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The Sutters are one of the most famous hockey families in the world. Six brothers played in the National Hockey League.

Four of them went on to become coaches and/or general managers. Grace Sutter, the boys’ mother still resides in the Viking area. The brothers’ father, Louis Sutter, died in February 2005, at the age of 73, following a lengthy illness. See related story on page 3.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1649 — More than 1,000 Iroquois Warriors invade Huronia; kill Jesuit priest Jean de Brébeuf.

1843 — HBC Chief Factor James Douglas starts building Fort Camosun.

1955 — Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard of the Montreal Canadiens suspended by NHL President Clarence Campbell; triggers riot next day at Montreal Forum.

1981 — George Kinnear announces First Canadian attempt to scale Mount Everest, to be made in 1982 by group of 15 climbers.

1989 — Kurt Browning wins men’s gold medal at World Figure Skating Championship; fourth Canadian in 78 years.

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ALBERTA HOCKEY HALL OF FAME

Province’s hockey greats honoured

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he entire Sutter clan will take its place in the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame this year.

Brothers Brent, Brian, Darryl, Duane, Gary, Rich and Ron and parents Grace and Louis, plus five other men and women who have left their mark on hockey, were named to the hall on Wednesday.

The Sutters, of Viking, Alta., are Alberta hockey legends. Six of the brothers played in the NHL, racking up 4,994 regular season games in the process. They have eight Stanley Cups as players or coaches.

They started the Sutter Fund in 1996 and it has given away $2 million to local charities raised through an annual golf tournament.

Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame’s gallery is located at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum on the west side of Red Deer. Members of each year’s induction class are asked to provide trophies, medallions or other memorabilia from their careers.

Joining the Sutters in the hall are Coronation-raised Mel Davidson, who won Olympic gold three times while coaching the Canada Women’s Na-

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Four Sutter brothers talk in a locker room before their teams oppose each other on the ice in Philadelphia in October 1983. They are, left to right: Islanders — Duane; Flyers — Rich; Islanders — Brent; Flyers— Ron. tional Team.

She has also won four gold medals and two silver medals as coach in the International Ice Hockey Federation Championships and a silver with the Under-18 team. She also has coached her women to five golds and a silver at

the Three Nations/Four Nations Cup. Glen Sather is the former coach, general manager and president of the five-time Stanley Cup-winning Edmonton Oilers. He was born in High River and grew up in Wainwright.

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Brent Sutter talks about hockey hall of fame induction It’s fitting that hockey parents Louis and Grace Sutter will be inducted into Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame along with their seven sons.

“They’re all part of it,” said Brent Sutter, Red Deer Rebels owner and head c o a c h .

“Mom and Dad had to put up with BRENT SUTTER a lot of crap with seven boys.

“Mom and Dad were certainly a huge part of the success that we all had. They always gave us every opportunity to be involved in sports.”

The family from Viking, Alta., is legendary. It became its own little farm system for the NHL, where six of the boys played almost 5,000 regular season games.

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EDUCATION

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fficials with Red Deer Public Schools got a sneak peek inside Don Campbell Elementary School that will open to students in September.

Construction of the $13-million kindergarten to Grade 5 school is ahead of schedule and is expected to be turned over to the school district in early May. Named after a respected administrator with the school district, Campbell’s family joined the tour of the school that will have three outdoor classrooms, and 11 indoor classrooms connected by 10 garage doors to allow for classes to work together.

A partnership with the City of Red Deer also allowed the school to include a gathering space that will be made available to community groups.

Jan Ludwig, Campbell’s daughter who toured the facility, said she was excited about the school’s innovative learning spaces and believed her father would also have appreciated the school’s unique educational features and community connection.

“I know he would be over the moon,

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over the moon,” said Ludwig who is a Grade 2 teacher at École Barrie Wilson Elementary School.

Campbell was the first principal of G.H. Dawe Community School when it opened in 1976.

The concept of a facility with public and Catholic schools, recreation facilities, a library and a community hub was new at the time, and Campbell played a significant role in its success.

Principal Cam Pizzey said traditional schools have very closed classrooms, but at the flexible classroom spaces at Don Campbell will more easily allow staff to work together.

“When teachers collaborate together they tend to come up with best practices and then those best practices, you can put in your classroom,” said Pizzey, who will be principal at Don Campbell.

“The culture of this school is going to be a fun, collaborative learning environment.”

School board chair Bev Manning said the school will able to accommodate 500 students and it’s expected to open with 350 students in the fall.

See SCHOOL on page 5 After 10 years as an NHL player he became head coach of the Wayne Gretzky-led Oilers to four Stanley Cups and a fifth without the superstar. He went to the New York Rangers in 2000, where he is president.

A member of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1997, he was also involved in numerous international

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Red Deer Public Schools board chair Bev Manning speaks with Millie Campbell during a tour of Don Campbell Elementary School on Wednesday. Don’s wife, Millie, surrounded by her family, attended the tour of the school that is under construction in Inglewood. tournaments including the Canada Cup and the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Bill Hay, who is from Lumsden, Sask., played eight NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, winning a Stanley Cup in 1961. He went on to serve 15 years as chair and CEO of the Hockey Hall of Fame to which he was inducted in 2015.

In Alberta, he was part of the group that brought the Flames to Calgary from Atlanta in 1980 and was a part-owner and president and CEO with the team before joining Hockey Canada in 1998.

Tony Kollman, of Major, Sask., was one of the more notable senior hockey players to lace them up in the 1960s. He made his mark in Alberta with an 11-year career with the Drumheller Miners, winning the Alberta Senior Hockey championship four times and the Allan Cup in 1966.

He helped introduce Junior A hockey to East-Central Alberta as co-owner of the Drumheller Falcons, which played from 1971-82.

Stettler’s Perry Pearn has the second-most wins in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference, including six championships. As a player, he was a member of the 1971 Centennial Cup champion Red Deer Rustlers.

He has been coach and assistant at just about every level of hockey, including the NHL, where he has been an assistant coach since 1995 and is currently with the Vancouver Canucks.

They will be officially honoured at a gala in Canmore on July 23.

SUTTER: Children followed fathers There was a Sutter brother playing hockey in four decades, and a number of their children have now picked up with their fathers left off.

After their playing careers Brent, Darryl and Brian also went on to coach, with Darryl also serving as general manager of the Calgary Flames. The other NHL brothers are Duane, Rich and Ron. Also inducted was brother Gary, who played major junior hockey but left hockey to work on the family farm with his father, who passed away in 2005.

Gary was always very supportive of his younger brothers, said Brent.

“He was our biggest fan.

“If he had continued to play he was probably a better player than the rest of us.”

Brent said the family had no idea before Brian got the call a couple of weeks ago that they were to be inducted.

“I guess, for ourselves, we’re all pretty humble guys,” he said.

“Certainly, we’re honoured by it.”

The Sutters all have busy schedules but family members plan to make the trip to Canmore for the gala on July 23.

“Some of us will be there for sure, and if everyone can be there everyone will be.”

All of the Sutters still live in Alberta.

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PIPER CREEK LODGE

Project to share planning dollars

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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ed Deer’s Piper Creek Lodge replacement project is going back to the drawing board.

The project was among 14 affordable housing projects to share $5.7 million in planning dollars announced on Wednesday by the province.

Alberta Seniors and Housing says Piper Creek Foundation has been looking at changing the project that was originally announced by the Prentice government in March 2015.

The foundation is now going to receive $250,000 to redefine the scope and cost of the project and for feasibility studies.

In 2015, the Progressive Conservative government announced $12.2 million to build a new lodge to replace the existing 65-unit facility that provides subsidized, low-income hous-

ing.

Alberta Seniors and Housing says the foundation will have to go back through the approval process to access funding for its project.

A spokesperson for Seniors and Housing said the department was very committed to seniors lodges and seniors housing in Red Deer and was definitely working with Piper Creek Foundation to meet the needs in Red Deer.

Piper Creek Lodge is the oldest senior lodge in Alberta. The original wings were built in 1956.

Previous plans were to build the new lodge at the former Red Deer Nursing Home site just a few blocks away.

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The aging nursing home closed in 2010 and has yet to be torn down.

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SCHOOL: Efforts started about 10 years ago “Certainly the growth in Red Deer has been on this side of town. We’re definitely feeling the pressure and have felt the pressure at Mattie McCullough and Barrie Wilson,” Manning said.

She said efforts to get the new school began about 10 years ago, shortly after Barrie Wilson was approved. Now the pinch is at the middle school level and Red Deer Public will be looking to the province for capital funding.

In the meantime, Don Campbell school will help ease the strain and provide a new community space, Manning said.

“We believe these schools belong to the public.

They’ve paid for them with their tax dollars, they invest in them, they work in them, their kids go to school here.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

The province approved $250,000 to plan the Piper Creek Lodge Replacement project. The aging 65-unit lodge provides subsidized, low-income housing.

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Long-time Red Deer educator appointed to University of Alberta Board of Governors Lynne Paradis, a long-time Red Deer educator, has been appointed to the University of Alberta Board of Governors.

Paradis, 62, will serve a three-year term in the volunteer position. Minister of Advanced Education Marlin Schmid made the appointment.

Paradis currently serves as the superintendent of schools for Suzuki Public LYNNE PARADIS Charter School. In 2012, she retired after a 34-year career as a school administrator and a member of the systems leadership team for Red

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Deer Catholic Regionals Schools.

She holds a Doctor of Education, specializing in curriculum, from the University of Alberta and a Master of Education degree in leadership form the University of British Columbia.

She has served on many local and provincial boards including: the Central Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortium, Council of Alberta Teaching Standards, Alberta Assessment Consortium, and the Red Deer College Alumni Association.

Paradis, who describes herself as a proud Central Alberta community supporter and citizen of Red Deer for 38 years, said she was at an orientation meeting on Monday, and is excited about the appointment. Besides serving on the main board, she’s also going to serve on the Learning and Research Committee. There are 21 people on the board.

She led a Central Alberta group of community educators and champions over the past eight years to influence the U of A to provide graduate leadership degree programs in Red Deer, to support local needs and assist citizens who wanted graduate degrees but could not travel to Edmonton.

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City wants funding stability, courthouse

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

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reater funding stability for municipalities and money for a larger courthouse are the two main things the City of Red Deer is looking for in Thursday’s provincial budget.

“Both of these issues have been top of mind for many years,” said Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer, in a media release on Wednesday.

Council has been lobbying for an expanded courthouse to speed up legal processes and look after the safety and security of citizens. With Red Deer’s increasing population, this is needed more than ever, said Veer.

With police focused on serious crimes, a larger courthouse would mean more cases can be heard, and more charges potentially upheld.

The municipality also wants the provincial government to commit to more stable municipal funding, so the city knows where it stands, financially, over the next few years and can move ahead with much needed programs and infrastructure projects.

“It is unreasonable to expect municipalities to effectively build sustainable budgets, when the province continues to download (its) financial shortfalls onto municipalities, and subsequently, citizens,” said City manager Craig Curtis.

If funds to municipalities are reduced, it would force the city to revisit its 2017 budget to find savings, Curtis added.

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While the province is not expected to announce any new funding to alleviate the impact of the carbon levy on municipalities, they did commit to making progress on Alberta’s capital plan — which is good news, since more local infrastructure dollars are needed to meet this growing city’s needs, said Veer.

“We remain hopeful that the province will recognize the role it can play in providing stability to business, residents and communities.”

The city is also pushing to remove the education requisition from citizen’s annual property taxes, and instead collect it directly by the province. Right now, as the educational requisition increases, so do property taxes in Red Deer, and Veer believes this gives citizens the wrong impression.

The city is also looking for money in the budget for a local detox facility, affordable housing, and other social initiatives. It supports Red Deer College gaining polytechnic university status, Red Deer Regional Hospital meeting its growth needs, and local programs encouraging entrepreneurship.

Veer will attend the provincial budget announcement in the legislature Thursday. She hopes it acknowledges “the importance of balancing investment in infrastructure with the need to minimize the overall tax impact to all Albertans, at a time when we are all feeling the pressure of a struggling economy.”

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Red Deer boy who is visually impaired has won a provincial competition

for his competency in braille.

Tera Johnson said her son n i n e - y e a r- o l d son Caden competed against about 25 other children between the ages of six to 18.

He came in CADEN JOHNSON first in the Alberta Regional Braille Challenge held in Calgary on March 3.

Caden was born with Leber’s congenital amaurosis. The rare disorder is a genetic eye condition that affects the retinas, causing severe vision loss and light sensitivity. He wears sunglasses all the time because of the sensitivity.

He attends École Mountview Elementary School where he is in Grade 4. Caden has an education assistant who helps him and also translates his books into braille for him.

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“He does really, really well. He has a little bit of vision inside the school when it’s not so bright. Outside he doesn’t have any vision,” Johnson said.

Caden was exposed to braille when he was just two years old at the Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre in Red Deer where he attended for two years, Johnson said.

Braille is a system of raised dots that people who are blind or vision impaired can read with their fingers.

In the competition, Caden was tested for spelling, proofreading and reading comprehension.

His mother said he had been entering the annual competition since Grade 1, and the past two years he had placed third.

Caden downhill skis, participates in kneeboarding and other water sports, and loves to ride his bike, “which is a scary thing. … We have a bell and we do lots of verbal cues. He knows when we say stop, you have to stop,” Johnson said.

He also does gymnastics and plays the piano.

Johnson said she wants other people to know that life is not over when someone has a disability. “It’s just different. You have to adapt things.”

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lackfalds is embracing extreme sports.

A $500,000 skate park in All Star Park is expected to be ready in May, giving local skateboarders a long-awaited venue to try out their grinds, ollies and alley-oops.

Next to it will be a bike skills park with its own array of skill-testing obstacles.

B.C.-based Hoots Inc. has been contracted to build the bike park. The company was started by professional rider Jay Hoots, who has designed and built more than 50 tracks across North America.

Council paved the way for the bike skills park on Tuesday by agreeing to spend $350,000 for the planning, designing and building of the park. It is expected to be ready in August.

Town spokesman Cale Frombach said they will be going out to the community next month to get feedback on what users want to see in the bike

park.

“We’re hoping to get the word out to the schools as well so they can get the kids involved in making it an even better park,” said Frombach.

After all, who better to ask than the ones who will be doing the fakies and smith grinds?

The community has been a big booster of the projects. The local Optimist Club raised more than half the cost of the skate park through a combination of local fundraising and a government grant.

“They did a great job with all of their fundraising efforts,” said Frombach.

The town covered the rest with contributions of cash and in-kind donations from Lacombe County.

The total cost of both parks and a parking lot is expected to be about $900,000. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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SYLVAN LAKE

Province seeks feedback on parks transfer proposal

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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lberta Environment and Parks wants public feedback on a proposal to transfer a waterfront park to the Town of Sylvan Lake.

The municipality has formally requested that the province turn over the Sylvan Lake Provincial Park to the town.

Taking over the park is seen by town council as an opportunity to diversify the economy and boost public recreation and tourism. The town, which draws more than a million visitors annually, has spent years revamping its lakefront as part of a Waterfront Redevelopment Plan.

Before making a decision on the request, the province wants to hear from the public. A 60-day public feedback period began on Wednesday. To comment go to www.AlbertaParks.ca/consult “It’s good to see our message has been received,” said town communications officer Joanne Gaudet on Wednesday.

Mayor Sean McIntyre and the town’s chief administrative officer met with Alberta Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips last week during an Alberta Urban Municipalities Association conference to discuss the park proposal.

As part of its request, the town plans to ask for almost $2 million to cover future upkeep costs.

“We’re optimistic that everything will work out,” said Gaudet. “We’re not going to take on anything that doesn’t work in favour of our residents.”

In a statement, Phillips acknowledged the park

is already a popular destination “creating huge economic benefits for the region.

“We have the potential to further support job creation, tourism and the local economy,” says the minister.

Should the transfer be approved, the park must remain open for public recreation only.

“No commercial or residential development would be allowed,” says the province.

Since the park is for day use only it generates no revenue for the province. The money saved on maintenance and upkeep would go to other provincial parks, says the province. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Smart/intelligent agriculture encompasses technologies needed for practical and efficient application of data in agricultural production and how the data collected is used in a practical way.

Specifically both parties will work together to provide a foundation of collaboration that will advance agricultural training, applied research and commercialization in Western Canada, the colleges said in a statement.

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HUNTING HILLS HIGH SCHO0L

Week promotes the idea of kindness

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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ith a student’s blunt honesty, Random Acts of Kindness Week at Hunting Hills High School was born.

First year leadership teachers Jonathan Davies and Stephanie Archer have done some smaller things this school year, aiming to promote a sense of school community through “being kind to each other.”

“One of our students asked ‘why do we have to be so creative? Why don’t we just promote this idea of kindness,’ ” said Davies. “And we thought that was a great idea.”

Thus the week of random acts of kindness came to the school. It started on Monday with every student in the school getting Post-it notes on their lockers on Monday morning that had a compliment on it “Some kids took it off their locker and gave it to their teachers or passed it along to the other students,”

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Rimbey RCMP hunting suspect who stole truck with child inside While a 10-year-old girl waited for her father in his idling truck, a man got in the vehicle and drove away with her still in it, Rimbey RCMP said Wednesday.

Fortunately, the young girl was not harmed and the truck was not driven very far, police said.

said Davies. “It was a neat idea that the kids could do whatever they want with it, they passed it along or wrote something extra on it.”

National Random Acts of Kindness is observed on Feb. 17, which happened to occur during Hunting Hills’ winter break. A week in March fit better with the school’s schedule.

“We aim to promote this idea of kindness,” said Davies. “We encouraged our leadership students to go out and pursue little things throughout the day, like holding doors open or saying ‘good morning.’ ” Other planned activities during the week include giving out cupcakes to random students, giveaways and high-fives from the school’s mascot Stryker.

“It started with us asking if we needed to do something big and creative, or something simple and let students know what our purpose is,” said Davies.

“Hopefully we’ll get more buy-in from the school community. This is such a longterm goal.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com The incident happened last Saturday at about 10 a.m. when the father drove his two children to a store in Rimbey. While he went into the store with one child, the girl remained in the idling vehicle.

Surveillance video shows a black SUV arrive and a man with a red bandana over his face got out of the SUV, entered the idling truck and drove away.

The suspect abandoned the truck approximately 500 metres away and was picked up by his accomplice.

They fled northbound on Hwy 20 towards Winfield.

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Taylor Leraux (centre) and Abby Villeneuve (right) high-five the Hunting Hills High School mascot Stryker (left) on Wednesday at the school.

Rimbey RCMP are looking for public assistance in identifying the persons responsible for the attempted theft of the truck. The suspect is described as a passenger in a black SUV, wearing a red bandana and he had a beard.

Citizens can combat thefts from motor vehicles, and thefts of motor vehicles, by making sure vehicles are locked and valuables are removed or out of sight. Never keep spare keys or firearms stored in a vehicle or keep a vehicle running while unattended, police advise.

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Rimbey RCMP are quite happy with a successful effort to reunite a large amount of found money with its rightful owner on Wednesday.

The money was found on Feb. 21 by an employee in the washroom of a Rimbey business. Efforts to try and find the owner weren’t successful.

So on Monday, RCMP informed the public through media about the money in a further effort to find the owner. Police did not believe there was anything suspicious about the money. They did not say how much money was involved.

“Thanks to the efforts of our media partners, a 50-year-old lady from the area was alerted to the found cash and was able to properly identify the amount of cash and where and how it was left.

“This is a really successful community collaboration, starting with the honest actions of a Good Samaritan, to the support of the

media agencies in getting our message out,” Sgt. Kurtis Pillipow.

“We are really happy with the outcome of this investigation.”

No doubt the owner of the money is too.

Case of Edmonton man charged in road rage attack on woman put over for one week EDMONTON — A man accused of breaking a woman’s arms in what Edmonton police have called a road rage attack has had his case put over until next Wednesday.

Jared Matthew Eliasson, who is 28, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault.

Eliasson, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, appeared briefly in court on closed circuit television from the Edmonton Remand Centre.

His lawyer said he hopes to set a date for a bail hearing at the next court date.

Police have said a 34-year-old woman was driving to her home on March 7 and honked her horn while passing a car that was stopped on a residential street.

When she got out of her vehicle outside her home, a man ran up and attacked her with a crowbar.

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Two American snowshoers presumed dead in avalanche

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AKE LOUISE — RCMP say two American snowshoers are presumed to have died in an avalanche near Lake Louise in the rugged mountains of Banff National Park.

