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The boar war

WILD BOAR FARMER AND RED DEER COUNTY AT ODDS OVER THE DANGERS OF THE ELUSIVE CREATURES

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Behind doubled-up fencing, electric wire and a sturdy padlocked gate dozens of grunting, snuffling wild boar are oblivious to the controversy surrounding them.

Ray McKinnon has a sow, boar and more than 50 piglets and yearlings in an enclosure on his Penhold-area property. He is breeding them for hunts and believes, if handled properly, Red Deer County need not worry about escapes — a problem that other municipalities have faced.

Council voted earlier this month to enter into an agreement with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, which enforces wild boar regulations.

Once the agreement is signed, the county intends to create a bylaw prohibiting wild boar farms. Council is concerned that wild boar could escape and the elusive creatures could proliferate.

McKinnon doesn’t deny that escaped boar have proven a problem in some rural areas in the past.

But the Alberta government has since adopted regulations to ensure that wild boar enclosures are properly secured and the facilities are inspected.

At his pen, McKinnon has exceeded the regulations. His posts and fence are deeper into the ground than required, posts are closer together, electric wir-

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ing strength higher and fencing doubled up. The enclosure is inspected twice a day to ensure it’s secure.

If he needs to go into a pen, he must remove a padlock and another person armed with a rifle stands guard in case one of his Russian Razorbacks makes a dash for it.

“They get out, they get shot. That’s all there is to it. “(Escapes) cannot happen.”

The boar are not the wild animals that some believe, he said.

“These guys have been raised in captivity. They are not really a wild hog. They’re not feral.”

Despite assurances from wild boar supporters, past experience with escapees worries provincial and municipal officials. First imported into the province for hunting in the early 1990s, enough boar

escaped and bred to create a significant nuisance in some rural areas, particularly Lac St. Anne County northwest of Edmonton.

In Alberta, hundreds of wild boar have been killed for a $50 bounty since they were declared a pest by the province in 2008.

Saskatchewan also has a big problem with wild boars, which were described by one agricultural scientist as an “ecological train wreck.”

Red Deer County had its own small problem with boars around that time in the southwest corner of the county. Eventually, 19 boars were killed.

Mayor Jim Wood said no matter how good the enclosure, the county is worried escapes could happen.

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Lottery pushes cardiac project over the top

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/ Advocate staff

Hospital Lottery Alan Williams spins the ticket draw barrell prior to the draw for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation Lottery Draw in Red Deer on Friday. Bob Wynnyk of Spruce Grove was the grand prize winner of the house in Red Deer.

The 2016 Hospitals’ Lottery succeeded in raising enough money to follow through on plans to improve cardiac care at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Ticket sales were down compared to previous years, but the 18th annual lottery still managed to sell 80 per cent of its 102,000 tickets, and 90 per cent of Hospitals’ Mega Bucks 50 tickets were sold.

Cynthia de Boer, lottery project officer with Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, said the sluggish economy definitely impacted ticket sales.

“People were purchasing either less tickets, or they were purchasing our single ticket. What’s really great about our buying public is that they still purchased. By doing so, it still put our lottery over the top,” de Boer said at the grand prize house on Friday where the lottery’s 428 prizes were drawn.

“Between the proceeds that we did make from the lottery, from donations that came into cardiac care during the lottery, and also from another cardiac project that came in under budget, we are actually able to fund the project 100 per cent.”

Lottery proceeds go towards phase two of the cardiac enhancement project at Red Deer hospital for the purchase and installation of new equipment.

The $700,000 phase includes 106 digital clocks in the Emergency, Inpatient Cardiology/Telemetry and Cardiac In-

tensive Care departments for time-sensitive therapies such as medication; four more hard-wired beds for appropriate monitoring for more cardiac patients; portable monitors for continuously monitoring patients during transportation to other locations for treatment or procedures; renovations to update information technology and fundamental infrastructure for future cardiac programs.

Winning tickets were drawn on Friday for the grand prize three-bedroom bungalow, located at 117 Lazaro Close,

valued at $799,000. Other prizes included a Ford Mustang GT convertible, Dodge 1500 crew cab 4x4, a heli-fishing trip, furniture packages, and much more.

Bob Wynnyk, of Spruce Grove, won the grand prize home. Robert Schaefer, of Red Deer County, won $224,892.50 in Hospitals’ Mega Bucks, the foundation’s 50-50 draw.

The two winners were alerted by phone early Friday afternoon after their names were drawn.

Schaefer made sure he was sitting down when he realized who was calling and couldn’t believe his good fortune.

“Thank you so much,” Schaefer said when he learned how much money he had won. “(Hospitals’ Lottery) is a good cause and I like to always take part in that for our local area.”

Planning for the 19th annual lottery has already begun. The grand prize home will be built by Sorento Custom Homes at 105 Laratt Close.

On top of that, the boar are only around for one purpose — to hunt, says Wood. There is plenty of regular pork available for eating without adding wild boar to the menu.

Wood said he hasn’t heard from any farmers who are in favour of wild boar operations in the county.

It boils down to learning from other’s experiences, he said.

“We have to take a look at what has happened in other jurisdictions around North America that have had these animals get away and how much trouble they’ve had to control them.

Have they even been able to control them?”

He compares wild boar to weeds.

“Once they start to multiply it’s hard to control. It’s far easier to control before you have the problem.”

In Mountain View County, the discovery of an unlicensed boar hunting operation had staff and council scram-

BOARS: A fence is only as good as a gate that’s left open “A fence is only as good as a gate that’s left open” he said.

If a male and female get out, the prodigious breeders could create a population in the thousands in just a few years.

On top of that, a large boar can be ferocious opponents for any human and won’t give up until a person is down.

“If they can do that to a man, what will they do to a child?”

Besides the danger, the boar love to root around and could cause considerable damage to gardens and crops.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

ABOVE; Ray McKinnon tosses fruit into the compound containing his razorback pigs on his property in Red Deer County.

LEFT; Razorback pigs on Ray McKinnon’s property in Red Deer County. bling in response. County officials inspected the operation and ensured it was secure. However, the prospect of others opening up was not palatable to council.

On June 8, council voted to amend the county’s Animal Control Bylaw to make wild boars a prohibited animal, even in an agricultural operation, effectively banning them.

County Reeve Bruce Beattie said the municipality already had experience a number of years ago with feral boars that escaped a now-defunct breeding facility. Before long, 30 or 40 boar were roaming around. The county put a bounty on them and hunters managed to kill them all over the next six months or so.

Rather than risk more escapes, council decided to impose a blanket ban.

“We’re just trying to nip it in the bud and prevent future problems.”

There currently aren’t any hunting facilities in Central Alberta. One in Clearwater County closed down when the property was sold.

McKinnon said they are hoping to find another piece of land that can be fenced and boars let loose to be hunted. That will give Central Alberta boar hunters a place to go and a spot to host charitable Wounded Warrior events, where Canadian veterans are invited to hunt for free. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Pair arrested in relation to fentanyl production bust

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A search warrant executed last December in Red Deer County has been tied to a complicated investigation and two arrests this week related to largescale production of fentanyl pills.

That search was carried out at a business in the county by police authorities who seized four barrels containing 100 kgs of N-phenethylpiperidinone (NPP), used to make fentanyl.

The barrels were originally from China and had come to the attention of the Canada Border Services Agency in October at Edmonton International Airport.

On Thursday, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), announced in Edmonton it had seized 100 kilograms of NPP. Police said it was enough theoretically to make 38 million fentanyl pills.

In 2015, 274 people in Alberta died from fentanyl overdoses. So far this year at least 69 people have died in the province. In Red Deer, in the first three months of this year, there have been seven recorded fentanyl deaths.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate up to 100 times more potent than morphine.

ALERT also seized four kilograms of W-18 powder, and 3,200 fentanyl pills containing highly toxic W-18.

Two Edmonton residents were arrested on Wednesday and have been charged in connection with investigation, ALERT stated in a release.

Project Alchemy was a nine-month ALERT investigation that began last October when the Canada Border Services Agency officers intercepted the 100 kilograms of NPP. The powder was contained in four barrels and originated in China. Analysis later revealed it was NPP, which is not regulated in Canada.

The NPP was not seized but the CBSA referred the seizure to ALERT, which conducted a follow-up investigation.

ALERT made the investigation its highest priority given the public safety ramifications. On Dec. 9, search war-

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rants were conducted simultaneously at the Red Deer County business, an Edmonton home, and a suspected fentanyl lab in Leduc County.

A number of things were seized from the Leduc County rural residence including W-18, NPP, caffeine powder used as a binding agent, 3,200 fentanyl pills; 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, 10 litres of gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), a pill press, powder mixer and five vehicles.

The fentanyl pills seized in Leduc County were white and had similar markings to a Percocet pill. The pills were confirmed as fentanyl after initial lab analysis, but only recently did further testing reveal that the pills also contained W-18.

ALERT issued a public notification concerning the W-18 powder seizure on April 20.

The search warrant at the southeast Edmonton home of the accused resulted in the seizure of chemicals used in the production of MDMA, firearms, and cash. The seizure included two kgs of benzylpiperazine (BZP), two kgs of trifluoromethylphenylpiperazinem (TFMPP); a loaded shotgun, semi-automatic rifle, various ammunition and two prohibited gun magazines and $8,500 cash.

Dean Clayton Abbott, 41, and Shavon Carlene Wenger, 32, have been jointly charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking; possession of proceeds of crime; possession of a firearm without a licence; storage of a firearm contrary to regulation; possessing a prohibited device without a licence; and careless storage of a prohibited device.

Abbott also faces the additional charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking; possession of proceeds of crime; and possession of stolen property.

ALERT is a compilation of law enforcement resources tackling serious and organized crime. Members include Alberta Sheriffs, Calgary Police Service, Edmonton Police Service, Lethbridge Police Service, Medicine Hat Police Service, and RCMP.

Mother facing pornography charges makes court appearance A Red Deer mother facing pornography charges involving her young son is requesting a copy of the information against her from the Crown.

The 43-year-old woman was in Red Deer provincial court on Friday for a brief appearance and was represented by duty counsel, available at the court house for people without lawyers.

The court ordered a publication ban on both the name of the woman and her son to protect his identity.

The woman is accused of sending photos of her four-year-old son over the Internet to a man in the United States. She was arrested in June at a

daycare where she worked.

She was charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation, making child pornography, distributing child pornography, possessing child pornography and processing child pornography. She is not in custody and was previously released on conditions that she have no contact with her son and no access to computers. She returns to court on Aug. 4.

Peter Allen Cash, 39, of Nampa, Idaho, was arrested on May 18. Cash faces nine counts of sexual exploitation of a child and child pornography possession charges pending in Missouri.

Nanton man faces 13 charges after fleeing from RCMP

police from a distance which eventually was driven out of town and stopped near Burnt Lake Trail where the male driver was arrested.

The truck was determined to have been stolen from the Rimbey area on July 2.

The accused faces 13 charges including possession of methamphetamine, assaulting a police officer, dangerous driving and possession of stolen property.

On Thursday, Sylvan Lake RCMP arrested another man after a stolen truck was found on Whitecap Close. A 20-year-old Innisfail man was arrested in Sylvan Lake and charged with two counts of possession of stolen property.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Perched in its basket this small dog has a great vantage spot as it goes along for the ride along the Red Deer River bike paths in the city on Friday afternoon.

Local BRIEFS Red Deer man facing several charges after incident outside Innisfail hotel A 28-year-old Red Deer man who was carrying a loaded shotgun outside a hotel on Wednesday will have his day in court.

Innisfail RCMP responded to a complaint of a disturbance involving a man with a gun at the Motel 6 in the town around 2:30 p.m.

Witnesses say the man was behaving strangely and he had what appeared to be a firearm in a bag.

Police say he threatened the staff and ran towards the motel. The staff members struggled with the man and managed to detain him until police arrived, in the process sustaining minor injuries.

RCMP arrested the man without further incident. The RCMP recovered a loaded shotgun from the scene.

The man is charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possessing a firearm when knowing possession is unauthorized, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, possession of a weapon contrary to an order, failure to comply with conditions of an undertaking or recognizance, two counts of uttering threats, robbery with a firearm, two counts of assault, disguised with intent to commit an offence, possessing restricted firearm/prohibited weapon with ammo without licence/ registration and possessing firearm with tampered serial number.

Search turns up stolen guns in Innisfail Innisfail RCMP seized three guns, including a handgun stolen from Grande Prairie, during the search of a residence on Wednesday.

Police executed the search warrant at an Innisfail residence where they also found a shot gun and sawed-off rifle.

A 25-year-old Innisfail man was charged with four counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a weapon obtained by crime.

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Canada Post truce falls apart WORK STOPPAGE COULD START AS EARLY AS MONDAY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Hope that a work stoppage at Canada Post could be avoided for at least one more month faded Friday as a proposed truce fell apart over what the union called a “poison pill” from the Crown corporation.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, facing being locked out by their employer on Monday, and Canada Post were both ready to agree to a 30-day cooling off period that would keep packages and mail moving under the old contract and let negotiations continue without the threat of a work stoppage.

But Canada Post said it was willing to continue bargaining for another month only if the union agreed to binding arbitration in the event a deal could not be reached — a proposition CUPW had previously rejected.

The union’s executive couldn’t agree to the Canada Post proposal, saying binding arbitration would be giving up their right to negotiate a deal. CUPW national president Mike Palecek said in a statement that nothing in Canada Post’s proposal forced the Crown corporation to bargain with the union.

“We want to have meaningful discussions with management, but getting a guaranteed bailout from an arbitrator at the end of it isn’t the incentive they need to stop playing these games with the public,” Palecek said in the statement.

“Our bosses at Canada Post could just sit there for 30 days, refuse to discuss our proposals, as they have been doing for months, and then wait things out in the legal system for years.”

Canada Post spokesman Jon Hamilton said the Crown corporation had no further comment beyond its earlier statement Friday. In that statement, the postal service said binding arbitration would eliminate uncertainty for workers and for customers, who are already moving business to private couriers.

“What Canada Post has put forward is a reasonable approach that will end the uncertainty immediately and allow for meaningful discussions at the bargaining tables,” the statement said.

The union rejected binding arbitration earlier this week after Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk floated the idea.

Without a truce or deal, Canada Post would be in a legal position to lock out the 50,000 unionized employees starting Monday at 12:01 a.m. ET after pushing back a Friday threat.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

A postal worker walks past Canada Post trucks at a sorting centre in Montreal, Friday. The Canadian Union of Postal workers has called for a 30-day truce to negotiate a new contract and avoid a strike or lockout but that was quashed later in the day which could lead to a work stoppage as early as Monday.

The postal service would stop accepting any new packages in the event of a work stoppage, and any parcels or mail in the system would be stuck there for the duration of a work stoppage. However, government benefit cheques like old age security and Canada Pension Plan payments would still be delivered on the 20th of the month, but not items like municipal hydro and water bills.

The two sides are far apart on two major issues — wages and pensions — after seven months of negotiations, including 60 days of conciliation talks and more than 30 days with federal mediators.

The union wants rural and suburban mail carriers to be paid by the hour, like urban letter carriers, rather than by how many packages they deliver.

Canada Post wants to change the pension scheme for new hires, moving them to a defined contribution plan instead of a defined benefit plan.

Many private sector companies have moved to de-

fined contribution plans because they reduce costs for companies and shift the risk for future payouts onto employees, who are no longer guaranteed a set return in retirement.

The pension proposal is one that other public sector unions are watching closely. If Canada Post’s proposal is adopted, it could signal the direction the government wants to take in future talks with other unions.

“We are watching this very closely. This is the first — and by the way, only — Crown corporation that has come to the table with this approach in the federal government,” said Hassan Yussuff, president of the Canadian Labour Congress.

“I’ve made it very clear the union has our full support to resist any attempt to do that and I think there are other ways for the corporation to try to work with the union.”

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they can meet the people and say thank you to them and we can show them some appreciation for what Calgary did for us.”

Fort McMurray first responders honoured at Calgary Stampede parade

Provinces agree on internal trade, release few details before premier approvals

dens for business, but are releasing few details for now. Federal Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains called the process he and his provincial counterparts set up to deal with the issue “very historic.” The ministers would not talk specifics of the agreement because the premiers, who are meeting this month in Whitehorse, have the final approval.

The Agreement on Internal Trade was signed in 1994 and the updates agreed to Friday come after nearly two years of discussions. Ontario Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid said the agreement will improve Canadians’ access to public contracts, expand the trade of goods and services and reduce technical barriers.

CALGARY — The fire-ravaged city of Fort McTORONTO — Canada’s internal trade ministers Murray had a prominent spot in this year’s Calgary have reached an agreement on interprovincial trade Stampede parade. but say more discussion will be needed on rules govA contingent of first responders and city staff erning the flow of alcohol across the country. marched right behind the vintage car carrying paThey said Friday that the agreement will open up rade marshals Jann Arden and Paul Brandt. procurement markets and reduce regulatory burThe group carried a banner reading “Thank you Alberta,” expressing gratitude for the support the city has received since a fierce wildfire swept through it two months ago.

Wood Buffalo fire Chief Darby Allen took part in the parade.

He said there were some discussions around him being named parade marshal, but he thought it was more important for representatives of the region to march as a group.

“It’s wonderful and kind of like coming home again for me,” said Allen, who previously worked with the Calgary Fire Department.

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Dallas suspect amassed personal arsenal

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after he fatally shot five officers amassed a personal arsenal at his suburban home, including bomb-making materials, bulletproof vests, rifles, ammunition and a journal of combat tactics, authorities said Friday.

The man identified as 25-year-old Micah Johnson told authorities he was upset about the fatal police shootings of two black men earlier this week and wanted to exterminate whites, “especially white officers,” officials said.

He was killed by a robot-delivered bomb after the shootings, which marked the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In all, 12 officers were shot.

In Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee, authorities said gun-wielding civilians also shot officers in individual attacks that came after the black men were killed in Louisiana and Minnesota. Two officers were wounded, one critically.

President Barack Obama and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked for the public’s prayers. In a letter posted online Friday, Abbott said “every life matters” and urged Texans to come together.

“In the end,” he wrote, “evil always fails.”

Johnson was a private first class from the Dallas suburb of Mesquite with a specialty in carpentry and masonry. He served in the Army Reserve for six years starting in 2009 and did one tour in Afghanistan from November 2013 to July 2014, the military said.

After the attack, he tried to take refuge in a parking garage and exchanged gunfire with police, Police Chief David Brown said.

The suspect described his motive during negotiations and said he acted alone and was not affiliated with any groups, Brown said.

Johnson was black. Law enforcement officials didn’t disclose the race of the dead officers.

The bloodshed unfolded just a few blocks from where President John F. Kennedy was slain in 1963.

The shooting began Thursday evening while hundreds of people were gathered to protest the killings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota. Brown told reporters that snipers fired “ambush-style” on the officers. Two civilians were also wounded.

Authorities initially blamed multiple “snipers” for Thursday’s attack, and at one point said three suspects were in custody. But by Friday afternoon, all attention focused on Johnson, and state and federal officials said the entire attack appeared to be the work of a single gunman.

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Vicente Alfaro lays his hands on a police cruiser Friday, outside police headquarters in Dallas. A rally in the area the night before turned deadly when a sniper killed five police officers. Alfaro and other family members said they came from Irving, Texas, to pay their respects to the fallen officers. “We really have a lot of respect for the people who protect us,” he said. “So many people don’t really thank them enough.”

With the lone shooter dead, Mayor Mike Rawlings declared that the city was safe and “we can move on to healing.” He said the gunman wore a protective vest and used an AR-15 rifle, a weapon similar to the one fired last month in the attack on an Orlando, Florida, nightclub that killed 49 people.

