders have also been a focus for the company, said Prakash, describing women as their fastest growing customer base.

“Every generation makes it their own. We’re customer-led in everything we do and lifestyle, changes and adapts, with every generation of rider,” he said.

“What is universal to Harley-Davidson is this sense of motorcycling as a path to achieve your personal freedom and adventure. That’s universal and no matter what generation you’re in.”

Cafe patrons will be able to admire Harleys and other motorcycle club paraphernalia on display as they sit on black leather couches sipping a cappuccino. The shop menu features everything from cold brew coffee to cookies and scones.

The space will also have a stationary Harley-Davidson meant to entice curious customers to jump aboard to stimulate the feel of riding a hog.

Prakash said the cafe will also hold regular events from social meetups to workshops, such as tutorials on how to outfit a Harley with a new exhaust pipe.

Need a job? Try your local Alberta Works Centre CHARLES STRACHEY WORKING WISE Dear Working Wise: I got laid off a few months ago and I want to find another job as fast as possible. Considering the slowdown in the oil patch, I’m wondering if I should try to find a similar job or see what else is out there?

— Signed Lost After Layoff Dear Lost: It can be hard to know where to begin when you’re suddenly laid off — especially when your whole sector is under pressure — but a good starting point is your local Alberta Works Centre.

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Alberta Works Centres are job-search centres staffed by Career and Employment Consultants.

There are 51 Alberta Works Centres located across the province offering free: ● Job Fairs ● Employment consultations ● Job-market forecasts/trends/statistics ● Resumé and job-interview workshops ● Information on careers and training options ● Job-search tools, including computers and photocopiers To find the Alberta Works Centre nearest you, visit humanservices.alberta.ca/regions The Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) website alis.alberta.ca is another helpful resource for job seekers and career explorers.

You don’t even have to leave your house to access the ALIS: ● Job fairs calendar ● Work-search videos

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● Job-search tip sheets ● Labour market research ● Links to dozens of job banks ● CareerInsite career-planning tool ● Free online resumé review service ● Creating a New Future: The Job Loss Workbook You can also get career and job search advice over the phone. Call the Career Information Hotline toll-free at 1-800-661-3753 (780-422-4266 in Edmonton).

The hotline is staffed by career advisors weekdays 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Once you decide what kinds of jobs to search for, check out Alberta’s largest job bank: the Canada-Alberta Job Bank (www.jobbank.gc.ca). The job bank features job-search, job-match, and job-alert services to help make finding your next job simpler and easier.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 120.84 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.69 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.06 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.02 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.96 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.10 Cdn. National Railway . . 75.12 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 164.20 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.15 Capital Power Corp . . . . 18.99 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.83 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.93 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.69 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.06 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.60 General Motors Co. . . . . 29.23 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.33 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.55 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 51.37 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.41 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.38 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.56 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.59 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 138.28 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.54 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.30 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market managed a small advance and the Canadian dollar jumped half a cent against the greenback Friday as oil prices staged a rebound from a recent string of losses.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 19.36 points to 13,901.77 as the July contract for North American benchmark crude oil rose $1.77 to US$47.98 a barrel.

The more heavily traded August contract was up even more, rising $1.82 to US$48.56 a barrel.

“The price of oil is up, so Toronto is up,” said Norman Levine, managing director of Portfolio Management Corp.

“That’s really what dominates Toronto.”

The metals and mining sector of the TSX was the biggest gainer, rising 1.77 per cent, while energy stocks climbed 1.40 per cent.

The oil sensitive Canadian dollar shot up 0.50 of a U.S. cent to 77.65 cents US. The weak U.S. dollar is likely responsible for some of the boost in oil prices, said Levine.

“Usually oil and the U.S. dollar tend to work in a reverse relationship — strong dollar, weak oil weak dollar, strong oil,” he said.

“Most commodities work off the U.S. dollar because they’re all priced in U.S. dollars.”

In the long term, however, Levine predicts that oil will decline.

July natural gas was up four cents at US$2.62 per mmBtu, while July copper was unchanged at US$2.05 a pound and August gold eased $3.60 to US$1,294.80 a troy ounce.

In New York, markets turned lower amid continuing concern over the outcome of the June 23

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 68.62 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 27.47 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.99 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.95 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 21.01 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 25.81 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 14.39 First Quantum Minerals . . 8.77 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.97 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.44 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 6.42 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.56 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.82 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.780 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.34 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 20.84 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 21.46 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 46.81 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.23 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 26.14 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 37.79 Canyon Services Group. . 5.29 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.07 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2200 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.48 referendum that could see Britain vote to leave the European Union.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 57.94 points at 17,675.16, while the broader S&P 500 was off 6.77 points at 2,071.22 and the Nasdaq composite fell 44.58 points to 4,800.34.

“Everybody’s really waiting to see what happens in England next Thursday,” said Levine.

“That’s affecting everything in the markets.”

Campaigning became heated this week between supporters and opponents of the so-call Brexit, but was halted after the killing of a British politician who favoured staying in the EU. Some investors interpreted the assassination as something that could help sway voters to stay in the EU, as stocks in Europe moved higher and British pound advanced against the euro and U.S. dollar.

“That poor woman dying yesterday probably cost the Brexit movement the vote,” said Levine.

In European trading, Germany’s DAX was up 0.85 per cent, while France’s CAC 40 rose 0.98 per cent and Britain’s FTSE 100 added 1.19 per cent In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.07 per cent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.66 per cent and South Korea’s KOSPI composite edged up 0.07 per cent.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,901.77, up 19.36 points Dow — 17,675.16, down 57.94 points S&P 500 — 2,071.22, down 6.77 points Nasdaq — 4,800.34, down

Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.600 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 90.72 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 44.11 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.10 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.05 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 39.81 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.32 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.730 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.47 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.34 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.65 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 42.35 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1900 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 81.50 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.48 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.67 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 24.72 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.29 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 36.16 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 87.48 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.97 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.61 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.410 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 77.60 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.21 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.70 44.58 points Currencies: Cdn — 77.65 cents US, up 0.50 of a cent Pound — C$1.8495, up 0.74 of a cent Euro — C$1.4525, down 0.43 of a cent Euro — US$1.1279, up 0.39 of a cent Oil futures: US$47.98 per barrel, up $1.77 (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,294.80 per oz., down $3.60 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.342 oz., down 71.4 cents $750.45 kg., down $22.95 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $1.00 higher $510.50 Nov. ‘16 $3.10 higher $518.10 Jan. ‘17 $4.30 higher $523.10 March ‘17 $4.80 higher $524.70 May ‘17 $5.40 higher $526.50 July ‘17 $5.40 higher $528.00 Nov. ‘17 $6.80 higher 513.10 Jan. ‘18 $6.70 higher $511.40 March ‘18 $6.70 higher $511.40 May ‘18 $6.70 higher $511.40 July ‘18 $6.70 higher $511.40.

Barley (Western): July ‘16 unchanged $171.50 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $171.50 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $171.50 March ‘17 unchanged $173.50 May ‘17 unchanged $174.50 July ‘17 unchanged $174.50 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $174.50 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $174.50 March ‘18 unchanged $174.50 May ‘18 unchanged $174.50 July ‘18 unchanged $174.50.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 567,380 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 567,380.

Squamish Nation challenges approval of Trans Mountain

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A British Columbia First Nation has launched a court challenge to overturn the National Energy Board’s recommendation that the federal cabinet approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The Squamish Nation, whose traditional territories span a large swath of B.C.’s south coast, filed an application for judicial review on Thursday in Vancouver’s Federal Court of Appeal.

It seeks to quash the NEB’s decision and refer it back for reconsideration.

The nation asserted in the documents that the NEB had an obligation to determine whether the Canadian government discharged its duty to consult and, if necessary, accommodate the band.

“Ottawa needs to hear loud and clear that they can’t just run roughshod over aboriginal rights and title.

That era has come and gone,” said Chief Ian Campbell in an interview.

Trans Mountain, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Canada, wants to triple the capacity of its existing pipeline from oilsands near Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C., to 890,000 barrels a day.

The NEB undertook a two-year review that heard from 35 indigenous groups and 400 interveners before issuing its report and positive recommendation, subject to 157 conditions, in May. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has delayed its final decision on the $6.8-billion project until December to allow for additional indigenous consultation.

The Squamish Nation said its traditional territory covers 6,732 square kilometres, including parts of Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster and all of North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Whistler and Squamish. These boundaries encompass Howe Sound, Burrard Inlet and English Bay. The nation said in the court documents that the project would include a substantial expansion of infrastructure and shipping in these areas, including a new pipeline along a new route to a terminal in Burnaby and a

seven-fold increase in tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet.

It said Trans Mountain did not consult with the Squamish Nation in any way about the location of the project in its traditional territories.

Campbell said the potential for a spill from increased tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet poses a grave risk to his band’s traditional fishing and marine activities. Not enough research has been done on the behaviour of diluted bitumen spills, he added.

A spokeswoman for Trans Mountain, the only named respondent, said the company is currently reviewing the notice of application.

“The NEB confirms in its report that Trans Mountain has met the expectations with regards to Aboriginal consultation and there is sufficient evidence about the fate and behaviour of oil,” said Ali Hounsell in a statement.

“Ultimately, the NEB weighed all the evidence and recommended the federal government approve the expansion.”

The Squamish Nation granted conditional approval to a liquefied natural gas project in Howe Sound in October. The agreement means Woodfibre LNG must meet a number of environmental and cultural conditions issued by the First Nation.

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver has also mounted a court case arguing the energy board’s process of reviewing Trans Mountain was unlawful.

The board streamlined the process to meet time limits set by the previous Conservative government and ditched oral cross-examination in favour of written questions and answers.

The NEB was unable to comment Thursday. It has previously said that the evidence was thoroughly tested and the project’s impact on aboriginal interests was carefully considered.

Should the project proceed, Trans Mountain would be required to continue its consultation with potentially affected indigenous groups throughout the life of the project.

OILFIELD: Cash flows down “This downturn has gone on for so long, cash flows have been down for so long, people have left the sector and we don’t know if they are going to be coming back,” he said.

“It’s going to take a much longer period of higher commodity price to sort of recover from where companies are at among our membership.”

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers estimated in April that 110,000 direct and indirect jobs have been lost in the energy industry in the past two years.

The AltaCorp report points out it is often cheaper now to buy existing producing wells than to drill new ones.

“The predominant use of proceeds in 2015 and 2016 has been balance sheet repair,” it says.

Analyst Justin Bouchard of Desjardins Capital Markets said in a recent report that he believes the North American drilling sector has entered a recovery mode after hitting rock bottom in recent weeks.

“However, we still expect the pace of ramp-up to remain measured,” he wrote. “While the fundamentals are clearly improving, it will be a long road back for drilling activity, with many producers looking to use a period of higher prices to nurse balance sheets back to health.”

Analyst Jeff Fetterly of Peters and Co. said the current quarter could be the weakest on record for Western Canadian oilfield activity and the outlook for the second half of this year is “cautious.”

Stronger commodity prices, however, suggest that producers will spend more in 2017, he said in a report, adding that a forecast 50 per cent increase in oilfield activity versus 2016 will still leave the sector at a lower level than in 2015.

Benchmark oil prices have risen almost 90 per cent to about US$50 per barrel since January when they touched a 13-year low.

But while U.S. natural gas prices have strengthened recently, prices at the Alberta trading hub have not as Canadian storage levels remain close to capacity, FirstEnergy Capital analyst Martin King pointed out in a report last week.

