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Working out of his shop at the back of 53rd Street Music in Red Deer, Don Johnston takes brass and woodwind instruments from unusable and damaged and puts them back in the hands student musicians.

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF He’s the guy who takes the ‘ewww’ out euphoniums and the flaws out of flutes.

Don Johnston is Central Alberta’s music repair man.

All summer long, he’s been cleaning the dirty brass tubing in tubas, euphoniums and trumpets, re-padding saxophone keys, and hammering the dents out of flutes and trombones.

As the only brass and woodwind instrument repairman between Edmonton and Calgary, schools

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from Caroline to Cremona have been relying on him to get their band equipment up to snuff for the start of a new school year.

Johnston estimates he’s improved more than 200 instruments in his back shop at Red Deer’s 53rd Street Music store since June.

He’s taken apart many music-makers to clean out the spittle buildup that can corrode metal and make users sick. (Once-a-year cleanings are highly recommended, said Johnston, who noted a bagpipe player in the U.K. died from a lung infection caused by bacterial buildup in his instrument).

When he’s not scrubbing down brass parts in an

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acid wash, he’s fine-tuning clarinets, oboes and bassoons to ensure their keys close properly to produce the right sounds.

A lot of kids, when starting out, don’t know if it’s them or their instrument that’s out of tune, said Johnston.

“When your first instrument isn’t working, you get discouraged by that,” added the 56-year-old, who’s seen kids’ “eyes go big” when they start playing a refurbished instrument and hear how good it sounds.

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Morning radio host diversifying with cooking show for kids on Shaw TV

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Meg Tucker is taking over a TV test kitchen with 10 “mini foodies” on her new show Just One Bite.

That doesn’t mean she’s leaving her job as morning radio host for Red Deer’s 100.7 CRUZ FM. Tucker is professionally diversifying with a new cooking show for kids on Shaw TV. It already has four episodes in the can.

“I’ve always been passionate about food and cooking,” she explained.

“When I’m not on radio, I do a lot of cooking.”

Tucker’s considerable culinary skills got her past hundreds of wouldbe contestants and into the Top 25 on Master Chef Canada. “I earned my apron on Season Two,” she said. Unfortunately, Tucker became ill with a stomach virus and had to drop out of the competition early last year.

But Master Chef’s loss will be Shaw TV’s gain when her show Just One Bite airs on Sept. 12.

Tucker came up with the concept of cooking with kid co-stars because she thinks children, with their off-the-cuff comments and brutal honesty are hilarious.

“I love kids. I think they’re the best version of adults … they don’t have a lot of fear.”

Four to eight-year-olds who were auditioned from across Alberta, will be featured in the show that asks them to taste some of the ingredients before throwing them into the pot. The tag line is: “Picky eaters in the house? You can’t say you don’t like something unless you’ve tried it.”

Tucker said her young co-stars tried such things as fennel and black olives — with varying results. “Some kids loved them, and some thought this is just horrible and wanted to spit them out.”

The dishes made on the show are child-friendly, however, so the kids tend to like the prepared food. “Pizzadilla,” a combination of pizza and quesadilla will be made on the debut episode, said Tucker, who grew up cooking without recipes and being experimental.

The New Brunswick native was raised, alternatively, by her dad and then her mom after her parents divorced. Both of her parents indulged her adventurous interest in cooking.

At one point, she and a friend created their own “restaurant” and got her dad to eat and judge the meals they pre-

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‘Master Chef’s’ loss will be Shaw TV’s gain when Meg Tucker’s show, ‘Just One Bite,’ airs on Sept. 12. pared.

For her 10th birthday, Tucker said her mom asked her what kind of cake she wanted. “I said ‘Baked Alaskan,’ and she was, like, ‘What?’”

New episodes of Just One Bite, which is funded by local sponsors, (including Trail Appliances, which provided the test kitchen), will air every two weeks on Shaw’s Channel 10, at

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JOHNSTON: Music an important form of expression Johnston has fixed everything from expensive Selmer saxophones, to somebody’s grandfather’s 90-year-old coronet with only sentimental value.

But during the summer months, most of his effort goes into ensuring Central Alberta students get a good, clean start to their school band year.

Some projects are fairly major: “I’ve had some trumpets totally apart to replace parts that have worn through…” he recalled.

Flutes regularly come in bent at funny angles, and Johnston has to hammer them back into straightness on a steel rod. He then rollers over the hammer marks to smooth them — and even replates the surface, if needed, using a silver-plating kit.

Other repairs take only small adjustments. “When woodwind keys get out of alignment they leak air and (the instruments) don’t play as well.” He can handily fix these problems with a tweak of his pliers.

Johnston, who’s always willing to give his opinion on whether a used instrument is worth buying, or how much it should be sold for on the second-hand market, is the last graduate of Canada’s last instrument repair program (formerly offered at Fort McMurray’s Keyano College).

But he also knows first-hand the importance of maintaining equipment, since he’s a percussionist for two community groups — the Monday Night

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Don Johnston, who’s always willing to give his opinion on whether a used instrument is worth buying, or how much it should be sold for on the secondhand market, is the last graduate of Canada’s last instrument repair program (formerly offered at Fort McMurray’s Keyano College).

Band and the Red Deer College Symphonic Winds.

The Toronto native learned, as a boy, that music can be an important form of expression, as well as a refuge.

When he moved to Calgary with his family at age eight, Johnston was hassled by some new classmates. He found he could dodge bullies and meet like-minded friends by hanging around in band class.

He said, school bands “allow (kids) to have someplace where they can stand out, if they want to — or not to stand out if they don’t want to.”

Playing with an ensemble also

helped him learn about teamwork.

And it taught him such valuable life lessons as: “How much you succeed depends on how much effort, or practise, you put in.”

Besides playing with his school band, he also signed up for the local cadet band and the Calgary Stampede Band. “At one time, I even taught for them.”

But at age 19, he suffered a big blow when doctors discovered bone cancer in his right leg. These days, the same condition can be treated without amputation, but Johnston wasn’t given any choice in the late 1970s. After los-

noon and 7 p.m.

The following new episodes will air on Sept. 26, Oct. 10 and 24, but will be rerun. Tucker plans to create more episodes this fall and winter.

Those living outside the Shaw viewing area can also catch the show online at www.justonebite.ca. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com ing his leg, music helped him realize he could adapt to being a one-legged person.

He recalled his friends marvelling that he could still play a drum kit by working both pedals with his left foot.

“People don’t think you can do things, and then you prove to them that you can.”

Johnston, who moved to Red Deer four years ago to take the local repair job, has met many successful people over the years — “a lot of doctors and dentists and lawyers, who relate back to their music days as a very positive influence on what they do now.”

As for those interested in learning what Johnston does, they would have to go to the U.S. for formal training. He said no Canadian schools teach musical instrument repair anymore.

Although Johnston works alongside string instrument repairman Steven Rasmussen at 53rd Street Music, he’s the only brass and woodwind repairman in town. He, therefore, mentors a young apprentice to ensure his craft doesn’t die out.

With band classes on again, he knows it won’t be long before another student accidentally sits on her flute, or raps a clarinet against a music stand in frustration — and more repairs will be needed.

In the meantime, anyone with an instrument that’s gathering dust at home can pass it on to students who wouldn’t otherwise have access to a musical education. The Foundation for Red Deer Public Schools is collecting usable instruments for school band programs.

Anyone who drops off an instrument at the Red Deer Public Schools office, 4747-53rd St., will have it appraised and will get a charitable tax receipt.

Chances are good that Johnston will be giving the donated instrument a tune-up and cleaning before it’s passed on to students. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A looming sewage treatment problem in Lacombe and Blackfalds has been addressed.

On Friday, it was announced the long-awaited funding had materialized for a $60-million regional sewage line from Lacombe to Red Deer.

The federal government has pledged $29.9 million, about half the cost. The province is expected to kick in about 40 per cent and Blackfalds, Lacombe and Lacombe County covering 10 per cent or about $6 million.

It is a project that has been on the books for about a decade but had become increasingly urgent as both communities’ sewage treatment systems were at capacity and required either expensive new plants or a regional solution.

The province favoured a regional sewer line and demonstrated its support earlier this year with $3.24 million in design funding. But the recent announcement means the cheque to complete the project officially is in the mail.

The sewer line funding follows a Thursday announcement that the province and federal government had reached an agreement to jointly invest $1.08 billion — $543 million from the feds — into infrastructure projects. Cash will be doled out through the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund and the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund.

Blackfalds Mayor Melodie Stol said as one of Alberta’s fastest growing communities the announcement means its future needs will be met.

“The environmental benefits of this regional treatment system cannot be stressed enough — wastewater will be treated to meet higher federal standards and returned to the watershed in the best possible quality,” says Stol, in a statement accompanying the funding announcement.

Lacombe County Reeve Paula Law says by ensuring wastewater is safely disposed of the regional sewage line will promote economic growth throughout the region.

The federal, provincial and municipal involvement demonstrates the kind of collaboration required for major projects and recognizes their importance, says Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie.

Construction on the line is expected to begin in November, said Matthew Goudy, chief administrative officer of the North Red Deer Regional Wastewater Services Commission, which will oversee the project.

The first phase — on which construction could begin next year — features an eight-km link from Blackfalds to Red Deer along with a pumping station.

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

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

Local BRIEFS RCMP ask for public’s help to locate suspect Police in Red Deer are asking the public to help locate a suspect wanted on an Alberta-wide warrant.

On Friday afternoon, Red Deer RCMP issued a request for information that would help them track down and arrest Quentin Lee Strawberry, 35,

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With a steady rain falling, Spartan Race staff work on the cargo net climbing obstacle for the Junior Spartan Race course at Heritage Ranch Friday afternoon. Today and Sunday, thousands of competitors are expected to hit the trails at Heritage Ranch for the Spartan Super race Saturday and a Sprint race Sunday. While the Sprint event has competitors covering about 5 km and negotiating their way through 15 obstacles, the Super Spartan Race takes competitors through a more gruelling 13-km course and 20 or more obstacles. The Super event is said to test physical strength and mental resolve and push participants to their limits. A rainy weekend forecast is likely to make the course even more challenging.

Two-thirds of Red Deer employees earning the current minimum wage are women

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Nearly one in five Red Deer workers makes $15 an hour or less, says a provincial advocacy group.

That is in line with the provincial average of 18.6 per cent.

Public Interest Alberta and the Alberta College of Social Workers joined forces to release statistics from Statistics Canada on low-wage workers in the province this week.

Their research shows 354,700 Alberta workers earn $15 per hour or less. The NDP has committed to raising the province’s minimum wage, now at $12.20 to $15 by 2018.

In Red Deer, 8,300 workers fall into that category.

The burden of low wages does not fall equally on men and women, shows the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey. Two-thirds of Red Deer employees earning the current minimum wage are women.

Public Interest Alberta is well aware that there is resistance in some quarters to the cost to the business community of raising wages. Among the organization’s goals is to put the impacts of the wage increases in a broader context.

“With the government that was elected part of their mandate was to help address gender inequality and minimum wage increases are one of the ways that they can do that,” said executive director Joel French on Friday.

Province-wide, it is estimated more who is facing nine criminal charges.

They include assault with a weapon, pointing a firearm, using a firearm to commit a criminal offence, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, breaching court orders and failing to attend court.

Strawberry is described as a stocky aboriginal man of average height, at 1.78 metres (five feet, 10 inches) tall and about 109 kg (240 pounds). He has short, dark brown hair and brown eyes.

He has been seen in Red Deer, but has actively avoided contact with police, said Cpl. Karyn Kay. RCMP would like to hear from anyone who knows of his whereabouts, but warn that they should not approach him. Call 403-343-5575. To remain anonymous, submits tips online to www. tipsubmit.com or call Crime Stoppers, 1-800-222-8477.

than 100,000 women will get pay increases when the minimum wage next increases on Oct. 1.

French said Public Interest Alberta has long advocated for higher minimum wages in Alberta, where the lowest wage level had lagged behind other provinces.

French said the government’s commitment to boosting the minimum wage is obviously good news for many Albertans. However, it is still not considered a living wage for many who live in the province’s two biggest and most expensive cities, as well as Grande Prairie.

In those cities, “it costs more than that to just get by at a modest level of existence,” he said.

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“In fact, the data shows that province-wide 77 per cent of the workers making $15 an hour or less are at least 20 years old. Percentage-wise, it’s not a very big number that are teenagers.

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Mayor urges people to call out racism Lipscombe said he actually welcomed the encounter because it provided a good opportunity to talk about racism.

Lipscombe, who is an actor and personal trainer, was ranked sixth in the world in high jump before the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. But a ministroke ended his track career. He’s also the grandson of Rollie Miles, a former Edmonton Eskimos running back inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame.

In early August, another man said he was subjected to a racial slur while riding his bicycle in the city’s downtown. Bashir Mohamed said he accepted an apology from the driver and police decided not to charge the man with a hate crime.

Iveson said it’s vital that people speak up.

“Young citizens especially have a role to play in calling out hateful remarks towards any minority group and can set an example,” he wrote.

Girl, 15, dies four years after minivan crashed in school

Enbridge suspends regulatory process for delayed project

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BRIEFS Modular classrooms delayed at St. Elizabeth Seton A new pair of modular classrooms meant to augment space at the St. Elizabeth Seton School in Red Deer will remain unoccupied for a few more weeks while the school library fills in as classroom space.

With its pre-kindergarten to Grade Five school in Anders Park already busting at the seams at this time last year, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools had ordered the modular classrooms to accommodate an anticipated increase in enrolment.

The units are on site and ready to be added to the school. However, unrelenting wet weather has stalled the work, Ken Jaeger, supervisor of support services for the school division, said on Friday.

Weather is less of a factor now than it was earlier on, when continually wet conditions dampened efforts to lay foundations for the two units, said Jaeger. There are now just a few more details to be completed, including hooking up systems and moving in furniture. The school division hopes to move students and teachers into their new classroom early in October.

St. Elizabeth Seton had already reached a point last year where it had to set up an extra classroom in the library, he said.

For the next month, the library will hold two classrooms, to be managed through a team teaching approach. Access to the library will be timed so that other students can come in when the library groups are at the gym or attending other activities that take them out of the classroom.

While there may be some issues with students worried about other children rifling through their desks, they all have lockers to secure their possessions, said Jaeger.

Library access for students in other classes is not essential at this stage in the school year, since each classroom has a reading collection and research resources are available electronically.

Enrolment figures for the school had not been compiled on Friday, but the number of students in attendance has definitely increased, he said.

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Environmentalists contended Sandpiper would threaten ecologically sensitive areas. Late last year the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ordered a full environmental impact review of Sandpiper.

Enbridge has said the state’s regulatory process was delaying Sandpiper and another project, a replacement pipeline to carry Canadian crude oil across northern Minnesota.

Enbridge and Houston-based Marathon Petroleum, a key partner in Sandpiper, announced in August they are forming a joint venture to buy a stake in the Bakken Pipeline project, which would transport oil from North Dakota across the Midwest to Texas.

Enbridge and Marathon had invested $800 million in Sandpiper, including money for pipeline and regulatory efforts.

AltaLink helicopters to work on power line between Bower, Southbrook An AltaLink helicopter will be at work on the power line between Bower and Southbrook next week.

The company is putting out word so residents aren’t wondering what is going on. An information postcard will also be put in neighbourhood mailboxes.

The helicopter will be working between Sept. 6 to Sept. 9 on the power line east of Barrett Drive and west of 40th Avenue.

It has been called in to install bird diverters on a

section of recently installed power line.

A specialized helicopter will be used to install bird diverters on the overhead shield wire, which is a thinner wire atop the transmission structures that helps protect the system from lightning strikes. AltaLink says this is typically where the majority of bird collisions occur.

Types of diverters include thick coils that be looped over the shield wire at regular intervals, or striped, reflective flag-like markers that hang off the thin wire.

The company says these have been shown to reduce bird contact with power lines by 80 per cent.

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ST. PAUL — A girl who was injured four years ago when a minivan plowed into a rural Alberta school, killing one student, has died.

An obituary says 15-year-old Maddie Guitard died Wednesday surrounded by family at her home in St. Paul, east of Edmonton.

A memorial service is planned for Monday.

The van crashed through a large window and brick wall into a lower-level Grade 6 classroom at Racette Junior High School in October 2012. The van sent students and desks flying as it spun around and pinned three girls underneath it.

Megan Wolitski, 11, died in hospital the next day.

Angelina Luce received a brain injury and had to learn to walk and feed herself again, but eventually returned to school.

Maddie also suffered a severe brain injury and was left in a vegetative state.

“Nobody in our community has forgotten this,” St. Paul Mayor Glenn Andersen said Friday.

He said Maddie spent some time in a care facility but returned home to live with her parents.

“Their whole lives were changed dramatically,” Andersen said. “I think everybody has been with the Guitards over this past four years and I think everybody feels their pain.”

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CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. has announced further delays to an oil pipeline proposed to run from the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota through Minnesota to a terminal in Superior, Wis. The Calgary-based company said the $2.6-billion Sandpiper project will be delayed until Bakken crude oil production recovers sufficiently to support its construction. It added the new pipeline is not expected to be needed for more than five years.

Enbridge (TSX:ENB) and Houston-based Marathon Petroleum, partners in Sandpiper, recently formed a joint venture to buy a stake in the alternative Bakken Pipeline project, which would transport oil from North Dakota across the Midwest to Texas.

Al Monaco, president and CEO of Enbridge, said in a statement that the Bakken Pipeline investment will begin to pay dividends immediately when it’s ready for service later this year.

Enbridge Energy Partners president Mark Maki told reporters that “unprecedented regulatory delays had plagued the project.” But Maki said the project is not dead and could be revived.

While Sandpiper faced regulatory delays, Maki said, “I don’t place the blame on anyone’s doorstep.”

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Edmonton’s mayor is calling on people to “make it awkward” and call out racism, after a viral video showed someone hurling a racist slur on a city street.

Actor and former high-jump champion Jesse Lipscombe, who is black, was filming a public service announcement this week when he was hit with the verbal assault.

The camera kept rolling as Lipscombe approached a grey, four-door sedan. Lipscombe opened the car door and asked the passenger — a middle-aged white male — if he had anything to say.

The man denied he said anything, struggled to close the door and yelled another slur as the car took off.

“It’s a thing with me when people make somebody feel uncomfortable, I like to do the same in return,”

Lipscombe said following the incident. “I’m not a violent man by any means and … words go a long way, so I thought I’d go over there and have a discussion with him about his decision to say what he said.”

Mayor Don Iveson liked that idea so much, he’s encouraging others to do the same. After meeting with Lipscombe and his partner Friday, Iveson said they coined the hashtag .makeitawkward as a springboard for an upcoming anti-racism campaign.

“I am so proud of the way he is turning his experience into a conversation started about the need to call out racism and bigotry towards anyone in our community,” Iveson wrote on his Facebook page.

“Often it’s casual and awkward around the dinner table, fire pit, water cooler or locker room.

“Creating social change often starts and advances with awkward conversations, and that’s good. It’s necessary.”

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Leitch stands firm on screening WEEDING OUT IMMIGRANTS WITH ‘ANTI-CANADIAN’ VALUES WILL MAKE CANADA SAFER, SHE ARGUES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch stood firm Friday amid criticisms of a survey from her campaign that asked whether would-be immigrants should be screened for “anti-Canadian” values.

Leitch made no apologies in issuing a statement in defence of the survey, taking it one step further in saying she feels strongly about weeding out people who want to come to Canada if they are intolerant or don’t accept Canadian traditions.

“In my bid to become the prime minister of Canada, I will be putting forward policies that will make Canada safer, stronger and that will enhance a unified Canadian identity,” she said.

“Screening potential immigrants for anti-Canadian values that include intolerance towards other religions, cultures and sexual orientations, violent

and/or misogynist behaviour and/or a lack of acceptance of our Canadian tradition of personal and economic freedoms is a policy proposal that I feel very strongly about.”

The survey raised eyebrows within Conservative ranks as the party works to encourage immigration to Canada, with at least one Tory strategist calling on Leitch to leave the leadership race.

Leadership rival Michael Chong denounced the survey question as “the worst of dog-whistle politics.”

“This suggestion, that some immigrants are “anti-Canadian,” does not represent our Conservative party or our Canada,” Chong wrote on his campaign Facebook page.

“In order to win in 2019 we need to build a modern and inclusive Conservative party that focuses squarely on pocketbook issues that matter to Canadians and not on issues that pit one Canadian against another.”

But Leitch said such issues need to be debated, no matter how difficult.

“Often times, debating and discussing these complex policies requires tough conversations,” she said. “I am committed to having these conversations, to debating theses issues and I invite Canadians to give their feedback.

“Canadians can expect to hear more, not less from me, on this topic in the coming months.”

The question, contained in a survey sent to people who signed up for news from the Leitch campaign, reads: “Should the Canadian government screen potential immigrants for anti-Canadian values as part of its normal screening for refugees and landed immigrants?”

The survey also sought opinions and gauged support for a range of other issues, including the legalization of recreational marijuana, electoral reform and tax cuts for businesses.

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Father of woman killed by Jeep stunt criticizes planning

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The father of a woman killed during a demonstration between two off-road Jeeps says organizers did a poor job of considering risk at the event.

“There was no proper risk analysis done and no opportunity for risk analysis to be done,” John Green said Friday at the fatality inquiry into the 2013 death of his daughter Melinda.

“It’s our family’s opinion there was a deep lack of risk analysis.”

The 20-year-old was crushed between two vehicles when a manoeuvre called stacking — where one Jeep climbs up the front wheel of a second Jeep — went awry.

The demonstration was during an event called Jeeps Go Topless, jointly put on by a Jeep owners group and the Edmonton office of property management company Bentall Kennedy.

The inquiry heard the demonstration came about after it was mentioned by a news cameraman, who expressed an interest in filming it if it were attempted.

Bentall Kennedy employee Haylie Thomlison, one of the organizers, said everything came together before she had a chance to think it through.

“It honestly happened so fast that that (safety) discussion didn’t take place,” she said.

“We didn’t have a conversation whether we should or shouldn’t have it. It just basically happened.”

Thomlison said there had been no plans for such a demonstration.

“It should never have taken place,” she said. “We should have said, ‘It’s not part of our schedule.”’

On the first day of testimony Thursday, Jeep driver Craig Supernault described what happened while he sat in his vehicle atop a second, stationary Jeep.

Canada BRIEFS Case of man accused in crossbow slaying of 3 put over to Sept. 23 TORONTO — The case of a man accused of killing his mother and two of his brothers in a bloody crossbow attack has been put over to Sept. 23.

Brett Ryan, 35, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the attack that stunned a tranquil east-end Toronto neighbourhood last week.

Ryan appeared at a court brief hearing via video link from a Toronto detention centre on Friday.

He wore an orange jumpsuit, stood holding his hands together in front of him and only spoke when asked to tell the court his name.

Ryan has been charged in the deaths of Susan Ryan, 66, Alexander Ryan, 29 and Christopher Ryan, 42.

Police say the woman killed in the attack died from ligature strangulation, while one of the men died from a crossbow bolt stab wound to the neck and the other from a single arrowhead stab wound to the neck.

They haven’t said whether the bolt and arrow were shot or used as handheld weapons.

Trial delayed for woman charged with hiding infant remains WINNIPEG — Closing arguments in the trial of a Winnipeg woman charged with hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker have been delayed.

The judge hearing the case of Andrea Giesbrecht agreed to adjourn proceedings until October after Crown attorney Debbie Buors sent an email saying she was sick.

The judge gave the Crown until Sept. 23 to file a written argument to the court giving an “element-byelement” breakdown of evidence it’s relying on for each charge.

That will be shared with Giesbrecht’s defence team, which will have a chance to respond in writing as well.

Giesbrecht was arrested in October 2014 after the remains were found by storage locker employees, but the 42-year-old has been free on bail.