Cpl. Curtis Peters says two people from Boston did not check out of their hotel Tuesday in Field, B.C., and their vehicle was found at a trail head on Highway 93, a road known as the Icefields Parkway.

“We believe they had gone snowshoeing and subsequently got caught in an avalanche,” Peters said in an interview Wednesday. “We do not know for certain, but we presume that they are deceased.”

Parks Canada said safety specialists found snowshoe tracks near the rental vehicle that led to avalanche debris. They found no tracks coming out.

Tania Peters, a Parks Canada spokeswoman, said the avalanche risk is so high it was too dangerous to send a search team to the avalanche itself.

A helicopter that flew over the area picked up signals from two avalanche

transceivers — small electronic devices that people wear that send out radio signals that searchers can home in on to rescue buried people.

“We were able to do a flyover in a helicopter and we did pick up two transceiver signals leading us to believe that the two people are in fact buried in the debris,” Peters said.

“On behalf of Parks Canada we would like to say that our thoughts are with the family and friends of these individuals. We are making every effort to get into the area and conduct a search, but we have to do that safely.”

RCMP said the families of the missing people have been notified and their identities will not be released.

Parks Canada and RCMP said they were treating the search as a recovery operation.

Avalanche conditions were listed as high, one level below extreme, and parts of Highway 93 were closed Wednesday due to the danger.

The region was also under a weather alert that warned of a possible storm that could include heavy snow.

Avalanche Canada’s website indicates that four people have died in snowslides in the British Columbia mountains in the past three months.

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The couple, who can’t be identified under a court-ordered publication ban, were to be sentenced on Tuesday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench.

But that was adjourned for several months to allow them more time to participate in various life-skills programs.

The husband and wife pleaded guilty last May to failing to provide the necessaries of life.

Court heard the couple’s daughter was barely alive when she was taken to hospital in the summer of 2013.

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Freeland and the Russian disinformation bogeyman

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he controversy over whether Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s grandfather was a Nazi collaborator says a little about her. It says more about the West’s current fascination with Russian disinformation.

The basic facts about Michael Chomiak’s activities during the Second World War are now well known.

A Ukrainian nationalist living in what was soon to become part of the Soviet Union, Chomiak and his wife fled into the German-controlled part of Poland after the 1939 Hitler-Stalin pact was signed.

He then edited a Ukrainian-language newspaper published under the aegis of the Nazis – first in Krakow and later in Vienna, before landing in Germany at war’s end.

The family emigrated to Alberta where Chomiak’s granddaughter, Freeland, was born and raised.

I don’t judge Chomiak. War presents impossible choices. Presumably, he and his wife reckoned they would fare better under a Nazi dictatorship than a Soviet one. If they were Jewish, they might have made a different calculation.

None of this would matter if Freeland had not talked and written glowingly about the influence these grandparents exerted on her. But she did.

This fascination with the ideas of

her maternal grandfather certainly doesn’t mean that Freeland is a Nazi sympathizer. But it may help explain why journalists and others began to look into the background of a man who had so affected her thinking.

I say “others” because governments, like corporations, encourage the publication of material that promotes their cause.

So it should be no surprise that, following Freeland’s promotion to foreign minister in January, stories about her grandfather began to appear on websites favourable to Russia.

Russia routinely argues that its enemies in the current Ukrainian standoff are neo-Nazis. Freeland, a vocal backer of Ukraine in that standoff, is seen by Moscow as too friendly to its adversaries. For supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Chomiak story was a gift.

But it was neither Russian disinformation nor false news. It was true.

Freeland’s grandfather had worked with the Nazis. The newspaper he edited did publish anti-Semitic material.

Documents attesting to this fact exist in an Alberta archive, according to the Ottawa Citizen. Freeland’s uncle, a historian, had written about it in a 1996 academic journal.

And, as the Globe and Mail eventually reported, Freeland has known of her grandfather’s wartime activities for at least two decades.

The lesson for Freeland is that she should be more straightforward.

Her response when asked about her grandfather’s wartime activities last week was dodgy. The lesson for the rest of us is that we should be more careful about accepting such pat explanations.

The tendency today, which has been magnified by Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, is to treat Putin as a master puppeteer.

Democrats, still angry that their candidate lost, blame Russian hacking for Trump’s success. Putin is said to be planning similar interference in various European elections.

The anti-Putinists forget two things. First, disinformation is not unique to the Russians. It is what intelligence agencies do.

During the First World War, the British confected stories of German atrocities. During the original Cold War, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency routinely planted false stories in the foreign press.

Nothing illustrates this as neatly as the Freeland affair. The foreign affairs minister, a former journalist, is widely respected. She is smart and capable.

By contrast, Putin is viewed as a villain controlling an army of evil minions. Anything that supports the villain by casting aspersions on this nice woman’s treasured grandfather couldn’t possibly be true.

Except, of course, when it is. This time, the minions weren’t lying. That too can happen.

Thomas Walkom is a national affairs writer.

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Choose a Side: Trump and the Sunni-Shia War T

he Sunni-Shia civil wars in Iraq and Syria are both nearing their end, and in both cases the Shias have won – thanks largely to American military help in Iraq’s case, and Gwynne to a Russian military intervention in SyrDyer ia. Yet Russia and the United States are not allies in the Middle East. At least not yet.

President Trump may get in bed with the Russians and the Shias eventually, but he doesn’t seem to have given the matter much thought yet. So for the moment U.S. policy follows the line laid down by Barack Obama.

Ex-president Obama was determined not to send American troops into another Middle Eastern war.

Even as the Sunni extremists of Islamic State and the Nusra Front (al-Qaeda under another name) expanded their control in Syria and then seized much of Iraq, Obama restricted the U.S. intervention to training local troops and deploying American air

power.

In Iraq the local government’s troops were mostly Shia (as is most of the population), and U.S. support was sufficient without committing American troops to ground combat. The Iraqi army is now in the final stages of reconquering Mosul, Islamic State’s capital in Iraq and an almost entirely Sunni city. Yet there have been no massacres of Sunnis, and only a handful of American casualties.

In Syria, the United States strongly opposed the Shia-dominated regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but it did not fight him. Obama found local allies to wage a ground war against Islamic State in the form of the Syrian Kurds, who are Sunni, but more interested in a separate Kurdish state than a Sunni-ruled Syria.

That collaboration worked well too. With U.S. training and air support, the Syrian Kurds drove Islamic State steadily back, and are now closing in on Raqqa, its capital in Syria.

And in all that time, Obama avoided taking sides between Shias and Sunnis in what most Arabs now see as a Shia-Sunni war.

Obama even managed to maintain America’s traditional alliances with

Saudi Arabia and Turkey despite the fact that those two countries, both ruled by devout Sunni regimes, were sending money and arms to the extremists of Islamic State and the Nusra Front. He successfully walked a fine line in the Middle East for six whole years.

It’s doubtful that Donald Trump has the skill, knowledge and patience to go on walking that line. His instinct is to treat Iran as America’s most dangerous enemy in the Middle East, which would certainly please Saudi Arabia. But Iran is Russia’s close ally in the Syrian war, and Trump’s instinct is also to get very close to Vladimir Putin.

There’s a similar problem with Turkey. On one hand, Turkey is an important NATO ally and it has now sent its army into Syria, ostensibly to help destroy Islamic State.

On the other hand, Turkey is ruled by the authoritarian and impulsive President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, a mini-Trump who sprays abuse at anybody who crosses him (he recently called the Germans “Nazis” and the Dutch “Nazi remnants and fascists”).

In 2015 Erdogan deliberately re-started a war against Turkey’s own

Uncertainty discourages mining investment

BY KENNETH P. GREEN AND TAYLOR JACKSON ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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n recent years, depressed commodity prices have plagued Canada’s mining industry. One recent report showed that spending on exploration – the lifeblood of the industry – dropped for the fourth consecutive year and is at its lowest point since 2005.

Amid conditions like these, when prices are low and profits are uncertain, onerous regulatory costs and uncompetitive policies can discourage investment in exploration, thereby diminishing the chances that a viable deposit will be found and eventually developed into a producing mine.

While Canada performs well as a whole in offering an attractive policy environment for mining exploration, a number of Canadian provinces and territories continue to fall behind.

And policy uncertainty appears to be the main culprit.

Every year the Fraser Institute surveys miners around the world to determine which jurisdictions are attractive – or unattractive – for investment, based on policies and geology.

Again, in general, Canada performs quite well.

Despite the relatively strong performance of these provinces compared to their international competitors, a number of policy issues continue to hold much of Canada back.

For example, in every Canadian province and territory involved in the survey, uncertainty stemming from disputed land claims or regulation is among the top two greatest deterrents to investment.

And in many cases, respondents were much more deterred by these issues in Canadian jurisdictions when compared to others in Australia, the United States and Europe.

Why is this important? Because in a highly competitive industry, uncertainty can seriously dampen investment and drive it elsewhere. If explorers or miners are uncertain about whether they’ll be able to access land or how regulations will impact their activities, they’ll be less likely to invest, which means fewer jobs and lower revenue flowing through provinces and territories.

In addition, it’s also the little guys who are most hurt by uncertainty.

When results for the survey are separated by type of company, explorers (not the larger producer companies)

are much more deterred from investing due to land and regulatory uncertainty.

For example, in B.C., 72 per cent of explorers indicate that uncertainty from disputed land claims deters investment, compared to 60 per cent of producers. Likewise, due to uncertainty resulting from existing regulations, 49 per cent of responding explorers in B.C. indicate this deters them from investing compared to only 36 per cent of producers.

Quebec is another province where explorers struggle much more with uncertainty than the large producers, while in Ontario explorers and producers are equally concerned about issues surrounding regulation and land claims.

Simply put, despite Canada’s overall performance, there’s certainly room for improvement. If provinces and territories are keen to attract more investment in mining, and the high-paying jobs associated with such activities, reducing uncertainty would be the place to start.

Troy Media columnists Kenneth P. Green is senior director and Taylor Jackson is a senior policy analyst in Natural Resource Studies at the Fraser Institute.

Kurdish minority in order to attract right-wing votes and win a close election. Now he has sent the Turkish army into Syria, allegedly to help destroy Islamic State but in fact mainly to smash the embryonic state that the Syrian Kurds have been building across northern Syria. Those Syrian Kurds have been America’s closest allies against Islamic State for years.

There are even Turkish troops in northern Iraq (without permission), and Erdogan has threatened to use them if the Iraqi army abuses Sunni Muslims during the reconquest of Mosul.

If Trump cosies up to the Russians instead, he will have to accept a close relationship with Assad’s brutal regime in Syria (no problem there) and also with Russia’s main ally in the Syrian war, Iran (potentially big problem there). But various latent conflicts are likely to burst into flame as the big civil wars in Iraq and Syria stagger to an end. Trump will have to jump one way or another quite soon.

Gwynne Dyer in an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Politicians spar over spending

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DMONTON — The Wildrose party says with the government signalling more spending coming in Thursday’s budget, Alberta needs a panel of steely-eyed critics to cut costs, similar to the TV show Dragons’ Den. “Most politicians, we all think we’re the smartest guy in the room but most of the time in fact we’re not.

We need to bring in experts to help us with this,” Opposition MLA Derek Fildebrandt said Wednesday.

His proposed fiscal reform commission would be a mix of politicians, public service and business experts similar to a program run by the former federal Conservative government, he said.

“I sort of envision it somewhat almost as a fiscal Dragons’ Den where government programs, where the way we are doing things, they’re all going to have to be challenged,” said Fildebrandt.

“They’re going to have to justify why they are there in the first place and how they’re doing things and are they doing it the best possible way for the best possible value to taxpayers.”

Fildebrandt said a Wildrose government could save $2.6 billion this year in operational savings, including $1.2 billion by cutting the broadbased carbon tax.

But Premier Rachel Notley called the concept nonsensical and demeaning to those affected.

“The Wildrose want to turn Albertans’ future into a reality TV show,” Notley told the legislature during question period.

“Who would run the gauntlet of their show? Children with special needs? Long-term care patients? Vulnerable children? Parents and students?

“How about (the TV show) Survivor?” Tune in next week to see who the Wildrose kicks off the island. Will

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Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci presents a new pair of soccer cleats to 11-year-old Yusef Moalim during a pre-budget photo opportunity in Edmonton, on Tuesday. The soccer cleats represent a more affordable lifestyle for families with the upcoming budget. it be seniors? Will it be students? Will it be people in hospital? Who are they gonna throw off the island?”

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All opposition parties say it’s time Notley’s government injects fiscal reality into budget deficits that have ballooned as falling oil revenues sap billions of dollars out of the bottom line.

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Ceci has said Thursday’s budget will include a similar commitment to front-line spending and a bottom-line in deficit.

Ceci said it’s counterproductive to penalize families with service cuts while oil rebounds and Alberta gets back on its feet.

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Rebels clinch third in Central Division with win

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Rebels 4 Hitmen 1 he Red Deer Rebels look like a well-oiled machine at the perfect time of the year.

Wednesday night the Rebels beat the Calgary Hitmen 4-1 for their fourth win in a row and clinched third place in the Central Division with just two games remaining.

“We played hard. We competed.

I liked our intensity. We played with some urgency,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said. “Obviously our power play was good tonight, we scored a couple big goals on that. We stayed with our game.”

With the victory, Red Deer locked up a playoff date with the Lethbridge Hurricanes in round one of the WHL playoffs.

“We obviously wanted that third spot and play Lethbridge and I thought it was a huge win for our team tonight, we responded very well,” Rebels alternate captain Brandon Hagel said.

Two of the Rebels top forwards have also found some long-lost love playing together as Hagel and Micheal Spacek were reunited in the past few weeks and kept the momentum rolling Wednesday.

“They’ve got some chemistry going between them. They see each other well,” Sutter said. “Probably the last two weeks, Hags has taken his game to a different level which has really

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helped. He’s more at the level I’d like to see him play at and his compete level, his battle level and the intensity and emotion he’s playing with.”

They combined for seven points on the night including two power play goals. Hagel scored the only goal of the first and added his second of the night on a nifty one-timer from Spacek.

The Buffalo Sabres draft pick has seven goals and 11 points in his past four games.

“I’m just keeping the game simple.

I’m not trying to do too much one-onone like I was before,” he said.

He finished with four points against the Hitmen and was the first star for the second night in a row.

Hagel returned the favour with a helper for his linemate midway through the second. Spacek wired a wrist shot past Hitmen goalie Cody Porter for his 30th goal of the year.

The Pardubice native has 15 points in his past eight games.

Rebels goalie Riley Lamb was solid in net with 26 saves.

Dawson Martin added a nifty goal midway through the third period after he picked up his own rebound and deked Porter. Jordan Roy also scored for his third in the past two games.

Defenceman Jared Freadrich extended his point streak to five games with an assist and has nine during that time.

Rebels are back on the ice Saturday night when they welcome the Edmonton Oil Kings to the Centrium for the final home game of the regular season.

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The Red Deer Rebels clinched third place in the Central Division with a 5-1 win over the Calgary Hitmen at the Centrium Wednesday night.

The first round playoff series starts against the Hurricanes starts Saturday, March 25, in Lethbridge.

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Bruins snap Flames’ 10-game winning streak

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Bruins 5 Flames 2 ALGARY — Brad Marchand scored his league-leading 36th goal of the season and David Backes returned after getting hurt to score the game winner as the Boston Bruins defeated Calgary 5-2 on Wednesday to end the Flames’ 10-game winning streak.

Backes got tied up with Flames defenceman Mark Giordano and taken into the corner boards 12 minutes into the game. He was favouring his leg as he was helped off the ice.

But he returned seven minutes into the second period and on his second shift back he broke a 2-2 deadlock. Backes took a pass from David Krejci on a 3-on-2 and from 30 feet out whipped a wrist shot over the glove of Chad Johnson.

David Pastrnak, with two, and Matt Beleskey also scored for Boston (38-26-6). The Bruins fourth straight win moves them to within three points of the second-place Ottawa Senators in the Atlantic

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Division.

Alex Chiasson and Dougie Hamilton scored for Calgary (39-27-4).

One of the best players during Calgary’s franchise record-tying win streak had been goaltender Brian Elliott. He had nine of the victories and in those nine appearances had a 1.74 goals-against average and a .943 save percentage.

However, Elliott woke up with the flu Wednesday morning and was told to stay home. Johnson got the start instead with Jon Gillies called up from Stockton (AHL) to be the back-up.

Elliott’s absence was felt.

Pastrnak’s first goal at 11:47 of the first slipped through Johnson’s pads to tie the game 1-1.

Marchand’s goal 6:04 into the second, that gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead, was a bad misplay by Johnson, who failed to catch a puck lobbed towards the net by Colin Miller, enabling Marchand to corral the rebound and fire it into the vacated net.

While Johnson would want that goal back, same could be said for Anton Khudobin on Hamilton’s

goal just 1:10 later. From about 70 feet away, the Flames defenceman beat the Boston goaltender with a wrister over his pad.

The Bruins added an insurance goal 3:36 into the third. TJ Brodie’s turnover at the Boston blue line led to a 2-on-0 for the visitors and they made no mistake with Ryan Spooner neatly setting up Beleskey for a one-timer and a 4-2 advantage.

As a result, the Flames trailed by two goals for the first time since Feb. 13.

Pastrnak added his second into an empty net in the dying seconds of the game.

Khudobin finished with 21 saves to win his fourth straight decision and even his record at 5-5-1. Johnson had 27 stops in falling to 18-14-1.

Notes: Boston welcomed back C Ryan Spooner (concussion) after missing three games… Calgary C Matt Stajan had an assist to give him 400 career points… Flames D Michael Stone (upper body) has missed three games but he’s getting closer to a return. He was a regular participant at Wednesday’s morning skate.

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Queen’s men’s hockey gets stick tap from Tragically Hip

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hen Queen’s head coach Brett Gibson wanted to provide an extra boost for his team leading into the U Sports men’s hockey championship, he turned to his golfing buddies for help.

Gord Sinclair and Paul Langlois, members of legendary Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, answered the call and suited up to skate with the Gaels, who will try to claim the Kingston, Ont., school’s first University Cup title this weekend in Fredericton.

“The boys, eyeballs were popping out of their heads,” Gibson said. ”It was just a good motivator.”

The Tragically Hip was formed in Kingston in 1983, and Gibson has become friends with the band members through golfing at the same country club.

He got the idea of reaching out to Hip for inspiration after seeing guitarist Rob Baker at a playoff game against McGill earlier this month.

Baker wasn’t able to attend due to an emergency appendectomy — he later apologized on Twitter — but bassist Sinclair and guitarist Langlois were happy to lace up their skates.

“They’re so down to earth,” said Gaels goaltender Kevin Bailie, who adds that the team always plays the Hip’s music in its dressing room. ”If no one told you they were the Tragically Hip, you would have thought they were just a couple dads of players on the team.”

Added Gibson: ”They came in and talked about living in the moment and don’t look past it. They were proud of us for beating McGill (in the OUA East final) because that was a long time coming. It was really just short and sweet and it was perfect.”

Queen’s enters this weekend’s championship as the No. 4 seed in its first appearance since 1981.

The Gaels (18-7-3) have a tough road ahead.

Not only did their Tuesday flight get cancelled — prompting an over 11-hour bus ride from Kingston — but Queen’s faces the host and defending champion UNB Varsity Reds on Thursday night in the single-elimination format tournament.

Led by head coach Gardiner MacDougall, the Varsity Reds are looking for their seventh U Sports title and have won five championships in the last 10 years. UNB (25-2-3) finished the regular season first in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference before falling to the St. Francis Xavier X-Men in the league final.

Bailie and Queen’s know that feeling all too well after also coming up short in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) final to the York Lions.

“Unfortunately for us, they’ll definitely be pissed off which is never a good thing,” Bailie said.

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Paul Langlois, left, and Rob Baker from the Tragically Hip help unveil a plaque at Springer market square in Kingston, Ont., last month. Langlois and bandmate Gord Sinclair, suited up to skate with the Queen’s men’s hockey team, which competes this weekend for the University Cup title.

“I’m not afraid to say, I think we’re definitely a big time underdog. It’s just a fact. UNB is effectively a professional hockey team, they’re ridiculously good.”

Canada West champion, the Alberta Golden Bears, is the tournament’s top seed and seeking its 16th championship. Along with Queen’s, UNB, York and St. FX, the Saskatchewan Huskies (Canada West finalist), McGill Redmen (OUA bronze medallist) and Acadia Axemen (AUS bronze medallist) round out the eight-team competition.

