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Lacombe restaurant is among Alberta businesses saying no to the minimum wage cut for youth.

Sarah Starke, who took over Kavaccino’s about six months ago, has signed up with alberta15.ca – a coalition of businesses from across the province that will or want to keep paying those under 18 $15 an hour instead of $13.

Young people deserve that first job More than 100 businesses have signed on from various sectors, including restaurants and retail. Costco is one of the biggest businesses on the list, employing about 3,000 workers in Alberta, according to the website.

The Jason Kenney government has created a separate category for youth, reducing the minimum wage for those 13 to 17 years of age.

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comes into effect Wednesday.

Starke, who started working when she was 14, had two jobs by the time she turned 17 — in a deli and a bakery.

“I wanted to own a restaurant, so I started working towards one, because owning a restaurant is expensive,” said Starke, 28, who lived at home in her teens.

“And it only took more than a decade,” she said with a chuckle.

“I don’t think you should be paid less, because it’s not fair, and some of them have as much to save for as adults,” she said of young people.

At 17, Starke said she was working as an apprentice cake decorator.

“People who are 18 may have less experience than people who are younger, but they would get paid more for no reason.”

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JUNE 26 1604 — De Monts and Champlain start building fort on an island in the St. Croix River.

1754 — Anthony Henday, an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company, leaves York Factory with a party of Plains Cree returning to the interior; his job is to investigate and head off growing French influence on the plains; returns June 23, 1755, having travelled as far West as present-day Red Deer and viewed the Rockies.

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Red Deer Mountie on trial denies he asked a woman whether her breasts were real while he was investigating a domestic dispute in 2016.

His alleged victim testified Tuesday that ‘I DIDN’T REALLY Const. Jason Tress REACT AT ALL, asked her about her RIGHT THEN AND breasts and told her THERE. I WAS she had a nice body MORE STUNNED while the two were alone in a bedroom THAN ANYTHING.’ in a Red Deer apart— ALLEGED VICTIM ment.

Tress was there to interview her about a violent altercation in the early hours of May 1, 2016, that ended with her friend’s boyfriend being hauled off to jail.

The boyfriend turned violent, attacking both she and her friend after a night where the three and others had been bar hopping and drinking heavily.

Tress has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault while carrying a weapon and breach of trust. His trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench began Monday.

His alleged victim testified that following questions about her breasts and the comment about her body, he asked if she wanted to leave the bedroom.

Her name is subject to a publication ban.

“He asked if I was sure,” she testified. “I said, ‘yes, I’m sure.’ ” He didn’t open the door right away, but did after 20 or 40 seconds, and they left the bedroom.

Crown prosecutor Photini Papadatou asked whether Tress touched her, tried to touch her or asked if he could touch her.

“No,” she replied to each question.

Photini asked what her reaction was to what had just happened.

“I didn’t really react at all, right then and there.

I was more stunned than anything.”

Defence lawyer Robb Beeman asked her if she had told her best friend Tress had touched her breast — an incident the woman recounted to Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigators.

“No, I did not,” she said, agreeing with him it did not happen.

The best friend of the alleged victim was in the apartment that night, along with the boyfriend, who was arrested. She testified the woman later talked to her about Tress.

“From what I recall, she told me Mr. Tress was flirting with her,” she said.

Tress took the stand Tuesday afternoon and denied he said anything inappropriate to the woman.

His lawyer asked him if he commented on the woman’s breasts, or on her body, or said he wanted to stay in the room with her.

“Absolutely not,” Tress answered to each question.

“I don’t recall any conversation like that whatsoever.”

Before Tress testified, his lawyer asked Justice David Gates for a directed verdict. It is a request to dismiss the case on the grounds the Crown prosecutor has not proven their case and no jury acting reasonably would find the accused guilty.

Gates ruled enough evidence was presented that a conviction was possible and the trial continued.

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D-DAY CELEBRATIONS

Parachutist relives Second Word War drama

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

Photos contributed by MARCEL SCHUR

LEFT: Parachutists on the ground before takeoff June 8.

BELOW: Parachutists jump from their C-47 Dakota June 8 as part of 75th anniversary D-Day celebrations in France.

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arachuting out of a Second World War-era transport plane as part of D-Day 75th anniversary celebrations in France was a thrilling — and emotional — experience for Marcel Schur.

As the Red Deer man stood in the door of the C-47 Dakota, it was impossible not to think of the thousands of young paratroopers who jumped at night into unknown peril behind enemy lines a generation earlier.

“It was quite an emotional event,” he says. “The aircraft we flew in was actually in the war. It had bullet holes that were just patched over. You could see the holes and everything.”

For many D-Day paratroopers, it would be their last jump. Many were shot as they descended, while others drowned in fields flooded by the Germans as a defence.

“It was a really lousy night for them. Lots of guys died before they even stepped into battle.”

Schur jumped twice in France on June 5 and 8 as one of more than 1,000 parachutists from 13 countries who took to the silk to recreate parachute drops early on June 6, 1944.

More than 23,000 airborne troops landed then by parachute or glider behind German lines, playing a critical role in fending off counterattacks aimed at the Allied beachhead.

As a 20-year veteran of Canada’s military, Schur made 69 jumps, earning German and U.S. parachute wings

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The new restaurateur doesn’t employ people who are under 18, but plans on hiring two teens this fall to pick up shifts after school. Starke plans to pay them the adult minimum wage – $15 an hour.

The decision by the UCP government is intended to help small business owners such as herself with costs and hiring more young people.

“I might have to work a bit harder, but I knew that when I got into it.

before leaving the forces in 1996.

But it had been 24 years since his last jump when an army buddy called him up and asked if the 59-year-old was up for a D-Day jump.

Schur didn’t hesitate.

“It was just the chance to jump again,” he says. “Plus, it’s an honour to do something like that. Seventy-five years after D-Day, to jump where others have gone was really quite an honour.”

CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 You shouldn’t be in business if you can’t afford to pay people. Something is wrong with that business model,” said Starke.

Jo Phillips, co-owner of Jo(e) Social Media Inc., shared the sentiment.

Phillips said penalizing young people is not the best business approach. The Lacombe-based operation hires practicum students to assist with live events, filing and photography from time-to-time, and they get paid well over $15.

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Phillips is witnessing the toll a lower minimum wage will take on some young people. Her 17-year-old son, Xander Dumont, planned to move to Edmonton with one roommate after his high school graduation this summer.

He hoped to work for a year, and save, before attending post-secondary school.

But with the new minimum wage, his plans had to change. He is now living in Red Deer with five roommates.

“He’s at the mercy of the new legislation,” said Phillips. “He already finds it difficult to save for school, pay for his expenses at $15, so he couldn’t see a way through $13 an hour in a big city, so he had to completely change his plan.”

The Lacombe mom explained it’s not easy for youth, given the downturn in the economy, but she is proud of her son’s resiliency and work ethic.

“Our kids, the teens in the last couple years, haven’t had a lot of job opportunities. There hasn’t been a lot out there,” Phillips said.

“Not only does he work as hard as any adult, he gets less respect and he gets taken advantage of more with regards to not knowing the labour laws

and stuff like that,” said Phillips.

Both business owners said it’s not fair for young people to get paid less for the same work adults perform.

“Businesses should look at other ways to cut (costs), rather than going after the lowest common denominator,” said Phillips. “Everyone should be paid equal value for equal work.”

Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce CEO Rick More said the businesses that have signed on to alberta15.ca and declared to support youth by paying $15 an hour have the right to do so.

“Every business is unique in what they can maintain,” said More.

He noted there are more than 165,000 small businesses in the province, so the 100-plus employers who have signed on to the website would be a small sample.

“It is a discretionary call. Each business will compete for employees and can decide the skill set, personal situation and maturity level of each individual, and can determine wage levels from that.

“We need businesses to start to thrive again, so everyone, from owners to staff, can benefit from the prosperity,” added More.

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AIR QUALITY

Source of gasoline smell in north Red Deer remains unknown

the company was working to mitigate the smell.

A few residents have reported headaches and feeling nauseous and

lethargic due to the odour.

McLachlan said the city investigated after the initial complaint, spoke with the company, and it has asked

the company to work the city.

She said there is no timeline to eliminate the odour. Depending on environmental factors such as the wind, the odour can be a detected one day and not the next.

McLachlan was not aware of previous nuisance problems in Edgar Industrial Park.

“For the most part, most people do comply with the bylaw. They don’t generally create a nuisance.

“Because it is an industrial park, there might be some level of nuisance, but those can be mitigated with ongoing conversations with those companies to make sure that they are aware of those regulations.”

McLachlan said if residents have concerns, they should contact the inspections and licensing department, because it is the group that deals with bylaws that regulate industrial businesses.

“That way, we can log if there are further complaints and then take further action if required.”

nadian and ex-military, they really appreciate it,” says Schur, who is a safety and rescue consultant and team leader for Red Deer County’s technical rescue team.

When making his jumps, Schur and the other parachutists were kitted out in the same uniforms and gear the young paratroopers would have worn in 1944.

The vintage C-47 that took them aloft is a veteran of the airborne operations in the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944, where it was flown by a Canadian squadron.

Schur had the best seat in the house for his first jump.

“On the first jump, I was No. 1 in

the door. That was quite exhilarating, because as you flew into the drop zone, you could see the crowd.

“Sitting there and watching, it was like watching a big movie,” he says.

“Second jump, I was third in the door, so it was quick. Everybody’s pushing to get out of the aircraft, so it was quick jump.

“But it was the best jump I ever made though. It was by far the most smooth and the best landing I’ve ever done. It was a great jump.”

Other than one sprained knee, the 50 parachutists in his group, split into two flights, came through without a scratch.

“We had a guy with us who was 76,

and he jumped — uninjured, walked off the drop zone, big smile on his face.”

In September, Schur will jump again during 75th anniversary celebrations of the Arnhem airborne operation familiar to many through the book and movie A Bridge Too Far. He plans to jump twice over three days if the weather holds. That is always an unknown. He was supposed to jump three times for the D-Day event, but one was scratched because of bad weather.

Asked of any other highlights of the experience: “Landing without breaking anything,” he says with a laugh.

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he city continues to work with a company in Edgar Industrial Park that has been emitting a gasoline odour that has annoyed Kentwood residents. “(The company) is aware of the concerns from area residents. They are doing what they can to mitigate those smells,” said Beth McLachlan, development officer with the city’s inspections and licensing department.

“At this time, it hasn’t been determined exactly where the smell is coming from, but they are working with us to ensure that it isn’t a nuisance to the surrounding area.”

Companies are not allowed to emit odours, and the city is monitoring the situation, she said.

In late May, Red Deer Emergency Services reported a gas-like odour in the Edgar Industrial Park area was believed to have been caused by equipment delivered to the park and

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 A little rusty, he started working out and lost 20 pounds to make sure he was ready to handle landings.

He and 32 other parachutists then trained and recertified at a Dutch parachute training centre.

His military training came to him pretty quickly during five days of training, he says. “I wasn’t afraid.

Let’s put it that way.”

Training happened in May and coincided with Remembrance Day in the Netherlands. The Dutch have not forgotten the contributions of Canada’s soldiers and liberators.

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groups disproportionately affected by the virus, said Kevin Cunningham of Turning Point, which is sponsoring the event with Primary Care Network’s Street Clinic.

One in five Canadians living with HIV are unaware they have the disease. The only way to know for certain if you’re HIV-positive is to get tested.

Rapid HIV tests will be administered Thursday using pointof-care testing kits, which provide results in less than a minute.

If a positive result is detected, blood will be taken, which will also be used to test for other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections.

Information on the testing site locations and times is available at www.hivtestingday.ca.

Recovery College program expanding to Red Deer Calgary’s Canadian Mental Health Association is expanding its Recovery College program to Red Deer to improve access to mental health and addictions services.

The association’s Red Deer office will run the Recovery College courses for individuals and families starting in September.

Red Deer executive director Christine Stewart said the course curriculum will be provided by qualified and experienced educators, in addition to others who will provide peer support.

“Support groups don’t have a curriculum. It’s more just sharing experiences. Whereas in Recovery College, we have specific curriculum that we’re teaching with techniques and skills,” Stewart said.

“It’s educational programs and more giving people the skills to manage their own mental health.”

The province committed $3 million to support program expansion to Red Deer, Wood Buffalo, Edmonton and Lethbridge.

Course are free to attend; people will just have to register.

Six options in Red Deer include an eight-week art of friendship course for people who struggle forming relationships; a four-week art of recovery course to support mental health and addiction recovery; and a four-week building better boundaries course, which addresses relationships and wellness.

Stewart said 11 people have already gone through peer support training, who will provide personal examples and support to encourage others to find their own wellness.

“It’s so much easier to listen to the input of someone who has been there. Somebody who was suicidal for years, and now they have figured how to heal that for themselves, or people who struggle with

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Henry Larose plays pickleball during the grand opening of the new Red Deer Pickleball Courts at Motorworks Field Tuesday afternoon. schizophrenia, or depression, and they’re holding down full-time work and have families.

“It’s just so much more encouraging to learn from someone’s tools that they used, rather than someone who has never been there and just went to school.”

Ceremony marks opening of Pickleball courts Pickleball players have a place to call home in Red Deer.

The opening ceremony for the Red Deer Pickleball Courts at Motorworks Fields, next to St. Joseph High School, was Tuesday.

“This is the nicest facility in Canada – it is huge for pickleball. I’m sure it’s going to be the first of many facilities like this across the county,” said Val Vollmin, past president of Red Deer Pickleball Club.

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Vollmin said Red Deer pickleball players have been trying to get a facility for nearly a decade.

“We started in 2010 by doing a demonstration for the City of Red Deer staff so they could see what pickleball was and it’s … been a whole lot of work to get to where it is today,” she said.

The Red Deer club has about 250 members. Vollmin said she wouldn’t be surprised if there were nearly 400 by the end of the summer.

“Everybody can play it – you don’t have to be a super athlete to play,” said Vollmin.

“You have a social aspect to the game. It keeps you active. A lot of people who have never played another sport, they will play pickleball and enjoy it. It’s just a great, addicting game.”

The new venue will be the site of a tournament in August.

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said the new courts are proof residents “raising their voice to members of council matters.”

“A few years ago, our community hadn’t even really heard of pickleball, but a club developed and ultimately travelled across North America and came back to Red Deer city council saying this is one of the fastest growing sports in our community and asked to partner with the city in order to make this vision a reality,” said Veer.

Over the past couple of years, Red Deer has solidified its national and international position as a sports tourism destination, Veer added.

Turning Point Society hosting HIV Testing Day Red Deer residents can take part in the second annual national HIV Testing Day Thursday at the Turning Point Society of Central Alberta.

The goal is to effectively target

Open house to share info about housing plan Learn about Red Deer’s housing and homelessness plan at an open house Thursday.

Citizens are invited to find out more about how Red Deer’s new housing plan is being developed and how the community can get involved.

The goal is to develop a plan to accommodate the housing needs of all residents.

The open house is from 4 to 7 p.m. at Setters Place at Great Chief Park in Bower Ponds.

Some city councillors and staff will be available to answer questions about the plan, its objectives, and how it’s being developed.

Participants can provide feedback and learn more about upcoming engagement opportunities.

The City of Red Deer’s 2017/2018 housing annual report will also be released Thursday.

Citizens are encouraged to take the plan’s survey, available at reddeer.ca/surveys. The survey will be open until July 5, and should take no more than 15 minutes to complete.

Property taxes due Friday The City of Red Deer is reminding residents 2019 property taxes are due Friday.

“Remember to pay before you head out for the Canada Day long weekend to avoid a late penalty,” states a city news release.

Payment can be made at most financial institutions (including online or telephone banking), by mail (postmarked by Canada Post by Friday), or in person at City Hall (4914 48th Ave).

If a property tax account is not paid in full by Friday, a seven per cent penalty will be applied to the unpaid portion.

For more information about property assessment and taxation, visit www.reddeer.ca/tax, or call 403-3428126.

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ETHBRIDGE — The mother of a toddler who died of bacterial meningitis broke down several times Tuesday as she testified at her trial that she is still haunted by her boy’s death.

Collet Stephan told court that she still counts Ezekiel, who was 19 months old when he died, among her current living children.

“He’s my son,” she said tearfully. “My role as a stay-at-home mom is to care for my children. It’s my purpose. It’s why I was put on Earth.”

Stephan and her husband, David, are charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life for Ezekiel, who died in March 2012.

The Crown argues the Stephans should have sought medical treatment for the boy sooner. The couple opted to treat him with alternative medicines.

A jury convicted the couple in 2016, but the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a second trial. It is being heard by a judge without a jury and David Stephan is acting as his own lawyer.

Collet Stephan testified that she has vivid memories of some aspects of Ezekiel’s death but has blocked out others.

“It was an extremely traumatic time which no parent should have to go through,” she said.

Ezekiel first stopped breathing while she was holding him and listening to him inhale irregularly.

“I had patted him on the back and he started breathing again. I carried him to the bedroom and when I laid him on the bed he stopped breathing again.”

She said she pinched his nose and blew into his mouth and he coughed up mucus and fluid and seemed to improve.

The Stephans called 911 while driving the boy to hospital.

The couple have testified that they originally thought Ezekiel had croup and that they treated him with natural remedies. They saw no reason to take him to hospital despite his having a fever and lacking energy.

Collet Stephan said she did research on both viral and bacterial meningitis.

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Free workshops promote healthy living Central Alberta residents can participate in free workshops that promote healthy living.

The sessions are offered as part of the Alberta Healthy Living Program, which is an Alberta Health Services initiative that aims to provide easy access to information.

The Truth About What Works in Weight Management workshop will teach attendees strategies to help lower calorie intake, explore meal patterns, food choices and portion size.

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Collet Stephan told court she still counts Ezekiel, who was 19 months old when he died, among her current living children.

“In my mind I’m thinking out of the two he would be closer to viral meningitis than he was the bacterial,” she said.

After discussing the matter with her husband, they decided not to take Ezekiel to the hospital right away.

“I didn’t see any health concerns warranting him to see the doctor. If he starts to exhibit symptoms, we should take him in.”

David Stephan testified they suspected Ezekiel may have contracted viral meningitis. It is less serious and usually clears up on its own, but the bacterial form can be fatal if not treated quickly with antibiotics.

“I recall distinctly that bacterial meningitis wasn’t on the radar,” he told Crown prosecutor Britta Kristensen during her cross-examination. “If we thought he had a fatal infection, we would have been to the doctor right away.”

He testified that his wife did call a friend at one point who was a nurse and a midwife. The friend All of the above workshops will be held at Bethany CollegeSide.

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Sylvan Lake man charged with killing father A 28-year-old Sylvan Lake man has been charged with the first-degree murder of his father.

Rimbey RCMP said they responded Monday around 4 p.m. to a complaint in Lacombe County, where they found Patrick Alexander Freeman suffering from significant injuries.

He was taken to hospital, but later died of his injuries.

The man’s son, Patrick William Freeman, has been arrested, and he is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court Wednesday.

mentioned the possibility Ezekiel might have meningitis but she wasn’t sure.

Stephan told court that he was “100 per cent convinced” that Ezekiel had recovered, until he noticed the child had an odd breathing pattern.

He said the couple continued to treat him with natural remedies, even after the toddler was declared brain dead at the children’s hospital in Calgary.

“We were given no hope whatsoever. We weren’t willing to let go,” he said.

“We would cling onto anything.”

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ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

Licence revoked for doc who used own sperm

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ORONTO — An Ottawa fertility doctor who used his own sperm as well as that of the wrong donors to artificially inseminate several women caused “irreparable damage” that will span generations, a disciplinary panel with Ontario’s medical regulator said Tuesday as it revoked his medical licence.

Dr. Bernard Norman Barwin betrayed the trust of patients who turned to him for help in starting a family, the discipline committee for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario said.

The committee also expressed frustration that Barwin, 80, was not present to receive the reprimand, calling it unfair that he would not face the victims of his “disgraceful” conduct.

“It is unfortunate that at this time all we can do is revoke your licence to practise medicine and … deliver this reprimand,” said Dr. Steven Bodley, chair of the panel. ”We do, however, take some solace in the fact that you are no longer in a position to cause further harm.”

The discipline committee had ruled earlier Tuesday that Barwin committed professional misconduct and failed to maintain the standards of the profession.

Lawyers for the college had then asked the committee to revoke Barwin’s licence, saying it was the only appropriate penalty for such a shocking abuse of trust. The college’s decision to do so means other medical regulators will be alerted should he apply to practise medicine elsewhere.

An uncontested statement of facts laid out the cases of more than a dozen patients who said they suffered irreparable harm as a result of Barwin’s actions, starting in the 1970s through the early 2000s.

Barwin pleaded no contest to the allegations through his lawyer.

A lawyer for the college said Barwin’s actions traumatized entire families.

“There is no precedent for the case

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Ontario’s medical regulator says a fertility doctor used his own sperm to inseminate several patients as well as the wrong sperm with several others, finding that he committed professional misconduct. you have before you,” Carolyn Silver told the disciplinary committee. “Dr. Barwin’s patients and their families were the unsuspecting victims of his incomprehensible deception.”

Some patients discovered their children were half-siblings, even though they had requested the same donor be used for both, the statement of facts said. Several men learned the children they had raised were not biologically theirs.

Rebecca Dixon, who waived a publication ban protecting her identity, said she discovered three years ago that Barwin — and not the man who raised her — was her biological father.

The committee heard Dixon and her family first became suspicious of

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her lineage after she was diagnosed with celiac disease, a hereditary condition that neither of her parents shares. Eventually a DNA test confirmed Barwin was her father.