When the gunfire began, the mayor said, about 20 people in the crowd were carrying rifles and wearing protective equipment. That raised early concerns that they might have been involved. But after conducting interviews, investigators concluded all the shots came from the same attacker.

A Texas law enforcement official identified the man killed in the parking garage as Johnson. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he said he was not authorized to release the information.

Around midday, investigators were seen walking in and out of a home believed to be Johnson’s in

Mesquite.

In Washington, the nation’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, called for calm, saying the recent violence can’t be allowed to “precipitate a new normal.”

Lynch said protesters concerned about killings by police should not be discouraged “by those who use your lawful actions as a cover for their heinous violence.”

The other attacks on police included a Georgia man who authorities said called 911 to report a break-in, then ambushed the officer who came to investigate. That sparked a shootout in which both the officer and suspect were wounded but expected to survive.

In suburban St. Louis, a motorist shot an officer at least once as the officer walked back to his car during a traffic stop, police said. The officer was hospitalized in critical condition.

Armoured truck holdup ends in death for suspected robber

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A bid by two suspects to ambush an armoured truck in Edmonton ended in death for one of the bandits when he was shot by one of the vehicle’s two guards.

Edmonton’s medical examiner confirmed Friday that Randy James Munian, 40, of Edmonton, died from a gunshot wound to the torso.

The attempted robbery of two GardaWorld Corp. armoured truck guards at a TD Canada Trust bank in southeast Edmonton took place at 12:45 a.m. Friday.

Scott Pattison, a police spokesman, said the suspects — both males — unleashed pepper spray on the guards, but their tactic didn’t work.

“One of the guards was able to discharge and kill one of the fleeing suspects,” said Pattison.

The second suspect was still being sought.

The guards were treated for the effects of the spray, but neither suffered any other injuries.

Pattison said there are lots of bushes around the financial outlet, which the suspects tried to use to their advantage.

“It appears as though they were taking cover and that provided the element of surprise, potentially.”

It was not immediately known how many shots were fired, or whether the employees were taking

cash into or out of the building at the time. A number of witnesses have already been interviewed and police were asking anyone who may have information about the botched holdup to come forward.

Pattison noted that the area where the shooting occurred is normally quite busy during the daytime and is surrounded by a residential neighbourhood.

“It was extremely brazen. Bad guys get an objective in their minds and they’re driven often by drugs or other variables,” he said. “It’s hard to determine when they want to conduct their business. Nothing good happens after 12 in the city, that’s for sure.”

Isabelle Panelli, director of marketing and corporate affairs for GardaWorld, said in a statement that the guards are safe and that the company is providing support to them and their families.

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“The incident is under investigation and we are fully co-operating with the Edmonton Police Department,” she said.

There has been a violent armoured car robbery in Edmonton before. In June 2012, an overnight crew of five armed guards employed by security company G4S was reloading ATM machines on the University of Alberta campus when one of them — Travis Baumgartner — shot and killed three of his co-workers and wounded the fourth.

Baumgartner fled with thousands of dollars in cash but was arrested the day after the shooting while trying to enter the U.S. at a border crossing in British Columbia. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 40 years.

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Raonic reaches Wimbledon final TO MAKE GRAND SLAM FINAL DEBUT AFTER HISTORIC WIN OVER FEDERER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON — Milos Raonic is headed to his first career Grand Slam final after defeating Swiss star Roger Federer in a breakthrough semifinal performance that will be remembered as a watershed moment in Canadian tennis.

The hard-serving player from Thornhill, Ont., beat the Swiss superstar 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Friday to become the first Canadian man to advance to a singles final at a major.

The win came two years after Raonic was swept out of the semis by Federer, a seven-time champion who had never lost in the final four at the All England Club before Friday.

“Definitely a great feeling for many different aspects,” the 25-year-old Raonic said. “Obviously what happened here two years ago, that was very disappointing. But I persevered, I kept plugging away.

“I was struggling through many points of the match. … The attitude kept me in the match and I think that made the difference. I was quite vocal but I was always positive and was always looking for a solution.”

Raonic will face local favourite Andy Murray on Sunday. Murray dispatched Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in Friday’s other semi.

Heading into the match, the third-seeded Federer was a heavy favourite with a 9-2 edge in head-to-head meetings with Raonic. This time, Federer flinched the way he seemingly never used to.

Serving to get to a tiebreaker at 6-5 in the fourth set, Federer went up 40-love. After a forehand winner by Raonic, the unthinkable happened: back-toback double-faults to let Raonic back into the game.

Eventually, Raonic took advantage of a soft volley to deliver a down-the-line backhand passing winner, breaking for the first time since the match’s fourth game — which ended with a double-fault by Federer — and sending the semifinal to a fifth set.

“I can’t believe I served a double-fault twice. Unexplainable for me, really,” Federer said. “Very sad about that and angry at myself because never should I allow him to get out of that set that easily.”

The only other Canadian to get this far was Eugenie Bouchard, the women’s runner-up at Wimbledon in 2014.

While Bouchard made an early exit this year, other Canadians have been making a run alongside Raonic. Seventeen-year-old Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the boys semifinal Friday while he and Canadian partner Felix Auger-Aliassime downed Youssef Hossam and Ergi Kirkin in the boys’ doubles quarter-final.

Raonic said he was watching Shapovalov’s singles match before he went on Centre Court to face Federer.

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Milos Raonic celebrates after beating Roger Federer of Switzerland in their men’s semifinal singles match on day twelve of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday. Raonic won the match and is the first Canadian male to reach a Grand Slam event final.

“It’s a pretty special recognition to the state of Canadian tennis and it’s not just me,” Raonic said.

“There’s many people that are doing well on this stage and the junior stages.

“There’s a lot to look forward to, there’s a lot of prospect, there’s a lot of hope, there’s a lot of positive future for Canadian tennis and it’s great to be at the centre of that come Sunday. I’m glad that I’ve sort of been leading this charge, the first to break through … but I’m by no means done.”

The sixth-seeded Raonic served 23 aces among his 75 winners. The No. 3-seeded Federer broke serve only once, while Raonic managed three breaks.

For Federer, the loss means he remains one title short of the all-time Wimbledon men’s record. The 17-time major champion is still tied with Pete Sampras and 1880s player William Renshaw with seven.

He also is hoping a slip in the fifth set that put him face down on the court didn’t do any serious damage.

“I hope it’s not so bad. I walked it off. I was able to finish,” Federer said. “But I don’t slip a lot. I don’t ever fall down. It was a different fall for me than I’ve

Redblacks, Stamps settle for a tie

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stampeders 26 Redblcaks 26 OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks and Calgary Stampeders were left with mixed emotions following a rare 26-26 tie Friday night.

The last tie game in the CFL was back in 2009 between Calgary and Saskatchewan. They played to a 44-44 draw.

“It’s just weird,” said Ottawa’s Chris Williams, who scored three touchdowns. “We come in here and we didn’t win, but we didn’t lose so it’s like how do we feel?

What do we do?”

Both teams had its share of struggles and will likely dwell on the missed opportunities.

Ottawa’s Trevor Harris finished the game 39 for 50 for 396 yards and three touchdowns and one interception, while Calgary’s Bo Levi Mitchell was 29-of-43 passing for 368 yards and two touchdowns and one interception.

“It’s disappointing,” admitted Harris. “I could have made a play at the end of the game to help us win and just missed the lay-up.

It’s going to be tough to sleep.”

The Redblacks (2-0-1) had a chance to end the game in regulation, but Ottawa’s Nic Grigsby fumbled on Calgary’s (1-1-1) oneyard line with 1:24 remaining in regulation. It was 20-20 after four quarters.

In overtime the Redblacks’ Jermaine Robinson nearly had an interception, but just couldn’t hold on to the ball and then struggled from in close with an opportunity to score.

“We definitely had a few instances there in the end where we could have closed it out and we didn’t do it,” said Ottawa coach Rick Campbell.

“We don’t have a lot of time to dwell on this one. We’re back at it on Wednesday so keep moving forward.”

Stampeders coach Dave Dickenson felt it was a matter of missed opportunities for both sides.

“We had a lot of effort, I’m not going to fault that,” said Dicken-

ever had.”

Asked how badly he might have been injured, Federer replied: “I don’t know yet. I don’t even want to know. I just felt not the same afterwards.”

This has been a difficult season for Federer, who never needed an operation until having his knee’s torn cartilage repaired in February.

He’s also had back issues, missed the French Open to end a 65-appearance streak at majors, and came to Wimbledon without a title in 2016.

“You’re playing who Roger is today,” Raonic said, “not who he’s been the past few years.”

It was a breakthrough victory for Raonic, who has had John McEnroe in his coaching corner since the Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Queen’s Club.

Raonic lost to Murray at this year’s Australian Open in his previous Grand Slam semifinal match.

“The disappointment (of that loss) I’ve put behind me, or at least I’ve tried to,” Raonic said. “I feel like I was playing some great tennis back then. I feel like I’m playing better tennis now.”

He’s the youngest Wimbledon finalist since Murray reached the title match in 2012 at the same age.

Blue jays extend win streak to seven games

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Ottawa Redblacks’ Brad Sinopoli (88) is unable to catch the ball as he is marked by Calgary Stampeders’ Brandon Smith (28) during overtime of a CFL game in Ottawa on Friday. son. “The guys gave me everything they got. It wasn’t our best football game. I’m sure they’ll say the same, but just a lot of mistakes.”

Overtime was a battle of the kickers.

Despite struggling for most of the night, Chris Milo was able to connect on 32- and 20-yard field goals in overtime, but Rene Paredes responded with a 42- and 11-yard field goal to keep things tied up.

Harris brought the 24,621 to their feet when he connected with Williams for his third TD of the game on a five-yard pass to make it 19-13. Milo was able to complete the convert, after missing his previous two attempts, as the Redblacks took a seven-point lead with six minutes remaining in the game.

Williams now has 493 yards receiving and six touchdowns, the

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most by any receiver after three games in CFL history.

“It’s crazy what he’s done,” said Ottawa’s Brad Sinopoli. “He’s just so fast and so talented. You might have him right in front of you and he’s going to make you miss and take you to the end zone. I’m lucky to have him on our team.”

The Stampeders answered right back as Bakari Grant made a 41-yard reception to put Calgary on Ottawa’s 15-yard line. Mitchell connected with Jerome Messam for a three-yard TD and Paredes completed the convert to tie the game 20-20.

Paredes connected on a 26-yard field goal to tie the game 13-13 late in the third.

The Redblacks scored on their opening drive. Harris was a perfect 8 for 8 for 89 yards culminating with a six-yard TD pass to Williams as Ottawa took a 6-0 lead.

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Blue Jays 6 Tigers 0 TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion’s three-run home run on Friday night put him in exclusive company.

Encarnacion took Bobby Parnell’s fastball over the centre-field wall in the seventh inning for his 23rd home run of the season as the Toronto Blue Jays blanked the Detroit Tigers 6-0.

The three runs batted in gives Encarnacion 80 RBIs on the season, making it the fifth time in club history a player reached the mark prior to the allstar break. Joe Carter, Carlos Delgado, twice, and Vernon Wells also did it.

“He’s having a heck of a year, he really is,” said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. “He crushed that ball. He’s been a big part of this team for a number of years, who knows where he ends up, but he’s making a great name for himself.”

The victory stretches the Blue Jays’ (50-39) season-high win streak to seven games. Detroit (45-42) has now lost four of five. It marks the fifth time in franchise history the Blue Jays have reached the 50win mark prior to the all-star break, and first time since 1992.

Toronto’s win coupled with Baltimore’s loss on Friday night moves the Blue Jays a game back of the Orioles for top spot in the A.L. East Division.

Kevin Pillar got the Blue Jays offence rolling earlier in the seventh. After Justin Smoak led off with a single, Pillar took Kyle Ryan’s offering to right-centre for his first hit of the night, scoring Smoak.

J.A. Happ tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out nine while surrendering six hits and one walk.

Happ matched his personal best for wins in a season (12) with the victory.

The 33-year-old left-hander becomes the first Blue Jays starter since Roy Halladay (2006) to win 12 games prior to the all-star break.

“I felt like Russ (Martin) did a good job adjusting to their adjustments as the game went on, but they battled me and I was battling back,” Happ said. “The first part we had a plan, we were trying to make ‘em feel it inside, they kind of started adjusting to that… so we were able to sneak in some change-ups and some off-speed stuff.”

The Jays bullpen took care of the rest as Jesse Chavez and Bo Schultz combined to pitch 3 1/3 scoreless innings in relief.

Toronto’s defense delivered a couple highlight-reel plays.

Josh Donaldson flashed his defensive game to end the fifth, bare-handing a ball shot down the third baseline by Cameron Maybin and gunning out the Tigers’ centre fielder at first.

“When it hit the bag, you never know what kind of bounce its going to get or what kind of hop it’s going to take,” said Happ. “Luckily it was close enough to him and he bare-handed it, made a great throw over there (to first) too.”

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Montcalm produces perfect race when it counted OLYMPIC TRIALS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — After months of chasing Canada’s Olympic standard, it all boiled down to just 56 seconds. One perfect lap over 10 hurdles.

Faced with one final shot at the Olympics, Noelle Montcalm laid down the perfect race when it counted most on Friday, both winning the women’s 400-metre hurdles and dipping below the qualifying standard, clinching her spot on Canada’s Rio-bound track and field team.

“That number is always there, everyone is in the sport for the Olympics, so you know the number you have to hit,” Montcalm said. “Being two hundredths (of a second) off the standard (in Thursday’s heats), I was pretty confident I could do it again.

“Thankfully did at the right time, and I’m super thankful for that.”

Montcalm’s magic number was 56.20 seconds. The 28-year-old from Windsor, Ont., made it look easy Friday, crossing in 55.83 seconds to win.

And when her time was announced over the public address system, a cheer erupted in a small section of the grandstand at Foote Field.

Montcalm was bent over, hands on knees, overcome by fatigue. But she heard the cheers.

“I think I know who it was,” she said with a wide grin. “My boyfriend’s here, and my mom, and my sister, who lives in the Yukon, she came down to watch me with a niece I haven’t seen in a year.”

The timing was perfect for Montcalm — 30 minutes later, a thunderstorm rolled in that sent athletes and fans fleeing for cover.

Athletes must achieve the Olympic qualifying standard and finish top two at this week’s trials to earn a guaranteed spot on the team. Athletics Canada has a discretionary third pick in each event, granted the athlete has the standard.

Three women in Friday’s 400-hurdles race went in with the standard.

Montcalm wasn’t one of them.

Sage Watson of Medicine Hat, and Chanice Chase of Ajax, Ont., were second and third, respectively, earning their spots.

Liz Gleadle of Vancouver is also heading to Rio after winning the women’s javelin, while Erin Teschuk of Winnipeg, Maria Bernard of Calgary and Genevieve Lalonde of Moncton, N.B., took to the top three spots in the women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase to book their tickets to Brazil.

The Olympics come after a tough few years for Montcalm, who paused a couple of times during her post-race

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Erin Teschuk (C) leads Maria Bernard (R) and Genevieve Lalonde through the water barrier in the final lap during senior women’s 3000m steeplechase final at the Canadian Track and Field Championships and Selection Trials for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Edmonton, on Friday. interviews to say “I’m just overcome right now.”

Montcalm’s father Paul died in 2011 at just 45. Her uncle Claude died the same year.

“My dad and my uncle were huge supporters of my career and my goals, and I know they’re looking down super excited for me today,” she said. “This is especially for them.”

Montcalm said in the months after their deaths she found solace in the daily routine and grind of her workouts.

“It was tough, but the track is kind of my home away from home, so it was really a comfort to come from the track,” she said.

“It was a tough time, but the track was where I needed to be, and where I had support. They really helped me through it.”

She ran for Canada at the 2013

world championships and Commonwealth Games a year later. But a lingering knee injury kept her off last summer’s national teams for both the Pan Am Games and world championships.

Friday’s race had its share of heartbreak as well. Sarah Wells of Toronto, who’s been sidelined with a torn hamstring, had the Olympic standard under her belt, but wound up fourth. And moments after the race, Wells couldn’t hold back the tears.

“It’s really disappointing because I know I’m better than that,” Wells said. “You wait four years for this opportunity, so it’s pretty heartbreaking.

Having the fastest qualifier last year and being the champion last year, then coming fourth and missing the standard, all because of an injury… it’s just heartbreaking.

“This is the sport, right? Highest of

highs and lowest of lows.”

Teschuk, from Winnipeg, won a thrilling steeplechase race in which six women went in with the Olympic standard. She took the lead on the bell lap to win.

“It hasn’t even really sunk in yet,” Teschuk said. “I feel like it’s going to hit me maybe in an hour or something, when it hits my legs too.”

Canada enjoys a deep field in women’s steeplechase, which made for dramatic race.

“It’s pressure, but I think it’s a really positive thing,” Teschuk said. “Having steeplechase become more and more competitive… all of Canada’s middle-distance races are becoming so competitive — all the events really — and it’s a really positive thing because everyone is pushing each other to do better.”

Canadians climb leaderboard at U.S. Women’s Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN MARTIN, Calif. — When Sung Hyun Park entered her first U.S. Women’s Open, her goals were modest.

Halfway through the tournament, Park has put herself in prime position to contend.

Park capitalized on the favourable morning scoring conditions, shooting a 6-under 72 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle.

“I didn’t even think about winning because this is the first time for me,” Park said through an interpreter. “I would like more experience with the USGA, LPGA. But I’m trying to enjoy this tournament. That’s why I am just more comfortable, don’t even think about the winning, I just enjoy the play.”

Park, a 22-year-old from South Korea, made her LPGA debut last year when she finished second at the KEBHanaBank Championship in South Korea. She has played three more LPGA tournaments this year, tying for sixth in her first major at the ANA Inspiration in the spring.

Park had four birdies in a six-hole span to move to 9 under before struggling on the final two holes. She hit her second shot into the greenside bunker at the par-4 17th and then missed a short par putt for her only bogey of the round. Park then drove into a hazard on the par-5 18th for a one-shot penalty before saving par with a 15-foot putt.

Amy Yang shot a 71 to get to 6 under, tied for second with first-round leader Mirim Lee. World No. 1 Lydia Ko bounced back from a 1-over par first round to shoot 66 for a tie for fourth with Haru Nomura.

Lee, who tied a U.S. Open record by shooting 8 under Thursday, birdied three of the final four holes on her front nine in the afternoon to take a one-shot lead over Park.

But things then quickly fell apart.

She missed the fairway with her drive on the par-4 10th and her approach shot sailed past the green. Her chip attempt fell short of the green before she three-putted from the fringe for a double bogey.

Lee then drove into the front bunker on the par-3 12th hole before missing an 8-foot putt for par to fall two strokes off the lead.

“I kept trying to hit the fairway and

the green, but I couldn’t,” she said. “So score, it’s not bad, but not good, too.”

Ko got off to a shaky start with a bogey on the first hole before stringing together four straight birdies starting at No. 3. She added two more birdies before capping her round with the seventh of the day at the par-5 18th.

“My birdie on 3 kind of turned the round around and making the string of birdies definitely helped,” she said.

“Just to know that this is the first time I was under par for the tournament kind of put myself in a positive position.”

While contending in a major is a mostly new experience for Park, Ko is an old hat at it at the age of 19. She won the Evian Championship last September to become the youngest woman ever to win a major and followed that up with her second at the ANA Inspiration this year.

Ko then lost a playoff to Canadian Brooke Henderson in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Washington last month.

“I think the more I play, I think the more I get used to it, especially at these majors where the courses are tough,” Ko said. “You need to stay patient. I think that’s the big key I’ve been learning, just keep my head high and just enjoy it out here.”

Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., and ranked second in the world, and fourth-ranked Lexi Thompson could not match playing partner Ko and both finished the day at 3 over.

Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., is the top Canadian at 3 under after shooting a 69. Hamilton’s Alena Sharp is 2 under with a 72. Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., shot 71 and is 3 over. Victoria’s Naomi Ko and Taylor Kim of Surrey, B.C., failed to make the cut for Saturday.

Among the players who missed the cut at 4 over were last year’s winner In Gee Chun, 2014 U.S. Open champion Michelle Wie and 1998 winner Se Ri Pak. Pak, whose success helped lead to the surge of South Koreans on the tour, double-bogeyed her final hole to finish with an 80 on the day and plus-9 in her final scheduled tournament in the United States.

Some players, including Karrie Webb and Christina Kim, came back to the 18th green to watch Pak’s final shot and congratulate her on a remarkable career.

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Britain’s Stephen Cummings crosses the finish line to win the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 162.5 kilometers with start in L’Isle-Jourdain and finish in Lac de Payolle, France, Friday.

Inflatable arch collapses over rider in Tour de France

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAC DE PAYOLLE, France — Adam Yates didn’t know what hit him.

On the attack in the Tour de France, the British rider was suddenly performing a somersault in midair after an inflatable arch marking the final kilometre collapsed and hit him during a bizarre finale to Friday’s seventh stage.

Yates hit the ground hard, bloodying his chin and bruising his shoulder.

Still, he was able to get back on his bike and reach the finish shortly after his countryman Steve Cummings won the first of four stages in the Pyrenees with a solo attack on the Col d’Aspin climb.

“I had no time to react,” Yates said after getting his chin stitched up. “It’s a good thing it was just me on my own.

It could have been a lot worse with the peloton sprinting at 70 kph (45 mph). … I can’t tell you what happened. The barrier came down.”

Fortunately, his day only got better.

Organizers later revised his time and he rose to second in the overall standings, 5 minutes 50 seconds behind race leader Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium.

The 23-year-old Yates also earned the white jersey as the Tour’s highest-placed young rider after officials took the finishing times three kilometres from the end of the 162.5-kilometre (101-mile) leg from L’Isle-Jourdain to Lac de Payolle.

“It won’t make a big difference because there was a downhill and flat portion before the finish,” said Thierry Gouvenou, the Tour technical director.

“It was a major incident, but we have the means to deal with it.”

Van Avermaet, who was in a breakaway with Cummings, held on to the overall leader’s yellow jersey he claimed two days earlier.

Overall favourites Chris Froome and Nairo Quintana finished in the main pack.

Froome, Quintana, and other riders had to lift the crumpled arch — known as the “flamme rouge” for the red flag it holds — off the ground and slip their bikes underneath it.

Julian Alaphilippe is third in the overall standings, 5:51 behind, with Alejandro Valverde fourth, 5:53 back.

“I did not plan to be in a breakaway,” Van Avermaet said. “I’m not a good climber, I’m a classic rider, and the big favourites did not see me as a threat.”

Thibaut Pinot, considered one of the top French contenders, was dropped on the Aspin.

All 198 riders started the stage, marking the first time the entire peloton was still racing this late in the Tour in 103 editions.

The Aspin, which was included in the Tour for the 73rd time, was affronted from its longer southern slope, 12 kilometres at an average gradient of 6.5 per cent.

Cummings was part of a 29-man breakaway featuring Van Avermaet and 2014 winner Vincenzo Nibali.

However, it was Cummings who attacked first on the Aspin and he rode solo over the summit and maintained a comfortable lead on the ensuing highspeed descent and slight rise to the finish in Lac de Payolle.

Cummings shook his head in disbelief as he approached the line then raised both arms, pumped his fist, and kissed his wrist.

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Football CFL Standings East Division W L T Ottawa 2 0 1 Toronto 2 1 0 Montreal 1 1 0 Hamilton 1 2 0 West Division GP W L T B.C. 3 2 1 0 Calgary 3 1 1 1 Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 Edmonton 2 1 1 0 Saskatchewan 1 0 1 0 GP 3 3 2 3

PF 99 75 35 69

PA 76 73 42 76

Pt 5 4 2 2

PF 62 80 64 76 53

PA 46 68 82 81 69

Pt 4 3 2 2 0

WEEK THREE Bye: Montreal Friday’s results Calgary 26 Ottawa 26 (OT) Edmonton 39 Saskatchewan 36 (OT) Thursday’s results Winnipeg 28 Hamilton 24 Toronto 25 B.C. 14 WEEK FOUR Bye: Calgary Wednesday, July 13 Ottawa at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 14 Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 15 Hamilton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 16 B.C. at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

Friday’s summaries Eskimos 39, Roughriders 36 (OT)) First Quarter Sask — TD Bagg 26 pass from Durant (Crapigna convert) 11:31 Second Quarter Sask — FG Crapigna 36 2:23 Sask — FG Crapigna 39 6:27 Edm — TD Bowman 56 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 5:20 Sask — TD Collins 13 pass from Durant (convert failed) 11:31

Edm — TD Getzlaf 4 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 14:35 Third Quarter Edm — TD J.White 4 run (two-point convert failed) 7:44 Fourth Quarter Edm — TD Bowman 5 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 0:15 Edm — TD Bowman 31 pass from Reilly (convert failed) 6:15 Sask — TD Chiles 20 pass from Durant (Crapigna convert) 9:21 Sask — FG Crapigna 45 11:55 Sask — TD Chambers 6 pass from Durant (Crapigna convert) 14:41 Edm — FG Whyte 51 15:00 Overtime Edm — FG Whyte 32 Sask.

7 12 0 7 0 — 36 Edmonton 0 14 6 16 3 — 39 Stampeders 26, RedBlacks 26 (OT) First Quarter Ott — TD C.Williams 6 pass from Harris (two-point convert failed) 6:16 Cgy — TD McDaniel 35 pass from Mitchell (convert failed) 10:43 Second Quarter Cgy — Single Paredes 50 0:20 Ott — TD C.Williams 52 pass from Harris (convert failed) 2:43 Ott — Single Medeiros 80 3:01 Cgy — FG Paredes 10 15:00 Third Quarter Cgy — FG Paredes 26 11:23 Fourth Quarter Ott — TD C.Williams 5 pass from Harris (Milo convert) 8:52 Cgy — TD Messam 3 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 12:16 Overtime Ott — FG Milo 32 Cgy — FG Paredes 42 Cgy — FG Paredes 11 Ott — FG Milo 20 Calgary 6 4 3 7 6 — 26 Ottawa 6 7 0 7 6 — 26

Golf Women’s U.S. Open Friday At Cordevalle Golf Club San Martin, Calif.

Purse: TBA Yardage: 6,784; Par 72 Second Round a-denotes amateur Sung Hyun Park Amy Yang Mirim Lee Lydia Ko Haru Nomura Danielle Kang Eun Hee Ji Jessica Korda Kelly Tan Maude Leblanc Sydnee Michaels Angela Stanford Mo Martin Jodi Ewart Shadoff Alena Sharp Gerina Piller Anna Nordqvist Minjee Lee Cristie Kerr Kris Tamulis Sei Young Kim Brittany Lang Pernilla Lindberg a-Hye-Jin Choi Gaby Lopez Chella Choi Ryann O’Toole Ha Na Jang Ayaka Watanabe Lee Lopez Catriona Matthew Kim Kaufman Hee Young Park Gwladys Nocera Christina Kim Ariya Jutanugarn Stacy Lewis Moriya Jutanugarn Mi Hyang Lee Suzann Pettersen Hyo Joo Kim Xiyu Lin Kelly Shon Sakura Yokomine Karrie Webb Caroline Masson Christine Song Madelene Sagstrom Nicole Broch Larsen Yani Tseng Brittany Lincicome Lexi Thompson Brooke Henderson Q Baek Sue Kim a-Albane Valenzuela So Yeon Ryu Sun-Ju Ahn a-Hannah O’Sullivan Scottish Open Friday At Castle Stuart Inverness, Scotland Purse: $3.6 million Yardage: 7,193; Par: 72 Second Round Alex Noren, Sweden Craig Lee, Scotland Eddie Pepperell, England Matteo Manassero, Italy Branden Grace, South Africa Richard Bland, England Jorge Campillo, Spain Padraig Harrington, Ireland

70-66—136 67-71—138 64-74—138 73-66—139 70-69—139 71-69—140 69-71—140 70-70—140 68-72—140 72-69—141 69-72—141 71-70—141 71-70—141 70-71—141 70-72—142 70-72—142 68-74—142 67-75—142 67-75—142 71-72—143 75-68—143 68-75—143 70-73—143 72-71—143 71-72—143 75-69—144 71-73—144 73-71—144 74-71—145 73-72—145 73-72—145 75-70—145 70-75—145 72-73—145 70-75—145 70-75—145 71-74—145 69-77—146 72-74—146 72-74—146 73-73—146 73-73—146 73-73—146 71-75—146 73-73—146 73-73—146 74-72—146 78-69—147 74-73—147 72-75—147 75-72—147 74-73—147 76-71—147 74-73—147 76-71—147 72-75—147 71-76—147 74-73—147 72-75—147

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70-66—136 71-66—137 70-67—137 71-67—138 71-67—138 70-68—138 72-66—138 70-69—139

Graeme McDowell, N. Ireland Alejandro Canizares, Spain Tyrrell Hatton, England Richie Ramsay, Scotland Andy Sullivan, England Ashun Wu, China Y.E. Yang, South Korea Felipe Aguilar, Chile Chris Paisley, England Ricardo Gouveia, Portugal Also Phil Mickelson, United States Patrick Reed, United States Steven Stricker, United States

70-69—139 74-66—140 70-70—140 72-68—140 70-70—140 72-69—141 70-71—141 69-72—141 73-68—141 72-69-141

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

Minnesota at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Altuve Hou 87 343 66 119 .347 Ortiz Bos 79 286 41 96 .336 Bogaerts Bos 83 350 64 116 .331 YEscobar LAA 76 308 37 100 .325 Trout LAA 87 315 67 102 .324 Machado Bal 81 334 61 108 .323 Nunez Min 77 310 45 100 .323 Desmond Tex 87 343 63 109 .318 Cano Sea 87 355 61 111 .313 VMartinez Det 84 304 37 94 .309 Home Runs Trumbo, Baltimore, 27 Frazier, Chicago, 24 NCruz, Seattle, 23 Encarnacion, Toronto, 23 Donaldson, Toronto, 22 Ortiz, Boston, 21 CDavis, Baltimore, 21 Cano, Seattle, 20 CSantana, Cleveland, 20 6 tied at 19.

Runs Batted In Encarnacion, Toronto, 80 Ortiz, Boston, 70 Trumbo, Baltimore, 67 Napoli, Cleveland, 60 Donaldson, Toronto, 60 Pujols, Los Angeles, 59 NCruz, Seattle, 58 Betts, Boston, 58 Trout, Los Angeles, 57 3 tied at 56.

Pitching Sale, Chicago, 14-3 Happ, Toronto, 12-3 Tillman, Baltimore, 11-2 Porcello, Boston, 10-2 Salazar, Cleveland, 10-3 SWright, Boston, 10-5 AaSanchez, Toronto, 9-1 Tomlin, Cleveland, 9-2 Fulmer, Detroit, 9-2 Hamels, Texas, 9-2.

GB — 1 2 7 1/2 15 1/2 GB — 7 1/2 8 8 22 GB — 6 9 16 16

1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 5, Detroit 4 N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 10, Texas 1 Oakland 3, Houston 1 Kansas City 4, Seattle 3 Friday’s Games L.A. Angels 9, Baltimore 5 Toronto 6, Detroit 0 Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5 Cleveland 10, N.Y. Yankees 2 Texas 6, Minnesota 5 Atlanta 11, Chicago White Sox 8 Houston 10, Oakland 9 Seattle 3, Kansas City 2

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta

Saturday’s Games Detroit (Boyd 0-2) at Toronto (Sanchez 9-1), 11:07 a.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 3-7) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-8), 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Tropeano 3-2) at Baltimore (Gallardo 3-1), 2:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Moore 5-5) at Boston (Porcello 10-2), 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-6) at Cleveland (Salazar 10-3), 2:10 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 4-6) at Houston (McCullers 4-2), 2:10 p.m.

Seattle (Miley 6-5) at Kansas City (Volquez 7-8), 2:15 p.m.

Minnesota (Nolasco 3-7) at Texas (Martinez 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

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

National League East Division W L Pct 52 36 .591 47 39 .547 45 41 .523 41 47 .466 30 57 .345 Central Division W L Pct 52 34 .605 45 42 .517 44 42 .512 38 47 .447 32 55 .368 West Division W L Pct 54 33 .621 48 40 .545 39 47 .453 38 48 .442 38 49 .437

GB — 4 6 11 21

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GB — 6 14 15 16

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Thursday’s Games St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 9, Washington 7 Atlanta 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 11 innings Colorado 11, Philadelphia 2 San Diego 6, L.A. Dodgers 0 Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 8, Chicago Cubs 4 Miami 3, Cincinnati 1

Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Atlanta 11, Chicago White Sox 8 Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 5, Colorado 3 San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late Arizona at San Francisco, late Saturday’s Games Atlanta (Teheran 3-7) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-8), 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Martinez 7-6) at Milwaukee (Anderson 4-9), 12:10 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 4-7) at San Francisco (Peavy 5-7), 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lamb 1-5) at Miami (Conley 5-5), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 9-4) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 1-0), 5:15 p.m.

San Diego (Perdomo 3-3) at L.A. Dodgers (McCarthy 1-0), 5:15 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 9-6) at N.Y. Mets (Verrett 3-5), 5:15 p.m.

Philadelphia (Eickhoff 6-9) at Colorado (Anderson 0-3), 6:40 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Cincinnati at Miami, 11:10 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 2:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 6:00 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Murphy Was 85 328 51 113 .345 WRamos Was 73 259 39 86 .332 LeMahieu Col 78 287 52 95 .331 CGonzalez Col 83 329 57 106 .322 Braun Mil 71 274 35 87 .318 ADiaz StL 79 287 55 91 .317 Prado Mia 80 322 36 102 .317 Segura Ari 82 341 51 108 .317 Yelich Mia 81 294 41 93 .316 Marte Pit 80 307 46 97 .316 Home Runs Bryant, Chicago, 25 Arenado, Colorado, 23 Carter, Milwaukee, 22 Duvall, Cincinnati, 22 Cespedes, New York, 21 Story, Colorado, 21 Rizzo, Chicago, 21 JaLamb, Arizona, 20 3 tied at 19.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 70 Bryant, Chicago, 64 Rizzo, Chicago, 62 Bruce, Cincinnati, 62 JaLamb, Arizona, 61 Murphy, Washington, 60 Duvall, Cincinnati, 60 Myers, San Diego, 59 Kemp, San Diego, 58 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 58.

Pitching Cueto, San Francisco, 13-1 Strasburg, Washington, 12-0 Arrieta, Chicago, 12-4 Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-2 Fernandez, Miami, 11-4 Greinke, Arizona, 10-3 Lester, Chicago, 9-4 Bumgarner, San Francisco, 9-4 Syndergaard, New York, 9-4 Scherzer, Washington, 9-6.

Soccer UEFA Euro 2016 At Sites in France PLAYOFFS

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Open Friday At En-Joie Golf Club Endicott, N.Y. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,957; Par 72 First Round Scott Dunlap 34-30—64 Glen Day 33-33—66 Bart Bryant 32-34—66 John Riegger 33-33—66 Gibby Gilbert III 34-33—67 Kevin Sutherland 34-33—67 Paul Goydos 35-32—67 Joe Durant 35-32—67 Miguel Angel Martin 36-32—68 Gary Hallberg 35-33—68 Stephen Ames 35-33—68 Steve Lowery 36-32—68 Jim Carter 35-33—68 Carlos Franco 36-32—68 Jay Haas 35-33—68 Craig Parry 33-35—68 John Daly 34-34—68 Gene Sauers 37-32—69 Scott Verplank 34-35—69 Neal Lancaster 34-35—69 Jose Coceres 36-33—69 Wes Short, Jr. 35-34—69 Tom Pernice Jr. 35-34—69 Olin Browne 35-34—69 Vijay Singh 37-32—69 Mike Small 35-35—70 Loren Roberts 35-35—70 Dan Forsman 35-35—70 John Inman 34-36—70 Steve Pate 35-35—70 Brian Henninger 37-33—70 John Huston 35-35—70 Lee Janzen 35-35—70 David Frost 36-34—70 Fred Funk 36-34—70 Michael Allen 36-34—70 Billy Andrade 35-35—70 Jeff Hart 36-35—71 Tommy Armour III 35-36—71 Willie Wood 36-35—71 Jay Don Blake 37-34—71 Mark Brooks 38-33—71 Mike Goodes 35-36—71 Jerry Smith 35-36—71 Duffy Waldorf 38-33—71 Marco Dawson 34-37—71 Craig Stadler 36-35—71 Woody Austin 35-36—71 Mike Grob 37-35—72 Rod Spittle 37-35—72 Grant Waite 39-33—72 Brad Bryant 37-35—72 Jeff Maggert 38-34—72 Jean-Francois Remesy 39-34—73 Bob Friend 39-34—73 Stan Utley 38-35—73 Tom Purtzer 38-35—73 Joey Sindelar 36-37—73 Tom Byrum 38-35—73 Larry Nelson 39-34—73 Bill Glasson 36-38—74

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 49 36 .576 Toronto 50 39 .562 Boston 47 38 .553 New York 42 44 .488 Tampa Bay 34 52 .395 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 52 34 .605 Detroit 45 42 .517 Kansas City 44 42 .512 Chicago 44 42 .512 Minnesota 30 56 .349 West Division W L Pct Texas 54 34 .614 Houston 47 40 .540 Seattle 44 43 .506 Los Angeles 37 50 .425 Oakland 37 50 .425

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Vancouver 7 8 3 24 27 Portland 6 6 6 24 28 San Jose 5 6 7 22 19 Houston 4 8 6 18 23 Seattle 5 9 2 17 14 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 10 At Saint-Denis, France Portugal vs. France, 1 p.m.

QUARTER-FINALS Sunday’s result At Saint-Denis, France France 5 Iceland 2 Saturday’s result At Bordeaux, France Germany 1 Italy 1 (Germany advances 6-5 on penalties) Friday’s result At Lille, France Wales 3 Belgium 1 Thursday’s result At Marseille, France Poland 1 Portugal 1 (Portugal advances 5-3 on penalties)

Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts New York City FC 8 5 6 30 Philadelphia 7 6 5 26 Montreal 6 4 6 24 New York 7 9 2 23 D.C. United 5 6 6 21 Orlando City 4 4 9 21 Toronto FC 5 6 5 20 New England 4 7 7 19 Columbus 3 6 7 16 Chicago 3 7 5 14

SEMIFINALS Wednesday’s match At Lyon, France Portugal 2 Wales 0 Thursday’s match At Marseille, France Germany 0 France 2

GF 30 29 27 28 17 28 18 23 21 15

GA 31 26 24 25 17 29 19 32 25 20

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF 11 5 4 36 31 9 2 6 33 19 8 5 4 28 28 6 3 8 26 30 7 8 4 25 21

GA 24 11 27 18 22

FC Dallas Colorado Real Salt Lake Los Angeles Sporting KC

31 29 21 25 20

Wednesday’s Games New York City FC 1, New England 0 Friday, July 8 Houston 0, Orlando City 0 FC Dallas 1, San Jose 0 Saturday, July 9 Los Angeles at Seattle, 1 p.m.

D.C. United at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto FC, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Montreal at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 10 Portland at New York, 4 p.m.

New York City FC at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m.

Transactions Friday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Named Ileana Pena as senior director, business communications. Suspended Oakland OF Coco Crisp one game for intentionally throwing his bat in the direction of home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn, which struck Reyburn on the foot, during a July 7 game at Houston.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended free agent C Cody Stanley 162 games after testing positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, a performance-enhancing substance, in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Acquired INF-OF Michael Martinez frome Cleveland for cash considerations.