JOBS: Job fairs another great option Job fairs are another great way to find unadvertised jobs and sell yourself to employers. The Alberta Government hosts and supports dozens hiring events every year. A list of these upcoming job fairs is available at: humanservices.alberta.ca/jobfairs.

And news of upcoming local job fairs can be sent straight to your social media feed if you “Like” your local Alberta Works jobs Facebook page: humanservices.alberta.ca/socialmedia.

Losing your job can difficult, but emotional support is available, including: ● Mental Health Helpline: 1-877-3032642 ● Edmonton Distress Line: 780-4824357 ● Calgary Distress Line: 403-2661605 ● http://albertahealthservices.ca/ amh All of these services for Albertans affected by layoffs is available at: humanservices.alberta.ca/employees-facing-layoff.

Good luck!

Do you have a work-related question?

Send your questions to Working Wise, at charles.strachey@gov.ab.ca. Charles Strachey is a manager with Alberta Human Services. This column is provided for general information.

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THE ADVOCATE Saturday, June 18, 2016

Come and see the artists in their creative space

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Glass artist Darren Petersen of Sparrow Glassworks in Red Deer grids the base of a glass piece in his cold studio this week. Petersen will be participating in the Open Studio Tour in Red Deer on June 25.

Artists open their studios for tour

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Visual artists at work will welcome the public into their creative spaces during Red Deer’s first Open Studio Tour.

Nine local artists from seven studios will be holding demonstrations and offering original pieces for show and sale from 1-4 p.m. on June 25.

The self-guided, free tour is open to anyone who wants a peek at the creative process, said Diana Anderson, executive-director for the Red Deer Arts Council.

She’s “thrilled” to co-ordinate the first-ever event, which will hopefully become an annual tradition that grows

every year.

Anderson believes the studio tour will help fill an artistic void left by the demise of the Art Walk celebration, which brought artists booths into a city park for one day. While only one artist demonstration was held at each Art Walk, the tour will present the public with many opportunities to see artists at work.

A draw can be entered at each studio location for the chance to win an original work from each artist.

Participating studios are on a downloadable map on the Red Deer Arts Council website (reddeerartscouncil. wordpress.com), the art council’s Facebook page, or through the City of Red Deer’s Culture Services Centre.

The studios are:

● Candice Meyer Jewelry, unique sterling silver and gold overlay pieces by Candice Meyer, 4309 Grandview Blvd., www.candicemeyerjewelry.etsy. com, 403-356-9222. ● Sally’s Gallery, mixed-media and caligraphy works by Sally Towers-Sybblis, 5 Wright Ave., www.sallytowerssybblis.com, email: sally@sallytowerssybblis.com ● Works in Clay, ceramics by Shirley Rimer, 24 Springfield Ave., email: www.shirleyrimer@shaw.ca ● Sparrow Glassworks, artisan glass and beadwork by Darren and Deborah Petersen, 5331-44 Ave., 403-346-1975 ● Silk Concepts, hand-painted silk garments and art by Darcy Gusse Edinga, 152 Allwright Close, www.silkconcepts.ca, 403-347-9391.

● Rogue Art and Design, sculpture, mosaic, photography, fabric and glass art by Trenton Thomas Leach and Holly Elliott, 4026 Ross St. (back alley entry, next to Little Ice Cream and Soda Shop), www.rogueartanddesign.com, 403-755-1548. ● Spirit of Clay Ceramics by Suzanne Le Beau, 30 Manning St. (studio is in detached garage), email: spiritofclay@hotmail.com, 403-342-6344.

After the tour, the Red Deer Arts Council will also host a meet-the-artists public reception later that Saturday. To RSVP and find out time and location, please phone 403-348-2787. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Fundraiser for Centrefest planned

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A bridge bash to benefit Centrefest is now happening on June 25.

Enjoy twinkling lights, munchies and upbeat tunes by local band, The KlamDaggers at the 8 p.m. to midnight affair on Red Deer’s pedestrian bridge. Tickets are $35 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

The goal is to raise $15,000 for the outdoor street performer’s festival.

Centrefest will be held downtown July 30 and 31 (the kick-off barbecue will be July 29), regardless of how well the bridge benefit goes, said festival director Janice Shimek.

But she’s hoping for a great turnout.

A cash bar and food trucks will be available. The KlamDaggers will play both covers and original tunes.

And Shimek said the memorable event will provide plenty of opportunities to dance and socialize.

“We have wonderful lights. The whole trestle will be lit up …”

Although fundraising for Centrefest went better this year than last, the festival was unable to find a signature donor, so there’s a shortfall in the projected budget. If the needed amount is not raised, Shimek said some aspects of the festival will have to be scaled back somewhat.

The plan is to bring in about 10 international buskers — acrobats, jugglers, magicians and comedians — to perform in the city over two days.

The bridge benefit, originally planned for May 28, was rescheduled because of inclement weather.

Shimek is hoping for a warm evening this time, and a well attended party. “We are sure to have a fantastic time, dancing the night away.”

Any available tickets will also be sold at the site.

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Award-winning acrobat PAZ juggles flaming hocking sticks for the crowd during his Hockey Circus Show performance at the 2015 CentreFest Street Performer Festival downtown. This year, an extra show is planned for June 25 on the old railway pedestrian bridge, as a fundraiser for the main event, coming July 30 and 31.

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Kerry Wood Nature Centre is holding a barbecue in celebration of their 30th anniversary on Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come for the food, stay for an edible plant walk after the barbecue to get a firsthand look at a small part of what the centre does. Call 403-346-2010 to find out more.

CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY AT ELLIS BIRD FARM Looking for a unique way to spend Father’s Day? Why not come spend some time at Ellis Bird Farm? The Bird Farm will have guided tours of the West Woods at 1 and 3 p.m., discounted nestbox building ($5 each), and all of the usual EBF attractions will be open. Admission is free but donations are gratefully accepted.

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SYLVAN LAKE SCLERODERMA WALK/ RUN IN THE PARK Every year, thousands of people across Canada participate in the Walk/Run for Scleroderma.

Their time and effort contribute to education and research for Scleroderma. There will be a walk in Sylvan Lake on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 4110 Lakeshore Drive. $20 for an adult, $10 for a youth and 4 and under free. Call Susan Dyck at 403-887-2541 for more info.

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

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Clint Black killin’ time at Ponoka Stampede

BY LANA MICHELIN ADOVCATE STAFF Country hit-maker Clint Black will perform Killin’ Time and other signature tunes at the Ponoka Stampede.

The Texas-raised singer will entertain the pro-rodeo crowd on Monday, June 27.

Black’s 1989 debut album produced five straight No. 1 singles on U.S. Billboard charts. Throughout the 1990s and early 200os, Black continued to rack up hits, including A Better Man, When I Said I Do, A Bad Goodbye, Put Yourself in My Shoes, Nobody’s Home, Like the Rain, and A Good Run of Bad Luck.

The singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has made nine studio albums and had more than 30 singles on the charts — 22 of them that hit the top spot.

Inspired by George Jones, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire and George Strait, Black started out singing with his brothers at family backyard barbecues when he was a teenager in Katy, Texas. He’d taught himself to play the harmonica at age 13 and was writing his first songs a year later.

Bent on being a performer, he quit high school to play in a band with his brothers. He soon went solo, supporting himself with work in construction.

His songwriting really took off after he met fellow guitarist Hayden Nicholas in 1987 and the two began a writing

partnership that lasted decades.

Black’s demo of Nobody’s Home brought him to the attention of RCA Records a couple years later. Black’s first album, Killin’ Time in 1989, broke the mold by using musicians in his road band instead of session players. It became a massive hit, causing Black to finally realize he’d turned the corner in his career. He stated, “I felt like no matter what happened from that point on, I would always be remembered …”

In 1996, the platinum-selling singer became just the fourth country music artist to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

While taking a three-year sabbatical from his music career after his daughter was born with wife Lisa Hartman, he decided to form his own label, Equity Music Group. Black admitted it was difficult to leave RCA — in 14 years with the label, he’d sold more than 12 million records — but the music industry was changing, and he wanted artists to be able to own their own songs.

“To me, a song is more than something to sing. It’s something to learn from,” he once said. “When I write a line … I’m looking at it from the perspective of, if I was driving down the road listening to it, what am I gonna get out of it?”

Black, who’s also acted in movies and TV shows, has won more than a dozen U.S. country music awards.

Tickets to his 6:30 p.m. show are $40 from Ticketmaster. For more information, please visit ponokastampede.com.

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Texas country music star Clint Black performs at the Ponoka Stampede pro rodeo Monday, June 27.

Hey, you’re not Supergirl! This is identity theft!

BY MATTHEW BARAKAT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A criminal scheme worthy of Lex Luthor unraveled with the help of Supergirl, authorities said: An international identity-theft ring so complex, prosecutors say that even with the arrest of four people Thursday they have only just begun to uncover its full extent.

The schemes, which allegedly roped in hundreds of victims and millions of dollars, relied in part on scouring the internet for mugshot-type photos that could plausibly be plugged onto fake IDs that could be used in credit applications, charges and financial transactions, according to investigators who tracked the ring for two years.

That’s where actress Laura Vandervoort, who played Supergirl on TV, comes in. On one fake passport, the suspects used a photo of Vandervoort, said Joshua Stueve, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, which is prosecuting the case. Vandervoort’s picture was a mugshot-style photo used as a prop when she played the role of Lisa on the sci-fi show V. While combing through evidence in the early stages of the case, one agent instantly recognized her

picture as Supergirl from another sci-fi show, Smallville. The discovery helped agents realize the extent to which the ring had gone to support its scheme.

As the investigation continued, prosecutors found increasingly elaborate schemes, according to court records: In one instance, they created a fake company called the Deutche Group. Job advertisements for Deutche Group were placed on Craigslist, and unwitting applicants would supply personal data like Social Security numbers on their applications that would then be used to further the scheme, according to court records.

The ring created fake travel companies called triparenaonline and flycheap.com, which would offer discount air and hotel reservations, according to FBI affidavits. Unsuspecting customers would pay for the travel, but the schemers would keep the money, authorities said. Then, to preserve the perception the transaction was legitimate, the ring would book customers’ travel using stolen credit cards.

Occasionally a traveller would get lucky and take their trip without incident. Frequently, though, customers would arrive at the airport to find the tickets cancelled because the fraud had been discovered.

Authorities arrested four people Thursday, including two from northern

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Virginia: Amit Chaudhry, 44, of Ashburn and Jacqueline Green-Morris, 40, of Woodbridge. Two others were arrested in Georgia.

Chaudhry — who headed up an Ashburn Company called The Knowledge Center, which prosecutors believe is part of the fraud — is charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Green-Morris is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Both are being held pending detention hearings scheduled for Monday. Neither had attorneys.

Prosecutors say their investigation is ongoing, and they are hoping that victims who came into contact with Chaudhry, The Knowledge Center, the Deutche Group or any of his other business dealings will come forward to help them get a handle on the scope of the scheme.

Those who believe they may have been a victim can file a complaint at ic3.gov, and should use the keyword “CCTRAVELVICTIM” in their description of the complaint, Stueve said.

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Orthodox Synod taking place without Russia

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece — The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians on Wednesday said a historic meeting of church leaders — the first in more than a millennium — will take place on the Greek island of Crete despite a pullout by Russia.

Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, who ranks as “the first among equals,” said he hopes the Russian church and three others who have chosen not to come will change their minds.

The weeklong Holy and Great Council, which is to begin on Sunday, was meant to bring together the leaders of the 14 independent Orthodox churches to promote unity among the world’s 300 million Orthodox Christians.