“In that moment, my life changed forever,” she told the committee, adding she felt her entire identity was thrown into question.

The news made her feel ashamed and “contaminated,” and strained her family, she said.

Even now, Dixon said she continues to scan the crowds in Ottawa, looking for people who look like her and who may be her half-siblings. So far, Dixon said she has identified 15 half-siblings, though the case before the college involves only seven patients with children fathered by Bar-

win.

She said after the hearing that more victims may yet emerge as others discover their parentage or that of their children is not what they believed.

Dixon also said she was glad that Barwin’s licence was revoked, adding the case raises questions about how the fertility industry is monitored and regulated.

A woman who can only be identified as Patient M told the committee she learned recently that her teenage daughter was conceived using an unknown donor’s sperm rather than her husband’s. She has not yet broken the news to her daughter, worried the shock would be debilitating, she said.

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NDP about taking the drastic step of asking him to find government house leader Jason Nixon in contempt of the legislature — which he has refused to do.

The NDP asked for the ruling after stating that Nixon put in the earplugs and later misled the house by saying nobody in government had done so.

Cooper says that under the rules of the house he has to accept the word of members who are speaking about their own actions.

The NDP has criticized Kenney for handing out the earplugs and for his United Conservatives offering three different explanations as to why.

Legislature boss chides both sides in earplug spat EDMONTON — Alberta’s legislature boss is telling both the government and Opposition members to do better following an angry confrontation in the house over earplugs.

Speaker Nathan Cooper says the New Democrats were right to be upset last week when Premier Jason Kenney handed out the plugs so his caucus to tune out an overnight debate over a contentious labour bill.

But Cooper has cautioned the

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SASKATCHEWAN

Top court could hear carbon tax challenge in December

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EGINA — The Saskatchewan government says its arguments against the federal carbon tax could be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada before the end of the year, but after the federal election.

The province says it has been notified that the reference case has been tentatively set for Dec. 5.

Saskatchewan appealed to the country’s highest court after losing its constitutional challenge against the federal tax in its own Appeal Court last month in a 3-2 split decision.

Attorney General Don Morgan says Ottawa violated Saskatchewan’s constitutional jurisdiction when it started charging the federal levy April 1 because the province did not implement a tax of its own.

The province’s lawyers are preparing to submit a factum which is due near the end of July.

Morgan said Tuesday it would have been beneficial for the Supreme Court to hear the case before the federal election in October, but added the government plans to forge ahead with its challenge no matter which party wins.

Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has promised to scrap the carbon tax if he is elected as the next prime minister.

“Our expectation is that we would

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Premier Scott Moe speaks to media. Saskatchewan appealed to the country’s highest court after losing its constitutional challenge against the federal tax in its own Appeal Court last month in a 3-2 split decision. want to go ahead. We think it’s worthwhile to have better clarity as to the role of the federal government and the provinces with regard to environment or the right to levy that kind of a tax,” said Morgan.

The Supreme Court’s decision could be used if other questions arise between the provinces and federal government when it comes to jurisdic-

RACISM

Ottawa sets up secretariat to root out racism in federal institutions, programs

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TTAWA — The federal government is setting up a secretariat to root out systemic racism and discrimination within federal institutions, programs and services.

The secretariat is part of a $45-million federal anti-racism effort, which also includes funding for programs run by community groups on things like job-skills training, youth mentorships, legal services and protections against hate speech.

The effort will also include a national public awareness and education campaign.

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, who announced the initiative Tuesday in Toronto, said every day in this country, people still face racism, including Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and anti-black racism.

“It’s often subtle, sometimes invisible,” he said in the text of a speech delivered at a centre devoted to helping those living in poverty or with mental illness.

“But its effects are always very real

and completely unacceptable. I’m talking about the inequalities embedded in our society, like who’s called for a job interview, who’s encouraged to aim for university and who’s not, or who gets carded (by police) on their way home from school.”

Those inequalities are apparently embedded in the federal government as well.

Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes has argued that black Canadians are passed over for senior jobs in the federal civil service. And she’s noted that a black person has never achieved the rank of deputy minister in the entire history of Canada’s federal government.

The former Liberal MP introduced a private member’s bill last week which would require the Canadian Human Rights Commission to report annually on what progress, if any, the federal civil service has made in promoting visible minorities to senior positions. However, the bill will never be passed since the House of Commons has adjourned for the summer and subsequent federal election.

tion, he said.

The federal government announced Tuesday that it plans to spend $60 million of the money from the carbon tax to fund green projects at schools in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

The four provinces are subject to the national carbon price because they do not have their own carbon

pricing that meets federal standards.

Federal

Environment

Minister

Catherine McKenna has sent a letter to her Saskatchewan counterpart, Dustin Duncan, that says the Ottawa has set aside $12 million for “energy efficiency investments” in the province’s schools.

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LOWER MINIMUM WAGE

Young people deserve that first job

BY JASON COPPING SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

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lberta: The land of opportunity.

This is the idea that brought my parents here more than 40 years ago. They packed up me and my sister and headed West for better jobs and a hope for a better future for their children.

Fast forward 10 years to a brighteyed and eager teenager standing in front of the store manager at All West Grocers looking for a job.

I didn’t have a lot going for me, other than I was willing and ready to work. No experience. No skills. But for whatever reason, that man said yes and I started three days later.

It was that job that kick-started my working life. It wasn’t glamourous, but I learned to be punctual, detail oriented, responsible and how to appropriately interact with a customer asking in what aisle they could find the peanut butter and whether they wanted paper or plastic bags.

Looking back now, I realize that hiring a young worker with no experience was a risk my employer decided to take on.

We often hear from youths today employers are looking for employees with experience. But how can they

‘LOOKING BACK NOW, I REALIZE THAT HIRING A YOUNG WORKER WITH NO EXPERIENCE WAS A RISK THAT MY EMPLOYER DECIDED TO TAKE ON.’ — JASON COPPING

get experience if they can’t get that first job?

I wonder what would have happened to me had I not been able to find an employer who was willing to take that chance?

Unfortunately, that is the reality thousands of youths are facing right now.

The former government’s policy to raise the minimum wage in the face of one of the worst economic downturns in Alberta’s history created the very conditions where inexperienced youths, in particular, are unable to find work.

The minimum wage went too high too fast, and the job market could not keep up.

The Bank of Canada estimates a 10 per cent increase in the minimum wage decreases youth employment by 2.6 per cent.

Other studies have stated that number is more like three to six per cent.

The previous government raised the minimum wage by nearly 50 per cent in three short years. These stud-

ies are reflected in reality. With the stats showing unemployment for those under 18 in the first quarter of 2019 is almost triple the adult unemployment rate, we can see the previous government’s policy has failed.

This is unacceptable. Lack of job opportunities for our youths limits their earning potential over the long term.

In the land of opportunity, it is critical that our youths are able to enter the labour market and find that first job so important for future job success.

The youth job creation wage is designed to incentivize our job creators to look at that bright-eyed young person with no skills and experience and give them a chance.

We owe it to our youths to ensure they have all the opportunities the generations before them had.

Let’s give Alberta’s youths a chance.

Jason Copping is Alberta’s minister of labour and immigration.

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The Red Deer Industrial School, which closed a century ago, is seen looking south from the Burnt Lake Trail.

Poorly run residential school left an unfortunate legacy T

his year marks t h e 1 0 0 t h anniversary of the end of a very dark chapter in our community’s history.

In 1919, the Red Deer Indian Industrial School was permanently Michael closed.

Plans for an Dawe Indian industrial school at Red Deer commenced in the early 1890s. A Red Deer site fitted in with the philosophy of the federal government at the time.

It was in the central part of the province.

More importantly, since the idea was to educate native children in European culture and ways of living, and make a break with traditional cultures, sites were sought that were a substantial distance from reserves and close to a “white” urban centre.

Initially, the government considered building the school on the north side of what is now the Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary.

However, eventually, a decision was made to select a site close to the old Red Deer River Crossing settlement and somewhat farther away from the new town site of Red Deer.

A decision was made with the Methodist Church to have it operate the school. It was the first Methodist Indian Industrial School in Western Canada. Construction of the buildings took place in 1893.

Unfortunately, as the school was opened, the federal gov-

ernment changed its formula for funding Indian industrial schools.

Instead of the government covering all the operational expenses, as well as the construction costs, a per capita grant system was implemented.

Right from the start, the per capita grants were lower than the costs of running the school. As time went on, the financial shortfalls got worse.

One immediate impact of the new and inadequate funding system was an inability to pay the salaries that were generally offered to teachers. These lower rates of pay made it difficult to attract qualified staff and also led to high staff turnover. Poor staff morale was a continuous problem.

Moreover, all the students and staff were crammed into one building, creating overcrowded conditions. The school’s sanitation system was poor. The drains often plugged. Sewage frequently contaminated the school’s well.

Consequently, there were frequent outbreaks of disease in the school, including scarlet fever, meningitis, mumps, measles and tuberculosis.

There was even a brief outbreak of smallpox. The death rates among students and staff were high.

According to the official school register, more than onethird of the students enrolled in the first two years of the school’s operation died prematurely.

Dr. P.H. Bryce later wrote of all the Indian industrial schools he examined, Red Deer had the worst mortality rate.

Overcrowding was eased

somewhat in 1897 with the construction of a second student residence. Small cottages were built for staff as well as a number of small instructional and farm buildings.

Nevertheless, conditions at the school remained poor. Enrolments at the school declined, despite energetic recruitment campaigns.

At one point, the federal government vigorously objected that a number of students were Metis, instead of the status First Nations children from reserves who were supposed to make up the pupil population.

The school buildings had become very dilapidated.

The refusal by the authorities to pay for repairs meant the facilities continued to deteriorate even more.

Disease remained a very serious problem. The principal wrote a letter to the federal government to say “for sickness, the conditions at this school are nothing less than criminal.”

The strong words brought no reaction other than a special $130 grant to defray the payments made to the local undertaker.

Finally, the principal decided the school should be permanently closed. The federal and missionary authorities, who had already given up on the school, agreed.

The Red Deer Indian Industrial School was formally closed on Sept. 30, 1919.

Tragically, although the school closed, the legacy from it continued on.

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FEDERAL CARBON TAX

$60 million to go to green projects in schools

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TTAWA — A portion of the proceeds of the federal carbon tax will go to fund green projects at schools in four provinces, but the fate of the program depends on the co-operation of those provinces’ conservative premiers.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced Tuesday $60 million of the revenue from the federal price on carbon will be spent on elementary and secondary schools in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Those four provinces are subject to the national carbon price because they do not have their own carbon-pricing systems that meet federal standards.

The Liberals previously promised that 90 per cent of the revenue from the carbon tax is going back to individuals through rebates on their income taxes.

The money announced Tuesday is part of the remaining 10 per cent, which is to go to schools, hospitals, small businesses and other institutions — which can’t pass on their own carbon-tax expenses through higher prices — to help develop green projects.

“This will improve the learning environment for students, it does

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Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced Tuesday $60 million of the revenue from the federal price on carbon will be spent on elementary and secondary schools in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. right by the planet, and it also helps schools save money that they can reinvest in students,” said McKenna, outside a school in her Ottawa Centre riding.

McKenna said replacing old windows and installing solar panels are possible projects for the roughly 6,000 schools that are eligible for a cut of the $60 million, $41 million of which

will go to Ontario. Schools in Saskatchewan are set to receive $12 million, Manitoba schools $5 million, and New Brunswick schools $2 million.

But whether the money will be spent as promised depends on the goodwill of conservative premiers in the four provinces affected. Education spending is part of provincial jurisdiction.

McKenna said she had sent a letter to those provincial governments informing them of the decision, and emphasized that the federal government doesn’t expect matching funds from the provinces. Federal infrastructure programs usually require provinces to put up a share of projects’ costs.

“What we need is an agreement that the provinces will work with the school boards so that we can flow this money,” McKenna said.

“We’re hopeful that provinces will recognize this is a good thing.”

At least one provincial government will be taking the money, though it did not confirm what exactly it would be used for.

In an emailed statement, Saskatchewan’s Education Minister Gordon Wyant said “it will take some time to determine how — specifically — this funding may benefit” school boards in the province.

He said that though “the intent of this funding is helpful,” school boards in Saskatchewan are currently calculating how much the federal carbon tax will cost them, calling it a “significant financial burden.”

Saskatchewan has led provinces in opposing the federal carbon tax. It lost a constitutional challenge in a 3-2 decision at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in May, but that challenge in heading to the Supreme Court later this year.

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Mountie made tactically disastrous decision: trial

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HOMPSON, Man. — An RCMP officer in northern Manitoba made a disastrous tactical decision to step in front a vehicle before he shot the driver, an expert in police use of force testified at the officer’s trial Tuesday.

Const. Abram Letkeman is charged with manslaughter in the November 2015 death of Steven Campbell, who was behind the wheel of a Jeep that the Mountie had tried to pull over for erratic driving.

Letkeman shot Campbell at least nine times. There were two bullets lodged in the man’s body — one in his jaw and another in his shoulder.

Another bullet went through his open mouth.

The Court of Queen’s Bench trial has heard that Letkeman attempted to pull over the vehicle shortly after bars had closed in Thompson, Man., on suspicion the driver was impaired.

Campbell and four passengers were

inside, including the driver’s longtime girlfriend Lori Flett.

Christopher Butler, a retired Calgary police inspector, was brought in by the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba to review what happened. The unit investigates serious actions involving police.

Court heard Tuesday that there was a collision between the police car and the Jeep on a road which caused the Jeep to spin out.

The Jeep then travelled down a trail for all-terrain vehicles and Letkeman continued to follow. At some point, the police car T-boned the Jeep.

Butler told court that when the officer continued pursuing the vehicle it was unjustified. He also said if Letkeman intentionally rammed the jeep that would be against protocol and extremely dangerous.

Once the jeep was stopped, the tactical decision for the officer, Butler suggested, would have been for him to stay in his car and wait for backup after the collision. But Letkeman got out and walked in front of the Jeep.

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Trudeau leans on Trump to help Canadians

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TTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lean on the power and influence of the mercurial Donald Trump to raise the issue of two detained Canadians during a bilateral meeting with the Chinese president at a G20 summit in Japan this week — something the U.S. president publicly committed to doing at “Justin’s request.”

The summit comes at a critical moment for Trudeau, just months ahead of the October election and as Canada continues to push for the release of the Canadians in China — Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Earlier this month in Normandy, France, Trudeau said he was looking forward to attending the G20 and that the ”opportunity to engage with the File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS Chinese president directly is certainMichael Kovrig (left) and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians detained in China, are ly something that we are looking at.” shown in these 2018 images taken from video.

So far, however, no such meeting has been confirmed by the Prime Min- armchairs and the president vowed to Trudeau needs that assistance. ister’s Office. Trudeau’s staff will only bring up the issue in a sit-down with The detentions of Kovrig and Spavsay they expect to have information or are largely viewed as retaliation Chinese President Xi Jinping. soon on which leaders Trudeau will “Are you trying to get a meeting?” for the December arrest of Huawei meet in Osaka, where key themes inTrump asked of Trudeau in response executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouclude the global economy, trade and Hi, My nameto is aCandace Richter.

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Trump will be Canada’s best shot to address the issue of the detentions, said Mulroney.

“That would be the strongest card that could be played in our interests,” he said.

“It would be an American card played to say … ‘If you want a normal relationship with us, you’ll leave our allies alone.’”

Mulroney said he would also use the G20 to talk to other leaders who face similar challenges with China and are susceptible to its bullying.

“If we can build this sense of shared purpose in pushing back against China, in not allowing ourselves to be isolated like this, that’s a big step forward,” he said.

“It is in America’s interest and it is in the interest of a lot of other countries to see China pull back from hostage diplomacy and bullying… The only way to counter that is through collective action and that is a long, hard slog.”

Christopher Sands, the director of the Center for Canadian Studies at John Hopkins University, said Canada doesn’t play offence very much but he agreed it would be advisable for Canada to talk to other leaders about the detained Canadians.

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Astronaut doing well after return to Earth: space agency

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ONTREAL — Canadian astronaut David SaintJacques is doing well as he continues his long journey home after a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the Canadian Space Agency said Tuesday.

The 49-year-old Quebec native boarded a NASA plane after landing in Kazakhstan late Monday and was expected to arrive in Houston Tuesday after a brief stopover in Scotland.

The agency said Saint-Jacques is in good health despite suffering the effects of a 400-kilometre drop to Earth.

“Despite experiencing typical post-flight symptoms like nausea, he is well,” agency spokeswoman Marie-Andre Malouin wrote in an email.

The married father of three was able to speak with his wife and parents after landing, Malouin added.

Former astronaut Robert Thirsk, who co-hosted a viewing party at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Longueuil, Que., Monday night, said descending from space in the capsule is a shock to the body comparable to a car crash.

“In descending, the force of gravity is strong. It’s like having four people sitting on your chest,” he told the audience, which included members of Saint-Jacques’ family. “It’s hard to breathe, but you have to concentrate to make sure you breathe well and don’t get hurt.”

He added that when the parachute opens before landing, “there is a big movement like a pendulum, left to right, and the landing is a crash like a car accident.”

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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques boarded a NASA plane after landing in Kazakhstan late Monday, and he was expected to arrive in Houston Tuesday after a brief stopover in Scotland.

Thirsk, who spent 188 days on the space station in 2009, said despite the jarring impact, injuries are rare because the seats in the capsule are designed to keep the astronauts protected.

Saint-Jacques, along with NASA astronaut Anne McClain and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, returned to Earth aboard a Soyuz capsule. He gave a thumbs-up as he was carried

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from the capsule following what NASA described as a “picture perfect” landing at 10:47 p.m. ET. During a mission that began Dec. 3, Saint-Jacques took part in a six-anda-half hour spacewalk and set a record for the longest single space flight by a Canadian at 204 days. He also became the first Canadian astronaut to use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to perform a so-called “cosmic catch” to

CANADA NEWS IN BRIEF

Mounties put hundreds of eyes in the sky with expanding drone fleet OTTAWA — The RCMP has assembled a fleet of more than 200 flying drones — eyes in the sky that officers use for everything from international border investigations to protecting VIP visitors, newly disclosed records show.

The compact airborne devices are equipped with tools including video cameras and thermal-image detectors, and the Mounties are looking into more advanced applications that can help generate three-dimensional pictures.

An RCMP privacy assessment of the budding technology says the force is committed to protecting any personal information the drones collect and that officers strive to comply with federal laws.

But one privacy expert notes the assessment, recently released under the Access to Information Act, was

snag a SpaceX cargo capsule.

The engineer, astrophysicist and family doctor also oversaw science experiments and had numerous discussions with children across the country during his mission.

His next few weeks will be spent recovering from the physical challenges of the flight and readapting to life on Earth after months in zero gravity.

Saint-Jacques is expected to spend weeks or months recovering from the after-effects of the flight, which could include blood circulation problems, muscle pains and an elongated spine that will eventually return to normal.

Raffi Kuyumjian, a doctor with the Canadian Space Agency, has said spending six months in space is “a little like having spent six months in bed without moving.”

In a recent interview, he told The Canadian Press that Saint-Jacques is likely to struggle with balance and co-ordination, as well as a loss of bone density.

Kuyumjian said Saint-Jacques will work with specialists in the gym to help him regain his muscle tone, cardio fitness, and endurance. He will also undergo a separate series of tests for research purposes, to measure how the human body reacts to space flight.

Beyond the muscle and balance issues, it’s likely Saint-Jacques could suffer from a type of reverse motion sickness Kuyumjian dubs “Earth sickness.”

“So the symptoms of nausea that generally come when astronauts arrive in space, there is the equivalent when they return to Earth,” he said. drafted in 2017 — seven years after the RCMP’s first drone was used in Saskatchewan to help reconstruct traffic collisions.

The RCMP should not have waited the better part of a decade before turning its mind to the privacy effects of “what is obviously a surveillance technology,” said Micheal Vonn of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.

The assessment provides few details about the technical capabilities of the cameras attached to the drones and how the Mounties actually use the images they capture, she added.

There are legitimate policing uses for drones but also potentially invasive ones, such as taking photos of faces or licence plates at public events so they can be electronically run against images in databases, she said.

“Just because it flies doesn’t mean we should worry. Just because it has a camera doesn’t mean we should worry,” Vonn said. “The question is, what can the camera do?”

AIR INDUSTRY

Air travel lawsuit takes flight

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ONTREAL — Two advocates are challenging in court new air travel rules that allow tarmac delays of nearly four hours, arguing the regulations violate the charter rights of some Canadians living with a disability.

Bob Brown, a disability rights advocate, says the long-awaited rules reduce by up to 2,000 kilometres the distance he can travel by air without putting his health at risk.

“I am quadriplegic…My disability limits how long I can spend in an airline seat without experiencing severe pain, developing pressure sores or getting excessively dehydrated,” Brown said in a release.

“The longer the airline can keep me on the tarmac, the shorter the duration and distance that I am able to travel safely.”

Brown and passenger rights advocate Gabor Lukacs are asking the Federal Court of Appeal to hear their lawsuit against the Canadian Transportation Agency, arguing the rules violate equality rights, which prohibit discrimination based on physical disability.

The new regulations allow airlines to keep travellers on the tarmac for up to three hours — plus an extra 45 minutes if there is an “imminent” possibility a late plane will take off.

The revision is up from 90 minutes under current rules, the same amount of time recommended by a Senate committee last year.

“You just can’t get to the washroom, so you have to dehydrate yourself,” Brown told The Canadian Press from Ottawa.

“A short trip like Toronto to Ottawa, you could handle that, but if you’re sitting out on the tarmac for another three hours and 45 minutes, that becomes another issue — you gotta go, you gotta go.”