Defence lawyer Greg Brodsky said outside the courtroom he was disappointed by the delay.

“We wanted to get the case on and over with,” he said Friday.

Court has heard most of the remains found in the storage locker were in white garbage bags that were inside other bags and containers. One was in a pail under a type of concrete. Another had been covered in a white powder that slowed decomposition but dried out the body and left it rock hard.

The third infant was little more than a pile of bones wrapped in a towel.

Experts who examined the remains and reviewed

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Quebec Lt. Gov. J. Michel Doyon inspects the troops of the Royal 22e Regiment, better known as the Van Doos, after a plaque unveiling ceremony by Parks Canada at the Citadel in Quebec City on Friday. the findings testified the infants were developed enough to probably have been born alive, but added it was impossible to say for sure. Nor could they tell how the babies had died because of the advanced state of decomposition.

The defence opted not to call any witnesses.

The charges facing Giesbrecht carry a maximum sentence of two years on each count.

Lovers who plotted to murder their spouses jailed three years

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PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Two lovers caught on tape planning to drug and kill their spouses have each been sentenced to three years in prison.

Chief Justice Martel D. Popescul on Friday ruled Curtis Vey of Wakaw, Sask., and Angela Nicholson of Melfort, Sask., were equally guilty after a jury convicted them of conspiracy to commit murder.

Popescul said they should receive the same sentence.

He also imposed a weapons ban and required them to submit DNA samples, but said he believed the two were genuinely remorseful and unlikely to reoffend.

The pair were secretly recorded in 2013 discussing plans to drug Nicholson’s estranged husband, Jim Taylor, and leave Vey’s wife, also drugged, to die in a house fire. Brigitte Vey, captured the conversation with an iPod hidden in their farmhouse after she became suspicious that her husband was cheating on her.

The Veys, incidentally, are the parents of National Hockey League player Linden Vey of the Vancouver Canucks.

Government-run hot springs won’t be privatized CALGARY — The federal government says it won’t be privatizing three hot springs run by Parks Canada in the Rocky Mountains after all.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Friday that after extensive analysis the government has decided it’s in the best interest of Canadians for Parks Canada to continue to manage the facilities.

Stemming from the 2008 budget, the government had started looking into the potential of privatizing the Radium Hot Springs in Kootenay National Park, the Miette Hot Springs in Jasper National Park and the Banff Upper Hot Springs in Banff National Park.

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Rebels thump Oil Kings

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 6 Oil Kings 1 They may only take up two roster spots, but the European Red Deer Rebels were a two-man wrecking crew.

Michael Spacek, of the Czech Republic, and Alex Alexeyev, of Russia proved they will be core pieces of the Rebels heading into the 2016-17 Western Hockey League season.

Spacek had two goals and two assists while Alexeyev had a goal and two helpers as the Rebels knocked off the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings, 6-1.

“You’d expect it,” said Brent Sutter, Rebels GM/head coach of Spacek’s performance. “We have to play some vets here because we only have 27 skaters and four goalies. We don’t have a lot of vets so they have to play in games.”

Alexeyev, who the Rebels drafted 49th overall in this year’s Canadian Hockey League Import Draft, was impressive on the backend. He paired with returnee Josh Mahura, who had two assists of his own.

“He’s a good player, he doesn’t panic and he played his off side tonight,” said Sutter. “It’s going to take an adjustment to do it, but we like to use him and Josh (Mahura) together.

The way they see the ice offensively, it could be a good pairing.”

The pair saw a fair amount of work with what could project to be a scoring line for the Rebels this year.

Spacek worked with Brandon Hagel and Grayson Pawlenchuk, all veterans from the previous season.

“I thought we gelled out there,” said Hagel, who had a goal and two assists.

“It does help that we’re really good buddies off the ice.

“The rookies had some nerves in the first period, but I thought most of them did pretty good after then.”

Sutter heaped praise on a Nicholas Draffin, a 15-year-old defenceman, who is too young to play with the Rebels this season. The Lethbridge native was selected in the 3rd round, 46th overall, in this year’s WHL Bantam Draft.

He also had good things to say about a couple of young forwards, Brandon Cutler, of Spruce Grove, and Austin Schellenberg, of Grande Prairie. The two were complimented with Akash Bains to form a line that had some success. Cutler scored five minutes into the third period, all of eight seconds

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Two men short on this short-handed effort, Red Deer Rebel Michael Spacek rang this shot off the crossbar above Edmonton Oil King goaltender Boston Bilous during second-period action at the Centrium in Red Deer. A pre-season WHL tournament continues today with a game at 3 p.m. with the Oil Kings taking on the Prince George Cougars. The Rebels entertain the Calgary Hitmen at 7 p.m. after he finished serving a hooking penalty. He rushed towards the net and picked up a rebound from D-Jay Jerome’s point shot.

Riley Lamb’s performance in net did little to clear up the muddy picture that is the Rebels goaltending situa-

tion. The 18-year-old Rivers, Man. native got the start and allowed only one goal in his half of the game. Last year’s starter Rylan Toth came in partway through the second period and held the Oil Kings scoreless.

“Lamb and (Dawson) Weatherill

have been good since day one of camp,” said Sutter. “That’s what we want. It’s a nice problem to have.

“They’ve all done a good job.”

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Cobb goes five solid innings in Rays win over Jays

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Tampa Bay Rays starter Alex Cobb pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning.

Tampa Bay 8 Toronto 3 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alex Cobb was “happy” with his return after a long absence.

Cobb went five solid innings during his first start in two years, Logan Morrison hit a go-ahead two-run homer, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Friday night.

Cobb, coming back from Tommy John surgery last year, allowed two runs and four hits in his first appearance since Sept 28, 2014, at Cleveland.

He struck out seven — six looking — walked one and retired his final 10 batters.

“It was almost like debut-feeling again,” Cobb said. “Things were speeding up on me. I wouldn’t say my stuff is exactly where I want it to be. It’s back to the point where I can at least go out there and compete.”

Cobb needed 53 pitches to get through the first two innings. He threw just 31 the rest of his outing.

“He might have looked a little rusty early but it’s been a while since he’s been in the big leagues, and he’s always been one of the better competitors in the game,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He knows how to survive.”

Cobb made eight minor league rehab starts.

“The performance was outstanding,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.

“Really, really impressed with the way he competed and executed pitches.”

Morrison put the Rays up 4-2 in sixth on his 12th homer off Marcus Stroman (9-6).

“My stuff feels as sharp as it’s been all year,” Stroman said. “It’s just frustrating not getting the results I want to get.”

Stroman gave up four runs and five hits in six innings.

Luke Maile hit a solo homer and Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI triple off Francisco Liriano before Brad Miller added a two-run shot against Ryan Tepera in a four-run seventh that made it 8-2.

All three batters Liriano faced in his first relief appearances with Toronto after four starts scored.

Danny Farquhar (1-0) worked a scoreless sixth for the win.

Edwin Encarnacion had an RBI double and Russell Martin picked up his 22nd RBI in his last 16 games on an infield single as the Blue Jays went up 2-0 in the first.

Eddie Gamboa, a 31-year old knuckleballer, made his major league debut and loaded the bases on a single and two walks in the eighth before departing with one out. The Blue Jays were able to score just once on Troy Tulowitzki’s grounder off Brad Boxberger.

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Lightning come out on top in intense, physical game

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Lightning 19 Rams 14 LACOMBE — The Hunting Hills Lightning opened the 2016 Central Alberta Football League City Division the way they finished off last season, with a win.

But the Lacombe Rams proved to be anything but easy as they took the game down to the final seconds before the Lightning managed to pull out a 1914 victory at ME Global Athletic Field.

“It had the feel, and maybe it was the weather, but the feel of a playoff game,” said Lightning head coach Kyle

Sedgwick. “It had intensity, physical play and it came down to the wire.”

The Lightning took a 19-14 lead at 8:05 of the fourth quarter on an 11-yard quarterback run by Eric Thomson. The two-point convert came up short.

The Rams took the following kickoff and marched 78 yards on 14 plays.

They still had over 30 seconds remaining, when outstanding Grade 11 quarterback Jonathan Ericson was hit and fumbled, putting an end to the game.

“We made three mistakes and they cost us the game,” said Rams head coach Jason Petrie.

“But I really don’t want to talk about them until I see the tape and see exactly what happened.”

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The first Lightning touchdown, at 9:21 of the second quarter, came following a fumble recovery on a punt return. It took them five plays to score on a five-yard run by quarterback Brandon Rees.

Jalen Somerville kicked the convert and added a 15-yard field goal at 10:44, after the Raiders received the ball deep in the Rams end when punter Tristan Foley couldn’t control the snap and took a nine-yard loss.

Lacombe made a game of it in the fourth quarter when David Mueller, who is one of the premier players in the league, bulled in from the three yard line. Foley kicked the first of his two converts.

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The Raiders made it 13-7 two minutes into the final period on a 25-yard field goal by Somerville.

The following kickoff saw Mueller go 80 yards for the major. The convert gave Lacombe a 14-13 lead.

But once again Foley had problems with a third-down snap and lost eight yards and turned the ball over to the Raiders who needed three plays to score what proved to be the winning touchdown.

“I thought overall it took us some time to get our legs going as we didn’t have any exhibition games,” said Sedgwick.

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Canada falls to Honduras in FIFA World Cup qualifier SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — It wasn’t the horror show Canada endured the last time it played in Honduras. But once again, the men’s national team is leaving the Central American

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REBELS: Back on ice tonight Lamb and Weatherill are battling with Toth and Trevor Martin for two goalie spots. Both Toth and Martin are 20-years-old and would be over-agers on the roster. Sutter has said they will only have one 20-year-old goalie for the season, but they won’t have to make that decision until Oct. 15.

The Rebels are back on the ice tonight with their second game in the preseason tournament. They face the Calgary Hitmen at 7 p.m. at the Centrium. At 3 p.m. the Prince George Cougars and the Edmonton Oil Kings will play a preseason game at the Centrium.

Notes: Earlier in the day Friday at the Centrium, the Cougars beat the Hitmen 5-4 in overtime. Forward Jesse Gabrielle led the Cougars with two goals while centre Jansen Harkins had two assists. Defenceman Shaun Dosanjh had the game winning goal early into the overtime period. The Hitmen’s scoring came from the backend as import defender Vladislav Yeryomenko scored two goals and one assist … Rebels veterans Austin Strand, Colton Bobyk, Evan Polei, Jeff de Wit, Austin Pratt and Adam Musil were all scratched from the lineup. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

JAYS: Estrada to start against Snell MOVING DAY Blue Jays: 2B Devon Travis, optioned to Bluefield on Thursday to make room for the signing of C Josh Thole, was recalled from the Appalachian League club. … Tepera, RHP Danny Barnes, and OFs Darrell Ceciliani and Dalton Pompey were recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. … LHP Matt Dermody had his contract purchased from Buffalo and INF Matt Dominguez was designated for assignment. … OF Quintin Berry signed a minor league contract and might be called up next week.

Rays: Cash said RHP Chase Whitley (Tommy John surgery) should be re-

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Notre Dame Cougar quarterback Payton LaGrange pushes off from Lindsay Thurber Raider Connor McCrea during high school football action at ME Global Field in Lacombe Friday afternoon.

The Cougars finished with 261 yards rushing and 70 passing, but also fumbled five times, losing one. They took nine penalties for 115 yards, which didn’t sit well with Castellan.

“I thought we played well for close to three quarters before we sort of let up, but we also lacked some discipline and took to many penalties. If we get up against a better team that will hurt us. But it’s also something we can fix.”

Meanwhile the Raiders managed zero yards rushing and 147 passing as Vandervlis connected on nine of 12 passes for 110 yards and Hawkes on country empty-handed.

Romell Quioto’s goal in the 50th minute was the difference as Honduras beat Canada 2-1 on Friday afternoon in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.

The result puts Canada’s hopes of advancing to the final round of qualifying in the CONCACAF region almost out of reach. called next week and used in “more of a scripted relief role where he’ll know when he’s pitching.”

BULLPEN DUTY Gibbons said “there’s a good chance you’ll probably see” Liriano start again a couple times this month, UP NEXT Blue Jays RHP Marco Estrada (86) starts Saturday night against Rays rookie LHP Blake Snell (4-7), who left Sunday’s game at Houston with a bruised lower left leg.

LIGHTNING: ‘O line did a good job’ “This was the first quality reps we had. We have a lot of new guys and guys up from midget who have a good football IQ, but until they get out here and the bullets begin the fly it’s not the same.”

Overall he liked what he saw.

“I thought our O line did a good job and Alex (Sugrue) ran the ball well.

They kept all three of their linebackers inside and we still did a pretty good job.”

But Sedgwick was also impressed with the Rams, who have struggled the last several years.

“This is the best they’ve look since 2010,” he said. “They have a gunslinger at quarterback, an outstanding player in Mueller and some big, athletic receivers.”

While Petrie would have liked the win, he wasn’t overly upset.

“When you lose by five points it’s hard to have a bunch of positives, but from where we were starting from and where the program has been we have to be encouraged,” he said. “And they (Lightning) played well. They have an strong defence and were prepared. I also thought our defence played well, especially the second half and I’m proud of the guys.”

Sugrue led the Lightning with 132 yards rushing on 16 carries while Thomson had 54 yards on seven carries. Ericson connected on 19 of 29 passes for 161 yards with Richard Jans catching nine passes for 84 yards.

Mueller had four catches for 37 yards and seven carries for 43 yards.

The Lightning meets Notre Dame next Friday at Lacombe.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at Danny’s blog at rdcathletics.ca.

three of three for 37 yards.

Abraham grabbed three passes for 58 yards.

The Raiders are one of the youngest teams in the league and new head coach Devin Bennett didn’t mind what he saw.

“We had four or five Grade 10s on both sides of the ball and so it was a learning experience against a team with a lot of Grade 11s and 12s,” he said. “We saw what we have and what we have to work on. We can take that and get back to work next week.”

He also liked what he saw from both

his quarterbacks.

“Our second quarterback (Hawkes) is in Grade 10. I have a lot of confidence in both of them. We need to give them more protection and that’s something we will continue to work on.”

The Raiders will face the Lacombe Rams next Friday. All the games are at Lacombe this year with renovations at Great Chief Park.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at Danny’s blog at rdcathletics.ca.

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The Cougars have at least three top end running backs, which they had on display in their 49-21 victory over the Lindsay Thurber Raiders in the season opener for both teams at the ME Global Athletic Park Friday.

Johannes Smith led the ground game with 106 yards on 16 carries while Justin Fedun, who carried only twice in the second half, had 79 yards on 11 tries and Payton LaGrange 70 yards on five carries.

“We have at least three quality regular running backs in Fedun and Johannes and we could use (Aidan) Vida if we need to,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castallen, who believes the team can throw the ball if need be.

“Because of the poor weather in the first half we didn’t throw the ball much. That’s something we will continue to work on.”

As it turned out starting quarterback Devin Desormeau connected on two of four passes for 73 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown toss to Reese Guhl, who made a great catch along the right sidelines and broke three tackles to give the Cougars a 28-7 lead early in the third quarter. LaGrange also saw some action at the pivot and hit on his only pass for minus three yards.

Outside of the first quarter the game belonged to the Cougars. The teams were tied 7-7 after 12 minutes with Notre Dame scoring twice in the second quarter, both on one-yard runs

by Fedun.

Fedun also opened the scoring on a five-yard run at 4:13 of the first quarter with Isaac Colosimo kicking the first of his five converts.

The Raiders came back to tie the game at 10:03 when quarterback Sean Vandervlis connected on a seven yard pass to Max Abraham. Vandervlis kicked the first of his three converts.

Joel Saben, on a 30-yard return of a blocked punt, and LaGrange, on a twoyard run, also scored touchdowns for the Cougars in the third quarter with Smith scoring from two yards out in the fourth.

LaGrange connected on a two-point convert with Smith in the second quarter.

Vandervlis, on a two-yard run, and Wyatt Hawkes, on a one-yard plunge, had the other LTCHS majors.

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Bombers, Roughriders high strung about Banjo Bowl

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders sit in the CFL’s basement, riding a five-game losing streak.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are on the upswing, overcoming a rocky start to the season to win their last four games.

Going by history, however, the Roughriders will be the team to beat on Labour Day. Sunday’s tilt will be the 53rd time the Riders have hosted the Bombers for the September long weekend. Saskatchewan has won all but three of the last 16 Labour Day classics and all three losses date back to the Roy Shivers and Danny Barrett era in Regina.

The Bombers beat the Riders in 2001, 2003 and 2004 by a combined score of 73-40.

Losing records don’t seem to be a factor for the Riders on Labour Day, which might bode well for the hapless 1-8 team. Saskatchewan was 0-9 at this time last season before backup quarterback Brett Smith led the Riders to a 37-19 win over the Bombers on Labour Day. The same goes for another abysmal losing season.

The Riders finished 1999 with a 3-15 record, yet they beat Winnipeg on Labour Day 42-17.

But Saskatchewan head coach and general manager Chris Jones isn’t taking anything for granted against the resurgent Bombers (5-4).

“I think they’re playing with that confidence that we talked about,” Jones said. “Early in the season they were struggling. And all the media was talking about (head coach Mike O’Shea) was going to get fired and all this stuff. It looked very bleak and very dim.”

That changed in late July with a change at quarterback. But while Matt Nichols has won all four of his starts since taking over from Drew Willy, Jones attributes the turnaround to the coaching.

“They’ve got 18 interceptions, they’re only giving up 6.6 yards on punt return. So there’s two good stats for you to know that it’s not just the (quarterback change),” he said.

After last week’s loss to Edmonton, Jones said the Riders need to overcome mental hurdles to get back in the win column.

Veteran Tackle Xavier Fulton echoed similar sentiments.

“The biggest thing in terms of the mental aspect of the game is just having confidence: confidence in your technique, confidence in the plays, just confidence in your teammates,” he said.

Fulton has played in five games this season, and missed four due to injury. Last week’s game was his first back on the field since July.

“We’re still a new team. We’re still getting used to one and other. And that’s the part that just takes time,” he said. “That mental side of it, having confidence, it comes with that brotherhood.”

New defensive back Fred Bennett played his first game for the Riders last week, after being acquired from Calgary. Like Fulton, he’s been starting in the CFL for nearly five years.

“Just the talent level we have on this team, I think we can get it done,” he said.

Bennett cautioned that slumps like what the Riders are in can be particularly tough mentally.

“It’s just so easy for this whole team to go in the tank right now - it’s so easy for guys just to say ‘man, you know,’ just to lay theirs heads down and quit.

But that’s not our mentality. Our mentality is one week at a time, keep plugging and see what happens.

“We’re going to go out there, keep grinding, and put our best foot forward and hopefully we can get this thing turned around, which I believe we can.”

Sunday’s game may be decided by the kickers.

Winnipeg’s Justin Medlock is riding a streak of 20 consecutive made field goals, which is a club record.

The Riders’ Tyler Crapigna returned from injury two games ago and is 3-for-3 on field goal attempts.

He has made his last nine field goals, and his field goal success rate is now at 90.5 per cent (19/21).

That’s the highest percentage recorded by a firstyear kicker in CFL history.

Crapigna is on pace to surpass Boris Bede’s record of 90.0 per cent (36/40) set last year.

Sharp top Canadian at Manulife Classic

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Alena Sharp is counting on her two secret weapons to improve on her best-ever performance on the LPGA Tour — Chandler and Porter, her dogs.

Sharp, from Hamilton, was the low Canadian for the second consecutive round at the LPGA Manulife Classic on Friday, shooting a 2-under 70 on the day to tie for 12th at 5 under. Her performance after two rounds has her in a position to match last week’s performance at the Canadian Women’s Open, where she finished a career-best fourth.

“I have my dogs here this week,” said Sharp, who describes the course at Whistle Bear Golf Club as being in her backyard.

“It’s always nice to come home and see them.

They’re always smiling no matter how I do, so it’s always nice to have that little comfort.”

With tournament leader Marina Alex at 10-under par after two rounds, Sharp is within striking distance for a win with two rounds left.

Sharp is staying in Cambridge, Ont., but stopped at her home in Hamilton to pick up the pair of goldendoodles. She usually takes them to a handful of tournaments every year, but the 2016 season has been tough to travel with pets because the LPGA Tour’s schedule — including a stop in Rio di Janeiro for the Summer Olympics — have had Sharp criss-crossing the continent.

Chandler and Porter are part of a more calm and confident mental game Sharp’s employed this year and sees her five shots back of leader Alex at the Manulife Classic. The 35-year-old’s new approach

has led to her best-ever season.

“I’m not thinking as much, which is good, just being an athlete, playing the game and being smart with my decisions off the tee and read the greens well,” said Sharp.

“I think there’s less thinking going on, just playing and really enjoying it, and really I’m not thinking about swing or anything like that.

“I’m just really into the target.”

Maude-Aimee Leblanc (71) of Sherbrooke, Que., is tied for 22nd, while Anne Catherine Tanguay (71) of Quebec City and Olympian Brooke Henderson (71) of Smiths Falls, Ont., are in a group tied for 31st. All three made the 1-under cut.

“It’s always good for Canadians to make the cut,” said Sharp.

“Not really thinking about being low Canadian.

I want to do well, be in contention for the weekend, so I feel like I did a good job the last couple of days, and it’s tough in the wind. So I was happy with how I hit it.”

Amateur Maddie Szeryk (72) of London, Ont., and Calgary’s Jennifer Ha (74) both finished at 1-over par.

Amateur Josee Doyon (74) of St. Georges-de-Beauce, Que., was 2 over.

Jennifer Kirby (73) of Paris, Ont., and Charlottetown’s Lorie Kane (78) finished at 4 over, Vivian Tsui (5) of Markham, Ont., sat at 5 over, Samantha Richdale (77) of Kelowna, B.C., was 8 over, Nicole Vandermade (77) of Brantford, Ont., was 9 over and amateur Selena Costabile (78) of Thornhill, Ont., finished 15 over.

CALGARY — South Africa’s David Frost eagled the 18th hole to move atop the leaderboard after the opening round of the Shaw Charity Classic on Friday.

Frost’s putt from about 30 feet took several seconds to reach the hole before it dropped in from the right side to give him an 8-under 62.

“It was on the low side of the hole and it’s very rare that that happens, as I say, it drops in from the amateur side,” said Frost, who finished 12th at last year’s Shaw Charity Classic after placing 10th and ninth in the first two years of the PGA Tour Champions event.

American Tanner Putt takes second stage of Tour of Alberta

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OLDS, Alta. — American Colin Joyce is the overall leader after the second stage of the Tour of Alberta on Friday.

Joyce, of the Axeon Hagen Berman cycling team, retained the Province of Alberta jersey after completing the 182-kilometre Kananaskis to Olds circuit in four hours seven minutes one second, the fifth fastest time of the day.

His overall time through two stages is 6:30:19, giving him a seven second lead over compatriot Alex Howes (6:30:26) of the Cannondale-Drapac cycling team.

American Tanner Putt of UnitedHealthcare won Stage 2 in a time of 4:06:46 and is 11th overall (6:32:09).

Ottawa’s Alexander Cataford (6:30:34) of Silber Pro Cycling took the Best Canadian jersey away from Stage 1 jersey holder Antoine Duchesne (6:30:34) of Saguenay, Que. Cataford and Duschesne, who rides for Team Canada, are tied for sixth overall.

Stage 3 of the five-stage circuit starts Saturday and goes from Clearwater County to Drayton Valley, and will cover 181.2 kilometres.

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Frost’s eagle rockets him to the top at Shaw Charity Classic

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

American Tanner Putt of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team throws up his arms as he takes the Tour of Alberta win in Olds Friday, followed closely by cyclist Alexis Cartier of Team Canada.

“I was very happy to see it go in.”

Frost also eagled the 11th hole and had four other birdies to get to 6 under before play at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club was temporarily halted at 2:15 p.m. MST due to a lightning storm.