The last time the Gaels appeared in the University Cup, they were led by two-time Canadian university player of the year Paul Stothart.

Stothart, who had 206 points in only 88 games over four seasons, died from cancer in 2012. His son Alex is a forward on this year’s team and says it’s a pretty unique situation to be representing Queen’s

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“Growing up, I didn’t really understand what the university hockey what it all meant, but my dad would talk about teammates and show us pictures of back in the day with Queen’s when they went to nationals and would tell stories about how it was fun.

“Now that it’s all coming together, it is a pretty neat story.”

The two Stothart’s are very different players — Paul was a scorer, Alex a defensive forward. Alex feels as though he’s following his father’s footsteps to an extent, but has never made a point of follow his lead.

“But it’s a heck of a coincidence that I’m at the same school, playing on the same team, having the same kind of success,” he said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. district court ruled against the NHL in the League’s effort to overturn the reduction of Dennis Wideman’s suspension by a neutral arbitrator last season.

Judge Alison Nathan sided with neutral discipline arbitrator James Oldham, who cut Wideman’s suspension for knocking linesman Don Henderson to the ice from 20 games to 10. The NHL had sought to have the

20-game ban restored.

The NHL says in a statement released Wednesday night that it disagrees with the court’s decision, but understands the standard needed to overturn the decision. The league says it is ready to turn the page.

Wideman, a defenceman for the Calgary Flames, was suspended 20 games for hitting Henderson and knocking him down during a game against the Nashville Predators on Jan. 27, 2016.

Commissioner Gary Bettman upheld that suspension, but Oldham ruled that Wideman did not intend to injure Henderson and reduced the suspension to 10 games.

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Dryland training doesn’t stop for Flames

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ALGARY — Despite playing a game every second day for the rest of the regular season, the Calgary Flames aren’t shutting down their office training.

It’s crucial, in fact, to keep up weightlifting, core and mobility work and spins on the bike despite a hectic game schedule, says Calgary’s strength and conditioning coach.

“We do a lot of the same things to be honest,” Ryan van Asten said Tuesday following an optional practice at Scotiabank Saddledome. “We just modify the volume and intensity levels.

“We still have to train to maintain.

That’s what’s going to allow us to be ready to play down the stretch.”

When the Flames conclude their regular season April 8, they’ll have played 16 games in 31 days.

At 39-26-4 and currently on a 10-game winning streak, a playoff run of some duration is looking more and more likely for Calgary. They’re at home to the Boston Bruins (37-26-6) on Wednesday.

Keeping the engines revving and bodies healthy on their current game clip takes work.

After Monday night’s shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, van Asten says you would have seen some Flames in the weight room, some on bikes and others in cold tubs and on training tables.

NHL players can lose muscle mass they build up over the summer during the course of the season. Late in the season, a player can become what’s

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman confirms he’s had talks with Calgary mayor CALGARY — There’s been a lot of talk all season about the state of the aging Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

But it’s come mainly from the visitors’ dressing room, often from players who played the previous night in Edmonton. The comments from the opposition are generally not so flattering when comparing Calgary’s arena to the Oilers’ lavish new Rogers Place.

There was more talking on Wednesday, this time between two parties that have considerably more at stake than NHL teams on a road trip.

As NHL commissioner Gary Bettman met with media in his annual tour of NHL cities, he confirmed that he spoke earlier in the day with Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. The idea of a new facility for the Flames to call home was one of the discussion points.

known as “skinny fat”.

“Typically body weight stays about the same, but their fat and muscle composition changes a little bit and that’s what we try to avoid,” van Asten said.

Technology helps van Asten determine the right amount of dryland work for each player.

“There’s a system RVA has that you hook up to,” captain Mark Giordano explained. “It’s a heart-rate monitor and you put a couple of those patches on your hands and one on your forehead. It looks funny, but it monitors which systems are down and which ones are fine.”

Added van Asten: “It’s basically like heart-rate variability testing and it can give us a good indication of their ability to withstand a training load or stress.”

Before joining the Flames in 2014, van Asten was strength and conditioning coach for the Los Angeles Kings through a pair of Stanley Cup wins, so he’s shepherded players through a season of 100-plus games before.

“The primary focus right now at this point in time is making sure they are recovered for the next game, which has to do with a lot of things: nutrition, sleep and general mobility, hip health and shoulder health,” van Asten said.

“Outside of that, the secondary focus would be maintaining strength.”

While nine skaters and a goalie participated in Tuesday’s optional practice, winger Troy Brouwer rode the bike and played “sewer ball,” which is a game with a soccer ball “I actually spent an hour this afternoon with the mayor. We had a very cordial, open, candid conversation,” Bettman said. “I’m hopeful that the city and the Flames can be on the same page so this can move forward as quickly as possible.”

Opened in 1983, Calgary plays in the third-oldest arena in the league.

By next October when the Detroit Red Wings open the doors to their new Little Caesars Arena, it will be second oldest. The only facility older is Madison Square Garden and, while that iconic building in downtown New York was built in 1968, it underwent extensive renovations just a few years ago.

The closest thing to renovations in Calgary of late would have been the water damage repairs needed because of the 2013 Alberta floods.

“This building was built in the 1980s, they don’t build buildings like this any more,” said Bettman. “It’s a grand old building, it’s got a great roof-line, it’s historic in many ways. but these aren’t the facilities that our hockey teams typically have.”

Bettman says more than anything, it’s the fan experience that suffers.

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Calgary Flames’ Mark Giordano, prepares to ride a stationary bike, one of several ways he and his teammates aren’t shutting down their off-ice training, especially with so few games remaining in the regular season. that warms up hips and is a popular pre-game warmup for NHL teams.

“A lot of it has to do with how you’re feeling and that’s what Ryan is really good at,” Brouwer said.

“You come in and talk to him and say ‘I’m not feeling it today’ and he’s

OK with that. He’s not going to force workouts on you just because he’s a strength guy.

“He knows the players, knows how they’re playing, watches guys’ minutes. He does a lot more than just put workout plans together.”

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Gonzalez hits World Baseball Classic with harsh words

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LENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez had some harsh words for organizers of the World Baseball Classic.

“They’re trying to become the World Cup, but they’re not even close to being the Little League World Series,” the Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman said Wednesday.

‘THEY’RE TRYING TO BECOME THE WORLD CUP, BUT THEY’RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.’ — ADRIAN GONZALEZ

Gonzalez’s Mexican team beat Venezuela 11-9 Sunday in Guadalajara, leaving both teams tied with Italy for second in Group D behind Puerto (3-0).

The World Baseball Classic Twitter account initially announced Monday’s tiebreaker game would be between Mexico and Italy. But the WBC technical committee determined the tiebreaker — runs allowed per defensive inning — meant Italy (1.05) and Venezuela (1.11) advanced and not Mexico (1.12).

The Mexican Baseball Federation objected that the ninth inning of Sunday’s game should count as a partial inning, even though Italy scored five runs without Mexico getting any outs.

Gonzalez, a veteran of four WBCs, said he won’t play in any more. He said Mexico’s general manager called the two WBC representatives in Mexico seven times and sent several text messages and emails before Sunday’s game inquiring about what Mexico needed to do mathematically to advance. Gonzalez said WBC representatives never responded.

“So during the game when they posted it on the broadcast, they came into the dugout and I said ‘Hey, we just need to win by two,’” Gonzalez said.

“When we had first and second, no outs in the eighth or ninth, whatever it was, we didn’t bunt because we felt we’re already up two. … We win the game, and they change it on us.”

Gonzalez said he spoke with Kim Ng, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president for baseball operations, and was told the WBC technical committee was not responsible for the information disseminated on Twitter by the WBC and MLB. “You’re MLB! What do you mean you’re not accountable?” Gonzalez said he responded.

Dodgers teammate Joc Pederson walked up to the crowd of reporters around Gonzalez and said: “Unbelievable, huh? What kind of rules are those?”

“Mexico! Mexico! Mexico!” Pederson chanted loudly.

“Going into the ninth inning, our strategy we had talked about, was if we gave up a run, we would intentionally walk somebody and balk him in to tie the game, and try to win the game by two in extras,”

Simmonds scores 200th, Mason helps Flyers blank Penguins Flyers 4 Penguins 0 PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers feel their record isn’t indicative of the team they have. They certainly showed why on Wednesday night.

Wayne Simmonds scored the 200th goal of his career and Steve Mason made 23 saves to lead Philadelphia to a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Los Angeles Dodgers’ Adrian Gonzalez watching from the dugout during the seventh inning of Game 5 of the National League baseball championship series against the Chicago Cubs in Los Angeles last year. Gonzalez had some harsh words, Wednesday, for organizers of the World Baseball Classic, saying ‘they’re not even close to being the Little League World Series’.

Gonzalez said. “But because we were told you had to win by two, we went for the win.”

“So the whole game strategy changes by what we were told,” Gonzalez added. “Unbelievable. And all they said afterwards was ‘Well, that’s what we decided.’”

At issue was the definition of a partial defensive inning.

“The whole time they’re just putting their heads, like an ostrich sticking his head in a hole and trying to let it all diffuse and go away,” Gonzalez said. “I told it to their face. ‘You guys are unaccountable, you don’t account for your own actions, you guys have no integrity.’

“They don’t want to put out the face of ‘we made a mistake,’” Gonzalez said. “They’re just going to stick to what they said, so it sounds like they didn’t make a mistake. They’re blaming it on the media outlets, not themselves. So that’s a cowardly way out.”

Outfielder Alex Verdugo, Gonzalez’ Mexico teammate at the WBC, said he enjoyed the experience of playing in Mexico, but felt the ending cir-

cumstances left a “bad taste.”

“There’s nothing we can do about it now,” Verdugo said. “When we won, you could see the emotions that we had. How we reacted when we won, how Venezuela reacted when they lost. They thought they were out. We thought we were advancing. It’s tough to swallow.”

Verdugo said he’d participate again for his Mexico teammates, but would have to think about it given how the situation with his team was handled this year.

NOTES: Manager Dave Roberts said Gonzalez, Verdugo, Sergio Romo and Rob Segedin, all WBC participants who rejoined the Dodgers on Wednesday, got the day to get re-acclimated to spring training and will soon be back in action. … SS Corey Seager and OF Andre Ethier took part in the morning’s workout but still aren’t playing in games because of minor injuries, Roberts said. “If it was in the middle of the season, they would be able to play, but right now where we’re at, we still feel that it’s prudent to take it slow,” he said.

Giroux, Sean Couturier and Dale Weise also scored for the Flyers, who closed within five points of the idle New York Islanders for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Making the post-season remains a long shot for Philadelphia with just 13 games remaining and four teams to pass.

The Flyers snapped a three-game losing streak while handing the defending Stanley Cup champions their fourth shutout of the season.

“For us, it’s frustrating coming to the rink every day knowing we’re a better team than what we are in the standings,” Giroux said. “We have some games left here and we’re not going to stop.”

The road-weary Penguins completed an eight-

day, five-game road trip that took them through four time zones as they travelled 4,763 miles. The journey got longer due to Tuesday’s snowstorm in the Northeast, which caused the Penguins to fly home from Calgary on Tuesday rather than directly to Philadelphia. Pittsburgh arrived in Philadelphia late Wednesday morning.

But the Penguins didn’t use the travel as an excuse.

“I think everyone’s been in different situations over the course of their career,” Sidney Crosby said. “Sometimes it’s not perfect, but you’ve still got to go out there and perform, so I don’t think we’re going to use that as an excuse.”

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Agency launches review of business practices at banks

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ORONTO — Canada’s financial consumer watchdog is launching a review of business practices among the major banks following reports citing unnamed employees who alleged the lenders were signing customers up for services without their consent.

Lucie Tedesco, commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, said Wednesday she is concerned by the accusations and issued a statement reminding the lenders of their obligations to obtain prior consent before increasing credit limits and providing clients with new products.

“Financial institutions’ compliance with these rules is non-discretionary and the message must be disseminated from the boards of directors on down to customer-facing staff,” Tedesco said.

“Through the industry review we are announcing today, we will examine financial institutions’ business practices in relation to express consent and disclosure, including the identification of any factors that may be contributing to non-compliance.”

The review, which is set to begin next month, comes after the CBC reported that some employees from Canada’s five biggest banks alleged that they felt pressured to upsell, trick and even lie to customers to meet sales targets that were unrealistic.

TD (TSX:TD), the focus of early stories about the issue, has said it doesn’t believe the reports accurately reflect the bank’s workplace.

Scotiabank (TSX:BNS), Royal Bank (TSX:RY), CIBC (TSX:CM) and the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) said in emailed statements that they put clients’ needs first, they regularly seek feedback from their employees and customers, and work to resolve any issues.

“While there will be instances in which we make mistakes, we will always be committed to working with our employees and our customers to make things right,” Scotiabank said in its statement.

The Canadian Bankers Association said its member banks will co-operate “fully and constructively” with the review.

“We are confident that the banks’ strong policies,

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Bharat B. Masrani,the chief executive of TD Bank, speaks at the financial institution’s annual meeting in Montreal last year. procedures, and controls are functioning well,” the association said in an email.

Edward Jones analyst Jim Shanahan likened the situation to similar allegations facing Wells Fargo last year. In that case, the U.S. bank issued an apology and paid large penalties after regulators concluded that its employees had opened millions of unauthorized accounts and credit cards on behalf of clients.

“I can’t remember ever hearing of anything of this magnitude happening in Canada,” Shanahan said. “It hasn’t reached scandal proportions yet, but it’s certainly blowing up.”

Shanahan said banks are feeling intense pres-

sure from investors to continue growing their earnings and profitability in spite of headwinds such as rock bottom interest rates and higher capital requirements.

That pressure trickles down to executives and, ultimately, customer-facing sales representatives, Shanahan said.

“I don’t think we’ve heard the worst of this yet.

This is going to probably get a lot worse before it gets better.”

The financials sector was down 0.28 per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange in early afternoon trading Wednesday, with all five of the major Canadian banks in the red.

STATISTICS CANADA

Canadian household debt hits another record in Q4

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TTAWA — The amount Canadians owe compared with how much they earn hit another record high last year.

Statistics Canada said the amount of household credit market debt rose to 167.3 per cent of adjusted household disposable income in the fourth quarter, up from 166.8 per cent in the third quarter.

That means there was $1.67 in credit market debt for every dollar of adjusted household disposable income.

“After slowing to a stable year-over-year pace by late-2013, growth in this debt ratio has since accelerated again alongside torrid gains in the Vancouver and Toronto housing markets,” said Robert Kavcic, BMO Capital Markets senior economist.

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Fuelled by mortgages and low interest rates, household debt has been climbing steadily in recent years. Policy-makers have raised concerns about household debt and see it as a key risk to the economy.

While interest rates have been low for years, making borrowing money cheap for Canadians, some have expressed concerns about what could happen when rates rise or if there is a shock to the economy that results in a large number of job losses.

The increase in the key debt ratio came as income rose by 1.1 per cent, while household credit market debt gained 1.2 per cent.

Total household credit market debt, which includes consumer credit, and mortgage and non-mortgage loans, totalled nearly $2.029 trillion in the final quarter of last year. Mortgage debt accounted for 65.5 per cent of the total.

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In the fourth quarter, households borrowed an additional $28.4 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis, up from $18.7 billion added in the previous quarter.

Mortgages accounted for $18.9 billion in the three-month period, up $1.2 billion from the third quarter, while consumer credit and non-mortgage loans totalled $9.5 billion, up $8.5 billion from the previous quarter.

However, even as borrowing rose, household sector net worth at market value rose 1.0 per cent in the fourth quarter to $10.268 trillion, boosted by gains in the stock market.

The value of equity and investment fund shares, particularly mutual funds, helped push financial assets up 1.2 per cent, while non-financial assets grew 0.9 per cent, due to gains in real estate.

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Hot Toronto market pushes home sales up last month

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TTAWA — The searing real estate market in Toronto and the surrounding areas helped push home sales up last month to their highest mark in nearly a year, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Wednesday.

Home sales though the MLS system hit levels not seen since last April, gaining 5.2 per cent in February compared to January.

The association said February sales were up from the previous month in about 70 per cent of all local markets it measures, with the national increase driven by the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding regions.

The national average price for a

home sold in February was $519,521, up 3.5 per cent from a year ago, boosted by Greater Vancouver and Greater Toronto. Excluding those two markets, the national average price was $369,728.

CREA president Cliff Iverson said homes are selling briskly throughout the Greater Toronto Area and nearby communities.

“Elsewhere, competition among potential buyers is less intense, so listings take longer to sell,” Iverson said.

CREA reported the number of newly listed homes rose 4.8 per cent in February, led by the Toronto area and nearby markets following a sharp drop in January.

But the amount of time homes were on the market dropped national-

‘WHILE TD ECONOMICS STILL DOESN’T BELIEVE WE’RE IN A BUBBLE TERRITORY, WE DO THINK THAT THE MARKET HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASINGLY APPROACH ONE.’ — DIANA PETRAMALA,TD BANK ECONOMIST

ly to 4.2 months in February from 4.5 months in January.

The hot market in Toronto has prompted talk about a foreign buyers tax like the one instituted in Vancouver last year.

TD Bank economist Diana Petramala said markets in Ontario have been heating up at an unsustainable pace.

“While TD Economics still doesn’t

Supply line leak led to fire at Alberta oilsands facility, Syncrude says FORT MCMURRAY — A fire that broke out at a Syncrude oilsands site in northern Alberta was the result of a supply line that broke and leaked light oil, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

Crews were allowing the blaze at the Mildred Lake oilsands upgrader to burn itself off of flammable chemicals, 24 hours after it erupted on Tuesday afternoon, because that’s the safest way to dispose of the residual material, Will Gibson said.

“The fire was the result of a line failure which cause treated naptha (a light oil) to leak,” Gibson said, adding that the air is being monitored.

Most of Syncrude’s workforce has returned to the oilsands mining complex and the upgrader is still operating despite the fire, he said.

“The remainder of our operation is in a safe and stable position,” he said. “Flaring will continue to ensure excess natural gas and hydrogen is

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STATSCAN: Home sales up 5.2%

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The Canadian Real Estate Association reported Wednesday home sales in February were up 5.2 per cent compared with January, boosted

by Toronto and the surrounding area.

The national average price for a home sold in February was $519,521, up 3.5 per cent from a year ago, boosted by Greater Vancouver and Greater Toronto.

“As home prices accelerate in some parts of Canada, particularly in

believe we’re in a bubble territory, we do think that the market has the potential to increasingly approach one,” she wrote in a report.

“In light of mortgage rates remaining low and mortgage regulation changes having negligible impact on home demand, there appears to be no visible brake that would stop this train in this year.”

Compared with a year ago, sales in Canada were down 2.6 per cent from February 2016 due to a slowdown in B.C.’s Lower Mainland region, which has seen a significant drop in the pace of sales.

The B.C. government brought in a 15 per cent foreign buyers tax in Vancouver last August amid concerns about housing affordability. safely managed.

“This flaring will on occasion also consume excess sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide in a safe manner.”

Syncrude staff, the Alberta Energy Regulator and the province’s Occupational Health and Safety division are investigating. One worker was injured and taken to hospital in nearby Fort McMurray in serious but stable condition on Tuesday. The worker remained in hospital Wednesday afternoon, Gibson said.

The fire happened at one of the two hydrotreaters at Syncrude’s upgrader, Gibson said. The units are designed to start the upgrading process by separating heavy bitumen crude oil into components.

The incident raises questions about Syncrude’s operational reliability after it posted some of the best results in its 40-year history last year.

TD Securities analyst Menno Hulshof said in a note to investors that Syncrude averaged more than 98 per cent utilization in the second half of 2016, an improvement attributed by some to Suncor Energy increasing its stake in the ownership consortium from 12 per cent to 54 per cent.

Ontario, households have been getting a nice boost to their net wealth,” TD Bank economist Diana Petramala wrote in a note.

“Debt growth has accelerated somewhat, but it is not growing at the double-digit pace that would typically be considered dangerous.”

The latest reading on household debt from Statistics Canada came as consumer credit company Equifax said in its national consumer credit trends report that total consumer debt held by Canadians, including mortgages, in the fourth quarter increased six per cent compared with a year ago to $1.718 trillion.

The Equifax report also noted that while 46 per cent of consumers were decreasing their debt, 37 per cent were borrowing more.