Designated INF Sean Coyle for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP Logan Shore, LHP Ty Damron and C Collin Theroux on minor league contracts.

TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled LHP Alex Claudio from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez to Round Rock.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Signed RHP Thomas Hatch to a minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled 1B Josh Bell from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned RHP Tyler Glasnow to Indianapolis.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with LHP Adrian Morejon.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled OF Michael A. Taylor and INF-OF Trea Turner from Syracuse (IL). Placed 1B Ryan Zimmerman on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 7. Optioned RHP Lucas Giolito to Syracuse.

American Association JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed INF Alex Polston, C Conor Sullivan and OF Sean Smith.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Released RHP Matt

LeVert.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed LHP Dylan Badura.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed RHP Dan Johnson.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Sold the contract of LHP Jack Snodgrass to Texas (AL).

Can-Am League ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Sold the contract of RHP Markus Solbach to Arizona (NL).

SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Released RHPs Ray Hanson and JB Kole.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Oklahoma City F Mitch McGary five games for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program.

BOSTON CELTICS — Signed C Al Horford to a four-year contract.

CHICAGO BULLS — Named Chip Schaefer as director of sports performance and Dr. Wendy Borlabi high performance coach. Promoted Shaun Hickombottom to senior manager of player development and team services.

DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G Deron Williams to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with C A.J. Hammons and F Dorian Finney-Smith. Waived C JaVale McGee. DETROIT PISTONS — Signed F Jon Leuer and G Ish Smith to multiyear contracts.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Re-signed G Jamal Crawford, F Wesley Johnson and G Austin Rivers to three-year contracts and F Luc Mbah a Moute to a two-year contract.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Signed C Timofey Mozgov to a multiyear contract.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Signed F Chandler Parsons to a multiyear contract.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed F Mirza Teletovic to a multiyear contract.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G Brandon Rush to a one-year contract.

NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed F Joakim Noah and G Courtney Lee to four-year contracts and G Brandon Jennings, C Marshall Plumlee and C Guillermo Hernangomez to one-year contracts.

PHOENIX SUNS — Signed F Jared Dudley to a three-year contract.

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS — Signed C Festus Ezeli to a two-year contract.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Traded F Boris Diaw, a future second-round draft pick and cash considerations to Utah for the rights to G Olivier Hanlan.

UTAH JAZZ — Signed G Joe Johnson.

FOOTBALL National Football League TENNESSEE TITANS — Announced Dr. David Moore has been appointed as a team physician.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Acquired G Jonathan Bernier from Toronto for a conditional 2017 draft pick.

COLORADO AVALANCHE — Signed F Nathan MacKinnon to a seven-year contract.

WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with C Mark Scheifele on an eight-year contract.

American Hockey League SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Re-signed F Patrick Gaul.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Agreed to terms with D Derik Johnson.

SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Signed G Jill Loyden.

COLLEGE ERSKINE — Named Dave Majeski assistant softball coach.

HOLY CROSS — Named Jen Lapicki softball coach.

LEHIGH — Named Austen Rowland men’s assitant basketball coach.

SMU — Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Larry Brown.

Colon, Scherzer, Saunders, Belt added to All-Star rosters NEW YORK — Bartolo Colon and Max Scherzer are headed to the AllStar Game, picked as replacements for other pitchers originally selected to the National League team.

Major League Baseball also announced Friday that Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Michael Saunders and San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt won the final two All-Star roster spots, elected by fans in online balloting.

“This is a proud moment for me and my family,” Saunders said. “Everyone knows that Canada takes care of their own. I’m Canadian through and through. Just to feel that support, the best way I can describe, everyone’s been asking me, is I feel loved by this country. To see the support they gave me is very humbling.”

Saunders joins the American League team, while Belt gets a slot on the NL squad.

“Extremely excited, obviously. It’s hard to put into words,” Belt said. “I just can’t believe that I’m an All-Star this year. It’s pretty cool, especially when you step back and think about how many fans voted and how many times they voted, how many messages that I got of how their thumbs were numb. It’s pretty overwhelming to think about.”

The 43-year-old Colon was chosen to replace Madison Bumgarner in Tuesday’s showcase in San Diego because the Giants ace is scheduled to pitch

Sunday against Arizona.

A fan favourite with the New York Mets, Colon is 7-4 with a 3.28 ERA. He was picked by his own manager — Terry Collins of the Mets will lead the NL team.

“It means a lot, especially for someone my age,” Colon said through a translator.

“It surprised me a lot.”

In one of the most stunning and charming moments of the season, Colon homered in San Diego in early May, becoming the oldest player to hit his first major league home run.

The hefty right-hander said the AllStar nod was very meaningful to him because he’s “in the final stages” of his career. He said he’d like to pitch one more season in the majors if healthy.

“When I asked him if he wanted to go the All-Star Game, he said yes. He didn’t say, hey, I need to rest, I’m 43 years old. I’m shot. He said, ‘Thank you, I’d like to go.’ So he’s going to go,” Collins said, drawing laughs.

Scherzer will substitute for Washington Nationals teammate Stephen Strasburg, who came off the disabled list this week and won’t pitch in the AllStar Game as a precaution.

Strasburg, who is from San Diego, plans to attend the game, the Nationals said.

“Max was excited. Never seen a veteran guy as elated as he, to be a part of the All-Star Game,” Washington manager Dusty Baker said. “I think he’s a good representative to show people what a privilege and an honour it is to go.”

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Notley urges no delay on pipeline decisions

BY BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Premier Rachel Notley says there can’t be any unnecessary federal delays when it comes approving a new pipeline — any pipeline — to transport Alberta’s oil to international markets.

The future of the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal is now in the hands of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government after the Federal Court of Appeal on June 30 quashed a permit issued for the project.

“We’re just going to continue to work hard to make the case for why all of Canada needs this pipeline or a pipeline to get to tidewater and then a decision has to be made,” Notley said Friday.

“We just can’t dither on this for a lot longer.”

The National Energy Board has suspended a review on whether to extend the amount of time Enbridge Inc. has to start development of the Northern Gateway pipeline.

The board says it made the decision in response to the Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling last week that invalidated the original approval of the $7.9-billion project.

The court ruled 2-1 that the Canadian government failed in its duty to consult with aboriginal people before approving the development in 2014.

The board has also suspended its review of any filings from Northern Gateway on its compliance with the 209 conditions attached to the project.

One of the conditions of the initial approval was that construction start by the end of this year, a deadline Enbridge (TSX:ENB) wanted to extend by three years.

The proposed pipeline would transport 525,000 barrels of oil per day from

northeast of Edmonton to the deepwater port of Kitimat, B.C., for export to international markets, though there are doubts it will proceed.

The previous Conservative cabinet approved the $7.9 billion project in 2014.

Meanwhile, Kinder Morgan’s bid to triple the capacity of its existing Trans Mountain pipeline between Edmonton and Burnaby, B.C., is before the federal government after the National Energy Board sanctioned the $6.8-billion project in May. “Frankly, if I was in the federal government, I would not shut down any of my options until I knew I had one option that’s successful. But that’s me,” she said.

“I think that Kinder Morgan tends to be the most obvious choice, but even that is not without its challenges.”

Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway pipeline would ship bitumen from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C., and bitumen-thinning diluent in the opposite direction.

Eight First Nations, four environmental groups and a labour union launched legal challenges against the approval, which were consolidated and heard by the appeal court in October.

Notley said she understands the need for First Nations to have a say in the Northern Gateway process.

She said Alberta is examining the court decision and will ask the federal government to take whatever action is necessary to meet those standards.

“But in a respectful way that engages meaningfully with affected stakeholders and in particular First Nations people because they have a strong set of rights under our laws.”

Notley said she hopes to meet with Trudeau when he visits the Calgary Stampede next week.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, right, and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley chat before the start of the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Friday. The pair are agreed that speedy approval of at least one of three pipeline proposals will be vital for the Albertas economy.

Coservatives call for pause in CPP reform

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives are calling on the federal government to press pause and hold consultations on an expanded Canada Pension Plan, saying there is no need to rush through changes that would affect those who retire in four decades.

But Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office says the public will have its say later, since the future of the Canada Pension Plan will be a key part of upcoming consultations for the 2017 federal budget.

Public opinion polls suggest the majority of Canadians support the idea of paying more now in contributions to get more later in benefits, even as small businesses have voiced opposition.

Conservative finance critic Lisa Raitt says Canadians would rethink their support for the idea if there were a more fulsome picture of the ripple effects an expanded CPP will have on the country.

She says there should be study on the effect on businesses and the economy so Canadians get a full idea of the cost that increased CPP premium rates will have on small businesses.

“If I tell you, would you like to have more money in your retirement, what are you going to say? Yes,

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Opposition leader Lisa Raitt says if more Canadians knew how national pension plan reform would cost them now, they would be less likely to support it. yes I would like that,” Raitt said.

“If I told you you’re going to have more money in retirement, but it’s going to hit the economy and that summer job for your son or your daughter, that may

not be available because we’re taxing businesses too much, what do you think the answer is going to be there? It won’t be as strong a yes.”

Only one province — Quebec, which has its own pension program —didn’t sign on to the expanded CPP finance ministers agreed to in principle at a meeting late last month. This week, one of the holdouts, Manitoba, said it would support the revamped program, referencing the Liberal commitment to an ongoing dialogue on the plan as a reason for its change of heart.

Morneau spokesman Dan Lauzon says feedback from pre-budget consultations along with “day-today interactions with stakeholders and the public” will be used during reviews of CPP that take place routinely every three years.

The agreement, reached last month, is set to be finalized by all involved on July 15.

Lauzon says the government “fully expects” the agreement to be confirmed by then.

In order to make major changes to the CPP, the federal government needs the support of seven out of 10 provinces representing two thirds of the population.

Poulin done as Sobeys chief

Taiwan lifts ban on imports of Canadian beef

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS STELLARTON, N.S. — Empire, the parent company of Sobeys, announced Friday its CEO was gone effective immediately following a rough 2016 fiscal year that saw it pile up $2.13 billion in net losses.

Marc Poulin, who joined the Oshawa Group in 1997 before it was acquired by Empire (TSX:EMP.A), became the company’s president and CEO in December 2013.

Empire gave no details as to why Poulin left, but thanked him for his service.

Francois Vimard, Empire’s chief financial and administrative officer, will be the company’s interim president and CEO. He also replaces Poulin on the board of directors. Vimard started working at Sobeys in the summer of 1995.

The company said it will search for a permanent leader.

The board “unanimously” supported the decision to temporarily promote Vimard to the job, Rob Dexter, chairman of Empire, said in a statement.

“Despite the significant challenges we have faced over the past year, the board is confident the company is pursuing the right strategy,” he said.

Vimard is expected to help the company “see the return of longterm profitable growth,” Dexter said.

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Marc Poulin poses for a photograph at the Sobeys grocery store along the Queensway in Toronto on Sept. 25, 2013. The Sobeys grocery chain and its parent company say their chief executive and president has left the organization, effective immediately.

Poulin’s sudden departure from the organization follows a series of huge losses related to the acquisition of Canada Safeway as Sobeys expanded its position in Western Canada.

Last week, Empire reported a $2.13 billion net loss for its 2016 financial year or $7.78 per diluted share — mostly because of difficulties related to the integration of Safeway operations into the na-

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tional grocery chain.

The normally profitable company, based in Stellarton, N.S., had earned $419 million or $1.51 per diluted share in fiscal 2015 prior to a series of quarterly writedowns of its western business.

Sobeys paid $5.8 billion to acquire the Canadian assets of Safeway in 2013, about a year after Poulin became president and CEO of Sobeys Inc.

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OTTAWA — Taiwan has lifted its temporary ban on Canadian beef, removing the trade barrier it imposed on the product after an outbreak of mad cow disease in Alberta last year.

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said the ban was lifted effective Friday.

Prior to the ban, some $12 million of Canada’s $2 billion in total annual beef exports went to Taiwan, making it Canada’s seventh largest beef market.

The Taiwan development comes one week after Mexico lifted its decade-long ban on some cattle imports, a move expected to be worth $250 million to Canadian beef producers.

The Canadian Cattleman’s Association said last week that Taiwan and China were the last holdouts among several countries that banned Canadian beef in relation to mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

The trade restrictions on Canada were imposed after a breeding cow was found with BSE in February 2015.

Rob Meijer, the president of Canada Beef, said the lifting of the Taiwan restriction would have broader benefits for the industry.

He said in a statement it would enable his organization to “increase the brand, value and the resulting loyalty for Canadian beef not only in Taiwan, but leveraging this into Southeast Asia.”

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BUSINESS

Saturday, July 9, 2016

MARKETS MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets closed higher Friday but the loonie sank as solid U.S. job figures helped settle investors’ nerves following a turbulent couple of weeks.

A much stronger than expected U.S. jobs report boosted markets on both sides of the border, including a triple-digit gain in Toronto.

The U.S. Labor Department said employers added 287,000 jobs in June, following disappointing figures in April and May, suggesting that the American economy is recovering from a slump.

Stock markets responded positively to the news, with the Dow Jones industrial average climbing 250.86 points at 18,146.74, the broader S&P 500 composite index advancing 32.00 points to 2,129.90 and the Nasdaq composite gaining 79.95 points to 4,956.76.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index also came along for the ride, rising 125.38 points to 14,259.84.

The broad-based rally was led by base metals stocks, which were up 4.13 per cent, while the global gold sector of the TSX gained 2.67 per cent.

“You’re getting a bit of a relief rally, as people take a sigh of relief from some of the more fearful things we’ve been pondering over the last week or so,” says Colum McKinley, vice-president and portfolio manager of Canadian equities at CIBC Asset Management Inc. A number of global economic headwinds have rattled investors in recent weeks, including the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union, dubbed Brexit, as well as concerns about the Italian banking system, McKinley said.

McKinley said that while the U.S. jobs figures are positive, there is likely still some turbulence ahead.

“I would caution that it is a

single data point, and I think that over the coming months and quarters we’re still going to have to digest more significant fears or challenges in the market, and so we want to be careful in over-reacting to a short-term data point,” he said.

Employment data north of the border was less rosy, as Statistics Canada reported that the economy lost 700 net jobs in June.

Gains in the services sector were offset by losses in construction and factory work, the federal agency said.

That caused the loonie to sink to 76.69 cents US, down 0.22 of a cent from Thursday’s close.

“The currency is reflecting the fact that you have numbers that came out today that suggest that the U.S. economy is stronger and the Canadian economy potentially a little weaker,” McKinley said.

“It’s just the difference in the employment numbers being reflected in the currency.”

In commodities news, the August crude contract rose 27 cents at US$45.41 per barrel and August natural gas was up two cents at US$2.80 per mmBTU. The August gold contract fell $3.70 to US$1,358.40 an ounce and September copper contracts were virtually flat at US$2.12 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,259.84, up 125.38 points Dow — 18,146.74, up 250.86 points S&P 500 — 2,129.90, up 32 points Nasdaq — 4,956.76, up 79.95 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.69 cents US, down 0.22 of a cent Pound — C$1.6879, up 0.96 of a cent Euro — C$1.4412, up

0.26 of a cent Euro — US$1.1052, down 0.12 of a cent Oil futures: US$45.41 per barrel, up 27 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,358.40 per oz., down $3.70 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $26.975 oz., up 59.4 cents $867.25 kg., up $19.10

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ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG -- ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $5.60 higher $467.40 Nov. ‘16 $7.70 higher $470.00 Jan. ‘17 $7.50 higher $476.70 March ‘17 $7.20 higher $482.40 May ‘17 $6.80 higher $486.80 July ‘17 $6.40 higher $490.80 N o v . ‘ 1 7 $ 6 . 7 0 higher $493.50 Jan. ‘18 $6.70 higher $493.60 March ‘18 $6.70 higher $493.60 May ‘18 $6.70 higher $493.60 July ‘18 $6.70 higher $493.60.

Barley (Western): July ‘16 $6.00 lower $160.00 Oct. ‘16 $6.00 lower $160.00 Dec. ‘16 $6.00 lower $160.00 March ‘17 $6.00 lower $162.00 May ‘17 $6.00 lower $163.00 July ‘17 $6.00 lower $163.00 Oct. ‘17 $6.00 lower $163.00 Dec. ‘17 $6.00 lower $163.00 March ‘18 $6.00 lower $163.00 May ‘18 $6.00 lower $163.00 July ‘18 $6.00 lower $163.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 406,620 tonnes of canola 1,500 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 408,120

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Allaway said the company has recently received a significant order from Iceland, which experienced a drastic financial collapse in 2008. With that in mind, he expects his business in the U.K. to pick up, given a little time.

“They (Iceland) had their own problems years ago and they’ve rebounded nicely,” he said.

Economists have warned businesses to expect short-term market volatility because of the Brexit vote, but have also said that trade between the U.K. and Canada, which is small, shouldn’t be overly affected.

HALIFAX — The loss of $100,000 in sales in the aftermath of the Brexit vote was disconcerting, but likely not the start of a trend, says a Halifax-based maple syrup processor.

Brian Allaway, president of Acadian Maple products, said Friday that his company’s U.K. distributor cut a $200,000 order in half two days after that country voted to leave the European Union.

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business for us but they >ĂĐŽŵďĞ Θ ŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ & ^^ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƐƚŝŶŐ͕ ŽŶůLJ are certainly not the only ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚĞĚ͘ one.”

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The design for the proposed new Champlain Bridge is shown in an artist’s rendering, released in 2014 in Montreal.

Removing toll machines on Champlain Bridge would shave $301M off construction costs

BY ANDY BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An internal government memo claimed last fall that the federal Liberals’ decision to ditch plans to install tolls on a major new Montreal bridge could knock as much as $301 million off the final construction price.

But a spokesman for Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi would only say Friday that the change of plans won’t raise the $4.23 billion price tag to replace the federally owned Champlain Bridge.

The Liberals’ 2015 election platform called for a toll-free replacement bridge, which is a key link to the city for some 50 million vehicles per year and one of Canada’s busiest spans.

The project became a source of controversy in recent years after the previous Conservative government announced the new structure would feature tolls, unlike the existing bridge.

The Trudeau government’s move to reverse the Tory decision was pitched internally as producing a discount — at least up front.

A “secret” December briefing note for Sohi said Ottawa’s private partner in the project had been instructed to stop tolling-related work.

“While the savings from not implementing tolls have been estimated at up to $301 million, the amount will not be finalized until negotiations with the private partner are concluded, which could take up to 18 months,” said the memo.

The document, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, did not say how much revenue could be generated if tolls were installed on the bridge.

The note was prepared ahead of Sohi’s Dec. 14 meeting with officials from the Privy Council Office and the Prime Minister’s Office.

On Friday, Sohi held an event at one of the construction sites for the new bridge to mark the first anniversary of the project, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 2018.

The internal document said his

department intended to “maximize savings” achieved by scrapping the toll elements in the project, which is a public-private partnership.

“We have been in discussions with Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group regarding the financial details and therefore are not in a position at this time to provide information on expected savings or estimates,” Brook Simpson, a spokesman for Sohi, said in an email Friday.

“We can however confirm that the cost of the project will not increase as a result of the government’s decision not to charge a toll.”

The Liberals don’t appear to be opposed to all forms of tolls.

The Trudeau government has shown an openness to user-pay systems as it considers infrastructure investment models that would engage institutional investors, such as pension funds, to help raise money for public projects.

Senior pension plan officials have said they would invest in public infrastructure projects as long as there are reliable, predictable returns, which could include user fees such as road tolls.

In defending the Liberals’ decision on the new Champlain Bridge, Sohi has insisted the structure shouldn’t have tolls because the existing one doesn’t have them.