Defending champion Jeff Maggert and Jose Coceres, who were tied with Frost when play was suspended, finished the first round in a tie for second place at 7-under 63.

Rod Spittle, of Niagara Falls, Ont., finished as the top Canadian after carding a round of 2-under 68 to put him in a tie for 34th. A loud crack of thunder roared just behind Spittle shortly after he finished his round and just before a horn sounded to suspend play.

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Local Sports Today ● ACAC soccer: Kings University vs. Red Deer College Kings, 11 a.m., Queens, 1 p.m., Ponoka Fields ● WHL: Prince George Cougars vs.

Edmonton Oil Kings, 3 p.m.; Calgary Hitmen at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Enmax Centrium ● Minor hockey: Red Deer Female AAA Midget Sutter Fund Chiefs selection camp, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen Community Arenas; Red Deer AAA Midget Optimist

Baseball Sunday

● Minor hockey: Red Deer Minor Midget AAA selection camp, 4:45 p.m., Kinsmen Community Arenas

Monday ● Minor hockey: Red Deer AAA Midget

Optimist Chiefs selection camp, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen Community Arenas

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF New York City 28 12 8 8 48 Toronto 27 12 8 7 39 New York 27 11 9 7 40 Philadelphia 27 11 9 7 47 Montreal 26 9 7 10 40 D.C. 27 7 9 11 35 Orlando 26 6 7 13 41 New England 27 6 12 9 29 Columbus 25 5 9 11 34 Chicago 25 5 12 8 29

GA 47 28 33 41 38 36 44 47 40 40

Pt 44 43 40 40 37 32 31 27 26 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF 27 14 7 6 42 25 11 4 10 28 27 12 8 7 39

GA 35 22 37

Pt 48 43 43

Dallas Colorado Salt Lake

Los Angeles 26 9 4 13 40 26 40 Kansas City 28 11 12 5 32 32 38 Portland 27 9 10 8 41 41 35 San Jose 26 7 8 11 26 29 32 Seattle 26 9 13 4 32 36 31 Vancouver 27 8 12 7 34 43 31 Houston 26 5 11 10 29 34 25 Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie.

Thursday’s Games New York City 3 D.C. at 2 Saturday, Sept. 3 New York at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m

Tennis U.S. OPEN At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $46.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Third Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, def. Kevin Anderson (23), South Africa, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Jack Sock (26), United States, def. Marin Cilic (7), Croatia, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-1.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 4-2, retired.

Gael Monfils (10), France, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Lucas Pouille (24), France, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (15), Spain, 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Kyle Edmund, Britain, def. John Isner (20), United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Rafael Nadal (4), Spain, def. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.

Women Third Round Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-1.

Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-3, 6-1.

Roberta Vinci (7), Italy, def. Carina Witthoeft, Germany, 6-0, 5-7, 6-3.

Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Dominika Cibulkova (12), Slovakia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Johanna Konta (13), Britain, def. Belinda Bencic (24), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-1.

Madison Keys (8), United States, def. Naomi Osaka, Japan, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (3).

Petra Kvitova (14), Czech Republic, def. Elina Svitolina (22), Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4.

Angelique Kerber (2), Germany, def. CiCi Bellis, United States, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles Men First Round Stephane Robert, France, and Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Andre Begemann, Germany, and Leander Paes, India, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.

David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Marcel Granollers (14), Spain, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Dominic Thiem and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn, Austria, def. Colin Fleming, Britain, and Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2.

Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez (8), Spain, def.

Ryan Harrison and Austin Krajicek, United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, and Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, and Benoit Paire, France, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3).

Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def.

Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, United States, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3.

Second Round Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (1), France, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 6-3, 6-4.

Brian Baker, United States, and Marcus Daniell, New Zealand, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Fabrice Martin (15), France, 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-3.

Thomaz Bellucci and Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil,

def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, and Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

Nicholas Monroe and Donald Young, United States, def. Dusan Lajovic and Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5.

Daniel Evans, Britain, and Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

Bob and Mike Bryan (3), United States, def.

Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, 6-4, 6-4.

Women First Round Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Heather Watson, Britain, def. Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears (9), United States, 6-2, 7-5.

Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, and Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Naomi Broady, Britain, and Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, and Chuang Chia-jung, Taiwan, 6-0, 6-7 (6), 6-3.

Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic (1), France, def. Kurumi Nara and Naomi Osaka, Japan, 6-3, 6-3.

Second Round Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato, Japan, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Anastasia Rodionova (14), Australia, 6-4, 6-3.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (12), Czech Republic, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-1.

Julia Goerges, Germany, and Karolina Pliskova (8), Czech Republic, def. Louisa Chirico and Alison Riske, United States, 6-1, 6-3.

Andreja Klepac and Katarina Srebotnik (13), Slovenia, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, and Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5.

Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend, United States, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson (15), Sweden, 6-4, 6-4.

Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Chan Hao-ching and Yung-jan (2), Taiwan, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3.

Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai (11), China, def.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (5), Russia, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, and Zhang Shuai, China, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Mixed First Round Timea Babos, Hungary, and Eric Butorac, United States, def. Emina Bektas and Evan King, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-1.

CoCo Vandeweghe and Rajeev Ram (7), United States, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, and Juan Sebastian Cabal, Colombia, 6-3, 2-6, 10-8.

Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic, and Marin Draganja, Croatia, def. Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, and Oliver Marach, Austria, 6-1, 6-4.

Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Lukasz Kubot (6), Poland, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Fabrice Martin, France, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Sania Mirza, India, and Ivan Dodig (1), Croatia, def. Taylor Townsend and Donald Young, United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Scott Lipsky, United States, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, and Marcin Matkowski (8), Poland, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 11-9.

Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Rohan Bopanna, India, def. Jamie Loeb and Noah Rubin, United States, 7-5, 6-4.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled LHP Jayson Aquino, C Caleb Joseph and RHP Tyler Wilson from Norfolk (IL). Activated OFs Michael Bourn and OF Drew Stubbs.

BOSTON RED SOX — Activated C Ryan Hanigan from the 15-day disabled list. Recalled RHP Joe Kelly and INF Deven Marrero from Pawtucket (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Robby Scott from Pawtucket and INF Yoan Moncada from Portland (EL). Designated RHP William Cuevas for assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Reinstated RHP Wade Davis from the 15-day DL. Recalled C Tony Cruz, OF Terrance Gore, INF-OF Whit Merrifield from Omaha (PCL). Selected the contract of INF Hunter Dozier from Omaha. Transferred RHP Luke Hochevar to the 60-day DL. HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled RHPs Jandel Gustave and James Hoyt and INF Tyler White from Fresno (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Brady Rodgers from Fresno.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Activated 3B Yunel Escobar activated from the 7-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated LHP Buddy Boshers from the 15-day DL. NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHPs Luis Severino and Nick Goody and INF Rob Refsnyder from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Kirby Yates from Pulaski (Appalachian). Selected the contracts of OF Eric Young Jr. and RHP Jonathan Holder from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Recalled RHP Nick Rumbelow from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and placed him on the 60-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Reinstated LHP Sean Doolittle from the 15-day DL. Recalled C Matt McBride from Nashville (PCL). Reinstated RHP Jesse Hahn from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Nashville.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Promoted Tom McNamara to special assistant to the general manager.

TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled INF Hanser Alberto, RHP Nick Martinez, LHP Yohander Mendez and C Brett Nicholas from Round Rock (PCL).

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled LHP Cody Reed and RHPs Keyvius Sampson and Robert Stephenson from Louisville (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Wandy Peralta from Louisville. Designated OF Kyle Waldrop for assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated RHPs Tyler Chatwood and Justin Miller from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Christian Bergman, C Tommy Murphy and OF Raimel Tapia from Albuquerque (PCL). Reinstated INF Daniel Descalso from the paternity list.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled C-INF Austin Barnes, RHP Josh Fields and OF Yasiel Puig from Oklahoma City (PCL). Reinstated RHPs Louis Coleman and Josh Ravin from the 15-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHP Jameson Taillon, INF Adam Frazier and LHP Steven Brault from Bristol (Appalachian) and INF Jason Rogers from Indianapolis (IL). Reinstated C Chris Stewart from the 15-day DL. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Activated 1B Matt Adams from the 15-day DL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated INF-OF Alexi Amarista from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Leonel Campos from El Paso (PCL). Announced the renewal of their Player Development Contract with Lake Elsinore (Calif.) through the 2018 season.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Activated RHP Matt Cain from the 15-day DL. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled C Pedro Severino, OF Brian Goodwin, RHPs Trevor Gott and Rafael Martin, and LHP Matt Grace from Syracuse (IL). Selected the contracts of LHP Sean Burnett and RHP Mat Latos from Syracuse. Designated OF Matt den Dekker for assignment. Transferred RHP Joe Ross to the 60-day DL. American Association JOPLIN BLASTERS — Released LHP Wander Perez.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Exercised the 2017 contract options on RHPs Jr Bunda, Lindsey Caughel, Freddy Flores, Matt Larkins, Kuo-Hua

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 76 58 .567 74 59 .556 73 61 .545 69 64 .519 57 76 .429 Central Division W L Pct 77 56 .579 73 61 .545 69 65 .515 64 70 .478 50 85 .370 West Division W L Pct 81 54 .600 71 63 .530 68 65 .511 59 74 .444 57 76 .429

Chiefs selection camp, 2 p.m., Kinsmen Community Arenas

Lo, Shairon Martis, Brad Orosey, Ryan O’Sullivan, Evan Reed, Stephen Shackleford and Matthew Shepherd LHPs Ryan Davis and Jeff McKenzie Cs Luis Alen and Ryan Wiggins INFs Austin Gallagher, Rene Leveret, Juan Martinez, Curt Smith, Connor Teykl, Tyler Urps and Cesar Valera and OFs Austin Darby, Brandon Jacobs, Robbie Kuzdale and OF Jon Smith.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Exercised the 2017 contract options on RHPs Alex Boshers, Tim Brown, Mike Devine, Seth Harvey, Chase M. Johnson, Tyler Kane, Eddie Medina, Charles Nading, Luis Pardo, Jesse Pratt and Gage Smith LHPs Anthony Capra, Charlie Leesman and Frankie Reed Cs Brent Dean and Martin Medina INFs Matt Chavez, Zack Cox, TJ Mittelstaedt, Christian Stringer and Leonardo Vargas and OFs Brent Clevlen, Harrison Kain, Richard Prigatano, Brennan Salgado and Nick Van Stratten.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Activated RHP Bobby Blevins. Placed LHP Jarret Leverett on the inactive list.

BASKETBALL Women’s National Basketball Association CONNECTICUT SUN — Announced coach Curt Miller will also become general manager at the end of the season.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended New England DE Rob Ninkovich for the first four games of the 2016 regular season for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released C Tyler Boggs, CB Cariel Brooks, WR Marquis Bundy, RB Kerwynn Williams, G Antoine McClain, T Robert Crisp, LB Drew Butler and S Chris Clemons.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Released K Shayne Graham and OT Bryce Harris. Waived DE Malliciah Goodman, OL Laurence Gibson, OL Collin Rahrig, DE Nordly Capi, DT Cory Johnson, CB Devonte Johnson, S Damian Parms, WR Corey Washington and LB Matt Wells.

BUFFALO BILLS — Released LB Manny Lawson, FB Jerome Felton, LB Kroy Biermann, WR Dez Lewis, TE Blake Annen, WR Jarrett Boykin, CB Mario Butler, WR Kain Colter, DT Brandon Deaderick, DE Lavar Edwards, RB Boom Herron, LB Randell Johnson, OT Marquis Lucas, OT Chris Martin, CB Sterling Moore, G Cyril Richardson, CB Sammy Seamster, DE Max Valles, C Fernando Velasco, DT Casey Walker and RB James Wilder Jr. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Terminated the contract of S Jimmy Wilson.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DL Stephen Paea. Waived/injured RB Rajion Neal.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived-injured CB D’Joun Smith.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Traded CB Marcus Cooper to Arizona for an undisclosed draft pick.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Released RB Bishop Sankey, WR Justin Hunter, RB Dexter McCluster, FB Sam Bergen, OL Jeremiah Poutasi, OL Will Poehls, WR Andrew Turzilli, LB J.R. Tavai, LB Curtis Grant, CB B.W. Webb, DB Marqueston Huff, K Aldrick Rosas, RB David Fluellen, OL Tyler Marz, OL Ronald Patrick, WR Ben Roberts, TE Jerome Cunningham, TE Alex Ellis, LB Justin Staples, NT Antwaun Woods, CB Kalan Reed and DB Curtis Riley.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DL Brandon Tennant. Released K Sergio Castillo. Released DL Sam Scott and WR Jace Davis from the practice roster.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK RANGERS — Promoted Chris Drury to assistant general manager.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Announced the Independent Review Panel rescinded the fine and one-game suspension for the red card issued to Montreal M Calum Mallace for violent conduct during an Aug. 27 match against Toronto FC.

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Friday’s Games Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 0 Cleveland 6, Miami 2 Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 3 Texas 10, Houston 8 Chicago White Sox 11, Minnesota 4 Detroit 7, Kansas City 6 Boston at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Today’s Games Houston (Musgrove 2-2) at Texas (Holland 6-6), 24:05 p.m.

Toronto (Estrada 8-6) at Tampa Bay (Archer 8-17), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 8-11) at Baltimore (Gausman 6-10), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-16) at Minnesota (Santiago 10-8), 5:10 p.m.

Miami (Fernandez 13-7) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-6), 5:10 p.m.

Detroit (Fulmer 10-5) at Kansas City (Ventura 9-9), 5:15 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 18-3) at Oakland (Neal 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Skaggs 2-3) at Seattle (Walker 4-9), 7:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Toronto at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 11:35 a.m.

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

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

Houston at Texas, 1:05 p.m.

Boston at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 2:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. 133 528 95 184 .348 127 514 87 166 .323 130 559 103 179 .320 110 438 58 140 .320 131 457 102 146 .319 132 519 85 163 .314 124 444 64 139 .313 131 494 74 154 .312 125 459 71 141 .307 129 540 93 165 .306 Home Runs Trumbo, Baltimore, 41; Encarnacion, Toronto, 36; Frazier, Chicago, 35; KDavis, Oakland, 34; Donaldson, Toronto, 34; Dozier, Minnesota, 33; CDavis, Baltimore, 33; MMachado, Baltimore, 33; NCruz, Seattle, 32; 2 tied at 31.

Runs Batted In Encarnacion, Toronto, 107; Pujols, Los Angeles, 103; Ortiz, Boston, 102; Trumbo, Baltimore, 97; Betts, Boston, 96; Donaldson, Toronto, 92; Correa, Houston, 90; Altuve, Houston, 89; Beltre, Texas, 89; Napoli, Cleveland, 89.

Pitching Porcello, Boston, 18-3; Happ, Toronto, 17-4; Tillman, Baltimore, 15-5; Sale, Chicago, 15-7; Kluber, Cleveland, 15-8; Hamels, Texas, 14-4; Verlander, Detroit, 14-7; Iwakuma, Seattle, 14-10; AaSanchez, Toronto, 13-2; SWright, Boston, 13-6.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Washington 79 55 .590 New York 69 66 .511 Miami 68 67 .504 Philadelphia 60 74 .448 Atlanta 52 83 .385 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 87 47 .649 St. Louis 70 63 .526 Pittsburgh 67 65 .508 Milwaukee 58 76 .433 Cincinnati 56 77 .421 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 74 59 .556 San Francisco 72 62 .537 Colorado 65 69 .485 Arizona 56 78 .418 San Diego 55 78 .414

GB — 10½ 11½ 19 27½ GB — 16½ 19 29 30½ GB — 2½ 9½ 18½ 19

Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco 1 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0 Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 2 Cleveland 6, Miami 2 Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 1 Colorado 14, Arizona 7 San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Today’s Games San Francisco (Bumgarner 13-8) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 16-5), 12:20 p.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 10-10) at Cincinnati (Straily 10-7), 2:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Gant 1-3) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-6), 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 7-13) at Pittsburgh (Nova 11-6), 5:05 p.m.

Miami (Fernandez 13-7) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-6), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Roark 14-7) at N.Y. Mets (Gsellman 1-1), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (Shipley 2-3) at Colorado (Bettis 11-7), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Perdomo 7-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 13-8), 7:10 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 2:10 p.m.

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

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 6:08 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. 122 461 89 159 .345 126 478 82 163 .341 129 512 62 163 .318 125 522 80 166 .318 118 479 90 152 .317 129 515 88 162 .315 113 417 54 131 .314 114 429 52 134 .312 129 443 83 137 .309 113 427 67 132 .309 Home Runs Arenado, Colorado, 36; Bryant, Chicago, 36; Carter, Milwaukee, 30; Duvall, Cincinnati, 29; FFreeman, Atlanta, 28; Cespedes, New York, 27; Story, Colorado, 27; Tomas, Arizona, 27; JaLamb, Arizona, 26; Rizzo, Chicago, 26.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 115; Murphy, Washington, 98; Rizzo, Chicago, 93; Bryant, Chicago, 91; ARussell, Chicago, 88; Duvall, Cincinnati, 84; Yelich, Miami, 83; CGonzalez, Colorado, 83; JaLamb, Arizona, 81; Jay Bruce, Cincinnati, 80.

Pitching Arrieta, Chicago, 16-5; Lester, Chicago, 15-4; Strasburg, Washington, 15-4; Scherzer, Washington, 157; Cueto, San Francisco, 14-5; Hammel, Chicago, 14-7; Roark, Washington, 14-7; Hendricks, Chicago, 13-7; Fernandez, Miami, 13-7; 2 tied at 13-8.

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FRIDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 000 000000—0 2 0 Baltimore 060 20000x—8 10 0 Green, Goody (2), Yates (4), Holder (6), Severino (7), Parker (8) and G.Sanchez, Romine; Bundy, Hart (6), Worley (8), Hunter (9) and Wieters, Joseph. W—Bundy 8-5. L—Green 2-4. HRs—Baltimore, Machado (33), Trumbo (41), Alvarez (20), Davis (33).

Toronto 200 000010—3 6 2 T. Bay 011 00240x—8 8 0 Stroman, Liriano (7), Tepera (7), D.Barnes (8) and Martin; Cobb, Farquhar (6), Jepsen (7), Gamboa (8), Boxberger (8), Garton (9) and Maile. W—Farquhar 1-0. L—Stroman 9-6. HRs—Tampa Bay, Morrison (12), Miller (26), Maile (3).

Chicago 100 211033—11 16 1 Minnesota 003 010 000— 4 8 1 Rodon, N.Jones (8), Ynoa (9) and Narvaez; Gibson, O’Rourke (6), Light (7), Wimmers (8), Chargois (8) and K.Suzuki. W—Rodon 6-8. L—Gibson 5-9.

HRs—Chicago, Frazier (35). Minnesota, Dozier (33).

Houston 200 010 320— 8 7 1 Texas 020 71000x—10 13 1 Fister, Feliz (4), Hoyt (5), Sipp (6), Gustave (7), Devenski (8) and J.Castro, Gattis; Griffin, Claudio (6), Barnette (7), Bush (7), Diekman (8), Kela (8), S.Dyson (9) and Lucroy. W—Griffin 7-3. L—Fister 12-10. Sv—S.Dyson (31). HRs—Houston, Bregman (6), Castro (10). Texas, Beltran (4), Lucroy (8), Odor (28).

Detroit 013 000102—7 13 2 K. City 003 000120—6 11 0 A.Sanchez, A.Wilson (6), J.Wilson (7), Greene (7), Rodriguez (8) and J.McCann; D.Duffy, Moylan (6), Gee (8), W.Davis (9) and S.Perez. W—Rodriguez 3-3. L—W.Davis 1-1. HRs—Detroit, Cabrera (29), Upton (19).

INTERLEAGUE Miami 000 000020—2 8 0 Cleveland 310 02000x—6 7 0 Cashner, Brice (6), Ogando (8) and Realmuto; Carrasco, Manship (8), Allen (9) and R.Perez. W— Carrasco 10-7. L—Cashner 4-11. HRs—Miami, Realmuto (8).

NATIONAL LEAGUE San Fran. 000 000100—1 3 0 Chicago 002 00000x—2 5 0 A.Suarez, Okert (6), Gearrin (6), Romo (8), Osich (8) and Brown; Lester and Ross. W—Lester 15-4.

L—A.Suarez 3-3. HRs—San Francisco, Pence (10).

Milwaukee 000 001000—1 3 1 Pittsburgh 000 000000—0 7 1 Guerra, J.Barnes (4), Boyer (5), Marinez (6), Torres (7), Knebel (8), Thornburg (9) and Maldonado; Taillon, Rivero (7), Bastardo (8), Nicasio (9) and Cervelli. W—Boyer 2-3. L—Taillon 3-4. Sv—Thornburg (7).

St. Louis 010 010000—2 6 1 Cincinnati 000 002001—3 11 0 A.Reyes, Duke (7), Bowman (7), Siegrist (8), Oh (9) and Molina; DeSclafani, Lorenzen (8), R.Iglesias (9) and Barnhart. W—R.Iglesias 2-1. L—Oh 4-3. HRs— St. Louis, Grichuk (20), Molina (6).

Wash.

100 100002—4 8 0 New York 000 100000—1 4 0 Cole, Rzepczynski (7), Glover (7), O.Perez (8), Melancon (9) and Ramos; Syndergaard, Salas (8), Blevins (9), Robles (9) and Rivera, T.d’Arnaud.

W—Cole 1-1. L—Syndergaard 12-8. Sv—Melancon (38). HRs—New York, Cabrera (19).

Atlanta 000 040004—8 13 0 Phila.

130 000000—4 9 1 De La Cruz, Withrow (6), Jose Ramirez (7), Ma. Cabrera (8), J.Johnson (9) and Flowers; Hellickson, D.Hernandez (7), Mariot (8), J.Gomez (9), Murray (9) and Ellis. W—Ma.Cabrera 3-0. L—J.Gomez 3-3.

HRs—Atlanta, Kemp (4). Philadelphia, Ellis (1).

Football Ottawa Hamilton Toronto Montreal

GP 10 9 9 10

GP Calgary 9 B.C. 10 Winnipeg 9 Edmonton 9 Saskatchewan 9

CFL East Division W L T PF 5 4 1 262 4 5 0 263 4 5 0 201 3 7 0 205 West Division W L T PF 7 1 1 278 7 3 0 280 5 4 0 231 5 4 0 272 1 8 0 170

PA 255 233 236 237

Pt 11 8 8 6

PA 185 246 204 247 319

Pt 15 14 10 10 2

WEEK 11 Thursday’s result Ottawa 19 Montreal 14 Wednesday’s result B.C. 16 Toronto 13 Sunday’s game Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 1 p.m.

Monday’s games Edmonton at Calgary, 1 p.m.

Toronto at Hamilton, 4:30 p.m.

WEEK 12 Bye: Ottawa Friday, Sept. 9 Montreal at B.C., 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 10 Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 11 Hamilton at Toronto, 2:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S SUMMARIES Redblacks 19, Alouettes 14 First Quarter Ott — FG Milo 13 5:10 Mtl — Single Fera 51 12:35 Ott — FG Milo 33 14:36

Second Quarter Mtl — TD Lewis 5 pass from Glenn (Fera convert) 10:35 Third Quarter Ott — TD Jackson 31 pass from Harris (Milo convert) 12:15.

Mtl — FG Fera 52 14:49 Fourth Quarter Mtl — FG Fera 21 5:50 Ott — FG Milo 36 8:27 Ott — FG Milo 17 11:28 Ottawa 6 0 7 6 — 19 Montreal 1 7 3 3 — 14 Attendance — 19,117 at Montreal.