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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

Trump announces challenge to Obama-era fuel standards

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PSILANTI, Mich. — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the administration will re-examine federal requirements governing the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, moving forcefully against Obama-era environmental regulations that Trump says are stifling economic growth.

Trump revealed his plans during a speech at an automotive testing centre near Detroit, where he also met with auto company executives and workers.

“This is going to be a new era for American jobs and job creation,” Trump said at a round-table meeting at the American Center for Mobility.

The EPA under Obama had promulgated a rule for cars and trucks requiring a fleet-wide average of 36 mpg in real-world driving by 2025.

Trump’s decision, while having no immediate effect, requires the Environmental Protection Agency to determine no later than April 2018 whether the 2022-25 standards established are appropriate. If the EPA determines they are not appropriate, the agency will submit a new proposal

next year.

“My administration will work tirelessly to eliminate the industry-killing regulations, to lower the job-crushing taxes and to ensure a level playing field for all American companies and workers,” Trump said at the centre, which produced B-24 bombers during the Second World War and is being converted into an automotive testing and product development facility.

Trump’s announcement is expected to set the stage for weaker fuel efficiency standards as well as drawnout legal battles with environmental groups and states such as California that adopted their own tough tailpipe standards for drivers.

“These standards are costly for automakers and the American people,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

He promised a “thorough review” that will “help ensure this national program is good for consumers and good for the environment California Gov. Jerry Brown accused Trump and Pruitt of trying to weaken auto-emission standards in what he called “an unconscionable gift to polluters.”

Brown and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced their states are intervening in a lawsuit challenging the EPA rule.

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President Donald Trump tours the American Center of Mobility, Wednesday, in Ypsilanti Township, Mich. From left are, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, GM CEO Mary Barra, and Trump.

New York is among more than a dozen, mostly Northeastern states that have adopted California standards.

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers — which represents a dozen major car manufacturers including General Motors, Ford, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota — praised Trump’s action.

It said he was creating an opportunity for federal and state officials to “reach a thoughtful and co-ordinated outcome predicated on the best and most current data.”

Environmental groups said Trump and his team appeared intent on eas-

ing gas-mileage requirements set by Obama.

“If they succeed we’ll pay more at the pump, depend more on oil from bad countries, drive up the trade deficit and pollute our kids’ atmosphere,” said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign.

As a practical matter, Trump’s announcement will target the Obama administration’s January decision to lock in strict gas mileage requirements for cars and light trucks, ending a review process before the Democrat left office.

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FEDERAL BUDGET

Aunt excoriates officials for Child-care sector expects multi-year funding failing young abuse victim

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TTAWA — Society failed the young Ottawa boy who endured being chained up, tortured and sexually abused at the hands of his father, a disgraced former RCMP officer, the victim’s maternal aunt told a sentencing hearing Wednesday.

The man, who cannot be identified under a court order aimed at protecting the identity of his son, sat silently in the courtroom with his head bowed throughout much of the hearing’s first full day.

But it was the welfare of the boy — and the enduring scars he carries as a result of the ordeal — that were the focus of attention during testimony.

“The internal, invisible damage will be with him forever,” the woman said of her nephew as she read from a victim impact statement that assailed the justice system and medical professionals for allowing the abuse to persist, “Individuals and institutions put in place to help him failed.”

Later, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Helen Ward told the Ottawa court-

room that the ex-Mountie was suffering from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, but chose not to seek treatment because he thought he knew what was right.

In November, the man was found guilty of aggravated assault, sexual assault causing bodily harm, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.

He was initially arrested in 2013 after the boy was found wandering in a neighbour’s back yard in search of water.

Court heard the boy nearly starved to death during his captivity, which left him chained and shackled, often naked, in an unfinished basement.

Ward, who was testifying as a defence witness, said the former officer exhibited “chronic and severe PTSD” while he was undergoing a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation, although she said the symptoms “fluctuated over time.”

He was “re-experiencing” behaviours he was subjected to as a child, including flashbacks, expressed hopelessness and at times denied his own actions, Ward testified.

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TTAWA — Child care advocates have been told to expect a long-term funding commitment in next week’s budget, sources say, but some are already wondering whether it’s wise of the federal government to promise years of cash without first securing conditions from the provinces.

It’s not clear just how much money is at stake, but those in the sector with knowledge of the government’s thinking expect that the March 22 budget will extend the $500 million pledged for fiscal 2017-18 into an annual commitment over 10 years.

Sources, speaking on condition of anonymity because details of the budget have not yet been publicly released, have been told the money is coming from the federal social infrastructure fund.

Spending $500 million a year would amount to a commitment of about $5 billion in child care funding over the decade that the fund is available.

Several sources said Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, who is responsible for the child care file, has been telling stakeholders that multi-year funding is on the way.

“Minister Duclos has been fairly clear at a couple of consultations that I’ve been at, that we should expect something in the budget,” said Vicky Smallman, director of women’s and human rights at the Canadian Labour Congress.

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An extended pledge would be one way to encourage the provinces and territories to sign a funding deal with Ottawa, she added.

“We said to him that it would be a show of good faith and seriousness to put money on the table, and that would help bring the provinces around.”

Mathieu Filion, a spokesman for Duclos, refused Tuesday to confirm any aspect of the budget, saying he would not comment on speculation.

The Liberal government sees the high cost of child care as an impediment that keeps some parents out of the workforce. The economic growth council advising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recommended last month that the Liberals create a universal, subsidized child care program, similar to one in Quebec, as a way to boost the participation of women in the workforce.

The 2016 federal budget committed $400 million to child care — as well as another $100 million for indigenous child care — beginning in fiscal 2017-18. The money was considered an incentive to encourage the provinces and territories to negotiate a national framework on early learning and child care.

Now it seems the government wants to raise the stakes.

Not everyone is satisfied with $500 million a year, however: some child care advocates would prefer to see a long-term commitment that demonstrates the federal government truly wants a seat at the table.

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TTAWA — A new study says the Liberal government should rethink federal parental benefits and overhaul a system that leaves out too many families and women, while ditching the idea of dedicated time off for new dads.

As is, the study says, there is a cohort of new parents, particularly mothers, who don’t qualify for benefits because employment insurance rules require them to have worked a specific number of hours in the previous year.

Other can’t qualify because they are self-employed or freelancers — a problem likely to increase with the widening of the “gig” economy.

Self-employed parents can voluntari-

ly opt-in to the employment insurance system in order to qualify for parental benefits, but the study says the take up is low.

Looking even closer at the numbers, the study released Wednesday by the Institute for Research on Public Policy found that parents from lower and modest income homes — those the federal government would consider as hoping to join the middle class — don’t take benefits for a full year.

The study’s author said it all leads to questions of how inclusive the parental leave system really is and whether a change in rules would mean parents aren’t forced back to work sooner than they are meant to in order to make ends meet.

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Excluding Mexico would hurt the Canadian economy: consul

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USTIN, United States — Canadians shouldn’t be naive enough to believe any deal to exclude Mexico from NAFTA wouldn’t hurt the Canadian economy as well, says the Mexican consul general for Austin, Texas.

Up until now, U.S. President Donald Trump has mostly focused on Mexico when discussing his intentions to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement to make it more advantageous for Americans — or even just scrap it altogether.

But Carlos Gonzales Gutierrez told The Canadian Press it would be in Canada’s best interest to fight to keep NAFTA as a trilateral agreement.

“I am no expert but I do know that our Canadian friends should not be naive to think that the disruption of the supply chains between Mexico and the United States will not affect Canada,” he said at a conference in Austin.

While Trump has previously indicated he expects only minor tweaks to the trade relationship with Canada, U.S. lawmakers urged a get-tough approach on Tuesday in several areas, including the supply-management systems that govern poultry and dairy

products.

But regardless of the extent of the talks touching Canada, Gonzales Gutierrez said the country would be negatively affected if Mexico is pushed aside.

In particular, the North American auto industry would be hurt by any disruption to supply, he said.

He also said automation is responsible for the majority of the U.S. job losses that are commonly blamed on NAFTA. If anything, he said Canada should seek to not only protect NAFTA, but also to enhance it.

“We are not competitors, we are partners,” he said.

“Together, we should compete against other production clusters around the world.”

In advance of the renegotiations, Mexican officials have been working to promote the advantages of the agreement and correct what they say are misconceptions about it.

At a panel discussion at the South

by Southwest Conference, Gonzales Gutierrez sought to convince the Texas business community that NAFTA is vital to its interests, given the $200 billion in trade between the two partners each year.

He said Mexico is open to dialogue and ready to “negotiate anything on

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New Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is heading up the negotiation process to help revamp the NAFTA agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Mexican consul general Carlos Gonzales Gutierrez says it would be in Canada’s best interests to fight to keep NAFTA as a trilateral agreement. the table” during the trade talks, but couldn’t say whether that spirit of openness is shared by members of the

Trump administration.

“That, I cannot say,” he said with a smile.

SECURITY

Large-living Canadian charged with Russians in massive Yahoo hack

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ORONTO — A Canadian man of Kazakh origins who appeared to live a lavish lifestyle in southern Ontario was arrested as one of four suspects in a massive hack of Yahoo that targeted American government officials, Russian journalists opposed to the regime of President Vladimir Putin, and ordinary email users, authorities said Wednesday.

Karim Baratov, 22, was taken into custody in Ancaster, Ont., on Tuesday morning at the request of American officials, a police spokesman said.

“Our job was to locate and arrest one of the people,” Mark Pugash told The Canadian Press. “We did that safely without incident.”

The U.S. Department of Justice said a grand jury in California had indicted Baratov and three others — two of them allegedly officers of the Russian Federal Security Service — for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offences.

According to the department, the four are alleged to have hacked into Yahoo’s systems and stolen information from more than 500 million user accounts. “(They) then used some of that stolen information to obtain unau-

thorized access to the contents of accounts at Yahoo, Google and other webmail providers, including accounts of Russian journalists, U.S. and Russian government officials, and private-sector employees of financial, transportation and other companies,” the department alleged.

“One of the defendants also exploited his access to Yahoo’s network for his personal financial gain, by searching user communications for credit-card and gift-card account numbers.”

Baratov was arrested under the extradition act, and appeared in court in Hamilton Wednesday morning.

His case was put over until Friday afternoon, when he was expected to appear by video.

Mike Le, owner of All In Detailings in Mississauga, Ont., called Baratov an exotic car buff who had referenced doing some “computer geek stuff.”

His client was popular and flashy but also reserved about anything personal, Le said.

“All my friends know him too, and none of them know anything about his life,” Le said. “He’s very secretive about his life.”

Le said he worked on an Aston Martin for Baratov, who he said frequently bought and sold expensive cars.

If convicted, American authorities said they wanted to seize a grey Aston Martin DBS with the licence plate “MR KARIM” and an unspecified

amount of money in Baratov’s PayPal account for “Elite Space Corporation,” a copy of the indictment in the case shows.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 128.84 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.89

BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.57 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.50 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.07

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Stock indexes in Toronto and New York surged Wednesday, while the loonie rose nearly a full U.S. cent, after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months.

As widely expected, the U.S. central bank hiked its key short-term rate by a quarter-point to a range of 0.75 to one per cent, a move prompted by solid signs of a strengthening U.S. economy.

In recent months, there continues to be indicators that ultra-low borrowing rates are no longer needed to help the economy grow as gauges on job growth, retail sales, consumer prices and housing builds have all come in higher than analysts had been expecting.

The Fed also noted that inflation, after lagging at low levels for years, has picked up and was moving near its two per cent target.

The bank said it still projects there will be only three rate hikes this year, unchanged from its last forecast in December.

Many economists think the next hike won’t occur until at least June, given that the Fed likely wants time to assess whether Congress will pass President Donald Trump’s ambitious program of tax cuts, deregulation and increased spending on infrastructure.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average advanced 112.73 points to 20,950.10, the S&P 500 index rose 19.81 points to 2,385.26, and the Nasdaq composite index added 43.23 points at 5,900.05.

But the announcement put a damper on the greenback, sending the currency lower.

As a result, the Canadian dollar climbed 0.99 of a U.S. cent at 75.15 cents US, amid higher crude prices.

The April crude contract was up $1.14 at US$48.86 per

Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.02 Cdn. National Railway . . 96.62 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 196.38 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.83 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.63 Cervus Equipment Corp 13.75 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 64.44 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 55.05 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.85 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.75 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.09 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 28.05 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.70 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 53.02 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.46 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.70 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 7.21 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 61.08

Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 153.49 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.38 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.86 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.36 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 31.20 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.58 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.23 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 25.33 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 14.46 First Quantum Minerals . 14.07 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.56 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.64 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.64 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.76 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.99 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.980 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 28.33

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barrel after being in negative territory for seven sessions in a row.

Portfolio manager Luciano Orengo said although the increase was anticipated, financial markets read the forecast as more “dovish.”

Some had believed the Fed would change its plan to raise rates four times this year, not three.

“The statement didn’t have a more hawkish announcement. It’s just reiterating what was said in December,” said Orengo, who works at Manulife Asset Management. “Basically they’re going to stay the path.”

In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index gained 141.30 points, or nearly one per cent, at 15,520.91, as gold, materials and metals stocks led advancers.

Financials were the only decliner, down by 0.47 per cent after Canada’s financial consumer watchdog is launching a review of business practices among

the major banks following reports citing unnamed employees who alleged the lenders were signing customers up for services without their consent.

The review, which is set to begin next month, comes after the CBC reported that some employees from Canada’s five biggest banks alleged they felt pressured to upsell, trick and even lie to customers to meet sales targets that were unrealistic.

In other commodities, the April gold contract lost $1.90 at US$1,200.70 an ounce, May copper was up two cents to US$2.66 a pound, and April natural gas rose four cents at US$2.99 per mmBTU. — With files from The Associated Press FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,520.91, up 141.30

Thursday, March 16, 2017 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 19.19 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 30.83 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 57.71 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.53 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 21.63 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 43.76 Canyon Services Group. . 5.58 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 16.68 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.69 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.670 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 82.00 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 51.54 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.73 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.46 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.88 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.40 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.19 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.29

Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 40.76 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.22 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.37 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 49.68

points Dow — 20,950.10, up 112.73 points S&P 500— 2,385.26, up 19.81 points Nasdaq — 5,900.05, up 43.23 points Currencies: Cdn — 75.15 cents US, up 0.99 of a cent Pound — C$1.6363 down 0.27 of a cent Euro — C$1.4249, down 0.53 of a cent Euro — US$1.0708, up 1.02 cents Oil futures: US$48.86, up $1.14 (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,200.7 per oz., down $1.90 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.621 per oz., $759.42 kg.

lower $515.50 Nov. ‘17 $1.50 lower $495.70 Jan. ‘18 $1.80 lower $501.10 March ‘18 $2.10 lower $505.40 May ‘18 $1.90 lower $507.60 July ‘18 $1.90 lower $508.10 Nov. ‘18 $1.90 lower $499.80 Jan. ‘19 $1.90 lower $499.80 March ‘19 $1.90 lower $499.80 May ‘19 499.80 higher $499.80.

Barley (Western): March ‘17 unchanged $135.00 May ‘17 unchanged $137.00 July ‘17 unchanged $138.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $138.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $138.00 March ‘18 unchanged $138.00 May ‘18 unchanged $138.00 July ‘18 unchanged $138.00 Oct. ‘18 unchanged $138.00 Dec. ‘18 unchanged $138.00 March ‘19 unchanged $138.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 420,360 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley).

Total: 420,360.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ‘17 $3.40 lower $510.80 July ‘17 $2.50

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . 101.24 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 78.22 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.90 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.01 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 37.36 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 41.28 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 94.17 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 24.49 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 57.46 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.650 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 96.66 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 48.81 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.95

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Empire can win back Safeway customers, says CEO

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ORONTO — Supermarket owner Empire Co. Ltd. has a lot of work to do before it can regain customer loyalty lost due to mistakes made after its purchase of Safeway Canada, its new chief executive said on Wednesday.

Focus groups suggest “we really did let them down” but there’s still loyalty to Safeway in the West that can be recaptured, Michael Medline told analysts. It was his first conference call since becoming the head of Canada’s second-largest grocery chain, which also owns Sobeys.

“You’ve got to be priced right and that’s pretty basic. But I think we strayed away about talking about our overall value proposition,” Medline said.

“Canadians should shop (with) us for a variety of reasons … and we got focused on talking only about price.”

The former Canadian Tire executive said investors would likely only

see incremental improvements in the company’s fiscal fourth quarter.

Empire (TSX:EMP.A) reported a modest profit on Wednesday after recovering from a huge loss in last year’s third quarter, when its previous CEO oversaw a writedown involving its businesses in Western Canada.

Excluding the writedowns, Empire’s earnings in this year’s third quarter fell by 58 per cent to $34.6 million. Its revenue dropped by $137.4 million to $5.89 billion.

Medline said that company management has made progress on getting product pricing right and stabilizing the profit margins.

But it needs to cut out costs further to improve margins and make the organization easier to manage, he said, without disclosing exactly how those goals will be achieved. He did, however, point to the company’s “highly regionalized” structure.

“I can tell you, every single day that goes by, I realize that the current re-

gional structure we have is very, very difficult to get things done,” he said.

Based in Stellarton, N.S., Empire had $30.5 million of net income for the company’s fiscal third quarter ended Feb. 4, or 11 cents per share under generally accepted accounting principles.

Irene Nattel, who covers Canadian retailers for RBC Dominion Securities, said in a brief note that Empire’s third-quarter results were “no worse than expected” and that earnings per share were above her forecast of seven cents per share.

The stock closed up 4.7 per cent at

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$17.32 in Toronto.

But the grocer was also hit with a downgrade by debt ratings agency DBRS, which lowered it to BB (high) from BBB (low) and maintained its negative trend, suggesting it could be cut even further. DBRS said the change reflected Sobeys’ underperformance relative to its peers, resulting in lost market share.

A year earlier, Empire had a loss of $1.37 billion or $5.03 per share, mostly due to a writedown of the Safeway chain — which Sobeys purchased for $5.8 billion in cash in November 2013 .

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Kendall Waston’s own goal costs Whitecaps

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Tigers 2 Whitecaps 0 ONTERREY, Mexico — Kendall Waston’s own goal in the 66th minute cost the Whitecaps as Vancouver fell to Mexico’s Tigres UANL 2-0 on Tuesday in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinal.

Edurado Vargas added an insurance goal in the 87th minute for the Tigres.

The rematch with Tigres goes April 5 at Vancouver’s B.C. Place Stadium.

Playing in Mexico has historically been a nightmare for Major League Soccer teams, who are a combined 2-43-8 in Champions League play. That’s two wins in 53 games.

Crosses into the area were an issue for the Whitecaps all night, with Vancouver’s defence unable to keep tabs on all of the Tigres’ players.

Vancouver ‘keeper David Ousted had a close call just seven minutes into the match as a corner ball was deflected and fell to the feet of Andre-Pierre Gignac, who had a virtually empty net in front of him. His dribbling shot, however, gave Ousted enough time to dive and make the save.

Ousted had another close call in the 56th minute with a Tigres’ corner bouncing from player to player, with a Gignac header being directed straight to the charging Luis Quinones. The Whitecaps goal-

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Goodyear retires blimps but keeps familiar form in flight

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LOS ANGELES — Goodyear is letting the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps.

But shed no tears, blimp fans, you’ll still see a familiar blue-and-gold form floating over your favourite sports event or awards show long after the California-based “Spirit of Innovation” goes flat Tuesday.

But although its replacement, “Wingfoot Two,” will look about the same when it arrives at Goodyear’s California airship base in Carson later this year, it will be a semi-rigid dirigible.

Such aircraft, one of which has already replaced Goodyear’s Florida blimp, have a frame,

keeper couldn’t get his hand on the ball but Quinones’s header went over the crossbar.

Ousted was shook up on the play and needed a few moments to compose himself after Quinones had run into him.

Waston’s misplay of a cross was Vancouver’s undoing. Gignac dribbled the ball down the left side of the field and into the box and made a light right-footed cross that Waston redirected into his own net at the 66th minute.

An exhausted Whitecaps defence was exposed again in the 87th minute. Quinones sent a cross through Vancouver’s area, with an unmarked Jurgen Damm Rascon gathering up the ball and unleashing a booming shot that ricocheted off a Whitecaps defender. Vargas was in perfect position to volley that bounce in from near the penalty spot for the 2-0 lead.

The Whitecaps have a draw and a loss to open their MLS season, including Saturday’s 3-2 defeat in San Jose against the Earthquakes that saw Vancouver blow a 2-0 lead after goalkeeper Ousted was sent off.