Defying pressure from the Russians, the Serbian Orthodox Church announced it would take part in the historic meeting, but added it would pull out if “all questions, problems and differences” among the different Orthodox churches, including the ones which will not be present, “are not taken into account.”

The gathering on Crete has been 55 years in preparation and planning.

“I hope the churches, even at the last minute, revise their decisions and honour their signatures and come to Crete,” Bartholomew said as he arrived on the island.

He was referring to a unanimous decision by all the churches at a January meeting in Geneva to meet in Crete and discuss the mission and role of the Orthodox Church and its global flock, issues relating to the function of the churches and relations with other Christian faiths. Unity of the Orthodox churches is considered a key prerequisite to any reconciliation with the Vatican.

“The decision burdens those churches and their primates, because just five months ago in Geneva during a meeting of the Orthodox primates we decided and signed to come to Crete in June to carry out this vision we have had for many years,” he said.

On Tuesday, the Russian Orthodox Church said it was waiting for the Ecumenical Patriarchate to respond to its proposal to delay the meeting in order to settle differences that have prompted the other churches to declare they will not participate.

A spokesman for Bartholomew said it was not in the patriarch’s hands to declare a postponement, saying he did not have the authority to revoke a joint decision taken by all the 14 leaders in January.

“The ecumenical patriarch can’t change a unanimous decision taken by all the churches,” the Rev. John Chryssavgis told The Associated Press. “Bartholomew is not the pope, he can’t just decide.”

Unlike the Roman Catholics, the Orthodox churches are independent and have their own leadership. For example, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is

Benedict to mark anniversary as priest amid confusion

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In this photo taken on May 25, 2010, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, left, and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill tour the Kremlin during a meeting in Moscow, Russia. The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians said a historic meeting of church leaders — the first in more than a millennium — will take place on the Greek island of Crete despite a pullout by Russia. head of the world’s largest Orthodox Church, with about 100 million faithful, but is considered equal to other patriarchs regardless of the size of their flock Orthodox church leaders haven’t held such a meeting since the year 787, when the last of the seven councils recognized by both Orthodox and Catholics was held. The “great schism” then split the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox in 1054 amid disputes over the Vatican’s power.

The idea for the synod first emerged in the 1920s but preparations began in 1961. Many preparatory

meetings have been held since, the last in Geneva.

Chryssavgis said the other churches attending have been puzzled about what had changed in five months to prompt the pullouts.

“All 14 decided to come, nothing has changed but their minds,” he said.

He added that the churches attending the council could decide on a postponement when they gather Sunday, but that if they decide to proceed, any decisions they make are binding on all the churches. He likened it to the United Nations Security Council.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — Retired Pope Benedict XVI will mark his 65th anniversary as a priest with a June 28 Vatican ceremony attended by Pope Francis amid fresh confusion over the roles played by the current and emeritus pontiffs.

The Joseph Ratzinger Foundation, a Vatican-based foundation dedicated to promoting the works of the emeritus pope, said on its website Wednesday that the ceremony would be held in one of the Vatican’s main reception halls and that Benedict would be given a book about the priesthood as a gift.

It will be a rare outing for the 89-year-old Benedict, who has largely kept to his promise upon retirement to remain “hidden” from the world in prayer.

Benedict’s longtime aide, however, recently sparked a minor outcry when he declared Benedict hadn’t abandoned the papal ministry with his 2013 resignation but had rather turned it into a “quasi shared ministry.”

“Since the election of his successor Francis on March 13, 2013, there are not therefore two popes but de facto an expanded ministry, with an active member and a contemplative member,” Archbishop Georg Gaenswein said in a May 20 speech at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

“This is why Benedict XVI has not given up either his name or the white cassock,” Gaenswein added.

Ever since Benedict stunned the world Feb. 11, 2013 by announcing that he would become the first pope in 600 years to resign, questions have swirled about how the Catholic Church would respond to two men in white, a real and a retired pope living sideby-side in the Vatican gardens.

To date, it doesn’t seem that Francis has been impeded by Benedict’s continued presence. But the conservative German theologian remains a point of nostalgic reference for the conservative and traditionalist wing of the church, whose members have made clear they don’t appreciate Francis’ loose theology, lack of attention to liturgy and emphasis on mercy over morals.

In his speech, Gaenswein defended Benedict’s decisions and insisted that through his resignation he had “renewed,” “strengthened” and de-mythologized the office of the papacy.

Criticism of his speech was swift and fierce, even among Benedict’s fans.

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Before Ali there was Louis SEPARATED BY STYLE AND TIME, BOTH WERE CHAMPIONS OF THE PEOPLE PAT MURPHY OPINION

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uhammad Ali’s recent death brought to mind another famous 20th century black American boxer. In his own way and in his own time, Joe Louis was just as famous as Ali. And by some estimations, he was an even better fighter.

Born Joseph Louis Barrow in 1914 rural Alabama, Louis moved with his family to Michigan as part of the Great Migration of African-Americans from the southern states.

But while his stepfather and brother went to work for the Ford Motor Co., Louis, nicknamed the Brown Bomber, took the pugilistic path.

By 1936, a mere two years after turning professional, he was considered the most lethal heavyweight in the business. Unbeaten, he stood on the brink of a championship fight.

Louis did, of course, go on to win the title and subsequently held it for 12 years.

But he’s perhaps best remembered for two fights with Max Schmeling. The first of these took place 80 years ago this month, at New York’s Yankee Stadium on June 19, 1936.

Being nine years older than Louis, Schmeling was considered past his prime and thus a severe underdog. For Louis, the fight was just supposed to be a final tune-up before challenging the reigning champion, Jimmy Braddock, for the title.

But Schmeling had done his homework, noting that Louis had a tendency to drop his left hand after a jab, leaving himself open to a quick right.

In the 12th round, Schmeling knocked Louis out.

Stunning as this outcome was to the sporting fraternity, the reverberations went far beyond that. And it was all down to the fact that Schmeling was German.

Unsurprisingly, the propaganda opportunity was too good for Adolf Hitler to pass up. The Nazi publicity machine duly went into action, feting Schmeling as a nation-

al hero and as an exponent of Aryan superiority. Mere boxing was transformed into politics.

So when the fighters met again in June 1938 — just three months after Germany annexed Austria — the atmosphere was combustible.

And stirring the pot further, Schmeling’s entourage included a Nazi Party publicist.

It was now much bigger than an eagerly-anticipated fistic rematch. It was the U.S.A. versus Nazi Germany, democracy versus dictatorship, and an ostensible test case for the doctrine of racial superiority.

It was also a radically different fight than the first one.

When it ended after just 124 seconds, Schmeling had been

on the canvas three times and had cracked several vertebrae in his back. Stretchered home to Germany after 10 days in hospital, he was suddenly no longer a Nazi hero.

In fairness, that was never a role Schmeling sought or particularly relished. Yes, he was a proud German but he wasn’t a party member or an anti-Semite. During Kristallnacht, he even risked himself to hide two Jewish brothers, Henri and Werner Lewin. In Henri’s telling, Schmeling’s action saved their lives.

Meanwhile, Louis was ensconced as the world’s undisputed heavyweight champion, a position he maintained until his retirement in 1949. Along the way, he earned a lot of money but ended up with very

little of it. Then, faced with an unpaid tax assessment of $500,000, he returned to the ring in 1950 only to exit again following a severe beating from the much younger Rocky Marciano in 1951.

(There was nothing unique about a celebrity having tax troubles. Bing Crosby, for instance, had great difficulty coming to terms with the concept of tax liability and was repeatedly dunned for non-payment.)

As for Ali and Louis, different eras and fighting styles weren’t the only things that separated them. Perhaps the sharpest contrast came down to personality, demeanour and attitude.

Where Ali was flamboyantly boastful, Louis was studi-

ously modest. Where Ali was verbose, Louis was taciturn.

And where Ali was outspokenly defiant, Louis was respectfully deferential.

This last makes it easy to regard Ali as the more admirable of the two. But then again, Louis never articulated the separatist racial positions that Ali adopted during his Nation of Islam period, positions that were discreetly airbrushed from most of the effusive encomiums that accompanied his passing.

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Never cynical — well perhaps a little bit.

Hope springs eternal with Fort Mac rebuild CHRIS SALOMONS STREET TALES

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ll Government Issue cheques had come out in the last few days, so our numbers are down a little, but the expectations for work are up, way up, although just the expectations thereof at this point. Oil prices are inching their way up, and best of all is that some of the folks are being allowed to return to their homes in Fort McMurray.

Walking around the tables at the kitchen the last couple of days I kept hearing bits of conversations of the hopeful job prospects, especially in Fort McMurray. They included statements as follows.

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and skills. In my mind, it was starting to sound like a fishing conversation around a cracker barrel.

At the Tuesday supper, I received two requests for help to get to Fort McMurray; either a ride with someone or a bus ticket. And maybe a sleeping bag or blanket “just in case.” If I had any food that they could take it would also be helpful.

This whole issue of possible work in the resurrection of the burned city and its unfortunate residents, has indeed given a new life to some of those who have been out of work for ever so long.

Although that number is a lot smaller than all the talk and expectations suggest. Reality sometimes is a harsh reminder and an even harsher taskmaster.

You see, for many the idea of job prospects is just that; an idea. In their minds it’s a sign of hope that maybe, just maybe they can get some work and get out of the destructive lifestyle that they are in right now. But years of inactivity and addictions have taken their toll on both minds and bodies, and further reflection on moving reminds them that they have been rejected far too often, and the idea of facNews News tips 403-314-4333 Sports line 403-343-2244 News fax 403-341-6560 Sports reporter 403-314-4338 editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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ing another rejection leaves them with more underlying fear than outward motivation.

That there will be some that will travel to Fort McMurray for work goes without saying, but the larger majority will stay put. Even though they are on the street, they do have a certain degree of security in Red Deer; it’s familiar territory, and the threat of any further rejection than what they already have experienced is minimal.

One of the aims of almost all of the agencies that deal with folks on the street is to enable them to deal with their fears and even past rejections, and to continue to try for self-improvement.

One fellow who is still looking for work in a particular field (which will be sorely needed in Fort McMurray), showed me in a case he hauls around, a paper package with just a few sheets that when new held 500 sheets of paper. “I used just about all that paper for resumes, but I’m still here at the kitchen begging.”

Discouragement can and in some cases does lead to a fatalistic outlook on life, especially when there does not seem to be any relief. I personally can-

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not fathom what it would be like to pound the pavement day after day and be rejected at every turn. What that alone could do to the mind makes me begin to understand how some folks will turn to some kind of mind numbing exercise.

A few years ago, a fellow I went to Eastview School with had been coming to the kitchen for a while. He was a guitar student of my brother’s and had been a performer and a graphic designer for years. Unemployed for over a year, he started drinking heavily and eventually drugs were introduced. It eventually killed him.

Although some of the stories are heart-breaking at times, it is still always an encouraging sign when the prospect of years of work looms on the horizon. Even that hope of something, whether it materializes or not, is a good thing to witness in these folks.

I just hope and pray that for some of them at least, things will turn out well for them.

How does that saying go? Oh yeah …

Hope springs eternal.

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How to get a free phone upgrade HARLEY HAY HAY’S DAZE

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made a deal with myself. And the universe. I thought long and hard about it for three solid weeks before I finally took the plunge. I finally bit my tongue, screwed my courage to the sticking place and went to the mall. To get a new phone.

And the sacred pact I had pinky sworn with my better, smarter self was that, yes, I would get a new phone — but here’s the tipping point: I would NOT spend a cent getting said phone.