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 3 1 0 .750 85 Miami 2 2 0 .500 68 Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 55 N.Y. Jets 1 3 0 .250 61 South W L T Pct PF Houston 4 0 01.000102 Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 91 Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 73 Jacksonville 1 3 0 .250 75 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 4 0 01.000 94 Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 50 Cincinnati 1 3 0 .250 77 Cleveland 0 4 0 .000 44 West W L T Pct PF Denver 2 1 0 .667 63 Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 76 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 39 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 57 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

PA 78 78 71 70 PA 63 60 80 82 PA 60 79 70 92 PA 40 52 53 57

East T Pct PF PA 01.000 81 38 0 .750 80 70 0 .500 48 77 0 .250 99 97 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 3 1 0 .750 70 62 Tampa Bay 2 2 0 .500 79 71 Carolina 2 2 0 .500 80 63 New Orleans 0 4 0 .000 59 100 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 4 0 01.000 85 62 Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 65 50 Detroit 2 2 0 .500 84 77 Chicago 1 3 0 .250 50 75 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 2 1 0 .667 55 51 Los Angeles 2 2 0 .500 83 88 San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 54 69 Arizona 0 3 0 .000 37 84 Wednesday’s Games Washington 20, Tampa Bay 13 Thursday’s Games Tennessee 21, Miami 10 Atlanta 17, Jacksonville 15 Philadelphia 14, N.Y. Jets 6 N.Y. Giants 17, New England 9 Indianapolis 13, Cincinnati 10 Carolina 18, Pittsburgh 6 Detroit 31, Buffalo 0 Baltimore 23, New Orleans 14 Houston 28, Dallas 17 Chicago 21, Cleveland 7 Kansas City 17, Green Bay 7 Minnesota 27, Los Angeles 25 Denver at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants Dallas

W 4 3 2 1

L 0 1 2 3

Golf SHAW CHARITY CLASSIC At Canyon Meadow Golf & CC Calgary, Alberta Purse: $2.35 million Yardage: 7,086; Par 70 (35-35) First Round David Frost 32-30—62 Jose Coceres 33-30—63 Jeff Maggert 31-32—63 Tom Byrum 31-33—64 Mark Brooks 35-30—65 Kirk Triplett 32-33—65 Fred Funk 35-30—65 Mark Calcavecchia 32-33—65 Bernhard Langer 34-31—65 Tom Watson 33-32—65 Jim Carter 33-33—66 Carlos Franco 35-31—66 Joe Durant 35-31—66 Jeff Sluman 35-31—66 Scott McCarron 35-31—66 Miguel Angel Martin 34-32—66 Tom Pernice Jr. 32-34—66 Scott Parel 32-34—66 Blaine McCallister 34-33—67 Billy Mayfair 34-33—67 Jay Don Blake 35-32—67 Willie Wood 33-34—67 Paul Goydos 35-32—67 Duffy Waldorf 35-32—67 Tom Kite 34-33—67 Paul A. Broadhurst 34-33—67 Jesper Parnevik 34-33—67 Gene Sauers 37-30—67 Woody Austin 35-32—67 Colin Montgomerie 32-35—67 Jean Van de Velde 33-34—67 Michael Allen 35-32—67 John Daly 33-34—67 Steve Pate 35-33—68 Kevin Sutherland 34-34—68 Rod Spittle 36-32—68 Glen Day 35-33—68 Neal Lancaster 35-33—68 Tim Petrovic 35-33—68 Brad Bryant 37-31—68 Olin Browne 34-34—68 Wes Short, Jr. 36-32—68 Bart Bryant 34-34—68 Brandt Jobe 35-33—68 Mark O’Meara 35-33—68 Doug Garwood 32-36—68 Fran Quinn 34-34—68 Brian Henninger 37-32—69 Gary Hallberg 37-32—69 Mike Goodes 34-35—69 Bob Tway 36-33—69 Michael Bradley 36-33—69 Mike Grob 33-36—69 Todd Hamilton 34-35—69 Bob Gilder 34-35—69 Russ Cochran 34-35—69 Jim Rutledge 33-36—69 Clark Dennis 34-35—69 Grant Waite 34-36—70 Stephen Ames 36-34—70 Joey Sindelar 39-31—70 Billy Andrade 36-34—70 Lee Janzen 35-35—70 Jerry Smith 37-33—70 Mike Springer 35-36—71 John Inman 37-34—71 Scott Hoch 35-36—71 Esteban Toledo 36-35—71 Tom Lehman 34-37—71 Rocco Mediate 35-36—71

Jean-Francois Remesy37-34—71 Steve Lowery 37-35—72 Tom Purtzer 37-35—72 Mike Reid 37-35—72 Scott Dunlap 35-37—72 Craig Stadler 36-36—72 John Cook 36-36—72 Jeff Hart 37-35—72 Mark Wiebe 37-36—73 Jeff LeMaster 37-36—73 Bob Niger 36-38—74 MANULIFE LPGA CLASSIC At Whistle Bear Golf Club Cambridge, Ontario Purse: $1.6 million Yardage: 6,613; Par 72 Second Round a-denotes amateur Marina Alex 70-64—134 P.K. Kongkraphan 69-66—135 Hyo Joo Kim 68-67—135 Mi Hyang Lee 69-67—136 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 69-68—137 Briana Mao 69-68—137 Wei-Ling Hsu 68-69—137 Caroline Masson 68-69—137 Ariya Jutanugarn 70-68—138 Brittany Lang 67-71—138 Chella Choi 66-72—138 Mika Miyazato 70-69—139 Minjee Lee 70-69—139 Sydnee Michaels 70-69—139 Austin Ernst 70-69—139 Alena Sharp 69-70—139 So Yeon Ryu 69-70—139 Mi Jung Hur 68-71—139 Nontaya Srisawang 68-71—139 Dani Holmqvist 67-72—139 Azahara Munoz 67-72—139 Alison Lee 75-65—140 Ji Young Oh 72-68—140 Catriona Matthew 72-68—140 Lizette Salas 71-69—140 Caroline Hedwall 70-70—140 Ha Na Jang 69-71—140 Suzann Pettersen 69-71—140 Maude-Aimee Leblanc69-71—140 Brittany Lincicome 68-72—140 Mina Harigae 75-66—141 Kris Tamulis 72-69—141 Anne Catherine Tanguay72-69—141 Demi Runas 71-70—141 Cristie Kerr 71-70—141 Ashleigh Simon 70-71—141 Stacy Lewis 70-71—141 Brooke M. Henderson70-71—141 Tiffany Joh 69-72—141 Ryann O’Toole 69-72—141 Cheyenne Woods 69-72—141 Angela Stanford 69-72—141 Mirim Lee 69-72—141 Paula Reto 74-68—142 Alison Walshe 73-69—142 Charley Hull 73-69—142 Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras72-70—142 Kelly W Shon 72-70—142 Karine Icher 71-71—142 Paula Creamer 71-71—142 Lydia Ko 70-72—142 Jing Yan 70-72—142 Felicity Johnson 69-73—142 In Gee Chun 67-75—142 Amy Anderson 76-67—143 Benyapa Niphatsophon74-69—143 Bertine Strauss 73-70—143

Danielle Kang 73-70—143 Yani Tseng 73-70—143 Stephanie L Meadow73-70—143 Jaye Marie Green 73-70—143 Becky Morgan 72-71—143 Julie Yang 72-71—143 Nicole Jeray 72-71—143 Stephanie Kono 72-71—143 Maria McBride 71-72—143 Sarah Jane Smith 71-72—143 Mo Martin 70-73—143 Simin Feng 70-73—143 Giulia Molinaro 70-73—143 Kim Kaufman 70-73—143 Christina Kim 69-74—143 Casey Grice 68-75—143 Ai Miyazato 68-75—143 Failed to make the Lisa Ferrero 74-70—144 Vicky Hurst 74-70—144 Alejandra Llaneza 74-70—144 Lee Lopez 74-70—144 Xi Yu Lin 74-70—144 Katherine Kirk 73-71—144 Jacqui Concolino 73-71—144 Na Yeon Choi 72-72—144 Sadena A Parks 72-72—144 Michelle Wie 72-72—144 Sei Young Kim 72-72—144 Joanna Klatten 71-73—144 Carlota Ciganda 71-73—144 Hannah Collier 71-73—144 Sun Young Yoo 71-73—144 Karrie Webb 70-74—144 Pernilla Lindberg 70-74—144 Jane Park 68-76—144 Gaby Lopez 74-71—145 Cydney Clanton 73-72—145 Sarah Kemp 73-72—145 a-Maddie Szeryk 73-72—145 Sandra Gal 72-73—145 Megan Khang 72-73—145 Christine Song 71-74—145 Lee-Anne Pace 71-74—145 Jennifer Ha 71-74—145 Belen Mozo 68-77—145 Brianna Do 77-69—146 Lindy Duncan 76-70—146 Brittany Altomare 74-72—146 Ashlan Ramsey 73-73—146 Prima Thammaraks 73-73—146 Ilhee Lee 72-74—146 Mariajo Uribe 72-74—146 Dori Carter 72-74—146 a-Josee Doyon 72-74—146 Jaclyn Jansen 72-74—146 Morgan Pressel 71-75—146 Laetitia Beck 69-77—146 Ssu-Chia Cheng 76-71—147 Katie Burnett 74-73—147 Holly Clyburn 74-73—147 Marion Ricordeau 72-75—147 Q Baek 72-75—147 Haeji Kang 72-75—147 Min Lee 71-76—147 Christel Boeljon 76-72—148 Jennifer Kirby 75-73—148 Victoria Elizabeth 74-74—148 Lorie Kane 70-78—148 Annie Park 76-73—149 Moriya Jutanugarn 75-74—149 Daniela Iacobelli 75-74—149 Vivian Tsui 74-75—149 Grace Na 73-76—149 Kristy McPherson 73-76—149 Karlin Beck 72-77—149

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BUSINESS

THE ADVOCATE SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 2016

Tapping Chinese consumers TRUDEAU TO VISIT ALIBABA FOR LAUNCH OF ONLINE HUB IN CHINA FOR CANADIAN FIRMS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SHANGHAI — Canadian merchants are expected to soon have their own online storefront to sell their goods to the vast Chinese marketplace via the e-commerce giant Alibaba.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be present Saturday for the launch of a Canadian “pavilion” on Alibaba’s Tmall platform when he visits the Chinese firm’s offices in the city of Hangzhou.

Billionaire Jack Ma, Alibaba’s founder and chairman, will join Trudeau for the event, which will enable Canadian sellers to tap into China’s rapidly expanding middle class that now comprises some 300 million people.

The new pavilion will open the doors for Chinese consumers to buy products from Canadian companies online. Alibaba is the world’s largest e-commerce platform.

This will mark Ma’s second meeting with Trudeau since the prime minister’s arrival in China on Tuesday.

The two men, who also met in January in Davos, Switzerland, appear to have developed some chemistry.

“He’s a miracle to me,” Ma said Tuesday of Trudeau as they shared a stage at an event hosted by the China Entrepreneur Club.

“Mr. Trudeau also has a very, very special aura — in him you can see and feel the spark, image and confidence of Canada… He is the future of Canada.”

Ma, one of China’s best-known entrepreneurs, told the business crowd that Canada offers top-quality and healthy agricultural products and commodities as well as high tech, environmental tech, music, art and culture.

“These are exactly the types of products Chinese people want and need,” said Ma, who also met with Stephen Harper when he was prime minister.

Experts believe Alibaba has a lot to offer Canadian merchants.

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Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to throw the ball for the jump ball to start a basketball game at the Nanyang Model Private High school in Shanghai, Friday.

face Trade deficit narrowed Beekeepers plummeting to $2.5B in July honey prices

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadian exports picked up in July, raising hopes for a bounce back in the economy after it contracted in the second quarter.

Statistics Canada said Friday the country’s trade deficit narrowed in July to $2.5 billion.

The result was better than the $3.25 billion that had been expected by economists, according to Thomson Reuters.

CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said the improvement was a step in the right direction, but noted it was only one month in a quarter that is expected to be strong.

“We’re getting big gains after a surprisingly and shockingly weak set of numbers for second-quarter exports,” Shenfeld said.

“It still leaves the volume of activity for the export sectors disappointing compared to where we were at the beginning of the year, but it is a sign that things weren’t as bad as they looked in the second quarter.”

Earlier this week, Statistics Canada reported the economy contracted at an annual pace of 1.6 per cent in the second quarter due to weak exports and the Alberta forest fires in May. However, the three-month period ended on a positive note as growth returned in June. The third quarter is expected to be strong as the oilsands operations closed due to the wildfires resume production

Samsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 after battery explosions SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Samsung recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on Friday after finding some of their batteries exploded or caught fire.

Samsung’s Note 7s are being pulled from shelves in 10 countries, including South Korea and the United States, just two weeks after the product’s launch.

Customers who already bought Note 7s will be able to swap them for new smartphones in about two weeks, said Koh Dong-jin, president of Samsung’s mobile business.

and the rebuilding efforts get underway.

Bank of Montreal senior economist Benjamin Reitzes said after a “absolutely horrendous” second quarter, trade began on a far better footing in the third quarter.

“We’ll need to see some follow-through over the next couple of months, but this should ease some concern about health of the export sector,” Reitzes wrote in a note to clients.

“In addition, the narrower trade deficit is encouraging and, assuming we don’t see another round of deterioration, suggests that the Canadian dollar may not need to weaken materially further to help balance the trade account.”

Canadian exports increased 3.4 per cent to $42.7 billion in July, as volumes gained 3.7 per cent but prices fell 0.3 per cent. Nine of 11 sectors posted gains, boosted by non-energy exports. Excluding energy products, exports were up 4.1 per cent.

Imports dropped 0.1 per cent to $45.2 billion, as volumes fell 1.2 per cent and prices gained 1.1 per cent. The overall drop came despite growth in six of the 11 sectors tracked.

Shenfeld said what happens in the fourth quarter is going to be important.

“Canada’s going to post a very good third-quarter growth rate not only because of the trade numbers but the recovery from the fire in Alberta, and the issue will be whether we then simply return to a mediocre pace in the fourth quarter,” he said.

He apologized for causing inconvenience and concern to customers.

The recall, the first for the new smartphone though not the first for a battery , comes at a crucial moment in Samsung’s mobile business. Apple is expected to announce its new iPhone next week and Samsung’s mobile division was counting on momentum from the Note 7’s strong reviews and higher-than-expected demand.

Samsung said it had confirmed 35 instances of Note 7s catching fire or exploding. There have been no reports of injuries related to the problem.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — As they finish harvesting this year’s crop, Canadian honey producers say they are being stung with prices that have fallen by about 50 per cent since a year ago, a devastating blow that some are blaming on a global glut of what they say is cheaper, low-quality Chinese exports.

While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promotes closer business ties during his visit to China, the Canadian Honey Council accuses the Asian giant’s honey marketers of improper trading practices, including disguising the origin of its products by shipping them through other countries and “adulterating” the product by adding syrup made from other sugars.

China, for its part, says it takes strict steps to ensure quality inspections for its export products.

“We’ve definitely tightened our belts and we’re a little nervous if the price doesn’t come up how many years we can keep going on,” said Dani Glennie, a 20-year veteran of the Saskatchewan honey industry who has been working with her parents in a beekeeping operation since she was 11 years old.

“What it takes to produce the honey in our operation is $1.27 per pound and right now we’re getting $1.13 per pound. So we’re losing money and at that rate we won’t be in business very long.”

She said the farm was getting more than $2 per pound last summer.

Industry participants say demand for bulk Canadian honey is low and storage capacity is limited because of unsold product from last year. Statistics Canada estimates 95.3 million pounds of honey worth about $232 million were produced last year. Alberta produced about half of that — 42.8 million pounds — up 20 per cent from 2014.

Producers say this year’s crop is at least as big as last year’s.

Ron Phipps, a global honey markets expert , says prices have tumbled as world honey exports rose by 60 per cent in the past 10 years. But he says modest growth in the number of hives and a declining productivity rate per hive due to bee health issues can’t fully explain the honey glut.

Know what your teen is capable of handling when it comes to school, work CHARLES STRACHEY WORKING WISE Dear Working Wise: Does working while in school affect grades? My daughter wants to continue working part-time at her summer job while she’s completing school. Should I be concerned? Signed, Worried Mom Dear Worried: Unfortunately, there is no definitive answer that everyone agrees on, but there are a number of studies that try to determine if working affects academic success.

The Consequences of Employment During High

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School (2005) study found that the more hours students work, the lower their grades, school involvement, college attendance and career aspirations (http://bit.ly/290xwQK) A 1999 B.C. Teachers Federation report found “…a connection between working more than 15 to 20 hours per week and reduced school success…” (http://bit.ly/28Q8KGp).

Employment During High School: Consequences for Students’ Grades in Reading and Mathematics (1997) found that students who work have higher grades than those who don’t. However, students who work more than 15 hours per week tend to have lower test scores than those who work less than 15 hours per week (http://bit.ly/1ND0x5n).

The Dropout, School Performance, and Working while in School (2007) study also found that academic performance was not necessarily hindered by working less than 15 hours per week (http://bit.ly/1MXRCeR).

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You might also want to consider that working can provide your daughter with more than just pocket money. She can learn time-management skills, money-management skills, employability skills, teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Employment also provides valuable work experience and may make the transition from school to full-time work a little smoother.

In fact, the 2014 UBC Sauder School of Business study, Beneficial “Child Labour”, found that students who worked part-time found better jobs and higher salaries later in life (http://bit.ly/1hIxq3G and http://bit.ly/1PVXFyS).

Know what your teen is capable of handling when it comes to managing school and work and negotiate what you think is an appropriate number of weekly work hours.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

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

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets posted gains, with the Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index rising by more than 100 points, before taking a three-day break for the Labour Day weekend.

On Bay Street, the S&P/TSX composite index was up 111.79 points at 14,795.70.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 72.66 points at 18,491.96, the broader S&P 500 composite index advanced 9.12 points to 2,179.98 and the Nasdaq composite increased 22.69 points to 5,249.90.

Kash Pashootan, a portfolio manager at Ottawa-based First Avenue Advisory, said the stock markets continue to rise because investors have few options for where to store their cash at a reasonable rate of return.

“Bonds, fixed-income, a variety of alternatives are not yielding any sort of positive return after fees, taxes and inflation,” Pashootan said.

Despite equities not seeming very attractive due to their cost, low earnings growth and other reasons, investors are still putting their money there, he said.

Stocks also moved higher after a lower-than-expected jobs report from the United States.

U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs in August, according to the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report, while the unemployment rate remained static at 4.9 per cent for a third

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ALIBABA: ‘Revolutionary good’ Dominic Barton, the global managing director of consulting company McKinsey & Co., said Alibaba has done tremendous things for China by allowing small mom-andpop companies there to do business with the rest of the Asian country.

“I think it’s been revolutionary good, if I could call it that, from that point of view of just allowing small companies to participate in a big market,” said Barton, a global expert handpicked by Ottawa to help lift Canada’s lacklustre growth.

“And in my view, there’s no reason why you can’t extend that out to (small and medium-sized enterprises) in other parts of the world.”

WORK: Practical experience Ensure that your daughter’s employer agrees to the hours limit that your family has set and understands that school comes first.

Monitor her grades and take action if they start to slip.

Your child can help her employer by giving lots of notice about times when she might not be able to work as much (e.g., during final exams) and times when she can work more hours (e.g., during Christmas break).

One last thought: this may be a good time for your daughter to look for

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Economists were expecting employers to have added 182,500 jobs last month and for the unemployment rate to fall by 0.1 per cent.

Pashootan speculated that the lacklustre jobs data could delay an interest rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve — something investors hoped would be the case, as stocks moved higher Friday.

However, Pashootan added, there’s a 75 per cent or higher chance that the central bank will boost rates this year.

“The longer-term evidence shows to a U.S. economy that is recovering, unemployment rate that is declining and an environment or an economy that can handle interest rate hikes,” he said.

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0.42 of a cent Oil futures: US$44.44 per barrel, up $1.28 (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,326.70 per oz., up $9.60 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $26.138 oz., up 41.3 cents $840.34 kg., up $13.28

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,795.70, up 111.79 points Dow — 18,491.96, up 72.66 points S&P 500 — 2,179.98, up 9.12 points Nasdaq — 5,249.90, up 22.69 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.98 cents US, up 0.56 of a cent Pound — C$1.7272, down 0.88 of a cent Euro — C$1.4494, down 1.62 cents Euro — US$1.1158, down

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ‘16 $3.10 higher $465.30 Jan. ‘17 $2.40 higher $470.90 March ‘17 $2.10 higher $476.20 May ‘17 $2.30 higher $481.60 July ‘17 $2.30 higher $485.50 Nov. ‘17 $2.20 higher $488.80 Jan. ‘18 $2.20 higher $490.30 March ‘18 $2.20 higher $490.30 May ‘18 $2.20 higher $490.30 July ‘18 $2.20 higher $490.30 Nov. ‘18 $2.20 higher $490.30.

Barley (Western): Oct. ‘16 unchanged $138.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $138.00 March ‘17 unchanged $140.00 May ‘17 unchanged $141.00 July ‘17 unchanged $141.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $141.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $141.00 March ‘18 unchanged $141.00 May ‘18 unchanged $141.00 July ‘18 unchanged $141.00 Oct. ‘18 unchanged $141.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 352,340 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 352,340.

a job that will provide her with practical experience in a career that she’s interested in.

Working in a field that she is interested in will provide her with valuable related experience and contacts that might help her get her first job out of school. The experience will also give her a chance to “test drive” a career before she in-

vests time and money in a post-secondary education.

Good luck!

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

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Audrey Cloutier, a spokeswoman MONTREAL — Quebec cannot force Internet companies to block people’s for Leitao, said his office informed the access to certain websites without the CRTC prior to drafting the new law. approval of the CRTC, says a preliminary opinion by the federal broadcast regulator.

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legislation is in violation of the Telecommunications Act. John Lawford, PIAC executive director, said this preliminary opinion clears up the CRTC’s position for the upcoming court case.

He cautioned that the CRTC decision was only preliminary and that his office and the Quebec government have two weeks to respond in writing.

“I think it’s as clear as the CRTC can be at the moment,” he said in an interview Friday. “That they are thinking website blocking violates the telecom act.”

The act states “Except where the Commission (the CRTC) approves otherwise, a Canadian carrier shall not control the content or influence the meaning or purpose of telecommunications car-

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Salary range: $72,572.46 - $99,787.14 Olds College is seeking a dynamic individual to manage the Olds College farm. This is a permanent full-time, position.

The Olds College Farm is a working farm that is also a research facility and learning enterprise. The Farm includes approximately 2,000 acres of crop land, livestock (cow/calf herd, feedlot, sheep flock, and horses), along with handling facilities, barns, and equipment. Reporting to the Director of the Centre for Innovation, the Farm Manager will be responsible for management of crops and livestock production, liaison with instructors to coordinate educational programming related to the farm, liaison with research staff to coordinate research related to the farm, fostering agricultural industry relationships, and maintaining facilities, building, and equipment related to the farm. You must be willing to work flexible hours as some evening and weekend work may be required. The Farm manager will also administer the budget for the farm and supervise a team of 4-6 people. Please forward a resume quoting competition #16106M by September 25, 2016.

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Olds College is seeking a Business Development Coordinator for our new Livestock Production Centre. This is a full-time, permanent position.

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Renowned singer/songwriter Chip Taylor performs at Red Deer’s Elks Lodge on Sept. 15 with singer/violinist Carrie Rodriguez.

Taylor-made harmonies CHIP TAYLOR RELISHES A CHANCE TO HARMONIZE AGAIN WITH SINGER/VIOLINIST CARRIE RODRIQUEZ

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF “Don’t hide your light under a bushel” is something your grandmother might once have told you.

Renowned singer/songwriter Chip Taylor (Wild Thing, Angel of the Morning) would heartily agree with this sentiment.

“I wonder how many people, with just a little bit of encouragement, would find out they are brilliant at some (talent) they thought they never had,” said Taylor, who performs at Red Deer’s Elks Lodge on Sept. 15 with singer/violinist Carrie Rodriguez.

Rodriguez was one of those who needed coaxing to find her singing gift. When the Texas native started a music career, she only played the violin.