Vancouver beat the New York Red Bulls 3-1 in the Champions League quarter-finals to move onto the last four of the competition that features teams from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

The Whitecaps are the third Canadian team to make the semis after Toronto FC in 2011-12 and the Montreal Impact in 2014-15.

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson walks to the sideline before an MLS soccer game against the Philadelphia Union in Vancouver, B.C., earlier this month.

which means they maintain their shape when the helium is drained. Blimps, on the other hand, go flat. “Wingfoot Two,” currently operating in Ohio, will be replaced by yet another dirigible when it leaves there for California.

Far more important to Goodyear is that the new airships are faster, quieter, larger, easier to fly and more manoeuvrable than the blimps it introduced more than 90 years ago. Still, the company plans to keep calling the new models blimps.

“Because a Goodyear Semi-rigid Dirigible doesn’t roll off the tongue,” laughed company airship historian Eddie Ogden.

The switch to dirigibles offers a similar-looking, cigar-shaped flying machine but one that’s 246 feet long, nearly the length of a football field and 50 feet longer than the old blimps. With room for three en-

gines instead of two, it will be able to hit freeway speeds of over 70 miles per hour and turn on a dime.

The quieter engines also will provide an advantage in covering golf tournaments, Ogden said, by eliminating the racket that can sometimes disrupt golfers lining up their putts. The ability to hover will allow a pilot to better position the aircraft to capture NASCAR race finishes and key moments in a baseball game.

And the ability to take off and land like a helicopter will put an end to those funny-looking runway pursuits by the ground crew.

Still, “Spirit of Innovation” was an innovator in its day and its deflation comes with some emotion.

Its gondola, originally christened Columbia in 1986, became Eagle in 2002 and finally Innovation following a public name-that-blimp contest in 2006.

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GOLF

Fowler honours friendship with Palmer with wardrobe, words

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ickie Fowler’s eye-catching appearance has been his trademark since he first hit the PGA Tour in

2010.

Arnold Palmer’s sense of cool and style was unmatched in golf for decades, making it only fitting Fowler found a way to honor The King with his wardrobe during the first tournament at Bay Hill without Palmer.

On the eve of the opening round of Arnold Palmer Invitational, Fowler donned special-edition Puma hi-top shoes during Wednesday’s Pro-Am to pay homage to Palmer and his charity.

“I told some people I’m not sure if I’m going to take them off,” Fowler said.

A collage of Palmer appears on each side of the shoes; Palmer’s signature is laser-engraved on the Velcro straps; and his multi-colored umbrella logo sits behind the tongue of the left shoe, while on the right are words from Fowler on Palmer’s influence.

“I love you as did everyone! RIP The King!” Fowler concludes.

Fowler is just 28, but he had a deep and abiding history with Palmer.

Wearing a hat and windshirt emblazoned with iconic API umbrella, Fowler recalled teeing it up during the annual Seminole Pro-Member in 2011 with Palmer and shooting a 63.

“I’m glad I stepped up to the occasion, at least showed him a little bit,” Fowler said.

Palmer had his moments that day, too.

“Still had great hands,” Fowler said. “I think it was on 11, he hit about a 50-yard bunker shot up the hill. No big deal. And that’s one of the hardest

Lawyers cite golfer Phil Mickelson in insider trading case NEW YORK — A prosecutor and a defence attorney at an insider trading trial agreed that golfer Phil Mickelson was pivotal to their case Wednesday, telling jurors that what they’ll learn about him will help them decide whether a professional Las Vegas gambler earned over $40 million illegally through insider

shots in golf.”

Fowler played Bay Hill for the second time a few weeks later, finishing for a tie for 30th after a tough final-round 78. In 2013, Fowler tied for third, while Tiger Woods won the API for the eighth time.

“That was one of my kind of favorite memories from here,” Fowler said. “I was able to hang at bar with [Woods] and Arnold after that and just kind of share a late afternoon into the night with those guys.”

But Fowler could not make it to Bay Hill in 2016 for the final tournament with Arnold Palmer there.

Fowler, who lives in Jupiter, did make a two-hour drive to have lunch with Palmer and let him know he would not be playing.

Palmer appreciated the Fowler going the extra mile.

Palmer’s undisturbed office at Bay Hill is a veritable museum to his career. Only one golf hat sits on the shelves — one signed by Fowler after his visit last March.

“I wasn’t aware of it,” Fowler said.

“I was sent a picture a few days back and saw it was in there. Hopefully we can add to that.

“I want to leave the right shoe here and hopefully next to the hat.”

Fowler plans to put the left shoe in a small shrine to Palmer back at his home, along with a Ryder Cup hat with an umbrella pin, a program from Palmer’s Oct. 4 memorial service in Latrobe, Pa., and other items related to The King.

The other pair of commemorative hi-tops will be auctioned on ebay until Sunday, with proceeds going to Arnie’s Army Charitable Foundation.

As the afternoon wound down Wednesday, the bid was approaching $10,000.

But Fowler knows the best way to

honor Palmer this week would be to win his tournament.

At times, Fowler’s career has been more style than substance, but his talent has never been a question.

His win last month at the Honda Classic, Fowler’s fourth victory on Tour, moved him inside the top-10 in the world rankings and makes him a favorite this week.

“I like where the game’s at, where it’s heading,” he said.

But if Fowler were to walk away from Bay Hill Sunday with a win,

something would be missing.

Palmer’s 72nd hole handshake capped a big week for the winner.

Soon, he was sure to receive one of the handwritten, congratulatory letters Palmer would send players throughout the season.

Fowler has a few of them.

“Whenever you see the letterhead and see who it’s from … it could be a blank page and just signed Arnold Palmer at the end and it’s awesome,” Fowler said. “I know everyone’s going to miss those.”

trading.

The golfer’s name first arose during opening statements when Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Ferrara told Manhattan federal court jurors that gambler William “Billy” Walters encouraged friends, including Mickelson, to buy stock in Dean Foods Co., a Dallas-based company that is one of the nation’s largest processors of milk for retailers.

Ferrara said Walters knew inside information he got from a former Dean Foods board member was a sure thing.

He called it “another way you know Walters had the hottest information in town.”

Mickelson was spared from criminal charges after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused him in a civil lawsuit of making nearly $1 million in a 2012 stock trade that Walters suggested he make.

The golfer agreed to repay it.

Given his turn before jurors, defence attorney Barry Berke invoked Mickelson’s name as proof that his client is innocent, saying it wouldn’t make sense for Walters to tell secrets

to a celebrity.

“If you’re Bill Walters and somebody’s giving you inside information, the last thing you would do is give it to Phil Mickelson, one of the most famous athletes in the world who is going to attract regulatory scrutiny.”

Neither attorney promised jurors they would hear Mickelson testify.

But U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel hinted at it as a possibility when he asked prospective jurors on Monday if they could be fair “if somebody comes up here and says: ‘I’m a professional golfer.’ ”

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Golfer Rickie Fowler, dressed in Arnold Palmer’s favourite colour from head to toe, has found a unique way to honour the King on the first tournament at Bay Hill without Palmer.

NHL

Youngest GM in sports history learns on the job

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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hile taking in a Panthers game on break from the NHL general managers in Florida earlier this month, the youngest GM in pro sports history picked the brain of one of hockey’s greatest players and savviest managers.

John Chayka wanted to know how Steve Yzerman went about constructing Team Canada’s Olympic and world championship teams, and how the process helped him develop as a manager.

“And I don’t know how much it helps me in my situation in Arizona too much… (but) at the same time I think you can always apply logic or learn no matter what the background is,” Chayka said of conversations with the hall of famer and Tampa Bay Lightning GM. The Arizona Coyotes’ 27-year-old GM has tried to absorb as many lessons as possible in his first year on the job, from building relationships with more experienced colleagues to handling trade talks at the deadline to figuring out how to best to manage time. It’s all new for the Jordan Station, Ont., native, a shocking hire by the Coyotes at age 26 last spring.

The GMs fraternity in the NHL is prototypical of an old boys club, populated by former players, coaches and managers. The average age of the other 30 GMs is 54 with the oldest of the group, 74-year-old Lou Lamoriello, hired into the league in 1987 before Chayka was even born in 1989.

Chayka hints that his age has been ”an issue” in his first-year dealings as GM, nothing malicious, he says, ”but there is the reality that you are the youngest person in the room.”

Still, he contends that his unique viewpoint serves as a helpful counterbalance in trades with some of his fellow GMs because his wants and needs may differ from competitors.

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Friday

LOCAL SPORTS B Hockey: Red Deer Vipers Saturday vs. Cochrane Generals, 8 p.m.,

● Chinook Hockey League: Lacombe Generals vs. Stony Plain Eagles 8 p.m., Lacombe

● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Edmonton Oil Kings, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage League: Junior

WHL Eastern Conference East Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts xy-Regina 70 50 12 7 1 340 210 108 x-Moose Jaw 70 41 20 8 1 244 212 91 x-Swift Current70 38 22 4 6 240 228 86 x-Brandon 70 31 29 7 3 224 234 72 Saskatoon 70 27 34 7 2 184 240 63 Prince Albert 70 20 43 5 2 190 277 47 Central Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts xy-M. Hat 70 49 20 1 0 337 240 99 x-Lethbridge 70 44 19 4 3 272 240 95 x-Red Deer 70 30 28 8 4 234 249 72 Calgary 70 28 32 8 2 205 280 66 Edmonton 70 21 43 5 1 184 287 48 Kootenay 70 14 44 10 2 175 325 40

3. Lethbridge, Bellerive 27 (Vandervlis, Bowen) 10:59.

4. Lethbridge, Addison 8 (Joseph, Franklin) 15:37.

Penalties — Patterson Ktn (hooking) 5:39 Bellerive Let (tripping) 6:42.

Second Period 5. Lethbridge, Estephan 34 (Babenko) 10:22.

6. Lethbridge, Babenko 23 (Estephan, Baer) 15:22.

Penalties — Hines Ktn (holding) 1:07 Kootenay bench (too many men, served by Elmer) 3:37 Estephan Let (inter. on goaltender) 5:51 Bellerive Let (interference) 10:43 Pouliot Ktn (cross checking) 16:37.

Third Period 7. Kootenay, Kroeker 18 (Murray, Fleury) 5:00.

8. Lethbridge, Vandervlis 7 (Bowen) 14:22 (sh).

9. Lethbridge, Estephan 35 (Alfaro, Riddle) 16:06.

Penalties — Pouliot Ktn, Nagel Let (major, major-fighting) 3:43 Franklin Let, Sheen Ktn (major, major-fighting) 3:48 Franklin Let (tripping) 13:11 Davis Ktn (hooking) 18:07.

Shots on goal by Kootenay 10 10 14 — 34 Lethbridge 19 13 13 — 45 Goal — Kootenay: Walter (L, 4-17-2-0). Lethbridge: Skinner (W, 34-17-3-2).

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Sunday

● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Edmonton Oil Kings, 4 p.m.

HOCKEY

Western Conference U.S. Division W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts x-Seattle 44 19 4 2 246 201 94 x-Everett 41 16 8 3 214 159 93 x-Portland 39 27 1 3 272 248 82 x-Tri-City 38 28 3 0 256 239 79 Spokane 26 32 7 3 220 260 62 B.C. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts x-P. George 70 44 21 3 2 249 198 93 x-Kelowna 69 43 21 5 0 271 203 91 x-Kamloops 70 41 23 2 4 240 194 88 x-Victoria 70 37 27 5 1 235 210 80 Vancouver 69 20 43 3 3 180 278 46 Note: x - clinched playoff berth y - clinched division Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

GP 69 68 70 69 68

Sunday’s Games Calgary 5 Edmonton 2 Portland 4 Everett 3 Tuesday’s Games Swift Current 6 Brandon 3 Regina 5 Saskatoon 4 Prince Albert 3 Moose Jaw 2 (OT) Red Deer 8 Medicine Hat 3 Edmonton 3 Kootenay 2 (OT) Vancouver 5 Victoria 3 Portland 6 Tri-City 1 Wednesday’s Games Regina 6 Swift Current 2 Red Deer 5 Calgary 1 Lethbridge 8 Kootenay 1 Brandon 3 Moose Jaw 1 Seattle at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Everett at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Regina at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Spokane at Portland, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 5:05 p.m.

Everett at Tri-City, 5:05 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Rebels 5, Hitmen 1 First Period 1. Red Deer, Hagel 28 (Freadrich, Spacek) 12:51 (pp).

Penalties — Polei Rd (slashing) 1:37 Rd (too many men) 6:10 LaPointe Cgy (tripping) 12:20 Zablocki Rd, Zipp Cgy (major, major-fighting) 19:42 Polei Rd (misconduct, 10-minute misconduct) 19:42.

Second Period 2. Red Deer, Hagel 29 (Spacek, Bobyk) 2:48 (pp).

3. Red Deer, Spacek 30 (Hagel) 11:48.

4. Calgary, Malenstyn 29 (Gennaro) 14:25 (sh).

Penalties — Gennaro Cgy (holding opp. stick) 1:58 Kastelic Cgy (high sticking) 13:52 Sass Rd, Kryski Cgy (major, major-fighting) 20:00 Reagan Cgy, Kastelic Cgy, Bobyk Rd (roughing) 20:00.

Third Period 5. Red Deer, Roy 5 (Bobyk, Martin) 8:45.

6. Red Deer, Martin 10 (Hagel) 13:22.

Penalties — Polei Rd (checking to the head) 1:47 Barteaux Rd (delay of game) 18:44.

Shots on goal by Calgary 14 9 4 — 27 Red Deer 6 14 9 — 29 Goal — Calgary: Porter (L, 13-16-2-1). Red Deer: Lamb (W, 14-12-4-3).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 0-4 Red Deer: 2-4.

Referees — Jeff Ingram, Brett Iverson. Linesmen — Chad Huseby, Deion Foster.

Hurricanes 8, Ice 1 First Period 1. Lethbridge, Estephan 33 (Menell) 5:45 (pp).

2. Lethbridge, Baer 14 (Babenko, Vandervlis) 10:25.

Pats 6, Broncos 2 First Period 1. Regina, Brooks 40 (Wagner, Ahl) 0:54.

2. Regina, Leedahl 34 (Steel, Henry) 10:56.

3. Regina, Zborovskiy 7 (Leedahl, Steel) 18:06.

Penalties — Lockner Reg (delay of game) 19:58.

Second Period 4. Swift Current, Pederson 25 (Gawdin, Schmiemann) 3:15.

5. Regina, Henry 35 (Leedahl, Brooks) 7:42 (pp).

6. Regina, Hobbs 30 (Steel, Brooks) 16:21 (pp).

Penalties — Gawdin Sc (cross checking) 6:16 Zborovskiy Reg (slashing) 9:18 Khaira Sc (checking to the head) 13:33.

Third Period 7. Regina, Ahl 26 (Sloboshan, Mahura) 6:24.

8. Swift Current, Lindgren 26 (Gawdin, Heponiemi) 18:50 (pp).

Penalties — Khaira Sc (cross checking) 4:03 Ahl Reg (interference) 8:27 Leedahl Reg (tripping) 13:44 Steel Reg (roughing) 16:35 Schioler Reg (delay of game) 18:05.

Shots on goal by Swift Current 6 7 13 — 26 Regina 12 11 18 — 41 Goal — Swift Current: Burman (L, 17-12-4-1). Regina: Hollett (W, 14-2-2-0).

Wheat Kings 3, Warriors 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 1. Moose Jaw, Woo 5 (Sozanski, Khomenko) 8:49.

2. Brandon, Gutenberg 13 (Lewis, Bukac) 12:49.

3. Brandon, Duke 37 (Mattheos, Shearer) 14:17.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 4. Brandon, Daley 2 (Jensen, Nell) 13:27.

Penalties — Paradis Mj (tripping) 2:50 Osipov Bdn (cross checking) 8:56 Duke Bdn (hooking) 9:20 Almeida Mj (hooking) 17:56.

Shots on goal by Brandon 4 12 8 — 24 Moose Jaw 11 14 4 — 29 Goal — Brandon: Thompson (W, 14-16-5-2). Moose Jaw: Willms (L, 12-7-2-0).

WHL SCORING LEADERS G A Sam Steel, Reg 49 78 Adam Brooks, Reg 39 81 Tyler Wong, Let 49 56 Chad Butcher, MH 26 72 JaydenHalbgewachs,MJ 46 48 Cody Glass, Por 32 62 Mason Shaw, MH 26 66 Matthew Phillips, Vic 50 39 Kailer Yamamoto, SPO 39 50 TylerSteenbergen, SC 51 37 Morgan Geekie, TC 32 54 Dawson Leedahl, Reg 33 51 Skyler McKenzie, Por 42 41 Steven Owre, MH 25 58 GiorgioEstephan, Let 32 50 Michael Spacek, RD 29 53 AleksiHeponiemi, SC 27 55 Connor Hobbs, Reg 29 52 Kole Lind, Kel 28 53 Ryan Gropp, Sea 32 48 Brayden Burke, MJ 19 60 Mathew Barzal, Sea 10 69 Deven Sideroff, Kam 36 42 Nick Henry, Reg 34 44 Matt Bradley, MH 34 43 Rudolfs Balcers, Kam 40 36 Brett Howden, MJ 35 41 Tyler Sandhu, TC 21 55 Matteo Gennaro, CGY 42 33 Zak Zborosky, Let 41 33 Patrick Bajkov, EVT 28 46 Jansen Harkins, PG 21 51 Reid Duke, BDN 36 34 JaretAnderson-Dolan,SPO 36 34 Lane Bauer, Kam 36 34 Jack Walker, Vic 29 41 Ethan Bear, Sea 28 42 Dominic Zwerger, EVT 26 43 Ryley Lindgren, SC 25 44 Calvin Thurkauf, Kel 33 35 Keegan Iverson, Por 25 43 Brennan Menell, Let 12 56 Ty Lewis, BDN 30 37 Nikita Popugaev, PG 29 38

Pts 127 120 105 98 94 94 92 89 89 88 86 84 83 83 82 82 82 81 81 80 79 79 78 78 77 76 76 76 75 74 74 72 70 70 70 70 70 69 69 68 68 68 67 67

Hudson Elynuik, SPO Davis Koch,EDM Braylon Shmyr, Sas Lane Pederson, SC Garrett Pilon, Kam Radovan Bondra, PG Tyler Coulter, BDN Brandon Hagel, RD Dante Hannoun, Vic KeanuYamamoto,SPO Zach Fischer, MH Jesse Gabrielle, PG Austin Wagner, Reg ParkerWotherspoon,TC Evan Polei, RD Collin Shirley, Kam Stelio Mattheos, BDN Nick Merkley, Kel Caleb Jones, Por Max Gerlach, MH Matt Alfaro, Let ClaytonKirichenko, MH Mark Rassell, MH John Dahlstrom, MH JoachimBlichfeld, Por Juuso Välimäki, TC Noah Gregor, MJ DavidQuenneville, MH Colton Kroeker, KTN Cal Foote, Kel Ryan Hughes, Por Keegan Kolesar, Sea Kyle Olson, TC MichaelRasmussen,TC Jesse Shynkaruk, Sas Colby McAuley, PG Tyler Soy, Vic Glenn Gawdin, SC Vladislav Lukin, TC Aaron Irving, EVT Vince Loschiavo, KTN Jordy Bellerive, Let Austin Glover, RD Ty Ronning, Van TreyFix-Wolansky,EDM Dillon Dube, Kel Kevin Davis, EVT Lane Zablocki, RD Jakob Stukel, CGY Brad Morrison, PG Beck Malenstyn, CGY Adam Musil, RD Josh Mahura, Reg James Malm, Van Tanner Jeannot, MJ Egor Babenko, Let

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40 45 30 40 44 31 33 36 38 40 28 29 33 51 28 33 34 37 51 26 34 47 24 29 30 40 32 35 40 51 29 30 36 23 25 29 30 30 31 38 26 28 33 28 30 34 46 25 29 31 23 31 34 30 31 27

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 70 39 23 8 86 191 Ottawa 68 39 22 7 85 183 Boston 70 38 26 6 82 201 Tampa Bay 69 34 26 9 77 191 Toronto 68 31 23 14 76 206 Florida 68 30 27 11 71 175 Buffalo 70 28 30 12 68 178 Detroit 67 26 30 11 63 166 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 69 45 17 7 97 222 Pittsburgh 69 43 17 9 95 239 Columbus 68 44 18 6 94 219 N.Y. Rangers 70 44 24 2 90 225 N.Y. Islanders 69 33 25 11 77 206 Philadelphia 69 32 29 8 72 180 Carolina 67 28 27 12 68 172 New Jersey 68 25 31 12 62 153

67 66 64 64 64 63 63 63 63 63 62 62 61 61 60 60 60 60 60 59 59 59 58 58 58 58 57 57 57 57 56 56 56 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 54 54 54 53 53 53 53 52 52 52 51 51 51 50 50 49

GA 176 175 181 187 206 195 207 202 GA 154 194 160 183 211 204 196 197

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 69 44 20 5 93 208 173 Minnesota 68 43 19 6 92 225 167 Nashville 69 34 24 11 79 205 196 St. Louis 68 36 27 5 77 189 190 Winnipeg 70 30 33 7 67 208 224 Dallas 69 27 32 10 64 190 228 Colorado 68 19 46 3 41 131 222 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 69 42 20 7 91 194 159 Anaheim 69 36 23 10 82 181 174 Calgary 70 39 27 4 82 193 190 Edmonton 69 36 24 9 81 198 182 Los Angeles 69 33 29 7 73 171 174 Vancouver 69 28 32 9 65 159 201 Arizona 69 26 35 8 60 168 219 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Washington 4, Minnesota 2 N.Y. Islanders 3, Carolina 2, OT Tampa Bay 2, Ottawa 1, OT Florida 7, Toronto 2 Chicago 4, Montreal 2 Edmonton 7, Dallas 1 San Jose 4, Buffalo 1 Arizona 3, Los Angeles 2, SO Winnipeg at New Jersey, ppd.