Not a red cent. Or any red dollars for that matter. I would get the FREE PHONE UPGRADE I was most certainly untitled to.

You see, in the past I’d been caught in that cell hell whereupon a 17-yearold clerk who grew up with a smartphone in his or her hand and knows more than Bill Gates does about cell phones gives me the up-selling spiel so quick and clever that I leave the phone store with a device I can’t possibly figure out at a price point that is more than I paid for my first car. I swore this would not happen again. And then I

swore again out loud just to make sure.

I didn’t have a choice, really. My old cell phone, a “Honda Universe 4” was hopelessly out of date in that most people are carrying around Honda Universe 7s and 8s already. Also, the Internet wouldn’t work anymore on my phone, the camera on the thing was way worse that the Kodak Hawkeye I had in 1965, and when I tried to speed dial certain of my friends in my contact list, I would get some dentist in Germany. In a word, my smartphone was now a dumbphone.

So I practiced in the mirror. I practiced in the car on the way over. I practiced in my head whilst walking to the phone store in the mall: “Hello, young clerk. Just curious, have you graduated Grade 9 yet? Ha ha … say, I’m here for the new Honda 8 Smartphone and I’ve been a loyal customer with this particular cellular provider for many years now, and I would like a FREE UPGRADE, please.”

And then I would plant my feet, lift my chin in sheer determination and confidence and top it off with: “And, here’s the thing, I don’t want to spend any money for my new phone.” And I would look at his name tag and bring it home with the kicker: “And, listen, Sanjeet, I know you can do that for me, right?”

Piece of cake. Right?

So yesterday was the big day. I stroll

nonchalantly into the phone store, trying to look like one of those rich guys from the Shark Den or the Dragon Tank that nobody would ever argue with over a chintzy cell phone deal and I stride right up to the counter with a smile that would snuff a dragon’s flame or lock a shark’s jaws and then … Then, I wait. And wait. And wait some more. I had no idea so many people go to phone stores.

And by the time the teenaged clerk in the red T-shirt finally gets to me, I’ve kind of lost my edge, and sort of feel more like a guppy than a shark.

I manage to stammer that I want a new phone but before I can get to the punchline that I WANT A FREE UPGRADE young Sanjeet already has a shiny new Honda Universe 9 out and he’s thumbing around the screen like lightning and giving me an explanation of the intricate workings of this latest greatest Smartphone and he’s also throwing in a quick detailed analysis of String Theory and Black Holes while he’s at it — until I finally stop him.

“Oh, and here’s the thing,” I say, fairly clearly and relatively authoritatively if I do say so myself, I say: “I don’t want to pay anything at all for the upgrade.”

He gives me THE LOOK for a second and then smiles. “Sure,” he says.

“Let’s see what we can do.” And he

turns to the computer and his fingers fly, and he’s clacking away and I’m feeling pretty darn confident that I’m actually going to pull it off this time.

So I smile back. A nice big smile. You know, showing my shark teeth.

So I now have the new Honda Universe 8 Smartphone right here on my desk. And I’m pretty proud of myself.

Sanjeet gave me a FREE UPGRADE! BAM! Well, there was the $15 for a SIM card (whatever that is, but you gotta have it), $35 for a screen protector (because “these new screens break really easily”), a $20 set up fee (Sanjeet put in the SIM card for me), a $65 protective case (the old phone case wouldn’t fit), sales tax, GST and a 10 per cent “I’m an idiot slave to the cell phone company” interest charge.

Oh, and my old cell phone plan was no longer available so my new plan with my new phone is $15 a month more than the outrageous overcharge amount it used to be.

But, dammit, I got a FREE UPGRADE! Bam? Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Things best kept between dad and son RICK ZEMANEK OPINION

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he day my dear dad and I skulked away to do some fishing, and he told me “don’t tell your mother,” was the day we bonded to new heights as father and son. I was 14.

It was a hot August afternoon in the summer of 1965 when us two devious Musketeers headed out to a trout pond near Alix in dad’s clunker of a ’56 Fargo pick-up truck. Mom, running herself ragged with seven siblings at home in Red Deer, was not to know we were having fun instead of working.

Dad ran Joe’s Esso Service back then in the Village of Alix. He and his dear friend Pete Stevens were two of the best mechanics around in Central Alberta in those days. What they couldn’t fix, wasn’t worth fixing.

Our family roots were firmly planted in Alix until our parents decided to uproot and move to Red Deer. It was quite the culture shock relocating to “the big city” for all of us — dad in particular. He embraced small-town living.

Dad worked for a few years in Red Deer until he was lured back to our original roots. He purchased the service station in Alix and commuted to work from “the city” to feed a family of eight rambunctious children. When I look back, I sing praises about the sacrifices he made for his family. My younger brother Jim and I helped out at the service station during summer holidays. Half our paycheques were set aside by our parents to buy us clothes for that dreaded new school year in September.

With Father’s Day being this Sunday, it’s an appropriate time to let your dad know he’s one great guy! It’s important to him. A hug, a kiss on the cheek, or a simple “I love you,” reassures dad he’s doing good, and he’s a hero in your eyes.

My dad and I seldom talked about things. But he was my hero. I often wish I had told him that. What I did find at my youthful age is that thoughts and actions speak louder than words.

And sharing adventures with my dad were priceless, even if we weren’t

much for the gab. We had mutual passions — fishing, shooting gophers, deer hunting, and the great outdoors in general. We were two silent peas in a pod.

Business was slow that hot afternoon in 1965 at Joe’s Esso Service. The proverbial question going through both our minds was: “Fish or cut bait?” He decided it was time to fish!

We closed shop, put $2 regular gasoline in the old Fargo and raised a dusty wake behind us on the gravel road as we bee-lined it to a trout pond just southwest of Alix. On the way, that’s when he suggested: “Don’t tell your mother.”

Nary a word was ever said to my mom, earning me a ticket to more adventures with my dad behind her back during the slow days at Joe’s Esso Service, such as gopher shooting or more fishing. At times we would find our way to farmers’ fields near Mirror to pace around in search of stone arrowheads crafted by our indigenous people hundreds of years ago while they camped along the shores of Buffalo

Lake. And we did find plenty — including stone spearheads and skinning tools used by those long-gone hunters after a successful bison harvest.

Dad had a heart of gold. One summer afternoon a distraught elderly couple pulled into the service station, en-route to their granddaughter’s wedding. Their car had developed a horrible squealing sound in the area of the clutch plate. They had earlier stopped at a Stettler service station and told the clutch was toast and further driving was not recommended.

Dad listened to the noise and disagreed with the Stettler diagnosis. He put the vehicle on the hoist, fished around with a magnet, and retrieved a broken washer lodged in the clutchplate assembly. The car was as good as new and good to go. “No charge,” dad said. The jubilant couple insisted on paying. Dad settled for one dollar.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) once said in jest about his father: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the

old man around. But when I got to 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”

Dr. Seuss penned of his dad: “Today you are you! That is truer than true!

There is no one alive who is you-er than you!”

And William Shakespeare wrote: “When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.”

My dad passed on suddenly in 1969, along with two of his friends, in a two-vehicle crash near Haynes. At times over the years that followed I was tempted to tell mom of our clandestine outings when business was slow at Joe’s Esso Service. But there are certain things best kept between a father and child in the bonding process — the most important being trust.

Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there. Great job. And we love you!

Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

Will the European Union fall apart if Britan separates?

GWYNNE DYER WORLD

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ow’s this for apocalyptic? “As a historian I fear Brexit (a British vote to leave the European Union in the referendum on June 23) could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also Western political civilization in its entirety,” said Donald Tusk, the President of the European Union, in an interview published on Monday in the German newspaper Bild.

Tusk is not alone in his worries: last weekend Margot Wallstrom, Sweden’s foreign minister, fretted aloud that the British referendum could trigger an avalanche of demands for special treatment or in/out referendums in other EU member countries.

“Other EU member states [may] say: ‘Well if they can leave, maybe we should also have referendums and maybe we should also leave,’” Wallstrom told the BBC. Like Tusk, she actually fears that the whole 60-year experiment in European unity may start to fall apart if Britain leaves.

EU politicians are not much interested in what happens to the United Kingdom after it leaves (which it may well do: an opinion poll last Friday gave “Leave” a 10-point lead). Britain

was usually whiny and often downright obstructive in its dealings with the EU, and if it now chooses to commit a spectacular act of self-mutilation, the general European view will be that it deserves everything it gets.

That is likely to be quite a lot. If the UK loses duty-free access to the EU’s “single market” of 28 countries and 500 million people, it becomes far less attractive to non-European investors who want access to that market. It also loses every trade deal it has with other countries, since they were all negotiated by the EU as a whole. Britain could spend 10 years trying to renegotiate them on its own, and end up with much worse terms.

The resultant collapse in national income might be avoided if Britain remained a part of the single market, which is theoretically possible. Both Norway and Switzerland belong to it without being EU members — but they have to pay in just as much as if they were members, and they have to accept the EU rules on freedom of movement, which means that any citizen of any EU member can live and work in their country.

That’s not going to go down well with the leaders of the “Leave” campaign, since their strongest selling points are stopping immigration, and “saving money” by ending payments to the EU. They simply could not survive politically if they openly abandoned those goals. Nor would EU leaders be willing to fudge a deal: in order to deter other members from leaving, it will

be politically necessary for them to punish Britain economically.

You might wonder how any sane British politician, knowing this, would risk holding a referendum, let alone advocate a “Leave” vote. The answer is a foolish miscalculation (on the part of Prime Minister David Cameron), and reckless ambition (on the part of his would-be successor, Boris Johnson).

Cameron promised the referendum three years ago merely as a device for preserving the unity of the Conservative Party. It would pacify the right wing of his party, which wanted out, but he thought he would never have to hold the referendum because his coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, would veto it. Unfortunately, the Conservatives won a narrow majority in last year’s election, the coalition ended, and Cameron was stuck with his promise.

So far, so stupid — and then Boris Johnson, Britain’s somewhat better-mannered answer to Donald Trump, took the leadership of the “Leave” campaign. Johnson was not even a dedicated anti-EU campaigner, but he was certainly dedicated to taking the leadership of the Conservative Party and the prime ministership away from David Cameron.

Leading the “Out” campaign to victory, forcing Cameron’s resignation and taking his place was the only way Johnson could achieve his ambition, so he took it. He has been utterly ruthless in his campaign tactics, telling lies he knows to be lies (like how much

Britain pays in to the EU), and using anti-immigrant rhetoric that reeks of racism. So he may win.

But he wouldn’t enjoy being prime minister much, given what would happen to the United Kingdom if he wins.

Scotland will certainly vote “Remain,” and it would probably hold a second independence referendum and leave the UK rather than be dragged out of the European Union by English votes.

And the truncated Britain that Johnson led would be dealing with a world of economic woe.

But what about the EU? Would it fragment? Would that lead to the destruction of “Western political civilization in its entirety,” as Tusk suggested?

(By that he presumably meant the end of the trans-Atlantic cooperation between the United States and a more or less unified Europe that has characterized Western strategy for the past 60 years.)

Probably not. The EU is in the economic doldrums, and the prospect of several million refugees coming in has facilitated the rise of nationalist parties, some verging on neo-fascist, in a number of member countries. But the advantages of the single market would probably be enough to hold the EU together, especially if the members had the horrible example of Britain’s fate as a warning.

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

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ADVICE SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016

Health problems should be discussed in private KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: Why do some people feel it is appropriate to discuss their dining companion’s personal health business in public?