“She told me, she never sang — ever,” recalled Taylor. “The most she would do is hum in the shower, because she always thought she had an ugly voice.”

But after asking Rodriguez to join him on tour as a fiddler in 2001, Taylor encouraged her to harmonize with him on stage. He had always loved harmony groups, and thought it would be nice to combine voices with Rodriguez.

He had no idea now wonderful it would turn out to be.

“The chemistry was so magical between our voices,” said Taylor, that he and Rodriguez made three duet albums together — Let’s Leave This Town (2002), The Trouble With Humans (2003), and Red Dog Tracks (2005).

Their harmonies create “an emotional blend that gives me a chill,” he added. “You know how something can be so honest, it’s scary?”

The two toured together in Europe, performed on the TV show Top of the Pops, as well as numerous BBC radio programs. Taylor and Rodriguez were even featured together on U.S. National Public Radio, and in the New York Times.

After making the duet albums with Taylor, Rodri-

Entertainment BRIEFS Cops found no drugs, guns in Chris Brown’s mansion LOS ANGELES — Police did not find guns or drugs during a search of singer Chris Brown’s mansion before his arrest on allegations he threatened a model at gunpoint, his lawyer said Friday.

Attorney Mark Geragos said he was present during the search and police did not find evidence to corroborate the accuser’s story, including a specific piece of jewelry that she said triggered the incident.

Baylee Curran told reporters that Brown pointed a gun at her face after he and another man became angry with her when she admired the man’s diamond necklace.

Brown was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. He was released on $250,000 bail.

Geragos said the accuser’s story was fabricated.

“This woman got irate when she was asked to leave because she was acting in an erratic manner,” Geragos said.

Capt. Andy Neiman said the Los Angeles Police Department is working with prosecutors to review the evidence and not commenting on the case.

The Grammy-winning Brown has had legal trouble since his felony conviction in the 2009 assault of then-girlfriend, Rihanna. He completed probation in that case last year.

Brown has also faced accusations that were proven to be false, Geragos said. He has also had stalkers and several break-ins, including one by a woman who moved into his house while he was away.

TICKETS FOR THE 8 P.M. SHOW, ALSO WITH VAN MORRISON GUITARIST JOHN PLATANIA AND STANDUP BASSIST MIKE LENT, ARE $40 ($300 FOR A TABLE OF EIGHT) FROM WWW. CENTRALMUSICFEST.COM OR BY CALLING 403-886-5745. guez released her debut solo CD, Seven Angels on a Bicycle, and her career as a singer/songwriter was born. She’s since performed with Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, John Mayer, John Prine, Patty Griffith, and Bruce Hornsby — but recently decided it was time to re-join voices with Taylor again on a new tour.

“There’s something very magical about her voice and mine,” said Taylor. “I’ve harmonized with other singers, but it’s not the same kind of blending of voices as with Carrie.”

Their Red Deer show will feature mostly their duets. The set list might include I Cry For Love, a tune that Taylor wrote for one of Rodriguez’s albums.

She’s called it “a true gift. It came from one of our greatest songwriters of all time, in my humble opinion…”

Taylor, who last performed in Red Deer in 2014 (also for the Central Music Festival Society), built a long and storied career in music after an unsuccessful attempt to become a golf pro. He wrote hits for The Troggs, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Juice Newton, among others.

Born James Wesley Voight (his famous relations are niece Angelina Jolie and brothers actor Jon Voight and renowned geologist Barry Voight, who invented a formula to predict volcano eruptions), Taylor learned to play guitar as a teenager and began composing his own songs, inspired by the Delta blues and country music.

He broke into the music business as a singer/songwriter and was signed by King Records in the early

Oliver Stone allowing sneak peek of Snowden TORONTO — Oliver Stone is offering up a sneak peak at his biographical political thriller Snowden.

Canadians in select cities will get a chance to preview the film two days before its release Sept. 16.

The screening will be followed by a live interview between Stone and whistleblower Edward Snowden, with the Oscar-winning filmmaker speaking from New York and Snowden appearing via satellite from Moscow.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the National Security Agency whistleblower who exposed the agency’s surveillance programs.

Snowden Live takes place Sept. 14 in cities including Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Kanata, Ont., Toronto, Kitchener, Ont., Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver.

The Cineplex event comes as Snowden makes its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9.

Big Lebowski actor Jon Polito dead at 65 TV and film actor Jon Polito, the bumbling private snoop in The Big Lebowski who left his mark in several Coen Brothers films, has died. He was 65.

Polito’s Coen filmography included Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn’t There and Miller’s Crossing, which placed him among the gaggle of actors comprising the informal Coen Brothers repertory.

But the veteran actor racked up the bulk of his credits with a prolific career in television.

Among the most memorable of his roles was his turn as hotheaded gang chief Johnny Caspar in Miller’s Crossing, who pronounced “ethics” as “ettics.”

Polito died of cancer Thursday at City of Hope

1960s. “I wasn’t selling enough, so I began selling my songs to other people,” he recalled.

After being asked to create a rock song he came up with Wild Thing, which was written in one day in 1965. It went to the top of the charts when The Troggs recorded it.

The tune was also famously covered by Hendrix at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Hendrix memorably lit his guitar on fire at its conclusion.

Joplin turned Taylor’s Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) into one of her signature tunes, while a number of artists performed his Any Way That You Want Me, including Juice Newton (who also made a hit of his Angel of the Morning).

Waylon Jennings took Taylor’s tune Sweet Dream Woman to the top of the charts, while Son of a Rotten Gambler was recorded by Emmylou Harris, The Hollies and Anne Murray.

His songs were also performed by Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Ike and Tina Turner, Johnny Cash — and even Kermit the Frog.

After turning his back on the “formulaic” music industry for a time to become a professional gambler (Taylor was so successful he was eventually banned from Atlantic City casinos), he returned to songwriting about 20 years ago after writing a song at his dying mother’s bedside.

Among his critically lauded recent albums is the three-disc The Little Prayers Trilogy (2014) of honest, reflective songs written in his stream-of-consciousness style.

His latest solo EP, I’ll Carry For You, was inspired by the special bond between golfer sisters Brooke and Brittany Henderson.

Taylor said the supportive sisters reminded him of his own relationship with his brothers while growing up. “We were always rooting for each other.”

Tickets for the 8 p.m. show, also with Van Morrison guitarist John Platania and standup bassist Mike Lent, are $40 ($300 for a table of eight) from www. centralmusicfest.com or by calling 403-886-5745. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com Hospital, where he was being treated for multiple myeloma, his manager, Maryellen Mulcahy, told the Associated Press on Friday.

Eastwood’s Miracle on the Hudson to premiere at Telluride Film Festival TELLURIDE, Colo. — Clint Eastwood’s movie about the “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot will get its world premiere during the Telluride Film Festival.

Sully, starring Tom Hanks as pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, will open the 43rd annual festival on Friday night.

Other films that will be shown include Bleed for This, starring Miles Teller as the former boxer Vinny Paz, and a modern musical romance called La La Land starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

The festival will continue through Monday.

Amy Schumer asks security to remove sexist heckler STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — U.S. actress and stand-up comedian Amy Schumer asked venue to security to remove a heckler who shouted out a sexist comment during a live show in Sweden this week.

The video, posted on Schumer’s YouTube tour channel, shows the 35-year-old actress challenging the man and asking people in the audience to point him out.

After the man shouted a second comment, Schumer responded: “Did you just yell out again? Oh! Yeah, I’m sorry, now it’s time.”

Audience members clapped and cheered as the man was escorted out during the show on Wednesday.

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Falk on mental health, abortion, comedy

BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES When Stephen Falk’s caustic, swooning romantic comedy You’re the Worst premiered in 2014, it brought together Gretchen (Aya Cash), a music publicist with a disdain for the girly stations of the cross that make up adult womanhood, and Jimmy (Chris Geere), a misanthropic novelist with a barely patched-up heart.

Its cartoon, California-bright take on topics such as post-traumatic stress disorder and settling for a mediocre life partner made watching “You’re the Worst” feel like eating sour candy; even when it made your teeth hurt, it was a delight. And in its second season, the show took a big, ambitious swing, exploring what happens when Gretchen deals with a serious depressive episode and Jimmy, who is terrified of commitment, decides that he wants to stick it out with her.

The third season of the show returns to FX with Gretchen preparing to enter therapy, Jimmy hard at work on his next book and two big new developments. Jimmy’s roommate Edgar (Desmin Borges) is dealing with the effects of his psychiatric medication on his new relationship with improv comedian Dorothy (Collette Wolfe). And Gretchen’s best friend Lindsay (Kether Donohue) is trying to reconcile with her husband, Paul (Allan McLeod), with bloody consequences.

To discuss the show’s big themes and distinctive comedic tone, I caught up with Falk last week.

Q: You’re the Worst has always seemed to walk a narrow line between being a live-action cartoon and a show with real consequences. Can you tell me a little bit about how that balance works this year?

A: That’s the daily struggle, I think. A lot of the wide tonal palette comes from my refusal to choose.

Speaking just kind of selfishly, I do feel whatever we’re putting up on screen or on stage should be at its best a heightened version of reality, not reality. For my tastes as a viewer, I noticed that a lot of shows, particularly comedy shows, seem to forget that. One often feels like they’re watching something that feels very believable, but that may not be very interesting at the end of the day, or that may not add that much to the conversation because it’s just a reflection of life.

I come from the theater. I appreciate when a play takes advantage of the medium. I remember seeing Angels in America for the first time and thinking, “Thank you, something that feels theatrical.” There’s something inherent about the theatre that buys you a lot, and I felt like a lot of people weren’t using that.

And I take that same theory to television. I feel like we should be able to experiment and push boundaries with the form, otherwise I might as well write a short story and have people read it.

I always find the greatest impact as a viewer is when something reflects my life but in an extraordinary way, through extraordinary means. I think representational arts are great, but that’s why people love the Impressionists.

That is something we play with constantly. There are inherent dangers that it obviously feels like tonal whiplash, and that can be within a scene, an episode, a stretch of the season. So we just have to trust our inherent calibrative instruments to figure out if we’re hitting the right tone, the right balance.

Or sometimes the right balance is being completely off-balance. Often I will, in the writers’ room, be doing something that sounds fine, the story sounds fine. And I’ll stay, stop, what different could happen? What if that character did the exact opposite? … Suddenly you say that doesn’t sound very funny, and I go, what if you make it so? Or what if we make it entertaining to watch? You light on these big challenges, and if they feel right after a couple of days of chewing on them, you have to do them.

Q: You mentioned shows that are realistic but sort of glum. It seems like we’re in a moment where there are a lot of half-hour shows, but not necessarily a lot of comedies.

A: I agree. And I kind of low-level complained about comedies not being funny. But I’ve been think-

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Samira Wiley, left, as Justina and Aya Cash as Gretchen in ‘You’re the Worst,’ which returns to FX. ing about it, and it kind of contradicts another thing I’ve said, which is I think that genres are less and less useful. They’re useful on streaming services, for categorization. But in general I’m in favor of the breakdown of categorizations. It’s so binary, drama or comedy.

I guess what it comes down to, if something is billing itself as a comedy beyond the simple fact of categorization, then it should be funny, probably. But one can’t argue that Transparent isn’t a very effective show, and it’s a half hour. I can’t fault (that series’ creator) Jill (Soloway) for anything she’s doing. She’s doing everything right. You’re not seeing ads that say “‘Transparent,’ so hilarious!”

Q: In the first season, when Gretchen finds the ring that Jimmy used to propose to Becca, she ends up telling him that she’ll marry him because growing up is actually the punk-rock thing to do. And even though the ring was a mix-up, that ethos seems to persist.

How do you see it playing out this season, post-“I love yous” and given Gretchen’s decision to enter therapy?

A: I think Gretchen saying it’s punk rock to commit is very much a tool to try to put a Band-Aid over the fear of growing up and becoming boring and hastening death. I don’t think the show is actually saying it’s punk rock to buy in. However I do think we’re saying, and I’m interested in at least posing the notion, that the resisting of the inevitable, or even more so the resisting of what’s actually already happened … is not only futile, but it’s counterproductive. … That’s probably the central struggle in the show is the fear of commitment as it pertains to hastening death.

Q: Early in the first episode this season, Gretchen suggests, sort of facetiously, that Jimmy might have a drinking problem. And we’re seeing Lindsay take a ton of Paul’s pain medication. Is substance abuse going to be a theme this season? What would happen to Gretchen and Jimmy if one of them got sober?

A: Substance abuse is not something we’re going to quote-unquote tackle. If they stopped drinking, I think their relationship would absolutely fall apart bert and helped popularize folk music in the United States with recordings including Goodnight Irene.

Hellerman was born in Brooklyn, New York, learned to play guitar while serving in the Coast Guard and teamed up with the other musicians while living in New York City’s Greenwich Village.

He later produced the record Alice’s Restaurant for Arlo Guthrie and worked with several artists over his long career.

Louisiana boy finds bag of meth in video game package Fred Hellerman, member of Weavers folk group, dies at 89 WESTON, Conn. — A member of the influential folk music quartet the Weavers who went on to a lengthy career as a composer, arranger and songwriter has died. Fred Hellerman was 89.

Caleb Hellerman says his father died Thursday at his home in Weston, Connecticut, after a lengthy illness.

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The boy’s father returned to the store and called police. Det. Rebecca Reed with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed the substance was methamphetamine.

Joey Mooring is director of public relations for GameStop. Mooring told the TV station that the Grapevine, Texas-based company checks used games for quality when customers trade them in. He also says games are checked again before being shipped to another store.

and die. They are people who like to consume things, and I think it’s central not only to the fun that they have together, but their very personalities. I think there would be a lot of problems and not a lot of fun for them. I don’t think Sid and Nancy ever get sober.

They come to a very bad end, but I don’t think they sober up. I think that’s a little beyond my desire to humanize them. Then again, there’s a period in one’s life, especially for a woman, if they choose to do so, that necessitates sobriety.

Q: Both this season and last have featured a lot of pregnant women either drinking or taking drugs. I know that’s not a core plot point, but I was curious about this as a choice. Did you want to push back at the prohibitionist standards around pregnant women and alcohol? Or are we going to see Becca or Lindsay face serious consequences for these choices?

A: I don’t think there was any grand plan to make a statement around that. More specifically, whenever we delve into something, it’s always character first, and it felt very in line with Becca to be an anti-vaxxer but also totally, hypocritically drinking more than one while saying that she can have one.

The pill use is concerning.

Q: Given that You’re the Worst has established that it’s set in a world where, unlike much of the rest of television, women have abortions, is it possible that Lindsay will ultimately decide to have an abortion?

A: I like to believe that our show operates in a feminist space, and not only that, in a space where that is just presumed, that that’s not a choice or decision or stance, but that is the norm. I’m from Berkeley. It is the norm for me. I realize that my extreme lefty viewpoint was not the norm at all, and actually controversial, which blew my mind. The show thereby operates in a space where pregnancy does not necessarily at all end in a child. The tension becomes when you’re married, and you’re in your 30s, it’s kind of a different playing field. The decision is maybe a little more complicated. That’s certainly a very viable option.

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Pope unafraid of controversy when minting saints

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Pope Francis canonizes Mother Teresa on Sunday, declaring the sainthood of a 20th-century figure renowned for her ministry to the poor and dying. Yet as the pope celebrates her sanctity, he will also be furthering a boom in the business of minting saints during his papacy.

Theologians and papal watchers say Francis is proclaiming new saints at a rate not seen since the heady days of John Paul II, the church’s canonization champion. In his 3 ½ years as pope, Francis has presided over 29 canonizations — 11 more than Benedict XVI, his predecessor, at the same point in his papacy. If you consider that one of Francis’s canonizations involved 813 15th-century Italian martyrs, he may even hold the record — a record the pope is said to have jokingly embraced.

It is not just the number that is notable but, in some cases, the speed and manner of canonizations, as well as Francis’s willingness to bless the causes of candidates touched by controversy. By doing so, he has sparked a measure of controversy himself.

“When John Paul II died, there was a very strong feeling that there had simply been too many saints made, that the process was being cheapened,” said Austen Ivereigh, author of The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope.

“I think there’s a feeling that Benedict deliberately slowed the whole thing down,” Ivereigh said. “He canonized fewer. I suppose what’s happening with Francis is that the pace we saw before Benedict is being resumed.”

In the Roman Catholic Church, the path to sainthood can take decades, frequently centuries. Yet Mother Teresa — who will now be officially known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta — reached the threshold of sainthood a relatively quick 19 years after death.

Francis, in fact, has now presided over three of the fastest canonizations in modern church history — those of Mother Teresa, John Paul II and a Spanish nun who died in 1998 and was declared a saint last year. The blessing of such rapid sainthoods has irked critics who argue that the Vatican is in danger of becoming an assembly line of saints.

“A certain historical distance is required in order to properly examine the holiness of a person’s life,” said Edmund Arens, professor of fundamental theology at the University of Lucerne in Switzerland. “If a person led an exemplary life, why not take time to analyze it properly?”

Some also say that Francis may be favoring candidates who reflect his personal focus on inequality, mercy and the plight of the poor. They cite, for instance, last year’s beatification — an intermediary step to sainthood — of the Rev. Óscar Romero, a Salvadoran bishop assassinated in 1980.

Romero is seen by some as a leftist symbol in his native El Salvador, and his cause had been stalled

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Nuns of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, carry some of her relics during a vigil of prayer in preparation for the canonization of Mother Teresa in the St. John in Latheran Basilica at the Vatican, Friday. for years. But in 2013, only a month after Francis assumed office, a senior Vatican official announced that the pope had “unblocked” Romero’s path to sainthood.

“This is very important, to do it quickly,” Francis said of Romero’s cause a year later.

Some Vatican officials privately concede that the pope is playing “pastoral politics” — utilizing the saint system to leave his mark. Yet others strongly counter that the pope is not cherry-picking saints, adding that the system simply does not work that way.

Yes, the pope gives the ultimate up or down on candidates he is presented with. But, they say, he does not select his own.

“The final word is the pope’s, but the pope does not act in a vacuum,” said the Rev. Robert Sarno, a senior official in the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints. “He does not just reach back in time and look for saints.”

Many Catholic scholars see an added benefit in faster canonizations, especially for contemporary figures such as Mother Teresa and John Paul II who can seem more relevant to the lives of modern Catholics.

Rather than study her life through arcane texts,

Man behind Mother Teresa miracle doesn’t feel he was chosen by God

the student of Mother Teresa can simply watch reruns of her television interviews on YouTube. Many Catholics still vividly recall the electric, stadium-size Masses of John Paul II. “They lived under the same circumstances as we do, therefore they’re much closer to us,” said Manfred Becker-Huberti, a Catholic theologian at the Philosophical-Theological University of Vallendar in Germany. They “serve as role models. Someone like Mother Teresa can inspire people not just to worship her but to change their own lives.”

Like John Paul II, Francis has not shied away from candidates considered relatively controversial - including Mother Teresa, who labored for most of her life in the slums of the Indian city then known as Calcutta (now Kolkata). She became perhaps best known for her hospices, where the poor and dying could pass with dignity.

“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of being unwanted,” she is quoted as saying in a 1971 biography.

Yet if her life’s work generated admirers and earned her a Nobel Prize, it also spawned critics who charged her missions with failing to embrace modern medicine to treat and ease the suffering of patients.

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BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Brazilian man whose “miraculous” cure from a brain infection paved the way for Mother Teresa’s canonization this weekend said he is grateful for his life but doesn’t feel particularly chosen by God. Rather, Marcilio Haddad Andrino told a Vatican press conference Friday he is just one example of God’s ample mercy and love.

“The merciful Lord looks at us all without distinction,” Andrino said. “Maybe it was me this time but maybe tomorrow it will be someone else. The merciful mother looks after everyone. I don’t feel special.”

Pope Francis in December decreed that Andrino’s cure was a miracle after Vatican doctors and theologians determined that it was medically inexplicable, instantaneous, lasting and due to the intercession of Mother Teresa, who died in 1997. It was the final step needed to canonize the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor.

‘THE MERCIFUL LORD LOOKS AT US ALL WITHOUT DISTINCTION, MAYBE IT WAS ME THIS TIME BUT MAYBE TOMORROW IT WILL BE SOMEONE ELSE.’ – MARCILIO HADDAD ANDRINO Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said all 100,000 tickets had been distributed for Sunday’s Mass but that the crowd would likely be far greater, spilling into the main streets around St. Peter’s Square.

So far, 15 official delegations have confirmed their presence, 13 of them led by heads of state or government, and 600 journalists have been accredited.

Andrino’s wife, Fermanda Nascimento Rocha, recalled that she and her family began fervently praying for Mother Teresa’s intercession after receiving a relic of the nun on Sept. 5, 2008, after Andrino began suffering from the effects of a viral brain infection.

By December of that year, despite powerful antibiotics, the brain abscesses and fluid had built up so much that Andrino was suffering debilitating headaches.

According to the official story, doctors decided the only chance was to operate, but on the day surgery was scheduled, they couldn’t intubate him.

“When the doctor left the OR saying he couldn’t do the operation — and that the medicine wasn’t working anymore — I prayed a lot,” Nascimento Rocha said.

“I asked Mother to cure Marcilio if this is God’s will, and if not, to take him by the hand and bring him to the house of the Father to feel his caress.”

She said she went to her mother’s home and prayed “with all the strength I had.”

When the surgeon returned to Andrino’s room, he was awake, pain-free and asymptomatic, according to the priest spearheading Mother Teresa’s sainthood cause, the Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk.

Within six months, Andrino said Friday, he had returned to work. Soon after, the couple conceived the first of their two children, though Andrino had been told that the powerful drugs he had taken had made him infertile.

He calls his two children “the extension of that miracle.”

“We are very grateful to Mother Teresa for our family,” he said.

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Assisted suicide? I choose to live JUST SHOWS YOU THAT OPINIONS ARE LIKE NOSES, EVERYBODY HAS ONE CHRIS SALOMONS STREET TALES “My dad just died this morning” came from a sobbing friend on my cell as we were walking down the hill to go to the farmers market. His father was a man who in his 70s was vigorously fighting the cancer that was threatening his life.

“Our 16-year-old nephew died today, and we’re having a really tough time with the whole affair”; this from a friend whose young relative had been critically injured in a motorcycle accident a week or so before. “It was hard to let go.”

“Every once in a while she will make an ‘end of life’ statement like, I don’t have too long now, or my time is just about finished,” this from my spouse who has just spent time in care of her 98-year-old ailing mother. “But she doesn’t want to let go.”

On his bucket list, a politician with ALS desired to be Speaker of the House, and out of love and respect, he was given that privilege as Honorary Speaker for one day. In an interview I saw earlier, he was asked whether he wanted to choose the right to Assisted Suicide. His reply was simply, “I have too much to live for.”

“I attempted suicide three times; I just didn’t want to live with the pain of all the abuse from my childhood” came from the mouth of a person on the street speaking to an audience of about 60 people. “I began to cut myself to try to control the pain, but now things are different; I’m glad to be alive.”

“I’m really scared, I don’t want to die, but I just can’t seem to control this addiction; if I don’t it will kill me for sure” This statement I’ve heard more than a dozen times in the last six years from different people who frequent the kitchen.

“Life is just so good now, I go swimming, walking and just whatever I want,” her voice unmistakably joyful as she hustles around the kitchen helping out.

Six years ago she was a 100-pound sick looking, mean mouthed addict.

Lately, I have heard a lot about death and dying from all sides, and now the Supreme Court in its hair-splitting wisdom has allowed assisted suicide which the country has now called assisted dying rather than the suicide that it is. It doesn’t sound so severe that way; it has a “dignified” sound to it almost.

I have seen many people die, including a young girl hanging upside down in a car wreck. Some died peacefully, while other fought to the last breath, but I have never, ever seen a “dignified death.”

Death to me is ugly, and probably not just to me.