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 0 Boston 5, Calgary 2 Detroit at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Minnesota at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Washington, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 11 a.m.

Colorado at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Carolina, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S SUMMARIES Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Crosby Pgh (interference) 6:38 Schultz Pgh (tripping) 13:27 Schenn Pha (slashing) 16:48.

Second Period 1. Philadelphia, Couturier 11 (Weise, Schenn) 1:00.

2. Philadelphia, Simmonds 29 (Gostisbehere, Provorov) 6:20 (pp).

Penalties — Bellemare Pha (tripping) 2:39 Cole Pgh (cross-checking) 5:59.

Third Period 3. Philadelphia, Giroux 14 (Bellemare) 15:44.

4. Philadelphia, Weise 3 (Schenn, Couturier) 19:12.

Penalties — Kunitz Pgh (hooking) 8:47.

Shots on goal by Pittsburgh 8 9 6 — 23 Philadelphia 7 13 8 — 28 Goal — Pittsburgh: Murray (L, 26-9-3). Philadelphia: Mason (W, 20-19-7).

AHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OLSOL Pts GF WB-Scranton 61 41 17 3 0 85 205 Lehigh Valley 61 39 18 4 0 82 222 Bridgeport 61 37 21 2 1 77 186 Providence 61 34 18 5 4 77 184 Hershey 62 33 18 8 3 77 214 Springfield 61 25 26 8 2 60 156 Hartford 61 21 35 3 2 47 156 North Division GP W L OLSOL Pts GF Syracuse 62 31 20 6 5 73 189 Albany 61 34 25 1 1 70 172 Toronto 62 32 25 4 1 69 196 Utica 61 28 24 7 2 65 159 St. John’s 62 29 25 7 1 66 176 Binghamton 62 24 34 2 2 52 155 Rochester 60 24 34 0 2 50 161

GA 146 178 171 158 180 171 222 GA 191 166 173 170 185 211 195

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OLSOL Pts GF GA Grand Rapids 60 38 17 1 4 81 208 147 Chicago 62 37 17 5 3 82 212 163 Milwaukee 61 35 20 3 3 76 180 176 Iowa 60 29 23 6 2 66 150 158 Charlotte 59 28 27 4 0 60 158 170 Cleveland 60 27 26 3 4 61 146 170 Manitoba 63 23 32 4 4 54 162 202 Rockford 63 21 30 9 3 54 149 204 Pacific Division GP W L OLSOL Pts GF GA San Jose 55 37 12 2 4 80 191 137 San Diego 54 34 15 3 2 73 175 141 Ontario 56 30 17 9 0 69 168 158 Stockton 54 26 23 4 1 57 161 150 Bakersfield 55 26 23 5 1 58 161 155 Tucson 54 24 24 6 0 54 145 180 Texas 61 27 29 1 4 59 179 207 San Antonio 61 24 32 4 1 53 149 190 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Tuesday’s Games Toronto 6, Manitoba 3 Milwaukee 4, Rockford 3, OT San Antonio 4, Cleveland 0 San Jose 4, Bakersfield 3 Wednesday’s Games Syracuse 5, Lehigh Valley 4, OT Binghamton at Rochester, ppd.

Chicago 1, Texas 0, SO Stockton at San Diego, 8 p.m.

Today’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Rochester at St. John’s, 4 p.m.

Springfield at Albany, 5 p.m.

Texas at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m.

Hartford at Hershey, 5 p.m.

Binghamton at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Syracuse at Utica, 5 p.m.

WB-Scranton at Lehigh Valley, 5:05 p.m.

Bridgeport at Providence, 5:05 p.m.

Ontario at Charlotte, 5:15 p.m.

Rockford at Manitoba, 6 p.m.

Iowa at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

San Diego at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Stockton at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Bakersfield at Tucson, 8:05 p.m.

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BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 43 25 .632 Toronto 39 28 .582 New York 27 41 .397 Philadelphia 24 43 .358 Brooklyn 12 54 .182 Southeast Division W L Pct Washington 41 26 .612 Atlanta 37 30 .552 Miami 33 35 .485 Charlotte 29 39 .426 Orlando 24 44 .353 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 44 22 .667 Indiana 35 33 .515 Milwaukee 32 34 .485 Detroit 33 35 .485 Chicago 32 36 .471 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio 52 15 .776 x-Houston 47 21 .691 Memphis 38 30 .559 Dallas 29 38 .433 New Orleans 27 41 .397 Northwest Division W L Pct Utah 43 25 .632 Oklahoma City 38 29 .567 Denver 32 35 .478 Portland 30 37 .448 Minnesota 28 39 .418 Pacific Division W L Pct x-Golden State 53 14 .791 L.A. Clippers 40 27 .597 Sacramento 26 41 .388 Phoenix 22 45 .328

L.A. Lakers 20 x-clinched playoff spot GB — 3.5 16 18.5 30 GB — 4 8.5 12.5 17.5 GB — 10 12 12 13

GB — 5.5 14.5 23 25.5 GB — 4.5 10.5 12.5 14.5 GB — 13 27 31

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Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 128, Detroit 96 New York 87, Indiana 81 Oklahoma City 122, Brooklyn 104 New Orleans 100, Portland 77 Golden State 106, Philadelphia 104 Wednesday’s Games Dallas 112, Washington 107 Indiana 98, Charlotte 77 Boston 117, Minnesota 104 Miami 120, New Orleans 112 Utah 97, Detroit 83 Houston 139, L.A. Lakers 100 Memphis 98, Chicago 91 Portland 110, San Antonio 106 Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 18:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Oklahoma City at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Utah at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Denver, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Chicago at Washington, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Miami, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 1 p.m.

Portland at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Washington at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Utah at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

LACROSSE NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE East Division GP W L Pct GF GA Georgia 10 7 3 .700 138 126 Toronto 10 6 4 .600 131 96 New England 11 5 6 .454 126 136 Buffalo 10 4 6 .400 128 135 Rochester 11 4 7 .364 103 129 West Division GP W L Pct GF GA Saskatchewan 10 7 3 .750 130 116 Colorado 12 6 6 .500 132 136 Vancouver 11 5 6 .454 129 132 Calgary 11 4 7 .364 127 138

Saturday’s results Toronto 16 Calgary 10 Saskatchewan 12 Colorado 11 Week 13 Friday, Mar. 17 Colorado at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

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

Calgary at Georgia, 5:35 p.m.

Buffalo at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

GB — 2 2.5 3.5

GOLF PGA TOUR ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL Site: Orlando, Fla. Course: Bay Hill Lodge & Resort. Yardage: 7,419.

Par: 72.

Purse: $8.7 million. First prize: $1,566,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Jason Day. Last week: Adam Hadwin won the Valspar Championship.

Notes: This is the first tournament at Bay Hill since Arnold Palmer died in September. … Day’s victory a year ago began a stretch of three wins in six starts that established him at No. 1 in the world for the rest of 2016. … Among the activities to celebrate Palmer was the unveiling of a 13-foot bronze statue of Palmer behind the first tee. Also, his golf cart equipped with two bags on the back will be stationed behind the 16th tee, his favorite viewing spot. … Graeme McDowell, who is still playing, was selected one of four hosts for the tournament this year. The others are Curtis Strange, Peter Jacobsen and Annika Sorenstam. … The field includes four of the top six players in the world. Missing are Dustin Johnson, who hasn’t played since 2011, and Jordan Spieth, who has never played. Both have the Match Play and Houston Open the next two weeks before the Masters. … The tournament record is 264 by the late Payne Stewart in 1987. It’s is the second-oldest 72-hole record on the PGA Tour behind Riviera. …

Johnson, Spieth and Phil Mickelson are not playing any event in the Florida Swing ahead of the Masters. … John Daly received a sponsor’s exemption and will be at Bay Hill for the first time since 2006.

Next week: Dell Technologies Match Play and Puerto Rico Open.

Online: www.pgatour.com LPGA TOUR BANK OF HOPE FOUNDERS CUP Site: Phoenix.

Course: Wildfire GC at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa. Yardage: 6,679. Par: 72.

Purse: $1.5 million. First prize: $225,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Last tournament: Inbee Park won the HSBC Women’s Champions.

Notes: The tournament was created ini 2011 to honor the 13 women who started the LPGA Tour in 1950. It has raised over $3 million for the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program. … Karrie Webb won the inaugural tournament, and her victory in 2014 made her the only repeat winner. … The field includes all four winners this year — Brittany Lincicome, Amy Yang, HaNa Jang and Inbee Park. … Solheim Cup captain Juli Inkster is playing. … Michelle Wie tied for fourth at the HSBC Women’s Champions two weeks ago, her best finish since she won the U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014. … Park went over $13 million in career earnings with her victory ini the HSBC

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Joe Gunkel to Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with RHP Andrew Bellatti on a minor league contract.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned C Alfredo Gonzalez to Birmingham (SL) and OF Willy Garcia, LHP Giovanni Soto and RHPs Chris Beck, Tyler Danish and Brad Goldberg to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned LHP Aaron Bummer and RHP Blake Smith to minor league camp.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned C Francisco Mejia to Akron (EL). Reassigned INF Nellie Rodriguez to minor league camp.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Myles Jaye to Toledo (IL). Reassigned Cs Austin Green and Grayson Greiner and OFs Mike Gerber and Jason Krizan to minor league camp.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Reassigned OF Andrew Aplin, RHP Brady Rodgers and LHPs Reymin Guduan and Ashur Tolliver to minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reassigned OF Michael Hermosillo and INFs David Fletcher and Sherman Johnson to minor league camp.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Johnny Barbato, LHP Dietrich Enns and RHP Giovanny Gallegos to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) and reassigned them to their minor league camp. Optioned INF Miguel Andujar to Trenton (EL) and reassigned him to their minor league camp. Reassigned RHP Chance Adams to their minor league camp.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned LHP Ryan Borucki to Dunedin (FSL) and RHP Chris Smith to Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned 3B Dawel Lugo to Jackson (SL) and RHP Jimmie Sherfy and LHP Anthony Banda to Reno (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Lisalverto Bonilla and Jackson Stephens and INF Dilson Herrera to Louisville (IL) and OF Aristides Aquino and RHPs Luis Castillo, Keury Mella, Nick Travieso and Ariel Hernandez to Pensacola (SL). Reassigned C Joe Hudson, INF Brandon Dixon, OF Gabby Guerrero, LHPs Ismael Guillon and Nick Routt and RHPs Tyler Mahle, Jimmy Herget and Kevin Shackelford to minor league camp.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHPs Nick Pivetta, Mark Appel and Ricardo Pinto to Lehigh Valley (IL).

Week 12 Sunday’s results New England 13 Georgia 8 Vancouver 10 Colorado 6

GB — 1 2.5 3 3.5

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Women’s Champions. … The Founders Cup is the first U.S. tournament of the year and starts a stretch of three consecutive weeks through the first major, the ANA Inspiration. … Stacy Lewis is the only American to have won the Founders Cup in its six years.

Next week: Kia Classic.

Online: www.lpga.com PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS TUCSON CONQUISTADORES CLASSIC Site: Tucson, Ariz.

Course: Omni Tucson National (Catalina Course).

Yardage: 7,238. Par: 73.

Purse: $1.7 million. First prize: $255,000.

Television: Friday, 9:30-11:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 4:30-7 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Last tournament: Fred Couples won the Chubb Classic.

Notes: Steve Stricker, who turned 50 on Feb. 23, is making his debut on the PGA Tour Champions.

Stricker missed the cut in the Valspar Championship last week and next players the Shell Houston Open. … Coming off his victory last month in the Chubb Classic, Fred Couples is leading the Charles Schwab Cup standings. It’s the first time since May 19 that someone other than Bernhard Langer was atop the standings. Langer is in second place by $93,150. … Tucson National previous hosted a PGA Tour event that ended when the Match Play Championship moved to the area from 2007 through 2014. …

Langer has a streak of 29 straight rounds under par.

Gil Morgan holds the PGA Tour Champions record with 31 straight sub-par rounds in 2000. Colin Montgomerie is at 30 consecutive sub-par rounds, but he is not playing this week.

Next tournament: Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic on March 31-April 2.

Online: www.pgatour.com/champions

OTHER TOURS MEN PGA Tour Latinoamerica: Guatemala Stella Artois Open, La Reunion Resort, Antigua, Guatemala.

Defending champion: John Young Kim. Online: www. pgatour.com/la/en PGA Tour of Australasia: Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship, City GC, Toowoomba, Australia.

Defending champion: David Klein. Online: www. pgatour.org.au European Senior Tour: Sharjah Senior Golf Masters, Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club, Sharjah, UAE.

outside linebackers coach and Bret Munsey assistant special teams coach. Re-signed DL Ziggy Hood and T Vinston Painter. Released DE Ricky Jean Francois.

Arena Football League WASHINGTON VALOR — Named Benji McDowell, Cos Dematteo and Steve Thonn assistant coaches.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled G Jon Gillies from Stockton (AHL) on an emergency basis.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with D Luc Snuggerud on a three-year contract beginning next season.

DALLAS STARS — Signed Gavin Bayreuther.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled F Tim Bozon from Manchester (ECHL) to Springfield (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Assigned F Chase Lang from Iowa (AHL) to Quad City (ECHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled F John Quenneville from Albany (AHL).

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Agreed to terms with C Justin Danforth on an amateur tryout agreement.

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Recalled F Mitchell Heard from Florida (ECHL).

GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Assigned G Cal Heeter to Toledo (ECHL).

TEXAS STARS — Recalled G Landon Bow from Idaho (ECHL).

ECHL ALASKA ACES — Signed G Davis Jones to an amateur tryout agreement.

ATLANTA GLADIATORS — Released G Mike DeLaVergne.

ELMIRA JACKALS — Loaned G Andy Iles to Binghamton (AHL). Signed G Tim Keegan and D Carl Belizario to amateur tryout agreements.

MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Signed D Robert Hamilton and F Mario Puskarich.

WHEELING NAILERS — Signed F Riley Bourbonnais.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Seattle D Roman Torres for one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for violent conduct in match against Montreal on March 11.

Fined Houston MF Alex and Portland MF Diego Chara undisclosed amounts for simulation/embellishment during games on March 11 and March 12.

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

SPRING TRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. 14 5 0.737 10 6 0.625 10 6 0.625 11 8 0.579 11 8 0.579 10 8 0.556 10 8 0.556 9 8 0.529 9 9 0.500 8 10 0.444 8 10 0.444 6 10 0.375 6 12 0.333 6 12 0.333 5 11 0.313

Pittsburgh St. Louis Los Angeles Colorado Arizona Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Washington San Francisco Chicago Cincinnati San Diego Miami Atlanta

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. 13 5 0.722 11 5 0.688 12 8 0.600 10 8 0.556 9 8 0.529 10 9 0.526 10 10 0.500 9 9 0.500 7 8 0.467 9 11 0.450 6 8 0.429 9 12 0.429 6 11 0.353 5 10 0.333 6 12 0.333

Wednesday’s Games Detroit 8, Atlanta 6 Pittsburgh 6, Baltimore 5 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 3 Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Minnesota 8, St. Louis 0 Houston 8, Washington 2 Texas 12, Cleveland 11 Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 3 San Francisco 7, L.A. Angels 4 Cincinnati 8, San Diego 7 L.A. Dodgers 12, Seattle 7 Colorado 5, Milwaukee 4 N.Y. Yankees 3, Philadelphia 1 Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

Today’s Games

EUROPEAN TOUR Last week: S.S.P. Chawrasia won the Hero Indian Open.

Next week: Dell Technologies Match Play.

Online: www.europeantour.com WEB.COM TOUR Last tournament: Andrew Putnam won the Panama Claro Championship.

Next week: Chitimacha Louisiana Open.

Online: www.pgatour.com/webcom

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reassigned INF Luis Urias to minor league camp.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned 3B Miguel Gomez and RHPs Dan Slania, Reyes Moronta, Chase Johnson, Ian Gardeck and Kyle Crick to Sacramento (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Released C Derek Norris unconditionally.

American Association SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed INF Jake Taylor.

Can-Am League TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Sold the contract of RHP Dylan Rheault to the San Francisco Giants.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Released OF Chris Breen and Denzel Richardson, SS Rolando Gomez and C/3B Julio Rodriguez.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed RHP Derek DeYoung to a contract extension.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Assigned C Deyonta Davis to Iowa (NBADL).

NBA Development League DELAWARE 87ERS — Acquired F Shane Edwards.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended N.Y. Jets TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins two games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Traded C Jeremy Zuttah and a 2017 sixth-round draft pick (No. 198) to San Francisco for a 2017 sixth-round draft pick (No. 186).

DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed LS Don Muhlbach.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed CB Davon House. Re-signed LB Jordan Tripp.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Re-signed RB Robert Turbin.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Agreed to terms with CB Terence Newman.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed LB Dont’a Hightower to a four-year contract.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed WR Justin Hunter to a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned F Byron Froese to Syracuse (AHL).

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Chris O’Hara offensive quality control coach, Bill Callahan assistant head coach/offensive line coach, Chad Grimm

Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 11:07 a.m.

Arizona vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City (ss) vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 4:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Atlanta vs. Houston (ss) at West Palm Beach, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Houston (ss) vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

Washington vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 11:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Seattle (ss) vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland (ss) vs. Texas at San Antonio, TX, 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Cleveland (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 8:10 p.m.

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC SECOND ROUND (top two teams from each group advance)

GROUP E At Tokyo W L Pct GB x-Japan 3 0 1.000 — x-Netherlands 2 1 .667 1 Israel 1 2 .500 2 Cuba 0 3 .000 3 x — advances to Third Round in Los Angeles Wednesday’s Games Japan 8 Israel 3 Tuesday’s Games Japan 8 Cuba 5 Netherlands 14 Cuba 1 Monday’s Games Netherlands 12 Israel 2 Sunday’s Games Japan 8 Netherlands 6 (11 innings) Saturday’s Games Israel 4 Cuba 1 GROUP F At San Diego, Calif.

W L Pct Puerto Rico 1 0 1.000 United States 0 0 .000 Venezuela 0 0 .000 Dominican Republic 0 1 .000

GB — .5 .5 1

Wednesday’s Games United States vs. Venezuela Tuesday’s Games Puerto Rico 3 Dominican Republic 1 Today’s Games Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela, 10 p.m.

Friday’s Game United States vs. Puerto Rico, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela, 3:30 p.m.

United States vs. Dominican Republic, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s game Tiebreaker (if necessary), 4 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND At Dodger Stadium Los Angeles Semifinals Monday, March 20 Pool E runner-up vs. Pool F winner, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 21 Pool E winner vs. Pool F runner-up, 7 p.m.

Championship Wednesday, March 22 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

TENNIS BNP PARIBAS OPEN At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden Indian Wells, Calif.

Purse: Men, $6.99 million (Masters 1000); Women, $6.99 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-2, 6-4.