Recently, I witnessed someone being grilled about his current cancer treatment and felt sorry for him. It is invasive to ask about cancer surgeries, treatments, etc., in a public place.

Some things are not appropriate to discuss at meals, and other diners do not need to know someone’s private health issues.

If you must ask questions, be considerate and do it privately. — D. Dear D.: Thanks for reminding our readers that personal issues, particularly details about one’s surgeries or treatments, should not be aired in

public places, especially restaurants, where others are forced to listen in.

Please, folks, be considerate of your dining companions and the people around you.

Dear Annie: My wife and I have been married for 35 years. We have had our ups and downs, but when it comes to our sex life, it’s been mostly downs.

Even though it was never exciting, it was not a deal breaker. But many times, sex has been nonexistent for months at a time.

I have tried everything to make things better, and for our “cuddle time” to be something to look forward to. I have suggested different positions, different locations and introduced “toys” into our lovemaking. This always helps for a brief time, and then things go back to the way they were.

I recently read a book about sexual needs and encouraged my wife to read it in the hope that it would start a conversation. She didn’t bother.

When I tried to start that conversation,

she shut down and told me she was brought up not to discuss sex, even with her partner.

To be honest, I have thought about a divorce. At 58, I am not too old to find someone else and have an enjoyable sex life. What holds me back is that my wife cannot support herself, and we also have an adult daughter with special needs.

I can’t afford to see a counselor. She won’t discuss it, and I find myself closing down when I’m around her.

Do you have any advice? — Lonely Husband Dear Lonely: Your wife is in her 50s.

She is likely undergoing hormonal changes that affect her libido. She is probably not as interested in sex as you are, and your attempts to spice things up only add pressure and resentment.

You are too focused on sex. Do you help care for your adult daughter? Do you cook, clean and do laundry? Have you offered to rub her feet after a long day, without expecting sex in return?

Have you given her a hug just because you love her? Do you do other things that create intimacy and affection — loving conversations, dinner out, making her feel appreciated? It doesn’t sound like it.

We agree that sex is an important part of marriage, and your wife should not shut you out. It also is not healthy that she refuses to discuss it, and you can suggest that she talk to her doctor.

There are low-cost counseling options available for you, whether she goes or not. Try your clergyperson, United Way, online resources and any medical school psychology department.

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.

IN ABUNDANCE An Eared Grebe wades in a prairie pothole East of Red Deer. The Eared Grebe is the most abundant grebe in the world. They can be found all over western North America as their main breeding grounds take place in shallow wetlands.

Some interesting facts about this species is it migrates only at night, and because of the length of its fall staging, its southward fall migration is the latest of any bird species in North America.

Photo by RICK TALLAS/ Freelance

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPE Saturday, June 18 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Paul McCartney, 74; Blake Shelton, 40; Isabella Rossellini, 64 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today, try to balance being idealistic with being realistic.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are great fun to be around but you can also be restless and erratic. The next 12 months is the time to learn to wind down and relax.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may feel emotionally vulnerable today, but don’t make things worse by being moody and playing power games. Learn to differentiate between what is essential and what is superfluous.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it comes to joint financial matters, be extra cautious and conservative. Plus talk things over with a wide range of experts before you make a decision, and finally sign on the dotted line.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There may be some confusion between relationship responsibilities and work issues at the moment. So make sure you maintain strict boundaries between what is personal and what is professional.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expect some tension between personal, professional and relationship responsibilities.

Trying to impose your views on others won’t work today Crabs. Cool compromise is the key.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lack of focus, direction and discrimination will slow you down and confuse you today. Lions are trusting folk, but don’t let a dubious acquaintance lead you down the garden path to trouble.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A close relationship with a loved one becomes very confusing today, as neither of you are sure where you stand. In order to sort this one out, you’ll need to be practical and compassionate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today will be stressful for many Librans, as tricky planetary aspects diminish your usual deftly diplomatic touch. It will be impossible to please everyone around you — so don’t even try!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Money matters look complicated today Scorpio, as extra expenses surface or cracks appear in a financial partnership. If you can’t sort things out, then find someone professional who can.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Saturn— which is transiting through your sign — squares Neptune, so expect a day of unsettling uncertainty. The less responsible and organized you are, the more confusing things will be!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Saturn — your ruling planet — squares nebulous Neptune, so you may feel as if the worries of the world are heaped on you today. Don’t make things worse by being over-critical though.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): With prosperous Jupiter and nebulous Neptune in your finance zones, money matters are oscillating between wonderful and woeful. So make sure you stash cash away to tide you over when times are tight.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You want to retreat into your own private world, and are keen to escape problems and daydream the hours away. But you may be brought down to earth by an unwelcome reality check.

Sunday, June 19 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Kathleen Turner, 62; Paula Abdul, 54; Zoe Saldana, 38 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Sagittarian Moon favours education, travel and adventure.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You can become very obsessive about certain people and causes. 2016 is the year to balance solo pursuits with family and group activities.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): When it comes to relationships, are others doing all the giving — while you’re doing all the taking? It’s time to get more balance and fairness back into your relations with loved ones.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s a fortuitous time to do business and sort out finances. But pressures increase during the day, as work or outside issues take you away from home and family responsibilities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Travel and adventure are on your mind but you need to catch up on overdue work requirements and daily chores before you head off in exciting new directions. So put your head down and get on with it!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Relations with a child or friend may be fractious today Crabs. You have certain expectations — but they have other ideas! The more clingy you are, the more difficult the day will be.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There may be some friction with a family member, as personal needs conflict with domestic responsibilities. Group activities are favoured as you mix and mingle with a new crowd.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The planets stymie communication and travel plans but a positive attitude will save the day. The more organized and responsible you are, the less stressful things will be. Take extra care when driving.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With Saturn still in retrograde mode, social media, general communication or the daily commute could be causing some concern. So use today to relax, tune out, wind down and re-charge.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have a desire for emotional contact with others, but they are wrapped up in their own individual worlds. Don’t feel neglected Scorpio! Throw yourself into your own personal projects today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): If you’re expecting a wildly social day, then forget it. Chatty Sagittarians may feel lonely, as family and friends

are preoccupied with their own problems. So find ways to entertain yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you’re working today, professional projects may derail domestic harmony. So strive to spend some quality time with family. And aim to be flexible and forgiving, rather than domineering and dogmatic.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s the perfect day to tackle individual projects that you’ve put on the back-burner. Others will be busy and distant, so just put your head down and get on with your own personal plans.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you living in a Piscean fantasy world? Serious Saturn sends you a major reality check today — especially involving future goals. So take your head out of the clouds and get organized.

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

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A deck is meant to be part of the living space of your home, and a link between the life you live indoors, and the outdoor space of your environment.

The deck of your dreams SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE CARY, N.C. — It may be tucked away in the back of the house, invisible from the street and unknown to anyone but family and guests, but the back porch is the most important room in many Southern homes.

It’s the place where drinks — whether lemonade or something stronger — are poured, smiles are shared and deep thoughts take form, uttered between friends or conjured up during a little time alone with just the trees and the stars.

Lisa Allen Scalise, an interior designer and owner of Ivy Cottage Collections in Morrisville, N.C., knows this well. However, when she and her husband, Jim, built their house in Cary, outside of Raleigh, N.C., 17 years ago, the back deck was barely on their radar. They had two young children and she was expanding her two design stores: one in Morrisville and a nowclosed one at North Hills in Raleigh, N.C. “So when it came time to do the deck,” she recalls, “I was like … ‘I don’t care.’ “ As the years went by and the Scalises settled in, the original deck, little-used, started to deteriorate, and Lisa started making grand plans.

She envisioned a relaxing getaway nestled high in the treetops that buffer the house from a nearby greenway.

And she wanted to go big.

“One of the big things I wanted was to have it feel like we’re living in a treehouse out here,” she said on a recent evening, against the sound of leaves rustling in a lazy late-spring breeze. “And I wanted to have enough space to entertain. I wanted that indoor/outdoor living experience, almost like you’re in a living room, but it’s outside.”

Perched high above the natural wooded yard below, the 1,400-squarefoot deck truly does feel like a home in the trees. An outdoor kitchen tiled in

muted green and blue glass rectangles really go to town with my other furgently separates a large round table nishings out here.”

With those furnishings, Scalise that beckons diners to stay a while from a more casual seating area situat- achieved another mark that’s important to her design aesthetic. ed around a long, narrow fireplace.

“I really like a space to look colAt the edge of that seating area hangs a swing that has hosted many a lected and not too matchy-matchy,” peaceful nap. As well it should — its she said. For herself and for clients, she steers clear of matching base is a twin bed furniture sets that can set a frame. Cushions vibe to snooze. “I want difand pillows allow ferent shapes and sizes and upright seating, textures and then somehow but why stick to have it all flow perfectly.” that when you can A white pergola frames lie back and view the seating area, which is a the sky beyond the couple of wide steps down canopy of leaves from the rest of the deck — a above as you sway cozy, sunken plan inspired in the breeze?

by Don Draper’s apartment “My favorite on “Mad Men,” Scalise exthing to do,” Scalplained. Lighting the space ise said, “is to — and adding a dash of come home from Scalise’s designer flair — work, and if it’s is a chandelier made from still warm outweatherproofed seashells. side, get up on that Scalise was able to bring swing with a book her vision to life, startand I will literally ing last summer, with the be asleep in five of a landscape designminutes. It’s so — Lisa Allen Scalise help er with 3-D software. With peaceful, so nice.” all the details settled, she The peaceful turned to builder Bob Matfeel was something Scalise carefully curated, a bit of a thews of Carolina Custom Design & contrast from the more energetic tones Trim to get it done.

Matthews welcomed the challenge, that mark her work inside her own even though it was a tall order, literalhome and for others.

“I’m a color girl. I like color a lot,” ly: viewed from the back yard, the deck she said. “But when I’m outside, not is nearly two stories off the ground.

“Half the year I spend the time so much. I want it very calm and very trimming out a house or just building serene.”

But color works its magic on her a standard deck or tiling something,” new deck, too, if more subtly. One of he said.

With this project, one of many he’s the first things Scalise settled on for the deck’s decor was the glass tiles, worked on with Scalise over the years, usually used for pools, on the outdoor he said, “Everything was something kitchen and on the sides of the fire- that hadn’t been done in this area that big.” place.

“I didn’t want your stereotypical stone fireplace, stone grill area,” ON DECK she said. “I wanted light and airy, no Adding or remodeling a deck is a heaviness at all. There were enough big investment, though it’s one that’s color elements in [the tile] that I could long been regarded as worthwhile in

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I wanted that indoor/ outdoor living experience, almost like you’re in a living room, but it’s outside

terms of a home’s resale value. According to 2016 data from Remodeling magazine, adding a wood deck recoups 80 percent of the construction cost at resale on a home in the South Atlantic region, which includes North Carolina. Adding a composite deck recoups about 70 percent.

We asked Lisa Allen Scalise, an interior designer, for her advice when planning for the look of a deck (or any room in your home, for that matter): ● If tile is involved, always start with the tile, she said. “That’s a way you can get a very unique look and have that starting-off point for what your color scheme might be, and what your aesthetic might be.” ● Look for inspiration everywhere.

She suggests poring through magazines and online resources: “You’ll find something that will suddenly click with you,” she said, and off you’ll go.

Scalise’s builder for her deck renovation, Bob Matthews of Carolina Custom Design & Trim, offers advice as well, based on his nearly 20 years of experience.

He advises getting more than one estimate, getting references and looking at contractors’ past work. Spend time gathering ideas and information on all the decisions you’ll need to make, including types of decking, handrail styles, lighting, water features, entertainment, sound and more.