The first batch of regulations are expected to land in mid-July and will require airlines to help and compensate passengers languishing on tarmacs for hours.

The issue came to the forefront after a 2017 incident in which two Montreal-bound Air Transat jets were diverted to Ottawa due to bad weather and held on the tarmac for up to six hours, leading some passengers to call 911 for rescue.

Announced by Transport Minister Marc Garneau last month, the new rules also narrow the definition of “denial of boarding,” under which passengers bumped from a flight can receive compensation from an airline.

Under the current rules, denial of boarding includes scenarios in which an airline unilaterally moves a passenger to a different flight or closes the check-in counter before the scheduled cut-off time.

Those situations can fall outside the definition under the new regulations, contradicting the aim of passenger protection outlined in the Canada Transportation Act, Lukacs claimed.

“If 12 hours before the flight they change the ticket against your will, that won’t be denied boarding” — unless the airline acknowledges the flight was overbooked, he said.

“I am profoundly troubled the government is taking away the rights of passengers under the guise of consumer protection legislation.”

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China suspends Canadian meat imports amid Huawei dispute

CANADA-CHINA RELATIONS

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TTAWA — The Chinese Embassy said Tuesday it has asked Canada to suspend all meat exports, a surprise move that comes amid the diplomatic dispute over the December arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver.

The latest Chinese move comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to depart Wednesday for a G20 leaders’ summit in Japan, where he is expected to rely on U.S. President Donald Trump to raise the plight of two detained Canadians during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The embassy said in a statement to The Canadian Press on Tuesday that this latest move follows Chinese customs inspectors’ detection of residue from a restricted feed additive, called ractopamine, in a batch of Canadian pork products. The additive has permitted uses in Canada but is banned in China.

“The subsequent investigation revealed that the official veterinary health certificates attached to the batch of pork exported to China were counterfeit and the number of those forgery certificates was up to 188. The Canadian side believes that this incident is criminal offence,” said the embassy statement.

“These forged certificates were sent to the Chinese regulatory authorities through Canadian official certificate notification channel, which reflects that the Canadian meat export supervision system exists obvious safety loopholes.”

China is therefore taking “urgent preventive measures” to protect Chinese customers and has asked the Canadian government to suspend all meat-export certificates, the embassy said.

“We hope the Canadian side would attach great importance to this incident, complete the investigation as soon as possible and take effective measures to ensure the safety of food exported to China in a more responsible manner.”

A spokeswoman for Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau did not immediately comment on the report.

A report in the newspaper Journal de Quebec, which first reported the story, quotes a Montreal-based diplomat with the Chinese consulate-general as saying the ban is temporary.

China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor and sentenced another Canadian to death in an apparent attempt to pressure for Meng’s release.

China has also stopped imports of Canadian canola and has suspended import permits for three pork producers.

A senior Canadian government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the dispute, described the matter as a “technical issue.”

The official said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is “seized with the issue and looking into the matter to ensure that all the rules are being followed.”

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China has escalated its retaliation over the Huawei matter as it asked Canada to suspend all meat exports Tuesday.

The CFIA is working with Chinese officials to resolve the matter.

“This is a technical issue related to potentially fraudulent permits,” said the official. “We stand by the quality of Canadian products.”

The Conservatives blamed Trudeau.

“Conservatives know that Canadian farmers produce some of the highest-quality meat in the world.

Any assertion by the Chinese government to the contrary is both false and baseless,” said a statement from Tory agriculture critic Luc Berthold. “It is clear that this is not an issue of food safety, but a political issue caused by Justin Trudeau’s incompetence and weakness on the world stage.”

Berthold said Trudeau has to “personally raise this issue” with Xi in at the G20 meeting and demand the trade barriers be lifted.

Livestock producers are worried.

Chad MacPherson, general manager of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, said China’s action will affect producers across the country.

“This is very disappointing news to hear, that the government of China would be taking these measures,” he said in Regina.

“We feel that we produce some of the safest food in the world. We have very rigorous health inspections and protocols and all the scientific measures that we can to ensure that we produce safe food.”

MacPherson said China’s concerns are unfounded.

“This is just more punitive actions from the government of China in reaction to the arrest of the Huawei executive,” he said.

“We can work with our federal government to try to get the consulate back on the ground in China and try to get this issue resolved. It is going to impact the bottom line of all livestock producers in Canada.”

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Bombardier sells regional jet business to Mitsubishi

BLOCKBUSTER DEAL

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ONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. has reached a deal to sell its floundering regional jet program to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for US$550 million, cementing the plane-and-train maker’s departure from commercial aviation following a three-decade run.

The definitive agreement paves the way for Bombardier to focus on its rail and business jet units, leaving it with roughly US$400 million in liabilities representing a portion of the credit and “residual value guarantees.”

Mitsubishi, which will also assume liabilities totalling about US$200 million, will scoop up the maintenance, support, refurbishment, marketing and sales activities for the CRJ Series aircraft, but not its manufacturing operations.

The deal includes the related services and support network located in Montreal and Toronto and its service centres in Bridgeport, W.Va., and Tucson, Ariz.

“Employees working in these areas will be joining MHI once regulatory approval is received,” said Mitsubishi spokeswoman Leanne Denman. That means the jobs of about 1,200 of the 1,600 employees who work on the CRJ — nearly half are in Canada — appear safe in the medium-term, though Mitsubishi declined to answer whether layoffs could follow.

Less clear is what will happen to Bombardier’s 400 CRJ production workers in Mirabel, Que. “By all indications, that will be the end of this program at the production level,” said David Chartrand, spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union. “For me, it’s the end of an era.”

Bombardier chief executive Alain Bellemare said the CRJ assem-

bly-line workers and engineers could likely keep their jobs by working on the A220 and Global 7500 programs or elsewhere at the company.

“We believe that over the next 18 months, between Airbus and Bombardier, we will be able to reposition these people,” he told reporters Tuesday. “If we cannot, the backup would be the rest of the aerospace industry, which is in great need right now for people with skills like that.”

Bombardier will continue to assemble the current CRJ backlog — currently 42 planes — on behalf of Mitsubishi, with production expected to be completed in the second half of 2020.

“It’s just the final nail in the coffin of Bombardier commercial airplanes,” said Robert Kokonis, president of Toronto-based consulting firm AirTrav Inc. Once a cash cow for the Montreal-based company, the CRJ now struggles to generate profits. For the past five years, Embraer SA’s E175 narrow-body aircraft has dominated the U.S. market, where the majority of regional jets are sold.

Bombardier recently sold its Q400 turboprop business to an affiliate of Longview Aviation Capital Corp. for about $250 million in net proceeds.

The transportation company is placing renewed focus on its business jets — such as the Global 7500 — whose robust bookings and high earnings margin hold great promise after the company in 2018 posted its first annual profit in five years. Last year, it sold a majority stake in its C Series commercial aircraft program to Airbus, which rebranded it the Airbus A220.

Bombardier’s rail and business jet businesses took in a combined US$1.2 billion in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) last year — 20 per cent more than the company’s total

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Bombardier president and CEO Alain Bellemare speaks at a news conference in Montreal. Canadian aerospace company Bombardier has announced the sale of its regional jet program to Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for $550 million.

EBIT due to US$755 million in EBIT losses from its commercial aircraft segment.

“You can imagine an older part of the company would be hard to find a buyer, but because Japan hasn’t had a lot of aerospace — especially in a commercial area — in a long time, this is an opportunity for them,” said Deborah de Lange, associate professor at Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management.

The appeal of the CRJ purchase lies partly in aftermarket sales and maintenance as well as engineering know-how.

Mitsubishi chief executive Seiji Izumisawa said the deal is an important step towards building a strong, global aviation capability, which includes a Mitsubushi-made CRJ variant, the MRJ, that it hopes to launch next year.

The CRJ production facility in Mirabel will remain with Bombardier, which will also continue to supply components and spare parts as part

of the US$550-million deal.

“Five-hundred million is better than we thought it was going to be,” said analyst Chris Murray of AltaCorp Capital. “The CRJ program, I don’t think it’s been profitable for years on the build of new aircraft.

“If you add in the sale of parts and the support service, maybe it’s done OK. But it’s probably capital better deployed in debt reduction or other corporate purposes,” he told The Canadian Press.

Murray predicted that the aerostructures unit, which makes components such as wings and fuselage and generated 12 per cent of 2018 revenues, will “be the next likely divestment” as the company zeroes in on business jets and rail.

The CRJ deal is expected to close in the first half of next year, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Bombardier shares gained six cents or 2.74 per cent to close at $2.25 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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Dried cannabis sales up 6% in April, inventories rise 215,665 kilograms

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TTAWA — Heath Canada says sales of legal dried cannabis grew 16 per cent in April compared with the prior month.

More than 8,800 kilograms of recreational and medical cannabis was sold in the month, up from 7,627 kilograms in March.

Total cannabis oil sales grew 3.5 per cent to 8,196 litres.

Almost 76 per cent of dried canna-

bis sales were non-medical while 42 per cent of oil was recreational.

As of the end of April, 215,665 kilograms of dried cannabis was held in inventory, 24 times the amount sold across Canada that month.

Inventories included 31,880 kilograms of finished dried cannabis products, up from 30,802 kilograms in March.

Cannabis oil inventories were nearly 15 times sales at 119,696 litres, as the volume of finished oil grew 16.2 per cent to 72,246 litres.

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Goodwin brings youthful enthusiasm to Riggers lineup

BASEBALL

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Cubs 5 Riggers 3 rad Goodwin is willing to play pretty much anywhere.

The 18-year-old suited up at catcher for the Red Deer Riggers on Tuesday night, albeit he’s far from a regular there.

In the 5-3 loss to the Edmonton Confederation Park Cubs, Goodwin said it was one of only a few times this year he played the position– although he did it a bit more regularly four years ago.

After a season where the Sherwood Park native played all nine positions for the Prairie Baseball Academy junior varsity team, he’s simply happy to be getting at-bats with the Riggers.

“Really depends on the day,” said Goodwin with a chuckle about his best position.

“As long as I’m getting AB’s in that’s all that matters… I’ve probably caught once this year and before that four years ago I caught… just be a sponge.

They have a lot of knowledge. They’ve been doing this for a long time and it’s all a learning experience.”

Goodwin is part of a young core the Riggers have assembled, along with left fielder Zach Olson who also plays at PBA, Austin Hammond and Kelsey Lalor. Goodwin managed to hold his own Tuesday, with an RBI sacrifice fly in the first and a single in the sixth.

He will play with Olson next season at PBA on the varsity team and figures to be an everyday catcher there.

So, he’s hoping to use the Sunburst League to give him a crash course in all he needs to know about it.

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Red Deer Riggers catcher Brad Goodwin is new to the position but is ready to learn the ropes with the Riggers this season. calling the game but needs to sharpen up a few areas to be ready for next season. His coaching staff at PBA said they needed a backstop next season, so he jumped at the opportunity.

“They told me they needed a catcher, so work on it this summer.

“Receiving and blocking is a big one, I haven’t

really done any blocking,” he said. “(PBA) coaches said I had a good arm, so it would be an easy adjustment back there. Calling the game, I think I’ve done a good job because I was a pitcher.”

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HOCKEY

Sim invited to U-17 camp

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Goalie Drew Sim of Tees, who backstopped Team Alberta at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, has been invited to Canada’s camp next month to select a team for the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge this fall.

ockey Canada will gather the best and brightest under-17 hockey players next month in Calgary.

They announced a list of 112 players that will attend the week-long development camp, including 12 goalies, 36 defencemen and 64 forwards.

Of those 112 players, 66 will be selected to represent Canada at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge this fall.

Among the 12 goaltenders that received an invite to the July camp was Tees native Drew Sim. Sim, who plays at Delta Hockey Academy was selected by the Vancouver Giants in the third round of the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft. Red Deer Rebels defenceman Kyle Masters and forward Jayden Grubbe also earned invites to the camp.

“The national under-17 devel-

opment camp is the first step these athletes take in their Team Canada career,” noted Shawn Bullock, director of men’s national teams in a press release.

“Ultimately, these players will learn what it takes to wear the Maple Leaf in international competition.

We are here to support their development by providing the on- and off-ice experiences they need to achieve the dream of representing their country.”

At camp, players will be split into six teams for on- and off-ice training, fitness testing, intrasquad games and classroom studies.

The prospective players will be monitored early in the 2019-20 season before 66 are named to one of three Canadian teams. Team Canada Red, White and Black will compete against the top countries in the world at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, scheduled for Nov. 2-9 in Medicine Hat and Swift Current.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 Riggers fall below .500 mark With the game tied 2-2 in the sixth inning, fatigue caught up to Riggers starter Joel Peterman.

Edmonton went ahead 5-2 after they strung a few hits together and got runs from a passed ball, a suicide squeeze bunt and a fielder’s choice. Peterman otherwise had a strong night on the mound, allowing just four hits in six innings of work, while striking out five and walking two.

Derek Chapman scored Jason Louis with a fielder’s choice in the sixth for Red Deer but that was all the home side could muster.

Bo Micklejohn opened the scoring in the first with a monster home run for the Cubs. Red Deer rebounded in the bottom of the second inning when they got back-to-back singles and an RBI double from Jordan Wong. Goodwin cashed in the second run with a sacrifice fly.

In the fourth, the Cubs tied the game at two on a passed ball.

Jaret Chatwood was two-for-four on the night with a single and double. He also worked out of a bases-loaded jam on the mound in the seventh.

The Riggers are back on the diamond at home July 2 against the Sherwood Park Athletics.

SOCCER

Skinny Vancouver Whitecaps eager to pick up points on four-game road swing VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps know there’s work to be done as they head out on another tough road swing.

Half-way through the season, the ’Caps (4-6-7) currently sit a single point out of playoff position and need some road wins to muscle their way into the post-season.

The next opportunity will come against F.C. Dallas (7-6-4) on Wednesday.

A win could swing the standings in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference, said Vancouver striker Fredy Montero.

“They’re a playoff team at the moment so we want to get points from them because at the end of the day we are rivals,” he said Monday. ”We want to get the spot that they have right now.”

The game in Dallas will be the first of four road contests in a row for the Whitecaps and coach Marc Dos Santos wants his team to handle the trip the same way they dealt with a swing to New York and Kansas City in May. The ‘Caps battled to ties in both games on that trip.

The distance will be different this time around, Dos Santos said, but the quality of opponents will be comparable.

“The mentality and the type of approach tactically we had we have to do a very similar — if not better —job,” he said.

The Whitecaps will be without some key pieces for this trip, however.

Goalie Maxime Crepeau, midfielder Russell Teibert and centre backs Doneil Henry and Derek Corneilus are all off playing for Canada in the Concacaf Gold Cup, and winger Lass Bangoura has been called up to the Guinean national team.

The absences have forced Dos Santos to make some lineup changes, including moving midfielder Andy Rose to the centre back position.

While the change has come with a learning curve, Rose said he’s enjoyed getting to know another position.

“I’m the sort of player that just wants to be on the pitch and help the team in anyway possible,” he said.

The Whitecaps have already faced off against the Torros once this season, taking a tight 2-1 victory over F.C. Dallas at B.C. Place on May 25.

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Hayley Wickenheiser among members of the class of 2019

HOCKEY HALL OF FAME

She’s the seventh woman to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Wickenheiser joins former Canadian teammates ayley Wickenheiser’s accolades have a Angela James, Geraldine Heaney, Danielle Goyette hard time keeping up with her.

The Hockey Hall of Fame wasted no and Jayna Hefford as well as Americans Cammi time hustling Wickenheiser into its gal- Granato and Angela Ruggiero.

Carbonneau, a native of Sept-Iles, Que., was the lery of heroes in her first year of eligibility. last captain of a Canadian team to win the Stanley But when board chairman Lanny McCup, doing so with the Montreal CanaDonald phoned her Tuesday to relay the diens in 1993. joyful news, Wickenheiser was sequesHe won three Selke Awards as the tered doing mandatory medical school NHL’s top defensive forward and three course work at the University of Calgary.

Stanley Cups — two with Montreal, one “I knew my phone was blowing up. I with the Dallas Stars. couldn’t answer it,” Wickenheiser said.

“Just to be on the same list as guys “My first call was back to Lanny.” like Jean Beliveau and Guy Lafleur and The 40-year-old from Shaunavon, Sask., Wayne Gretzky, it’s unbelievable,” Carjoins players Guy Carbonneau, Vaclav Nebonneau said. domansky and Sergei Zubov and builders “People thought when I did become Jim Rutherford and Jerry York in the 2019 a defensive player that I sacrificed a lot class of inductees.

WICKENHEISER of offence.

I see it the other. It gave me The induction ceremony is Nov. 18 in chances.”

Toronto.

Rutherford, from Beeton, Ont., began his man“Outside of winning an Olympic gold medal, for a personal accomplishment, this is probably the agement career with the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires in 1984. holy grail,” Wickenheiser said.

He then became general manager of the Hart“You’re with the best players to have ever played ford Whalers for 20 years and won a Stanley Cup in the game, male and female. It’s pretty cool.

“Today I had just so many different people Carolina in 2006 after the franchise moved to Rareaching out from both the male and female side. leigh.

Rutherford has since won two more Stanley It brought back a lot of memories from the different Cups as GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins. eras of my hockey career.”

“One of the advantages I think for me when I reWickenheiser was the only first-year eligible tired as a player, I didn’t try to stay in the NHL,” player to be selected.

The all-time leading scorer on the Canadian Rutherford said.

“I went back to the grassroots. I went all the way women’s hockey team was similarly accelerated into the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Hall back to youth hockey for a couple of years and then got the opportunity to manage in the Ontario Hockof Fame last month.

There were no girls’ teams for her to play for in ey League and kind of worked my way up.

“We won the Stanley Cup in Carolina against the Calgary over three decades ago. odds.

We certainly weren’t the odds-on favourite to Wickenheiser tucked her hair up under her helmet and played on boys’ teams. She wasn’t always win it that year.

“And then I was fortunate to have the opportuwelcomed by players or their parents.

“I think it symbolizes where the women’s game nity to be hired by Pittsburgh and I already had a has come and also the struggles too,” she said. “To- great advantage when you come into a team with day, I was thinking about all the tough times I had (Sidney) Crosby and (Evgeni) Malkin and (Kris) Letang.” in hockey.

Nedomansky played 12 seasons in Bratislava “Nobody will really talk about those things when you go into the Hall of Fame, but those are before becoming the first athlete from an Eastern the things you think about as a player with your European communist country to defect to North family and all the people that helped you through America to pursue a pro hockey career.

The Czech played 252 career NHL games with the years.”

During her 23 years playing for Canada, Wicken- Detroit, the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers.

He played in the WHA with Toronto and Birheiser scored 168 goals and assisted on 211 more in 276 games while winning four Olympic gold medals mingham before joining the Detroit Red Wings as a 33-year-old rookie in 1977. and seven world championships.

“I’m proud to be the first player from a commuShe was captain of national teams that won Olympic gold in 2010, as well as world titles in 2007 nist country to come and play in North America,” Nedomansky said. and 2012.

Russia’s Zubov joined the Rangers in 1992 after She announced her retirement in January, 2017, after playing her last game April 4, 2016, at the playing four seasons with the Moscow Red Army.

He won a Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1994 and women’s world championship.

Wickenheiser was a star of female hockey when another with Dallas in 1999.

York is the winningest coach in NCAA Division the emerging game desperately needed one.

She pushed the envelope of what was possible 1 men’s hockey with over 1,000 victories. He’s navfor a female athlete twice playing men’s profession- igated Boston College to four national titles in 26 seasons there. al hockey in Europe.

York coached current and former NHL players Wickenheiser is currently an assistant director of player development for the Toronto Maple Leafs, such as Johnny Gaudreau, Brooks Orpik, Brian in addition to her medical studies.

Gionta and Patrick Eaves.

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SOCCER

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ARIS — Christine Sinclair has put Canadian soccer on her shoulders for close to 20 years.

So when Janine Beckie and not the talismanic captain walked to the penalty spot Monday in Canada’s Women’s World Cup loss to Sweden with a chance to tie the round-of-16 game at 1-1, many wondered why.

And in a country where hockey is king, memories of the 1998 Nagano Olympics resurfaced for some.

Back then a nation wondered why Wayne Gretzky was nailed to the bench as Canada lost a semifinal shootout to Dominik Hasek and the Czech Republic.

The similarities are that Canada lost both games and Sinclair and Gretzky are Canadian treasures.

But that’s it.

Team Canada coach Marc Crawford elected to go with five other shooters while No. 99 crossed his fingers and hoped a sixth would be needed.

CFL

Eskimos receiver, Redblacks QB, Ticats running back named top performers TORONTO — Edmonton Eskimos receiver Greg Ellingson, Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dominique Davis and Hamilton Tiger-Cats running back Sean Thomas Erlington have been named the CFL’s top performers of the week for Week 2.

Ellingson, who signed with the Eskimos this off-season after four years with the Redblacks, had nine receptions for 174 yards and two touchdowns in Edmonton’s 39-23 win over the B.C. Lions on Friday.

Davis, the backup to current Eskimos QB Trevor Harris in Ottawa last season, completed 30-of-39 passes for 354 yards and three touchdowns as the Redblacks improved to 2-0 with a 44-41 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday.

Harris was top performer of the week in the opening week of the season.

Thomas Erlington, a Montreal native, had 12 carries for 109 yards and three catches for 56 yards in Hamilton’s 64-14 win against the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday.

Sinclair chose her own fate. As is her right.

Strikers need to feel in the mood when it comes to spot kicks.