Pablo Carreno Busta (21), Spain, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Pablo Cuevas (27), Uruguay, def. David Goffin (11), Belgium, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Nick Kyrgios (15), Australia, def. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Jack Sock (17), United States, def. Malek Jaziri,

Tunisia, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5.

Roger Federer (9), Switzerland, def. Rafael Nadal (5), Spain, 6-2, 6-3 Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 3-6, 6-3 7-6 (4).

Women Quarterfinals Svetlana Kuznetsova (8), Russia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (19), Russia, 6-3, 6-2.

Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic, def. Garbine Muguruza (7), Spain, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5).

Doubles Men Quarterfinals Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, and Sam Querrey, United States, def. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and John Peers (3), Australia, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 10-6.

Jamie Murray, Britain, and Bruno Soares (4), Brazil, def. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau, Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo Melo (8), Brazil, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, and Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-3.

Women Quarterfinals Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Shuko Aoyama, Japan, and Yang Zhaoxuan, China, 6-2, 6-1.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (1), Czech Republic, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8.

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Encounters with interesting Alberta winter wildlife

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have been on the lookout over the past couple of winters for pygmy owls. Friends have regaled me with pygmy owl stories and Facebook is full of images from lucky photographers who have seen and photographed of these, the smallest owls in Alberta. Alas, my wanderings and searches have yet to be rewarded with a single sighting.

Myrna However, I shouldn’t complain, as I have had some interesting winter Pearman wildlife encounters.

Hawk owl Seeing a hawk owl is always a treat. These uncommon owls, which look hawk-like (hence their name), typically nest deep in the muskeg. They are most often seen in Central Alberta during the winter, when they wander widely in search of mice, voles and other prey. They are one of the few Alberta owl species that hunt during the day.

Coyote Coyotes are one of the most interesting, reviled, persecuted and intelligent of our wild neighbours.

Although they do sometimes prey on domestic animals, they provide landowners with a great ecological service by controlling rodent populations. It is always a thrill for me when a coyote allows me to get close enough for photographs.

Red fox Red foxes are locally common throughout Central Alberta. While their rodent-eating habits endear them to farmers, foxes will also feast on the eggs of ruffed grouse, native sparrows and other ground-nesting birds.

American kestrel The American kestrel is our smallest falcon.

They overwinter in the southern U.S. and Central America, although loners will occasionally remain behind. An individual was able to survive an Alberta winter because it honed its skill at dining on house sparrows that were concentrated around a feeding station.

Bohemian waxwing Large flocks of Bohemian waxwings are often seen wheeling their away around urban neighbourhoods during the winter, gorging on mountain-ash berries. This individual was one of a small group that showed up in my yard one cold afternoon to gobble the last of the berries remaining on a cotoneaster bush.

Vogue launches in the Arab world with bold mission and style DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Vogue launched its newest international edition this month, targeting a niche audience in the Middle East that is fashion conscious, style-driven and wealthy. If its debut is anything to go by, the magazine promises to be bold, representative and deferential.

The 22nd international edition of Vogue featured on its cover American supermodel Gigi Hadid, whose father is Palestinian, wearing an embellished, mesh veil covering half her face.

With one eye peering out from beneath the veil, the magazine’s cover words aimed readers directly at its mission: “Reorienting perceptions.”

At the helm of Vogue’s nascent project is Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz a fashion-forward mother of three and Saudi royal who describes herself as “ambitious”.

Photos by MYRNA PEARMAN/ Special to the ADVOCATE

Two of the many photographic wildlife species that are abundant in our province.

ABOVE: The red fox is common throughout Central Alberta.

LEFT: The Bohemian waxwing nibbles on a berry, a staple of its diet throughout the winter months.

Back to pygmy owls—if you know of any locations where these owls are hanging out, I’d be grateful for a location tip (or any other tips about interesting local wildlife as well)!

Myrna is the Biologist and Site Services Manager at /Ellis Bird Farm. She can be contacted at mpearman@ ellisbirdfarm.ca , through www.myrnapearman.com or on Facebook.

“I don’t want Vogue Arabia to just be another regional magazine. I definitely want it to be a global one as well, especially in this political climate. I think it’s very important,” she told The Associated Press from her office in Dubai’s Design District.

Through its range of features and shoots, the magazine attempts to cater to a wide and diverse audience of Arab women, whose varying takes on personal style and modesty cannot be defined by one trope or fashion statement.

While not intentionally provocative, there are images of women in backless gowns and skirts that end above the knee. There are also artful shots of women in headscarves, though not necessarily worn in the parameters of the Islamic hijab.

In Hadid’s cover shot, for example, the veil reveals a hint of bronzed shoulder.

“We aren’t trying to make a giant political statement but we do think that we can help contribute to conversation” said Shashi Menon, founder of Nervora, which published Vogue Arabia in partnership with Conde Naste.

“We want to be — delicate is the wrong word, but we want to be cognizant on how we are speaking to and with women from this region and that means being understanding,” he said.

Vogue Arabia’s strongest foothold is — as its name suggests— in the oil-rich countries of the Arabian Peninsula, where modern malls and a growing art scene are part of a wider push to get in on the multi-billion-dollar-a-year global fashion industry, which is currently dominated by the U.S., Europe and Japan.

Vogue Arabia’s target audience is well-travelled and has long had access to fashion magazines, both local and international, including of course American Vogue.

Vogue Arabia launched digitally first last fall, but its print edition went out this month with 35,000 copies distributed across the major cities of the Gulf, as well as in Cairo, Beirut and select salons and hotels in North Africa.

It was not, however, in newsstands in conservative Saudi Arabia.

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Sunlight, moisture, nutrients key to gardens

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uccessful gardens need not be in the ground they can be can be built into: roofs, walls, tables and containers.

Before deciding where to place any garLinda den take into considTomlinson eration; the amount of sunlight, availability of; space, water and convenience.

Plants have different sunlight requirements. A shade garden usually has less than 2 hours of sunlight a day while ones in partial shade have between 4 and 6 hours. Anything over that is considered to be in full sun.

Choose plants accordingly. Plants placed in an area that gets too little or too much sun will not thrive.

There are numerous annuals and perennials that will thrive in partial shade but in a short season climate, vegetables and herbs do best in full sun. A southern slope or exposure is

even better as the soil warms earlier.

Roof top gardens are popular in areas where apartments or condos are the norm. They provide the resident with a place to relax similar to a back yard. Plants may be placed may be planed into build in beds or containers.

Roof top gardens should not be confused with green roof gardens where the surface is designed to hold soil and plants. Green roof gardens consist of low-growing vegetation that once established thrives with little or no maintenance. These gardens are grown to insulate the buildings and help clean the air. Not as a green space that welcomes visitors.

Gardens, soil, plants and moisture are heavy meaning that buildings with roof gardens are built to different standards compared to the average building.

Living walls are becoming more popular indoors and out. Technology has developed better containers and better watering technics making wall

gardens easier to develop.

Whether using a manufactured product or a DIY wall the size of the container or root pocket is important.

The larger the plant at maturity the larger root mass it will need to sustain it. The bigger the mass, the larger the container needed.

The botanic garden in Inverness, Scotland, hosted a community garden that trialed a number of DIY containers last year. They found that the traditional planter boxes worked well for greens but were not large enough to sustain larger plants. Staff were impressed with strawberry plants placed in the top half of two liter pop bottles. The bottles were placed in upright pallets and aligned so that excess moisture would run downwards from one bottle to the next. Fruit was tasty and plentiful.

They had a number of disasters which included a tire, pallets and smaller containers which were hard to keep watered.

Raised gardens that look like tables are a common site at senior centers. The tables are a height that al-

low people to sit in a chair and garden or work without bending over. They are available for purchase or can be easily made. To sustain plant life the tables need to be at least 6 inches (15 cm) deep. Deeper soil allows roots to expand.

Any container can be used as a garden pot. Small or shallow containers dry out quicker than larger deeper containers. The depth and width of the container determines what plants will grow successfully.

De Herdt Gardens in Barrhead have a pick your own strawberry patch inside their greenhouse. The strawberries are planted in flats that are watered and fertilized through a drip irrigation system. Strawberry plants have shallow roots and thrive where other plants would not.

It is possible to have a garden, flower or vegetable, as long as there is sufficient sunlight, moisture, nutrients and space.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House.

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ave you ever spent half an hour or more frantically looking for your keys? Is there a book that you know is on one of your book shelves, but for some reason you can’t find it? Do you often have to look for a few minutes before you find your parked car?

These are fairly common problem, especially as you get older. You can’t just automatically ‘fix’ a memory in your brain without actual momentary concentration. You don’t pay the same kind of acute attention you did when you were younger. The sad part is that you were once easily able to remember where you put your keys, but the ability to build those neural circuits may have slowed a bit once you hit your mid 50s.

It’s a kind of ‘tip of the tongue’ thing.

You almost know where your keys are.

You almost remember where you left that book. You certainly remember the general area where you parked your car. But recall may take longer

if you’re not concentrating or not using memory tricks. There are several disciplines you can use to boost your recall ability.

One of them is to create a place for an object, and concentrate on always putting the object in its proper place.

You may choose to put your keys in the inside lock of your entry door, or in a special dish on a cabinet. But don’t let your mind wander once you’ve unlocked the door. Make it an automatic habit to put your keys in the place you’ve chosen for them.

I enjoy mountain slopes or mountain bikes in summer when it’s hot.

A friend once gave me a really good piece of advice. She said, “Place your keys in the left pocket of your ski pants and fasten the pocket closed. In summer, you’ll probably always bring a jacket.

Put your keys in the left pocket of the jacket, safely close the pocket and either wear the jacket or put the jacket in your backpack, concentrating on remembering that your keys are in the jacket pocket.”

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Courting the protection of a pristine river SUPREME COURT WOULD BE A VICTORY FOR WATER, WILDERNESS AND OUR FUTURE

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n 2011, I travelled with my family down Yukon’s Hart River.

It’s one of seven pure rivers in the Peel River watershed, a 68,000-square-kilometre wilderness that’s been at the centre of a legal dispute for many years and a landuse planning debate for more than a decade.

For two weeks, we fished from David the river’s vibrant green waters and Suzuki gazed at the limestone and dolostone peaks of the Ogilvie Mountains.

Most Canadians have never been to the North, much less the remote Peel watershed, but many are enchanted by it, nourished even by the idea that we still have vast, unspoiled natural areas where wildlife and biodiversity continue to evade the touch of humankind. Places like the Peel are becoming increasingly rare as humans — the most demanding species ever to live — continue to erode the intact wilderness on which we depend for clean air, water and food.

Around the time of our trip, a six-year land-use planning process for the watershed was reaching its conclusion.

In light of an independent commission’s recommendation to protect 80 per cent, it looked as if the government was going to keep most of the region free of roads and industry.

I could not have imagined that more than five years later, the Peel’s fate would be hung up in the courts.

The previous Yukon government tossed aside the commission’s proposal and brought in its own plan to open up at least 71 per cent of the region to

roads, mining and drilling.

It was a plan to industrialize the Peel, a plan that valued the wilderness only for the extractive resources that lie beneath it.

The decision left the courts as the only option for indigenous people and environmental organizations working to protect the Peel.

The First Nations of Na Cho Nyäk Dun, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, Vuntut Gwitchin and Tetlit Gwich’in, as well as the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and the Yukon Conservation Society, have been fighting the government’s decision ever since.

On March 22, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear the Peel case.

A positive ruling could not only protect the Peel, but also the rights of First Nations in future landuse planning.

Because of this, the case is going forward despite the recent election of a Yukon government that seems on the surface to be friendlier to protection.

As we continue to alter the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet by burning fossil fuels, intact nature is one of the only things that can save us.

Pristine wilderness is a hedge against our collective ignorance.

The diversity of our planet’s ecosystems makes animals, including humans, resilient in the face of disruption.

If protected, the Peel watershed would form the northern part of a proposed wildlife corridor that stretches all the way south to Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. It would be a refuge for wide-roaming species like caribou, moose, wolves and grizzlies to adjust their habitat needs as the planet warms.

The Peel case is anchored by the relationship

between First Nations and the land.

For instance, the Porcupine caribou herd has been the lifeblood of Gwich’in people throughout the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Alaska for tens of thousands of years, providing sustenance and defining their identity.

The herd spends its winters in the Peel before making the longest land mammal migration on Earth to its calving grounds in Alaska, a region now threatened by the Trump administration’s “drill everywhere” energy stance.

As with so many of these battles throughout the world, indigenous people are holding the line against destructive resource development. Sadly, our colonial governments are not yet willing to listen.

Fittingly, the Supreme Court hearing takes place on World Water Day. Yukoners have been working for 30 years to protect the clean, life-giving waters of the Peel watershed.

A victory at the Supreme Court would be a victory for water, wilderness and our future.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

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anadians are cooking less and eating faster — and our obesity rates are at worrying levels.

An increasing number of consumers are taking ownership of food systems, but takSylvain ing control of our food systems can’t be fully Charlebois achieved unless some cooking is involved.

Humans are the only species on Earth that cooks. But are we witnessing the slow death of cooking?

Home economics courses have almost completely disappeared from curriculum across the country and we may have lost at least one generation of cooks.

Although some reports suggest that more people are eating at home, restaurant revenues were up more than three per cent in 2016, a sign of growth in the industry.

As the food service industry prospers, food retailing is almost at a stalemate. Canadian food retail sales were up minuscule 0.7 per cent in

2016.

What we eat is changing — and how and where we eat is also rapidly changing. Technology has a lot to do with it as it alters the concepts of going out and eating in. Consumer choices have never been so abundant: fast food, fine dining, food trucks, ready-to-eat products by traditional retailers and so much more. Eating at home can be equally confusing. You can ‘dine out’ at home and you can cook a meal that’s been ordered in.

Yet much of society is obsessed with cooking shows and celebrity chefs.

Cooking programs have been on air for more than 60 years, initially as women’s programming.

Now, Canadians have access to hundreds of hours of food-related shows a week.

Some are so incredibly well produced that they should compel you to go directly into the kitchen and cook the most exquisite meal. Yet evidence shows that’s not happening. In fact, recent surveys suggest the average adult spends more time watching cooking shows than cooking.

Even more disturbing is how these shows inspire some people. A recent

study in England said 20 per cent of adults who cooked a full meal only did it to post pictures on social media.

It’s not about learning cooking skills, it’s about showing off.

It would seem that many adults want to cook more, since they spend so much time watching cooking shows.

But in fact people aren’t cooking.

One fundamental and obvious reason is the integration of women in the workforce. As more women get better jobs and spend more time outside the household, they spend less time cooking. Having more women actively engaged in the workforce is critical to our economic growth. But as we pursue of socio-economic equality, we need to encourage everyone to invest more time in the kitchen.

There’s no better way to share our varied values and cultures than through food and cooking.

Yet cooking has become optional for most of us.

That means we’ve relinquished control of what we eat to corporations. And those corporations want to provide us with conveniently-served and easily-prepared products – both healthy and not-so healthy.

But consumers can’t truly gain con-

trol unless some cooking is involved.

Cooking can make our food tastier, and more tender and digestible. And consumers can add their own touch to their meals, truly making it theirs.

Humans should have a precious relationship with food. However, modern life has caused most of us to drift away from that relationship.

We tend to think cooking is too challenging, that it requires too much time and costs too much. Those perspectives drive us to convenience foods – and out of the kitchen.

Even more troubling is the amount of time we spend eating, which is decreasing at an alarming rate. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the average Canadian spends less than an hour and 15 minutes eating each day.

Canadians should get back in the kitchen and get back to taking the time to enjoy our food. Perhaps if we do, our obesity rates will start to decline and we’ll be healthier in general.

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

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Cheese fondue with spiced pear 1 tbsp salted butter 1 firm ripe pear, peeled, cored and diced (about 3/4 cup) 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg Pinch freshly ground pepper 1 clove garlic, halved lengthwise 2 cups dry white wine 2 cups shredded Emmental cheese 2 cups shredded Gruyère cheese 3 tbsp cornstarch 1 tbsp Kirsch (cherry brandy), optional 1 tbsp water 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1. To prepare spiced pear, melt butter in a small non-reactive frypan over medium-high heat. Add pear, cinnamon and 1/4 tsp nutmeg; sauté until lightly browned, about two minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in pinch of pepper; set aside.

2. Rub garlic halves on inside of a large non-reactive saucepan; discard garlic halves.

3. Add wine to saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-low heat; boil, uncovered, for two minutes.

4. Gradually add Emmental cheese and Gruyère cheese, cooking and stirring constantly until cheese is melted.

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Cheese fondue with spiced pear 5. Whisk together cornstarch, Kirsch and water until blended. Gradually whisk into cheese mixture and cook, whisking constantly, until thickened. Stir in 1/2 tsp pepper and 1/4 tsp nutmeg.

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CANADA 150

National Arts Centre Orchestra to educate, entertain

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he National Arts Centre Orchestra is hoping to entertain and educate audiences and community members during its cross-country tour commemorating Canada’s 150th birthday.

The orchestra will leave its home base at the Ottawa-based performing arts centre and travel to Atlantic Canada to kick off the first leg of the tour, running from April 26 to May 7.

They will head back onto the road this fall, for stops in Central and Western Canada from Oct. 19 to Nov. 2 The Atlantic portion of the tour will include 50 education and community events aimed at forging connections between the orchestra and locals.

“The tour for us — for me personally — is definitely not about just performing concerts,” said music director Alexander Shelley.

“That’s of course at the core of what we do.

“But it is about also deepening our relationships with the respective communities and saying: ‘We’re here for you, what would be interesting for you to have from us as a resource?’

Jay Baruchel didn’t want to make Goon sequel ‘for cynical reasons’ TORONTO — Six years after the hit Canadian hockey film Goon, the bloody bruisers are back pulling no punches for a comedy sequel.

Only this time, co-writer and cast member Jay Baruchel is also the director — a role he likens to being a coach on a bench.

“I didn’t put skates on once this movie,” said the wise-cracking, Montreal-raised comedy star, who’s brought an idiosyncratic charm to films including Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder and This Is the End. “I needed to project confidence wherever possible. I had dozens of piss-and-vinegar 20-year-old men to boss around and I didn’t need them to see me skating like an idiot.”

The ardent Montreal Canadiens fan took the helm for Goon: Last of the Enforcers because the original film’s director, Michael Dowse, was unavailable to make the sequel, which hits theatres Friday.

“It took some time because we didn’t make this movie for cynical reasons,” said Baruchel, who now lives in Toronto.

“I think a lot of times when you get a sequel inside of a year, it’s because bean counters have dollar signs in their eyes.

“We didn’t need to make this movie we wanted to, though, and we

And the first resource we can offer is ourselves.”

The orchestra will perform along with artists from Sistema New Brunswick, an organization that promotes social change through music. Shelly will also conduct local choirs and the Singing Strings orchestra in Charlottetown, and will lead a day of professional development for Newfoundland teachers.

“Teachers do extraordinary work across the course of a year helping (students) and teaching them and broadening their horizons. On top of that, (if) they could meet people that could potentially be mentors or they can aspire to emulate, then that’s even better,” said Shelly.

The tour will also cede the spotlight to local artists, with performances by the Shallaway Choir in St. John’s, N.L., and a musical evening in Halifax showcasing artists and youth from the African Nova Scotian community.

One of the works featured in the orchestra’s multimedia presentation Life Reflected will also be centrepiece of the tour.

Each Atlantic Canada performance will conclude with I Lost My Talk by Canadian composer John Estacio.

The work is based on the poem of wanted to make the movie that these characters and our fans deserve. We took it very seriously and anything important takes time.”

Baruchel co-stars in both films as the foul-mouthed best friend to Seann William Scott’s leading character, a sweet and simple-minded minor league hockey enforcer named Doug (The Thug) Glatt.

In the sequel, an injury forces Doug to leave the Halifax Islanders and find a job selling insurance. Alison Pill plays his pregnant wife, who patiently stands by his side as he tries to return to the team.

Other returning cast members include Liev Schreiber and Marc-Andre Grondin as players who also find themselves contemplating a life after the ice.

New cast members include Wyatt Russell as a villainous team captain and Elisha Cuthbert as the beer-chugging best friend to Pill’s character.

Baruchel said he and Jesse Chabot wrote the sequel because they felt there was an appetite for a followup to the original, which earned $4.1 million at Canadian theatres in 2012 — more than any other homegrown English-language feature film that year.

“It’s not with every year Goon fades into the rear view. It’s more surprisingly quite the opposite,” said Baruchel, noting he’s met fans who’ve memorized the script and have tattoos of the characters.