Maybe that’s why we spend so much to dress up a body and make them look like they are still alive, albeit asleep in a fancy box. The only thing left then is the afterlife, or for some; nothing.

In thinking about this, I realized that 98 per cent of religions around the world have some definite be-

lief in an afterlife, as do I. Then there are those that believe that once you die, that is all there is. Just shows you that opinions are like noses, everybody has one.

When I look at world history and the things that we as humans have recorded and achieved, I find it hard to believe that this present society has life so much more together than all previous civilizations.

Plus, all civilizations have had a faith-based religion since recorded time began, so now when a British university professor who in his educated ignorance tells me that life has no purpose or meaning, and that anyone who has faith is a fool, then I can understand why some people so readily accept assisted suicide.

One thing that working with people in any and all capacities will teach you is that life such as we know it has great value. For some it has much to do with the natural beauties that we can behold all around us, while for others it has more to do with the people around and with us.

For me, it is because I have a very abundant life, with a growing family and many friends; even with all the age-related aches and pains. As well, I have so much more to look forward to – in both the near and the distant future.

That is why I choose …. To live!

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Years ago a citizen asked me to meet and presented me with a stack of invoices from various city departments for her family’s multiple personal and business transactions with the city.

After giving me what was a daunting pile of paper, with a confusing array of payments received and payments owing, she asked me a simple question: “Can you tell me how much money I owe the City of Red Deer?”

After a few moments of silence while I flipped through the invoices, she had very clearly made her point: citizens need a single interface with their local government.

While we have an incredibly hard-working front line staff at the city, as leadership we had work to do to ensure that the “left hand” and the “right hand” of local government could function more holistically to ensure that our local government services became more user-friendly for the public we serve.

As we are all well aware, Red Deer has grown from a small city to a much larger city and regional hub in recent years.

This fact, in conjunction with a changing world of citizen’s needs and expectations, has compelled the need for local government to adapt, change and modernize to meet changing needs of a growing community, and the growing needs of a changing society.

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Canada in China’s sights over canola

BY SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS ADOCATE NEWS SERVICES A very Canadian crop is at the heart of a crucial trade dispute.

Although most thought Canada’s relations with China would get easier with a new regime in Ottawa, things are becoming complicated again.

Some Canadian farmers are edgy and for good reasons. China is threatening to buy canola elsewhere if Canada is unwilling to fix its fungus issue with the crop. China intends to apply new inspection standards on Sept. 1 that may block Canadian exporters from selling canola to Chinese importers.

The stakes are significant for the largest exporter of canola in the world. Over 40 per cent of our canola exports — about $2 billion — are bought by China every year. Canada relies on China to buy the crop that is considered by many to be our nation’s greatest agricultural story.

Plant breeders in Manitoba created canola more than 40 years ago. For consumers, it represents one of Canada’s greatest contributions to world agriculture since it produces the world’s healthiest vegetable oil. It is also quite affordable. In addition, canola is ideal for animal feed due to its high protein content.

With well over 43,000 producers involved, canola is Canada’s oil for global food systems. Science, capital markets, intellectual property management and economic development have combined to create a very successful industry. The canola story is so compelling that Canadian producers are trying to replicate the magic with other crops, such as lentils.

The standoff in China is about the reported high concentrations of other plants and weeds in Canadian canola. China is concerned impurities will spread blackleg disease to its crops. The concerns over blackleg aren’t new — China registered concerns and applied new standards a few year ago.

Nevertheless, China bought more than four million tons of canola from Canada last year and that represents 90 per cent of its imported canola.

But this time it’s different.

China is slowly becoming a food sovereign nation, producing more hogs, chicken, grains and other products. It has imported a record amount of canola over the last decade, but this has have fallen by about five per cent over the past few years.

China is using its centrally co-ordinated economy to encourage consumers to eat less meat, so there is less livestock production pressure on its agricultural system. This may result in more domestic grain

production and lower imports for things like canola over the long term.

If China implements new certification standards related to blackleg, it can buy elsewhere.

Complicating matters is the fact that Canadian canola farmers could have the second largest canola crop in history this year. Canola futures are down more than 15 per cent since May, since some analysts predict stockpiles before next year’s harvest that will push prices even lower.

If China reduces its Canadian imports, prices may drop even further.

On the other hand, Canada has options should China play hard to get. Canada can sell its excess canola supplies to the European Union, the Middle East and elsewhere. Whatever the outcome with China, market conditions will adjust. It’s the beauty of global trading. For many, canola is too perfect a commodity to pass up.

So it won’t be a disaster for Canada regardless of the outcome.

However, Canada should note that it is not dealing with the same Chinese customer it once was. China has a different attitude and has been incredibly successful in increasing production capacity. It is also upholding stricter standards and is becoming a better steward of the land. These changes are happening quickly, more so than many Canadians can appreciate.

So whatever solutions we come up with, we need to remember who the customer is. Being the inventor of canola doesn’t give Canada immunity, but it does bestow responsibility for making the commodity adaptable to new market conditions.

Diplomacy can go a long way, particularly in agricultural trades, since the Canadian brand is really what is at stake here. Canola has our identity written all over it.

Sylvain Charlebois is dean of the Faculty of Management and professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University.

Ocean-going bikini girls cruisin’ right to jail HARLEY HAY HAY’S DAZE Have you ever been on a cruise? I don’t mean rollin’ by Sylvan Lake on Lakeshore Drive in a topless car on a sunny day with the wind in your hat and a song in your heart (Sunny Days by Lighthouse). I mean a full-on boat-the-size-of-a-planet, floating on the actual ocean, Gravol-laden holiday adventure cruise. Lucky you, if you have. As long as you behaved yourself, legally speaking.

I was a bit reticent. Hesitant. Tentative and diffident. Circumspect, precautious and several other words from my Microsoft Word Thesaurus.

A big fancy ocean cruise had never even been on my bucket list or my small cup list for that matter.

But when the Rotten Kid, the daughter one, got a job performing in the big production shows on a cruise ship out of Miami, well, of course we had to sell the furniture, the car, the dog and take in the empty pop bottles and go on a cruise.

First of all, you wouldn’t believe, that is — I couldn’t believe how big those bloody boats are.

Technically, they are about twice the size of mega humongous plus maxi ginormous. There are, like, four or five or fifty thousand people give or take (I didn’t count) piled into those things. Let’s put it this way, you won’t be lonely on a cruise ship. Even if you want to be.

Secondly, in addition to swimming pools, luxury shops, casinos, and large restaurants everywhere you look, there is a full sized swanky theatre with a balcony and 16-piece orchestra and singers and dancers and a high caliber Broadway style show that your R.K. is in.

And when you get the personal behind the scenes guided tour you can’t help but notice that the “rooms” the performers live in four floors underneath the ocean surface look a lot like narrow rows of high school lockers, and are actually about the same size as your average high school locker.

Also, back above the water you can’t help but notice the food.

Especially as it is heading into your mouth and down your gullet to directly embed right onto your growing fat cells. Food is everywhere on a cruise ship, and unfortunately most of it is unfortunately delicious. To this I can attest.

So most of your time is spent developing an up close and personal relationship with various and sundry gastronomy. You head to a three-hour breakfast buffet, then waddle back to your room for a four

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Cruise ships are a fun, fantasy that allows its patrons to escape their normal ho hum lives for a few short days. But lately, cruise ships are in the news for a vessel to smuggle drugs. minute nap after which you wander back out to one of the several bounteous lunch areas where you fill your face several times over before you even realize it. By now it’s mid-afternoon, and there’s just time enough to have another four-minute nap and dress up a little for the “dinner seating.” And that of course is where the real scoffing begins. Let’s put it this way: the helpful cruise ship staff are all lined up outside the opulent dining rooms with stretchers to load you onto and wheel you back to your room.

But today’s topic isn’t cruise ship food, actually.

As you no doubt know by now, it is, of course: Cruise ship bikini smugglers.

Having considering myself a cruise ship veteran, I couldn’t help but notice a news item this week.

It seems two Canadian women with a penchant for posting online photos of themselves in exotic places wearing bikinis were arrested for smuggling a whole lot of white powder.

And we’re not talking Johnson’s Baby Powder for sunburn treatment.

Between the two girls in their 20s and a guy in his 60s, there were 93 kilograms of cocaine in their suitcases. 93 kg! That’s, like, the weight of a full grown male adult after a cruise ship “dinner seating!”

And that’s, like, worth $30 million — a cruise ship smuggling record! Especially by Canadian bikini girls. The burning question of course is: Why would

anybody think you could get away with lugging more than 200 pounds of illicit drugs in your suitcases onto a cruise ship where the security is, say, double that of any airline?

Also: “Are you people morons?”

You see, in addition to those ubiquitous scanners, detectors, beepers, X-rays, lasers and about 400 security guards, there is also the matter of border patrols at each of your exotic destinations. And you know what those border patrols have. That’s right, Segways. Which are super cool, but even more importantly they also have sniffer dogs, which sounds like a great name for a rock band, but are actually four-legged canines trained to sniff out contraband in luggage, such as illicit drugs and all that awesome food you attempted to smuggle from the dining room.

And for those Sniffer Dogs, I’d say 93 kg of coke is a bit of a slam dunk, right? So our not so swift Canadian bikini hotties went to the dogs, got busted and are now facing possible life sentences in a less than exotic Australian prison.

I don’t think they’ll be posting many Internet selfies from their jail cells. After all, those orange onesie jumpsuits aren’t exactly bikinis now are they?

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate.

A child’s bad behaviour is what they do, not who they are

BY GERRY CHIDIAC ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES In the early 20th century, Edward Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town said, “There are no bad boys.

There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking.”

Modern research is proving Flanagan correct. According to York University researcher Stuart Shanker, children often misbehave due to the stress that they feel. If we remove or deal effectively with the stressors, we eliminate the bad behaviour.

Effective teachers know the importance of reducing stress in the classroom. So it’s important to create a positive environment where all students feel safe. Doing so eliminates much of the negative behaviour, allowing more learning to take place.

I always start each new class expressing my intention to create this environment and then engage in dialogue with students to create rules and consequences for our time together. It’s then my job to be fair and consistent in maintaining this environment.

Over the years, I have found this highly effective but it doesn’t eliminate all bad behaviour.

One of the most important lessons I learned in

teaching is to not take things personally. More often than not, misbehaviour is caused by something that has nothing to do with me. Knowing this allows me to be more objective in finding the stressors in the lives of my students. Simply treating a young person with understanding and compassion can make all the difference. Sometimes we find solutions, other times we find a way to simply make it through the day.

What is true for children is true for all of us.

According to author and motivational speaker Jim Rohn, “There are only nine or 10 really bad people in the world. They just move around a lot.” In other words, the vast majority of people are very good — the problem is we don’t always behave well.

When we can objectively look at our behaviour without judgment, we can begin to understand why we act the way that we do. From there, we can begin to make changes. It could be simply, “I get cranky when I don’t get enough sleep. I don’t like acting that way. I am going to get more sleep.”

Some of our behaviours may be very complex, however, and can take years to understand, let alone eliminate. The key is to take responsibility for how we respond to the world. Regardless of what the stressors are in our lives, we control our thoughts, so we control our words and our actions.

These are the same principles we use with children in helping them to self-regulate. A child who is distracted by noise from other students, for example, may find it helpful to listen to quiet music when working on assignments. A young person dealing with difficult family issues may find it helpful to privately discuss the situation with a staff member.

When students learn to recognize and accept their own responses to the stimuli around them, they can learn to deal with them effectively.

At this point in my career and life, I can say that I absolutely agree with both Flanagan and Rohn. I have never worked with a bad child and I can’t think of anyone I’ve met who is truly horrible. I have seen a fair amount of bad behaviour but behaviour is what we do, not who we are.

The key is to be aware of the stressors in our lives and accept responsibility for how we respond to them; in other words, we need to always improve our ability to self-regulate. As we do so, we find that we are able to more easily tap into the amazing potential that lies within each of us, and this makes life better for everyone.

Gerry Chidiac is a high-school teacher who has lived on four continents and speaks four languages.

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In denial if you don’t think life is out there

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES WOODS HOLE, Mass. — The blue water of Buzzards Bay glittered as boats bobbed on the gently undulating surface and gulls swooped among their sails. The seaside air at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was thick with the sweet smell of grass and the tang of saltwater. This was late summer on Cape Cod — our ocean world at its most inviting.

But inside a bay-view conference center, 80 scientists were conjuring up very different ocean worlds: The ice-covered moon Europa, whose watery interior is kept liquid by the gravitational pull of Jupiter.

Enceladus, whose south pole emits geyser-like sprays of water vapour, gas and ice; as it orbits Saturn, the tiny moon leaves a glowing trail of particles in its wake.

And then there were the dark, seething systems at the bottoms of our own seas, where the Earth’s crust cracks open, spewing rock, gas and heat — a world as alien to humans as any in outer space.

These ocean worlds are forbidding, hostile, sunless and remote — but many scientists believe they also hold the key to life.

Some 4 billion years ago, one hypothesis goes, the chaotic chemistry at the ocean floor provided the fuel for Earth’s first organisms. If life arose elsewhere in our solar system, it probably started under similar circumstances. The only way to know for sure is to go look for it.

That’s why all these scientists were sitting indoors on a glorious August day, their faces lit by the glow of a slide projector rather than the morning sun.

In a rare union of two very different scientific communities, the Ocean Worlds meeting convened oceanographers and space explorers with the ambitious goal of guiding the search for life beneath alien seas.

The man responsible for the conference at Woods Hole is geologist Chris German. Last fall he attended a National Geographic Society planetary sciences meeting to discuss exploration of ocean worlds beyond Earth – and quickly realized he was one of the few scientists there who’d actually been to sea.

“There were all these planetary scientists talking about their favorite ocean worlds, Europa or Enceladus or whichever,” he recalled.

But their conversation wasn’t grounded in knowl-

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Enceladus, Earth and Europa. Scientist believe the ocean worlds of Enceladus and Europa are forbidding, hostile and sunless, but also hold the key to life. edge of how life underwater actually works. “I realized, maybe it would make sense to have some oceanographers here.”

Further piquing his interest, the most recent NASA appropriations bill instructed the space agency to establish an “Ocean Worlds Exploration Program.”

The mandate meant NASA would be spending more money on the technology needed for finding life in the oceans: remote controlled robots capable of operating under water and ice, sensors that can detect signatures of life from great distances. Those kinds of tools would also be useful for German’s work on Earth.

“There could be a beautiful convergence in breakthroughs in ocean science and space science,” German said. “We just have to get them together in the same room.”

About half the participants were oceanographers, the other half studied space, with a smattering of engineers and computer scientists attending as well.

“Probably no one in this room will get to see the real fruition of this meeting,” German said to kick off the conference. Finding life in a foreign ocean is like building a medieval cathedral, he said. “The grandparents lay the foundation, the grandchildren build the steeple. The people who lay the cornerstones

never get to worship inside.”

The foundation of ocean world exploration is understanding deep sea life on Earth.

In 1977, hydrothermal vent systems were discovered by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s submersible Alvin.

Before then, it was assumed that living communities needed sunlight to survive. Yet here were scores of strange creatures — bacterial mats, two-foot-long tube worms, eyeless shrimp — apparently thriving in total darkness.

“They are out there in the bazillions in our oceans and we still have a very rudimentary understanding of what they are doing,” said Julie Huber, a scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory.

Strange creatures have been found in other unlikely places. In 2013, a team lead by Montana State University polar microbiologist John Priscu drilled through half a mile of Antarctic ice to a subglacial lake and uncovered thousands of tiny organisms dwelling in total darkness at subzero temperatures.

Like their deep-sea counterparts, the Antarctic microbes made their living off minerals dissolved in the water — and hinted at the potential for life beneath extraterrestrial ice.

“You’d be in denial, I think, to believe there isn’t life out there,” Priscu said.

Politics have no business in the work area litical beliefs. I’d also like to say that if you’re in a position of authority over somebody, please consider keeping your politics to yourself. — Sick of This Election Dear Sick: Based on my research, the answer in most cases is, unfortunately, yes. Although private employers can’t legally fire you for your race, gender, religion or disability, they can fire you for your bumper sticker.

I wish the current climate weren’t so polarized that it’s come to the point where all the world’s a debate stage. But as that’s the reality, it’s best to play it as neutral as possible. Tell your daughter not to feed the troll. If she doesn’t react to her boss’s prov-

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Dear Annie: My daughter is a college student with a part-time job. She loves her job and most of the other employees. The problem is with her boss.

Every morning, the boss sits down with his employees before the store opens and talks about hobbies, family, goals and other stuff. She used to enjoy this ritual a great deal. Unfortunately, her boss has recently begun to inject his political beliefs into these discussions. Because my daughter’s beliefs are different from his, she tried to keep her opinions to herself. When her boss asked a loaded political question, she responded in earnest, not meaning to start trouble.

But from her answer, her boss correctly identified her political affiliation.

From that point on, he has constantly badgered and baited her along with many other employees who don’t share his beliefs. He just doesn’t get the hint. She’s not the type of person to cower when somebody provokes her, but he has authority. She doesn’t want to lose her job.

I’m curious to know GREAT THINGS whether an employee can legally be fired from his or her job because of po-

ocations, he’ll eventually tire of her as a target and move on.

Dear Annie: For years, my grandma’s sister “Laverne” has been asking her to visit her on the West Coast, even offering to pay for her flight. My grandma has had health issues, but this year she was finally well enough to go. She asked me to go with her because she hates to travel alone.

At the last minute, her sister “Tanya” told her she would be coming, too. Grandma didn’t seem thrilled.

I’d only ever met Tanya for a few minutes my whole life, but she seemed fun.

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One of more than 200 participants gets doused in green powder at the inaugural 4-H Alberta Colour Me Green event held Aug. 28 at West Stettler Park in Stettler

It ain’t easy being green More than 200 participants of all ages and capabilities took part in the inaugural 4-H Alberta’s Colour Me Green on Aug. 28 at West Stettler Park in Stettler.

Established in 2016, 4-H Alberta’s Colour Me Green is a colour-run experience that welcomes 4-Hers (members, family, friends, alumni) and local community participants, alike.

Colour Me Green is a not-for-profit event organized by 4-H Alberta Ambassadors that welcomes 200+ participants of all ages and capabilities to promote 4-H, fitness and fun.

ABOVE: Fun was the name of the game during the 2016 Alberta 4-H Colour Me Green event as participants dressed up in colourful costumes.

BELOW: This group smiles for the camera en route to the finish line.

The fun fitness run proved to be eye-catching in many ways as participants were covered in powders of various colours.

A powder-covered trio at the finish line of the Alberta 4-H Colour Me Green event held in Stettler.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 2016 JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Saturday, Sept. 3 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Charlie Sheen, 51; Kaia Gerber, 15; Garrett John Hedlund, 32 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: There’s no excuse for being ignorant — knowledge is power.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You certainly are a multi-talented multi-tasker. But be careful you’re not juggling so many projects that you end up Jack-of-all-trades and master of none!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t jump to conclusions — or blame others — if things go wrong Rams. Cool down, calm down and cooperate. You’ll find the more diplomatic you are, the better the day will be.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The stars favour love, friendship, romance, hobbies, sporting activities and convivial conversation. But — with Pluto intensifying emotions — it won’t all be smooth sailing!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Companionship and conversation are highlighted, as you have fun with loved ones and share the good times. You’re also in the mood to watch a movie, go to a music concert or visit an art gallery.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Saturn stabilizes your intense emotions and calms you down today Crabs — just a little. When it comes to a complicated family matter, don’t rush.

Take things one logical step at a time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s a wonderful day to update your social media profile, as you highlight exciting new projects and make advantageous contacts. And is there a relative you really should catch up with?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Money matters are favoured — especially if you take the time to research a business project or financial proposal thoroughly. Don’t expect instant results though Virgo. You must be patient.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Has a close personal relationship been going through a bumpy patch lately Libra? Venus helps you heal old wounds with compassion and a deft diplomatic touch. Don’t waste the opportunity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t give in to the urge to splurge. The more disciplined you are with cash and credit, the better. Many Scorpios are in the mood to research their ancestors and draw up their family tree.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Group activities and social networking are favoured, as vivacious Venus increases your sociable side. But avoid being impulsive about a work matter that will take plenty of patience to resolve.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorns spend a lot of time trying to control people and situations, which can be exhausting. This weekend you’ll find a positive approach — and lots of charm — are all you need to get others on side.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you are flexible and don’t assume you have all the answers, then pleasant and productive relations with others will follow. But double-check all matters involving a joint financial arrangement.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When it comes to close re-

ANNIE: ’Trip turned out very unpleasant’ Well, the trip turned out to be very unpleasant because of Tanya. She was pushy and self-centered.

She’d enter a room talking loudly with no regard to others having a conversation. When we ignored this behavior, she’d complain: “No one’s listening to me!”

Sunday, Sept. 4 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jesse James, 27; Beyonce Knowles, 35; Dr Drew Pinsky, 58 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Cooperation and consultation will take you far today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Your powers of observation are impressive and you are a natural critic. The next 12 months is the time to calm your intense nature with some regular relaxation.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today will go well, as long as you’re not an arrogant Aries. Aim to be a sensitive Lamb — rather than a rambunctious Ram! Pay close attention to the symbolism in your dreams.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Bulls can be very stubborn creatures. Aim to be more mentally flexible and inclusive today. The more generous you are with friends and acquaintances, the better the day will be.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Geminis adore gossip but, with Mercury in retrograde motion, spreading secrets around could backfire. If someone tells you something in confidence, have the sense to keep quiet!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s the perfect day to tackle challenging projects with gusto and enthusiasm. You’re in the mood to help others but don’t get too carried away. Are you sure your assistance is required?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Cats are in a super creative mood as you play music, paint, sing, dance, act or write up a storm.

You’ve got plenty of fiery energy but make sure you also have the patience to finish what you start.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Jupiter is activating your latent adventurous nature Virgo. So perhaps you can plan an overseas holiday, an interstate trip or a weekend escape soon— somewhere wildly wonderful?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you are flexible and spontaneous then you’ll power through projects, especially at home.

But don’t assume you know what a loved one is thinking — you may be way off the mark.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Smart Scorpio — aim to get the balance right between being logical and being intuitive.

With Neptune meandering through your children zone, it’s time to connect with the creative child within.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Mars is charging you up with fiery energy. You’re keen to help others but be careful what you promise. No good will be achieved if you get their hopes up and then don’t actually deliver.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll feel restless so get out and about Capricorn. It’s a fabulous day to catch up with family, friends, neighbours and acquaintances, as you swap information and share creative ideas.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re in the mood to socialize in spontaneous ways as you connect with like-minded souls, whether face-to-face or via social networking. Aquarians love being citizens of the global community.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Communication is the buzz word. Perhaps you have to speak in front of a group; or your creative efforts find an audience somewhere special. Take the time to explain your ideas clearly.

Monday, Sept. 5 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Raquel Welch, 76; Michael Keaton, 65; Bob Newhart, 87 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Strive to connect with others on an emotional level today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Romantic and imaginative, you love to have fun. 2017 is the year to balance being bold and adventurous with being calm and co-operative.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Things become more intense as the day progresses but don’t let unpredictable moods alienate you from family and friends. Cooperation and consideration will get you a lot further than feisty fireworks!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t attempt to second guess the mood of a teenager, parent or friend today. If you want some idea of where they’re at, be brave enough to ask.

But resist the urge to be possessive or jealous.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Avoid procrastinating Twins.