Having had her spot kick saved by the same ‘keeper — Hedvig Lindahl — in Canada’s penalty shootout win in the Algarve Cup third-place match in March, Sinclair conferred with Beckie during the video review prior to the 69th-minute penalty at Parc des Prince.

“We have a group of players on the team that practise PKs after every practice pretty much and there’s a group of us that are comfortable doing it,” Sinclair explained afterwards. “Hedvig saved mine in the Algarve just a couple of months ago so I went up to Janine and asked her ‘If you want it, it’s yours.’ And she said, ‘Absolutely.”’

“I feel bad for even asking her,” she added. “But I have all the faith in the world in her. We all do.

She’s fearless out there.”

Beckie hit a fine penalty, towards the lower corner. Lindahl made a better save.

“I asked her after the game if she’d placed it where she wanted to and she said yes. And I’m like ‘Then you can’t do anything more,”’ said Sinclair.

“The keeper made a world-class save and you have to tip your hat to her.”

Beckie confirmed Sinclair had asked her if she wanted to take it because of what happened at the Algarve Cup. “I said, ‘It’s up to you.’ And she told me to take it,” Beckie related.

Beckie does not change her penalty routine, something the Swedes clearly remembered.

“I’m not one that changes where I go. I’m confident in my penalty. I thought about it on the spot but yeah she made a fantastic save.”

Coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller said Canada doesn’t keep a list of penalty-takers.

“It’s the feel of the game and who’s going to step up and Janine did that,” he said. “That’s a tough thing to do. So good for her, she did it. I’m proud of her for sure. It was actually a pretty decent kick.

But an excellent save from Hedvig.”

The 24-year-old Beckie, who has 25 goals in 60 games for Canada, was disconsolate after the game.

“I feel like I let the team down, that’s really what I’m feeling right now. Frustrated, disappointed and all the negative emotions.”

The missed penalty was not the reason Canada lost, although it would have likely been a different game if it had gone in.

A giveaway, sadly by Beckie, set the stage for the 55th-minute goal by Stina Blackstenius, with a major assist to Kosovare Aslanni for driving down the field and delivering a marvellous curling cross that carved opened the Canadian defence.

And Canada showed few teeth in front of goal.

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Christine Sinclair is a Canadian treasure.

Sweden took its chance and then battened down the hatches for the 1-0 win.

Sinclair, who has 182 goals under her belt, showed her penalty kick mettle four years ago when she slammed home a 92nd-minute penalty for a 1-0 win over China in the 2015 World Cup opener.

Sinclair is famous for her composure in front of the goal.

“It’s always her. It’s always her that gets the goal that we need to win the cup or win the game,” Rhian Wilkinson, a former teammate who served as a Canadian assistant coach at the World Cup, said before the tournament.

And there lies the rub.

No one can fault Sinclair for not feeling the vibe for taking a spot kick. After 286 internationals, here’s guessing she knows what she’s doing.

As selfless as they come, she put the team before herself by reasoning in this instance, the ball was perhaps better off in someone else’s hands.

Canadians aren’t used to that when it comes to women’s soccer.

At 36, the remarkable Sinclair is in the twilight of her career. Some time sooner than later, she will walk away for good.

Monday proved how difficult that will be.

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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

It’s on: The World Cup clash between the U.S. and France

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ARIS — It wasn’t just the fans who were looking forward to a quarterfinal clash between France and the defending champion United States at the Women’s World Cup. Megan Rapinoe clearly was, too.

“I hope it’s huge and crazy. That’s what it should be,” Rapinoe said just after the match was set. “This is the best game, this is what everybody wanted. I think we wanted it, seems like they’re up for it, you guys are of course are up for it, and all the fans.”

While the players said the focus for the United States was always on one game at a time, Rapinoe voiced the underlying truth about the match in Paris on Friday: It was circled on everyone’s World Cup calendar since December’s draw.

“It’s going to be totally awesome.

This is what everybody wants. And these are the biggest games that you kind of dream about as a kid,” Rapinoe said.

The United States advanced with a physically challenging win over Spain in the round of 16, while France scored in extra time to get past resilient Brazil.

The top-ranked U.S. team breezed through its group stage at the World Cup, pouncing on Thailand 13-0 before more balanced victories over Chile and rival Sweden. But Spain posed a challenge to the three-time champions, relentlessly targeting Alex Morgan and using brawn to counter the Americans’ superior speed.

Rapinoe scored on a pair of penalty kicks for the 2-1 victory in Reims on Monday night, although the game-winner in the 75th minute was the result of what many thought was at best minimal contact between Spain’s Virginia Torrecilla and Rose Lavelle. The foul was confirmed after video review.

Lavelle insisted afterward: “I didn’t flop.”

Players said the difficult match was crucial to the team’s preparation

‘THIS IS THE BEST GAME, THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED. I THINK WE WANTED IT, SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE UP FOR IT, YOU GUYS ARE OF COURSE ARE UP FOR IT, AND ALL THE FANS.’

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going into the quarterfinal against the fourth-ranked French, the first time the U.S. has faced the host in a World Cup. The Americans could also face No. 3 England if they go through to the semifinals.

“I think this game was extremely important to us, looking forward to France,” Morgan said. “It was a very challenging game and it showed a little bit of what we might see in France, so this was an important stepping stone for us looking forward.”

France also got a tough test out of the way.

Les Bleues finished atop their group with three wins before surviving their knockout opener. Captain Amandine Henry redirected Amel Majri’s free kick for a tiebreaking goal in the 107th minute of a 2-1 victory Sunday night in Le Havre. Valerie Gauvin, whose first-half goal was disallowed in a video review, put France ahead early in the second but Thaisa tied the score 11 minutes later for No. 10 Brazil.

Afterward, French coach Corinne Diacre was critical of her team, saying, “We weren’t at our best.”

“Obviously, I know my players inside out. I know that we weren’t 100 per cent today and the objective is to hit that 100 per cent for the next game,” Diacre said through a translator. “Will this happen? I don’t know. I don’t have a magic wand. I don’t have a crystal ball. I can’t see into the future. But it’s something that we’re working on.”

The Americans have played the French 23 times, with France winning just three. But one of those was a friendly in January, when Kadidiatou Diani — who wasn’t named to

NHL

NHL’s 2019-20 schedule includes outdoor game in Regina, Hockey Day in Canada NEW YORK — A Vancouver Canucks 50th anniversary celebration, the annual Hockey Day in Canada and an outdoor game in Regina mark Canadian highlights on the 2019-20 NHL schedule.

The 1,271-game schedule, released Tuesday, includes the Heritage Classic between the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 26 at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.

It marks the first Heritage Classic — a series of outdoor games held in Canada introduced in

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Defending champions – the United States – takes on host France Friday in the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup. France’s World Cup roster — scored twice in a 3-1 victory.

The match Friday, while great for the sport, also means one of the favourites will be headed home on Saturday. A lopsided draw put three of the world’s top teams on one side of the bracket, while No. 2 Germany tops the other.

The Germans, two-time World Cup winners, won their knockout round opener 3-0 against No. 38 Nigeria, setting up a quarterfinal Saturday against No. 9 Sweden in Rennes. The

2003 — that will be played in a Canadian city without an NHL team.

The Canucks will play their home opener against the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 9, exactly 49 years after the franchise’s first NHL regular-season game, also versus L.A. Hockey Day in Canada on Feb. 8 features all seven Canadian teams in action. The Rogers television broadcast will be based out of Yellowknife.

The Jets host the Ottawa Senators in an afternoon game to kick off the day.

The Montreal Canadiens entertain the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers host the Nashville Predators in early evening games.

The final game features the Canucks home to the Flames.

The season begins Oct. 2 with four games, including the Maple Leafs home to the Senators and the Canucks facing the visiting Oilers.

Swedes knocked Canada out of the tournament with a 1-0 victory on Monday night.

U.S. coach Jill Ellis acknowledged the final-in-the-quarterfinals feel to Friday’s match.

“I truly believe this is the world game for women, and so what a showcase piece. I’m sure a lot of people would like it later in the tournament, but it is what it is,” Ellis said. “Myself and probably Corinne are both like, ‘We’ve got good players, good teams and good setups, so let’s go for it.’ ”

Other special events include: l The Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers squaring off Oct. 4 in Prague, Czech Republic. l The Buffalo Sabres facing the Tampa Bay Lightning in two games on Nov. 8 and 9 in Stockholm, Sweden. l The Winter Classic between the host Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators on Jan. 1 at the Cotton Bowl. l The all-star game on Jan. 26 in St. Louis. l An outdoor game between the Colorado Avalanche and Kings on Feb. 15 at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The season concludes April 4 with 15 games, including a Leafs-Canadiens game in Toronto and a Battle of Alberta between the Oilers and Flames in Calgary.

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LPGA leaving ANA Inspiration against Augusta Women’s Amateur

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HASKA, Minn. — The LPGA Tour will have a new tournament in Florida at the start of next year, and likely another one in the late spring. The Asian swing of limited-field events at the start of the year is adding a tournament with a full field and a cut.

And perhaps the most important piece of the puzzle: The ANA Inspiration is staying put. It again will be one week before the Masters and the same weekend as the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which stole the spotlight from the LPGA Tour’s first major, not to mention some of the amateurs.

Still to be determined is whether it stays that way.

LPGA commissioner Mike Whan said last week he was not ready to commit the ANA Inspiration to the weekend before the Masters after 2020.

“I’m very open in admitting it wasn’t as great a media year or television ratings year as we’ve had in the past there,” Whan said.

Moving the ANA Inspiration won’t be easy.

To play it in the California desert a week after the Masters would compete with the fabled Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, when hotel rates would likely triple and volunteers would be harder to find.

To go a week earlier would pit the LPGA’s first major against the Dell Match Play, meaning a significant loss in TV time. The Match Play had 26 hours of TV time on Golf Channel, while the Kia Classic on the LPGA Tour (the same week) had eight hours of Golf Channel coverage.

“We’re better to stay where we are,” Whan said. “ANA has agreed with me, first and foremost let’s make sure we put on a good major for the players and figure out the rest around that.”

Whan doesn’t see it as a total loss.

This year, the Augusta National Women’s Amateur turned into a showdown — and a terrific show — between Jennifer Kupcho and Maria Fassi, who now are on the LPGA Tour.

“I still believe if we get it right — the Augusta-ANA combination — we’re going to create a weekend one of these years that’s really going to be a celebration,” he said.

According to Golf Channel, more than 80 hours of live tournament and news coverage was devoted to the ANA Inspiration and the Augusta National Women’s Amateur from April 1 through April 7, the most ever dedicated to women’s golf in a single week.

“We aren’t necessarily saying that’s the date for the next five years,” Whan said. “Just the date for 2020.”

OUTLOOK ON NO. 1 Justin Thomas once said he never

thought much about being No. 1 in the world ranking until he no longer had it. Brooks Koepka also has a different outlook. He says he cared too much about it when he first got to the top and was consumed by trying to stay there.

Koepka first reached No. 1 by winning the CJ Cup in South Korea. He stayed two weeks, alternated with Justin Rose the next three weeks, ended the year at the top, watched Dustin Johnson and Rose battle for No. 1 for more than four months, and then reclaimed it with his PGA Championship victory.

“After Korea, I was just focused on maintaining No. 1 and trying to grow the lead,” Koepka said at the Travelers Championship. “Now I understand. It kind of consumed me. I was so focused on it and I couldn’t focus on my golf. Now if I play good golf, it’s all going to take care of itself. If I go out and win and do what I’m supposed to do, I can grow the lead over Dustin or Rosey.”

PGA-LPGA PARTNERSHIP LPGA commissioner Mike Whan says the tour is finishing up details on what amounts to a two-year extension with Golf Channel. That would put the LPGA Tour’s contract through 2021, the same time the PGA Tour’s television contracts expire.

The PGA Tour will be representing the LPGA Tour in the TV talks.

“We always had an agency as it relates to our value and to bring those opportunities to us. We asked the PGA Tour to be that agency in this round,” Whan said. “My take of the PGA Tour, selling TV rights three times, they’re good at it and know value. I think there’s some value to us in understanding where their future is, as well.

“Do I have faith in the PGA Tour on this project? A hundred per cent. I signed up with them.”

The next step in an alliance with the PGA Tour is a mixed team event.

The LPGA Tour and European Tour are among sanctioning bodies at the Vic Open in Australia, where men and women compete for equal prize money. The European Tour and Ladies European Tour compete at the same resort (different courses) in Morocco in April.

Whan said the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour are “really close” to announcing a similar project.

One possibility is the World Cup, which has not been held with any regularity. It was in China four times from 2007 through 2011, and it has been held in Australia three times since 2013. The World Cup might be the best opportunity for PGA Tour and LPGA Tour to compete together.

“Figuring out something with the PGA Tour schedule is challenging,” Whan said. “I think we’re really close to something that we’ll have some-

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Jennifer Kupcho celebrates after sinking a putt on the 18th hole to win the Augusta National Women’s Amateur golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., this past spring. thing good for everybody.”

MAJOR PARITY It started with I.K. Kim winning the Women’s British Open. The streak was extended when Hannah Green won the Women’s PGA Championship.

Perhaps the best sign of increasing depth on the LPGA Tour is that 10 players have won the last 10 major championships, the longest streak without a multiple major champion

since the middle of 1993 through the end of 1995.

The difference now is the countries producing major champions.

The last streak of 10 straight majors with different winners included seven Americans — Lauri Merten, Brandie Burton, Donna Andrews, Patty Sheehan, Martha Nause, Nanci Bowen and Kelly Robbins — along with players from England (Laura Davies), Sweden (Annika Sorenstam) and Peru (Jenny Lidback).

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Rare off-court issues during NBA title run addressed

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ORONTO — Even a championship can come with hiccups.

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri took time Tuesday in his season-ending press conference to talk about the few off-court negatives in an otherwise overwhelmingly successful championship season.

Ujiri said organizers can do better than the disjointed championship parade last Monday to honour the Raptors’ first NBA title, and the first championship since 1993 for a Canadian team in one of the big four North American leagues (MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL).

The procession from the Raptors’ practice facility to city hall took more than five hours, with swarming crowds slowing the procession of double-decker buses carrying players along the parade route. Early reports of fans awaiting the players in the city’s Nathan Phillips Square suffering from dehydration were overshadowed when four people were shot just south of the square, suffering non-life-threatening injuries. Three people were arrested.

“My heart goes out to the people that got hurt and I was going to come out with a statement but I thought I’d wait until today,” Ujiri said. “I will reach out to them eventually and I know our organization has already. That was a very unfortunate situation.”

He said while mistakes were made, it was the Raptors’ first try at a championship rally and future NBA titles will allow planners to work out the

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Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri took time Tuesday in his season-ending press conference to talk about the few off-court negatives in an otherwise overwhelmingly successful championship season. kinks.

“I think it was Maya Angelou who said ‘When you know better, you do better,”’ he said.

Ujiri also commented publicly for the first time on an alleged altercation with an Alameda County Sheriff’s Office deputy at Oracle Arena after the Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the Finals in Oakland, Calif.

The officer claims he suffered jaw pain and a concussion when struck in the face by Ujiri as the Raptors president attempted to walk on the arena floor to celebrate with his team, though witnesses

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have come forward disputing the claim that Ujiri struck the officer.

The sheriff’s office has said it is considering filing misdemeanour battery charges against Ujiri, while a lawyer for the officer has said his client is considering a civil suit.

A spokeswoman with the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday that it had not yet received a report on the matter from the police agency.

“I’m going to respect what the process is there,” Ujiri said. “I am confident about who I am as a person, my character and as a human being.

“I’m going to leave my comments until the whole investigation is done. I think that’s the fair way and the right way to operate when things like this happen. I’ll respect authority and wait until that happens.”

While some Raptors have dismissed the possibility of the Raptors visiting the White House as NBA champions — shooting guard Danny Green recently gave the idea a “hard pass” — Ujiri was diplomatic if unenthusiastic when asked about the thorny issue. Ujiri has been critical of U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported use of a vulgar term when describing some African countries.

“I don’t think the White House is going to be judged by whether we come or not or if we are going to be judged whether we go or not,” he said. “I think collectively we’ll make a decision. I think everybody knows what my decision is.

“I think a priority for us would be going to see the (prime minister) in our country, in Canada, and I think we’ll go from there.”

RAPTOR IMMORTALIZED

Canadian animator recreates Kawhi’s famous buzzer-beater TORONTO — Calgary-raised stop-motion animator Jared Jacobs is a big Toronto Raptors fan and wants star player Kawhi Leonard to stay with the NBA Championship team.

So to help convince the soon-to-be free agent, Jacobs has turned to his own area of expertise: Lego.

In a stop-motion video that’s gone viral, Jacobs used the toy pieces to meticulously recreate Leonard’s famous buzzer-beater moment against Philadelphia in Game 7 of the second round.

“It was one of those things where I was like, ‘Maybe this will make a difference in Kawhi picking Toronto, like the plant guy,”’ Jacobs said Tuesday in a phone interview from his home in Boise, Idaho.

Jacobs was referring to a Raptors fan who became an Internet sensation for carrying an uprooted large plant in the streets of Toronto after the championship win, telling Global News it was “a housewarming gift for Kawhi … a Kawhactus.”

“The Internet is a weird place, so every little bit helps and that was my contribution,” said Jacobs, 41.

“I didn’t have any housewarming plants, so I just put a Lego video together for him.”

Jacobs said he started using Lego in his stop-motion work about five years ago after playing around with his nephews’ pieces in his mother-inlaw’s basement during Thanksgiving.

He first used the interlocking plastic bricks and figurines to recreate a scene from the series “Breaking Bad” for his Instagram account, which he says got attention from some of the actors on the show.

Jacobs made more Lego videos and gained so much buzz, he quit his job to focus exclusively on them as a freelancer, landing contracts with companies including Bleacher Report, the Golf Channel, and the NHL Network.

Jacobs said he wanted to recreate the Leonard buzzer-beater scene earlier but felt it was a conflict of interest because he was doing work for the Golden State Warriors during the Finals.

He isn’t sponsored by Lego (although he’d like to be) and has to custom-make many pieces.

For the buzzer-beater project, his graphic-designer friend created the jerseys.

“With Kawhi’s hair I just had to use a nail file to make it look like it was cornrows, because Lego doesn’t make cornrows,” Jacobs said.

“I ruined a couple of my hair pieces trying to get it to look just right.”

Jacobs made the video in his usual workspace: a corner of his and his wife’s bedroom. It’s an upgrade from the kitchen table, where he used to work. He said he’s soon getting a studio.

GOLF PGA TOUR ROCKET MORTAGE CLASSIC Site: Detroit.

Course: Detroit GC. Yardage: 7,340. Par: 72.

Purse: $7.3 million. Winner’s share: $1,314,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: New tournament.

FedEx Cup leader: Matt Kuchar.

Last week: Chez Reavie won the Travelers Championship.

Notes: Gary Woodland makes his first start since his U.S. Open victory at Pebble Beach. … Rocket Mortgage is a division of Quicken Loans, the title sponsor of a PGA Tour event that benefited the Tiger Woods Foundation from 2007 through 2018. This is a new tournament. …. Dustin Johnson at No. 2 is the only player from the top 10 in the world in the field. … The PGA Tour returns to Michigan for the first time since the Buick Open in 2009, which was won by Tiger Woods. This is the first PGA Tour event in the city of Detroit. … Rickie Fowler has an endorsement deal with the title sponsor. … U.S. Amateur champion Viktor Hovland is among four players in the field who competed in the NCAA Championship last month and have turned pro. … Stewart Cink is playing for the first time since the week after the Masters. … Detroit Golf Club was founded in 1899 and has two 18-hole courses designed by Donald Ross.

Next week: 3M Open.

Online: www.pgatour.com UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION U.S. SENIOR OPEN Site: South Bend, Ind. Course: The Warren Course at Notre Dame. Yardage: 6,943. Par: 70.

Purse: TBA ($4 million in 2018). Winner’s share: TBA ($720,000 in 2018).

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-8 p.m. (FS1); Saturday, 3-4 p.m. (FS1), 4-7:30 p.m. (FOX); Sunday, 2-7:30 p.m. (FOX).

Defending champion: David Toms.

Last year: Toms birdied the 16th to take the lead at The Broadmoor and closed with a par 70 for a oneshot victory over Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jerry Kelly and Tim Petrovic.

Notes: This is the third major of the year on the senior circuit. Steve Stricker won the Regions Tradition and Ken Tanigawa won the Senior PGA Championship. … The U.S. Senior Open dates to 1980 when Robert de Vicenzo won on the East Course at Winged Foot. … David Toms will try to become the fourth back-toback winner. The most recent player to successfully defend was Allen Doyle in 2005-06. The others were Gary Player and Miller Barber. … Five former U.S. Open champions are in the field — Tom Watson, Tom Kite, Corey Pavin, Lee Janzen and Michael Campbell. Only seven players have won the U.S. Open and Senior Open, most recently Hale Irwin in 2000. … The winner earns a spot in the U.S. Open next year at Winged Foot, and is exempt for the next 10 U.S. Senior Opens. … Fred Funk, in the final year of his exemption from winning in 2009 at Crooked Stick, also has three runner-up finishes in the U.S. Senior Open. … Miguel Angel Jimenez has twice finished second in the last three years.

Next year: Newport Country Club.

Online: www.usga.org LPGA TOUR WALMART NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Rogers, Ark. Course: Pinnacle CC. Yardage: 6,331. Par: 71.

Purse: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television: Friday, noon to 2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Nasa Hataoka.