When considering size, think about how you’ll use the space, he said, including how much furniture, how big a grill and how many people you’ll want to fit out there. What seems like a large space can fill up quickly.

Most importantly, he said, don’t rush into it.

“You have to look at your project and love it before you have somebody price it,” he said. “Because you’re going to live with it forever, or as long as you own the house.”

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Parging?

Forget it; it doesn’t work well in this climate STEVE MAXWELL HOUSEWORKS

Q: What can I do to fix the finish on my new outdoor wood furniture? I applied a clear sealer that was recommended to me, but it left a milky film behind.

A: The easiest option for anyone with new wood furniture is to let it go grey naturally, but not everyone likes that. You’ll get a more refined appearance with annual applications of exterior oil along with covered storage of the furniture during winter.

Exterior oil is ideal because it forms no surface film, so there’s nothing to peel off. This makes reapplication much easier.

Minwax Teak Oil is the best and most widely available option I’ve found so far. Whatever you do, don’t use ordinary linseed oil. Regular hardware store stuff often turns outdoor wood black in time.

In your case you’ve got the added complication of the milky finish that needs to be removed before oiling.

I’d start with a water soluble deck stripper, followed by a gentle pressure washing. Let the wood dry for a couple of days, then sand off any fuzziness that may have developed from the washing.

You won’t need to do this stripping and sanding process again, it’s just to get you back to bare wood.

Start with two coats of Teak Oil this year, then add another coat every spring.

Your furniture will slowly go darker brown in time, but it will resist going grey.

Squirrels in the attic Q: What can I do to get rid of chipmunks or squirrels in the space between a ceiling and the floor above? I think the animals may be in the cold air return duct, Is there anything we can put in this duct to discourage them?

A: No, I don’t think any kind of repellent will work. You can try moth balls, but they don’t remove an established colony in my experience.

And in your case, you’d have mothball smell all through your house whenever air is moving through the ducts.

All this said, you really do need to do something.

Both squirrels and chipmunks cause lots of damage when they enter a house. I’ve never seen an exception. The worse cases involve chewed wires and a subsequent fire.

The good news is that sooner or later, squirrels and chipmunks always leave the building during the day. This means it’s possible to trap them and relocate.

It’s important to seal up areas where the animals enter once the space is clear. Peanut butter is the best bait I’ve found for live traps.

I use the Havahart cage traps at my place.

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Maybe parging works well in warm climates, but the freeze-thaw cycles we get here in Canada eat parging for breakfast.

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Dear Debbie: My partner and I are having a discussion (argument) about natural versus painted wood. I like the character that paint brings out in a table and I also love colour.

James contends that paint ruins the integrity of the wood. Our second-hand dining table awaits your advice. — Jane Dear Jane; I have been faced with this dilemma countless times. There are people who adamantly fight the idea of painting solid wood, especially if it is old.

For this group, it’s a crime to do anything other than bring the wood back to its former, natural beauty with sanding, striping and a bit of stain, varnish or wax.

On the other side, are the folks who see paint as the perfect tool for transforming a piece of furniture and giving it new life.

There is no right or wrong solution.

It is simply a matter of taste in the same way that one person chooses a black and white decor while another prefers a colourful mix of patterns and shades.

To keep the peace, why not compromise? I came upon this stunning coffee table from Grange, a high style furniture company that is based in France, and distributes to the U,S. and Canada. www.grangeny.com.

The Jacob coffee table has solid beech and limewood sides, panels in French cherry-wood veneer on MDF, and water-based hand painted finishes. Overstitched leather handles add a luxurious element to the four table drawers. The vibrant stripes in varying widths are contemporary and lighthearted, and the wood top glows with its natural beauty.

There’s a variety of paint finishes from distressing or antiquing to whitewashing. Add motifs or patterns, or simply paint a solid colour. Leave the top in its natural state and paint the legs. Or go with a natural wood table and mix it up with a series of painted dining chairs. Concessions make for a captivating style.

Dear Debbie; We have just moved into a century house that needs lots of TLC. The bathroom has black and white tile on the upper walls still in good condition, but the floor is poor quality vinyl. What would you recommend for a new floor? Any other ideas are much appreciated. — Deirdre Dear Deirdre; Black and white is a

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A period-style coffee table has been transformed with brightly striped panels and leather drawer pulls. timeless combination, especially in the bathroom.

Since the tile is still in good condition, you have a great base upon which to work. In keeping with the period style, you can replace the worn-out vinyl on the floor with black and white porcelain tiles. Choose different sizes to make an intriguing pattern.

For a more contemporary look, check out the wood laminate floors. A dark oak or charcoal shade will complement the wall tiles. There are also

high quality vinyl tiles available in numerous patterns including marble.

Your new floor will have a big impact on the room. You don’t say what is below the wall tiles. Whether wood or plaster (or drywall), the lower walls are easily painted.

White is always fresh and clean, Towel racks, soap dispensers, shelves all combine to create your style. Then, depending on your budget, you can think about replacing faucets and the sink.

Lighting is an important element in the bathroom, and there are now vintage designs using the newest in LEDs. It’s not necessary to do everything at once.

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How to relieve the beige blahs DAVID FERGUSON CREATIVE SPACE

Throughout my career, the question I have been asked most often is: “How do I make a small space feel larger?”

The answer has never changed: Use light, neutral tones of grey, white or beige, and show restraint when using pattern and texture in the space.

Although that advice is sincere, I’m afraid I’ve helped create a generation of home decorators who are terrified to use colour and pattern for fear of invoking the wrath of Iris (the Greek Goddess of Colour).

It is amazing just how literally some people will take your advice, too. Recently, I visited a new client in their home which had beige walls, beige floors, being furniture, beige accessories and beige children. When I ask why there was so much colour restraint, I was told, with a grin, that “they were just following orders”.

Look, there is nothing wrong with beige. Or grey. Or white. Or any colour tone or shade that is used correctly in a monochromatic colour scheme.

A soft, light colour palette can help to make a room feel relaxing, calm and uncomplicated. And yes, it can contribute to making a room feel more spacious.

The problem that I refer to as the “Beige Blahs” develops when almost exactly the same tone or shade is repeated too often, and without any variation of texture or pattern.

Colour will appear in any room whether you plan it or not. Inevitably, there will be pictures on a wall, books on a shelf, houseplants on a table, or fruit in a bowl, and each one of these will likely feature a myriad of rainbow colours. It’s important to integrate these things so that they don’t appear haphazard.

The fact is, purposefully using and mixing colour and pattern in a limited space interior is not easy, but neither is it rocket science.

The goal is to create a cohesive, pulled-together decorating scheme, and that is best achieved by using one, consistent paint color on the walls of all connecting spaces.

In my illustration, those spaces are the foyer, hallway and the living/dining room combination. To some extent, the kitchen would also be included.

This doesn’t necessarily mean the main colour has to be beige or white or gray, but connecting spaces should all share a single, dominant colour.

Add darker and lighter variations of neutral tones, and reap all the benefits while avoiding the blandness.

The cruel reality is the most relaxing rooms (and sometimes the most elegant ones) are usually darkly-coloured. The problem with those spaces is they will appear dreary, particularly when they are used day after day.

When the goal is to keep a room feeling larger, darker tones can, and should, be used sparingly, to give the over-used lighter tone a much-needed contrast.

To illustrate that point, I have shown the floors and the trim around the doors and windows stained in a rich brown tone. For variety, the longest wall in the space is shown decorated with a classic darker tone-onlighter tone striped wallpaper.

Natural light is the single greatest contributor to the feeling of spaciousness, so to ensure that natural light is effectively reflected into the condo, the ceiling throughout the unit is painted with a clean, bright white. To complement that, much of the larger upholstered furniture is also white.

Glass and white metal finishes were selected for side pieces to give the room its contemporary look.

Throughout this condominium apartment, subtle colour variations are incorporated. The wall surface

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Beige walls, even some beige furniture, sure, but brightened with contrasting colours and a dark base colour make this room stand out. is usually the largest expanse in any room, and in a smaller home that you’re trying to make appear larger, it makes sense to maintain an even and consistency look.

Take note of sightlines (everything visible within a space from any given point) as this will be important information when choosing where colours will go, particularly in an open plan space.

Creating a cosy atmosphere in a room with too much sameness would certainly be a challenge, but by pairing “undertones” of a similar paint color you will immediately see a pleasant variation. To illustrate that example, I have shown a subtle, striped wallpaper that incorporates “tan” and “biscuit”, the lighter of the two closely matching the base wall colour.

In this case, the “undertone” is a soft yellow. Other variations of beige might have an orange, red, or even blue undertone.

Similarly, warm peach shades of white might be called “ivory”, “lace” or “cream”.

Even shades of grey will have undertones of yellow or blue, among others.

Inject bold colours through the accessories you choose. No one’s creativity should ever be restricted, but in the interest of creating a strong, unified look throughout an open space, it’s probably a good idea to explore edgier ideas in a space distinctively separate from the open area.

Accessorizing is a relatively inexpensive way to introduce drama. They can be a cheap and easy way to stay in fashion, or a way to change-things-up when a look gets tired.

By limiting the use of bold colours and patterns to accessories, a potentially shocking effect will be more palatable.

Colour has the power to make things more interesting and exciting, and it can draw attention to itself.

But no one should ever feel the need to escape from colour.

Read more about the effective use of colour on my blog at www.topcreativespaceideas.com. You can also join the discussion on Facebook (Creative Space), or follow me on Twitter and Instagram (DFCreativeSpace).

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BAUGHMAN Harvey Richard 1933 - 2016 Mr. Harvey Richard Baughman of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2016 at the age of 82 years. Harvey was born on July 3, 1933 to Samuel and Oline Baughman at Didsbury, Alberta. He was the youngest of four sons.

Harvey grew up on the family farm and remained there until seventeen years of age. He then ventured out on his own; where he began his lifelong career in the Oil and Gas Industry. He courted, then married Eleanor on August 15, 1957. She was the love of his life for over 58 years. They added to their family, three sons; Bruce, Ralph and Robert, who were raised in northern Alberta.

After their time spent in the north, they resided in the Bergan District.

Upon retirement, Harvey was an avid gardener, much to the delight of his neighbors; as he provided them and many others with his bountiful offerings. A game of cards or crib was his passion, along with playing his accordion. Harvey will always be remembered for his great sense of humor and his ‘at least a thousand clean jokes’.

We will miss the laughter his jokes created and all of the happy times we shared together. He was a wonderful husband, father and friend.

Harvey will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Eleanor; and sons, Bruce (Lynda), Ralph and Robert.

He will also be sadly missed by his brother, Howard (Leone) and sister-in-law, Lois.

Harvey was predeceased by his parents, Samuel and Oline, and two brothers, Lloyd and Clifford.

A Celebration of Harvey’s life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Harvey’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca. The family would like to extend their sincere thanks and gratitude for the wonderful care that Harvey received while at Extendicare Michener Hill.

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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CARLISLE James “Al” Allen It is with great sadness that the family of Al Carlisle announces his passing at the Olds Hospital, Tuesday June 14, 2016 at 67 years of age.

He was born in Souris Manitoba on August 28, 1948. He joined the RCMP in 1970 and moved to Alberta.

He met the love of his life Darlene and they were married in 1972. Al had an abundance of love and zest for life and it shone through his family and his home. His greatest joys were his children, grandchildren and his home. Al will be profoundly missed by his wife Darlene of 44 years; his children Sherri Carlisle, Lori (Lane) Milligan; two granddaughters Peyton and Brooke Milligan; his sister Suzanne (Rick) Pinsent and many extended families. He was predeceased by his parents Frank and Dorothy Carlisle, his brother and sister in-law Peter and Corrine Carlisle and his inlaws Don and Mary Wolfer.