In contrast, Sohi has noted that the Confederation Bridge, which connects Prince Edward Island to the mainland, has had a toll since it first opened.

After announcing his government would replace the crumbling Champlain Bridge several years ago, thenprime minister Stephen Harper faced intense pressure in the Montreal area and Quebec to get rid of its proposed toll system.

But Harper stood firmly by his decision, arguing it was a bridge for the Montreal region and that locals should help finance the project since it was unique in Canada.

Nova Scotia Sen. Michael McDonald has said Ottawa should have tolls on all its bridges to ensure equal treatment of users in all parts of the country.

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THE ADVOCATE Saturday, JULY 9, 2016

Julius Caesar comes to Bower Ponds

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A lofty leader is betrayed by trusted companions and brought down by his own weakness during this month’s Bard on Bower presentation of Julius Caesar.

The drama that opens on Thursday, July 14, on the outdoor stage at Bower Ponds will lend gravitas to a season that also includes the light-hearted comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost, opening July 21.

Prime Stock Theatre’s artistic director, Thomas Usher, is directing the play based on a momentous event in ancient history — when the leader of the Roman Republic is assassinated by members of his own senate after declaring himself dictator for life.

The saying “Beware the ides of March” comes from this script. It refers to March 15 44 B.C. when Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the steps of the forum by a group of democrats he thought were his allies. The act becomes a turning point in Roman history and a cautionary tale — lest future politicians also compromise their ideals to cement their grip on power.

Yet the lesson from the rise and fall of Julius Caesar has been largely ignored by politicians throughout the ages. From Napoleon Bonaparte to Benito Mussolini, self-proclaimed dictators have regularly met various ignoble ends.

“How many times will this story keep repeating?” asked Usher, who believes William Shakespeare has sharply pinpointed many aspects of human nature through Julius Caesar.

There’s the allure of absolute power, the struggle between one’s conscience and convictions, and the fickleness of a public that can be easily swayed. (This latter aspect makes Usher think of the Donald Trump-mania of the U.S. presidential campaign).

The plot of Julius Caesar mostly centres on the inner turmoil that besets Marcus Brutus, who must choose between friendship to his benefactor and

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Julius Caesar, centre, played by Eric Pettifor and the cast of Julius Caesar rehearse at Red Deer College. The play will be performed on the outdoor stage at Bower Ponds this summer during the Bard On Bower. his political ideals. Although once loyal to Caesar, he now fears being ruled by a tyrant.

Brutus and Mark Antony, who still supports Caesar, debate about what should be done. Brutus eventually decides his love of country must take precedence over loyalty to its leader: “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”

The script yields many other great lines, including Antony’s speech:

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar.”

Usher promises the audience action to go with all the philosophizing. Battles will be fought in Roman armor, as the play is set in ancient times.

He believes viewers will be surprised by the contemporary insights

that can be gleaned from a script written 400 years ago.

Admission to Julius Caesar on the outdoor stage is by donation ($20 suggested). The two-hour production runs at 7 p.m. July 14-16 and 20, 24, 28, and at 2 p.m. on July 23 and 30. (Bring bug spray, lawn chairs and a blanket).

(A preview story on Love’s Labour’s Lost, directed by Emily Pole, will run in the Advocate on Saturday, July 16.) lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Will early raves turn ‘The Night Of’ into a hit?

NEW HBO DRAMA HAS BEEN GETTING RAVE REVIEWS AND COULD RIVAL SOME OF THE NETWORK’S OTHER HIT SHOWS

BY EMILY YAHR ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES A man wakes up, disoriented after spending the night with a woman he just met ... and realizes that she’s covered in blood, dead from stab wounds.

Soon, he’s a suspect in her murder.

That’s a tantalizing premise for a TV show, especially when it’s co-created by Steve Zaillian, known for writing acclaimed movies such as Gangs of New York, Moneyball and Schindler’s List. It’s also a lot of story to unpack.

But when Zaillian took on HBO’s highly anticipated crime drama The Night Of, his first project for television, he encountered an unexpected luxury: time.

“I’m just as interested — sometimes more interested — in scenes that you don’t have to have, but are very revealing in terms of character,” said Zaillian, who created and wrote the eight-episode limited series with famed novelist Richard Price. “With a film, you really can’t get away with that.”

Zaillian’s mind-set is evident in The Night Of, which debuts Sunday. The show moves at a deliberate pace. The camera lingers on details that might not matter - or could become absolutely crucial. That type of precision proves absorbing, and the suspenseful series has gotten rave reviews from critics - and, possibly more important — accolades on social media. (“You should get on board for this one,” author Stephen King recently tweeted.)

It’s no secret that HBO, the longtime king of premium cable, needs another buzzworthy drama. Game of Thrones is still a smash success, but aging quickly. True Detective may never recover from that disappointing second season.

Vinyl was just abruptly canceled after a lackluster first season. Can The Night Of become the network’s next Sunday night hit?

HBO is optimistic, citing “overwhelmingly positive” internal reaction to the series and solid word-ofmouth. Kary Antholis, president of HBO’s miniseries division, says that he doesn’t remember ever working on something (even standout miniseries such as Angels in America, Olive Kitteridge and John Adams) that had this type of “positive vibe,” even before the air

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date. Still, the network is measuring expectations.

“We’re not looking for the huge hit to follow up Game of Thrones. We’re just looking to engage the audience and give them something that they’re going to want to come back to, week after week,” Antholis said, adding, “I don’t know that it’s going to have huge numbers starting off. But our hope is that the quality of it and the addictive nature of it as a television show will speak for itself.”

Despite the critical love now, at first it was unclear whether The Night Of would make it onto the screen. Adapted from the BBC miniseries Criminal Justice, the tale starts with a quiet, studious college student, Naz (Riz Ahmed), who lives at home with his parents in Queens. One night, he secretly borrows his father’s taxi to drive to a party in Manhattan. On the way, a young woman named Andrea (Sofia Black-D’Elia) stumbles into the back of his cab. She doesn’t care that he’s not actually a driver, and they embark on an adventure.

After they spend a wild night together, Naz blacks out — and wakes to find Andrea stabbed to death. Fast-forward, and Naz is taken into custody.

He insists he’s innocent, although it doesn’t help that he has a bloody knife in his jacket. A stunned Naz is transported to Rikers Island prison to await trial, and the series delves into the tangled and infuriating web of the criminal justice system, including racial politics; Naz is Pakistani-American.

The series first landed at HBO in early 2009, when BBC Worldwide Productions President Jane Tranter approached executives about making it into an American drama. She later enlisted Zaillian to direct, and together they approached Price (who worked on HBO’s The Wire) to write the pilot. The project got a boost when The Sopranos star James Gandolfini signed on to executive produce and play Jack Stone, a haggard, low-level lawyer who gets the break of a lifetime to represent Naz. They shot the pilot in 2012.

“It takes a long time to do television — at least, it takes a long time to do it the way we did it, which was not the typical way,” Zaillian said. “We didn’t have writers’ rooms, we weren’t working and leapfrogging on episodes. We

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John Turturro and Riz Ahmed in the HBO series ‘The Night Of.’ did it as one, long nine-hour movie.”

Initially, HBO passed on the show as a multi-season drama, but later decided to greenlight it as a limited series. Then, only a few months later, in June 2013, Gandolfini died of a heart attack. Mourning their friend and colleague, those involved weren’t sure how to proceed or whether the series would continue.

Many months later, Zaillian and Price started writing the rest of the episodes, and eventually they recast the Gandolfini role with veteran actor John Turturro (Quiz Show, O Brother, Where Art Thou?). He and Ahmed had instant chemistry capturing the difficult attorney-client relationship, Jack is out of his league, and Naz is terrified.

The script reminded Turturro of The Staircase, a 2005 documentary about the trial of Michael Peterson, accused of killing his wife. He thought The Night Of was a very “well-observed” take on every side of a crime.

“I liked that you dealt with not just the plot and the whodunit quality, but how the crime accusation affects everybody. The cost of it really ruins people,” Turturro said. “I don’t (normally) think people can change ... but a terrible thing can really alter you. You don’t usually get to see that.”

Zaillian, directing seven out of the eight episodes, was a stickler for authenticity as they shot all around New York City and amassed mountains of research, including interviews with detainees at Rikers. The show tackles

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all angles, with scenes featuring the lead detective (Bill Camp), the prosecutor (Jeannie Berlin), a fellow dangerous prisoner (Michael K. Williams) and Naz’s cash-strapped parents (Poorna Jagannathan and Peyman Moaadi).

“Steve was indefatigable as far as detail. There was nothing really that bored him,” Turturro said.

The series remains timely, in its addressing of the justice system’s flaws and Islamophobia. Naz is referred to as everything from “that Arab dude” to “towel head.”

Ahmed, a 33-year-old British actor, spent weeks in Queens, immersing himself in New York culture to get a feel for his character. He felt added pressure after he saw the real-life parallels to the tragedy of Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old accused of stealing a backpack and held at Rikers Island for three years without a trial. Although prosecutors dropped the charges and Browder went home, he never recovered from solitary confinement and committed suicide at 22.

“It felt like a big responsibility portraying that story,” Ahmed said. For prisoners, he said. “There’s something permanent about that experience ... it’s not really something you can walk away from unscathed. It’s very often something people don’t walk away from.”

Although the series has many twists and turns, HBO has been careful with its marketing, not revealing too many elements and releasing only vague trailers.

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McCartney shows no signs of slowing down 74 YEAR-OLD MUSIC LEGEND ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT SINGING WITH LADY GAGA, A NEW BOX AND JELLY BEAN MEMORIES

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Paul McCartney in Paris on his One On One tour. our film, I’d rung up Lady Gaga and asked her to sing this song. It came out really good, but we can’t do anything with it until the film gets made. You feel like sometimes you’re walking in treacle. We made a start on it and once we get the go-ahead I will finish up the other songs and record them, and there’s one more I’d like Gaga to do.

Q: You’ve made music just sitting in a room by yourself playing all the instruments. I love your drummer for some reason. But you’ve also recorded with everyone from Kanye to Michael Jackson to Elvis Costello. Do you like one more than the other? Do you get into a different groove doing one or the other?

A: I’m very lucky really. Rather than getting into a groove, you can get into a rut. I like to avoid that at all costs. So for me it’s the groove over the rut. Which happens when you do quite varied projects. I really had a great time working with Kanye. And I admire him as an artist and a producer. It was completely different from anything I’ve ever done before, but I think we got some good music out of it. The Rihanna song, “FourFiveSeconds.” And then I’ll come to work by myself. And I’ll sit down as I traditionally have done with a guitar, and so that now is freshened up by the experience with Kanye, and then I’ll go in the studio and work with (Adele producer) Greg (Kurstin) and that again is freshened up. And then I’ll tour. I think all those inspirations rub off on each other.

Q: Some people might say, why even worry about putting out new records? You had this funny thing happen where you and Beck couldn’t get into that post-Grammys party and you said something like, “We better start working on some new songs.”

A: No, I said, ‘We better come up with some hits.’

It was irony, I hope people understood. Because Beck, who I was hanging with, just got the Grammy for album of the year. And also we were hanging with Woody Harrelson, who was currently in “The Hunger Games.” It wasn’t like I was with a gang of no-hopers. The truth about that story is, we weren’t even trying to get in that place. We were trying to establish whether that was Mark Ronson’s party or not.

It turned out not to be. But the bouncer didn’t get it.

I said, ‘Look, all I want to know is this Mark Ronson’s party.’ (He said:) ‘You can’t come in.’ ‘I don’t want to come in. Is this Mark Ronson’s party?’ The thing is, the guy was a bit thick. And he didn’t even see who anyone was. If you had flashed the big laminates

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Prime Stock Theatre director Thomas Usher said he regretfully had to pull the plug on this month’s planned production of Othello because he found the lead role of the Moorish general impossible to fill.

Members of the Bard on Bower cast — Nicole Leal, Albertus Koett — along with special guests, will instead perform popular scenes from Shakespeare, along with some favourite sonnets, starting on Sunday, July 17, inside the Bower Ponds pavilion.

Much Ado About Shakespeare is a ticketed event and fundraiser for the non-profit Bard on Bower.

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Q: I want to get to this new compilation you put out, “Pure McCartney.” What I like is that it feels like a mix tape.

A: That was the original thought. It was like a playlist. The ideal thing is if you’ve got a three-hour car journey and you’ve got the perfect thing to listen to, he said modestly.

Q: How involved did you get in the song selection?

A: To tell you the truth, this was an idea that was put to me by one of my girls in my New York office, who I respect and is sort of a great music fan and connoisseur. She said, I’ve been listening and putting together playlists and I think it would be great to do this. So she came up with the first playlist.

Then I got involved.

Q: What’s her name?

A: Her name is Nancy Jeffries.

Q: I want to lodge just one complaint with Nancy Jeffries. “Flowers in the Dirt.” I could go on and on about what’s wonderful about that album. And there’s not a song from it.

A: You know why, because it’s about to be reissued. It’s our next big box set. We’re working on that at the moment. So she would avoid that.

Q: Will it be released in its entirety? There are all those songs you wrote and recorded with Elvis Costello, many of them not officially released.

A: That’s one of the real exciting things. Those demos. We’re releasing them as part of this package.

I’m not sure I’m supposed to be telling you this. ...

It’s great that you’re a fan of “Flowers in the Dirt.”

Cause you’ve got a real nice release coming out. We showed it all to Elvis, and he was just tickled pink.

Q: I do have to ask you about Brexit. Where’d you land? And are you having E.U. remorse?

A: I think like a lot people I was very confused. I was so confused that I couldn’t vote.

Q: You couldn’t?

A: I was actually doing concerts and I physically couldn’t get to it. But even if I had have been able to, I was so confused. You were hearing what seemed to be good arguments on both sides. I think I would have come down on the remain side because people like the governor of the Bank of England, a lot of financial experts, were saying that.

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WASHINGTON - It all began here. Yes, on Feb. 11, 1964, two days after their famous appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, the Beatles played their first Stateside gig at the Washington Coliseum (now Uline Arena).

The space hasn’t been used for concerts for decades, but Paul McCartney, whose summer tour kicked off Friday in Milwaukee, still remembers it.

We spoke with McCartney during a tour stop in Denmark.

Q: It’s been 52 years ago, but do you remember anything about that first show?

A: Jelly beans.

Q: What do you mean?

A: When you asked us kids, what’s your favorite toothpaste or what’s your favorite breakfast, what are your favorite sweets or candies ... we said jelly babies or jelly beans. It was just a flippant remark, but the fans latched on to it and it went global. So what happened is they started throwing it at us.

Which would sometimes hit you in the eye or would melt but worst of all, they would land on the stage and you would walk on them all and you would be walking through this glutinous mess of jelly babies.

After that, we said, you know what, we don’t like jelly babies anymore.

Q: On this tour, you’re playing “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Love Me Do” live for the first time as a solo artist. What made you hold off, and why now?

A: Normally, I used to resist something that wasn’t sort of my song. I would do “Drive My Car,” but then I would avoid “Help” or something like that because I felt it was more John than me. But I happened to relax that theory, and I’m just very happy to just do stuff that I think is a good song. I heard “A Hard Day’s Night” on the radio and thought, “Wow, great song,” and I realized John and I were both so excited about the song we both sang the lead vocal. Something that doesn’t happen these days. And that chord is one of the most iconic chords in music.

Q: There are whole seminars on how you learn to play that chord.

A: It’s actually impossible. There’s a lot of archaeology involved.

Q: Your last new album came out a couple of years ago. Do you have a songwriting routine? Do you sit down and write?

A: The thing is, because I’m touring quite a bit this year, it’s a question of making time. We were in Sao Paulo, I think it was last year. (McCartney played two concerts there in late 2014.) I had a day off with absolutely nothing to do. My wife, Nancy, wasn’t with me. I slept in late, got up, hung out and I suddenly had three or four hours with absolutely nothing to do. That’s the ideal time. So I wrote a song in that period.

Q: Then there’s turning that into a releasable song, right?

A: Sometimes I will go into my recording studio and look through demos. Because I have way too many little half-finished demos. With the luxury of being able to stick things down on a Dictaphone, make voice memos, that’s actually a very bad thing. You make millions of half-finished songs.

Q: Do you walk around with an iPhone and record bits when you get them?

A: Yeah, if you get a good idea. Or you see something. I either make a note in my notepad or do a little voice memo. Just to remind myself exactly the feel of the song. But it does mean you have a lot of fragments and you’ve got to figure out a way of piecing those together. So what I’ve done with our promoter is I’ve said, I think the last gigs are the end of October sometime. After that, I don’t want to take any more engagements this year. I’d like to get an album by next year.

Q: What exactly are you working on in the studio?

A: I’m working on a film project that I’m writing some songs for. An animated film thing. The film thing, I don’t like it. Because you’re totally gung-ho and you’re doing it and somebody rings you up and says, “Well, it’s on hold.” One of the characters in

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China’s authorities grapple with how to handle Ramadan EMILY RAUHALA SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE KASHGAR, China - It was the final Friday of Ramadan, an aching hour before dusk, and on the steps of Id Kah, the mosque that marks the heart of this ancient city, things were as they have always been — almost.

Uighur men poured from Chinese authorities the mosque’s painted gate; pigeons shuffled in the insist that Xinjiang’s square; a woman pulled a Muslim Uighurs — child toward the shade. like Christians and Then, amid the crowd of worshipers in white, a most Tibetan Buddhists — are free to unusual apparition: the Chinese flag. worship as they It’s not clear why an elwish. But what they derly, bearded man carried mean, really, is Communist Party colors to Friday prayer, but the flag’s that they are free appearance at the most imto worship on the portant mosque in the Xinparty’s terms. jiang region, during Islam’s most important month, was very much on message.

Years into the high-profile “war on terror” in the country’s far northwest, China’s officially atheist ruling party wants the world to know that it respects Muslims — and that the feeling is mutual.

In the run-up to Ramadan this year, the government published a white paper hailing “unprecedented” levels of religious freedom in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, which is home to China’s largest population of Muslims.

Across Kashgar’s refurbished Old City, there are signs extolling the state’s respect for faith. China’s minorities “warmly welcome the Party’s religious policy,” reads one at Id Kah. Warm is something of a reach. In recent years, clashes between Uighurs and local authorities have claimed hundreds of lives, including that of a China-praising imam who was slaughtered at the mosque during Ramadan in 2014.

The state says the violence is the product of religious extremism, and it has increased security and surveillance across the region, putting soldiers on the streets, establishing checkpoints, and policing Photo by THE WASHINGTON POST how Uighurs conduct business, worship and dress.

Kashgar’s Id Kah Mosque in China.

China’s atheist state rankles against complaints at home and abroad of Their tactics have drawn ire at home and outrage abroad, a fact that infuriates Beijing. After stories its persecution of all faiths, and in its largely Muslim western regions ethnic Uighurs are allowed to follow about Ramadan “fasting bans”made headlines in religious traditions — to a strictly monitered point.

Indonesia and Pakistan, China invited officials from both countries for government-guided tours.

An Indonesian official returned from the his free trip with white paper-style praise: “The (Chinese) state guarantees freedom of religion to all religions,” he said. A Pakistani observer said he saw no evidence of restrictions on teachers, students and government employees — odd, given that those are China’s plainly stated rules.

The Ramadan propaganda war says much about faith and freedom in President Xi Jinping’s China.

By the Communist Party’s count, Islam is thriving in Xinjiang. Chinese state media note that the number of mosques in the region has increased 10-fold in 30 years and that the government has paid for thousands of students to travel abroad to study the faith.

Chinese authorities insist that Xinjiang’s Muslim Uighurs — like Christians and Tibetan Buddhists — are free to worship as they wish. But what they

mean, really, is that they are free to worship on the party’s terms.