Race to CME Globe leader: Jin Young Ko. Last week: Hannah Green won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Notes: Ten players from six countries — South Korea, Thailand, Sweden, England, Australia and the U.S. — have won the last 10 majors on the LPGA. …

Nasa Hataoka last year broke the tournament scoring record by three shots. … This one of only three LPGA Tour events contested over 54 holes. … University of Arkansas players in the field include Stacy Lewis and Maria Fassi, the 21-year-old Mexican who won the NCAA title last month. … Hannah Green is the third player in the last five majors to get her first LPGA Tour title at a major. She joins Jeungeun Lee6 (U.S. Women’s Open) and Georgia Hall (Women’s British Open). … The LPGA Tour has four weeks of domestic tournaments until back-to-back majors at the Evian Championship in France and the Women’s British Open. … With her tie for fifth at the Women’s PGA Championship, Lizette Salas moved to No. 5 in the Solheim Cup standings. … Green moved from No. 114 to No. 29 in the women’s world ranking.

Next week: Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic.

Online: www.lpga.com EUROPEAN TOUR ANDALUCIA VALDERRAMA MASTERS Site: Sotogrande, Spain.

Course: Real Club Valderrama. Yardage: 7,001.

Par: 71.

Purse: 3 million euros. Winner’s share: 500,000 euros.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-8 a.m., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

(Golf Channel); Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Sergio Garcia.

Race to Dubai leader: Matt Wallace.

Last week: Andrea Pavan won the BMW International Open.

Notes: The field includes Garcia as the defending champion and tournament host, Jon Rahm and Jose Maria Olazabal. … This is an Open Qualifying Series event, with three players not exempt from the top 10 getting into the British Open. … The course is among the most famous in continental Europe, having hosted the 1997 Ryder Cup, two World Golf Championships and previously being home to the season-ending European Tour event. … It was held in 2010 and 2011 until being off the European Tour schedule for five years. … Garcia has won the tournament three out of the four years it has been held, with Graeme McDowell winning the other time. … Lee Westwood is in the field. He won at Valderrama in 1997 when it was the season-ending event. … Nick Faldo won the first European Tour event at Valderrama by two shots over Seve Ballesteros.

Next week: Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

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Yanks open with 2 HR, set MLB mark in win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yankees 4 Blue Jays 3 NEW YORK — Aaron Judge and his teammates were joking about which one of them would hit the home run that gave the New York Yankees a major league-record 28 straight games with a long ball.

The 6-foot-7 slugger, batting second in the lineup, predicted the mark might fall in the first inning.

Judge was right, even though he never had a crack at it. The first chance went to leadoff man DJ LeMahieu — and nobody else got one.

LeMahieu and Judge hit back-to-back homers to begin the bottom of the first inning, and New York held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Tuesday night.

“I was just trying to do

what he did. He’s been our MVP,” Judge said. “DJ stole the show. We’re happy for him. No better person I want breaking that record.”

Gleyber Torres and Edwin Encarnacion each poked a solo shot over the short right field porch for the Yankees, who shook off another injury to Giancarlo Stanton and won for the 10th time in 11 games.

The AL East leaders are 8-1 on a 10-game homestand that wraps up Wednesday.

Aroldis Chapman allowed a run in the ninth before retiring Freddy Galvis on an easy grounder with two aboard for his 23rd save in 25 tries.

“It certainly wasn’t perfect tonight, but the long ball obviously played a huge role,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

Stanton exited in the fourth with a bruised right

knee and was scheduled for an MRI. He got tangled up with Toronto pitcher Clayton Richard (0-4) in the first while getting thrown out on a headfirst slide into third base.

The 2017 NL MVP just returned last Tuesday from injuries to his biceps, shoulder and calf that had sidelined him since March 31.

Nonetheless, the Yankees wasted no time rewriting the record book on this night.

LeMahieu hit his fourth career leadoff shot into the second deck down the left field line, breaking a mark New York shared for one day with the 2002 Texas Rangers, who homered in 27 consecutive games.

“We’ve got something special,” Judge said.

The Yankees quickly added another one, too, when Judge followed with an oppo-

site-field drive into the right field stands. It was the first home run since April 20 for Judge, who returned Friday from an oblique injury that sidelined him for two months.

It was the second time this season and 11th in franchise history the Yankees started a game with consecutive home runs.

Bronx Bombers, indeed.

Rookie left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr. (3-0) struck out five over 4 1/3 solid innings in relief of opener Chad Green.

They combined to retire the first 12 Blue Jays batters before Cavan Biggio doubled leading off the fifth.

Danny Jansen’s double in the sixth set up Eric Sogard’s sacrifice fly and an RBI single by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. that chased Cortes and cut it to 3-2.

SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L T GF GA Pts Philadelphia 17 9 4 4 31 20 31 D.C. 17 7 4 6 23 18 27 Montreal 18 8 7 3 21 28 27 Atlanta 15 8 5 2 19 11 26 NY Red Bulls 16 7 6 3 27 19 24 New York City 14 5 1 8 23 17 23 Toronto 16 5 7 4 26 28 19 Chicago 17 4 6 7 25 24 19 Orlando 15 5 7 3 22 21 18 Columbus 17 5 10 2 16 25 17 New England 16 4 8 4 17 33 16 Cincinnati 17 3 12 2 14 35 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L T GF GA Pts Los Angeles FC16 11 1 4 39 13 37 LA Galaxy 17 10 6 1 24 19 31 Seattle 16 7 4 5 26 21 26 Dallas 17 7 6 4 25 22 25 Houston 14 7 4 3 21 18 24 Minnesota 16 6 7 3 23 25 21 Salt Lake 16 6 8 2 22 28 20 San Jose 15 5 6 4 23 27 19 Kansas City 16 4 5 7 27 27 19 Vancouver 17 4 6 7 19 22 19 Portland 14 5 7 2 23 26 17 Colorado 17 4 9 4 27 36 16 Note: Three points awarded for a win, one for a tie.

Sunday’s result Kansas City 1 Columbus 0 Saturday’s results Colorado 2 Vancouver 2 Dallas 3 Toronto 0 L.A. Galaxy 2 Cincinnati 0

Portland 4 Houston 0 Salt Lake 1 Chicago 1 Wednesday’s games Philadelphia at New England, 5 p.m.

Portland at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Orlando at D.C., 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Dallas, 7 p.m.

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

Friday’s games Chicago at N.Y. Red Bulls, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles F.C. at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 29 Cincinnati at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

Montreal at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at New York City, 5 p.m.

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

Orlando at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at D.C., 6 p.m.

L.A. Galaxy at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Kansas City at Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 30 Dallas at Portland, 9 p.m.

CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE SPRING SEASON Team GP W L T GF GA Pts Calgary 8 7 1 0 13 4 21 Hamilton 9 6 2 1 15 6 19 Winnipeg 8 3 5 0 7 10 9 Halifax 8 2 4 2 6 9 8 Edmonton 8 2 4 2 5 9 8 York 8 1 2 5 6 8 8 Victoria 9 2 5 2 8 14 8 Note: Three points awarded for a win, one for a tie.

Sunday’s result Edmonton 3 Victoria 1 Saturday’s results Halifax 0 York 0 Hamilton 1 Calgary 0 Wednesday’s games Winnipeg at Halifax, 4 p.m.

Calgary at York, 5 p.m.

Hamilton at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Monday, July 1 York at Winnipeg, 11 a.m.

Halifax at Edmonton, 12:30 p.m.

Calgary at Victoria, 4 p.m.

Conclusion of Spring Season 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup At Sites In France ROUND OF 16 Tuesday’s results At Montpellier, France Italy 2 China 0 At Rennes, France Netherlands 2 Japan 1 Monday’s results At Paris Sweden 1 Canada 0 At Reims, France United States 2 Spain 1 Sunday’s results At Valenciennes, France England 3 Cameroon 0 At Le Havre, France France 2 Brazil 1 (extra time) Saturday’s results At Grenoble, France Germany 3 Nigeria 0

At Nice, France Norway 1 Australia 1 (Norway advances 4-1 on penalty kicks) PLAYOFFS QUARTERFINALS Thursday’s game At Le Havre, France Norway vs. England, 1 p.m.

Friday’s game At Paris France vs. United States, 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 29 At Valenciennes, France Italy vs. Netherlands, 7 a.m.

At Rennes, France Germany vs. Sweden, 7:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS Tuesday, July 2 At Lyon, France Le Havre winner vs. Paris winner, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, July 3 At Lyon, France Valenciennes winner vs. Rennes winner, 1 p.m.

THIRD PLACE Saturday, July 6 At Nice, France Semifinal losers, 9 a.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 7 At Lyon, France Semifinal winners, 9 a.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated LHP Sean Gilmartin for assignment. Claimed RHP Tayler Scott off waivers from Seattle. Sent RHP Nate Karns and OF DJ Stewart to the GCL Orioles for rehab assignments. Signed RHP Garrett Farmer, SS Gunnar Henderson and LHP Dillon McCollough to minor league contracts.

BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Josh Smith to Pawtucket (IL). Reinstated RHP Steven Wright from the restricted list. Transferred RHP Nathan Eovaldi to the 60-day IL. Signed RHP Mason Duke to a minor league contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP Carlos Torres outright to Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned LHP Reymin Guduan and RHP Rogelio Armenteros to Round Rock (PCL). Reinstated OF George Springer and RHP Collin McHugh from the 10-day IL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent SS Andrelton Simmons to Inland Empire (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Signed RHP Cody Allen to a minor league contract.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated 1B/OF Kendrys Morales from the 10-day IL and designated him for assignment. Recalled LHP Stephen Tarpley from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Signed RHP Nelson Alvarez to a minor league contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Selected the contract of SS Taylor Motter from New Britain (Atlantic).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Signed OF Izzy Wilson to a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned LHP Kyle Bird to Nashville (PCL). Reinstated OF Joey Gallo from the 10-day IL.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned LHP Grant Dayton and RHP Chad Sobotka to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled RHP Kyle Wright from Gwinnett. Reinstated LHP Sean Newcomb from the 7-day IL. CINCINNATI REDS — Sent 2B Scooter Gennett to Louisville (IL) for a rehab assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent LHP Harrison Musgrave to Albuquerque (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

Selected the contract of RHP Chi Chi González from Albuquerque. Placed INF Brendan Rodgers on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 24.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHP Jeff Brigham to New Orleans (PCL). Reinstated 1B Neil Walker from the 10-day IL. Sent LHP Caleb Smith to Jacksonville (SL) for a rehab assignment.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Ethan Small on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK METS — Sent RHP Noah Syndergaard to Brooklyn (NYP) for a rehab assignment. Signed OF Jake Mangum and RHP Nick MacDonald.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP Enyel De Los Santos to Lehigh Valley (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Fernando Salas from Lehigh Valley.

Transferred OF Andrew McCutchen to the 60-day IL. Sent OF Adam Haseley to Reading (EL) for a rehab assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned LHP Genesis Cabrera to Memphis (PCL). Placed RHP Jordan Hicks on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHPs Daniel Ponce de Leon and Dominic Leone from Memphis.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned RHP Kyle McGowin to Fresno (PCL). Assigned RHP Erick Fedde to Fresno. Selected the contract of RHP Fernando Rodney from Fresno and LHP Jonny Venters from

Harrisburg (EL). Transferred RHP Jeremy Hellickson to the 60-day IL. American Association CHICAGO DOGS — Signed C Mitchell Kranson.

MILWAUKEE MILKMEN — Signed OF Jeff Chandler.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Traded INF Rando Moreno to New Britain for INF Deibinson Romero.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Released SS Anthony Maselli. Signed RHP Ashton Raines.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed RHP Tyler Jones.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Released RHP Ryan Orr. Traded RHP Michael McCraith to Schaumburg.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Released RHP Nick Stroud. Signed RHP Jacob Godfrey.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Released RHP Bobby Kametas and OF Manuel Mesa. Signed UT Chase Cockrell and RHP Sean LeLand.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Named Pablo Prigioni assistant coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHLPA — D Brooks Orpik announced his retirement.

ARIZONA COYOTES — Traded D Kevin Cannauton to Colorado for F Carl Soderberg.

BOSTON BRUINS — Signed D Steven Kampfer to a two-year contract extension.

MINNESOTA WILD — Named Matt Hendricks assistant director of player development.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Signed coach Craig Berube to a three-year contract extension.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed F Nolan Foote to a three-year, entry-level contract.

ECHL ECHL — Announced the Board of Governors approved the transfer of controlling interest in the Norfolk Admirals from a group led by Ardon Wiener to a group led by Patrick Cavanagh.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Added a second game to the one-game suspension of New England G Matt Turner for violent conduct.

CINCINNATI — Recalled D Logan Gdula from Hartford (USL Championship).

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Named Dave van den Bergh assistant coach.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Signed F Carlos Fierro.

COLLEGE CAMPBELL — Named Omar Banks director of athletics.

CHOWAN — Named Josh Seese men’s lacrosse coach.

COLGATE — Named Laura Sgrecci senior associate athletics director for external affairs and strategic advancement.

HIGH POINT — Named Jaime Gluesing assistant women’s basketball coach/recruiting co-ordinator.

KANSAS STATE — Announced graduate women’s basketball G Angela Harris is transferring from Houston.

OKLAHOMA STATE — Named Cannen Cunningham assistant men’s basketball coach.

TENNESSEE — Signed swimming and diving coach Matt Kredich’s to a contract extension through June 2024.

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Toronto FC looks to snap winless skid TORONTO — Greg Vanney has encountered better times in his five years as head coach of Toronto FC. After Toronto won the MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield and Canadian Championship in 2017, the team failed to make the playoffs last year

and has endured an eight-game (0-53) winless streak in the previous six weeks.

The 45-year-old Virginian hopes to see his club celebrate his 200th game on the sidelines with Toronto with a win against Atlanta United FC at BMO Field on Wednesday.

But Vanney knows his team, with six regulars missing because of injury and international duty, will be in tough against the defending champions.

“It feels like 400 games, at least in

the last year,” Vanney said on Tuesday.

“This is the club I was given the opportunity to cut my teeth as a head coach. Even though we’ve had a tough go over the better part of a year, the things that we have accomplished with seven or eight trophies between Eastern Conference championships, Canadian champions and an MLS Cup, it’s (been) a good ride, 200 games.”

Vanney’s side has scored only five goals during the winless streak and

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 has been blanked on four occasions, including a messy 3-0 loss in Dallas on Saturday.

The poor outing in Dallas resulted in a 40-minute team meeting between Vanney, his staff and the players.

The coach felt an in-depth chat among his players would allow them to park the loss in Texas and board the plane home thinking about Atlanta during a short turnaround.

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

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 51 28 .646 45 34 .570 44 37 .543 29 51 .363 22 57 .278 Central Division W L Pct 51 27 .654 43 36 .544 36 41 .468 26 48 .351 28 52 .350 West Division W L Pct 50 30 .625 43 36 .544 42 38 .525 39 40 .494 36 47 .434

GB — 6 8 22 1/2 29 GB — 8 1/2 14 1/2 23 24 GB — 6 1/2 8 10 1/2 15 1/2

Monday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 10, Toronto 8 Boston 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Cleveland 3, Kansas City 2, 10 innings Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 3 San Diego 8, Baltimore 3 Boston 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Kansas City 8, Cleveland 6 Texas 5, Detroit 3 Houston 5, Pittsburgh 1 Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 4 Seattle 8, Milwaukee 3 Oakland 7, St. Louis 3 Cincinnati at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Lopez 4-7) at Boston (Sale 3-7), 11:05 a.m.

Toronto (Thornton 2-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 5-3), 11:05 a.m.

Kansas City (Junis 4-6) at Cleveland (Bauer 5-6), 11:10 a.m.

San Diego (Strahm 2-6) at Baltimore (Bundy 3-9), 1:05 p.m.

Texas (Minor 7-4) at Detroit (Boyd 5-5), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (Anderson 0-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 5-6), 5:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (Roark 5-6) at L.A. Angels (TBD), 6:07 p.m.

Pittsburgh (TBD) at Houston (Valdez 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (TBD) at Milwaukee (Houser 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Morton 8-1) at Minnesota (Odorizzi 103), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.

Texas at Detroit, 11:10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Seattle at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING — LeMahieu, New York, .333; Polanco, Minnesota, .326; Brantley, Houston, .318; Alberto, Baltimore, .318; Anderson, Chicago, .317; Devers, Boston, .317; Trout, Los Angeles, .307; Andrus,

Texas, .305; Merrifield, Kansas City, .304; Mancini, Baltimore, .303.

RUNS — Betts, Boston, 63; Trout, Los Angeles, 62; Bogaerts, Boston, 61; Devers, Boston, 57; LeMahieu, New York, 57; Merrifield, Kansas City, 57; CSantana, Cleveland, 55; Bregman, Houston, 54; Encarnacion, New York, 54; 2 tied at 53.

RBI — DSantana, Seattle, 60; Rosario, Minnesota, 59; Trout, Los Angeles, 56; Abreu, Chicago, 55; Encarnacion, New York, 54; Bogaerts, Boston, 53; Soler, Kansas City, 53; Bregman, Houston, 52; LeMahieu, New York, 52; Sanchez, New York, 52.

HITS — Merrifield, Kansas City, 102; LeMahieu, New York, 99; Polanco, Minnesota, 99; Devers, Boston, 97; Brantley, Houston, 95; Semien, Oakland, 90; Bogaerts, Boston, 89; DSantana, Seattle, 89; Andrus, Texas, 87; Mancini, Baltimore, 87.

DOUBLES — Bogaerts, Boston, 27; Castellanos, Detroit, 25; Devers, Boston, 22; Polanco, Minnesota, 22; Brantley, Houston, 21; Buxton, Minnesota, 21; Merrifield, Kansas City, 21; 4 tied at 20.

TRIPLES — Mondesi, Kansas City, 8; Merrifield, Kansas City, 7; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 5; Polanco, Minnesota, 5; Gardner, New York, 4; Meadows, Tampa Bay, 4; 12 tied at 3.

HOME RUNS — Encarnacion, New York, 24; Sanchez, New York, 23; Bregman, Houston, 22; Trout, Los Angeles, 22; Soler, Kansas City, 21; Rosario, Minnesota, 20; Kepler, Minnesota, 19; Torres, New York, 19; Vogelbach, Seattle, 19; 3 tied at 18.

STOLEN BASES — Mondesi, Kansas City, 27; Smith, Seattle, 21; Ramirez, Cleveland, 18; Andrus, Texas, 16; Hamilton, Kansas City, 16; Anderson, Chicago, 15; Villar, Baltimore, 15; Gordon, Seattle, 13; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 13; 2 tied at 12.

PITCHING — Giolito, Chicago, 10-2; Odorizzi, Minnesota, 10-3; Verlander, Houston, 10-3; German, New York, 9-2; Gonzales, Seattle, 9-6; Lynn, Texas, 9-4; Montas, Oakland, 9-2; 4 tied at 8.

ERA — Morton, Tampa Bay, 2.31; Minor, Texas, 2.52; Odorizzi, Minnesota, 2.58; Verlander, Houston, 2.67; Montas, Oakland, 2.70; Berrios, Minnesota, 2.84; Giolito, Chicago, 2.87; Chirinos, Tampa Bay, 3.00; Stroman, Toronto, 3.04; Tanaka, New York, 3.21.

STRIKEOUTS — Cole, Houston, 151; Verlander, Houston, 142; Sale, Boston, 138; Bauer, Cleveland, 122; Bieber, Cleveland, 122; Boyd, Detroit, 118; Morton, Tampa Bay, 113; Giolito, Chicago, 111; Lynn, Texas, 108; Snell, Tampa Bay, 105.

Atlanta Philadelphia Washington New York Miami Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Los Angeles

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 47 33 .588 41 38 .519 38 40 .487 37 43 .463 30 47 .390 Central Division W L Pct 43 36 .544 42 37 .532 40 38 .513 36 40 .474 36 41 .468 West Division W L Pct 54 26 .675

GB — 5 1/2 8 10 15 1/2 GB — 1 2 1/2 5 1/2 6 GB —

Colorado Arizona San Diego San Francisco

41 40 39 33

37 40 40 44

.526 .500 .494 .429

12 14 14 1/2 19 1/2

Monday’s Games Philadelphia 13, N.Y. Mets 7 Chicago Cubs 8, Atlanta 3 Arizona 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 Colorado 2, San Francisco 0 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Mets 5 San Diego 8, Baltimore 3 Washington 6, Miami 1 Atlanta 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Houston 5, Pittsburgh 1 Seattle 8, Milwaukee 3 Oakland 7, St. Louis 3 L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 7:45 p.m.

Cincinnati at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games San Diego (Strahm 2-6) at Baltimore (Bundy 3-9), 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Gonsolin 0-0) at Arizona (Clarke 1-3), 1:40 p.m.

Colorado (Marquez 7-3) at San Francisco (Samardzija 4-6), 1:45 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Vargas 3-3) at Philadelphia (Pivetta 4-2), 5:05 p.m.

Washington (Corbin 6-5) at Miami (Gallen 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (Anderson 0-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 5-6), 5:15 p.m.

Atlanta (Keuchel 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Darvish 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Roark 5-6) at L.A. Angels (TBD), 6:07 p.m.

Pittsburgh (TBD) at Houston (Valdez 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (TBD) at Milwaukee (Houser 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Houston, 12:10 p.m.

Seattle at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 7:45 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING — Bellinger, Los Angeles, .353; McNeil, New York, .348; Yelich, Milwaukee, .336; Blackmon, Colorado, .330; Arenado, Colorado, .326; Dahl, Colorado, .318; Rendon, Washington, .314; KMarte, Arizona, .312; Freeman, Atlanta, .311; Bell, Pittsburgh, .311.