A Celebration of Al’s Life will be held on Tuesday, June 21 at 1:00 p.m. at Heartland Funeral Services Chapel (5226 46 St.)Olds. In lieu of flowers a memorial tribute in Al’s name can be made to the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.

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EVERINGHAM Aaron David Sept. 14, 1975 - June 12, 2016 Aaron David Everingham, 40, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2016 in Edmonton, AB. He is survived by his wife Charlotte and step-son Aidan, mother Nyla, brother Ryan (Denise), step father Neil (Susan), and many other family and friends. Aaron’s Celebration of Life service will be held at Eventide Chapel 4820 45 St, Red Deer, AB on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 1pm.

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Obituaries

HERMARY Johanne 1964 - 2016 Ms. Johanne Doreen Mary Hermary passed away peacefully, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer, at the Red Deer Hospice on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at the age of 52 years. She was born on March 20, 1964 at Red Deer, Alberta. Johanne was a very caring person. She spent twenty-five years working at the Michener Centre.

Johanne loved traveling, shopping, golfing, cooking, camping and entertaining family and friends. She especially enjoyed spending quality time with her daughter, Megan. Johanne is survived by the love of her life and best friend, Jim Bitschy and her loving daughter, Megan Works. She will also be sadly missed by her mother, Audrey Hermary, her father, Roger Hermary, her brother, Larry (Alida) Hermary, her sister, Lisa (Shane) Lester, stepbrothers, Myron (Pat) Hermary and Garry (Joan) Hermary, stepsisters, Laura (Keith) Budd, Marion (Rick) McLean and Della Hermary, and special friend, Candace Berger; as well as numerous other relatives and dear friends.

Johanne was predeceased by her stepfather, Albert Hermary and her grandparents. A Celebration of Johanne’s Life will be held at Crossroads Church, Southwest Corner of Hwy 2 and 32 Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 1:00 p.m.

Special thanks to Dr. Walker and nurse, Shelley at the Cross Cancer Institute, the staff of Unit 32 at R.D.R.H.C., Dr. Badenhorst, and the staff at the Red Deer Hospice, for all their care. If desired, Memorial Donations in Johanne’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

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HOOD MEYER RITCHIE Irene Sophia Wanda Gwethalyn Robert 1923 - 2016 May 27, 1948 - June 12, 2016 1935 - 2016 Mrs. Irene Sophia Elizabeth With great sadness we said Mr. Robert Arthur Ritchie of Hood of Red Deer, Alberta, goodbye to our mother, Red Deer, Alberta, passed passed away peacefully at grandmother and great friend away at the Red Deer the Extendicare Michener to many, Wanda Meyer on Hospice on Monday, June Hill, Red Deer, Alberta on June 12, 2016. She is 13, 2016 at the age of 81 Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at survived by her Son Peter years. Robert will be lovingly the age of 92 years. Irene (Theresa) Gosling and remembered by his daughters, was born in Grenfell, daughter Lylia (Grant) Donna (David) Noble and Saskatchewan on June 19, Bennett. Also dear to her Bev Thayer, all of Sylvan 1923. She will be lovingly heart were her two Lake, Barb Kiemele of remembered by her children, grandchildren Jane and Julie Innisfail, and Karen Ritchie Cindy Mamen, Hardy Gosling. To all whom cared of Spruce Grove; ten (Barbara) Hood and Lynette for our mom at the Red Deer grandchildren and fourteen (Ed) Grose; her grandchildren Hospice in Anders we can’t great grandchildren. He will Ashley and Dallas Mamen, say thanks enough. The care also be sadly missed by one Stephen and Dustin Hood and compassion shown by brother and three sisters. and Emily and Carson you was so wonderful. To Robert was predeceased by Grose, her sister-in-law’s, Red Deer Regional hospital his wife, Ruth in 2015 and a Irene Gataint, Edith and and to Rev Dale Fallon for son, Raymond in 1982. A Katie Dech, and brother-in- allowing us the use of your Celebration of Robert’s Life law, Vern Hack, as well as wonderful chapel, allowing will be held at the family numerous relatives and close Grant and Lylia to be married home, Sylvan Lake, Alberta friends. Irene was predeceased in the presence of mom. To on Sunday, June 19, 2016. by her husband Claybyn, her Moose Cottage and Brenda Cremation entrusted to parents Jacob and Susanna Farwell, thanks for opening Parkland Funeral Home and Dech, her son-in-law Erik, your doors at the Hospital Crematorium, Red Deer, siblings, George Fred, Chris, allowing our guests to visit Alberta. Interment will take Jake, and Harold Dech and and spend time with Wanda. place at Brooks, Alberta, at a Katherine Milne and Jean A very special thank you to later date. If desired, Memorial Hack. Upon completion of Pastor Kyle and Amanda Donations in Robert’s honor school, Irene was as a Mills for all your help and may be made directly to the hairdresser and owned her support.

You are truly Red Deer Hospice at own salon. In 1952, she amazing people thanks from www.reddeerhospice.com. married Claybyn and they the bottom of our hearts.

Condolences may be sent or lived in Francis and Regina Our celebration of Wanda’s viewed at until the family relocated to Life will be held at The First www.parklandfuneralhome.com Red Deer in 1966. After Church of Nazarene located Arrangements in care of raising her children, she at 2 McVicar Street on June PARKLAND FUNERAL worked at the Red Deer 20th at 1pm with Pastor Kyle HOME AND CREMATORIUM Nursing Home for ten years. Mills. In Lieu of flowers, 6287 - 67 A Street She loved to curl, golf, play donations can be made to (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. bridge, and was active in the the Red Deer Hospice 403.340.4040. community. Irene had the gift Society 99 Arnot Ave, Red of hospitality and her love Deer, AB T4R 3S6; language was cooking and Canadian Cancer Society baking for her family and 200-325 Manning Road NE, friends, and is remembered Calgary AB, T2E 2P5 or for her perogies, cabbage Heart & Stroke Foundation of rolls, cookies and so many Alberta 100-119 14th St NW, other wonderful treats! She Calgary, AB, T2N 1Z6. was a loving mother and Condolences may be grandmother, who treasured forwarded to the family by time with her family and visiting loved serving others. Special www.eventidefuneralchapels.com thanks to the staff of Arrangements entrusted to Michener Extendicare and EVENTIDE FUNERAL Births the many others who have CHAPEL helped Irene over the last 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. number of years.

A Phone (403) 347-2222 Celebration of Irene’s life will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Blvd. Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

Memorial Donations in Irene’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Lung Association, www.lung.ca/donate or the Canadian National Institute for the Blind www.cnib.ca/en/alberta.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at LAUGHY www.parklandfuneralhome.com Chad, Lisa and big brother Engagements Arrangements in care of Ben are happy to announce PARKLAND FUNERAL the birth of Jacob Paul on HOME AND CREMATORIUM May 1, 2016 weighing 5 lbs 6287 - 67 A Street 12 ozs. Proud grandparents (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. are Jim and Agnes Laughy 403.340.4040. and Rob and Janine Johnson.

BRUCKLER Diana Diana Bruckler of Red Deer passed away on June 13, 2016 at the age of 67 years.

She will be remembered by her daughters; Rhonda Bailey, Mary Bailey and Kitrina (Jim Eberle); son, Terry Bailey; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. At Diana’s request, no service will be held. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by In Memoriam visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

Reached a Milestone?

FOLKMAN - STEBNER Rock and Charlene Folkman are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Marilee, to Colin Stebner, son of Del and Diane Stebner.

Their wedding will take place on July 30, 2016, in Sylvan Lake, AB.

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GERMAN Elizabeth (Betty) Feb. 29, 1929 - May 31, 2016 A celebration of life will be held Sunday, July 3rd at Centennial Park, middle picnic shelter on lakeshore at Sylvan Lake, from 1-3 pm Inquiries or messages of condolences for the family can be forwarded to coughlaj@telus.net

REAY Henry Alfred (Buster) Sept. 24, 1918-June 11, 2016 Passed away surrounded by family. Survived by his children Georgina (Jim) Jackson, Sheila Jackson, Henry (Dawn) Reay.

Grandchildren and great grandchildren. Predeceased by wife Mary, son Denis, grandson Vince, and son-inlaw Danny. Memorial Tea June 20, 2016, 2 pm at Valley Centre Hall. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Northcott Care Centre Ponoka, 4209-48 Ave. Ponoka, T4J1P4

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MURPHY Steven Michael Mar. 21, 1961 - Jan. 26, 2016 A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday June 25, 2016 at 01:00 PM. It will be held at Our Lady of Peace Parish in Innisfail Alberta, 4304 - 49 Ave. Steve was predeceased by his Father Leo in April of 2010. He is survived by his mother Clara, sister Regena, brothers Patrick and Jerry, many loving relatives and friends. Please join us to remember him and celebrate his life.

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, June 18, 2016

WHAT’S HAPPENING

CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

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Lost

BLUE and grey backpack belonging to deaf 4-yearold child taken from car in parking lot at Las Palmeras restaurant on June 14.

Backpack contained items which he needs to help him hear via his cochlear implants. Extremely valuable to him - no one else. Reward offered. If found please call 403-342-6590.

MOUNTAIN BIKE, black with white strip on seat.

Lost at North Walmart.

Bike is for Special Needs Person - Only Means of Transportation! If found call 403-314-1608 Ask for Brent REWARD RING, Gold with blue stone, LOST south Red Deer. If found please call 403-307-3880 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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FRAC Water management company looking to hire experienced water personnel. Must have knowledge of pumps, running hoses, lay out of jobs, supervising crews.

Rapidly growing company with year round work.

Competitive wages and benefits. Hiring immediately. Work in Alberta in BC area.

Please forward resumes to info@ whitewatermanagement.ca

AAA-1 OPPORTUNITY

Healthtek Inc is expanding in Red Deer area & needs 8 Full Time positions filled ASAP. Call for Red Deer interview

NO EXP NECESSARY

810

NOVA PAVING IS looking for experienced Field Site Surveyor /project coordinator Competitive wages, working in Regina and southern Sask. Apply at pspring@novapaving.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S F/T or P/T GRILL COOK

Repurposed Food Distributor

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Apply in person with resume • 3811 40th Ave.

JJAM Management (1987) Personals Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: ALCOHOLICS #3, 5111 22 St. ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 37444 HWY 2 S COCAINE ANONYMOUS 37543 HWY 2N 403-396-8298 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Celebrate your life Req’d F/T & P/T with a Classified permanent shift, early ANNOUNCEMENT morning, morning, day, eves. shift weekend day night. both full and part time. 40 - 44 hrs/wk 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not CLASSIFICATIONS req’d. Apply in person or 700-920 fax 403-314-1303

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Caregivers/ Aides

710

FULL-TIME live-in caregiver needed for elderly lady.

Please call 403-392-0711 LOOKING for a Live-in Caregiver w/exp. to care for 5 & 8 yr. old. Email resume to: jeannette. lobaton@yahoo.ca Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Computer Personnel

730

Sales & Distributors

Marketing reps needed $500+/week to start 8 Full time entry level positions open in Red Deer this week! No experience necessary!

Must be available to start asap. Raise/promotion available in 30 days.

Call 1-(844)-207-7513 for an interview today!

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Trades WOLF CREEK PUBLIC Schools invites applications for the following position:

Technology Support Assistant Division Office For further specifics on the above position, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek.ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473.

Tired of Standing?