Focus your attention on routine daily tasks that need to be done. Then you’ll have more time for socializing, sport, hobbies or creative projects at the end of the day.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Open communication and friendly conversation are the keys to a satisfying day. In the evening a parent, child or teenager may try to push your emotional buttons but avoid the urge to retaliate.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s a wonderful day to enjoy the small luxuries and creature comforts of home sweet home. So your motto for the moment is from birthday great Freddie Mercury: “I like to be surrounded by splendid things.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your ruler Mercury is reversing through your sign until Sept. 22. So make sure you double-check your timetable and leave plenty of time for traffic delays, car problems or computer chaos.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You may be called on to be the calming voice of reason in an awkward situation today. Tap into your natural diplomatic talents, as you calm troubled waters and soothe furrowed brows.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Blaming others for your problems will get you nowhere fast today Scorpio. Instead, slow down and give yourself the time and space to see things from a much clearer and more positive perspective.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ve got gigantic goals for the future but have you included loved ones in your plans? If you keep them in the loop, then it will result in creative cross-pollination and benefits for everyone.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The more you support and encourage colleagues, the better your work environment will be. Are you looking for employment? Use your social network to find jobs before they are actually advertised.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There may be some uncertainty between your personal desires and relationship responsibilities, especially involving joint finances. Strive to get the balance right between giving and taking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Have you been pursuing professional projects at the expense of a close relationship? If you spend too much time working Pisces, then youíll have to deal with a disgruntled partner or friend.

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

During lunch, she pointed out an attractive woman and asked each of us, “Doesn’t that woman look like me?” To those of us who said no, she insisted on it until we agreed.

Those are just a few examples of her behavior throughout the trip. When we got home, I told Grandma that I want to call Tanya and tell her how she ruined Grandma and Laverne’s time together and that I hope to never see her again. Grandma says it would be a waste of time, as Tanya is over 70 years old and has always been this way. Should I call, write a letter or let it

go and hope I never see her again? — Buckeye Girl Dear Buckeye: Tanya sounds like an extreme narcissist. In her version of reality, she is the star of the show, and nothing you can say (if you could even get a word in edgewise) would change that. Grandma knows this well, as she’s been dealing with Tanya’s antics her whole life. Let it go — and take another trip, just you and Grandma, when you have the chance.

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

lationships, it’s a day to count your Piscean blessings as you soak up the solid support that is around you. If you are feeling lonely, reach out to someone special.

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Catio: the purrfect play area for cats PALATIAL PALACES FOR FELINES

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES What, cynics may ask, distinguishes a “catio” from a “screened-in porch”?

They clearly haven’t seen the catwalks that wind around Dan Reeder’s Seattle house and yard like a super-sized Habitrail with, as he wrote on his blog, “everything a cat could want in that place, including a catnip plant.” It features night lights for nocturnal prowls by his feline, Max, as well as a heated bed.

Or consider the complex structure, with bridges and mazes with 20 different levels, at the Monroe, Wash., home of Dennis “Cathouse Man” Gallagher.

Or the elaborate enclosure in Lehigh Valley, Penn., about which Julia Konya acknowledged in a how-to post on her design blog: “I’m sure a lot of my neighbors thought that I had finally lost it.”

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The catio’s moment in the sun — in sheltermagazines, on social mediafeeds and even usedonCraigslist — was probably inevitable. As the cats in our homes (35 per cent of U.S. homes have them) slowly take over their interiors (pet industry figures say 74 percent of pet felines have scratching posts, while 25 percent have “kitty condos”), it’s logical they would encroach on exterior spaces, too.

But for owners long shamed by vets and public service announcements urging that felines be kept inside, catios are a safe option for those desperately pining for the outdoors. And for bird lovers — cats’ greatest critics — they’re an appealing way to protect nature’s feathered creatures. In several U.S. cities, bird and cat organizations are teaming up to promote the enclosures on guided “catio tours.” Out west, the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon and the Portland Audubon Society will join forces on Sept. 10 for a fourth year.

But catios are also fantasy structures, like doll houses or dioramas, where creators can construct — and project — their own idealized worlds.

“I felt so bad about them never lying in the sun,” Julia Konya wrote, “breathing the fresh air, watching birds, squirrels and butterflies.”

When it came time to make a catio, Reeder wrote in an email: “My goals were pretty ambitious.” And they continue to be. He recently extended a catwalk into a 200 square-foot space that had been his daughters’ playhouse.

“I know it sounds paranoid, but we live in an earthquake zone here in Seattle, and we wanted a place away from the main house (in case it was damaged) where the cats could go and feel comfortable.”

Too much? “For what it’s worth,” he acknowledged, “the cats would have been very happy with much less.”

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Cat lovers are going to new heights, literally, to provide the ultimate in comfort for their furry felines.

Window treatments made for the shade DEBBIE TRAVIS HOUSE TO HOME

Architecture has done a decided flip over the past few decades. Residential and commercial building envelopes are less bricks and mortar and more panels of glass. Wall to wall windows have become the norm in our living spaces, and while it is wonderful to let in the light, there are negative aspects to living in the open. Rooms become too hot or too cold, energy bills soar, and there is the privacy issue. The entertainment value of living in a fish bowl, or being an unsuspecting spectator, can be amusing at times, but some stranger waving from the street or the opposite balcony wears as thin as sheet of glass. What to do?

Hanging curtains or drapes is the traditional solution for window covering. Medium to heavy weight fabrics create a barrier that helps to block the transfer of heat and cold from the outside.

The variety of materials and patterns in fabrics is limitless and hanging styles from simple panels to swags and roman blinds offer decorative treatments to complement formal, casual and funky lifestyles.

Shutters are a popular option for kitchens and bathrooms. Plantation shutters suit the clean lines of contemporary settings as well as country designs.

But shutters don’t work on a large expanse of glass, and draperies present a challenge with so much space to cover.

Manufacturers of shades or blinds have delved into the situation, looking for ways to improve the look and practicality of their products, and they offer an exemplary solution to homeowners with too much glass on their hands. Enrico Nardone, Partner at EN3SunProtection, notes that roller blinds have become very popular, especially with contemporary design. They have clean lines and are both simple and elegant. But that is only a small part of the story. “In

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The contemporary look of sleek roller blinds is augmented by a row of LEDs along the top. order to prevent our clients from exposure to toxic compounds and particles,” says Nardone, “we always recommend to install only PVC free, recyclable eco sunscreen fabrics, made from 100% PES polyester yarn; the latest evolution in green fabric production, free of pollutants, allergens and halogens.”

A variety of fabric textures and transparencies, including metalized backed fabric, allow you to choose the degree of light transmission and thermal performance. Colours dramatically affect the amount of light that transmits through a fabric.

White has a high transmission value, while black is very low – good for a blackout effect. The sleek look of the shades can be enhanced by installing a row of coloured LEDs, as shown here in blue. Utilize LEDs to create a mood that is easily switched on and off.

Inspired by new and progressive developments in Europe, Nardone was instrumental in an industry-wide shift to integrated, green and economical

solutions. This includes exterior shades, a product that is slowly appearing in North America. Like an awning, but far more efficient, exterior shades can provide up to 97 per cent reduction in heat gain, and also allow light to enter the building.

Whether installed inside or out, shades are easy to handle — remote control motorized options are available that can be hooked up to home automation systems.

Check out the environmentally friendly window treatments. Consider cost of product now, but also costs saved over time once installed, consider the design element and add-ons that suit your lifestyle. www.en3sunprotection.com is a good place to start.

Debbie Travis’ House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter.com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbieís new website, www.debbietravis.com.

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House numbers, as you can see, come in all shapes, sizes and prices.

House numbers you can count on House numbers are an often-neglected detail of a house.

They are the first impression people get of your home. They are crucial for first-time dinner guests, emergency vehicles or Uber drivers to be able to identify the right address. So go out to the street and look critically at your house and see how clearly you can read the numbers. Perhaps you could use something a little more stylish, a little larger, a bit more classic or a little more modern.

“Numbers are the only typography on your house,” says Glenn Milano, who started the House Number Lab in 2011 when he couldn’t find a proper sign for his Wardman-style townhouse on Capitol Hill.

“You can put a mindless number up there to get the job done. But you are missing a great opportunity to do something beautiful and interesting.”

Could your numbers use an upgrade? We polled a group of designers about their go-to styles.

Carmel Greer, District Design Greer often turns to Etsy vendors for interesting house numbers, especially for cottages and bungalows. Here are three: ● Camilla Cotton: She likes these “quirky, off-thebeaten-path” cast-iron numbers to add charm to a small house ($17.50 per number). ● Drop Metal: These painted and distressed aluminum house numbers are colorful and a nice deviation from predictable modern styles, she says ($17 per number). ● Eleven Owls Studio: Greer likes these vintage-style numbers that are painted on wood pallets for use on an alley facade or along a wall (from $24 per number).

Anne Decker, Anne Decker Architects For more contemporary homes, Decker is fond of Richard Neutra’s aluminum numbers because of “their clean, modern lines” ($27 per number, dwr. com). She says they age nicely, as they are tarnish-resistant. For more traditional homes, she usually turns to Baldwin’s more classic numbers, ordering them in oil-rubbed bronze or unlacquered brass that will age over time ($12-$13.80 per number, baldwinbrasshardware.com).

Anna Matthews, Anna Matthews Interiors Matthews says she has always found it challenging to find simple, classic address signs for her clients.

For her own new home, she just ordered a plaque from Signature Streetscapes, whose website lets you

customize a sign and has a good selection of choices without any kind of motif (from $29 per sign, signaturestreetscapes.com).

Simon Jacobsen, Jacobsen Architecture “When it comes to addresses on historic houses or new houses in historic neighborhoods, I try to relate back to when Washington houses were issued addresses in and around 1870,” Jacobsen writes in an email.

“I incorporate these house numbers in the transom or elsewhere in the traditional manner. [The House Number Lab] is a historically accurate vinyl decal company that won’t break the bank to bring your house back into historical context where it should be” (from $15 per number, housenumberlab. com).

Jeff West, Jeff West Home Interiors West loves Chatham Sign Shop numbers because they’re classic and weather-resistant. They are also easy to read from the street. The signs, available with optional designs such as shells or pineapples, are made of waterproof wood composite and painted with multiple coats of enamel. The numbers are 23-karat gold leaf. West has one hanging from his home’s lamppost. “It makes it very simple to find my house, and the pizza delivery guys love it,” he says (from $195 per sign, chathamsignshop.com).

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Many homeowners pick up their paintbrushes in an effort to make their homes more colorful. But homeowners need not embrace their inner Picasso to brighten their homes’ interiors. The following are a handful of paint-free ways to add some splashes of color to your home this fall.

• Bring nature inside. Flowers and plants can make colorful additions to a home’s interior. Flowers tend to be aromatic, which can make a stuffy house in which windows need to be kept closed a lot more pleasant. Plants and flowers also can improve indoor air quality. Several studies, including one published in the Journal for the American Society for Horticultural Science, have shown that houseplants improve indoor air quality by filtering out volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, that can be harmful to human health. That’s especially important come late fall and winter, when homeowners typically shut their windows and keep them shut until spring, making it difficult for fresh air to enter a home.

• Invest in some colorful throw pillows. Natural sunlight brightens a room come spring and summer.

But sunlight is increasingly scarce as fall turns into winter, and rooms that do not boast too many colorful accents can quickly grow drab as summertime sunlight dwindles. Instead of buying new furniture, invest in some colorful throw pillows to give a room a more vibrant look. Patterns can be mixed and matched to provide some contrast and transform a room from somewhere to spend time into a sight to behold.

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All-metal do-it-yourself autobody repair 101 STEVE MAXWELL HOUSEWORKS Q: What’s the best way to fix rust holes in the cab of my pickup truck? I’m handy around the house, so I figure I can learn to do decent autobody work in my driveway. I don’t need perfect results, but I’m tired of living with rust holes and don’t have the money for a new vehicle.

A: I did my first driveway autobody work in 1986, and since then I’ve settled on an unusual approach that works well. Conventional autobody compound is fine for filling holes, but I get better results in less time using solder instead. This is an old technique that uses a propane torch to heat the metal and melt the solder. Hardened solder is soft enough to shape easily, yet hard enough to create a really good, all-metal repair. Every hardware store carries leadfree solder that works well for this job. I remove the rust and paint from the affected area with an ordinary 5� random orbit sander (the same one I use for woodworking and home improvements), install some backing material to cover the hole if it’s larger than Ÿ� in diameter, then build up a layer of solder on the metal of the auto body and the backing material. If there’s another layer of inner metal behind the hole you’re filling, stuff the space with copper wool to create the necessary backing. Solder sticks very well to this. If the hole is open and large, use sheet metal to create backing. Either way, you want to heat the solder just enough to bond to the surface of the body and backing, but not so much that it runs

off. It’s a fine line and takes some practice. Build up enough solder so the entire repair area is higher than the surrounding body metal, then use a grinder and sander to work the solder down level and smooth. The results are excellent and the patched area resists rust better than if done with regular autobody compound. There’s more to driveway autobody work than just patching, but you can watch my solder-based technique here to see how it works on my truck floor at baileylineroad.com/solder-patch.

Choosing a hardwood floor finish Q: What kind of finish should I choose for my hardwood floor refinishing job? The company I’m talking to has offered two options: an oil-based urethane and a more expensive water based option. I have nothing to help me decide either way. Can you provide advice and guidance?

A: Governments everywhere are constantly forcing the phase out or modification of solvent-based coatings, sometimes to the detriment of performance. I regularly see water based reformulations of previously excellent oil based products look worse

and perform more poorly than the original product.

This isn’t always the case, but it’s common. Does your floor finisher have test samples for you to look at? I’d ask for pieces of hardwood flooring with three coats of each product applied. You shouldn’t have to make a blind decision about finish choice. If the company won’t go to the small amount of trouble necessary to create samples for you, then they’re probably going to let you down in other ways, too.

After the samples have dried for a month, they’ll be fully tough. Test them for scratch resistance and appearance, then make an informed choice. One other thing to consider. Your new floor finish will keep looking nice longer if you omit any stain, and seal the wood only. Scratches and dents in wood that have been stained show up as light, ugly marks. Damage and wear in natural-coloured wood doesn’t look nearly as bad.

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Improvements aimed at easing debilitating health concerns DAVID FERGUSON CREATIVE SPACE Not knowing if you will be able to return to the familiarity and comfort of your home after suffering two massive strokes in as many years must be scary, confusing and disheartening.

After his first stroke, and with the help of a physiotherapist and a knowledgeable medical supply salesman, our homeowner made some fundamental changes throughout the house.

These changes included installing the obvious, grab bars, bed and toilet frames, bath seats and nonslip rubber for the floor, but it also included several other recommended changes that came to make him more independent.

Those included additional handrails on the main staircase, the basement stairs, and even the short, two-step landing on the front of the house. As well, all area rugs were removed, and the furniture that decorated this humble townhouse, was pushed against walls to increase the amount of floor space.

It was at this point in the project that I was called in to “put some style back into this place”.

Working with his physiotherapist and occupational therapist, I devised a plan to make this home as user-friendly as it always was, with special attention to activities that would require the owner’s limited use of his left arm and leg.

Just over two months ago, a second devastating stroke erased any of the progress he had made over the previous year. We were back to Square One, only this time, his condition was much worse.

At best, he would always use a walker; at worse, a wheelchair. Yet, he was determined to investigate whether maintaining this home that he has lived in for more than 15 years and that he had tailored to his lifestyle and personality.

Some initial research into elevating devises, specifically a stair lift to the bedrooms on the second level, concluded that the cost for this particular staircase, with two bends and 14 risers, would be close to $20,000. That’s when it hit me: If he can’t go upstairs to his bedroom, why not go downstairs?

For almost a year, I had strongly suggested finishing the basement as a means of increasing the property value, should the need to sell arise. Rarely have I seen a townhouse basement that was so primed for improvement: It has a ceiling height of almost 2.4 metres (8-feet), clean, unaltered walls and floors, and, perhaps most important, a staircase with a straight run and a meagre 11 risers, factors which dramatically reduce the cost of the stair lift.

1. The staircase of any home must be designed and maintained so that anyone can use it easily and safely. There is simply no excuse for uneven treads (the part you step on) or threadbare carpeting.

The Building Code provides the best guide for how handrails should be installed, but it is recognized that in some older homes, or in retrofits, compromises have to be made.

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A floor plan for improvements of a home owned by a man who suffered two strokes in as many years.

Ensure that handrails extend from the first step until the last, and that, ideally, they are installed on both sides of the stairway.

The handrails themselves should be “unbroken”, that is, continuous from start to finish. Of course, that isn’t always possible for either practical or aesthetic reasons, but if not, the break between rail units should be minimal.

2. Check that the lighting in the staircase is even and full so that it does not create treacherous, dramatic shadows. In fact, this is good advice for everywhere in the home and for the safety and enjoyment of everyone.

There is certainly nothing wrong with mood lighting — I particularly like the look of wall sconces in a staircase — as long as the option exists to clearly illuminate the area so that it can be negotiated safely.

3. Every space that is planned for human occupation must have two means of egress, which means two exits where one can easily evacuate a space in case of an emergency.

One of the odd facts about this basement is that the furnace and hot water tank were located in the one area of the space that had a window.

It was decided to relocate the aging units to the opposite side of the space, and in order to maintain a good air flow through the heating/cooling system, a channel of about 38 centimetres (15 inches) by the entire length of the basement was constructed. Here, the ductwork, and much of the home’s wiring could easily be relocated without taking precious headroom from the main space.

4. Since the basement had no bathroom, we were free to choose anywhere, and take as much space as

we required to create a barrier-free bathroom.

The “roll-in” shower has no obstructions that would impede a mobility devise, and it is separated from the rest of the bathroom by a thick sheet of glass. All the floor tiles are non-slip.

5. Comfort is in the details. It is important that any modifications made to an existing space, or anything built for a new space does not appear clinical. For example, grab bars are available in a wide array of colours now, and many of them sport a more streamlined design. As well, there are grab bars designed to look, and function like a towel bar, soap dish or the shower controls.

Lever handles for the doors are infinitely easier to operate than, say, “ball” knobs.

In the colour story for the room, it is better to choose one palette of colour (in our case, a variety of blue tones, combined with neutral sand tones). Fewer colours will present as less shocking to the system and promote better concentration.

Think about how you may help the user who is not entirely stable on his feet. One small, but highly effective detail that I included in the first design was a chair rail that is made to be held as the homeowner makes his way from one end of the house to the other.

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Designing this room is kids play

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES When it’s time for kids to go back to school, smart parents know that in addition to buying school supplies and lunch ingredients, they need to prepare a dedicated study space in their home. Once a nook is claimed for studying, though, the challenge comes in making it a place a child wants to be. Because if your kid doesn’t like cramming for tests there, what’s the point?

Whether your child is studying at the kitchen table or has a whole room devoted to scholastic endeavors, personalization, ownership and especially color are key. “I am a firm believer that color sparks creativity and affects the way you feel in any given space,” says Jenna Gross of Georgia’s Colordrunk Design.

Balance a generally calm, white study area with bits of color, she advises, and you’ll encourage that perfect mix of focus and engagement.

Gross and Andrea Houck of A. Houck Designs in Arlington, Va., both mothers themselves, encourage parents to let kids help choose the color of paint, chairs, rugs and more. Then they suggest focusing on organization and lighting. And don’t forget to provide display zones for kids’ awards and funny pictures of friends. As Houck puts it, “The most important thing is to make sure the child has ownership over the space and uses it.”

Suggestions for a home study space: ● “The older kids don’t need a desk as much because they’re typing on their laptops,” Houck says, “whereas the younger kids still do need a surface.”

Pick something versatile that will grow with your kids, if you have the space, such as the Adjustable Activity Table, in small or medium ($239-$249, landofnod.com). Perfect for a toddler’s train table and a first-grader’s homework spot. ● “If kids aren’t great at sitting still, a wobble stool or a swinging chair are other great alternatives,” Gross says. “I would steer clear from a chaise lounge or beanbag; kids may just fall asleep.” The Kore Wobble Chair ($50-$80, reallygoodstuff.com) for kids comes in four heights — for toddlers, preschoolers, older kids and teens — and has a rounded bottom that lets users rock in small movements. ● Not just for fun, Rustalgic’s typographical decorations, such as the Marquee Ampersand Wall Decor ($126, wayfair.com), which comes in eight colours, also shed light on a study space. They add a whimsical and industrial touch to a room. ● “Make sure kids have proper task lighting,” Houck says. “You need a desk lamp.” Swivel two lights in one fixture with the Olson Collection Two Head Task Lamp ($40, target.com). “You might also need an overhead. Make sure any recessed lighting is placed in the right spot to give light but not create a shadow.” ● The splurge-worthy 19th C. British Drum Bookcase ($1,849, rhbabyandchild.com) is a surefire way to give a study space personality. Based on the design of British snare drums, the bookcase has nine cubbies for storage and display. ● With Flor carpet tiles, even the floor is an opportunity to be creative. “You can almost create any design that you want to,” Gross says. “And if there’s a spill, you can take that one square up.” Her pick for happy-making colour is Picnic Breakfast, a plaid-inspired medley including turquoise, seafoam, pink, magenta, orange and cobalt ($301-$812, flor.com).

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Use it to tote binders and notebooks around the house if your student is a mobile learner or to store textbooks bedside for teens. ● Chances are, Poppin has your child’s favourite color in chairs, desk accessories, notebooks, pens — or even the Stow Three-Drawer File Cabinet ($229, poppin.com). Bye-bye, boring steel. Hello, orange, yellow, navy, blue, aqua, pink, red, black, white, light gray or charcoal. “When they’re younger, try to teach them that this goes here, this goes there,” Houck says. “Then they have a steppingstone to how they can organize later in life.” ● There are lots of seating options for kids today that don’t look like traditional, hard, straight-backed chairs. For its Fur Rockin’ Roller Desk Chairs ($149

each, pbteen.com), PBteen takes an exercise ball, covers it with a slipcover and adds a chrome base.

The chairs come in faux fur or fleece. ● “Having a space dedicated just for students and their studies helps them stay organized and get things done,” Gross says. Organize paper clips and thumb drives in the Rainbow Mobin Wall-Mounted Organizer ($15, containerstore.com). Each container tips down and can be removed individually. ● “The Kallax shelving unit from Ikea is something I buy for a majority of the kids’ rooms I design,” Gross says. “It is inexpensive, comes in a variety of bright colors and offers varied storage solutions, especially when the custom baskets and bins, also sold by Ikea, are incorporated.” Of green, red, yellow, white, birch and black, Gross’s pick is yellow ($66, ikea.com).

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ADVANTAGE.............. 318-5665..... $412,000....... Inglewood West 95 Long Close ...................2:00 ................... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Milena ...... Milena Toncheva ........ CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 304-5265..... $345,000....... Lonsdale 38 Truant Crescent .......... ..........12:00 12:00 – 2:00 pm....Lori .... Lori Erickson ................. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 350-6227..... $539,900....... Timber Ridge 37 Lowden Close .............2:00 ............. 2:00 – 4:30 pm ......Lori ...... Lori Erickson ................. CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 350-6227..... $548,800....... Laredo 7 Tory Close........................12:00 ........................ 12:00 – 5:00 pm....Aaron .... Aaron .............................. LAEBON HOMES ................................ 396-4016............................... Timber Ridge

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 - OUT OF TOWN 26 47A Avenue Close ..... .....1:00 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Garry ...... Garry Raabis ................. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 340-6789..... $299,000....... Alix 136 Waskasoo Estates .... ....2:00 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Darlis ...... Darlis Dreveny ............. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 358-4981............................... Red Deer County 47 Valli Close......................

Close......................1:00 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Nadine ...... Nadine Dushanek Dushanek....... ....... ROYAL CARPET REALTY................... 342-7700..... $479,900....... Sylvan Lake 14 Charlton Avenue ........2:00 ........ 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Bonnie ...... Bonnie Meaney ........... SUTTON LANDMARK REALTY ....... 885-4936..... $289,900....... Blackfalds B8 5300 Vista Trail ............1:00 ............ 1:00 – 5:00 pm ..... Debra Grabo ................ TRICON DEVELOPMENTS ............... 396-1688..... $226,900....... 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

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - RED DEER 10 Piper Drive Drive.................... ....................1:00 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Garry ...... Garry Raabis ................. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 340-6789..... $332,900....... Pines 6210 53 Avenue ...............1:00 ............... 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Gerald ...... Gerald Dore .................. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 872-4505..... $424,900....... Highland Green Estates 91 Timberstone Way ....... .......2:00 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Les ...... Les Anderson ............... ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 350-1932..... $379,900....... Timberstone 3309 43 Avenue ...............4:00 ............... 4:00 – 6:00 pm ......Barb ...... Barb Munday ............... 2% REALTY .......................................... 598-7721..... $268,000....... Mountview 60 Olson Street .................2:00 ................. 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Milena ...... Milena Toncheva ........ CENTURY 21 ADVANTAGE..............