RUNS — Story, Colorado, 65; Yelich, Milwaukee, 63; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 62; Bryant, Chicago, 59; Freeman, Atlanta, 59; Rendon, Washington, 58; Arenado, Colorado, 57; Bell, Pittsburgh, 57; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 55; Blackmon, Colorado, 55.

RBI — Bell, Pittsburgh, 66; Yelich, Milwaukee, 63; Arenado, Colorado, 62; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 62; Ozuna, St. Louis, 62; Alonso, New York, 61; Freeman, Atlanta, 61; Escobar, Arizona, 59; Rizzo, Chicago, 55; Harper, Philadelphia, 54.

HITS — Arenado, Colorado, 97; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 97; Freeman, Atlanta, 97; KMarte, Arizona, 97;

Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 92; Bell, Pittsburgh, 91; Yelich, Milwaukee, 91; Albies, Atlanta, 90; Blackmon, Colorado, 90; Baez, Chicago, 89.

DOUBLES — Bell, Pittsburgh, 28; Harper, Philadelphia, 23; Bryant, Chicago, 21; Freeman, Atlanta, 21; Peralta, Arizona, 21; Seager, Los Angeles, 21; 7 tied at 20.

TRIPLES — Blackmon, Colorado, 6; Escobar, Arizona, 5; Dahl, Colorado, 4; Frazier, Pittsburgh, 4; KMarte, Arizona, 4; Rosario, New York, 4; Tapia, Colorado, 4; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 4; 12 tied at 3.

HOME RUNS — Yelich, Milwaukee, 29; Alonso, New York, 27; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 25; Renfroe, San Diego, 23; Moustakas, Milwaukee, 22; Freeman, Atlanta, 21; 5 tied at 20.

STOLEN BASES — Dyson, Arizona, 17; Yelich, Milwaukee, 17; Wong, St. Louis, 14; Turner, Washington, 13; Story, Colorado, 12; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 11; Puig, Cincinnati, 11; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 10; Cain, Milwaukee, 10; Rosario, New York, 10.

PITCHING — Fried, Atlanta, 9-3; Ryu, Los Angeles, 9-1; Woodruff, Milwaukee, 9-2; Buehler, Los Angeles, 8-1; Gray, Colorado, 8-5; Greinke, Arizona, 8-3; Soroka, Atlanta, 8-1; Strasburg, Washington, 8-4; 12 tied at 7.

ERA — Ryu, Los Angeles, 1.27; Scherzer, Washington, 2.52; Castillo, Cincinnati, 2.56; Hamels, Chicago, 2.92; Buehler, Los Angeles, 2.96; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 3.07; Greinke, Arizona, 3.08; deGrom, New York, 3.25; Eflin, Philadelphia, 3.26; Davies, Milwaukee, 3.34.

STRIKEOUTS — Scherzer, Washington, 156; deGrom, New York, 121; Strasburg, Washington, 120; Ray, Arizona, 115; Woodruff, Milwaukee, 114; Marquez, Colorado, 111; Castillo, Cincinnati, 109; Wheeler, New York, 108; Gray, Colorado, 103; Corbin, Washington, 102.

TUESDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 000 002001—3 7 0 New York 210 00001x—4 10 1 Richard, Phelps (7), Mayza (8) and Jansen; Green, Cortes Jr. (2), Kahnle (6), Tarpley (7), Britton (8), A.Chapman (9) and Sanchez. W_Cortes Jr. 3-0.

L_Richard 0-4. Sv_A.Chapman (23). HRs_New York, Torres (19), Judge (6), Encarnacion (3), LeMahieu (11).

Texas 201 001010—5 12 1 Detroit 000 001002—3 6 3 Chavez, St. John (7), Leclerc (8), S.Miller (9) and Mathis; Zimmermann, Stumpf (6), Hardy (7), N.Ramirez (8), Greene (9) and Wilson. W_Chavez 3-2. L_Zimmermann 0-5. HRs_Texas, Guzman (7).

Detroit, Rodriguez (7).

Chicago 012 000000—3 10 1 Boston 102 02100x—6 10 1 Fulmer, Minaya (3), Ruiz (5), Osich (7) and Collins; Price, Barnes (7), Brasier (8), Workman (9) and Vazquez. W_Price 5-2. L_Ruiz 0-1. Sv_Workman (3).

HRs_Boston, Bogaerts (15).

Kansas City 000 021005—8 12 0 Cleveland 100 022100—6 11 2 Sparkman, Barlow (6), McCarthy (8), Kennedy (9) and Maldonado; Bieber, T.Olson (6), Cimber (6),

O.Perez (7), Clippard (7), Hand (9), Goody (9) and R.Perez. W_McCarthy 2-1. L_Hand 4-3. Sv_Kennedy (10). HRs_Kansas City, Dozier (13). Cleveland, Santana (18), Perez (14), Freeman (2), Naquin (5).

Tampa Bay 000 001300—4 7 0 Minnesota 013 31001x—9 15 0 Snell, Wood (4), Kittredge (6), Roe (7), Kolarek (8) and d’Arnaud; Gibson, R.Harper (8), Duffey (9) and Garver. W_Gibson 8-4. L_Snell 4-7. HRs_Tampa Bay, Adames (8). Minnesota, Garver (12), Schoop (13).

INTERLEAGUE San Diego 041 210000—8 12 2 Baltimore 101 000100—3 11 0 Allen, Maton (7), Wieck (8), Perdomo (9) and Mejia; Yacabonis, Rogers (3), M.Castro (6), Kline (8) and Severino. W_Allen 2-0. L_Yacabonis 1-2. HRs_San Diego, Machado (17), Mejia (2), Tatis Jr. (9), Margot (3). Baltimore, Martin (4).

Pittsburgh 000 001000—1 8 1 Houston 000 20111x—5 10 0 Williams, Feliz (7), Holmes (8) and Diaz; Cole, James (7), Harris (8), McHugh (9) and Chirinos. W_Cole 7-5. L_Williams 2-2. HRs_Houston, Bregman (22), Gurriel (7).

Oakland 010 060000—7 10 0 St. Louis 030 000000—3 10 0 Bassitt, Wendelken (4), Petit (5), Soria (7), Trivino (8), Hendriks (9) and Phegley; Flaherty, Brebbia (5), Leone (7), Webb (9) and Molina. W_Wendelken 1-1.

L_Flaherty 4-5. HRs_Oakland, Pinder (7), Olson (13), Semien (11).

Seattle 004 210001—8 12 2 Milwaukee 100 020000—3 8 2 Gonzales, Gearrin (6), A.Adams (6), Bass (8), Festa (9) and Narvaez; Davies, Wilkerson (5), Nelson (7), Guerra (9) and Grandal. W_Gonzales 9-6. L_Davies 7-2. HRs_Seattle, Vogelbach (19). Milwaukee, Grandal (18).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington 003 300000—6 8 0 Miami 000 100000—1 5 0 Scherzer, Rodney (9) and Suzuki; Richards, Conley (6), Brice (9) and Castillo. W_Scherzer 7-5. L_Richards 3-8. HRs_Washington, Turner (6).

New York 211 001000—5 12 1 Philadelphia 100 10500x—7 8 2 Lockett, Font (6), Gsellman (6), Flexen (8) and Ramos; Arrieta, Morgan (7), Nicasio (8), Neris (8) and Realmuto. W_Arrieta 7-6. L_Font 1-2. Sv_Neris (16).

HRs_New York, Smith (6), Rosario (9). Philadelphia, Franco (11), Hoskins (18), Miller (1), Kingery (10).

Atlanta 100 000200—3 3 0 Chicago 000 200000—2 4 1 Fried, Newcomb (7), Swarzak (8), Jackson (9) and B.McCann; Alzolay, Montgomery (5), Brach (8) and Contreras. W_Fried 9-3. L_Montgomery 1-2.

Sv_Jackson (12). HRs_Atlanta, Albies (12), Acuna Jr. (19).

FOOTBALL CFL East Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pt Hamilton 2 2 0 0 87 31 4 Ottawa 2 2 0 0 76 69 4 Montreal 1 0 1 0 25 32 0 Toronto 1 0 1 0 14 64 0 West Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pt Edmonton 2 2 0 0 71 48 4 Winnipeg 1 1 0 0 33 23 2 Calgary 1 0 1 0 28 32 0 Saskatchewan 2 0 2 0 58 67 0 B.C. 2 0 2 0 46 72 0 Note: Two points awarded for a win, one for a tie.

Week Two Byes: Calgary, Montreal & Winnipeg Saturday’s result Hamilton 64 Toronto 14 Friday’s result Edmonton 39 British Columbia 23 Thursday’s result Ottawa 44 Saskatchewan 41 Week Three Bye: Ottawa Thursday’s game Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s game Montreal at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 29 British Columbia at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Monday, July 1 Toronto at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY’S SUMMARY Ottawa 44, Saskatchewan 41

First Quarter Sask — TD Thigpen 19 pass from Fajardo (Lauther convert) 7:08 Ott — TD Rhymes 20 pass from Davis (two-point convert: Holley 3 pass from Davis) 13:49 Ott — Single Leone 69 14:23 Second Quarter Sask — FG Lauther 57 0:31 Ott — TD Beaulieu 23 pass from Davis (two-point convert: Sinopoli 3 pass from Davis) 2:45 Ott — TD Harris 9 pass from Davis (two-point convert: Madu 3 run) 5:19 Sask — TD Powell 9 run (Lauther convert) 8:03 Ott — FG Ward 30 10:50 Ott — FG Ward 45 14:41 Sask — TD Evans 44 pass from Fajardo (Lauther convert) 14:56 Third Quarter Ott — FG Ward 30 1:24 Sask — FG Lauther 20 6:29 Ott — FG Ward 30 9:40 Ott — Single Leone 64 13:26 Fourth Quarter Ott — FG Ward 28 5:19 Sask — TD Thigpen 6 run (convert missed) 10:19 Ott — FG Ward 22 13:19 Sask — TD Fajardo 1 run (two-point convert: Evans 3 pass from Fajardo) 14:34 Saskatchewan 7 17 3 14 _ 41 Ottawa 9 22 7 6 _ 44 Attendance _ 23,453 at Ottawa.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARY Edmonton 39, B.C. 23 First Quarter B.C. _ TD Durant 7 pass from Reilly (two-point convert: S.Johnson 3 pass from Reilly) 8:34

B.C. _ FG Castillo 30 12:22 Edm _ FG Whyte 45 14:35 Second Quarter B.C. _ FG Castillo 25 2:57 B.C. _ FG Castillo 36 5:15 Edm _ FG Whyte 46 8:55 Edm _ TD Smith 6 pass from Harris (Whyte convert) 12:58 Edm _ TD Ellingson 3 pass from Harris (Whyte convert) 14:54 Third Quarter B.C. _ FG Castillo 50 4:06 Edm _ TD Harris 1 run (Whyte convert) 8:41 B.C. _ FG Castillo 45 13:19 Edm _ TD Ellingson 54 pass from Harris (Whyte convert) 15:00 Fourth Quarter Edm _ Safety Castillo concedes 1:21 Edm _ FG Whyte 27 8:59 B.C. 11 6 6 0 _ 23 Edmonton 3 17 14 5 _ 39 Attendance _ 24,016 at Edmonton.

SATURDAY’S SUMMARY Hamilton 64, Toronto 14 First Quarter Ham _ FG Hajrullahu 34 6:03 Tor _ FG Brown 28 10:13 Second Quarter Ham _ FG Hajrullahu 56 2:04 Ham _ TD Masoli 1 run (two-point convert: Tucker 3 pass from Masoli) 9:44 Ham _ TD Irons 5 run (two-point convert failed) 13:40 Tor _ FG Brown 43 15:00 Third Quarter Ham _ TD Addison 21 pass from Masoli (two-point convert failed) 1:15

Ham _ TD Kalinic 31 pass from Masoli (two-point convert: Addison 3 pass from Masoli) 8:10 Ham _ TD Addison 10 pass from Masoli (Hajrullahu convert) 13:26 Fourth Quarter Ham _ TD Banks 113 missed field goal return (Amavizca Ortiz convert) 0:50 Ham _ TD Addison 44 pass from Evans (Amavizca Ortiz convert) 4:51 Ham _ FG Hajrullahu 27 9:39 Tor _ TD Edwards 3 pass from Bethel-Thompson (two-point convert: Green 3 pass from Bethel-Thompson) 13:36 Ham _ TD Murray 37 interception return (convert not attempted) 15:00 Hamilton 3 17 21 23 _ 64 Toronto 3 3 0 8 _ 14 Attendance _ 16,734 at Toronto.

UNOFFICIAL 2019 CFL SCORING LEADERS Player TD C FG S Pt L.Ward, Ott 0 1 9 0 28 S.Castillo BC 0 0 8 0 24 L.Hajrullahu, Ham 0 3 6 0 21 x-B.Addison, Ham 3 2 0 0 20 Do.Davis, Ott 3 0 0 0 18 S.Whyte, Edm 0 8 3 0 17 B.Lauther, Sask 0 4 3 1 14 B.Banks, Ham 2 0 0 0 12 L.Durant, BC 2 0 0 0 12 G.Ellingson, Edm 2 0 0 0 12 C.Fajardo, Sask 2 0 0 0 12 T.Harris, Edm 2 0 0 0 12 W.Powell, Sask 2 0 0 0 12 K.Stafford, Edm 2 0 0 0 12 M.Thigpen, Sask 2 0 0 0 12 D.Wolitarsky, Wpg 2 0 0 0 12

x-S.Evans, Sask 1 x-RJ.Harris, Ott 1 R.Paredes, Cgy 0 J.Medlock, Wpg 0 B.Bede, Mtl 0 D.Adams, Wpg 1 JC.Beaulieu, Ott 1 J.Brescacin, Cgy 1 BJ.Cunningham, Mtl1 A.Edwards, Tor 1 CJ.Gable, Edm 1 M.Irons, Ham 1 D.Jackson, Cgy 1 N.Kalinic, Ham 1 J.Masoli, Ham 1 D.Murray, Ham 1 D.Posey, Mtl 1 D.Rhymes, Ott 1 B.Rutley, BC 1 B.Smith, Cgy 1 T.Smith, Edm 1 W.Stanback, Mtl 1 C.Streveler, Wpg 1 F.Williams, Ham 1 D.Brown, Tor 0 R.Leone, Ott 0 x-R.Begelton, Cgy 0 x-Du.Carter, BC 0 x-C.Fenner, Wpg 0 x-SJ.Green, Tor 0 x-C.Holley, Ott 0 x-S.Johnson, BC 0 x-M.Madu, Ott 0 x-B.Sinopoli, Ott 0 x-M.Tucker, Ham 0 G.Amavizca Ortiz, Ham

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CYBERWORLD

Hackers using telecoms like ‘global spy system’: report

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ONDON — An ambitious group of state-backed hackers has been burrowing into telecommunications companies in order to spy on high-profile targets across the world, a U.S. cybersecurity firm said in a report published Tuesday.

Boston-based Cybereason said the tactic gave hackers sweeping access to VIPs’ call records, location data and device information — effectively turning the targets’ cellular providers against them.

Cybereason Chief Executive Lior Div said that because customers weren’t directly targeted, they might never discover their every movement was being monitored by a hostile power.

The hackers had turned the affected telecoms into “a global surveillance system,” Div said in a telephone interview ahead of the report’s launch.

“Those individuals don’t know they were hacked — because they weren’t.”

Div, who is presenting his findings at the Cyber Week conference in Tel Aviv, provided scant details about who was targeted in the hack, saying that Cybereason had been called in to help an unidentified cellular pro-

vider last year and discovered that the hackers had broken into the firm’s billing server, where call records are logged.

The hackers were using their access to extract the call data of “around 20” customers, Div said.

Who those people were he declined to say, describing them as mainly coming from the world of politics and the military. He said the information was so sensitive he would not provide even the vaguest idea of where they or the telecom were located.

“I’m not even going to share the continent,” he said.

Cybereason said the compromise of its customer eventually led it to about 10 other firms that had been hit in a similar way, with hackers stealing data in 100 gigabyte chunks.

Div said that, in some cases, the hackers appeared to be tracking nonphone devices, such as cars or smartwatches.

The GSMA, which represents mobile operators worldwide, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Who might be behind such hacking campaigns is often a fraught question in a world full of digital false flags. Cybereason said that all the signs pointed to APT10 — the nickname often applied to a notorious China-linked cyberespionage group.

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Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales rose 1.7 per cent in April OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales increased 1.7 per cent to $65.3 billion in April, boosted by the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector.

The result topped the 0.2 per cent gain that had been expected on average by economists, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon.

Sales were up in five of seven subsectors accounting for 86 per cent of total wholesale sales.

Wholesale sales in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector rose 3.2 per cent to $11.8 billion, the highest level since November 2017.

The machinery, equipment and supplies subsector increased 2.2 per cent to $13.9 billion. Wholesale sales rose 1.6 per cent in volume terms.

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Cybereason Chief Executive Lior Div says hackers turned the affected telecoms into ‘a global surveillance system.’

But Div said the clues they found were so obvious he and his team sometimes wondered whether they might have been left on purpose.

“I thought: ‘Hey, just a second, maybe it’s somebody who wants to blame APT10,’” he said.

Chinese authorities have routinely denied responsibility for hacking operations. The Chinese Embassy in London did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

PG&E’s lenders offer billions, new name to rebrand utility SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric’s key lenders on Tuesday offered a $30 billion plan to pull the utility out of bankruptcy and give the tarnished company a new name.

The proposal filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court would set aside up to $18 billion of that $30 billion to pay claims on the 2017 and 2018 wildfires caused

by PG&E equipment, the Sacramento Bee reported.

The plan offered by PG&E’s leading bondholders would compete with an alternative that the newspaper says is being drafted by PG&E. Normally the company in bankruptcy has first crack at proposing an exit plan, but the bondholders said in a court filing that they filed their plan because PG&E has “wasted crucial time needlessly.”

The bondholders also want to rebrand PG&E as Golden State Power Light & Gas Company.

Asked about the bondholders’ plan, the utility

Div said that it was unclear whether the ultimate targets of the espionage operation were warned, saying Cybereason had left it to the telecom firms to notify their customers. Div added that he had been in touch with “a handful” of law enforcement agency about the matter, although he did not say which ones.

The FBI in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

said in a statement that it was considering all options as it navigates the bankruptcy process.

The new proposal came four days after Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, floated the idea of a $24 billion package to deal with the costs of future wildfires, paid for by ratepayers and shareholders of PG&E and the other two big electric utilities in California.

Newsom’s plan does not offer any cash for PG&E’s existing liabilities but would revise state law to give utilities more certainty about recovering costs from ratepayers — enough stability that Newsom believes will allow PG&E to borrow the money it needs to pay existing claims, according to the Bee. The bondholders include some of the biggest investors on Wall Street, including Elliott Management, Pimco and Apollo Global Management. They have been quietly promoting a PG&E restructuring plan for weeks in conversations with legislators, Newsom’s aides and others. Tuesday’s court filing marks the first time they have taken the proposal public.

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Diversified and Industrials Nutrien Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.25

ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.98 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.98

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index posted a triple-digit decline and U.S. markets fell after the Federal Reserve signalled an interest rate cut next month could be smaller than forecast.

Markets have risen on anticipation of a potential 50 basis point rate cut but declined Tuesday after central bank officials suggested that cuts may not be certain or as large, says Anish Chopra, managing director with Portfolio Management Corp.

“Market expectations may be a touch ahead on rate cuts,” he said in an interview.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday the economic outlook has become cloudier since early May, with rising uncertainties over trade and global growth causing the central bank to reassess its next move on

interest rates.

While he didn’t commit to its first rate cut since 2008, James Bullard, head of the Fed’s St. Louis regional bank, said that he believed a quarter-point cut in July would be sufficient as an insurance move against a possible severe economic slowdown.

“They still seem to be saying the U.S. economy is strong, employment is strong, lots of things are going well but if they do cut rates it wouldn’t be as much as the market had anticipated last week,” said Chopra.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 152.19 points to 16,371.28.

All 11 major sectors were lower, led by a 3.55 per cent drop by technology as Shopify Inc. lost nine per cent and Blackberry Ltd. was off 2.4 per cent on heavier trading.

Materials was dropped 1.3 per cent de-

BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.89 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25 Cdn. National Railway . 120.34 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 309.11 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.22 Capital Power Corp . . . . 30.96 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.90 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 45.85 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.32 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.24 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.68 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 41.35 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 26.47 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.89 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.31 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 8.49 TC Energy Corp . . . . . . . 64.94 Consumer

spite gold prices rising again, to reach its highest level in about six years.

The August gold contract was up 50 cents at US$1,418.70 an ounce and the July copper contract was up three cents at US$2.74 a pound.

Sherritt International and Yamana Gold Inc. were off 5.3 and 3.3 per cent respectively.

The key energy sector lost 0.64 per cent, followed by a 0.55 per cent drop by the heavyweight financial sector.

The August crude contract was down seven cents at US$57.83 per barrel and the August natural gas contract was up 0.2 cents at US$2.29 per mmBTU. Oil prices fell on concerns that an unresolved trade dispute between the U.S. and China will hurt global economic growth, partly offset by higher prices resulting from ratcheted tensions between the United

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Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 140.45 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.60 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.47 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 67.00 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 29.59 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.72 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 30.68

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Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 47.08 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 24.62 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.510 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . . 5.40 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.31 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 11.53 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1600 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 6.34 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.310 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 76.27 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 22.50 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.22 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 12.62 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 36.38 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 0.485 Obsidian Energy . . . . . . 1.5200 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 2.43 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 41.51 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.16

States and Iran.