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Restaurant/ Hotel

830

Shows empathy to those that are in distress Reduce food waste and hunger by following established guidelines In an efficient manner tailor make boxes of food for household Distribute repurposed food to clients and partner organizations Provide compassionate service.

Participate at indoor and outdoor promotional events.

Food Repurposing Aide

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Reduce Hunger and food waste by following established guidelines In an efficient manner sort perishable and non-perishable food for the purpose of redistribution Distribute repurposed food to clients and partner organizations Participate in indoor and outdoor promotional events

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A student enrolled in post secondary school and returning in September.

Must have a valid driver’s license Must be friendly, physically fit, & energetic Available for a flexible schedule Apply in person with resume to #12 7429 49 Ave Red Deer to Fred Scaife or Alice Kolisnyk.

Employment Training

TRAINING CENTRE Industries #1 Choice!

403.341.4544

P/T Carpenter needed, will work into F/T seasonal. mmurphy@decks.ca TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

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Wanted To Buy

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24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1595/mo. in Red Deer.

403-782-7156 403-357-7465 MOUNTVIEW entire home, (across from Totem) (across from Rona North) across from school, 4 bdrm., dbl. garage, lrg. lot backs onto park, fully dev., 2 full baths, new reno’s, 5 appls., $1549 + utils. July 1.

Call Alex 403-519-2944 SYLVAN LAKE high end, 1400 sq. ft. bungalow, dbl. att. garage, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, jetted tub, fireplace, CLASSIFICATIONS hardwood floor, granite 1500-1990 counters, ceramic, walkout bsmt., $1660. rent/dd + utils., avail. July 1 Building no pets, n/s.

1-403-560-5510 Paul Supplies pauld1953@gmail.com (15) 14’, 2x4’s, new but SYLVAN: fully furn. rentals not straight. $35. for all incld’s all utils. & cable.

403-346-2859 $550 - $1300. By the week or month. 403-880-0210 LUMBER, pressure treated 2x6 10’ and 12’. 10 of each. $165 or offers.

Condos/ 403-346-7103

stuff

Exp’d Framers Journeman Carpenters

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

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1550

Townhouses

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

Now Hiring

GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION

1640

7642688F7-20

Firewood

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

1660

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

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FIREWOOD seasoned & split $50.00 1/2 ton load.

403-728-3485

Health & Beauty

1700

INVERSION Table, $200.

403-343-6044

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 West Lake

3 FAMILY garage sale, 114 Arthur Close, Fri., June 17 and Sat., June 18, 9 - 9, lots of stuff; over 20 years of accumulation.

97 WEDDELL CRES., June 16, 17 & 18 Thurs. Fri. & Sat. 10 - 7 MULTI FAMILY Something For Everyone!

Kentwood Estates

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

162 KIDD CLOSE June 17 & 18 Fri. 2-8 & Sat. 9 - 4 Camping & fishing supplies, carpenter tools......

3030

2 BDRM. 1400 SQ. FT. 2009 condo w/att. single garage, Ironstone Way Ref’s req’d. Avail. now.

Rent neg. 403-728-3688

SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

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

BENCH Grinder, 1/3 HP, Westpark, Kentwood, $25.; Dremel Tool Kit with Highland Green, Riverside base, $40.; Metal Folding Meadows. Rent starting at table, $15. 403-346-6539 $1000. SD $500. For more METAL STORAGE info, phone 403-304-7576 shelves, (2) metal 3’ x 6’. or 403-347-7545 $30.

SOUTHWOOD PARK Wind speed Indicator, 3110-47TH Avenue, $15.; CB Radios (2), 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, w/accessories. $25. generously sized, 1 1/2 403-346-6539 baths, fenced yards, METRIC Socket, plus tool full bsmts. 403-347-7473, box. $100.

Sorry no pets.

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Tools

FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE

Aspen Ridge

3020

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Requires Full Time

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

1930

CLASSIFICATIONS

OILFIELD TICKETS

“Low Cost” Quality Training

850

1900

rentals

SAFETY

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Out of Town MULTI FAMILY SALE 1 Day only! Saturday, June 18th, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Gasoline Alley Overpass EAST 3 miles to Range Road 271 - see signs Furniture, antiques, chain link fence, misc. household items

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building.

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

GLENDALE

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

403-304-5337

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or JULY 1. $900/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337

Realtors & Services

4010

Boat Slips Available For Sale or Rent Sylvan Lake, AB 403.318.2442 info@watersedgesylvan.com www.watersedgesylvan.com

Tires, Parts Acces.

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

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Houses For Sale

1/2 DUPLEX, 2 storey 1600 sq. ft. 3 bdrms., 2 1/2 baths, main flr. laundry, att. dble. garage, close to playgrounds, schools & shopping. Serious buyers only, no realtors.

403-342-0813

4040

Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

5180

REBECCA MURRAY NAGEL

ENGINE STAND, $35.

403-346-7103

who died on July 25, 2015

H.D. R.V Scissor Jacks, 1 pr. $100. 403-347-2797

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by

TIRES, (4) 215/65R16, M & S Radial, good cond. $120. 403-347-2797 TOWING MIRRORS, 2 pr. custom, 1 pr. for 1993 -1977 Dodge pickup, 1 pr. for 2002 - 2005 Dodge pickup. $40. /pr. 403-347-2797 TWO Bridgestone tires, 175-70-13, 85% treadwear, $40 for both.

403-505-3113

July 25, 2016

and provide details of your claim with Patricia E.B. MacSween Barrister & Solicitor at 4824 51 Street, Red Deer AB T4N 2A5.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

The Perfect Family Companion

SPACIOUS 1,150 ft. duplex condo in Michener Place, one bdrm with ensuite, walk-in closet, den, basement 60 % finished with bdrm., full bath, rec room, rear deck with awning, 2 car garage, only 459,900.

Call 403-505-8625.

No agents pls.

Condos/ Townhouses

6010

WatersEdge Marina Public

– Local Activities & Festivals – – Calendar of Events – – Restaurants – – Current Events –

THE NORDIC

VICTORIA PARK

STUDIO APARTMENT SALE! All inclusive senior living.

Avail. for immed. occupancy from $1849. Call to book a tour 403-309-1957

3070

Cottage/ Seasonal

WATER FRONT

CRIMSON LAKE CABIN $480,000. 250-231-1965 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

3090

Rooms For Rent

BLACKFALDS, $500, all inclusive. 403-358-1614 ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712

3110

Offices

Downtown Office

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

3180

Pasture

PASTURE

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

3190

Mobile Lot

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

4090

Homes

2 BDRM. mobile home, stove fridge, washer, dryer in Rimbey Mobile Home Park. Good cond. $19,500. obo. 1-780-465-7107

Income Property

4100

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Industrial Property

4120

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

Buildings For Sale

4150

SMALL office storage etc.

Unit approx., 8x20, not on skids, all steel & insulated w/power & furnace.

8x12 Calf shed w/floor & doors. Call 403-347-6455

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CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Trucks

5050

2013 GMS Sierra 4X4 under 50,000 kms. very good cond., $23,500.

David 403-341-5670

North Red Deer

4210

OPEN HOUSE SERGE’S HOMES June 18 & 19, 1 - 5 6325 61 AVE RED DEER

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

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

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1085

3060

4000-4190

MICHENER Hill condos Phase 3 NEW 4th flr. corner suite, 1096 sq. ft., 2 PENHOLD, deluxe 3 bdrm., bdrm, 2 bath, a/c, all appls, hrdwd. flrs., inclds. heat and underground parking water, $1100. 403-348-6594 w/storage, recreational amenities, extended care centre attached, deck.

403-227-6554 to 4 pm. weekdays or 588-8623 Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, anytime. Pics avail. on Kijji.

N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444 Manufactured

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., Cleaning $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. now or July 1. 403-304-5337 CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE Avail. to start cleaning houses on July 2. Call: Sharla at ORIOLE PARK 403-357-7801 leave msg 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or July 1st.

Construction 403-304-5337

Suites

PUBLIC NOTICES

CLASSIFICATIONS

PENHOLD 1 bdrm., 4 appls., inclds. heat & water, no pets, $760/mo. 348-6594

GLENDALE

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

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

Avail. now or July 1 403-304-5337

homes

DOWNTOWN well-managed, quiet adult bldg., avail. now, 1 & 2 bdrm. with balcony, $850 and $895/mo. Heat and water incld. 2 wks. free with 6 mo. lease. No pets.

403-348-1262 or 403-347-3213

3050

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

5160

Boats & Marine

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CITY VIEW APTS.

MORRISROE MANOR

SMALL TABLE with two chairs for indoor use wanted. Call 403-358-3597.

900

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

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3060

Suites

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

403-885-5020 GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $800/mo., D.D. $850, N/S, 50 - BRAND NEW turn no pets, no partiers. buckles, hook and eye, 403-346-1458 9-3/8” $1.00 each call 403-728-3485 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. CAMPING dishes, SUITES. 25+, adults only unbreakable, Durawere n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Set. $35.

LIMITED TIME Coleman Propane lantern, $50. Coleman Propane OFFER: Camp Stove, $100.

One free year of Telus 403-343-6044 internet & cable AND one month’s rent FREE on 2 COFFEE Maker, bedrooms! Renovated under counter, $30. suites in central location.

403-343-6044 Cat friendly. leasing@ COPPER clad aluminum rentmidwest.com #2, booster cables $40.

1(888)482-1711 403-343-6044 Electric Bar-B-que $50.

403-309-3045 FAN, floor model, fits in Rental incentives avail. doorway, 22”x22”. $25.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg.

403-347-3849 only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444 GAZEBO, hardtop, new in box. 12’x9’x8’, $500.

Something for Everyone 403-341-9050 Everyday in Classifieds SPIDERMAN figures, (4), NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 single sheets, hat, toque bdrm. apartments, rent and gloves. $25. $750, last month of lease 403-347-3849 free, immed. occupancy.

403-596-6000 VIDEO Photo Tripod, extended height, 143 cm.

Opposite Hospital $40. 403-346-6539 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, WATER HOSE REEL, adults only, no pets $35. 403-885-5020 heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885

Travel Packages

Applicants must be: •

GLASS TOP metal end tables (2) and coffee table w/glass. $50. each.

403-341-9050 KITCHEN Chairs, (4), $40; Chesterfield & Chair, French Provincial, Beige Satin $150.; 403-309-3045

Misc. for Sale

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Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

SUMMER STUDENT JOB DESCRIPTIONS & REQUIREMENTS

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Household Furnishings

WANTED

Operators on duty Saturday 12pm-8pm Sunday 2pm-6pm Monday 10am-5pm Tuesday 10am-5pm

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Professionals

880

Misc.

Help

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Oilfield

HICKORY DICKORY DECKS For all your decking needs.

Wood or low maint. composite. Warranty. mmurphy@decks.ca (403) 348-1285

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Contractors

1100

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

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

Kitchen reno’s.

Wes 403-302-1648 DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

1180

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Moving & Storage

1300

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

MOVING? Boxes? Appls.

Over 20 yrs. exp. removal. 403-986-1315 Call Jon 403-848-0393

Handyman Services

1200

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

Call James 403-341-0617

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Roofing

1370

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

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

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

Yard Care

1430

MARSHALL MAN LAWN CARE: Lawn mowing & trimming, deck & fence painting & staining, Reasonable rates. Odd Jobs. 403-896-9851

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

SECOND 2 NONE, reg. and res. grass cutting/yard clean-up/trim hedges, brush/ rock and sod jobs/eaves.

Free est. 403-302-7778

TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434

YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459