ADVANTAGE.............. 304-5265..... $315,000....... Oriole Park 11 Fir Street........................1:30 ........................ 1:30 – 4:00 pm ......Dale ...... Dale Stuart .................... COLDWELL BANKER ......................... 302-3107..... $309,900....... Fairview 7 Tory Close........................12:00 ........................ 12:00 – 5:00 pm....Aaron .... Aaron .............................. LAEBON HOMES ................................ 396-4016............................... Timber Ridge

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - OUT OF TOWN 123 Waskasoo Estates .... ....2:00 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Darlis ...... Darlis Dreveny ............. ROYAL LEPAGE NETWORK ............. 358-4984............................... Red Deer County 69 Bowman Circle Circle............ ............1:00 1:00 – 3:00 pm ......Barb ...... Barb Munday ............... 2% REALTY .......................................... 598-7721..... $314,900....... Sylvan Lake 118 Hinshaw Drive ..........2:00 .......... 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Derek ...... Derek Mackenzie ........ ROYAL CARPET REALTY................... 896-8319..... $329,900....... Sylvan Lake 79 Ponderosa Avenue .... ....2:00 2:00 – 4:00 pm ......Bonnie ...... Bonnie Meaney ........... SUTTON LANDMARK REALTY ....... 885-4936..... $313,000....... Blackfalds B8 5300 Vista Trail ............1:00 ............ 1:00 – 5:00 pm ..... Debra Grabo ................ TRICON DEVELOPMENTS ............... 396-1688..... $226,900....... 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

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1939 — Battle of the Atlantic begins as U-Boat sinks SS Athenia; first Canadian casualties of the Second World War. 1962 — John Diefenbaker officially

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COLE Tony Sept. 8, 1953 - Aug. 27, 2016 It is with disbelief and great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved father Tony Cole on August 27th at the age of 62.

He was cherished and will be forever missed by his children (Heather and Andrew Cole), sister Susan (David Lawson), companion Angora Lam, extensive family, friends and faith community.

A Memorial Service will be held at Eden Brook Funeral Home on Sunday, September 11th at 2:00PM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to World Vision Canada. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by v i s i t i n g www.edenbrookcemetery.ca.

Arrangements entrusted to EDEN BROOK FUNERAL HOME AND RECEPTION CENTRE, 24223 Twp Rd 242, Calgary, AB, T3Z 3K2.

LATREILLE (nee BENSON) Jamie Denise Latreille (nee Benson) of Red Deer, Alberta passed away suddenly in Nelson, B.C. on Friday, August 26, 2016 at the age of 37 years.

Jamie’s Celebration of Life will be held at her father’s home on Saturday, September 17, 2016.

Further Memorial Service information to follow.

OBERHAMMER FUNERAL CHAPELS LTD. 1-403-843-4445

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HOWATT 1927 - 2016 Elsie Bernice Howatt of Red Deer, AB passed away suddenly at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the age of 88 years. Elsie will be lovingly remembered by her husband Robertson “Robbie” Leslie Howatt; son Laurie Robertson Howatt of Edmonton AB; daughters Deanna (Denny) Price of Ladysmith BC and Joanne (Kevin) Raymond of Edmonton AB. Also to cherish Elsie’s memory are eight grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; sister Sharon Zutter of Wembley AB as well as numerous other family members and friends.

Elsie was predeceased by her parents Norah and Joe Johnson; two sisters Shirley and Doreen and a brother Eldon “Bud”. A Celebration of Elsie’s life will be held at Living Stones Church, 2020 - 40 Avenue, Red Deer, AB on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Salvation Army, 4837 - 54 St, Red Deer AB T4N 2G5 or to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 6, 5015 - 48 Ave, Red Deer AB T4N 1S9.

Condolences to Elsie’s family may be emailed to meaningful@telus.net.

MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

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LINDBERG JOSEPH 1928 - 2016 Joseph Lindberg passed away August 30 at the age of 88. He is survived by four children Ian, Ingrid, Sonja, Wanda, seven grandchildren, companion Nancey McCallister, sister Joyce Rachenko, foster sister Ada Grace, foster brother Glen, extended family and close friends. He was predeceased by his wife Patricia Lindberg. Joe was born January 4, 1928 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He married Patricia June 29, 1957. He was a teacher for 36 years in Saskatchewan, Yukon. and Alberta He will especially be remembered for his time at Eckville High School and his love of history, literature and animals.

He will be sadly missed at the Golden Circle Bridge Club, Red Deer Legion and Knox Presbyterian Church.

Joseph enjoyed a long and fulfilling life. A Memorial Service will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, 4718 Ross St, Red Deer on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 2:00p.m. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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EKLUND Gordon June 28, 1931 - Aug. 26, 2016 Mr. Gordon Thomas ‘Gordie’ Eklund of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away peacefully, with family by his side at Villa Marie, Covenant Care, Red Deer on Friday, August 26, 2016 at the age of 85 years.

Gordon was born at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The Eklund family then moved to British Columbia and settled at Fort St. John to farm. Gordie worked as a farmhand, toiled in the logging camps and at age fifteen he found his true passion…the oil patch.

He started as a rough neck and worked his way up to owner/operator of Eklund’s Oilfield Service, up until his retirement in 1991. Gordie’s number one priority in life was his family. Gordie was a proud, honest, hardworking man that was generous to a fault. His handshake was strong and true, and it was his word… he was old school. He was an avid supporter and sponsor of all of his kids sporting activities; i.e. Women’s Broomball (Eklund Spirits) and Major Men’s Fastball (Eklund’s). Gordie loved watching hockey and was a longstanding season ticket holder of the Red Deer Rustlers and the Red Deer Rebels. He enjoyed travelling with family and friends, going camping and especially boondocking in Yuma.

Gordie also loved to dance, play golf, dice, bowling, shuffleboard and cards. Quiet times were spent reading and going for walks after dinner. Gordie will be lovingly remembered by his wife of fifty-nine years, Anne; his children; Kandy, Debbie (Dan), Darlene (Darrel), Darren (Tracey) and Denise (Greg), grandchildren; Jamie (Jaret), Scott (Kristy), Lindsay (Rhys), Brianne, Brett, Michael, Meghan, Jake and Eric, great grandchildren; Colton, Mackenzie, Devlyn, Olyvia, Farrah and Grayer. Gordie will be sadly missed by his brothers; Henry, Leonard and Victor…sisters; Florence, Eleanor, Sandra (Gary), Darlene, Sheila (Wayne), Diane and sister-in-law, Darlene…as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Gordie was predeceased by his parents, Arthur and Dora Eklund, parents-in-law, Leo and Irma, his first wife, Julia, brothers; Raymond and Ernest…as well as his in-laws; Bernice, Rose, Dale, Irene, Don and Melvin. A Celebration of Gordie’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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ROBB Douglas Ewing June 9, 1920 - Aug. 30, 2016 Doug Robb, beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away peacefully at his home at Michener Extendicare, Red Deer, Alberta on August 30, 2016 at the age of 96 years.

He was the loving father of Candi Bingham (Dale) “who was the son he never had”, of Red Deer, Alberta. He will also be dearly missed by his grandchildren; Brett (Jaimie), great granddaughters Tatum and Saxon of Red Deer, Christy Bingham and (Nate) Engelhardt, (his first great grandson he was so excited about and looking forward to meeting) of Calgary, Kelly and (Danny) BinghamEverson of Maitland, N.S. and Chase Bingham of Red Deer.

Two very special friends, Sandie Olsen and Elaine DeGagne. He will be lovingly remembered by his sister Eileen (Alan) Nikiforuk of Vancouver, B.C. He was predeceased by his wife Irma Robb, his mother and father Agnes and Thomas Robb.

He joined the navy in 1939 and served as a gunner during the II World War. He then went on to have a 37 year career with A.G.T. He spent 45 summers at Pine Lake and enjoyed the many lifelong friends he made there. He was a proud father and grandfather and cherished his friends. Doug was a lover of animals.

Donations may be made to the Red Deer S.P.C.A. Messages of condolences may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca

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WILSON John passed away peacefully after a wonderful 83 years of life on August 30, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. John is survived by his loving Wife Audrey, his Children, Darreld and Pat, David and Darlene, and Colleen. His grandchildren, Kelsey, Bryce, Terrah, Tanner, Mandy and Jasmin. sisters and brothers, Pearl, Jean, Bert, Dan, Roy, Martin, and Robert. John was Predeceased by his parents Dan and Lillian, sister Vera and daughter Karen. John and Audrey farmed in the Lincoln district for decades before moving into Lacombe.

The Family would like to thank the staff at the Centennial Centre for their special care in this difficult time. In lieu of flowers donations can be made out to the Alzheimer Society of Red Deer (Unit #1-5550 45th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1L1). A Memorial Service will be held at the Lacombe Memorial Centre on Wednesday September 07, 2016 at 1:00pm. Expressions of sympathy may be made by v i s i t i n g www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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In Memoriam

HAZEL NYLIN In loving memory of Hazel who passed away three years ago today. ~ The Nylin Family

BAGGLEY Lenore (Norie) September 3, 2014 Loving Mother & Grandmother There are now words, except that we think of you everyday and know that you are always with us. ~Love Jim, Linda, Thomas, Alayne

GILBERTA ANNIE FEATHERSTONE 1929 - Sept. 3, 2013 In God’s garden up above Stands a rose we dearly love She stands with petals open wide Watered by tears we’ve cried.

Her fragrance fills our lives Each day Locked in our hearts She will always stay.

Missed and loved by All your Children

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PAPP Bernard Michael Apr. 23, 1954 - Aug. 27, 2016 Bernard “Bernie” Papp passed away unexpectedly of natural causes, while doing what he loved, on August 27, 2016 in Whitefish, Montana. Bernie is survived by his loving family Pat, Andrea, Brandon, Kendall and Emily. He is also survived by a large extended family, close friends and associates. A celebration of Bernie’s life will be held at the Harvest Centre, 4847A 19th Street in Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday September 6, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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WATSON, HAROLD Feb. 14, 1931 - Sept. 3, 2012 I’ll always love you and I’ll always miss you God Bless Patsy

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these WHAT’S HAPPENING Red Deer, AB locations: #3, 5111 22 St. CLASSIFICATIONS 37444 HWY 2 S 50-70 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d F/T & P/T Lost permanent shift, early morning, morning, day, MINI DASCHAUND, eves. shift weekend day short brown hair, lost at night. 40 - 44 hrs/wk 3 Mile Off Leash Dog Park. 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + Comes to the name medical, dental, life and Hannah. vision benefits. Start If found please call ASAP. Job description 403-396-4726 www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not req’d. Apply in person or Found fax 403-314-1303

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In-home Caregiver for 2 Boys . 403-356-2075 Deer Park Red Deer

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Oilfield

SNUBBING Operators Looking for experienced snubbing operators. Must have current valid oilfield tickets and driver’s license.

Must be able to provide drivers abstract, and pass a drug/alcohol test.

Please forward resume to: jredmond@ teamsnubbing.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

Sales & Distributors

830

FONESHOP COMMUNICATIONS located at Bower Place, #200 - 4900 Molly Banister Dr, Red Deer, AB T4R 1N9, requires a F/T, Perm.

Assistant Manager-Retail; min. 1-2 yrs of related sales exp., to start ASAP. Duties: Plan, direct and evaluate the operations, Manage staff and assign duties, Resolve customer complaints etc. Wages $26.50/Hr. Email Resume retailjobs@ mywirelessworld.ca WIRELESS World Solutions at 107-4747 67 ST, RED DEER, AB, requires a F/T, Perm.

Assistant Manager-Retail with min. 1-2 yrs of related sales exp., ASAP. Duties: Plan, direct and evaluate the operations, Manage staff and assign duties, Resolve customer complaints etc. Wages $26.50/Hr. Email Resume - retailjobs@ mywirelessworld.ca

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LINE LOCATING ASSISTANT REQ’D IMMED

LINE COOK NEEDED for evenings, f/t or p/t.

Experience required.

Apply in person inside Jackpot Casino.

Starting wage $18./hr.

Mandatory drug testing, safety tickets an asset, prefer exp. but will train right candidate.

No phone calls. email resumes to: office@ centrallinelocating.com Fax 403-747-3535

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4 WHEEL scooter, Legend XL. 403-573-3298

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Truckers/ Drivers

SWISS CHALET Red Deer Hiring Food Service Supervisors: $13.75 14.50 and 40 hours per week. Supervise and co-ordinate staff activities and customer service.

Establish work schedules and train associates.

Interested candidates can email swiss1702@cara.com, fax 1-866-928-5481 or deliver resume to unit # 8 5111 22 Street Red Deer T4R 2K1

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Busy road construction company looking for finishing, hoe, and dozer operators. Min. 5 yrs. exp.

Work is throughout Alberta.

Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

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THE ELECTRIC GARAGE 9TH Annual Fall Finale

Collector Car Auction & Speed Show Sept. 9. 10 & 11, 2016 Westerner Park, Red Deer Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event Featuring “Horny Mike” from Counting Cars Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 X 102 or 103 EGauctions.com

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CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Super B exp. req’d.

Home the odd night. Weekends off. 403-586-4558

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LADIES Clothes, size 6 8, sweaters, blouses, pants, good cond.

All for $25. 403-314-9603

EquipmentHeavy

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

Farmers' Market

1650

IF ANYONE has extra garden vegetables they would like to Give Away Please call. 403-346-7825

LABOURERS & FLAG PERSONS Busy road construction company looking for Labourers AND flag persons. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489 RED DEER Track & Field Club seeking coaches.

NCCP Certificate would be an asset. Resumes to klucas@cesd73.ca SHRUMS MEATS Stettler, BUTCHER Phone 1-403-742-1427 or fax 403-742-1429

Employment Training

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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. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

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1660

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

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

1680

MIXED Blue and Green Colorado Spruce for sale, 5 miles North East of Innisfail, Alta., 1 hr. 15 minutes to Calgary, 15 minutes to Red Deer, 1 hr. 45 minutes to Edmonton, there is a total of 157 trees, 8 to 10 ft., mostly 8 ft. You can buy them in the Field and dig yourself, or we will basket them for you. If they are not required right away, you can buy them now and take them as you need them. They are all planted 10 ft. apart, and are easily accessible with 38” Digger + Bobcat. They are growing in 2 feet of Black loam.

Do not wait as that’s all there is, good for Acreages, Contractors, Landscapers, Cities and towns. We can plant them for you if needed. I have no text message service on my phone. So you must call only 8 AM to 8 PM 7 DAYS. PHONE JACK 403-304-3612. I DO NOT ANSWER BLOCKED CALLS.

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Glendale MOVING ~ 69 Goodall Ave., Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 Wed., Thurs., Fri. 3 - 8, Sat., 10 - 3 Everything must go. Weather permitting.

CLASSIFIEDS - LABOUR DAY Hours & Deadlines Office & Phones CLOSED Monday, September 5, 2016 Non Publishing Day

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Professionals

DEBLISS Oxygen Concentrator, used 2 mos.; $800.; Acorn Chair lift, $1500.; Luxury lift chair, recliner, heated/power, brown. $750. 403-347-4520

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Household Appliances

4250

OPEN HOUSE Mond.. Sept. 5, 2 - 4 140 VICKERS CLOSE 3 bdrm. up.

403-550-3984

SYLVAN, 5 fully furn. rentals incld’s all utils. & cable. $550 - $1600./ mo. neg. details call 403-880-0210

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Household Furnishings

SEARS braided wool area rug, 9 x 7, blue, grey, brown, green, and beige in color. Exc. cond. $200.

Ph. 403-346-7825

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

CASSETTE / CD player, Sony (mini hi-fi component system) $125.

403-346-7825

Misc. for Sale

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100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

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SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH 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

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4 LAWN Chairs, 1 patio table & 2 steel chairs. $40.

403-342-4949, 780-717-6206

2 BDRM. 4 plex, fireplace, incld’s water, sewer, garbage. $925. rent, $650. sd. Avail. now or Oct. 1.

403-304-5337

BOX of Misc. Household items. Includes frypans, cookbooks, mixing bowl and other misc. $15.

403-314-9603

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $875./mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Oct. 1. 403-304-5337

FIREPLACE, electric, 47”x39”, $100.

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GARDEN FOUNTAIN, $50.

Various garden ornaments (6), $2. ea.

403-346-2346 MIRROR, gold frame, 36”x46”, $20., Standing LAMP, $10. , GLASS TOP TABLE, with gold fabric Skirt, $5. 403-346-2346 MOTORCYCLE PICTURE, 40”x30”, $30.; 403-314-9603 SIMPLICITY dehumidifier, #SDR2507EE with manual, $25. 403-347-3849 WATER HOSE REEL, $35. 403-885-5020

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Cats

2 KITTENS, 1 Siamese male, $50; and 2 grey kittens to give away.

403-887-3649

Travel Packages

1900

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403-304-5337

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OPEN HOUSE Sun. Sept. 4, 2 - 4 18 ARNOLD CLOSE 3 bdrm. up, walkout.

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1 BDRM. apt. avail. immed., $750 + power.

Call Bob 403-872-3400.

Closing Date: September 12, 2016 Please Mail, Fax or Email a resume and cover letter to: Linda Bozman, Director of Administration Services Rocky Support Services PO Box 1120 Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1A8

Phone: 403-845-4080 x. 102 Fax: 403-845-6951 Email: lbozman@rockysupportservices.ca

3090

Rooms For Rent

AVAIL. now, $450/mo. furn. quiet room NW Red Deer, N/S 403-348-3339 FULLY furn. bdrm. for rent, $500/mth - $250 DD. Call 403-396-2468

3110

Offices

Downtown Office Large waiting room, 2 offices & storage room, 403-346-5885

3190

Mobile Lot

McKay Place, Blackfalds, gated community offering maintenance free living.

Adult and family lots avail. starting @ $500/mo.

403-318-3642 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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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

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

Houses For Sale

4020

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or Oct. 1 $850/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337

DUPLEX, Ponoka, rental income $1500. Asking $225,000. 403-963-0204

3 BDRM basement suite, avail. immed., $775/mo. + 1/3 util. 403-872-3400

Income Property

4100

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious TWO 4 plex’s, Clearview suites 3 appls., heat/water Meadows. 403-391-1780 incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 BACHELOR, 1, & 2 Bedroom Suites Starting at $849/month!

One Month Rent FREE! One FREE year of Telus cable & internet.

Cat friendly.

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

EASTVIEW, 1 bdrm. bsmt. suite, fully furnished, n/s, no pets, $750/mo., for single .

Utils. incld. Avail. immed.

403-782-9357 or 352-1964 GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $850/mo., $850 D.D., and 1 bdrm. $765/mo, $765. DD. N/S, no pets, no partiers.

403-346-1458 LACOMBE:1 bdrm. suite, $795.

403-782-7156, 357-7465

4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1250/mo. in Red Deer.

403-782-7156 403-357-7465

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

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5030

NOW Avail., main flr., 4 bdrm., 1.5 baths, XL heated dble. garage. WestPark $1550. rent & dd. + power & gas. 403-391-2292

MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail.

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

403-596-2444

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

403-596-6000

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2006 FORD Crown Victoria LX Sedan, leather, 70,000 km, $12,000 obo.

403-573-3298 2003 Pontiac Sunfire, 2 dr., good cond. 403-352-6995 2002 CHRYSLER Sebring 114,000 kms., $1700.

403-347-0325

PUBLIC NOTICES

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

Rocky Support Services Society is a certified not for profit agency providing residential, employment, community access and independent living supports for persons with developmental disabilities in Rocky Mountain House.

Rocky Support Services Society offers a competitive wage and benefit package and employee friendly policies.

Rental incentives avail.

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

403-596-2444

1000-1430

TERM POSITION DECEMBER 1, 2016 – DECEMBER 15, 2017

Qualifications: Community disability studies or comparative, related experience and/or education is required to ensure individual services plans are developed and implemented according to the needs of the client.

THE NORDIC

CLASSIFICATIONS

PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION

Experience in Behavioral Management is an asset.

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

403-346-5885

ORIOLE PARK

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Using well developed leadership skills, you will provide support in training, developing and evaluating staff.

Opposite Hospital

2 BDRM. Blackfalds, Cars duplex, 4 appl., $1000/mo.+ LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. utils., 403-318-3284 SUITES. 25+, adults only 2008 PONTIAC G5, 4 dr. n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 3 BDRM., 1 1/2 baths, fully loaded, 159,000 kms., $1150. Close to amenities. exc. shape. $4000.

403-782-7156, 357-7465 403-318-1878

810

Reporting directly to the Program Director, the Program Manager provides input and supervises the development and delivery of programs and services to meet individual needs in residential and day programs, as well as ensuring the effective use of human and financial resources.

3060 Buy it.

Suites

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

Available now or Oct. 1.

403-304-5337

BUFFET w/ hutch and drawers suitable for condo.

CITY VIEW APTS. Must be in good condition 2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, and reasonably priced. newly reno’d adult building.

Ph. 403 346-5360 Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-358-8335

Houses/ Duplexes

Tour These Fine Homes East Red Deer

SMALL rural home, SE of Red Deer, suitable for single, semi-retired gent.

403-986-4469

AVAIL. Oct. 1, 3 bdrm. townhouse close to schools and all amenities, 4 appls, rent $1125 + utils. + DD. 403-506-0054

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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3 BRDM. 2 bath, 5 appls. $1100 rent. Avail Oct. 1 PH 493 347-2151

CLASSIFICATIONS

Open House

Houses/ Duplexes

KENMORE deep freezer, 32” wide by 22” long, $40.

403-347-3849

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1700

Health & Beauty

stuff

278950A5

SHOPPING bag of Nutter’s items accidently put in my car. Call to identify.

403-318-6601 WATCH found at 3 Mile Bend, in parking lot.

Call 403-505-0819 to claim, Must Identify.

850

Trades

Public Notices

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Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Value Home Repair Call 403-598-7499 R.D.

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

1180

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

Handyman Services

1200

Moving & Storage

1300

BOOK NOW! MOVING? Boxes? Appls.

For indoor/outdoor projects removal. 403-986-1315 such as reno’s, painting small tree cutting, sidewalk Painters/ blocks & landscaping Call James 403-341-0617 Decorators

1310

Health Care

1210

Chinese Massage/ Acupuncture/Herbs for Stress and Pain Relief For apps. or house calls contact Lyla Yip, Reg.Acup, at 403-597-4828

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Roofing

1370

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

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

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

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Upholstery

1390

J.J. Upholstery Service!

Auto, marine, R.V’s & furniture. Foam sales!

20 years experience.

Jake 403-357-6792 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Yard Care

1430

YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

Ian Sheppard Burnett, also known as Ian Shepherd Burnett, also known as Ian S. Burnett, also known as Ian Burnett

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TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300 For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE

Call Prodie at 403-314-4301 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK

Call Tammy at 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED

For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA STETTLER ECKVILLE SPRINGBROOK

Call Sandra at 403- 314-4303

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED If you have a claim against this estate, you INNISFAIL must file your claim by ECKVILLE Oct. 11, 2016 with WASKASOO SANDRA RIGGINS ESTATES Box 219, Erskine, Alberta, T0C 1G0 MORRISROE and provide details of your claim.

6 DAYS A WEEK BY 6:30 AM If you do not file by the who died on August 27, 2016.

date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308