The Canadian dollar traded for an average of 75.91 cents US compared with an average of 75.79 cents US on Monday.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 179.32 points at 26,548.22. The

S&P 500 index was down 27.97 points at 2,917.38, while the Nasdaq composite was down 120.98 points at 7,884.72.

In addition to watching signals about interest rates, investors are uneasy about whether a meeting later this week between U.S. President

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.08 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 13.71 First Quantum Minerals . 12.40 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.21 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.12 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.02 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.180

Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 28.44 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 98.91 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 71.36 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.40 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.28 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.01 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.52 Intact Financial Corp. . . 122.01 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.81 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 61.68 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.760 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . 104.15 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 54.04 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.30

Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jingping will push toward a trade resolution, added Chopra.

“Any news that seems to come out just seems like not much will happen at the G20 summit.”

Enmax CEO Gianna Group Mach reaches deal Manes says she will retire from city-owned utility with Quebec, next spring drops financing CALGARY — The CEO of Encondition of Transat bid

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MONTREAL — Group Mach Inc. says it has reached a non-binding agreement with the Quebec government in connection with its bid for Transat AT Inc. and dropped a key financing condition.

The real estate development firm has proposed to acquire all of Transat’s shares for $14 each or roughly $527.6 million.

Transat began exclusive talks with Air Canada, set to end on Wednesday, after the country’s largest airline made a bid of $13 per share or last month.

However, Mach stepped in with a rival proposal.

Mach did not release any details of its agreement with the provincial government.

It said Tuesday it has submitted an amended version of its proposal removing conditions related to financing from the Quebec government and the execution of support and voting agreements with the Fonds de solidarite FTQ and the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec.

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max Corp. says she will retire next spring after leading the city-owned utility to its first major U.S. investment earlier this year.

Gianna Manes, who has guided the City of Calgary-owned electricity generator and distributor since 2012 and was twice named one of Canada’s most powerful women by the Women’s Executive Network in that time, says she will step down effective May 31, 2020.

Earlier this year, Enmax agreed to make its first investment outside of Canada, inking a deal to purchase Halifax-based Emera Inc.’s interest in a regulated electric transmission and distribution company in Maine for about C$1.3 billion.

Including assumed debt, the deal is worth about $1.8 billion and is expected to close late this year.

Enmax says it has about $5.6 billion in assets and posted revenues of $2.4 billion in 2018.

Manes has about 30 years of experience in the energy sector in Canada, the United States and Europe and served as chief customer officer with Duke Energy of Charlotte, N.C., from 2008 to 2012.

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Guide Eli Schellenberg climbs over the edge of a cliff on the Mt. Norquay Via Ferrata near Banff.

To the top of a mountain, on a steel cable

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of heights that left her literally shaking as she clipped her tether on to the first cable on a via ferrata route on Mount Norquay in Banff National Park.

A steady sprinkling of late-season snowflakes made shivering more pro-

nounced as she and a half-dozen other first-timers used metal hand- and foot-holds to negotiate sheer cliffs high above the ski hill just across the highway from the town of Banff.

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EL CAPITAN

Girl, 10, ‘overwhelmed’ after Yosemite climb

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AN FRANCISCO — A 10-year-old Colorado girl scaled Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan and may have become the youngest person to climb one of the most celebrated and challenging peaks in the world.

Selah Schneiter of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, completed the 3,000-foot (910 metres) climb of the vertical rock formation with the help of her father, Mike Schneiter, and family friend, Mark Regier.

The trio took five days to climb the Nose — the best known route — and reached the summit on June 12, Mike Schneiter said. It typically takes accomplished climbers four or five days to complete.

Reaching the top “was really overwhelming and emotional,” Selah said in a telephone interview from New York City, where she spent Wednesday doing media interviews.

“I was also kind of sad because it was over,” she added.

Scott Cory climbed the Nose twice in 2001, when he was 11. That same year 13-year-old Tori Allen also climbed it, according to Outside Magazine.

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Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said the park doesn’t keep such records.

The oldest of four children, Selah has been climbing since she can remember and had been asking her parents for years to climb El Capitan. For nine months, she prepared physically and mentally to make sure she was ready to do it, she said.

Climbers jam hands and feet into

finger- and fist-width cracks to inch their way up the vertical wall. Sometimes there is little more to grasp or perch on than a sliver the width of a few coins.

Other cracks abruptly end in a smooth sea of granite, forcing climbers to swing left or right to find the next hand or foothold.

“Our big motto was ‘How do you eat an elephant?’ Small bites,” said

more difficult to find and likely number less than a dozen, although local adrenaline junkies and tourists alike are increasingly seeking them out.

A via ferrata route features a fixed steel cable to which climbers can secure themselves with a clip-on, clip-off lanyard to greatly reduce the chance of falling.

The cable also provides a handhold for climbing, assisted by iron rungs, pegs, carved steps, ladders and bridges, all drilled deep into the mountain rock.

While there are some hiking trails along the way on Mount Norquay, Melissa’s husband, Jason, also 47, said he was surprised by how much climbing was actually involved.

“I didn’t think there would be so much vertical. We were on the (cliff) face more than I thought we would

be,” he said.

“You’re really up there. It’s for real.”

Confessed thrill seekers Lindsay Hoo and Michael Hui, both 29, came to Mount Norquay after zip-lining in the rain at Grouse Mountain in Vancouver. They’re on a Canadian vacation from their home in Tacoma, Wash.

“I prefer the snow. I think this is better,” grinned Hui as the couple broke out snacks during a rest break on a flat shoulder of the mountain.

Accidents are rare on via ferrata routes. Second-year guide Eli Schellenberg said no one has fallen at Mount Norquay since it opened in 2014, a record he attributes to procedures that put the safety of each guest in his or her own hands.

While negotiating hazards like slippery surfaces and loose rock is emphasized throughout the tour, guests are permitted to pull out their cellphones to take selfies even on the scariest parts of the route — although Schellenberg warned that if anything was dropped it would be “really, really hard to get it back.”

Norquay offers four via ferrata routes, the price varying with the amount of time on the mountain.

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Selah, who recently finished fourth grade. “One pitch at a time … one move at a time … one day at a time.”

Selah said the only thing she feared was the possibility of a big storm because it would mean “having to go down.”

The Schneiters are a family of climbers. Mike and his wife, Joy, fell in love 15 years ago while scaling El Capitan. They vacation in places where there is rock climbing and have a climbing wall in their garage, often the first spot their children go after school.

Mike Schneiter, a climbing guide and part-time high school teacher, said seeing his daughter complete her dream was amazing.

“I was so proud of her. It was a combination of a lot of feelings because it was a project that had been formed in our minds for a few years,” he said.

Joy Schneiter stayed home with their three other children and received daily updates about progress in Yosemite.

She knew her husband would turn back if there were any safety concerns. Still, as an experience climber, she said she understands the grit and determination it takes to climb the massive granite slab and worried about Selah’s endurance. weather dictates, rain pants and jackets.

The tours are rarely cancelled for weather, although climbing along a steel cable is a no-go in the event of lightning.

Operators say anyone who can climb a ladder can complete a via ferrata tour but it can be a physical test — in some ways, the most strenuous part of the experience at Norquay is the long trek down from the summit on a rough and rocky trail with plenty of switchbacks.

Less adventurous Rockies visitors can ride the ski hill chairlift to the Cliffhouse Bistro — the via ferrata launching point — to take in spectacular views of the town of Banff and Mount Rundle while enjoying lunch and a beverage.

IF YOU GO Mount Norquay’s via ferrata tours start in early June and continue daily until early October, depending on how much snow is on the hill. Booking ahead is recommended.

There are four via ferrata routes, ranging from the 2.5-hour Explorer, starting from $169, to the Summiteer, a six-hour tour with two rope bridges priced from $349.

The fees include helmets, climbing harness and lanyards, plus, if needed, hiking boots, backpacks, sunscreen, and rain pants and jackets.

For more information, check banffnorquay.com/summer/via-ferrata.

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IMMIGRATION

Father-daughter drowning highlights migrants’ perils

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EXICO CITY — The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl’s head tucked inside. Her arm was draped around his neck suggesting she clung to him in her final moments.

The searing photograph of the sad discovery of their bodies on Monday, captured by journalist Julia Le Duc and published by Mexican newspaper La Jornada, highlights the perils faced by mostly Central American migrants fleeing violence and poverty and hoping for asylum in the United States.

According to Le Duc’s reporting for La Jornada, Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, frustrated because the family from El Salvador was unable to present themselves to U.S. authorities and request asylum, swam across the river on Sunday with his daughter, Valeria.

He set her on the U.S. bank of the river and started back for his wife,

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A migrant mother and child wait for a freight train to ride on their way north, in Salto del Agua, Chiapas state, Mexico. The searing photograph of a drowned father and daughter highlights the perils faced by mostly Central American migrants fleeing violence and poverty and hoping for asylum in the United States.

Tania Vanessa Ávalos, but seeing him move away the girl threw herself into the waters. Martínez returned and was able to grab Valeria, but the current swept them both away.

The account was based on remarks by Ávalos to police at the scene —

MILITARY

Trump awards highest honour to Iraq War veteran

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ASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday awarded the nation’s highest military honour to an Iraq War veteran who took on an insurgent stronghold and allowed members of his platoon to move to safety during heavy fighting in Fallujah.

The president presented the Medal of Honor to former Army Staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia, of New York. He is the first living Iraq War veteran to receive the honour.

“That whole night in Fallujah. The entire thing is impossible to think about unless you’re talking about the men we lost,” Bellavia said after the ceremony. “Those men we think about every single day.”

Bellavia was leading a squad in support of Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah in November 2004. After helping his platoon escape fire, he entered a house and killed at least four insurgents who were firing rocket-propelled grenades, the White House said.

Bellavia, who left the Army in 2005, has been awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross.

During the ceremony, Trump re-

counted the events that led to Bellavia’s honour. Trump said his squad was tasked with clearing 12 houses, and on the 10th house, insurgents opened fire, wounding multiple soldiers.

“David took over,” Trump said. “He provided suppressive fire, while his men evacuated, rescuing his entire squad at the risk of his own life. Only when his men were all out did David exit the building. But the fighting was far from over.”

Trump said Bellavia re-entered the building, killing four and seriously wounding a fifth.

“Bleeding and badly wounded, David single-handedly defeated the forces who had attacked his unit and would have killed them all had it not been for the bravery of David,” Trump said.

Bellavia ran for Congress in 2012, losing to Rep. Chris Collins in the Republican primary, and was talked about as a potential successor to Collins when Collins temporarily suspended his reelection campaign last summer after being indicted on insider trading charges. Bellavia’s name is in play again as Collins, whose trial is pending, considers whether to run in 2020.

This is the ninth Medal of Honor that Trump has presented.

“amid tears” and “screams” — Le Duc told The Associated Press.

Details of the incident were confirmed Tuesday by a Tamaulipas government official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity,

and by Martínez’s mother back in El Salvador, Rosa Ramírez, who spoke with her daughter-in-law by phone afterward.

“When the girl jumped in is when he tried to reach her, but when he tried to grab the girl, he went in further … and he couldn’t get out,” Ramírez told AP. “He put her in his shirt, and I imagine he told himself, ‘I’ve come this far’ and decided to go with her.”

From the scorching Sonora desert to the fast-moving Rio Grande, the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border has long been an at times deadly crossing between ports of entry. A total of 283 migrant deaths were recorded last year; the toll so far this year has not been released.

In recent weeks alone, two babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead on Sunday, overcome by the sweltering heat. Elsewhere three children and an adult from Honduras died in April after their raft capsized on the Rio Grande, and a 6-year-old from India was found dead earlier this month in Arizona, where temperatures routinely soar well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

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MIDDLE EAST

Kushner tries to sell peace plan to skeptical audience

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ANAMA, Bahrain — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, appealed Tuesday for the Palestinians to consider a $50 billion economic support plan, even though they already rejected the proposal because it does not include a political resolution to the long-running conflict with the Israelis.

Kushner, speaking at a conference in Bahrain, defended the proposal as the foundation of any eventual peace plan. Meanwhile, Palestinians protested the plan in the streets of the West Bank, Gaza and elsewhere.

“We don’t need money. We are not hungry for bread,” said Gaza physician Said Jadba, one of the protesters jamming the streets of West Bank cities as the plan was unveiled. “We are hungry for dignity.”

The president’s son-in-law sought to defend his long-anticipated plan at the start of a two-day workshop aimed at building support for a program to combine private investment and support from regional governments to transform economically devastated Palestinian communities.

“My direct message to the Pales-

tinians is that despite what those who have let you down in the past have told you, President Trump and America has not given up on you,” Kushner said. “This workshop is for you, and if this is executed correctly, it will lead to a better future for the Palestinian people: a future of dignity, prosperity and opportunity.”

Kushner’s audience in the tiny Gulf kingdom did not include any official Palestinian delegation. Israel, which will have to sign off on many of the proposal’s projects, did not send any government officials, either. Those who heard Kushner in person were Arab finance ministers, the heads of international financial organizations and global business executives and investors.

While the representation was broad, many countries’ delegations were not headed by Cabinet ministers, an indication of their uncertainty about the proposal’s viability.

The Palestinians have rejected the proposal — which aims in 10 years to create a million new jobs, slash unemployment and improve living standards in the West Bank, Gaza and across the Middle East — because it does not include a horizon for ending Israel’s occupation and granting independence. U.S. officials say the political portion of the plan address-

ing such thorny issues may not be released until fall.

Kushner acknowledged that a political solution is key to the success of the economic proposal. He said it was more important to first set out what is economically possible.

“Agreeing on an economic pathway forward is a necessary precondition to resolving what has been a previously unsolvable political situation,” he said.

Trump boiled it down to even simpler terms: “We have to get economic support because the Palestinians don’t have money, and we have to help the Palestinians with some money,” he told reporters at the White House.

But, without proposals on borders, the status of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees, the Palestinians say the economic plan is meaningless. To express their rejection, Palestinians in Gaza called a general strike on Tuesday to protest the meeting, with demonstrators in the West Bank burning effigies of Trump and featuring a donkey pasted over with images of Gulf royals.

“Palestine is not for sale!” protesters chanted. “From Bahrain to Saudi Arabia, we are not tempted by your millions!”

Besides opposition from the intended beneficiaries of the proposal,

the plan has been harshly criticized by former diplomats, aid workers and others involved in past peacemaking efforts for being unrealistic and lacking any clear description of who will pay for it.

Trump, Kushner and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin argue that a new approach is needed precisely because previous efforts have fallen short. They note that the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will attend and speak at the event, as will the head of FIFA, the international soccer federation, and the managers of numerous large investment funds.

The Palestinians wrote to FIFA chief Gianni Infantino on Tuesday urging him to reconsider his participation.

“How can the President of the highest governing body of football, and the most outspoken person on the importance of separating politics from sports, agree to participate in a political workshop whose objective is to determine the future of Palestine in the absence of Palestinians?” the letter said.

Enthusiasm has also been tempered by the Trump administration’s refusal to endorse the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem.

POLITICS

First lady’s spokeswoman to be White House press secretary

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ASHINGTON — Stephanie Grisham, longtime spokeswoman and confidante to Melania Trump, will succeed Sarah Sanders as White House press secretary, the first lady announced Tuesday. Grisham is jumping into her new role by accompanying President Donald Trump on a trip to Asia starting Wednesday.

Grisham is one of the few campaign officials still at the White House and is someone the president trusts.

“Stephanie has been with me from the beginning, as most of you know,” Trump told reporters during an unrelated White House event. “And then over the last couple years she’s worked for the first lady, done a fantastic job. The first lady loves her, thinks she’s been, you know, just incredible. She’s very talented.”

In addition to becoming White House press secretary, Grisham will also take on the role of White House communications director, a strategic and forward-looking role that has been vacant since March, when former Fox News Channel executive Bill Shine departed.

Grisham will be introduced to

the demands of her new role when she travels with Trump to Japan and South Korea on a five-day trip that includes the president’s highly anticipated meetings with the leaders of China and Russia.

The first lady tweeted the news of Grisham’s promotion, saying she “can think of no better person to serve the Administration & our country.”

Grisham started in the White House as a deputy press secretary in the West Wing but within months had relocated to the East Wing, where first ladies are based, after she was tapped to oversee communications for Mrs. Trump, whom Grisham will continue to serve.

“Excited to have Stephanie working for both sides of the @WhiteHouse,” Mrs. Trump said.

Grisham will be the fourth woman to hold the title of White House press secretary when she officially takes over on July 1.

Sanders, whose last day at the White House is Friday, will be remembered mostly for ending daily White House briefings and sparring with reporters. Trump seemed to suggest relations would not be as contentious under Grisham. He did not indicate whether briefings will resume.

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Online shopping leads to mountains of boxes

CONSUMERISM

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s online shopping becomes ubiquitous, so do the boxes delivered to homes across the country.

For apartment dwellers — and the managers of the buildings they live in — it’s tough to manage the boxes that pile up, sometimes clogging precious space for days. (If not watched, packages also can be stolen or left out in the rain.)

The problem’s only getting worse, says Rick Haughey, vice-president of the non-profit National Multifamily Housing Council, which represents many owners, developers and managers of apartment housing.

People are ordering more heavy, oversize and perishable items than ever before, he notes, and building managers are “tasked with finding new and creative ways to meet the demand for package storage, sorting and security.”

The problem is especially acute around the holidays, but continues all year.

“Now, you’ve got a lot of perishables coming in. And things like tires can be ordered online at discount prices.

“That means four tires are sitting in the leasing office, along with items like flat-pack furniture and even bed mattresses,” Haughey says. “They might be there for days or potentially weeks if you’re away on vacation.

There doesn’t seem to be perfect solution, but locker systems and delivery hubs come close.”

There are a growing number of technologies and services aimed at alleviating the delivery problem in apartment foyers.

UPS, FedEx and Amazon all have begun offering services to help manage the flow of delivery boxes. The Amazon Hub program, for example, includes Amazon Locker, based at third-party locations like Whole Foods Locker+, with staffed locations for pickups and dropoffs and Apartment Locker, which accepts Amazon and non-Amazon packages in apartment buildings, among other services.

Luxer One, a company based in Sacramento, California, provides secure lockers in buildings in the United States and Canada that can be accessed by both delivery companies and residents — including compartments for very large boxes and refrigerated lockers for perishables.

The lockers can be placed inside or outside apartment buildings, and are accessible using codes.

“It’s a huge issue for a lot of apartment buildings. There’s a security factor, but also a convenience factor.

Building management offices aren’t open as late as some residents need them to be in order to retrieve packages, and in some cases, just accept-

ing a building’s packages can easily become a full-time job,” says Melody Akhtari, spokeswoman for Luxer One, which started out in 2005 with lockers in apartment buildings for dry cleaning.

“A couple years in, a few buildings asked us if we could do something to help with all the boxes that were being delivered. In 2013, we launched across the United States and Canada, and our lockers are now in over 3,500 locations,” she says.

Along with smart lockers, there are services that arrange deliveries for a specific time when residents know they’ll be home or let recipients have packages delivered to secure hubs or other locations that are conveniently located and open late.

“The challenge is that in an apartment building with, say, 400 units, you have FedEx, UPS and USPS all stopping by at multiple times of the day to make deliveries.

“And these are not just small standard packages. One person might be receiving a Casper mattress and another might be receiving a box of flowers that needs refrigeration,” says Akhtari.

But such locker systems can be pricey, and in buildings without them, residents can use services offered either by the shipper or by some retailers. Jet.com, for example, which is owned by Walmart, has installed lockers in hundreds of New York apartment buildings.

There’s also a service called Fetch (www.fetchpackage.com), which collects packages, stores them offsite and delivers them when the recipient is home, taking the burden off building managers.

In some cases, buildings have converted space into package storage rooms and hired additional staff to deal with deliveries.

In other cases, they have decided not to accept packages at all, so residents must rely on one of the outside services.

“Managing deliveries can be especially challenging in high package volume markets like New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago,” says John Falco, principal at Kingsley Associates which, with the National Multifamily Housing Council, published a report on the issue.

“In higher-density, urban areas, space is often at a premium, so package storage solutions are important.”

And the challenge doesn’t end at delivery and storage.

Once the boxes are opened, some are shipped back as returns, while others create a trash or recycling headache.

According to the report, issued in November 2018, more than 40 per cent of respondents said the large volumes of cardboard and packaging materials being disposed of have created a waste management challenge.

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Porch pirates are not the only ones giving headaches to the online shopping world as the problem of what to do with all those boxes, which contain various items, are clogging up apartment hallways and other areas.

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Some lost, some stolen, and others still waiting to be studied 50 years later I

APOLLO 11 AND MOON ROCKS

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n the nearly 50 years since Apollo 11 astronauts first landed on the moon, the more than 842 pounds of rocks, pebbles, sand and dust collected during U.S. moon landings have been variously stolen, lost, found and, in the case of most of the specimens, carefully preserved in nitrogen-filled cabinets to keep the cosmic samples in pristine condition here on Earth.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin collected and returned the first lunar samples —about “50 pounds (Earth weight) of the loose surface material and selected rocks,” NASA said.

“These were stowed in small beta cloth bags and sealed and then packed in two large containers —also sealed —for eventual stowage aboard the LM (lunar module),” a space agency report explained.

Five more moon-landing missions and almost a half-century later, NASA officials say the moon rock still captivates our terrestrial imaginations and may yet unlock more mysteries of the universe.

“We have seen a renewed interest in the moon, which has inspired scientists to ask new questions,” said Andrea Mosie, a scientist and curator of NASA’s lunar specimens at Johnson Space Center in Houston. “By maintaining samples in a pristine state we are able to continue research into the future.”