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Coffee, tea or electoral reform?

PAUL WELLS OPINION “Congratulations! You have decided to host a dialogue on Canadian federal electoral reform,” I read in the federal government’s new handbook, Your Guide to Hosting a Successful Dialogue on Canadian Federal Electoral Reform, as I walked up Parliament Hill on Thursday.

Well, not so fast. All I’d really decided to do was to spend the morning sitting in the media seats and listening, as the special Commons committee charged with studying our electoral system held its second day of meetings on Parliament Hill.

But the big news from the first day of meetings was that Maryam Monsef, the eternal optimist who is Canada’s minister of democratic institutions, had released this handbook to help ordinary Canadians hold their own meetings, in kitchens and church halls across the nation, to discuss electoral reform.

Because, you know, you want to.

So I thought Monsef’s handbook would be a handy reference as I watched your MPs try to figure out how we should elect governments.

“Select a date and time that will work for you and your intended audience,” it said in the book. How about right now? Right now would do fine.

“Be creative in taking advantage of local assets to keep costs low,” the handbook said. “The ideal room is an open, bright, welcoming space.”

The committee had sure followed that advice. This meeting was in the Reading Room of Parliament’s Centre Block, one of the most opulent rooms in Ottawa.

“Place signage (if necessary).” And indeed, a sign outside the committee room told me I’d come to the right place. “Consider creating and promoting a special hashtag for your event.”

Check — the committee’s hashtag is #ERRE, for “electoral reform/ réforme électorale.”

The book suggests a separate area for refreshments. Muffins, coffee and herbal tea decorated a table at the back of the room. Somebody had

finished off the muffins before I went back to look. Fortune favours the bold.

From here on in, the handbook and the MPs parted company quite definitively.

The handbook calls on participants in electoral-reform kitchen parties, or garage jams, or whatever to break off repeatedly into groups of three.

Like, repeatedly. “Form a new group of three,” it says, and give each person three minutes to answer these questions: “Do you and/or the people you know usually vote in elections? Why or

why not?”

Beep! “Form a new group of three” and try this one: Are “certain groups … excluded” from our elections? “What do you feel could be done” to fix this?

Beep! “Form a new group of three” and tackle another question: “How do you feel about electronic voting?

Why?” The MPs declined repeatedly to form new groups of three. Also as far as I could tell nobody took notes on a whiteboard. The committee had gone rogue.

The morning’s main witness was Marc Mayrand, Canada’s chief electoral officer, cheerful and sardonic in long exchanges with the MPs, ready to retire this year after nearly a decade on the job.

His message was that time grows short. If the electoral system is to be overhauled, voters will need more than a year prior to an election to learn its details amid everything else they do in their lives.

If there is to be a referendum on proposed changes, as the Conservatives hope, that’ll take six months more. And if a new system requires that federal ridings be redistributed, add many more months on top of everything else. The last redistribution took more than two years from soup to nuts.

Mayrand is a big fan of online voting for disabled voters and those who are distant from major centres, but it’s tricky to implement and, as he reminded the MPs, as of now he has no plan to do so for the 2019 election.

Add that to the list.

Scott Reid, leading the question round for the Conservatives, asked when Mayrand needs a new law in place if he is to be ready for 2019. “We need at least two years,” Mayrand said.

But if you complicate the process with extra bells and whistles, “it could compromise the election.”

Elections Canada uses 40 different information-technology systems. Most would need to be overhauled for any new electoral process. “The timelines I am mentioning are not elastic.”

It is not only for Mayrand that time grows short. This special committee will not leave Ottawa to travel the land before September. It must begin preparing its final report a month or two later, if it is to inform government legislation in time for Mayrand’s deadlines.

Monsef is steadfast in her belief that this committee and a nationwide burst of spontaneous “dialogues” in kitchens and hay barns will reach neglected populations that no more formal consultation could hope to reach.

Her handbook suggests people use another special hashtag, #EngagedInER, to show they’re on board with this juggernaut.

A day after the handbook appeared, the hashtag had been used six times on all of Twitter. Better get the lead out.

Populist leaders taking us who-knows-where CHRIS SALOMONS STREET TALES Every day we hear more news that makes us think that the whole world is on a fast road to who-knows-where.

Europe is in great turmoil because of the Brexit vote, with politicians in many EU countries now wanting to take the same kind of vote. Right or wrong, the conflict has raised some negative emotions and actions which will have to be dealt with.

Every country around them is waiting for the USA election — fearful of the result. We all stand back and think, “Surely, not Donald Trump”! And the opposition is not that promising either.

Here as well, emotions have been running dangerously in the red during the campaign.

The polarizing effect of all these national squabbles, (of which there are many), is what we call a populist or nationalistic inward looking attitude. It sounds pretty official and all that but the really scary part is who is fueling it and who is jumping on the bandwagon.

In the past, almost every different nationality or race had a name for themselves that declared that they were the only worthy people on this earth. I guess it was sort of a defence mechanism to start with but it grew into a prideful boasting and attitude towards others, which is usually what resulted in wars and other skirmishes.

These sentiments are alive and well today and perpetuated by individuals looking to make a name for themselves. They play to the baser element of the population or the religion of the day to bolster their arguments and before long, the populist movement takes on the role of racism and discrimination on steroids.

This is where the greater and more harmful problems lie.

By virtue of his ‘in your face ranting’, Donald Trump has tried to re-establish a superior race in America, wanting to exclude all those of different

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As in any country, right-wing zealots are not hard to find, the USA has plenty of them; plus they are extremely well armed. A state of anarchy would have devastating effects for us all.

In the populist’s effort to identify their concept of the right race, they reject or turn sentiment against all those that do not fit their bill. This then by extension usually includes all the handicapped, addicted, and otherwise ‘blemished’ parts that make up a country’s population.

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Thankfully, (for the most part), we live in a country where tolerance is preached from every political presentation, and it serves us well for now, but I really feel that that also will come to an end. We have to understand that it is not just about tolerating each other, it is learning to live, respect and love each other.

You may have a different color of skin or you may believe differently than me, but for me, your skin color is your beauty, and your faith is what you will one day answer to; I cannot do it for you, because I don’t have that right; I have to contend for my own.

What right I do have to do is to love and respect all those around me which includes those on the street, those addicted, those handicapped, and all others in-between.

Like others, there are many things that go on in our beautiful country that I don’t agree with, and to this date I have the right to voice them, (with an ever growing list of legal exceptions), but we live in a “democracy,” so in an effort to get along with my neighbor, it is incumbent on me to respect, care, and seek justice for my fellow countryman.

This then for me and many of my friends and colleagues is extended to caring for and feeding those at the bottom of the ladder which so many populist politicians want to be rid of.

So, we have to ask ourselves, who would we vote for if presented with the same poor choices? Let’s just be thankful for what we have.

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When the world goes to the dogs, you just have to appreciate it HARLEY HAY HUMOUR It’s that time once again. No, not that it’s summer, or July or thunder lightning wet and hail season again — which it is. I’m referring to the fact that in the world of newspaper columns (this one in particular) it’s time to take a quick peek at the latest lamest weirdest goings-on in the world of, well, the world.

You know, news to amuse.

First up: Dog Exorcism. Yes, if you have a Deranged Shih Tzu like we used to have or a Wacked out Weimaraner or a Loopy Labradoodle, you can now take your dopey dog to a special spa for a canine “exorcism.”

Specially designed for long-in-thetooth mutts who are in their “elderly health years,” a “senior Shinto priest” will “conduct a ceremonial blessing to rid your pup of bad spirits and pray for its future health.”

All you have to do is take your pooped pup to D+Kirishima Spa which happens to be in Japan, and pony up about $430 for a 30 minute session.

Here’s hoping they don’t make your dog’s head twist around 360 degrees like that girl in the movie.

Next: Kung Fu Panda Wins Bout With Bear. In another dog related story (sort of) a certain Rick Nelson was out walking his mutt this week in a bush area outside of Sudbury, Ont. of all places when he encountered a black bear and its cub. Oh oh.

The 136 kgs mama charged but Mr. Nelson against all commonly accepted bear charging strategy, he stood

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SweePee Rambo, blind in both eyes suffering with an oozing sore, wins World’s Ugliest Dog contest. his ground. In fact, Mr. Nelson took a swing at the behemoth beast.

You see, Rick, who is 61 years old, used to be a featherweight boxer. So Rick connects with a “right hand jab” which only bloodies Rick’s knuckles makes the mama bear really peeved and so the bear counters with a nasty gash across Rick’s chest and arm.

(Good thing the bear was apparently unfamiliar with Mike Tyson tactics and didn’t bite Rick’s ear off.)

But Rick, who has earned the nickname “Kung Fu Panda” with his buddies at work, Rick lands a wicked upper cut to the bear’s snout which gives her a bloody nose, and lo and behold, she slowly backs away into the bush

with her cub.

Mr. Nelson says he is “lucky.” As of this writing there is now word on whether a lucrative Pay-Per-View match has been arranged for him and Mike “Ear Chomper” Tyson by boxing promoter Don King.

And finally: World’s Ugliest Dog Announced. Since all good, medium and bad things come in threes, in a third dog-related story, just last week in the appropriately named Petaluma, California, the 2016 Worlds’ Ugliest Dog Competition once again took place.

For the 50th year. That’s FIFTY as in five – oh! An ugly pack of 16 homely hound contestants paraded on the “catwalk” had a “Meat and Greet” and

a “Fashion Faux Paw” event featuring ugly curs sporting ugly sweaters.

The event, which is extremely popular with media from all over the world and, judging from some of the entries, several other alien planets advertises its mandate thusly: “We celebrate the spirit and imperfections that make these dogs loveable and adoptable.”

Also, it’s a really good way to feel sorry for the ugliest mongrels in the universe.

So I know you’re positively panting with your tongue hanging out, wondering desperately who won as this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog. Well, it’s no surprise that once again the winner is a hairless dog, which is a pretty ugly concept in itself. The 2016 World’s Ugliest Dog is an exceedingly homely Chihuahua/Chinese Crested miniature creature named Sweepee Rambo, and owned by Jason Wurtz of Van Nuys, Ca. Sweepee is 17 years old (213 in human years) and (I quote) “her arthritic hind legs are permanently bowed, her spine bent at a 90-degree angle, her teeth mostly missing. She is often incontinent.

Other than the sprig of hair the breed is named for, Sweepee is bald.”

Also, her tongue permanently lolls.

She was the judges “hands down favorite”.

A little pathetic, I know, right? But hey ole Sweepee won $1500 and a free trip to New York (if she lives long enough).

And besides, why not celebrate getting old and ugly? I know I do.

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.

Closing institutions was a costly mistake GOVERNMENTS RENEGED ON PROMISES TO IMPLEMENT NEW, COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL

BY PAUL LATIMER SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE It used to be that individuals with serious mental illnesses were sent to live in institutions for extended periods and often their entire lives. Since there were few effective treatments, most patients would be sedated or physically restrained to control disordered behaviour.

This environment was the norm for mental health patients who were completely separated from society and locked away in asylums.

There were large provincial psychiatric hospitals in most provinces with upwards of 2,000 beds each, often on large tracks of prime real estate on the outskirts of town and incorporating a farm, which provided occupational therapy for chronic patients and supplied some of the food used in the institution.

A shift began in the 1970s when governments and health care professionals advocated for the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill as more effective treatments were becoming available.

Initially, this was a shift in ideology with positive intentions such as integrating the mentally ill into communities and enriching their lives.

It was recognized that keeping

someone in an institution for years often created many problems in addition to the mental illness.

Deinstitutionalization was designed to move psychiatric patients out of institutions and into the community.

This action was to occur in conjunction with an expansion of community-based services for the treatment of these individuals.

Sound familiar?

In theory, the money saved from

and lack of funding have kept necessary mental health beds closed across the country and have also further restricted the ability of supportive housing organizations and others to operate.

Without adequate support and treatment, unemployment rates among those with severe psychiatric disorders are close to 90 per cent. Lack of income increases depression, anxiety, stress, psychosis, the likelihood of sub-

Without adequate support and treatment, unemployment rates among those with severe psychiatric disorders are close to 90 per cent. Lack of income increases depression, anxiety, stress, psychosis, the likelihood of substance abuse and many other problems.

Approximately 20 per cent of the prison population has a mental illness and more than five per cent are seriously ill. Obviously, the criminal justice system is not properly equipped to provide treatment and what results is a revolving door problem among the mentally ill. closing institutions and hospital beds would be used directly to implement new, community-based treatment programs.

Unfortunately, the reality has not lived up to the goal. Although many patients were removed from institutional settings, there has been insufficient corresponding expansion of community services or treatment programs.

What has resulted from this lack of follow through and accountability from the government is that existing services are strained.

Also, seriously ill patients with nowhere to go are living on the streets receiving no care or are incarcerated in the criminal justice system as a result of their disordered behaviour.

Continued government cutbacks

stance abuse and many other problems.

Eventually, the mentally ill lose access to adequate housing, employment, nutrition, family and social activities.

Not only is this a huge personal cost to those directly affected, but this state of affairs costs the government money in the long run.

Without proper housing, income or nutrition, there are more health complications and relapses and individuals need more frequent access to emergency health services at the expense of the taxpayer.

Studies of the effects of deinstitutionalization show that the police have faced ever-increasing demands with incidents related to mental illness.

Between 1975 and 1979, these in-

cidents increased by more than 200 per cent. Another more recent study shows that in Ontario this number has increased by more than 100 per cent since 1998.

There is no reason to believe these numbers would be significantly different in other provinces.

Approximately 20 per cent of the prison population has a mental illness and more than five per cent are seriously ill. Obviously, the criminal justice system is not properly equipped to provide treatment and what results is a revolving door problem among the mentally ill.

Mental illness is also over-represented among the homeless population.

More than 30 per cent of the general homeless population suffers from a mental illness and up to 75 per cent of homeless women are mentally ill.

Further, people with mental illnesses tend to remain homeless for longer periods and have less contact with friends and family, more barriers to employment and worse health than other homeless people.

Not only has the government failed to rectify this situation, but it further exacerbates things by instituting measures such as the banning of pan handling, the continuous moving along of the homeless and cruel tactics such as taking away shopping carts from homeless individuals with nowhere else to store their few belongings.

All of this continues to push the seriously mentally ill to the outskirts of society and will only serve to force more desperate and criminal behaviours and more need for tax money to be spent on emergency health care, policing and imprisonment.

Dr. Latimer is president of Okanagan Clinical Trials and a Kelowna psychiatrist.

Killing energy projects only hurts first nations

BY JOSEPH QUESNEL SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE HALIFAX, N.S. / Troy Media/ – The right of First Nations to question resource development is not the same as a right to veto much-needed projects.

Ron Tremblay, Grand Chief of the Wolastoq Grand Council in New Brunswick, said he believes Canada’s adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) gives First Nation communities veto power over natural resource projects — including TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline, which would transport oil from Alberta to New Brunswick.

The $15.7-billion, 4,600-km project would deliver 1.1 million barrels a of crude oil daily to Canada’s largest refinery and an export terminal in Saint John.

Energy East would be good for New Brunswick, a province that struggles economically. The project would boost the province’s gross domestic product by $6.5 billion, add $850 million in tax revenue and create 3,800 good-paying jobs during the construction phase.

But its future is in doubt.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett recently removed Canada’s objector status to the UNDRIP. The previous Conservative government objected to parts of the declaration that they argued interfered with Canada’s Constitution and court rul-

ings.

Hopefully the new Liberal government realizes the radical implications of fully supporting UNDRIP, even after criticizing the Conservative government for its guarded support.

As the National Energy Board has launched its two-year review of the Energy East pipeline, more indigenous leaders are declaring their opposition.

The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador passed resolutions condemning the project and the regulatory process.

The organization highlighted UNDRIP’s declaration that indigenous communities have a right to “free, prior and informed consent” on natural resource projects affecting their traditional territories.

Until now, Canadian courts have granted indigenous communities clear rights to be consulted and accommodated on resource projects, but have shied away from actual veto power.

Supporters of UNDRIP, including some legal scholars, contend that fully implementing the declaration would give these communities effective veto.

Granting a veto would be a recipe for extensive gridlock for projects and present significant challenges for energy development in our country. A veto would also send wrong signals when investors are already working with First Nations.

Thanks to a series of court rulings, resource companies know that early and ongoing engagement with indige-

nous communities is essential to getting projects off the ground.

Courts have found governments and corporations negligent of not consulting and/or accommodating indigenous communities.

So indigenous communities can stop projects while legal issues get sorted out, sometimes leading business to the rethink their viability. But when projects are halted, First Nations communities are left without benefits.

First Nation communities already deeply influence how projects come together. According to the Globe and Mail, TransCanada has said that as a result of detailed feedback from First Nation and other communities, it has made about 700 route changes. TransCanada has engaged with 166 indigenous communities along the route.

Canada’s regulatory processes have tried to address indigenous concerns about resource projects, including pipelines.

National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations has said: “We want job creation and wealth creation, but not at the expense of hurting the land and the water.”

But this legitimate concern is properly dealt with through stringent environmental assessment processes.

Moreover, pipelines are the safest means of transporting crude oil.

First Nations across Canada benefit from natural resource development. A whole class of First Nation and Metis

entrepreneurs have grown around the resource industry.

In response to vocal indigenous resistance to pipelines, the Indian Resource Council, an organization representing aboriginal communities supportive of the oil and gas industries, has tried to have its voice heard. The group stresses how aboriginal communities linked to the energy economy are suffering due to the drop in oil prices.

Ken Coates, a researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, recently released a report for the council underlining how aboriginal communities are big players in energy and minerals development. First Nations, he said, benefit from billions of dollars in trust funds from resource development.

Hundreds of aboriginal development corporations across Canada employ indigenous peoples in this sector. Resource development means jobs and opportunities.

Rather than toy with a destabilizing veto, Ottawa must work with First Nations on ensuring indigenous communities get maximum benefit from development – including ownership stakes.

Bands, in turn, should look to partner with resource companies, not kill projects that benefit all Canadians.

Joseph Quesnel is a research fellow with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.

ADVICE

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Cornered in conversation ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: I’m married to a wonderful man.

We have been together for four years now and just finished moving from Arizona to Washington for work.

I’m from the Northwest originally, so my family is thrilled that we’ll be closer, especially as we start thinking about expanding our family.

My husband’s family is from the Northeast, so we don’t get to see his parents so much.

We try to spend at least two weeks each year with his parents, though — one week back east around the holidays, one week out west during the summer.

The problem is that though the time we spend together is minimal, my father-in-law is so hard to talk with. He seems to be kind of socially unaware, and his family is used to this.

As a newcomer, I’m still having trouble with it.

Conversations with him veer into fields where he is comfortable and rarely leave those areas.

I just don’t know how much more I can hear about biochemistry or basketball when I have nothing to contribute

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Saturday, July 9 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: O. J. Simpson, 69; Tom Hanks, 60; Courtney Love, 52 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Being disciplined and discreet will take your far today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Curious and socially-aware, you love to observe the world around you. The coming year is the time to focus more on the spiritual side of life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Moon links up with Jupiter so you’re in take-charge mode. Try channelling all that energy and ambition into challenging projects and physical pursuits, rather than being bossy with others.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s time to expand your world via exciting new friendships and international contacts. You’re keen to link up with like-minded people, to achieve a successful outcome for everyone involved.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll quickly become bored with your usual routine so plan something special for later today. When it comes to a friend or acquaintance, hold onto your hat and expect the unexpected!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Flashes of inspiration are likely today Crabs, especially at home. But fluctuating emotions will affect your state of mind, so think carefully before you say something that you later regret.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you’ve got a problem that needs solving, tune into your Cat intuition to get the answers you’re searching for. Plus be proactive about asking for assistance from family and friends.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Relations with a child, teenager or friend will be pleasant and productive — as long as you resist the urge to criticize. Plus find practical ways you can contribute more in your local neighbourhood.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you have an on-going problem with a family member or housemate? Pluto encourages you to be proactive, while Jupiter helps you find a satisfactory solution to a stressful situation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re trying to persuade someone to do something, but are they ready for your intense — and somewhat controlling — approach? Smart Scorpios utilise charm to get others onside.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sassy Sagittarians love to call the shots.