The success of the first film is also

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National Arts Centre Orchestra music director Alexander Shelley says the group is criss-crossing the nation as part of Canada’s 150th celebrations. the same name by the late Mi’kmaq elder and poet Rita Joe, where she disclosed her childhood pain of being forbidden to speak her own language in residential school.

The orchestra is slated to perform the piece on May 3 at Eskasoni First Nation on Cape Breton Island, home to a sizable Mi’kmaq community as well as Joe’s family.

The spring tour will begin in St. John’s N.L., on April 27, Moncton on April 29, Charlottetown on May 1, Eskasoni, N.S., on May 3, Saint John, N.B. on May 4, and in Halifax on May 6.

Central and Western Canada tour stops will include Winnipeg (Oct. 1921) Saskatoon (Oct. 23) Calgary (Oct. 24-25) Edmonton (Oct. 28) Victoria (Oct. 30) and Vancouver (Nov. 2.).

partly what drew Scott back.

“Even the reviews were good, which never happens for me,” quipped Scott, who played jock Steve Stifler in the American Pie franchise.

So, will Baruchel do another?

“Well, Doug is retired and it’s not ‘Rocky’ where he will retire and then

come out of retirement four … times,” said Baruchel with a laugh, using an unprintable expletive.

“But I think we have such a deep world we’ve created populated by some pretty real and vivid characters that there is more story to tell, in our minds.”

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Obituaries BRYANT Gary Bryant passed away on March 13, 2017 as a result of a tragic accident. He is survived by his Mother Carol Embury and his step father Art Embury, his two children Candice (Mitch) Tyler (Jen) five grandchildren, brothers Rod (Shelly) Curtis, sister Sherrie (Rob) and numerous extended family and many friends.

A celebration of life will be held at the Innisfail Legion March 17, 2017 from 1-4 pm.

LAMONTAGNE Real F.J. Lamontagne of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully with his wife by his side at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the age of 58 years.

Real will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his beloved wife, Bonnie; his two sons, Christopher (Chandra) Lamontagne of Red Deer; Daniel Lamontagne also of Red Deer; his daughter, Pauline (Brad) Weinberger of Edmonton; and his son-in-law, Simon McMullen of Red Deer; in addition to seven cherished grandchildren. He will also be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his parents, Fern and Loretta Lamontagne of Saskatchewan; his mother-in-law, Raymonde Fusick of Saskatchewan; three brothers: Marcel (Dorothy) Lamontagne; Andy (Millie) Lamontagne; and Mark (Marcella) Lamontagne, all of Saskatchewan; and six sisters: Paulette (Steve) Williams of B.C.; Lynn (Terry) Friske; Yvette (Alex) Bon; Michelle (Rodney) Rue; Roxanne (Hartley) Diesen; and Cindy (Todd) Hood, all of Saskatchewan; in addition to numerous nieces and nephews, and many, many close friends.

Real was predeceased by his daughter, Colette McMullen in 2011; and his father-in-law, Victor Fusick.

Relatives and Friends are invited to a Prayer Vigil which will be held at the Waskasoo Estates Community Hall, 217 England Way, Red Deer County on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. with Mr. Ed Meding presiding.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. with the Reverend Father Les Drewicki and Reverend Father Tom Puslecki, Concelebrants. Cremation took place at the Central Alberta Crematorium, Red Deer. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Real’s Memory may be made directly to the Red Deer Live-In Society, Box 20005, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6X5; or to the Alberta Cancer Foundation, c/o Central Alberta Cancer Centre, Bag 5030, Red Deer Regional Hospital, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 6R2. Condolences to the Lamontagne Family may be sent by email to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Funeral Mass and Cremation Arrangements for the Late Real F.J. Lamontagne entrusted to the care of

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Obituaries SPRUYT Anthony William (Tony) Jan. 8, 1928 - Mar. 12, 2017

Born in Zevenhoven, Netherlands on January 8, 1928 and died in Sylvan Lake, Alberta on March 12, 2017 at the age of 89 years.

Anthony led a full life. He enjoyed his work, his retirement, fishing, hunting, the great outdoors and, most of all, he enjoyed his family. He will be greatly missed by his wife of more than 63 years, Joan; his children Joanie Gilchrist (Robin), Frank Spruyt (Barb), Mary Anne Deines (Mel), Ed Spruyt (Karen), Leslie Nillo (Lorne) and Dorothy Mindach (Daryl) as well as 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

He will also be missed by his brother Walter Spruyt (Kuni), sister Trudy Spruyt and a large extended family.

A Mass of the Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 20th, 2017 at the Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, 5033 47a Ave, Sylvan Lake, AB at 11:00am. For those wishing to make a memorial contribution in Tony’s name may do so with a charity of the donors choosing. Condolences may be forwarded towww.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca Cremation has been entrusted to Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, AB. SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151 BROOKS, Phillip Steven Oct. 28, 1955 ~ Mar. 11, 2017 With deep sadness we announce the sudden passing of Phil Brooks on March 11, 2017. Our friend, brother, son, and coworker.

He is survived by his mother Joan Sexauer of Newbrook, Brother Paul (Joan) Brooks of Regina, Saskatchewan and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his father Allison Brooks, sister Sherry Brooks, and his step father Bill Sexauer.

Phil was employed with Correctional Services for 39 years and worked as a case work supervisor at the Red Deer Remand Centre. He received numerous awards during his career. Phil had a brilliant mind, endless curiosity and a deep faith.

Special thanks go out to the doctors, nurses, and volunteers at Central Alberta Cancer Centre.

A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 2 pm at Evergreen Funeral Home, 16204 Fort Road, with a viewing one half hour prior and an interment and reception to follow.In lieu of flowers, donations in Phil’s name may be made to the Red Deer SPCA. EVERGREEN FUNERAL CHAPEL & RECEPTION CENTRE, CEMETERY & CREMATION CENTRE 780-472-9019

O’LEARY, John Robert ‘Jack’ 1944 - 2017 It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. John Robert Anthony “Jack” O’Leary on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the age of 72 years. Jack was born in Calgary, Alberta on November 10, 1944. He was simply known as “Jack” among family and friends. In sharing memories about our brother, there are recollections that give us smiles and also give us tears. Smiles for the good times in memory of his strengths, and tears for what could have been in his life. Jack was a sickly child growing up, having asthma that plagued him until he outgrew this illness in his later teens. Perhaps this made him sympathetic to the underdog; as he had empathy for those who had disabilities. He was kind hearted and had a good sense of humor, that he would mix with his gift of gab and often known as a prankster and tease. He displayed an early interest in music and artistic creativity. This was evident in creations he made out of driftwood; and he would make lamps using driftwood as a base in varied formations. At one time in his life, Jack had the reputation of being one of Alberta’s top welders and was in demand because of his skills. He used these welding skills to create intricate wrought iron work to show off his artistry. Jack had an interest in cooking; he loved to cook and would make a meal that a chef would be proud of. He was equally proud to serve his food to friends and family but he was not much into eating his own food. He got more pleasure watching others enjoy his culinary skills.

These are the memories that bring smiles. Jack drifted away from us in his later years; and through his own internal struggles, made choices that only hurt his own life, which gives us tears. My sister and I are grateful for his final years at Villa Marie; where he was in a caring and safe atmosphere.

And now he is safe in the arms of a loving God; who was always there for him. Cremation has been entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Jack’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

Card Of Thanks POPOW We wish to express our sincere gratitude to relatives and many friends for cards, flowers and acts of kindness during the recent loss of Evelyn Popow. Special thanks to the staff at Unit 33 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre as well as Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Pastor Don Hennig and the Ladies Aid for the lunch. Greatly appreciated are the contributions to The Lending Cupboard. ~ Dianne, Wayne and families ~

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

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OPTIMIST CLUB OF RED DEER Brett Kendall Buit May 7, 1981 - March 16, 2013 Four years ago Your wings were ready But our hearts were not.

No longer in our lives to share But in our hearts You are always there.

Love and miss you Mom and Dad, Brandi and Joe, Shantel and Cory, Shannon and Ward, Nephews and Nieces.

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Lt. Gov. Nathan Kondrat and President Les Trevor award prizes to the 2017 Essay Contest winners.

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From left to right: Lt. Gov. Nathan Kondrat, first place winner William Armstrong, second Shea Thomas, and third Gabriel Belder and President Les Trevor.

ARE YOU EXPECTING A BABY SOON?

OPTIMIST CLUB OF RED DEER

Welcome Wagon

has a special package just for you & your little one!

For more information, Call Lori, 403-896-6100 GILBERT RADKE 1944 - 2016 Forever loved and never forgotten.

Your memory will continue in our hearts today and always.

The Optimist Club of Red Deer honours 2 of its long term donors to the Optimist International Children’s Fund.

From left Guy Gibson and Vice President Darryl Sim.

In Memoriam Brent (Nev) Neville Oct. 5th, 1984 - Mar. 17th, 2006 Brent is sadly missed along life’s way, quietly remembered every day. No longer in our lives to share, but in our hearts you’re always there. For all the families suffering the loss of someone you love, you don’t get over it; you just get through it. You don’t get by it, because you can’t get around it. It doesn’t “get better”; it just gets different.

For those who understand, No explanation is needed, for those who do not understand, No explanation is possible. For those who knew Brent “Take a Moment” to reflect on his memory and who he might be today. The Neville family has created a registered charity for Brent to keep his memory alive and to make sure his short life is not in vain. Nev Foundation has a “NEV SUITE” to honour Brent at the Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta, Brent’s charity also supports MADD Canada programs and Educational Scholarships. www.nevfoundation.com.

Missing you always Brent, love Mom, Dad, Shelley, Ryan, extended family & friends.

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Funeral Directors & Services

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F/T IN-HOME Child Caregiver in Red Deer @ Baza Res. Cert./1 yr exp.

Duties; bathe, dress, feed and maintain safe and clean workplace. 40 hrs./wk @$12.25/hr. email resume: elmerbaza3@shaw.ca FT/PT. live-in caregiver with exp. needed for elderly lady, Red Deer area.

Please call 403-392-0711

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The Miguel Family is looking for a temp. FT InHome caregiver for an elderly with disabilities in Red Deer. $16.50/hr.

Duties include personal care, meal prep. and light housekeeping. Must be fluent in English. CPR/First Aid training, driver’s license, Caregiver Certificate, and 3 years relevant experience required. Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is not a condition of employment.

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Seven vacancies, 14.00/ hr. plus benefits @6620 Orr Dr., Red Deer. Seven vacancies, 14.15 /hr plus benefits @4924 -46 St. Lacombe. Seven vacancies 14.15 /hr plus benefits @6017 Parkwood Rd., Blackfalds.

CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE, CLEARVIEW, TIMBERSTONE, LANCASTER, VANIER, DEER PARK, GRANDVIEW, EASTVIEW, MICHENER, MOUNTVIEW, ROSEDALE, GARDEN HEIGHTS, MORRISROE, WOODLEA, WASKASOO

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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, ECKVILLE, SPRINGBROOK, ALIX

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CAREGIVER needed to start work immediately with mother-in-law suffering dementia. I am offering 4-5 hours per day on Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at a rate of $20.00 per hour. All applicants should email directly at jobinportal@gmail.com

Contractors

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BRIDGER Const. We do it all!

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Handyman Services

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BOOK NOW! For your small jobs around the house such as painting, laminate flooring, bathroom reno.

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Collector Car Auction & Speed Show March 17. 18 & 19, 2017 Westerner Park, Red Deer.

Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event featuring Dan & Laura Dotson from Storage Wars Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 X 102 or 103 EGauctions.com

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

Firewood

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Household Furnishings

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WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Travel Packages

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LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail.

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2 + 1 BDRM home, with lrg garage. $1600/mo. + d.d. & utils. N/S, not pets, Avail April. 1. 403-347-1563 LACOMBE, 3 bdrm., 2 bath, single garage, $1295. ~RENTED~ LACOMBE, house, 4 bdrm, 1 bath $1295 403-782-7156 403-357-7465 SYLVAN LAKE, 3 furn., 2 bdrm., dishes, bedding, etc., $900-$1200/mo.

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2014 FORD 1/2 ton reg. cab XL, short box with bucket seats, 25,000 km, 3.7 V6, 4X2, warranty, $15,500. 403-740-0070

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3 BDRM. townhouse in Lacombe, 1.5 baths,w single car garage $1395./mo., 403-782-7156 403-357-7465 3 BDRM. townhouse, close to school and all amenities, 6 appls. fenced yard. Avail.

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RED DEER 2 & 3 BDRM., 4 avail. well-maintained, reno’d units, Avail. April 1 Oriole Park and West Park. Rent starting at $875/mo. SD/$650/mo., 4 appl. For more info., phone or text 403-304-5337

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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 LACOMBE 1 bdrm. suite $795 close to all amenities 403-782-7156/403-357-7465

bldg southeastof library/ City Hall. Direct street access. High traffic corner.

Very nice decor, bright with plenty of window space. ac., fully wired. Utilities incl. Reception area. $375 or $400/mo. Contact Darryl 403-358-9003 or darryl@ simproperties.ca

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clean car. Call Harold @ 403-350-6800

Garage Space

3150

SINGLE CAR, RED DEER $150/mo. 403-348-6594

Mobile Lot

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PADS $450/mo.

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Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of SADIE VICTORIA STRADER who died on January 11, 2017.

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by April 22, 2016 and provide details of your claim with Brian A. Adair Barrister and Solicitor at 4921 B - 47 Street Red Deer, Alberta T4N 1R4 If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

GUARANTEED DELIVERY If your paper is wet, torn or missed, call our Circulation Dept. and we’ll gladly replace your paper.

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Cars SEIBEL PROPERTY Offices ONE MONTH $4500 TAKE 1 or 2 large offices FREE RENT 2006 Buick 4 dr. full load, on second fl oor offi ce/retail 5 locations in Red Deer,

well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $995. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545

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Rental incentives avail.

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If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by

April 17, 2017 and provide details of your claim with Rackel Belzil LLP, Barristers & Solicitors at 100, 10230 - 142 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5N 3Y6 If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of DARREN JOHN BELL who died on February 25, 2017.

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by April 22, 2016 and provide details of your claim with Brian A. Adair Barrister and Solicitor at 4921 B - 47 Street Red Deer, Alberta T4N 1R4 If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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Medicating ADD a complicated decision

D

ear Annie: My 7-yearold son was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder last year. Before then, my husband and I thought for a while that he just had “a lot of energy” and Annie had trouble grasping some things in school, Lane like all kids at some point or another. But he started falling behind significantly, to the point where classmates were calling him stupid. (Don’t even get me started on those kids.) My poor son’s self-esteem just plummeted, and he began getting easily frustrated with his work. Since the diagnosis, we’ve tried putting him on a low dosage of medication. It’s made a world of difference. He is not only following

along in school but also able to hold an actual conversation with us and his peers and stay on task. Previously, when I would ask him to brush his teeth before bed, on his way to the bathroom, he’d find a new Lego to unpack and then go to the kitchen pantry to see about a snack.

The problem is that my husband also has ADD, and after a few months of this success, he just told me he no longer wants our son to take the medication. He feels that our son is too “robotic,” and he doesn’t want to “drug him up.” I don’t blame him for his reservations; he spent a few years as a teenager trying different medications, and virtually every one produced difficult side effects. He has lived his life without medication.

(Don’t get me started on that, either.)

I feel that staying on this track is the best for our son and that my husband is projecting his experience on our

son. Do you see a compromise here?

Or is this a no-brainer? — Concerned Mom Dear Concerned: No way is this a no-brainer. Decisions involving children and medication are often complicated and always require careful consideration. Every case is different, and I can’t say for sure what the best choice for your son is. I would recommend that you go to a licensed therapist whom you and your husband agree on and seek his or her professional opinion on the matter.

Dear Annie: Your advice to “Tired and Exhausted” — whose son is struggling with addiction — was good but incomplete. As a parent of two people who were addicts for a very long time (both are sober now), I’d like to recommend Learn to Cope. This is a wonderful support group started by Joanne Peterson in 2004, and it has over 7,000 members. Though it is based in

Massachusetts, the organization holds meetings in several locations, and its website alone is a wealth of information. (Check it out at http://www.learn2cope.org.) Anyone who joins (it’s free) can post questions and receive great peer support. “Tired and Exhausted” could also call 508-738-5148 to speak to a member of the Learn to Cope staff. — Mom Who’s Been There Dear Mom: Thank you for sharing.

I had not heard of this organization, but I’ve made a note of it for future reference.

And in case Learn to Cope doesn’t have a meeting in your area, I’d again like to mention Nar-Anon Family Groups. It is a terrific organization offering support for anyone who loves someone who suffers from addiction.

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

Refugees get crash course in curling

Arun and refugees from several countries, including Syria, Iraq and Iran, took turns sliding, throwing stones and sweeping the ice, with varying success — and, inevitably, the occasional tumble.

“When I see it on TV, I thought it was boring really but then when I really do it, it’s so hard,” he said. “And plus it’s fun when you always fail and you really have to try again, I feel so fun doing it.”

While admitting he’s still a bit awkward on the ice, Arun didn’t hesitate when asked who was better, him or his mother. “Me,” he said with a grin.

The outing, arranged by the organization Together Project, paired

the refugees with volunteers who coached them during their first experience with the iconic sport.

The organization was established last November in order to provide government-sponsored refugees with the same kind of community support granted to privately sponsored ones, said director Anna Hill.

The group contacts government-sponsored refugees through COSTI Immigration Services, a community-based agency that offers settlement and social services to immigrants, and matches them with volunteers who help them adjust during their first year in Canada, Hill said.

“This is a kind of ‘welcome to Canada’ event for refugees who have

just arrived,” she said. “So many of them have been here for days or just weeks.”

The organization chose curling because it’s a “fantastic, very Canadian winter sport.”

“We thought that they might be interested in learning about winter sports in Canada since we have quite a long winter here,” Hill said.

“Like many of us when we travel to a new country for the first time, we’re very willing to try things because we want to learn about a new country and what people in that country have fun doing, so I think we have a lot of very enthusiastic participants here.”

friend or acquaintance leading you up the primrose path to Taurean trouble? Keep a sensible head on your sturdy bovine shoulders today. When it comes to relationships, be extra patient.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Communication and conversation are highlighted today, as you enjoy catching up with someone special. But a work colleague or close friend may confuse you by making a perplexing move.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Aim to get the balance right between your personal and professional lives. And make sure you communicate with colleagues, clients or customers clearly so that misunderstandings are minimized.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you under the illusion that your bank balance is more buoyant than it actually is? Make sure your plans are financially realistic and sustainable. If in doubt, then get some professional advice.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you think you’re seeing your partner clearly? And are you accepting responsibility for your part in any problems you’re having? Single Virgos — look for a partner who is creative and compassionate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you putting off starting projects until things fall into place? If you wait for the perfect circumstances, then you’ll be waiting forever. With Jupiter in your sign, just take a deep breath and go for it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What you want and what a friend or family member needs may be two very different things today. So you’ll have to creatively adjust your expectations to accommodate the current situation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you escape into a fantasy world, problems won’t magically disappear.

Find creative solutions to current challenges. Plus — when it comes to health and well-being — be more pro-

active.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t assume you know how others are thinking or feeling today Capricorn. You may be right, but you may also be way off the mark. So tread carefully and take the time to double-check.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Nebulous Neptune is still causing some confusion in your finance zone. If you are sensible, then you’ll get professional advice before you go making any major money moves.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Creative and spiritual pursuits are favoured today. But Neptune aspects can aggravate sensitivities or trigger allergic reactions. So avoid food, drink and alcohol that doesn’t agree with you.

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

TORONTO — Roughly two weeks after arriving in Canada from Thailand, Arun Daniel isn’t quite used to the cold — but he’s getting better acquainted with one of the country’s favourite winter sports.

The 11-year-old and his mother, who originally fled Sri Lanka, were among some 45 government-sponsored refugees getting a crash course in curling at a Toronto club on Wednesday in an effort to welcome them to their new home.

Laughter rang out on the ice as

HOROSCOPES Thursday, March 16 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Lauren Graham, 50; Jerry Lewis, 91; Brooke Burns, 39 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Creativity and compassion are highlighted today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Joanne You are practical and Madeline imaginative. The next Moore 12 months is the time to get the balance right between professional projects and relationship responsibilities.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be careful in the way you communicate today, otherwise you could complicate matters and be misunderstood. The more energy you put into close relationships, the more they will sparkle and shine.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Is a

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