Mosie says that more than 75% of the materials returned from all of the Apollo moon-landing missions

remain locked away in those specially-regulated cabinets in Houston.

But the other nearly 25 percent?

Some were gifted as galactic gestures of diplomacy. President Richard Nixon gave samples to other world leaders for public display.

Today there are 94 samples on exhibit throughout the United States and in 11 foreign countries, a NASA spokesperson said.

The only place in Florida where people can see a moon rock is as the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where two samples are part of the permanent collection —both collected during Apollo 17, the final mission to the moon in 1972.

“Both are still popular with our guests,” said Rebecca Shireman, a spokesperson for the visitor complex.

Most public displays of the lunar samples are encased in thick glass.

But one of the Apollo samples at KSC is open and guests are encouraged to run their fingers over its smooth surface —one of only five places in the world where people can reach out and touch a moon rock. (The other “touchstone” displays are in Houston, Washington D.C., Vancouver and Mexico, according to a listing provided by NASA.) But some samples collected by the astronauts aren’t so easily accounted for.

A 2011 report by NASA’s Office of Inspector General found that the agency was doing a poor job of keeping track of the samples it loaned out for research and education.

The curation office manages about 140,000 lunar samples, 18,000 mete-

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Guo JiuLe, 2, of Shanghai, China, reaches for an American flag at the entrance of Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission exhibit at the Museum of Flight, before its opening, earlier this spring,in Seattle. orite samples and about 5,000 solar wind, comet and cosmic dust samples, according to the report. At the time, more than 26,000 specimens were on loan.

“NASA lacks sufficient controls over its loans of moon rocks and other astromaterials, which increases the risk that these unique resources may be lost,” the inspector general office reported.

“Specifically, we found that Curation Office records were inaccurate, researchers could not account for all samples loaned to them, and researchers held samples for extended periods without performing research or returning the samples to NASA.” In 2002, more than 200 samples were stolen from Johnson Space Center, but were later recovered. In 2010, a researcher reported 18 lunar specimens lost.

Between 1970 and 2010, NASA “confirmed that 517 astromaterial samples have been lost or stolen,” including some that have been found, according to the 2011 report. NASA did not respond to questions from a reporter asking for updated numbers about lost and found materials.

NASA’s focus today is on the

long-awaited opening of some of the never before tested pristine samples.

“Because we have been able to protect the rocks for nearly 50 years, the science taking place now is more groundbreaking than we could have ever imagined,” Mosie said.

“A wide range of discoveries ranging from the age of the solar system to the discovery of water-ice on the moon are a result of the Apollo samples.”

Known as the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis program, new core samples will be investigation by the kind of science and equipment that didn’t exist in the 1970’s.

As methods have improved, new measurements will be taken that couldn’t have been accomplished in the past, Mosie said.

She said that work goes “hand-inhand with our mission to return to the moon through the Artemis program, where we will leverage a lunar Gateway to get sustainable access to the moon’s South Pole and the natural resources that it contains.”

NASA, she said, hopes that will provide a proving ground for a mission that will one day go far beyond the moon —all the way to Mars.

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KING OF POP

Tributes to Michael Jackson flow on 10th death anniversary

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OS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s estate paid tribute to his artistry and charity Tuesday as fans began gathering to celebrate his memory on the 10th anniversary of the King of Pop’s death.

“Ten years ago today, the world lost a gifted artist and extraordinary humanitarian,” the Jackson estate said in a statement to The Associated Press.

“A decade later, Michael Jackson is still with us, his influence embedded in dance, fashion, art and music of the moment. He is more important than ever.”

The estate has doggedly worked to protect and enhance Jackson’s legacy, a task made more challenging this year when two men accused Jackson of molesting them as boys in the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, sparking new scrutiny of years-old claims that Jackson preyed on children.

Jackson was acquitted of abuse allegations in 2005 and always vehemently denied such allegations, and the estate and his family angrily refuted the men’s claims when the documentary was released in March, noting the men had at one time been among Jackson’s biggest defenders and one testified on his behalf at his criminal trial.

The estate is using the anniversary of Jackson’s death to celebrate and accentuate Jackson’s vast humanitarian work.

It called on fans to honour Jackson’s memory by engaging in charitable acts “whether it’s planting a tree, volunteering at a shelter, cleaning up a public space or helping someone who is lost find their way. … This is how we honour Michael,” the statement read.

Mourners began to gather early Tuesday and placed elaborate flower arrangements and poster-sized pictures of Jackson, some featuring signed messages from dozens of fans, outside his mausoleum at Forest

‘A DECADE LATER, MICHAEL JACKSON IS STILL WITH US, HIS INFLUENCE EMBEDDED IN DANCE, FASHION, ART AND MUSIC OF THE MOMENT. HE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.’ — THE JACKSON ESTATE

Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

A florist delivered on arrangement from a client in Japan. A heart made from flowers in the colours of the Iranian flag featured the message “Iran (hearts) MJ.” Another flowered heart read “Love from Denmark.”

A fan from Las Vegas, dressed as Jackson in bright red shirt and one white glove, was among the first mourners to appear.

Fans also plan to gather at Jackson’s last home in the Holmby Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles, where the singer received a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol on the afternoon of June 25, 2009 from his doctor. Jackson was declared dead at a hospital at age 50.

Others planned to gather around Jackson’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One group planned a Hollywood rally Tuesday to declare his innocence of molestation allegations.

Thomas Mesereau, the attorney who successfully defended Jackson at his 2005 trial, issued a statement Tuesday saying “Jackson’s compassion, humanity, empathy and talent continues to inspire family, friends, supporters and fans across the globe. The legend of this great father, son, sibling and artist marches forward with characteristic brilliance and wonder.

“His legacy can be attacked by opportunists. But it will never be defeated. Michael Jackson was a great and kind man.”

John Branca and John McClain, both major figures in Jackson’s career when he was alive, as co-executors have taken his badly debt-ridden estate and grossed more than $1.3 billion through various Jackson-related projects in the past decade, including the film This Is It, a pair of Cirque du Soleil shows and the sale of Jackson

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Roses adorn the Hollywood Walk of Fame star belonging to the late pop star Michael Jackson on the 10th anniversary of his death, Tuesday, in Los Angeles. assets that included The Beatles catalogue.

Jackson left everything to his mother, his children and charity in his will.

The singer’s father, Joe, died last year and is buried in the same cemetery as his son, but Michael’s 89-yearold mother, five brothers, three sisters and three kids remain alive and well 10 years later.

The death of Jackson was a massive cultural phenomenon, bringing an outpouring of public affection and

revival of his songs and largely erasing the taint that remained after his criminal trial, despite his acquittal.

It was one of the earliest instances of the mass mourning on social media that would soon become common, and a massive worldwide audience both on TV and online watched his July 27, 2009 public memorial that included touching tributes from family members including daughter Paris and performances from Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey and Lionel Richie.

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Jackson police said 44-year-old Cedric Willis was killed Monday on a city street. No arrest was immediate-

ly made, and no motive was known.

The shooting remains under investigation.

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Iran says ‘idiotic’ new U.S. sanctions shut doors of diplomacy

Politicians used campaign cash for affairs

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EHRAN, Iran — Iran warned Tuesday that new U.S. sanctions targeting its supreme leader and other top officials meant “closing the doors of diplomacy” between Tehran and Washington amid heightened tensions, even as President Hassan Rouhani derided the White House as being “afflicted by mental retardation.”

President Donald Trump called that a “very ignorant and insulting statement,” tweeting that an Iranian attack on any U.S. interest will be met with “great and overwhelming force … overwhelming will mean obliteration.” His secretary of state said the Iranian statement was “immature.”

The sharp remarks from Tehran shows the pressure that the nation’s Shiite theocracy and its 80 million people feel over the maximalist campaign of sanctions by the Trump administration. From Israel, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Iran could walk through an “open door” to talks with America but also warned that “all options remain on the table” if Tehran makes good on its promise to begin breaking one limit from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

The verbal volleys recalled North Korea’s statements about Trump before the dramatic change in course and the start of negotiations with Washington. In 2017, state media quoted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling Trump “the mentally deranged U.S. dotard.”

However, there are no signs the Iranian leadership would welcome talks.

“The useless sanctioning of Islamic Revolution Supreme Leader (Khamenei) and the commander of Iranian diplomacy means closing the doors of diplomacy by the U.S.’ desperate

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Iran President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting with the Health Ministry officials, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday. Iran sharply criticized new U.S. sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader and other top officials, saying the measures spell the ‘permanent closure’ for diplomacy between the two nations. For his part, Iran’s president described the White House as ‘afflicted by mental retardation.’ administration,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi tweeted. “Trump’s government is annihilating all the established international mechanisms for keeping peace and security in the world.”

Trump enacted the new sanctions against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his associates on Monday.

U.S. officials also said they plan sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, something that drew Rouhani’s anger during his televised address Tuesday.

“You sanction the foreign minister simultaneously with a request for talks,” an exasperated Rouhani said.

He called the sanctions against Khamenei “outrageous and idiotic,” especially since the 80-year-old Shiite cleric has no plans to travel to the

United States.

“The White House is afflicted by mental retardation and does not know what to do,” he added in Farsi, using a term similarly as offensive in English.

While U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hadn’t heard Rouhani’s reaction to the new sanctions, he said that if true, “that’s a bit immature and childlike.”

“But know that the United States will remain steadfast in undertaking the actions that the president laid out in this strategy to create stability throughout the Middle East, which includes the campaign we have, the economic campaign, the pressure campaign that we have on the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Pompeo added.

CRIME

Italian mobster escapes from Uruguayan prison

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ONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — A top Italian organized crime boss escaped during the night from the Uruguayan prison where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, Uruguay’s interior ministry said Monday.

Rocco Morabito and three other inmates got out “through the roof” of a prison in Montevideo around midnight before making their way “through a neighbouring farm and robbing its owner,” a ministry state-

ment said.

Morabito has been on the run from Italy since 1994 and has been sentenced there to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking. Italian prosecutors say Morabito, 52, played a large role in operations between South America and Milan, which is a distribution point for illegal drugs.

The fugitive has also been described as a key figure in the Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta mob, one of the world’s biggest movers of cocaine.

“It’s disconcerting and serious that a criminal like Rocco Morabito, a boss of Ndrangheta, has managed

to escape from an Uruguay prison while waiting to be extradited to Italy,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Twitter. “I’m making two pledges: shedding full light on the escape, asking for immediate explanations from the Montevideo government, and chasing Morabito, wherever he is, to throw him in prison as he deserves.”

Morabito was arrested in 2017 at a hotel in the Uruguayan capital, although he had been living in a villa with its own swimming pool in the seaside city of Punta del Este.

OS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California illegally used campaign money to finance romantic flings with lobbyists and congressional aides, spending thousands of dollars on meals, cocktails and vacations, federal prosecutors say.

A government court filing late Monday detailed allegations about the married Republican congressman’s affairs with five women following an indictment last year charging Hunter and his wife with misspending more than $200,000 in campaign funds on trips and other personal expenses.

Margaret Hunter, who served as campaign chairwoman for her husband, pleaded guilty this month to one count of corruption and agreed to testify against her husband.

In the new motion, prosecutors reconstructed the congressman’s alleged clandestine lifestyle with precision, providing times when he arrived and departed after liaisons and listing a wide range of expenses he represented as campaign-related activity, such as paying for dates with a woman who had become his lover shortly after she started working in his office.

He used his campaign treasury for even seemingly incidental purchases — a $7 beer at a hotel bar while on a ski trip and an Uber ride after a liaison with another lobbyist in October 2015.

The congressman has said he is the target of politically motivated prosecutors. His lawyer, Gregory Vega, didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment about the new court filing.

It came the same day Hunter’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the search and seizure of his congressional records violated the Constitution.

Vega wrote that the Constitution does not place members of Congress above the law but does “protect them from prosecution for their legislative activities and from having to disclose legislative records, absent their consent.”

In an interview with Fox News last year, the six-term congressman said his campaign made mistakes, that he gave his wife power of attorney when he deployed as a Marine to Iraq in 2003 and that she handled his finances during his last five terms in office.

The government’s filing suggested that Hunter tapped into campaign funds because he had no other source of money to bankroll his romantic relationships. During a weekend ski trip with a lobbyist, his personal bank account had a negative balance.

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California to require background checks for ammo purchases

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ACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has among the most stringent gun laws in the country and on Monday a new initiative to curb violence will require background checks for every ammunition purchase.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and other proponents said it will save lives but opponents are suing in hopes of eventually undoing a law they said will mostly harm millions of law-abiding gun owners.

Voters approved the checks in 2016 and set an effective date of July 1. Ammunition dealers are seeing a surge in sales as customers stock up before the requirement takes effect.

“In the last two weeks I’ve been up about 300%” with people “bulking up because of these stupid new laws,” said Chris Puehse, who owns Foothill Ammo east of Sacramento.

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence spokeswoman Amanda Wilcox appeared with Newsom at a news conference Tuesday and said the checks are “the kind of thing that could have prevented” last week’s fatal shooting of rookie Sacramento police Officer Tara O’Sullivan.

Prosecutors charge that Adel Sambrano Ramos fatally shot the 26-yearold officer using one of two rifles assembled from parts to create assault weapons that are illegal in California.

Wilcox and other supporters said ammunition background checks can help authorities discover so-called ghost guns that aren’t registered with the state.

The state Department of Justice, which will administer the background check program, estimates there will be 13.2 million ammunition purchases each year. But 13 million will be by people who already cleared background checks when they bought guns in California, so they are already registered in the state’s gun owners’ database.

They will pay a $1 processing fee each time they pick up bullets or shotgun shells.

Store clerks will run buyers’ identification through that database and a second database of those who bought guns legally but are no longer allowed to own them because of certain criminal convictions or mental health commitments. Those who pass get their ammo on the spot.

But the Democratic governor and Robyn Thomas, executive director of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent

Gun Violence, said there are still some issues that must be addressed.

People who bought rifles or shotguns before 2014 and anyone who bought a handgun before 1996 are likely not in the state’s registry.

“Sometimes in the drafting process little bits and pieces don’t always fit perfectly together,” Thomas said.

Wilcox and Matthew Cubeiro, an attorney representing opponents, said owners of unregistered weapons will have to pay $19 for a one-time background check that can take days to complete and is good for a single purchase within 30 days. Wilcox said that should encourage owners to register their firearms.

Buyers will also have to get their ammunition through registered dealers, ending a practice that Thomas said allowed bullets ordered online to be delivered to their doors “like a pizza.” But she said the law allows owners to give each other ammunition.

The state is also seeking to require owners to prove that they are in the country legally if their drivers’ licenses contain the notation that “federal limits apply.”

Republicans in the state Assembly criticized a move that they said will harm the millions of drivers who

don’t yet have new federally approved REAL ID driver’s licenses in part because of a months-long Department of Motor Vehicles backlog. But state officials said older drivers’ licenses will also still be accepted.

California has 4.5 million registered gun owners. States officials estimate about 3 million are regular shooters and that they will buy ammunition four or five times each year.

“For retailers and the average recreational shooter, these new requirements are going to, at a minimum, create practical and financial problems and friction when trying to make a simple ammunition purchase, and they will do nothing to stop access by criminals who have so many other ways to get ammunition,” said Chuck Michel, an attorney for the National Rifle Association and its state affiliate, the California Rifle & Pistol Association.

California’s requirement follows similar laws in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Gun violence declined in those states after they required licenses to buy ammunition, though they also tightened other gun laws, said Ari Freilich, California legislative affairs director for the San Francisco-based Giffords Law Center.

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ear Annie: I endured a very traumatic childhood. I was verbally abused. I was physically abused. I was sexually abused and raped.

I’m writing because I want to know the best way to respond to ignorant and insensitive remarks about my childhood. I have been told, “just leave it in the past”; “focus on the Annie positive”; “it’s all a mindset”; “forLane give and forget”; and “just let it go.”

I don’t feel angry at these people for their remarks. I know they are trying to help and that they just don’t understand.

People don’t understand that the traumatic events I endured as a child will stay with me for the rest of my life. I have nightmares and flashbacks all the time. I could be doing anything and, all of a sudden, a horrible memory or image pops into my

head. With therapy, I have learned to cope and push aside these memories, but they keep coming back.

That is why I can’t just leave it in the past or forget about it. All I can do is learn to cope.

I feel that trauma is much like grief. For instance, I have lost my father, my brother, and my niece. The two seem similar in that grief stays with you for the rest of your life. You’ll always miss your loved one. Grief strikes you at any moment just like trauma. Grief is painful and difficult to endure. And for someone who is grieving, other people wouldn’t dare tell them to “just leave it in the past” or “just let it go” or “it’s all a mindset.” Those comments would be considered highly insensitive.

How do I respond to people who make these insensitive remarks to me or to others who have endured trauma? — Grieving My Childhood Dear Grieving My Childhood: What an important letter. Having to endure any type of trauma is awful and potentially an ongoing process. It is insensitive for someone to convey the message that you

should “get over it.” My guess is that these words come from a place of their not knowing what type of trauma you experienced, or what grief feels like.

If they did know what you went through, they might give you a huge motherly hug and just hold you, or they might know that you need space and time.

You are correct that the memory of the trauma will never go away, but with a good therapist, which you seem to have, you could find both physical and mental release. Somatic Healing is a great option in helping with PTSD and can lessen some of the nightmares and flashbacks.

Your letter will help other people understand trauma better. Good luck to you, warrior woman.

My hope is that you will continue to transcend the trauma from your childhood and live a life that is not just coping but one that is shining bright and that allows others to heal as well. You are on the right track by showing so much wisdom.

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Your Facebook profile can predict medical conditions

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STUDY SAYS THIS INCLUDES DIABETES AND DEPRESSION

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our Facebook profile can be quite revealing. It may even be able to predict some medical conditions, according to a new report.

Researchers from Penn Medicine and Stony Brook University recently conducted a study, published in the PLOS ONE journal, to determine if social media posts can be indicators of 21 health conditions, including diabetes, anxiety, depression and psychosis.

To do so, they examined the entire Facebook post history of nearly 1,000 patients who agreed to have their electronic medical record data linked to their profiles. Researchers then built three models to assess the subjects’ “predictive power.” One evaluated their Facebook post language; the second looked at demographics, such as age and sex; and the last one combined the first two datasets. After

THOSE WHO USED RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE, SUCH AS ‘GOD’ AND ’PRAY,’ WERE 15 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE DIABETES. analyzing the results, they found all 21 conditions were predictable from the social media network alone. In fact, researchers said 10 of the conditions were better predicted through Facebook data than demographic information.

The study revealed those who used “drink” and “bottle” had an increased risk of alcohol abuse.

Those who used religious language, such as “God” and “pray,” were 15 times more likely to have diabetes.

And terms expressing hostility, like expletives, were more predictive of drug abuse and psychoses.

“Our digital language captures powerful aspects of our lives that are likely quite different from what is captured through traditional medical data,” senior author Andrew Schwartz said in a statement.

“Many studies have now shown a link between language patterns and specific disease, such as language predictive of depression or language that gives insights into whether someone is living with cancer. However, by looking across many medical conditions, we get a view of how conditions relate to each other, which can enable new applications of AI for medicine.”

The scientists now plan to investigate whether managing this data is feasible by asking patients to share their social media content directly to their doctors.

“This work is early, but our hope is that the insights gleaned from these posts could be used to better inform patients and providers about their health,” lead author Raina Merchant added. “As social media posts are often about someone’s lifestyle choices and experiences or how they’re feeling, this information could provide additional information about disease management and exacerbation.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gregarious Geminis are in the mood for group activities today. Under the influence of the Aries Moon, the more you promote your individual talents, the more successful you’ll be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): With the Moon moving through your career zone, you could become emotional about a work issue. If you’re having problems with a colleague, client or customer, then try a more creative approach.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Enthusiasm is high as the Moon moves through fellow fire sign Aries. You’re mentally alert and able to make decisions quickly. But do your best to listen closely to what others have to say.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s time to tackle mental tasks with extra energy. You’ll power through planning, study or research work. But – when it comes to financial matters – avoid taking short-cuts. The devil is in the detail.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): All types of partnerships ñ romantic, platonic and business – are complicated at the moment. Communication flows easily but avoid jumping to conclusions. Take the time to check the facts.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Pace yourself Scorpio! So

your motto for the moment is from fellow Scorp, music legend Neil Young. “As you go through life, you’ve got to handle the valleys as well as the peaks.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Slow down Sadge!

You’re in the mood to get things done but remember that other people are involved in your plans. If you don’t consult with them first, then you’ll just end up wasting time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you’re having problems with a family member, then it may be time to sit down and talk things through. When it comes to a work colleague, praise will get you a lot further than criticism.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When the Moon’s in Aries you feel extra impatient – and energized. Use your mental abilities and communication skills to inspire others and get things going. It’s time for big, bold moves.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t be a procrastinating Piscean! The dynamic Aries Moon is giving you the confidence to bite the bullet and make some firm decisions, especially involving financial matters.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

HOROSCOPES Wednesday June 26, 2019 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ariana Grande, 26; Chris Isaak, 63; Chris O’Donnell, 49 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: When the Moon’s in Aries it favours action, energy and enthusiasm.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Staying true to yourself is the key to a successful 2019. If you follow your intuition, you’ll be unbeatable.

Don’t be afraid to stand up for what Joanne you believe in.

Madeline ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re keen Moore to say what’s on your mind, as the Moon moves through Aries. Plus your ability to motivate others is at an all-time high. So put your fiery energy and enthusiasm to positive use.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): On the surface it may appear that you lack self-belief, but you have a quiet inner confidence and tenacity that eventually shine through. Today your intuition will point you in the right direction.

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