But, with Saturn sauntering through your sign, it’s time to slip out of bossy-boots

curbed area that should easily fit two cars. The spot is in front of his house, but the parking isn’t permitted or assigned.

Anyone can park anywhere. Sometimes he’ll leave it there for days on end, only moving it for our neighborhood street cleaning.

Though it’s only wasting one other space, it always boils my blood to see his car sitting there, taking up a space that could have been used by any one of our neighbors or visitors.

It’s so entitled. I once saw that someone else left a nice note on his windshield explaining the parking situation.

So I know I’m not the only neighbor who is fed up with it.

But nothing’s changed. Annie, I don’t even know his name, but I want to key his car. What should I do? — Revs My Engine Dear Engine: It sounds as if someone is being a stick shift in the mud.

And no, I’m not talking about Mr. Poor Parker.

Sure, having that extra space would be great. But it’s not worth losing your cool every time you pass by.

Try talking to this man in person.

Perhaps passive-aggressive notes aren’t the best way to communicate with him. Maybe there’s a reason he likes to park his car there. In the meantime, cool your jets.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com

mode and strive to be more disciplined and focused.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The planets help you power through the day with plenty of enthusiasm and a practical plan.

So don’t waste a minute Capricorn! The combination of energy and endurance is a winning double.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): With the Sun charging through your well being zone, you need to shine a spotlight on your health and fitness. So it’s time for Aquarians to jump off the comfy couch and get moving!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avoid getting drawn into discussions about money today Pisces. When it comes to work or financial matters, think outside the box and experiment with an adventurous new approach.

to money. And — at the moment — Mars planets boost love, romance, conversation encourages you to be extra rash with cash. and sociability.

Enjoy yourself today but don’t break the So plan a busy social schedule as you bank! mix, mingle and have lots of fun!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t take Joanne Madeline Moore is an internashort-cuts today Scorpio. Success will come tionally syndicated astrologer and columnist. if you are patient and do all the homework Her column appears daily in the Advocate. or research that is required.

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with my background in architecture and having watched a few Trail Blazers games in my life.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS We give lots of thought to decorating rooms but often overlook the staircase, despite the fact that in many homes it’s the first thing people see when they walk in the door.

Staircase areas can be “a great spot to introduce your personal style,” says Brian Patrick Flynn, who designed HGTV’s “Dream Home 2016,” the design network’s annual house giveaway.

A bold paint colour that might be overpowering in a large living room can be perfect used on the tiny risers between steps.

And a rug pattern that “might seem kind of wild in a room” can add a nice pop of style when used as a slender runner down the centre of a staircase, says Bethany Willard, lead designer and founder at the Pittsburgh-based interior design firm Studio 1049.

“The simplicity of a staircase allows for a bit of fun,” she says.

Here, Flynn, Willard and designer Roric Tobin of the New York design firm B&T Global share advice on creating an inviting, stylish staircase that blends with the rest of a home’s decor.

ASSESS THE BANISTER It doesn’t have to be expensive to replace a boring bannister with something snappier.

“If it’s something historical that has beauty, there’s no sense in ripping it out,” Tobin says. But if it doesn’t serve the space, change it.

Or consider painting or otherwise updating the banister.

“Just putting some thought into that detail, Willard says, “can really personalize the space.”

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“Stairwells, often considered dead space, are ideal for showcasing collections,” says Flynn. “I prefer to mix different frames in a variety of wood finishes and metals, and then throw in three-dimensional objects as well to break up the rigid lines.

“When all else fails, I say stick with black-andwhite photos, and if you’re using art, pay close attention to how palettes play between each piece. If you have 11 pieces and eight of them have similar palettes, maybe use the other three in a different room.”

For an entrance stairway, Tobin suggests aiming for a look that’s appealing but not overpowering.

Perhaps three or four prints by the same artist, he says, that form “a cohesive, pared-down collection … not too distracting.”

ABOVE AND RIGHT: This photo provided by Brian Patrick Flynn shows a staircase designed by Flynn for HGTV.com. In this entryway the stair risers are wallpapered in contrasting patterns, bringing a dose of style and personality to a space that is often overlooked in many homes.

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BELOW: This photo provided by Bradfield and Tobin, shows a striking staircase designed by the New York-based design firm Bradfield & Tobin which has leather treads on the stairs rather than traditional carpet

Tobin recommends using bold, large-scale print wall coverings to “really draw your eye up the staircase.” Homeowners often assume that small-print patterns will look best, he says, but they can be boring.

One option he likes is a flocked wall covering with some metallic sheen, which offers warmth and classic style but can also look contemporary if the print is modern.

Bold patterns are also great for stair risers (the portion of the stairway perpendicular to the steps).

You can stencil a pattern on the risers with paint, which can easily be painted over if you decide the pattern isn’t for you. Or paint them one or several rich colours.

Willard has a client who chose to paint her risers in various shades of green — lightest at the top and darkest at the bottom, in a sort of ombre effect.

Flynn is a fan of wallpapering risers, then covering each one with a sheet of clear acrylic for durability.

And if you’re sure that patterned risers are for you, go for an even more permanent approach by adding ceramic tile work in a pattern you love.

BLEND STYLE AND FUNCTION Runners and stair treads are another place to add colour or pattern.

“Stairwell runners in masculine prints are becoming popular in all sorts of homes,” says Flynn.

And they serve a practical purpose: Bare wood can look good but be noisy and slippery. Most of Tobin’s clients opt for stair runners or treads to eliminate noise.

These are traditionally made of carpet, but Tobin suggests considering other materials. For a client in Mexico City, he added leather stair treads.

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Make sure lighting fixtures are right for your staircase and that the light is flattering, Willard suggests. “That can be such an inexpensive change and an update that makes a lot of difference,” she says.

And you don’t have to wait for the winter holidays to add decorations.

As summer ends, consider “adding a touch of fall with baskets at the end of the stairs in autumnal tones,” says Flynn, “then keeping sweaters and knit caps out as accessories.”

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Painter’s tapes work much better than traditional masking tapes is they’re applied properly. Seal critical edges with pressure and it keeps paint out perfectly.

Pro painters are the best source for tips, tricks and advice on how to paint well.

Five pro painting tips results with less mess.

STEVE MAXWELL HOUSEWORKS I get to meet many professional house painters in the course of my work, and I make it a point to ask these people for the secrets of good painting results. The tips, tricks and wisdom you’ll find here are from real-world pros but they pay off for handy homeowners, too.

Tip#1: Primer Quality Differs More Than Paint Quality

According to the pros, top formulations of latex paints are almost indistinguishable in quality from each other as they go on and age. But there is a wide difference in primer quality.

Poor quality primer (or the wrong kind of primer) is more likely to ruin a job than any issue with paint. Primer is also where some people are most likely to cut corners, cheap out and regret it.

Tip#2: Wall Prep is Key

Gary Walchuk is a professional painter I’ve known since 1990, and he spends as much time repairing wall flaws as he does painting. “I’m fussy about prep work, and the older homes really take a lot of time fixing up previous rushed paint jobs from the past.”

Gary starts by sanding all trim and baseboard by hand using a sponge sanding block.

This gets off all the bumps, dust nibs and pet hair. The sponge blocks follow the contours of trim and molding nicely. Gary uses spackling compound for small damage, and sandable, setting-type compound for bigger holes. Latex caulking is best for filling cracked areas that need to remain flexible.

Tip#3: Mental Focus Matters

More than a few pro painters I know talk about some version of what I call the zen of painting. It’s all about pushing aside all the many other thoughts bouncing around in your head, focusing only on that one square yard of wall or ceiling in front of you. It sounds simple, but it makes for better

Tip#4: Roller and Brush Quality Matters

Your choice of brushes and rollers can boost the speed of your painting by about 30%, and lab tests prove it.

Back in 2008, a roller testing procedure was created by the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) to measure the effectiveness of paint rollers. In 2008 this test was used to measure the performance of 8 different types of rollers from 6 different manufacturers.

The best rollers required one-third fewer trips from the wall to the paint tray during an average day. It’s no coincidence that the best performance came from rollers with the finest fibers. Microfiber roller refills were the most effective of all.

Tip#5: Masking Tape Really Matters

Should you mask that edge or cut in with a brush? That’s always the question, but the answer is changing. Advances in masking tape are the reason why. Until 10 years ago, the tape industry was in a race for the bottom as far as price and quality of masking tape goes. As soon as one company had the nerve to create a tape that was expensive enough to work well, others followed suit. Now hardware store shelves have two types of paint-related tape.

So-called masking tapes are cheap but don’t actually keep paint from creeping underneath. Tapes that work well for masking are typically called painter’s tapes they cost more, but they work great. At least if they’re applied properly, that is.

The trick is to seal critical edges by pressing with a putty knife or credit card.

You can apply as much pressure as you like with your finger, but it won’t create a reliable seal.

The possibilities for improved DIY interior painting are better than ever.

Painting is one place where craftsmanship, discipline and attention to detail make the difference.

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Get the most out of a postage-stamp apartment DAVID FERGUSON CREATIVE SPACE

Last month, I featured a small condominium unit that I designed with real life in mind. There were no expensive, re-sized features incorporated, no abstract pulley systems used, and no designer tricks involved … just tasteful, good furniture, appliances and fittings that you could buy anywhere that will turn this tiny home into a liveable space for one or two people.

Apparently the almost 50-square-meter (approximately 540 square feet) space that I worked on for that column was still not small enough for some readers.

It was pointed out to me that it is no longer unusual to see an urban condo unit of 35 square metres (376 square feet), roughly the size of an average hotel room.

So, I am taking on that challenge once again; this time looking at a 32.5-square metre (350 square feet) space. Confident that I could adapt any small apartment to real-world conditions, I looked for something even smaller than that, but in my research, I only came across custom-made homes — those ridiculously small spaces that you’ve seen a lot on television these days — or assisted living spaces.

These are apartment spaces that are usually built for the elderly and infirmed, so they will often require special accommodations, such as wheel chairs or special medical equipment, a subject that will require a full column of its own.

The building I found is a former book-binding factory located in a gentrified downtown area. Although the spaces are relatively affordable, the studio and one-bedroom suites measure no larger than 425 square feet and might prove a challenge for any new resident.

My theory in redesigning and decorating a space like this one is: If you have to live in a small space, why shouldn’t it be the most luxurious small space?

1. Ensure that the completed space does not feature too many different finishes and that the main finishes coordinate from one to the next.

Throughout this apartment unit, located at the end of the 14-unit corridor, the main base-building finishes (common walls, ceiling and floor) flow seamlessly from one space to the next.

On the longest wall, shared between the living room and bedroom, the original natural brick was restored and its texture gives this room a sophisticated grittiness reminiscent of its days as a factory.

The hexagonal tile installed as a backsplash doesn’t stop at the end of the counter, but is taken all the way to the end of the kitchen wall.

The rough-sawn wood of the original ceiling, cleaned up and repaired, is maintained throughout this space. Each of the textural features of these surfaces is unbroken in order to maintain an open, continuous feeling from the entrance to the balcony.

Even the wood flooring material was chosen so that it could seamlessly continue right through to the balcony floor, visually adding that large outdoor area to the square footage.

The cedar wood floor, coloured with a white stain, gives the overall look of softness that complements and helps temper the other, more harsh textures.

2. The main space-planning change that was made to the original floor plan was to create a diagonal cor-

ridor from the entrance door to the open area.

Because this end unit had most of the ducts and pipes located outside of its walls, luckily in the entire space, only one, small area (between the laundry room and the kitchen) was unusable.

Designing the space on this angled axis will enable us to create larger spaces on the unit’s left side (assuming the left/right side from the entrance), and make the plan more interesting overall.

In its original plan, the view out of the windows can be seen immediately upon entering, which many will say is not feng shui.

I would say you’d be giving away all of this beautiful condo’s surprises immediately upon entering.

In the original plan, the laundry room is cleverly referred to as Laundry and Dressing Room because it is one of the few places where one can hang clothing, despite the fact that the clothes closet was located in the bathroom.

3. The bathroom, like the kitchen, is one of those spaces that should not have its square footage sacrificed to enlarge other spaces. If anything, space should be taken from adjoining rooms to add to a

bathroom or a kitchen because those are two spaces that we cannot do without; a place to cook and eat and a place to clean-up.

Two major changes were made in the existing bathroom. First, a large closet, one of only two in the unit, was removed and relocated into the enlarged laundry room.

Assuming it was there, the brick wall was restored, and the new, spacious bathroom was then fitted in full luxury with a Roman tub, full-sized glass shower and designer vanity.

In addition, to give the room a young, whimsical feeling, the floor is treated with a unique design that gives the appearance of walking on water.

The look is achieved by laying a photographic image on the floor and then covering it in several coats of liquid polymer to create a three-dimensional image that looks like a pool of water.

Other water images may include fish (including sharks), water lilies or a sandy beach scene.

David Ferguson is a regular contributor to CBC Radio’s Ontario Today. Write to David at: david.ferguson@ hotmail.ca.

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Butterfly: We all have a tendency to admire both the beauty and practical nature of symmetrical patterns.

INSPIRED BY NATURE DEBBIE TRAVIS HOUSE TO HOME We think a lot about patterns when we are decorating. What should I choose for my drapes or comforter? Will it work having different patterns competing with each other in one room? How about taking one design and repeating it in a variation of sizes and colours? We are inspired by all the glorious patterns in nature, and what may appear as a beautiful but chaotic amalgamation of shapes, does break down into what we see as a pleasing order. When we produce a design, we are copying from nature’s rich tapestry. All the shapes, geometric to fluid to rambling, are found in the natural world. It’s how an individual recreates and transforms patterns, whether with colour variants for example, or line widths, that the amazing sense of variation appears.

In Philip Ball’s book, Patterns in Nature, University of Chicago Press, he explains that there are regularities running through the natural world from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a sea shell and the branching veins of a leaf. Ball approaches the phenomenon of patterns through the logical constructs of physics and mathematics in such a way that a non-scientific mind can understand. He sets out to show how nature makes the patterns that we love, copy and augment. By breaking down patterns into categories, we are shown how and why similar designs appear in insects, animals, mineral formations, the human body, and so on. Thus, the book is divided into chapters that explore symmetry, fractal geometry, spirals, flow and chaos, bubbles and foam and more.

“Bilateral symmetry seems almost to be the default shape for animals. Insects, fish, mammals and birds all share this attribute”, says Ball. We are drawn to repeat patterns and mirror images such as the markings on a butterfly, the limbs and other features of the human form.

It connotes order, and balance, which is a happy state for us to be in. How symmetry is created and repeated in the natural world is explained scientifically in this book. For designers and decorators, it is of interest to understand how designs build on themselves. The bees construct honeycombs using wax they produce, building walls in a hexagonal shape, a repeat pattern that is the best use of limited space.

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Strength evolves from the 6-sided cells that all touch each other. We use this pattern in architecture, in paper products, and replicate it in art.

“Fractal geometry is the geometry of nature”, says Ball. Here, a pattern repeats itself in different size scales. The branches of a tree taken separately look like a miniature version of the whole tree. The scale diminishes as the branches grow and leaves form.

The veins in the leaves continue this pattern.

Designers and artists are aware of the growth of patterns and use their talents to reproduce similar fractal shapes with fabric weaves, paint and other materials.

In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci wrestled with the task of capturing the flow of water on canvas. He discovered that what appeared to be chaos

was actually a mix of order and disorder. Does understanding the basic physics enhance our enjoyment of the patterns of the rush of water, or the swirl of a snail, or the grandiose formulation of mountains?

Hundreds of stunning magnified photographs and insightful text in Patterns of Nature will enrich the way you see and experience the world around you.

And will help you develop a stronger sense of appreciation for design in decorating.

–Debbie Travis’ House to Home column is produced

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ADVANTAGE.............. 396-8667..... $259,000....... Devonshire 65 Amer Close...................2:00 ................... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Mark ...... Mark Whitaker ............. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 587-377-5210 $269,900....... Anders Park East 43 Marion Crescent .........1:00 ......... 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Kim ...... Kim Wyse ....................... CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 587-679-1079 $399,900....... Morrisroe Extension 25 Lamont Close ..............2:00 .............. 2:00 – 3:30 pm ......Nolin ...... Nolin Maurier ............... REALTY EXPERTS ............................... 505-7653..... $374,900....... Lancaster Meadows 6325 61 Avenue ...............1:00 ............... 1:00 – 5:00 pm ......Bob ...... Bob Pelletier ................. SERGE’S HOMES ................................ 505-8050............................... Highland Green Lalor Drive ..........................1:00 .......................... 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.... ...Kyle Kyle Lygas ..................... MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2550 .............................. Laredo 7 Tory Close........................12:00 ........................ 12:00 – 5:00 pm....Aaron .... Aaron .............................. LAEBON HOMES ................................ 396-4016............................... Timber Ridge

SATURDAY, JULY 9 - OUT OF TOWN 53 Springvale Heights....

Heights....3:00 3:00 – 5:00 pm ......Margaret ...... Margaret Comeau ...... RE/MAX................................................. 391-3399..... $599,000....... Red Deer County 7117 Henners Road ........2:00 ........ 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Ivan ...... Ivan Busenius............... RE/MAX................................................. 350-8102..... $463,000....... Lacombe 14 Charlton Avenue ........2:00 ........ 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Bonnie ...... Bonnie Meaney ........... SUTTON LANDMARK REALTY ....... 885-4936..... $289,900....... Blackfalds 2418 Cottonwood Road 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Larry ...... Larry Watson ................ ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 358-0054..... $560,000....... Innisfail Directions: Junction Hwy 2 & Hwy 54 south of Innisfail, take Cottonwood Rd. 18 km. West past Rg. Rd. 24, second acreage on right 96 Old Boomer Road ...... ......1:00 1:00 – 4:00 pm ......Maeling ...... Maeling Yee .................. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 596-2792..... $344,900....... Sylvan Lake 18 Iron Wolf Close............1:00 ............ 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Lisa ...... Lisa Suarez .................... ROYAL LEPAGE LIFESTYLES LIFESTYLES............ ............ 396-6366..... $409,900....... Lacombe 105 Coachman Way ........ ........2:00 2:00 – 4:30 pm ......Avril ...... Avril Evans.....................

Evans..................... CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 348-6303..... $459,900....... Blackfalds 5300 60 Street, Unit 301 1:00 – 4:00 pm ......Melissa ...... Melissa Morin .............. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 318-5665..... $647,500....... Sylvan Lake 5300 60 Street, Unit 302 1:00 – 4:00 pm ......Melissa ...... Melissa Morin .............. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 318-5665..... $592,500....... Sylvan Lake 9 Mackenzie Avenue ...... ......2:00 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Chris ...... Chris Forsyth ................ MAXWELL REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS . 391-8141 .... $389,900....... Lacombe #E4, 5300 Vista Trail .........1:00 ......... 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. ....Debra .... Debra Grabo ................ TRICON DEVELOPMENTS ............... 396-1688..... $219,900....... Blackfalds 105 Lalor Drive .................1:00 ................. 1:00 – 5:00 pm .....Kyle ..... Kyle Lygas ..................... MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2550 .............................. Laredo 3 Bardwell Way .................12:00 ................. 12:00 – 5:00 pm....Jennifer .... Jennifer .......................... LAEBON HOMES ................................ 392-6841............................... Sylvan Lake 129 Mann Drive ................12:00 ................ 12:00 – 5:00 pm....Genessa .... Genessa ......................... LAEBON HOMES ................................ 396-4016............................... Penhold

SUNDAY, JULY 10 - RED DEER 107 5300 48 Street ..........1:00 .......... 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Kim ...... Kim Argent ................... RE/MAX................................................. 357-4526..... $244,900....... Downtown South 118 Osmond Close ..........2:00 .......... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Len ...... Len Parsons .................. RE/MAX................................................. 350-9227..... $664,900....... Oriole Park 314 56 Carroll Crescent ..2:00 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Ivan ...... Ivan Busenius............... RE/MAX................................................. 350-8102 .... $169,900....... Clearview Meadows 3401 43 Avenue ...............2:00 ............... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Bryan ...... Bryan Wilson ................ RE/MAX................................................. 340-9436..... $419,900....... Mountview 4918 Doncaster Avenue 1:00 – 4:00 pm ......Jake ...... Jake Warkentin ............ REALTY EXECUTIVES ........................ 348-9996..... $194,500....... Davenport 162 Woodridge Drive ..... .....2:00 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Jan ...... Jan Carr .......................... ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 396-1200..... $162,000....... Waskasoo 4735 56 Street...................2:00 ................... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Doug ...... Doug Wagar ................. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 304-2747..... $309,900....... Downtown East 11 Cole Street....................1:00 .................... 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Gord ...... Gord Phillips................. MAXWELL REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS . 357-7720..... $339.900....... Clearview Meadows 61 Selkirk Boulevard .......2:00 ....... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Bett ...... Bett Portelance ........... CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 307-5581..... $380,000....... Sunnybrook 4 Amy Close .......................1:00 ....................... 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Milena ...... Milena Toncheva ........ CENTURY 21 AVANTAGE ................. 304-5265..... $459,900....... Anders South 20 Garrison Circle ............2:00 ............ 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Christina ...... Christina Courte.......... CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 505-6194..... $725,000....... Garden Heights 51 Aldrich Close ...............2:00 ............... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Hilary ...... Hilary Rosebrugh ....... CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 346-0021..... $589,900....... Anders South 43 Marion Crescent .........1:00 ......... 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Terri-Lynn ...... Terri-Lynn Kostenuk .. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 350-7976..... $399,900....... Morrisroe Extension 204 5590 45 Street ..........2:00 .......... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Mark ...... Mark Whitaker ............. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 587-377-5210 $354,900....... Downtown 525 Wedgewood Avenue 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Kim ...... Kim Fox .......................... CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 506-7552..... $99,000 ......... Waskasoo Estates 17 Rutledge Crescent ..... .....1:00 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Kim ...... Kim Fox .......................... CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 506-7552..... $340,000....... Rosedale Meadows 6325 61 Avenue ...............1:00 ............... 1:00 – 5:00 pm ......Bob ...... Bob Pelletier ................. SERGE’S HOMES ................................ 505-8050............................... Highland Green 7 Tory Close........................12:00 ........................ 12:00 – 5:00 pm....Aaron .... Aaron .............................. LAEBON HOMES ................................ 396-4016............................... Timber Ridge 4273 Ryders Ridge Blvd..1:00 1:00 – 5:00 pm ......Jessica ...... Jessica Mercereau ...... MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2550............................... Sylvan Lake

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61 Adena Close.................2:00 ................. 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Anjali ...... Anjali Evanoff............... RE/MAX................................................. 848-0883..... $419,900....... Blackfalds 5208 Queen Crescent..... .....1:30 1:30 – 3:30 pm ......Cindy ...... Cindy Dooley ............... RE/MAX................................................. 597-0284..... $234,900....... Blackfalds 79 Ponderosa Avenue .... ....2:00 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Bonnie ...... Bonnie Meaney ........... SUTTON LANDMARK REALTY ....... 885-4936..... $313,000....... Blackfalds 777 Township Road 353 3531:00 1:00 – 3:00 pm ....... .......Bob Bob Gummow ............. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 598-7913..... $139,900....... Innisfail 131 Morris Court ..............2:00 .............. 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Kevin ...... Kevin Glover ................. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 396-2706..... $564,900....... Blackfalds 2418 Cottonwood Road 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Larry ...... Larry Watson ................ ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 358-0054..... $560,000....... Innisfail Directions: Junction Hwy 2 & Hwy 54 south of Innisfail, take Cottonwood Rd. 18 km. West past Rg. Rd. 24, second acreage on right 6 Talisman Close...............2:00 ............... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Mike ...... Mike Phelps .................. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 346-0021..... $399,900....... Lacombe 18 Valmont Street ............2:00 ............ 2:00 – 4:30 pm ......Avril ...... Avril Evans.....................

Evans..................... CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 348-6303..... $314,900....... Blackfalds 5300 60 Street, Unit 301 1:00 – 4:00 pm ......Melissa ...... Melissa Morin .............. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 318-5665..... $647,500....... Sylvan Lake 5300 60 Street, Unit 302 1:00 – 4:00 pm ......Melissa ...... Melissa Morin .............. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 318-5665..... $592,500....... Sylvan Lake #E4, 5300 Vista Trail .........1:00 ......... 1:00 – 5:00 pm ......Debra ...... Debra Grabo ................ TRICON DEVELOPMENTS ............... 396-1688..... $219,900....... Blackfalds 3 Bardwell Way .................12:00 ................. 12:00 – 5:00 pm....Jennifer .... Jennifer .......................... LAEBON HOMES ................................ 392-6841............................... Sylvan Lake 129 Mann Drive ................12:00 ................ 12:00 – 5:00 pm....Genessa .... Genessa ......................... LAEBON HOMES ................................ 396-4016............................... Penhold 4273 Ryders Ridge Blvd..1:00 1:00 – 5:00 pm ......Jessica ...... Jessica Mercereau ...... MASON MARTIN HOMES................ 588-2550............................... Sylvan Lake

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Lost

BRIGHT red lanyard (neck strap) with Jeep toggler key lost Friday, July 1 at downtown water park north of rec centre. $50 reward.

FOUND

56

Found

The family of Terry Carson sadly announces the passing of their son, husband, father, brother, grandson, uncle and cousin on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at the age of 63 years. Terry was born in Red Deer, AB and grew up on the family acreage in Penhold, Alberta. For most of his adult life, Terry lived in Toronto and worked in the music industry, traveling across Canada and the US. Along the way he met and befriended many musicians and industry people and had many stories to tell of his exploits across North America. He was a salesman extraordinaire as well as an excellent mentor and great boss. Terry was predeceased by his father Thornton and nephew Tal Hofstra. Left to mourn is his wife Michelle (nee Thompson), two children: Matthew (Lee) and Ryan (Robin), one grandchild (Jake), his mother Hazel, and six siblings: Greg (Barb), Murry (Dawn), Clarke (Madeleine), Susan (Rick Morson), Carol (Al Olson) and Scott (Barb McCracken); mother and father-in-laws Dorothy and Wayne Belding and Gary Thompson as well as many great relatives and friends. A Celebration of Terry’s life was held in Toronto, ON, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. A memorial service will also be held in Red Deer, Alberta at a later date.

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Announcements

Daily

JOURNEMAN SHEET METAL MECHANIC req’d Good organizational skills with commercial project experience. Truck provided, competitive rates & benefits. Email resume starmechanical@ xplornet.com

Business Opportunities

870

FOUND BAG OF FISHING supplies in Grandview Area. If lost please call 403-986-4242 MUST IDENTIFY

60

Personals

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CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

KARA PORTTIN has accomplished her Red Seal Journeyman Hairstylist, and also a Bachelor of Education Middle Years Graduate Love Gramma Porttin and Family Congrats

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

Classifieds 309-3300

Celebrating the birth of your child?

Share your happy news with family & friends with a special announcement in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds “Announcement” section.

309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS

710

LOOKING for 2 Live-In caregiver willing to do split shifts. High school graduate 1-2 yrs exp. In caring for person with high medical needs 44 hrs/wk at 11.50/hr. karenmeeres@yahoo.ca

Hair Stylists

760

Hairstylists for new salon.

403-346-8861 or e-mail gandjmeyer@hotmail.com

Janitorial

770

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

Professionals

810

THE Red Deer Public School District Invites applications for the position of: Accounting Coordinator. For more information about the Red Deer Public School District, visit our web site at: www.rdpsd.ab.ca Applications, with references, should be directed to humanresources@ rdpsd.ab.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: #3, 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d F/T & P/T permanent shift, early morning, morning, day, eves. shift weekend day night. 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 req’d. Apply in person or fax 403-314-1303

Sales & Distributors

830

ATTN: Grade12/College Students!! FT/PT Summer Work, $17.25 base/appt.

Customer Sales and Service, NO Experience Necessary. Conditions Apply, Training Provided.

Call today! 403-755-1500 OR apply online @ work4students.ca

The Travelman Luggage & Swimwear Warehouse

Requires a Part Time Sales Associate (14-20hrs must be flexible) for our Red Deer Store Travel & Ladies Fashion Experience a plus. NO Sundays, No Nights, or Holidays Starting wage $11.20, plus bonuses.

Fax Resume to (403) 348-2033 or E-mail Tannis at: tannbarnes@hotmail .com

24 FT. FOOD TRAILER, fully equipped with Jen stainless grill barbecue and oven. 10,000 watt electric start generator, 250 gallon water tanks, electric hot water fridge and top freezer. Brand new unit.

Will consider trade of value $24,000 or consider partnership in venture or cash offer. Unit in Red Deer. I have no e-mail service. Ph. only.

403-304-3612

Employment Training

900

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

1520

Two antique seagrass wicker chairs (approx. 100 years old). Beautiful outdoor /indoor décor chairs (not for sitting). $40 each.

Will sell separately.

Call (403) 342-7908.

Auctions

Farmers' Market

1650

ANYONE with strawberries to give away, please call 403-346-7825

Firewood

1660

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

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Furnishings

Misc. for Sale

“Low Cost” Quality Training

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

AIR Compressor, 3 gal. or 11.4 L, paid $149.99 plus a 2/1 nailer, drives, nails and narrow crown staples, pd. $119.99. Used once.

Will sell both for $100. or $50. each.

403-309-7387, 392-6138 FRAMING Nailers, 3 in 1 KING Canada, 28 degree x34 degree, flipped head.

Performance Plus.

18 guage,2 Brad Nailer Kits Performance Plus, 18 guage x 1/4, narrow crown stapler, in carrying case. Includes full box of 3 1/4 nails. Sold for $300.

Asking $100. for all 3.

403-309-7387, 392-6138 MASTER CRAFT Driver, Impact wrench, square, 1/2”, speed 65 RMP Max. torque 320. Asking $30.

MotoMaster, 750 Watt inverter, $50.

403-309-7387, 392-6138

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Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

TRAINING CENTRE

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.

1640

Tools

WANTED

SAFETY

278950A5

Obituaries

850

Trades

1530

UNRESERVED Real Estate Auction Sale Gary & Bonnie Muzylouski Land Located Near Rimbey, Alberta August 19, 2016 Time: 12:00 Noon

Selling a A Truly Fabulous, Executive Built, Stunning Home, Built in 2013 w/ Attached Garage, Trout Pond, Cabin, Finished Shop & A Beautifully Landscaped Yard.

1760

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

403-885-5020 COLEMAN Camp stove, 2 burner Propane, older, with stand. $30. 587-876-2914 GOLF cart, large wheeled, used 2 times, $25; brand new fabric golf bag, $35; and Singer sewing machine in cabinet, $45.

403-346-4462 RCA Bluebird records, Wilf Carters, Jimmie Roger’s, harbor Light’s, etc.

All albums. $20. for set.

403-347-3849 STEP Ladder, 6’ Feather light aluminum, no tray, $20. 587-876-2914 SUN Lightfoot Pedometor and flashlight, never used.

587-876-2914 Vintage (circa 1960’s) wooden “Ski Slipper” slalom ski in very good condition. $45 (firm).

Call (403) 342-7908.

WATER HOSE REEL, $35. 403-885-5020 WEBSTER 20th Century Dictionary. Second Edition. $10.

403-347-3849

Collectors' Items

1870

2 GINNY DOLLS, mint in box, 1986 Vogue dolls, Bride and Mommy’s Attic.

2 for $30. 403-314-9603 LEATHER Jacket, size small. Exc. shape. $40.

403-347-0325 PRECIOUS Moments Debbie, 1981, Mint-in-box, 18: tall, $75. 403-314-9603 ROCKWELL Plate Collection, (16), 7 Ladies, 4 Shelties, 5 variety. $175 for all or $12. each.

403-347-0325 WIZARD of OZ Dolls, Mint-in-box, 1985.

Complete set of 6. $200.

403-314-9603

Travel Packages

1900

Sat., July 23 & Sun., July 31, from 1pm to 4 pm or by Appointment Contact Allen B. Olson at (403) 783-0556.

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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Clothing

1590

SUN ICE golf jacket.

Women’s Size Large.

Navy blue with grey trim.

Mint condition. $20 (firm).

Call (403) 342-7908.

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 BDRM. townhouse/ condo, 5 appls., 2 blocks from Collicutt Centre. $1150/mo. + utils., inclds. condo fees. 403-616-3181

Opposite Hospital

MORRISROE 2 storey townhouse, 3 bdrm., 1 1/2 bath, large kitchen, no pets, n/s, fenced yard, 403-342-6374, 396-6610

PENHOLD 1 bdrm., 4 appls., inclds. heat & water, no pets, $760/mo. 348-6594

3020

4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1395/mo. in Red Deer.

403-782-7156 403-357-7465 MOUNTVIEW entire home, 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

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 BDRM. 1400 sq. ft. 2009 condo w/att. single garage, Ironstone Way Ref’s req’d.

No pets, utils. Rent neg. newly reno’d.403-728-3688

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

403-346-5885

PENHOLD, deluxe 3 bdrm., hrdwd. flrs., inclds. heat and

SEIBEL PROPERTY water, $1100. 403-348-6594 ONE MONTH THE FREE RENT

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 11/2 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1095. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Aug. 1.

403-304-5337

NORDIC

Rental incentives avail.

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

403-596-2444

VICTORIA PARK

STUDIO APARTMENT SALE! All inclusive senior living.

Avail. for immed. occupancy from $1849. Call to book a tour 403-309-1957

Rooms For Rent

CLEARVIEW: TWO WEEKS FREE + $150. move-in, 4 plex, 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), $975.mo. n/s, no pets. 403-391-1780

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712

Offices

ORIOLE PARK

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

Available Aug. 1.

403-304-5337 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

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

Available Aug. 1 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. Aug. 1 $900/mo., S.D. $650.

403-304-5337 2 Bedroom BLOWOUT for $899/month! Receive $500 on Move-In Day! One FREE year of Telus cable & internet.

Cat friendly.

1(888)784-9279 leasing@rentmidwest.com Plaza Apartments

3110

Downtown Office

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

Pasture

GLENDALE

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $925. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Available Aug. 1.

403-304-5337

3090

$425. MO/D.D. incld’s everything. 403-342-1834 or 587-877-1883 after 2:30

CLEARVIEW

2 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. Aug. 1 403-304-5337

3180

PASTURE

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

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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Realtors & Services

4010

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

CITY VIEW APTS.

2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building.

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679 GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $850/mo., $850 D.D., and 1 bdrm. $765/mo, $765. DD. N/S, no pets, no partiers.

403-346-1458

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

Houses For Sale

4020

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail.

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

403-596-2444

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engines, radar equipped for ocean mechanical and hall, are in exc. shape, needs to be cleaned in cabin, boat is 28 ft. electric anchor, comes with new 3 axle trailer. Red Deer. Will sell or trade for value.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

Estate of Peter Jacobus Rombouts who died on May 14, 2016 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by August 15, 2016 with Chapman Riebeek LLP at 300, 4808 Ross Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5 and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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BY JIM GOMEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines — The new Philippine president blamed U.S. intervention for the bloody conflicts in Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries in his latest criticism of Manila’s closest security ally.

President Rodrigo Duterte suggested in a speech Friday that intrusive policy was to blame for attacks on U.S. soil, saying, “It is not that the Middle East is exporting terrorism to America, America imported terrorism.”

“They forced their way to Iraq … look at Iraq now, look what happened to Libya, look what happened to Syria,” he told the Muslim community in southern Davao city in a ceremony marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. “People are being annihilated there including children.”

The former Davao mayor has said he would be a leftist president who would chart a foreign policy not dependent on the United States.

He has pointed out the benefits of nurturing friendly relations with Beijing, including a Chinese offer of financing railway projects in the Philippines. The country has had frosty ties with China under Duterte’s predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, who bolstered security ties with the U.S. to deter China’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea. Despite his remarks, there has been no indication that he would move to change the country’s robust defence

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ties with the United States.

The treaty allies hold largescale combat exercises each year and signed a 2014 defence pact that allows the U.S. military to temporarily base troops and build and operate facilities in Philippine military camps. China has criticized the pact.

In the Philippines, Duterte has given allies of communist rebels at least two key posts in his Cabinet as part of an effort to forge a peace deal with the insurgents, who are labeled terrorists

by Washington.

Duterte’s speech centred on his plan to open peace talks with two large Muslim rebel groups in the southern Mindanao region, homeland of minority Muslims in the largely Roman Catholic nation. Duterte’s plan includes shifting to a federal system of government that would give more autonomy and resources to impoverished regions like Mindanao. He called on Muslims to back his efforts.

“As a nation, we must sit down,” he said. “Why will we kill each other?”

In the case of Abu Sayyaf militants, Duterte said he would not lump them with criminals, saying “these were the guys who were driven to desperation.”

He did not say how he would try to deal with the extremists although he has warned them in recent weeks to stop a wave of ransom kidnappings or face “a reckoning one of these days.”

Washington and Manila list the Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist organization that has carried out for bombings, kidnappings and beheadings over the last three decades.

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In this June 30, 2016, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers his speech before a solidarity dinner with the poor event at a slum area in Manila, Philippines. Duterte blamed U.S. intervention for the bloody conflicts in Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries in his latest critical remark against Manila’s closest security ally. Duterte suggested in a speech to Muslims on Friday, that U.S. policy was to blame for terrorist attacks on its soil, saying, “It is not that the Middle East is exporting terrorism to America, America imported terrorism.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — A California man charged with allegedly attempting to sell sensitive information used in military and commercial satellites to the Russians was ordered jailed without bail Friday.

Gregory Allen Justice of Culver City was arrested Thursday by FBI agents.

Authorities say the 49-year-old engineer, who worked for a Los Angeles defence contractor, provided proprietary software technology and other information to an FBI agent he thought was a Russian spy.

He was charged with economic espionage and violating the U.S. Arms Export Control Act. “Mr. Justice allegedly placed his own interests of greed over our national security by providing information on sensitive U.S. technologies to a person whom he believed was a foreign agent,” Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin said in a statement Friday. “In the wrong hands, this information could be used to harm the United States and its allies.”

An attorney for Justice could not immediately be located, and his phone

number has been disconnected.

According to court documents, Justice was paid between $500 and $1,000 during each of several meetings he had with the undercover agent earlier this year.

The agent said Justice explained he needed the money to provide medical care for his seriously ill wife, although some of it appeared to have been given to another woman. Her relationship with Justice wasn’t explained.

According to the court documents, Justice had been employed by the unnamed defence contractor since 2000, and he had most recently been working on military and commercial satellites.

Authorities said he stole proprietary trade secrets from his employer and passed them on to the undercover agent he believed worked for a Russian intelligence agency. They say he also provided documents containing technical data that under federal law are tightly restricted for export.

If convicted, he faces a maximum of 15 years in prison on the espionage charge and 20 years on the Arms Export Control Act violation charge.

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